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| 6901 | tinsmith | Sleight, John W. (I21367)
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| 6902 | To add some color, my notes say "George Brown was a tanner currier and shoe maker in early life and later a farmer and merchant. In 1837 he went from Oppenheim to Manlius, NY and established a shoe shop and store along the old canal. he lived at Pools (?) Brook about ten years, then returned to Kirksville where he made his home. He has served as Deputy Sheriff for Onondaga County. His wife Maria(of Fort Plain) was a sister of John Crouse of Syracuse and also Daniel and James Crouse." (from Pat Carey pcarey99@nycap.rr.com) | Brown, George (I24952)
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| 6903 | To Conduct Funeral For Sparta Farmer Joseph C. Fronk, 76, died yesterday (Nov. 13, 1961) in the Werth Nursing Home following a long illness. A farmer, he was born in Sparta, he had resided in this area his entire lifetime. Surviving are several cousins. Friends may call at the Chamberlin Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Rev. Ernest Peterson will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery. (Dansville Breeze, Dansville, NY, November 14, 1961) | Fronk, Joseph Cleveland (I37678)
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| 6904 | To them were born 13 children; eight sons and five daughters. Three passed away in childhood. | Burditt, Almeda (I1620)
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| 6905 | Today, in our beautiful Greenmount cemetery, we have laid all that was mortal of Eliza M. House, wife of Henry Hartman. She was born in Otsego, Otsego Co., in June, 1817.-- her uncle, Frederick House, who in years gone by was a prominent and honored citizen of this village, adopted her when she was but a child, and with him she came to Dansville in 1834, and July 4th, 1844 was married to Henry Hartman. She has been a most devoted wife, a most loving mother- few more faithful can scarcely be found. Of her Christian virtues too much cannot be said. In charity, loving kindness and benevolence she imitated very closely the example of the Savior she loved. For nearly two years her health has been in a precarious state, and yet, suffering intensely much of the time, and knowing as she did that with disease of the heart she was liable as almost any moment to be taken from her loved ones. She maintained a fortitude almost unequalled, and a patience and resignation many a one might pattern by. But she suffers no longer. On Tuesday morning, May 13th, surrounded by her family, she breathed her last, and now, after life's fitful fever, she sleeps well, Her hope and trust were in God, and we know that He has taken her to Himself, and that with the dear ones who have preceded her, she is safe in Heaven. Her funeral was held yesterday from the family residence, the Rev. P.A. Strobel(of whose church she was a member) officiating. (Dansville Express, Dansville, New York, Thursday, May 15, 1879) | House, Eliza M. (I2860)
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| 6906 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I1577)
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| 6907 | Tom C. Lemen, 87, of 33 Gibson St. in Dansville died Saturday (Dec. 2, 1989) in Noyes Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born Mar. 25, 1903, in Dansville, a son of Charles and May VanScoter Lemen, he was married on June 14, 1926, to the former Martha Holden who survives. Mr. Lemen retired from the F.A. Owen Publishing Co. in Dansville in 1967 after 50 years of service. He was a member of the Dansville Presbyterian Church and was an avid fisherman, gardener and toymaker. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Anita Burger of South Dansville; three sons, Lewis of Groveland, Richard of Churchville and Larry of Arkport; a brother, Richard of Dansville; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. A service was conducted Tuesday morning in the Hindle Funeral Home of Dansville with the Rev. James P. Bender officiating. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dansville Presbyterian Church or the Dansville Ambulance Fund. (GCE, December 7, 1989, p4) | Lemen, Tom Charles (I25992)
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| 6908 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I12542)
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| 6909 | Tombstone calculator: born 05Aug1794 | Brück, Louisa Margaretha (I11483)
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| 6910 | Tooney Skiff was killed around 1930 in a railroad accident. (Edward D. Cole, 2007) | Skiff, Tunis (I31130)
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| 6911 | Tousey.- Suddenly in his office in this village, Orville Tousey, Esq.., of disease of the heart on Saturday, June 1st, aged 56 years. Mr. Tousey had not been a well man for several years; yet the state of his health had not been such as to preclude him from engaging actively and assiduously in private business and in the duties of his office. His death sudden and unexpected falls with crushing weight upon his afflicted family, and cast a sadness over the entire community. No man was more universally nor more favorably known in this vicinity than Orville Tousey. The deceased was a native of Connecticut; and he developed in his life, in a marked degree, all the energy, activity, business capacity and integrity which characterize the men of his state. In his boyhood he removed to Penfield, Monroe county, in this State; but in early manhood he made this village his home-- for thirty-six years he has been a resident here. It is safe to say that during this whole time no man has been so much engaged in, or so intimately acquainted with, the public business and enterprises of our town as the deceased. At the time of his death he was Justice of the Peace which office he held for twenty-four successive years, and to which he was chosen, at each ensuing election, by almost unanimous votes of his fellow citizens, even in times when party lines were distinctly marked. The duties of his official position and his extensive private business brought him in contact with all classes of people in the village and surrounding country. Everybody know Mr. Tousey and he knew everybody. Everybody did business with him and felt that he was sensible, clear-headed, honest man and worthy to be confided in. His death has left a void which no one among the living, known to us, is competent to fill. Obituary of Orville Tousey, Esq. (Dansville Advertiser, Dansville, New York, Thursday, June 06, 1867) | Tousey, Orville (I11161)
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| 6912 | Towlesville, Feb, 21. - William Stewart died Wednesday, following a long illness. Mr. Stewart was born in Ireland but came to this country when a boy and passed most of his life of 85 years here. He was for many years successfully engaged in farming and was one of the best known and esteemed men of this community. In early life he was married to Martha Hooey whom he survived three years. He leaves these children: Isaac of Potter County Pa. Mrs. Abel Stinson of Savona; John James Stewart, of Howard; and Emery of this place. (Farmers Advocate – Feb. 25, 1920) | Stewart, William H. (I48797)
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| 6913 | Town records state he was buried in Gettysburg (born 29Dec845), other records show him born 2Jul1844 and buried in the Burns Cemetery. | Wood, Corporal Hiram Buell (I40029)
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| 6914 | TRACKMAN KILLED NEAR HANCOCK. Julius Benton, a track hand in Patrick Kane's gang on the Erie near Hancock, was struck by an engine and instantly killed on Wednesday, Nov. 17. The men had taken their hand car off the track for the purpose of allowing train 8 to pass and had just placed it back on a switch. Benton, who was behind a box car, did not notice the engine coming, and stepped out on the main track and was struck and instantly killed. (The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, NY, Saturday, November 20, 1886) | Benton, Julius (I43883)
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| 6915 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I1403)
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| 6916 | Trained as a nurse at Cochran School of nursing in Yonkers, N.Y.1906 | Staley, Lilliam Barbara (I24542)
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| 6917 | Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Jeannie Lugo Livingston County, NY Will Book Vol #14, page #429 LIVINGSTON COUNTY SURROGATE'S COURT Last Will and Testament of GEORGE ZERFASS, deceased. BE IT REMEMBERED that heretofore, to-wit: on the 28th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two Henry Zerfass, executor named in the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of N. Dansville in the county of Livingston, deceased, appeared in open Court, before the Surrogate of the county of Livingston, and made application to have the said last Will and Testament which related to both Real and Personal Estate, proved: and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the heirs at law and next of kin of the said testator, and their respective residences, and said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation in due form of law, directed to the said heirs at law and next of kin, by their respective names, stating their respective places of residence, requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his office in the village of Geneseo, in said county, on the 25th day of March A.D. 1882, to attend the Probate of said Will, And afterward, to wit: in the 25th day of March A.D., 1882, satisfactory evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the due service of said Citation in the mode prescribed by law, and on that day, no one appearing to oppose the Probate of such Will such proceedings were thereupon had in said Court afterwards, that the said Surrogate took the proofs of said Will hereinafter set forth, upon this 25th day of March A.D. 1882, and he thereupon adjudged the said Will to be a valid Will of Real and Personal Estate, and the proofs thereof to be sufficient, which said last Will and Testament and proofs are as follows, that is to say: The last Will and Testament of George Zerfass of the town of North Dansville, County of Livingston and state of New York. I George Zerfass, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say: FIRST, I do give and devise to my beloved wife Polly Zerfass my farm, situated in the towns of Sparta and North Dansville, consisting of one hundred acres, and a farm situate in the town of West Sparta, consisting of ninety-six acres, being the farms now occupied by Henry Zerfass, to have and to hold, to the said Polly Zerfass for and during her natural life. SECOND, I do give and devise to my beloved brother Henry Zerfass the above mentioned and described real estate in fee simple to have and to hold the same to him the said Henry, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to be enjoyed by him after the death of myself and my said wife, subject nevertheless to the payment of six thousand dollars to the following named persons, such payments being made a charge upon the said real estate, viz: To the heirs at law of my deceased sister Elizabeth late wife of Henry Hartman the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. To Hannah Driesbach widow of Peter Driesbach Five hundred Dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Hannah. To the heirs at law of my deceased brother Abraham Zerfass Five Hundred Dollars. To my sister Mary, widow of Jonathan Whetsone Five hundred dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Mary. To my sister Sally wife of Benjamin Keihle, Five hundred dollars or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Sally. To my sister Vienna wife of Henry Kanouse, Five hundred dollars, or in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Vienna. To the heirs at law of my deceased sister Lydia, late the wife of Enoch Keihle Five hundred Dollars. To my sister Margaret, wife of William Bailor, Five hundred dollars, and in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Margaret. To my brother John Zerfass Five hundred dollars, and in case of his death before the same becomes payable, then to his heirs at law. To my brother-in-law Henry Kanouse, five hundred dollars and in case of his death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Henry. To Mary Ann Hauer and George Hauer, children of Samuel Hauer jointly Five Hundred Dollars. To Elizabeth Sprague, wife of Harvey A. Sprague Five Hundred Dollars and in case of her death before the same becomes payable, then to the heirs at law of the said Elizabeth. And it is my intention that the above sums amounting to six Thousand dollars shall be paid by the said Henry Zerfass, his heirs or assigns in nine equal annual payments, without interest, the first payment to be made one year after the said Henry shall be entitled to the possession of said property by the terms of this will, and each of those payments to be equally divided between the legatees above named. THIRD, I give and bequeath to my said wife Polly all my household furniture of whatever manner or kind and all the residue of the personal property of which I shall die possessed, after paying all just debts then owing by me and the necessary expenses of executing this will. FOURTH, in case the personal property left by me shall be insufficient to pay the aforesaid debts and expenses, it is my will that the same be paid by the said Henry Zerfass; in which case the amount so paid by him shall be deducted from the six Thousand dollars above directed to be paid by him, and from the first of said payments. FIFTH, I do hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Polly and the said Henry Zerfass Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of December A.D. 1860. [Signed] George Zerfass (L.S.) The foregoing instrument, consisting of one sheet was on the day of the date thereof subscribed by the Testator George Zerfass in our presence, who declared the same to be his last Will and Testament, and we at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. John A. VanDerlip Dansville, Liv. Co., NY Jane Richardson Dansville, Liv. Co., NY James M. McCurdy Dansville, Liv. Co., NY James M. McCurdy being sworn in this matter, testifies as follows - I know George Zerfass in his lifetime, that about two years ago last fall the said George Zerfass told witness that Mrs. Gordon, formerly Jane Richardson was a witness to the execution of his will and had moved to Virginia and if anything happened to him it would be difficult to get her attendance or testimony to prove the Execution of the will. He produced the paper now shown in witness and stated that was his last Will and desired witness to subscribe his name as a witness, and the witness thereupon subscribed his name to said paper as it now appears on the will. Sworn this 25th day of March 1882 before me [signed] James M. McCurdy [signed]E. A. Nash Surrogate Livingston County Surrogate's Court, In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass, deceased. John A. VanDerlip being first duly sworn in open Court upon his corporeal oath doth depose and say that he is one of the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of North Dansville in the county of Livingston, and State of New York, deceased. And this deponent does further say that the said deceased did in the presence of this deponent and Jane Richardson subscribe his name at the end of the instrument in writing, which is now here shown to these deponents, and which purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, and which bears date on the 1st day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty. That the said deceased did, at the time of subscribing his name to the said instrument as aforesaid, declare the same to be his last Will and Testament; and this deponent and said Jane Richardson did thereupon subscribe their own respective names at the end of said instrument, as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof, each at the request of said deceased, and in his presence and in the presence of each other; that the said deceased at the time of so describing his name to said instrument as aforesaid, and publishing said instrument as aforesaid, was upwards of twenty-one years of age; and a citizen of the United States; that he appeared to be, and deponents believe he was of sound mind, memory and understanding, and not under any restraint, and as deponents verily believe, in all respects competent to devise real estate; that this deponent and said Jane Richardson saw the other sign his name to said instrument in the presence of the said deceased. [Signed] John A. VanDerlip Alexander McKinnon being sworn in this matter says, that he resides in West Sparta, Liv. Co. that he knows Jane Gordon, formerly Jane Richardson, and that she resides in Hanover County, state of Michigan, that deponent was at her house in said County in February last and know I that is her residence, that she lives on a farm at some distance from any city or village, and it would be difficult to get her testimony by commission. [Signed] A. M.Kinnon Livingston County, SS It appearing upon the proofs duly taken in respect to the Last Will and Testament of George Zerfass late of the town of N. Dansville in the County of Livingston, and State of New York, deceased, that the said Will was duly executed, and the said George Zerfass at the time he executed the same, was in all respects competent to devise real estate, and not under restraint; the said Last Will and Testament and the proofs and examinations are herebyo recorded, signed and certified by me, pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Statutes, this 25th day of March A.D., 1882. [Signed] H.P.Kersh[illegible] | Zerfass, George (I5648)
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| 6918 | Traveled the world for the YMCA - Japan and Europe. | Deyo, Elizabeth (I33113)
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| 6919 | Treva M. Holbrook, 77, of upper Dean Road died Sunday (May 17, 1992) at Noyes Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Arkport on Feb. 26, 1915 she was the daughter of George and Maye Kellogg Wagoner. She was married in Arkport on March 12, 1932 to Frederick Holbrook who predeceased her in 1990. Prior to retirement she had been employed by the Dansville Central School, Blum Shoe Factory in Dansville, Curtis Burns in Mt. Morris and most recently had been working in the Dansville Foster Grandparents Program. She was an avid Bingo participant in the Dansville area. Survivors include a son, William Holbrook of Atlanta; four daughters, Florence Partridge of Groveland, Joyce Snow of Syracuse, Mildred Worden of Pavilion and Joanne Wilson of Dansville; four sisters, Margaret Kiefer of Atlanta, Ruth Greenman of Elba and Lucinda Teeter of Dansville; 22 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by the Chamberlin Funeral Home where a service was Wednesday with the Rev. Donald Lain officiating. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dansville Ambulance fund. (GCE, May 21, 1992, p4) | Waggoner, Treva (I34474)
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| 6920 | Trinity Cemetery | Lindsay, Emma (I28855)
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| 6921 | Trinity Cemetery | Mills, William Oscar (I29474)
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| 6922 | Trinity Cemetery | Mills, Lawrence Russell (I29475)
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| 6923 | Trinity Cemetery - / In / memory of / Margaret / wife of / John LINDSAY / died / Mar. 16, 1907 / aged 69 y | Staley, Margaret (I24304)
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| 6924 | Trinity Cemetery - 64. Marble on double cement base East - Blessed are the dead / In / memory of / John / LINDSAY / died / Mar. 5, 1918 / in his / 84th year | Lindsay, John (I24691)
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| 6925 | Trinity Lutheran Church | Stover, Sarah Jane (I27047)
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| 6926 | Truman Muchler Jr., 62, of North Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of South Dansville, died Friday, March 25, 1994 at his home in Florida following a brief illness. Mr. Muchler was employed at Foster Wheeler Corporation for 36 years. He was a member of the South Dansville Fire Department and had resided in South Dansville for 33 years, returning to North Fort Myers in 1987. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Etta Burger; three sons, Rick (Vicki) of Bath, Gary (Sharon) of South Dansville and Terry (Robin) of Dansville; a daughter, Cheryl (Patrick) of North Fort Myers, Florida; 9 grandchildren; a brother, Bob (Mary) Muchler of Plattsburg; his mother, Pauline Muchler of South Dansville and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held April 2 at 1 p.m. at the South Dansville Methodist Church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery in South Dansville. Memorial contributions may be made to the South Dansville Methodist Church. (GCE, March 31, 1994, p7) | Muchler, Truman Jr. (I16200)
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| 6927 | Truman Stevens lived in the “Stevens Homestead” -- on s side of Howcroft Road) | Stevens, Edward K. (I40430)
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| 6928 | tuberculosis | Laden, John (I31141)
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| 6929 | Tuberculosis | Ladzinski, Felix (I48222)
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| 6930 | Tuberculosis of Lungs | Parker, Sallie Caroline (I11811)
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| 6931 | Tuberculosis of Lungs | Parker, Samuel Chester (I11810)
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| 6932 | Tucker's Tavern House | Family: Mahlon Mitchell / Letitia Margerum (F159)
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| 6933 | Tuesday morning there passed from earth one of its kindliest souls, when 'Aunt Betsy' Whitford died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Frank Thayer, at White Oak, about five miles out the Spring Creek road. For some time 'Aunt Betsy' had been ill and the end was not unexpected. Mrs Whitford was born May 31, 1827, on a farm not over half a mile from the place where she closed her eyes in her last sleep. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Fanny Kerr and lived all her life in the neighborhood where she first saw the light. Quite early in life she was united in marriage to Hiram H Whitford, who passed away seventeen years ago. Mrs Whitford is survived by two daughters, Mrs Frank Thayer, and Miss Mary Whitford, who lived with her mother. Funeral services over the remains will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the house, Rev N A McIntyre of Corry officiating. The interment will follow in Union cemetery. Mrs Whitford was one of the oldest women in eastern Crawford. Everyone knew and loved her. Her death, coming in the sere and yellow days of her life, will be sincerely mourned. (Titusville Herald, Apr 16, 1913, p.2) | Kerr, Elizabeth (I18652)
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| 6934 | Tulsa,Oklahoma in 1965 | Ferrin, Charles (I15388)
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| 6935 | Tunis Peter Cole, 85, father of Mrs. Lena Skiff of 50 Linden street, died Sunday at the home of his daughter after an illness of four months. The service will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at his daughter's home and a service follows at 2:30 o'clock in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Johnstown. Burial will be in the Johnstown cemetery. Mr. Cole was born in Newkirk. He lived many years in Johnstown and that vicinity and was a contractor and builder, retiring about 20 years ago. His wife died some time ago. Besides his daughter of this city, he is survived by four sons, several grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. (Schenectady Gazette, May 3, 1932) | Cole, Tunis Peter (I28125)
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| 6936 | TUSCARORA - James P. Mastin, 73, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville. James was born on Aug. 9, 1933, in Groveland, a son of Percy and Sarah Pfuntner Mastin. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, serving from 1950 to 1953. He worked for Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., retiring in 1993. He was a member of the Dansville Moose Club. James is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Lenora Holbert Mastin; children Sandy (Steve) White of York, Cathy (Joe) Granita of Dansville and Robert (Waynette) Mastin of North Carolina; grandchildren Bradley and Amanda White, Bethany Mastin, Rachael (Brian) Mastin Wood, Joshua and Ryan Dale, Victoria (Damon) Troy, Jason and Michelle Buchinger, and Jamie Learn; great-grandson Gregory Buchinger; brothers and sisters Stanley (Deanne) Mastin of Dans-ville, Arthur (Winifred) Mastin of Groveland, Doris (Richard) Scott of Dansville and Joan (James) Scott of Dansville; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins; and many dear friends and neighbors. Friends called 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Chamberlin-Baird Funeral Home in Dansville, where funeral services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. Contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity or organization in memory of James P. Mastin. (GCE, August 17, 2006, p4) | Mastin, James P. (I32072)
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| 6937 | Tuscarora 1868 The following residents of the town of West Sparta receive their mail at Tuscarora | Shaw, Julia Ann (I16248)
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| 6938 | TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Muriel Evelyn Pettibone Jaenichen, 99, of 189 Lincoln Street, Twin Falls, Idaho, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday (Jan. 8, 2004). Muriel was born on Oct. 6, 1904, to Frank L. and Cora A. Pettibone at Alfred Station, where her father was stationmaster in the late 1890's. In 1910 her family moved to Mt. Clemens, Mich. Muriel graduated from a teacher's college in Michigan and taught in a one-room schoolhouse in North Detroit for several years. On Feb. 4, 1932, she married William Jaenichen of Detroit, Mich. She was a lifetime member of the Methodist Church. She loved gardening and was active in a garden club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. In 1969, she and Bill moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., and enjoyed 10 years of retirement there. In 1979, they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, to be near their two daughters. She was predeceased by her husband, William; her parents; three brothers, Orra, Harry and Theodore; two sisters, Marion and Marjory; and one daughter, Cora Lee Detweiler. She is survived by her daughter, Beverly Mills; granddaughters Lisa and Erin Detweiler; and sons-in-law, George Detweiler and Paul Mills. | Pettibone, Muriel Evelyn (I4367)
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| 6939 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Kerry Sue Snowden (F8442)
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| 6940 | twin of Margaret | Waltman, Katherine (I8609)
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| 6941 | Twin sister to Rebecca Jane Pulliam. 1880 Federal Census, "Jane P." age 71, Mother-in-law, living with William Henry Winfrey, and Parthena C. Winfrey, #34, Blue Mound Twp, Livingston Co., MO. | Pulliam, Mary Jane (I9635)
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| 6942 | Twins, Dwight and Doris Curry, were born in Finley, North Dakota on March 14, 1905. Doris married August Orr. She taught in North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota. She retired in 1968 as the head of the English Department at Bismarck Junior College. | Curry, Doris (I46078)
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| 6943 | Two adopted children, both living, 2005 | Smith, Joslyn Alexander (I25949)
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| 6944 | Two British sailors who had been pressed into service jumped ship along the New England coast in the 1660's and lived with the he Indians for a time to avoid being caught. According to Frank Church (Petersburg NY) the two sailors, Church and Stewart, formed a bond of friendship and swore the two families would always be closely associated. No hard evidence but Frank's mother lived to a "ripe" old age and his grandmother lived to be 103, so the stories may have been handed down. William may have been descended from Elizabeth Stewart, Mother of Oliver Cromwell "He acquired the title of lieutenant and was a man of prominence. It is said that he knew the line of his ancestry back to kings, and a set of dishes bearing a coat-of-arms was later in possession of his descendants" Stewart Clan Magazine, May 1926 | Stewart, Lieutenant William (I18174)
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| 6945 | Two Killed in Crossing Accident Near Wellsville. No Chance to Stop Automobile on Slippery Road in Time to Avoid Being Hit by Train. Another grade crossing accident resulting in the death of two men, was tragic Sunday news in Wellsville, COLA L. SISSON of Almond, and ALFRED L. STUBBS, of Auburn, were instantly killed on the Erie crossing in the Proctor District, when their automobile was struck by west bound Erie train 7. The accident occurred at 10:30 o'clock, Erie train 7 running about on time was speeding into Wellsville at a fifty mile clip. The Proctor crossing is two miles east of Wellsville station and there is an open view of the track from either direction. Mr. Stubbs was driving a Ford sedan and Mr. Sisson was sitting along side of him. Evidently the men did not notice the approach of the train from behind until almost upon the crossing, although the engineer had seen the car and was blowing the whistle sharply, trying to warn them. The driver evidently attempted to stop the Ford sedan within a few feet of the track, applying the brake and pushing on the reverse foot lever. The car was seen to approach within a few feet of the crossing, skid around on the slippery road and then back directly onto the track in train [sic]. The car caught on the front of the locomotive, was torn into small pieces and carried for hundreds of yards, Sisson being thrown out about 300 yards from the crossing, while a portion of the wreckage was cleaned off by the trainmen when the train stopped nearly 500 yards from the crossing Mr. Stubbs, the driver, had been forced through the enclosed car and was sitting on the pilot of the engine but dead when the train stopped. The train was fortunately stopped near a railroad telephone booth in the yard limit and the Erie station was called and orders received to back the train up, where the body of Mr. Sisson was removed from the railroad embankment, placed on a stretcher and taken into the baggage car. Mr. Stubb's body was left on the pilot of the engine and the train proceeded to the Wellsville station, where undertaker EMBSER took charge of the remains and removed them to his rooms on West State street. Corner [sic] COOLEY arrived a few minutes later and examined the property of the dead men, thus arriving at their homes in Almond and Auburn. The accident was almost beyond explanation. Mr. Sissons was familiar with the road and must have realized he was approaching the crossing and despite of the snow falling at the time, there was a good sight of the approaching train, the track and the road running parallel for half a mile. Evidently the men were deep in conversation and did not realize the train was on them until within a few rods of the crossing and in applying the foot brake and reverse pedal, caused the car to slew around and back onto the track. Portions of the car were strewn alongside the railroad for a quarter of a mile and the car reduced to bits of scrap iron and kindling wood, with the exception of the front end, which was evidently carried on the pilot of the engine and when removed the headlights were intact and the glass and headlights unbroken. Both men were instantly killed, Mr. Sisson's body being terribly mangled, the left leg broke in ten places and the body finally thrown clear of the wreckage before the train stopped. Will HALLADAY living on the Proctor road, and some 300 yards east of the crossing, was in the back yard cutting wood. he noticed the car go by, traveling at not more than 20 miles an hour and thought it was a neighbor. Only a few minutes elapsed when train 7 came whistling by his house, the whistle loudly tooting and he looked up just in time to [rest of story missing] [clipping, hand dated Jan. 1924] | Sisson, Cola Leon (I11840)
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| 6946 | Typhoid Fever | Trafton, Mark (I38320)
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| 6947 | Typhoid Fever | Burditt, William (I16223)
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| 6948 | Typhoid Fever | Burditt, Samuel N. (I19614)
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| 6949 | Typhoid Fever | Cain, Lydia (I31458)
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| 6950 | Typhoid Fever (3 weeks) | Burditt, Charles E. (I30950)
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