Walter Scott Sleght
1872 - 1927 (54 years)-
Name Walter Scott Sleght Birth 19 Nov 1872 Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA 
Gender Male Death 10 Nov 1927 Clifton Springs, Ontario Co., New York, USA Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA Notes - Canandaigua, N. Y. - Walter S. Sleght, 45, well-known in and around Canandaigua, died suddenly at Clifton Springs Sanitarium last night after an illness of less than two days. Mr. Sleght had been identified with banking at Canandaigua nearly all his lifetime and was assistant cashier of the Ontario County Trust Company when he died. Mr. Sleght was born at Allen's Hill, this county, and was a son of the late Mortimer and Louise Scott Sleght. He came to Canandaigua to reside when he was a child and received his education in the Canandaigua public schools. In 1890 he entered the bank of Williams and Barnes and had been in the banking business for the past thirty-seven years. He leaves his wife, Lina Hudson Sleght; a son, Walter S. Sleght, Jr. of this city; and a daughter, Miss Mabel Sleght of New York city. He also leaves two brothers, Francis J. Sleght of Buffalo, and Carlton M. Sleght of Batavia. Funeral from the undertaking rooms in North Main street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Herbert L. Gaylord, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
November 12, 1927
Person ID I2192 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 29 Dec 2013
Father Sergeant Andrew Mortimer Sleght, b. 7 Oct 1838, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 25 Dec 1904, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Harriet Lousie Scott, b. 23 Sep 1847, Monroe Co., New York, USA d. 21 Feb 1923, Canadice, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 75 years) Marriage 21 Sep 1870 East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Family ID F121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lina Hudson, b. 1869 d. 14 Apr 1934, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 65 years) Marriage Abt 1890 Children 1. Mabel L. Sleght, b. 7 May 1894, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. Aug 1962 (Age 68 years)2. Frances Celinda Sleght, b. 30 Jun 1895, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 15 Dec 1918, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 23 years)3. Walter Scott Sleght, Jr., b. 15 Jan 1897, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 20 Nov 1948, New York City, New York, USA (Age 51 years)Family ID F3210 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Dec 2013
- Canandaigua, N. Y. - Walter S. Sleght, 45, well-known in and around Canandaigua, died suddenly at Clifton Springs Sanitarium last night after an illness of less than two days. Mr. Sleght had been identified with banking at Canandaigua nearly all his lifetime and was assistant cashier of the Ontario County Trust Company when he died. Mr. Sleght was born at Allen's Hill, this county, and was a son of the late Mortimer and Louise Scott Sleght. He came to Canandaigua to reside when he was a child and received his education in the Canandaigua public schools. In 1890 he entered the bank of Williams and Barnes and had been in the banking business for the past thirty-seven years. He leaves his wife, Lina Hudson Sleght; a son, Walter S. Sleght, Jr. of this city; and a daughter, Miss Mabel Sleght of New York city. He also leaves two brothers, Francis J. Sleght of Buffalo, and Carlton M. Sleght of Batavia. Funeral from the undertaking rooms in North Main street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Herbert L. Gaylord, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Birth - 19 Nov 1872 - Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA 
Death - 10 Nov 1927 - Clifton Springs, Ontario Co., New York, USA 
Burial - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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