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Birdsall Caton, Jr.
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Name Birdsall Caton Suffix Jr. Nickname Bert Birth 28 Jan 1894 Sparta, Livingston County, New York
Gender Male Military Service Abt 1918 World War I (US)
US Army
19th Field ArtilleryDeath 16 Sep 1983 Bath, Steuben County, New York
Burial West Sparta Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York
Notes - A last rite was conducted Monday in the Chamberlin Funeral Home here for Bert Caton, 89, of Dansville RD 2 who died Friday (Sept. 16, 1983) in the Bath Veterans Hospital following a long illness.
A native of Sparta, he was a life resident of this area. He was an Army veteran of World War I and was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Bertha Tuttle Caton; two sons, Elmer of Nunda and Shirley of Dans-ville; three daughters, Anna Maples, Ruth Wheaton and Lavone Levee, all of Dansville; and 13 grandchildren.
Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, West Sparta. (GCE, September 22, 1983, p5)
Person ID I9999 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 11 Aug 2026
Father Birdsall Burtis Caton, b. 1866, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York
d. 18 May 1959, Dansville, Livingston County, New York
(Age 93 years) Mother Lydia Ann Hamsher, b. 26 Mar 1876, Burns, Allegany County, New York
d. 14 Apr 1960, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York
(Age 84 years) Marriage ca 1884 Family ID F2475 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bertha B. Tuttle, b. 6 Jul 1897, Greigsville, Livingston County, New York
d. 2 Sep 1992, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York
(Age 95 years) Children + 1. Anna Caton > 2. Lavone Caton + 3. Ruth Caton 4. Elmer E. Caton, b. 9 Jan 1928, Livingston County, New York
d. 13 Mar 1997, Nunda, Livingston County, New York
(Age 69 years)5. Shirley Edward Caton, b. 1931, Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York
d. 22 May 2007, Nunda, Livingston County, New York
(Age 76 years)Family ID F13522 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- A last rite was conducted Monday in the Chamberlin Funeral Home here for Bert Caton, 89, of Dansville RD 2 who died Friday (Sept. 16, 1983) in the Bath Veterans Hospital following a long illness.
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Birth - 28 Jan 1894 - Sparta, Livingston County, New York 

Death - 16 Sep 1983 - Bath, Steuben County, New York 

Burial - - West Sparta Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York 
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