James M. Hamsher

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Death of James M. Hamsher
James M Hamsher died at the home of Geo. Cornbau on Morse Street, where he had lived the past winter, on Sunday. He was born in Sparta in 1853, his parents being Daniel Hamsher and his mother Harriet Hughes before her marriage, and he had lived for several years in the town of West Sparta. He was a farmer. His wife died in 1899, and he is survived only by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Cornbau of this village and Mrs. John Howe of Sanford, Michigan. Funeral services were held at the house Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Alex Berg of St. Paul's United Lutheran church officiating, and he was buried in Greenmount cemetery.
(Dansville Express, Dansville NY, Thursday, April 19, 1917)

James married Sarah M. Harris on 14 May 1891 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Sarah was born in Sep 1844 in St. Lawrence County, New York; died on 30 Jul 1902 in Woodville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]