Sergeant Andrew Mortimer Sleght

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• Military Service: 4 Aug 1862, Richmond, Ontario County, New York; American Civil War (North) 1st Regt. Mounted Rifles, K Co. Sergeant; discharged 07 Jul 1865.

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ONTARIO COUNTY JOURNAL December 30, 1904 PAGE 2 COL 4 Death of Mortimer Sleght. About midnight on Sunday, at his home on Scotland Road, occurred the death of Mortimer Sleght, a long time and respected resident. Mr. Sleght had been in failing health for several years, and since November had been confined to the home with a complication of heart and kidney troubles. Deceased was born here sixty-six years ago, and most of his life had been spent here. He was a Constable for over twenty years, and was turnkey under Sheriff Robert H. Wheeler. In 1870 he married Harriet L. Scott, of Rochester, who with three sons, Walter S., Francis J., and Carlton M. Sleght, all prominent in the business life of the village survive. One brother, Carlton W. Sleght, of Allen's Hill, also survives. Mr. Sleght wasa a member of Company K, N Y Mounted Rifles, which did valiant service in the Civil War. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Lewis Sweet of the Presbyterian church conducting the service. His body was interred 1904 Canandaigua, New York, Woodlawn Cemetery. Section 7 52.

In the 1892 Canandaigua Census he is listed as 54 years of age, a Constable. 1900 Canandaigua Census shows them married 29 years. At the Ontario County Archives in Hopewell, NY, I found a copy of their marriage recorded in 1904 amongst the miscellaneous records. It read as follows, This certifies that on the twenty first day of September, in the year of our Lord 1870,A. Mortimer Sleght and H. Louise Scott were by me united in marriage at East Bloomfield, according to the laws of the State of NY. L. D. Chapin, Minister. Witnesses were H. C. Gilbert and Chas. McKinney. A true copy of the original recorded 30th December 1904. (Harriet Louise Scott is #4263.)

Some humor has come to light concerning the changing of the spelling of the surname. According to a descendant of Mortimer, he sent a letter to his wife Louise explaining that they would change the spelling from Sleight to Sleght because the military had recorded his name as Sleght. Changing their name to Sleght was the only way to collect his pay and pension. The descendant related to me that there was a family joke that he lost an i, a verbal pun for eye, in the Civil War.

Andrew married Harriet Lousie Scott on 21 Sep 1870 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Harriet (daughter of Isaac Scott and Phebe Fisher Reed) was born on 23 Sep 1847 in Monroe County, New York; died on 21 Feb 1923 in Canadice, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

Walter married Lina Hudson about 1890. Lina was born in 1869; died on 14 Apr 1934 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of his brother, Walter's death in 1927, Frank was living in Buffalo,NY.

Francis married Mary Augustus Willys on 11 May 1898 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. Mary was born in Jun 1878; died on 29 Jul 1949 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Isabel M. est 1920. Isabel was born in 1880; died on 16 May 1968 in Michigan; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carlton married Agnes Rachel Stevens on 8 Feb 1900. Agnes (daughter of John Stevens and Rachel Crowley) was born on 23 May 1876 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; died on 19 Nov 1954 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of her father's death in 1927, Mabel was living in Richmond Hills, Queens Co.,NY. She is the Mabel Sleght, born 07May1894 and died August 1962(SSN 066-09-2473)

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At the time of his father's death in 1927, Walter was living in
Canandaigua.

Emily married Lawrence D. DeVoll on 6 Jun 1925 in Monroe County, New York. Lawrence was born about 1903 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]