Erhart Daniel Hamsher

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Carney Hollow.
Erhart Hamsher died at his home in Carney Hollow, Thursday afternoon of inflammation of the bowels. He had been working hard the week previous and it is thought he strained himself. Mr. Hamsher was a son of Conrad Hamsher, one of the old residents of Sparta, and he leaves a wife but no children. Funeral services were held Sunday.

In Memory of Erhart Hamsher

Gone from our home has the father so dear;
Gone, and has left us so lonely here,
While the absent form and vacant chair -
Tell of the sorrow so hard to bear.

Swiftly and sudden the messenger came,
Less than a week of anguish and pain,
Patient and calm the suffering he bore,
Oh! can't it be we shall see him no more?

Down where the waves of the river roll high,
Sadly, and softly, we whispered goodbye,
Over the stream that was darker than night,
Quickly we saw him go out of sight.

Over the stream came the boatman so pale,
Came with a boat and snowy white sail;
Swiftly he bore him over the foam,
Gone has the dear on, gone from our home.

Ne'er to return in his sociable way,
Much we shall miss the kind words he would say.
Lonely and sad is the home that he left.
Ties have been sundered and hearts are bereft.

Soon will the shadows of earth life be passed,
Sorrow and sighing be over at last;
Soon we shall meet in the mansions of day.
Go where our dear ones will ne'er fade away.

(Dansville Express, Dansville NY, Thursday, July 23, 1891)

Erhart married Mary Hartz about 1860. Mary (daughter of Christian Hartz and Margaret Schwingle) was born in Jun 1839 in Springwater, Livingston County, New York; died in 1917; was buried in Pleasant Valley West Cemetery, Springwater, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wayland Register Nov 20, 1930
“Mrs. Ella J. Jacobs, 66 years old, wife of Edward Jacobs of this village, died Sunday in a Rochester hospital. She had been in poor health for several years. Mrs. Jacobs was the daughter of the late Erhart and Mary Hartz Hamsher and was born in Sparta July 12, 1864. She ws married May 12, 1886, at Springwater, to Edward Jacobs. For several years they lived in Livonia but had resided in Wayland for about thirty years. Besides her husband, she is survived by one brother, Frank Hamsher; a niece, Mrs. Lee Van Houter; and two uncles, Charles and Frank Hartz, and several cousins. She was a member of the First Evangelical church and active in its affiliated societies.”

Family/Spouse: Edward J. Jacobs. Edward was born in 1862 in Springwater, Livingston County, New York; died in 1953 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Wayland Village Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died from Scarlet Fever.

Frank married Lydia Diane Meriman on 25 Jan 1899 (St. Paul's United Lutheran Church) in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Lydia (daughter of Almer D. Mariman and Lydia Ann Driesbach) was born on 23 Aug 1879 in Springwater, Livingston County, New York; died on 25 Nov 1975 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Wayland Village Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marian L. VanHouter, 88, of S. Lackawanna Street in Wayland died unexpectedly Monday (Dec. 3, 1990) in Noyes Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Town of Groveland on June 24, 1902, a daughter of Frank and Lydia Merriman Hamsher. She was married to Lee VanHouter on June 25, 1925. He predeceased her. Mrs. VanHouter was a resident of Wayland most of her life and was a member of the Wayland United Methodist Church and the Big Sisters and Ladies Aid units of the church. She also was a 70-year member of Rebekah Lodge 498 in Wayland. She was a retired employee of Wayland Central School having been the cafeteria manager for 33 years. Surviving are cousins Mrs. Frances Hynes, Mrs. Joyce Slicker, Mrs. Doris Girard, all of Dansville; Mrs. Virginia Boylan of Canaseraga; Mrs. Alice Moore and Mrs. Catherine Mattice, both of Wayland. A service will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in the Walter E. Baird and Sons Funeral Home of Wayland with the Rev. Alan Jones officiating. Burial will be in Village Cemetery, Wayland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gunlocke Library in Wayland.
(GCE, December 6, 1990, p4)

Marian married Lee VanHouter on 25 Jun 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]