Elizabeth Shriner Smith

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Elizabeth S. Ostrom of this city died Sunday afternoon, August 6, at 3:30 o'clock at the home of her niece, Mrs. Jared H. Smith. She was 88 years of age. Mrs. Ostrom was a devout member of the First Presbyterian church and until her advanced years and consequent feebleness prevented, was active in various church activities. She was the widow of Lyman Ostrom, who was killed in the Civil War. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, August 8, from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jared H. Smith in Seneca county, and interment will be made in Grove cemetery, Trumansburg, N. Y. Mrs. Ostrom is survived by one son, William L. Ostrom, publisher of the Evening Herald, and two grandsons, Merle C. and Selden W. Ostrom, both of whom are also connected with the Herald.
(The Olean Evening Times, August 7, 1922)

Elizabeth married Lyman Ostrom about 1855. Lyman was born on 15 Jan 1834 in Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York; died on 10 May 1864 in Powhatan County, Virginia; was buried in Nassau-Schodack Cemetery, Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William was a son of Lyman and Elizabeth (née Smith) Ostrom. He was the husband of Katherine G. Campbell. They were married in Ithaca, New York on May 17, 1887. William and Katherine were the parents of three children: Merle Campbell Ostrom, Robert Lyman Ostrom and Selden William Ostrom. William Ostrom had been the publisher of The Olean Evening Herald and he was a journalist. He was survived by his wife; sons, Merle C. Ostrom, Binghamton and Selden W. Ostrom, New Rochelle, New York; and five grandchildren.