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| Reading a series of obituaries from a single cemetery, as they are presented here, is like reading the multi-generational history of a community. These people were the local populace at a particular time. The people buried here knew each other, were neighbors, relatives and school mates. They attended church together and engaged in "trade" or business. All people are listed in alphabetic order by surname at BIRTH. Women identified by a married alias only and for whom a birth surname can not be identified, are listed on the last page for the cemetery's obituaries. |
BROWNELL HIRAM
Wellsboro Agitator – July 14, 1937
HIRAM BROWNELL.
Hiram Brownell, aged 95 years, civil war veteran, died at the Mt Alto
Veterans Hospital, In Washington, D. C., July 3. His home was in Westfield.
Mr. Brownell was born in Hornell Janury 22, 1842. At the age of 19 he enlisted
as a volunteer in the 13th New York Infantry. He was attached to
the Army of the Potomac and took part in many of the major engagements
of the civil war. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he was honorably
discharged. A few years later he went to Kansas and New Mexico. He
engaged in hotel work, then railroad construction and later, as a ranch
hand. He bought a farm at Great Bend, Kansas, and he returned
east in 1882, locating near Westfield where he married and made his home
for nearly 40 years. He is survived by three sons, Henry L., of Dubois;
James V., and Robert 0., of Washington, D. C.
SILAS B. DAVIS
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, September 8, 1909
Silas B. Davis, of Westfield, died of typhoid fever at the home of
his daughter, Mrs Margaret Watrous on August 28th, after an illness of
six weeks. He was the son of Jared and Parmella Davis and was born
at Cincinnatus, NY., Nov 15, 1838. when eight years old, his parents
moved to Pine Creek and ten years later purchased the farm at Lansing which
was owned by Mr S. B. Davis at the time of his death. In 1868 he
married Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Larrison and to them were born three children
-- Margaret, Ralph and Ray, the latter dying when seven years old.
Mrs Davis died in December 1904. In 1895 Mr Davis moved at Watrous
and in 1905 to Westfield. The funeral was held from the home of W.
A. Ritter on August 29th. Rev. D. L. Pitts officiating. Interment
was made in the Larrison Cemetery.
FISH LILY G
Wellsboro Agitator – March 31, 1920
--Mrs. U. G. Ransom died at her home in Passaic, N.J., on March 28,
after an illness of several weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Potter Fish, of Davis and was married to Mr. Ransom in 1901 and
soon after moved to New Jersey. The remains were brought to Westfield
for burial. The funeral was held at the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday; interment in the Larrison cemetery.
FRANCIS GEORGE
Wellsboro Agitator – September 2, 1908
--George Francis, an old resident of Gaines, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John Head, at Addison, the other day, after a prolonged
illness. Mr. Francis had been ill since May and since that time his
death has been almost hourly expected. The remains were taken to
Gaines and at the home of Mrs. Oliver Cargill of that place the funeral
was conducted. The remains were laid at rest in the Larrison cemetery,
at Mixtown. The deceased is survived by a wife, six daughters and
a son.
FRITH MARY
Wellsboro Agitator – June 10, 1942
Mrs. Mary Acla, aged 92 years, a former resident of Westfield and widow
of Ephraim Acla, died Sunday evening at 8: 5 o’clock at the home of her
brother, Samuel E. Frith in Galeton, where she had made her home for the
past 14 years. She had been ill about 10 years. She was born
in Saddleworth, England, March 8, 1850, daughter of Robert and Nanny Schofield
Frith. The family came to this country in 1859 and settled in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Acla spent most of her life in Tioga county, residing in Westfield
and Davis Station. She was a member of the Episcopal church.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o’clock; burial in the Larrison
cemetery at Clymer.
LARRISON JAY
Wellsboro Gazette – February 5, 1953
Sabinsville – Jay Larrison, of Davis Station, died last Wednesday at
his home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, following a long period of
ill health. He has been despondent for some time over his failure
to secure work because of his physical condition. The deceased is
survived by his wife, two daughters and one young son; his mother, Mrs.
Evelyn Larrison, near Davis Station; one brother, Gilbert, of Corning;
three sisters, Mrs. Helen Spencer, of Wellsboro, RD; Mrs. Milford Stebbins,
of Sabinsville; Elsie Calkins, of Williamsport. Funeral services
were conducted at the Baptist church here, with burial in the Larrison
cemetery.
LARRISON JAY GURNEE
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, April 10, 1907
Mr. Gurnee Larrison, aged 81, of Clymer, died on March 29th at the
home of his daughter, Mrs James Seagers, in Westfield. He was highly
esteemed by all who knew him.
LARRISON Washington
Wellsboro Gazette - December 21, 1905
Washington Larrison, an aged and well known resident of Westfield township,
died on Monday morning. He was about 75 years of age.
OWEN Milo
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -Thur., Feb. 11, 1954, Pg 15
Milo Owen, 87, son of William and Henrietta Colegrove Owen, died at
his home in Sabinsville on January 31, 1954. He was a life-long resident
of Tioga County. He is survived by two brothers, Oscar Owen of Sabinsville
and Robert Owen of Corning; three sons, William at home, Robert of Knoxville
and Lewis of Wyoming, PA; one daughter, Mrs. Ila Harris of Weatherford,
Texas; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services
were held in the Sabinsville Church, February 2, with Rev. W. J. Green
officiating. Burial was in Larrison Cemetery.
PEMBERTON SUSAN E
Wellsboro Gazette – July 3, 1902
Death of an Aged Clymer Resident
Mrs. Susan E. Scott, of Clymer, died at her home on the Mixtown road
in that township on Friday, June 20th, in her 75th year. She is survived
by three children – Mrs. Isa Rexford and Mrs. Adele Brown, of Clymer and
W. H. Larrison of Gaines. Mrs. Scott had been a resident of Clymer
since she was nine years of age and had a wide acquaintance in that township
and neighboring places. In speaking of her death a correspondent
says: “She was a good mother, wife, neighbor, and friend. None
knew her only to respect her for her purity of life and uprightness in
all things. She will not only be missed by her own family but her
friends feel a personal loss in her death.”
RANSOM URVIN G
Wellsboro Gazette – January 12, 1928
Sabinsville, Jan. 11 – The funeral of Ervin G. Ransom, Pasaic, N.J.,
was held in the church in this place on Dec. 29. Mr. Ransom
was a former resident of Clymer township, having taught school at Davis
Station. He was a son of George and Nellie Ransom, and was born in
Chatham, where he attended the rural schools at Mansfield and also took
a course at Meeker’s Business College, Elmira. The deceased is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Ella Ransom, of Osceola; a step-son, five brothers,
Rufus and Thomas, of Rochester, Edward and Robert of Detroit, and Harold,
at home; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Howland, of Pasaic, N.J., and Mrs. Jesse
Davis, of Shortsville.
SCOTT CORA
Wellsboro Agitator – August 25, 1943
Mrs. Cora Moon, 73, died at the home of her son, Lee Moon. She
was the daughter of Fayette and Sarah Scott and was born in Clymer township.
She had been ill for the past year at the farm home of her son, Archie
Moon. Other survivors are daughters, Grace and Lillian Moon, Edith
Draper and son, Roland Moon. Rev. C. E. Swearingen officiated at
the funeral held at the home of Lee Moon Friday; burial in the Larrison
cemetery.
WATROUS ROBERT S.
Wellsboro Gazette – April 13, 1905
Death of Robert S. Watrous.
April 12.— Robert S. Watrous, whose death was briefly mentioned in
the last issue of the GAZETTE, was one of our best known citizens and business
men. He was born in March, 1888, and early learned the lumber and sawmill
business with, his father, C. B. Watrous. Here he worked until he
grew to manhood. When the Messrs. Goodyears started their mills at Austin
he was employed as foreman which position he held for two years, when he
resigned and returned here, and established a general store at Watrous.
This he conducted for nine years, having sold it last fall to C. A. Reinwald.
Mr. Watrous was married March 17, 1887, to Miss Maggie Davis, who survives
him, with one son, Sidney. He had held several offices of trust and was
township treasurer at the time of his death. He was a member of Tiadaghton,
Lodge, No. 981, I. 0. 0. F., and the funeral was conducted last Thursday
by his brother Odd Fellows. The Rev. C. S. Jenkins was in attendance. Interment
in the Larrison cemetery.
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GAMET BELLE
Wellsboro Agitator – March 29, 1944
Mrs. Belle Trowbridge, aged 66 years, died March 19, at the home of
her son, Robert, with whom she made her home. Her husband, Ray Trowbridge,
died about 18 years ago. Deceased was born at Westfield, and when
a child moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gamet, to Davis Station,
where she had since resided. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Beach, of Penn Yan, and four sons, Carl, Robert, Rex, of Davis Station,
and Max, of Elmer. The funeral was held yesterday at Sabinsville,
Rev. Weber officiating; burial at Sabinsville.
TROWBRIDGE RAY ROBERT
Wellsboro Agitator – Wednesday, May 5, 1926
J. T. VanDusen motored to Blossburg Saturday to bring home the remains
of R. R. Trowbridge, of Clymer, who died in the hospital Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Trowbridge had only been in the hospital since Thursday and was thought
to be doing well, but a stroke of apoplexy seized him and he diedvery suddenly.
He was a brother of J. E. and W. E. Trowbridge of this place and leaves
a wife and five children, three of whom are married. He was about
fifty three years of age.
TROWBRIDGE Virgle N. "Virg"
57, of 655 Wattles Run Road, Sabinsville, passed away Tuesday, Nov.
10, 2009, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. He
was born Oct. 20, 1952, in Erie. He was raised, along with his twin sister,
by beloved parents, Robert and Pauline Short Trowbridge. Virg married the
former Beverly West on June 12, 1971. They shared 38 years of wonderful
marriage together. In 1993, Virg learned of his extended family consisting
of 10 brothers and two sisters and their families, all of whom he enjoyed
so much getting to know. He was a 1970 graduate of the Cowanesque Valley
High School. During his school years, he was always involved in the Future
Farmers of America, receiving the Keystone Farmers Degree in 1971. Exactly
20 years later, he and Bev were privileged to see their son, Vern, receive
the same degree. Following graduation, he worked on the family farm with
his father. He and his wife, Bev, took over the farm and continued farming
with their boys until it was lost by fire. Virg also did custom work for
area farmers and drove truck, moving equipment and hay for area farmers
and the John Deere Co. He was manager of the Citgo Gas Station in Westfield,
a past employee of Adelphi Village in Harrison Valley, Chattanooga Bottling
Company in Galeton and worked on the John Painter farm. He was forced to
stop doing all the things he loved to do, due to serious health problems.
He was a member of the Westfield Lions Club, lifetime member of the Clymer
Hose Company and Sabinsville Ambulance Association. When he was able to,
he would attend the Breath of Life Fellowship Church, pastored by Bob Treat.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly; sons, Lavern (Susan) Trowbridge of
Sabinsville, Travis Trowbridge (Holly Kiser) of Port Alleghany; twin sister,
Virginia Strait-Trowbridge and nephew, Ethan Tompkins of Williamsport;
grandchildren, Ashley, Jimmy and Katie Trowbridge, Chrissy Shutt, Jordan
and Katie Kiser; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Dale and Connie Hall
of Clinton, N.Y., Bonnie Lampman of Pennsylvania, Louie Lampman of Ulysses,
Terry and Rita Seeley of Potter Brook, Brody and Dewey Mesler of Potter
Brook, Gaylord and Penny Mertsock of Sabinsville, Henry and Bobby Seeley
of Potter Brook, Randy and Debbie Seeley of Elkland; father-in-law, John
Seeley of Potter Brook; brothers, Ed Strait, Mike Jacobs, David Strait,
Terry Strait, Steve Strait, Alan Strait, Jimmy Strait, Glenn Strait, Chuck
Strait, Donnie Strait; sisters, Leigh Ann Hughes, Sherry Lockhart; numerous
nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and many, many friends he cherished so much.
He was preceded in death by his parents; mother-in-law, Marilyn Seeley
and daughter-in-law, Sarah Trowbridge. Friends called at the Kenyon
Funeral Home, 222 W. Main St., Westfield on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m., where funeral services were held Friday at 1 p.m. Pastor Robert
Treat officiated. Burial was in the Trowbridge family cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made directly to the family to help with expenses.
Published in The Wellsboro Gazette from November 16 to November 24, 2009
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