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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. |
BEACH Clark W
Wellsboro Agitator - January 18, 1911
Clark W. Beach, Esq. of Westfield, died at the home of I. B. Beach,
last week Monday evening after a three weeks illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Beach was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Beach and was born at Dryden,
N.Y. June 29, 1829. He studied law in the office of Hon. Henry Sherwood,
in Wellsboro, and was admitted to the Tioga County bar in 1865. He
had resided and practiced law in Westfield for many years. The funeral
was held from the Methodist church Thursday, at one o'clock, Rev. Mr. Pitts
officiating; interment in the Mount Pleasant cemetery.
BEACH Wallace D
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA-- Wednesday, July 28, 1909
Mr. Wallace D. Beach, aged 52, died on July 18, at his home in Clymer
township, after a long illness. He was a son of Bradley and Catherine Beach
and was born in Clymer Township, July 21, 1857. He is survived by his wife
and 2 children, Jay and Mildred, two brothers, Elwood of Westfield and
Samuel of Manhattan and 3 sisters, Mrs F. G. Bristol of Sunderlinville;
Mrs Leon Kilbourne of Hector and Mrs Guy Waterman of Belfast, NY. The funeral
was held last Wednesday, Rev. D. L. Pitts of Westfield, officiating.
Mt. Pleasant
BELL SYLVESTER
Wellsboro Agitator – January 20, 1955
Sylvester Bell, 70, of Westfield, Pa., died Friday, January 14, 1955.
He was a retired Corning Glass Works employee. He is survived by
sisters, Mrs. Leah Cheeseman of Buffalo and Mrs. Fred Moore of Westfield;
brother, William Bell of Westfield. Funeral was Monday in the Westfield
Wesleyan Methodist Church with the Rev. Stanley Lawrence officiating.
Burial was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Westfield.
BEVIER Edgar
Westfield Free Press – Thursday, November 20, 1902
Edgar Bevier, of Sabinsville, died Monday morning from injuries sustained
in a fall Thursday morning of last week. Mr. Bevier was born in New
York state July 13, 1860. He is survived by his wife and son Edwin
M. and daughter Alta L. The funeral was from the Sabinsville church
Wednesday, Revs. Schultz and Davy officiating. Interment in Mount
Pleasant cemetery.
BRACE Elizabeth E.
Wellsboro Agitator - January 15, 1930
--Mrs. Elizabeth E. Horton was born in Westfield township, Sept. 14,
1853, and died Jan. 5, 1930. She was a daughter of Leonard and Margaret
Crance Brace. She was married to Nicholas Shelley...Mrs. Dora McFall
and Britain Shelley, of Port Allegany; Mrs. Kate Gerlock, of Wellsville,
N.Y.; Dawson Shelley, of Oswayo, and Delbert Shelley, of Eldred, were born
to them. Her second marriage was with T. J. Horton, of Roseville,
N.Y. To them were born two children, Thomas, who was drawne (s/b
drowned) in 1924, and Margaret, wife of William Weeks. The funeral
was held Wednesday; interment in Mount Pleasant cemetery.
CHAPPELL
Chappell, Randolph O. age 65, of RD 2 Westfield, Pa., Tuesday, Oct.
16, 1973. The family will receive friends at the Watkin’s Funeral Home
Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral there Friday 2 p.m. Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Rev. Duane Burdick and Rev. R. Allen Brubaker officiating. Survived
by wife, Blanche; one brother, Gilbert of Westfield; nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Troopsburg Masonic Lodge; Westfield Township tax
collector; director of the Grange Insurance Co. and a member of Eulalia
Grange of Potterbrook, Pa.
CLARK Walter G.
W.G. Clark, Retired Tioga Educator, Dies Walter G. Clark, 81, of Westfield,
retired superintendent of Tioga County schools, died Tuesday, Feb. 29,
1972 at his home. Mr. Clark served as superintendent of Tioga County
schools for 20 years. He previously had been a principal of Clymer
Township schools and
superintendent of Westfield schools. He was a member of St. John’s
Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark was a member of Westfield Lodge 477,
F&AM, the
Coudersport Consistory, Irem Temple Shrine, Wilkes-Barre, and the Wellsboro
Rotary Club. There are no immediate survivors. Funeral services were held
on
Monday at 11 a.m. in the church. Burial was in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Westfield. The Rev. William Harris, his pastor, officiated.
CLARK, Walter G.
Age 81, of Westfield, Pa. Tuesday, February 29, 1972. Family
will receive friends at the Watkins Funeral Home, Saturday 2 to 4 and 7
to 9, Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9p.m. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. St. John’s
Episcopal Church. Rev. William Harris officiating. Burial in
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Westfield, Pa. Survived by two nieces, Lenora
and Katherine Clark of Westfield, Pa.; several grandnieces and nephews
and one great-grandnephew. He was a veteran of World War I, member
of St. John’s Episcopal Church, former Principal of Clymer Township Schools,
former Supervisor of Westfield Public Schools, Tioga County Superintendent
of Tioga County Schools from 1936 to 1956, member of Rotary Club Wellsboro,
member of Westfield Lodge No. 477 F&AM, member of Coudersport, Pa.,
Consistory, member of Irem Capital Shrine of Wilkes-Barre.
CLOSE HELEN
Wellsboro Agitator – May 25, 1927
Mrs. Helen Close Hurlbut, aged 81 years, died in the Blossburg hospital
Friday, May 20, after a short illness. The funeral services were
held in her home Monday afternoon, Rev. Wesley Lundy, of the M. E. church
officiating; interment in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Two daughters,
Sara, at home, Mrs. T. J. VanDusen, of Westfield, one son, Fred, of Oakland,
Cal., and one grandson, Lawrence VanDusen, of Syracuse, survive her.
DETWEILER SADIE
Wellsboro Agitator – February 13, 1946
The funeral of Mrs. Sadie Detweiler Stephenson, was held Thursday at
Westfield; burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Surviving are her husband,
one son, Clarence, of Cleveland, Ohio; five sisters, three brothers and
two grandchildren.
DIBBLE
Wellsboro Agitator – August 26, 1925
--The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dibble, of Westfield, died
of pneumonia last Tuesday. The funeral was held Friday morning; interment
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
DOUGLASS ANNA L.
Wellsboro Agitator – July 14, 1926
--Mrs. Ann Hunt died at her home in Westfield July 2, after a long
illness. She was born in Clymer township, November 11, 1840, daughter
of the late William and Selina Hancock Dougas (Douglas). At the age
of 19 she married Barton Hunt and they lived on a farm on Crance Brook
until the death of Mr. Hunt, August 1, 1906. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Effie McMindes, of Elmira Heights; one son, Burt C. Hunt,
of West Alexander; two sisters, Mrs. Selina Bush, of Westfield, and Mrs.
Nancy Baker, of Jackson City, Mich.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Anna Watkins
and Beatrice Hunt, of Westfield, and Clella Graham, of Williamsport, and
seven great-grandchildren.
EICK ESSENT
Wellsboro Agitator – March 25, 1926
The funeral services of Essent Eick were held in his late home Friday
afternoon, Rev. H. E. Schmaus, rector of St. John’s Episcopal church officiating.
Mr. Eick was a communicant of that church, being a vestryman and a member
of the choir. The Masonic fraternity attended in a body and had charge
of the services. Interment in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
GAIER CARL
Wellsboro Agitator – January 25, 1928
Carl Gaier, aged 76 years, died Thursday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Lena Teachman. The funeral was held Monday in the M. E.
church, the pastor, Rev. Wesley C. Lundy officiating; burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery. He is survived by his daughter and several grandchildren.
GARDNER EDWIN MILO
Westfield Free Press Volume XXIV - Thursday, January 30, 1902
E. M. Gardner died at his home in Westfield, Monday evening Jan. 27,
at 9:40 o'clock. The funeral service will be held Friday afternoon
at one o'clock in the Methodist church in this borough (Westfield) and
interment will be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Edwin Milo Gardner
was born at the old homestead, his late residence, March 2, 1845, and was
the youngest of a family of ten children. Only one of these survive,
Charles, who resides here. His father, John Gardner, was a promiment
member of the Methodist church. He was married December 29, 1869
to Sarah D. Layton, of Brookfield, who survives him. Two daughters
were born to them, Mrs. Arch E. McLean and Mrs. Albert Bates.
GRACE ALICE PEARL
Wellsboro Agitator – February 28, 1940
The funeral of Mrs. Alice Pearl Grace Kane, wife of Glenn Kane, who
died Saturday afternoon after an illness of two months, was held in Westfield
yesterday; burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery here. Mrs. Kane was born
in Clearfield, daughter of George and Anna Cumford Grace. She had
been a resident of Westfield for about 28 years. She was a member
of St. John’s Episcopal church, Lillian Rebekan Lodge and the Eastern Star.
Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Harold, of Westfield; two brothers,
Ceyon Grace, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George Grace, of Elmira; and a sister,
Mrs. John Baudette, of Endicott, N.Y.
GREEN J. E.
Wellsboro Agitator – April 30, 1902
Mr. J. E. Green, aged 59, of Cowanesque, in Westfield township, who
was stricken with paralysis on the 18th instant, as recorded in last week’s
issue of the Agitator, died on Thursday last. He was one of the most
prosperous and best known farmers of the Cowanesque valley, where he had
spent most of his life, although he was born in Otsego county, N.Y.
He was a daring, experienced and most successful hunter, and many bears
had fallen victims to his rifle. He is survived by his wife, one
son and two daughters. Mr. Green’s largely attended funeral was held
from his home on Saturday. He was a devoted Mason, and his burial
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Westfield was under Masonic auspices.
GRIDLEY CHARLES L.
Wellsboro Gazette – February 9, 1939
Westfield – The death of Charles L. Gridley occurred Tuesday at his
home here. Mr. Gridley suffered a shock about two years ago and had
been in poor health since that time. Deceased was born in Ulysses,
Dec. 8, 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Gridley. He spent his
early life there later removing to Westfield, where he served as mail carrier
until his retirement some time ago. He was married to Miss Olivia
Knapp. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Donald Rowles, Challis,
Idaho; Mrs. Herbert Newman, of Westfield; two sons, Halsey Gridley, of
Challis, and Arthur Gridley, of Westfield; a sister, Mrs. Charles Innis,
of Cleveland and four brothers, Andrew, Reginald, William and Frank of
Ulysses. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Gordon Vaughan will officiate
and burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
HAMBLIN Sarah D
Wellsboro Agitator – January 12, 1921
—Mrs. Wilson Cushing died suddenly Jan. 2, at her home in Westfield.
The funeral was held Tuesday; interment in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
The surviving children are: Mildred, Mrs. Park Streeter, of Crystal
Springs, N. Y.; Melva, Mrs. Ernest Rood, and Howard Cushing, of Westfield;
Awanna, Wilson, Jr., and Marshal, at home. She is also survived by her
husband, one brother, Truman, of R. D. 2, and two sisters, Miss Jennie
Hamblin, of R. D. 1, and Mrs. N. Bush, of Westfield; by her father,
Orlo J. Hamblin, of R. D. 1, and three grandchildren, Janet, Wilson and
Park Streeter, of Crystal Springs, N. Y. She was a member of
the First Baptist church and of the Rebekah lodge, in which order she had
held offices until a few years past. The members of the Rebekah lodge attended
in a body and furnish|ed a beautiful floral tribute.
HANCOCK MARY
Wellsboro Agitator – November 23, 1938
Mrs. Mary Hancock Plank, aged 86 years, died Thursday at her home at
Westfield. She was the daughter of J. Warren and Clarissa Hancock
and was born June 5, 1852, in Clymer township. She was married at
Knoxville, September 27, 1868, to Lovel Plank, who died January 2, 1924.
To them three children were born, Burt B., who died December 22, 1934;
I. Warren Plank, of Westfield, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Edith
P. Thompson, of Cleveland, Ohio. Other survivors include a brother,
Clarence Hancock, of Westfield; a granddaughter, Mrs. Florence Rugaber,
and a great grandson, Jack Rugaber, of Wayland, Mich. Funeral services
were held Saturday, Rev. Donald C. Means, officiating; burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery.
HAYNER Eliza
Wellsboro Agitator - September 4, 1918
--Mrs. Eliza Hayner Thompson was born at Addison, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1849
and died at her home in Mills, Pa., Aug. 21, 1918. She was married
to Elijah H. Thompson, July 4, 1870. To them were born four children,
three daughters and one son, Charles, who died at the age of sixteen and
Hannah, who died at the age of eighteen. She is survived by her husband
and two daughters, Mrs. W. C. White, of Sweden Valley, Pa., and Bessie
Warner who lives at home with her parents; also four sisters, Mrs. Hannah
Knox, Mrs. Sarah Avery, Mrs. Emily Seeley of Knoxville, Pa. and Mrs. Elizabeth
Wagner, of Detroit, Mich.
HORTON Thomas J.
Wellsboro Agitator - July 11, 1923
--Thomas Horton, aged 27 years, a well-known oil well worker of Duke
Center, was drowned June 24 in a creek, not 100 feet from the Horton home.
Deceased and his mother moved from Westfield, Pa., to Duke Center two years
ago. Mr. Horton was employed as pumper by C. A. Duke, of Duke Center.
He leaves besides his mother, one sister, three half-brothers and two half-sisters.
HUNT BARTON
Wellsboro Agitator – August 8, 1906
--Mr. Barton Hunt, aged 81, died last week Tuesday, at his home near
Westfield, where he had spent the past 60 years. His wife, one son
and one daughter survive him. The deceased was born in Ithaca, N.Y.,
on November 13, 1824 and on November 13 1859 he married Miss Anna Douglass,
of Clymer. To them four children were born, two of whom survive,
Mrs. C. McMindes and Mr. Charles B. Hunt, of Potterbrook. Mr. Hunt
was for many years a lumber-raft pilot on Pine Creek between Gaines and
Port Deposit. Funeral services were held on Friday at one p.m.
HURLBUT FRED
Wellsboro Agitator – November 28, 1957
Fred Hurlbut, 77, died on November 12, at the Blossburg Hospital.
Burial was at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
HURLBUT SARAH B.
Wellsboro Agitator – June 27, 1951
Sahra B. Hurlbut, age 89 years, of Westfield, died in Wellsboro Sunday
morning, June 24, 1951. She is survived by one brother, Fred, of
Westfield and one sister, Mrs. Nell VanDusen, also of Westfield.
Services will be held at the funeral home in Westfield Wednesday at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. Clarence Wienand officiating. Burial will be in Mt.
Pleasant cemetery, Westfield
INSCHO M. F.
Wellsboro Agitator – December 22, 1926
M. F. Inscho, aged nearly 63 years, died December 10, 1926, at his
farm home near Knoxville, after a decline in health for several months,
during which illness he spent several weeks in the Blossburg hospital.
He was the only son of the late Micajah Seelye Inscho and Lucy Rexford
Howland Inscho. He is survived by six children – three sons and three
daughters – Edwin Inscho, of Detroit, Mich.; James and Rex, at home, and
three daughters, Mrs. Muriel Aumick and Miss Florence Inscho, of Elmira,
and Miss Pearl at home. One son died in April, 1925.
Mrs. Inscho died about a year ago. Funeral services were held last
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Wallace Stevens, of Westfield, officiating.
The Knoxville Lodge of Masons attended in a body; interment in the Mount
Pleasant cemetery at Westfield. Mr. Inscho was a member of Cowanesque
Lodge, No. 351, F. & A. M. He was a member of the Grange and
had held several important town offices.
JOHNSON LEWIS W.
Wellsboro Agitator – June 2, 1960
Lewis W. Johnson of Westfield, died Sunday, May 29, 1960 at the age
of 62. He is survived by his mother, one daughter, Mrs. Lionel Wachter,
of Wellsville, N.Y., and a son, Eldon, of Shortsville, N.Y. Funeral
services were held on Wednesday with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
KING Harold
Westfield Free Press – Thursday, April 17, 1902
Harold King died at the home of Mrs. King’s parents near this place,
April 2nd. The funeral services were held the following Saturday,
Rev. Schultz officiating. Interment in Mount Pleasant cemetery.
KING JAMES
Wellsboro Agitator – April 25, 1894
WESTFIELD, April 23rd — James King was born on the ninth day of April;
l820, in Deerfield township in this county. His father, Prince King, a
skilled mechanic, and proud, like the true man he was, of his useful and
honest craft, and his grandfather, James King, were both natives of the
county of Providence, Rhode Island, where their ancestors had resided for
generations, and were of Revolutionary stock. His mother, whose maiden
name was Sally Seely, was the first white female child born (in 1800) on
the Cowanesque river and was a daughter of Ebenezer Seely, a revolutionary
soldier, who cut the first road up the Cowanesque and moved his family
with an ox team and sled from Big Flats to Deerfield. Just
below Academy Corners lies the old Seely farm, and right here, in the heart
of the garden valley of the county, still stands the large, interesting
old wooden house, with but few changes from its original condition, where
the subject of this sketch first saw light. He was the eldest of
ten children – seven boys and three girls—six of whom are still living.
When James was one year old his father moved into a log house near the
large elm tree just below Phillips Station, Westfield. That was the year
the township was organized from the territory of Deerfield and the next
year he moved with his father, to the first farm up the Jemison creek,
then a wilderness, where he lived with his parents until he was twenty-two
years old. Young as he was, James was obliged to do what he could to help
his father support the family and clear up a new farm, where his youngest
brother now resides, and as he grew older he worked with his father at
the carpenter's bench. He worked with a will, for he loved it and
even as a chill detested idleness. His work was always well done,
he going on the plan that anything that was worth doing should he done
well. In this way he learned the habits of industry which distinguished
his manhood and laid the foundation of his strong and vigorous constitution.
January 1st, 1842, he was united in marriage with Louisa, daughter of John
Hoover, a soldier of the war of 1812. Without money the young couple, in
the spring, set to housekeeping in a small log house, with a typical fireplace,
erected in the woods by the husband's own hand. Here they took up
their abode, which was to be a lifelong one. To him the earth was the theater
upon which the great drama of life was everlastingly played. Strong
in resolution and firm in his faith in himself and in the future, he set
out to establish a home in the forest, on a knoll pleasantly situated among
the creeks and hills overlooking his boyhood scenes on the north and an
unbroken forest around beaver meadows on the south. How well they
succeeded is demonstrated by the broad arid fertile fields and elegant
residence surrounded by beautiful groves, celebrated for its homelike scenery,
which stand as an enduring monument to their industry. In the winter
months only, during his youth, he attended school at a distance of three
miles, where he received the first rudiments of learning, and he showed
a fondness for books which lasted through life, proving himself an apt
and diligent pupil. A man of warm and susceptible temperament, of
pure and simple manners and of remarkable literary taste, in the course
of time he became self-educated and replete with useful information, not
only in farming, mechanics and in the general business of the world, but
concerning the sciences enabling him to converse on almost any subject
that attracted the attention of his fellow citizens. Several times
he was urged by friends to allow his name, to come before the people for
county official honors, but he always declined. Many times, without
his solicitation, he was chosen by his fellow citizens to serve as a township
officer or a delegate to the County Convention. Born and reared a
Democrat of the old school, he became a charter member of the Republican
party and a life long supporter of. its faith. But he was a non-partisan
when the Common good of the people was at stake. In his younger days
he was a member of the State militia, and when the South fired on Fort
Sumter in 1801 he offered his services for the defense of the Union; but
was rejected on account of a stiff ankle, which had been broken in a fall
from his frame house while raising it in 1848. He was drafted in 1865 to
fill Lincoln's last call for troops, and started to report, but was turned
back on account of the bridges being swept away by the spring freshet.
Again he started to report, but the surrender of Lee on his forty-fifth
birthday, April 9, sent him back for the second time to wait for further
orders, which have never been issued. Friends always found it very pleasant
to gather around his fireside and hear him tell of his boyhood days and
of the privations of pioneer life. He had a sensitive and tender
heart and would do anything honorable to serve a friend. His sympathies
were…and be used to say, "I should think I had lived to little purpose
if my notions, on the subject of man and his government had undergone no
modification.” He was prompt to aid those who needed help, and truly
he is missed by a large circle of friends. He was a self made man,
and possessed of unconquerable determination and sublime self-reliance,
of lofty purpose and inflexible resolve, of incorruptible integrity and
moral courage of the highest type. Even in early life he displayed
the terms of that mechanical talent which placed him in the front rank
of the mechanics and farmers of the county. Back in the sixties he
was known he was known far and near as the “bridge builder”, and buildings
and bridges erected on the hillsides and along the valleys all over the
county stand as instruments to his skill and industry. His love of
nature from childhood upward was intense. The flowing brook, the sounding
cataract, the lofty mountain, the waving flower and the deep and gloomy
woods-their glorious colors and their graceful farms appealed strongly
to him, and at every convenient opportunity he loved to ramble at will
among his native hills and dales. He was a true son of nature and his mind
was ever responsive to her influences. During the last years
of his life he lived wholly for his family and friends, to .whom he had
endeared himself by his many virtues. His worldly affairs had been long
settled, leaving a comfortable fortune for his six surviving children.
For some months his health was poor, and thirty days before his death he
knew assuredly that his hours were numbered and he was prepared. His sufferings
were severe and constant from a complication of diseases; but he lingered
until the morning of the 4th of April, when his spirit passed into the
unknown. Two days later all that was mortal of him was buried beside
the grave of his devoted wife at Westfield, whither toward the last his
mind had wandered. The funeral was at his late residence, and it
was conducted by the same clergyman, bearers and friends who laid the wife
and mother at rest less than five months before.
KING Sarah
Wellsboro Agitator - May 17, 1933
Mrs. Sarah K. Boom
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah King Boom was held Saturday at the home of
her nephew, Charles King, in Westfield. Mrs. Boom died in Blossburg
Hospital Wednesday. Her husband, Charles Boom, died several years
ago at Knoxville, where they had lived a good portion of their married
life. She leaves two brothers, Rhodeska King and Aaron P. King, of
Westfield. Burial was made in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
LABAR EDGAR WILLIAM
Wellsboro Agitator – June 1, 1932
The funeral of Edgar William LaBar, aged 74 years, was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ayers in Westfield; burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery. Mr. LaBar spent most of his life in Westfield but had been
ill for some time and was making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Charles
Ayers, of Mansfield, where he died May 20.
LATTIMER MARY
Wellsboro Agitator Feb. 24, 1906
Mrs. Delford A. Pease died Feb. 13, at her home in Cowanesque.
Mrs. Pease's maiden name was Mary Lattimer. She was the daughter
of James and Helen Haining Lattimer and was born April 10, 1841, at Dumfrieshire,
Scotland. She came to this country in 1858 with her parents and moved
to a farm on the Jemison, where she lived until she was married to James
Champlain. To them were born five sons, one dying in infancy; the
others grew to young manhood, when diptheria removed them one week apart.
One foster daughter also had the disease but recovered and is now the wife
of Fred Jacobs, of Blossburg. About 24 years ago Mr. Champlain
died and about two years later she married Delford Pease, who survives.
She was the last of a large family of children. Her youngest brother,
David B. Lattimer, died about six months ago. The funeral was held
Feb. 16 at 2 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Chapman, of the M. E. Church, officiating;
burial in the Mount Pleasant cemetery.
LAYTON SARAH DELPHINE
Wellsboro Agitator – June 29, 1938
Mrs. Sarah Delphine Gardner died June 19 at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Lidia Bates, at Northfork. She was born in 1850 and died at
the age of 88 years. She was married to Thomas Gardner. Most
of her life was spent in Westfield. She was a member of the Methodist
church and of the Rebekah Lodge. She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Lidia Bates, of Westfield, and Mrs. Arch McLean, of Galeton.
Funeral services were held Thursday; burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
LUCE BELLE C
Wellsboro Agitator – November 24, 1920
The funeral of Mrs. Belle C. Butts, wife of Mike W. Butts, of Sabinsville,
was held Nov. 12, at her late home, Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor of the Baptist
church officiating. Mrs. Butts’ maiden name was Luce and she was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Luce, of Cowanesque. She was born
Oct. 16, 1886, in Brookfield township and died Nov. 9, 1920, at her home
in Sabinsville, after an illness of four years. Part of the time
she was able to be up but her health gradually failed and about three months
ago she was taken worse and kept her bed. Everything that her loving
family could do was done to restore her to health but to no avail.
Mrs. Butts is survived by her husband and the following children:
Charles E. Butts, aged 16; Olive Irene, aged 16; Bernice Louise, aged 12,
and Vivian Alida, aged 5, besides her parents and the following brothers
and sisters, Merit B. Luce and Ira G. Luce, of Cowanesque; Mrs. Frank McMullen,
of Wellsboro, and Mrs. Gordon Walter, of Westfield. She was a member
of the Baptist church and was a woman possessing a very beautiful Christian
character and died as she had lived in a hope of an immortal life.
The large attendance and the many beautiful floral tributes spoke of the
esteem in which she was held by all. Burial was made in the family
lot in Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Westfield. – Free Press.
MASCHO WILLIAM
Wellsboro Agitator – August 24, 1921
--William Mascho, formerly of Westfield township, died at the home
of relatives at Olean and the remains were taken to Westfield and the funeral
held and interment made in Mt. Pleasant cemetery on Aug. 16. His
wife died about a year ago at their home in Harrison Valley, Pa.
MATTISON ADA “ADDIE”
Westfield Free Press - Volume XLII May 19, 1921
Mrs. Addie Pride wife of H. Z. Pride, of this borough, passed away
Friday. The funeral was held from her late home on Main Street Sunday,
Rev. Archibald and Rev. Carl Hayes officiating. Interment was made
in Mount Pleasant cemetery. The deceased was the daughter of Henry
and Betsy Mattison and was born in Chatham Township Jan. 16, 1857.
October 11, 1874 she married Mr. H. Z. Pride who survives her death.
To them were born a daughter Mrs. Mae A. Holcomb and a son, Roy T. both
of whom survive their mother's death. She is also survived by two
brothers, Luther Mattison, of Horseheads, N.Y. and Bert Mattison of Knoxville,
and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Perry, of Lawrenceville, and a grandson, William
B. Holcomb of Elmira, N.Y.
MATTISON ADA “ADDIE”
Mrs. Addie Pride Dead - A well-known Westfield lady passes away after
a long illness
Mrs. Addie Pride, wife of Mr. H. Z. Pride, of this borough passed peacefully
away Friday after an illness that had made her an invalid for the past
three years. For the past three weeks, Mrs. Pride had been
unable to take much nourishment and she gradually grew weaker until death
claimed her. The deceased was a most estimable woman, highly respected
and admired by a large circle of friend and beloved by her family.
She was a member of the Methodist church and for mamy years an earnest
worker in that congregation. She was also a member of the Eastern
Star and the Woman's Relief Corps both of which organizations regret deeply
the loss of a valued member. The funeral was held from her late home
on Main Street Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. Archibald and Rev.
Carl Hayes officiating. The attendance at the funeral was very large,
many coming from a distance to pay their last respect to the departed.
The members of Cowanesque Chapter of the Eastern Star attended in a body
and the floral offerings both from organizations of which the deceased
was a member and from individuals were abundant and very beautiful.
Interment was made in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The deceased was the daughter
of Henry and Betsy Mattison and was born in Chatham Township January 16,
1857. On October 11, 1874 she married Mr. H. Z. Pride who survives
her death. To them were born a daughter Mrs. Mae A. Holcomb and a
son, Roy T. both of whom survive their mother's death. She is also
survived by two brothers, Luther Mattison, of Horseheads, NY and Bert Mattison
of Knoxville, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Perry, of Lawrenceville, and a
grandson, William B. Holcomb, of Elmira, NY.
NEWMAN - Margaret Elizabeth Newman James
Age 76, of #275 Elm Street, Westfield, PA, passed away Wednesday, June
13, 2007, at the Green Home, Wellsboro, PA. She was born July 18, 1930
in Hornell, NY, the daughter of Herbert and Mildred Gridley Newman. She
was a graduate of Fairmont State University who was formerly a business
teacher at Elkland High School. Margaret also worked as a L.P.N. in Indiana,
PA, for many years. She was a member of the D.A.R., Eastern Star and St.
John's Episcopal Church, Westfield, PA. Survived by son and daughter-in-law,
Mike and Faun James, Westfield, PA; grandchildren, Mrs. Duane "Linda" Graves,
Westfield, PA, Christina James and Chad Preston, Elkland, PA, Matt James,
Westfield, PA, Derek James, Westfield, PA; three great-grandchildren; sister,
Mrs. Neal "Barbara" Carlson, FL; several nieces and nephews; "Feline Friends",
Rascal and Scooter. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Newman.
Family and friends are invited to call at the Kenyon Funeral Home, Inc.,
#222 West Main St., Westfield, PA, Friday from 6-8:00 p.m. Funeral services
will be conducted Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church,
Westfield, PA. Father Joseph McNamara officiating. Burial in Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery, Westfield, PA.
PRIDE FAYETTE
Wellsboro Agitator – January 27, 1926
--Fayette Pride died at his home in Westfield Jan. 16, after several
weeks’ illness, following several years of failing health. He was
nearly 70 years of age and had always lived in that vicinity. For
several years he was in the flour and feed business with his brother.
He is survived by his widow; one brother, Harley Z. Pride; one son, Allie;
one nephew, Roy Pride; and a niece, Mrs. E. S. Holcomb, all of Westfield.
The funeral was held Jan. 18, Rev. Fay Chapman, of the M. E. church officiating;
interment in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. He was a member of the I. O.
O. F. Lodge, which conducted the burial services
RUMSEY George H.
Age 94, of 697 North Fork Road, Westfield, PA, passed away Tuesday,
December 11, 2007, at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro, PA. He was born
June 17, 1913 in Westfield, PA, the son of Harvey and Helen Patton Rumsey.
George worked as a heavy equipment operator, ran a milk route, owned a
grocery store, and farmed the family farm during his working life. George
and his late wife, Thelma were members of the Westfield United Methodist
Church. Survived by sons, George C. (Patricia) Rumsey, Reading Ctr., NY,
Harvey A. (Janet) Rumsey, Westfield, PA; daughters, Joan (Ken) Bubb, Camp
Hill, PA, Joyce (Bruce) Broadbent, York, PA; 12 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren,
two great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. He was predeced
in death by his wife, Thelma; sister, Mittie Simmons; and brother, D.H.
Rumsey. Family and friends are invited to call at the Kenyon Funeral Home,
Inc., 222 West Main Street, Westfield, PA, Friday from 6-8:00 p.m. and
Saturday from 1-2:00 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m.
immediately following the visitation. Edward Heyler, offc. Burial in Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Westfield, PA. Memorials may be made to the Westfield
United Methodist Church in George's memory.
RUSHMORE Nina - Mrs. Nina Rushmore Eick, the wife of Roland Eick of Emporium, Pennsylvania, died at her home on West Allegheny Street. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watt Rushmore. She was a member of the Baptist Church, the O.E.S., and was a Past District Deputy Grand Matron of the O.E.S. of the 12th District from 1930 to 1931. She graduated from Westfield High School and was for many years a resident of Westfield. She is survived by her husband, Roland Eick; one daughter, Mrs. LaRue Heyler, and three granddaughters: Donna Lee, Carolyn, and Marlyn Moffitt of Emporium. Funeral services were held in Emporium on Sunday afternoon. A committal service was held at Westfield on Monday afternoon. The Rev. Cecil Palm, pastor of the Sabinsville Church conducted the local service. 1947 Mt. Pleasant
SCOTT CHARLOTTE
Westfield Free Press - May 19, 1887
The funeral of Mrs. Adriel King was held at the residence
of her family last Thursday with the Rev. H. W. Hand officiating.
Charlotte Scott was born on November 5, 1818 and was married to Adriel
King on June 7, 1836 and lived in Westfield until March 1850 when they
moved to Clymer where they have resided since. She was the mother
of 8 children, 4 of whom with her husband were her constant attendants
during her sickness and death.
SEAGERS Allie
Mrs. James Seagers of Westfield, died suddenly last week Monday morning
at the age of 19 years. Her maiden name was Allie Guile. About a year ago
she was married to Mr. Seagers and about three weeks ago a son was born
to them. Both mother and son were enjoying excellent health to all appearances,
but last week Monday as Mrs. Seagers was seated at the breakfast table,
she suddenly expired without a moment’s warning and without uttering a
word. (Tuesday, October 13, 1885, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
SEAGERS James L
Wellsboro Agitator - October 9, 1929
James L. Seagers, aged 68 years of Westfield died Sept. 30, of complication
of diseases from which he had suffered for about two years. The funeral
was held at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon; burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery. Mr. Seagers was twice married, his first wife being Allie
Guile. She died many years ago, leaving one son, Carl, of Bloomsburg,
who survives. Mr. Seagers married Marion Larrison, who with her two
daughters, Mrs. Donald Duley, of Westfield and Mrs. Allen Hoyle of Oakland,
Calif. survive. Mr. Seagers also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Benn and Mrs. Emma Rexford, of Westfield and Mrs. Bessie Gee, of Sabinsville.
SEAGERS John H
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, September 19, 1906, Pg
1
Mr. John H. Seagers, aged 89, died at his home in Westfield on the
7th instant about 7am. He was born in Delmar in July 1817, and spent all
his life in Tioga County, for over 50 years being a resident of Westfield
and Brookfield townships. About six weeks ago Mr. Seagers was stricken
with apoplexy and grew rapidly worse until the end came. His wife and seven
children survive him. They are Mrs. Orson Mintonye and Mrs. Charles Gee
of Sabinsville; Mrs. Delos Rexford of Manhattan; Mrs. C. M. Benn; Miss
Bessie Seagers and James Seagers of Westfield. Funeral services were held
on the 9th instant, Rev. Mr. Grover, of Harrison Valley, officiating.
CHARLES SIMMONS
Westfield, Aug. 12—Funeral services for Charles Simmons, who died Sunday
morning, were held at the home Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Wesley Lundy
officiating. Interment was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mr. Simmons was one
of the prominent business men of Westfield and had spent his entire life
here. He was born Jan. 19, 1862. He married Lena Patton who died several
years ago. He is survived by two sons, William of Williamsport and Bert
of Westfield; three brothers, Frank of Mansfield; the Rev. Fred P. Simmons
of Phelps, N.Y. and Arthur of Westfield.
SMITH DRECELIA
Wellsboro Agitator – February 22, 1928
Westfield, Feb. 20 – Mrs. Drecelia Smith Baker, aged nearly 87 years,
died at the home of her son, Klein D. Baker, Feb. 13. The funeral
services were held at the home of her son, Wednesday, Feb. 15, Rev. Wallis
Stevens officiating; burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. She was married
to Albert Baker, a veteran of the civil war, in 1864, and to them three
children were born, Klein D. and Vida Baker, of this borough, and Mrs.
Ilba Buhr, of Tampa, Fla. Besides these children, Mrs. Baker is survived
by two granddaughters, three grandsons, three great-grandsons and one sister,
Mrs. Susan Bruce, of Parker, Kans. Mr. Baker passed on over twenty
years ago.
STEPHENSON JAMES
Wellsboro Agitator – June 18, 1947
The funeral of James Stephenson, aged 81 years, of Westfield, who died
Thursday, was held Saturday, Rev. C. E. Swearingen officiating; burial
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Mr. Stephenson is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Ernest Nix of Westfield, and Mrs. Clarence Croft, of Sayre.
SUTTON JENNIE
Wellsboro Agitator – September 19, 1957
Mrs. Jennie Little, 81, formerly of Westfield, died on Sept. 8, 1957
in St. Petersburg, Florida. The funeral was held at the Westfield
Methodist Church, and burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Westfield.
TREMAIN ORREN A.
Wellsboro Agitator – September 17, 1902
Westfield, Sept. 11 – The late Mr. Orren A. Tremain, of this borough,
whose sudden death was announced in yesterday’s issue of the Agitator,
was one of our most prominent citizens and a member of that vast army of
the civil war that is so rapidly melting away. He entered the army
when he was only 15 years old and received a bullet wound at the battle
of Fredericksburg from which he suffered during his whole afterlife.
Most of his life was spent here, where he received the universal respect
due to a man of his business abilities and pure home life. The funeral
was conducted from his late residence Saturday afternoon, the 6th instant.
The memorial was read by Rev. R. C. Grames, pastor of the Methodist Church,
and the services at the grave in Mt. Pleasant cemetery were by the Masonic
order, of which the deceased was a prominent member. He leaves to
mourn his loss his wife,(nee Clara Phillips) and two children, Roy and
Mabel, and besides these nearest relatives, three brothers – Munson Tremain,
of Franklinville, N.Y.; Warren Tremain, of Elmira, and G. H. Tremain, of
this borough, and two sisters – Mrs. Nealy and Mrs. Almira Edgcomb, of
Elmira. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Edgcomb who was
detained at home by ill health.
WALTER GEORGE GORDON
Wellsboro Agitator – November 1, 1939
George Gordon Walter, of Westfield, died at the Blossburg hospital
Oct. 23 after a short illness. He was born August 12, 1883, at Westfield,
where most of his life was spent. He was the son of Calvin and Bell
Brown Walter. At one time he was one of the rural mail carriers out
of Westfield, later engaging in farming. On Sept. 14, 1904, he married
Miss Cleva Luce, and to them the following children were born: Harold
Walter, of Sylvester; Clyde Walter, of Nelson; Merritt Walter, of Elmer;
Robert Walter, of Westfield; Mrs. Bernice Clark, of Westfield; Mrs. Pauline
Brady, of Detroit, Mich.; Miss Doris Walter, of Westfield; Mrs. Arline
Bowers, of Knoxville; one sister, Mrs. Leone Wetherbee, of Westfield, N.Y.,
and one aunt, Mrs. Ella Guiles, of Yonkers, N.Y. The funeral was
held Thursday at the Baptist church, Rev. Wallace Stevens, officiating;
burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
YEAGER FRANK
Wellsboro Agitator – April 18, 1923
--Frank Yeager died at his home in Westfield, April 7, after several
months’ illness. He was past 67 years of age and had lived in Westfield
most of his life. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lottie Rugaber,
of Germania, Pa.; three brothers, Herman and Edward, of Westfield, and
Robert of Germania, Pa.; his widow, who was a daughter of Rev. Mr. Fausey,
for several years pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church in Westfield,
and four daughters, Pearl, at home; Mrs. Grace Matteson, of Westfield;
Mrs. Carl Mendler, of Jersey Shore, and Edna, of Elmira. Joseph Eberle
is a nephew of the deceased. The funeral was held last Tuesday at
11 o’clock from St. John’s Episcopal church; interment in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery at Westfield.
? GARDNER MRS. MARY
Wellsboro Agitator – October 18, 1922
--Mrs. Mary Gardner, 80 years old, widow of the late Charles Gardner,
died at her home in Westfield Oct. 8. The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock; interment in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. She
leaves three daughters, Mrs. C. D. Pease, of Wellsboro; Mrs. Bennett Steenburg
and Mrs. John McLean, of Westfield, and two sons, Harvey and Walter, of
Westfield.
? McMAHON LENA BALDWIN PLANK
Wellsboro Agitator – September 10, 1947
Mrs. Lena Baldwin Plank McMahan, of Westfield, died Sept. 2.
She was the widow of Dennis McMahon. She is survived by a cousin,
Mrs. George Diehl, of Vestal, N. Y. The funeral was held Friday;
burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
? PRIDE MAUDE
Wellsboro Agitator – March 14, 1957
Mrs. Maude Pride, 72 and widow of Allen T. Pride, died on Feb. 26th,
and the funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday at her home. Burial was
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. She is survived by a nephew, Charles Decker,
of Westfield.
? SUTTON MRS. EMMA
Wellsboro Agitator – April 15, 1931
--Mrs. Emma Sutton, widow of George Sutton, died at her home at Westfield
Tuesday night, aged 75 years. She is survived by a daughter, Jennie
Little, and two grandchildren, Junior and Jean Little, of Westfield.
The funeral was held Friday; interment in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
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