Smith, Erle 1881-1950 Morris Obituary

Smith, Erle 1881-1950 Morris Obituary

Erle Smith, Morris, Dies

April 1950, Morris---Erle A. Smith, Morris, died at 3:50 p. m. Sunday. Funeral will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Zion Episcopal Church here. The Rev. Carl F. Truesdale will officiate. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery.

He was born in New Lisbon Nov. 17, 1881, son of William and Cora (Cook) Smith. He was married on Aug. 18, 1915, to Harriett Moore at Morris. He had lived here since 1936, when he came from New Lisbon.

He attended the New Lisbon school and was a graduate of Morris High School. He formerly was a farmer but after coming to Morris was a night watchman at the Linn Tractor plant and a school bus driver.

He was a member of Zion church, the West Laurens Grange and of the church vestry.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Smith, Hartford, Conn.; two sons, Francis of Sidney and Erle Jr. of Riverdale; and four grandchildren.


Below are links to Erle Smith's family memorials on Find A Grave:

Parents:

  William Ibbotson Smith (1862 - 1935)
  Cora Estelle Cook Smith (1858 - 1901)

 Spouse:
  Harriet Grace Moore Smith (1894 - 1972)*

 Children:
  Francis William Smith (1916 - 1973)*
  Virginia Marie Smith Smith (1918 - ____)*
  Robert Moore Smith (1923 - 1924)*
  Erle Amariah Smith (1925 - 2008)*

Smith, Ida Mae (Light) 1878-1954 Morris Obituary

Smith, Ida Mae (Light) 1878-1954 Morris Obituary

Mrs. Ida M. Smith

MORRIS --- Mrs. Ida Mae Smith, 67, died Monday at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Morris Methodist Church. The Rev. Winifred Lyon, pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Samuel Little of Endwell. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery.

She was born May 3, 1887, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Morse) Light. She was married to Albert Smith, Oct. 25, 1905.

Mrs. Smith was a member of the Methodist Church and the OES.

Surviving are her husband; one son, Cecil of Morris; one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

  

Find a Grave Memorial for Ida Mae (Light) Smith

 It also includes a photo of her gravestone along with her husband, Albert Smith.

Addendum: Ida's tombstone gives her birth as 1878 instead of the 1887 noted

in her obituary. It would seem that the 1878 is the correct date. On the 1880

census, she is listed as 2 yrs. Old. On the 1900 census, she is in her parent's

household, age 22, listed as Ida Hull, and widowed.

In conclusion, the corrected information would make her 76 or 77 at the time of her death instead of 67.

Southworth, Claude R. and Nettie F. His Wife-- Gravestone photo

Son of William R. and Della (Carr) Southworth

Find A Grave for Nettie F. Southworth

Southworth, Della C. 1867-1958 Morris Obituary

Southworth, Della C. 1867-1958 Morris Obituary

Mrs. Della C. Southworth

MORRIS---Mrs. Della C. Southworth, 90, of Morris, died April 27 following an illness of several years.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sloan Funeral Home, Morris, with the Rev. Arthur Clum, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Gilbertsville, officiating in the absence of the rector of Zion Church, the Rev. Carl Truesdale. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.

Mrs. Southworth was born Nov. 9, 1867 in Maple Grove, Town of Morris, daughter of Erastus and Sarahette (Bennett) Jakes Carr. She was married to William R. Southworth, New Lisbon, Sept. 21, 1885. He died Feb. 12, 1930.

She was a resident of New Lisbon until 1948 when she went to make her home with her son, Claude Robert Southworth, Endicott. He died Sept. 1, 1955, and she came to live with her niece, Mrs. Mary Edwards, Oneonta. For the past year she had been cared for by a cousin, Mrs. Florence Mallory of Morris.

She was a member of Zion Episcopal Church.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Nellie Jester, New Lisbon; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nettie Southworth, Johnson City; two nieces, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Lena Culver, Cannonsburg, Pa.; two nephews, Harry Pegg, Maple Grove, and Ira Pegg, Morris, and several cousins.

Southworth, William R. 1863-1930 New Lisbon Obituary

Southworth, William R. 1863-1930  New Lisbon Obituary

William B. Southworth Dies
At Residence in New Lisbon

New Lisbon, Feb. 13.----William B. Southworth, a life long and much esteemed resident of this community, died at the family home here Wednesday at 6:45 following a three-year illnesss with hardening of the arteries.
Mr. Southworth was born but a short distance from the home where he had lived for 13 years. The second son of Robert and Amanda (Garlock) Southworth, he was born January 29, 1863.
On September 23, 1885, he was united in marriage with Della E. Carr of New Lisbon. To them was born one son, Claude R. Southworth, now of Yardley, Pa.
Surviving beside his wife and son mentioned are two brothers, Clessen Southworth of South New Berlin and Charles Southworth of New Lisbon; one niece, Mrs. Levi George of New Lisbon, and several cousins.
The funeral will be held at his late home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. E. E. Hutchinson of Morris will officiate. Interment will be in Hillington cemetery.

The obit reads William B. and the Funeral reads Wiliam R. The headstone reads William R., so looks like that wins the majority. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Southworth, William Funeral 1930
Funeral of W. R. Southworth
Held at New Lisbon Saturday

New Lisbon, Feb. 18----A large number of friends attended the funeral of the late William R. Southworth, held at the family home, Saturday afternoon: gathered to pay a final tribute to one whose entire life had been passed among them and whose passing brings deep sorrow to all.

Rev. E. E. Hutchinson, rector of Zion church at Morris and personal friend of the family, officiated. After reading the church service and two selected hymns, he gave a brief but fitting tribute to the life and personality of the deceased, closing with prayer. The floral tributes were beautiful. Beside those given by near relatives were pieces from the neighbors and from the pupils of the Yardley High school, in which the son, Claude R. Southworth, is janitor and Mrs. Southworth a teacher. The bearers were Andrew Myers, George Myers, Andrew Carleton and Ernst Thurston.

Interment was in Hillington cemetery. Friends from out of town in attendance were: C.R. Southworth of Yardley, Pa.; Mrs. H. Carr and John Carr of Herkimer; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Pittsley of Maple Grove; Wesley Sutton of Otsego, and Mr. and Mrs. Granville Jester of Morris.

Strait, Anna (Grayson) 1879-1941 New Lisbon Obituary

Strait, Anna (Grayson)  1879-1941  New Lisbon Obituary

"NEW LISBON - Mrs. Anna Strait, wife of Bert Strait passed away shortly after noon, Saturday, June 21st at her home at New Lisbon, at the age of sixty-one. She had been in declining health for nearly four years with Hodgkins disease and since January confined to her bed. The funeral was held from the Stilwell Funeral parlors at Hartwick, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. William Gartshore, pastor of the United Presbyterian church at Garrattsville officiated, assisted by the Rev. C. E. Vermilya of the Methodist church. Interment was in Hillington cemetery at Morris ... Anna Grayson Bertwell was born in Providence, R. I., August 13, 1879. Her parents, William and Hannah Grayson, came from England. She was twice married, her first husband, Harold Bertwell, to whom she was married nearly thirty-five years ago, died a number of years ago. Their entire married life was passed in Providence and Warwick, R. I. Coming to New Lisbon, she married Bert Strat of Morris, June 15, 1935, their home being at New Lisbon since their marriage. Surviving besides her husband are one brother, J. Grayson of Providence; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ella Grayson and one niece, Mrs. Pearl Perkins of Warwick, together with a wide circle of friends who unite with the family in their sorrow." ["The Otsego Farmer & Republican" (Cooperstown, NY), Fri., Jul. 4, 1941, Page Three]

Strait, Bert 1873-1958 New Lisbon Obituary

Bert Strait

NEW LISBON---Funeral services for Bert Strait, 83, who died Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Sloan Funeral Parlor in Morris with the Rev. E. Scott Farley, retired minister of Oneonta officiating. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.
Mr. Strait was born March 29, 1873 in the Town of Laurens, a son of James and Florence (Lent) Strait. He married Lela Frick of Otego on Dec. 24, 1900. She died July 8, 1934. Most of their married life was spent in the Township of Laurens.
On June 11, 1935 he married Mrs. Anna Butwell of Rhode Island and they lived in New Lisbon until she died June 21, 1941.
A farmer nearly all his life he was a member of the Morris Methodist Church.
Surviving are one brother, James Strait, New Lisbon; one sister, Mrs. Mabelle Sutherland, Ontario, several nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family will be in attendance at the Sloan Funeral Home, Morris from 7-9 p. m.

Transcribed from the Mary Boice Gale Collection.

Link to Bert Strait and his wives, Lelah and Anna.
Find a Grave for Bert Strait 

On the same gravestone with Bert and Lelah,  his brother Sherman and his wife Addie are listed.
Below you can see there were 7 brothers.  

 

1880 Census:

James Straight	35
Florrence Straight	31
Rosnell H. Straight	13
Sherman A. Straight	10
Herbert Straight	9
Edwin L. Straight	7
Burton Straight--Bert	5
George Straight	3
James Straight	1