Onondaga County New York Obituaries Extracted From The Northern Christian Advocate, Syracuse, NY, 1909

1909 Obituaries from the Northern Christian Advocate in Syracuse, Onondaga County New York.

JONES, Byron, Obituary

Byron Jones was born in Marathon, Cortland county, N.Y., Dec. 12, 1832, and died in Troupsburg, N.Y., October 20, 1909. About fifty years ago he came to Troupsburg. After spending some time as a teacher in the public schools he began a successful career as merchant. He made friends easily and thus built up a fine trade which is still carried on under the firm name, B. Jones and Son. Thirty-eight years ago he was united in marriage to Mrs. Alzina Ackley. This union has benn increasingly happy and in their later years they grew more endeared to each other in mutual dependence and helpfulness. Brother Jones was strong in his convictions and of resolute will. He possessed rare tact and a strong memory. Few men have had a broader experience in the mercantile business, though his dealings have been mainly confined to a small inland town. He was a staunch advocate and supporter of the cause of temperance. In early life he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church, filling a number of important positions. He was a trustee at the time of his death. With zeal he pursued the enterprise of undertaking which enlisted his interest and some of the advantages of the present valuable church property are testimonials of his foresight and efforts. Besides his widow and son, James B. Jones, of Painted Post, N.Y., he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Henry Simpson and Mrs. Julia Reynolds, to mourn his departure. The funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church at Troupsburg, October 22, his pastor F.H. Dickerson, officiating. Many earnest friends were in attendance. Beautiful floral offerings as tributes from the church and other friends rested upon and about the casket. The bereaved have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, November 18, 1909, P.2]

KING, Newman, Obituary

Nearly a year ago Newman King, the twelve-year-old son of Rev. Dr. F. E. King, then of Pultney, now of Painted Post, N.Y., was taken ill. In the hope of saving his life in spite of the severity of the disease, he was taken to the Hornell Sanitarium where he remained some months, but all that could be done by doctors and nurses proved unavailing and he died at the home to which he was brought back a few months ago, on the 28th of December, 1908. The funeral was held at the church at Painted Post, Wednesday, the 30th. Thence the body was taken by the sorrowing parents to the old home on Long Island for burial. Revs. B. M. Clark and J. W. Torkington of Corning, W. H. Reese, of Wellsboro, and the pastors of Painted Post participated in the funeral services. Newman, named after Bishop Newman, was a bright, manly boy. A patient sufferer for many months, death was a "sweet release" to him. The deepest sympathy is felt and expressed for the sorrowing family by the people of Painted Post and the large circle of friends of the bereaved ones. W. H. Reese. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Buffalo, NY), Thursday, January 21, 1909, P.2]

WIXOM, Martha, Obituary

Martha Wixom was born in Pulteney, Steuben county, N.Y., August 30, 1832, and died in Urbana, N.Y., February 18, 1909, in the seventy-seventh year of her age. With her parents she moved from Pulteney to Urbana when two and one-half years old, where she continued to reside until death released her from earth with its mingled joys and sorrows and introduced her to the glory-lighted plains of immortality. After the death of her parents, Stephen and Hetty Wixom, she with her sister Susan, owned and continued to live on the old homestead until the death of the latter. as Susan was a bed ridden invalid for thirty years, it devolved upon Martha to act the double part of nurse and general housekeeper, which two domestic functions she faithfully , patiently, lovingly and most efficiently performed. My wife, who was their cousin, and myself, made frequent visits to their home and can testify to their mutual love and many Christian graces. The writer was their pastor for three years and many a happy visit always accompanied with Bible reading, song, and prayer, does he recall. As it was impossible for them to attend the church, he administered the Holy Communion to them in their home. "Very lovely were these two sisters in their lives and in their deaths they were not long divided." After the death of Susan, Martha continued to live in the old home but finally went to live with her sister, Mrs. Emeline Depew, where she received the most loving care and Christian companionship until she died. Her end like her life was peace. She leaves to mourn her departure, the one sister above mentioned and two brothers, Albert Wixom and Albertson Wixom, besides a number of nephews and nieces. The funeral services were held at the home and were conducted by the Rev. J. A. Gardner, of Canasaraga, N.Y., one of her former pastors. Interment was made in the family plot in the Free Baptist Cemetery, February 20. Let us not think of the sad parting but of the joyful meeting and reunion in that land of light and love and glory where the streams of life well up with free and unhindered force and where the fruits of the tree of life display themselves continually. Geneseo, N.Y. John Butlin Irons. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, April 8, 1909, P.2]

WOOD, Emily Aurelia, Obituary

Mrs. Emily Aurelia Wood, widow of Ambrose Wood, was born in Perry, N.Y., September 15, 1838, and died at her home in Hornell, N.Y., July 3, 1909, in her seventy first year. She was the daughter of Norman and Aurelia (Blake) Blakeslee, whose earlier home was Camden, N.Y. She was the youngest of seven children, her mother dying at her birth. Three children died in infancy, and the only brother, Wilbur, died in Illinois at the age of forty-seven. Mrs. Wood was next to go, leaving two surviving sisters: Miss Mary Blakeslee, the elder, of Perry, N.Y., and Mrs. Almina Bradt, of Marcellus, Mich.

Mrs. Wood was converted at Castile, N.Y., at fifteen, her father’s home at that time being midway between Perry and Castile; but she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Perry, of which she remained a member until her marriage with Mr. Wood, June 26, 1875, after which her life work and membership were in Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Hornell. Few have adorned the church with a more godly life and conversation. Her funeral occurred on the fifth of July, just eighteen years to a day from the date of her husband’s funeral. The church was filled. A memorial sketch was read by the undersigned, and fitting words were added by Dr. G. Chapman Jones, a former pastor. The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies, the “Marthas,” and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, attended in body, and each member tearfully laid on her bosom a rose- beautiful emblem of her saintly life.

Mrs. Wood's children died in infancy, but she reared three, born to her husband by a former marriage, two of whom reside in Hornell, Edward Clayton and Fred J., and a third, Jerome B., resides in Seattle, Oregon. They mourn her as their own. She died on Saturday evening, at the close of the week – a fitting suggestion that her work was done. Melville R. Webster. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Buffalo, NY), December 9, 1909, P.2]