WADDING Griffin*
about 80 years
d. at Jericho; found in the woods “nearly dead”; moved to a nearby house, where
he died; resident of Old Westbury who “had been working around among the
farmers in that vicinity [Old Westbury] for years”; 29 October 1898 paper,
Hicksville item; inquest ruled he died from pneumonia, 5 November 1898 paper
WADDINGTON Mrs.
87 years
d. 19 April 1896 at Brooklyn; grandmother of Mrs. B. F. Carr; Central Park item
WADE young man
20 years
killed at Morris Park “last week” when he was hit by a railroad train; son of
Charles Wade of Hicksville; 4 February 1899 paper
WADE Eliza
63 years
d. 28 July 1898 at Cold Spring Harbor; cancer in the face; “suffered greatly from
her disease”; funeral at Cold Spring Harbor; interment at Huntington Rural
Cemetery; wife of John Wade; mother of John DeGray; “a worthy member of the
M. E. Church of the village [Cold Spring Harbor]”
WADE William A. B.
75 years
d. 13 December 1895 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington
WADE William H.
41 years
d. 16 February 1897 at New York City; interment at Huntington; son of late
William Wade; survived by unnamed widow and three children
WAGNER Barbara
64 years
d. 20 June 1898 at Hicksville; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville, by
Rev. Matschat; “children of the deceased are all grown and part of them married”;
“one of Hicksville’s most estimable ladies”; resident of Hicksville for 25 years
WAGNER Charles
55 years
d. 20 August 1895 at Frankfurt, Germany, while on a visit; “remains will be
brought to Lindenhurst”; native of Germany; resident of Lindenhurst for 20 years;
served as Justice of the Peace for the Town of Babylon and postmaster of
Lindenhurst; “a rich merchant and prominent in Democratic politics in Suffolk
County”
WAGNER Paul
25 years
suicide night at 30-31 August 1897 at Hicksville; hanged himself in barn; conflict
with his parents over his proposed marriage to Miss Lizzie Soffel, who was “not of
their religious views”; caused “a breach between father and son”; account of
suicide in 4 September 1897 paper; son of Adolph Wagner
WAHLSTRON Mary Charlotte
80 years
d. 28 April 1891 at Huntington
WAKEMAN Miss
ca. 70 years
d. 29 October 1893 at Oyster Bay; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn;
“she came to this village [Oyster Bay] to make a visit and was taken sick”;
funeral at residence of Elbert Ludlum of Oyster Bay
WALDEN James
murdered by his wife Annie Walden, who received a life sentence 29 April 1892
from a court in New York City
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