Abstracted by David Roberts
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Surnames
ABBOTT Austin
d. 19 April 1896 at
New York City; son of Jacob Abbott; brother of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott of
Brooklyn, Rev. Dr. Edward Abbott of Cambridge, Mass., and the late
Benjamin V. Abbott; dean of faculty of the Law School at the University of the
City of New York; Aone of the most widely known lawyers and legal writers in this
country@
ABBOTT Mrs. Daniel 58 years
d.
ABBOTT George H.(alias Frank C. Almy)
executed
ABBOTT Henry M. 72 years
d.
ABBOTT Mattie Woodhull
d. 27 July 1894
at Morelia, Mexico; of malaria fever while on
a Apleasure trip@ in
Mexico; interment at San Antonio, Texas; daughter of late Josiah Woodhull of Wading River; wife of Leon/Louis Alexander
Abbott; sister of Oliver J. Woodhull; resident of
San Antonio, Texas; formerly of Woodbury
ABRAMS Stephen 84 years
funeral
ABRAMS Theodore
funeral service by
Rev. Gutweiler of Hicksville; interment 4 June 1899
at German Methodist Church cemetery, Jerusalem; resident of Plain Edge; member
of I. O. O. F
ACKERLY Almira Anearly@90 years
d. 26 April 1896 at
Northport; aunt of James Ackerly, with whom she
resided Afor many years@;
native of Dix Hills; Aconsistent
member of the Northport M. E. Church@;Auntil within a short time of her death, she was a remarkably
strong and active person@
ACKERLY
Clifford B.
d. 10 October 1899 at
Riverhead; recovering from an appendicitis operation; brother of Orville
B. Ackerly; husband of Addie
Howell (m. 1878); son-in-law of late J. Chauncey Howell; father of two
daughters; native of Patchogue (b. 26 May 1851); secretary of Riverhead Savings
Bank for 24 years; Ahis efforts have been devoted to making this one of the
strongest savings banks in the state. How well he has succeeded is shown from
the fact that the total assets of the bank are nearly three millions of dollars@; organizer and vice-president of the Suffolk County National
Bank of Riverhead; trustee of Riverhead Congregational Church
ACKERLY
Ernest B.
d. 5 February 1896 at
White Plains; Areport published in the city papers that he committed suicide in
untrue, death not resulting from accident or suicide, but probably heart
disease or apoplexy@; brother of Orville B. Ackerly
ACKERLY Ida F. 31 yrs 6 mos
d. 21 March 1897 at
Northport; funeral St. Paul=s M. E.
Church, Northport; daughter of James A. and Susan A. Ackerly;
member of the M. E. Church at Northport and Aa worker in the Sunday School@
ACKERLY Jo N. 21 yrs 5 mos
d.
ACKERLY Keturah A. 82 y 3 m 24 d
d.
ACKERLY Priscilla 84 years
d.
ACKERLY Richard 85 years
d. Aabout eight months ago@ at
ACKERLY Richard C. 51 y 1 m 11 d
d. 3 May 1892 at East
Northport; pneumonia; brother of William Ackerly
and Philetus
Ackerly, both of who also died of pneumonia;
native of Brooklyn; carriage trimmer and farmer; sung part of hymn AOh! How I Love Jesus@ just
prior to his death
ACKERLY Sarah Rebecca 41 yrs 9 mos
d. 20 July 1893 at
Crab Meadow; funeral at Northport; interment at East Northport; wife of
James Ackerly; mother of seven; sister
of Le Grand Smith; former resident
of Elwood
ACKERLY Samuel 37 years
d. 4 February 1899 at
Northport; consumption; funeral at Northport; son of Margaret Ackerly; formerly employed by the Port Jefferson Times,
the Northport Journal and a New York paper; called AJ. Samuel@ in
legal notice when will was proved 4 May 1899
ACKERLY William 79 years
d. 10 July 1894 at
Northport; father of James Ackerly and
Mrs. Sammis; Centerport native who was in
carriage business in Brooklyn, E. D.; Ahe
accumulated quite a fortune by speculating in real estate, and at the of his
death owned some valuable property on Broadway, Brooklyn@;owner of a shoe store and an iron foundry; member of Gothic M.
E. and Leonard Street M. E. Churches in Brooklyn; following retirement in
1867he moved to Northport in 1873, where he was a member of St. Paul=s M. E. Church
ADAM John F. 46 years
d. 14 April 1898 at
New York City; interment at Oyster Bay; brother of Mrs. James Sheldon and
Fannie S. Adam; step-father of Leonard F. Nichol; Aactive in extending the L. I. R. R. from Locust Valley to this
village [Oyster Bay].@ He was also instrumental in getting a steamboat dock built, in
establishing the Oyster Bay Pilot, and the establishment of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club on
ADAM Sarah Sampson
d. 18 January 1897 at New
York City; funeral New York City; interment at Oyster Bay; daughter of
Isaac Sampson; widow of John H. Adam (m. 1850), late president of New York Gas
Light Company; mother of John F. Adam, Fannie Adam and Emily (Mrs. James)
Sheldon of England; niece of Joseph Sampson, from whom she inherited a Alarge fortune@;
native of Oyster Bay (b. 1821); Awealthy
widow ... a woman with marked business ability ... it was her wont to transact
all business of any importance in person@;Avery open handed in many charities and was a particularly
zealous worker in Christ Episcopal Church, this village [Oyster Bay]
to which she made a handsome donation in 1878 when the present building
was erected@; owned a home with Aa
magnificent view@ in Oyster Bay
ADAMS George 60 years
d.
ADAMS Hannah
d.
ADAMS Helen S. 65 yrs 2 mos
d. 23 February 1899 at
Huntington; funeral at St. John=s
Episcopal Church, Huntington, by Rev. Aitkens; daughter
of Otis Pollard, New York City architect and builder; wife of Isaac Adams;
mother of Mrs. J. C. Barrows of
St. Louis, Missouri, Frank R. Adams and Edison Adams, both of New York City,
Mrs. Thomas E. Irwin of Huntington, Henry H. Adams of San Francisco,
California, and the late Mrs. M. J. Hawley of San Francisco; came to Huntington
as a primary school teacher and lived in Huntington for 40 years following her
marriage
ADAMS Isaac 74 years
d. 27 June 1900 at
Corona; funeral at St. John=s
Episcopal Church, Huntington by Rev. Aitkins;
interment at St. John=s Cemetery, Huntington; husband of Emeline
Wheeler, native of Westport, Connecticut, and Helen Rice; father of Mrs. J. Woolsey Shepard
and Edson Adams, both of New York City, Mrs.
Augustus Kissam and Frank P. Adams, both of
Brooklyn, Mrs. John C. Barrows of St. Louis, Missouri, Henry Adams of San
Francisco, California, and Mrs. Thomas E. Irwin of Huntington; native of
Westport, Connecticut; came to Huntington at the age of 17; in house furnishing
and plumbing business until he retired in 1890; Aan influential member of St. John=s Episcopal Church and served upon the vestry for many years@
ADAMS Job
d.
ADAMS John Quincy
d.
ADAMS Katherine J.
murdered by Roland
Burnham Molineux; Molineux
sentenced to death in the electric chair at Sing SingAsome time within the week begining
March 26 [1900]@; account of trial and verdict in
ADAMS Thomas 75 years
d.
ADAMS Walter
d. 1 March 1895; Awell known resident of Brooklyn@; head of Walter Adams & Co., botanical druggists of New
York City; survived by his wife Mary Ann Adams and son-in-law Alfred D. Fohs, a former resident of Huntington; account in 16
November 1900 paper of suit by Mrs. Adams and Fohs
against George Ellwood, business partner of Adams, relating to the settlement
of Adams= estate
ADCOCK
d.
AINSWORTH children
d. dateline
AINSWORTH Mrs. William
d. dateline
AITKIN Edmund B. 51 yrs 10 days
d.
ALBERTSON Harriet 76 years
d. 15 May 1897
at Mineola; funeral at Mineola;
widow of Thomas W. Albertson; mother of Townsend Albertson, Thomas Albertson,
Mrs. Benjamin D. Hicks of Old Westbury and Mrs. Dr. J. A. Bogart of
Roslyn; Awell known for the interest she took in charitable matters@
ALBERTSON Mary Adelia
d. 5 November 1896 at
New York City; had been taken to a hospital where she died from an operation;
funeral at Oyster Bay; daughter of late Albert Albertson and Mrs. Susan Wright
Albertson; member of Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay
ALBERTSON Robert
d.
ALBERTSON Richard A.AUncle
Dick@ 67 years
d. 30 July 1899
[probably] at Riverhead; unnamed widow, his second wife, survives; brother of
John Albertson of Greenport and Mrs. George Hill of Riverhead; father of Frank
Albertson of New York City, Edward H. Albertson of Riverhead, William C.
Albertson of Amityville; native of Riverhead; Afor many years engaged in wholesale candy and tobacco business
... traveled all over the island with large wagons disposing of his wares
to the local merchants@; retired two years ago and son Edward H. now conducts the
business; resident of Riverhead
ALBIN Sarah L. 50 years
d.
ALDRICH Emeline Aupwards of 100 years@
d.
ALEJOS Catherine T. 61 years
d.
ALEXANDER Mrs. William 32 years
d.
ALLEN George T. ca. 60 years
d.
ALLEN Hannah Augusta 69 years
d.
ALLEN John G.
death reported ALong
Island Notes@ 8 December 1894 paper; member of
ALLEN Margery 85 years
d.
ALLEN Thomas
d. at
ALLEN Willard T.
d. 24 September 1897
at Brooklyn; found dead in room at Manhattan Hotel on Flatbush Avenue; funeral
at Patchogue; salesman for Titus, Wells & Willets,Awell known New York flour and feed dealers@; had lived for some time in Huntington; deputy sheriff of
Suffolk County
ALLEN William 75 years
d. 2 June 1898 at
Locust Valley; found lying under the railroad bridge west of the Oyster Bay
depot; Ahe had fallen from the bridge while attempting to walk over it@; was taken to his sister-in-law=s house, where he died; brother-in-law of Mrs. George T. Allen
of Locust Valley; former resident of California, having gone there in 1849 and
remained Aa number of years@
ALSDORF Mrs. Henry
funeral 21 January
1899 at Long Island City; consumption of the throat; husband survives; mother
of three; sister of Mrs. George W. Robbins of Cold Spring; Aspent some time in our village [Cold Spring] last summer@
ALSOP Margaret 81 years
d.
AMBRON George 37 years
d.
AMORI child 1 year
d.Afirst of the week@;
interment at Westbury; child of Frank Amori;
interment
ANDERSON John 71 years
d.
ANDERSON Rudolph 28 years
d.
d.
d.
ANDREWS Anna E. 47 years
d.
ANDREWS Eva
d.
ANDREWS Georgiana Preston
d.
ANDREWS John
d. 14 October 1897 at
Brooklyn; interment at Greens Farms, [Conn.?]; father of John Andrews;
father-in-law of Mrs. [Georgiana Preston] Andrews, who Adied one week previous@;Aspent much of his summer vacation at the home of his son@ in Cold Spring
ANDREWS Wallace C.
d.
ANDREWS Mrs. Wallace C.
d.
ANSER Robert
d.
ANSTICE, Henrietta
Higgs 80 years
d. 29 December 1894 at
Oyster Bay; funeral at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Oyster
Bay Cove; native of England; widow of Moses Anstice,
a member of the New York Stock Exchange, who Aaccumulated a comfortable fortune@; mother of Mary E. Anstice;
Mrs. Anstice lived in Oyster Bay for sixty years
ANTHONY Aex-Gov.@
[George T.]
d. Athe other day@;
[Governor of Kansas 1876-1880];
APPLEFORD Ann 65 years
d. 30 October 1898 at
Oyster Bay; stroke of paralysis; funeral at Oyster Bay by Rev. Belford; widow
of Washington Appleford; mother of Mrs. James
Van Nostrand
APPLEFORD Mrs. George
funeralAlast week@ by Rev. Washburn of Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay; Oyster
Bay item; loose sheet, November 1899 papers
APPLEFORD George Washington 51 years
d. 23 June 1897;
stomach disorder; survived by unnamed widow; father of Mrs. James Van Nostrand; veteran of the Civil War; for 12 years captain of
the packet Julia S. Swan; member of the Huntington I. O. O. F. lodge;
Oyster Bay item
APPLEGATE Mrs. Joseph 83 years
d. 21 January 1899 at
Brooklyn; pneumonia; funeral at Brooklyn; sister of Miss J. E. Jarvis and
Moses Jarvis and Ebenezer Jarvis, both late of Huntington; mother of Mrs. John
Drake; native of East Neck; Aremoved
to New York City in early life and her after years were divided between that
city and Brooklyn@
APPLETON William H. 85 years
d.
APROY Francis 79 y 11 m 18 d
d. 23 June 1900 at Huntington;
funeral at Huntington by Rev. Wightman of Oyster Bay; interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; husband of Sarah A. Sammis,
Susie Lewis and Belle Lewis; father of Joseph Aproy
and Mrs. William Ludlum, both of Oyster Bay, and Fannie Aproy of Brooklyn, and four others all deceased, all by his
first wife; a native of Paris, France; came to the U. S. at the age of 4 and
lived at Baltimore, Maryland; early in life moved to Oyster Bay and was a
longtime resident of Cove Neck, Oyster Bay, moving to Huntington about a year
ago; farmer and oysterman; Aa man
square and honorable in his business dealings@
APROY Susan R. 50
y 1 m 28 d
d.
ARCHER Dellie 3 y 9 m 12 d
d.
ARCHER Phebe 71 years
d. 4 August 1898 at
Huntington Harbor; Ahad several strokes of paralysis@; funeral at Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor; widow of
Benjamin Archer (d. ca. 1871); mother of Thomas Archer of Huntington Harbor,
Eliza (Mrs. Edward) White of Cold Spring Harbor, Phebe
Ann (Mrs. Peter) Simon of Connecticut, Sarah (Mrs. J. P.) Kramar of Huntington, Mrs. Thomas Cass of Cold Spring
Harbor and the late Emily Archer, who drowned Atwenty years ago@;
native of Ireland, who came to this country as a child; lived the greater part
of her life at Cold Spring Harbor; member of St. John=s Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor, for sixty years
ARCHER Theodore F.
d.
ARCHER Thomas B. 5
months
d.
ARENSH. 84 year
d. 17 October 1896 at
New York City; Aweakness of age@;
interment at Bay Side Cemetery [Woodhaven]; father of Mrs. R. Ollendorff of New York City, Mrs. B. Friedman of
Huntington, a son in Brooklyn and a daughter in Berlin, Germany; widower;
native of Prussia, who immigrated to the United States in 1869; established a cigar
and tobacco business in Brooklyn, which later moved to New York City; a Aman of education and culture@;
former summer resident in Huntington, living with his daughter Mrs. Friedman
ARESON Catherine 55 years
suicide 9 May 1894 at
Roslyn; jumped off roof of hotel [other accounts say from balcony or 2nd story
window of the hotel]; interment at Glen Cove; wife of A. P. Areson; maiden name was Gilfoy;Aone of the best known hotel women on Long Island, she and
her husband having conducted hotels in various sections of Queens County for
the past thirty years@ among them Mineola Hotel (Areson House, Mineola) and
Mansion House in Roslyn; had been suffering mental problems for some months and
had just returned home from treatment at Amityville
ARMSTRONG Mr.
d. Alast week@ at
ARNOLD Adaline 83 years
funeral 14 February
1897 at Vernon Valley; interment at Genola, East
Northport; sister of Mrs. William Conklin of Vernon Valley and James Arnold of
Babylon; Amore than sixty-five years had been a member of the church@; [probably Baptist Church since funeral was conducted by Rev.
S. L. Cox, Baptist pastor]
ARNOLD James 65 years
d. at Babylon on the
same day his sister Adaline Arnold died at
Vernon Valley; brother of Mrs. William Conklin and Adaline
Arnold of Vernon Valley; Northport item; 20 February 1897 paper
ARNOTT George 45 years
d.
ARPAGANO Hurley H. 1 yr 1 mo
d.
ARTHUR Capt. Alonzo 40 years
d.
ARTHUR Bertha 5 yrs 6 mos
d.
ARTHUR Edward
d.
ARTHUR Erastus over 80 years
interment
ARTHUR Fannie B. 79 years
d.
ARTHUR Mrs. Franklin O. Apast@ 80 years
d. 25 September 1897
at Smithtown Branch; funeral at Smithtown Branch by Rev. Gray of Smithtown
Presbyterian Church; widow; mother of Mrs. Marietta Strong and Mrs. Stockford Darling; Athe
greater part of her life had been passed at the Branch, where she was well
known and highly esteemed@
ARTHUR Jane
late resident of Lakeville; will proven by Nassau County Surrogate=s Court;
ARTHUR John I. 59 years
d.
ARTHUR Mrs. John S.
d.
ARTHUR Margaret A. 60 y 9 m 9 d
d.
ARTHUR Mary Ann 83 years
d. 11 October 1900 at East Norwich at the home of Mrs. Mallison; Asuffered
an attack of paralysis a few days before her death@; funeral at East Norwich M. E. Church by Rev. Wasson; interment
at M. E. Churchyard, East Norwich; sister of Mrs. James Waldron; mother of
[William Arthur], who froze to death the previous winter Anear the roadside@
between Syosset and East Norwich
ARTHUR Rebecca 68 years
d. at Comac;
ARTHUR Reuben
d. 15 February 1900 at
ARTHUR Thomas J. 51 years
interment
ARTHUR William about 40 years
d.
ASHLY Mrs. John
d.
ASHMEAD Alfred 79 years
d.
ASHWORTH John 4 years
d. St. Catherine=s
Hospital [
ATKINS Phebe Ann 73 years
d. at
ATKINSON W. Y.
d.
ATWOOD
Harriet L.
d.
AUGUSTIN Mr. 92 years
d.
AUGUSTIN Julius
d. 2 February 1896 at
Hicksville; Bright=s Disease; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville;
interment at Hicksville; father of widow Mrs. Dr. F. N. Taliaferro,
Julius Augustin and Louise Augustin; native of Germany; immigrated to the U. S. as a
young man and settled in New York City, where he was a clerk in a wholesale
grocery store; moved to Hicksville in 1874 and Astarted a general country store which grew to be one of the
largest establishments of that kind on Long Island@; important Hicksville businessman who Ahas done much to improve the village of Hicksville@; founder of Long Island Central Zeitung,
published first at Hicksville, but now [1896] published at College Point;
strong Democrat; elected Oyster Bay Town Justice of the Peace in 1892;
member of I. O. O. F.; survived by unnamed widow; long obit in 8 February 1896 paper;
memorial notice from Primrose Lodge #569, I. O. O. F, Hicksville in 7 March
1896 paper
AUSTIN Amelia
d.