Deaths Reported by
the "Long Islander" 1891-1900
Abstracted by David
Roberts
“B” Surnames
BABCOCK Silas E. 78 years
d.
BAGLEY Mr.
death
reported
BAILEY Burtis 10 mos. 9 days
d.
BAILEY Elizabeth *
d. 7 July 1894 at Northport; interment at Setauket
BAILEY Isaac * ca. 60 years
d. 9 August 1894 at Northport; Aan old resident of this village@
[Northport]
BAILEY Isaac * 1 yr 7 mos
d. 15 April 1896 at Huntington
BAILEY Malcolm 10mos 6 days
d. 15 August 1898 at Huntington; interment at St.
James; son of B. B. Bailey
BAILY Henry
d. Asuddenly@; interment
BAKER Mr.
Acriminal who committed suicide@; had
robbed the National Shoe and Leather Bank; had been a barber in New York City
in 1849-1850, and was known at that time by Edward Carll of Huntington; 1
December 1894 paper
BAKER Mrs.
death
noted
BAKER Amelia
d.Aone week@ after 2 April 1893 at Brooklyn; widow of Stephen R. Baker(m. 62
years);mother of George M. Baker, John L. Baker and Edward Baker; sister of
John F. Lockwood and David Lockwood; half- sister of Rev. Francis C. Hill;
former resident of Huntington
BAKER Annie E. White 68 years
d. 18 October 1899 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Oyster Bay by Rev.
Russell and Rev. Wightman; interment at family plot, Oyster Bay; daughter
of Alsop White; wife of Boaz Baker; sister of Jacob S. White; aunt of Mary
S. White; Anext to the last remaining of a family of six children@
BAKER Celia Moore
d.
BAKER Capt. Edward
d. 29 November 1898; pneumonia; widower; father of Mrs.
William Hubbs; Mrs. David B. Doughty of Woodbury, Carrie Baker, and Edward
Baker; keeper of Mill Neck Club House; former keeper of Seawanhaka
Corinthian Yacht Club, Centre Island; Oyster Bay item
BAKER Mary M.
d.
BAKER Stephen R. 82 years
d. 31 March 1893 at Brooklyn; father of George M. Baker, John L.
Baker and Edward Baker; carpenter and mason; former resident of
Huntington Aidentified with the Methodist church ...Through his efforts,
with a few others, the [M.E.] chapel on Park Ave. ... was built, where for some
years a Sabbath school and evening preaching services were held. The building
has since been sold to the colored people and occupied by them as their church@
BAKER Wright 91 yrs 5 mos
d.
killed in train wreck at Hastings, N.Y.; 28 December 1891
dateline; resident of New York City;9 January 1892 paper
BALDWIN Albert
death
reported
BALDWIN, Andrew 16 years
Drowned 27 February 1895 at Bay Shore; walking on ice on a
canal with younger brother and sister; all three fell through the ice;
Samuel Hulse and Oliver Terry saved the sister and brother, not knowing
that Andrew had also fallen in
BALDWIN De Witt
d.
BALDWIN Mrs. Herman
d.
BALDWIN John A. 80 years
d. 20 February 1892 in Brooklyn; interment
at Huntington
BALDWIN Lettie 53 yrs 10 mos
d. 21 May 1891 in Dix Hills; wife of Daniel Baldwin; sister
of Hewlett Nostrand of Woodbury
BALDWIN Lillian
killed
in train wreck at
BALDWIN Platt 87 years
d. 21 July 1892; died suddenly while cutting
wood; Central Park item
BALDWIN Sarah 72 years
d. 6
March 1891 at Northport; wife of Edward E. Baldwin; mother of John Baldwin and
Emma J. Griffin, who d. two days before her mother
BALDWIN William A. 52 y 2 m 10 d
d. 12 October 1898 at Dix Hills; Aacute mania@; funeral at Elwood; survived by an unnamed widow and a 90 year
old mother; father of Raymond Baldwin, Mattie Baldwin and two other daughters;
resolution from Elwood Lodge # 982 I. O. G. T. in 22 October 1898 paper
BALLTON Peter E.* 1 y 3 m 14 d
d. 29 May 1900 at Brooklyn
BANCROFT George 90 years
d. 17 January 1891 at Washington, D. C.; native of
Worcester, Massachusetts; famous historian and diplomat; founder of U. S. Naval
Academy; see 24 January 1891 paper for biography
BANEY James 94 years
d. 14 January 1892 at West Neck
BANKS Dr. George Burr 67 y 11 m 4 d
d. 4 December 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Carter; six local doctors served as pallbearers; the Aprincipal business places were closed during the hour of the
funeral service@; husband of the late Sarah G. McDougall (d. 1884); son-in-law
of the late Rev. James McDougall, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church,
Huntington; father of Mary (Mrs. Dr. Frank W.) Rogers, Mabel (Mrs. William
S.) Funnell and Emily Banks, all of Huntington, and James M. Banks of
Derby, Connecticut; native of Greenfield Hills, Connecticut; as a young man, he
moved to Long Island, where he taught school at Hempstead; studied medicine
and graduated from the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City
in1859; set up a medical practice at Freeport; soon relocated (1860) to
Huntington, where he remained in practice until his death; member of the
Presbyterian Church since boyhood; joined First Presbyterian Church,
Huntington, after locating his medical practice in Huntington; served for the
past twenty years as an elder of that church; Aa staunch Republican@; active in community affairs; served on the Board of Education
and the Board of Health
BANVARD John 75 yrs 6 mos
d. 16
May 1891 at Watertown, South Dakota; famous painter; painted panorama
of Mississippi River; built Glenada Castle at Cold Spring Harbor
in 1852; lived in South Dakota since 1883;b. New York City 15 November 1815;
see 27 June 1891 paper for biography
BAPTISTE Rev. George W. 51 yrs 6 mos
d. 20 February 1891 at Huntington; pastor of Huntington,
Northport and Cold Spring Baptist Churches; funeral conducted by Rev. Wightman
of Oyster Bay Baptist, assisted by Rev. Ford of Huntington M. E.,Rev. Carter of
First Presbyterian and Rev. Putnam of Second Presbyterian; interment at
Evergreens, East New York; b. Brooklyn 16 August 1839; served churches in
Dansville, Potsdam, New York City, New Rochelle and Fulton, N. Y., and Lebanon
and Painesville, Ohio; retired from ministry and worked as a lawyer in Ohio;
re-entered ministry following removal to Huntington and served the three local
Baptist churches until his death
BARBER George H.
d. 12 August 1899 near Peru, N. Y.; killed by
lightning
BARKWORTH Sarah 65 years
d. 10 March 1899 at Oyster Bay Cove; pneumonia; funeral at St.
Dominick=s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay, by Father Belford; mother of
Mrs. Dann of Oyster Bay Cove
BARNES Jennie L. 7 months
d. 11 July 1894atHuntington; daughter of Thomas Barnes
BARNES Thomas 8 years
d. 10 May 1895 at Huntington; son of Thomas Barnes, driver of
the horse car in Huntington; young Thomas jumped on to the horse car
being driven by his father, missed his footing and was run over by his father=s car
BARNES William 71 years
d.
BARNEY Elizabeth Ann 83 y 5 m 2 d
d.
BARNHART John 72 y 2 m 10 d
d.
BARNUM P. T.
[famous
showman and circus owner];uncle of Charles Hillett
of Riverhead who attended the funeral;
BARNUM Sarah Ann
probate
of will reported
BARRETT Almeta Gildersleeve 42 years
d.
BARRETT Harriet 81 years
d.
BARROW Mr.
d.
BARTELSWilliam 73 years
d. 29 August 1891 near Island Trees ;fell out of wagon while on
Hempstead Turnpike and broke his neck; father of Mary Bartels of Island Trees;
Annie Bartles of East New York; Charles Bartles of Hempstead and William Bartles of Rockaway, Morris County, N. J.; resident of
Island Trees; Aresident of this vicinity [Hicksville] for the past forty years@
BARTENHAUSER August
Dateline 22 April 1892 New York City; Aapparently died from a blow struck by Arthur Freidheim, the well known pianist@ but actually died from Aheart disease@
BARTLETT Rev. Philip C.
d.
BARTO Charles H. 59 years
d. 23
November 1896 at Northport; funeral by Rev. George W. Adams of St. Paul=s M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Northport; survived by
unnamed widow; father of Rev. Charles E. Barto
of Seymour, Connecticut, and W. H. Barto and Carrie
W. Barto, both of Northport; member of St. Paul=s M. E. Church Afor many years@
BARTOW Elizabeth 79 years
d. 4
May 1898 at Northport; Aquite sudden and unexpected@; widow of Luther Bartow; mother-in-law of Mrs. Lucy A. Bartow;
survived by two sons and two daughters
BARTOW Mrs. Franklin 42 years
d. 20
June 1899 at Northport; Bright=s disease; funeral at Northport; survived by husband; mother of
Mrs. Louis Scudder; native of England
BARTOW John F. 6 weeks 5 days
d. 8 February 1893 at Northport
BARTOW William H. 47 yrs 9 mos
d. 19 July 1892 at Northport
BARUTH Henry
d. 20
October 1900; Asuddenly .... from heart failure@; proprietor of Baruth=s Hotel; Aof a genial disposition@ with Amany friends@;Central Park item
BASS Laura M.
d. 20
April 1899 at Northport; paralysis; funeral at Fleet Street M. E.
Church, Brooklyn; former Brooklyn resident who had recently moved
to Northport
BATEMAN Margaret C.
d.
BATES James *
d. 6 May 1894 at Jericho
BATH John 59 y 4 m 21 d
d. 3 February 1895 at Huntington; funeral Huntington M. E.
Church; husband of Miss Files; father of Millard Bath, William Bath and Charles
Bath; carpenter and builder; member of Huntington Board of Education and
trustee of Huntington M. E. Church; native of New York City who resided in
Huntington since ca. 1860; memorial tribute from Board of Education in 16
February 1895 paper
BATTERMAN John Frederick 76 years
d. 13 January 1899 at Brooklyn; funeral at Brooklyn; father of
Henry Batterman, proprietor of a large dry goods
store in Brooklyn, and William Batterman,
proprietor of a furniture store in Brooklyn; former resident of both Huntington
and Woodbury; returned to Brooklyn Aabout fifteen years ago@
BATTERS Mary S. [*-] 84 years
d.Alast week@ at New York City; funeral 21 May 1894 at Oyster Bay; interment
at Pine Hollow; sister of Hagar Conklin
BAUER John
d. 21
October 1898 at Glendale; hit by railroad train while driving a wagon
across the tracks; resident of Fresh Pond [Queens County]
BAUER Margaret
d.
BAUNSCHBACH Christina 80 years
d. 30 August 1897 at Hicksville; funeral at M. E. Church,
Jerusalem; interment at Jerusalem; widow; mother of Charles Baunschbach and Katie Baunschbach;
grandmother of John Baunschbach; resident of
Hicksville for 47 years (since ca. 1850)
BAWDEN John
funeral at Freehold, New Jersey; brother-in-law of Mrs. Hough of
Commack; connected with the Awell-known firm of Combs & Bawden,
iron founders@ of Freehold, N. J.; in the iron business for 44 years Aand had amassed a fortune@; 3 August 1900 paper
BAXTER James L. 56 years
d. 5 February 1891 at Port Washington; interment at Locust
Valley; son of William Baxter; father of Mary A. Baxter, teacher in Oyster Bay;
b. Port Washington 18 May 1834; former North Hempstead Town Justice of the
Peace; lawyer; member of the Queens County Bar; Republican Party leader in
Queens County
BAXTER John H.
d. 4
April 1899; probable suicide; Adefaulting postmaster of Great Neck who was removed from office
.... because of a shortage of $680 in his
accounts@
BAYARD Thomas F.
d. 28 September 1898 at Dedham, Massachusetts; interment at Old
Swedes Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware; native of Wilmington, Del., b. 29
October 1828; Areceived a large part of his education at Flushing@;lawyer in Wilmington [and Philadelphia]; U. S. Senator from Delaware
[1869-1885]; [served on Electoral Commission to settle the disputed
Presidential Election of 1876]; U. S. Secretary of State under President
Cleveland [1885-1889];U. S. Minister to England during Cleveland=s second term [1893-1897]; less than favorable editorial of his
career as Secretary of State and Minister to England in 1 October 1898 paper;
see Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971
BAYLES child
d.
BAYLES Daniel
d. 4 January 1892 at Oyster Bay Cove; Amuch respected citizen@
BAYLES Elizabeth 73 years
d. 22 April 1897 at Oyster Bay; cancer; Atwice during the progress of the disease she was taken to a New
York hospital and operated upon@; funeral at Presbyterian Church, Oyster Bay; interment at
Oyster Bay Cove; maiden name was Raynor; Aher ancestors are said to have resided in or near Huntington@; widow of Henry Bayles; mother
of Belle (Mrs. William) Schenk, Ida (Mrs. John) Munch, Mrs. Amos M. Knapp and
Florence Bayles
BAYLES Joseph ca. 76 years
d. 20 May 1892 at Mount Sinai
BAYLES Phebe M.
late
of Oyster Bay; will admitted to probate at Nassau Court Surrogate=s Court; 9 December 1899 paper Note: see Mrs.
Daniel Baylis
BAYLES Timothy Carll 60 years
d. 5
July 1896 at New York City; funeral at Melville Presbyterian Church;
interment at Melville; son of Elias Bayles;
survived by unnamed widow, four children and Aseveral grandchildren@
BAYLIS Arthur
d. 2 August 1896; swallowed a safety pin from his night clothes,
which became lodged in his throat; negative comments about unnamed doctors who
failed to act more promptly with this case; son of Arthur Baylis; Woodbury item 15 August 1896 paper
BAYLIS Mrs. Daniel 74 years
d. 28 September 1899 at Oyster Bay Cove; funeral at Oyster Bay
Cove by Rev. Russell; interment at Oakley Burial Plot, Oyster Bay Cove; widow;
mother of William Baylis, George Baylis, Mrs. Benjamin Nichols and Mrs. John Homan Note:
see Phebe M. Bayles;
perhaps the same person
BAYLIS Elias 88 y 2 m 14 d
d. 14 August 1897 at Melville; stroke of paralysis; funeral at
Presbyterian Church, Melville, which was Alargely
attended@; survived by unnamed widow; father of Mrs. Clarence Carman,
Mrs. Timothy Carman and the late Carll Baylis;
tax collector and constable; Aa dyed-in-the-wool Democrat@; estate sale 11 December 1897 at Huntington
BAYLIS Evelyn
Funeral
BAYLIS Mrs. George 79 years
d. 15 October 1869 at New York City; cancer operation; mother of
Charles C. Baylis of Oyster Bay, Mrs. Jackson
Vernon of East Norwich and Mrs. Robert Leek of Brooklyn; sister of Mrs. Grace Remsen
of Oyster Bay, Mrs. Abram Van Nostrand of Glen Head and Jeremiah Waldron
and Mrs. John L. Bogart, both of Brookville; native of Oyster Bay Town, having
been a resident of East Norwich for Aover fifty years@
BAYLIS George W. 69 y 1 m 23 d
d. 22 October 1900 at Huntington; left funeral instructions in a
sealed envelope in his Bible, including the sermon text 2 Samuel 23:5, which
was used by Rev. Seem to preach the funeral sermon; funeral at Huntington at
the home of Hiram V. Baylis; interment at Huntington
Rural Cemetery; native of Melville, b. 31 August 1831; son of Timothy and
Susan Baylis; brother of Hiram V. Baylis of Huntington and Charles T. Baylis, who Aresides in the West@ and the late James Edward Baylis, Phebe Elizabeth (Mrs. William Henry) Baylis and Susan Louise (Mrs. W.Woodhull) Sammis; husband of the late Elizabeth Sammis (d. 1888); brother-in-law of William H. Sammis of Northport; resident of Half Hollows 1848-1866;
resident of Huntington since 1866; member of Central Presbyterian Church,
Huntington; had no children
BAYLIS Gilbert
Funeral
8 May 1895 at Brooklyn; nephew of Mrs. Griffin of Woodbury
BAYLIS Irma
drowned 22 July 1892 while swimming in the Great South Bay;
funeral at Jamaica; interment at Melville; daughter of Oliver W. Baylis; niece of Daniel Baylis
and Benjamin Baylis, both of Huntington;
bookkeeper with Beers & Cornell in Jamaica; Ashe was the possessor of a delightful alto voiceand sang in the choir of the Presbyterian Church of
Jamaica, of which she was a member@
BAYLIS John C. 69 years
d. 29
November 1898 at Melville; funeral at Melville Presbyterian Church; unnamed
widow, his second wife, survives; son of Daniel Baylis;
brother of Elias Baylis; native of Melville
BAYLIS Mary 80 y 3 m 12 d
d. 16
February 1898 at Half Hollow Hills; funeral at Melville; widow of Elias Baylis; mother of Mrs. Clarence Carman of Half Hollow Hills
BAYLIS Ruth W.
d. 19 April 1900 at Brooklyn; pneumonia; funeral at Brooklyn;
interment at Melville; daughter of late John V. Hewlett of Woodbury; mother of
Chester K. Baylis; member of Melville
Presbyterian Church Afor many years@
BAYLIS Mrs. Stephen
d. 24 January 1892 at Brooklyn; funeral
at Oyster Bay; widow
BAYLIS Mrs. William Henry
d. 17
October 1898 at Brooklyn; interment at Melville; sister-in-law of Daniel
L. Baylis and Benjamin M. Baylis, both of Huntington
BAYLIS Zebediah 78 years
d. 1 June 1891 at Seaford
BEALES Eu[genia-] Kelly
d.
BEANC.
d. Asometime ago but the facts were not reported here until last
week@; Awell known ..... as he traveled
for a nursery firm ... made many friends while traveling on Long Island@; Hicksville item; 3 April 1897 paper
BEARDSLEY Anna W. 76 yrs 10 mos
d. 5 December 1893; Aa
descendant of one of Huntington's oldest families@; daughter of Ebenezer Prime; granddaughter of Benjamin Y.
Prime; great- granddaughter of Rev. Ebenezer Prime, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church during the Revolution; wife of Wilson Beardsley (m. 1848);
sister of Edwin Prime, Ezra Prime, Henry Prime, Claudius Prime, Mary Prime,
Sarah Prime, Margaret Prime and Nathaniel Scudder Prime; niece of Rev. N. S.
Prime; cousin of Irenaeus Prime and W. C. Prime;
member of First Presbyterian Church since Aearly
girlhood@;Avery energetic worker in the temperance cause@;resident of Stratford and Bridgeport, Connecticut, for many
years; returned to Huntington ca. 1880
BEARE Mrs. Henry 71 years
d.
BEASLEY Sarah
Funeral
9 April 1897; interment at Cypress Hills; Northport item
BEATTY Alfred 84 years
d. 9 July 1898 at Brooklyn; run over by a trolley car; funeral at
M. E. Church, Huntington, by Rev. Gardsen of
First Moravian Church, New York City and Rev. F. C. Hill of Huntington; son of
John Beatty; father of John Beatty of Huntington, Alfred Beatty of Brooklyn,
Melissa T. Beatty of Brooklyn and Daniel Beatty and Mary C. Beatty, both of
whom died young; brother of Cornelius Beatty; native of New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y.; in partnership with brother in
coach building business in New York City until 1851; took up farming at West
Hills and remained there until 1890, when he moved to Huntington; moved to
Brooklyn in 1897; a member of the Moravian Church Afrom which he never took his membership@; lay preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church; active in the
affairs of West Hills M. E. Church; filled the pulpit at the M. E. Church,
Woodbury, in the absence of the pastor; long obit in 16 July 1898 paper
BEATTY Mary 79 yrs 11 mos
d. 12 August 1896 at Huntington; funeral and interment at
Huntington; wife of Alfred Beatty (m. ca. 1838); native of Westchester County, N.
Y.; former resident of New York City and West Hills, where she Aresided for many years@; resident of Huntington since ca. 1890; Asoon after her marriage, she with her husband united in
membership with the Moravian Church, a God fearing people, in the city of New
York, in whose fellowship she remained until her death@
BEATTY William
Funeral
2 May 1894 at Bayville
BEAUREGARD Pierre G. T.
d. 20
February 1893 at New Orleans, Louisiana; Confederate general; obit in 25
February 1893 paper; see P. G. T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray by
T. Harry Williams [1955, 1991]
BEBOUT child 4 years
d.
BECK Charles Bathgate
d.Ashort time since@;New York City millionaire who left $1,000,000 to Columbia
University and large sums to the Presbyterian Church, the S. P. C. A. and
Dr. Parkhurst=s Society for the Suppression of Crime; 28 October 1893 paper
BECKART two children
two
children of Frank Beckart died of diphtheria
near Stewart=s Brickyards between Farmingdale and Plainview; Farmingdale
item; 8 December 1894 paper Note: see BOCHERT
BECKMAN Abian Steele 78 years
d. 3 June 1897 at Oyster Bay; pneumonia; funeral at Old Dutch
Reformed Church, New York City; daughter of Rev. Philip Mulldullor; widow of James W. Beckman; mother of Mrs. Hoppen, Cornelia Beckman, James William Beckman and Gerard
Beckman; Afaithful member of the Presbyterian Church in this village
[Oyster Bay]@; Avery kind hearted and generous lady, assisting the needy in a
quiet and unassuming manner@
BEDELL Mrs.
d.
BEDELL Anna M. 55 years
d. 10 August 1898 at Roslyn; funeral at Brookville Reformed
Church; interment at Brookville; wife of Lewis Bedell;
mother of Peter Snedeker, Charles Snedeker, Mrs. Oscar Seaman of
Glenwood and Abby Bedell; member of Roslyn M. E. Church
BEDELL Charles 86 years
d. 29 November 1898 at Bedelltown;
survived by unnamed widow, his second wife; father of Mrs. Sarah Jane Browley, George Bedell and
Charles Bedell; son-in-law of the late John Dunn
BEDELL Edward 79 years
Funeral
BEDELL Elbert 62 years
d.
BEDELL Elizabeth Aaged@
d.
BEDELL Emma W. 17 years
d. Alast week@;daughter of John A. Bedell;
BEDELL George A. 53 years
d.
BEDELL Henry 70 years
d.
BEDELL Henry V. 72 yrs 9 mos
d.
BEDELL John
d.Arecently@ at Rockville Centre of typhoid fever; native of Freeport and
former resident of Glen Cove; Aopened a harness store [at Rockville Centre] and was doing a
successful business@; engaged to be Amarried in a few months to Miss Ella Post, an estimable young
lady of Freeport@;10 November 1894 paper
BEDELL Joseph L.
late
of
BEDELL Nellie Cheshire 24 years
d. 12 March 1897 at Oyster Bay; funeral M. E. Church, Oyster
Bay; interment in Cheshire Plot, Syosset; daughter of Daniel Cheshire; wife of
Edward Bedell; mother of Aa child a few months old@
BEDELL Walter 14 years
d. 17 July 1899 at West Hempstead; appendicitis; taken to Nassau
Hospital, but was too weak to undergo an operation; funeral at M. E. Church,
Oyster Bay by Rev. Estes; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring; son of
Edward Bedell of Oyster Bay Cove
BEEBE Capt. Elias 60 years
d.
d.
BEECHER Rev. Charles 84 years
d. 21 April 1900 at Georgetown, Massachusetts; brother of the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher [and the late Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Maria F. Beecher
Perkins, and Harriet Beecher Stowe]; father of an unnamed daughter who is a
resident of Georgetown, Mass.; Awell known writer and was once a rhetoric professor at Galesburg
University, Illinois .... of late years, he has
led a retired life@
BEECHER Rev. Thomas K. 76 years
d.
BEECHING John 74 years
d. 23 August 1893 at Leonia, New Jersey; funeral at
Huntington; Ahonest and sturdy representative of Old England@;Aearnest member of the M. E. Church@;a New
York City policeman for 20 years; former resident of Huntington, who removed 2
or 3years ago to Leonia, Bergen County, New Jersey Aon account of ill health@
BEECHING Mary A. 76 y 10 m 14 d
d.
BEERS Edwin
funeral 20 November 1894, Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, where
he served on the vestry; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn; brother of Lucinda
Beers of Huntington; father-in-law of Seymour L. Husted;b. 26 September 1821 Cold Spring Harbor; involved in
insurance and lumber businesses in Brooklyn and served in the Brooklyn militia;
philanthropist who donated money to the Huntington Public Library; account of
career and public affairs in article AMr. Beers= Illness@ in17 November 1894 paper
BEERSS. Lucinda 81 y 6 m 29 d
d. 24 April 1897 at Huntington; funeral at Second Presbyterian
Church, Huntington; interment at St. John=s Episcopal Churchyard, Huntington; native of Cold Spring
Harbor, b. 26 September 1815; daughter of Harvey Beers and Elizabeth Wright;
last surviving of 12 children; her eldest brother Samuel Beers was born 29
April 1797; Huntington resident for fifty years; Awell known for her generosity@; member of Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington
BEGODEON Achilles 83 years
d. 14 October 1899; funeral at Northport; interment at
Green-Wood, Brooklyn; native of Bordeaux, France; tea and silk importer in New
York City; resident of Northport since 1861; willed proved 17 July 1900
in Suffolk County Surrogate=s Court; heirs were: Amelia Caroline Voorhes,
whose relationship was not listed, and Gaston E. Constantin,
Henry Constantin, and Achille
Constantin, all nephews of the deceased
BEHEN John 45 years
d.
BEHRENDS Rev. Dr. A. J. F.
d. 22 May 1900 at Brooklyn; Bright=s
disease; pastor of Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, Athis church has a membership of 1,500 and is the second largest
Congregational church in the United States@; formerly a pastor in Providence, Rhode Island; short biography
in 25 May 1900 paper
BELDEN John A. 56 years
d.
BELKNAP Robert Lenox
d. 25
January 1897 at Whitestone; funeral University Place Presbyterian
Church, New York City; son of late Robert Lenox Belknap
of Huntington; member of the Sons of the American Revolution
BELL George A.
d.15 August 1899 at Glen Cove; peritonitis; funeral at St.
Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Calvary Cemetery,
Woodside; worked in Barney Freedman=s store
BELL Mrs. Louis V.
d. 10
May 1896 at New York City; funeral Church of the Transfiguration, New York
City; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn; daughter of James R. Wood; Aowned a handsome summer residence near her father's country seat
at Laurelton@
BELL Mary
d.
BELL Mary E. 36
years
d. 11 April 1893 at Hicksville; interment
at Huntington; wife of P. A. Bell
BELLAMY Edward
d. 22
May 1898 at Chickopee Falls, Massachusetts;Athe noted author of Looking Backward@; native of Chickopee Falls, b.
1850
BELMONT Bessie
will
proved
BELMONT [Caroline Perry]
d. 20
November 1892 at New York City; daughter of Commodore Matthew C. Perry;
widow of August Belmont; niece of Oliver Hazard Perry; see >Old Bruin= Commodore Matthew Calbraith
Perry by Samuel Eliot Morison [1967] for details on
Caroline=s life
BELZ Matilda 34 years
d. 30 September 1900 at New York City; funeral at German
Lutheran Church, Hicksville, by Rev. Matschat;
daughter of Charles Dorn of Plain View; leaves an unnamed husband and four
small children
BENDER Silas 65 y 9 m 11 d
d. 14 November 1891 at New York City; interment at Westbury;
father-in-law of Jacob Christ; Awell known and highly respected all over Queens County@; former resident of Plain View
BENDER Frederick George 3 months
d. 20 September 1895 at Lloyd=s Neck
BENJAMIN infant 6 months
Interment
7 May 1894 at Northport; cholera infantum; child
of Dr. Benjamin
BENJAMIN Mrs. 61 y
3 m 1 d
d. 9
August 1894 at Brooklyn; cystic tumor operation at St. John=s Hospital; Aall the skill of the surgeon could not save her life@; funeral at Hicksville; interment at Hempstead
BENJAMIN Mrs. D. H.
funeral 11 November 1891 at Northport; interment at Smithtown Branch;
typhoid fever; daughter of Samuel White; former resident of Smithtown Branch
BENJAMIN Dr. David H. 46 years
d.
BENJAMIN Sarah
d.
BENKERT Louisa 27 years
d. 24 October 1897; Ahasty consumption@; funeral at Central Park in German and English by Rev. Matschat of Hicksville; interment at Plain Edge; wife of
George Benkert, postmaster at Central Park;
mother of Atwo little children@; member of Lutheran Aid Society and Ladies= Bowling Club of Hicksville; Aa lady
highly esteemed by all who knew her@
BENNART Edith 25 years
d. 6 May 1899 at Northport; pneumonia following childbirth;
funeral at Northport by Rev. Ellis of Northport Presbyterian Church and Rev.
Holden of Trinity Episcopal Church; daughter of Clinton J. Hubbs; wife of
Henry J. Bennart; mother of Athree children, the youngest an infant one week old@
BENNETTE. G. 83 years
d.Alast week@ at Yaphank Almshouse; father of Mrs. S. C. Gore; former
resident of Northport where he ran an oil business; resident of Port Jefferson
where he ran a newspaper and stationery business; 3 October 1891 paper
BENNETTE li 61 years
d. 18 December 1893 at New York City; cancer death in hospital;
interment at Daniel=s Farm, Connecticut; son of Benjamin Bennett; brother of late
Mrs. Andrew Penfield of Bridgeport; survived by widow, two sons and a daughter;
farmer at South Melville, who Amade a specialty of keeping blooded stock, having some of the
finest cattle seen in these parts@
BENNETT Freelove 74 years
d.
BENNETT Ilia 74 years
d.
BENNETT Lizzie
memorial
sermon preached
BENNETT Mrs. James 83 years
d.
BENNETT James C. 87 years
d.
BENNETT Nicholas 84 years
d.
BENNETT William 20 years
Drowned
BENNIKER John 35 years
d. 18 October 1895 at Sayville; interment at Hicksville; husband
of Tessie Fiesler,
m. Aa few months ago@; Aformerly employed by H. F. Huettner,
also by A. B. Heberer of this village
[Hicksville] as clerk and was a salesman of more than ordinary ability@
BENSON Right Hon. and Most Rev. Edward White
d. 11 October 1896 at Hawarden, England, Awhile attending divine service@;
Archbishop of Canterbury; native of Birmingham, England, b. 1829; appointed
Archbishop in 1882
BENSON Henry
suicide 30 September 1900 at Sea Cliff; his wife found him the
next morning hanging in the cellar by a rope; inquest held on 2 October 1900
and reported Athat death resulted from hanging while the deceased was
temporarily insane@; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Glen Cove, by Rev. Mann;
interment at Roslyn; resident of Sea Cliff; his wife operated a delicatessen in
Sea Cliff
BENSON John 54 years
d.
BERDAN Charles ca. 45 years
Drowned
BERGEMANN Albert
d.
BERGEN Ellsworth 5mos 23 days
d.
BERGEN George W.
d.Aa short time ago@ at Freeport; member of the wholesale grocery firm of Valentine,
Bergen & Co. of Brooklyn; estate Avalued at $500,000@; will admitted to probate at Nassau County Surrogate=s Court, 14 November 1900
BERGEN Mrs. J. S.
funeral 29 April 1899; Aher death was caused by burns received by her clothing getting
on fire while burning some waste paper in her yard@; Glen Cove item
BERGMAN Charles
d. 1
January 1893; Aold resident@ of Hicksville
BERGOLD Sophie 32 years
d. 26
October 1893; funeral at Hicksville; daughter of August Witzel; wife of Joseph Bergold; Aher sudden death ... has been a shock to the community@ [Hicksville]
BERRIAN Philip
d.
BERRIEN Mary Adelia 66 years
d. 18 April 1898; consumption and rheumatism; funeral at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Northport, by Rev. Holden; wife of John Austin Berrien;
resident of Centreport
BERRY Ellen E. 69 years
d. 20
December 1898 at Brooklyn; interment at HuntingtonRuralCemetery;
widow of Thomas Berry; mother of Frank Berry; former resident
of Huntington
BERRY James 82 years
d. 17 January 1894 at Garden City
BERTSOL Robert
late
of Huntington; letters of administration granted to his sister, Mary E.
Wicks, 23 October 1899 by Suffolk County Surrogate=s Court Note: see Robert Carman Birdsall
BEST Mr.
telegram
informing of his death received
BESTDr.
S. E.
killed in train wreck at Hastings, N.Y.; 28
December 1891 dateline; dentist; resident of New York City; 9
January 1892 paper
BETSCHA Herman ca. 40 years
d. 26
July 1898 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; shot by a burglar, who Betscha had caught robbing his butcher shop; Betscha was shot three times; robber escaped with $3.00,
but was soon captured; BetschaAafter suffering severe pain for several days, died@ from the wounds; interment at Hicksville; survived by unnamed
mother; former resident of Hicksville
BETTS Amelia 82 years
d. 17 December 1898 at Oyster Bay; grip; interment at Huntington
Rural Cemetery; widow of Capt. Burrell Betts; mother of Mrs. John Titus, Mrs.
William Larrabee and John Betts; member of
Oyster Bay Baptist Church Afor many years@; former resident of Cold Spring
BETTS Harold Brewster 1 mo 5 days
d.
BETTS John B. 57 years
d.
BETTS Sarah E. 41 yrs 6 mos
d.
BEZINS John M. ca. 80
years
d.
BIRCH Charles
d.
BIRCKET infant 10 months
d.
BIRDSALL Ernest child
d.
BIRDSALL John
d. 15 April1891; found dead in room at United States Hotel [no city
given]; asphyxiated by gas in room; b. Flatbush 5 October 1840; served with
Harris Light Cavalry during Civil War; elected to New York State Senate 1880;
political leader in Queens County
BIRDSALL Robert Carman 55/58 years
d. 30/31 July 1899 at Northport; funeral at Presbyterian Church,
Northport; sexton of Northport Presbyterian Church and janitor of Crab Meadow
schoolhouse Note: see Robert Bertsol
d. at
d.
d. 8 May 1899 at Oyster Bay; funeral at St. Dominick=s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Catholic Cemetery,
Westbury Station; mother of Conductor Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM Patrick about 60 years
d.Aon Tuesday noon@near Syosset; hit by L. I. R. R. Train while walking along the
tracks; interment at Catholic Cemetery, West Neck; widower with several grown
children, including Andrew Birmingham, who was granted letters of
administration on 23 November 1900, Edward Birmingham, and James Birmingham;
loose sheet, November 1899 papers
BISBEEJ. F.
death reported
BISCHOPF Harman 75 y 3 m 13 d
d. 10 September 1896 at Hicksville; funeral at Hicksville with
German sermon by Rev. Matschat and English
sermon by Rev. Gutweiler; interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Middle Village; survived by unnamed widow and Aseven grown children@; native of Borden, near Bremen, Germany; immigrated to America
in 1839; served as orderly sergeant with Co. G, 5th Regiment, AJefferson Blues,@ prior to moving to Long Island; resident of Hicksville for 40
years
BISHOP infant
d.
BISHOP infant
d.
BISHOP Anita 2 y 9 m 7 d
d.
BISHOP Clara H. 42 years
d. 20 May 1899 at Centreport, after Aa long illness@; funeral at Centreport by Rev.
Holden of Northport; wife of John H. Bishop; mother of one daughter and the
late Edward Bishop; Ait is thought his [son Edward=s] sudden death hastened her end@
BISHOP Edna 1 y 2 m 16 d
d.
BISHOP Edward 17 yrs 8 mos
d.
BISHOP Elizabeth 80 years
d.
BISHOP Frank ca. 32 years
d.
BISHOP George W.
d. 26 June 1898 at Brooklyn; heart disease and asthma; interment
at Green Wood; Brooklyn; son of Lemuel and
Mary Bishop; adopted son of Phebe Ketcham; father of L. C. Bishop of Huntington, three other
sons and one daughter; native of Huntington (b. 22 February 1830); Mason; G. A.
R. member; Aan exceptionally capable Bible student@
BISHOP Mrs. Isaac
funeral
BISHOP Jennie 9 years
d. Athree years ago@ at Amityville; Awas bitten by some reptile while picking flowers@; article in 25 April 1896 paper about her sister Mamie Bishop, Alying in critical condition@ from a snake bite at the home of her uncle John Bishop at
Amityville
BISHOP Massay AAunt Massy@ 85 yrs 7 mos
d.
BLACK Jessie ca. 19 years
d.
BLACK William
d. Athis week@ at
BLADE William J. 23 years
drowned
d. at
Washington, D. C.; former
BLAIR Agnes * 15 y 3 m 15 d
d.
BLAIR Albert * 17 y 1 m 16 d
d.
BLAIR John B. 95 years
d. 1 January 1896 at Chicago, Illinois, in an insane ward of an
institution; Afamous painter and inventor@; painted portrait of President Zachary Taylor, which hangs at
the White House; painted war panoramas; invented the silk bag gas balloon and
about 1845, Aa bicycle modeled on the same line as the safeties of the
present time@; invented Arubber tips for pencils@ from which E. Faber Aprofited to the extent of half a million dollars@
BLAIR John Insley
d. Alast week@ at
BLAKE Edward J. Aadvanced age@
d.
BLATCHLEY Nancy 93 years
d.
BLEECKER Frances 17 years
d. 9 April 1894 at New York City; pneumonia; interment at Cold
Spring; daughter of Mrs. Bleecker, summer
resident of Cold Spring and granddaughter of late Charles Moore
BLOOMER William H.
d. 14 July 1898 at Ozone Park; blood poisoning; division
superintendent of Brooklyn Heights Trolley Railroad; long career in
railroading, including the L. I. R. R.; long obit in 16 July 1898 paper
BLOOMER Mrs.
d.
BLOOMER Edward L. 33 years
suicide
BLOOMER Sarah 78 years
d. 3 September 1898 at Cold Spring Harbor; funeral at Memorial
Cemetery Chapel by Rev. Aitken of St. John's
Episcopal Church, Huntington; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring
Harbor; daughter of Thomas Cheshire, late of Oyster Bay; mother of Mrs. D. J.
Taylor of Cold Spring Harbor, Mrs. Lewis Ryan and John I. Beatty, both of City
Island, N. Y.
BLOXSOM infant 8 months
death
reported
BLOXSOM
d. 4 April 1899 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; funeral at
Bridgeport by Rev. Sherman of St. Paul=s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport; interment at Lakeview Cemetery
[Bridgeport-]; wife of William T. Bloxsom;
mother of George W. Bloxsom, Levian D. Bloxsom, Mary E.
Lewis and Blanche A. Howard, all of Bridgeport, Robert W. Bloxsom of Northport, Thomas H. Bloxsom
and John E. Bloxsom, both of West Neck, and
Frank Bloxsom of Huntington; long-time resident
of West Neck
BLOXSOM Franklin C. 1 year
d.
BLOXSOM Mabel M. 3 months
d.
BLOXSOM Ollie 3 months
d.
BLYDENBURGH child 4 years
d.
BLYDENBURGH Mrs.
d.
BLYDENBURGH Benjamin
d.
BLYDENBURGH Clarence 62 years
d.
BLYDENBURGH Mrs. Ebenezer
d.
BLYDENBURGH Mrs. Isaac W. 74 years
funeral
BLYDENBURGH Jesse S. 67/68 years
d. 20 February 1900 at Smithtown Branch; Asuddenly@; funeral at Smithtown Presbyterian Church; husband of Josephine
Vail; son-in-law of Harvey Vail; father of Vail Blydenburgh,
Helen Blydenburgh, and Anna Blydenburgh; grandson of Caleb Smith; cousin of Caleb T.
Smith; sailed to California on the N. B. Palmer as a young man; spent a
number of years in Canton, China, as an agent with A. A. Low &
Brothers, Aengaged in the tea business in China [where he] made
considerable money@; later spent time in Japan, Aone of
the earliest Americans to become prominent in the commercial life of that
country@; returned to the United States in 1869 Awith an ample fortune@; member, vestryman, and treasurer of St. James Episcopal
Church, St. James; life-long Republican, Ataking an
active part in the campaign for the election of the .... party=s first candidate for President, Gen. Fremont [1856]@
BLYDENBURGH John 57 years
d.
BOCHERT, John Joseph 7 years
d.
BOCKEE Mary Middie 5mos 19 days
d.
BOEHME Herman L. 56 y 4 m 6 d
d. 26 October 1894 at Hicksville; Bright=s disease; interment at Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn; native of
Hanover, Germany; came to USA at age 16; resident of Brooklyn for 30 years and
of Hicksville for the past 2 years; in pharmacy business
BOERUM Mrs. John
d. Alast week@ at
BOERUM Timothy T.
Arecent
death@ at Glenwood;
BOETTGER Caroline 70 years
d. 29 April 1897; funeral at German M. E. Church, Sea Cliff;
interment at Linden Hill Cemetery, Maspeth; wife of Charles Boettger; Glen Cove item
BOETTGER Charles
d.
BOGART Daniel 76 years
d.
BOGART Elbert H. 84 years
d. 4 August 1897 at Roslyn; Awide
reputation for the manufacture of wines, cordials and cider@ ; account of will in 20 April 1900 paper; left $25,000 -
$30,000 to the Jones Institute of Brookville and the Asame amount@ to the Reformed Church of Manhasset and the Flower Hill School
of Port Washington
BOGART James
d. 7 July 1894 Abrief illness@; resident of Glen Head
BOGART Mary A. 76 yrs 19 days
d. 27
January 1893 at Woodbury; widow of Cornelius Bogart; mother of Mrs. Smith
Verity; drew a War of 1812 widow=s pension
BOHEN Patrick 58 years
d. 11 September 1896 at West Neck; buried in an Aavalanche of loose dirt@ while Adigging sand for brick making@ at W. K. Hammond Brickyard; his companion Patrick Hanlon Aescaped without injury@; fifteen men dug Bohen out,
but Alife was extinct when he was rescued@; funeral St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington; Ahonest,
quiet, hard working man and a devout attendant upon St. Patrick=s Church@; Aspent all his life working in the yards, was one of the oldest
workers there@
BOHM Frederick
d. 25 August 1897 at Patchogue; hit by railroad train while
crossing the track in a carriage; thrown 150 feet and was killed Ainstantly@; his 12 year old son was badly injured in the wreck with a
compound fracture of the thigh; horse was killed and carriage Acompletely demolished@; resident of New York City; summer resident of Patchogue
BOICE William
d. 9
October 1893 at New York City; had summer home between Oyster Bay and
Syosset; interment in Areceiving vault until the new cemetery is completed at Pine
Hollow@ note: see BOYCE
BOLLES Sarah M. 43 years
d. 10 February 1892 at Bayonne, New Jersey
BOLTON William *
d. 30 November 1898; resident of Fair Ground
BONDElla
d. 7
May 1894; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Speedling of
Roslyn; Aleaves a husband and six young children to mourn her loss@; Roslyn item
BOND Nancy 70 years
d. 5 December 1894; hit by railroad train; resident of
Rockville Centre
BOND Pauline 13 months
d. 30 July 1896; interment at Roslyn; daughter of William
Bond; Glen Cove item
BOND Sarah 62 years
d. 10 November 1898; paralysis; wife of Willett Bond; Glen
Cove item
BOND William
d. 11
June 1897 at Cedar Swamp;Asevere paroxysms of hiccoughs@; account of strange disease in Glen Cove column, 19
July 1897 paper
BONHEUR Rosa 73 years
d.
BONNER Robert
d. 6
July 1899 at New York City; acute indigestion; native of Ireland, b. 28 April
1824; Anoted publisher, horse owner and philanthropist@; publisher of the New York Ledger; Adid more to lift the trotting horse from disrepute into an
atmosphere of respectability@
BOOKER James
d. 11 May 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington M. E. Church
by Rev. Walter; first wife d. 1875; unnamed second wife survives; father of
William Booker; native of Kent, England (b. 10 September 1822); joined the
Methodist Church at the age of 10 and was a Afaithful
attendant and earnest participant in almost every service held by the local [M.
E.] church@; lost his eyesight in recent years
BOOLE Rev. Dr. W. H. 68 years
funeral 26 February 1896 at Prohibition Park, Staten Island, N.
Y.; Alargely instrumental in founding the village of Sea Cliff ...
quite a number of the residents of Sea Cliff attended the funeral@
BOOTH Edwin
d. 7 June 1893 at New York City; interment at Boston,
Massachusetts; son of Junius Brutus Booth;
brother of John Wilkes Booth, Junius Brutus
Booth, Joseph Booth and Mary Asia (Mrs. John S.) Clarke; famous actor; long
obit in 10 June 1893 paper; see Prince of Players: Edwin Booth by
Eleanor Ruggles [1953]
BORDEN [Abby]
murdered
BORDEN Andrew J.
murdered
BORGWARDT Matilda 6 months
d.
BORTON Sarah V. 80 years
funeral11
July 1900 at Farmingdale; wife of H. F. Borton;
mother of three daughters and one son; Aa prominent member of the M. E. church in this village
[Farmingdale]@
BOSCHEN Isabella 78 yrs 2 mos
d.
BOSCHER Mr.
d.
BOSSE Ricard [sic] 21
years
d.
BOSTWICK Capt. Charles S. 89 years
d. 8 August 1899 at Huntington; ill for a year; funeral at Huntington;
first wife was Mary Hawkins of Smithtown; by her he was father of Sidney Bostwick of Oregon, George Bostwick,Aresidence unknown@, Mary Bostwick and Sarah Bostwick, both of Brooklyn; second wife was Elizabeth
Jarvis of Centreport, who survives; by her he
was father of Mrs. Capt. Thomas Bunce of Centreport; native of Stony Brook (b. 15 May 1810);
seaman from early age; piloted a ship to Boston at the age of 18; sailed ships
belonging to Jonas Smith of Stony Brook, including the big schooner Ann Dole;
retired from the sea about ten years ago
BOSTWICK James
Interment
d. 6 July 1894 at Tavistock,
England; killed in a carriage accident; interment in England; father of Rev. W.
M. Bottome, rector of Grace Episcopal Church,
Jamaica, Dr. Frank Bottome of New York City,
Rev. George H. Bottome and Henry Bottome; native of England; clergyman of the M. E. Church
serving the New York East Conference 1850-1870 and the New York Conference
since 1870; Afilled many pulpits with conspicuous ability@
BOULANGER Georges- Ernest- Jean- Marie
Suicide
BOUTON Amos A. 67 years
d. 6
June 1894 at Huntington; brother of Mrs. William L. Jackson;
farmer; Huntington native Aborn in the old house at the foot of the hill near Lefferts= Mill, West Neck@
BOVERS Mrs.
d. 20
December 1899 at Brooklyn; mother of Frederick Bovers
of Hicksville; former resident of HicksvilleAfor a number of years@
BOWDEN Frank W. 33 y 8 m 3 d
d. 15
October 1899 at Huntington; consumption; funeral at Huntington by
Rev. Seem; unmarried nephew of Charlotte Dill; native of Brooklyn
BOWEN Edgerton Henry 5 months
d. 4 September 1891 at Northport
BOWERS Mr.
funeral reported; Farmingdale item 31 August 1895 paper
BOWERS Adeliza T. 77 y 3 m 14 d
d. 9
June 1900 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery;A helpless from paralysis@ for 15 months; mother-in-law of Dr. George W. Brush
of Brooklyn; native of Jamaica, Vermont (b. 1823); resident
of Brooklyn for 35 years
BOWERS Ann E. 62 years
d. 12 March 1896 at Farmingdale; consumption; funeral
Farmingdale M. E. Church; interment at Bethpage; mother of P. N. Bowers of
Hicksville, another son and four daughters
BOWERS Joseph 74 years
d. 30
December 1899 at Glen Cove; father of William Bowers and Mrs. John
Dunn; Afor many years an overseer in the Starch Works@
BOWLBY Mrs. Frank
d.Aa few days ago@ at Rochester, N. Y.; pneumonia; former resident of Northport,
where her husband was employed by Edward Thompson publishing company; 24
December 1898 paper
BOWNER. M. 82 years
d. 5
June 1899 at Glen Cove; stricken with paralysis; funeral at Glen
Cove;Ain 1850 he opened a store on Glen Street which he managed
for many years@
BOYCE child
d. Alast summer@;body placed in vault Ato await the preparation of Oak Hill Cemetery@; however, interment will be instead at Memorial Cemetery, Cold
Spring Harbor;31 March 1894 paper note: see BOICE
BOYCE Rev. Richard
funeral 30 September 1896 at Our Lady of Loretto R. C. Church, Hempstead; twenty priests, including
Rev. John C. York of St. Patrick=s, Huntington, Awere present at the impressive ceremonies@; rector of Our Lady of Loretto
R. C. Church
BOYD Margaret
funeral 9 January 1899 at St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove, by Rev. Fr. Reilly; mother of William
Boyd of Brooklyn and Frank Boyd and Annie Boyd, both of Glen Cove
BOYESEN Hjalmar Hjorth
d.
BOYLE John 65 years
d.
at
BRADFORD Joseph
d.
at
BRADLEY William 80 years
d.
BRADY Mr.
suicideAa few
months since@; son-in-law of Mrs. J. Paris Dunn of Brooklyn;
BRADY Mrs. 50 years
Funeral
BRADY Mrs.
suicide13
February 1900 at
BRADY Peter Aabout 57 years@
d.
BRAND Catherine
estate to be sold at auction 26 March 1895 by Thomas Dauch, administrator; farm located on New Bridge Road, 1
1/2 miles south of Hicksville depot
BRAND Mary 34 years
d.
BRANDEGEE Harriet B. 41 years
d.
BRANT Louvisa V. 90 y 3 m 4 d
d. 15 July 1899 at Huntington; fell while sitting down in a
chair; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem; interment at Madison, New Jersey;
widow of David Brant; mother of Mrs. S. Lee Jarvis and Eleazer
B. Brant, who died young; native of Green Village, New Jersey, b. 11 April 1809;
former resident of Brooklyn and New York City; moved to Huntington in 1869;
member of Central Presbyterian Church, Huntington
BRANTMYER Philip
d.
BRAUN Mrs.
Arecent death@ at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; insane patient removed from Queens
County Asylum at Mineola to State Asylum at
Poughkeepsie; 31 March 1894 paper
BRAUN Marie 14 days
d.
BRAUN Henry Joseph infant
d.
BRAZIER Martha Ann * 75 years
d.
BRAZIER Sylvester * 5 weeks
d.
BREEN John
Funeral
BREEN Mrs. John
d.
BREEN Julia
d.
BRENGEL infant
d.
BRENNAN Mary 77 y 10 m 28 d
d.
BREWSTER child* 5 weeks
death
reported near Riverhead from exposure to the cold; both parents are destitute;
father is crippled; mother is blind;
BREWSTER Archibald M. 86 years
d. 19 June 1896 at Northport; stroke of paralysis; funeral St.
Paul=s M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Northport; native of New
Jersey; blacksmith for many years in Northport, where he resided for Aabout 40 years@; member of Jephtha Lodge F&A
Masons in Huntington and later a charter member of Alcyone
Lodge F&A Masons in Northport
BREWSTER Frances/Franciene W. 70
yrs 4 mos
d. 11 July 1896 at Northport; funeral St. Paul=s M. E. Church, Northport; maiden name was Perrotte;
widow of A. M. Brewster, who d. three weeks earlier; member of St. Paul=s M. E. Church and Adah Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star
BREWSTER Rebecca 89 years
d.
BREWSTER Capt. Selah
d. 6 February 1899 at Port Jefferson; funeral at Port Jefferson;
unnamed widow survives; father of Capt. M. V. Brewster of Port Jefferson and W.
Havens Brewster of Setauket; native of Port Jefferson, b. 21 July 1838; Ahe was in command of a schooner at the age of 20 ... he had
built the B. I. Hazard, the largest and best paying boat ever
constructed at the Port [Port Jefferson]@; active Democrat; elected Sheriff of Suffolk County in 1884;
Brookhaven Town Commissioner of Highways; Brookhaven Town Tax Collector; Vice
President of Suffolk County Agricultural Society; member of Suffolk Lodge, F
& A Masons
BRICE Calvin S.
d. 15 December 1898 at New York City; pneumonia;
[interment at Lima, Ohio]; former U. S. Senator from Ohio
[1891-1897]; Alawyer and financier of national reputation ... from a
humble beginning he achieved a large fortune@;
[native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, b. 17 September 1845; veteran
of the Civil War; lawyer in Lima, Ohio; served as Democratic
elector for Tilden & Hendricks in 1876 and Cleveland & Hendricks in
1884; chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1889]; see: Biographical
Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971
BRIDGENS Mrs. Frederick
Found
BRIGGINS Frederick 56 years
Funeral
BRINCKERHOFF Isaac E.
Arecent
death@ at Manhasset;
BRINGMAN Mrs. 78 years
d.
BRINK Charles
Drowned
BRINKERHOFF Edith Mc Caffil
d. at Brooklyn; Asudden death@; wife of Henry Brinkerhoff; daughter of Elizabeth Van Wyck McCaffil; granddaughter
of Theodorus Van Wyck;
niece of Mrs. W. H. Griffin of Woodbury; Woodbury item; loose sheet, November
1899 papers
BRINKERHOFF Mrs. J. H. 61 years
d.
BRISTOL Mary C. 61 years
d.
BRITTAN Harriette Gertrude
d.
BRONSON infant 5 months
d.
BRONSON Howard
Funeral
6 June 1895; interment at South Northport; child of Henry W. Bronson
BROOKER Arthur 14 years
d.
BROOKS Joseph 71 y 6 m 21 d
d. 29 April 1897 at Deer Park
BROOKS Phillips
Funeral 26 January 1893 at Boston, Massachusetts;
noted clergyman; Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts; long obit in 28 January
1893 paper
BROOKS Walter* 26 years
drowned 24 July 1898 at Cold Spring Harbor; went in swimming
with Robert Ricks and panicked; Ricks was unable to save him; interment at
Wilmington, Delaware, Awhere his people live@; assistant to Robert Ricks, bartender and keeper of the casino
at Gerard=s Hotel, Cold Spring Harbor; had been in the employ of Mrs.
Gerard for Aseveral years@; account of the drowning in 30 July 1898 paper
BROPHY Miss 22 years
d. Aa few days ago@ at Harlem, N. Y.; died at a convent; relative of Miss Mary
Powers; 28 February 1891 paper; Westbury item
BROWER Mrs.
Funeral
BROWER Joseph
d. 19 June 1891 at Woodsburgh
BROWER Julia 77 years
d. 25 August 1900 at Chicago, Illinois; funeral at Chicago;
interment Anear@ Chicago; wife of Charles L. Brower; mother of Warren G. Brower
and Madison Brower, both Chicago businessmen; a former resident of Oyster Bay
for more than 30 years
BROWN young man
drowned 9 August 1896 in Hempstead Harbor off Bar Beach while
bathing; Aswiftly running tide carried him out beyond his depth@; resident of Glen Head
BROWN little child
d. 18 October 1897 at Long Swamp; child of Charles
Brown
BROWN child ca. 6 years
d.
BROWN Rev. Mr. *
d.Alast week@; former Presiding Elder of Athis@ district of African Methodist Episcopal Church; died the day he
was to have officiated at a Jubilee service at the A. M. E. Zion Church in
Hempstead; 28 February 1891 paper
BROWN Abbie 67 years
d. 7 January 1898 at Jersey City, New Jersey; pneumonia; funeral
at M. E. Church, Huntington, by Rev. Judd; interment at Huntington Rural
Cemetery, Huntington; wife of Stephen C. Brown (m. 1853),who survives; mother
of William Brown, Howard Brown and Mrs. Lewis Caire;
native of Union, Maine; maiden name was Abbie White;
grew up in Charlestown, Massachusetts; after marriage moved to Elizabeth, New
Jersey, where she joined the M. E. Church; resident of Huntington 1864-1882,
when he husband had pottery business at Huntington Harbor; left Huntington for
Tom=s River, New Jersey; later lived in New York City and finally at
Jersey City, New Jersey; long obit in 15 January 1898 paper
BROWN Aden Anearly@ 75 years
d. 9 February 1900 at Northport; Astricken with paralysis@; funeral at St. Paul=s M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Northport Rural
Cemetery; unnamed widow survives; father of Mrs. William Pearsall, Mrs. John
Palmer, Erastus Brown and Alfred Brown; a
life-long resident of Northport
BROWN Benjamin H. Aold@
d. 2
June 1891 in a small hut at Bethpage; walked from Greenport; Adeath is the result of age and want. He was apparently a worn
out old tramp@; resident of New York City
BROWN Bertha E. 22 y 6 m
18 d
d. 20 July 1893 at Greenlawn
BROWN Carrie H. 26 years
d. 10 December 1891 at West Neck
BROWN Chloe Ann 90 y 10 m 2 d
d. 12 March 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; widow of
William Clinton Brown
BROWN Cora M. 5 years
d. 11
October 1900 at Cold Spring; throat disease; daughter of Hiram Brown; memorial
service for Cora and three other children who died from diphtheria was held
on 23 December 1900 at Cold Spring Harbor Baptist Church
BROWN Ellen 46 years
d. 27 February 1891 at Jersey City, New Jersey
BROWN Mrs. Frank
drowned 25 March 1900 in Virginia, while on a visit to that
state; mother of five children, the eldest 16 years of age; niece of Robert S.
Spicer of Oyster Bay; sister-in-law of Mrs. Robert J. Henderson of Oyster Bay;
resident of Brooklyn
BROWN Franklin 63 years
d. 2
January 1895 at Sailor=s Snug Harbor, Staten Island; interment at Northport; former
resident of Northport who Aleaves several children who reside in@ Northport
BROWN George H. 31 years
d. 20 June 1899 at Sea Cliff; interment at Carpenter Burial
Ground, Sea Cliff; son-in-law of Robert Carpenter of Sea Cliff; resident of
Hoboken, New Jersey
BROWN George H.
late of Sea Cliff; killed by a trolley car in Brooklyn; letters
of administration granted to widow by Nassau County Surrogate=s Court; 28 October 1899 paper
BROWN George P. 62 y 10 m 6 d
d.
BROWN Hattie C. 34 y 11 m 12 d
d.
BROWN Isaac 81 yrs 10 mos
d. 2 April 1899 at Huntington; stomach cancer; funeral at
Huntington by Rev. Walter of the M. E. Church; son of Jonathan Brown and Naomi
Kelsey; husband of Mary Smith (m. 1845); father of 10 children, of whom these
survive: Edward Brown, Townsend Brown and Mrs. Arthur B. Fleet, all of
Huntington, Mrs. James H. Temple of New York City and Henry S. Brown of
Brooklyn; native of Commack, b. June 1817; Aveteran
horseman ... a sort of walking encyclopedia on the topic of trotting horses@
BROWN James
death
reported in 4 March 1893 paper with obit taken from
BROWN James 68 years
d.
BROWN Mrs. John 80 years
d.
BROWN Mrs. Joseph 70 years
d.
BROWN Joseph H. 9 y 3 m 23 d
d.
BROWN Laura C. 42 yrs 9 mos
d.
BROWN Louise M. 81 years
d. 13 April 1900 at Jamaica; wife of William H. Brown, who
survives at age 89; mother of late Mrs. Charles Tappan of Huntington; had lived
most of her life in Massachusetts until the death of Mrs. Tappan, at which time
she moved to Huntington to care for her grandchildren; grandmother of Mabel
Tappan, Louise Tappan and Clifford Tappan; member of the Baptist Church;
resident of Jamaica at the time of her death
BROWN Mary about 60 years
d. 21 June 1898 at Fair Ground; stroke of paralysis; funeral at
Fair Ground by Rev. Mitchell; wife of John Brown; mother of Aseveral grown children@
BROWN Mary E. 60 years
d.
BROWN Myra Hannah 8 months
d.
BROWN
d.
BROWN Phebe
d.
at
BROWN Phebe 79 years
d. 13 March 1897 at Northport; Bright=s disease; interment at Genola,
East Northport; widow of Septimus Brown; mother
of Capt. Septimus Brown and a daughter
BROWN Robert
d. 6 April 1900 at New York City; pneumonia; fireman on steamer Port
Chester; sent to a hospital in New York City after he was taken ill on the
boat; resident of Port Eaton; had relatives in Northport
BROWN Samuel Arden 1 y 8 m 22 d
d.
BROWN Samuel E.
d. Alast week@ at
BROWN Samuel Spafford 76 years
d. 10 August 1896 at Northport; funeral St. Paul=s M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Northport; son of Samuel
Brown; husband of Nancy Hartt (m. 1843); father
of Helen Robbins and Lavinia Brown, both of
Northport, Mrs. George Conklin of Huntington, Mrs. George Ackerly and Mrs. Samuel D. French, both of Brooklyn and
Cassius M. Brown of New York City; native of Commack, b. 1820; went to New York
City at age 18 to learn tailoring; moved to Northport in 1840; established a
tailoring business; later went into grocery business in Northport; converted to
M. E. Church in 1841, which event was commemorated on its 50th anniversary
[1891] by an all day service at St. Paul=s M. E. Church; 50th wedding anniversary commemorated on 8 March
1893; served as trustee and class leader of M. E. Church for forty years; Acontributed largely to the support of the church@
BROWN Sanford T. 61 years
d.
BROWN Sarah
d.
BROWN Capt. Septimus 81 years
d. 2 December 1896 at Northport; Bright=s disease; interment at Northport; brother of Capt. George Brown
and Arden Brown, both of Northport, and Mrs. Maria Jarvis of Huntington;
unnamed widow survives; father of Septimus Brown,Jr. of Northport and one
daughter; seaman since the age of 12; Aplaced in command of a small vessel@ at age 15; served as a Hell Gate pilot; Acontinued to sail a vessel until a few months since@
BROWN Rev. T. McKee
d. 19 December 1898 at New York City; pneumonia; funeral at St.
Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, New York City; unnamed widow survives; father
of Thomas McKee Brown and Harold Brown; native of Philadelphia, b. 1841;
graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and General Theological
Seminary, New York City; served as assistant rector of the Church of the
Annunciation, New York City, and St. John=s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn; served 28 years as rector of St.
Mary the Virgin, New York City; AFather Brown has always been known as an advocate of the high
church doctrine and his church was considered the leading church founded along
those lines@; established St. Mary=s Home at Centreport, Aa vacation home for poor children@; a
summer resident of East Neck, Huntington, for Aa number of years past@
BROWN Truman A. 62 years
d. 23 July 1895 at Fair Ground; m. a daughter of ABlind@ Shadbolt; father of Mortimer Brown;
served with Co. G, 124th Indiana during the Civil War; came to Huntington Aabout thirty years ago and hung out his shingle as a painter and
decorator@;AHuntington loses one of those odd and interesting characters
which can be found in all well regulated country towns@;Aa book could be written on this interesting individual@
BROWN William H.
resolution on his death passed by Brookhaven Town Board of Trustees;
BROWN William W. 87 years
d. 23 April 1897 at Huntington Harbor; survived by unnamed
widow; father of George Brown, Albert Brown, William Brown, John Brown, Alonzo
Brown, Mrs. Harriet Nostrand of Brooklyn, Mrs. Bennett of Long Swamp and
Mrs. Alfred Shadbolt; former resident of West
Hills, Abut for the last 25 years [since ca. 1872] has resided at the
harbor@
BRUCKNER Margaret
d. 20 July 1896 at New Cassel;
cholera infantum; daughter of Joseph Bruckner
BRUNDAGE Ann E. 74 y 2 m 24 d
d. 15 February 1894 at Commack; wife of C.
K. Brundage
BRUNDAGE Mrs. M. E.
d. 23 March 1899 at Sea Cliff; mother of Aa family of grown up children@
BRUSH infant 25 days
death reported 8 October 1892 paper; daughter of Louis
M. and Ella M. Brush
BRUSH infant 2 months
d. 29 December 1898; child of George Brush; Northport
item
BRUSH Mrs.
d.Alast week@; daughter of Frederick Van Velsor;
2 February 1895 paper; Glen Cove item
BRUSH [Abigail W.] [76 years]
d.
BRUSH Andrew V. 36 yrs
7 mos
d. 28 March 1892 at Huntington; interment at West
Hills
BRUSH Annie L. 22 y 7
m 20 d
d. 20 February 1894 at West Hills
BRUSH Benjamin 65 years
d. 19
June 1900 at Gravesend; heart disease; Ajust
left his home .... and was on his way to his place of business when he fell
down and died@; funeral at Gravesend; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn;
survived by an unnamed widow; father of two deceased children; brother of Mrs.
Elwood Abrams of Cold Spring; brother-in-law of Charles F. Smith; nephew of
David Brush; early in life went to California; later lived in China; returned
to the United States and bought a farm at Woodbury; sold his farm and moved to
Gravesend, where he was superintendent of a racetrack
BRUSH Caroline
d. 7 July 1897 at Tuckerton, New Jersey; Acancer in the face@; interment at Bethpage; memorial sermon at M. E. Church,
Farmingdale, Asometime in August@; the sermon was preached 4 September 1897 by Rev. E. F. Lounsbury of Farmingdale M. E. Church; sister of Benjamin
Brush of Seaford
BRUSH Charles 42 years
d.
BRUSH Charles H. 76 years
d. 11 December 1899 at Fort Salonga;
paralysis; funeral at Northport Presbyterian Church by Rev. Ellis; son of
Jeremiah P. Brush; brother of Mrs. Smith Bryant of Huntington; widow Martha
Brush survives; uncle of Edward A. Rowley; Aan
extensive farmer@;Aone of the oldest members of the Presbyterian church in this
village [Northport] and for forty years has been an elder of the same@; account of will in 4 May 1900 paper
BRUSH Charles W. 47 years
d.
BRUSH Cornelia K. 77 years
d.
BRUSH Dorothy A. 87 years
d. 20 December 1898; widow of Philetus
S. Brush; mother of Charles Brush of Brooklyn; grandmother of Wilbur Cheshire;
native of West Neck, who Aspent most of her life in Smithtown@; member of Northport M. E. Church
BRUSH Edward H. 76 years
d.Arecently@ at Brooklyn; 21 January 1893 paper; interment at Cypress Hills;
husband of Miss Morris of Huntington; father of John Brush, Isaac Brush and
Rebecca Brush; former resident of Huntington who Acarried on the butchering business for many years in this
village@
BRUSH Ellen Newcomb
d.
BRUSH Ezekiel 70 years
d.
BRUSH Ezekiel 62 years
d.
BRUSH George Hayes infant
d.
BRUSH George R. 59 years
d. 29 November 1894 at Colorado Springs, Colorado; native of
Smithtown; 1858 graduate of College of Physicians and Surgeons; entered U. S.
Navy in 1861 and was stationed at Brooklyn Navy Yard as medical inspector for
the navy; account of navy career in 8 December 1894 paper
BRUSH Henry 30 years
d.
BRUSH Herbert Woodford 10 months 22 days
d. 22 November1899 at
BRUSH Ida May 15 y 1 m 21 d
d.
BRUSH James M. 66 years
d. 3 June 1895 at Fresh Pond; Bright=s disease; interment Afamily burial place on the farm where he has resided@; survived by Edward Rowley, his adopted son; Asuccessful farmer@; deacon at Northport Presbyterian Church
BRUSH Jane 85 y 1 m 4 d
d. 4 February 1896 at Cold Spring Harbor; pneumonia; funeral at
Cold Spring by Rev. Judd of Huntington M. E. Church; interment at Woodbury;
widow of James Brush; mother of Mrs. Elwood Abrams and seven other children
BRUSH Jeremiah P. 21 y 7 m 9 d
d.
BRUSH Jesse 85 years
d.
BRUSH Joel C. 84 y 9 m 3 d
d.
BRUSH Jonas 80 yrs 11 mos
d. 17 May 1895 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; brother of
John R. Brush of West Hills; native of Huntington, b. 1814; removed to Brooklyn
ca. 1839; Aduring nearly all his business career [he] was in the produce
and commission business and acquired a competence@;Aa staunch Republican@; member of South Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn
BRUSH Louisa W. 31 years
d. 2 October 1900 at Cold Spring Harbor; funeral at St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington; interment at St. Patrick=s Cemetery, West Neck; wife of Henry Brush; daughter of John
Leonard of West Neck
BRUSH Lucinda 64 y 11 m 6 d
d.
BRUSH Mary A. 66 yrs 6 mos
d.
BRUSH Marietta 25 days
d.
BRUSH
d.
BRUSH Reuben R. 42 y 7 m 11 d
d. 30 November 1897 at West Neck; diabetes; funeral at West Neck
by Rev. Carter of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington; son of Jesse Brush;
mother [Marietta L. Sammis Brush] survives;
son-in-law of John B. Lefferts; widow
[Henrietta Lefferts Brush] and daughter [Edna
Russell Brush] survive; brother of Mrs. J. M. Brush; Phebe Brush, Ada Brush,
Charles Brush, Henry Brush, Irving Brush, Warren Brush and Louis Brush; raised
livestock on his farm on West Neck
BRUSH Mrs. Richard
d. at
Hauppauge, at the home of her husband=s parents; consumption; Farmingdale item 5 October 1895 paper
BRUSH Samuel
d.
BRUSH Sarah 73 years
d. 9 March 1899 at East Northport; pneumonia; funeral at East
Northport by Rev. Knesel of Northport; interment
at Commack; widow of W. Woodhull Brush; mother
of Charles H. Brush of East Northport, Hanford Brush and George Brush
BRUSH Sarah * AAunt Sarah@ about 80 years
d. 23 November 1899 at Huntington; wife of Alexander
Brush; Afaithful and trusted servant@ of Emma and Kate Williams, at whose home the funeral was
held; Amuch respected for her many good qualities@
BRUSH Selah H. 63 years
d. Alast week@ at
BRUSH Stephen *
suicide near Huntington; body founded hanging in tree on 14
March 1893; brother of William Brush; Aan old colored man who had been afforded relief by the town
authorities@ was notified that heAwould have to be removed to the county house [Yaphank]
.... this so agitated his mind that he .. resolved to put an end to his life@; Disappeared Aa few weeks ago@ [18 March 1893 paper]. Thomas Y. Haggarty
found his body Adangling in the air suspended from a limb about twenty-five feet
from the ground@ on 14 March 1893.ACrows had eaten most of the flesh from his bones, and it was the
great number of these birds flying about the tree that led to the discovery of
the body@ in the woods Aon the hill a mile south of the cemetery.@ [Huntington Rural]
BRUSH Theodore 66 years
d. 16
January 1891 at Port Jefferson; paralytic stroke; father of Rev. W. P. Brush of
Jersey City, N.J., Charles Brush of New York City, Mrs. James Dayton of Port
Jefferson and Edward Brush; brother-in-law of George Kinner
and Charles Kinner; ship carpenter; b. 16
January 1825 at Comac
BRUSH Theodore 71 years
d. 20 April 1900 at Smithtown; pulmonary trouble; funeral at
Smithtown Presbyterian Church by Rev. Gray; unnamed widow survives; father of
Mrs. John Huntting and the late Sanford Brush,
Mrs. Luther Hallock and Mrs. Thomas Baylis; native of Smithtown
BRUSH Thomas 70 years
d. 6
March 1896 at Cold Spring Harbor; funeral Cold Spring Harbor M. E. Church;
interment at Woodbury; Aa carpenter by trade and had worked for many years for the late
Andrew Valentine, Charles H. Jones and Dr. Oliver L. Jones@
BRUSH Thomas Henry 61 y 3 m 12 d
d. 21 January 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Carter of First Presbyterian Church and Rev. Seem of Central Presbyterian
Church; son of James Madison Brush and Sarah Downing; husband of Maria E.
Bryant (m. 1860); son-in-law of G. Smith Bryant; father of Elizabeth Brush, who
died in Ayoung womanhood@; brother of James M. Brush of Huntington, G. Washington Brush
of Brooklyn, Gilbert A. Brush of Oyster Bay, Susan Walters of Pueblo, Colorado,
and Sarah Matthias of Flushing; native of Old Fields; Afor a time conducted the >Cuba
Farm= at Greenlawn; later resided at
St. Johnland, where he was a captain of a
sailing schooner; resident of Halesite since
1868; member and trustee of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington; Aa man of sterling integrity@
BRUSH Walter 83 y 10 m 17 d
d. 20 February 1893 at Huntington; son of Zephaniah Brush; brother
of George Brush and Jesse Brush; native of West Neck who Aremoved to Old Fields when a young man and has been a prosperous
and successful farmer. He has been a faithful member of the First Presbyterian
Church for a great many years@
BRUSH William Woodhull 83 years
d. 19 April 1896; fell while walking six weeks ago and Alay for sometime before he was discovered@ and Anever recovered from the exposure on that occasion@; funeral at Northport; father of George William Brush, Hanford
A. Brush and Charles H. Brush, all of Northport; resident of East Northport
BRUSH Zophar
d.Arecently@; son of John R. Brush, late of West Hills; youngest of ten
children of whom, two unnamed sisters, Rev. Jesse Brush of Buffalo, N. Y., and
Dr. George W. Brush of Brooklyn, survive; survived by unnamed widow; Aone of the pioneers of the Wallabout
Market .... an ardent Methodist, an active member
of the East New York Church, and for many years superintendent of the
Sunday School@; long obit in 10 December 1898 paper
BRYANT Caroline K. 77 y 6 m 9 d
d. 16 July 1899 at West Neck; funeral at West Neck by Rev.
Carter of Huntington; interment at Northport; widow of Melancthon
Bryant; sister of Sarah C. Sammis; aunt of
William Sammis and Watts Sammis; native of West Neck; resident of Northport during
her married life; resident of West Neck during her widowhood
BRYANT Capt. Charles F.
d.
BRYANT Emma 65 years
d. 25 September 1897 at Eaton=s Neck; Asuddenly of heart disease@; funeral at M. E. Church, Northport, of which she was a Aconsistent member@; widow of George H. Bryant; mother of Henry H. Bryant, Mrs.
Charles Dickerson and Mrs. George Dickerson; Samuel Ackerly
Post, G. A. R., of which her husband had been a member, attended the funeral
BRYANT George B. 61 years
d. 4 December 1892 at Northport; Civil War veteran of Co. E,
127th New York Vols.; member of Samuel Ackerly
Post, G. A. R.; member of the Northport M. E. Church for 43 years
BRYANT Gilbert S. 79 y 6 m
18 d
d.
BRYANT Hannah M. 90 y 7 m 5 d
d. 25 November 1900 at Huntington Harbor; funeral at Halesite in the home of Mrs. Maria E. Brush, her daughter,
by Rev. Carter; daughter of Jeremiah and Betsey Brush; widow of Gilbert Smith
Bryant; mother of a son who d. Amany years ago@ and Maria E. Brush; mother-in-law of the late Thomas Henry
Brush; native of Sunk Meadow; due to a long illness, had spent the last five
years of her life in bed
BRYANT Iantha 61 yrs 6 mos
d.
BRYANT Mrs. Jacob
d. 4
November 1892Centreport item; Aactive member of the Union Church [Centreport]
for many years@
BRYANT Jesse 76 yrs 5 days
d.
BRYANT John Scudder 68 y 9 m 7 d
d.
BRYANT Lottie 50 years
Funeral
BRYAR Helen 28 years
d.
BRYCE Ann
d. 1 August 1899; pneumonia; funeral at Christ Episcopal Church,
Oyster Bay; widow of Andrew Bryce; mother of James Bryce and William Bryce,
both of Oyster Bay
BUBANK Mrs. Ferney 35 years
d.
BUCHANAN James 38 years
d.
BUCKE. A.
d. 26
August 1893 near Bushwick Junction; killed in L.
I. R. R. train accident; Asporting gentleman@ who Adid much to elevate the tone of the turf. He was an authority on
all questions pertaining to the horse....@
BUCKLEY Catherine M. infant
Interment
BUCKLEY Mrs. Charles T. 29 years
d. 30 September 1900 at Oyster Bay; daughter of
Amos T. Boerum of Oyster Bay
BUCKLEYE. L. 27 years
Killed
BUDD James
d. 1
April 1899 at Glen Cove; Asuddenly@; Ahas been the grave digger in the various cemeteries in this
section [Glen Cove] for many years@
BUDDENHAUSER Mrs. 63 years
d. 10 December 1897; funeral at St. Paul=s Church [-Elmont]; interment at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
mother of Rev. Dr. Buddenhauser, pastor of St.
Paul=s Church
BUFFETT child
d. Athis week@ at Commack; daughter of Nathaniel Buffett; 13
February 1892 paper
BUFFETT child
d. 22 December 1894 at Elwood; child of Nathaniel Buffett
BUFFETT David 69 y 9 m 2 d
d. 16 September 1894 at Elwood; Aan able and prosperous farmer@
BUFFETT Fanny Maria 61 yrs 9 mos
d. 2 April 1891 at Comac;
wife of David Buffett; Afirst class artist in taxidermy@
BUFFETT Joseph
d. 18 March 1900 at Woodbury; consumption; funeral at Woodbury
by Rev. Carter of Huntington; interment at Roslyn; son of Joseph Buffett and Sally Sammis Buffett; husband of Matilda Dickerson (m. 1867), who
survives; father of 3 unnamed daughters; b. 20 March 1845; attended Huntington
High School; worked in the store of Rogers, Sammis
& Scudder in Huntington; later worked in Roslyn
BUFFETT Lewis 69 years
d. 15 February 1898 at Westchester, N. Y./ Unionport, N. Y.; interment at Huntington Rural
Cemetery; brother of Alonzo Buffett; Aan old resident of this place [Huntington]@
BUFFETT Nathaniel 68 y 2 m 16 d
d. 29 December 1895 at Dix Hills; funeral M. E. Church, Elwood;
son of Zebulon Buffett; Acollateral relative@ of Judge William Buffett,
Suffolk County lawyer and judge; Ahis life was filled with unassuming but helpful ministries@
BUFFETT Phebe 94 years
d. 4 December 1893 at Greenlawn;
b. Middleville (Bread & Cheese Hollow) 18 May 1799; wife of Isaac Buffett (d. 1838); daughter-in-law of Molly Buffett; mother of George Buffett
(b. 1837d. ca. 1853); sister of Carll Ketcham,
with whom she lived; Awell known for her generosity@; gave land for the Dix Hills M. E. Church
BUFFETT Ruth 78 years
d.
BUHRMAN W. C. 70 years
d.
BULLOCK young boy 11 years
d. Bridgeport, Connecticut; diphtheria; interment 19 December
1896 at Smithtown Landing; son of W. S. Bullock; grandson of Alexander Darling
of Smithtown Landing; Adeceased, although young, was a consistent member of the Landing
M. E. Church@
BULMER William
death
recorded
BUNCE Alanson 83 years
d.
BUNCE Calvin *
d.
BUNCE Edith Belle 29 years
d.
BUNCE Mrs. Fleet 60 years
d.
BUNCE Frank 52 years
d.
BUNCE Frank S. 25 years
d. Alast week@; consumption; interment at Northport;
BUNCE Irene 72 years
d. 12 February 1896 at Patchogue; interment at Northport; widow
of Alanson Bunce; mother of Mrs. Jonas M.
Thurber and Mrs. L. B. Green, both of Patchogue, and Mrs. James R. Jones and
Mrs. Jonas Bishop, both of Northport; mother-in-law of L. B. Green, editor of
the Patchogue Argus
BUNCE Joseph 14 years
d.
BUNCE Laura E. Jarvis 33 y 10 m 23 d
d. 12 November 1891 at Centreport;
interment at Northport; wife of Joseph Bunce;
memorial from M. E. Church publication The Christian Advocate of 3
December 1891 copied in 2 January 1892 paper
BUNCE
d. 19 March 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Centreport M. E. Church; daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca
Smith; wife of Capt. Jesse Bunce; mother of Mrs.
Emmett B. Hawkins of Huntington, Mrs. Fred Smith of Patchogue, Mrs. Alvin James
of Blue Point and Thomas Bunce, Joel Bunce and John Bunce, all
of Centreport; native of Coram; long-time
resident of Centreport
BUNCE Sarah Coles 87 y 7 m 19 d
d. 14 February 1897 at Cold Spring Harbor; funeral Cold Spring
Harbor by Rev. S. L. Cox, Baptist pastor; interment at Huntington; maiden name
was Sarah Coles; father was a resident of Glen Cove; widow of Joseph
T. Bunce; mother of Mrs. Susan Amy Barrett
(deceased), Mrs. Andrus Titus, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Porter of East Hartford,
Connecticut, Henry C. Bunce, Eliphalet
Bunce, Joseph T. Bunce,
Charles I. Bunce, Mrs. Fannie Roe and two others
(deceased); grandmother of 30; great-grandmother of 14; husband and sons were
or Astill are@ captains of vessels.
BUNCE Susan M. 76 years
d. 9 December 1899 at Northport; funeral at Northport
by Rev. Sauders, a former pastor of the
Northport M. E. Church; Centreport native, whose
maiden name was Higbie; sister of Capt.
Jonas S. Higbie, Frances Lewis and Phebe Denton; twice widowed; widow of Capt. John T. Udall,
who d. 1849 and of Capt. Selah Bunce, who d. ca.
1874; mother of Alice E. (Mrs. Charles T.) Sammis; Aone of the oldest members of the M. E. Church in this village
[Northport]@
BUNCE Theo
d.
BUNCE Walter 19 yrs 4 mos
d. 9 August 1899 at Huntington; typhoid fever; funeral at
Huntington by Rev. Carter; son of Edgar P. Bunce;
native of Huntington; clerk in store of H. S. &J. M. Brush & Co. until
last winter; briefly worked at Fall River, Massachusetts
BUNDRICK Louise 78 years
d.
BUNN infant
d.
BUNN Charles
d.
BUNN Jane * 82 years
d.
BUNN John *
found
dead
[-] BURCH
interment
BURCH John A.
d.
BURCHELL Frances 33 years
d. 25 November 1899 at Oyster Bay; Asuddenly@ of heart disease; funeral at Presbyterian Church, Oyster Bay,
by Rev. Russell; interment at Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead; wife of
Edward Burchell, train engineer on the L. I. R.
R.; mother of ZaraBurchell, age 10 years
and Gordon Burchell, age 5 years; daughter of
Mrs. Van Nostrand; sister of Mrs. A. M. Petry
of Hicksville and Raymond Van Nostrand of Cold Spring; former resident of
Farmingdale
BURGESS Edward
d. [at Boston, Massachusetts]; Afamous yacht designer@ [of successful contenders for America=s Cup]; funeral attended by E. D. Morgan, representing the New
York Yacht Club; 1 August 1891 paper; Westbury item
BURGESS Dr. Samuel H. 74 years
d. 30 August 1900 at Eustis, Florida; funeral at Eustis,
Florida; son of Osman Burgess; brother of Dr. F.
W. Burgess of Huntington and an unnamed sister, residing in Springfield,
Vermont, and seven others, all deceased; husband of Lucy Williams, formerly of
Plymouth, N. Y., (m. 1857) and father of two; native of Springfield, Vermont
(b. 17 January 1827); studied dentistry at Nashua, New Hampshire; at one time a
dentist in Huntington; Alater he practiced many years in Michigan, and finally, sixteen
years ago [ca. 1884], came to Eustis, Fla., where he speedily acquired a
good practice@; elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Eustis; long obit in
14 September 1900 paper
BURKE Matthew
d. 17 December 1894; pneumonia; Glen Cove item
BURKHARDT Ella
d. 27
Match 1896; pneumonia; daughter of Peter Burkhardt;
Central Park item
BURLING Clara Agnes 5 months
d. 22 July 1894 at Centreport
BURLING Gladys 3mos 5 days
d. 12
July 1895 at Centerport; cholera infantum;
interment at Huntington; daughter of Charles E. Burling; granddaughter of
Miles E. Burling
BURNETT Elizabeth 81 years
d.
BURNETT George
d. 28 September 1898 at Camp Wikoff,
Montauk; typhoid fever; brother of ALandlord@ Burnett of Locust Valley; cook for the L. I. R. R. workers at
Montauk
BURNETT Mrs. George 45 years
d.
BURNS infant
d. 17 April 1895; child of John Burns; Fair Ground item
BURNS Catherine
late
of Smithtown; John F. Burns, nephew, appointed administrator of
estate 11 September 1900 by Suffolk County Surrogate=s Court
BURNS Mrs. John Aold@
d. 7 April 1891Aat the River@Smithtown
BURNS Louis
intermentAlast week@ at the Catholic Cemetery, Smithtown; funeral by Rev. Joseph P.
McGinley of St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Bay Shore; resident of Brooklyn; 25 March 1899
paper
BURNS Michael 21 years
d. 5
June 1896 at Syosset; killed in an accident at Sisters of Mercy Convent, where
he was a servant, when a cast-iron radiator fell off a wagon, Acrushing him to death@; native of Ireland, who had been in this country about a
year
BURNS Patrick 20 years
d. AMarch last@ from yellow fever on board bark Revolving Light
returning from Rio de Janiero; son of Thomas P. Burns; 4
July 1891 paper
BURR infant
d. 8 February 1899; child of Montraville
M. Burr; Northport item
BURR Alice Louisa 64 y 6m 12 d
d. 30 December 1893 at Commack; wife of George W. Burr; mother
of Moses Burr of Brooklyn, George M. Burr of Northport, Nettie Burr and Ruth Burr; Aknown by many deeds of charity and her liberality to the Commack
M. E. Church, of which she was a member@
BURR Franklin P. 46 yrs. 8 mos.
d. 31
December 1897 at Commack;Along and painful illness@; son of Platt R. Burr; overseer of the poor for the Town
of Smithtown,Abut was forced to resign the office in consequence of sickness@; trustee of the M. E. Church, Abeing the fourth generation of the Burr family to hold that
office@; Commack item
BURR Mrs. George P. 60 years
d.
BURR George W. 71 y 5 m 10 d
d. 30 March 1897 at Commack; Asuffered
an attack of paralysis two years ago and never fully recovered@; funeral at Commack; father of Moses Burr, George Burr, Mrs.
William Kissam and Ruth Burr; born and died in
the same house; Aprominent member of the M. E. Church in this place [Commack]@
BURR Grace
d.
BURR John Oakley 1 yr 18 days
d.
BURR Mariette 72 years
d. 23 February 1900 at Northport; Ain ill health for several years@;
funeral at Northport; mother of Mrs. John C. Hartt
of Northport, Julius N. Burr of Kings Park and Montraville
M. Burr of Northport
BURR Mary 83 years
d.
BURR Townsend 38 years
Interment
BURR William H.
d.
BURT child
d.
BURT Mr. 72 years
d.
BURT Elizabeth A. 70 years
d.Alast week@ at East Northport; interment at East Northport; widow of Amasa Burt; mother of Mrs. Sanford Ketcham;
21 December 1895 paper
BURTES
death
noted in 17 June 1893 paper;
BURTIS James Monroe
Funeral
BURTON Charles 62 years
d.
BURTON William A. ca. 50 years
d. 23 November 1900 at Kings Park; heart trouble; had been
driven to Northport by his wife since he wasn=t feeling well; he needed to finish some legal business in
Northport; when they arrived back in Kings Park, he was so ill that he Asurvived only a short time@; funeral at Lucien Memorial M. E. Church, Kings Park, by Rev.
Nelson of Commack; interment at Stony Brook; survived by his second wife, the
former Dora Nichols; lawyer; justice of the peace; former resident of
Wisconsin; his will, called Aa very strange document@ by the 28 December 1900 paper, stated he had been divorced on
27 May 1876 from his first wife in Queens County; the will stated that his
supposed daughter Bell Augusta Van Fleet, wife of Milton Van Fleet, was not his
child, as his first wife confessed Ashe was intimate with other men and did not know who was the
father of the said Bell Augusta@
BUSHING Eliza 60 years
d.
d.
d. [11 January 1893] at Washington, D. C.; [interment at Lowell,
Massachusetts]; Civil War general and Massachusetts politician; [served in the
U. S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1867-1875 and 1877-1879;
elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1882];long obit in 14 January 1893 paper
BUTLER John 100 yrs 6 mos
d. 19 March 1899 at Huntington; funeral at St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington by Father York; native of Queens
County, Ireland (b. 1798); immigrated to Canada and settled in New York State
in 1830; resident of Huntington for 60 years; worked for Crossman brickyards,
West Neck; a bachelor who resided with his unnamed niece; article in 8 April
1899 paper states he may have actually been 102 years old
d. 16 May 1899, Aafter a long illness@; funeral at St. James Episcopal Church, St. James by Rev.
Archdeacon; wife of Henry Butler; mother of two daughters and one son; Ashe has spent all her years in St. James, save a short time in
Brooklyn@
BUTT Margaret 47 y 8 m 11 d
d. 8 October 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Carter; daughter of John McClary; widow of
Thomas Butt, formerly of Norfolk, Virginia (m. 10 June 1876; he d. 1884);
mother of John Butt, Thomas Butt and George Butt; former resident of Brooklyn
BUTTERLY Elizabeth 61 years
d. 21 April 1897 at Jericho; funeral at Catholic Church,
Westbury; interment at Westbury; wife of Peter Butterly;
mother of Peter Butterly; native of New York
City; large monument imported from Ireland to be erected over her grave at
St. Brigid=s R. C.Cemetery, Westbury; 2
October 1897 paper
BUTTERLY James Jefferson 16 years
death
recorded
BUTTERLY Thomas
d. 11 September 1895 at West Point, N. Y.; funeral at Cadet
Chapel, West Point conducted by Rev. O=Keefe of the Church of the Sacred Heart; Abattalion of cadets and all the officers .... in full dress were
in attendance@; interment at West Point, N. Y.; orphan; his late father Awas a wealthy miner but reverses came and he died insolvent@; nephew of Peter Butterly of
Jericho; cousin of Peter Butterly, Jr. and
John Butterly of Greenpoint;
native of Gold Hill, Nevada, b. 8 July 1873; graduated from Nevada State
University in 1892 and joined cadet corps at West Point in 1894, planning to
graduate in June 1898