Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900
Abstracted by David Roberts
“S”
Surnames
SABIN
Alva T.
74 y 8 m 9 d
d.
ST. JOHN children
d.
ST. JOHN Mrs. Gamaliel
d.
SALKY Bannat
67 years
d.
SALKY
Tillie
d. at
SAMMIS infant
d. Alast week@; child of E. E. Sammis; Athrown from a wagon in consequence of being run into by two
intoxicated men on the highway near the waterworks ..... the child came
to its death by the criminal negligence of the said John Benham and James
Howard@;
SAMMIS child
7
weeks
d.
19 July 1895; interment at Northport; child of Edward Eugene Sammis
SAMMIS Adelia B.
70
y 7 m 19 d
d.
SAMMIS
Alberta
26 years
d. 11 August 1898 at Huntington; suddenly; Aaccute Bright=s disease@; funeral at M. E. Church, Huntington; interment at Huntington
Rural Cemetery; daughter of William
Conklin; wife of George W. Sammis; she and husband joined the Methodist church Aunder Mr. Judd=s pastorate@
SAMMIS Mrs. Alexander
Aover 90@ years
interment
8 April 1896 at Comac; former resident of Head of the River
SAMMIS Annie J.
24 years
d.
SAMMIS Charles A.
61
years
d.
SAMMIS
Clarence E.
1
y 10 m 4 d
d.
30 June 1891 at Brooklyn; son of Brewster G. Sammis
SAMMIS Cora
d.
SAMMIS Daniel P.
79
years
d. 11 March 1896 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; brother
of Nelson Sammis; father of Nelson Sammis, Daniel Sammis and Mrs. Thomas Swift;
former resident of Huntington; shoe merchant at Grand and Centre Streets, New
York City for 30 years; retired ca. 1885; active in politics earlier in life,
serving as representative of the 13th Ward on the City Council [New York City
?]1850-1854; former Democrat, who switched to Republican Party at the time of
the Civil War due to his admiration of Abraham Lincoln
SAMMIS David C.
69 y 5 m 20 d
d.
SAMMIS David Sturgis
Sprague
77
years
d. 19 May 1895 at Babylon; Bright=s
disease; son of Daniel Sammis, who served in the War of 1812; father of Joseph
M. Sammis and five daughters; proprietor of the Surf Hotel on Fire Island; went
into hotel business in New York City in 1848 and in 1856 built a hotel on Fire
Island for 100 guests, which he soon enlarged; he introduced gas [lighting ?]
and made the hotel AFirst Class@; sold his interest in New York City hotels in 1858, to devote
himself fully to the Surf Hotel and real estate ventures in Babylon; built a
street railway for transporting guests from the railroad depot to the steamboat
dock at Babylon; served as postmaster at Fire Island; organized the Babylon
National Bank and the Babylon Water Company; leader in the incorporation of
Babylon Village; sold his hotel property on Fire Island to New York State in
1892 to be used for a cholera quarantine station; this upset the people of
Babylon, causing of Governor of New York State to call out two regiments of
troops to keep order; left estate of $300,000 to his widow, son and five
daughters
SAMMIS Della M. Earle
d. 28 March 1894 at Oyster Bay; Bright=s disease; interment at Locust Valley; daughter of James Sidney
Earle; wife of Edgar T. Sammis
SAMMIS
Edward M.
d. 15 June 1893 at Babylon; brother of D. S. S. Sammis; AHe was interested with his brother in the management of Fire
Island, was quite an inventor, and in
his early days in California was a correspondent for the Alta Cal[ifornia]@
SAMMIS Elizabeth A.
80
y 11 m 25 d
d. 28 February 1899 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington;
daughter of J. Douglass Jackson; widow of Stephen Sammis, who Ahas been dead a number of years@;
sister of Lucy Jackson, Luther Jackson and Delia (Mrs. Smith) Sammis, all
deceased, and Hannah Jackson of Patchogue and Eleanor Jackson of Florida
SAMMIS
Ellen
59 years
d. 10 December 1897; blood poisoning; funeral at Presbyterian
Church, Oyster Bay, by Rev. A. G. Russell; interment at Brookville; wife of
Richard A. Sammis; mother of Mrs. Wilbur F. Kaylor; native of Brooklyn, who Ahas resided with her husband in this village [Oyster Bay] many
years@; Agreatly beloved by a large circle of friends@
SAMMIS Eva E.
8 y 9 m 17 d
d.
SAMMIS Foster M.
38 years
d.
SAMMIS Frederick G.
76 yrs 8
mos
d. 13 February 1892 at
Huntington; son of George Sammis; brother of Stephen Sammis, Warren Sammis and
Mrs. Nathan Conklin; father of George A. Sammis and Frederick B. Sammis; carriage
maker until 1866; later involved in real estate and land development; developed
building lots between New York Avenue and Nassau Avenue and along Fairview
Street; Aat the time of his death left about the most valuable real
estate property of anyone in this section@; see 20 February 1892 paper for biography
SAMMIS Harriet
75 yrs 4 mos
d.
10 October 1894 at Commack; wife of Israel Sammis
SAMMIS Capt. Harry
81
years
d. 6 August 1900 at Huntington; Athe
result of a fall from a wagon several weeks ago@;
funeral at Huntington by Rev. Aitkins; son of Henry Sammis and Elizabeth Best;
brother of Smith Sammis and 4 others, now deceased; husband of Elizabeth
Scudder, by whom he had eight children, and of Mrs. Cecelia Humphrey of West
Haven, Connecticut, by whom he had one son; father by his first wife of Henry
H. Sammis and Ada (Mrs. Walter) Beardsley, and six others now deceased, and by
his second wife of Isaac Sammis
SAMMIS Henry
81
years
d.
28 September 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Walter and Rev.
Carter; neuralgia of the heart; son of Smith Sammis and Mary Rogers; husband of
Rebecca Ketcham (m. 16 January 1845); father of John K. Sammis of Northport,
Henry S. Sammis of Huntington, Rebecca P. Wilson, of South Norwalk,
Connecticut, and George Conklin Sammis, who d. in infancy; brother of George L.
Sammis of Huntington and Sally Buffett of Woodbury; native of Cold Spring
Harbor (b. 26 January 1818); life-long resident of Cold Spring Harbor and
Huntington, except for a brief period when he lived at South Norwalk; Aenthusiastic Republican .... voted for
both William Henry Harrison and his grandson Benjamin Harrison for the
presidency@; member of the
SAMMIS
Henry C.
54 y 7 m 27 d
d. 31 January 1893 at Northport; interment at New Rochelle, N.
Y.; son of Lyman Sammis; husband of AMiss Roe@ of Brooklyn; Northport native; in grocery business in New York
City, timble manufacturer in Huntington, owned
jewelery store and was optician in Northport; deacon of Northport
Presbyterian Church
SAMMIS Israel
85
years
d.
SAMMIS Isaac
72 y 4 m 25 d
d.
SAMMIS
Jesse
83 yrs 12 days
d. 11 March 1892 at Huntington; native of West Neck; printer in
his youth; worked on the Portico
Aone of the first news papers published in our town@; cabinetmaker in Huntington Aearly in the Forties@; moved to Brooklyn about 1860 and ran the Globe Hotel and later
a boarding house in Oyster Bay, before returning to Huntington
SAMMIS Joel
53 y 6 m 16 d
d.
21 March 1891 at Comac; pneumonia
SAMMIS John
d. Aa short time ago@ at Dubo, New South Wales, Australia; brother of George T.
Sammis of Hempstead; Hempstead native who left for the California Gold Rush
[1849] when Ascarcely eighteen years old@; left California for the Australian Gold Rush [1851] in New
South Wales and made a fortune, which he invested in sheep ranching; he
remained in Australia but lost touch with his family on Long Island; George T.
Sammis tried to locate him through newspapers in Sydney, N. S. W., but without
success; Aafter thirty‑three years of silence, however, George
received a letter from his brother John, informing him of his prosperity and
whereabouts. Since then, the brother kept up a correspondence@; 28 July 1894 paper
SAMMIS John
86
y 11 m 7 d
d. 7 November 1895 at Nantucket, Massachusetts; interment at
Huntington; native of West Neck; Aa quaint and somewhat eccentric character ... he always wore a
very long white beard and was of rather striking personal appearance@; sold his farm to
Jenkins Van Schaick, Athe proceeds from the sale ... afforded Mr. Sammis a comfortable
competence for his use during his declining years@;
boarded with Mrs. Conklin Kelsey for some time; Aseveral
years ago he left Huntington and took up his residence with his married
daughter [unnamed] at Nantucket, Mass.@
SAMMIS Lewis
death
reported
SAMMIS Lucy A.
2
yrs 7 mos
d.
SAMMIS Lyman
91 years
d. 9 January 1899 at Northport Aof old
age@; funeral at Northport by Rev. Knesal; father of B. L. Sammis
and Moses Sammis; Afor many years a member of the Northport Methodist Church@
SAMMIS Margaret A.
79
y 3 m 10 d
d. 21 March 1895 at Oyster Bay; funeral Baptist Church,
Huntington; native of Oyster Bay; maiden name was Bennett; widow of Jesse H. Sammis, a shoemaker, who d. about A20 years ago@; sister-in-law of John M. Sammis and Richard Sammis, both of
Oyster Bay; former resident of Huntington
SAMMIS Margurette
1
yr 5 mos
d.
2 July 1892 at
SAMMIS Maria Louisa
35
y 6 m 26 d
d. 27 November 1894 at Huntington; daughter of George R. Rogers;
wife of Fred B. Sammis (m. 1884); mother of one unnamed daughter; native of
Westport, Conn., b. 1 May 1859; graduate of Huntington Union School 1876;
member of First Presbyterian Church,
Huntington
SAMMIS Maria Platt
74 yrs 4 mos
d. 2 December 1891 at Huntington; daughter of Erastus Harvey
Conklin; wife of Frederick G. Sammis; mother of George A. Sammis, Frederick
Sammis and Anna Maria Sammis (d. 2
November 1867); b. Huntington 1817;
member of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington
SAMMIS Mary
81
yrs 4 mos
d. 20 April 1896 at Huntington; interment at Huntington; widow
of Nelson Sammis, who d. 1878; native of Astoria; former resident of New York
City; resident of Huntington since ca. 1869; member of First Presbyterian
Church, Huntington
SAMMIS Mary A.
75
yrs 15 days
d.
SAMMIS
Montford E.
54 yrs 4 mos
d. 9 March 1896 at Huntington; son of George Sammis; brother of
Mary Sammis of Huntington and George Smith Sammis of Bloomfield, New Jersey;
Huntington native; Aengaged in marketing small fruits and vegetables which he grew
on his property on the Hollow Road@; member of Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; Aof quiet and retiring disposition@
SAMMIS Naomi
d. 12 June 1896 at Huntington; daughter of Phebe [Conklin]
Fleet; widow of William Sammis; mother of Foster Sammis, Ellwood Sammis,
Fleetwood Sammis and Elizabeth Sammis; sister of John Fleet; Ahow well we remember >Aunt Naomi= as we saw her come down to do her morning shopping, and we
doubt if there is a merchant in the place, in business at that time, who did
not enjoy her morning call, simply because she was always pleasant and had a
kind word for all@
SAMMIS Noah S.
51
years
d. 11 March 1895 at Huntington; Aof
paralysis of the left side with which he was taken ... while walking across the
room@; son of John Sammis; nephew-in-law of George F. Nesbit; father
of two unnamed sons and three unnamed daughters; entered the dry goods business
early in life in Brooklyn and New York City; went to Havana, Cuba, in 1865 to
recover health, eventually returning to Huntington; m. 29 September 1865 an
unnamed niece of George F. Nesbit, who survived her husband
SAMMIS Rebecca
81
years
d. 25 June 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Walter; widow of Henry Sammis; daughter of Conklin Ketcham and Katherine Smith;
mother of John K. Sammis of Northport, Henry S. Sammis of Huntington, and
Rebecca (Mrs. Moses) Wilson of South Norwalk, Connecticut; native and long-time
resident of Huntington; member of the Methodist Church, Abefore the infirmities of age prevented was a faithful attendant
and earnest worker@
SAMMIS Reginald
16 months
d.
SAMMIS Ruth A.
76 years
d. 7 November 1897; funeral at M. E. Church, Centerport, by Rev.
Adams of Northport; her first husband was John Chalmers; wife of Charles Sammis
(m. Afive years ago@); mother of A. B. Chalmers of New York City, M. C. Chalmers and
Mrs. Scudder Sammis; native of Commack
SAMMIS Rynald Gordon
3
years
d.
6 September 1895 at
SAMMIS Sarah C.
81
years
d. 6 June 1900 at West Neck; funeral at West Neck by Rev.
Carter; aunt of William S. Sammis, Watts R. Sammis, Adelia Scudder, Juliette
Brush and Caroline K. Sammis; AMiss Sammis was born and had always lived in the house in which
she died@
SAMMIS Stephen Conklin
80
y 5 m 11 d
d. 30 January 1899 at Huntington Aafter a
long illness@; stricken with apoplexy and was left an invalid for five years;
son of George and Ruth Sammis; brother of Mrs. Nathan B. Conklin and Warren G.
Sammis, both of Huntington, and the late Frederick Sammis; unmarried; native of
West Neck, b. 19 August 1818; learned thimble trade in New York City and went
into business there until he retired in 1875; lived at Hoboken, New Jersey,
during the winter and at Huntington during the summer, until his stroke; since
that time he lived with his sister Mrs. Conklin until his death
SAMMIS Susan Elizabeth
22y
1 m 22 d
d. 20 October 1895 at Huntington; Aacute
attack of diabetes@; funeral at Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington by Rev.
Putnam, assisted by Rev. Carter of First Presbyterian and Rev. Russell of
Oyster Bay Presbyterian; daughter of W. Woodhull Sammis; member of Second
Presbyterian Church; graduate of Huntington High School, Class of 1891; long
obit in 26 October 1895 paper; memorial notice from Society of Christian
Endeavor of Second Presbyterian Church in 2 November 1895 paper
SAMMIS Willard W.
36
y 10 m 24 d
d. 10 August 1892 at Greenlawn; interment at Huntington; son of
Edgar Sammis; Huntington native; Athrifty farmer@; member of Greenlawn Presbyterian Church and Superintendent of
its Sunday School; see 13 August 1892 paper for biography
SANDS Cornelia Ann
d.
24 September 1896 at Huntington; mother of Jennie (Mrs. R. J.) Sutton
SANDS Nelson
78
years
d. 13 or 14 December 1896 at Syosset; found dead in his barn 15
December 1896; Ait is supposed that he fell from the mow the night before and
died without assistance@; uncle of the late Nelson Duryea of Oyster Bay; great-uncle of
EdnaDuryea, daughter of Mrs. W. Woodhull Sammis of West Neck; Edna is Asole heir of the property of the deceased, valued at $40,000
.... she will not acquire the property until she is 21 years of age@; Aan old and higly respected man@; see
accounts in Woodbury and Oyster Bay columns 19 December 1896 paper
SANDS Townsend Treadwell *
70 years
d. 26 August 1894 at Jericho; Aseveral
years ago@ both legs Awere amputated at knee@ due to frostbite; Aafter that Sands became a familiar figure walking about on the
stumps of his legs@
SANFORD Claude A.
ca.
29 years
d. 23 June 1895 at Northport; interment at Commack; son of
Charles S. Sanford; Ajust returned home from a bicycle trip when he was taken
violently ill with convulsions and after an hour and a half of intense agony
expired@; proprietor of a Aprosperous coal business@; member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Northport; member of Lodge
523, I. O. O. F. and Lodge 426 F & A Masons; long account of his death and
funeral in 29 June 1895 paper
SANFORD Mary 15 years 7mos
d.
SANTO
Mangona
33 years
d.
SARONY
Napoleon
d.
SAULSBURY Eli
d. [22] March 1893 at
SAUNDERS Rev. J. V.
d. 30 May 1896 at Port Jefferson; interment at Green-Wood,
Brooklyn; father of Mrs. George Mc Kane; brother of Mrs. Thomas Mott and Mrs.
Isaac Devoe, both of Glen Cove; Awell-known@ Methodist pastor, serving with the New York East Conference of
the M. E. Church; served these appointments: 1863-1865 Stony Brook; 1866-1867
Islip; 1868-1869 Babylon; 1870-1872 York Street Church, Brooklyn; 1873 Warren
Street Church, Brooklyn; 1873-1875 Willett Street Church, New York City;
1876-1878 Jamaica; 1879-1880 South Norwalk, Conn.; 1881 Rockville Centre;
1882-1884 Wesley Chapel, New York City; 1885-1887 Amityville; 1888-1890
Sheepshead Bay; 1891-1892 Amityville again; 1893-1894 Seventh Street Church,
New York City; 1895-death Port Jefferson
SAUNDERS Lawrence J. 18
years
d. 3 April 1893 at Northport; interment at Hamden, Connecticut;
son of Rev. Frederick (of Northport M. E. Church) and Sara Saunders; Ahe was studying for the ministry@;
funeral services by Rev. A. C. Morehouse, Smithtown M. E. and Rev. C. B. Ford,
Huntington M. E. Churches
SAVAGE John
54 years
d.
SAXTON
George D.
shot 7 October 1898 at Canton, Ohio, by Mrs. Anna George; ASaxton promised to marry her, and then upon his refusal to do
so, she used the revolver@; funeral at Canton, Ohio; brother-in-law of President William
McKinley; resident of Canton, Ohio; see In
the Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech (1959) for background details on
this sordid affair
SCALLY Mary Pilkington
34
years
d.
18 June 1896; funeral St. Dominick=s R. C. Church, North Amityville; wife of Hugh J. Scally; native
and life long resident of Farmingdale; Athose who knew her loved her for her kind and gentle disposition@; memorial notice from I. O. G. T. of Farmingdale in 27 June
1896 paper
SCHAEFER August
74
y 8 m 21 d
d. 25 May 1895 at Hicksville; English language funeral by Rev.
Gutweiler, German language funeral by Rev. Matschat; native of Frankennan,
Germany b. 1820; immigrated to the America in 1844; met his wife (who d. 1873)
on the voyage to America; settled in Hicksville in 1850; carpenter; Aloved and respected .... was a good neighbor and friend to the
poor@; survived by one son and two daughters
SCHAMPAIN Mrs. Peter
death
noted in 4 April 1896 paper; Central Park item
SCHAUSS Miss
d.
SCHEAFER
Frank
ca. 40 years
suicide in a field at Bethpage; shot himself in the head; body first
seen 7 September 1895, when it was thought to be Aa negro
man,@ out in the field; coroner=s jury found the body 8 September 1895 Abadly decomposed@; interment at Apauper=s cemetery@ [no place given]; employed by Mr. Runge of Farmingdale; Ahe was weak minded and frequently said he would shoot himself@; left Mr. Runge=s employ and said he was
moving to Canada; native of Germany
SCHEIRER William
d.
15 July 1896 at Farmingdale; Asuddenly@; Aleft the field at 4:30 p.m. ..... and
went to the house to prepare the evening meal for himself and two sons@; one son saw him sitting by the window reading his newspaper;
when the sons returned from the field in the evening, they found their father Alying on the floor dead@; father of Lewis
Scheirer, another son and four daughters
SCHEIRER Mrs. William
AMrs. Scheirer was found dead sitting in her chair ... about two
years ago@; from account of sudden death of her husband on
SCHELLINGER Sarah J.
85
years
d. Arecently@ at Amagansett; daughter of Samuel Jennings of Shelter Island;
widow of Alfred Schellinger; Alived in Amagansett for over fifty years ..... probably the
oldest inhabitant of that village@; 12 July 1895 paper
SCHENCK Miss
funeral
SCHENCK Benjamin H.
87
yrs 7 mos
d.
SCHENCK Isabella
51
years
d. 7 July 1899 at Oyster Bay; consumption; funeral Presbyterian Church,
Oyster Bay, by Rev. Russell; interment at Schenck Burial Ground, Syosset; wife
of William Schenck; mother of Minnie Schenck and Ada Schenck
SCHENCK Maria A.
83
years
d.
6 April 1896; mother of Philip Schenck; Glen Cove item
SCHEURER Charles P.
d.
SCHIEMAUSKY
Laura
14
years
d.
SCHILLEN
Mrs.
d.
3 January 1897; apoplexy; interment at Amityville; Farmingdale item
SCHLACHTER Mary L.
15
y 9 m 11 d
d.
SCHLEISCHER
Fred
d. 16 September 1897 at New York City; funeral at Episcopal
Church, Glen Cove; interment at Glen Cove; Aengaged in saloon and hotel business in [Glen Cove] for many
years@; father of Mrs. George Fox of New York City, three other
daughters and two sons
SCHLEPREGRELL Mrs. 66
years
d.
24 July 1894; Rockville Centre item; wife of Athe
music composer@
SCHLESINGER George
Alate of
SCHLICK
Adam
d.
SCHLIMM infant
7
months
death
recorded
SCHLIMM Miss [?]
funeral
at
SCHMIDT Erich
d. Alast week@ at New York City; suddenly Ain the prime of life@ while riding a streetcar, Ahe was taken suddenly ill and soon after being removed he died@; interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village; former
resident of Hicksville [date not copied]
SCHMIDT Mrs. Louis W.
d.
2 June 1895 at Melville; funeral Melville Presbyterian Church
SCHNADERBECK Mary
late of
Farmingdale; will admitted to probate at Nassau County Surrogate=s Court;
SCHNEIDER August
22
years
d.
SCHNEIDER Mabel
21
years
d.
16 September 1899 at Glen Cove Landing; wife of John Schneider
SCHNITZER Joseph
murdered
SCHOENHUT Lizzie
9 years
d.
SCHOLTZ
Oscar
46 years
d. 28 January 1895 at Cold Spring Station; railroad accident;
train hit wagon loaded with wood, killing Scholtz, an Austrian immigrant, and
his two horses Ainstantly@; Scholtz worked for Alonzo Buffett and Morris R. Brush; Aa man of considerable intelligence and education ..... had no
relatives anywhere near@
SCHRAMM [Vale?]ntine
54
years
d.
SCHROEDER F. C.
d.
SCHROEDER
Frederick A.
d. 1 December 1899; native of Germany, b. 1833; came to the U.
S. at age 15 and worked in a cigar factory; opened his own factory and Aamassed a fortune@; elected mayor of Brooklyn in 1875 Aand his administration was one of marked cleanness and
efficiency@; elected to the New York State Senate in 1878
SCHROEDER Mary C.
62
years
d.
SCHULER child
d. at Arlington, New Jersey; interment 15 July 1891 at Central
Park; child of Tony Schuler; grandchild of Peter Nibbe of Central Park; Afour within a year@ [deaths of children in family]
SCHULER child
14
months
funeral 9 December 1897 at Central Park; interment at Plain Edge;
son of Tony Schuler of Arlington, New Jersey; grandson of Peter Nibbe of
Central Park; parents Anow have only one child out of nine, a daughter four years old@
SCHULER Anton
ca.
73 years
d. 25 October 1892 at Central Park; father of Henry Schuler of
Brooklyn, Anton Schuler of Arlington, N. J. and Mrs. Mary Lavelle; lived in
Oyster Bay Town over 30 years; Aafter coming to this country he was for a long time in the
grocery business on Avenue B, between 7th and 8th streets@
SCHULER Robert
d.
SCHULER Walter
d. at Arlington, New Jersey; interment 13 July 1897 at Central
Park; son of Tony Schuler; grandson of Peter Nibbe of Central Park
SCHULTZ Amelia E.
88
y 9 m 25 d
d.
SCHULTZ
Annie
35 years
d.
SCHULTZ Carl
d.
16 October 1892; Hicksville item
SCHULTZ John W.
25
y 3 m 9 d
d.
SCHULTZ Mrs. L. F.
d.
SCHWALLE
William H.
d.
SCHWARTING Charles W.
d.
SCHWARTZ Mr. Aaged@
d.
SCHWARTZ Joseph
d.
SCHWARZ Susanna L.
69
years
d. 30 October 1900 at Melville; funeral at Melville Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Seem of Central Presbyterian Church, Huntington; interment at
Melville Cemetery; wife of Rev. Philip A. Schwarz, pastor of Melville
Presbyterian Church; mother of Lydia Reichmann, Mrs. Albert Steuerer, Mrs.
Adolph Polhaus, Emily Schwarz and Rev. August Schwarz of Canton, Minnesota
SCHWAVER Martin
70
years
d.
probably
SCHWIND
John
50 years
d.
SCOLLY
infant
death
reported; daughter of Lawrence Scolly; Farmingdale item 27 July 1895 paper
SCOTT infant
d.
19 July 1893; son of E. Scott;
[Huntington] Village item
SCOTT Catherine P.
87
yrs 6 mos
d. at
SCOTT Rev. John W.
d. 29 November 1892 at the White House, Washington, D. C.;
interment at Washington, Pennsylvania; son of Rev. George M. Scott; father‑in‑law
of President Benjamin Harrison; b. Beaver County, Pa. 22 January 1800
SCOTT Margaret
funeral
SCROGGINS Jane *
93 years
d.
SCUDDER
child
3 years
funeral
25 November 1895 at Glen Head; son of P. Halstead Scudder
SCUDDER Catharine
38
years
d.
27 January 1894 at Huntington; wife of George Scudder
SCUDDER Dr. Charles
Davies
suicide 19 July 1892 at Northport; stabbed himself with a knife;
interment at Windsor, Vermont; son of Mrs. Henry J. Scudder; brother of Rev.
Henry T. Scudder; husband of Louisa W. Evarts; son‑in‑law of
William M. Evarts, former U. S. Senator from New York [and U. S. Attorney‑General
and Secretary of State]; doctor in New York City; overworked; went for rest at
wife=s family=s home in Windsor, Vermont, and then to his mother=s in Northport where he committed suicide; b. 24 September 1856
at New York City; see 23 July 1892 paper for biography
SCUDDER Charles Fleet
51 y 4 m 19 d
d.
9 September 1891 at Northport
SCUDDER Emma Willard
d. 23 May 1893 at New York City; interment at Northport;
daughter of John H. Willard; widow of Henry J. Scudder; her father founded
Willard Seminary at Troy, N. Y., where she was principal until her marriage Aabout 25 years ago@; had a Afine country home@ in Northport where she spent the summers; donated the land for
the Northport Episcopal Church
SCUDDER George A.
86
years
d. 11 October 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Tomlinson; son of Jesse Scudder; widower of two wives, Mary Rolph and Elizabeth
Chichester; father of Juliettte
Hendrickson of Huntington and the late Reuben R. Scudder, who d. 20 years ago;
grandfather of Charles B. Scudder; brother-in-law of late Jarvis R. Rolph; native of Crab Meadow (b. 24 June 1813); at
age 13, was clerk in store of Zophar B.
Oakley at Huntington; went into partnership with Oakley and later with George
H. Shepard; formed partnership with Isaac Rogers and O. Smith Sammis as Scudder, Rogers & Sammis, until he
retired in 1868; Auniversally respected .... Perhaps no pleasanter eulogy can be
paid the deceased than the remark recently made by a man now in middle life.
The remark was this: >When I was a young man I took George A. Scudder for a patern,
and whatever he did I put a mental label upon it as being right=@; Aprominent member of the Universalist Church@
SCUDDER Gilbert
d. Alast week@ at
SCUDDER Harriet
Heermans 53 years
d. 5 April 1893 at Greenwich, Connecticut; interment at
Huntington; native of Richmond, Virginia; daughter of Sylvanus Heermans; wife
of Henry G. Scudder; sister of Rev. Nile W. Heermans of Indiana; Aan artist of distinguished ability@
SCUDDER Henry
d. 5 July 1900 at Binghamton State Hospital, Binghamton, N. Y.;
brother of Israel Scudder, who had died shortly before the news of Henry=s death reached Huntington; although Henry died in July, news of
his death didn=t reach Huntington until early December; 7 December 1900 paper
SCUDDER Israel W.
76
years
d. 6 November 1900 at Kings Park; funeral at Huntington in the
home of Mrs. Abel Vail by Rev. Carter; brother of Mrs. Abel Vail and the late
William C. Scudder; former resident of Commack, who moved to Huntington about
1865; had been Acommitted because of derangement of mind@ to Long Island State Hospital, Kings Park
SCUDDER Josephine 48 yrs 2 mos
d. 20 October 1892 at Huntington Harbor; wife of David Scudder,
m. ca. 1862; Oyster Bay native; daughter of Alexander and Phebe Sammis; member
of St. John=s Episcopal Church, Huntington
SCUDDER Martha Maria AAunt Maria@ 84 y 2 m 10 d
d.15 March 1898 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Carter; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; widow of Jesse Platt Scudder
(m. 1842), Adead many years@; daughter of Joseph S. Roe; sister of Thomas Smith Roe; resided
with Mrs. I. W. Roe, at the time of her death; Huntington native, b. 5 January
1814; she was born in, married in, and buried from the same house; except for a
few years spent in Brooklyn, she lived all her life in Huntington; a member of
the Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington, Asince its organization@; Akindhearted, patient, generous in wood and deed, >Aunt Maria= has long been a favorite with her friends and neighbors@
SCUDDER Rev. Moses L.
77
years
d. 7 June 1891 at Washington, D. C.; father of Charles Scudder,
Newton Scudder, Lewis Scudder and Henry Scudder; Huntington native; worked
during youth 1825‑30 on local newspapers in Huntington; educated at
Middletown, Conn., for M. E. ministry; served churches in Massachusetts, New
York, Connecticut and Washington, D. C., including Brooklyn, Hempstead and Glen
Cove; Presiding Elder of New Haven District 1865‑1871 and Bridgeport
District 1872‑1875 of New York East Conference; candidate for M. E.
bishop; gave dedication sermon for Huntington M. E. Church Athirty years ago@
SCUDDER Ralph
2 mos 6 days
d.
SCUDDER Russell
13
years
d.
16 May 1900 at Huntington; diphtheria; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Carter;
son of James B. Scudder; Abefore he was 10 years of age had a milk route and attended to
it with a fidelity that would have done credit to one twice his years@
SCUDDER Sarah B.
79 yrs
3 days
d.
SCUDDER Sherwood B.
31
y 1 m 7 d
d. 15 June 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Seem; son of Jane Scudder; husband of Grace Olcott; father of four
SCUDDER Susan Matilda
62
y 11 m 17 d
d.
17 March 1895 at Huntington; daughter of Abiatha Johnson; wife of John R.
Scudder; mother of two daughters and one son; member of Second Presbyterian
Church, Huntington
SCUDDER Thomas AUncle Tommy@ 97 y 9 m 20 d
d. 7 April 1899 at Huntington Harbor; Adeath was due simply to a wearing out of the physical machinery@; funeral at Huntington Harbor by Rev. Carter of First
Presbyterian Church; son of Thomas Scudder and Ruth Conklin; husband of
Margaret Long; father of James L. Scudder, the painter, now deceased, Thomas W.
Scudder of Topeka, Kansas, who left Huntington in the 1850=s, and two children who died in infancy; grandfather of Thomas
L. Scudder, who cared for his grandfather in his old age; great-grandfather of
Thomas W. Scudder; native of East Neck, Huntington (b. 17 June 1801); captain
of packet boats which Aplied betwen Huntington and New York@; later in life he was a farmer; had an excellent memory; told
stories of War of 1812 incidents in Huntington; was warned by a doctor at the
age of 45 to stop smoking; he immediately quit smoking; Ait is said that he he never further away from home than New York
City@; AHuntington=s oldest resident@
SEAMAN child *
6
years
d. Alast week@ at New York City; funeral A. M. E. Church, Oyster Bay;
interment at Pine Hollow; child of John Seaman; 22 February 1895 paper
SEAMAN infant
15
months
d.
SEAMAN Mrs. *
Avery aged@
funeral
SEAMAN Andrew
41
years
d.
at Oyster Bay; interment 29 July 1893 at
SEAMAN Clarence W.
21
y 8 m 16 d
d.
SEAMAN
Mrs. David
d.
SEAMAN Faith Frances
9
months
d.
SEAMAN
Hannah
36 years
d.
SEAMAN Jacob*
d.
SEAMAN
James
auction
of estate 28 March 1895 at
SEAMAN Mrs. John
d.
4 February 1898 at Jericho; Avery suddenly@
SEAMAN John Enoch
72
years
d. 26 February 1899 at Locust Valley; kidney disease; funeral at
M. E. Church, Babylon; interment at Babylon Cemetery; widower whose wife died Aa few years ago@; father of William Seaman, George Seaman, Arnold Seaman,
Solomon Seaman, Mrs. Letitia Fancher of Brooklyn, Mrs. Charles Powell of Jersey
City, N. J., Mrs. William C. Townsend of
Locust Valley, Mrs. Horatio Anderson of Utica, N. Y. and one who died in
infancy; native of Jerusalem; lived much of his
life at Seaford, where Ahe was engaged in the milling business@; later Aengaged in the grocery
business@ at Babylon; Afor years a member of Babylon M. E. Church@
SEAMAN Mrs. John J.
d. Asuddenly of neuralgia of the heart@; mother
of Mrs. Fred Van Sise;
SEAMAN Mahlen
21
years
drowned
SEAMAN Maria
70
years
d.
SEAMAN
Martha J.
80
years
d.
31 July 1894 at Greenvale; interment at
SEAMAN Matilda W.
41
years
d.
SEAMAN May V.
infant
d.
SEAMAN Smith
d.
SEAMAN
Stephen
19 years
drowned
SEARING
Alfred
60
years
funeral
SEARING Mrs. Carll
d. at
SEARING
Edna B.
funeral
SEARING
Fannie
d.
20 March 1897 [probably at Oyster Bay]; widow of Silas Searing; mother of
Whitson Searing, Coe Searing, Mrs. William Townsend, Mrs. Carman A. Vernon and
Mrs. Lou Townsend
SEARING George
funeral 4 March 1892 at Oyster Bay; interment at Locust Valley;
former resident of Oyster Bay Awho left New York City very mysteriously some time last fall@; body was found in
Virginia Ain rather a decomposed state .... it was supposed from the
appearance that he had been dead about six weeks. He had evidently committed suicide@; Sidney Walters and Lizzie Weeks went to Virginia to claim the
body
SEARLES Rev. John E.
d.
SEARY
Patrick
73 years
d.
11 August 1896 at Syosset
SECOR Antoinette
d. Aat the hospital on Staten Island@;
funeral 12 January 1896 at M. E. Church, Melville; daughter of David Smith of
Melville; wife of Charles Secor
SECOR John Wesley
71 years
d.
SEEBECK infant
d.
3 February 1898; Asuddenly@; child of George Seebeck; Northport item
SEELMAN Mrs. Edward
d.
13 March 1893; Westbury item
SEIDL Anton
d. 28 March 1898 at New York City; food poisoning from eating
bad fish; unnamed widow survives; Afamous musical director [who] wielded the baton at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York City, for many seasons@; native of Hungary
SEIMS Seabert
78
years
funeral
SEISS Elizabeth
76
years
d.
SELLECK John Sarles
47
years
d.
SELLICK Catherine M.
84
years
d.
SELLICK Theodore
d. 5 December 1895 at New York City; Aassisting to set cars under the sheds at New York. He gave the
signal for the engineer to start ahead ... when he found that his foot was
caught in a frog. He tried to extricate it but could not, and the engineer ran
over him, cutting off one arm and one leg. He survived only one hour@; funeral at Reformed Church, Locust Valley; interment at Locust
Valley; grandson of the late D. C. Sellick of Oyster Bay; had worked on both
the Long Island and the New York & New Haven railroads
SEWELL Alfred*
killed by a lynch mob in Georgia for protesting the lynching of
Sam Hose, a black man accused of killing a white man; editorial 29 April 1899
paper
SEXTON Ann
86
years
d.
SHADBOLT Alfred W.
4
mos 16 days
d.
SHADBOLT Betsey Amelia
74
years
d. 26 August 1899 at Huntington; Avery
suddenly@; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Dr. Tomlinson; daughter of
Alanson and Betsey Shadbolt; sister of Mrs. Ebenezer Lefferts and Amanda
Shadbolt, both of Huntington, and Jesse Shadbolt of Stamford, Connecticut
SHADBOLT
d. 12
October 1900 at Cold Spring; inflammation of the throat; son of Edwin Shadbolt;
memorial service for Clinton and 3 other children who died of diphtheria on 23
December 1900 at Cold Spring Harbor Baptist Church
SHADBOLT
Genevieve
1 y 3 m
24 d
d.
SHADBOLT Maria Louisa
34
y 9 m 11 d
d.
SHADBOLT
Mary Caroline
53
yrs 7 mos
d.
11 September 1892 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; sister of William
Shadbolt of Brooklyn and Henry Shadbolt of Huntington; Afor many years a member of the Huntington Baptist Church ... Her
last words were >Tell my pastor that I am going home ‑ the way is all clear= @
SHADBOLT Mary L.
66
years
d. 29 July 1896 at Brooklyn; funeral Huntington, with Rev. W. S.
Ballou of the Universalist Church officiating; maiden name was Mary L. Gould; widow of Samuel F.
Shadbolt, who d. Anearly thirty years ago@; mother of Minnie Shadbolt and Charles Shabolt, both dead, and
Frank Shadbolt; sister of Mrs. [Jeanette] Grumman of Huntington and Henry E.
Gould of California; aunt of Edward C. Grumman of Huntington; native of
Huntington, where she spent most of her life; an attack of rheumatism left her
an invalid; she went for treatment to Fordham, N.Y., and spent the last six
years at St. Martha=s Sanitarium, Brooklyn;
SHALEN Bertha
infant
funeral
7 September 1894; Hicksville item
SHARPE Francis J.
78
years
d. 31 July 1900 at Huntington; Asubject
to fainting spells .... and it was in one of these
that he died@; funeral at
SHAUGHASEY
Mr.
d.
SHAW George
49
years
d. 27 September 1900 at New York City; funeral at St. Matthew=s Church, New York City; widower, whose wife died Alast June@; father of 6 children; native of Scotland; partner in the firm
Auken Sons & Co., 873 Broadway, New York City; summer resident of
Huntington
SHAW
John
60
years
d.
SHAW Margaret
d. 17 June 1900 at New York City; funeral at St. Matthew=s Church, New York City; wife of George Shaw; mother of six
children; summer resident of East Neck, Huntington; Ahighly esteemed among the summer colony here@
SHAW William
44
years
d.
SHEA Bat
executed 11 February 1896; Ahe committed the dastardly crime of shooting and killing Robert
Ross while he was engaged in defending the ballot box from Shea and his gang of
repeaters@; long editorial in 15 February 1896 paper
SHEFFIELD Charles Henry
38
years
d.
5 June 1894 at
SHEFFIELD Edward
Cleveland 1 yr 6 mos
d.
11 July 1894 at Huntington; son of Mrs. Charles Sheffield
SHELTON Nathan
d. 7 July 1896 at Brooklyn; fell from the second story window of
a boarding house at 50 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, and fractured skull; a
known Asomnambulist and it is supposed that while walking in his sleep
he fell from the window of his room which opened nearly to the floor@; funeral and interment at Jamaica; nephew of George C. Gardiner; native of Jamaica; Aspent most of his life in the West@;
resident of Omaha, Nebraska, with Aa fine country home at Annapolis, [Maryland], facing the naval
academy@; Aprominent railroad man and financier .... largely interested in
the promotion of the Union Pacific Railroad and was its treasurer when Jay Gould was in control@; interested in the development of Nebraska; Apresident of some of the largest financial corportations in that
section@; Athe climate [in the East] did not agree with Mrs. Shelton,@ who was residing in Omaha at the time of her husband=s death; son a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis;
Aby energy and judicious investments he amassed a considerable
fortune. He was a gentleman of fine character and a member of the Episcopal
Church@
SHEPARD Ada *
18 years
d.
2 January 1893 at
SHEPARD Cynthia
74
years
d.
SHEPARD Elbert
d.
6 May 1891 at
SHEPARD Elliott Fitch
d. at New York City; dateline 25 March 1893; operation for
bladder stones; son‑in‑law of [William H.] Vanderbilt; father of
Mrs. William Schieffelin; native of Jamestown, N.Y. who set up depot at Elmira,
N. Y. during Civil War for Aorganizing, equipping and forwarding to the field nearly 50,000
troops@ and organized 41st New York, known as AShepard=s Rifles@; Editor of The Mail
and Express; obit in 1
April 1893 paper
SHERIDAN infant
funeral
SHERIDEN William S.
d.
SHERMAN Amy St. Clair
15
years
d.
17 May 1894 at
SHERMAN Clayton
d. 12
August 1899 near Groton, N. Y.; killed by lightning
SHERMAN Guy
d. 25 July 1898 on ferry boat between New York City and Jersey
City, N. J.; funeral at St. Mary the Virgin Church, New York City; survived by
unnamed widow who, with family, resides at East Neck Ato which place he had been in habit of paying weekly visits@; in real estate in New York City
SHERMAN John
d.
22 October 1900 at Washington, D. C.; funerals at Washington, D. C., and
Mansfield, Ohio; interment at Mansfield, Ohio; [brother of General William
Tecumseh Sherman]; native of Lancaster, Ohio (b. 10 May 1823); Aone of the ablest statesmen Ohio ever produced@; Aheld public office continuously for forty-three years@; U. S. Representative [from Ohio 1855-1861]; U. S. Senator
[from Ohio 1861-1877 and 1881-1897]; Secretary of the Treasury [1877-1881,
under President Hayes] and Secretary of State [1897-1898, under President
McKinley]; favorable editorial on his life and political career in 26 October
1900 paper
SHERMAN General [William Tecumseh]
[d. 14 February 1891 at
New York City]; famous Union General of the Civil War; Aour country owes a deep debt of gratitude@; editorial 28 February 1891 paper and Syosset item 21 February
1891 paper; see Memoirs of General W.
T. Sherman [The Library of America, 1990], Sherman: A Soldier=s Passion for Order
by John F. Marszalek [1993] and Citizen
Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Michael Fellman [1995]
for details on General Sherman=s life and career
SHERRY Morgiana S.
64
years
d.
SHORTELL/SHORTIE
Catharine ca. 75 years
d.
23 February 1900 at Dix Hills; funeral at St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington, by Father York; wife of Thomas
Shortell/Shortie; blind for a number of years; memorial notice in South Dix
Hils column, 2 March 1900 paper
SHOTWELL Sarah/Phebe
78
years
d.
SIEMAN Michael
89 y 5 m
20 d
d.
SILBERG
Joseph
38 years
suicide 2 May 1892 at Queens County Jail, Long Island City;
jailed for contempt of court; funeral Long Island City and/or Hempstead; former
Westbury resident who owned Grand Central Hotel on Post Avenue; Hempstead
resident who failed in business as a clothing merchant; AHis business misfortunes so preyed upon his mind ....@ (Westbury item); AIt is supposed that despondency over financial matters was the
cause of his death@ (Hempstead item)
SILLS Cornelia D.
28
y 10 m 20 d
d.
SILLS James W.
87
y 3 m 13 d
d.
SILLS Jemima
77
years
d.
SILLS Washington B.
66 yrs 6 mos
d.
SILLERS Julia
3
months
d.
18 December 1891 at
SIMMONS one twin
21
days
d.
17 September 1899; child of Edward Simmons; Northport item
SIMMONS Rev. Ichabod
d. 14
April 1898 at Hartford, Connecticut; former Presiding Elder of the Brooklyn
North District, New York East Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church
SIMONS
Mrs. L. D.
d.
SIMONSON Andrew
61
years
d. 4
September 1894 at Roslyn; interment at Oyster Bay; brother of John Simonson; Brookville
native who had charge of Roslyn steamboat dock for a number of years
SIMONSON
Bergen H.
45
years
d. 13 March 1897 at Mineola; funeral at Presbyterian Church,
Hempstead; son of William H. Simonson, Awho for many years kept the old Four Mile Road House on Jamaica
Avenue, Bedford@; unnamed widow survives; father of eleven children; member of
Morton Lodge F&A Masons
SIMONSON James M.
70
years
d.
SIMPSON Ellen
d.
SIMPSON
Rev. J. W.
70
yrs 10 mos
d. 13 February 1898 at Smithtown; heart failure; had preached
the morning of his death at his church at Kings Park; interment at Huntington
Rural Cemetery; unnamed widow survives; father of Fanny Simpson; native of
Baltimore, Maryland, (b. 1826); 47 years in the ministry of the M. E. Church,
coming to the Smithtown Circuit in 1895, serving the M. E. churches at
Smithtown Branch, Smithtown Landing and Kings Park; had planned to retire and
take up residence in Huntington Awhere he had built a house@; served the following appointments in the New York East
Conference, M. E. Church: 1851-52 West Hartland & Hitchcockville, Conn.;
1853 East Hartland, Conn.; 1854-55 Windsor, Conn.; 1856-57 Bristol, Conn.; 1858
Berlin & Kensington, Conn.; 1859-60 Burlington, Conn.; 1861-62 Stratford,
Conn.; 1863-64 Southbury & South Britain, Conn.; 1865-67 West Granbury,
Conn.; 1868-70 Windsor Locks, Conn.; 1871-73 Clinton, Conn.; 1874-75 Southold;
1876-78 Northport; 1879 Astoria; 1880-81 Rockaway & Foster=s Meadow; 1882-84 Williams Avenue, East New York; 1885-87
Flatbush; 1888-90 Babylon; 1891-92 Plainville, Conn.; 1893-94 East Chester, N.
Y.; 1895- death Smithtown
SIMPSON Thomas
drowned 9 August 1896 at Centre Island; was in a small row boat
which capsized off George Bullock=s estate; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor;
survived by unnamed widow and two children; employed by George Bullock and Ahad
entire charge in the absence of Bullock@
SINCLAIR Mr.
resident
of Farmingdale who left $30,000 in will to William M. Simonson of Amityville, a
former resident of
SINCLAIR
Ellen
79 y 4 m 22 d
d.
SINCLAIR John
92
yrs 8 mos
d. 14 December 1900 at Brooklyn; native of Glasgow, Scotland (b.
6 April 1808); immigrated to Canada in 1826; moved to New Hartford, New York,
where he was a weaver; m. 1833 and moved to Seneca Falls, New York, as
superintendent of the Seneca Falls Power Mills; moved in 1836 to Troy, New
York, to become superintendent of the Ida Mills; in 1850 he established the
Eagle Mills at Columbus, Georgia; moved to Brooklyn in 1852 to work for the
Overton Brothers; during the Civil War, he went to Beaufort, South Carolina, to
oversee Aone of the great Sea Island cotton plantations@ for the U. S. government; remained in South Carolina until
1869, when he retuned to Brooklyn to again work for the Overton Brothers; he
retired in 1873 and bought a small house in Hicksville; following the death of
his wife, he lived with the family of James De St. Legier of Hicksville; Aproud of the fact that he had never been sued [and] never sued
anybody@
SINDLE Sarah A.
75 y 1 m 12 d
d.
17 April 1891 at Comac
SINLEY William
d.
SINN Col. William E.
72
years
d.
9 August 1899 at Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Aveteran theatrical manager .... began theatrical enterprises in
about 1850, and during his career managed play houses in Baltimore, Washington,
Cincinnati and in Brooklyn from 1875@; manager of Montauk
Theatre and Columbia Theatre, both in Brooklyn
SKELLY Martin
64 years
d.
13 January 1893; resident of Westbury
SKIDMORE infant
10
months
d. Athis week@ at
SKIDMORE infant
interment
SKIDMORE Abigail
96
years
interment
3 March 1899 at Amityville; widow of Brewster Skidmore; mother of
Woodhull
Skidmore of New York City and Charles B. Skidmore of Hempstead; former resident
of Huntington
SKIDMORE Carl L.
d.
SKIDMORE
Charles M.
81
y 4 m 15 d
d.
SKIDMORE Frances Ann
68
years
d.
SKIDMORE Hannah
72
years
d.
22 May 1898 at Northport; apoplexy
SKIDMORE Capt. Henry
82
years
d.
2 April 1899 at Northport; attack of dropsy
SKIDMORE John S.
10 months
d.
12 March 1891 at Northport; son of Woodhull and Maria J. Skidmore
SKIDMORE Mary
late of
Cedarhurst; will admitted to probate in Nassau County Surrogate=s Court;
SKIDMORE Capt. William
B.
d. 14 April 1899 at Brooklyn; funeral at Christ Church,
Brooklyn; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn; father of William E. Skidmore and
J. C. Skidmore, both of Brooklyn, and Mrs. J. Cruikshank; native of Northport
(b. 28 May 1821); ship=s engineer; learned trade starting at age 15; served on the
steamship United States of the
Black Ball Line; chief engineer for the Pacific Mail Steamship Line; stationed
at Yokohama, Japan, repair shops of this line; later superintendent of the
Brooklyn Ferry Company engineering shops until his retirement in August 1898. AHe superintended the construction of most of the company=s iron boats at Chester, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. .... During
his life he made two hundred voyages on regular lines and went four times
around the world@; long obit copied from the Brooklyn Eagle in Northport column, 22 April 1899 paper
SKIDMORE William H.
64
y 2 m 7 d
d. 1 December 1896 at Huntington; Asudden
death@ from apoplexy; brother of Mrs. Robert Rogers of Brooklyn and
Mrs. Charles Reeve of North Sea; father of Elizabeth Skidmore of Mattituck,
child of his first wife; brother-in-law of David G. Velsor; husband of
Antoinette Buffett, formerly of Woodbury; other wives were Georgianna Hudson of
Wading River (m. 1857), who soon died and Mary Velsor;
SKIDMORE William H.
native of Franklinville, Town of Southold, b. 1832; as young man
was engaged in menhaden fishing industry; moved to Huntington in 1865 and
engaged in the butcher business; later went into express business on steamboats
between Huntington and Cold Spring Harbor and New York City; Ahad charge of the express office in this village [Huntington]
nearly twenty years@; served as under-sheriff of Suffolk County; Aone of the most widely known men in Suffolk County, particularly
in political circles@; Auncompromising Republican@; member of Suffolk County Republican Committee; member of
Jephtha Lodge F & A Masons; long obit in 5 December 1896 paper
SLADE James B.
68
years
d. 25 November 1899 at Riverhead; survived by unnamed widow;
father of Everett T. Slade of Brooklyn and Eliza Slade of Riverhead; native of
England, who came to the U. S. at the age of 4 years; resident of Riverhead
since ca. 1863; founded the Riverhead
News, Anow one of the most prominent papers in [Suffolk] County@; he sold the paper in 1875 to William R. Duvall and retired; an
artist whose Aworks in oil, pencil and crayon are worthy of mention@
SLATTERY Charlotte
37
years
d.
19 June 1895 at Lloyd=s Neck
SLESSOR Elizabeth
75
yrs 10 mos
d.
7 September 1898 at Centreport; funeral at Centreport
SLOCUM Mabel
killed
in train wreck at
SLUSH Capt. James
ca.
73 years
d.
SMALL
Charles
d. 21 May 1895 at Huntington Harbor; interment at Brooklyn; Aa prominent Republican of the [E]astern [D]istrict of Brooklyn,@ who had been ill for some time; he came to Huntington Harbor Awith the hope that the delightful situation and clear, bracing
air would have a beneficial effect on his health@
SMALLEY Ira
14
years
d.
19 August 1892 at Babylon; hit by railroad train
SMALLING infant
interment
24 February 1896; child of James Smalling; Oyster Bay item
SMIDT Joseph
d.
SMITH
infant
4 weeks
d. 8 June 1891; interment at
Plain Edge; son of Samuel Smith
SMITH infant
4 months
d. 28
January 1894 at Jericho; pneumonia; child of Mrs. Lydia Smith
SMITH infant *
d.
SMITH
infant girl
ca.
6 months
d. from
acute pneumonia; interment
SMITH boy
9
years
drowned 24 June 1895 at Plum Gut; son of Capt. James J. Smith;
wrestling with his 12 year-old brother on deck of Manhanset, while on its daily trip from Greenport to New London,
Connecticut; young boy slipped under guard rail and was swept away
SMITH child
d.
13 September 1895 at Northport; child of Henry Smith
SMITH child
d.
SMITH child
13
months
d. 26 March 1900 at Oyster Bay; spasms; interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; child of Frank Smith; grandchild of Amanda
Denton; see Oyster Bay column, 6 April 1900 paper, for ensuing problems suffered
by mother and grandmother as a result of the child=s death
SMITH young man
drowned
27 July 1891 at Glenwood; resident of Glen Head
SMITH Mrs.
d.
20 April 1892 at St. James; mother of Milton Smith of Northport
SMITH Mrs.
d. at Washington,
D. C.; funeral
SMITH Rev. Father
d.
SMITH
Abigail Tuthill
107
years
d.
SMITH
d. 8 June 1899 at New York City; operation to remove abcess from
his side; funeral at Smithtown Branch Presbyterian Church by Rev. Gray; unnamed
widow and one son survive; son of Lyman B. Smith; brother of Coe D. Smith
SMITH Agnes *
11 mos 26 days
d.
9 February 1891 at
SMITH
Alice L.
18
yrs 3 mos
d. 3 April 1896 at Huntington; daughter of T. William Smith;
granddaughter of Mrs. Isaac Brown; sister of Effie Smith; native of Stony
Brook, b. 3 January 1878; member of Methodist Episcopal Church
SMITH Arden and Mrs.
Arden
Aremains
of Arden Smith, and also of his wife, the former deceased about twelve years,
the latter eight years, and who for many years were residents of this village [
SMITH
Benjamin
13 years
d.
SMITH Carll
ca.
19 years
d. at Aone of the New York City hospitals@;
funeral 22 October 1897 at East Islip; had an operation at the hospital and Ahad been sick about a month but his death was sudden at the
hospital@; son of Timothy Smith, formerly of Dix Hills; cousin of Mrs. D.
L.Whipple; resident of East Islip
SMITH Carll
d. 12 January 1898 at Brooklyn; funeral at Brooklyn by Rev. John
Coleman Adams of All Soul=s Univeralist Church; widower; father of Carll V. Smith, Mrs. E.
Walton and two other married daughters; native of Huntington, b. 1824; Aowned a valuable farm at Long Swamp, where he used to spend
considerable time in the summer@; this farm now [1898] owned by E. Walton, his son-in-law
SMITH Carman
funeral
SMITH
Charles
60 years
d.
23 August 1896 at Long Island Home, Amityville; funeral Northport Presbyterian
Church; interment at Genola Cemetery, East Northport; brother-in-law of George
W. Wheeler of Northport; former resident of Greenport and recently of
Northport; Awas taken to the home about three weeks ago after showing signs
of insanity. At one time, he was engaged in the ship building business and at
his yards many well-known vessels were built@; members of Greenport and Northport Lodges I. O. O. F. attended
funeral
SMITH Mrs. Charles
d. at
SMITH
Charles D.
suicide 22 April 1892 at San Francisco, California; shot himself
in his room at the Palace Hotel; son of Selah C. Smith Alate of Babylon@
SMITH Charles E.
37
years
d. 26 June 1899 at Brooklyn; peritonitis; funeral at Greenlawn
by Rev. Voorhees; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; brother of H. I.
Smith of Greenlawn
SMITH Chatfield
53
years
d. 20 April 1896 at Kings Park; Bright=s disease; funeral Smithtown Branch Presbyterian Church;
survived by unnamed father, aged about 80 years, a widow, two sons and one
daughter; Athe owner of a fine farm@; member of the Smithtown Branch Presbyterian Church
SMITH Chetfield
over
80 years
interment
SMITH
Clara
1 mo 13
days
d.
16 August 1898 at
SMITH Mrs. Clinton E.
39
years
d.
SMITH Daniel
d.
SMITH
Daniel
funeral
SMITH Daniel W.
73
years
d.
SMITH
David
*
60
years
funeral
SMITH Mrs. Ed H.
83
years
d. 28 August 1897 at Smithtown; had been in Aill health for some time@; funeral at St. James Episcopal Church, St. James; widow;
mother of Richard B. Eliot, Nathaniel Smith and Mrs. Caleb Smith
SMITH Edmund
53
years
d.
SMITH E[dmund] Kirby
d. [28] March 1893 at S[e]wanee, Tennessee; Confederate general;
see General Edmund Kirby Smith, C. S. A. by
Joseph H. Parks [1954, 1982] for details on Kirby Smith=s life and military career
SMITH Edmund T.
ca.
70 years
d. 29 November 1895 at Smithtown; typhoid fever; funeral at St.
James Episcopal Church, St. James; father of Dubois Smith of New York City and
Mrs. Mott; Ahad a very fine residence on the Nissequogue River@; Aone of the largest real estate owners of the town [Town of
Smithtown] .... one of the largest taxpayers in the town, his taxes averaging
about $500 per year@
SMITH Elizabeth
75
years
d. 30 April 1895; funeral M. E. Church, Northport; interment at
Northport; widow of Henry Smith; mother of Mrs. Douglass Lee, Oliver Smith and
Sidney Smith; step-mother of Charles L. Smith and Henry Frank Smith; member of
St. Paul=s M. E. Church,
Northport; a Avery estimable lady@
SMITH Elizabeth
95
years
d.
SMITH Elizabeth * AAunt Elizabeth@ AAunt Lizzie@ 80 years
d.
3 January 1899 at Suffolk County Alms House, Yaphank; funeral at A. M. E.
Church, Huntington, by Rev. Lane; interment in the Old Cemetery, Huntington;
widow of Nelson Smith; originally buried in Athe pauper=s plot@ at Yaphank, but Awhite friends promised her that she should be buried with her
husband@ and they had her removed to Huntington to Arepose beside ..... her beloved husband@
SMITH Elizabeth Willis
75 years
d. at Babylon; funeral 21 March 1899 at Smithtown Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Gray; sister of Ebenezer Smith; spent Amost of her life@ at Babylon
SMITH Emily M.
1 yr 5 days
d.
SMITH Emma Frances
Buffett
d.
SMITH Epenetus
88
years
d.
SMITH
Mrs. Epenetus
77
years
d.
SMITH
Esther
80 years
d. 25 January 1896 at Jamaica; funeral Baptist Church, Oyster
Bay; interment at Brookville; widow of John W. Smith; mother-in-law of Charles
[ ]owning; Afor many years a resident of this village [Oyster Bay] and a
member of the Baptist Church@
SMITH Ethel V.*
Achild@
d.
4 July 1896 at Northport; interment at Setauket
SMITH Etta Elmira
20 y 4 m 1 d
d. 20 April 1893 at Greenlawn; wife of Edward Smith; memorial
sermon preached 24 May 1893 at Elwood by Rev. Daiziel, former pastor of Elwood
M. E. Church
SMITH Eva Frances
21
y 9 m 14 d
d. 6 February 1899 at South Hadley, Massachusetts; bronchial
pneumonia; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem, her uncle Rev. Smith and Rev.
Carter; daughter of J. Abner Smith; niece of Rev. Sidney K. Smith; student at
Mount Holyoke College; native of Huntington; long obit and description of the
funeral service in 11 February 1899 paper
SMITH Evie M.
16 y 11 m 5 d
d. 21 February 1893 at Greenlawn; scarlet fever; daughter of
David R. and Mary A. Smith; Avery popular amongst the young people of the church@
SMITH Fannie
funeral
SMITH Felix
d.
SMITH Frances
75
years
d.
SMITH Frances E.
64
yrs 8 mos
d. 24 July 1898 at Jamaica; cancer; had unsuccesful operation in
February 1898; funeral at Jamaica; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery;
daughter of John and Mary Hudson; first husband was George Ferguson, who d.
after four years of marriage; second husband was Timothy Smith (d. ca. 1865);
mother of George Ferguson of Huntington, John Ferguson of Huntington, Mrs.
Charles Conklin of Northport, Mrs. Henry Brush of Oyster Bay, Mrs. Edward
Remsen of Jamaica, Mrs. George Howland of Jamaica and Warren G. Smith of Cairo,
N. Y.; native of New York City; former resident of Greenlawn and Fair Ground
SMITH Frank
d.
SMITH
d.
1 October 1892; paralysis of the brain; Smithtown item
SMITH Freeman
death
reported from typhoid fever while at college; son of Rev. I. E. Smith, former
pastor of Huntington M. E. Church;
SMITH
George E.
48
yrs 9 mos
d.
10 March 1895 at
SMITH George Enoch
71
years
d. 27 November 1899 at Greenlawn in the house where he was born;
Avery short illness@; stragulated hernia; funeral at Greenlawn by Rev. Carter of
Huntington; son of Enoch and Hannah Smith; last surviving of ten siblings;
brother of the late Phebe Smith, Newbury Smith, Seabury Smith, Phebe A. (Mrs.
Urban) Smith, Israel Smith, Irena Smith, Warren Smith, Abigail (Mrs. Benjamin)
Sammis and Frances Smith; uncle of H. I. Smith of Greenlawn and Frank Sammis of
Huntington; never married; Aa man of very peculiar habits@
SMITH George K.
39 yrs 9 mos
d. 3 June 1893 at Rockville Centre; Adriving across the track at a point between Rockville Center and
Pearsalls. The crossing at this point is a dangerous one as a clump of oaks
hides the tracks from view from the west@; Smith=s farm wagon was hit by the Babylon Express, which killed Smith
and destroyed the wagon, but Smith=s horse survived the accident unhurt; funeral at Huntington; son
of Daniel Smith; husband of Henrietta Wicks, formerly of Northport; brother of
Daniel W. Smith; brother‑in‑law of Charles J. Wicks; native of Huntington; Aprosperous boss mason and contractor@
SMITH George Treadwell
[*?]
35
years
d. 3 January 1899 at Huntington; convulsions; funeral at A. M.
E. Church, Huntington, by Rev. Lane; interment at A. M. E. Cemetery,
Huntington; son of Mrs. David Townsend; lived separately from his wife; father
of four children; Afaithful servant@ of George C. Hendrickson
SMITH George W.
32
years
d. 15 November 1894 at East Islip; shot 12 November 1894 while
deer hunting at Bohemia; Hiram Raynor of Manor mistook his friend Smith for a
deer; son of Timothy Smith; cousin of Lewis Smith of Huntington; resident of
East Islip; foreman of East Islip Hook & Ladder Company
SMITH George Washington 67
y 1 m 17 d
d.
6 April 1891 at
SMITH Georgiana
funeral
14 January 1891 at Smithtown Branch; sister of Coe D. Smith
SMITH Gilbert C.
66
y 3 m 14 d
d. 14 May 1898 at Huntington; found dead on the floor of his
store about 5:00 in the afternnon; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem and Rev.
Hill; son of Carman Smith; husband of Sarah J. Ketcham (m. 12 February 1852 at
Larkfield); father of Mrs. John S. Caire; b. 2 February 1832; member of Jarvis,
Smith & Conklin in the sash and blind business; later in life went into
retail business; Democrat; member of
Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; member of the Huntington Board
of Education; Aa man of plain speech, of fairness in business@
SMITH
Hannah
89 yrs 7 mos
d.
16 October 1895 at Melville
SMITH Hannah M. M.
64 years
d.
25 April 1891 at
SMITH Harry Clinton
29
years
d.
3 September 1894 at Huntington; long illness of consumption and Bright=s disease; had gone to the Catskill Mountains and Colorado
Springs, before returning to parents= home in Huntington; son of J. N. Smith; husband of Lily Muir;
native of Brooklyn (b. 28 August 1865); Aheld responsible position in the employ of the Standard Oil
Company@
SMITH
Helen
6 mos 7
days
d.
23 November 1896 at Lloyd Neck; daughter of Peter Smith
SMITH Henry
d. 7 August 1899; consumption; funeral at St. Paul=s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove; unnamed widow and five children survive;
son-in-law of late Richard M. Bowne; resident of Plainfield, New Jersey, and
former resident of Glen Cove
SMITH Hercules J.
1 year
d.
SMITH Howard
16
years
d.
SMITH
Ianth
78
years
d.
6 February 1892 at Wyandance
SMITH
Ira W.
Achild@
d.
SMITH Irena
89
years
d.
7 January 1893 at Greenlawn
SMITH James J.
death reported; resident of London, England; uncle of Mrs. Abram
Gallienne of Huntington; AIt is said that he is a wealthy bachelor and by his demise Mrs.
Gallienne falls heir to an estate valued at $250,000@; 15 April 1899 paper
SMITH
Jane I.
80
years
d.
10 July 1898 at Greenlawn; funeral at Greenlawn; wife of Israel Smith
SMITH Jane T.
late of
SMITH Jeffrey A.
ca.
57 years
d.
31 January 1891 at St. Johnland; funeral at Smithtown Branch
SMITH Jesse
d.
SMITH Jesse M.
52
years
d.
SMITH John
27
years
d.
SMITH John H.
funeral 3 April 1894 at Smithtown Landing; resident of Kings
Park; wife and daughter Anow managed the store formerly kept by himself@; 5 May 1894 paper Kings Park item
SMITH John H. *
46
yrs 6 mos
d.
SMITH Mrs. John R.
d. Athree weeks ago@; summer resident of
SMITH Joseph*
25
years
d. 9 January 1899; consumption; funeral at A. M. E. Church,
Huntington, by Rev. Lane; son of Samuel Smith; Afaithful
employee in the livery stable of Stephen G. Todd@
SMITH Julia
46 y 5 m 7 d
d.
SMITH
Latton
87 years
d.
SMITH Lewis
68
years 9 months
d. 3 April 1900 at Dix Hills; funeral at Dix Hills by Rev.
Schwartz of Melville; son of Alexander Smith; husband of Sarah A. Conklin (m.
1860); son-in-law of Gamaliel Conklin; father of Edward Smith of Dix Hills,
Mrs. David Whipple and Mrs. Isaac Wicks, both of Fair Ground, and Lewis B.
Smith of Huntington; brother of Timothy Smith of East Islip and twin brother of
Ansel Smith of Dix Hils; native (b. 3 July 1831) and life long resident of Dix
Hills; Aone of his pleasantest pastimes was deer and fox hunting@
SMITH Lillian May
13
years
d.
SMITH
Lillie
23 years
d.
SMITH Lottie
43
years
d.
SMITH Louis
5 years
d. Athis week@ at Head of the River; son of Milton Smith;
SMITH Louisa *
funeral
SMITH Louise
funeral
SMITH Lozanna
72 years
d.
SMITH Mrs. Lyman Beecher
89
years
d.
SMITH
Mapes M.
d.
SMITH
Marcellus
77
years
d.
SMITH
Margaret
70 years
d.
27 February 1894 at Yaphank; [Suffolk] County [Alms] House
SMITH Maria L.
late
of Huntington; will proved
SMITH Martha P.
55
years
d. in Missouri; daughter
of George Johnson; widow of John P. Smith;
daughter‑in‑law of Joshua Smith; former resident of
Huntington; account of husband=s career in death notice 14 November 1891 paper
SMITH Mary
5 months
d.
SMITH Mary
d. 20 January 1898 at Kings Park; funeral at Kings Park by Rev. Simpson,
M. E., of Smithtown; interment at Northport Rural Cemetery; daughter of Capt.
Washington Smith of Centerport; wife of George Smith of Kings Park; mother of
five children; former resident of Centerport
SMITH
Mary
82 years
d. 21 February 1898 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Oyster Bay by Rev.
Estes, M. E.; interment at Hempstead; mother of Samuel A. Smith of Oyster Bay
SMITH Mary
d.
at Bayside; funeral by Rev. Estes of Oyster Bay M. E. Church; interment 11 March
1899 at Oyster Bay; mother of Mrs. Alfred Velsor of Oyster Bay
SMITH Mary
50 years
d.
11 March 1900; wife of Samuel Smith; Oyster Bay item
SMITH Mary Ann
52
y 5 m 22 d
d.
SMITH Mary C.
67 years
d. 5 November 1900 at Northport; Asuddenly@ at the home of her sister, Phebe Smith; funeral at First
Presbyterian Church, Huntington, by Rev. Carter; daughter of Thomas Bunce
Smith; sister of Mrs. William H. Sammis and Phebe Smith, both of Northport, and
I. Thaddeus Smith of Larkfield; spent the Agreater part of her life@ in Huntington until moving to Northport Aabout ten years ago@
SMITH Mary E.
59
years
d.
18 July 1892 at
SMITH Mary M.
65 years
d.
SMITH Matilda Harned
75
yrs 4 mos
d.
SMITH
Moses R.
81
years
d. 15 July 1896 at Head of the River, Smithtown; following
surgical operation ...Athe patient was unable to endure the shock@; funeral Smithtown Branch Presbyterian Church; father of Wilmot
M. Smith, Supreme Court Justice, Theron L. Smith, Aex-supervisor@ and member of board of managers of Long Island State Hospital,
Herman T. Smith, Mrs. J. Newell Sammis and Mrs. Ethelbert Arthur; long
political carrer as assessor, supervisor and justice of the peace for the Town
of Smithtown and justice of sessions for Suffolk County; officer of Smithtown
Branch Presbyterian Church for many years@
SMITH Mrs. Nathamel
d.
SMITH
Nathaniel
101
yrs 5 mos
d.
3 June 1891 at Hempstead; Athe oldest resident of Hempstead@
SMITH Nathaniel
24
years
d.
SMITH
Mrs. Norman
funeral
1 January 1894 at Smithtown Landing
SMITH Mrs. Oliver
interment
SMITH
Orville
4
years
d.
SMITH Oscar
d. 23 September 1897 at Greenport; funeral at Greenport; son of
Mrs. F. J. Taylor; survived by unnamed widow, two daughters and one son; native
of Farmingdale; went to work for the L. I. R. R. early in life and Athe company soon saw he was apt and trustworthy and promoted him
until he was made conductor of one of the Greenport freight trains, which
position he had held over twenty years@
SMITH Patience Elizabeth
86
y 5 m 20 d
d.
SMITH Paul T.
death
reported; father of Caleb Smith; Aaged and respected citizen of
SMITH Percy M.
48 yrs 3
mos
d. 4 December 1892 at Cold Spring Harbor; inflamation of the
bladder; native of England; served as justice of the peace and postmaster of
Cold Spring Harbor; real estate and
insurance agent; member of the Huntington Town Board; memorial resolution from Huntington Town
Board by Supervisor Tileston in 10 December 1892 paper
SMITH Peter *
d.
SMITH Phebe C.
61
years
d.
SMITH
Phoebe Ella
34
y 5 m 5 d
d. 3 March 1898 at Huntington; funeral by Rev. S. T. Carter,
Presbyterian, assisted by Rev. Sidney K. Smith of Marlborough, Massachusetts,
her uncle; daughter of J. Abner Smith of Huntington; paralyzed as a young
child; lived her life in a wheel chair; member of Second Presbyterian Church;
active with Gospel Messengers, Aa home missionary organization connected with the church@; member of Dorcas Circle of King=s
Daughters and the Shut-in Society of Invalids; active with religious and
humanitarian efforts; long obit in 5 March 1898 paper
SMITH Platt Howard
76 years
d. 21 December 1899 at Huntington; Ageneral collapse of the system@;
funeral at Huntington at home of his daughter Mrs. Carr; son of Isaac and
Hannah Smith; brother of Ira Smith and Jacob Smith, both of Babylon, and Mary
Ketcham and Samuel Smith, both of Melville; widower of Edna M. Ireland (d.
1884); son-in-law of late Derrick Ireland; father of Emma (Mrs. John S.) Carr,
Hannah E. (Mrs. William) Place, Lillian (Mrs. Edgar) Hogan, Derrick I. Smith
and Edward Smith, all of Huntington, Mary (Mrs. Oliver) Strickland of
Flatlands, Cornelia (Mrs. Samuel) Bouton of Northport, Ella (Mrs. William) Wade
and Isaac Smith, both of Brooklyn, William P. Smith of Amityville, and Henry
Smith of East Williston; native of Lower Melville
SMITH Richard W.
30 y 11 m 14 d
d.
SMITH
Samuel
d.
7 March 1893; assistant postmaster at
SMITH Samuel
late
resident of
SMITH Mrs. Samuel
65
years
d.
SMITH Dr. Samuel Francis
d. 16 November 1895 at Boston, Massachusetts; Avenerable author of the national hymn America@; native and resident of Newton, Mass., b. 1808; graduated from
Harvard College in 1829; proficient in fifteen languages; Ahe supplied the words for the music of many of the songs and
hymns of Lowell Mason, the well known composer@; AThe national hymn America
has been officially adopted as a part of
the hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church and will hereafter be sung
by every choir of that denomination in the United States. Other sects would do
well to take similar action with regard to that inspiring anthem@; editorial 23 November 1895 paper
SMITH Sarah J.
d. 27 December 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev.
Seem; Awith careful forethought Mrs. Smith selected the pall bearers
and hymns to be sung at this service@; daughter of Phineas Ketcham and Phebe Ann Smith (b. 10 May
1831); widow of Gilbert C. Smith (m. 12 February 1855); mother of Mrs. John
Caire; Along ... a member of the Central Presbyterian Church,@ Huntington
SMITH Sylvester
76
years
d. 29 June 1900 at Cold Spring; funeral at Cold Spring Baptist
Church by Rev. Mitchell; father of Carrie (Mrs. Eugene) Howard of West Neck,
Joseph Smith, Thomas Smith, Charles Smith, Ida Smith, Bertha (Mrs. George)
Mason and Anna (Mrs. Fred) Hubbs, all of Cold Spring, and Edgar Smith of
Cattaraugus County, N. Y.; native of Smithtown; long-time resident of Oyster
Bay and Cold Spring
SMITH Mrs. Spencer H.
d.
SMITH Stanly M.
7 y 9 m 13 d
d. 24 February 1893 at Greenlawn; [perhaps the son of David R.
Smith; Greenlawn column 4 March 1893 paper says two of David Smith=s children have died of scarlet fever]
SMITH Theodore
Aold resident@
d.
SMITH Thomas
60 years
d. 4 March 1894 at Cove Neck; Bright=s disease; funeral at Oyster Bay; survived by widow and three
children, one of whom is Mrs. Joseph W. Wright; grandfather of Lena Cocks
Wright; native of
SMITH Mrs. Thomas
d.
15 October 1898 at Sea Cliff; funeral at R. C. Church, Sea Cliff
SMITH Thomas B.
d. at Billings, Dutchess County, New York; funeral 24 December
1895 at Stony Brook; former resident of Commack where he kept at store; his
mother was hostess Afor many years@ at the Stony Brook Hotel
SMITH Mrs. Thomas Hugh
death reported; mother-in-law of Rev. William Irwin of Rome, N.
Y.; former member of Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church; Oyster Bay item, 4 March
1899 paper
SMITH Thomas R.
56
years
d. 29 August 1896 at Smithtown; paralysis; funeral at Smithtown
Branch Presbyterian Church; interment at Smithtown Branch; survived by unnamed
widow, three sons and one daughter; Afor many years he was a resident of Brooklyn, later of Kings
Park, and for the last twelve has made Smithtown his home@; former assessor of Town of Smithtown
SMITH Vanderwater
d. at New York City; funeral 8 March 1896 at Freeport; brother
of Luther Smith, John A. Smith and Thomas A. Smith; former resident of
Hempstead; Aa man well versed in railroad matters and had made considerable
money in railroad and mining enterprises@
SMITH Mrs. Victor
ca.
65 years
d. 25 March 1898 at Smithtown Branch; funeral at Smithtown
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Gray; survived by husband, a son and a daughter
SMITH Victorine Velsor 34
years
d.
10 Aprl 1898 at Kings Park; Asuddenly .... of heart failure@;
funeral at Oyster Bay; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring; daughter of
Mrs. Thomas Smith of Oyster Bay; wife of Samuel A. Smith of Oyster Bay; mother
of one 9 year old child: Aher mind had been unbalanced for several years and on March 17,
by the advice of her physician, she was taken to the hospital at Kings Park@
SMITH Virginia G.
47 yrs 10 mos
d. 6 July 1894 at Northport; daughter of Thomas Bunce Smith;
sister of Mrs. William H. Sammis of Northport, Phebe Smith and Mary Smith of
Huntington; she died while visiting her
sister, Mrs. Sammis; graduate of Huntington
High School, class of 1864; member of
First Presbyterian Church, Huntington
SMITH Walter
25
years
d.
SMITH Mrs. Walter
d.
SMITH Warren
68 y 10 m 18 d
d.
4 August 1894 at Greenlawn; stroke of paralysis; funeral at
SMITH William
funeral
28 August 1892; interment at Hempstead; Hempstead item
SMITH Mrs. William
d.
24 April 1891 at Hempstead; Avery suddenly@
SMITH Willie
Ayoung man@
died
of pneumonia; funeral 11 February 1894 at Hauppauge
SMYTHE Frederick
65
years
d. 18 August 1900 at New York City; native of Ireland; Ajoined Tammany Hall and successfully filled the offices of
assistant U. S. district attorney, recorder of New York City and justice of the
Supreme Court@
SMYTHE Mrs. Joseph P.
d. Athis week@; mother of Rev. Joseph P. Smythe, Jr., rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, Hicksville; 6 April 1900 paper
SNEDICOR William H.
27
years
d.
SOFFAL
Charles
54 years
d.
SOFFUL
Joseph
29 years
d. 16 July 1893 at Hicksville; interment at Westbury; son of
Charles Sofful; silver beater by trade; fireman with Protection Hook &
Ladder Company; memorial notice from Protection Hook & Ladder Company No. 1
in 5 August 1893 paper
SOMARINDYCK John W.
81
years
d. 12 April 1896 at Lattingtown; funeral at St. Paul=s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove, of which Ahe was a regular attendant ... for many years@
[?] SOMER Henry
body found 14 September 1896 on beach at Crab Meadow by Mrs. Grant;
Athe body had evidently been in the water for some time@; a pawn ticket from a pawnbroker in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
was found in a pocket; the pawnbroker said the owner of the ticket was Henry
Somer, but he was unknown to the
pawnbroker; doctors thought Athe remains were those of a white man, while the [coroner=s] jury believed that they were those of a colored man@; interment at Genola Cemetery, East Northport
SOMMERS John
late of
SOPER
Alfred
44 yrs 3 mos
d.
SOPER Elbert
63
y 7 m 15 d
d. 18 April 1900 at Elwood; consumption; funeral at Elwood M. E.
Church by Rev. Nelson; son of John Soper; husband of Caroline ACarrie@ Valentine, formerly of Long Swamp; son-in-law of Israel
Valentine; he had no children; native of Greenlawn; Along been a consistent member@ of Elwood M. E. Church
SOPER Hannah
71 yrs 11 mos
d.
6 March 1892 at Elwood; widow of Jacob Soper
SOPER Katharine Hartt
3
yrs 6 days
d.
SOPER
Lewis
d. at
SOPER
Mary
80 years
d. 10 March 1897 at Centerport; funeral at Northport; widow of
Lewis Soper; mother of Charles B. Soper, Mrs. Charles Ketcham of Northport and
Mrs. David I. De Milt of Centerport
SOPER Wilson E.
25 years
d.
SOUL young girl
12
years
d. 8 August 1900 at Glen Cove; thrown from a wagon being driven
by her father; the horse bolted while coming down hill near the Starch Works in
Glen Cove and the wagon went out of control; daughter of Joseph Soul of Mineola
SOUTHARD Alfred W.
executor=s sale
of property at Jerusalem South Anow called
SOUTHARD Anna May
8
years
d. at Hicksville; had fallen down the stairs, hit her head and
broke her arm, while at school in Oyster Bay; family recently moved to Hicksville,
where the little girl was running around when Ashe
suddenly had a relapse and died@; funeral 25 November 1899 at Hicksville by Rev. Smythe of the
Episcopal Church, Hicksville; daughter of Albert Southard
SOUTHARD Eva (Eveline)
suicide
SPAULDING John F.
d.
dateline
SPECHT Jacob
74 yrs 2 mos
d. 15
May 1893 at Northport
SPEEDLING Mrs. Stephen
d. 24 May 1899 at Brooklyn; funeral at M. E. Church, Roslyn;
survived by husband; mother of Benjamin Speedling, Arthur Speedling, Mrs.
Edward Conklin, Mrs. Albert Stiverson, Susie Speedling and Carrie Speedling;
member of Roslyn M. E. Church and former member of Huntington M. E. Church,
while a resident of Lloyd=s Neck; Agreatly respected@
SPENCER Claude J.
15 y 5 m 5 d
d. 10 March 1891 at Northport following suicide attempt on 8
March 1891; shot himself following a quarrel with step‑brother; son of
John J. Spencer and Hattie Spencer Smith and step‑son of Le Grand Smith
SPINNEY Joseph
left
$15,000 in will to Great Neck M. E. Church and other Abenevolent and charitable@ bequests;
SPONTOWITZ
Mr.
d.
SPRAGUE George
71
years
d. 18 May 1900 at Wading River; interment at Huntington Rural
Cemetery, with a graveside service by Rev. Aitkins of St. John=s Episcopal Church; survived by an unnamed widow; father of
Isabella Sprague and Charles Sprague, a locomotive fireman on the L. I. R. R.;
mason in Huntington for Amany years@; moved from Huntington to Wading River Aa little over a year ago@; member of Ellsworth Lodge #449 I. O. O. F, Huntington
SPRAGUE Samuel
87 years
d. 2
December 1891 at Brooklyn; b. near Hempstead
SPRIGG William
84 years
d. 22 July 1894 at Dix Hills; interment at Northport; father of
Mrs. Selah Gildersleeve of Dix Hills; resident of Northport and member of St.
Paul=s M. E. Church, where he was at one time a trustee and church
sexton
SQUIRES Capt.
d. in
wreck of schooner
SQUIRES Angeline
85
years
d.
SQUIRES
George
44
years
d.
19 January 1891; interment at Westbury
SQUIRES Margaret L.
5
yrs 9 1/2 mos
d.
30 March 1895 at Undercliff, N. J.; interment at
STACEY child
joint
funeral
STACEY Miss
14 years
d. 7 January 1891 at Herricks; daughter of
Frederick Stacey
STACEY Mrs. James
35
years
d.
STANSBURY
Charles T.
d.
STANSBURY
John
ca. 70 years
d.
6 November 1897 at New York City; stricken with paralysis; funeral at M. E.
Church, Sea Cliff; interment at Roslyn; unnamed widow survives; father of two daughters,
one of whom is Mrs. Boardman of Colorado; native of Athe south of England@; resident of Sea Cliff and former resident of Glen Cove
STANSBURY May
8 y 9 m 7 d
d.
18 January 1892 at Bay Shore; daughter of John Stansbury
STANTON Bridget Dixon
60
years
d.
STANTON Philip Van
Renssellear 83 years
d.
STARK
infant
interment
STARKINS Edward
d.
STAUCH Caroline *
50 years
d.
STAUDE
Mary
d.
STECKLER
Rev.
funeral
at Manchester, New Hampshire; had been ill with typhoid fever for nine weeks;
son‑in‑law of Rev. Swartz of Melville Presbyterian Church; 18
August 1894 paper
STEEN Julia
26
yrs 7 mos
d.
STEENWORTH Charles C.
42
years
d.
STEERS Ann Eliza
d. 29 January 1898 at New York City; interment at Green-Wood,
Brooklyn; widow of Henry Steers, who Awas a famous boat builder@; sister of Mrs. Sarah Marshall of Huntington; AMrs. Steers leaves quite a snug fortune@; Mrs. Marshall received a new house and the investment income
from $100,000 for life; following Mrs. Marshall=s death
the principal will be divided among Mrs. Marshall=s
daughters, nieces of Mrs. Steers: Mrs. Israel Tilden, Mrs. Minnie White and
Carrie Marshall, all of Huntington
STEERS James Rick
88
years
d.
STEHL Maria Elizabeth
77
years
d.
STEIGLER infant
death
recorded
STEIN Joseph
33 years
d.
STEEN Infant
STEINHAUER
Catherine
42 y 8 mos 8
days
d.
STEINSICK Otto
37
years
d.
STEPHENS Sophia
d.
STEVENS Miss
death
reported
STEVENS Mrs.
d.
STEVENS
Carrie
death
reported
STEVENS
Charles J.
d. Arecently@ in Hayti; typhoid fever; former secretary of Sewanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club; Oyster Bay item, 17 August 1900 paper
STEVENS Harris Z.
6
y 6 m 4 d
d.
4 April 1895 at Brooklyn; interment at Cypress Hills
STEVENS Henry
42 years
d.
STEVENS Robert Hubert
3
y 4 m 12 d
d.
STEWART
Ann
58 y 2 m 29 d
d.
STEWART Charles
d.
STEWART Dr. James
23
years
d. 11 December 1900 at Castelton, Staten Island; typhoid fever;
funeral at St. John=s Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor; interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; son of Charles J. Stewart; graduate of Friends
Academy, Locust Valley and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
City, Awith high honors last May@; physician at the Smith Infirmary, Castleton, Staten Island,
where he died; Ait is supposed that he contracted the disease from one of the
patients@
STIDNER Amelia
16 yrs 8 mos
d.
23 December 1892 at Dix Hills
STIER Dora
52 years
d.
3 August 1899 at West Hills
STILLWAGGON Rachel
over 100 years
interment
STILLWELL
William L.
21
years
d.
15 April 1896 at
STILWELL Henry
11
yrs 2 mos
d.
STILWELL Thomas W.
50
years
d. 3 April 1898 at Brooklyn; from injuries received from falling
off a bicycle; funeral at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery;
brother of William Stilwell of Plainview; cousin of James Stilwell and George
Stilwell, both of Huntington; former resident of Cold Spring
STILWELL William
suicide
STODDARD Catherine
d. 13 August 1897 at Sea Cliff; peritonitis; funeral conducted
by Rev. Groves of St. Luke=s Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff; resident of New York City
STODDARD Carrie Williams
d. Alast week@ at
STODDART Alexander
76
years
d.
STOKELEY Allen I. *
38
yrs 9 mos
d. 26 September 1894 at Huntington; cerebral hemorrhages due to
the effects of alcohol; worked at Stephen G. Todd=s
livery stable; letter of protest in 13 October 1894 paper from his sister
Virginia in reference to the Long
Islander's charges that death was due to alcoholism; Virginia wrote ARemember a trial might come to you and yours.... Please let him
rest.@
STOKES John
d.
STOLZENBERG
Justina
73 years
d.
STOOTS
child
10 months
funerals
STOOTS Elizabeth
56 yrs 4
mos
d. 28 August 1892 at Cold Spring Harbor; daughter of Benjamin
Nichols; wife of William Stoots; Alargest funeral ever attended in Cold Spring@; Awas nearly all her life a member of the M. E. Church in this
village [Cold Spring]@
STOOTS
John
50 years
d.
STOOTS Capt. William
76
yrs 6 mos
d. 26 October 1898 at Cold Spring; heart failure; funeral at M.
E. Church, Cold Spring, by Rev. Taft; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold
Spring; first wife was Abby Platt; by her he was father of Mrs. Albert Smith of
West Haven, Connecticut, George Stoots of Norwalk, Connecticut and William
Stoots of Cold Spring; second wife of Elizabeth Nichols, daughter of Benjamin Nichols, late of Cold Spring; by her
he was the father of Mrs. Noah Seaman and Edwood Stoots, both of Oyster Bay
Cove, Walter Stoots of Cold Spring and Mrs. Frank Jarvis of Brooklyn; a native
of Cold Spring, who Afor many years was master of a sailing ship running between
[Cold Spring] and New York@
STORRS Rev. Dr. Richard
Salter 79
years
d. 5 June 1900 at Brooklyn; widower of Mrs. Storrs, who d. in
1898; father of three unnamed daughters; native of Braintree, Massachusetts;
graduated of Amherst College; went into the Congregational ministry at the age
of 20,Ahis first charge was Brookline, Mass.@; moved to Brooklyn in 1846; pastor emeritus of the Church of
the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, having retired from full time work on 19 November 1899;
[important figure in Brooklyn=s civic affairs; lyceum lecturer; see biography in the Dictionary of American Biography]
STOUTENBURGH Sarah Jane
70
years
d.
1 March 1896 at Sea Cliff; funeral at Glen Head; daughter of Peter Luyster;
widow of Peter A. Stoutenburgh; mother of Mrs. Eugene Rock
STOWE Harriet Beecher
85
years
d. 1 July 1896 at Hartford, Connecticut; daughter of Rev. Lyman
Beecher; sister of [Rev.] Henry Ward Beecher; Aworld
famed as the author of >Uncle Tom=s Cabin=@
STRANAHAN James S. T.
d. 3 September 1898 at Saratoga [Springs], N. Y.; apoplexy;
[interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn]; Alife has probably been more intimately interwoven with the
history of Brooklyn=s development than any other man of his time@; [native of Madison County, N. Y., b. 25 April 1808; member of
New York State Assembly in 1838; resident of Newark, N. J. in 1840 and of
Brooklyn by 1845]; Brooklyn alderman [1848]; elected to Congress in 1854 [served as a Whig in Congress
1855-1857]; delegate to several Republican national conventions; [served as
Presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and Benjamin Harrison in
1888]; president of Brooklyn War Fund Committee during the Civil War; president
of the commission to lay out Prospect Park; developed both Ocean Parkway and
Eastern Parkway; [presided at the dedication of the Brooklyn Bridge 28 May
1884]; long obit in 10 September 1898 paper; see also Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971 and The Great Bridge by
David McCullough [1972]
STRATTON Mary (Elizabeth)
88 years
d. 9 December 1893 at New York City; interment at Flushing;
daughter of William H. Jones; wife of Eliphalet Platt Stratton; mother of E.
Platt Stratton of College Point and Mrs. Graham of New York City; sister of
Hannah Woodhull of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Woodbury; aunt of William H.
Jones of Woodbury husband purchased 300 acres and established village of AStrattonport,@ later College Point; resident of College Point for fifty years,
living in the Aold Stratton mansion@ at the end of the College Point causeway
STRAUDE Ernest Frederick
William 63
years
d. 8 October 1895 at Hicksville; funeral German Lutheran Church,
Hicksville; interment at Hicksville; father of Pauline Straude and William
Straude; native of Germany (b. 1832); m.
1862 to unnamed widow; resident of Hicksville for 26 years
STRAUSS Eddie
9
years
d.
STREESMAN
Gertrude
7 years
d. from
diphtheria; interment at
STREET Charles Rufus
69
years
d. 22 December 1894 at Huntington; son of Shallum B. Street and
Naomi Scudder; grandson of Gilbert Scudder; brother of Henry Street; father of
Quincy B. Street, Naomi Street Miller and Charles Hubbell Street; b. West
Norwalk, Connecticut, 26 February 1825; moved to Huntington about 1834; left in
1846 and settled at Niles, Michigan, remaining there a few years before
immigrating to California (account of trip to California in 29 December 1894
paper); settled in Shasta City, Calif., and was elected to California State
Legislature in 1856; m. Lucy Bedford of Benicia, Calif.; ran a newspaper and
was elected chairman of the California State Central Committee of the
Democratic Party; following the death of wife Lucy and one child in 1865, he
returned to Huntington with two remaining children; settled in Huntington,
where he became a lawyer and newspaper editor; bought the Suffolk Democrat, moved it from Babylon to Huntington and changed its
name to the Suffolk Bulletin,
but soon sold it, only to re-purchase it in 1881; he m. a second time in 1869 to Josephine E. Hubbell; served as
Justice of the Peace 1880-1884; Supervisor of the Town of Huntington 1883-1884
and chairman of the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors; member of the
Huntington Board of Education; undertook the copying, editing and publication
of the Huntington town records 1885-1886; served as postmaster of Huntington Aduring the first Cleveland administration@ [1885-1889]; member of St. John=s
Episcopal Church, Huntington, where funeral was held; family genealogist; AHe was probably better acquainted with the town=s history than any other of our citizens and in company with
Henry S. Wood a number of years he had the old records of the town, which are
almost invaluable, transcribed...@ long series article about Street in 29 December 1894 paper
STREET Henry C.
58
years
d.
at Halley, Idaho; 19
November 1892 paper; son of S. B. Street
and Nancy Scudder; husband of Rose Himan of Carson City, Nevada; brother of
Charles R. Street; father of Henry Rufus Street; lawyer and newspaper editor;
Huntington native, b. 3 March 1834; went to California in 1854; later settled
in Idahoand Nevada; served as judge in Alturas Co., Idaho; see 19 November 1892
paper for biography
STRICKLAND Rev.*
Anegro minister@ killed by lynch mob in Georgia during the lynching of Sam Hose,
a black accused of killing a white man; editorial, 29 April 1899 paper
STRICKLAND Alma H.
48
yrs 3 mos
d. 28 July 1899 at Huntington; diabetes; funeral at Central
Presbyterian Church, Huntington by Rev. Seem; daughter of J. Thomas Mills; wife
of John Strickland; mother of one daughter and one son; member of Adah Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star, Northport; account of funeral 5 August 1899 paper
STRICKLAND Catharine
d.
6 July 1897 at
STRICKLAND James S.
36 yrs 11 mos
d.
STRICKLAND
Pauline K.
9
years
d.
STRINGHAM Dean
60 years
d.
12 July 1894 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Brooklyn; resident of
STRONG Demas
resident
of
STRONG Lena B.
42
years
d. 24 May 1899 at Red Springs, Glen Cove; Ain ill health for several months@; had
gone South for her health, but Ashe has been growing worse since her return@
STRONG William
d. 19 October 1899 at New York City; struck on the head from
behind on 14 October 1899 at Southampton; Sylvester Conkling arrested on
suspicion of murder and taken to jail at Riverhead; Ait was alleged that the deed was committed out of jealousy for a
woman named Mary Mulligan@; farm hand in the employ of Charles Dimon of Southampton
STRONG William L.
d.
2 November 1900 at New York City; heart failure and Aprolonged attack of gout@; native of Ohio [b. 1827]; moved to New York City in 1853 and
established William L. Strong & Co., a dry goods firm; last mayor of the
old City of New York [1894-1897]; a Republican Aelected
as a reform candidate@
STUKE Gustav W.
5
yrs 3 mos
d.
STURE
William
d.
STYLER
Margaret
63 years
d. 11 June 1894 at Brooklyn; interment at Cypress Hills; wife of
Solomon Styler; mother of William Styler
of Commack, Mrs. Sarah A. Korbman of West Hills and Joseph Styler, Solomon
Styler and Robert Styler, all of Brooklyn
SULLY Mrs. George
37
years
interment
SUMMERS
Emily
d.
SUMMERS John W.
88 yrs 9 mos
d.
SUMMERS
John W.
contested
willed in
SUMMERS Oscar
55
years
d. at
SUTCLIFFE
Sarah H.
21
y 3 m 9 d
d.
9 January 1893 at Brooklyn; interment at
SUTTON Effingham E.
22
yrs 3 mos
d.
SUYDAM Catherine Ann
87
years
d.
SWAN
Benjamin
d.
SWAN Rev. Benjamin L.
86
years
d. 15 February 1899 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; memorial service
12 March 1899 at Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church by Rev. Russell of that church
and Rev. Estes of the Oyster Bay M. E. Church; addresses also made at service
by Charles S. Wightman and Alfred Velsor; former pastor of Oyster Bay
Presbyterian Church; cousin of Edward H. Swan of Cove Neck
SWARTS boy
drowned
in millpond at Stony Book; funeral
SWEENEY Clarence W.
32
years
d. 30 November 1900 at Brooklyn; Astricken
at his desk with heart failure@; cousin of Assistant Postmaster Field of Huntington; clerk in
Nassau National Bank, Court Street, Brooklyn
SWEENEY John
55 years
d.
30 May 1893 at Northport
SWEEZEY infant
d.
4 September 1900 at Fair Ground; child of Henry Sweezey
SWEZEY Ernest
8
yrs 4 mos
d.
16 July 1897 at Huntington; diphtheria; son of Ernest Swezey
SWINSON child
11 years
d. 14 November 1898; clothing caught fire when she got too close
to a fire burning in the street at Sea Cliff; Ashe was
terribly alarmed and ran down the street, shrieking wildly@; two men attempted to put out the fire, but she was too
seriously burned; daughter of August Swinson
SWINSON Catherine
d.
SWORD
George W.
6
mos 22 days
d.
25 July 1892 at
SWORN Theodore
d.
SYLERS Jacob
d.