LIVINGSTON BAPTIST ASSOC DEATHS, LIVINGSTON, NEW YORK Copyright (c) 1999 by Martha Perry Magill. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ OBITUARIES FROM THE MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE LIVINGSTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. These listings of deaths are of persons who were members of the churches making up the Livingston Baptist Association. The "minutes" were yearly accounts of activities for all towns in Livingston County with Baptist churches. Most of the content consists of discussion of local and missionary activities and financial reports. At the end of each booklet was a list of members who had passed away since the last meeting. The years below are 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1893 and 1895. All information is written exactly as appears in the original pamphlets. "---" means that there was no information given. Minutes of the 52nd Anniversary of the Livingston Baptist Association held with the Nunda Baptist Church, Wednesday & Thursday, June 6th & 7th, 1883. Ashtabula, Ohio: News Steam Job Printing House. 1883. IN MEMORIUM Name Date of Death Age Place Bro. Milne, Dec. 29, 1882, 82, Geneseo Sister Lucinda Neel, Nov. 25th, 1882, 68, Livonia Station Sister Alice Densmore, Feb. 18th, 1883, 27, Livonia Station Sister Carrie E. Dewey, April 21st, 1883, 41, Livonia Station Sister Sarah E. Hunt, Feb. 18th, 1883, 77, Mt. Morris Sister Elizabeth G. Hoyt, April 11th, 1883, 45, Mt. Morris Bro. S. Donaldson, Dec. 25th, 1882, 73, Nunda Bro. J. Burroughs, March 12th, 1883, 53, Nunda Sister Hattie E. Miller, Feb. 5th, 1883, 23, Nunda Sister Nettie Cady, Sep. 19th, 1882, 27, Nunda Sister Fosa Sharp, Oct. 13th, 1882, 82, Portage Bro. G. McDonald, April 9th, 1883, ---, South Livonia Bro. Phinney Mareon, ---, ---, South Livonia _________ Minutes of the 53rd Anniversary of the Livingston Baptist Associaton held with the Baptist Church of Mt. Morris, Wednesday & Thursday, June 4 & 5, 1884. Livonia, N.Y.: Gazette Rock and Job Printing House. 1884. IN MEMORIUM Name Died Age Place Mrs. Betsy Stone, Sept. 16, 1883, 85, Livonia Station Mrs. Clarissa Smith, Jan. 28, 1884, 65, Livonia Station Mrs. Rodia M. Kinney, April 13, 1884, 70, Livonia Station Betsy Raines, Feb. 22, 1884, 58, York Harriet Allen, Oct. 13, 1883, 21, York Permilla Clapp, Dec. 19, 1883, 66, York Caroline Clapp, Oct 8, 1883, 73, York Emily Clapp, Oct. 9, 1883, 75, York Dea. Abijah Archer, Feb. 1884, 86, Hemlock Lake Miss Alice Rudd, May, 1884, 52, Hemlock Lakd Betsy Knapp, ---, 86, Portage Elleanor Perrine, Jan. 8, 1884, 92, Dansville Martha M. Peterson, July, 1883, ---, Canaseraga Lydia B. Carpenter, Mar. 20, 1884, ---, Canaseraga Alice Benton, May 28, 1884, ---, Canaseraga Merritt J. Cornell, ---, ---, Lima Herbert A. Bacon, ---, ---, Lima Harriet A. Swick, ---, ---, Lima ____________ Minutes of the 54th Anniversary of the Livingston Baptist Associaton held with the Baptist Church at York, Wednesday & Thursday, June 3 & 4, 1885. Livonia, N.Y.: Gazette Rock and Job Printing House. 1885. IN MEMORIUM Name Died Age Place Mrs. Martha Holmes, March 24 1885, 72, Hemlock Lake Mrs. Selina Janes, March 6, 1885, 62, Livonia Station Belinda Norton, ---, ---, Lima Henry M. Utley, ---, ---, Lima Mrs. Elsie Stillson, ---, 73, Mt. Morris Mrs. Cornelia Bennett, Sept. 10, 1884, ---, Portage Mrs. Henry VanSickle, ---, ---, South Livonia George Kennedy, ---, ---, South Livonia Miss Katie Turner, ---, ---, South Livonia Mrs. Cynthia Pomeroy, ---, ---, York ______________ Livingston Baptist Association Fifty-sixth Anniversary, held at Geneseo, N.Y., June 1st & 2nd, 1887. No printer info given. OBITUARY REPORT Name Age Church Date of Death Mrs. E. Watson, 74, Avon, --- Mrs. Sarah Jones, 78, Avon, --- Mrs. B. Goodenough, 74, Avon, --- Mr. J. Fraser, 73, Avon, --- Mrs. E. Whitney, ---, Canaseraga, --- Mr. M. McCollum, ---, Canaseraga, --- Mr. D. Young, ---, Geneseo, January 1887 Dea. W. Turner, 97, Hemlock Lake, March 1, 1887 Mrs. H. Bates, 63, Hemlock Lake, May 3, 1887 Mrs. C. Moses, ---, Lima, October 21, 1886 Mrs. S. Briggs, ---, Lima, February 20, 1887 Mr. M. Snowdon, ---, Lima, ___1887 Mrs. R. Hillman, ---, Livonia Station, November 2, 1886 Mrs. J. Cook, ---, Livonia Station, April 9, 1887 Mrs. C. Burt, ---, Mt. Morris, --- Mrs. L. M. Lake, ---, Mt. Morris, --- Rev. L. Colby, 82, Nunda, October 9, 1886 Mrs. A. Donaldson, 80, Nunda, May 10, 1887 Mrs. M. Hamilton, 86, Nunda, May 27, 1887 Mr. J. VanDusen, 87, Nunda, --- Mrs. S. Eldridge, ---, Nunda, --- Mrs. S. Harvey, ---, South Livonia, --- Mrs. Ann Sharp, ---, South Livonia, --- Mr. J. Goddard, ---, York, --- Mrs. E. Rosenburgh, ---, York, --- ______________ Minutes of the Livingston Baptist Association. Fifty-seventh Anniversary, held at Hunt's N.Y., June 6th and 7th, 1888. Geneseo, N.Y.: Printed at the Office of the Livingston Republican. 1888. IN MEMORIUM Name Date Age Place Mrs. M. E. Fisk, November 8th, 1887, 64, Dansville Mrs. A. Palmer, June 22nd, 1887, 75, Geneseo Rev. P. A. Meade, May 5th, 1888, 52, Geneseo Mr. C. P. Turner, March 1888, 76, Hemlock Lake Mr. W. Green, August 1887, 78, Hemlock Lake Mr. W. S. Clark, August 4th, 1887, 79, Lima Mr. S. F. Chapman, September 13th, 1887, 77, Lima Abbie B. Brown, March 29th, 1888, 57, Lima Mrs. Alice J. Hubbard, June 1st, 1888, 70, Livonia Station Mrs. E. Camp, ---, 78, Mt. Morris Mrs. Bills, ---, 41, Mt. Morris Mrs. Jennie Leggett, ---, 22, Mt. Morris Mr. P. B. Wisner, ---, 68, Mt. Morris Mrs. E. Crevling, June 11th, 1887, 60, Nunda Mrs. Jane Morse, February 15th, 1888, 69, Nunda Miss E. Mills, March 3d, 1888, 66, Nunda Miss Mary Luther, October 25th, 1887, 72, Nunda Dea. S. Hammond, March 11th, 1888, 84, Nunda Mr. J. Beardsley, July 16th, 1887, 53, Portage Mrs. Huldah O. Bennett, November 1st, 1887, 68, Portage Mr. Samuel Doane, March 21st, 1888, 67, Portage Mrs. Margaret Boyd, August 21st, 1887, 76, York Mrs. Maria Randall, February 5th, 1888, 67, York Mrs. Millie Clapp, January 13th, 1888, 28, York ___________ Minutes of Livingston Baptist Association. Sixty-second Anniversary, held at Mt. Morris, N.Y., June 7 & 8, 1893. Lima, N.Y.: Printed at the Office of the Lima Recorder. 1893. IN MEMORIUM Name Died Age Church Abigail Cook, ---, 86, Dansville Mrs. Geo. Harder, ---, ---, Hemlock Lake Alma Sharp, ---, 83, South Livonia Philenda Wilder, ---, ---, South Livonia H. G. Stone, Nov. 27, 1892, ---, Livonia John Serrierson, Aug. 24, 1892, ---, Mt. Morris Dea. James Gorton, Dec. 11, 1892, ---, Mt. Morris Nancy Bills, Nov. 11, 1892, 74, Mt. Morris Dea. Merritt Hitchcox, Oct. 21, 1892, 82, Nunda Mary Angier, Nov. 16, 1892, 73, Nunda S. S. Barker, Jan. 5, 1893, 91, Nunda Amos C. Scott, Feb. 21, 1893, 70, Nunda Wm. Morgan, Aug. 19, 1892, ---, York Lydia Sherwood, Feb. 10, 1893, 87, York Henry Stevens, Jan. 18, 1892, 66, Lima ______________ Minutes of the Sixty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Livingston Baptist Association, held with the Dalton Church, Wednesday and Thursday, June 5, 6, 1895. No printing info. IN MEMORIUM Names Residence Date of Death Age Mrs. Mary Grandy, Nunda, Oct. 26, '94, 50 Mrs. R. A. Miller, Nunda, Jan. 22, '95, 77 Mr. Rufus Robinson, Nunda, Mch. 14, '95, 78 Mrs. Maria W. Mills, Nunda, Mch. 31, '95, 86 Mrs. Eliza A. Page, Nunda, Apr. 19, '95, 82 Flora Hall, Lima, Feb. 4, '95, 37 Mrs. Ruth Whitman, Geneseo, Sept. '94, --- Joslyn Chapin, South Livonia, ---, --- Grace Kellogg, South Livonia, ---, --- James McCrossen, Livonia Station, Oct. '94, 85 Mrs. Munsen Summers, Livonia Station, Feb. 2, '95, --- Mrs. Adline Prentiss, Livonia Station, May 5, '95, 25 Moulton Lovejoy, Mt. Morris, Dec. '94, --- Sarah Welch, Dansville, June 30, '94, --- Alanson Hall, Dansville, Mch. 10, '95, --- Deacon M. R. Marcell, Dansville, May 2, '95, --- Deacon Marcell was the last constituent member of the church; a noble brother; an excellent counselor and a good deacon. He will be much missed. Some names are not recorded in church letters. ____________ END OF RECORDS ____________ Contributed by Martha Perry Magill, Asst. State Coordinator, NYGenWeb, December 1998