LORD OBITUARY, YATES CO., NY Copyright (c) 1999 by Bonnie Bunce (bmbunce@juno.com). ************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************ Copy of obituary for George P. Lord published in July, 1917 in newspaper in Dundee, New York, obtained from the Dundee Area Historical Society HON. GEORGE P. LORD DEAD PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND PROMINENT CITIZEN Was School Commissioner from 1860 to 1865 -- Member of Assembly from Yates County in 1871 and 1872 -- State Senator from 1880 to 1883 -- Held Many Other Public Offices. ------------------------- Hon. George P. Lord, one of the best known and most prominent men in this section of the state, died at his home on Seneca street in this village, late Wednesday afternoon, July 11, following an illness resulting from a stroke of paralysis which he suffered recently. Mr. Lord was born in the town of Barrington, July 25, 1831, the son of Benjamin M. Lord and Elizabeth Fleming. He was a graduate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, and of Hobart College in the class of 1856. He later spent three years in Minnesota where he followed the occupation of a surveyor and taught school. In 1859 he returned to Dundee where he was married to Miss Elizabeth [sic] Bunce who died 19 years ago. In 1860 Mr. Lord was nominated and elected by the Republican party as school commissioner of Yates county, which position he held for six years. In 1871 and 1872 he was a Member of Assembly from Yates county. He was acting chairman of the committee on public education and assisted in securing the appropriation of $125,000 for academies and high schools. From 1880 to 1883 he was state senator from the former 28th Senatorial district. Later he was a member of the State Tax Commission. In 1896 he served as state civil service commissioner. Mr. Lord was made president of the Dundee state bank in 1892 which he had helped to organize and of which he was a director. He continued in the capacity of president for several years. Mr. Lord assisted in organizing the Dundee Preparatory School of which he was made president of the board of trustees. He was a member of the Board of Education of the Dundee High School at the time of his death. In 1878 Mr. Lord formed a partnership with Mr. William C. Sworts, dealing in grain, produce and coal, for 10 years. In 1910 he was delegate to the Republican State Convention. Senator Lord, as familiarly known in Yates county and throughout the entire state, was a man of unflinching courage, courtly and agreeable in manners, loyal to his friends, a recognized leader of in politics for a period of more than fifty years, and a business man of rare judgment and experience. As a memorial to his wife, Mr. Lord erected Grace Memorial Episcopal church in this village. The funeral was held at the house, Saturday afternoon, and burial was made in Hillside cemetery. Archdeacon W. L. Davis, of Rochester, a former rector of the Grace Memorial church, was the officiating clergyman and was assisted by Rev. Frank Bissell, of New York city, and Rev. William McCoy, of Rochester. Both of these clergymen were former rectors of Grace Memorial. Among those who came from a distance to pay their last tribute were: Senator Carson, of Rushville; former Senator Wilson, of Hall; Assemblyman Fullagar, Judge Gilbert Baker, former Judge Knox, and William S. Cornwell, of Penn Yan, Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Rowland L. Davis, Sheriff L. Eades, and Hon. Charles F. Brown, of Cortland. [Note: As of July, 1996, the Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, a Tudor-styled one-story building, was still in use as the Town Hall for Starkey, Yates Co., New York. Behind it is a cemetery known as the Old Baptist cemetery where several members of the Kress family are buried as well as members of other families.] =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Copy of obituary for Eliza Ann (Bunce) Lord, published July, 1878 in Dundee, New York, obtained from Dundee Area Historical Society. Obituary. ---------- LORD. Eliza B. Lord, wife of our townsman, Geo. P. Lord, died at her home Tuesday afternoon, July 12th, 1898. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. A. Frederick, were held from her late residence on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lord was the daughter and only remaining child of the late Loomis and Mary Holmes Bunce, an only brother Melvin N. Bunce, having lost his life on the battle-field of Gettysburg. Mrs. Lord was born in Pleasant Valley, Steuben county, January 3d, 1838. She received her education at the schools in this vicinity, at Rushford Academy and Lima Seminary. While at school in Rushford she united with the Congregational church in that village. On March 2d, 1859, she was united in marriage to Geo. P. Lord, a friend of her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Lord, since their marriage, except for brief periods, resided in and near Dundee. Mrs. Lord spent six winters with her husband in Albany, and during that period made many acquaintances and formed many lasting friendships with people throughout the State. While domestic in her tastes and loving her home, she was fond of travel, and accompanied by her husband, had traversed nearly every State in the Union. She loved the ocean, and had visited many of the sea-coast resorts from New Brunswick to Florida. Mrs. Lord's early training in industry and economy was never forgotten and evidences of her handiwork and domestic taste were everywhere shown in her home. She was charitable without ostentation, and happiest when dispensing favors known only to the recipients. On February 27th, 1897, Mrs. Lord was stricken with paralysis, from which she never rallied, and from that date was helpless and a constant sufferer. All that her physician and tenderest nursing could do was of no avail. She bore her sufferings with fortitude, and though anxious to live,--as she had much to live for,--was resigned to that fate which awaits us all. And while to her husband in his loneliness, and to her many friends the ways of Providence seem inscrutable, "We live in hope -- we trust and wait. The stars that glisten through the night, Will faint and fail -- the golden gate Of morning will disclose the light." To the bereaved husband we extend our sincere sympathy,--knowing how in his lonely home he will yearn "For the touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voice that is still." =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Copy of a reprint of obit for Eliza B. Lord that appeared in Palmyra Courier newspaper in July, 1898, from Dundee Area Historical Society. The estimable wife of ex-State Senator George P. Lord, of Dundee, died at her home in that village on Tuesday of this week from a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Lord was well-known in Palmyra, where she had often visited when her husband represented this district in the State Senate, and was a lady greatly admired by a large circle of friends throughout Western New York. The intelligence of her demise will be received with regret everywhere, especially by those who knew her intimately. The Courier extends to the bereaved husband the sympathy of this community in his sad affliction. -- Palmyra Courier. ---------------------------------------