MARY JANE SWORTS OBITUARY, YATES CO., NY

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One of the Oldest Women in Yates Co.
Death Comes to Mrs. Wil- C. Sworts, of Dundee

Mrs. William C. Sworts, of Dundee
      Dundee, Oct. 7. -- Mrs. William C. Sworts, one of the oldest women in this vicinity, and
the wife of a prominent and wealthy farmer and president of the Dundee State Bank, died in her
farm home about two miles north of this village  at 9 o'clock last night.  Her death had been
expected since about a week ago when she was stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Sworts was 85 years
old and until June 28th, of this year, at which time she fell and broke her hip, she had been
as spry and active as most women twenty years younger. She was born in the town of Barrington,
not far from this village, February 22, 1829. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Jane Rapalee and
her father was Daniel Rapalee, one of the early settlers of this section and who for many years
conducted an old fashioned tavern on the Bath road in the town of Barrington. She was married
to Mr. Sworts January 20, 1853, they having celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on that
date in 1913.  They were one of the oldest married couples in this vicinity.  Since the time of
their marriage this is the first death to have occurred in their family, it having been the
birthplace of her husband and his only home through life. The farm is the old Sworts homestead
and has been in the possession of the Sworts family since 1807 when Mr. Swort's grandfather
came here from New Jersey. Mrs. Sworts leaves her husband, four children, Miss Ursulla Sworts
who lives with her parents,; Carpenter R. Sworts, of this village; R. Bonner Sworts, cashier of
the Dundee State Bank; and Mervin Sworts who lives in the West, and a brother John I. Rapalee,
of Barrington. The funeral will be held from the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and burial
will be made in Hillside cemetery.

-- Unidentified newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Viola Emma Florance Rose, probably
Dundee Observer, Hand-dated 1914