1918 obit  Seraph P. (WHITAKER)  MATHER
Date:	98-04-20 12:57:58 EDT
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)

from the Brattleboro Reformer
                    Brattleboro, Windham County,VT
                              1918

                        WEST BRATTLEBORO
                        MRS. COTTON MATHER
        Death Follows Few Days' Illness with Double Pneumonia

        Mrs. Cotton Mather, 78, died yesterday shortly after noon in her home
in this village after an illness of only a few days, with double
pneumonia.  She was born in Westminster, Oct. 22, 1839, and was one of
eight children of Whitney and Fanny (Smith) Whitaker and was the last
survivor of her father's family.  Her maiden was Seraph P. Whitaker.
Her mother's father, Major Ephriam Smith, was a Revolutionary soldier
who assisted in guarding Major John Andre after the latter was captured.
Mrs. Mather lived in Newfane when she was a child, and the family moved
from there to Wilmington.  When she was 17 years old she went to
Marlboro to live and it was there that she met Mr. Mather.  They were
married in West Brattleboro June 1, 1858, by Rev. Joseph Chandler.  Mr.
Mather, who was a farmer and stone mason, died in December, 1912.  Four
years before his death, in 1908 Mr. anmd Mrs. Mather celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.

        Mrs. Mather leaves three daughters and one son.  They are Miss Seraph
Annette Mather, and Helen A. wife of W.E. Chase, both of West
Brattleboro, Mrs. Harriet F. Newcomb of Brattleboro and George E. Mather
of East Orange, N.J.  A son, Myron I. Mather, died last July.  Several
grandchildren also survive.  She had been a member of the First
Congregational church many years and was interested in all its
activities.

        The funeral will be held in the First Congregational church tomorrow at
3 o'clock, Rev. H.H. Shaw of Marlboro officiating.  The burial will take
place in the West Brattleboro cemetery.
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(c)1998, Terry Perham
Courtesy of
Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
tess@sover.net

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