Clipping from Stevens Point Gazette 16 November 1887 Submitted by Rick Campen DIED. OTIS-In this city, Sunday morning, November 13th, 1887, Mrs. Andrae Otis, mother of Mrs. A. B. Redfield, aged 82 years, 5 months and 12 days. Mrs. Andrae Otis was born in the town of Jay, Clinton County, New York, May 25, 1805. In 1837, she and her husband passed through a very trying affliction. While they were at church, their house took fire and four of their children, which had been left at home were burned to death. In 1845, she moved west with her husband and settled in Dane county, in this state, where they remained until '55, when they removed to this county and, took up their residence in the town of Hull. In '73 they removed to Trimbelle, Pierce County where Mr. Otis died in '82, since which time Mrs. Otis has been living with her daughter in that village. She came here last May to spend the balance of her days with her daughter. She was quite feeble at the time, but was able to be about the house a portion of the time until eight weeks ago, since which time she failed quite rapidly until the final summons came. The funeral was held from the residence of A. B. Redfield on the South Side on Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. W. R. Frame, officiating. Her remains were interred in the Episcopal Cemetery. Four children survive her, Mrs. A. B. Redfield of this city, one son living at Winona and a son and daughter at Trimbelle. The deceased had been a member of the Baptist church For sixty years. Stevens Point Weekly Journal 19 November 1887 Death of Mrs. Otis. The above named lady breathed her last at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Redfield, on Sunday morning at a quarter to nine, after an illness of eight weeks, and was buried in the Episcopal cemetery yesterday at 10:30 A. M., Rev. Frame of the Presbyterian church, officiating at the obsequies. Excy Storrs Otis was born at Jay, Clinton Co., N. Y., on the 25th of May, 1805, and was consequently 82 years of age at the time of her demise. She was married at the age of nineteen to Mr. Otis, and remained in the east for some thirty years thereafter, when the family removed to Oregon, Dane county, staying there nine years. They came to this city sometime in 1860 and remained here for sixteen years. About seven years ago, Mr. and, Mrs. Otis removed to Trimbell, Pierce County, Mr. Otis dying there a couple of years afterwards. Soon after the death of her husband, Mrs. Otis took up her residence with her daughter in this city. Besides a number of grandchildren and other relatives, two sons and two daughters are left to mourn the loss of a mother, one son living in Winona, a son and daughter at Trimbell, and Mrs. Redfield is this city. The deceased lady had been a member of the Baptist' church for over sixty years. Her death was no doubt caused by her advanced age. Stevens Point Gazette 16 November 1887 (c) 2004 All Rights Reserved - Rick Campen ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rick Campen ==========================================================================