Hamilton Center - News has been received of the death of Mrs. Carrie Congar, over 80, widow of the late Richard Congar. She passed away at the W. C. R. Home at Oxford. Mr. Congar was one of the three surviving members of the Grand Army of Syracuse. He was 15 years old when he enlisted in the Civil War. He served in 31 battles and lived to be 92 years old. He was one of seven veterans of the Civil War living in Onondaga County, all that was left of 12,500 men. He was a cousin to the Hamilton Center Dunhams and his grandfather was one of the first pioneer settlers in the town of Hamilton. Mrs. Congar's first husband was Adelbert Cady who was a fireman on the O. & W. R. R. was killed in a head-on collision at Smyrna in 1891. She met her second husband on a hop-picking stay at Hamilton Center, in the days when all farmers had a hop-yard and imported their pickers from nearby cities.
The Brookfield Courier (Brookfield, NY)
Nov. 7, 1946, Page Eight
The Brookfield Courier (Brookfield, NY)
Nov. 7, 1946, Page Eight
Hamilton Center - News has been received of the death of Mrs. Carrie Congar, over 80, widow of the late Richard Congar. She passed away at the W. C. R. Home at Oxford. Mr. Congar was one of the three surviving members of the Grand Army of Syracuse. He was 15 years old when he enlisted in the Civil War. He served in 31 battles and lived to be 92 years old. He was one of seven veterans of the Civil War living in Onondaga County, all that was left of 12,500 men. He was a cousin to the Hamilton Center Dunhams and his grandfather was one of the first pioneer settlers in the town of Hamilton. Mrs. Congar's first husband was Adelbert Cady who was a fireman on the O. & W. R. R. was killed in a head-on collision at Smyrna in 1891. She met her second husband on a hop-picking stay at Hamilton Center, in the days when all farmers had a hop-yard and imported their pickers from nearby cities.
The Brookfield Courier (Brookfield, NY)
Nov. 7, 1946, Page Eight
The Brookfield Courier (Brookfield, NY)
Nov. 7, 1946, Page Eight
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