The Utica Observer Dispatch,
Sunday, December 5, 1926
Mrs. Sarah Knight Claimed by Death at Rome Residence
Rome, Dec 4 – Mrs. Sarah Caroline Knight, widow of J. Millard Brainerd, died this morn, at her home, 510 Elm Street, having been out of health six years. She was born at Stanwix, Jan. 23, 1854, daughter of the late Joseph Huntington and Juliette Butts Knight. The family came into the city when she was a young girl. October 1, 1874, she married Mr. Brainerd, who died last April. Four daughters survive, Mr. William R. Olney, Rochester, Mrs. G. Fred Caswell, Mrs. Louis Gleasmann and Miss Mabel Brainerd of Rome, and there are also eight grandchildren. When a young girl, Mrs. Brainerd attended the Fort Stanwix Seminary, conducted by the Misses Whittemore. Her great-grand-father Gideon Butts, came to this section from Canterbury, Conn, in 1803, and located on Canterbury Hill, north of Rome, naming that place after his former home in Connecticut. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Brainerd was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the church Missionary Society, also a life member of the Rome Hospital.
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Sunday, December 5, 1926
Mrs. Sarah Knight Claimed by Death at Rome Residence
Rome, Dec 4 – Mrs. Sarah Caroline Knight, widow of J. Millard Brainerd, died this morn, at her home, 510 Elm Street, having been out of health six years. She was born at Stanwix, Jan. 23, 1854, daughter of the late Joseph Huntington and Juliette Butts Knight. The family came into the city when she was a young girl. October 1, 1874, she married Mr. Brainerd, who died last April. Four daughters survive, Mr. William R. Olney, Rochester, Mrs. G. Fred Caswell, Mrs. Louis Gleasmann and Miss Mabel Brainerd of Rome, and there are also eight grandchildren. When a young girl, Mrs. Brainerd attended the Fort Stanwix Seminary, conducted by the Misses Whittemore. Her great-grand-father Gideon Butts, came to this section from Canterbury, Conn, in 1803, and located on Canterbury Hill, north of Rome, naming that place after his former home in Connecticut. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Brainerd was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the church Missionary Society, also a life member of the Rome Hospital.
note: Additional information contributed by Find A Grave Member williamknight57
The Utica Observer Dispatch,
Sunday, December 5, 1926
Mrs. Sarah Knight Claimed by Death at Rome Residence
Rome, Dec 4 – Mrs. Sarah Caroline Knight, widow of J. Millard Brainerd, died this morn, at her home, 510 Elm Street, having been out of health six years. She was born at Stanwix, Jan. 23, 1854, daughter of the late Joseph Huntington and Juliette Butts Knight. The family came into the city when she was a young girl. October 1, 1874, she married Mr. Brainerd, who died last April. Four daughters survive, Mr. William R. Olney, Rochester, Mrs. G. Fred Caswell, Mrs. Louis Gleasmann and Miss Mabel Brainerd of Rome, and there are also eight grandchildren. When a young girl, Mrs. Brainerd attended the Fort Stanwix Seminary, conducted by the Misses Whittemore. Her great-grand-father Gideon Butts, came to this section from Canterbury, Conn, in 1803, and located on Canterbury Hill, north of Rome, naming that place after his former home in Connecticut. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Brainerd was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the church Missionary Society, also a life member of the Rome Hospital.
note: Additional information contributed by Find A Grave Member williamknight57
Sunday, December 5, 1926
Mrs. Sarah Knight Claimed by Death at Rome Residence
Rome, Dec 4 – Mrs. Sarah Caroline Knight, widow of J. Millard Brainerd, died this morn, at her home, 510 Elm Street, having been out of health six years. She was born at Stanwix, Jan. 23, 1854, daughter of the late Joseph Huntington and Juliette Butts Knight. The family came into the city when she was a young girl. October 1, 1874, she married Mr. Brainerd, who died last April. Four daughters survive, Mr. William R. Olney, Rochester, Mrs. G. Fred Caswell, Mrs. Louis Gleasmann and Miss Mabel Brainerd of Rome, and there are also eight grandchildren. When a young girl, Mrs. Brainerd attended the Fort Stanwix Seminary, conducted by the Misses Whittemore. Her great-grand-father Gideon Butts, came to this section from Canterbury, Conn, in 1803, and located on Canterbury Hill, north of Rome, naming that place after his former home in Connecticut. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Brainerd was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the church Missionary Society, also a life member of the Rome Hospital.
note: Additional information contributed by Find A Grave Member williamknight57
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