Friday morning Mrs. James Bennett rose at her usual hour in apparently as good health as usual and began the preparation of the morning meal. About five o'clock Mr. Bennett went to a neighbors for water and Mrs. Bennett went to the cistern at their own home for a pail of soft water and while drawing the water she was stricken with apoplexy and fell into the cistern, a corpse.
Shortly afterward Mr. Bennett returned with his pail of water and missed his wife. He called her and received no answer and went to the cistern and discovered her lifeless body in the water. He jumped down into the cistern which contained only about four feet of water and held her up and called for help. When she was taken from the well, life was extinct there being no signs of life about her. Medical aid was summoned and the physician pronounced the cause of her death apoplexy.
Mary Ann Pinkstone was born in Barnstable England May 16th, 1854. In early life she came to Utica, NY where she grew to womanhood and by her christian character drew to her many friends. She was married to James Bennett March 28, 1874 and was the mother of seven children, two having died in infancy.
She became a member of the Episcopal Church at Tiffin, Ohio in 1889. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, three daughters and two sons. Also two sisters, one living in South Bend, Ind., Mrs. John Winters; the other Mrs. Grace Rees, Utica, NY. Six brothers living in Utica, NY.
The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Belknap of Farmington Officiating and the remains were followed to their last resting place in Bonaparte cemetery by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Shortly afterward Mr. Bennett returned with his pail of water and missed his wife. He called her and received no answer and went to the cistern and discovered her lifeless body in the water. He jumped down into the cistern which contained only about four feet of water and held her up and called for help. When she was taken from the well, life was extinct there being no signs of life about her. Medical aid was summoned and the physician pronounced the cause of her death apoplexy.
Mary Ann Pinkstone was born in Barnstable England May 16th, 1854. In early life she came to Utica, NY where she grew to womanhood and by her christian character drew to her many friends. She was married to James Bennett March 28, 1874 and was the mother of seven children, two having died in infancy.
She became a member of the Episcopal Church at Tiffin, Ohio in 1889. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, three daughters and two sons. Also two sisters, one living in South Bend, Ind., Mrs. John Winters; the other Mrs. Grace Rees, Utica, NY. Six brothers living in Utica, NY.
The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Belknap of Farmington Officiating and the remains were followed to their last resting place in Bonaparte cemetery by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Friday morning Mrs. James Bennett rose at her usual hour in apparently as good health as usual and began the preparation of the morning meal. About five o'clock Mr. Bennett went to a neighbors for water and Mrs. Bennett went to the cistern at their own home for a pail of soft water and while drawing the water she was stricken with apoplexy and fell into the cistern, a corpse.
Shortly afterward Mr. Bennett returned with his pail of water and missed his wife. He called her and received no answer and went to the cistern and discovered her lifeless body in the water. He jumped down into the cistern which contained only about four feet of water and held her up and called for help. When she was taken from the well, life was extinct there being no signs of life about her. Medical aid was summoned and the physician pronounced the cause of her death apoplexy.
Mary Ann Pinkstone was born in Barnstable England May 16th, 1854. In early life she came to Utica, NY where she grew to womanhood and by her christian character drew to her many friends. She was married to James Bennett March 28, 1874 and was the mother of seven children, two having died in infancy.
She became a member of the Episcopal Church at Tiffin, Ohio in 1889. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, three daughters and two sons. Also two sisters, one living in South Bend, Ind., Mrs. John Winters; the other Mrs. Grace Rees, Utica, NY. Six brothers living in Utica, NY.
The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Belknap of Farmington Officiating and the remains were followed to their last resting place in Bonaparte cemetery by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Shortly afterward Mr. Bennett returned with his pail of water and missed his wife. He called her and received no answer and went to the cistern and discovered her lifeless body in the water. He jumped down into the cistern which contained only about four feet of water and held her up and called for help. When she was taken from the well, life was extinct there being no signs of life about her. Medical aid was summoned and the physician pronounced the cause of her death apoplexy.
Mary Ann Pinkstone was born in Barnstable England May 16th, 1854. In early life she came to Utica, NY where she grew to womanhood and by her christian character drew to her many friends. She was married to James Bennett March 28, 1874 and was the mother of seven children, two having died in infancy.
She became a member of the Episcopal Church at Tiffin, Ohio in 1889. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, three daughters and two sons. Also two sisters, one living in South Bend, Ind., Mrs. John Winters; the other Mrs. Grace Rees, Utica, NY. Six brothers living in Utica, NY.
The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Belknap of Farmington Officiating and the remains were followed to their last resting place in Bonaparte cemetery by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
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Marker says she was born in 1852. Obit says 1854
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