"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Feb. 5, 1948, p 3.
Mary Frances Whitford died at her home in Nile, N. Y. at 2 p.m. Saturday. The daughter of the Rev. James and Rachel was born January 27, 1850. She was married January 1, 1873 to John Byron Whitford, of Berlin, N. Y., who died March 20, 1901.
Surviving are five of six children, all of whom are members of the teaching profession: B. Frank, Stamford, Conn.; J. Fred, Milton; Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y.; William G., Chicago; and Frances E., Cleveland.
For many years after the death of Mr. Whitford she carried on his business of Postmaster and merchant in Nile; during that time she also contributed original poems to newspapers and magazines. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Seventh Day Baptist church in Nile, with interment in the cemetery at Alfred, N. Y.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 144, No 8, p 131, Feb. 23, 1948.
Mary Summerbell Whitford, daughter of James and Rachel Summerbell, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., January 27, 1850. and died at her home in Nile, N. Y., Sabbath afternoon, January 31, 1948, just four days following her ninety-eighth birthday anniversary.
She was the widow of John Byron Whitford, who passed from this life March 19, 1901. They came to reside in Nile in 1881, where Mr. Whitford conducted a mercantile business and was postmaster. Mrs. Whitford succeeded him both in the post office and store. She had unusual literary talent, and contributed poems to newspapers and magazines. She wrote a pageant celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nile, which was produced with good effect at an association meeting held at Nile in 1924. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Church.
The oldest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitford died when a small boy. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Fannie E. Whitford, Cleveland, Ohio, and four sons, B. Frank, Stamford, Conn., J. Fred, Milton, Wis., Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y., and William G., Chicago, Ill., also nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren,
Services were held at the home in Nile, and at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she had been a loyal and active member for many years. Services were conducted by Rev. Ralph H. Coon, her pastor, and Dean Ahva J. C, Bond, former pastor. Interment in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
A. J. C. B.
Mary Frances Whitford died at her home in Nile, N. Y. at 2 p.m. Saturday. The daughter of the Rev. James and Rachel was born January 27, 1850. She was married January 1, 1873 to John Byron Whitford, of Berlin, N. Y., who died March 20, 1901.
Surviving are five of six children, all of whom are members of the teaching profession: B. Frank, Stamford, Conn.; J. Fred, Milton; Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y.; William G., Chicago; and Frances E., Cleveland.
For many years after the death of Mr. Whitford she carried on his business of Postmaster and merchant in Nile; during that time she also contributed original poems to newspapers and magazines. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Seventh Day Baptist church in Nile, with interment in the cemetery at Alfred, N. Y.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 144, No 8, p 131, Feb. 23, 1948.
Mary Summerbell Whitford, daughter of James and Rachel Summerbell, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., January 27, 1850. and died at her home in Nile, N. Y., Sabbath afternoon, January 31, 1948, just four days following her ninety-eighth birthday anniversary.
She was the widow of John Byron Whitford, who passed from this life March 19, 1901. They came to reside in Nile in 1881, where Mr. Whitford conducted a mercantile business and was postmaster. Mrs. Whitford succeeded him both in the post office and store. She had unusual literary talent, and contributed poems to newspapers and magazines. She wrote a pageant celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nile, which was produced with good effect at an association meeting held at Nile in 1924. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Church.
The oldest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitford died when a small boy. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Fannie E. Whitford, Cleveland, Ohio, and four sons, B. Frank, Stamford, Conn., J. Fred, Milton, Wis., Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y., and William G., Chicago, Ill., also nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren,
Services were held at the home in Nile, and at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she had been a loyal and active member for many years. Services were conducted by Rev. Ralph H. Coon, her pastor, and Dean Ahva J. C, Bond, former pastor. Interment in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
A. J. C. B.
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Feb. 5, 1948, p 3.
Mary Frances Whitford died at her home in Nile, N. Y. at 2 p.m. Saturday. The daughter of the Rev. James and Rachel was born January 27, 1850. She was married January 1, 1873 to John Byron Whitford, of Berlin, N. Y., who died March 20, 1901.
Surviving are five of six children, all of whom are members of the teaching profession: B. Frank, Stamford, Conn.; J. Fred, Milton; Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y.; William G., Chicago; and Frances E., Cleveland.
For many years after the death of Mr. Whitford she carried on his business of Postmaster and merchant in Nile; during that time she also contributed original poems to newspapers and magazines. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Seventh Day Baptist church in Nile, with interment in the cemetery at Alfred, N. Y.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 144, No 8, p 131, Feb. 23, 1948.
Mary Summerbell Whitford, daughter of James and Rachel Summerbell, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., January 27, 1850. and died at her home in Nile, N. Y., Sabbath afternoon, January 31, 1948, just four days following her ninety-eighth birthday anniversary.
She was the widow of John Byron Whitford, who passed from this life March 19, 1901. They came to reside in Nile in 1881, where Mr. Whitford conducted a mercantile business and was postmaster. Mrs. Whitford succeeded him both in the post office and store. She had unusual literary talent, and contributed poems to newspapers and magazines. She wrote a pageant celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nile, which was produced with good effect at an association meeting held at Nile in 1924. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Church.
The oldest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitford died when a small boy. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Fannie E. Whitford, Cleveland, Ohio, and four sons, B. Frank, Stamford, Conn., J. Fred, Milton, Wis., Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y., and William G., Chicago, Ill., also nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren,
Services were held at the home in Nile, and at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she had been a loyal and active member for many years. Services were conducted by Rev. Ralph H. Coon, her pastor, and Dean Ahva J. C, Bond, former pastor. Interment in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
A. J. C. B.
Mary Frances Whitford died at her home in Nile, N. Y. at 2 p.m. Saturday. The daughter of the Rev. James and Rachel was born January 27, 1850. She was married January 1, 1873 to John Byron Whitford, of Berlin, N. Y., who died March 20, 1901.
Surviving are five of six children, all of whom are members of the teaching profession: B. Frank, Stamford, Conn.; J. Fred, Milton; Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y.; William G., Chicago; and Frances E., Cleveland.
For many years after the death of Mr. Whitford she carried on his business of Postmaster and merchant in Nile; during that time she also contributed original poems to newspapers and magazines. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Seventh Day Baptist church in Nile, with interment in the cemetery at Alfred, N. Y.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 144, No 8, p 131, Feb. 23, 1948.
Mary Summerbell Whitford, daughter of James and Rachel Summerbell, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., January 27, 1850. and died at her home in Nile, N. Y., Sabbath afternoon, January 31, 1948, just four days following her ninety-eighth birthday anniversary.
She was the widow of John Byron Whitford, who passed from this life March 19, 1901. They came to reside in Nile in 1881, where Mr. Whitford conducted a mercantile business and was postmaster. Mrs. Whitford succeeded him both in the post office and store. She had unusual literary talent, and contributed poems to newspapers and magazines. She wrote a pageant celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nile, which was produced with good effect at an association meeting held at Nile in 1924. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Church.
The oldest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitford died when a small boy. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Fannie E. Whitford, Cleveland, Ohio, and four sons, B. Frank, Stamford, Conn., J. Fred, Milton, Wis., Ferris S., Little Genesee, N. Y., and William G., Chicago, Ill., also nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren,
Services were held at the home in Nile, and at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she had been a loyal and active member for many years. Services were conducted by Rev. Ralph H. Coon, her pastor, and Dean Ahva J. C, Bond, former pastor. Interment in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
A. J. C. B.
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