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Isaac Russell Elwood

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Isaac Russell Elwood

Birth
Springfield, Otsego County, New York, USA
Death
27 Feb 1863 (aged 62–63)
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section V Lot 26 East
Memorial ID
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He is buried next to his wife, Elizabeth Handy Gold Elwood. His children: Frank Worcester, Agnes Russell, and Elizabeth Handy Elwood.
He was treasurer and one of the first stock holders of the Wester Union Telegraph Company....Ellwood Genealogy in "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, January 1922, page 7".
He married Elizabeth on Jun 14, 1849 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

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From the Cleveland Daily Leader dated 2 Mar 1863
Died Rochester, Feb 28.
Isaac R. Elwood, an old and esteemed citizen and Secretary and Treasurer of the Western Union Telegraph Company from the date of its organization, died last night. He was run over by a runaway team while in his own sleigh, some days since and the injuries then received have proved fatal.
...contributed by Find A Grave contributor Phyllis, 2/3/2015.
He is buried next to his wife, Elizabeth Handy Gold Elwood. His children: Frank Worcester, Agnes Russell, and Elizabeth Handy Elwood.
He was treasurer and one of the first stock holders of the Wester Union Telegraph Company....Ellwood Genealogy in "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, January 1922, page 7".
He married Elizabeth on Jun 14, 1849 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

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From the Cleveland Daily Leader dated 2 Mar 1863
Died Rochester, Feb 28.
Isaac R. Elwood, an old and esteemed citizen and Secretary and Treasurer of the Western Union Telegraph Company from the date of its organization, died last night. He was run over by a runaway team while in his own sleigh, some days since and the injuries then received have proved fatal.
...contributed by Find A Grave contributor Phyllis, 2/3/2015.


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