DEATH OF CENTENARIAN
Mother of Mrs. L.R. Hopkins Brought
to Cortland For Burial
The remains of Mrs. Mary Pheley, aged 100 years, mother of Mrs. Leroy Hopkins of 81 Tompkins-st., who died at Ovid yesterday morning, were brought to this city today and the funeral will be held from the home of her daughter on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and burial in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mrs. Pheley was born in County Cork, Ireland, and in 1837 she came to this country. Her trip across the ocean consumed several weeks and was made in a sailing vessel. Shortly after her arrival in America, she was married to Jean Baptiste Fumade, a Frenchman, and the two immediately went to Minnesota and opened a store, where their trade consisted of dealing largely with the Indians. Through her dealing with the Indians, Mrs. Pheley became proficient in the use of the Chippewa language, and she could speak both the Gaelic and French languages fluently. Later the couple came to the state of New York, where Mr. Fumade died a little later. At the age of 75 years, the widow married Thomas Pheley, who died two years later.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Hopkins of Cortland, Mrs. E. Zengler of Columbus, O., and Miss Harriet Furmade; also one son, Robert Elwood Furmade, of Detroit, Mich.
-Cortland Standard, Saturday Evening, April 1, 1916, pg. 6
Mother of Mrs. L.R. Hopkins Brought
to Cortland For Burial
The remains of Mrs. Mary Pheley, aged 100 years, mother of Mrs. Leroy Hopkins of 81 Tompkins-st., who died at Ovid yesterday morning, were brought to this city today and the funeral will be held from the home of her daughter on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and burial in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mrs. Pheley was born in County Cork, Ireland, and in 1837 she came to this country. Her trip across the ocean consumed several weeks and was made in a sailing vessel. Shortly after her arrival in America, she was married to Jean Baptiste Fumade, a Frenchman, and the two immediately went to Minnesota and opened a store, where their trade consisted of dealing largely with the Indians. Through her dealing with the Indians, Mrs. Pheley became proficient in the use of the Chippewa language, and she could speak both the Gaelic and French languages fluently. Later the couple came to the state of New York, where Mr. Fumade died a little later. At the age of 75 years, the widow married Thomas Pheley, who died two years later.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Hopkins of Cortland, Mrs. E. Zengler of Columbus, O., and Miss Harriet Furmade; also one son, Robert Elwood Furmade, of Detroit, Mich.
-Cortland Standard, Saturday Evening, April 1, 1916, pg. 6
DEATH OF CENTENARIAN
Mother of Mrs. L.R. Hopkins Brought
to Cortland For Burial
The remains of Mrs. Mary Pheley, aged 100 years, mother of Mrs. Leroy Hopkins of 81 Tompkins-st., who died at Ovid yesterday morning, were brought to this city today and the funeral will be held from the home of her daughter on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and burial in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mrs. Pheley was born in County Cork, Ireland, and in 1837 she came to this country. Her trip across the ocean consumed several weeks and was made in a sailing vessel. Shortly after her arrival in America, she was married to Jean Baptiste Fumade, a Frenchman, and the two immediately went to Minnesota and opened a store, where their trade consisted of dealing largely with the Indians. Through her dealing with the Indians, Mrs. Pheley became proficient in the use of the Chippewa language, and she could speak both the Gaelic and French languages fluently. Later the couple came to the state of New York, where Mr. Fumade died a little later. At the age of 75 years, the widow married Thomas Pheley, who died two years later.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Hopkins of Cortland, Mrs. E. Zengler of Columbus, O., and Miss Harriet Furmade; also one son, Robert Elwood Furmade, of Detroit, Mich.
-Cortland Standard, Saturday Evening, April 1, 1916, pg. 6
Mother of Mrs. L.R. Hopkins Brought
to Cortland For Burial
The remains of Mrs. Mary Pheley, aged 100 years, mother of Mrs. Leroy Hopkins of 81 Tompkins-st., who died at Ovid yesterday morning, were brought to this city today and the funeral will be held from the home of her daughter on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and burial in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mrs. Pheley was born in County Cork, Ireland, and in 1837 she came to this country. Her trip across the ocean consumed several weeks and was made in a sailing vessel. Shortly after her arrival in America, she was married to Jean Baptiste Fumade, a Frenchman, and the two immediately went to Minnesota and opened a store, where their trade consisted of dealing largely with the Indians. Through her dealing with the Indians, Mrs. Pheley became proficient in the use of the Chippewa language, and she could speak both the Gaelic and French languages fluently. Later the couple came to the state of New York, where Mr. Fumade died a little later. At the age of 75 years, the widow married Thomas Pheley, who died two years later.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Hopkins of Cortland, Mrs. E. Zengler of Columbus, O., and Miss Harriet Furmade; also one son, Robert Elwood Furmade, of Detroit, Mich.
-Cortland Standard, Saturday Evening, April 1, 1916, pg. 6
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