The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, NY, Saturday, August 4, 1917:
The people in the vicinity of Gurn Spring were brought to a full realization of the sadness of the war when they learned that a former Gurn Spring boy, Tracy Ross, had given his life for the sake of the flag.
Nearly four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross with their son, Tracy, and their daughter, Edna, moved from Gurn Spring to Pike, new Hampshire. Tracy was then a lad of fourteen, very popular with his schoolmates and well liked by all who knew him. Early this spring when his country called for volunteers, Tracy was one of the first to respond to that call. After his enlistment he was sent to a southern training camp. While there he contracted the measles. These were followed by other diseases which eventually caused his death.
His body was sent to Saratoga, where an undertaker took charge of the remains.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were held at the Gurn Spring M. E. church, of which Tracy was a member. Burial was made in the Gurn Spring cemetery. The Rev. H. M. Hall officiated at these services. The bearers were Eugene Ellison, Walter Diamond, Lyndes Emerson, Warren Howe, Lawton Emerson and George Baker, Jr.
Tracy's life though short was well lived and he will be remembered by his friends as one who had chosen the better way and walked therein, and also by the fact that his love for his country and its flag was so great that he gladly gave his young life fro them when danger threatened them.
A friend whom we loved his given
His life for his country's sake;
On, Father, look down in mercy
On the sacrifice that he made,
Bless his parents, his sister and his friends,
Till they meet him once again,
In a brighter, better country,
Where are banished grief and pain.
The people in the vicinity of Gurn Spring were brought to a full realization of the sadness of the war when they learned that a former Gurn Spring boy, Tracy Ross, had given his life for the sake of the flag.
Nearly four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross with their son, Tracy, and their daughter, Edna, moved from Gurn Spring to Pike, new Hampshire. Tracy was then a lad of fourteen, very popular with his schoolmates and well liked by all who knew him. Early this spring when his country called for volunteers, Tracy was one of the first to respond to that call. After his enlistment he was sent to a southern training camp. While there he contracted the measles. These were followed by other diseases which eventually caused his death.
His body was sent to Saratoga, where an undertaker took charge of the remains.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were held at the Gurn Spring M. E. church, of which Tracy was a member. Burial was made in the Gurn Spring cemetery. The Rev. H. M. Hall officiated at these services. The bearers were Eugene Ellison, Walter Diamond, Lyndes Emerson, Warren Howe, Lawton Emerson and George Baker, Jr.
Tracy's life though short was well lived and he will be remembered by his friends as one who had chosen the better way and walked therein, and also by the fact that his love for his country and its flag was so great that he gladly gave his young life fro them when danger threatened them.
A friend whom we loved his given
His life for his country's sake;
On, Father, look down in mercy
On the sacrifice that he made,
Bless his parents, his sister and his friends,
Till they meet him once again,
In a brighter, better country,
Where are banished grief and pain.
The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, NY, Saturday, August 4, 1917:
The people in the vicinity of Gurn Spring were brought to a full realization of the sadness of the war when they learned that a former Gurn Spring boy, Tracy Ross, had given his life for the sake of the flag.
Nearly four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross with their son, Tracy, and their daughter, Edna, moved from Gurn Spring to Pike, new Hampshire. Tracy was then a lad of fourteen, very popular with his schoolmates and well liked by all who knew him. Early this spring when his country called for volunteers, Tracy was one of the first to respond to that call. After his enlistment he was sent to a southern training camp. While there he contracted the measles. These were followed by other diseases which eventually caused his death.
His body was sent to Saratoga, where an undertaker took charge of the remains.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were held at the Gurn Spring M. E. church, of which Tracy was a member. Burial was made in the Gurn Spring cemetery. The Rev. H. M. Hall officiated at these services. The bearers were Eugene Ellison, Walter Diamond, Lyndes Emerson, Warren Howe, Lawton Emerson and George Baker, Jr.
Tracy's life though short was well lived and he will be remembered by his friends as one who had chosen the better way and walked therein, and also by the fact that his love for his country and its flag was so great that he gladly gave his young life fro them when danger threatened them.
A friend whom we loved his given
His life for his country's sake;
On, Father, look down in mercy
On the sacrifice that he made,
Bless his parents, his sister and his friends,
Till they meet him once again,
In a brighter, better country,
Where are banished grief and pain.
The people in the vicinity of Gurn Spring were brought to a full realization of the sadness of the war when they learned that a former Gurn Spring boy, Tracy Ross, had given his life for the sake of the flag.
Nearly four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross with their son, Tracy, and their daughter, Edna, moved from Gurn Spring to Pike, new Hampshire. Tracy was then a lad of fourteen, very popular with his schoolmates and well liked by all who knew him. Early this spring when his country called for volunteers, Tracy was one of the first to respond to that call. After his enlistment he was sent to a southern training camp. While there he contracted the measles. These were followed by other diseases which eventually caused his death.
His body was sent to Saratoga, where an undertaker took charge of the remains.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were held at the Gurn Spring M. E. church, of which Tracy was a member. Burial was made in the Gurn Spring cemetery. The Rev. H. M. Hall officiated at these services. The bearers were Eugene Ellison, Walter Diamond, Lyndes Emerson, Warren Howe, Lawton Emerson and George Baker, Jr.
Tracy's life though short was well lived and he will be remembered by his friends as one who had chosen the better way and walked therein, and also by the fact that his love for his country and its flag was so great that he gladly gave his young life fro them when danger threatened them.
A friend whom we loved his given
His life for his country's sake;
On, Father, look down in mercy
On the sacrifice that he made,
Bless his parents, his sister and his friends,
Till they meet him once again,
In a brighter, better country,
Where are banished grief and pain.
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