The Gazette & Farmer's Journal (Baldwinsville, NY), 12 Jan 1893
Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes
Died--In Baldwinsville, Sunday, January 8th, 1893, of old age, Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes, in the ninetieth year of her age.
Mrs. Barnes was a remarkable woman-a notable specimen of the stalwart New England woman of the past generation, whose descendants have infused life, energy and enterprise into every state and territory west of the Eastern States, from New York to the Pacific ocean, covering an empire three thousand miles long and of varied width, from two hundred to a thousand miles. Not a single county in this broad expanse, but has felt the enlivening touch of the Yankee emigrant, or that of his descendants.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of the celebrated Phelps family, of Connecticut and Massachusetts. She was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom (Except three who died in youth or early manhood) were remarkable for unusual longevity. One brother, the Hon. Willis Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., who was a distinguished pioneer railroad builder, a member of the firm Phelps, Mattoon and Barnes, contractors for building the Rome & Watertown railroad in this state, and the Terre Haute & Alton railroad in Illinois, besides several other railroads, lived to reach the age of 78 years. Another brother, Lester Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., died at the age of 85 years. One sister, Mrs. Jane Shumway, well known to our citizens, lived to attain the age of 80 years. Another sister, Mrs. Mary Scoville, of Chicago, Ill., died at the age of 86 years. Another sister, Mrs. Nancy Hendrick, of Massachusetts, reached the age of 82 years. Still another sister, Mrs. Almira Holman, was one of the earliest Methodist missionaries to the Oregon Territory, in the year 1839; she died at the age of 64 years. One brother, the only surviving member of the family, the well known railroad contractor, George W. Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., has reached 71 years of age. There were three golden weddings in the family; and the average age of eight brothers and sisters was nearly 80 years, with one still surviving. Capt. Horace Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Barnes' father, attained the age of 80 years, and her mother lived to be 70 years old.
Mrs. Barnes was an indefatigable worker, of great industry and executive ability, and in the early pioneer days of Onondaga county she shared with her husband, the late Orson Barnes, the hardships and trials of those days, when the highways through dense forests were marked by blazed trees, and the log house of the early settler was surrounded by the first growth of trees of four, five and even up to six feet diameter. She survived her husband over forty years. Mr. Orson Barnes will be remembered by the older residents of Onondaga county, as one of its first County Superintendents of Common Schools, serving in that capacity for several years, 1813 and 1944 with marked success and ability.
Mrs. Barnes was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, members of the Presbyterian church in Baldwinsville, she having joined in the year 1842, her husband becoming a member in the year 1840. If Christianity is defined as the faithful performance of all duties as wife and mother and as a member of society, then she was an exemplary Christian in all relations of life. her tenacity of life was remarkable. Her physicians report that she had been actually dying for a period of more than a year. Although suffering at times the necessary pains of illness, she was bright and pleasant, and ready at repartee and a trial of wits as a girl of twenty-one, or a young freshman from college. She filled her room and home with an atmosphere and presence of genial sunshine and warmth, even at the age of four score years and ten.
Mrs. Barnes had five children; Dr. Orson Barnes, of Paterson, N.J., and Horace Barnes, of Baldwinsville, (both deceased); Hon. William Barnes, of Albany, N.Y.; Lucien Barnes, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Miss Sarah Eliza Barnes, of Baldwinsville. At her death she was the ancestor of forty descendants, there being five children, twenty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Her death will be deeply mourned by many descendants and friends in many states, but when the lamp of life had burned so long and so brightly for nine decades, and the light was flickering so dimly in the socket-death, so awful to the young and middle aged, could not be other than a relief to the sufferer. Peace to her ashes. The world would be better if more such shining examples of noble womanhood and homely virtues should bless the hearths and homes of our people.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, on Oswego street, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Edward A. McMaster, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. A quartette from the Presbyterian choir furnished appropriate music. There were many very beautiful floral tributes. The bearers were James F*z**, Wallace Tappan, S. C. S*yd*m, D. B. Goddings, E. E. Wells, H. K. Cornell, Remains were placed in the vault at Riverview cemetery.
Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes
Died--In Baldwinsville, Sunday, January 8th, 1893, of old age, Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes, in the ninetieth year of her age.
Mrs. Barnes was a remarkable woman-a notable specimen of the stalwart New England woman of the past generation, whose descendants have infused life, energy and enterprise into every state and territory west of the Eastern States, from New York to the Pacific ocean, covering an empire three thousand miles long and of varied width, from two hundred to a thousand miles. Not a single county in this broad expanse, but has felt the enlivening touch of the Yankee emigrant, or that of his descendants.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of the celebrated Phelps family, of Connecticut and Massachusetts. She was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom (Except three who died in youth or early manhood) were remarkable for unusual longevity. One brother, the Hon. Willis Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., who was a distinguished pioneer railroad builder, a member of the firm Phelps, Mattoon and Barnes, contractors for building the Rome & Watertown railroad in this state, and the Terre Haute & Alton railroad in Illinois, besides several other railroads, lived to reach the age of 78 years. Another brother, Lester Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., died at the age of 85 years. One sister, Mrs. Jane Shumway, well known to our citizens, lived to attain the age of 80 years. Another sister, Mrs. Mary Scoville, of Chicago, Ill., died at the age of 86 years. Another sister, Mrs. Nancy Hendrick, of Massachusetts, reached the age of 82 years. Still another sister, Mrs. Almira Holman, was one of the earliest Methodist missionaries to the Oregon Territory, in the year 1839; she died at the age of 64 years. One brother, the only surviving member of the family, the well known railroad contractor, George W. Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., has reached 71 years of age. There were three golden weddings in the family; and the average age of eight brothers and sisters was nearly 80 years, with one still surviving. Capt. Horace Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Barnes' father, attained the age of 80 years, and her mother lived to be 70 years old.
Mrs. Barnes was an indefatigable worker, of great industry and executive ability, and in the early pioneer days of Onondaga county she shared with her husband, the late Orson Barnes, the hardships and trials of those days, when the highways through dense forests were marked by blazed trees, and the log house of the early settler was surrounded by the first growth of trees of four, five and even up to six feet diameter. She survived her husband over forty years. Mr. Orson Barnes will be remembered by the older residents of Onondaga county, as one of its first County Superintendents of Common Schools, serving in that capacity for several years, 1813 and 1944 with marked success and ability.
Mrs. Barnes was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, members of the Presbyterian church in Baldwinsville, she having joined in the year 1842, her husband becoming a member in the year 1840. If Christianity is defined as the faithful performance of all duties as wife and mother and as a member of society, then she was an exemplary Christian in all relations of life. her tenacity of life was remarkable. Her physicians report that she had been actually dying for a period of more than a year. Although suffering at times the necessary pains of illness, she was bright and pleasant, and ready at repartee and a trial of wits as a girl of twenty-one, or a young freshman from college. She filled her room and home with an atmosphere and presence of genial sunshine and warmth, even at the age of four score years and ten.
Mrs. Barnes had five children; Dr. Orson Barnes, of Paterson, N.J., and Horace Barnes, of Baldwinsville, (both deceased); Hon. William Barnes, of Albany, N.Y.; Lucien Barnes, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Miss Sarah Eliza Barnes, of Baldwinsville. At her death she was the ancestor of forty descendants, there being five children, twenty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Her death will be deeply mourned by many descendants and friends in many states, but when the lamp of life had burned so long and so brightly for nine decades, and the light was flickering so dimly in the socket-death, so awful to the young and middle aged, could not be other than a relief to the sufferer. Peace to her ashes. The world would be better if more such shining examples of noble womanhood and homely virtues should bless the hearths and homes of our people.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, on Oswego street, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Edward A. McMaster, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. A quartette from the Presbyterian choir furnished appropriate music. There were many very beautiful floral tributes. The bearers were James F*z**, Wallace Tappan, S. C. S*yd*m, D. B. Goddings, E. E. Wells, H. K. Cornell, Remains were placed in the vault at Riverview cemetery.
The Gazette & Farmer's Journal (Baldwinsville, NY), 12 Jan 1893
Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes
Died--In Baldwinsville, Sunday, January 8th, 1893, of old age, Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes, in the ninetieth year of her age.
Mrs. Barnes was a remarkable woman-a notable specimen of the stalwart New England woman of the past generation, whose descendants have infused life, energy and enterprise into every state and territory west of the Eastern States, from New York to the Pacific ocean, covering an empire three thousand miles long and of varied width, from two hundred to a thousand miles. Not a single county in this broad expanse, but has felt the enlivening touch of the Yankee emigrant, or that of his descendants.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of the celebrated Phelps family, of Connecticut and Massachusetts. She was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom (Except three who died in youth or early manhood) were remarkable for unusual longevity. One brother, the Hon. Willis Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., who was a distinguished pioneer railroad builder, a member of the firm Phelps, Mattoon and Barnes, contractors for building the Rome & Watertown railroad in this state, and the Terre Haute & Alton railroad in Illinois, besides several other railroads, lived to reach the age of 78 years. Another brother, Lester Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., died at the age of 85 years. One sister, Mrs. Jane Shumway, well known to our citizens, lived to attain the age of 80 years. Another sister, Mrs. Mary Scoville, of Chicago, Ill., died at the age of 86 years. Another sister, Mrs. Nancy Hendrick, of Massachusetts, reached the age of 82 years. Still another sister, Mrs. Almira Holman, was one of the earliest Methodist missionaries to the Oregon Territory, in the year 1839; she died at the age of 64 years. One brother, the only surviving member of the family, the well known railroad contractor, George W. Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., has reached 71 years of age. There were three golden weddings in the family; and the average age of eight brothers and sisters was nearly 80 years, with one still surviving. Capt. Horace Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Barnes' father, attained the age of 80 years, and her mother lived to be 70 years old.
Mrs. Barnes was an indefatigable worker, of great industry and executive ability, and in the early pioneer days of Onondaga county she shared with her husband, the late Orson Barnes, the hardships and trials of those days, when the highways through dense forests were marked by blazed trees, and the log house of the early settler was surrounded by the first growth of trees of four, five and even up to six feet diameter. She survived her husband over forty years. Mr. Orson Barnes will be remembered by the older residents of Onondaga county, as one of its first County Superintendents of Common Schools, serving in that capacity for several years, 1813 and 1944 with marked success and ability.
Mrs. Barnes was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, members of the Presbyterian church in Baldwinsville, she having joined in the year 1842, her husband becoming a member in the year 1840. If Christianity is defined as the faithful performance of all duties as wife and mother and as a member of society, then she was an exemplary Christian in all relations of life. her tenacity of life was remarkable. Her physicians report that she had been actually dying for a period of more than a year. Although suffering at times the necessary pains of illness, she was bright and pleasant, and ready at repartee and a trial of wits as a girl of twenty-one, or a young freshman from college. She filled her room and home with an atmosphere and presence of genial sunshine and warmth, even at the age of four score years and ten.
Mrs. Barnes had five children; Dr. Orson Barnes, of Paterson, N.J., and Horace Barnes, of Baldwinsville, (both deceased); Hon. William Barnes, of Albany, N.Y.; Lucien Barnes, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Miss Sarah Eliza Barnes, of Baldwinsville. At her death she was the ancestor of forty descendants, there being five children, twenty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Her death will be deeply mourned by many descendants and friends in many states, but when the lamp of life had burned so long and so brightly for nine decades, and the light was flickering so dimly in the socket-death, so awful to the young and middle aged, could not be other than a relief to the sufferer. Peace to her ashes. The world would be better if more such shining examples of noble womanhood and homely virtues should bless the hearths and homes of our people.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, on Oswego street, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Edward A. McMaster, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. A quartette from the Presbyterian choir furnished appropriate music. There were many very beautiful floral tributes. The bearers were James F*z**, Wallace Tappan, S. C. S*yd*m, D. B. Goddings, E. E. Wells, H. K. Cornell, Remains were placed in the vault at Riverview cemetery.
Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes
Died--In Baldwinsville, Sunday, January 8th, 1893, of old age, Mrs. Eliza Phelps Barnes, in the ninetieth year of her age.
Mrs. Barnes was a remarkable woman-a notable specimen of the stalwart New England woman of the past generation, whose descendants have infused life, energy and enterprise into every state and territory west of the Eastern States, from New York to the Pacific ocean, covering an empire three thousand miles long and of varied width, from two hundred to a thousand miles. Not a single county in this broad expanse, but has felt the enlivening touch of the Yankee emigrant, or that of his descendants.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of the celebrated Phelps family, of Connecticut and Massachusetts. She was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom (Except three who died in youth or early manhood) were remarkable for unusual longevity. One brother, the Hon. Willis Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., who was a distinguished pioneer railroad builder, a member of the firm Phelps, Mattoon and Barnes, contractors for building the Rome & Watertown railroad in this state, and the Terre Haute & Alton railroad in Illinois, besides several other railroads, lived to reach the age of 78 years. Another brother, Lester Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., died at the age of 85 years. One sister, Mrs. Jane Shumway, well known to our citizens, lived to attain the age of 80 years. Another sister, Mrs. Mary Scoville, of Chicago, Ill., died at the age of 86 years. Another sister, Mrs. Nancy Hendrick, of Massachusetts, reached the age of 82 years. Still another sister, Mrs. Almira Holman, was one of the earliest Methodist missionaries to the Oregon Territory, in the year 1839; she died at the age of 64 years. One brother, the only surviving member of the family, the well known railroad contractor, George W. Phelps, of Mount Morris, N.Y., has reached 71 years of age. There were three golden weddings in the family; and the average age of eight brothers and sisters was nearly 80 years, with one still surviving. Capt. Horace Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Barnes' father, attained the age of 80 years, and her mother lived to be 70 years old.
Mrs. Barnes was an indefatigable worker, of great industry and executive ability, and in the early pioneer days of Onondaga county she shared with her husband, the late Orson Barnes, the hardships and trials of those days, when the highways through dense forests were marked by blazed trees, and the log house of the early settler was surrounded by the first growth of trees of four, five and even up to six feet diameter. She survived her husband over forty years. Mr. Orson Barnes will be remembered by the older residents of Onondaga county, as one of its first County Superintendents of Common Schools, serving in that capacity for several years, 1813 and 1944 with marked success and ability.
Mrs. Barnes was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, members of the Presbyterian church in Baldwinsville, she having joined in the year 1842, her husband becoming a member in the year 1840. If Christianity is defined as the faithful performance of all duties as wife and mother and as a member of society, then she was an exemplary Christian in all relations of life. her tenacity of life was remarkable. Her physicians report that she had been actually dying for a period of more than a year. Although suffering at times the necessary pains of illness, she was bright and pleasant, and ready at repartee and a trial of wits as a girl of twenty-one, or a young freshman from college. She filled her room and home with an atmosphere and presence of genial sunshine and warmth, even at the age of four score years and ten.
Mrs. Barnes had five children; Dr. Orson Barnes, of Paterson, N.J., and Horace Barnes, of Baldwinsville, (both deceased); Hon. William Barnes, of Albany, N.Y.; Lucien Barnes, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Miss Sarah Eliza Barnes, of Baldwinsville. At her death she was the ancestor of forty descendants, there being five children, twenty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Her death will be deeply mourned by many descendants and friends in many states, but when the lamp of life had burned so long and so brightly for nine decades, and the light was flickering so dimly in the socket-death, so awful to the young and middle aged, could not be other than a relief to the sufferer. Peace to her ashes. The world would be better if more such shining examples of noble womanhood and homely virtues should bless the hearths and homes of our people.
Funeral services were held at her late residence, on Oswego street, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Edward A. McMaster, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. A quartette from the Presbyterian choir furnished appropriate music. There were many very beautiful floral tributes. The bearers were James F*z**, Wallace Tappan, S. C. S*yd*m, D. B. Goddings, E. E. Wells, H. K. Cornell, Remains were placed in the vault at Riverview cemetery.
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