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- Theresa Fidelia COLLINS was born in Alfred, N.Y.,
March 12th, 1842. Her father
- was Dr. John COLLINS, one of the pioneer doctors of
Allegany county. Her mother was Catherine BURDICK COLLINS.
She was the youngest of six children, the oldest being the only
sister, who was the mother of Mrs. A. S. MAXSON. When
she was 9 years old her father died and she and her mother made
their home with a married brother, Lorenzo COLLINS in
Alfred. At the age of eighteen she was baptized and united with
the Alfred S.D.B. church. She attended Alfred University and
at the age of 20 was married to William Henry OVIATT of
Smethport, Penn.
- They lived at Smethport about three years and then moved
to Milton, Wis., where Mr.
- OVIATT began the study of medicine with his brother-in-law,
Dr. Daniel BABCOCK. They both united with the Milton Seventh
Day Baptist church in 1866. Dr. OVIATT finished his medical
course and located at Utica, Wis., where they both united with
the Utica Seventh Day Baptist church. In 1876 the family moved
to Clintonville, Wis., where they lived until 1892, when they
moved back to Milton and about a year later in Milton Junction
where they lived till Dr. OVIATT's death in 1899.
- Since then Mrs. OVIATT has made her home with her
three children who survive her,
- Mrs. Belle THOMAS, of Milton, Mrs. Kittie GESSLER,
of Bangor, Wis., and Will OVIATT, of Chicago, who have
tenderly cared for her in her declining years. She had perceptibly
failed in strength for the past six months, but has kept up and
about the house till a few days after New Years when she was
taken very ill with heart trouble and died eleven days later
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. THOMAS, in Milton, at
the age of 80 years.
- While a resident of Milton Junction, Dr. OVIATT helped
to organize Friendship
- Chapter No 46, Order of the Eastern Star, and he and Mrs.
OVIATT served at chaplain for several years.
- She was a faithful Seventh Day Baptist, a loving mother,
a good neighbor, and a bright
- and interesting companion, and will be sadly missed in the
homes which she has brightened by her graceful presence for so
many years.
- Farewell services were held at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. D. THOMAS, in
- Milton, at 1:00 o'clock on January 17, and at the home of
her niece, Mrs. A. S. MAXSON, Milton Junction, at 2:30.
Pastors H. N. Jordan and E. D. Van Horn conducted the services.
- Burial was in the cemetery at Milton Junction. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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