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- The remains of Mrs. Juliette CRANDALL
DAVIS were interred by the side of her
- husband, Niles DAVIS, in the
Milton cemetery, Tuesday forenoon, the 5th inst. They were brought
by her son, Morton E. DAVIS, from Brooklyn, N.Y., at whose
residence, 58 Eighth Avenue, of that city, she died last Friday
evening from the effects of bronchial pneumonia. The principal
services were held the following evening at that same place.
The exercises at the grave were in charge of President WHITFORD,
of the College, who had known her since her young womanhood.
The singing was furnished by the college quartet, composed of
Edgar D. VAN HORN, L. Arthur PLATTS, Jesse E. HUTCHINS,
and Byron W. ROOD. Two children of Mr. DAVIS were
present, M. Eugene DAVIS and Miss Susie B. DAVIS
[M. Eugene's daughter], the latter coming from Shawno [Shawano]
to be in attendance. Nephews of her husband and other relatives,
most of them residing in Milton, were present. The deceased was
born Sept. 14, 1820, in South Brookfield, Madison Co., N.Y.,
and consequently was at her death 80 years, 4 months, and 17
days old. Her parents were Saunders and Polly MAXSON CRANDALL.
she was married in the early forties, and lived near her childhood's
home until her removal with her husband and son to Wisconsin
in 1856. To them were born two children, the elder, Byron Eugene,
dying at seven years of age. Her husband departed this life at
Milton, Aug. 20, 1898. Since then she has lived with her son
who has carefully contributed to her comfort. She professed Christ
in her youth, and retained her membership at last with the Leonardsville,
Madison county, N.Y. She cherished a deep interest in her immediate
relatives. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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