DAILY Dennisd. 15 August 1898 at Commack at home of Victor Smith; resident of Brooklyn

DALE Agnes J.d. 1 May 1893 at Trenton, New Jersey; widow of Robert G. Dale; Woodbury item

DALEY Michaeld. 29 September 1893 at Glen Cove; native of Ireland (b. 1830); immigrated to USA ca. 1863; worked for a time for National Starch; later was hotel keeper; member of St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; long obit in 7 October 1893 paper

DALTON Mrs. 37 yearsd. 20 November 1896; funeral M. E. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Locust Valley; survived by husband and “two small children”

DALY Augustind. 7 June 1899 at Paris, France; heart disease; theatrical manager; proprietor of Daly’s Theatre, Broadway and 13th Street, New York, and Daly’s Theatre, Leicester Square, London; former drama critic for the New York Sunday Courier; native of Plymouth, North Carolina, b. 1838

DALY Charles P.d. 19 September 1899 at Sag Harbor; native of New York City, b. 1816; former member of the state legislature and Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas; served on the bench from 1844 to 1885 “when he was forced to retire on account of reaching the age limit of 70”

DALY Marcusd. 12 November 1900 at New York City; Bright’s disease; “Copper King”; native of Ireland; went West as a miner and in 1880 “purchased the famous Anaconda mine in Montana, which has turned out a wonderful amount of copper, making

vast fortunes for its owners”; he was very involved in horse racing; “at the time of his death he owned one of the most valuable collections of trotters in the world”DALY Michael

funeral 3 April 1899 at St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; had been killed July 1898 at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War; remains shipped from Cuba; member of Company M, 71st Regiment; resident of Glen Cove

DALY Mrs. Michael 54 yearsd. 13 February 1897 at Glen Cove; funeral St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Brookville

DANA Charles Anderson 78 yearsd. 16 [17 per Glen Cove column] October 1897 at “his fine country seat at West Island, near this village [Glen Cove]”; funeral at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove by Rev. Huntington of Grace Church, New York City, and Rev. Gammack of St. Paul’s, Glen Cove; interment at St. Paul’s Churchyard, Glen Cove; editor of the New York Sun; long and favorable biography in 23 October 1897 paper; account of will filed for probate at Jamaica in 13 November 1897 paper

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DANBY infantdeath reported 2 March 1895 paper; Farmingdale item; daughter of Henry Danby

DANDA Emmad. 18 July 1897; typhoid fever; niece of Mrs. Ernest Liebke of Hicksville; resident of Brooklyn who was “well known” in Hicksville

DARCEY Thomas 55 yearsd. 11 October 1896 at Lloyd’s Neck; pneumonia; funeral St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington, “of which he was a devout member”; survived by unnamed widow and “several” children; “foreman on a large farm on the Neck .... formerly employed for many years in the Crossman family”

DARLING infant 3 monthsd. 13 July 1894; Northport item; child of William Darling

DARLING Mrs. Albert M. 52 yearsd. 1 February 1898; nervous prostration; “a woman of sweet disposition and a person of whom her neighbors spoke highly”; Northport item

DARLING Catharine C. 59 yrs 13 daysd. 10 January 1899 at Huntington; bronchitis; funeral at Huntington M. E. Church by Rev. Walter; daughter of Peter Hallock, who kept the Lloyd’s Neck lighthouse, and Deborah Hallock; widow of Lester Darling; mother of Alice Darling of Huntington and Capt. El. Darling; sister of George Hallock, Edward Hallock, Mrs. Oscar Brush of Greenlawn and Alvin Hallock, “who was drowned at sea”; native of Smithtown; “consistent member of the Methodist church”

DARLING Mrs. Edgarfuneral 25 March 1898 at the M. E. Church, Kings Park

DARLING Mrs. Capt. Elvin H.drowned during shipwreck of schooner James E. Bayles; Mrs. Darling was buried at sea; husband and other survivors were rescued and taken to Norfolk, Virginia; native of Canada, who married her husband in Maine; resident of Huntington; account of the shipwreck in 25 February 1899 paper

DARLING Frances “nearly” 70 yearsd. 3 July 1897; hemorrhage of the lungs; found dead in her room by her brother; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church; interment at Methodist Cemetery, Smithtown Landing; member of Smithtown Landing M. E. Church “for over forty years”

DARLING Frances“late of Smithtown”; decree entered at Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court, 29 October 1900; heirs: Almaron Darling, Emmet Darling, John S. Huntting, George F. Huntting, and E. E. Brush; perhaps the same person as the above Frances Darling, who died 3 July 1897

DARLING Frederick F. 70 yearsd. 22 January 1898 at Port Jefferson; native of Smithown; “wealthy merchant” at Port Jefferson

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DARLING Herbert 29 yearsd. 15 February 1896 at Alleghany, Pennsylvania; pulmonary hemorrhages; interment at Johnstown, Pennsylvania; son of Oscar Darling; husband of Mary F. Young (m. 1891); son-in-law of late Emanuel Young of Johnstown; father of Mary Darling and Walter Y. Darling; native of Huntington, who studying surveying with his father; went to Johnstown, Pa., ca. 1887 to work as a civil engineer; returned to Huntington in 1893 and soon moved to Babylon; in 1894 moved to Alleghany, Pa., to work as civil engineer for Fort Pitt Traction Company of Alleghany

DARLING Jeremiahd. 17 January 1894 at Stony Brook; pneumonia; ship builder “for many years”

DARLING Joseph J. 56 yearsd. 25 July 1899 at Smithtown Branch; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church; unnamed widow survives; father of one son; uncle of Postmaster Hawkins of Huntington; mechanic

DARLING Susan Emeline 62 yearsd. 13 February 1899; quinsy throat and diphtheria; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church by Rev. Smith; widow of Benjamin T. Darling; sister of Alanson Hallock and Leonard Hallock; “has always lived in this vicinity [Smithtown]”

DARLING Tabitha 78 yearsd. 13 April 1891 at Smithtown; widow of James Darling

DARNEY Mrs. Danield. 19 October 1896 at Plain View; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; fell down stairs and broke her hip

DAUCH Lizziad. 27 February 1899 at East Meadow; consumption; wife of Adam Dauch of East Meadow; sister of Mrs. August Hauser of Hicksville

DAVENPORT Fanny 48 yearsd. Duxbury, Massachusetts; enlargement of the heart; “noted actress”; wife of actor Melbourne McDowell, with whom she acted in various plays; [date of paper not copied - fall 1898]

DAVEY Mr.d. “one day last week”; concussion of the brain; funeral at Bridgeport, Connecticut; interment at Chickopee Falls, Massachusetts; father of Will Davey of Greenlawn; 28 September 1900 paper

DAVIDSON David 33 y 9 m 15 dd. 17 August 1896 at Huntington; “stricken with the intense heat of last week while working”; father of six small children; native of Scotland

DAVIDSON Robert A.late of Wantagh; estate admitted to probate at Nassau County Surrogate’s Court; heirs were his unnamed widow, George W. Davidson, Queens County District Attorney, Alfred T. Davidson and Mabel D. Bentley; 9 December 1899 paper

DAVIS Mrs. A.d. 10 February 1891 at Hempstead; mother of Rev. J. A. Davis of HempsteadPresbyterian Church

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DAVIS Amy 84 yearsd. 24 March 1900; grip; funeral at St. James; widow of Scudder Davis; mother of Mrs. Obadiah Smith of St. James and two sons

DAVIS Angeline A. 64 y 4 m 8 dd. 17 December 1895 at West Neck; daughter of Elbert and Phebe Titus Sammis; sister of Su[ ] Sammis; widow of Charles Homer Davis; mother of Addie Davis, Gertrude Davis and Julia (Mrs. Edwin W.) Sammis; native of Huntington, b. 9 August 1831; husband was a member of Davis & Loper, “dealers in building materials and real estate, in which business Mr. Davis amassed a fortune”; early in married life resided in New York City and summered in Huntington; later moved to West Neck, where “they erected the present handsome residence when they occupied continuously”

DAVIS Catherine “Grandmother Davis” 98 yearsd. 21 October 1898; mother of Lorenzo G. Davis, Charles A. Davis and George E. Davis, all of Mount Sinai, Mrs. Mary Woodhull of Miller’s Place, John R. Davis of Setauket, and deceased child James W. Davis, late of Mount Sinai, and Mrs. Helen Victor Smith, late of Smithtown; b. 5 October 1800 “only about nine months subsequent to the death of George Washington”

DAVIS Cushman K.d. 27 November 1900 at St. Paul, Minnesota; blood poisoning, nephritis and diabetes; [interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia]; native of Henderson, Jefferson County, N. Y. (b. 16 June 1838); [moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, as a child]; served in the Union Army 1862-1864 [in the 28th Wisconsin]; [moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1865]; served in the Minnesota Legislature and as Assistant U. S. District Attorney for Minnesota 1868-1873; [served as Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875]; elected as U. S. senator from Minnesota and served “continuously from 1887”; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1898, which

ended the Spanish-American WarDAVIS Dillie 25 years

d. 24 March 1898 at New York City; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; “warm personal friend of Mrs. Gilbert Scudder” of Huntington; native of New Mexico

DAVIS Mrs. G. H.d. 11 June 1898 at Stony Brook; mother of Mrs. Wilson Hallock of Smithtown Branch

DAVIS Mrs. Gilbert L.funeral 20 March 1892 at Mount Sinai; interment at Port Jefferson

DAVIS James 36 yearsd. 4 April 1900 at Kings Park; paralysis; funeral at Hauppauge M. E. Church; interment at Methodist Cemetery, Hauppauge; son of Daniel Davis

DAVIS James W. ca. 74 yearsd. 16 March 1896 at Mount Sinai; cancer “on the nostril, and it had rapidly spread towards the eye”

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DAVIS Johnd. 26 October 1899 at New York City; brother of Mrs. M. A. Service of Glen Cove; resident of Montreal, Canada

DAVIS Rev. John A. 57 yearsd. 24 September 1897 at Nyack, N. Y.; funeral at First Presbyterian Church, Nyack, N. Y., of which he was the pastor; interment at Somerville, New Jersey; former pastor of Brookville Reformed Church; “a man of acknowledged ability and devoted to his chosen calling”

DAVIS John Robert 2 yearsd. 19 June 1893 at Jericho; chronic bronchitis; son of John Davis; family “has only recently arrived from Ireland and has lost two children since leaving there”

DAVIS Martha C. 80 yrs 9 mosd. 8/9 April 1895 at Middleville; stricken with paralysis, “was in a partially unconscious state”; interment at Huntington; mother of Mrs. Rinaldo Sammis and grandmother of Mrs. B. T. Williams of Smithtown

DAVIS Mary 83 yearsd. 8 February 1895 at Hicksville; funeral Hicksville Reformed Church; “the handsome Bible and communion table in her church [Hicksville Reformed] are lasting memorials of her interest and zeal for God’s house”

DAVIS Mary A. 93 yrs 10 mosd. 20 June 1897 at East Norwich; interment at Bridgeport, Connecticut; mother of Mrs. Gilbert Landon of East Norwich and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie of Homestead, Pennsylvania

DAVIS Mary E.interment 26 March 1891 at Riverhead; wife of Eugene W. Davis

DAVIS Mary E. 75 yearsd. 2 June 1892 at Wheatley; found dead in bed; had heart trouble “of long standing”; wife of Samuel Davis; mother of Louisa [? Davis] and Edgar Davis of Hicksville

DAVIS Nettie Pedrickd. 1 Mary 1891 at Guilford, Connecticut; Mt. Sinai item

DAVIS Mrs. Parshall W.funeral 5 September 1891 at Mount Sinai; widow

DAVIS Capt. S. R.funeral 4 March 1895; uncle of John J. Davis of Echo; native of Miller’s Place; resident of Port Jefferson; owner of Port Jefferson Hotel

DAVIS Theodore V. “Uncle Theodore”d. 15 November 1899 at Mount Sinai; resided with Capt. J. H. Smith

DAVIS Varina Anne “Winnie”d. 18 September 1898 at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island; daughter of [Confederate President] Jefferson Davis; “born at the Southern White House at Richmond, Va., the last year of the War of the Rebellion”; “Daughter of the Confederacy”; obit in 24 September 1898 paper

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DAY Mrs. H. E.funeral 17 September 1892; Hempstead item; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn; mother of A. A. Day and Mrs. C. A. Robinson, both of Hempstead

DEAN Caroline 61 yearsd. 25 February 1900 at Northport; funeral at Northport by Rev. Knesel; wife of Capt. Nicholas Dean

DEAN Mary 84 yearsd. 23 December 1893 at Yaphank; Suffolk County [Alms] House

DEAN Mary Ann 72 yearsd. 27 September 1900 at Bayville; widow of William M. Dean; mother of W. M. Dean of Bayville

DEAN Sarah Willis 74 yearsd. 3 July 1898 at Sea Cliff; blood poisoning “from a wound on the foot”; interment at Brooklyn; wife of Samuel Dean; mother of two unnamed children; resident of Brooklyn; summer resident of Sea Cliff

DEAN Violetta Carter 67 y 3 m 6 dd. 7 November 1898 at Brooklyn; funeral at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; widow of William G. Dean; sister-in-law of Mrs. Thomas Aitkin

DEAN William G. 71 yearsd. 1 February 1897 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; son of Capt. John Dean; brother of Mrs. Thomas Aitkin of Huntington; husband of Violetta Carter (m. 19 February 1850), who survives; father of Harry W. Dean and William G. Dean; native of New York City, b. 21 September 1825; grew up in Huntington; spice and licorice importer in New York City with the firm William G. Dean & Sons; won a medal at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for his mustard; Mason; member of the Montauk and Clarendon Clubs; long obit in 6 February 1897 paper

DEBEVOISE John C. 82 yearsd. 18 November 1897 at Glendale; “descendant of Corel Debevoise who came to this country from Holland in 1659”; Glen Cove item

DE CARLO Dominic ca. 40 yearsmurdered 21 February 1892 at Kings Park; interment at Smithtown Branch; Francisco Calabella came up behind De Carlo, who was sitting in a chair, and shot him four times, the “consequence of an old grudge held by Calabella against De Carlo”; Calabella supposedly “killed a man in Italy and fled to this country”; De Carlo was employed by the Kings County Farm and Almshouse

DECKER Joseph H. 79 y 1 m 13 dd. 5 December 1898 at West Hills

DECKMAN Williamsuicide 26 July 1900; drank laudanum; unnamed widow and 10 children survive; resident of Setauket; “well known contractor and builder”

DEDRICK Maggied. 16 January 1891; Port Jefferson item

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DE FOREST Julia M. 70 yearsd. 6 April 1896 at New York City; funeral Church of the Incarnation, New York City; interment at Green-Wood, Brooklyn; daughter of Robert Weeks; widow of Henry C. De Forest; mother of Julia B. De Forest, Robert W. De Forest, Lockwood De Forest and Henry W. De Forest; sister of John A. Weeks of Oyster Bay; “had an elegant country seat overlooking Cold Spring Harbor and was well known to many of our people, who will long remember her many acts of kindness”; account of will in 2 May 1896 paper; estate valued at $650,000 probated at Queens Court Surrogate's Court at Jamaica

DEGAN Mary 70 yearsd. 11 April 1895 at Crab Meadow

DE GRAFF Peterd. “on Friday last” at West Sayville; hunting accident while deer hunting at Oakdale with Mr. Rudolph; De Graff jumped up just as Rudolph fired at a deer; De Graff was hit; “wealthy oyster planter of West Sayville”; loose sheet in November 1899 papers

DE GROAT Gladys Louise 1 yr 10 mosd. 29 January 1892 at Cold Spring; interment at Huntington; daughter of George W. De Groat

DE HAAS M. F. H.d. 23 November 1895 at New York City; “world-renowned artist ... painter of marine subjects”; native of Rotterdam, Netherlands, b. 1832; immigrated to the U. S. in 1859; resident of Brooklyn

DEHLING Annie 19 yearsd. 19 December 1895 at Northport; consumption; funeral Presbyterian Church, Northport; interment at East Northport; flowers sent to funeral by Anchor Lodge #238 I. O. G. T. and the W. C. T. U., both of Smithtown; Smithtown item 28 December 1895 paper

DEHLING Henry 58 yearsd. 24 December 1893 at East Northport; “quite suddenly”; funeral at Northport; interment at East Northport

DEHLING Hermanfuneral 16 January 1898 at Brooklyn; brother of William Dehling of Cold Spring

DELAMATER Ruth O. 70 yearsd. 7 December 1894 at New York City; widow of C. H. Delamater; owner of a portion of East Neck; “very kind to several camping out parties that visited the

Neck from our village”DELAND Minnie

suicide by drowning; body found 30 July 1897 in Long Island Sound off Stony Brook; had been missing since 25 July 1897; interment at Methodist Church cemetery, Stony Brook; memorial service held 3 August 1897 at M. E. Church, Stony Brook by Rev. Frank M. Hallock; resident of Stony Brook; member of Christian Endeavor Society, Y. W. C. T. U. and Epworth League

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DELANEY Jeremiah 13 mos 15 daysd. 5 April 1891 at West Neck

DE LANGUILLETTE E. H. 73 yearsd. 7 April 1893 at Hicksville; apoplexy “suddenly while returning to the housefrom the barn”; father of Ernest De Languillette of Pennsylvania, Henry De Languillette of Amityville, Mrs. Bussman of Brooklyn and Emma De Languillette of Hicksville; member of Hicksville Fire Department; “resident of Hicksville for over 46 years”

DE LANGUILLETTE Ernest 36 yearsd. 5 April 1899 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; “sudden death”; interment at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia; son of Ernest H. De Languillette, late of Hicksville; survived by unnamed widow and several children; native of Hicksville; employee of the Pullman Palace Car Company

DE LANGUILLETTE George 29 yearsd. 10 March 1899 at Los Angeles, California; son of late George De Languillette; nephew of Mrs. John H. Hahn of Hicksville; former resident of Hicksville

DE LAPP Williamd. 2 August 1899 at Port Byron, N. Y.; killed by lightning

DELL Harry O. 30 yearssuicide 8 October 1900 at Riverhead; took morphine while an inmate of the Suffolk County jail; interment in Potter’s Field, Riverhead; forger who had swindled the Northport Bank out of $525; was arrested on 19 September 1900 at Millbrook, Dutchess County, N. Y., and transported back to Suffolk County and placed in the jail at Riverhead; 28 indictments were lodged against him for forgery

DE LOACH Albertd. at Hoboken, New Jersey; funeral 26 January 1898 at M. E. Church, Bayville

DE MILT Luella 6 mos 25 daysd. 29 August 1895 at Cold Spring Harbor

DE MILT William 21 yearsinterment 5 April 1893 at Northport; pneumonia; son of Daniel De Milt; nephew of Mrs. Bonnet of Northport

DE MOTT Daniel 83 yearsd. 14 November 1899 near Hempstead; unnamed widow, age 79, survives; father of Mrs. John Snedeker of Hempstead, Mrs. D. D. Smith of Oyster Bay and Daniel V. DeMott of Hempstead; member of Hempstead M. E. Church “for many years”; “a man of the strictest integrity”

DENEEN Mary 74 yearsd. 3 January 1899 at Jericho; “suddenly”; funeral at R. C. Church, Hicksville; interment at Catholic Cemetery, Westbury; wife of Daniel Deneen

DENMAN Mrs. Johnd. 3 July 1891 at County Almshouse, Yaphank; Northport item

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DENNIS Rebecca * 18 yearsd. 23 October 1895 at Greenlawn; interment at Huntington; “colored girl who came from the South last week to be employed by postmaster Charles F. Sammis at Northport as a domestic, was taken sick and died at the home of Samuel Bolton”

DENNISTON George R. 54 y 5 m 6 dd. 3 February 1899 at Cold Spring Harbor; “ill for some time”; “formerly conducted Wawepex Grove at Cold Spring Harbor”

DENTON Andrew 78 y 10 m 28 dd. 25 December 1898 at Gravesend; funeral at Gravesend; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; son of Israel Denton; husband of late Abigail Valentine; brother of Israel Denton; brother-in-law of late Andrew R. Valentine; native and former resident of Cold Spring Harbor

DENTON Augustus 57 yearsd. 25 June 1900 at New Hyde Park; Bright’s desease; funeral at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Hempstead; “funeral services of the deceased were attended by all the county officials and many clerks”; son of Charles and Louise Denton; husband of Sarah M. Allen (m. 1870); father of Eugene W. Denton; elected Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead as a Republican in 1885; was defeated for re-election in 1887, but was elected again in 1889 and re-elected in every election since that date; was serving as Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead at his death; “worked hard in getting the affairs of the new county of Nassau in running order”; past master of the Morton Lodge, F & A Masons, Hempstead

DENTON Edwardd. “last month” at Mineola; resident of Rockville Centre; 24 June 1899 paper

DENTON Hannah 75 yrs 10 daysd. 27 August 1896 at Lloyd’s Neck; funeral Lloyd’s Neck by Rev. Judd, of Huntington M. E. Church; daughter of Samuel Denton

DENTON Harriet A. 59 y 8 m 11 dd. 2 January 1892 at Elwood

DENTON Mrs. James 89 yearsd. 6 October 1897 at Howard City, Michigan; survived by “aged husband”;mother of Mrs. S. S. Kissam, Mrs. Henry Williams of Brooklyn, one son in Howard City, Michigan, and another son in Iowa; Greenlawn item

DENTON Jesse K. 20 yrs 4 mosd. 12 December 1895 at Huntington

DENTON John V. 83 y 8 m 13 dd. 28 September 1894 at Reynolds, Indiana; son of Samuel Denton; nephew of Benjamin Denton; brother of Jonah Denton, Alexander Denton, Mary Denton, Phebe (Mrs. Benjamin) Schenck, Lila (Mrs. Jonas) Titus, Hannah Denton and Amelia Denton; father of Carrie (Mrs. Valentine) Bates; native of Cold Spring, who “lately sold his farm at Lloyd’s Neck and removed to the residence of his daughter”

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DENTON Jonah B. 80 yrs 18 mosd. 21 March 1892 at Lloyd’s Neck; son of Samuel Denton; “one of the largest property owners and most successful farmers of this town”

DENTON Joseph 68 yearsd. 27 March 1900 at Centerport; suddenly; “after washing his face he laid down on the lounge. His wife noticing that something was the matter sent for a physician, but before his arrival Mr. Denton had expired”; unnamed widow and one son survive; “Mr. Denton descended from one of the oldest families of the town of Huntington, and has many relatives in Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington”

DENTON Julia Frances Webb 59 y 7 m 23 dd. 17 January 1895 at Huntington; sister of a “prominent naval contractor .... now living at Port Washington”; wife of John J. Denton, who she m. ca. 1854 in Brooklyn, while he worked for the Brooklyn Navy Yard; moved to a farm in Dix Hills ca. 1867 and to Huntington ca. 1887

DENTON Mary Ameliad. 19 August 1899 at Lloyd’s Neck; nervous prostration; funeral at Lloyd’s Neck by Rev. Seem of Huntington; native of Lloyd’s Neck, b. 9 April 1844, in the house where she died; daughter of Jonah B. and Mary Denton; her mother survives; sister of Alexander Denton

DENTON Mary Amelia 81 y 6 m 18 dd. 14 April 1900 at Lloyd Neck; funeral at Lloyd Neck by Rev. Seem of Huntington; interment at Old Cemetery, Huntington; last surviving of seven children of Samuel and Hannah Van Benthusen Denton; aunt of Alexander Denton and Caroline Bates; great-aunt of Minnie E. (Mrs. Frederick) Carman of Jamaica; life-long resident of Lloyd Neck; she died in the house where she was born; she broke her hip in a fall “about two years” ago and since has suffered a “gradual diminution of the physical faculties”; account of will in 25 May 1900 paper

DENTON Robert 76 yearsd. 20 May 1893 at Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville; “formerly of Hempstead, but for a number of years a resident of [Oyster Bay]”

DENTON W. Harper *funeral 11 September 1895 conducted by two black ministers; interment at Cold Spring; employed by Mrs. J. H. Adam for more than twenty-five years; “a local preacher .... much respected for his industry, honesty and temperance”

DE NYSE John 83 y 11 m 12 dd. 28 September 1891 at Greenlawn; interment at Huntington

DE SILVIE Alice*d. 4 September 1900 at Huntington

DERBY Emily 67 yearsd. at Amityville; funeral and interment “last week” at Hempstead; widow of Richard Derby; 4 June 1892 paper

DETERING Louisd. 4 September 1896; consumption; funeral St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove; interment at Hillsdale Cemetery; “leaves a widowed mother and a sister”

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DEVAN Mary Augusta Cantrelld. 1 April 1896 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington; interment at Nyack, N. Y.; daughter of Mrs. Cantrell; widow of Thomas Augustus Devan; mother of Spencer Devan, Allan Devan and Arthur Devan; account in 25 September 1897 paper of opposition by Henry W. Wiggins in Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court to application by Fannie M. Devan to administer estate

DEVAN Thomas Augustus 41 yearsd. 13 August 1895 at Good Ground; funeral at Huntington; interment at Nyack, N.Y.; son of Rev. Thomas Devan and Emma Elizabeth Clark; son-in-law of Mary Cantrell

DE VEAU John D.funeral 15 November 1892 at New Rochelle, N. Y.; uncle of John D. De Veau of Centreport

DE VEAU Louis 53 y 9 m 14 dd. 25 December 1900 at Halesite; consumption; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Aitkins; son of Joshua M. De Veau and Selina Sheffield; husband of Caroline Bloxsom (m. ca. 1869); father of Claude De Veau of Hartford, Connecticut, Mrs. Walter Verity of Rockaway, Louis De Veau of Oyster Bay, and Mrs. Albert Van Cott, Frederick De Veau and Richard De Veau, all of Brooklyn; native of Staten Island, steward on steamer Huntington; formerly had been a ship builder

DEVINE Thomasd. 15 August 1892 at Jericho; cholera morbus; “one of the oldest residents of [Jericho]”

DEVOE Mrs. 73 yearsfuneral 9 February 1892 at Glen Cove

DEVOE Georged. 28 November 1899 at Glen Cove; paralysis

DICKERSON infant 3 monthsd. 31 August 1897; interment at Islip; daughter of William Dickerson; [Huntington] village item

DICKERSON Jane 80 yearsd. 4 April 1897 at Hempstead; funeral at Bayville; mother of Mrs. George Bennett of Hempstead; resident of Bayville

DICKERSON Capt. John W. 67 yearsd. 29 November 1892 at Brooklyn; interment at Northport; “prominent member” of Northport M. E. Church

DICKERSON Mary E. 72 yearsd. 23 December 1895; funeral St. Paul’s M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Northport; widow of Capt. John W. Dickerson; mother of John Dickerson, William Dickerson and Gilbert Dickerson, all of Islip, Mrs. Emma Arthur of Smithtown, Mrs. Maria Higbie of Huntington, Mrs. Ida Mitchell of Islip, Mrs. Mary Ruland and Mrs. Sarah Daniels, both of Northport and two who died in infancy; “has been a member of the Methodist Church for many years and highly esteemed for many Christian virtues”

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DICKERSON Mary E.d. 28 January 1896 at Assiniboi, Canada; mother of Mrs. J. H. Spencer of Assiniboi and the late fireman [Townsend] Dickerson, killed in bursting of locomotive boiler at Oyster Bay in 1891; former resident of Oyster Bay; “Mrs. Dickerson had many friends in this village [Oyster Bay]”

DICKERSON Nathan P. 54 [64] yrs 17 daysd. 16 March 1894 at Shelter Island; consumption

DICKERSON Robert S.d. 30 November 1896 at Centerport; “after a long and painful illness ... he was reduced almost to a skeleton”; funeral M. E. Church, Centerport; interment at Northport; brother of the late Capt. John Dickerson of Northport

DICKERSON Townsend 30 yearsd. 8 September 1891 at Oyster Bay; fireman on L. I. R. R. train; killed whenboiler exploded

DICKEY Alexander 44 yrs 12 daysd. 18 June 1891 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; worked for Union Elevated Railroad Company; former resident of Huntington and West Hills

DICKINSON Mrs. Abraham “nearly” 70 yearsd. 17 April 1891 at Roslyn

DICKINSON Martha Cheshire 79 yearsd. 26 September 1891 at Oyster Bay; interment at East Norwich; wife of George E. Dickinson

DIEFENBACH Mrs.d. 18 June 1898 at Charleston, South Carolina; “her death was unexpected”; mother of J. C. Diefenbach of the steamer Northport; Cold Spring item

DIEFENBACH Elwood 20 yearsd. 4 February 1898 at Providence, Rhode Island; typhoid fever; funeral at Baptist Church, Cold Spring Harbor by Rev. Gunton of Cold Spring M. E. Church; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; son of Capt. John C. Diefenbach of the steamer Northport; brother of John H. Diefenbach; relative of William E. Hageman of Springfield, L. I.; “a young man greatly beloved”; resident of Providence for the past 1 1/2 years, learning the machinist’s trade

DIEFENBACK Mrs. John 44 yearsd. 25 June 1894 at Cold Spring Harbor; daughter of John Walters; survived by husband and two sons; “very highly esteemed”

DILLON Charlotte O. 58 yrs 11 mosd. 18 January 1900 at Huntington; stroke of apoplexy; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Walter of the M. E. Church; widow of John Dillon; mother of George Dillon, Carlos Dillon and Alfaretta (Mrs. Charles) Voorhes, all of Huntington; sister of Phebe Wicks of Huntington and George Payntar of Oyster Bay; member of the Huntington M. E. Church

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DILLON William J. 62 yearsd. 6 October 1895 at Huntington; “from heart failure while on duty” as night watchman; went to Huntington Social Club to turn off the gas and was found by W. V. Tuttle lying on the rug .... “complained of feeling so bad in his chest”; son of Jacob and Mary Dillon; brother of Mrs. Nancy Painter of Missouri, who m. first Mr. Brown and second Mr. Painter, Charlotte’s brother; husband of Charlotte Painter (m. 4 September 1858); father of George Dillon, Carlos Dillon and Effie (Mrs. Charles) Voorhis; native of New Jersey, b. 1833; orphaned at a young age and came to live in Cold Spring at the age of 11 [ca. 1844]; learned shoemaker’s trade under Townsend Burr; made a number of voyages on whaling ships out of Cold Spring Harbor, the final two voyages aboard the bark Alice, 1858-1860; settled on a farm in Half Hollows; drafted into Union Army during the Civil War, but was released from service; moved to Huntington village and went into shoemaking business with “Uncle Billy” Pearsall; later had own shop at Huntington Harbor; for a time worked as a baker with Philip Pearsall; employed as the night watch since 1884 and “enjoyed the utmost confidence of the business men of Main Street in his watchfulness over their property”; member of Huntington M. E. Church

DINGLE Annie G. 76 yearsd. 6 March 1898; bronchitis; funeral at Sea Cliff; interment at Roslyn; mother of Mrs. Annie Sperling of Sea Cliff

DINGLEY Nelson 66 yearsd. 13 January 1899 at Washington, D. C.; pneumonia; interment at Lewiston, Maine; [Governor of Maine - 1874]; served in United State House of Representatives from Maine [1881-1899]; “a self made man, a man of sterling integrity, clear thought, perception, and as chairman of the Ways and Means committee in Congress, can illy be spared at the time .... framer of the prevailing tariff law”

DISBROW Joshua 78 yearsd. 7 October 1899 at Prattsville, Greene County, N. Y.; father of four child, one of which is N. N. Disbrow, editor of the Oyster Bay Guardian

DISTURNELL Mrs.funeral 19 December 1897 at “the city”; mother of Thomas J. Disturnell of Commack

DISTURNELL Thomas J. 58 yearsd. 20 December 1897 at Commack; had returned from his mother’s funeral “and seemed depressed over his loss ... a short time after he retired his family ... found his gasping for breath and he immediately expired”; unnamed widow and two children survive

DIXON infantd. 30 March 1899 probably at Brooklyn; interment at Northport; child of J. Udall Dixon of Brooklyn, a former resident of Northport

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DOCHARTY Mary Thorned. 25 March 1891 at Hempstead; widow of Professor Docharty; mother of Augustus T. Docharty; sister-in-law of P. J. A. Harper

DODGE Clara E. 51 yearsd. 42 April 1894 at Glen Cove; pneumonia; interment at Babylon; daughter of Mr. Kirby, aged 87; wife of Jordan Dodge; mother of Albert Dodge; sister of John Kirby; “a Christian for many years and was connected with the M. E. Church in this village [Glen Cove]”

DODGE Rebeccad. 13 January 1897; interment at Jericho; daughter of Daniel and Dorcas Abbott; native of New York City (b. 1827); resident of East Norwich

DODGE Mrs. Stephend. 28 March 1895; pneumonia; funeral Brookville Reformed Church

DOERFLINGER Augustus 54 yearsd. 24 November 1899 at Brooklyn; survived by an unnamed widow and two sons; native of Germany; summer resident of Halesite; civil engineer; served with the U. S. Army, “employed particularly in the destruction of Hell Gate”; awarded a gold medal by the French government for the invention of a method of similtaneous explosion; worked six years on the Harlem Ship Canal; “his latest work has been upon the channels in New York Harbor and the placing of batteries at Sandy Hook”

DOLE Mrs. 83 yearsfuneral “last week” at Newtonville, Massachusetts; mother of John P. Dole of Cold Spring Harbor; 30 September 1899 paper

DOLE Alice L. 5 yearsd. 8 November 1894 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington

DOLE Charles J. 28 yearsd. 1 August 1894 at Port Washington; diphtheria; son of John P. Dole; leaves a wife and “four little ones”

DOMINICK William G.d. 31 August 1895 at Quogue; brother of Bayard Dominick

DONALDSON James 36 yearsd. 8 September 1891 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Babylon; engineer on L. I. R. R. train; killed when boiler exploded; worked 13 years with the L. I. R. R.; resident of Oyster Bay

DONAHUE Kate 25 yeard. 2 August 1898 at Westbury; hit by railroad train while walking to meet her husband “upon his return from work”; wife of John Donahue

DONAHUE Maryd. 10 January 1894 at Hempstead; found dead in bed from apoplexy

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DONE Alfaretta “nearly” 41 yearsd. 1 February 1896 at St. John’s Hospital, Brooklyn, “where she had been taken to have an operation performed”; funeral Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Oyster Bay; daughter of Albert Tappen; wife of Capt. Jacob Done, of the steamer Port Chester

DONE Clausd. 19 April 1891 at Hicksville; interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village; b. Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein 11 January 1807; immigrated to USA ca. 1868

DONLEY Charles H. infantdeath reported in 11 June 1898 paper; son of Henry J. Donley; Farmingdale item

DONNAN James Stewartd. 5 February 1891 at Wyandance; flooded road near Wyandance Depot; his wagon get stuck in water and mud; died of exhaustion and exposure; resident of Central Islip

DONNELL Mariance W.d. 25 April 1896 at Fair Ground; interment at Portland, Maine; widow of William E. Donnell

DONNER infant child “a few days old”d. 24 November 1897; “was sick from the time it was born”; child of Peter Donner; Hicksville item

DONOHUE Henryd. 11 February 1891; Smithtown item

DONOHUE Patrick 84 yearsd. 17 December 1895 at Oyster Bay; “very suddenly”; funeral at R. C. Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville; father of James Donohue, Mrs. Harry Bennett, Mrs. William Heffner and Mrs. Matthew Haines

DONOHUE Mrs. Patrick ca. 70 yearsd. 22 January 1893 at Oyster Bay; “much respected resident of this village” [Oyster Bay]

DORAN Mary A. 74 yearsd. 29 November 1891 at New York City

D’OREMIEUX Leond. 27 July 1899 at Cove Neck; interment at Newport, Rhode Island; brother of Mrs. J. West Roosevelt

DORST Kate 20 yearsd. at Northport; funeral 12 June 1898 at Northport; resident of Brooklyn who came to Northport “thinking that a change of air would restore her health”

DOSCHER young childd.3 May 1898 at Glen Head; pneumonia; parents residents of Glen Head

DOTTRIDGE, Olivercoroner's inquest 18 February 1895; “accidental drowning caused by falling overboard from the coal barge Seth Lowe”

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DOTY Annie 22 yearssuicide 6 December 1897 at Huntington; drank “deadly carbolic acid”; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Carter of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington; daughter of Thomas Tilden of Huntington; wife of Peter Doty, “a worthless fellow living at Cold Spring Harbor”; sister of Mrs. Edward Smith of Huntington; “one of the saddest and most pathetic tragedies”; unhappy marriage; “the husband treated his young wife very cruelly”; she returned without her child to her father's home and lived for some months with her grand-uncle, John Tilden of Greenlawn; she wanted to see her child, but her father forbade her to go back to her husband saying “that if she went he would refuse her admission under the parental roof”; she went to her husband anyway but “only to be turned out of doors once more by the fiendish brute”; “with heavy heart and crazed mind she .... went to the drug store of George R. Rogers .... and bought a bottle of carbolic acid”; she drank the carbolic acid “in the sight of her oldest sister,” Mrs. Edward Smith; long account of this tragic event in 11 December 1897 paper

DOTY/DOUGHTY Frank 38 y 3 m 6 dd. 6 June 1894 at Plainview; interment at Central Park; son of Richard Doughty; “great sufferer for two years or more”; blacksmith who worked in many villages in Oyster Bay Town, “but sickness prevented him from being successful”; survived

by wife and “several children”DOTY Richard 70 years

d. 8 July 1893 at Brooklyn; funeral at Plain View; interment at “family plot on the Doty homestead”

DOTY Viola 12 yearsd. 25 June 1895; “quinsy sore throat”; funeral Cold Spring Baptist Church; interment at Cold Spring Harbor; daughter of Benjamin Doty; member of Union Baptist Sunday School and Junior Epworth League

DOUD Joseph D.d. 4 December 1897 at Farmingdale; “been sick for several weeks”; funeral at Farmingdale by rector of Episcopal church; interment at Amityville; father of J. H. Doud

DOUGHERTY Mrs. Jamesd. 9 August 1900 at Sea Cliff; former resident of Hicksville

DOUGHTY Carrie Mayd. 1 January 1895; interment at Cold Spring Harbor; daughter of John H. Doughty; member of M. E. Church

DOUGHTY Charlie “nearly” 6 yearsd. 28 November 1895 at East Neck; tonsilitis; son of John Doughty

DOUGHTY Harold “baby”funeral 2 August 1897 at M. E. Church, Woodbury; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; son of Dr. D. B. Doughty

DOUGHTY Lyled. 1 September 1899 at Woodbury; “for eleven weeks fought so bravely for life”; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; son of Fred Doughty

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DOUGLASS Fred [*]d. reported in list of “patriots” who died during 1895; [noted African American political leader and statesman; escaped from slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore as a young man and became an important abolitionist and orator before the Civil War and after the war involved in women’s suffrage and the social and political betterment of the black race; author, newspaper editor, diplomat, Republican Party leader; see Frederick Douglass by William S. McFeely {1991}]; 28 December 1895 paper

DOW General Neal 92 yearsd. 1 [2] October 1897 at Portland, Maine; [interment at Portland, Maine]; “famous champion of the temperance cause” who “achieved national fame as the father of the Maine prohibition law”; served as mayor of Portland and in the Maine state legislature; “his bravery in the Civil War won him the rank of brigadier general”; [Prohibition Party candidate for President of the United States in the Election of 1880]

DOWDEN John 58 yearsd. 19 March 1894 funeral at Glen Cove; “one of our village [Glen Cove] merchants for many years”

DOWNING infantd. 17 January 1900; child of Charles W. Downing; Oyster Bay item

DOWNING Benjamin W.d. 2 December 1894 at Tampa, Florida; Queens County District Attorney for over twenty years; active in religious and charitable organizations; had gone to Florida for his health; memorial resolution from Queens County Bar Association in 15 December 1894 paper

DOWNING Cornelius H. 40 yearsd. 11 April 1898 at Oyster Bay; pneumonia; funeral at Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville

DOWNING Capt. Edwardd. 11 February 1900; funeral at Brooklyn; brother of Mrs. Cicero F. Sammis of Huntington

DOWNING Elizabeth 80 yearsd. 10 October 1896 at Cedar Swamp; funeral Cedar Swamp; interment at Friends’ Cemetery, Locust Valley; mother of Isaac R. Downing, Alfred Downing and Mrs. Elbert Thorne; “highly respected” member of the Society of Friends

DOWNING Mrs. F. B.d. 28 November 1896; “very sick since last June with Bright’s disease”; Farmingdale item

DOWNING Harriet 27 yearsd. at Kings Park; funeral 6 March 1899 at Oyster Bay by Rev. Russell of the Presbyterian Church; daughter of the late Charles Downing; sister of Charles Downing, Elbert Downing and Mrs. Daniel Bartow, all of Oyster Bay

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DOWNING Howard 7 yearsd. at Freeport; funeral 9 August 1893 at Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville; son of Cornelius Downing; grandson of Luther Cheshire

DOWNING Ross 1 1/2 yearsd. 24 July 1896; whooping cough; funeral Oyster Bay M. E. Church; interment at Brookville; son of George W. Downing

DOWNING Sarah R. 83 yearsd. 27 July 1896 at Glen Cove; funeral Friends’ Meetinghouse, Matinnecock; interment at Matinnecock

DOWNING Valentinesuicide 23 March 1892 at Roslyn; shot himself; son of Samuel Downing; son-in-law of Stephen Townsend; “well known in North Hempstead and his act has caused no little surprise as he was thought to be getting along in life nicely”

DOWNS Sarah 79 y 5 m 14 dd. 20 September 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington; daughter of Erastus H. Conklin and Ruth Wood; widow of Henry Downs, m. 1845; he d. 12 December 1855; mother of five children; only one surviving is Mrs. William L. Conant of Colorado Springs, Colorado; had lived for many years with her sister, the late Deborah Gould of Huntington; Mrs. Downs was the last surviving sibling from her family; member of the First Presbyterian Church, Huntington

DOXSEY William T.d. 12 August 1897 at Sea Cliff; funeral at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff; member of St. Luke’s; “had many relations living in Lynbrook, L. I.”

DOXY Martha R. 43 yrs 1 mod. 28 September 1894 at Long Swamp

DOYLE Helen 59 yearsd. 14 June 1899 at Long Swamp; funeral at St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington; wife of Edward Doyle; death had been incorrectly reported earlier (as d. 31 May 1899) in a Fair Ground column

DRACKER Catherine 27 yearsd. 25 March 1897; wife of George Dracker; mother of “three little children”;member of the Frauen Verein and the Deutsche Einigkeit; Hicksville item

DRAKE childd. 25 March 1896; “little one” of John Drake; Fair Ground item

DRAKE Ida F. 31 y 11 m 19 dd. 5 August 1893 at Huntington; wife of George Drake

DRAKE John M. 76 y 4 m 23 dd. 2 March 1896 at Huntington Depot; husband of Fannie Newman, a native of England; father of eight children, of whom five survive: William H. Drake of Newark, N. J., E. O. Drake of South Norwalk, Conn., John E. Drake of Fair Ground, George N. Drake and Mrs. S. D. Tillotson, both of Huntington; native of Orange County, N. Y.; former resident of New York City; sexton of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, and janitor of Union School; “of late years engaged in the milk business”

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DRAKE Martha Kane 29 y 9 m 9 dd. 29 March 1891 at Huntington; wife of John E. Drake

DREW Mrs. Johnd. 1 September 1897 at Larchmont, N. Y.; heart disease; mother of John Drew and Sidney Drew, both “eminent actors,” and the late Georgie (Mrs. Laurence) Barrymore; Mrs. Drew was a “celebrated actress” who started her stage career at the age of 6 years; her “favorite part was that of Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals and which part she played for the last time Decoration Day, 1896”; born in 1820

DREW Perryd. 9 August 1894; Rockville Centre item; “blood poison caused by the extracting of a tooth”

DROHAN John 53 y 2 m 3 dd. 7 August 1894 at West Neck; interment at Huntington; son of Martin Drohan; father of nine, seven of who survive: John Drohan, Henry Drohan, Lizzie (Mrs. F.) Stratton, Lydia Drohan, Chauncey Drohan, Morris Drohan and Louie Drohan; b. Albany, N.Y. 4 June 1841; moved to New York City ca. 1853; formed with hisbrother in 1860 a partnership J. & M. Drohan at Washington Market, New York City, becoming “a successful man in his business, having at one time amassed quite a fortune”; retired briefly 1870-1873 and resided at Northport; re-entered business in 1873 at New York City as Drohan & Powell and ca.1889 founded Drohan & Company, in partnership with two sons; engaged in “poultry and game business” and “had business connections all over the country with hotel people and retail dealers, the name Drohan & Co. being known from Maine to Texas”; a “pioneer in the refrigerator business” establishing the Barclay Street Freezing Co. in New York City; retired “a year or more ago” due to failing health; resident of Brooklyn 1873 to ca. 1876, when he moved to Huntington; active in civic affairs in Huntington and New York City; philanthropist; member of Huntington FireDepartment and Jephtha Masonic Lodge; long obit in 11 August 1894 paper

DROHAN Sarah Maria Preston 53 yrs 18 daysd. 16 November 1894 at Brooklyn; widow of John Drohan; mother of Mrs. Frank Stratton and other unnamed children; native of New York City; maiden name was Preston; “many a poor person about the town has received a good bit for dinner or supper at [her] kitchen door”

D'STUNI Guiseppe 35 yearsdrowned 12 October 1894 at Port Eaton

DUARD FrankPortuguese sailor shot by Capt. Palmer S. Hall of schooner Robert P. King; trial held at Queens County Courthouse, Long Island City; Hall acquitted by reason of self-defense; account of trial in 20 October 1894 paper

DU BOIS Missdeath reported in 11 July 1896 paper; new teacher “engaged for the coming year in our Union free school”; Farmingdale item

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DUDGEON infantinterment 8 October 1894 at Glen Cove; child of William Dudgeon; Locust Valley item

DUDGEON Alexander 60 yearsd. 16 July 1898 at Central Park; hit by railroad train while driving across tracks; father of Valentine Dudgeon; father-in-law of Cornelius Bethlehem; resident of Farmingdale; former resident of Hicksville

DUDGEON Richardd. 8 April 1895 at New York City; “inventor of the hydraulic jack and other valuable mechanical contrivances upon which he had patents”; summer resident of Glen Cove with a house on Long Island Sound at Peacock Point

DUFEK George Louisdrowned 13 August 1899 in Long Island Sound off Glen Cove; fell overboard from a yacht while working sail ropes; resident of Brooklyn

DUFF Mary 22 yearsd. 17 October 1894 at Sea Cliff; accidental overdose of chloroform, taken as a pain reliever; daughter of Peter Duff; resident of Brooklyn

DUFFY Daniel 72 yearsd. 16 July 1897 at Hicksville; consumption and gangrene; funeral at St. Ignatius R. C. Church, Hicksville; interment at Westbury; widower; father of Mamie Haldron of Morris Park, Daniel Duffey and Joseph Duffy; resident of Hicksville for the past 16 years

DUFFY Hugh 63 yearsd. 21 July 1900 at South Northport; consumption; funeral at R. C. Church, Northport by Father McCartney; survived by unnamed widow and three children; a veteran of the Civil War; “a member of a cavalry regiment during the war and had his horse killed under him. He was thrown off his horse in such a manner that the animal fell upon him and crushed him. It was some time before anyone came to his assistance and extricated him. He was badly so injured that he has been a cripple since”

DUFFY John 87 yearsd. 12 August 1894 at Hicksville; “suddenly”; Catholic funeral at Hicksville; interment at Westbury; “bind and partly deaf”

DUFFY Maggied. 14 April 1893; funeral at Hicksville; pneumonia; interment at Westbury; daughter of John Duffy

DUFFY Mrs. Peterd. 27 February 1899; pneumonia; funeral at R. C. Chapel, Sea Cliff

DUFFY William Hugh 1 mo 12 daysd. 1 August 1899 at Greenlawn; cholera infantum; child of M. Duffy

DUMETT John 73 yearsd. 11 January 1893 at Central Park; father of Mrs. Peter Nibbe; member of Teutonia Lodge #14, I.O.O.F

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DUMETTE Christina 71 yearsd. 15 September 1891 at Central Park; wife of John Dumette; mother of Mrs. Peter Nibbe; grandmother of Mrs. Tony Schuler; native of Bavaria

DU MONT Capt. Van Gaesbeckfuneral at Bath-on-Hudson, N. Y.; grandfather of Henrietta Jones; Woodbury item; 15 January 1898 paper

DUN Robert Grahamd. 10 November 1900 at New York City; cirhosis of the liver and heart failure; native of Chillicothe, Ohio (b. 1826); moved to New York City in 1850 and headed the R. G. Dun & Co. Mercantile Agency

DUNBAR Rev. George 79 yearsd. 16 October 1896 at Brooklyn; former M. E. pastor at East Norwich and Woodbury; “long life was spent in the ministry with the exception of the last eight years, which were spent in quiet retirement in Brooklyn”

DUNBAR Mrs. Rev. George 79 yearsd. 17 October 1896 at Brooklyn; pneumonia

DUNDON Hannahd. 3 March 1899; funeral at St. Dominick’s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay, by Father Belford; mother-in-law of George B. Stoddart

DUNLAP infantd. 22 July 1893; Glen Cove item; cholera infantum; child of I. (or T.) Dunlap

DUNN John 76 yearsinterment 15 March 1891 at Plain Edge; resident of Bedelltown; “an old-school farmer and well known veterinarian”; estate settled with Stephen Dunn and Nicholas Dunn as executors; 20 January 1894 paper; Central Park item

DUNN Mrs. John 74 yrs 3 mosd. 22 June 1891; funeral at Plain Edge; widow

DU PLAY Gertrude 2 mosd. 23 August 1895 at Huntington

DURAND Eliza 89 yearsd. 7 July 1893 at Melville

DURRAND Mrs. A.funeral 14 April 1892 at Melville

DURYEA infantd. 27 August 1891 at Oyster Bay; interment at Locust Valley; child of George and Alice Duryea

DURYEA Mrs.d. 7 May 1895 “after a short but painful illness”; Farmingdale item

DURYEA Alonzo “nearly 37 years”interment 30 July 1894 at Brookville; resident of Syosset; “leaves widow and several children”

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DURYEA Caroline 81 yearsd. 19 or 20 May 1896 at Jericho; funeral Friends’ Meetinghouse, Jericho; wife of John J./T. Duryea; mother of the late George Nelson Duryea, who conducted a store at Oyster Bay

DURYEA Charles T.d. “recently” at Babylon; father of Stephen C. Duryea of Babylon and New York City, Carll S. Duryea and Mrs. John H. Perkins; former resident of Huntington; account of will; 19 January 1900 paper

DURYEA Mrs. Charles T.d. 8 January 1899; bronchial pneumonia; husband was the former proprietor of the Suffolk Hotel in Huntington

DURYEA David W. 33 yearsd. 5 October 1895; inflammation of the bowels; interment at “family burial ground of the Duryeas between East Norwich and Jericho”

DURYEA Edgar E.d. 12 August 1900 at Glen Cove; heart and liver trouble; father of Walter E. Duryea, seriously injured in an accident at Oyster Bay, and Marcia Cox, Grace E. Sprigge, and Eva Thelberg; uncle of Frank Duryea, Louis T. Duryea, and Henry H. Duryea, who all received a bequest from their uncle; “one of the Duryea brothers who founded the Glen Cove Starch Works”; left over $500,000; account of his will in 24 August 1900 paper; account of will being contested in 21 September 1900 paper

DURYEA Elizad. 26 October 1898; interment at Brookville; resident of Mill Neck; former resident of Glen Cove

DURYEA Ella 4 yearsd. 25 October 1892; diphtheria; interment at Melville; daughter of Whitson and Ella Duryea

DURYEA Col. George 65 yearsd. 1 April 1897 at New York City; funeral at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove; “church was crowded and many failed to gain admittance”; brother of Mrs. Cynthia V. Perkins, Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Perkins and Henry T. Duryea; brother-in-law of Jennie Duryea; uncle of Myra Duryea, Edith Duryea, Bessie Duryea, Oscar Duryea and Lester Duryea, all of Glen Cove, and Ada D. (Mrs. Joseph) Cummins and Helen (Mrs. Arthur) Cummins, both of Brooklyn; served in Union Army during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gaines [M]ill, [Virginia], 27 June 1862 “and was obliged to give up military duty for two years ... it is believed that the complications of diseases from which he died were superinduced by this wound”; an owner of the Glen Cove Starch Company “which was organized by his father”; “the works of the National Starch Manufacturing Company were closed on Saturday out of respect to the memory of Colonel Duryea”; member of G. A. R. and Masons; account of will in 24 April 1897 paper; Glen Cove item

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DURYEA George W. 64 yearsd. 28 April 1898 at Elwood; funeral at M. E. Church, Elwood by Rev.Cornell of Hauppauge; survived by unnamed widow, two daughters and one son

DURYEA John 65 yearsd. 29 January 1896 at Dix Hills; funeral at Plain View M. E. Church; interment at Plain View; brother of William H. Duryea; veteran of the Civil War, served with Company H, 102 New York Volunteers

DURYEA John 80 yearsd. 3 September 1896 at Jericho or “near East Norwich”; father of John M. Duryea of Farmingdale; resident of Jericho or “near East Norwich”

DURYEA Mrs. Johnd. 6 December 1892; fell ill while attending wedding and suddenly died; wife of President of Glen Cove Starch Manufacturing Company; philanthropist and benefactor of Presbyterian Church; “her many good deeds in the interest of the poor and unfortunate endearing her to the hearts of all”

DURYEA Rev. Dr. Joseph T.d. 10 May 1898 at Boston, Massachusetts; Presbyterian clergyman; native of Jamaica; educated at Princeton; served at Troy, N. Y., Classen Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, Boston, Mass., and in 1887 went to Omaha, Nebraska. Returned to Brooklyn in 1894 to serve Bedford Avenue Reformed Church, “where he preached until last winter, when his health completely broke down”

DURYEA Mabel Bostwick 20 yrs 8 mosfuneral 30 May 1898 at Glen Cove by Rev. Caswell (M. E.) and Rev. Norris (Presbyterian); daughter of Nelson Bostwick; wife of George Duryea; mother of a 10 day old infant; member of the M. E. Church, Glen Cove

DUSENBERRY George B. 58 yearsd. 15 July 1899 at New York City

DUSENBERRY Isaac A. 83 y 3 m 9 dd. 6 January 1895 at Amityville; interment at Huntington; son of David Dusenberry; father of Edwin B. Dusenberry, Jennie (Mrs. Henry C.) Platt and Caroline (Mrs. Richard) Shakeshaft, all of Huntington, and George Dusenberry of New York City; native of Glenville, Connecticut; grocery merchant with I. A. & T. Dusenberry in New York City; stood guard with son Edwin, a member of the militia, over stores and private property during the New York City Draft Riots in 1863; resident of Huntington since retirement; member of the Episcopal Church; biography in 12 January 1895 paper

DUSENHAL Frederick W. 36 yearsd. 19 February 1894 at Huntington

DUTCHER Mrs.funeral at Binghamton, N. Y.; sister of Mrs. James E. Gildersleeve; Port Jefferson item; 31 January 1891 paper

DUVALL Cora B. * 3 y 5 m 23 dd. 13 May 1893 at Huntington

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DUVALL Ida* 1 y 6 m 19 dd. 4 February 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Carter of First Presbyterian Church; daughter of Floyd Duvall

DUVALL Josephine * 18 yrs 9 mosd. 27 January 1892 at Huntington

DUVALL Lydia Scott 6 y 2 m 2 dd. 23 April 1893 at Huntington

DUVALL Olive May 3 y 5 m 13 dd. 25 October 1891 at Huntington

DWYER Andrewd. in Connecticut; his brother, William Dwyer, inherited $65,000; [Huntington] Village item; 14 September 1900 paper

DWYER Patrick ca. 85 yearsd. 20 July 1894 at Huntington Harbor; attack of paralysis; interment at Huntington; “clung to the doctrines and belief of the Catholic Church although not a regular attendant during the last few years of his life,” however, funeral to be conducted by rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church; native of Kings County, Ireland; had been employed by Selleck family for 30 years; a “staunch Democrat”

EARL Patrick 82 yearsd. 21 February 1892 at Hicksville; interment Calvary, Woodside; unmarried brother of Bernard Earl

EARLE Bernard 76 yearsd. 14 May 1896 at Hicksville; funeral St. Ignatius R. C. Church, Hicksville; “solemn requiem mass was held by Vicar General McNamara, of Brooklyn, assisted by sixteen priests. Bishop Mc Donnell was present and spoke .... this was the first funeral of a Catholic in this village [Hicksville] where the Bishop of the diocese presided”; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; native of Ireland, who came to the United States in 1836; involved in building and contracting and retired as “a wealthy man”; never married; resident of Hicksville since ca. 1870; donated a tract of 100 acres to St. John’s Home, Brooklyn, for a protectory for boys in 1885; by 1896 there were about 150 boys living there; “a devout Catholic and was ever ready to assist the poor and needy”

EARLE Grace 23 yearsd. 17 June 1892 at Hempstead; consumption; daughter of George W. Earle

EARLE James S. 67 yearsd. 8 March 1900 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Oyster Bay; son of Rev. Samuel H. Earle; grandson of Rev. Marmaduke Earle; husband of Emily Ainsworth; father of Mrs. Fred L. Burgess of Huntington, Louise Earle of Oyster Bay, and James S. Earle and Edward Earle, both of New York City; brother of Mrs. Charles S. Wightman; “at one time a prominent New York City businessman”

EARLE John “young man”d. 3 November 1893 at Mineola; L.I.R.R. brakeman who fell from top of railroadcar and was badly injured at Hicksville; resident of Brooklyn

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EASTERN Mamie S. 25 yrs 4 mosd. 23 May 1891 at Brooklyn

EASTMENT William 64 yearsd. 11 October 1895; “stricken with apoplexy” a few days earlier; funeral at Glen Cove; survived by widow, nine sons and one daughter; native of England; settled in Smithtown and ran grist mill at Head of the River; later ran Jones’s grist mill at Cold Spring; removed to Glen Cove “where he had charge of the grinding and packing of the cornstarch in Duryea Bros.’ establishment;” after many years, due to failing health, he left Duryea and “took charge of the express business of the Long Island railroad at this place [Glen Cove]”

EATON Albert 89 y 8 m 9 dd. 29 April 1899 at Brooklyn; funeral at Bushwick Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, by Rev. T. J. Whitaker; interment at Huntington; grandfather of Mrs. J. W. Specht and one other; great-grandfather of two; uncle of Garrett Eaton of San Diego, California, and Benjamin Eaton of Patchogue, both former keepers of a grocery store in Huntington; native of Mount Sinai, b. 2 August 1809; proprietor of Peck Slip Hotel in New York City; retired after the Civil War and bought a farm on Woodbury Avenue, Huntington; lost his fortune in the Black Friday Panic on Wall Street [1869]

EATON Jacobd. 15 November 1891; funeral at Mount Sinai

EBELT Fredad. “about a week ago” at Sea Cliff; coroner’s inquest held; 24 August 1900 paper

EBERLE George 67 yearsd. 6 November 1898; inflamation of the bowels; survived by unnamed widow and two daughters; resident of Northport for past 17 years; former resident of Brooklyn

EBERS Dr. George Mauriced. 7 August 1898 near Munich, Germany; “famous Egyptologist and scientist, but more popularly known through his novels”

EBBETS Thomas B. 44 y 2 m 4 dd. 24 September 1894 at Oyster Bay; son of Edward A. Ebbets of Huntington; son-in-law of Charles Velsor of Woodbury and brother-in-law of William Velsor; survived by unnamed widow and five children; native of New York City; former resident of Melville; “had charge of the large Coles farm at Oyster Bay for three years previous to his death”

EBNER Annie“recent death” at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; insane patient removed from Queens County Asylum at Mineola to State Asylum at Poughkeepsie; 31 March 1894 paper

ECKERLEIN infant 3 monthsd. 26 July 1899; son of John G. Eckerlein; Hicksville item

ECKERLEIN “little daughter”d. 20 October 1899; daughter of John G. Eckerlein; Hicksville item

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ECKERSON James 77 yearsd. 20 October 1892 at New York City; native of Rockland County, N. Y.; brickmaker at Haverstraw, N. Y.; “he constructed one of the largest brick plants then [about 1850] along the [Hudson] River”

ECKERSON Jamesd. “some two weeks ago” at Washington, D. C.; interment at Haverstraw, N. Y.; “member of the Cuban invading army and contracted disease .... from which he died”; former resident of Huntington Harbor; 17 September 1898 paper

EDEN William 71 yearsd. 13 August 1896 at Huntington; apoplexy: “sitting alone in a chair on the lawn when stricken with apoplexy and expired at once”; husband of former widow Mrs. Katherine Kingsley; father of Mrs. Russell Hurd of Huntington; survived also by two brothers and four sisters; a native of “the north of Ireland,” who came to America when he was 9 years ago; a resident of Huntington for about forty years

EDWARDS Albert T. 15 yearsd. 1 April 1894; peritonitis; interment at Bayville

EDWARDS Maria 99 yearsd. 4 April 1900 at Riverhead; “born in the old Suffolk County courthouse. Her father was at one time keeper of the county jail”; life-long resident of Riverhead

EGBERSON Peter 75 yearsd. 22 August 1893 at Melville

EICHENHAUER William E. 1 y 8 m 29 dd. 1 April 1899 at Huntington

EICHLER infantinterment 16 August 1896 at Hicksville; grandchild of Jacob Korbman of Hicksville; infant’s parents were married “about a year ago”

EIDENBOCH Johnd. 12 February 1895 at Bay Shore; killed in a coal pile cave-in at Smith & Brewster coal yard; “poor man and leaves behind him quite a large family of children”

ELBERSON Addie 3 yearsd. 13 July 1893 at Newburgh, N. Y.; railroad accident; daughter of B. L. Elberson; resident of Setauket

ELDRIDGE Angeline* 78 y 9 m 3 dd. 3 October 1899 at Islip; widow of George Eldridge; former resident of Huntington

ELIZABETH, Empress of Austria 61 yearsassassinated 10 September 1898 at Geneva, Switzerland; stabbed by an Italian anarchist named Lucchein [Luigi Lucheni]; wife of Emperor Francis Joseph; mother of Archduchess Valerie and the late Crown Prince Rudolph

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ELLIOT Mrs.interment 20 April 1891 at Westbury; daughter of Daniel Minino of Jericho; resident of Yonkers, N. Y.; blood poisoning

ELLIOTT infantd. 27 August 1898 at Huntington; child of John Elliott

ELLIOTT Mary 51 yearsd. 17 December 1897 at Huntington

ELLMAKER Augustus 70 yearsd. 13 November 1893 at Glen Cove; interment at Albany, N.Y.; father of 5 sons and 1 daughter; survived by Augustus Ellmaker, Allen Ellmaker, Charles Ellmaker and Granger Ellmaker; native of Canandaigua, N.Y. b. 19 March 1823; “miller by trade, and at one time the proprietor of an extensive flour business in Cohoes, N.Y.”; president of Village of Cohoes and during his term of office Cohoes became a city; long biography in 18 November 1893 paper

ELLSWORTH Rev. Caleb B. 73 yearsd. 7 May 1892 at Maspeth; rector for past 20 years at St. Xavier’s [probably should be St. Saviour’s] Episcopal Church in Maspeth; former rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Huntington; native of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y.; educated at Union College and Episcopal Seminary at New York City; ordained into Episcopal ministry in 1849; served congregations in Jefferson and GreeneCounties, N.Y., before coming to St. John’s in Huntington. Served ten years at St. John’s and built a new church within first two years of his term at St. John’s; left St. John’s to go to [St. Saviour’s at] Maspeth. “He was univerally beloved by his people” both in Huntington and in Maspeth

ELWOOD infantd. 16 June 1896; inflammation of the bowels; one of twin girls of John Elwood; Cold Spring item

EMMETT Richard S.d. 7 February 1897 at Albany, N. Y.; typhoid fever; member of the New York State Assembly from Westchester County

EMMONS Mrs.d. 14 May 1897 at Hackensack, New Jersey; interment at Oyster Bay; sister of Mrs. John Wood and D. C. Selleck; Oyster Bay item

ENGLAND, Walterd. “last week”; stroke of apoplexy; interment at Cypress Hills; “a scene at the funeral” between Mrs. England, with whom Mr. England had not lived for twenty years, and Mrs. John Field, with whom he had been living; Mrs. Field refused to allow Mrs. England and her son to see the body; resident of Maspeth; former resident of Hicksville; Hicksville item, 17 July 1897 paper

ENGLES Johnd. 19 November 1894 a suicide; took dose of Paris Green on the evening of 18 November 1894; resident of Jamaica

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ENTRUELSIE Mrs. 85 yearsd. at Brooklyn; interment 28 June 1897 at Locust Valley; mother of Mrs. Griffin of Oyster Bay; former resident of Cove Neck

ENTWISTLE Edward 64 yearsd. 18 September 1900 at Hempstead “after a long illness”; uncle of Mrs. Fred W. Hawxhurst of Oyster Bay; former resident of Locust Valley

ERNST Edward Charles 4 monthsd. 26 January 1895 at Huntington

ERNST Emma 13 monthsd. 12 August 1894 at Huntington; daughter of John W. and Mary Ernst

ESTES Williamd. dateline 14 November 1892 at Brooklyn; fireman killed in fire at Harbeck Stores

ETSELL Martha A. 64 yearsd. 19 July 1894 at Northport; interment at East Northport; widow of Richard Etsell; mother of Mrs. Simeon T. Robbins of Northport and Edmund Etsell of Huntington; former resident of Huntington; former member of Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; member of St. Paul’s M. E. Church and AdahChapter, Eastern Star, both at Northport

ETZEL Frederickd. 13 July 1896; brother of John Etzel; son-in-law of John Klackner; resident of New York City who was well-known in Hicksville; Hicksville item

EVANS Mary A. 91 yearsd. 3 May 1892 at New York City; former resident of Huntington; “for several years she has spent her life amid the pleasant surroundings of the old lady’s homein 10th Avenue, New York City”

EVERSLEY Jane 92 yearsd. 26 February 1900 at Brooklyn; funeral at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; widow of Charles Eversley, who she married when she was 19 years of age; mother of Hattie Childs of Brooklyn and Mrs. Le Roy Lockwood of Bloomfield, New Jersey; sister of Capt. “Tite” Ketcham; sister-in-law of Mrs. Richard Sammis; resident of Brooklyn for nearly 40 years and before than a resident of New York City for over 30 years

FABRE Archbishopfuneral held during the week of 3 January 1897 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Fr. John G. York, pastor of St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington, attended the funeral; Fr. York was ordained into the R. C. priesthood by Archbishop Fabre on 21 December 1887

FACH Morrisd. 9 September 1900 at New Haven, Connecticut; blood poisoning; had been struck in the face with a whip during a quarrel on 20 August 1900 at Setauket by Isaac Davis of Setauket; Davis was arrested on manslaughter charges following Fach’s death, but the charges were dismissed by the grand jury

FAGAN child 5 monthsd. 14 August 1898 at Huntington; daughter of W. H. Fagan

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FAGAN Harold 4 mos 20 daysd. 31 May 1900 at Huntington

FAGANS Elizabethd. 21 August 1892; Smithtown item; “an aged and respected citizen”

FAIN Abraham 54 yearsd. 3 March 1894; funeral and interment at Oyster Bay; native of England; came to USA in 1873; a painter and decorator “skilled in his chosen business”; member of Matinecock Lodge #806 F&A Masons

FAIN Mrs. Abram 49 yearsd. 28 May 1896 at London, England; former resident of Oyster Bay; “greatly admired”

FAIR Mary Townsend Scudderd. 24 January 1893 at Tompkinsville, Staten Island; funeral at New Brighton, Staten Island; wife of Richard Fair

FALLER Augusta 18 yearsd. 12 August 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; killed in collapse of deck of excursionbarge Republic; resident of Brooklyn

FALLER Kate 39 yearsd. 12 August 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; killed in collapse of deck of excursionbarge Republic; resident of Brooklyn

FALLER Kate 6 yearsd. 12 August 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; killed in collapse of deck of excursionbarge Republic; daughter of Mrs. Kate Faller; resident of Brooklyn

FALLER Otto 18 monthsd. 12 August 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; killed in collapse of deck of excursionbarge Republic; resident of Brooklyn

FANCHER Alanson D. 81 yearsd. 22 February 1899 at Pound Ridge, N. Y.; pneumonia; interment at Village Cemetery, Pound Ridge; father of Ward Fancher of Glen Cove

FARLOW John 57 yearsd. 30 September 1898 at Centerport; stomach cancer; funeral at Church of the Messiah, New York City; veteran of the Civil War; retired New York City fireman; resident of Centerport

FARRELL Mary 57 yearsd. 8 February 1891 at Westbury; widow of Mathew Farrell

FARRELL Richard over 80 yearsd. at New York City; interment 24 September 1892 at Westbury; “was a resident of Westbury over thirty-eight years. He moved to New York City about five yearsago”

FARRINGTON John F. 17 yrs 5 mosd. 16 March 1893 at Brooklyn; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; son of James Farrington; summer resident of Westbury

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FASS Christina 76 yearsd. 30 August 1897 at Hicksville; “feeble for some time”; funeral at Catholic Church, Hicksville; interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village; mother of Mrs. Henry Puvogel; resident of Hicksville for the past 15 years [since ca. 1882]; left “a host of friends who mourn her”

FASSBENDER A. D.d. 13 April 1893 at Brooklyn; son of Charles Fassbender; son-in-law of August Fleischbien; Hicksville item

FASTERNAN Victor 65 y 10 m 15 dfuneral 12 December 1893 near Hicksville

FAURE Felixd. 16 February 1899; apoplexy; President of France, “elected to this high office in 1895”

FAY Janed. 27 November 1892; funeral at Hicksville; interment at Westbury; wife of Luke Fay

FEE Agnes 85 yearsd. 24 September 1899; heart failure and old age; funerals at Northport and Trinity Church, New York City; widow of William Fee, late of New York City; mother of Harriet Lawson of Northport

FEEKS Juliusd. 21 August 1893 at Locust Valley; “prominent in Oyster Bay town politics some years ago”; “at one time held a position under the Government, being located at Washington”; former resident of Glen Cove

FEIDNER infantd. 2 July 1898; daughter of Jacob Feidner; Hicksville item

FEIDNER Michaeld. 27 November 1892; interment at Hicksville; son of Nicholas Feidner

FEIERABEND Helena 88 yearsd. 29 April 1897 at Woodbury

FERGUSON William H. 15 yrs 4 mosd. 6 September 1897 at Long Swamp; interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Flatbush

FERN Sarahd. 20 January 1891 at Queens County Poor House, Barnum Island; former resident of Jamaica; vagrant, sent to poorhouse; after her death a bank book with $4,000 in deposits was found sewed into her old dress

FERNAN Dr. Rudolphd. 21 September 1891 at Fulda, Germany; former resident of Cold Spring Harbor

FERRIS Rev. Dr. D. O.d. 15 November 1896 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; “suddenly Sunday night a few moments after he left the pulpit.He had opened the services and announced the opening hymn when he was attacked with a fainting spell ... He left the pulpit and staggered down the aisle ..... Two of the congregation hurried to support him. He became unconscious and in a few minutes was dead”; pastor of Summerfield M. E.

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FERRIS Rev. Dr. D. O. - continued Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut, at time of death; “well known in Brooklyn and

throughout Long Island”; served as a chaplain with the Union Army during the Civil War (1862-1863); after war service was appointed to M. E. churches at Sag Harbor, Huntington, Hempstead, De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn (1868-1870), Amityville, North Amityville, Washington Avenue, Brooklyn (1878-1879), Bay Shore, South Second Street, Brooklyn (1885-1887); stationed at Northport “four years ago”; Northport item in 28 November 1896 paper says “pastor of the M. E. Church in this village during the conference year commencing April 1891”; member of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; “forceful and interesting speaker”; “an ardent Republican”

FERRIS George W. G.d. 22 November 1896 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; typhoid fever; “mechanical engineer and inventor of a high order of merit. In 1893 he conceived the wheel which made him famous and which was one of the particular features of the World’s Fair at Chicago. It was constructed under his supervision, and had a capacity of 1,440 passengers”

FETTING childinterment 25 July 1894 at Brookville; child of Fritz Fetting; East Norwich item

FICKEN Louis 90 yearsd. 15 August 1897 at Jericho; funeral at Jericho; m. widow Mrs. James Malcolm in 1838; father of five; native of Germany; resident of Jericho for 35 years; “only recently ... became slightly deaf”

FICKEN Mary Ann 80 yearsd. 11 March 1892 at Jericho; interment at Muttontown; widow of James Malcolm, who she m. ca. 1834; he died shortly shortly thereafter; wife of Lewis Ficken, who she m. 1838; mother of James Malcolm and Mary Ann Ficken, both of Jericho; Mrs. Emma Brooker of McGrawsville, N.Y.; Lewis Ficken and Martin Ficken, both of San Francisco, California; and George Ficken of New Rochelle, N.Y.resident of Jericho for the past thirty years

FIELD Cyrus W.d. dateline 13 July 1892 at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; “the Atlantic Cable will be his everlasting monument”; long biography in 16 July 1892 paper

FIELD Eugened. 4 November 1895 at Chicago, Illinois; “well known poet and humorist”; “Mr. Field had established a reputation as a graceful and clever writer of stories and verse” [especially noted for his poems for children]; native of St. Louis, Missouri, b. 1850; obit in 9 November 1895 paper

FIELD Joseph 104 yrs 6 mosd. “last week” at Middletown, New Jersey; great-uncle of A. L. Field of Huntington; 10 April 1897 paper

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FIELDS George 58 y 1 m 22 dd. 14 May 1892 at South Dix Hills; moved from New Jersey “about 35 years ago”; “went largely into the raising of cucumber pickles and sweet potatoes and was one of the first in this vicinity to embark in that business”; “life-long Republican and an earnest advocate of the party's political principles”

FIELDS John D. 79y 11m 1 dd. 20 August 1893 at Huntington; “worked nearly all his life at his wheelwrightshop on Wall Street [Huntington village]”; member of Second Presbyterian ChurchNote: called FIELD in “Village Notes” column 26 August 1893 paper

FIELDS Rebecca 78 y 11 m 9 dd. 23 May 1893 at Huntington

FILES Bradford R. 53 yrs 25 daysd. 31 July 1898 at Huntington; progressive paralysis, an invalid for six years; funeral at Huntington, by Rev. Judd, formerly at Huntington M. E. Church; son of James and Eliza Files; husband of Elizabeth Springsteen (m. 1868), formerly of Haverstraw, N. Y.; father of Bertis R. Files; brother of William Files of Brooklyn,

Mary E. Bath of Huntington, Mrs. Charles Hartt of Huntington, Mrs. George Bunce of Babylon and Lida Files of New York City; native of Newburgh, N. Y., b. 6 July 1845; “member of the local Methodist church in good standing”; “Huntington loses a good citizen”

FINCK Margaretd. 5 February 1897 at Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; interment at Bethpage

FINDLEY Capt. Johndrowned 4 February 1900 off Lloyd Neck; barge John Wilson sank off Lloyd Neck lighthouse in a storm; resident of Rondout, N. Y.; see 9 February 1900 paper for long account of disaster; body found at Port Eaton Gravel Works 25 April 1900 by Capt. George Carman of Port Eaton; body identified by son-in-law and sent to Rondout, N. Y. for burial

FINDLEY Mrs. Capt. Johndrowned 4 February 1900 off Lloyd Neck; barge John Wilson sank off Lloyd Neck lighthouse in a storm; body recovered on 5 February 1900; resident of Rondout, N. Y.; see 9 February 1900 paper for long account of disaster

FINLAY Benjamin 70 yearsd. 3 February 1899 at Huntington; third stroke since 24 January 1899; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem; husband of Betsey Collins, who survives; father of Mrs. George N. Drake; native of New York State who moved to Ohio at the age of 4 years; his grandfather owned a large amount of land in Auburn Township, Grange County, Ohio; during the Civil War, he furnished 1,000 horses to the Union Army, including one used by General McClellan; moved from Ohio to Huntington ca. 1883

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FINLAY Betsey Collins 77 y 1 m 16 dd. 9 September 1900 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Walter; daughter of William Collins & Betsey Merrill; widow of Benjamin Finlay (m. 1845); mother of Mrs. George N. Drake; had 11 brothers and sisters; native of Murray, Ontario County, New York; moved in early life to Ohio, settling in Cleveland “then only a village”; had been an invalid for 12 years

FINN Henry E. 29 y 7m 17 dd. 14 April 1899 at Cold Spring Harbor; funeral at St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington; interment at Catholic Cemetery, West Neck; survived by his mother, a resident of Cold Spring, and by a sister and a brother; member of the New York City police force; “very highly esteemed for his many good qualities of mind and heart”

FINN Margaret 53 yearsd. 16 July 1899 at Cold Spring Harbor; suddenly of apoplexy; funeral at St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington

FIRTH Mrs. John 75 yearsd. 18 June 1894; funeral at Westbury; mother of Joseph E. Firth of Roslyn; Mineola item

FIRTH Samuel 17 yearsdrowned 9 August 1897 at Sea Cliff; swimming at Hamilton’s Hall bathing

pavilion “but a short time when he got beyond his depth and sank out of sight”; resident of BrooklynFISH Sands Helme 78 years

d. “on Sunday” at Brooklyn; funeral at Brooklyn; interment at Mystic, Connecticut; brother of Mrs. Caleb S. Woodhull, a former resident of Huntington; Mystic native; grain dealer in Chicago, Illinois; dealer in ships stores in New York City after 1869; partner with J. D. Fish & Company of South Street, New York City; loose sheet in November 1899 papers

FISHER infantd. “last week”; interment at Brookville; daughter of Frank Fisher; Oyster Bay item; 16 March 1895 paper

FISHER Patrick 75 yearsd. 1 June 1898; paralysis; Catholic funeral; Smithtown item

FISHERS childd. 24 July 1892; convulsions; interment at Brookville; child of John Fishers; Oyster Bay item

FISK Mary A. 75 yearsd. 20 September 1893 at Vernon Valley; interment at East Northport; mother of Lyman Fisk

FITTING Jacob ca. 47 years d. 18 March 1894; interment at Brookville; resident of BrookvilleFITZGERALD Patrick 21 years

d. 7 April 1895 at Dix Hills

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FITZSIMMONS Jamesd. 20 December 1896; funeral St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Brookville; resident of Locust Valley; former resident of Glen Cove

FITZSIMMONS Patrick 85 yearsd. 9 January 1894 at Huntington; found unconscious in the cellar by his wife Mary; known as “Paddy Gee,” he was “thought a great deal of by the whole neighborhood”

FITZSIMONS Mary S. 75 yearsd. 28 September 1894 at Huntington; widow of Patrick Fitzsimons

FLAMANT Eugenia 53 yearsd. 30 July 1899 at Oyster Bay; paralysis; funeral at Oyster Bay; wife of Charles Flamant

FLANAGAN Edward 24 yearsd. 4 July 1899 at Halesite; “excessive use of alcoholic stimulants”; hostler in the employ of George Taylor

FLEET Arthur B. 1 y 5m 21 dd. 5 November 1893 at New York City; son of Arthur B. Fleet

FLEET Idad. 27 April 1894 at Huntington; consumption; daughter of Mrs. P. S. Bonner of Northport; wife of Harry C. Fleet; member of Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; account of funeral in 5 May 1894 paper

FLEET Jane A. 63 yearsd. 25 January 1897 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; widow of Thomas Fleet; former resident of East Neck who “removed from this place over forty years ago”

FLEET Jane Cassley 65 yearsd. 26 June 1891 at Centreport Cove or Northport; wife of Richard Fleet

FLEET John Platt 64 yearsd. 14 December 1897 at Fair Ground; dropsy; funeral at Fair Ground by Rev. Carter of First Presbyterian, Huntington; widower of “Aunt Jane” Fleet; father of Mrs. John Mullen; uncle of William Berry; proprietor of North Side House at Fair Ground; “for a number of years he carried on the blacksmith business in the little shop on the Long Swamp Road”; “about fifteen years ago ... he took charge of the hotel”

FLEET Mary Jane 55 yearsd. 25 October 1896 at Huntington; “so well known as hostess of the North Side House”

FLEET Richard L. 76 yrs 6 mosd. 6 April 1895 at Centreport; son of Gilbert Fleet; brother of Mortimer Fleet and Abram Fleet; father of John P. Fleet and unnamed daughter; “most of his life a resident in the old homestead at the Cove .... his ancestors were among the first settlers of the town”

FLEISCHBEIN childd. 25 March 1895 at Brooklyn; son of Frank Fleischbein; grandson of August Fleischbein of Hicksville

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FLEISCHHAUER William 63 y 4 m 11 dd. 27 July 1897; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville; interment at Plain Lawn Cemetery, Hicksville; brother of Adolph Fleischhauer of Hicksville

FLEMING John 2 yearsd. 8 July 1898 at Lloyd’s Neck

FLESSEL John C. 43 y 2 m 7 dd. 9 March 1895 at Greenlawn; funeral at Elwood M. E. Church; widow and six children survive; “earnest Republican and did good work for that party”

FLETCHER Mr.d. “recently” at Providence, Rhode Island; father of Theodore C. Fletcher of Babylon who received $25,000 inheritence; 21 April 1894 paper

FLETCHER Carrie 29 yearsd. “last week” at Setauket; consumption; interment at Northport; sister of Frank Ketcham; 12 October 1895 paper

FLOE Mary 82 yearsd. 26 August 1894 at Hicksville; “an invalid for a number of years”

FLOH Andreas 86 yearsfound very ill with stomach trouble “last week” ... and died “a few days later”; funeral “this week”; no relatives other than a nephew “and no one knows where he is”; 5 August 1899 paper

FLOWER Roswell Pettiboned. 12 May 1899 at Eastport; “suddenly” from “fatty degeneration of the heart”; was on fishing trip to the Long Island Country Club, Eastport, at the time of death; funeral at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City; interment at [Brookside Cemetery], Watertown, N. Y.; native of Theresa, Jefferson County, New York (b. 7 August 1835); after the Civil War, he moved to New York City and as a banker “became a leader in Wall Street”; elected [as a Democrat] to the U. S. Congress from the 11th District of New York City in 1881, [served 1881-1883 and again from 1889-1891]; elected Governor of New York State in 1891, [served 1891-1895]; director of Duluth & Iron Range Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Minnesota Iron Company, New York Security & Trust Company, Municipal Gas Company of Albany and Brooklyn Rapid Transit; gave much to charity, including Flower Hospital, Trinity Parish and St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City

FLOYD infantinterment 23 September 1897; child of Mrs. Emma Floyd; Smithtown item

FLOYD JONES Margaretd. 24 November 1900 at Sea Cliff; funeral at St. Ann’s Church, Brooklyn; wife of Edward Floyd Jones; mother of a 5 year old son

FLOYD JONES Sarah 80 yearsd. 10 August 1900 at New York City; funeral Grace Episcopal Church, Massapequa; daughter of General Floyd Jones; sister of DeLancey Floyd Jones, Mrs. John D. Jones, and Edward Floyd Jones of Massapequa; native of Massapequa; “a very chartiable lady, having been one of the founders and most liberal patrons of the Church Charity Foundation of Long Island”

FLOYD JONES William 80 yearsd. 7 February 1896 at New York City; funeral St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York City by Bishop Littlejohn; interment Floyd Jones cemetery, Massapequa; son of General Thomas Jones of Fort Neck; brother of Richard Floyd Jones, former lieutenant governor of New York State and Elbert Floyd Jones of Seaford, former New York State senator representing Queens and Suffolk counties; “owner of one of the largest estates on Long Island, con