Oneonta Daily Star
December 22, 1921
Many friends in Oneonta learned yesterday of the death of Arthur Stanley M
orris, which occurred at 9:20 a.m. at his home. 10 Maple street, in this city. Though he had been ill for nearly a year, and last spring his condition was such to occasion grave uneasiness, he was later much improved in health and it was believed he might fully recover. About two months ago, however, his condition again became serious, and since that time he had been gradually failing, though only for a few days had been confined to his bed. The end yesterday morning was sudden and peaceful. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the house, Rev. Dr. Russell of the First Presbyterian and Rev. L. C. Denny of St. James church, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery.
The deceased was born November 28, 1871, in Oneonta, and was the son of Albert and the late Mary J. (Birdsall) Morris. He was educated in the public and Normal schools of the city, graduating from the latter in June 1894, and at once entered the office of the firm of Morris Brothers, of which his father and uncle, the latter being William H. Morris, were proprietors. Following the death of the uncle above named, he became, with his brother, Burton H. Morris, a member of the leading wholesale and retail grain and food firm, the original name being retained, and in this business, with his father and brother, he continued to his death. He was a descendant of an early Otsego family, which settled about 1790 in the town of Milford.
Greatly as Mr. Morris was devoted to the business in which his whole life was spent, it by no means bounded the sphere of his activities. He was also a trustee of the village of Oneonta prior to its organization with a city charter, and for several years he had been a member of the local board of the Oneonta State Normal School, being to the time of his death the only graduate from that institution upon the board. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the local lodge of Elks, of the Oneonta club, the Country club and of the First Presbyterian church, the latter from his early manhood. He was deeply interested in the business and social activities of his home city, in athletics and in whatever worked for the welfare of the young. He was a loyal friend, unassumingly generous beyond the knowledge of his associates, broad and fair minded and of a kindness of heart which which perhaps only his more intimate friends fully appreciated.
Mr. Morris is survived by his wife, Formerly Miss Eva L. Day, to whom he was married in 1896; one daughter, Mary Virginia Morris, his father, aboved named; and two brothers, Burton H. and Clifford R. Morris, besides several nephews and nieces.
53307. Clifford Richard Morris
Oneonta Star
July 3, 1952Clifford Richard Morris, 72, of 5 Maple St., former Oneonta feed store owner and alderman, died about 4:45 p.m. yesterday at Fox hospital, following an attack of pneumonia.
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Mr. Morris was born July 25, 1879, in Oneonta, the son of Albert and Mary J. (Birdsall) Morris. He married Florence Louisa Chrisler on December 29, 1903 at the Coopertown Christ Church, with the Rev. Ralph Birdsall performing the ceremony.He recieved his education in local schools and Poughkeepsie Business College. Mr. Morris engaged for a time in the furniture business, later became associated in the Morris brothers Feed Mill here. He retired in 1924.
He was a third degree Mason for 50 years, and an alderman from the Second Ward for six years. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the former Oneonta club and a charter member of the Oneonta Country Club.
In addition to his wife. he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. T. S. Cowan, Binghampton, and Mrs. Thomas Price Stratten, Johannesburg, South Africa; two brothers, Albert Vail Morris, Wah. D.C., William Maxwell Morris, New York; two nieces, Mrs. Robert Gardner, Mrs. Ernest Presig.
Oneonta Daily Star
October 20, 1920
The death of Mrs. William H. Morris occurred at the family home, 28 Elm S
t. at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday October 19, after a long period of physical decline, but a brief critical illness of less than two weeks.
Adriana Angell Morris was born in Richfield June 30, 1843, the daughter of George and Mary (Bloodgood) Angell. She was married in 1866 to William H. Morris and hereafter her life was spent in Oneonta.
Mr. Morris settle here in 1869, establishing his business and his home, and until his death in 1909, there was no interest of the business, social, church or community life in which they did not share to the fullest extent. Their home was a center of the most gracious hospitality, giving comfort, cheer and helpfulness to all who came within its doors
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During the last declining years of her life, Mrs. Morris has been surrounded by the watchful care of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Baird, and of her niece, Miss Carrie Kane, whose home was with her. Her nephews, Col. Frank B. Edwards and Earl G. Place, each of whom spent several years of their boyhood in the Morris home have given her the love and devotion of sons.
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris died in early boyhood.
Oneonta Daily Star
April 11, 1918
Interment of the remains of Henry C. Whitman, who died at Albany on Februa
ry 5th last, will be made in the family plot in the cemetery at West Oneonta, next Sunday afternoon.
Marriage Notes for Zilpha Abigail Westcott and Henry Cutler Whitman
MARRIAGE:
Oneonta Herald
2/7/1866 MARRIED
WHITMAN-WESTCOTT.- At Ballard's Hotel, Cooperstown, Jan. 2d, by Rev. M
r. Bixby, Mr. M. C. Whiteman, of Portlandville, to Miss Zilphia Westcott, of Fair Haven, Vt. [We hope many happy days and years all in store for the above couple, for they remembered the Printer.]
Westfield Leader
September 8, 1955Roscoe L. Whitman, 85, a retired advertising executive, died Saturday in his home, 109 West Dudley avenue, after a long illness.
Born in Oneonta, N.Y., Mr. Whitman lived here 35 years, coming from New York. He was founder and president of the Whitman Advertising Agency, New York, and for 10 years prior to his retirement in 1929, was advertising director of the J. C. Penney Department Store chain.
In 1932, he founded the National Society of Stukely Westcott Descendants in America. Mr. Whitman was a direct descendant of Westcott, who was one of the original proprietors of the Providence plantations in New England.
Mr. Whitman also was a member of the Westfield Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolutions; a life member of Ridgewood Lodge, F&AM, Brooklyn and a co-founder and director of the Westfield Chapter of the Old Guard.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susan K. Whitman; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Potter of Westfield; two grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
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Roscoe Leighton WhitmanWe have Roscoe Whitman to thank four our family society as we know it today. He was instrumental in founding the Society of Stukely Westcott Descendants of America on January 13, 1934. There were 116 charter members. In an early letter from Ethel Clarke we find the comment, "Our bylaws are ridiculously long and complicated for our little organization". But 66 years later the "little organization" is stronger than ever.
Roscoe L. Whitman was born in West Oneonta, New York on Sept. 25, 1869, the son of Henry Cutler and Zilpha Abigail (Westcott) Whitman. He was married in Amsterdam, NY, July 18, 1894 to Susan Felthousen Kline. They had one daughter, Dorothy. She married (1) Edmund Stites Morris and (2) Adelbert Niles Potter.
His professional life was in advertising. He established the Whitman Advertisers Service in 1907; he closed the firm at the request of James Cash Penney and became the first Advertising Director of J.C.Penney, retiring in 1929.
In 1932, he was the author of "History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott". In 1939 he published volume II of the Westcott genealogy. He built on the family genealogy published earlier by J. Russell Bullock. He was Registrar, Historian and Editor of our society newsletter.
Roscoe Whitman was quite a writer and we have copies of the speeches that he gave at all the early society meetings. In 1939 he was honored with a "Certificate of Merit in Genealogy" and he was elected as a "fellow" of the Institute of American Genealogy. Roscoe L. Whitman died in Westfield, NJ Sept. 3, 1955 and is buried beside his wife, Susan, at Westfield, Now Jersey. (Source: Betty W. Acker, 2000)
The following is taken from: " My Boyhood Home' by Roscoe L. Whitman
There were many other incidents in my boyhood on this old farm, but probably my life there was no different than that of the average boy--even to the extent of making every possible maneuver to keep out of school, which oh, so many times, I have since recognized as the greatest and most costly mistake of my whole life.
Unlike the children of today, I was not brought up in rompers and play-suits, but in gingham dresses with long curls hanging down my back. At four years of age, I had my first knickerbocker suit, tan with black bindings, but it was not until I was first sent to school in September 1875 that my mother permitted cutting off the curls. These curls were preserved many years in a glass-top box, but in the course of the many changes of family life, the box was lost.The one-story-and-a-half frame house, painted white, was a typical old fashioned, comparatively small farm home. The main building was about 40-feet square to which was a good-sized kitchen and pantry added in the rear. In the kitchen was running water from a spring on the hill some fifty yards in the rear of the tenant house across the road. In the rear of the kitchen, my father built a wood shed about 1873. I recall the year, for my parents on many occasions, told of when I was three years old, father had the frame work up for the wood shed. I had climbed a ladder and crawled out on one of the beams which was some ten feet above the ground. There I was discovered by my mother who did not dare to call him, but went into the kitchen, told my father of my danger and promptly fainted. While the hired girl was bringing my mother back to consciousness, my father went to the wood shed and instead of shouting at me, which if he had done so, might have caused me to fail, laughed and encouraged me, but at the same time, he was mounting that ladder and out on the beam to grab me. I was too young to remember what happened later, but I imagine I received what usually happens to venturesome boys. My 68th birthday, Sept 25, 1937
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New York Passenger Lists
Ship America from Southampton, England, arrived New York 21 Sep 1929
New York Passenger Lists
Ship America from Southampton, England, arrived New York 21 Sep 1929
____Westfield Leader
November 25, 1959Mrs. Susan Kline Whitman, 86, of 109 West Dudley avenue, died in her home Saturday after a brief illness. She was the widow of Roscoe L. Whitman, former advertising director of J. C. Penny Co., New York.
Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., she had lived here 30 years and was a member of the Presbyterian Church of this town.
Surviving are her daugher, Mrs. Dorothy Whitman Potter of the same address; two grandsons and six great-grandchildren.
53313. Caroline Abigail Westcott
New York Times
August 23, 1934
Woodburn - Caroline A., of 83-14 St. James St., Elmhurst, L.I., on Aug. 2
2, 1934, beloved wife of Cortlandt Woodburn and loving mother of Marie C. Bottomley and Melvern Woodburn.
Burial Cypress Hills cemetery
New York Passenger Lists
Ship Venezuela, from La Guaera, arrived New York 8 Mar 1894
Sherburne News
May 17, 1945One of the oldest residents of our town, Mrs. Ida Westcott Foote entered eternal rest on her ninety-second birthday at the home of her son, Jay F. Foote, May 12, 1945 in Binghamton with whom she had spent the winter months. She was born in Portlandville, Otsego county May 12, 1853, the eldest child of Eli R. and Abigail (Westcott) Westcott, decendants of pioneer settlers of Otsego county.
During her early childhood her parents moved to Sherburne where she was educated in the public schools and at Watertown N.Y. On December 15, 1875 she was united in marriage to Jay Foote, son of Asa and Almeda Ann (Van Degriff) Foote of Sherburne, who was a descendant of the earliest settlers of Conn. He was born in the "Foote Homestead" one of the town's old landmarks once owned by the Foote family for several generations.
Mr Foote died May 27, 1916. To this union were born eight children, two having died in infancy. An elder daughter, Almeda Foote Hilsinger, late wife of Bert J. Hilsinger, died August 15, 1918. Mrs. Foote was a devoted wife and mother and an inspiration to her grandchildren whom she guided with a loving hand. She was a member of Christ Episcopal church and the Ladies Auxillary and a faithful attendant as long as health permitted. Surviving are three daughters and two sons. Mr. Asa Foote and Mrs. Ida McEligot of Sherburne, Mrs. Fred S. Andrews, of Montgomery Alabama, Mrs. Howard James of Mohawk, N.Y. and Mr. Jay Foote of Binghamton, NY, ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Burial in the family plot in Sheburne Quarter cemetary.
The Sherburne News
June 8, 1916Mr. J Foote, whose illness has been mentioned from time to time for several weeks past, died in the Utica Homeopathic hospital Saturday night, May 27, 1916. The end came quietly and peacefully. Mr. Foote had been in failing health for some time and was taken to the hospital for an operation which would be the only means of offering any hope of recovery. While the operation was of a more serious nature than had been expected, he rallied and great hopes were entertained during the week he survived for recovery but all in vain. Deceased was one of the best known residents of the town.
He was born in the Foote Homestead in Sherburne, April 13,1854 and with the exception of one year passed in Goshen, NY, spent his life in this place. In 1875 he married Ida P. Westcott of Sherburne.
Of this union there were eight children, two of whom died in infancy. His widow and six children; Asa, Miss Susie, Miss Ida, J Jr. and Mrs. Bert Hilsinger of this place, Mrs. Howard F. James of Mohawk, and two sisters Mrs. Olivia Hoyt of Atlanta Ga. and Mrs. Almira Reynolds of this place survive him. Frugal and industrious, yet generous and liberal, of a kindly genial nature, he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. In his home he was a kind and loving husband, and a tender and indulgent father.
In the latter part of his illness, fully realizing that his chances of life were ebbing, calmly and thoroughly he dictated the arrangements for the last rites, choosing as his bearers, his sons, Asa and J, his sons-in-law, Bert Hilsinger and Dr. Howard F. James and his relatives and neighbors, John M. Howard and Edsall B. Reynolds. He directed that no hearse be used and that he be carried to the old Congregational cemetery in sight of his residence where be has spent his days, and laid at rest in the family plot beside loved children gone before.
The funeral, largely attended, was held at his late residence Wednesday afternoon. Rev. C. J Lambert, rector of Christ Church in this village of which Mr. Foote was a member, officiated.
Those present from out of town were as follows: Judge Nathaniel and Orlando Foote of Rochester; Mrs. Arthur Foote of West Eaton; Mr. Austin S. Bumb, Mr. N. Marks Bump, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Springer, Mrs. Bly Bruce and daughter, Mrs. Frank Gates and Mrs. Chas. Golden of Binghamton; Mr. and Mrs. Cortland Westcott of Milford, NY; Mrs. Chas. McLaury of Portlandville,NY; Mrs. Ella Rundell of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bryant and children, Stanley and Mary of Laurens, NY; Mr. C. W. Brown of Oxford, NY; Mr. G. W. Little of Braintree, Mass.; Rev. .......
Records of Christ Church; Book covering 1858 - 1891; Sherburne, NY:
p. 126: Elisabeth FOOTE, born 26 Sep 1879 at Sherburne, NY; christened 2 O
ct 1881 at Christ Church; parents - J. and Ida F. FOOTE; clergyman - T.S. Randolph.
p. 254; Sherburne, NY: Elizabeth FOOTE, age 3, of Sherburne, NY; died 5 Jan 1883; buried Sunday 7 Jan 1883 at Congregational Cemetery.
Christ Church; Book covering 1858 - 1891;
p. 126; Sherburne, New York:
Asa Foote FOOTE, born 26 Sep 1879 at Sherburne, NY; christened 2 Oct 18
81 at Christ Church; parents - J. and Ida F. FOOTE; clergyman - T.S. Randolph.The Sherburne News, 9 Dec 1948, p. 1:
Receives Retirement Annuity for Lifetime
In 1898, from his farm home, the Foot homestead, a mile north of this village, Mr. Asa Foote entered a clerkship with the firm of Kutschbach and Bullis on East State street. Following that he was employed as a clerk in the drug store of Shepard and Sholes, for a part of two years, and on December 1, 1900 accepted a position with the Sherburne National Bank and continued therein steadily for forty-eight years, nearly, until a few weeks ago when compelled to relinquish the position by reason of ill health, that has confined him to his home for several weeks last past. but now considerably improved in condition.
The late Joshua Pratt was actively engaged daily as the Bank president when Mr. Foote started work there, and Foote's long service is probably unexceeded in this county by any bank employee, save perhaps Ralph W. Kirby, of Bainbridge, N. Y., who is yet in the harness. Mr. Foot continued thru successive presidencies of Howard D. Newton, George M. Bryan, and Walter S. Sanford, all deceased, and after this Bank merged into The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich, N. Y., was serving under Mr. Otis A. Thompson, president of that institution.
When Mr. Foote entered the banking business, banking hours were from nine in the morning, till noon, closed during that hour and then again open from one till four in the afternoon, the only exception being legal holidays, otherwise open every day, all day.
In recognition of his long, capable and faithful service, the Board of Directors of The National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich N. Y ., has awarded Mr. Foote special retirement annuity for his lifetime.
Records of Christ Church; Book covering 1858 - 1891; Sherburne, NY:
p. 126: Ida Olivia FOOTE, born 11 May 1881 at Sherburne, NY; christen
ed 2 Oct 1881 at Christ Church; parents - J. and Ida F. FOOTE; clergyman - T.S. Randolph.
p. 254; Ida Olivia FOOTE, age 1y 8m, of Sherburne; died 11 Jan 1883 of affection of brain; buried Saturday, 13 Jan 1883 at Congregational Cemetery.
Sherburne NewspaperMrs. Hilsinger died at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Tuesday, October 15. Mrs. Hilsinger was Almeda Foote, the daughter of the late J. Foote and Ida Westcott Foote. She was born in this town on the Foote homestead, was educated in the schools here and grew to womanhood in this community. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Clare Foote Hilsinger, a little over three years of age, and Jean Westcott Hilsinger, not yet a year old; her mother above mentioned, two brothers, Asa Foote and Jay W. Foote of this place, and three sisters, Mrs. Patrick McEligot of Sherburne, Mrs. Fred Andrews of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Howard F. James, of Mohawk.
Burial in Quarter Cemetery.
Mrs. Hilsinger was thirty-four years of age.
In her early womanhood, she was employed in the Sherburne telephone exchange for several years, and left a record of efficiency, courtesy and pop-ularity that was long pointed out as worthy of emulation. She was a member of the Christ Church of this village, and until the more pressing duties of home and family forbid, was an active worker and supporter.
Only a few days ago, around in active health and good spirits, it is hard to realize that she is gone. In the prime of life, pleasant surroundings and wrapped up in her family and home, the wisdom that takes passes all understanding. No death here in recent years has brought a sharper tinge of genuine regret, sorrow and sadness.
A true friend, generous, genial and cordial, she was universally liked; a tender, solicitous and devoted mother; a loving wife, companion and help-mate in every sense of the word, and an excellent woman in the community,. she will be long mourned and greatly missed.. No words can cheer the saddened and bereaved husband, nor solace the motherless little ones.
Marriage Notes for Almeda Ann Foote and Albert Jay Hilsinger
MARRIAGE:
Sherburne News; Sherburne, NY:
Mr. Bert Hilsinger and Miss Meda Foote were married Thursday, November 28t
h, 1907, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Foote, by Rev. C. J. Lambert, pastor of the Episcopal church. They were attended by Asa Foote and Miss Susie Foote, brother and sister of the bride. They left on the noon passenger for their wedding trip. After about March lst, 1908, they will reside on the farm west of this village, which Mr. Hilsinger recently bought of his father. The bride is an extremely popular young lady. For several years she was employed in the telephone exchange and won the highest praise for her work. Lately she has had charge of L. C. Palmiter's coal-office. Mr. Hilsinger is a successful young man, well liked by everyone. He has been a farmer, and lately has been clerk at the American hotel.
Sherburne, NY News:
26 Sep 1911
Mr. Howard James, left town on Tuesday for his home in Bainbridge and aft
er spending the week with his parents he will go to Philadelphia, Pa., and enter the University of Pennsylvania and prepare for the Dental profession. Mr. James is a bright young man, is a graduate of Sherburne High School and has many friends who join with the News in wishing him every success.Sherburne, NY News:
Dr. Howard F. James, son of Rev. Frank James, of Bainbridge, has gone to Mohawk, N. Y., where he is to engage in the practice of dentistry. "Dr. James is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has been associated with Dr. F. Ellis Bond of Binghamton since his graduation. He has successfully passed examinations given by the State Board of Dental examiners in both this State and Pennsylvania. The young doctor has a host of friends in this town who wish him success and distinction in his new profession.Sherburne, NY News:
July 1914
Dr. Howard James, of Bainbridge, has accepted a position in the dental office of Dr. Francis Ellis Bond of Binghamton.
Marriage Notes for Olivia Westcott Foote and Howard Frank James
MARRIAGE:
MARRIAGE:
James & Foote ( Sherburne, NY: The Sherburne News,), Sherburne Library, Sh
erburne, NY.
A pretty wedding occurred at the Foote Homestead on Wednesday evening, 20 Oct 1915, when Miss Olivia Westcott Foote, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Foote, was united in marriage to Dr. Howard F. James of Mohawk, NY. At eight o'clock the bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of Lohengrins wedding march rendered by Miss Gertrude I. Howard, and proceeded to a floral arch in the southwest corner of the room. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frank James of Bainbridge, NY, father of the groom, assisted by the Rev. C.J. Lambert of this place. The bride was becomingly attired in a gown of Ivory satin, cut en train and trimmed with princess lace. She wore a tulle veil and carried a bouquet of brides' rose. The bridesmaid, Miss Susie M. Foote, of Birmingham, AL, sister of the bride, wore a gown of white silk net over white taffeta and carried pink Killarney roses. Mr. Asa Foote, brother of the bride, acted as best man and Miss Irene Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edsall Reynolds, was the charming little ring bearer.
Following the ceremony a wedding supper was served to about fifty guests, all immediate relatives of the bride and groom. Late in the evening Dr. and Mrs. James left for a trip to Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New York City and other eastern cities. Upon their return they will reside in Mohawk where Dr. James has a lucrative dental practice.
The bride and groom are highly esteemed youn people and have spent the greater part of their lives in this place. The bride is a graduate of Sherburne High School, of the Norwich Training School for teachers and of the Oneonta State Normal School. She has taught school most successfully for several years in this place and on Long Island. The groom is also a graduate of Sherburne High School and of the University of Pennsylvania.
They have a host of friends who wish them much joy and happiness for the future. Among the out of town guests were Rev. and Mrs. Frank James of Bainbridge, NY, Mr. and Mrs. James Gillespie and children of Hallstead, PA, Mrs. Fred Springer and Mr. N. Marks Bump, of Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bryant and son, Stanley, of Laurens, NY.
Marriage Notes for Ida Henrietta Foote and Patrick Joseph McEligot
MARRIAGE:
Sherburne News; Sherburne, NY:
On Saturday morning, August 25, 1917, occurred the marriage of Miss Ida He
nrietta Foote and Mr. Patrick Joseph McEligot by the Rev. B. A. Smith. They were attended by Miss Loretta Macksey and Mr. James Kehoe, of this place. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served to the bridal party and immediate family of the bride. Both Mr. and Mrs. McEligot are well known and have many friends who extend congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple. Upon their return from New York City and New Jersey they will reside for the present at the Foote Homestead.