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AYER, F. WAYLAND

F. Wayland Ayer, 75, pioneer in the advertising business and head of N. W. Ayer & Sons, at Meredith, N. Y. [Source: Saturday, Mar. 17, 1923, Time Magazine.]

FULLER, WILLIAM
William Fuller, brother of the Rev. Dr. A. K. Fuller, pastor of the Wurts Street Baptist Church died Monday in Masonville, Delaware county. Mr. Fuller was 78 years of age and had for many years been a prominent dairyman of Delaware county. He died in the farm house where Dr. Fuller was born. [Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman. Tuesday, February 27, 1917 Kingston, New York]

KEATOR, HENRY R.
Henry R. Keator, in the eightieth year of his age, died at Roxbury, Delaware county, Friday, September 21. Funeral Sunday afternoon at the Gould Memorial Church at Roxbury, of which Mr. Keator had been sexton for a number of years. He was also caretaker  for a great many years of the Gould property for Helen Gould Shepard, wife of Prof. Finley J. Shepard and was a well known and popular resident of that section of Delaware county. [Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman, September 22, 1923]

LAUNT, PETER J.
PETER J. LAUNT DIES, AGED 101
(By Associated Press)
Binghamton, May 10 – Peter J. Launt, the oldest resident of the Southern Tier, died in his Delaware county home, aged 101 years. He was born in the town of Nassau, Rensselear county, February 12, 1810, and was a resident of Delaware county since 1818. He was the grandfather of Conductor “fish” Launt. [Source: Middletown Daily Times-Press. Wednesday, May 10, 1911 Middletown, New York]

NEWKARK, JACOB O.
Jacob O. Newkark
Liberty, April 28 – Jacob Oscar Newkark, for more  than 40 years one of the best known residents of Sullivan county and owner of the Walnut Mountain farm before the Walnut Mountain House was built on the property, died at DeLancey, Delaware county, Saturday, April 19, after a year of failing health. [Source: Orange County Times-Press, April 29, 1924.]

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