Transcribed Obituaries

Surnames Beginning with
R

Wheeler.
     Mrs. J. W. Raymond had a shock of paralysis last Thursday morning and died Sunday at 8:30 a.m. this was the 4th shock she has had in a few years. Her funeral was held at the Wheeler Center church Tuesday at 1 p.m. Interment in Wheeler Center Cemetery. Her husband J. W. Raymond, two sons, Silas and Daniel, and one daughter, Mrs. Dixie Martin, are left to mourn her departure.
Hornellsville Weekly Tribune (Hornellsville, NY) Friday, December 22, 1899; page 5, col. 5.

Death of Baby
     Irene Ruth Reynolds, died on Saturday at the home of her parents on Talbot Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Reynolds who moved from Troupsburg to Talbot creek on the day previous. The parents and sister Doris survive. The funeral was held from the home on Monday and burial was made in Rural cemetery, Hornell.
Canisteo Times (Canisteo, NY) May 5, 1932; page 4, col. 4.

John Reynolds.
     John Reynolds of this place, aged 76 years, died at the home of his grand-daughter, Mrs. R. E. Stephens in Corning, at 5 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to an abcess which formed as the result of a fall some time ago. Mr. Reynolds had been in failing health for some time and early in the year went to Corning to visit his granddaughter and was taken ill while there. He had been a resident of Jasper for many years and for the last year or two had served as janitor of the Presbyterian church here.
     He is survived by one sister, Miss Emeline Reynolds of Hedgesville; one son, Russell Reynolds; a grandson, John Reynolds of Jasper, and the granddaughter, Mrs. Stephens. The remains were brought to this place for burial. The funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning Rev. G. A. Wilkinson officiating. Burial in Jasper Cemetery.
Canisteo Times (Canisteo, NY) March 14, 1917; page 5, col. 3.

Death of Daniel D. Rogers.
     Daniel D Rogers died at his home two miles west of Hood River, last Sunday morning, aged 81 years and 8 months. Deceased went to Hood River in the spring of 1878 and built the first grist mill in the valley, located on Phelps creek. He was born at Troupsburg, Steuben county, N.Y., February 4, 1815. His aged wife, now nearly 80 survives him. Two sons, E. C. and Charles Rogers, out of a family of 10 children, are left with the widow to mourn his loss. Grandfather Rogers was a kind-hearted, industrious old man, liked by his neighbors and respected by all. For the past year or two his health has been quite feeble, but he kept up and was about till a week or two before his death.
Oregonian (Portland, OR) October 25, 1896; page 3, col. 5.

JAMES V. ROWLEY.
News of the death of James V. Rowley at the Willard state hospital was received here the fore part of last week. Mr. Rowley had spent the best part of his life in this part of the town. At one time he was a large land owner, engaging extensively in farming and lumbering, making good for a time but broken health caused his business to lax. During his more active life he was deeply engaged in church work and other activities that tended to build up the community He had many reatives in Canisteo, Jasper, Machias, N. Y., and in Minnesota and California. Mr. Rowley's father, John S. Rowley, built and operated a flouring mill here back in the early '40s. The mill did a thriving business for a time. It was located on the lands now owned by E. L. VanOrman and was run by water power. The water was taken up a third of a mile away, conducted by broad pine troughs.
Canisteo Times, (Canisteo, NY) February 19, 1919, page 6, col. 4.

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