OBITUARIES / DEATHS  BARKER, John Henry SING SING, N. Y., July 6. John Henry Barker, colored, was electrocuted here to-day for wife murder. The crime was committed on Aug. 30. 1895, just outside of White Plains. Barker was jealous of his wife and after being separated from her for some time returned on the date mentioned and shot her to death, after wards hacking her body with a spade. [News Of the Week Current Events (News Article) Date: 1897-07-14; Paper: Indiana State Journal. submitted by Barbara] BUTLER, George, son of Rev. David BUTLER, Rector of St. Paul's Church at Troy, died Aug. 27, in Scarsdale, N.Y., age 31. (Sept. 6) Source: National Intelligencer, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp HATFIELD, Abraham Hon. Abraham Hatfield, of Westchester County, N.Y., who is well known in Wisconsin, died last week. [Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Monday, Jan. 3, 1876. Submitted by Candi] JONES, Alice Palache NAME:  Alice (nee Palache) Jones COUNTY:  Westchester STATE:  NY NEWSPAPER:  New York Times Submitted by Kathie Marynik DATE:  June 13, 1989 A. P. Jones, 82, Ex-Banker, Dies                 Alice Palache Jones, retired vice president of the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York, died of complications arising from a heart condition yesterday at Northern Westchester Hospital Center in Mount Kisco. She was 82 years old and lived in North Salem, NY.                 Mrs. Jones, a native of Cambridge, Mass., joined the company in 1933 as a trainee. She retired as senior vice president in 1974, after overseeing the bank’s move to the World Trade Center. Mrs. Jones was a director of the Dreyfus Third Century Fund, an investment fund, and a trustee of the North Salem Free Library. She had been a member and chairman of the North Salem Planning Board.                 She graduated from Bryn Mawr cum laude in 1928 and was a member of the Bryn Mawr board of directors since 1951. In 1930 she was hired by Margaret Sanger to become executive director of the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control.                 Her husband, Russell K. Jones, retired vice president of the now-defunct advertising agency Cunningham & Walsh, died in 1986. She is survived by two sisters, Mary Gregory and Jeanette Barker, both of Jaffrey, NH. JONES, LeBaron Wilmont, Dr. NAME:  LeBaron Wilmot Jones COUNTY:  Westchester STATE:  NY NEWSPAPER:  The Daily Reporter, White Plains Submitted by Kathie Marynik DATE:  Thursday, April 29, 1926                 Dr. LeBaron Wilmot Jones, 55, practicing physician in Pleasantville for 31 years, whose activities on various hospital staffs and skill at research work particularly with regard to infantile paralysis had won him fame, died at his home on Bedford Road, Pleasantville, yesterday, of heart trouble. Dr. Jones had been suffering with this disease the last two years. He was stricken at Cape Cod two years ago. The next attack came last summer. He continued to practice, however. The fatal attack occurred Sunday at his home. He regained consciousness from his last attack only a few times before his death.                 Dr. Jones gained considerable prominence when he devised a course of exercise as a cure for the deformities left by infantile paralysis. His system was successful in many cases.                 For 31 years he resided in and was practicing physician in Pleasantville. He came to Pleasantville in 1895. He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, May 5, 1870, the son of Albert S. and Cornelia Kennedy Jones. Dr. Jones was graduated from Arcadia College, then came to New York, entered Bellevue Medical College, and was graduated from that institution. He became an intern at Bellevue Hospital.                 During the World War, Dr. Jones was chief examining surgeon of the draft board for Westchester and served for many years on the staff of the Ossining Hospital. He had a wide practice, which included well known New York families with country houses in Westchester.                 Dr. Jones was a member of Pleasantville Lodge, F&AM, a charter member of the Pleasantville University Club, and member of the Mount Pleasant Tennis Club and Westchester County Medical Association, also a vestryman of St. Johns Church, Pleasantville.                 Dr. Jones was married twice. His first wife, who was Miss Sarah Etta Brown of Eastview, died in 1916. Subsequently he married Miss Vera Brown of Eastview, who survives him. Two sons and a daughter also survive – Russell Kennedy Jones, Kenneth Wilmot Jones, and Evelyn Jones.                 Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Church, Pleasantville, at 10:30 o’clock tomorrow morning. The Rev. [illegible] will officiate. Interment will be at Kensico Cemetery and for members of the family only. JONES, Russell Kennedy NAME:  Russell Kennedy Jones COUNTY:  Westchester STATE:  NY NEWSPAPER:  New York Times DATE:  October 7, 1986 Submitted by Kathie Marynik JONES—Russell K., on October 3, 1986 of North Salem, NY. Husband of Alice; father of Alice Jones Taylor and the late Russell Kennedy Jones, Jr. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Memorial service at St. James Episcopal Church, North Salem, NY, Sunday, October 12, 1986 at 4 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Dartmouth Alumni Class of 1920 or North Salem Free Library. TUCKER, Mrs. Edmund CHOKED TO DEATH Mrs. Edmund Tucker Killed by a Burglar In Her Yonkers Home. YONKERS, N. Y. Jan. 27.—Mrs. Edmund Tucker was choked to death by a burglar, at her home on Central avenue, near Underhill, tonight. She was found by her husband, who returned late and discovered that all the doors were locked. Thinking his wife might be visiting, he Inquired, of the neighbors, and was told that she had not been seen since late in the afternoon. He then returned to his house, and, going to a back window, heard the screams of his three-year-old boy from within. He opened the window and climbed Inside to find his wife lying dead in the hallway Just outside the sitting room door. The little boy was also found to be suffering from a severe cut across the face, and when asked what had caused the trouble he said that an old man wearing a slouch hat and a seedy gray overcoat, had entered the house and demanded money. When this was refused him he seized Mrs. Tucker and choked her into submission. He then struck the boy with a heavy cane which he carried and proceeded to take what valuably things he could find In a hasty trip through the house. Some of the missing articles are a lady's double cased gold watch and several gold rings. Coroner Miles's examination disclosed the fact that Mrs. Tucker had been In a delicate condition, and that the shock as well as the assault was responsible for her death. [Weekly Indiana State Journal January 29, 1896. Submitted by Barbara]

Death Index Compiled from Genealogy Bank ANGEVINE, John ANGEVINE - At New-Rochelle, on Monday morning, Sept. 21, Mr. John Angevine, formerly of Scarsdale, Westchester Co., N. Y., in the 53d year of his age. His funeral will take place at 1 o'clock p.m. this day, (Tuesday) from his late residence, New-Rochelle. [New York Times, Sept. 22, 1857] BLANCHARD, Rollo Kimball Name of Deceased: Rollo Kimball Blanchard County Name: Westchester State: NY Newspaper: The Norwalk Hour, Norwalk, CT Obit: Rollo Kimball Blanchard, 67, of Ardsley Park, Irvington, N.Y. died suddenly Saturday while vacationing in Clearwater, Fla.  He is survived by two sons, Harry Cutler Blanchard of Westport and Kimball Blanchard of Greenwich and a daughter, Mrs. Robert T. Bower of Washington, D.C. Services will be held at his late home in Irvington with burial taking place in Barre, Vt. [April 29, 1953. The Norwalk Hour, Norwalk CT.] COUTANT, John L. COUTANT - At White Plains, on Monday, Sept. 11, John L. Coutant, aged 8 years, 10 months and 10 days. The friends and relatives of the family are invited to attend his funeral, at Trinity Church, at 2 o'clock, this day, Sept. 15. [New York Times Sept. 15, 1857] LAWRENCE, Charlotte E. LAWRENCE - At Throng's Neck, Westchester County, on Wednesday evening, Sept. 16, Charlotte E., wife of D. Lynch Lawrence. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her brother-in-law, Robert Grelet, No. 857 Broadway, on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, without further invitation. [New York Times, Sep. 1857] RAYMOND, William S. Name of Deceased: William S. Raymond Newspaper: The Hour, Norwalk, Conn. Obit: William S. Raymond      VISTA, NY -  Services for William s. Raymond were held Wednesday in Stevens Memorial United Methodist church in Lewisboro, N.Y., with the Rev. Harold E. Quigley, pastor, officiating.       Interment took place in South Salem Cemetery in South Salem, N.Y.      Mr. Raymond, 63, of Smith Ridge Road, died Saturday in Veterans Medical Center in West Have after a long illness.  He was the husband of Diane Bouton Raymond.      Born in Pound Ridge, N.Y., Mr. Raymond was employed by the Town of New Canaan as a heavy equipment operator at the volume reduction plant.  He was a longtime resident of Vista.      Bouton Funeral Home, Georgetown, was in charge of arrangements.       Thursday, March 7, 1991      The Hour, Norwalk, Conn. Submitted by A friend of Free Genealogy. SPARKS, Stephen SPARKS - At Peekskill, Westchester County, Stephen Sparks, aged 83 years, 5 months and 20 days. His friends and relatives are respectfully requested to attend his funeral, this day, (Monday) at 2 o'clock, at his residence, Peekskill. [New York Times, Sept. 28, 1857] THOMPKINS, Jonathan G. Died at ml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Scarsdale, Westchester county, New York, on Thursday morning, the 22d ult, in the 87th year of his age, Jonathan G. Thompkins, Esq., father of his excellency Daniel D. Tompkins. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) June 4 1823 Page 3] Submitted by Nancy.

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