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Obituary (from newspaper of 18 April 1928): James L. Atwood, 81, died this morning at 4 at his home, 110 South Rutland St., following an illness of five months. He was born February 8, 1847, in the town of Lyme, a son of Isaac and Luthera
Stetson Atwood.As a young man he entered the hardware business in the village of Clayton, first in partnership with the late James E. Couch and later with his brother, M. Atwood, who died about 25 years ago. Thirty-one years ago he retired from the
hardware business and came to this city, where he since had resided.For many years Mr. Atwood was employed as an inspector by the James B. Wise Co. He was twice married. His first wife, Alvila Dodge, died 21 years ago. To this union were born two children, Mrs. Celia Sigourney and I.F. Atwood, both of
whom survive.Nineteen years ago Mr. Atwood married Mrs. Emogene Atwood, widow of his brother, who also survives with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Ladd of this city. Mr. Atwood was a senior deacon of Emmanuel Congregational Church.
Funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3 at the home, 110 South Rutland St., with private service by Rev. F. Jefferson Neal, pastor of Emmanuel Congregational Church. Burial will be made in North Watertown Cemetery.
Obituary: Mrs. Emogene J. Cleveland Atwood, 90, widow of James L. Atwood, died at about 6 this morning at the residence of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr .and Mrs. Fred E. Ladd, 119 Thompson Bouldevard, with whom she resided.
Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage which she suffered at about 3 Wednesday morning and from which she failed to rally. As a result of the hemorrhage her right side was paralyzed. She had retired in her usual health Tuesday night.
She remained unconscious from the time she was stricken until her death.The nonagenarian, who would have been 91 years old May 14, had been in fairly good health and was active for one of her age, having been able to be up and around the house. Her eyesight had been failing her, however.
Mrs. Atwood was born May 14, 1847, in Brownville, a daughter of Isaac H. and Adeline Hudson Cleveland, early residents of Jefferson County. She was educated in the district schools.
She was married twice. On Dec. 13, 1866, she was married to Montraville W. Atwood of the town of Clayton. The early part of her life was spent in the vicinity of Chaumont.
About 1875 the family moved to Clayton, where her first husband was a prominent hardware merchant. He died in March, 1905. In 1909 she was married to her brother-in-law, James L. Atwood, and since then she had resided in this city. Her
second husband died at the family home, then 110 South Rutland St., on April 18, 1928, at the age of 81 years.Mrs. Atwood was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church.
Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Fred E. (Adeline L.) Ladd, born of the first marriage, and a grandson, F. Atwood Ladd, city, a senior in the Clarkson College of Technology at Potsdam.
Funeral services will be held at the Ladd home Sunday afternoon at 2. Rev. Richard H. Bowen, pastor of the Emmanuel Congregational Church, assisted by Rev. Dr. Harry Westbrook Reed, minister of the All Souls Universalist Church, will
officiate. Burial will be made in the family plot in the Depauville Cemetery.
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Obituary (from newspaper of 21 Jan. 1938): I. Frank Atwood, 57, of 1709 State St., widely known salesman and former local mail carrier, died at 6 Friday evening in the House of the Good Samaritan, where he had been a patient since Jan. 13.
Death was caused by general peritonitis and followed an operation for a ruptured appendix he underwent the day he entered the hospital.Mr. Atwood's condition became aggravated after the operation by complications, including peritonitis, which, it was discovered, had developed prior to the operation, and diabetes, with which he had long been afflicted.
His condition became critical Sunday night. On Friday morning he was placed in an oxygen tent so that he might breathe easier and he remained in the tent until his death.
At his bedside when he died were Rev. Richard H. Bowen, pastor of the Emmanuel Congregational Church, and Chester R. Morrison, 1035 Bronson St., and William D. Moran, 1709 State St., his brothers-in-law. His wife, Mrs. Frances C. Morrison
Atwood, and her cousin, Mrs. Bartholomew, Gouverneur, were in an adjoining room of the hospital.Mr. Atwood lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Moran, 1709 State St.
Private funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10:30 at the Moran home. Rev. Mr. Bowen will officiate. Burial will be made in the family plot in North Watertown Cemetery. Friends may call at the Moran home Sunday afternoon and
evening.Surviving Mr. Atwood, besides his wife, are his step-mother, Mrs. Emogene J. Atwood, 90, and a step-sister, Mrs. Fred E. Ladd, both of 119 Thompson Boulevard. Mr. Ladd is in the House of the Good Samaritan, where he recently underwent an
operation, also for a ruptured appendix.Isaac Frank Atwood was born Jan. 16, 1881, in Clayton, a son of the late James L. and Arvilla Dodge Atwood of the town of Clayton. His early education was received in the public schools of Clayton, where he spent his boyhood. His father
was a member of the firm of Atwood Brothers, which operated a hardware business in Clayton for 26 years until the time of the Clayton fire of 1895 which destroyed the business block and its contents.About 1896 I. Frank Atwood came to Watertown, attended the Watertown High School and later completed a course at the Northern Business College. After leaving the business college, he was employed as timekeeper at the John C. Thompson park
which was then being constructed.Later Mr. Atwood passed the civil service examination for the position of mail carrier and on May 1, 1904, he was appointed a substitute carrier. He was appointed a regular carrier Dec. 1, 1906, and served until April 1, 1920, when he
resigned.During his service as a mail carrier, Mr. Atwood had several delivery routes, including routes in the busness and residential sections. For the last twelve years of his service he delivered mail on the route covering the south side of
Public Square. The late Lon I. Hubbard succeeded him on the Public Square route.Mr. Atwood resigned from the postal service to become an active member of the firm of Scharch & Atwood, automobile repair business which was located at 420 State St. Mr. Atwood had been identified with the predecessor of the firm, the C.
L. Scharch & Company, as silent partner for about five years, but did not enter into the business actively until after he left the postal service.When Mr. Atwood became identified with the business, the shop was located at 341 State St. The firm manufactured automobile tops and slip covers. In 1919 the plant was moved to 420 State St. and the business was expanded. Mr. Atwood's
associate was Charles L. Scharch.Mr. Atwood remained with the business until about 1927 when he became a traveling salesman. For a time he represented the C. A. Blacksford Co. of Chicago, feed concern, but for about the last eight years he was associated with the C. O.
Ryde & Co. of Chicago, also a feed concern. Until the time of his death he was New York State representative of the firm.Mr. Atwood at one time was manager of the Family Supply Co., a local stock firm which once operated an exclusive grocery and meat market at the corner of Central and Huntington Sts., where the Austin Ice Cream Co. is now located. The
company was established by the late A. D. Remington.Mr. Atwood was a member of the local council of the United Commercial Travelers and of the National Association of Letter Carriers and was a former member of Watertown Lodge, No. 496, B.P.O.E.
He was also a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and for years had been active in its affairs, having formerly served as a trustee and financial secretary.
Mr. Atwood was one of the men instrumental in the formation of the Wasoc Club in 1921. St. Andrew's Brotherhood, men's organization of the Emmanuel Church, was the nucleus in the formation of the club. Mr. Atwood had been a member of the
Brotherhood.Mr. Atwood married Miss Frances C. Morrison, daughter of Charles M. and Jennie Spence Morrison of this city, on Nov. 10, 1902. The ceremony was performed in Watertown by Rev. Hexekiah L. Pyle, then pastor of the Emmanuel Church.
Obituary from newspaper of 7 July 1966: Mrs. Frances C. Morrison Atwood Moran, 86, wife of William D. Moran, 130 Thompson boulevard, and a resident of Watertown nearly all of her life, died at 2:25 this morning in the House of the Good
Samaritan after a long illness.The funeral will be Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Cleveland funeral home. Rev. Blaine F. Hartford, pastor of the All Souls Universalist church, will officiate. Burial will be in North Watertown cemetery.
She had been a patient in the hospital since May 25 when she fell in the kitchen of her home and fractured her right hip and right arm. Afflicted with arthritis for years, she had left the hospital only eight days before, after having
been a patient there since Sept. 25.Her 83-year-old husband, who was prominent in the banking and investment business for years until his retirement, is the only survivor. He was co-manager of the Watertown branch office of Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & company, New York
investment firm, until the office was discontinued in the fall of 1964. Mrs. Moran was the last survivor of her family.Mrs. Moran was born at Great Bend Feb. 26, 1880, one of seven children of Charles M. and Jennie Spence Morrison, and was a niece of the late Fred Morrison, the first chief of the paid Watertown fire department.
One of Mrs. Moran's sisters was the late Mrs. Harriet M. Moran, who was her husband's first wife. The first Mrs. Moran died at the age of 60 on June 17, 1943 at the family home, then 1709 State street.
She was a sister also of Mrs. Frank B. (Minnie) Seaver, who died here at the age of 66 on May 22, 1934; Miss Kate Morrison, who died here at the age of 64 on April 10, 1935; Mrs. Fred A. (Isabelle) Draper, who died here at the age of 75 on
June 12, 1950; Fred Morrison, who died many years ago at an early age, and Chester R. Morrison, who died here June 15, 1951, at the age of 65.Her father, who was a Civil War veteran and long prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic, was a clerk in the state legislature at Albany at one time. He was for years an employee of the Remington paper company. He died in 1913, three
years after his wife died.Mrs. Moran moved to this city with her parents from Great Bend, where her father had been employed in a paper mill, when she was a small child. The Morrison family lived on Bronson street here. She had since lived in this city.
After attending the local public schools, she was employed as an operator in the offices of the old Citizen's Telephone company and as a copier in the offices of the Jefferson county clerk.
Later, she was a sales clerk in the store of Roth & Santee and its successor, the Frank A. Empsall company. For years afterward she was a clerk in the Silas L. George jewelry store. Later, she studied hairdressing and for a number of
years was a beauty operator associated with the operation of the M. & M. beauty shop in the Trust company building. She retired about 1947.She was married, first, to I. Frank Atwood of this city. The ceremony was performed Nov. 10, 1902, in this city. Mr. Atwood, a one-time local mail carrier, died here Jan. 21, 1938 at the age of 57. On Jan. 23, 1947 she was married to
William D. Moran of this city--her brother-in-law--in a ceremony performed by Rev. Dr. James H. Larson, one-time pastor of the Emmanuel Congregational church here, at the Larson home in New York.Mrs. Moran was a charter member of the Benevolent club, a member of the All Souls Universalist church and, for more than 30 years, a member of the auxiliary of the House of the Good Samaritan.
She was actively identified with the Community chest from its early days. She was a member also of the Children's Home of Jefferson county of whose board of trustees her husband has been president since 1941.
WAR OF 1812
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DECLARATION OF SOLDIER FOR PENSION
State of New York
County of Jefferson
On the 29 day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one personally appeared before me Jacob Stears, Clerk of the Supreme Court, a Court of Record within and for the county and state aforesaid,
Nathan Stetson, aged 83 years, a resident of Clayton, county of Jefferson, State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he was married; that his wife's name was Sally Warren to whom he was married at Hounsfield, N.Y.
in the month of July, 1810; that he served the full period of sixty days in the (1) Military service of the United States in the war of 1812; that he is identical Nathan Stetson who (2) was enrolled in captain N. Hubbard's company Col C.
Stone's Regiment NYSM at the defences of Sackets Harbor on the 25th day of June 1812 and was honorably discharged ar Ogdensburgh, NY on the 20th day of December, 1812; that (3) He served under Capt. Hubbard guarding the lines, at Cape Vincent,
Sackets Harbor, and at Ogdensburgh; and was enrolled as a 6 months man. He afterwards served under Capt. Nower, Col. B. Harris N.Y.S.M. 10th Regiment for a period of one month at Brownville, N.Y. in the month of October 1814.He received Land Warrant for 160 Acres of Land.
He believes he received no written discharge, and cannot from the lapse of time, recollect the number of the Regiment of Colonel Stone's; that he, at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the
cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid or comfort; or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; and that he will support the Constitution of
the United States; that he is not in receipt of a pension under any previous act; that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States, under the provision of the act approved February 14,
1871, and he hereby constitutes and appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation E. North of Watertown, N.Y. his true and lawful attorney to presecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his post
office is at Watertown, N.Y., county of Jefferson, State of New York; that his domicile or place of abode is Depauville, N.Y.Attest: Nathan Stetson
Cha. M. Reynolds
G. H. Case
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