This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VanCise related to David Lincoln Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SRB.2ACE/11935 Message Board Post: Milton lived next door to his Aunt Minnie. His address was 156 Chestnut Street Westfield, New York. Milton was a fire chief and a member of the Masons and the Moose. He lived in his grandfathers, David Lincoln's, 12-room house. His mother Mary Lincoln VanCise used to sit up front with him on the fire engine when they went to the fires. At that time they used real horse power (Horse and Buggy). Norma Disharoon on a visit with Dorothy and Mary Anne on 11-12-2001 said that Milton made all the furniture in the house. It was absolutely beautiful. There was a china cabinet that was very large in the dining room. They had a wonderful back porch that they used to spend a lot of time sitting and playing. There was also a large apple tree with he best apples. Florence Strain Griswald had written in her diary "Milton Van Cise 1886-1969, according to her daughter Sharon Walters in a letter to Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor October 25th, 1984. In the Westfield Republican Newspaper the following obituary appears on March 5th, 1969. "Milton C. Van Cise. Milton D. Van Cise, 82, of 156 Chestnut Street, died at 6:50 A.M. Monday March 3rd in Westfield Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing heath the last two years. Mr. Van Cise was born October 19, 1886 in State Line, Pennsylvania, a son of Ezra and Mary Lincoln Van Cise. The family moved to Westfield when he was a youngster and he resided here all of his life. He was a carpenter by trade working for over 25 years for John Beckman, contractor. For 20 years he was custodian at Eason Hall, retiring 12 1/2 years ago. He was married to Elizabeth Davidson in Wellsburg, West Virginia on June 27, 1936. Mr. VanCise was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Summit Lodge number 219, R. & A. M., Westfield Moose number 118 and the Westfield Fire Department for 60 years. He served as Fire Chief at two different times. His wife and several nieces and nephews! survive Mr. Van Cise. Funeral services were held at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning at the Wallace Funeral Home with the Reverend James H. Irwin, Jr. officiating. Burial was in Westfield Cemetery." [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Mar 29, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.112.5.101386.153] Individual: Vancise, Milton Social Security #: 062-32-0312 issued in: New York Birth date: Oct 19, 1885 Death date: Mar 1969 Residence code: New York ZIP Code 14787 Westfield, New York More About MILTON C. VANCISE: Club: Summit Lodge number 219 Mason17 Firefighter: Westfield, for 60 years served as Chief more than once18 Occupation: 25 years Carpenter for the John Beckman Company, Westfield, New York, USA19 Religion: First Presbyterian Church20 Notes for LOUISE VANCISE: [Morehouse Lincoln.FTW] [2140845Morehouse.FBK.FBK.FTW] Norma Disharoon in a conversation with Mary Anne April 1st, 1999 state that Aunt Lou was wonderful and very good to them. She never understood why Uncle Milton divorced her to marry that other thing. Molly Lincoln Duchaine told Dorothy and Mary Anne on their visit to Westfield on 11-11-2001 that Mary VanCise and Louise did not get along. Mary tried to tell Lou what to do and Lou wanted to do things her own way. She feels that they would have stayed together if it had not been for Mary's interference. Norma, Dorothy and Marquita all loved Aunt Lou as they called her. Norma recalls a joke that Lou played on her. Norma was a city girl from the Ward in Olli City Pennsylvania and she went to stay with Uncle Milton and Aunt Lou. Well Aunt Lou had chickens and asked Norma if she wanted to feed them. She was excited and went out with the food. All of a sudden all the chickens came running toward her and scared her half to death. Aunt Lou sat there laughing until tears came down her cheeks. Uncle Milton came in and asked what was going on. Lou told him and he started laughing too. The next day Lou asked Norma to feed the chickens again and she said No!! No!! No!! Norma said that Aunt Lou made the greatest potato salad and always made it for her. Aunt Kitty used to visit Aunt Lou quite a bit after the divorce. For some reason she had all the pictures of the Lincoln family including Abraham Lincoln. Aunt Kitty asked her for them but one time when she went for a visit Aunt Lou said that they were burnt in a fire Notes for ELIIZABETH DAVISON: My great Aunt Elizabeth Davison was married to Milton VanVise. I spent many summers at their home in Westfield as a child as well as their cottages at Lake Chautauqua. Libby kept diaries whic I have been reading and have found a great deal of information about Clara and Min as it pertains to everyday life in the early forties. My mother remembers Clara and Min from her childhood and says that at one time Clara lived in the front half of the farmhouse in Westfield. Libby passed away in 1987 after moving to Pittsburgh a few years earlier and I was fortunate enough to receive some of her possessions. Libby was a Christian Scientist as well as a member of the Eastern Star. More About ELIIZABETH DAVISON: Church membership: Christian Science Church of Westfield21 Club: Columbine Crown Chapter of the Eastern Star22 Endnotes 1. "Westfield Republican," obituary of sister Minnie, his obituary March 5, 1969 page 6. 2. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum. 3. RD#3 Box 168 Sherman, New York 14781, Sharon Griswald Walters, (Letter to Mary Anne October 1984). 4. Dororthy Mae Morehouse Mackey. 5. "Westfield Republican," his obituary. 6. RD#3 Box 168 Sherman, New York 14781, Sharon Griswald Walters, (Letter to Mary Anne October 1984), mother's diary has birthdate as 1886. 7. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum, death date 1968. 8. "Westfield Republican," obituary, Elizabeth's obituary. 9. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum. 10. "Westfield Republican," Milton's obituary. 11. Pittsburgh, Pensylvania 15216, Jeff Sinclair, (412-341-7329 3330 Beacon Hill Ave). 12. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum, marriage ate 1943. 13. "Westfield Republican," Milton's Obituary. 14. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum. 15. "Westfield Republican," her obituary. 16. Pittsburgh, Pensylvania 15216, Jeff Sinclair, (412-341-7329 3330 Beacon Hill Ave). 17. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum. 18. Dororthy Mae Morehouse Mackey. 19. Mary Anne Mackey-Wisor compiler of this history, Marquita Louise Blum. 20. "Westfield Republican," obituary. 21. "Westfield Republican," her obituary June 18th, 1987 page 2. 22. "Westfield Republican," her obituary.