Hi all, The following are clippings from the Genesee County History Department's Obit books. Most of the articles are dated, but some only contain the year, and I assume that they were all from one of the Batavia newspapers, although they don't state WHICH paper. All can be found at the Genesee County History Department, and probably on microfilm at the Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia as well. Some of the subjects are my family, while others are just articles that I inadvertently copied while getting the clippings on my family. I will label my family clippings accordingly, and if anyone finds a connection, PLEASE contact me, as I would LOVE to share info!!! If an article is NOT labeled as my family, however, I would ask that you PLEASE NOT contact me in hopes of obtaining further info, as I will have none!! These articles can all be found in the archives of the NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com list as well. ENJOY!!!! ************************************** December 19th or 20th, 1906 MRS. MIAL A. MERRITT Death of a Lifelong Resident of Le Roy After a Brief Illness Le Roy, Dec. 19 - Mrs. Mary Louise MERRITT, wife of Mial Augustus MERRITT and a lifelong and esteemed resident of this village, died suddenly at her home on Lake street about 8:30 o'clock last evening. She suffered a light stroke on Sunday, but, although she was quite ill, her condition was not considered serious. Yesterday she became worse and failed rapidly. Mrs. MERRITT formerly was Miss Mary Louise PIERSON, daughter of Edwin PIERSON and was born in Le Roy on February 15, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. MERRITT celebrated their golden anniversary on October 2d. Mrs. MERRITT had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church over 54 years and had always been closely identified with the church work. Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Warren SMITH, Miss Augustus [sic] MERRITT and Miss Mary F. MERRIT of Le Roy and Mrs. Charles H. ROOT of Caledonia. The funeral will be held from the house at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, the Rev. Mark KELLEY officiating. The interment will be in Machpelah cemetery. ************************************** September 18, 1906 Former Basom Woman Dead Basom, Sept. 18 - Mrs. and Mrs. J. NEWELL and daughters Nora and Mabel of Buffalo were in town today to attend the funeral of Mrs. NEWELL'S mother, Mrs. MARBLE, formerly of this place, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza BURT of Akron. The funeral was at the M.E. church in Alabama Center and the interment was in the cemetery there. Mrs. MARBLE was 87 years old. ************************************** September 10, 1906 Mother of Bergen Woman Dead Mrs. Catherine McINTYRE, widow of James McINTYRE, a Civil War veteran, and mother of Mrs. J. GOUGH of Bergen, died on Saturday night at her home near Churchville. She was born in Ireland 65 years ago, but came to this country when 18 years of age. Her husband died in October last year. Besides Mrs. GOUGH she leaves three sons and two daughters. ************************************** July 13, 1906 HIRAM MIRCH Death of a Former Resident of Elba at His Home in Holley, Aged 68. Remains of Hiram MIRCH, a former resident of Elba, were buried in the cemetery in that village this afternoon. Mr. MIRCH died on Tuesday night from paralysis at his home in Holley. He was 68 years of age, a veteran of the Civil War and a member of Cady Post, G.A.R., of Brockport. Mr. MISCH [sic] is survived by his wife; four sons, Freeman MIRCH of Oakfield, George MIRCH of Miller's Corners and Alanson and William MIRCH of Woodmer, Mich., and a daughter, Mrs. Mary WARD of Buffalo. ************************************** November 16, 1906 Death of an Infant Raphael MICHA, the 18-days' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale MICHA of No. 137 Liberty street (south), died at 8 o'clock last evening. The funeral will be held tomorrow. ************************************** Submitted by Joan Falcone Arnold - Jma8763@aol.com Copied from Obit books at Genesee County History Department