Bill, here are my notes on James D. Hyatt's death. Sorry that the obit is not complete. Louanne 1937, 27 Aug. Death date from Raymond Hill Cem. sexton records, p. 78. res. Kent, age 73. 1937, 27 Aug. Death. Undated obit, excerpts. JAMES D. HYATT DIES FOLLOWING A SHOCK. Life-long Resident of this Section Was Active in Business Life of Carmel Many Years. One of most active business men of this village, d. last Fri. night, 27 Aug. 1937, at his home at the Carmel Country Club, following a cerebral hemorrhage which came suddenly on Thurs. morning. Was in his 73rd yr., life of great activity, seemingly unfailing ambition was directed in many paths of endeavor. He was a son of the late Alvah and Catherine Brown Hyatt, born on a farm at Mahopac 4 Oct 1864. When a small boy the family moved to Carmel and his father purchased a large farm northeast of the village, now known as the Hill & Dale Club and erected a fine stone residence on the site now occupied by the Hill & Dale clubhouse. Worked on farm, became a clerk in the store of the late B. C. GaNun, and a few years later started a general trucking business for himself, yrs bef. the motor truck was invented. He had several teams of horses constantly at work and employed many men. He had the contract to truck milk from the farms to the Borden factory in Brewster for 18 years and carried a large number of cans daily. Annually for many winters he harvested ice from Lake Gleneida and other bodies of water for private family use as well as the larger storage houses from which ice was sold during the summer seasons. He served as superintendent of the Raymond Hill Cem. several yrs, as well as superintendent of the Calvary Summer Home at Gilead and Judge Kehoe's farm in Kent and during the early yrs of the 20th century was superintendent of the Arsenic Mines In Kent while active mining was in progress. When Benj. R. Kittredge started work on his extensive estate, now the Carmel Country Club, Mr. Hyatt became superintendent of the work 36 yrs ago and since then has been actively engaged in work on that extensive tract serving as superintendent for Mr. Kittredge until he sold the estate to the Carmel Club and Mr. Hyatt became gen. superintendent of the extensive work of the club, including the building of many miles of roads through the property, construction of the golf course and its maintenance since then as well as superintending the care necessary throughout each season of the many cottages and other recreational buildings at the club. Within the past two years he had charge of the building of a dam to form a lake on property of Mr. Kittredge in Wiccopee and at the time of his death was superintendent of the China Lake Estates Corp. On Oct. 3, 1889, Mr. Kittredge was united in marriage with Miss Ruhamah Foshay, of Kent, whose death occurred in Mar. 1895. On Oct, 21, 1903, Mr. Hyatt married for his second wife Miss Etta Smalley, sister of the late William D. Smalley, of Carmel. About 20 yrs ago, Mr. & Mrs. Hyatt moved from the village to the house on the Carmel Club property now used as the golf club house. Four yrs ago they built a new home on the club property where they have since resided. Mr. Hyatt had been a member of the Mt. Carmel Bapt. Ch. for 59 yrs and was also amember of the Modern Woodmen of America for several yrs. Surviving are his widow; two daus, Mrs. Ambrose Ryder of Yonkers, and Miss Agnes Hyatt, a member of the faculty of the music dept. of Drew Seminary; and 2 grchildren, Ruth Ann and Edson Ryder. He also leaves 1 bro, J. Frank Hyatt of Long Branch, NY; a half sister, Mrs. Charles Lewis and half brother, Oscar Hyatt, both of Danbury, CT. The late Mrs. Coleridge Outhouse and Mrs. Emma Foshay of Carmel, were sisters of Mr. Hyatt. Fun, at Mt. Carmel Bapt, Ch. by Reb. H. P. Simpson, interred at Reymond Hill. Bearers were Frank Oakley, Frank Maynard, Harold Foshay, Samuel J. Hickman, Edgar Cole and Frederick Schlaile. 1937, Aug. another obit excerpts, written by a former teacher. Carmel public school, in the white school house beside the lakeshore. He was a model scholar, his good behavior, desire to learn, and rapid progress made in his studies were marked features in his school life. (same as above). He had also held the office on the board of assessors of the T. of Carmel. ---- Original Message ---- From: Bill Forshay <billforshay@yahoo.com> To: nyputnam@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [NYPUTNAM] Obit for James D. HYATT Date: Mon, December 15, 2008, 18:26:00 ---- Original Message ---- From: Bill Forshay <billforshay@yahoo.com> To: nyputnam@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [NYPUTNAM] Obit for James D. HYATT Date: Mon, December 15, 2008, 18:26:00 Hi: Can someone on the list find the obituary for James D. Hyatt died on 8- 27-1937 in Kent, NYS death cert. VR # 52707? He was married to his first wife Ruhamah Foshay. I have her obituary. I also have the obituary on his second wife Etta Smalley. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX *************************************** Have you checked out the Putnam County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyputnam/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYPUTNAM- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message