Mrs. Samantha Tracy
Mrs. Samantha Tracy, 79, widow of Clarence D. Tracy, died at about 6 o'clock at her home at Tracy's Landing Saturday morning. She had been in failing health for the past three years or ever since her husband passed away. However, she refused to be confined to her bed and even the day before her death she was up and around the house.
Mrs. Tracy was born in Lisbon July 12, 1853, a daughter of William and Ellen Castle Wilcox. She attended the schools there and moved to Ogdensburg. There she learned the dressmaking and millinery business in Ogdensburg and for about six years she worked in an establishment in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After returning to Ogdensburg, she married Clarence D. Tracy, of Massena, on December 25, 1889. He died on October 16, 1931.
Since her marriage, she has lived on the Tracy farm at Tracy's Landing. The farm is now in the fifth generation of the Tracy family.
Mrs. Tracy was a member of the Cretona chapter of the O.E.S. and also a member of the Massena Grange No. 704. She was awarded a jewel by the Grange for being in the organization 25 years or more. She was a member of the first Baptist Church of this village.
Surviving are five sons, Harry, of Fairport; Harlow, Louisville; Leon, Massena; Carl, West Stockholm; Arthur, Massena and one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Hazel) Hartford of Massena; also 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Northrup, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna Raymond, Danforth Place, Massena; and two brothers, W.C. and John Wilcox, both of Ogdensburg.
July 6, 1933
Massena Observer
Mrs. Samantha Tracy, 79, widow of Clarence D. Tracy, died at about 6 o'clock at her home at Tracy's Landing Saturday morning. She had been in failing health for the past three years or ever since her husband passed away. However, she refused to be confined to her bed and even the day before her death she was up and around the house.
Mrs. Tracy was born in Lisbon July 12, 1853, a daughter of William and Ellen Castle Wilcox. She attended the schools there and moved to Ogdensburg. There she learned the dressmaking and millinery business in Ogdensburg and for about six years she worked in an establishment in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After returning to Ogdensburg, she married Clarence D. Tracy, of Massena, on December 25, 1889. He died on October 16, 1931.
Since her marriage, she has lived on the Tracy farm at Tracy's Landing. The farm is now in the fifth generation of the Tracy family.
Mrs. Tracy was a member of the Cretona chapter of the O.E.S. and also a member of the Massena Grange No. 704. She was awarded a jewel by the Grange for being in the organization 25 years or more. She was a member of the first Baptist Church of this village.
Surviving are five sons, Harry, of Fairport; Harlow, Louisville; Leon, Massena; Carl, West Stockholm; Arthur, Massena and one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Hazel) Hartford of Massena; also 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Northrup, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna Raymond, Danforth Place, Massena; and two brothers, W.C. and John Wilcox, both of Ogdensburg.
July 6, 1933
Massena Observer
Mrs. Samantha Tracy
Mrs. Samantha Tracy, 79, widow of Clarence D. Tracy, died at about 6 o'clock at her home at Tracy's Landing Saturday morning. She had been in failing health for the past three years or ever since her husband passed away. However, she refused to be confined to her bed and even the day before her death she was up and around the house.
Mrs. Tracy was born in Lisbon July 12, 1853, a daughter of William and Ellen Castle Wilcox. She attended the schools there and moved to Ogdensburg. There she learned the dressmaking and millinery business in Ogdensburg and for about six years she worked in an establishment in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After returning to Ogdensburg, she married Clarence D. Tracy, of Massena, on December 25, 1889. He died on October 16, 1931.
Since her marriage, she has lived on the Tracy farm at Tracy's Landing. The farm is now in the fifth generation of the Tracy family.
Mrs. Tracy was a member of the Cretona chapter of the O.E.S. and also a member of the Massena Grange No. 704. She was awarded a jewel by the Grange for being in the organization 25 years or more. She was a member of the first Baptist Church of this village.
Surviving are five sons, Harry, of Fairport; Harlow, Louisville; Leon, Massena; Carl, West Stockholm; Arthur, Massena and one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Hazel) Hartford of Massena; also 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Northrup, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna Raymond, Danforth Place, Massena; and two brothers, W.C. and John Wilcox, both of Ogdensburg.
July 6, 1933
Massena Observer
Mrs. Samantha Tracy, 79, widow of Clarence D. Tracy, died at about 6 o'clock at her home at Tracy's Landing Saturday morning. She had been in failing health for the past three years or ever since her husband passed away. However, she refused to be confined to her bed and even the day before her death she was up and around the house.
Mrs. Tracy was born in Lisbon July 12, 1853, a daughter of William and Ellen Castle Wilcox. She attended the schools there and moved to Ogdensburg. There she learned the dressmaking and millinery business in Ogdensburg and for about six years she worked in an establishment in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After returning to Ogdensburg, she married Clarence D. Tracy, of Massena, on December 25, 1889. He died on October 16, 1931.
Since her marriage, she has lived on the Tracy farm at Tracy's Landing. The farm is now in the fifth generation of the Tracy family.
Mrs. Tracy was a member of the Cretona chapter of the O.E.S. and also a member of the Massena Grange No. 704. She was awarded a jewel by the Grange for being in the organization 25 years or more. She was a member of the first Baptist Church of this village.
Surviving are five sons, Harry, of Fairport; Harlow, Louisville; Leon, Massena; Carl, West Stockholm; Arthur, Massena and one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Hazel) Hartford of Massena; also 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Northrup, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna Raymond, Danforth Place, Massena; and two brothers, W.C. and John Wilcox, both of Ogdensburg.
July 6, 1933
Massena Observer
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