Jack H Davis

Jack H Davis was the son of  Thomas Lester Davis & Ruth M Lockrow. He was married 3 times - Mary Louise Pettis, the mother of his children was the daughter of William J Pettis & Marcia Alberta Beebe; Olive Tobin was the daughter of Thomas H Tobin & Laura L Turnbull; and lastly, widow Hilda Clothier, the daughter of George E Streever & Lulu P Bryan.

 

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The Ballston Journal, Wed, 7 May 1986

4-H tractor safety instructor Jack H Davis, 69, of RD 1, Fuller Road, Corinth died May 2 at Glens Falls Hospital, after a short illness. He was born in the town of Malta. Mr Davis lived in Corinth for the past 12 years and previously for 57 years in Malta Ridge. He worked as a tractor mechanic at West Mountain Tractor Sales in Glens Falls. Mr Davis was a member of Malta Ridge United Methodist Church and Malta Ridge Grange and was active in the 4-H Tractor Safety and Maintenance Training Program for young farmers of the area. He is survived by his wife, the former Hilda Clothier; one daughter, Caryl T Dyer of Malta Ridge; one son, John E of Malta Ridge; two stepsons, Richard Fuller of Rochester and Bryan Clothier of Corinth; one sister, Doris Palmatier of Florida, and several grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the 4-H Capital Fund Drive, Cooperative Extension Office, 50 W High Street, Ballston Spa, 12020.

 

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The Saratogian, Sat, 27 Dec 1947
Mrs Mary Louise Davis, 23, of the town of Malta, died at the Albany City Hospital at 6 pm yesterday after a brain operation. She was born in Wilton Nov 2, 1924, and was a member of the Malta Ridge Methodist Church. She was graduated from Saratoga High School in 1939. Surviving are her husband Jack H Davis; two children, Caryl T and John Eric Davis; her parents, Mr and Mrs William J Pettis of Wilton; one sister, Miss Evelyn Pettis; one brother, James Pettis, and two aunts, Mrs Warren Howe of Schenectady and Mrs Frank Perry of Saratoga Springs, and a grandmother, Mrs Elwina Pettis, Saratoga Springs. The funeral will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at the Kark & Tunison Funeral Home. The rev Edward G Williams of Sharon Springs will officiate, assisted by the Rev Oliver B Scouten of Malta Ridge, and the body will be place in the receiving vault at Greenridge Cemetery. The funeral home will be open from 7 to 9 pm Monday.

 

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The Saratogian, Thurs, 17 Aug 1967
Ballston Spa - Mrs Olive Tobin Davis, 51, of RD 3, Ballston Sap, Town of Malta, the wife of Jack Davis, died unexpectedly Wednesday at her home. Mrs Davis was a native of Albany and had lived in Malta most of her life. She was a member of the Malta Ridge Methodist Church, Franklin Star Chapter, OES, the Malta Ridge Grange and the auxiliary of the Malta Ridge Fire Department. Besides her husband, she is survived by: a son, John Eric Davis, US Navy, Portsmouth, Va; a daughter, Mrs Caryl Dyer of Ballston Spa; a brother Richard Tobin of Round Lake and two grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at the Wheeler Funeral Home 2 pm Friday.  The Rev Edwin Vonderheide, pastor of the Malta Ridge Methodist Church to officiate.  Burial will be in the Greenrdige Cemetery, Saratoga Springs. The funeral home will be open tonight after 7. Memorial contributions may be made to the Malta Ambulance Corps. Franklin Star Chapter, OES, will conduct a service at 730 tonight at the funeral home, and Malta Ridge Grange will have a service tonight at 8 at the funeral home.

Peck - Lockrow

The baby of the clan and sister to Charles from the last blog was Hattie Augusta Peck, daughter of Nathan Henry Peck & Maria Elizabeth Riley. She married Charles A Lockrow, the son of Anthony Lockrow & Elizabeth Yout, and they had 2 children - Cora & Ruth.

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The Saratogian, Mon, 4 Aug 1947
Mrs Hattie A Lockrow, 87, 514 1-2 Broadway, died at the Saratoga Hospital yesterday afternoon. She would have been 88 today. Mrs Lockrow was born in Saratoga Springs and had lived here all her life. She was the widow of Charles A Lockrow. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs T Lester Davis; a granddaughter, Mrs Lyman Palmatier; a grandson, Jack H Davis, all of Malta, and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Kark and Tunison Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 pm. The Rev Oliver Scouten of Crescent, pastor of the Malta Ridge Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Greenridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm. They are asked to omit flowers.


The Saratogian, Thurs, 11 Dec 1924
Charles A Lockrow, an old and highly esteemed resident of this city, died at his home at 131 White Street this morning following a long illness. Mr Lockrow was born in Old Saratoga seventy-five years ago and had been a prominent dairyman in this city for many years. He was a member of the Kayderosseras Grange. He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs Lester Davis of Malta and a brother, J Melvin Lockrow of this city. The funeral will be private. It will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends may call. They are asked to omit flowers.

The Daily Saratogian, Tues, 31 Jul 1906
Miss Cora E Lockrow, daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Lockrow, died at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the home of her parents, three miles out South Broadway. She had been ill since Easter with rheumatism, which caused her death. Miss Lockrow as a bright young woman and her untimely death is a great grief to her many friends. She was aged twenty years. She is survived by her parents and one sister, Ruth. The funeral will be held on Thursday at an hour to be announced later.
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Ruth married Thomas Lester Davis, the son of John C Davis & Mary A Moody and they had 2 kids - Jack & Doris

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The Saratogian, Tues, 21 Sep 1965
Town of Malta - T Lester Davis, 77, a lifelong resident of the Town of Malta, was stricken with a fatal heart attack at the home of a neighbor Monday night. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Malta Ridge Methodist Church and the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Lockrow Davis; a daughter, Mrs Lyman Palmatier of Ballston Center; a son, Jack K Davis of Malta; one brother, Jay Arthur Davis of Hemitt, Calif and four grandchildren. The funeral will be held Thursday, 2 pm at the Kark and Tunison Funeral Home, Saratoga Springs. Burial will be in Greenridge Cemetery. The Rev Edwin Vonderheide will officiate. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Fund in his memory.

The Marrying Kind

Charles Henry Peck was the son of  Nathan Henry Peck & Maria Elizabeth Riley and with a bit of elbow grease, I put the pieces together! While many only show 2 wives for Charles, the last marriage entry shows he was married 4 times and it helped me make sense of his tombstone.

courtesy of Dave Peck - Find A Grave

Let's start there, the stone, it lists:

Charles H Peck - 1856-1936

Lena L - 1861-1913

Eva S - 1860-1891

Maria E - 1837-1887

George W A - 1853-1913

Charles H Jr - 1893-1894

The easy stuff - George W A was Charles' brother who died in California; Marie E was his mother Maria E, nee Riley. 

While her husband is listed as being buried in the same cemetery as the rest of the family, it's possible that Nathan Henry Peck was buried at the Eloise Cemetery  in Michigan because he died at the Eloise Psychiatric Hospital, aka Wayne Co Hospital where he had been placed.

Next, the marriage entry of 1918 that shows Charles had married 4 times - with only the tombstone & his profession as a clue - off I went.

First Wife 
Married in 1882, Eva L Swertfigure. On the stone there is an Eva S - did this one ever throw me for a while - I knew she was a wife but until the recent addition of marriage records by Ancestry, Eva was all I had. She was Eva L Swartfigure and she was the daughter of John Swartfigure & Mary Allen.

Second Wife
Thru the censuses, I found a girl named Anna Graves living with Charles & George on the 1892 census - at first I didn't think anything of it until I found Anna with the Peck surname which then led to a divorce announcement in the Daily Saratogian, Mon, 4 Feb 1907, col 5. Anna went back to live with her parents, John Graves & Elizabeth Chase. She was a nurse & it appears she never remarried but she did follow her sister to Connecticut where I lost her after the 1940 census. Many had Charles Jr listed as a son of Sabrina's or his third wife, but the marriage entries don't support this.

Third Wife
Married in 1906 at New Jersey, Evlena Loveless was the daughter of Arial Loveless & Deliah Carlton. 

Fourth Wife
Married in 1918, Sabrina - the daughter of Evan Jones & Phebe Closson. Sabrina was first married to David Clement who died in 1908.

The following are the obits for Charles, Lena & Sabrina

The Saratogian, Fri, 13 Nov 1936
Charles H Peck, a well known watchmaker and lifelong resident, died at 1230 am today at his home, 16 State Street, following an extended period of ill health.  He was born Oct 11, 1856, in this city. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Sabrina A Peck; one sister, Mrs Hattie Lockrow, and one niece, Mrs Lester Davis, all of this city. Private funeral will be held Sunday at 230 pm at the residence.  The Rev R H Claxon, pastor of the Presbyterian Church will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in Greenridge Cemetery. Friends are asked to omit flowers.

The Saratogian, Mon, 14 Apr 1913
Mrs C H Peck
Mrs Lena L Peck of Gloversville, wife of C H Peck, died at the Nathan Littauer Hospital last Saturday at the age of fifty-two years. She was a former resident of this village, having resided here about twenty years ago. Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, two brothers and two sisters. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 230 o'clock in Gloversville.

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The Saratogian, Fri, 4 May 1945
Mrs Sabrina Ada Peck, widow of Charles Peck, died yesterday at 5 pm at her home 16 State. A native of Glenville, where she was born Aug 2, 1856, she had resided in Saratoga Springs 60 years and had many friends. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Survivors are one son Isaac J Clement; two step-sisters, Mrs Peter Kaulfuss of Glens Falls; and Mrs Ann Buell of Ballston Center, several nieces and nephews. The Rev R H Claxon, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will officiate at the funeral services Sunday at 230 pm at the residence. Burial will be in Greenridge Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 pm.

Sgt Peck

courtesy Gene Eric Salecker - Find A Grave

Sgt Jeremiah C Peck was the son of Jeremiah Peck & Sally Hougtalin. Like his brother Abijah, he served during the US Civil War. However, Jeremiah died at Murfreesboro, TN after being taken prisoner

Before heading off to war, Jeremiah married Adelaide A Piper around 1854 and she was the daughter of Simon Piper & Nancy Warner - the Warner line descends from Andrew Warner of England who first landed in Massachusetts. 

Jeremiah & Adelaide had 2 boys - William H and Elmer J. 

By 1870, Adelaide and her boys had settled in Missouri with her new husband, a farmer named Sidney Jarvis. Adelaide remained in Missouri where her children with Sidney resided, while her 2 boys with Jeremiah relocated to Nebraska.

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The Windsor Review, Thurs, 27 Oct 1921

Mrs Sidney Jarvis

Adelaide A Piper was born in Hudson, Mich, July 19, 1840 and was married to Sidney Jarvis in Wright, Mich in 1866. To this union were born six children: Mrs W H Howard, Windsor; C A Jarvis, Kansas City; Mrs Anna Crews, Hastings, Neb; Fred S Jarvis, Centerview; Mrs W L Elbert, McCook, Neb; Frank B Jarvis, who died in 1884. The family came to Windsor many years ago and have made their home here continuously since that time. She had been in poor health for many years and on Sunday, Oct 23, 1921, she departed this life. She was converted under the ministry of Rev Neville some forty years ago and with her husband united with the High Point Baptist Church. Upon moving to Windsor in 1902 they united with the Baptist Church and was a member of that body at the time of her death. Funeral services conducted by Rev James Paxton of Knob Noster, an old friend of the family, assisted by Rev J C House, were held at the Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment was made in Laurel Oak Cemetery.

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William H Peck married Margaret Jane Coburn and had one daughter Minnie M Peck who died as a baby.  

He died in 1890 while Maggie remarried and died in 1938.

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Elmer Jeremiah Peck married Lydia Eliza Card, the daughter of John C Card & Martha A Merrihew and they had one son, Merl Franklin Peck.

Elmer died 1900 and Lydia remarried and died in 1950.





Their son Merl married Bessie Beebe and had 3 sons, Kenneth, Donald, Harold.

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Winter Love

Of the children born to Carroll Jackson Hart & Edith M Spring, Carolyn Mary Hart was the baby of the group.  

courtesy of Hudson City Clerk Office - Find A Grave

Based on her obit, it appears she was deaf and lived most of her life single until......

At the young age of 65, Carolyn married for the first time to widow Lawrence Earl Kelly. Sadly, he died 3 years later.

Unknown Paper, Jan 1987

Mr Lawrence Earl Kelly, age 74 years, of 595 S Meridian Road, Hudson, passed away Wednesday evening, January 28, 1987, in Thorn Hospital, Hudson, after a period of failing health. He was born June 13, 1912, in Pittsford Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, the son of Lavern and Minnie (Huengerford) Kelly. He spent most of his life in the Pittsford Area and was a graduate of Hillsdale High School. He lived in Hudson the past three years. He married Mary Jane Capper on June 20, 1936, at Hudson. She preceded in death on June 13, 1980. He married Carolyn M hart, April 14, 1984 at Hudson. She survives. Mr Kelly was the founder and owner of the Kelly Furniture Store in Pittsford, retiring on October 1, 1969. He was a member of the First United Methodist church of Hudson, a member of the Hudson Center Grange, the Hudson Senior Citizens and the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau. Besides his wife he is survived by several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his first wife. Funeral services were held at 2 pm Saturday in the Brown-VanHemert Funeral Home in Hudson with the Rev Myra L Sparks officiating. Interment was made in the Locust Corners Cemetery in Pittsford Township.

The Daily Telegram, 23 May 1996
HUDSON - Carolyn M Kelly, 77, of the Stephenson Home in Adrian, passed away May 23, 1996, at her residence. She was born Nov 3, 1918, near Clayton, the daughter of Carroll and Edith (Spring) Hart. She lived most of her life in the Clayton-Hudson area. She attended the Hard of Hearing School in St Paul, Minn and the Rackham School for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Ypsilanti. She married Lawrence Earl Kelly on April 14, 1984. He preceded her in death on Jan 28, 1987. Mrs Kelly was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hudson and the United Methodist Women; a member of the Hudson Center Grange, a former member of the Clayton Woman's Club and the Lenawee County Farm Bureau. She enjoyed making crafts and fancywork. Surviving are one sister, Mrs Basil (Jeannette) McKenzie of Breckenridge and several nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Wayland Hart, and a sister Mrs Ruth Henry. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Saturday at the Brown-VanHemert Funeral Home in Hudson with the Rev mark Johnston officiating. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson. the visitation will be from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Friday. Memorial are suggested to the American Cancer Society.