Another Small Peck

The last blog was about  Frank W Peck, this one is about his uncle, John who also had no children.

John Watson Peck, the son of Benjamin F Peck & Margaret Conger and he married twice - first to Arsenth Merrill, the daughter of Mile Merrill & Elizabeth Stage; then to Emma H Knight, the daughter of George Knight & Ellen Drake.

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Syracuse Herald, Fri, 7 Sep 1923
John W Peck died yesterday at his home, 1308 East Fayette Street.  The funeral will take place at 230 o'clock Saturday afternoon.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs Emma Knight Peck.

Syracuse Daily Journal, Wed, 9 Sep 1914
Mrs Arsenath Peck died yesterday and will be buried from her late home, 1308 E Fayette St, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment to be in Woodlawn Cemetery.  She is survived by her husband John W Peck; one sister, Mrs Prockey Follett of Clifton Springs, and two brothers, Matthew Merrill of Weedsport and James E Merrill of Butler.

A Small Peck

True to my small family obsession...

Frank William Peck, a telegraph operator turned ticket agent for the New York Central Railroad & the son of Eron Peck & Catherine Henry, married Sarah A Sutter, the daughter of Frederick Sutter & Margaret Neitz. 

Perhaps their illnesses are why they never had any children

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Monroe County Mail, Thurs, 19 Apr 1906
Frank William Peck
Frank W Peck of this village, died at the home of his brother-in-law P W Graff, of Lyons, Sunday evening, aged thirty-one years. Mr Peck had been in failing health, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, since last January, when he was obliged to resign his position as Ticket Agent at the New York Central Station. Two weeks ago, Mr and Mrs Peck went to Wolcott to visit Mr Peck's parents. After remaining there for a week, they went to Lyons to visit Mrs Peck's sister, and while there, Mr Peck began to decline rapidly. Thursday last he was obliged to take to his bed and his death quickly followed on his birthday, the following Sunday evening. The body reached Fairport, Monday on the noon train and was taken to the home on West Avenue. Mr Peck came to Fairport in September 1892, and engaged with the New York Central as Night Operator at the station. In April 1894, he was appointed to the position of ticket agent, being only nineteen years of age, the youngest ticket agent then in the employ of the Central Railway. He held this position until last January when his health became such that he was obliged to resign. June 13, 1895, he married to Miss Sarah Sutter of this village, and for a number of years they had resided in a very pretty home on West Avenue. Mr Peck was prominent in the orders of the Mason, Maccabees and Odd Fellows, and was also a member of the Hook and Ladder Company. The funeral was held form the late home yesterday afternoon at 230 o'clock and was conducted by Rev E E Knapp of the First Baptist Church. Deceased is survived by his wife, father and mother, Mrs and Mrs E J Peck of Wolcott, and one sister, Mrs C H Beach of Keuka Park.
 

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The Monroe County Mail, Thurs, 27 Aug 1914

Mrs Sarah Peck died at the home of her sister, Mrs P W Graff, in Lyons, Tuesday morning, aged forty-one years. Mrs Peck was the daughter of the late Frederick and Margaret Sutter of this village where she was born and brought up. She was married to Frank Peck who died several years ago. Deceased had been in ill health since early spring and finally succumbed to heart trouble and Bright's disease. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 230 o'clock at the home of her brother Will Sutter on Frank Street. She leaves to mourn her loss two sisters, Mrs Howard Newcomb of Penfield, Mrs P W Graff of Lyons, and one brother, Will Sutter of this place.

One After The Other

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Almina Olive Gillette, better known as Minnie, was the daughter of Eron Peck & Catherine Henry.

She married William Herbert Gillette, the son of Horace Gillette & Clara Winchell and they had 2 children - Florence & little Ruth who died months after her mother.

The Gazette and Farmers Journal, Thurs, 11 Mar 1897

Mrs William Gillett

It becomes our sad duty this week to chronicle the death of Mrs Minnie Peck Gillett, wife of William Gillett, of Syracuse, and younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Eron J Peck, of this village. During two successive issues of the News mention was made of Mrs Gillett's serious illness, and early last week, even when comparatively favorable news had just been received from her bedside, little hope of her recovery was entertained by those best acquainted with the extremely serious nature of her malady. Her father received the sad news of her death Thursday evening, it having occurred at 450 o'clock that afternoon, after a period of coma. As nearly all of our readers know, the cause was blood poisoning and nervous collapse, due to the effects of gastric fever. It was a merciful feature of the case that the patient was perhaps unaware of the almost inevitably fatal outcome of her illness. During one of her brief periods of consciousness just before the end, it was suggested that she ought to be made aware of her condition, that any suggestions she might wish to make might be heard, but neither her mother nor the others about her bedside could bring themselves to the point of making so sad a disclosure. Mrs Gillett was born in this village March 13, 1869, and was, therefore, a little under twenty-eight years of age. Besides her sorely bereaved husband, parents and brother and sister, she leaves two little girls, the older in her fourth year, the younger not yet a year old. The latter is in poor health, and it is feared that she may soon follow her mother to the grave. She is at the home in Syracuse, being cared for by a relative of Mr Gillett, who has kept house for him for the past few months. The older child is temporarily with her aunt, Mrs Charles H Beach. Mr Gillett and Mrs Peck arrived here with the remains Friday evening, coming on the train from the east. A number of ladies who were friends of the family had already prepared the house, which had been occupied by Mr Peck alone during the weeks of his wife's absence at her daughter's beside. Mr and Mrs Charles H Beach also reached here from Newark Friday noon. The funeral was held at the house at two o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev H B Stevenson officiating. The day was both stormy and disagreeable, but many of the friends and former neighbors of the deceased were present to pay their last respects to one whom all liked and respected and many loved. The interment was in Leavenworth Cemetery. For the season, the floral display at the funeral was remarkably fine, an elegant rose piece being presented by the firm employing Mr Gillett, also a smaller, but remarkably handsome piece by a friend of Mrs Gillett, a lady, and three magnificent calla lilies. Mr Gillett is a member of Wolcott Lodge, F and A M, and we understood that this organization thoughtfully furnished the carriages that conveyed the family and friends to the cemetery, and also supplied the bearers. Mr Gillett has made no plans for the future, but expects that he will be compelled to give up housekeeping in the near future. In that case the older child will be cared for by Mrs Beach but what disposition will be made of the baby, should her health be restored, is still a matter of doubt. Comment on so sad and untimely a death is hard to make. The ways of Providence are inscrutable, and never more so than in this case. Mrs Gillett was known by everyone in this community, and it is certain that throughout her all too brief life she never made an enemy, or said or did ought to annoy or offend the least among her acquaintances. During all the years since her earliest childhood the writer never heard a person speak of her save with kindness and respect. The sweetness, mildness and kindliness of her disposition disarmed all criticism; there was nothing in her life from first to last to which objection could be made. Mrs Gillett had been a member of the local Presbyterian Church for a number of years. The News tenders sincere condolences to the afflicted family. In the hour of their grief and trial they have at least the satisfaction of knowing that the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them is theirs - Wolcott News, January 28, 1897.

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The Record, 21 Apr 1897
Wolcott - On Saturday afternoon, Ruth C Gillette, aged thirteen months, daughter of Wm Gillett and the late Minnie Peck Gillette, of Syracuse, was buried in Glenside Cemetery Annex. Funeral services were held at the home of her grandparents, Mr and Mrs Eron J Peck, Rev H B Stevenson officiating. The breaved father, grandparents and friends, have the sincere sympathy of all in this, their second loss.
 
Syracuse Herald Journal, 7 Mar 1944

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William H Gillette of 253 Hudson Street, retired Railway Express Agent, died yesterday. He was a member of Wolcott Lodge 560 F and A M and was given the F and A M medal for [50] years of continuous service five years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Carrie Gillette, and a daughter, Mrs Florence Faulds. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday at the home of Mrs Faulds, 115 Bronson Road, by the Rev Alfred H Rapp. Burial will be in Morningside Cemetery.

Military Beach Kids

In the last blog I wrote about Charles Beach & Gertrude Peck - they had 2 sons - Leon & Marion.
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Leon Henry Beach married Ruth Elizabeth Space, the daughter of Zepheniah A Space & Emma N Miller. Leon was a high school teacher as Saratoga Springs High School and while he enlisted, I don't believe he got called up.

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Leon & Ruth had 2 son who did serve - Leon Jr & Richard.

Leon Henry Beach Jr married Gladys May Hammond but it appears they divorced and had no children. Leon rose was a Corporal in the US Army during WWII

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Richard Space Beach married Mary Griffin Sanderson, the daughter of Rev Ernest Sanderson & Ruth Griffin and they had 3 children - Nancy, Edward, & Cynthia. Richard was a Colonel in the US Army during WWII

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Marion Wilbur Beach married Lillian May Wells, the daughter of Albert Wells & Emma Waldorf and they had one daughter Gladys. Like his brother, he enlisted as well and I am not sure he was ever called up either.
 
Syracuse Herald, 4 Apr 1946
Marion Beach Dies In St Paul
Wolcott - Marion Beach, father of Mrs George Hanneman, and a native of Wolcott, died Sunday in St Paul, Minn, of rheumatic heart disease. A graduate of Wolcott High School in the Class of 1906, Mr Beach was popular here in his younger days when he played first base on the Wolcott ball team. Since 1913 he had resided in St Paul. Receiving word that he was failing, Mr and Mrs Hanneman left Wolcott Saturday for St Paul, but death occurred before they arrived. They returned to Wolcott yesterday, accompanied by Mrs Beach, the widow. Funeral services will take place at 2 pm today in the Robertson funeral rooms, with the Rev George Wolf officiating. Burial in Glenside Cemetery. Surviving, besides his wife, Mrs Lillian Wells Beach, and his daughter, Mrs Hanneman of Wolcott, [and] a brother, Leon Beach, of Saratoga Springs.

A Hard Life

A while ago I wrote about Eron Jeremiah Peck & Catherine Ann Henry. Eron died in 1910 leaving his wife and a daughter behind; two children had died before 1910. 

The living daughter was Gertrude Margaret Peck and she married Charles Henry Beach, the son of Randall E Beach & Melissa Yule. Together they had 2 boys, Leon & Marion, but Charles was not well when Gertrude died and she died before her mother, the last of family.

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Lake Shore News, Thurs, 18 Nov 1920
Mrs C H Beach Dead of Apoplectic Stroke
One of the most pitiful tragedies that Wolcott has known in years was the death of Mrs Gertrude Peck Beach, wife of Charles H Beach, which occurred at about 11 pm last Sunday.  Coming like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, it shocked the entire community. Two of the survivors are to be thought of as the real victims of this visitation, the invalid husband, who needs a wife's care almost hourly, and the aged mother, Mrs Kate Peck, the last member of whose family is now gone. Truly their burdens seem greater than they should be called upon to bear. Mrs Beach was forced to submit to a serious operation a few years ago, and her life at that time seemingly hung by a thread; but she recovered and since then, had seemed to be in better than average health, all things considered. Largely as a result of the worriment over her illness, Mr Beach suffered a series of shocks from which he never has recovered. He was forced to sell his business and since then, though he has not been bedridden, it has been necessary for his wife to look after him constantly. With great courage and cheerfulness, she took up the task and if depressed at times, showed only a smiling face to the world. She was out daily and on Sunday attended church, preparing a dinner afterwards and eating it with relish. After clearing away the dishes, she went in to call upon Mrs Fred Knapp, in part of whose house the Beaches have resided since they left the store. After a few minutes of conversation, she remarked that she must get back home as she was not feeling well. Scarcely had she crossed the threshold on her return when she collapsed. Dr S W Houston was summoned, and almost from the first, gave no hope of recover. She lingered till 1105 o'clock, when she died, never regaining consciousness. Meanwhile her son, Leon Beach, now of New York, had been summoned from Keuka Park, where he had gone to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, Dr Space, who dropped dead on Friday. He arrived by automobile only a little over an hour before his mother passed away. Mrs Beach was 53 years old, having been born in Huron May 13, 1867, the eldest child of the late Eron J Peck of Wolcott. Though she had lived elsewhere, at Newark, Rochester and Keuka Park, most of her life had been spent in Wolcott. Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by two sons, Marion Beach of San Francisco, and Leon Beach of New York, and two grandchildren. She had been for many years a member of the local Presbyterian Church and had hosts of friends, which her sunny disposition won and kept. The funeral was held from the home at 230 pm on Wednesday with interment in Glenside Cemetery, the Rev Duncan Salmond officiating. It was of course, impossible for Marion Beach to cross the continent and be present.

Lake Shore News, Thurs, 2 Jun 1921
Death of Charles H Beach in Long Island Hospital
Charles H Beach, for a long time a well-known merchant of Wolcott, dead at a hospital at Smithtown, L I on Monday night of this week. The cause of death was the gradual decay of his vitality following the stroke he sustained here, which compelled him to go out of business a couple of years ago. After the sudden death of Mrs Beach on Nov 14 last, he grew markedly worse, and it became evident that he could not live along, so this spring his son, Leon, took him to Smithtown, L I, where a home had been established. Growing still worse there, it became necessary to remove him to a hospital where he passed away. Mr Beach was born in 1859 and was therefore, about 62 years of age. He is survived by two sons, Leon, already mentioned, and Marion Beach of San Francisco, Cal, and two grandchildren, besides two brothers, William Beach of Elmira and one of the Beach twins, which one is not clearly known here nor where he lives. Mr Beach learned the profession of pharmacist here in Wolcott, subsequently conducting stores in Newark, Rochester and Keuka park, before returning to this village and buying a grocery business which he ran until failing health compelled him to sell out. He was prominent in the local Presbyterian church, and was active as a Maccabee. No man in Wolcott ever possessed more agreeable manners than Charles H Beach, who was also the soul of neatness. Withal, he was kindly and generous in his dealings with his family and friends. Great sympathy has been felt for him in his affliction, and now that he has won the release of death, the grief of all who knew him is tempered by the realization that he is vastly better off than in life. The body was brought to this village by his son and family on the 931 am train today, and was taken to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs E J Peck in Jefferson Street, where the funeral will be held at 230 pm Friday, with interment beside his wife in Glenside Cemetery. His pastor, the Rev Duncan Salmond, will officiate.