Posts

Ruban Wythe

-
     Not every cemetery story is about a hero. Some are about scandal, desperation, and the way a small community could become captivated by a single family tragedy. The Wythe family of Tonawanda became front-page news in the early 1910s when a young bride named Ruth Cleveland Wythe found herself at the center of a sensational forgery case that spread from Buffalo to Tonawanda.      Ruth Cleveland was still in her teens when she first appeared in the newspapers after being arrested for stealing a diamond ring from a Buffalo jewelry store. Convicted but released on probation, she soon married local roller-skating celebrity Reuben Wythe in the spring of 1911. Reuben was well known across Western New York and Pennsylvania for his speed skating races, often competing before packed roller rinks in Tonawanda, Lockport, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh.      The young couple moved into the home of Reuben’s parents, William and Mrs. Wythe, on Scott Street ...
Post a Comment
Read more

mausoleum

-
Post a Comment
Read more

Jesse Phillips

-
 old resident colonist of colony of Connecticut  McDole married great granddaughter ida Phillips not living together
Post a Comment
Read more

Rose family

-
Lorenzo P Rose 1819-1901 flour and feed business  part of prohibitionist party  Ira M Rose builder of boats and boatman on Erie canal began career at age 17 established first express system in Tonawandas 1847-1934 Henry Rose  1847-1903 one of largest coal and wood dealers in tonawandas Name: Henry A Exact Rose Exact Enlistment Age: 18 Birth Date: 1846 - 1  year Enlistment Date: 20 Feb 1864 Enlistment Place: Whitefield, New York Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 20 Feb 1864 Muster Place: New York Muster Company: F Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry Muster Information: Enlisted Casualty Date: 30 Jul 1864 Casualty Place: Lee's Mills, Virginia Type of Casualty: Wounded Casualty Information: Severe wound in left leg, amputated Muster Out Date: 7 Feb 1865 Muster Out Place: Harewood Hosp, Washington, District of Columbia Muster Out Information: disch wounds Side of War: Union Survived War?: Yes
Post a Comment
Read more

Gipp Family

-
 In 1898 georges house in Tonawanda was hit with a tornado. His porch stairs flew over a mile ending up on the shores of the creek. 
Post a Comment
Read more

Rogers family

-
 George Rogers ? - 1840 Florence Rogers ?-1820 Edward H Rogers 1835 - 1909 William Rogers ?-1892 William J Rogers 1862-1917 Fannie Rogers ? - 1917 Anna Oldenburg Rogers ?-1917
Post a Comment
Read more

Perry Family

-
 In the early 1900's, a Tonawanda woman, Mrs. Rudolph Ismer, became central to a series of events that revealed how uncertain death could be.  In 1907, believing she recognized the description of a suicide victim found on a train in Nebraska, Mrs. Ismer identified the body as that of her son, Arthur Perry. The remains were brought back and buried in the family plot in Tonawanda. But the identification was wrong. Perry later returned alive, revealing that another man had been buried under his name. By that time, his wife, believing him dead had already remarried. That experience shaped everything that followed.  In 1910, when a body was recovered from the Niagara River and thought to possibly be her husband, Mrs. Ismer was asked to identify it. This time, she hesitated. Newspapers reported that she examined the body carefully but refused to make a definite identification, fearing she might repeat her earlier mistake. The body was buried as unknown. Soon after, another twis...
Post a Comment
Read more