Edwin Morey WATERBURY

Birth:
26 Sep 1884
Geneseo, Livingston, New York
Death:
29 Dec 1952
Oswego, Oswego, New York
Marriage:
31 May 1912
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
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                   MARRIAGE:
    Marriage Certificate

    His parents removed to Johnson, VT when he was 10 years old, and he 
    accompanied them, continuing his education in the Johnson public schools.  In
    the summer of 1897 the family removed to Corning, NY.

    While attending the Corning Free Academy from which he was graduated in  1903,
    he took an active interest in the athletic and literary life of the  school,
    working simultaneously during the latter part of his course at  this
    institution as a reporter on the staff of the Corning Evening Leader.  He was
    one of the founders and first editor-in-chief of the Corning Free  Academy
    'Stator," then a monthly which was still flourishing as a school  quarterly
    twenty-five years later. He was for four years a member of the  foot-ball
    'leven of the school, manager of base ball and track athletics  and president
    of the athletic association of the school.

    In the fall of 1903 he entered the Mercersburg, PA, Academy to continue  his
    studies in preparation for college. There he played football until he  met
    with an injury. He was one of the editors of the Mercersburg "Karux,"  the
    school annual, and a contributor to the Mercersburg Literary Magazine  and to
    the Mercersburg "News." He was a member of the Washington Irving  Literary
    Society and belonged to other student organizations and received  various
    minor school honors. He was a member of the class day committee  upon his
    graduation from the institution in 1904 and as an Honor student  gave one of
    the student orations at the annual commencement of the  institution in that
    year.

    For the next fifteen months following his graduation from Mercersburg in  1904
    he was city editor of the Corning, NY, "Evening Leader." In the fall  of 1902
    he entered Williams College at Williamstown, MA, where he completed  the
    Freshman year, and then in the fall of 1906 entered Yale College at  New
    Haven, CT, as a member of the class of 1910. There he completed the  four year
    course in three years terminating his studies in June, 1909, but  not electing
    to receive his degree until June, 1910, when he returned to  receive the
    degree of Bachelor of Arts with his class. At Yale he was a  member and
    officer of the Yale Masonic Club, a member and officer of the  Mercersburg
    Club, the Spanish Club, a charter member of the Yale Chapter  of Acacia and a
    member and officer of Alpha Chapter of  Alpha Sigma Phi  Fraternity. The
    stress of earning funds with which to continue his college  work and his
    desire to complete the course in a shorter period than was  usually required,
    prevented his participation in many extra-curricular  activities towards which
    he had a natural inclination.

    Returning to Corning, NY, in June 1909, he became city editor of the  Corning
    "Evening Leader" a position in which he continued until  September, 1922.
    While a resident of Corning he served from 1912 to 1922  as a clerk of the
    Board of Fire Commissioners of the city. He was a member  and officer of the
    Corning Chamber of Commerce. He served as a director of  Corning Chapter of
    the Red Cross, and as a member of various committees in  connection with the
    Liberty Loan "drives," which accompanied the "World  War." He was a member and
    executive secretary of a Steuben County  Committee, which raised funds for
    prizes and conducted a Juvenile Pig  Raising Club in the county as a war-time
    food measure. He also promoted a  wartime garden movement. He was for six
    years secretary-treasurer of  Corning Club, a charter member of Corning
    Country Club and of the Corning  Rotary Club organized in 1920. He was a
    member of Painted Post Lodge, 117,  F. & A.M., of Corning. He was a member a
    member of Corning Automobile  Club. He was for several years prior to 1922 a
    director and  secretary-treasurer of the Corning-Blossburg Coal Corporation. He
    was  vice-president and director of the Steuben Coal & Supply Company from 1919
    to 1922, this concern operating three coal yards and doing a large  business
    in gasoline and karosene distribution and dealing in automobiles  and trucks.

    He was a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Corning and had served as 
    president of the Men's Club of the church, although he was not a member of 
    this church.

    While contin

    Resided in Oswego at 48 Moncalm Street, their residence facing Montcalm  Park
    maintained by the DAR to mark the site of Fort George which Montcalm  captured
    from the English at Oswego in 1756. They also have a summer home  at Ramona
    Beach on Lake Ontario, 22 miles east of Oswego.

    BIOGRAPHY: His parents removed to Johnson, VT when he was 10 years old, and he
    accompanied them, continuing his education in the Johnson public schools.
    In the summer of 1897 the family removed to Corning, NY.

    BIOGRAPHY: While attending the Corning Free Academy from which he was
    graduated in
    1903, he took an active interest in the athletic and literary life of the
    school, working simultaneously during the latter part of his course at this
    institution as a reporter on the staff of the Corning Evening Leader.
    He was one of the founders and first editor-in-chief of the Corning Free
    Academy 'Stator," then a monthly which was still flourishing as a school
    quarterly twenty-five years later. He was for four years a member of the
    foot-ball 'leven of the school, manager of base ball and track athletics and
    president of the athletic association of the school.

    BIOGRAPHY: In the fall of 1903 he entered the Mercersburg, PA, Academy to
    continue
    his studies in preparation for college. There he played football until he met
    with an injury. He was one of the editors of the Mercersburg "Karux," the
    school annual, and a contributor to the Mercersburg Literary Magazine and to
    the Mercersburg "News." He was a member of the Washington Irving Literary
    Society and belonged to other student organizations and received various minor
    school honors. He was a member of the class day committee upon his graduation
    from the institution in 1904 and as an Honor student upon his graduation from
    the institution in 1904 and as an Honor student gave one of the student
    orations at the annual commencement of the institution in that year.

    BIOGRAPHY: For the next fifteen months following his graduation from
    Mercersburg in
    1904 he was city editor of the Corning, NY, "Evening Leader." In the fall of
    1902 he entered Williams College at Williamstown, MA, where he completed the
    Freshman year, and then in the fall of 1906 entered Yale College at New Haven,
    CT, as a member of the class of 1910. There he completed the four year course
    in three years terminating his studies in June, 1909, but not electing to
    receive his degree until June, 1910, when he returned to receive the degree of
    Bachelor of Arts with his class. At Yale he was a member and officer of the
    Yale Masonic Club, a member and officer of the Mercersburg Club, the Spanish
    Club, a charter member of the Yale Chapter of Acacia and a member and officer
    of Alpha Chapter of  Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. The stress of earning funds
    with which to continue his college work and his desire to complete the course
    in a shorter period than was usually required, prevented his participation in
    many extra-curricular activities towards which he had a natural inclination.

    BIOGRAPHY: Returning to Corning, NY, in June 1909, he became city editor of
    the Corning "Evening Leader" a position in which he continued until
    September, 1922. While a resident of Corning he served from 1912 to 1922 as a
    clerk of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the city. He was a member and
    officer of the Corning Chamber of Commerce. He served as a director of Corning
    Chapter of the Red Cross, and as a member of various committees in connection
    with the Liberty Loan "drives," which accompanied the "World War." He was a
    member and executive secretary of a Steuben County Committee, which raised
    funds for prizes and conducted a Juvenile Pig Raising Club in the county as a
    war-time food measure. He also promoted a wartime garden movement. He was for
    six years secretary-treasurer of Corning Club, a charter member of Corning
    Country Club and of the Corning Rotary Club organized in 1920. He was a member
    of Painted Post Lodge, 117, F. & A.M., of Corning. He was a member a member of
    Corning Automobile Club. He was for several years prior to 1922 a director and
    secretary-treasurer of the Corning-Blossburg Coal Corporation. He was
    vice-president and director of the Steuben Coal & Supply Company from 1919 to
    1922, this concern operating three coal yards and doing a large business in
    gasoline and karosene distribution and dealing in automobiles and trucks.

    BIOGRAPHY: He was a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Corning and had
    served as
    president of the Men's Club of the church, although he was not a member of
    this church.
    While contin
    Resided in Oswego at 48 Moncalm Street, their residence facing Montcalm Park
    maintained by the DAR to mark the site of Fort George which Montcalm captured
    from the English at Oswego in 1756. They also have a summer home at Ramona
    Beach on Lake Ontario, 22 miles east of Oswego.

    His parents removed to Johnson, VT when he was 10 years old, and he 
    accompanied them, continuing his education in the Johnson public schools.  In
    the summer of 1897 the family removed to Corning, NY.

    While attending the Corning Free Academy from which he was graduated in  1903,
    he took an active interest in the athletic and literary life of the  school,
    working simultaneously during the latter part of his course at  this
    institution as a reporter on the staff of the Corning Evening Leader.  He was
    one of the founders and first editor-in-chief of the Corning Free  Academy
    'Stator," then a monthly which was still flourishing as a school  quarterly
    twenty-five years later. He was for four years a member of the  foot-ball
    'leven of the school, manager of base ball and track athletics  and president
    of the athletic association of the school.

    In the fall of 1903 he entered the Mercersburg, PA, Academy to continue  his
    studies in preparation for college. There he played football until he  met
    with an injury. He was one of the editors of the Mercersburg "Karux,"  the
    school annual, and a contributor to the Mercersburg Literary Magazine  and to
    the Mercersburg "News." He was a member of the Washington Irving  Literary
    Society and belonged to other student organizations and received  various
    minor school honors. He was a member of the class day committee  upon his
    graduation from the institution in 1904 and as an Honor student  gave one of
    the student orations at the annual commencement of the  institution in that
    year.

    For the next fifteen months following his graduation from Mercersburg in  1904
    he was city editor of the Corning, NY, "Evening Leader." In the fall  of 1902
    he entered Williams College at Williamstown, MA, where he completed  the
    Freshman year, and then in the fall of 1906 entered Yale College at  New
    Haven, CT, as a member of the class of 1910. There he completed the  four year
    course in three years terminating his studies in June, 1909, but  not electing
    to receive his degree until June, 1910, when he returned to  receive the
    degree of Bachelor of Arts with his class. At Yale he was a  member and
    officer of the Yale Masonic Club, a member and officer of the  Mercersburg
    Club, the Spanish Club, a charter member of the Yale Chapter  of Acacia and a
    member and officer of Alpha Chapter of  Alpha Sigma Phi  Fraternity. The
    stress of earning funds with which to continue his college  work and his
    desire to complete the course in a shorter period than was  usually required,
    prevented his participation in many extra-curricular  activities towards which
    he had a natural inclination.

    Returning to Corning, NY, in June 1909, he became city editor of the  Corning
    "Evening Leader" a position in which he continued until  September, 1922.
    While a resident of Corning he served from 1912 to 1922  as a clerk of the
    Board of Fire Commissioners of the city. He was a member  and officer of the
    Corning Chamber of Commerce. He served as a director of  Corning Chapter of
    the Red Cross, and as a member of various committees in  connection with the
    Liberty Loan "drives," which accompanied the "World  War." He was a member and
    executive secretary of a Steuben County  Committee, which raised funds for
    prizes and conducted a Juvenile Pig  Raising Club in the county as a war-time
    food measure. He also promoted a  wartime garden movement. He was for six
    years secretary-treasurer of  Corning Club, a charter member of Corning
    Country Club and of the Corning  Rotary Club organized in 1920. He was a
    member of Painted Post Lodge, 117,  F. & A.M., of Corning. He was a member a
    member of Corning Automobile  Club. He was for several years prior to 1922 a
    director and  secretary-treasurer of the Corning-Blossburg Coal Corporation. He
    was  vice-president and director of the Steuben Coal & Supply Company from 1919
    to 1922, this concern operating three coal yards and doing a large  business
    in gasoline and karosene distribution and dealing in automobiles  and trucks.

    He was a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Corning and had served as 
    president of the Men's Club of the church, although he was not a member of 
    this church.

    While contin

    Resided in 
                  
Florence Ferne ASHCRAFT
Birth:
1 Feb 1885
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
Death:
17 Feb 1920
Corning, Steuben, New York
Burial:
Hope Cemetary, Corning, Steuben, New York
Notes:
                       BIOGRAPHY: Poem from mother on first Birthday: Baby's First Birthday 

    You came in  February, dear, 
    In the short month of the year; 

    Came our hearts and home  to cheer 
    When the days were dark and drear, 

    When the skies were overcast,  
    When the wild winds whistled past, 

    And the snow flakes fell so fast 
    Driven  by the wintry blast; 

    Then our baby girl was born 
    On a February morn.

    Hour by hour, and day by day, 
    Soon the short month sped away. 

    And March  came with rude, rough gales.

    April rain came softly down 
    On the earth, so bare and brown; 
    April sun  made all things fair, 
    And bird-voices filled the air.

    Next came May with sunny hours 
    Spring to crown with fairest flowers 
    Month  of out-door sport and song 
    Month to which such joy belong

    Ah we felt life was a boon 
    'Neath the azure skies of June 
    Earth was  fair, and Heaven seemed near, 
    'Neath those skies so blue and clear.

    But the days went swiftly by; Came the warm month of July, 
    And your  lullaby we sung where tall trees their shadows flung

    August came with greater heat, The Summer's work to complete August, with 
    warm sultry air, August, with bright glow and glare.

    Then September's welcome rain Fell against the window-pane, Saying,  "Summer's
    work is done, Now is August's task begun."

    Soon the days October brought, And a wondrous change was wrought For the 
    frost with touch so bold, Turned the leaves to red and gold.

    Sad November next was here, With dark days, so bleak and drear; With the  wild
    winds wailing round With the dead leaves on the ground.

    December's cold was in the air, And the trees stood leafless, bare When  our
    Christmas wreaths were hung, And our joyful carols sung.

    January next was here, And we welcomed a New Year; Bright with promise,  full
    of hope, All joys seemed within its scope.

    February now we greet And your first year is complete; For these months,  so
    quickly told Make our darling one year old.

    Poem for Second birthday: 

    Two years since our Florence came Care and love  from us to claim 
    And our hearts to win and hold As the long months by us  rolled.

    Care for her was only pleasure And our love we could not measure She had 
    grown to us so dear When she'd been with us a year.

    Now another year has sped O'er our little darling's head, She is further  on
    life's way, She is two years old today.

    Two years old dear little one Scarcely is the race begun May her tender 
    little feet With no rugged pathway meet

    May her childhood rosy be, Filled with sunshine sport and glee; Guarded by 
    her parents care, And by love made sweet and fair.

    Her's a golden girlhood too Cheered by friendships fond and true; With  high
    aims, that shall ensure Earnest work and pleasure pure.

    Noble be her womanhood Crowned with all things fair and good All that  life
    and love can give, Be they hers while she shall live

    Ah could we her path prepare We would smooth it everywhere; Make it easy  to
    her feet, Strew it o'er with flowers sweet.

    But we can not even know Where those little feet must go; Where the path 
    shall wind and wend, Nor how soon or late the end.

    We are loving but not wise, Much is hidden from our eyes; We can only hope 
    and pray, Trusting God from day to day.

    If the way be rough and steep He a loving watch will keep If the way be 
    smooth and fair Still she'll need his tender care.

    May He keep her from all harm Shield her with His mighty arm This the 
                  
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    BIOGRAPHY: She was named for her maternal great-great grandmother. She was
    editor of the Kingsford Park School "Scout" in 1929-30 and a
    secretary-treasurer of the School Council for 1930-31. She also had a leading
    part in the school's play, "Miss Cherry Blossom," in 1930. Herself a Girl
    Scout, she is a leader of a "Brownie" troop of Girl Scouts, connected with
    Christ Episcopal church of Oswego. She will enter Osego, NY High School in the
    fall of 1930.

    BIOGRAPHY: Newspaper death notice: Word has been received of the death of Mrs.
    Jean (Waterbury) Tobey who died 6 July 1987. She was the daughter of Edwin M.
    Waterbury, publisher first of the Oswego-Times and after it combined with the
    Oswego Daily Palladium, was publisher of The Palladium-Times. Mrs.
    Tobey was born in Corning, NY on 19 Jun. 1916. She attended Oswego public
    schools and was an alumnus of Smith College. For the past 30 years, she
    resided in Pittsford where she volunteered her time and energy to many
    different people and organizations. Mrs. Tobey was an active member of The
    First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, where she served as a deacon. She
    donated her time and creativity to raise money for the Genesee Hospital as a
    Twig member. Mrs. Tobey was known to many through her volunteer work for the
    Pittsford Library. She had maintained her membership in the Fort Oswego
    Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution throughout her lifetime.
    She is survived by her husband, Royal; a daughter, Susan (Tobey) Williamson of
    Framingham, MA; a son, Charles 
                  
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Edwin Morey Waterbury - Florence Ferne Ashcraft

Edwin Morey Waterbury was born at Geneseo, Livingston, New York 26 Sep 1884. His parents were Reuben Addison Waterbury and Frances Amelia Butts.

He married Florence Ferne Ashcraft 31 May 1912 at Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania . Florence Ferne Ashcraft was born at Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania 1 Feb 1885 daughter of Edwin Hinckley Ashcraft and Annie Linton Jones .

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Edwin Morey Waterbury died 29 Dec 1952 at Oswego, Oswego, New York .

Florence Ferne Ashcraft died 17 Feb 1920 at Corning, Steuben, New York .