AYER, F. WAYLAND
F. Wayland Ayer, 75, pioneer in the advertising business and head of N. W. Ayer & Sons, at Meredith, N. Y. [Source: Saturday, Mar. 17, 1923, Time Magazine. Sub. by K.T.]

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FULLER, WILLIAM
William Fuller, brother of the Rev. Dr. A. K. Fuller, pastor of the Wurts Street Baptist Church died Monday in Masonville, Delaware county. Mr. Fuller was 78 years of age and had for many years been a prominent dairyman of Delaware county. He died in the farm house where Dr. Fuller was born. [Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman. Tuesday, February 27, 1917 Kingston, New York - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

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KEATOR, HENRY R.
Henry R. Keator, in the eightieth year of his age, died at Roxbury, Delaware county, Friday, September 21. Funeral Sunday afternoon at the Gould Memorial Church at Roxbury, of which Mr. Keator had been sexton for a number of years. He was also caretaker  for a great many years of the Gould property for Helen Gould Shepard, wife of Prof. Finley J. Shepard and was a well known and popular resident of that section of Delaware county. [Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman, September 22, 1923 - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

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LAUNT, PETER J.
PETER J. LAUNT DIES, AGED 101
Binghamton, May 10 – Peter J. Launt, the oldest resident of the Southern Tier, died in his Delaware county home, aged 101 years. He was born in the town of Nassau, Rensselear county, February 12, 1810, and was a resident of Delaware county since 1818. He was the grandfather of Conductor “fish” Launt. [Source: Middletown Daily Times-Press. Wednesday, May 10, 1911 Middletown, New York - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

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NEWKARK, JACOB O.
Liberty, April 28 – Jacob Oscar Newkark, for more  than 40 years one of the best known residents of Sullivan county and owner of the Walnut Mountain farm before the Walnut Mountain House was built on the property, died at DeLancey, Delaware county, Saturday, April 19, after a year of failing health. [Source: Orange County Times-Press, April 29, 1924. - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

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NOBLITT, DORCAS A.
MRS. W. J. NOBLITT DIES -- Member of Pioneer Family Passes Away at 82 Years
Dorcas A. Brown was born in Delaware county, New York, near New York City, on June 6th, 1856, and passed away at her home in North Atchison County, Missouri on Monday, March 27th, 1939, after a brief illness, at the age of 82 years, 9 months and 21 days.
She was the daughter of James and Sarah Bradley Brown. The family came to this part of the country at an early day and settled near Linden, in this county. Her education was received in the public schools of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and she also attended the academy at Bedford, Iowa. Taking up the teaching profession, she taught in the schools of Atchison County, this state, and Taylor county, Iowa, for a number of years. She closed her teaching career at Carthage, Mo.
On March 3rd, 1882, she was united in marriage to Wm. J. Noblitt and they settled near High Creek, Iowa. Later they moved to the present home in North Polk township, not far from the Iowa line, where Mrs. Noblitt resided until her death.
Four children survive - Mrs. LeRoy Daniel of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. L. C. Stoner of Watson; Dwight M. Noblitt and Kittie E. Noblitt of the home. Five grandchildren are also among her immediate survivors. Mr. Noblitt passed away November 11th, 1923.
While residing in Council Bluffs, Mrs. Noblitt became an active member of the First Baptist church and later transferred her membership to the church at Grange Hall.
Mrs. Noblitt's death marks the passing of the last member of a large pioneer family.
Funeral services were held at Hamburg on Thursday afternoon, March 30th, with interment at the side of her husband in Grange Hall cemetery. Pastor A. W. Tandy of the High Creek church officiated. Mrs. Ray Lauriston sang. Six nephews acted as pallbearers, they being Christopher Brown, Frank J. Brown, Doren Brown, Charles Brown, Billy Brown and Robert Noblitt.
[Note: Dorcas and her sister, Alice Julia emigrated to Fremont County, Iowa in the late 1850's with their Uncle and Aunt, David Henry and Clarinda Walker Brown after their father and David Henry''s brother, James died in 1857. Alice also married a Noblitt and is buried in the same cemetery in Atchison County, Missouri. David Henry and Clarinda Walker Brown moved from Iowa to Wessington, Dakota Territory, later SD, in the late 1880's.
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