AT REST

(News April 13, 1899)

            William G. Harry passed to the great beyond last Monday April 10th, 1899 at 6 o'clock p.m.  He was born Dec. 7th, 1828 in Sweden.  At the age of eleven he shipped as a cabin boy on the salt water with his uncle.  He grew up on the ocean.  At the age of 22 he settled in New York and commenced sailing on the great lakes, was married and had one daughter who died since he came to Gettysburg.  He built a fine home in Rochester, New York and resided there for years.  In 1865 he lost two schooners on the lakes which represented the savings of a lifetime and caused him to retire from his chosen calling.

A little later his wife died and "Cap", as everybody familiarly called him, came to Gettysburg in 1886. He was frank, open hearted and charitable. He was a member of Sackets Harbor Blue lodge and Chapter A.F. & A.M. and regulated his dealings with people by his Masonic square.  In his death Gettysburg has lost a good public spirited citizen and mankind a friend. Last Friday he was taken with erysipens and died Monday evening.  During his illness he was unconscious a considerable portion of the time and

passed away without a struggle.

            Funeral services were held in the mill in the presence of a circle of friends, Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Rev. Hall officiating. The remains were taken Wednesday morning to Rochester, New York, by F. B. Patterson, to he buried by the side of his wife and daughter, at the request of his niece who lives in that city.

            W. C. Harry lived in Gettysburg about 15 years and was universally liked and respected for his open handed generosity and kindness.  He was during the prime of his manhood an powerful man physically and no doubt would have lived many years yet had

it not been for an attack of pneumonia last fall from which he had not fully recovered.

            His wide circle of acquaintances were his friends and they all feel the loss of one who was kind to them and remember him for his goodness.  He has gone to his reward to meet those already in that bright and glorious hereafter where all is harmony, peace and love.  He is now at rest with his Creator, the giver of all good.

DIED

(Hera1d  October 1, 1896)

            Mrs. B. Hoover died at her home in this city at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept.29th. Her illness scarcely exceeded ten days and was not realized by the community as being serious until the very day of her death. The difficulty which has resulted so fatally had its origin in a bad tooth causing a severe neuralgia and at length hemorrhage in the brain.           

            The funeral occurs from the family residence at 2 o'clock today and a deep sense of sorrow and sympathy for the bereaved family pervades the entire community.  It would require more than ordinary words to fitly express the worth of this truly good woman as a wife, mother, and as a member of this community.

            The Hoover family, so suddenly broken, includes three children-- a daughter aged 15, and two sons aged 12 and 2 years respectively.

OBITUARY

(News May 19, 1898)

The people of the entire county were called to mourn the death of Hugh Hughes last Sunday, he having departed life last Friday evening at the home of his brother-in-law, A.G. William, where he was moved about a month ago, the better to receive care and medical treatment.  He was a man in the prime of life, born April 16, 1858, in Columbia County Wisconsin.  He came to Potter County in 1884, farming a little while with his brother in Elida Township, then went into mercantile business with Frank E. Riley, at Lebanon. Upon Mr. Riley's moving to Gettysburg the firm became Hughes & Williams.  In June, 1894, he married Miss Sylvia M. Williams, sister of Morris Williams of Lebanon and A. G. Williams of Gettysburg. They have two little girls aged three years and eight months respectively.   Mrs. W. W. Hewitt and Wm Hughes of Elida Township are sister and brother of deceased.

Hugh Hughes was a genial companionable man clean wholesouled and honest and by his close application and integrity had built up a nice business and was achieving a competence.

            He caught cold last fall and was taken with the grippe but being a strong robust man did not give his health the attention that he should have done. This spring he gradually grew worse until at the solicitation of his family and friends he quit business and went home with his sister, Mrs. W.W. Hewitt, to see if a few weeks rest would not make him feel better, but he grew worse instead of better and was moved to the home of A. G. Williams where the Grim Reaper claimed him for his own. Everything was done for him that medical skill and 1oving hands could do. 

            He was a member of the Lebanon Lodge No. 42 A.O.U.W. and the Workmen of the county showed their respect and grief at the loss of their brother by marching in a body from the Gettysburg lodge room to the house and escorting the remains to the M. E. Church where the funeral services were held. The services, conducted by Rev. Barker, Westfield, and Webb were impressive. A large number of carriages followed the hearse to the Gettysburg cemetery where the remains were interred.

            The entire community felt saddened by the loss of a good man and a friend and the family by the loss of a loving father, husband, and brother.

EARLY SETTLER IS DEAD. (Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, Sat. March 8, 1930) 

Special to the Argus-Leader Gettysburg, March 8. 

Mrs. W. H. Hughes, another one of Potter county's early settlers, died at her home in Elida township. Mrs. Hughes had been in poor health for several months but it was only the past few weeks that her condition became serious. 

 Mrs. Hughes was born at Randolph Center, Wis., on June 21, 1866 and died March 4, 1930, at the age of 63 years. In 1878 she moved with her parents to Cresco, Ia., where they lived until 1885, when the family moved to Edmunds county. She was married to W. H. Hughes at Powell, SD on March 27, 1889 and with her husband came to Potter county, where she has lived since.

DIED

(News January 25, 1900)

Moses Huyck, one of the leading citizens of Lucas Township, died Saturday evening, Jan. 20th, 1900, at 7 o'clock p.m. of pneumonia.

He was born in 1854, in Kankakee Co., Ill. In 1880, he married Miss Ellen Goyette and in 1883 they moved to Potter County, settling on section 35, in Lucas Township where he has since resided. By enterprise and thrift he became one of the best fixed farmers in the county, having built a large barn last year and having just completed a new house which they moved into about one month ago. The 12^th they had a house warming party, the 15^th he was taken with pneumonia, the 18th he was able to get up to breakfast, but took a relapse and died at 7 p.m. Saturday. He leaves his wife and six children surviving him. He was a member of Lebanon Lodge A.O.U.W was buried at the Lebanon cemetery last Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of that order. The funeral was held at the Congregational Church Rev. Driesbach preached the sermon.

DIED

(Herald--October 4, 1894 )

            Died, September 27th, 1894, at 6 o'clock p.m., at the residence of her son L. R. Hyde, in Gettysburg, S.D. after a brief illness, Catharine G. Hyde, aged 82 years.   Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. S. E. Fish at 3 p. m. on Friday.

Deceased, whose maiden name was Strong, was born Jan. 25, 1812; was married to Henry Hyde with whom she lived to rear a respectable family; came to South Dakota about seven years ago and has lived nearly the entire time at Gettysburg with her son whose affectionate care of an aged parent has ofttimes occasioned quiet remark.  She was a good kind mother, faithful in all her duties as such, and of firm Christian character.  She departed this life at the ripe age of nearly 83 years.

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