Obituaries of Scotchtown residents (1896 to 1900)

ELIZA WARNER (Middletown Daily Argus, 28 May 1896)
Miss Eliza Warner died, wednesday morning, at 2 o’clock, at the home of her brother, Mr. T. J. Warner, No. 10 Hoffman Street, after a three months’ illness. Eliza as she was familiarly known, was brought up in the family of Rev. David Beattie, of Scotchtown. She received early a good Christian discipline, which was ever present up to the time of her death. She lived with the mother of Mrs. McQuoid, Mrs. Henry S. Beakes, and also with the family of Mrs. McQuoid for over twenty years. She was a good, true and faithful domestic and always had a pleasant smile and cheerful word for all with whom she came in contact. Eliza Warner came from a highly respected colored family, and her surviving brothers and sisters are well and favorably known in Middletown, where they all reside. They are George, Samuel, John, Theodore, Albert and Carrie.

DAVID REEVES CLARK (Goshen Independent Republican, 12 June 1896)
David Reeves Clark, died at Scotchtown, Sunday, aged 72 years. He leaves a widow to whom he married in 1844. He was a farmer for a time and a blacksmith for thirty years at Scotchtown. For thirty years he was a trustee of the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church.

JOHN SWEEZY (Middletown Daily Argus, 30 July 1896)
John Sweezy, of near Scotchtown, died at 3 o’clock, this morning, in Thrall Hospital of consumption, from which he had suffered for over a year. He had been in the hospital about two weeks. He was in his sixty-fourth year. Mr. Sweezy was born near Scotchtown and lived there all his life with the exception of three years spent in the service of his country during the war. He enlisted in 1861 in one of the cavalry companies recruited with the Tenth Legion. (56th N.Y.V.) This company was soon detached from the Tenth Legion and became Co. C 1st N.Y. Mounted Rifles. Mr. Sweezy saw much hard service and was discharged at Point of Rocks, Md., Mar. 1864, on account of disability resulting from wounds. He returned to Scotchtown and began farming. About twenty years ago he was married to Mary Hulse, of Hamptonburgh, who died two years ago. They had no children. After his wife’s death, Mr. Sweezy’s health began to fail and early last spring he went to Virginia in the hope that the change of air might benefit him. He returned in May and made his home at the Circleville Hotel, until he became so weak that is was necessary to transfer him to the hospital. He is survived by one brother, Morris Sweezy, of Nashville, Barrie county, Mich.

JAMES McCORMICK (Middletown Daily Argus, 19 October 1896)
James McCormick died at 9 o’clock yesterday morning, at his home near Scotchtown, after a short illness, of pneumonia. He was a son of William and Rosa Wallace McCormick and was born at Circleville, August 26, 1852. He was married November 30, 1886, to Clara Warren of Centreville, Sullivan County, who with four children survives him. They are Harvey, aged nine; Andrew, seven; Ralph, five; and Mabel, three years. He is also survived by two sisters, Annie, wife of John Root of Newburgh, and Mary, wife of J. Hatch of Michigan, and one brother, William, of the Town of Wallkill. The funeral will be held from his late residence, tuesday, at 1 o’clock p.m. Interment in Scotchtown Cemetery.

JOHN S. HATCH (unknown Middletown newspaper, October 1896)
John S. Hatch died Monday morning at Scotchtown, aged 82 years. He was born in Shawangunk and was a son of Thomas Hatch, who married Mary Rose. He had been failing fast for six months and confined to his bed since Friday last. He is survived by his wife, whose maiden name was Nancy H. Alexander, to whom he was married 51 years ago. Three children survive: Mrs. Mary E. Sinsabaugh, at home; Mrs. John Chambers, of Montgomery, and John E., of Scotchtown. He was formerly a farmer in the town of Crawford, but had resided at Scotchtown 18 years. He had been a member of the Presbyterian denomination for 30 years, and was connected with the Scotchtown Church.

WILLIAM BARKER DUSENBERRY (Goshen Independent Republican, 26 January 1897)
The death of William Barker Dusenberry occurred on Thursday at his home in Stony Ford, town of Wallkill from the effects of pneumonia. Deceased was 63 years of age. Mr. Dusenberry was a generous and hospitable man and the law of kindness ruled his whole life. He merited and possessed in the highest degree the respect and friendship of his neighbors and the affection and love of his family. For many years he was a member of the Scotchtown church and a valued friend of its pastor, Rev. David Beattie. He is survived by his widow to whom he was married about 30 years ago, one son, a brother and a sister. Interment at Scotchtown.

MARY HOUSTON (Goshen Independent Republican, 2 February 1897)
Mary Bradner, widow of the late John G. Houston, died on Sunday at the home of her son, George J. Houston, at Scotchtown, aged 71 years. Deceased was born at Denton and was a daughter of Colville Bradner and Sarah Denton. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Houston has resided with her son. She has for many years been a member of the Scotchtown church. Surviving relatives of deceased besides her son, are two sisters, Mrs. H. T. Van Duzer and Miss Lois Bradner, of Goshen, and also four grandchildren. Interment in Scotchtown Cemetery.

EMMET GOLDSMITH (Goshen Independent Republican, 25 May 1897)
Emmet Goldsmith, aged 54 years, a farmer residing near Scotchtown, died on Tuesday, of pneumonia. Deceased is survived by his widow, who was Martha M. Van Ness and six children, two sons and four daughters. He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church.

ADDIE DENTON MILLS (Goshen Independent Republican, 27 March 1900)
Miss Addie Denton Mills died Sunday morning at her home at Mechanicstown after an illness of six weeks of peritonitis. Her parents were Jacob and Eliza Mills, residents of Scotchtown, where the deceased was born 52 years ago. One brother, J. Denton Mills, and one sister, the wife of J. Edwin Boak, of Scotchtown, survive.

JESSIE HAIG MANN (Goshen Independent Republican, 24 April 1900)
Mrs. Jessie Haig Mann, wife of Rev. James R. Mann, pastor of the Scotchtown Church, died Friday, at her home at Scotchtown, after a short illness. She was a daughter of David and Margaret McDonald Haig and was born at Ontario, Canada, January 6, 1866. She is survived by her parents, her husband and two sons, one of whom is but two weeks old.