Mary Abigail 9 BIGELOW
Oakwood Cemetery; Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
correspondence between descendants and Bigelow Society
genealogist;
Find a Grave
Wing R. Smith Oakwood
Cemetery; Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY
Wing Obituary:
Syracuse, New York
The Herald newspaper
Monday evening, June 9, 1924
Page 3, Column 1
WING R. SMITH, 74, DIES IN BERTH ON SLEEPING CAR
CATTLE RAISER'S DEATH CAUSED BY INDIGESTION
Syracusan Dies Before Pullman Porter Returns With Medical Aid.
HAD BEEN IN SOUTH Familiar Figure Downtown and in Business
Circles of City.
Wing R. Smith, 74, of 611 Park
Avenue, lifelong resident of Syracuse and nationally known as
a livestock breeder, died on a New York Central train on the
way from New York to Syracuse last night. A Pullman porter
found Mr. Smith lifeless in his berth. The veteran cattleman
was returning from the annual convention of a national
association of which he was re-elected treasurer last week.
Last week Mr. Smith attended sessions
of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America in convention
at Richmond, Va. On his way home he stopped off to visit at
the home of Mrs. L. D. Waters of Pelham, one of his daughters.
He left there apparently well to board his train last night.
Mr. Smith was overtaken by sickness in the Grand Central
Terminal. One of the porters assisted him to his train, No.
63, leaving New York at 11 o'clock at night. The conductor was
notified of his passenger's illness and instructed the car
porter to do all possible for Mr. Smith's comfort.
Complained of Food.
The victim said that he had eaten
strawberries and that they always brought an attack of
indigestion upon him. Despite the patient's insistence that he
was all right, the porter brought a Naval surgeon to the
compartment. Mr. Smith was dead when the medical man arrived.
He had died while reclining in his berth, fully clothed except
for shoes which the porter had removed. The train was passing
Yonkers and the time of death was fixed at about 11:30
o'clock. The family was notified when the train arrived here
at 5:45 o'clock this morning.
The body had been removed from the
train and transferred to the County Morgue, where it was held
pending certification of the cause of death. R. F. Nevin of
New York, Pullman Company conductor in charge of the car in
which Mr. Smith died, remained here today to furnish
information for reports and acquaint the survivors with the
circumstances.
Wing Smith was a familiar figure in downtown life in Syracuse.
He had his office for many years in the Wieting Block, was a
trustee of the Syracuse Savings Bank, treasurer of several
organizations, an early alumnus of Cornell, a member of the
Citizens Club, active in Chamber of Commerce affairs and a
practical breeder and nurseryman in partnership with Edward A.
Powell.
He was the son of W. Brown Smith, a
native of Wayne County, and was born March 9, 1850, and
christened Wing Russell Smith. He attended public schools here
and Peekskill Military Academy prior to entering Cornell with
the class of 1872. After college he joined his father in
business here as a nurseryman.
Raised Prize Cattle.
The Smiths turned their attention to
the pure-bred livestock business and the son became one of the
pioneer champions of the black and white breed. He was in
Holland several times as a tree-grower and cattle fancier and
traveled considerably in this country in the interest of
Holstein-Friesian organizations. Lakeland, his farm near the
State Fair Grounds, sent out some of the finest specimens of
stock, and his work did much to make this region notable as a
center of dealing in the imported pure-breds.
Mr. Smith was married in 1881 to Miss
Mary Abigail Bigelow, daughter of Payne Bigelow, of
Baldwinsville. He is survived by his wife, his daughter at
Pelham, two daughters in Syracuse, Mrs. Charles A. Dunning and
Mrs. Oscar F. Soule, five grand-daughters and one grand-son.
Besides his bank and club connections
here, Mr. Smith held a directorate of the Farmers and Traders
Insurance Company and was its treasurer. He was treasurer of
the New York State Breeders Association as well as of the
national Holstein-Friesian Association. He was a member of
Kappa Alpha fraternity at Cornell.
The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home in Park Avenue and burial will be in Oakwood. The body
was taken from the morgue by George R. Fairchild, undertaker,
following certification of death as due to acute indigestion.
Obituary Mary:
Syracuse, New York
The Herald newspaper
Saturday evening, January 14, 1933
Page 3, Columns 5 and 6
Mrs. Mary Bigelow Smith, Pioneers' Daughter, Dies
Mother of Mrs. Oscar F. Soule Was Active in Various Fields
Mrs. Mary Bigelow Smith, 82,
widow of Wing R. Smith died early today at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Oscar F. Soule, 2 Brattle Road. Her activities in
social and intellectual fields earlier particularly in the
Fortnightly Club and the Onondaga Historical Association were
known to her friends.
Born at Baldwinsville, March 3, 1851, Mrs. Smith was the
daughter of Payn Bigelow and Hanna Munro Bigelow and
granddaughter of early Onondaga County pioneers Otis Bigelow and
David Munro, a son of the famous Squire Munro and a
granddaughter also of Abigail Carpenter, a daughter of Moses
Carpenter, all of old New England stock.
She was married Dec. 21, 1881 to
Wing Russell Smith, son of William Brown Smith of Syracuse. Her
interest in history made her known as a collector of Americana.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her three daughters, Mrs. Lewis D.
Waters of New York, Mrs. Charles A. Dunning and Mrs. Soule; five
grandchildren; Mrs. Harold Barker and Mrs. Robert Brook of New
York, Channing Soule, Dorothy Bigelow Soule and Virginia Dunning
of Syracuse; two great-grandchildren Barbara Barker and Robert
Brook, Jr., New York; one brother, Otis Bigelow of Baldwinsville
and two sisters; Mrs. Louise Owen of Baldwinsville and Mrs.
Frank Smylie of Wichita, Kan.
The funeral will be Monday at the home of Mrs. Soule and burial
will be in the William Brown Smith lot in Oakwood Cemetery.
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