Family/Spouse: MCCONNELL, Milton M. Milton was born about 1893 in Warsaw, Wyoming County, NY; died on 9 Sep 1966 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married DECKER, James L on 28 Nov 1922 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batavia NY Dailly News - 12/2/1922

Miss. Ruth A. Peard, daughter of
Supervisor and Mrs. Harry R. Peard
of No. 15 Union'street, Batavia and
James L. Decker, son of Mrs. Catherine
Decker of Le Roy were united in
marriage at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning at St. Joseph's rectory, the
ceremony being performed by t h e Rev.
T. Bernard Kelly.Thomas C. Rowley
of Buffalo, an attorney, and a fraternity
brother of the groom, acted as
best man, while Miss Laura A. Decker
of Le Roy, a sisterof the groom, acted
as bridesmaid. A wedding breakfast
was served at the Hotel Richmond
following the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Decker left for a ten days' eastern
trip- and after December 25th they
will be at home at No. 418 East Main
street. Mr. Decker Hits fall was
elected city attorney on the Republican
ticket and will assume office on
January. 1st. He has been associated
with former District Attorney James
A. Le Seur in tho practice of law for
about four years. For a time after
graduating from the University of
Buffalo he practiced law with the firm
of Hammond & Hinkley of Buffalo

1. DECKER, James L

Notes:

Batavia NY Times - 2/20/1944

Fu n e r a l serv i c e s were held today
for H a r r y R. P e a r d , 67. of 15-Union
St., d e a n of t h e Genesee C o u n t y Board
of. S u p e r v i s o r s . He died suddenly
in Albany Monday.
His death occurred in the after-
noon shortly after her arrived there
by train to attend the annual meet-
ings of the New York State Asso-
ciation of Fairs and the United States
Trotting Association, to which he
was a delegate.
Peace Justice Glenn W. Grinnell
secretary of the Genesee County
Agricultural Society, stated Super-
visor Peard had died in the Welling-
ton Hotel, apparently of a heart at-
tack.
Supervisor Peard left here by train
for albany. He was accompanied by
Mr. Grinnell, Roy Bloomingdale, Oak-
field, president, and Harry B. Lapp,
Alexander, treasurer, of the Gene-
see County Agricultural Society.
Active in harness racing circles
Supervisor Peard was known
through out the state and was instru-
mental in bringing the update de-
but of the pacers and trotters under
the pari-mutuel betting system to the
Batavia track last summer. He was
a director of the Batavia fair.
A lifelong Democrat, the Batavia
was in his 22nd year as a member of
the Board of Supervisors. He repre-
sented the third Ward in the county
administration.
Surviving are his widow, a daughter,
Mrs. Ruth McConnell, Attica,
and two sons, Robert, Batavia and
Oscar Peard, Kenmore.

Harry married Emma J about 1896. Emma was born in Dec 1875 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 17 Apr 1965 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/20/1965

Mrs. Emma J. Peard, 90, of 112
Irving Ter., Town of Tonawanda
died Saturday at the Wheel Chair
Home.
A native of Tonawanda, Mrs.
Peard resided for several years
in the Town of Tonawanda before
she went to the home in Ken-
more. She was the widow of Har-
ry R. Peard.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Milton Mcconnell; a son,
Oscar J. Peard; a sister, Mrs.
Sarah H. Rose; three grand-
children, Mrs. Lester e. Wag-
ner, Mrs. Francois Petot an d
James f. Decker, and six great-
grandchildren.
The Rev. Roger Verly of the
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church will officiate at the fu-
neral at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the
Bury Funeral Home. Burial will
be in Grandview Cemetery at Ba-
tavia.

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 12/31/1913

Objections have been made
to the admission to probate of the
will of Robert Peaard, late of Pem-
broke. According to the petition the
estate is valued at ?????. Mr.
Peard's will and was written in his own
hand and witnessed by Emma Cleve-
land and gladys Mayhew of East
Pembroke.
Objections are filed by J o s e p h H.
P e a r d and Mrs. Olive Allen, a son
and daughter of the deceased, who
a r e represented by Frank J. Robinson.
Only the usual statutory obj
e c t i o n s are made, Including t h a t the
paper Is not the last will and testament
and not the voluntary act of
t h e decedent; that he was not of
sound mind and memory; that the
will w a s not subscribed and published in
conformity with the ' s t a t u t e and
t h a t It Is Invalid and void.
Specific legacies mentioned in the
w i l l , all to grandchildren, are as fol-
l o w s : Robert Charles Funke; John
Robert Peard and Robert Carney
Peard, $100 each, in trust, until they
are of age; Bessie Funke, Leslie
Peard and Lucile Peard, $50 each,
in trust until they are of age. The
remainder of the estate is to be di-
vided equally between Henry Peard,
George Peard, Mrs. Hattie Huber,
Joseph Peard, Mrs. Olive Allen, Mrs.
May Weil, Robert K. Peard, Miss
Lucile K. Peard and Mrs. Bessie
Funke, all children of the deceased.
Miss Lucile K. Peard is named as
executrix and James A. Le Seur is
her attorney.

ALSO

Batavia NY Times - 11/5/1913

At 3:40 o'clock, on Saturday morning,
occurred the death , of Robert
Peard at his home in Pembroke, from
heart trouble. Mr. Peard,.who was 73
years of ago, had been. a. resident of
Genesee county for a number of years,
and had lived In the.house where he
died. for the past 44 years. He was
born In County Cork; Ireland, coming
to this country when.nine years of a g e ,
On April 13, 1861 Mr, Peard enlist
ed in the Civil.War and after serving
three months in Captain, R.S, Roak's
Company was discharged by reason
of disability. On A u g u s t 20, 1862, Mr.
Peard re-enlisted In Company . G,
Eighth New -York Heavy Artillery,
Colonel Peter A. Eottdffs regiment in
which he Served until the close of the
war beihg-discharged on June 6, 1865,
at Bailey's Cross Roads. He was a
prominent member of the East Pem-
broke Lodge No. 194, I.O.O.F. and
ot the D. W. Kinne P o s t No. 635, G.
A. R. of Corfu. For the past twenty
five years Mr. Peard had been engaged
in the produce business.
He is survived byy four sons, Robert
K. Peard of East Pembroke,
George l., Joseph H. and Hariry R
Peard of. Batavia and five daughters;
Miss L u c i l e K; Peard o f Brighton
Mrs. William Huber, and Mrs. Harry
Weil of,Buffalo; Mrs. Frank Funke;of
East Pembroke, and Mrs. Millard F.
Allen of Batavia and, ten. grandchil-
dren. His funeral will be held at 2
o'clock on Monday afternoon, from
the late home. The burial will be in
the Hillside cemetery at East Pem-
broke.

Robert + PATTEN, Mary. Mary was born about 1847 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 9/12/1893

Mrs Kittie Peard, aged 88 years, mother
of Robert Peard of East Pembroke, was
struck by Central engine No 210, pulling a
gravel train on the Tonawanda branch at
the crossing near the Catholic church in
that village about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and received irjuries which are
likely to prove fatal.
When the engineer of tbe train, which
was coming east, came in sight of the
crossing he saw Mrs. Peard standing in
the center of the track, looking in the opposite
direction As she did not move as
the train neared the crossing be blew his
whistle repeatedly. No attention being
paid to the signal he then whistled for
brakes and slackened the speed of the
engine and the train was running very
slowly when it struck tbe aged lady. She
was thrown a distance of about eight feet
to the side of the track. When the trainmen
reached her she was conscious and
was carried to the house of Mrs. Kennedy
near by. Dr. Richardson, who was summoned,
found that her left hip and elbow
were broken and she was suffering from in
ternal injuries. She was taken to her son's
house about one quarter of a mile south of
the tracks. She was alive at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon, but it is thought she can
not recover.
Mrs. Peard has not been right mentally
for some time. The family was not aware
that she had left the house yesterday afternoon
until the news of the accident was
taken to them.