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Niagara Gazette - 6/22/1945

BARKER, N. Y., June 22.-Puneral
services for Mrs. Adah Atwater,
53, wife of George Atwater, Lower
Lake road, who died Wednesday
night after only a few hours illness,
will be held at the family home tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. Marcum B. May will officiate.
Interment will be In Hartland Central
cemetery.
Mrs. Atwater was stricken Wednesday
afternoon in the Methodist
church parlars at Somerset, with a
cerebral hemorrhage shortlv after
closing a meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service, at
which she had preside*. A doctor
and ambulance were called and she
was taken to her home, where she
-passed-away-at-10-o'clock that
night.
Besides her husband, she Is sur
vived by three sons, Stanley, of
Barker, Corporal Elwood Atwater,
ln the Medical Corps of the Army
of Occupation, somewhere In Germany,
and Melvln, at home; three
granddaughters; two sisters. Mrs.
Grace Gasklll. of Millers. N. Y. and
Miss Clara Martin, of Newark, N.
Y.
Mrs. Atwater was the daughter
of the late Ezra and Cora Coates
Martin and had resided all her life
in the Town of Somerset She was
a member of the Somerset Union
Methodist church, the Somerset
Woman's Society of Christian Service,
Somerset Orange. Millers
Home bureau and Townsend Chapter.
Order of the Eastern Star.

Adah married ATWATER, George E about 1913. George (son of ATWATER, Stephen and Henrietta) was born on 25 Oct 1885 in New York; died in Oct 1979 in Barker, Town of Somerset, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ATWATER, Stanley Norman was born on 13 Jan 1914 in New York; died on 20 Oct 2002 in Ripley, Chautauqua County, NY.
2. ATWATER, Elwood M was born on 27 Feb 1922; died on 12 Jun 2007 in Appleton, Outagamie County, WI.
3. ATWATER, Melvin George

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Niagara Gazette - 4/13/1936

BARKER. April 13 -The funeral of
Ezra. T. Martin. 84. was held at 2 30
o'clock this afternoon at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. George Atwater. of
Lower Lake road The Rev William
Partington, pastor of Somerset Union
Methodist Episcopal church, officiated.
Burial was In Somerset cemetery. Mr
Martin passed away Friday at the
Lockport City hospital where he underwent
an operation Tor the imputation
of his foot last Wednesday.
Mr. Martin operated a blacksmith
shop at Somerset for many years and
later took up farming He was bom
at Clarendale. N. Y. Since the death
of his wife, he has been making his
home with his daughter.
He is survived by three daughters.
Mrs. George Atwater. Barker. Mrs
Donald Gaskill. of Millers, and Miss
Clara Martin and six grandchildren.

Ezra + COATES, Cora. Cora (daughter of COATES, Thomas and Jane) died on 5 Jul 1933 in Town of Somerset, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/7/1933

BARKER, July 7.-The death of
Mrs. Cora Martin, 71. wife of Ezra T.
Martin, occurred Wednesday at her
home, Somerset, following a prolonged
illness. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at the home, with
the Rev. Ernest F. Scott. pastor Somerset
Methodist Episcopal church, officiating.
Burial will be In Somerset
cemetery.
Mrs. Martin, a life-long resident of
this town, was the last of a family
of five, the daughter of Thomas and
Jane Coates. pioneer residents. Until
prevented by physical infirmities, Mrs.
Martin was always active in church
organizations. She was organist of
Somerset M. E. church for many
years, treasurer of the Ladies' Aid
society and a member of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society, Somerset
Grange and Somerset Academic association.
She is survived by her husband and
three daughters. Mrs. George Atwater,
Barker. Mrs. Donald Gaskill, Millers,
and Clara, at home, and six grandchildren.

Thomas + Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]