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Niagara Gazette

TUSCARORA RESERVATION - Arthur B. Smith,
78, of 5566 Walmore Road, died today (Nov. 16, 1967) at
his home after a long illness.
Born on the reservation, he*-;-:
had attended school here and
Cortland O. Drake and Minnie! Q a R F r a n d s Qf Ak.
Bishop. His first wife was Iva
Wilkerson who died Oct. 1, 1949.| ron> 0 h l 0 ; two SlSters< MrS'
He married Grace Wagner of I Franklin Sahm of N e w f a n e,
Town of Lockport on Nov. 6,1 Mrs. Howard Murphy- of Can-
1959. field. Ont.; two brothers, Glenn
He was a member of Wright's! 0. and Kenneth E., both of
Corners U n i t e d Presbyterian; Lockport, f o u-r grandchildren
Church. A retired auto mechanic;and several nieces and nephews.
later was enrolled at the Carlisle,
Pa., Indian school, where
he was a classmate of the late
Jim Thorpe.
He had been employed as an
engineer with the former Model
City Canning" Co., Niagara Fals
Memorial Hospital and the
Tuscarora Indian School branch
of the Niagara-Wheatfield Central
- School District, retiring
from the latter position in 1962.
Mr. Smith was a member of
the Tuscarora Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Frances Braddell;
four sons, Arthur Smith Jr.,
Town of Lewiston, Albert Setoff,
North Tonawanda, Her
bert Seeloff, Sanborn, and Robert
Seeloff, Niagara Falls; two
daughters, Mrs. Leo (Jeannine)
Henry and Miss Edna Seeloff,
both of the Town of Lewiston;
15 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Pike
and Jones Funeral Home from
7 to 9 o'clock tonight and from
2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. oh Friday.
Services will be conducted at
3 p.m. Saturday at the Tuscarora
Baptist Church, lay minister
Perry Brown of the Tuscarora
Mission officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Hope
Cemetery.

Arthur + BRADDELL, Frances. Frances (daughter of BRADDELL, George R and FURLONG, Clementina) was born on 21 Jun 1899 in Ireland; died in May 1983 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married FURLONG, Clementina about 1896. Clementina (daughter of FURLONG, Francis) was born on 29 Jan 1874 in Ireland; died on 5 Nov 1959 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/6/1959

In September a Lockport woman
was reunited with a daughter
she had not seen in 58 years.
They had a happy reunion and
the daughter, Mrs. Gladys Hud
son, returned to her home in
Ireland a month later.
On Thursday (Nov. 5, 1959) the
mother, Mrs Clementina F.
Braddell, died at the home of
another daughter, Mrs. Ena Hatt,
77 Elmwood Ave. She was 85.
Born Jan. 29, 1874 in Ireland,
she was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Furlong. Mrs.
Braddell came to this country
in 1901 with her husband, George
R. Braddell, and a daughter, now
Mrs. Arthur B. Smith of Lewiston.
She left her daughter Gladys,
who was three years old, in Ireland
because her grandmother
could not bear to part with her.
She came to Lockport soon after
her arrival in this country.
Mr. Braddell died in 1918 and
Mrs. Braddell raised the family.
After living in Tonawanda since
1918, she came here to live with
her daughter about three years
ago.
Survivors Include two other
daughters, Mrs. Eileen Powell,
Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Eva Ripka,
of Center Hall, Pa.; three
sons, Henry Braddell, North
Tonawanda; Walter Braddell,
Kenmore, and James Braddell,
Grand Island; 32 grandchildren
and 37 great • grandchildren. She
was also the mother of the late
John R. Braddell.
Friends msy call from 2 to 5
in the afternoon and 7 to 9 in the
evening at the Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee
St., where funeral services
will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30. The Rev. Gordon R. Bender,
pastor of the Lockport Gospel
Center, will officiate. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery