Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/7/1947

SANBORN. Aug. 7-Mrs Ella E Barber.
85 years old, died at her
home in the Ward road yesterday
after several weeks illness following
a stroke.
Mrs. Barber is survived by a son,
Victor Barber, of Sanborn; two
grandsons, Alva Barber and Robert
Barber, and a granddaughter. Mrs.
Marjorie Peterson. Niagara Falls;
also a great granddaughter and a
number of nieces and nephews. An-
other son, Glen Barber, of Niagara
Falls, died in 1939.
She was the wife of the late A.
M. Barber. Mrs. Barber was a
daughter of the late Lydia and John
Bagwell and was born onFebruary
22, 1862, in a log cabin in the Bag-
well road, Town of Cambria. When
a young girl she joined the local
Methodist church and had always
been an active member of all its or-
ganizations. She was also an active
member of Sanborn Rebekah Lodge
668.
Funeral services will be held on
Saturday, August 9, at 2:30 p.m. at
the home. Interment will be in
North Ridge cemetery. Sanborn Re-
bekah Lodge will participate in the
service at the cemetery.

Family/Spouse: BARBER, Alva Mathew. Alva (son of BARBER, Thomas M and BRIGGS, Samantha) was born about 1861 in New York; died between 1930 and 1940 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BARBER, Glenn M was born about 1887 in New York; died on 10 Jul 1939 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
2. BARBER, Victor E was born on 27 Dec 1890 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Jan 1961 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY.

Notes:

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 9/30/1922

Sanborn, Sept. 29. John B. Bag-
well, a farmer, 84 years old. cut his
throat with a razor last night and
then Jumped into Cayuga creek.
which flows in the rear of bis farm.
His body was found this morning by
Mrs. William Raymond, a daughter
Bagwell had a cancer of the face
and had suffered for the last six
months, and the pain is thought to
have caused him to take his life. Cor-
oner Helwig of North Tonawanda
held an inquest and gave a verdict of
death by suicide. Funeral services
will be held at the family home tomorrow
and burial will be in Mount
View cemetery at Pekln.
Mr. Bagwell Is survived by three
daughters and one son, Mrs. Raymond,
who lives on the farm; Mrs. A.
M. Barber of Sanborn, Mrs. Elmer
Richardson of Seattle, Wash., and
Charles Bagwell, an Olcott farmer.

John married MILLS, Lydia about 1861. Lydia was born in 1839 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Jan 1920 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]