Notes for: Jessie May Duryea

Her name may not be Margaret A. The two daughters listed for George Duryea in the 1880 Census of Niles were Jennie (age 12, NY) and Jessie M. (age 2 months, NY).

From http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywayne/index.html:

The following news briefs and death notices come from the newspaper The Port Byron Chronicle and Cayuga County News, for Saturday, June 26, 1926, Vol. CII, No. 23. This paper covered Cayuga County villages and towns to the immediate east of Wayne County and often had items about Red Creek residents.

GEORGE M. DURYEA (page 2)
Mr. George M Duryea, 89 years old and a life long resident of Cayuga County, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur C. Bodine in River street, on Monday of this week, June 21st.

Mr. Duryea had been ill for several months past and his passing was not unexpected. Born in the town of Niles, most of his life was spent in the southern part of the county. For several years past, after retiring from active business he had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Bodine in this village. During his residence here he made many friends, and it is with sincere sorrow that they mourn his death.

Surviving Mr. Duryea are two daughters, Mrs. Bodine and Mrs. Jennie Sealey of Denver, Colo., one son, Fred Duryea of Auburn, and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the late home in this place on Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Owasco Rural Cemetery.

[Note: location of death presumed to be Port Byron.]