Cause of Death: Chronic Myocarditis
Research and notes - Deborah Sweet -
1) Death Record Documentation:
NYS Dept of Health Death Cert. #3146; Registered #4; Dist. #3851
Place of Death: Otsego Co., Town of Butternuts [length ofstay in town
and name of Hospital/institution, or address of death were leftblank].
Usual Residence: NY, Otsego Co., Town of Butternuts - residence is NOT
within corporate limits [street address blank]. Name of deceased: Ida May
Hopkins; DOD May 23, 1950; Female, white, widow; Spouse: [2nd] John W.
Hopkins; DOB Jan 19, 1863; Place: **Maryland, NY, USA; Occupation:
Housewife, ownhome; Father: Augustus Haner, Mother: Hannah Snyder;
Veteran? No; Soc. Sec.#none; Informant: Mrs. Carl Hubberd? [Hulbert?] of
Maryland, NY. [I do not know who this is, possibly a relative? sister,
daughter, niece?]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION: Cause of Death: Chronic Myocarditis, no duration
given, no secondary cause given; Antecedent causes, diseases or
conditions: Senility, no duration given; Autopsy? No;
Paul von Haeseler, M.D., of Gilbertsville, signed May24, 1950, certifies
he attended deceased from May 22, 1950 to May 23, 1950, last saw on May
22, 1950, death occurred at 11:30 pm.
Undertaker: Paul D. Moore, Gilbertsville, NY, license #2052; Burial:
?McKown? Cemetery, Maryland, NYon May 26, 1950; Registrar: E. M.
Holden?; Permit issued May 24, 1950.
**note: gives place of birth as Maryland, NY, but on her marriage
certificate itsays Oswego, NY - it could be that is her father's place
of birth, as the info given for her father's name says: Wm. A. Southworth
- but the Southworth iscrossed out and Hanor is written in. Other info
shows her father to have been Augustus Hanor. Also shows mother's name as
ANNA Snyder, not Hannah, as itshows on her death cert.

1. 2. Madaline May SOUTHWORTH   b. 22 Feb 1881, Milford, Otsego Co., New York; d. 5 Apr 1957, Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; bur. 8 Apr 1957, Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York.

Cause of Death: A) Arterio sclerotic heart disease, duration 10 years
Address: 40 Elm St.

Oneonta
New York

Research and source notes - Deborah Sweet
Madaline's line gives us our MAYFLOWER lineage through the following
Mayflower Passengers, a total of six so far:
1) John ALDEN
2) MULLINS - Priscilla, and her parents William and Alice
The ALDEN - MULLINS line comes tous through the SOUTHWORTHS.
3) FULLER - Edward and his son Samuel who came onthe ship, and other son
Matthew, who came later. This line comes to us through the ROWLEY's (see
Ithamar Rowley, who is also one of 'our' Revolutionary War Veterans) and
it is a double line, secondly through Dimmis Gates's father Stephen
Gates, also a Rev. War Vet, who married Esther Fuller, a dau. of John
Fuller. I have just found the connection through these lines and have
begunresearch - 5/10/2001, DS
I. Birth Record Documentation:
4/11/2001 - No record of birth on file at Albany for Madaline M.
Southworth, b.2/22/1881.
I willhave to write the County and Town Clerks, also could try
Albany again, withan expanded, 10 year search.
II. Marriage Record Documentation:
When HusbandWilliam died, 9/25/1942, Madaline was 60 yrs old, given
on his death cert.
III. 5/5/2001 - Oneonta Plains Cem. visit - photos taken of grave.
III. Death Record Documentation:
1) NYS Dept. of Health Cert. of Death, #26612; Registered#52; Dist.
#3801
Place of Death, State of New York: Otsego Co.; City/Village:
Oneonta; Length of stay in Town, City or Village: 25 years; Name of
Hospital: Fox Memorial Hospital
Usual Residence: NY, Otsego Co., Oneonta, within corporate limits,
40 Elm St.
Name: Madaline Wright, dod 4/5/1957, female, white, widowed; Name
of spouse: William G. Wright; dob 2/22/1881, Milford, NY, USA; Age:
76yrs, 1mo, 14days; Occupation: Housewife, own home; Father's name:
William Southworth, Mother's name: Ida Hanor; Was deceased Veteran? No;
Soc. Sec.# none; Informant: Clyde Wright, 136 East St., Oneonta, NY
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION: Disease or condition directly leading to death:
a) Arterio scleroticheart disease, duration 10 years
b) aortic insufficiency, left ventricular(?)hype....?, duration 10
years
c) Cancer in Colon, duration 6 months
No other significant conditions listed.
Date of Operation: Mar. 7, 1957; Major Finding of Operation: Ca,
Colon hepatic - - - last word is illegible.; Autopsy: No
Physician's signature: looks like Keegan? of Oneonta, NY -
Certifies he attended deceased from Sept? 1951 to Apr. 5, 1957; Last seen
on - date is illegible, looks like 5 Apr., 1957; Death occurred at: could
be either 5 or 6 am, it has been 'gone over'. Signed: 4/5/1957
Place of Burial: Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, NY on 4/8/1957;
Undertaker: John H. Woodward, Bookhout FuneralHome, 357 Main St.,
Oneonta, NY; Registration #BO4657; Date filed by Local Reg.: 4/8/1957,
Registrar: D? S. Murkle; Burial/Transit Permit issued 4/8/1957by
Registrar.
Note: the 40 Elm St. House is still there, per my May 2001 visit, I do
not know who is the current owner.
Address at death; 40 Elm St., Oneonta, later lived in by son W.Clyde
Wright & family
Lived in Oneonta since1932
Attended Oneonta Normal School; was a teacher at Schenevus
Obituary #1-The Oneonta Daily Star, Sat. April 6, 1957:
Headline: Mother of Oneonta Merchant, Once Civic Leader, Dies
Mrs. Madaline Wright, 76, of 40 Elm St., widow offormer Otsego
County Sheriff William G. Wright and an active community worker, died
yesterday at Fox Hospital following a month's illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First
Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Boyd McCleary, minister officiating. Burial
will be in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.
Mrs. Wright was a member of First Presbyterian Church, pas president
of the Women's Club, past regent of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, pastpresident of the Presbyterian Women's Associatio

1. 3. Helen Southworth WRIGHT   b. 14 Jul 1904, 297 Main St., Village of Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; d. 21 Apr 1988, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York; bur. 13 May 1988, Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego Co., Ny.
2. 4. William Clyde WRIGHT   b. 26 Jul 1908, Milford, Otsego Co., New York; d. 1990, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; bur. Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York.

Cause of Death: Intracerbral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
_DEG: 16 Aug1947BS., Ed. from Boston University
Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet-
1) NYS Dept. of Health Cert. of Birth - Reg.#3146 County of Otsego,
Village of Oneonta [number stamped at top of form - 27355 this is the
doc.# used bythe State] - Helen Southworth Wright, b. July 14, 1904, at
297 Main St., County of Otsego, Village of Oneonta, Julian D. Smith,
attended the birth; father, William G. Wright, Age 24, Laborer,
b.Meredith, NY; mother Madaline Mae (Southworth) Wright, Age 22,
b.Milford, NY, both living at 297 Main St.; #of prev.children-0,
#living-1; Given name added from Supplemental Report filed[? hard to read
copy] Mar.7, 1905 CL w/ ER
[the latter is probably the initialsof the clerks who added the
information]
The place where she was born is right in town, opposite the Presbyterian
Church. If it was at one time a privatehome, it is no more. Now it is a
typical downtown building made of brick, newer than 1904, with stores on
street level and apartments above.
2)NYS Dept.of Health Cert. of Death - State file #0000034703
Recorded district #5932 Register #132
Helen S. Sweet, female, dod: 4/21/1988, 5:27 p.m. at Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center, Village of North Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY,
admitted on 4/20/1988, Medical Record #000353459
dob: 7/14/1904 in NY, Age 83, white,Served in Armed Forces? NO, Hispanic
origin? NO, Education - 17+ years, Soc.Sec.#109-36-5271, Marital Status:
Widowed is checked [this must be wrong. Asfar as I know, she and Grandpa
Sweet were divorced. I must try to get the divorce records]. Usual occup:
Housewife [this is not REALLY true as she was div., and hadn't owned a
home in over 50 yrs.], Name & locality of Company/Firm:Own Home [this is
not really true either - she lived in hotels for the past50 years],
Residence: NY, Westchester, Village of Tarrytown (within village limits),
455 So. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591 [this is the address of the Hilton
Inn, where she lived], Father: William Wright, Mother: Madeline [sic,
Madaline] Mae [sic, May] Southworth. Informant: William Sweet [son] 34
Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, NY 10994.
Burial, etc.: Cremation, 4/26/1988, Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson, NJ
Funeral Home: Higgins Funeral Service, Inc. 321 S.Main St., New City, NY
10956, Registration #01143
Director: Joseph P. Damond, Registration #09039
Cause of death: Intracerebral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
[note: there was a wake at Higgins and then after cremation there was a
one day wake in Oneonta preceding burial]
3) Oneonta Plains Cem. visit 5/5/2001 - photos taken of grave. Grandma is
buried in the WRIGHT family plot, NOTthe Sweet family plot.
Also visited the home she had built at 428 Main St. Itis still there,
2001, owned by George Monser, who tells me that he had purchased it from
the estate of Dr. Leroy House in 1968. Dr. House bought the house from
Judge Grant, who had bought it from Grandma and Grandpa. Dad had stopped
up several years ago and visited, at which time Mr. Monser gave him the
photo of the house taken in the 50's(?)/ He stated that the oak tree Dad
hadplanted by the garage as a child is now huge. I took new photos.
Deborah Sweet info:
Helen is buried in the WRIGHT family plot, in the same grave as her
beloved grandparents, Sophia Gibson and William Wright. Her parents
Madaline Southworth and William Gibson Wright, and her brother W. Clyde
Wright andhis wife Mildred E. Williams are on the other side of the
stone. It is easilylocated, as it is in the second 'section', right on
the main cem. road, on the right, after the entrance. There are two large
shrubs on either side. I was personally there when she was buried. As a
side note, for anyone who knew Helen, she was cremated, per her own
request. She had wanted Dad (William Gilbert Sweet, her son), Uncle Clyde
Wright (her br

1. 5. William Gilbert SWEET   b. 8 Apr 1925, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; d. 27 Sep 1990, J.F.K.Airport/Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica, Queens Co., New York; bur. 1 Oct 1990, Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Rockland Co., Ny.

Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet -
1) Birth, Death and Burial info:
a. Oneonta Plains Cem. visit 5/5/2001 - photos taken of graves.
Clyde was raised on the famiy farm Milford Center, NY. It was on Goodyear
Lake?.
He had anunsuccessful run for Congress.
He owned and operated Wright's FoodMarket on Main St., Oneonta for many
years.
Was on board of Wilbur National Bank, Oneonta
Parson's College, Fairfield, Iowa, is home to the Madaline Wright
Memorial Library and the William G. Wright Hall of Science - Uncle Clyde
was Chairman of the Board of Trustees - the family donated to the college
for the buildings and the cornerstone was unveiled Fri. Oct. 19, 1963
At the time of his mother's death, he was living with his famiy at 136
East St., Oneonta, NY. He moved into the family home at 40 Elm St. and
lived there until his death.

1. 6. WRIGHT  
2. 7. WRIGHT  
3. 8. WRIGHT  

Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Research and notes - Deborah Sweet:
A certified copy of the Marriage registration for Dad & Rose, which she
obtained inAugust of 1988 (this having had something to do with Grandma
Sweet's estateand Dad having to prove that they were legally divorced?)
gives his birthyearas 1926 - this is incorrect:
1. Death Certificate shows dob 1925. see below.
2. Birth Certificate shows dob 1925. see below (additionally, what
little Military records I have also show 1925)
Marriage to Donna Houston - source: Naurashaun Presbyterian Church
Newsletter, Banns
See my FTM book on William Sweet for details on his WWII military
service, a brief synopsis of which is given below.
Birth Documentation: Uncertified - Genealogical Research Only: fromAlbany
NYS Dept. of Health #32674
Dist.No. 3081 Registered No. 67
Place of birth: County: Otsego; City: Oneonta; Place: Parshall Hospital
Full name: William Gilbert Sweet, boy, legitimate
DOB: April 8, 1925, 4:50 p.m.
Father: Steven [sic, actually, Stephen] Gilbert Sweet
Residence: Portlandville, NY
White,Age 25, b.Sioux City, Iowa
Occup: Clerk, General Store [in Portlandville - worked at that store
for many years, was later a butcher there]
Mother: Helen Southworth Wright
Residence: Portlandville, NY
White, Age 20, b. Oneonta, NY
Occup: Housewife
#children born: one; #children living: one
Attending Physician: Norman W. Gutman?
Filed April 11, 1925
[note: it was unusual at the timefor women to give birth in hospitals,
they generally did so at home. However,because of Grandma's polio when
she was younger, she had to deliver in hospital, as it was thought she
was high risk due to the polio.]
Death Documentation: Certified Copy-
City of New York, Death Cert. #56-90-054549
Filed 9/28/1990, Vital Records, Dept of Health, Bourough of Bronx
William Sweet; Place ofDeath: NYC, Borough of Queens; Jamaica Hospital,
Emergency Room; Date and hour: Sept. 27, 1990, 10:16 pm; Male, approx age
65; Certified by Glorioso T. Flores, M.D., 9/27/1990, Jamaica Hospital;
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Usual Residence: NY, Rockland Co., 34 Van Houten Fields, 10994, inside
city limits; Veteran; WWII; Married, Spouse: Patricia Lovatt; DOB:
4/8/1925; Soc.Sec. #076-18-6805; Occupation: Teacher, North Rockland
School; Birthplace: Oneonta,NY; Education: 16 is checked off (this is
wrong, as it would give him only aBachelor's degree - He did, however,
have his Masters degree]; Other namesby which known: William G. Sweet;
Father: Stephen G. Sweet, Mother: Helen S.Wright; Informant: Patricia
Sweet, wife, 34 Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, NY10994 [this address for
Patricia is wrong as she and Bill were separated atthe time, living
apart - she was living in Piermont, NY]; Name of Cemetery: Oak Hill
Cemetery, Nyack, NY; Date of Burial: Oct. 1, 1990; Funeral Director:
Michael J. Higgins Funeral Services, Inc. 24 So. Middletown Rd. Nanuet,
NY10954 [this is a business address, as Dad's wake was held at the
Higgins Funeral Home on South Main St., New City, NY 10956]; Date [my
copy] issued: 3/19/2001; Document #E075342
Family Photos give places of residence for William:
Age 0-2 yrs - Portlandville, Town of Milford, Otsego Co., NY
Age 3 yrs - Otego
Age 3-6 yrs - 8 Murdock Ave., Oneonta - visited this house May 2001-took
photo. Left note for owner if they would like copy of 1940's photo.
Age 7-14 yrs- 428 Main St., Oneonta
Age 14-18 - 14 Miller St., Plattsburgh
MILITARY SERVICE, WWII
Dad was inducted into the Army on Sept. 22,1943 at Plattsburgh, NY.,and
given the Service Number 32-943-870. He was first placed in Co.I, 3rd
Battalion of the 6th Armoured Infantry. His group were to be replacements
forthe exhausted North Africa troops. They were sent to Casablanca,
North Africa immediately, and placed on a train to Oran, in Algeria.
According to some of the men who were on the train, it was 'a little

1. 9. SWEET  
2. 10. SWEET  
3. 11. SWEET  
4. 12. SWEET  

1. 13. WRIGHT  
2. 14. WRIGHT