Onondaga County New York Obituaries Extracted From The Northern Christian Advocate, Syracuse, NY, 1890

1890 Obituaries from the Northern Christian Advocate in Syracuse, Onondaga County New York.

DRAKE, Almira J., Obituary

Almira J. Drake died at her home in Jasper, N.Y., March 12, 1890. She was born in Middlefield, Otsego county, N.Y., July 7, 1840, and was the daughter of Rev. R. S. Lent. She was converted when 14 years old, and joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She married Sidney Drake Jan. 22, 1862, and they settled in Jasper. Her husband and two sons remain to mourn their loss. Her sickness, a lung disease, was long and painful, but through it all she was cheerful and hopeful. Toward the last she was triumphant. She said to her friends, "The gate stands ajar for me. What would I do now without this hope?" A week before her death she called the members of the family to her room and charged them all to meet her in Heaven. She often spoke of meeting her mother, Maria Lent, who died only a short time before. Living only about three miles apart they had not seen each other for nearly a year. The funeral was held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Jasper, N.Y. E.G.W. HALL. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, April 10, 1890, P.7]

HART, Reuben, Obituary

Reuben Hart was born in Lithgow, Dutchess county, N.Y., April 28, 1813 and died September 2, 1890, at Germany Hill, Tioga county, N.Y. Brother Hart was led to give himself to God at the age of seventeen. His was a cheerful, energetic religion, full of hope to himself and inspiration to others. His illness was brief -- a general giving way of vital forces, a few weeks of weariness, a sharp final conflict and the spirit ascended to God and rest. At the age of twenty-one (1834), Brother Hart was married to Anna Augusta McMullen, who survives him. They had five children, four of whom are living -- one son and three daughters -- all, like their parents, faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. One son, the Rev. Cephas Hart, a local preacher, died in Kansas some years ago. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, N.Y.), December 11, 1890]

JOHNS, Rev. J. M., Obituary

The Rev. J. M. Johns, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Painted Post, N. Y., and a member of the Genesee Conference, died of cancer, at the parsonage in that place, Jan. 15, 1890. Further particulars of his death will appear soon. ]Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, January 23, 1890, P.5]

KAY, Rev. R. F., Obituary

Richard F. Kay, a member of the Genesee Conference, died January 8, 1890, in the 54th year of his age, at Hammondsport, Steuben county, N.Y. R. F. Kay was the son of John and Elizabeth Kay, born September, 1837, in Newburg, Ontario, Canada. When 14 years of age he left home for Fulton, Oswego county, N.Y., where he worked for two years in a sash and blind factory. When 16 years of age he was converted to God, joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and entered Falley Seminary, graduating therefrom five years later, having taught in public schools meanwhile, in order to obtain the necessary means to defray his academic expenses. After graduating, he followed Horace Greely's advice and went West - taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, and practiced law in Chicago until 1864, and then enlisted in the United States service, and went out with the 147th Illinois infantry. After the close of the war he resumed the practice of law in Chicago. In 1867 he was appointed the principal of the High school of Hyde Park in the suburb of Chicago. Here he was called to the ministry, and in the Fall of 1875 he entered the Genesee Conference of probation and in due time was admited into full connection, where he remained a faithful member until he was honorable discharged by the great Bishop and Head of the Church. Brother Kay died at his post, with his armor on, in the midst of his work, and also in the midst of his life. His death was sudden and unexpected. He leaves a widow and four children to mourn their loss. His funeral was attended by him mournful congregation, and the services conducted by his presiding elder, Rev. J. T. Canfield, who was assisted by brethren from the district. The remains of the departed were deposited in the village cemetery. May God sustain the bereaved and afflicted family. REV. J. O. JARMAN. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, March 6, 1890, P.2]

LENT, Maria, Obituary

Maria, wife of the Rev. R. S. Lent, died of old age at her home in Jasper, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1890. She was born in Montgomery county, N.Y., May 25, 1804. She was converted in early life under the labors of the Rev. John Arnold, and joined the Methodis Episcopal Church, of which she remained a consistent member to the day of her death. Her last utterance to her pastor was, "I conquer". The funeral sermon was preached in the Jasper Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday morning, Feb. 16. The early part of Sister Lent's life was spent in Otsego county, N.Y. In 1859 the family moved to Jasper, N.Y., and located on a farm near the Eight Square School House. Sister Lent had five children, three of whom survive her. In early life she taught them to fear God and to work righteousness. She lived to see them all converted. Sister Lent was a great reader, next to her Bible she read the lives of eminent men, such as Wesley, Fletcher, Whitefield, etc. For many years she was a careful reader of the NORTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Such reading gave her a well furnished mind and a well-balanced character. For many years the infirmities of old age kept her from public worship, but formerly she was a regular attendant upon the means of grace. Her house was a home for the itinerant preacher. Many a rousing prayer-meeting was held under her roof. Her charity led her to put the best construction upon the words of her neighbors. E. G. W. HALL. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, April 10, 1890, P.7]

STRYKER, Isaac, Obituary

Isaac Stryker was born in New Jersey in 1813, and died in Greenwood, Steuben Co., N.Y., April 14, 1890. He was converted in 1850, through the labors of the Rev. Samuel Nichols, and with his wife united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he remained a faithful member until called to his final reward. He buried his only child, a promising son, in 1870. A heart-broken widow mourns he rloss. The class of which he was a member misses him greatly. G. W. GIBSON. [Northern Christian Advocate, (Syracuse, NY), Thursday, June 19, 1890, P.7]