Obituary from the Watertown Daily Times of 1 April 1947: Funeral services for David R. Parry, 67, of 347 VanDuzee street, retired locomotive engineman on the St. Lawrence division of the New York Central railroad, who died in the House of the
Good Samaritan Monday afternoon, will be held at 11 Thursday morning at the William R. Box company Funeral Home.Rev. Robert Wells youngs, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be made in Brookside Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Parry are his wife, Mrs. Jane C. Roberts Parry; two children, Miss Margaret J. Parry, R.N., and David H. Parry, city; a grandson, David John Parry, city; four brothers, Llewellyn J. Parry, 205 Academy Street, Richard M.
Parry, 223 State Street, William H. Parry, Rochester, and Robert J. Parry, 317 VanDuzee Street; and two sisters, Miss Margaret W. Parry, 143 Clinton Street, and Mrs. Jane M. Gilmour, 229 State Street.Mr. Parry was born Dec. 26, 1879 in North Wales, one of nine children of the late Robert D. and Jane Jones Parry. With his parents, two sisters, Margaret and Jane, and a brother, he came to this country from Wales in 1886 and all of them
were among the passengers of the Cunard line steamer, the Oregon, at the time of its sinking while crossing the Atlantic Ocean.The ill-fated Oregon on which the Parry family was crossing to this country was sunk when an unknown deep-laden three-masted schooner crashed into it at about 4 a.m. March 14, 1886. Mr. Parry was then a boy of only six.
The disaster occurred 18 miles east of Fire Island, off the coast of Long Island, and within a few miles of Sandy Hook as the ocean liner approached the harbor of New York. Suddenly, the schooner appeared and rammed the steamer fairly in
the side, causing a gaping hole. The water immediately rushed in and the steamer sank.All passengers and members of the crew were saved, however, as life-boats were immediately lowered. A steamer bound for New York changed her course to pick up the passengers and crew of the sunken ship. The six members of the Parry
family were in life-boats for about twelve hours before they were rescued. No trace was ever found of the schooner, which was also sunk.The Parry family first settled at Berlin, Wis., later moving to Clayton, where David Parry entered the employ of the railroad in 1896. About 1900, just after the close of the Spanish-American War, the family came to Watertown and Mr.
Parry had since resided here.Two of Mr. Parry's brothers are dead: John L., city, who died here Jan. 6, 1940, and Edward S., city, who died here in July, 1945. His father died at the family home, 348 VanDuzee Street, Jan. 15, 1935, and his mother died there Sept. 24,
1934.Mr. Parry married Miss Jane C. Roberts of Wales in Wales on Aug. 1, 1906.
Mr. Parry had been a member of Watertown Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M., since April 20, 1927. He was a member also of the following Scottish rite bodies of Masonry: Watertown Lodge of Perfection, Watertown Council, Princes of Jerusalem;
Watertown Chapter of Rose Croix and Central City Consistory, 32nd, Syracuse. He was a member of Media Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; the First Presbyterian church; the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and the Lincoln League.
Obituary from the Watertown Daily Times of 9 July 1966: Mrs. Jane C. Roberts Parry, 88, of 347 VanDuzee Street, widow of David Parry and a resident of this city nearly 60 years, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the family home Friday
afternoon.Mrs. Parry was found dead on the floor of her bedroom by her grandson, David John Parry, also of 347 VanDuzee Street, when he returned home from work at the Gillette Dairy late in the afternoon. Mrs. Parry, who was home alone at the time,
apparently died only a short time before. Neighbors had seen her earlier in the afternoon.Although she had been ill about a year, Mrs. Parry had been able to be up and around her home as usual.
The funeral will be Monday morning at 11 at the Cleveland Funeral Home. Rev. Roger B. Putnam, pastor of the Faith United Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Brookside Cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Parry are a daughter, Miss Margaret J. Parry, R.N., 347 VanDuzee Street, student health director at the House of the Good Samaritan School of Nursing; a son, David H. Parry, Overlook Drive, Watertown, and the grandson.
Her husband, who was one of the oldest enginemen on the local division of the New York Central Railroad, in terms of years of service, died March 31, 1947, in the House of the Good Samaritan at the age of 67. He had retired from railroad
service the previous January after 43 years as an engineman. He had been a railroad employe nearly 50 years.Mrs. Parry was born in North Wales Nov. 9, 1877, a daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Roberts) Roberts. She was married to David Parry of Watertown, also a native of North Wales, in North Wales on Aug. 1, 1906.
She came here upon her marriage and had since been a resident of this city.
She was a member of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen.
Mr. Morgan made his home upon Grindstone Island about eight months of the year, spending the remainder of the time in New York. He took great interest in the Village of Clayton and did much for the community. Mr. Morgan had not been in good health since last winter and a few days ago his condition became serious. On Tuesday an operation was performed and a large quanity of pus was removed from the plaural cavity in the region of the heart. This seemed to give great relief, but yesterday his condition became worse and death soon followed. Ref #126
Mrs. Martha Leavitt Morgan, who died May 25, 1928, left an estate appraised yesterday at $429,306 gross and $238,997 net, which she divided between her sons, Hewitt and Patrick H. Morgan. The bulk of the estate was in secirities, including 950
shares of the preferred stock of the Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation, valued at #111,950. and 565 shares of common worth $69,465.New York Times September 21, 1959 Page 27
Mrs. Martha Leavitt Morgan, who died May 25, 1928, left an estate appraised yesterday at $429,306 gross and $238,997 net, which she divided between her sons, Hewitt and Patrick H. Morgan. The bulk of the estate was in secirities, including 950
shares of the preferred stock of the Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation, valued at #111,950. and 565 shares of common worth $69,465.New York Times September 21, 1959 Page 27
of Short Hills, NJ
New York Times Aug. 10, 1878
"Henry Y. Leavitt, a stock broker, yesterday announced, through the Stock Exchange, his inability to meet his obligations, which are said to amount to $2,000. Mr. Leavitt says he has settled with most of his creditors."New York Times Dec. 27, 1878
"Thomas Ree and H. Y. Leavitt were readmitted to the privileges of the Stock Exchange yesterday."
Lived Washington Sq. in NY 1930
of Philadelphia