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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20th century men and woman20th century men and woman Women Martha Bock – 1950’School Teacher well known through the community. Deborah Budd – (1826 – 1903) 1897 – first woman postmaster in Enfield – Enfield Falls Sarah Graham Palmer Young – 1862 – nurse U.S. Civil War “Aunt Becky” Etta Gray – (September 8, 1925 - 3-7-14) First Woman Town Supervisor – 1986 (social security index) Mary Bundy – (1892 – 1930) - Enfield - Leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union - Town and County Nora J. Dodd – (1894 – 1990) 1951– Owner of Dodd Nursing home in Ithaca, NY along with small homes for nursing with the town of Enfield. Nina Linton – 1910 – 1992 – School Teacher and well known community quilter. Mabel Purdy - 1898 – 1987 Enfield - Town Clerk held this position for 25 years - 1952 – 197Alice Gibbs Sheldon – WCTU Sheldon,Alice T. (Gibbs) 1882-1965Sheldon,Alvin L. hayts cemetery1879-1957 Henriette Wickham - Enfield Falls Hotel 1856Nina will probably be most remembered for her quilts, but there was so much more to this much faceted person.More than 26 quilts were given to relatives at a reunion a few summers ago. Many others were made and used while her children were growing up. She worked at quilting bees and on the Senior Citizens raffle quilts for the Enfield Community Council for many years.While on a trip to Hawaii she took a class in Hawaiian quilting and taught the technique on her return. She also made many quillos - a quilt within a cover to look like a pillow, but ready for use. She taught ceramics for years - pouring, painting and glazing. Her garage had hundreds of molds on shelves. Many Afghans were made and given away. Hundreds of baby hats for the newborn were made for Tompkins Community Hospital.In 1928 Nina went to Norwich normal school. Her first teaching job was in Chenango County. After raising her children she taught in one and two room schools while earning a specialty in reading at various colleges. Her degree was granted in 1962. She taught from 1950-1972. Among her schools were the one room school at VanDorn's Corners and the two room at Bethel Grove. She finished her career in teaching as a reading specialist.As her children were growing up she was active in 4-H, Grange, Eastern Star and piano playing for Church and Choir practice. 2013 One of my favorite things about the Enfield Community is the annual quilt for the raffle-drawing at the Harvest Festival. One of my first introductions to this community, 30-some-odd years ago, was talking to Nina Linton about the quilt she and some of the other members of the Enfield Senor Citizens were constructing as a fundraiser for the annual Harvest Festival. As the years went by and we lost our great ladies like Nina, it seemed that the culture of communal quilt-making wobbled. Then, a few years ago, a handful of would-be, novice, and experienced quilters came together under the tutelage of Linda Linton Van Nederynen (Nina’s grand-daughter), co-owner of Quilter's Corner, to begin the Men Fred D. Rumsey S. Harvey Stevenson - Harvey STEVENSON, born June 8, 1889, died November 5, 1976 –former chairman of the county Board of Supervisors for 12 terms, supervisor of the Town ,of Enfield in 1933-1961. He also served for 2 years as Town of Enfield justice of the peace. . Mr; Stevenson served on nearly every committee of the board and was chairman of several before hecame board chairman. He was appointed budget officer in 1951, and in that capacity, under the provisions of a then - new state law, set up the whole county budget. During his years on the board, the county set up the health department, the veterans' service bureau and the civil defense department and the county tax department. The county airport was acquired, as was Biggs Memorial Hospital, which was renovated to become Tompkins County Hospital during his tenure. Mr. Stevenson served as chairman of Rural Citizens for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. He graduated from Cornell University in 1912, and worked until retirement as a dairy farmer. . Mr. Stevenson was a 71 - year member of Enfteld Valley Grange, a member of the national Holstein - Freisian Association since 1912, an 83 - year member of the First Baptist Church of Enfield, a 60 - year member of Tru - mansburg Masonic Lodge, and a charter member of Enfield Volunteer Fire Company. He is survived by a son, Robert, of Enfield; a daughter, Mrs. Douglas Bennett of Windsor; two brothers, Lawrence of Enfield and Clinton of Waterburg; niecesStevenson,S.HarveyJune 8,1889-Dec. 2,1976 Hayts Cemetery Frank Stevenson - Frank S. STEVENSON born 17 Jul 1866, died October 9, 1960. Sp: Carrie HARVEY, born January 8, 1869, died January 22, 1939. They were married November 30, 1887.Stevenson,Frank July 17,1866-Oct. 9,1980 Hayts Cemetery Jared Newman – 1893 – 1933 Robert Howard - 1924-2008 - After graduation from Ithaca High School, Bob enlisted in the US Army and faithfully served his country during World War II. Bob married Helen Elizabeth Ryerson, to whom he was married for sixty two years. Together they had two children, Bonnie Howard Howell and Robert Leon Howard Jr., who died in 1973. Bob Howard joined the Tompkins County Sheriff Department where he was employed for over 30 years. Of the 30 years, 27 of those were as the elected Sheriff, one of the longest terms for the Sheriff Department. Before being elected Sheriff, he was a deputy and a detective. Bob was most proud of the Junior Deputy Program, a program he developed whereby the Sheriff Department provided a summer camp experience to local at risk youth.  Olin King Robert Linton Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) — of Enfield Center, Tompkins County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler County, N.Y. Born in Costello, Potter County, Pa., December 10, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of New York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District 1955-64). Methodist. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Marine Corps League; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons. Burial location unknown. Bradford Almy (b. 1845) — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Enfield, Tompkins County, N.Y., February 10, 1845. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Tompkins County Judge and Surrogate, 1898; mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., 1905-06. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, July 20, 1876, to Fannie E. Vant. Bostwick, William Lucas (1837-1896) — also known as William L. Bostwick — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Enfield, Tompkins County, N.Y., March 13, 1837. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872; member of New York state assembly from Tompkins County, 1874. Died in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., September 22, 1896 (age 59 years, 193 days). Burial location unknown.