Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written year 53, newspaper not identified:
ZELNER STOUGHTON DIES
FROM INJURIES SUFFERED
IN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 21
Zelner H. Stoughton, prominent dairy farmer and leader in community affairs, died at Ideal Hospital in Endicott on Thursday evening, May 14. He was 51 years of age.
Mr. Stoughton was critically injured in an automobile accident near Owego on April 21 and had been at the hospital since that date. Death was due to embolism following a lung operation made necessary by the nature of the injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist Church with the Rev. Walter H. Proof officiating, assisted by the Rev. William E. Elwood. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
The pall bearers were James Simmons, Donald Thomson, Neal Ives, Nathan Hall, Robert Snyder and Kemp Roberts.
Zelner Hamlin Stoughton was born in Eleva, Wis., Oct. 27, 1901, the son of Stiles and Effie Gorton Stoughton.
In 1907 the family moved to Conway, Mo., where he lived five years except for one year spent at Isle of Pines in the West Indies. The family came to Newark Valley in 1912 and he attended school here, graduating from Newark Valley High School in the Class of 1919. A year or two later he entered the College of Agriculture at Cornell. After graduating from Cornell in 1925, he was located at Perry for two years and then taught agriculture at Weedsport from 1928 to 1938. He returned to Newark Valley then to devote himself to farming, and for a period of two years, teaching in Newark Valley Central School.
He was united in marriage with Miss Alberta Hills on August 25, 1925.
A widely-known dairyman, Mr. Stoughton specialized in Brown Swiss, had one of the finest herds of that breed in this area. He was long a member of the Dairymen's League and had served as president of the Newark Valley chapter of the organization. He was a member of the Farm Bureau, served on the local committee of the Grange League Federation, and was a member of the Artificial Breeders' Association and the Brown Swiss Association.
Mr. Stoughton always took an active part in community affairs. He served as Town Councilman, as Assessor and as a member of the Republican Town Committee. He was active in fraternal circles too. He was a member of the Methodist Church, serving as treasurer and as a member of the Official Board. He was also a member of the board of trustees of Hope Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alberta Hills; a son, Donald; his father, Stiles Stoughton; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lorance of Lebanon, Mo. He leaves also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilford Stoughton of Iowa City, Iowa.
Mr. Stoughton was returning from a dairymen's meeting in Penn Yan along with William
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ZELNER STOUGHTON DIES
FROM INJURIES SUFFERED
IN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 21
Zelner H. Stoughton, prominent dairy farmer and leader in community affairs, died at Ideal Hospital in Endicott on Thursday evening, May 14. He was 51 years of age.
Mr. Stoughton was critically injured in an automobile accident near Owego on April 21 and had been at the hospital since that date. Death was due to embolism following a lung operation made necessary by the nature of the injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist Church with the Rev. Walter H. Proof officiating, assisted by the Rev. William E. Elwood. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
The pall bearers were James Simmons, Donald Thomson, Neal Ives, Nathan Hall, Robert Snyder and Kemp Roberts.
Zelner Hamlin Stoughton was born in Eleva, Wis., Oct. 27, 1901, the son of Stiles and Effie Gorton Stoughton.
In 1907 the family moved to Conway, Mo., where he lived five years except for one year spent at Isle of Pines in the West Indies. The family came to Newark Valley in 1912 and he attended school here, graduating from Newark Valley High School in the Class of 1919. A year or two later he entered the College of Agriculture at Cornell. After graduating from Cornell in 1925, he was located at Perry for two years and then taught agriculture at Weedsport from 1928 to 1938. He returned to Newark Valley then to devote himself to farming, and for a period of two years, teaching in Newark Valley Central School.
He was united in marriage with Miss Alberta Hills on August 25, 1925.
A widely-known dairyman, Mr. Stoughton specialized in Brown Swiss, had one of the finest herds of that breed in this area. He was long a member of the Dairymen's League and had served as president of the Newark Valley chapter of the organization. He was a member of the Farm Bureau, served on the local committee of the Grange League Federation, and was a member of the Artificial Breeders' Association and the Brown Swiss Association.
Mr. Stoughton always took an active part in community affairs. He served as Town Councilman, as Assessor and as a member of the Republican Town Committee. He was active in fraternal circles too. He was a member of the Methodist Church, serving as treasurer and as a member of the Official Board. He was also a member of the board of trustees of Hope Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alberta Hills; a son, Donald; his father, Stiles Stoughton; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lorance of Lebanon, Mo. He leaves also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilford Stoughton of Iowa City, Iowa.
Mr. Stoughton was returning from a dairymen's meeting in Penn Yan along with William
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Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written year 53, newspaper not identified:
ZELNER STOUGHTON DIES
FROM INJURIES SUFFERED
IN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 21
Zelner H. Stoughton, prominent dairy farmer and leader in community affairs, died at Ideal Hospital in Endicott on Thursday evening, May 14. He was 51 years of age.
Mr. Stoughton was critically injured in an automobile accident near Owego on April 21 and had been at the hospital since that date. Death was due to embolism following a lung operation made necessary by the nature of the injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist Church with the Rev. Walter H. Proof officiating, assisted by the Rev. William E. Elwood. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
The pall bearers were James Simmons, Donald Thomson, Neal Ives, Nathan Hall, Robert Snyder and Kemp Roberts.
Zelner Hamlin Stoughton was born in Eleva, Wis., Oct. 27, 1901, the son of Stiles and Effie Gorton Stoughton.
In 1907 the family moved to Conway, Mo., where he lived five years except for one year spent at Isle of Pines in the West Indies. The family came to Newark Valley in 1912 and he attended school here, graduating from Newark Valley High School in the Class of 1919. A year or two later he entered the College of Agriculture at Cornell. After graduating from Cornell in 1925, he was located at Perry for two years and then taught agriculture at Weedsport from 1928 to 1938. He returned to Newark Valley then to devote himself to farming, and for a period of two years, teaching in Newark Valley Central School.
He was united in marriage with Miss Alberta Hills on August 25, 1925.
A widely-known dairyman, Mr. Stoughton specialized in Brown Swiss, had one of the finest herds of that breed in this area. He was long a member of the Dairymen's League and had served as president of the Newark Valley chapter of the organization. He was a member of the Farm Bureau, served on the local committee of the Grange League Federation, and was a member of the Artificial Breeders' Association and the Brown Swiss Association.
Mr. Stoughton always took an active part in community affairs. He served as Town Councilman, as Assessor and as a member of the Republican Town Committee. He was active in fraternal circles too. He was a member of the Methodist Church, serving as treasurer and as a member of the Official Board. He was also a member of the board of trustees of Hope Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alberta Hills; a son, Donald; his father, Stiles Stoughton; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lorance of Lebanon, Mo. He leaves also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilford Stoughton of Iowa City, Iowa.
Mr. Stoughton was returning from a dairymen's meeting in Penn Yan along with William
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ZELNER STOUGHTON DIES
FROM INJURIES SUFFERED
IN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 21
Zelner H. Stoughton, prominent dairy farmer and leader in community affairs, died at Ideal Hospital in Endicott on Thursday evening, May 14. He was 51 years of age.
Mr. Stoughton was critically injured in an automobile accident near Owego on April 21 and had been at the hospital since that date. Death was due to embolism following a lung operation made necessary by the nature of the injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Methodist Church with the Rev. Walter H. Proof officiating, assisted by the Rev. William E. Elwood. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
The pall bearers were James Simmons, Donald Thomson, Neal Ives, Nathan Hall, Robert Snyder and Kemp Roberts.
Zelner Hamlin Stoughton was born in Eleva, Wis., Oct. 27, 1901, the son of Stiles and Effie Gorton Stoughton.
In 1907 the family moved to Conway, Mo., where he lived five years except for one year spent at Isle of Pines in the West Indies. The family came to Newark Valley in 1912 and he attended school here, graduating from Newark Valley High School in the Class of 1919. A year or two later he entered the College of Agriculture at Cornell. After graduating from Cornell in 1925, he was located at Perry for two years and then taught agriculture at Weedsport from 1928 to 1938. He returned to Newark Valley then to devote himself to farming, and for a period of two years, teaching in Newark Valley Central School.
He was united in marriage with Miss Alberta Hills on August 25, 1925.
A widely-known dairyman, Mr. Stoughton specialized in Brown Swiss, had one of the finest herds of that breed in this area. He was long a member of the Dairymen's League and had served as president of the Newark Valley chapter of the organization. He was a member of the Farm Bureau, served on the local committee of the Grange League Federation, and was a member of the Artificial Breeders' Association and the Brown Swiss Association.
Mr. Stoughton always took an active part in community affairs. He served as Town Councilman, as Assessor and as a member of the Republican Town Committee. He was active in fraternal circles too. He was a member of the Methodist Church, serving as treasurer and as a member of the Official Board. He was also a member of the board of trustees of Hope Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alberta Hills; a son, Donald; his father, Stiles Stoughton; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lorance of Lebanon, Mo. He leaves also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilford Stoughton of Iowa City, Iowa.
Mr. Stoughton was returning from a dairymen's meeting in Penn Yan along with William
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