-died aged 81 in Dobbs Ferry Hospital on Jan 9
-born Jan 4 1852 in Sullivan County
-married his wife, Mary Ann Lander, in 1872
-longtime Westchester County resident; Dobbs Ferry for 71 yrs; last 10 in Ardsley
-member of Hugenot family that helped settled New Rochelle c. 1680s
-family homestead on Secor Road (now site of Ferncliff Cemetery) during Revolutionary War was site of Colonial Army encampments during Westchester skirmishes
-operated a dairy and ice business for many years
-predeceased by his son, Harry Secor, Village President of Dobbs Ferry (d. 1931) and his wife (d. 1932)
-survived by his brothers, Moses of New Rochelle and Morris of Jacksonville FL; his daughters, Mrs. E.B. Ely of Yonkers; Mrs. J. Edward Frank of Dobbs Ferry; Mrs. Joseph Ludwig of Ardsley and his son Arthur of Hawleyville CT; plus 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren
-burial in Greenville Cemetery
~source: Ossining Citizen Register and Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, Jan 10 1933 and Dobbs Ferry Register articles∼From the Sullivan County Democrat DOWN THE DECADES in an issue printed Tuesday February 5 2013 page 12A:
"1933 - Norman Secord, a native of Youngsville, died on January 5 at the age of 81 at Dobbs Ferry where the greater part of his life was spent. He was one of 12 children born to his parents on the Noll farm. A brother, Morris married Miss Elizabeth Martin of Jeffersonville."
-died aged 81 in Dobbs Ferry Hospital on Jan 9
-born Jan 4 1852 in Sullivan County
-married his wife, Mary Ann Lander, in 1872
-longtime Westchester County resident; Dobbs Ferry for 71 yrs; last 10 in Ardsley
-member of Hugenot family that helped settled New Rochelle c. 1680s
-family homestead on Secor Road (now site of Ferncliff Cemetery) during Revolutionary War was site of Colonial Army encampments during Westchester skirmishes
-operated a dairy and ice business for many years
-predeceased by his son, Harry Secor, Village President of Dobbs Ferry (d. 1931) and his wife (d. 1932)
-survived by his brothers, Moses of New Rochelle and Morris of Jacksonville FL; his daughters, Mrs. E.B. Ely of Yonkers; Mrs. J. Edward Frank of Dobbs Ferry; Mrs. Joseph Ludwig of Ardsley and his son Arthur of Hawleyville CT; plus 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren
-burial in Greenville Cemetery
~source: Ossining Citizen Register and Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, Jan 10 1933 and Dobbs Ferry Register articles∼From the Sullivan County Democrat DOWN THE DECADES in an issue printed Tuesday February 5 2013 page 12A:
"1933 - Norman Secord, a native of Youngsville, died on January 5 at the age of 81 at Dobbs Ferry where the greater part of his life was spent. He was one of 12 children born to his parents on the Noll farm. A brother, Morris married Miss Elizabeth Martin of Jeffersonville."
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