Civil War Veteran Goes to Sleep Under Tree and Passes Away
W.J. Mantanye, one of the most widely known lawyers of the county, died at his home, 16 Arthur Avenue, yesterday afternoon, shortly before 4 o'clock at the age of 68 years. Death came very suddenly and with no warning illness to precede it. Mr. Mantanye appeared to be in his usual health at noon and was working around the yard, as was his custom, until about 3 o'clock, when he lay down beneath a tree to rest and recover from the heat. When a member of the family went out to him at about 4 o'clock it was found that he had passed quietly away.
Mr. Mantanye was born in Freetown Oct. 17, 1843. He attended a district school in Freetown during his early boyhood and later went to Homer to attend the Homer academy. In the winter of 1860-61 he taught school near Westfield, Pa., in one of the lumbering districts.
When the first call for three troops in the Civil war was issued, he enlisted in Co. D of the 76th Vol. Inf., and served with distinction during the entire war. At the close of the war he entered the law office of Hon. Arthur Holmes in Cortland, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1867. He opened an office in Marathon shortly afterward, and practiced law there until his removal to Cortland in 1888, where he has since lived. He played a prominent part in the Republican politics of the county until his retirement from the active field several years ago.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Fanny T. Mantanye, and a brother, Austin Mantanye of Washington, D.C.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
- Obituary supplied by Andrew Palm, Superintendent, Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Husband of Emma Susan Cloyes
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W.J. Mantanye, one of the most widely known lawyers of the county, died at his home, 16 Arthur Avenue, yesterday afternoon, shortly before 4 o'clock at the age of 68 years. Death came very suddenly and with no warning illness to precede it. Mr. Mantanye appeared to be in his usual health at noon and was working around the yard, as was his custom, until about 3 o'clock, when he lay down beneath a tree to rest and recover from the heat. When a member of the family went out to him at about 4 o'clock it was found that he had passed quietly away.
Mr. Mantanye was born in Freetown Oct. 17, 1843. He attended a district school in Freetown during his early boyhood and later went to Homer to attend the Homer academy. In the winter of 1860-61 he taught school near Westfield, Pa., in one of the lumbering districts.
When the first call for three troops in the Civil war was issued, he enlisted in Co. D of the 76th Vol. Inf., and served with distinction during the entire war. At the close of the war he entered the law office of Hon. Arthur Holmes in Cortland, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1867. He opened an office in Marathon shortly afterward, and practiced law there until his removal to Cortland in 1888, where he has since lived. He played a prominent part in the Republican politics of the county until his retirement from the active field several years ago.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Fanny T. Mantanye, and a brother, Austin Mantanye of Washington, D.C.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
- Obituary supplied by Andrew Palm, Superintendent, Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Husband of Emma Susan Cloyes
∼68y
Montange
Civil War Veteran Goes to Sleep Under Tree and Passes Away
W.J. Mantanye, one of the most widely known lawyers of the county, died at his home, 16 Arthur Avenue, yesterday afternoon, shortly before 4 o'clock at the age of 68 years. Death came very suddenly and with no warning illness to precede it. Mr. Mantanye appeared to be in his usual health at noon and was working around the yard, as was his custom, until about 3 o'clock, when he lay down beneath a tree to rest and recover from the heat. When a member of the family went out to him at about 4 o'clock it was found that he had passed quietly away.
Mr. Mantanye was born in Freetown Oct. 17, 1843. He attended a district school in Freetown during his early boyhood and later went to Homer to attend the Homer academy. In the winter of 1860-61 he taught school near Westfield, Pa., in one of the lumbering districts.
When the first call for three troops in the Civil war was issued, he enlisted in Co. D of the 76th Vol. Inf., and served with distinction during the entire war. At the close of the war he entered the law office of Hon. Arthur Holmes in Cortland, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1867. He opened an office in Marathon shortly afterward, and practiced law there until his removal to Cortland in 1888, where he has since lived. He played a prominent part in the Republican politics of the county until his retirement from the active field several years ago.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Fanny T. Mantanye, and a brother, Austin Mantanye of Washington, D.C.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
- Obituary supplied by Andrew Palm, Superintendent, Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Husband of Emma Susan Cloyes
∼68y
Montange
W.J. Mantanye, one of the most widely known lawyers of the county, died at his home, 16 Arthur Avenue, yesterday afternoon, shortly before 4 o'clock at the age of 68 years. Death came very suddenly and with no warning illness to precede it. Mr. Mantanye appeared to be in his usual health at noon and was working around the yard, as was his custom, until about 3 o'clock, when he lay down beneath a tree to rest and recover from the heat. When a member of the family went out to him at about 4 o'clock it was found that he had passed quietly away.
Mr. Mantanye was born in Freetown Oct. 17, 1843. He attended a district school in Freetown during his early boyhood and later went to Homer to attend the Homer academy. In the winter of 1860-61 he taught school near Westfield, Pa., in one of the lumbering districts.
When the first call for three troops in the Civil war was issued, he enlisted in Co. D of the 76th Vol. Inf., and served with distinction during the entire war. At the close of the war he entered the law office of Hon. Arthur Holmes in Cortland, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1867. He opened an office in Marathon shortly afterward, and practiced law there until his removal to Cortland in 1888, where he has since lived. He played a prominent part in the Republican politics of the county until his retirement from the active field several years ago.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Fanny T. Mantanye, and a brother, Austin Mantanye of Washington, D.C.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
- Obituary supplied by Andrew Palm, Superintendent, Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Husband of Emma Susan Cloyes
∼68y
Montange
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