Nichols, De Alton Glen

1893 - 1973  (80 years)

• Name	Nichols, De Alton Glen  [1]
  Birth	20 Apr 1893	West Clarksville, Allegany, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	Roulette Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Event	23 Oct 1945	Duke Center, Otto, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  	Veterans, from McKean County attenting the Military Rites for Erastus Barton 102, Last Civil War Vet of McKean County, died 18 Oct 1945 at home. Olean Times Herald, Tue p.4
  	20221127GHLn- Military Rites for Erastus Barton 102, Last Civil War Vet of McKean County, died 18 Oct 1945 at home CLIPPED FROM Times Herald Olean, New York 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 27 Nov 2022 Military Rites For E. Barton DUKE CENTER--Funeral services which, included full military honors were held here Monday afternoon (October 22, 1945) for Erastus Rockwell Barton, 102, last Civil War Veteran of Mckean County, who died at his home on Oil Valley Road October 18, 1945. The Rev. Arra D. McGill, pastor, officiated at services in Duke Center United Brethren Church at one-thirty o'clock. Committal services were conducted by the Pvt. M. Burns Post, 2092, VFW of Eldred, assisted American Legion Post of Port Allegany, Bradford Post 212 VFW, Bradford and Am-Vets. Commander W.E. DuBois of the Eldred VFW Post was in charge and Commander C. E. Masten of the Bradford VFW served as Chaplain. The procession to the cemetery was led by color bearers and guards. Bruce Sprague and William Nichols acted as guard of honor. The firing squad at the grave consisted of Anthony Frisina, Tom Bergmark, Max Poling and William Irons and Robert Masten. William Wagner sounded "Taps." Honorary p a l l b e a rers were Charles Mitchell, Clyde Lewis, F. Carter, C. F. Semelsberger,R. R. Shoff. Albert Bishop, F. E. Wilson and W. F. Grow. Active bearers were James Shirey, James Minnich, John Bishop. Robert Cunningham, Ray Nuhfer and Tony Hoffman. Veterans from McKean County attending the services included: Corp. Gerald M. Poling, Corp. Ray D. Hice, T/5 John W. Bishop, Pfc. Earl W. Bell, Sgt. James W. Shiner, Pvt. Donald Regis, Sgt Raymond Nuhfer, Tech. James Minnich, First Lieut Robert H. Cunningham, Harry P. Bickel, William C. Bean. Marion E. Galutia, W.E. Berridge, Fred Bryner, DeAlton Nichols, Corp. William E. Nichols, Ernest G. Cook, Tony Huffman, Seaman Bruce W. Sprague, George I. Zetler, Paul Griffith, LeRoy Wright, George Canfield, William Irons, Jr., William Irons, Max Poling, Walter Braun, W. E. Scott, Roy Hice, Anthony Frisina, Martin Lindstrom, Robert E. Masten. Clipping location on Times Herald page 4 CLIPPED FROM Times Herald Olean, New York 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 27 Nov 2022
  killed	18 Nov 1973
  	Fitzsimmons' victims included De Alton Nichols, 80, and his wife Euphrasia, 80 (his uncle and aunt)
  	George FITZSIMMONS Birth name: George Kearon Joseph Fitzsimmons A.K.A.: "Buffalo Ripper" - "Karate Chop Killer" Classification: Homicide - Murderer Characteristics: Parricide Number of victims: 4 Date of murders: January 12, 1969 / November 18, 1973 Date of birth: 1937 Victims profile: William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral, 60 (his parents) / De Alton Nichols, 80, and his wife Euphrasia, 80 (his uncle and aunt) Method of murder: By using "karate" / Stabbing with a hunting knife Location: New York/Pennsylvania, USA Status: Ruled insane, 1969. Released from asylum, 1973. Sentenced to two concurrent life terms, 1976 The best remembered and most dramatic case of child-parent murder was the killing of William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral, 60, by their son George. George Fitzsimmons murdered his parents on January 12, 1969, by using "karate". George claimed that his father tried ti hit him because he refused to go to church with his parents. George Fitzsimmons was 31 years old at the time. In an effort to defend himself, he hit his father on the head several times and then beat his mother until she too was death. Thereafter, he drove to Rhode Island in his father's car. Apprehended and tried for this double slaying, Fitzsimmons was send to de Buffalo Psychiatric Center from which he was released in 1973 on the grounds that psychiatrics testified that "he is without danger to himself and others." Having inherited $123,000 from his parents, Fitzsimmons went to Potter County in Pennsylvania to stay with his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old. Shortly thereafter he stabbed both Euphrasia Nichols, his aunt, and De Alton Nichols, his uncle, to death with a hunting knife. Previously he had been convicted of assaulting his wife. Gerhard Falk - Murder, an analysis of its forms, conditions, and causes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-nonspecific MO: Killed parents (1969) and elderly caretakers (1973). DISPOSITION: Ruled insane, 1969; released from asylum 1973; two concurrent life terms, 1976. Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2008-11-15/news/038.html DMCA Notices 2008-11-15 / News ROULETTE MURDERS: 35 YEARS HAVE PASSED Two-time double murderer George Fitzsimmons is escorted to the courtroom of District Justice Edward L. Easton for his preliminary hearing in the 1973 killings of his elderly aunt and uncle at their Roulette home. His trial was held in Westmoreland County on a change of venue. Mention the name George Fitzsimmons in the village of Roulette and many still shudder. Enlarge Map Tuesday will mark the 35th anniversary of the brutal double-murder that rocked that small Potter County village. Nov. 18, 1973 dawned as a typical late autumn day in Roulette, windy and cool, with a light dusting of snow on the ground. DeAlton and Euphresia Nichols -- Nick and Fressie to their friends -- went about their business while their nephew, 36-year-old George Fitzsimmons, moved restlessly about the house. Fitzsimmons had begun his day by lifting weights, then joined his Uncle Nick in the living room to watch football. He had trouble concentrating on the TV screen. When he tried to read the newspaper, he felt like each line of type was moving. Prosecutor Harold B. Fink (second from left) arrives at court with defense lawyers (from left) Jeff Leber, John Albert Johnson and Herb Siegel for a hearing in the murder case against George Fitzsimmons. Fink more recently at right. In his twisted mind, Fitzsimmons concluded that his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old, were trying to kill him by spiking his food with arsenic. "It was kill or be killed," Fitzsimmons told State Police Criminal Investigator Al Drapcho after the slayings. "I know damned well they did (poison me), because I looked in the mirror and I was all drawn out. And my head thumped . . . I could feel it going through my system." He confronted his aunt and uncle. An argument ensued, prompting Fitzsimmons to reach for a large hunting knife. "I let him (his uncle) have it twice in the heart," the killer calmly told a psychiatrist. He then cornered his helpless aunt in the kitchen and stabbed her to death. Fitzsimmons then drove to Buffalo and turned himself in. The evidence trail and taped confession provided a seemingly cut-and-dried case against him - until celebrated attorney F. Lee Bailey entered the scene. Buffalo had been home to Fitzsimmons for most of his life. A tall, handsome teenager, he dropped out of college, joined the Army and learned karate in Korea. He also developed a dependency on amphetamines, which may have caused permanent brain damage. After a dishonorable discharge, George moved in with his parents, William and Pearl (Tate) Fitzsimmons, in the Buffalo suburb of Eggertsville. Tensions ran high as his parents tried to tame his free spirit. He showed violent tendencies and was subject to crying spells and hallucinations. On Jan. 12, 1969, a disagreement over attending church caused Fitzsimmons to fly into a rage. He killed both of his parents with karate chops and was tracked down in Altamont, Ill., nine days later. A judge ruled that Fitzsimmons was a paranoid schizophrenic, legally insane. He was sent to Buffalo State Hospital for confinement and treatment. The public reacted with outrage when it was revealed that Fitzsimmons, as sole heir, was eligible to inherit his parents' estate. George Fitzsimmons, being escorted here by an unidentified state trooper at left and Criminal Investigator Al Drapcho, appeared unphased by the charges brought against him as he was escorted to court. In less than three years, the doors of the hospital swung open for Fitzsimmons. A panel of doctors declared him "no longer a danger to himself or others." He and his wife Beverly, who he met at the mental hospital, moved in with the Nicholses in June 1973. Fitzsimmons had spent his summers there as a child. The fact that her nephew had brutally murdered her brother was not enough to turn Fressie Nichols against him. "She said these acts could be explained by the very bad treatment he received at the hands of his parents," said one doctor. "Mrs. Nichols said if I only knew how unhappy George's childhood had been, I would have understood that he had reason to kill his mother and father." Weeks after they moved in, Fitzsimmons beat his wife so severely that she required hospitalization. He was convicted only of simple assault, after Beverly refused to testify. F. Lee Bailey (right-- more recently, inset) created a stir in Coudersport when he appeared on behalf of murder suspect George Fitzsimmons. Bailey was arguably most famous lawyer in America at the time. Also shown are co-counsels Herb Siegel (left) of Buffalo, N.Y., and Jeff Leber, who went on to serve for many years as District Attorney of Potter County. Lawyer Herbert M. Siegel, who had arranged for Fitzsimmons' release from Buffalo State Hospital, tried to persuade Fitzsimmons to voluntarily re-enter the institution. "George would not even think about that," Siegel said. "He was absolutely convinced that there was nothing wrong with him." Roulette citizens grew increasingly concerned that Fitzsimmons was free to walk among them. "Most people were angry, or afraid, or both," said Bill Grandin, one of George's childhood friends. "There was a feeling that he got away with something and it was only a matter of time before he snapped and hurt somebody else." He did snap; Fressie and Nick Nichols lay dead, each with more than a dozen stab wounds. Within hours of the slayings, a nearly incoherent George Fitzsimmons called Siegel and informed him "something terrible" had happened in Roulette. Siegel summoned Buffalo police, who found George waiting for them on the curb. He was charged with homicide and offered a rambling confession that was videotaped. F. Lee Bailey had made a name for himself by representing "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo, as well as Cleveland surgeon Dr. Samuel Sheppard and other high-profile clients. Bailey's high fee was no problem for Fitzsimmons, due to his inheritance. Pennsylvania was, and still is, a "M'Naghten" state, using an established two-way test to determine if a criminal defendant was insane when he or she committed a crime. It holds that a person cannot be held responsible for a criminal act if he was unable to comprehend the nature of his action or was unable to distinguish between right and wrong. Bailey, a leading critic of M'Naghten, wanted to expose the law's shortcomings and force the state to adopt a more modern standard. The trial opened in July 1974 at Greensburg, transferred on a change of venue. Prosecutor was Potter County District Attorney Harold B. Fink, assisted by Louis Ceraso from Westmoreland County and Daniel Glassmire V, who was interning with Fink after his first year at John Marshall School of Law. Judge Earl S. Keim, a former Pa. Supreme Court justice, would decide Fitzsimmons' guilt or innocence. Against his client's strenuous objections, Bailey entered the insanity defense and introduced compelling evidence to support it. Ironically, the videotaped statement was introduced by the defense. It was hailed by Bailey as a rare picture of an insane killer's state of mind within hours of his crime. On Dec. 19, 1976, after weighing conflicting psychiatric evidence, Judge Keim found Fitzsimmons guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Bailey appealed to the Pa. Supreme Court. He urged the high court to throw out the M'Naghten Rule and replace it with another standard. "It is ludicrous that the defendant should be found sane because of the language of the archaic rule that does not contemplate modern medical concepts and current penal philosophies," Bailey argued. "George Fitzsimmons is the sickest man I have ever seen in 26 years of practice," Bailey continued. "I do not advocate that Mr. Fitzsimmons be released to prey upon society, but it seems to me that from the outset we have failed to protect the public from George Fitzsimmons. The question now is whether we will permit that failure to be buried in a conviction which is highly suspect." The Supreme Court rejected the appeal. Many years later, Judge Keim shared his perspective on the case: "First and foremost to me was the protection of society. What could I do to protect the public from a person who had already demonstrated his capacity to kill four people? Although the M'Naghten test has its shortcomings, that was the specific test that I was required to apply. Within its framework, and keeping in mind my obligation to protect society, I felt comfortable with my decision. "Quite frankly, I do not have a great deal of confidence in our system of mental health treatment. I don't like the procedures now in effect for the release of potentially dangerous people such as Mr. Fitzsimmons from this state's mental institutions. And I certainly would not want it on my conscience if Mr. Fitzsimmons were ever permitted to go free and to kill again." "Judge Keim made the right decision for the wrong reasons," co-counsel Siegel conceded. "As I look back, I can't help thinking to myself, 'Thank God we weren't successful'." Bailey was later involved in other high-profi le cases, including the defense of Patty Hearst and O. J. Simpson, but ran afoul of the law himself and served time in prison. He now lives in Florida and is popular on the lecture circuit. H. B. Fink returned to private practice in the late 1980s and died earlier this year. Fitzsimmons spent the rest of his life at the State Correctional Institute in Dallas, Pa., where he was at first boisterous and belligerent, then later became a loner who was often incoherent and nonsensical. His life became a private hell, bedridden, pain-racked with cancer in the final weeks before he succumbed in 1999.
  Death	18 Nov 1973	Roulette Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I44274	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Fitzsimmons, Euphresia,   b. Aug 1893, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Nov 1973, Roulette Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F31525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Apr 1893 - West Clarksville, Allegany, New York, USA Residence - 1930 - Roulette Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 18 Nov 1973 - Roulette Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  George FITZSIMMONS Birth name: George Kearon Joseph Fitzsimmons A.K.A.: "Buffalo Ripper" - "Karate Chop Killer" Classification: Homicide - Murderer Characteristics: Parricide Number of victims: 4 Date of murders: January 12, 1969 / November 18, 1973 Date of birth: 1937 Victims profile: William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral, 60 (his parents) / De Alton Nichols, 80, and his wife Euphrasia, 80 (his uncle and aunt) Method of murder: By using "karate" / Stabbing with a hunting knife Location: New York/Pennsylvania, USA Status: Ruled insane, 1969. Released from asylum, 1973. Sentenced to two concurrent life terms, 1976 The best remembered and most dramatic case of child-parent murder was the killing of William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral, 60, by their son George. George Fitzsimmons murdered his parents on January 12, 1969, by using "karate". George claimed that his father tried ti hit him because he refused to go to church with his parents. George Fitzsimmons was 31 years old at the time. In an effort to defend himself, he hit his father on the head several times and then beat his mother until she too was death. Thereafter, he drove to Rhode Island in his father's car. Apprehended and tried for this double slaying, Fitzsimmons was send to de Buffalo Psychiatric Center from which he was released in 1973 on the grounds that psychiatrics testified that "he is without danger to himself and others." Having inherited $123,000 from his parents, Fitzsimmons went to Potter County in Pennsylvania to stay with his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old. Shortly thereafter he stabbed both Euphrasia Nichols, his aunt, and De Alton Nichols, his uncle, to death with a hunting knife. Previously he had been convicted of assaulting his wife. Gerhard Falk - Murder, an analysis of its forms, conditions, and causes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-nonspecific MO: Killed parents (1969) and elderly caretakers (1973). DISPOSITION: Ruled insane, 1969; released from asylum 1973; two concurrent life terms, 1976. Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2008-11-15/news/038.html DMCA Notices 2008-11-15 / News ROULETTE MURDERS: 35 YEARS HAVE PASSED Two-time double murderer George Fitzsimmons is escorted to the courtroom of District Justice Edward L. Easton for his preliminary hearing in the 1973 killings of his elderly aunt and uncle at their Roulette home. His trial was held in Westmoreland County on a change of venue. Mention the name George Fitzsimmons in the village of Roulette and many still shudder. Enlarge Map Tuesday will mark the 35th anniversary of the brutal double-murder that rocked that small Potter County village. Nov. 18, 1973 dawned as a typical late autumn day in Roulette, windy and cool, with a light dusting of snow on the ground. DeAlton and Euphresia Nichols -- Nick and Fressie to their friends -- went about their business while their nephew, 36-year-old George Fitzsimmons, moved restlessly about the house. Fitzsimmons had begun his day by lifting weights, then joined his Uncle Nick in the living room to watch football. He had trouble concentrating on the TV screen. When he tried to read the newspaper, he felt like each line of type was moving. Prosecutor Harold B. Fink (second from left) arrives at court with defense lawyers (from left) Jeff Leber, John Albert Johnson and Herb Siegel for a hearing in the murder case against George Fitzsimmons. Fink more recently at right. In his twisted mind, Fitzsimmons concluded that his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old, were trying to kill him by spiking his food with arsenic. "It was kill or be killed," Fitzsimmons told State Police Criminal Investigator Al Drapcho after the slayings. "I know damned well they did (poison me), because I looked in the mirror and I was all drawn out. And my head thumped . . . I could feel it going through my system." He confronted his aunt and uncle. An argument ensued, prompting Fitzsimmons to reach for a large hunting knife. "I let him (his uncle) have it twice in the heart," the killer calmly told a psychiatrist. He then cornered his helpless aunt in the kitchen and stabbed her to death. Fitzsimmons then drove to Buffalo and turned himself in. The evidence trail and taped confession provided a seemingly cut-and-dried case against him - until celebrated attorney F. Lee Bailey entered the scene. Buffalo had been home to Fitzsimmons for most of his life. A tall, handsome teenager, he dropped out of college, joined the Army and learned karate in Korea. He also developed a dependency on amphetamines, which may have caused permanent brain damage. After a dishonorable discharge, George moved in with his parents, William and Pearl (Tate) Fitzsimmons, in the Buffalo suburb of Eggertsville. Tensions ran high as his parents tried to tame his free spirit. He showed violent tendencies and was subject to crying spells and hallucinations. On Jan. 12, 1969, a disagreement over attending church caused Fitzsimmons to fly into a rage. He killed both of his parents with karate chops and was tracked down in Altamont, Ill., nine days later. A judge ruled that Fitzsimmons was a paranoid schizophrenic, legally insane. He was sent to Buffalo State Hospital for confinement and treatment. The public reacted with outrage when it was revealed that Fitzsimmons, as sole heir, was eligible to inherit his parents' estate. George Fitzsimmons, being escorted here by an unidentified state trooper at left and Criminal Investigator Al Drapcho, appeared unphased by the charges brought against him as he was escorted to court. In less than three years, the doors of the hospital swung open for Fitzsimmons. A panel of doctors declared him "no longer a danger to himself or others." He and his wife Beverly, who he met at the mental hospital, moved in with the Nicholses in June 1973. Fitzsimmons had spent his summers there as a child. The fact that her nephew had brutally murdered her brother was not enough to turn Fressie Nichols against him. "She said these acts could be explained by the very bad treatment he received at the hands of his parents," said one doctor. "Mrs. Nichols said if I only knew how unhappy George's childhood had been, I would have understood that he had reason to kill his mother and father." Weeks after they moved in, Fitzsimmons beat his wife so severely that she required hospitalization. He was convicted only of simple assault, after Beverly refused to testify. F. Lee Bailey (right-- more recently, inset) created a stir in Coudersport when he appeared on behalf of murder suspect George Fitzsimmons. Bailey was arguably most famous lawyer in America at the time. Also shown are co-counsels Herb Siegel (left) of Buffalo, N.Y., and Jeff Leber, who went on to serve for many years as District Attorney of Potter County. Lawyer Herbert M. Siegel, who had arranged for Fitzsimmons' release from Buffalo State Hospital, tried to persuade Fitzsimmons to voluntarily re-enter the institution. "George would not even think about that," Siegel said. "He was absolutely convinced that there was nothing wrong with him." Roulette citizens grew increasingly concerned that Fitzsimmons was free to walk among them. "Most people were angry, or afraid, or both," said Bill Grandin, one of George's childhood friends. "There was a feeling that he got away with something and it was only a matter of time before he snapped and hurt somebody else." He did snap; Fressie and Nick Nichols lay dead, each with more than a dozen stab wounds. Within hours of the slayings, a nearly incoherent George Fitzsimmons called Siegel and informed him "something terrible" had happened in Roulette. Siegel summoned Buffalo police, who found George waiting for them on the curb. He was charged with homicide and offered a rambling confession that was videotaped. F. Lee Bailey had made a name for himself by representing "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo, as well as Cleveland surgeon Dr. Samuel Sheppard and other high-profile clients. Bailey's high fee was no problem for Fitzsimmons, due to his inheritance. Pennsylvania was, and still is, a "M'Naghten" state, using an established two-way test to determine if a criminal defendant was insane when he or she committed a crime. It holds that a person cannot be held responsible for a criminal act if he was unable to comprehend the nature of his action or was unable to distinguish between right and wrong. Bailey, a leading critic of M'Naghten, wanted to expose the law's shortcomings and force the state to adopt a more modern standard. The trial opened in July 1974 at Greensburg, transferred on a change of venue. Prosecutor was Potter County District Attorney Harold B. Fink, assisted by Louis Ceraso from Westmoreland County and Daniel Glassmire V, who was interning with Fink after his first year at John Marshall School of Law. Judge Earl S. Keim, a former Pa. Supreme Court justice, would decide Fitzsimmons' guilt or innocence. Against his client's strenuous objections, Bailey entered the insanity defense and introduced compelling evidence to support it. Ironically, the videotaped statement was introduced by the defense. It was hailed by Bailey as a rare picture of an insane killer's state of mind within hours of his crime. On Dec. 19, 1976, after weighing conflicting psychiatric evidence, Judge Keim found Fitzsimmons guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Bailey appealed to the Pa. Supreme Court. He urged the high court to throw out the M'Naghten Rule and replace it with another standard. "It is ludicrous that the defendant should be found sane because of the language of the archaic rule that does not contemplate modern medical concepts and current penal philosophies," Bailey argued. "George Fitzsimmons is the sickest man I have ever seen in 26 years of practice," Bailey continued. "I do not advocate that Mr. Fitzsimmons be released to prey upon society, but it seems to me that from the outset we have failed to protect the public from George Fitzsimmons. The question now is whether we will permit that failure to be buried in a conviction which is highly suspect." The Supreme Court rejected the appeal. Many years later, Judge Keim shared his perspective on the case: "First and foremost to me was the protection of society. What could I do to protect the public from a person who had already demonstrated his capacity to kill four people? Although the M'Naghten test has its shortcomings, that was the specific test that I was required to apply. Within its framework, and keeping in mind my obligation to protect society, I felt comfortable with my decision. "Quite frankly, I do not have a great deal of confidence in our system of mental health treatment. I don't like the procedures now in effect for the release of potentially dangerous people such as Mr. Fitzsimmons from this state's mental institutions. And I certainly would not want it on my conscience if Mr. Fitzsimmons were ever permitted to go free and to kill again." "Judge Keim made the right decision for the wrong reasons," co-counsel Siegel conceded. "As I look back, I can't help thinking to myself, 'Thank God we weren't successful'." Bailey was later involved in other high-profi le cases, including the defense of Patty Hearst and O. J. Simpson, but ran afoul of the law himself and served time in prison. He now lives in Florida and is popular on the lecture circuit. H. B. Fink returned to private practice in the late 1980s and died earlier this year. Fitzsimmons spent the rest of his life at the State Correctional Institute in Dallas, Pa., where he was at first boisterous and belligerent, then later became a loner who was often incoherent and nonsensical. His life became a private hell, bedridden, pain-racked with cancer in the final weeks before he succumbed in 1999.

  
  

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  [S1704] Ancestry Family Trees- recovered, 20180805 Kerms- Johnson Family Tree #1, Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh 20180805 Kerms, Austria. Record for Kearon Fitzsimmons (42) facts, Frank Eugene Baily; Fitzsimmons... http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12063137258&indiv=try [S2396] newspapers.com, 1945-10-23. Erastus Rockwell Barton, Olean Times Herald, 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 Military Rites for Erastus Barton 102, Last Civil War Vet of McKean County, 20221127GHLn-. Erastus Rockwell Barton (1) fact 20221127GHLn- 20221127GHLn- Military Rites for Erastus Barton 102, Last Civil War Vet of McKean County, died 18 Oct 1945 at home CLIPPED FROM Times Herald Olean, New York 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 27 Nov 2022 Military Rites For E. Barton DUKE CENTER--Funeral services which, included full military honors were held here Monday afternoon (October 22, 1945) for Erastus Rockwell Barton, 102, last Civil War Veteran of Mckean County, who died at his home on Oil Valley Road October 18, 1945. The Rev. Arra D. McGill, pastor, officiated at services in Duke Center United Brethren Church at one-thirty o'clock. Committal services were conducted by the Pvt. M. Burns Post, 2092, VFW of Eldred, assisted American Legion Post of Port Allegany, Bradford Post 212 VFW, Bradford and Am-Vets. Commander W.E. DuBois of the Eldred VFW Post was in charge and Commander C. E. Masten of the Bradford VFW served as Chaplain. The procession to the cemetery was led by color bearers and guards. Bruce Sprague and William Nichols acted as guard of honor. The firing squad at the grave consisted of Anthony Frisina, Tom Bergmark, Max Poling and William Irons and Robert Masten. William Wagner sounded "Taps." Honorary p a l l b e a rers were Charles Mitchell, Clyde Lewis, F. Carter, C. F. Semelsberger,R. R. Shoff. Albert Bishop, F. E. Wilson and W. F. Grow. Active bearers were James Shirey, James Minnich, John Bishop. Robert Cunningham, Ray Nuhfer and Tony Hoffman. Veterans from McKean County attending the services included: Corp. Gerald M. Poling, Corp. Ray D. Hice, T/5 John W. Bishop, Pfc. Earl W. Bell, Sgt. James W. Shiner, Pvt. Donald Regis, Sgt Raymond Nuhfer, Tech. James Minnich, First Lieut Robert H. Cunningham, Harry P. Bickel, William C. Bean. Marion E. Galutia, W.E. Berridge, Fred Bryner, DeAlton Nichols, Corp. William E. Nichols, Ernest G. Cook, Tony Huffman, Seaman Bruce W. Sprague, George I. Zetler, Paul Griffith, LeRoy Wright, George Canfield, William Irons, Jr., William Irons, Max Poling, Walter Braun, W. E. Scott, Roy Hice, Anthony Frisina, Martin Lindstrom, Robert E. Masten. Clipping location on Times Herald page 4 CLIPPED FROM Times Herald Olean, New York 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 27 Nov 2022 Barton, Erastus Rockwell obit News_OTH19451023p4 20221127GHLn- Military Rites for Erastus Barton 102, Last Civil War Vet of McKean County, died 18 Oct 1945 at home CLIPPED FROM Times Herald Olean, New York 23 Oct 1945, Tue • p4 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 27 Nov 2022 Military Rites For E. Barton DUKE CENTER--Funeral services which, included full military honors were held here… [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Erastus Rockwell Barton (33) facts 20221127GHLn- 20221127GHLn- Erastus Rockwell Barton Photo added by Joel Frampton Gilfert Picture of Added by Nancy Thomas Picture of Added by Joel Frampton Gilfert Erastus Rockwell Barton BIRTH 21 Nov 1842 Greenwood, Steuben County, New York, USA DEATH 18 Oct 1945 (aged 102) Duke Center, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Rixford Cemetery Rixford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 80736645 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 4 Erastus Rockwell Barton, Last Surviving Civil War Veteran In McKean County, Died Thursday Would Have Been 103 Years of Age On Nov. 21; Fought Under Gen. Grant in Battles of Stony Creek, Fredricksburg, Petersburg, Richmond Erastus Rockwell Barton, the last surviving Civil War veteran in McKean county, died at his home in Oil Valley Road, near Duke Center, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, following an illness of several days. Mr. Barton was taken ill the previous Monday. Had he lived until Nov. 21, he would have been 103 years of age. Mr. Barton was born Nov. 21, 1842, in Greenwood, Steuben County, N.Y., and came to McKean county with his family at the age of three. He spent the greater part of his life in Eldred, Farmers Valley, on the Albert Otto Farms near Rixford and then in various localities in the vicinity of Duke Center. For the past several years he has lived on the Oil Valley Road, near Duke Center. Henry Barton, father of the deceased, enlisted in the Union army from Farmers Valley where the family was living at the time. When the father was honorably discharged from service, Erastus Barton, then 21, came to Smethport and enlisted in the Union army also. He served with the 211th Pennsylvania Regiment in the battles of Stony Creek, Fredericksburg, Hancock Station, Petersburg and Richmond. He was in the service for approximately 14 months, and was under the command of General U. S. Grant. Erastus Barton recalled on many occasions that he cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln and has voted in every presidential election since that time. In 1868, he moved to Rixford, where he was active in clearing much of the territory which later became Duke Center. An active participant in the lumber industry in his youth, Mr. Barton has the distinction of running the last logs that were removed from Duke Center and Eldred down the river from Larabee to Warren. Deceased led a very active life, but for the past few years failing eyesight caused him to retire. He enjoyed good health until his illness several days ago. His mind has been very active and when a party in his honor on the 100th anniversary of his birthday was observed he was the life of the party by dancing a jig. Deceased was united in marriage to Ambrosia Burger on March 30, 1863. They had five children. His wife, a son and two daughters preceded him in death. Surviving are one son, Timothy Barton of Olean, N. .Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Fowler of East Aurora, N. Y.; five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Three of his grandsons served in World War II. He was a member of the United Brethren church of Duke Center. Following a brief prayer service at the home at 1 o'clock, Monday afternoon, further services were held at 1:30 o'clock in the United Brethern Church, Duke Center. The Rev. Aara D. McGill, pastor, officiated. Burial was in the family plot in rixford Cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of Eldred. Family Members Parents Henry Kenneth Barton 1824-1897 Elizabeth Erskin Barton 1822-1909 Spouse Ambrosia B Burger Barton 1847-1926 Siblings Alonzo Barton 1846-1913 Edith Barton Sanderson 1846-1918 Albert Barton 1848-1935 Henry Franklin Barton1850-1930 Martha Barton Simpson 1857-1937 Children Isabella Barton 1869-1870 Montesko Barton 1871-1873 Tim H. Barton 1874-1967 Flowers • 4 Left by Judy Ber2c WW on 13 Aug 2020 Left by Rich Vance on 3 Jun 2018

  
  

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