Oct. 14.—Brayton Blackmer and sister Eva, of Pyrites, Miss Lela Grimshaw, of Hermon , and Frank Moulton and sister Rose, of North Russell , were guests at A. W. Winslow 's Sunday.

Reference: The St. Lawrence Plaindealer, Canton, N.Y., Wednesday, October 16, 1895, Page 8.
Web Site: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html, File: Newspaper Canton NY St. Lawrence Plain Dealer 1893 - 1896 - 0860.PDF.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 3 AU 2009.

The people of the Stiles District, near North Russell, were shocked Thursday to learn that Fred Hill, a farmer, 58 years of age, of that neighborhood, had taken his own life. Despondency caused by a long illness is believed to have led him to do this. Mrs. Hill was in the barn shortly after noon and heard a shot at the house. Going there she was overcome to find her husband’s body lying on the floor of his room with a shotgun wound through his heart and a gun at this side.

Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon, Rev. H. P. Morrell, of Canton, officiating and many friends and neighbors attending. Burial was in Fairview cemetery in Canton village.

Fred Hill was a native of Russell where he was born on Nov. 4, 1872, son of Andrew and Addie Robertson Hill. In June, 1899, he married Miss Eva Blackmer, of Dekalb. For the past 35 years they had resided on the farm where his death occurred. He was a member of the Maccabees. Surviving are his widow and four daughters, Mrs. Perley Williams and Mrs. Virgil Chilton of Hermon; Mrs. Garcia Morrow, of North Russell, and Florence who, with the son, Lester, lives at home. There is also a brother, Don Hill, well known farmer, and eight grandchildren.

Reference: The St. Lawrence Plaindealer, Canton, N.Y., Tuesday, August 20, 1935, Front Page.
Web Site: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html, File: Newspaper Canton NY St. Lawrence Plain Dealer 1935 - 1938 - 0098.PDF.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 3 AU 2009.

The Girl Scouts of Troop III met at Captain Ashley's house Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock to register and organize the troop. They elected the following officers for the present: Rose Ladison, treasurer; Evelyn Bisnett, patrol leader; Audrey Cota, secretary; Fein Todd, corresponding secretary; Eva Blackmer, log keeper; Dorothy Burch, clipping collector. They prepared their charts and booklets ready to start their scouts. Any who wish to register may call at the Episcopal Church, Saturday mo ning at 9:30 o'clock.

Reference: The Commercial Advertiser, Canton, N.Y., Tuesday, October 12, 1937, Page 4.
Web Site: http://news.nnyln.net/, File: canton-commercial-advertiser-1937-october-december - 0011.pdf.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 1 AU 2009.

Funeral services for Brayton Blackmer who passed away on Saturday morning at Canton Community Hospital were held at Hermon on Monday afternoon.

Reference: The Commercial Advertiser, Canton, N.Y., Tuesday, June 7, 1949, Page 4.
Web Site: http://news.nnyln.net/, File: canton-commercial-advertiser-1949-april-june - 0076.pdf.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 1 AU 2009.

Elfred A. Blackmer, 67, Old DeKalb Road, Canton, retired dairy farmer and maintenance worker at St. Lawrence University, died Friday. March 6 at 9:30 am in A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, where he had been admitted, Thursday.

The funeral was Monday at the Denesha Funeral Home. with Rev. William VanWie, pastor. DeKalb Junction Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hermon Cemetery.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Howard (Mabel) Fifield, Hermon, R.D. l; a step-daughter, Mrs. Calvin (Sandra) Thomas, St. Regis Falls; five step grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

He was born in the Town of Hermon Jan. 8, 1914, son of Brayton and Lavina Akley Blackmer. and attended Hermon Schools. He served in the army during World War II, stationed for a period in Greenland.

He married Georgianna Planty, who died in December 1974.

Mr. Blackmer owned and operated a dairy farm on the Old DeKalb Read for many years and had worked in the Maintenance Department at St. Lawrence University for 12 years, retiring to 1977.

He was a member of Ayrshire Dairy Breeders Association.

Reference: The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur, N.Y., Wednesday, March 11, 1981, Page 9.
Web Site: http://news.nnyln.net/, File:gouverneur-press-1981 - 0151.pdf.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 1 AU 2009.

HERMON – The funeral for Mabel F. Fifield, 89, of 355 County Route 25, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1995 at the Allen-Denesha Funeral Home, with the Rev. Raymond Shaw, officiating. Burial will be in Hermon Cemetery.

Mrs. Fifield died Saturday, Sept, 16 in Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam.

Surviving are three sons, Howard, Heuvelton, Lloyd, Hermon, and Jay, Canton; three daughters, Cecil Jean Wells, Heuvelton, and Beverly Bullis and Shirley Briggs, both of Canon; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

A son, Brayton, died in 1983. Two brothers, George and Alfred Blackmer, a stepbrother, Pearly Williams, and two sisters, Frances Miner and Faye Newvine, died before her.

She was born Aug. 12, 1906, in Hermon, a daughter of Brayton and Lavina Ackley Blackmer.

She married Howard A. Fifield on Oct. 7, 1925, in Colton, with the Rev. W. J. M. Waterson officiating.

Mr. And Mrs. Fifield owned and operated a dairy farm on the Canton-Russell Road until their retirement in 1973. Mr. Fifield died March 21, 1987.

Reference: The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur, N.Y., Wednesday, September 20, 1995, Page 7.
Web Site: http://news.nnyln.net/, File: gouverneur-press-1995 - 0614.pdf.
Researcher/Transcriber: C. G. Lamb, 1 AU 2009.