William Lashomb

 1865 Brasher Falls, New York – 1946 Potsdam, New York

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Xavier Francois Pitre/Emma Currier); all known surname descendants:

               8          William Frank Lashomb  b: June 1865  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 20 December 1946  Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY

                                 +Anna Harriman  b: 14 August 1869  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 25 August 1889  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY [Gilbert/Cordelia Shaddock]; d: 7 May 1938  Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY

                           9           Anna Lashomb  b: 10 October 1889  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 22 June 1977  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY

                                           +Claude C. Hodgkins  b: 10 February 1889  Dickinson Center, Franklin, NY; m: 26 February 1914  Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [George/Carrie ---]; d: 25 May 1967  Watertown, Jefferson, NY

                           9          Jessie Lashomb  b: 16 September 1890  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 8 April 1969  Watertown, Jefferson, NY

                                          +Carey W. Eddy  b: 15 August 1885  Rodman, NY; m: 18 August 1910  Norfolk, St. Lawrence, NY [William C./Jessie Parmenter]; d: 26 December 1951  Watertown, Jefferson, NY

                           9          Hubert William Lashomb  b: 14 October 1892  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 31 May 1980  Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY

                                          +Elizabeth Bercume  b: 6 May 1896  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 15 June 1915  St. Johns Baptist Church, Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY [Joseph/Louisa Roshia]; d: 9 July 1987  Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, NY

                           9          Guy Gilbert Lashomb  b: 13 November 1894  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 13 March 1949  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY

                                          +Ethel Lacomb  b: 16 February 1897  Norfolk,  St. Lawrence, NY; m: 6 May 1918  Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Pierre/Marguerite Trepanier]; d: 11 July 1968  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY

                           9          Charlotte 'Lottie' Lashomb  b: 16 October 1896  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 4 June 1991  Thousand Oaks, Ventura, CA

                                          +Frederick Harold Sutherland  b: 27 February 1894  Woburn, Middlesex, MA; m: 4 June 1921  St. Marys, Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY [Frederick G./Katherine G. McCarthy]; d: 15 February 1960  Balboa, Orange, CA

                           9          Arthur Vincent Lashomb  b: 15 May 1899  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 30 April 1980  Truxton, Cortland, NY

                                          +Lucia B. Byers  b: 12 August 1904  Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham, VT; m: 6 May 1922  Groveton, NH [George/Clandar Best] (divorced); d: November 1985  Groton, Tompkins, NY

                           9          Gladys Agnes Lashomb  b: 28 May 1901  Massena Springs, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 24 October 1999  Lancaster, Coos, NH

                                          +Allie Clifford Foss  b: 3 August 1899  Lancaster, Coos, NH; m: 24 January 1921  Groveton, Coos, NH [William/Annie Watson]; d: December 1974  Lancaster, Coos, NH

                           9          Leon Alvin Lashomb  b: 15 July 1902  Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 10 October 1992  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY

                                           +Ethel S. Frego  b: 26 July 1903  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 18 June 1923  Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Jeremiah/Mary Kirkey]; d: 21 July 1972  Massena, St. Lawrence, NY

                           9          Mildred Lashomb  b: 4 February 1906  Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 13 June 1995  Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY

                                           +Edward Angus McDougall  b: 7 May 1899  Groveton, Coos, NH; m: 8 January 1923  Groveton, Coos, NH [Angus/Ida May Sarson]  (divorced 21 June 1929); d: 22 February 1980  Charleston, Charleston, SC

                                       *2nd Husband of Mildred Lashomb:

                                          +(Dr.) Clement Philip Martin  b: 26 June 1892  Louisville, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 19 April 1931  parsonage, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [James/Jennie Phillips]  (divorced 1946)

                                       *3rd Husband of Mildred Lashomb:

                                          +William F. Hover  b: 11 January 1912  NYC, NY; m: 14 March 1946  Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY [William/Carolina Derlinghof]; d: 21 March 1950  Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY

                                         *4th Husband of Mildred Lashomb:

                                          +Ernest Martin Hoeth  b: 25 August 1908  Englewood, Bergen, NJ; m: 12 August 1950  Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY [Ernest J./Erma Cornwell]; d: 2 September 1962  Wilmington, Essex, NY

                                         *5th Husband of Mildred Lashomb:

                                          +Henry J. Light  b: 31 March 1911  Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY; m: Bet. September 1962-June 1980  [Peter/Angeline Lecuyer]; d: 23 October 1987  Lake Placid, Essex, NY

 

 

Notes for William Frank Lashomb:

Census

- 1900 Brasher, St. Lawrence, New York: William Lashomb 36 (farmer), wife of 11 years Anna 30, children Jessie 9, Hubert 7, Guy 5, Lottie 3, & Arthur 1.

 

- 1905 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY:  William La Shomb 42 (farmer), wife Anna 36, Jessie M. 14, Hubert W. 12, Guy G. 10, Lottie 7, Arthur V. 6, Gladys M. 5, Leon A. 3  [Jenkins Neighborhood]

- 1910 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY: William Lashomb 45, wife of 21 years Anna 35.  They have had 8 children, and the 6 still at home are: Guy 15, Lottie 13, Arthur 10, Gladis 8, Leon 6, & Mildred 4.  Anna 20 is with her grandparents.   

 

- 1915 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY:  William F. Lashomb 52 farmer, wife Anna 45, Gladys 14, Leon 13, Mildred 9.   [Flory Daly Road]

- 1920 Massena Village, St. Lawrence, NY: William Lashomb 55 (farm laborer), wife Anna 50, daughter Mildred 17, son Guy 25 (aluminum company/laborer), & his wife Ethel 23.

 

- 1930 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY:  William La Shomb 65, wife Anna 60

- 1940 Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY:  Widower William Lashomb 75.

Obituary:  Herald Recorder (Potsdam NY): Friday 27 December 1946:  Services were conducted in St. Mary's church, Potsdam, Monday morning for William Frank Lashomb, 84, Star Route, Potsdam, who died in Elm Street hospital Friday afternoon.  Born in Brasher Falls, he was a son of the late Frank and Emma Currier Lashomb and for many years had been a farmer who retired in the late thirties.  His wife, the former Miss Anna Harriman, died in May, 1938.  Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Carey (Jessie) Eddy of Watertown; Mrs. Fred (Lottie) Sutherland, Allston, Mass.; Mrs. William (Mildred) Hoover, Poughkeepsie; Mrs. Allie (Gladys) Foss, Lancaster, N. H., and Mrs. Claude (Anna) Hodgkins [sic sister], Watertown and four sons, Hubert, Potsdam; Guy and Leon, Norfolk, and Arthur Lashomb, Watertown; 47 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  Mr. and Mrs. Hodgkins were residents of Winthrop in the teen years.

 

Tombstone Inscription, St. Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam, NY:  LaSHOMB / William F. / 1863 - 1946 / Anna J. / 1869 - 1938

 

Notes for Anna Harriman:

Obituary:  Norwood News (NY), Wednesday 11 May 1938:  Mrs. Anna Lashomb Services Held Monday – Mrs. Anna Harriman Lashomb, 68, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carey Eddy in Main Street, Potsdam, after a long illness.  Death was caused by coronary thrombosis.  Mrs. Lashomb was married to William Lashomb 48 years ago at Brasher.  Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Clement Martin of Norwood, Mrs. Allie Foss, of Lancaster, N. H., and Mrs. Fred Sutherland of Brighton, Mass; and four sons, Guy, Leon and Hubert, all of Norfolk, and Arthur of Canton.  There are 56 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in. St. Mary's church by Rev. Robert Farmer, assistant pastor.  Burial in St. Mary’s cemetery.

  

Obituaries for the children:

Anna Lashomb:  Watertown Daily Times (NY), Wednesday, 22 June 1977:  Mrs. Anna H. Hodgkins, 87, formerly of 515 Curtis St., widow of Claude C. Hodgkins, died in Highland Nursing Home, Massena, this morning.  She had been a patient there since January, 1975.  The funeral will be Friday, 9:30 a.m., Simpson Funeral Home, 10 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Benoit C. Dostie, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Delphine Glazier, 733 Superior St., 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Leon LaShomb, Massena, Hubert LaShomb, Potsdam, and Arthur LaShomb, Watertown; three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Sutherland, Needham, Mass., Mrs. Gladys Foss, Manchester, N.H., and Mrs. Mildred Lights, Wilmington.  Born Oct. 10, 1889, in Brasher Falls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William LaShomb, she married Claude C. Hodgkins Feb. 26, 1914, in Sacred Heart Church, Massena.  Mr. Hodgkins, a World War I veteran and a retired cabinet maker, died in May, 1967, in Mercy Hospital at the age of 78.  Mrs. Hodgkins had been a member of Sacred Heart Church, its Altar and Rosary Society and Catholic Daughters of America.

Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Watertown, NY:  Claude C. Hodgkins / New York / Cook Co C 2 Engr Tng Regt / World War I / Feb 10, 1889 - May 25, 1967

 

Jessie Lashomb:  Watertown Daily Times (NY), Tuesday, 8 April 1969:  Mrs. Jessie M. Eddy, 78, of 1005 Superior St., widow of Carey W. Eddy, died this morning at 12:45 in the Mercy Hospital, where she had been a patient most of the time since November.  The funeral will be Thursday morning at 8:30 from the Simpson Funeral Home and at 9 in the Sacred Heart School gymnasium.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Surviving her are six children, Carl V. Eddy, Deferiet, Gerald J. Eddy, Van Etten, N.Y., Wayne A. Eddy, now employed in South Vietnam by the Alaska Barge & Transport Company of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Herbert W. (Irene M.) Parham, Constantia, Mrs. Richard E. (Gladys E.) Belmore, Potsdam, and Mrs. Frank J. (Thelma A.) Pepe, 1005 Superior St.; four sisters, Mrs. Claude C. (Anna H.) Hodgkins, Watertown, Mrs. Allie (Gladys) Foss, Lancaster, N.H., Mrs. Lottie Sutherland, Needham, Mass., and Mrs. Mildred Doss, Scotia, N.Y.; three brothers, Hubert Lashomb, Potsdam, Leon Lashomb, Massena, and Arthur Lashomb, Watertown; 33 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.  Her husband died here Dec. 26, 1951, at the age of 66.  Mrs. Eddy entered the hospital after suffering a stroke in November, returning there a week ago today from the Hillcrest Nursing Home, Adams, where she had been a patient six weeks.  Mrs. Eddy was born in the town of Brasher Sept. 16, 1890, a daughter of William F. and Annie Harriman Lashomb. She was married to Carey W. Eddy of Rodman Aug. 18, 1910, at Norfolk.  Mr. and Mrs. Eddy lived in Watertown immediately after their marriage later in Groveton, N.H., and then in Potsdam.  After 25 years in Potsdam, they returned to Watertown about 1944.  For a time they also lived in Maine and in Massena.  Mrs. Eddy was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and of Court Little Flower, Catholic Daughters of America.

 

Hubert W. Lashomb:  Massena Observer (NY):  Thursday 5 June 1980: POTSDAM - Funeral services for Hubert W. Lashomb, 87, of RD 4, were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Potsdam, with Msgr. William J. Argy officiating.  Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Calling hours were Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Garner Funeral Home, Potsdam.  Mr. Lashomb died Saturday, May 31, 1980, in the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital.  Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth, a resident in the United Helpers Home; two daughters, Mrs. Theresa Slater, Wilmington, and Mrs. Marguerite Ashley, Potsdam; a son, Leon V., Marion, Texas; 20 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Foss, Lancaster, N.H., Mrs. Lottie Sutherland, Needham, Mass., and Mrs. Mildred Light, Wilmington; a brother, Leon, Massena.  A son, Guy, died in April.  He was born in Brasher, Oct. 14, 1892, son of William and Anna Harriman Lashomb.  He attended area schools and married Elizabeth Burcume on June 15, 1915 at Norwood.  He has been a self-employed carpenter and mason most of his life until retirement. He was a member of St. Mary's Church, Potsdam.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam, NY:  LaSHOMB / Hubert W. / 1892 - 1980 / Elizabeth M. / 1896 - 1987

 

Guy Gilbert Lashomb:  Massena Observer (NY), Monday 14 March 1949: Guy LaShomb Dies Suddenly At His Home: Guy LaShomb, 53, a restaurant proprietor in Massena for 11 years, died very suddenly at 8:15 Sunday morning, Mar. 13, 1949, at his home on the Plumbrook Rd.  He was stricken with a fatal heart attack just as he was ready to come to church services in Massena.  He had been failing for the past two months.  He was born Nov. 13. 1895, at Brasher Falls, a son of William and Anna Harriman LaShomb.  He attended schools in Brasher Falls and Norwood. Enlisting in the U. S. Army on July 11, 1918, during World War 1, he was graduated from a cooks’ and bakers' school at Camp Dix, N. J.  He served in the army nine months.  He was a custodian of Pine Grove School, then a watchman at the aluminum plant, before going into the restaurant business.  He operated Guy's Diner at the corner of Park Ave. and Beach St. for 11 years.  Mr. LaShomb and Miss Ethel LaComb, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter LaComb, were married in the old Sacred Heart Church on May 6, 1918 by the Rev. Benjamin H. Staie, then assistant pastor.  For some years they lived on South Main St.  Surviving are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Virginia) Goodrich, Mrs. Howard (Thelma) Durant, Kay, Marie and Mary Jane LaShomb, all living at home; seven sons, Robert of the Massena-Winthrop Rd., Harold of Massena, Donald of Route 2, Norfolk, Raymond of Carthage, Lawrence, who is with the U. S. Army on Guam, Leo of Massena, Carl at home.  Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Carey Eddy, Watertown, Mrs. Fred Sutherland, Boston, Mrs. Allie Foss, Lancaster, N. H., and Mrs. William Hover, Saranac Lake; three brothers, Hubert of Potsdam, Arthur of Watertown and Leo of Grantville; three grandchildren, Sandra and Dale LaShomb and Donna Durant.  Mr. LaShomb was a member of Massena Post 79, American Legion, the Father's Club of the VFW and of the Moose. F uneral services will be Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart Church.  The body will remain at the Phillips Memorial Home until the hour of the funeral.
Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Massena, NY:  (front) LASHOMB / (reverse) ETHEL A. / 1897 – 1968 / GUY G. / 1894 – 1949 / PAUL L. / 1954 / GRANDSON
 

Charlotte Lashomb:  Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA:  SUTHERLAND / 1894 Fred H. 1960 / 1930 Donald R. 1930 / 1896 Lottie 1991

 

Arthur Vincent Lashomb:  The Syracuse Post Standard (NY), Sunday, 5 December 2010:  Arthur Vincent LaShomb Jr., 79, died Wednesday, November 24, at St. Joseph's Hospital.  Born in Potsdam, he was the son of Arthur and Lucia (Byers) LaShomb.  He retired from Crucible Steel after 43 years of service and was a Korean War veteran.  He was a member of VFW Post 2893 and Crucible Steel Retirement Club.  He was predeceased by his wife, Joan Colomb LaShomb, in 2007.  Arthur is survived by his sons, Arthur James (Leta) LaShomb of Syracuse and Christian Vincent (Lora) LaShomb of Syracuse; his daughter, Susan (Fran) Talaber of Oswego; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.  There will be no calling hours or services.  Private burial will be in Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery.  Contributions may be made to Veterans Administration Medical Center, Voluntary Services Office, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballweg & Lunsford Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Huntingtonville, Jefferson, NY:  Arthur V. / LaShomb / 1899 - 1980

 

Gladys A. Lashomb:  Calvary Cemetery, Lancaster, Coos, NH:  FOSS / Allie C. / 1899 - 1974 / Gladys A. / 1901 - 1999

 

Mildred Lashomb:  Plattsburgh Press (NY), Wednesday, 14 June 1995, Wilmington:  Mildred V. Light, 89, of Wilmington died Tuesday, June 13, 1995, at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.  She was born in Brasher Falls, Feb. 4, 1906, the daughter of William and Anna Lashomb.  Mrs. Light was a beautician for 50 years at salons in Norwood, Schenectady, Saranac Lake and at her home on Whiteface Mountain Road in Wilmington.  Survivors include a son, Edward McDougall of Florida; a daughter, Kathleen Michillsen of Arizona; a step-daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Light of Peru; a sister, Gladys Foss of New Hampshire; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  Her husband, Henry Light, died in 1987.  Calling hours will be held Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Zaumetzer-Sprague Funeral Home in AuSable Forks.  A funeral will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Margaret's Church in Wilmington.  Burial will follow at St. Peter's Cemetery in Plattsburgh.  Donations may be made to the Wilmington Fire Department Rescue Squad.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Peter's Cemetery, Plattsburgh, NY:  LIGHT / Henry J. / 1911 - 1987 / Mildred V. / 1906 - (blank)

 

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