Daughter of Nathaniel Webber and Sarah Frances Mayer, wife of Oliver Ketcham Sammis, whom she married in 1852 and mother of Catherine L., Oliver Ketcham, Daniel A., Cordelia, Anna Christina M., Whitefield, and Raphael Sammis.
Obituary - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, widow of Dr. Oliver K. Sammis, died on Saturday last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Reade, in Ampere, N.J. She was in her eighty-second year. The funeral was held on Tuesday at her daughter's home, and the interment was Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Dr. Sammis was a brother of David S.S. Sammis, and he married twice. He lived on Deer Park avenue near Deer Park, but did not practice his profession here. Shortly after the doctor's death, about thirty years ago, his widow moved away. Dr. Sammis was a professor at the Harvard Medical college and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city. He was among the killed in the collision of the Sound steamers, Narragansett and Stonington, off New London, Connecticut. He had several children by both wives. Among the surviving children of his first wife are the Rev. J.H. Sammis, of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Edward Talbot and Mrs. Charles Walker, of Indiana.
Mrs. Sammis, who has just died, was a writer of some prominence, a number of her poems having been published. She was a sister of Captain John J. Webb, an officer aboard the Monitor in the famous engagement with the Merrimac. She is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Also - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, who died at Ampere, N.J. on Saturday, was an occasional contributor of verse to The Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. Her husband, the late Dr. Oliver Ketcham Sammis, friend of Walt Whitman and lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, was one of those lost in the collision between the Narragansett and the Stonington, off New London. Mrs. Sammis was 82 years old and was a sister of Captain John J. Webber, third officer of the Monitor in the battle with the Merrimac, at Hampton Roads. Among Mrs. Sammis' published poems are, "Origin of the Blush Rose," "When the Birds are Gone," "The Other Love," "Blackberries," "Idols," "The Aimless Life," and a Decoration Day poem written especially for The Eagle, "In Memoriam." Mrs. Sammis is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Cordelia Reade, 73 Ellington Street, Ampere, tomorrow. The interment will be in Evergreens Cemetery.
(Long Island Surnames; Burial Records of Evergreens Cemetery; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 27 Sep 1915, Monday, Page 2)
Obituary - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, widow of Dr. Oliver K. Sammis, died on Saturday last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Reade, in Ampere, N.J. She was in her eighty-second year. The funeral was held on Tuesday at her daughter's home, and the interment was Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Dr. Sammis was a brother of David S.S. Sammis, and he married twice. He lived on Deer Park avenue near Deer Park, but did not practice his profession here. Shortly after the doctor's death, about thirty years ago, his widow moved away. Dr. Sammis was a professor at the Harvard Medical college and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city. He was among the killed in the collision of the Sound steamers, Narragansett and Stonington, off New London, Connecticut. He had several children by both wives. Among the surviving children of his first wife are the Rev. J.H. Sammis, of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Edward Talbot and Mrs. Charles Walker, of Indiana.
Mrs. Sammis, who has just died, was a writer of some prominence, a number of her poems having been published. She was a sister of Captain John J. Webb, an officer aboard the Monitor in the famous engagement with the Merrimac. She is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Also - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, who died at Ampere, N.J. on Saturday, was an occasional contributor of verse to The Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. Her husband, the late Dr. Oliver Ketcham Sammis, friend of Walt Whitman and lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, was one of those lost in the collision between the Narragansett and the Stonington, off New London. Mrs. Sammis was 82 years old and was a sister of Captain John J. Webber, third officer of the Monitor in the battle with the Merrimac, at Hampton Roads. Among Mrs. Sammis' published poems are, "Origin of the Blush Rose," "When the Birds are Gone," "The Other Love," "Blackberries," "Idols," "The Aimless Life," and a Decoration Day poem written especially for The Eagle, "In Memoriam." Mrs. Sammis is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Cordelia Reade, 73 Ellington Street, Ampere, tomorrow. The interment will be in Evergreens Cemetery.
(Long Island Surnames; Burial Records of Evergreens Cemetery; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 27 Sep 1915, Monday, Page 2)
Daughter of Nathaniel Webber and Sarah Frances Mayer, wife of Oliver Ketcham Sammis, whom she married in 1852 and mother of Catherine L., Oliver Ketcham, Daniel A., Cordelia, Anna Christina M., Whitefield, and Raphael Sammis.
Obituary - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, widow of Dr. Oliver K. Sammis, died on Saturday last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Reade, in Ampere, N.J. She was in her eighty-second year. The funeral was held on Tuesday at her daughter's home, and the interment was Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Dr. Sammis was a brother of David S.S. Sammis, and he married twice. He lived on Deer Park avenue near Deer Park, but did not practice his profession here. Shortly after the doctor's death, about thirty years ago, his widow moved away. Dr. Sammis was a professor at the Harvard Medical college and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city. He was among the killed in the collision of the Sound steamers, Narragansett and Stonington, off New London, Connecticut. He had several children by both wives. Among the surviving children of his first wife are the Rev. J.H. Sammis, of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Edward Talbot and Mrs. Charles Walker, of Indiana.
Mrs. Sammis, who has just died, was a writer of some prominence, a number of her poems having been published. She was a sister of Captain John J. Webb, an officer aboard the Monitor in the famous engagement with the Merrimac. She is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Also - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, who died at Ampere, N.J. on Saturday, was an occasional contributor of verse to The Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. Her husband, the late Dr. Oliver Ketcham Sammis, friend of Walt Whitman and lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, was one of those lost in the collision between the Narragansett and the Stonington, off New London. Mrs. Sammis was 82 years old and was a sister of Captain John J. Webber, third officer of the Monitor in the battle with the Merrimac, at Hampton Roads. Among Mrs. Sammis' published poems are, "Origin of the Blush Rose," "When the Birds are Gone," "The Other Love," "Blackberries," "Idols," "The Aimless Life," and a Decoration Day poem written especially for The Eagle, "In Memoriam." Mrs. Sammis is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Cordelia Reade, 73 Ellington Street, Ampere, tomorrow. The interment will be in Evergreens Cemetery.
(Long Island Surnames; Burial Records of Evergreens Cemetery; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 27 Sep 1915, Monday, Page 2)
Obituary - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, widow of Dr. Oliver K. Sammis, died on Saturday last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Reade, in Ampere, N.J. She was in her eighty-second year. The funeral was held on Tuesday at her daughter's home, and the interment was Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Dr. Sammis was a brother of David S.S. Sammis, and he married twice. He lived on Deer Park avenue near Deer Park, but did not practice his profession here. Shortly after the doctor's death, about thirty years ago, his widow moved away. Dr. Sammis was a professor at the Harvard Medical college and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city. He was among the killed in the collision of the Sound steamers, Narragansett and Stonington, off New London, Connecticut. He had several children by both wives. Among the surviving children of his first wife are the Rev. J.H. Sammis, of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Edward Talbot and Mrs. Charles Walker, of Indiana.
Mrs. Sammis, who has just died, was a writer of some prominence, a number of her poems having been published. She was a sister of Captain John J. Webb, an officer aboard the Monitor in the famous engagement with the Merrimac. She is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Also - Mrs. Jeannie O.B. Sammis, who died at Ampere, N.J. on Saturday, was an occasional contributor of verse to The Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. Her husband, the late Dr. Oliver Ketcham Sammis, friend of Walt Whitman and lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, was one of those lost in the collision between the Narragansett and the Stonington, off New London. Mrs. Sammis was 82 years old and was a sister of Captain John J. Webber, third officer of the Monitor in the battle with the Merrimac, at Hampton Roads. Among Mrs. Sammis' published poems are, "Origin of the Blush Rose," "When the Birds are Gone," "The Other Love," "Blackberries," "Idols," "The Aimless Life," and a Decoration Day poem written especially for The Eagle, "In Memoriam." Mrs. Sammis is survived by six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Cordelia Reade, 73 Ellington Street, Ampere, tomorrow. The interment will be in Evergreens Cemetery.
(Long Island Surnames; Burial Records of Evergreens Cemetery; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 27 Sep 1915, Monday, Page 2)
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