Death of Mrs. Amos P. Granger
The oldest resident of Syracuse passes calmly away.
Mrs. Charlotte Hickox Granger, relict of the late Gen. Amos P. Granger, whose death occurred at the family mansion on Church street on Tuesday, had resided in Syracuse for a number of years in excess of any other person now surviving. Her lifetime spanned a period of the existence of the city, contemporaneous with its birth and development. For over 60 consecutive years she lived in Syracuse, an interested participant in its welfare and a zealous promoter of its good. Her husband, Gen. Granger, whose death took place in 1866, was one of its most conspicuous citizens for years. He came here with his wife in 1821, his marriage having been celebrated at Manlius five years later. Mrs. Granger was one of 12 children of Benjamin Hickox, a sturdy pioneer, who removed from Massachusetts to Onondaga Hill, after her birth, March 5, 1790. The Hill was also a social center about which gathered families of influence whose names are still familiar to many persons in this neighborhood. Residents there at the same time with General and Mrs. Granger were Nehemiah Earll, Jonas Karl, General Ellis, Judge Mosely, Hezekiah Strong and B. Davis Noxon.
Seven years following the removal of the family to Syracuse the old homestead on Church street was begun and completed. Others owned by the late Gen. Grove Lawrence and B. Darle Noxon were soon after erected alongside from which years dated the autocratic prestige which that thoroughfare once claimed. The home of Gen. Granger discriminated a social influence, the healthy effects of which were apparent for decades. At the first Episcopal service held in Syracuse in October, 1821, the Rev. Lucius Smith, of Auburn, officiated. It was held in the ball room of the ‘public house' which then stood on the hill now occupied by the Empire House. The second service was held in 1822, by the Rev. E.C. Gere, of Onondaga Hill. In 1825 the right of confirmation was administer to Mrs. Granger by Bishop Hobart, in the old Baptist church, a wooden ediface standing in West Genesee street. She was the first made member of the Protestant Episcopal church in Syracuse. The first communion was administered by the Rev. William Barton, to six persons -- Mrs. Granger, Mrs. E.F. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. James Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Star. The last two lived at Liverpool. Mrs. Granger lived to see established in Syracuse five independent, organized Protestant Episcopal churches, and was greatly pleased when Syracuse was made the home of the diocesan bishop. "For forty years, " writes a friend, "General and Mrs. Granger were pillars of strength in St. Paul's church, and by judicious counsels, intelligent sympathy, open heartiest hospitality and liberal benefactions, assisted materially what was at one time a struggling society."
Mrs. Granger was a woman whose force of character was a prominent trait even in her old age. By mental attainment she was fitted to cope with the great questions of progress and patriotism which made the history of her time as eventful as this country has ever known. She was particularly of the old school, a mould of woman now almost extinct. Her charity was discriminating, if not broad, and her heart was susceptible to every appeal fortified by honest endeavor or poignant grief.
-Syracuse Standard, Thursday July 6, 1882
The oldest resident of Syracuse passes calmly away.
Mrs. Charlotte Hickox Granger, relict of the late Gen. Amos P. Granger, whose death occurred at the family mansion on Church street on Tuesday, had resided in Syracuse for a number of years in excess of any other person now surviving. Her lifetime spanned a period of the existence of the city, contemporaneous with its birth and development. For over 60 consecutive years she lived in Syracuse, an interested participant in its welfare and a zealous promoter of its good. Her husband, Gen. Granger, whose death took place in 1866, was one of its most conspicuous citizens for years. He came here with his wife in 1821, his marriage having been celebrated at Manlius five years later. Mrs. Granger was one of 12 children of Benjamin Hickox, a sturdy pioneer, who removed from Massachusetts to Onondaga Hill, after her birth, March 5, 1790. The Hill was also a social center about which gathered families of influence whose names are still familiar to many persons in this neighborhood. Residents there at the same time with General and Mrs. Granger were Nehemiah Earll, Jonas Karl, General Ellis, Judge Mosely, Hezekiah Strong and B. Davis Noxon.
Seven years following the removal of the family to Syracuse the old homestead on Church street was begun and completed. Others owned by the late Gen. Grove Lawrence and B. Darle Noxon were soon after erected alongside from which years dated the autocratic prestige which that thoroughfare once claimed. The home of Gen. Granger discriminated a social influence, the healthy effects of which were apparent for decades. At the first Episcopal service held in Syracuse in October, 1821, the Rev. Lucius Smith, of Auburn, officiated. It was held in the ball room of the ‘public house' which then stood on the hill now occupied by the Empire House. The second service was held in 1822, by the Rev. E.C. Gere, of Onondaga Hill. In 1825 the right of confirmation was administer to Mrs. Granger by Bishop Hobart, in the old Baptist church, a wooden ediface standing in West Genesee street. She was the first made member of the Protestant Episcopal church in Syracuse. The first communion was administered by the Rev. William Barton, to six persons -- Mrs. Granger, Mrs. E.F. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. James Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Star. The last two lived at Liverpool. Mrs. Granger lived to see established in Syracuse five independent, organized Protestant Episcopal churches, and was greatly pleased when Syracuse was made the home of the diocesan bishop. "For forty years, " writes a friend, "General and Mrs. Granger were pillars of strength in St. Paul's church, and by judicious counsels, intelligent sympathy, open heartiest hospitality and liberal benefactions, assisted materially what was at one time a struggling society."
Mrs. Granger was a woman whose force of character was a prominent trait even in her old age. By mental attainment she was fitted to cope with the great questions of progress and patriotism which made the history of her time as eventful as this country has ever known. She was particularly of the old school, a mould of woman now almost extinct. Her charity was discriminating, if not broad, and her heart was susceptible to every appeal fortified by honest endeavor or poignant grief.
-Syracuse Standard, Thursday July 6, 1882
Death of Mrs. Amos P. Granger
The oldest resident of Syracuse passes calmly away.
Mrs. Charlotte Hickox Granger, relict of the late Gen. Amos P. Granger, whose death occurred at the family mansion on Church street on Tuesday, had resided in Syracuse for a number of years in excess of any other person now surviving. Her lifetime spanned a period of the existence of the city, contemporaneous with its birth and development. For over 60 consecutive years she lived in Syracuse, an interested participant in its welfare and a zealous promoter of its good. Her husband, Gen. Granger, whose death took place in 1866, was one of its most conspicuous citizens for years. He came here with his wife in 1821, his marriage having been celebrated at Manlius five years later. Mrs. Granger was one of 12 children of Benjamin Hickox, a sturdy pioneer, who removed from Massachusetts to Onondaga Hill, after her birth, March 5, 1790. The Hill was also a social center about which gathered families of influence whose names are still familiar to many persons in this neighborhood. Residents there at the same time with General and Mrs. Granger were Nehemiah Earll, Jonas Karl, General Ellis, Judge Mosely, Hezekiah Strong and B. Davis Noxon.
Seven years following the removal of the family to Syracuse the old homestead on Church street was begun and completed. Others owned by the late Gen. Grove Lawrence and B. Darle Noxon were soon after erected alongside from which years dated the autocratic prestige which that thoroughfare once claimed. The home of Gen. Granger discriminated a social influence, the healthy effects of which were apparent for decades. At the first Episcopal service held in Syracuse in October, 1821, the Rev. Lucius Smith, of Auburn, officiated. It was held in the ball room of the ‘public house' which then stood on the hill now occupied by the Empire House. The second service was held in 1822, by the Rev. E.C. Gere, of Onondaga Hill. In 1825 the right of confirmation was administer to Mrs. Granger by Bishop Hobart, in the old Baptist church, a wooden ediface standing in West Genesee street. She was the first made member of the Protestant Episcopal church in Syracuse. The first communion was administered by the Rev. William Barton, to six persons -- Mrs. Granger, Mrs. E.F. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. James Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Star. The last two lived at Liverpool. Mrs. Granger lived to see established in Syracuse five independent, organized Protestant Episcopal churches, and was greatly pleased when Syracuse was made the home of the diocesan bishop. "For forty years, " writes a friend, "General and Mrs. Granger were pillars of strength in St. Paul's church, and by judicious counsels, intelligent sympathy, open heartiest hospitality and liberal benefactions, assisted materially what was at one time a struggling society."
Mrs. Granger was a woman whose force of character was a prominent trait even in her old age. By mental attainment she was fitted to cope with the great questions of progress and patriotism which made the history of her time as eventful as this country has ever known. She was particularly of the old school, a mould of woman now almost extinct. Her charity was discriminating, if not broad, and her heart was susceptible to every appeal fortified by honest endeavor or poignant grief.
-Syracuse Standard, Thursday July 6, 1882
The oldest resident of Syracuse passes calmly away.
Mrs. Charlotte Hickox Granger, relict of the late Gen. Amos P. Granger, whose death occurred at the family mansion on Church street on Tuesday, had resided in Syracuse for a number of years in excess of any other person now surviving. Her lifetime spanned a period of the existence of the city, contemporaneous with its birth and development. For over 60 consecutive years she lived in Syracuse, an interested participant in its welfare and a zealous promoter of its good. Her husband, Gen. Granger, whose death took place in 1866, was one of its most conspicuous citizens for years. He came here with his wife in 1821, his marriage having been celebrated at Manlius five years later. Mrs. Granger was one of 12 children of Benjamin Hickox, a sturdy pioneer, who removed from Massachusetts to Onondaga Hill, after her birth, March 5, 1790. The Hill was also a social center about which gathered families of influence whose names are still familiar to many persons in this neighborhood. Residents there at the same time with General and Mrs. Granger were Nehemiah Earll, Jonas Karl, General Ellis, Judge Mosely, Hezekiah Strong and B. Davis Noxon.
Seven years following the removal of the family to Syracuse the old homestead on Church street was begun and completed. Others owned by the late Gen. Grove Lawrence and B. Darle Noxon were soon after erected alongside from which years dated the autocratic prestige which that thoroughfare once claimed. The home of Gen. Granger discriminated a social influence, the healthy effects of which were apparent for decades. At the first Episcopal service held in Syracuse in October, 1821, the Rev. Lucius Smith, of Auburn, officiated. It was held in the ball room of the ‘public house' which then stood on the hill now occupied by the Empire House. The second service was held in 1822, by the Rev. E.C. Gere, of Onondaga Hill. In 1825 the right of confirmation was administer to Mrs. Granger by Bishop Hobart, in the old Baptist church, a wooden ediface standing in West Genesee street. She was the first made member of the Protestant Episcopal church in Syracuse. The first communion was administered by the Rev. William Barton, to six persons -- Mrs. Granger, Mrs. E.F. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. James Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Star. The last two lived at Liverpool. Mrs. Granger lived to see established in Syracuse five independent, organized Protestant Episcopal churches, and was greatly pleased when Syracuse was made the home of the diocesan bishop. "For forty years, " writes a friend, "General and Mrs. Granger were pillars of strength in St. Paul's church, and by judicious counsels, intelligent sympathy, open heartiest hospitality and liberal benefactions, assisted materially what was at one time a struggling society."
Mrs. Granger was a woman whose force of character was a prominent trait even in her old age. By mental attainment she was fitted to cope with the great questions of progress and patriotism which made the history of her time as eventful as this country has ever known. She was particularly of the old school, a mould of woman now almost extinct. Her charity was discriminating, if not broad, and her heart was susceptible to every appeal fortified by honest endeavor or poignant grief.
-Syracuse Standard, Thursday July 6, 1882
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