Mary Eliza (Tryon) Crocker (1836 - 1923)

Born 8 Feb 1836 in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Oct 1923 at age 87 in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

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Biography

Mary Eliza was the daughter of Norman Tryon and Mary Tibbits.

Husband: Henry M. Crocker (1830 - 1915)

Marriage Notice

MARRIED.

CROCKER—TRYON.— In Rome, at the residence of the bride's father. Norman Tryon, on the 1st inst., by the Rev. Wm. A. Wurts, Henry M. Crocker, of Verona, to Eliza M. Tryon, formerly of Little Falls.^[1]

Obituary

At 8 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her son, Frank H. Crocker, 210 W. Bloomfield street, occurred the death of Mrs. Mary Eliza Tryon Crocker, a well known and esteemed resident of this city.

Mrs. Crocker had been confined to her bed for the past two weeks but for some time previous had been in ill health.

Mary Eliza Tryon Crocker was the daughter of the late Norman and Mary Tibbits Tryon and was born at Little Falls on February 8, 1836. Her parents moved to this city in 1842 and she resided here until she married Henry M. Crocker in 1871. After a period of two years spent in Vernon she returned to Rome and has since resided here. Her husband died about 13 years ago.

She received her education in the Rome schools. She united with the First M. E. Church in 1852 and was a faithful church worker taking part in all the church activities. She was connected with the Sunday school of that church as a scholar and teacher, was a member of the adult Bible class and a visitor in the Home Department. She was an acitve member of the Ladies Aid Society and of the Foreign Missions Society. She served as recording secretary for the Home Mission Society for ten years and as corresponding secretary for the Women's Chrisitan Temperance Union for 29 years.

One son, Frank H. Crocker, with whom she made her home, survives. Also two stepdaughters, Mrs. Ella Watson of New York City, and Mrs. Cora Lodewick of Saratoga Springs. Mrs. Crocker was a kind and loving Christian woman and had a legion of friends who will mourn her passing.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Herkimer Democrat and Little Falls Gazette (Herkimer, NY), June 14, 1871, Page 2, Image 2. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
2. ↑ The Rome Sentinel (Rome, NY) October 22, 1923

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYJ-73R : 9 November 2014), Eliza Tryon in household of Norman Tryon, Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing family 810, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Rome, Oneida, New York; Roll: 903; Family History Film: 1254903; Page: 122A; Enumeration District: 117; Image: 0246 (Ancestry.com)

• 1910 US Federal Census; Census Place: Rome Ward 4, Oneida, New York; Roll: T624_1051; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0086; FHL microfilm: 1375064 (Ancestry.com)

• 1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Rome, Oneida, New York; Roll: T625_1243; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 996 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: Living with her sister Harriet E. Tryon.

• Mary Eliza Tryon Crocker's Memorial