MISS VESTA AYLESWORTH

Respected Woman Passed Away Thursday, Aged 60 Years

   Miss Vesta Aylesworth died at her residence over the Western Union Telegraph office, Thursday morning, aged 60 years.

   Miss Aylesworth was the eldest child of Orlando and Roda Savage Aylesworth and resided in Oxford since her early childhood.  Her father was first sergeant of Company H, 114th regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, who died in October, 1863, from a wound in the head received at the battle of Opequan, La.

   Her mother being thus early widowed, in poor health and with little means beside a small home, Vesta M., the oldest of four children, commenced what proved to be her life work at a very early age in order to assist her.  Her life was a striking example of what thousands of widows and orphans of the Civil War had to endure.  She had many sorrows and troubles which she bore silently and with fortitude.  Always frail, she never entirely recovered from a severe illness of several years ago, but gradually ailed from that time, though her indomitable will kept her up until almost the last.  Her nearest living relative is Mrs. Mary E. Terwilliger daughter of her brother, Delos M. Aylesworth, deceased.

   The funeral was held from St. Paul's church, of which Miss Aylesworth was a communicant, at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the rector, Rev. Theodore Haydn, officiating.

   Those who attended from out of town were, Mrs. Chas. Barney and W. Hickok of Harpursville, cousins, and Mr. and Mr. T. G. Ingersoll of Vernon, N. Y., lifelong friends.