Mrs. Esther Anna Roys

(Dec. 17, 1926)

   Mrs. Esther Anna Roys, widow of the late Samuel N. Roys, died at the home of her eldest son, James N. Roys, on Friday, December 17, aged 78 years.  She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Wilbur Padgett and was born in Oxford, February 29, 1848.

   She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Polly King and Mrs. Mary Ogden; two brothers, Robert J. and Riley J. Padgett; two daughters, Mrs. Roy E. Nichols of Utica and Mrs. Grover Hamilton of Coventry; eight sons, James N. Roys of Oxford; Erford S., of Vestal; Elbert E., of Naples, N. Y. Charles A. and Frederick E., of Greene; Benjamin Eli, of Tuolumne, Cal.; Emmet L. and F. Linn of Johnson City; also twenty-two grandchildren.

   The funeral was held at her home on Mechanic street on Monday, Dec. 20, conducted by Rev. Charles A. Winters.  Burial was made in Riverview cemetery.

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