Person:Garrett Percy (4)

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Garrett V. Percy
b.2 Aug 1834 Chateaugay, Franklin, New York, United States
d.21 Jul 1851 Brayton Hollow, Franklin, New York, United States
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m. 21 Jan 1827
  1. Mary A. PERCY1827 - 1832
  2. Sarah A. PERCY1829 -
  3. Sophronia Percy1832 - 1851
  4. Garrett V. Percy1834 - 1851
  5. Mary Ann PERCY1835 -
  6. William G PERCY1837 - 1868
  7. Charles Henry PERCY1839 -
  8. Louise A. PERCY1842 -
  9. Washington G. PERCY1844 - 1868
  10. Martha E. PERCY1850 -
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Name Garrett V. Percy
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Aug 1834 Chateaugay, Franklin, New York, United States
Death? 21 Jul 1851 Brayton Hollow, Franklin, New York, United States
Burial? Brayton Hollow Cemetery, Chateaugay, Franklin, New York, United States

From: Seaver's Historical Sketches of Franklin County and Its Several Towns With Many Biographies, N.Y., Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, ©1918, p. 243:

"At Brayton Hollow about 1850 two young men and three young ladies--James Ayers, Garrett Percy, Maria Crippen, Eunice Daley and Sophronia Percy--were enjoying a boat ride on a mill pond, when the boat struck a submerged limb and overturned. All were drowned. Hundreds gathered to join in the search for the bodies, two of which were recovered were the water was less than four feet deep. Mrs. Matilda Foster, the fortune teller of Burke, was called to direct the search and is said to have pointed out the place where some of the bodies would be found. The event occasioned widespread horror and sorrow, and the funeral service for all of the victims, held in a grove in the vicinity, was attended by practically every person in town."

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