Mrs. Matilda Greene Gurley was born July 23, 1836 and died at Adams Center, N. Y., January 22, 1924, aged 87 years.
Mrs. Gurley was born on a farm near here, being the daughter of Wells and Margy Ann Drake Greene. Her mother died when she was a child and she was taken into the home of Rev. William Quibell, a retired Seventh Day Baptist minister. She made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Quibell until her marriage.
For several years she taught in the public schools of Watertown, N. Y. Later she was a tailoress in Watertown, and still later at Adams Center.
She was first married to Jay [Jairus] Whitford, of Adams Center. A son born to them died in infancy, and a daughter, Rachel, died in 1890. She was married again August 27, 1895 to Harrison D. Gurley, of Adams Center. Mr. Gurley died in 1919. Mrs. Gurley is survived by three half-sisters: Mrs. Cordelia Ritchie, Shiloh, N. J., Mrs. Elsie Crosby and Mrs. Mahala Greene, of Colorado, and a stepson, David S. Gurley, of Adams Center.
She had been in failing health for a year and had been seriously ill for several weeks of a complication of diseases. She was conscious for several weeks that the end was near and looked forward to it with gladness. To her pastor she calmly talked of the funeral requesting that it be held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she had worshipped and held her membership. ...
