Mary Alice Wilbur
1859 - 1903 (44 years)-
Name Mary Alice Wilbur Born 13 Apr 1859 Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States 
Gender Female Died 6 Oct 1903 Saint George's Manor, Suffolk, New York, United States Buried Manorville Methodist Cemetery, Saint George's Manor, Suffolk, New York, United States Person ID I38275 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 5 Jun 2022
Father Jeremiah Greenfield Wilbur, b. 29 Oct 1812, Delhi, Delaware, New York, United States , d. 3 Feb 1877, Saint George's Manor, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 64 years) Mother Hannah Morse, b. 27 Apr 1821, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 1911, Eastport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 89 years) Married 1 Jan 1843 Family ID F14384 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William H. Fordham, b. Sep 1858, Speonk, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 29 Oct 1929, , Queens, New York, United States (Age ~ 71 years) Married 25 Nov 1878 Saint George's Manor, Sufffolk, New York, United States Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F14382 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Obituary - Speonk, L.I., October 8 - Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. William Fordham, who died from heart disease on Monday, will be held from the Methodist Church in Manor, where she formerly lived, this afternoon. She had just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever when heart failure ensued, producing death.
Mrs. Fordham was brought into prominence through accepting the postmastership of the Speonk post office and thereby reviving and prolonging the controversy after Mrs. Julia Maynard had tendered her resignation of the office. Mrs. Maynard, who is a devout churchwoman, after having successfully presided over the office several years, suddenly decided that she could not with her religious scruples, continue to hold the office, the maintenance of which provoked such bitter feeling between even members of the same family in the locality. When her resignation was tendered and accepted, the old named was likely to be destined to oblivion unless some patriotic citizen would accept the postmastership. After the search for an eligible party to assume charge of the office was about to be abandoned, Mrs. Fordham, a public-spirited woman, volunteered her services and was promptly accepted. She is a sister of Mrs. Maynard.
(Long Island Surnames; The Brooklyn, Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Thursday, October 8, 1903, page 7)
- Obituary - Speonk, L.I., October 8 - Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. William Fordham, who died from heart disease on Monday, will be held from the Methodist Church in Manor, where she formerly lived, this afternoon. She had just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever when heart failure ensued, producing death.