Families of Ruth R. Steward

RUTH R. STEWARD, daughter of SARAH SPRAGUE and EDMUND STEWARD, was born June 24, 1899 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York,⁷³⁹⁴ and died November 7, 1954 in Otto, Cattaraugus, New York.⁷³⁹⁴ She is buried in North Otto Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.⁷³⁹⁴

She married (1) CHARLES W. WATSON on November 24, 1915 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York.³³⁹⁵ He was born March 25, 1890 in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus, New York,⁷⁴⁰⁰ and died January 8, 1974 in Fiddlers Green Manor, Springville, Erie, New York.⁷⁴⁰⁰

She married (2) SYLVESTER HIGBEE.

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Children of RUTH R. STEWARD and CHARLES W. WATSON:

1. LILLIAN RUTH WATSON, b. February 11, 1917, Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁹⁹ m. CHARLES JOSEPH FORD on February 11, 1939 in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus, New York⁷⁴⁰¹; d. May 26, 2005, Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Springville, Erie, New York.⁷⁴⁰¹

Obituaries

Post, November 10, 1954⁷³⁹⁴

Ruth Higbee Dies At Otto

Mrs. Ruth R. Higbee, fifty-five, of Otto, died at her home about 4 a. m. Sunday, after a long illness.

Born in the Town of Mansfield, June 24, 1899, Mrs. Higbee had lived in Otto the past twenty years.

Mrs. Higbee was a member of the Otto Star Chapter, O.E.S., and Otto Home Bureau.

Besides her husband, Sylvester Higbee, she is survived by one son, Orville Higbee, Buffalo; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Ford, Ellicottville; two brothers, Roy Steward of Niagara Falls and Harold Steward of Long Beach, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Herbert Buffum, Little Valley RD, and two grandchildren, James and Ruth Ann Ford, Ellicottville.

The funeral was held this Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Briggs Funeral Home, Cattaraugus, with burial in North Otto Cemetery. The Rev. Claire McElheran of the Eddyville Community Church officiate.

Olean Times-Herald, January 9, 1974⁷⁴⁰⁰

CHARLES W. WATSON

ELLICOTTVILLE — Charles W. Watson, 83, of Maples Road, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 1974) in Fiddlers Green Manor, Springville, following a year-long illness.

He was born March 25, 1890 in Cattaraugus, a son of Archibald and Rose Grieves Watson. In 1916 he wed the former Ruth Steward, who died in 1955.

Mr. Watson owned and operated a dairy farm and was employed at Empire Wood Products here. He was a member of Eddyville Community Church.

He is survived by a daughter Mrs. Lillian Ford of Ellicottville; a grandson and granddaughter and three great-grandsons.

Friends may call at the O'Rourke Funeral Home, 3 Jefferson St., Ellicottville, today and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be conducted there Friday (Jan. 11, 1974) at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Charles Bordenaro, pastor of the Eddyville Community Church, officiating.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 11, 19003342	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	Edmund Steward Sarah Sprague Ruth R. Steward
May 7, 19103350	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	Edmund Steward Sarah Sprague Ruth R. Steward Harold Edmund Steward Grace Lydia Steward Roy John Steward
January 2, 19203391	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	Charles W. Watson Ruth R. Steward Lillian Ruth Watson
May 16, 19403392	Otto, Cattaraugus, New York	Ruth R. Steward Son