Sarah Blanche Aldrich

Sarah Blanche Aldrich

• Father: Porter Harris Aldrich b. 5 May 1865, d. 31 December 1948

• Sarah Blanche Aldrich was born on 9 March 1899 in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.
• She married Joseph Paul Owens, son of John H. Owens and Mary Eliza Tinker.
• The following appeared in The Chenango Union: Porter H. Aldrich, former supervisor of the Town of Plymouth, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul Owens, at Stewart's Corners Thursday night following an extended period of failing health.
       Mr. Aldrich was born in Plymuth, May 5, 1865, the son of Moses and Calista Aldrich. Early in his life he engaged in farming, an occupation he had continued until his retirement several years ago.
       A man of fine standing in his community, he served the Town of Plymouth for several years as supervisor. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Plymough.
       Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Paul Owens, and six grandchildren, John Owens, Paul Owens, Jr., David and Lucy Owens, all of Plymouth; Mrs. Rolland English of washington, D. C., and Long Aldrich of Norwich; also several nieces and nephews.
       Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Breese Funeral Home.
• Sarah Blanche Aldrich became a widow at the 7 January 1955 death of her husband Joseph Paul Owens.
• The following appeared on 8 January 1955 in the Binghamton Press: (Norwich) J. Paul Owens, 59, supervisor of the Town of Plymouth, died yesterday in the Chenango Memorial Hospital here.
       Mr. Owens had been ill for several months and had been unable to attend the recent annual sessions of the board of Supervisors.
       He was born Aug. 2, 1895, in Plymouth, the son of John and Mary Tinker Owens and had spent most of his lifetime in Plymouth.
       He was a veteran of World War 1. Mr. Owens had been supervisor of this town for the last seven years, and prior to that had been town clerk for eight years.
       Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Aldrich Owens; three sons, John J., Paul Jr., and David Owens, all of Plymouth; two daughters, Mrs. Roland English of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Gerald Davis of Mount Upton; four grandchildren; a brother, Frank Owens of Oxford; four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Randt of Smyrna, Mrs. Homer Browning of Oxford, Mrs. William Marks of Brisben, and Mrs. Leon Storrs af Plymouth, and several nieces and nephews.
       Funeral and committal services will be at the Breese Funeral Home at 2 p. m. Monday. The Rev. Thomas G. Swales, pastor of the Broad Street Methodist Church, will officiate. The body will be placed in the Mt. Hope Cemetery vault [sic].
• Sarah Blanche Aldrich died on 15 December 1968 at age 69 in Norwich, Chenango County, New York.
• She was interred at Southside Cemetery, Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2015