Monroe, John

Rome Sentinel
April 20, 1916

Westmoreland - "Uncle" John Monroe is dead. The end came yesterday at his home in this village where he had lived in retirement for several years, and he will be greatly missed here for a long time to come. "Uncle" John was one of the most genial and companionable men and he lived a busy and interesting life. He was 79 years old. In 1857, when he was 20 years old, Monroe left the home in Sangerfield where he was born and the same year found him at St. Louis with a small company of pioneers and a few hard-earned dollars in his pocket. In the spring of the following year he went up the Missouri River on a flat boat and staked a claim on government land where the city of Omaha now stands. He served for a year or two as Indian agent, acquiring a working knowledge of the Sioux and Cheyenne dialects and then established a trading post for himself. At this point he numbered among his new friends Billie Cody, scout express rider, and buffalo hunter, and Kit Carson, scout, guide, and Indian fighter. Carson was already a celebrity and Cody, afterward to become famous as Buffalo Bill, was earning his spurs. Both men frequently were entertained at Monroe's camps when he was operating a wagon train between Omaha and Denver and more than once were of great assistance to him in hostile country. Mr. Monroe conducted his wagon train and trading operations between Omaha and Denver for several years and prospered in spite of the difficulties that had to be overcome. The distance between the two places was 600 miles and he made three trips a year. He and his outriders had many exciting experiences with hostile and thieving Indians, but although his men traveled fully armed he, himself, never carried a gun. Mr. Monroe returned east in 1863 when he was informed of the death of his grandfather at Sangerfield. In the following year he married Miss Margaret Bork of Lorena and they came to Westmoreland to live. He operated a farm here until 1889 and then he opened the Monroe Hotel, which soon became known as one of the best country hotels in this part of the state. Mr. Monroe made friends easily and his house, during the fifteen years that he conducted it was never dull. When prohibition hit the town some years ago he closed the hotel and retired. His surviving relatives are his widow, a half-brother Charles Monroe and two half-sisters, Mrs. George Allen of Sangerfield and Mrs. Elizabeth Crouch of Brooklyn. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and friends are invited to attend. Burial will be mad ein Evergreen Cemetery at Stokes at the convenience of the family.

Monroe, Marguerite A. Bork

Rome Sentinel
May 17, 1926

Westmoreland - Mrs. Margaret A. Monroe, an old resident of this town, passed away this morning in her 80th year, death being due to complications incident to old age. The deceased was born in the town of Lee in 1846, where she married John Monroe, coming to this town to reside, where she had lived for over 60 years. Mr. Monroe died several years ago. She is survived by a nephew and niece, Mr. & Mrs. F. F. Lorin, besides many cousins, to mourn her passing. She was an attendant of the Episcopal Church.

Mowers, Mary Golden Bork

Rome Sentinel
March 10, 1917

Oriskany Falls - Mrs. Mary Bork Mowers died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hatheway, in this village, on Friday at 1:30 pm. She was the widow of Charles Mowers of Lewis county. Mrs. Mowers was born in New Hartford Sept. 15, 1842, daughter of Parker and Celia Wemple Golden. Her parents died when she was about five years old and she was adopted into the family of the late Christian Bork of the town of Lee. She was married in 1861 and lived on what is known as the gore road in Rome until 1866, when the family removed to what is now known as Fey's Mills in Lewis county, where she resided until the death of her husband in 1902, since which time she had made her home with her children. She was stricken was paralysis Mar. 1, 1915 and was afterward confined to her bed. Mrs. Mowers was the mother of 12 children, two of whom died in infancy. Of those who grew to man and womanhood the oldest, Mrs. Charles Watters of Rome, died three years ago. Those who survive are Mrs. J. Edward Conchman and Mrs. Patrick Carmody of Oneida, Mrs. Charles Hatheway, Mrs. Carl R. Allen and Mrs. Ralph Day of this place, Clark Mowers of Athol, Mass, Eugene Mowers of West Leyden and Seymour Mowers of Canisteo, also 33 grandchildren. Funeral will be from the home of Charles Hatheway.