Park, Cornelia Somers

Rome Sentinel
February 21, 1923

Ridge Mills - At the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Cleveland, Ridge Mills, at 9:45 o'clock this forenoon, occurred the death of Mrs. Cornelia Park, aged 75. Her death was caused by heart trouble. She had not been very well of late, although she had been up and about the house up to Tuesday evening. The fatal attack came during the morning hours. Her maiden name was Cornelia E. Somers and she was born in Lee Center. Her husband Dewit Park died in July 1918. All of her life had been spent in Lee Center, with the exception of the past four years, during which time she made her home with her daughter. Mrs. Park is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Cleveland. She leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. Frank Hellig Jr., and Neil Cleveland; also several nieces and nephews. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Wilson and Mrs. Clara Wentworth of Rome, who are spending the winter in Florida and one brother, Charles Somers of Rome. Mrs. Parks was a member of the Lee Center M. E. Church. She was quiet and unassuming and was a lover of her home. She will be missed by her many friends.

Park, Dewitt C.

Rome Sentinel
July 22, 1918

After an illness of seven months, DeWitt C. Park, a well known and highly respected citizen of Lee Center, died at the Rome Hospital at 9:30 o'clock this morning. He had been there for treatment for some time. He was a son of the late William A. and Sarah Ford Park and was born in Lee Center June 9, 1838, in which place the greater part of his life had been spent. In his young manhood he taught school in the state of Kentucky. He enlisted in the Civil War August 13, 1862, at Rome, in Co. G 117th Regiment, NY Volunteers, serving three years. During a forced march in the battle of Drurys Bluff in July 1864, he received three severe sunstrokes being picked up insensible and taken to the hospital at Hampton, Virginia. From that time to the present he had been a sufferer. He was a member of Starr Post, G.A.R., at Lee Center. He was brought to the home of his daughter at Ridge Mills April 7, 1918, since that time his health has gradually failed, till death claimed him. In Dec. 1868 he was united in marriage with Cornelia E. Somers. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. M. E. Cleveland of Ridge Mills, and two grandchildren, Ethel M. and Neil M. Cleveland, one sister, Helen M. Kenyon of Lee Center, and one brother, William A. Park of Camden, besides several nieces and nephews.