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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1889
Page
5
VAN CAMPEN LODGE 255 meets every Thursday evening with Fisher as secretary. PRINCESS ENCAMPMENT 107 meets the second and fourth Tuesday each month under W M Sterkod, C. PL.
Davla, honored for lifetime service, is praised as a servant of his generation by the will of God. He gave generously in church and town affairs, funded benevolence, and devoted time to private and public needs. His selfless work spanned business, Sunday school, and philanthropy, leaving a lasting imprint on many lives.
A lengthy obituary honors Joslyn Wellman born May 6 1836 in Friendship and his lineage from England to Vermont. It chronicles his military service from 1861 including major and lieutenant colonel ranks, wounds at the Battle of Five Forks, and twenty six years of service with Go. C. of the N.Y. Volunteers. It recalls his political career in Allegany county and Senate, his church work as deacon, and his charity to institutions like Hatch Post and Gook Academy. The tribute lauds his faith, family devotion, and leadership, urging others to live in service per his example.
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