Cameron County PA Archives Obituaries.....Parsons, Ella A. Freeman February 24, 1923
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Press/Independent-front page, Mar 1, 1923
March 1 1923- Death Claims Pioneer Resident. ELLA A. 
PARSONS, a pioneer resident of Emporium, passed away at her 
home on East 4th Street Saturday afternoon after an illness 
that extended over a year. Death was caused by asthma and a 
complication of disease.

 Mrs. Parsons was born on April 22, 1844, just east of the 
Borough of Emporium, below the old Sage Farm. Later her 
parents moved to the corner of Allegheny Avenue and Portage 
Street, in Emporium, which house was built by her father and 
was afterwards occupied by the late S.S. Hackett. She was 
the daughter of Seneca Freeman and Lydia Crow Freeman. Later 
the family moved to the house opposite the old W.N.Y.& P. 
Junction station, where they continued to reside until their 
death in 1887.

 Through her father, who settled in this county as early as 
1817, she was a direct descendant of (Elder) William 
Brewster, one of the leaders of the Pilgrim Colony at 
Plymouth in 1820 [wrong date but written as in newspaper- 
1620]. She was also a descendant of Peregrine White, the 
first child born in the American Colony.

 Mrs. Parsons was educated at a private school in Muncy, 
Pa., and later taught school. She was married to the late 
John F. Parsons, about 1866, one of the pioneer merchants of 
Emporium and who died ten years ago this February.

 She was the only surviving member in Cameron County of the 
Society of Daughters of the Revolution.

 She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Johnson, residing in 
the state of Washington, and one adopted brother, Oren P. 
Freeman, and several nieces and a nephew residing on the 
Pacific coast.

 Mrs. Parsons was a sound business woman and by being 
resourceful she and her husband had accumulated considerable 
of the world's goods. Being liberal in her way she gave 
liberally to causes which she considered worthy. The 
friendship of Mrs. Parsons was worth much and her friendly 
advice and companionship were prized by many, but she had no 
time for a sham or a hypocrite and would not hesitate to say 
so. When she made up her mind on anything, especially 
pertaining to business deals, she never changed it, and that 
was the secret of her success financially.

 The funeral services were conducted from her late residence 
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. J.M. Brennan of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment in the 
Freeman Cemetery.

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