Huldah Maria SHARPSTEEN
Obituary

THE AUBURN CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1920

Death of Mrs. H. M. Almy.

Mrs. Huldah M. Almy, widow of
Henry Almy, died yesterday afternoon
at the home of her son, C. E. Almy on East Genesee Street, in the 84th year of her age. Her death followed a stroke of apoplexy which occurred last Thursday. She is the last member of a generation whose family was one of the early settlers in Cayuga County and on her mother's side she came from Revolutionary stock. She was the youngest of 12 children of John and Susan Sharpsteen who came from Dutchess county in 1815 shortly after their marriage and settled in the town of Springport near the Big Gully, after a seven days journey. Her father became one of the influential men of the town and was one of the 21 delegates from there to the famous Anti-Masonic Convention held in Auburn, January 2, 1832, of which Leban Hoakins of Union Springs was chairman. After going to the country school, Mrs. Almy attended the Young Ladies' Seminary in Union Springs, afterward known as Oakwood, the first year it opened. After her marriage she came to Auburn in 1866 where she has since lived. She was alwavs interested in the events of the day and during the war knit 40 sweaters for the Red Cross. She leaves beside her son, three grandsons, Henry C. and Willis B. of Cornell University and Robert L. of this city. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late residence, with interment at Fort Hill.



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