Published in The Saratogian, Thursday, April 21, 1927 abridged slightly

Corinth, April 21. – (Special) –

Mrs. Esther R. Ide, widow of the late Daniel Bartlett Ide, died yesterday afternoon at her home on Sherman avenue, this village, following an illness of 10 days, which resulted from a shock sustained on Sunday, April 10. She was 94 years of age on June 26th of last year. (article says 26th, but headstone says 27th)

Mrs. Ide … was born in Corinth and spent her entire live here with the exception of one year spent in Albany many years ago. She was the daughter of the late William Raymond, whose homestead still stand out West Maple street. …

Mrs. Ide’s father, the late Mr. Raymond, was a deacon in the First Baptist church of this village for 20 years prior to his death. … She was a sister of the late Mrs. Eunice Buckmaster, mother of George R. Buckmaster, of this village.

As a young girl, Mrs. Ide attended the McConicky Hill school house which was located somewhere out Maple street. Many times during the latter years of her life she recounted the changes that have been brought about in this locality, among which wee the change from the plank roads to state highways, from a wollen mill on the Hudson River to the present plant of the I. P. Co., from the Corinth of few houses to the thriving village that it now is.

She was able to recall vividly the times when a toll gate was operated near the present James Gill farm on the Corinth-Luzerne road, and when a thriving boat factory was operated at South Corinth.

Mrs. Ide, whose home is located just a short distance from Main street on Sherman avenue … she enjoyed short auto rides with her son and grandchildren. She enjoyed good health up to ten days ago and daily read her newspaper without glasses up to that time.

Surviving Mrs. Ide are one son (of four born) Nathan D. Ide, Sr., of this village and ten grandchildren, Mrs. John Connery of Saratoga Springs, Mrs. Orson Bellamy of Scotia, and Mrs. Wyllis Dunham, Mrs. Roy Simpson, Mrs. Leon Bellamy, Mrs. Guilford Swears, Fred W. Ide, Bartlett Ide, Harry Ide and Nathan Ide, Jr., all of this village. Seventeen great grandchildren also survive.


Published in The Saratogian, Friday, April 22, 1927

The funeral of Mrs. Ester Ide, who died Wednesday at her home on Sherman avenue will be held tomorrow afternoon at the late home at 2 o’clock. The Rev. R. D. Andrews, pastor of the Greenfield Baptist church and Rev. George W. Burke, D. D., pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of this village will officiate at the funeral service. Burial will be in the Ide family plot in the Corinth rural cemetery.