Monday, September 1, 2008

Death of an Old Quakeress.

New York, 1895

Mrs. Philena Birdsall, 88 years of age, died at the home of her grandson, Lewis Birdsall, on Smith street, Jamaica, on Sunday morning. The deceased was a member of the Society of Friends. Funeral services were held at her late residence on Wednesday morning. The interment was in the Friends' cemetery at Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 8.

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