Mary Elizabeth Barnes Hiscock
American
Lineage
- Father George Barnes (abolitionist)
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1879/10/23 | Mary Elizabeth Barnes and Frank Harris Hiscock are married in the east room of the Barnes home by the Rev Dr Joseph May and the Rev Dr Ezekiel Mundy. | Bride | The Barnes-Hiscock House | Syracuse, NY | Marriage of Mary Elizabeth Barnes and Frank Harris Hiscock | ||
| 1894/00/00 | George and Rebecca Barnes's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Barnes, hires Henry Wilkinson to add a third story and a Colonial Revival facade, 1893-94. | Home | The Barnes-Hiscock House | Syracuse, NY |
History
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Barnes Hiscock, 80, wife of Frank Harris Hiscock, former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and chairman of the board of trustees of Cornell University, died at her home, 930 James street at 8:20 a.m. Friday.
Mrs. Hiscock, member of a pioneer Onondaga county family and an outstanding social and civic leader, died on her husband's 81st birthday anniversary. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. She suffered an attack of pneumonia last December but was believed to be well on her way to normal health.
She suffered a relapse a few days ago, however, and since that time her condition had been regarded as critical. A bronchial condition developed which aggravated the heart ailment, physicians said.
Mrs. Hiscock, besides keeping abreast of the many activities of her husband, had a wide variety of interests of her own, taking an active part in many organizations in the promotion of civic betterment, church work, philanthropy and gardening.
During recent years, however, she had relinquished much of this activity except in connection with May Memorial Unitarian Church, and gardening.
The Hiscock gardens were nationally known. Her home, one of the oldest in James Street, was built by her father, the late George Barnes. She was married in it and in it she and her husband observed their golden wedding anniversary seven years ago.
For many years the Hiscock home was the scene of some of the principal social affairs of Syracuse. Many distinguished guests were entertained there.
The gardens, especially the rose garden, were famous for their beauty and care. As long as her health permitted, Mrs. Hiscock, besides directing the work of the gardens, worked in them herself.
Year after year she entertained there with Judge Hiscock. At intervals the gardens were thrown open to the public when they were at their most beautiful stages.
Mrs. Hiscock was born Dec. 13, 1856, the daughter of George Barnes and Rebecca Heermans Barnes. Her father came to Syracuse from England in 1844. He was superintendent of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad and one of those instrumental in bringing about the formation of the New York Central System.
He was proprietor of the Syracuse Evening Chronicle, the first daily Republican newspaper in the state, outside New York City. He was one of the founders of the Onondaga Savings Bank and of the Trust & Deposit Company of Onondaga, which later became the first Trust & Deposit Company. He also assisted in the organization of the State Bank of Syracuse.
He was a member of Sweet, Barnes & Company, which later became Whitman & Barnes manufacturing Company, and he was a founder of the Syracuse Chilled Plow Company. He died in 1892.
Mrs. Hiscock's mother was a daughter of Thomas B. Heermans of Albany and a niece of John Wilkinson, first postmaster of Syracuse.
On Oct 23, 1879 Mary Elizabeth Barnes and Frank Harris Hiscock were married in the east room of the Barnes home by the Rev. Dr. Joseph May and the Rev. Dr. Ezekiel Mundy.
The celebration of the Hiscock's golden wedding seven years ago was an event still vividly remembered in exclusive Syracuse society.
The distinguished couple descended the stairs of the family home, where they had been wed half a century before, to the strains of a wedding march.
The bridal procession was preceded by the four grandchildren, Allie Neal and Frank Harris Hiscock, 2d, and Reba May and Henrietta Hiscock; the couple's only daughter, Mrs. Helen L. Eager of Detroit, and their two daughters-in-law, Mrs. George H. Hiscock and Mrs. L. Harris Hiscock.
Mrs. Hiscock and her daughters wore their wedding gowns. Mrs. Hiscock's was, of course, of a fashion 50 years old. Mrs. Eager's gown was made in 1907. That of Mrs. George Hiscock was made in 1915 and Mrs. Harris Hiscock's in 1917.
Hallie Stiles, opera prima donna, sang, as did Mrs. Cholet Wareham. The Rev. Dr. John H. Applebee read a brief service.
The House was banked with flowers and a dinner followed the reception.
Former Judge and Mrs.. Hiscock were entertained at the White House by President Herbert Hoover.
Judge Hiscock retired form the bench in 1926, having reached the age limit of 70 years.
Famly reunions were features of the life in the Hiscock home and last Christmas holiday season, even though Mrs. Hiscock was ill, she insisted on the gathering of children and grandchildren, which always marked that season.
Besides membership in garden clubs and in May Memorial Church and its organizations she was affiliated with the Onondaga Golf and Country Club, Skaneateles Country Club and the Salon Musical Club.
Mrs. Hiscock is survived by her husband, two sons, George Barnes Hiscock of Syracuse and L. Harris Hiscock of Skaneateles; a daughter, Mrs. William Hosmer Eager of Syracuse, and four grandchildren, Henrietta E. Hiscock and Frank H. Hiscock, 2nd; of Syracuse, and Reba May Hiscock and Allie Neal Hiscock of Skaneateles.
Funeral services will be held from the late home Sunday at 2:30 p.m. - Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, New York, Friday, April 16, 1937
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