Craft Masonry in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York

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Jesse Durland Mars b. 7 Sep 1880 in Bellvale, Orange, NY; d. 9 Jun 1951; m. 10 Dec 1907 in Florida, NY, Estelle Otis , b. 22 Dec
1878 in Chester, Orange, NY; d. 29 Dec 1962, d/o Josiah Otis and Elizabeth Wickham Bertolf Otis of Orange County, NY. Jesse
attended the S.S. Seward Institute and the medical school of the University of Michigan. He established a very successful medical
practice in Florida, NY. He did not have children. Interned in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, NY.
Headley,Russel. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK. Van Deusen and Elms, Middletown, New York, 1908. Page 895.
"JESSE DURLAND MARS, a successful medical practitioner, and one of the youngest in this profession in the county, was born 7
Sep 1880, at Bellvale, Orange, NY His parents, when the boy was still at an early age, removed to Florida, NY. He first attended
school at the Florida Academy, later entering the S.S. Seward Institute, from which he graduated in 1898. The two years following
were spent in teaching in order to prepare himself financially for college. In the fall of 1900 the young man entered the medical
department of the University of Michigan. He always maintained a high average in his medical course and at his graduation in June,
1904, stood among the first in a class of one hundred. He successfully competed for an internship in the University Hospital at Ann
Arbor, Mich., and spent the year 1904-1905 in that capacity. In order to further round out his medical knowledge and experience a
six-months' course in the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City was entered upon. Later on he was resident physician in the
Jamaica hospital, at Jamaica, Long Island.
At the beginning of the year 1906 Dr. Mars returned to Florida, where he had spent his youth, and began the practice of his chosen
profession. He soon identified himself with the Orange County Medical Society, the New York Medical Society, and the American
Medical Association , in all of which he is actively interested.
His father, Stephen Mars, was born in Germany in 1843. When twenty-two years of age he came to America, located in Orange
County, and engaged in farming. In 1872 he married Annie Mary DeGraw, a native of Orange County. Eight children were born to
this couple, Jesse D., the subject of this sketch, being the fifth.
On 10 Dec 1907, Dr. Mars married Estelle Otis, the second youngest daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth W. Otis. The Otis family is
among the earliest residents of Orange County, the ancestors of Mrs. Mars having come over in the Mayflower."
HISTORY OF THE VALLEY OF THE HUDSON, RIVER OF DESTINY, 1609-1930. Volume IV, The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., Chicago,
1931. Page 283....
"JESSE D. MARS, M.D. Dr. Jesse D. Mars, who has been engaged in the general practice of medicine at Florida, Orange County,
since 1905, has built up a large and important practice and has earned a wide reputation for his ability in his profession. He was
born on 7 Sep 1880, in Bellvale, Orange, NY, and is a son of Stephen and Anna (DeGraw) Mars. His father was born in Germany
and came to the United States in young manhood, and in 1867 came to the town of Warwick and devoted his life to farming pursuits,
and his death occurred here in Florida in 1928. The mother was born in Greenwood Lake, NY, and her death occurred in 1926. To
these parents were born eight children, of whom five are deceased, the survivors being, Stephen, who resides in Washingtonville,
NY; Mary, who is the wife of Joseph L. Jacoby and lives in Michigan, and Jesse D., of this review.
Jesse D. received his education in the public schools and in Seward Institute, and then matriculated in the medical school of the
University of Michigan, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1904. He served one year as interne
in the University of Michigan hospital and six months in the Manhattan and Jamaica hospitals, of New York city. He then located in
Florida, where he has ministered to the physical ills of the people with very gratifying results. Dr. Mars was united in marriage to
Miss Estelle Otis, a daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Bertholf) Otis, an old pioneer family of Orange county. Otisville is named in
honor of this family. In his political views Dr. Mars is a republican and his religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church, of
which he is a trustee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a trustee of Warwick Lodge, No. 544, F. & A.M., of which he
was Master in 1925 and of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Middletown, and the Rotary
Club of Warwick He is a director of the Florida National Bank. He maintains professional affiliation with the Orange County Medical
Society and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the staff of Elizabeth A. Horton Hospital at Middletown and the
Goshen Emergency Hospital. He is a man of genial and kindly manner and during the years of his residence in this community he
has to a marked degree commanded the confidence and respect of the people."
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John Sayer, president of the Warwick Savings Bank [1917], was born at Greenwood Lake, NY, 4 Jan 1845; entered the railway
service August 1862, as station agent of the Warwick Valley Railroad (now the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway) at Stone Bridge,
NY, acting as such for two years; was graduated from Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY, in June 1866; again entered
the railway service in June 1867, since which time he has been consecutively station agent at Warwick, New York; 1875 to 1884,
general freight and passenger agent; 1878 to 1885, assistant treasurer; 1885 to December 1902, treasurer and general passenger
agent; December 1902, to date, secretary and treasurer, being employed over fifty years on the same railway; was elected
Treasurer of Warwick Lodge No. 544 F&AM, in December 1870, and with the exception of two years (during one of which he was
Senior Warden of same lodge) has served ever since, covering a period of 42 years. Mr. Sayer is a trustee of the Warwick
Cemetery Association, having served as such since November 1910.
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Edwin “Ned” M. Strong, Jr. of Naples, FL, formerly of Warwick, died Friday, 10 Nov 2006 in Naples, Fla. He was 81. The son of
the late Edwin M. and Helen Teed Strong, he was born on 3 Oct 1925 in Warwick. A Veteran, Mr. Strong served in the US Navy
during World War II. Ned was a retired funeral director and was the former owner of the Strong Funeral Home in Warwick and
Greenwood Lake. He was a member of St. Monica's Church in Naples, Fla. He was a Past Master of the Warwick Lodge 544,
F&AM, a Past Patron of the Warwick Lodge Order of the Eastern Star as well as a Past Commander of the Warwick Legion. He was
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