Rev Seely Quackenbush

1874 - 1948  (74 years)

• Name	Seely Quackenbush  [1]
  Title	Rev
  Birth	20 Mar 1874	Bellvale, Orange County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Warwick Township, Orange County, New York   [2]
  	Selah Quackenbush, Head, W, M, Mch 1874, 26, Married 4 years, New York, New York, New York, Wheelright Ella Quackenbush, Wife, W, F, Feb 1879, 21, Married 4 years, 2 chikdren born and living, New Jersey, New Jersey, New York Alien Quackenbush, Daughter, W, F, Sept, 1896, 3, Single, New York, New York, New Jersey Tracy Quackenbush, Son, W, M, Nov 1899, 6/12, Single, New York, New York, New Jersey
  Anecdote	12 Sep 1918	Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New York   [1]
  	Seely Quackenbush of 49 West, Warwick, Orange, NY, born 20 Mar 1874, registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918 at Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New York. He was self employed [as a Minister], Church St, Warwick, NY. His nearest relative was his wife Ella M. Quackenbush at the above address. He was white, tall, slender, with light blue eyes and light brown hair.
  Residence	12 Sep 1918	49 West Street, Warwick, Orange County, New York   [1]
  Witness-Obituary	12 Apr 1938	Middletown, Orange County, New York   [3]
  	Warwick – Mrs Ella Bell Quackenbush, wife of the Rev Seely Quackenbush, pastor of the Baptist Church in Moe, N.J., died Sunday at her home, forty-nine West Street. Mrs Quackenbush was born in Vernon Township, February seventeenth, 1879, a daughter of Thomas and Adaline Smith Mabee. She was married to the Rev Mr Quackenbush at the Mabee Homestead in New Milford, April eight, 1896, and had lived in the vicinity all her life. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church here. Besides her husband Mrs Quackenbush leaves two sons, Seely Jr and Harold of Suffern; a daughter, Mrs Fred Jackson at home; three grandchildren in Suffern, and a niece, Mrs Bernice Smith Buss of Greenwood Lake who was reared by Mrs Quackenbush. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at the home on West street with the Rev Charles V Sanford and the Rev John C Mierop officiating. Burial will be in Warwick.
  Death	26 Oct 1948	Warwick, Orange County, New York   [4]
  Obituary	28 Oct 1948	Warwick, Orange County, New York   [5]
  	Rev. Seely Quackenbush of this village, pastor of Greenwoods Baptist Church, died at St Anthony’s Hospital Tuesday morning. Mr Quackenbush was born at Bellvale on March 20, 1874, the son of George Quackenbush and Elizabeth Gay. He married Ella Mabee who died a number of years ago. In 1940 he married Jennie Tucker, who survives him. His survivors also include his three children by the former marriage; Alein, wife of William Holman of Greenwood Lake, and Seely and Harold of Suffern; a brother Jesse Quackenbush of Bellvale, and three grandchildren, Seely 3rd, Richard, and Betty Quackenbush. Rev Mr Quackenbush will be greatly missed by his wide circle of friends and his congregation. He had been a man of two professions and one trade. He was a preacher, violinist, and a blacksmith for many years. For several years he conducted services in two churches on Sunday as well as having a Sunday School in each church and conducting three prayer meeting a week. For many years on week days he worked as an Itinerant blacksmith, going from farm to farm carrying his violin with him and always ready to give a sacred concert at noon time. As he worked he talked, leaving a message of faith at every farm bouse. "A man can preach a lot or sermons around an anvil," he explained between hammer blows. He once said, "There are many ways of serving God, music, shoeing horses and prayer They are all the same if they are done in the same spirit." He was a member of the New Jersey Baptist Association and had been a pastor of Greenwood Church for 32 years. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev McIntosh and Rev George Vinson at the home at 48 West street at 2 p.m. Thursday.Interment will be in Warwick Cemetery
  Reference Number	38765
  Person ID	I38501	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Ella Bell Mabee,   b. 17 Feb 1879, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey d. 10 Apr 1938, 49 West Street, Warwick, Orange County, New York (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1896	New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey   [3]
  Children	1. Alien J Quackenbush,   b. Sep 1896, Bellvale, Orange County, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Tracy Leon Quackenbush,   b. 13 Nov 1899, Bellvale, Orange County, New York d. 24 Jan 1934, Middletown, Orange County, New York (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Seely Thomas Quackenbush,   b. 14 May 1906, Bellvale, Orange County, New York d. Jan 1980, Greenwood Lake, Orange County, New York (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Harold Stewart Quackenbush,   b. 17 Nov 1914, Bellvale, Orange County, New York d. 31 Dec 1994, Greenwood Lake, Orange County, New York (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F14111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Warwick Twp, Orange, New York, Roll T623 1142, Page 7A, ED 52, Family 116. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, obit in the Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, New York, 12 Apr 1938, Page 3. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New York, Death Index, 1852-1956. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, Warwick Advertiser, published in Warwick, New York on Thursday, October 28th, 1948 , Pg 8.