My Winchell Family from Berkshire County, Mass.

My great-grandfather Henry Franklin Winchell and my grandfather Earl Winchell
Earl's brother Chester. It's not difficult to believe he had Indian ancestors.
Earl's sister Bessie.

MISS WINCHELL DEAD

Miss Bessie Winchell, aged 18 years died Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her uncle, Arthur Thatcher, after an illness of nearly nine months with lung trouble. She is survived by her father, Henry Winchell and three brothers, Chester, Paul and Earl of this village. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 3:30 from ? the house. Rev. R. deWitt Malla ___ officiated at the burial service. The bearers being Charles Steady, George Rathburn, Charles Baldwin, Fred Buck, Henry Nichols and Harry Adams. The funeral was largely attended and several beautiful floral tributes covered the casket.

Cora Thatcher, Henry's wife and mother of Earl, Chester, and Bessie. She died at 32 a few months after Earl was born.

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