(died November 28, 1897)

Chester A Mott, one of the oldest residents of Norwood, died Sunday Night, Nov. 28th. Aged 88 years. Mr. Mott has been quite feeble for the last two years, and for five weeks past, confined to his bed. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, and the remains were taken to Potsdam for interment in Bayside Cemetery.

(From the Potsdam-St. Lawrence Herald, Friday December 3, 1897, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).