Stories in Stones: Stories from Oneida County, NY Cemeteries

       Susan Dyckman Johnston was born in Utica on March 1, 1886 to William Eugene and Sarah Bowne Johnston. She attended Mrs. Platt's School. She was one of the first members of the Junior League of Utica.      Susan Dyckman Johnston was Secretary of the Oneida County Tuberculosis Society. She made one of the earliest surveys of TB in this section.     During World War I Susan Dyckman Johnston became executive secretary of the Utica Chapter of the American Red Cross. She was appointed field representative for the American Red Cross of Central and Northern New York. Her territory included 24 counties from Syracuse to Tory and north to the Canadian border. Because of ill health she had to retire.     On April 6, 1936 Susan Dyckman Johnston passed away. She is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.

     Nellie Elizabeth Armstrong Kilbourn was born Aug 24, 1861 in Plainfield, Otsego, NY. She graduated with a A.B. in 1881 from Beaver College in Pennsylvania. After graduating she taught Greek and Elocution at the college.     On Oct 30, 1889 she married Dr. Judson G. Kilbourn and soon after moved to Utica.     Nellie Kilbourn was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. For several years she taught a teacher's training class in its Bible School. She was a longtime member of the Women's Missionary Society, she was Vice-President at the time of her death. For 18 yeasr Mrs. Kilbourn was Treasurer of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Utica and was President of it at the time of her death.     Nellie Kilbourn was member of the Board of Managers of the Home for Aged Men and Couples since coming to Utica.      Other organizations Nellie Kilbourn was a member of include: Moh...