Dave and other,
I had a little trouble finding his parents. This will help.
1901 Census, Cumberland Co., Parrsboro A, family #265, Phinney: (Don
Lewis files)
Phinney, William, head, age 48 b., 25 July 1852.
Phinney, Rebecca Pettis, wife, age 49, b., 14 Mar 1852.
Phinney, Alvan, son, age 21, b., 13 June 1879.
*Phinney, Mayford, son, age 17, b., 2 April 1884.*
Phinney, Bradford, son, age 14, b., 7 June 1886.
Phinney, Etta, daughter, age 13, b., 9 July 1887.
Phinney, Percy, son, age 11, b., 20 Nov 1889.
Phinney, Jessie, daughter, age 8, b., 5 Oct 1892.
Phinney, Doan, son. age 4, b., 31 Aug 1896.
Compiled by J. Welsh, 12/23/2008
David Winter wrote:
>
> DEATH: "PARRSBORO MAN DIES : Mayford Phinney, 59, life long resident of
> Parrsboro and well know stevedore, was found dead a few yards from his
> home
> on Monday afternoon. Although being treated for a heart ailment for some
> time he was in apparent good health when he left home to go down
> street less
> than an hour before. A verdict by the coroner's jury found that the
> deceased
> had come to his death from a heart attack and from an assault on the
> victim
> by his nephew. Men on the street stated that his nephew, who had been
> drinking, assaulted Phinney when he refused to make a purchase for him at
> the liquor store that afternoon. The accused has been charged with assault
> causing grievous bodily harm and has been remanded to the county jail in
> Amherst
>
> Source: (Parrsboro Record, 16 Feb 1943), transcriber unknown
> =====================
> The full newspaper article:
>
> Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, February 16, 1943, pg. #1; Reel #2864, NSARM,
> Halifax, N.S.
> PARRSBORO MAN DIES; C. HARRINGTON ARRESTED
> Mayford Phinney, 59, life long resident of Parrsboro and well know
> stevedore, was found dead a few yards from his home on Monday afternoon.
> Although being treated for a heart ailment for some time he was in
> apparent
> good health when he left home to go down street less than an hour
> before. On
> Tuesday morning an inquest was held and "that the deceased came to his
> death
> from a heart attack, and that an assault on the deceased by Charles
> Harrington was a contributory faction thereto" was the verdict given
> by the
> coroner's jury. Coroner, Dr. F.L. Hill presided, with jurymen, Rev. C.R.
> Harris (foreman), G.R. Hall, Morton Gilbert, Joseph R. Roberts,
> Captain John
> Taylor, W.E. Wheaton, W.C. Ogilvie, Joseph Kendrick, James Farrell, Alex
> Gillespie, Thomas Canning and George Kewley. On Tuesday evening Harrington
> was taken into police custody here on the charge of assault causing
> grievous
> bodily harm. The hearing, scheduled to take place here on Friday morning,
> before Magistrate J.L. Crowe of Truro, was postponed for a week, until the
> 19th, when Crown Prosecutor Lusby of Amherst was unable to be present. In
> the meantime, the accused was remanded to the County Jail at Amherst
> when he
> did not provide the bail set by the Magistrate. V.B. Fullerton, K.C., has
> been retained as counsel for Harrington. Men on the street stated that
> Harrington who had was drinking, assaulted Phinney, his uncle, when he
> refused to make a purchase for him at the liquor store that afternoon.
> Harrington, formerly served in the Canadian Army Overseas and later
> received
> his medical discharge. Born at Parrsboro Roads, a son of the late William
> and Rebecca Phinney, the deceased is survived by his wife, formerly Edith
> Harrington, and by six daughters and four sons; Mrs. Harry Phinney
> (Gertrude), Parrsboro; Mrs. Vincent MacNeil (Kathleen), of Lynn,
> Mass.; Mrs.
> Lief Heimstad (Geraldine), Ruth, Jane and Rebecca, all at home; Ainsley,
> Dennis and Wylie, of Parrsboro; and Marshall, serving Overseas. He is also
> survived by four brothers, Alvin, Bradford, Doane and Percy, all of
> Parrsboro, and by one sister, Mrs. Etta MacNeil, of Lynn, Mass. The
> funeral
> service was held on Thursday afternoon at St. George's Anglican Church
> with
> interment in the Anglican Cemetery.
>
> Source: Dave Winter, 23 Dec 2008
> Note: The following week's newspaper carried an article stating: The
> accused
> has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm and has been
> remanded to the county jail in Amherst. He pleaded guilty to the
> charges and
> was given a six mounts sentence, served in County Jail, Amherst.
> =======================
> Chronicle Herald, Tuesday, August 24, 1976, pg. #18; NSARM, Halifax, N.S.
> OBITUARY: Charles L. Harrington
> Parrsboro - Charles L. Harrington, 63, of Parrsboro, died Sunday in
> Parrsboro Hospital. Born in Parrsboro, he was a son of the former Freeman
> and Alice (Couch) Harrington. He is survived by five brothers, John,
> Truro;
> Cecil and Percy, both of Buffalo, N.Y.; Kenneth and Harold, both of
> Petawawa, Ont.; three sisters, Gladys (Mrs. Roy Billings), Guelph, Ont.;
> Jean (Mrs. Ronald Strupat), Hamilton, Ont.; and Agnes (Mrs. Glenn Lloyd),
> Chester. The body is at Smith's Funeral Home, Parrsboro, where funeral
> will
> be held Wednesday at 2 p.m., Rev. Eric Miner officiating. Interment
> will be
> in the Baptist Cemetery, Parrsboro.
>
> Source: Dave Winter, 1 Oct 2008
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