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His death certificate records him as a retired R[ail] R[oad] conductor.⁹

Mrs. Gladys Sewall Clements died on Wednesday, January 2, 1963 after a short illness at the Jackson Hospital. The deceased was the wife of the late Wesley E. Clements and daughter of Edward Lewis Sewell and Catherine Dykes Sewall. She was a niece of Dr. Lewis Sewall who was a prominent physician in Clarke County back in the eighties.
Mrs. Clements was born November 21, 1880 and was reared in the Bethel Community where she lived most of her life. During the early part of her married life, Mr. and Mrs. Clements lived in Jackson. Miss., and Jacksonville, Fla., where he was employed by an oil company. She was a member of the Rockville Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Lee Clements Jordan, Mrs. Annie Nora Clements Smith of Mobile, Mrs. Mavis Clements Fincher of Montgomery; one sister, Mrs. Susan Sewall Blackwell; one brother, Edward Dykes Sewall, both of Jackson, Route 2; grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were: Barney Purvis, Harvey McClinton. Clarence White. Vernon Earl Slayton. Wilson Faust and Lewis Gwin.
Funeral services were held on Thursday morning from Woodson Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Vickers, pastor of the Jackson Methodist Church and Dr. Grady Ketchum, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jackson, officiating.²

Rev. Grenville P. Sewall died Wednesday morning at his home in Aurora, after a year of falling health. Mr Sewall was up as usual, but shortly after his breakfast he was suddenly stricken and almost instantly expired.
Mr. Sewall was ordained by the Presbytery of Cayuga. December 28, 1870. Nearly all of his ministerial life was passed in the immediate neighborhood. From 1860 to 1879 Mr. Sewell was the pastor of the Cayuga Presbyterian Church, to which he went as minister while yet a senior at Auburn Theological Seminary.
Leaving Cayuga Mr. Sewall was pastor at Troy, Pa., for 16 years. After a short pastorate of four years in Syracuse, he went to Aurora Presbyterian Church In 1900. In 1919 he resigned his pastoral office at Aurora, because of his advancing years, but he and his wife have continued to live in Aurora among their devoted people, loved and esteemed by all.
There is no one who was more widely known throughout the whole region or more deeply beloved than Mr. Sewall. His name has been a household name in the county for more than half a century.
Mr. Sewall was born in Westbrook, Me., September 18, 1884; he was graduated at Williams College in the Class of 1867, at Auburn Seminary in 1870. He is survived by his wife and by one son, Theodore of Chicago, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Sewall. The funeral will be held at the Aurora Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon.⁶

TRYON - Grenville Strong Sewall, 90, of 1612 Carolina Drive, Tryon, died Friday, March 20, 1992, at his home.
A native of Rome, N.Y., he was a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Sewall and husband of Robbin C. Sewall, who died in 1987. He was a graduate of Albany Academy of Albany, N.Y., Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and Harvard Law School. He lived in Rye, N.Y., and was a partner in the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hope and McCloy in New York City, representing Chase Manhattan Bank. He was an elder of Rye Presbyterian Church for 25 years and moderator of the Presbytery of Westchester County for a year. He was mayor of Rye, N.Y., from 1944 to 1948.
In Tryon he served on the board of the Red Cross, Tryon Country Club, St. Luke's Hospital, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon Little Theatre and NCNB Bank. He was a lifelong summer resident of Christmas Cove, Maine.
Survivors include a daughter, Clare S. Ames of Franklin, Mass; a son, Charles G. Sewall of Portland, Maine; a brother, Richard B. Sewall of New Haven. Conn; four grand-children and two great-grandchildren.³

Gretchen J. Elsesser, 97
Sauk Rapids
Jan. 13, 1912 - July 27, 2009
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Cloud for Gretchen J. Elsesser, age 97, of Sauk Rapids who died Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids. Rev. Janine Olson will officiate and burial will be at Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Thursday at the church.
Gretchen J. Elsesser was born Jan. 13, 1912 in St. Louis Park to Leon & Gertrude (Gilbertson) Sewall. She married William Elsesser on March 2, 1930 in Kenyon, MN. Gretchen moved to the St. Cloud area in 1977. She was a cook at Washburn High School in Minneapolis for 17 years, retiring in 1973. Gretchen was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, and fancy work.
Survivors include her daughter and sons, Nancy (Marv) Bentley of St. Cloud, Todd of Rice, and Jeffrey (Betty) of Mounds View; 14 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, and many great great grandchildren.
Gretchen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William on June 8, 1972; daughters, Joanne Schulte and Sarah “Sally” Nelson; sister, Dorothy Duel; and brothers, Orman “Pat”, Ralph, Gordon, Jack “Warren”, and Earl Sewall.
A special thank you to the staff at Good Shepherd Memory Cottages for all their care, love and patience with Gretchen.
St. Cloud Times, 29 July 2009.³