From the Middletown Newspaper 
Feb. 6, 1910: 
OBITUARY 
Matilda Denison (sic) Parsells 

Wurtsboro, Feb. 6 - Special -- It is with sadness 
and regret we are called upon to record the removal 
by death of one of our most highly respected and
 life-long residents. Matilda Dennison Parsells, wife 
of Jacob G. Parsells, died at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. Orrin Jordan of Passiac, NJ on January 29, 
aged seventy-four years. Mrs. Parsells was the daughter 
of the Rev. Eli Denniston of Washingtonville, NY. 
She spent the greater part of her life at Wurtsboro, 
where for over 60 years she was a faithful member 
and active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
being also secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of the 
church from the time the Society was organized in 1878 
until recently, when failing health compelled her to 
transfer her duties to those younger in years. 
Mrs. Parsells was a refined, educated woman....Those 
who knew her best can but say that 'Aunt Til', as she 
was familiarly known, was kind, gentle and sympathetic, 
always willing and ready to help bear the trials and 
burdens of others. She was a woman who will not only 
be missed from her noble church work, her associates 
and the Ladies Aid Society, but by a large circle of 
friends in this community. She is survived by her husband, 
Jacob G. Parsells, to who she was united in marriage 
55 years ago. There are three children living: Mrs. 
Orrin Jordan of Passiac, NJ; Fred Parsells of Stamford, 
Conn. and Dr. Charles Parsells of Narrowsburgh, NY. 
Also one adopted daughter, Mrs. Lena Benz of Oswego, 
NY, who made her home with Mrs. Parsells since childhood.
 There were three children who died in infantcy. Rev. J.T. 
Parker, her pastor, officiated at the funeral, which was 
held in her Kingston Avenue home in Wurtsboro on 
Wednesday, Feb. 1. Burial to be in the family plot in 
Sylvan Cemetery, Wurtsboro.