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RESPECTED ROYALTON CITIZEN.
Norman Sewall Died Saturday of Heart Trouble.
Bethel, July 31.— In the decease of Norman Sewell on Saturday afternoon last, Royalton lost one of its most respected and valued citizens. Mr. Sewall, in apparently good health, went to the barn about five o'clock and at half past five was found prostrated. At first it was presumed death was the result of an accident, but Dr. Greene, who responded to the call, failed to find any indications of such. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Sewall was a life-long farmer, and for several years was in the creamery and lumber business. Greatly esteemed by his fellow townsmen, he was elected to the office of selection for five terms, school director eight terms, which office he held at the time of his death, and in 1900 represented his town in the lower bouse of the legislature and served on the grand list committee. He leaves a wife and daughter. The Barre Daily Times, 31 July 1905.⁷

Word was received here yesterday of the death at Norwood Tuesday of Rev. Dr. Oliver Dana Sewall, 73, treasurer of the Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society and one of the most widely known Congregational ministers in the state. Dr. Sewall was born at Chesterville. Me, January 23. 1865. He spent his boyhood in Maine and was graduated from Bowdoin college In the class of 1887. He continued his studies for the ministry at Andover Theological seminary, graduating in 1892.
Dr. Sewall was ordained to the ministry of the Congregational church at Farmington, Me. September 27, 1893, and served as pastor of the Congregational church at Strong, Me. from 1892 to 1894. He was then pastor of the church at Durham. N.H., from 1895 to 1897. In the latter part of that year becoming assistant pastor at the Harvard church at Brookline, where he served for 12 years.
In 1900 he became pastor ot the Congregational church at Great Barrington. There he stayed for nine years leaving in 1918 to become pastor of the Allin Congregational church at Durham. He remained at that church until 1921 when he was chosen treasurer of the Massachusetts Home Missionary society. In 1928 this society merged with the Massachusetts Congregational conference, and Dr. Sewall was retained as treasurer of the combined organization. He was also a trustee of Andover-Newton Theological seminary.
Dr. Sewall was well known in this section. Often on his visits to this section he had represented the state conference at such important events as the laying of church cornerstones, dedication of churches and ordinations and installations of ministers. Dr. Sewall leaves his widow Mrs Christine (Bullock) Sewall and one son, Charles Sewall of Westwood. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2 at the Allin Congregational church at Dedham. Burial will be in Farmington, Me. North Adams Transcript, March 19, 1937.⁷

DUBLIN, N.H. - A memorial service for Oscar Crosby Sewell, 76, of Dublin, N.H., who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, will be held tomorrow at noon in the Dublin Community Church.
Sewall, who died Friday at Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, was born in Rye, N.Y., and attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton University. He graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University, in 1925 and worked in London's financial district for a short time.
At the start of World War II he joined the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance unit which supported the British Eighth Army in North Africa.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor he received a captain's commission in the Army Air Corps. He saw action with a B-25 squadron in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Burma before leaving the service with the rank of major.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Leighton); and a son, U.S. Army Col. John Sewell of McLean, Va.⁸

He was one of the most successful businessmen of Bath. He was educated at Bath High School and in about 1878 he entered Yale College but the sudden death of his father, after an accident in New York City whilst he was there on a business trip, changed his plans and he left college to take a position in San Francisco with the shipping firm of Williams, Diamond & Co. He rose to become a member of the firm and a dozen years before his death he returned east to become manager of his California company on the Atlantic side of the continent with an office in the Wall Street district of New York whilst his home was at Englewood in New Jersey.¹

Patricia Jean BARNES (nee Sewall)
Patricia Jean Barnes (nee Sewall) Patricia passed away peacefully at 95 on May 16 at the Nanaimo General Hospital after a fall in her home. The past 27 years of her retirement were spent in Qualicum Beach enjoying the quiet village lifestyle. Patricia was born on March 17, 1913 at the small southern Alberta ranching community of Faith, Alberta. Her parents were pioneer homesteaders and cattlemen. She attended the one room school at Etzikom, Alta. and later finished High School in Medicine Hat. Deciding on a teaching career she went to Normal School in Calgary and later Summer School at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She told many stories of embarking upon her career at the height of the Great Depression. One of which was having to buy the coal to heat the schoolroom because none of the parents could afford it; not to mention a teacher's salary. In 1942 Patricia married Gordon Barnes of Mannyberries, Alberta. Gordon went overseas shortly after as he had trained as a pilot in the R. C. A. F. He flew bombers with the Pathfinder Squadrons while stationed in England. Patricia spent the war years living with her Aunt Dora in Vancouver and developed a longing for the West Coast. Patricia and Gordon bought a farm at Millicent near Brooks, Alberta in 1947 and worked and lived there until 1966. After raising three sons; Bill, Nick and Patrick. Patricia went back to teaching nearby at the Duchess District School in 1960. In 1966 Patricia's love of the West Coast proved irresistible and she, Gordon and family moved to Vancouver. Finding teaching work was difficult but she got a job at the Talmud Torah private school and later with the Vancouver School Board. Her work was a source of many stories which were complemented by her incredible memory and a fine sense of humour. In 1975 Patricia retired to Aldergrove B.C. and enjoyed her time helping Gordon operate a trailer park. In 1981 having sold the park they moved to Qualicum and bought a home. Patricia enjoyed playing bridge, reading biographies, oil painting, decorating her homes and telling stories She is predeceased by her husband, Gordon Barnes, her brothers Jock and William Sewall and her sisters Dodie Bailey and Betty Lou Moreton. She is survived by her sons: Bill, and Nick (Kathy) of Cloverdale and Pat (Patricia) of Qualicum Beach. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Adam Barnes of Victoria and Kelly Barnes of French Creek and her new great grandson Logan Patrick Sullivan-Barnes. Parksville Qualicum News, 16 May 2008.³