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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 3803, member: 33&quot;]I found some other information for you.&nbsp; For one of the sources I won&#039;t be able to provide a link, since it is in a subscription database.&nbsp; So I will give you a transcription.&nbsp; Looks like you already have seen the picture of his headstone.&nbsp; (Here&#039;s another link, to Find A Grave: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=39884442" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=39884442" rel="nofollow">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=39884442</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 10 holding libraries listed in WorldCat for the 1907 edition:</p><p><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/successful-entertainments/oclc/3829897&amp;referer=brief_results" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/successful-entertainments/oclc/3829897&amp;referer=brief_results" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcat.org/title/successful-entertainments/oclc/3829897&amp;referer=brief_results</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The above link may show holding libraries for both editions.&nbsp; I changed it on my screen but am not sure that this will show for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found his obituary in the <i>Syracuse Post Standard</i> of April 8, 1954.&nbsp; This is the one for which I can&#039;t provide a link, but will transcribe below.&nbsp; I had also thought the woman buried next to him was his wife, but it turns out to be his sister.&nbsp; He was not married, and it appears that Willis and his sister Grace were very close and even traveled together.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Willis N. Bugbee, Author, Publisher, Dies in Hospital</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Willis N. Bugbee of 60 Turtle st., widely-known author and publisher, died Tuesday night in Syracuse General Hospital following a brief illness.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Bugbee was a school teacher at Parish and Chittenango before organizing the Willis N. Bugbee Co., publishers and distributors of dramatic literature, in 1913.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The author of many poems and travel books, his noted works include &quot;The Spirit of Finland&quot; and a travel book, &quot;Drifting Down the St. Lawrence.&quot;&nbsp; Mr. Bugbee was a member of the Danforth United Church, the Oneida River Grange, and the Friends of Reading.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Surviving is a sister, Miss Grace M. Bugbee of Syracuse, who accompanied her brother on many travels to gather information for his books.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Fairchild and Meech Funeral Home, the Rev. Gerald E. Boyce, pastor of Danforth United Church, officiating.&nbsp; Interment will be Tully Cemetery.&nbsp; Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today at the funeral home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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