Mrs. Helen Beckwith of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], wife of Ansel Beckwith, formerly of Guilford, passed away at the Greene Hospital, March 15. Mrs. Beckwith leaves besides her husband, four children, Cora, Eugene, Marion and Gladys Marie, the latter only one week old. Services were held from Greene on Saturday with burial in Oxford. [MHD notation: d. 1939]
Beckwith: The funeral of Helen Ruth Beckwith will be held at2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Root Funeral Home, Greene. The Rev. W.L. Wood of the First Congregational church of Green will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. Arrangements by Root Funeral Home, Greene.
Henry G. Beeman died Friday Sept. 18th, at the City Hospital in Binghamton from a fractured skull which he sustained in an accident at Tunnel [Broome Co., NY] Sept. 12th [1908]. On the above day mentioned he rode up on the little cars for a pleasure trip. These cars are used to convey material and machinery back and forth to the air scuttle being built from the top of the hill to the center of the tunnel below. While coming back down the hill the drawhead pulled out letting the cars down the hill with such force that Mr. Beeman was thrown violently to the ground. When picked up he was unconscious and never regained consciousness. He was taken to the Binghamton City Hospital and everything possible was done to relieve him. It was found that his right leg was broken below the thigh, his ankle was badly wrenched, his skull was fractured at the base of the brain and other serious bruises about the head and face. The funeral was held from his late home at Tunnel at one o'clock, Rev. S.H. Foley officiating. The text was from St. Matthew 24:44 "Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh." The remains were laid to rest in the New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY], the bearers were his nephews: George Beeman, Fred Mumford, Martin Hickox, Dewitt Spencer, Henry Paddleford, Harry Councilman. The floral offerings by the tunnel employees, relatives and friends were many and beautiful. Mr. Beeman had been a faithful employee of the D.&H. railroad for 27 years as track walker and tunnel watchman. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss: Morrell A. Beeman and Dalla E. Beeman; one brother Edward A. Beeman of Harpursville and one sister Mrs. Uri Watrous of Fenton. Deceased was the son of Ashley and Susan Beeman and was born in New Ohio on August 19, 1852. He was united in marriage with Miss Ophelia Paddleford of North Colesville, Dec. 20, 1870.
Mrs. Eleanor Adkins Bell, 67, of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY] died early this morning at her home, after a short illness. She is survived by her husband, John Bell; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Cole; two grandsons, Rexford, and John Cole, all of Tunnel. She was a lifelong resident of the town of Colesville, and a member of Harpursville Baptist Church. The body was moved to the Osterhoudt Funeral Home, Harpursville, and was to be returned to her home this afternoon, where friends may call this evening and Friday afternoon and evening. [d. Nov. 15, 1951]
Bell: The funeral of Eleanor Adkins Bell will be held at her home in Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], Sunday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Leo Forse and the Rev. Robert Goerlitz will officiate. Burial will be in New Ohio Cemetery, Tunnel. Friends may call at her home Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening. Arrangements by Osterhoudt Funeral Home, Harpursville.
Elbert A. Beman, aged 77 years, died Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the home, 534 State street. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Frederick Colsten and Mrs. H.J. Wilcox of this city; one son, Clifford W. Beman of North Emporia, Va. The funeral will be held at the home, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Spring Forest Cemetery [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY]. [MHD notation: d. April 1912]
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