Friday, June 28, 2013

Obituaries (June 28) MHD Collection

 
The following extract from the Syracuse Journal of March 5, records the death of the wife of a former rector of St. Peter's church, Bainbridge, as follows:  "Mrs. J. Everett Johnson, wife of the rector of Calvary church, died this morning of heart trouble at her home, 401 Howard street.  She had been confined to her bed for three months.  Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carlisle of Sheldon, Vt., where she was born sixty-one years ago.  She lived in this city about sixteen years.  Besides her husband she is survived by four children, the Misses Annie and Bessie and E.C. Johnson of this city and J.H. Johnson of Albany.  The funeral and burial will be at Sheldon, Vt."  The Rev. Dr. Johnson moved with his family from Bainbridge to Syracuse, over fifteen years ago.  Mrs. Johnson was highly esteemed by the church and the community.  She had a kind heart and was never more happy than in contributing by word or deed to the help or pleasure of others.  Her thoughtful kindness and pleasant manner won her many friends and she was also a great aid to her husband's work.  The announcement of her death here was learned with regret that so useful and lovable a woman should have been taken from earth.  Dr. Johnson and his sons and daughters have the sympathy of a large circle of friends.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 20, 1902]
 
Mrs. Cora Doolittle, wife of Andrus Doolittle of this village, passed away Monday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. Menzo Davis near Brackett Lake, aged forty years.  ... Mrs. Doolittle had been at the Davis home assisting in the care of a nephew, who was suffering with typhoid fever, and was herself stricken with that dread disease being unable to be removed to her home.  The battle with the fever was a hard one and at times hopes were entertained for her ultimate recovery.  However she began to sink Monday morning and the end came at 8 p.m.  The circumstances attendant upon the death of Mrs. Doolittle are peculiarly sad.  Her brother, Menzo Davis, had died recently and his children were very dear to her, and when she knew of the dangerous illness of his son Frank, a young man eighteen years of age, she hastened to his bedside and gave him unremitting attention, in the meantime sowing the seeds of her own dissolution.  She died as stated above, but when first taken ill another nephew, brother of Frank, was seized with Typhoid fever at the home of his uncle, William A. Davis, of Searles Hill.  The uncle was needed at the Menzo Davis homestead to help take care of the sick there and Earl, who was fourteen years old, was supplying his uncle's place at Searles Hill farm.  The brothers, Frank and Earl, still remain very ill and the aunt, Mrs. Doolittle has passed away.  Mrs. Doolittle was the daughter of Abram Davis of Searles HIll, a former well-known resident of that locality, and she was one of nine children of whom six are living; four brothers, Marcus, Ebenezer, Frank B. and William Davis, all of this town; and two sisters, Mrs. Melvin Herrick of Union Valley and Mrs. Frank Lyon of Middleburg.  Of the immediate family Mrs. Doolittle is survived by her husband, Andrus Doolittle, and four children, Mabel E., Perry S., Mark A. and Floyd Doolittle. ....Mr. Doolittle is a lumberman and the family had followed him in camp life for several years.  The eldest child, a daughter, Mable, is a teacher of much ability. The deceased Mrs. Doolittle was a devoted woman to her family, a social and pleasant friend in her neighborhood and an earnest member of the M.E. church at Union valley.  The bereaved family have the deep sympathy of the entire town in their sorrow.  The funeral services will occur at one o'clock in the afternoon from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Melvin E. Herrick, at Union Valley.  The interment at West Bainbridge cemetery.  The four brothers of Mrs. Doolittle will act as bearers.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 20, 1902] 
 
COPLY:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 2d, Henry C. Coply, son of Erastus Coply, Esq., aged 22 years.  The deceased was a soldier in Co. A 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., during the last year of the late war.  He joined that Regiment in time to participate with it in some of those severe battles in which it was engaged, and bore a conspicuous part under Gen. Sheridan in his great campaign up the Shenandoah Valley.  Although he accepted the dangers of the battlefield and returned to his home without having received a wound, he contracted a disease while in the army from which he never really recovered.  And finally, after enduring the most terrible sufferings from it, death came to his relief and took him beyond the reach of pain.  [Chenango Telegraphy & Chronicle, Sept. 19, 1866]
 
Mrs. Jenet H. Skinner, of this village, the aged mother of Hon. George I. Skinner, died Sunday morning Oct. 28th.  She had been afflicted for a few days with bronchial trouble but her condition did not appear serious and there was no indication that death was imminent.  Mr. Skinner came from Albany Friday night and was with her.  On Sunday morning her strength unexpectedly failed and she died while asleep.  Mrs. Skinner was 90 years of age.  She was born at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and lived in Sherburne and Norwich.  Her husband Dan Barnes Skinner, died when their son George I. was 9 months old.  She followed teaching for many years and when her son located in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] in 1887 she came with him and has since resided here making her home with Mr. Skinner, until he was occupied in Albany most of the time, when he provided pleasant surroundings for her at the residence of Mrs. Nancy Banner where she died.  In later years Mrs. Skinner was badly crippled from a broken hip.  She was a superior woman possessing a strong intellect and her vigorous constitution kept her trained mental faculties alive and active to the last of her life.  She was a member of St. Peter's church and was devoted to its interests.  The funeral services which were private, were held on Wednesday morning at 9:30, Rev. R.W. Nickel officiating.  The remains were taken to Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] for burial.  [Bainbridge Republican & Express, Nov. 7, 1917]
 
Frank Aylsworth, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at the Sidney Hospital Monday, June 2, on his 71st birthday, after being in poor health for some time.  He was a son of the late George and Rubiette (Fosbury) Aylsworth.  On June 2, 1896, he was united in marriage to Lizzie Mastin who died Dec. 22, 1922.  Mr. Aylsworth was a painter by trade and his work is well known throughout this area.  Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 4, at 2 p.m., at the Fisher and Sherman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Henry E. Stammer officiating.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge.  He is survived by a son, George Aylsworth, and two grandchildren, Richard and Mary Lou, of Syracuse, and one sister, Mrs. Dorr Payne, of Bainbridge.  [The Bainbridge News & Bainbridge Republican, June 12, 1947]

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