Saturday, July 27, 2013

Obituaries (July 27)

Mrs. Mabel J. Davis, widow of Abram Davis, died Friday night of apoplexy at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Melvin Herrick of West Bainbridge, aged 76 years.  Mrs. Davis had been in feeble health for a number of years and had just recovered from an attack of pneumonia which was of such serious nature that her physician thought she would not live through it;  but her convalescence was followed by the shock of apoplexy which closed her life..  Mrs. Davis' husband died fourteen years ago.  Mr. and Mrs. Davis were among the foremost families of West Bainbridge, influential, well-to-do and highly respected.  They were attendants of the Union Valley M.E. church, to which they gave strong support.  Mrs. Davis had been tenderly cared for by her children, of whom there are eight, through all her years of illness.  She had spent considerable time at the homes of two residing in Bainbridge, Frank B. Davis, and Mrs. Frank Lyon.  The remaining children are Marcus, Ebenezer, Menzo and William Davis, Mrs. Herrick and Mrs. Andrus Doolittle.  The funeral was held Monday at 1 o'clock at Mr. Herrick's home, Rev. D.H. Sackett officiating.  There was a large attendance of people.  The gentlemen from Bainbridge, Dr. R.D.L. Evans, Dr. C.W. Spencer, D.A. Gilbert, and Daniel Banner sang selections.  The burial was in the Union Valley cemetery.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 17, 1900]
 
Mrs. Mary G. Bliven, only daughter of Mrs. Tirzah G. Mowry of Elmira, died last Saturday at the Binghamton State hospital where she had been an inmate since last June.  She is survived by her mother and a brother, D.C. Mowry, also of Elmira.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,,  NY] Monday afternoon for burial in St. Peter's burying ground.  The family lived in Bainbridge over fifty-five years ago.  The father died when a young man, the result of being hit by a ball by one of a party playing upon the green.  Mr. Mowry died in a few days.  There was a large funeral, as he was well-thought of by the community.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 31, 1900]
 
Dr. Orville S.. Hill, the aged citizen and veteran dentist, died this morning at 10 o'clock, at his home in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] after an illness of about a year.  The cause of his death was dropsy induced by inflammation of the liver.  Dr. Hill was born May 3d, 1818 in Greene County, this state.  He was admitted to the practice of dentistry when he was 28 years old, and after practicing in Geneva and Great Bend he came to Bainbridge where he has conducted a successful business for the past fifty years.  The deceased was married to his present wife in 1878, who was Amanda Newton Evans and survives him.  Dr. Hill, as well as being a dentist himself, was a parent of dentists.  His second son, Charles Hill, was practicing in Rochester when he died in 1895.  His oldest son, Byron Hill, had an office in Trumansburg when death removed him in 1899.  Two sons, Homer Hill of Rochester, and John Hill of this village survive him, both of whom are successful dentists, also one daughter, Velma Hill, who is at present a student in dentistry.  The deceased was a respected citizen, for the last half century identified with the growth and advancement of this village.  he will be missed from our midst as he was an extremely genial man, always making friends, who will sincerely regret his death.  The funeral will probably be Friday, although the definite arrangements are at present not made.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 14, 1900]
 
Dwight C. Scott of Bainbridge, attended yesterday the funeral of his brother, Treat M. Scott of Choconut Center at the home of the deceased.  The funeral was held at 1 o'clock and burial was in Green Forest cemetery, Binghamton.  Mr. Scott was about 70 years of age and was a resident of Bainbridge until about 25 years ago.  He was the son of Levi and Mary A. Scott who resided in this village until their death many years since.  The deceased had been married twice, his first wife being Miss Ada E. Watson.  One child of this union, a lovely daughter died in early womanhood.  Mr. Scott is survived by his second wife and the only remaining member of his father's family, Dwight C. Scott.  The death of Mr. Scott was the result of a paralytic shock received over a year ago.  [Bainbridge Republican Feb. 14, 1900]
 
Mrs. Phoebe M. Pattengill, widow of Rev. J.S. Pattengill, a former pastor of the Presbyterian church of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at her home in Walton [Delaware Co., NY], Friday, Feb. 2d in her 87th year.  The interment was in the Walton cemetery.  Mrs. Pattengill's early history is interesting.  She was the daughter of Joshua Mosher and Sarah Hoag, and was one of ten children, three of whom are still living; William of Binghamton, Mrs. Soloman Mattison, of Minnesota, and Mrs. C.P. Thurber of New Berlin, N.Y., aged respectively 85, 80 and 79 years.  Her parents were formerly of the town of Nine Partners, Dutchess County, N.Y. They were Quakers, and were married, as were also her grandparents, in the noted old Nine Partners meeting house of the Society of Friends at Millbrook, N.Y., which was built in 1780 and which is still standing; and all are lying at rest in the burying ground adjoining.  Mrs. Pattengill was born in Laurens, Otsego County, April 1, 1813.  She left the Society of Friends and married a Presbyterian clergyman, Rev. J.S. Pattengill, in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., on October 8, 1832, and in so doing was disinherited by her parents for a time.  [Notation:  d. 1900]

Our people were painfully surprised yesterday morning to learn of the death of Everett D Jones, which occurred at his father's residence on Union street, Morrisville [Otsego Co., NY], at 7 a.m.  He was ill only a few days and his death comes like a thunderbolt from a clear sky to his family and friends.  A week ago Wednesday, in company with a friend, he went fishing at Hatch's lake, and in some manner contracted a severe cold which terminated the next day in a mild form of diphtheria.  The attending physician succeeded in staying the malady, when the patient was taken with pulso pneumonia and rapidly sank.  Altho' possessing a rugged constitution, the first stage of his illness reduced his vitality to such an extent that he could not stand the ravages of the latter disease.  Everett was born in Utica in 1872 and was 24 years and 10 months old.  In early childhood he removed with his parents to Morrisville, where he has since lived.  After leaving our Union school, he spent a year at Olivet college, Olivet, Mich.  After leaving college, and for several years, he was engaged as traveling salesman for a Utica wholesale gent's furnishing house, and last summer assisted an engineering corps in constructing a system of water works in Afton.  He was of a cheerful disposition and his active and robust frame with his love for athletic sports made him popular with his associates.  he was one of the foremost local baseball players, and until within a week or two was a member of the Norwich team.  The funeral will take place Friday afternoon, Sept 4, at 1 o'clock from the residence.  As Rev. Mr. Powell, pastor of the Baptist church is absent on his vacation, the services will be conducted by the Rev. DeWitt S. Hooker of the M.E. church--Madison County Leader.  While Mr. Jones was employed on water works here, he made many friends in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] who will be pained to hear of his sudden death.

Mrs. Sarah A. Woodmansee wife of William Woodmansee of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], died last Friday at the age of 57 years.  Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock she suffered a shock dying Friday at 4 a.m.  The cause by cerebral apoplexy.  Mrs. Woodmansee was born in Masonville and has spent nearly all her life there.  She was a daughter of Stephen Whitman.  A husband and two daughters Mrs. Amon Case of Bainbridge and Mrs. Geo. Avery of Searles Hill, survive her, also seven brothers and sisters, H.W. Whitman, Bainbridge, Rufus Whitman and Mrs. Arnold Dexter, Holmesville, Mrs. Porter Broad, North Sanford, Mrs. :Peter Tiffany, China, Mrs. Peter Couse, Barbourville, Mr. John Whitman Masonville. The funeral was held Sunday at 11 a.m. at her late home, Rev. J. Brundle of Masonville officiating with interment in the new cemetery there. 

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