Rev. A.J. Neff, a Methodist clergyman, at Davenport Center [Delaware Co., NY], died Friday morning of apoplexy at the home of Mr. T. Judd of that place where he had called the Wednesday previous to make a pastoral visit. While there he received the attack from which he never rallied. He was about thirty five years of age and one of the most promising ministers of the Wyoming conference. He was a graduate of Syracuse University and had attended a Theological school at Boston. His death is generally regretted. He is survived by a wife. His funeral was held Sunday in his own church and Presiding Elder Hall officiated. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 27 1902]
Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: An impressive funeral was that of Albert Davis held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Guilford under the management of the Masonic fraternity. The brotherhood was well represented, many coming from Otego. Rev. C.M. Olmstead was assisted in the funeral rites by Rev. Mr. Cooper who was also a mason. Interment was made to the North Guilford cemetery. Deceased was a son of Edson Davis of Holmesville and a brother of Mrs. H.C. York of North Guilford. Mr. Davis formerly lived in Guilford. He died at Starkville near Herkimer. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 27, 1902]
The death of Emmanuel Lehrberg, a resident of No. 408 Summit avenue [Schenectady, NY], will be deeply regretted by his many friends in this city and elsewhere. Mr. Lehrberg was in his 25th year, and was a very popular young man. He was born in Germany and came to this country ten years ago. He was well known in Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], and Albany, having lived in both these places before he came here. He was a prominent member of the Tuxedo club of this city. Mr. Lehrberg had been suffering for some time and Thursday evening died suddenly. The services were conducted at the house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Dr. Chapman--Schenectady Gazette. Emmanuel Lehrberg resided in Bainbridge with his Uncle Mendel and Aunt Bertha Lehrberg for a year previous to last June, when he and his aunt went to Schenectady to reside his uncle having died in the spring. Emmanuel was a sufferer from consumption. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 4, 1902]
Mary, wife of John Fisher, late of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died December 1, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Burton, residing on the Yaleville road, she was sixty-four years old. Her disease was an affection of the heart. Funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Arthur Spaulding officiating The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Michael Fisher, and two daughters, the Mrs. George and Fred Burton.and burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, N Y].
Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: An impressive funeral was that of Albert Davis held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Guilford under the management of the Masonic fraternity. The brotherhood was well represented, many coming from Otego. Rev. C.M. Olmstead was assisted in the funeral rites by Rev. Mr. Cooper who was also a mason. Interment was made to the North Guilford cemetery. Deceased was a son of Edson Davis of Holmesville and a brother of Mrs. H.C. York of North Guilford. Mr. Davis formerly lived in Guilford. He died at Starkville near Herkimer. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 27, 1902]
The death of Emmanuel Lehrberg, a resident of No. 408 Summit avenue [Schenectady, NY], will be deeply regretted by his many friends in this city and elsewhere. Mr. Lehrberg was in his 25th year, and was a very popular young man. He was born in Germany and came to this country ten years ago. He was well known in Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], and Albany, having lived in both these places before he came here. He was a prominent member of the Tuxedo club of this city. Mr. Lehrberg had been suffering for some time and Thursday evening died suddenly. The services were conducted at the house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Dr. Chapman--Schenectady Gazette. Emmanuel Lehrberg resided in Bainbridge with his Uncle Mendel and Aunt Bertha Lehrberg for a year previous to last June, when he and his aunt went to Schenectady to reside his uncle having died in the spring. Emmanuel was a sufferer from consumption. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 4, 1902]
Mary, wife of John Fisher, late of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died December 1, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Burton, residing on the Yaleville road, she was sixty-four years old. Her disease was an affection of the heart. Funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Arthur Spaulding officiating The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, Michael Fisher, and two daughters, the Mrs. George and Fred Burton.and burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, N Y].
Oh, mother, thy gentle voice is hushed,
Thy warm, true heart is still;
And on thy pale and peaceful face
Is resting death's cold chill.
Thy hands are clasped upon thy breast
We have kissed thy marble brow,
And in our aching hearts we know
We have no mother now.
[Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 4, 1902]
Lena E., oldest daughter of C.G. and Ellen E. Hyde, and widow of the late Herbert Carniff of Sanitaria Springs, died at the home of her father in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday morning aged thirty-two years. She had been in poor health for some time past and during the last part of the summer symptoms of consumption began to manifest themselves and she succumbed to the disease last week. Besides her father and mother and five brothers and three sisters, she leaves two little children and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Funeral was held from the M.E. church at Sanitaria Sprigs Saturday morning, Rev. Reynolds officiating. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 11, 1902]
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fritts, 19, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], mother of two children, was instantly killed Christmas afternoon when she was hurled against a tree when an automobile driven by Seeley Voorhees, 18, of Roxbury crashed into the car driven by Mrs. Fritts' hsuband at the corner of Elm and Center street, Oneonta. Mrs. Fritts was riding with her husband, Walter M. Fritts, who is manager of a Victory store in Oneonta. According to police, Voorhees, going north on Elm street failed to stop at the Center street intersection. The impact of the crash turned the Fritts automobile around. It shot across the street and overturned. The Roxbury car stopped just beyond the intersection. Dr. Norman W. Getman, Otsego county coroner, said that Mrs. Fritts had pitched out of the car head first into a tree and her head crushed. Her husband was also thrown out, but was not seriously injured. Voorhees told police that he was on his way to meet friends. Riding with him were James Lane of South Kortright and Miss Bernice Lane of Roxbury. After the accident Voorhees was arrested and later released on bail of $500. Mrs. Fritts is survived by her husband and two small children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Mackey of Oneonta, and two brothers, Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Mrs. William Hush and Augustus Bell of Walton are aunts and an uncle of Mrs. Fritts.
William Aiken, 74, died Monday night at the Binghamton State hospital where he had been a patient for three years. Death was due to a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Hall funeral home at Delhi, at 2. Rev. C.E. Brown officiated and burial was made in Woodland cemetery. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. August Sprick, Potsdam; a son, Edwin Aiken, Norfolk; two brothers, Elmer and Joseph Aiken, of Hamden, and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Brown, Delhi. Born July 12, 1868, at Glasgow, Scotland, son of William and Margaret (McGinnis) Aiken, he came to this country many years ago and formerly resided at East Branch. After his marriage to Miss Olive Knapp he made his home in or hear Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], being variously engaged in farming and in the meat business. He was a member of the Delhi Methodist church. [LMD notation: May 9, 1943]
A fatal accident occurred Sunday night in the Casein company plant of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] destroyed by fire Tuesday. Gerald McBirney of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] was cleaning a concrete mixer when the machine was started. He was badly cut about the body and legs and died Monday from loss of blood and shock. He was 43 years of age. [LMD notation: Feb. 1944]
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fritts, 19, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], mother of two children, was instantly killed Christmas afternoon when she was hurled against a tree when an automobile driven by Seeley Voorhees, 18, of Roxbury crashed into the car driven by Mrs. Fritts' hsuband at the corner of Elm and Center street, Oneonta. Mrs. Fritts was riding with her husband, Walter M. Fritts, who is manager of a Victory store in Oneonta. According to police, Voorhees, going north on Elm street failed to stop at the Center street intersection. The impact of the crash turned the Fritts automobile around. It shot across the street and overturned. The Roxbury car stopped just beyond the intersection. Dr. Norman W. Getman, Otsego county coroner, said that Mrs. Fritts had pitched out of the car head first into a tree and her head crushed. Her husband was also thrown out, but was not seriously injured. Voorhees told police that he was on his way to meet friends. Riding with him were James Lane of South Kortright and Miss Bernice Lane of Roxbury. After the accident Voorhees was arrested and later released on bail of $500. Mrs. Fritts is survived by her husband and two small children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Mackey of Oneonta, and two brothers, Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Mrs. William Hush and Augustus Bell of Walton are aunts and an uncle of Mrs. Fritts.
William Aiken, 74, died Monday night at the Binghamton State hospital where he had been a patient for three years. Death was due to a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Hall funeral home at Delhi, at 2. Rev. C.E. Brown officiated and burial was made in Woodland cemetery. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. August Sprick, Potsdam; a son, Edwin Aiken, Norfolk; two brothers, Elmer and Joseph Aiken, of Hamden, and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Brown, Delhi. Born July 12, 1868, at Glasgow, Scotland, son of William and Margaret (McGinnis) Aiken, he came to this country many years ago and formerly resided at East Branch. After his marriage to Miss Olive Knapp he made his home in or hear Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], being variously engaged in farming and in the meat business. He was a member of the Delhi Methodist church. [LMD notation: May 9, 1943]
A fatal accident occurred Sunday night in the Casein company plant of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] destroyed by fire Tuesday. Gerald McBirney of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] was cleaning a concrete mixer when the machine was started. He was badly cut about the body and legs and died Monday from loss of blood and shock. He was 43 years of age. [LMD notation: Feb. 1944]
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