Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: The funeral of Stephen D. Smith, who died suddenly Tuesday evening at his home on Bixby Street, was held Friday afternoon. The Rev. Jesse Dickerson, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, officiated, and interment was made in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Smith was nearly 88 years of age and was born in Delaware County. Most of his life had been spent in farming but for the past two years he was unable to do much work due to the condition of his heart. He is survived by his wife and seven sons, Lynn of Afton, Clair and Leslie of Coventry and Lewis, Harry, Reno and Raymond of Bainbridge. [LMD notation: Oct. 30, 1933]
Claude Shaw passed away at his farm home just outside is Sidney village [Delaware Co., NY] Monday night about 8 o'clock. He had been in failing health for several months. Claude Shaw was born in Sidney Center in March, 1877, the son of Harvey and Ellen Wilsey Shaw. He was married three times. His last wife died about six years ago. He had lived in Sidney for many years and was a member of the Sidney Moose club. Surviving are four sons, Harvey, of Tennessee and Robert, Richard and Douglas, small boys; his mother, Mrs. Ellen D. Shaw; two brothers, Ora of Franklin, and Fred of Binghamton. Funeral services were held at the Colwell Brothers' chapel in Bainbridge on Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. DeForest Lowen of the Bainbridge Baptist church officiated. Burial was made in Prospect Hill cemetery at Sidney. [LMD notation: June 1936]
Mrs. Mary Close, widow of Charles Close, passed away at the home of her son, Floyd Close, in Bennettsville Sunday night, April 30. She had been failing for a long time but the end came suddenly. The funeral was held at Bennettsville and her body was brought to Cannonsville Wednesday for burial in the village cemetery by the side of her husband who passed away some years ago. The Close family were old and esteemed residents of Cannonsville and vicinity for many years. Mrs. Close had a wide circle of Friends in this vicinity where she was highly esteemed by all. she is survived by her son, Floyd, mentioned. [LMD notation: d. 1939]
Charles Bixby, the oldest resident of this town and probably of the county, died early this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Don A. Gilbert, after an illness of only two weeks, the prevailing influenza being the direct cause of his demise. Mr. Bixby had apparently recovered from his sickness and arose at 6 o'clock this morning seeming quite well but at 7 o'clock he expired. Probably heart failure was induced by the extreme debility which accompanies the epidemic. He had been a rugged and healthy man all his life up to the time of his recent sickness. Every pleasant day this winter he was seen on the streets with a courteous word of greeting for everyone he met. Mr. Bixby embodied in a great part the history of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for he witnessed and took part in the town's development since the date of his birth which reaches as far back as the year 1805. He was born in a log house up the river on the spot which is called now the Leonard place. In 1866 he moved into the village where he has since lived. Mr. Bixby's wife died in 1885 since which time he has made his home with his daughter in Kirby street. Mr. Bixby was a strong party man of the Republican type and he never missed going to the polls to cast a ballot, and he had voted successively for 78 years. At the time Afton was separated from Bainbridge, Mr. Bixby was supervisor of the town. He also took an active part during the war of the Rebellion in raising recruits. During the eighties Mr. Bixby was several times president of the village and always during his residence here he took an active part in all the improvements and enterprises connected with the village and town. Mr. Bixby was a religious and kindly gentleman. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and all through the years of his vigor he was associated with the church in the capacity of trustee and Deacon. Mr. Bixby leaves surviving one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Don A. Gilbert of this village, Chas. Bixby of Belfast, N.Y. and Ira Bixby of Sharon Center, Pa. The funeral will be held Friday at house at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Spaulding. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 18, 1899]
At eight o'clock Monday morning Ardagh Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Humphrey, died aged two years, two months and twenty days. This sweet child, always delicate in health, and whose brief life had been watched with tenderest care, had seemed the last fall to be gaining in strength and fond hopes were entertained of her passing into girlhood active and strong. But her frail constitution could not withstand an attack of influenza so prevalent in Bainbridge for many weeks, and that appeared no matter how careful the protection given. Its insidious inroads soon reduced little Ardagh and she passed away after a period of much suffering. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey have the sympathy of many friends in the loss of their beautiful child, their only one. She was unusually bright and intelligent and was endowed with many infantile graces. Her childish accents were to the parents as sweetest music. The funeral was attended at the home this Wednesday at 2 o'clock p.m. Rev. Mr. Grant conducting the services. The interment was in St. Peter's burying ground amid a wealth of flowers.
Mrs. Jennette S. Rogers died at her home in Pittsburg, Pa., where she had resided with her daughter for a number of years, on Friday Feb. 10, 1899. The remains accompanied by her son Charles and daughter Angie, arrived in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Sunday morning and were placed in the vestibule of Zion Church. Mrs. Rogers was a widow of Rev. Ferdinand Rogers, D.D., who for thirty years was the Rector of Zion Church of this village, and who died on the cars, just as the train was leaving Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], after having attended a lecture given by John B Gough, the celebrated temperance lecturer, twenty-three years ago this winter. [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22, 1899]
Died, at his ancestral home in Westboro, Mass., Jan. 28, Rev. H. Warren Fay who was graduated at Harvard college and also studied in Oxford, England. He had charge of several different parishes including Flatbush and Nantucket, and wrote extensively for the press while a confirmed invalid. Early in life, he married Miss Lizzie Johnston, of N.Y. city, who died in 1879. She had spent the summers of her girlhood in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], at the home of her uncle, David Johnston, a gentleman of the old school, who came from Hyde Park in 1858, buying the large property of Miles Egglestone, the latter declaring, "No railroad shall ever run through my land." Mr. Johnston sold several building lots, besides giving the street that bears his name. The house now occupied by Chas. Fisher was the family home of the Johnstons for twenty-seven years. [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22, 1899]
Charles Bixby, the oldest resident of this town and probably of the county, died early this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Don A. Gilbert, after an illness of only two weeks, the prevailing influenza being the direct cause of his demise. Mr. Bixby had apparently recovered from his sickness and arose at 6 o'clock this morning seeming quite well but at 7 o'clock he expired. Probably heart failure was induced by the extreme debility which accompanies the epidemic. He had been a rugged and healthy man all his life up to the time of his recent sickness. Every pleasant day this winter he was seen on the streets with a courteous word of greeting for everyone he met. Mr. Bixby embodied in a great part the history of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for he witnessed and took part in the town's development since the date of his birth which reaches as far back as the year 1805. He was born in a log house up the river on the spot which is called now the Leonard place. In 1866 he moved into the village where he has since lived. Mr. Bixby's wife died in 1885 since which time he has made his home with his daughter in Kirby street. Mr. Bixby was a strong party man of the Republican type and he never missed going to the polls to cast a ballot, and he had voted successively for 78 years. At the time Afton was separated from Bainbridge, Mr. Bixby was supervisor of the town. He also took an active part during the war of the Rebellion in raising recruits. During the eighties Mr. Bixby was several times president of the village and always during his residence here he took an active part in all the improvements and enterprises connected with the village and town. Mr. Bixby was a religious and kindly gentleman. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and all through the years of his vigor he was associated with the church in the capacity of trustee and Deacon. Mr. Bixby leaves surviving one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Don A. Gilbert of this village, Chas. Bixby of Belfast, N.Y. and Ira Bixby of Sharon Center, Pa. The funeral will be held Friday at house at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Spaulding. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 18, 1899]
At eight o'clock Monday morning Ardagh Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Humphrey, died aged two years, two months and twenty days. This sweet child, always delicate in health, and whose brief life had been watched with tenderest care, had seemed the last fall to be gaining in strength and fond hopes were entertained of her passing into girlhood active and strong. But her frail constitution could not withstand an attack of influenza so prevalent in Bainbridge for many weeks, and that appeared no matter how careful the protection given. Its insidious inroads soon reduced little Ardagh and she passed away after a period of much suffering. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey have the sympathy of many friends in the loss of their beautiful child, their only one. She was unusually bright and intelligent and was endowed with many infantile graces. Her childish accents were to the parents as sweetest music. The funeral was attended at the home this Wednesday at 2 o'clock p.m. Rev. Mr. Grant conducting the services. The interment was in St. Peter's burying ground amid a wealth of flowers.
Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives.
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy precious life. Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee. Sleep, darling; it is best.
[Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22, 1899]Mrs. Jennette S. Rogers died at her home in Pittsburg, Pa., where she had resided with her daughter for a number of years, on Friday Feb. 10, 1899. The remains accompanied by her son Charles and daughter Angie, arrived in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Sunday morning and were placed in the vestibule of Zion Church. Mrs. Rogers was a widow of Rev. Ferdinand Rogers, D.D., who for thirty years was the Rector of Zion Church of this village, and who died on the cars, just as the train was leaving Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], after having attended a lecture given by John B Gough, the celebrated temperance lecturer, twenty-three years ago this winter. [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22, 1899]
Died, at his ancestral home in Westboro, Mass., Jan. 28, Rev. H. Warren Fay who was graduated at Harvard college and also studied in Oxford, England. He had charge of several different parishes including Flatbush and Nantucket, and wrote extensively for the press while a confirmed invalid. Early in life, he married Miss Lizzie Johnston, of N.Y. city, who died in 1879. She had spent the summers of her girlhood in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], at the home of her uncle, David Johnston, a gentleman of the old school, who came from Hyde Park in 1858, buying the large property of Miles Egglestone, the latter declaring, "No railroad shall ever run through my land." Mr. Johnston sold several building lots, besides giving the street that bears his name. The house now occupied by Chas. Fisher was the family home of the Johnstons for twenty-seven years. [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22, 1899]
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