The Republican office is in receipt of a copy of the Winters Express published in California under date of Dec. 27, 1907, containing the obituary of Lorenzo Moody, an early resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], whose father lived on the East side, a mile above town. The deceased married Miss Augusta Campbell, the daughter of Daniel Campbell of Bainbridge is a brother of Mrs. Moody. It will be remembered that Alexander Moody, father of Mrs. R.D.L. Evans of Bainbridge, left the old farm across the river a few years ago to reside at Menanda near Albany. A little more than a year ago he took a trip to California to visit his brother, Lorenzo, and, returning by sea, died on the way. The older residents of Bainbridge who remember well the prominent families of Moody and Campbell of the East side, in the early times, will be interested in the following history: "After a lingering illness Lorenzo Moody passed peacefully to rest last Friday evening about 6:30. Judge Moody had been gradually failing in health for several months previous to the time his illness confined him to his home, and for two weeks before his death was almost helpless; yet he did not go to bed and he died in a reclining chair. He was 82 years, 9 months and 4 days old. Lorenzo Moody was born at Granby, Mass., and at an early age was taken to New York state by his parents. He was married in 1848 to Augusta Campbell, and in 1852 came to California by way of Panama, crossing the isthmus on a mule. Landing in the golden state when mining was the principal occupation, Mr. Moody sought the precious metal at Mormon bar, on the Sacramento river, but soon tired of that and moved to Yolo county. Here he followed farming in the old Buckeye district and in 1855 bought the farm where his only son, Homer, now lives. When Winters came into existence Mr. Moody moved to town, and was appointed postmaster by President Grant, serving in that office eleven years. He was justice of the peace at Buckeye in 1852, and served in the same office at Winters for two terms. Several years ago Judge Moody retired from all business except that connected with the Warehouse Association, to which he was always faithful. In business Mr. Moody was the soul of honor, and in all his walks of life was held in high esteem. Besides his aged wife, Mr. Moody's only relatives on the coast are his son Homer, and family. One of his brothers came out from New York a year or so ago, and returning by water, died on the way home. The funeral was held Sunday, Rev. H.C. Culton conducting a short service at the home of the deceased, after which Damocles lodge No. 33, Knights of Pythias escorted the body to the cemetery and laid it to rest with the rites of the order, of which Mr. Moody had been an honored member. Mrs. Moody is 81 years old and is in poor health. The grandchildren, children of Homer Moody, are Charles, Lloyd, Fred, Ernest and Emma. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 16, 1908]
The sad death of Leon Newell aged 13 years, at Rock Rift [Delaware Co., NY], should be ample warning to all boys that read this story to stay away from the railroad tracks. Young Newell, a bright and happy boy, with several companions living at Rock Rift, has been in the habit of jumping on slow moving freight trains as they pass through that place and riding for a short distance. A long time had elapsed since an accident had happened and the boys grew more and more bold and careless. Monday noon Leon jumped a freight train as it passed slowly through the village and rode for some distance. When he jumped off the car he slipped and fell across the rails under the moving train. Before he could move, the trucks of two cars had passed over his chest and when the trainmen reach him he was dead. The body was taken to the Rock Rift station and Coroner Woolsey of Hancock notified. He viewed the body and decided that death was accidental. The dead boy is the son of James Newell of Rock Rift. His mother has been dead about six years. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 16, 1908]
After a lingering illness of about one year from consumption, Fred Lilly, aged about 40 years, well known in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died very suddenly at his home in Brooklyn on Thursday of last week. He had been confined to the house for some time but was better and able to be out again, so that his death came very unexpectedly. Fred Lilly was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lilly, and until about twelve years ago he had resided in this section of the country. At one time he was in partnership with his brother, John Lilly, in the hardware business where Barlow & Clark are now established. Leaving Bainbridge he engaged in business in the western part of the state where he remained until about three years ago when he removed to New York city and has lived in that city and Brooklyn since that time, acting in the capacity of an estimater for a contractor. The funeral was held from his late home in Brooklyn on Sunday at 2 p.m. Mr. Lilly was one of fourteen children, ten of whom survive him, three brothers, including Alonzo Lilly of Bainbridge, and seven sisters. He also leaves an aged mother, a wife and a little daughter two months old. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 23, 1908]
When, on January 17th, Martin O. Allison passed away, the Presbyterian church lost its oldest member and one who for years was a valuable elder and helper of the church and every good cause. Born in 1820 in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] he has been a constant resident until the time of his death at the ripe age of 87 years. Since 1840 he has lived upon his farm on the Yaleville road a mile out of the village. He began attending Sunday school when but five years of age in a former church building, since removed, which was situated in the center of the green and at right angles to the present structure. The condition of attending Sunday school then was to learn so many verses each Sunday. This he eagerly did, and from that time onward he was a faithful scholar and efficient teacher in the Sunday school. He never outgrew that institution, and when finally unable to attend he joined the "Home Department" of which he was a member at the time of his death. For years he was a teacher of a men's Bible class and those who were members of that class will remember how efficient he was as a teacher and how much he would get out of a lesson. He joined the church 50 years ago during the revival of 1858 under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Ketchum who came here Sunday afternoons from Sidney. Twenty persons, mostly adults, joined the church at that time and he among the number. In 1872 he was elected an elder and has been successively elected every three years until the present time. A quiet, unassuming man, he was a man of large heart and open hand. Thoroughly dependable, his love for his church extended beyond the particular minister to the welfare of the church which he had so much at heart. He was always at church, prayer meetings were his delight where he was an earnest listener. Never married, he was a kind and neighborly man, upright in all of his dealings and ever ready to care for the sick and needy. For about four weeks he had been ailing, and a week before his death his relatives were notified. The end came suddenly on Friday afternoon last of heart failure under an attack of La Grippe. The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the church, Rev. W.A. Carrington officiating. Interment was in Green Lawn cemetery. The elders and trustees acted as bearers. Relatives present at the funeral were Charles R. Allison of Shipshewana, Ind., nephew; W.A. Stockwell, nephew, and wife of Cortland, N.Y. and Lewis Green and wife, a niece, of Whitney's Point, N.Y., [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 22, 1908]
Deposit {Delaware Co., NY]: Esther O. Lobez, widow of the late A.F. Lobez, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alexander Huyck, Hambletville, Wednesday night, April 8, aged 81 years, as the result of a shock. Mrs. Lobez was a daughter of the late Joseph Axtell and resided at Starrucca, Pa., until the death of her husband, about twenty years ago. Since that time she has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Huyck. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home in Hambletville, Rev. George A. Briggs officiating. Burial in the cemetery at that place. [MHD notation: 1931]
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gurnsey and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Van Dusen were in Amsterdam [Montgomery Co., NY] last week attending the funeral of Mr. Gurnsey's sister, Villa Gurnsey Fegal, who died of pneumonia in the Amsterdam City Hospital after only a few days illness. The funeral was largely attended at her home Saturday afternoon with burial in West Lawn Cemetery, Amsterdam. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Charlie Fegal, three sons, Arthur, who is a student at Syracuse University, Francis and Charles A. at home and one daughter Louise who is in high school in Amsterdam, also a host of friends. Mrs. Fegal was a graduate of the Oneonta Normal School and had taught in the city schools in Amsterdam also in New York City and Brooklyn for several years where she was very popular and considered a very able instructor. Mr. Fegal will be remembered by many in Afton, having lived here several years.
After a lingering illness of about one year from consumption, Fred Lilly, aged about 40 years, well known in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died very suddenly at his home in Brooklyn on Thursday of last week. He had been confined to the house for some time but was better and able to be out again, so that his death came very unexpectedly. Fred Lilly was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lilly, and until about twelve years ago he had resided in this section of the country. At one time he was in partnership with his brother, John Lilly, in the hardware business where Barlow & Clark are now established. Leaving Bainbridge he engaged in business in the western part of the state where he remained until about three years ago when he removed to New York city and has lived in that city and Brooklyn since that time, acting in the capacity of an estimater for a contractor. The funeral was held from his late home in Brooklyn on Sunday at 2 p.m. Mr. Lilly was one of fourteen children, ten of whom survive him, three brothers, including Alonzo Lilly of Bainbridge, and seven sisters. He also leaves an aged mother, a wife and a little daughter two months old. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 23, 1908]
When, on January 17th, Martin O. Allison passed away, the Presbyterian church lost its oldest member and one who for years was a valuable elder and helper of the church and every good cause. Born in 1820 in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] he has been a constant resident until the time of his death at the ripe age of 87 years. Since 1840 he has lived upon his farm on the Yaleville road a mile out of the village. He began attending Sunday school when but five years of age in a former church building, since removed, which was situated in the center of the green and at right angles to the present structure. The condition of attending Sunday school then was to learn so many verses each Sunday. This he eagerly did, and from that time onward he was a faithful scholar and efficient teacher in the Sunday school. He never outgrew that institution, and when finally unable to attend he joined the "Home Department" of which he was a member at the time of his death. For years he was a teacher of a men's Bible class and those who were members of that class will remember how efficient he was as a teacher and how much he would get out of a lesson. He joined the church 50 years ago during the revival of 1858 under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Ketchum who came here Sunday afternoons from Sidney. Twenty persons, mostly adults, joined the church at that time and he among the number. In 1872 he was elected an elder and has been successively elected every three years until the present time. A quiet, unassuming man, he was a man of large heart and open hand. Thoroughly dependable, his love for his church extended beyond the particular minister to the welfare of the church which he had so much at heart. He was always at church, prayer meetings were his delight where he was an earnest listener. Never married, he was a kind and neighborly man, upright in all of his dealings and ever ready to care for the sick and needy. For about four weeks he had been ailing, and a week before his death his relatives were notified. The end came suddenly on Friday afternoon last of heart failure under an attack of La Grippe. The funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the church, Rev. W.A. Carrington officiating. Interment was in Green Lawn cemetery. The elders and trustees acted as bearers. Relatives present at the funeral were Charles R. Allison of Shipshewana, Ind., nephew; W.A. Stockwell, nephew, and wife of Cortland, N.Y. and Lewis Green and wife, a niece, of Whitney's Point, N.Y., [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 22, 1908]
Deposit {Delaware Co., NY]: Esther O. Lobez, widow of the late A.F. Lobez, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alexander Huyck, Hambletville, Wednesday night, April 8, aged 81 years, as the result of a shock. Mrs. Lobez was a daughter of the late Joseph Axtell and resided at Starrucca, Pa., until the death of her husband, about twenty years ago. Since that time she has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Huyck. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home in Hambletville, Rev. George A. Briggs officiating. Burial in the cemetery at that place. [MHD notation: 1931]
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gurnsey and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Van Dusen were in Amsterdam [Montgomery Co., NY] last week attending the funeral of Mr. Gurnsey's sister, Villa Gurnsey Fegal, who died of pneumonia in the Amsterdam City Hospital after only a few days illness. The funeral was largely attended at her home Saturday afternoon with burial in West Lawn Cemetery, Amsterdam. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Charlie Fegal, three sons, Arthur, who is a student at Syracuse University, Francis and Charles A. at home and one daughter Louise who is in high school in Amsterdam, also a host of friends. Mrs. Fegal was a graduate of the Oneonta Normal School and had taught in the city schools in Amsterdam also in New York City and Brooklyn for several years where she was very popular and considered a very able instructor. Mr. Fegal will be remembered by many in Afton, having lived here several years.
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