Obituaries (September 27)

Mrs. W.H. Hinman, who was visiting her son, Wm. J., at Conklin, died Saturday, the result of a shock suffered not long since.  She was 64 years of age, widow of the late W.H. Hinman of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rodney Carl, North Afton, Mrs. Wm. Pearsall, East Afton, and Miss Marguerite, who resided with her mother on the East side; four sons, Ernest, of Schuylerville, NY., Wm. J., of Conklin, N.Y., Edgar L., Lincoln, Neb., and Claude H., of Idaho Springs, Col.  Undertaker A.J. Holmes drove to Conklin Sunday, returning with the remains.  The funeral was held at the Baptist church Tuesday at 12 p.m., Rev. B.A. Gates officiating.  Interment to Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 30, 1908]

 

The funeral of Lewis Tuttle of this village, who died last Wednesday was held Sunday in the Methodist church at 2:30 p.m.  Mr. Tuttle had been ill for the past nine months.  He was a member of Sidney Lodge, No. 801, F.& A.M., also of Sidney Lodge, No. 366, K. of P.; a member of the Sidney Fire Department, having been with the Hook and Ladder company for about four years.  The funeral services were conducted by the K. of P., and that fraternity and the fire department attended.  Mr. Tuttle leaves a wife and two adopted children, Thena and Iva Tuttle.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 30, 1908]

 

Mrs. Emma Pearsall Herrick, daughter of William and Sophronia Pearsall, and wife of Ransom Herrick, was born in Bainbridge township, Searles Hill [Chenango Co., NY], May 4, 1857, and died at her late home at Union Valley, Jan. 20, 1908.  In her earlier years she taught school in different parts of her native town.  On March 4, 1885, she was united in marriage with Ransom Herrick and to them five children were born, four of whom survive her.  Mrs. Herrick came of good stock and to her rich natural endowment much was added by grace.  She early united with the Methodist Episcopal church and to the very last lived a most consistent and worthy life.  She was naturally quiet and unobtrusive but was always pleasant in her life and manner and hence made a large number of friends by whom she will be greatly missed.  She was a model wife and mother, ever brightening her home by her kindly ministrations.  Why death, or rather Heaven, so early claimed her we do not know, but while her loved ones walk within the shadows she basks in the sunshine of  an endless day.  She suffered patiently and died in peace.  She was buried from the Union Valley church, in the West Bainbridge cemetery on Wednesday, Jan. 22d, the service attended by a large number of friends and relatives, being conducted by her pastor, Rev. G.E. VanWoert.  There her mortal remains await the resurrection of the just.  Besides her own immediate family she is survived by her aged mother, three brothers, Urias, Alvin and Homer, and two sisters, Mrs. A.J. Wilcox, and Mrs. Perry Rood.  The bereaved family have the sympathy of a large circle of friends.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 30, 1908]

 

At her late home on Academy St., Thursday evening, January 23, 1908, occurred the death of Rose L. Robbins from an attack of LaGrippe, followed by a severe and unexpected attack of heart failure.  Miss Robbins had been suffering from the epidemic which has been so prevalent throughout our village, the "Grip", for between two and three weeks but she had been confined to her bed only two days previous to her death and her condition was not considered alarming in the least until within a very few minutes before her death occurred.  Miss Robbins came to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] with a sister and invalid mother from Wells Bridge in November and since that time they have been keeping house for their brother Eugene, who has been a resident here for several years.  She was highly respected by all who knew her.  The funeral was held at the home at 9:45 Sunday morning, Rev. G.E. VanWoert officiating.  The male trio, Messrs. A.G. and A.C. Wilcox and Wm. Darlin, were the singers, and Messrs. John Sweet, Homer Ferguson, Thomas Kelleher and Edgar Barnes acted as bearers.  The body was taken to Wells Bridge, where it was met by the pastor of the Methodist church of which she was a member, Rev. Mr. Randall, the bearers, Messrs. Herbert Merriman, Will Sisson, Claude Carr and John Youmans, and neighbors and friends.  Interment was made in Sand Hill cemetery [Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY].  The deceased is survived by her mother, one sister, Miss Mary, and brother, Eugene, of Bainbridge, and another brother, Herbert E., of Wells Bridge....[Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 30, 1908]

From the rapidly decreasing ranks of Binghamton's [Broome Co., NY] survivors of the Civil War, David W. Axtell, 92 years old has answered the last roll call.  Mr. Axtell succumbed to the infirmities of old age late Saturday at the Vestal residence of his son, Dr. Percy J. Axtell.  Even within the past year, Mr. Axtell displayed an indomitable eagerness to enjoy the blessings of a life enriched by wide friendships throughout the Binghamton district and in Deposit where he made his home previous to coming here.  David W. Axtell, descendant of an English family which came to this country in Colonial days, was born on Jan. 9, 1838, in Deposit township.  He was married to Caroline Van Schoyk, a lineal descendant of Johannes VanSchoyk who came from Holland in 1601 with the VanRensselaers and settled on a large estate on the Hudson river.  Her father, Squire Stephen VanSchoyk was an early pioneer settler in Delaware county.  On the day of his enlistment in Company K, New York Volunteers, David W. Axtell was married in Deposit and his bride accompanied him to Binghamton whence he departed with his comrades for the front.  There he served until following the battle of Petersburg where he was invalided to hospital and in the fall of 1864 was returned North suffering from the effects of exposure which left him partially crippled throughout his life.  Mr. and Mrs. Axtell began their married life at the old VanSchoyk homestead where they remained for many years until removal to Deposit [Delaware Co., NY].  Their winters thereafter were spent at Daytona Beach, Fla.  Last year, Mr. Axtell, following his ninety-first birthday, motored to Florida and returned with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Percy J. Axtell, accompanied by his granddaughter, Ruth Marie Axtell, seven.  The delight of this trip heartened him for another motor jaunt during the past summer when he visited relatives in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.  Mr. Axtell's immediate decline began four weeks ago, and Saturday he died while sleeping.  The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m., at Dr. Axtell's residence and at 2 p.m. prayer services will be held at Mosers undertaking parlors in Deposit.  Of their seven children, four survive.  They are Charles Axtell, Dr. Percy J . Axtell, Mrs. Frederic E. Sturdevant of Norwich, and Mrs. Clarence J. Watkins, of Walton.  [MHD notation:  Nov. 2, 1929]

 

Mr. Edwin Mead died at his home near Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, aged 68 years.  The funeral services were held at his late residence the 26th.  Rev. Mr. Perrine of the Episcopal church, Guilford, officiating.  Mr. Mead was a life long resident in the neighborhood where he died, respected and beloved by all who knew him, as shown by the large concourse of friends and old neighbors who came for miles around to pay their last respects to his memory.  He was quiet and unassuming in his manners, but had a kind and pleasant word for every one.  He was strictly honest and true in all his dealings with his fellow men, willing to do by others as he would like to be done by.  He will be sadly missed by his many friends and his family.  He leaves a wife and three sons to mourn his loss, who have the sincere sympathy of all.  [Compiler note:  Edwin Mead died 13 Feb. 1895, buried Sunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford, NY]

 

 Mrs. Sophronia A. Bixby, born in Windsor, Broome county, August 16, 1823; died in Norwich, Sunday, September 6, 1896.  Yesterday's Sun said:  "Mrs. Bixby spent her girlhood in the village of her birth, and on the first of January, 1840, was married to the late Joel J. Bixby.  Removing with him to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], she remained there for ten years and then came to Norwich.  Mr. Bixby engaged in business here for twelve years or until 1862, when ill health compelled him to retire from it.  The family then returned to Bainbridge, where Mr. Bixby died in 1865.  Two of the children were then very young and to their education, care and guardianship Mrs. Bixby devoted herself with untiring energy, and a single mindedness that never swerved from her appointed duty.  In 1886, after her son had attained his majority, Mrs. Bixby again became a resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and so continued until the time of her death.  She had four children, one of whom died at an early age, while three survive:  Mrs. E.R. Campbell of Binghamton, Mrs. J.E. Packard of Oxford, and Mr. Joel J. Bixby of Norwich.  The funeral services, which at the request of the deceased, will be strictly private, will be held on Wednesday morning at her late residence on Hayes street.  The burial will be made in Bainbridge.