Obituaries (October 10)

   Killed by a Train.  Ira C. Green and Tustin Dibble Killed by the Cars Near Unadilla.  The peace and quiet of this Sabbath day was disturbed and our citizens horrified by the announcement, made about noon today that a train upon the D.&H. had struck two aged and respected residents, killing instantly, Ira C. Green, and horribly mangling Tustin Dibble, so that his death was a question of a few hours.  The news spread quickly and our citizens can scarcely believe the announcement true.  The circumstances are substantially as follows"  Messrs. Green and Dibble and the latter's son, Halsey, started on a walk to the site of the water power plant of the Standard Power, Heat and Electric company, at the old paper mill, about four miles south of here, taking the D.&H. Tracks.  When they reached a point about a mile and a half from here, near the Putman crossing, train 18, east bound, approached them and they stepped on to the west bound track.  Train 19, passenger train west, approached, and Mr. Dibble and son stepped off the track, but Mr. Green, who was deaf, did not follow.  The senior Mr. Dibble stepped on the track again to pull him off.  Mr. Dibble's foot slipped, and before he could escape, the engine struck them.  Mr. Green was thrown high upon the embankment, the engineer declaring he went up fifty feet in the air.  He was dead when found.  Mr. Dibble was alive and when the train backed up he was placed aboard and brought to his home here, where Dr. J.J. Sweet attended him.  His left arm was badly mangled and his left leg crushed.  The former was amputated above the elbow and the latter just below the knee, but the unfortunate man only lived a few hours, dying shortly after four o'clock.  Later, the body of Mr. Green was removed to the undertaking parlors here [Unadilla].  Coroner VanCleft, of Oneonta, was summoned and reached here about 4 o'clock.  After viewing both remains and investigating the circumstances attending the accident, he decided that no inquest was necessary.  The body of Mr. Green was terribly mutilated, his skull both front and rear being fractured …, his left arm was broken in several places and his leg crushed.  Tustin Dibble was one of Unadilla's best known business men.  He was 67 years of age and had conducted a jewelry store here for many years.  He was universally recognized as honorable in business, genial and friendly in his nature and a man with no enemies and was highly esteemed by all.  If his mind was active after the accident, it must have cheered him to know that he tried to save his friend and it will be a source of consolation to his friends that although safe himself, he risked his own life to try to save another.  He is survived by  his wife and one son, Halsey.  The latter, who was with him at the time of the accident and was nearly prostrated by the terrible scene he was called to witness, had been for some years a partner in the business, the firm being known as T. Dibble & Son.  The date of the funeral has not at this writing been decided upon.  Ira C. Green, the other victim, was 57 years of age has been a long-time resident.  He was a veteran of the late war and was well thought of.  He is survived by a wife and three daughters, one of whom is married.  The G.A.R. will probably have charge of the funeral which has not yet been announced.  [The Otsego Journal, Gilbertsville, Oct. 13, 1898]

Ira R. Green of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] whose tragic death by being crushed by the cars, Sunday noon, October 9th, near his home, and noted in last week's Republican, was the son of Rufus P. Green, a former townsman and proprietor of the Central Hotel in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] prior to the civil war.  Ira was a youth of about twenty years of age when he left Bainbridge and was much respected.  He had met with much sorrow in his life, one very sad instance being the loss of a grown son a year or so ago by accident.  The Unadilla Times of Friday, October, 14th, pays a fine tribute of respect to Mr. Green a portion of which we copy:   "Mr. Ira R. Green, though not prominently identified with the business interests of Unadilla, was a quiet, unassuming man; a most worthy, upright and respected citizen, whose untimely death will be greatly mourned by his large circle of friends and the heart-broken wife and three daughters, also brothers and sisters who survive him.  The calamity falls with sorrowful force upon those dependent upon him.  they have universal sympathy.  Mr. Green seems to have had a premonition of his fate, as on the evening preceding he is said to have spoken to a kind neighbor, requesting the latter to see that he was buried in a certain spot and making other similar requests, should anything occur.  Mr. Green was a son of Rufus P. Green, a man well known throughout this section as a school teacher and later a hotel keeper.  Ira was born 58 years ago last March, which time his father was proprietor of the Central Hotel at [Bainbridge].  Later his father came to Unadilla and in partnership with Charles Bishop, Sr., conducted what is not Hotel Bishop, after a time retiring and purchasing the residence at the south-west corner of Main street and Cottage Lane, resided there until his death.  Ira R. Green was married twenty-eight years ago to Ellen Cook, who survives him and went to live and has since remained at the home occupied at the time of his death.  Three brothers and two sisters also survive him:  John of Holmesville, Chenango county; Isaac of Elmira; Rev. Rufus Green, former President of Elmira Female College, now of New York; Mrs. O.W. Briggs of Gilbertsville; Mrs. Carpenter Bennett of Bainbridge.  Mr. Green was a wagon maker by trade; but had not followed that occupation for some time.  During the rebellion he enlisted as a private on December 19, 1863, in Co. E. 2d New York Heavy Artillery and served until April 17, 1864, when he was discharged for disability.  He received a pension and had been a member of the G.A.R. for many years.  His largely attended funeral services were held from the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a member, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J.S. Crompton, assisted by the Rev. M.Y. Webster.  The G.A.R. attended in a body.  Burial was given in Evergreen Hill cemetery [Unadilla, NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 19, 1898]

A frightful accident occurred near Otego village [Otsego Co., NY] at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Channing E. Bailey, undertaker, was driving to the Jenks home out of Otego to make arrangements for the funeral of J.S. Jenks who died  Monday.  He was accompanied by his wife and infant child and in turning from a yard, the wagon tipped over turning all out and Mr. Bailey against a tree killing him instantly.  The wife was not much hurt and the child was unharmed.  Mr. Bailey was a young business man 23 years old and highly respected.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 2, 1898]

Mrs. Rosealena Ives, (her maiden name was Rosealena Parsons), who died May 31st, 1888, aged 84 years, 4 months and 12 days, was one of the oldest members of the Congregational Church of Guilford Centre.  She was received into the Church the third Sunday in April, 1821.  She was then the youngest of the members, and she lived to see great and important changes in church and community.  It was then a small church and not one of the members when she united are now living.  For sixty-seven years she faithfully served the Master, always loyal to the Church, and a true friend of the pastor.  Her husband, Alfred Ives, died twenty-two years ago last February, a man of strong religious character, whose influence remains to bless.  Dead, yet he is speaking to us.  Two sons are living, Rufus and Louis Ives, in Ives' Settlement, and one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Whiting, of Guilford Centre.  Mrs. Ives, after the death of her husband, remained on the old homestead, pleasantly situated and tenderly and lovingly cared for by her son Rufus and his family.  The children and the grandchildren rise up and call her blessed.  She hath done what she could--sixty-seven years of work in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ in the same church and neighborhood, has a powerful influence for good, and today her children and grandchildren are strong pillars in the Church--a blessing to the community.  On June 3d a large number of friends and relatives came together to pay the last token of respect to this dear mother in Israel, who so quietly and peacefully, and apparently painlessly fell asleep in Jesus.  The service at the house and at the grave was conducted by Rev. J.L. Jones, her pastor, and tenderly we laid her in the house appointed for all living, until God shall call up the dead and death be swallowed up in victory.  The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance, their works follow them, their influence remains with us, a constant benediction.---J.L.J.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, June 20, 1888]

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Wednesday May 10, 1922, at 1:30 a.m., occurred the death of Mrs. E.C. Wilber at her home on Front street, this village, after an illness of nearly seven years.  For all this time she had been a patient sufferer, always hopeful that she would eventually recover her health.  For the greater part of the time it has been necessary for some one of the family to be with her constantly, and her daughter, Ruby, has proven herself equal to the task, having given up her work of teaching and devoted herself to the care of her mother.  Dora Bell Jones was born at Harpursville, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1867.  She was married to Edward C. Wilber on July 2, 1883.  She united with the First Baptist church of Bainbridge in 1906 and has been an active worker therein so far as she was able through all the years.  The funeral was private at her home on Friday, May 12, 1922, at 2 p.m.  ....Mrs. Wilber is survived by four children Louis Wilbur, Mrs. Ruby Peck, Miss Daisy Wilbur and Miss Beatrice Wilber, also one granddaughter, Miss Ruby Wilber, and by four sisters and one brother, Mrs. Orin Rogers, of Forty Fort, Pa., Mrs. Nellie Squares of Stoudsburg, Pa., Mrs. C. Carter of Afton, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Watson of Norwich, N.Y. and Mr. Samuel Jones of Pond Eddy, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilber have been resident of Bainbridge for the past thirty-six years, having resided for a short time in  Masonville after their marriage.   [Norwich Sun, May 23, 1922]