Saturday, January 11, 2014

Obituaries (January 11)

Died, In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 22, 1894, Mrs. Estella A. Ingersoll, relict of the late Orlando Ingersoll, aged 73 years.  Mrs. Ingersoll was born and always lived in the same neighborhood, merely exchanging at her marriage the home of her childhood for the home of her after life; one home being in sight of the other.  In early life she identified herself with the people of God, and was always faithful in her home relations and in the church of her choice.  She was the last one of the constituent members of the West Bainbridge Baptist church, and while her many relatives here and in the West, together with the community around her and the church of which she was an esteemed member, mourn her loss, we have the assurance that she is walking the streets of the New Jerusalem, freed from the infirmities that shadowed her earthly existence.
 
HOYT:  In West Bainbridge, November 1, 1895, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyt of Willet, N.Y. [Cortland Co.].
The six months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyt of Willet died very suddenly of pneumonia at the home of their father, Chas. Terry, last Friday.  The funeral was held at the house at 11 a.m. Monday.  Interment at West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. 
Card of Thanks--We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all the kind friends who assisted in the burial of our little Floyd, also to those who so kindly furnished flowers at the funeral--Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyt.

Fell asleep, August 30, 1893, little Jessie, daughter of Frank T. and Ida Seeley, aged 10 months.  Died, of cholera infantum,
Wednesday night of last week, Jessie G., infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.T. Seeley of this village, at the age of ten months.  Funeral services were held at the home of the parents on Bixby street, Friday.  Interment in Green lawn cemetery, this place [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

The funeral of Mrs. J.B. Sands took place from her late residence on Tuesday, June 6.  Mrs. Sands had been in poor health from Bright's Disease and heart trouble for eight years.  During the past winter she has been very low at times; with the return of spring, however, she seemed to be gaining in strength, and felt so well Saturday morning that she planned to ride to town and make a call in the afternoon.  About 10:30 she sat down to read a paper, and a few minutes later was found dead in her chair by her daughter, Jennie.  The paper had fallen to the floor and her hands layed naturally by her side.  She seemed to have passed away without a struggle.  [1893]

Since the new year came in the family and friends of Andrew J. Lawrence have been watching tenderly at his bedside.  Some days he seemed better then again the light of life would grow dim and the worst was thought to be within a few hours.  last night about 1 o'clock he went to sleep and about 4 o'clock the spirit passed over the river, and that dread disease, consumption, had done its fatal work.  For a number of years he has been a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,  NY], and in that time had won a host of friends here.  He was born in Sullivan county in 1849, and went with the 56th Regt. N.Y. Vol. as a drummer boy in 1862.  Later he enlisted as a soldier and served with honor to himself and country until wounded.  A wife, son and daughter are left to mourn his loss.  The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the M.E. church, Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiating.  H.H. Beecher Post, G.A.R., of which he was a member, will conduct the services at the grave.  Interment in the old Episcopal cemetery.  [Mar 4, 1896]

The funeral of Andrew J. Lawrence was largely attended in the Methodist church last Sunday.  Rev. Kilpatrick preached the sermon, and Coe Young, who had known the deceased from boyhood and was with him through the war, paid a glowing tribute to his bravery, generosity and kindly disposition.  One of Mr. Lawrence's last wishes was that a male quartet, composed of Geo. Ives, Daniel Banner, Geo. Smith and A. Vervalin, sing selections chosen by him, which they did.  Three G.A.R. post, H.H. Beecher of this town, Vanderburg of Afton, and Bradford of Sidney, attended in a body.  The bearers were Coe Young, Geo. Payne, O.B. Ireland, Millard Young, Geo. Aylsworth and Frank Phinney.  Mr. Lawrence's request that there be more flags than flowers displayed was also carried out, and the hearse was decorated with the national colors.  At the grave in the old Episcopal cemetery the Grand Army performed the last sad rites according to their impressive ritual.  [Mar. 8, 1896]

William Wilfred Tarbell passed away at his home in East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Friday September 28 at the age of 68 years, after an illness of several days from pneumonia.  Mr. Tarbell was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] June 17, 1855.  He was the son of Thurston and Roseltha Evans Tarbell.  His wife was Miss Mary Dougher.  Mr. Tarbell was stone mason by trade.  He is survived by his wife and several cousins.  The funeral was held from the late home on Monday afternoon and burial in the Sidney cemetery [Delaware Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 4, 1923]

The friends of Herbert Petraeus of Brooklyn, N.Y., who visited in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] several summers will be grieved and surprised to know of his death in Henryetta, Okla. Wednesday Sept 19th of pneumonia.  The deceased was in Henryetta studying to become a mining engineer.  The funeral was held at Inwood, L.I., Sunday Sept. 23.  He is survived by his mother and two sisters.  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 4, 1923]

The remains of Fred C. Kilmer aged 50 years who died Thursday at a government hospital in New York were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] where a military funeral by the Slater-Silvernail Post American legion was held Monday afternoon from his home.  Mr. Kilmer moved to Bainbridge a year ago where he hoped to recover from the effects of the late war.  As his condition became critical he was taken to the hospital last week for special attention.  Besides his wife he is survived by three sons, Harold, Roger and Marshall, also three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Palmer of Binghamton, Mrs. Esther Lucas and Mrs. Ina Hewett of Endicott.  The body was taken to Union for burial where they were met by the American Legion of Endicott.  Mr. Kilmer lived across the river on the East side.  He was badly crippled as the result of his war service.  He went about with difficulty keeping up courage and maintaining cheerfulness.  He was born in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] Sept. 6, 1873.  Upon the opening of the war he did carpenter work at Camp Dix, later he volunteered as an engineer and was stationed at Camp Upton, afterwards he was transferred to the Medical Corp.  Being severely injured he received an honorable discharge in 1918 and ever since suffered from nervous and spinal trouble which caused his death.  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 4, 1923]

Hon. Shirley L. Huntington, former surrogate of Otsego county [NY] and with the exception of Justice A.L. Kellogg, the attorney of longest practice in the city of Oneonta, died at 3:20 o'clock Thursday morning of last week at the Fox Memorial hospital, where he had been a patient since Tuesday previous.  After his admission to the hospital he suffered a slight operation, which was entirely successful.  His health, however, had been failing for about a year, following a slight shock which he suffered in October last, and his death was the result of a general breaking down of his naturally strong physique.  Few of his many friends knew of his serious condition.  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 11, 1923]
 
 

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