Obituaries (January 25)

Mrs. Dotha Landers after traversing the sands of time for the prolonged period of 97 years passed from this life into the great and boundless future on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 10th.  Her funeral was observed on the following Tuesday, Rev. Mr. Rury officiating, and her remains deposited in the North Afton cemetery,.  It will be apparent to the observer that Mrs. Landers has possessed an existence during all the presidencies from George Washington down, twenty-three in number, and was four years old at the time of Washington's death.  [1892]

 

Jerome Loomis, a well-known resident of the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died on Wednesday, Oct. 3d.  The funeral services were held at the M.E. church, Union Valley, Thursday, the 4th inst., and the remains interred in the West Bainbridge cemetery.  Mr. Loomis was a man highly respected in the community in which he lived, and the family have the sympathy of all. [1883]

 

Sidney Center [Delaware Co., NY]:  Mrs. Caroline Bartlett, 82 years old, died Monday at midnight at the home of her sister Mrs. W.T. Finch, with whom she had made her home for several years.  She was the widow of Thomas A. Bartlett of East Sidney and is survived by a son, Calvin Bartlett of Washington, D.C., a brother and two sisters, Emory DuMond and Mrs. W.T. Finch of this village and Mrs. S.R. Finch of Bainbridge.  She was for many years a member of the M.E. Church.  The funeral was held Friday at the Finch home on Franklin street, the Rev. John A. Taylor officiating.  Burial was made in the cemetery at Franklin [Delaware Co., NY].--Binghamton Press.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 7, 1924]

 

Mrs. Martha HInman died at her late home two miles below Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY] on July 29th at the age of 61.  The funeral was held August 1st at one o'clock.  She had been sick for six months.  Her parents were Charles and Phoebe Cumber.  She was born in Coventry.  She was married to Fred L. Hinman in 1881.  In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Hinman purchased the Riley farm near Brackett Lake where they resided for thirty-one years.  In 1893 they sold the home farm to Augustus Alton and then moved to near Guilford Center.  She is survived by her husband and five children, three sons, Ralph of Guilford Center, Loren at home, Leon of Newton Hollow and two daughters, Mrs. Ella Manwarren of Bracket Lake and Genevieve Livingston of Bainbridge, and one sister, Mrs. Arthur Field of Afton also eight grandchildren.  The Rev. R.B. Whitman of the Baptist church preached the funeral sermon and interment was made in Green Lawn cemetery at Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 7, 1924]

 

 Edward K. Wickham of Sidney [Delaware Co.,  NY] was injured fatally last Friday night about 8 o'clock when he was struck by an automobile driven by Bert Baker of 197 Grand avenue, Endicott on the state highway about two miles below Bainbridge by the Kirby woods.  Mr. Wickham, who was 56 years old, and a paralytic had been visiting at the home of R.M. Dunchee at the Charles Kirby tenant farm house.  Mr. Wickham was walking along the highway to the Pines Restaurant.  Baker did not know he had struck a man until his attention was called to the jar caused by the impact by one of the other passengers in the auto.  He stopped immediately and assisted in carrying Mr. Wickham to his son's house and gave all the assistance possible.  He then proceeded to Afton and reported the accident to a justice of the peace.  Physicians were called to attend Mr. Wickham, but he died at 11 o'clock that night.  Mr. Wickham is survived by his wife, son and daughter, Iola.  The body was taken to his home on Union street Sidney where the funeral was held Monday.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 14, 1924]

The death of George A. Blake, occurred at his late home in Whitney Point [Broome Co., NY] Saturday night August 23rd, 1924 after an illness of several months.  A Masonic funeral was held at the home.  Burial was made in the cemetery at Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].  He is survived by his widow Harriet Heath Blake, and two sons Leroy and Theodore.  Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Heath of this village, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heath and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heath of Altoona, Pa. were in attendance at the funeral--Mr. Blake was about 55 years of age.  He owned and conducted a cigar shop in this village about 25 years ago, and was well known by older residents of this village.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 28, 1924]

Thomas Dambra, the workman who was injured on August 6, by the crushing of a vitrified pipe, a fragment of which cut his arm, died in the Norwich hospital Sunday morning of lockjaw.  The pipe which he was handling was from a lot taken from the old sewer and drain pipes leading from the railway crossing at Water street to the river.  the injured man received medical aid soon after his injury and had apparently entirely recovered.  A few days before his death he was taken to the hospital.  There he was treated with the remedies used in such cases without result.  It is stated by Dr. Geo. D. Johnson, who attended Mr. Dambra, that his is the second case of lockjaw in this county to be reported by the medical profession--Oxford Review.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 28, 1924]