Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Obituaries (January 8)

Richard Sage died on Tuesday of this week at his home on Kirby St. [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], at the age of sixty-one years, of hemorrhage of the bowels.  The funeral services conducted by Rev. T.F. Hall were held at his late residence Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m.  The burial was at South New Berlin, N.Y.  Mr. Sage leaves a wife and two children [1893]

Earl Griswold, 36, a farmer of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], was almost instantly killed in front of his home, at Harpursville on Friday of last week when his spirited team of horses ran away while he was hitching them to a wagon and dragged the owner to his death.  Mr. Griswold and his hired man, Fred French, were engaged in hitching the team to a heavy wagon in front of the barn on the State highway.  Griswold had hold of the head of one of the horses when the young animals became frightened and dashed for the road.  The dashing steeds dragged the farmer six rods before they were finally halted.  When rescuers reached his side they found that the wheel of the heavy wagon had passed over Griswold's head crushing the skull and rendering death almost instantly.  Mr. Griswold leaves a wife and five children, the oldest of whom is 12.  He came to Harpursville two years ago from Port Dickinson and only a short time ago purchased the span of horses form Moffitt and Stevens in Binghamton.  They were young horses and easily frightened, it is said.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 5, 1923]

Mrs. Julia Monroe of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], the beloved widow of the late Thomas C. Monroe, died Thursday, July 5th.  A singular coincidence occurred in the early morning death of Mrs. Monroe, similar to the death of her husband in 1906.  Both passed away in the early morning.  Mrs. Monroe had lived 63 years on the large homestead farm near Sidney, deeply respected by all who claimed the honor of her friendship.  Surviving in the immediate family are one daughter, Mrs. George l. Harding of Binghamton, N.Y. and one son, R.A. Monroe, of Liberty, N.Y.; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 12, 1923]

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mina Nickerson, died at the home of Mrs. Hull on South Main St. last Saturday.  Mrs.  Nickerson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Wm. Partridge, and two grandchildren, Russell Partridge, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Raymond Carrington, of El Paso, Texas. [Bainbridge Republican, June 7, 1923]

Masonville [Delaware Co., NY]:  Mrs. William Woodmansee who has been very low for some time past died on Saturday morning June 2nd, 1923 at 8 a.m., just four weeks after her husband aged 76 years.  The funeral was held Monday a 2 p.m. from her late residence.  Rev. Roswell Whitman officiated.  Burial in the Masonville cemetery.  She has been a resident of Masonville all of her life and highly respected.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 7, 1923]

Mrs. Mary C. Bedient passed away at her home on Main street, July 26.  Mrs. Bedient was born in Elmira, April 7, 1850 and was the daughter of Joseph and Ruby Thurston.  Early in life she became the wife of Lewis Bedient who died seventeen years ago.  At one time Mrs. Bedient was a member of the M.E. church at Windsor, which she has always retained.  The deceased has been most tenderly cared for by her daughter until Thursday night when after many weeks of intense suffering "the wheels of weary life at last stood still."  She is survived by one daughter Flora and two brothers Joseph Thurston of the Trestle and George Thurston of Maple Grove besides several nieces and nephews.  The funeral was held privately at the home Saturday after noon at 2:30 o'clock the Rev. York officiating after which the body was taken to Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY] and laid beside the dust of kindred.  Must sympathy is extended to the bereaved daughter.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 2, 1923]

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