PECK: At Berwick City, La., Sept. 25, 1863, of congestive fever, private Thomas Peck, Co. B, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], aged 18 years. He was a soldier ever prompt and obedient in the execution of his duty, a friend always affable and obliging, and a man against whom the finger of reproach could not be lifted. We gave him all a soldier has to give, a grave hallowed by the last offering of his surviving comrades. Sergeant Chas. J. Biggs, Co. C, 114th Regiment. [Chenango Telegraph, Oct. 28, 1863]
PECK: In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 18, 1863, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Andrew Peck, aged 20 years, late of Co. B, 114th Reg. N .Y.S.V. He was a brother of Thomas, a notice of whose death is here inserted. These two promising youths joined hands around the same fireside, in the same church, in our glorious country's service, and now they join hands in the home of our Heavenly Father. Brave and beloved boys, farewell! [Chenango Telegraph, Oct. 28, 1863]
Mrs. Amelia Beach, wife of Asa A. Beach, died in Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] last month aged ninety-five years last first of January. Seventy-three years ago she planted an elm tree on the premises owned by L.S. Weaver, which now measures one hundred feet across the limbs. The tree is insured for $200 for three years. [Sherburne News, Oct. 13, 1883]
George Blowers, of Taylor [Cortland Co., NY], formerly of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], died recently aged seventeen years an dweighing 310 pounds. [Sherburne News, Oct. 13, 1883]
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: The funeral of George R. Wilcox who died on Saturday evening following a shock suffered on Friday evening from which he failed to rally was held Tuesday afternoon in the funeral chapel of Colwell brothers on West Main street, Rev. C.C. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating and burial was made in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. Mr. Wilcox was born in the city of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on August 3d, 1856, the son of Randall and Charlotte Hale Wilcox. He came to this village over fifty years ago, and for several years was engaged in the manufacture of cigars, having as a partner his brother, J. Fred Wilcox. Their factory was then located where the main building of the American Separator Company now stands and at that time was the largest of its kind in this section, employing over a hundred cigar makers. After a time Mr. Wilcox took over the entire business and in connection conducted a retail cigar store. About twelve years ago he sold out and gave up active business and while he continued to make his home here, he spent the winter months either in the south or with his son, R. Clay Wilcox in New York city. Mr. Wilcox was a member of Susquehanna lodge, 167, F. and A.M. and was also a thirty-second degree Mason. He was considered one of Bainbridge's most successful business men and was always actively interested in all of it affairs. Besides his son, there survive two nieces, Mrs. Ethel Woodbury of Hammondsport, N.Y. and Mrs. Frank Parmalee of Binghamton. [Norwich Sun, May 26, 1932]
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: The funeral of George R. Wilcox who died on Saturday evening following a shock suffered on Friday evening from which he failed to rally was held Tuesday afternoon in the funeral chapel of Colwell brothers on West Main street, Rev. C.C. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating and burial was made in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. Mr. Wilcox was born in the city of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on August 3d, 1856, the son of Randall and Charlotte Hale Wilcox. He came to this village over fifty years ago, and for several years was engaged in the manufacture of cigars, having as a partner his brother, J. Fred Wilcox. Their factory was then located where the main building of the American Separator Company now stands and at that time was the largest of its kind in this section, employing over a hundred cigar makers. After a time Mr. Wilcox took over the entire business and in connection conducted a retail cigar store. About twelve years ago he sold out and gave up active business and while he continued to make his home here, he spent the winter months either in the south or with his son, R. Clay Wilcox in New York city. Mr. Wilcox was a member of Susquehanna lodge, 167, F. and A.M. and was also a thirty-second degree Mason. He was considered one of Bainbridge's most successful business men and was always actively interested in all of it affairs. Besides his son, there survive two nieces, Mrs. Ethel Woodbury of Hammondsport, N.Y. and Mrs. Frank Parmalee of Binghamton. [Norwich Sun, May 26, 1932]
George W. Fisher of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of his son, G. Ray Fisher, last Wednesday, January 8th, after a short illness. He was born July 18th, 1856, in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Clark and Katherine Bergdorf Fisher, and had always made his home in this vicinity. He wife, Addie Jones Fisher, died in 1922. The funeral was held at the Colwell funeral chapel on Saturday afternoon, and the services were in charge of Rev. G.H. Orvis. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton. Mr. Fisher is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Raymond Pixley and Mrs. Clarence Holdredge, both of Afton, one son, G. Ray Fisher, of this village, and six grandchildren. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Mrs. Amanda M. Walker, widow of the late Silas Walker, died at her home in East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday, February 29th. She had been in poor health for some time, but her death came suddenly. Mrs. Walker was born March 7th, 1859, the daughter of Jacob and Mandana Green Gould. She had lived at East Guilford for the past twenty years. Her husband died on August 21st, 1916. The funeral was held at her late home Monday afternoon, Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the Bainbridge Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The deceased is survived by five daughters, Mrs. C.H. Smith, of Rochester, the Misses Mattie Walker and Hattie Bilby, of Liberty, Mrs. Welton Dibble, of Sidney, and Mrs. Guy Elliott, of Bainbridge; one son, Ray Walker, of Nineveh, ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Carpenter, of Sidney. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Icy pavements caused many auto accidents and the deaths of three women in New Jersey last Saturday. The most spectacular crash was in South Orange, N.J., on a steep incline of Twin Oaks road, when the car of Ilo Orleans, a Newark lawyer and author, rolled a block and a half down the hillside and crashed into two other machines. Miss Janet McLaughlin, of Millburn, was killed outright. All three automobiles were set afire, and the village fire department was summoned. Traffic at several points was practically at a standstill for more than an hour while three motor vehicle department inspectors, assisted by the crews of five wrecking outfits and car owners, untangled what they described as the "biggest mess of automobiles" they had ever seen. Orleans went to the home of a friend and parked his car at the curb. After walking toward the house, he saw his car begin rolling down the hill, gaining tremendous momentum, and rolled down the street with the speed of an express train, crashing into machines driven by H. Lee Derby, Jr., 25, of Montclair, N.J., son of Harry L. Derby, president of The Kalbfleisch Corporation, and a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and Gerald Kemp, of West Orange. Miss McLaughlin, riding with Derby, was thrown clear of the car by the impact and died instantly of skull fracture. As the machine caught fire Derby received burns about the left leg and face. His overcoat was destroyed by the flames. He was taken to Orange Memorial Hospital and discharged later. Riding with Kemp were his wife and his mother. All three received injuries and were taken to Memorial Hospital. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Falconer R. Gilbert, for many years prominent in public school work, died at the home of his parents at Kingston, Pa., after an illness covering a period of nearly nine months. He was born at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22, 1895, the son of Don A. and Emma R. Gilbert. Removing to Wilkes-Barre at an early age, he received his education in the local schools. After graduation from high school he entered Hamilton College. During the world war Mr. Gilbert entered a training camp at Fort Niagara, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant of infantry. Following assignments at Camp Lee and Camp Wadsworth, he was ordered overseas with the 21st Pioneers, September 2, 1918. After discharge from the army, Mr. Gilbert became superintendent of schools at Encampment, Wyoming. Coming back east he accepted a similar position with the schools of Larksville, Pa., and at West Pittston, Pa. Mr. Gilbert left the Larksville post to take up study at Columbia University for the M.A. degree. Following this he became master of the Haldone School at Cold Springs, N.Y., which position he was obliged to relinquish on account of the breakdown in health which finally culminated in his death. Mr. Gilbert was married at Utica, N.Y., July 8, 1917, to Cecilia Cahil of that city. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1930. Two sons, Robert and Don, together with his father and mother survive. Funeral service were conducted at the home on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, in charge of Rev Ebenezer Flack, pastor of the Kingston Presbyterian Church, and interment in the Denison Cemetery, Forty Fort. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Mrs. Mattie C Smith, wife of H. Henry Smith, died at her home in Wilkins Settlement on Tuesday, February 14th. The funeral was held Thursday, February 16th, at the Colwell Funeral Chapel, Rev. E.A. Snyder, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating. The remains were taken to Troy for burial. Mrs. Smith was born January 7th, 1856, in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Dyer. She has been for many years a resident of this vicinity. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, R.H. Baker, of Yonkers. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 23, 1933]
Mrs. Amanda M. Walker, widow of the late Silas Walker, died at her home in East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday, February 29th. She had been in poor health for some time, but her death came suddenly. Mrs. Walker was born March 7th, 1859, the daughter of Jacob and Mandana Green Gould. She had lived at East Guilford for the past twenty years. Her husband died on August 21st, 1916. The funeral was held at her late home Monday afternoon, Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the Bainbridge Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The deceased is survived by five daughters, Mrs. C.H. Smith, of Rochester, the Misses Mattie Walker and Hattie Bilby, of Liberty, Mrs. Welton Dibble, of Sidney, and Mrs. Guy Elliott, of Bainbridge; one son, Ray Walker, of Nineveh, ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Carpenter, of Sidney. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Icy pavements caused many auto accidents and the deaths of three women in New Jersey last Saturday. The most spectacular crash was in South Orange, N.J., on a steep incline of Twin Oaks road, when the car of Ilo Orleans, a Newark lawyer and author, rolled a block and a half down the hillside and crashed into two other machines. Miss Janet McLaughlin, of Millburn, was killed outright. All three automobiles were set afire, and the village fire department was summoned. Traffic at several points was practically at a standstill for more than an hour while three motor vehicle department inspectors, assisted by the crews of five wrecking outfits and car owners, untangled what they described as the "biggest mess of automobiles" they had ever seen. Orleans went to the home of a friend and parked his car at the curb. After walking toward the house, he saw his car begin rolling down the hill, gaining tremendous momentum, and rolled down the street with the speed of an express train, crashing into machines driven by H. Lee Derby, Jr., 25, of Montclair, N.J., son of Harry L. Derby, president of The Kalbfleisch Corporation, and a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and Gerald Kemp, of West Orange. Miss McLaughlin, riding with Derby, was thrown clear of the car by the impact and died instantly of skull fracture. As the machine caught fire Derby received burns about the left leg and face. His overcoat was destroyed by the flames. He was taken to Orange Memorial Hospital and discharged later. Riding with Kemp were his wife and his mother. All three received injuries and were taken to Memorial Hospital. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Falconer R. Gilbert, for many years prominent in public school work, died at the home of his parents at Kingston, Pa., after an illness covering a period of nearly nine months. He was born at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22, 1895, the son of Don A. and Emma R. Gilbert. Removing to Wilkes-Barre at an early age, he received his education in the local schools. After graduation from high school he entered Hamilton College. During the world war Mr. Gilbert entered a training camp at Fort Niagara, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant of infantry. Following assignments at Camp Lee and Camp Wadsworth, he was ordered overseas with the 21st Pioneers, September 2, 1918. After discharge from the army, Mr. Gilbert became superintendent of schools at Encampment, Wyoming. Coming back east he accepted a similar position with the schools of Larksville, Pa., and at West Pittston, Pa. Mr. Gilbert left the Larksville post to take up study at Columbia University for the M.A. degree. Following this he became master of the Haldone School at Cold Springs, N.Y., which position he was obliged to relinquish on account of the breakdown in health which finally culminated in his death. Mr. Gilbert was married at Utica, N.Y., July 8, 1917, to Cecilia Cahil of that city. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1930. Two sons, Robert and Don, together with his father and mother survive. Funeral service were conducted at the home on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, in charge of Rev Ebenezer Flack, pastor of the Kingston Presbyterian Church, and interment in the Denison Cemetery, Forty Fort. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]
Mrs. Mattie C Smith, wife of H. Henry Smith, died at her home in Wilkins Settlement on Tuesday, February 14th. The funeral was held Thursday, February 16th, at the Colwell Funeral Chapel, Rev. E.A. Snyder, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating. The remains were taken to Troy for burial. Mrs. Smith was born January 7th, 1856, in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Dyer. She has been for many years a resident of this vicinity. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, R.H. Baker, of Yonkers. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 23, 1933]
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