Mrs. Jessie Burton, wife of Fred Burton, passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 23, at her home on the lake road, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Burton was the daughter of Jenny and Andrew Westcott and was born fifty-two years ago in the village of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Burton's death came as a great shock to her family. Her passing was very sudden. She was a devoted wife and mother, a quiet, unassuming woman, making many friends. Surviving are the husband; two sons, Bruce, of Guilford, and Ralph, of Rome; an aged mother, Mrs. Jenny Westcott, of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. Drew Murray, of Binghamton, Mrs. Wallace Stanton, of Oxford; and one brother, Otto Westcott, of Oxford. Her entire married life, thirty-three years or more, have been spent on the Burton homestead, where she passed away. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Seymour's Funeral Chapel in Oxford, the Rev. H.C. Whedon officiating. Bearers were John Veit, William Miller, R.D. Ryan and Frank Hovey. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 5, 1936]
Mrs. Anna Beverly, 69, died at her home in Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], March 9, of heart trouble, after being in poor health for the past four months. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from her home, Rev Earl Smeich officiating. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney. Colwell Brothers had charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Beverly was born June 23, 1867, in Delmar [Albany Co., NY], a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Jones. George Beverly, her husband, passed on in 1920, while they were living in Union Valley. Mrs. Beverly had lived in Port Dickinson for the past 12 years, coming to Union Valley for a vacation during the summers. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma L. Strevell, of Port Dickinson, and Mrs. Martha H. Ireland, of Albany; a brother, Alvin H. Jones, of Albany; also several nieces and nephews. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 12, 1936]
Miss Edna Saunders died at the home of Frank S. Wright, Kirby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], with whom she had made her home for the last thirteen years, Monday, March 16. During these years she has been a semi-invalid and the last three suffered from cancer. Miss Saunders was born Oct. 9, 1854, in the town of Sanford [Broome Co., NY], daughter of Elisha T. and Elmira Lord Saunders, the oldest of nine children. One sister, Mrs. Etta Randall, of Guilford, survives. In Miss Saunders early life she came to Windsor [Broome Co., NY] and was a resident of that village for fifty years. When a young girl she united- with the M.E. Church and was an active Christian, singing in the choir and teaching in the Sunday school for many years. the funeral will be held this Thursday, March 19, at 2 p.m. at Colwell Bros. Chapel. Her great-nephew, Rev. Fletcher Saunders, of Conklin Center will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 19, 1936]
Don A. Gilbert, librarian of the Luzerne County Law and Library Association for many years, died suddenly March 4 at his home, 19 Third avenue, Kingston (Ulster Co., NY), following a heart attack. He was born in Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], March 13, 1870, the son of Don A. and Amelia Bixby Gilbert. His father was one of the leading citizens of Bainbridge and held many offices, among them being that of postmaster to which he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland. Mr. Gilbert spent his early life in Bainbridge but, after his marriage on June 6, 1893, to Emma Reese, a daughter of Thomas A and Sarah L. Reese, of Kingston, he came to Wyoming Valley where he has lived ever since. He engaged in various vocations but the greater part of his life had been devoted to the Law and Library association of which he has been librarian of the courthouse for 27 years. In that time Mr. Gilbert's unfailing courtesy and helpfulness to which were added an efficient understanding of legal reference work have won for him the friendship and respect of members of the Luzerne County Bar with whom he has come into close contact. Mr. Gilbert is survived by his wife, Emma, and by two grandchildren, Falconer R. Gilbert and Don E. Gilbert, sons of the late Falconer Gilbert who died in January, 1933. He is also survived by three brothers, Maurice B. Gilbert, of South Orange, Archibald F. Gilbert, architect of New York City, and Charles Gilbert, a Bishop of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. Funeral services were held at the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was made at Dennison cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 19, 1936]
Civil War Soldiers Death Notices
Chenango Union, Oct. 14, 1863
At University Hospital, New Orleans, Sept. 12th of dropsy, Mr. Michel F. Coughlin, of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], a member of Co. K, 161st N.Y.S.V. He had his discharge papers, and was on his way home.
At Court House Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 11th, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Samuel S. Sheldon, of East Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], a member of Co. K, 161st Regt.
At the Regimental Hospital, Brashaer City, La., on the 3d ult., Mr. Oscar F. Root, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27.
At Folly Island, near Charleston, recently, Mr. Nathan Blencoe, of the 144th Reg. N.Y.S.V., formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years. He was a young man much respected, and his loss will be mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
At Annapolis, Md., Sept. 25, Mr. Albertus Kenyon, aged 23 years, a member of Co. H, 168th, N.Y.S.V.
At Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., July 31st, of typhoid fever, George W. Ames, of North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], a volunteer in Co. A, 89th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 19 y'rs. Few young men who give up their lives for their country, will be missed and mourned as George is.--He was indeed a true and noble boy. Surrounded by all the obstacles that possibly could be thrown in his way, he had reached a position in society, upon which those on whom fortune had ever smiled might well look with envy. Frank, truthful, with intellectual abilities of the first order, he would, had he lived, have stood high on the list of fame. His noble spirit would not allow him to stay with us when traitors were striving against his dear country, and freely he gave his young life up at her altar.
"Mournfully, tenderly, solemn and slow,
Tears are bedewing the path as we go;
Kindred and strangers are weeping today,
A hero, a patriot, from earth passed away."
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