Marguerite L. Palmer, 26 year old school teacher, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Palmer, have resided in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for several years, passed away at the Palmer residence on South Main street last Friday, June 30, 1933. Deceased had been ill for more than a month and had been forced to leave her work in May. Pneumonia was the immediate cause of death. Born in Delhi [Delaware Co., NY] on July 29, 1907, Miss Palmer had spent her whole life in the Southern Tier. She started school in Oneonta but completed most of her grade work at the school in Sidney. Her secondary education was completed at Unadilla High School, from which institution she was graduated with high honors in 1923. A teacher's training course occupied her next year. From 1924 till 1927 she taught at Rootville, N.Y., and Cissonville, N.Y. Going to Oneonta Normal school for the school year of 1927-'28, Miss Palmer completed her training for the educational profession and the following year was engaged by the Endicott, N.Y., school system. She was still teaching at Endicott, at the Loder Avenue grade school at the time her illness necessitated her retirement early in May, this year. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 6, 1933]
Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Dunham left on Sunday for Westminster West, VT, where they were called by the death of Mrs. Dunham's father, Harland Goodhue. Mr. Goodhue, who was in his 84th year, had spent quite a bit of his time in Bainbridge in recent years and his death is mourned by many, many friends here. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1933]
Mrs. Polly Adelia Swart Whitney, of Evans street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], passed away Friday, July 7, 1933, at the age of 95. Mrs. Whitney had been a resident of Bainbridge for the past twenty years. She had been in poor health for many years and had been an invalid for more than a decade. There is little available data on the details of her life. She was born at Delhi [Delaware Co., NY] on April 23, 1838. When she was five years old her parents moved to North Sanford, which place was her home for many years. Prior to the Civil War she was married to Charles Whitney, who was among the first to answer the call for volunteers to quell the Rebellion. Charles Whitney served as an officer throughout the war and it is stated by some that he was a member of the staff of one of the leading generals of that conflict. Returning from the war, he is reputed to have become a member of Congress, although no records are available showing when he served or how long. The Whitneys became the parents of seven children, four boys and three girls, all of whom have been out-lived by their aged mother. The only direct descendants now living are two grandchildren residing in Memphis, Tenn. There are a score or more of nieces, nephews and cousins living in this vicinity. funeral services were conducted Sunday from the parlors of the Colwell Funeral Home, the Reverend Bradford H. Tite officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1933]
Oscar Warren Fletcher, 76, died at his home on Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Wednesday morning, July 12th, at 8:30 o'clock. He had been in poor health during the past year, being confined to his bed for the last two months. The deceased was born at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] October 2nd, 1857, a son of Joseph A. and Susan A. Fletcher. Most of his life was spent in the town of Guilford as a farmer. Twenty-four years ago he came to Bainbridge, where he had since resided. He joined the church early in life and was an earnest, active member. Besides his wife and adopted son he leaves a brother, M.J. Fletcher, of Jamestown, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Bedford, of Oneonta, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at the residence Friday, July 14th, at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Yaleville [Guilford, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1933]
On the morning of the 30th of January, 1864, in Butternuts, Otsego, Co., the Rev. Thomas H. Judd, the beloved Pastor of Christ Church, Butternuts. "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." 1st Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, 2d chapter, 2d verse. The text quoted is the one from which his funeral sermon was preached, and is a correct exposition of his labors while among us. In these days,...when clergymen use their pulpits for political forums, it is a blessing to find a Christian clergyman who does not seek to fan the flame which is spreading desolation over our land; and this is why I have quoted this text, which you may think strange, in the notice of our beloved Pastor's death. The text was of his own choice. [Chenango Union, Feb. 10, 1864]
Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]: Edgar Hyer died at the home of his cousin, Almond Hyer, on Tuesday morning under unusual circumstances. He had lived alone for many years, but his health being very poor this winter, on Friday last the neighbors moved him to the home of Mrs. Almond Hyer, who had kindly consented to care for him. On Sunday evening he went out to care for his horse and coming in, his lantern was extinct and his clothing was covered with water. He was asked
what was the matter, and replied "I don't know," which were his last words. Dr. B.F. Smith was called and upon examination found the skull to be fractured and with the assistance of Dr. Crowell and Dr. Brooks, of Oneonta, two pieces of skull were removed about the size of a cent piece and another piece was fractured as large as a two cent piece. His condition was such that chloroform could not be administered, but he stood the operation well and lived until Thursday morning. It is generally supposed that the horse, who had a vicious mother, whose owner never dared harness it but once, must have kicked him, although a sled, shod with heavy shoes stood near his path upon which he might have fallen. [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 2, 1892]
Death of a Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] Soldier: Among the deaths of New York soldiers announced at the U.S. hospitals in Washington, is that of Corp. Joseph Weiler, of Co. K, 40th Regiment N.Y. Volunteers. Mr. Weiler was from this place, and had the name of being a good and brave soldier. He had served out his first term of enlistment, and was serving his second when wounded. His father, Jacob Weiler, enlisted last fall, in the same regiment we believe, and is now in a hospital in Washington, having been wounded. The young Weiler had his leg blown off above the knee by a shell, and the limb was amputated on the field. From the effects of this wound or amputation, death took place. [Chenango Union, June 15, 1864]
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