Miss M. Laura Gifford, teacher in Chenango Co. schools for more than 30 years, with 15 years' service in the schools of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Sunday morning, after a brief illness of pneumonia. Born in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 18, 1880, she graduated from the Oxford Academy after which she taught in Oxford and Guilford before coming to Norwich. At the time she was taken ill she was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, captain of John Harris Chapter of the D.A.R., and the Norwich Teachers Association. Funeral services were held from Emmanuel Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the rector, Rev. S.S. Charters officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford. The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Holcomb, of Norwich, and Miss Bertha Gifford, of Oxford, one brother, Eugene Gifford, of Oxford. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 3, 1938]
Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: Caroline Markert, widow of the late John Markert, passed away at her home at Guilford Center, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, Jan. 30. Death was due to cerebral apoplexy. Mrs. Markert was born Sept. 21, 1852, at Fort Plains, the daughter of Catherine (Glanser) Beck and Conrad Beck. Her parents were both born in Germany. She has spent many years in the home, where she died. Previous to her home there she lived with her husband in Guilford, his business being a blacksmith. She was a kindly neighbor. Although the last years of her life were spent much alone, her friends always rallied around her. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Schleeke, of Sidney, and Mrs. Vina Endter, of Syracuse, and three granddaughters, Mrs. Nellie Morse, Mrs. Anita Manning and Mrs. Florence Higgins, all of Syracuse due to extreme ill health Mrs. Endter was unable to attend the final rites for her mother. Services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Carr & Hare funeral chapel in Sidney, Rev. J.W. Bump officiating. Committal in Sunset hill Cemetery, Guilford. Beautiful floral tributes testified that Mrs. Markert had many friends to grieve her passing. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]
After a short illness George Nichols passed away at his home below the village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Thursday, February 3. He was born in the town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] in April, 1857, on the original Nichols Homestead which had been settled by his great grandfather, James. He lived at North Afton and was well known as a good farmer, Jersey breeder and had a very fine herd. Married to Frances Pearce in January, 1879, who survives, five children were born to them. Three are still surviving, Leo, who resides on the farm below the village, Aldyth, the wife of a Lutheran pastor in Atlantic, Iowa, and Eric, of Binghamton; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Nichols moved form the North Afton home to the present farm in Bainbridge in 1910. A nervous breakdown impaired his health, and he retired from active work, but kept busy with lighter occupations. He was known to all as a genial visitor, well read in all lines, a lover of his country, and much interested in genealogy. He was very proud of the fact that his children could join many historical societies and that Charlemagne and William the conqueror were in the branches of the family tree. Mr. Nichols will be missed by a large circle of acquaintances, but all will feel that he had lived a useful life and his work had been well done. Funeral services were held in the Colwell brothers chapel Sunday afternoon, with Rev. G.N. Underwood officiating. Burial was in the family plot in the North Afton cemetery, where members of the family have been buried for the last century and a half. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]
Edward B. Lawrence, died at his home on the Bainbridge-Sidney highway, last Wednesday, February 2, after an illness of about a year's duration. The deceased was born in Devines Corners, Sullivan County on September 23, 1874, the son of Thomas and Florine Potter Lawrence. He was married to Mabel Smith of Monticello, on April 8, 1908. Moving to Bainbridge in 1913, Mr. Lawrence had been occupied with his farm north of the village until about three years ago, when poor health forced him to retire from active work. Besides his wife, there survive two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Harry Anderson of Otego, Mrs. Leonard Hotaling of Liberty, Gilbert Lawrence of Liberty and Riley Lawrence of Devines Corners, and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral services were held form the home Saturday, Feb. 5th with Rev. G.H. Orvis officiating. The four nephews of the deceased were the bearers, Robert and Charles Anderson, and Delwin and John Lawrence. Interment was made in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], with a prayer service at the grave. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]
James Hall, aged 67 years, died at his home on the Guilford-Oxford road early Monday morning, after a week's illness of pneumonia. It was the third time that he had been afflicted with this disease. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in St. .Joseph's Church with Rev.. Dennis F. Lyons officiating, with burial in St. Agnes Cemetery Utica [Oneida Co., NY]. Mr. Hall was born in the town of Edwards, N.Y. April 22, 1869. He was united in marriage to Helen McGarry, who together with four daughters and three sons survive. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 17, 1938]
Dr. Charles Bassett, 76, a resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 40 years, passed away at the Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, on February 19th, from pneumonia. Dr. Bassett who had practiced dentistry in Sidney was well known in Bainbridge. Funeral services were conducted at Sidney, Monday afternoon, followed by interment at Cobleskill. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938]
On Saturday evening last, a distressing calamity occurred at Alderbrook, about 3 miles south of this village [Eaton, Madison Co., NY], by which three persons lost their lives. On that evening a little after 6 o'clock, Mr. Coonrod Betts, foreman of the Alderbrook Woolen Factory, went out upon the factory pond in a small boat, for pleasure; but being hailed by his daughter, aged about 12 years, he ran ashore and took her into the boat and returned to the middle of the pond. Soon after this Miss Genie Tousley, aged nearly 17 years, a beautiful girl, and only daughter of Edwin Tousley, expressed a wish to join the boating party, and was allowed to enter the boat. After reaching the deepest water of the pond, one of the young ladies were seen to stand upright in the boat and in an instant afterwards fell overboard, capsizing the boat and carrying it beyond the reach of any of its recent occupants. No help was at hand, and none of the drowning party could swim; but Mr. Betts was seen to struggle manfully for life, and appeared to be assisting one of the girls. Soon, however all disappeared, and the bodies were not recovered until nearly three hours after the sad occurrence. Mrs. Tousley was an eye-witness, from her door, of the capsizing of the boat; and although suffering untold anxiety, did not lose her presence of mind, and seemed to be the first to recommend a rational attempt to save the lives of the party. but no means of reaching the party were at hand, and she was compelled to give up the child whom she loved better than her own life. Mrs. Betts did not witness the terrible scene, but when informed of the loss of her husband and daughter, swooned, and on Monday morning (our last intelligence) had not returned to consciousness, and it was feared she could not survive the terrible shock. The funeral of the victims of this lamentable calamity took place yesterday. Mr. Betts was in his 39th year, and left two surviving children. [Chenango Union, May 29, 1872]
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