Mrs. Jane W. Andrews, widow of the late Elman L. Andrews, passed away at her home on North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], Tuesday, November 19, after a long illness. Born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], July 31, 1853, Mrs. Andrews was the daughter of Franklin and Almyra Mudge. On March 14, 1877, she was united in marriage to Elman Andrews at Coventry where they lived until 1902, when they moved to the present home in Bainbridge. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1927 in the First Baptist Church, of Bainbridge. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Wakeman, two sons, George and Lester, all of Bainbridge; 14 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; three brothers, Merton Mudge, of Oxford; Ernest J. Mudge, of Springfield, Mass. and Louis Mudge, of Johnson City; one sister, Mrs. Estelle Wilkins, of Binghamton and several nieces and nephews. The funeral services were held Friday, November 22, at the Frist Baptist Church, where she was an active member, with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating. The church choir sang several hymns with Mrs. Ernest Hoyt at the organ. The pall-bearers were Maurice Wilcox, Nathan E. Truman, Joseph Hitchcock, Albert DeGroat and Alfred Robbins. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery in Afton [Chenango Co., NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 28, 1940]
Thomas R. Alverson passed away in his sleep Monday morning, November 25, at the home of his son, James h. Alverson, on Juliand street [Bainbridge, ,Chenango Co., NY], who is a construction engineer in the employ of Frank Lewis and Sons. For the past eight years he has made his home with his son and has resided here since August. Mr. Alverson was born in the town of Walton [Delaware Co., NY] and for many years operated a farm at Beerston. He is survived by five sons: Walter S., of Detroit, Mich.; Robert E., of Birmingham, Ala.; Charles T., of New York City; Howard G., of Detroit, Mich.; and James H. with whom he resided, also one daughter, Julia E. Holmes, of Schenectady; and 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lyon's Bros. Funeral Chapel, in Walton, with the Rev. Frank Latham officiating. Burial in the Walton Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 5, 1940]
Harriet Guile Petley, wife of Herbert Petley, died in the Bainbridge Hospital last Wednesday morning, December 4, 1940, after an illness of nine days following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born November 13, 1882, in Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Edwin J. and Martha (Titus) Guile. She attended school in South Plymouth and North Norwich and taught the Primary Department in the North Norwich School for one year, 1903-1904. On February ? 1904 she was united in marriage to Herbert Eugene Petley, of Bainbridge. From that time until her death she was a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Petley was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for the past 14 years she had been one of the local telephone operators. The deceased is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs. Newton Hovey, of Bainbridge; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Petley, of Binghamton; a brother, William Lewis Guile, of South Plymouth; an aunt, Mrs. Georgia Smith, of Norwich, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was held on Friday at 2 o'clock in the Colwell's Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. G.H. Underwood, pastor of the Methodist church, conducting the services. The pall-bearers were: Bert Bliss, Howard Bliss, Roland James, and Lester Stead, all of Bainbridge; Arthur Guile, of South Plymouth; and Clifton Stannard, of Frankfort; all nephews of the deceased. Interment was in the family plot at Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 12, 1940]
Nellie M. Davis, widow of the late Edgar Davis, of Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, at Dunellen, N.J., December 13, 1940, after being an invalid for two years. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a devoted Christian and a faithful church member wherever she lived. Mrs. Davis was loved by all those who knew her and was always helping people in need. Born March 7, 1865, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], she was the daughter of Whitcomb and Emaline Broad and was united in marriage to Edgar Davis, April 20, 1886, in Bainbridge. After her marriage she lived many years in Nebraska and Idaho before coming to Bennettsville. Left to mourn the deceased are: two sons, Frank E., of Bremerton, Wash.; and Charles A. Dunellen, N.J.; 10 grandchildren, Mrs. Dorothy Russell, Oregon; Mrs. Viola Parker, Mrs. Beatrice Donnelly and Miss Guendolyn Davis, all of Bremerton, Wash.; and Gloria, Caroline, David, Nancy Ann, Ruby Joan and Charles Davis, Jr., all of Dunellen, N.J.; three great grandchildren and five nieces, Mrs. Claude Sweet of Bainbridge; Mary Broad, Nebraska, and Hetty Breffle, Rochester; Ada Rhoan, Nebraska; Lena Rockwell, California; three nephews, H.L. Payne, Bainbridge; Arthur and Ancil Broad, Nebraska. A prayer service was held Sunday morning at Dunellen and the funeral was held in Bainbridge Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Colwell's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating. Mrs. Harvey Wood and Albert Wilcox sang "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." The pall-bearers were: Harry Smith, Bennettsville; Ernest Breffle, Rochester; and Clayton Sweet and J.G. Corbin, Bainbridge. The body was placed in the vault and burial will be in the cemetery in Afton in the Spring. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 19, 1940]
We regret to learn as we go to press of the sudden death of Warren Gray, Esq. an old and highly esteemed citizen of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last. He had been during the preceding day, as well as usual, and, transacting some business in his office at 8 o'clock that evening, slept well during the night. But while dressing the next morning, he was suddenly taken ill, and died in three hours thereafter, in the 84th year of his age. Esqr. Gray was one of the Justices of the Peace of Greene at his death, and had been so for nearly fifty years, and always, as his repeated elections proved, discharging his duties honest and well. In his death we have lost another of the venerable "Fathers" of our County, and he leaves a void which others cannot fill. [Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Jan. 13, 1869]
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