Mrs. Melissa (Lilley) Foote, aged 93, who passed away Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Burlison, Sidney-Unadilla road, was sick only a few days with the grippe. Mrs. Foote was born June 17, 1850 in Eldred, Pa., the daughter of John H. and Jane (Lawrence) Lilley. She was married to Uriah H. Foote December 25, 1867. He passed away in 1909 and since then Mrs. Foote has made her home mostly with her daughter, Mrs. Burlison. the funeral service was held Monday at 2 o'clock at Carr & Landers' funeral chapel, Sidney, with Rev. Geo. Young, of Unadilla, officiating. Burial was in St. Matthew's cemetery, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY]. Mrs. Foote was a member of Unadilla Methodist church and much respected in the community. Besides the daughter mentioned she is survived by two other daughters, Bertha Soules of Pasadena, Cal. and Adelle Slater of Sidney, and one son, Arthur Foote of Otego; 13 grandchildren, Mrs. Floyd Foote, and Stuart Foote, of Otego; Mrs. Henry Stark, Mrs. L.P. Brewster, Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. George Hyatt, Mrs. Ray Marcellus, Mr. Earl Coddington, Unadilla; Mrs. Danny Snyder, Bainbridge; Mr. Lee Codington, Hudson Falls; Mrs. Mason Curtis, Mr. Clarence Fancher, Mr. Chauncey Conklin, Sidney; Mrs. Wesley Dalton, Afton; 32 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. There were five generations, four different ways, present at a recent family gathering in her honor at the Burlison home. [Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 30, 1943]
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Augusta Winegard, widow of Willis Winegard, who died on April 5, 1939, were held this Thursday afternoon at her home at 84 River street, at 1:30, with Rev. Wilton J. Dubrick, pastor of the Sidney Methodist church of which Mrs. Winegard was a member, officiating. The body was placed in the vault at Prospect Hill cemetery [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY] for burial in the spring. She died at the family home on Monday, Dec. 27, at 11:20 p.m. Mrs. Winegard was born August 5, 1863, at Deposit [Broome Co., NY], a daughter of Lysander and Melinda Lobdell. Over a half century ago she was united in marriage to Mr. Winegard, and during his life they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Winegard was active in the various societies of the Methodist church, and was held in high esteem among the residents of the community where she had passed so much of her life. She had been in failing health for some time and received loving care from her daughter, Mrs. William Flint, during these last days. Besides this daughter, she is survived by a grandson, John Somerville, and a granddaughter, Miss Joyce Winegard. [Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 30, 1943]
Reuben Lewis, a former resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] where he was employed as an engineer in the old Novelty Works, died at his home in Browertown, near Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], Monday. He was about 66 years of age. The funeral was held today at 2:00 o'clock with burial in Syracuse. Mr. Lewis is a brother of Harry Lewis of Maple avenue this village. [Sidney, NY]. ]Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 30, 1943]
Lynn Cogshall, 42, died Sunday as a result of wounds received Saturday in gun battle with seven members of Troop C State Police on the farm of his parents near West Laurens in Otsego County. Cogshall withstood the troopers for eight hours with two shotgun after they had been called to investigate reports he had been beating his mother, Mrs. William Cogshall. District Attorney Livingston S. Latham said Cogshall had been released recently at Binghamton State Hospital. Investigators said Cogshall forced his parents from their home at the point of a gun and then at about 8:30 a.m. barricaded himself in the house. He also shot at neighbors who were attracted to the scene of the gunfire. When state police arrived, he poured five deer slugs into one of the unoccupied troop cars. Police opened fire and used tear gas when the farmer's son refused to leave his shelter. He finally succumbed to wounds in the right groin and left wrist. Taken to Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, he died Sunday evening. Records reveal the victim had had several brushes with the law, on charges of forgery, burglary, chicken theft and leaving the scene of an accident. Oneonta police said they shot him in the leg in 1933 while pursuing him through Unadilla for arrest on a forgery charge. He was released at Binghamton State Hospital in November, according to investigators. Inspector Ernest Maynard of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation had command of the four B.C.I. members and two uniformed troopers who participated in the Saturday siege. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1944]
Allen H. Ross died at his home Friday morning in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY\] following an illness of about two years. He was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his widow, Laura, and eight children. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1944]
Fenton Mills, 36, died suddenly Sunday at his home, R.D.2, Windsor [Broome Co., NY]. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Alice Mills, of Pleasant Mount, Pa.; two brothers and two sisters. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1944]
Sarah E. Hurlburt, 73, died Monday afternoon at the Yeager Nursing Home, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, of Harpursville, and a brother, Andrew Hurlburt, of Harpursville. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1944]
Charles H. Latham, 79, lifelong resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and one of its most prominent businessmen and philanthropists, died Friday night at Daytona Beach Hospital, Fla., where he had been a patient for about a week. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1944]
John Fletcher Davie, 68, of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], died Tuesday morning at his home. He is survived by his wife, Mary Fisher Davie; two sons, Gerald and Charles Davie, of Harpursville; two brothers, Alvie Davie, of Danbury, Conn., and Floyd Davie, of Deposit; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Briggs, of Northport, L.I., and Mrs. Laura L. Scott, of Waverly. Mr. Davie was a member of the United Spanish War Veterans, and a member of the Baptist Church in Harpursville. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1944]
H. Eugene Appley, 70, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his home in Harpursville R.D. [Broome Co., NY]. He is survived by his widow, Jessie; a sister, Mrs. George E. Lord, of Binghamton; a niece, Mrs. Maude Hill, of Binghamton; a stepson, Leslie Hurlburt, of Findley Lake. Services were held at the Harry G. Kark Funeral Home in Harpursville, Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Louis G. Falk officiating. Burial in Harpursville. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1944]
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