John L. Simmons, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY^], aged 51, who had suffered from heart trouble three years, died Saturday. He was born July 11, 1892, at Horton Switch, Delaware County, son of Jake and Ida Simmons. He married Miss Rosina Simmons at West Oneonta, May 6, 1920. Except for a short time in New Jersey, their married life was spent in Oneonta and West Oneonta. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1944]
Leroy E. Harris died suddenly today (Thursday) at about 12 o'clock at his home on Main street in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. Mr. Harris had been about his garden and went into a back room in the house and sat down in a chair to rest and passed away before medical aid could arrive. Mr. Harris was the son of George and Mary (Farrington) Harris and was born at Treadwell [Delaware Co., nY], Jan. 22, 1859. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1944]
Arthur L. Colvin, 74, died Monday afternoon in Afton Hospital from burns received when his clothes were ignited by a small bonfire. Colvin, who was employed as sexton at the East Side Cemetery in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], had raked leaves into a pile at one corner of the cemetery. There he built a small fire. While standing in a cornfield on the other side of the fence, Colvin's clothes ignited and burned him badly. He was found lying unconscious in the field by a man identified as "Red" Kane, who notified the Afton Fire Department, which sent the ambulance to the cemetery. Colvin died approximately one hour after he reached the hospital. A former inspector of the Broome County Insurance Department, Mr. Colvin was well known throughout the county. He had been sexton at the East side Cemetery for several years. He is survived by his widow, Ermina Hand Colvin; a brother, M. Laverne Colvin, both of Afton, and a niece, Verna Botwick, of Cortland. The body was removed to Tabor's Funeral Home, Afton, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Kenneth Kingston, pastor of the Afton M.E. Church, will officiate. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 4, 1944]
Mary Fox Herron, 92, mother of Mrs. Louis Fairbanks, of Greenlawn avenue [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died in a Binghamton Hospital Apr. 30 after being in ill health for sometime. She was born Nov. 30, 1851 at Sloansville, Schoharie County, a daughter of John P. Fox and Henrietta Strain. Mrs. Herron was a descendant of pre-Revolutionary Dutch who settled in Schoharie County, and who fought against the Iroquois at the time of the Cobleskill Massacre. The greater part of her life was spent near Cobleskill [Schoharie Co., NY] where she taught school until her marriage to Charles S. Herron, who died in 1923. Since that time she had made her home in Bainbridge. Since early girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church and for many years was active in the Woman's Temperance Union. She leaves two children besides Mrs. Fairbanks, Schuyler F. Herron, of South Royalton, Vt.; and Milo D. Herron, of Washington, D.C.; there are also seven grandchildren, Betty K. Herron, Barbara L. and Jean Herron, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary H. and Helen E. Fairbanks, also of Washington, D.C.; besides Pvt. Charles H. Fairbanks and Lieut. Paul D. Fairbanks, both in the Armed Forces. A prayer service was held at the Colwell's Funeral Parlors Wednesday evening with the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating. The interment took place Thursday morning in the Cobleskill Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
Lyman Bunnell, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., nY], and brother of William Bunnell, of Bainbridge, died in the Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, Apr. 18, a few hours after he had been stricken with a heart attack at the Delaware & Hudson roundhouse where he was employed. He was 60 years of age. Born in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bunnell, he was employed by the O.&W. R.R. in Walton for a number of years prior to his 30 years of employment with the D.&H. He served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border and was a member of the Lutheran Church in Oneonta, and the Brotherhood of Trainmen. The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, Ralph, of the U.S. Army in Utah, and Paul, of the U.S. Coast Guard in Brooklyn; a daughter, Mrs. Everett Westcott, of Oneonta; one grandchild; another brother, John, of Albany; a sister, Mrs. Charles Stiles, of Binghamton; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Apr. 22 with a prayer service at the house at 11 a.m. and at the Lewis Funeral Parlors at 2 p.m. with the pastor of the Oneonta Lutheran Church officiating. Bearers were members of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. Burial was in Walton. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 4, 1944]
Wilbur G. Clements, prominent businessman in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 13 years, died at his home there Tuesday after a heart attack. the funeral was held Friday afternoon in the Congregational Church, with the Rev. Charlton H. Opdyke officiating. The body was at Carr & Landers' Funeral Parlors until Friday noon. After the funeral, it was cremated and the ashes buried in Bloomfield, N.J. He was born Feb. 22, 1883, in Newark, N.J. In 1904 he married Viola Archer, of New Jersey. They had one daughter, Jeanne. Upon his arrival in Sidney, Mr. Clements became associated with the Wheeler & Mabey insurance and real estate office. After the death of P.O. Wheeler, he conducted the office. Mr. Clements was active in the affairs of the Congregational Church and other organizations. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the church, was serving on the Prudential Committee, and was a member of the Laymen's Conference. During previous years he had been a member of the choir. He was secretary of the Rotary Club and in the past had been president. He was also a member of the F.&A.M. Lodge 801, and a promoter of Boy Scout work. Besides his wife and daughter, Mrs. Richard McClelland, of Sidney, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Florence Carr, and a brother, Frederick Clements, of Nutley, N.J. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
Josephine B. Monfort, died April 14th, 1876, aged 39 years and 8 months and 6 days. After a brief period of suffering care she has been called from family and friends to that better and brighter home to be forever at rest. Such is life, but a few steps from the cradle to the grave, all its issues are in the hand of God. When we begin to live we begin to die. Passing away is indelibly written upon all the land marks of life as our inevitable doom. Our days flow away like the water, and we spend the years as a tale that is told, "borne on by the resistless course of time, we find ourselves nearing the shore of the unseen land, and pausing ere we cross the dread river of death. As we see the last change, the palling cheek, the quivering lips and closing eyes, moments are lengthening into hours, the innermost recesses of our being are stirred. The bursting heart would break with anguish unspeakable and full of woe, were it not for the assurance that the stern decree, dust thou art and unto dust thou shall return. hath no power over the soul, and though loved friends die, they shall live again." [Bainbridge Republican, Apr. 22, 1876]
Arthur L. Colvin, 74, died Monday afternoon in Afton Hospital from burns received when his clothes were ignited by a small bonfire. Colvin, who was employed as sexton at the East Side Cemetery in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], had raked leaves into a pile at one corner of the cemetery. There he built a small fire. While standing in a cornfield on the other side of the fence, Colvin's clothes ignited and burned him badly. He was found lying unconscious in the field by a man identified as "Red" Kane, who notified the Afton Fire Department, which sent the ambulance to the cemetery. Colvin died approximately one hour after he reached the hospital. A former inspector of the Broome County Insurance Department, Mr. Colvin was well known throughout the county. He had been sexton at the East side Cemetery for several years. He is survived by his widow, Ermina Hand Colvin; a brother, M. Laverne Colvin, both of Afton, and a niece, Verna Botwick, of Cortland. The body was removed to Tabor's Funeral Home, Afton, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Kenneth Kingston, pastor of the Afton M.E. Church, will officiate. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 4, 1944]
Mary Fox Herron, 92, mother of Mrs. Louis Fairbanks, of Greenlawn avenue [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died in a Binghamton Hospital Apr. 30 after being in ill health for sometime. She was born Nov. 30, 1851 at Sloansville, Schoharie County, a daughter of John P. Fox and Henrietta Strain. Mrs. Herron was a descendant of pre-Revolutionary Dutch who settled in Schoharie County, and who fought against the Iroquois at the time of the Cobleskill Massacre. The greater part of her life was spent near Cobleskill [Schoharie Co., NY] where she taught school until her marriage to Charles S. Herron, who died in 1923. Since that time she had made her home in Bainbridge. Since early girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church and for many years was active in the Woman's Temperance Union. She leaves two children besides Mrs. Fairbanks, Schuyler F. Herron, of South Royalton, Vt.; and Milo D. Herron, of Washington, D.C.; there are also seven grandchildren, Betty K. Herron, Barbara L. and Jean Herron, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary H. and Helen E. Fairbanks, also of Washington, D.C.; besides Pvt. Charles H. Fairbanks and Lieut. Paul D. Fairbanks, both in the Armed Forces. A prayer service was held at the Colwell's Funeral Parlors Wednesday evening with the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating. The interment took place Thursday morning in the Cobleskill Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
Lyman Bunnell, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., nY], and brother of William Bunnell, of Bainbridge, died in the Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, Apr. 18, a few hours after he had been stricken with a heart attack at the Delaware & Hudson roundhouse where he was employed. He was 60 years of age. Born in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bunnell, he was employed by the O.&W. R.R. in Walton for a number of years prior to his 30 years of employment with the D.&H. He served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border and was a member of the Lutheran Church in Oneonta, and the Brotherhood of Trainmen. The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, Ralph, of the U.S. Army in Utah, and Paul, of the U.S. Coast Guard in Brooklyn; a daughter, Mrs. Everett Westcott, of Oneonta; one grandchild; another brother, John, of Albany; a sister, Mrs. Charles Stiles, of Binghamton; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Apr. 22 with a prayer service at the house at 11 a.m. and at the Lewis Funeral Parlors at 2 p.m. with the pastor of the Oneonta Lutheran Church officiating. Bearers were members of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. Burial was in Walton. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 4, 1944]
Wilbur G. Clements, prominent businessman in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 13 years, died at his home there Tuesday after a heart attack. the funeral was held Friday afternoon in the Congregational Church, with the Rev. Charlton H. Opdyke officiating. The body was at Carr & Landers' Funeral Parlors until Friday noon. After the funeral, it was cremated and the ashes buried in Bloomfield, N.J. He was born Feb. 22, 1883, in Newark, N.J. In 1904 he married Viola Archer, of New Jersey. They had one daughter, Jeanne. Upon his arrival in Sidney, Mr. Clements became associated with the Wheeler & Mabey insurance and real estate office. After the death of P.O. Wheeler, he conducted the office. Mr. Clements was active in the affairs of the Congregational Church and other organizations. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the church, was serving on the Prudential Committee, and was a member of the Laymen's Conference. During previous years he had been a member of the choir. He was secretary of the Rotary Club and in the past had been president. He was also a member of the F.&A.M. Lodge 801, and a promoter of Boy Scout work. Besides his wife and daughter, Mrs. Richard McClelland, of Sidney, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Florence Carr, and a brother, Frederick Clements, of Nutley, N.J. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
Josephine B. Monfort, died April 14th, 1876, aged 39 years and 8 months and 6 days. After a brief period of suffering care she has been called from family and friends to that better and brighter home to be forever at rest. Such is life, but a few steps from the cradle to the grave, all its issues are in the hand of God. When we begin to live we begin to die. Passing away is indelibly written upon all the land marks of life as our inevitable doom. Our days flow away like the water, and we spend the years as a tale that is told, "borne on by the resistless course of time, we find ourselves nearing the shore of the unseen land, and pausing ere we cross the dread river of death. As we see the last change, the palling cheek, the quivering lips and closing eyes, moments are lengthening into hours, the innermost recesses of our being are stirred. The bursting heart would break with anguish unspeakable and full of woe, were it not for the assurance that the stern decree, dust thou art and unto dust thou shall return. hath no power over the soul, and though loved friends die, they shall live again." [Bainbridge Republican, Apr. 22, 1876]
Death Notices
Chenango Union, Dec. 23, 1863
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 5th, Mrs. Hannah Annable, wife of the late Elisha Annable, aged 79 years.
In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 5th, Mr. Philo Cole, aged 46 years.
In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Dec. 8th, Laura A., wife of Charles T. Race, aged 26 years.
In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 19th, Mrs. Amy Grant, wife of Luther Grant, aged 23 years, 7 months and 29 days.
In Utica, N.Y., on Friday, October 30th, at the residence of her brother-in-law, William W. Wood Mrs. Emilia A. Bosworth, wife of Josiah Bosworth, of Pharsalia, Chenango Co., aged 51 years and 9 months.
The subject of this notice was one of earth's precious gems. From her youth she always felt it her duty and privilege to administer to the wants of the poor, the outcast, the sick and afflicted, of earth's children. It was her meat and drink to do the will of her Heavenly Father Her faith in God as the Father and Savior of all men, made her a practical Christian. She loved the sanctuary; she loved the church of Christ, and its ordinances; she delighted in singing the praises of God, and to pour out her soul in prayer to the Father of Spirits. She was a good companion, a tender and affectionate mother, a devoted sister, and dutiful child. She had a smile and a word of cheer for the sick, and the dying, and the mourner. During her protracted illness, not a murmur escaped her lips; perfectly resigned to the will of God, she made all necessary arrangements for her departure; and having expressed an earnest desire for the writer of this notice to attend her funeral, she folded her arms upon her breast, and fell asleep in Christ, the hope of her soul. Her remains were brought to her home in Pharsalia, and on the Sunday following her funeral was held in the Presbyterian church, where a large congregation of sympathizing friends and neighbors listened to a discourse in defense of that faith and hope she loved so well in life, and which gave her such joy and peace in the hour of death. She has left a husband and seven children, and a large circle of relations and friends, to mourn her departure. What is our loss is her immortal gain.
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