Obituaries (July 2)

Dexter C. Vincent, age 82, died Tuesday at the Figger home after an illness of many months.  Born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] August 7, 1860, he was the son of Justin and Celestia (Briggs) Vincent.  In his early years he was a fireman on the railroad in Colorado.  Later he came East where he engaged in dairy farming until his retirement.  He was a member of the Maccabees Lodge and a former member of the Grange; he attended church at East Guilford during the years he lived in Rogers Hollow.  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Colwell's Chapel with the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson officiating.  Burial will be in the family plot in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  He is survived by a brother, Charles Vincent, of Rogers Hollow; and two sisters in California.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943]

 

Herman W. Miller, 70 years old, died Saturday morning at his home, Apalachin, R.D.1.  Mr. Miller conducted a harness and shoe repair shop in the Clark Block, in Bainbridge, a number of years ago, and lived in the house now occupied by the Showalter family.  He is survived by his widow, Jessie Miller, three daughters, Mrs. Harry Niles, and Mrs. Frank Meeker, of Unadilla, and Mrs. Charles Banks, of Livingston Manor; a son, the Rev. Willis Miller of Youngstown; 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Unadilla, of which he was a member, Tuesday afternoon.  The Rev. George Youngs officiated.  Burial was in the family plot in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 22, 1943]

 

Mrs. Howard Griffin, a descendant of one of the early settlers of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at her home in Scranton [PA] last week.  Mrs. Griffin, the former Jennie DeMunn, lived in a house on the site of the old National Milk Sugary Co., built by Baron DeZeng for himself in 1913.  The baron also built at the same time Terrace hill for his brother.  The house was bought from Baron DeZeng by the Bishop family, and Mrs. Griffin's mother was a daughter of the Bishop's.  The deceased leaves a son, Dudley Griffin, and a niece Natalie Aylesworth.  Her sister Louise, died six years ago.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 29, 1943]

 

David Novak, 13, died Monday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, from a gunshot wound in the abdomen, incurred Saturday afternoon while in a scuffle with an older brother, Carl, 16.  The boys are reported to have found a 32-caliber revolver in an old trunk in the attic of their home, in Forest city.  A struggle to gain possession of the gun caused the shot, officials said.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 29, 1943]

 

Floyd E. Genung, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly at Chenango Memorial Hospital Monday morning.  He was taken tot he hospital Sunday suffering from a heart condition.  He was born in Wells Bridge Oct. 5, 1885, and resided in Norwich most of his life, where he was an engineer for the New York State Gas and Electric Company.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 29, 1943]