Missing since Dec. 20, 1944, Joseph Augustus Baumann, 53, of Jefferson [Schoharie Co., NY], who had been the object of a widespread search which extended as far as Chicago, was found drowned Thursday in a well in the rear of his home on the Jefferson-North Harpersfield road by his wife. According to District Attorney James L. Gage, Dr. Leroy Becker gave a verdict of death by drowning. According to State Police who investigated his disappearance, Mr. Baumann came to Jefferson about 12 years ago and operated the Golden Age Farm a boarding house. Last December his wife, Mrs. Anna Bauman,, told police official that her husband had become worried over income tax matters and disappeared shortly afterward. She told police that on another occasion her husband had told her that if he ever left home, he would meet her on a Saturday night in Chicago at the City Hall. After a search by State Police and the Missing Persons Bureau in Chicago, Mrs. Baumann went there last month where she made a search for her husband. Mrs. Baumann told State Police that Thursday the well in the backyard became clogged and in seeking to determine the cause of the trouble, she found the body of her husband in six feet of water. She said that on two different occasions, her husband had threatened to take his life. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 8, 1945]
The funeral of William Caswell, who died Monday at 12:45 a.m. at his home, 58 West Main street, was in the Carr & Landers Funeral Parlors at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Robert H. Moore, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. W.T. Dubrick, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY]. Mr. Caswell was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] March 21, 1870, but moved to Afton [Chenango Co., NY] before he was a year old. He resided there until 49 years ago when he came to Sidney. He was the son of Henry and Ellen (Brooks) Caswell and married Miss Annis Dickinson on Sept. 27, 1890. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary four years ago. Until Feb. 25 when he was taken ill, he was a guard in the Scintilla Magneto Division and his fellow guards will act as bearers at his funeral. He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Harold Keeler, Mrs. Edward Hulse and Mrs. Harriett Gorham, all of Sidney; three sons, Ralph Caswell, Charles Caswell, of Sidney, and A/S Lawrence Caswell on the escort carrier Kasaan in the Pacific; a sister, Mrs. A.B. Carruth, and a brother, Albert Caswell, of Middletown; 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A number of his grandchildren are in service: Lt. Robert Gorham of the Army Air Corps; Cpl. Richard Hulse of the Army Signal Corps in the Philippine Island; Cpl. Ralph Caswell with the Field Artillery in Germany; Ensign Thomas O'Neil Husband of a granddaughter, on the Pacific coast; and two grandsons who have given their lives in this war, Maj. Douglas Keeler and Lt. Kenneth Keeler. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 8, 1945]
Charles Arthur Engel died at his home at Searles Hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Apr. 3, after a prolonged illness. Born Apr. 5, 1886, at Youngsville [Sullivan Co., NY], he was the son of Joseph and Caroline (Becker) Engel. Joseph Engel, who was born in Alsace Lorrane, died at his son's home in 1931. Mr Engel was united in marriage to Florence Parks, of Livingston Manor, in 1907. They moved to Bainbridge about 22 years ago where Mr. Engel was engaged as a carpenter. The survivors are his wife; three children, Archie Engel, Mrs. Hazel Annette, and Hanford Engel; one brother, Bernard Engel, of Liberty; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Nash, of San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, of Liberty, Mrs. Joseph Hobart, of Livingston Manor; and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Colwell's Chapel with the Rev. Norman Lawton officiating. Bearers were Fred Montgomery, John Neidlinger, Howard Bliss and Clinton Fletcher. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 12, 1945]
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