The coal truck of W.R. Sanford of Margaretville, driven by Donald DeSilva, also of that village, skidded into an aged couple in Downsville [Delaware Co., NY] village last Thursday morning and killed George W. Babcock, 70, and injured his wife, who were walking on the sidewalk. A car in front of the Sanford truck stopped quickly. DeSilva applied his brakes and the truck went into a skid, swinging so it hit the couple. Mr. Babcock lived a short time and died en route to the Margaretville Hospital. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 25, 1945]
Mark Drumm, 49, former member of Troop C, died Saturday at Canandaigua. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ardath Drumm, 21 Pineview Terrace, and several brothers and sisters. He was born at Hudson [Columbia Co., NY]. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Carr & Landers Funeral Parlor, with the Rev. Robert Moore officiating. The body will be placed in the Sidney vault and burial will be at Hudson at the convenience of the family. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 1, 1945]
Mrs. Jennie McCulley, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], widow of Frank McCulley, died Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. Edson A. Presley, formerly of Afton, now residing in Missouri; a son, William McCulley, of Afton; three brothers, John J. Geuther, of Pamona, Fla., Stephen Geuther, of Waymart, Pa., and Victor Geuther of White Valley, Pa.; also several nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held at Colwell Brothers Chapel, Bainbridge, Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. The Rev. Alan Douglas, of the Afton Baptist church officiated. The body was placed in a vault at the funeral home awaiting burial in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 1, 1945]
We have been called upon several times of late to follow to the grave some of our most prominent young men who have been laid low by the destroyer Death, among whom we have to record Orville G. Havens, who died in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 19, aged 29 years. He was an only son of a blind father, who is now left to grope his way in darkness through this affliction But he has gone to join his mother who was called away fourteen years since. His life has been all that could be asked. As a child, always obedient, honoring his father and mother; as a man of business, always upright and reliable, taking sides with temperance and humanity; as a brother, always tender and obliging to his only sister, who is now left to the cold world without the protecting hand of an elder brother. While as a community we mourn the loss of such young men, we would sympathize with the friends, and have them remember that it is the hand of God and He doeth all things well. -- P.R.N. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 29, 1873]
HINMAN: In Afton, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], April 11, 1885, Mrs. Mabel Hinman, widow of Moses Hinman, aged 91 years, 3 months and 22 days. Sister Hinman was born at Fly Creek, Otsego county, N.Y.--Moved to Upper Lisle, and there married and lived till May 12, 1836, when she moved on the farm where she died. Twelve children have blessed the home, nine now living. She has thirty-two grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren, making seventy-six in all. She was a woman of fine taste and a cultured mind, stored with all the topics of the day, for she was a great reader; was a fine Bible student, and her loving, motherly nature with the truths of the Bible taught her that God is love, and no doubt passed through her mind but that every child of God would in the realms of the beyond forever remain in the presence of our Father in Heaven. What a pleasure it must be to the children, as they think of the large number of friends who met to pay the last tribute of respect of one whom they loved, as their tears showed the respect they had for "Grandma," as they so familiarly called her. She was placed at rest in the Unviersalist cemetery in Afton, by the side of her husband, who passed on some twelve years ago. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. O.K. Beardsley, of Hopbottom, Pa. [Afton Enterprise, May 1, 1885]
Near the northern boundaries of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], close to the railroad track, stands a neat little house that has been the home of an aged colored lady for a quarter of a century or more, by the name of Mrs. Jane House, whose husband died some twenty years ago. last Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock she left her home and started down the railroad track. At that time express train no. 3 was due at this place, and as the train neared Freiot's crossing the engineer descried a person on the track only a few rods ahead of the engine. Danger signals were promptly given, and the air brakes put on, but the distance was too short to stop the train and the next instant the engine struck her, throwing her upon the side track where she lay near the last coach when the train had been stopped. Those who saw the train approaching her say that she paid no attention to the danger signals given by the engineer, but kept the track until the engine struck her. Her lifeless form was taken to her home only a few rods distant and Dr. Copley summoned, who on his arrival pronounced her dead. Coroner Spencer, of Guilford, was notified, and arrived promptly Wednesday morning and held an inquest the jury exonerating the railroad employees--Republican [Chenango Union, July 15, 1886]
Mark Drumm, 49, former member of Troop C, died Saturday at Canandaigua. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ardath Drumm, 21 Pineview Terrace, and several brothers and sisters. He was born at Hudson [Columbia Co., NY]. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Carr & Landers Funeral Parlor, with the Rev. Robert Moore officiating. The body will be placed in the Sidney vault and burial will be at Hudson at the convenience of the family. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 1, 1945]
Mrs. Jennie McCulley, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], widow of Frank McCulley, died Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. Edson A. Presley, formerly of Afton, now residing in Missouri; a son, William McCulley, of Afton; three brothers, John J. Geuther, of Pamona, Fla., Stephen Geuther, of Waymart, Pa., and Victor Geuther of White Valley, Pa.; also several nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held at Colwell Brothers Chapel, Bainbridge, Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. The Rev. Alan Douglas, of the Afton Baptist church officiated. The body was placed in a vault at the funeral home awaiting burial in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 1, 1945]
We have been called upon several times of late to follow to the grave some of our most prominent young men who have been laid low by the destroyer Death, among whom we have to record Orville G. Havens, who died in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 19, aged 29 years. He was an only son of a blind father, who is now left to grope his way in darkness through this affliction But he has gone to join his mother who was called away fourteen years since. His life has been all that could be asked. As a child, always obedient, honoring his father and mother; as a man of business, always upright and reliable, taking sides with temperance and humanity; as a brother, always tender and obliging to his only sister, who is now left to the cold world without the protecting hand of an elder brother. While as a community we mourn the loss of such young men, we would sympathize with the friends, and have them remember that it is the hand of God and He doeth all things well. -- P.R.N. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 29, 1873]
HINMAN: In Afton, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], April 11, 1885, Mrs. Mabel Hinman, widow of Moses Hinman, aged 91 years, 3 months and 22 days. Sister Hinman was born at Fly Creek, Otsego county, N.Y.--Moved to Upper Lisle, and there married and lived till May 12, 1836, when she moved on the farm where she died. Twelve children have blessed the home, nine now living. She has thirty-two grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren, making seventy-six in all. She was a woman of fine taste and a cultured mind, stored with all the topics of the day, for she was a great reader; was a fine Bible student, and her loving, motherly nature with the truths of the Bible taught her that God is love, and no doubt passed through her mind but that every child of God would in the realms of the beyond forever remain in the presence of our Father in Heaven. What a pleasure it must be to the children, as they think of the large number of friends who met to pay the last tribute of respect of one whom they loved, as their tears showed the respect they had for "Grandma," as they so familiarly called her. She was placed at rest in the Unviersalist cemetery in Afton, by the side of her husband, who passed on some twelve years ago. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. O.K. Beardsley, of Hopbottom, Pa. [Afton Enterprise, May 1, 1885]
Near the northern boundaries of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], close to the railroad track, stands a neat little house that has been the home of an aged colored lady for a quarter of a century or more, by the name of Mrs. Jane House, whose husband died some twenty years ago. last Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock she left her home and started down the railroad track. At that time express train no. 3 was due at this place, and as the train neared Freiot's crossing the engineer descried a person on the track only a few rods ahead of the engine. Danger signals were promptly given, and the air brakes put on, but the distance was too short to stop the train and the next instant the engine struck her, throwing her upon the side track where she lay near the last coach when the train had been stopped. Those who saw the train approaching her say that she paid no attention to the danger signals given by the engineer, but kept the track until the engine struck her. Her lifeless form was taken to her home only a few rods distant and Dr. Copley summoned, who on his arrival pronounced her dead. Coroner Spencer, of Guilford, was notified, and arrived promptly Wednesday morning and held an inquest the jury exonerating the railroad employees--Republican [Chenango Union, July 15, 1886]
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