Obituaries (September 3)

Still another of our old townsmen--William Baldwin, of Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY]--died on the 5th inst. after a sickness of some weeks duration aged about 78 years.  Mr. B. was one of the early pioneers of our town, coming from Connecticut some fifty years ago to Guilford Centre, and, together with two brothers, establishing a country store which, after the removal elsewhere of his brothers, he continued to within a recent date.  Since his retirement from his store he has been engaged in peddling books throughout this and adjoining Counties, thereby becoming known to a wide circle of acquaintances.  He was a  man of much energy of character, and his presence will be missed in the community in which he so long resided.  He leaves a son and daughter.  [Chenango Union, Jan. 14, 1875]

 

BALDWIN:  At Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], January 6, 1875, William Baldwin, Esq., in the 77th year of his age.  The deceased was born in Goshen, Litchfield county, Conn., but removed to Guilford more than half a century ago.  For many years himself and two brothers engaged in mercantile pursuits, by which they obtained a competence.  Firm in his opinion of the right, honest in his business transactions, an ardent patriot and lover of his country, an upright citizen and affectionate father, Christian by profession, and consistent in his walk and conversation,  he has gone in faith, and joy, to the "rest that remaineth for the people of God."  May the community in which he lived, the church of which he was a member, and the family he has left behind, copy him in his deeds of kindness, in his love of honor, truth and religion, and go through the land of darkness and the shadow of death, with the same peaceful departure and glorious hope.  [Chenango Telegraph, Jan. 28, 1875]

 

George H. Baldwin, one of the best known of the older citizens of Chenango county, entered into rest at his home at 43 Hayes street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] aged 77 years.  Funeral services will be held from the late home Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. H.W. Foreman officiating.  George W. Payne, commander of E.B. Smith Post No. 83, G.A.R. of which deceased was a member, will have charge of the ritualistic services of the post, immediately following.  Burial will be made at Sunset Hill cemetery, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  George H. Baldwin was born at Guilford Center, Chenango county, September 10, 1839.  He received his preliminary education at the district school at Guilford Center and at the union school in Guilford village.  All of his boyhood was spent in Guilford where when not in school he worked in the general store and on his father's farm.  In 1861 he came to Norwich and entered the employ of D. Rogers, who conducted a store on the site of the former A.J. White Five & Ten cent store on North Broad street.  When the war broke out he ran away from his employer to enlist and joined the 89th regiment at Binghamton on October 21, 1861.  He was in 18 battles and was  wounded twice in these engagements.  On October 22 1864 he was discharged, by reason of expiration of term of service, with the rank of first lieutenant.  The same spirit of patriotism and loyalty to country displayed on the battle fields of the civil war was shown throughout is life as a private citizen in which he also served his country well.  Upon his honorable discharge from service he returned to Guilford and from 1865 to 1875 was engaged in the mercantile business at Guilford Center.  On February 22, 1865 he was married to Lucia A. Merchant, a school teacher of that township, who survives him.  While conducting the business at Guilford Center, Mr. Baldwin entered into the political life of the county and served both as postmaster and as town clerk during those ten years.  Upon his removal to Guilford village in 1875 he engaged in stockbuying.  Again his townsmen honored him by electing him supervisor from the town of Guilford for six terms.  In 1880 Mr. Baldwin and his family moved to Norwich and he purchased a grocery store on the site occupied by Burrell & Brown before the fire of 1914.  He conducted a successful business for six years and then retired.  He was deputy postmaster under Postmaster Mitchell from 1889 to 1893, excise commissioner several terms and undersheriff under Sheriffs Payne and Tarbel.  In 1896 he was elected justice of peace in the town of Norwich and served consecutively until the city charter went into effect.  Mr. Baldwin was always a staunch Republican and was a member of the county committee from Guilford for many years.  In 1880 he came within two votes of being nominated for sheriff by his party.  He was a member of the old Presbyterian church at Guilford Center and attended Emmanuel church in this city as long as his health permitted.  Besides the faithful wife who celebrated with him in February their fifty-first wedding anniversary two children survive.  Mrs. Albert K. Byrd of New York city and William A. Baldwin of this city.  Many friends in this city, Guilford and other parts of the county--all who knew him--sincerely mourn with his family the passing of a man whose life was one of goodness and honorable service among men.  [Norwich Sun, June 7, 1916]

 

PRESTON:  In Lincklaen, Dec. 28, 1874, of Scarlet Fever, Burtie, aged 2 years and 3 days.  Dec. 29, Amelia, aged 10 years 10 months and 15 days.  Jan. 10, 1875, Eveline, aged 17 years, children of Corydon A. and Emerett Preston.  They are not lost but gone before.  [Chenango Telegraph, Jan. 28, 1875]

 

Horace Robinson, Sr., died Sunday morning at the Sidney Hospital, where he had been a patient for the last 10 weeks.  He was born Dec. 24, 1875, at Hancock, the son of Elisha and Emma Hoagland Robinson.  He had lived in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] about nine years and had been employed at the Scintilla until  his health prevented him from working.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 1, 1945]

 

Roswell A. Monroe died at his home, Unasego Farms, near Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], on Oct. 26, 1945.  He was born Nov. 13, 1859, the son of Thomas C. and Julia Morse Monroe.  As a young man he established a plumbing business in Sidney, later moving to Liberty, where he founded the Monroe Hardware Company.  He married Miss Clerinda Young, of Liberty, who preceded him in death in 1931.  For 29 years he served as president of the Sullivan County National Bank of Liberty, resigning that position about three years ago, due to ill health.  In 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Monroe sold their residence in Liberty and moved back to the farm where he was born.  Mr. Monroe is survived by two nieces, Miss Marguerite L. Monroe, Trenton, N.J., and Mrs. W. Latimer Brown, Charlotte, N.C.; two nephews, Dr. Roswell M. Monroe, of Bainbridge, and Stanton M. Harding, of New York; also by several grandnieces and nephews.  For many years he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Liberty, but in recent years he had been active in the Presbyterian Church of East Guilford.  He was also a charter member of Mongaup Lodge, F.&A.M. of Liberty.  Funeral services were held at the home at 2:00 o'clock, Oct. 29, 1945, with the Rev. Cecil Plumb, of Mexico, officiating. assisted by the Rev. Carlton Opdyke, of Sidney.  Bearers were Stanton M. Harding, Roswell M. Monroe, Roswell S. Monroe, David M. Monroe, W. Latimer Brown and Kenneth Hyatt.  Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 1, 1945]

Inspector Ernest A. Maynard, of Troop B, Malone [Franklin Co., NY], formerly chief of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation of Troop C, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] died at 10:55 a.m. Thursday, of last week, in Alice Hyde Hospital, Malone.  He had been ill two weeks with pneumonia.  A high mass of requiem was celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Church, Malone, preceded by a prayer service at the family home, 1 Porter avenue.  The body was placed in the Notre Dame vault, Malone.  A special detail of members of Troop C attended the funeral.  After serving three years in the Navy, Mr. Maynard joined the State constabulary Dec. 1, 1923.  He was promoted to Corporal Oct. 1, 1934, and elevated to inspector July 1, 1936.  Inspector Maynard was stationed at Troop C prior to his transfer to Malone on June 1, 1944.  He investigated many of the outstanding felony cases in the Troop C territory.  He was born Aug. 28, 1901, in Lonsdale, R.I., and on Apr. 27, 1938, married Miss Jennie  Hill, of Walton.  Surviving are his wife and four children, Lucille, Ernest, Jr., Mary Ann and Catherine; his father Joseph A. Maynard, of Albany; three brothers, Raymond, of Albany; Joseph Jr., of Buffalo; and Albert, of Detroit, Mich.; and a sister, Mrs. William Barr, of Albany.  [Bainbridge news & Republican, Nov. 8, 1945]