In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 12th [1893], Mr. Abner Johnston aged 85 years. Mr. Johnston was born in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] in 1808, son of Hugh Johnston and Lydia Strong, his wife. Hugh Johnston was the youngest son of Dominie William Johnston, who came to Sidney in 1779 and some five years later was driven off by Indians under Brant. Removing to Cherry Valley, the family escaped the pitiless massacre at that place through the presence of mind of the boy Hugh, who gave warning of the Indians in time for the family to hide in the forest. Dominie Johnston died during the war, but his sons, Col. Witter Johnston, and Hugh, with his grandson, Captain David McMaster, returned to Sidney about 1784. Hugh Johnston married Lydia Strong, a sister of the late Cyrus Strong, of this city, and raised a large family of children of whom Abner was the last survivor. He married Nancy Latham, daughter of John Latham, for some time clerk of Chenango county. He lived and owned a portion of the original Johnston farm until 1889, when he sold the farm and removed to Norwich where he has since resided, his wife having died some years previously. He was a cousin of Cyrus Strong, of that city, and of Hon. Joseph Bush, of Bainbridge, and uncle to Cyrus S. Johnston, of this city, and John Henry Johnston, the well known jeweler and connoisseur of pictures, of Madison Square, New York He had no children. He was one of the last links in the chain which connected this generation with the pre-revolutionary period--in the Upper Susquehanna Valley. Truly "our skirmish line grows weak." [Buried Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney, NY]
It is seldom that we are called upon to chronicle a more sorrowful affair in our community than the death of Ratie H., wife of Robert L. Banner, who departed this life Friday afternoon [April 21, 1893] at her home on Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], after a sickness of only nine days, with erysipelas, at the age of 20 years. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. T.F. Hall, assisted by Rev. A.W. Ashley, were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, at her late residence. A large number of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad tributes of respect to one who had been so suddenly taken from an affectionate husband and loving parents. The burial took place in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].
Sunday, Jan. 17th [1897], at 5:45 p.m. the death angel entered the family of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ireland and took the sunbeam of their home, their only daughter, Luella J. Ireland. The little one had been sick all the week before her death, but it was not tho't dangerously so, and Saturday she was able to be up and play with her father. Sunday pneumonia developed and soon she was beyond earthly aid. She was seven years, seven months and eleven days old. The funeral was held at the house Wednesday at 1 p.m., and was largely attended. Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiated with interment in the West Bainbridge cemetery [Chenango Co., NY]. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland have the sympathy of all.
Paul E. Brown, Afton [Chenango Co., NY] attorney, and member of Afton Town Board, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 17, while at his work in the Oneonta Railroad shops. Mr Brown, who was 54 years old, was stricken with a severe heart attack and was rushed to the Fox Memorial Hospital in that city, where he died at 3:30 p.m. He had not been feeling well for a few days, but was at his work as usual. Mr. Brown held a valued position in the Railroad shop at Oneonta. Mr. Brown was also prominent in many civic organizations. His death, says the Enterprise, comes as a great shock to his many friends. Mr. Brown was born Sept. 14, 1889, at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], the son of William Brown and Onelia Woods. He is survived by his widow, Blanche Parsons Brown; two daughters, Miss Thelma Brown, at home, and Mrs. Robert Wood, of Binghamton; his father, William Brown, of Afton; two brothers, Clyde and Earl Brown, both of Nineveh; a sister, Mrs. Arthur Weeks, of Afton. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 25, 1943]
It is seldom that we are called upon to chronicle a more sorrowful affair in our community than the death of Ratie H., wife of Robert L. Banner, who departed this life Friday afternoon [April 21, 1893] at her home on Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], after a sickness of only nine days, with erysipelas, at the age of 20 years. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. T.F. Hall, assisted by Rev. A.W. Ashley, were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, at her late residence. A large number of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad tributes of respect to one who had been so suddenly taken from an affectionate husband and loving parents. The burial took place in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].
Sunday, Jan. 17th [1897], at 5:45 p.m. the death angel entered the family of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ireland and took the sunbeam of their home, their only daughter, Luella J. Ireland. The little one had been sick all the week before her death, but it was not tho't dangerously so, and Saturday she was able to be up and play with her father. Sunday pneumonia developed and soon she was beyond earthly aid. She was seven years, seven months and eleven days old. The funeral was held at the house Wednesday at 1 p.m., and was largely attended. Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiated with interment in the West Bainbridge cemetery [Chenango Co., NY]. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland have the sympathy of all.
Paul E. Brown, Afton [Chenango Co., NY] attorney, and member of Afton Town Board, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 17, while at his work in the Oneonta Railroad shops. Mr Brown, who was 54 years old, was stricken with a severe heart attack and was rushed to the Fox Memorial Hospital in that city, where he died at 3:30 p.m. He had not been feeling well for a few days, but was at his work as usual. Mr. Brown held a valued position in the Railroad shop at Oneonta. Mr. Brown was also prominent in many civic organizations. His death, says the Enterprise, comes as a great shock to his many friends. Mr. Brown was born Sept. 14, 1889, at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], the son of William Brown and Onelia Woods. He is survived by his widow, Blanche Parsons Brown; two daughters, Miss Thelma Brown, at home, and Mrs. Robert Wood, of Binghamton; his father, William Brown, of Afton; two brothers, Clyde and Earl Brown, both of Nineveh; a sister, Mrs. Arthur Weeks, of Afton. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 25, 1943]
Funeral services for former Town of Colesville [Broome Co., NY] Supervisor William H. Weeks, 80, who died Wednesday night at his home in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] were held in the Baptist Church at Harpursville Saturday afternoon. Mr. Weeks served as supervisor for many years, chairman of the Board of Supervisors and later as clerk of the board during the first World War and the early 1920's. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jessie E. Weeks; two sons, Patrolman Harry W. Weeks, of Binghamton, and Clarence E. Weeks, of Windsor; four daughters, Miss Irene M. Weeks, Miss Florence J. Weeks and Miss Edna L. Weeks, all of Harpursville, and Miss Mary M. Weeks, of Buenos Aires, Argentina; a brother, Edward L Weeks, of Afton; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hyde, of Afton, and Mrs. Effie DeCamp, of Waterloo, Ia. Burial was in Nineveh Cemetery [Broome Co., NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 25, 1943]
Saturday, Nov. 20, occurred the death of Burton Sage Dexter at his home in Mt. Upton. He was born Jan. 14, 1861, 82 years ago in Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Leroy and Silvia Dexter. He had been a dairy farmer in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY] for the past 17 years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 23, Paul Moore, mortician, of Gilbertsville, in charge, with burial in Morris Chapel Cemetery [Otsego Co., NY]. His widow survives. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 25, 1943]
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