Obituaries (October 12)

DIED:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning, the 22d ultimo, of consumption, Miss Amanda L., daughter of Noah Ely, esq. aged 21 years.  Cut off in the flower of her years, and in the midst of high hopes and promise, this afflicting dispensation of Providence will prove to her relatives and friends a most distressing stroke.  Few were so well qualified to confer happiness upon the domestic circle.  With an accomplished and brilliant education, she united the most sweet and gentle manners.  Her temper was cheerful and amiable, and her whole deportment marked by every grace and virtue which can adorn and dignify the female character.--Her sufferings during a protracted illness were borne with resignation, and she died in the full hope of a glorious resurrection through the merits of her Redeemer.  [Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 2, 1834]

 

DIED:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. of Consumption, Miss Sarah, daughter of David Buttolph, esq. aged 15 years.  The removal from earth of this young lady, exemplifies the uncertain tenor of human life, and the transitory nature of earthly enjoyments.  But a few weeks since she was in the bloom of life, prosecuting with a success that gladdened the hearts of her parents and teachers, her literary pursuits; and now is the sole tenant of the lonely tomb.  Her sweetness of temper, her meekness and truly Christian goodness of heart, endeared her to numerous friends, and rendered her the delight of the family circle.  She is the third child of which Mr. B., has been deprived in a very short time. Truly has this event filled his cup of bitterness to the brim, and the Fountain of mercies alone can sweeten it.  But the stay and consolation of her bereaved parents are, that she cherished and enjoyed a faith and hope which sustained her in her final sufferings, and ensure a glorious resurrection to eternal life.  [Antimasonic Telegraph, July 21, 1834]

 

DIED:  In Colesville, Broome Co., May 21st, after a long and painful illness, Joseph Smith, aged 60 years.  Mr. Smith was long a resident of the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  A few years since he sold his farm and removed to Colesville.  He will long be remembered by his old friends and neighbors as a good citizen and industrious farmer, a man of integrity.  He died full in the faith of a blessed immortality.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 3, 1871]

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Guiles Smith, an old resident of this place, died last Thursday afternoon from the effects of a paralytic shock.  He was 78 years of age, a member of Presbyterian church and for a long time an officer in the society of Salicia.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Oct. 2, 1892]

 

West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Eunice Smith, wife of Wheeler Smith, died at her home in this place on Sunday evening last, at the age of 72 years.  She had been an invalid for twelve years, but endured her suffering without a murmur.  About a week ago she was stricken with paralysis which resulted in her death.  She had been a member of the Baptist church in this place for a number of years. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the house, and 12 at the church.  Rev. F.E. Benjamin officiated.  Interment at West Bainbridge.  The deceased leaves six children to mourn her loss.  [Oxford Times, April 2, 1895]

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, September 20, 1865

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 11th, 1865, Lorinda, wife of Lawson Van Tassel, aged 28 years.

 

In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 3d, of consumption, Mr. Avery Stratton, aged 22 years.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], August 30th, Mr. Myron Warner, aged 26 years.

 

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], August 27th, Cornelia, wife of the late Isaac Brazee, aged 85 years.

 

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 16th, Mr. William S. Nye, aged 54 years.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 12th, Mrs. Harris, wife of Dea. Hezekiah Harris, aged about 75 years.

 

In Florence, South Carolina, Nov. 28, 1864, Norman Morton, a Union prisoner, formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 31.  He had experienced the horrors of Andersonville, as well as those hardly less endurable at Charleston and Florence, but death finally relieved him of his sufferings.