A peculiarly sad and impressive funeral took place at the M.E. Church in Susquehanna [PA], a week ago last Saturday morning. It was the funeral of a Miss Dix, who it is said by her friends, died of a broken heart. According to the Susquehanna Gazette she had for some time kept company with a young man in Jackson, and was engaged to be married. She was preparing for her wedding when the news came to her that he had deserted her and married another girl. She could not believe the story was true and came up to find out to her sorrow that the news was only too true. She returned to her home, and taking to her bed never left it, except to be taken to her grave. The doctor who attended her says that her heart was paralyzed from the time she learned of her lover's base desertion. [Bainbridge Republican, Apr. 5, 1877]
Mrs. Russel Smith of Church Hollow in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], came to her death on Wednesday of last week from the effect of typhoid-pneumonia. Mrs. Smith had long been a resident of that town and had won the respect and esteem of all who knew her. And her life we believe to have been characterized by an unquestionable, Christian meekness. She leaves a husband, one son and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The funeral was held from her residence on Friday and the remains were taken to Coventry for interment. Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord. [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 29, 1877]
Ernest L. Ingersoll passed to his eternal rest in the early morning of Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1946, at Afton Hospital, following a week of critical illness from a severe heart attack. The son of Hamilton E. and Lavinia (Ireland) Ingersoll, he was born Dec. 9, 1875, in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the ancestral farm home of his great grandfather, David Ingersoll, where the greater part of his life was spent in farming. About 17 years ago he removed to Afton [Chenango Co., NY] where he was engaged in lumbering, and later as caretaker of Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY]. Converted very early in life he became a faithful member of Union Valley M.E. Church, serving for many years on the Official Board, later transferring his membership to the Afton M.E. Church where he was seldom absent from services. Possessed of a very genial friendly disposition together with strict honesty and always a willingness to help in any worthy cause, he leaves a host of friends who will mourn the loss of a true friend and a good neighbor. June 23, 1896, he was untied in marriage with Nettie Booth, who survives him, together with one daughter, Edith H., wife of George R. Cummings, of Oxford, R.D.; one granddaughter, Hazel M. Cumming, of Norwich; two sisters, Mrs. Don J. Guy, of Binghamton, and Mrs. Arthur L. Hubbard, of Herkimer; also two nieces living in Albany and one cousin, Ellis Ingersoll, of Coventryville. Funeral services were held in his late home Friday, Feb. 8, with his pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Kingston officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton. A profusion of flowers borne testimony of the love and esteem of a host of friends. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 14, 1946]
Following an illness of five weeks, resulting from a fall on the ice, and a broken hip, Clarence Peck, 74, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Thursday morning at 6:15 o'clock. A life long resident of Chenango County, Mr. Peck had been engaged in farming all of his life, and much of that time had resided in the vicinity of Guilford. Mrs. Peck died five years ago. Two sons and four daughters survive. They are: Clifford Peck, of New Haven, Conn.; Leon, of Buffalo; Miss Lottie Peck, of New York; Mrs. Ada Follett, of Sidney; Mrs. Amy Aloi and Mrs. Frances McFarland, of Norwich. Other survivors are a brother, Earl Peck, of Norwich, and several grandchildren. The body of Mr. Peck rested at the Fisher Funeral Home at Bainbridge, where services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. with the Rev. J.W. Bump, of Guilford, officiating. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 21, 1946]
Death Notices
Bainbridge Republican, July 1, 1876
DEDERER: In Greene, June 26th, 1876, Capt. Samuel T. Dederer, aged 88 years and 6 months.
GRISWOLD: In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, 1876, Mr. Juvenal Griswold, Aged 74 years.
JEWELL: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, Mr. Gilbert Jewell, aged 81 years.
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