Lucy (Boname) Shepard
The community was saddened Wednesday morning to hear of the death of Mrs. Lucy Shepard, who passed away at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night, after a few days' illness of pneumonia, at her home on Washington avenue [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Shepard was taken ill last Friday and her condition was critical from the first. She was born in Oxford, March 26, 1873, the daughter of Peter D. and Louise A Boname. Her early life was spent in this village. On March 10, 1898, she was united in marriage to LaVerne Shepard, whose death occurred July, 1915. Mrs. Shepard was a communicant of St. Paul's church, member of the Parish Aid Society and Woman's Auxiliary. She was also a member of Lafayette chapter, O.E.S. She was endowed with a happy personality which endeared her to a vast number of friends and even casual acquaintances were impressed by her good nature. About 10 years ago Mrs. Shepard went to Syracuse where she was chaperone of the Delta Delta Delta sorority of Syracuse University and later was a matron at the Crouse-Irving hospital. She remained in Syracuse for five years, going from there to California where she spent several months with her sisters, Mrs. Katherine Wood and Mrs. Louise Eaton. Returning to Oxford, she accepted a position in the store of Earle H. Hodgkins, where she has since been employed until the time of her illness last week. She is survived by one son, Hugh J. Shepard of Greenfield, Mass. and one daughter, Mrs. Lynn Follett of Utica, one granddaughter, Lucille Follett of Utica and three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Whitney of this village and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Eaton of Santa Monica, California. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon from St. Paul's church at 2 o'clock. A private prayer service will be held at the home on Washington avenue at 1:30 o'clock, Dr. H.C. Whedon officiating. Burial will be made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford NY]. Funeral arrangements are in charge of F.W. Seymour & Son. Mrs. Shepard's death was preceded by the passing of her sister, Mrs. Cora Boname Jackson, whose funeral services were held last Friday. [1936]
Frank D. Ireland, 63 of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home on Thursday July 7. Mr. Ireland was born July 26, 1874, in Bainbridge. He has owned and operated a farm in West Bainbridge for a long period of years. He is survived by his wife, Grace, of Bainbridge, and a son, Harold, and several grandchildren of Norwich.
West Bainbridge: Frank Ireland passed away Thursday night, July 7, at his home. He would have been 64 years old the 25th of this month. He had lived in West Bainbridge all his life and all his married life of 39 years on the farm at West Bainbridge Four Corners, but he had been in poor health for ten years or more and the last two years suffered greatly. Funeral services were held from Colwell Brothers' Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, July 10, with the Rev. Z. Hall of Coventry, officiating. The floral tributes played a silent part in the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Ireland was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Union Valley and a regular attendant while his health permitted. he had also been an assessor in the town of Bainbridge for many years. Mr. Ireland is survived by his widow, one son, Harold and two grandchildren, Gene and Marjory Ireland of Norwich; two brothers, Fred of Homer and John of Guilford, and a sister Mrs. Lena Stoughtenburg, of Bloomville. Burial was made in Bainbridge cemetery. The pall bearers were C.D. Thornton, James Ireland, Alton Clark, Ralph Weeks, Fred Davis, and George Fredenburg. [Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge, NY: Frank D. Ireland, died July 7, 1938]
Mrs. Minnie A. Toby, former resident of this village, passed away Wednesday noon, September 15th, at the home of her daughter, Miss Artemise Toby, 602 West Onondaga street, Syracuse. The remains were brought to Bainbridge and funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of Colwell Brothers, West Main street, with the Rev. C.H. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating, followed by interment in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The bearers were Earl Davis, Ward Searles, J.J. Cocorcue, Percy Sullivan, Charles Knight and Howard Searles. Mrs. Toby was born on Searles Hill, Bainbridge November 15, 1863, the daughter of Abner and Nancy Parsons Searles. On November 8, 1883, she was united in marriage to Christopher Toby, who was then employed in a creamery near Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Toby came to this village to reside nearly fifty years ago. Mr. Toby opening a grocery store which he conducted until his death on January 19, 1918. Following his death, Mrs. Toby went to Syracuse to reside with her daughter, Artemise, where she has since made her home. Surviving beside the daughter, is a sister, Mrs. William Plumstead, of Binghamton; three brothers, Homer and Leroy Searles, of Binghamton, and Frank Searles, of California. Mrs. Toby had retained her membership in the First Presbyterian Church and also Bainbridge Chapter No. 354 Order of Eastern Star, of this village, members of the chapter attending the funeral services in a body.
Washington E. Ingersoll, 88, son of Orlando and Estella Johnson Ingersoll, died Saturday night, Sept. 3 [1938], at the Chenango Memorial Hospital at Norwich. Ingersoll married Mrs. Eva Tuttle Chase of Ouaquaga in 1886 and continued to live with his parents on the Ingersoll homestead near Brackett Lake. Several years after they died, he moved to the Cordon Burlison farm in Coventry township. Ingersoll enjoyed good health until shortly before his fatal illness, could read the paper and walk out each day. He had been an overnight guest in Bainbridge the latter part of July. He was stricken very suddenly and was immediately removed to the hospital. He was a member of the West Bainbridge Baptist church for many years and was a regular attendant at services until just a few years prior to his death. He is survived by his widow and one son, Ellis LaVerne Ingersoll; two nieces, Mrs. Lora Guy of Binghamton and Mrs. Lina Hubbard of Herkimer; one nephew Ernest Ingersoll of Afton, and two grandchildren by a step-son, Mrs. Eva Chase Royer of Binghamton and Otto M. Chase of Johnson City. The funeral was held in Bainbridge on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. M. DeForest Lowen, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in Bainbridge Cemetery [West Bainbridge Cemetery].
AVERY: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3d, Mr. Stephen L. Avery, aged 63 years and 8 months.
GALLAGHER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. Anthony Gallagher, aged 35 years.
CHURCH: In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Sally, widow of the late Sanford W. Church aged about 70 years.
ROBINSON: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, Jay, son of Charles L. and Helen Robinson, of New Berlin, aged 1 year, 9 months and 22 days.
KNAPP: In Saybrook, McLean Co., Ill., Jan. 20th, of diphtheria, Julia Elizabeth, only daughter of George T. and Lavina K. Knapp, aged 6 years, 7 months and 8 days.
HOWELL: In Jersey City, Jan. 31st, Lucia Amanda, wife of George P. Howell, Esq., and sister of Horace and Eli L. Corbin, of Oxford.
BARNES: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Friday, Feb. 1st, 1878, of consumption, Sarah S. Brooks, daughter of Moses Brooks, of Rockdale, and wife of Edwin R. Barnes, of Norwich. Of an honored old New England family--thoroughly educated, studious, cultured and intelligent--Mrs. Barnes was a woman of uncommon worth. Quiet, retiring, and unostentatious she was only known in a limited circle; but those who knew her saw in her only those qualities of mind and heart to be adored and loved. Emphasizing the words, we say she was a lady and a Christian. Pure, true, self-possessed and self-forgetful. Her death is a sore bereavement--a loss which God alone can repair. Devoted as a wife, faithful as a mother, queenly as a woman, trustful as a Christian, of few could it be more truly said, "she hath done what she could.." The husband, the motherless children, the parents and many relatives, share the sympathy of the community in this the hour of their great sorrow.
Frank D. Ireland
Frank D. Ireland, 63 of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home on Thursday July 7. Mr. Ireland was born July 26, 1874, in Bainbridge. He has owned and operated a farm in West Bainbridge for a long period of years. He is survived by his wife, Grace, of Bainbridge, and a son, Harold, and several grandchildren of Norwich.
West Bainbridge: Frank Ireland passed away Thursday night, July 7, at his home. He would have been 64 years old the 25th of this month. He had lived in West Bainbridge all his life and all his married life of 39 years on the farm at West Bainbridge Four Corners, but he had been in poor health for ten years or more and the last two years suffered greatly. Funeral services were held from Colwell Brothers' Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, July 10, with the Rev. Z. Hall of Coventry, officiating. The floral tributes played a silent part in the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Ireland was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Union Valley and a regular attendant while his health permitted. he had also been an assessor in the town of Bainbridge for many years. Mr. Ireland is survived by his widow, one son, Harold and two grandchildren, Gene and Marjory Ireland of Norwich; two brothers, Fred of Homer and John of Guilford, and a sister Mrs. Lena Stoughtenburg, of Bloomville. Burial was made in Bainbridge cemetery. The pall bearers were C.D. Thornton, James Ireland, Alton Clark, Ralph Weeks, Fred Davis, and George Fredenburg. [Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge, NY: Frank D. Ireland, died July 7, 1938]
Minnie A. (Searles) Toby
Mrs. Minnie A. Toby, former resident of this village, passed away Wednesday noon, September 15th, at the home of her daughter, Miss Artemise Toby, 602 West Onondaga street, Syracuse. The remains were brought to Bainbridge and funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of Colwell Brothers, West Main street, with the Rev. C.H. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating, followed by interment in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The bearers were Earl Davis, Ward Searles, J.J. Cocorcue, Percy Sullivan, Charles Knight and Howard Searles. Mrs. Toby was born on Searles Hill, Bainbridge November 15, 1863, the daughter of Abner and Nancy Parsons Searles. On November 8, 1883, she was united in marriage to Christopher Toby, who was then employed in a creamery near Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Toby came to this village to reside nearly fifty years ago. Mr. Toby opening a grocery store which he conducted until his death on January 19, 1918. Following his death, Mrs. Toby went to Syracuse to reside with her daughter, Artemise, where she has since made her home. Surviving beside the daughter, is a sister, Mrs. William Plumstead, of Binghamton; three brothers, Homer and Leroy Searles, of Binghamton, and Frank Searles, of California. Mrs. Toby had retained her membership in the First Presbyterian Church and also Bainbridge Chapter No. 354 Order of Eastern Star, of this village, members of the chapter attending the funeral services in a body.
Washington E. Ingersoll
Washington E. Ingersoll, 88, son of Orlando and Estella Johnson Ingersoll, died Saturday night, Sept. 3 [1938], at the Chenango Memorial Hospital at Norwich. Ingersoll married Mrs. Eva Tuttle Chase of Ouaquaga in 1886 and continued to live with his parents on the Ingersoll homestead near Brackett Lake. Several years after they died, he moved to the Cordon Burlison farm in Coventry township. Ingersoll enjoyed good health until shortly before his fatal illness, could read the paper and walk out each day. He had been an overnight guest in Bainbridge the latter part of July. He was stricken very suddenly and was immediately removed to the hospital. He was a member of the West Bainbridge Baptist church for many years and was a regular attendant at services until just a few years prior to his death. He is survived by his widow and one son, Ellis LaVerne Ingersoll; two nieces, Mrs. Lora Guy of Binghamton and Mrs. Lina Hubbard of Herkimer; one nephew Ernest Ingersoll of Afton, and two grandchildren by a step-son, Mrs. Eva Chase Royer of Binghamton and Otto M. Chase of Johnson City. The funeral was held in Bainbridge on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. M. DeForest Lowen, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in Bainbridge Cemetery [West Bainbridge Cemetery].
Death Notices, Chenango Union, February 7, 1878
AVERY: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3d, Mr. Stephen L. Avery, aged 63 years and 8 months.
GALLAGHER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. Anthony Gallagher, aged 35 years.
CHURCH: In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Sally, widow of the late Sanford W. Church aged about 70 years.
ROBINSON: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, Jay, son of Charles L. and Helen Robinson, of New Berlin, aged 1 year, 9 months and 22 days.
KNAPP: In Saybrook, McLean Co., Ill., Jan. 20th, of diphtheria, Julia Elizabeth, only daughter of George T. and Lavina K. Knapp, aged 6 years, 7 months and 8 days.
HOWELL: In Jersey City, Jan. 31st, Lucia Amanda, wife of George P. Howell, Esq., and sister of Horace and Eli L. Corbin, of Oxford.
BARNES: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Friday, Feb. 1st, 1878, of consumption, Sarah S. Brooks, daughter of Moses Brooks, of Rockdale, and wife of Edwin R. Barnes, of Norwich. Of an honored old New England family--thoroughly educated, studious, cultured and intelligent--Mrs. Barnes was a woman of uncommon worth. Quiet, retiring, and unostentatious she was only known in a limited circle; but those who knew her saw in her only those qualities of mind and heart to be adored and loved. Emphasizing the words, we say she was a lady and a Christian. Pure, true, self-possessed and self-forgetful. Her death is a sore bereavement--a loss which God alone can repair. Devoted as a wife, faithful as a mother, queenly as a woman, trustful as a Christian, of few could it be more truly said, "she hath done what she could.." The husband, the motherless children, the parents and many relatives, share the sympathy of the community in this the hour of their great sorrow.
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