"Aunt Ruth" Coe died at the residence of her brother in law, Dexter Hunt, on the 31st ult. She was beloved and esteemed by all who knew her. Her age was 81. Her remains were taken to White Store [Chenango Co., NY] for interment. [Bainbridge Republican, June 7, 1877]
Mr. Alanson Bingham, one of our most respected citizens died Sunday morning between two and three o'clock. Mr. Bingham was a most excellent man, a good husband and father, a sympathizing neighbor, and one possessed of all the virtues that go to make manhood respected. The afflicted family have the sympathy of all their friends in this sore bereavement. The funeral took place Tuesday at 11 o'clock A.M., at the residence of Geo. R. Salisbury, son-in-law of the deceased. He was 77 years of age. [Bainbridge Republican, June 28, 1877]
Geo. W. Davidson, formerly of this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at Addison, Steuben county, the 27th ult. He served honorably through the war and was an eminently successful business man. [Bainbridge Republican, July 12, 1877]
George Brooks aged twenty-three and Frank Slater, aged twenty-nine, inmates of the Cortland County House, were drowned in the river near that institution, on the afternoon of the 28th ult. Both were weak minded, and Slater was a cripple, using crutches. [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 9, 1877]
Between one and two o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, little Johnnie Wilson, aged two and a half years, son of H.E. Wilson, proprietor of the brick yard, was so severely scalded that death ensued twelve hours after. A domestic who had for years been in the employ of the family, had filled a pail with hot water from the kitchen stove, near which she left it while she went to a room adjoining, for a moment, preparatory to cleaning the floor. At this time there was no one in the kitchen; but during her brief absence the little boy, who had been playing in another part of the house, where his mother also was, came running into the kitchen in his play, and the first intimation of his presence was his screams, which quickly brought assistances, when it was found that he had, while running backward, lost his balance and sat down in the pail of water. Upon stripping the little sufferer, the skin from portions of this body came off with the clothing, and his fingers were severely burned, indicating that he had taken hold of the hot stove in his agony. The pail was overturned in his struggle, and the boiling water thrown over his abdomen, which was also badly scalded. Although medical assistance was at once summoned, and everything done by sympathizing neighbors, the accident resulted fatally. [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 9, 1877]
The death of Otto H. Crooker, a Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] hardware merchant, occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Sidney hospital after a few days' illness. He was 60 years of age. Mr Crooker is survived by his wife, a son, William Crooker, of San Francisco, Cal., and a daughter, Mrs. Edward Ashton, of Norwich. Otto Crooker was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], April 8, 1885, and was the only son of William H. and Jennie Pratt Crooker. The greater part of his life was spent in Unadilla. He moved to Unadilla from Masonville with his parents when a young boy. For a few years they resided in Superior, Wis., where Otto Crooker was married. Shortly after, the family returned to Unadilla and he was associated with his father in the hardware business. The funeral was held Friday at the Crooker home. Rev. Francis Blake, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal church, officiated. Burial will be made in Evergreen Hill Cemetery [Unadilla, NY]. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 21, 1946]
Ray Dwight Bennett, 46 years old, died Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Binghamton City Hospital. The deceased was born in Windsor [Broome Co., NY], August 6, 1899, the son of George Bennett and Harriet Garrett Bennett, both deceased. He is survived by his wife, Jessie Martin Bennett, of Windsor; three daughters, Ruth M. Bennett, of Johnson City; Eleanor and Jennie Bennett, of Windsor; three sons, George Bennett, of Binghamton, James and Gerald Bennett, of Windsor; a brother, Ernest Bennett, of Tifton, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Lena Watson, of Binghamton; also a nephew, Charles Kenyon, of Binghamton. The body was removed to the Clinton E. Wood Funeral Chapel, where services were held Thursday. The Rev. E.G.W. Estlow, pastor of the Windsor Methodist Church, officiated. Burial will be in the South Windsor cemetery at the convenience of the family. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 21, 1946]
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