Obituaries (November 7)

Miss Julia Kelsey died suddenly yesterday morning at her home on Pearl avenue, Binghamton, N.Y. [Broome Co.]. Miss Kelsey was descending the stairs at her home when she was attacked with sudden illness and fell to the foot of the stairs.  Death occurred about one hour and a half later.  Miss Kelsey is survived by three sisters and one brother.  The brother, William T. Kelsey, resides in Greene and also one sister, Mrs. Ira Day, while Mrs. J.P. Moore and Miss Rachel Kelsey reside in Binghamton.  The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, and Rev. Varnail of Christ Church will officiate.  Burial will be in Spring Forest cemetery, Binghamton.  [Chenango Union, Jan. 5, 1912]

 

South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]:  Frank Butler died at the home in this village Thursday morning, Jan. 4, about 6 o'clock after a few days illness of pneumonia.  Mr. Butler was 52 years of age and had lived in this vicinity the greater part of his life.  He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Emory Manwarring, his mother, Mrs. Polly Butler, and two sisters, Mrs. Noris Davis of this place and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Norwich.  Mr. Butler was a member of Victory lodge No. 111, and of Victory Rebekkah lodge.  Both lodges will attend the funeral in a body.  The funeral will be held at the late home Monday afternoon.  [Chenango Union, Jan. 5, 1912]

 

Bennett W. Morse died Aug. 10, 1910 at his home in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] at the advanced age of 80 years.  Mr. Morse was well known in this place.  He was a graduate of Yale college, class of '51.  He was a member of the school board at Unadilla, also a member of St. Matthew's church and a director of the Unadilla National Bank.  Burial in Sunset cemetery, Guilford.  A wife and two sisters, Mrs. George Bradbury of this place and Mrs. Monroe of Sidney, survive.  [Guilford Mail, September 1910]

 

Asa Tyler died at the county farm, Preston [Chenango Co., NY], August 13, 1910, aged 72 years.  For many years he was a resident of Guilford, spending the greater part of his life in this vicinity.  A son, George Tyler of Binghamton, remains.  Burial in Sunset cemetery [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY]  [Guilford Mail, September 1910]

 

For a number of years Mrs. Sally M. Lull, who died in this village last week, has made her home with Mrs. O.B. Tyler, of this village.  For a number of years they had been school girls together, and the friendship existing between them was genuine and lasting, and they had been heard to express the wish that they might depart from this life at the same time.  That their wishes in this direction were gratified is beyond a doubt, as Mrs. Lull passed away on the last week Thursday at about 3 o'clock, P.M., and Mrs. Tyler passed away at about 4 P.M. on the same day.  [Chenango American, Apr. 30, 1885]

 

BEARDSLEY:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] March 18th, Mr. William L. Beardsley, in the 65th year of his age.  He had been a resident of the village all his life, and largely engaged in promoting its material interests.  In early life he taught and had excellent success in many of the best district schools in the County.  He was a close student, and widely read in all matters of education, both philosophical and scientific.  His business was that of stone mason, which he followed with his accustomed energy.  Beginning with no capital, he soon gained control and operated the best quarries in Oxford and adjacent towns.  To him, perhaps more than to any other man, the village of Oxford owes some of its best residences.  His work was well done, and everything he undertook was carried to completion in workmanlike manner.  During his whole life he was a faithful and devoted member of the Baptist Church, and an earnest worker in the Sabbath School, always ready to promote any work of benevolence, and ready to respond to any appeal for help from the needy, so far as his means allowed.  He leaves a widow stricken with paralysis, and a wide circle of earnest friends to mourn his loss.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 4, 1883]

 

TYLER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Mr. Ozias B. Tyler, aged 75 years.

O.B. Tyler died at his residence in this village [Bainbridge, NY], last Tuesday, aged 75 years. Another of our old residents has passed away, and our community has lost a shrewd business man and liberal Christian citizen.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 4, 1883]

 

TYLER:  In Bainbridge, Oct. 28, La Mott Bissell, eldest son of Ozias B. and Susan Tyler, aged 17 years.  [The Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Nov. 15, 1865]

 

The body of Willie Loveridge, son of Rev. D.E. Loveridge, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY,] who so mysteriously disappeared on the afternoon of the 8th inst., and who was supposed to have fallen into the river and been drowned, was recovered from the eddy in the river near that village, Saturday last.  [Chenango American, Apr. 30, 1885]