Nellie C. Parsons
Died May 1, 1895, Age 16
Shadows now hang where sunshine ditted. There is gloom where happiness reigned. The chimes of joy are muffled for all within that once cheerful home is sadness and darkness. the lamp of a dear sweet life has gone out, Nellie C. Parsons is an angel of immortality. Last Wednesday morning just after the break of day, while the dawn was redolent with sunlit glory, while the birds caroled and the flowers were lifting their heads from the dew, the spiritual choir sang the reception of her who left father to join mother in the "hope beyond death." Nellie C. Parsons was the daughter of Homer B. Parsons a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. She was seventeen years old and a beautiful girl, loved and admired by a large circle of dear friends, sweet in manner, charming in ways and bright in intellect. She was gentle and kind, pleasant and winning, conscientious and devoted, a member of the Academy and the Presbyterian Sunday school, active, cheerful and good. She had been sick from consumption for 8 weeks and as her life was slowly ebbing away, her gentle soft manner quelled the suffering and anguish of death's torrents. She died peacefully. About her bedside as she passed away stood the bereaved father, whose affection for his daughter was the strongest of filial ties, also her sister Mae, who is two years younger, was near, sobbing at the sad flickering of life. The girl wanted to live but she could not, and when she realized she was at eternity's door she said "good bye" by the offer of a feeble hand and a look of fondness from her eyes. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the house and was largely attended by friends. The display of flowers was profuse, among which was a beautiful design, given by her classmates in the school. There were flowers and tokens from every society of which she was a bright member and there were many, indicating the deep individual affection for her. Solemn hymns, which were those sung at the funeral of her mother, who died eight years ago, and which was one of her dying requests, were reproduced by the male quartet, consisting of Geo. Ives, Geo. Smith, Don A. Gilbert and Fred Ashley. Many moistened eyes wept over her as she lay beautiful in death amid the lilies, the roses, violets and palms, all of which sympolically bent toward her in sympathetic embrace. The services were conducted by Rev. E. Kilpatrick. The bearers were selected from a number of her male friends. They were: Will Hovey, Merton Hastings, Earle Roberts, LeGrand Birdsall and Stanley Ashley. The burial was in the cemetery at Waverly [Tioga Co., NY], today, which is the home of her grandparents, and beside the grave of her mother. No death has occurred in Bainbridge to awaken greater sympathy and sadden so many young people than that of Nellie C. Parsons.
Mrs. Asentah B. Lindgren, wife of Oscar Lindgren of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday night at Afton Hospital following a short illness. Survivors are her husband, Oscar and cousins, Mrs. Louis Bradshaw, of Afton, and Edith and Walter Blend, of Oneonta. Funeral services will be held at the Karschner Funeral home, Afton, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth Kingston officiating. Burial will be at Bainbridge cemetery.
Mrs. Agnes May Jeffrey passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 1, at the home of her son, Howard W. Jeffrey, Jr.., 147 South Broad street, Norwich, after a long illness. Mrs. Jeffrey was born in Brooklyn, March 4, 1898, the daughter of Hiram Samuel and Maude Bunnel Whiting. Surviving are her husband, Howard W. Jeffrey; her son, Howard W. Jeffrey, Jr.; one grandson, Howard W. Jeffrey, 3rd, of Norwich; her mother, Mrs. H.S. Whiting, and sister, Mrs. Edward O. Grabow, of Guilford. Funeral services were held at the home of her mother, Mrs. H.S. Whiting, in Guilford, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Phillip C. Pearson officiating. Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford. Bearers were Jack Anthony, of New Berlin; Hugh Hendricks and Lawrence Winsor, of Norwich; Lawrence Carney, Stuart Ives and Stanley Glover, of Guilford.
Henry Vail Dunham, 70, and long resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home on Saturday, May 11, of a heart ailment. Through two periods of residence in Bainbridge, 1904-1919 and 1924 until his death, Dr. Dunham had made many acquaintances and friends in this locality through daily association with his co-workers at the Casein Company and at the American Plastics Corporation and through frequent conversation with the businessmen and neighbors of the village. The numerous young men who began their work in his laboratory and under his guidance will always remember him, too, with admiration and affection. he was never too busy to advise and suggest to all who came to him for help.
Born in Worcester, Vt., he was the son of George Washington Dunham and Martha Anne (Vail) Dunham. He received a B.S. Degree in 1897 at Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., and a D.Sc. degree in 1903 from the same college in recognition of his research on casein. Until his retirement in 1941, Dr. Dunham was vice-president of the Casein company of America and a director of the American Plastic Corporation.
As a young chemist, Henry Dunham's first interest was with casein and throughout his professional and business career, casein and its many applications received the greatest share of his attention. In 1898, he became associated with William A. Hall in Bellows Falls, Vt., in the manufacture and sale of casein. These two men were the first to create a going business based on casein. The early objectives were the use of casein in paints and in paper coating. The developments which came out of Dr. Dunham's first experiments were truly the start of the now immense business of casein manufacture and use in this country. One very important result was the formation of the Casein Company of America at Bellows Falls in 1898.
In 1902, Dr. Dunham made the first of numerous trips to Europe, all of which were made in connection with his chemical investigations. His first work in Europe was to set up headquarters for the Casein Company in Paris and Rotterdam. In 1904, Dr. Dunham received the promotion to general manager of the Casein Company at Bainbridge and from this year until 1910, was active as both manager and chemical director of the company. In 1910, Dr. Dunham, desiring wider experience as a chemist, joined the Hall Motor Fuel company, a connection which resulted in some of the first experiments in this country on the cracking of petroleum to produce gasoline. His work during this period was of such a caliber that he became a co-inventor of a successful cracking process. The years of World War I found Dr. Dunham in Europe much of the time, engaging now in new fields of research, notably investigations on the explosive TNT and on oil production. The explosives work was done in England and the oil investigation in Russia. Our entry into this world found Dr. Dunham in Russia, diligently working for the cause of the Allies. Other late research was done by Dr. Dunham in connection with the development of the airplane by the Wright Brothers and the lake submarine.
In 1924, Dr. Dunham returned to Bainbridge as manager of the American Plastics Corporation, and there as general manager again and chief chemist of the Casein Company, now a Division of The Borden Co. He had previously in 1923 visited many countries in Europe to learn what methods were used in making casein plastics. The best of these methods were described by Dr. Dunham to the Casein Company and as a result were adopted and made the practice in the local plant of the American Plastics Company. During these years, Dr. Dunham's inventions in the field of casein were both numerous and successful. Many of the products now being shipped from Bainbridge to all parts of the country and abroad originated in the laboratory of Dr. Dunham. His earlier co-workers in Bainbridge included Walter J. Roider, Harold Lord, Dr. Lawrence Bradshaw and John A. Parsons, all still active in the Casein Company and American Plastics Corp.
Dr. Dunham was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity of Norwich University, the Chemists club of New York, The American Chemical Society, and the Society of Chemical Industry, London. Surviving Dr. Dunham are his wife, Florence Goodhue Dunham, of Bainbridge; a daughter, Mrs. John F. Corwin, and granddaughter, Elizabeth Vail Corwin, both of Unadilla; and a sister, Gertrude R. Dunham, of Northfield, Vt. Funeral services were held at the Dunham home on West Main street on Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating in a room banked with flowers, which had been arranged by Maurice Colwell and Mrs. William Pross. The pall-bearers were: Walter Roider, Dr. Edward Danforth, Harold Robinson, Robert White, Walter Kinney and Dr. H.K. Salzberg. Burial was in the family plot in the Greenlawn Cemetery.
Asentah B. Lindgren
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 25, 1945
Mrs. Asentah B. Lindgren, wife of Oscar Lindgren of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday night at Afton Hospital following a short illness. Survivors are her husband, Oscar and cousins, Mrs. Louis Bradshaw, of Afton, and Edith and Walter Blend, of Oneonta. Funeral services will be held at the Karschner Funeral home, Afton, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth Kingston officiating. Burial will be at Bainbridge cemetery.
Agnes May (Whiting) Jeffrey
Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946
Mrs. Agnes May Jeffrey passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 1, at the home of her son, Howard W. Jeffrey, Jr.., 147 South Broad street, Norwich, after a long illness. Mrs. Jeffrey was born in Brooklyn, March 4, 1898, the daughter of Hiram Samuel and Maude Bunnel Whiting. Surviving are her husband, Howard W. Jeffrey; her son, Howard W. Jeffrey, Jr.; one grandson, Howard W. Jeffrey, 3rd, of Norwich; her mother, Mrs. H.S. Whiting, and sister, Mrs. Edward O. Grabow, of Guilford. Funeral services were held at the home of her mother, Mrs. H.S. Whiting, in Guilford, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Phillip C. Pearson officiating. Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford. Bearers were Jack Anthony, of New Berlin; Hugh Hendricks and Lawrence Winsor, of Norwich; Lawrence Carney, Stuart Ives and Stanley Glover, of Guilford.
Henry Vail Dunham
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 16, 1946
Henry Vail Dunham, 70, and long resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home on Saturday, May 11, of a heart ailment. Through two periods of residence in Bainbridge, 1904-1919 and 1924 until his death, Dr. Dunham had made many acquaintances and friends in this locality through daily association with his co-workers at the Casein Company and at the American Plastics Corporation and through frequent conversation with the businessmen and neighbors of the village. The numerous young men who began their work in his laboratory and under his guidance will always remember him, too, with admiration and affection. he was never too busy to advise and suggest to all who came to him for help.
Born in Worcester, Vt., he was the son of George Washington Dunham and Martha Anne (Vail) Dunham. He received a B.S. Degree in 1897 at Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., and a D.Sc. degree in 1903 from the same college in recognition of his research on casein. Until his retirement in 1941, Dr. Dunham was vice-president of the Casein company of America and a director of the American Plastic Corporation.
As a young chemist, Henry Dunham's first interest was with casein and throughout his professional and business career, casein and its many applications received the greatest share of his attention. In 1898, he became associated with William A. Hall in Bellows Falls, Vt., in the manufacture and sale of casein. These two men were the first to create a going business based on casein. The early objectives were the use of casein in paints and in paper coating. The developments which came out of Dr. Dunham's first experiments were truly the start of the now immense business of casein manufacture and use in this country. One very important result was the formation of the Casein Company of America at Bellows Falls in 1898.
In 1902, Dr. Dunham made the first of numerous trips to Europe, all of which were made in connection with his chemical investigations. His first work in Europe was to set up headquarters for the Casein Company in Paris and Rotterdam. In 1904, Dr. Dunham received the promotion to general manager of the Casein Company at Bainbridge and from this year until 1910, was active as both manager and chemical director of the company. In 1910, Dr. Dunham, desiring wider experience as a chemist, joined the Hall Motor Fuel company, a connection which resulted in some of the first experiments in this country on the cracking of petroleum to produce gasoline. His work during this period was of such a caliber that he became a co-inventor of a successful cracking process. The years of World War I found Dr. Dunham in Europe much of the time, engaging now in new fields of research, notably investigations on the explosive TNT and on oil production. The explosives work was done in England and the oil investigation in Russia. Our entry into this world found Dr. Dunham in Russia, diligently working for the cause of the Allies. Other late research was done by Dr. Dunham in connection with the development of the airplane by the Wright Brothers and the lake submarine.
In 1924, Dr. Dunham returned to Bainbridge as manager of the American Plastics Corporation, and there as general manager again and chief chemist of the Casein Company, now a Division of The Borden Co. He had previously in 1923 visited many countries in Europe to learn what methods were used in making casein plastics. The best of these methods were described by Dr. Dunham to the Casein Company and as a result were adopted and made the practice in the local plant of the American Plastics Company. During these years, Dr. Dunham's inventions in the field of casein were both numerous and successful. Many of the products now being shipped from Bainbridge to all parts of the country and abroad originated in the laboratory of Dr. Dunham. His earlier co-workers in Bainbridge included Walter J. Roider, Harold Lord, Dr. Lawrence Bradshaw and John A. Parsons, all still active in the Casein Company and American Plastics Corp.
Dr. Dunham was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity of Norwich University, the Chemists club of New York, The American Chemical Society, and the Society of Chemical Industry, London. Surviving Dr. Dunham are his wife, Florence Goodhue Dunham, of Bainbridge; a daughter, Mrs. John F. Corwin, and granddaughter, Elizabeth Vail Corwin, both of Unadilla; and a sister, Gertrude R. Dunham, of Northfield, Vt. Funeral services were held at the Dunham home on West Main street on Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating in a room banked with flowers, which had been arranged by Maurice Colwell and Mrs. William Pross. The pall-bearers were: Walter Roider, Dr. Edward Danforth, Harold Robinson, Robert White, Walter Kinney and Dr. H.K. Salzberg. Burial was in the family plot in the Greenlawn Cemetery.
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