Sophia Nash Mallory
Utica Saturday Globe, January 31, 1903
Sophia Nash Mallory
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Sophia Nash Mallory, whose death occurred at her home, on Front street, on Sunday evening last, after a three weeks' illness, was born in Cooperstown[Otsego Co., NY], November 9, 1837. She was the daughter of Lewis Nash and Sophia Shipman. Her great-grandfather was one of the pioneers of Otsego county and was the original from which James Fenimore cooper, the great American novelist, drew the popular and fascinating character Leatherstocking, which has made the Leatherstocking Tales immortal. Her youth was passed in Cooperstown and in Forestville, N.Y., to which place her parents removed while she was in her girlhood. There she grew to womanhood and on May 25, 1864, was united in marriage to H. Delos Mallory. The same year of their marriage the young couple came to Norwich and for nearly 40 years have been known as among the most respected and honored residents of the village. In her religious life Mrs. Mallory was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, united with the Broad street Church soon after coming to Norwich and for 40 years was an active worker.
A.B. Griffin
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946
A.B. Griffin, Town of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] supervisor since 1929, died at the Binghamton City Hospital Wednesday morning of last week. Mr. Griffin, who was 69, was taken to the hospital last Friday after he had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Chapel street, Windsor. He had suffered a heart ailment over several months The veteran Republican would have completed 20 years as a member of the Broome County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 31. He had been nominated for re-election at the Windsor Republican caucus last month. At the time of his death Mr. Griffin was a member of the important board committees on finance, public welfare and soil conservation. He served as chairman of the board in 1939 and 1940. The body was removed to the Wood Memorial Chapel, Windsor. Funeral services were conducted at the Windsor Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. W. Arthur Weber will officiate. Burial will be in the Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga. A farmer by occupation, Mr. Griffin was president and a director of the Windsor Dairymen's League and a director of the Broome County Farmers' Fire Relief Association. He was a member of the Windsor Sportsmen's Association, the Broome County Farm Bureau, the Susquehanna Valley Grange, state and national granges and Johnson City Lodge 693, L.O.O.F. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Georgia E. Roberts Griffin; two sons, Clyde D. and Norman Griffin, and a daughter, Mrs. Levi Aiken, of Chenango Forks.
Russell F. Smith
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946
The body of Russell F. Smith, 45, of the Perrault Hotel, Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], was discovered Saturday afternoon on the north bank of the Susquehanna River near Owego. Relatives revealed that an indentation was found at the back of the skull and that Mr. Smith's wallet and his wristwatch were missing. Mr. Smith had been missing since June 6, when he was believed to have boarded a train for California. Three days prior to that he had left his job with Endicott Johnson, relatives said. He is believed to have had in the neighborhood fo $250 in his wallet.
Anne Greeley
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946
A dispatch from Philadelphia under date of Sept. 13 says: Anne Greeley, 27, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], collapsed and died backstage at the Arena tonight, 40 minutes after she rode a Broncho for eight seconds in a show billed as "Roy Rogers and His World Championship Rodeo." Dr. Robert A. Chesnut, of Philadelphia General Hospital, said the cause of death was unknown. The coroner's office said an autopsy will be held. Approximately 4,000 persons at the rodeo were unaware of Miss Greeley's death. With tears in their eyes, other girl performers continued with the program. Rodeo officials said Miss Greeley had participated in rodeos for seven years, two years as a rider of bucking horses.
Grace Peckham
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946
Grace Peckham Dunckel, wife of Lewis A. Dunckel, of 17 Kirby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at the Sidney Hospital early Saturday morning Sept. 14. Mrs. Dunckel, who had been under the doctor's care at her home for the previous 10 weeks, had been taken to the hospital on Sept. 6. She failed to respond to medical treatment and grew slowly weaker until her death. Mrs. Dunckel was born in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], On June 22, 1882, the daughter of Henry M. and Sarah (Jones) Peckham. In 1897 the family moved to Bainbridge where she has since resided, with the exception of about five years spent in the village of Fort Plain. She received her education in the Bainbridge High School, graduating with the Class of 1901 and later from the Albany Business College following which she was employed in the office of the Dairy Products company and other local offices. In 1931 she was united in marriage with Lewis A. Dunckel, of Fort Plain, who survives. Other survivors include a brother, Charles H. Peckham, of Bainbridge; four nieces, Miss Ruth Hollenbeck, a teacher in the Cobleskill schools, who had made her home with her aunt; Mrs. R.A. Yeomans, of Rochester; Mrs. Evan W. McLave, of Jackson Heights, and Mrs. Dale Wade, of Port Huron, Mich. Also four nephews, S. Earl Hollenbeck of Arlington, Va.; Ivan Manzer, of Binghamton, and Rolland and Donald Peckham, of Bainbridge, and several grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Mrs. Dunckel was a member of the First Methodist Church with which she had been actively associated for many years; a member of the Fort Plain Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution; member and president of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Tent, No. 69, Daughters of Union Veterans, of Bainbridge, and a member of Past Noble Grand of Bridgehanna Rebekah Lodge, no. 427, of Bainbridge. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the First Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Harry E. Brooks, officiating. The bearers were Joseph Hitchcock, D.R. Sherwood, LeRoy and Alton Hollenbeck. Burial was at North Norwich.
Frank H. Lewis
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946
Frank H. Lewis
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] lost its first returned veteran of World War II with the death of Frank Howard Lewis, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Lewis, 67 North Main street, Sept. 8, at the Veterans' Hospital, Canandaigua. Frank was born Sept. 6, 1920, at Harpursville [Broome Co., NY]. He graduated form Bainbridge Central School with the Class of '38 and from Cornell University in '43, as a mechanical engineer. After Working for six weeks at the Scintilla Magneto Division, he entered the Navy, and while attending school at Michigan City, Ill, following his boot training, he contracted pneumonia, and was critically ill for eight months at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital. After his recovery, he returned to Michigan City to school, and later was transferred to Del Monte, Calif. for training and then to Corpus Christi, Tex., where he completed his schooling. He then reported for active duty at Key West, Fla. as an Aviation Electronic Technician's Mate Third Class. He was discharged from the Navy May 1, 1946, at Jacksonville, Fla., and was taken ill about three weeks after his arrival home. When his condition didn't improve, he was taken to the Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., for observation, and then returned to his home. His condition gradually growing worse, he entered the Veterans' Hospital at Canandaigua for treatment where he developed pneumonia, about two weeks later, from which he failed to recover. Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, William Lewis, of Sidney, and Randolph Lewis, of Afton; two sisters, Mrs. Winston Nelson and Mrs. Llwellyn Hubbard, both of Bainbridge, and nine nieces and nephews. Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which he was a member, with the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating, assisted by the Rev. Bradford H. Tite, of New Berlin. Bearers were: Henry Egli, of Sidney; Carl Hutchinson, James Monahan, and Donald Quinney, all of Bainbridge. Burial was in the family plot at Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].
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