Obituaries (February 21)

Acha I. (Boyd) Saunders

Utica Saturday Globe, March 28, 1903

 

 Acha I. (Boyd) Saunders

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Friday of last week at her home on State street, Mrs. Emmet A. Saunders, aged 51 years, after much suffering patiently borne, died from cancer of the stomach.  Acha I. Boyd was born in Masonville, Delaware county, the daughter of William and Fannie Boyd.  Most of her life was spent in Walton [Delaware Co., NY]. She married Emmet A. Saunders, of Beerston.  Since November last their home had been in this village.  Deceased was a woman of beautiful Christian character and was greatly beloved by all who knew her.  Until illness prevented, she was a regular attendant of the Baptist Church.  Besides her husband, deceased is survived by three sons by a former marriage, Herbert Tiffany, of Columbus, O.; Orson and Seth Tiffany, of this village; one brother, George H. Boyd, and a nephew, William E. Boyd, both residents of Norwich.  Funeral services were held from her late home on Monday afternoon, Rev. John L. Ray officiating.  Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

VanBuren Winsor

Oxford Times, January 22, 1884

 

The funeral of the late VanBuren Winsor was held on the 14th inst., from Christ Church [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], of which he was a devoted member.  About fifty Masons were in attendance and a large number of the A.O.U.W., also about fifty relatives.  The church was literally packed, the beautiful, solemn burial service of the church was performed by the Rector, Rev. Mr. Fulton, of Oxford, and Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Clinton, a former Rector.  A beautiful Masonic emblem in choice flowers lay upon the casket, beside other floral offerings.  Mr. Winsor was about 43 years of age, and had suffered from ill health for a long time.  he was for several years the Junior Warden of the church, but compelled to resign the office by failing health.

 

Laura Smith

Chenango Union, February 26, 1885

 

SMITH:  In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday, the 25th ult., Laura, widow of the late David Smith aged 88 years.

 

She was, with her late husband, one of the earliest residents of Chenango county, and now had become one of the oldest.  Together they wrought bravely in meeting the hard conditions that confronted the first settlers in the then wilderness, and transforming it as we see it today, to fruitful fields and warm, smiling homes.  Here was a long and well-filled life, matured, full-rounded to the end with a most magnanimous, wholly unselfish and unceasing devotion to the service of all those about her.  Her mind was exceptionally bright, alert, free, progressive, actively interested to the last in whatever belonged to the advance of thought, and the best welfare of mankind.  Delicate in body, of late years shrinking from contact with society, she retained her powers unimpaired to the last, and was throughout ever the same sweet, cheery, saintly soul.  What lessons of patience, of exhilaration, of unending hope and trust, she has left for those that remain.  In the region of Truth, the sublime domain of Excellence, of Beauty and Love, must this rich, this sweet and royal nature, that beamed upon us for its while in the flesh, now find forever its portion and its home.

 

William H. Gunn

Chenango Union, January 19, 1888

 

On Sunday afternoon last, William H. Gunn, one of our oldest and respected citizens, died at his residence on Court street, in the seventy-second year of his age, after a long illness.  William H. Gunn was born in Guilford, this county [Chenango Co., NY], in 1816.  His father, William Gunn, came to that town from Cambridge, N.Y., in 1810, and settled on the Unadilla river, where he erected the first carding mill and cloth dressing establishment in the county, now known as Rockwell's Mills.  Deceased grew to manhood in that vicinity and for a time attended the Academy at Oxford, after which he engaged in teaching.  In 1839 he was united in marriage with Miss Esther B. Latham, daughter of Hon. John Latham, and is 1863 he removed to this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  He entered the store of DC. Rogers, where he remained until January, 1869, when he entered upon his duties as Justice of the Peace, to which office he had been elected the spring previous.  He was twice re-elected, thus holding the position for twelve years.  When a lad he united with the Union Church, near his home, and upon his removal to Norwich he became a member of the Methodist church here.  He held every office in the church within the reach of a layman, and for many years was its Treasurer.  He was a man of noble impulses, benevolent, and generous to a fault.  As a citizen he enjoyed the respect of all, and in the church of which he had been an honored member for upwards of half a century, and to which he was devotedly attached, he will be missed.  His widow survives him.  Funeral services were held at his late residence, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. A.J. Van Cleft officiating, assisted by Rev. O.H. McAnulty, of Carbondale, Pa.



 

Simeon Greek

 

GREEK:  In Sidney, February 4, 1896, Mr. Simeon Greek, formerly of Bainbridge.  [Chenango Union, February 13, 1896]

 



Simeon Greek, who has been a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for years, and only a short time ago moved to a small farm two and one-half miles east of the village, was in Sidney on Business Tuesday and on returning home in company with a friend complained of feeling sick.  Before they could return to Sidney for medical aid, Mr. Greek expired.  Heart disease was the cause of death.  The deceased was a member of H.H. Beecher Post, G.A.R.  He is survived by his wife and several children.  The funeral was held from the family home on Friday afternoon.  The interment was in the Episcopal cemetery [St. Peter's Churchyard, Bainbridge, NY]--Binghamton Republican.[Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, February 12, 1896]