Obituaries (March 19)

Agnes Foy

Utica Saturday Globe, July 29, 1905

 

 

Miss Agnes Foy

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Agnes Foy died suddenly Sunday afternoon last at the home of Dominick Nolan on Rexford Street, aged 47.  The body was removed to the home of her uncle, Dennis Griffin, on the same street, where funeral services were held at 9:30 Wednesday morning and at St. Paul's Church at 10 o'clock.  Rev. H.F. Curtin, assisted by Fathers Logan, of Sherburne and Purcell, of Oxford officiating.  Music was rendered by Misses May Cox and Jennie Manley, James Dolan and Lewis Burnside.  The bearers were Thomas Macksey, Michael McMahon, Charles Russell and William Dunne.  Interment was made in St. Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  Miss Foy was born in Norwich, the daughter of Martin and Margaret Foy, both now deceased.  For the past 20 years she had been head housekeeper for the well-known hotel proprietors Keough Brothers, who formerly conducted the Eagle Hotel here.  She went with them to Newburg when they left Norwich several years ago.  She was a very capable woman and was very successful in her chosen sphere of work.  About a year ago her health failed. After treatment in a hospital in Wilkesbarre she came back to Norwich last September and had since made her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Griffin, on Rexford street.  She is survived by one brother, Robert Foy, whose home is in Minnesota.  Her death is sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

 

Richard W. Juliand

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, March 2, 1881

 

DIED:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday morning, Feb. 25th, Col. Richard W. Juliand in his 91st year. 

 

Col. Juliand was born March 8, 1790, in Massachusetts.  He was the oldest son of Captain Joseph Juliand, a native of Lyons, France, and a member of the French colony in Chenango county, who as early as 1796 was an officer in the old town of Bainbridge.  In 1798 he joined the French colony at Greene, his son Richard then a boy of eight years accompanying him there.  Greene was then but a wilderness, and that colony, of which Captain Juliand proved to be a leader were substantially the first settlers.  Richard remained in Greene, until 1816, when he removed to Bainbridge and in company with one Hill kept a hotel for many years. After his second marriage he abandoned hotel life and purchased a large farm just in the edge of the corporation limits, where he became a most successful farmer, and upon which he lived until his death, on Saturday last.  At his death, we believe he was the oldest resident of Bainbridge.  He led a blameless life, was always a good citizen, upright and honest in his dealings, and socially highly esteemed and respected.  Up to about three years since he was an active participant in and observer of public affairs.  The last three years he has been feeble from great age, accompanied with loss of mind.  His death was apparently without disease, but from natural exhaustion and old age.  Col. Juliand has been a Democrat since 1830, having parted company with his brothers, during the Morgan excitement about that time. At the Incorporation of the village of Bainbridge in 1829, he was chosen one of the village Trustees and was its first president, serving as such during the years 1829, 30 and 31.  In 1842 he was one of the members of Assembly from this county, a position which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.  He also held several other positions of trust locally, the duties of all of which he faithfully performed.  With a life full of usefulness, and having performed the work assigned to him, this nonagenarian has passed away, breaking one more link which binds the past to the present, and removing another of the land marks of the early settlement of our county.  His younger brothers, Lewis, George and Frederick survive him, being honored and worthy citizens of the town of Greene.

 

William N. Hard

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

William N. Hard, aged 90, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], died Friday morning of last week from injuries received the preceding week Tuesday when he fell from a chair and broke his hip.  On the night of the accident Mr. Hard got ready for bed and then stood on a chair while adjusting a window curtain.  he lost his balance and fell to the floor breaking his right hip in two places.  Dr. L.E Woolsey was called and placed the leg in a cast, but because of Mr. Hard's advanced age, held out little hope of his recovery.  On Thursday he began to fail rapidly and death occurred Friday morning. For many years Mr. Hard had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Robinson at Hancock and was known as "Uncle Bill" to a host of friends. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and the body was placed in the vault in Hancock cemetery.  Burial will be made in the spring at Arlington, Vt.

 

John Peck, Jr.

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

The funeral of John Peck, Jr., 58, of West Burlington [Otsego Co., NY], was held on Thursday from the Joyce Funeral Parlors in Unadilla.  The body was placed in the vault awaiting burial in Evergreen Hill Cemetery [Unadilla, NY]. The Rev. George Youngs, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the service.  Mr. Peck was fatally injured on Tuesday when struck by an egg truck in front of his home.  He was taken to the Cooperstown Hospital but died while  enroute there.  His sister, Mrs. Lester Wilson, of Garrattsville, was notified and the body was taken to Unadilla.  Mr. Peck was born in Tompkins County, the younger son of John and Elizabeth (Bundy) Peck, on Dec. 23, 1885.  His early days were spent in Unadilla and for 11 years he was liveryman for Whitaker and Scribner.  In 1916 he went to Garrattsville and has since resided in that vicinity. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peck; four sisters, Mrs. Mellin Hill, of Delhi; Mrs. Watson Brundage, of Sidney Center; Mrs. Arthur Kipp, of Cannonsville; Mrs. Lester Wilson, of Garrattsville; one son, George Peck, of Sidney, and several nieces and nephews.

 

Janet Juliand

Bainbridge News, August 29, 1957

 

Miss Janet Juliand's passing was announced to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] by the traditional tolling of St. Peter's Church bell at 5 o'clock Aug. 23.   Miss Juliand was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Chamberlin Juliand, born the Apr. 25, 1866, at the ancestral home, Terrace Hill, Bainbridge.  Most of her life was spent in this village where she became so integrated in all activities of church, education, civic and social affairs that her influence and memory have become part of the  history of the community.  After attending the Bainbridge Academy and St. Margaret's Episcopal School at Waterbury, Conn., Miss Juliand studied music at Chicago under the famous Emil Liebling.  His training together with her amazing talent for teaching developed in her pupils an appreciation for the best in music.  As accompanist, she played with the Teachout Orchestra as it participated for years in many local functions.  The Crescendo Club, formed for the enjoyment of music and study of the great masters, was active as long as Miss Juliand was able to give it her inspiration and enthusiasm.  Her musical career is most often associated with her 40 years as organist in her church.  As tribute to her long and faithful service, a reception was given in her honor.  Many former rectors and bishops sent testimonials recalling the inspiration they had received from her rendition of  sacred music.  Miss Juliand was a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church which she served loyally in many capacities besides being organist.  The Little Helpers, a society for the children of the parish, was organized and directed by her.  For this purpose many years, she gladly scheduled into her busy life, hours of preparation before each Saturday's meeting.  Many children were privileged to begin their formal religious education in her Church School kindergarten.  Twenty-three god-children are living witnesses to the influence of the Christian devotion and practice in her daily life. The Women's Auxiliary and the Altar Guild will remove from their rolls the name of a member who long served in dedication to Christian duty and purpose.  Miss Juliand was a member of the Ag-wron-doug-was Chapter of the Daughters of the America Revolution, a charter member and a past president of the Woman's Club, a founder of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, a member of the Democratic party and was a strong advocate of Woman Suffrage.  She as a sound business woman and operator of the family farm saw the need for women's participation in politics and in governmental affairs.  Miss Juliand had the happy faculty of retaining her contacts with her countless friends, both new and life long, even during confinement to her room as failing health required. Some act of kindness was part of her daily living.  A profusion of flowers and the sorrowing of loving friends attested the devotion and loyalty to her which had been inspired by her own beautiful life and noble and aristocratic character.  Miss Janet Juliand was the granddaughter of Colonel Richard and Lucretia Coan Juliand. The Juliand family, than called Julliard, was among the French pioneers who settled for a time in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] toward the close of the 18th century.  Colonel Juliand came to Bainbridge in 1812 to operate the local tavern.  Soon after his marriage in 1822, he established his home in the Baron de Zeng mansion at Terrace Hill.  One of the most influential men of his time, Colonel Juliand was associated with many activities including building the Episcopal Church.  He was elected the first mayor of Bainbridge after it became a village in 1829.  Miss Juliand is survived by her devoted niece, Miss Dorothy Dickinson, and several cousins whose ancestors were Juliands, of Greene, or Chamberlins, of Afton.  Two sisters of Miss Juliand who predeceased her were Miss Emma Elizabeth Juliand, who died in 1938 and Mrs. H.W. Dickinson, whose death occurred in 1952.  At her home on Monday afternoon, the Rev. Rollin Malaney, of St. Paul's Church, Sidney, and Rev. Lloyd Charters, of Emmanuel Church, Norwich, conducted the prayer service followed by Obsequies at St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  Mrs. J. Paul Landre at the organ played favorite hymns for the services a the church and at the grave.  The pall-bearers Maurice Colwell, Donald Simonds, Charles Simonds, Benjamin Taft, Frank Corbin, Jjr., and Richard Bradshaw preceded by Read Packer, Crucifer, led the procession to the church yard for the interment, in the plot of her eminent ancestors, this distinguished Christian lady was placed to rest.