Obituaries (April 3)

Margaret (Barratt) Galvin

Utica Saturday Globe, December 27, 1902

 

Margaret (Barratt) Galvin

At her home on Silver street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Monday night, occurred the death of Mrs. Margaret Galvin, widow of the late Michael Galvin, aged 63 years.  She had been ill about four weeks with stomach trouble.  Margaret Barrett was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, March 15, 1839.  She was united in marriage in her native city in 1860, to Michael Galvin, and three years later they came to this country and located at Sherburne.  In 1869 the family moved to Norwich, where she had since resided.  Mr. Galvin died June 30, 1886.  Mrs. Galvin was a kind mother and a sympathetic friend and neighbor and was esteemed by all who knew her.  She is survived by eight children, six daughters, Mary, Anna, Margaret, Mrs. A.J. Normile and Mrs. J.H. Wilcox, of Norwich, and Mrs. Ira W. June of Oxford, and two sons, Timothy of Norwich and Edward B., of Schenectady.  The funeral was attended from her late home Friday at 9:30 and from St. Paul's Church at 10 a.m., Rev. Father John A. Hart officiating.  Burial was made in St. Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Ettie Nichols

Afton Enterprise, October 26, 1893

Miss Ettie Nichols, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY^], died from the effects of an over dose of morphine early Sunday morning.  About 9 o'clock Saturday evening, while her mother was down town, she was taken with a severe pain, and as she had seen her mother do, took a dose of morphine to ease the pain, which immediately threw her into convulsions.  She lived about five hours afterward, and was about 14 years of age.

 

Chenango Union, October 26, 1893

The village of Bainbridge is excited over the very sudden and mysterious death of Miss Etta Nichols.  Early Sunday morning her parents were awakened by her groans, and went to her bedside to find her insensible and in terrible agony.  Physicians were summoned but they were unable to relieve her and she died about four o'clock.  She was unconscious from the time she was found till her death, passing from one spasm into another.  An autopsy, which was conducted on Monday revealed the presence of morphine in the stomach, and the indications are that she died form morphine poisoning.  Miss Nichols had been in the best of health and spirits and there is not the slightest reason to think that the drug was taken with suicidal intent.  It was probably taken for the purpose of relieving headache.

 

Adeline A. Hickox

Afton Enterprise, March 29, 1923

Mrs. Adeline A. Hickox, widow of the late George B. Hickox, passed quietly away last week at her home in this place, aged 80 years.  Mrs. Hickox had lived alone in the lower rooms of her home since the death of her husband some three years ago.  The second floor was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hendrickson.  Friday afternoon Mrs. Hendrickson became suspicious that something was wrong, not having heard Mrs. Hickox the previous day.  She therefore called assistance and upon entering the setting room found Mrs. Hickox setting in a chair and apparently she had been dead for some time as the lamp on the nearby table had burned nearly dry.  Dr. Hayes was summoned and pronounced death due to paralysis of the heart and estimated that she had been dead from 24-36 hours.  A private funeral was held from her late home on Monday, March 26th, at 11 o'clock, Rev. D.M. Geddes of the Presbyterian church, officiating and the interment made in Glenwood Cemetery.  She leaves a sister, Mrs. Sarah Rifenbark of New York City, one nephew, Joseph of New York; and two nieces, Mrs. F.S. Ruland of New York and Mrs. W.W. Sheehan of Deposit.

 

Mrs. George Wilcox

Chenango Union, July 29, 1880

On the 7th inst., Mrs. George Wilcox, of Millard, Mo. formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], was thrown from a wagon, while the horse was running away, and killed.  Mrs. Denniston, her husband's sister-formerly Miss Mary Wilcox, also of Bainbridge--who was riding with her, was also thrown out, and her left arm broken.  Mrs. Wilcox was forty-two years of age, and was a sister of W.H. Cannon, of Bainbridge.

 

Mrs. F.T. Nichols

Chenango Union, July 29, 1880

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. F.T. Nichols was buried from her home on Sunday.  Mr. Nichols has the sympathy of the whole community in his great affliction.  A few months only have passed since he followed a loved son to the grave, little thinking the mother would follow so soon.

 

Mrs. Thomas Nichols

Bainbridge Republican, December 26, 1884

Died at West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], December 19, 1884, Mrs. Thomas Nichols, in the 75th year of her age.  The deceased was born in the town of Sidney, Delaware county, but has resided in the town of Bainbridge for 65 years.  Mrs. Nichols was highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities and beloved by her many friends.  She leaves two sons and three daughters to mourn her death.  The remains were interred in the Episcopal cemetery in this village.

 

George Nichols, Jr.

Otsego Journal, July 2, 1908

George Nichols, Jr., an industrious woodchopper, was found dead in t he woods near Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] in what is known at the "sheep-pen."  Mr. Nichols lived in a shack in the woods when working.  He was last seen alive on Wednesday by Charles Ostrander, who was working with him. On Saturday night Mr. Nichols did not return to his home and his family started a search, assisted by the neighbors, yesterday morning.  The body was found by Rasmus Nichols and Henry Nichols lying on the ground beside a tree, which he had been cutting on.  The axe was beside the body.  Coroner Brownell of Oneonta was called and decided that death was due to heart trouble.  The body had evidently been lying in the position in which it was found for two or three days.  Mr. Nichols leaves his wife and three children.