Obituaries (December 28)

E. Birney Crandall

Utica Saturday Globe, June 1912

 

 

E. Birney Crandall

1853 - 1912

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  E. Birney Crandall, a well known Resident of this Village, and for some time employed about the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Dibble, on North Broad street, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon in the barn where he had been  at work.  He had appeared in his usual health during the day and had been down town on an errand only a short time before he was found dead.  His age was 59.  Mr. Crandall was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Crandall and was born in the town of Norwich, March 6, 1853, and had always resided here except for a brief period when he lived in Plymouth.  For nearly 15 years he was an employee of the David Maydole Hammer Factory, leaving there six years ago to take the position  he held at the time of his death.  December 25, 1874, Mr. Crandall married Miss Rhoba A. Evans, of Norwich, who survives with one son, Charles B. Crandall, and a daughter, Mrs. Christopher Quinn, both of this village.  The daughter and her husband are now on a trip to California.  He also leaves one sister, Mrs. David Evans, of this place. [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

Helen (Ledyard) Lincklaen

Northern Christian Advocate, Auburn, NY, May 5, 1847

 

 

Helen (Ledyard) Lincklaen

1777 - 1847

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Mrs. Helen Lincklaen died at her residence in Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY] on the 10th ult., aged 70 years, 4 months and 20 days.  Mrs. Lincklaen was born in  1777, at Middletown Point, New Jersey, the second daughter of Major Benjamin Ledyard, and his wife Catharine Forman.  In 1791 her father having been appointed Clerk of the County of Onondaga, which then  comprised all the lands given as bounties for services in the Revolution, (usually known as the "military tract") removed with his family to the site of the present village of Aurora, Cayuga county.  The journey, which, as usual at that period, was made by boats or bateaux, through the Mohawk river, Wood Creek, Oneida Lake, Oneida and Seneca rivers, and Cayuga lake, until the travelers landed on the beach directly in  front of their own log dwelling., was distinctly remembered and often alluded to by the deceased.  She has lived in  Cazenovia since 1797, at which time she was married to John Lincklaen, Esq., and has witnessed, from its commencement, the change which has transformed all Central and Western New York, from an unbroken forest, to a populous and fertile land.  During the last autumn, she re-visited the place of her birth, and though the lapse of Fifty-two years had left none of the acquaintances of her youth, and few who even remembered her family, she found much gratification in recognizing her old home and familiar places--This was her last journey, for since her return, she has been a constant invalid.  Having united with the Presbyterian Church in  Cazenovia in  1807, she left at her decease but two or three whose membership is of as old a date.  She sustained a severe and protracted illness with remarkable patience, and preserved to the last, entire resignation and composure.--Madison County Whig

Nathaniel R. Hyer

Northern Christian Advocate, Auburn, NY, May 5, 1847

Nathaniel R. Hyer died at his residence in Guilford, Chenango Co., Feb. 25, 1847, in the 75th year of his age.  According to our best information, he was converted when  about 20 years of age, under the labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott, and connected himself with the M.E. Church; which connection he honorably maintained, to the day of his death.  He had officiated in the capacity of exhorter, for a number of years before his death.  He has also discharged the duties of class leader for a number of years with Christian fidelity.  The nature of his disease was such as to disqualify him for much conversation, but from  the knowledge we have of him deep and genuine piety, and his blameless walk and conversation, we doubt not but he has found a happy lodgment in the bosom of his God, where he is forever at rest.  [Buried Maplewood Cemetery, Mt. Upton, Chenango Co., NY]

Abijah Cornwell

Northern Christian Advocate, Auburn, NY, May 5, 1847

Abijah Cornwell, Sen., died in Guilford, Chenango Co., on the 11th day of March, 1847, in the 76th year of his age.  Br. Cornwell was among the first settlers of the town, among the first trophies of the gospel in the neighborhood, and among the first in the neighborhood who united with the M.E. Church; in which Church he remained a worthy member, until removed to the Church on high.  The exact number of years he held a membership in the Church, is not known; but supposed to be about 40.  Br. Cornwell possessed a very kind and amiable disposition and his piety was deep and sentimental.  During his sickness, which was brief, he expressed strong confidence in the merits of his Redeemer, and, as he approached the hour of death, a willingness, and rather an anxiety, (tempered and subdued by grace) to depart, and be with the Savior.  One circumstance, I think, will show, not only his unwavering hope of heaven, but the delightful raptures that thrilled his soul, when on the threshold of the immortal Jerusalem; as his daughter-in-law was standing by his bed, and by acts of kindness, endeavoring to mitigate his sufferings, with considerable emphasis he said to her, "Do you not see the angels?"  Upon her answering "No," he said, "I see them hovering around my bed."  He died without a struggle or a groan.  "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."    C. Starr, Guilford, April 12, 1847  [Buried Ives Settlement Cemetery, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY]

Death Notices

Northern Christian Advocate, Auburn, NY, May 5, 1847

In Potsdam(?) on the 10th ult, Cornelius William [Hunt], the son of Rev. Isaac L. and Judith L. Hunt, aged 16 days.  Thurs have three children been torn suddenly from their father's little family within a few months.  All were well and promising when the fond father left home on itinerant duty--but returning, he found them dead or dying.  Such are some of the trials of itinerant life.--E.A.

In Kingston, Apr. ?, 1847, George Porter [Nelson], only son of Rev. Henry and Jane Nelson, aged 17 months