Bainbridge Items from November 1917

Bainbridge [Chenango County, NY] in Review

Items from Bainbridge Republican of November 29, 1917

 

Letter from a German School Girl - 1917

 

This letter from a German school girl to a young friend in Switzerland was printed in the Republican of November 29, 1917 and this missive is typical of what caused World War One, to which it refers...It shows what a powerful leader, by molding his people's minds from infancy, can accomplish and to what ends he can rule a nation.

 

"Frankfurt-on-Oder

July 20, 1917

My dear Louise,

The contents of your last letter would have hurt me had I not known that your thoughts of our glorious war resulted from sheer ignorance.  You are in a country rendered effeminate by the influence of old fashioned ideas of liberty which is at least two centuries behind ours.  You are in need of a good dose of Prussian culture.

 

It is evident that you, a Swiss girl with French sympathies, can not understand how my heart, the heart of a young German girl, passionately desired this war.  Speaking of it some years ago, my father said to us:  "Children, Germany is getting too small for us.  We shall have to go to France again in order to find more room.  Is it our fault if France will not understand that more money and land are necessary for us?"

 

And you reproach us that our soldiers have been very cruel to the Belgium rabble and you speak also of the destruction of Rheims and of the burning of villages and towns.  Well, that is war. As in every other undertaking, we are past masters in the making of war.

 

You have a great deal to learn before you can come up to our standard, and I can assure you that what has been done so far is a mere bagatelle compared with what will follow.  As a matter of fact, there is but one race worthy of ruling the world, and that which has already attained the highest degree of civilization.  That race is ours, the Prussians; for though we Germans in general are the lords of the world, the Prussian is undoubtedly the lord par excellence among the Germans.  All other nations, and among them unfortunately, the Swiss, are degenerate and of inferior worth.  That is why I have always been so proud in being a true Prussian.

 

Yesterday, again, our pastor explained to us convincingly, that our first parents, Adam and Eve, were Prussian.  This is quite easy to understand because the Bible tells us that the German God created us all after his own image.  If, then, all men are descended from Adam and his wife, it follows that only Prussians or at least Germans to exist in the world, and that all who push on and prosper ought to belong to us.  You must admit that is logic and that is why our motto is "God with us, Germany above everything."

 

You know now why we wished this war.  It is not shameful that other nations, who have no right to existence on the earth, wish to diminish our heritage.  We are the divine fruit and the others are the weeds. That is why our great emperor has decided to put an end to all these injustices and to extirpate the weeds.  Do you understand that now?  I remain your school friend, Katie Hamel"

 

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A story has been current to the effect that the Red Cross sweaters and other garments made by the ladies throughout the country are put on the market and sold, or have been placed in stores.  This is an old story of German origin.  It was started for the purpose of discouraging work to provide the necessities for the soldiers. We would not say that anyone hereabouts believes this stuff about the sale of Red Cross garments, but in case there is anybody who may have heard it and has given a credulous ear, we repeat that the report has no foundation in fact but is a part of the German propagandas to injure this country.

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A petition addressed to the military authorities in Washington, has been generally signed by the people in Bainbridge asking for the return on furlough of Dr Edward Danforth, who is at Camp Taylor in Kentucky.  He has finished his three months training and while waiting to be assigned to active duty in the war, the Bainbridge people want him to come back and resume his practice of medicine in this village.  Dr. Danforth enlisted in June in the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps and has been in training since August at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana.  There are a great many physicians in the camps.  Dr. Danforth has been assigned for the present at Camp Taylor, near Louisville, Ky. Towns and villages which have been left without sufficient medical attention have been petitioning the military authorities for the return of their doctors until needed in government service.  By the departure of Dr. Danforth, this community has been without ample needs as the two remaining physicians cannot attend to all the work that is sure to come during the winter months.  Bainbridge people hope that the petition will prevail and that Dr. Danforth will be permitted to return.  This petition is effective only is case the situation is such that Dr. Danforth is not yet needed for service in view of so many physicians all over the country having enlisted.

 

 



Obituaries (November 7)

Emily Elvira Woodard

Utica Saturday Globe, May 1906

 

 

Emily Elvira Woodard

1841 - 1906

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Sunday morning last, at the family residence near Haynes, occurred the death of Emily Elvira Woodard, aged 65 years.  Mrs. Woodard had been ill with pneumonia but was recovering when a heart trouble, from which she had suffered for years, developed alarming symptoms and resulted in her death.  Her death was doubly sad owing to the recent death of her husband, Hiram O. Woodard, which occurred May 10, after being ill but five days of pneumonia, valvular heart trouble making his case hopeless from the first.  Both were born in the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Woodard passed his 65th birthday last October and Mrs. Woodard would have reached her 65th anniversary in July.  They had lived in this section nearly all of their lives and had become well known.  Their marriage took place about 43 years ago.  They were both members of the Norwich Congregational Church and were loved and respected by a large circle of friends.  They are survived by five sons, Fred M., of Norwich; Charles H. and Benjamin of Haynes and Wallace and Frank, of Norwich.  Mrs. Woodard leaves two sisters, Mrs. Frank Smith, of Sherburne, and Mrs. Jane Parcelle, of South New Berlin, and three brothers, Andrew Briggs, of Gilbertsville; Lewis Briggs of New Berlin and James Briggs of Norwich.  Mr. Woodard is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Phoebe Hamilton, of New Berlin, and Angeline Conkey, of Oneonta.  Funeral services were held at the family home on Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. D.W. Dexter, of Norwich, officiating.  Burial at Mount Hope Cemetery. [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

Hiram O. Woodard

Chenango Union, May 17, 1906

Hiram O Woodard died at his home on the Oxford road, just below the Half-Way House on Thursday May 10, aged 65 years.  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, Rev. Daniel W. Dexter, of the Congregational church, officiating.  He is survived by his widow, who is also seriously ill with pneumonia, and by five sons, three of whom, Frank, Fred and Wallace, are residents of Norwich.

 

Devillo P. Brown

Chenango Union, May 17, 1906

Devillo P. Brown died at his home on South Broad Street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] Wednesday morning. His age was 75 years.  He suffered a shock on Tuesday from which he did not rally.  Mr. Brown was an employee of the Ontario and Western carpenter shops and had been a resident of Norwich for years.  He was a member of Sherburne Lodge, F.&A.M., Cyrus Chapter of Hamilton and Norwich Commandery, No. 465.  Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m., with Masonic burial and Knight Templar escort.

 

Thomas Clark Monroe

Chenango Union, May 17, 1906

Thomas Clark Monroe of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], one of the best known Masons in this part of the State, died at his home on Saturday aged 75 years.  He was a member of Sidney Lodge, F.&A.M. and for several years was Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge, F.&A.M. of the State of New York.  He was also prominent in Chapter Masonry and in Norwich Commandery, No. 46, K.T. in which he was knighted on June 2, 1872.  Funeral services were held on Tuesday from his home, two and a half miles from Sidney Village. The Masonic ritual was rendered by Right Worshipful and Rev. John Lanbenheimer, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge and the Knight Templar burial service by E. Sir Harvey J. Daniels, Prelate of Norwich Commandery.  Norwich Commandery, with about 70 swords, made a pilgrimage to Sidney to attend the funeral, accompanied by the Norwich City band.  he is survived by his widow, who was a daughter of the late Roswell Morse, of Guilford, and by one son, Roswell Monroe, of Sidney and one daughter, Mrs. George l. Harding, of Binghamton.  Mr. Monroe was especially well versed in the Masonic ritual and for years has been frequently called upon to render the Masonic burial service in Chenango, Delaware and Broome counties, where he had a wide acquaintance.

 

Sidney Record, May 19, 1906

The death of Thomas C. Monroe, at his home near this village [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY] last Saturday morning of the 12th last, caused widespread sorrow throughout this locality, where during a long life he had been regarded as one of our most upright and respected citizens.  To his sorrowing widow and family his loss is one of peculiar sadness. To them he poured forth the devotions of a true and loyal heart.  His relations with them had always been of the most tender character.  The loss of his two sons, Benjamin W. and Stanton M. Monroe brought great grief to his heart.  These two deaths caused him a deep sorrow that only those intimately acquainted with Mr. Monroe can appreciate.  His main hope appeared to be centered in his family and to the members of that immediate circle is directed the profound sympathy of many cordial friends.  Mr. Monroe died at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 12th inst., from pneumonia.  His spirit passed peacefully away that early Spring morn as the sun flooded the hills and valleys about the old homestead with its golden rays, while the melody of birds chanted through the woods a requiem for another tired soul just entered into rest.  The Rev. G.J.D. Peter, Rector of St. Paul's read the burial service of the Episcopal church. The male quartette sung "Nearer My God to Thee" and the Rev. E Melville offered prayer. 

 

In his address Mr. Melville said:  There is a peculiar fitness in my being here today.  For five years our friend who has gone was a regular attendant at the church of which I was then Rector. Through him and by him I was raised to the sublime deg. of Master Mason.  For two years I was his chaplain and often assisted him to perform the last offices of love for departed brothers, that we are observing for  him and his today.  Two years ago when I assisted in burying his son he said to me with tears in his eyes, there is one more thing Melville you must do, "come and bury the old man when the time comes."  Mr. Melville went on to say, there was not any word in the English language he would more gladly abolish than the word "death" as it was generally used and understood.  Well did Longfellow say "There is no death what seems to us transition."  Tennyson spoke truly when he described it as "going from this room into the next."  The fact is death is a graduation and not the end of a probation where and when as we've been taught destiny is eternally fixed.  Character determines destiny and will as long as character endures.  St. Paul spoke of death as an unmooring.  Jesus as an exodus and a home coming.  Our friend has graduated, he has unmoored from the port of time, he has seen his pilot face to face. Perhaps you the wife, the son, the daughter, the friends who loved the departed most, will not be able to say, "we are content" but you will learn to say it, if not now.

 

In the morn when angle faces smile,

Which you had loved long since and lost awhile

Comfort one another with these words.

 

The funeral on Tuesday afternoon of the 15th proved a notable Masonic observance and worthy of the memory of one who during a long lifetime had displayed a keen interest in the labors of the Craft.  Bro. Monroe was one of the oldest members of Freedom Lodge, of Unadilla, and a founder of Sidney Lodge, no. 801, F.&A.M.  He was also a member of the Norwich Commandery, Kalurah  Temple of the mystic Shrine, of Binghamton and of Unadilla Chapter, R.A.M.  A long line of Masons formed on Bridge street and escorted the funeral procession to Prospect Hill cemetery [Sidney, NY], where at the entombment the solemn Masonic rites were observed.  The procession as one of the most imposing solemnities ever witnessed in this village. The brilliant column of the Knights Templar was headed by the Norwich band of 25 pieces. The scene at the grave was one of singular impressiveness and solemn grandeur, Rev. E. Melville, Sir Knights Daniels and Moore, of The Norwich Commandery, also Rev. John Laubenheimer, of Albany, N.Y. Grand Lecturer and the Past Grand Chaplain, Grand lodge, F.&A.M. State of New York, officiated at the grave.  A fine quarter from Otseningo Lodge no. 435, consisting of Dr. Gillespie, A.E. Michaelbach, Tracy G. Avery, C.T. Hess, conducted the musical exercises.  Thomas C. Monroe will long be missed.  He was known in every walk of life and by everyone was held in the highest esteem.  His geniality and unfailing courtesy endeared him to all.  He retained his mental and physical vigor to a remarkable degree for one who had seen seventy five years of life. He goes from us with the regrets of all and his memory will long be treasured as a precious heritage to his family and his friends.

 

William G. Brant

1860 - 1943

William G. Brant, one of this city's most highly respected residents, died at the family home, 22 Hickok avenue [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], at 12:30 Wednesday morning.  In ill health for a long period of time, Mr. Brant had been seriously ill for only about a week.  The deceased was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12, 1860, but had been a resident of Norwich for 47 years.  For a period of 32 years he was an employee of the Maydole Hammer Company.  He was also an employee of the late Charles G. Nash, but for the past several years had lived a retired life.  Mr. Brant was a member of Broad Street Methodist church for many years and he also held membership in Norwich lodge 302 F.&A.M.  Mr. Brant was a devoted churchman.  He loved his church and his main object in life was to live up to the teachings of the church.  Quiet by nature, Mr. Brant possessed those attributes of character which endeared him to many friends, all of whom will deeply mourn his passing.  There survive his wife, Eunice Brant, a step-son Pascal Holcomb of Norwich, granddaughter, Mrs. Walter Park of Norwich and a nephew, Clarence Smith of Sauquoit.  Services are to be held at the Breese Funeral Home at 2:30 Friday afternoon with Rev. Dr. W. Gray Jones officiating. The body will rest at the family home on Hickok avenue until Friday noon.   [Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY]

Bainbridge Central School 6th Grade 1954/55

Bainbridge Central High School

Sixth Grade Class 1954/55

"Echo" 1955

 

 Left to Right
Row 1:  D. Ireland, L. Pollard, L. Hubbard, D. Day, D. Doolittle, J. Crawford, B. Figger
Row 2:  Mrs. Stiles, E. Boyd, I. Dalrymple, P. Harmon, M. Curtis, M. Moore, K. Dean, T. Besemer, G. Ruston
Row 3:  J. Sipple, V. Johnson, F. Partridge, J. Skinner, N. Schroth, M. Besemer, B. Loker, N. King, N. Loudon, G. Niles
Row 4:  R. Gould, H. Mills, W. Stafford, D. Hubbard, L. Chapman, M. Severson, R. Simonds, L. Davenport, D. Laird

Left to Right:

Row 1:  D. Barringer, R. Bowen, B. Hubbard, I. Shea, J. Coulter, P. Yenson, J. Hovey

Row 2:  Mrs. Jones, J. Davidson, B. Hartwell, B. Hovey, B. Leonard, K. Hurlburt, N. Harvey, R. Saam, A. Prentice

Row 3:  B. Youngs, S. Dalessio, D. Loucks, D. Benedict, B. Best, L. Tompkins, J. Terzo, A. Russell, R. Fuller, J. Daly

Row 4:  K. Fargo, M. Sutton, K. Pratt, S. Wilson, L. Conklin, M. Marble, W. Gardner, C. Palmatier, B. Shields

Obituary (November 5)

George S. Cole

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

 

George S. Cole

1858 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  George S. Cole, after a week's illness of typhoid pneumonia, died at his home on Coombs street on Monday.  He lacked but a day of completing 47 years of age, having been born in Norwich December 12, 1858, and had resided here all of his life.  During his earlier years he was employed in Sawyer Brothers' cooperage but after that industry passed into history he took up the trade of lather and mason, which he followed up to the time of his death.  Deceased was an attendant of the Calvary Baptist church and a member of the Baracas.  He was also a member of the Bricklayers and Masons' Union.  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Richard Cole, and two brothers, Frank J. Cole and William R. Cole.  The remains were removed to the home of the latter on Front street, where funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Wilson Treible, of the Broad Street M.E. Church, officiating in the absence of a regular pastor of the Calvary Church.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, May 30, 1889

 

PURDY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 26, 1889, Mary H., wife of Dr. C.M. Purdy, aged 62 years.

 

SAGE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 23, 1889, Mr. Willard W. Sage, aged 76 years.

 

COLLINS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 25, 1889, Lydia W., wife of Joseph Collins, aged 62 years.

 

OLIVER:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], May 10, 1889, Elizabeth, wife of Zenas Oliver.

 

BUSH:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 21, 1889, Mr. David Bush, aged 73 years.

 

BETTS:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], May 20, 1889, Mrs. Betsey Betts, aged 88 years.

 

COMBS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], May 17, 1889, Mr. George Combs, aged about 40 years.

 

PITTS:  In Otselic Centre [Chenango Co., NY], May 22, 1889, Mr. Samuel Pitts.

 

CASWELL:  In Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY], May 20, 1889, Mr. V. Caswell.

 

HARRIS:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], May 16, 1889, Mr. L.B. Harris.

 

CRAWE:  Near Earlville [Madison Co., NY], May 21, 1889, Roxa L., wife of David K. Crawe, aged 68 years.

 

LETTINGTON:  In Rochester, May 21, 1889, Mr. Horace Lettington, aged 76 years, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

CROFOOT:  In Freeport, Ill, May 17, 1889, Mrs. Sarah E. Crofoot, aged 74 years, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

LOUDERBACH:  In Chicago, April 12, 1889, Rev. Alfred Louderbach, D.D., a former rector of Zion Church, Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

 

 

Nathan Foster - Convicted of Murder - 1819

Orange County Patriot, March 9, 1819

Murder:  The Albany Argus contains the following extract of a letter from Delaware county:  "I have the unpleasant news to relate that a murder has again been committed in our county.  Mr. Foster of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], and a girl who lived in the house with Foster, have been taken into custody on suspicion of poisoning his wife.  She survived but a short time after she took the poisonous draught."

Conviction For Murder

Orange County Patriot, July 27, 1819

At the Oyer and Terminer for Delaware county [NY], on the 2d inst. Nathan Foster, aged about 66 years, was convicted of the murder of Eleanor Foster, his wife, by poison, on the 29th of January last; and sentenced to be hung on Friday the 6th of August next, between the hours of 12 and 6 o'clock P.M.

 

Perhaps no cause ever excited more interest, and no fact more clearly proven--Not a doubt remained upon the minds of any, after the trial, of his guilt; and the event of this trial shows plainly, that an all wise God superintends the affairs of men--that he sees all their actions, and will make them manifest  The clear and perfect chain of circumstances, together with the conduct of the prisoner and his confessions, and the manner in which they were brought to light, are truly astonishing.  It was intended by his friends to have applied to the executive, for the exercise of his clemency--but the court and jury, and every person who attended the trial were so perfectly satisfied of the prisoner's guilt, that it is understood they have abandoned the idea, and of course his fate is irrevocably fixed.  the character of the deceased, (which on the trial was proved to be unspotted and most excellent)--her age--the severe manner of her death--and the age and conduct of the prisoner--excited more than usual interest. The trial commenced on the 20th of June, and continued with little intermission until the 2d inst. when the jury retired from the bar at 4 o'clock A.M. and in fifteen minutes returned with a verdict of guilty.

 

The trial was most ably managed by Mr. Van Buren, Attorney General  and W.H. Elting, District Attorney, for the people and S. Sherwood, E. Root, J. Sudam and A. Parkers, Esqrs. for the prisoner. The counsel for the prisoner, Messrs. Sherwood and Root, in summing up the cause, used every argument that ingenuity could invent; and the Attorney General, in closing for the people, attracted more attention and admiration than was ever before witnessed at this bar.  He was uncommonly clear, concise, and at times extremely eloquent.  The trial throughout was conducted with the utmost liberality and feeling.

 

During the whole of the above mentioned trial, his honor, Judge Woodworth presided, with a uniform display of moderation, impartiality and dignity, highly worthy of the character of a judge of the supreme court of this state, and which enlisted the feelings and dispositions of the numerous audience, as far as the writer of this article could ascertain them, greatly in his favor.  The Prisoner never could have had a fairer trial, nor thed people more justice done them.

 

Nathan Foster Executed

The Gazette, Geneva, NY, August 18, 1819

 

Nathan Foster was executed on Friday last, in Delaware county, for murder, in pursuance of the sentence of his hon. Judge Woodworth.  It is matter of regret, that he gave no evidences of penitence or contrition, but stubbornly persisted in asserting his innocence to the last--Alb. Ade.

 

Nathan Foster Rests Under Traffic's Roar

Binghamton Press, November 13, 1949

By Grace Cook

 

 

 

Old tombstones may be found in strange places throughout Delaware County but probably none is in a more incongruous position than that of Nathan Foster.  He was the second man to be hanged in the county and his headstone is now embedded in the foundation of a barn on the Arthur Turtur farm near Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  Foster was accused of poisoning  his wife, was tried at Delhi and convicted.  All of this took place away back in 1819.  According to the story which has been handed down from one generation to another, Foster and his wife lived on the farm where his headstone now reposes. 

 

Country women had a hard row in those days what with butter to churn and work, rag carpets to weave, candles to mold for light, men's and boys' suits to sew as well as their own, besides the regular baking and cleaning.  So a comely young woman was hired to assist Mrs. Foster.

 

But the 57-year-old farmer and the comely hired girl fell in love.  Then she left, perhaps at Mrs. Foster's command, and went to Jericho, or Bainbridge, as it had been renamed five years before.   Distance only made their hearts beat fonder and according to legend, Foster placed poison in some cake which his wife ate and killed her.

 

The trial created intense excitement.  The defense hired two brilliant lawyers, Erastus Root, a former state assemblyman, senator and one-time lieutenant governor, and Gen. Sam Sherwood of Delhi and New York City who represented this district in Congress and also commanded the Delaware county militia.  The district attorney was not to be outdone.  He called in Martin Van Buren, Esq., who was later to become the eighth president of the united States but was then attorney general. 

 

The defense fought hard but the jury brought in a verdict of willful murder  Foster was hanged by Martin Keeler of Kortright, then sheriff of the county.  He made a will on the day he was hanged, but never made a confession of guilt....

 

 Nathan Foster must have loved the countryside where he lived.  A little brook wanders pleasantly down through the rolling pasture land and he asked to be buried beneath the shade of his favorite elm tree which grew beside its banks.  Someone carried out his wishes and tended the grave with loving care.  Could it have been the comely young woman from Jericho or perhaps a broken hearted son or daughter who believed in his innocence?

 

A tablet of native stone was set, and a smaller marker at the foot with the initials "N.F."  A graphic story is told in the carving on the headstone.  At the top is the spreading elm and at the bottom one lone branch droops over Foster's coffin.  The inscription reads:  "Here lies Nathan Foster who departed this life Aug. 6, 1819, AEt. 57 y"  someone must have kept careful watch over the lonely grave, for a few years later it was discovered that water was seeping in and the body was taken up and buried on higher ground.  Than as time slipped by there was no one left to keep the grass cut or place bouquets of purple violets or black-eyed Susans there in season.  Perhaps cattle trampled it and the headstone fell over. 

 

Strangers bought the farm. The fallen headstone meant nothing to them.  When a new barn was needed the ground where the old grave lay seemed ideal for its location so for years the stone was lost, hidden under the barn floor.  When the site for the county road, in recent times, was surveyed, the barn had to be moved. Then again the tombstone came to light.  Benjamin Dean lived on the farm at the time and he incorporated both the head and the footstone into the new foundation, setting them into the concrete the same distance to the rear of the front corner that they once stood ahead of it.

 

The old elm still stands by the babbling brook, a hoary old giant, seven feet in diameter.  Lightning has struck it so many times that its branches are broken and ragged, but like a fighter taking the punches it stands solidly against wind, rain and snow, its head bloody but unbowed. Only the stones were moved when the road went through so today the bones and dust of the unhappy man are said to lie beneath the pavement.  Instead of the quiet of the lonely pasture, all day there is the rumble and clatter of heavy trucks and automobiles passing all unknowingly over the body of the man who longed for peace in his long sleep.

 

 

Compiler Note:  Eleanor, wife of Nathan Foster, was buried in Pioneer Cemetery in Masonville, Delaware Co., NY

Obituary (November 5)

Charles L. Burdick

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

 

 

Charles L. Burdick

1835 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Charles L. Burdick died at his home near White Store Friday of last week, aged 69.  Death was due to partial paralysis and pneumonia after an illness of less than a week.  Mr. Burdick was born and had passed all of his life in Norwich.  He was a farmer by occupation but had become more familiarly known to many people as a drummer formerly in "Jim" Westcott's martial band, of East Norwich, and more recently in Charles Dain's fife and drum corps, of Norwich.  Deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fayette Carpenter, of Edmeston, and Mrs. Orin Westover, of Norwich, and one son, Cory L. Burdick, of Norwich.  Two sisters, Mrs. Delos Winsor, of South New Berlin, and Mrs. Olive Childs, of Oxford, and one brother, Lorenzo J. Burdick, of Binghamton, also survive.  Mrs. Burdick died two years ago last October.  Funeral services were held form his late home at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Rev. John L. Ray officiating.  Burial was made in the cemetery at White Store.

Bainbridge Central School Class of 1954 - Part 6

Bainbridge Central High School Class of 1954

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1954

 

Herbert Ogden Wall

 

Lyle Eugene Warren

 

William Voy Williams

Obituary (November 4)

Mary A. (Brennan) Kerley

Utica Saturday Globe,  December 1905

 

Mary A. (Brennan) Kerley

1870 - 1905

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mary A. wife of John H. Kerley, died at her home on Silver street, after a lingering illness, on Saturday morning last, aged 25 years.  The deceased was born in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of John and Bridget Brennan, coming to Norwich when quite a young woman.  Here she married Mr. Kerley and had since made this place her home.  She had made many friends who deeply mourn her early death.  Besides her husband she leaves three brothers, William and Thomas Brennan, of Norwich, and John Brennan, of Geneva, Wis.

 

The funeral was largely attended on Tuesday morning, the services at the family home on Silver street being held at 9:30 o'clock and at St. Paul's Church at 10 o'clock.  Rev. Father John A. Hart officiated. The bearers were J.J. Devine, Yates Taylor, Frank Smith, J.J. Dolan, W.H. Sullivan and J.J. Conellan. The floral offerings were beautiful, including a cross of roses from the Knights of Columbus; wreath from the Ontario & Western carpenters and others from the neighbors and friends. 

Marriages (November 4)

Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Burr

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Burr

 



Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Burr on Henry street was the scene of a pleasant event Christmas day, when they entertained a small company in honor of their 15th wedding anniversary.  Relatives and friends were invited, the only out of town guests being George L. Geer and daughter, Miss Pearl Geer, of Clifton Park, N.J.  An enjoyable feature of the day was the reading of an interesting and appropriate poem written for the occasion by an old friend of the family.

 

Wilson - Olmstead

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1906

 

 

Lewis C. & Nettie (Olmstead) Wilson

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At St. Paul's rectory on Wednesday morning, Lewis C. Wilson and Miss Nettie Olmstead were united in marriage by Rev. John F. Hart.  The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Olmstead, of Grove avenue, and the groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wilson and is a machinist at the O.&W. shops. Both are highly respected and popular young people.  After a week's wedding trip they will reside with the bride's mother at 10 Grove avenue.

 

Marriage Notices

Bainbridge Republican, February 4, 1887

HOVEY - BENNETT:  At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Bennett, in the town of Guilford, N.Y., Feb. 2d, 1887, by Rev. H.B. Cook, Henry M. Hovey and Miss Helen E. Bennett, both of Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]

 

Bainbridge Republican, August 19, 1887

FOWLER - WILSON:  At the M.E. parsonage, in Bainbridge, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1886, by Rev. H.B. Cook, William J. Fowler of Bovina Centre, N Y. [Delaware Co.], and Miss Mary B. Wilson of Deposit, N.Y. [Delaware Co., NY].

FOWLER - CLARK:  At the same time and place and by Rev. H.B. Cook, Edwin H. Fowler of Deposit, N.Y. [Delaware Co.], and Miss Jennie M. Clark of North Sanford, N.Y. [Broome Co.]

Bainbridge Republican, March 23, 1888
SMITH - DeFOREST:  At the home of Mrs. Alvin Converse, on Wednesday, March 21, 1888, by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Charles N. Smith, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and Frances A. DeForest, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Obituary (November 3)

Sarah Deliah (Dutton) Matterson

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

 

 

Sarah Deliah (Dutton) Matterson

1829 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Sarah Deliah Matterson, widow of Menzo Matterson died at the home of her son, Ward G. Matterson, on East Main street, Tuesday morning, aged 76.  Mrs. Matterson, whose maiden name was Sarah Deliah Dutton, was born October 16, 1829, in the town of Plainfield, Otsego county, where she resided until 1866, when she moved across the Unadilla river into Chenango county, living on a farm until eight years ago, when she went to the village of South Edmeston, Otsego county, to reside.  Her husband died there in 1901 and she then came to Norwich to make her home with her son.  Feeble health forbade her getting about a great deal, but in the home circle and by those who knew her intimately she was greatly beloved for her kindly heart and many admirable qualities.  Besides her son, Ward, with whom she made her home during her latest years, she is survived by one other son, Woodsworth B. Matterson, the prominent attorney residing in Norwich. A brief prayer service was held at her late home Friday morning at 8 o'clock, after which the remains were taken to South Edmeston for interment beside those of her late husband, the funeral services there occurring at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

Marriages (November 3)

Wight - Haley

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1905

 

 

Fred W. and Leah L. (Haley) Wight

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Thursday afternoon, December 14, at 5 o'clock, a pretty wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Haley, on East Main street, when their only daughter, Leah L. Haley, was united in marriage to Fred W. Wight, of this place.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wilson Treible, only near relatives and a few intimate friends being present.  Both young people have many friends who extend congratulations and best wishes.  The bride has held a position with the Norwich Pharmacal Company for some time, and the groom is a glazier employed at the works of the W.L. Scott Lumber Company.  They were the recipients of many beautiful wedding gifts.  Mr. and Mrs. Wight left on the 6:45 train for a brief wedding journey.  They will be at home after December 28 at their newly-furnished home at 53 Elm street.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, April 13, 1859

 

HAYNES - WINSLOW:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. by Rev. James w. Capen, Henry I. Haynes to Miss Marietta Winslow all of this village.

 

SEXTON - BROWN:  In Bedford, Westchester Co., by Rev. Mr. Parks, on Monday, the 4th inst., George D. Sexton, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Abby Brown of the former place.

 

HOWARD - HUBBY:  At South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY] , on the 3d last, by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Sidney Howard, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Harriet Hubby of the former place.

 

SIMMONS - BEEBE:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Ervin Simmons to Miss Martha A. Beebe.

 

SCHOFIELD - EDDY:  At the Presbyterian church in Cincinnatus, Cortland co., on the 6th inst. by Rev. Mr. Lee, Jesse Schofield, Esq., of Lexington Mo. to Miss Andalusia Z. Eddy of Pharsalia, Chenango Co.

 

JERMY - HARDER:  In Oxford, on the 3d inst. by Rev. A.T. Matteson, William Jermy, to Miss Rosella Harder, both of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]

 

WHITING - VANAUKEN:  In Montague, at the house of the bride's uncle, on the 16th ult. by Rev. H. Dutcher, Benjamin Whiting to Miss Helen A. Vanauken, all of Montague, Sussex county, N.J.

 

LAMBERT - SLATER:  Also by the same, on the 31st ult., Nathan M. Lambert to Miss Mary Ann Slater, all of Montague, Sussex County, N.J.

 

 

Chenango County Personalities 1905

Chester A. Benedict

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1905

 

Chester A. Benedict

The time has long been when one of the familiar sights upon the streets of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] is Chester A. Benedict and his dog.  Mr Benedict seldom if ever comes down from his suburban residence at Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to the county seat without his constant canine cantering at his heels.  The accompanying picture is hardly familiar without some evidence of his faithful follower, but the camera chose to do things differently and leave his dogship out.  Besides his dog, Mr. Benedict is famous as a leading correspondent for the county papers, serving up his home news in an original and graphic style.

 

H.A. Walworth

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1905

 

 

H.A. Walworth

Smithville, Chenango Co., NY

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The Chenango County Board of Supervisors convened in annual session at the Court House Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the meeting being called to order by Clerk W.B. Leach.  The roll call disclosed the presence of every member of the board.  Ex-Chairman, William E. Beardsley, of Coventry, nominated H.A. Walworth, of Smithville, for chairman and he was unanimously elected.  Upon being escorted to the chair by Messrs. Beardsley and Dalrymple, the chairman made a brief but appropriate speech in recognition of the honor conferred upon him.  Mr. Walworth has been a member of the board for a number of terms and will bring to the discharge of his new duties the benefit of many and varied experiences as a lay member of the body.

 

Clerk W.B. Leach was nominated for re-election by Supervisor, N.P. Bonney, of Norwich, and was the unanimous choice of the board.  After a brief speech thanking the supervisors, Mr. Leach read two communications from the comptroller, one stating that the aggregate valuation of the county, was $18,707,337 upon which a State tax of $2,880.93 was assessed and the other in reference to stenographer's fees, the county being obliged to raise $971.72.  Both were referred to committees.

 

F. Joseph Schorn

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

 

 

F. Joseph Schorn

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  This community is to be congratulated upon at last securing a resident representative of the Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals.  Nominally Norwich has had such a representative for years, but either the occasions for action were rare or for some reason the representatives failed to act--at any rate they were seldom heard from after the announcement of their appointment.  Not so however, with Mr. Schorn.  He was no sooner appointed than he got right in anything he undertakes.  The result has been that a number of cases have received needed and prompt attention.  among these instances is that of a horse neglected by its owner and while sick left to shift for itself.  No sooner was the condition of the animal brought to the attention of Mr Schorn than he took steps to secure relief for the suffering brute, while the owner was brought up facing the law for his allege cruelty. 

 

The latest instance of  Mr Schorn's interference in behalf of his equine charges was in the case of a pair of horses owned by a Plymouth man residing near the reservoir, who it is alleged, drove the team 12 miles to Norwich.  While here their condition was discovered by Agent Schorn, who found them at two blacksmith shops several blocks apart, one on American avenue and the other near Scott's mill. The owner claimed he came into possession of one of the horses by trading a load of wood with Morris Freidman the junk dealer.  The other he secured from Charles Dye.  Both were poor and decrepit and hardly able to walk.  They were taken to the Palmer House barns and the next day taken to the ravine south of the village and shot.  The owner when arrested and arraigned before Recorder Mallory pleaded guilty to the charge of cruelty, consented to the killing of the team, was given a suspended sentence, and walked home over the 12 miles he intended to drive the team, arriving home about midnight.  His brother was arrested with him for intoxication and locked up over night.  In the morning the latter's wife, who had walked 12 miles to hunt him up, found him in the lock up.  After her arrival he was arraigned and given some sound advice by Recorder Mallory, and allowed to go home with his devoted wife to their three small children, under a suspended sentence.

 

Agent Schorn has his eye out for other cases requiring his attention, and will consider it a favor to be informed of any instances of abuse or cruelty either from overwork or from any cause.  His vigilance will not allow them to go uninvestigated, and his energy will bring the guilty ones to justice.

 

Mr. Schorn has shown his public spirit and efficiency as a public servant in other capacities, notably that of mayor, and while in no position has he been found wanting.  In none has there been a wider or more worthy field for the exercise of his varied talents than in the protection of dumb animals, to which he has devoted himself with becoming assiduity, and in the prosecution of which all lovers of animals will uphold him.

Tragedy at Dimmock Hollow - August 1888

Tragedy at Dimmick Hollow

The Otsego Farmer, September 1, 1888

A fearful loss of life occurred at Dimmick Hollow in the town of Morris [Otsego Co., NY] on Tuesday.  The Republicans had a pole raising, and were celebrating the event by firing of cannon.  The cannon burst and killed three young men instantly.  They were J. Fred Sage of South New Berlin (who had recently been engaged as principal of the school at Edmeston), Albert H. Sergent of Dimmick Hollow and John Dixon, son of S.R. Dixon of Morris.  The crowd numbered about 400 persons, and the wonder is that more were not killed, but no one was injured except the three killed.  They stood about 20 feet apart when the explosion took place at the hour of noon.  The iron cannon burst into three pieces, one of which [struck] Dixon and .... Sergent, and another hit Sage in the head, inflicting a dreadful wound; and all were instantly killed.  It was a sad ending of what had been planned for a gala day.  Coroner Stebbins held an inquest Thursday.

 

Eye Witness Account
South New Berlin Bee, September 2, 1949

 

We are indebted to Charles S. Gibson, a former resident of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], for the following article.

 

Some time ago Scott Brownson who is working on a project on the Genesee River near Mount Morris sent me several clippings dealing with the project and among them one purporting to tell the story of the tragedy at Dimmock Hollow, August 28, 1888.  The writer of the account must have a wonderful imagination for it has led him so far from the essential facts that in a moment of weakness I promised Mr. Wilbur Hall, the publisher of the South New Berlin Bee to write for him the story as I saw it, for I was there.

 

Dimmock Hollow is east of South New Berlin, about half way to Morris [Otsego Co., NY].  It is in a narrow valley and at the cross roads there was a school house.  At the time of the event democrats had erected a fine Liberty Pole, so called, near the school house.  It was tipped out with tree branches, a democratic custom of the time.  It was a tribute to the memory of Andrew Jackson, the political patron saint of the party, whose nick name was "Old Hickory."

 

The republicans decided to erect a pole at Dimmock Hollow also, but to make their pole higher, selected for a site a height of land to the west of the cross roads near the  highway, and to add zest to the occasion planned a somewhat elaborate program.  It was arranged to have a picnic with campaign oratory in a grove at some distance from the site of the pole raising after the pole was up.

 

As a special attraction, an old six-pound cannon, a reputed relic of the Mexican War was brought to the scene and placed about fifty feet from the pole which was lying on blocking in preparation for the raising.  This piece of ancient artillery belonged to Addison Hill who inherited it from his father, and Addison himself was there to superintend the loading and firing of the gun.  Powder and dry sand were wrapped in measured packages and each load consisted of two packages of powder and two of sand.

 

The old cannon had a vicious recoil and it didn't take many shots for the brute to kick itself loose from its carriage which necessitated laying it on the ground and loading and firing from that position.  But the young men who were servicing the piece didn't mind that for they were busy firing the proper salutes.  Gathered about the pole was a crowd of men and boys, a 100 or more waiting for the final ceremony, and in the crowd at different places stood the young men who were soon to die.  That was the scene when the old field piece delivered it valedictory and ended their lives.

 

I was standing some three or four feet from the pole when the cannon exploded, and in addition to the roar, I had a feeling that someone or something had pressed my shoulder and turned me about.  Before me on the ground lay a young man with a terrible wound in the top of his head.  I realized at once that something dire had occurred and that there might be others wounded and possibly needing help, so I tied a knot in my handkerchief for possible use as a tourniquet and made a hasty but thorough survey of the situation.  Two other bodies lay prone, both further from the cannon than the one near me, and from their position and the position of the cannon it was evident that three separate pieces of iron had been thrown into the crowd.

 

It was soon reported that the raising was to be postponed and the farther planned outings of the day abandoned, so I caught a ride with Mr. Henry Coy and returned to South New Berlin.

 

The young man who was killed near me was John Dixon of Gilbertsville.  Fred Sage and his cousin Albert Sargent were the other two.  Fred Sage lived in South New Berlin and I believe Albert Sargent lived near Dimmock Hollow.  No one else was injured, even the young men firing the gun escaped injury, but I heard afterward that one man had a close call, losing a part of his hat.

 

Whether the old cannon was accidentally overloaded by the excited young men who were serving the piece, or whether it had finally lost the power to withstand the shock of  firing will never be known.  I had a long talk with Mr.  Hill afterward and he could give no satisfactory explanation.  I am sure it was no fault of his.

 

A few days later a double funeral service was held in the Baptist Church for Albert and Fred.  Rev. Linn Wheeler officiated taking for his text a line from the 35th chapter of Job, "Where is God, my maker, who giveth songs in the night?"

The Monument
Oneonta Star, July 17, 1956

A motorist travelling along Route 23 in the Dimmock Hollow region might never see the monument, a hallmark of the days when men were men and political campaigns aroused a fervor of patriotism, enthusiasm and a series of social gatherings.

It is just a little monument, standing back from the road perhaps 75 feet.  It's only about six feet tall, and the casual motorist, if he noticed the marker at all, probably wouldn't bother to stop and take a look.

If he did, he would read the following inscription:

"In remembrance of:

Fred S. Sage

Albert H. Sergeant

John J. Dixson

Who were killed on this place

August 28, 1888 by the

bursting of a cannon at the raising

of a Republican flagpole. 

This monument is respectfully erected by the public."

The events of that late summer day 68 years ago make one stop and realize how much a part of rural America the presidential campaigns of that day really were.

Your history book will tell you that Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi P. Merton were campaigning for the presidency and vice presidency against the Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland and his vice president.

Republicans of the South New Berlin, New Berlin, Morris area arranged a gathering at Dimmock Hollow at which a Harrison-Morton flagpole would be raised.  Some of the more athletic Republicans decided that a cannon would be appropriate for the occasion, commandeered an old artillery piece and lugged it in from South New Berlin.

The entire affair was doomed from that start.  Let's turn back to the Oneonta Daily News of August 29, 1888, and read the description of what took place:  "At Dimmick Hollow this afternoon, a most unfortunate accident occurred that has cast a gloom over the entire community.  Shortly after noon today, three young lives were sacrificed to the cause of Republicanism."  (In the colorful description of that day, the reporter goes on to tell how about the ancient cannon being rolled into place.  Now the intrepid runners are ready to fire).  "The first shot fired tore away the carriage, and the muzzle of the piece was placed upon a log.  It was decided to fire another salute at 12 noon.  Near this hour it was touched off and exploded, the pieces flying in all directions."  The description goes on to tell how two of the men killed were struck by a huge chunk of metal weighing 64 pounds and the third was hit by a piece weighing 28 pounds.  All died instantly.  Oddly enough, none of the cannoneers were killed.  The three deceased were spectators at the flag pole raising.

The article ends on this note:  "The gathering soon dispersed burdened with sorrow at the sad termination."

 

Rev. Almon A. Jaynes - 1905

Rev. Almon Andrus Jaynes

Acting Pastor of St. Paul's Church, Syracuse

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1905

 

Rev. Almon Andrus Jaynes

At a recent meeting of the vestry of St. Paul's Church at Syracuse, it was voted to invite Rev. Almon A. Jaynes, the assistant pastor under the late Dr. H.R. Lockwood, to take charge of the parish for the present.  Mr. Jaynes has accepted and has already assumed his duties. He is well qualified to take charge of the parish, as since he became assistant rector November 1, 1903, he has on several occasions assumed the responsibility when the prolonged illness of Dr. Lockwood made it impossible for him to attend to the duties of rector.  It is understood that after January 1, 1906, Mr. Jaynes will have an assistant.

 

St. Paul's parish is growing rapidly, the number of communicants last year having reached 604.  Since the removal of the old First Presbyterian Church, it has had the unique position of being the only church in the very heart of the city, and will be to Syracuse what old Trinity is to new York.  Many strangers are seen there every Sunday.  Dr. Lockwood had been the rector for many years, coming to the charge a young man of about the same age as his successor.  he had grown very closely into the daily lives of his parishioners and was greatly beloved

 

Rev. Mr. Jaynes is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary in New York, having previously graduated from Brown University  After his graduation he was given charge of missionary stations in Oriskany Falls, Holland Patent and Augusta.  He was afterward for a short time chaplain at St. John's military School at Manlius.  Mr. Jaynes is well known in Norwich, where his earlier education was acquired and where his mother and other members of the family still reside.  His evident appreciation by the people of the Syracuse parish is the source of gratification to his many Norwich relations and friends.

 

___________________________________________________________

 

Obituary

Syracuse Journal, May 8, 1935

 

 

Rev. Dr. Almon A. Jaynes

Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York

 

Ven. Almon Andrus Jaynes, D.D., who was archdeacon of the Episcopal diocese of Central New York and who had attained particular prominence as a clergyman during the 17 years he served as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church here, died at St. Luke's Hospital, Utica [Oneida Co., NY], yesterday afternoon following an illness of nearly three weeks.  He was 58 years old.

 

Archdeacon Jaynes was ordained a deacon in 1903 and was made a priest the following year by the late Bishop Frederic Dan Huntington.  He had intended pursuing a medical career and matriculated at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons shortly after his graduation from Brown University in 1899.  He remained at Columbia only a year, however, and then entered the General Theological Seminary.

 

From 1909 until 1926, when he was named archdeacon of the diocese, Rev. Dr. Jaynes served as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church and was one of the leading forces in obtaining the new edifice for the parish.  During the period from 1913 until the close of the World War he acted as chaplain of the Third New York Infantry until it was made the nucleus of the One Hundred and Eighth United States Infantry.  His first war service was at Spartanburg, S.C., in April, 1917, and a month later he went abroad to serve in France and Belgian war zones.  He was senior chaplain of the Twenty-seventh division.

 

Previous to his appointment as rector of Trinity Church, Dr. Jaynes had served at Augusta, Oneida County and was later a missionary at Holland Patent, Oriskany Falls and Brookfield.  He became chaplain of Manlius School, then St. John's School, in 1903, and that same year became curate of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here [Syracuse, NY].  After the death of the rector, Rev. Dr. Henry R. Lockwood, he took temporary charge of the parish.  In 1907 he was made vicar of Christ Church, Newark, N.J., where he served until coming to Trinity.

 

As archdeacon, Dr. Jaynes had supervised missionary work of the 14 counties in Central New York diocese.  His residence was at New Hartford, Utica suburb. 

 

An active Mason, he was a member of Central City Lodge 205, Syracuse, and of Central City Chapter, R.A.M.; the Consistory, and Tigris Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.  He was first master of Sea and Field Lodge 2 of Syracuse while he was overseas.  For two years he was chaplain of the grand lodge of the state.  During his residence in Syracuse he had served as commander of an American Legion post and was a member of the Citizens Club and the Optimists Club.

 

Dr. Jaynes was wed to Miss Mildred Fish, director of religious education in Trinity Church, in May, 1932, the ceremony having been performed by Bishop Charles Fiske and Suffragan Bishop Edward  H. Coley.  His first wife, Mrs. Mabel V. Waite Jaynes, died in 1830.

 

Shocked by the death of the clergyman, Bishop Fiske declared last night:  "He was one of the most beloved of all clergy in the diocese, and as popular as beloved.  His death is a great loss to all of them."

 

Besides his wife,  he is survived by two sons, Dr. George W. Jaynes of Baltimore, and Edwin B. Jaynes of Plainfield, N.J.; a brother, Walter B. Jaynes of Greene, and a sister, Mrs. C.J. Smith of Norwich.

Obituary (November 2)

Roswell S. Randall

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905

 

 

Roswell S. Randall

1834 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Roswell S Randall, who died at his home on West Main street, on Monday, came of a family which traces its lineage back to the days of William the conqueror, and numbers many names famous in various departments of human activity.  His father, Hon. Henry S Randall, won distinction as the author of the standard life of Thomas Jefferson.

Roswell S. Randall was born in Cortland, N.Y., November 8, 1834.  He was given a broad and thorough education and in 1851 went to Albany with his father, who had been elected Secretary of State.  While there he met his future wife, Mary Forbes, to whom he was married in New York city October 4, 1860.  His wife died in Cortland in 1886 and two years later Mr. Randall removed to Norwich and had since made his home here.  He made many friends, being most entertaining in conversation and having a large fund of interesting incidents to relate regarding prominent people he had met in his earlier years.

 

A son, Robert F. Randall, and a grandson, Lewis A. Randall, both residents of Brooklyn, survive him.  Two sisters, Mrs. Judge Follett and Mrs. Mosher, and his mother, Mrs. Henry S. Randall, former residents of Norwich, have died within a few years.  Private funeral services were held at his late home on West Main street Wednesday morning at 11:30, Rev. D.W. Dexter, pastor of the congregational Church, officiating.  The remains were taken to the 12:50 Lackawanna train for conveyance to Cortland for interment.

Blog Postings, October 26 - November 1, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of October 26 - November 1, 2015

Marriages

Posted October 30, 2015

Mr. & Mrs. Levi Shepard (62d anniversary, 1905)

Edward Teller - Grace Briggs (1888)

Marriage notices - 1859

     John F. Hill - Mary A. Gross

     Geo. LeRoy Thompson - Mary A. Reed

     Thomas P. Steere - Sarah Spafford

     G.E. Champlin - Amanda Miller

     Nathaniel Bryan - Esther Ann Pultr

Posted November 1, 2015
Anna E. Barker - Wesley Lamott Tefft (1905)

 

Obituaries

Posted October 26, 2015

William P. Buckley (Oxford, 1905)

Lewis A. Sherwood (South New Berlin 1905)

Death Notices - 1887

     Louis W. Howland (West Bainbridge)

     Jessie Flora Baker (Bainbridge)

     Mary Busteed

Posted October 27, 2015
John P. Mulligan (Sherburne, 1905)
Death Notices - 1892
     Mrs. Covley Clapper (Whaupannaucau)
     Horaito N. Andrews (Hammond, NJ)
     Hannah Pittsley (North Norwich)
     Earl Weed (McDonough)
     James W Warn (Oxford)
     Emma Hitchcock (Oxford)
     William S. Newton (Oxford)
     Susan A. Watrous (Deep River, CT)
     Lydia  H. Manwarring (Guilford)

Posted October 28, 2015
William K. Crawley (Norwich, 1905)
Death Notices
     Sarah Lynde (Sherburne, 1829)
     Cynthia R. Lynde (Homer, 1829
     Benjamin Aldrich (Norwich, 1831)
     Sarah Brown (Masonville, 1880)

Posted October 29, 2015
William Adams (Norwich, 1905)
Emily Nash (Norwich, 1905)

Posted October 30, 2015
Michael  J. Mulligan (Sherburne, 1905)
Death Notices
     Infant McCullor (Norwich, 1859)
     Walter McCullor (Norwich, 1859)
     Adelia McCullor (Norwich, 1859)
     Hannah Gordon (Oxford, 1859)
     Zilpha Crandall (Guilford, 1859)
     Rev S.U. Ferguson (Plymouth, 1859)
     Margaret Gale (McDonough, 1859)
     Charles O. Foote (Sherburne, 1859)
     Chloe Kinney (Sherburne, 1859)
     Benjamin T. Burdick (New York, 1859)
     Sarah Travis (Walton, Bainbridge, 1878)
     Freddie Winsor (Bennettsville, 1878)

Posted October 31, 2015
Olive L. (Ingraham) Hall (Montrose PA, Norwich, 1905)
Death Notices
     Gracie Hubbell (Norwich, 1873)
     Daniel C. Gibson (North Norwich, 1873)
     Cyrus M. Brown (Oxford, 1873)
     Daniel L. Van Ostrand (Greene, 1873)
     infant daughter of H.D. & Alice Brigham (Bainbridge, 1873)
     Mrs. John Jones (Chenango Forks, 1873)
     Rebecca Wilcox (Addison, Greene, 1873)
     John Edwards Jr (Morris, 1873)
     C.W. Jones (Centre Village, 1871)
     Martha Jones (Oxford, 1871)

Posted November 1, 2015
Rev. Daniel Losey (Norwich, Manlius, 1902)


 

Miscellaneous

Posted October 26, 2015

George J. Sherritt, Appointed Deputy Postmaster at Norwich - 1905

Posted October 27, 2015
Rev. James M. Kilroe Ordained to the Priesthood - 1905

Posted October 28, 2015
Remarkable Hustling Globe Agents of Chenango County
     Lee K. Walker
     Arthur G. Crowell
Bainbridge Central High School Football Team, 1953

Posted October 29, 2015
Gilbertsville Bank Robbery, 1905
    


Posted October 31, 2015
Gilbertsville Bank Robbery, 1905 continued

Posted November 1, 2015
Rev. C.B. Hudson of the Free Methodist Church - 1905
Images of Bainbridge NY - 1963, Part 3

Images of Bainbridge in 1963 - Part 3

Images of Bainbridge in 1963

Sidney Record & Bainbridge News, May 22, 1963

 

H.H. Bluler

See us for all your hardware needs

Main St., Bainbridge, N.Y.

 

Dairy Bar-N

Have Your Club Banquet in Our Banquet Room

Route 7, Bainbridge, N.Y.

 



 

Grand Cash Market

Get your fresh cut meets at our friendly store

11 West Main St., Bainbridge, N.Y.

 

Charles F. Hinkley

Insurance Agency

The Bainbridge Library has a fine selection of books to suit everyone's taste.  They are members of the Four-County Library System and they obtain books from other libraries who cooperate in this system.

Pep Station

North Main Street, Bainbridge, NY

 



 

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Bainbridge, NY