Obituaries (March 11)

Hattie L. (Cadwell) Snow

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1910

 

Hattie L. (Cadwell) Snow

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  As the result, her family believe, of a fall that she suffered last April, Mrs. Hattie L., wife of Warren A. Snow, died at the family home on Columbia street, Saturday evening, aged 34 years.  In the month of April Mrs. Snow was walking on the board walk on Brown avenue, when a board gave way beneath her feet allowing her to fall through the walk.  In falling she struck upon a pile of stones, sustaining such serious wounds and bruises that three operations were undergone with but little relief.  During the last of these operations it was necessary to remove one of her ribs and Mrs. Snow had since been confined to her bed.  Besides her grief stricken husband, who has the sympathy of all.  Mrs. Snow leaves to survive her two daughters, one aged nine and the other three years.  The older is very ill of typhoid fever.  She is also survived by her father, George H. Cadwell of this village, and by one brother Geroge W. Cadwell, of Binghamton.  Just eight days before Mrs. Snow fell she attended the funeral of her mother.  Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and an active worker.  Her funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the house and at 2 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. Ira W. Bingham, officiating.

 

Mary E. Bennett Pettys

Bainbridge Republican,  December 15, 1904

Mary E. Bennett, wife of C.E. Pettys, passed into rest on Monday evening after a long and painfull illness.  The funeral services were held from the home on Pearl street Wednesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Charles D. Reed.  The interment was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Pettys had been a severe sufferer for many months and had been watched over and tenderly cared for night and day by husband, sisters and friends.  She is survived by her husband, five brothers, Eli and Hubert Bennett, of Bainbridge;  Riley and Herbert Bennett of Norwich;  and Seth Bennett of Afton;  and by three sisters, Mrs. Sylvania Prince of Bainbridge and Mrs. Victoria Prouty of Binghamton.  Relatives present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. George Prouty and family of Binghamton, Mr. and Mr.s Riley Bennett of Norwich;  Mrs. Anna Roberts of Greene;  Mr. and Mrs. Seth Bennett of Afton, and Mrs. Albert Cook of Sidney. 

 

Maria Bennett Thayer

Bainbridge Republican, April 16, 1908

Mrs. Maria Bennett Thayer, widow of the late William Thayer of this village, died last Monday morning, April 13, 1908, at her home on Front street aged sixty-five years.  The deceased was a victim to lingering consumption from which she had suffered more or less for seven years.  The past year was one of great excitement to the patient in mind, being at times so happy in the apparent decision that she was on the road to recovery and that there would still be an opportunity to carry out cherished plans for the future, then would follow a relapse of prostration so overwhelming as to convince her that death must come at a not far distant date.  These changing features recurred so often toward the last that Mrs. Thayer was led more and more to think of the uncertainty of human life, and, as the Easter season approached, to anticipate leaving earth and joining the heavenly throng beyond.  Her departure was painless and quiet.  Mrs. Thayer was a most estimable woman, filling her mission on earth, whether in the home circle, among her friends and neighbors, or in the society of her choice, that of the Methodist church.  She had been a member of this church for over forty years and to her it was the joy of her life to assemble among its people, participate in its rites and help to spread its influence.  Though Mrs. Thayer has passed to another world, she has left behind an example of sweetness, purity and religious devotion that her friends will always treasure.  Mrs. Thayer was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bennett. She was married to William Thayer in 1865, and soon after they came to Bainbridge to live, residing here for the most time since.  Her husband died in the winter of 1906.  Of the immediate family there survives but one daughter, Mrs. Lillian A. Mead, who lived with her parents.  The deceaed left two sisters, Mrs. Czar Prince of Bainbridge and Mrs. George Prouty of Binghamton;  four brothers, E.J. and Hubert L. Bennett of Bainbridge;  Herbert A. Bennett of Plymouth and Riley J. Bennett of Buffalo.  Mrs. E.M. Elwell of Troy, was present at the funeral.  The funeral was held in the M.E. church this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. E.G. VanWoert officiating.  Burial in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Many flowers reposed on the casket expressions of affection from a large number of friends. 

 

Sylvania Bennett Prince

Bainbridge Republican, April 23, 1908

A few weeks since we recorded the death of Czar Prince, a resident of Bainbridge, and to-day we note that of his wife, Sylvania Bennett Prince, who died Friday, April 17, 1908, at her home above the village, aged 63 years.  She had been afflicted for several years with creeping paralysis which gradually sapped her strength and life until she was completely helpless and unable to minister to her husband in his dying hours.  Mrs. Prince knew that death was inevitable, that there was no reprieve from the gradual decay of her physical system, but there was a serenity of mind, a calm acceptance of what the future should bring and a firm reliance upon the Bible teachings of her life.  Thus the pure soul of this sincerely good woman passed into immortality.  The funeral was held at her late home on Monday at 2 o’clock p.m., Rev. G.E. VanWoert of the M.E. church, of which the deceased was a member, officiating.  The burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], the flowers which kind friends had bestowed resting upon the casket.  Mrs. Prince was a native of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  She was married to Mr. Prince 35 years ago.  Her home had been for the most part in Bainbridge since that time.  She is survived by three children, Mrs. Anna Roberts of Chenango Forks, Mrs. Grace Ingersoll and George Elliott Prince of Bainbridge.  There remains also a sister, Mrs. George Prouty of Binghamton, another sister, Mrs. William Thayer of Bainbridge, having recently died;  four brohter, Eli J. and Hubert S. Bennett of Bainbridge, Riley Bennett of Buffalo, and Herbert A. Bennett of Plymouth. 

 

Victoria Mae Bennett Proutey

Bainbridge Republican, March 5, 1936

Mrs. Victoria Mae Proutey, 85, passed away at the Bainbridge Hospital, Friday, February 28, where she has been with her daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hodge, for the past ten months.  Her death was caused by heart trouble after having been in poor health for the past two years.  Mrs. Proutey was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], February 10, 1851, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bennett.  She for many years resided in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], and later with her brother Riley Bennett in Unadilla.  The funeral was held Sunday, March 1, at Colwell Brothers’ Chapel, with Rev. M.D. Lowen officiating.  Interment was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Survivers are one brother, Riley Bennett;  a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hodge, and a son, Earl Proutey, of Binghamton, besides many nieces, nephews and grandchildren.