Obituaries (March 15)

Charles R. Hoag

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1910
 

 

Charles R. Hoag

1832 - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Charles R. Hoag died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.A. Richardson, on Gold street, last Saturday evening, aged 78.  Death was due to a complication of diseases.  Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 4:30, Rev. M.D. Fuller officiating.  Smith Post, G.A.R., assisted in the service. The remains were taken to South Edmeston for burial on Tuesday.  Mr. Hoag was born in Columbus, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] in 1832, and had lived in the vicinity of his birth the greater share of his life.  He had twice married.  His first wife, who was Margaret King, of Georgetown, Md., died in 1873.  In 1875 he married Esther Perkins of Sherburne, who passed away in February last since which time he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Richardson. The deceased was a veteran of the civil war with a record of over three years faithful service as a member of Company H, Seventy-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, and of the Ninety-ninth Company, Second Battalion, V.R.C.  He was a member of the G.A.R. and a man of genial disposition.  Besides his daughter, Mrs. Richardson, he is survived by one son, George T. Hoag, of Norwich, and by one brother, Elbert Hoag, a resident of New York.

 

Charles Craig & John Kegler

Chenango Union, June 20, 1907

Charles Craig, engineer, and John Kegler, fireman, both of Carbondale [Lackawanna Co. PA], were killed in a rear end collision between freight trains on the D.&H. near Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Tuesday morning.  The wreck delayed the passenger train connecting with the O.&W. "flyer" at Sidney, and passengers from Afton and Bainbridge, including the assessors enroute to the meeting with the State Tax Commission at Norwich, were unable to reach here.

 

Binghamton Press, June 18, 1907

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  This morning at 4:45 o'clock two  coal trains on the D.&H. southbound for Carbondale, came together in a rear end collision on the main line about a mile and a half above the village and two men were killed.  The dead are Charles Craig, engineer and John Kegler, fireman.  The first train, a heavy one, was going slowly up the steep grade and the second one with Engineer Craig at the throttle came rapidly up behind it and being unable to stop, crashed into it from the rear.  The engine crashed through the caboose and a box car, and mounting a steel hopper car, raised from the ground, then rolling off and down a steep embankment.  Engineer Craig jumped from the engine but was caught by the falling engine and crushed.  Fireman Kegler was crushed between the tank and the boiler head.  Both bodies were recovered and held at the scene of the wreck, awaiting the arrival of the coroner from Oxford.  The blame for the wreck has not yet been placed.  A wrecking crew from Oneonta was summoned and succeeded in clearing up the debris by noon.  So far as could be learned at the scene of the wreck, no other persons were hurt.

 

Scranton, PA:  Charles Craig, engineer, and John Kegler, fireman, both of Carbondale, Pa., while returning from Oneonta, N.Y., with an empty coal train on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad today, were killed at Bainbridge, N.Y., by crashing into the rear of another train on a siding, the switch to which had been left open.  Three other men from Norwich, N.Y., names unknown, who were riding in a caboose of the side tracked train, were seriously injured.

 

Albert Morey

Chenango Union, June 20, 1907

Albert Morey was found dead near Michael W. Farley's barn last Thursday evening.  Morey had not been seen since the night before, when he told Mr. Farley, his employer, that he was not feeling very well.  Coroner Manley, from Norwich, made an investigation and found that Morey died from natural causes. The heart was greatly enlarged.  He was about fifty years of age and had spent considerable time working in this vicinity. The body was taken to Earlville [Madison Co., NY].

 

Caroline Wedge

Chenango Union, June 6, 1907

Mrs. Caroline Wedge, wife of the late Luther Wedge, died at her home in Lestershire [Broome Co., NY] Sunday afternoon, The body will be brought to Greene Wednesday afternoon and services will be held at the Methodist church. Burial will be in the Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. and Mrs. Wedge lived in Greene until a few years ago, when they moved to Lestershire.  They were well known in religious circles, having been earnest workers in the Methodist church.  Mr. Wedge died only a few years ago.

Binghamton Press, June 3, 1907

Mrs. Caroline Wedge, aged 70 years, died yesterday at her home, 9 Harrison street, Lestershire.  Mrs. Wedge was one of the most active members of the Methodist Church and together with her husband, who died a year ago, was prominent in all branches of church work.  She had been a resident of Lestershire for about five years, coming from Greene.  Mrs. Wedge is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of Greene and Mrs. Cornelius A. Flade of Binghamton, also two nephews, E.W. Haight of Lestershire and W.J. Homer of Elmira and by one niece, Mrs. E.L. Ecceleston of Oxford. The funeral will be held at the home on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. H.B. Cook. pastor of the Methodist Chruch. The body will be taken to Green for burial on Wednesday.

 

Samuel William Church

Chenango Union, June 6, 1907

After an illness of over five months, Samuel W. Church died Monday evening at his home, No. 94 East Main street.  Samuel William Church was born in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], November 11, 1875.  He was the only son of Hon. John W. and Ella J. Barnes Church, both of whom are now dead.  The greater part of his youth was spent in the homes of his aunts, Mrs. Fred Brooks, and Miss Ida Barnes of this village, his mother dying when he was a mere lad.  When his father married again, he lived with his parents for a time, until the death of his father.  January 1, 1903(?) he married Miss Nelsie  -?- One child was born to them, but died in infancy.  He is survived by his wife, and by two half-brothers, Fred W. Church and John W. Church of Canastota.  He was a grandson of Hon. Samuel H. Barnes of this village [Norwich, NY].  By occupation he was an attorney, being a member of the Chenango county and state bar.  Although no partnership existed, for a number of years he had occupied offices with Hon. W.B. Matterson, on South Broad street.  He was an active member of the Republican party and was high in party councils.  For a number of years he served as justice of the peace.  On June 1, 1899, he became a member of Alert Hose company, No. 1, and continued as an active member of this organization up to the time of his death.  He served as first vice president for several terms.  He was also a member of the Red Men, in which fraternity he took a prominent part, and of the Odd Fellows.  He was also a member of the Norwich club.  Early in the year he was stricken with typhoid fever, from which he never fully recovered.  Heart trouble and other ocmplicaitons developed later, and on Saturday last cerebral hemorrhages began, causing his death.  Funeral services will be held from his late home Fridiay afternoon at 3 o'clock.