Charles E. Johnson
Utica Saturday Globe, August 1910
Charles E. Johnson
1867 - 1910
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: After a painful illness, Charles E. Johnson died at his home on Birdsall street, Sunday morning, aged 42 years. His funeral was held from the home at 2 Wednesday afternoon, Rev. John L. Ray officiating. Deceased was the son of George H. and Mary F. Johnson and was born October 25, 1867, in the same house in which he died. After attending the Norwich public schools he became a clerk in the dry goods store of John O. Hill & Co., and later conducted a notion store on East Main street. For the past few years he had been a traveling salesman for the Binghamton whip factory. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a conscientious worker in both the church and the Sunday school. Besides his mother, with whom he had made his home and to whom he was greatly devoted, he is survived by three brothers, Rev. D. Frank Johnson, of Mayville, N.Y., district missionary of Chautauqua county; Homer H. and Fred L. Johnson, of Norwich.
Jane Covert
Afton Enterprise, May 28, 1886
Mrs. Jane Covert, wife of Mr. Thomas Covert, of this place, who has been sick for some time past, died last Saturday morning aged sixty one years. Her funeral was held from her late home Monday afternoon, and the remains were interred in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY]
George C. Roberts
Chenango Union, July 25, 1907
George C. Roberts, junior editor of the Chenango American, published in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home Friday morning. Mr. Roberts had been losing his health gradually since the death of his wife about two years ago. A few weeks ago he was taken critically ill, and but slight hopes were entertained for his recovery. He rallied, however, and was able to again appear on the streets. Wednesday of last week he was again stricken, and the end came Friday morning. He was a communicant of Zion church, and was well and favorably known, having been an editor of the American for over fifty years. He was seventy-three years of age and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Cooley, of Oak Park, Ill., two sons, George B. Roberts, of Chenango Forks, and Wilkie C. Roberts of Greene; two sisters, Mrs. Stevens, of New York, and Mrs. D.C. Read, of Greene; and one brother, Frank Roberts, of Meriden, Conn. The funeral was held at Zion church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Percy T. Olton officiating. Burial in Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Green, NY].
Cornelia Beverly & James Beverly
Chenango Union, July 25, 1907
A remarkable coincidence of deaths occurred in the Beverly family, residing in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], when Miss Cornelia Beverly died without a moment's warning Tuesday July 16, in the same manner that her brother, James Beverly, died on the Friday morning previous. Both deaths were attributed to heart failure, or apoplexy, and both occurred at the same hour in the morning, and just after eating breakfast. The family have somewhat of a peculiar history. Two brothers, George and James, and one sister, Cornelia, neither of them having ever been married, have occupied the old homestead farm, where their parents once resided, and where they lived for twenty-five years or more. The brothers and sister have lived together as one family and apparently owned the property inherited from their parents in common. They were in comfortable circumstances and respectable people. The death of two of them, following so quickly on each other, leaves the remaining brother, George, entirely alone, and he has the sympathy of the entire county.--Bainbridge Republican.
Jeholkim Davis
Afton Enterprise, May 14, 1886
Jeholkim Davis, a resident of the town of Sanford [Broome Co., NY], was found dead in his bed in room 69 at the Crandall House, Binghamton, [Broome Co., NY] Tuesday morning. Davis, who registered as from Deposit, arrived with his daughter at the hotel Monday noon. About ten o'clock in the evening he was shown to his room by Mr. Woodworth, the proprietor of the hotel, who lighted the gas and explained to the old man how to turn off the jet when he wished to retire. Davis requested Mr. Woodworth to close and fasten the windows and when the latter left the room the old man was apparently in good health. His corpse was discovered about 9 o'clock the next morning by Miss Carrie McGraw, a chambermaid, who was attracted to his room by the strong odor of gas which pervaded the corridor in which she was working. She quickly informed others in the house of her discovery. Mr. Woodworth immediately sent for Dr. Barr, who as soon as he had examined the body pronounced the man dead, and gave it as his opinion that death had occurred several hours previous to the discovery. Coroner Osborne was also notified, and upon his arrival impanelled a jury. After viewing the remains, the jury adjourned to meet Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Death was evidently the result of suffocation by gas, and it is supposed that the old man blew out the gas, instead of turning it off, as he had been told to do. Davis' daughter, who had gone to the County Poor House to visit a sister working there, was informed of her father's death, and accompanied the remains which were sent to their home in Sanford Tuesday noon. From papers found in the pockets of the deceased, it was learned that he was a soldier, and had gone to Binghamton on business relative to the securing of a pension. He was 65 years of age, and was highly respected in the community in which he resided.
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