Obituaries (March 26)

Charles A. Phillips

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1910
 

 

Charles A. Phillips

1865  - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Charles A. Phillips, a well known resident of this village, died Wednesday afternoon at his home on Piano street, aged 45.  He had been confined to his home about three weeks with a complication of diseases which resulted in a shock a week previous to his death.  Deceased was born on the Gorton Wood farm, east of this village, September 8, 1865, and was a son of John and Mary Phillips.  For the past 23 years he had resided in Norwich and had held the position as clerk at several hotels here.  He was a member of the Bartenders Union.  November 7, 1889 he married Miss Clara M. Crosby, of this village, who survives.  A daughter died in infancy.  He also leaves his father, John Phillips, of Sherburne, and one sister, Mrs. George Bowen of Boston.  The funeral will be held from his late home Saturday afternoon, Rev. H.W Foreman officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

William Van Horn

Chenango Union, August 22, 1907

William Van Horn, aged 84, a veteran of the Civil War, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Mingo, Thursday.

Maria E. Green

Chenango Union, August 22, 1907

Maria E. Green, widow of the late John M. Green, died at her home below the village Friday afternoon.  Mrs. Green was born in Butternuts, Otsego county, December 12, 1827, and has been a resident of the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] nearly all her life.

Mrs. L.H. Main

Chenango Union, August 22, 1907

Mrs. L.H. Main died at her home on Adelaide street last week, aged 50 years.  She is survived by two sons, Hugh H. and Joseph L. Breed and one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Baker, all of Norwich.  Rev. Ira W. Bingham conducted the funeral services on Thursday.

Philip Partridge

Chenango Union, August 22, 1907

Philip Partridge, son of Rev. Warren G. Partridge, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], was killed at Old Orchard Beach last Thursday night.  The accident happened during the excitement attending the fire which destroyed seventeen summer hotels and boarding houses at Old Orchard.  Mr. Partridge, whose home was at Kennebunk, Maine, was driving to Old Orchard to see the fire, accompanied by Miss Minard of Kennebunk.  Just before reaching Old Orchard, while crossing the railroad track, their carriage was run down by a locomotive. The occupants of the carriage were thrown out, Mr. Partridge being instantly killed and Miss Minard being seriously bruised. The remains of Mr. Partridge were brought to Hamilton, N.Y., his mother's home, where funeral services were held on Monday.  His age was about 24 years.

 

Rome Daily Sentinel, August 17, 1907

Pittsburg [PA]:  The death of Philip Partridge, aged 24, son of Rev. Dr. Warren P. Partridge of the Fourth avenue Baptist church of this city, ended a romance that was to have culminated in a wedding in a few weeks.  Partridge and his fiancée, Miss Alice Minard, were spending their vacation at Kennebunk, Me.  They learned of the fire at Old Orchard and started to drive to the scene. The carriage was struck by a Boston & Maine train near the outskirts of Kennebunk.  Partridge was killed instantly and Miss Minard received serious injuries.  Partridge was a senior at State College, Pennsylvania, and a member of the college football team.

 

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 17, 1907

Pittsburg [PA]:  Philip Partridge, who was struck and killed by a Boston and Main train while on his way to the Old Orchard fire, was a son of the Rev. Dr. Warren G. Partridge, pastor of the Fourth Avenue Baptist church of this city.  The young man had just left college and was spending the summer at the Partridge summer home at Kennebunk, Maine.  His companion Miss Alice Minard, who was also injured, is not a resident of this city.  Miss Minard's home is in the eastern part of Pennsylvania.  The Partridges came to Pittsburg four years ago.

 

Jane Graham Covert

Afton Enterprise, June 25, 1886

Mrs. Jane Graham, wife of Thomas Covert, Esq.  this most estimable woman had a large circle of acquaintances, friends and relatives, and it is deemed fitting that some tribute of kindness be added to the formal announcement which has been published of her decease.  Her childhood days, her youth and middle years were spent in the town of Meredith, Delaware county.  In 1867 she removed to Afton, Chenango county, where she resided until the 22d of May, when the inevitable messenger summoned her precious soul to the realm infinite.  It will long be remembered that cheerfulness was one of her marked characteristics, her nature one of the most unselfish and affectionate, while with her, in her unostentatious manner, the spirit of Christianity was preeminent and unmistakable.  In her 62d year, surrounded as she was, by  loving hearts and willing hands, it was found that human skill was unable to successfully oppose the ailment of the frail body, and the immortal spirit passed peacefully out and was gently wafted on its heavenward journey to the place prepared by the Saviour when she, in her early life here learned to love.  Answered at last was that sweet little prayer in rhyme which she learned while kneeling at the side of the good old mother long ago, which she repeated so many many times, and which she taught her children to say.  May the influence for good which she exerted live on and on after this generation shall have passed away.  Delhi, N.Y.