Obituaries (October 31)

Sarah M. (Winnie) Craig

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1910

 

 

Sarah M. (Winnie) Craig

1843 - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Sarah M. Craig, widow of James H. Craig, died on Wednesday morning at the home of her son, J. Herbert Craig, in Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], where she had gone to spend the winter.  Mrs. Craig's age was 67 and her health had been failing for the past few months.  Deceased was born in Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY] May 23, 1843, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Winnie.  On September 19, 1864, she married James H. Craig in Syracuse and they later moved to Middletown, from which place they came to Norwich in 1877, Mr. Craig being in the employ of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad.  His death occurred six years ago, since which time Mrs. Craig had made her home with her children, of whom there are two daughters, Mrs. Benjamin F. Walker of Norwich, and Mrs. Robert A. White of Binghamton, and four sons, Charles, of Corning; J. Herbert and Frank, of Oneonta, and Ernest, a resident of Nevada, besides whom there are 11 grandchildren. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Phoebe l. Conklin, of Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Craig was a member of the Calvary Baptist church and a woman deeply respected by many friends.  The remains were brought to Norwich on Thursday afternoon and taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.F. Walker. Funeral services were held from the Calvary Baptist Church on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Ira W. Bingham officiating.  Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY]

Lovina Wheeler

Chenango Union, September 26, 1878

In the death of Mrs. Lovina Wheeler, wife of Philip Wheeler, which occurred September 7th, in the fifty-sixth year of her age, our community has sustained a deep loss.  For several weeks previous to her death she had been a great sufferer from acute rheumatic fever, but the same remarkable patience and perfect faith that had sustained her through life, remained to the last.  She lived and died a true, conscientious Christian.  Possessed of a quiet, retiring nature, her virtues and good deeds were not as conspicuously displayed as many, but were the more highly prized by those that knew her best, and will not be forgotten, or go unrewarded by Him who notes the sparrow's fall.  During her long and painful illness she received the almost constant care of loving children, though deprived by sickness of the arm that had promised to sustain and comfort her in sickness and in health.  A son and daughter were ever ready and willing to minister to her wants, and in the future their greatest consolation will be:  "We did all we could to make mother comfortable."  The family and friends of deceased have the heartfelt sympathy of the community, who mourn with them the loss of a true friend, a kind neighbor, and a good citizen.  Guilford, Sept. 23, 1878

Thomas J. Wheeler

The Saturday Review,  June 19, 1875

The following item is clipped from a Guilford correspondence to the Chenango Union:  Our citizens are called to mourn once more the departure of another of its old and highly esteemed residents.  Thomas J. Wheeler, for many years an inhabitant of our town [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], and for a considerable length of time a resident of our village, died on the afternoon of the 4th inst., after a short illness, of measles, at the age of 71.  The announcement of his death comes so sudden that we can hardly realize its truth.  But a few days since we saw him about his usual business.  He was, we believe, a native of the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] his father being the late Henry Wheeler, who, in the days of our Turnpike, used to keep a country inn between our village and Oxford--and one of a large family of sons, endowed by nature with what is scarce nowadays--strong, enduring constitution.  coupled with this natural blessing, he possessed in a marked degree that judgment of the "old school" order which rendered him a reliable worthy member of society.  In his death our community have sustained a loss that cannot be repaired.  Mr. Wheeler was for many years a farmer, just south of our place, but for some years past he has rented his farm and resided in our village.  He leaves a widow now in feeble health, by a second marriage, but no children.  the number of this class of men who have departed from us in a little over a year has been large indeed.  With the names of the lamented Clark, Bunnell, Root, Jewell, Cady, Smith, Haynes and Wheeler--all old and respected residents of our village--the roll is so thinned that but few remain.

Death Notices

Norwich, Chenango Co., NY newspaper, July3, 1893

At the residence of Hiram Hale in the town of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] Sunday, July 2, Charity [Wheeler], widow of the late Thomas J. Wheeler, aged 76 years and 4 months.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock after which the remains will be taken to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for interment. [buried Gospel Hill, Guilford, NY]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] Saturday, July 1, Samuel Ammann [1842-1893], aged 51 years.  Funeral services will be held at his late residence on Adelaide street this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. T.G. Cass officiating.

At her home in Forestville, Ct., in the forty-second year of her age, Elizabeth Rowe [Swift], beloved wife of J.H. Swift and only sister of Mrs. D.C. Merithew of Norwich.  [1844 - 1893, Buried Forestville Cemetery, Hartford, CT]

At the residence of her son Charles F. Waite on Division street in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] July 1, Mrs. Betsey Waite [1822 - 1893] aged 72 years.  Funeral this morning at 10 o'clock Rev. E.B. Olmstead officiating. Burial in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY].