Obituaries (April 7)

Cora Voorhis

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

Cora (Jones) Voorhis

1874 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At St. Luke's Hospital in Utica [Oneida Co., NY] on Thursday of last week occurred the death of Cora, wife of John O. Voorhis, of this village.  She was thought to be improving and was planning to return home on Saturday and her death, which occurred suddenly of hemorrhage of the brain, was entirely unexpected.  Her age was 36 years.  Mrs. Voorhis was a daughter of Frank and Chloe Jones and was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  On February 14, 1874 she was married to Mr. Voorhis and for the past seven years they had resided in Norwich and vicinity.  She will be greatly missed in her home and by a large circle of friends.  Besides her husband she leaves six children five sons, Earl, John, Loren, Otto and Roosevelt, and one daughter, Nina, all living at home.  She is also survived by her mother, four sisters Mrs. William Teelon, of Gilbertsville; Mrs. Sylvester Head, of Masonville; Mrs. Warren Wilson and Mrs. Harvey Shattuck, of Norwich, and by three brothers, Frank Jones, of Norwich; William Jones of King's Settlement, and Garfield Jones, of Sidney Center.  The funeral was attended at her late home on Maydole street Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. M.D. Fuller officiating. Burial was made in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY].

 

Martha Beatman Brown

1884 - 1949

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Martha Beatman Brown, wife of Francis E. Brown passed away suddenly at her home in Guilford Monday morning.  Mrs. Brown was the youngest daughter of Seymour and Ella Carrington Beatman and was born at North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], February 14, 1884.  She attended Afton High School where her work was excellent.  She early joined the North Afton Methodist church and was active as a member of the Epworth League.  She was united in marriage at the age of eighteen to Francis E. Brown of Starruca, Pa.  Before moving to Guilford they were engaged in farming.  In 1912 Mr. Brown and family moved to Guilford where they later purchased their home and have since resided.  Four children were born to this union:  Ralph Julian, Alice Marjorie, Durward Llewellyn who survive and Francis Harold who passed away at the age of three.  Mrs. Brown was held in high esteem by  her neighbors and friends to whom she was ever ready to lend a helping hand.  To many of the children and young people of Guilford she will always be held in loving memory. The funeral was held at the Karschner Funeral home in Afton Wednesday, October 26 at 1:30 p.m.  The Rev. George B. Graves, former pator officiated. The presence of many friends, beautiful flowers and expressions of sympathy spoke plainly of her life.

 

Dr. Albert Henry Evans

1873 - 1950

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. Albert H. Evans, practicing physician in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for nearly 50 years and one of the few remaining old-time country doctors, died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital shortly before midnight Monday.  He had been ill for several weeks.  Born in Plymouth, Chenango County, May 28, 1873, he was the son of Mordecai and Mary Frances Aldrich Evans.  He was graduated from Norwich High School and Syracuse University College of Medicine.  He first practiced in Coventry in 1902, and later moved to Guilford.  He was a member of the Chenango County Medical Society, Greene Lodge of Odd Fellows, Norwich Masonic Lodge and Christ Episcopal Church of Guilford.  He leaves two daughters, Miss Dorothy Evans, Guilford, and Mrs. C. Vernon Stratton, of Oxford.

 

Augustus Samuel Beatman

Afton Enterprise, Jan. 14, 1937

In the New York Herald-Tribune and New York Times of Sunday January 10, 1937, appeared the notice of the death of Augustus Samuel Beatman of New York City which occurred at Harkness Pavilion in the early morning of Saturday, January 9th.  Augustus Beatman was born in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on August 21, 1878, the only child of Kate Derby and James Orson Beatman, life-long residents of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], whose deaths have occurred in recent years.  Prominent in the social life of the village, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and always bearing an exemplary reputation, he was graduated from Afton High School with the class of 1895.  From High School, he entered Oneonta Normal where he graduated in the year 1899, receiving the highest rating of anyone in his class.  In 1903, he was graduated from Harvard University having earned his own tuition and expenses and during the following year, he did Post Graduate work at Harvard, attaining his Master's Degree.  In 1902, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Haven, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. George A. Haven of this village.  After seven years of happiness, this marriage was terminated by the death of Mrs. Beatman and in 1915, he was again joined in marriage to Beth Wimmer of Minden, Nebr., and to this union three sons were born:  Phillip, who is now twenty years old and has spent two years in Dartmouth College; John, aged nineteen, in his second year at Cornell; and James, a young lad of twelve, who with his step-sister, Evelyn, lives at home and attends the Birch-Wathem School in new York City.  When this son was only eight months old, the mother was stricken with scarlet fever and passed away after an illness of three days.  On June 13, 1930, Mr. Beatman was married to Mrs. Clara Yeomans of Binghamton, N.Y., who survives him.  Mr. Beatman taught in the Julia Richman School for fifteen years and at one time was Assistant Principal.  His application for retirement, sent in recently was pending at the time of his death.  Before joining the faculty of this school, he was a teacher at Polytechnic Institute at Brooklyn and other private schools.  Since his illness, he worked on a New York State Syllabus for the Board of Regents.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clara Beatman, three sons, Philip, John and James; and a daughter, Evelyn, all of 527 West 121st St., New York City.  Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Campbell Funeral Church, 55th St. and Broadway, at 8 P.M.  The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, paster of the Riverside Church, conducted the service. 

 

Mrs. William Little

Afton Enterprise, August 6, 1936

The passing of Mrs. William Little occurred at the home of her son, Lewis Little, on Thursday, July 23, 1936, after a very painful illness of several days' duration.  Mrs. Little was born in Hamden, Delaware county, July 16, 1855.  She was united in marriage to William E. Little.  From Hamden they removed to liberty where Mr. Little conducted a piano business.  When Mr. little retired form business, the family moved to Walton where they owned a house and lot.  From Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Little came to North Afton.  Mrs. Little was a fine Christian lady and will be greatly missed by those who knew her.  She is survived by one son, Lewis little, and two grandson, Lewis Paul and William C. Little.  Burial was in Hamden.  Rev. W.D. Lathrop officiated at the services.

 

Death Notices

Oxford Times, September 24, 1862

 

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Polly [Wilber], wife of Mr. David Wilber, aged 91 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. David Bateman, aged 79 years.

 

In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Gertrude A. Smith, daughter of David and Laura Smith, aged 18 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mary E. [Pratt], eldest daughter of A.C. and Mary C. Pratt, aged 8 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., a daughter of Mr. Ovid Lines, aged 11 years.