Obituaries (July 20)

Martha S. (Borst) Bowers

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1915

 

Martha S. (Borst) Bowers

1872 - 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The death of Mrs. Martha S. Bowers, wife of Charles S. Bowers, occurred at her home in Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] Saturday morning.  For a long time she had gradually lost strength but she maintained a calm and cheerful spirit and her faith and fortitude remained unbroken.  Mrs. Bowers was the daughter of David and Martha Borst and was born in the town of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] in 1872.  When a young lady the family moved to Oneonta, where her marriage to Charles S. Bowers took place September 17, 1900.  Shortly thereafter they took up their residence in Norwich, where Mr. Bowers for a number of years conducted a grocery on Cortland street.  They returned to Oneonta a few years ago.  Mrs. Bowers was a woman beloved by all who knew her, her cherry and unselfish nature making friends of all with whom she became acquainted and her death is sincerely and widely mourned.  She was a member of the Lily of the Valley Rebekah Lodge, of Norwich, and Lady Maccabees, of Oneonta.  Besides her husband she is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Joshua Roe, of Laurens; Mrs. George Cornwell, of Middleburg; Mrs. F.W. Miller, of Binghamton; Mrs. Byron Brewer and Mrs. Howard Briggs, of Oneonta, and one brother, Samuel Borst.  Funeral services were held from her late home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Charles S. Pendleton, of the Free Baptist Church, officiating. The remains were placed in the receiving vault of Riverside Cemetery in Oneonta.

James T. Beal

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, September 26, 1894

The death of Mr. James T. Beal, proprietor of the Mitchell House in this village [Sidney, DelawareCo., NY], will be heard with regret by a large circle of acquaintances and friends.  He died at 9:30 a.m., Friday, September 21.  It has been evident for many years that his illness must terminate fatally.  Its grasp never yields.  Mr. Beal was 47 years of age.  He was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] near the Joseph Bush farm.  he came to Sidney about 16 years ago, and had charge of the Central hotel with L. Cumber as partner.  Cumber sold out and Mr. Beal ran the hotel alone one year.  In March 1882, he bought the old Mitchell House which stood on the site now occupied as a marble yard.  The hotel burned down in January, 1883.  In August of that year Mr Beal took possession of his new hotel, the present Mitchell House, and later on acquired title of the adjacent property.  Mr. Beal leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss.  he was a good business manager and leaves considerable property, aside from which he was insured for $2,000 in our Sidney lodge A.O.U.W. which amount will be promptly handed over to his widow by the officers of the lodge.  The funeral will take place on Sunday at 2 o'clock--Sidney Record

Freelove Mathewson

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, September 26, 1894

News has been received of the death at Steamboat Rock, Iowa, on the 18th of September, of Mrs. Freelove Mathewson, widow of the late Waterman Mathewson.  She had attained the good age of eighty-eight years.  Her early married life was passed near Chenango Lake [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], then known as Mathewson's pond, it being a part of her husband's farm.  Many years ago, with her husband, she removed to Steamboat Rock, Iowa, where several of her daughters reside.  Two daughters, Mrs. S.A. Hollenbook and Mrs. Nancy Steonee, both of Steamboat rock, Iowa, and one son, Berthier J. Mathewson of this village, besides grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive.  She was a woman of many excellent traits of character and was known to a large circle of acquaintances when she resided here.  Her burial took place at Steamboat Rock.

Mary J. (Hamilton) Platt

Murdered by Indians

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, October 6, 1894

San Diego, Cal.:  Mrs. Mary J. Platt, teacher in the Indian school on the Pechanga reservation near Temecula, Riverside county, has been murdered by Indians.  The woman lived with her niece, Hattie Leslie, aged 10 in a wing of the school building.  The Indians were apparently on the most friendly terms with her.  An Indian boy recently complained to Chief Mettopa that the children were being abused.  The chief called on her, and went away angry.  Mrs. Platt became uneasy and wrote the Indian a note that if he did not hear from her again within three or four days to come down and investigate.  This letter and a telegram from Temecula announcing the burning of the government building at Pechanga and the finding of Mrs. Platt's body, arrived at Colson an hour apart.  the crime was committed the night of September 20.  Mrs. Platt was clubbed to death, and her body cremated.  The little girl escaped.  Mrs. Platt was the daughter of James Hamilton, an early resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], and cousin of Joseph W. Hamilton, of that village.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, May 6, 1875

FREEMAN:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 17, Mrs. Betsey Freeman, wife of the late William Freeman, aged 75 years.

NEWTON:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 20, Mr. Charles E. Newton, aged 21 years.

MILLER:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], April 25, Eliza [Miller], widow of the late Philander Miller, aged 57.

KIRKHUFF:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], April 26, Sarah M. [Kirkhuff], wife of John W. Kirkhuff, aged 28 years.

LYON:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 24, Lois O. Lyon, aged 42 years.

HIGLEY:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 28 Miss Viroqua Higley, aged 20 years.