Obituaries (September 27)

Marian (Furman) Whitmore

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1916

 

Marian (Furman) Whitmore

1839 - 1916

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Funeral services for the late Mrs. Marian Whitmore were held from the home of Linn H. Babcock on East Main street Friday afternoon, Rev. H.W. Foreman officiating.  The services were private, but many friends and relatives gathered to pay their final tribute to a dearly beloved friend.  Mrs. Whitmore was the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Furman and was born in Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], 77 years ago.  In her young womanhood she was united in marriage to George B. Whitmore, of Sherburne, and resided in that village for many years.  Mr Whitmore was a successful commission merchant and honored Chenango county as its representative in the Assembly at Albany.  Since his death seven years ago, Mrs. Whitmore had resided in the home of her only daughter, Mrs. Linn H. Babcock, in this city.  A courteous, kindly gentle woman.  She was interested alike in the activities of the children as well as in the affairs of their elders and gave generously for the pleasure of all.  She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.  Besides her daughter, Mrs. babcock, she is survived by five grandchildren, Whitmore, Linn H., Olive, Jane and Elsie Babcock.

 

Amanda Wheeler Lapham

Oneida Dispatch, May 7, 1869

Eaton [Madison County, NY]:  Mrs. Amanda Lapham died at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. L. Joslin, in Easton, April 22, [1869], at the advanced age of 92.  Mrs. Lapham was one of the first settlers of the town of Lebanon, her husband, Daniel Wheeler, being one of the most enterprising of the pioneers, and by whose untimely death in 1806 the wife lost a truly kind companion and community a worthy citizen.  Widowed, and the mother of five young children, yet like the true woman, as all our pioneer mothers were, she courageously bore her trials and managed her affairs with enterprising assiduity.  Mrs. Wheeler was one of the seven who composed the first Baptist church of Hamilton when Elder Olmsted was pastor, and from that day until the close of her long, eventful life, she was an earnest, consistent Christian.  In Later life she became the wife of Deacon Duty Lapham, who was long and honorably known to the people of Hamilton and vicinity.  Mrs. Lapham was the mother of the wife of Rev. Jonathan Wade, missionary to Burma.  Remarkable vigor, symmetry, and activity of body, as well as strength and clearness of mind, characterized Mrs. Lapham in her old age, and which did not fail her until her last illness, which was not of long duration.

 

Alvin Cook

DeRuyter Gleaner, April 26, 1906

Alvin Cook died at the home of her son, Elmer E Cook, near this village yesterday morning, aged nearly 86 years.  The funeral services will be held at the house Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. J.C. Whitney officiating.  Interment will be made in Valley View cemetery [South Otselic, Chenango Co., NY].  Deceased is survived by the son mentioned and a daughter, Mrs. Ann Eliza Brooks, of Truxton also two brothers, Ledyard and Alanson J. Cook of this place and three sisters, Mrs. Jane Whitby of Cincinnatus, Mrs. Betsey Russell of DeRuyter, and Mrs. J.M. Davis of North Pitcher.

 

Lucinda Wheeler Greene

1843 - 1921

Our community was very much shocked Friday evening, Feb. 11, 1921, to learn of the death of Mrs. Lucinda Wheeler Green at the home of her son, Walter Greene, at White Store, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], where she had lived about thirty-five years  Mrs. Greene was the daughter of Silas and Lucy Wheeler and was born at Rockwell's Mills [Chenango Co., NY] Sept. 4, 1843.  Early in life she united with the M.E. church and was a faithful and loyal member, ever ready to do all she could as long as her health would permit.  She was married to Henry Tillinghast Greene and to them were born four children:  Herman, of Otadawa; Juna, of Penn's Grove, N.J.; Walter, of White Store and Frank.  It will be remembered Frank died last year.  His death was a hard blow for the mother. She is survived by two brothers:  A.H. Wheeler, of Mt. Upton, and K.D. Wheeler, of Rockwells Mills; and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Rice of Bennington, Vt., and DeEtta Wheeler, of Norwich, N.Y.  She will be sadly missed from the home where everything was done for her comfort in her declining years.  Although in failing health she was never confined to her room. Death came suddenly at the closing of the day. The funeral was held from the home Tuesday at 1 p.m., Rev W.D. Lathrop officiating, speaking words of comfort to the relatives and friends gathered there.  The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings in set pieces and loose flowers were numerous and beautiful. She was laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery [White Store, Chenango Co., NY] beside her husband. The bearers were:  A.H. Wheeler, George Wheeler, Walter Greene, Herman Greene, Lynn Thayer, Roland Thayer.

She has stood to welcome our coming,

Watching our upward climb.

In the sweet weather that brought us,

Oh, many and many a time.

Now the smile on her face is quiet,

The flowers are on her breast,

Her hands are folded together,

And the word on her lips is rest.

And some where yet in the hill tops.

Of the country that hath no pain,

She will watch in her beautiful doorway

To bid us welcome again.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, August 10, 1864

 

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of August 3d, 1864, Mr. Nelson N. Green, aged 45 years.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], July 26th, of scarlet fever, Miss Ella Warner, aged 6 years, 3 months and 16 days.l