Joel A. Smith
Utica Saturday Globe, July 1919
Joel A. Smith
1852 - 1919
Joel A. Smith, who died recently at his home in Chicago, had numerous relatives in this vicinity. His death was the result of a paralytic stroke in May with complications of heart trouble. Mr. Smith was 67 years of age, and a native of Tully, N.Y. [Onondaga Co.], but had been a resident of Chicago for many years. For 25 years he was a member of the Chicago police force, retiring on account of ill health five years ago. He was a lieutenant at the time of his resignation and was held in high esteem by his acquaintances in Chicago. He was very fond of his native town, and retained the friendship of those who had known him from boyhood. He expressed a wish to be buried at Vesper, N.Y. [Onondaga Co.] and that the services be conducted by Rev. J.H. McGahen. His wishes were complied with and after a largely attended service in the Baptist Church at Vesper the remains were laid beside those of his wife and daughter. He is survived by his second wife; a son, Harley A. Smith, of Chicago; a brother, Emory Smith, of Richmond, Va.; and a sister, Mrs. Emma J. Rowland, of Chicago.
Nelson C. Rexford
Chenango Telegraph, April 22, 1875
The Sherburne News of last week has the following interesting obituary of Mr. Rexford, which we reproduce for the benefit of his many friends and acquaintances here.
"The deceased was in his fifty-seventh year, having been born at Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] May 29th, 1818. He was the third son and sixth child of the late Benjamin Rexford, of Sherburne, who died in 1825. He was educated at the old Sherburne Academy and the Homer Academy. When quite a young man, he was for a time an assistant clerk in the Chenango County Clerk's Office under Perez Randall. He went to New York early and established the Commission House of Rexford & Van Riper, at No. 29 Moore street. In addition to his commission business, he was for a time the New York Agent of the Chenango Lake Boat Line. He retired from business about fourteen years ago, satisfied with his success. His life since then has been spent in study and travel. He was an extensive reader, especially of books in the French and Italian languages. He made seven voyages to Europe. In his extensive travels he was a diligent collector of pictures and other objects of interest illustrative of the history, customs, scenery and architecture of the various countries he visited. His collection of stereoscopic views is thought to be the best in the country.
Mr. Rexford was a man of active but unostentatious benevolence. He selected meritorious objects of charity, but such as were most likely to escape the notice of others. His helping hand placed many a poor and friendless person in comparative comfort. Two objects of a public character here in Sherburne were his especial care. He purchased the land on which are the Sherburne Falls and Glen, cleared away rubbish, constructed walks and made that charming resort accessible to visitors. To the Congregational Burial Ground he devoted his time and money as freely as if it had concerned him alone His own remains repose in the Protestant Cemetery at Naples, where he requested to be buried upon finding that he would not return home.
Upon his going abroad last fall he showed anxiety about his health and engaged Dr. Henry C. Lyman of Sherburne to go to Europe and accompany him home upon being summoned by telegraph. During the winter he had written that he had what is called the Naples fever, which is a malarial complaint prevalent in those regions when the winter season is damp, but that he was getting better and expected to come home. He seems not to have been aware of his danger until the very last. Though he died in a foreign land and away from kindred, yet his country's representative was present with him to take the palce of kindred and friends. One of the loveliest attributes of great nation is the ability to stretch a hand to the remotest parts of the earth to comfort and protect wanderers. The Hon. B. Odell Duncan, United States Consul at Naples, has the heartfelt thanks of the friends of the deceased for his care and kindness to him during his illness, and for his thoughtful and delicate manner of communicating the circumstances of his death.
Mr. Rexford was never married. Out of a family of five brothers and three sisters but two survive, Mrs. Sarah R. Havely, of Sherburne, the eldest of the family, and J. DeWitt Rexford, Esq., of Janesville, Wis. Three have died within the last three years, Hon. Benjamin F. Rexford of Norwich, Mrs. Emily Adams, and the subject of this sketch.
Frank Ireland
1874 - 1938
West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: Frank Ireland passed away Thursday night, July 7, at his home. He would have been 64 years old the 25th of this month. He had lived in West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] all his life and all his married life of 39 years on the farm at West Bainbridge Four Corners, but he had been in poor health for ten years or more and the last two years suffered greatly. Funeral services were held from Colwell brothers' Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, July 10, with the Rev. Z. Hall of Coventry, officiating. The floral tributes played a silent part in the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Ireland was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Union Valley and a regular attendant while his health permitted. He had also been an assessor in the town of Bainbridge for many years. Mr. Ireland is survived by his widow, one son, Harold and two grandchildren, Gene and Marjory Ireland of Norwich; two brothers, Fred of Homer and John of Guilford, and a sister, Mrs. Lena Stoughtenburg of Bloomville. Burial was made in Bainbridge cemetery. Pall bearers were C.D. Thornton, James Ireland, Alton Clark, Ralph Weeks, Fred Davis and George Fredenburg.
Frank D. Ireland, 63 of West Bainbridge, died at his home on Thursday, July 7. Mr. Ireland was born July 26, 1874, in Bainbridge. He has owned and operated a farm in West Bainbridge for a long period of years. He is survived by his wife, Grace, of Bainbridge, and a son, Harold and several grandchildren of Norwich.
Charles Stewart Latimer
1873 - 1938
Charles Stewart Latimer of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], youngest son of the late Oliver and Ronna Humphrey Latrimer, died Tuesday evening, April 26, after a long illness. He was born Jan. 6, 1873. Sixty-one years ago, April 20, 1877, his parents moved to the Latimer homestead occupied by the family since 1841. After graduation from the Afton High School, he taught for a time, then took a business course at Elmira. He and his brother, George, were engaged in lumbering for 14 years. Following his marriage to Miss Alice Dopp of Sidney, they returned to the homestead and engaged in farming. He was town assessor for a number of years, was connected with the Dairymen's League, the Grange League Federation, the Afton Fair Association, a member of the Afton M.E. Church and of the Board of Stewards. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Charles H. and -?-, a daughter, Alice R.; two brothers, George P. of Schaghticoke and James H. and a sister, Mary J. of Afton. Funeral services were held at Colwell brothers Chapel Friday with the Rev. George Roberts of Chenango Forks, formerly of Afton, officiating.
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