George A. Jacobs
Utica Saturday Globe, January 1921
George A. Jacobs
1842 - 1921
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: George A. Jacobs, for many years a resident of Norwich, died at the Women's Relief Corps Home at Oxford on Monday morning. Mr. Jacobs was 78 years of age, and a member of Company H, Seventeenth Regiment, New York Volunteers. He saw much service and received wounds which had incapacitated him for active work for much of the time since the closing of the war. For a number of years he has resided at the home. He is survived by his wife, and a son, Henry A. Jacobs, both of whom reside at the home. Funeral services were held at the home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the body was then brought to the undertaking parlors of Lawrence & Devine in this city, where further services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Rev. Frank D. Gifford, rector of Emmanuel Church, officiating, the bearers being comrades in Smith Post, G.A.R., of which deceased was a member.
Elizabeth Moore
Oxford Times, January 30, 1901
Elizabeth, wife of Philip K. Moore, of this town, died quite suddenly last Sunday. Mrs. Moore was about her household duties as usual Sunday morning, when she was taken seriously ill. She rallied somewhat from the first attack, but experienced another and died in about two hours from the time she was first taken. Heart disease was the cause of her death. Deceased was a sister of Dorus Holmes, and beside the husband is survived by two sons, Everett Moore of this village and Lavine Moore, who lives at home. Funeral services will be held today from the residence on the East hill at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Powell, pastor of the Universalist church, and Rev. Daniel Ballou, of Utica, will officiate.
Mollie Pellet
Oxford Times, January 30, 1901
The friends of E. Porter Pellet of Barranquilla, Colombia, South America, will sympathize with him in the death of his daughter, Miss Mollie Pellet, which occurred in December. She was 26 years of age. Mr. Pellet has been vice consul from the United States at Barranquilla for the past 30 years or more, and was a native of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. He was an officer in the 114th Regt. N.Y. Vols., during the Rebellion, and afterwards wrote one of the histories of that regiment.
James L. Stead
Oxford Press, September 13, 1901
James L. Stead was born at Stockwood, Conn., May 18, 1817. He died in Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] September 2, 1901. Mr. Stead's father came from Connecticut and settled at Preston when this part of the country was a wilderness, and he was supposed to have been killed by the Indians. At the age of twenty-one James married Malinda Waite, and for nearly sixty years they walked side by side, but she was called away in 1888. Seven children, two girls and five boys, blessed this long union. Four children survive these parents, namely, Mrs. Horton of Columbus, Mrs. Marilla Wheeler, R.W. Stead, and James L. Stead Jr. all of Guilford. Mr. Stead lived fifteen years in Masonville and the rest of his long life in Chenango county, four years in New Berlin, and the remaining years in Guilford. The mortuary services were held at the home of his son. James L. Stead, Jr., his pastor, Rev. C.M. Olmstead, officiating. He was laid to rest in the Guilford cemetery, Wednesday afternoon, September 4.
Frank E. Burdo
Chenango Union, December 3, 1974
Many of our citizens will recollect Frank E. Burdo, one of the first conductors on the Midland Railroad after the opening to this village--a fine looking young man, who was devoted to his business, and made hosts of friends among his associates and the traveling public. Since that time he has been employed on different railroads in various parts of the country; but having become addicted to drinking, he failed to keep positions which were secured for him; the butterfly friends who stood by him as long as his money lasted, deserted him, and jeered at his misfortunes; and his repeated attempts to reform were failures. On Monday of last week he went from Rome to New York, after more than a week of entire sobriety, in pursuit of employment as a street car conductor. He went into a drug store on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of having a leech applied to a bruise over his eye, and after the application he seemed to become stupefied and entirely unable to move. Thereupon a police officer was summoned, and the unfortunate man was taken to the Ninth precinct station house, between 9 and 10 o'clock P.M. A comfortable room and bed were given him, and at intervals during the night the sergeant visited him--the last time at half-past 1 o'clock in the morning. Each time he seemed to be sleeping soundly and was not awakened. At half-past three the sergeant again went to his room, but he was dead, and in the opinion of the physician, who was at once called, he had been dead about an hour. A post mortem examination was made and it was found that the immediate cause of death was congestion of the rain. His lungs were found to be nearly consumed and his heart was somewhat affected. The remains of the unfortunate young man, accompanied by his devoted wife, were taken to Bridgewater, Oneida Co., where the funeral was held on Sunday afternoon.
Daily Observer, Utica, NY, November 28, 1874
A telegram was received in Rome [Oneida Co., NY] yesterday from New York, stating that Mr. Frank E. Burdo, well known in this city, had been found dead in that city on Thursday evening. A letter received later says that Mr. Burdo went into a drug store on Thursday forenoon for medical assistance, and that he sat by the stove for some time, and when he started to go out he was unable to walk. He died in a few hours thereafter. A second dispatch stated that the body would be brought to Utica and from thence taken to Bridgewater, on the Richfield Springs branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, for interment. It was requested that the person to whom it was addressed would meet the body and friends at Bagg's Hotel at 7:30 this morning. Frank Burdo was a comparatively young man, but had seen much trouble in the past few years. He commenced work for the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad company a number of years ago and at first occupied but a humble position, but by strict attentions to business, he gradually rose until he became conductor of a passenger train on the above named road. He was at that time a fine looking young man, and by his devotion and attention to business had won the respect of his associates and the railroad officials. Some time after his marriage he left his position. Since then he has been employed on different railroads in various parts of the country. A kinder-hearted more accommodating man than Frank Burdo one seldom meets, and he had plenty of friends.
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