Obituaries (December 16)

Florence Tinker Browning

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1921

 

Florence Tinker Browning

1865 - 1921

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Florence Tinker Browning, wife of John Browning, died at her home in South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday aged 55 years.  Besides her husband she is survived by three daughters.  Mrs. Dever Simmons, of Norwich and the Misses Madeline and Alice Browning, who resided at home.  An only son, Ward Browning, who resides in Texas, was not able to reach the family home in time for the funeral which was held on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the burial in Plymouth.  Mrs. Browning was a woman greatly beloved and her death is being sincerely mourned by all who knew her.

 

Hannah (Minor) Yale

Chenango Telegraph, February 10, 1876

"Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord."

Entered into rest, at Fort Collins, Latimer County, Colorado, on Sunday evening, January 16, 1876, Mrs. Hannah Yale, wife of Mr. Albert Yale, after an illness of some weeks, which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation.  She was the daughter of John and Mary Minor, born in Guilford Chenango County, N.Y., Aug. 29, 1831; aged 44 yrs 4 months and 25 days.

 

Her remains were interred in the cemetery, Fort Collins, on the 18th.  the services were conducted by Rev. F. Birne, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, when a large congregation was present and followed in solemn to the tomb.  She has left a bereaved husband and two daughters to mourn the loss of a fond mother and beloved wife.  She was a true and devoted member of the Episcopal church and an affectionate and eficient teacher in the Sunday school. The scholars of her class, showing their appreciation of her worth and their loss, followed in a body to the grave.  Her labors of love in the interest of the church and Sunday school, were eminently undeputizable, as they were unostentatious and purely unselfish.  Her mildness of disposition and affability of Christian humility, won for her the esteem of all with whom she became acquainted.  Her attachments to her neighbors and friends and her readiness to make herself useful in the community had secured the kind approbation of all who knew her.  Her departure from our midst has left a painful void in the family circle, in the church, and in the community.  But she has passed away from all earthly pain or sorrow, having taken a final and tender farewell of the loved ones, commending her loving and youthful daughters to the care and blessing of God, expressing the pious wish and prayerful hope that they would follow in the path of Christian duty and faithfulness in the church, which she had tried, by the grace of God, to do, and to lead them to their loving Saviour.  Her last words, while conscious, were those of humble trust and unwavering confidence in God; through Christ, and of her acceptance at last through Him.  Thus our departed sister calmly and peacefully fell asleep in Jesus.  We do and will miss her--Larimer Express

Henry W. Yale

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 11, 1902

The death of Henry M. Yale of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], occurred Sunday, December 29, 1901, at his home of brain trouble, after a long period of sickness, at the age of fifty-nine years.  Mr. Yale was born in Guilford.  His father was Uriah Yale, a farmer, who was well known in this vicinity. the son, Henry, in early manhood did not care for agricultural pursuits and took up another line of business in New York city but finally came back to his father's farm, where he had resided until his death.  His wife was Miss Mary Pettys of Norwich, who survives. There were three children, all living and married.  Mr. Yale was a member of the M.E. church at union Valley, but his infirm condition had prevented his attendance at the services for several years. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of the deceased, Rev. J.S. Crompton of the Bainbridge M.E. church officiating.  The interment was at Yaleville.  Mr. Yale was a brother of Isaac D. Yale of this village, and also of the late Mrs. Charity P. Cooper of Bainbridge. The Yale families of Guilford were among the first settlers of this section of the country, and became allied at an early date with the few families in Bainbridge then, among whom was the Banks family--Bainbridge Republican.

Dr. O.A. Young

Chenango Union, March 23, 1882 

We published recently a brief mention of the drowning of Dr. O.A. Young, in Oregon.  He was a former resident of Guilford Centre, this County [Chenango Co., NY], and the following letter to his brother, A.J. Young of that place, gives additional particulars of the sad event:

Tillamook, Oregon, Feb. 25, 1882
A.J. Young, Guilford Centre, N.Y.:
Dear Sir,
Your letter of January 24th is received, and in reply I will say that the report you received is only too true.  Dr. Young was drowned while crossing the Nehalem river about twenty miles from where I live.  He was drowned when starting to come to our settlement to visit a patient.  It will never be known how it happened, but it is thought they (he was in company with Mr. C.A. Lamb) had reached the shore, and were attempting to get out of the boat.  It was an Indian canoe; they are made of logs, and are very easily turned over, if a person does not understand them, and where they landed the bank is very steep--that is, goes right off into deep water, and is right at the mouth of the stream, where it empties into the ocean.  As it is very swift, it is supposed when they arose to get out of the canoe, it turned over, as their bodies were found only a few feet from the shore, close together.  I saw the Doctor a few days before his death.  He was at my father's house, was well and jolly, and full of fun, little thinking how soon he would be called on to travel that road from which none ever return. The Doctor had resided here but a short time, but during that time he had gathered around him a large circle of friends, composed of our best citizens.  I never met a better hearted man.  He was drowned January 7th, 1882.  His body was recovered on the 11th, in a good state of preservation, was brought to Kilchis, on Tillamook Bay, and buried in a respectable manner.
Yours with respect,  Charles H. miller, Postmaster.