Obituaries (April 9)

Matthew C. Bolger

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

Matthew C. Bolger

1872 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Many friends in this village were shocked to learn of the death of Matthew C. Bolger which occurred in New York.  He was born in Norwich July 11, 1872, and was a son of Michael and Bridget Bolger of Mitchell street.  After graduating from Norwich High School he went to Ohio and for a time was employed by a large oil company in that State.  Later returning to Norwich he worked for a year at the printer's trade in the office of the Chenango Telegraph. For the past 13 years he had held a responsible position in the United States customs house in New York city.  While living in Ohio Mr. Bolger became acquainted with Miss May Christen of Lima, and 11 years ago they were married.  She survives with one son 9 years of age.  He is also survived by his parents of this village; three brothers, John F., of New York; Joseph V., of Oneida, and Edward L., of Norwich, and by three sisters, Mrs. J.E. Balderston, of Jersey City; Elizabeth M. Bolger, of New York, and Anna L. Bolger, of White Plains.  The remains were taken to the former home of his wife in Lima, Ohio, where the funeral was held on Thursday of last week.

 

Henry L White

Guilford Mail, March 1907

Henry L. White passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 13th, aged 73 years.  Mr. White held the office of assessor in this town [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] for many years.  He is survived by his wife and three children Erwin White, Everette White of Sidney and Mrs. Gibbs of Norwich.  Three children preceded him.

 

Luzerne Westcott

Oneonta Daily Star, August 23, 1920

Luzern Westcott, a native of the town of Milford [Otsego Co., NY] for forty-three years a universally respected resident of the city of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], died at half past one o'clock Saturday morning, August [21] after an illness of several months duration, which, however, had not been of a critical nature until about three weeks before.  On Thursday, July 29, as was noted in the Star of the following day, Mr. and Mrs. Westcott celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage.  Surrounded by children and grandchildren, the day was spent very pleasantly, and Mr. Westcott himself rallied to a notable degree from his illness, and was exceptionally active and cheerful.  The day was one toward which he had looked forward eagerly, and it seemed that it was in the culmination of his dream.  A day or two later his condition became more serious, and he failed gradually for three weeks, when, surrounded by his wife and family, who gave devoted attention during his entire illness, he died, as above stated, on Saturday morning.  Mr. Westcott was born March 6, 1843, on the homestead farm at Milford Center, and was the son of Reuben and Wealthy Westcott, the family being one of the earliest to settle in Milford township.  When but 18 years of age he went to Watertown and engaged in the egg business. The following year he was married to Miss Charlotte Ball of that city and returned to the homestead farm in Milford.  His first wife dying in 1868, he was married two years later to Miss Emma Hubbard, with whom more than half a century of happy wedded life was spent.  Mr. Westcott moved to Oneonta in 1877 and was for several years employed in the hop business by George I. Wilber, an occupation in which he was engaged for practically all his life thereafter.  He was an excellent salesman and a remarkable judge of hops.  He was for several  years a member of the firm of M.&L. Westcott, and after the death of Monroe Westcott carried on the business alone. Afterwards he was in the employ of Kenyon and Saxton, F.D. Miller and Smith & Capron, but for the last year and a half he had been with the wholesale firm of Morris Brothers.    This work, however, by no means limited his activities.  Associated with M. Westcott he built the Westcott block, then the largest commercial structure in Oneonta in 1882, and he also dealt largely in Oneonta real estate, building many houses in the city.  With Eugene Rose he founded the first ice business in Oneonta, a business which under the name of the Oneonta Ice Company, still remains in the family of his descendants.  He was an energetic business man of real ability, and his advice was often sought and given.  Mr. Westcott is survived by his second wife, above named, and by six children, Mrs. Helen Crandall, Mrs. Minnie Lunn, Mrs. Mary Denton and Reuben H. Westcott of this city; Arthur L. Westcott of New York and Mrs. Charles H. Clark of Bainbridge.  The first two are children of his earlier marriage.  Also he leaves six great-grandchildren, Luzern W. Crandall, Alice E. Wendall and Herbert Denton, Mrs. Charlotte Wyckoff and Herbert Lunn.

Helen (Westcott) Crandall

Oneonta Star, November 26, 1924

Mrs. Helen Crandall, nearly a lifelong resident of this city [Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY], passed away at the Fox Memorial hospital at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning following an operation for relief from a malady from which she had long suffered.  A recent recurrence necessitated an operation but her condition was such that the best of medical and surgical skill was of no avail.  Mrs. Crandall was born in Portlandville on May 30, 1845, and was the daughter of Luzerne and Charlotte (Ball) Westcott.  Nearly all of her life had been spent in this city and for several years past she had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Joseph E. Lunn.  Surviving her are a son, Luzerne Westcott Crandall of Los Angeles, Cal., her mother, Mrs. Luzerne Westcott of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph S. Lunn and Mrs. Mary Denton of Oneonta, and Mrs. Charles Clarke of Bainbridge; and two brothers, R.H. Westcott of Oneonta and A.L Westcott of New York city.  Arrangements for the funeral will not be completed until the arrival from Los Angeles of her son, who started for the east immediately upon receipt of the news of her serious illness.  Mrs. Crandall was a member of the First Baptist church and was very devoted to the tenets of her faith, working faithfully in various branches of church work [until her] disposition.  Mrs. Crandall was known intimately by but few but those who admired and respected her for many admirable qualities of womanhood.  By them she will be missed but the sense of greatest loss will be in the family circle of which she was such a loving and devoted member.  to the relatives so suddenly bereaved the sincere sympathy of many will be extended. 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, February 11, 1875

READ:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] January 29th, Sarah, wife of Hiram Read, aged 69 years.

MONCRIEF:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] January 24th, Mr. Alexander Moncreif, aged 88 years.

YALE:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], January 31st, Eliza [Yale], wife of Chester Yale, aged 62.

PRESTON:  In Lincklaen, January 10, Evaline [Preston], daughter of Corydon and Emerette Preston, aged 17 years.

WILLOUGHBY:  In Nebraska City, January 26th, Mrs. Ira Willoughby aged 75, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

EDWARDS:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], January 28th, Mr. Edward H. Edwards, aged 63 years.

LOYD:  In Girard, Pa. Nov. 15th, 1874, Mrs. Lucinda Loyd, aged 74 years, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Obituaries (April 8)

Harry Grove Sumner

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

Harry Grove Sumner

1875 - 1911

The news of the death of Harry Grove Sumner, which reached here late Saturday, was a great shock to his former Norwich associates and acquaintances.  His father, Charles A. Sumner, who was called to Passaic by his illness, returned home earlier in the week, leaving him apparently improving, but he passed away about 11:30 Saturday morning after an illness of a little more than two weeks.  On Tuesday evening, December 20, Mr. Sumner attended a meeting of the Passaic Co-operative Realty Company, of which he was the president.  After the meeting he called at the home of a friend and while there complained of feeling cold, and said he would go home to bed.  He arose the next morning but was forced to return to bed. At first his illness was thought to be an attack of the grip, that would soon pass off, but in a few days pneumonia which had been suspected by the attending physician had fully developed.  For a time his condition appeared favorable for recovery, but his constitution was too frail and on Friday all hope was abandoned.  Harry Grove Sumner was born at East Pharsalia, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], September 26, 1875, the son of Charles A. Sumner, now a resident of Norwich.  His mother was the daughter of Peter S. and Sarah R. Webster More and the middle name of the deceased was given him by his great-grandfather, Grove Webster, of Delhi, N.Y., an own cousin of Daniel and Noah Webster.  In the fall of 1880 deceased had an attack of pneumonia and only through the best of care escaped death.  His father fell ill of the same disease and recovered, but on Christmas day his mother was stricken and died on February 13, 1881.  In April, 1887, deceased came to Norwich, united with the Congregational Church and became an active worker in the Sunday school.  In 1906 he graduated from the Norwich High School and was president of his class.  He went to Brown University, but discontinued his studies there in his junior year.  For a time he was the news editor of the Norwich Sun and later went to New York, where he was connected with the Marlborough and Vendome Hotels.  he went to Passaic to take a position on the Herald, which he left in June 1904 to become city editor of the Daily News.  he was a competent, trained newspaper man and will be greatly missed by his associates on the Daily News, who always found pleasure in working with him.  Besides his father and a stepmother he leaves a wife, who was Miss Tessie Jacoby, of New York city, and two little girls, Anna and Frances.  He and his family were members of the Unitarian Church.  He was a member of Solar lodge of Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Order of America.  He was also a member of the Pica Club, the newspaper men's organization in Passaic and Bergen counties and the More family association.  The remains arrived in Norwich Monday afternoon and were taken to the home of his father.  Burial services were held Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Paul R Allen officiating.  The bearers were members of the local lodge of Odd Fellows.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY]

 

Floyd Henry Wilcox

1889 - 1939

Floyd Henry Wilcox, member of the firm of Wilcox and Littlefair, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 at his home on the North Norwich road [Chenango Co., NY], after an extended illness.  The deceased was born in the town of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], November 30, 1889, a son of the late Nelson and Ida Wilcox, whose early passing left him an orphan while a small boy.  Early in life he learned the carpenter trade, an occupation he followed for several years.  In 1914 he was united in marriage with Florence May Webb, who now survives.  For a short time Mr. Wilcox was a resident of Brisben.  The family then moved to Oxford residing there until 1919 when they came to this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. The deceased operated a store on Sheldon street for six years and during that period he became connected with the Craine Silo Company remaining in the employ of that concern until 1931, when he and Mrs. Wilcox entered the firm of Wilcox & Littlefair, thru the purchase of the interests of the late George W. Nagel. A man of sterling qualities, desirous of living an upright and honorable life and devotion to his high ideals, he was a dependable associate in all walks of life.  Mr. Wilcox was a great lover of children and could always be found attending to their needs and seemed happier when surrounded by a group of youngsters or assisting in buying candies that would appeal to the younger generation. he was really interested in all outdoor sports, his greatest pastime being baseball.  He could always be found at the local field and was a loyal supporter of the home team.  Left to mourn his passing are his grief stricken widow, who has been constantly at his bedside during his long illness; a sister, Mrs. George Wilcox of Oxford, and several aunts, uncles and cousins.  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock (advanced time) from his late home on the North Norwich road, Rev. Scott D. Clark of Clarks summit, Pa., a school mate and friend of the deceased, officiating. Burial will be made in Riverview cemetery at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

Andrew Julian Bresee

Andrew Julian Bresee, 93, former Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY] resident, died Sunday night at the home of his granddaughter.  Mrs. Evans B. Merchant, 122 South Country Club Drive, Schenectady, after an illness since February.  He was born at Davenport, Delaware county, Oct. 17, 1845, son of Timothy and Melinda Olmstead Bresee.  In 1864 he married Helen Pierce of Fergusonville and unto them were born three children, Andrew, Maude and Floyd. For many years he was a farmer in Delaware county, then moving to Holmesville he operated a meat market with his son there and at South New Berlin.  In his late years due to infirmities he was unable to work.  For the past three years he was tenderly cared for by his daughter and granddaughter in Schenectady with whom he had made his home.  He was the oldest member of Victor lodge, I.O.O.F., at South New Berlin and was a faithful member of the Methodist church, which he attended as long as his health permitted.  Funeral services will take place Wednesday at 2 p.m., at the funeral home of R.V.Tillapaugh, Schenevus, with the Rev. G.H. Simmons of Holmesville, retired minister, officiating. Burial will be in Fergusonville.  There survive one daughter, Mrs. Maude Kayner of Schenectady; four grandchildren, Mrs. Adrian Dixon, South New Berlin; Mrs. Harold Kennedy, Oneonta, Mrs. Evans Merchant of Schenectady and Harold Bresee of Grand Gorge; also five great-grandchildren.

Frank E. Evans

1869 - 1945

In failing health for some weeks, the death of Frank E. Evans occurred Friday morning at 7 o'clock at the home of his nephew, Raymond D. Aldrich, on the South Plymouth road.  Mr Evans had made his home with his nephew for the past seven years, spending the summers with his late brother, Anson Evans at Paynesville, Minn.  Mr. Evans was born in the town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 20, 1869, a son of the late David K. and Eliza (Crandall) Evans.  Most of his life was spent in South Plymouth where for many years he successfully followed agriculture.  A man of strong character, Mr. Evans was an industrious man and a fine neighbor.  He leaves many warm friends who will learn with regret of his passing.  Besides a sister, Mrs. Flora M. Aldrich, two nephews survive, Raymond D. Aldrich and Walter M. Aldrich.  Services will be held at the George J. Devine Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Dr. G. Edgar Wolfe, pastor of the First Congregational church, will officiate.  Burial will be made in the family plot in the South Plymouth cemetery.  Friends who desire to call at the funeral home are invited to do so Saturday afternoon and evening.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, February 11, 1875

MOWERS:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, of Scarlet fever, Charles [Mowers], aged 6 years and Johnnie [Mowers], aged 4 years, 10 months, Children of Thomas and Susan Mowers, Buried in one grave.

STONE:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1, 1875, Mr. John Q. Stone, aged 29years, 3 months.

COY:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, Mr. James D. Coy, aged 35 years.

FELT:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 24th, Mr Asa Felt, aged 35 years.

WHITMORE:  At the County House, Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29, 1875, Mrs. Polly Whitmore, aged 83 years, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  She was an inmate of the County House when it was located in McDonough and was removed to Preston with other paupers, nearly 50 years ago.

LOWELL:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3, Freddie E. [Lowell] son of Geo. B. and Susan E. Lowell, aged 2 years.

Marriages (April 7)

Brown - Beatman

1902

A very pretty wedding took place at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Beatman in North Afton [Chenango Co., NY] Friday evening, February 14th, being the marriage of their daughter, Martha J. [Beatman], to Mr. Frank C. Brown of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a small company of friends by Rev. C.E. Sweet. Following a short season of congratulations a very elegant repast was served.  Later the happy pair left to take the evening train to Binghamton where they will remain for a few days. Both these young people are popular and to them will be extended the best wishes of a large circle of acquaintances. 

 

Beatman - Haven

A quiet wedding occurred Sunday morning, Aug. 31 [1902], at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Haven at which their daughter Elizabeth [Haven] was married to Augustus S. Beatman.  The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Elmer Pearce of Morris, cousin of the groom. The parents of the bride and groom and the immediate members of their families only were present.  After the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served. The bride and groom departed upon the morning train, carrying with them the benediction of loving friends.  The liberty was taken by friends present and absent to send tokens of their esteem which met the fullest appreciation of the recipients.  Mr. and Mrs. Beatman will remain for a few days in Albany and vicinity, after which they will got to Cambridge, Mass., where Mr. Beatman will continue his studies at Harvard.  Both of the young people have hosts of friends in this their native place, who wish them every happiness in life.  They will be greatly missed as they go out from us, for both of them have always been identified with the best in the moral and social life of our community.  Each possesses such qualities as will find appreciation and useful exercise wherever their lot in life may be cast, and the Enterprise extends hearty congratulations upon the happy union.

 

Marriage Notices

Oxford Times, September 24, 1862

 

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th isn't., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Owen Winsor of Guilford [Chenango Co., nY], to Miss Melinda Webb of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Oxford, on the 10th inst., by Rev. D. Ballon, Mr. Ezra G. Rathbone to Miss Rexa A. White of East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY]

 

In Georgetown, Madison Co., on the 14th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Buell, Mr. Clark K. Holmes, to Miss Martha A. Jackson, all of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

 

Chenango Union, December 29, 1869

 

GIBBS - YORK:  At the residence of the bride's father, in this village, Dec. 15th, by Rev. Sam'l Scoville, Mr. Harlow P. Gibbs, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emma York, daughter of Charles C. York [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]

 

WILBUR - BAIRD:  At the Hughson House, in this village, Dec. 22d, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr William Wilber to Miss Martha Baird, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

 

WOOD - BAIRD:  At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Daniel Wood, to Miss Lovina Baird, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

 

FEIG - GREINER:  In Norwich, Dec. 12th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Andrew Feig to Miss Mary Greiner, from Frimersheim, Germany.

 

THOMPSON - MERITHEW:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Norwich, Dec. 9th by Rev. L.D.Turner, Mr. Charles l. Thompson, of East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ellen C. Merithew. [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

 

ROUSE - KELLEY:  In Norwich, Dec. 24th, by Wm. H. Gunn, Esq., Mr. Jacob  Rouse, to Miss Rosanna Kelley, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

 

BROWNELL - JOHNSON:  In Bainbridge, Dec. 22d, by Rev. W.A.Wadsworth, Mr. Matthew J. Brownell, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Laura A. Johnson, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

 

BEATMAN - CARRINGTON:  In Oxford, Dec. 21st, by Rev. Mr. Halstead, Mr. Seymour Beatman, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ella Carrington, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]

 

MEAD - PADGETT:  In Oxford, Dec. 14th, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. William B. Mead, to Miss A.S.Padgett, all of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

 

VAN COTT - IVES:  In Guilford, Dec. 15th, by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. John W. Van Cott, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Margelia L. Ives, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]

 

IRELAND - LANSING:  In Greene, Dec. 22d, by Rev. John Cairns, Mr. William S. Ireland to Miss Maria Lansing, all of Greene [Chenango Co., NY]

 

PROSSER - STEERE:  In New Berlin, Dec. 17th, by Samuel Steere, Esq. Mr. Charles Prosser, to Miss Cornelia A. Steere, both of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

 

 

 

 

Obituaries (April 7)

Cora Voorhis

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

Cora (Jones) Voorhis

1874 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At St. Luke's Hospital in Utica [Oneida Co., NY] on Thursday of last week occurred the death of Cora, wife of John O. Voorhis, of this village.  She was thought to be improving and was planning to return home on Saturday and her death, which occurred suddenly of hemorrhage of the brain, was entirely unexpected.  Her age was 36 years.  Mrs. Voorhis was a daughter of Frank and Chloe Jones and was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  On February 14, 1874 she was married to Mr. Voorhis and for the past seven years they had resided in Norwich and vicinity.  She will be greatly missed in her home and by a large circle of friends.  Besides her husband she leaves six children five sons, Earl, John, Loren, Otto and Roosevelt, and one daughter, Nina, all living at home.  She is also survived by her mother, four sisters Mrs. William Teelon, of Gilbertsville; Mrs. Sylvester Head, of Masonville; Mrs. Warren Wilson and Mrs. Harvey Shattuck, of Norwich, and by three brothers, Frank Jones, of Norwich; William Jones of King's Settlement, and Garfield Jones, of Sidney Center.  The funeral was attended at her late home on Maydole street Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. M.D. Fuller officiating. Burial was made in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY].

 

Martha Beatman Brown

1884 - 1949

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Martha Beatman Brown, wife of Francis E. Brown passed away suddenly at her home in Guilford Monday morning.  Mrs. Brown was the youngest daughter of Seymour and Ella Carrington Beatman and was born at North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], February 14, 1884.  She attended Afton High School where her work was excellent.  She early joined the North Afton Methodist church and was active as a member of the Epworth League.  She was united in marriage at the age of eighteen to Francis E. Brown of Starruca, Pa.  Before moving to Guilford they were engaged in farming.  In 1912 Mr. Brown and family moved to Guilford where they later purchased their home and have since resided.  Four children were born to this union:  Ralph Julian, Alice Marjorie, Durward Llewellyn who survive and Francis Harold who passed away at the age of three.  Mrs. Brown was held in high esteem by  her neighbors and friends to whom she was ever ready to lend a helping hand.  To many of the children and young people of Guilford she will always be held in loving memory. The funeral was held at the Karschner Funeral home in Afton Wednesday, October 26 at 1:30 p.m.  The Rev. George B. Graves, former pator officiated. The presence of many friends, beautiful flowers and expressions of sympathy spoke plainly of her life.

 

Dr. Albert Henry Evans

1873 - 1950

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. Albert H. Evans, practicing physician in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for nearly 50 years and one of the few remaining old-time country doctors, died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital shortly before midnight Monday.  He had been ill for several weeks.  Born in Plymouth, Chenango County, May 28, 1873, he was the son of Mordecai and Mary Frances Aldrich Evans.  He was graduated from Norwich High School and Syracuse University College of Medicine.  He first practiced in Coventry in 1902, and later moved to Guilford.  He was a member of the Chenango County Medical Society, Greene Lodge of Odd Fellows, Norwich Masonic Lodge and Christ Episcopal Church of Guilford.  He leaves two daughters, Miss Dorothy Evans, Guilford, and Mrs. C. Vernon Stratton, of Oxford.

 

Augustus Samuel Beatman

Afton Enterprise, Jan. 14, 1937

In the New York Herald-Tribune and New York Times of Sunday January 10, 1937, appeared the notice of the death of Augustus Samuel Beatman of New York City which occurred at Harkness Pavilion in the early morning of Saturday, January 9th.  Augustus Beatman was born in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on August 21, 1878, the only child of Kate Derby and James Orson Beatman, life-long residents of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], whose deaths have occurred in recent years.  Prominent in the social life of the village, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and always bearing an exemplary reputation, he was graduated from Afton High School with the class of 1895.  From High School, he entered Oneonta Normal where he graduated in the year 1899, receiving the highest rating of anyone in his class.  In 1903, he was graduated from Harvard University having earned his own tuition and expenses and during the following year, he did Post Graduate work at Harvard, attaining his Master's Degree.  In 1902, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Haven, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. George A. Haven of this village.  After seven years of happiness, this marriage was terminated by the death of Mrs. Beatman and in 1915, he was again joined in marriage to Beth Wimmer of Minden, Nebr., and to this union three sons were born:  Phillip, who is now twenty years old and has spent two years in Dartmouth College; John, aged nineteen, in his second year at Cornell; and James, a young lad of twelve, who with his step-sister, Evelyn, lives at home and attends the Birch-Wathem School in new York City.  When this son was only eight months old, the mother was stricken with scarlet fever and passed away after an illness of three days.  On June 13, 1930, Mr. Beatman was married to Mrs. Clara Yeomans of Binghamton, N.Y., who survives him.  Mr. Beatman taught in the Julia Richman School for fifteen years and at one time was Assistant Principal.  His application for retirement, sent in recently was pending at the time of his death.  Before joining the faculty of this school, he was a teacher at Polytechnic Institute at Brooklyn and other private schools.  Since his illness, he worked on a New York State Syllabus for the Board of Regents.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clara Beatman, three sons, Philip, John and James; and a daughter, Evelyn, all of 527 West 121st St., New York City.  Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Campbell Funeral Church, 55th St. and Broadway, at 8 P.M.  The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, paster of the Riverside Church, conducted the service. 

 

Mrs. William Little

Afton Enterprise, August 6, 1936

The passing of Mrs. William Little occurred at the home of her son, Lewis Little, on Thursday, July 23, 1936, after a very painful illness of several days' duration.  Mrs. Little was born in Hamden, Delaware county, July 16, 1855.  She was united in marriage to William E. Little.  From Hamden they removed to liberty where Mr. Little conducted a piano business.  When Mr. little retired form business, the family moved to Walton where they owned a house and lot.  From Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Little came to North Afton.  Mrs. Little was a fine Christian lady and will be greatly missed by those who knew her.  She is survived by one son, Lewis little, and two grandson, Lewis Paul and William C. Little.  Burial was in Hamden.  Rev. W.D. Lathrop officiated at the services.

 

Death Notices

Oxford Times, September 24, 1862

 

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Polly [Wilber], wife of Mr. David Wilber, aged 91 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. David Bateman, aged 79 years.

 

In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Gertrude A. Smith, daughter of David and Laura Smith, aged 18 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mary E. [Pratt], eldest daughter of A.C. and Mary C. Pratt, aged 8 years.

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., a daughter of Mr. Ovid Lines, aged 11 years.

BCHS Class of 1958 Lettermen

Bainbridge Central High School

Letter men of the Class of 1958

 

 

Left to Right:  Ben Nelson, Thomas Tuttle, David Schrader, Allen Harmon, Eric Dean, Sharon Pollard, Steve Flyzik, Ronald Woods, Keith Moretz, David Mott, Dewitt Niles, Fred Smith

 



Bainbridge High Class of 1958 - Part 1

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1958

Senior Photos

"Echo" 1958

 

 

Doris Josephine Alcott

 

 

Virginia Ellen Bickford

 

 

Roberta Ruth Black

 

 

Michael Franklin Calleia

 

 

Esther Daphne Davis

 

 

Eric Jalmer Dean

 

Obituaries (April 6)

Elizabeth A. (Holmes) Fausett

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

 

Elizabeth A. (Holmes) Fausett

1832 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At her home on North Broad street Wednesday occurred the death of Elizabeth A., wife of George H. Fausett, aged 79.  She had been in poor health for several years, but had been as well as usual until a few hours before her death which resulted from heart failure.  Mrs. Fausett was born in Stonington, Conn.  January 9, 1832, and was a daughter of Nelson B. and Mary A. Holmes.  She came to Norwich with her parents when only 2 years of age.  On March 19, 1857, she was united in marriage to Mr. Fausett and except for a few years when they resided in Sherburne and Smyrna, they have since made their home in this village.  Mrs. Fausett was a woman highly esteemed by all who knew her.  She was a most faithful wife, a kind friend and a helpful neighbor and will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends.  For many years she had been a member of the First Baptist Church of this place.  She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. William Lockman, of Cazenovia, and Mrs. Henry Loomis, of Norwich.  She also leaves a niece, Mrs. Charles Rogers, of Cazenovia; two nephews, D.J. Holmes, of Orange, N.J., and Harvey N. Holmes, principal at Oxford  High school, and a grandniece, Miss Mariot Holmes, of Orange, N.J.  Her funeral will be held from her late home on North Broad street Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Ira W. Bingham officiating.  Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

Abigail Frasier

Northern Christian Advocate, April 2, 1845

Died in Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y., on the 3d inst. Miss Abigail Frasier, daughter of John and Isabella Frasier in the 20th year of her age.  From the beginning of her sickness, which was the measles, she was unprepared that she should never recover.  She was not however, considered dangerous till two of three days before her death.  Like too many others, she had neglected the great subject of religion and found herself poorly prepared for such a solemn hour.  But with deep repentance, she cried incessantly to the Lord to have mercy upon her; and while her dear friends were bowed around her bed, and were mingling their petitions with hers for her salvation, God pardoned her sins, and her penitent wantings were turned into thanksgiving and praise. She lived several hours after her conversion and faithfully warned her young friends to seek the Savior. She remained triumphant and happy to the last, and expressed a perfect resignation to the divine will.  How merciful is the Lord to same a sinner at so late an hour.  Let none presume, however, upon a death bed repentance. True, the Lord does sometimes save sinners at the eleventh hour, but it is most hazardous to deter to that time.  There is enough else to attend to when nature is dissolving--the "last enemy" has come.  "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth."  F.E.E. Dragoon, Wolcott, March 13, 1845.

Belle (Fargo) Alger

1872 - 1947

The death of Mrs. Charles Alger occurred Monday evening, July 28, 1947 at St. Elizabeth's hospital, Utica, where she had been a patient for the past month.  Belle Fargo Alger, was the only child of Hezekiah M. and Sarah Clarke Fargo, and was born Oct. 2nd, 1872 in Cincinnatus, N.Y.  Her girlhood was spent in that locality and on Oct. 26th, 1892 she was united in marriage to Charles Alger of Edmeston at Norwich, N.Y.  their early married life was spent mostly in parts of Chenango County and later they occupied farms near Edmeston, moving to the Baggs farm between New Berlin and South New Berlin in 1919.  Here they lived until the illness of Mr. Alger made farming impossible and they came to Edmeston to make their home.  Besides the husband, she is survived by two sons and one daughter, Ray of three Cary street Binghamton, Mrs. Kinley Gould of Winchester, New Hampshire and Roger of Clayville R.D., one grandson, Adrian Gould of Winchester, New Hampshire and two great grandsons.  Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, July 31st, from Houchs Funeral Home, Edmeston, Rev. Ralph Vosburg, pastor of the Baptist Church officiating with internment in Union Cemetery at Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].  The bearers, old friends and neighbors from South New Berlin were Walter Bagg, Carl Lundh, Arthur Gould, Jay Gould, Harry Gould and Harold Gardner.

Glenn Murphy

1930 - 1947

Glenn O. Murphy, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Murphy of the Ravine road was found dead by a fence on his father's farm in the town of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] shortly before noon Thursday, apparently the victim of a hunting accident.  His gun laid near his lifeless body.  Father of the victim said the boy left the family residence between 8:30 and 9 to go to the barn to do the morning chores and when he left he took his gun with him, which was not an unusual act.  The father said he fixed the chores in the house then went to the barn.  The boy, he said was not there, but he gave it no thought and continued about the chores.  Later when his son had not appeared, the father said he started a search.  Shortly before noon he came upon his lifeless body by a fence.  Dr. Matt G. Boname, Chenango county coroner, was called and ordered the body removed to the Breese Funeral home where he will continue his examination. Although no official verdict has been given by the coroner, Mr. Murphy said he believes his son either tripped or caught his gun in the brush accidentally discharging the weapon.  Glenn O. Murphy was born September 21, 1930, the son of Matthew and Louise Franklin Murphy.  Besides his parent she leaves two brothers, DeWitt and Leon, and one sister, Elizabeth,  all of the Ravine road. The youth attended the Norwich high school and was a freshman last year when he left school to assist his father on his farm.  During his brief lifetime he had been active in the 4-H club work and attended the Baptist church and Sunday school.  Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 from the Breese Funeral Home, Rev. Harold S. Knight officiating. Burial will be in the Lewis cemetery [Preston, NY].

Death Notices

Chenango Union,  February 11, 1975

FERRY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb.. 6th, Mrs. Emaline Ferry, widow of the late Henry Ferry of Plymouth, Aged 62 years 8 months.

SHUMWAY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 8th, Mr. Merritt Shumway, Aged 21 years.

RIDER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 8th, Mrs. Eliza Rider, widow of the late George Rider, aged 75 years and mother of George Rider, Esq.

DILLON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 7th, Frankie [Dillon], son of Moses and Julia Dillon aged 1 year 9 months.

LEWIS:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], Feb. 8th, Rev. Edward D. Lewis, former rector of the Emmanuel Church, in this village, aged 50 years.

TITUS:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, Lovina [Titus], wife of Smith Titus, aged 62 years.

PRATT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, Miss DeEtta Pratt, daughter of Talcott Pratt, aged 27 years.

DAY:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Mr. Frederick Day, aged 31 years.

 

Obituaries (April 5)

Edward G. Pratt

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1910

 

 

Edward G. Pratt

1878 - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Edward G. Pratt, an Ontario & Western Railway conductor, was fatally injured by falling under a moving train near the East Branch station on Sunday night.  The train was southbound and as it approached the station at East Branch, Conductor Pratt stepped from the caboose and slipped on the ice, falling in such a way that an arm and one side of his head were crushed.  Mr. Pratt was born in Norwich 32 years ago, the son of George and Flora Pratt.  He entered the employ of the Ontario & Western as a trainman about eight years ago and a year later took up his residence in Middletown [Delaware Co., NY].  He had been promoted to the position of conductor about a year ago.  He was well liked and popular among his fellow employees and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and of the Loyal Lodge of Moose.  Deceased is survived by his widow and a daughter, aged 7 years.  His mother also survives him and one brother, C.W.Pratt, of Norwich, and four sister, Mrs. J.J. Sherman, of Middletown; Mrs. D.W. Allen, of Rochester; Mrs. Ernest Spenser, of Middleport, and Mrs. O.A. Burke, of McDonough.  He was a nephew of Walter Pratt and of Mrs. L.C.Wagner, of Norwich.  Funeral services were held from his late home in Middletown on Thursday afternoon.

 

Periander Vorce

Northern Christian Advocate, November 19, 1851

Periander Vorce died in Rushville, Yates county, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1851, in the 47th year of his age, leaving a wife, two sons and a daughter (recently married) to mourn their irreparable loss.  Brother Vorce was a subject of the revival which occurred in Penn Yan, under the labors of Elder Knapp, in 1834.  Preferring "more grace" to "much water," he received baptism by affusion, and immediately united with the M.E.Church, of which he was an active and useful member to the day of his death. After adorning his profession in Penn Yan four or five years, he removed, with his family, to Rushville eleven years since, where his Christian virtues were exercised with increasing luster, till he entered his heavenly rest.  With slender health, he was "faithful in little things," ever at his post, and liberal in sustaining the Church at home, and ready to respond according to his means, to every call of benevolence abroad.  His business, that of silversmith, gave him a central position in community, where his urbane and courteous bearing won for him the love and esteem of a very extensive circle of acquaintances, beyond the limits of the Church.  In him politeness was personified, not, indeed, under the training of artificial rules, but in accordance with the higher "law of kindness" to all, and was the natural effusion of a heart imbued with the love of God. The remembrance of Periander Vorce will long live to rebuke the moroseness of the cynic, and the pride of a "sour godliness."  As a living epistle, he exemplified the temper of the beloved disciple, and in dying, testified the sufficiency of divine grace to save to the uttermost.  While the Rev. Mr. Gelston, Pastor of the Presbyterian Chruch in the place, was praying with him, the day before his death, he made several efforts to respond to expressions of trust in the Redeemer; and in answer to questions put to him just before he took leave of time, he assured his family that his prospect was "without a cloud."  On Sabbath morning, the 24th of August, after a confinement with a bilious fever of nine or ten days, while the bell of his favorite sanctuary was calling his fellow worshipers to the house of prayer, he obeyed the summons of his divine Master, and entered the door of the upper temple, to be forever with the Lord. The writer improved the occasion of his funeral before a summons and deeply affected concourse, from Matt 25:21--"Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things and will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."  Canandaigua, Oct. 31, 1851.  M. Tooker.

 

Gilbert Russell Lyon

 

 

Gilbert Russell Lyon

Died June 1948

 

Gilbert Russell Lyon, 54, superintendent of the Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] public schools since 1938, widely known in the field of education, died suddenly Sunday morning at 6 o'clock at the family residence, 122 South Broad.  News of his passing stunned the community.  Mr. Lyon was scheduled to be the principal speaker at the seniors' banquet Monday night and was to have presented the 1948 class of 107 members for graduation Tuesday  night.  A community leader, highly regarded in the councils of the state department of education his untimely passing takes one admired by many and held in deep affection by legions.  A veteran of World War I, Mr. Lyon served as a lieutenant in the army air corps, assigned to an observation squadron. As a result of his distinguished war record he maintained his affiliation as a member of the lieut. Warren E. Eaton post 189 of the American Legion.  In the field of education he served on various special committees of studies and investigations under the direction of the state department of education.  He was a member of the Elementary Education Committee and of the New York State council of School Superintendents.

 

The body of Mr. Lyon rests at the Robert J. Fahy Funeral Home where friends may call at any time.  Services are to be held Wednesday with a prayer service at 1:30 at the funeral home to be followed by services in Emmanuel Episcopal church at 2 o'clock.  Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, rector, will officiate.  Committal services will be held at Mt.  Hope chapel.  Burial will be made in Albany at a later date.  Besides his wife, the former Mary J. Haney of Oneonta, with whom he was united in marriage in New York, August 18, 1923, two daughters survive.  Miss Judith M. Lyon of New York and Mrs. Barna Male (the former Joan Elizabeth Lyon) of Albany.  Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Mary Hetherington of Chicago; two uncles, Bishop Charles K. Gilbert of St. John's church, New York, and A.F. Gilbert of New York; one aunt, Mrs. Frank R. Lyon of Binghamton and a cousin, Walter Lyon, of Binghamton, the latter editor of The Binghamton Morning Sun. 

 

Mr. Lyon was born February 13, 1894, in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], son of Frank and Mary (Gilbert) Lyon, both natives of Bainbridge, Chenango county, where the former was born in 1865 and the latter in 1864.  On both sides of his family he was descended from old and distinguished American stock, Both of his grandfathers, Thomas Jefferson Lyon and Don Alonzo Gilbert, were natives of Bainbridge and the latter served as a supervisor of Chenango county at one time.  His maternal uncle Frank B. Gilbert was a deputy commissioner of education of New York state and head of the legal division of the state of new York.  During the course of his career he was the author of several law books including the "Gilbert Code." 

 

The late Gilbert R. Lyon was educated in the public schools of Manistee, Michigan, completing that part of his education in Hyde Park high school in Chicago.  He than matriculated at Hamilton college, Clinton and was graduated from there in 1917 with his bachelor of arts degree and from Teachers college, Columbia university in 1929, with his master's degree.  Honorably discharged from military service in December 1918, Mr. Lyon entered the teaching profession in 1919 as a faculty member at the Hudson Falls, N.Y. high school, for a year and a half.  He then became supervising principal of the Pierson high school at Sag Harbor, L.I.  From 1922 to 1928 he served in a similar capacity at East Hampton, L.I., high school and from 1928 to 1938 as supervising principal of the high school at Smithtown Branch, L.I.  He was appointed to the superintendencey of the Norwich schools in 1938, succeeding Dr. E.R. VanKleeck, now a deputy commissioner of education.

 

An able school administrator he was a leader in his profession.  Devoted to his family and his home, his life was an example to the young people whom he served and aided.  No eulogy is better voiced that his own creed for living, one in which he stressed fairness, and sportsmanship in all things.  He believed in community service and gave freely of his time and his talents to Norwich, the many organizations with which he affiliated and to the city at large.  Mr. Lyon was prominent in the membership of the Elementary Education Committee of the state and the New York State Council of School Superintendents.  While at Hamilton college he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary society and Chi Psi fraternity.  A member of Emmanuel Episcopal church here he served as a vestryman from 1941-'43.  Affiliated with the Masonic orders for 25 years Mr. Lyon was master of Norwich lodge F. and A.M., 302 in 1946 and high priest of Harmony Chapter, 151 in 1943.  A member of the American legion he was affiliated also with Norwich Rotary, serving as a president 1940-'41.  During World War II Mr. Lyon served as a member of selective service board 444 of Chenango county with a distinguished record.  He was cited for leadership in education early this month by the Norwich Parent-Teacher Association Council and was elected to an honorary life membership.  He was active also as a member of the Chenango County School Administration Association.

 

From all sides, messages of condolence are being expressed to his family.  Although not in the best of health in recent months, his sudden passing came as a distinct shock. Tributes to his school and community leadership were paid by countless numbers.  Mr. Lyon had remained at his home Friday of last week because he did not feel as well as usual.  He was feeling fine again Saturday and passed some time in his garden at is residence.  He discussed with Mrs. Lyon Saturday night, plans for the summer vacation season from his school administrative duties and retired in fine spirits.  School authorities announced that the commencement program of the 1948 class will be followed out as scheduled and that at the request of family members none of the activities will be eliminated form the calends of graduation events for the year's class.

 

 

 

 

Obituaries (April 4)

Albert C. Nichols

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1910

 

 

Albert Nichols

1852 - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the Binghamton State Hospital, where he had been for treatment for the past four weeks, suffering with Bright's disease, on Wednesday evening, December 21, occurred the death of Albert C. Nichols, a well-known resident and business man of this village, aged 58.  Mr. Nichols was born in Watertown [Jefferson County, NY], September 7, 1852, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Nichols.  On October 29, 1871, he married Frances Elizabeth Whiting, of that city, and about 15 years ago they came to Norwich to reside.  Mr. Nichols was an expert painter and decorator and had followed that business since residing here.  For the past year or two he conducted a paint store on East Park place, until his health failed and he was obliged to give up the business.  He is survived by his wife, and one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Virgil, of this village.  he also leaves a brother, Jerome Nichols, of Chicago, and three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Stevens and Mrs. Alice Rouse, of Antioch, Cal. and Mrs. Frances Barber, foo Gouverneur, N.Y.  The remains were brought to his home on Front street Thursday afternoon and the funeral was held from the Broad Street M.E.Chruch, of which the deceased was a member, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. M.D. Fuller officiating.  The remains were placed in the vault at Mount Hope [Norwich, NY] awaiting burial. 

Delia L. (Benton) Hyde

Afton Enterprise, July 16, 1914

The death of Mrs. Delia L. Hyde occurred on Monday evening at about six o'clock.  About eight years ago she suffered from a shock and had been in poor health ever since.  About seven weeks ago she had another shock and gradually failed until the end came Monday evening. She was the daughter of Ansel Benton and Cornelia Wicks Benton and was born in Afton, Feb. 15, 1844, and had lived here all her life.  On May 6, 1863 she was married to Mr. Albert C. Hyde whose death occurred Jan. 20th, 1905.  She is survived by one son, Burt B. Hyde of this village. The funeral will be held from the house at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Rev. A.D. Colson of Binghamton officiating.  Burial wil be in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY].

 

William E. Hyde

Afton Enterprise, October 27, 1914

William E. Hyde of tis village [Afton, Chenango Co., NY] died in the hospital at Troy, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1914.  He has been ailing for some time and finally went to the hospital at Troy which institution he entered Sunday the 18th.  On Tuesday he was operated on but survived only until the following day.  Funeral service was held at the home of his son, Arthur Hyde in Troy, after which the body was brought here for interment, and further service was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. I.L. Bronson, of the M.E. Church, of which Mr. Hyde was a member, preaching the sermon.  Besides his son, Arthur Hyde, and daughter, Mrs. Irene Hyde Childs he is survived by a number of other relatives.  Mr. Hyde was born in Afton, May 30th, 1844 and has always made this town his home.

Atwood Hyde

Oxford Review-Times, November 19, 1915

Atwood Hyde died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alanson Minor in Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], Friday.  The remains were brought to Afton Monday, burial being in Glenwood cemetery.  The masons had charge of the services at the grave.  Mr. Hyde was a lifelong resident of this place [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].

Charles A. Hyde

Afton Enterprise, October 19, 1950

Charles A. Hyde, 64, of Afton R.D.1 [Chenango Co., NY], died Saturday afternoon at his home.  He is survived by three sisters, the Misses Myrtha E. and Mildred W. Hyde and Mrs. Ruth Sickler all of Afton; three nephews, Edwin W. Sickler of Harpursville, Franklin P. Sickler of Masonville and Samuel H. Sickler of Afton.  Funeral services were held at his home Afton R.D.1, Tuesday at 2 p.m..  The Rev. Alwin S. TenPas officiated.  Burial was in Ninevah [Broome Co., NY].

Samuel Scofield

Chenango Union, June 29, 1882

Samuel Scofield an old resident of this town and Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], died at the residence of his son Augustus Scofield, in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], last week, aged 76.  Mr. Scofield was well known in this locality, being at one time landlord of the hotel in Masonville, and was exceedingly popular amongst all classes.  He was supervisor of the town of Masonville for a number of years.  Since the death of his wife, a few years since, his reason has gradually ebbed away, until, at the time of his death, he was but a wreck of one of the shrewdest and best business men this locality has ever produced. The funeral was held Wednesday last, and the interment made in the cemetery at Bennettsville - Republican.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, July 10, 1890

EDMONDS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 3, 1890, Mr. Stephen Edmonds, aged 82 years.

THOMPSON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 30, 1890, Mrs. Jane Thompson, aged 70 years.

THOMPSON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], July 6, 1890, Sarah J. [Thompson], wife of David Thompson, aged 32 years.

MILLS:  At Lyon Brook, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 4, 1890, Maria L. [Mills], wife of Hiram Mills, aged 52 years.

ALDRICH:  At the residence of his father, A.C. Aldrich, in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], July 6, 1890, Dr. Ivan K. Aldrich, recently of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], in the 27th year of his age.

PARKER:  Suddenly, in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], July 5, 1890, Emily B. [Parker] wife of Merritt S. Parker, Esq. aged 61 years.  Interment in Mt. Hope cemetery, Norwich.

Post Listing, March 28-April 3, 2016

Listing of blog postings for the week of March 28-April 3, 2016.

Marriages

Posted April 1, 2016
Beulah C. Reynolds - Leo M. Cook (1910)

Judge Walter Lloyd Smith - Jessie Gonzales (1893)
Catherine F. Lillis - Vanderlyn Burchard
Marriage Notices
     Chauncey Ferguson - Eunice F. Newton (1850)
     William M. Field - Roxy A. Cook (1847)
     A. Fisk - Harriett Goodsell (1850)
     Dr. J.B. Fletcher - Amanda M. Brett (1848)
     Charles D. Follett - Francis A. Brown (1848)
     Willard F. Follett - Ann Cook (1849)

 

Obituaries

Posted March 28, 2016

Luverne B. Stratton, (Norwich, 1910)

Edith McDonald Ingersoll (Afton, Owego, 1899)

Thomas Jefferson Teachout (Afton, 1923)

Amelia (Prentice/Wilkins) Woods Butler (Afton, 1934)

George Emory Aylesworth (Bainbridge, 1908)

Cornelia (Newton) Elderkin Anderson Briggs (Bainbridge, Afton, 1931)

Posted March 29, 2016
Jennie (Williams) Vosburg (Norwich, 1910)
William H. Johnson (Afton, 1913)
Esther Permelia (Green) VanWoert (Afton, Oneonta, 1925)
Mrs. Myron Bailey (Lansing PA, 1898)
Thomas Harvey Ireland (Nebraska, 1917)
William O. Williams (Afton, 1902)

Posted March 30, 2016
William Smith (Plymouth, 1910)
George W. Knight (Afton, 1894 )
Elizabeth (Wightman) Brown (New Berlin, 1921)
Anna Byrd Bruce (Atlanta GA, Otsego, 1931)
Death Notices - 1875
     John P. Hicks (Norwich)
     Mary Gallup (Norwich)
     Willie V.C. Davis (Norwich)
     Ruth Cushman (Plymouth)
     Emily E. Bryant (North Norwich)
     Abigail Worden (Oxford)

Posted March 31, 2016
Sarah M. (Winnie) Craig (Norwich, 1910)
Lovina Wheeler (Guilford, 1878)
Thomas J. Wheeler (Guilford, 1875)
Death Notices - 1893
     Charity Wheeler (Guilford)
     Samuel  Ammann (Norwich)
     Elizabeth Rowe Swift (Forestville, CT)
     Charles F. Waite (Norwich)

Posted April 1, 2016
William W Scott (Norwich, 1910)
Frank Briggs (Whitney Point, 1938)
Helen A. Briggs (South New Berlin, 1927)
Marjorie Arlene Brooker (Norwich, 1931)
Harry D. Brooks (Norwich, 1930)
Mary Ann (Rogers) Brooks (South New Berlin, 1936)

Posted April 2, 2016
Malona A. (Thurston) Graves (Norwich, 1910)
Edgar J. Russell (Afton, 1955)
Abigail (Stockham) Parmele (Sauquoit, 1845)
Mary A. (McInerney) Byrne (Norwich, 1842)
Death Notices - 1875
     Sarah A. Symonds (Oxford)
     Martha Sherman (Sherburne)
     Julia F. Webb (Lyon Brook)
     George K. Webb (Waterville, King Settlement)
     Burtie Preston (Lincklaen)
     Amelia Preston (Lincklaen)
     Eveline Preston (Lincklaen)
     Paul C. Maxson (DeRuyter)
     Horace M. Taintor (Hartford NY)
     J. Edgar Medbury (Rochester)
     Agnes Barber (Norwich)

Posted April 3, 2016
Katie (Galvin) Doyle (Decatur IL, Norwich, 1910)
Major Elijah Hyde (Lebanon CT, 1801)
Thomas Humphrey (Bainbridge, 1839)
Emily L. (White) Hyde (Bainbridge, 1932)
Grace (Webb) Martin (Oxford, 1932)
Lydia (Dickinson) Wheeler (Oxford, 1932)
Death Notices
     Harriet Chapman (Oxford, 1839)
     Isabella (Bisbee) Goddard (Farwest Missouri, McDonough, 1839)


 

Miscellaneous

Posted March 28, 2016

Bainbridge Central High School, 7th Grade Class, Part 5

Posted March 30, 2016
Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1957, Part 5

Posted March 31, 2016
Tragedy at Sing Sing, Westchester co., NY - 1867.

Early History of Bainbridge, NY

Posted April 3, 2016
Photo:  Bill Burton, Foster Darlin, Bill Payne, Phil Demeree - 1964

Bainbridge Personalities - 1964

Reciprocal Trade Agreement

1964

 

 

Left to Right:  Bill Burton, Foster Darlin, Police Chief Payne and Phil Demeree

 

When the Bainbridge Rotarians in this picture stopped Police Chief Payne to sell him tickets to the Rotary Pancake supper he got back at them by selling tickets to the Civil Defense Spaghetti Supper.  The spaghetti supper is being sponsored by the Civil Defense Police Group of Bainbridge and will be held on Monday, February 13 [1964], at the Elementary School Cafeteria from 5:00 p.m. till all are served.  The Rotary Club Pancake dinner is being held at the Grange Hall on Thursday, February 2nd [1964].  Serving will be from 11:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 till 8:00 p.m.

 



Obituaries (April 3)

Katie (Galvin) Doyle

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

 

Katie (Galvin) Doyle

1867 - 1910

Norwich Acquaintances were shocked last week to learn by telegram of the death of Mrs. Frank Doyle at her home in Decatur, Ill.  Mrs. Doyle as Miss Katie Galvin was well and pleasantly remembered by many friends in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], her former home.  With her husband she left here about eight years ago to take up their residence in Decatur.  Mrs. Doyle was 45 years of age and besides her bereaved husband leaves four children to mourn her loss, three sons, Howard, aged 18; Earl, aged 16; Charles, aged 12, and one daughter, Regina, aged 5.  She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Galvin and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien, and two brothers, Michael and John Galvin, all of whom reside in Canada.  Her father, John Galvin, is living and resides in Buffalo.  The remains of Mrs. Doyle arrived in Norwich on the early morning train on Friday and were taken to the residence of Mrs. Mary Scanlon.  Funeral services were held in St. Paul's Church at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, Rev. Father Prendergast officiating.  Interment was made in St Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Elijah Hyde

Norwich Courier (Norwich, CT), January 14, 1801

At Lebanon [CT], on Wednesday morning, Dec. 31st, after four weeks distressing illness, and a life of distinguished and unabating usefulness, Major Elijah Hyde.  Content in the sphere allotted him, he justly sustained the character of an ardent and generous lover of his country.  In public life his services were ever performed with zeal and fidelity.  He was a tender and indulgent parent, a kind and generous neighbor; sincere and persevering in his friendships, friendly to the poor social and generous with his friends and acquaintance.  By performing the relative duties of private life with Christian cheerfulness, he adorned and dignified his station in the world.  In life he was respected and beloved, by a large and extensive acquaintance;  In death universally lamented.

 

Thomas Humphrey

Oxford Times, June 26, 1839

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], on the 20th inst. Thomas Humphrey, Esq. aged 64 years.  The deceased was the oldest inhabitant of Bainbridge, having resided there for more than forty years.  He possessed a sound mind and a discriminating judgment, and filled several important public stations with honor to himself and advantage to his constituents.  He was characterized for that firmness, honesty, frankness and independence for which our ancestors were so justly celebrated.  The disease which terminated his earthly career was dropsy.  Though painful he bore it with uncommon patience ad Christian fortitude and resignation.  He anticipated the time of his exit with calm composure and sometimes with apparent exultation.  He lived in peace and reconciliation with all men, and died in the full faith of a happy immortality beyond the grave.  He has gone!  But his memory remains and excites a hallowed influence in favor of morality and virtue.

 

Emily L. (White) Hyde

Norwich Sun, February 18, 1932

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Mrs. Emily L. Hyde, one of Bainbridge's oldest residents, who died early Sunday morning from heart disease, was held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home on Juliand street, Rev. G.S. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian church officiating and burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  Mrs. Hyde was the daughter of Edwin B. and Nancy Melendy White and was born in 1848 in Bradford county, Pa.  At the age of twelve she went to live with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Ramsdell, at Artic, Delaware county, New York, and in 1886 she came with them to this village to make their home. The following year she was untied in marriage with James L. Hyde and went to live just below this village on the old Hyde homestead farm.  In 1915 Mr. and Mrs. Hyde retired form farming and purchased the Whitman residence on Juliand street, Mr. Hyde's death occurring months ago.  Mrs. Hyde's grandnephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Veargason came from their home in Texas to care for her.  She is survived by three sisters.  Miss Emeline White a twin sister who lived with her.  Mrs. Ella Veargason of Mashoopanna, Pa. and Mrs. Dora Proof of Wyalusing, Pa.

 

Grace (Webb) Martin

Norwich Sun, February 18, 1932

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Grace Webb Martin, wife of Charles Martin of this town died at her home south of this village Saturday, Feb. 13, following a short illness from influenza and other complication.  Mrs. Martin was the youngest daughter of the late George and Harriett Ketchum Webb and was born in the town of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on March 13, 1886.  Following her marriage to Mr. Martin in 1904 they engaged in farming locating on a farm in Smithville where they resided until 1912 when they purchased the MacFarland farm three miles south of the village and which has since been her home.  Possessing a cheerful, sunny disposition she made a large circle of friends who sincerely mourn her death.  Surviving is the husband and three sisters, Mrs. Della Gale and Mrs. Charles Moore of Oxford and Mrs. Fred Willcox, of Eaton.  The funeral was held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Deller officiating. Burial was made in Warn-TenBroeck Cemetery at South Oxford.

 

Lydia (Dickinson) Wheeler

Norwich Sun, February 18, 1932

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Lydia Dickinson Wheeler, wife of Thomas Wheeler died at her home on Mechanic street on last Wednesday following a short illness due to the infirmities of old age.  Mrs. Wheeler was the daughter of Elisha and Phila Mowry Dickinson and was born in Oxford on April 17, 1843.  On Dec. 25, 1861 she was united in marriage with Mr. Wheeler, last Christmas being the 70th anniversary of this event and the couple received numerous congratulations at that time and the event was broadcast over WGY. They have resided here throughout their life and were actively engaged in farming until failing health caused them to retire. A few years ago they sold their home on Midland road and moved into the village. Throughout the years both Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have been most highly respected citizens of the community.  For over 70 years Mrs. Wheeler was a member of the Baptist church and always took an active part in its work until a few years ago. Surviving is the husband, cousins Mrs. Phila Seeley of Norwich, and Mrs. Hudson of Woodhull and Gerriet Mowry of Woodhull. The funeral was held last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church Rev. Anderson officiating. Burial was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].

 

Death Notices

 

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday morning last, Mrs. Harriet, wife of W.E. Chapman, in the 33d year of her age.  [Oxford Times, June 26, 1839]

 

In Farwest, Missouri, on the 16th of March, Mrs. Isabella Goddard, daughter of Jas. Bisbee of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] aged 64 years.  [Oxford Times, June 26, 1839]