Obituaries (August 27)

Susie (Rhoads) Cooley Tracy

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1915

 

Susie (Rhoads) Cooley Tracy

1859-1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Susie Cooley Tracy, wife of Edgar L. Tracy, died recently at her home in Poolville, at the age of 56.  Her health had been failing for a year and an operation resorted to last June at the Norwich Hospital did not prove as beneficial as hoped.  Mrs. Tracy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rhoads and was born in Pharsalia November 17, 1859.  She married George Cooley, of the same place, and 24 years ago they came to Norwich to reside.  Mr Cooley died in 1905 and in September, 1908, she married Edgar L. Tracy and went to Poolville to reside.  While a resident of Poolville she became widely known and highly regarded as a nurse.  She was an attendant of the First Baptist Church and made many friends who recall her unselfish life and the many kind acts for the comfort and help of others.  Besides her bereaved husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. L.A. Nicholson, and a granddaughter, Lu Reta Nicholson, of Oswego; by one brother, Cyrus Rhoads of Georgetown, and by two sisters, Mrs. Angeletta Truman, of Lincklaen and Mrs. Clara Brown, of Kansas.  Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning from her late home, Rev. Mr. Poppe, of East Hamilton, officiating.  There were many beautiful flowers. The remains were brought to Norwich for burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.

 

Abby Ann Thornton

Chenango Union, May 31, 1888

Mrs. David Thornton died at the residence of her son, Mr. S.M. Thornton, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, May 23d, at the age of 74 years.  For ten weeks she had been a great sufferer, but death came at last to her relief.  Funeral services were held at the home on Thursday afternoon.  The large attendance of friends and neighbors spoke their sympathy for the aged companies and relatives.  Rev. Mr. Allen, the Baptist minister of Gilbertsville, officiated.  The singing by a quartette was beautiful and impressive.  Interment on the family plot in the cemetery at White Store [Chenango co., NY].  The deceased for many years resided in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], and was a sister of Mr. E.S. Clark, of that place.

 

Otsego Journal, May 30, 1888

Mrs. David Thornton died on Wednesday last at her home near Latham's Corners, principally from an injury received from a fall she sustained some time before.  Mrs. Thornton was an aged lady much respected where she was known.  She is survived by her husband and leaves three sons and one daughter to mourn her loss.  Her death occurred at the old homestead, now occupied by her youngest son, Samuel Thornton.  Rev. Mrs. Allen, of Gilbertsville, officiated, the burial being at White store.

 

Norman Coon

Otsego Journal, May 30, 1888

Norman Coon, well known to many of our citizens was found dead in his bed at the home of W.H. Coon, near New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], with whom he has for some years resided.  The cause of his death was attributed to a clot of blood on the brain.  He was never married.  The funeral occurred at the M.E. church in this place on Tuesday, the interment being in the Shaw Cemetery in Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

 

Mrs. Ur Hayes

Otsego Journal, May 30, 1888

Mrs. Hayes died very suddenly at her home in this place on Tuesday night last.  She retired usually well and shortly after midnight was taken suddenly ill, and expired before the doctor, who was summoned as quickly as possible, could reach her bedside.  Mrs. Hayes was almost a lifelong resident of this place, having in early life removed here from Connecticut, where she was born.  She had lived with her husband Ur Hayes who is left to mourn his loss, 59 years, most of the time on the place where she died.  Almost providentially, it would seem, her son, N.L. Hayes, of Clinton, arrived home the night of her death, and was thus enabled to spend a few hours in the society of his mother in the evening, and to be present to comfort his aged father in his great affliction   Mrs. Hayes was an exemplification of the type of a high minded woman of elevated principles and views of life, and possessed that natural unconscious dignity which is inherent with but few and can be acquired by none.  Her age was nearly 84 years.  The funeral was held at the house on Friday afternoon, the officiating clergyman being Rev. L.B. Weeks. The interment was on the family plot in our cemetery, beside a son and daughter, the former Thomas Hayes, who died in 1861, being well remembered by many of our citizens.

Irving J. Tillman, Chenango Co. Clerk, 1860-1929

Irving J. Tillman Announces Candidacy for County Clerk

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1915

 

Irving J. Tillman

1860-1929

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The lull that for several weeks has prevailed in local politics was broken this week by the announcement of Attorney Irving J. Tillman of his candidacy for the office of county clerk, subject to the action of the Republican primaries.  Mr. Tillman is well known throughout the county, having represented the town of Bainbridge on the board of Supervisors in 1894 and 1895.  He has had considerable experience in the political game and knows a thing or two about campaigning.  Several years ago he aspired to the office of county clerk, but was then advised to bide his time.  Now he has determined to go into the primaries as a lifelong Republican worker and out his own cause before the voters.

Mr. Tillman was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, in 1860 and in 1880, having acquired an academic education, became a resident of Bainbridge, where he read law in the summer and was admitted to practice in 1885.  In 1906 he removed to Norwich, continuing in the practice of his profession, in which he has since become associated with his son, Irving D. Tillman.  He is a member of Susquehanna Lodge, No. 167, F.& A.M., of Afton and of Harmony Chapter, No. 151, F. & A.M. of Norwich.  Mr. Tillman is now circulating a petition to secure signatures and same will be filed with the Board of Elections in due season.

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Re-Election - 1918

Chenango Union, October 31, 1918

Irving  J. Tillman

For County Clerk

The position of County Clerk requires a broad knowledge of law and of the statutes governing that office.  For 33 years Irving J. Tillman has been a member of the bar of Chenango county and the State of New York.  During that time his legal acumen and constant attention to detail made him one of the widest known and most sought for barristers of the southern tier.

 

For the past three years Mr. Tillman has been the county clerk.  He has discharged his duties efficiently and without the expense to the taxpayers of legal assistance.  This and other economics should be continued.

 

If you are a loyal Republican  you will vote for Irving J. Tillman.  If you believe in efficiency in office you will vote for Mr. Tillman whether you are a Republican or not.  If you believe one good turn deserves another you certainly will

Vote for Irving J. Tillman

For County Clerk, November 5

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Obituary

South New Berlin Bee, September 21, 1929

 

Former County Clerk Irving J. Tillman, a candidate at the primaries Republican nomination for county  treasurer, died at his home in North Broad street, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] after a few days' illness.  He had been confined to his home since Tuesday by a slight illness that developed into such a serious condition that specialists were called.  Tillman was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1860, son of the late James J. Tillman and Louisa Sherwood Tillman. At the age of 23 he went to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and after reading law in the office of Charles Stanton was admitted to the bar and started the practice of law in 1885.  In 1894 he was chosen supervisor from Bainbridge, serving two terms.  In 1906 he became a resident of Norwich and nine years later was chosen Chenango county clerk, an office in which he served four terms and instituted numerous changes and improvements in the service.  When he was succeeded in the office by his son, Irving D. Tillman on January 1, 1928, he accepted the appointment of deputy county clerk in which capacity he served until his death.  He was a member of several fraternities and other organizations, including the state and county bar associations, the Masons, the Elks and the Norwich club.  He was a member of the Broad Street Methodist church. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the church following a prayer service at the home, 122 North Broad Street at 2 o'clock.  The Rev. John W. Nicholson will officiate and burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY].  Mrs. Arabel Tillman, whom he married in young manhood, died December 27, 1923, the result of a fire that destroyed the interior of the home.  On February 23, 1927, he remarried.  He is survived by his wife, Grace Sherwood Tillman; a son Irving D. Tillman, and two grandsons, George Sherwood and Robert James Tillman, all of Norwich, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Warren, Pennsylvania.

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Death of Arabel (Guiles) Tillman

Utica Observer Dispatch, December 27, 1923

 

Norwich:  Mrs. Irving J. Tillman, wife of the Chenango County clerk, was suffocated in a fire which destroyed their home at 2:25 this morning.  Mr. Tillman was burned about the head and arms and is in a highly nervous state.  he was not told of his wife's death until several hours later.

 

The fire was caused from a gas plate in the kitchen stove accidentally retired.  The entire interior of the house, on north Broad street, was a roaring furnace when the family of Lawrence Johnson, next door, was awakened by screams.  Mr. Johnson sounded the alarm.

 

The victim of the fire was [56] years old.  Both, in their night clothes, were trying to make their escape.  Mr. Tillman was groping his way out, calling to her, through the thickest of the fire and smoke, supporting his wife [who] was following.

 

Although badly burned and suffering much pain he managed to tell firemen his wife was yet in the house.  Firemen searched all the lower rooms, but because of the smoke could not locate the woman.  Some time later Mrs. Tillman's body was found in the living room near the telephone.  Her son was the first to discover her. She was rushed to the hospital, but it is believed she expired before she reached there.  Her body was only slightly burned.  Suffocation from inhaling smoke probably caused her death.

 

Mr. Tillman was removed to the home of Federal Judge Ray across the street, and given medical attention.  It is feared that he inhaled much smoke and he is also suffering from exposure.  He was taken to his son's home today and told of his wife's death. Because of his nervous condition there are some fears for his recovery.

 

Mrs. Tillman was one of the most highly regarded resident of Norwich.  She was a member of the Methodist Church and its societies.

 

Although the house was not totally destroyed, most of the rooms on the lower floor are ruined.  Substantial insurance was carried.

 

[Note:  Arabel Guiles was born 3 September 1867 in Guilford, Chenango Co., NY the daughter of Reone and Rosepha Rowley Guiles.--findagrave.com, memorial #77999603]

 

 



Obituaries (August 26)

Amos Billings Parker

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1915

 

Amos Billings Parker

1855 - 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Amos Billings Parker, who died last Friday after a brief illness of pneumonia, was the youngest son of Amos Billings and Sally Moore Parker.  He was born in Norwich October 22, 1855, and had passed all of his life in his native place.  After completing his studies in the old Norwich Academy he became a law student in the office of the late Robert A. Stanton and was admitted to the bar in 1880.  For six years he was surrogate's clerk under Hon. W.F. Jenks, after which he began the general practice of law.  For many years Mr. Parker had been identified with public enterprises and had filled with credit many responsible positions.  He served as village trustee and attorney, secretary of the Board of Health and as one of the seven commissioners of the city.  He was a member of the Chenango County Bar Association, a charter member of the Norwich Club and secretary of the Latham Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church.  He was a trustee of Mount Hope Cemetery Association and nobody was more interested in improving and beautifying the silent city.  He was intensely interested in the Norwich hospital, to which he served a term as president.  It was largely due to his efforts that the hospital was established.  In February, 1875, he united with the First Baptist church and was as faithful in his duty to the church as to the city.  Quiet and unobtrusive, he never shirked any responsibility that was placed upon him.  He was a member of the Board of Trustees and a valued counselor, loyal at all times to the interests of his own church and to the cause of Christianity at large.  As a friend he was kind, genial and true, and as a man charitable in judgment, sympathetic and sought to be just in all of his dealings.  His death is a loss to the community in which he lived and made better and brighter by his life.  He is survived by a brother, James Parker, and by a sister Sarah L., with whom he made his home for several years; two nephews, Frederick F.P. Hall, of this city, and Dr. Robert M. Hall, of New York, and one niece, Mae Parker Crandall, of Norwich.  Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. A.E. Alton of Colgate university, officiating.  The County Bar Association at a special meeting adopted resolutions and attended the funeral services in a body.

 

Julia Maria Steere

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, August 2, 1902

The funeral of Julia Maria Steere, who died at her home on West Main street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] Friday afternoon, July 25, 1902, was held from her late home on Monday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. D.W. Dexter officiating.  In her death Norwich loses a representative of one of the pioneer families of Chenango valley.  The Steeres located here in the early days of our village and at one time owned large tracts of land.  The grandfather of the deceased donated Eastside park to the county of Chenango at about the time Colonel Guernsey gave the Westside park.  Julia Maria Steere was born in Norwich and lived here nearly, if not quite, all her life.  A sister, Miss Betsey Steere, lived for many years at the corner of East Main and Silver streets.  Many of our older citizens attended in their younger days the "select school," which was taught for many years by Betsey Steers and the deceased.  Miss Steere was of a retiring nature, but a refined and old time gentle woman.  She had reached an age of upwards of 80 years.  Her surviving relatives are a niece residing in Scranton, and cousins residing in South New Berlin, Addison and Sidney.---Sun

 

Mahala Winsor Phetteplace

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, August 2, 1902

At the residence of her son, Clark E. Phetteplace, East Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], July 25, 1902, Mrs. Mahala Winsor Phetteplace, widow of the late Easton Phetteplace, died, aged 84 years.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 12:30.  Burial at White Store [Chenango Co., NY].  Deceased was born in the town of Norwich on the Winsor homestead about one and one-half miles this side of Latham's Corners. She has resided here practically all her life.  Of a large family she was next to the oldest daughter of fourteen children. A rather remarkable circumstance in this connection is that there were six members of the family, including herself, that were over 70 years old and whose combined ages averaged 77 years.  Deceased is survived by two sons, Clark E. and Edgar Phetteplace, and one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Hunt of this town, four brothers, Richard Winsor of Norwich, Joseph Winsor of Guilford, Edson and Zenas Winsor of Mt. Upton; two sisters, Mrs. Almeda Shepard of Mt. Upton, and Mrs. Nancy Gibbs of Princeton, Ill.--Sun\\

 

Martha (Wells) Stratton

Mohawk Valley Democrat, June 9, 1921

Mrs. Martha Stratton, mother of Mrs. Hayes of Union street, died at the home of her daughter, on Monday night, of arteriosclerosis, aged 80 years.  The remains were shipped to Whitesboro [sic - White Store], near Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], where the funeral and burial was held yesterday afternoon.  Mrs. Stratton had lived in the village a little over a year.

 

Amsterdam Evening Recorder, June 6, 1921

Mrs. Martha Stratton died Sunday night at 10 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Hayes, of Union street, after an illness of two weeks of hardening of the arteries and general debility.  She was born at Norwich, Chenango county, December 12, 1840, a daughter of Reuben and Betsey Wells.  She married Lemuel Stratton.  In addition to the daughter with whom she lived she is survived by two sons, Chester Stratton of Utica and Henry Stratton of Mt. Upton.  The funeral will be held at White Store, Chenango county, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the body being shipped there Wednesday morning.  The interment will be at that place.

 

Edward W. Swancott

Utica Observer, June 21, 1934

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  While his wife, daughter, and son-in-law sought new living quarters in Utica where his wife and he were to make their future home, Edward W Swancott, 64, died in a blaze that razed their Rockwells Mills [Chenango Co., NY] home, near here.  With her daughter, Mrs. H. Stanley Jones of 1914 Holland Avenue, Utica, and Mr. Jones, Mrs. Swancott had practically decided on a house at which the couple would live in Utica to be nearer their daughter, when the Rockwells Mills house burned to its foundation yesterday afternoon. The relatives of the victim were in Utica when they learned of his death early last night.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones, as was their custom, motored to Rockwells Mills Friday. About noon yesterday, they returned to Utica accompanied by Mrs. Swancott to complete arrangements for the new home.  When they received word of the fire and its fatal result early last night, they started immediately for Rockwells Mills.  Mr. Swancott suffered a shock about three years ago and was partially paralyzed.  he was said to be an almost constant smoker and one theory as to the cause of the fire is that it may have been started by a cigarette.  Mrs. Walter Burns, a neighbor of the Swancotts, reported she saw him on the porch of his home about 4 yesterday afternoon and shortly after he went inside, she noticed smoke coming from the house. She called to another neighbor who went into the house and was nearly overcome by the smoke.  Joseph Stevens and Herbert Barnes who were passing at the time were told by Mrs. Barnes that there was a man in the house and they went in and brought out the partly overcome neighbor.  On learning that Mr. Swancott was still inside, they started to go in again but were forced back by smoke and fire. After the house had been burned to the ground, the body of the victim was found in the cellar.  It is presumed he was in a rear bedroom laying down at the time of the fire.  Firemen from Mt. Upton and New Berlin responded to a call for aid but were unable to do anything toward saving the burning house.  They concentrated on preventing the fire from spreading to nearby homes. The house was owned by an Edmeston man who had worked yesterday morning at laying new floors in it.  Dr. E.W. Wilcox, coroner, was called to investigate. Troopers Zieman and Drumm investigated for State Police at Sidney.  Loss is estimated at $1,500 and is covered by insurance.

 

The Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown, NY, June 22, 1934

Edward W. Swancott, aged sixty-four, an invalid, lost his life when  his home at Rockwell's Mills, nine miles from Norwich, caught fire about 4 o'clock, Saturday afternoon.  He was alone in the house when the flames were discovered and the structure burned to the ground before firemen could save it. Swancott suffered a stroke about three years ago and he has been a semi-paralytic since then.  He was sitting on the porch when his neighbor, Mrs. Walter D. Burns, noticed him fifteen minutes before the fire.  When she smelled smoke and went to save him dense smoke clouds drove her back, preventing her from entering the house where the invalid's charred body was found later.

Obituaries (August 25)

Sarah A. Taylor

 

 

Sarah A. Taylor

1842 - 1915

 

Obituary

Binghamton Press, May 5, 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Sarah A. Taylor died suddenly at her home on Guernsey street last evening, aged 72 years.  Pleuro-pneumonia was the cause of death.  Mrs. Taylor had been for many years active in the church and social work of the city. Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock and at the Methodist church at 4:30.  Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery the Rev. Alfred Burke officiating.

 

Will Contested

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Sarah A. Taylor, who died last May, left a will which is being contested before a jury.  The hearing was commenced at the Court House Wednesday afternoon, the morning being consumed in choosing the jury.  By the terms of the will Mrs. Taylor disinherits an only sister, whom she had made her beneficiary in several previous wills, which she revokes and makes Mrs. Norah Miller Morse her sole legatee.  The latter bears no blood relationship to the deceased, but was a very intimate friend and made her home with Mrs. Taylor from November, 1914 to February 1915.  The will was drawn in December last and was witnessed by Rev. and Mrs. A.R. Burke.  Mrs. Morse has since married a Dr. Walters and removed to Pennsylvania, where her husband conducts a rest cure.

 

Portions of the will read by counsel to the jury disclosed that Mrs. Taylor cut off her sister apparently because of her indifference, she having refused to come and live with her, preferring to stay at the O.E.S. Home in Waterville and never doing anything for the devisor during her life time the latter felt under no obligation to provide anything for her at her death.  The property, including 4,000 acres of land in West Virginia, was given in total to Mrs. Morse-Walters to be used by her "as the Lord directs," excepting a few personal gifts mentioned in the will.

 

Mrs. Taylor was a prominent church missionary and temperance worker and all concerned in the case are agreed as to her Christian character.  Mrs. Walters shared her religious zeal.  Undue influence is alleged as the grounds of the contest.  The witnesses to the will, Rev. and Mrs. Burke, testified to their belief that Mrs. Taylor was sane. Counsel contested for an hour over some doctrinal questions and the matter of religious belief and influence.  Mrs. Taylor's signature and writing were identified by William Mason, cashier of the Chenango National Bank.

 

Mrs. Dimmick, the sister of Mrs. Taylor, testified to certain occurrences in the Taylor home while the witness and Mrs. Morse-Walter were among the occupants. She told of her departure for the O.E.S. home in Waterville.  She further told of finding some documents and papers which may have an important bearing on the case.  Mrs. Harvey Trass, at whose home Mrs. Morse-Walters had apartments previous to going to the home of Mrs. Taylor, told how Mrs. Walters related to her, the manner in which she had met Mrs. Taylor at church and later showed her a cameo ring which she said Mrs. Taylor had given her remarking that she would not "marry the old thing but it was just a vow."  She told of a marriage certificate in Mrs. Taylor's possession revealing her "marriage" to another woman several years ago. She stated that Mrs. Taylor had about $4,000 and a diamond pin valued at "1,300 which should be sold and the proceeds given to missions. 

 

Mrs. Fannie Garrison proved the star witness.  She was an intimate acquaintance of both Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Taylor and related how the former had claimed the divine power of healing and had prayed three carbuncles from under her own arm in one night and the next night prayed that the scars might be removed and they disappeared.  Witness told how her own rheumatism had been relieved by prayer.  She testified that previous to her death Mrs. Taylor had told her there were rumors that she had made a will in Mrs. Morse-Walter's favor, but here was no truth in the reports. She had known Mrs. Taylor since girlhood and resisted many incidents in a manner that brought down the house. 

 

A male boarder at the Taylor home testified that Mrs. Morse-Walter always had cream in her coffee at breakfast, which the other borders, were served milk, showing the high favor in which she was held by the boarding mistress.

Parker child

DeRuyter Gleaner, December 18, 1930

Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY]:  The eight months old daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Parker died Thursday, December 11th of pneumonia.  The funeral which was private was held from the home on Saturday afternoon with interment in South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].  Much sympathy is expressed in Mrs. Parker, who seems to have been called to go thru with so much having buried her husband late in September and her grandmother last March.

The youngest child of Mrs. Rebecca Parker of Pharsalia was buried in Valley View cemetery Saturday.

Ellen R. Stearns

DeRuyter Gleaner, May 17, 1934

Mrs. Ellen R. Stearns aged 82 years, mother of Mrs. Ray B. Brown of Columbia street, passed away at the Oxford Community hospital Tuesday of bronchial pneumonia, which developed following a cerebral hemorrhage five days previous.  She was a resident of South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] and had come to Oxford six months ago to be cared for by her daughter.  She was born October 12, 1851, at North Brookfield, the daughter of Joseph R. and Sarah A. Bennett Marsh.  She married William A. Stearns who died several years ago.  The funeral will be held in the church at South Otselic Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in the cemetery there.  Besides the daughter mentioned, she is survived by two sons.--Oxford Times

Shirley May Brown

DeRuyter Gleaner, July 9, 1936

Shirley May Brown, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Brown of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] died Thursday, July 2, 1936.  at Cortland Hospital following a brief illness with cerebral meningitis.  She was born January 13, 1936, and during her short five months on earth, endeared herself to all who met her by her sweet, bright baby ways.  She is survived by her parents and one sister, Norma, four brothers, Richard, Leonard, Donald and Martin; besides her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Grover Loomis and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, three uncles an aunt and several cousins. The funeral was held Sunday from the C.B. Heath home in Cincinnatus with Mr. Heath in charge of arrangements.  Many lovely flowers testified silently to the sympathy of relatives and friends for the bereaved family. Burial was made in South Otselic cemetery, Rev. R. DeWitt Stanley of So. Otselic officiated at the services, choosing as his text these words from the songs of Solomon:  "My beloved has gone down into his garden to gather lilies."  He compared the baby to a lily and told the saddened family that God has only transplanted this little lily to his more beautiful garden in Heaven, there to grow under ideal conditions and come to perfection of bloom without having to undergo the hard experiences of life on earth.

Rev. Father Henry F. Curtin (1866 - 1931)

Rev. Father Henry F. Curtin Appointed to Pastorate at Clark Mills

Utica Saturday Globe, August 1915

 

 

Rev. Father Henry F. Curtin

1866 - 1931

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The recent appointment of Rev Father Henry F. Curtin as pastor of the Catholic parish in Clark Mills meets the hearty approval of his many friends in Norwich, who remember with keen pleasure his record here while assistant for five years to Rev. Father John A. Hart, at whose death he remained for six months as pastor of St. Paul's parish.

 

Eight years ago upon the appointment of Rev Father Prendergast to the Norwich Chruch, Rev. Father Curtin was transferred to Boonville, at which place he is now succeeded by Rev. Father Flynn, of Binghamton, who is a native of Oxford. Rev. Father Curtin will always retain a warm place in the hearts of the Norwich parishioners.

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Obituary

Syracuse Journal, December 9, 1931

 

 

Rev. Henry F. Curtin

1866 - 1931

 

Rev. Henry F. Curtin, 64, pastor of St. Patrick's Church and widely known in the Syracuse diocese, died suddenly shortly before 7 o'clock, Wednesday morning at this home at 218 N. Lowell av.  He suffered a heart attack at 5 o'clock.  Father Curtin complained of feeling ill Tuesday.  His assistants, Rev. Robert P. Driscoll and Rev. Joseph I. Ritchie, summoned Dr. Raymond McCarthy. The physician prescribed a rest for Father Curtin and the pastor had arranged to follow the advise. At 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, Father Curtin called his assistants and told them that he was ill.   They called Dr. McCarthy, who later called in another physician for consultation.  Father Curtin died before the arrival of the second physician.  Father Curtin had been pastor of St. Patrick's Chruch since June 27, 1929, when he was named by Bishop Daniel J. Curley to succeed the late Rt. Rev. Mgr. James P. Magee, who at the time of his death was the dean of the Syracuse diocese.  In the two and one-half years of his Syracuse pastorate, Father Curtin did many things for the old West End parish.  He constructed a $100,.000 addition to St. Patrick's School, one of the oldest parochial schools in the city, and turned over the former home of Monsignor Magee to the St. Patrick's Auxiliary, an organization for girls of the parish.  Under his direction the first bazar in many years was staged in St. Patrick's parish, and $6,000 was netted for school equipment.

 

Born in Marcellus, July 23, 1866, Father Curtin was a son of the late Jeremiah and Maria Farley Curtin.  He attended Niagara university and then St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy. The latter is now the mother  house for St. Joseph's sisters.  Leaving Troy entered St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, where he completed his studies in 1900.  He was ordained on March 10, 1900. Following  his ordination, Father Curtin was assigned as assistant pastor of St. Paul's Chruch in Norwich, where he remained for eight years.  He was then given his first pastorate at St. Joseph's Church in Boonville.  Father Curtin was made the first resident pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in Clarks Mills in 1915.  In 1923, Father Curtin was named pastor of St. Ambrose Church, Endicott, remaining there until "Bishop Curley called him to Syracuse and St. Patrick's.  On Dec. 18, 1930, Father Curtin was named examinatores cleri, a member of the board of examiners for the diocesan examinations of the clergy.

 

Father Curtin is survived by three sisters, Miss Blanche Curtin, who acted as his housekeeper, Miss Alice Curtin, of Rochester, and Madame Curtin of the Order of the Sacred Heart.  The body of Father Curtin will be taken to St. Patrick's Church at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and will lie in state there until 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning when priests of the diocese will begin chanting the office of the dead.  A solemn high mass of requiem will be sung by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Daniel Doody, vicar general of the diocese, Rt. Rec. Mgr. John J. Sheridan, L.L. D., a classmate of Father Curtin, and pastor of St. Lucy's Church, will be deacon, and Rev. William H. Purcell, pastor of St. James' Church, Johnson City, sub-deacon, Rev. David F. Cunningham, secretary of Bishop Curley, will be master of ceremonies, assisted by Father Driscoll.  The sermon will be preached by Rt. Rev. Mgr, James P. McPeak, rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate conception.

 

Syracuse Journal, December 10, 1931

For the second time in two years, death struck a telling blow at St. Patrick's Church parish yesterday, taking the beloved pastor, Rev. Henry F. Curtin, on to his eternal reward barely two years after his accession to the post of duty so long held by the late Monsignor Magee.

 

It is a grave loss to the parish, thus deprived of its wise and kindly guidance for the second time in a comparatively brief period, but it is no less a loss to the community at large.  For Father Curtin was an outstanding citizen of Syracuse, an influence consistently and effectively exerted for its welfare.

 

A native of Marcellus, born in 1866, he served his apprenticeship in the priesthood in several of the smaller communities that cluster about the center-state metropolis--Norwich, Boonville, Clark's Mills and Endicott.  Onondaga recalled him in 1929 to fill the gap caused by the death of Monsignor Magee, and he was happily destined, it seemed, to round out his useful life amid the scenes familiar to his boyhood.

 

His success in the old west end parish was immediate and cumulative.  The addition to St. Patrick's School, the splendid home of St. Patrick's Auxiliary in the old rectory, the new church and school equipment--these are monuments which he built in less than 30 months.  He put into the work of upbuilding the parish a boundless energy and ambition, tempered by years of rich experience, that is reflected in its flourishing condition today.

 

St. Patrick's, of course, will miss Father Curtin most, and the west end, in which he labored for the glory of God, but in a far broader field than those, he will be greatly missed.

 

 

Obituaries (August 24)

Charles H. Cutler

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1915

 

Charles H. Cutler

1865 - 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Relatives and friends in this place were pained to hear last week of the death of Engineer Charles H. Cutler, of Middletown [Orange Co., NY], formerly of this city, which occurred Thursday night as the result of injuries sustained by falling from his engine.  At the time of the accident Thursday of last week Engineer Cutler was driving an extra freight train from Weehawken to Middletown when at Ridgefield Park he discovered a hot journal.  He leaned from the running board of the locomotive to pour a bucket of water on the journal and was hit by a cattle chute and fell under the wheels.  For two miles until the train had reached Bogota, the train ran wild, the tragedy not having been discovered by the fireman.  When he missed the engineer he stopped the engine and started back.  The man was found beside the track and rushed to the hospital where both legs were amputated.  He died 12 hours after the accident.  Cutler was for a number of years a resident of Norwich, but for the past 14 years had lived in Middletown.  He began work for the Ontario & Western Railroad as fireman in 1901 and in 1903 was promoted to engineer.  He was born in Centerville, Sullivan County, November 15, 1876.  Seventeen years ago he married Miss Anna Hoag, at New Beach near Livingston Manor, who survives with three children; Harold, aged 16; Beatrice, 7, and Jennette, 4 months.  He also leaves his father, William Cutler, of Livingston Manor, and two brothers and three sisters of whom Fred Cutler, Mrs. William Simonson, and Mrs. Otis Green are residents of Norwich.  The funeral was held Monday and burial was made at Livingston Manor [Columbia Co., NY].

 

Injuries Fatal To Engineer Cutler

The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY, October 30, 1915

 

With his wife and 14-year-old son, Harold, at his bedside in Hackensack hospital, O.&W. Engineer Charles H. Cutler, the victim of Thursday morning's accident at Ridgefield Park died at 10:20 o'clock Thursday night.  Mr. Cutler's death was unexpected as reports from Hackensack up to a late hour Thursday night were favorable.  When Mr. Cutler was removed from the scene of the accident to Hackensack hospital Thursday morning, it was found that amputation of his lower limbs would be necessary, and this operation was immediately performed. The severe shock suffered by the victim doubtless caused his death. 

 

Cutler was injured at Ridgefield Park by the freight train he was running.  The train was outward bound from Weehawken and as it approached Ridgefield Park the engineer noticed that one of the journals on the locomotive had become heated.  He obtained a pail of water from the tender tank and stepped from the cab to the running board.  At the Ridgefield Park station a fence separates the double track.  In the gray dawn Cutler did not observe the fence nor take it into consideration while bending over to pour the water on the hot journal.  One of the posts of the fence struck him and he was knocked from the dunning board.  he fell so that his legs extended over the rails and despite  his efforts to clear them of the train wheels, several passed over his limbs.

 

The fireman of the locomotive was at his duty putting coal on the fire at the time and did not observe that Cutler was missing until the train approached the crossing at Bogota.  No warning was sounded from the whistle as is usual.  The fireman looked into the cab and found that the engineer was missing.  He shut off the throttle and applied the air brakes, which brought the train to a stop.

 

Policeman Larson, of Ridgefield Park usually turns off the lights which illuminate the station platform about daylight.  He heard groans coming from Cutler and found him lying on the track.  He was weak from loss of blood but conscious.  Larson sent for an ambulance.  Amputation of the legs below the knee took place soon after the injured man arrived at the hospital.

 

Charles H. Cutler was born at Centerville, Sullivan county, on November 15, 1865, the son of William Henry and the late Charlotte Cutler.  In early youth he removed to Livingston Manor with his family.  The father now resides there.  Seventeen years ago he married Anna Hoag, at Lew Beach, near Livingston Manor. To them three children were born. They are:  Harold, 14; Beatrice, 7; and Jennette, four months.  He is also survived by two brothers and three sisters.  For 14 years Charles H. Cutler was employed by the New York, Ontario and Western R.R.  He went to work in Mdidletown as a fireman in 1901 and in 1905 was promoted to the post of engineer, which he held at the time of his death.  Mr. Cutler was one of the most highly respected engineers on the road and his death came as a great shock to his many friends.  Before going to Middletown Mr. Cutler and his family resided at Norwich for eight years.  Five years ago he erected an attractive home on Albert street, where the members of his family now live.

 

William Shapley

Chenango Union, December 16, 1897

Willson Shapley--At Fishkill Plains [Dutchess Co., NY], December 7, 1897, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shapley, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 2 years, 8 months and 25 days.

In his little narrow casket

Sweetly little Willson rests;

Snow white hands are gently folded

On his silent little breast.

 

Never more will pains or sorrow

Come to cloud our darling's brow,

In that land with bright angels,

He is ever happy now.

 

How we miss out little treasurer,

And so lonely seems the day;

Little dresses now are folded,

Little play things laid away.

 

But we hope in yon bright heaven

With our loved one yet to dwell;

God gave, He took, He will restore,

He doeth all things well.

 

Mrs. Calvin Dennis

Afton Enterprise, April 20, 1905

After a week's illness, Mrs. Calvin Dennis died at her home in Algerine street, Friday, April 14, from the effects of an operation.  The deceased was well and favorably known, a most estimable earnest Christian woman, whose quiet unassuming ways endeared her to all.  the funeral was held from the Baptist church of which she was a member.  Monday afternoon and was largely attended.  her former pastor, Rev. H.T.  Hill of South  New Berlin officiated and spoke touchingly and tenderly of her life form this text she had chosen.  "She hath done what she could."  The remains were laid at rest in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  Deceased was fifty years of age and is survived by her father, mother, husband and three children.

 

Rebecca Stanard

Chenango Union, September 11, 1884

STANARD:  At Rockwell's Mills, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], September 3d, Miss Rebecca Stanard, aged 88 years.

 

Friday, September 5th, Miss Rebecca Stanard, aged eight-eight was carried to her last resting place in Evergreen Cemetery [White Store, Chenango Co., NY].  The funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. Bradshawe, assisted by Rev. Mr. Barber, of Mt. Upton.  For fifty years she has been a member of Union Church and was highly esteemed by all.  Not a relative is known to be living, but she was tenderly cared for by the family with whom she resided, Mrs. Charles Latham and her son and daughter. Many children might follow their example with profit.  The aged saint longed to be at rest, and almost her last words were, "I want to go home."



Bainbridge Personalities

Bainbridge Personalities Photographed in Bainbridge Park

 

Left to right:  Mayor Raymond Holman; School Superintendent Edward Andrews; Police Chief and Bainbridge American Legion Commander William Payne; William Croak, Committee Member of the American Legion Youth Camp at Sherburne; Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce President Jack Feenick; Bainbridge Rotary Club President Bud Marshall  [1966]

 

 

Obituaries (August 23)

Alice Melissa Borland

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1915

 

Alice Melissa Borland

Alice Melissa Borland, eldest daughter of the late Thomas and Julia Corey Borland, died recently at her home in Northport, L.I.  Miss Borland is well remembered in Norwich, where she frequently visited and spent much time at the home of her parents during their lifetime.  For many years deceased had filled an important position as proofreader with a large publishing house at Northport. She had developed remarkable skill and speed as a proofreader and was widely known for her ability in that work. She was active in church and literary circles in Northport and will be greatly missed from that community.  After the funeral service at Northport the remains were brought to Homer, Cortland county, for burial  Miss Borland is survived by two sisters, Clara and Eva Borland, of Northport, and two brothers, Asa, of Cornwall, Conn., and Fred, of West P.O., Ark.  Also by her stepmother, Mrs. L.L. Borland; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Emma Borland, and two half-brothers, Robert A. and Albert B. Borland.

 

Elizabeth Sprague Gibson

South New Berlin Bee, February 15, 1902

The body of Mrs. Gibson was brought to the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Gager at Lathams Corners on the evening train Saturday and was accompanied by the grandson of the deceased, Bernice Gager, who went to Binghamton on Saturday for that purpose.  Mrs. Gibson had been an inmate of the Binghamton asylum for fourteen years and died in that institution on Friday last.  Deceased was born at White Store [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 17, 1827, and was the daughter of Chas. Sprague.  Her first husband was Obadiah Sprague, who died in 1859.  By this marriage she had one daughter, Mrs. James Gager of Lathams Corners. She was remarried in 1862 to Selick Gibson, of Butternuts, who died in 1877.  Of this marriage one daughter was born, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Gibson, of Kilburn, Wisconsin.  Mrs. Gibson was an exemplary wife and mother and until the unfortunate affliction that consigned her to the Binghamton asylum in 1889, a useful and esteemed member of the communities where she resided. The funeral service was held from Mr. Gager's home at Lathams Corners on Monday at one p.m. and was conducted by Rev. L.A. Pickett. The body was taken to White Store for burial by the side of her first husband.

Frances Sprague

Otsego Journal, September 10, 1890

The death of Mrs. Frances Sprague at the home of George White, in Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], above White Store, occurred on Friday night last, after an illness of some duration pronounced by her physician as cancer of the stomach.  She was a woman who was highly respected in the community in which she had resided 28 years as housekeeper for the family of Mr. White.  The funeral was held from the White Store church on Monday and was attended by the Rev. Mrs. Deyo, of Oxford, she having been selected by the deceased for that purpose.  She was buried in Evergreen cemetery [White Store, Chenango Co., NY] by the side of her husband Henry Sprague, whose death occurred many years ago.  She will be much missed in the community and especially in the family of Mr. White, of which she was a member for so many years.

Augustus Bradley

Otsego Journal, September 10, 1890

We are called upon to record the death of one of our old and much esteemed citizens, Augustus Bradley, who departed this life last Sunday night at his late residence, two miles west of this place.  The funeral services were held at his late residence last Tuesday at one o'clock.  The burial occurred in the cemetery at Guilford Center  [Chenango Co., NY].

Hester A. Ballard McKinnon

Sidney Enterprise, April 12, 1928

The death of Mrs. Hazor McKinnon, widow of the late Hazor McKinnon of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] occurred Sunday, April 8, at the home of Vernon Ballard at Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], where she had resided for some time.  Her age was 73 years.  Her funeral was held Wednesday from the Ballard home and interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery in this village [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY].  Mrs. McKinnon had been in poor health nearly all winter.  For a great many years the family were residents of Masonville and were among the best known and highly esteemed residents of that town, with a host of friends in Sidney and vicinity, who will learn with regret of the passing away of this most estimable woman.

Irving L. Brayman

Sidney Enterprise, April 8, 1916

Irving L. Brayman, at one time a prominent lawyer of Walton, died in the Binghamton State  hospital [Broome Co., NY] Wednesday evening, states the Oneonta Star.  Brayman, who was about 60 years old, was committed from Walton 12 years ago, and was one of the most remarkable patients ever in the hospital.  Declaring that he was being confined illegally he made six separate attempts to obtain his freedom through habeas corpus proceedings.  In each instance he argued his own case with a brilliancy which caused much favorable comment among local members of the bar.  His last attempt, about five years  ago, so impressed County  Judge Parsons that he won his case and was released from the hospital. After a time Brayman became so bitter in his attacks that a new commission in lunacy was appointed and he was again declared insane and recommitted to the State hospital.  Since then he had taken his confinement quietly and did not repeat his attempts to secure his freedom.  Brayman is survived by his wife, two sons, who despite the fact that among his hallucinations were unmerited suspicions of them, stood loyally by him throughout his trouble. The body was shipped to Walton [Delaware Co., NY] for burial.

 

Marriages (August 22, 2016)

Webster - Tingley

 

 

Miss Barbara Tingley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Tingley of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], recently became the bride of Pvt. George Eugene Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ardel Webster, of Sayre, Pa. [Edna Pixley Scrapbook]

 

[Note:  Marriage announcements were posted to this blog on May 25, 2013 and June 18, 2013.]

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Union, January 14, 1874

 

CURTIS - MAXSON:  In DeRuyter, Dec. 30, 1874, by Elder Thomas Fisher, Mr. Geroge E. Curtis of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Josephine Maxon of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY].

 

MURRAY - SHUFELT:  In Cazenovia, Dec. 22, 1874, by Rev. O.L Gibson, Mr. Stephen Murray of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Annett A. Shufelt of Truxton [Cortland Co., NY].

 

NEFF - VINCENT:  At Sidney Plains by Rev. J.G. Shelland, Mr. Delos Neff to Miss Mellisa Vincent, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

REYNOLDS - DeFOREST:  In Bainbridge, Dec. 24, 1874, by Rev. A.B. Richardson, Mr. Edward Reynolds to Miss Rachel DeForest, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

NEWBY - WOODWORTH:  At Vallonia Springs, Dec. 29, 1874 by Rev. W.H. Sawtell, Mr. S.W. Newby to Miss Attie Woodworth.

 

SUTTLE - PEARSALL:  In Afton, by Rev. A. Martin, Mr. G.H. Suttle of Colesville [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Sarah Pearsall of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

 



Obituaries (August 22)

Jared Delancey Denison

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1915

 

Jared Delancey Denison

1832 - 1915

Jared Delancey Denison died recently at his home in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] after 60 years continuous service as publisher of the Chenango American.  Although his health had been failing for four months, he had  been confined to his home for only two weeks and to his bed for only five days.  Mr. Denison was born in Brookfield, Madison county, December 5, 1832.  He was the first of nine children born to Jared Wilcox and Mary Coon Denison.  His father died at the age of 40 and it devolved upon the eldest child at a very early age to aid in caring for the family.  At 14 years Mr. Denison went to Hamilton, where during nine years he mastered the printing trade in the office of the Democratic Reflector.  In the spring of 1855 with the late Frank B. Fisher, of Norwich, Mr. Denison went to Greene and established the Chenango American.  The enterprise was financed by a stock company and the first paper was issued September 20, 1855.  From that date to May 1 of the present year Mr. Denison had been the active proprietor and publisher.  Mr. Fisher retired in September 1866, having been elected to the State Legislature.  In May, 1868, a half interest in the paper was sold to George C. Roberts, an employee in the office. This partnership lasted until the death of Mr. Roberts in July, 1907.  In May, 1909, J. Fred Denison took over the Roberts interests, since which time the paper has been conducted by Denison & Son.  Mr. Denison was postmaster for four years., under President [Theodore] Roosevelt, a member for 20 years of the Board of Education of Greene High School, a charter member of Ocean Engine Company and had served the village in various official ways.  He was a staunch Republican and gave generously of his time and talent in support of his party's policies.  Quiet, retiring, modest to an extreme, devoted to church, home and family, ever courteous and obliging and always upright in the dealings, he gained and retained the respect of all his associates and acquaintances. July 24, 1854, Mr. Denison married Miranda Jane Atkyns, of Hamilton, who, with three children out of a family of six, survives.  there are also two sisters, Mrs. Eliza Chapman, of Syracuse, and Mrs. Leora K. Dunn, of Utica, and two brothers, Ray Denison, of Edmeston, and Walter Denison, of Brookfield.  The funeral was attended from the late home of the deceased, Rev. A.A. Bresee, rector of Zion Church, officiating. The remains were laid at rest in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, NY].

 

J.Q. Perry

 Cortland Evening Standard, March 2, 1899

J.Q. Perry died yesterday of heart disease after an illness of several weeks.  he served during the civil war as corporal in the One Hundred Fourteenth New York regiment, being twice wounded while in service.  For the past thirteen years Mr. Perry has been the proprietor of the Cincinnatus House and had many friends among the traveling public as well as among his own townspeople who held him in high esteem.  The funeral will be held at his late residence on Friday at 11 o'clock, and the remains will be taken to South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] for burial, where services will be conducted by Cincinnatus lodge, No. 706, F.&A.M.

 

William S. Cox

DeRuyter Gleaner, May 18, 1911

 

 

William Cox

1820 - 1911

 

William S. Cox was born in the town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 6, 1820, and died at South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], May 10, 1911.  He was the son of Samuel and Abigail Holden Cox and one of a family of six children, and they have all passed to the Great Beyond.  His first wife, Minerva Myers, died Jan. 19, 1851.  She was the daughter of James Myers of Otselic.  To them were born two children, Orville, who died in infancy, and Minerva, widow of the late Merton Tallett.  He chose for his second wife, Annis Tallett, daughter of Henry Tallett, late a farmer in the town of Otselic.  As a result of this union, four children were born to them:  Frank E. and Fred E. of South Otselic, Mrs. Dora S. Baldwin of Cortland and Addie, deceased wife of Thomas Kenyon.  The mother died Dec. 19, 1893, since which time his daughter, Minerva, has kept his home and cared for him through the evening of life.  His grandfather was a native of France and upon emigrating to America settled in Boston, Mass., where his father was born.  he was a cabinet maker and a skillful workman, but in 1810 with his young wife, he moved here and located in Plymouth.  His mother was of English origin, born in Boston.  He professed Christianity in early manhood and united with the Congregational church of Plymouth and later in life was baptized and joined the Beaver Meadow Baptist church and was finally transferred to South Otselic church, living the faith over seventy years.  His reminiscences were always interesting and instructive.  His early home life in the log house and the little education they could pick up in the old log school house, was not much like the advantages of the present.  At an early age he learned the trade of a wagon maker and followed it for a few years in Smyrna and in Plymouth, but his health would not permit.  Although a skillful workman, he was obliged to give up his chosen trade and pursue an out of door life.  He purchased a farm in Otselic and engaged in tilling the soil until 1886, when he moved to South Otselic.  He was a staunch republican and held the office of overseer of poor for 10 or 12 years and other positions of trust for shorter periods.  He took an active interest in all the affairs for the betterment of his town. His health began to fail about two years ago and for the past year he had been a great sufferer.  His funeral was held Saturday at his late home, Rev. J.C. Whitney conducting the services.  Burial in Valley View cemetery [South Otselic, NY].  The generation to which this man belonged has long since passed away and the people of the present time knew him not, for his life was not a part of theirs.  For this reason it would be useless to notice his qualities as a friend, as a neighbor or as a father.  The few remaining that knew him as either, will ever cherish the fondest memories of the well lived, well spent life of this grand old man.

 

Sarah (Winsor) Snyder

Otsego Journal, August 8, 1888

Mrs. Luke Snyder of Lathams Corners [Chenango Co., NY], died of heart disease, after a short illness, on Monday night last. She had previously suffered from heart trouble, but the last attack which terminated in her death, was the result of a fright which she received a few days previous upon starting from White Store in a carriage with another lady for Norwich.  The horse became unmanageable and ran, and although the animal was stopped without having done any damage, the excitement and fright was sufficient to prove fatal to Mrs. Snyder.  She was the daughter of Washington Winsor of White Store, and was well known and highly respected in this vicinity and at Rockwells Mills.  Herself and husband moved into the old M.E. parsonage near the Corners last spring, having purchased the place, and since that time have been engaged in extensive repairs which were nearly completed when their anticipations of happiness were so suddenly blasted.  The funeral was attended from the house on Wednesday last, a large concourse of friends and relatives following the remains to their final resting place in Evergreen cemetery, White Store [Chenango Co., NY].  The Rev. Will C. King was the clergyman officiating.  Much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved husband so suddenly left alone.

Chenango Union, August 9, 1888

The sudden death of Mrs. Sarah Snyder was one of the saddest which has occurred for some time. After seven years married life, she first knew what it was to enjoy her own home.  Her father, Mr. G.W. Winsor, purchased the Union parsonage, and presented it to his daughter, and all were rejoiced when Mr. Snyder repaired and fitted up the place endeared to the community by so many hallowed associations.  But alas!  her house wasn't here. She had chosen the "better part," and death had no terrors for her. She thought of her husband, and the friends she was leaving, and took their hands while they knelt beside her, while Rev. Mr. King, her pastor, asked help from Him who alone has conquered death.  Then she fell asleep in Jesus. The large gathering at her funeral, which occurred on Wednesday, August 1st, attested the friendship all felt for her, and the beautiful flowers which adorned the casket were not more lovely than the white robed form which slept within.  Rev. W. C. King conducted the funeral services, choosing the words "What is your life?" for the basis of his remarks, which were full of earnest thought. She was laid to rest in the beautiful Evergreen Cemetery [White Store, Chenango Co., NY], among her kindred, while her freed spirit rests with Christ her Savior.--Rockwell's Mills, August, 1888--E.J.R.

 

 

Post Listing, August 15 - 21, 2016

Listing of blog postings for the week of August 15-21, 2016

Marriages

Posted August 18, 2016

Holland Parker - Adah Newton (Norwich, Cortland, 1915)
Rev. & Mrs. Scobey (44th anniversary, Butternuts, 1928)
Marriage Notices
     Mr. H.H. Pike - Miss A.R. Trumble (1864)
     Eugene H. Corey - Sylvia A. Lawson (1864)
     James Lewis -Almira Lewis (1869)

     George W. Crandall - Sarah J. Warner (1869)

     John D. Shapley - Mary J. Davis (1869)

     Dr. William S. Carruth - Amelia A. Brooks (1869)

     Edsel Totman - Lillie A. Clark(1869)

     Wilbur F. Rock - Ellen Gartsee (1869)
     Fannie E. Wooster - George Bellamy (1901)

       

 

Obituaries

Posted August 15, 2016

Walter T. Pratt (Norwich, 1915)

Charles E. Brown (South Otselic, 1921)

Sidney Johnson (South Otselic, 1926)

Ida (Neal) Hill (Norwich, 1948)

Charles Boyd (Kirk, Norwich, 1938)

Abigail Reynolds (Mount Upton, 1882)

 

Posted August 16, 2016



Mary A. Murphy (Norwich, 1915) suicide

Paul Ripley Brown (Norwich, 1899)

John Reynolds (Sidney, 1898) train/pedestrian accident

Seth R. Reynolds (White Store, 1911)

Death notices - 1869

     John Hicks (Norwich)

     Lucy Reynolds (White Store)

     Susan Foote (Oxford)

     Ann E. Judd (Coventry)

     Cynthia Baldwin (Greene)

     Daniel Barnes (Preston, Coventry)

     E.P. Willcox (Oxford)

Posted August 17, 2016
Andrew J. Nelson (Norwich, 1915)
Pitt L. Page (Norwich, Chicago, 1894)
Cynthia A. Gardner (Otselic, Corning, CA, 1894)
Edith Justice (South Otselic, 1903)
Mrs. John P. Newton (South Otselic, 1906)
John Seward (Unadilla, White Store, 1925)
Agnes Mabel Shampang (White Store, 1905)

Posted August 18, 2016
Eva Treible (Norwich, Dallas PA, 1915)
Clement Sherwood (Latham's Corners, 1901)
Ella Rachel Shippey (Norwich, 1920)
Cora Belle Shippey (Norwich, 1928)
Ezekiel Shippey (Norwich, 1878)  War of 1812 veteran
Diphtheria in Otsego & Chenango Counties, 1878
Mrs. Faucett (Rockwell's Mills, Smyrna, 1878)
Death Notices - 1864
     Charles E. Alfrey (Norwich)
     Abigail Pellet (Plymouth, Norwich)
     Olive S. Ackley (Smyrna)
     Lucy Ackley (Smyrna)
     Nelson Harris (Sherburne)
     Mary Bingham (Sherburne)
     Shadrach Steele (New Berlin)
     Hattie Louisa Stimpson (Oxford)
     Benjamin Sheldon (Guilford)
     Marshall Newton (Bainbridge)
     Edwin Paul (Virginia)  Civil War soldier Co. H, 8th NY Cavalry
     Rev. Thomas S. Judd (Butternuts)

Posted August 19, 2016
Sarah (Randall) Williams (Norwich, 1915)
Laura (Pierce) Murray (Lincklaen, 1894)
Mary Almira Shippey (South New Berlin, 1898)
Luella (Curtis) Skinner (White Store, 1927)
Isaac Washington Skinner (Norwich, 1908)

Posted August 20, 2016
William Barriger (Norwich, 1915)
Dr. B. F. Smith (White Store, 1895)
Caroline M. Smith (Lathams Corners, 1900)
Minnie Coyle (1900)
Joseph G. Satterlee (Smyrna, 1958)
Edith M. Smith (White Store, 1890)

Posted August 21, 2016
Erwin J. Hubbard (Norwich, 1915) automobile accident
Edward Smith (Mt. Upton, 1923)
Florence Smith (Gilbertsville, 1935)
George R. Smith (White Store, 1906)
Death Notices - 1864
     Sally Bowen Gartsee (Norwich)
     Mary  Holson Hackett (Norwich)
     Jonah Smith (Norwich)
     Mason Johnson
     Betsy Bartle (Oxford)
     Edward Payson (Oxford)
     Eddie G. Short (Greene)
     William H . Edgerton (Smithville) Civil War soldieir
     Joseph J. Reid (Smithville)
     Daniel Ross (New Berlin)
     Rev. James Garatt (Plymouth) Civil War soldier
     William T. Wentworth (Pharsalia)
     Frances E. Ogden (Guilford)

 

Miscellaneous

Posted August 17, 2016

Dr. Clarence S. Faulkner, 1885 - 1918 of Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY (formerly of Norwich, NY)

Posted August 18, 2016
Charles N. Waite of Norwich goes to California - 1915

Posted August 19, 2016
Richard C. Stofer Named by Gov. Whitman for State Industrial Council - 1915 (President, Norwich Pharmacal Co.)


Obituaries (August 21)

Erwin J. Hubbard

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1915

 

Erwin J. Hubbard

ca 1897 - 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The death of Erwin J. Hubbard is lamented by all familiar with the fate of the young man who was fatally injured when he lost control of the automobile in which he was driving a party of friends Thursday night of last week on the North Norwich State road near the northern limits of the city.  Mr. Hubbard was hurried to the hospital in a dying condition, lingering only till 8 o'clock the next morning.  The automobile was speeding along at a high rate, the fine condition of the highway inviting to a show of speed.  Suddenly one of the rear wheels collapsed and all the five occupants of the car were thrown out, three of them against an embankment.  Charles Riley, who sat in the front seat with Mr. Hubbard, was partially under the car, but his injuries did not prove to be serious. The other occupants of the car, William McElhenny, Richard Sprague and William O'Connor, escaped with a severe shaking up and minor injuries.  Mr. Hubbard was crushed by the car and his skull fractured.  He was taken as soon as possible to the hospital, where Drs. Manley and Gibson did all in their power to save his life, but he did not regain consciousness.  Some very wild rumors have been started by the accident, most of them without foundation. The accident occurred so suddenly that nobody could realize just what happened, though all deplore the fatality it entailed.  A near friend of Mrs. Hubbard's family has informed the Globe that a member of the automobile party asserts that Mr. Hubbard did not lose control of the car, that the collapse of the rear wheel was the first intimation of trouble and Mr. Hubbard at once set the emergency brake in an effort to avert disaster.   The brake was set so suddenly that the car was thrown over in the road by its own momentum.  As an evidence of the truth of this statement it is recalled that when Mr. Hubbard's crushed body was picked up from the wreck he was still clinging tenaciously to a broken section of the steering wheel.  The emergency brake was still set when the damaged car was examined immediately after the accident.  Mr.  Hubbard was a very popular young man, big hearted and generous to a fault, and counted his friends by the hundred.  He was the son of the late Burdette F. Hubbard and Mary E. Hubbard, of Mitchell street, and since his graduation from the High School last June as president of his class, had been employed in the drug store of B.F. Hubbard & Son.  He expected to enter college next year.  he is survived by his grief-stricken mother; a brother, Burdette F. Hubbard, and one sister Miss Nellie Hubbard.  The funeral services Monday were largely attended from the home and form St. Paul's Church.

 

Edward Smith

South New Berlin Bee, March 17, 1923

We are sorry to be obliged to chronicle the death of our aged and esteemed friend, Mr. Edward Smith, which occurred at his home in Mt. Upton village [Chenango Co., NY], following a short illness being due to asthma of which he had been troubled for years, and a weak heart.  The deceased was 80 years of age and was born in the town of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] where nearly his entire life had been spent.  A few years ago he purchased a home in Mt. Upton and moved from the farm across the river from Latham's Corners, his health and advancing years made it necessary to give up farm work.  Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Nora Smith Janes. The funeral was held from the late home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

 

Florence Smith

ca 1927 - 1935

Florence Smith, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, whose critical illness was mentioned in this column last week, passed away at about half-past six o'clock Wednesday evening, February 27, 1935, following an especially severe attack of pleurisy and pneumonia of about two weeks' duration. The funeral services will be held from the residence of her grandfather, Clifford Wilber, in this village on Saturday afternoon at half past two o'clock, Rev. L.V.S. Hutton, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate.  The body will be placed in the vault in Brookside cemetery.

 

A little child, beloved by many, was taken from our midst Wednesday evening.  Her simple child-like spirit shall linger in the hearts of many of her little friends and admirers, for she was a child of sweet and loving disposition, sensitive and appreciative of Nature and of friends; alert and active, taking part in the little pleasures and joys known to all children.  Florence had a keen interest in her work and devotion toward her fellow playmates, which included many dear little friends, yet a sweet comrade to all.

 

Florence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, was born in the town of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] April 2, 1926.  Her schooling was begun and continued for four years in the Gilbertsville Central school.  Her home has been in Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY] throughout her life.  Florence was but eight years old, when having suffered a severe illness she passed away at her home.  A beautiful service at which Rev. Louis Hutton officiated, was held Saturday afternoon at the home of her grandfather, Clifford Wilber.  The pall bearers were Clifford Wilber, Robert Musson, Maurice Wilber, Vernon Wilber.  Numerous relatives and friends both of Gilbertsville and surrounding vicinity were present.

 

George R. Smith

Otsego Journal, December 6, 1906

George R Smith died at his home on the Norwich road on Wednesday morning last, Nov. 28th.  Mr. Smith was a life long resident of the neighborhood, having been born upon the farm now owned by his son-in-law, G.H. Sweet, nearly seventy-one years ago, which has always been his home.  He was a man widely known and respected as honest and upright in all his dealings with his fellow man.  His wife was Miss Cynthia Winsor, whom he survives.  He is himself survived by two daughters, Mrs. G. H. Sweet, with whom he made his home and whose care comforted his declining years and Mrs. Hattie Rogers of Norwich.  funeral services occurred from Mr. Sweet's home on Friday last at 1 o'clock, and were attended by a large number of the friends and neighbors of the deceased.  The clergyman officiating was Rev. Mr. Treible of the Methodist church, Norwich. The burial of Mr. Smith took place at White Store in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. 

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, August 3, 1864

 

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 30th, 1864, Mrs. Sally Bowen [Gartsee], wife of John M. Gartsee, aged 51 years. 

 

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday, July 24th, of diphtheria, Mary Holson [Hackett], youngest child of Rev. Otis Hackett, late of Arkansas, aged 2 years and 6 months.

 

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 23d, Mr. Jonah Smith, aged 84 years and 10 months.

 

July 22d, Mr. Mason Johnson, aged 65 years.

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Mrs. Betsy Bartle, widow of the late Philip Bartle, aged 94 years.

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 28th, Edward Payson, aged 14 years.

 

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], July 20th, Eddie G. [Short], only child of N.H. Short, aged 7 years and 4 months.

 

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], July 4th, Mr. William H. Edgerton, of Co. E, 114th, Rev. N.Y.S.V. , aged 21 years.

 

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], July 25th, Mr. Joseph J. Reid, aged 79 years, 9 months and 12 days.

 

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], July 25th, Mr. Daniel Ross, aged 48 years.

 

In Hampton Hospital, Va., July 15th, of a wound received before Petersburg, June 15th, Rev. James Garatt, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

 

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], July 27th, Mr. William T. Wentworth, aged 30 years, 4 months and 8 days.

 

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Frances E. [Ogden], youngest daughter of Alvah and Emeline Ogden, aged 17 years.