Obituaries (January 6)

William L. West

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1921

 

William L. West

Norwich []Chenango Co., NY]:  A large circle of relatives and friends mourn the death of William L. West, which occurred recently at his home in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice J. West, of Plymouth, and five children, Mrs. John Brazee, Perry West and Mrs. Loring Tornish, of Norwich; Mrs. Duane Cole, of Woods Corners, and Fred West, of Oxford; eight grandchildren, Fannie Brazee, Lillian West, Jesse, Perry West and Mrs. Loring Vorrish, Harold Mildred, Claude West; besides three sisters and three brothers, Henry Parks, of East Pharsalia; Oscar Parks, of Sidney Center, and Norman Parks, of Franklin; Mrs. Lydia Davis, of Mattewan, Pa.; Mrs. Mazzie Dan, of Binghamton, and Mrs. Cora Hotaling, of Franklin.  The funeral services were held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Braze, of Crandall Avenue, Wednesday, Rev. C.H. Bailey officiating. Burial was at South Plymouth.  [died at Plymouth, Sept. 9, 1921, aged 58 years]

 

N. Cleveland Ferris

Norwich Sun, September 19, 1921

At the Matterson hospital Saturday evening, Sept. 17, 1921, occurred the death of N. Cleveland Ferris, shortly after he had been taken there for an operation.  Mr. Ferris was born in Smyrna April 19, 1852, and was the son of Nathaniel and Polly Ferris, pioneer residents of that town.  He is survived by two sons, Frank, of this city, and Warren, of Smyrna and two brothers  Cortland L. Ferris, of Earlville, and Leland L. Ferris of 68 Canasawacta street, this city, also three nephews and two nieces.  Mr. Ferris had many warm friends in this vicinity where he had resided for the past five years, and who will sincerely mourn the departure of a true friend.  Brief funeral services will be held Tuesday at the home of L.L. Ferris, the Rev. Frank W. Young officiating, and at 2:30 burial services will be held at the Congregational church, Smyrna, and interment made in the West burial ground in that village by the side of his father and mother.

 

Amos Bowen

Otsego Journal, May 23, 1912

In the death of Mr. Bowen, which occurred on Tuesday evening, May 14, our village loses one of its oldest inhabitants, and one who departing leaves behind him a vacancy which considered in consonance with the lines upon which he ordered his life and his attitude towards the highest and best attainments in living, cannot readily be filled.  He survived the death of his wife which occurred March 30, but little over six weeks. The bereavement sudden and unexpected as it was, served to augment his enfeebled condition which had become more and more apparent during the spring, and by quickening the disintegration of his vital forces, tended to hasten the close of his life. Deceased was a son of Ransellaer Bowen and was born near White Store [Chenango Co., NY] May 6, 1828.  He was married to Harriet Peck Sept. 19, 1854, and became a resident of this town and pursued the vocation of farmer until the removal of the family to this village.  One child, a son, died in infancy, and a daughter, Carrie, survives the loss of both her parents in so brief an interval of time.  Mr. Bowen was a man whose life should serve as an inspiration and a model to all who would make honesty, consistency and uprightness the foundation of a character, as worthy of respect and emulation as his.  He was for many years a member of the Methodist church, and no shadow of reproach ever came upon the society through any act of him.  His funeral was attended from the house by many relatives and friends on Friday. The text chosen by Rev. M.H. Reid for the foundation of interesting and edifying remarks on the life of Mr. Bowen, was the 37th verse of the 37th psalm:  "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."  Among relatives from away were:  Mrs. Irving Bowen, of Oswego; D.C. Bowen, of Norwich; Mrs. Emogene Bowen, Sidney; Mrs. Skinner, White Store; Adelbert Bowen and son, Sidney. The burial was beside his wife in Evergreen cemetery, White Store.

 

Caroline A. Bowen

Unadilla Times, June 18, 1943

Miss Caroline A. Bowen, 84, a former resident of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], died Thursday afternoon at 4 of cancer of the stomach, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Porter, Otego, where she had been cared for for some time. Funeral services were held from the Mt. Upton Methodist church Monday at 2, and burial will be made in the White Store cemetery.  Rev. Charles Dempsey will officiate.  Miss Bowen, a native of Guilford, was the daughter of Amos and Harriet (Peck) Bowen. She spent most of her life caring for her parents. A member of the Mt. Upton Methodist church, she is survived by two nieces and several cousins.