Obituaries (January 8)

Lewis D. Haight

Utica Saturday Globe, September 1921

 

Lewis D. Haight

1872 - 1921

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Few men in Norwich enjoyed wider or more unsought popularity than Lewis D. Haight, whose unexpected death on Saturday morning was a great shock to his family and friends.  On Friday evening Mr. Haight was at the office of the Norwich Publishing company, where he was in charge of the job printing department.  At 10 o'clock a fire alarm sounded and Mr. Haight ran to the scene on State Street.  A friend who saw him pass down Lackawanna Avenue on the way to the fire noted that he held his hand over his heart.  At midnight the bell again sounded an alarm, the same fire having broken out a second time.  Faithful to his duty as assistant chief of the Fire Department, Mr. Haight hurried from his home on Front Street and was among the first to reach the scene and assist in directing the efforts of the firemen. The strain overtaxed his heart and upon returning to his home he breathed with great difficulty.  A physician was summoned, but could afford only slight relief and he passed away with little warning about 10 o'clock in the morning.  Lewis D. Haight was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haight and was born in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] about 49 years ago.  He came to Norwich when a young man and learned the printing trade in the office of the Chenango Union.  He was afterwards employed on the Chenango Telegraph and later in partnership with Adelbert Frink, now of Syracuse, conducted a weekly free lance newspaper called the Plaindealer.  For the last 10 years he had been in charge of the job department for the Norwich Publishing company.  He was never away from his office during working hours and rarely missed a day at his work.  He never failed to answer the fire alarm.  he was a member and foreman for a number of years of the Alert Hose Company before being chosen first assistant chief of the Fire Department, a position he had filled for several years.  Mr. Haight was a member of the New York Fire Chiefs Association; of Norwich B.P.O.E., No. 1,222; of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Norwich Typographical Union.  He was a man fair in his judgments, honorable in his dealings and loyal to his friends. The flag on the City Hall was hung at half mast and work suspended for one hour throughout the publishing plant on Tuesday the day of the funeral.  Services were held at the late home of the deceased at 24 Front Street in the afternoon.  There was a great profusion of beautiful flowers conspicuous among them being a suitable tribute secured by Chief Brookins at the request of the secretary of the New York Fire Chiefs.  Rev. Frank Dean Gifford conducted the services. The members of the Norwich Volunteer Fire Department, of the Norwich lodge of Elks, Norwich Typographical Union and of the Eagles attended in a body. The ceremonies at the grave in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY] were conducted by the officers of the Norwich lodge of Elks.  [Photo from findagrave.com Memorial #146370254]

Maria E. Bowen

Norwich Sun, September 27, 1928

Funeral services for Mrs. Maria E. Bowen will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen Rockwell at Rockwells Mills.  Burial will be made in Evergreen Cemetery at White Store [Chenango Co., NY].  Rev. George Scobey, pastor of the Baptist church at Mt. Upton of which the deceased was a member, will officiate at the last rites assisted by Rev. N.S. McPherson, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church of this city.  Following an illness of about two months' duration, Mrs. Bowen died at the home of her daughter Tuesday night at 11:30 at the advanced age of 84 years. She had resided with her daughter for several years.  Mrs. Bowen was the widow of the late Henry Bowen, who died several years ago.  Deceased was born just south of this city at the old Barber homestead located near the Halfway House.  Besides the daughter named, the late Mrs. Bowen is survived by one sister, Mrs. Serepta Phetteplace, also several nieces and nephews. She also had many friends and neighbors who will mourn her death.  Mrs. Bowen was active in the church of her choice, the Baptist church at Mt. Upton, until her illness detained her from participation in that work.

Ollis Bowen

Chenango Union, February 6, 1879

BOWEN:  At Rockwells Mills, Guilford, Jan. 30th, Mr. Ollis Bowen, aged 78 years, father-in-law of Rev. L.C. Hayes, of this village [Norwich, NY].

 



Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, February 5, 1879

We are saddened to be obliged to announce the death of Ollis Bowen of Rockwell's Mills, after a brief and painful illness.  Mr. Bowen was one of our oldest citizens, having passed his three score and ten--a beloved member of the Union M.E. Church, a kind and tender husband and father.  His funeral services were held at Union M.E. Church, Sunday Feb. 2.  Rev. T.P. Halstead preached an appropriate sermon.  Rev. Mr. Merriman read the scriptures, and offered prayer.  Friends from Utica, Bainbridge, Guilford, Norwich and Greene were present.  Mr. Bowen was father-in-law of Rev. L.C. Hayes, who with his wife was present at the funeral.  D. Wescott and wife, a brother-in-law from Utica, were present, and a large concourse of citizens who thus paid their tribute to departed worth.  Two of the family reunions which are held year by year, in both the Paris Winsor and Bowen families, will find a vacant seat at their next gathering, and we could not but fear as we glanced over the large circles of elderly people represented, that their vacancies would soon be greatly multiplied.

Anna Briggs

Otsego Journal, September 7, 1887

After an illness of only a few days, Miss Anna Briggs, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Briggs, died on Friday morning last at the home of Azariah Colburn.  A few weeks ago she was very sick, but had recovered so as to be considered entirely out of danger, when she was stricken with the illness that proved so suddenly fatal.  Her father, Joseph Briggs, died, we think, in Kansas several years ago, where he had gone to secure a home for his family, intending to send for them to join him there. Since then, Mrs. Briggs, with her daughter, has resided most of the time in this place, but intended soon to move to Otego, where she had a house built this summer, her object being to secure good educational advantages for Anna.  Her sudden death, of course, renders all her plans futile.  Mrs. Briggs has the sympathy of all in her deep affliction. The funeral was held on Sunday from Mr. Colburn's residence at 12:30.  Rev. Mr. Weeks officiated.  A large concourse of people gathered at the house and cemetery to pay their respects to the departed.  Her age was 14 years. The burial was at Evergreen Cemetery, White Store [Chenango Co., NY].

Hiram W. Briggs

South  New Berlin Bee, May 12, 1903

Hiram W. Briggs died at the residence of his brother, James K. Briggs, in Gilbertsville, on Monday, may 11, 1903, aged 77 years.  Mr. Briggs was born in Dutchess county, but the greater part of his life had been spent in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], many years upon a farm there, and later owning and occupying a small place above Rockwell's Mills.  He had been for upwards of forty years a member of the Methodist church at Union and was an honest, kindly Christian man who enjoyed the good will and respect of all those who knew him.  For the past two years he had been in very poor health and with no one to care for him, came last fall to the residence of his brother here, where he found a home and tender care through the many weary weeks of suffering and illness until the end came.  His death was caused by liver and stomach trouble.  The funeral was held on Thursday at one o'clock, Rev. M.H. Reid, of Morris, officiating, with burial in the family plot in White Store cemetery [Chenango Co., NY]--Journal