Obituaries (April 9)

Amanda M. (White) Pendleton

Utica Saturday Globe, February 1919

 

 

Amanda M. (White) Pendleton

1832 - 1919 

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Amanda M. White, wife of the late Stanton Pendleton of Norwich, died at the home of her only son, Rev. Charles S. Pendleton, in Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] on Saturday.  Her death followed a series of shocks, the last occurring on the day before her death.  Deceased was the daughter of Mason and Sally White, and was born February 17, 1872, near White's pond on the boundary line between the towns of Norwich and New Berlin.  She was of the eighth generation in descent from Peregrine White, the first white child born in the Plymouth colony.  She was married in 1849 to Stanton Pendleton, and for 21years their life was spent upon a farm on Lyon brook in the town of Oxford. They then moved to Norwich, where Mr. Pendleton died in 1905.  Since that time she had resided with her son in Oneonta, but keeping her home in Norwich and passing a portion of each summer here until two years ago. She was also a frequent visitor with relatives in Washington, D.C.  From early life Mrs. Pendleton was an adherent of the Free Baptist Church, being a charter member of the church of that faith in Norwich, which she loyally supported until the organization was dissolved.  The edifice erected has since been remodeled for the use of the Calvary Baptist Church.  As long as health permitted she was zealous in all church activities.  For over 40 years she had continued a trustee of the New York State Central Association of Free Baptists and was a charter trustee of the reorganized general conference of this denomination.  Alike in Norwich and Oneonta, she was greatly beloved and respected.  She was a woman of broad sympathies and of a generous heart.  She was possessed of boundless optimism and in the midst of such afflictions as come to one who had for 12 years been blind she showed unfailing serenity of spirit.  Her life was full of inspiration for others.  Her death is mourned by a multitude of friends.  Besides her only son, Rev. Charles Pendleton, deceased is survived by two grandsons, Stanton and Charles Nathan Pendleton, and by a number of nephews and nieces.  Funeral services were held at 7:30 on Monday evening at the Free Baptist Church in Oneonta, Rev. Dr. Edson J. Farley, of the First Baptist Church, officiating. The date was the 87th birthday of the deceased. The remains were brought to Norwich on Tuesday morning and a second service held in the First Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m., Rev. H.R. MacMillan officiating.  Burial was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY]. The remains were accompanied to Norwich by Mayor and Mrs. A.E. Ceperley, Rev. and Mrs. Charles S. Pendleton and son, Nathan; Mrs. O.A. Miller and Mrs. Mary E. Brooke, of Oneonta.

 

Stanton Pendleton

Norwich Sun, May 13, 1905

Stanton Pendleton, one of the old residents of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at his home 42 South Broad St., Friday evening at 5:45 o'clock, after having been ill with pleura pneumonia since Tuesday morning.  He was 78 years of age.  Mr. Pendleton was the son of Isaac Pendleton of Quaker renown and was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co, NY] on the farm now owned by him at Lyon Brook bridge.  He had resided in Norwich for 36 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton spent the past winter at the home of his son, Rev. C.S. Pendleton in Oneonta.  They returned to Norwich on May 2, intending to stay here during the summer.  The surviving relatives are as follows:  His wife, Amanda M., son, Rev. C.S. Pendleton of Oneonta, brother, Nathan Pendleton of Oxford, and sister, Mrs. Sarah Breed of Norwich.  Henry Hewitt, a nephew, has been of his household for over 30 years.  The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home on South Broad st.  The services will be conducted by Rev. J.L. Ray.  Interment in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY]

 

Polly Pellett

Norwich Journal, July 23, 1818

Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday the 21st inst., Miss Polly Pellett in the 22d year of her age.  She suffered a severe and lengthy illness and endured it with fortitude rarely witness.  In the death of this amiable young lady, youthful society has lost a valuable member, and her kindred an affectionate relative.  Virtue, genteel manners and an agreeable person, gained her the universal esteem of her acquaintance.

 

Julia (Mead) Nickerson

Norwich Journal, October 29, 1818

Died in Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], on Sunday the 25th inst., Mrs. Julia Nickerson, daughter of Gen. T. Mead, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]

 

Louisa Denison

Norwich Journal, March 11, 1819

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3rd inst., Miss Louisa Denison, daughter of William Denison, aged 15 years, of a pulmonary complaint, under which she had lingered for a long time, with an entire resignation, in the full faith and hope of the merits of our savior.  By this stroke of mortality, the parents of the deceased are deprived of their only child, and her relatives and acquaintance of a truly amiable companion.  The parents of the deceased gratefully acknowledge that every attention that could have been desired in the sickness of their daughter has been cheerfully rendered by the people of the village.