Obituaries (May 16)

Mrs. L.D. Sherwood

Unadilla Times, February 3, 1933

Friends and relatives in Guilford were very shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. L.D. Sherwood of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], at the Chenango Memorial hospital.  Mrs. Sherwood passed away on Thursday, death being due to pneumonia.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the residence and at 2 o'clock from the Episcopal church.  The Rev. H.C. Whedon officiated.  Mr. Sherwood is a brother of Mrs. A. H. Evans of Guilford and we extend to the entire family our sympathy.  Surviving besides the husband is a daughter, Helen, and a son Kenneth.

 

Samuel G. Smith

Unadilla Times, February 3, 1933

S.G. Smith of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] passed away at his late home Thursday morning at 1:15 o'clock.  He had attained the age of 88 years.  For many years he had been a collector of Indian relics.  His rare collections on many occasions he had been offered large sums for them.  Funeral services were private, due to the ill health of Mrs. Smith and were held from the late home on Willow street Sunday afternoon, the Rev. E.R. Holden officiating.  Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery [Sidney, NY].  Mr. Smith is the father of Mrs. Fred Burlison of Mt. Upton, and grandfather of Mrs. Richard Goodwin of Guilford.

  

Sidney Enterprise, January 26, 1933

Mr. Samuel G. Smith died at his home on Willow street, this Thursday morning at 1:15 o'clock, at the age of 88 years.  Mr. Smith had not been in the best of health, due to the infirmities of age, which was the cause of his death.  He had been in bed for a week only.  Mr. Smith was born on the homestead farm, about two miles below this village, which his parents settled in the early days of this country, being born on November 1, 1814.  He was united in marriage to Miss Mina Olmsted on April 12, 1871, and to them were born a son, Fred H. Smith, of Delhi, and one daughter, Mrs. Fred Burlison of Guilford.  Besides these two children and the aged wife, he is survived by nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother, Bion Smith of this village, and a niece, Mrs. Lelia Guyer of Hillsdale, Mich. and a nephew, Shiloh Smith of Traverse City, Mich.  Mr. Smith spent all of his life before coming to this village to live about thirteen years ago, on the farm just below Sidney.  He was a collector of Indian relics, and his collection was the envy of many a collector, in fact, on many occasions he has been offered large sums for them.  Owing to the poor health of Mrs. Smith the funeral will be private and the family request that no flowers be sent.  The funeral will be held at the home on Willow street Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Edwin R. Holden, pastor of the Sidney Congregational church, officiating .  The interment will be in Prospect Hill cemetery.

 

E. Clark Lyons

Chenango Union, August 24, 1882

LYONS:  In Milwaukee, Wis., on Sunday, August 13th 1882, Mr. E. Clark Lyons, formerly of Pitcher, Chenango Co., N.Y., in the 66th year of his age.

 

Mr. Lyons was traveling from a firm in Chicago, Ill, and while on the street of Milwaukee, on Monday, August 7th, was fatally sunstruck, paralyzing his right side, and he was unconscious, or unable to speak until his death.  He was taken about 10 o'clock A.M. on Monday, August 7th, and was found by the police and taken to the station, where he remained until 1 P.M.  The police found in his pockets papers containing his name and the address of his employers, as also the number of his boarding house.  Inquiries were made at the latter place, and a description given of the person, when he was identified, removed to the boarding house, and a physician called, who pronounced it a fatal case, saying there was no help for him.  Upon examining his papers it was found that he had a son, F.F. Lyons living in Chicago, to whom a telegram was dispatched, when he hastened to Milwaukee, and was with his father until his death.  His remains were buried in Forest hill Cemetery, Milwaukee.  Deceased leaves a wife and daughter surviving him, living in Cortland, Cortland Co., N.Y., and two sons, F.W. and F.F. Lyons, residing in Chicago.  Mr. Lyons was one of the earliest settlers in Pitcher, he having resided there for upwards of forty years.  He was the first postmaster in that town, he having held the office for more than twenty years, he also held the office of Commissioner of Excise for a number of years.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, August 24, 1882

 

BLANCHARD:  In Cleveland, Oswego Co., August 17th, Mr. Edward H. Blanchard, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.

 

WHEELER:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], August 14th, Mrs. Olive C. Wheeler, widow of Benson H. Wheeler, aged 85 years.

 

MEAD:  In McPherson, Kansas, August 12th, Mr. Sylvanus Mead, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 80 years.

 

MUDGE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], August 14th, Mr. David Mudge, aged 72 years.

 

WHEELER:  In Garrettsville, Otsego Co., August 6th, Julia A. [Wheeler], wife of John Wheeler, aged 50 years, formerly of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

BEEBE:  In Virginia City, Nev., August 7th, Mr. Doddridge Beebe, aged 62 years, son of Daniel Beebe, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].