Gertrude Winsor
Norwich Sun, August 27, 1907
Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Winsor were suddenly bereaved by the death of their little daughter, Gertrude [Winsor], Friday morning. She was sick only a few hours. The funeral was attended from the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Fleming in the village Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Lewis officiating. Harry Smith of Norwich, conducted services and burial. Mr. Winsor of Norwich was also present and Mrs. Esther Miner of Sidney, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fleming of Bainbridge.
A.G. Lucas
Chenango Union, January 19, 1893
Many people of the Chenango valley learn with regret of the death of A.G. Lucas, which occurred Tuesday of last week at Waterloo, N.Y. [Seneca Co]. His death was caused by Bright's disease and malaria. His age was sixty-three years. Years ago, before the days of railroads in this valley, Mr. Lucas was proprietor of the express line from Utica to Binghamton, traveling on the stage coach. He disposed of this business to Col. W.B. Guernsey, and was one of the first conductors on the Utica division of the D.L.&W. railroad, taking the first train over the road. Afterwards he assumed charge of the depot dining rooms at Utica, which he conducted for twenty years. Four years ago he purchased the Towslee House in Waterloo, but owing to illness and other causes, this venture did not prove a success. He again came to Utica last October, and with John R. Palmer conducted the Metropolitan Hotel on Fayette street, with which he was connected at the time of his death. Mr. Lucas was a genial gentleman courteous in his intercourse with all, and honorable in his dealings. He was a member of the Episcopal church at Waterloo, from which his funeral was held Thursday afternoon.
Dr. E.S. Lyman
Chenango Union, January 19, 1893
Dr. E.S. Lyman was born at Torrington, Conn., April 26, 1813, and died at Sherburne, N.Y., November 20, 1892. He was the son of Dr. Elijah Lyman, who was the Torrington physician from 1803 to time of his decease, 1817. In 1828 his mother and her second husband, Newcomb Raymond, who had been a soldier in the war of the Revolutionary, removed to Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], the deceased then a lad of 16 years coming with them. He received his preliminary education in select schools in Warren, Conn., and in Sherburne and at the academy in Cazenovia. He commenced the study of medicine April 18, 1831, with Dr. Devillo White, of Sherburne, with whom, on the completion of his studies, he formed a co-partnership, which continued from 1834 to 1843. He attended lectures in Fairfield Medical college in 1833-4, and the regents conferred upon him the degree of M.D. in 1870.
In January of 1831, he married Mercy White, a sister of Dr. White, his preceptor, and there were at different times born to them four children, but two surviving at the time of his decease. His wife, a faithful, helpful, loving partner of much more than average ability in usefulness, preceded him some twelve years since to the spirit land. His eldest son who is spoken of as being a young man of great promise, died at his post of duty as an army surgeon during the early part of the war of the Rebellion.
Dr. Lyman has practiced continuously in Sherburne, and was one of the most widely known and successful physicians of Chenango county, was a member of the American Medical Association, of the New York State Medical Society, one of the original Fellows of the New York State Medical Association, and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of the Chenango County Medical Society. He always took great interest in those professional gatherings, and attended their annual meetings whenever his professional duties permitted him to do so.
As a physician Dr Lyman was inclined to be quite conservative. Careful in the use of heroic medicines, relying more on judicious nursing, and the recuperative powers of nature, he was more than usually successful in his practice, and obtained an enviable distinction in the department of obstetrics. Although never an aspirant for political office, he held the position of postmaster in the town of Sherburne from 1840 to 1853, having been appointed under the Whig administration of Taylor and going out after the inauguration of General Pierce. When the Republican party was formed, his strong anti-slavery sentiment led him to be a staunch supporter of that party, with which he has ever since been allied. He was always greatly interested in schools and educational matters generally, and was for many years one of the Board of Trustees of the Sherburne Union Free School. As a citizen he was active and zealous in whatever tended to public and social improvement; as a gentleman, he was kind, courteous and exemplary; as a physician, he was skillful, attentive and untiring in the faithful discharge of his trust, and as a Christian, meek, humble and exemplary, his natural kind heartedness and forgiving disposition leading him to the most liberal views of Christian faith and belief. In domestic life, he was tender, affectionate, indulgent and dutiful, diffusing a sunshine of happiness among those around him, and in his social intercourse ever manifesting a sincerity of friendship which never could be doubted.In the locality in which he lived, all the institutions which aimed to elevate and improve the intellectual and moral conditions of the community found in him a steady and earnest friend. His elevated moral character, his benevolence and intelligence, his cultivated and easy manners, the high sense of duty illustrated in his daily life, will long be remembered with affection in the wide circle of personal friends who mourn his loss, and his example will furnish a worthy model for the young men of our county to emulate.
He was buried at Sherburne, N.Y., November 22, his remains laid at rest in the family lot at the beautiful West Hill cemetery, the funeral services conducted by Rev. D. Ballou, of Utica, C.L. Simpson, of Girard, Pa., and A.B. Church, of North Adams, Mass. It was largely attended, not only by his home people, but by many of the medical profession of the counties of Chenango and Madison. Previous to the hour of the funeral, all the members of the medical profession assembled in special session at the Hotel Daniels, in Sherburne, when appropriate resolution of condolence and respect were unanimously passed, and one of the oldest surviving members of the Chenango County Medical Society appointed to prepare the obituary notice to be read before the Society at the next annual meeting. Touching remarks and tender recollections were made and recalled by Drs. Thorp, Smith, Lewis and others. Peculiarly appropriate and very flattering to the memory of our deceased brother was the testimony of Dr. Beebe, of Hamilton. Before the war he told his wife that if ever he should lose consciousness and need a physician she must send for Dr. E.S. Lyman, relying implicitly on what he should tell her and carry out his suggestions to the letter.
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