Obituaries (May 31)

Charles W. Anable

Afton Enterprise, January 4, 1900

Chas. W. Anable, who has passed most of his life in this town [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly in Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] Wednesday morning of last week at a place where he had been engaged at work.  Arising in the morning he went down stairs and sitting down and reaching for his boots he suddenly became unconscious and died in half an hour.  Heart trouble was the cause of his death. The funeral was held on Friday the burial taking place at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].  Two sons survive him.  Frank and George Anable of this place.

 

Lois Hayes

1822 - 1901

In Clearfield, Pa., April 6th, Mrs. Lois Hayes, widow of Giles Hayes, died after a year's illness from dropsy. Although she had been sick, her death was sudden.  Deceased was about 80 years of age and for many years a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] where her husband, who died about 13 years ago, was in the grocery business. She went to Clearfield four years ago.  Her long life was marked by many deeds of kindness and her death was learned of with regret by her friends.

 

Aaron Eugene Loomis

1824 - 1897

At the advanced age of 73 years, Aaron E. Loomis died at his home on Mt. Pleasant [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] at 6 o'clock Saturday morning, June 5th.  Death came as the immediate result of a shock he had some three and a half months ago. Aaron Loomis came to this town when about five years of age from the state of Connecticut and has lived in the towns of Oxford, Afton and Bainbridge since.  He was a carpenter by trade, but devoted much of his time to farming, being an energetic and industrious man, treating all with honor and respect he had won a high place in the regards of his fellow men.  He was a kind and loving husband and father, and his departure from earthly scenes is sincerely mourned. He was married in 1860 to Mary J. Burditt of Afton, who, with three sons, Arvine, Miles and LeVene, survive him. The funeral was held at the house at 1 p.m. Monday and was very largely attended by relatives and the friends. The floral tributes were tasty and quite in keeping with the life of the man in whose memory they honored. Rev. C.H. Sackett officiated.  The interment was in the North Afton cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].

Mary Jane May

Afton Enterprise, January 24, 1901

Mrs. Mary Jane May widow of the late Jabez May was born in Austerlits, Columbia county, N.Y., May 10, 1826 and died at her home at May's Mills, N.Y., December 22, 1900, aged 74 years, 7 months and 12 days.  Mrs. May will be remembered in Afton as the daughter of Deacon Scivilion and Caroline Thomas, both of whom were constituent members of the Baptist church in Afton, N.Y. She united with the church above mentioned when quite young, was married when about 20 years of age to Mr. Jabez May. who was also a member of the Baptist church and for many years one of the deacons and also chorister of the choir.  In later years Mr. and Mrs. May joined the Old School Baptist church.  In this faith they died. Their home became one of the centers and regular monthly  meeting places of this sect. They resided in Afton, Bettsburg and Guilford, until middle life when they removed to what is now known as May's mill, the postoffice being named for Mr. May.  It was the privilege of this couple to care for in the later years of their lives Mr. May's father, Mrs. May's father and mother and also Aunt Polly Thomas, who had always made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Sclvilion Thomas. This extra labor mostly devolved upon Mrs. May, but heroically did she perform this loving ministration.  It was eminently fitting that the faithful daughter and mother should in death be surrounded by all her children Wallace May, of Bainbridge, Mrs. Marion Patchen of Rochester, Mrs. Flora E. Bigelow, of Glens Falls, Walter May, of Mays mills, and Mrs. Ida Ayres of Burdett, N.Y. As a daughter, wife, mother, neighbor and friend she was devoted and faithful, her practical common sense made her a friend whose advice was often sought and her varied experiences with the sick and dying made her a welcome visitor in the home of need or at the bedside of the suffering. She always went cheerfully, little realizing how she was dignifying and ennobling life by her services of love, or how surely she was manifesting the fruitage of a life, but with Christ she has received from the Master His "well done."

 

Death Notices

 

Chenango Telegraph, January 1, 1840

In Plymouth, on the 20th inst. Benjamin F. Holcomb, son of Mr. John Holcomb, aged 3 years and 9 months.

 

Chenango Telegraph, January 8, 1840

In Galveston (Texas), October 28th, with the Yellow Fever, Mr. Augustus C. Hinkley, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.