Dr. Heman D. Copley
1851 - 1896
The life of one of Bainbridge's [Chenango Co., NY] most prominent citizens has been brought to a close. Dr. H.D. Copley died at his home on East Main st., at 11 o'clock Monday morning. The immediate sickness which resulted in his death was not generally known, and the news was a shock to the community. Though for the past few years, poor health had weighed heavily upon him, he has been able to mingle with his large circle of friends and enjoy the passing of the daily routine of life. Last Thursday evening he was seized with convulsions, due to spinal difficulty and other complications with which he had long been troubled. From that time he began to sink rapidly, remaining unconscious till the last.
Dr. Copley was in his forty-sixth year. That a period of ill health could have sent its afflictions in the prime of life and still the heart throbs of the citizen, friend and loved physician, whose character embodied those traits of manhood, gentleness and kindness which inspire respect and admiration, and convey comfort to his fellow men, furnishes the saddest and most bitter reflections. During those years when health gave him vigor and strength, he was active in the duties of life, a most successful and skillful physician, holding positions in the community of honor and trust. Yet prior to his death as the waning of health destroyed complete activity in the execution of his profession, and while pain and depression swept over him, he maintained a keen interest in all affairs of life in the town and home and always imparted the same cheerfulness and calmness.
He was born in Harpersfield, Delaware county, Jan. 21, 1851. After completing his education in the best schools, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, and graduated therefrom March 1, 1875. Locating in Bainbridge in 1876, he rapidly built up a large and profitable practice and quickly gained the reputation as one of the best physicians in this section. He was married in 1879 to Miss Lina Freiot, daughter of John H. Freiot, deceased, and granddaughter of the late Dr. Joseph W. Freiot and George H. Winsor, esq., of Bainbridge. Dr. and Mrs. Copley have since lived at the home of her mother, Mrs. Helen Freiot, enjoying the pleasure of a wide circle of friends and always extending the most cordial hospitality.
During his life, Dr. Copley was very popular. He was a leading citizen, closely identified with the growth and prosperity of this village. He was foremost in advocating all local improvements and always to the front in the establishment of business enterprises. He has served as member of the Board of Education, trustee of the village, supervisor of the town and was one of the directors of the First National Bank and member of the New York State Medical Association. Also a prominent mason, he was member of Susquehanna Lodge, Vallonia Chapter, and Malta Commandery.
Besides his wife, D. Copley is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Copley who reside at Davenport and one brother, Duncan H. Copley, president of the Gilbert Manufacturing co. of which the deceased was a director. The funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, at St. Peter's church. Interment will be in Green lawn [Bainbridge, NY], conducted by the Masons.
Dr. Wayland was born in New York in 1796, graduated at Union College in 1813, and after studying three years for the medical profession, was led by new views of duty to turn his thoughts to the ministry. He passed about a year in the Theological Seminary at Andover, and then accepted a tutorship in Union College, which position he held for four years, studying theology in the meantime with President Nott. In August, 1821, he was ordained as pastor of the First Baptist Church in this city, (Rev. Dr. Neale's) to which he ministered with ability and success for five years. He afterward accepted a Professorship in Union College, but was called in a few months (February 1827) to the Presidency of Brown University, at Providence, R.I. He filled this position until his resignation in the summer of 1855, a period of twenty-eight years, and under his excellent management, the institution increased largely in patronage and influence and owes its present reputation more to him than any other one man. He was one of the first in the country to oppose an exclusively classical education in our colleges, and the peculiar system of study at Brown University, which allows practical, rather than classical studies to be pursued by students not educating for the professions, was adopted at his suggestion. After his connection with the College ceased, he devoted himself to literary and religious labor with that enthusiastic energy which always characterized him. He made many important contributions to the educational and religious literature of the country, among which may be mentioned as especially prominent, "Elements of Moral Science;" "Elements of Political Economy;" "Limits of Moral Responsibility;" "Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System of the United States;" "Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution;" "Life of Rev. Adoniram Judson;" "Intellectual Philosophy;" "Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptists; Occasional Discourses;" "Letters on the ministry of the Gospel," and a "Memoir of the Christian labors of Dr. Chalmers."
Dr. Wayland was one of the early foes of slavery, and his letters to Rev. Dr. Fuller in 1845, had a powerful effect in arousing the Northern mind and conscience to the sin of complicity with that "sum of all villainies." The cause of missions had in him an earnest friend and worker, and in every good word and work he was a conscientious and energetic laborer. It has been well said of him that "His aims were uniformly elevated, and his efforts for their attainment were distinguished as much by wisdom as by ability." Prominent among his traits of character were simplicity, earnestness, and thoroughness, all based upon and controlled by an unaffected piety, and thus he well deserved and sustained his high reputation. the death of such a man is a loss to the church and the world, and it is our duty and privilege to pray the Head of the church to raise up others who shall as faithfully and successfully work in the Master's vineyard. [Buried North Burial Ground, Providence, RI]
Harriet Stryker
1786-1843
At Rome, N.Y. [Oneida Co.] on the 3rd inst. after a protracted illness, Mrs. Harriet Stryker, in the 57th year of her age. The deceased was a member of the Second Congregational church in that place. Her life was a living epistle to be read and known of all men; it was such as did not leave her faith, and love, and entire self-consecration to the cause of Christ, to be for the first announced in an obituary. We trust her eulogium has been already pronounced by one who never errs, upon her introduction to the general assembly and church of the first born; and if it was that which she desired most ardently, for which she prayed most fervently and labored unweariedly, then it was the commendation, "She hath done what she could." The departure from a branch of the church militant of such a member, is a heavy affliction to those who remain; it is one which is not relieved even by the assurance that a new member has been added to the church triumphant, and a new voice heard there in praise of Zion's King. May her place be supplied by many, her equals.
Rev. Francis Wayland, D.D.
1796 - 1865
The religious community, and the public generally, will receive the tidings of the death of this justly eminent man with sincere regret. He was prostrated by a paralytic shock on the 26th ult., and died on Saturday, the 30th, ult., at the age of sixty-nine years, having exemplified, to a high degree, the power of the Christian life, and leaving to the church and the world a bright record of usefulness. As clergyman, College President, author, and Christian philanthropist, his loss will be deeply felt beyond the limits of the Baptist denomination, of which he had been for a long course of years, the acknowledged leader. his life was one of great mental activity, and all his labors had a practical and efficient bearing upon the public welfare.Dr. Wayland was born in New York in 1796, graduated at Union College in 1813, and after studying three years for the medical profession, was led by new views of duty to turn his thoughts to the ministry. He passed about a year in the Theological Seminary at Andover, and then accepted a tutorship in Union College, which position he held for four years, studying theology in the meantime with President Nott. In August, 1821, he was ordained as pastor of the First Baptist Church in this city, (Rev. Dr. Neale's) to which he ministered with ability and success for five years. He afterward accepted a Professorship in Union College, but was called in a few months (February 1827) to the Presidency of Brown University, at Providence, R.I. He filled this position until his resignation in the summer of 1855, a period of twenty-eight years, and under his excellent management, the institution increased largely in patronage and influence and owes its present reputation more to him than any other one man. He was one of the first in the country to oppose an exclusively classical education in our colleges, and the peculiar system of study at Brown University, which allows practical, rather than classical studies to be pursued by students not educating for the professions, was adopted at his suggestion. After his connection with the College ceased, he devoted himself to literary and religious labor with that enthusiastic energy which always characterized him. He made many important contributions to the educational and religious literature of the country, among which may be mentioned as especially prominent, "Elements of Moral Science;" "Elements of Political Economy;" "Limits of Moral Responsibility;" "Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System of the United States;" "Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution;" "Life of Rev. Adoniram Judson;" "Intellectual Philosophy;" "Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptists; Occasional Discourses;" "Letters on the ministry of the Gospel," and a "Memoir of the Christian labors of Dr. Chalmers."
Dr. Wayland was one of the early foes of slavery, and his letters to Rev. Dr. Fuller in 1845, had a powerful effect in arousing the Northern mind and conscience to the sin of complicity with that "sum of all villainies." The cause of missions had in him an earnest friend and worker, and in every good word and work he was a conscientious and energetic laborer. It has been well said of him that "His aims were uniformly elevated, and his efforts for their attainment were distinguished as much by wisdom as by ability." Prominent among his traits of character were simplicity, earnestness, and thoroughness, all based upon and controlled by an unaffected piety, and thus he well deserved and sustained his high reputation. the death of such a man is a loss to the church and the world, and it is our duty and privilege to pray the Head of the church to raise up others who shall as faithfully and successfully work in the Master's vineyard. [Buried North Burial Ground, Providence, RI]
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