Leonard Blood
1866 - 1941
Leonard E. Blood, 74, proprietor of Blood's Paint Shop here for more than 50 years, died at his home on Albany street, Monday morning, at 10 o'clock after a short illness. Mr. Blood suffered a shock just before Christmas which was followed by a severe heart attack, Friday night. A second attack Sunday night ended in death the following morning. He was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 1, 1866, the son of Orson and Maria Burrows Blood. His father was a painter and Mr. Blood learned that business early in life coming to Oxford prior to 1890 where he opened a paint store. He continued in active business for over half a century and was highly esteemed for his ability as an interior decorator. He married Carrie E. Norris, December 25, 1890. They celebrated their 51st anniversary last Christmas. She survives him together with nine children, Milton of Batavia, Louis of Ilion, Mrs. Gilman Tanner of Norwich, Mrs. Lula Taylor, Mrs. Roy Talada, Mrs. Winslow McNitt and John of Oxford, Leonard of Chicago and Frank of Norwich. He is also survived by one brother, Charles of Utica; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Taylor, Utica; Mrs. Emma Marvin, Rochester and Mrs. Helen Warner, Syracuse and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Seymour Funeral Home at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Norman B. Graves will officiate and burial will be made in Riverview cemetery here [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]. The bearers were George Hotchkiss, Earl Barton, W.O. Cooper, Orrin Rumsey, Clarence Brown, J.L. Harrison.
Mary (Van Der Lynn) Burchard
1860 - 1941
Mrs. Mary Van Der Lynn Burchard, 80, wife of Albert S. Burchard, Oxford's oldest active merchant died at her home on Washington Park late Monday, February 17. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in St. Paul's Church. The Rev. James E. Mohagan will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]. Bearers will be vestrymen of St. Paul's church; C. DeVer Sharpe, Eugene Gifford, William O. Cooper, Ralph D. Morse, L. Emerson Day and Cyril Mayo. Honorary bearers include Jared C. Estelow, Dr. C.E. Thompson, H.C. Stratton, John Forrester of Oxford, Charles W. Gray of Greene, Frank E. Bullis of Sherburne and the following vestrymen of the church: William A. Jones, Dr. M.G. Boname, C. Vernon Stratton and Max Whitney. Mrs. Burchard was born in Oxford, September 8, 1860, the daughter of Ward and Helen Palmer Van Der Lynn. She attended Oxford Academy and a private girl's school in Cleveland prior to her marriage to Mr. Burchard, January 6, 1891. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last month. She was a devoted communicant of St. Paul's church for nearly 70 years and served as president of the Parish aid Society for several years and was an earnest worker in the Woman's Auxiliary of the church. She also was a member of the Ladies' Village Improvement Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and held a membership in the Travelers' Literary Club until ill health forbade. Besides her husband she is survived by four children, Van Der Lynn, Stanley and Miss Helen Burchard of Oxford and Miss Mildred Burchard of Elmira, also two grandchildren, Miss Prudence Burchard of Oxford and Cade Albert S. Burchard of the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tenn.
Death Notices
Chenango Union, September 30, 1875
McENNEY: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 12, Francis E. [McEnney], son of Barney McEnney, aged 2 years, 5 months.
DENT: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 19, Mr. Joseph Dent, aged 88 years, 7 months.
BICKNELL: In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 10, Mr. Ebenezer Becknell, aged 82 years.
SHAW: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 19, Freddie W. [Shaw], son of W.H. and M.A. Shaw, aged 4 months 10 days.
JOHNSON: in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 7, Mary G. [Johnson], daughter of Jane Johnson, aged 5 months, 18 days.
KING: In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], Sept. 7, Mr. Delos King, aged 57 years, formerly of king Settlement.
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