Marriages (May 12)

Ives - Briggs

Norwich sun, February 12, 1912

The news of the marriage of Franklin L. Ives of Los Angeles, Cal., to Mrs. Martha Queal Briggs of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] at the home of Mrs. Briggs last Tuesday morning, was received here with much interest.  Mr. Ives was a Guilford boy and a business man here for many years before going to California.  Mrs. Briggs was the daughter of Rev. William G. Queal, a pastor of the M.E. church here many years ago.  They left soon after the ceremony to spend the remainder of the winter in Los Angeles, Cal.

 

Oxford Review, February 16, 1912

Mrs. Martha Queal Briggs was married Tuesday, Feb. 6th, at her home on Main street, Oneonta, to Franklin L. Ives of Los Angeles, Cal.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.S. Pendleton, in the presence of only a few intimate friends of the bride.  They left immediately on a D.&H. train for Binghamton, where they expected to make connections for the West.  Shortly after their arrival in Binghamton, Mrs. Ives suffered a paralytic stroke, which left her in a very critical condition.  Mrs. Ives had been in rather poor health for some time past, and this together with the fact that she had suffered a serious fall on Tuesday morning as she was about to step into a carriage just prior to the wedding ceremony is supposed to have caused her serious condition.  The bride is the widow of Nathan H. Briggs and daughter of the late Rev. Wm. G. Queal, at one time pastor of the Methodist church in this village.  Mr. Ives formerly resided in Guilford, but for several years was in business in Los Angeles, retiring however, about a year ago.  The bride and groom were on a wedding trip to that city and expect to return and reside [in Los Angeles].

 

Binghamton Press, February 10, 1912

The condition of Mrs. Franklin P. Ives, formerly Mrs. Martha Q. Briggs of Oneonta, who was recently married to Franklin L. Ives of Los Angeles and who, while on her way to her husband's home was stricken with paralysis at the Arlington Hotel in this city, is reported as being very satisfactory.  Dr. Goodwin, who has been in constant attendance upon Mrs. Ives, gave his opinion this morning that she would be up and about in a very few days.  It is doubtful, however, if the physician will give his consent to allow Mrs. Ives to continue the long and tedious trip to the coast at once, It will probably be necessary for her to return to her home in Oneonta immediately after her recovery and there recuperate her strength for the journey.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Ives were married at Oneonta on Tuesday last by Rev. C.S. Pendleton, pastor of the Free Baptist church, the ceremony being performed in the presence of only a few intimate friends of the bride.  They left immediately on a D.&H. train for Binghamton, from where they expected to make connections for the West.  Shortly after their arrival in this city Mrs. Ives suffered a paralytic stroke which left her in a very critical condition.  Mrs. Ives had been in rather poor health for some time past, and this together with the fact that she had suffered a serious fall on Tuesday morning as she was about to step into a carriage just prior to the wedding ceremony is supposed to have caused her serious condition.

 

[Note:  Martha Queal Ives died in March 1916 and was buried in West Bainbridge Cemetery, Chenango Co., NY;  "Practically for four years before her death she was much of an invalid.  Mr. Ives devoting himself assiduously to her care.  During her long illness she was uniformly brave and patient, and now that her useful mortal life is over, she is safe at rest in the Father's home, to go no more out forever."--Obituary, Norwich Sun, March 28, 1916]]

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Union, November 21, 1866

 

SMITH - WEBB:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 7th inst., by Rev. F.B. Peck, Eleazer Smith of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Harriet Webb of Smithville.

 

BRISTOL - ROE:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 14th, by Rev. A.J. Buell, James E. Bristol of Harpersville [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Frances A. Roe of Coventry.

 

BOWEN - DIXSON:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], Oct. 30, by Rev. Childs, Norman Bowen of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Melvina Dixson of Cazenovia.

 

BREED - COY:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, by the Rev. Lot Church, Mr. Merritt Breed of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Chloe C. Coy, of Pharsalia.

 

WEED - FISHER:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, by Rev. B. M. Brown, Mr. Reuben Weed of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] and Miss Arminda Fisher of Afton.

 

REED - PRATT:  In Abington, Mass., Oct. 17th, by Rev. B. Dodge, Mr. Adelbert I. Reed, of Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY] and Nellie M. Pratt of Abington.

 

WEBSTER - HUNT:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1st, by Rev. S.M. Keeler, Mr. Matteson Webster, and Mrs. Emily L. Hunt.

 

NEWTON - COLLINS:  In Utica, Nov. 13th, by Rev. P.H. Fowler, Mr. Morris P. Newton, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Jennie M. Collins of Brookfield  [Madison Co., NY]

Obituaries (May 13)

Mrs.  Frank Miner

Norwich Sun, January 4, 1910

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Frank Miner after months of suffering passed away at her home at West Bainbridge Monday night.  The funeral was attended from the home Thursday and the body was brought here for burial in the Guilford cemetery.  the most of her married life had been spent here, where she had many friends.  Of her immediate family the husband and one daughter, Bessie, survive her, also her mother, Mrs. Richard Bush besides a brother and sisters.

 

Mrs. John K. Miner

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, april 25, 1885

Mrs. John K. Miner died at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] April 18th, 1885, aged 79 years.  Mrs. Miner was born in Litchfield, Conn., going to Guilford when she was twelve years old, where she married at nineteen.  Seven of the ten children are living, and all except one, Mrs. O. Randall, of Mosspoint, Miss., were at the funeral.  Eight of the twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren followed her to the grave.  It was a beautiful day and a large number of friends and relatives attended the solemn service of that day.  The same minister officiated a the funeral of her husband, John K. Miner, twelve years ago.  Mrs. Miner's health was generally good, constitutionally strong and she was sick but a few days before she was called to her heavenly home.  She was a member of the Congregational Church at Guilford Centre, and for more than half a century she was faithful and true to the Master.  "I would not live always" in this world.  there is a better home for weary and aged pilgrims.  'Blessed are the dead who die din the Lord."  May the blessing of God rest upon the descendants of this aged and beloved mother from generation to generation.

 

George Morse

Unadilla Times, December 13, 1912

Relatives and acquaintances here of George A. Morse, the East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] farmer, learned with mingled surprise and sadness of his sudden death at an early hour Wednesday morning, following a shock of some nature not learned about when this was written.  It is known that he had suffered for about two weeks with what was termed a crick in his neck, and that when the attending physician was first called he informed Mr. Morse that were the trouble located higher up, or nearer the heart, it would have been fatal, making it appear that the case was out of the ordinary.  Mr. Morse was forty-eight years of age and was born in Andes, a son of the late Horace Morse.  Later a residence was established in Unadilla and here the greater part of his life was passed.  About a year before his marriage on Oct. 27th, 1908, with Miss Jessie Weldman of this place, he purchased a farm near East Guilford which has since been a happy home for the couple.  The near surviving relatives, besides the widow, are a brother, Warren Morse, located near Elmira, and Mrs. Abram D. Oles of this village to whom the sympathy of many friends is extended.  A brief prayer service will be held at the home at 9 o'clock Saturday morning and the funeral held in this village from St. Matthew's church at 2 o'clock with interment in the adjoining churchyard.  Morticians Joyce & Foreman have the arrangements in charge.

 

Harry Hughes

Oxford Review, February 16, 1912

Harry Hughes, aged 28 years, a Norwich Chenango Co., NY] young man who for the past three years has been employed as a farm hand by Duane Brown in Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], was found frozen to death Thursday morning in a pasture near Deer pond in that town.  It appears that he had been missing for four days previous and not until a searching party was organized was his body discovered frozen in the snow.  The Sun says Hughes until four or five years ago was driver for Dr. B. A. Harris of Norwich, a position he filled for nearly ten years.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes, both of whom are dead.  He leaves four sisters; Mrs. Byron Norwood of Norwich, Miss Jessie Hughes of Maryland, Otsego county, Miss Mary Hughes of Oneonta and Miss Julia Hughes of Norwich.

 

Fitch B. Gross

Oxford Review, February 16, 1912

Fitch B. Gross of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] died yesterday from lockjaw at his home two miles below that village. Thursday of last week Mr. Gross while engaged in his farm work stepped on a rusty nail which developed lockjaw and an operation was performed Tuesday by Dr. Meacham of Greene and Dr. Miller of Binghamton.  Mr. Gross was about 57 years of age and the son of Micah Gross, who a number of years ago resided on the Charles Warn farm on the Greene road.  He married Miss Maria A. Willcox of South Oxford, sister of Rev. Inman l. Willcox of this village, who with three children survive him.  They are Edward N. Gross, Mrs. Mattie Young and Charles Gross, all of Greene.  The funeral will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at one o'clock.

 

Jonah Moses

Oxford Review, February 16, 1912

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Jonah Moses, who moved to this village last fall on account of failing health died Tuesday morning from an attack of valvular heart trouble.  Mr. Moses was born in this town in November, 1842, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moses.  In 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Erksine, who survives him.  He has been a prominent citizen and prosperous farmer.  Besides his wife, Mr. Moses is survived by two sons Albert and Jesses Moses, of the firm of Moses Bros.; four daughters, Mrs. Ernest Day of Haynes, Mrs. W.A. Munn of Delhi, Mrs. Willard Phetteplace of Norwich and Miss Margaret Moses of Syracuse University, and one sister, Mrs. M.V.B. Winsor of Guilford.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, November 21, 1866

 

ROOT:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, Thomas Root, aged 70 years.

 

BEARDSLEY:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4th, Mrs. Electa Beardslee, aged 71 years.

 

MOSES:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, Jonah Moses, Sen., in the 90th year of his age.  Mr. Moses was one of the first settlers of Guilford, having removed there from Connecticut in 1811.  In all the relations of life, he sustained the character of an honest and upright citizen.

 

BARR:  In Roscoe, ILL, Nov. 2d, Frances Augusta [Barre], wife of Charles S. Barre, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] aged 21 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Marriages (May 12)

Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Jewell

Chenango Union, October 18, 1877

On Friday evening of last week, October 12th, quite a large company met at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Jewell, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their marriage.  The affair was very hastily gotten up, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell knowing nothing about it until a few of Mrs. Jewell's friends arrived form Deposit; then there was "hurrying in hot haste," friends were invited and a very pleasant evening was spent in social converse.  A very elegant silver tea set was presented to the bride by Deposit friends, beautiful in design and finish; but the lateness of the invitations rendered it impossible for nearly all of the guests to provide themselves with presents, and none were expected; the tea set was a surprise, and was admired by all.  Five were present who attended the original wedding twenty-five years ago.  After partaking of a bountiful repast the company reluctantly separated, hoping that the happy pair may long live to enjoy the beautiful presents and to scatter sunbeams along the pathway of life.

 

Elopement

Chenango Union, March 22, 1877

An elopement occurred in this place [Mt. Upton, Chenango Co., NY] yesterday.  A young lady living just across the river formed an attachment for a young man employed as a farm hand by her father, a year or two ago, and in direct opposition to her parents' wishes, has since continued to receive his attention.  Yesterday she left home upon the pretense of attending church, met her admirer, and went with him to New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], where they were married.  The force of that old maxim, "Marry in haste, and repent at leisure," will probably suggest itself to her soon enough, as it has to many before her.  It is strange that love and common sense can't occupy a girl's head at the same time.

Marriage Notices

Norwich Journal, March 28, 1821

Married on Thursday the 15th inst., by Rev. Mr. Andrews, Mr. Joseph Chapel, to Miss Phebe Wood, both of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Norwich Journal, August 15, 1821

On the 23d ult. by John Noyes Esq., Mr. Buckley Mather to Miss Experience Spencer; both of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

On the 30th ult. by Elder Burdick, Mr. Charles Thorn to Miss Martha Spencer, both of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Norwich Journal, March 6, 1822

Married, at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], by the Rev. M. Danielson, Mr. Nathaniel W. Hughston, of this village, to Miss Demeras Morgan of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married At Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Mr. Mason W. Hughston, of Sidney, Delaware County, to Miss Anne Hunt, daughter of Ransom Hunt, Esq. of the former place.
 

Obituaries (May 12)

Maria Merchant

Chenango Union, October 31, 1878

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Another of our old and respected residents, after a lingering illness, died in the 18th inst., aged 77 years.  Of those who witnessed the early settlement of our vicinity, Mrs. Merchant was among the few who lived to behold its many changes.  The ranks of this class are growing less every year, and the few whom she has left must soon follow her, She survived the loss of her husband nearly fifteen years, and beheld her family grown up and respected.  With characteristic Christian fortitude she bore her long suffering patiently to the end.

 

Died in Guilford, N.Y., Oct. 18, 1878, Mrs. Maria Merchant, widow of the late Niam Merchant, aged 77 years.  the death of this estimable lady deserves more than a passing notice.  Her parents moved from Danbury, Conn., to Guilford in 1800. She was born in 1901, being the first child born in this place.  Her parents occupied the house where the hotel now stands so that her whole life was spent in sight of her birth place.  She was intimately acquainted with all the affairs and events of interest in town, and had lived to see nearly all the friends of her youth passed away.  She with her husband were among the first and earliest supporters of Christ's Church.  In her death the Church has lost a zealous and active worker, society a charitable friend, and her family a devoted Christian mother.  Although an invalid for months, she retained her faculties to the last. The loving care bestowed by her children attested well what she was to them.  Her funeral was attended from her late residence on Sunday last by her many friends and acquaintances, and as she was gently laid to rest all felt to say "that the end of the just is peace."

 

Orrin G. Merchant

Chenango Union, March 11, 1880

A pioneer gone.  To the large number of early and aged citizens of our community who have died within the past few years, we have now to add that of Mr. Orrin G. Merchant, who, after a long illness, died at his residence in our village, on the morning of the 6th  inst., aged seventy-seven years.  Mr. Merchant was one of these who early settled in our midst, coming here from Butternuts, Otsego County in 1828, and in conjunction with his brother, the late N.R. Merchant, contributed through their mechanical labors to add materially to the growth and prosperity of our village.  For several years past Mr. M. has devoted himself, when his health permitted, to the more light branches of farming.  In his death our community have lost not only one of tis oldest citizens, but one respected for his honesty and good example through life.  He was a prominent member of the Episcopal Church.  He leaves a wife and three children.

Joshua Mersereau

Oxford Times, February 25, 1857

Died:  January 20th, 1857, at the residence of his son, James G. Mersereau, in Tioga, Tioga county, Pa., Joshua Mersereau, aged 97 years, 7 months and 12 days.  The deceased was born on the north side of Staten Island, resided a long time at Guilford, Chenango Co., N.Y., and lately near Erwin Center, Steuben Co., N.Y.  His father Joshua, himself and his bother L. (late of Covington, Tioga Co. PA.) were devoted and active Patriots in our Revolutionary struggle.  He has voted at every Presidential election, and gave his first vote to Washington, and his last to Fremont.  He was descended from Huguenot ancestors who were driven from France by the bloody persecutions which ensued on the revocation of the edict of Nante's; and he exhibited in no small degree the virtues justly attributed to the Huguenot character.--Tioga Agitator.

Freeborn Lewis

Norwich Journal, March 6, 1822

Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. in the 28th year of his age, of a lingering disease, Mr. Freeborn Lewis, formally of Rhode Island.  He has left a wife and six children to lament his early death.  Mr. Lewis was an honest and respectable and industrious mechanic a --- husband, an affectionate parent, ---obliging neighbor.  connected by the --- endearing ties to a family dependent in a great measure, on his industry, an aversion to dissolution is what might reasonably have been expected.  Few there are who have attained the age of Mr. Lewis so free from inveterate enemies.  Faithful in the performance of his duties, he has acquired numberless friends; but God, the all-wise disposer of events, has seen fit, ere he passed into the autumn of life, to call him from this world of sorrow and perplexity, we trust to enjoy the felicity of a higher and a better existence.  Peace be to his grave, "the house appointed for all the living" that contains his relics!  May those who are daily called to follow, "be also ready."

John L. Brown

Norwich Journal, April 24, 1822

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday, the 19th inst. after a lingering illness, Mr. John L. Brown, student of medicine, aged 23 years.  During his sickness Mr. B. though exercised with excruciating pain, supported himself with more than ordinary patience and fortitude. The deceased, though he had not been favored with the advantages of a public education, has made good proficiency in several branches of useful and polite literature.  From the rapid progress he had made, and from the vigor with which he prosecuted his studies, he promised to make one of the brightest ornaments of the healing art.  Mr. B. has left an aged mother, with brothers and sisters, to mourn his untimely departure form this life.

Obituaries (May 11)

Chittenden H. Rogers

Chenango Union, February 5, 1885

A most distressing accident occurred at the Pioneer skating rink in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on Saturday evening last, which resulted in the death of Chittenden H. Rogers, a promising young man of that city.  The occasion was a polo contest between the Pioneer and Orient clubs, and the struggle, which was a sharp and exciting one, was witnessed by a large number of people.  Among the contestants were Mr. Rogers and John Dimmick, son of Charles H. Dimmick, formerly of Norwich.  During the third game, Rogers and Dimmick, with others, rushed for the ball lying near the center of the floor, the two violently colliding, and both were thrown to the floor.  Both leaped up and resumed the game, but it was noticed that Rogers did not play with his usual spirit.  About ten o'clock his friends noticed Rogers standing alone in the middle of the hall, looking pale and distressed, and apparently about to faint.  he reluctantly gave up the game, and was led to the office, where stimulants were given him, which his stomach would not retain, although his injuries were not thought by himself or friends to be serious.  His condition suddenly grew worse, and he was taken to his home.  He was able to reach his room, but failed in the attempt to remove his clothing, and called to his father, saying that he had been hurt.  Physicians were quickly summoned, but despite their efforts to relieve him convulsions ensued, followed by unconsciousness, and he sank rapidly, dying at 3:15 Sunday morning.

 

Deceased was one of Binghamton's most exemplary young men.  Although but twenty-five years of age, he was popular in social circles, and gave evidence of possessing business talents, being about to engage in a manufacturing industry in which he anticipated much success.  He was enthusiastic in all manly sports, was a member of the local bicycle club, and held the amateur championship of the world for the best record "ride and run a mile."  A post mortem examination was held Tuesday, for the purpose of ascertaining the real cause of death, and the autopsy resulted in the conclusion that death was caused by compression of the brain, the result of external violence, causing a fracture of the skull and rupture of the middle meningeal artery, which was following by a large extravasation of blood.

 

Frank Church,

Utica Weekly Herald, January 8, 1878

Frank Church, of this place, called New Year's morning at the office of the Midland railroad for a ticket to Lyon Brook Bridge [Chenango Co., NY].  He was told that no tickets were sold for that point, as the trains did not stop at that place.  Wishing, however, to spend the day in that vicinity in company with James Hancock, tender at the bridge, he took the train chancing it to get off when the engine slackened speed in crossing the bridge.  He got off it seems, all right, but in attempting to get aboard to return at evening, about half-past six, it was far different.  The watchman of the bridge, Hancock, one Jerry Dye and Mr. Church, all made their calculation to get upon the train while crossing enroute for Norwich.  Hancock succeeded, Dye was thrown down the embankment at the southern and some forty feet, while Church by some means went through the bridge near the south abutment, where the iron trestle begins and landed about fifty feet below.  Dye made his way, after a time quite badly injured to a house nearby, where he remained over night, supposing Church had succeeded in getting on the train.  Hancock supposed both his companions were safely left behind. This morning in going to his watch or station and in crossing the bridge, he saw a man below whom he recognized as Church, and continued to Oxford when he telegraphed his brother, District Attorney John W. Church, who at once took measures to have the body brought to Norwich.  A medical examination was had, when it was found that the skull had been fractured, the fingers of the right hand and wrist badly broken, also the shoulder bones, the body otherwise being shockingly bruised and mangled.  Death must have been instantaneous.  An inquest was held by Coroner Avery, this afternoon, and the facts elicited in regard to the cause of death substantially as given above.  Deceased was about 21 years of age and leaves a wife and one child.

 

Kenneth Jay Hickok

Morning Sun, October 9, 1902

The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hickok were pained to hear of the death of their little son, Kenneth Jay [Hickok], which occurred yesterday morning in Rochester [NY].  His age was six years on January 26th last.  Kenneth was a bright, active boy, although a deaf mute.  Four weeks ago he was taken by his mother to Rochester to begin his schooling in the Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes.  About a week ago he was taken sick with acute lobar pneumonia, and although the little sufferer was given the best  medical attention and had three trained nurses, his little spirit took its flight to that happy realm where angels will teach him all that was denied on earth.  Mrs. Hickok and her sister, Mrs. J. Cline, were at the little one's bedside during the last few day.  Undertaker Lawrence left Norwich at 7:30 yesterday morning and went to Rochester after the body. After it had been placed in the casket, at the request of the institution faculty, 180 of the children inmates passed by and viewed the remains.  A profusion of flowers were placed on the casket.  The funeral party arrived here on the 11:42 p.m. Lackawanna train last night. 

 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, March 13, 1879

Masonville [Delaware Co., NY]:  Miss Ann Brown, aged 77 years, died on the 5th inst.

Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY]:  Isilton Mead, died Monday, the 24th inst., he was 85 years of age.  He was one of the early settlers of his country, and has lived many years on the farm where he died.  The day previous to his death he was apparently in as good health as usual, he was about the house and shaved himself.  The cause of his death has not as yet been ascertained.

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Death has been in our midst and summoned one of our oldest citizens, Mr. Levi Church, who departed this life on Tuesday morning of last week.

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Vanderburg Post G.A.R. was also invaded by the same dread messenger on Sunday last and took our comrade, Wm. Benedict.  His funeral was attended on Tuesday afternoon by a large deputation of the comrades of the Post and many friends.  He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss.

Obituaries (May 10)

Annah Campbell

Norwich Journal, July 4, 1821

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th of June, 1821, Mrs. Annah Campbell, consort of Mr. Samuel Campbell, after a long and severe illness in the 44th year of her age.  In the death of Mrs. Campbell, her husband has sustained an irreparable loss, and her children have been deprived of a tender and affectionate mother.  The virtues of Mrs. Campbell were well known to all her acquaintance.  The numerous concourse of friends and relatives who attended her funeral is a sure indication of the esteem in which she was held. She died as she lived, with full reliance upon the merits of the savior of the world.

"Jesus can make a dying bed

As soft as downy pillows are.

Whilst on his brest I lean my head,

And breathe my life out sweetly there."

 

John Pabodie

Norwich Journal, October 17, 1821

Died In Providence, Rhode Island, Oct. 4th, Mr. John Pabodie, in the 23d year of his age, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], a worthy and respectable young man. He died full of hopes of a blessed resurrection.  He retained his senses to the last moment, and died in peace, giving praise to God, with his latest breath.  In the death of this young man, his parents are bereaved of a dutiful child, his brothers and sisters of a kind brother, and society a worthy member.

"Why do we mourn departing friends,

or shake at death's alarms?

'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,

To call us to his arms."

 

Pomona (Dickinson) Johnson

Chenango Union, May 12, 1887

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Pomona Johnson, widow of Alpheus Johnson who died at our place in 1841, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Cook, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th last, after a short illness, at the advanced age of '89.  She was the only sister of the late Daniel S. Dickinson, and the last of that family.  She was one of the early residents of our town, and until a few years ago continued to reside in our midst.  Although nearly blind for a good many years previous to her death, she treasured in a remarkable degree all the early history and incidents of the past, as well as gathered the important events of a more recent date.  She possessed much of that shrewd, good sense of her family, and particularly of those mental qualities that made prominent her illustrious brother.  In her death we are again reminded that the "old landmarks" are fast disappearing from the earth, to give place to another and entirely different generation.  Mrs. Johnson's remains were interred by the side of her husband at Guilford Centre.

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mary Cooke, the lady that we mentioned in our last as being very sick with pneumonia, is still quite low, but has passed a crisis, and her family and friends are encouraged to believe that she will fully recover.  Her daughter Julia, who has also been very sick away from home, is improving slowly.  Her mother, Mrs. A. Pomona Johnson, who had been sick and partially recovered, had a relapse a few days since, and died early last week Thursday morning.  This lady, who was nearly 89 years of age, was a sister of the late Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, and among quite a large family of sons, she was the only daughter that lived to grow up to womanhood.  Although not the youngest, yet she was the last to put on immortality.  Her body was taken to Guilford, where her funeral was held in the episcopal church (This church was the one with which she united many years ago, and of which she was a consistent member). After the services her body was taken to Guilford Centre and interred by the side of her husband, Alpheus Johnson, who died over forty years ago.

 

Julia & Mary Sherburne

Chenango Union, February 28, 1884

The Monroe (Michigan) Democrat gives the following particulars of the drowning of two little daughters of John Sherburne, on the 16th, inst.  Mr. Sherburne was formerly a resident of the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], and his many friends will hear of his sad bereavement with deep sorrow:

Five o'clock last Saturday afternoon brought with it the saddest and most distressing accident that has occurred in Monroe in many years.  About that hour Julia and Mary [Sherburne], the four and six years-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Sherburne, went under the head of the ice gorge a little below the Macomb street bridge, and were drowned.  The news spread like wildfire and soon several hundred persons were gathered at the scene of the drowning.  A five-years-old daughter of William Stoeckert had fallen in with the other girls who were drowned, and a visit to her home established the identity of her unfortunate playmates.  They had spent the afternoon with her and she was accompanying them part way home.  When they reached the open lots east of the lower bridge they were attracted by the sight of the ice gorge and went to the water's edge to get a better view of it.  They walked out upon the newly made ice at the head of the gorge and were seen from the bridge by Mrs. Daniel Metty and her uncle, Oliver Latour.  Mrs. Metty cried to them to leave the ice and Ida Stoeckert obeyed and ran part way up the hill.  Mary Sherburne ventured further toward the running water and broke in.  Her sister ran to her rescue and also went in.  Ida now went to assist her playmates, slipped and in a second was floundering in the water with them. When the first child fell in Mr. Latour ran to save her but got there too late.  The strong current had taken her under the ice about thirty feet from shore.  Julia Sherburne disappeared nearly a minute after her sister.  Ida Stoeckert, begged for "God's sake" to be saved, and as soon as Mr. Latour could get near her by crawling on the ice, he extended her a branch which he had broken from an apple tree, and with this he pulled her within reach. She was clinging to an apple which was frozen on the ice when he extended her the branch.  Joe Nadeau arrived just after Latour but not in time to save either of the children.

The Democrat says that hundreds of citizens joined in the search for the bodies, which was kept up for three days before the paper was printed, but they had not been recovered.

 

John Swan Randall

New York Daily Tribune, January 4, 1878

John Swan Randall, aged sixty, a noted insectologist, numismatologist, and eccentric lawyer, of Norwich, Chenango County, was found dead in his room on Tuesday.  The cause of death was vertigo.  His collection of insects nad coins is very large and valuable.

 

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 2, 1878

At about three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, John Swan Randall was found dead in his rooms over T.D. Miller's drug store.  Dr. Stewart who occupies rooms adjoining those of Mr. Randall, heard groans in the room of the deceased and soon heard a heavy fall, and attempted to enter the rooms, but found them locked, a key was procured, and on entering the rooms he was found laying upon the floor dead. The deceased had been in poor health for some time, and it is supposed that he fell as Dr. Stuart heard the fall which attracted his attention and there were several severe contusions about the head and face, and a very severe fracture of the skull over the right eye, the fracture of itself being, on the opinion of Dr. Avery, the Coroner, fully sufficient to produce death, and under the circumstances the Coroner decided that an inquest was not necessary.  Mr Randall was formerly a prominent practicing lawyer in Oswego, and has resided in Norwich over twenty years.  Although somewhat eccentric, he was a man of rare intelligence and of a kind and genial disposition and had many warm friends.  He leaves two surviving sisters, one Mrs. Ezra Hewitt of this village, and Mrs. M. Birdsall of Greene, to mourn his untimely and sudden death, and who have the deepest sympathies of our entire community in their severe affliction.

 

Oswego Times, January 3, 1878

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  About three o'clock in the afternoon of New Year's day our community was shocked by the startling announcement that John Swan Randall, a well-known citizen of Norwich, had been found dead in his room, over Miller's drug store, corner of South Broad and East Main street.  Although Mr. Randall for some time past had not been in good health, he was out upon the streets in the morning and went to his breakfast as usual at the Stratton House.  Dr. Stuart whose office is upon the same floor heard groans in the room of Mr. Randall, and soon a heavy fall.  Upon entering the room, Mr. Randall was found dead upon the floor with several contusions about the head and face. The theory of the case is that he had an attack of vertigo, to which he was subject, more likely an apoplectic attack, induced by chloral which he was in the habit of taking, and which caused his death.

 

Mr. Randall was a son of John Randall, one of the earliest settlers of Norwich, and was born in this town in October, 1817.  Having arrived at manhood and becoming versed in the law, he went to Fulton, Oswego county, to practice his profession.  Subsequently removing to Oswego, where he continued practice for a number of years.  There he married a daughter of Dr. Hard, an old resident of that town, by whom he had one child.  Both died a number of years ago and were buried in Oswego.  upwards of twenty years ago Mr. Randall returned to Norwich, where he continued to reside.

 

With a competency of this world's goods, with a taste and leisure for the pursuit, Mr Randall devoted much time to the collection of the different varieties of insects, and left, probably, a larger private collection than can almost anywhere be found. The later years of his life were devoted largely to the collection of coin, his cabinet embracing the rare and curious issues of all nations, and of all varieties and combinations of metal, which, with medals, etc. of all description, renders the collection one of the largest and most valuable accumulated by a single individual in the State or country. The number of specimens, some of them very rare and costly, can not be less than 8,000 and will probably exceed that number.

 

 



Obituaries (May 9)

Tompkins Jewell

Bainbridge Republican, May 8, 1875

Mr. Tompkins Jewell, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], who was badly injured in Norwich, last summer, by his horse taking fright from the backing down of the D.L.&W. cars, is, it is feared fatally injured.  He has suffered constant pains since the accident, and two of the best physicians in the county decide that his internal injuries are of such a nature that they must eventually prove fatal.  Mrs. Jewell was also badly bruised.  He has commenced suit against the Railroad company for damages, and perhaps the nuisance of blocking up the highway, so common in Norwich, may sometime be abated.--Times

 

Mrs. Tompkins Jewell

Chenango Telegraph, August 31, 1876

Again the funeral bell has sounded in our beautiful valley.  Mrs. Tompkins Jewell, sister of the late James Hayes, died at the residence of her son, E. Jewell, where she had gone for a visit, and on Thursday, Aug. 24th, her funeral was attended in the Baptist Church, where a little more than one week before she had attended the funeral of Westcott Bockwell.  The most fitting eulogy which can be pronounced upon this excellent woman is the one of Holy Writ, "Her children rise up and call her blessed."

 

Tompkins Jewell

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 26, 1893

Tompkins Jewell died Thursday, April 13, at the advanced age of eighty-three years at the home of his son, Barrett V. Jewell, in this place.  He was the last one of our citizens whose life connected the present day with the early years of the century, so many of whom have died within a few years.  Mr. Jewell was born in this town in the year 1810.  Before coming to this place he owned and resided upon the farm lying west of this place, now occupied by Hiram Merithew.  Selling that he purchased the farm in this village now owned by his son, James Jewell, and resided there many years. At one time he did an extensive business in buying butter-cheese and other produce, and was very successful.  About the year 1860 he removed with his family to New York where he entered into business, but not succeeding, soon returned to his place in this village, and remodeling his house conducted it as a hotel for several years.  His wife died in 1876, since which time he has resided with his son Barrett, receiving the best of care and attention through his declining years, and during his last illness.  He died of  no particular disease, suffering no pain, and having taken nothing but water for five weeks preceding his death.  Surviving him he leaves six sons who were all present at the funeral.  They are Edward, of Deposit, Friend P. of Norwich, James T. of this place, Elisha, of Lena, Otsego county, Louis of Binghamton, and Barrett V. of this place, with whom he resided.  Funeral services were held form the house on Saturday at 11 A.am., the officiating clergyman being Rev. Mr. Dunning, of Gilbertsville.  Mrs. Mills, of Guilford, aged eighty-nine, a sister of the deceased, was present at the funeral, and notwithstanding her great age, is still active, in possession of all her faculties, and is remarkably preserved.  The burial was beside his wife in the Mt. Upton cemetery.--Mt. Upton correspondent, Otsego Journal.

 

Charles &Edward Samuel Mills

Chenango Union, April 22, 1875

Rufus N. Mills and family, of Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY], has been subjected to one of these heart rending bereavements in the death by scarlatina of their only two sons, that sooner or later invades the quiet and happiness of every family circle.  These two promising lads, one nine and the other ten years of age, were the life and hope of their parents, and now that they have been removed in their tender years by a Higher Power for some inscrutable reason, their death and its sorrow fell upon the disconsolate father and mother with crushing sadness.  One was sick about three days, and dying on the 8th, [Edward Samuel] and the other some ten or twelve days, and dying on the 14th inst. [Charles]  In their severe affliction, the family have the sympathy of many relatives and friends.  [Buried in Guilford Center Cemetery]

 

Margaret Porter Beecher

Chenango Union, April 22, 1875

DIED:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Yale, on Thursday evening, the 15th inst., Margaret Porter, relict of the late Parson Beecher, aged 90 years and 5 months.

 

The death of that venerable woman, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, which occurred in Coventry on the evening of the 15th inst., in her ninety-first year, is deserving of something more than mere mention.  Mrs. Beecher was among the pioneers of this County, and especially of Southern Chenango.  Early in 1808, she came with her newly married companion, Parson Beecher, from Salem, now Naugatuck, Connecticut, and took up her abode in a log cabin her husband had prepared the previous year, in their wilderness home.  The hardships, deprivation and trials of a new Settlement were theirs to endure.  Neighbors, roads, mills, schools, churches, if not wholly unknown, were few and far between.  With industry and economy came a measure of prosperity, and a degree of contentment and happiness, in palaces, often sought for, and seldom found.

 

The first framed house in the western part of Coventry, and the first, we believe, on the Catskill and Ithaca turnpike as subsequently laid out, between Bainbridge and Greene, was built by the late husband of the deceased.  In it, town and also religious meetings were frequently held, the place being reached by single paths or the marks of the woodsman's ax upon the forest trees.  From that household, from that house, which, with some additions still remains, a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters have been sent out into the bustling world.

 

In 1819, on the 4th of July, as the records show, Margaret Beecher with three or four others, connected herself with the First Congregational Church of Coventry, located at East Coventry, or Coventryville, that portion of the town having been settled nearly simultaneously, perhaps a little earlier than the western.  In December, 1822, the Second Congregational Society of Coventry was organized, with Parson Beecher, Timothy B. Bidwell and Samuel Porter, as Trustees.  In 1824, the Society commenced building the church edifice, which was dedicated in the beginning of 1825.  In June of the last named year, the Second Congregational Church of Coventry, was organized, with a membership of fourteen, all being regular members of the First Church of Coventry.  prominently on the roll appears the name of Margaret Beecher.  She lingered longest, most of the original number having crossed the river long before.  In her death, the last of that noble company of fourteen, who there planted the seeds of a glorious fruition, nurtured by their prayers and watered by their tears, has entered into rest.

 

In every department and relation in life did Mrs. Beecher nobly fill her allotted sphere. As wife, mother, sister, companion and friend, she was sincerely cherished and beloved.  In her daily walk, by precept and example she exemplified the religion she professed.  Of strong memory and sound mind, every faculty strengthened by much reading and by the contemplation of serious and substantial things, it is not perhaps so surprising that she should maintain so deep an interest in passing events, as well as be able vividly to recall scenes and occurrences of three-quarters of a century ago.  Gifted with rare conversational powers and pleasing address, all classes were attracted to her and made glad in her presence.

 

Her patience was only equaled by her fortitude.  Not a complaining word during the long and tedious winter of illness and suffering, escaped her lips. The comfort and welfare of others, and the happiness of her own family, rather than considerations of self, was often the burden of her mind.  Having outlived nearly four generations, retaining in a remarkable degree her mental powers till the ebb of life, like one falling to sleep she passed away.  The influence of such a character and life, reaching into the last decade of a hundred years, can never be estimated or measured by the duration of time.

 

The funeral was largely attended on Sunday last, from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Yale, Rev. William Crocker of the First congregational Church assisted by Rev. Mr. Horton, of the Second, officiating. Deceased leaves three daughters and five sons, all but one, Mrs. Hoyt, of Pittston, Pa., being present at the solemn service.  She was mother to Dr. H.H. and Harry Beecher of this village.

 

 

 

Obituaries (May 8)

Rosa May Knowles

Chenango Union, April 16, 1885

KNOWLES:  In Smyrna [Chenango co., NY], March 25th, of typhoid pneumonia, Rosa May Knowles, youngest surviving daughter of Joseph and Katie Knowles, in the 12th year of her age.  Rosa was a faithful member of the Friends' Church in Smyrna.  Five years ago she gave her heart to Jesus, and has been singing the new song of praises unto him ever since.  She was diligent in the Sabbath School, and in her studies elsewhere, kind and gentle with her companions, and deeply loved by all.

 

Dr. Oliver E. Noble

Chenango Union, April 16, 1885

NOBLE:  in Dundee, N.Y., March 27th, 1885, Dr. Oliver E. Noble, aged 81 years.  A ripe sheaf gathered in--ripe in years, ripe in rich and varied experience, ripe in Christian attainments and usefulness.  Dr. Noble was one f the old landmarks.  He united with the Baptist church of Norwich when a boy of twelve years, and remained true to his Christian profession, loyal to truth and duty.  He practiced medicine about forty years in Oxford and Binghamton, but most of his life was in Penn Yan, Yates county, where he gained and maintained a large practice for twenty years; then in New York for seven years, when failing health compelled him to retire.  He was living with his daughter, Mrs. Dr. C.C. Norton, of Central Park, N.Y.  For the last nine years his home has been with his son, G.Z. Noble, druggist and practicing physician in Dundee.  His two children, with his many friends, are sustained by the remembrance of a good life.  He leaves this as the best inheritance.

 

Paris Ives

Chenango Union, January 8, 1880

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Little Paris, youngest son of Rufus Ives, died last week of diphtheria.  He was a very bright, loving little man, and all unite in extending sympathy to the bereaved parents.  None but parents who have seen their own little ones go out form them into the tomorrow can realize the depths of their sorrow.

Chenango Union, January 1, 1880

IVES:  In Guilford Centre, Dec. 28th, 1879, Paris L., son of Rufus S. and Adeline H. Ives, aged 4 years and 8 months.

 

Minnie Briggs

Chenango Union, January 8, 1880

Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Minnie, wife of William P. Briggs, whose sad death was announced in a dispatch to the Union last week, too late for further comment, was very largely attended on New Year's Day, at the M.E. Church, and the occasion will long be remembered with sadness by a large circle of relatives and friends.  The sermon was preached by Rev. O.L. Leverson, from the text: "There is but a step between me and Death."  It is but a few months since a large party of young people gathered to witness the marriage of the happy couple, little thinking that they would so soon be parted by the grim monster Death.  Time is working many sad changes in our little community, and the young as well as the old are being taken from among us, to be seen no more until we, too, have crossed over the river.

 

Roxy Ives

Bainbridge Republican, June 8, 1888

Died at the home of her son, Rufus, in Ives settlement [Chenango Co., NY], May 31st, Mrs. Roxy Ives, widow of Alfred Ives, aged 84 years.  The deceased was well and favorably known in the town as a devoted wife, and mother, a kind neighbor and a sympathizing friend, and she has passed from a useful and well spent life to the life eternal in the heavens.  Her funeral was largely attended from her late residence on Saturday last, services being conducted by Rev. J.L. Jones, pastor of the Congregational church at Guilford Centre, of which church Mrs. Ives was a devoted and consistent member - Oxford Times

 

Mrs. Lemuel Jewell

Chenango Union, March 22, 1877

In the death of Mrs. Lemuel Jewell, on the 10th last, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, our community lost one of its eldest and most respected citizens.  Coming to this place from the East at an early period, she entered her new field with cheerful courage, soon becoming identified with many benevolent and praise-worthy objects, and lived to behold, through the trials and vicissitudes of over half a century, the origin and prosperity of our village, as well as the growth of the surrounding country.  For fifty years she lived and toiled upon the spot where she died, and with true motherly solicitude witnessed a family grow up and go forth into distant parts of the country.  With Christian resignation she meantime endured family afflictions and death, and under the filial care and protection of a faithful son, calmly awaited the sure summons that at last found her ready.  She retained her faculties until the last, and was gladdened during the past few months with visits from sons in California, whom she had not seen for many years.  All who knew her will miss Mrs. Jewell, for her many kindnesses in the long years that are past, and cherish her remembrance with feelings of the deepest respect.  Her husband died something over two years ago, aged about ninety-four.

60+ Club Tenth Anniversary, Bainbridge, NY - 1985

Tenth Anniversary Celebration - 60 Plus Club

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY

Tri-Town News, November 20, 1985

 

 

The Tenth Anniversary Celebration was held at the 60 Plus Site in Bainbridge last Thursday.  Among the special guests present at the site for the festivities were three area town supervisors shown here with the site manager and project director.  Pictured (l-r) are Cliff Wade, Town of Guilford Supervisor; Bea Evans, Site Manager, Louise Estus, Project director; Glenn Swart, Town of Afton Supervisor; and Hugh Kearney, Town of Bainbridge Supervisor.  [Photo by Anna Rtichey]

 

 

Ten years ago they enjoyed the first meal at the 60 Plus Site in Bainbridge and they were at the celebration dinner last Thursday.  They are (l-r) Zadia Reardon, Elma McPherson, Betty Kulakosky, Dorothy Thomson, Frances Daniels, Henrietta Brandt, Amber Scholz, Pauline Hughes and Harriet and Howard Williams.  [Photo by Anna Rtichey]

 

Bainbridge:  The 60 Plus Site in Bainbridge observed its 10th Anniversary with a special celebration last Thursday, November 14.  the program was under the direction of the present site manager, Bea Evans, who has been at the site for the past five years and Louise Estus, project manager for the past nine years.

 

Since they first opened in November of 1975, the site staff has served 166,090 meals including 25,592 meals that have bene delivered to those unable to come out to the site.  The first site manage was Adele Mattingly, who served in that capacity for five years.

 

At last week's celebration, Bainbridge-Guilford Music Teacher Rick Bunting and several B-G students presented a musical program that included a sing-along. 

 

Special guests at the site for the dinner and program included Cliff Wade, Town of Guilford supervisor; Glen Swart, Town of Afton Supervisor; and Hugh Kearney, Town of Bainbridge supervisor and his wife. 

 

Those at the site were also delighted to have ten guests who were present for the first meal served at the site on November 3, 1975. they were Zadia Reardon, Elma McPherson, Betty Kulakosky, Dorothy Thomson, Frances Daniels, Henrietta Brandt, Amber Scholz, Pauline Hughes and Harriet and Howard Williams.

 

The program has provided area senior citizens with an opportunity to have a nutritious meal at a minimal fee and to enjoy the fellowship of other senior citizens as well as to take advantage of special programs and benefits provided at the site.

Post Listing May 1-7, 2017

Listing of blog postings for the week of May 1-7, 2017

Marriages

Posted May 6, 2017

Kathleen Camp - H. Bruce Fant (1937)
Marriage Notices

     Solomon Roth - Mary Jacobs (1829)
     Joseph H. Frink - Blanche Day (1892)
     J.W. Salsman - Mrs. Martha J. Clark (1892)
     Luther W. Stanton - Lucy Duncan (1892)
     James B Dunn - Anna Flanagan (1892)
     William Cleugh - Nettie L. Roberts (1892)

Posted May 7, 2017
Grace Bryant Whitcomb - Merton Bennett Tobey (1902)
Dr. John S. Stearns - Ella M. Borden (1902)
Marriage notices - 1859
     Theron Lyon - Mary Barber
     W. Hastings - Mary Jane Young
     Ruth Johnson - James H. Hunter


 

Obituaries

Posted May 1, 2017

Fannie (Radley) Dexter (1933)

Jennie E. Dexter (Guilford, 1883)

Charles F. Dickinson (Fond du Lac WI 1895)

Henry C. Cole (Omaha NB 1895)

John Hoag (Greene, Dayton OH 1895)

Posted May 2, 2017
Charles Durrant (Guilford, 1867)
Lillian (Kniskern) Lord (Afton, 1939)
Nathaniel Locke Moore (McDonough, 1897)
Julia (Burlison) Evens (Guilford Centre, 1890)
Death notices 1867
     Kip Sherwood (Bucyrus, OH, Norwich)
     Helen D. Winsor (Guilford)
     P. Abbott (Sherburne)
     William Herschell Herron (Saratoga)
     Ellen Virginia Clark (Bainbridge)

Posted May 3, 2017
Mary E. Fletcher (Bainbridge, 1904)
Jimmy Graves (Mt. Upton, 1887)
Henry Gregory (Guilford, 1876)
Silas S. Root (Guilford, 1876)
Child of Green Bixby (Norwich, 1818)
Death Notices
     Mary Willcox (Willet, 1852)
     Eleazer H Fitch, (Guilford, 1852)
     John R. Dickinson (Washington DC, Guilford, 1885)
     James Mason (Preston, 1820)
     Polly Guthrie (Sherburne, 1821)
     Mary Hunt (Candor, 1821)

Posted May 4, 2017
Nelson Gridley (Guilford, 1906)
Esther M. (Atwater) Gridley (Guilford, 1906)
William Johnson (Nineveh Junction, 1929)
Death Notices - 1859
     Edmund G. Per Lee (North Norwich)
     Daniel Comstock (McDonough)
     Sarah Eddy (McDonough)
     Ezra H. Cooley (Plymouth)
     Perry Peckham (Bainbridge)
     Margaret Boyce (New Berlin)

Posted May 6, 2016
William Hovey (Guilford, 1906)
John Hull, Jr. (Norwich, Guilford, 1880)
Sylvester Humphrey (Guilford, 1863)
Hector Ross (Sherburne, 1872)

Posted May 7, 2017
Edwin D. Hunt (Guilford, Harford, Messengerville, 1936)
William Huntley (Guilford, 1881)
Lester Amos Hutchinson (Yaleville, 1929)
Schuyler Hyer (Unadilla, 1878)
 

Miscellaneous

Posted May 2, 2017

Dorman Family, Guilford, NY - article from 1937

Posted May 4, 2017
Daring Burglary, Norwich, NY, 1888

Posted May 7, 2017
60 Plus Club, Bainbridge, NY, Celebrates 10th Anniversary - 1985

Marriages (May 7)

Tobey -Whitcomb

Morning Sun, October 9, 1902

Merton Bennett & Grace Bryant (Whitcomb) Tobey

Utica Saturday Globe, October, 1902

 

TOBEY - WHITCOMB:  In Norwich, October 8, 1902, by Rev. Daniel W. Dexter, Merton Bennett Tobey of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Grace Bryant Whitcomb of Norwich.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, October 11, 1902]

 



Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the pleasant and commodious home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M. A. Whitcomb, No. 41 West Main street, Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, 1902, occurred the marriage of Miss Grace Bryant Whitcomb and Merton Bennett Tobey.  The ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock by the Rev. Daniel W. Dexter, pastor of the Congregational Church, in the presence of the immediate relatives and invited guests.  There were about fifty persons in the assemblage.  Miss Grace H. Eaton was bridesmaid and Frank H. Dimmick acted as best man. The bride was dressed in white liberty satin trimmed in Duchess and round point lace and carried a shower bouquet of white carnations. The bridesmaid was dressed in a blue Sappho silk trimmed in lace and chiffon medallions embroidered in blue silk. She carried pink carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Hervy E. Eaton received with Mrs. Whitcomb and her sister.  The rooms were trimmed in palms and ferns and a quantity of cut flowers. The ceremony was performed under an arch of green and white floral decorations.  Smilax, chrysanthemums and roses were abundant and the parlors presented a very beautiful appearance. The bride and groom are well known and highly respected young people. The former is admired for her pleasant, refined, social and intellectual qualifications, and the latter is a popular young business man.  Both have hosts of friends who will wish them abundant joy and prosperity in life.  The wedding presents were very numerous and beautiful, silver ware predominating.  During the collation which followed, and was served by Cateress B. Hickey, Prof. Green's stringed orchestra furnished music.  Mr. and Mrs. Tobey left on the 11:42 p.m. Lackawanna train south on their wedding tour.

 

Stearns - Borden

Morning Sun, October 9, 1902

Dr. John S. Stearns of Port Allegany, Pa., and Mrs. Ella M. Borden were married by the Rev. D.W. Dexter, Tuesday evening, October 7, 1902, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. John Martz on Cortland street in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  The wedding was a quiet, though none the less pleasant home affair and those present were the immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The bride is one of Norwich's estimable ladies and her many friends extend hearty congratulations and best wishes. The groom is a physician at Port Allegany, Pa.  He and his bride will make that place their home after a short visit here with relatives and friends.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, July 6, 1859

 

LYON - BARBER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d, inst., by Rev. W. T. Potter, Theron Lyon of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Barber, of the former place.

 

HASTINGS - YOUNG:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. W. Southworth, Mr. W. Hastings to Miss Mary Jane Young, all of Guilford.

 

HUNTER - JOHNSON:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, James H. Hunter, to Miss Ruth Johnson, both of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY].

Obituaries (May 7)

Edwin D. Hunt

Norwich Sun, February 4, 1936

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  News has been received in this pace that Edwin D. Hunt passed away at his home in Harford, N.Y. [Cortland Co., NY], January 21, at the advanced aged of 96 years and 8 months.  Mr. Hunt was a respected resident of Guilford for over 56 years, having lived on a farm at Ives Settlement before moving to Messengerville [Cortland Co., NY].  Twice he was married, his first wife being Eunice Ann Eggleston, who passed away in 1891.  In 1909 he was married to Mrs. Emmeline Darling and has since lived at Messengerville and Harford.  Mr. Hunt was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having united with the Guilford church.  Funeral services were held at Harford on the following Thursday, Rev. J.R. Jones of Marathon officiating, assisted by Mrs. Anna Carson of Harford.  The body was placed in the vault at Marathon and will be brought to the Guilford cemetery for burial in the spring.  Those who survive are his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Fred Cheney of Elk Valley, Tenn., and one son, Rev. Sidney E. Hunt of Waymart, Pa., two grandsons, Walter Hunt of Unadilla and Clark Hunt of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and three great grandchildren, Barbara, Walter and Stanley Hunt of Unadilla and several nieces and nephews.

 

William Huntley

Chenango Union, April 21, 1881

Died, in this place [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, 1881, Mr. William Huntley, aged 84 years.  In 1853 Mr. Huntley, with his family, moved to this place; and during the twenty-eight years that he has been among us, he has proved himself to be a kind friend, and true Christian.  He had been in feeble health for more than a year, but displayed in all his suffering the same cheerful spirit that characterized his whole life.  He will be missed in the church of which he was so long a member, and where, as long as it was his privilege to enjoy good health, his place was never vacant.  On Sunday they laid him to rest, finding consolation in the words of Solomon:  "The righteous hath hope" in his death.

 

Lester Amos Hutchinson

Norwich Sun, May 14, 1929

The remains of Lester Amos Hutchinson whose death was briefly mentioned last week, will be brought here [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] from the Canal Zone for burial Wednesday, May 22.  The funeral services will be held from his late home on Winsor avenue at 2 o'clock.  Mr. Hutchinson was the son of Emmett and Emily A. Hutchinson.  He was born in Yaleville, the town of Guilford, January 30, 1889 and married in Easton, Pa., on August 11, 1917 to Miss Ann Ethel Heil.  They have one son John Emmett.  Mr. Hutchinson was employed by the United States Government as foreman on the Canal Zone, being located at Pedro Miquel.  He acted as first lieutenant in the World War serving overseas 18 months.  He was a member of the Masonic lodge and was a 32d degree Mason.  Those who survive are his wife and son, John Emmett, his mother and one brother, Howard, all of Guilford and a sister, Mrs. Anna Reynolds of Mount Vision.  Interment will be made in Yaleville cemetery.

 

Schuyler Hyer

Chenango Union, October 31, 1878

A sad accident occurred in the western part of the town of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on Wednesday, October 23d, which resulted in the death of Schuyler Hyer, (the last surviving son of William Hyer, the first settler of the name in Chenango County) October 25th.  He left his home on Wednesday morning, with one horse attached to a light lumber wagon, in which was some kindling wood which he was taking to a widowed friend.  While descending the hill above Orange Spencer's residence, the dashboard of the wagon gave way, and the wood on which he sat fell out, striking the horse.  A moment after, the horse with the wagon dashed down the road and turned into S. Gibson's barnyard, freeing himself from the broken wagon, and was secured by Mr. Gibson, who was at work in the barn.  Starting up the road, to see what had become of the driver, Mr. G. met some boys who said a dead man lay in the road.  Running to the spot, he found Mr. Hyer lying in the road, in such a position as to show that he fell forward with the wood, and passed between the thills to the ground.  Mr. G. carried him, alone, to the residence of Mr. Spencer, the nearest house, the unfortunate man being unconscious, in which condition he remained until his death, with the exception of a few moments about Thursday noon, when he answered some questions with "yes" and "no", all he could utter.  It was found that one hip was bruised and his head badly cut.  Drs. Smith and West were called, and alternately visited him, but had no hopes of his recovery, as they feared internal injuries.  He lived but forty-seven hours after leaving his home.  His family were in constant attendance upon him.  Deceased leaves a widow and two sons, with a large circle of relatives, to mourn his loss.  His whole life has been passed in this vicinity, and he leaves a record of kindly deeds and Christian graces, which all might emulate.  A kindly soul, speaking pleasant words and doing good deeds, his memory will be held green in many places, and especially by the poor, who never appealed to him in vain.  He was buried on Sunday, October 27th, at the old burying ground near where he led the Hyer family reunion last June, the report of which was published in the Union.  The last clause of that report reads now like a prophesy.  May our Heavenly Father have taken him from his earthly home to His happy rest.