Obituaries (August 26)

Huldah Slosson

Chenango Telegraph, January 25, 1860

SLOSSON:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, Mrs. Huldah Slosson, aged 68? years.  Mrs. Slosson became pious in early life, and has always manifested her warm attachment to God and His Cause at home and abroad.  Her place was always filled at the prayer meeting and on the Sabbath.  Those who met her in the prayer circle will long cherish her memory, and the special fervency of her prayers.  For the last two years of her life, she seemed to be ripening for Heaven.  Her whole conversation (and she wished to speak of nothing else) was the wonderful plan of God's Grace to fallen man, the divine efficacy of Christ's atoning blood in renovating and purifying the hearts of sinners, and preparing them for Heaven.  As she lived, so she died in the full confidence of the merits of Him who died for all.

Siley Evans

Chenango Telegraph, January 25, 1860

EVANS:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Siley [Evans], wife of Riley Evans, aged 54 years, 1 month, 10 days.

Northern Christian Advocate, May 9, 1960

EVANS.--Sister Siley Evans, died at South Plymouth, New York, Jan. 17, 1860, of consumption, in the 55th year of her age. She was awakened to a sense of her lost condition, under the labors of the Rev. L. Bowdish, and sought and obtained peace in the atoning blood. Soon after her conversion she connected herself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a consistent member until death. For twenty years she exemplified the doctrines of Christ by a well ordered life and a godly conversation. Her situation was a trying one, and in scenes of sorrow and affliction which would have disheartened and discouraged others, her faith sustained her, and she was enabled to exhibit to the world the meek and quiet spirit of the Christian. Her last sickness, which commenced in June, 1859, was attended with much physical suffering, and borne with Christian patience. Conscious from the first of the fatal tendency of her malady, she looked calmly on the approaching end of life's trials as an introduction to that "rest which remains for the people of God." And at times joyfully anticipated the moment when she would step out on the plains of immortality, clad in the righteousness of Christ, and shining with the glory of God. The closing scene was such as her life would warrant, calm, peaceful, and serene. Her soul was full of Christ and heaven, and she affectionately admonished her friends to seek an interest in Christ, and be prepared to join her in songs of praise where the lofty seraph burns before the throne. Reader, follow the advice of this departed saint. Get religion. It will sanctify life's elevated joys. It will give patience in trials, and succor in the hour of sorest need. It will give consolation in affliction, and cheer us in the solemn hour of death. There is no condition in life that religion will not render more beautiful and attractive. It adds new charms to the palaces of the rich, and sheds an unearthly glory around the cottages of the poor. It ennobles the head blossoming for the grave, and crowns with peculiar grace and dignity, manhood in its prime. But O! how lovely, when it has found a home in the hearts of the young and beautiful. Take the advice of our departed sister--you that read this brief record of a Christian life, resulting in a never-fading crown, and "go and do likewise." Sister Evans, within three years, followed three daughters to the grave. All died in the triumph of Gospel faith, and are now praising God in the bright abodes above. She leaves a large circle of attached friends to mourn her loss.  -- Rev. Nelson Benedict, South Plymouth, February, 1860 

 

Joseph Henry Moore

Chenango Telegraph, February 15, 1860

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th instant, Joseph Henry Moore, in the 60th year of his age.  Mr. Moore was a native of Hillsboro county, New Hampshire and had resided in this village for the past forty years.  He was many years since a magistrate of the town, and he possessed a mental capacity of mucy more than usual vigor and clearness.

 

Mrs.  F.D. Eldridge

Chenango Telegraph, January 25, 1860

One of the most painful accidents ever known in this village occurred on Wednesday evening last, at about half past seven o'clock.  At that hour our citizens were startled by the report that a man and woman had been thrown from a cutter into the canal just below Maydole's Hammer Factory [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and but a few moments elapsed before a crowd of several hundred had assembled at that point to aid in rescuing them.  The facts were, simply, that Mr. F.D. Eldridge, a well-known citizen, had, while riding with his wife, attempted to drive a skittish horse around the narrow turn between the bank of the canal where the waste water enters it below the lock and the building on the corner of Mr. Maydole's lot, and the horse became so badly frightened as to be unmanageable, finally turning around and backing the cutter over the bank, and falling with its occupants into the open water at the lower end of the race.  Mr. Eldridge cried out for help as soon as he could get free from the sunken cutter, and Mr. C.C. Gager, who was fortunately near the spot, succeeded in reaching him and bringing him from the water.  After Mr. Eldridge was rescued it was with the utmost effort that those who came up prevented him from plunging in again to search for his wife, and it was only by using considerable force that he was taken from the scene of his calamity.  He was found to be much hurt about the head and body, but is now doing well.  After a search of nearly an hour the body of Mrs. Eldridge, was found some two of three rods below the place where the cutter was tipped in.  It would seem that she was rendered insensible at the very first by some injury inflicted by the horse, as her body showed no sign of any struggle in the water. Every effort made for her recovery was, of course, fruitless, though Dr. Smith did all that could be done to that end.  A more sorrowful accident than this has not occurred in this village within our knowledge.  We trust that some means will be used to make the point where it happened more safe for passengers, or that the road itself will be made impassable by those who own the "right of way."

 

Isaac Foote

Chenango Telegraph, February 15, 1860

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th instant, Isaac Foote in the 84th year of his age.  Mr. Foote was one of the early settlers of the town of Smyrna, where he continued to reside until his removal to this village, a few years since.  He filled the office of High Sheriff of this county [Chenango] from 1809 to 1811, and again from 1813 to 1815, succeeding and being succeeded in each appointment by the late Col. William Monroe.  He has also been the frequent Supervisor of his town and the holder of other places of trust from his townsmen.  He acted as the Land Agent of the Lawrence Estate in the towns of Smyrna, Plymouth, and Otselic up to his death.  In every position he was able, honest, diligent, methodical, and accurate, and secured by these qualities the unlimited confidence of the community.  In his intercourse with his fellow men he was courteous and gentlemanly.  He was, withal, a Christian in faith and in works and the consolations of religion were his stay in his life and at his death.

Since the above was written, a friend has handed in the following:  The deceased has been so well known in this region, for the last fifty years in all his official and private relations that the first impulse on the announcement of his death was the strongly marked character of his life. 

His father is well remembered by our elder inhabitants as an early representative of Chenango in both branches of our Legislature and as a County Judge.  The deceased was appointed one of the early Sheriffs of this County.  In addition to other official employments, he has been entrusted with an extensive land agency and in every condition in life and as an officer of the church has sustained the position of a high minded gentleman and Christian.  From a thorough knowledge of his character for nearly half a century, we can say we never knew an act or motive of his to be unfavorably called in question.  Possessing the means of liberality, they were generously employed in promoting every public spirited moral and religious object.  It is proper to state that he appropriated annually certain sums for particular moral and religious purposes, making his benevolence one of the fixed principles of his life.  The obituary notices of such men need not be long, their lives may be written on their tombstones just as they lived them.  His memory will be cherished by all who knew him, and be justly dear to a highly respectable circle of relatives in Chenango, Madison and Delaware.  [Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY, 1776 - 1860]

 

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, January 25, 1860

 

ELDRIDGE:  in Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 9, very suddenly, Ephraim F. Eldridge, aged 66 years and 10 months.

 

WATROUS:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 14, Clifford B. Watrous, aged 9 years.

 

BURROUGHS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 14, Charles Burroughs, aged 33 years.

 

JOHNSON:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15, Thomas Johnson, (colored) aged 71 years.

 

HUNGERFORD:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13, David Hungerford, aged 26 years.

 

HARRINGTON:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Byron Frink [Harrington], son of James S. and Frances M. Harrington, aged 1 year and 4 months.

 

 

Chenango & Unadilla Valleys, 50 Years Ago

The Chenango and Unadilla Valleys Fifty Years Ago

By S.S. Randall

Chenango Telegraph, May 8, 1872

 

Bainbridge

 

Bainbridge originally constituted a portion of the township of Clinton, south of Fayette, which was in part appropriated by the State for the relief of the "Vermont Sufferers," including about 148 persons, whose titles and property had been affected by the cession of Cumberland and Gloucester counties to the State of Vermont.  the town was formed in 1791 as a part of Tioga County, under the primitive name of "Jericho," which was changed to Bainbridge in 1814.  The first town meeting was held at the house of William Guthrie, at which time the town included within its boundaries portions of the present towns of Greene, Oxford, and Norwich, all of which were set off prior to 1800, and the whole of the present town of Afton set off in 1857.  The village of Bainbridge was not incorporated until 1821, and is situated on the Susquehanna river, a few miles below the junction of the Unadilla with that river, and nearly in the center of the town.  It contains, at the present time [in 1872] four churches, two hotels, two grist mills, a foundry, two planning mills, fourteen or fifteen dry goods and grocery stores, three harness shops, two carriage shops, one drug store, a printing office, and about one thousand inhabitants.

 

From information gathered by the enterprising compiler of the "Gazetteer and Directory of Chenango County," Mr. Hamilton Child, it appears that one of the earliest settlers of this town was Reuben Kirby, at about 1787, on a farm now occupied [in 1872] by his son, bearing the same name, and that in 1789, Henry Evans removed into the east part of the town, where he had obtained from the State three lots of 640 acres each, as one of the "Vermont Sufferers"--taking up his residence on the farm now [in 1872] owned by Paul C. Underwood.  His son, Jehiel Evans, still living in 1869, was born here in 1795, and removed into the village in 1808.  The brother of the latter, Ansel Evans, was also, in 1869, still living, eighty years of age, on one of the farms included on the original purchase.  That portion of the grant on which the present village of Bainbridge stands, was sold by Maj. Evans, the proprietor to Col. Church, in 1793 for the sum of eighteen cents per acre.  Samuel Bigsby [Bixby] became a settler of the town in 1789.  Elnathan Bush, with his family consisting of four children--Charles, Japhet, Joseph and Polly, left Cooperstown in the spring of 1786, and passing down the Susquehanna river in canoes, effected a settlement on Stowell's Island, in the present town of Afton, where he remained until the spring of 1790 when he removed to Bainbridge, and settled on the farm now [in 1792] occupied by his grandson, Joseph Bush.  His death in 1791 at sixty-three years of age, was the first which had occurred in the town.  His eldest son, Charles, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

 

William Allison became a settler in 1795, on the farm now [in 1872] occupied by Williams S. Sayre, Esq.  Gould Bacon, an eccentric old bachelor, located himself in the same year, in the vicinity of the river, where his residence, having been inundated by a heavy spring "freshet," he was driven to take refuge, with a satchel of provisions and his run, in a neighboring tree.  Having, unfortunately, dropped his satchel into the raging floods, he was compelled to eke out a scanty subsistence upon pumpkins, bro't down by the water from the adjacent fields.  Well may he have exclaimed, in the midst of his perplexities and troubles, "Pity the sorrows of a poor, old--bachelor."

 

Among the other early settlers, according to Mr. Childs, were William Guthrie, Abraham Fuller, Heath Kelsey, Eben and Joseph Landers, James Graham, Samuel Nourse, John Campbell, Asahel Bigsby [Bixby], Deacon Israel Smith, Reuben Bump, Jared Redfield, Simeon Smith, David Hitchcock, James B. Nichols, Richard W. Juliand, Edward Noble, Cesar [Czar] and Jervis Prince, Richard L., and Frederick H. DeZeng, Richard L. Lawrence, David Sears, Soloman Warren, Moses Stockwell, Abel Connant, Reuben Beals, the Pearsalls, Peter Betts, Jabez S. Fitch, Charles Curtis, Ezra Hill, Samuel Banks, Aaron Myers, Perry Peckham, Joshua Mersereau, Hiram Dennison, John Y. Bennett, John Thompson, Timothy Davis, Eli Seeley, Orange Benton, Nathaniel and Thomas Humphry, Abner Searles, Jacob, Thomas and James Ireland, William, Charles, Samuel and Daniel Lyon, Seth Johnson and John Nichols.  William Bush was the first male, and Relief Landers the first female child born in the town--the latter in 1791.  The first inn was kept by William Guthrie, on the place now [in 1872] owned by Philo Kirby, about two miles south of the present village.  Phineas and Reuben Bennett erected a grist mill on Bennett's Creek, in 1789.  The first church (Presbyterian) was formed in 1790, by Rev. William Stone.  A Congregational church was subsequently organized in 1797 or 1798, with the Rev. Joel Chapin as pastor.  The first school house made its appearance at about the same time, in the village, on a piece of land given for a church, school house, public green, and burying ground, by Benjamin S. Carpenter.

 

to be continued



Marriages (August 25)

Bartholomew - Gridley

Chenango Union, October 25, 1883

Many invited guests assembled at the residence of Mr. N. Gridley, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last, to witness the marriage of his youngest daughter, Miss Mary E. Gridley, to William H. Bartholomew, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Rev. P. Griffin, officiating. The evening passed off very pleasantly, the guests showing their high esteem of the nuptials by the numerous and elegant gifts bestowed, and their kind wishes for their happy future.  refreshments in great variety and abundance were served, after which the happy couple took leave of their guests and set out on their wedding tour.

 

Thompson - MacDonald

Cortland Democrat, June 11, 1925

South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY]:  Miss Helen Grace Macdonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Macdonald, and Milo E. Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Elihu Thompson, were married at the home of the bride's parents Saturday morning, June 5, at 10 o'clock.  Both are well known and deservedly popular young people of South Otselic. The bride has been for some time employed in the fish line factory in this village.  Mr. Thompson has just completed a four-year course in agriculture at Cornell University.  The wedding was a quiet affair, only the immediate families and two invited guests, Ray Duke and Miss Eleanor Cullivan of Syracuse, being present.  Miss Cullivan acted as bridesmaid and Leonard MacDonald, brother of the bride, was best man. The bride was beautifully attired in a dress of blue silk crepe, and the bridesmaid in tan silk crepe.  Rev. J.C. Whitney performed the marriage ceremony, which consisted of a short and simple ring service.  Following the ceremony an elaborate wedding breakfast and social hour was greatly enjoyed, after which the young couple, accompanied by Mr. Duke and Miss Cullivan, took their departure amid showers of rice and good wishes for their future home at Salamanca, where he has a position with the Cattaraugus county Farm Bureau as assistant manager. Their many South Otselic friends wish for them a long and prosperous and happy married life.

 

Marriage Notices

Anti Masonic Telegraph, March 28, 1832

 

In Otsego (Otsego co.) on the 19th inst. Mr. Addison Patrick of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza Wilson of the former place.

 

On Thursday, the 15th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Bogue, Mr. George Winsor, to Miss Almira Munroe, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]

 

Chenango Telegraph, March 11, 1840

 

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by the Rev. A. Wheelock, Sherman A. McCullough, to Miss Harriet Vanette Powers.

 

Chenango Telegraph, March 4, 1840

 

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. S. Sperry, Mr. Horace S. Beardsley to Miss Clarissa D. Paine, all of this town.

 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. by the Rev. Luther P. Blodget, Mr. Alanson S. Crumb, of Otsego [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Finette S. Problrt, of the former place.

 

Chenango Telegraph, February 26, 1840

 

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by the Rev. L.H. Stanley, Mr. Marcius P. Harrington of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lois M. Murdock of the former place.

 

Northern Christian Advocate, December 24, 1856

 

GODDARD - PERRY:  At the parsonage, in Nichols [Tioga Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Rev. O.M. McDowall, Mr. Ferdinand K. Godard, of Iowa, to Miss Amanda Perry of Nichols. Tioga Co., NY.

 

CADY - PLATT:  At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Widow Platt, of Nichols [Tioga Co., NY], Nov. 18th, George P Cady, M.D., to Miss Susan Platt, both of Nichols.

 

EVANS - LAMB & LAMB - PITCHER:  At the parsonage in Nichols [Tioga Co., NY], Nov. 19th, Mr. Ziba Evans to Miss Emeline Lamb. [At the same time]  Mr. George Lamb to Miss Emily Pitcher, all of Nichols, Tioga Co., NY

 

SPENCER - WARD:  In Bergen [Genesee Co., NY], Oct. 26th, by Rev. R. Cooley, Mr. Seymour E. Spencer to Miss Theresa F. Ward, both of Bergen.

 

Chenango Telegraph, March 23, 1859

 

HILL - GROSS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. James W. Capen, John F. Hill, Esq. to Miss Mary A. Gross, all of this village.

 

THOMPSON - REED:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 2d, at the residence of -?- Duffy, by the Rev. H.S. Williams, George Thompson of Plymouth to Miss Mary A. Reed of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]

 

STEERE - STAFFORD:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY], the 7th isn't., by Rev. J. McLebb, Thomas P. Steere of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Spafford, of Pittsfield.

 

CHAMPLIN - MILLER:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st by Rev. Lew Lawton, G.E. Champlin, of Iowa, to Miss Amanda Miller, of Lincklaen.

 

BRYAN - PUITR:  In Morris [Otsego Co., NY], March 6, by Rev. C. Starr Bailey, Nathaniel Bryan, to Miss Esther Ann Puitr both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY]

 

Afton Home Sentinel, April 8, 1876

 

TERRY - SAUNDERS:  By L.S. Russell, Esq. at his residence in Sanford, May 22d, Orrin W. Terry to Hattie K. Saunders, both of Colesville [Broome Co., NY]

 

 

 

Obituaries (August 24)

Carrie Lynn Parker
1874 - 1940

Mrs. Carrie Lynn Parker, 65 years old, widow of the late Ray Parker, died Tuesday night at her home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Royder of Schenectady; a son, Kenneth L. Parker of Hancock and a granddaughter, Francelia Royder of Schenectady.  The body was removed to the chapel of Colwell Bros., Bainbridge, where the funeral will be held at 1:30 o'clock (E.S.T.) Friday afternoon.  Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Thomas J. Rice

1888 - 1939

Thomas J. Rice, proprietor of Rice's Restaurant, died in the Chenango Memorial Hospital [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] early Monday afternoon, following an operation performed the preceding Saturday for gastric ulcers.  Mr. Rice had been in ill health for more than a year, but his condition was not considered too serious until he suffered hemorrhages of the stomach a few weeks ago.  He was immediately removed to the Norwich hospital where X-Rays showed a gall bladder trouble, together with ulcers.  His heart had also been weak for several months.  He withstood the operation Saturday fairly well, but his heart condition immediately grew worse, resulting in the end Monday.  Thomas Rice was born August 7, 1888, in Connecticut.  He was the son of Thomas and Eva Williams Rice and came to Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] when a youth where he has spent the remainder of his life.  He was employed in the basket factory when a young man and later went into the employ of the Borden Company and for many years was barn inspector in this section.  Twelve years ago he purchased the lunch cart on Lafayette Park which he later expanded into a small restaurant, building up a substantial business.  Mr. Rice was a baseball enthusiast and in his youth and young manhood displayed a natural ability which today would undoubtedly lead to big league playing.  For many years he played on Oxford teams, both in the outfield and in the infield and captained the local nine.  He was an especially dangerous man at bat and is credited with winning more ball games for Oxford than any man who ever wore a local uniform.  He never went into  a game without fighting every minute to win and using every strategy at his command to achieve that result.  He married Miss Ellen Berdanier who survives him together with two children, Mrs. Lewis Whitney, of Cortland, and Thomas, Jr., of Oxford.  Funeral services will be held this Thursday morning at 1 o'clock in St. Joseph's church with the Rev. Denis F. Lyons officiating.  Burial will be in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].

 

William Donald Burchard

1899 - 1939

William Donald Burchard, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Burchard, died in the Binghamton City Hospital [Broome Co., NY], Tuesday evening, Feb. 28, at 7:50.  Mr. Burchard was taken seriously ill Wednesday, Feb. 1, when he suffered an abdominal hemorrhage.  He was removed to the hospital, Saturday, Feb. 4, for treatment and on Feb. 14 he underwent an operation for gastric ulcers.  He reacted favorably from this operation for several days, but last Sunday it was found necessary to perform an emergency operation from which he did not recover.  Mr. Burchard was born in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 6, 1899, the son of Albert S. and Mary Van DerLyn Burchard.  He attended Oxford Academy and twenty years ago started work in the Burchard Hardware in which he later became associated with his father and his brother, Van D. Burchard.  His entire life was spent in this community to which he was especially loyal, and he made many friends through his countless acts of courtesy and good will.  He has been a communicant of St. Paul's church for 25 years, a member of the Chamber of Commerce for several years and was a former member of the Sappho Hose Company.  Surviving, in addition to his parents, are two brothers, Van D. and A. Stanley, of Oxford; two sisters, Miss Helen Burchard, of Oxford, and Miss Mildred Burchard of Elmira; a niece, Miss Prudence Burchard and a nephew, Albert Stanley, Jr.  A private service will be held at the Burchard home on Washington Park, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock followed by services in St. Paul's church at 3:30. The Rev. James E. Mahagan, new rector of the church, will officiate and burial will be made in the Burchard plot in Riverview cemetery.  The bearers will be Herbert Scarlett, John Eckard, Vincent Beckwith, Floyd Cronk, Kenneth Race, Mark Lally, and Lynn Loomis, of Oxford, and Henry Harrignton, of Binghamton.

 

Raymond Cooper

1918 - 1939

Raymond Cooper, aged 21 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theron R. Cooper, was fatally injured Sunday morning at 2:30, when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by an automobile near the Woods Corners intersection on the Norwich-North Norwich highway [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  Albert Winters, who was riding with Cooper, was thrown off the machine and escaped serious injury.  Cooper stayed with his motorcycle, trying to right it, but failed.  he went off the road and crashed into a tree by the side of the pavement, receiving a fracture of the skull and internal injuries form which he died at 11:30 that day. 

 

Jay Austin, 33, and Axel Benson, 61, both of New Berlin were arrested by deputies from the sheriff's office following the accident.  Austin was accused of criminal negligence to the operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death to a person and Benson, owner of the car, was charged with third degree assault, a section of the law defined as causing bodily injury in the negligent operation of an automobile.  Benson was arraigned before justice Hubert Evans of the town of Norwich, Monday morning, pled guilty and was fined $15 and given 90 days in the county jail.  The jail sentence was suspended on the stipulation that the fine be paid by June 17.  Austin, charged with being the driver of the car which was at fault in the accident, was granted a postponement of arraignment Monday so he might have an opportunity to obtain legal advice. When taken into custody neither man had an automobile or drivers license, but Benson stated he had both licenses at his home.  Undersheriff Frank J. Machio, who investigated the accident, declared that according to eye witnesses, Benson and Austin were driving north and when they were about 50 feet from the intersection, their car lights suddenly flashed on.  Cooper and Winter5s were proceeding in the opposite direction.  They say the oncoming car which was on the extreme left side of the road, leaving no room to pass them on the legal side.  Cooper swung to the right to get by and at the same time the car turned right into the intersecting highway.  The right front fender of the car struck the right side of the motorcycle, throwing Winters to the pavement and down the embankment along side of the road. Cooper went through the guard rail and into the tree.  The car never stopped.  following the Cooper motorcycle were two other motor cycles, all in the same party.  Directly back of him were Howard Hudson, 32, of Homer, and Miss Ann Shufelt of Cortland, and in the third machine were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bodine of Cortland.  When the automobile which struck the motorcycle failed to stop, one of the men on the other machine started after it, catching up at the D.L.&W. railroad crossing near the Sheffield milk plant at Woods Corners, where it had stopped on account of a flat tire. The car was held there until the arrival of the sheriff.  Cooper and Winters were rushed to the Chenango Memorial Hospital where it was learned that Raymond had suffered a fractured skull, but that Winters had escaped serious injury.  An autopsy performed at the hospital following the boy's death showed a hemorrhage of the brain from the skull fracture, also internal injuries.

 

Raymond Blanchard Cooper was born at Amsterdam, February, 3, 1918, the son of Theron R. and Clare C. Carrie Cooper.  he came to Oxford with his parents about 12 years ago where he attended Oxford Academy, graduating with the class of 1935.  He has assisted his father in the clothing store since graduation.  He was a member of the Oxford Baptist church and up until 1937 had been active in the Oxford Boy Scout troop, advancing to the position of assistant scoutmaster with a life Scout rank.  Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Philip and Theron, Jr. and three sisters, Laura, Grace and Janice.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Seymour Funeral Home at 2 o'clock with the Rev. F.L. Anderson, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating.  Burial was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].  The bearers were:  Dwight Baldwin, Lynn Loomis, Harry Oliver, Frederick Anderson, Leonard Tefft and Paul winters.

Obituaries (August 23)

Anna Robinson Ingraham

1873 - 1928

Mrs. Anna Robinson Ingraham of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], wife of Alvin Ingraham died at her home on Butler street Friday morning, March 23.  She had been in poor health since the first of the year, but death was due to pneumonia which developed about two weeks ago.  Mrs. Ingraham was the daughter of Irving and Lucy Steele Robinson and was born February 14, 1873 at Forkston, Pa.  She was married to Alvin Ingraham December 31, 1892.  Twenty-eight years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham moved to a farm about three miles from the village of Oxford where they remained until about five years ago, when they moved to the present home on Butler street.  At the age of eighteen, Mrs. Ingraham united with the M.E. Church at Afton. During the last weeks of her life she found increasing comfort in the quiet reading of the Bible.  Mrs. Ingraham is survived by her husband, two sons, Ira and Irving, and one daughter, Miss Mae Ingraham, all of Oxford; also thirteen grandchildren.  Another daughter, Mrs. Eugene Diamond, died in January of this year.  The funeral services were held at the Undertaking Parlors of Seymour & Son, Monday afternoon, with Rev.  H.E. Weavers officiating. Burial was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].

John H. Petley

1879 - 1939

Funeral services for John H. Petley were held at the family residence at Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY] at 2 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 26, 1939.  Rev. Norman B. Graves, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of West Endicott, N.Y., formerly pastor of the Mt. Upton M.E. Church, conducted the service.  The house was filled to over flowing by relatives and friends, showing the esteem in which the deceased was held.  He was a member of the First Methodist church of Guilford; a member of the Board of Education of Mt. Upton Central School, and a member of the P.M.E. Club of Mt. Upton.  He had been active in various group projects for dairy and other farm work and had been associated in several committees in and around Mt. Upton.  John H. Petley was born Sept. 21, 1879, in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Thomas H. Petley and Betsey Hamilton.  He attended school in Bainbridge High School.  On Feb. 20, 1901, he was untied in marriage to L. Viola Sackett, daughter of the late Rev. Charles H. and Belle C. Sackett.  She survives her husband, as do also one daughter, Mrs. Clifford A. Tuckey of Sidney, and one son, Ralph Sackett Petley of New Berlin, N.Y. and three grandchildren of New Berlin, N.Y.  He is also survived by two brothers and two sisters.  Henry and Herbert of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Nancy Blencoe of Guilford and Mrs. William Northrup of Bainbridge.

Stephen Homa

Richfield Springs Mercury, July 29, 1943

Stephen Homa, eleven years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Homa of Barstow's Corners, four miles west of Richfield Springs, was instantly killed shortly after the noon hour Thursday of last week when a 12-gage shotgun he was carrying on his lap while operating a tractor, accidentally discharged its contents into his head.  Doctor Harris V. Frink of Richfield Sprigs, Otsego County Coroner, said the gun was discharged close to the lad's head and that death was instantaneous.  Coroner Frink issued a verdict of accidental death and gave permission for the removal of the body to a Utica funeral home.  Mr. and Mrs. Homa were in Utica on business when the mishap occurred. They were found by Utica police and notified of the tragedy, second to occur in the family in two years.  An infant daughter was killed when she was run over by a gasoline truck in 1941.  A 14-year-old brother of the victim told Dr. Frink that Stephen was killed while trying to back the tractor out of a shed. The boy had operated the tractor on the family farm for some time.  "Stephen said he was going hunting, but I told him that he was too young and to leave the gun at home as it was loaded," the older brother told Dr. Frink.  After telling his brother the gun was unloaded, Stephen started the motor of the tractor and attempted to back it up. The machine stuck and as the boy raised himself to operate the gear shift lever, the gun dropped from his lap and discharged. The brother grabbed Stephen and turned off the ignition.  Stephen Homa was born on February 22, 1932, He had passed to the sixth grade in school last June.  In addition to the parents there survive five sisters, Amelia, Lorraine, Sophie, Wanda and Joan; two brothers, Robert and Joseph; the grandparents in Utica, four uncles, three of whom are fighting for Uncle Sam; and two aunts in Utica.

Horace Merithew

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, December 11, 1897

Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY]:  Horace Merithew died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Francis Owen, in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] on Friday last, and the funeral was held in the Union church at Rockdale today.  The deceased had been a consistent member of the M.E. church at this place for the past thirty years, and his many friends and relatives completely filled the church edifice to show their esteem and respect ot the memory of the departed.  Rev. Mr. Blair of Mt. Upton, preached the sermon from the text, "If a Man Die, Shall he Live Again."  A passage of scripture that the deceased had long since selected for the occasion. Burial was made at Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].

William W. Sackett

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, December 11, 1897

Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY]:  W.W. Sackett died at his home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] last Wednesday.  The deceased died quite suddenly and the news of this death came very unexpectedly to his former friends and neighbors in this place. He had been closely identified with the Grange, of which he was past master, and it has been said in keeping up the order, he had shown great liberality.

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, December 11, 1897

William W. Sackett died at Sidney N.Y. on Wednesday December 1st at the age of 63 years.  He was ill but a few hours, death resulting from a complication of asthma and heart disease.  He was a life long resident of Chenango county and was born in the town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], receiving his education in the common schools.  In his early manhood he was a successful teacher. At the age of 25 years he was united in marriage with Mary J. Boyd and purchased a farm.  Together they worked year after year, until success crowned their efforts and a competency was secured.  In 1881 he removed in the town of Guilford and purchased one of the finest farms in the Unadilla valley.  He was a progressive farmer, adopting modern ideas and applying them in cultivation of his crops and in the care of his stock.  He was considered a representative man by the community in which he lived and his advice and counsel were sought after in all matters pertaining to the farm.  He was an enthusiastic member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry.  At the time of his death he was one of the directors of the Patrons' Fire Relief association.  He leaves a wife and three daughters, Elida, the wife of Charles Preston of Sidney, and Mae and Pearl, who are at present students at the State normal school at Oneonta.  He was an indulgent husband, a kind and loving father and in his death the community loses an honored citizen and the grange a worthy member.  -- Henry A. Bradley, Rockdale, N.Y.

Obituaries (August 22)

Girard Smith

Chenango Telegraph, March 25, 1840

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, the 19th inst., of Scarlet Fever and Canker Rash, Girard [Smith], only child of James H. Smith, Under Sheriff of this county, aged 8 years and 6 months.

 

There was an early determination of the disease to the head which deprived him of reason, except at short intervals, after throwing him into a state of frantic wildness.  This rendered his sickness most of the time, heart-rending and agonizing.  Of a sudden, nature sunk, the storm subsided, and he fell quickly into the peaceful slumbers of death, greatly to the relief of his agonizing parents and attendants.  His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. A. Wheelock, Pastor of the Baptist church in this village from Isa. 52, 7,--"Thy God reigneth."  The speaker endeavored to illustrate the doctrine of the wisdom and goodness of God in the dispensation of the darkest and most mysterious Providences.  Thus has died among us another as lovely a child, probably as ever lived.  Girard was comely in his person, possessing one of the sweetest dispositions, and in his manners was uncommonly graceful and attractive.  He loved the sanctuary and was always cheerful  and glad to accompany his pious parents to the house of God for their Sabbath devotions.  A smile of gladness was often seen lit up upon the countenances of the father and mother as they marked the sprightliness of their boy and observed the modesty and gracefulness of his manner in entering the church.  He was one of the idols of the Sabbath school, full of animation, imparting life and spirit to his class, and to the public examinations which are conducted by the Pastor during the Sabbath intermission.  What he was in the Sabbath school room, he was, also, in the domestic circle; constituting a kind of central attraction to all the family and giving a zest to all their enjoyments, especially during the more leisure hours of their winter evenings, when they reckoned upon being enlivened by Girard and his books.  He studiously avoided the company of wicked persons and was so shocked at the profanity he occasionally heard in the streets, that he could not be persuaded to repeat the oaths he had heard.  He manifested a deep interest in pious persons and in religious devotions; often followed his pious step-mother to mingle his prayers with hers in secret.  At times also -?- altar, he has, unsolicited, followed his father in prayer.  Precious child!  He lived long enough to win to himself many friends, and died after three days' dreadful sickness, bemoaned and bewept by the aged and the young. 

 

Mr. V. Barrett

Chenango Telegraph, February 12, 1840

Melancholy Suicide:  Mr. V. Barrett, of the firm of Ellis, Barrett and Canfield, of the city of  New York, put a period to his existence, at Homer [Cortland Co., NY], on the evening of the 22d ult.  Mr. B. was in the country on the business of the house, and had been in this village a few days previous to the fatal act.  He left a note addressed to his brother and sister, in the following words:  "Dear Brother and Sister--accept this lock of hair, and forgive me!.  We meet no more on earth!"  He swallowed two ounces of laudanum  --  was about 28 years of age.  Syracuse journal 

 

Alice (Wilcox) Wavle

1855 - 1927

Mrs. Alice W. Wavle, wife of Augustus H. Wavle, died at her home on Pleasant street on Thursday morning, aged 71 years.  Mrs. Wavle was taken sick last September and for nearly eight months has been confined to her bed.  Her disease progressed steadily and for the past few days it was evident that her days of life were numbered. She was the daughter of Paris and Betsy Knickerbocker Wilcox and was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on August 21, 1855.  She was united in marriage with Augustus H. Wavle.  of Smithville on December 30, 1873.  Mr. and Mrs. Wavle made their home on the old homestead in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] for nearly forty years and then removed to this village and made their home on Pleasant street.  She has been a member of the Congregational church for many years and maintained a deep interest in the affairs of her church, and labored for its interests as long as her health would permit.  Her abiding faith sustained her through the years and comforted her as the end drew near.  Surviving are her husband and her daughter, Mrs. Albert Palmer, of this village, her son Robert M. Wavle of Hartford, a grandson Louis Wavle, of Hartford.  Four brothers, Charles and Adelbert Wilcox of Smithville; Eugene Wilcox of Greene; and Rector Wilcox of this village; and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Linn of Rochester and Mrs. Carrie Greene of this village also survive.  Funeral service will be held at her home tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John M. Chambers, pastor of the Congregational church.  Burial will be made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY]

 

Elzada (Herrick) Ireland

1845 - 1928

West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Elzada Ireland, 83 years old, passed away at the home of her son, Frank, Thursday morning, May 10.  The funeral was held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday, with Rev. H.S. Munyon, pastor of the M.E. church, officiating.  Her three sons and three grandsons were the bearers.  Burial at this place.

 

NOTE:  Elzada Herrick was born 20 February 1845 the daughter of Frederick and Edna (Davis) Ireland.  On 22 November 1874 she married John A. Ireland the son of John D. and Cynthia (Parsons) Ireland.

 

Hattie Fisher

1878 - 1928

Hattie Fisher, 51 years old, of 21-1/2 Delaware Square, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and formerly of Oxford, died Monday night at the Norwich Memorial hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Pearl Scouten, and her father, Charles Fisher of the Haynes road.  The funeral was held at Seymour & Son's Undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. J.M. Chambers, pastor of the Congregational church officiated and burial was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co.., NY].

 

Death Notices

 

[1928] Lawrence D. Clarke, the 16-year-old son of Principal and Mrs. Lawrence E. Clarke of Berkshire [Tioga Co., NY], formerly of this village, died at the Syracuse Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning after a short illness.

 

Chenango Telegraph, February 5, 1840

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday morning last, Harriet Platt [Sanford], daughter of Augustus Sanford, aged two years.

 

Chenango Telegraph, February 12, 1840

Died in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 3d inst., Miss A. Eliza Fletcher, aged 23 years.

"Another loved one from our earth,

Has passed death's shadowy strand;

And gone to grasp the mysteries

That throng the spirit land."

 

Chenango Telegraph, March 11, 1840

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Lafayette [York], youngest son of Charles York, Esq., aged 4 years and 5 months.

Obituaries (August 21)

Alice Mary Hatten

1847 - 1927

Alice Mary Hatten passed away on Sunday, September 25, at the home of Charles Weeks on South Hill, aged 80 years.  Deceased was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 20, 1847, the daughter of William and Martha Bartlett Hatten.  She has been a resident of the town of Guilford all of her life.  Burial was made in the Yaleville cemetery [Guilford, NY] on Wednesday.

 

Ina A. (Lawton) Kingsley

1891 - 1927

Mrs. Walter Kingsley died at the Oxford hospital on Wednesday Oct. 19th.  Funeral was held on Saturday at 2 o'clock.  She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman D. Lawton and leaves a husband and six children.

 

Margaret Yale McCall

1927

Margaret Yale McCall, infant daughter of Roswell McCall and Lorah ives McCall, died Friday afternoon, June 10.  A private funeral was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Ives on Taylor street, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.  Rev.  H.C. Whedon officiating, burial in Riverview Cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

 

Beatrice Eleanor Suitor

1927

Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Glendenning received word of the death of their little granddaughter, Beatrice Eleanor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Suitor of Queenstown, Alberta, Canada, aged 8 months and 8 days.  Burial was made in Gladys cemetery near Blackie, Alberta.  Mrs. Suitor, the mother, was formerly Miss Golda Glendenning, a pupil in Oxford High School.  Deepest sympathy goes forth to the parents and grandparents so sadly bereaved in the loss of their loved one.

Christiana (Dodge) Shepard

1835 - 1927

Mrs. Christianna Dodge Shepard, widow of the late Delason D. Shepard died at her home on Ross Street on Sunday morning, May 8. aged 91 years.  Mrs. Shepard's last illness continued for over a year, during which she gradually grew worse and for the past month she was entirely helpless. She bore her affliction through all this time with Christian patience and resignation.  She was the daughter of Peter and Mary Lewis Dodge and was born on the Dodge farm, now occupied by L.L. Dodge, on October 27, 1835.  On February 21, 1855, she was united in marriage with Delason Shepard, of this village.  For about thirty years Mr. Shepard conducted a meat market in the Clarke block, directly under the present post office.  He died in April, 1913.  Mrs. Shepard was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.  She was a quiet, home loving woman, thoughtful of others and a good neighbor.  She is survived by her daughter, Miss Addie Shepard, who made a home for her and two grandchildren, Miss Laura and Hugh Shepard of Boston, Massachusetts.  Her son Laverne Shepard died twelve years ago.  The funeral was held at her home on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. H.C. Whedon, rector of St. Paul's Church, officiating. Burial was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]. 

Josephine R. Downey

1908 - 1927

Miss Josephine R. Downey, 19 years of age, daughter of the late Daniel D. and Mabel Fosgate Downey, died Wednesday, May 4, at her home in Preston [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Downey attended school at Oxford Academy and leaves a wide circle of friends who will mourn sincerely her untimely death.  She is survived by one sister, Anna H. of Syracuse and two brothers.  Timothy D., and Francis, both of Preston.  An uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Downey, with whom she made her home in Preston, also survive.  Funeral service was held at St. Paul's church, Norwich, on Saturday morning, Rev. Father Joseph Tiernan officiating.  Burial in the family plot at St. Paul's Cemetery Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Dorothy Livingston

1924 - 1927

Again Afton has been shocked and grieved by a dreadful accident.  Dorothy, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Livingston, living near Vallonia Springs, about three miles south of this village, suffered a broken neck when she fell from her father's farm wagon on Wednesday afternoon of last week.  The little girl had accompanied her mother to the barn to gather eggs, and as her father was driving a wagon away from the barn, she climbed on the wagon for a ride.  In driving through a ditch she fell out, striking on her head and breaking her neck.  She was picked up and rushed to the office of Dr. Dodge in this place, but expired soon after arriving there.  The funeral services were at the Afton Baptist church Saturday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Lester D. Huxtable.  Burial in Glenwood [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  Besides the parents, she is survived by two sisters and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pullis, who have the sympathy of the entire community.

Blog Post listing, August 14-20, 2017

Listing of blog postings for the week of August 14-20, 2017.

Marriages

Posted August 15, 2017

Marriage Notices

     Jared Chapel - Savia Stebbins (1835)

     Oliver T. Hammond - A. Louisa Prentiss (1835)

     Horace Baldwin - Penelope Allen (1835)

     Samuel McKoon - Adelia Perkins (1835)

     Frederick juliand - Jane Cameron Ringer (1835)

     Asa D. Wood - Emeline Clark (1835)

     Capt. Cyrus M. Dow - Semantha Green (1835)

     Daniel G. Hollis - Almira Goodrich (1835)

     Darius Buel, Jr. - Cornelia Lincoln (1935)

     Grove D. White - Harriet Smith (1835)

     John P. dietz - ?? Graves (1835)

     Jesse(?) Babcock - Sophronia Follett (1835)

     Thomas h. Compton - Hattie L. Carl (1878)

     Ellis Garrison - Sarah Sherwood (1878)

     Menzo Tyler - Mrs. Marion Disbrow (1878)

     William Sweet - Thankful Barber (1878)

     R.A. Thompson, Jr. - Rosa B. Moulton (1878)

Posted August 20, 2017
Marriage notices
     Henry H. Willcox - Marion Purdie (1840)
     Marenus Janes - Mary Dunkin (1840)
     George M. Lyon - Eliza C. Lewis (1855)
     Levi Seward - Chloe Burtch (1855)
     Joseph Willson - Eliza Ann Odle Brown (1855)
     Warren B. Decker - Desiah Martindale (1855)
     Cornelius L. Decker - Amanda P. Simmons (1855)
     George W. Holman - Barbara M. Clark (1855)
     O.K. Klinck - Sophia J. Rozell (1855)
     Clarence E. Hawley - Ada Belle Brown (1900)
     Charles M. Wicks - Rose M. Frank (1900)
     Fred Wage - Jennie Rhodes (1900)
     Richard Hopkins - Alice Cady (1900)



 

Obituaries

Posted August 14, 2017

Rev. Henry Curtis Whedon (Rochester, Oxford, 1962)

Morgan Rogers (Greene, 1938)

Thelma Gaskin Quinn (Binghamton, 1938)

Rev. Harry Meyer (Oxford, Sherburne, 1938)

Posted August 15, 2017
Charles Craig Kirby (Afton, 1939)

Death Notices 

     Esther Wheelock (Delphi, 1835)

     Betsey Pendleton (Norwich, 1835)

     Mrs. Gates Wilcox (Wellsborough PA, McDonough, 1835)

     Jane Farr (Norwich, 1835)

     James H. Preston (Butternuts, Norwich, 1835)

     Augusta Martin or Emily Tremaine Martin (Wilkins Settlement, 1878)

     Georgianna, Phillips (Coventry, 1878)

     Heman St. John (Rockdale, 1879) Soldier of the War of 1812

     Sarah M. VanWagenen (Oxford, 1878)

Posted August 18, 2017
Olive Hamilton(Guilford, 1926)
Nellie (Smith) Rhodes (Quincy MA, 1931)
Georgianna E. Ireland (Guilford, 1930)

Posted August 19, 2017
Roy Brown (Hamilton, 1900)  Drowning
Herman H. Dimmick (Southampton LI, Plymouth 1900)
Clark Johnson (Willet, 1900)
Rev. Jonathan K. Peck (Kingston, 1900)  died in the pulpit
Death Notices 1900
     Polly A. Anderson (Norwich)
     Elsie Orinda Arnold Hoag (Norwich)
     Lily J. Boss (Norwich)
     Mrs. G.M. Bartle (Norwich)
     Levi Vincent (Bainbridge)
     Stephen Huttleston (East Lincklaen)
     Sally Ames (Columbus)
     Mortimer P. Titus (King Settlement)

Posted August 20, 2017
Gilbert Stanton (Smyrna, 1900)
Alice (Welch) Hall (Cooperstown, 1932)
Rev. George W. Scarlett (Oxford, 1933)
Daughter of Mr. C.N. Slocomb (Cortland, 1840) accidental death
Death Notices
     Benjamin F. Holcomb (Plymouth, 1840)
     Augustus C. Hinkley (Galveston TX, Norwich, 1840)
     J. Stacy Phelon (Albany, Oxford, 1855)
     Lucretia Blood (Mt. Upton, 1855)
     John R. Aldrich (Plymouth, Delhi Centre MI, 1855)
     Lester Ecclestos (Oxford, 1855)
     Parmelia Nicholson (Preston, 1855)
     Jared Stiles (Smithville, 1855)
     Eleanor Carruth (Norwich, 1859)
     Raby Whitman (Otselic, 1859)
     Sylvanus Rice (Greene, 1859)
     John Davidson (Sherburne, 1859)
     Asa Shattuck (German, 1859)
 

 

Miscellaneous

Posted August 14, 2017

Rev. William Lee Soper, 1977-1964

Posted August 15, 2017
50th Anniversary, Runion Parsons - Mahala Hoffman; More Memories of Mahalah Hoffman Parsons - 1879
Disgraceful Riot 1935

Marriages (August 20)

Marriage Notices
Chenango Telegraph, January 15, 1840

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Jacob Hecox, Esq., Henry H. Willcox, to Miss Marion Purdie, all of that town.

 

Chenango Telegraph, January 22, 1840

 

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 15th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Marenus Janes, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Dunkin, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 4, 1855

 

In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 2d, by Rev. F. Paddock, D.D., Mr. George M. Lyon, to Miss Eliza C. Lewis, all of this town.

 

In South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., by Rev. Geo. Balcom, Mr. Levi Seward, to Miss Chloe Burtch, both of the above place.

 

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult., by Rev. H. Gee, Mr. Joseph Willson to Mrs. Eliza Ann Odle Brown, both of the above palce.

 

In Guilford, Sept. 27th, by Laman Ingersoll, Esq., Mr. Warren B. Decker, to Miss Desiah Martindale, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. Cornelius l. Durfee, to Miss Amanda P. Simmons, both of the above place.

 

In Clarkville [Allegany Co., NY], on Wednesday evening, Sept. 19th, by Rev. J. Clark, Mr. Geo W. Holman, of Clayville [Oneida Co., NY], and Miss Barbara M. Clark, daughter of Hosea B. Clark, of the former place.

 

In Lyons [Wayne Co., NY], Sept. 19th, at the Presbyterian Church, by Rev. G.R. Rudd, Mr. O.K. Klinck, to Sophia J. [Rozell], daughter of David R. Rozell, of that village.

 

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 3, 1900

HAWLEY - BROWN:  in South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], December 25, 1899, by Rev. Samuel miller, Clarence E. Hawley of Otego [Otsego Co., NY] and Miss Ada Belle Brown of South Otselic.

WICKS - FRANK:  in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], December 27, 1899 by Rev. Charles D. Reed, Charles M. Wicks and Miss Rose M. Frank, both of Bainbridge.

WAGE - RHODES:  In Lestershire [Broome Co., NY], December 25, 1899, Fred Wage of Lestershire, and Miss Jennie Rhodes, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

HOPKINS - CADY:  In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], December 27, 1899, by Rev. Mr. McIntyre of Coventryville, Richard Hopkins and Miss Alice Cady both of West Bainbridge.

Obituaries (August 20)

Gilbert Stanton

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 6, 1900

The Upperville correspondent of the Earlville Standard sends to that paper the following notice of the late Gilbert Stanton, one of the few remaining pioneer residents of the county, and a highly respected citizen of the town of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Gilbert Stanton, with but one exception, the oldest person in the town of Smyrna, died December 21st.  He was born in Brookfield May 31, 1808 and was 91 years, 7 months and 20 days of age.  At the age of 24 he gave his heart to God, united with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained a consistent member of that denomination until his death.  In 1831 he was married to Susan Dutton of Columbus.  In 1831 he took up a tract of wild land in the town of Otselic, erecting a log house, and from Brookfield to this home in the forest, on what is known as Stanton hill, he removed with his family consisting of his aged father and mother, elder sister, his wife and one child.  Subsequently there were born to them ten other children, in all seven sons and four daughters.  It was his lot cheerfully to care for as life receded and sadly follow to their last resting place the aged parents, the sister, six of the eleven children, and the wife whom he buried in 1855.  In 1857 he was married to Cyrena Ferris of Smyrna who had one child, Franklin B., with whom he lived at the time of his death.  In 1870 he removed from Otselic to Smyrna where he resided until his death.  His second wife died three years since.  he was a kind and obliging neighbor, a kind and loving husband and father, an earnest and upright Christian, always living up to and ready to defend the faith he professed in Christ at all times and places, and we believe the good examples and good advice of Uncle Gilbert, as he was so familiarly called will live with many who knew him for years to come.  He leaves five sons, Charles and Edwin of Plymouth, A.P. of Oxford, F.G. and Franklin of Smyrna, and one daughter, Mrs. C.A. Lowe of Plymouth.

Alice (Welch) Hall

1853 - 1932

Mrs. Alice (Welch) Hall, widow of the late Dr. T.F. Hall, for many years in this vicinity until his death in 1927, died at her home in Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY] Sunday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock after a heart attack, the second she had suffered in two months.  The funeral services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. N.B. Ripley of Milford, officiating, together with Rev. H.W. Thomas.  Alice Welch was born at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] October 1, 1853, and spent her girlhood there.  On October 6, 1875, she married Truman F. Hall.  Among the charges where she lived and gave freely of her time to the advancement of church work, were Exeter, Schuyler Lake, Westville, Middlefield, Westford, Gilbertsville, Morris, Otego, Cooperstown, Bainbridge, Binghamton, Carbondale, Pa. and Oneonta.  Mr. Hall was superintendent of the Oneonta district from 1899 to 1903 and from 1912 to 1916 was pastor of the First Methodist church at Oneonta.  Surviving is a grandson, Francis Hall of Batavia.  There are also surviving three cousins, two of whom reside in Auburn and one in Afton.

Rev. George W. Scarlett

1853 - 1933 

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of the Rev. George W. Scarlett, 80, retired Dutch Reformed minister, will be held from the home of his son, Herbert Scarlett, Oxford, tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church.  The Reverend Scarlett has been a resident of Oxford since 1914 when he retired from active life.  He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1880 with Phi Beta Kappa honors.  He was one of the founders of the Chi Psi Fraternity of that college.  He has served in the ministry in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Michigan.  Besides a widow he is survived by 12 children.

Daughter of Mr. C.N. Slocomb

Chenango Telegraph, January 29, 1840

Fatal Accident:  Another case of death is to be added to the long catalogue which has already accumulated in consequence of carrying fire into sleeping rooms at night.  Two interesting daughters of Mr. C.N. Slocomb, of our village [Cortland, Cortland co., NY] of the ages of 10 and 12, on retiring to bed on Sunday evening last, carried with them a kettle of coals from the stove to warm the air in their room.  In the morning about 8 o'clock, the father wanting the kettle, went into the room, and found the oldest child dead, and the other perfectly insensible.  From all appearances, the oldest one had been dead for some time; and the youngest one was with some difficulty resuscitated, and is now alive and well.  It is sincerely hoped that this will be a warning to all. The mother of these dear children was knowing to their carrying the fire into the room, and was well aware of the danger of burning charcoal in a close room, but supposed that the burning of common coal from the stove or fire place was perfectly harmless.  It should be known by all that one is equally fatal with the other, the only difference being the rapidity with which one or the other will be consumed.  Cortland Rep.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, January 1, 1840

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], 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. Hinckley, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 4, 1855

In Albany, Sept. 13th, Stacy Phelon, formerly student of Oxford Academy, aged 29 years.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mrs. Lucretia Blood, wife of Mr. Charles Blood, aged 65 years.

In Delhi Centre, Michigan, Mr. John R. Aldrich, late of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged about 36 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult., Mr. Lester Ecclestos, aged 26 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mrs. Parmelia Nicholson, aged 67 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., Mr. Jared Stiles, aged 16 years.

Chenango Telegraph, March 23, 1859

CARRUTH:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Saturday morning, Mrs. Eleanor Carruth, aged 60 years.

WHITMAN:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th isn't. Mrs. Raby Whitman, wife of Randall Whitman, at the advanced age of 103 years.  The deceased had been blessed with remarkable health during her long life, and retained her general faculties to an extraordinary degree up to the boar of death.

RICE:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst,. Sylvanus Rice, aged 1 year and 11 months.

DAVIDSON:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the -?- last, John Davidson, Jr. aged 41 years.

SHATTUCK:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 18, Asa Shattuck, aged 77 years.