Kenneth B. Knapp
Afton Enterprise, July 19, 1945
Colchester [Delaware Co., NY]: Trooper Kenneth B. Knapp, 36, a veteran of Troop C Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] and well known to many people of the community, was killed instantly Tuesday while investigating a domestic quarrel. As Capt. H.B. Gay, commander of Troop C and inspector Carl Lawson, BCI, of the same troop pieced the case together, Ernest Mills, who later committed suicide, was a man described as an "antagonistic nature," barred his estranged wife, Dorothy, when she appeared at the home to gather up some of her personal belongings and household goods. She told authorities she had left him three weeks ago. Mrs. Mills called Trooper Knapp in an effort to obtain her goods. When he arrived at the residence, the door was locked, so Knapp moved around the house. He peered through a window and saw Mills stretched on the floor. In the belief that Mills had committed suicide, Knapp accompanied by Mrs. Mills, hastened to the rear of the residence and opened the back door and walked through to the dining room. As Knapp entered the doorway to the living room, a blast hit him squarely in the eye and he slumped to the floor. While Mrs. Mills was summoning assistance, Mills brushed past her and ran next door to the home of his sister. He barricaded himself there. While Captain Gay and Inspector Lawson, together with a posse of troopers, were converging on the scene, Mills apparently sat down at a table and wrote some notes, which the captain said contained information as to what he intended to do. Despite coaxing on the part of the law officers to give himself up, Mills remained obdurate. Finally as they prepared to break in, he bade his son Jack, 10, goodbye and shot himself in the head. Captain Gay said Trooper Knapp had been a member of Troop C sixteen years. Trooper Knapp was married and leaves beside his wife, four children, all living in Greene.
Stanley Fuller
Afton Enterprise, July 19, 1945
Stanley Fuller, 26, of Elk Creek [Delaware Co., NY], between Delhi and East Meredith was fatally injured Tuesday evening July 3, when a grindstone broke to pieces under centrifugal force and several of the flying pieces struck Fuller. The young farmer had been preparing to grind mowing machine knives and rigged a grindstone to a motor and set it spinning. The circular stone was subjected to a spinning speed much too fast and from centrifugal force it broke into many flying pieces, some of which struck Mr. Fuller. He suffered a deep gash in the neck below the left ear and a fracture at the base of the skull, as well as a puncture of the right thigh and multiple minor wounds of arms and legs.
Myrtie Springsteen
Afton Enterprise, July 19, 1945
Mrs. Myrtie Springsteen passed away very suddenly Thursday night at her home. She had just returned from a visit at the home of her son, Harry Springsteen and family at Sampson. the funeral was held in the church Sunday and was filled with friends and relatives. The floral tributes were beautiful and numerous and expressed the high esteem in which she was held in the community. Rev. Sabin officiated and she was laid at rest in the Harpursville cemetery [Broome County, NY].
Dr. John Norris Evans
Bainbridge News, April 16, 1953
Dr. John Norris Evans, ophthalmologist, who had practiced in Brooklyn for more than 35 years, passed away Tuesday, Apr. 7, 1953, of a heart attack at his home on 23 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. His home also served as his office. Dr. Evans, together with his parents and brothers and sisters, spent their summers at Guilford Lake [Chenango Co., NY] where his parents owned a summer home. His boyhood days must have brought him many happy recollections through the years of his pleasant days at the lake. Dr. Evans, a consultant surgeon at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital and consultant ophthalmologist at Long Island College Hospital and at St. Peter's Hospital, outlived his wife, the former Elizabeth Adams, by a little more than three months. She passed away Jan. 4. Born in Brooklyn, Dr. Evans spent practically his entire life in the borough. He was the son of the late Dr. George A. Evans and Zoa Macumber Evans and was 62 years of age at the time of his death. He was graduated by Erasmus Hall School in the year 1912. Four years later he received his diploma (medical) from the long Island College of Medicine, where he eventually became professor of clinical ophthalmology. At his death he was professor emeritus of that department. As associate editor of the Quarterly Review in Ophthalmology, Dr. Evans had contributed numerous articles to medical journals and was the author of "Clinical Seotometry" and "Ango Scotometry." He was medalist of the long Island College of Medicine, had lectured extensively and also had conducted educational courses in his specialized field. Dr. Evans was a consultant of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and had participated in that organization's crusades against blindness. He was consultant ophthalmologist to the Ophthalmological Foundation, and at his death was professor emeritus of clinical ophthalmology at the State university College of Medicine in New York City. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Evans was also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and of the New York and Brooklyn Ophthalmological Societies. He also was a member of the Kings County Medical Society, the Medical Club of Brooklyn, the New York Medical Society, the Associated Physicians of Long Island and the Tuscarora Club, of Millbrook. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Sarah E. Keller, of Guilford, and two brothers, Alfred Evans, of Manhattan, and George C. Evans, of Cranford, N.J. Private funeral services were held.
Anna Belle Havens
Bainbridge News, April 16, 1953
Final rites for Mrs. Anna Belle Havens were held from Christ Church, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday afternoon, Apr. 7. Mrs. Havens, widow of the late George Havens, passed away Saturday afternoon, Apr. 4, at the Chenango Valley Home, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. The Rev. Robert Anderson, Jr., officiated at the service and burial was in the family plot, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford. Anna Belle Havens was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], 84 years ago. She was the daughter of Elvira (Mead) Burton and Lewis J. Burton. On Sept. 26, 1888, she was untied in marriage to George B. Havens. To them was born one daughter, Julie, who passed away several years ago, and one son, Carl, of Staten Island. The greater part of Mrs. Havens life was spent and lived in our village. A member of Christ Church as long as her health permitted, she gave of her service. Her family and home were the center of her life. Surviving is a son, Carl L. Havens of Staten Island; two granddaughters, Mrs. Elinor Little, of Tucson, Ariz, and Miss Virginia Havens, of Staten island, and one great-granddaughter, Julie Little. Bearers were Stuart Ives, Ross Winsor, Kenneth Stead and Fred Tripp.
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