Obituaries (September 9)

Ursula E. (Hall) Ingraham
Jan. 15, 1827 - Dec. 5, 1907

Thursday, Dec. 5, 1907, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.D. Rogers, occurred the death of Ursula E., widow of Lyman H. Ingraham.  The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the house, the Rev. Mr. Gates officiating.  Interment was made in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].  Among those from out of town were, James Ingraham, Unadilla, Ira Hall, Wellsbridge, Mrs. Julia Hacket, Coventryville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ingraham, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Youmans, Mrs. Frank Butts, Mrs. John Wright, Norwich; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ingraham and children, Guilford.  Mrs.  Ingraham was born in this town Jan. 15, 1827, and married Mr. Ingraham Jan. 18, 1849.  To them four children were born, three of whom survive:  Mrs. A.D. Rogers, Daniel E. Ingraham, of Oxford, and Wesley Ingraham of Guilford.  There are five grandchildren and four great grandchildren, also a sister, Mrs. Julia Hacket, and three brothers, Ira Hall, Frank Hall, East Pharsalia, Lucius Hall, Harbor Beach, Mich. Mrs. Ingraham was a loving mother, a kind neighbor and a true Christian, who bore her long years of suffering with never a complaint.  "All was well" with her.  She was a woman who cared not for the glitterings of life, but preferred the vocations of her home and children.  Her every act of life being to demand the love of her loved ones and the respect of her acquaintances.  Endeavoring with energy of a true woman and mother to be a living example to those to whom God had given into her keeping.  May the sorrows of the daughter, who so faithfully and tenderly cared for the mother for years, be lessened by knowing full well the reward the faithful are entitled to, the dearly loved mother, as she enters the eternal resting place.

Orrin Follett

1842 - July 26, 1907

Orrin Follett, a farm hand 65 years old, was killed by a bull in a field on the Barnes farm in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] Friday afternoon.  Mr. Follett, who is employed on the farm which is on the King's Settlement road not far from the village, started from the house shortly before 4 o'clock to drive the cows in for the milking.  He was armed with a pitchfork.  At 6 o'clock he had not returned and a search was instituted.  His body was found in a field and from a glance it was evident that he had been gored and tramped to death by a bull.  he was lying face downward in the grass.  All his ribs had been broken.  Mr. Follett had in this field unexpectedly encountered a bull owned by J.O.H. Reed, president of Norwich and who owns a farm adjoining the Barnes place. The bull had broken out and was roaming the field.  Just what happened is a matter of conjecture.  Mr. Follett may have been attacked unexpectedly and suddenly or he might have aroused the best while trying to drive it back to the farm on which it belonged.  The ground for a long distance about the body showed that there had been a prolonged struggle.  At one side lay Mr Follett's watch.  It had stopped at 4:28.  Near by was the fork which the man had carried.  There were no marks on the bull.  Coroner Manley made an investigation and concluded that a formal inquest was unnecessary.

Sarah C. Simmons

July 1907

Mrs. Sarah C. Simmons, widow of the late Chauncey Simmons, died at the home of her son, Julian Simmons, with whom she made it her home, in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday morning of last week, aged 64 years.  Her death was very sudden and unexpected as she had been in comparatively good health for the past few months, and was caused by cerebral hemorrhages.  She had just returned from a visit with Afton friends the night previous and on arising in the morning complained of not feeling well, when she suddenly sank back into a chair and expired.  Mrs. Simmons was a lady of fine character and had many friends in this village who will deeply regret her demise.  Until last February she resided on South Chenango street, in this village, leaving at that time to make her home with her son in Coventry. She was an active and honored member of Chenango Chapter Order of Eastern Star and the Woman's Relief Corps, both of which societies attended her funeral in a body. She was a communicant of Zion church, her funeral being held from that edifice on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Percy T. Olton, officiating.  Burial in Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Of her immediate family she leaves two sons, G.H. Simmons of New York city and Julian Simmons of Coventry, to mourn her loss.

George W. Root

May 1907

George W. Root died at the residence of his son, Leland Root, Friday, May  10, 1907, aged 80 years.  Mr. Root had resided in this town all his life, most of which was spent in farming.  He was a respected citizen and a man who retained the friendship of all his acquaintances.  Beside the son above mentioned Mr. Root is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Chauncey Smith, Mrs. Merton Mudge, Mrs. DeWitt Thompson and Mrs. George C. Lewis, all of this town.  Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, of which deceased was a member, Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. C.B. Parsons officiating.  There was a large attendance.