Obituaries (October 29)

William B. Race

December 2, 1823 - December 7, 1910

The remains of William B. Race were brought here from Kansas Saturday and interred in the family plot in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Race was the son of William B. Race of Oxford and left for Kansas about thirty years ago.  He has not been very actively engaged in business in the West, speculating some, but living for the most part a retired life.  Within a year he moved from Thayer to Ottawa, Kansas.  In her early years he clerked for J.W Clarke & Co., beginning at the time when the old canal went through.  He was actively engaged in business in Oxford before leaving for the west, and with Cyrus Gray and John R. Wheeler conducted the corner store where Baldwin & Mead are now located, under the firm name of Gray, Wheeler & Race.  Mr. Race was twice married, his first wife being Louisa M. Powers, daughter of Myron Powers, and her death occurred in 1885.  Later he married Mrs. Mary Emery, who still survives him; also three sons, Loren D., William B. and Harold D. Race, all of Ottawa; and several nieces living in Oxford, Mrs. B.M. Emerson, Miss E. Christine Race, Charles B., and Harold Race.

Mary Jane Miller
ca 1834 - February 17, 1911

Miss Mary J. Miller, for a number of years a resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died February 17 at the Chenango Valley Home in Norwich, aged 77 years.  Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] was the birthplace of Miss Miller, where she was left motherless when less than a week old.  Her father's death occurred soon after and she was then taken into the home of Underhill Miller of South Oxford, where she adopted their name and remained for a number of years. After the death of her foster parents she resided in different families in town and village until ten years ago when she went to the home for aged women in Norwich.  The deceased was a woman of quiet nature and excellent disposition, and was a member of the Baptist church.  Among her relatives are a niece and nephew in this village, Miss Sarah A. Moulton and George A. Moulton. The funeral services were held from the Chenango Valley Home Monday, February 20, Rev. J.L. Ray officiating, and burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

John F. Carter
1840-1911

John F. Carter died at this home very suddenly, of heart trouble, last Sunday afternoon, in the 72d year of his age.  Although subject to the trouble, his death came as a great shock to his family, as he appeared to be unusually bright and happy on that day.  He is survived by his widow, one son, Orrin, two grandchildren, Misses Mollie and Ruth Carter, and by three sisters, Mrs. Frank Gray of this place, Mrs. George Hart of Candor, and Mrs. John Forbes of Texas.  The funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Rev. H.L. Hubbard, a former resident of Greene, and a friend of the family, will officiate.  Interment in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Carter has resided in this town since he was about 12 years of age.  He was a man of sunny disposition, an optimist in all the word implies.  His home was always open to the struggling or unfortunate, and many a young man has been carried thro' hard times and helped to better things through his generous nature.  "Uncle John" will be greatly missed by a very large circle of relatives and friends.

E.J. White

Afton Enterprise, October 15, 1886

A shocking accident occurred at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Monday afternoon at half past one o'clock.  As Mr. E.J. White who had recently purchased the jewelry store of I.P. Hoff, was standing near the depot waiting for a westbound train to pass, he was run over and instantly killed by an extra freight going in an opposite direction.  Mr. White had been a resident of Bainbridge only a short time, and had just returned from New York city, where he had been to order goods, and was on his way to the depot to see about their arrival when the accident occurred.  He was unmarried and of excellent habits.  His parents reside at South New Berlin.  He was 26 years of age.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, November 8, 1894

O'DONNELL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Miss Julia O'Donnell, Daughter of Martin O'Donnell, age 21 years.

CHASE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4, 1894, Grant L. [Chase], son of Edwin and Harriet chase, age 10 years.

MUSSON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5, 1894, Viola E. [Musson], daughter of Uri and may Musson, age 4 years.

COLLINS:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 28, 1894, Ruth Elizabeth [Collins], wife of Myron Collins, age 55 years.

ADSIT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26, 1894, Miss Olive G. Adsit, age 12 years.

KING:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], Oct. 26, 1894, Harriet M. [King] widow of Hiram King, age 76 years.