Obituaries (November 6)

Covill Bullock 

Chenango Union, January 26, 1870

A sad and fatal accident occurred on the Midland railroad, near Munnsville [Madison Co., NY], on Tuesday of last week, resulting in the death of an elderly man named Covill Bullock, who resided in that town.  The Oneida Dispatch of last week gives the following particulars.

Deceased had been to Munnsville with his team, and returning, came to the crossing just before the passage of the night train going north, and while waiting in his carriage for the train to pass was struck and almost instantly killed.  It appears that his team became restive and unmanageable as the train approached, and ran upon the track.  When struck, Mr. B. was trying to turn them away from the track.  As soon as the man was seen by the engineer and fireman the alarms were immediately sounded, and every effort made to prevent an accident, but without avail.  The train was stopped as soon as possible, and the injured man taken up and carried to the house of John W. True, near by, and physicians sent for by Superintendent Day, who was on the train.  Deceased survived only a very few minutes after reaching the house.  A Coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts, and exonerated the Railroad company from blame.

William "Crip" Clark

April 1912

While attempting to board a moving pusher engine at Nineveh Junction [Broome Co., NY] Sunday night, William Clark of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] was thrown to the track beneath the wheels of the tender, with the result that both legs were cut off above the knees.  He died of his injuries soon after Dr. Charles S. Butler arrived and within an hour of the accident.  Clark was born in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] about 60 years ago and was one of the several children of Josiah L. Clark, a Mexican war veteran and the manufacturer of the well known "Grecian ointment" a half century ago.  Will or "Crip" as he was better known, left Oxford 20 or 30 years ago and had lived in Harpursville for some time, where he worked at the trade of a shoemaker. A few years ago he returned to town and found employment at the W.R.C. Home, but did not remain very long.  When a young man he lost a portion of his left leg while braking on a railroad in another section of the State.  The Harpursville Budget says:  William Clark, commonly called and known by his friends as "Crip," occupied the first floor of the old Brown [block] using the front room as a shoe store and the rear part as living rooms.  Being a bachelor Mr. Clark was living alone.  On Sundays his custom had been for some time to take dinner at the Centre Village hotel.  Sunday he went to Center village, a distance of one mile, and returning he started to go around by Nineveh Junction and took the evening train at that place, calculating to come to Harpursville depot and [go] by the bus to the village.  It was about 7 o'clock when he reached the Junction.  Not wishing to wait for the 8 o'clock train, and as pusher no. 801 was passing to push an extra freight up the grade, he attempted to get on to ride as far as Harpursville.  He caught hold of the rail but failed to hold on and was drawn under the engine, the wheels cutting off both legs about six inches from the body.  He was carried to the baggage room where he died in a few minutes.  The loss of blood and the shock did the work.  The body was taken by undertakers J.A. Kark & Son to the rooms in the village and his brother, Fred Clark, living in Binghamton, was notified. The funeral was held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Baptist church, Rev. R.E. Austin of the Methodist church officiating, with burial in Harpursville cemetery.  Friends and neighbors gave the departed due respect in attending the funeral. The deceased had no relatives in town but had been known by many for years. The principal floral offering was a large pillow beautiful and fragrant from his friends in the village.  Upon a purple ribbon was the inscription, "To Our Friend."  Clark has brothers and sisters living in different sections of the State.  Coroner Morse of this village was summoned Monday who found the facts substantially the same as stated above.

Sophronia (Burrows) Paddleford

March 17, 1846 - April 24, 1912

Sophronia, wife of Hanford Paddleford, died at her home at North Colesville [Broome Co., NY] Tuesday night, April 23d, after an illness of several months with an internal cancer.  She bore her suffering without a murmur and not only endeared herself to her family but to the whole neighborhood in which she was one of the number.  Her nurses can only speak words of praise for her.  Her hope was fixed on comforting words of the bible and she choose her funeral text from St. John 14-2.  Her funeral hymns were "Gathering Home," "Shall We Meet Beyond the River" and "The Christian's Goodnight," all chosen by her.  Her funeral was held at the Ohio church Friday at 1 o'clock.  Rev. I.L. Bronson of Chenango Forks officiating.  Many beautiful flowers rested on her casket.  One, a pillow with the word "Mother" on it.  Another with the description "At Rest."  A spray of roses from the Grange of which she was a member besides other beautiful Easter lilies, carnations, etc.  She leaves to mourn her loss one brother, Ed Burrows, of Quinneville, one daughter, Mrs. F. L. Mumford of Tunnel and two sons, Zael of Monroe, Orange county, and Henry, who lives at home.  Her son, Garner, died of typhoid fever twenty years ago last January.  Willey and Race of Greene had charge of the remains with burial in the New Ohio cemetery North Colesville, Broome Co., NY].

Death Notices

Chenango Union, January 26, 1870

WADE:  In East Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 8th, Mr. Garner Wade, aged 62 years.

BABCOCK:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 1st, Hannah Babcock, aged 76 years.

SCOTT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 23d, Harvey Lozelle [Scott], son of Walter and Elmena Scott, aged 1 year, 8 months and 3 days.

REYNOLDS:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 14th, Mrs. Catherine Reynolds, aged 86 years.

ROGERS:  At the Rectory of Zion Church, in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th, Maggie [Rogers], daughter of Rev. F. Rogers, aged 16 years.

MANNING:  In Greene [Chenango co., NY] Jan. 12, Miss Libbie E. Manning, aged 18 years.

BILLINGS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 15th, Eliza J. [Billings], eldest daughter of Charles and Nellie Billings, aged 18 years.