Obituaries (February 16)

James Eaton

Chenango Telegraph, April 29, 1846

A case of death by lightning, of a particularly painful nature, we learn, occurred near Cooperstown, in Otsego County, on Saturday last.  The person killed was a young man, aged about 21, named James Eaton, brother-in-law of Mr. William C. Wait, Jr., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  His father had recently disposed of his property in Otsego, and with his family, including the young man, was intending to start for the West on Monday.  The circumstances of his death are briefly as follows.  Mr. Wait, the brother-in-law, arrived at the house about 1 o'clock on Saturday, during the storm, on a  visit to his wife and the family.  His horse was taken by the young man, who placed him in the stable, and was just stepping out of the barn door, when he was struck by the lightning and instantly killed, as was the horse of Mr. Wait.  Two sisters of the deceased, young ladies, have also within a short time been snatched from the embraces of the bereaved family, by the unrelenting hand of death.  Norwich Journal.

Fanny Chipman

Chenango Telegraph, May 6, 1846

Suddenly, in Sherburne, Chenango county, N.Y. on the 19th ult. by the rupture of a blood vessel, Mrs. Fanny Chipman, aged 26 years.  For more than ten years, Mrs. Chipman had been an esteemed member of the Congregational Church in this place.  Her death, though sudden and unexpected by herself and relatives, did not find her unprepared.  In her last moments, she expressed her confidence in the Saviour, and her resignation to his holy and divine will and we doubt not rests in the bosom of him in whom she had believed.  In Mrs. Chipman's death, her relatives, and especially her family, have sustained an irreparable loss.  She has left a deeply afflicted husband and three small children to mourn their sudden and unexpected bereavement.  But they mourn, not as for one without hope--"For the righteous hath hope under death."  "There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God."

Charles W. Babcock

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, August 31, 1887

In its appropriate place in this issue will be found the announcement of the death of Charles W. Babcock at Hudson, Ohio, on the first of August.  Mr. B. was well known in this county being a native of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] and a former resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], having been a member of the well known hardware firm of Weller, Haynes and Babcock.  He was afterwards in business in Sherburne as a druggist.  Several years ago he went West and practiced medicine in various towns in Ohio until December last, when he received a stroke of paralysis, which disabled him, and a second attack on the day of his death which was quite sudden.  He was educated in the Homer Academy and at Hamilton College, but had to leave the latter before graduating, on account of ill health.  He leaves a widow and son and two daughters, children by his first wife, who was a Miss Custman, of Sherburne.  He was a member of the Episcopal Chruch and while here, as elsewhere he was foremost in every endeavor for the upbuilding of the church and community in which he lived.  He was a brother of Mrs. B.F. Rexford, for many years a well known and highly respected resident of this village.  He had the respect and confidence of all who knew him, and his old friends in Chenango will hear of his death with regret.

Mary O'Brien

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, August 31, 1887

Mrs. Mary O'Brien, wife of Timothy O'Brien, died at her home in the Quarter August 20th, 1887.  She was born near the city of Cork Ireland December 21st, 1812, and was therefore in the 75th year of her age at the time of her death. She, with her husband came to Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] some forty-five years ago.  Being possessed of a kind heart she was highly esteemed by her friends and neighbors.  A husband and seven children survive her. The funeral was largely attended form St. Malachai Chruch, Monday, Rev Father Hammet officiating. Besides her own town's people of all denominations, there were present to attend the funeral Hon. John O'Brien, Buffalo, Mrs. Patrick Smith, Mrs. Jonah May and daughter and Miss Hannah O'Brien of little Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Folsey and daughter of Utica, and friends from Cortland and Norwich.  One beautiful feature of the services was four of her sons and two of her nephews acting as bearers.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, April 15, 1846

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th instant, Mrs. Mary Rexford, mother of B.F. Rexford of this village, aged 65 years.

Chenango Telegraph, April 29, 1846

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st instant, Mrs. Betsey Brooks (wife of Calvin Brooks) an exemplary and much respected member of the Baptist Church in Preston, aged 61 years.

In Rochester [Monroe Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Hannah Jane [Van Ingon], wife of Rev. John V. Van Ingen, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] and daughter of Z. Trowbridge, Esq., aged 32 years.

Chenango Telegraph, May 20, 1846

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Mr. Eli Webb, aged about 65 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Martin Dodge, Esq., aged 51 years.

In Hartwick, Otsego county, on the 3d inst., Rev. Nathan Bundy, formerly of Oxford, aged 38 years.