Obituaries (April 12)

Mary Jane Holden

Died December 7, 1939, New Berlin, NY

Mary Jane Holden died at her home in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, Dec. 7, 1939.  Deceased was born June 4, 1852, in Sangerfield to John A. and Frances Bourner Austin.  June 23, 1873, she was married to Annas J. Holden who died March 27, 1932.  She is survived by four children:  Mrs. Frances Williams, Mrs. Henry Follett, Mrs. Elwyn Chapin and Lewis Holden, all of Pittsfield.  Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bourner of New Berlin.  Deceased was a member of St. Andrew's church and funeral services were held from the church Monday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. with burial services by Rev. Nelson F. Parke. Interment was in St. Andrew's cemetery.--Sun

Herbert W. Hills

Died March 22, 1915, New Berlin, NY

Herbert W. Hills died at his home about two miles south of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning, March the 22, 1915, aged 73 years, 7 months, 11 days.  He was born at New Berlin, August 11, 1841.  His grandfather came to this state from Vermont in the year 1815 and settled on the farm where Herbert has lived for the past twenty-one years thus making a continuous occupancy of the farm by the Hills family for 100 years.  Mr. Hills had been a consistent member of the Baptist church of New Berlin for about fifty years.  He was the oldest member of the church.  As a neighbor he was especially loved as was attested by the presence at the funeral of nearly all the families down the river.  One most beautiful tribute paid him was in that the children of the district school with their teacher came in a body to the house for the short prayer service.  Mr. Hills is survived by his wife, Augusta, and three children: James A., Clarence A. of Syracuse and Mrs. Henry (Florence) Endelman of Zeeland, Mich. and by five grandchildren of whom he was especially fond, also by one brother, Horace, and one sister Miss l. Adell Hill of this village. The funeral services were held from the Baptist church at 2 o'clock Wednesday, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Norman S. Burd, and the interment made in the Scribner cemetery.--Gazette

Carrie B. (Wilkes) Hills

Died January 27, 1935

Mrs. Ernest Hills of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] died at the Chenango  Memorial Hospital [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] at 6:30 Sunday night, age 64 years. The deceased, who was born in Plymouth, had been in ill health for several months, and had been a patient at the hospital for six weeks. Besides her husband, she leaves the following children, Arvine of Binghamton, Mrs. Olive Guile of South Plymouth, Myron of Plymouth, Mrs. Claude Barr of North Norwich, Nancy Hills of Plymouth and Mrs. Fanny Bolt of Norwich. There also survive a sister, Mrs. Harvey Collier, and a brother, Fred Wilkes, and three grandchildren, Esther, Edith and Betty Guile. Funeral services are to be held at the Breese funeral home at 2 o'clock Wednesday, Rev. Paul Hulslander officiating, with burial in the North Norwich cemetery.

Dr. Henry T. Hill

Died June 23, 1940

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. Henry T. Hill, 80, retired Baptist minister, passed away early Sunday morning at the home of his son, Henry H. Hill, in South Main street.  While in failing health for some time, he had been about as usual on Saturday and Sunday morning his death was discovered by the family which had come as he slept.  Dr. Hill was born in Tridegar, Wales, on September 8, 1859, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill, his mother dying at his birth. At the age of 11 he came to this country with his father who died shortly after.  During his boyhood he worked in the coal mines in Pennsylvania and received his education by attending night school.  He was graduated from Oskalossa college in Iowa in 1880 and from Crozier Seminary, Philadelphia, in 1884, receiving his doctor's degree.  His pastorates included Vincentown and Columbus, N.J., Afton, West Winfield, South New Berlin and Bainbridge, also Oberlin, Ohio, where he retired from active service.  During the past five years he retained his residence in Rochester but spent much of the summer months in this village. Dr. and Mrs. Hill came here early in May and on May 14 celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a service and reception at the First Baptist church. The funeral will be held in the First Baptist church and interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY], the exact date of which has not been announced. Surviving are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Waldo Maring of Pamplico, S.C., Miss Grace Hill, a missionary located at Bhimpore, Bengal, India; Mrs. Fred Fortney of Chanute, Kansas, and Mrs. Arthur Carruthers of Rochester, also three sons, Rowland Hill of Margaretville, Dr. Norman Hill of Lincoln, Neb., and Henry H. Hill of Bainbridge.  During his pastorate in this village he became affiliated with Susquehanna lodge, no. 167, F.&A.M. with which he still retained membership.

From the Bainbridge Republican, June 27, 1940

The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Frist Baptist Church. Organ music was played by Mrs. Ralph Kirby as the friends and family gathered. Selected passages of Scripture were read by the Rev. George Underwood. The Rev. Paul Carpenter led in prayer.  The sermon was preached by the Rev. Lewis Johnson.  Just before the benediction, Mrs. Lewis Johnson sang "Still, Still with Thee," a favorite hymn of the Hill family.

Death notices

Chenango American, March 8, 1860

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., George H. [Race], son of Charles T. and M. Race, aged 9 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Miss Lodema Davis, aged 17 years.

In Port Crane [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Charles J. [Macomber], son of Thos. W. and Hannah Macomber, aged 10 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Miss Almira Smith, aged 42 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. of disease of the heart, Mary [Smith], wife of Erastus P. Smith, aged 52 years.

In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28d ult, John K.S. Green, aged 70 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Edward P. Storrs, aged 26 years.

In Lisle, Broome co. on the 14th ult. of consumption, David F. Edwards, aged 26 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th ult. of the putrid sore throat, Emogene Lovisa [Joselyn], aged 4 years and 7 months; and on the 20th ult. of the same, disease, Hattie Estelle [Joselyn], aged 2 years 4 months and 20 days, daughters of Chas. and Lovisa Joselyn.

Death sought our lovely victims and bore away our flowers to blossom in the garden of the ever living God--while their frail, fair little caskets lie beneath the dark damp sod.