Louisa Eliza (Laduo/Ladne) Phetteplace
Died October 24, 1912, New Berlin, NY
Mrs. John Phetteplace died at her home on Genesee street in this village Thursday, October 24, 1912, aged 67 years, 5 months, 26 days. She had been ill for about a year with arteriosclerosis. Her maiden name was Louisa Eliza Laduo [sic] and was born at Dover, Dutchess county, a daughter of Alfred Ladue and Esther Cooper, his wife. Most of her life had been passed in this county, at Norwich and for the past ten or twelve years in this town. It was at Norwich on Nov. 24, 1870 that she was married to Mr. Phetteplace, who survives her, with three children, Mrs. Josephine Hollenbeck of Kenwood, Arthur Phettepalce of Norwich, and Mrs. Ida Smith of this village. She was a good wife and kind mother, quiet and contented in her home life, and intensely interested in the welfare of her family.--Gazette
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah I. Philley was held at the Breese Funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with Rev. L.S. Charters officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY]. Acting as bearers were Ivan Harrison, Wilson Harrison, Raymond Smith, Myron Dennison, Ward Shapley and Ira Watson, all nephews of the deceased.
Hiram Sergeant was a son of Samuel [Sergeant] who with his brother Thomas came from Boston about 1798 and became pioneer settlers in the valley. Thomas settled on the farm now owned by Linn Camp [in 1926] and this farm has been in possession of some descendant of the Sergeant family ever since. Samuel came here a single man and went to work for Enoch Marvin, a pioneer in the valley. Marvin then occupied the farm referred to above as the birthplace of Adelia Sergeant. Later, Samuel Sergeant married Marvin's daughter Catherine [Marvin] and bought the old homestead and lived and died there, leaving the farm to his son Hiram. In 1849, when Adelia was ten years old, her mother died and the home was broken up. Adelia went to live with her aunt Rhoda Sergeant, wife of Stephen Bailey Sr., and during the next four years was permitted to go to school which, with two years schooling before this time, constituted the sum of her formal education. When Adelia was fourteen she went out to earn her own living and worked in the homes of neighboring farmers for seventy-five cents per week. Later on she received a little more for her services, the highest wages being $1.50 per week the year she was eighteen years old. The writer has heard her tell of the frugality and economy with which she provided the silk dress and flower-trimmed bonnet for her wedding in the autumn of 1858. In 1857 she united with the Baptist church of this place and has remained a steadfast and faithful member for the seventy eventful years that have intervened.
She was married to Gilbert S. Sage Nov. 17, 1858. She was 19 and Gilbert 22. They bought the farm on which Linn Camp now resides and there her family of six children were born. Gilbert died in 1871 and Adelia with her children came to the home of Gilbert's mother, Deborah Holmes Sage in the house where she has lived with her daughter Jane Camp for many years. In 1892, her children all having married and left home, she was married to Ensign M. Pike of Norwich who resided with her in the old home here until his recent death.
Adelia Sergeant Sage Pike has lived nearly ninety years in this community. She has seen it develop from its original log cabins and timbered hills to comfortable modern homes and cultivated farms. She has lived through two great wars in which her own loved ones, with those of her neighbors, gave their lives for their country . She has brought up a family no one of which has ever heard from her lips a harsh work, or a word of scolding or ill temper. Left a widow at thirty-two, young and beautiful, she refused known advantageous overtures of marriage and sacrificed the most precious years of her life to her children. When her children were in school she took the deepest interest in their studies. With only the simplest elements of a common school education at her command she studied grammar with her children at home and surpassed all of them in the mastery of that subject. In the same way she gained a good knowledge of geography and history and of much in the fields of literature and the fine arts. She was especially fond of poetry and during the last thirty years of her life had made an almost endless collection of choice poems which she arranged from year to year in neat scrap book form. She was fond of music and taught all of her little ones to sing before they were seven years of age as she said her mother had taught her before. The writer can hardly be blamed for calling her an uncommon mother and a remarkable woman for he owes about all that has been worth while in his life to the inspiration of that mother. It is difficult to say how much one owes in life to one's ancestors. But it is generally conceded that distinguished ancestors give more promise to future generations than Hotentot ancestors could do. Adelia Adelaid Sergeant had a long line of noteworthy ancestors. More than a dozen distinguished ministers, two governors of states and a large number of magistrates and other civil officials graced her family tree. Through her grandmother Catherine Marvin she is credited with a recorded line of ancestry in Europe running back for more than a thousand years and through her great grandmother Tracey, she finds authoritative records tracing her lineage direct to Edward the first of England, to Henry II of France and to one of the middle age Emperors of Austria. But it was not the royal blood of kings but the royal blood of worth that ran strongest in her veins. S.
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Lester Grosvenor [Reynolds], infant son of John C. and Catharine W. Reynolds, aged 7 months.
At the residence of S.S. Breed, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult., suddenly, Miss Patty Randall, aged 91.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Thomas Francis [Milner], twin son of Thomas and Charlotte Milner, aged 10 months.
In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult., by falling from a ladder, Mr. Joe Slater, aged 72 years.
In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., Frances S. [Freeman], son of Simon and Phebe Freeman, aged 29 yrs.
Sarah I. Philley
Chenango Telegraph, April 25, 1941
The death of Sarah I. Philley, widow of William H. Philley, occurred at 1:20 Thursday afternoon at the home of her son, Fred T. Philley, 30 Division street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], following an extended period of ill health.The funeral of Mrs. Sarah I. Philley was held at the Breese Funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with Rev. L.S. Charters officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY]. Acting as bearers were Ivan Harrison, Wilson Harrison, Raymond Smith, Myron Dennison, Ward Shapley and Ira Watson, all nephews of the deceased.
Lettie Phillips
Died April 6, 1927, New Berlin, NY
Lettie Phillips, youngest daughter of Harris Phillips and Caroline Bowdish Phillips passed away at her home in this village [New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY] April 6, 1927, after an illness of only ten days duration. Lettie Phillips was born in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] January 22, 1864 and her entire life had been spent in this vicinity. She was quiet and unassuming in her life and very devoted to the loved ones of her family circle. She was always a faithful attendant of the Baptist church and interested in its activities. Miss Philips was held in high esteem by all who knew her and had many friends. She is survived by one sister, Estella Phillips, to whom the sympathy of all their friends goes out. Funeral services were held at the home, Saturday, April 9th, Rev. M.R. Weaver officiating. He spoke words of helpfulness and consolation from the text, "And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels." Malachi 3:17.
Ralph Pickens
Died November 20, 1935, Morris, NY
Ralph Pickens, who resided above Morris near Pickens' pond, died at the family home Wednesday evening, November 20, 1935, at 6:30 o'clock from the effects of pneumonia. Ralph Pickens, oldest son of Albert and May (Youmans) Pickens, was born in Morris [Otsego Co., NY] September 29, 1903. Being unqualified for the actual duties of life, he always remained at home, where he was tenderly cared for by his parents, brothers and sisters, by whom he will be greatly missed. He contracted a severe cold, which terminated in pneumonia. Immediate surviving relatives are the parents; six brothers, Earl, Walter, Harold, Harry, James and Kenneth Pickens; and two sisters, Mrs. Stanley Foote and Mrs. Robert Stafford, all of whom reside in Morris. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. F.G. Leonard of the Universalist church, were held at the family home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in the new part of Hillington cemetery.
Adelia Adelaide (Sergeant) Sage Pike
Died November 10, 1926, Morris, NY
Mrs. Adelia Sage Pike died at her home on East Side in this village Nov. 10, 1926. She was nearly 88 years of age. Although she had not been very strong for a year past, she has been comfortably well up to Wednesday, Oct. 27 when she was confined to her bed. It was thought she would soon recover, but she slowly failed in strength and passed away very quietly at 12:30 Wednesday morning. She leaves four children, Adolphus Sage of N.Y. City, Mrs. Jane Camp of this place, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson of Norwich, N.Y., and Mrs. Lottie Pike of Los Angeles, Call. In addition to these she leaves eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church Friday at 2 p.m., Nov. 12. Interment will be in the family lot in Riverside cemetery. Adelia Adelaid Sergeant was born April 4, 1839 on the farm on the west side of the Unadilla river opposite the Bailey flats. The old house, now long since gone to decay, stood in the clump of maple trees now seen on the west side of the road where the highway crosses the RR track. She was the daughter of Hiram Sergeant and his wife, Myranda, daughter of Charles Bailey.Hiram Sergeant was a son of Samuel [Sergeant] who with his brother Thomas came from Boston about 1798 and became pioneer settlers in the valley. Thomas settled on the farm now owned by Linn Camp [in 1926] and this farm has been in possession of some descendant of the Sergeant family ever since. Samuel came here a single man and went to work for Enoch Marvin, a pioneer in the valley. Marvin then occupied the farm referred to above as the birthplace of Adelia Sergeant. Later, Samuel Sergeant married Marvin's daughter Catherine [Marvin] and bought the old homestead and lived and died there, leaving the farm to his son Hiram. In 1849, when Adelia was ten years old, her mother died and the home was broken up. Adelia went to live with her aunt Rhoda Sergeant, wife of Stephen Bailey Sr., and during the next four years was permitted to go to school which, with two years schooling before this time, constituted the sum of her formal education. When Adelia was fourteen she went out to earn her own living and worked in the homes of neighboring farmers for seventy-five cents per week. Later on she received a little more for her services, the highest wages being $1.50 per week the year she was eighteen years old. The writer has heard her tell of the frugality and economy with which she provided the silk dress and flower-trimmed bonnet for her wedding in the autumn of 1858. In 1857 she united with the Baptist church of this place and has remained a steadfast and faithful member for the seventy eventful years that have intervened.
She was married to Gilbert S. Sage Nov. 17, 1858. She was 19 and Gilbert 22. They bought the farm on which Linn Camp now resides and there her family of six children were born. Gilbert died in 1871 and Adelia with her children came to the home of Gilbert's mother, Deborah Holmes Sage in the house where she has lived with her daughter Jane Camp for many years. In 1892, her children all having married and left home, she was married to Ensign M. Pike of Norwich who resided with her in the old home here until his recent death.
Adelia Sergeant Sage Pike has lived nearly ninety years in this community. She has seen it develop from its original log cabins and timbered hills to comfortable modern homes and cultivated farms. She has lived through two great wars in which her own loved ones, with those of her neighbors, gave their lives for their country . She has brought up a family no one of which has ever heard from her lips a harsh work, or a word of scolding or ill temper. Left a widow at thirty-two, young and beautiful, she refused known advantageous overtures of marriage and sacrificed the most precious years of her life to her children. When her children were in school she took the deepest interest in their studies. With only the simplest elements of a common school education at her command she studied grammar with her children at home and surpassed all of them in the mastery of that subject. In the same way she gained a good knowledge of geography and history and of much in the fields of literature and the fine arts. She was especially fond of poetry and during the last thirty years of her life had made an almost endless collection of choice poems which she arranged from year to year in neat scrap book form. She was fond of music and taught all of her little ones to sing before they were seven years of age as she said her mother had taught her before. The writer can hardly be blamed for calling her an uncommon mother and a remarkable woman for he owes about all that has been worth while in his life to the inspiration of that mother. It is difficult to say how much one owes in life to one's ancestors. But it is generally conceded that distinguished ancestors give more promise to future generations than Hotentot ancestors could do. Adelia Adelaid Sergeant had a long line of noteworthy ancestors. More than a dozen distinguished ministers, two governors of states and a large number of magistrates and other civil officials graced her family tree. Through her grandmother Catherine Marvin she is credited with a recorded line of ancestry in Europe running back for more than a thousand years and through her great grandmother Tracey, she finds authoritative records tracing her lineage direct to Edward the first of England, to Henry II of France and to one of the middle age Emperors of Austria. But it was not the royal blood of kings but the royal blood of worth that ran strongest in her veins. S.
Death Notices
Chenango American, October 2, 1862
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Lester Grosvenor [Reynolds], infant son of John C. and Catharine W. Reynolds, aged 7 months.
At the residence of S.S. Breed, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult., suddenly, Miss Patty Randall, aged 91.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Thomas Francis [Milner], twin son of Thomas and Charlotte Milner, aged 10 months.
In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult., by falling from a ladder, Mr. Joe Slater, aged 72 years.
In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., Frances S. [Freeman], son of Simon and Phebe Freeman, aged 29 yrs.
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