Marriages (January 12)

Mosher - Rood
March 17, 1894

Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mr. Harry Mosher was united in marriage to Miss Eva Rood, daughter of Percy Rood, at his residence [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by Dr. Bradshaw. The young people are from Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  They left last evening for that village.

Todd - Pratt
February 21, 1912

Fred D. Todd of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and Miss Lucy Pratt of Lestershire [Broome Co., NY] were married Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Ripley, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lestershire. The couple were unattended. The bride was attired in a dark blue traveling suit.  After a trip through the northern part of the State they will make their home in Binghamton, where the bride and groom are well known.

LeFevre - Dean
September 17, 1912

The marriage of Lewis L. LeFevre and Mrs. Adelia Dean was solemnized at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] Tuesday evening.  Mr. LeFevre was a former resident of Greene, but is living on a farm near Tunnel [Broome Co., NY].  Mrs. Dean is a resident of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], making her home with her daughter, Mrs. O.M. Barstow.

Blair - Rhodes

September 1912

Rev. W.T. Blair, pastor of the Methodist church at Plymouth, Pa.., was united in marriage a few days since to Miss Margaret Rhodes of Wyoming, Pa.  Rev. Mr. Blair is one of the most popular clergymen in the Wyoming Conference.  He was formerly pastor of the Methodist church at Greene, also Bainbridge, Mt. Upton and Cooperstown.

Grover - Martin
September 18, 1912

At the home of the bride's parents, Wednesday, by Rev. J. Francis of the Presbyterian Church, Afton, Alta Martin and David Grover were married.  The young couple will make their home in Philadelphia.

Olmstead - Miller
October 2, 1912

The marriage of Ivan Olmstead and Miss Charlotte Miller was solemnized at the home of Burton Hayes, an uncle of the groom, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Wednesday, Oct. 2, by the Rev. Dr. Nicholson, pastor of the Centenary Church.   Mr. Olmstead is one of Greene's popular young men, being the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Burdette R. Olmstead.  The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Eva Miller, and is one of the leaders in Green's social set of young ladies.  Mrs. Olmstead was gowned in a  handsome traveling suit of blue broadcloth. After a short trip to  New York, Mr. and Mrs. Olmsted will be at home to their friends on South Chenango Street, Greene, [Chenango Co., NY] in a part of the Olmstead house.

Lloyd - Davis
October 22, 1912

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis at East Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday noon Oct. 22, their only daughter, Zella Margaret [Davis], became the bride of Mr. George H. Lloyd. The bride's pastor, Rev. R.A. Gates performed the ceremony in the presence of immediate friends. The ring service was used.  After the service a wedding luncheon was served, and the afternoon spent in a social way.  Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd left for a brief wedding journey, after which they will be at home to their many friends at the Lloyd farm on the east side river road.

Davis - Juliand
October 15, 1912

A very pretty church wedding was solemnized at Zion church Tuesday morning at nine o'clock, when Miss Eliza Juliand, youngest daughter of Mrs. William Juliand, and Dr. George Davis of Curtis Bay, Md., were united in marriage, Rev. Percy T. Olton performing the ceremony.  The bride was gowned in a suit of dark blue broadcloth and carried a white prayer book, and was given away by her mother. The groom was unattended. The church was very prettily decorated in palms and hydrangeas.  Mr. and Mrs. Davis evaded their friends and left by automobile.  Mrs. Davis is most favorably known here, and for some time she has held the position of superintendent of the surgical ward in a hospital at Durham, N.C.  They will reside at Curtis Bay, Md.

Burchard - Barry
October 1912

George B. Burchard of this village and Mrs. Nelia Barry of Killawog [Broome Co., NY] were married Wednesday at the home of the bride's sister in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  Mr. and Mrs. Burchard are spending several days in New York city and vicinity.

Obituaries (January 11)

Rev. John S. Mitchell

Sidney Record, April 13, 1918

Another case of sudden death of a gentleman well known in Sidney was that of Rev. John S. Mitchell pastor of the Congregational Church at Smyrna, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], which occurred at his home in that village last Saturday. 6th inst. and occasions widespread regret to family and friends, who will always remember him as a worthy and zealous servant of God, kindly to all devoting his entire life to the upbuilding of all that is good in this world.  On Thanksgiving Day the late pastor took part in the Union services held in Sidney.  His daughter, Mrs. M.N. Ottaway resides in this village and the family have the deep sympathy of all. The funeral was held on Monday, 8th inst. at Smyrna, Rev. O.T. Fletcher officiating.

Stanley J. Skinner

The community was shocked on Friday night to hear of the sudden death of Mr. Stanley J. Skinner.  He had been to Centre Village to attend a business meeting of the creamery of which company he was president, and returning about five o'clock, seemed as well as usual.  Passing into the sitting room, he remarked it was quite cold, and his son, Carl, then noticed he was not well and caught him just as he would have fallen.  He only lived a moment after.  The funeral was attended at his late residence on Monday at 2 o'clock, Rev. J.A. Ward officiating. Deceased leaves a wife, one son and a sister to mourn the loss of one who was ever kind and thoughtful for them.  Mr. Skinner was a man of noble nature, ever endeavoring to square his life by the golden Rule; one who was honored and looked up to by all who knew him as a man who endeavored to make his profession of Christianity an open example.  He will be missed by the town, whose important offices he had often filled; by the church, whose staunch supporter he had been for years, but most of all by the people at large, irrespective of political or sectarian stripe who knew him as a noble specimen of manhood.

Pheobe (VanDerwarker) Atwater
March 15, 1835 - March 20, 1896

Mrs. Pheobe Atwater, wife of John Atwater, died at her home in this village last Friday night from bowel trouble at the age of 61 years.  Her sickness was confined to four days.  Funeral services were held at the house Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and interment in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], the Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiating.  Mrs. Atwater was born in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY] and was the daughter of the late John VanDerwacrer, who lived to be 106 years old and who was a pensioner of the war of 1812.

Charles Walrath
died March 10, 1896

Chas. Walrath died Tuesday about 1 p.m. of pneumonia at his home two miles north of this village, after a short illness.  He leaves a wife and five small children. The funeral was held this morning at the house, Rev. H.W. Chollar officiating.  Interment in Perch Pond Cemetery [Center Village, Broome Co., NY].

Hiram C. Burlingame

July 6, 1916 - January 10-, 1939

Hiram C. Burlingame, aged 22, of 17 Hale street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, following a short illness of pneumonia.  He was born July 6, 1916.  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Burlingame; two brothers, Melville and Kenneth Burlingame; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Crandall and Mrs. Ruth Marvin; one niece and three nephews.  Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Breese Funeral Home. Rev. Mickael Klinoff, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

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Obituaries (January 10)

Claude Utter

Sidney Enterprise, July 6, 1939

Claude Utter passed away Friday in the Norwich hospital where he had been for the past 14 weeks, under treatment for injuries received when he fell with a scaffold on which he was employed while repairing the Moses-Cronk feed store in Guilford.  Mr. Utter was born in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 8, 1892, the son of Charles and Anna (Parsons) Utter. The deceased was a carpenter and had gained many close friends while following that occupation.  The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Gregory) Utter; one son, Richard, and daughter, Janet, at the family home at Guilford; three sisters, Mrs. John H. Brown of Sidney, Mrs. Earl Palmer and Mrs. Nellie Brookshank of Oxford; three brothers, Fred Utter of Rockdale, William Utter of Norwich and Clarence Utter of Buffalo.  The largely attended funeral was held Monday afternoon at Seymour Funeral Home at Oxford and burial was made in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Grace Isabel (Bennett) Lyon

Sidney Record, April 12, 1919

When comes death to one of advanced years, Nature becomes more reconciled, but when comes the dark angel to take from life one of more tender years, bright in the happiness of home and future promise of life, tenderly loved by kin and friends, the loss carries with it anguish still multiplied.  The death of Grace Isabel Bennett, beloved wife of Dr. James Vernon Lyon, in the 27th year of her age, brought sudden anguish and deep gloom in the home circle and hearts of friends, who loved and admired her bright and winsome ways.  Soon would the unfolding beauties of Springtime have gladdened her life.  But it was not to be.  Now the eternal Springtime of everlasting glories are hers, while we of earth are left to mourn.  Dr. and Mrs. Lyon moved to Bloomington from Chicago, Ill, last August.  April 1st Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Bennett received a telegram and departed at once on Tuesday, 1st inst. for the West. Their daughter had been for several days at St. Joseph's hospital in Bloomington.  Her condition was critical due to influenza.  Arriving there only shortly before she died, it gave their afflicted daughter great joy to see them once more.  Her mind was still clear and bright.  Then the shadows soon gathered about, life ebbing away, after the birth of a little babe, Belle Jean.  The remains were conveyed to Sidney, arriving here Monday morning, 7th inst.  Tuesday afternoon services, attended by a large gathering of mourners, were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Bennett, where Grace had spent all her childhood days, and later graduated at the Sidney High school.  Of exquisite beauty were the floral remembrances, white predominating, with occasional tints of delicate pink and sprays of green. The officiating clergyman, Rev. T.A. Stubbins, delivered an impressive address from James:  "What is your life" closing his words with Tennyson's "In Memoriam," followed by a touching appeal in prayer for the deeply sorrowing family and friends.  Two solos sung by Miss Addie L. Tydeman of New York City, "Lead, Kindly Light," and "Abide with Me," were rendered with tender feeling, adding impressively to the solemnity of the occasion.  The bearers were Ralph W. France, William Jameson, F.E. Buddenhagen, H.W. Cooley; Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY].  The sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved family, the husband, Dr. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. B.E. Pudney, Joseph Bennett, Miss Susie Bennett, Alexander, DuBois, Paul and Esther.

Matthew P. Van Dusen

Sidney Record, April 12, 1919  

The death of Matthew P. Van Dusen, which occurred on Monday, 7th inst., in New York City, brings deep sorrow into the hearts of all.  For long years Mr. Van Dusen was D.&H. agent at Colliers, N.Y., and had been retired on pension by the company for his good and efficient service.  He was 76 years of age, a kindly, whole souled man, honest and true to the core.  In November, 1917, he suffered a severe fall, from the effects of which he never recovered.  Thursday, 10th inst., services were held at the home of his sister, Mrs. B. Phillips, in Unadilla, his favorite pastor, Rev. E.R.D. Briggs, officiating, interment in Evergreen cemetery [Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY].  Surviving relatives are his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Buel and Miss Pauline Van Dusen, three sisters, Mrs. S. Phillips, Mrs. Tola C. Graves, Mrs. Pooler, and mother Jesse Van Dusen. Deep sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.

Menzo Sweet

Sidney Enterprise, March 12, 1925

The body of Menzo Sweet, aged 58 years, who disappeared last Wednesday night, was found Monday in Guilford Lake [Chenango Co., NY] by members of Troop C State troopers and residents of Guilford while the searching party were dragging the lake in search for the man. Sweet's body had a chain around the right shoulder to which was fastened two iron weights, each weighing about twenty pounds.  It is stated that Sweet had been boarding at the home of a woman at Milford, and the woman asked him to leave the first of last week, and he refused.  She then reported the situation to Captain Fox of Troop C with the result that two of the troopers were sent to the place, and after an investigation ordered the man to leave the woman's house.  Last Wednesday night, he is said to have given the woman his keys, money, watch, knife and other articles and then to have left the house with the statement that she would never see him again.  Becoming alarmed at the man's disappearance, the woman informed the troopers of his acts and corporal Murphy and Troopers Mayroth, Kelly and Bentley were sent to the scene with grappling hooks to search the lake.  While the members of the party were dragging the lake, the body was found by Messrs Marble and Reynolds of Guilford. The condition of the body indicated that it had been in the water since Sweet's disappearance last Wednesday.  Mr. Sweet's only surviving relative is a half sister, Mrs. C.H. Goodwin who lives near Guilford.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, April 6, 1870

COLE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, of heart disease, Mr. John E. Cole, son of Samuel Cole, aged 28 years.  Funeral at the residence of his father, No. 9 Fair St., on Thursday at 2 o'clock P.M.

ELDREDGE:  In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], March 26th, of inflammation of the lungs, Mr. Samuel S. Eldredge, aged 68 years and 7 months.

MOORE:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Mercy [Moore], wife of William S. Moore, aged 70 years.

SEELY:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], March 17th, Charles F. [Seely], son of H.B. and Mary E. Seely, aged 7 years.

GILBERT:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Mrs. Betsey E. Gilbert, aged 75 years, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

CHUBBUCK:  In Wellsboro, Pa., March 18th, Col. Levi Chubbuck, aged 64 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

WHITTINGTON:  In Spencer, Iowa, March 7th, of consumption, Mr. Richard W. Whittington, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], and brother of Mrs. W.D. Porter, of this village.

Obituaries (January 9)

Hattie Reynolds

July 14, 1866 - July 18, 1882

Last week we had time to barely notice the death of Miss Hattie Reynolds, which had just occurred, and were obliged to defer further particulars till this week.  She was the second daughter of Rev. N.S. Reynolds, and had just passed the anniversary of her 16th birthday but three days before her death.  For a year past that insidious and fatal disease, consumption, had sapped the fountain of life, and her friends were compelled to see her droop and fade like a tender plant in the noontide heat, powerless to interpose any obstacle to the relentless fate that claimed her, and at last softly and silently as the shadow steals across the landscape, her spirit floated away to the God that gave it, and she was at rest.

"We watched her breathing through the night,

Her breathing soft and low;

As in her breast the wave of life

Kept heaving to and fro!"

"Our very hopes belied our fears

Our fears our hopes belied;

We thought her dying when she slept,

And sleeping, when she died."

Her patience and thoughtful consideration of others throughout her long illness, endeared her to all around her, and only made it seem the more lamentable that the grand possibilities of a life just budding into usefulness and beauty must all be swallowed up in death.  Her funeral took place on Thursday from the M.E. church of which she was a member, and the beautiful floral decorations in emblems and mottoes attested the esteem in which she was held by the members of her church, and Sunday school.  The following reverend gentlemen from abroad were present and assisted in the services:  W.L. Thorpe, Norwich; W.W. Bixby, Gilbertsville; G.A. Severson, Sidney; P.R. Tower, Guilford; Mr. Sweet, New Berlin, also Rev. I.J. Bailey, of this place.  The remains were interred in Prospect Hill cemetery, Sidney Plains, where in the beautiful sunshine of the summer day, amid the singing of birds and the perfume of flowers, she was laid to rest in a grave that loving hands had robbed of half its gloom, by covering the interior with evergreens, and bordering it with water lilies.

"Have you heard that mournful story,

Told so sadly of that clime,

Where the rose in crimson glory

Blossoms all the summer time!"

"Oh, it tells us of a maiden,

Golden haired and sunny eyes;

Young in years, by thought o'erladen,

Who in angels beauty died."

Charles L. Fairchild

May 17, 1836 - June 28, 1895

C.L. Fairchild, who resided with his family on Pruyn Hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died Thursday evening last, aged 59 years.  He had been a patient sufferer for the past two months with cancer of the stomach.  Mr. Fairchild was born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], but for the past twenty years he resided in Sanford [Broome Co., NY] moving from the latter place to Bainbridge last March.  Mr. Fairchild was honest and upright man, a member of the M.E. church, and highly respected by all who enjoyed his acquaintance.  His funeral at the M.E. Church in this village, Sunday was attended by a large number of his old friends and neighbors, Rev. E. Kilpatrick conducting the services.  Burial at Ouaquaga.  [buried Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga, Broom Co., NY]

James A. Prouty
ca 1823 - February 13, 1896

James A. Prouty died last Thursday at the age of 73 years at the home of his son, William Prouty, in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  He had been in feeble health for some time and succumbed to old age at last.  He leaves a wife and seven children.  The funeral was held in Rockdale Saturday, Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiating.

Rachael Hare
1813 - February 12, 1896

Mrs. Rachael Hare, whose serious illness was mentioned in our last communication, died at her home on Wednesday morning. The funeral was held at the house on Friday at 1 o'clock, Rev. J. Bundle officiating.  Mrs. Hare had lived in this town [Harpursville, Broome Co., NY] nearly all her life and was beloved by all who knew her. The remains were interred in the Harpursville cemetery [Broome Co., NY].

Jessie Rider Owen
1858 - February 17, 1896

Last Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her mother, Mrs. George Rider, on South Broad street, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] occurred the funeral of Mrs. Jessie Rider Owen.  The services were conducted by Rev. Henry D. Stebbins, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church.  Only a few intimate friends and relatives were present.  The interment was at Mount Hope [Norwich, NY].  The following acted as bearers:  W.H. Brown, W.H. Sullivan, W.B. Andrews, George N. Barnes, Edward L. Nash of Norwich, James Messinger, of Middletown and William Allen, of Frankfort.  The casket was of pure white and was nearly hidden from view by the floral offerings, contributed by sorrowing friends. the flowers consisted of lilies of the valley, roses, Easter lilies and orchids. The grave also was filled with blossoms of every description.

Obituaries (January 8, 2019)

Dr. Ezekiel Guy
June 29, 1816 - March 22, 1895

Dr. Ezekiel Guy, who died on Friday morning at Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], had been in feeble health for years.  He was born in Guilford, Chenango county in 1816, and was a graduate from Geneva Medical College.  He was twice married, but is survived only by two sons, Fred E., of New York city, and Dr. A.A. Guy, of Coventry, and one daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Lyon, who has cared for her father in his declining years. [married Mary N. Perry (d. 1871) and Elizabeth Olendorf (d. 1887), buried Riverview Cemetery, Harpursville, NY]

Mrs. Addison Miller

We have the painful intelligence to announce that the wife of Addison Miller, formerly of this town, and now of Ketchum's Corners, Broome County, came to her death by drowning on Tuesday last.  It appears that Mrs. Miller has been for some time afflicted with periodical attacks of severe pains in the head, which have at times rendered her quite frantic.  On the morning of the day of her death, she complained somewhat, but thinking nothing serious, her husband went to Binghamton upon business, leaving his wife at home with a little boy. About 8 o'clock in the evening, she put the child to bed, but after a short time the child arose and not finding his mother in the house, alarmed the neighbors. Search was made, and the body of Mrs. Miller was found quite dead, in a large spring, near the house, into which she had evidently plunged head foremost, while laboring under a temporary aberration of mind indeed by the condition of her health.

Emma Tiffany
died February 11, 1897

After an illness of several months with consumption Miss Emma Tiffany, daughter of Dr. T.J. Tiffany died at her home in this village last Thursday evening, aged 18 years.  the deceased was one of Afton's most highly respected young ladies, and was loved by her many friends. She was a member of the Afton Baptist church and Sunday school, and will be sadly missed by that society.  The stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community. The funeral was held from her late home Monday afternoon, Rev. B.B. Carruth, officiating.  Burial in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].

Sarah J. (Barstow) Hoskins

1869 - 1896

Sarah J. Barstow was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 28, 1869, and entered into her rest Aug. 30, 1896.  She was the daughter of Chauncey Barstow and the adopted daughter of Nathaniel Barstow and wife of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], where nearly all her life was spent.  She was married May 2, 1886 to Royal [Rozelle] Hoskins and one child [Floyd] was born to them.  She will be missed by her aged mother, who depended on her for assistance, and a husband and little child who needed her love and care. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the M.E. church at Union Valley and the interment took place at Union Valley. [Buried West Bainbridge Cemetery]

Ella M. Corwin

1870 - 1889

Miss Ella M. Corwin daughter of City Clerk Daniel Corwin, after several months' patient suffering with consumption of the bowels, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her parents on Grove street.  She was in her nineteenth year, having been born on Christmas Day, 1870.  The deceased was taken ill about the middle of December last and it was a month or more before she was confined to her room.  Since that time, for eight long months, she has been most of the time unable to leave her bed without aid.  Her sickness was borne without a murmur.  For the past few days her death was hourly expected by her sorrowing family and friends, and it came to relieve her of her illness about a quarter of five yesterday afternoon.  The deceased was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Corwin.  She is survived by her parents and one sister, Miss Flora Corwin, a student at the State Normal School at Oswego, but who has been home during the latter part of her sister's sickness.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and until her health prevented was a regular attendant of the Sunday school.  She was also a member of Wallkill Academy at the time she was taken ill, and but for her sickness she would have graduated last June in the class of '89.  Her great ambition before her sickness was to get through with her education so that she would be able to aid her parents. The deceased was possessed of an unusually sweet and amiable disposition and her uniformly kind and pleasant manner and unselfish ways made her not only the idol of her home but endeared her to all.  While she thus shed sunshine all along her pathway her sickness and death were in complete harmony with her life.  Though during the greater part of her long sickness she suffered acute pain, she never complained, and her only thought was for her mother and friends who had the care of her, lest they should become over-fatigued. She was wholly conscious to the moment of her death, and in the afternoon, a short time before she passed away, she bid all her friends good-bye and sent messages of affection to several of her schoolmates and others who had been especially kind to her.  Death to her was but going home, and she met it without a trace of fear, or of regret, save for the sadness which her going would cause her friends.  Though she had but a few years upon the earth it is given to but few to so fully and beautifully exemplify the transforming power of the religion of Christ in the human heart as did this young girl in her life and in her death.  [Ella M. Corwin, d. 11 Sept. 1889, Middletown, Orange Co., NY]

Elizabeth (Earle) Wilson
1831 - 1897

Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, wife of Benjamin Wilson, died of pneumonia at her home near West Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday, March 30th [1897], at 5:30 p.m.  She was the daughter of Moses and Lucy Earle and was born in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] and was 65 years and 10 months of age.  A husband and one daughter survive her.  Mr. Wilson has been very ill for a number of weeks and his wife had been his faithful and loving nurse up to a week ago when the dreaded pneumonia set in.  She was one of those women who are an honor to America--a true wife and loving mother, always thinking of the home over which she has presided with such gentle grace. The funeral was held at the Baptist church, Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock with interment in the Fairview cemetery [New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY].

A precious one from us is gone,

A voice we loved is stilled;

A place is vacant in our home

Which never can be filled.

God in his wisdom hath recalled

The boon his love had given;

And though the body molder here

The soul is safe in heaven.

Blog Post listing November 12 - December 5, 2018

Listing of blog postings for November 12 to December 5, 2018

Marriages

Posted November 15, 2018

George S. Wheeler - Cora A. Sackett (1900)

Walter S. Knapp - Mary Catharine Robinson (1899)

Marriage Notices - 1870

     George W. Post - Mary A. Hemingway (Norwich /Poughkeepsie)

     Lewis B. Anderson - Mrs. Anna Stone (Oxford)

     Henry W. Salisbury - Emeroy Watrous (Greene / Colesville)

     William E. Webb - Sarah J. Hackett (Greene)

     William C. Braisted - Laura E. Isbell (NYC / Smithville)

     John Shilleto - Flora Pittsly (Coventry)

     William D. Kirby - Hattie j. Cudworth (Bainbridge / Cortland)

     Erastus B. Porter - Mary J. White (Greene / Homer)

Posted November 21, 2018
Charles Wescott - Sally Reynolds (50th anniversary, 1870)
Marriage Notices, 1870
     Orlando Barrowe -Hattie H. Leach (McDonough / Norwich)
     Ambrose W. Rice, Jr. - Sarah T. Green (Norwich)
     Gardner Butts - Amanda M. Merritt (Smyrna)
     Henry D.F. Spencer - Sarah J. Upham (Greene)
     Nathan G. Wales - Mary J. Haight (Norwich / Greene)
     Samuel N. Roys - Esther Padget (Oxford)

Posted November 29, 2018
Dr. Ernest L. Bennett - Leafie D. Mix (Binghamton, 1894)
Carrie West - Charles J. Clark (Bainbridge, 1894)
Marriage Notices - 1870
     John W. Fraser - Sarah E. Davidson (Oxford / Binghamton)
     Dr. R. Woodward Robinson - Calanthia Cooper (NYC / Bainbridge)
     William Riley - Mate Kelly (Cortland / Lincklaen)
     Edwin Cline - Emeline Holdrege (Smithville / McDonough)
     Charles F. Thurnau - Mrs. E.G. Potter (Greene)
     John H. Stearns - Nettie Soule (DeRuyter / Otselic)
     Mr. P.J. Morrisey - Ellie S. Fredenburgh (Troy / North Norwich)
     Thomas W. Skillman - Tryhena A. Grant (Smithville / Pitcher)

Posted December 4, 2018
Marriage Notices - 1870
     Charles Hicks - Emma M. Race (Norwich)
     Prince A. Loveland - Mary L. Monroe (Hamilton/Pharsalia)
     John Otis - Ellen Dowd (Norwich/Oxford)
     William J. Wescott - Ann E. Doing (Oxford/Preston)
     William H. Moffet - Louisa h. Cooley (Guilford/Oxford)
     Mr. O. Benedict - Orelia E. Myers (Butternuts/Oxford)
     Jacob H. Carncross - Louisa Crumb (Smyrna)
     Daniel S. Brand - Calphurna C. Card (Smyrna)
     Calvin Bryant - Mrs. Emily E. Foote (North Norwich)
     William J. Bassett - Dell S. Crandall (South New Berlin)
     Benjamin Kenyon - Ellen Smith (McDonough)
     Elmore Stafford - Hattie Horton (Preston/Oxford)
     Vurne G. Root - Elizabeth Scott (Sherburne)
     James M. Newton - Emma Davidson (Afton)
     John Robb - Ellen L. Nichols (Morris/Afton)
     Miles l. Parsons - Emma C. Humphrey (Bainbridge/Afton)
     Warren Perkins - Mrs. D.T .Close (Washington DC/Norwich)
     Gilbert F. Holbrook - Elizabeth A. Brooks (Norwich)
     Ivan Bosworth - Fannie Crandall (Norwich)
     Albert Bennett - Rosalie Stillman (Pitcher/Verona)
     Elijah Wildman - Elsie L. newton (Pitcher/Pharsalia)
     Lewis T. Buell - Sue O. Simmons (King Settlement /Columbus)
   
     

Obituaries

Posted November 12, 2018

Phoebe (Skinner) Hunt (Norwich, 1902)

Clara S. Brown (King Settlement, 1902)

Jesse A Mathewson (Norwich, 1870)

Death Notices - 1870

     Lawrence House (Norwich, 5y)

     Clarissa Wycoff (Norwich, 11y)

     Anson Mead (North Norwich, 65y)

     Schuyler G. Thompson (North Guilford, 26y)

     Rufus Randall (78y)

     John Low (24y)

Posted November 13, 2018
Anson Burlingame (St. Petersburg FL, New Berlin, 1870)
Anson Mead (North Norwich, 1870)
Harriet (Bradley) Bassett (Smyrna, 1929)
Martha V. (Northrup) Christian (Afton, 1940)
Death Notices - 1870
     E. Jane Carter (Pitcher, 36y)
     Lloyd T. Smith (Grass Lake MI, North Norwich, 63y)
     Mary Carruth (Oneida, Norwich, 35y)
     Nathan Burrows (Greene, 74y)
     Elizabeth Clark (Greene, 63y)
     Horace Holcomb (New Ohio, 73y)
     Daniel Williams (Coventry, 65y)
     Kirk Grant (East Pharsalia, 3y)

Posted November 14, 2018
Franklin B. Hovey (Guilford, 1870)
Dr. Miles Goodyear (Cortland, 1870)
Edmund Farrell (South Oxford, 1912)
Jessie (Stone) Jacobs (Oxford, 1912)

Posted November 18, 2018
Zeruah E. Jacobs (South Oxford, 1912)
Andrew J. Ackley (South Oxford, 1912)
Alexander Daniels (McDonough, 1870)
Death Notices - 1870
     Harriet Mitchell (Norwich, 39y)
     Maria C. Clarke (Oxford)
     Thomas A. Bush (Oxford, 75y)
     Joshua Harrington (Greene, 88y)
     Mary McIntosh (Greene, 89y)
     Sally Place (Mount Upton, 84y)
     John W. Baker (Smyrna, 57y)
     Nancy Wightman (Preston, 66y)
     Silas Rogers (Preston, 88y)
     Mr. D. Valorous Frost (Sherburne, 53y)
     Oliver P. Sabin (Mt. Pleasant IA, Sherburne, 19y)

Posted November 19, 2018
Minnie Light (Norwich, 1889)
Hon. Smith M. Purdy (Norwich, 1870)
Death Notices - 1870
     Sireno W. Miner (Norwich, 43y)
     Joseph P. Greenman (Bridgewater, Norwich, 37y)
     Lucy Kenyon (German, 55y)
     Mrs. Daniel Terwilliger (Greene, 18y)
     William T. Smith (Smithville Flats, 69y)
     Washington Macomber (North Fenton, 63y)
     Almira Wheeler (Lisle, 60y)
     Rachel Wales (Geneva WI, Polymouth)

Posted November 20, 2018
Elijah Kenyon (Brookfield, 1889)
Eliza (Knowles) Kenyon (Brookfield, 1892)
George Rockwell (Cincinnatus, 1895)  Shooting accident
Death Notices - 1870
     Rebecca W. (Avery) Longwell (Norwich, 26y)
     Esther Moore (Norwich, 69y)
     Nehemiah Shumway (Norwich, 87y)
     Capt. William Starr (Norwich, 80y)
     Cordelia E. Sergeant (Norwich, South New Berlin)
     Betsey Carr (Oxford, 68y)
     Joseph Bowers (North Norwich, 40y)
     Juna E. Place (Guilford, 5y)
   
Posted November 21, 2018
Following included in Marriages posting for November 21.
Charles Wescott (Norwich, 1876)
Death Notice
     Sally (Reynolds) Wescott (Norwich 1878)

Posted November 23, 2018
Frank H. Smith (Cincinnati OH, Norwich, 1876)
Jacob Schorn (St. Paul MN, Norwich, 1876)
Ira P. Rich (South New Berlin, 1876)
Death Notices - 1870
     Libbie A. Mallory (Oxford, Greene, 27y)
     Atala Wood (Oxford, 26y)
     Charles C. Eddy (Smithville, 49y)
     Dr. Graham Henry (Smithville Flats, 59y)
     Nathan Smith (Greene, 80y)
     Mrs. William Burroughs (Greene, Page Brook)
     Ithuel Blake (Coventry, 79y)
     Judith Turner (North Fenton, 79y)
     Samuel Finch (Franklin PA, Pitcher, 87y)  War of 1812 soldier

Posted November 25, 2018
Stephen K. Willcox (Smyrna, 1935)
Bethiah Hatch (Eaton, 1870)
Daniel S. Brand (Smyrna, 1892)
Nathan Jerome Brand (Smyrna, 1920)
Death Notices - 1870
     Smith M. Purdy (Norwich, 74y)
     J. Dwight Carrington (Norwich, 26y)
     Franklin Eugene Brown (Norwich, 17y)
     Charles W. Brooks (North Norwichc, 45y)
     Jane Tanzy (Preston, 20y)
     Weston Thorp (Preston)

Posted November 26, 2018
Bertha G. Hancock (Bainbridge)
Samuel Gilmore (West Bainbridge)
Sophronia Thomas (Bainbridge, 1894)
John A. Green (Port Dickinson, 1894)
Hattie Hovey (Afton, 1897)

Posted November 28, 2018
Charles Foote (Coventryville, 1905)
Elisha Vanderhule (Bainbridge, Afton, 1905)
Edwin Mead (Guilford, 1895)
James Yale (Guilford, 1895)
Death Notices - 1870
     George Tew (Preston, 53y)
     John F. Park (Pitcher)
     Adelia Hodges (Oxford, 27y)
     Louisa Miller (Oxford, 21y)
     Lydia P. Barstow (Coventry, 42y)
     Theodore Baker (Ithaca, Oxford, 44y)

Posted December 1, 2018
Delos Francisco (West Bainbridge, 1897)  Civil War Veteran and POW
Willis Bishop De Munn (Scranton PA, 1894)
Oscar D. Olendorf (Nineveh, 1894)
Albert M. Olendorf (Nineveh, 1894)

Posted December 5, 2018
John Willcox (Smyrna, 1898)
Marion Smith Willcox (Smyrna, Ithasa, 1918)
Abel Comstock Willcox (Smyrna, Norwich, 1918)
Samuel Willcox (Smyrna, Binghamton, 1921)
Robert Willcox (Smyrna, Utica, 1934)

Miscellaneous

Posted November 17, 2018

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1960 final

Obituaries (January 7, 2019)

Ellen C. (Sprague) Dixon

Chenango Telegraph, April 16, 1874

Entered into the life to come April 5th, 1874, in the 31st year of her age, Ellen C. Sprague, wife of Mott C. Dixon, of Smyrna, N.Y.  [Chenango Co.] Mrs. Dixon was the last surviving daughter of Mrs. Wm. Sprague, of Smyrna, and a sister of C.A. Sprague, Esq., late City Treasurer of Brooklyn, N.Y. She was married Sept. 24th, 1867, and leaves a daughter - little Lizzie - too young to fully realize the loss of a mother.  At the age of eleven Miss Sprague became a member of the Sabbath School at Upperville.  She was converted under the preaching of Rev. T.M. Williams, February, 1863, baptized March 29th, and received into full communion of the M.E. Church, at Smyrna, Sept. 27th of the same year.  After marriage, that she might walk with her husband, she united by letter with the Congregational Church at Smyrna.  She became an earnest and faithful S.S. teacher, winning and holding the love of a large class.  Consistent and faithful in all her Christian life, her death was a rich testimony of triumph in the Christian faith.  Her last words, " Is this Jesus?" indicate that the portals of heaven were open for her entrance. The funeral took place from her late residence on Wednesday, where a large concourse of relatives and friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed one, pastors Chas. C. Johnson, of the Congregational Church, A.F. Brown, of the M.E. Chruch, and H.S. Jones, of the Baptist Church, participating in the ceremony, the former preaching the discourse.  Her remains were interred in the Sherburne West Hill Cemetery.

Clarissa Brown

Chenango Union, June 19, 1884

In Pharsalia (Chenango Co., NY), April 15th, 1884, of pneumonia and heart disease, Mrs. Clarissa Brown wife of Luther Brown, left her mortal body, at the age of sixty-three years.  Something more than a passing notice is due to one whose lifelong history as daughter, sister wife, mother and friend, were so full of excellence that any poor words of praise that I may offer will seem cheap to those whose privilege it was to know her intimately as I did, for a period of over forty years.  It is seldom we find in human character the opposite qualities of firmness and ambition, united with amiability, and unselfishness, yet these traits were beautifully combined in her nature,, making her one of the best of women. she was loved by all for her uniform kindness of disposition and her unfailing devotion to every duty.  Over twenty years ago, when diphtheria was making its first dreadful ravages in the neighborhood, she was one of the bravest to stand by the bedside of the sick and dying, until her own precious child caught the contagion and lived but a few days.  No mother ever loved their children better than she, yet her fortitude and unselfishness were exhibited in this, her hour of trial; she laid her treasure in the dust, and resumed without a murmur her daily duties, moving on cheerfully to the end.  She never made any profession of religion or goodness, yet in all her relations to the world she exhibited continually and at all times the noblest attributes that are usually ascribed to the best Christian character.  Clara, as she was familiarly called, had the rare domestic qualities for making home attractive.  No hired man or woman ever felt themselves a menial in her house. They were ever treated with consideration and kindness, which fact made it easy for Mr. Brown to always have the best help about his farming affairs; and it is but just to say that Mr. Brown's success as a farmer is largely due to the patience, kindness, industry and economy of his wife, and whose devotion as a wife was rarely equaled.  Mrs. Brown was the mother of four children.  One died in infancy, a second at the age of eleven years; two daughters and one granddaughter are still living, Mrs. Elizabeth Eldridge of Pitcher, being the eldest child, and Mrs. Antoinette Warner, of Cincinnatus, the youngest.  It was the sweet privilege of these daughters, as well as the kind husband and grandchild, to minister to the wants of one of the dearest of wives and mothers during her last and almost only illness.  These four, together with an aged sister, who was a member of Mr B's family at home, are left to mourn the loss of one for whom they can never find a substitute.

Eunice Lucretia (Lyon) Smith

1822 - 1895

Died, March 21, 1895, Eunice L. Smith, wife of Dea. J. Wheeler Smith, aged 72 years, 6 months.  She united with the church at fifteen and until her death was an ornament in society, a treasure in her loving family, and a mother in Israel.  She was married at nineteen and for fifty-three years has walked before her family a model mother.  Twelve years ago she received a paralytic shock which incapacitated her for labor and in all those years not a murmur has escaped her lips.  Having buried three children, she quietly folded her hands in death, leaving a husband and six children to mourn her irreparable loss. Thus

"One by one earth's ties are broken;

Step by step age come apace;

One by one farewells are spoken,

And the one last fond embrace."

Her funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rev. F.E. Benjamin, text, Proverbs 31:28.

Sophronia A. (Sumner) Bixby

1823 - 1896

Mrs. Sophronia A. Bixby was born in Windsor, Broome county [NY], Aug. 16, 1823, and died in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sunday morning, Sept. 6, 1896, aged 73 years.  Mrs. Bixby's family name was Sumner and her parents were residents of Bainbridge in early life.  Besides Mrs. Bixby there was a brother, Hon. George W. Sumner, of New Berlin, who was in the State Legislature in the years 1864 and 1865.  The deceased was married in 1840 to Joel J. Bixby of Bainbridge, whose father was one of the first settlers of the town.  After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bixby resided in our village for some years, and then removed to Norwich.  Mr. Bixby was thorough and successful in business and his devotion thereto, so impaired his health that he retired from active life altogether in 1862 and returned with his family to Bainbridge.  He died here in 1865.  Mrs. Bixby lived in Bainbridge holding a prominent position together with her family in the community till 1886 when she again became a resident of Norwich where she remained until her death. She is survived by three children:  Mrs. Theodore R. Campbell of Binghamton, Mrs. Joseph E. Packard of Oxford, and Joel J. Bixby, esq., of Norwich.  Mrs. Bixby left many friends and acquaintances in Bainbridge, all of whom regarded her as do the people in Norwich, her last home on earth.  The Norwich Sun speaks thus beautifully of the deceased:

"To have known Mrs. Bixby during these last ten years in Norwich is not to have known her thoroughly.  For whereas none could fail to note her dignity of manner, her refinement, her intelligence, her affection for her children and her strong religious convictions, few would imagine from seeing her thus with the sunset of her life casting its calm over her, that she had borne exceptional responsibilities with uncommon bravery.  From girlhood she was a devout communicant of the Episcopal church and regularly attended services until bodily infirmity prevented.  At all times she was loyal to her church and its teachings.  In its rites and ceremonies she found pleasantness and peace; that peace, which now is here forever."

The funeral services were held at her home on Hayes street, Norwich this morning and the remains were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] this noon. A large number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to the Episcopal cemetery where the services were held, Rev. Mr. Stebbins of Norwich officiating.

Eli Prince

1830 - 1897

The death of Eli Prince, a lifelong resident of the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], occurred Friday afternoon at his home two miles above the village, upon the west side of the river.  Mr. Prince had been in feeble health for several months prior to his death, suffering from an affection of the kidneys which terminated in a paralytic condition the last few weeks of his life. The deceased was born June 1st, 1830, and was the second of the large family of thirteen children of the parents, Czar and Anna Skeel Prince. He was married in 1876 to Mrs. Mary Hackett who survives him.  There were no children.  Mr. Prince had always resided upon the farm where he died, the grandfather coming from Connecticut in 1805, settling upon the land which had not been cleared and laying the foundation for the present handsome property. The grandparents were succeeded in ownership by the son, Czar, the father of the deceased.  The father's home was an ideal one in the happiness of its members and the generous hospitality offered socially.  It was the center of much gayety forty years ago.  Mr. Prince left one sister, Mrs. Smith, wife of Judge A.P. Smith of Cortland, and seven brothers, one of whom, C. Prince, resides in Bainbridge.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Episcopal church, of which the deceased was a communicant, and attended by the Masons in a body. The Rev. Mr. Cresser, the Rector, officiated at the church service and the Masons conducted the burial ceremonies. The remains were interred in St. Peter's churchyard [Bainbridge]