Obituaries (March 2)

Peter M. Packard

February 10, 1903 in Cowanesque, PA

Peter M. Packard, a former prominent resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] died Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.B. Strang, in Cowanesque, Pa., aged eighty-three years.  Mr. Packard was the proprietor of all the stage routes in this section for many years and up to the time of the completion of the railroad service between Albany and Binghamton.  He was also a hotel keeper and with his esteemed wife served the public in a very satisfactory manner.  When he left Bainbridge he resumed hotel keeping at Spring Mills, N.Y.  Later he removed to Oxford where Mrs. Packard died in 1895.  Mr. Packard is remembered by many in Bainbridge and was esteemed for his liberality, kindness of heart and honorable life.  He was a plain man, unassuming in manner, but his dry, quaint humor made him an enjoyable companion.  He is survived by four children; two daughters and two sons, Joseph E. of Oxford, and Peter Packard of Elmira.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge on the 11:02 train this morning and interred in the Episcopal cemetery.  They were accompanied by all the children of the deceased.  Rev. Mr. Broughton, rector of St. Paul's church, Oxford, officiated.

Sophia P. Davis

Died July 9, 1904 at Afton, NY

Sunday morning, July 10, Mrs. Oliver Davis was found dead in her bed.  She had been ill with congestion of the lungs for the past two weeks but the immediate cause of her death was valvular heart trouble.  She is survived by her husband, two sons, Frank, who is here, and Fred, both of Elma, Iowa, and one sister, Mrs. Adaline Angell. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with interment in East Side cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], Rev. George Huntley officiating.

William Fields Doolittle

Died March 17, 1944 in Chenango, NY

William Fields Doolittle died at his home, 1451 Upper Front st., Broad Acres [Broome Co., NY], Friday at 4:30 p.m.  He is survived by his widow, Maude May Doolittle, one daughter, Mrs. John H. Rinker of Broad Acres; one son, Raymond E. Doolittle of Lisle, and four grandchildren. The body was removed to the William R. Chase & Son Funeral home, 44 Exchange st., where the funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. the Rev. G Arthur Woodsey will officiate. Burial in Chenango Valley Cemetery.

Whit Yeoman McHugh

Died September 23, 1955 9 in Afton, NY

Whit Yeoman McHugh, of 30 Spring Street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 2:45 p.m. Friday at his home, after a short illness.  He is survived b his wife, Mrs. Jessie E. McHugh; a son, Donald Coburn McHugh; a granddaughter, Colleen M. McHugh, and a grandson, Donald Sheridan McHugh, all of Afton.  He was a member of Afton Lodge 360, F&AM, and was a volunteer fireman for the Afton Fire Department for 48 years.  The body was moved to the Karschner Funeral home, Afton.

Lemuel B. Mitchell

Died September 24, 1955 in Endicott, NY

Lemuel B. Mitchell, 76, of 114 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], died at 4 a.m. today at his home, after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Mitchell, a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Clink of Owego; two sons, the Rev. Floyd B. Mitchell of Nigeria, British West Africa, and George E. Mitchell of Endicott; 11 grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was a member of the First Baptist church of Endicott and lodge 925, IOOF, of Endicott.  He was a retired IBM Corp. employee, a member of its Two Generation Club and a life member of the IBM Country Club.  He operated an automotive and radio sales store in Washington Avenue, Endicott from 1925 until 1935.  The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, December 8, 1847

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult., Mrs. Sally R. Barnes, wife of Erastus Barnes, aged 28 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Lorin Cushman, son of Luke Cushman, of Stafford, Ct., aged 45 yrs.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mrs. Naomi Purdy, mother of Mr. O.G. Rundell, aged 86 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., William Peters, aged 28 years.

Obituaries (March 1)

Thomas Jefferson Lyon

Died June 9, 1903 in Binghamton, NY

On Tuesday, June 9, T. Jefferson Lyon, a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home, Park Terrace, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], aged 69 years.  Mr. Lyon had been a sufferer from Bright's disease a number of years, his health gradually failing, but with wonderful will and determination he kept up until a few days before his death, when he sank rapidly, the vital forces giving out entirely.  Mr. Lyon's disease is apt to affect the eyesight and in the case of the deceased he became partially blind two years ago and within the last six months of his life was unable to see at all.  But with unexampled courage he fought against the inevitable, pursuing a line of duties, which had always been a science with him, as caring for stock, his horses and cattle being the best grade in the market. Until a year or two before his death, he drove unaided his horses upon business about Binghamton when unable to see to guide them, but his skill and intuition always returned him in safety to his home.  It was a pathetic sight through the last winter and spring to see Mr. Lyon with his infirmity of sight groping his way to his cattle in the barn or in the field to look after their wants because of his affection for them.  Mr. Lyon left Bainbridge for Binghamton to reside fifteen years ago.  He built a tenement house on Liberty street and later sold it and purchased  a large tract of land in the vicinity of Ross Park, the development of which and the name Park Terrace, brought him prominently before the public, as having promoted one of the prettiest suburbs of the city.  Mr. and Mrs. Lyon became allied with the Centenary M.E. Chruch soon after going to Binghamton, and were among its most faithful generous and enthusiastic supporters.  T. Jefferson Lyon was the son of Briggs Lyon of West Bainbridge, and was born in 1834.  He was united in marriage to Ellen E. Kelley of West Bainbridge, December 31, 1856.  Mr. Lyon was engaged in farming in his home town for ten years and then removed to Pike, N.Y., where he continued that occupation until 1877 when he returned to this section settling in Bainbridge village.  He opened with his brother-in-law, James Kelley, a boot, shoe and grocery store on West Main street, and later went into the clothing business in the Clark block and also in Thomas block, being associated with his son, Frank R. Lyon.  The deceased was a much esteemed citizen of Bainbridge, genial in a social way, honorable in business, and devoted to the interests of the Methodist church.  His removal to Binghamton in 1888 was much regretted.  Mr. Lyon is survived by his wife and two children:  Mrs. Frank D. Lyon of Binghamton, and Frank R. Lyon of Manistee, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. Hamilton Greene, Mrs. Smith Lane, Mrs. Marietta Lane and Mrs. Frank Davis of Bainbridge; two brothers, Joseph E. Lyon of Bainbridge, and Orville J. Lyon of Scranton.  The funeral was held Friday afternoon, Rev. Dr. Taber officiating, assisted by Rev. D.N. Grummon.  Burial was in Floral Park cemetery.  Those in attendance from Bainbridge were Hamilton Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Lyon and Mrs. Marietta Lane.  The son, Frank R. Lyon, of Manistee, Mich., reached Binghamton in time for the funeral.  The sorrowing wife has the sympathy of many old friends in Bainbridge.

The funeral of Thomas J. Lyon was held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank D. Lyon, Park Terrace Heights, Friday afternoon at two o'clock and was largely attended.  Mr. Lyon was prominently identified with the real estate interests of the city [Binghamton, NY], coming from Bainbridge twenty years ago.  He at once entered into the real estate boom of the city, doing much to build up certain portions of the city  He assisted in the development of St. John and King avenues on the west side and about fourteen years ago purchased the large tract of land known as the Park Terrace location, just east of Ross park.  At that time the property consisted only of undeveloped farm land and Mr. Lyon at once set about making it a residence district.  In this he has succeeded well, the location now being one of the best developed residence sections on the outskirts of the city.  He also did much toward the development of other portions of the South Side. The services yesterday were conducted by Rev. Dr. James M. Taber, Jr., and Rev. D.N. Grummon.  The bearers were Nelson Cahoon, Frank B. Smith, James Belcher, H.J. Saunders, Alexander Woolsey and William Van Vorce.  Burial was in Floral Park cemetery.  [Johnson City, Broome Co., NY]

Richard E. Guile

Died September 30, 1955 in Oneonta, NY

Richard E. Guile, 69, former resident of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], died at his home in Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] Friday, Sept. 30, of a heart attack.  He was born in 1888 at St. Johnsville [Montgomery Co. NY].  On October 9, 1932, he married Ida Spickle in Masonville.  He lived on a farm near Unadilla until his retirement about five months ago.  He is survived by his wife, three sons, Ellis, Edwin and Dentish and a daughter, Ella, all at home. The funeral was held at the Sacred Heart church, Sidney, Monday at 9:30 a.m.  Burial was in Masonville cemetery [Delaware Co., NY].

Verna R. Snyder

Died March 12, 1957 in Endicott, NY

Miss Verna R. Snyder, 74, of 110 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY] died at 4:28 p.m. yesterday at Ideal Hospital after a long illness.  She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Bert Hyatt of Endicott with whom she resided, and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott, its Bethany Class, the Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge, 136, of Endicott, and the Clover Leaf Club. She was a former employee of Burt's Department Store, Endicott. The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.

Gertrude M. (Ireland) Loomis

Died October 1959

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Jesse Loomis, 52, of Oxford RD3, was killed instantly yesterday when she was pinned under a pickup truck in a dirt road near her farm home. The accident happened a short distance south of her home in the Basswood Meeting Road between Oxford and Bainbridge yesterday afternoon.  According to Gene Johnson, a Chenango County sheriff's deputy, Mrs. Loomis was driving toward her home when the truck skidded on a curve, flipped end-over-end and then rolled over in a roadside ditch. The truck skidded and rolled some 450 feet, Mr. Johnson said.  Mrs. Loomis was pinned under a door of the truck, which was loaded with eight, 100-pound bags of food.  Mr. Johnson said that several men driving to a clambake of Guilford Rod and Gun Club nearby discovered the accident.  Dr. Hugh D. Black of Oxford, a county coroner, was called to the scene.  He ruled the death accidental and said that Mrs. Loomis died instantly of a broken neck.  Mrs. Loomis was born Gertrude M. Ireland, on Jan. 17, 1907 in Bainbridge.  Surviving are her husband, a son, Donald Loomis of Oxford RD; a daughter, Miss Tena Loomis at home; her father, Walter Ireland of Oxford RD, and two brothers, Kenneth Ireland of Ilion and Stanley Ireland of Bainbridge. The body was moved to the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. George Dutton rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chruch, Oxford. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY]

Obituaries (February 27

Oria R. Baker

Died March 2, 1894 in Bainbridge, NY

A pall was cast over our village, when word was received last Friday morning, of the sudden death of Oria R. Baker, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Baker, of this place, who died at her home after a brief illness, in the twenty-third year of her age.  Miss Baker was born in Sanford, N.Y. [Broome Co.] removing to this place with her parents about twelve years ago.  She was for some time a student at Bainbridge Academy, and was a young lady of marked ability and much beloved. She will be sorely missed among us, especially in her home where she was very dearly loved and was helpful to her father in his extensive business. She leaves, besides her father and mother, one sister and one brother with a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. the esteem in which she was held was shown by the large attendance at her funeral, which was held from the home, Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.  The services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T.F. Hall.  The floral tributes were very beautiful.  The interment took place at Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

Edna (Davis) Ireland

Died December 11,1897 in West Bainbridge, NY

Mrs. Edna Ireland, wife of Frederick Ireland, died Saturday evening at her home in West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], of an attack of neuralgia of the heart.  Mrs. Ireland was the only child of Eldredge Davis of West Bainbridge, and her early death at twenty-three years of age is specially sad to her mourning friends.  She was a young woman of pleasing manner, bright and social, and the life of her parents' home and her husband's fireside  The sadness of her death is all the more increased that the infant child of but a few days old is so suddenly bereft of a mother's fostering care. The deceased was well known in Bainbridge, having been educated at the Bainbridge academy, holding a high record in her studies and maintaining a prominent position among the students.  Upon leaving school she was engaged in teaching until her marriage to Mr. Ireland, since which time she has been a most devoted wife and companion.  Mrs. Ireland was a member of the Methodist church and the graces of her Christian character were markedly felt in the circle in which she moved.  Her life was brief but she has left a sweet influence behind and a memory that will not fade.  Of her immediate household the husband and one child only remain.  Her funeral occurred Tuesday at 12 o'clock at the home and burial was at West Bainbridge.  Rev. Mr. Sackett officiated, and his fine address upon the life and untimely death of the departed one, the excellent music, the profusion of flowers woven into various devices, and the large attendance of people, among them being a delegation from Bainbridge, were so many expressions of regard for the deceased, and so many tokens of sympathy for those bereaved.

Rena B. Teetsell

Died September 24, 1953 at Endicott, NY

Mrs. Rena B. Teetsell, 63, of 1906 Monroe Street, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], a veteran Endicott Johnson employee, died at her home yesterday after a long illness.  Mrs. Teetsell retired from EJ in 1948 after 32 years of service.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott, a past noble grand of Endicott Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge and a member of Kayam Zuanna and Oneactah Reservation 87 of Pocahontas. She is survived by her husband, LeRoy E. Teetsell; a brother, Harry L. Ingram, both of Endicott, and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with the Rev. Leon W. Bouton, pastor of the First Methodist Chruch of Endicott, officiating.  Burial will be in Vestal Hills Memorial Park.

Leona M. Davey

Died November 30, 1959 at Binghamton, NY

Miss Leona M. Davey, age 68, of 20 Beacon St., Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], died Monday at 6 p.m. at Binghamton City hospital.  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Glenn B. Goodspeed, of Port Dickinson; one brother, Charles Davey of Washington, D.C.; one niece, Miss Alice Davey of Washington, D.C.; three nephews, Robert Davey of Washington, D.C., Charles Davey of Afton, and Morris Goodspeed of Binghamton; two grandnieces.  She taught at the Lowell School of Business for over 40 years. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd. The body was removed to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral home, 483 Chenango St., where the funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.  The Rev. L. Densmore Jacobs will officiate.  Burial will be in the Nineveh Cemetery, Nineveh, N.Y. [Broome Co.]

Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley

Died August 31, 1954 at Norwich, NY

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley, 24, of 58 Henry Street, died this morning in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, as a result of a gun shot wound she suffered on Aug. 23.  Police broke into the Buchanan Hardware Store in North Broad Street shortly after midnight on the morning of Aug. 23 and found Mrs. Tingley on the floor, wounded. She was rushed to the hospital suffering a wound in the side from a .22 caliber rifle bullet.  After investigation, Police Chief Harold O. Mattice said that Mrs. Tingley entered the store with a key belonging to her father, Lynn Smith, an employee of the store.  Chief Mattice said she took a .22 caliber rifle to the back of the store, loaded it and tested it, and then returned to the front of the store and shot herself.  She called the telephone operator, who called the police, the chief said.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, December 15, 1847

On the 8th instant, at her father's residence, in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Miss Aleada Cady, formerly of this place [Norwich, NY], aged 24 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church in this village, and died, as she had lived, trusting in the merits of her Redeemer.

\Chenango Telegraph, December 29, 1847

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., of Consumption, Miss L. Keanett Brewer, aged 18 yrs.

Obituaries (February 26)

Tirzah A. Gregory

Chenango Telegraph, March 2, 1842

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst., Miss Tirzah A. Gregory, in the 19th year of her age.  Sudden and awful is the approach of death.  When age, full of honors is summoned to depart, we bow with reverence at the decree of an All-wise Providence, but when youth is cut down in the spring time of its existence, it touches every tender fibre of our nature, and proclaims to us in legible characters too plain to be misunderstood, that we too must die. The deceased was a young lady of a mild and amiable disposition, beloved by her friends and acquaintances, and has gone down to the tomb, leaving a lasting evidence of her confidence in the smiles of her Redeemer.

Isaac Foote

Chenango Telegraph, March 9, 1842

At Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, on the 27th February last, Hon Isaac Foote, in the ninety-seventh year of his age.  Judge Foote was a native of the town of Colchester, in the State of Connecticut, from whence he removed to the town of Stafford, in the same State, where, for many years, he held the office of Magistrate, and often represented the town in the General Assembly of the State.  In the year 1795, he removed to the place first above mentioned, it then being a part of the town of Sherburne, in the county of Herkimer, and in the year 1799 was elected to represent said county in the most numerous branch of the State Legislature, and subsequently was elected a Senator for the Western District of said State.  And when the county of Chenango was incorporated, he was appointed to the office of first judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Session of the Peace, which office he held until constitutionally disqualified, having arrived at the age of sixty years; after which, he retired from active life, and devoted the principal part of his time to reading, especially the Scriptures, and having been an exemplary member of the viable Church for seventy-five years or more, and contributed to the support of the Gospel, and the dissemination of its truths, he died a peaceful death, and has, as there is reason to entertain a strong hope, been transferred to the Church Triumphant.  "where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest."

Emily T. Moses
Died August 1, 1906, Deposit, Delaware Co., NY

Mrs. Emily T. Moses, widow of the late Squire Moses, for many years a prominent lawyer of this village, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Aumock, corner Court and Second streets, last evening, aged eighty-three years.  Mrs. Moses has been gradually failing for over a year, but has been confined to her bed only a few weeks.  Deceased is survived by four daughters--Mrs. Frances Aumock, Mrs. William Beardsley, and Mrs. Sara Freeman, of this village, and Mrs. Georgianna Hitt, of Oneonta; also three grandchildren--Miss Ella Freeman and Harold and Lulabell Beardsley.  Funeral private.

Myra R. (Lum) Silvey

Died May 10, 1956

Mrs. Myra R. Silvey, 70, of 20 Newton Avenue, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died Thursday morning at her home. She is survived by her husband, Rexford Silvey, three daughters, Mrs. Edna Stimpson, Mrs. Harold Miller, both of Oneonta, Mrs. Lynn Lanfair of Mount Upton; three sons, Charles R. of Bainbridge, Edwin M. of Mount Upton and Frank A. Silvey of Newington, Conn.; 20 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Madden of Brisben and Mrs. Nellie Silvey of Binghamton; four brothers, Howard Lum of Brisben, Homer Lum of Smithville Flats, Elmer Lum of South Edmeston and Stanley Lum of New Berlin; several nieces and nephews. the body was moved to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home, 58 West Main Street, Bainbridge.

Milo A. Saxton

Died August 9, 1957

Milo A. Saxton, 62, of 105 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], died at 4:15 p.m. yesterday at Wilson Memorial Hospital, after a short illness.  he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Saxton; one daughter, Miss Ida Saxton, both of Endicott; three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Collins of Haskenville, N.Y., Mrs. Lynn McDaniels and Mrs. Sylvia Grey, both of Hornell, N.Y.; three brothers, Grant, in and Irving Saxton, all of Hornell; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was a veteran of World War 1, a member of the Union-Endicott American legion Post 82, KEndicott, and of the FOE, Aeriel 2269.  He was an IBM employee for the last 36 years, a member of its Quarter Century Club, and Country Club, an dof its safety council advisory board  The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.

Death Notice

Chenango Telegraph, March 2, 1842

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last, Mrs. Edith [Parker], wife of Nathan Parker, Esq., aged 73.

Marriages (February 25)

Fuller - Warner

Married January 7, 1945

Deposit [Delaware Co., NY]:  Miss Esther Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner of Deposit, was united in marriage on Sunday, Jan. 7, to Lieutenant Charles L. Fuller of the U.S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fuller of Deposit.  The ceremony was performed at the groom's home by the Rev. John C. Eason, pastor of the Methodist church.  Mrs. David Biggs of Hancock, sister of the bride, and Gerald Fuller of Deposit, brother of the groom, were the attendants.  Mrs. Fuller is a graduate of Deposit Central school.  She will make her home in Deposit.  The groom returned to his duties on Jan. 15.

Lowe - Gifford

Married November 21, 1959

Wedding vows were exchanged by Miss Phyllis Gifford and Ralph Lowe Nov. 21 in Afton Baptist Church.  The Rev. Allan Douglas officiated  at the double ring ceremony.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gifford of Afton [Chenango Co., NY]. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowe of Afton.  Miss Carrolyn Tryon of Afton was maid of Honor.  Best man was Gary Budine of Bainbridge.  Reed Packer and Ronald Brewer ushered.  The reception took place in the church parlors after the ceremony.  Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are living in Sidney.

Wagner - Hager

Married November 21, 1959

In the Masonville Federated church at 2 o'clock Saturday, Nov. 21, 1959, Miss Barbara Hope Hager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hager, was married to Dale Richard Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wagner, Rev. Harry Palmer officiated.  Candelabra and bouquets of white and yellow chrysanthemums decorated the church. Archie Wood was soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Louis Willis, organist.  Escorted by her father, the bride was attired in a blue, street-length sheath dress, with white collar and cuffs, and carried white roses on a white Bible.  Maid of honor for her sister, Miss Linda Hager wore a two-piece, beige street-length dress, and a corsage of yellow pompons.  Norman Chruch was best man for his brother.  A reception for immediate family and friends was held in the church dining room, following the ceremony.  Mrs. Archie Wood was hostess.  Mrs. Greta Paveglio and Mrs. Edward Frank served.  For the wedding trip, the bride wore a turquoise and brown plaid sheath dress.  Mrs. Wagner graduated form Sidney Central school and attended Wilson Memorial.  Her husband attended Deposit and Sidney Central schools.  He is a farmer.

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, July 15, 1846

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by the Rev. J.T. Goodrich, Mr. Smith Slocum to Miss Almira B. North, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

On the 5th inst., by the same, Mr. Seth G. Pellet to Miss Mary Westcott, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

At Truxton [Cortland Co., NY], on the morning of the 1st by the Rev. Mr. Shedd, Mr. Edward F. Thomas, of the firm of E.F. Thomas & Co., of Cuyler, Cortland Co., to Miss Francis A. [Shedd). , daughter of O.M. Shedd, Esq. of the former place.

Chenango Telegraph, April 6, 1859

CHEESBRO - BLODGETT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult. at the home of Col. E. Proctor by ---alon, Esq. Silas Cheesbro of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Parmelia Blodgett of Plymouth.

Chenango Union, September 23, 1875

CROWELL - HALL:  In Lebanon, Sept. 10, 1875, by Rev. C.C. Johnson, Mr. Lamott Crowell of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Cornelia Hall of Lebanon [Madison Co., NY].

Chenango Union, September 30, 1875

DWIGHT - GRAVES:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William H. Dwight of Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY] to Miss Frances A. Graves of Norwich.

CRANDALL - BURCHARD:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] July 26, 1875 by William N. mason, Esq., Mr. Uriah Crandall to Miss Lucy A Burchard, all of Norwich.

COMSTOCK - BENNETTE:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. H. Fox, Mr. Abel Comstock to Mrs. Sarah J. Bennette.  All of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

GOULD - WYMAN:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] by T.J. Matterson, Esq., Mr. Albert Gould to Miss Mary Wyman, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

POTTER - BULGER:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Jay T. Potter to Miss Mary E. Bulger, all of Stockbridge, Madison County.

HIGGINS - COOK:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. H.C. Leach, Mr. DeVer S. Higgins to Miss Ida J. Cook, both of Otselic.

AYLESWORTH - BRADSHAW:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 21, by Rev. T.P. Halstead, Mr. Willis L. Aylesworth to  Miss Gertrude Bradshaw, both of Afton.

PURDY - BOSWELL:  At Howard Lake, Minn., by Rev. Frank Newton, Mr. W. H. Purdy, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Boswell of Howard Lake.

Obituaries (February 24)

John Van Wagenen

Chenango Telegraph, July 15, 1846

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d of July of a disease of the brain, John Van Wagenen, merchant, in the 42d year of his age, son of Garrit H. Van Wagenen, late of the city of New York, for many years one of its most respectable citizens.  Possessing a reputation unblemished, thewdeceased sustained through life and in all its relations the character of a true and devoted friend, an active and upright man, and a good citizen.  His loss is deeply deplored by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Oxford Times

Harriet Elizabeth Foote

Chenango Telegraph, July 22, 1846

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., at the residence of her grandparents (Dear Isaac Foote), Miss Harriet Elizabeth [Foote], daughter of Justin Foote, deceased, aged 20 years.  She was taken sick and died while on a visit at her grandparent's with whom she had spent the greater part of her life, till about two and a half years since, when she went to reside with her widowed mother in Batavia.  When she came to Smyrna, far from herself and friends was the thought that her youthful and lovely form was so soon to waste away by disease, and to find a grave by the side of her father's sleeping dust.  All that love and skill could do was done to arrest the progress of her disease.  It gradually became evident that death had marked her for his prey--that her time had come. To her friends it was consoling that she was prepared to meet it.  At an early age she manifested an attachment to Christ and made a public profession of her faith in Him.  By her life she adorned her profession--on the bed of sickness she was meek, patient and submissive.  She had a desire to live, but wished above all, the will of the Lord done. Till the last hour she confessed herself to be a sinner, and if saved it must be by nothing she had done, but all through the merits of Christ. She peacefully fell asleep in Jesus (as we trust) leaving many to weep over her early grave.

Emiline A. Doolittle

ca 1863 - October 11, 1954

Mrs. Emiline A. Doolittle, 91, widow of Ivey W. Doolittle, died at 4 a.m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Meredith of 1 Chapman Street [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  Besides Mrs. Meredith, she is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Virge Livingston of Harpursville and Mrs. Raymond Hurlbut of Chenango Bridge; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.  The body was moved to the William R. Chase & Son Funeral home, 44 Exchange Street.

Charlene (Johnson) Archer

ca 1910 - January 1, 1944

Mrs. Elmer Archer of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] was killed Saturday evening when a D.&H. freight train struck the automobile she was driving on the Johnson street railroad crossing in that village.  Mrs. Archer and her husband were planning on going to a movie and while he went downtown on an errand she was to get out the car and pick up some friends on Johnson street, where they lived, who were to accompany them to the show.  The crossing is unprotected after 8 o'clock in the evening.  The car was caught on the southbound track by a freight train and the machine demolished, Mrs. Archer's body being later found about 100 feet below where the crash occurred lying between the rails of the northbound track where another train had passed over her body without hitting it. This train also picked up the wreckage of the car and carried it about 500 feet north of the crossing. The crew of neither train was aware that an accident had occurred.  Neighbors heard the crash and hurried to the scene.  Mr. Archer discovered his wife's body.  State troopers investigated the accident.  Mr. Archer is employed in the control chemistry laboratory of the Casein division of the Bordon company at Bainbridge.  Mrs. Archer, who was 34 years old is survived by the husband, Beverly, a ten-year-old daughter, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Johnson, of Afton.  The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon.

Francis B. Fisher

Chenango Union, February 1, 1883

Francis B. Fisher, Justice of the Second District Court, of Brooklyn, died at his residence on Sunday last, of Bright's disease, in the fifty-first year of his age.  Judge Fisher was a son of the late Jared Fisher, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  He was born in Bolton, Mass., in August 1833, and during his infancy his parents moved to Norwich, where his boyhood was passed.  In the spring of 1847 he entered the office of the Oxford Republican--of which the writer was then foreman--as an apprentice.  During the summer and fall he rode the post route, alternating with the carrier of the Times, delivering both papers to subscribers in the towns of Guilford, New Berlin, Columbus, Sherburne, Smyrna, Plymouth, Pharsalia and Preston--a ride of two days.  Many of our older subscribers in those towns will remember the delivery of their papers at their doors by the bright-eyed, genial lad of fifteen, who had a pleasant word for all, and left sunshine in their homes.  In October, 1847, the Oxford Republican and the Norwich Journal were consolidated, under the name of the Chenango Union, and the Oxford office was discontinued, as was also the post route.  "Frank" as he was familiarly known, removed with the office to Norwich, where he remained until the expiration of his apprenticeship, when he went east for a time, being employed in several job and newspaper offices.  His first venture in business was about the year 1852, when he formed a partnership with Thomas L. James, late Postmaster General, in the publication of the Madison County Journal, at Hamilton.  Some two years later he associated himself with the late E. Max Leal, in the publication of the Chenango Telegraph, in this village.  From this place he went to Greene, where, in 1855 he established the Chenango American, in company with J.D. Denison, who is still one of the proprietors of that paper. While a resident of Greene he was twice elected to the Assembly from the Second Assembly District of this County.  From that time he took an active part in politics, and was well known among the leaders of the Republican party.  He was the life of the social circles of Greene, and foremost in promoting the interests of the town.  An active member of the fire department of that village, he endeared himself to his associates at home, while his visits with the members of "Ocean" company to our village, in the palmy days of the department were always welcome.  Many of the old firemen of Norwich look back with pleasure to these reunions, and to those which occurred in Greene, where the deceased was prominent among the many gallant boys of those days in making their Norwich friends doubly welcome.  In 1865, Mr. Fisher established a job printing office in New York city, removing with his family to Brooklyn in the following year.  He became a member of the Kings County Republican General Committee, and in 1872, 1874 and 1876 he was elected to the Common council, and in his last term was President of that body, and for several months acting Mayor.  In 1879, he was appointed justice, to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Riley.  He drafted the bill abolishing the elective judiciary system, which was passed by the Legislature in 1880. and the same year was appointed by the Mayor, Comptroller and auditor Justice of the Second District Court, which position he held until his death.  He was last year admitted to practice at the Bar.  In all the relations of life, judge Fisher was honest and upright, and his friendship was sincere and lasting.  He was  a shrewd politician, and a thorough business man. There are many in this the home of his boyhood, who learn with regret of his death, while yet in the zenith of his usefulness.  His widow survives him, but no children, two having died.  his aged mother, Mrs. Jared Fisher, and sister, Mrs. Harvey E. Dingley, with a brother, Austin H. Fisher, reside in Utica. The Court of which he was a member, and the Board of Aldermen of Brooklyn, met Monday, and took proper notice of Mr. Fisher's death. The remains are to be buried in Albany, in the family plot.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, November 15, 1894

BABCOCK:  In New York, Nov. 12, 1894, Mr. Dwight Babcock of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

ADAMS:  In Scranton, Pa., nov. 10, 1894, Caroline [Adams], wife of Dr. Charles Adams, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

TAINTOR:  In Sangamon, Ill., Oct. 30, 1894, Mr. Irving Taintor, aged 84 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

JAYNES:  In East Troy, Wisc., Nov. 5, 1894, Mrs. Lovina Jaynes, aged 62 years, and mother of Mrs. E. Hartwell of Sherburne.

LANSING:  In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1894, Hattie E. [Lansing], wife of W.H. Lansing and daughter of T. Bates of Greene, aged 31 years.