Obituaries (June 6)

Thornton M. Little

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, February 4, 1903

Thornton M. Little, brother of B.F. Little of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died at his home in Brooklyn on Wednesday last.  Deceased had many friends in Norwich, and was a frequent visitor here on his summer outings.  Up to within a few years, or until his health failed him, he was in the employ of McKeeson & Robbins of New York.  He leaves a widow and one brother.

Cyrenus Chamberlain

Died January 30, 1903, Rockwell's Mills, NY

Cyrenus Chamberlain of Rockwell's Mills [Chenango Co., NY], after a long struggle with the "last enemy," has gone to the land where sickness and death are not known.  Like his pious father, Calvin Chamberlain, he leaves a memory fragrant with good deeds.  Union church will miss him.  Only one of the large Calvin Chamberlain family is left, Caldwell Chamberlain of Mt. Upton.  A wife and two children, Calvin Chamberlain of Rockwell's Mills, and Mrs. Frederick Winsor of Mt. Upton, mourn his loss.  Funeral services were held from his late residence on Sunday and the remains were interred in the Mt. Upton cemetery.  Mr. Chamberlain had many marked peculiarities.  His farm buildings were constructed in a most peculiar manner.  On one of the barns he built a tall cupola, in which he placed chairs for viewing the broad Unadilla valley  On a high hill on his farm he erected a small structure which was surrounded by a fence.  Facing the road, and where they could be seen for miles around, he put up two wooden images in the act of boxing.  During political campaigns he fitted up a large wagon bearing the pictures of the Republican candidates, and decorated with flags, and hiring a fifer and two drummers at his own expense, drove from town to town with this curious outfit.

Calvin Chamberlain

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, May 30, 1877

Mr. Calvin Chamberlain, one of the oldest citizens of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], died May 25th, 1877, aged 85 years.  Mr. Chamberlain has been a life-long subscriber of the Telegraph, and his long and busy life has been identified with the history of our valley.  More than half a century ago he united with Union M.E. Church, near which was his home.  He died as he had lived, -- well.  Death was a vanquished foe.  His large family circle of children and grandchildren will cherish the memory of a loving and faithful Christian father.

Perronet Vincent Chamberlain

Chenango Union, December 20, 1906

The issue of The Bulletin of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Oakland, Cal., for Dec. 9, 1906, contains the following which will be of interest to the older citizens of this place.

"Our whole church is in mourning for the loss of our beloved brother, everybody's friend, Perronet Vincent Chamberlain, who was the faithful sexton of this church for more than twenty years and who was a consistent Christian for more than three score years.  Brother Chamberlain passed away in great peace last Monday morning.  the funeral services at the church were attended by a large congregation and the deep grief of all was a touching tribute to the memory and worth of this good man.  Sister Chamberlain, who survives him is in frail health, and we are all praying that she may be tenderly cared for and sustained by Him, who proclaims himself the judge of the widow and the Father of the fatherless.  May we all meet at the pearly gates the brother beloved, who was wont to greet us all at the doors of God's earthly temple with a hand clasp and a smile which was a benediction."

Practically all of Mr. Chamberlain's boyhood and early manhood was spent in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  He was educated at the Brockport collegiate institute.  For some years he conducted a photograph gallery over where Mrs. Morse's millinery store now is.  In the 80's he moved with his family to Manhattan, Kansas, and was prospering until the grasshopper plague drove them out, since which they have resided in California.  Pneumonia was the cause of death.  Mrs. chamberlain was formerly Miss Mary Parker, daughter of Nathan Parker of Norwich. Three children were born to them.  One son only survives, Vincent G. Chamberlain, of Oakland, Cal.

Frank Chamberlin

Afton Enterprise & Harpursville Budget, August 4, 1938

Frank Chamberlin, aged 77 years, died monday, July 25, 1938, at his home in Wellsville, n.Y.  Mr. Chamberlin lived in Afton [Chenango Co., nY] in his younger days and was well known to many Afton friends.  He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Alice Chamberlin.

Death Notices

Chenango American, May 25, 1865

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Catharine [Redmond], wife of Walter J. Redmond, aged 28 years.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Miss Martha C. Cornell, aged 18 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Abigail Jackson, aged 82 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Mr. J. Drake, aged 83 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mary S. Seeley, wife of Wm. R. Seeley, aged 88 years.

Chenango American, September 25, 1862

In Esperance, Schoharie Co., on the 15th inst., Mr. George Wooster, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 66 years.

In the State  Hospital, New Haven, Conn., on the 20th ult., of wounds received in the battle at Fair Oaks, Va., Mr. George E. Church a private of Co. E, 61st Regiment, N.Y.S.V., the eldest son of Ezra P. and Laurilla Church, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 21 years.

In North Norwich, on the 14th inst., of chronic diarrhea, Mary Alida [Lyon], only daughter of Darius E. and Mary A. Lyon, aged 1 year.