Vital Records (July 15)

Andrew Jackson Boyce

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 29, 1890

Andrew Jackson Boyce, who died at his home in Nineveh, N.Y. [Broome Co., NY], April 27, 1890, of heart trouble, was born in Mt. Upton [Chenanogj Co., NY], April 18, 1834.  He was the son of the late Russell Boyce, of Mt. Upton, being the eighth of a family of twelve children, five of whom survive.  At an early age he showed signs of mechanical genius and at eighteen came to Nineveh to work at blacksmithing for his brother Edwin, then for J.W. Hobbs, and for the past twenty-two years has worked at fancy carriage ironing for Hobbs Bros., the well known carriage builders of that place.  He was a painstaking industrious mechanic, and few men in his line could accomplish so difficult tasks in forging iron.  In 1871, he married Julia E. Olendorf, who survives him.  He had built a beautiful house, and was very pleasantly situated.  His funeral was attended by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances, at his home, April 29th, and his remains deposited in Nineveh cemetery.

Flora Mathewson

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 29, 1890

The friends and neighbors of Flora, wife of William Mathewson, were grieved to learn of her death, which occurred at their home, about one mile above King Settlement, and in the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday morning, May 18, 1890.  For a week she had been confined to her bed, and bore with true womanly resignation the intense suffering, when death at last came to her relief.  Sad, indeed, is the stricken and desolate home, the bereaved husband and two little ones, (a boy of three and an infant daughter only one week old) who are left to mourn her loss.  With what anxious and solicitous love she had looked forward to the advent of this tiny jewel.  But alas!  the anticipation was soon to be dispelled.  In the beautiful and impressive sermon preached by the officiating clergyman, Rev. L.C. Hayes, how forcibly and with lucidness did he illustrate the death of this beloved wife and mother, by likening it to that of Rachel, who with Jacob had prayed and waited patiently years for the consummation of their dearest hopes, and when at last Benjamin was laid in Jacob's arms, Rachel rendered up her life in return.  In her home the deceased had unfolded those traits of character which made her affable, sympathetic and loving.  "She always made home happy."  What better tribute can be offered to the memory of the loved and lost?  Eloquence with her loftiest eulogy, poesy with her most thrilling dirge, could afford nothing so sweet, so touching, so suggestive of the virtues of the dead, as those simple works:  "She always made home happy."  In her death the husband, children, neighbors and friends have suffered and irreparable loss.  Let us hope that "Our loss is her gain."

Susan Shepard

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 29, 1890

Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY]:  Susan Shepard, generally known as "Aunt Susan," died at the home of Mrs. Fradenburg, on Friday, and was buried on Saturday afternoon.  She was ninety-three years of age, and had been an invalid for the past five years. She was a sister of Trowbridge Shepard, a former owner of the Comstock drug store, and who received injuries' at a fire in this village some thirty years ago, from which he died.  She had no relatives in this vicinity, and none of her relatives from far or near were in attendance at the funeral.

Gladding Family Bible Entries

James C. Gladding, Born Thursday Nov. 12th 1813 in Bristol, R.I.

Mary Ann Fargo, Born Saturday July 3d, 1813 in Pharsalia, N.Y.

Were joined in Holy Matrimony by B. Reynolds on the 4th Feb. 1835

Elisa Ann Gladding, Born Monday Dec. 31st, 1835

Squire James Gladding Born Tuesday Feb. 13th, 1838

Mary Jane Gladding, Born Monday March 16th, 1840

Albert Franklin Gladding, Born Friday, Dec. 9th, 1843

Cynthia Anneh Gladding, Born Sunday, July 27th, 1845

Nancy Corlin Gladding, Born Saturday Aug. 28th, 1847

Rose Adelle Gladding, Born Monday July 1st, 1850

Benjamin Fargo Gladding, Born Tuesday March 29th, 1853

John Edward Gladding, Born Monday June 2, 1856

Squire James Gladding, Born Tuesday Feb. 13, 1838

Sallie M. Brown, Born Oct. 31, 1839

Were united in the Holy bonds of matrimony Aug. 28, 1860

Lester Adon Gladding, Born Friday Sept. 30, 1864

Mary M. Gladding, Born Tuesday Nov. 26, 1869

Ralph Gladding Born March 22, 1870

Squire James Gladding, died Aug. 11th, 1874,  at Columbus, Kansas

James C. Gladding, died Aug. 8, 1892

Mary Ann Gladding, died Sep. 15, 1900

Sally M. Gladding, died Apr. 1926

Mary M. Gladding, wife of George Bacon, died June 14, 1953 in Buffalo

Ralph Gladding, died in Lake Como, Florida, May 15, 1944