Julia (Barnes) Hastings
Bainbridge Republican, August 16, 1877
Mrs. Julia Hastings, wife of Willard Hastings, died in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] the 15th inst., in the 27th year of her age. She took cold last winter while attending the funeral of Luman Lane, and from that day till her demise had been a great sufferer, but thro' all her affliction she was patient and cheerful, hoping against hope until death interposed and terminated her existence. Mrs. Hastings was an amiable and kind-hearted lady, devotedly attached to her family, and a friend to all. She leaves surviving her a husband and little son about a year old.
Arnold Barnes
Bainbridge Record & Express, January 10, 1907
Another veteran in age, Arnold Barnes, died Friday, Jan. 4th, 1907, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], of old age, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.M. Hastings, North Main street, aged 91 years. Mr. Barnes was born Sept. 27th, 1815, in the state of Rhode Island. He came when a lad with his parents to reside in Norwich, N.Y., and later in Guilford, N.Y. His father was a farmer who trained his son to become an expert manager of farm lands whereby he accumulated a handsome property for those early times. His wife dying in middle age, he came to reside with his daughter, Mrs. Hastings, where he has lived for the past twenty years. Mr. Barnes was of a quiet retiring disposition and his health being feeble he seldom appeared in public. At the daughter's home he was the affectionate father and always happy to be useful. His affiliations were of the Methodist order. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of C.M. Hastings, Rev. G.E. VanWoert conducting the service. Burial in Green Lawn cemetery. The bearers were, H.M. Peckham, Wallace May, D.W. Payne, T.E. Searles, Charles Petley and I.D. Yale.
Edith A. (Westcott) Hastings
Norwich Sun, December 15, 1921
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: The community was greatly shocked Saturday morning to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Merton Hastings. She was in the hospital at Norwich and was believed to be recovering from her recent operation for appendicitis, when a sudden attack of pneumonia caused her death She is survived by her husband, Merton Hastings, and one brother, Earl Westcott, who reside in Bainbridge.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 20, 1921
Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: News was received in our village last week fo the death of Mrs. Edith A. Westcott Hastings of Bainbridge at the Norwich hospital, Dec. 10, where she had gone to have an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Hastings was born in Guilford, Oct. 28, 1876. She was the daughter of Austin E. and Julia D Ogden Westcott, former residents of Guilford village. Early in life she became identified with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained faithful to the church of her choice. She was united in marriage to Charles M. Hastings of Bainbridge, June 27, 1900. She sleeps "waiting the summons from on high" in the family plot at Greenlawn cemetery, Bainbridge.
Charles Merton Hastings
Norwich Sun, April 28, 1926
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: Funeral services were held here yesterday for Merton Hastings, long prominent in business here, who died Saturday at his home in this village. Mr. Hastings had been suffering with pneumonia for several weeks prior to his death. He is survived by his wife and one young son, also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William [sic Willard] Hastings, who live in Bainbridge.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 7, 1926
Funeral services for the late Charles Merton Hastings were held from the M.E. church Tuesday afternoon April 27, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. John Crompton of Waverly was in charge, assisted by the Rev. Truman Hall of Cooperstown. Burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery. "Merl" as he was known by everyone, had been ill for several weeks but was thought to be on the road to recovery when heart trouble developed, and his end came very suddenly Saturday, April 24. He is survived by his widow, one son, Willard, and his aged parents.
Willard Marvin Hastings
Norwich Sun, August 20, 1931
Bainbridge [Chenango co., NY]: Willard Marvin Hastings, who died at his home in West Main street, Bainbridge, N.Y., Wednesday afternoon, August 12 was born in Butternuts, Otsego county, September 1, 1848. He was the oldest son of William and Harriett Hickok Hastings. When he was three years old his parents moved to Guilford, where Willard lived for the next twenty-three years. In 1868 he married Julia Barnes. The family moved to Bainbridge in 1874. In 1877, his wife died leaving one son Charles Merton. the following year he married Hattie A. Barnes. For sixteen years, Mr. Hastings was an officer in this village, a charter and later on an honorary member of The Roberts hose company. For twenty-five years he and his son Merton conducted a furniture and undertaking business in Bainbridge. He was president and manager of the Bainbridge Telephone Company and served in that capacity until it was sold in 1925. He was president of Greenlawn Cemetery Association, a member of the Susquehanna Lodge no. 167 of Masons for many years. A devoted member of the Methodist church, a staunch Republican he was interested in the affairs of his country to the last. He is survived by his widow, a grandson, Willard Hastings, of Elmira and a sister, Carrie Hastings Cole of New York city. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church, Saturday afternoon, August 15 at 2 o'clock, Rev. John S Crompton of Pittston, Pa., a former pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. Clarence Curman, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery.
Hattie (Barnes) Hastings
Bainbridge News & Republican, December 6, 1945
Mrs. Hattie A. Hastings, a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died Saturday afternoon in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], following an extended illness. Mrs. Hastings was the widow of the late Willard M. Hastings, a former furniture dealer and mortician in Bainbridge. Mrs. Hastings was born May 7, 1858. While she made her home in Norwich the past few years, a great part of her life was spent in Bainbridge. She is not known to have any near relatives. Funeral services were conducted form the William Breese Funeral Home in Norwich Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the Rev. Thomas G. Swales, pastor of the Broad street Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Bainbridge.
Death Notices
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 31, 1884
CAHOON: In this village [Norwich, Chenango co., NY], Jan. 28th, Mr. Stephen Cahoon, aged 31 years.
KNAPP: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, Mrs. Betsey Knapp, widow of George Knapp, aged 81 years.
TURNER: In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, Mr. Joseph Turner, aged 46 years.
BARNES: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, Miss Carrie Barnes, aged 23 years, formerly of Norwich.
BREED: In Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 14th, Josephine M. [Breed], wife of George D. Breed, aged 35 years.
FRENCH: In Decatur, Ill. Jan. 23d, Mr. Sumner R. French, aged 32 years, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].
SPENCER: In Providence, R.I., Jan. 26th, Mrs. E.H. Spencer, aged 45 years, daughter of Albert S. Tanner, of Norwich.
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