Monday, August 31, 2020

Vital Records (August 31)

 REDDEN-WALES, married June 28, 1947, Norwich, NYMiss Rosalind Doris Wales, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Wales of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], and Joseph T. Redden, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Redden of Sheldon street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], were married with a nuptial mass by the Rev. Charles M. Coveney at St. Paul's church at 8 o'clock Saturday morning.  Miss Sadie Quinn presided at the organ and rendered several selections among which were Kreckel's "Wedding March," "Ave Maria" by Yon, and "Panis Angelicus" by Franck.  the church was simply decorated with garden flowers.  The bride wore Eleanor blue with navy accessories.  Her corsage was of red Rubrum lilies and roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Mary Holmes, wore brown with matching accessories.  Her corsage was of Talisman roses and white asters.  Thomas J. Collins served the groom as best man.  After the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served the bridal party at "The Homestead" in Madison.  Immediately following the breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Redden left for a trip through the New England states.  After September 15, they will be at home to their friends at 44 Silver street.  The bride is employed in the accounting department of the general office of the Chenango & Unadilla Telephone Corporation. The groom is employed at the Norwich Pharmacal Company.

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.

Charles Merton Hastings, 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 [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  "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 1863 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 Carman, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge].

Hattie (Barnes) Hastings, Bainbridge News & Republican, December 6, 1945:  Mrs. Hattie A. Hastings a former resident at 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 [Chenango Co., NY] 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 from 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.

Chenango Union Norwich, NY, January 25, 1895

Deaths

MAYNARD:  In Atwater, Minn., Dec. 21, 1894, Hon. Arba K.  Maynard, aged 92 years.  Formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  Judge Maynard, a well-known lawyer of Chenango Co. passed away Dec. 19th as reported by the Atwater Press.  He was 92 years old and a pioneer of Minn.  He had been a member of the Masonic order for 71 years.  He practiced law in Sherburne for a time later in Bainbridge and nearly 50 years ago practiced in Norwich, later going to N.Y. City where he was a municipal judge.  He went to Minn. in the early 50s and represented LeSuer county in Legislature in 1866.  He buried his wife many years ago and his only son in Atwater in 1879.  He leaves no kin to mourn except a brother who is thought to be in the government employ in Washington.

BERGER:  In Grotzingen, Germany Dec. 23, 1894, Mrs. Catharine Berger, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], age 76.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 31, 1895

COVILLE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23, 1895, Mr. Joseph Addison Coville, aged 75 years.

WHITE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 24, 1895, Miss Jessie May White, age 20 years.

HEMMENWAY:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 22, 1895, Harriet [Hemmenway], wife of Alexis Hemmenway, age 74.

PIERCE:  In Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 22, 1895, a son of William and Mary Pierce, aged 7 months.

SISSON:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 8, 1895, Mary A. Sisson, aged 35 years.

PROCTER:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 22, 1895, Mrs. William Proctor, aged 48 years.

DUNNING:  In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15, 1895, James Dunning, a veteran of the late war.


No comments:

Post a Comment