Adaline (Bigelow) Kidder, Bainbridge Republican, February 9, 1894: Mrs. Adaline Kidder, widow of the late Elliot J. Kidder, died at her home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday morning, Feb. 6. Her death was the result of a stroke of paralysis, received September last. Her life went out in suffering, but calmly and trustingly had she waited for the summons to join the "silent majority" and find rest. Mrs. Stella A. Yale and Miss Annah Kidder, her only children, were with her during her long illness, doing all that the most intense love could suggest to sooth the long ordeal of pain. Although the sad event had been expected for many weeks, when the shock came--
"There fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin; And softly from that hushed and darkened room Two angels issued, where but one went in."
Mrs. Kidder was born in Bainbridge, Nov. 22, 1818, and married Elliot J. Kidder, of Grafton, Vermont, Dec. 15, 1845. Of the relatives of her immediate family, one brother and two sisters survive her. these are William Bigelow, of Englewood, New Jersey, Mrs. Annah Bush and Mrs. Stella Smith, of Tioga, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kidder was the daughter of Levi Bigelow, one of the former residents of Bainbridge, a leading man in the place and widely known throughout Chenango county for many years as lawyer and judge. Mr. Bigelow resided for some time in the hotel now called the Central house, thence moved to East main street occupying the house at present owned by William Payne, establishing his law office in the yard through which passes Front street. In this office were wont to gather the younger lawyers of the town, and the only living member of that coterie of half a century ago speak in warmest praise of the friendly counsel and gracious hospitality received in that olden time from Judge Bigelow.
Mrs. Kidder was a woman of rare charm of manner, inheriting from her father fine social qualities and buoyancy of temperament, and although a person of much sorrow, permitted no cloud to mar the enjoyment of others. Those who knew her so well, and all in her native town knew her, old and young, all classes and conditions of people were always touched by her bright, cordial, sympathetic spirit, her devotion to her family, her kindly interest for those in trouble and in whatever concerned her dearly loved village-Bainbridge. Mrs. Kidder was a member of the Episcopal Church in Bainbridge from childhood, and though for several years had spent her winters in Washington, being a communicant of St. john's Episcopal Church there, yet her active work and zeal for her home church never waned, during the changes of her long life. Mrs. Kidder's life will be a delightful memory to be cherished as an example of perennial youth, as an embodiment of all that was genial, companionable and loving in attractive womanhood. The pathos of her death sends a thrill of deep sympathy through all hearts and a community mourns with the bereaved, the great loss.
Impressive funeral services were held at the Episcopal church, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mourners and friends filled the house. An abundance of the choicest flowers surrounded the bier and the handsome coffin rested amid a display of beautiful tributes. Rev. A.G. Singsen officiated. The last sad rites ended in the burial of a beloved mother a kind sister, the dearest of friends in the Episcopal Cemetery.
Elizabeth Roberts Lyon, Bainbridge Republican, February 9, 1894: Died Monday morning, Feb. 5th, at the advanced age of ninety-two years, after an illness of two weeks, Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts Lyon, at the residence of her son, Eli Lyon, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Lyon was of Scotch descent and born in Kortright, Delaware co., N.Y., Oct. 24, 1802, and married to Israel Lyon March 17, 1824. After passing the first few years of her married life in Sanford, Broome Co., N.Y., her husband moved to the town of Bainbridge, occupying the farm which was the home of Mrs. Lyon for over fifty years. Mrs. Lyon and her family were closely identified with the Methodist church of Bainbridge from its origin, and death has now severed the last link binding the early history of that church with the present. She left but one child, Eli Lyon at whose house her funeral services occurred Wednesday, Feb. 7, conducted by Rv. T.F. Hall. Interment at Union Valley [West Bainbridge, NY].
Bainbridge Republican, February 22, 1894: It is reported that there is a heartbroken widow alone in the city of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], and in some far off land roams the victim of cupid's foils. The wedding bells didn't ring, and the blossoms and flowers wilted and drooped over a scene of disappointment. Hearts that throbbed in passionate expectancy now beat in sadness amid flowing tears. Juliet pines for Romeo, and Romeo is frantic with grief over the loss of Juliet. Addison Ellsworth, a man of middle years, who, a little more than a year ago, lived at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] in the dignity and supposed happiness of a married state, surrounded by a family of a wife and three children. The glitter and attractions of city life tore away the husband to other fields, ostensibly for the purpose of finding work more abundant and riches in greater plenty. When in Binghamton the charms of a widow lured him from all remembrance of family ties into the disguise of assumed singleness. He laid siege to a fair lady's heart and so far progressed that marriage seemed the final stepping stone to the place where "life would be worth living." The day was set and wedding clothes were made. The day was awaited in blended joy and hopes. But last Saturday Mr. Ellsworth's wife from Bainbridge appeared upon the scene and crossed their path, apparently strewn with roses. He gave it up and retreated to realms where it is hoped he may repent and quench the burning fires of promiscuous love making.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 15, 1894
Married
WILKES - WHEELER: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, February 15, 1894, by Rev. H.M. Crydanwise, Mr. Edmund P. Wilkes of North Norwich and Miss Nettie B. Wheeler, of North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].
BLANCHARD - HALL: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], February 7, 1894, by Rev. Edwin B. Olmstead, Mr. Charles D. Blanchard to Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and Miss Jennie A Hall, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].
JEWELL - THAYER: In Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], February 7, 1894, by Rev. .R. Simmons, Mr. Frederick A. Jewell, of Norwich, and Miss Mary A. Thayer, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].
TIFFANY - FRANK: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], January 31, 1891, by Rev. A.W. Ashley, Mr. Grant Tiffany of Arctic [Broome Co., NY], and Miss Pauline H. Frank, of Guilford.
Died
BENEDICT: In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], February 7, 1894, Mrs. Lucette Benedict, widow of Nelson Benedict, aged 77 years.
NORRIS: In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], January 31, 1894, Mrs. Mary R. Norris, aged 85 years.
KIDDER: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], February 6, 1894, Mrs. Adaline Kidder, aged 76 years.
OATES: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], February 9, 1894, Mr. John Oates.
WHITMAN: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], February 4, 1894, Mr. Stephen Whitman, aged 85 years.
WORMOUTH: In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], February 5, 1894, Lydia [Wormouth] wife of Jeremiah Wormouth, aged 70 years.
O'NEIL: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], February 5, 1894, Mrs. Eliza O'Neil, aged 55 years.
DART: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], February 6, 1894, Mr. Edward S. Dart, aged 76 years.
TEHAN: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], February 7, 1894, Mr. James Tehan, aged 70 years.
FREDENBURGH: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], January 31, 1894, Mrs. Adeline Fredenburgh, aged 78 years.
WARREN: In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], February 2, 1894, Mr. Edward L. Warren, aged 84 years.
LOOMIS: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], February 5, 1894, Ruth A. [Loomis], wife of D.T. Loomis, aged 75 years.
CRANDALL: In Leonardsville [Madison Co., NY], January 25, 1894, Mr. Jonathan Crandall, aged 82 years, formerly of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY].
AUSTIN: In Riverside, Cal., January 16, 1894, Rev. John J. Austin, aged 75 years, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].
RACE: In Washington, D.C., February 3, 1894, Mr. James Race, of Gainesville, Texas, aged 63 years, son of Buel Race, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].
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