Obituaries (January 18)

Adelbert R. Wightman

Died March 15, 1918, Binghamton, NY

Adelbert R. Wightman passed away at his home in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on Friday, March 15, 1918.  His death was the result of a severe shock he experienced just forty-eight hours previous.  Apparently he had been enjoying good health, having hardly ever been seriously ill.  On Wednesday he had been varnishing the wood work in a room in his daughter's home and had just about completed the work when he dropped the brush he was using  He recovered and sat down with the family to supper and while eating he dropped the cup of coffee he was drinking and it was then apparent something was wrong.  A physician was immediately sent for, but he continued to fail very fast and just forty-eight hours from the time he was taken, death came. The deceased was the eldest of four sons of Ransford and Athleny Wightman and was born in the town of Morris [Otsego Co., NY], near this village, about 67 years ago. With the exception of about eighteen years spent in Oneonta and Binghamton, his life was passed in this vicinity. Early in life he married Miss Alice Gage and unto them four children were born, three sons and one daughter, the sons have passed away, the daughter survives and is the wife of Clarence Rose.  There survives, the wife, daughter, and two brothers, Roscoe of this village and Burdette of the town of Morris.  Mr. Wightman was a genial man and will be missed in his home and by others who knew him best. The funeral occurred from the late home on Monday afternoon at 2:30.  Burial was in Binghamton.

Almira A. (Gage) Wightman

Died September 13, 1926, Otego, NY

Mrs. Almira Wightman, 64 years old, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] was shot and almost instantly killed yesterday afternoon when a 22-caliber rifle in the hands of a five-year-old boy, was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking her in the neck and severing a large artery. The accident occurred at the home of her brother, Lynn O. Gage, about five miles from Otego on Briar Creek.  According to reports of the shooting received here last night, Mr. Gage, together with his children, had been picking plums.  Mr. Gage is said to have had the rifle with him. Desiring to carry the plums to the house, he turned the rifle over to one of the children who placed it on the porch.  One of the Gage children is said to have come out of the house and to have picked up the gun.  Mrs. Wightman was sitting in a chair in the front room holding her six-months old grandniece upon her lap and facing the window. The bullet crashed through the window, narrowly missing the baby, and penetrated her neck.  Dr. R.W. Ford of Otego was called and when he arrived, he found that Mrs. Wightman had died almost instantly when the bullet severed the carotid artery.  Dr. Ford reported the death to Coroner Norman W. Getman of Oneonta, who authorized him to act in the case. According to reports from Binghamton last night, Mrs. Wightman was visiting relatives in this section before attending the 25th wedding anniversary of her sister, Mr. Fred Church in Oneonta, the latter part of this week. She is survived by three sons, Andrew O. Wightman, Herman C. Wightman and Walter B. Wightman, all of Binghamton; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Clinton of Binghamton, Mrs. Leslie Matterson of South New Berlin, Mrs. Fred Church of Oneonta, and five brothers, George Gage, Robert Gage, and William Gage, all of Morris; Burdette Gage of Rockdale, and Lynn O. Gage of Briar Creek.

Almira A. (Gage) Wightman was born August 1, 1860.  Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gage, one of the old and highly respected families of this community. She was one of nine children, of whom seven are still living:  Charles Burdette Gage, Rockdale, N.Y.; I.A. Gage, George Gage, Will Gage, Andrew Gage, of Morris; Nellie Gage Church, of Virginia; Linn Gage, Otego; Mrs. Mary Jane Lum the only one who preceded her in death, passing away April 21, 1914.  Her girlhood days were all spent in this valley.  At the age of 17 she was married to Orin Martin Wightman, a member of another one of the prominent families of this valley.  Her husband died leaving her a widow in 1916.  She was the mother of seven children, all living except one baby girl which died in infancy. She was very affectionate in the home and a very companionable wife and mother.  Her death came as a great shock to the community and in a very tragic manner.  She was visiting at the time one of her brothers who resides at Otego [Otsego Co., NY].  One of the young men had been out hunting and coming back laid the gun down on the porch and a little boy 5 years old picked the gun up which was accidentally discharged striking her in the neck, while sitting just inside the window rocking the baby, killing her almost instantly.  She was baptized at the age of 13 and united with the Baptist church of this village of which she was a member at the time of her death. Thus for 53 years she lived in its relationship and enjoyed its fellowship. She was always a great and interested lover of her church and its relationship.  In the fly leaf of her Bible she had written these words, "The church has always been one of the dearest spots to me."  On the fly leaf of this same Bible with its many turned down pages and underscored passages were written the explicit instructions concerning her funeral. The text she had selected from the fourth chapter of Hebrews and the ninth verse, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."  Several hymns had also been designated, among them being "The Unseen friend;" also, "Nearer my God to Thee" and "Jesus Saviour pilot me." The last two she desired sung by the congregation.  All of these expressed desires were carried out in the funeral which was held from the Baptist church, a short prayer service being first conducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Matterso, Thursday at one o'clock, by the pastor the Rev. M.R. Weaver officiating. All the children, Anna Church, Oneonta, Mary Clinton, Andrew, Herman and Walter, all of Binghamton, and Mrs. Leslie Matterson of this village being present. There were also three out of the four grandchildren in attendance.  In addition to the immediate relatives there was in attendance other relatives and friends which filled the main auditorium of the church, an expression of the high esteem in which she was held and a tribute that speaks louder than any lengthy eulogy however beautifully expressed. The pall bearers were Earl, Charles and Scott Gage, nephews from Morris; Homer Clinton, a grandson, from Binghamton; Andrew Gage, a brother, of South New Berlin; and Burdette Gage, another brother, of Rockdale. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful banking the casket and floor around in a solid mass of color and an atmosphere of fragrance.  Interment was made in the family plot in the Cole addition of Riverside cemetery.

Death Notices

Chenango American, March 12, 1863

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 5th inst., Mr. Asa Dean McIntosh, aged 52 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Hermon [Marvin],  son of Henry and Cynthia Marvin, aged 3 years and 5 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Charles W. [Campbell], son of Rufus and Lovina Campbell, aged 7 years, 5 months and 11 days.

At the Regimental Hospital, New Orleans, on the 16th ult., Lieut. Gilbert, of Co. A, 114th Reg., N.Y.V.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Rev. Charles C. Brady, aged about 35 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 9th inst., Mr. William H. Cole, aged 21 years.

Bainbridge Ledger, September 20, 1867

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult., Carrie [Seely], infant daughter of H.J. Seely, aged 10 months.

Letter from NY 114th Regiment - December 1962

Letter from the New York 114th Regiment

Chenango American, January 1, 1863

Steamer Arago at Sea
Monday, Dec. 8, 1862

Dear American:  Nearly a month has passed since I last wrote you and the most of that time, until Thursday last, was passed in entire inactivity, save an occasional airing on shore, which was grudgingly given us.  On the morning of the 4th of Dec., a boat from Fortress Monroe brought orders for us to move out to sea, and lay off Cape Charles light house and wait for the steamer Baltic and the United States Gunboat Augusta, the former being the head quarters of Gen. Emery, and the latter our consort for the voyage.  There were thirteen transports, having two brigades on board, besides provisions for twenty-two days.  Accordingly at 11 A.M., we weighed anchor, and at 4 P.M., we hove too to await our flag ship and the gunboat which was to accompany us.

A ship laying too--in a heavy swell, is a fruitful cause of sea sickness, and here our boys began to feel the effects of being on the sea, and the writer was one of the first to get into that state where it is an indifferent matter whether "school keeps or not," and for three days I was not able to keep a very correct diary of things that were passing around me. Thursday evening, however, about 8 o'clock, our flagship and consort arrived, and we all put to sea, bearing a southeast course, all sail keeping within sight of each other until about 2 o'clock Friday morning, when a heavy rain store, accompanied, with wind from the south set in and continued until Saturday.  On Friday night it blew a gale, and the rain poured in torrents, while lightning the most vivid and thunder whose crashes seemed to rend the very elements around, made us fearful that the less seaworthy boats of our fleet would not outlive the sotrm.  This seemd to be the "clearing up shower," for on Saturday morning the clouds began to break away, and yesteday (Sunday), the heavens became clear, and today we are enjoying one of the most beautiful days that nature can give.  Our fears respecting a portion of our fleet are not altogether quieted for since Friday we have not seen nine of our vessels. The Augusta has been flying about, skirting the horizon in every direction, but she reports "nothing in sight."  We have laid too about one day, hoping, if they were behind, that they would come up, but now the flag ship says "keep on your course," and we together with the gunboat, have to follow the Baltic. 

Our destination is yet a mystery--even the officers are in profound ignorance of the port for which we are sailing.  It cannot be Charleston, Port Royal or Savannah, for we are below either of those;--it may be Mobile, New Orleans or Galveston.  Which ever it is, we are all willing to go where we are most needed, for this long confinement has made us crazy to go on land--and when once there, and we get over our enervating sea sickness, we will follow where ever our officers lead. 

Our regiment has been very much decimated by sickness.  There must have been, at the least estimate, 250 men left at the Fortress Monroe and Baltimore Hospitals--and among them were Captains Bockee and Titus, both of Norwich.  Co. B has lost one man, Henry D. Scott, of North Norwich died the 29th ult., of typhoid fever.  He was thought much of both by officers and men, and we know that he was a sincere Christian.  His only sister and friends in Chenango have the heartfelt sympathy of all the company. His remains were placed in the soldiers' burying place of the Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe.

Tuesday, Dec. 9--We are still "Out on the ocean sailing."  our course due south, and at the present writing, off the southern coast of Florida.  All day we have been in sight of land, enjoying the warm western breeze which is as the zephyrs of May in our northern clime.

Wednesday, Dec. 10--Five weeks today since we came on board of the Arago.  Five weeks of close confinement--five weeks of patient waiting on the part of some, and five weeks of bitter cursing by those who would damn the greatest privileges--five weeks of crowded life where the jostle on one side is succeeded by a push on the other--five weeks of babel, where almost as many tongues are spoken as there were created on the great day when God sent confusion among the people--five weeks of sighs for home and wishes for home comforts--five weeks of miserable existence, which, to present appearances, is to be carried out indefinitely, have "dragged their slow, length along."  There must have been insanity in the mind of the man who sent us aboard of these transports, or else a mismanaging hand had hold of the pen that wrote our orders, for confinement on shipboard to men who have lived in the open air is sure to bring on fevers, and contagious diseases of different kinds, and more men have been lost to our brigade by sickness and death since we left Baltimore, and its healthy camps, than would have been had we gone into immediate battle.

Today we passed Tortugas, and are now bearing northwestward, intending to stop at Key West should our flagship think it necessary, though from present indications we will keep to the west of the Island. We have passed several light houses that seemed to be built in the sea, but whose foundations are laid upon the choral rock with which the Gulf of Mexico abounds.  One of these was a splendid looking piece of work, which spiraled from the water, its lamp resting upon six iron pillars that were imbedded into the solid rock.  This is called the Sombrera light house.  We have also met several sails that were bound north, but we had no opportunity to speak to them, and the many letters that have been written to send home should we have an opportunity are still kept for some other and better chance.

Thursday, Dec. 11--There is a strong south east wind today making it difficult for the soldier to keep his feet, and the decks are covered with prostrate forms--some sick, some laying down because it is easier to be in that position than on their feet, and a large share of them cursing the day that Uncle Sam placed them upon the ship.

There have been two deaths on board since we started, both occurring in the 128th regiment.  A Lieutenant died yesterday and today a private followed his leader through the last great conflict between Life and Death.  How sad it is to think of a death on shipboard, far away from home and friends--to be buried in the blue waters where no mark can tell the last resting place of the dead.

Friday, Dec. 12--At sunrise this morning, as the heavens were clothed in azure and gold, and the sea beautiful and calm, the dead of yesterday were dropped into their watery grave.  No spade to grate harshly upon the ears of mourning friends, no dirt to fall heavily upon the coffin lid, no sound but the solemn voice of the Chaplain as he reverently read the burial service, but all was silent and peaceful and still.  A deep feeling of awe seemed to pervade the hearts of all that witnessed the ceremony, so different--and yet so beautiful--from that which we are accustomed to.  And as we think that their graves can never be visited by father or mother, and that no sister can plant flowers and weep by their tombstone, nor brother nor friend stand by the last resting place of those whose hearts beat warmly and purely with a sincere friendship, we are constrained to lift our petitions to Him who is God over all, and beg that He will permit us to die where a mark can be placed to designate the spot where we sleep our last long sleep.

Having parted from that portion of the fleet with which we had been sailing, during the night, the Captain of the Arago opened his sealed orders to find out where we were to rendezvous, and reported Ship Island as our first stopping place.  He gave assurance that on the morrow he would anchor off that port.

Saturday, Dec. 13--At daylight we came in sight of sand islands, and at 9 o'clock A.M. sighted the Island made famous by its being the rallying point of Maj. Gen Butler's expedition against New Orleans, and in two hours we were anchored inside the harbor.  It is a long sandy island with a fort, a few frame houses, and a light house. We had not been anchored half an hour before we were ordered to proceed at once on our way to New Orleans, and we again lifted anchor and are no on our way to the "Southwest Pass."

Sunday, Dec. 14--This morning at daybreak found us lying too, off the main channel of the Mississippi, our signal flying for a pilot, and the ship rocking and pitching in a strong sea from the west. About 7 o'clock A.M., a pilot boat came bounding over the waves and soon placed one of those men on board who take so many lives in their hands, and assume such a vast responsibility that we trembled almost as we thought how easy a disloyal hand and heart could send us to a watery grave.  Our pilot, however, had a true and loyal soul, and when we saw how careful he was to avoid the bars, and with what precision he followed the winding stream, we knew that we were safe from the storms of old ocean, from the quicksands of the "Father of Waters," and from a traitorous pilot.

The soldiers all evinced the interest they felt as we wended our way up the river by lining the guards from stem to stern and covering every inch of available space on the decks, the wheel house and the rigging, that they might see what was to be seen along the shore.  After passing up some twenty miles we came to orange groves, and the yellow appearance of the trees told us that the fruit was ripe and fit for eating. We passed Forts Jackson and Philip at noon and soon stopped opposite the Quarantine Hospital, where on account of the measles, we are ordered to stay for ten days.

Thursday, Dec. 18--We have enjoyed three days of rambling up and down the levees of the Mississippi, picking and eating the luscious oranges, and now there is an opportunity of sending a letter, so I will close my tedious scribbling, wishing you and your readers good health, a merry Christmas and one of the happiest of New Years.  A.

Marriages (January 16)

Frink - Dolny

Died October 16, 1937, Sherburne, NY

Miss Anna Doris Dolny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dolny of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], and Theodore William Frink, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Frink of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage at Christ Episcopal church, Sherburne, at 11 o'clock Saturday morning by Rev. Herbert W. Lamb, Jr.  Miss Elizabeth Janinda was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Janinda and Mrs. Wells Miller, sister of the groom.  Wells Chesbro Miller acted as best man.  Eloise Dolny of Norwich was flower girl and Michael Janinda and Steve Godusky acted as ushers.  The bride was given in marriage by her cousin, Andrew Godusky of Emans, Pa.  Ruth Birdsall of Sherburne played the wedding march and Frank Runyon sang an appropriate selection.  Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride, and a reception took place in the evening.  Mr. and Mrs. Frink received many beautiful wedding gifts, and following a wedding trip thru Pennsylvania they will reside in North Norwich.

Ford - Manwaring

Married September 26, 1935, Sherburne, NY

Married at Sherburne, Thursday September 26, 1935, by Justice of the Peace, James H. Varney, Miss Verda Manwaring and Mr. Merritt Ford. Their many friends will join us in extending hearty congratulations and best wishes.

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, March 12, 1863

In Binghamton, on the 8th inst., by Rev. King Elwell, Mr. Levi Paddleford, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy a. Case of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. D. Williams, Lieut. Edward M. Osborn, of the 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., to Miss Sarah B. Miles, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In the Universalist Church in Malone, Franklin Co., N.Y., on the 25th ult., by Rev. E. Fisher, D.D., Rev. A.B. Harvey, pastor of the Universalist Society in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah E. Andrew, of the former place.

Bainbridge Ledger, September 20, 1867

At Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 5th, by Rev. Wm. W. Androus, Aris Lull, of New Lisbon [Otsego Co., NY], to Mrs. Harriette  J. Thompson, of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

At Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Sept. 15th, by Rev. Mr. Powell, Jas. M. Hawks of Unadilla to Miss Jennette C. Trask of Otego [Otsego Co., NY].

By the same at Mattice's hotel, on the 15th, Lloyd S. Shaw, to Anna S. Hankey, both of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

On the 6th inst., by the Rev. J. Spencer Kennard, Henry H. Thomas, of Ridgeway, Pa. to Mary A. [Moore], daughter of the late J . Lloyd Moore, of Maryland [Otsego Co., NY] and granddaughter of Wm. Barger, Esq., of Philadelphia.

At the parsonage of the Congregational Church, in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. John Cairns, Mr. Washington Walton, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Frank M. Wight of Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Wm. J. Hackett of Harpersville [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Mary Prouty of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1th inst. by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Daniel E. Comstock of Owego, to Miss Dellaette Bennett of Norwich.

Bainbridge Ledger, January 8, 1869

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Jan. 1st, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Mr. Adison Fay of Milford [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Emergene Crawford of Portlandville [Otsego Co., NY].

In Milford [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by Rev. A.S. Southworth, Mr. Chester Tubs to Miss Netta Gage, both of Milford.

In Walton [Delaware Co., NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. A. Southworth, Mr. Sherman Henderson to Miss Emogene E. Evans, both of Walton.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], at the bride's home, by Rev. R.W. Peebles, Dec. 31st, 1868, Albert Bullis to Colliersville [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Carrie L. Husted of Oneonta.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], by the same, on the same date, at the M.E. Parsonage, W.M. Place of Otego [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss W.A. Winans of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by Rev. E.C. Hodge, Charles M. Winn, of Oneonta to Miss Mary E. Johnson of Meredith [Delaware Co., NY].

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Jan. 1st, by the same, Adelmer Miller to Miss Elizabeth Beams, both of Davenport [Delaware Co., NY].

In Otego [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 26th, by Rev. J. Smith, Mr. Ransom A. Hoyt of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] to Miss Mary U. Fleming, of Otego.

In Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1868, by Rev. S.L. Wellman, Mr. Lewis M. Fitch of Masonville and Miss Mercy A. Blowers of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].

Obituaries (January 15)

Elihu Phinney

Chenango American, February 26, 1863

Elihu Phinney, of Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], recently deceased, in the 78th year of his age, resided nearly all his life in that village.  His father established the first newspaper southwest of Albany, in this State.  He died in 1810, and his sons, Henry and Elihu, continued the business.  Sixty years ago the Otsego Herald with "Phinney's Almanac" constituted the staple for most of the reading population of an extended but sparsely settled territory.

John L. Ketchum

Chenango American, March 12, 1863

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., John L. Ketchum, Esq., aged 37 years, 8 months and 18 days.  He fell a victim to that flattering but fearful disease, pulmonic consumption.  He was much esteemed in his native town where he resided until his death, and in which he held the office of Justice of the Peace for 8 years.  In his decease the town has lost a magistrate of sterling merit, the community a citizen of worth, the circle of relatives, a friend beloved, and the wife and only son a kind, affectionate and sympathizing husband and father. We commend them to the father of the fatherless and the friend of the widow.

Walter E. Burdick

Died September 27, 1917, Norwich, NY

The funeral of the late Walter E. Burdick was largely attended from his home at East Norwich on Sunday afternoon, over a hundred Norwich friends going over to attend the same. The service was conducted by Rev. Robert L. Clark, pastor of the Broad Street M.E. church, of which he was a member. The floral offerings of sympathy were profuse and beautiful.  Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Phoebe Delina (Frink) Burdick

Died April 20, 1940, Norwich, NY

Following a critical illness of one week, the death of Mrs. Herbert I. Burdick, occurred at 12:20 Saturday afternoon at the Chenango Memorial Hospital [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  Stricken a week ago Sunday, she was admitted to the hospital and underwent a major operation from which she failed to rally.  Phoebe Delina Frink was born May 18, 1874 at North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Barton and Alice (Brown) Frink. A descendant of Chad Brown, one of the original settlers of Providence, Rhode island, she was also a direct descendent of Ezekiel Sheldon, a Revolutionary War soldier whose body now rests in the Plymouth cemetery.  Her death is a distinct loss to a wide circle of friends, to her church, the community and her family.  Many were the qualities that drew her close to all who knew her.  As a neighbor and a friend she was held in lasting affection.  She was esteemed as a strong character.  Mrs. Burdick had no enemies, for in her heart there was no room for pettiness.  In many circles there is a mutual loss in her passing.  Active for years as a member of the Broad Street Methodist church, she was affiliated with the King's Daughters, the Aldrich Bible Class and the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of that church. A member of Norwich Chapter 367 Order of the Eastern Star, she was also a member of the Salmagundi Club.  Educated in the local schools, she was graduated from the Chaffee Business College at Oswego.  For several years she was employed at The Norwich Pharmacal Company where she served as private secretary to the late Dr. Reuben Jeffery and the late Oscar Bell, former company executives.  Mrs. Burdick was twice married.  Her first husband was Herbert James Burdick. From this union two sons were born, Louis Barton Burdick, who died Dec. 28, 1918 at the age of eight years and Stanley F. Burdick.  Mr. Burdick died February 7, 1923.  On December 5, 1928 she was untied in marriage with Herbert L. Burdick and had since resided at 128 South Broad street.  She is survived by her husband, her son, Stanley F. Burdick of Providence, R.I.; a grandson, Stanley F. Hazard Burdick of Providence and a stepdaughter, Miss Ruth Ellen Burdick of this city, also several cousins.  Services will be held at the Breese Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with her pastor, Rev. George B Callender of the Broad street Methodist church officiating. Burial will be made in the family plot at Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY].

Death Notices

Broome Republican, September 20, 1832

In the town of Vestal [Broome Co., NY], on Tuesday last, John Seymour, son of Lewis Seymour, Esq., aged 11 years. This is the third child of Mr Seymour's whose death we have recorded in the space of three weeks.

Chenango American, March 5, 1863

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mrs. Sarah Kane, aged 78 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. James Harrison, aged 58 years.

In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. Charles Mix, aged 59 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Eleanor R. Padget, aged 50 years.

At South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of her brother, Daniel H. Robinson, on the 1st inst., Faith Robinson, aged 80 years.

Near Falmouth, Va., Jan. 23d Mr. John T. Landers, son of Benajah Landers of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.

Marriages (January 14)

Friedman - Jacobson

Married December 21, 1941, New York City

Dr. Harry Friedman, former well known Norwich physician, and Miss Rachel Jacobson, daughter of Mrs. Lena Jacobson of Utica, are to be married in New York at the Park Central hotel Sunday at 1 p.m.  Mrs. Morris Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Friedman, Miss Etta and Miss Marion Friedman and Leon Friedman plan to witness the wedding ceremony.  Dr. Friedman recently gave up his practice in this city to enter a wider and larger field in Utica for the practice of his profession.

Utica [Oneida Co., NY]:  Miss Rachel G. Jacobson, 8 Sherman Pl., daughter of Mrs. Jacob Jacobson and the late Mr. Jacobson, was married Sunday in New York to Dr. Harry M. Friedman, 250 Genesee, son of Mrs. Morris Friedman and the late Morris Friedman, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  Rabbi Morris Goldberg officiated.  Miss Etta Friedman, Norwich, sister of the groom, and Joseph D. Abelson, Boston, uncle of the bride, attended the couple. Members of their immediate families were present. The bride was attired in a brown and gold ensemble with matching accessories and wore orchids.  Her maid-of-honor was gowned in soldier blue and had a corsage of camellias.  The bride is a graduate of Utica Free Academy and of Syracuse university, and is a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority.  She is on the faculty of the Thomas R. Proctor high school.  Dr. Friedman is a graduate of Syracuse university and of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh and the faculty of Physicians, Glasgow. The Proctor faculty entertained for the bride, Dr. and Mrs. Friedman are motoring in the south.  They will live at 8 Sherman Pl.

Follett - Case

Married February 19, 1938, Oxford, NY

The marriage of Miss Sylance L. Case, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Case of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Lorimer W. Follett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Whitman Follett of North Norwich, took place at the home of the bride's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Baumes Marshman Saturday evening at Oxford, Rev. Leon Bouten officiating. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Baumes Marshman. After a wedding trip the couple will reside at North  Norwich.

Marriage notices

Broome Republican, September 20, 1832

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Lockwood, Mr. Jesse Orcott, to Miss Catharine Sawtell, all of this village.

In this town [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], on Thursday evening last, by John Munsell, Esq., Mr. Erasmus D. Hall, to Miss Betsey Bevier, all of this town.

In this town [Binghamton, Broome co., NY], on Sunday last, by John Munsell, Esq., Mr. Sampson Merchant, to Miss Emily Temple, daughter of Captain James Tempe, all of this town.

In St. Luke's Church, in the village of Harpersville [Broome Co., NY], on Monday morning last, by the Rev. Mr. Adams of this village, the Rev. David Huntington, Rector of St. Luke's Church, to Miss Lydia Allen, both of Harpersville.

Chenango Free Democrat, July 25, 1851

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th last, by Rev. C.H. Force, Mr. Enos Johnson to Miss Frances Church, all of Bainbridge.

Chenango American, March 5, 1863

In Elmira, N.Y. [Chemung Co., NY], at the residence of T. Stanley Day, Esq., on Wednesday morning the 25th ult., by Rev. Irving L. Beman, Seymour Scott, Esq., of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Daisy S. Day of the former place.

At Charlotville, Schoharie Co., on the 10th ult., by Rev. Mr. Killey, Mr. E.D. Ireland, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ardella A. Merchant, of the former place.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. G.J. Kaercher, Mr. Horace Rogers, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Adalaide V. Cooley of Pharsalia.

Bainbridge Ledger, December 18, 1868

In Milford [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 9th, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Rensselaer Garlick to Miss E.P. Edson, all of Milford.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 13th, by Rev. E.C. Hodge, Jacob M. Blend to Ruth Gile, both of Oneonta.

Bainbridge Ledger, January 1, 1869

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 14th, by Re.v E.T. Jacobs, James A. Nickerson and Miss Mary G. Van Woert.

At Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 23, at the residence of the bride, by Rev. Mr. McMaster, Mr. Leonard A. Foster to Miss Mahala Parsons both of Unadilla.

At Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 23d, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Mason DeForest, by Rev. J.W. Mevis, Mr. Hurbert P. Weaver of Finley's Lake, Chautauqua Co., to Miss Angelia DeForest, of the former place.

At Christ's Church, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 15, by Rev. C.M. Nickerson, Jonas Haynes, and Cordelia [Houk], daughter of Josiah Houk, Esq., all of Guilford.

Obituaries (January 13)

Mary (Salisbury) Wright

Died March 4, 1934, Oxford, NY

Mrs. Mary Salisbury Wright, aged 45, died Sunday morning in an ambulance enroute from her home at Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY] to the Sidney hospital.  She was a daughter of the late Albert and Elizabeth Graves Salisbury and was born in the Town of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], at Norwich Quarter. She is survived by her husband and four children, and a sister, Mrs. Lelan Brookins and a son, Raymond Salisbury, of this city --Chenango Union

Mrs. Guy Wright fell while working in a barn at Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY].  Dr. Evans was called and started with her to the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, but while going through Oxford village she died. Coroner Morse examined her, pronouncing death due to rupture of the bowels. She leaves her husband and four children.

Ernest R. Worden

Died May 1942, Minoa, NY

Last rites for Ernest R. Worden of Minoa [Onondaga Co., NY] who died Monday, will be conducted at 2:30 P.M. Thursday at Minoa Methodist Church.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Baerthal Worden; his father, Addison W. Worden of Syracuse; a son, Arthur Worden of California; a sister, Mrs. Richard Fitzgerald of Syracuse; two brothers, Fred and Howard Worden of Rochester, and several nephews and nieces.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a Spanish War Veteran of John Butler Camp, and a member of East Syracuse Masonic Lodge.

The funeral of Ernest R. Worden of 124 East Avenue, Minoa, who died Monday, was conducted at the home at 1:15 P.M. Thursday and at 2:30 P.M. in Minoa Methodist Church, with the Rev. Frank I. Boyd officiating.  Members of Col. John Butler Camp, Spanish-American War Veterans, formed a guard of honor.  Bearers were James MacAdams, Clayton Early, Ernest Dumont, Archie Fletcher, John Hayes and Richard Sampson.  Burial was in Minoa Cemetery.

William A. Follett

Died July 13, 1933, Palisade, NB

William A. Follett who lived west of Palisade, died Thursday, July 13, from a paralytic stroke.  He had been ill only a few days.  Mr. Follett was among the many pioneers who came to this part of the country in 1884 and took up homesteads.  Later he sold his land and returned to his home in New York, but came out here again in 1923.  He was a very retiring man.  Very fond of children and children loved him.  he was a brother of Ralph Follett who died a few years ago.  Funeral services were held at Mr. Follett's old home Friday afternoon, Rev. A.O. Martin officiating. The pall bearers were Merle Follett, Floyd Follett, Henry Egle and sons, Ralph and Robert, and Henry Witt. Beautiful flowers covered the casket.  Interment was in the Palisade cemetery.  Hunt's Burial service had charge of the funeral. The Times joins with the community in extending sympathy to the bereaved ones.

William A. Follett was born in Chenango county, New York, February 22, 1855, and departed this life at his home at Palisade, Nebr., July 13th, 1938, at the age of 78 years, 4 months, 21 days.  He lived in New York state until 1884 when he came west, homesteading at Wauneta.  After a few years he returned to the east again.  Coming west about 10 years ago, he has made his home at Palisade.  Surviving his death are his brother, Hal, and sister, Lottie, both of New York state and a host of other relatives and friends.

Death Notices

Chenango American, February 12, 1863

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th ult., of consumption, Mrs. Hannah Newton, aged 55 years, 8 months and 21 days.

Killed in battle at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in the four days' fight which began Dec. 31, 1862, Elijah Youlin, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 34 years.  Mr. Youlin belonged to a Regiment of Illinois Volunteers.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Emer Jane [Bosworth], daughter of Pike D. and Laura J. Bosworth, aged 5 years.

Chenango American, February 19, 1863

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Miss Emily L. [Warner], daughter of Joseph L. and Lucinda Warner, aged 28 years, 3 months and 4 days.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 10th inst., Mr. Lewis Post, aged 54 years.

In Ninevah, Broome Co., on the 17th inst., of Diptheria, Miss Mary F. [Rogers], daughter of Chas. Rogrs, of Chenango Forks, aged 20 years and 9 months.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 14th inst., Mr. Abraham Per Lee, aged 74 years.

Blog listing, December 23, 2019 to January 12, 2020

Listing of blog postings for December 23, 2019 to January 12, 2020.

Marriages

Posted December 26, 2019

Mary Adaline Welch - Donald W. Purdy (Norwich / Binghamton, 1931)

Phillip Leroy Pike - Florence Ruth Cooley (North Norwich / Norwich, 1943)

Marriage Notices - 1862

     Burton Westover - Amelia F. Weeks (Preston / Oxford)

     Philo S. Shelton - Helen A Sheldon (Guilford)

     Edwin L. French - Betsey J ane Ogden (Norwich)

     Nathaniel Pelsho - Cornelia Barnes (Smithville)

     Henry Newton - Mrs. Julian Benedict (East Hamilton / Plymouth)

     Colby K. Godfrey - H. Amelia Godfrey (Guilford)

Posted December 29, 2019
Marriage notices - 1862
     William Storke - Kate Turk (Coventry / Greene)
     John F. Hopkins - Jane E. Obdell (Oxford)
     Walter T. Ogden - Anna Waterman (Coventry / South Oxford)
     Smith Lane - Melissa E. Lyon (Bainbridge)
     Richard Roberts - Permilia Geer (Norwich / Smyrna)
     George A. Jacous - Louisa H. Simpson (Norwich)
     Benjamin Bolt - Philomelia Harrington (Greene)
     John M. Fitch - Louisa Knickerbocker (Smithville)
     William E. Tracy - Helen J. Devall (Guilford / North  Norwich)
     Albert C. latham - Almira H. Penticost (Norwich)
     Col. George M. Gilbert - Fannie J. Pratt (Norwich / Smithville)
     Norman Squires - Martha M. Edgerton (Smithville / German)
     Alexander Totman - Ellen J. Crandall (Pharsalia)
     Sophronius Barnett - Epsy Ann Merchant (Greene / Colesville)
     Francis Dinnin - Julia A. Moran (Newark NJ)
     Dr. James V. Lewis - Emily E. Crumb (North Norwich / Preston)

Posted January 3, 2020
Marriage Notices - 1807
     Mr. N.A. Crandall - Kittie Camenga (Cooperstown)
     Ferdinand Lynes - Joanna Oliver (Burlington)
Marriage Notices - 1820
     Capt. Otis J. Tracy - Jane Hyde (Oxford)
     Peter Betts - Mrs. Willis (Bainbridge / Franklin)
Marriage Notices - 1862
     Joseph Eaton - Lucy A. Holmes (Syracuse / Greene)
     Edwin R. Curtis - Mary A. Simons (Norwich / South New Berlin)
     Dr. James V. Lewis - Emily E. Crumb (North Norwich / Preston)
     Mr. P.O. Cooper - Mrs. Calantha O'Kill (Syracuse / Bainbridge)
     Silas W. Rogers 0 Priscilla A. Wheeler (Oxford)
     Lorenzo C. Josslyn - Arminda Burnap (Coventry / German)
     George O. Rice - Caroline Horton (East Greene)
     Thomas McBirney - Almira Winchell (Smithville)
     Henry C. Taylor - Susan Titus (Lebanon / Oxford)
     John Taney - Mary Hogan (Oxford)
     Easic Phetteplace - Selinda Barber (Norwich)
     Richard Winsor - Louisa Graves (Guilford / Preston)
     William R. White - Ulia E. Bliven (Pharsalia / Preston)

Posted January 9, 2020
Bernard E. Rose - Arleen E. Carpenter (White Store / Mt. Upton, 1942)
Marriage Notices - 1863
     Mr. O.M. Westover - S. Eliza Chapman (Oxford)
     Henry G. Green - Hancy Wilcox (Greene / Smyrna)
     George Richardson - Mary Benson (New Berlin / Checkerville PA)
     Gilbert S. Poole - Harriet Woodruff (Lincklaen)
     Henry W. Ferry - Lucy M. Hart (Plymouth)
     Dwight E. Bradley - Sarah M. Lamb (Preston / Jeffersonville)
     Luther Davis - Lavinia Miller (Smithville)
     John Hagaman - Ann Skillin (Greene)
     Walter Law - Maria M. Maynard (Pharsalia / Plymouth)
     George W. Brabazon - Sarah Blackman (Oxford)
     Bruce Sanford - Maria L. Lindsley (Oxford)
     Eldridge J. Tuttle - Electa E. Mowry (Georgetown / Otselic)
     Philip Tunison - Sarah A. Thompson (Corning / Otselic)

Posted January 11, 2020
Marion Case - Guy Vernon Mallonee (Norwich, 1937)
Hazel Phillips - Albert C. Foster (Norwich, 1928)
Ruth Finer - Sol Friedman (Utica / Norwich, 1940)
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Coe (60th anniversary, Norwich, 1942)
Marriage Notice - 1937
     Grace J. Martin - Marshall Follett (Greene / South New Berlin)
Marriage Notices - 1840
     Henry H. Willcox - Marion Purdie (Smyrna)
     Marfnus Janes - Mary Dunkin (Plymouth / North Norwich)
Marriage Notice - 1863
     Benaiah Soule - Rexaville A. Hollenbeck (Greene)
    

Obituaries

Posted December 24, 2019

George Hotchkin (Lebanon, 1862)  Civil War soldier

Sarah B. Follett (Amberville, Norwich, 1933)

Flora M. Potter (Greene, Norwich, 1933)

Earl Lewis (Ilion, 1933)

Laura Potter (Mt. Upton, Preston, 1940)

John F. Powderly (Norwich, 1933)

Charles A. Powers (Holmesville, 1926)

G. Laverne Pratt (Erie PA, 1931)

Death notices - 1862

     Charles Tracy (Oxford)  Civil War soldier, died at Antietam

     Hannah Hurlburt (Norwich, 60y)

     Henry Cook (Norwich, 50y)

     Harlan A. Coville (Preston, 11y)

Posted December 27, 2019
Livonia (Sharp) Forbes (Greene, 1862)
Betsey Gregory Peck (Guilford, 1939)
Charles F. Pudney (Otselic, Norwich, 1939)
Death notices - 1862
     Pamelia Osborn (Oxford, 33y)
     Levi Beardsley (McDonough, 56y)
     Capt. Asahel Bixby (Bainbridge, 93y)
     Jeduthan Hitchcock (Norwich, 78y)
     Maitland B. Hill (McDonough, Greene, 19y)
     Thankfull Harrington (Greene, 77y)
     Milly Thomas (Greene, 80y)
     Hiram F. Purdy (Smithville, 26y)
     Kneelon Howard Bartoo (Oxford, 2y)

Posted December 30, 2019
Melissant Punderson (Preston, 1813)
Lois Walker (Greene, 1862)
Lynn Walter Figary (Norwich, 1930)
Minnie A. (Herrick) Figary (Butternuts, White Store, 1941)
Edward Ferris (Norwich, Lake Areil, PA, 1941)  Train/car accident
Death Notices - 1862
     William Henry Wescott (Norwich, 40y)
     Mercy Lyon (Guilford, 88y)
     Harriet Lavina Gibbs (Guilford, 24y)
     Cornelia E. Doing (East Pharsalia, 17y)
     James Rhodes (Guilford, 74y)
     Annie Marie C. McCall (preston, 18y)

Posted December 31, 2019
Charles Punderson (1813)
Polly Punderson (1813)
Thankful Harrington (Greene, 1862)

Albert Follett (Norwich, 1940)
Cora Estalla Salisbury (Norwich, 1935)
Frances Prindle (Scott) Follett (Norwich, 1940)
Death Notices - 1862
     Don C. Parker (Greene, 65y)
     Phebe Manley (Greene, 19y)
     Adda Louise Cole (Smithville, 1y)
     Dr. Francis R. Lyman (Washington DC, Sherburne, 25y)
     Fanny M. Coats (Sherburne, 88y)
     Susan Moon  (Pharsalia, 29y)
     William W. Lee (Otselic, 25y)
     Mary Lee (Otselic, 58y)
     Louis D. Haight (21y)  Civil War soldier, 17th N.Y.S.V.

Posted January 1, 2020
Henry H. White (Greene, 1862)  Drowning
L.S. Pierce (1862)  Civil War soldier, NY 114th Regiment
Bertha Newton Fox (Norwich, 1936)
Anna B. Franklin (Norwich, 1934)
Rev. Spencer J. Ford (Camden, 1927)
Fred W. Follett (North Norwich, 1938)
Death Notices - 1862
     Harriet Grant (Coventry, 5y)
     Mary L. Newton (Norwich, 18y)
     James McNitt (Norwich, 78y)
     Helen McMillen (Pharsalia, 11y)
     Ursula McMillen (Pharsalia, 7y)
     Lucinda McMillen (Pharsalia, 15y)

Posted January 2, 2020
Elizabeth Dunham (Stockbridge, 1852)
Hattie L. Fuller (Edmeston, 1942)
Nellie king (Edmeston, South New Berlin, 1942)
Eugene Franklin (North Pitcher, 1933)
Mellie L. Follett (Buffalo, Holmesville, 1936)
George Follett (Norwich, 1938)
Death Notices - 1862
     Asel Beach (Greene, 66y)
     Samuel T. Morse (Oxford, 81y)
     Anvernette Rundell (Norwich, 36y)
     Fanny Hughson (Norwich, 26y)
     Hattie Adelia Noyes (Norwich, 5y)
     Hannah Allen (Smyrna (75y)
     Rebecca Hubbard (Bainbridge, 87y)
     James McNitt (Norwich, 78y)

Posted January 4, 2020
James Thayer (Springfield Centre, 1807)
Caroline Melissa (Angell) Ford (Morris, 1923)
George Follett (North Norwich, 1926)
Mertelle S. Foster (Norwich, Binghamton, 1930)  airplane crash
Al Lewis (Norwich, 1930) airplane crash
Death notices - 1807
     Ann Ashley (Westford, 20y)
Death Notices - 1862
     Stephen L. Phillips (Guilford, 16y)
     John C. Van Name (Chenango Forks, 23y)
     Jane Mowett Davidson (Greene, 3y)
     Benjamin Gardner (Norwich, 52y)
     Velma E. Smith (Norwich, 5y)
     Marshall J. Smith (Norwich, 1y)
     George A. Smith (Norwich, 9y)
     Mary D. Hotchkiss (Smithville, 4y)

Posted January 5, 2020
Miles Sexton (Bath, 1852)
Wayne Belden (1926)
Henry Delos Follett (Pittsfield, 1942)
Samuel N. Follett (Amberville, 1929)
Death notices - 1862
     Stephen L. Phillips (Guilford, 16y)
     Jeremiah Hall (Oxford, 68y)
     Lucinda Stanly (Norwich, 40y)
     Willie Pedet (Norwich, 3 months)

Posted January 6, 2020
Thomas Clancy (North Norwich, 1862) Civil War soldier
Carlos Barnes (Plymouth, 1862) Civil War soldier
Edgar Jones (Norwich, 1862) Civil War soldier
Edwin Buell (Syracuse, 1852)
Lewis Follett (Norwich, 1938)
Herbert Follett (New Berlin, 1941)
Ida (Baxter) Follett (Norwich, 1927)
Death Notices - 1862
     John Johnson (Greene, 92y)
     Eleanor Terwilliger (Greene, 70y)
     Garrett Williamson (Port Crane, 85y)
     Elias B. Miller (Port Crane, 83y)
     Thomas R. Pearne (Oxford, 8y)
     Charles Henry Church (Oxford, 6y)
     Ann Keeler (Oxford, 51y)
     Margaret W. Robinson (South Oxford, 12y)
     Newton E. Rorapaugh (East Smithville, 1y)
     Freddie Rorapaugh (East Smithville, 6y)
     Susan Clark (Preston, 72y)
     Marianne Jones (New Berlin, 3 months)

Posted January 7, 2020
Drake Brockett (Barker, 1862)
Grace A. Bigelow (South New Berlin, Norwich, NY, 1939)
Nancy DeEtte Wheeler (Norwich, 1935)
Lucina (Wightman) Follett (Earlville, 1939)
Mary L. Wheeler (Norwich, White Store, 1939)
Death notices - 1862
     Ralph Pratt Davidson (Greene, 4y)
     Elizabeth B. Upham (Greene, 73y)
     Lenthel Stanton (Greene, 18y)
     Walter Morey (Smyrna, 10y)
     Treana Hunt (Smyrna, 61y)
     Delos W. Gleason (Guilford, 5y)
     Aristarchus Monroe (Oxford, 64y)
     Thomas Dolan (Pharsalia, 19y)  Civil War soldier
     Jenny Rorapaugh (Eat Smithville, 12y)
     Alburtus Holdridge (Smithville, 10y)

Posted January 8, 2020
Nellie Miller (Guilford, 1941)
Claudia Mudge (Guilford, 1941)
Mary E. Folts (Morris, 1939)
Clarence French (New Berlin, 1921)
Nelson W. Follett (New Berlin, 1936)
Death Notices - 1862
     James A. Watson (Greene, 28y)
     Calista E. Wessels (East Greene, 4y)
     Winona Wessels (East Greene, 2y)
     George A. Wessels (East Greene, 6y)
     John Wiley (Oxford, 62y)
     Catharine Hickox (Bainbridge, 44y)

Posted January 10, 2020
Lemuel Polley (Chenango Forks, 1863)  frozen to death
Lizzie Fish (Phoenix NY, 1944)
Raymond E. Follett (Norwich, 1944)
Theodore William Frink (North Norwich, 1941)  Car accident
Death notices - 1863
     William H. Ellis (Greene, 61y)
     George Delevan (Guilford, 78y)
     Robert B. Holcob (Norwich, 63y)
     Israel L. Burroughs (Greene, 32y)
     Mary B. Kershaw (Norwich, 23y)
     William Van Vleet (Norwich, 19y)  Civil War soldier
     Lois Isbell (Smyrna (80y)
     Anna Wilson (Plymouth, 52y)

Posted January 12, 2020
Almira Curtis Claghorn (Masonville, 1969)
Spencer Follett (Boonville, North Norwich, 1939)
James Samuel Flanagan (Norwich, 1939)
Death Notices - 1869
     Mrs. Francis E. Star (Oneonta Plains, 1868, 26y)
     Charles S. Miller (Oneonta, 1868, 23y)
     Mrs. Garret Quackenbush (Sidney, 1868, 86y)
     Warren Arnold (Masonville, 1868, 38y)
     Polly Ingersoll (Bainbridge, 1868, 67y)
     Sidney Eggleston (Guilford, 1868, 60y)
     Charles Foot (Sandy Hill, 8y)

Miscellaneous

Posted December 23, 2019

Letter from the NY 152d Regiment - October 6, 1862

Letter from the NY 114th Regiment - October 20, 1862

Posted December 29, 2019
Letter from the NY 114th Regiment - November 8, 1862

Posted January 3, 2020
Letter from the NY 152d Regiment - November 10, 1862

Posted January 5, 2020
Letter from the NY 114th Regiment - November 13, 1862

Posted January 7, 2020
Letter from the NY 152d Regiment - November 28, 1862

Posted January 9, 2020
Letter from the NY 114th Regiment - December 3, 1862 (Capt. Nicholas A. Dederer)

Posted January 11, 2020
Letter from the NY 114th Regiment - December 8, 1862 (Capt. Nicholas A. Dederer)

Posted January 12, 2020
Letter from the NY 8th Cavalry - February 1, 1863 (Lyman Marvin)

Letter from the NY 8th Calvary Regiment - 1863

Letter from the 8th Regiment N.Y. Cavalry

Chenango American, February 12, 1863

Camp of 8th N.Y. Cavalry
Near Bell Plain, Va, Feb. 1

Dear....:  Your very welcome letter of Jan. 26th and 27th, I received last evening, and hasten to reply.  It found me well and in as good spirits as usual.  I am acting Hospital Steward for a time, don't know how long, and get along first rate though I fared pretty hard for two or three days before we got our tent fixed.

We live on coffee, pork, and hard bread--once in a while we buy flour and make pancakes of wheat flour and water, cooking them in a frying pan over a campfire.  I think if ever I get home that I can live very cheap, unless I grow more particular than I am now--I think we eat about a pint of dirt a day as a general thing.

You wanted me to write more of the particulars of a soldier's life--there is not much of a routine, it's about the same every day--feed and take care of your horse, cook your own victuals, stand guard, &c. the boys are pretty busy now building log huts--it is generally labor lost, for by the time we are nicely fixed we have to move our camp.

Two squadrons of our Regiment have been out on picket a week or two, but have all come in tonight to be paid off. The old Regiment boys get paid off but the Recruits don't get any pay.  The boys are a good deal dissatisfied at not being paid, and I can't blame them much for we were promised a month's pay in advance and I have been in service nearly six months and not a cent of pay have I received.  Men on small rations and no pay won't fight very well unless compelled to, and our officers as a general thing don't care enough about fighting to urge them up much.  Almost every officer is trying to get up a notch higher so as to make a little more money, more than they are to work for their country's good; and it is such officers that do more harm to the cause of the North, than all the good the men can do.  Where we are you can hardly buy anything that you want, and what you can get costs about five times its value.

The Recruits have been assigned to different companies all through the Regiment, eight or ten in a company.  Alonzo is in Company E and I believe I am signed to that company if I leave the Hospital.  Mark is I company G and Mr. Rose in Company F.

From your son, Lyman Marvin

___________________________________________________________

From Adjutant General's Report - 8th NY Cavalry
Marvin, Lyman:  Aged, 23 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at Greene; mustered in as private, Co. #, August 28, 1862, to serve three years; appointed hospital steward, February 16, 1865; mustered out, june 27, 1865, at Alexandria, Va.

Obituary, Norwich Sun, March 26, 1921

Lyman Marvin, an aged resident of this city, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Morse, in Henry street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], about 6 o 'clock Saturday morning after a severe illness of three months' duration. Death was due to dropsy and heart trouble, the deceased having been a sufferer from these diseases since early last fall.  Mr. Marvin was 89 years of age and for the past year of more had made his home with his daughter.  He had lived in Norwich for several years and was a former resident of DeRuyter for many years.  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. R. Morse and Mrs. Luella Mott of this city and Mrs. Carrie Burke of Morrisville; also one son, Lewis Marvin of South Otselic and seven grandchildren.

Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY.

Obituaries (January 12)

Almira Curtis Claghorn

Bainbridge Ledger, January 15, 1869

Died, in Masonville, Delaware Co., N.Y., Dec. 31st, 1868, Almira Curtis [Claghorn], wife of Geo. Claghorn, aged 71 years, and a member of the Baptist Church in Oxford, Chenango Co., N.Y., where she had been a faithful member 51 years, always filling her place in the Prayer Meetings, Bible Class and Sabbath School, and in one case she had a class of eight young ladies who were all converted.  She then took another class of eight who were also converted under her labors.

Spencer Follett

Died June 8, 1939, Boonville, NY

Spencer Follett passed away Thursday, June 8, 1939, at the home of his son, Mark Follett, about one mile from Boonville [Oneida Co., NY] with whom he had made his home the past fourteen years after an illness of four weeks.  The deceased was born in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], October 16, 1855, the son of Marshall A. and Susan Goodrich Follett.  He was united in marriage with Mary Dyer of Council Bluff, Iowa, January 3, 1877.  They resided in the West for five years and then came to Chenango county.  Mrs. Follett died December 18, 1925.  Mr. Follett was a member of the Methodist church and the Cornell Community Club at Boonville.  All his life he had followed the occupation of farming.  There survive two daughters, Mrs. Leon C. Gerowe of South Kortright, N.Y., Mrs. Scott Brownson of Whitney Point, N.Y., one son, Mark Follett of Boonville.  Another son, Frank, died in 1910.  He also leaves the following grandchildren:  May Bartholomew of New York city, Frank Bartholomew of New York city, Russell Brownson of Newark, N.Y., and Muriel Follett of Boonville.  Another grandchild, Pauli Follett, died in 1927.  there also survive two brothers, Albert of Earlville and Henry of New Berlin.  Mr. and Mrs. Follett and children were residents of our village for a number of years and lived in the house now occupied by Ernest Wellman.  Here their children grew to young manhood and womanhood and were educated and they attended the Methodist church, where Mr. Follet was a trustee and steward for several years.  They were esteemed in this community where they had many friends, all of whom extend sympathy to the bereaved ones.  The body was brought here from the Boonville home on Tuesday and services were held at the Methodist church at 1:00 o'clock where many relatives and friends gathered to pay their last respects to the departed.  Rev. William Eddy, pastor of the Methodist church of Boonville of which Mr. Follett was a member, officiated. Burial was in the family lot in Hillside cemetery.

James Samuel Flanagan

Died April 1, 1939, Norwich, NY

James S. Flanagan, one of Chenango county's best known and most highly respected citizens passed away suddenly at his home on North Broad street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] Saturday afternoon.  His life was one of unstinted service. To his family, to his church, to a wonderfully large circle of friends, to his local community and to the larger community of county and state, to those individuals and corporations whom he represented professionally, to his party, to every movement which promised to make for civic betterment, and moral upift, he gave unquestioned devotion.  He was a veritable Abou Ben Adam.  No more comprehensive eulogy could be written than this:  "He loved his fellow men.  Out of a broad tolerance and his own sincerity of purpose he gave to those who differed, credit for a similar integrity.  So he earned for himself a genuine affection in the hearts of a multitude."

James Samuel Flanagan was born at Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY] in 1888.  Removing to Norwich with his parents he was graduated from Norwich high school in 1905 and from Albany Law School in 1909.  Soon after graduation he became associated with the late Jotham P. Allds and Harry R. Follett in the practice of law, withdrawing after three years to open his own offices and develop a practice which served a large number of individual clients and many corporations, including the Norwich Pharmacal Company, the Chenango County National Bank and Trust Company, Victory Chain, inc., Chenango Ice Cream Company, Aldrich Transportation Company, Western New York Motor Lines, Z.&M. Independent Oil Co., New York Electric and Gas Corporation, and others.  Taking up the study of motor transportation in behalf of a client interested in that business, he became one of the recognized authorities on the subject in New York state and as attorney or counsel was active in the organization or reorganization of several of the more important motor transportation lines in the east.  In local political, civic, philanthropic, social and fraternal organizaitons he occupied positions of trust and gave freely of his service and counsel.  He was a member of the Norwich board of education, trustee of the Follett Memorial Library, member of the board of managers of the Chenango Memorial Hospital, past president of Norwich Rotary, past president of the Norwich Club, trustee of St. Paul's church, past exalted ruler of Norwich lodge of Elks, past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, president of the Chenango County Agricultural Society, counsel and one of the charter members of the Chenango County Historical Society and director of many of the corporations which he served as attorney.  Mr. Flanagan was associated with the Y.M.C.A. and in 1937 was elected to the board of trustees, serving as secretary of the board.  He was much interested in the work of the Y.M.C.A. and out of respect to his memory the "Y" will be closed during the funeral services.

Despite his varied and many lines of activity, Mr. Flanagan was a loyal friend of the firemen and greatly interested in what volunteer firemen attempt to accomplish.  He was a member of the Norwich fire department, an honorary member of the Chenango County Firemen's Association and also an honorary member of the Tri-County Chiefs Association.  In his death the firemen of Chenango county have lost a steadfast friend.  In his chosen profession the associates delighted to heap honors upon him.  He was a past president of the Chenango County Bar Association, past president of the sixth district Federation of Bar Associations and had served on several of the important committees of the state association. For several years he was a member of the board of visitors of the Oneonta Normal school.  For 15 years he served his party as chairman of the Republican county committee, was a member of the state committee and for many years a delegate to state conventions, where he played an important part in the inner councils of the party.  For 17 years he was attorney for the city of Norwich, counseling the authorities through many of the critical periods when the fiscal policy of the city was established.  For years he was called upon frequently as a speaker on political, patriotic and social occasions.  He believed sincerely in the principles of the Republican party and was able in exposition of its policies.  His patriotic addresses were inspiring appeals for devotion to the principles of the republic and as a toastmaster he combined wisdom suitable to the occasion with a delightful wit.  One of the busiest of men, he found it difficult to refuse the urging of his friends and only a day or two before his passing had accepted invitations to preside at two important social functions.

He is survived by his widow, Lena Manley Flanagan, two sons, Thomas Manley Flanagan, a student at Cornell and James Manley Flanagan, a student at Syracuse university, and a brother, Leo J. Flanagan of this city. Funeral services will be held at the late North Broad street home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, and at 10:30 in St Paul's church, Rev. Charles M. Coveney officiating, with burial in St. Paul's cemetery.  

Death Notices

Bainbridge Ledger, December 18, 1868

At Oneonta Plains [Otsego Co., NY], Mrs. Francis E. Star, wife of Berah Star and daughter of Joseph Brisack aged 26 years and 20 days.

At Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 15, of typhoid fever, Charles S. Miller, late of Poughkeepsie, aged 23 years.

Bainbridge Ledger, January 1, 1869

In Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], on Dec. 27, Mrs. Garret Quackenbush, in the 87th year of her age.

In Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 24th, Warren Arnold, aged 38 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 28th, 1868, Miss Polly Ingersoll, aged 67 years.

Bainbridge Ledger, January 8, 1869

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, 1969, Sidney Eggleston, aged about 60 years.

At Sandy Hill, Washington Co., Charles Foot, formerly of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], aged 8 years.