Obituaries (May 2)

Burton Dexter

Died November 19, 1943, Mt. Upton, NY

Bert Dexter, aged 83 years, father of Albert Dexter, Morris, died Friday, November 19th, at his home in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].  He was a resident of Morris township [Otsego Co., NY] for a number of years.  He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Millard, and the son mentioned, also one granddaughter.  Funeral was held Tuesday, with burial in the Morris burial plot in the Morris estate.

Mrs. Charles Lewis & Lafara Button

Norwich Sun, July 19, 1932

Many friends here were saddened to hear of the death of Mrs. Charles Lewis Wednesday evening about eight o'clock at the hospital at Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], where she had been the past week for treatment following many months of illness.  Her father, Lafara Button, passed away Thursday morning about eight o'clock.  The funeral for Mrs. Lewis was held Saturday at 2 p.m. and for Mr. Button Sunday at 2 p.m., from his late home.  Much sympathy is felt by all for the family. Rev. H.E Wickerson of Columbus Quarter, officiated at the service for both funerals.

Benjamin H. Cheydleur

Died July 23, 1933, Norwich, NY

Benjamin H. Cheydleur

Stricken last week at his store with a sudden and violent heart attack, Benjamin H. Cheydleur, well known jeweler of this city, succumbed at his home at 18 Brown Avenue [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] at 7 o'clock Sunday morning.  A native of Ballston Springs, Mr. Cheydleur, who passed away at 66 years of age, was for 43 years a resident of Norwich.  For over 35 years he had conducted a jewelry business on North Broad street in this city where for most of this period he served also as official watch adjuster for the New York Ontario and Western Railroad.  Prominent as a business man, and respected and loved as a substantial citizen and a genial neighbor, Mr. Cheydleur's passing came as a severe shock to all who knew him.  Mr. Cheydleur was a member of the First Baptist Church of Norwich, a charter member of the Norwich lodge of Elks whose treasuryship he held since its organization in 1911, and a member of all the bodies of the Masonic Order.  A Masonic funeral service was held from the Breese funeral home in South Broad street at 2:30 P.M. on Wednesday, the Rev. James K. Romeyn, pastor of the First Baptist church and the Rev. John W. Nicholson, pastor of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. The committal service was conducted by the Elks at the grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Surviving Mr. Cheydleur are his widow; a brother, Dr. Frederick D. Cheydleur of Madison, Wis. and two sister, Mrs. Arthur Whitney of Brooklyn and Mrs. Nellie Nockrow of Erie, Pa.

Augusta Lindberg

Norwich Sun, June 29, 1942

Mrs. Augusta Lindberg, widow of Arvid Lindberg, died at her home on Great Brook about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after a long illness.  Born in Eldsderga, Sweden, July 7, 1876, Mrs. Lindberg came to the United States many years ago.  She had been a resident of Great Brook 23 years and was held in the highest respect by friends and neighbors. She was a member of the R.N. of A. and the Northston F.F. of A.  There survive one son, Harold Lindberg, at home, and a daughter, Mrs. J.R Sinander, of Binghamton; also three brothers, August Anderson, of South New Berlin, Peter of Turlock, Calif., and Carl of St. Johnsville. There also survives two grandchildren, Norman and Elaine Sinander of Binghamton and two sisters in Sweden, and five nieces and nephews. Services are to be held in St. John's Evangelistic Lutheran church, South New Berlin at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon.  Rev. H. Steinke officiating with burial in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]

Death Notices

Chenango American, January 28, 1858

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mr. Hiram Norris, aged 35 years.

Chenango American, December 29, 1864

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Miss Alida M. Rogers, aged 18 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mrs. Sally Leach, relict of the late Jonas leach, aged 81 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., of chronic diarrhea, Francis E. Phetteplace, a member of the 22d N.Y. Cavalry.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mrs. Mary Ann [Ruthford], wife of Robert Ruthford, aged 24 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Ellsworth J. [Crandall], son of Elisha Crandall, aged 3 years.

At Baton Rouge Hospital, La., on the 16th ult., Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler, Jr., of Co. A, 11th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 30 years, 5 months and 16 days, late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], on the 8th inst., of typhoid fever, Jessie Percival [Clarke], youngest daughter of Rev. Ethan Ray and Mary E. Clarke, aged 15 years.

Tragic Death of Warren E. Eaton (May 1)

Tragic Death of Warren E. Eaton

Norwich Sun, December 3, 1934

The incredulity and grief that were mingled Saturday when this city found itself confronted with the sad news of the tragic death of Warren E Eaton, gave way to even deeper sorrow Monday afternoon when his body arrived here under an escort of intimate friends and members of Norwich Post 189 of the American Legion.  News of the untimely passing of Mr. Eaton was received in this city Saturday, shortly after noon, from Miami, Florida, where he plunged more than 2,000 feet from his glider into Biscayne Bay and was instantly killed.  The tragedy occurred Saturday morning as a plane-towed glider train in exhibition flight for cameramen was in progress over the city of Miami.

Just a week ago, Sunday, November 25, Mr. Eaton left this city for the south, where, in company with Harold Bowen, who for some time was manager of the Norwich airport, and Earl Southee of Elmira and Athens, Pa., he planned to open a winter glider school for the study of thermal air currents. As president of the Soaring Society of America, Inc., Mr. Eaton was recognized as the leading exponent of gliding and soaring in this country, and was one of the most expert operators of motorless aircraft.

Word of the fatal crash, shocking to his family, stunned the entire city.  The accident was chronicled by The Associated Press as follows: "Clad in white flying togs and helmut, Eaton hurled from the cockpit of his glider, which with another glider, piloted by Harold Bowen, also of Norwich, was being towed by an airplane piloted by Earl Southee of Athens, Pa. and Elmira, N.Y.  Witnesses said Eaton's glider apparently caught in the wake of the towing ship's propeller suddenly shot upward and then either broke or was put loose from the towing cable. The glider turned over and Eaton fell out, landing in about three feet of water near a key in the bay, while the glider soared and crashed some distance away.

"Bowen circled his glider and landed safely in a parking lot in suburban Cocoanut Grove, while Southee landed the towing plane at the municipal airport.  Pilot Jack Rogers and Photographer Frank Bell were flying in a seaplane accompanying the gliders. They landed in the bay immediately, and Bell, diving from his ship, pulled Eaton's bruised body up across one of the pontoons. A motorboat containing Pan-American Airways employees, brought the body ashore, while other boats towed in the wrecked craft.  An examination disclosed that a parachute Eaton wore was intact unopened."

The sad trip northward was started Saturday night at 10:40.  Accompanying the remains of his beloved associate, Mr. Southee arrived in New York city at 6:35 Monday morning and reached Binghamton at 3 p.m.  In that city friends of long standing, Dr. Myer Bloom, Dr. James Ivory, Dr. Charles Squires, Judge David F. Lee and others joined the cortege and met the delegation from this city for the final distance of the journey. State police, under the command of Captain Daniel E. Fox of Sidney barracks, headed the motorcade of hearse and soring friends to this city  Mayor Frank Zuber, in company with Captain Fox met the body in New York city, where they joined Mr. Southee for the remaining journey to  Norwich. The American legion escort included Commander Murray Sabin; Past Commanders, Sherman L. Rife, F.J. Oates; Charles R. Riley and Sidney K. Johnson, and Edward S. Ruff, a country officer of the Legion.  The body was taken to the funeral home of George L. Devine and will be removed to the family residence on North Broad street, Tuesday morning.  The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Emmanuel Episcopal church, with the rector, Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Warren Edwin Eaton was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Eaton.  He was born in this city [Norwich NY] June 10, 1888.  Receiving his education in the public schools here, he was graduated from Norwich high school in the class of 1907 and from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1911.  A generous, loyal and lovable human being, the sympathy of all goes to this family and particularly to his wife, to whom the blow is the bitterest.  Prostrated by the tragic news Saturday, Mrs. Eaton was reported to be standing the shock fairly well.  Only members of the immediate family were permitted to see her over the weekend.  Bowed deep in grief, his friends and associates, and they are legion in number, extend their sympathy to his three children, Warren, Jr., aged 12; Janet, nine, and Elise, eight; and to his surviving brothers, Robert S. Eaton and Melvin C. Eaton, and their families.

Mr. Eaton was associated with his brothers in The Norwich Pharmacal Company, where he was superintendent of maintenance.  In addition to heading the Soaring Society of America, he was actively identified as a member in Emmanuel Episcopal church, the Mason, Elks, American legion, Rotary, Forty and Eight, Shrine and The Norwich Club, where he was a member of the board of governors.  He was also a member of the national fraternity of Alpha Chi Rho. For a period of 10 years he was assistant chief of the Norwich fire department, resigning that post in 1931.

His friends and associates in Norwich and throughout the nation, particularly in aviation and gliding circles, write an epitaph of acclaim in an outpouring of sorrowful expressions at his tragic passing.  His delightful personality was well known to many, in his home city he was a typical civic leader, and residents here had a strong admiration for him. Barely more than two weeks ago close friends and associates of Norwich and central New York sponsored a testimonial at the Elks Club to do honor to him and his brother, Melvin C., in tribute to their national distinction in two widely separated endeavors, Warren in gliding and aviation and Mel in politics and his recent election to the Republican state chairmanship.

Mr. Eaton first became interested in aeronautics when he entered the army aviation service at the start of the World War.  He had an enviable war record with the 103rd Aero Squadron, in which he was a first lieutenant.  He was awarded the Distinguished Service medal for bravery while flying over the lines in France with the following citation:  "Near Bantheville, France, October 10, 1918, G.O. no. 46, W.D., 1919: first lieutenant, 103rd Aero Squadron, Air Service.  With one other pilot, Lieutenant Eaton engaged an enemy formation of 11 planes (type Fokker) though another hostile formation was directly above them. After destroying one of the enemy in severe combat, Lieutenant Eaton with his companion drove another out of control."

Mr. Eaton established and personally financed the Norwich airport, located between Norwich and North Norwich.  Here he staged several successful air meets which brought some of the country's best fliers to this city.  Five years ago he went to Elmira to attend the National Glider Association meet.  He took such an active interest in gliding that within a year he was named a director of the association, which was later succeeded by the Soaring Society of America.  Last June Mr. Eaton sponsored the society's annual meet at Elmira, at which time Richard DuPont of Wilmington, Del., a close friend, established a new gliding record.  In the last few years he had taken a leading part in the development of glider hills in the vicinity of Elmira. Recently he headed a group which appeared before the board of supervisors of Chemung county asking that a TERA appropriation be sought for the development of glider hills by the clearing out of brush and construction of runways.  In his efforts to advance gliding in America, Mr. Eaton made a trip abroad this past summer to Germany for the purpose of making an elaborate study of that country's progress in gliding.  Mr. Eaton owned one of the latest model gliders, which he purchased this year.  He kept this at Norwich, together with his two planes.

It can be said that it was a high resolve of duty that brought him his death.  Just a few weeks ago, Mr. Eaton appeared before the federal aviation commission at Washington, named by President Roosevelt and headed by Clark Howell, Atlanta publisher, to urge federal aid for and more intelligent supervision of, soaring and gliding activities in the United States.  A further study of gliding, in support of his contentions for federal aid, was the objective of the southern gliding school, which he was in Miami to sponsor.

Members of the Soaring Society were stunned by the news of his death, and they are at a loss to account for the accident that cost him his life, since Mr. Eaton habitually took every precaution when flying, and was a constant crusader in the movement to keep gliding and soaring on a safe and sane basis, which got off to a determined start when the society was organized in February, 1932 with him as president, a position he had held ever since.  Shocked and grieved by the news of Mr. Eaton's death, Charles H. Gale of New York city, a director of the Soaring Society said:  "Warren was the moving spirit behind this country's growing interest in the sport of motorless flight.  It is not so much what he had done, however great, as what he stood for, that has been irreparably taken away."

Commenting on the fatal accident, Mr. Galo said:  "He must have either had a heart attack of been struck by something and rendered unconscious as he tried to leave his ship or was thrown out of it. Warren was too cool and capable a pilot not to have opened his chute if he had 1,200 feet of altitude and was in possession of his senses."

Mr. Gale raised the possibility that the detachable "scoop" covering the pilot's cockpit in the utility glider Mr. Eaton was flying--a streamlining device that is put in place after the pilot has taken his seat and adjusted his safety belt, may have come loose and been swept into Mr. Eaton's face with stunnign force.

Obituaries (April 30)

Dr. William B. Squires

Chenango American, January 21, 1858

We are pained to record the sudden death of Doct. Wm. B. Squires, of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  He died at his residence, on Tuesday night last, after an illness of only four hours.  His funeral will take place at 12 o'clock, tomorrow (Friday).

William H. Hamilton

Chenango American, January 21, 1858

Wm. H. Hamilton, formerly a resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died recently at Brownville, Nebraska, where he had taken up his residence  He was a promising young man, and his death is a crushing blow to his many friends in this vicinity.  His remains were brought home for burial.

Hattie Dexter

Died April 20, 1933, New Berlin, NY

Many hearts were sad and many eyes tearful as the message came that Hattie Dexter had gone.  Ill only a few days, she grew rapidly worse and passed away at her late home in Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY] April 20.  Hattie Dexter was born January 10, 1858, the only daughter of Leroy and Silvia Sage Dexter, on the farm now owned by Earl Brownson, having come, when 13 years old, to her late home.  At the age of three she met with an accident which crippled her for life, an affliction which she has borne so patiently, after saying, "I will bear my burden uncomplainingly, for my heavenly father willed it so."  Always cheerful and happy if anyone went in to cheer her up, he went away feeling she had cheered him the more. When a young woman she worked at millinery in Norwich and South New Berlin.  In late years she worked at dress making.  Many families looked forward to the time when Hattie would come for a week or so to assist with the sewing. She will be sadly missed by her neighbors and friends. She was always seeking to do some kindly deed to make life's pathway smoother and more cheerful for someone.  Her own genial nature was ever radiating good cheer to everyone.  She leaves to mourn her passing, one brother, Berton Dexter, nephews, nieces, and cousins, and many friends.  Her funeral was held from the home Sunday afternoon and was largely attended, Rev. G.H. Simons officiating.  She was laid to rest in the family plot in South New Berlin.  The bearers were George Bush, Andy Daniels, Walter Bailey and Harold Braizee. Relatives and friends were present from Mt. Upton, Morris, Sidney, Norwich, Cortland, Binghamton, DeRuyter and South New Berlin.

William Dart

Died July 5, 1934, Avon Park, FL

Big Moose [Herkimer Co. NY]:  William Dart, pioneer guide and hotel proprietor in the Adirondacks, died suddenly at his winter home in Avon Park, Fla., after a brief illness.  Mrs. J.W.T. Lesure, his only daughter, received word at Dart's camp that he was ill and left immediately for Avon Park.  He died before she arrived.  Mr. Dart retired about 10 years ago, and placed his son-in-law in charge of the Adirondack camp.  He has since spent the winter months at Avon Park, where he owned an orange grove.  He left Dart's camp in the fall and went to his winter home alone.  He had intended to return north this month.

The dean of woodsmen and guides and hosts was Bill Dart.  He was born in Laurens, Otsego county, but little is known of his early life. When he was 14 years old he ran away to join the union army in the Civil War, but his father followed and brought him home. The senior Dart took no more chances with his patriotic and adventurous son after that and moved to Canada to forestall another attempt at enlistment.  After the war the Dart family returned to this country and settled at White lake.  it was shortly thereafter in 1870 that the association of Bill Dart with the Adirondacks began.  With a party of trappers he went to Bisby lake where the trappers told the youth it was easy to make $100 a winter trapping. When division of the winter's catch was completed in the spring, however, young Dart found he did not have anywhere near the estimated amount.  The other trappers, discouraged, left for home, but not Bill Dart.  He stayed in the woods to get his $100.  With the true instinct of the pioneer, Dart pushed farther into the Fulton chain of lakes country.  He made his headquarters on what was known as Second lake of the north branch, which later became known as Dart's lake, named for Bill Dart.

Dart established trap lines with stopping places at other lakes in the region of Big Moose lake and Sixth lake of the Fulton chain.  It was 1887 before he lived on what is now known as Dart's lake.  He had a cabin where all the traps and guns and other equipment were stored.  In the winter of 1887-88 the first camp was built on Dart's lake.  It was known as the double-deck camp, built in anticipation of a party from Boston the next summer, and it was also the nucleus of a great resort colony.  Bill kept at his traps, although he had branched out into the vacation business.  He found little time for courtship and social activities, but despite his busy and rugged life he decided that the care of a summer camp needed a woman's attention, and in 1888 he married Miss Mary Kronmiller of White lake, who became known as Ma Dart and who died in 1932.

Macadam roads were unheard of in those parts at that time, and before the railroad was built thru so the summer guests could reach Dart's by Big Moose station and Glenmore landing, the guides carried the women on their backs. A strap chair on two poles carried by four husky guides was the means of travel for the women. The men had to walk.  In 1896 when the railroad sliced its fingers of steel thru the wilderness the summer vacationists made their way to Dart's from Big Moose station by way of the Glenmore landing and by boats on Big Moose lake to Dart's landing and thence by foot or on a stoneboat hauled by an ox. That ox helped to make history in the Adirondacks.  The ox was a stubborn animal when Dart bought it from Lon Wood at Fourth lake. Wood was ready to give up in disgust and give the animal to his neighbor, but Dart came along with some cash and start home with his new purchase.  Most of the guides around Wood's cabin figured that Dart would end up in the trees and the ox loose in the woods, but after some verbal persuasion and the liberal use of a club, the ox and Bill became fast friends. The ox wore a harness and hauled heavy loads with ease and would take logs out of the mud that horses would have been unable to pull. Bill kept the ox in service until it died.

Also in 1896, the main house and two cottages were added to the fast growing colony, numbering 18 cottages, boathouses and other buildings.  Bill Dart's fame grew thereafter:  business came in leaps and bounds.  His reputation as a host and entertainer spread far and wide and he was the first to have a bathroom in the Adirondacks.  After the plumbing for this had been completed, Dart, with soap and towels in hand told Mrs. J. F. Day, a guest, that she should have the honor of being the first woman to use the new tub.

In 1902 Dart took a trip with his family to California and in 1903 he went to Colorado.  Probably the hunting enticed him to the western wilds.  In the winter of 1904, C. Barrett, another veteran of the Adirondacks, convinced Dart that he should visit the south onetime, probably because of the turkey shooting.  Dart went to Avon Park, Florida and purchased a 10-acre orange and grapefruit grove.  He became interested in real estate development in the south and bought and sold houses and citrus groves, he also owned bank stock, and though these ventures were completely successful from a financial standpoint he remained in the south enjoyed the hunting and fishing.  To prove his skill with the rod and reel in southern waters, a 100-pound tarpon hands over the fireplace at his camp.  In 1931 he gave up active management of his resort, turning over to Mr. and Mrs. Lesure, though a visitor north during season, he spent most of his time in the south.

Death notices

Chenango American, January 21, 1858

In Triangle, Broome Co., on the 15th inst., Jesse Williams, aged 82 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mrs. Mary Terry, aged 90 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Rebecca Angel, wife of Isaac M. Angel, aged 77 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., of consumption, Mrs. Cornelia H. [Hill], wife of Edwin Hill.

At Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mr. William Henry Brown, aged 41 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., of consumption, Chester Redfield, aged 60 years.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Henry L. Dimmick, aged 26 years.

At Kirkwood, on the 7th inst., of consumption, Frances A. [Cooke], wife of G.H. Cooke and daughter of Henry and Sarah Squires, aged 21 years 8 months and 7 days.

Marriage Notices (April 29)

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, January 7, 1858

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. James A. Watson of this town, to Miss Sarah A. Terwilliger of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Rufus J. Converse, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Lucretia [Bingham], eldest daughter of Alanson Bingham Esq., of this town.

At Christ Church, Brooklyn, on the 29th ult., by Rev. D.E.H. Canfield, Mr. Anthony L. Richards, of Brooklyn, to Miss Mary T. Lamb, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. Wm. Bixby, Mr. D.L. Shepard to Miss Almeda Winsor, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. J.G. Bartholomew, Mr. Wm. L. Skinner to Miss Julia E. Spencer, both of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY]. 

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Joseph Estabrooks, of Albion [Orleans Co. NY], to Miss Emily Fisk, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. J.C. Bartholomew, Mr. Smith W. Brown, to Miss Ellen M. Lewis, both of Preston.

In Bainbridge [Chenango co., NY] on the 9th ult., Rev. Mr. Devis, Mr. Burr Campbell, to Miss Mary Pettis, both of Bainbridge.

Chenango American, January 14, 1858

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. George H. Coxe, of Milford, Otsego Co., to Miss Margaret J. VanNess, eldest daughter of Widow Elizabeth VanNess, of this town.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., by Rev. D. Macurdy, Mr. J.J. Hull, to Miss Sarah M. Mead, all of Oxford.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. John Fletcher, to Miss Sarah B. Hawks, both of Georgestown, N.Y. [Madison Co.].

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst.., by Rev. J.W. Mitchell, Mr. A.L. Bentley, of Bridgewater [Oneida Co NY], to Miss Celia Champlin of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

By the same, in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. O.L. Brooks of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Paul, of the former place.

In Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. S.W. Bush, Mr. Hiram H. Nash, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Josephine M. Smith, of Cooperstown.

In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. Mr. Ainsworth, Erastus Martin, to Miss Mary E. Gartske, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. Benj. Shove, Lee Davis, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Cornelia E. Munn, of the same place.

Chenango American, January 21, 1858

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by Rev. D.C. Dutcher, Mr. Elihu Haight, to Miss Mary Parker, all of this village.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst., at the Globe Hotel, by Samuel W. Rogers, Esq., Philander Bixby, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Betsey D Randall, of Port Crane [Broome Co., NY].

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Russel Dibble, Jr., to Miss Philinda Bowers, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Preston [Chenango jCo., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. R. Queal, Mr. James M. Ross to Miss Frances E. Mason, both of Preston.

Chenango American, January 28, 1858

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Murates Beach, to Miss Betsy A. Smith, all of this place.

In New York city, on the 21st inst., by Rev. Robert S. Howland, at the Church of the Holy Apostles, Geo. P. Barnard of Grand Rapids, Mich., formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], and Anna B.  [Van Rensselear], daughter of Henry  J. Van Rensselaer, Esq., of New York city.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by the Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Henry Race to Miss Jane E. Jacobs, both of Oxford.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., by Rev. W.A Johnson, Dr. Blinn Smith Sill, to Miss Jane Ann Chandler, all of Bianbridge.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. William A. Bigelow, of New York city, to Miss Mary H. [Johnson], only daughter of Ralph Johnson, Esq., of Norwich.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ins.t, by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. George W. Church to Miss Scyndona Gleson, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. H.W. Lee of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Mr. Ledyard Brown, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza A. Gladding of Pharsalia.

Obituaries (April 28)

Elijah Gaylord

Chenango American, January 14, 1858

Capt. Elijah Gaylord, of Triangle, Broome Co., a Revolutionary soldier, died on the 7th of Nov. last, at the advanced age of 94.  Thus one by one are passing away these gallant heroes who earned the liberties we now so richly enjoy. Shortly we shall be deprived of the privilege of paying homage, to the living remnants of that glorious struggle, hence as the noble links which bind us to the past are successively rent asunder, it causes a deep and mournful feeling to pervade the community, more especially when such an estimable man as Mr. G. take his final departure from the scenes of earth.

Marion L. Gardner

Died October 31, 1939, Norwich, NY

Marion L. Gardner, 78, died suddenly at his home on Delaware Square Tuesday morning following a two days illness.  He is survived by his widow, one son, Earnest of this city and a brother, Archer of South New Berlin.  Funeral services were held at the Breese Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.  Norwich Sun

Xenia Anna Koot

Died November 13, 1940, Norwich, NY

Following a brief illness, the death of Mrs. Xenia Anna Koot, widow of Frank Filemon Koot, occurred early Wednesday morning at the Chenango Memorial Hospital [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  Born in Russia January 6, 1897, Mrs. Koot had been a resident of Norwich for the past 29 years.  She had many friends who learn with genuine sorrow of her passing.  A sincere neighbor who was held in high affection by a wide circle devoting herself to her family and home.  Three children survive:  Mrs. Leroy B. Coe, Miss Katherine A. Koot and Paul F. Koot, also several nieces and nephews. The body will rest at her home on the Chenango Lake road until Friday morning when funeral services will be held in Emmanuel Episcopal church at 10:30.  Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, rector, will officiate. Burial will be made in the family plot at Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich].

Hattie (Baird) Klopstock

Died March 26, 1933, Preston, NY

Hattie Baird Klopstock who was stricken with erysipelas on March 2, passed away Sunday night.  March 26, 1933, at 10 o'clock.  She was one of ten children of David Baird and Adaline Scribner Baird and was born August 17, 1850, at the old Baird homestead on West Hill, now occupied by MW. Fuller, Jr.  Her twin brother Hiram died when only eight years old.  Her father, and grandfather Baird were among the first settlers on West Hill and her great grandfather, Daniel Schribner, was the first white settler in the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]. She was gifted with a natural talent for caring for the sick and during her young womanhood, she ministered in many homes to those who needed her help. After her father became an invalid, she gave all her time in caring for him as he thought no one else could do it as well as Hattie.  On Sept. 5, 1888, she was untied in marriage to Isaac Klopstock of Bridgeport, Conn., and they went at once to that city to make their home.  Both were naturally jolly and quick to make friends so the big city was not a cold place of unknown people to them but a place overflowing with good friends and neighbors  When Mr. Klopstock's health failed they returned to this community.  He passed away at Holmesville a few months later on Nov. 6, 1918. after which Mrs. Klopstock made her home with her sister, Mrs. Janie Miller. A stroke which came upon her in July, 1919, left her a partial invalid, but she was able to get about slowly until a few years ago when she became confined to her chair day and night.  Mrs. Miller gave her most tender and unremitting care through the years as long as her declining strength could possibly hold out but outside care finally became necessary.  A nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. D.K. Wilbur, have also most faithfully looked after her comfort and care. She will be deeply missed by the entire family circle and by hosts of friends. Surviving her are a brother, John H. Baird of Rockdale, one sister, Mrs. Janie Miller, of Holmesville, six nieces and nephews, eight great nieces and nephews and several great, great nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Holmesville church on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. C.H. Skinner of the South New Berlin Baptist church officiating. Burial was in Hillside cemetery beside her husband.

Death notices

Chenango American, January 7, 1858

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Mr. Frederick Wood, aged 84 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., Mr. Simeon Rexford, aged 82 years.

Chenango American, January 14, 1858

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Miriam Carhart, aged 63 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Benjamin Hammond, aged 78 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mrs. Simeon Walker, aged 85 years.

Post Listing April 6 to 30, 2020

Listing of blog postings from April 6 to 30, 2020

Marriages

Posted April 8, 2020

Marriage Notices - 1864

     George Ladue - Cassie Mulford (Chenango Forks / Port Crane)

     S. Woodward Warren - Sarah A. Stodard (Coventry)

     George W. Miller - Mary Isabella Ross (New Berlin)

     John Gallagher - Elizabeth Welch (PA / Preston)

     Robert F. Willard - Sarah Watson (Greene)

     William H. Wells - Helen C. Levee (Norwich / Plymouth)

     William P. Sampson - Augusta Moulter (Binghamton)

     Erastus P. Smith - Floretta N. Benedict (Oxford)

     Alva W. Lyon - Mary A. Brigham (Bainbridge)

     Richard M. Birdsall - Mary M. Strobeck (Greene / Cincinnatus)

     Mr. O.B. Bruce - Katie M. Gilbert (Binghamton)

     Alton D. Root - Lydia L. Keller (Oxford)

     George C. Roberts - Helen J. Gray (Greene)

     Peter P. Merrill - Sarah J. Baker (Deposit / Chenango Forks)

     Ezra W. Hubbard - Harriet M. Keder (Greene / Rock Island, IL)

     Philo M. Patterson - Lillie Bissell (Greene / Geneva)

     Frederick Carrigon - Mary Ann Cole (Sherburne / Norwich)

     Mr. C.B. Johnson - Gertrude Louisa Dunlap (Norwich / Palmyra)

     Hascal Ransford - Josephine M. Wood (Norwich / Salina MI)

     James Keyes - Mary J. Redmond (Oxford)

     Rowland Blivin - Emily E. Steere (Preston / McDonough)

Posted April 14, 2020
James A. Wild - Mina A. Dyer (Mt. UYpton, 1925)
Dora Webster - Fred Swenson (New Berlin, 1937)
Harvey Luzerne wild - Frederica Mae Phelps (Sidney, 1925)
Roscoe & Anna Wightman (50th anniversary, 1931)
Marriage Notices - 1864
     Ezra B Wheeler - Mary A. Delamater (Greene)
     Elias Hayes - Elizabeth Lawrence (Greene / Lewisborogh)
     Mr. T.D> Parker - Addie E. Smith (Coventry)
     Norman P. Hitchcock - Betsey Havens (Pitcher)
     Cyrus A. Bacon - Catherine Kinyon (Oxford)
     Henry Davis - Libby Wild (Norwich / Coventry)
     Francis Harrington - Fida Leach (Greene / Willett)
     C. Morrel Gray - Lois I. Barber (Otselic)
     Edward H. Purdy - Carrie E. Foote (Sherburne)
     John Reynolds - Mary Lemley (Canada / Norwich)
     Henry H. Wilcox - Betsey E. Ladd (Smyrna / Lebanon)
     Merritt Thomson - Ella Brusshell (Oxford / Norwich)
     Henry A. Bradley - Emily Beebe (Guilford)
     David W. Bartle - Marcia S. Willoughby (Oxford)

Posted April 19, 2020
George Buell - Kittie Sherwood (North  Norwich, 1913)
Clifford Edwin Brooks - Edith Relyea (Hamilton, 1942)
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Bennett (25th anniversary, Plymouth, 1941)
Onofrio Biviano - Helen Michaels (Sherburne, 1941)
Marriage notices - 1864
     Francis Bowen - Emma j. Merrithew (Norwich / Guilford)
     Platt V. Hall - Louise E. Paul (Union Vale / North Norwich)
     A. Simmon Parker - Kate A. Wheeler (Coventry / Greene)
     Chauncey Hubbard - Alice A. Edgerton (Smithville)
     John Hageman 2d - Libbie J. Lowell (Chenango Forks)
     Mr. A. Booth - Sarah Rhodes (Oxford / Bainbridge)
     John B. Hebbard - Nettie H. Bentley (Sherburne / Preston)
     Gideon Lobdell - Olive Y. Cooley (Bainbridge / Guilford)

Posted April 22, 2020
Mr. and Mrs. James Miner (55th Anniversary, Oxford)
Alice Quinn - David F Lee, Jr. (Norwich, 1942)
Ruth Ellen Burdick - Merville S. Davis (Norwich, 1942)
Alton L. Keller - Elsie Bates (Sherburne, 1942)
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Coe (59th Anniversary, 1941)
Marriage Notices - 1864
     Selden Sanders - Ann J. Chandler (Colesville / Greene)
     Devello Robinson - Mary E. Bartlett (Greene)
     Daniel Campbell - Hattie Ingraham (Norwich)
     Richard S. Davenport - Cynthia h. Moore (McDonough)
     Thomas P. Webb - Betsey N. Cline (Smithville)
     Melvin H. Handy - Emeline E. Beach (Elmira / Breene)

Posted April 24, 2020
Marriage Notices - 1864
     Walter Riddell - Annis F. Herrington (Greene)
     Clarke Wilcox - Maria Biddlecome (Columbus / Mexico)
     Perry Rood - Zidana E. Green (Norwich / Guilford)
     Wiley P. Holdredge - Amelia Dibble (Smithville)
     Hobart L. Morley - Helen D. Chase (Plymouth)
     William McQueen - Alice Gertrude Barr (Norwich)
     Milton Whetherby - Mary E. Haynes (Norwich / Preston)
     Arvine S. Lewis - Sarah D. Loomis (Oxford / Smithville)
     Billings Wheeler - Mary Hartwell (Norwich / Smyrna)
     Charles H. Dimmick - Mary E. Pangburn (Norwich)
     Lorenzo Hayes - Lucy Beadle (Greene)
     Mr. M.M. Joslyn - Clara j. Terry (New Berlin / Waterville)
     Ray Isbell - Mary A. Bradly (Guilford / Morris)
     Luke Miner - Delight Frink (South Otselic / Pharsalia)
     Mr. A.D. Root - Miss Ingraham (Oxford)

Posted April 29, 2020
Marriage Notices - 1864
     James A. Watson - Sarah A. Terwilliger (Greene / Binghamton)
     Rufus J. Converse - Mary Lucretia Bingham (Coventry / Greene)
     Anthony L. Richards - Mary T. Lamb (Brooklyn / Norwich)
     Mr. D.L. Shepard - Almeda Winsor (Guilford)
     William L. Skinner - julia E. Spencer (Rockdale)
     Joseph Estabrooks - Emily Fisk (Albion / Oxford)
     Smith W. Brown - Ellen M. Lewis (Preston)
     Burr Campbell - Mary Pettis (Bainbridge)
     George H. Coxe - Margaret  J. VanNess (Milford / Greene)
     Mr. J.J. Hull - Sarah M. mead (Oxford)
     John Fletcher - Sarah B. Hawks (Georgetown)
     Mr. A.L. Bentley - Celia Champlin (Bridgewater / Columbus)
     Mr. O.L. Brooks - Mary A. Paul (Pharsalia / North Norwich)
     Hiram H. Nash - Josephine M. Smith (New Berlin / Cooperstown)
     Erastus Martin - Mary E. Gartske (Norwich)
     Lee Davis - Cornelia E. Munn (New Berlin)
     Elihu Haight - Mary Parker (Greene)
     Philander Bixby - Betsey D. Randall (Greene / Port Crane)
     Russel Dibble Jr. - Philinda Bowers (Guildord)
     James M. Ross - Frances E. Mason (Preston)
     Murates Beach - Betsey A. Smith (Greene)
     George P. Barnard - Anna B. Van Rensselaer (Grand Rapids MI / NYC)
     Henry Race - Jane E. Jacobs (Oxford)
     Dr. Blin Smith Sill - Jane Ann Chandler (Bainbridge)
     William A. Bigelow - Mary H. Johnson (NYC / Norwich)
     George W. Church - Scyndona Gleson (Smithville)
     Ledyard Brown - Eliza A. Gladding (Pitcher / Pharsalia)
 

Obituaries

Posted March 6, 2020

Flora E. Evans (Preston, 1928)

Amy J. Evans (Malone, Norwich, 1941)

Lottie A. Evans (North Norwich, 1940)

Randall B. Evans (Dunedin FL, Norwich, 1938)

Death notices - 1864

     Laura Isabel Rogers (Greene, 7y)

     Orrilla japhet (East Greene, 40y)

     Elizabeth Reynolds (Greene, 72y)

     Nelson n. Green (Guilford, 45y)  

     William Higley (Greene, 12y)

     Everitt F. Goodrich (Guilford, 21y)

     Robert PerLee (Binghamton, 4y)

     Isaac Rorapaugh (Smithville, 31y)

     John H. Brooks (New Orleans LA, Guilford, 31y)

Posted April 7, 2020
Emma Elliott (Lake George, 1943)
Ellen E. Evans (New Berlin, 1931)
Dorothy Elliott (New Berlin, 1937)
John Carey Ellsworth (New Berlin, 1934)
Edward J. Elliott (Norwich, 1941)
Death notices - 1864
     Mary A. Warner (Smithville, 24y)
     Levi A. Thompson (Guilford, 62y)
     Benjamin Harriott (Oxford, 64y)
     John Hull (Oxford, 93y)
     John Bartholomew (Oxford, 44y)
     Frank E. Lewis (Oxford, 8y)
     Oliver Babcock (Sherburne four Corners, 86y)
     Reuben Southworth (Guilford, 22y)
     Hannah Watkins (south Otselic, 63y)
     Harriet A. Salisbury (Sparta WI, Greene, 19y)

Posted April 9, 2020
Rhoda White (New Berlin, 1923)
George W. Shoales (Norwich, 1918)
Hattie Whitman (Binghamton, 1944)
Lucian White (Norwich, 1931)
Lucy Anna Bloom (Norwich, 1942)
Death Notices - 1864
     Cornelia Juliand (Greene, 58y)
     David W. Pettis (Greene, 23y)  Civil War soldier
     Elisha Crandall (Plymouth, 29y)

Posted April 10, 2020
Cornelia E. Juliand (Greene, 1864)
Mary E. Fox Wells (Norwich, 1936)
Libbie L. (Bagg) Welton (Norwich, 1930)
John Wheeler (Norwich, 1937)
Death Notices - 1864
     Aaron Stockwell (Guilford, 96y)
     Lewis H. Alling, M.D. (Smithville Flats, 33y)
     John M. Henry (Smithville, 26y)
     Henry Fray (Oxford, 88y)
     Eugene Blanchard (Bainbridge, 17y)
     Joseph Reynolds (Cortland, 79y)
     Abel Childs (Preston, 55y)
     Daniel k. Wescott, Jr., Nashville TN, Norwich, 34y)

Posted April 11, 2020
William Burnham (Canton, 1864)
Luther G. Warner (Gilbertsville, 1939)
Warren S. Warner (Norwich, 1924)
Flora (Emmons) Wilber (Unadilla, 1933)
Genevieve (Jacoby) Eaton Warren (Norwich, 1942)
Death Notices - 1894
     Amos C. Chesebro (Edmeston, 66y)
     Rev. Welcome Johnson (Corning KN, 76y)
     Charles Ervin Dickinson (Milwaukee WI, Guilford, 45y)
     Marietta Goodrich (Norwich, Pittsfield MA, 81y)
     Joseph DeMarsh (Norwich, 66y)
     David Wheeler (Oxford, 58y)
     Joseph W. Sturgeon (Greene, 53y)
     Sally Ogden (Guilford, 70y)
     Mary Holt (Columbus, 23y)

Posted April 13, 2020
Dr. Earl Wadsworth Wilcox (Norwich, 1937)
Alice G. Wells (North Norwich, 1936)
Fred Allen West (Norwich, 1936)  Truck/bus accident
Death Notices - 1864
     Hiram G. Dunn (Greene, 42y)
     Levi Parker (Coventry, 68y)
     George L. Hopkins (Norwich, 40y)
     Jeduthan Newton (Norwich, 86y)
     Kitty Smith (Norwich, 6y)
     Cora Haight (Oxford, 9y)
     Edward E. Breed (Norwich) Civil War soldier, killed in action, 114th NY Infantry
     Hezekiah Newton (Norwich) Civil War soldier, 114th NY Infantry
     Leonard R. Brown (Pharsalia) Civil War soldier, 114th NY Infantry
     Isaac Weaver (Smyrna) Civil War soldier, 5th NY Heavy Artillery
     William Cashdollar (Smyrna) Civil War soldier, 5th NY Heavy Artillery
     Eugene Blanchard (Bainbridge, 17y)
     Dr. Samuel J. Redfield (Bainbridge, Copper Falls Mine, Lake Superior, 31y)

Posted April 16, 2020
Dr. James H. Westcott (Norwich, 1939)
Frank Hervey Ellis (New Berlin, Pittsfield, 1942)
Katherine M. Welch (East Norwich, 1942)
Mae (Brown) Weaver (South New Berlin, 1925)
Death Notices - 1864
     Judson V. Boardman (Castle Creek, Greene, 14y)
     Ruth Ray (Sherburne, 83y)
     Asa W. Rhodes (Bainbridge, Oxford, 59y)
     Clark Smith (Coventry, 82y)
     Nancy Gilland (Smithville, 17y)
     Alfred B. Handy (Coventry, 3y)

Posted April 18, 2020
David W. Pettis (Greene, 1864) Civil War Soldier, 114th NY Infantry
Hannah Dunn (Rochester, 1934)
Mary A. Thurston Duroe (Norwich, 1928)
Jane Duroe (Norwich, 1928)
Dr. Earl A. Linger (Oconto WI, Norwich, 1935)
Death notices - 1864
     Orrin O. Wells (46y), Civil War Soldier, 8th NY Cavalry
     Frank M. Skillman (Smithville, 23y) civil War Soldier 114th NY Infantry
     Mary White (Norwich, 58y)
     Samuel Manworing, Civil War Soldier, 89th NYSV
     Ellen J. Herrick (East Pharsalia, 18y)
     Elizabeth Raymond (Iowa Falls, 37y)
     Jenette Warner (New Berlin, 21y)

Posted April 20, 2020
Henry Gartsee (Greene)  Civil War soldier, died at Andersonville, NY 22d Cavalry
Fayette York Civil War soldier, died at Andersonville
Ernest R. Worden (Minoa, 1948)
Irving Dietz (New Berlin, 1934) Auto accident
Minnie May Monroe (Pharsalia, 1939)
Elwyn Johnson (Pharsalia, 1939)
Death Notices - 1864
     Calvin B. Weld (Coventry, 28y) Civil War soldier, NY 114th Infantry
     Charlie Ray Farnsworth (Afton, 4y)
     Georgie W. Hutchins (Norwich, 9y)
     Mary White (Norwich, 58y)
     John Sage (North Norwich, 56y)
     Susan C. Hovey (Guilford, 27y)
     Jesse G. Davison (Richmond VA, Sherburne, 41y)

Posted April 21, 2020
DeWitt C. Northrup (Greene, 1864)
Bracy Edmonds (Norwich, Blair NB, 1937)
Addie Dyer (West Exeter, 1939)
Merle Lee Follett (Palisade NB, 1940)
Whitman Follett (North Norwich, 1938)
Death Notices - 1864
     Charles Newton (Greene, 41y)
     Charles Washburn (Oxford, 11y)
     Lucy E. Lewis (McDonough, 29y)
     Byron Terry (Guilford, 22y)
     Jerome A. Sands (Unadilla, 32y)
     Billings DeWitt (McDonough, 22y)
     Arvilla A. Fry (Pittsfield, 45y)

Posted April 23, 2020
Addison W. Worden (Minoa, Syracuse, 1944)
Mary E. Salisbury Wright (Rockdale, 1934)
Fred West (New Berlin, Norwich, 1936)  Automobile accident
Death Notices - 1864
     Elisha Franklin (Norwich, 77y)
     Lucy G. Wells (Norwich, 60y)
     Apphia Noyes (Norwich, 59y)
     Oliver D. Mead (Oxford, 20y)  Civil War soldier, 89th NYV
     Ecundo C. Brigham (McDonough, 8y)
     Charles B. Brigham (McDonough, 11y)
     Herbert R. Moore (McDonough, 3y)
     J. Leuvern Noyes (Preston, 4y)
     Charles R. miner (Preston, 12y)

Posted April 25, 2020
Henry York (Norwich, 1933)
Emma E. Putnam Goodrich (Sidney, 1925)
Death Notices - 1864
     Joseph Brown (Norwich, 82y)
     William H. DeForest (Norwich, 52y)
     Charles Washburn (Oxford, 11y)
     Mary Jane Carhart (Oxford, 35y)
     John M. Ten Broeek (Greene, 70y)
     Delos H. Robinson (Greene, 48y)
     Hannah Whitmarsh (Greene, 57y)
     Vinson Loomis (Smithville, 65y)
     William A. Miles (McDonough, 21y) Civil War soldier, 10th NY  Cavalry
     DeWitt C. Northrup (Greene, 24y)
     William Van Wagenen (Oxford, 62y)
     Mary B. Brown (Oxford, 59y)
     Wilbur F. Youngs (Oxford, 26y) Civil War soldier, 114th NY infantry
     William L. Ames (Plymouth, 25y) Civil War soldier, 7th NY Heavy Artillary

Posted April 27, 2020
Myrtle Matterson Edelman (Norwich, 1938)
Giles H. Dickinson (Binghamton, 1940)
Death Notices - 1864
     Erastus Sill (Bainbridge, 19y)  Civil War soldier, 114th NY Infantry
     Dr. W. Webber Ryder (Cooperstown, 39y)
     Judah Edward Andrews (Preston, 86y)
     Sarah M. Angell (New Berlin, 12y)
     Betsey Hubbell (Norwich, 65y)
     Charles Elmer Barber (Norwich, 5y)
     James Benedict (North Norwich, 84y)
     Dr. N.B Mead (Smyrna, 74y)
     William L. Tuttle (Oxford, 62y)

Posted April 28, 2020
Elijah Gaylord (Triangle, 1864)  Revolutionary War soldier
Marion L. Gardner (Norwich, 1939)
Xenia Anna Koot (Norwich, 1940)
Hattie Klopstock (preston, 1933)
Death notices - 1864
     Frederick Wood (Bainbridge, 84y)
     Simeon Rexford, 82y)
     Meriam Carhart (Guilford, 63y)
     Benjamin Hammond (Norwich, 78y)
     Mrs Simeon Walker (Greene, 85y)

Posted April 30, 2020
Dr. William B. Squires (Chenango Forks, 1858)
William H. Hamilton (Oxford, Brownville NB, 1858)
Hattie Dexter (New Berlin, 1933)
William Dart (Avon Park FL, Big Moose, 1934)
Death Notices - 1858
     Jesse Williams (Triangle, 82y)
     Mary Terry (Norwich, 90y)
     Rebecca Angel (Plymouth, 77y)
     Cornelia H. Hill (McDonough)
     William Henry Brown (Otselic, 41y)
     Chester Redfield (Bainbridge, 60y)
     Henry L. Dimmick (Binghamton, 26y)
     Frances A Cooke (Kirkwood, 21y)

Miscellaneous

Posted April 10, 2020

Delaware Gazette Vital Records, 1819

Posted April 12, 2020
Letter from Atlanta - September 1864
Delaware Gazette Vitals - 1820

Posted April 15, 2020
Letter from 114th NY Infantry - John C. Stoughton, October 1864

Posted April 17, 2020
The Fake Wedding, Burton Livermore - Marguerite Verreau - 1938

Posted April 26, 2020
Rejected Suitor Kidnaps Bride - July 1936

Obituaries (April 27)

Myrtle Matterson Edelman

Died February 19, 1938

Mrs. Myrtle Matterson Edelman of 119 South Broad street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] suffered fractures of both legs below the knee, possible fracture of the nose, possible fracture of the hip, lacerations about the head and shock when the Ford coupe she was driving collided head-on with a two-ton truck Friday morning at 10:15 o'clock on the Oxford highway at the spot where the road to Georgetown intersects.  Dr. William D. Mayhew of Oxford was called and took the injured woman to the Chenango Memorial Hospital where x-rays will be taken Friday afternoon.  Mrs. Edelman was driving south on the straight stretch just this side of Oxford, while the truck, owned by T.A. Johnson of North Pharsalia, and driven by his son, Bernard Johnson, was proceeding north and started to turn into the dirt road which leads to Pharsalia and Georgetown, thinking that Mrs. Edelman was also making the same turn. Both the truck and car tried to avoid the collision by turning to the left and to the right but they met head-on on the west side of the road.  The force of the collision drove Mrs. Edelman's car 21 feet back from the point of contact, telescoping the front end of the coupe. The truck rode up over the hood of the car as far as the coupe's windshield.  The driver of the truck said he was going 28 miles an hour and estimated Mrs. Edelman's speed at about 40 miles per hour.  Riding with the driver was his brother, Bud Johnson, who suffered lacerations of the nose and a bump on the forehead. Bernard Johnson, driver, injured his right hand which became badly swollen. The rescue squad of eight or nine men from the Oxford fire department was called to extricate Mrs. Edelman from the car. The coupe was so badly smashed the doors had to be forced off with crowbars in order to remove the injured woman.  Troopers James Heath and Walter Sweeney and Deputy Fay Edgarton of the sheriff's office investigated the accident.

The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle Matterson Edelman, who died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning from injuries received in an automobile accident was held from Emmanuel Episcopal Church this morning with the rector, the Rev. Lloyd S. Charters officiating. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The bearers were Paris and Warren Barnes, Charles Thayer, Dennis G. Normile, Leon Franklin and James Lucas.  The church was filled with friends and relatives including the members of Lily of the Valley Rebekah Lodge of Norwich.

Giles H. Dickinson

Died November 2, 1940

Giles H. Dickinson, 62, of 42 Riverside Drive, prominent in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] business circles for many years, was killed instantly Saturday night when he fell from an 11th story window of the Press Building.  Dr. Frank Paul Kane, Broome County coroner, announced a verdict of accidental death last night.  Dr. Kane said that Mr. Dickinson had been subject to epileptic seizures for 25 years.  The body was found on the brick courtyard 150 feet below an open window on the next to the highest floor of the building a few minutes after 6 p.m.  Mr. Dickinson, son of the late Charles M. Dickinson, who was minister to Turkey under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was a former partner of Edwin R. Weeks, who was killed by a lightning bolt last July on the Binghamton Country Club golf course.  Mrs. Elma C. White of 542 State Street, operator of an elevator in the Press Building, told Dr. Kane and police investigators that Mr Dickinson rode to the 11th floor at 6 p.m.  She said he was perspiring freely and mopping his face with a handkerchief as he bade her "good evening" and stepped from the cage to the floor where his office had been located until Oct. 1.  Seven minutes later police were notified that a body had been found on the courtyard by Mary Campbell of 113 Henry Street who was passing through an alleyway in the rear of the building.  Robert Walker of 737 Chenango Street, parking lot attendant, told investigators that he heard a dull thud on the bricks and ran around a small shed to find the body on the pavement.  Detective Thomas Broughton with Sergt. Amos Adams and patrolmen Lester Huntley and Michael O'Neil took up the investigation.  They succeeded in identifying the body.  Detective Broughton said that the only window found open on the 11th floor was at the west end of the hallway, directly above the spot where the body was found.  Mr. Dickson was treasurer of the Deacons Fund of First Presbyterian Chruch and played an active part in other religious organizations and activities.  He was a member of the Binghamton Rotary Club for many years and was president of the service club in 1924 and 1925.  For a time he was a member of the Binghamton Country Club and also was affiliated with the Y.M.C.A.  Only last Thursday he had taken part in a Rotary meeting skit.  Mr. Dickinson was a partner of Weeks and Dickinson music store since 1916 until he retired as vice president and treasurer with the death of Mr Weeks last July. After attending a preparatory school at Aurora, he entered Williams College but discontinued his studies when his father was appointed consul general to Turkey and the family left this country.  Later he returned to the United States and attended Princeton University, where he was graduated.  Mr. Dickinson's father won an international reputation for his consular service.  he was the first of five consul generals selected form 1,000 after the reorganization of 1906 and won the praise of President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root for his service. The elder Mr. Dickinson also was well known as an author and poet.  Mr. Dickinson is survived by his widow, Alice M.; a son, Charles M., manager of the Providence, R.I., IBM office; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce Messer Smith of Shanghai, China; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Allan Curtiss Hoffman of Dayton, Ohio; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Virginia and Marjory Ann Smith and two grandsons, David and Bruce Smith, all of Shanghai.  Private funeral services will be held from the family home at 42 Riverside Drive Tuesday morning at 11 a.m.

Death notices

Chenango American, December 8, 1864

In Jarvis U.S. Hospital, Baltimore, on the 2d ult., Erastus [Sill], son of Blin S. Sill, M.D. of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 19 years of the 114th Reg.

In Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], on the 23d ult, of pulmonary consumption, Dr. W. Webber Ryer, formerly of Plymouth, Me., aged 39 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., Mr. Judah Edward Andrews, aged 86 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., Sarah M. [Angell], daughter of George and Abigal Angell, aged 12 years, 7 months and 10 days.

Chenango American, December 22, 1864

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Betsey [Hubbell], wife of Ira Hubbell, aged 65 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Chas. Elmer [Barber], son of Chas. Barber, aged 5 years and 6 months.

In North Norwich, on the 6th inst.  Mr. Jas. Benedict, aged 84 years.

In Quincy, Ill., Nov. 29th, Doct. N.B .Mead, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], aged 74 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Wm. L. Tuttle, aged 62 years.

Rejected Suitor Kidnaps Bride - 1936

Rejected Suitor Kidnaps Bride

July 1936

Toy Gun used in kidnapping

"Threatening Weapon" revealed as cap pistol.

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Gus Turkett, the Middleburg Lochinvar who came to Norwich and carried off the bride-to-be of another, Miss Ora Wager, 25 year old rural school teacher, "for her own good," as he put it in statements made to authorities, was to be arraigned today in city court on charges of assault, first degree; kidnaping and illegal entry.  

Facing similar charges as a result of the now celebrated "love snatch" is the school teacher's uncle, Roscoe Coons, according to Norwich police, who locked him up in a cell here last night after bringing him back from Schoharie County, where he was apprehended by state police.

After Turkett's arrest, both he and Miss Wager made statements to District Attorney, Glen Carter, describing events after the former broke through a window of Floyd Phetteplace's home, 1 Turner st., where the school teacher boarded, and forced her to leave with him at the point of a toy pistol.

The prosecutor said that both statements were similar in substance and differed only in minor details.  He said both principals in the "snatch" told of driving to Middleburg immediately after leaving the Phetteplace home and stopping first at the home of the teacher's aunt, Miss Ida Wager.  Then a stop was made at the home of the young woman's father, George Wager, and after a family council, immediate return to Norwich "to smooth things over" was decided upon on the school teacher's promise that she would call off her impending wedding Saturday to Melvin Morse of Norwich, Gus' rival, according to the district attorney's account of the statements.  The prosecutor said that when Turkett was asked for his motive in kidnaping the young woman that he responded it was "for her own good," but could give no reasons why her marriage to Morse should be postponed.

Her uncle, Roscoe Coons, was named as a motivating factor in the "snatch" by authorities, who said he had "egged Turkett on" in the sensational attempt to halt the marriage, scheduled to have taken place quietly tomorrow at Montrose, Pa.  Whether the young woman will go through with her wedding plans now is undetermined, but Norwich police said she was accompanied back to Middleburg late yesterday by her accepted suitor, and apparently thought little of her promise to call off the ceremony, which was made "under pressure."  Fear of her life was expressed by Miss Wager, Norwich police said, after she learned that her alleged kidnaper would probably be released under bond until his arraignment, which was done early last night.

Adding to the complications of the episode was discovery of a marriage certificate recording Turkett's previous marital ties to a Georgia Girl in his suitcase, according to Norwich authorities.  The Middleburg man, however, told officials that he plans to procure a divorce in order to marry the young teacher, with whom he said he had kept company "more than four years."  In Miss Wager's statement to the district attorney, she was quoted as saying she broke off her friendship with Turkett several weeks ago and had been seeing Morse the last three months.

District Attorney Carter said Turkett denied using a gun in carrying off Miss Wager from her room, but she charged that he did.  A toy pistol, that bore a close resemblance to an actual weapon, was found in Turkett's possession after his arrest Norwich police said, and is believed to have been the same flourished at the Phetteplace home.  He told authorities he had bought the toy gun to give to a young friend for use in celebrating the Fourth of July.

Search for Miss Wager after the "love snatch" extended into eight states before her appearance at Norwich police headquarters with information as to the whereabouts of her captor at Ye Old Polke tavern in Polkville, where he was arrested by Norwich police.

Phetteplace made the assault charge against Turkett shortly after the "snatch" and the kidnaping warrant was issued yesterday by City Judge Theodore C. Bonney upon further information furnished by the householder who was roughly pushed aside by the young woman's rejected suitor before the abduction was effected.

Coons was said by authorities to have been waiting in a car outside the Phetteplace home for Turkett at the time and to have driven away with him and the school teacher after she was carried, screaming, out of the house from her bedroom.  Fully clothed at the time, the young woman gave Turkett a merry chase through rooms of the Phetteplace home, despite sight of a gun, according to the authorities, before his disappointed lover managed to overtake her, lift her in his arms and clamber out with her through the window he had entered.  

"If she wants to marry Morse, it's alright with me now.  I won't stand in her way. I want her to be happy, that's all.  If she drops the charges, I'll leave the county or do anything she says.  But she doesn't love that other fellow."  He broke off at that point to turn abruptly to his questioner and ask "Why say, if you know a guy for a couple of months, could you tell you loved him?"

Turkett doesn't deny that he is already married, but he says, Miss Wager knew that,.  He continued:  "She has known it from the first. She also knew that I haven't been living with my wife since 1928.  Ora and I were engaged, we still are engaged, for that matter, and I won't believe the engagement is broken until she's married to someone else."

First hint that the young school teacher was planning to marry someone else, Turkett said, came from her father.  "I've been just like one of the family in Middleburg," he said.  "Her father mentioned Ora's getting married in June.  I knew then that something was wrong.  I knew I couldn't marry her, and then I knew it must be the other fellow.  Sure, I knew she was going with him.  But she explained to me that he didn't mean a thing to her, and we mean everything to each other.  I know she loves me, and I know that I love her. She knows, too, but I only hope she doesn't do anything out of spite.  I want to see her happy, that's all, but gee--I wish I could marry her myself."

Melvin Morse and Miss Ora Wager

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Rejected and dejected, Gus Tukett, 36-year-old Middleburg Romeo, sat in his cell in the Norwich police station last night and professed his love for the young school teacher whose attempted kidnaping landed him behind the bars.  "I'd marry her today, this minute, if I could," he stoutly affirmed.

In the meantime, Miss Ora Wager, 25-year-old district school teacher, center of the kidnaping plot, was on her way back to Middleburg with her fiancé, Melvin Morse, Norwich grocery clerk, her father and her aunt.  Before leaving she visited Turkett at his cell, promising her aid, and then, according to police went outside and told an officer.  "If he gets out on bail, my life isn't worth a nickel."

Turkett however, isn't ready to believe that Miss Wager intends to go through with her plans for marrying the grocer.  He said: "Why, she can't love him, because, you see, she loves me. We haven't missed a Friday or a Saturday night date in the four years we have known each other. We've stuck by each other through thick and thin, and I know she'll see me through now."

Gus Turkett

Ora Wager Marries

Chenango Telegraph, July 7, 1936

Ora Wager, 25-year-old district school teacher, who was kidnaped last  Wednesday night from the home of Floyd Phetteplace, 1 Turner street, returned to this city Sunday night about 8 o'clock with her new husband, Melvin Morse of Coombs street. The couple were married Saturday noon at the Broad Street M.E. parsonage by Rev. Scott pastor of the church.  Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall of Norwich attended the pair.  Shortly after the ceremony the bride and groom left on their wedding trip. They went through Schenectady and Troy and stopped at Bennington, Vermont. they also visited relatives of Mr. Morse in Greenwich, N.Y.  The couple were to have been married in Montrose, Pa., but changed their plans after the now famous kidnaping.  for the present they will make their home at the Phetteplace residence on Turner street.