Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 5, 1877
Deaths
BOSWORTH: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 1st, Mrs. Betsy Bosworth, mother of H.C. and J.P. Bosworth, aged 77 years.
CONEY: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 1st, at the residence of Charles B. Brooks, Mrs. Betsy Coney, aged 88 years.
COY: In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], June 26th, Mr. Monroe Coy, aged 33 years and 10 days.
CHANDLER: In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], June 21st, Mrs. Deborah Chandler, widow of the late Hiram Chandler, aged 67 years.
WOOD: Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY: We forgot last week to mention the death of Seaborn Wood, which occurred here recently, at the age of sixty-eight years.
MUDGE: Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY: In our notice last week, of the death of Mrs. Mudge, an error makes it appear that she spent a large share of her life in this village. It should have been valley. She never was a resident of this village, so far as we know.
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COOK: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 26th, of scarlet fever, Daniel Cook, aged 2 years and 5 months, youngest son of Daniel B. and Maggie Cook.
Parents, you loved your darling, / With love that is untold; /But Jesus loved him better, / And took him to his fold.
You miss your little Dannie, / His loss you deeply feel; / But Jesus will sustain you, / And all your sorrows heal.
And when this life is ended, / And all your trials o'er, / You'll meet your little Dannie, / Where parting is no more.
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BROWN: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 1st Mr. Erasmus Brown, aged 60- years.
Again we are called upon to announce the death of an old and esteemed citizen, one who has for many years been identified with the interests and prosperity of our village. Erasmus Brown died at his residence, about one o'clock on Sunday morning, aged sixty years.
Deceased was born in Groton, New London County, Conn., in 1817. May 1st, 1835, he, in company with his brother, E.L. Brown, and their cousin, Coddington B. Brown, came to this village and commenced the blacksmithing business in the stone shop on East Main Street, which they rented of Levi Ray. Here they carried on business together for five years, during which time they filled a contract for making the iron work for the aqueducts, locks and bridges on this section of the Chenango Canal, then being constructed, extending a distance of some ten miles. Later, they erected a shop on a vacant lot owned by Charles York, on the same ground now occupied [In 1877] by the residence of the deceased, where they continued in business. A few years later they separated, and the shop was moved back to give place to Mr. Brown's residence and is now [in 1877] occupied as a barn on the premises. A large wagon shop standing near the blacksmith shop, just south of it, was also moved back, and occupied by deceased for many years in prosecuting his trade. C.B. Brown, better known as "Major" , built a wagon shop east of the present residence of Dr. Bruchhausen on South Broad Street, where he conducted carriage making for many years. Deceased left the blacksmithing business about the year 1850 and entered into the carriage and harness hardware trade with Hiram Goodrich, some four years later, his brother, E.L. Brown, purchased the interest of Mr. Goodrich, and the business was conducted in the firm name of E.&E.L. Brown, for a period of thirteen years, when they were burned out by the fire which occurred on South Main Street, in the spring of 1868. Since that time, deceased had not been engaged in active business.
No one could have been taken from our midst whose death would have been more generally mourned, and none with fewer enemies. "A good man has gone," is the expression on all sides. Quiet and unostentatious, yet genial in his manner, correct in matters of business, of the strictest integrity and always ready to aid in matters of public enterprise, he will be missed by all classes. Nearly two years since he suffered from a shock, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. During the past few months, he was evidently failing in health and but a few weeks since returned from a trip south, from which he hoped to derive benefit. He was confined to his house but a little more than a week previous to his death, his sickness terminating in Bright's disease of the kidneys.
His funeral was largely attended on Tuesday morning, Rev. Mr. Haynes of the Baptist church, officiating. The officers of the Bank of Norwich attended in a body, deceased having been for years a stockholder in that institution and was, upon the death of the late N.B. Hale, chosen one of its Directors. The banking house was appropriately draped in mourning after his death.
He leaves a widow, but no children; with one brother, E.L. Brown, and two sisters, Mr. H. Scofield and Mrs. S.P. Pierce, all residing in this village.
At a meeting of the Directors of the National Bank of Norwich held at the Banking house on the second day of July 1877, the fact of the death of Erasmus Brown, of the said Board of Directors, was brought to the notice of the Board, and the following Resolutions were proposed and were unanimously adopted:
Resolved: that it is with sorrow that we meet once more with our numbers broken, and are called upon to note that one more of our businessmen has been taken from us by death. That in the death of Erasmus Brown we recognize the loss of a man remarkable for his quiet yet earnest business qualities and scrupulous honesty; a man solicitous for the prosperity of all that pertained to this village and its institutions.
Resolved: That we are reminded by this Providence coming so closely upon previous breaches in our ranks, that this life and its associations are but for a moment, and that He who doeth all things well directeth according to his own pleasure and that our plans come to nothing.
Resolved: That we tender to the family of our deceased associate our sympathies in this hour of sorrow and bereavement and that a copy of these Resolutions be forwarded to them, and to the press for publication.
Resolved: That in a body we will attend the funeral services of our deceased associate.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 4, 1877: DIED: In this village, on Sunday morning the 1st inst., Erasmus Brown, aged sixty years.
The above announcement will grate harshly and suddenly upon the ears of many of our people who have not been cognizant of the fact of Mr. Brown's rapid decline, and many will stop to drop a tear at the departure of a truly good man.
Mr. Brown was born in Groton, New London Co., Conn., in 1817, and removed to this village in 1835, when he engaged with his brother Erastus L. in the blacksmithing business in the old stone shop on East Street. During this time, they attained quite a prominence in their business. They furnished among other large operations the iron work for the locks, bridges and aqueducts on the Chenango Canal. They continued at blacksmithing until 1850, when they sold out and embarked in the saddlery and harness hardware business, embracing with it a silver-plating department. This they carried on quite extensively until 1866, when they were burned out by the disastrous fire which swept all the business places south of the Crawley building. Since that time Erasmus has been in no business, having been fortunate enough in his ventures to be able to retire.
During his retiracy he has devoted himself to quiet and unostentatious deeds of charity and benevolence and he always cheerfully bore his share of the public burthens. Up to a very late period he has been in usual good health. Sometime last year he began to notice signs of approaching disease and recently made a trip to Washington and other Southern points in the hope that change of climate would bring the glow of health again. In this he was mistaken, and he had returned but a short time before his symptoms became alarming, his disease proving to be Bright's disease of the kidneys in advanced stage. It baffled the skill of our physicians and a little over a week ago he was confined to the house and on Sunday morning he quietly and peacefully passed over the river. He was a kind and affectionate husband, a true friend a good citizen and an honest man. He died as he had lived, beloved and respected by our entire community.
Upon the death of Mr. N.B. Hale a few months since, his place was filled as director of the Bank of Norwich by the selection of Mr. Brown. Little did any think then that his would be the next vacancy to be filled.
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MEAD: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 29th, 1877, Mrs. Celinda Mead, widow of Allen Mead, aged 70 years.
Mrs. Mead was born in North Norwich, June 10th, 1807. Soon after becoming the wife of the late Allen Mead, they took up their residence in this village. Mr. Mead passed away a few years since, esteemed and respected by the entire community. Mrs. Mead now joins him, after a brief but painful separation, in those mansions prepared for such as they, where there can be no more of sickness, of separation or of death. She was the mother of a large and interesting family of children, whom she brought up with conscientious fidelity in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. A devoted Christian, she sought the good and happiness of all around her, whether of her own household or not. Always attractive and winning in her ways, she was all her life the center of a large circle of attached and devoted friends, some of whom have gone before, but many of whom remain to cherish her memory and dwell upon her virtues. Her departure is the source of anguish to the hearts of children, associates and neighbors, but to her it is not merely release from pain and sickness, but the opening of a new, a brighter and a happier career of glory above. Wherefore let us humbly say, in love to her, even while we strew tears and flowers upon her grave. God's will be done!
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 4, 1877: MEAD: In this village, on the 29th ult., after a lingering illness, Mrs. Celinda [Mead} widow of the late Allen Mead and mother of Henry Mead and Mrs. Theodore Hill, aged 70 years.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 4, 1877
Death
FLOWERS: In Plymouth, April 30th, at the residence of Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Clarie Flowers, aged 37 years.
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