Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, September 28, 1837
Deaths
On the 25th of August last, near Peoria (Illinois) Mr. Lewis Squires aged 60 years, and on the 6th inst. Mr. Barzilai Gray aged 36 years. In noticing the death of these individuals, we are forcibly reminded of the uncertainty of life. Mr. Squires was one of our most respected citizens, having been a resident of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] from an early day. About a year since he removed to the state of Illinois, where he has now been called to bid adieu to all earthly scenes. Mr. Gray was reared in our midst and bid fair for a long life of usefulness. He bade us adieu with prospects truly flattering. But the destroyer came, and the earth now covers his remains.
At Fairfield (Conn.) on the 20th instant, Samuel Rowland, Esq. father of the Rev. Mr. Rowland, of Union in this county [Broome Co. NY], in the 69th year of his age.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, October 5, 1837
Death
Died at New Orleans on the 13th ult., Mr. William Wallace Whitney, son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], aged 27 years. The deceased was for many years afflicted by a pulmonary complaint, which induced him to spend most of his time in southern climates. Since his marriage with the daughter of the late Daniel Clark, of New Orleans, he has been assiduously engaged in prosecuting her claims to the immense estate left by her father. He was so engaged at the time of his last and fatal sickness by the yellow fever.
Mr. Whitney, at an early period of his life, gave promise of superior moral and intellectual attainments and, although his progress was greatly checked by disease, he nevertheless acquired such a fund of general and useful information as well fitted him for all the duties and associations of refined life. He moreover possessed in a high degree those manly and social virtues which secured to him the respect of strangers and endeared him to his friends. Few of any age have left this world more faultless than the subject of this imperfect tribute and the memory of his virtues will long be cherished in the place of his nativity. He has left an amiable widow and two interesting children, now in New Orleans, who will receive in a peculiar degree the sympathies of a numerous circle of relatives and friends.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, October 19, 1837
Deaths
Died in the town of Conklin [Broome Co. NY] on Sunday last, of consumption, Mr. Lucius D. Russ aged 17 years and 7 months.
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The death of Mr. Wm. Wm. Whitney formerly of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] is thus noticed in the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin:
"He was born in the year 1810 in Broome County in the State of New York, and was the son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of Binghamton in that State. He has left a bereaved wife and two children to mourn an irreparable loss. The deceased came to this city about three years ago, for the purpose of prosecuting the claim of his wife, as the legal heir of the late Daniel Clarke, to a very large estate; to recover which a suit is now pending here, in the United States District Court.
He was preparing to leave the city for the purpose of returning to New York, but-- "Death rides on every passing breeze, / He lurks in every flower, / Each season has its own disease, / Its peril every hour."
The most regular and exemplary habits have marked his sojourn in this city, and though he mingled but little in society or the busy scenes of life, yet it may afford some consolation to his absent friends to know, that notwithstanding he sleeps among strangers, the mildness of his disposition and suavity of manners had won for him many friends who mourn his premature fate, and in whose memory he will long live. The subject of this notice, as a son and a brother, was all the relation required - as a husband, affectionate and tender - as a father, kind and indulgent - as a friend, ardent and sincere.
He possessed the finest natural endowments and received all the advantages of an early education. He cherished the utmost philanthropy and his greatest ambition was to do good. From these qualities his family and friends had treasured in their bosoms, the most sanguine hopes of his rising worth and usefulness. To commemorate the virtues of the dead is a duty which we owe not only to them, but to the living, and this we can only do by recording the amiable qualities of those who have descended to the tomb not only as an example to those who survive but as a gratification to the friends and relatives of departed worth. Actuated by a desire to perform the last sacred attachment, the writer feels a gloomy pleasure in attempting to call to mind those engaging features of character which bound together in ties of friendship and love, hearts which have only been separated for a time by the relentless hand of death. If the friends of the deceased mourn, it is not without hope; for they believe they shall be united to him again in regions of unalloyed felicity, the animating hope of this life and the glorious promise of the next."
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, October 26, 1837
Deaths
Died in this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Monday morning last, Mr. Albert Orser aged about 42 years.
At Sherman, St. Joseph's County, Michigan, on the 10th inst. Mr. James McKinney, postmaster at that place and formerly of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY].
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, July 27, 1878
Deaths
OLNEY: In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] on the 23d inst., Hon. Josiah G. Olney, aged 86 years.
Another of the old "landmarks" has gone - a pioneer has fallen. Mr. Olney died on the 23d inst. at the advanced age of 86, at his home where he had lived for seventy years or more. By his death the last connecting link in the town of Columbus between the past and present generation is broken. He was a man of culture, a friend of education, an apt teacher, an honest man "the noblest work of God." While he made little pretension to religion, his life was full of its fruits. The poor always found relief at his hands. Benevolence, just dealing, the promotion of peace, marked his course in life. He represented his county in the Assembly in 1839 and held various offices of honor and trust in his town. Few live so many years and leave a better record. As a result of his frugality, a handsome estate is left to his heirs. T.G.L.
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Mr. Alonzo Van Wagner of this town died July 16, 1878, aged 66 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Mr. Van Wagner was born in Dutchess Co. N.Y. July 22, 1811 and came to Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] in 1829, where he has since lived an honored citizen and kind and obliging neighbor. For the last ten years he has been a great sufferer from a painful disease which has slowly but surely carried him to the grave. He was converted to God many years ago and though not identifying himself with any religious body has been interested in the prosperity of Zion. He has been anxious for some time to receive his summons to depart and has found his trial in waiting God's time Truly for him "to die" was "gain." He leaves a family, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. B.F.M. Sherburne, N.Y., July 26, 1878
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