Obituaries (Hu) MHD Collection

 

Charles E. Humiston, 80, of Martin Hill Road, died suddenly Tuesday at 1 pm at his home.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Adelbert Haines, of Binghamton, and Mrs. Stanley Kinter, of Martin Hill Road; a sister, Myrtle Keech, of Binghamton; two brothers, Bert Humiston, of Gaines, Pa., and H. Ward Humiston, of Denver, Colo.; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to the William R. Chase & Son Funeral Home, 44 Exchange St., where friends may call Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.  [MHD notation:  d. Aug. 25, 1953]

 

Charles N. Humiston, who until recently was a resident of Belden [Broome Co., NY], met with a fatal accident at Lanesboro Saturday evening.  Mr. Humiston had recently moved to Susquehanna and secured a position in the Erie machine shops.  Last week he returned to Harpursville to transact some business and was on his way home when the accident happened.  At Centre Village he boarded the evening passenger train which is due in Lanesboro at 8:45.  Arriving at his destination he was in the act of getting off, carrying a bundle under one arm and a jar of butter under the other.  Those who saw him as he was getting off say the train started before he alighted on the platform and in doing so threw him underneath and his right leg was crushed under the wheels.  He was picked up and taken to his home where Dr. Seth Miller of Lanesboro and Dr. Simmons of Susquehanna amputated the limb just below the knee.  He rallied from the operation and lived until Tuesday afternoon when he died.  Mr. Humiston was 42 years of age and leaves a wife and one son about two years old; also a mother and three brothers; Arthur, Ernest and Emmett, all of Belden.  The remains will be brought to this place today by undertaker Kark and the funeral held in the Baptist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after which the burial will occur in the Pratt cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY] near where he has lived for many years.   [MHD notation:  d. 1901]

 

Mrs. Hattie Humiston, 87, of Harpursville, R.D.1 [Broome Co., NY], died Wednesday morning at Conamore Nursing Home, Bainbridge, after a long illness.  She is survived by a son, Lawrence J. of Harpursville R.D.1; a daughter, Mrs. Alta N. Smith; a granddaughter, Dorothy Smith, both of Greenwich, N.Y.  She was a member of Harpursville Methodist Church, a Gold Star mother, and an honorary member of the Clifford Holmes Post American Legion Auxiliary of Afton.  Funeral services will be held at the Harpursville Methodist Church Saturday at 2:00 p.m.  The Rev. Charles Sabin will officiate.  Burial will be in the Nineveh Cemetery, Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. March 26, 1952]

 

Mrs. Sarah A., widow of the late Emmett D. Humiston, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl Case, on March 21st, aged 59 years.  She is survived by her only child, Mrs. Case.  The funeral was held at the home Monday, March 24th, Rev. R.E. Austin officiating.  The burial was in the Pratt cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY] under the direction of J.A.Kark & Son.  She was highly respected and beloved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed in our community.  [MHD notation:  d. 1913]

 

Mrs. Susan Humiston, wife of the late Charles Humiston, died on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1911, at the home of her son Ernest Humiston, who occupies the homestead where the family has lived for a number of years.  Mrs. Humiston was born in the town of Colesville near Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] April 26, 1830.  Her whole life has been spent within a few miles of her childhood home.  She was the daughter of William and Margaret Schouten and was the last survivor of a large family.  She leaves two sons, Arthur of Belden and Ernest of Herd Factory.  Deceased was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need.  For years she has been a great sufferer from that dread disease, cancer.  She bore her affliction with fortitude and patience.  She will long be remembered by a large circle of friends.

 

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Chauncey Hungerford died very suddenly of heart trouble on March 20th, aged 75 years 10 months.  He was born and always lived in this place, and was very much respected by all who knew him.  He was a kind and loving father and will be missed by a large circle of friends.  He leaves a wife and two sons; C.D. Hungerford and Dudley Hungerford, and Mrs. Myron Cohoon and a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss.  The funeral was held April 2d at his home with Rev. J. Hansen officiating and the remains were laid to rest in the Greene cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. 1906]

 

A telephone message reached this place Tuesday stating that Chauncey D. Hungerford died March 9th with pneumonia and heart trouble.  He was 52 years and 4 months old.  He was a kind husband, a loving father and very much respected by all who knew him.  The funeral was held at his late home in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on Friday at one o'clock Rev. A.W. Cooper officiating and the remains were laid to rest in the Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  He leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. Rolland Pratt, of Greene; one sister, Mrs. Myron Cohoon, of Chenango Bridge; one brother, Dudley Hungerford, of India Brook, and a large circle of relatives. 

 

Arthur E. Hunt of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], a native of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] and well known in the eastern sections of this township, was fatally injured on Main street in Afton last Thursday when he was struck down by an automobile of the Rev. Clifford E. Webb, pastor of the Presbyterian church as he alighted from the car of a Binghamton tire salesman with whom he had accepted a ride from the south end of the village to his home.  As Hunt alighted from the car he stepped directly into the minister's machine which was coming from the opposite direction and was hurled to the pavement.  He was rushed to the Binghamton City hospital where he died several hours later.  His injuries consisted of a crushed skull and fractures of the left shoulder, arm and jaw.  Funeral services were held from his home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and from the Presbyterian church at 2:30.  Mr. Hunt was born at Coventry about 60 years ago, the son of David Nelson and Eloise Calkins Hunt.  His ancestors were among the early settlers of Coventry and were active in the social, religious and political life of the town.  Following his marriage to Maude Nevins, he settled on a small farm, adjoining the farm of his father, near Coventryville.  Later he moved to Afton where his two sons attended Afton Academy and later went to college and graduated.  He is survived by his wife, a son Kenneth, of Newark, N.J., and a son Donald, employed at the I.B.M. at Endicott; an uncle, Frank Hunt of Newark, N.J., and an aunt, Mrs. E.H. Wheeler of Killawog.  Mr. Hunt was a member of the Presbyterian church, Afton, and the Masonic order....

The license of the Rev. Clifford E. Webb, pastor of the Afton Presbyterian church, was restored at a hearing held by Deputy Barnard Schmidt of the Motor Vehicle Bureau Thursday into the accident in which Arthur H. Hunt of Afton was killed by the Webb car.  A sworn affidavit of Donald P. Halsey who was a witness to the accident was offered as evidence in the case.  Mr. Halsey stated that he had picked up Mr. Hunt at a garage in Afton and had taken him to his home on Main street.  He stopped at the east curb and let Mr. Hunt out.  As he got out, he added, Mr. Hunt went around the back of the car and that was the last he saw of him until he heard a screeching of brakes and saw Mr. Hunt's body flying through the air.  Mr. Webb testified that he and his wife were proceeding south on Main street.  There was a car parked on the east curb of the street and one coming from the south.  As he passed the oncoming car, he stated, Mr. Hunt started to cross the street running directly into the side of his car.  [Binghamton Press, Dec. 20, 1935]

Donald Hunt of Afton has brought an action against the Rev. Clifford Webb, pastor of the Afton Presbyterian church, as administrator of the estate of his father, the late Arthur Hunt, to recover $15,000 damages for the father's death, which followed injuries received when he was struck by an automobile operated by Mr. Webb.  The accident occurred at about noon on October 17, 1935.  [The Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown, NY, Oct. 23, 1936]

 

Elmer Hunt, aged 23 years, died at his home, 44 Lydia street, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning.  He is survived by his wife and one son, Clayton Hunt; his father, George Hunt of Alabama; his mother, Mrs. George Hunt of 46 Winding Way, city, and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Geide, of Harrison street, Ruby, Ethel and Jessie Hunt of 46 Winding Way.  the funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home.  Rev. W.E. Davis will officiate.  Burial will be in Spring Forest Cemetery [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. May 21, 1916]

 

Mrs. Maude L. Hunt, 76, formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], after a long illness.  She is survived by two sons, Kenneth E. Hunt of Pompton Plains, N.J., and Donald N. Hunt of Bloomfield, N.J., two granddaughters, Mrs. Marjorie Hinlien of Syracuse and Miss Donna A. Hunt of Bloomfield; a grandson, Kenneth E. Hunt, Jr., of Pompton Plains; a great-grandson, Christopher Heinlien of Syracuse; a niece, Mrs. Florence Lockwood, and a nephew, Harold Slater, both of Afton.  The body was removed to the Karschner Funeral Home in Afton where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.  [MHD notation:  d. July 3, 1959]

Grover Cleveland Visits Bainbridge, 1884

 

 Grover Cleveland Visits Bainbridge

 Chenango Union, Sept. 18, 1884

 

A great crowd greeted Governor Cleveland as he passed through Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday on his return from the State Fair.  He was introduced to the people by Hon. Elliot Danforth, who spoke of him as New York's fearless, honest Governor.  The Governor thanked the people for the splendid reception tendered him and shook hands with many of our citizens, chatting pleasantly with the school children who had marched in a body from the academy to show their respects to the chief executive of our State.  Showers of bouquets were thrown at the Governor.  The children all seemed eager to shake hands with Governor Cleveland, who in return had a smile and a pleasant word for each.  Bainbridge feels quite enthusiastic over the event as it is not often that a nominee for the highest office within the gift of the people comes to our town and is presented to the people, and as the train drew out of the station the Governor was seen on the platform bowing his acknowledgements, while rousing cheers filled the air.

 

Note:   New York Governor Grover Cleveland's visit to Bainbridge occurred during the Presidential election campaign of 1884.  He would be victorious in the election and go on to serve two presidential terms (1885-1889, 1893-1897). 


Obituaries (Ho, Hu) MHD Collection

 

William A. Hovey, well-known resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for a number of years, died last Friday, Feb. 6, at the home of his son, Paul Hovey.

 

Mrs. Olive L. Howell, 73, of 1 Hawley Street, died at 6:25 p.m. Sunday at the Binghamton City  Hospital.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eva Robinson, of Binghamton; a brother, William Hawkins, of Great Bend, Pa.; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.  The body was removed to the William R. Chase and Son Funeral Home, 41 Exchange Street, where friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  d. Nov. 5, 1950]

 

Burton L. Howland, 58, of Barbourville, near Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], died suddenly from an apparent heart attack, Monday morning.  He is survived by his wife, Olive; a daughter, Arlene; a brother, Clifford, all of Barbourville; a sister, Mrs. Maude H. Shaver, of Walton; also several nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to his home, where friends are invited to call, and where Deposit Lodge 396, F.&A.M. will conduct their ritualistic services Wednesday at 8 pm.  Arrangements by Keys & Guy, Deposit.  [MHD notation:  d. Oct. 20, 1947]

Mrs. Hallie Cartledge Howland, 72, of 28 Kirby Street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died Friday morning, Apr. 6, 1956, at the Bainbridge Hospital.  She is survived by her husband, Orla; two daughters, Mrs. Marshall Andrews and Mrs. Herman Weissflog, and five grandchildren, all of Bainbridge; a sister, Mrs. R.J. Wilkinson, of Kenmore; a brother, Thomas W. Cartledge, of Binghamton, and a nephew and several cousins.  She was a member of the Bainbridge Baptist Church, and formerly sang in its choir and taught in its Sunday School.  The body was moved to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home, 58 West Main Street, Bainbridge, where services were held Monday afternoon....

John Wesley Howland died at his home on Pruyn Hill, October 7, 1926.  Mr. Howland had been in poor health for some time, but his recovery had been earnestly hoped for.  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Howland, was born in Laurens [Otsego Co., NY], October 7, 1855, but had lived in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,  NY] approximately forty years.  He had long been a member of the Baptist church.  His funeral was held Sunday October 10, at his late home, conducted by his pastor, Rev. R.B. Whitman.  Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Besides his wife M. De Ella Coss he leaves to mourn his loss, two sons, G.E. Howland and O.F. Howland, both of this village, and a large number of relatives and friends.

Grade Crossing Mishap:  Mrs. Ella Hoyte and children, Bessie, 10, and Edwin, 14, were killed when their car was hit last night at a grade crossing of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.  Two other children were injured, one critically.  The family had been returning from church services.  [The Kingston Daily Freeman, Oct. 22, 1956]

HOYTE--The triple funeral of Mrs. Ella Hoyte, her son Edwin Hoyte and her daughter, Bessie Hoyte will be held at the William R. Chase & Son Funeral Home, 44 Exchange St., Binghamton, Thursday at 2 pm.  The Rev. Milton E. Pierpoint will officiate.  Burial will be in Chenango Valley Cemetery [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 pm, and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.  [October 1956]

Johnson City:  Lawrence Hoyte, 17, Whitney Point, died in a hospital Wednesday of injuries suffered Oct. 21 when a Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad freight train struck his car killing three members of his family.  His mother, Ella Hoyte, 43, a brother, Edwin, 14, and a sister, Bessie, 11, were killed instantly.  [North Tonawanda, NY Evening News, Nov. 1, 1956]

A Whitney Point railroad crossing where four members of a family were fatally injured last Oct. 21 was described as a "dangerous hazard" at a State Public Service Commission (PSC) hearing in Binghamton yesterday.  Town of Triangle Supervisor Carlton R. Bird joined DL&W Railroad officials in testifying before G.W. Knapp, PSC hearing examiner, that the grade-level, Liberty Street crossing is a threat to safety.  The DL&W has petitioned the PSC for permission to close the crossing.  Railroad officials who testified at the hearing in County Courtroom included R.M. Jones, Scranton division superintendent; Robert McCann, agent at Whitney Point, and Roy Puls, assistant signals superintendent.  In the October accident, Mrs. Ella Hoyte, a 43-year-old Whitney Point area widow, and three of her five children were fatally injured.  Another child was injured and a fifth was not in the car.  According to state police, the Hoyte car was stopped on the crossing at night when it was struck by a southbound freight.  Claims totaling $525,000 have been filed against the Village of Whitney Point in Surrogate's Court on behalf of the dead members of the Hoyte family and the daughter who was injured.  The claims allege "concurrent negligence" by the DL&W and the village in failing to erect warning signs at the crossing and in permitting a "dangerous situation" to exist....[Binghamton Press, Feb. 21, 1957]

Leonard R. Hoyte, 12, of Page Brook Road, Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday afternoon by accidental drowning.  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ella Hoyte; three brothers, Kenneth, Lawrence and Edwin Hoyte, two sisters, Arlene and Bessie Hoyte; his grandfather, Fred Hoyte, all of Greene; his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Travis of Endicott.  The body was moved to the Harry R. Rogers Funeral Home, Greene, where friends may call until Saturday noon.  [Binghamton Press, July 17, 1953]

Charles A. Hubbard, aged 34 years, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bodley, early Wednesday morning after a long illness.  Besides the parents, deceased is survived by his wife, May LeSure Hubbard of Afton [Chenango Co., NY]; two brothers, Archie Jamison and Erford Bodley.  The funeral was held from the home Friday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. C.A. Hubbell of Walton, assisted by S.B.D. Belden, officiated.  Mrs. L.M. Keech, Mrs. William Baker and T.B. Lippincott sang "Shall We Meet Beyond the River," and "Some Day We'll Understand."  The bearers were B. Charles Harpur, Leo Dimorier, Gilbert Demeree and Eugene Lovejoy....[MHD notation:  d. Feb. 1913]

Word has been received of the death of Clifford Hodgins of Detroit, Mich.  He will be remembered as the husband of Miss Eva Bodley, formerly of this place.  [MHD notation:  d. Feb. 1941]

Gailord Hull died Tuesday morning at his home in Afton.  He is survived by his wife, Mercy Hull.  The funeral will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at his home.  The Rev. D.M. Geddes will officiate.  Burial will be in Newark Valley [Tioga Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. 1926]

 

In Loving Memory of Mercy Stowell Hull:  In the early morning of a June day, one year ago, while she was still sleeping, her Heavenly Father gently whispered, "Come," and as the day dawned she awoke in Paradise.  We picture her now among the flowers in God's beautiful garden with heavenly sunlight glistening in her snowy white hair.  While we miss her, oh! so much, we know with her "all's well," and bow our heads in reverence to her dear memory.

She is not dead, this friend,

But in the path we mortals tread

Gone some few trifling steps ahead,

And nearer to the end.

And we, once past the bend,

Shall meet again as face to face

This friend.

Bertha (Mrs. Frank) E. Thompson
 

Obituaries (Ho) MHD Collection

 

N.A. Holcomb died at his home at Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], May 11, 1912, at 2 o'clock p.m. after an illness of several months.  He is survived by a wife, four daughters, Mrs. Chas. Goodsell of Bakers Corners, Mrs. Geo. Christman of Sanitaria Spr., Minnie and Eva of Schenectady and two sons, Smithie of Cambridge, N.Y. and Hugh, who lives at home.  Two brothers, Smith of Tunnel and Edgar of Ouaquaga.  Funeral will be held Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the home of the deceased. 

 

Miss Nancy Holcomb of Tunnel [Broome Co.,  NY], aged fourteen years, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. B.C. Barnum, at Union, Sunday, Feb. 28, at 1 o'clock p.m., after an illness of only three days.  She attended school on Thursday apparently in good health and on Friday was somewhat ailing, but was not considered dangerous until Sunday morning.  The efforts of the most skilled physicians of Binghamton could not relieve her suffering, and she died that afternoon.  One week before she confessed her Savior in revival meetings being held in the Lestershire M.E. Church, and what consolation her faith was in her dying moments.  Her body was brought to her old home at G.A. Holcomb's at Tunnel, where her funeral was largely attended on Tuesday.  Her pastor, Rev. Williams, officiating.  The text being from St. John 14:1.  The floral tributes were many and beautiful showing the esteem in which she was held.  Burial was in New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY]beside her mother, Mrs. Eunice Ann Holcomb, who was buried just five weeks before; therefore the bereaved family have the sympathy of the whole community in this their double affliction.  [MHD notation:  d. 1904]

 

The death of Smith Holcomb, of Tunnel, a well known citizen of this town, occurred on Wednesday, February 25th, of Bright's disease.  The funeral occurred on Saturday afternoon from the home, Rev. Ira L. Bronson officiating and the interment was in the New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  Deceased was 70 years of age, a staunch Republican and had held many offices in the town and for the past 20 years had been a justice of the peace and member of the town board.  He leaves, besides his wife, one son Richard and a large circle of relatives.  The floral offerings were beautiful especially the one from the members of the town board, a number of whom were present at the funeral...[MHD notation:  d. 1914]

 

Tunnel [Broome Co., NY]:  Smith Holcomb died at his home in Penn Yan [Yates Co., NY], last week.  He was born and lived in this vicinity all his early life.  He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Jennie Beman; two sons, Nathaniel Holcomb of Oneida and Richard Holcomb of Rochester; one granddaughter, Dorothy; two sisters, Mrs. George Christman of Sanitaria Springs and Mrs.Eva Baxter of Schenectady, and one brother, Hugh Holcomb of Tunnel.  He was 66 years old.  The body was brought here for burial at the New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY], Sunday.  Funeral services at the grave were conducted by Rev. MacKenzie of Sanitaria Springs.  [MHD notation:  d. Sept. 1939]

 

Funeral services were held at the Holmes Funeral Home here today for Arthur James Holmes, 74, dean of Delaware County undertakers, who died Saturday in Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, after a brief illness.  The Rev. William N. Tuttle, Lockport, former pastor of the Congregational Church here, and the Rev. Harry H. Bergen, present pastor, officiated.  Mr. Holmes was born at Granton May 2, 1868, the son of James Wells Holmes and Amy Mallory Finch Holmes.  He spent most of his boyhood in Granton and Deposit, learning the undertaking and embalming business in the latter village, as an apprentice of Robert Brown.  He married Miss Katherine S. Reynolds of Deposit March 1, 1894.  He practiced his profession for more than 51 years, starting in Franklinville, later moving to Afton, and coming to Walton in the fall of 1912.  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Walter E. Lyon, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. George T. Hargitt, Durham, N.C.; Miss Letha Holmes, Walton; three sons, Arthur K. Holmes of Walton who manages the funeral home here; Robert B. Holmes, Lansdale, Pa., and Chaplain R.C.S. Holmes, U.S.Army.  Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Holmes, Deposit; Walter S. Holmes, Owego, and eight grandchildren.  [MHD notation:  d. Sept. 12, 1942]

 

Once more, one of our Afton boys has made the supreme sacrifice, a victim of the Hun ruthlessness.  Willard F. Holmes, an electrician, was on the U.S.S. Ticonderoga which was sunk Sept. 30th by a submarine.  This was his third trip across.  He gave his life for another.  Formerly, he had been on the U.S.S. Missouri, which cruised along the coast, but he felt he was not doing as much as he would like to, so changed places with a man on the Ticonderoga who preferred to stay this side.  Willard was a son of S.E. Holmes of Afton, and was born in Thompkins, Delaware Co., and was 27 years of age.  His mother died when he was a small boy.  Two sisters, Mrs. Clayton Slawson, of Herkimer, N.Y., and Elva Holmes Cable, of Walton, besides a host of other relatives and friends mourn his loss.  He was a member of the Afton Baptist Church and the Gold Star on the Church Service Flag will ever be a reminder of his service, and sacrifice for his Country.  On a poster in the Y.M.C.A. huts in France are these words, "Hardships will be your lot; but trust in God will give you comfort; temptation will befall you, but the teachings of our Savior will give you strength.  Let your valor as a soldier and your conduct as a man, be an inspiration to your comrades and an honor to your country,--J.J. Pershing."  Willard's life was typical of these words.  The high esteem in which he was held by his associates is proven by letters received by his father, since his death, expressing sympathy and admiration of his Christian character, and sterling qualities.  One writer expresses a beautiful thought when he says "These brave young souls are taking heaven by storm, by the millions have they left the earth.  Is not every boy who is laying down his life to save the world from sin following in the footsteps of Christ to Calvary and do not the fathers and mothers who are giving their all to save the world know something of what it cost God to give His Well-Beloved Son for the sins of the world?  The ascent to Calvary was never easy."  We cannot fathom the mysteries, but we know God rules and righteousness and justice will triumph.  The sympathy of the community goes out to the sorrowing father, sisters, relatives and friends.

"Comrade true,

Born anew,

Peace to you;

Your soul shall be where the heroes are,

And your memory shine like the morning star.

Brave and dear,

Shield us here--

Farewell!"

[MHD notation:  d. 1918]

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Horton, prominent in civic and church affairs of Afton for many years, were held Friday afternoon at the home, with Rev. George B. Graves, pastor of the Afton Methodist church, assisted by the Rev. Alan Douglas, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating.  Mrs. Horton who had been a resident here more than 40 years, died Wednesday at Bainbridge Hospital following a long illness.  She was born October 5, 1880, the daughter of Charles W. and Mary Truesdell Hare of Harpursville.  After being graduated form the Harpursville school and the State Normal School at Oneonta, she taught in Athens, Rhinebeck and Afton.  She was united in marriage to Harry G. Horton of Afton in 1908.  She became active in church and civic affairs, and continued her interest in them despite her long illness.  Survivors include her husband, prominent hardware dealer and former mayor of Afton; a brother, James W. Hare of Binghamton; a sister, Mrs. Robert S. Boyce of Ithaca, and three nieces, Mrs. Arthur Amner of Binghamton; Mrs. Miles Lumbard of Ithaca, and Mrs. Harold Westcott of Nineveh.  [MHD notation:  d. Mar. 16, 1949]

 

Reuben W. Hotchkiss, 71, of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], died Monday afternoon at the Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hotchkiss, of Harpursville; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys McNally, of Cincinnatus, Mrs. Harry Craft, of Triangle, and Mrs. Gordon Totman, of Earlville; a son, William Hotchkiss, of Endicott; a sister, Mrs. William Foster, of Greene; six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to the Nichols Funeral Home in Whitney Point, where friends may call until Wednesday noon.  The body will be taken Wednesday afternoon, to the Harry R. Rogers Funeral Home, Greene, NY, where friends may call Wednesday evening.  [MHD notation:  d. Jan. 30, 1950]

 

A kindly, familiar figure for the past several years, and one who had scores of friends about the village, passed away suddenly at Preston Sunday morning, Riley Hougaboom, aged 72.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edna Phetteplace of Plymouth, N.Y., a sister, Mrs. Clara Fox of Chenango Forks; two brothers, Ernest, and Floyd, both of Florida, a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Atwell of Windsor, R.D.1.  Also several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Karschner Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Alan Douglas officiating.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. Jan. 22, 1947]

 

Erving Houghteling, 74, of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], died Tuesday morning in the Binghamton City Hospital.  He is survived by his wife, Ellen of Tunnel; three sons, Stafford and Ralph, both of Tunnel, and Clarence L., of Binghamton; two daughters, Mrs. Maurice Rowland and Mildred Squires, both of Portlandville; a sister, Mrs. Effie Thompson of Binghamton; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  The body was removed to the Harry G. Kark Funeral Home in Harpursville, where friends may cal today and Thursday afternoon and evening.  [MHD notation:  d. Feb. 4, 1947]

Obituaries (Holcomb) MHD Collection

 

Carrie, wife of George C. Holcomb, died at her home at Tunnel [Broome Co., NY]--East End on Thursday, July 25th, of acute Brights disease, at the age of twenty-nine.  Besides a husband and infant son, she leaves a father and mother, brothers and sisters to mourn her death, and many sad friends and neighbors who will miss her in social circles and her home.  "She was beloved by all, despised by none."  Her funeral was held Thursday, at twelve o'clock at her home and at one o'clock at New Ohio church.  Rev. C. Hickok, pastor of the church, spoke words of sympathy.  Her casket, a light, drab, was covered with a profusion of flowers.  Burial was at New Ohio [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. 1907]

 

Lines written in memory of the death of Carrie E. Holcomb and Sarah Lounsbury:  On the 24th of July last, it pleased an Allwise and Omnipotent Ruler of heaven and earth to remove from our midst by death, Mrs. Carrie E. Holcomb, and on the 27th day of August last, Mrs. Sarah Lounsbury was by Divine dispensation removed from us by death; two daughters of Austin and Amelia Ingraham, residing at Chenango Forks, Carrie E. being 29 years of age and the wife of George Holcomb of New Ohio, and Sarah was 30 years of age and the wife of Judson Lounsbury of Chenango Forks.  In the death of these sisters there has passed from earth two zealous and devoted christians of the highest character, the most prominent trails of their lives being their utmost devotedness to the principles and teachings of the Lord Jesus in all their walks of life; kind, loving and cheerful to all, patient under all afflictions and circumstances aiding at all times any whose aid was needed.  Beloved by all who were so extremely fortunate as to be acquainted with them.  Indeed two of our most beloved christian jewels have passed away to receive the reward promised to them in their early years  by the love of Him who has them now ripe and ready for the early harvest.  Though yet not far advanced in years and in the height of their usefulness both of them were ready to obey the voice of the Master when the summons came, to be bourne away on the snowy wings of angels to a land of peace, of joy and love, and there to hear the words of the Master: "Well done good and faithful servants enter thou in the joys of thy Lord."  Among the last words ever spoken by our worthy and much esteemed christian friend Sarah, as she lay on dying bed surrounded by her stricken husband, three of her children, her aged father and mother and her brothers and sisters and those who so dearly loved her were:  "Bless God, Praise Him," passing away into her eternal home with those beautiful words upon her lips.  The deeply afflicted husbands and families of the deceased sisters have the utmost sympathy of all.  their loss is indeed a severe one, none but those who pass through the firey ordeal can fully realize such a loss.  Let us all and each of us strive to meet our worthy christian friends who have gone before us in that land where parting will never more be known; a land of joy and of peace and of love, where God and the Son makes it blest.

Two more ties are broken

From the earthly stem,

Two more jewels sparkle

In the Savior's diadem

 

Two more voices are hushed,

You'll never hear them more;

But Carrie and Sarah are not lost,

They have only gone before

                                                                                                  J.H. Trafford

 

L. Duane Holcomb of 545 State Street, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Binghamton City Hospital.  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Allen Scott of Galveston, Tex., Mrs. John P. Ough of Landsdowne, Pa., and Mrs. Edward Ernst of Binghamton; two sisters, Mrs. LaVerne Stanton of Greene and Mrs. Fanny Standard of Binghamton; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Funeral Home, 269 Chenango Street, where friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  d. Aug. 18, 1945]

 

Edgar W. Holcomb, aged 71 years, died at his home near Windsor [Broome Co., NY], Monday, December 30th.  He was a veteran of the Civil War.  For the past twelve years he has been a sufferer from cancer.  Mr. Holcomb was twice married; in 1866 to Rosetta Wood, and in 1898 to Ada Knott, who survives him, and has very tenderly cared for him during his long illness.  Three children by his first marriage survive him; Mrs. Wm. Jewell, East Guilford; Homer Holcomb, Blodgett's Mills; George Holcomb, Harpursville; also a brother, Smith Holcomb, Tunnel.  The funeral service was held at the home of his son, George D. Holcomb, Thursday, January 2nd, at 1 o'clock.  Rev. E. Haner of Ouaquaga officiated with burial in the New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].

 

Mrs. Ettie M. Holcomb, 76, of 546 State Street, died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at her home after a long illness.  She is survived by her husband, L. Duane of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]; three daughters, Mrs. J. Allen Scott of Galveston, Texas, Mrs. Edward W. Ernst of Binghamton and Mrs. John P. Ough of Lansdowne, Pa.; five grandchildren, and a great grandchild.  Mrs. Holcomb was a member of the Chenango Street Methodist Church for 37 years.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Home for Funerals, friends may call Wednesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  d. Jan. 30, 1945]

 

Frank W. Holcomb, 82 years old, died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night at his home, 59 Bigelow street.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Leigh Yeager of Harpursville and Mrs. A. MacFarlane of Binghamton; a granddaughter, Lorena Margaret MacFarlane of Binghamton and several nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to the William R. Chase Funeral Home, 44 Exchange street.  [MHD notation:  d. July 27, 1940]

 

The funeral of Frank W. Holcomb was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the William R. Chase funeral home, 44 Exchange street.  The Rev. Leon Boughton officiated.  The pallbearers were Elmer Bullis, Clarence Cadwell, Claude Miller, Edward Hare, Archie Benedict, Raymond Miller, Donald Alford and Vere Holcomb.  Burial was in New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. July 27, 1940]

 

George C. Holcomb, a retired merchant, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Watson Hayes, in Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY].  He was 74.  Mr. Holcomb who operated a general store in Chenango Forks for several years prior to his retirement about three years ago, was found dead in bed of an apparent heart attack.  A native of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], Mr. Holcomb was a member of the Congregational Church of Chenango Forks.  His body was removed to the Root Funeral Home in Greene pending funeral arrangements.  Besides his daughter, Mr. Holcomb is survived by a son Gerald, of Hillcrest; a brother, Edwin, of Binghamton, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Warner and Mrs. Ellen Ingraham, both of Chenango Forks.  [MHD notation:  d. Oct. 17, 1948]

 

Norwich:  George D. Holcomb, 70, of 29 Court Street, died suddenly Saturday at the home of his son, Ralph Holcomb, in Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].  He was born in Smithville, May 9, 1881.  During his lifetime he was engaged in retail business in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and for about 14 years just prior to retiring he operated a milk delivery route for the Bliven Dairy.  Surviving, besides the son, are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph McNeil of Norwich, and 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  Funeral arrangements were made at the Breese Funeral Home.  The funeral will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the residence, and at 2 p.m. in Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, rector, will officiate.  Burial will be in the New Ohio Cemetery near Tunnel [Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. June 2, 1951]

 

Mrs. Homer Holcomb, of Mt. Upton, who recently came home to spend a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Appley, on Martin Hill, was taken sick with the grippe and died Monday night at 11 o'clock.  Funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the house and 1 o'clock at the Baptist church in this place.  She was 23 years old.

 

At Lilly Lake Monday, Nov. 9th at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. Ellen Ingraham, Mrs. Jane E. McCullough Holcomb of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], passed from this to the higher and better life.  The greater part of her life of fifty-five years had been spent within the borders of her childhood home; all except when she with her family tried a pioneer life in the state of Missouri.  The privations and burdens associated with such a life bore heavily upon her.  Reluctantly she bade her new formed associates good-bye and returned with her family to her relatives and friends in her old eastern home.  Her life was not an exception to the common lot of humanity; it was intermingled with joys and sorrows.  As her health gradually failed it seemed that her spiritual strength was renewed.  She was enabled to look beyond this vale of tears where all crooked ways would be made straight.  She is survived by two sons, Geo. and Edwin, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Warner and Mrs. Ellen Ingraham.  They can be happy in one thought, their doors were thrown wide open to receive their mother.  When she was suddenly prostrated and it was feared that the end was near, they left their several places of business and were at her bedside ready to administer to every want.  Besides her own family she leaves one brother, George McCullough, of Susquehanna, Pa., two sisters, Mrs. Henry Race, of Oxford, Mrs. Wm. Mead, of Greene, and three grandchildren.  The last tribute of respect of all that was mortal of their mother, sister and friend was paid on the following Wednesday.  The funeral was largely attended in the New Ohio church.  Words of consolation, a worthy tribute to her memory, was given by the pastor of her girlhood and one who had known her all these years, Rev. Hammond.  The floral contributions from her friends spoke words of love to comfort the afflicted family.  Interment was made in New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  The bearers were her two sons and her two son-in-laws.  [MHD notation:  d. 1903]

 

The sad news of the death of Mrs. Jennie Holcomb of Candor reached this place Saturday.  She died very suddenly of a heart attack in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  Mrs. Holcomb was a former resident of this place and had many friends here.  Her funeral was held Monday at the M.E. Church and burial in New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY] by the side of her husband Richard Holcomb.  [Published June 6, 1940]

 

Mrs. Jennie Beman Holcomb, 78, formerly of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], died at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Rochester.  She is survived by a son, Richard Holcomb of Rochester; a niece, Mrs. Herbert Robbins of Binghamton; three grandchildren and several cousins.  The body will be brought to Binghamton today and taken to Hopler & Georgia Funeral Home, 483 Chenango Street, where friends may call.  [MHD notation:  d. Dec. 25, 1951]

 

Mrs. Leona Holcomb, 79, of 9 Lyon Street, died at 8:30 a.m. Friday at her home.  She is survived by a son, Vere Holcomb of Binghamton.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Funeral home, 269 Chenango Street, where friends may call Saturday evening from 7 to 9 and Sunday from 7 to 9.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [published in Binghamton Press, June 14, 1947]

 

Mrs. Liveria Holcomb died at her home in Tunnel [Broome Co., NY] this morning at 2:45 o'clock.  She is survived by a brother, Robert Dyer of Halstead; a sister, Mrs. Grace Germond of this city and several nieces and nephews.

HOLCOMB--A prayer service for Mrs. Liveria Holcomb will be held at the home in Tunnel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock (E.S.T.).  The funeral will be held at the Tunnel M.E. church at 2:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Tracey Webster will officiate.  Burial will be in New Ohio cemetery, Tunnel [Broome Co., NY].  Arrangements by Harry G. Kark.  [published, July 19, 1939]

 



 



Marriages (Ha, He) MHD Collection

 

Miss Mildred Harrington of Page Brook [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Jack Eldred of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] at a quiet church wedding held in the Central Baptist Church of Greene last Monday morning.  The Rev. R.E. Gould performed the single ring service.  The couple were attended by Miss Mabel Harrington, sister of the bride, and Lawrence Fink of Norwich.  The bride wore a blue gown with white accessories.  [MHD notation:  married Aug. 7, 1939]

A very pretty wedding took place Friday afternoon, April 3, at Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], when Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Bush, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Bush, of Nineveh, and Carl Richard Hendrickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hendrickson, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage by the Rev. Clifford E. Webb of Afton.  As the couple entered the room where the ceremony took place, the Bridal March was played by Mrs. Webb.  The bridal pair stood under an arch of evergreen, trimmed with red, yellow and pink roses with a cluster of silver bells at the center.  They were attended by Edward Shields, of Bainbridge, and Miss Iva Lockwood, of Nineveh, a cousin of the bride.  The bride was attired in a street-length royal blue dress with beige accessories and a corsage of roses and gardenias.  The maid-of-honor wore a street-length, navy blue dress and a corsage of sweet peas and carnations.  The bride's mother wore a blue print dress with a shoulder bouquet of pink and white sweet peas.  The bridegroom's mother wore a powder blue lace dress, with a shoulder bouquet of pink and white sweet peas.  Mrs. Hendrickson attended Afton Central High School and her husband attended Bainbridge Central High School.  Following a wedding luncheon, the bridal party left for Binghamton.  The young couple will reside in their newly purchased home in Nineveh.  Mr. Hendrickson is employed by the American Separator Co., and Mrs. Hendrickson is employed by the American Plastics Corp.  

Obituaries (He, Hi), MHD Collection

 

Arthur Hendrickson, aged 66 years, died Friday, January 3, 1941 at the home on Academy Street.  The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Delia B. Hendrickson, three brothers, Clark, Delos and Lewis, also one sister, Mrs. Ida H. Champlain, and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Colwell Brothers Funeral Home in Bainbridge.  The body was placed in a vault in the Bainbridge Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Cora A. Hendrickson, aged 82, of Caswell St. Afton [Chenango Co., NY] died at the home of her sister Mrs. Mary Andrews of Afton, on Friday evening.  Besides Mrs. Andrews, she is survived by another sister, Mrs. Clara Meek of Afton.  The body was removed to the Tabor Funeral Home, Afton, where the funeral will be held today at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Allen Douglas will officiate.  Burial will be in East Side Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. May 13, 1944]

 

Mrs. Delia B. Hendrickson, 82, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 7:30 a.m. today at The Hospital, Sidney.  She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Tompkins of Johnson City and Miss Mary Burrows of New York City, and several nieces.  She was a member of the Afton Baptist Church for many years and was a member of Cunahunta Chapter, DAR, of Afton.  The body was moved to the Karschner Funeral Home, Afton, where friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.  [MHD notation:  d. Sept. 5, 1956]

 

Myrtie Allen Herkermer, 83, widow of Gillman Herkermer of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Benedict in Afton, Sunday morning.  Besides her daughter, she is survived by a son, Allen Herkermer of Afton; three granddaughters, Mrs. Milton Gunn and Claire and Barbara Herkermer, all of Afton; two grandsons, Allen Herkermer, Jr., and Lee Benedict, both of Afton' a great-granddaughter, Carolyn Gunn of Afton; and also several cousins.  She was a lifelong resident of Afton and was a member of the Afton Methodist Church.  The body was removed to the Tabor Funeral Home, Afton, and was later removed to the home of her son, Allen Herkermer in Afton. 

 

One of the saddest duties that we have been called upon to perform is the recording of the death of the bright little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Higgins, of Centre Village [Broome Co., NY].  Margaret, who had attained her eleventh year on December last, was an adopted daughter, but was loved and cherished in the home like an only child, and her pleasant smile and winning way had drawn about her a host of friends who are deeply grieved to learn of her sudden departure.  She was taken ill last week and on Saturday morning, Dr. A.O. Persons was called, and pronounced the disease peritonitis and appendicitis in the worst form.  Dr. Miller was hastily summoned with a nurse and an operation performed; but of no avail and the little patient only survived for a few hours and passed away to the better land at 4 o'clock Monday morning.  The deceased was a member of the Harpursville [Broome Co.,  NY] Baptist church and Sunday School and a devoted member of that denomination.  The funeral will be held from the home at 2 p.m., today (Thursday) and the remains will be taken to Hales Eddy [Delaware Co., NY] for interment. 

George W. Hill, 84, of 27 Jennison Ave., Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], died at 4:10 pm, Sunday at Wilson Memorial Hospital.  He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Bessie H. Fell of Johnson City; two brothers, William H. Hill of Westover and James B. Hill of Johnson City; four nephews, Richard F., Newell J., James E., and William H. Hill, II, all of Binghamton; two  nieces, the Misses Dorothy E. Hill of Endicott and Doris Hill of Binghamton.  He was a member of the Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial Methodist Church.  The body was removed to the J.F.Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main St., Johnson City.  [MHD notation:  d. Dec. 1, 1957]

Marshall G. Hill, age 91 years, formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home on Clinton Street, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Saturday morning, June 16, after a long illness.  He was born March 7, 1854 in Meredith, the son of Charles and Nancy Graham Hill.  In December 1868, the family moved to Afton where his father opened a general store.  He attended school in Afton and afterwards assisted his father in the store, later becoming a partner.  He married Ruby Eleanor Avery of Ararat, Pa. a teacher in the Afton school, October 16, 1878.  After his father's death he remained in the business 1923, after which he was manager of the Afton Inn until 1941 when he and his daughter, Nan moved to Oxford.  Mrs. Hill died in 1936.  He was a lover and collector of books and antiques.  Mr. Hill is survived by three daughters, Mrs. George R. Stratton and Nan Hill of Oxford and Mrs. S.L. Prime of Hartford, Conn.; three grandchildren Mrs. E.F. Pilotti, of Huntington, Conn., Natalie Prime of Hartford, Conn. and Janet Vail of Binghamton; two great-grandchildren Penelope and Christopher Pilotti of Huntington, Conn.  A daughter, Bernice died in infancy and another daughter, Erma Hill Vail, died in 1927.  The funeral was held from the Seymour Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon of last week at 2 o'clock, the Rev. John Heidenreich officiating.  Burial was in Glenwood cemetery, Afton.  The bearers were, Jere Jenks and Clarence Smith of Afton; C.C. Mayo, J.L. Harrison, C.D. Sharpe and Howard Hoffman of Oxford.  [MHD notation:  d. June 16, 1945]

 



Hawkins Reunion

 

The Hawkins Reunion

 

A very pleasant event which occurred Sept. 10, was the second Hawkins Family Reunion at the home of J.L. Saunders to celebrate the 89th birthday of Mary A. Hawkins.  While the relatives and friends were offering congratulations to the honored mother and greetings to each other, the hostess was superintending a collation to which all did ample justice when invited to be seated.  After the dinner man had been satisfied, the President called the meeting to order and each one did something toward making the afternoon pass pleasantly as follows:

 

Prayer was offered by C.C. Hawkins. Welcome address by Miss Edna Hawkins. Song, by Mrs. Wellington Hawkins, Mrs. Eat Hawkins, Mrs. B.L. Smith and Miss Edna Hawkins. Recitation by Orpha Hakes; C.C. Hawkins talked on Christian Love and Duty.  Recitation by Ray Hakes.  Remarks were made by E.E. Hawkins, of Sherman, Pa., Wellington Hawkins of Harpursville, Charles Hawkins, of Frankfort, N.Y., also Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Saunders.  Song, by Mmes. Eaton and Wellington Hawkins.  Mrs. R. Utter, Mrs. Chas. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hakes, Mrs. B.L. Smith, Malcom Adkins and Edna Hawkins each spoke a few words, to which the aged mother responded, thanking them for the pleasure they were giving her.  The minutes of the last meeting were read, and approved by the company.

 

During the last year there have been two marriages, Mr. Well Sampson, of Sherman, Pa., to Mrs. Olive Howells, of Harpursville, and Mr. B.L. Smith to Miss Jennie Hawkins, both of Binghamton; also two births, to Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Hawkins; a daughter, Dessa, and to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Raymond a son, Bruce Eaton.  Death has not broken the family circle during the past year for which all felt thankful.  Officers were elected for the next year as follows:  Wellington Hawkins, president; William Hawkins, vice-pres.; Mrs. Eugene Raymond, secretary; Mrs. B.L. Smith, lecturer; Mrs. J.L. Sanders, Mrs. R. Hakes, Mrs. H. Hawkins, committee on refreshments; Miss Edna Hawkins, and Mrs. D. Hakes, committee on music.  The program closed with prayer by J.L. Saunders and the song, "We shall sleep but not forever," by Mmes. Rose and Edna Hawkins, B.L. Smith and Miss Edna Hawkins.  The third reunion will be held at the same place, providence permitting, Sept. 10, 1903.  Mrs. Eugene Raymond, Sec.  [MHD notation:  reunion held 1902]

Obituaries (Hav, Haw, Hay) MHD Collection

 

George A. Haven, last surviving member of the old Afton Vanderburg Post, G.A.R., and for many years a prominent attorney in Afton and Chenango County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clark Decker, in Port Crane, Friday of last week.  Mr. Haven was 93 years old, a member of Afton Lodge No. 360, F.&A.M. of which he was one of the three oldest members.  Mrs. Decker is the only survivor.  Private services were held at Mrs. Decker's home in Port Crane, following with funeral services in the Afton M.E. Church of which he was an official for many years.  Rev. George A. Roberts conducted the service, followed by the Masonic service.  Clifford Holmes Post of the American Legion conducted the service at the grave with full military honors for one of Afton's most distinguished citizens and soldiers.  Burial was in the family plot at Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY]  [MHD notation:  d. Nov. 13, 1936]

 

Mrs. Edna Fox Hawkins, 90, died Wednesday morning at her home, 1 Hawley Street, after a short illness.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Olive L. Howells of Binghamton; a son, William A. Hawkins of Great Bend, Pa.; a brother, Thomas Fox of Binghamton; 3 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.  The body was removed to the Ackley Funeral Home, 1206 Vestal Avenue.  [MHD notation:  d. Jan. 27, 1943]

 

Orlow E. Hawkins, aged 34 yrs., died at the home of his parents near Hurd Factory early Tuesday morning of Tuberculosis.  Funeral will be held today-Thursday-at the Belden church under the direction of Rev. Platt Thompson.  Interment will be made in Pratt cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., N Y].  The young man is survived by his parents, a wife and one child besides two sisters who also deeply mourn his untimely death.  [MHD notation:  d. Mar 5, 1907]

Wellington Hawkins aged 69 years, died at his home in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] Friday morning, Nov. 22d.  The wife survives, also two daughters, Mrs. Olive Howells and Mrs. V.F. Aldridge, a son, Wm. A. Hawkins, four brothers and two sisters.  Mr. Hawkins was a veteran of the Civil War and resided in the town of Colesville [Broome Co., NY] for a number of years previous to the removal of the family to Binghamton.  The funeral was held from the Reformed Methodist church at Belden on Sunday at the hour of noon with burial in the Pratt cemetery in charge of J.A. Kark & Son who conducted the funeral.  Rev. R.E. Austin of this village officiated.  [MHD notation:  d. 1912]

Mrs. Allie Mae Hayes, 63, of Chenango Forks RD1 [Broome Co., NY], died at 6:15 am Monday at the home of her son, John Hayes.  Besides her son, she is survived by one brother, Louis Cook of Sidney; three grandchildren.  The body was removed to the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main St., Johnson City, and was returned to her home, Chenango Forks RD1, Monday afternoon, where friends may call. [MHD notation:  d. Sept 17, 1951]

HAYES-The funeral of Mrs. Allie Mae Hayes will be held at her home RD1, Chenango Forks, Wednesday at 2 pm.  The Rev. James Hilbert will officiate.  Burial will be Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene, NY [Chenango Co.].  Friends may call at her home.  Arrangements by the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main St., Johnson City.

Frank J. Hayes, 75, of Harpursville R.D.1 [Broome Co., NY], died early this morning at his home after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Stockholm Hayes; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  The body was removed to the Ackley Funeral Home, 206 Vestal avenue.

HAYES-The funeral of Frank J. Hayes will be held at the Ackley Funeral Home, 206 Vestal Ave., Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock.  The Rev. William C. Mitchell will officiate.  Burial in New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. April 12, 1939]

Mrs. Jennie Hayes, wife of Jerrie Hayes, passed away Friday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock at her home.  She is survived by her husband, five daughters, Mrs. Claude Canniff of Sanitaria Springs, Mrs. Jay Babcock and Misses Frances, Ruth and Rosemary Hayes and one son, Watson, all of this place.  Her father, Henry Warner of Johnson City, two brothers, Frank Warner of this place, and Harold Warner of Binghamton; one sister, Mrs. Leslie Youngs of Ashbury Park, N.J., and a host of friends.  She will be greatly missed in this community where she has always lived.  She was a member of the M.E Church.    The funeral was held on Monday, January 2, at 2:00 o'clock at the home, Rev. Walter Williams officiated.  The funeral was largely attended.  She was laid to rest in the cemetery on the hill.  [MHD notation:  d. Dec. 30, 1927]

HAYES-Jerry Hayes on Sunday, Feb. 15, 1931, age 53, of Tunnel, N.Y [Broome Co., NY].  Services Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his home.  Burial in New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY]. 

Dr. Philetus A. Hayes, aged 81 years, died at his home on Spring street, Tuesday night.  He had been in feeble health for some time and death was not unexpected.  The funeral service will be held at the Baptist Church at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, preceded by a brief service at the home.  The Rev. L.D. Huxtable and the Rev. T.J. Collar will officiate.  The Masonic committal service will be given by the Afton Lodge 360 F.&A.M. in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  Dr. Hayes was born September 10, 1848, in Castle Creek, the son of Caleb and Harriett W. Hayes.  In 1869, he was married to Permelia M. Huntley, and they celebrated their golden wedding in 1919.  Mrs. Hayes died in January, 1922.  Dr. Hayes was a past master of Afton Lodge No. 360 F.&A.M.; past high priest of Vallonia Chapter, R.A.M.; past patron of Afton Chapter no. 137, O.E.S. and one of its charter members; past assistant grand lecturer of the order of Eastern Star for Broome-Chenango district.  He was also a member of Norwich Consistory and Kalurah Temple Shrine.  He was the first president of the village of Afton when the village was incorporated, and it was during his administration that the village water system was installed.  For a good many years, Dr. Hayes served as a member of the Board of Education, the new high school building being built during his term of office.  He was health officer for the town and village of Afton several years, and also held the office of coroner.  He is survived by his son, Professor Carlton J.H. Hayes, who is head of the Department of History of Columbia University and the author of several historical works; one sister, Elizabeth M. Hayes, of Binghamton and Castle Creek, besides several nephews and nieces.  [Published July 25, 1929]

Obituaries (Har) MHD Collection

 

Mrs. Augusta E. Harrington, 59, of Cincinnatus [Madison Co., NY], died Wednesday morning at her home.  She is survived by her husband, Theon, of Cincinnatus; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Kohn of Johnson City, Mrs. Paul Burlingame of Binghamton, and Thelma, of Cincinnatus; three sisters, Mrs. Lynn Wylie of Greene, Mrs. Earl Dann of Whitesboro and Mrs. Lynn Pratt of Binghamton; four brothers, Rolland Eldred of Greene, and Grover Eldred, Burdett Eldred and Clifford Eldred, all of Frankfort, and two grandchildren.  Friends may call at her home Thursday and Friday.  Arrangements by the Bush Funeral Home, Cincinnatus.  [Compiler note:  d. May 22, 1946]

 

Bainbridge:  Mrs. Isabelle Harrington, 85, of Bainbridge died Monday, April 18, 1960, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Forest Bradish, Bainbridge.  Besides her daughter, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Laura Cox, Hialeah, Fla.; two sons, Earl Harrington, Marathon, Lee Harrington, Bainbridge; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.  The body was removed to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home, 58 W. Main St., Bainbridge, where the funeral and committal services were held Friday at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Theodore C. Meyer, Bainbridge, officiated.  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

 

John Harrington, aged 68 years, a resident here for the past three months, died at his home on Mechanic street Wednesday night, July 10, after a long period of ill health.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Seymour's funeral parlors with the Rev. Howard F. Deller officiating.  Burial was made in Riverview cemetery.  Mr. Harrington was born in the town of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 22, 1867, the son of James Harvey Harrington and Margaret Hendrickson Harrington.  The past eight years he has lived on Mt. Upton.  Surviving are his wife, Grace Harrington, a sister, Mrs. Thomas Sherman of Middletown; a brother, Robert Harrington of Cortland, and several nieces and nephews.  [MHD notation:  d. 1935]

 

Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Margrette Harrington died on Wednesday at her home in Smithville, aged 74 years.  The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the Congregational Church in Smithville, Rev. Mr. McCloud officiating.  [MHD notation:  d. 1911]

 

Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Watson were called to Coventry by the death of Mrs. Watson's father, Thomas W. Harrington, aged 87 years.  He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Anise D. Cornish of Sun City, Kansas, Mrs. H.T. Watson of Binghamton and Jennie E. Meed of Binghamton, residing with her daughter, Mrs. F.L. Bowe; one grandson of Sun City, Kansas, son of Edward C. Harrington, who died in Oklahoma; four grandsons and one granddaughter, children of Mrs. John Dowd; one granddaughter and four great grandchildren, daughter and grandchildren of Mrs. H.T. Watson.  The funeral was held at his late residence in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] last Wednesday in charge of the Eastern Light Lodge, F.&A.M., of which he was the oldest member.  Burial was in Sylvan Lawn cemetery at Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  The one piece of flowers presented by Mrs. Watson, a daughter, spoke of the great esteem in which the deceased was held.  It was a magnificent sheaf of wheat, from which the gleaners had separated the chaff.  [MHD notation:  d. 1913]

 

Charles C. Harris, 80 years old, died Tuesday morning at his home on Algerine street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  He is survived by his widow, Hattie A. Harris; five daughters, Mrs. Leonard Norton and Mrs. W.G. Doolittle of Endicott, Mrs. William F. Doolittle of Binghamton, Mrs. Melvin Livingston of Bainbridge and Mrs. Jerry Taylor of Baltimore, Md.; two sons, Herbert Harris of Castle Creek and Clyde Harris of Auburn; a sister, Mrs. Mary Allen of Syracuse and two brothers, David Harris of Spokane, Wash., and George Harris of East Orange, N.J.  Service will be held at the Tabor Funeral Home in Afton, Friday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Jasper Hamm will officiate.  Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. Mar. 30, 1943]

 

Polly A. Harris, aged 71, widow of the late J.D. Harris of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her son, Raymond Harris of Brisben, Sunday night, August 29.  Funeral services were held at the Harry R. Rogers Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. R.E. Gould, officiating.  Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Harris is survived by four sons, Frank of Herkimer, William of Rome, Jerry of Ilion, and Raymond of Brisben; three daughters, Mrs. May Rapke of Rome, Mrs. Polly Lyon of Coventry and Mrs. Ruby Wright of Brisben; one brother, Reuben Clendenning of Harpursville; and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Lang of Oquaga, and Mrs. Jennie Tuttle of Herkimer.  [MHD notation:  d. 1937]

 

Harold G. Harvey, 61, of 736 Chenango Street, Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], is dead and his daughter, Miss Claire Harvey, 25, is fighting for her life at City Hospital as a result of the worst Labor Day weekend traffic accident in the Southern Tier.  The accident happened Saturday night in Route 12 near Greene [Chenango Co., NY] when state police reported Mr. Harvey attempted a left turn in front of an approaching car operated by Thomas Maynard, 19, a soldier from Albany, who also is in City Hospital.  Mr. Harvey, a Wilson Memorial Hospital employee, was founder and director of a radio program, Glimpses of Truth, which a family gospel team has broadcast over WNBF Sundays at 8 a.m. for six years.  Miss Harvey is pianist and soloist.  Miss Harvey, an EJ employee, this morning was reported still on the critical list at the hospital, in semi-conscious condition and unaware of her father's death, which occurred at the hospital early Sunday morning.  She suffered brain concussion, a broken leg and multiple cuts in addition to other possible injuries.  Young Maynard, who was visiting relatives in Greene, suffered a dislocated hip and multiple cuts about the face and head.  His condition this morning was reported to be fair.  Mr. Harvey's funeral will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Johnson City.  [MHD notation:  Sept. 3, 1956]