Obituaries (May 1)

Cora M. (Sweet) Genung

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1902

 

Mrs. Cora M. (Sweet) Genung

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At her home on North Mitchell street, Wednesday, occurred the death of Cora M. Sweet, wife of Charles P. Genung, aged 22.  She had been ill several months with consumption.  Deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sweet, of Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].  and was united in marriage to Charles P. Genung, of this village on October 15, 1898.  She was a member of the Broad Street M.E. Church, and was beloved by a large circle of friends.  Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Perkins, of this village, and Mrs. Lee Burgess, of Brookfield.  Her funeral was held from her late home Friday afternoon, Rev. Wilson Treible officiating.  Burial was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY]

 

Kate Conkling

Chenango Union, April 10, 1884

Miss Kate Conkling, an amiable lady of the village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died at her residence on Saturday morning last, aged sixty years.  Deceased was a sister of the late Mrs. David Griffing, who four years since was burned to death, probably from the explosion of a lamp in her room.  Miss Conkling, with her invalid mother, occupied rooms on the second floor of the Griffing residence, and she never fully recovered from the shock occasioned by that terrible affair.  For years past she has been a great sufferer, and her death resulted from a fatal disease.  Her aged and invalid mother survives her.  Miss Conkling was a cousin of Hon Roscoe Conkling, and many friends from Utica attended her funeral, which was held on Monday afternoon.  Rev. T.A. Stephenson, rector of Christ Church, Sherburne, conducted the services.

 

David J. Palmer

Chenango Union, April 10, 1884

Last Friday afternoon a terrible accident occurred on Melondy Hill west of this village [Afton Chenango Co., NY], whereby Mr. David J. Palmer, a blind man, well known in this place, was killed.  Mr. Palmer was at work in the woods assisting Stephen Fredenburg saw wood.  The tree on which they were at work had been sawed into logs and on the stump, which was on one edge, the tree having been blown down, remained a piece about eighteen inches in length which they had just sawed off and stepped back.  Mr. Fredenburg started to walk around the stump to give Mr. Palmer his cane when the stump fell, crushing Mr. Palmer beneath it, killing him instantly.  Deceased leaves two grown up sons and was a brother of Mrs. D.D. Smith, of this place.  His funeral was held Sunday and the remains were interred in the Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY].  His age was fifty-four years--Afton Enterprise.

 

Abby Pixley

Chenango Union, April 10, 1879

On Friday afternoon, the 28th ult., Abby, a three-year-old son of Asa Pixley, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], was drowned in a creek near his residence.  He had been playing in the yard, when he was suddenly missed and search was made by the ladies of the house, which was unsuccessful.  Mr. Pixley, who was at work in the sugar bush, was notified, and the child was tracked to the creek, upon the bank of which the hood worn by the little boy was found.  A few feet distant the body of the little boy was discovered in the water, and carried to his home by the distressed father.

 

John McNulty

Chenango Union, April 24, 1884

On Friday morning the body of John McNulty, who had been missing since the Tuesday evening previous, was found in the Chenango river, near the residence of C.A. McFarland, about three miles below this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].  The body lay partly on its side near the bank in shallow water, and a short distance down stream floated a whisky bottle about half filled.  McNulty resided on a farm in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], owned by Miller & Perkins, and on Tuesday he went to Greene and back home, and at five P.M., hitched up his horse, against the wishes of his family, and came to this village to see Mr. Perkins.  He drank some liquor, purchased a half pint of whisky, did his business with Mr. Perkins, who noticed that he was intoxicated, and about nine o'clock started for home, and that was the last seen of him alive.  Not returning home, his family became alarmed, and Wednesday his son started out in search of him.  He found his horse and wagon at the Loomis farm, several miles below where the body was found, where it was discovered standing by the watering trough that morning.  Nothing was heard of the owner until late on Thursday, when his cap was found in the old canal bed near McFarland's and a fence showed marks of a wagon running against it, and a place also showed where a horse had stood for some time.  Further search by men in that vicinity on Friday revealed the body as above related.  The supposition is that McNutly's horse ran into the fence and threw him out of the wagon, or that he fell out, and in a confused condition wandered across the old canal bed and into the river close by, where he became exhausted and was drowned.  Tracks showed that he had wandered some distance, and it is evident that had the night been otherwise than a very dark one, he could have seen where he was going.  The body was only covered by an inch or two of water.  McNulty was a man about 65 years of age.  He came to this section from Canada, we believe, at the time the Midland railroad was building, on which he had sub-contracts.  He was given to occasional drinking to excess.  He leaves a wife and eight children, and was a man of considerable intelligence.  Coroner Avery commenced an inquest at the St. James Hotel in this village on Friday, which was concluded on Saturday, the jury finding that deceased came to his death by asphyxia from drowning; that he was under the influence of liquor, and that his death was caused accidentally by his own act.  His funeral was held on Sunday--Times [Oxford, NY].  Deceased formerly resided in Norwich, and was sub-contractor on the Midland and D.L.&W. roads at the time they were building.