Obituaries (May 21)

Dorcas (Reynolds) Slocum

Utica Saturday Globe, June 2, 1906

Dorcas (Reynolds) Slocum

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Dorcas Slocum, wife of John L. Slocum, died at the family home on East Main street at an early hour on Sunday morning last.  Some three years ago Mrs. Slocum's health began to fail.  Two years ago last August she suffered a fall, breaking her hip.  Since that accident she had suffered much from the injury, together with tuberculosis and throat trouble.  For 10 weeks prior to her death she had been confined to her bed.  Deceased was 74 years of age and was born in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Abel and Hannah Reynolds.  Her marriage to Mr. Slocum occurred February 27, 1858, and 36 years ago they came to Norwich, Mr. Slocum engaging in the livery business here ever since that time.  Respected and loved by all who knew her Mrs. Slocum made her home and family her first thought.  For 40 years she had been a member of the Episcopal Church.  She is survived by her husband and an adopted daughter, Nettie L. Slocum, who has been in constant and faithful attendance at her bedside during the long illness.  She is survived also by two brothers:  Nicholas Reynolds, of Williamsport, Pa., and Willett Reynolds, of Ithaca, Mich.; two nieces, Mrs. Charles Latham, of Rockwell's Mills, and Mrs. Edwin Cole, of Mt. Upton; and three nephews, Lewis Tuttle, of Sidney, Merton Reynolds, of Syracuse, and Everett Reynolds, of Buffalo.  Funeral services were held from Emmanuel Church Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.  Rev. Dr. Benton officiated. The pall bearers were Marvin Tanner, Russell Young, Norman Carr and John Gridley.  The singing was by a quartet, Edward L. Nash, Ivon Blackman, Mrs. Frink and Mrs. Roper.  There were many handsome floral pieces.  Interment was made at Mount Hope [Norwich, NY]. 

 

Will Weeks

Bainbridge Republican, February 20, 1908

Will Weeks, who lived in the lower part of the village, died Tuesday at the home of his half sister, Mrs. James Cook, who lives between Afton and Nineveh.  His age was about 50 years.  His burial takes place this (Thursday) afternoon in St. Peter's churchyard [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Weeks is survived by his wife, Emily Combs Weeks, and a son, Jesse Weeks, a student in law at Albany.

Henry Hines/Hinds

News has just been received here of a tragic accident which occurred at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], a hamlet some distance in the country, late Saturday afternoon.  Henry Hines and his little son were crossing the fields when they came to a creek swollen by the spring rains.  The only way to cross was by a narrow plank.  Hines told the lad to wait until he had crossed and then to follow.  When about midway across the creek,  he lost his balance and fell into the creek.  the banks were high and before he could save himself, the rapidly flowing creek had carried him over a twenty foot fall which was only four rods distant and then over another equally high, a little way farther down the creek.  At the second fall, the creek bed is lined with large jagged rocks, and here Hines lost his life.  Seeing his father fall into the creek, the young lad who had accompanied him, ran to a neighbor's house for aid, and within a few minutes after the accident had occurred, Thomas Bush, a neighbor had recovered the mangled body of Hines from the creek bed.  Hines was about 59 years old and leaves a wife and four children in destitute circumstances.  The funeral is being held at East Guilford this afternoon.

Sidney Record, March 30, 1907

Last Saturday, of the 23rd inst., at about 5 o'clock, a tragedy of peculiar and unusual features, occurred at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], a village situate about two miles north of Sidney, plunging Henry Hinds, aged about 50 years, to a swift and tragic death.

 

Hinds was a man of all work and last winter took up his residence at East Guilford in a house owned by Wm. Tarbell, adjoining the Wm. Seeley property.  He leaves a wife and four small children.

 

On Saturday afternoon he drove to Sidney with his wife and two small girls, and at about 4 o'clock returned to East Guilford, stopping at Harvey Newton's store to pay a bill.  Shortly after his arrival home, he put out the horses and went down to the creek in the rear of the house, situate in a ravine in the rear of the property. Across this creek, now at floodtide, and at a point near the Tarbell quarry stretches a narrow plank walk.  Hines attempted to cross this plank and fell into the swift current.  Unable to gain his feet, he was swept over the first fall, which consists of a ledge or rocks. Then he was carried to the mill dam from which he was dashed upon the rocks below and carried by the powerful current to the rear of the Rufus Newton property, where the body was recovered by Thomas Bush.

 

When drawn out of the water, poor Hinds was already dead.  A large gash on top of the unfortunate man's head, caused by a plunge upon the rocks, must have brought instant death.  The remains were conveyed to Sidney and placed in R.E. Carr's morgue and properly cared for.  Dr. Johnson, of Oxford, arrived in Sidney on Saturday night and viewed the remains, and a certificate of death was issued in accordance with the above facts. The overseer of the poor in Guilford, David Bradley, was notified but declined to take action in the case, on the ground that decedent during the past year, had resided in the towns of Bainbridge, Unadilla, as well as Guilford.

 

Hinds' body was seen going over the dam and falls at the East Guilford Mill by Thomas Bush and young Baldwin, which accounts for the quick recovery of the body.

 

Geo. Ireland, the Bainbridge overseer of the poor, declined to act in the case, and the bill will be sent to the Superintendent of the Poor of Chenango County.  Hinds' real name was Frederick B. Walling.  He changed it to that of  Henry Hinds about twelve years ago while in Pennsylvania.  The interment was held last Tuesday afternoon at East Guilford.