Obituaries (June 14)

Clara Button Evans

Utica Saturday Globe, January 13, 1906

 

Mrs. Clara Button Evans

 

Mrs. Clara Button Evans died Sunday, January 7, at the home of her son, Walter Button, in New York, where she had been on a visit for the past few weeks.  Mrs. Evans was born in Moravia, Cayuga county, 76 years ago.  Her first husband, Henry Button, of this place, died about 26 years ago, and in 1884 she was married to Isaac Evans, of this village, who survives her, together with one son, Walter Button, of New York.  She was a member of the Broad Street M.E. Church and was respected by all who knew her.  The remains were brought to this village Monday and the funeral was held from her home on Auburn street Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Wilson Treible officiating.  Burial was made in Mt. Hope [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  The bearers were Reuben Murray, Adelbert Peckham, Frank Kreiner and Howard Barber.

 

Mrs. Ziba Saunders

Bainbridge Republican, February 27, 1880

Mrs. Ziba Saunders, formerly of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at the residence of her daughter, in Owego [Tioga Co., NY], last week.  Mrs. S. was the mother of Oscar F. Saunders, of Corning.

Oscar F. Evans

Bainbridge Republican, February 27, 1880

By reference to our death notices, it will be seen that Oscar F. Evans died on Monday last.  Mr. Evans has resided in Bainbridge nearly all his life, and made many friends.  He had been suffering with a disease of the lungs for nearly a year prior to his death, but at the last his death was quite sudden and unexpected.  The deceased was well informed on the general topics of the day, and enjoyed a friendly discussion with his neighbors.  He will be greatly missed by his associates.

Mrs. John Coon

Bainbridge Republican, January 30, 1880

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. John Coon died Sunday afternoon.  The funeral was held Tuesday at 1 o'clock, at her late residence.

Mrs. Hiram Place

Bainbridge Republican, January 30, 1880

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Hiram Place died at the residence of her son, Jarris Place, Monday morning, Jan. 26th.  She had been sick some time with dropsy of the heart.

Gracie Owens

Bainbridge Republican, January 30, 1880

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Gracie, a little child of Mrs. Alice Owens, died Friday night with scarlet fever.  The funeral was held at the Baptist church Sunday, at 11 o'clock, and the remains taken to South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] for interment.

 

Josephine (McCullom) Breed

Chenango Union, January 31, 1884

The Minneapolis Evening Journal of the 15th inst. contains the following announcement of the death of the wife of George D. Breed, formerly of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], son of William R. Breed:

 

"Mrs. Josephine M. Breed, wife of George D. Breed, for some years past agent on the Manitoba road, died on Monday morning, aged nearly thirty-five years.  She was the eldest daughter of W.H. McCollum, an old resident of this city.  She was born at Bainbridge, New York [Chenango Co.], and was married nearly twelve years ago.  She leaves a little son nearly ten years old.  Attractive in person, of lovely disposition and bright intelligence, she made many warm friends. The insidious inroad of a cancer, whose progress had not alarmed her until two years ago, and which she had kept concealed until too late, was the cause of her early death.  She bore its frequent agony, at the close, with womanly fortitude, and received the announcement of her approaching death with Christian resignation. She sank very suddenly at the last, passing away peacefully and without pain, the gnawing tooth of her malady, like the "Worm of Nilus,' was

'A babe at her breast,

That sucked the nurse asleep.' "

 

Lewis G. Rider

Chenango Union, January 31, 1884

Lewis G. Riber, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], who some years ago went west, was on Sunday morning, the 13th inst., shot dead by William Salisbury, a neighboring ranchman, near Otterbourne, Kansas.  Rider was a sheep owner, and Salisbury owned cattle.  A quarrel had grown up between them, out of encroachments on each other's range.  On the morning referred to Mr. and Mrs. Rider and two little children were in the house, when a party of eight men approached the house, and Mr. Rider met them at the open door.  He was smoking at the time, and was unarmed.  he had just invited one of the neighbors in, to talk the matter over, when Mrs. Rider saw Salisbury behind a loose door at the stable, taking aim with his rifle.  She informed her husband, who, instead of stepping back, started a little forward to look, when Salisbury fired, and Rider fell to the floor. The ball passed through his head and lodged in the sill of the doorway.  He lived about three-quarters of an hour.  Salisbury and his two sons, who were also armed, immediately fled.  No arrests were made.  Deceased was a brother of Mrs. George S. Lattimer, of North Norwich, and also of Nathan Rider, who was at one time proprietor of the Spaulding House in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].