Obituaries (June 21)

William Peters

Utica Saturday Globe, October 13, 1906

 

William Peters

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At his home on West Main street, early Monday morning, occurred the death of William Peters, for nearly 40 years a respected resident of this village, aged 88 years.  Mr. Peters was born in the town of Norwich, May 13, 1818, his parents being Willmoth and Polly Peters, early settlers in this section, who came here from Rhode Island.  He had always resided here except for about three years spent in Morris.  About 30 years ago he was for several years engaged in the coal business with N.P. Wheeler, a former prominent Norwich business man.  Later he was associated with the late C.H. Wheeler in the manufacture of staves, and for a short time he was interested in the making of brick.  For the past 23 years Mr. Peters had been in the employ of C.W. Lanpher, the coal dealer, as collector, until about a year ago he was obliged to give up active work, but was able to be about the street until a week before his death.  For many years he had been a faithful member of the Broad Street M.E. Church.  September 21, 1848, Mr. Peters married Phoebe B Weeden, of this town.  She died eight years ago.  A son and a daughter survive--Mrs. Emma E. Borland and Clarence E. Peters, of this village; another son, William Peters, died three years ago. The funeral was held from his late home Wednesday afternoon.  Rev. Samuel Moore, of Schuyler Lake, officiating. Burial was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Curtis Cooper

 1818 - 1901

The funeral of the late Curtis Cooper was held on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. Frances M. Cooper.  The interment was in the Cooper cemetery on the old Cooper estate in the town of Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]  The Rev. A.H. Grant officiated.  The bearers were Lewis Taylor, George Woodworth, Dwight Scott and Asa Mandeville.  Curtis Cooper was born at the old Cooper home, Nov. 27, 1818, the son of Caleb and Abigail (Yale) Cooper, the fourth in a family of nine children, of which but three survive; Miss Pauline Cooper and Mrs. Emma L. Yale of Bainbridge, N.Y., and Mrs. Moses Stockwell of Hammonton, N.J.  Mr. Cooper was married on October 1, 1845, to Miss Paulina Yale of Guilford, daughter of Elam and Merah (Ives) Yale.  Mr. and Mrs. Cooper lived for some years on the old Jordan farm above Yaleville and then purchased the Joel Yale place, just west of the Cooper homestead, where they made their home until 1876 when, together with the late James Yale, Mr. Cooper secured the Dr. John Yale place on South Main street in this village.  Mrs. Cooper entered into rest in 1893 and Mr. Yale in 1896.  Mrs. Yale resides at the old home with her sister, Miss Pauline Cooper.  Mr. and Mrs. Cooper had no children of their own, but took into their home and love and care, Philip B. Toby, long deceased, and Anna E.H. Sands, now resident in Rochester, N .Y.  No higher tribute can be paid the devotion of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper to the children of this adoption than this, that children of their own flesh and blood could not have received better or more tender care and love.  Mr. Cooper passed quietly away at early dawn Thursday morning, April 18. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure.

 

Charity P. Cooper

1835 - 1901

Mrs. Charity P. Cooper, one of the highly esteemed and respected ladies of this community [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] died suddenly Wednesday morning.  It was painful news for her large circle of friends to receive for it was not generally known that she was seriously ill.  Mrs. Cooper had been confined to the bed for only a week. The ailment was stomach trouble being diagnosed as ulceration.  Her condition was not considered critical until yesterday morning when a hemorrhage occurred which produced the fatal results.  The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late residence on North Main street.  Rev. Chas. D. Reed will officiate and the burial will be in the Cooper Cemetery at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  The deceased was the wife of Benjamin Y. Cooper who died two years ago, and was the daughter of Uriah Yale, deceased of Guilford, where she was born 66 years ago.  Her ancestry on the Yale side were the first settlers in the town of Guilford, coming from Connecticut. the Cooper family located in Guilford about the same time emigrating from Wyoming Valley, Pa., and were represented in the Battle of Wyoming Valley against the British and Indians in the time of the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Cooper came to Bainbridge twenty years ago with her husband and has since lived in this village. The two brothers Marcus and Benjamin Cooper, after their marriage, always lived together as one family and in harmonious relationship. The deceased left no children but there are three brothers; Isaac Yale of Bainbridge and Henry Yale of Guilford, and a half brother, Stephen Yale, of Minneapolis, Minn.  Charity, her Christian name, was a fitting and highly suggestive one of her noble character.r  She was kind, charitable to everyone, especially to the sick and unfortunate an earnest and enthusiastic worker in the Baptist church of which she was a member and being sincere and conscientious in all her work she commanded an influence and was considered a leader in the religious and social circles.  She was an educated woman and was interested in al literary work.  The Woman' Club of which she was a leading member, was to her a source of much delight and her valuable aid will be sadly missed.  Mrs. Cooper was unsparing in her devotion to whatever scheme or proposition came up for the alleviation of pain, of wrong, or for the advancement of the human race.  She was not assertive but progressive in a way that aroused no friction, and she was the friends of all.  We feel with a legion of others that Bainbridge has lost from her midst a sterling woman and one whose kindly presence and broad mantle of charity in word and deed will never be forgotten.

 

The funeral of Mrs. Charity P. Cooper was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late home on North Main street.  The attendance was large with representatives from the different church organizations and the Woman's club.  Rev. C.D. Reed officiated at the services. The selections of music were rendered by Mrs. Ralph W. Kirby, Mrs. Charlotte Buck, Wm. Hart and Wm. Carruth of Afton.  The pall bearers were E.D.Truman, Geo. Woodward, W.H. Mosher and Wm. Hart.  Burial was made in the Cooper Cemetery at Guilford. 

 

Frances Catherine (Peters) Burrows

1829 - 1901

Mrs. Frances Catherine Peters, wife of Jesse O. Burrows, died on Wednesday morning, aged seventy-two years.  She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. G.D. Chamberlin, of Franklin, and one son, Arba Burrows, who have the sympathy of all.  the funeral will be private and conducted by the Rev. John Alison this afternoon at one o'clock, at the house.  Mr. and Mrs. Burrows had been married fifty years on Oct. 2d.

 

Eliza J. (Sweet) Redfield

1848 - 1901

The funeral of Mrs. Eliza J. Sweet, wife of Lyman C. Redfield, was held at her home in West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 9 at 1:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick of Cooperstown, a former pastor of the deceased, conducted the services.  The attendance was large, the house being filled to overflowing by relatives, neighbors and friends.  Many were present from Bainbridge, who felt with the family a common bereavement in the death of this most estimable woman.  Mr. Kilpatrick gave a glowing and eloquent discourse, using the text, John 13:7 "Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."  The pastor dwelt with loving inspiration upon the virtues of the departed one her kindness and unselfishness of spirit, her amiable and cheerful nature, her intense love for her family and her sympathy by the side of the sick and distressed; and then depicted the joys of her state of transition with its boundless knowledge.  The selections of music were those Mrs. Redfield specially enjoyed while living and were sung by the quartette, the Messrs. Daniel Banner, Fremont Bentley, Edison Burdick and Geo. A. Smith, all old neighbors, when she lived in Bainbridge. The pall-bearers, were the Messrs. A.J. Wilcox, Perry Rood, Frank Seeley, Geo. S.Cook, Melvin Herrick and Ransom Herrick. The interment was in Green Lawn cemetery, Bainbridge.  There were many beautiful flowers, woven into various designs, and also profuse foliage arranged with palms and ferns, presented as tokens of affection to the memory of the deceased.  They enveloped the casket at the home, and were interred, many of them, with the remains.  Mrs. Redfield's death occurred Sunday morning January 6, from typhoid pneumonia. She had been ill less than a week, and usually had enjoyed such perfect health that he family would not believe that her sickness could terminate fatally.  Her last day of health had been spent at a family reunion at her home. She died upon the homestead farm upon which she had been reared from childhood, and from which she was married to Mr. Redfield 34 years ago.  Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Sweet, and the mother only survives who is nearly 80 years of age.  Mr. and Mrs. Redfield's residence had been in the vicinity of Bainbridge for the most part, but they had lived ten years in this village, going three years ago to West Bainbridge to care for Mrs. Redfield's mother.  Besides the husband, three children survive; the Misses Nettie A., and Gladys M. Redfield and Frank P. Redfield of Bainbridge.  Mrs. Redfield was a member of the M.E. church and was, while residing here, one of its most enthusiastic and tireless workers, enjoying every branch of church work.  She was also devoted to the G.A.R. organization.  Her husband had been a member of the 114th regiment and was Commander at different times of H.H. Beecher Post. she was of great aid in all social reunions of the post.  Mrs. Redfield lived a life of usefulness.  Her exhaustless energy and tender interest to all about her, made her a large circle of friends who mourn with the bereaved family.