Obituaries (October 11)

Isabelle (Wormwood) Waters

Utica Saturday Globe, February 1905

 

 

Isabelle (Wormwood) Waters

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Isabelle Waters, wife of Jesse G. Waters, superintendent of the Borden Condensed Milk Company, of Newport, Me., died Monday after an illness of several months.  Her maiden name was Isabelle Wormwood and she was born in Dover, Ill.  Her age was 30 years, 4 months and 25 days.  In October, 1901, she married Jesse G. Waters in this village.  They went to Newport in August, 1902, Mr. Waters having been sent there by his company to take charge of their plant at that place.  During  her residence in Newport Mrs. Waters made many friends who sincerely mourn her death.  She was a member of the Ladies' Aid and of Nokomis Chapter, O.E.S.  Besides the husband and 3-months-old baby, Gail Green Waters, and the sister, who has cared for her during her illness, Miss May Wormwood, she leaves three sisters and three brothers in the west to mourn  her death.  Tuesday the remains were taken from Newport to Oxford for funeral services and burial.  The Ladies' Aid Society, of Newport, Me., requested that 30 carnations be placed on the casket representing the years of her age, the flowers being brought all the way from Maine, and the request was carried out by the Ladies Aid Society, of Oxford.  Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilman, the funeral was held at their residence on Albany street.  The deceased had made her residence with them during her stay in Oxford before marriage.  Among the many beautiful floral offerings was a gates ajar, from the employees of the condenser at Newport, a cross of roses and carnations from the friends at the Oxford bottling works, a beautiful piece from the Norwich condenser and cut flowers from many other friends. 

 

Fred Hettinger

Bainbridge Republican, April 20, 1883

Fred Hettinger, a well-known locomotive engineer on the A.& S. road, was killed near Central Bridge, Wednesday morning of last week, about four o'clock.  He was going east with a light engine.  The morning was foggy. The double tracks run together at the bridge east of the station.  Hettinger was running slow. Through some unaccountable mistake a west-bound freight was signaled to go ahead over the bridge before Hettinger had passed, and the locomotives collided where the tracks run together.  The light engine was thrown down the bank, and Hettinger was caught and held firmly under it, enveloped by the hot steam which soon killed him.  His remains were forwarded to Albany, where he resided.  Strangely enough, no one else was seriously hurt.

 

Florence Truesdell

Chenango Union, January 23, 1890

Death gathers in its numbers, irrespective of age, reckless of love, or sorrowing hearts.  The fair, the loving and loveliest are taken from the home circle, and a shadow falls darkly upon it.  Thus after a brief illness, Florence, only daughter of E.H. Truesdell, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], was taken, when life was opening fair and promising to her, and, when the bereaved family question "Why?" the answer is, "God knows best."  Mr. and Mrs. Truesdell desire to express their heartfelt thanks to the people of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], for their sympathy in their affliction, and for so kindly aiding in the burial of their daughter in their pleasant cemetery.

 

Lucy L. Hitchcock

Chenango Union, January 23, 1890

Mrs. Lucy L. Hitchcock, died at Wilkesbarre, Pa., January 15, from the prevailing epidemic, influenza.  She was the widow of Amos A. Hitchcock, for many years proprietor of the Stage House, in this village, and came here with him from Oriskany Falls in 1848; remaining in the hotel until the death of Mr. Hitchcock, which occurred on the 7th of April 1866.  Mrs. Hitchcock was born in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], February 8, 1812, was a grandniece of President Monroe, and resided in Oxford twenty-eight years.  Of late years she lived in Wilkesbarre with her daughter, Mrs. Horace S. Chamberlain, who with her husband accompanied the remains to this village on Friday last, which were interred in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] --Oxford Times

 

Cornelius C. Williams

Chenango Union, February 25, 1892

Rev. C.C. Williams a former resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and at one time pastor of a Methodist church in Preston and North Norwich, died of apoplexy at his home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] on Monday.  He was a very fleshy man, but always appeared to enjoy good health. At one time he was a leader in the Greenback party, but of late years has practiced law and been a dealer in real estate, in which he had been very successful.

 

Sidney Record, February 27, 1892

To the unspeakable anguish of his family and a large circle of friends, Mr. C.C. Williams, long known and acknowledged as one of our leading and best citizens, died at  his home on Prospect Hill [Sidney, NY] last Sunday night at 11:30.  His end was not wholly unexpected.  During the last two years Mr. Williams was critically ill on one or two occasions.  Although he recovered, his health remained in at unsettled condition.  On the 19th inst., he became suddenly ill and sustained a stroke of apoplexy, after which he never recovered consciousness and to the great grief of his family he died at the hour above stated.  Mr. Williams was born July 4, 1839, at Lexington, Greene county, N.Y.  He entered the ministry while yet young and served several charges in this and the New York Conference.  He studied law with Hon. H.G. Prindle, of Norwich.  For several years he resided in Bainbridge, and moved to Sidney in 1886.  He was a member of Bainbridge F. and A.M., also of the Walton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, for many years.  He leaves a widow and four children, George V.S., B. Frank, Jennie and Mary L.  The funeral took place from the family residence on Prospect Hill last Wednesday at 1 p.m.  A large concourse of mourners were gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased.  The services were simple but very impressive, and profound grief was depicted on every face.  It was felt that a generous friend, a worthy Christian brother had gone from among us.  Mr. William's colleagues in the ministry were present in large numbers, among whom were Presiding Elder A.J. Van Cleft of Oneonta, Rev. J.M Colville of Binghamton, Rev. J.B. Cook of Sidney, Rev. C.B. Personeus of Sidney Centre, Rev. O.H. McAnulty of Oneonta, Rev. Wm. Burnside of Sidney, Rev. R.P. Green of Decatur, Rev. C.H. Hayes and Rev. N.B. Ripley of Afton.  A strong delegation of Masons, about 115 in number, from Bainbridge, Unadilla, Walton and Sidney were present at the funeral, and Brother Card, Past Master of Bainbridge Lodge, conducted the services at the grave in a very impressive manner.  Mr. Arthur B. Hopkins acted as funeral director.  It is customary to speak well of the dead, but in the case of Mr. Williams, no one who ever knew him would be governed by mere custom in speaking well of him.  He was a man jealous of his good name, striving in all his dealings with his fellow man to maintain his reputation for probity and honesty, and in this manner he deservedly earned their esteem and confidence.  He was also a man imbued with a true public spirit, endowed with broad, liberal ideas, possessed of a progressive spirit.  He tried to do what was right, not as a matter of policy but as a matter of principle.  In his family relations Mr. Williams was truly a happy man.  He was a kind, tender and most affectionate husband, and it is truly said of him that during his long married life he was never known to have uttered one unkind word.  As a father he spared no effort to bring up his children in the right, and it was his just reward that they were greatly attached to him. That death should remove from their happy circle one so good so true and gentle to them--one whose ever present love sheltered them from the storms of life--is indeed anguish great to bear, and in their sad affliction the family command the sympathy of the entire community.