Obituaries (October 20)

Edward A. Lally

Utica Saturday Globe, May 1905

 

 

Edward Lally

1857 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Edward A. Lally died very suddenly from heart failure at his residence on North Broad street, at an early hour Friday morning of last week.  As he had been upon the streets, apparently in his usual robust health, at a late hour on the evening previous, the news of his death was a great shock to his friends here and throughout the county.  Edward A. Lally was the oldest son of the late William and Mary Lally and was born in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], August 10, 1857.  He attended the district schools near his boyhood home and completed his education at the Oxford and Norwich academies.  He worked on his father's farm summers and taught school winters until he was 21 years old when his father's family moved to Guilford.  Soon afterwards he engaged in the lumber business and was elected collector and overseer of the poor of the town of Guilford.  He continued in the lumber business until 1886 when he was appointed by President Cleveland railway mail clerk for the route on the Ontario & Western between Oneida and Weehawken, filling that position for four years.  In 1891, Mr. Lally was elected sheriff of Chenango County, being the only Democrat to hold that office in a period of more than 60 years.  he received 148 plurality over Isaac D. Wilsay, the Republican nominee.  Senator Fassett carried the county by 600 plurality, thus attesting Mr. Lally's personal popularity outside of his own party.  He discharged the duties of the office with marked ability and to the complete satisfaction of the taxpayers.  In politics he was always an ardent Democrat and ever enjoyed the confidence of his constituents.  He was nominated for member of Assembly and again for police justice of Norwich, in each event running far ahead of his ticket.  He was a member of the Imperial Order of Red Men, N.P.L. A.O.U.W. and several other fraternal societies.  Since the expiration of his term as sheriff, Mr. Lally has devoted his attention to the wholesale lumber business, in which he had rare skill and ability.  Few men were better able than he to estimate the value of a tract of timber, his judgment in that line being remarkable.  As a man he had no enemies.  he was big hearted, generous to a fault, true and loyal to his friends, honest and fair in his dealings with all.  His multitude of friends deplore his death in the prime of life and share the burden of grief which has fallen upon his devoted wife and family.  In 1889 he was married to Miss Hattie L. Wade, of Guilford, who with two sons, Edward and John D. Lally, survive him.  In addition to his widow and children, he is survived by one brother, William H. Lally, of Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs.  J.E. Albert, South Oxford, Mrs. Charles B. Grant, Guilford, Mrs. Susie Lannon, Norwich; and Mrs. J.W. Martin of Union Hill.

 

William Aylsworth

Afton Enterprise, March 8, 1943

Friends and neighbors are grieved to learn of the death of William Aylsworth Friday, March 3rd at the Bainbridge Hospital where he was taken the previous Tuesday.  Mr Aylsworth moved to this place a few years ago [Coventryville, Chenango Co., NY] after retiring from his farm at West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] where he had lived many years.  The funeral services were held Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the Root Funeral Home in Greene with interment in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene NY].  Mr Aylsworth is survived by his wife Sarah Bunt Aylsworth, a brother Edward of Binghamton and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Davenport of Oneonta, also nephews and nieces.  Sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.

 

Lydia Aylesworth Johnson

Afton Enterprise, January 14, 1915

Lydia Aylesworth Johnson was born in Chenango county, New York, October 4, 1818.  She was the daughter of Thomas Aylesworth.  Lydia Aylesworth was married to Welcome Johnson in 1838.  Six children were born to them, three daughters and three sons.  They lived in various parts of the state of New York.  In 1865 they moved from Elmira, N.Y. to Washington, D.C.  After some years' residence in that city they moved to Annapolis, Maryland.  They resided there for a few months and then returned to their old [home] at Bainbridge, N.Y., where they stayed three years.  They emigrated to Coming,, Kansas, where Welcome Johnson died in 1894.  From the time of her husband's death Mrs. Johnson made her home with her son and his wife, J.W. and Betsey Johnson, and came to Glendale with them, arriving here Dec. 24, 1906.  She died Dec. 29, 1914, at the age of 96 years, 2 months and 25 days.  For eight years and five days she has been a resident of this city, Glendale, Oregon and valley, and in those years she has wielded a sacred influence over all who have known her.  She was a woman of high and holy Christian character, and was ready at all times to give a reason for the hope she had, and to tell that she had "anchored that hope within the vale."  During the revival meetings in this city two months ago, an afternoon meeting was held in the Johnson home on account that Grandma Johnson was not able to attend at the church.  Besides a number of church members and neighbors, there were present Pastor J.K. Howard, Rev. Dr. Knott and Rev. David Oastler.  Grandma Johnson stood up and gave one of the grandest testimonials of her Christian experience ever heard by any of those who were present.  She is gone, but her works of righteousness and her example will live on from shore to shore of America. In every place she has made her home her pure life has left an impression for good and for God.

 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, November 7, 1874

 

AYLSWORTH:  In East Pike, Wyoming county, N.Y. of paralysis, Dexter Aylsworth, father of Geo. Aylsworth, of this village, aged 70 years.

 

HILL:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], Oct. 24, 1874, Nettie, only daughter of D.S. and Elizabeth L. Hill, aged 9 years and 8 months.

 

WINEGARD:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], Oct. 26, 1874, Bertha Winegard, eldest daughter of Richard and Jennie Winegard, aged 10 years.