William M. Wood
Utica Saturday Globe, May 1905
William M. Wood
1828 - 1905
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Wednesday of last week, at the home of his son, Frank Wood, near this village, occurred the death of William M. Wood, aged 77. Mr Wood was born in Rensselaerville, Albany county, August 2, 1828. He had been a resident of Chenango county for about a quarter of a century, engaging in farming and working at the carpenter's trade. His wife died some seven years ago, since which he had made his home with his son. He had been ill for about four weeks, his last sickness coming upon him while on a visit to his old home in Albany county. Mr. Wood was a veteran of the civil war, enlisting at the opening of the struggle in Company E, Eighty-ninth Regiment, N.Y.S.V., and served until the close f hostilities. Only four comrades of his company survive him. He was a member of Greene Post, G.A.R. Deceased is survived by three sons, Frank, of Norwich; William E. and Charles S., of Taylorville, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs. Antoinette Smith, of St. Louis, Mo. Three brothers also survive, Hamilton J., of West Oneonta, Norman, of Dormansville, and John, of Rensselerville. Funeral services were held Saturday forenoon at this late home, Rev. S.J. Ford officiating. Interment was made at South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] the bearers being members of Smith Post, G.A.R.
Ann Parmalee
Bainbridge Republican, February 10, 1888
Mrs. Ann Parmalee, the oldest woman in Oneida County, died at her home in Clinton, Thursday, at the extreme age of 103 years and 9 months. The old lady was one of the chief attractions of the multitude who were in attendance at Clinton's centennial celebration, held in that village, on the 13th of last July, being in the procession reviewed by the President and Mrs. Cleveland. She was born in Shaftesbury, Vt., April 29., 1784, and was the daughter of a farmer. She had lived in Oneida county, and not far from where she died, since 1806, and now has a brother residing, in Clinton, who is 97 years of age and in fair health Her sister Thankful Stanton, a maiden lady, died about two years ago at the advanced age of 97 years and 9 months. About a year ago Mrs. Parmalee received a fall, since which time she has been unable to walk. She was a woman of marked intelligence and could easily recall the death of George Washington and the events of the war of 1812. The deceased was a devout Christian lady, and a member of the M.E. Church.
Edward M. Brown, Sr.
Bainbridge Republican, February 17, 1888
Edward M. Brown, Sr., of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], died very suddenly Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock. He ate his dinner apparently as well as usual, and went out in the woodshed to build a box. In a few minutes he was found, in a sinking condition, trying to get in the house. He was taken in and soon expired. The rupture of a blood vessel was the cause of death. He was 78 years old--Budget
Rev. Henry Callahan
Bainbridge Republican, February 17, 1888
Rev. Henry Callahan died at Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], Feb. 7, after a long illness, aged 77 years. Mr. Callahan spent his early life at Andover, Mass., was a graduate of Union College and of Andover Theo. Sem. He ably filled pastorates at Niagara Falls, Oxford and Franklin, and was Chaplain of the 114th N.Y. Vols., a Chenango co. regiment. A severe illness of fever, at New Orleans, ruined his health so that a full recovery never followed. The pastoral work of Mr. Callahan extended over a period of twenty years before the great National struggle, to which he gave himself without reserve, and in which he went down into the valley of the shadow of death, coming up with impaired vigor, but unimpaired zeal.
Albert Cornwell
Bainbridge Republican, March 9, 1888
Albert Cornwell died at his home in Ives' Settlement [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], Friday evening, Feb. 24, of pneumonia, aged 78 years. He was a respected and trustworthy citizen, and held the office of society clerk of the M.E. Church, Guilford, for nearly 50 years.
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