Obituaries (October 9)

Lula L. Sabin

Utica Saturday Globe, February 1905

 

 

Lula L. Sabin

1884 - 1905

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Miss Lula L. Sabin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orra E. Sabin, died at her home on East Main street Sunday night last from pleuro-pneumonia contracted about two weeks before.  Miss Sabin was born in the town of Eaton, Madison county, September 25, 1884, but had resided in Norwich for the past 15 years.  She was a member of the class of 1902 in the Norwich High School and after her graduation, at once entered upon the responsible position of forelady in the quilling department and bookkeeper in the Norwich Silk Mills.  She was an attractive  young woman and though modest and unassuming always carried an air of good cheer wherever she went.  She had shown rare musical ability, being at the time of her fatal sickness a member of the Norwich Singers' Club and one of the leading sopranos in the choir of the Calvary Baptist church.  For several years she had been active in various branches of Christian work of that day school and Philathea Bible study class and of the Y.P.S.C.E., holding for some time the office of pianist.  Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother, Murray Sabin, and a sister, Mrs. A.F. Fielding, of Norwich.  Her funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the house at 1:30 o'clock and from Calvary Church at 2 o'clock, Rev Spencer J. Ford officiating.  The Philatheas attended in a body. The floral offerings were many and very beautiful.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

M.S. Mandeville

Bainbridge Republican, April 20, 1883

An old citizen of the county, and one often seen upon our streets for more than half a century back, M.S. Mandeville died at his home in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] last week, at the ripe old age of 84.  He was a firm friend of Oxford Academy in years gone by, nearly every one of his numerous family having at some time attended school here.--Oxford Times

 

Charles A. Priest

Bainbridge Republican, January 13, 1888

Wednesday morning about six o'clock, A.A. Priest, who resides on Kirby street, this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], went to the chamber door, as usual, and called to his two sons, Charles A. Priest, aged 25 years , and a younger brother aged 12 years, who slept together, to arise and prepare for breakfast.  The boys not answering or coming down as usual, Mr. Priest called again, and receiving no reply, ascended to the boys' room and found Charles cold and dead, lying beside his brother, Curtis.  Curtis, when roused said he had discovered nothing unusual about the sleeping of his brother through the night. The deceased has been subject to fits ever since a small boy, and it is supposed they were the cause of his death.  Charles, for several years past, has been employed by station agent Roberts to assist about the depot, and has been faithful and obliging to those whom he served. The funeral services were held this (Friday) afternoon at one o'clock, at the parent's home, and were conducted by Rev. J.T. Barber.  The remains were buried in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY], Roberts Hose Co., of which the deceased was an active member, attended the funeral, and draped their rooms in mourning.

 

Albert S. Tanner

Chenango Union, January 16, 1890

After an illness of several months, Albert S. Tanner died at his residence on Clinton street, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday last, aged eighty-two years.  Mr. Tanner was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, August  7, 1807.  In 1832 he married Sarah Holmes, and in 1840 the young couple removed to this village.  A builder by occupation, Mr. Tanner formed a partnership with the late Abram Thomas, and the old Norwich Academy, the Latham Block, and the Baptist Church at Hamilton, are among the buildings erected by the firm.  In 1846 he removed to a farm in Morrisville, where he remained until some fifteen years ago, when he returned to this village, where he had since resided.  Deceased was a good citizen, of strict integrity, and respected by all.  He was for many years a consistent member of the Baptist Church.  He leaves surviving  him his widow and six children; Horace G. Tanner and Mrs. F.T. Bottsford, of California; Mrs. C.B. Swift, of Providence, R.I.; S.A. Tanner, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Georgianna Hull and Mrs. J.D. Reed, of Norwich.  His funeral will be attended from his late residence, Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.

 

Simon Buell

Chenango Union, January 16, 1890

Simon Buell died of pneumonia, at his residence in King Settlement [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], after a short illness, at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning last.  He complained of having taken cold on Friday, the 3d inst., but it was not so severe that he did not attend to usual business, and came to Norwich on Saturday, returning at night.  After retiring at eight he had a severe chill, which lasted an hour.  Pneumonia developed, and during the week he grew rapidly worse until Sunday morning, when he breathed his last.  Simon Buell was a son of Elijah Buell, and was the sixth of a family of nine children.  He was born at King Settlement, within half a mile of the place of his death, June 2d, 1822, and was therefore 67 years, 7 months, and 10 days old at the time of his death.  He was three times married, his first wife being Julia Heady, to whom he was married January 12th, 1845, her death occurring January 12th, 1879.  The result of the union was five children, four of whom survive, viz., Augustus C. Buell, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. D.D.Adams, Binghamton, N.Y.; Mrs. John Sheff, Norwich, N.Y.; and Blin Buell, who resides at the homestead.  January 19th, 1881, he was married to Mrs. Sarah A. Cook, who died November 12, 1885.  His third wife, Mrs. Mary C. King, to whom he was married in December last, survives him.  In politics he was in early life a Whig, later a Republican, and in 1872 cast his ballot for Horace Greeley.  Since then he has been a Democrat.  For several terms he held the office of Justice of the Peace and other town offices, and was appointed Railroad Commissioner by Judge Jenks about three years ago, which position he held at the time of his death.  As a business man and citizen he sustained a high and most honorable position; loyal to principle and duty; one who could be trusted with unfaltering confidence.  Without a bad habit, we looked to him as pure and unselfish in thought and word and act. The influence of such a life must remain to stimulate and ennoble. But he has passed from earth a little before he had reached the full threescore and ten, bearing with him the praises of all who knew him, and the benedictions of thousands who have been receivers of his kindnesses during the years of his life. Indeed, he has obeyed the summons which sooner or later awaits us all, and now reposes in the quietude of sleep in the Buell family cemetery at King's Settlement, which his own hands and means had aided to procure and ornament.  But yet he is not dead; he will live in the future, and the influences of a good life will be felt in the years to come, for the triumph of death is not complete, and when a good man surrenders his spirit, he leaves in the history of his acts a monument to his memory more enduring than bronze or sculptured stone; a monument which always commands public appreciation, and proves a sweet consolation to the grief of surviving relatives and friends.  His funeral services were held from his late residence in King's settlement today Wednesday, at 2 o'clock, Rev. W.G. Partridge officiating.