Obituaries (November 13)

Rev. Lester S. King

Utica Saturday Globe, February 1911

 

Rev. Lester S. King

1834 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At his home on Sheldon street, Wednesday, following an illness of several weeks, occurred the death of Rev. Lester S. King, aged 77.  Deceased was born in Jefferson county, this State, January 1, 1834, and was a son of Silas B. and Mary Lee King.  In 1873 he was ordained a minister of the Free Methodist church and served charges in several sections of the State, including New London, Summer Hill, Lindley, Watertown, Spencer and Norwich.  He was pastor of the society in this village in 1879 and 1880 and again during the years of 1884, 1885 and 1886.  It was during his later pastorate here that the church of the society was erected on Sheldon street, and it was largely through Mr. King's efforts that the building of the church was accomplished.  Mr. King was thrice married.  His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Carpenter, whom he married in 1856.  She died January 28, 1876.  His second wife, who was Arcelia O. Pierce, died in 1886 and on September 8, 1887, he married Mrs. Ella M. Thompson, of Norwich, who survives.  He also leaves two sons by his first marriage, John A. of Buffalo, and James G. of Corning, and a brother, George King, of Clinton. The funeral was held from his late home on Sheldon street this (Friday) afternoon, Rev. O.S. Baker, of Cortland, assisted by Rev. James B. Wilson, of Norwich, officiating. The burial was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

Orrin L.  Anderson

1855 - 1940

Orrin L. Anderson died suddenly of a shock at the home of his son, Daniel E. Anderson, on the South New Berlin - Norwich road [Chenango County, NY] Monday evening, Nov. 25, 1940.  Mr. Anderson suffered a shock a year and a half ago from which he never fully recovered.  Had he lived until Friday Nov. 29, he would have been 85 years old. Born in Pitcher, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Nov. 29, 1855, his early life was spent in Smithville Centre but he had been a resident of this community for rhe past sixty years.  He was the oldest of a family of five, all of whom have preceded him in death.  They were Mrs. Hannah Wells and Mrs. Lillian Mathewson, of Norwich, Mrs. Vener Aldrich of Sherburne and Laverne Pratt of Erie, Pa.  He was a membr of the Smithville Centre M.E.Church and was one of 32 young people who formed a club known as the Smithvile Literary Society in the year of 1872.  Only one original member of this club, Mrs. Emma Graves, survives him.  On December 25, 1879, he married Miss Alice C. Skinner who died May 27, 1935.  Two children were born to them, a son, Daniel E. Anderson and a daughter Eunice Anderson Pudney, who was the wife of Charles Pudney and who died April 2, 1926.  Survivng are his son Daniel E. Anderson and four grandchildren, Laverne of South New Berlin, Olive of Northampton, Mass., Richard and Donald, also several nephews and nieces.  The funeral was held at the Breese Funeral Home, Thursday Nov. 28 at 2 p.m., Rev. C.H. Skinner of South new Berlin officiating, with burial in Mt. Hope cemetery, Norwich. The bearers were Roy Wells, Oscar Mathewson, Levi Skinner and Linn Skinner of Norwich, and Robert Steere and Harold Cowles of Smithville Centre.

Abbie Sage Angell

1857 - 1940

The death of Abbie Sage Angell widow of the late Olin T. Angell, occurred at the family home near this village on Wednesday, May 1st.  A daughter of Nelson Sage and Harriett Green Sage, she was born at New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] on October 22, 1857.  In 1875 she was united in marriage with Olin T. Angell and for some time lived at New Berlin, moving from there to Guilford and later to Sidney where they lived for 22 years moving to the Angell farm at Mt. Upton in 1915.  Her husband passed away in February, 1935, and she has since made her home with her son Stanley and family at the Angell farm.  She is survived by two sons, Stanley J., of Mt. Upton, and George M. of Oswego, Oregon, and one daughter, Mrs. Bertha A. Peck of New York, and four grandchildren.  She was an active member of the Mt. Upton Methodist church, where she was particularly interested in missionary work.  The funeral was held from the late home on Friday May 3rd, with burial at Sidney. The officiating clergymen, were Rev. Norman B. Graves of Oxford, assisted by Rev. Charles J. Dempsey of Guilford.  Ralph Burlison, Clyde Richmond, Claude Wadsworth, Harry Curtis, Fred Crumb and Claude Isbell acted as bearers.

James H. Arnold

1859 - 1938

James H. Arnold, died at the family home at Sherburne Quarter [Chenango Co., NY] July 22, 1938, at 5:10 a.m. after a lingering illness.  Funeral services were held at the William Breese Funeral Home in Norwich on July 25 at 1:30 p.m.  He is survived by his wife, Lillian Wilson Arnold, and two sons, James E. of Sherburne and Harry R. of Norwich, also one brother, B.F. Arnold of town of Plymouth and one sister, Mrs. Mirvil Snow of East Norwich; three grandchildren, James H. Arnold, Jr., Winifred E. Arnold and Elizabeth J. Arnold, al of Norwich, also several nephews and nieces and cousins, and one aged aunt.  He was married to Miss Mary E. Yager of Albany on Sept. 6, 1880 and lived some time in Sidney, his native home town, then moved to Norwich while the children were quite young, where he worked for the O.&W. for some time.  Then he engaged in farming.  They had three children, Winnie E., who died in June 1900, two sons, James E. and Harry R. Arnold, who survive him.  In September 1914, his wife, Mary E., passed away at the family home in Dark Hollow and on March 23, 1925, he married again, Mrs. Lillian H. Wilson, formerly of Norwich.  They made their home in Dark Hollow until August 30, 1926, when he and his son James E. sold out and located in the town of Sherburne, on a small farm where he died.