Obituaries (August 13)

Adelia Haxton Marquis

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1915

 

Adelia Haxton Marquis

1836 - 1915

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Adelia Haxton, widow of James B. Marquis, passed away recently at her home in East Park aged 79.  Mrs. Marquis had been enjoying her usual excellent health and out upon the street the day prior to her death.  Soon after entering her apartments she suffered a shock and before a physician could respond to the summons sank into unconsciousness from which she never recovered.  The deceased was a native of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] and resided there until her marriage to James B. Marquis in 1856, when they came to Norwich to make their home.  Mrs. Marquis was widely known and greatly [loved].  The home which she had for over half a century was the mecca for the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, she being a charter member.  Throughout her long residence she had been intimately associated with different departments of the work in the Broad Street church, of which she was one of the most steadfast supporters.  Of 19 children there are five surviving sons and daughters:  Walter H. Marquis, of Auburn; Mrs. Mary G. Wandell, of Utah; Miss Fannie O. Marquis and Miss Katherine S. Marquis, of New York city, and James B. Marquis, of this city.  Funeral services were held Saturday morning from her late residence, Rev. Wilson Treible, a former pastor, officiating.  Burial was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Martha Lanckton Johnson

Cortland Democrat, October 6, 1922

Mrs. Martha Lanckton Johnson was born June 11, 1841, and died Sept. 29, 1922.  She was married to Sidney Johnson, at Otselic, March 12, 1868.  Her whole life was spent in this vicinity.  She was a member of the Baptist church.  She was the oldest of a family of eight, and leaves six sisters, Mrs. Helen Geer and Mrs. Alice Ellis of Syracuse, Mrs. Flora Brown of Sayre, Mrs. Josephine Tallett of Otselic, Mrs. Charles Bellington of Earlville, and Mrs. Ella Bartlett of Oxford, besides her husband. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. Paul Swartout officiating.

 

Jessie Park Houseman

Cortland Democrat, December 7, 1923

Mrs. Jessie Park Houseman passed away at noon on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Cortland hospital, where she has been a patient some months.  All that loving hands, skilled physicians, and trained nurses could do was done for her to  no avail.  She bore her long illness with remarkable fortitude, always appearing cheerful, never complaining and often planning how she was to furnish the home when she and her husband began housekeeping, but it was not the will of Him who knows best, and she was taken from this earth to a place where pain and trouble are unknown.  She was a member of the M.E. church at Virgil and of the Virgil Grange.  She was a graduate of the 1923 class of the Cortland Central high school and was married to Forrest Houseman on June 29, 1923.  She is survived by her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Park, and three brothers, Ralph, Kenneth and Leigh, all of whom have the sympathy of all in their time of trouble.  The funeral was held from the home of her parents, Saturday at 1 o'clock, and the house was filled with relatives and friends.  The flowers were many and beautiful.  Mrs. Mary Cummings, Miss Flora Houseman, and George Ticknor, accompanied by Miss Doris Seamans, sang two selections, "Face to Face," and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."  Rev. Benjamin Rowe of Cortland spoke comfortingly to the bereaved ones.  Burial was made at South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], her mother's former home.  The bearers were her husband and three brothers.

 

Helen Brush

Afton Enterprise, February 3, 1944

Mrs. Helen Brush, 74 years old of Maple Street died Friday morning, January 28th in Binghamton City Hospital after a long illness.  She is survived by her husband, Frank Brush, a son George A. Brush of Rochelle Park, N.J. and a daughter, Mrs. Sidney Stockholm, of Albany and four grandsons.  Her funeral was held Monday at two o'clock in Kark's Funeral Home, Rev. Charles Sabin officiating.  Burial was in Harpursville Cemetery [Broome Co., NY].

 

Elizabeth (Wackford) Beck

Afton Enterprise, February 3, 1944

Mrs. Elizabeth Peck, aged 86, passed away January 27th, 1944 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Harry Blakeslee in Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Beck was born in Kent, England, November 13, 1857, the daughter of the late Thomas and Jane Gilbert Wackford.  In 1874 she was united in marriage to Wellington N. Bowers.  To them were born three children, Clarence N., Viola and Merritt G.  For many years a resident of Oxford, she later moved to Johnson City.  In 1918 she was united in marriage to Nelson Beck.  About 10 years ago she came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Blakeslee in Afton and was a member of the Afton Baptist Church.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Blakeslee, four granddaughters, Miss Marian Bowers, Mrs. Arthur Brewster, Mrs. Robert Graves and Mrs. Hazel Pearsall; four grandsons, Clyde Bowers, Stanky Blakeslee, Harold Blakeslee and Harry M. Blakeslee; six great grand children and one great great grand child.  The funeral was held at the Tabor funeral Home in Afton with interment in Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]

Alfred A. VanHorne

1832 - 1896

Alfred A. VanHorne died at his home in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] early Tuesday morning Aug. 4th, after a lingering illness.  Mr. VanHorne was born in Lexington Greene Co., N.Y., Sept. 27, 1832.  His parents David and Lucy J. VanHorne moved to Bennettsville in 1838.  He was the third of five children.  He lived in Bennettsville until he entered the mercantile business in Masonville in 1854 and was married the same year, October 30, to Miss Mary J. Scofield of Masonville.  As a merchant in Masonville, he was very popular doing a thriving business, and held the office of supervisor during the war, Mr. VanHorne came to Bainbridge in 1869 and entered business.  He was elected Justice of the Peace on the Democratic ticket holding the office successively till the time of his death comprising a term of twenty years.  This illustrates the remarkable confidence bestowed upon Mr. VanHorne as he was chosen from a strong Republican town.  Mr. VanHorne's long weary sickness, since October last, when he was compelled to give up business entirely, was the result of a fall he received upon an icy sidewalk four years ago, this brought upon him rheumatism and other complications which culminated in his death  In December of 1895 while stopping in Norwich, he received the communion from Rev. W.H. Soudder and united with the Congregational church of that place. This consecration was a source of comfort to him while his life was ebbing away and enabled him to enter the dark shadows with calmness and serenity fully conscious that

"The souls of those that die

Find the pure joys of earth lifted higher."

Besides his wife, two children survive him, Mrs. Lucy A. Chapman and Perry, a son, one of the reportorial staff of the Daily News-Democrat of Canton, Ohio. The funeral will take place at the house Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. John E. Vasser, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating.  The interment will be in the Episcopal cemetery [St. Peter's Cemetery, Bainbridge, NY].

Death Notices

DeRuyter Gleaner, April 14, 1892

BABCOCK:  In Newport, N.Y. [Herkimer Co.], March 29, 1892, Harry Babcock formerly of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY] in the 75th year of his age.

MITCHELL:  In Lyndonville, N.Y. [Orleans Co.], March 24, 1892, Elizabeth Mitchell, formerly of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY] in the 80th year of her age.

STURGES:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], March 10, 1892, Addie M. [Sturges], only child of Mr. and Mrs. David Sturges, aged 5 months and 16 days.

A bud the gardener gave us,

A pure and lovely child.

He gave it to our keeping,

But just as it was opening

To the glory of the day,

Down came the heavenly gardener

And took our bud away

 

The little crib is empty now,

The little clothes laid by,

A mother's darling, a father's joy,

In death's cold arms doth lie.

the little pilgrim, to thy home,

On yonder blissful shore;

We miss thee here, but soon we'll come

Where thou hast gone before.