Obituaries (September 1)

Charles E. Hubbard

Utica Saturday Globe, December 1915

 

Charles E. Hubbard

1818 - 1915

Norwich [Chenango Co. NY]:  Charles E. Hubbard, who died on Friday of last week at his home on Silver street, was born in Norwich August 21, 1818, and spent his whole life in his native town.  He was the son of James H. and Lizzie Kennedy Hubbard and an older brother of the late Burdette F. Hubbard. Deceased had engaged in the meat business practically all of his life, beginning as a partner of his father.  At one time their market was located in the basement at the corner of Broad street and Westside Park.  During his later years he had carried on a retail market at his home on Silver street.  A Democrat of the old school he was formerly an active worker in the ranks and for 12 or 14 years served as constable.  He was a candidate for sheriff at one time and carried on such a vigorous campaign that he was defeated by but a very small margin.  For many years he was an active fireman and was a charter member of the original Alert Hose Company.  Four of his associate firemen in the "Old Alerts"--Edward L. Nash, George W. Nagel, George H. Wheeler and W.B. Andrews--were bearers at his funeral Sunday.  Rev. Harrison W. Foreman officiated and interment was made in Mount Hope [Norwich, NY].  Deceased was married 47 years ago to Mrs. Amelia Eastburn who, with one son, George Hubbard, of Redlands, Cal., survive.  He leaves one brother, Ervin Hubbard, of Norwich; a sister, Mrs. Dora Dibble, of Racine, Wis.; four grandchildren, George and Charles Hubbard, of Norwich, and Avery and Edward Hubbard, of Redland, Cal., and one great-grandchild.  Blanche Hubbard of Norwich.

 

Albert E. Wales

Otsego Journal, January 18, 1912

Mr. Wales died very suddenly at his home on the Wadsworth farm west of Rockell's Mills [Chenango Co., NY] on Friday night about 10 o'clock.  He had been suffering from poor health for nearly a year past and unable to do but little work, his disease being a form of tuberculosis that resulted in a hemorrhage shortly after he retired on Friday night, which proved fatal in a few minutes.  Dr. Heimer was called and quickly responded, but pronounced Mr. Wales dead upon his arrival, his opinion being that death occurred immediately after the attack.  Deceased had felt greatly encouraged lately as his condition seemed to improve, and he had felt the best that day of any for a long time.  He was a quiet, industrious man, hard working and honest in his dealings and had the good opinion of all who knew him.  His age was 59 years.  He is survived by his wife and one brother Edward Wales, and one sister, Mrs. Bidwell, of Oneonta.  The funeral was held from the house on Monday at 1 o'clock, Rev. M.H. Reid officiating.  The burial was at White Store [Chenango Co., NY].  There were present at the funeral relatives from away:  Mr. Jacobs of Oxford, Mrs. Cramer of Oneonta, Mrs. Curtis of Sidney, and Mrs. Thomson and Mr. Smith of Oxford.

 

William White

Otsego Journal, April 4, 1918

The body of William White, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], was brought to this place for burial last Friday.  Mr. White died suddenly of pneumonia in a hospital at Penn's Grove near Philadelphia., Pa., Saturday, March 23.  He had been employed as a carpenter by the government at that place for some weeks.  He formerly lived on a farm west of Holmesville now occupied by his son, Linn, and was well known in this vicinity.  Besides his wife, there remain four sons, Linn, Archie, Anson and Luke, and two brothers, E.J. White, of Norwich, and Chas. A. White, of Haynes.  His age was 53 years. 

 

Sarah Antoniette Wallace

Otsego Journal, April 4, 1918

Mrs. Wallace, whose illness has been mentioned heretofore, died at the home of her son, O.J. Richmond, on March 30, after quite an extended illness.  She came here some months ago to visit her relatives here and in the vicinity and intended to return to her home with her daughter, Mrs. Roney, at New Berlin, soon, when she was stricken with her last illness.  In her younger days Mrs. Wallace was one of our best known soprano singers and of great assistance in all events of that kind here or in the vicinity.  But a short time previous to her sickness, at a D.A.R. meeting, she contributed to the interest and pleasure of the occasion by rendering two old songs of other days, "The Old Arm Chair" and "Seventy Years Ago," with almost all of her old time excellence in Technique and efficiency.

 

Sarah Antoniette Wallace was the eleventh and the last one of thirteen children born to James Coon and Rachel Rea,  his wife, and was born in Galington, Columbia Co., N.Y., July 3d, 1834.  While still a small child, with her parents she came to Mt. Upton, settling on the farm now owned by Mrs. Hiram Coon, where she lived until her marriage to Henry T. Richmond, of Butternuts, October 26, 1851.  The first few years of her early married life were passed at the old stone homestead of her husband's father.  Later they built the farm house adjoining now owned by her son, Olin J. Richmond, and when her husband died October 6, 1869, left her a widow with five children, the youngest a babe in her arms, she successfully carried on the large farm with the aid of her brother, Norman, until the eldest son married and assumed the management of it.  Six children were born to them of whom four are living, Leroy H., of Lakehurst, N.J.; Olin J., of this place; Minnie L. Harris, of Butternuts and Jennie M. Roney, of New Berlin, Marian E., wife of Clark Shumway died March 28, 1911, and Hiram A., September 26, 1855.  In 1883 she was married to Hiram J. Wallace of Morris, and removed to a small farm  west of Latham's Corner, where she lived until the burning of her home on the night of January 30, 1911, and the shocking death of Mr. Wallace by falling from the roof of the burning house, was a blow from which she never fully recovered.  The last few years have been spent with her children to whom she was a most kind and self-sacrificing mother to the last.  In her girlhood she united with the Union Methodist Episcopal church, to which she was ever a loyal and faithful member, giving of her time and strength, as long as her health permitted.  In the community where she spent her long useful life, she will be greatly missed; ever ready to help in sickness or trouble, no one was ever turned from her door.  Even in the last few months of her life she took great interest in working for the Red Cross, knitting until from very weakness she was forced to lay it aside.  Besides the four children above mentioned, she is survived by twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.  The funeral occurred from the residence of O.J. Richmond on Tuesday at 3 p.m.  Rev. W.D. Lathrop officiated. The attendance was large.