Obituaries (September 18)

Laura A. (Gross) Walworth

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1916

 

Laura A. (Gross) Walworth

1844 - 1916

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Walter C. Walworth, who died at her home on Crandall street Monday, had been in poor health for many years during which she had been devotedly cared for by her faithful husband.  The death summons came rather unexpectedly from heart failure and was a great shock to her family and friends.  Mrs. Walworth's maiden name was Laura A. Gross and she was the daughter of Alphonso and Phila Baker Gross.  She was born at Wood's Corners September 22, 1844.  Her home had always been in Norwich.  March 27, 1867, she married Walter C. Walworth, who survives her with one son, Walter C. Walworth, Jr. Another son, Edward, died in 1888 at the age of 19.  She leaves one brother, Charles Gross, of Guilford; a grandson, Nelson Walworth, of Norwich, besides several nephews and nieces.  Mrs. Walworth was a respected member of the Broad Street M.E. Church and so long as her health permitted was a faithful attendant at the services.  Her brave Christian spirit during the years she was an invalid won the admiration and love of all who knew her.  Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the residence of her son, 34 Plymouth street, Rev Robert L. Clarke officiating. Burial was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Roxana T. Truman

DeRuyter Gleaner, March 30, 1911

Mrs. Roxana T. Truman died at the home of her son, Welcome Truman of DeRuyter, March 13, 1911, after a long period of physical suffering and breakdown.  Mrs. Truman was born in the town of Otselic, March 16, 1827, being a member of a family of ten children, five of whom are still living.  Feb. 22, 1847, she was united in marriage with Dudley W. Truman.  Six children were the fruit of this union, all of whom are still living but one. The greater part of her life was spent in the vicinity of her birth. The last nine years have been specially marked by her suffering and helplessness, during which time she has been tenderly cared for in the homes of two children, Welcome Truman and Mrs. Morell Holdrege, one daughter, Mrs. Ray, giving almost undivided attention to the unfortunate mother.  Expressions of respect and affection for the deceased by those whose lives have been intimately associated with hers, give unmistakable evidence of her social and moral worth. To speak of her Christian faith and hope is a source of consolation transcendent in the consciousness of mourning friends and relatives, whatever may be their personal practical relation to its reality.  The burial was in Seventh Day Hollow.

 

Thomas Perkins

Chenango Union, April 20, 1876

It is the allotment of man "once to die."  A venerable father has been stricken down from his long distress and suffering by an incomprehensible and immutable power.  Thomas Perkins was born near Providence, R.I., August 28th, 1796.  His parents left the place of their nativity the same year to try the rigorous realities of a new home of a frontier life.  This at that date was trying to the stoutest hearts.  To take a wife with small children from the comfortably improved region and ample comforts of life, from the blessings of which they had long enjoyed with their friends, and move with oxen and wagon into an unbroken wilderness, was almost considered intolerable at that age of the world; none but those of the bravest heart and strongest energy and will dared to run the venture.  But this brave band, after passing over rough and blind roads, through sloughs of mud, with no other guide but marked trees in penetrating the deepening wilds, with bear, catamounts and howling wolves to horrify and bear them company, they finally succeeded, rested from their hazardous journey, and settled in the town of Columbus, Chenango County.  Mr. T. Perkins married the daughter of Jonathan Brownell, who was also one of the early settlers; lived in Columbus for thirty years; then moved to Otselic, where he has resided since.  He has raised six children, one of whom died (Miles) in California, one daughter is living in California, and four in Otselic.  Mr. Perkins has resided with Charles G., his son, for the past three years.  He died of cancer, the 14th isn't., at the ripe age of eighty years.  He has never failed to vote at every election since coming to his majority, has been a life long Democrat of the Jackson school, ever ready to place his shoulder to the wheel of the political ear, to move it in the direction of the true Democratic principles.   April 18, 1876, Hawkeye.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, May 13, 1875

 

THOMPSON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 13, Mary A. [Thompson], wife of Geo. K. Thompson, and daughter of Dan. T. Loomis of Brisbin, aged 29.  Interment in Brisbin [Chenango Co., NY]

 

CARY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 13, Mr. Palmer C. Cary, aged 77 years.

 

MURTAGH:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 19, 1875, Esther [Murtagh], wife of Owen Murtagh, aged 27 years.

 

WAIT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], May 11, Cary A. [Wait], wife of Ambrose Wait and daughter of the late Morgan McNitt, aged 19 years, 9 months, 7 days.

 

FRANCOIS:  In Scranton, Pa., May 16, Louise V. [Francois], daughter of Alexander Jr. and Mary Francois, aged 2 years, 8 months, 9 days.  Burial in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

 

ANTHONY:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 25, Mr. Stephen S. Anthony, aged 79 years, 4 months.