Obituaries (November 13)

Lovine (Ireland) Ingersoll

Norwich Sun, January 26, 1931

West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Lovine Ireland, wife of Hamilton E.  Ingersoll passed away at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 21, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Don Guy, at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  Mrs. Ingersoll and her husband lived on a farm here for a great many years, until ill health prevented them to care for themselves, and a few years ago they went to live with their daughter, Mrs. Guy, where she suffered a shock about a month ago from which she never rallied.  Mr.s Ingersoll was a very active member of the Union Valley Methodist Episcopal church here and had a great many friends.  She is survived by her husband, Hamilton E. Ingersoll, two daughters, Mrs. Don Guy of Binghamton and Mrs. Arthur Hubbard of Albany, one son, Ernest L. Ingersoll, of Afton, three granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.  Funeral services were held from the Guy home in Binghamton Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Body was placed in a vault until spring, when it will be brought to West Bainbridge cemetery for burial.

 

Hamilton E. Ingersoll

Binghamton Press, February 19, 1931

Hamilton E. Ingersoll, 81, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Don Guy, 13 Kirkwood avenue, Hillcrest, following a long illness.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Guy and Mrs. Arthur Hubbard of Rensselear; a son, Ernest L. Ingersoll of Afton, and a brother, Washington E. Ingersoll, of Coventryville.

 

The funeral of Hamilton E. Ingersoll, 81, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Don Guy, 13 Kirkwood Ave., Hillcrest.  The Rev. Jesse Wilson will officiate.  The body will be placed in the vault at Floral Park cemetery on Monday at the convenience of the family.

 

James Hill

Binghamton Press, February 19, 1931

The funeral of James Hill was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Thompson, 14 Evans street, and at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The Rev. J. deLancey Scovil officiated.  The pallbearers were R.L. Swink, A.H. Gaige, P.J. Roos, W.H. Felter, W.M. Bennett and W.H. Whitlock, all members of Calumet lodge 62, I.O.O.F., of which Mr. Hill was a member.  Burial was in Spring Forest cemetery [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  Calumet lodge had charge of the services at the grave with A.E. Potter acting noble grand and Lee Mersereau as chaplain. 

 

Washington E.Ingersoll

1850-1938

Washington E. Ingersoll, 88, son of Orlando and Estella Johnson Ingersoll, died Saturday night, Sept. 3 at the Chenango Memorial Hospital of Norwich.  Ingersoll married Mrs. Eva [Tuttle] Chase of Ouaquaga in 1886 and continued to live with his parents on the Ingersoll homestead near Brackett Lake.  Several years after they died, he moved to the Cordon Burlison farm in Coventry township.  Ingersoll enjoyed good health until shortly before his fatal illness, [he] could read the paper and walk out each day.  He had been an overnight guest in Bainbridge the latter part of July.  He was stricken very suddenly and was immediately removed to the hospital.  He was a member of the West Bainbridge Baptist Church for many years and was a regular attendant at services until just a few years prior to his death.  He is survived by his widow and one son, Ellis LaVerne Ingersoll; two nieces, Mrs. Lora Guy of Binghamton and Mrs.  Lina Hubbard of Herkimer, his nephew Ernest Ingersoll of Afton, and two grandchildren by a step-son, Mrs. Eva Chase Royer of Binghamton and Otto M. Chase of Johnson City. The funeral was held in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday afternoon the Rev. M. DeForest Lowen, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.

 

William Sherwood

Chenango Telegraph, April 22, 1875

We announced in last week's Telegraph in the obituary column, the death of William Sherwood, which occurred at the residence of his son, Edmund, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 9th last.  Though Mr. Sherwood was unknown to fame and walked in an humble sphere, still his record was a noble one, and deserves more than a passing notice.  He was born in Connecticut, Jan. 11, 1793.  His father was Asa Sherwood, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and for seven long years bravely fought for the nationality which we now enjoy.  William removed to Guilford in this county, about the year 1805.  In the war of 1812-14, he joined the Chenango volunteers, and was stationed at Sackett's harbor, and thus did his share towards perpetuating the government his father fought to establish.  The war over, he returned to this county, and about the year 1844, took up his residence in this village [Norwich, NY], where he has since resided.  In his early days Mr. Sherwood was a hardy yeoman, and actively engaged in mechanical and agricultural pursuits.  In other respects he was a wonderful man.  He made the Bible his particular study, and often have we heard him quote in almost endless variety, texts in support of the theological questions he delighted to discuss, showing an entire familiarity with the "good book," as he used to term it, and a memory wonderful in its power to retain quotations, and where they might be found in the Bible.  Mr. Sherwood was, we believe, a sincere Christian, though of later years he has not enjoyed church connection.  His word was always sacred so much so that it was acknowledged by all who were acquainted with him, and implicit reliance placed upon it.  He was of a genial and pleasing disposition and always imparted pleasure to his hearers in social converse.  Though not a politician, Mr. S. was a close observer or events, and during the war of the Rebellion, his voice was always found in favor of his country.  He gave two sons, Eugene and James, to the service in the 114th Regiment, who fought nobly to save the government established by the grandfather, and perpetuated by the father.  His last days have passed in quiet, and for the past two years he has not been able to mingle in society or business.  About twenty-five years since he buried his wife, since which he has patiently awaited the Master's appointed time for the reunion in the better land.  At last it has come.  A good man has gone to his rest, his reward awaits him, indeed has he not already entered into its possession?  Mr. Sherwood left surviving him one brother and sister, John I. Sherwood and Mrs. Laman Ingersoll, who both reside in Guilford.  His large family of children also all survive him, and we may be pardoned for mentioning them as follows: David L., residing at Oxford, Charles, St. Louis, Nehemiah, Greene, Eugene, Union, and Edmund and James living in this village.  His daughters are Sophronia, Susan and Mrs. J.H. Allen, who also all reside here.  All are highly respectable citizens, enjoying the confidence of the communities in which they reside.  May the virtues of the father descend to the children.