Obituaries (November 6)

Hannah E. (Main) Bentley

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 1, 1903

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sunday afternoon, March 29, 1903, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William G. Brant, No. 20 Locust street, occurred the death of Mrs. Hannah E. Bentley, after an illness of several months, and for the past few weeks a great sufferer.  Deceased was born in Otsego county, May 9, 1830, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Main.  She spent her early life in Union Valley, until nine years of age, when her mother died and she went to live with the family of Uri I. Ives, in Yaleville, till 1847, when she was united in marriage to Charles H. Bentley of the town of Guilford, where they afterward resided until his death, December 30, 1894.  After her husband's death she left the farm and went to the village of Guilford to live.  About two months ago she moved to Norwich, and took up her residence with her daughter.  She was a conscientious and honest Christian woman, a good wife and mother and a member of the M.E. Church in Guilford.  Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bentley;  Lucinda I. Nash of Guilford, Uri I. Bentley of Schuyler's Lake, Charles F. Bentley of Bainbridge, Mrs. Libbie A. North of Union, Broome county; Curtis A. Bentley and Mrs. William G. Brant of Norwich, all of whom survive.  Brief prayer service will be held at her late home on Locust street, on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, Rev. Wilson Treible officiating, after which the remains will be taken to Guilford where funeral services will be held in the M.E. church, conducted by Rev. M.S. Godshall of Waverly, Pa., assisted by the Rev. C.M. Olmstead of Guilford.  Interment will be made in the Yaleville cemetery.

DeVere C. Wheeler

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 1, 1903

DeVere Carter Wheeler of No. 907 Madison avenue [Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY], 43 years old, and a clerk in the grocery and meat market of Fred Dungey & Co., Nos. 317-321 Irving avenue, was electrocuted while at work, and several other persons shocked during trouble on an electric light circuit in the eastern part of the city between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Mr. Wheeler went into the cellar of the Dungey store about 5 o'clock to fill an order.  It was dark and the floor was wet.  He turned on the incandescent lamp at the end of an extension cord and with the cord in his right hand started to the opposite end of the cellar.  In a moment a heavy current of electricity shot through his body.  He fell to the floor dead.  There was a flash of fire in the grocery upstairs and Miss Fannie Stephens, another clerk, realizing that something had happened rushed to the cellar stairs and shouted to Mr. Wheeler. There was no response. She hastened down stairs and found his body stretched upon the floor, the cord clutched tightly in his hand.  The young woman shouted for help and Mr. Dungey responded.  Both were badly frightened. Thinking she might be able to release Mr. Wheeler's hold upon the wire and possibly save his life, Miss Stephens caught it in her hand.  Instantly she was knocked off her feet and thrown half way across the cellar.  Her hand was burned slightly, but otherwide she was uninjured.  Drs. Floyd C. Burrows, F.E. Easton and J. Herbert Irish were called, but all signs of life had left Wheeler's body when they arrived--Syracuse Post Standard

Mr. Wheeler was a native of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and the only child of Hiram S. and Flora C. Wheeler. When a young man he married Miss Minnie Warner, the elder daughter of Calvin P. and Maggie Warner, and in company with his father-in-law conducted a very prosperous produce and commission business in this place for a number of years.  After a time they moved their business to Syracuse where he has since resided.  He leaves a widow, one daughter, Fern, one son, DeForest, and his mother to mourn his sudden death.  He had a host of warm friends in this village who not only extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and friends, but mourn with them Mr. Wheeler's untimely death.  The remains will be brought here [South Otselic, Chenango Co., NY] this afternoon for burial in Valley View cemetery - South Otselic Gazette

Gurdon H. Wilcox

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 1, 1903

A brief notice of the death of Gurdon H. Wilcox, Esq., at his home in Washington, D.C., appeared in the last issue of The Telegraph.  Judge Wilcox was a native of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  He was a son of Whitman Wilcox and Lucinda Parker, and was born April 18, 1830, on the Wilcox farm, about 2-1/2 miles south of Norwich village.  His father was one of the leading business men of this place, and died August 4, 1845.  He left him surviving a family of seven children--Lucinda P. Smith, wife of Colonel Elisha B. Smith; Whitman Wilcox, Eli H. Wilcox, Mary A Wilcox, who afterwards became the wife of Sherwood S. Merritt, Esq., for many years a leading lawyer of this place; Gurdon H. Wilcox, the subject of this sketch, Bradford Wilcox and Charles Wilcox.  Gurdon H. Wilcox was educated in Norwich academy and always remembered his old Alma mater with tender feelings.  Something over a year ago he presented to the Academy library about two hundred books, which are now a part of those in the Guernsey Memorial library building.  He was married in Rochester to Harriet A. Ransom, who with an adopted daughter , survives.  For more than forty years he has been a resident of Washington city, where he died.  He was an active business man and was attorney for railroad and steamship companies.

  

Hattie Pike Atwell

1944

Mrs. Hattie Pike Atwell, held in high esteem by many friends, died suddenly at 4:15 Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Leon Atwell, Springvale.  She was born Dec. 20, 1862 and early in life she joined the Free Methodist church and has been a consistent and active member since that time.  She was a devout Christian and by her many kindly acts and neighborly interest had endeared herself to many friends through her years of nursing in the community.  Mrs. Atwell had been in failing health for several years and during this period she had been tenderly cared for and looked after by her son, Leon Atwell, at whose home she passed away.  Hattie Pike marrieed Ordello Atwell, who died May 19, 1914.  Two sons were born of that union, William, who died 16 years ago and Leon who survives.  Services are to be held at the late home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with Rev. D.W. Rose of Cortland, former pastor of the Free Methodist church in Norwich, officiating.  Burial is to be made in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

 

Fred Loren Aylesworth

January 14, 1944

Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY]:  Fred Loren Aylesworth, 83, died January 14, 1944, in his home here.  Born in king Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], he was the son of Asel W. and Nettie Wilcox Aylesworth.  He had lived for a time in Sherburne but had spent the last 50 years in this section, where he had operated farms.  He was a member of the Second Baptist church   Surviving besides his wife, the former Minnie Putnam, are six children, Mrs. Mae Smalley, this village; Mrs. Stanley Mowry, Binghamton; Mrs. Orson Miller, Yysilanti, Mich.; Asel, Edmeston; Fred, Watervliet, and Roscoe Bainbridge; two brothers, George, Sherburne, and Jay, Syracuse; several sisters, Miss Elizabeth Billings and Mrs. Burge Knapp, in Florida; Mrs. Jay Wrench, Mrs. Gordon Smith, Mrs. Clinton Parmetier, Mrs. William Willetts, all of Sherburne; Mrs. Lee Houck, Toddsville; also eight grandchildren.  The funeral will be private at 2 p.m. Monday, with burial in Edmeston Union cemetery.