Obituaries (March 19)

Charles Ellsworth Levee

Utica Saturday Globe, June 1900

 

Charles Ellsworth Levee

1867 - 1900

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Charles Ellsworth Levee died at his home on Plymouth street on Wednesday morning.  For nearly eight years, from July, 1891, to May, 1899, when he was obliged to give up his position, he was a bookkeeper for the David Maydole Hammer Company and was esteemed as a valued employee.  He had been confined to the house much of the time since, gradually failing.  The cause of death was consumption.  Mr. Levee was the son of John G. Levee, of Plymouth, and was born February 5, 1867.  He attended the Norwich High School and afterwards took a course in an Elmira business College.  February 8, 1888, he married Jesse Terrell, who with two sons, aged 9 and 3, survive him.  He also leaves a brother, Hayes C. Levee, of this village, and a sister, Caroline Levee, of Plymouth.  He was of a quiet, genial disposition and had a great many friends.  He was a prominent member of the Free Methodist Church.  His funeral occurred from his late residence this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. T.C. Givens officiating.  Burial was made at South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Thomas F. Redmond

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, June 1900

Thomas F. Redmond, a brakeman on the O.&W. railroad, fell from a car and was killed Monday night.  Redmond belonged to Conductor Keefer's crew, who has charge of the way freight between Utica and Randallsville.  The accident occurred about 6 p.m. while the train was running full speed near Solsville.  Redmond was walking on top of a freight car, when in some manner he fell or was thrown off.  Conductor Keefer happened to witness the accident and stopping the train, picked Redmond up and took him to the Solsville station.  He was apparently injured about the head and one of his feet.  He had fallen to one side of the track and consequently the cars did not run over him.  At the suggestion of a Solsville physician, the injured man was put aboard a special car and started for the Utica hospital; he died however as the train reached Clinton.  Redmond's home was in Utica [Oneida Co., NY].  He was unmarried and about 22 years of age.

 

William Simpson

Norwich Sun, April 1910

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  William Simpson of Carbondale, 23, running as extra brakeman on a Delaware & Hudson coal train, was struck and instantly killed by a southbound freight train above this village at 5:25 o'clock Thursday morning.  His train, northbound, had taken the siding to let a fast northbound freight pass.  When the latter train had passed Simpson stepped over to the southbound track and was hit by the freight.

 

Dacre Kinnier

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, June 2, 1900

Dacre Kinnier, postmaster at Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], died on the 25th day of May, 1900, at his home in that place.  He had been confined to the house for a little more than a month.  The last time he was away from home was to attend the Republican county convention, held at Norwich, April 13, 1900.  Heart trouble was the cause of his death.

 

Mr. Kinnier was born on the 28th day of May, 1838, in county Armah, Ireland, and came to this country with his parents in about the year 1854, and had since resided in Smithville, this county.  In the early part of the war of the rebellion he volunteered his services for the defense of his adopted country and entered the Twelfth regiment of New York Volunteers.  He was with McClellan in the "Peninsular campaign" until his capture by the Confederates at the battle of Gains' Mills.  For some time he was held within the walls of the old Libby prison at Richmond, Va., but was finally exchanged and returned to the Union forces.  For a long time after the war he was actively engaged in life and fire insurance business.

 

In Politics Mr. Kinnier was a strong Republican and a great party worker and was well known not only in Chenango county but throughout a large part of the state.  He figured in many political contests both in conventions and at the polls and was recognized as a shrewd and farsighted politician whose zeal for his friends and unbounded, and who faithfulness and fidelity to them was never questioned.  he had his faults like all other mortals, and was inclined to be somewhat harsh when dealing with his opponents or enemies and they were pretty sure to feel the full force of his political strength and influence.  With his friends, however, there was no limit to his kindness.

 

Socially, Dacre was a great man to meet and visit with.  He was a great reader, and well informed generally, and had almost an unbounded knowledge of history both ancient and modern.  He was kind hearted and liberal beyond his means and died a poor man.  All in all, he was a noble fellow.  he was never married and is survived by two brothers and a sister.  His funeral was held Sunday, May 27th, and was largely attended by people from Greene, German, McDonough, and other towns, including Hon. J.P. Allds, Silas W. Berry, John Bingham of Norwich, George I. Skinner of Albany and Charles Norton, postmaster at Bainbridge.