Bainbridge Times, Bainbridge, NY, October 9, 1879
Deaths
CARPENTER: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 28, 1879, Mrs. Esck Carpenter aged 84 years. [Lucy Ann Warner Carpenter].
BENNETT: In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] Sept. 28, 1879, Mrs. R. W. Bennett aged 48 years.
VAN DYKE: The funeral of Mr. Wilson Van Dyke was largely attended by the Masonic fraternity. Members being present and participating from the following lodges: Oneonta 466; Norwich 802; Franklin 562; Moscow 506 of Pa., Benevolence of Mason City, Iowa and a large number of the members of Freedom Lodge No. 224. The Unadilla Cornet Bank attended in a body and led the procession from the Presbyterian Church to the cemetery playing a mournful funeral dirge. The services at the grave were very impressively rendered by assistant grand lecturer, W. Hiram Edgerton of Franklin Lodge, assisted by Rev. Bro. Homan of Moscow Lodge of Pa. Br. Van Dyke had been a mason sixty-three years, having joined Union Lodge of Towanda Pa. in 1816. He was a man well beloved and respected by all with whom he came in contact; was always a zealous mason and a true Christian. His death, like his life, was calm and peaceful, his last request was to be buried by the Mystic Brotherhood, of which he had so long been an honored member. Upon receiving the assurance that his wishes should be faithfully carried out, he seemed content and faded away and has gone to that rest for which he had so long been prepared, and which had no terrors for him. The friends he leaves behind to mourn his loss have the cordial sympathy of the fraternity, who have also lost a dear brother and with the hope that the supreme Architect of the Universe who looks down from his throne in infinite mercy upon his children here below will grant us a reunion in this better land, we leave our brother, with this simple epitaph, "An honest man, the noblest work of god."
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, October 10, 1879
Marriages
BAKER -BADER: At Ft. Madison, Iowa, Sept. 23, by Rev. W.G. Gunn, Charles D. Baker, M.D. formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Mary J. Bader of the former place.
COLLINS - REESE: At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. DeWitt C. Reese, near South Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.], on Thursday, Sept. 23, 1879, by Rev. W.F. Purrington of East Hamilton, N.Y., Mr. Charles F. Collins of Brookfield, N.Y. [Madison Co.] and Miss Clara M. Reese.
WHITE - STUART: In Earlville [Madison Co. NY] on Wednesday, October 1st, at the residence of the bride's mother, H.H. White, M.D. and M. Louise Stuart both of Earlville.
BUNDY - NICHOLS: At the Congregational Parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 11th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. B.B. Bundy of Rock Rift, Delaware County, N.Y. to Miss Parnie Nichols of Buffalo, N.Y. [Erie Co.].
HILLS - OWENS: At the home of the bride's mother, Sept. 16, by Rev. A.B. Jones, Mr. Charles S. Hills and Miss Hattie E. Owens all of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY].
CLARK - ELLIOTT: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 12th, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. G.A. Clark of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Alice Elliott of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
DREW - WHEELER: In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] Sept. 17th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Frank L. Drew to Miss Mary Wheeler all of Cincinnatus.
ESTUS - PRATT: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] Sept. 25th by Rev. I.T. Walker, Hermon Estus of Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY] and Mrs. Emma Pratt of Binghamton.
MERRELL - ABBOTT: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 30 by Rev. William R. Baldwin, Ira Merrell of Oxford and Mrs. Irene Abbott of Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County [NY].
OSTERHOUT - SLOAN: At the home of the bride, October 1st by Rev. W.M. Howie, assisted by Rev. A.J. Adams, Mr. Jacob Osterhout and Miss Jennie Sloan both of Walton [Delaware Co. NY].
SPENCER - VAN AKINESS: In Downsville [Delaware Co. NY], Oct. 4th by Rev. G.M. Janes, Mr. Thomas N. Spencer and Miss Mary E. Van Akiness.
Deaths
CARPENTER: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], September 28th, 1879, Mrs. Esck S. Carpenter, aged 84 years.
She was an estimable member of the Baptist Church in Guilford; a professing Christian for more than half a century. Five children are now living to mourn her loss and are following out in daily life their early teaching.
FINN: In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 29th, Mrs. Sarah Finn aged 87 years.
VAN DYKE: In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 29, Wilson Van Dyke aged 84 years. Mr. V. was a soldier in the war of 1812 and had been a Mason 63 years.
HOTCHKISS: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 22d, Sybil [Hotchkiss] wife of Loren Hotchkiss, aged 83 years.
FISK: In Atchison, Kansas, Sept. 14th, James V. B. Fisk aged 23 years, son of Horace Fisk, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
PAYNE: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 21st, Mrs. Ira Payne.
SWEET: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 19th, Mr. Albert Sweet aged 26 years.
WELLS: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 17th, Eliza S. [Wells] wife of Rufus Wells, aged 63 years.
LOTHRIDGE: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 23d, Mr. Erastus Lothridge.
WELLS: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 19th, Charlotte E. Wells only daughter of the late Matthew O. Wells, aged 37 years.
SKILLMAN: In Mazeppa, Minn. Sept. 6th, Julia A. [Skillman] wife of Francis Skillman, aged 63 years, formerly of German [Chenango Co. NY].
LENDERSON: In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 28th, Mrs. Mariah Lenderson aged 74 years.
PAGE: At Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25th, 1879, after a painful illness of two years and eight months, E, Zina Page wife of G.M. Page, aged 56 years, 7 months and 11 days.
SMITH: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 5th Harriet E. [Smith] wife of Eleazer Smith, aged 36 years.
MILLER: In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 2d, 1879, Mr. Loren B. Miller aged 72 years.
TERWILLIGER: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 29th, Orlo May [Terwilliger] daughter of David and Elizabeth Terwilliger.
BARNARD: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] at the residence of B.P. Barnard, Aug. 31st, Mrs. Catharine E. [Barnard] wife of William O. Barnard of Mason City, Iowa, aged 54 years.
BULLOCK: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] August 31st, Rev. Daniel Bullock, aged 77 years.
NORTHRUP: In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] Sept. 30th, George H. Northrup aged 73.
WEBSTER: At Fort Plain N.Y. [Montgomery Co.] on Sunday evening, October 5, Charles W. Webster aged about 66 years.
DERBY: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 2d, 1879, Samuel Derby aged 59 years.
BENNETT: On Wednesday, October 1st, Jesse Bennett who lives on Murphy's Hill about one and one-half miles west of Walton [Delaware Co. NY], came to the village in the forenoon. After his return home, he went to the woods to cut some small sled runners. He did not return when expected and a person went after him. The sled runners had been cut and carried out of the woods. Mr. Bennett had evidently returned for his axe and was found dead in the woods near it.
KINNEY: William Kinney, a foreman in Weed's tannery, Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], died Monday morning at the Park Hotel in that city from the effects of morphia poison, taken in a fatal quantity to induce sleep. The deceased had been on a protracted spree and used the fatal drug to cure nervousness and cause sleep. Kinney's domestic relations were known of not having been of the happiest character, he having separated from his wife about two and a half years ago. Shortly before this he was reported to have attempted suicide by taking bed bug poison. He had then been on a spree very similar to the one which has terminated fatally. Latterly, however, he had been very steady and had not been seen intoxicated since December last. At the inquest it was divulged that he had taken about six grams.
TUNNICLIFF: On Saturday, Sept. 20th, between 11 and 12 A.M., George Tunnicliff son of Mr. Tunnicliff at the Five-Mile Point, Otsego Lake, was found in the road near the residence of Mr. Hoke. He left home that morning in apparent good health and was running when he fell. When found, he was breathing slightly and, in a few minutes, expired. He has been subject to heart disease for many years which ultimately caused death. He was 25 years of age and was a printer by trade.
News Items
About 1802, John Stoddard of Watertown Corner, removed to Coventryville, Chenango County, N.Y. Six children were then born, and three others were added afterward. All these nine children married and raised families, and at this time none of the nine are living. The third child and oldest daughter died November, 1875 aged 85. The descendants of these nine children conveniently near held a family meeting at the residence of John Stoddard of Coventryville. Of the oldest son's family six members were present, one of these, Zerah Stoddard, a resident of Little Elm, Texas. Of the fourth child and third son's family, nineteen members were present, three of these from New Jersey. Of the seventh child and third daughter's family, Mrs. S.W. Warren, of this village, ten members were present, and all these reside in Bainbridge. In these nine families, about forty children were born, and at the date not less than one hundred, great-grandchildren of the original settler. One of the noticeable features of such a gathering is the small number that can be gathered at any one time or place. They are widely scattered and will only be once all gathered. Another feature is the kindly feeling cultivated and maintained by these family gatherings. There is a real unity in heart and life that ought not to be forgotten or neglected. Pleasant memories, let them often return.
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It is a matter of local interest that Col. Thomas Buford of Owenton, Ky., who in March last shot and killed Judge Elliott of the Court of Appeals of that state, because he had given an adverse decision in a lawsuit for which crime he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life, is the same ruffian who, some eight or ten years ago, struck Ulysses Turner, formerly a school teach in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] and a brother of Dea. Lester Turner, of Norwich, upon the head with a cane; Mr. Turner being the counsel opposed to him in a lawsuit, causing permanent injury and subsequent blindness. Many of our citizens will remember the unfortunate gentleman. He died something like a year ago.
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