Marriages (July 25)

Wilkins Settlement [Chenango Co., NY]:  One of the most pleasant and enjoyable occasions which it has been our good fortune to attend, occurred at the pleasant home of Wallace A. Wilkins as a surprise to him on Tuesday, February 17, commemorative of his sixtieth birthday and also of his marriage with Miss Jennette Handy thirty-four years ago.  Although the weather was cold and disagreeable outside, the inside was rendered warm and cheery by the presence of more than forty friends and neighbors who had assembled.  Rev. and Mrs. McIntyre of Coventryville, braved the cold and bad going to be present.  The day was spent socially.  A very excellent letter and piece of poetry written in honor of the occasion by Mrs. Ann Cummings of Detroit, a sister of Mr. Wilkins, was read by Mrs. B.W. Parsons as was also one befitting the occasion from Mrs. S. Burr Wilkins of Rockford, Ill.  Mrs. Addie Hodge read a fine production from the able pen of Mrs. Augusta Williams; another sister living in Quasqueton, Iowa, and Horace Shephardson favored the company with a very able letter written by S. Burr Wilkins of Rockford, Ill.  A parody on the "Old Oaken Bucket", written by Mrs. Jeffery, daughter of Mrs. Cummings, was sung by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Smith, with Miss Lina Smith at the organ.  Mrs. Jeffery in her childhood days occasionally visited with her parents at the home of her uncle here and in a childlike way would substitute the "Old Oaken Wash-Bench,"  still in use in the family and the subject of this parody, for a table, and would gather the cat and the dog, Jim, around the festive board there to partake of the sumptuous repast which she furnished.  At the proper time Mr. Webb was called upon and with a few well chosen words in behalf of the company he presented Mr. Wilkins with a fine rocker, and Mrs. Wilkins with a purse of money as tokens of respect and esteem, which was responded to by Mr. Wilkins.  Rev. Mr. McIntyre also made some very suitable remarks.  They were also the recipients of several boxes of hose from S. Burr Wilkins of Rockford, Ill.  A bounteous dinner was enjoyed by all present.  The violin, guitar and organ served to make musical the occasion and at a seasonable hour the happy party returned to their several abodes feeling well paid for their visit and wishing Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins many happy returns of the day.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 26, 1903]

Tuesday morning at a pretty pastel wedding in the Methodist church Carol Louise Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nichols became the wife of Raymond H. Thielking of Amsterdam.  Rev. George Underwood was the officiating pastor with Rev. Robert Clark, uncle of the bride assisting.  Mrs. Philip Ham, of Schenectady, sister of the bride was matron of honor, Miss Leila Thielking, of Amsterdam, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid and Miss Emily Nichols, young sister of the bride was junior bridesmaid.  Harold Thielking, brother of the groom acted as best man and Kermit Nichols and Philip Ham were the ushers.  The bride was given away by her father.  The single ring service and the Methodist ritual was used.  Mrs. A..C. Wilcox at the organ rendered several selections at the beginning of the ceremony and played Lohengrin's Wedding March for the bridal processional and Mendelssohn's Wedding March for the recessional.  The church was attractively decorated with garden flowers of pastel shades.  The bride's gown was of white lace, redingote style over white taffeta.  To a white tulle halo cap was fastened a finger tip veil of the same material.  She carried white roses and sweet peas.  The matron  of honor and the bridesmaids wore pastel shades of rose, pink and blue lace with picture hats trimmed with the color of the gowns.  They carried matching bouquets of sweet peas and achillea.  The bride's mother, Mrs. Nichols, wore a white flowered navy print with white accessories.  The groom, best man and ushers wore boutonnieres of white roses.  After the ceremony a buffet luncheon was served at the Nichols home to forty out-of-town guests and relatives.  The rooms were decorated with garden flowers.  Mr. and Mrs. Thielking left in the afternoon for New York where they sailed Wednesday on the "Monarch of Bermuda" for Bermuda.  Mrs. Thielking's going away costume was of blue sheer with white accessories.  They will be home to friends after August 14 in their new apartment at 48 Arnold avenue, Amsterdam.  Mr. Thielking is a graduate of Union College and is now employed as chemist for the Schenectady Varnish Company.  He is a Royal Arch Mason.  Mrs. Thielking is a graduate of Oneonta Normal and State Teacher's College.  She has taught for three years in the Bainbridge Central School and has been active in many local social and church organizations..... [LMD notation:  1937]

A pretty little home wedding took place Monday afternoon at the home of the bride on Delaware Street when Miss Doris Mae Drake was united in marriage to Mr. Lawrence Erford Eggleston of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The ring ceremony was performed by Rev. F.W. Connell in the presence of the immediate relatives.  The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Clayton C. Wakemen of Bainbridge.  The wedding cake also served as a birthday cake for the groom upon the occasion of his twenty-first birthday.  The newly married couple will make their home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]  [MHD notation:  Mar 31, 1936]

 

Obituaries (July 25)

We are informed that John Carrick, of the Reed & Carnrick Co., died in Jersey City a few days since.  There was a branch of their business in this place [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] for a number of years which did a large business giving employment to 100 people.  Later the proprietors established their main plant in Jersey City, and considering the Bainbridge factory too remote from their center, had ceased to use it for manufacturing purposes for some time only as convenience permitted.  The building has lately been sold to the Bainbridge Creamery Co.  The building to the Jersey City plant covers one square block and 500 people are employed.  By the death of Mr. John Carnrick the ranks of the pioneer drug trade in the United States have lost a scientific man and their former leader.  He was born in 1837 and at the age of twenty-four he took up the study of pharmacy in Jersey City, and was among the first to bring out proprietary medicines together with the manufacturing of drugs for the physicians.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1903]

 

Presson R. Peck died suddenly of heart failure at Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on Jan. 30.  About three weeks before his death he sustained a fracture of the leg while working in the woods with his steam saw mill.  Although suffering considerable pain the break was mending well and he was intending to return to his home the day following when, on Friday morning, the heart suddenly failed and he expired in a few moments.  The funeral was held from his late residence Monday, Feb. 2.  The services were conducted by Rev. Arthur Spaulding and attended by a large number of friends and relatives.  Mr. Peck was a resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], settling there in 1859 and was widely known in this vicinity.  He served three years in the Civil War in the 114th regiment.  In the battle of Port Hudson he was shot in the chest, the ball penetrating one of his lungs.  He was left on the field for dead but was afterward sought out by some of his comrades and carried to the hospital.  He never fully recovered from the effects of this wound for it left his lungs weak; but he did not shrink from trying to do a strong man's work, taking his portable saw mill into the woods and subjecting himself to the hardships of a woodman's life even in the rigorous winter weather.  In politics he was a Republican.  He served his town as supervisor and justice of the peace and was always interested in civil affairs, town, state and national.  His public service was signally free from the questionable practice thought by public men to be necessary and which have brought politics into disrespect.  He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence.  He had a quick, ready mind which was not long in piercing the husks of a question and getting at the kernel of truth.  He was quick at repartee and his sense of humor was keen and he had no mind to dwell on his own misfortune or upon the gloomy side of life.  All this made him a most agreeable and cheery friend and companion.  His character was unimpeachable.  In all his relations with men he maintained that high tone which proclaimed that here was a man that could not be used for unworthy or base ends.  He could not stoop to meaness.  He was lenient with others, far too lenient for his own good, but he was rigorous in his exactions upon himself, demanding of himself the ethics of honesty and integrity.  His neighbors called him a good man and this is the highest encomium that can be passed upon one's character, for it is the judgment of one of the severest critics.  The entire community feels its loss in the death of Mr. Peck, and, filled with a deep sense of its own loss, extends its tenderest sympathy to the home circle which has been so suddenly bereft of husband and brother.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1903]

 

Lottie Gilbert was born in the town of Sidney, Delaware county, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1881, and died at her home in Butternuts, Otsego Co.,, Feb. 7, 1903.  In her early life her parental home was broken up, but by her mother's efforts the four children were kept together.  At the age of nineteen years she gave her heart to God and united with the Congregational church at Guilford Center.  Two years ago she was united in marriage to James Oscar Shapley of Oxford, who was a member of the same church.  Their happiness was destined to be of short duration.  Within five months of their marriage he was carried away by that dreaded disease consumption.  She did all that a willing and a loving heart could do for him but it was unavailing.  Shortly after his death she made her home with her mother and brothers in Butternuts.  But it was soon evident that she was a victim of the same disease that carried her husband away.  A little time before the summons came she looked up to her friends and said, "Good bye all, it is all for the best."  She was perfectly resigned to her death.  She was possessed with a very sweet disposition and when in health her supreme thoughts were for the happiness of others.  She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Jennie Gilbert and two brothers, Irving and Raymond, of Butternuts, and one sister, Mrs. F.L. Nicholson of Guilford.  The funeral was held from her late home Monday, Feb. 9, at 9:30 a.m., Rev. L.A. Pickett of Mt. Upton, officiating.  Burial was made by the side of her husband in the Riverview cemetery at Oxford [Chenango Co.,, NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 19, 1903]

 

Died, in San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 5, Mrs. Martha E. Kentfield, aged sixty-five years.  Martha M. Everest, daughter of Rev. George T. Everest, was born in Peru, Clinton county, N.Y., May 29, 1837.  She was married Nov. 22, 1854, in Masonville, N.Y., to Wm. R. Kentfield, who died in Florence, Arizona, in 1902.  The family resided in Masonville until 1885, when they moved to Balesfield, Cal.  She is survived by three children, George H. Kentfield, of Monroe, Ill., Mrs. Stella Colton, of Florence, Arizona, Mrs. Lottie Peck, of San Francisco, Cal., her brother, George A. Everest of Duluth, Minn., three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Woodward, of Northwood, Iowa, Mrs. Mary Hannah and Mrs. Belle Clark, of Mt. Vernon, Washington.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 19, 1903]

 

Lorin St. John met his death Wednesday night of last week, by being drowned in the Unadilla river at Pine Grove about one and one half miles north of Rockdale [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY].  The particulars are as follows:  He had been helping John Baird, about two and one-half miles north of Rockdale on the east side of the river, on his farm this winter.  About 5:45 p.m., he left to go to a neighbor's, Mrs. George Miller's to get him to go to Mr. Baird's to prescribe for a sick cow; but a few minutes had elapsed when the fearful blizzard of that night began and Mr. Baird thought it nothing strange that he did not return owing to the severity of the storm.  They sat up all night waiting for him and when morning dawned and he had not appeared, immediate search was made and not until Friday about eleven a.m., did they find the least trace of him and then only a few foot tracks and cane tracks were discovered near the river banks.  They began the cutting of ice on the river which had frozen during Wednesday and Thursday night to about four inches; hooks to drag the river with were then procured and not until Saturday noon were their labors rewarded by finding his dead body as above stated.  Mr. St. John has been a life-long resident in this immediate vicinity, a prosperous and much respected farmer.  His eyesight has been poor for several years and it is thought that he was bewildered, lost his way in the storm and met his fate as before stated.  His age was seventy-four years.  He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Samuel Gibson, and two sisters to mourn his loss.  The funeral occurred Tuesday at 12 p.m., at the residence of his daughter with interment in the Mt. Upton cemetery where about a year ago his wife was buried.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 26, 1903]

Martin William Seeley, a highly esteemed resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for the past 37 years, passed away at 4:30 Saturday afternoon at  his home on Pleasant street, following several weeks of illness.  Mr. Seeley was born at Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on June 17, 1858, the son of William and Mary E. (Stork) Seeley.  His death occurred two days before his 82nd birthday.  He was twice married.  On April 12, 1882, he married Miss Isabell Eells of Coventry, who died in 1920.  December 6, 1922, he married Mrs. Ellen A. King of Bainbridge, who died Jan. 10, 1931.  He was a cabinet maker by trade, and during his later years he conducted a repair shop at his home.  For the past 37 years Mr. Seeley has been a member of the First Congregational church of Sidney, where his funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. J.W. Davies, assisted by Rev. G.A. Parmelee of the Baptist church, officiating.  burial was made in Prospect Hill cemetery [Sidney, NY].  Three sons-in-law acted as pall bearers.  The survivors are three brothers, Charles Seeley, Guilford; Ray Seeley, Oxford; Ernest Seeley, Johnson City; three sons, Linn Seeley, Endicott; June Seeley, Unadilla and Rev. Geo. Martin Seeley, Sidney; eight daughters, Miss Mary Seeley, Miss Angie Seeley, Mrs. Earl Rutenber, Mrs. Lynn Freiberger and Mrs. Ernest Rutenber, of Sidney; Miss Jennie Seeley, West Englewood N.J.; Mrs. Glenn Tripp, Morrisville Station and Mrs. Edward Cochran, Binghamton.  Eleven grandchildren also survive.  [published June 20, 1940]

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Frederick Gibson, age 26 years, whose sudden death early Wednesday morning at the Binghamton City Hospital, following an attack of pneumonia, will be held at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bradshaw, on East Main Street, in this place, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.  Rev. Clifford E. Webb, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this place, will officiate.  Burial will be in Bennettsville Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  He had been ill only a few days.  Mr. Gibson was residing at 9 Ashbury Court in Binghamton at the time that he was taken ill.  The deceased was born in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY] March 31, 1906.  He was the son of Charles Gibson and Fannie Bradshaw.  He spent most of his early life in the village of Afton.  The late Mr.. Gibson was a graduate of the Afton High School.  He attended Perkins Institute at Watertown,, Mass.  He was a junior engineer with the New York State Highway Department.  The deceased is survived by an aunt and uncle.  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bradshaw and another uncle, Claude Bradshaw, all of Afton, and by an aunt, Mrs. Clara Bradshaw of Binghamton.  Fellow students of the Afton High School will be the pallbearers at the funeral.  [MHD notation:  d. 1932] 

Mrs. Mary J. Briggs, 85 years old, died at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.B. Shelton, 135 Laurel Avenue.  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Shelton and Mrs. Flora E. Collins of Syracuse; a son, Henry P. Briggs of Afton; a brother James R. Thompson of Deposit and two grandchildren, Ralph Briggs and Keith Shelton of this city.  The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Centenary M. E. Church.  Burial will be in Afton.  Arrangements by Roberts & Kelley.  [Compiler note:  Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY, inscription "Mary J. Briggs / 1844 - 1929"]



 

Obituaries (July 24)

In Sidney, N.Y. [Delaware Co.]:  July 10th, Mrs. Emily C. Wheat, wife of A.G. Wheat and daughter of Stillman and Betsy Davis, aged 26 years.  She was converted at the age of 20 and soon after united with the Baptist Church in Masonville, the home of her childhood.  Her sickness was short--her sufferings severe.  In 24 hours from the time she was taken, her ransomed spirit winged its way to the God who gave it.

There is a pang for those that live,

When all they love too early die,

Nor can the heart refuse to give

What nature bids it not deny.

 

In the death of our friend, her husband and parents have sustained a great loss.  A large circle of friends and acquaintances gathered July 11th to pay the last tribute of respect to all that was left of one so amiable and exemplary in all her was.  The funeral exercises were held in the Baptist house at Sidney Center, before a crowded audience that deeply felt their loss.  The services were conducted by the Pastor of that Church, and Rev. N. Ripley of Masonville, and were of a deeply interesting nature, and well calculated,, to impress upon the minds of the audience, the importance of being prepared to die.



Sister, rest from sin and sorrow,

Death is o'er and life is won,

On thy slumber dawns no morrow

Rest; thine earthly race is run.

{Bainbridge Republican, July 15, 1871]

 

At his late residence on the West hill, Monday evening, September 7, 1896 Daniel J. Mosher departed this life, at the age of fifty-seven years.  Dr. Mosher was born in Laurens, September 8, 1839, and was a nephew of the late Dr. H.K. Bellows, of Norwich.  During the early years of his professional life he was an assistant surgeon in the United States navy.  Later he removed to Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and for many years practiced his profession in this place.  Some years ago failing health caused him to retire from active practice, since which time he has resided with his family at their present residence.  June 11, 1872 he married Miss Harriet Randall, of Cortland, N.Y., who survives him, together with his father, William Mosher, and his sister, Mrs. Edward Conklin both of Binghamton, N.Y.  Funeral services were held on Thursday, Rev. Henry D. Stebbins, officiating.  Burial in Mount Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY]

 

A pall was cast over our village, when word was received, last Friday morning, of the sudden death of Oria R. Baker, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Baker, of this place, who died at her home after a brief illness, in the twenty-third year of her age.  Miss Baker was born in Sanford, N.Y., removing to this place with her parents about twelve years ago.  She was for some time a student at Bainbridge Academy, and was a young lady of marked ability and much beloved.  She will be sorely missed among us, especially in her home where she was very dearly loved and was helpful to her father in his extensive business.  She leaves, besides her father and mother, one sister and one brother, with a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss.  The esteem in which she was held was shown by the large attendance at her funeral, which was held from the home, Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.  The services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T.F. Hall.  The floral tributes were very beautiful. The interment took place at Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  [Notation:  d. 1894]. 

 

We find in the New York Herald of February 6, the following death notice:  "HARRIS-At Hot Springs, Ark., Monday, Feb. 2, R. Duncan Harris, in the 55th year of his age."  R. Duncan Harris was a resident of New York city and in 1892 was the founder of the Swedish Cream and Butter Separator factory located on East Main street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,, NY].  It was finally abandoned in 1895, at a loss to all concerned.  The buildings are now used by the Sugar of Milk Company.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1903]

 

Peter M. Packard, a former prominent resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] died Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.B. Strang, in Cowanesque, Pa., aged eighty-three years.  Mr. Packard was the proprietor of all the stage routes in this section for many years and up to the time of the completion of the railroad service between Albany and Binghamton.  He was also a hotel keeper and with his esteemed wife served the public in a very satisfactory manner.  When he left Bainbridge he resumed hotel keeping at Spring Mills, N.Y.  Later he removed to Oxford where Mrs. Packard died in 1895.  Mr. Packard is remembered by many in Bainbridge and was esteemed for his liberality, kindness of heart and honorable life.  He was a plain man, unassuming in manner, but his dry quaint humor made him an enjoyable companion.  He is survived by four children:  two daughters and two sons, Joseph E. of Oxford, and Peter Packard of Elmira.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge on the 11:02 train this morning and interred in the Episcopal cemetery.  They were accompanied by all the children of the deceased.  Rev. Mr. Broughton, rector of St. Paul's church, Oxford, officiated.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1903]

 

Lester Chase, aged eighty-four years, the oldest lawyer in the country but one, died February 4, at his home in Greene [Chenango Co.,, NY] after a long illness.  He had practiced law in Greene over fifty years, and was honorable, highly esteemed and ever courteous and genial.  He is survived by his wife, one son, L. Elwyn Chase, a lawyer in Greene, and a daughter in Wisconsin.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12,, 1903]

 

Jerome B. Sands died at  his home in this town Tuesday afternoon after an illness of three weeks from heart trouble.  The funeral will be held Friday at 12 o'clock noon, at his late residence and conducted by Rev. Mr. Broughton of Oxford.  Mr. Sands was of the advanced age of 82.  He had been a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] since 1885, coming here from Franklin, N.Y., his birthplace.  He was a farmer by occupation residing two and one-half miles below this village on the East side of the Susquehanna river.  He was progressive in his methods of farming and sought to improve his products by new and advanced ideas and studied much literature to that end.  He was well read on all subjects, was exemplary, industrious, thrifty and highly respected.  An honored citizen, stable and conservative, he became influential and was closely associated with all affairs of the town preceding the creeping upon him of old age, and even then he did not abandon his interest.  Mr. Sands' wife, a most estimable woman, died several years ago as did the eldest daughter, Mrs.. Emma Seacord.  He is survived by five children:  William, Frederick and Miss Jennie Sands of Bainbridge, James of Vallonia Springs, and Charles Sands of Oswego.  The local chapter of the Masonic order, of which the deceased was an esteemed member of high degree will attend the funeral.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1903]

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  George Burghdorf, 75, of Afton, died at the home of Mrs. Frances Graham on South Main Street at 6 o'clock Thursday night.  The late Mr. Burghdorf was born Aug. 21, 1859.  He resided in this village during the past 30 years.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Afton.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Afton.  He was also a member of the Afton Masonic Lodge, 360, F.&A.M., Vallonia Chapter, 80, R.A.M. and Afton Chapter, 137, O.E.S.  The late Mr. Burghdorf leaves no close survivors.  The funeral service for the deceased will be held at the home of Mrs. Graham, where he lived at 2:30 o'clock  Sunday afternoon.  The Rev. Clifford E Webb and the Rev. George A. .Roberts, pastors of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches of Afton, respectively, will officiate.  Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY]. [MHD notation:  d. 1934]

Deposit [Delaware Co., NY] relatives have received word of the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Hamlin, widow of the late George E. Hamlin, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry F. VanCuren, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, at the age of 80 years.  Mrs. Hamlin was for many years a resident of Deposit.  Besides the daughter mentioned she is survived by one son, Vaughn L. Hamlin of Bridgeville, Pa.,  Interment at Bridgeville.  [MHD notation: Apr. 27, 1933]

John H. Lee, for m any years a resident of Deposit [Delaware Co.,  NY] and vicinity, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Scott, Big Hollow, April 23, aged 80 years.  Funeral services were held at the Mosher Funeral Home Tuesday, the Rev. Charles W Briggs officiating.  Burial was in Laurel Hill Cemetery.  [MHD notation: Apr. 27, 1933] 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mary Daniels Benedict died at her home on Caswell Street Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after an illness of three weeks.  The funeral will be held at her home Thursday at 2 o'clock.  Rev. Lester Huxtable pastor of the Baptist Church, of which she has been a member and a worker for nearly 50 years, will have charge of the services.  The burial will be in Glenwood cemetery.  Mrs. Benedict is survived by her husband and one daughter, Grace, wife of Rev. George Carr, of Binghamton.  Mrs. Benedict was born in McDonough, 71 years ago.  Early in life she married Eli Nichols who died many years ago.  Eleven years ago she married Hobert Benedict, station agent of this village.  Mrs. Benedict had a host of friends who will mourn her passing.  [MHD notation:  Jan. 11, 1930]

 

 

 



Marriages (July 24)

A very pretty wedding took place in the Bainbridge Methodist church Saturday morning, May 3, at 10 o'clock when Miss Margaret Claudine Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson E. Wilcox, became the bride of Clinton Stead Wilcox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Wilcox.  They were married in the presence of the immediate families of the couple with Rev. George N. Underwood, pastor of the church, officiating.  Mrs. Newton Hovey played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin as the couple entered attended by Miss Mildred Wilcox, sister of the bride, and Newton Hovey.  The bride wore a beige suit with navy accessories and a corsage of talisman roses and grape hyacinths and her attendant wore a red suit with navy accessories and a corsage similar to that of the bride.  Following the ceremony the wedding breakfast was served at Aldrich's Garden lodge on the Norwich road.  Mrs. Wilcox is a graduate of the Bainbridge High school, Elmira college and Syracuse university and is the librarian at the Bainbridge free library.  Mr. Wilcox is also a graduate of the Bainbridge High school and the RCA institutes of New York city.  He holds a position with the manufactured products division of the Borden company in Bainbridge.  After their honeymoon in New York city Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox will reside at 45 South Main street, Bainbridge.  There were several prenuptial parties for Mrs. Wilcox at which many nice gifts were received....[LMD notation:  1941]

Miss Ruth Louise Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] and Conrad William Schlafer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schlafer, of Guilford were married Saturday noon at the home of the bride.  The double ring service was performed by Rev. Ralph Gamewell, pastor of the Presbyterian church at East Guilford.  The bride was charming in a white shadow lace dress, floor length, finger tip veil fastened to a coronet of orange blossoms and pearls.  She carried an arm bouquet of Johanna Hill roses, yellow daisies tied with yellow ribbon.  Her maid of honor was Miss Evelyn Schlafer, sister of the groom, and the best man was Clinton Taylor, brother of the bride.  Miss Schlafer chose a long dress of peach sheer and carried an arm bouquet of peach gladiolas tied with peach colored ribbon.  Mrs. Taylor, mother of the bride, wore a blue dress and a corsage of roses.  Mrs. Schlafer, mother of the groom, chose a rose colored dress and a white corsage.  The bride's traveling dress was a navy blue print with white accessories.  In order that the wedding music might be played by the bride's brother, Clinton, whom she also wanted to act as best man, he went to Binghamton where he played an electric organ and records were made of "O, Promise Me." which he also sang.  The Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches which were used for the processional and recessional, were also transcribed by Mr. Taylor at the organ.  The bride's gift to the maid of honor was a double string of pearls and the bridegroom gave a tie set to his attendant.  After the reception, a wedding breakfast was served by Ward Aldrich of Rockwells Mills at the home of the bride's parents.  Mrs. Schlafer is a graduate of the Sidney High school, class of '37.  She was given three showers, one by friends in the Scintilla, another by Mrs. Thomas Joyce, and the third by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schlafer of Guilford.  Mr. Schlafer is a graduate of the Guilford Central school and is employed in the Scintilla. Returning from a wedding trip they will reside in a new apartment in the house of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor, parents of the bride.  [LMD notation:  June 15, 1941]

Miss Ruth Harriet Hager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Hager, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], became the bride of Maurice G. Hayes, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], step-son of Mrs. Jessie R. Hayes, of Sidney Center, Friday afternoon, August 22, at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church at Masonville.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Harold Hammer.  A violin solo, "I Love Your Truly" and two vocal solos "O Promise Me" and "Sweetest Story Ever Told" were rendered by Archie Wood, a brother-in-law of the bride, accompanied by Mrs. Dransfield Hamilton, of Elmira.  The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white marquisette with a finger tip veil and carried a bouquet of white gladioli and gardenias.  Mrs. Archie Wood, sister of the bride, who was matron of honor, was attired in blue mousseline de soie and carried yellow gladioli.  The bridesmaids, Miss Grace Hager, sister of the bride, and Miss Elizabeth Finch, a cousin of the bridegroom, were dressed in pink mousseline de soie and carried bouquets of garden flowers.  The flower girl, Barbara Scott, a cousin of the bride, wore white organdy and carried a basket of garden flowers.  Charles Hager Jr., was ring bearer.  Edgar Hayes, brother of the bridegroom, was best man and Dr. O. Kahlenberg and Charles Hager, a brother of the bride, were ushers.  The mother of the bride was dressed in pale green and the mother of the bridegroom chose a green and white sheer print.  They both wore corsages of gardenias.  Following the ceremony there was a reception held at the Hager home after which the couple left on a motor trip through northern New York.  The bride's traveling costume was steel blue with dubonnet accessories.  The bride is a graduate of Bainbridge High School and the Presbyterian Hospital of New York City, and for the past six years has been school nurse at the Bainbridge School.  The bridegroom is a member of the local firm of Thorp and Hayes who operate a truck body and wood working plant.  Following the wedding trip they will reside in Bainbridge.  [LMD notation:  1941]

Miscellaneous - Lyon Family Reunion, 1872

Lyon Family Reunion

Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 3, 1872

 

The family and descendants of Charles and Betsey Lyon, held their annual reunion at the house of Joel C. Lyon, in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult.  The past and present history of this aged couple deserves more than a passing notice.  Mr. Lyon was born in Westchester county, in this State, in 1784, and in company with three brothers, emigrated to this county about the year 1805, and settled on adjoining farms in the western part of this town.  The whole section in which they settled was then a howling wilderness, broken here and there by small clearings, and the log hut of some daring pioneer, who had left the abodes of civilization to share the dangers, the hardships and the excitement of frontier life.  The old house is still standing in which Mr. and Mrs. Lyon went to keeping house--and cooked their food the first season of warm weather by building a fire against a huge stump until stones could be gathered in the woods, and a chimney erected.  In that house (18x19 ft.) they reared a family of twelve children, nine of whom are still living, with their descendants who hold positions of prominence and respectability in community.  Mr. Lyon is the last survivor of the four brothers, and has outlived most of the early settlers around him, and is still living on the old farm on which he first settled, and though nearly eighty-eight years old, and his companion eighty-four, they both retain all their faculties in a remarkable degree, and are apparently well, hale and hearty, and stand at the head of a family of seventy-four; and although a portion of the family are scattered over the different States and Territories of the West, yet a large percentage of them gathered at the house of one of the sons on Christmas day in friendly intercourse, and passed a pleasant and profitable season; and after discussing the merits of the well loaded table of their generous host, departed to their various and distant homes, until the return of the set day brings them together again, to review the memoirs of the past, and strengthen the ties of the present.  J.W.S.

 

 

Blog Post Listing week of July 22-28, 2013

Marriages

Posted July 22, 2013

Jennie H. Randall - Perry F. Cole (1895)

Posted July 23, 2013
Marion Morse Furness - Rev. Warren Newton Bixby (1917)
Roxa V. Hahn - Irving D. Tillman (1917)
Anna B. Burbridge - E. Armstrong Towne (1899)

Posted July 24, 2013
Margaret Claudine Wilcox - Clinton Stead Wilcox (1941)
Ruth Louise Taylor - Conrad William Schlafer (1941)
Ruth Harriet Hager - Maurice G. Hayes (1941)

Posted July 25, 2013
Wallace Wilkins - Jennette Handy (34th anniversary, 1903)
Carol Louise Nichols - Raymond H. Thielking (1937)
Doris Mae Drake - Lawrence Erford Eggleston (1936)

Posted July 26, 2013
Jas. L. Seaman - Tabitha Bush Hazen (1900, 25th anniversary)

Posted July 27, 2013
Mr. & Mrs. James I. Seaman, 25th Anniversary (1900)

Posted July 28, 2013
Ruby Handy - Minnie Greek (Coventry)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomson, 42nd anniversary (1938)
Iva Mae Crumb - Maxson Sturges Crumb (1938)
Mayfred H. Dildine - Gerald R. Weeks (1938)



Obituaries

Posted July 22, 2013

Bishop John Philip Newman (Saratoga, 1899)

Josephine E. Spencer Whitman (Bainbridge, 1899)

Mary E. Griffin (Binghamton, 1899)

Agnes D. Farrer (Endicott, 1942)

Dorothy M. Hyatt (Endicott, 1944)

Georgia R. Stewart (Johnson City, 1945)

Posted July 23, 2013

Mrs. Jesse Carey (Guilford, 1917)

Josephine M. Card (Bainbridge, 1917)

George E. Green (Binghamton, 1917)

George S. Wells (Morris, 1899)

Martin B. Stapleton (Unadilla, 1899)

Andrew A. Roehlk (Bainbridge, 1899)

John Henry Stoddard (Bainbridge, Coventryville, 1899)

Arthur D. Page (Doraville, 1922)

Posted July 24, 2013
Emily C. Wheat (Sidney, 1871)
Daniel J. Mosher (Norwich, 1896)
Oria R Baker (Bainbridge, 1894)
R. Duncan Harris (NYC, 1903)
Peter M. Packard (Bainbridge, 1903)
Lester Chase (Norwich, 1903)
Jerome B. Sands (Bainbridge, 1903)
George Burghdorf (Afton, 1934)
Mary Ellen Hamlin (Deposit, 1933)
John H. Lee (Deposit, 1933)
Mary Daniels Benedict (Afton, 1930)

Posted July 25, 2013
John Carnrick (Jersey City, NJ 1903)
Presson R. Peck (Afton, 1903)
Lottie Gilbert Shapley (Butternuts, 1903)
Martha E. Kentfield (San Francisco, CA, Masonville, 1903)
Lorin St. John (Unadilla, Mt. Upton, 1903)
Martin William Seeley (Sidney, 1940)
Frederick Gibson (Afton, 1932)
Mary J. Briggs (Afton, 1929)

Posted July 26, 2013
Charles Dix (Bainbridge, 1903)
Almira E. Porter (Coventry, 1903)
Frank L. Wilkins (Bainbridge, 1903)
Pliny K. Scofield (Bainbridge, Earlville, 1903)
Menzo Odell (Bainbridge, 1903)
Susan Post (Afton, 1896)
Mrs. Willis Aylsworth (Bainbridge, 1896)
Duncan C. Parker (Afton, 1896)
Melvin C. Lyon (Coventry, 1896)
Theodore "Dutch" Clark (Bainbridge)

Posted July 27, 2013
Mabel J. Davis (Bainbridge, 1900)
Mary G. Bliven (Elmira, 1900)
Dr. Orville S. Hill (Bainbridge, 1900)
Treat M. Scott (Choconut Center, 1900)
Phoebe M. Pattengill (Walton, 1900)
Everett D. Jones (Morrisville)
Sarah A. Woodmansee (Masonville)

Posted July 28, 2013
Mrs. Charles Terry (Bainbridge, 1903)
T. Jefferson Lyon (Bainbridge, Binghamton, 1903)
John Gaines (Sherburne, 1903)
Peter Healey (Binghamton, 1903)
Daniel W. Lacey (Belvidere, IL, 1903)
Ivan E. Willard (Clinton, 1903)
Lena Barnes Hovey (Guilford Center, 1938)
Anna Pfeil Campbell (Guilford, Norwich, 1938)
Lucy Olmstead Coburn (Otego, 1871)
 

Miscellaneous

Posted July 22, 2013

• Francis A. Demeree, Promoted to Cadet Lieutenant at Manlius, 1926.

Posted July 23, 2013

• Binghamton Clothing Co., Fire, July 22, 2013, Utica, NY Herald Dispatch, July 23,, 2013.
• Unknown Victims of Clothing Co. Fire Interred in Spring Forrest Cemetery, Armenia, NY Times, Aug. 2, 1913.

Posted July 24, 2013

• Lyon Family Reunion, Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 3, 1872

 

Posted July 25, 2013

• Horrible Accident, Erastus Whiting Loses Arm, Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 24, 1872

Posted July 26, 2013

• Two Slightly Hurt When Plane Stalls, Afton, Chenango Co., NY, 1926

Posted July 27, 2013

• Afton Resident Recalls Famous "Fire of 1884"

Posted July 28, 2013

• Postmaster Norton's Spitting Rules, 1900

Miscellaneous - Binghamton Clothing Co. Fire, July 22, 1913

Factory Workers, Trapped, Leap or Burn to Death

When Single Stairway is Blocked by Flames

Utica, NY Herald Dispatch, July 23, 1913

 

The worst fire in the history of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] broke out yesterday afternoon shortly before 3 o'clock in the plant of the Binghamton Clothing Company at No. 17-18 Wall Street.  One hundred and twenty-five employees, mostly women and girls, were trapped.  Of these 41 were known to have escaped and three are suffering from severe injuries; 16 charred bodies which will probably never be identified are in the morgue.  Twenty-two operatives of the factory have been reported missing by their relatives.  A conservative estimate places the total number of deaths at about 50.  The known dead are:  Nellie Connor, Mary Cregan, Sidney Dimmick, Mrs Thomas Doran, Miss Fulmer, Mrs. Nellie Geason, Louis Hartwell, Louise Hartmann, John Schermerhorn, Mrs. Edwin White.  The total estimated damage by Fire and water in the buildings and stock of five concerns is estimated at $207.000.  A greater part is covered by insurance.  The post office is partly burned although the walls of the building were left intact.  In addition to the loss of the Binghamton Clothing Company severe losses were sustained by Sinon O'Neil the McKallor Drug Company and the Link Piano Company. 

 

The holocaust, the immensity of which is growing hourly, came close upon three alarms sounded from various parts of the city between 11 and 3 o'clock.  Assistant Chief Eldredge and Company No. 2 were engaged in extinguishing a small fire on Highland avenue when the alarm from the Binghamton clothing Company was sounded.

 

The immense loss of life is believed to be due not to the construction of the building, but to the fact that the employees, believing that one of the frequent fire drills was being held, made little effort to flee the building.  Many returned to the dressing rooms on the upper floor for clothing and pocketbooks and were caught in a seething floor of flames.  Women and girls, too weak to go farther, dropped exhausted on a fire escape at the rear of the building and literally roasted to death, their burning bodies slowly dropping into the furnace below.  A veritable rain of human flesh fell from the windows on the [?] side of the building.  The intensity of the heat which prevented the firemen from getting within fighting range of the building until rescue was too late made impossible the recovery of many bodies. 

 

Only the hardest and most efficient work on the part of the Fire Department prevented the spread of the flames to business blocks lining Water street between Court and Henry.  In the building occupied by the McKallor Drug Company was a large amount of highly explosive chemicals.  Iron doors and shutters prevented the fire from reaching this building.

 

Inscribed on the roll of fame which will stand forever in the memory of the city are the names of Nellie Connor and Sidney Dimmick, who stood at their posts until the last, watching the lines that went hurriedly past them.  Their turn came but it was too late.  And it is written "Died at their Post."  Valuable assistance was rendered by the visiting Erie firemen who were assembled in convention and by the Lesstershire Fire Department, whish was summoned as soon as the intensity of the fire was realized.  ....No exact estimate of the known dead or of the persons known to have been in the factory at the time of the fire can be obtained, owing to the loss of the list of employees which was in the company's safe and now lies buried beneath the mass of debris.  This statement is on the authority of Reed S. .Freeman president of the Binghamton Clothing Company and K.J. Lawrence, bookkeeper of the concern.

 

It was just 20 minutes before 2 o'clock when Jared Orr of No. 103 Walnut street, who was employed in the Binghamton Overall Factory on the third floor, went down to the ground floor of the building and sauntered over toward the elevator shaft.  The machines were humming busily and in the spot where the fire was to break forth there was nothing of interest.  He turned back and returned to work on the third floor.  There was apparently nothing on the first floor according to his story, which was in the least out of the ordinary.  .... Five minutes from the time Orr had made his rounds of the first floor of the overall factory the entire building was a mass of flames.  Mrs. Read B. Freeman, the wife of the president of the concern attempted to call Central Fire Station but says that she was unable to get connections.  James Hoyt, who was walking along Water street at the time turned in the box and in a moment the first relay of the department was at the scene.  The entire building supposed to be of fairly fireproof construction was seething in flames and the prostrate forms of women huddled together on the fire escapes gave the department the first indication of the terrible loss of life that was to ensue.

 

Before the companies had been on the scene a minute the heat had become so intense that it was almost impossible to get within 150 feet of the building.  Bodies came hurtling through the air from the windows of the entire four floors of the building and lay mangled on the earth.  A perfect rain of human flesh came from the south side and from the rear of the building.  Within five minutes after the first alarm of fire had sounded there was not a living being inside or within 100 feet at the Binghamton Overall Factory.  The loss of life had been as sudden as it was terrific.

 

There were just two questions which every man and woman in the seething crowd that passed upon the fire stricken territory for blocks wanted answered.  How did the fire start? Why was it that in a four-story building which was almost completely isolated from surrounding structures there should have been such a terrific loss of life? Why hadn't the 134 girls that were on the payroll of the concern on Saturday night been able to get out?

 

Reed B. Freeman, president of the company, said later in the day that fire drills had been inaugurated in the factory some time ago, and that they had been held at regular intervals with great success.  The entire force of employees had always made their exit to safety in a comparatively short time and there had seemed little danger that life would be lost in case of fire.  The tremendous loss of life was due to just one thing--the girls in the Binghamton Overall Factory yesterday afternoon believed that the gong, which in reality announced the coming of the holocaust was the signal for another fire drill.  They remembered the fire drills of the past and they thought that there was plenty of time to get down into the street.

 

Burned Victims Remains Interred

Armenia NY Times, Aug. 2, 1913

 

Binghamton--Upon the shoulders of exempt firemen and policemen, the twenty-one caskets containing the unidentified dead from the Binghamton Clothing Company fire, were borne to their last resting place in Spring Forest cemetery Sunday afternoon after a public funeral.  It was the most impressive and mournful occasion in the history of the southern tier since Daniel S. Dickson, sage, orator, the friend of Lincoln and leader of the northern "war Democrats" was buried in the same cemetery many years ago.

 

The line of plain, black caskets, each completely covered with flowers, reached from the main entrance of the cemetery to the plot set apart for them.  During the march of the coffin bearers, the thousands of persons in and about the cemetery were silent, and stood with bared heads.  Only occasionally was the silence broken by the groans of those in sorrow or the sobbing of women.  So many families had been affected by the disaster, either through the ties of blood or friendship, that it seemed as it most of those present were directly concerned.  The graves were made in a circle for the erection of a monument later.  The burial was preceded by a most impressive memorial service in Stone Opera House where the leaders of religious denominations, civic officials, head of fraternities, relatives and friends of the deceased and the public generally took part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Obituaries (July 23)

Mrs. Jesse Carey, aged 73 years, at her home near Guilford [Chenango Co., N Y].  She is survived by her husband Jesse Carey, and twelve children, Mrs. Flora Carey Moffat and Mr. Charles Carey, both of Pittson, Pa., Mrs. Lizzie Wordan of Factoryville, Pa., Mrs. Ella Secrest of Deposit, N.Y., Mrs. Frank Woolbaugh of Bainbridge, N.Y., Clarence of Clark's Summit, Frank, William, Jesse, Nettie, Helen and Grace who are at home.  Messrs. Ross Shapley, Arthur and Myron Sexsmith, Ralph Hinman, Lavern Holmes and Charles Shapley acted as pall bearers.  Mrs. Carey had been in poor health for nearly a year past. Friday, Dec. 22, she suffered a shock and died Thursday morning, December 25, at half past two o'clock.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 4, 1917]

Mrs. Josephine M. Card was born in Rockdale [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] in 1840.  She was the daughter of Hiram Locke and came to Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,, NY] when a schoolgirl with her parents who purchased the Central Hotel where she married Nelson D. Card in 1860.  Leaving the hotel in 1864 they bought what is now known as the Lilley farm where they made success in farming and the berry business for 24 years.  Retiring in 1888 they came to the village and bought the place where S.R. Floch now resides.  Mr. Card formed a partnership with Daniel S. Bristol in the insurance business which continued several years, retiring on account of ill health, and died in 1899.  Mrs. Card soon tired of living alone sold the place and went to Sidney to live until about three years ago her health failing she went to Philadelphia to live with her son and died of paralysis Jan. 15th, 1917.  She is survived by one son, Dr. Cleland L. Card, and two grandsons, all of Philadelphia.  Mrs. Card was for many years a member of the Episcopal Church, a devoted Christian, and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 25, 1917]

George E. Green, State Commissioner of Excise, died in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in New York city at midnight Tuesday, January 15, following an operation for mastoiditis.  He was taken ill during the afternoon at his apartments in the Biltmore and removed to the infirmary where it was decided that an operation was the only hope of saving his life.  He was 58 years of age.  Commissioner Green came to Binghamton [Broomek Co.,  NY] when a young man and had served as its mayor for five years.  He had been in the state senate for years and was a delegate to the last state constitutional convention.  He was appointed excise commissioner by Governor Whitman in April 1915.  [Bainbridge Re;publican, Jan. 25, 1917]

Last week Cashier George Whitman of Morris, wrote to relatives here stating that he had received a letter from the Philippine Islands written by Prof. Green who enlisted in the army from Morris, which said that the report of the death of George Wells that was current here some weeks ago was true.  Green said he stood within ten feet of Wells when he was shot, and that he ran to his assistance.  A bullet struck Wells in the left lung severing an artery, and that he died one hour afterwards.  Wells was conscious when he died, saying to Green, "go and help the others, nothing could be done for him as his time had come."  Wells was a member of Company D, 9th Infantry and had distinguished himself for bravery.  After his death had been published, it was afterwards denied, it being claimed to have been officially stated that Wells was hopefully recovering.  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 4, 1899]

Martin B. Stapleton was so badly injured at Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] in an accident on the D.&H., that he died from the consequences a few hours later.  Stapleton was engaged as an extra brakeman on Conductor Frank Wright's train with Alfred Zeh, engineer.  The train stopped at Unadilla, the engine going to help an east bound train over the grade.  Stapleton was osn the rear of the tender,, signaling the engine in its return trip to the train.  While so signaling the engine struck the cars suddenly in such a manner as to throw the brakeman between the tender and first car.  He received a compound fracture of the right thigh.  His foot was smashed and all the arteries of the lower right limb sere severed.  The injuries were fatal.  Martin B Stapleton was 30 years old and resided at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].  He was a member of Company G of the 1st regiment who were stationed at Honolulu during the war, and was a fine young man.  Conductor Frank Wright is the son of Henry Wright of this village.  [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 4, 1899]

Little Andrew A. Roehlk, the infant son and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Roehlk, died this Wednesday morning at five o'clock, at the parents' home on Front St., aged nine months and twelve days.  The child was in usual health yesterday and was out-of-doors with its mother in the afternoon enjoying the sunny air and seemed sprightly as ever.  At tea time little Andrew began to droop and soon went into convulsions.  Dr. Taylor was sent for and after the second convulsion the child revived and was supposed to be getting better but Andrew's condition grew worse and continued to grow more so through the night until he expired.  Andrew was a handsome child, bright and unusually intelligent, and always ready to receive everyone with childish prattle.  His sorrowing parents have the sympathy of all in their sorrow.  The funeral will probably be Friday. 

"There is no flock, however watched and tended,

But one dead lamb is there!

There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,

But has one vacant chair."

[Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 22, 1899]

 

John Henry Stoddard, a former citizen of Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,, NY] died at his home in Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday, November 28th, 1899, aged 53 years.  Mr. Stoddard had been a sufferer from Bright's disease for sometime but did not give up business until the past summer.  He was engaged in the grocer's trade and was also postmaster, but was obliged to give up both several months before he died.  He sold his home and store property to Mrs. Jennie Stoddard, and Mr. S.A. Stoddard was appointed postmaster.  Mr. Stoddard is survived by his wife, Eva Chichester Stoddard, whom he married in 1894.  The funeral was held in Coventryville, Thursday, November 30, Rev. A. McIntyre officiating.  Music was rendered by a male quartette from Bainbridge, Messrs. Evans, Banner, Gilbert and Spencer.  The remains were taken to Middleburgh for interment.  The wife will go to Middleburgh to reside which was her former home.  Mr. Stoddard was a nephew of Mrs. Lloyd of Washington, formerly Mrs. Simeon Warren of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 6, 1899]



Arthur D. Page, known throughout this section as the smallest man in the world, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ray Miller, in Doraville, Wednesday night.  Mr. Page was 44 years of age and measured exactly 36 inches in height.  Mr. Page traveled all over the world with various show troops and was well known throughout the United States and abroad.  The funeral will be held from the home of his sister in Doraville at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.  Burial wil be in Perch Pond Cemetery.  [MHD notation:  Oct. 25, 1922]

 

The funeral of Arthur D. Page, 44, known as the smallest man in the world, was held today at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ray Miller in Doraville, where burial took place.  Mr. Page was 36 inches in height and for more than 15 years traveled throughout the world with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's circus.  Mr. Page, in circus life, was dressed as a policeman.  [d. 1922]

 

 

 

 

Marriages (July 23)

The marriage of Miss Marion Morse Furness and Rev. Warren Newton Bixby, was solemnized at Trinity church, Haverhill, Mass., Monday morning, January 1st, 1917, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Malcom Smith, rector of the parish, assisted by Archdeacon W. W. Love of Cambridge.  Miss Anna Morse of Wellesley college and her brother, Donald Morse of the General Theological Seminary were the attendants.  Immediately following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the bride's home to the relatives and immediate friends of the bride and groom.  The bride is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Furness of Haverhill and the groom is the son of Joel J. Bixby of this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and is rector of St. Mark's North Easton, Trinity, Randolph and Our Saviour East Arlington--Chenango Union.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 25, 1917]



The wedding of Miss Roxa V. Hahn and Irving D. Tillman was solemnized at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Hahn of 54 Birdsall street.   Rev. H.R. MacMillan performed the ceremony, using the double ring service.  Dr. H.W. McNitt of this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and Miss I. Souie of Utica were best man and maid of honor, respectfully.  A wedding dinner was served to 40 guests, after which Mr. and Mrs. Tillman left for a Southern trip.  They will be at home after March 1st at 6 Silver street.  The bride was beautifully dressed in ivory bridal satin, trimmed with Dutchell lace and pearl trimmings wore a tulle veil with orange blossoms.  Miss Soule wore pink net over crepe de chine.  Mr. Tillman is the son of County Clerk I.J. Tillman and a member of the law firm of I.J. & L.D. Tillman.  He is a graduate of Syracuse University and has practiced law here since 1909.  His bride is a charming young woman who has been a bookkeeper in local dry goods stores since coming here seven years ago from Andover.  Their many friends extend best wishes at this time--Norwich Plain Dealer  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 25, 1917]

The marriage of Miss Anna B. Burbridge, sister of Mrs. Charles D. Reed of Bainbridge, to Mr E. Armstrong Towne of Schuyler's Lake, was celebrated at 12 o'clock today, in the Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. C.D. Reed, performing the ceremony.  The church was prettily trimmed with evergreens.  There were four ushers, Ralph Curtis, Frank R. West, Clarence Kirby and Howard Salisbury.  The groom was attended by Lowell J. Downs of Schuyler's Lake as best man, and the bride by Miss Marietta Ellsworth of Schuyler's Lake, as bridesmaid.  The bride was dressed in a blue travelling dress and the bridesmaid in a similar costume.  A handsome luncheon was served to the bridal party at Mr. Reed's house on Pruyn Hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], the guests from the village being the ushers and the organist, Miss Minnie Van Cott.  Mr. and Mrs. Towne left on the 1:30 train for a wedding tour.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 22, 1899]

Miscellaneous - Francis A. Demeree, Cadet Lieutenant, 1926

Harpursville Boy, A Cadet Lieutenant

Francis A. Demeree Wins Promotion as Reward for

Devotion to Duty - April 3, 1926

 

Francis Demeree, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert Demeree, of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], was yesterday promoted to the rank of cadet lieutenant at the Manlius School, near Syracuse.  His promotion came as a reward for his unswerving devotion to duty and obedience to school regulations.  These two qualities alone are responsible for Demeree's rapid rise in the ranks at the well known military preparatory institution.  He entered Manlius in the fall of 1922.  In 1923 he was commissioned corporal in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit, and the following year became a sergeant.  During the present year he was one of the highest ranking non-commissioned officers at Manlius.  In the academic and athletic worlds at Manlius Demeree's achievements have been fully as brilliant as his successes in the military world.  He is a wearer of the Manlius academic merit ribbon, given for attaining a specified average for a certain length of time.  He also wears an athletic merit ribbon for his work as manager of the various Manlius sport teams, and is a member of the school honor society, the Order of the Phoenix.  His outstanding work as a manager was done with the school basketball team, which won the Eastern preparatory school championship this season for the third consecutive time.

Marriages (July 22)

Cole-Randall, Dec. 26th, 1896

 

"Marriage, as old men note, has likened been

Unto a public feast, or common rout,

When those that are without would fain get in,

And those that are within would fain get out."

 

Scarcely had the sweet echoes of Christmas carols vanished, Yuletide bough of mistletoe and sprig of holly been laid aside, when merry wedding bells called a joyful company together at the beautiful residence of Dr. and Mrs. E.L. Ensign to witness the nuptials of their niece, Miss Jennie H. Randall, and Mr. Perry F. Cole, of Yaleville [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY].  We forbear to use the common term "quiet wedding," since there is generally no sense in a marriage of that kind.  Let it rather be a festive, rollicking celebration which the chief actors will have cause to recollect.  Not often do we meet a better natured assemblage, or more genial souls, than those who came from near and far on that inclement night to place the seal of approval on the union of this fortunate pair.  The outside gloom was dispelled after entering brightly lighted parlors which afforded a brilliant scene of fair faces and rich dresses.  There were decorations of fresh evergreens and fragrant flowers, and we seemed to hear good wishes spoken from beneath the fairy marriage bell.  In a near-by room, massed upon a side table, were testimonials of love and appreciation, rare and costly gifts, drawing the interested glances of many bright eyes, making a picture rich and variegated.  The impressive ceremony was performed in faultless manner by the Rev. Ward T. Sutherland, at 8 o'clock.  The bride was tastefully attired in a cream colored crepon dress which suited well her ever pleasant face. The groom advanced with a breezy, business air, not as "one more unfortunate," but as a man whose heart was there because his treasure was.  He was garbed in the usual suit of somber hue.  After cordial congratulations and best wishes had been tendered, all were invited to tables replete with varied delicacies.  Appropriate toasts were "The nuptial bonds-may they never depreciate," and "Many happy returns of the evening we celebrate;" also, "Young ladies think they Miss it by not, while many a married lady is sure she Mrs. it in being married." and "New occasions teach new duties."  Finally, "Our idea of a heroine; an educated American woman who does her own housework."  Thus ended, not a "quiet," but a gay home wedding.  There are no others like it.  Can any ;picture be so enchanting as such a scene?  The gloomy, unsympathetic church, the solemn cloister, may answer when there is no home where the children were brought up and educated among youthful associations most dear. If there by any performance that should take place at home it is the sacred act of marriage.  Doubly fortunate they who can wed beneath the roof of their birth as the choicest, most sacred spot.  It is not difficult to approve the sentiment of one who wrote:

"Of earthly goods the best is a good wife;

A bad the bitterest curse of human life."

Obituaries (July 22)

Bishop Newman of the M.E. Church, died at his cottage in Saratoga, Wednesday afternoon, July 5th aged 73 years.  He had been troubled with creeping paralysis for two years but had not yielded to the infirmity until four weeks ago when that complicated with pneumonia culminated in death.  The end was peaceful.  His wife was with him to the last.  Rev. John Philip Newman, D.D.LLD., was born in New York city on Sept. 1, 1826, and was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, in that city.  At the age of 16 he was prompted to join the Methodist church by a mysterious occurrence.  On the streets of New York one day he was suddenly accosted by a stranger of impressive mien, who without a single word of salutation, simply said:  "God wants your heart," and then vanished as abruptly as he had appeared.  Two weeks thereafter, on a Sabbath morning the same stranger met him, and before he could ask an explanation of his intrusive officiousness, slipped into the young man's hand a piece of paper, on which was written, "God wants your heart."  His message, said Dr. Newman in relating the incident, was obeyed, and within a month thereafter I was received into the Methodist Episcopal church;  Newman at once began preparing for the ministry, and at the age of 22 began life as an itinerant.  After 10 years spent in country charges he was stationed in New York where he remained for two years.  He then sailed for Europe and spent a year and a half abroad, much of the time in the Holy Land.  On his return he published his first book, "From Dan to Beersheba," which had a remarkable sale and brought him into prominence.  In 1863 he was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Rochester University.  In 1864, when all knew the Southern Confederacy must fall, Dr. Newman was designed by the late Bishop Ames to organize the Methodist Episcopal church in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas and spent five years in the successful execution of the work.  He also established the New Orleans Christian Advocate as an organ of the Northern church, founded an orphan asylum in New Orleans and organized a normal school and an academical institution for training young men for the ministry.  He established and built nine churches for the colored people, and reared a substantial $50,000 church, which was free to all classes.  This work brought him into contact with Republican political leaders, and he was elected chaplain of the Senate.  He became, also, the first pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, in Washington, at which President Grant, Chief Justice Chase and many Senators and Representatives were regular attendants.  From this circumstance Dr. Newman came to be called the "Court Chaplain."  After four years at this post he started on a tour around the world, holding a commission from President Grant as inspector of United States Consulates.  He was absent on this political mission for two years, drawing a salary of $5,000 a year, with $2,500 for his wife as private secretary.  In March, 1875, having finished his tour of inspection and his book, Dr. Newman returned to Washington and was again stationed at the Metropolitan church.  In April, 1878, he was again obliged to leave Washington by reason of the three-year limit, and he then became the pastor of the Central M.E. church in New York city.  At the general conference of 1880 he was a candidate for bishop, but was defeated.  He then became pastor of the Madison Avenue Congregational church, which had a debt of $80,000.  This Dr. Newman made a determined effort to remove.  Ex-President Grant and a number of prominent moneyed men became members of the church, but in two years there was a serious slit in the congregation, owing to Dr. Newman still keeping up a connection with the Methodist Conference, to which he made regular reports.  He offered his resignation, but after a high dispute it was not accepted.  Later the matter was taken into court, and Dr. Newman quietly abandoned the pulpit.  Dr. Newman went from New York to San Francisco, but in 1886 returned to his old charge the metropolitan church at Washington.  In August, 1885, he preached the sermon at Gen. Grant's funeral.  At the general conference of 1888 he was again a candidate for the episcocate and was then elected bishop.  The funeral of Bishop John P. Newman of the Methodist Episcopal church took place in Saratoga, Saturday and the remains were conveyed to Mechanicsville Saratoga county for burial.  Services were held at the Newman cottage before noon and were conducted by the Rev. Dr. W.H. Henry of the Central New York conference and the Rev. Dr. Bostwick Hawley of Saratoga.  The remains laid in state at midday at the First M.E. church where at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon the funeral took place.  The funeral address was delivered by Bishop E.G. Andrews of New York city.  Additional eulogistic remarks were made by prominent Methodist clergymen of the state and country.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 12, 1899]

After a period of weary waiting, and extreme suffering, Josephine E., wife of Frederick S Whitman, died at her home on Pruyn Hill, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], yesterday morning, August 8th, of cancer, aged forty-seven years.  Mrs. Whitman, though a delicate fragile woman in appearance, had seemed to possess ordinary good health until within the past two years when painful and frequent disturbance of the physical system developed, and finally her physicians pronounced her to be a prey to the deadly cancer.  Mrs. Whitman fought the disease with heroic fortitude.  She was gentle and patient, yet buoyed up by hope was full of determination.  In June of last year she went to Hallowell, Maine, for treatment under her sister, Dr. Mary E. Brookin and husband, both of whom are physicians.  She returned in September, apparently cured and happy in her restoration to health.  But in December the disease again manifested itself and with great virulence, but she cherished the hope of overcoming it, and resolved, though told by the hospital doctors in Albany that she had but the hundredth chance of living, to undergo a surgical operation.  She went to Albany in May last and passed through the ordeal returning in a few weeks, since which her decline has been rapid.  Mrs. Whitman was born in Guilford and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Eleazer Spencer.  Her parents came to the town of Bainbridge to live and resided above the village upon the East side of the river.  The deceased was married in 1877, to Frederick S. Whitman, and lived two years in Masonville and then they came to the vicinity of Bainbridge, and after a time removed to Pruyn Hill.  The Spencer family has been renowned for its talent in music and Mrs. Whitman is remembered for her beautiful voice.  At musical conventions held formerly in Bainbridge, Mrs. .Whitman often took a conspicuous part.  Her pleasing girlish figure upon the stage and sweet rendering of the principal number in the "Cantata of Queen Esther," is vividly recalled by participants and listeners who trace the years back in the musical history of our town.  Mrs. Whitman was greatly attached to the Presbyterian church, being a constant attendant before her health gave away.  The funeral will be held at the home, tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev. D.N. Grummon, of Binghamton, a former pastor, conducting the services.  The burial will be at Sidney.  Besides her husband, Mrs. Whitman is survived by two children, the daughter Mabel of seventeen years, and son Erle, nine years of age, a sister, Dr. Mary E. Brookin of Hallowell, Maine, and four brothers, Dr. C.W. and Frederick Spencer of Bainbridge, Hiram Spencer of Centre Village and Frank Spencer of Franklin.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 9, 1899]

Died at her late home in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], July 31st, Mrs. Mary E. Griffin, widow of the late Dr. Griffin, aged 68 years.  Many friends will read with deep sorrow of the death of this estimable woman who was a faithful companion, a loving mother, a staunch friend of frank cordiality and broad charity.  A bereaved daughter, Mrs. D.L. Burr, with other relatives are left to mourn her loss, but not to sorrow as those who have no hope.  Mrs. A.L. Bevier who is a step-sister attended the funeral last Wednesday.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 9, 1899]

An Endicott woman lost her life and 11 other persons were injured, two critically, and one seriously, in seven highway accidents in the Triple Cities during the weekend.  Dead is Mrs. Agnes Farrer, 50, a veteran E.J. worker of 110 Fillmore Avenue, Endicott, who died early last night in Barnes Memorial Hospital at Susquehanna, Pa. of multiple injuries received in a crash involving her automobile and a bus on Route 11 between Great Bend and Halstead Saturday.  [Binghamton Press, Feb. 2, 1942]

Agnes Farrer, 50, a 25-year employee of the Endicott Johnson Corp., died in the Barnes Memorial Hospital, Susquehanna, PA at 4:15 p.m. Sunday.  She is survived by her husband, Charles W. Farrer; a sister Mrs. Pauline Sickler of Marathon; a brother, Orland Decker of Marathon and several nieces and nephews.  Mrs. Farrer was a member of the Endicott First Baptist Church and Endicott Chapter O.E.S., 694, The body was removed to the Allen Memorial Home 611-13 Main Street Endicott where family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Tuesday [Binghamton Press, Feb. 2, 1952] Tragic death of Mrs. Agnes D. Farrer, 110 Fillmore Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], recently, was a great shock to friends and co-workers of the Endicott Johnson Corporation.  They extend sincere sympathy to her husband, Charles E Farrer, and to other members of her family in their bereavement.  A host of friends and relatives attended the funeral as a final tribute to her departure Wednesday morning.  Mrs. Farrer had been a loyal, congenial worker in the E.J. organization for the past 25 years as a top-stitcher and was recently advanced to the position of forelady of the lining-makers' department in Room 20.  Mr. Farrer, who was injured at the time of his wife's death, has the best wishes of the E.J.. Workers for a rapid recovery.  [LMD notation:  Jan. 31, 1942]

Miss Dorothy M. Hyatt, 23, of 110 Roosevelt avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], died at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., after a long illness.  She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hyatt of Endicott' a brother, J. Edgar Hyatt of this city; also two nieces and several aunts and uncles.  Miss Hyatt was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott and an IBM employee.  The body was removed to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street Endicott, where the family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.  [LMD notation:  Apr. 13, 1944]

Mrs. Georgia R. Stewart, widow of Norval Stewart of 279 Main st., died at 1 a.m., Wednesday, at the Williams convalescent Home in Harford, Pa.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgia Stewart Keeton of Binghamton.  The body was removed to Ivan. A Barber & Son Funeral Home, 428 Main St. Johnson City, where friends may call Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.  [LMD notation:  Jan. 21, 1945]

Marriages (July 21)

Mr. Clayton Floyd Parsons of Nineveh Junction, and Miss Stella May Lyon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lyon, of Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. Charles d. Reed, Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m.  Mr. and Mrs. Lyon took train 13 for Binghamton, after a short wedding visit they will be home on Mr. Parsons' farm at Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 15, 1903]

Otto Kreiger and Miss Carrie B. Johnson were married in this city Thursday evening at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Johnson of Riverside.  The ceremony was performed in presence of the relatives and contracting parties, Rev. F.B. Lewis of the Episcopal church of Bozeman, officiating.  The groom is one of the successful young business men of Livingston and a member of the firm of A. Krieger & Co., and the bride a most estimable young lady, also a resident of this city--Livingston (Mont.) Enterprise.  Mrs. Kreiger is a daughter of Mrs. Alice Johnson of West Bainbridge, and has many warm friends in that vicinity who wish her a long life of happiness and prosperity.  Mrs. Johnson will join her daughter in Montana in about two weeks.  [Notation:  1894]

Married at the home of the bride's parents in Wells Bridge, Aug. 19, by the Rev. P.L. Cooper, Elliott D. Truman of Bainbridge and Mrs. Ella J. Truman of Wells Bridge.  After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Truman left for a short visit with friends in nearby towns after which they will make their home in Bainbridge.  Mr. Truman is the junior member of the firm of Frisbie & Truman, druggist, and he has won many friends among the people of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] during his residence here, who with the Express extend Mr. Truman and his bride best wishes for a long and happy voyage on life's ocean time.  [Notation:  1896]

Miscellaneous - Racket Worked on Man in Afton

Racket is Worked on Man in Afton - 1932

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 7:  An old racket in a new section brought about the arrest of two men who gave their addresses as Cleveland when arrested last night in Oneonta after word had been sent out from Afton of their operations here.  The men, Alfred Goohey and Charles J. Germaine, were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Robert Bulkeley on charges of disorderly conduct and fined $10 each and sentenced to ten days in the county jail.  The jail sentences were suspended upon condition they leave the county.

 

Driving up to a gas station operated by Tracy L. Doolittle and Ellery Decker in an expensive automobile, the men told a story of having accompanied a liquor-laden truck to within a short distance of the village when it broke down.  Declaring that they had a purchaser for the contraband and that they would make good a $15 loan upon disposing of the liquor, a request was made for the load of $15 to make the necessary repairs to the truck in order that they might continue on their way.

 

Decker consented, turned over the money to the men and as security was given a watch which the two represented as being valuable.  They then departed.  Closer inspection of the watch showed it to be a cheap make.  Becoming suspicious the authorities were notified and an alarm was broadcast for the men.  They were picked up in Oneonta and returned here.  After making restitution and paying the fine the two men departed.

 



 



Obituaries (July 21)

The following obituary notice, taken from The Evening Herald of Parsons, Kansas, under date of December 20, 1902 will be read with interest by those who remember the Thomas P. Main family, who were prominent residents of Searles Hill some fifty years ago.  The subject of this sketch is a son, who went to California during the gold fever race and then drifted onward finally locating permanently in Parsons, Kansas.  The Herald says:  "J.D. Main, one of the early and most respected residents of Parsons, died at his home in the Main Block on North Central avenue, this morning, aged 70 years and one month.  He had been a sufferer from stomach trouble for the past year and last summer made a trip to Colorado in the hope of improving his condition but the change did not agree with him and he returned home.  About a week ago he was forced to give up and go to bed and since then his decline was rapid.  The deceased came to Parsons in March 1873, and opened a carriage and wagon shop, which he continued for twelve years, when he engaged in the wall paper business.  He was an energetic and pushing citizen and while his capital was limited he ever showed a willing and helpful spirit toward any enterprise looking toward the betterment of Parsons.  About eighteen years ago he built the Main Block at the corner of Washington avenue and Central avenue, embracing several desirable business rooms, everyone of them being occupied by a good tenant."  Mr. Main leaves a wife and six children Wilbert C. Main, Mrs. W.C. Bragg, Mrs. Addie Hess, C.T. Main, Mrs. George Girard and Mrs. Edgar Osborne, all of whom reside in Parsons and were at his bedside when he passed away; also four brothers, George Main, Susquehanna Pa., W.B. Main, Abingdon, Ill., C.A.  Main, Galesburg, Ill., and Hawley Main, Boone, Iowa.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 8, 1903]

 

Mrs. Emma Hinman, widow of the late Harvey D. Hinman, passed to her reward from her home on Pearl street last Saturday night.  Mrs. Hinman was born in Columbus, N.Y., fifty-seven years ago.  She came to this village fourteen years ago since which time she has made this her home.  For a number of years she has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church having united at Cannonsville before coming here.  Mrs. Hinman was a choice woman and beloved by all who knew her.  During the past seven or eight years she has been in feeble health, much of the time unable to leave the house.  She was therefore denied the privilege of attendance upon divine service, which she greatly missed.  Though slowly wasting away with consumption and suffering greatly she was always patient and her faith in God never wavered.  Down to the very last she expressed a willingness to go home and her departing was beautiful.  She is survived by her father, Martin Hoag, and three brothers, Chauncey, William P., and Maurice Hoag all of Cannonsville; beside two sons and one daughter, Chauncey J. of Belmont, N.Y., Nathan P. and Nellie M., of this place, with whom the community and church unite to mourn their loss.  Simple but impressive services were conducted at her late home Tuesday at eleven o'clock by her pastor, Rev. J.S. Crompton, and her remains were laid to rest in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 15, 1903]

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]\:  The sad homecoming of Mrs. Robert Andrews, nee Mary C. Moore, of Pittsfield, Mass., to rest among her kindred of five generations in Evergreen cemetery, cast a shadow of grief over all.  The many beautiful floral designs from the Hurlburt Paper Co., where Mr. Andrews is foreman, and from the church, Epworth League, Pittsfield friends and others, covered the casket of the sleeper, and filled the altar, on Thursday, Jan. 8, when the last rites were observed.  Mrs. Charles Brooks sang a beautiful solo, and the quartet by Misses Stevens and Mrs. Willis Hyer gave fitting selections.  The words of the pastor were consoling and the tears shed over the silent form spoke of the love which she had won.  Mrs. J.W. MacGowan, her sister, came from Chicago and accompanied the bereaved ones to their Pittsfield home.  A ray of glad sunshine will be missed from many lives but her influence will live on forever.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 15, 1903]  [Note:  Mrs. Andrews was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in the Norwich hamlet of White Store]

A special from Afton [Chenango Co., NY] under date of Tuesday, January 27 says:  "Our towns people were saddened yesterday by the sudden death of one of our old and respected citizens, John Chamberlin, who passed away at two o'clock in the morning.  the funeral will be held at the house at eleven o'clock, Friday morning, under the charge of Rev. Bishop Goodrich and services at the grave in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY] by the Masonic order.  Mr. Chamberlin was born in 1828, and was well known throughout this vicinity.  He was formerly a prominent business man, representing the town of Afton at Norwich as supervisor, and was one of the vestry of St. Ann's Episcopal Church of that village.  He leaves to  mourn his loss a wife, two sister, Mrs. Joseph Juliand of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Johnston of Middletown, Conn.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 29, 1903]

Mrs. Teresa Mowry died at Elmira, Tuesday of this week, aged 90 years.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] today and interment was in the Episcopal cemetery, beside her husband, David Mowry, who died in Bainbridge, in 1842.  Mr. Mowry's death was caused by an accident while engaged in a game of ball upon our village green.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 29, 1903]

Harold, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gibson, died at their home in Binghamton [Broomek Co., NY] Monday night, after a brief illness of quinsy, having choked to death.  The family recently moved to that city from Pruyn hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co.,, NY].  Edna, the thirteen-year-old daughter, is also ill.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 29, 1903]

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 13:  Frank James "Pop" Quinn, 71, commissioner of charity for Chenango County during the past seventeen years, died tonight at the county farm near Preston after an illness of more than a month.  He was known throughout Chenango County and had been in charge of the county home for so many years that he was known as "Pop" Quinn to almost every resident.  He was born in McDonough and had lived in this county all his life.  He was a member of the Norwich Lodge of Elks, the Odd Fellows, and the Exchange Club.  He is survived by his widow and one brother Martin Quinn of Oxford.  Funeral services will be held Friday.  There will be a prayer service at the home at 1:30 o'clock and at the Methodist Church in Preston at 2:30 o'clock.  Rev. Clyde S. Schaff will officiate.  Burial will be at Oxford [Chenango Co., N Y].  [MHD notation:  1930]

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 19:  Mrs. Florence E. Quinn, wife of the late Frank J. Quinn, who was Chenango County welfare officer for twenty years prior to his death in May 1931, died at the Welfare Home last night.  Mrs. Quinn, who was familiarly known as "Ma" Quinn, leaves a host of friends in Chenango County who will mourn her loss.  Her kindly efficient manner of administering to the wants of the inmates of the county home formed for her everlasting friends.  At the death of her husband she was given the appointment and served remaining eight months of his term.  She is survived by a foster son, Percy W Woodruff, who succeeded her as welfare officer; a brother, Kenneth Coville, of Preston; two sisters, Mrs. J.E. Wilbur of Preston and Mrs. W.R. Winans, of Binghamton, and a niece, Miss Hazel I. Wilbur of Preston.  The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon in the Preston, Methodist Church at 2 o'clock, Rev. Chester Beebe, of Ludlowille, N.Y. and Clifford Bound of Preston officiating.  Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery at Oxford.  [MHD notation, d. 1932]

Afton [Chenango Co., NY],March 28 :  Harry Jones, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jones of this place, was instantly killed late this afternoon when he was struck by an automobile driven by Charles Armondi of Sidney.  The youngster was thrown some distance by the impact.  The accident occurred at a point two miles north of Afton on the Albany-Binghamton highway just below the Partridge garage.  According to the story told by the youngster's companion, Howard Partridge, 10, the Jones boy darted across the highway directly into the path of the oncoming machine, which was said to be proceeding south at a fair rate of speed.  Trooopers from Sidney Barracks investigated.  The body of the youngster was removed to Tabor's Funeral Parlors in Afton where Coroner E.L. Bennett, assisted by Dr. W. Lee Dodge of this place, conducted an examination.  An inquest is to be held.  [MHD notation:  d. 1933]

Sunday a.m. Mr. O.K. Swift, one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at the home of his son, Mr. O.H. Swift, at the age of eighty-eight years.  Mr. Swift was born in Dutchess Co., this state [New York], where he spent his youth and early manhood.  About forty-nine years ago he moved from Auburn to Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], where he resided until nine years ago when he removed to Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  For thirty years he was engaged in the insurance business.  The funeral was held from the home of his son Tuesday morning, and the remains placed in the family vault in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY].  Rev. Walter Bentley, pastor of St. Ann's church, officiated.

John O. Perkins, 73 years old, died at 6 o'clock Friday morning at the Johnson City General Hospital.  He is survived by four daughters, Mrs.  Florence Riker of Afton, Mrs. Dora Layton and Mrs. Ivan Sherman of this city, and Mrs. Perley Smith of Johnson City; a son, Edford Perkins of Kirkwood; two brothers, William Perkins of Greene and Frank Perkins of Upper Lisle, and three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Thornton of Taylor, Mrs. Harriett Williams of Cortland and Mrs. Emma Bradshaw of Pitcher.  The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Smith, 147 Clarence Avenue, Johnson City.  Rev. John Paul Jones will officiate.  Burial will be in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott.  [MHD notation: Oct. 2, 1927]