Obituaries (March 20)

Mrs. L.N. Buell

Chenango Union, February 4, 1892

Mrs. L.N. Buell, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Newton, died on Tuesday, January 26, 1892, at the age of seventy-six years.  The older ones of our community will remember her in her varied activities as one in a remarkable generation in Sherburne history [Chenango Co., NY].  She was twice married, her first husband being Mr. Ira C. Williams, who was one of the brightest men in the county connected with the early educational enterprises, but he failed in health and died a young man.  Their daughter, Maria Louisa, has been the constant and loving companion of her mother throughout her entire life.  Our town has not yet recovered from the shock which came to it in the sudden decease of Mrs. Buell's brother, Isaac, and the very recent demise of her next younger brother, Warren, on Christmas.  She was deeply affected by both these losses and being in ill health when the news of her brother's death reached her, she failed to rally and gradually declined till she peacefully passed away on Tuesday, surrounded by two of her daughters, three of her grandchildren and other friends.  Now that her earthly life is over, those who knew her well and appreciated her gentle and genuine life, will recall with satisfaction their association with her.  The many friends of later years, made during her residence with her daughter in new York and Iowa, join in the general expression of bereavement as the sense of loss settles upon all who counted her among their friends. She was a courtly lady of the old time type far too rare in our modern days.  Unselfish, generous gentle and true, she leaves with all who loved her the precious aroma of a sweet Christian life.  Three daughters survive her:  Maria Louisa, Elmina (Mrs. G.H. Lewis, of Des Moines, Iowa), and Jessie Irene (Mrs. Dr. Chambers, of New York).  Her funeral took place Friday, January 29 at 10 A.M., the services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Norcross, and she was buried beside her two daughters in the Newton plot at the Sherburne cemetery.--Sherburne News

 

Owen Bowers

Chenango Union, February 11, 1892

 

Owen Bowers, a young man popularly known in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] died at his home on Gold street, Thursday.  He was formerly employed in the Maydole Hammer Factory where he had the reputation of being a careful and skillful workman.  He was twenty-six years of age and leaves a widow and one small child.  His funeral was held Sunday afternoon under the auspices of Canasawacta lodge, Rev. T.G. Cass officiating.

 

Lydia Hamilton Manwaring

Chenango Unions, February 11, 1892

 

Lydia Hamilton Manwaring was born March 27, 1828 one mile west of Rockdale, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY] and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Homer A. Searles, Binghamton, N.Y. [Broome Co.], January 27, 1892, Aged 63 years 10 months.  Her father, Amos Hamilton came from Vermont when seventeen years of age and settled on the farm where she was born.  Her mother was one of the pioneer Methodists whose home was the minister's home as well and preaching services were held in her barn.  With such religious training she early gave her heart to God.  January 20, 1844 she married Leonard S Manwaring who died July 3, 1891, after an illness of eight months, during which she took constant care of him.  Never strong physically herself, yet she had God given strength to care and do for others more than she otherwise could have done.  In 1861 she with her family moved one mile farther west to the farm bought by her husband when a young man and there the home is now left with everything to make life happy.  But it stands empty, father and mother both gone.  In October last she went to Binghamton to care for her daughter, who during a severe sickness lost a little girl three weeks old, and the night Baby died she was taken severely sick with "grip" but after a few weeks was able to sit up and was gaining nicely when she was attacked with bronchial asthma which proved fatal after about two weeks of the most intense suffering.  Being compelled to sit in bed for about a week it seemed at times she never could get her breath again, during spasms of the bronchial tubes, when the family would pray that she might be taken out of her suffering, but verily, "God's ways are not our ways."  The family gathered about the bed and prayed and then she offered an earnest prayer closing with, "And at last gave us an abundant entrance into the Kingdom, Amen."  Such good advice as she gave them to work, work for their Master.  She planned all her earthly affairs even to "carry me back home for the services for I want to start out from the same place your father did."  And when the children said, "How can we ever do so," she said, "God will help you."  Oh! to see such a death as that, how can one live without that Christians hope.  She was a devoted member of the M.E. Church in Guilford.  Her whole life was one of unselfishness, always trying to do something for her Master, counseling those around her and urging them to lead better lives.  January 20 services were held at her daughter's in Binghamton, Rev. G.M. Colville officiating and the next morning they carried her home and her old neighbors and friends gathered to look upon her earthly form for the last time.  Rev. William Frisby, her pastor made remarks from Romans 8:37 "In all these things we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us."  Then they laid her to rest by the side of her husband and son to await the resurrection day.  She leaves four children, Perry, of Grayling, Mich., Charles, who resides near the old home, Mary, wife of Homer A. Searles and Ruth, wife of Harry H. Evans, both of Binghamton, N.Y.  There is an aching void in their hearts today, but with a firm trust in God they are determined to live so that at last they may meet  in Heaven an unbroken family, at "home" with father, mother and brother.

Judge Richard P. Marvin

Chenango Union, January 14, 1892

Richard P. Marvin, ex-Judge of the Court of Appeals, and brother of Hon. George W. Marvin of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died at his home in Jamestown [Chautauqua Co., NY], on Monday, at the age of 88.  He was born at Fairfield, Herkimer county, in 1803, and has been prominent in State affairs since his early manhood.  In 1836 he was elected to the Assembly, and from 1837 to 1841 he was a member of Congress.  In 1846 he was a member of the Constitutional convention and continuously from 1847 to 1872 he on the bench of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.  He will be remembered by citizens of Norwich as having been associated with Judge Follett in the trial of the famous Dwight insurance case.

Luther Brooks

Chenango Union,  January 14, 1892

Luther Brooks one of the old residents of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died on Sunday at the residence of his son on North Broad street.  Mr. Brooks was 85 years of age, and was the father of C.C. Brooks, money order clerk in the post office, Sherman Brooks and A.B. Brooks, all of this village. Rev. E.B. Olmstead officiated at the funeral which was held from the residence of C.C>Brooks on Tuesday.

Augustus C. Aldrich

Chenango Union, January 14, 1892

Augustus C. Aldrich, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday evening of last week.  He was 64 years of age and has been prominently identified with the prohibition movement in this section  One son, Asa Aldrich, formerly of this village, and a widow, survive him.

 

Daniel J. Sperry

Chenango Union, March 10, 1892

Daniel J. Sperry, a former will known hotel keeper, died of apoplexy, after a brief illness, at his home in Syracuse [Onondage Co., NY], Saturday afternoon, aged seventy-seven years.  For twelve years he was proprietor of the hotel at Cincinnatus, during which time he was a frequent visitor in Norwich, and was well known to many of our older citizens.  From there he removed to Cortland, where for twenty years he kept the Sperry House, widely and favorably known among traveling men.  He removed from Cortland to Syracuse eight years ago, where he has since made his home. The deceased leaves a widow, one son and one daughter; also a sister Mrs. Samuel Wilcox, of Oxford.  The remains were interred in Cortland, Tuesday.

Harriet E. Church

Chenango Union, March 10, 1892

A telegram was received Tuesday morning, by John W. Church, Esq., announced the death on the previous evening, at her home in Passaic, N.J., of Mrs. Harriet E. Church, wife of Dr. Charles A. Church, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], after a long and painful illness.  Deceased is pleasantly remembered by many in Norwich. She was a daughter of John Heady, a former resident, who survives her.  Her many womanly virtues endeared her to a large circle of friends, both in the home of her girlhood and in her adopted home, by whom her loss will be deeply felt; but to her bereaved family her death is peculiarly afflicting.  She is survived by her husband and one son, Dr. Charles H. Church, a physician in the new York Homeopathic Hospital.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon; interment at Passaic.
 

Memorial Day Bainbridge

Memorial Day, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY

1950s

 

Laying Wreath on monument in the part on Memorial Day are Donald Patchen and Louis B. Fairbanks.  Mr. Fairbanks' son, Lt. Paul D. Fairbanks, died Jan. 4, 1945, of wounds received while fighting in Belgium.  Mr. Patchen is past commander of the Slater Silvernail Post, American legion.  He was a German prisoner during World War II, having been captured after bailing out of his destroyed Mustang fighter on May 19, 1944.

 



Obituaries (March 19)

Agnes Foy

Utica Saturday Globe, July 29, 1905

 

 

Miss Agnes Foy

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Agnes Foy died suddenly Sunday afternoon last at the home of Dominick Nolan on Rexford Street, aged 47.  The body was removed to the home of her uncle, Dennis Griffin, on the same street, where funeral services were held at 9:30 Wednesday morning and at St. Paul's Church at 10 o'clock.  Rev. H.F. Curtin, assisted by Fathers Logan, of Sherburne and Purcell, of Oxford officiating.  Music was rendered by Misses May Cox and Jennie Manley, James Dolan and Lewis Burnside.  The bearers were Thomas Macksey, Michael McMahon, Charles Russell and William Dunne.  Interment was made in St. Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  Miss Foy was born in Norwich, the daughter of Martin and Margaret Foy, both now deceased.  For the past 20 years she had been head housekeeper for the well-known hotel proprietors Keough Brothers, who formerly conducted the Eagle Hotel here.  She went with them to Newburg when they left Norwich several years ago.  She was a very capable woman and was very successful in her chosen sphere of work.  About a year ago her health failed. After treatment in a hospital in Wilkesbarre she came back to Norwich last September and had since made her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Griffin, on Rexford street.  She is survived by one brother, Robert Foy, whose home is in Minnesota.  Her death is sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

 

Richard W. Juliand

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, March 2, 1881

 

DIED:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday morning, Feb. 25th, Col. Richard W. Juliand in his 91st year. 

 

Col. Juliand was born March 8, 1790, in Massachusetts.  He was the oldest son of Captain Joseph Juliand, a native of Lyons, France, and a member of the French colony in Chenango county, who as early as 1796 was an officer in the old town of Bainbridge.  In 1798 he joined the French colony at Greene, his son Richard then a boy of eight years accompanying him there.  Greene was then but a wilderness, and that colony, of which Captain Juliand proved to be a leader were substantially the first settlers.  Richard remained in Greene, until 1816, when he removed to Bainbridge and in company with one Hill kept a hotel for many years. After his second marriage he abandoned hotel life and purchased a large farm just in the edge of the corporation limits, where he became a most successful farmer, and upon which he lived until his death, on Saturday last.  At his death, we believe he was the oldest resident of Bainbridge.  He led a blameless life, was always a good citizen, upright and honest in his dealings, and socially highly esteemed and respected.  Up to about three years since he was an active participant in and observer of public affairs.  The last three years he has been feeble from great age, accompanied with loss of mind.  His death was apparently without disease, but from natural exhaustion and old age.  Col. Juliand has been a Democrat since 1830, having parted company with his brothers, during the Morgan excitement about that time. At the Incorporation of the village of Bainbridge in 1829, he was chosen one of the village Trustees and was its first president, serving as such during the years 1829, 30 and 31.  In 1842 he was one of the members of Assembly from this county, a position which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.  He also held several other positions of trust locally, the duties of all of which he faithfully performed.  With a life full of usefulness, and having performed the work assigned to him, this nonagenarian has passed away, breaking one more link which binds the past to the present, and removing another of the land marks of the early settlement of our county.  His younger brothers, Lewis, George and Frederick survive him, being honored and worthy citizens of the town of Greene.

 

William N. Hard

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

William N. Hard, aged 90, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], died Friday morning of last week from injuries received the preceding week Tuesday when he fell from a chair and broke his hip.  On the night of the accident Mr. Hard got ready for bed and then stood on a chair while adjusting a window curtain.  he lost his balance and fell to the floor breaking his right hip in two places.  Dr. L.E Woolsey was called and placed the leg in a cast, but because of Mr. Hard's advanced age, held out little hope of his recovery.  On Thursday he began to fail rapidly and death occurred Friday morning. For many years Mr. Hard had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Robinson at Hancock and was known as "Uncle Bill" to a host of friends. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and the body was placed in the vault in Hancock cemetery.  Burial will be made in the spring at Arlington, Vt.

 

John Peck, Jr.

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

The funeral of John Peck, Jr., 58, of West Burlington [Otsego Co., NY], was held on Thursday from the Joyce Funeral Parlors in Unadilla.  The body was placed in the vault awaiting burial in Evergreen Hill Cemetery [Unadilla, NY]. The Rev. George Youngs, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the service.  Mr. Peck was fatally injured on Tuesday when struck by an egg truck in front of his home.  He was taken to the Cooperstown Hospital but died while  enroute there.  His sister, Mrs. Lester Wilson, of Garrattsville, was notified and the body was taken to Unadilla.  Mr. Peck was born in Tompkins County, the younger son of John and Elizabeth (Bundy) Peck, on Dec. 23, 1885.  His early days were spent in Unadilla and for 11 years he was liveryman for Whitaker and Scribner.  In 1916 he went to Garrattsville and has since resided in that vicinity. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peck; four sisters, Mrs. Mellin Hill, of Delhi; Mrs. Watson Brundage, of Sidney Center; Mrs. Arthur Kipp, of Cannonsville; Mrs. Lester Wilson, of Garrattsville; one son, George Peck, of Sidney, and several nieces and nephews.

 

Janet Juliand

Bainbridge News, August 29, 1957

 

Miss Janet Juliand's passing was announced to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] by the traditional tolling of St. Peter's Church bell at 5 o'clock Aug. 23.   Miss Juliand was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Chamberlin Juliand, born the Apr. 25, 1866, at the ancestral home, Terrace Hill, Bainbridge.  Most of her life was spent in this village where she became so integrated in all activities of church, education, civic and social affairs that her influence and memory have become part of the  history of the community.  After attending the Bainbridge Academy and St. Margaret's Episcopal School at Waterbury, Conn., Miss Juliand studied music at Chicago under the famous Emil Liebling.  His training together with her amazing talent for teaching developed in her pupils an appreciation for the best in music.  As accompanist, she played with the Teachout Orchestra as it participated for years in many local functions.  The Crescendo Club, formed for the enjoyment of music and study of the great masters, was active as long as Miss Juliand was able to give it her inspiration and enthusiasm.  Her musical career is most often associated with her 40 years as organist in her church.  As tribute to her long and faithful service, a reception was given in her honor.  Many former rectors and bishops sent testimonials recalling the inspiration they had received from her rendition of  sacred music.  Miss Juliand was a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church which she served loyally in many capacities besides being organist.  The Little Helpers, a society for the children of the parish, was organized and directed by her.  For this purpose many years, she gladly scheduled into her busy life, hours of preparation before each Saturday's meeting.  Many children were privileged to begin their formal religious education in her Church School kindergarten.  Twenty-three god-children are living witnesses to the influence of the Christian devotion and practice in her daily life. The Women's Auxiliary and the Altar Guild will remove from their rolls the name of a member who long served in dedication to Christian duty and purpose.  Miss Juliand was a member of the Ag-wron-doug-was Chapter of the Daughters of the America Revolution, a charter member and a past president of the Woman's Club, a founder of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, a member of the Democratic party and was a strong advocate of Woman Suffrage.  She as a sound business woman and operator of the family farm saw the need for women's participation in politics and in governmental affairs.  Miss Juliand had the happy faculty of retaining her contacts with her countless friends, both new and life long, even during confinement to her room as failing health required. Some act of kindness was part of her daily living.  A profusion of flowers and the sorrowing of loving friends attested the devotion and loyalty to her which had been inspired by her own beautiful life and noble and aristocratic character.  Miss Janet Juliand was the granddaughter of Colonel Richard and Lucretia Coan Juliand. The Juliand family, than called Julliard, was among the French pioneers who settled for a time in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] toward the close of the 18th century.  Colonel Juliand came to Bainbridge in 1812 to operate the local tavern.  Soon after his marriage in 1822, he established his home in the Baron de Zeng mansion at Terrace Hill.  One of the most influential men of his time, Colonel Juliand was associated with many activities including building the Episcopal Church.  He was elected the first mayor of Bainbridge after it became a village in 1829.  Miss Juliand is survived by her devoted niece, Miss Dorothy Dickinson, and several cousins whose ancestors were Juliands, of Greene, or Chamberlins, of Afton.  Two sisters of Miss Juliand who predeceased her were Miss Emma Elizabeth Juliand, who died in 1938 and Mrs. H.W. Dickinson, whose death occurred in 1952.  At her home on Monday afternoon, the Rev. Rollin Malaney, of St. Paul's Church, Sidney, and Rev. Lloyd Charters, of Emmanuel Church, Norwich, conducted the prayer service followed by Obsequies at St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  Mrs. J. Paul Landre at the organ played favorite hymns for the services a the church and at the grave.  The pall-bearers Maurice Colwell, Donald Simonds, Charles Simonds, Benjamin Taft, Frank Corbin, Jjr., and Richard Bradshaw preceded by Read Packer, Crucifer, led the procession to the church yard for the interment, in the plot of her eminent ancestors, this distinguished Christian lady was placed to rest.

Bainbridge High School, Class of 1948, Part 5

Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1948

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1948

 

 

Bernard Parsons

"Bernie"

Can you imagine him not being in love.

Greatest Ambition:  Professional football player

 

 

Bruce Peckham

"Brutus"

What will miss most:  Picking on the secretary

Can you imagine him not drawing "kows"

Greatest Ambition:  To go to Heaven

 

Wendell Pickwick

"Pickle"

What will miss most:  Coming to school late

Can you imagine him being a crooner

 

 

Marjorie Price

"Margie"

Can you imagine her looking up to Lud

Greatest Ambition:  To have fun

 

 

Karl Salzberg

"Isaac"

What will miss most:  Coach

Can you imagine him wrestling

Greatest Ambition:  To own a hot rod

 

John Sejerson

"Sergie"

What will miss most:  Lab

Can you imagine him not looking for a fight

Greatest Ambition:  To be a hobo

 

 



William Shea

"Bill"

What will miss most:  Verbal battles with Miss Smith

Can you imagine him driving a coal truck

Greatest Ambition:  To be a success

Marriages (March 18)

Waldron - McCumber

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCumber, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Florence McCumber, to Second Class Seaman Claude Waldron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Waldron, of that village.  The seaman, home on leave, has returned to the Norfolk Navy Base, Va.  No date has been set for the wedding.

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Partridge - Kitchen

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

Miss Gladys M. Kitchen, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], and Howard A. Partridge, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], were married Friday evening at the home of the bride's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Hickling, Sidney.  Mrs. Partridge is employed at the Scintilla and Mr. Partridge is owner of a garage in Afton.

Tyler - Smith

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn H. Smith, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Ethelyn, to Lloyd C. Tyler, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Tyler, of Rome [Oneida Co., NY].

Ashton - Crooker

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

Miss Mary Elizabeth Crooker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Crooker, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], and Corp. T. Edward Ashton, son of Mrs. James Ashton, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], were married Friday, Feb. 11.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Kavanaugh in St. Ambrose Catholic Church. This church was built in 1922 and this is the first wedding to be held in it, says a Unadilla Correspondent.

 

Shaw - Wright

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

Miss Catherine Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Mrs. Rexford Wright and the late Mr. Wright of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  was married to Richard F. Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaw, of East Meredith [Delaware Co., NY], Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mr.s George H. Pratt, 6 Bixby street, Bainbridge.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Ernest C. George, pastor of the Methodist Church of Bainbridge.  Calla lilies and geraniums, arranged by Mrs. S.B. Hollenbeck and her daughter, Miss Ruth Hollenbeck, formed the attractive setting for the ceremony.  The bride was attired in navy blue crepe with a corsage of red and yellow rosebuds.  The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Pratt.  A reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Morris, grandparents of the bride, at Nineveh.  The bride's table was most attractive with lighted tapers and centered with a three-tier wedding cake.  Guests at the reception included friends and relatives of Nineveh and Bainbridge, also Richard J. Wright, S 2/C, U.S.N.R., brother of the bride, and Carl Shaw, brother of the bridegroom, of East Meredith.  Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will reside at East Meredith where Mr. Shaw is employed.

Obituaries (March 18)

William Roger Stilson

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 10, 1944

William Roger Stilson, 17, Otego [Otsego Co., NY], was instantly killed Saturday morning at 1:45 when he was struck by an automobile driven by his brother-in-law, Pvt. Leland Wilber, who is home on a furlough from Fort Dix, N.J.  Dr. Norman Getman, coroner, said the youth suffered a fractured skull.  An investigation disclosed that Pvt. and Mrs. Wilber were returning from a dance and the driver turned out to pass another car without observing his wife's brother walking on the left side of the highway. The other car was to have been operated by a relative of the family.  The youth had escorted a girl home from a dance and was returning to the village when he was hit by the car.  He was born Oct. 9, 1926, in Walton.

 

Walter Gray

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

A prominent Maine area [Broome Co., NY] farmer was burned to death and his wife suffered severe burns and other injuries Tuesday morning of last week, when fire leveled their home off the Maine-Ketchumville road, five miles northwest of Maine.  The victim was Walter Gray, about 64, a longtime resident of that area, who succumbed to burns after he had been dragged from the burning building by his wife, who was bare-footed and clad only in her night clothes.  The injured wife is Mrs. Alecia Gray, 40, who is in Ideal Hospital suffering from second degree burns of the left arm, severe lacerations of the right hand and arm and severe shock.  Hospital officials say her condition is fair. The fire in the remote farm homestead was seen first about 5 a.m. by neighbors who live about one-half mile from the Gray house.  By the time the men reached the scene, the roof had fallen in and the home was soon consumed together with its contents.  The fire is supposed to have caught from stoves in the kitchen.

 

Beth Skinner & Metro G. Stanchak

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

Miss Beth Skinner, 20, of 4 Garfield avenue, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and Metro G. Stanchak, 18, of Thompson, Pa., R.D.2, were found dead Saturday morning in Mr. Stanchak's car, parked a short distance from Miss Skinner's home.  Dr. John J. Breivis, an acting Broome County coroner, who investigated with police and detectives, said death resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning and apparently was accidental.  He is withholding his verdict.  Detectives identified the Stanchak youth from his chauffeur's license.  He boarded in Binghamton and was employed at the Eureka Tent and Awning plant.  The bodies, discovered by residents of the area about 9 o'clock were virtually frozen.  Detectives said the couple apparently parked and left the motor running to keep warm.  Exhaust fumes seeped into the car because there was no tail pipe on the exhaust, detectives said.  Miss Skinner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Skinner, of 4 Garfield avenue.  She was employed at Ansco.  Detectives learned that she attended a dance at the C.F.J. Pavilion in Johnson City Friday night with two girl friends and was given a ride home by Mr. Stanchak.  The bodies were removed to a funeral home in that city.

 

Katherine O'Connell

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

Miss Katherine O'Connell, native of Susquehanna [PA], and one of the oldest residents of the borough, died at the home of her niece, Miss Margaret Geary, Washington street, Tuesday morning, Feb. 15.  Two years ago, Miss O'Connell suffered a heart attack from which she never fully recovered.  She was born in Susquehanna about 85 years ago, her parents being John and Margaret O'Connell, pioneer residents here.  She is the last of her family.

 

Harry C. Wood

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

United States authorities are continuing their investigation into the death of Harry C. Wood, general auditor for Pan-American airways, who suffered an electric shock in a hotel room in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 30.  Mr. Wood, a former resident of Delaware County, had stopped in Havana while enroute to Baranquila, Colombia.  Details of his death have been withheld pending complete investigation.  He was born Dec. 4, 1892, in Sidney.

 

Mrs. Byron Goldsmith

Bainbridge news & Republican, February 24, 1944

 

Mrs. Byron Goldsmith died at her home near West Delhi [Delaware Co., NY] after an illness of an hour Monday night.  Mrs. Goldsmith suffered a ruptured blood vessel three years ago which had impaired her sight, but had been in her usual health during the day and had retired for the night when she was taken ill and passed away before a doctor arrived.  Death was caused by a hemorrhage.

 

 

March Blizzard - 1892

March Blizzard

Chenango Union, March 17, 1892

The wind and snow storm which set in on Thursday developed into a blizzard, which in severity eclipsed anything experienced since that of March, 1888.  Friday morning found a large body of snow upon the ground, which the howling winds of the previous night had thrown into great drifts, and that program was followed during the day, which was a most uncomfortable one.

 

The storm was the most severe north of here.  While the trains on the Delaware & Lackawanna were delayed for an hour or less, none were blocked.  The Ontario & Western were less fortunate, and some trains were abandoned.  No. 2, due here at 10:45 A.M., reached Oneida three hours late, where it lay until Sunday.  No. 5, which passed here going north at 3:30 A.M., was stalled at Randallsville.  From Oneida north the road was completely paralyzed.  A snow plow was sent from Oswego, but it was stalled near Pennellville.  The first O.&W. train from north of Oneida reached Norwich about 3 A.M. Monday.

 

Some of the roads leading into the village were impassable, and the stages failed to put in an appearance.  The Otselic stage arrived for the first time since the middle of last week, Monday afternoon; and the Pitcher daily stage, which left there Monday afternoon, arrived here Tuesday, its first trip since the blizzard.

 

At Syracuse, all trains from the west on the Central road were stalled in the heart of the city at 3 A.M. Friday.  This held up al other trains and by 8 o'clock there was a blockade.  D.L.&W. trains were stalled between Syracuse and Oswego, while the southern division was comparatively clear.  West Shore trains all got through but were far behind time.  No trains were out on the Chenango Valley road.  At Auburn, Rome, Utica and other points on the Central, trains were blocked.  Oswego had drifts in the principal streets ten feet deep, and nearly all business was stopped.  All the railroads were blocked, there were no mails, and the wires were down.  No trains were run out of the city Friday.  It was the worst storm in years.

 

Sunday night and Monday, high winds and snow again blocked the roads in some localities.

Marriages (March 17)

Hunter - Church

Utica Saturday Globe, February 15, 1902

 

 

Charles Hunter and Miss Marion A. Church, of Oxford,

who were united in Marriage Recently at Greene

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Miss Marion A. Church, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Church, and Charles Hunter, both of whom are popular and well known in this village, were married Wednesday, at 2:30 P.M., at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Harrington in Greene, Rev. Henry E. Hubbard, rector of the Episcopal Church, performed the ceremony.  As Bernice Harrington played the wedding march from Mendelssohn the bridal party entered the parlor where the nuptial knot was tied.  Following the ceremony an elaborate wedding dinner was served.  Mr. and Mrs. hunter are now receiving the congratulations of many friends.

Hitchman - Seeley

Chenango Union, March 24, 1892

 

A quiet but very pleasant event took place at the residence of Mr. Adelbert Seeley in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, it being the marriage of his oldest daughter, Minnie B., to John R. Hitchman.  After the marriage ceremony, which was very impressively performed, under an evergreen arch, by the Rev. L.C. Hayes, a bountiful repast was spread, and all present did justice to the eatables prepared by Mrs. Seeley.  After passing a short time in social chat the company dispersed, leaving behind them many costly tokens of remembrance.  Mr. and Mrs. Hitchman soon leave for little Brighton, in the south eastern past of the State, their future home, taking with them the best wishes of their many friends.

 

McVittie - Eccleston

Albany Times, June 19, 1891

A few weeks ago Flora A. Eccleston, the fifteen years old daughter of Dello Eccleston, a farmer of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], eloped with Warren McVittie, one of her father's farm hands, and a midnight marriage followed at Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Judge Nash officiating.  The father pursued the elopers and caused the arrest of the bridegroom for the alleged crime of abducting a child under marriageable age.  The young man was poor, and was unable to furnish bail, so he was separated from his weeping bride and committed to the Chenango county jail at Norwich, to await trial.  The father re-claimed his daughter and took her back home, where she has since remained in seclusion.  The bridegroom of a few hours, who is himself under age, took the disappointment of his fond hopes and the ignominy of his imprisonment keenly to heart.  He grew moody, despondent and restless.  All at once, on Monday last, he became insane, gesticulating wildly and filling the jail with his frantic cries.  He imagined somebody was killing his bride and he shouted and raved in wild agony over her fate.  He was examined by Drs. Hand and Harris, who pronounced him to be suffering with acute mania, and recommended that he be taken to the Binghamton state hospital for the insane for treatment.  He was taken there in irons, a pitiable wreck of the hearty and good looking man who had so recently figured in the elopement.

 

Elmira Daily Gazette & Free Press, September 30, 1891

A story from Norwich N.Y., says:  The story of the elopement and marriage of Warren McVittie, aged 20, and Flora Eccleston, aged 15, develops such that would give stirring interest to authors of a novel.  The bride, it will be remembered, is the pretty daughter of Dellos Eccleston, a well-to-do farmer of the neighboring town of Guilford, and the groom is respectable and good looking, but poor.  In June last they were deeply in love, and wanted to get married, but the girl's parents wouldn't hear of such a foolish thing.  So, after the old folks had got to bed one night, they stole out of the house and drove post haste to this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and called Justice Nash from his midnight slumbers and were married.  Next morning the girl's angry father appeared here and had the bridegroom arrested and lodged in jail on a charge of abduction, and took the weeping bride back home.  The young hero of the romance was not content to lie in prison away from his bride and awaiting the slow process of justice.  He suddenly got crazy, raved and shrieked and tore up his clothes and broke furniture and otherwise comported himself as a violent and dangerous lunatic.  He played the madman so well that he appears to have thoroughly deceived the officers of the jail and the physicians who were called in to examine his mental condition.  He was adjudged insane, and was taken from his cell to the State lunatic Asylum at Binghamton in fetters.  Now news comes from Binghamton that the supposed lunatic has recovered his senses sufficiently to outwit the asylum keepers and escape.  He was sick, or pretended to be, and had the liberty of the hospital ward.  The other night he broke the fastenings of a window, crawled out and lowered himself to the ground with sheets tied together, and fled under cover of darkness. The asylum keepers and the jailers are searching far and wide for the fugitive, while Farmer Eccleston is keeping close watch over his daughter lest her enterprising and ingenious lover find some way of spiriting her away.

 

New York Herald, February 4, 1892

Norwich, N.Y.:  The trial of Warren McVittie, charged with the abduction of a young woman whom he married, ended yesterday with a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner returned to the welcoming arms of his young wife. The case is the most romantic ever recorded in the annals of this county.  McVittie is about twenty years of age.  He worked on the farm of Devillo Eggleston, in the town of Guilford.  Eggleston had a daughter, Flora, sixteen years old, and she loved the young farm hand.  McVittie, though respectable, was poor, and the girl's father opposed their marriage.  When the old folks were in bed and asleep one night last June the couple stole out of the house and drove to Norwich, where justice Nash married them.  The opposition from the young woman's parents was not overcome by the marriage and they secured McVittie's arrest on the charge of abduction.  He feigned insanity and was finally confined in the State Hospital at Binghamton.  He escaped and returned to the Eggleston farmhouse.  Still unrelenting the father-in-law had him placed in the Norwich Jail, whence he was subsequently again removed to the asylum.  His uncle interfered in his behalf and a commission adjudged him sane, whereupon he was returned to the jail at Norwich.  He has been in jail all summer and all winter.  During his confinement he once attempted suicide, and when his wife learned of it she sent him a message that under all circumstances she would remain true to him.  Since then he has been more cheerful and his cup of joy was filled by his prompt acquittal by the jury.



Chenango Union, February 11, 1892

 McVITTIE - ECCLESTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], February 9, 1892, by Rev. Hubbard Fox, Mr. Warren H. McVittie and miss Flora Eccleston.
 

A quiet marriage occurred today in town at the residence of the officiating clergyman, Rev. Hubbard Fox. The contracting parties were Warren McVittie and Miss Eccleston, formerly Mrs. McVittie, who obtained a good deal of notoriety by eloping some time ago with McVittie and marrying at midnight.  The arrest of McVittie for abduction followed.  His checkered experience since has been fully reported.  Since the last marriage McVittie was seen by your correspondent and he seems very happy in the possession of the object of his affection, and the same feeling seemed to be shared by Mrs. McVittie.  Correspondent of Binghamton Republican.

 

 

Obituaries (March 17)

Elmer B. Brooks

Utica Saturday Globe, July 29, 1905

 

 

Elmer B. Brooks

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  In the prime of life, Elmer B. Brooks passed away Monday at Chenango Lake, whither he had gone in search of rest and restoration to health.  His age was 44, he having been born in Pitcher, Chenango county April 8, 1861, the son of Addison B. and Mariah Brooks.  When 3 years old Mr. Brooks came to Norwich with his parents and resided here until 1882, attending the public schools and acquiring a thorough education before he went to Brooklyn.  Later he was employed as a clerk in the New York postoffice for four years and afterwards engaged in other business, holding responsible positions with the New York Bank Note Company and the Hamilton Bank Note Company.  Some five years ago he again became a clerk in the New York postoffice, resigning the position last October on account of ill health.  After spending several months at Saranac Lake he came back to Norwich and the old home scenes last February.  The past two months had been spent at Chenango Lake, in the hope that the altitude and the health-giving atmosphere would be of benefit to him, but he failed to find the longed for relief.  Before his health failed he was a very energetic man and especially well liked by his associates.  The remains were brought to the home of his parents of Lackawanna avenue, where the funeral was held Thursday afternoon, Rev. George A. Cure officiating.  Besides his parents, deceased is survived by his widow, who, before their marriage, was Katie E. Hartness, of Stittsville, Oneida county, and two children, Leroy H. and Ethel May.  He is also survived by three brothers, Addison C. and Ransom D. Brooks, of Norwich, and Casson M. Brooks, of South Framingham, Mass., and by one sister, Mrs. George A Stacy, of Norwich.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Benjamin W. Wells

Chenango Union, January 28, 1892

 

At his home four miles east of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of January 22, Benjamin W. Wells died, aged 89 years, 2 months and 6 days.  Deceased was the oldest of five sons of Samuel Wells, all of whom proceeded him to the land that is just beyond.  He was born in Sharion, Schoharie county, and removed with his father to his late home when but six years of age where he has since resided.  His life was identified with the clearing and settling of this portion of the town, having seen it grow from a wilderness to its present cultivated state.  He leaves surviving him one daughter and three sons, besides a large circle of friends and acquaintances who will long remember him as a man of sterling worth and strict integrity a kind neighbor and affectionate father and a truly respected citizen.

 

Albert G. Harris

Chenango Union, January 28, 1892

 

Albert G. Harris, one of the best known farmers in this part of the county died at his home on West Hill, south-west of the village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday morning of last week.  He had been feeble for several years, being troubled with heart disease, but was as well as usual when he retired Thursday night.  Friday morning he complained of feeling poorly, and his wife assisted him into a chair and prepared a hot foot bath. She was busy about the house for a little time and when she returned his head had fallen upon his breast and he was dead.  Mr. Harris was 76 years of age and was born upon the farm where he died.  His father reclaimed the land from a wilderness and it has been cultivated by only father and son.  He was a life-long Democrat and for more than half a century had been a reader of the Union and its predecessors in Norwich.  His aged widow, and Mrs. O.D. Merchant, of Guilford, a daughter by a former marriage, are the only surviving relatives. The funeral services were held on Monday and were conducted by Rev. T.G. Cass of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Harris was a member. the interment was in the family lot in the old Foster cemetery, near the Preston line.

 

Frances Keeler

Chenango Union, January 28, 1892

 

After a long and wasting illness, borne with patience and fortitude, Frances E. Keeler died at the residence of her parents in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst.  Last summer Miss Keeler was brought home from East Pittsburg, Tenn., where she had been engaged in teaching, in a very low state of health, caused by an epidemic then prevailing there.  She rallied somewhat after reaching home, but the disease which caused her death had become seated and probably hastened by the attack she had in the South.  She was an estimable young lady, and enjoyed the friendship of a large number of people, young and old.  At one time she was an assistant teacher in Oxford Academy.  A communicant of St. Paul's church, her funeral was held from there on Thursday morning.  Blessed was the experience of this Christian woman, known so well to us all, who has closed her life of diligence, integrity, honor and piety.  Her retrospect might well be desired by us all;  the faithful discharge of every duty; the patient struggle with life's difficulties; annoyances, trials, disappointments bravely encountered, and God remembered and honored above all; then the promise well fulfilled, "Them that honor Me I will honor," and the last days spent in the firm yet humble maintenance of every Christian principle.  After many a pain, trial and struggle with inherent weakness, she laid in her still, tranquil chamber, calm and cheerful, thankful and loving, her work finished, her race run, her rest at hand.  So, with a death full of immortality, she entered into peace.  When, amid such disappointments, we see such tokens of a renewed heart and devoted life, we can learn something of the love which can so peacefully rest on the compassion of Jesus, and thus fell asleep, and we can the better comprehend what is the breadth and depth and length and height, and know the love of Christ, whose seal of everlasting bliss is upon those who serve their God, and struggle on bravely to do their best till God Himself shall call them home.--Oxford Times.   Miss Keeler was well known in this village where she had many warm friends who have admired her noble efforts to make a success in life, and who will regret to see the early termination of her struggles.

 

James H. Milan

Chenango Union, March 3, 1892

 

James H. Milan, son of Martin Milan, died at the residence of his parents in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] early Friday morning, after a long illness of consumption.  He early took up telegraphy and became an expert operator.  His first position was that of night operator at Chenango Forks, for the D.L.&W. railroad, which he held for a short time and then entered the service of the Ontario & Western railroad at Norwich.  From an operator he rose to the responsible position of train dispatcher, which he held until illness compelled him to return home.  By strict and faithful attention to his duties he won the confidence and esteem of the company and was held in high regard not only by the general officers of the company, but by every employee with whom he came in contact.  The dread disease, it is said, fastened itself upon him during the blizzard of a few years since, when he stood faithfully at his post for many uninterrupted hours in place of other operators who were disabled. The company granted him a leave of absence to California, in hopes that the travel and change of climate would be of benefit to him.  The trip was, in a measure, beneficial, and he returned to his duties, but had to give up about eight months since, and has been at home where he died as above stated.  He was twenty-four years of age.  His parents, three brothers and two sisters are left to mourn his loss, while a large circle of friends and acquaintances will drop a tear to his memory.  Funeral services were held in St. Joseph's church at 10:30 A.M. Monday, Rev. Father Mahon officiating.  There was a large attendance of relatives and friends, including a delegation of railroad men from the Ontario & Western road. A profusion of flowers and floral emblems were contributed, conspicuous was one design from railroad friends in Norwich, a broken line, a beautiful and expressive tribute--Oxford Times.

Modern Milk Sugar Plant, Bainbridge, NY, 1941

Modern Milk Sugar Plant to be Ready for Complete Operation May 1 [1941]

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 10, 1941

 

 

 

The village of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], with an estimated population of 1,500, is most fortunate in having so many industries.  The National Milk Sugar Co., which has been in Bainbridge since 1898, is completing a new building which is located north of the Resin plant.

 

According to S.R. Bennett, the plant will be ready for complete operation by May 1, although some processes have been done at the plant for several weeks.  Mr. Bennett stated that the plant would employ 35 to 75 men.

 

The building, which is in charge of George L. Lucky, of  New York City, engineer of the Borden's Company, contains approximately 44,000 square feet of surface space.

 

The new structure, built by Frank Lewis & Sons, is tile block inside and out.

 

The boiler room 40x60 feet with a brick stack of 150 feet, will be one of the most modern and finest in this part of the state.

 

On the first floor are large rooms filled mostly with automatic machinery.

 

A modern milk room receives the milk from the tank trucks and the milk can be pumped from this room to any place in the plant to where it is needed.  Tile floors have been laid wherever there are wet operations.  

 

Two stairways leading to the second floor are built inside of fire towers.

 

The offices which are on the second floor, are light and airy with acoustic ceilings, and coat rooms adjoining.

 

A modern laboratory and test rooms are also on the second floor.

 

A building has been erected in front of the plant where Guy Walling will have his office, and a maintenance room, two store rooms, and three garages, make up the rest of the building.

 

 

 

 



Obituaries (March 16)

Lydia Smith Davis

Utica Saturday Globe, February 15, 1902

 

 

Mrs. Lydia Smith Davis

 

 Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At her home on Front street, Saturday morning of last week, occurred the death of Lydia Smith, wife of Charles B. Davis, aged 72.  Mrs. Davis' health had been feeble for some time but there was nothing in her condition to cause alarm.  During the night before her death she complained of feeling worse and her husband gave her some medicine.  Shortly afterwards she became unconscious and died before a physician arrived.  Coroner Wilcox was notified and called at the house, but decided that death was due to heart disease from which deceased had been a sufferer for a long time.  Lydia Smith was born in the town of Norwich and had lived here nearly all of her life. After her marriage to Mr. Davis they resided in Guilford for a short time before returning to Norwich, where they had since made their home, and had lvied in the house on Front street for about 25 years.  Mrs. Davis was a good woman, kind and obliging and much respected by her neighbors and friends.  She was a member of the Broad Street Methodist Church.  She is survived by her husband, one stepson, Smith W Davis, of Poughkeepsie, and one brother, George H. Smith of Norwich, besides a number of nephews and nieces.  Funeral services were held from her late home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Wilson Treible officiating.  Interment was made in Mount Hope [Norwich, NY].

 

Chauncey Wade

Chenango Union, February 25, 1892

Chauncey Wade, a respected farmer of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home in that place February 10, 1892 after a long and severe illness.  He was a son of one of the pioneer settlers of this county, and was born less than a mile from the place where he died.  Early in life he became a member of the Baptist church in Guilford, and he heartily loved all Christian people.  He leaves surviving a wife and one daughter, Mrs. E.A. Lally of Norwich.  He was a consistent Christian, a loving husband and father, and a true friend, and he will be greatly missed in the community in which he has so long resided.

"Ever trusting in his Saviour,

Reaping only golden grains,

Leaving here a noble record

That his life was not in vain.

 

He's not dead, but only sleepeth.

Resting from earth's toil and strife

Resting from life's weary conflict

Passed into that higher life."

 

Chloe Dimmick Adams

Chenango Union, February 25, 1892

 

Died in Avon, Ill., January 26, 1892, Mrs. Chloe Dimmick aged 84 years, widow of the late Lorenzo Adams formerly of Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]  Mrs. Adams was a sister of Mrs. Dr. James Thompson, of Norwich, and will be remembered as an eminently devoted christian, of positive experience, a zealous laborer for the salvation of souls, rich in faith, and rejoicing in anticipation of the glorious final inheritance of the redeemed.  She was highly esteemed and is sincerely mourned by the many friends to whom she had endeared herself in her western home.  "they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever."

 

Harriet A. Boomer Barber

Chenango Union, February 25, 1892

 

All who formerly knew Mrs. Harriet A. Boomer wife of George P. Barber, will learn with deep regret of her death which occurred at their home in Muskegon, Mich., February 4, 1892.  Mrs. Barber will be kindly recalled by many, not only for her amiable nature, but for her superior literary accomplishments.  In her home in Bellevile, N.Y., from her seventeenth year, her earliest contributions were to Godey's Lady's Book and Peterson's Magazine, her connection with these journals extending over a period of several years.  During her subsequent residence in Williamsport, Philadelphia and Allegheny City, Pa., articles and poems on various topics were contributed by her to the local papers and attracted deservedly favorable notice.  She was known to the literary world as "Faith Templeton."  Two books, "Wrecked But Not lost" and "Drafted In," have been written by Mrs. Barber, both finding large sale, and are both now in the process of translation into the German language.  Her poems are to be collected and published in book form shortly.  Mrs. Barber spent last year abroad endeavoring to recruit her strength.  A rarely useful life has gone out all too early.  Much as she will be missed in literary circles the irreparable loss is to the home which was made so happy by her deep affection and sunny presence.  And sweet memories of her devotedness in the most tender relations of life will ever be sacredly cherished, both by her family and by the many other relatives and friends who knew her best.  Her husband survives her also four children--Walter V. and Fred G. Barber, of Allegheny, Mrs. George H. Alexander, of Emsworth, and Mrs. William M. Lowe, of Toledo, O.  A few days before her death last week Mrs. Barber wrote the following poem:

 

Thoughts In Sickness

 

I journey toward the great unknown.

The world we call the spirit's own.

 

Each night I near the wicket gate.

That narrow entrance into state

And there with wordless prayers I wait.

 

Or dream beneath o'er-shadowing wings,

While sheltered from all earth-born things

My lullaby some angel sings.

 

And when the gate swings back to me

My long-lost love ones it may be

The welcoming angels I shall see.

 

I know that human loves are near;

Their whispered tones fall on my ear,

Yet ah so faint I scarce can hear.

 

I cannot mark or foe or friend,

The forms that o'er my pillow bend,

But know that patient loves attend.

 

And clinging lips are pressed to mine,

So frozen in their cruel line:

They give nor answering smile nor sign.

 



Blog Post Listing, March 9-15, 2015

Post listing for the week if March 9-15, 2015

Marriages

Posted March 11, 2015

Blanche Bartlett - William D. Holt (1892)

Cora L. Smith - Gaylord G. Gridley (1892)

Scotch Wedding Superstitions (1892)

 



Posted March 12, 2015

Marriages Notices - Chenango Telegraph, November 9, 1836

     John t.  Holmes - Clarissa H. Hale

     James R. Wait - Susan Morgan

Robert E. Church - Carrie M. Hotchkiss (1892)

Emory J. Brownell - Carrie Cornell (1892)

Charles D. Cornell - Dora Thayer (1892)

Posted March 14, 2015
James Gallagher - Mary Ivory (1902)
Donna Louisa Hitchcock - E. Berkeley Hammond, Jr. (1941)
Jean Dawson - Ernest Whitmore Thurber (engagement, 1941)
Mr. & Mrs. George Austin (50th anniversary, 1946)
Mr. & Mrs. William Winsor (60th anniversary, 1946)

Posted March 15, 2015
Martin L. Scanlon - Catherine E. Foy (1902)
Marriage notices - 1830
     Henry V. Brown - Elizabeth Breed
     George A. Jacobs - Elnora Ann Adams
     William Baldwin - Louisa Boothe
     Levi C. Turner - Julia Campbell
     Gideon Wetmore, Jr. - Frances Turner
 



Obituaries

Posted March 9, 2015

Garwood Baker (Norwich, NYC, 1902)

Maurice Birdsall (Greene, Binghamton, 1907)

Richard Maurice Birdsall (Chicago, Greene, 1922)

Charles Cushman Juliand (Greene, 1938)

Ray LeSuer (Afton, 1941)

 

Posted March 10, 2015

Mary Pendleton Snedekir (Norwich, 1905)

Wendell Beckwith (Upper Genegantslet, 1908)

Henry R. Birdsall (Greene, 1908)

Ella l. Elliott (Page Brook, 1908)

Lewis Juliand (Greene, 1885)

Frederick Juliand (Greene, 1900

 

Posted March 11, 2015

Julia A. Skinner King (Norwich, 1905)

Capt. Benjamin F. Lounsberry (Norfolk VA, Oxford, 1892)

Robert Bailey (Oxford, 1892)

Mrs. Irving Taintor (Oxford, 1892)

Mrs. J.H. Burdick (Syracuse, 1892)

Benjamin Colton (South New Berlin, 1892)

Melissa Miner (Norwich, Oxford, 1892)

Almira R. Mead (Norwich, Middlefield, 1892)

 

Posted March 12, 2015

Mary Reese Calkins (Utica, Sherburne, 1905)

David Coye (Unadilla, 1878)

Mrs. Elijah Lewis (Norwich, 1892)

William E. Hubbard (Brackett Lake, Bainbridge, 1946)

 



Posted March 13, 2015

Dr. Wilson T. Bassett (Cooperstown, 1905)

Walter A. Cook (Norwich, 1892)

Mary E. O'Neil (Chicago, Norwich, 1892)

Laura E. Tyler Ackley (Waterloo IA, McDonough, 1892)

Posted March 14, 2015
Frank H. Dimmick (Norwich, Smyrna, 1902)
Fred A. Robbins (Hornell, Bainbridge, 1941)
Bert Constable (Wells Bridge, 1941)

Posted Mrch 15, 2015
Edward A. Olendorf (New York City, Cooperstown, 1892)
James Hughston (Guilford, San Francisco, 1892)
James Rath (Norwich, Utica, 1892)
James S. Luddington (Plymouth, New York City, 1892)
Duncan Herbert Copley (Bainbridge, 1946)
Death Notices
     Mary Brown (Norwich, 1830)
     John Noyes (Norwich, 1830)
     Frederick Byington (Norwich, Elyria, OH, 1836)
     Annah Colwell (Plymouth, 1836)

 



Miscellaneous

Posted March 9, 2015

English Lady Writes of War Stricken Family Life, 1941

 

Posted March 10, 2015

Birdsall Family of Greene, NY

Rev. Wilson Triebel - Photo

 

Posted March 11, 2015

Bainbridge High School Class of 1948, Part 4

 

Posted March 12, 2015

French Settlement in Greene, Chenango Co., NY, 1790s

Posted March 13, 2015
Bainbridge High School, Future Farmers of America, 1939
Bainbridge High School Cheerleaders, 1955

Posted March 14, 2015
Photos from Bainbridge Resin Glue Manufacturer - 1941

Posted March 15, 2015
Guilford Central School Seventh Grade Class, 1954

Guilford Central School, 7th Grade, 1954

Guilford Central School

7th Grade Class

1954 School Yearbook

 

Mrs. Henley's Class

 

Left to Right:
Row 1:  Stephen Glover, Richard Cummings, Charles Ingham, Fred Scheidegger, Sylvia Savory, Mary Ann Davis, Elaine DuMond, Herbert Brodie, David Hubbard

Row 2:  Kenneth Harrington, Gary Keach, Karen Goodwin, Beverly Burt, Mrs. Henley, Ann Fell, Caro Clum, James Ives, Dana LeFever, Roger Niles

Row 3:  Murray Baldwin, Ronald Blackington, John Scheidegger, Ramona Baldwin, Lois Owen, Brenda McMullen, Mary Anne Sylstra, Ernest Brodie, Robert Mayne, John Ives.

Marriages (March 15)

Scanlon - Foy

Utica Saturday Globe, February 15, 1902

 

 

Martin L. Scanlon and Miss Catherine E. Foy,

Who Are Now Receiving the Congratulations of Many Friends

Popular Norwich Young People United in Hymen's Bonds

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  St. Paul's Church was the scene of two wedding ceremonies on Tuesday afternoon, the first being the marriage of Martin L. Scanlon and Miss Catherine E. Foy, the hour of which was 3:30.  Rev. James P. Foy, pastor of St. James' Church, of Lestershire, a brother of the bride officiated.  The maid of honor was Miss Anna Murphy, of Utica, and the groom's brother, James P. Scanlon, was best man.  After the ceremony the happy couple and their friends repaired to the home of the bride on Rexford street, where a wedding dinner was served.  There were many handsome and valuable presents including checks for substantial sums from the bride's brothers and gold from a friend.  Both bride and groom are popular young people of Norwich.  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Malachi Scanlon and is local manager for the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Foy and is a most charming young lady and has a host of friends. She is an active worker in the church and its various societies.  Hearty congratulations are extended to both.  Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon left on the afternoon train for a brief wedding tour and upon their return will make their home with the bride's parents at 44 Rexford street.

 

Marriage Notices

Antimasonic Telegraph, February 3, 1830

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday evening last, by Elder Jedediah Randall, Mr. Henry V. Brown, to Miss Elizabeth Breed, all of this town.

 

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the same evening, by David E. S. Bedford esq. Mr. George A. Jacobs, to Miss Elnora Ann Adams.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, February 17, 1830

At Fabius, Onondaga co., on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Horace Griswold, Mr. William Baldwin, of Guilford, Chenango co., to Miss Louisa Boothe, of the former place.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, March 10, 1830

In Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], on Tuesday the 23d, ult. by the Rev. John Smith, Levi C. Turner esq. to Miss Julia Campbell, daughter of Robert Campbell, esq.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, April 21, 1830

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Monday, the 12th inst. by Elder Jedediah Randall, Mr. Gideon Wetmore, Jr. to Miss Frances Turner.

 

 

Obituaries (March 15)

Edward A. Olendorf

Chenango Union, February 25, 1892

At his residence 217 West 22d street, New York, on Saturday, February 20th, Edward A. Olendorf died of apoplexy.  At the time of the attack Mr. Olendorf was alone, and he was found dead by a physician who occupied rooms near those of deceased.  he was a brother of Charles W. Olendorf, Esq., of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and was sixty-eight years of age.  His son, Charles D. Olendorf, who has for several years been Assistant Corporation Counsel of the city, was absent from home at the time of his father's fatal attack, being in attendance at the Convention in Albany. The remains were brought to Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], the former home of the family, for interment, and Mr. Charles W. Olendorf left Wednesday morning for that place to attend the funeral services, which were to be held at 5:30 on that day.  Deceased had been in apparent good health, for his brother had received a letter from him only a few days ago stating that fact.  His sudden death is deeply mourned by his numerous relatives and friends. 

 

James Hughston

Chenango Union, March 3, 1892

 

James Hughston, a former resident of Guilford in this county [Chenango Co., NY],  died in San Francisco, on February 23, aged 88 years.  The deceased was born in Sidney, Delaware county, N.Y., in 1804.  Thence he went to Guilford, where he remained about 20 years conducting a large tannery, a farm and a general store.  The tannery occupied the premises where A.R. Brown & Co.'s store now is, and was a large and prosperous establishment.  In 1857 he went to Rockford, Ill., where he resided until a few years [ago] when he went to live with his son, George J. Hughston, in San Francisco, at whose home he died.  The deceased was in good health till several months ago, when he was run over by a passing wagon, from the shock and injury of which he never recovered.  He was helpless for a long time, but his declining days were made comfortable by the constant care and filial devotion of his son, than whom no one could have been more tender and attentive.  The deceased buried his first wife in Delaware county and his second at Rockford.  James Hughston had four children, Oscar, Helen and Harriet A., who married Dr. M.E. Dunham, now of Whitesboro. The fourth and only living child is George J. Hughston.  He leaves a brother, William Hughston, of Unadilla, Otsego county, and a grandson, George E. Dunham, of Utica.

 

James Rath

Chenango Union, March 3, 1892

 

James Rath, formerly of this village, died at his home in Utica [Oneida Co., NY] on Thursday of last week.  Mr. Rath had been confined to his bed for the last month.  He had been a resident of Utica for the past eleven years, and had many warm friends who will deeply regret his early demise.  He leaves a widow and one child, besides his mother, and sister, Mrs. Frank Quinn, residents of that city, and one brother, William, living in this village. The funeral was held from his late residence at 8:30 A.M., Saturday, and from St. John's church at 9 o'clock.  The body was brought to this village and buried at Mount Hope [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

 

James S. Luddington

Chenango Union, March 3, 1892

 

James S. Luddington, a former resident of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], and well known in this village died in New York Sunday night.  Mr. Luddington went to New York seventeen years ago and engaged in the lumber business.  At the time of his death he was interested in business with his son.  This son and two daughters; one of them the wife of Thomas Warner, of this village, survive him.  Mr. and Mrs. Warner left for New York Monday, upon receipt of the telegram announcing Mr. Ludington's death.

 

Duncan Herbert Copley

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 12, 1946

 

Duncan Herbert Copley, 4 Juliand street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], former vice-president of the first National Bank of Bainbridge, died Monday evening at the Bainbridge Hospital.  His age was 87.  Born on Dec. 3, 1859, in Harpersfield, the son of John W. and Nancy (MacDonald) Copley, he attended Bainbridge High School, and Lowell Business Institute in Binghamton. After starting studies in medicine with his brother, Dr. Heman Dunbar Copley, he decided on a business career and for several years was associated with the Gilbert Manufacturing Company, becoming president.  In 1881, Mr. Copley became one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank of Bainbridge, and in December, 1897, was named to the Board of Directors.  In March, 1912, he was elected vice-president and continued in this capacity, with the exception of a few years he resided in Davenport, until the bank merged with the National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich.  On Sept. 25, 1895, he was united in marriage to Sarah Mead Banks, daughter of John and Frances Banks, early settlers in this area.  Mr. and Mrs. Copley moved to Davenport but returned to Bainbridge in 1905, at which time Mr. Copley again became vice-president of the local bank. Because of his great interest in local school affairs, he was elected to the school Board of Trustees in 1909 with which he served for 10 years, eight of these years as president.  For a number of years, he was associated with the Greenlawn Cemetery Association and the Bainbridge Water Board.  A communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church for many years, and with the exception of a short period of residence in Davenport, he had served continuously as vestryman since 1894, until a few years ago.  He had been a member of Susquehanna Lodge, 167, F.&A.M., since March 2, 1887, and in 1937, he was presented with the 50-year Masonic Service medal in recognition of his work in Susquehanna Lodge.  Mr. Copley was greatly loved in Bainbridge for his personal qualities, his geniality, his courtesy, his good temper and his keen interest in events.  Whatever the count of years he was always young in spirit and enthusiasm.  His integrity was absolute. But among all of his gifts the greatest perhaps was that of friendship and a generous and sympathetic understanding of his neighbors' difficulties.  In business and in finance he was distinguished for his steady-going and sure-footed policies:--not for dash and daring and glittering display.  In banking he clung to the time-honored methods.  He thought more of investment values than of alluring dividends. Advice from him was felt to be sound if he gave it at all.  During his long life he had to ride out several whirl-wind panics but in such emergencies he always kept his rudder true and was never found wanting in his clear-sighted appraisal of the situation.  He died full of years but also full of respect and affection and implicit confidence in which he had been held by at least two generations of neighbors and friends.  He leaves a widow, Mrs. Sarah Banks Copley, of Bainbridge; two sons, Duncan MacDonald Copley and Leroy Banks Copley, both of Norwich; and one grandson, Duncan MacDonald Copley, Jr., also of Norwich.  Masonic rites were conducted Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock in the Fisher and Sherman Funeral Chapel.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge.

 

Death Notices

Antimasonic Telegraph, April 7, 1830

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday the 3d inst. Miss Mary Brown, aged 22 years, daughter of Jesse Brown.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, September 8, 1830

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last, the hon. John Noyes, aged 61 years, one of the judges of our county court.

 

Chenango Telegraph, December 28, 1836

At Elyria (Ohio) on the 8th inst., Frederick Byington, late of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.  Mr. B. had been in poor health for about a year--he left this place with his wife and only child in October, with the view of spending the winter at Elyria.  He was a good citizen, an industrious, liberal-mined man, and his loss will be sensibly felt in this community.

 

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Mrs. Annah Colwell, aged 96 years.