Obituaries (March 11)

Hattie L. (Cadwell) Snow

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1910

 

Hattie L. (Cadwell) Snow

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  As the result, her family believe, of a fall that she suffered last April, Mrs. Hattie L., wife of Warren A. Snow, died at the family home on Columbia street, Saturday evening, aged 34 years.  In the month of April Mrs. Snow was walking on the board walk on Brown avenue, when a board gave way beneath her feet allowing her to fall through the walk.  In falling she struck upon a pile of stones, sustaining such serious wounds and bruises that three operations were undergone with but little relief.  During the last of these operations it was necessary to remove one of her ribs and Mrs. Snow had since been confined to her bed.  Besides her grief stricken husband, who has the sympathy of all.  Mrs. Snow leaves to survive her two daughters, one aged nine and the other three years.  The older is very ill of typhoid fever.  She is also survived by her father, George H. Cadwell of this village, and by one brother Geroge W. Cadwell, of Binghamton.  Just eight days before Mrs. Snow fell she attended the funeral of her mother.  Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and an active worker.  Her funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the house and at 2 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. Ira W. Bingham, officiating.

 

Mary E. Bennett Pettys

Bainbridge Republican,  December 15, 1904

Mary E. Bennett, wife of C.E. Pettys, passed into rest on Monday evening after a long and painfull illness.  The funeral services were held from the home on Pearl street Wednesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Charles D. Reed.  The interment was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Pettys had been a severe sufferer for many months and had been watched over and tenderly cared for night and day by husband, sisters and friends.  She is survived by her husband, five brothers, Eli and Hubert Bennett, of Bainbridge;  Riley and Herbert Bennett of Norwich;  and Seth Bennett of Afton;  and by three sisters, Mrs. Sylvania Prince of Bainbridge and Mrs. Victoria Prouty of Binghamton.  Relatives present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. George Prouty and family of Binghamton, Mr. and Mr.s Riley Bennett of Norwich;  Mrs. Anna Roberts of Greene;  Mr. and Mrs. Seth Bennett of Afton, and Mrs. Albert Cook of Sidney. 

 

Maria Bennett Thayer

Bainbridge Republican, April 16, 1908

Mrs. Maria Bennett Thayer, widow of the late William Thayer of this village, died last Monday morning, April 13, 1908, at her home on Front street aged sixty-five years.  The deceased was a victim to lingering consumption from which she had suffered more or less for seven years.  The past year was one of great excitement to the patient in mind, being at times so happy in the apparent decision that she was on the road to recovery and that there would still be an opportunity to carry out cherished plans for the future, then would follow a relapse of prostration so overwhelming as to convince her that death must come at a not far distant date.  These changing features recurred so often toward the last that Mrs. Thayer was led more and more to think of the uncertainty of human life, and, as the Easter season approached, to anticipate leaving earth and joining the heavenly throng beyond.  Her departure was painless and quiet.  Mrs. Thayer was a most estimable woman, filling her mission on earth, whether in the home circle, among her friends and neighbors, or in the society of her choice, that of the Methodist church.  She had been a member of this church for over forty years and to her it was the joy of her life to assemble among its people, participate in its rites and help to spread its influence.  Though Mrs. Thayer has passed to another world, she has left behind an example of sweetness, purity and religious devotion that her friends will always treasure.  Mrs. Thayer was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bennett. She was married to William Thayer in 1865, and soon after they came to Bainbridge to live, residing here for the most time since.  Her husband died in the winter of 1906.  Of the immediate family there survives but one daughter, Mrs. Lillian A. Mead, who lived with her parents.  The deceaed left two sisters, Mrs. Czar Prince of Bainbridge and Mrs. George Prouty of Binghamton;  four brothers, E.J. and Hubert L. Bennett of Bainbridge;  Herbert A. Bennett of Plymouth and Riley J. Bennett of Buffalo.  Mrs. E.M. Elwell of Troy, was present at the funeral.  The funeral was held in the M.E. church this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. E.G. VanWoert officiating.  Burial in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Many flowers reposed on the casket expressions of affection from a large number of friends. 

 

Sylvania Bennett Prince

Bainbridge Republican, April 23, 1908

A few weeks since we recorded the death of Czar Prince, a resident of Bainbridge, and to-day we note that of his wife, Sylvania Bennett Prince, who died Friday, April 17, 1908, at her home above the village, aged 63 years.  She had been afflicted for several years with creeping paralysis which gradually sapped her strength and life until she was completely helpless and unable to minister to her husband in his dying hours.  Mrs. Prince knew that death was inevitable, that there was no reprieve from the gradual decay of her physical system, but there was a serenity of mind, a calm acceptance of what the future should bring and a firm reliance upon the Bible teachings of her life.  Thus the pure soul of this sincerely good woman passed into immortality.  The funeral was held at her late home on Monday at 2 o’clock p.m., Rev. G.E. VanWoert of the M.E. church, of which the deceased was a member, officiating.  The burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], the flowers which kind friends had bestowed resting upon the casket.  Mrs. Prince was a native of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  She was married to Mr. Prince 35 years ago.  Her home had been for the most part in Bainbridge since that time.  She is survived by three children, Mrs. Anna Roberts of Chenango Forks, Mrs. Grace Ingersoll and George Elliott Prince of Bainbridge.  There remains also a sister, Mrs. George Prouty of Binghamton, another sister, Mrs. William Thayer of Bainbridge, having recently died;  four brohter, Eli J. and Hubert S. Bennett of Bainbridge, Riley Bennett of Buffalo, and Herbert A. Bennett of Plymouth. 

 

Victoria Mae Bennett Proutey

Bainbridge Republican, March 5, 1936

Mrs. Victoria Mae Proutey, 85, passed away at the Bainbridge Hospital, Friday, February 28, where she has been with her daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hodge, for the past ten months.  Her death was caused by heart trouble after having been in poor health for the past two years.  Mrs. Proutey was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], February 10, 1851, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bennett.  She for many years resided in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], and later with her brother Riley Bennett in Unadilla.  The funeral was held Sunday, March 1, at Colwell Brothers’ Chapel, with Rev. M.D. Lowen officiating.  Interment was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Survivers are one brother, Riley Bennett;  a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hodge, and a son, Earl Proutey, of Binghamton, besides many nieces, nephews and grandchildren.

 

 

 

 

Rev. M.D. Fuller, Pastor of Norwich Broad St M.E. Church - 1910

Rev. M.D. Fuller, D.D.

The New Pastor of the Broad Street M.E. Church, Norwich

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1910

 

 

Rev. Dr. M.D. Fuller

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Rev. Dr. M.D. Fuller, who was assigned to the pastorate of the Broad Street M.E. Church at the recent conference in Binghamton, has already made a favorable impression upon the Norwich parishioners, bidding fair to find as warm a place in their hearts as he left among the Pennsylvania Methodists.  Five years ago Dr. Fuller was made presiding elder of the Honesdale district and during that time so endeared himself to all that his departure was deeply regretted not only by people of his own denomination, but all other denominations as well.  A farewell reception was tendered him, his wife and his daughter, Mrs. T.W. Kay, when hundreds of people found opportunity to attend and express regret at their parting and voice the heartiest best wishes for future success and happiness.  Since taking up his work in Norwich Dr. Fuller has preached forceful sermons to large congregations and under his leadership and guidance the members of the Broad Street M.E. Chruch are looking forward to a year of unusual activity and exceptional growth.

Obituaries (March 10)

Corinne (Hickok) Brodie

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1910

 

 

Corrine (Hickok) Brodie

News reached Norwich Sunday afternoon of the death the day previous in New York of Mrs. Louis J. Brodie, formerly Miss Corinne Hickok, who was born in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] about 33 years ago.  After attending the Norwich schools she was graduated from Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie in the same class with Mr. Brodie, whom she married after filling for a short time a position in New York.  Mrs. Brodie is well remembered in Norwich where she made her home until her marriage about seven years ago, residing with her mother and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hial Hickok.  She had the rare gift of making friends of all her acquaintances and her early death is deeply deplored by all who knew her.  The sad tidings brought grief to many friends in Norwich, whose sympathy goes out in large measure to her bereaved mother and husband and her grandparents, by whom she is survived.  Burial was made at Danbury, Conn. where her mother now resides.

 

Elman Legrange Andrews

Afton Enterprise, January 12, 1939

Elman L. Andrews, 86, well-known Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] resident, died Saturday at his home at 86 North Main Street, in that village.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the home with the Rev. M. DeForest Lowes officiating.  Burial was made in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Among those surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Mudge Andrews;  a daughter, Mrs. Nellie A. Wakeman;  two sons, George and Lester Andrews;  14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. 

 

Betsey (King) Hamlin

1830 - 1910

 At her home in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] Wednesday evening, March 16 [1910], Mrs. Betsey King Hamlin departed this life and passed through the pearly gates into the heavenly home.  A few days before her departure she was stricken with pneumonia and notwithstanding medical aid and careful nursing she gradually grew worse until finally the end came.  Mrs. Hamlin was born in the town of Sanford [Broome Co., NY], April 23, 1830 and had she lived a week later would have reached her eightieth year.  She was united in marriage with Mr. W.H. Hamlin about sixty years ago.  The greater part of her life was spent at North Sanford but during the last eighteen years she lived in Bainbridge and Afton.  Deceased was a woman of beautiful character, sweet voiced, gentle and refined, and her quiet, Christian graces will live in the hearts of those who were nearest to her.  She united with the church of Christ and became a follower of Jesus in her girlhood days and was until the end a faithful and consistent Christian in whom it could be seen that she "had been with Jesus and had learned of Him."  Mrs. Hamlin is survived by her husband, W.H. Hamlin, who is now so sadly bereft, and who feels his loss so keenly;  one son, George, of Brooklyn, N.Y.;  two daughters, Mrs. Mary L. Kniskern of Bainbridge and Mrs. V.E. Gregory of Afton;  also three brothers and two sisters, Addison King of North Sanford, John King of China, N.Y., Judson King of Bainbridge, Mrs. Sylvia Fuller of Masonville and Mrs. Augusta Peck of Deposit.  Funeral services were held at her late home in Afton, her pastor, Rev. H.T. Hill officiating.  A quartet from Afton Baptist church had charge of the singing.  The remains were taken to Glenwood cemetery for burial.  The bereaved husband and family have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.

 

Lena Sylva (King) Boone

1946

Mrs. Lena S. King Boone died at the Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe, Pa., February 23, 1946.  Mrs. Boone had been an invalid for many years.  Born in North Sanford, N.Y [Broome Co.].  She was the youngest daughter of Addison and Sylvia King.  She united with the Baptist Church at North Sanford early in life.  She was matron of Practical Bible Training School at Bible School Park, N.Y. for 16 years and later became dietician of Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, N.Y.  In 1917 she married Rev. Clarence E. Boone making their home in Afton, N.Y. and a few years later moving to Baltimore, Md.  The past twelve years they resided on the farm formerly owned by the late John Boone in Ligonier, Pa.  Mrs. Boone’s friendly, helpful disposition endeared her to all  who knew her.  She bore her handicap of invalidism with fortitude.  Mrs. Boone is survived by her husband, two brothers and three sisters:  Mrs. Leroy N. Searles of Binghamton, Andrew H. King, Afton, Jennie King Pendell, Afton, Loura King Yaple, McDonough, N.Y., Homer E. King, Sidney, N.Y.  Also several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services and burial were in Ligonier, Pa.

 

Andrew H. King

Afton Enterprise, October 4, 1962

Andrew H. King, 93, Afton, died at the Wheeler Nursing Home in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] last Friday evening after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Philley King, Afton;  two sons, Percy V. King, Kirkwood and Hayes King, Afton;  a daughter, Mrs. Harry (Doris) Blakeslee, Greene;  a sister, Mrs. Jennie King Pendell, Norwich;  four grandchildren;  three great-grandchildren;  also several nieces and nephews.  He was born in North Sanford, N.Y. [Broome Co.], Sept. 27, 1869, son of Addison and Sylvia Jane Andrews King.  He was affiliated with the Methodist Church of Afton and a member of the Afton Masonic Lodge 360, F.&A.M.  The body was removed to the Root Funeral Home, Greene where the funeral was held Monday at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Arthur Smith, pastor of the Congregational Church of Greene officiated.  Burial was in East Side Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

Bainbridge High School, Class of 1957, Part 2

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1957

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1957

 

Ralph Roger Castle

 

 

Sally Ann Cheesbro

Class Treasurer

 

 

Genevieve Mary Collins

 

 

Gary Raymond Darling

 

 

Stanley Frank Davis

Junior Prom King

 

Audrey Ellen Fink

Marriages (March 9)

White - Brewer

Utica Saturday Globe, June 1910

 

Robert R. & Helen Adele (Brewer) White

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At St. Paul's Church Wednesday morning occurred the marriage of Miss Helen Adele Brewer and Robert R. White, Rev. Father Prendergast officiating in the presence of the immediate relative and a few intimate friends.  The bride was richly gowned in white silk with silver trimmings.  She wore a veil and carried a wreath of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Miss Dora Balcom, was costumed in white and carried pink carnations. George Moran acted as best man.  The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Sadie Brewer, of 46 Elm street, and the groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. White, who reside near the village.  Both young people are very popular and both have been employed by the Norwich Pharmacal Company.  They were generously remembered by their many friends with gifts of cut glass, china and silver.  Mr. and Mrs. White left on the morning train for Douglass Wyo., the groom's former home, where they will spend the summer months, visiting meanwhile Yellowstone Park and other places of interest.  They will return and be at home to their Norwich friends about the first of October.

Marriage  Notices

Chenango Union

CALKINS - SMITH:  Charles R. Calkins and Miss Cornelia T. Smith, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on 22d ult at Sherburne.  [March 8, 1848]

CARHART - GORDON:  Ambrose M. Carhart and Miss Mary J. Gordon, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 8th inst. in Oxford by Rev. J.C. Ransom [March 15, 1848]

CARHART - FOOTE:  George M. Carhart, publisher of Bainbridge Freeman, and Miss Ann Eliza Foote of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on 24th ult. at Oxford by Rev. J.C. Ransom [Dec. 1, 1847]

CARR - KING:  Robert Carr of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Sarah M. King of Norwich on the 22d inst. at Bridgewater, Madison Co., by Rev. Mr. Brown [Aug. 30, 1848]

CARUTH - WELLS:  Cortland Caruth of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Phebe Wells, Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] daughter of John N. Wells on the 14th ult. by Rev. Mr. Dyer of Preston at Pharsalia.  [Nov. 3, 1847]

CARY - BRADLEY:  Albert Cary of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and Mary J. Bradley of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] in this village on the 30th ult. by Rev. Marcinus Stone [May 2, 1849]

CASE - STODDARD:  Russell Case Esq. of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Philura Stoddard of Smyrna on the 24th ult. in Otselic by Rev. Charles Schipman [Sept. 13, 1848]

CASE - NEWTON:  Syles Case of Canton, Conn. and Miss Julia Amanda Newton of Bainbridge  [Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult. at Bainbridge by Rev. I. Foote [Oct. 4, 1848]

CHAMBERLAIN - CORNELL:  J.P. Chamberlain Esq. of South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Mrs. W.V.B. Cornell of Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY] on the 27th ult. at Coventryville by Rev. B.S. Hobbs [March 6, 1850]

CHAMBERLAIN - NORTH:  Jefferson Chamberlain of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Julia North of Guilford on the 16th inst. at Oxford by Rev. B. Hawley [Jan. 30, 1850]

Obituaries (March 9)

Catherine Mudge

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1910

 

 

Catherine Mudge

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Norwich friends were pained to learn of the death of Catherine Mudge, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Mudge, formerly of Norwich, which occurred at her home in Lestershire [Broome Co., NY] Sunday afternoon last, at the age of 19.  Deceased had been ill for some months, and for nearly three months had been receiving treatment at a hospital but without avail.  She is survived by her mother, two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Banks, of Lestershire, and Mrs. Charles Vincent, of Norwich, and one brother, Duane, of Lestershire.  Beautiful floral offerings at the funeral on Wednesday attest the esteem of a large circle of friends.

 

Ellen Louisa (Nichols) Robb

Norwich Sun, January 29, 1926

Ellen L. Robb, widow of the late John Robb, died at her home Thursday morning after an illness of about three weeks.  She was born in North Afton [Chenango County, nY], daughter of Samuel G. and Harriet Nichols.  Here she spent her younger days.  Some years after her marriage, the family moved to Norwich during Mr. Robb's term as sheriff, after which they returned to a farm in North Afton.  A few years later they again moved to Norwich making this their home for the past 35 years.  The deceased had not been well for the past two months but did not surrender until failing strength compelled her to do so.  She was always happy and contented in her home, always willing to sacrifice her own strength for the sake of her family's welfare.  She was quiet and uncomplaining, a true, tried, and loving mother, living and exemplifying the life of a Christian mother.  It is in her own home where she will be most sadly missed for where she was, there was home to her immediate family.  Surviving to hold her memory dear and sacred and to sorrowfully  mourn her loss are two daughters, Hattie and Lillie, and four sons, Ira, of Binghamton, John, of Middletown, and Arthur and James of Norwich.  Besides these she leaves one brother, George Nichols of Bainbridge, and several grandchildren and one great grandchild.  The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the family home, 26 Mitchell street, the Rev. L.D. Palmer officiating.  Burial will be made in the family plot in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. 

 

Maleck Nichols

October, 1910

Maleck A. Nichols Dead:  Death Claims Another of Our Old Pioneers.  Was Aged Nearly 89 Years and had been a Resident of Horse Run about 64 Years:  Maleck A. Nichols, one of the pioneer settlers of the Horse Run Valley north of Shinglehouse [PA], passed to his reward on the evening of October 4, 1910, after a very brief illness of acute indigestion, of which he had had a number of attacks.  He had nearly reached the age of 89 years and has always been in fairly good health, and just the day before he died he was out in the yard and to the barn.  Maleck A. Nichols was born at Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], January 2, 1822.  His father and three brothers originally came from Vermont and settled in and about Bainbridge and raised quite large families.  Maleck received his education in the common schools, finishing at the Academy and afterwards teaching several years.  In the year 1846 he was united in marriage to Miss Cordelia Perry, a sister of L.P. Perry.  In 1846 the young couple came to Potter County [PA] and settled and cleared up the farm on which he died.  At that time that section was a wilderness.  He and his brother George Nichols, conducted a saw mill for a number of years, but the greater part of his life was spent in farming.  His wife died in April 1895 and in November of the same year he married Mrs. Eliza Rundle, a widow who died in September 1909.  He has since resided with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Allen, who with her husband have given him every care possible.  The deceased was a fine old man, a good neighbor, husband and father, always pleasant and agreeable, with a good word for all.  He was a staunch old republican, and always out to vote.  For about twenty-five years he was a member of the M.E. church.  He was the last of his family.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jasper Slade of Little Genesee, and Mrs. Charles Allen of Horse Run, and two sons, Francis P. Nichols of Shinglehouse and Maurice L. Nichols of Corning, N.Y.  The funeral was held at the house Thursday afternoon, Elder G.P. Kenyon officiating.  Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Nichols and Mrs. C.R. Nichols sang some of his favorite hymns.  The body was laid at rest in Maple Grove cemetery in Shinglehouse.  The pall bearers were all relatives of the deceased;  Francis, Maurice, Alonzo and Frank A. Nichols, Jasper Slade and Charles Allen. [Nichols Family Records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT]

George Emory Aylesworth

Bainbridge Republican, June 4, 1908

George Emory Aylesworth died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Herman Davenport, on Front street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Wednesday morning of this week from cancer.  Mr. Aylesworth had been a sufferer for the past twelve years, but did not give up until the last few months.  He was 68 years old and had been a resident of Bainbridge all his life being born in West Bainbridge on the farm he later owned and was the son of Thomas Aylesworth.  He was a prosperous farmer and about twenty-five years ago he built a home on Front street in this village and came here to reside.  He retained his farm and alternated between the two places in making his home for the past few years.  Mr. Aylesworth was a conservative and respected citizen and one of the pioneers in Bainbridge life.  His wife died two years ago.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herman Davenport of Bainbridge, Mrs. Florence Riley of Oneonta, and two sons Will J. Aylesworth of Bainbridge and Edward Aylesworth of Oneonta.  The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Davenport, Rev. G.E. VanWoert, officiating.  Burial in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].

Lydia (Aylesworth) Johnson

Afton Enterprise, January 14, 1915

Lydia Aylesworth Johnson was born in Chenango county, New York, October 4, 1818.  She was the daughter of Thomas Aylesworth.  Lydia Aylesworth was married to Welcome Johnson in 1838.  Six children were born to them, three daughters and three sons.  They lived in various parts of the state of New York.  In 1865 they moved from Elmira, N.Y. to Washington, D.C.  After some years' residence in that city they moved to Annapolis, Maryland.  They resided there for a few months and then returned to their old [home] at Bainbridge, N.Y., where they stayed three years.  They emigrated to Coming [Corning] Kansas, where Welcome Johnson died in 1894.  From the time of her husband's death Mrs. Johnson made her home with her son and his wife, J.W. and Betsey Johnson, and came to Glendale with them, arriving here Dec. 24, 1906.  She died Dec. 29, 1914, at the age of 96 years, 2 months and 25 days.  For eight years and five days she has been a resident of this city, Glendale, Oregon and valley, and in those years she has wielded a sacred influence over all who have known her.  She was a woman of high and holy Christian character, and was ready at all times to give a reason for the hope she had, and to tell that she had "anchored that hope within the vale."  During the revival meetings in this city two months ago, an afternoon meeting was held in the Johnson home on account that Grandma Johnson was not able to attend at the church.  Besides a number of church members and neighbors there were present Pastor J.K. Howard, Rev. Dr. Knott and Rev. David Oastler.  Grandma Johnson stood up and gave one of the grandest testimonials of her Christian experience ever heard by any of those who were present.  She is gone, but her works of righteousness and her example will live on from shore to shore of America.  In every place she has made her home, her pure life has left an impression for good and for God. 

 

 

Older Bainbridge NY Citizens Honored, 1986

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY Celebrates Bicentennial by Honoring Older Citizens

Tri-Town News, July 9, 1986

 

Daniel Bristol, Sr., receives a plaque for being the gentleman who has lived the longest in Bainbridge--83 years.  He once owned a large farm on the Guilford Road which is now a residential area.  He still [in 1986] is an active poultry judge and travels to perform his judging duties.  Presenter is Thorton Young.

 

Charlah Skinner receives a plaque for being the lady who has lived the longest in Bainbridge--85 years.  Making the presentation is Thornton Young, Town of Bainbridge Councilman and co-chairman of the Bicentennial festivities.  She and her father once owned the Ireland Hardware in Bainbridge.  She also taught school for many years.  She is very active [1986] in the Bainbridge Episcopal Church.

Obituaries (March 8)

Marvin A. Smith

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1910

 

 

Marvin A. Smith

1844 - 1910

 Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Marvin A. Smith died suddenly Wednesday forenoon at his residence on Rexford street, aged 65.  His health had been failing for the past 18 years, and the death of Mrs. Smith which occurred May 15, 1909, was a sad shock to him.  Mr. Smith was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on October 12, 1844, the son of Rufus and Hannah Lucas Smith.  He had been a resident of Norwich for 30 years.  He learned the cooper's trade which he followed as long as profitable and then turned his attention to carpenter work. At the age of 19 he enlisted in Company G of the Eighth New York Cavalry, and served three years as commissary sergeant, making a creditable record.  he was a member of Smith Post, G.A.R., and stood well among his comrades.  December 16, 1865, Mr. Smith married Miss Delia Furman, of Sherburne, who died last May, There are surviving two daughters, Leah Smith and Mrs. Glen Curtis, and four sons, Louis, Samuel, Fay and Walter, all residents of Norwich, besides three brothers, William, of Geneva, Ill.; John, of McHenry, Ill., and Rufus, of Guilford, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Fairchild, of Edmeston, and Mrs. P.S. Powers, of Brooklyn.  Funeral services will be held Saturday forenoon at 11, burial taking place at Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], in charge of the G.A.R.

 

Sarah Emily (Davis) Aylesworth

Bainbridge Republican, March 1, 1906

Sarah Emily Davis, wife of Emery Aylesworth, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at her home on Front street, Friday afternoon as the sun was setting, aged 61 years.  Mrs. Aylesworth had been in declining health for two years but able to look after her family and the necessary domestic matters until two months ago, when a serious stomach trouble added to the insidious disease, locomotor ataxia, that had gradually been gaining influence over her for years, obliged her to take to her bed.  She lay in an unconscious state from Monday until the Friday she died.  Mrs. Aylesworth enjoyed life and wanted to live but as the weeks wore on she became aware that death was creeping upon her and she made preparations to die.  She calmly gave directions in regard to her funeral, selecting the text to be used which was, “Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.” Matt 24:44.  She wished her four children, Mrs. Martin Riley, Mrs. H.B. Davenport with husbands and Messrs. Eddy and William Aylesworth to be her pall-bearers.  The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Odell officiating.  The minister made a beautiful address using the text Mrs. Aylesworth had chosen.  The house was filled with neighbors and friends.  Among the flowers contributed was a beautiful cross from the employees of the D. & H. shops in Oneonta.  The burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  Mrs. Aylesworth was born in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] and grew to womanhood there.  She attended the village school, graduated and taught several years prior to her marriage to Mr. Aylesworth, which occurred forty years ago.  Her husband was a prosperous farmer in West Bainbridge, where they resided until coming to Bainbridge twenty-one years ago.  The death of Mrs. Aylesworth has brought great sadness to the home circle.  Her brightness and energy and love will never be forgotten.  Her neighbors will miss her in all the neighborly associations, as well as the M.E. church of which she had been a member for many years.  Besides the husband and four children mentioned, Mrs. Aylesworth is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Yelverton, of West Bainbridge, and two brothers, Charles Davis, of Towanda, Pa., and Hiram Davis, of Corning. 

 

James M. Woods, 1842 - 1913

Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY

James M. Woods died at his home on South Broad street [Norwich, Chenango County, NY]  Friday afternoon, aged 71.  He was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], February 15, 1843 [sic], the son of Hiram and Lucinda Woods.  July 4, 1881, he married Lodema E. Burlison, of Sidney, who survives.  They formerly lived in Guilford but have resided in Norwich the past nine years.  Deceased was a veteran of the civil war, a member of Company K, Tenth New York Cavalry.  He was a member of the H.H. Beecher Post, G.A.R., of Bainbridge.  The funeral was held Tuesday, Rev. A.R. Burke officiating, and burial was made in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY]

 

Simon Woods

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 2, 1936

Simon Woods, 64, passed away at the Chenango Memorial Hospital on June 26, where he had been under observation since about the first of June.  Mr. Woods was born in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25, 1873, the son of William and Sylvia [sic] Woods.  He was a resident of this town and that of Oxford until he was 21.  He has since resided in the Town of Bainbridge on the old homestead farm for the past 27 years.  He had always been a member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Woods was united in marriage to Miss Cora Hubbard in the town of Colesville, December 24, 1895 by Rev. Henry Hill, pastor of the Baptist church.  The funeral was held June 29 at the Colwell Chapel with the Rev. Bump, of the Guilford Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment was in Glenwood Cemetery in Afton. [Chenango Co., NY]  Survivors besides his wife are one brother, Isaac Woods, of Choconut, Pa.,;  one sister, Mrs. Dilla Scott, of Unadilla;  three sons, Merritt, Lester and Harry Woods, all of Bainbridge;  one daughter, Mrs.. Bert Utter, of North Pharsalia, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Jay Relly Smith

Binghamton Press, December 2, 1936

J. Relly Smith, 71 years old, of 27 Carhart avenue, died this morning [2 Dec. 1936] at the Charles S. Wilson Memorial hospital.  He is survived by his wife, Marosia;  a daughter, Mrs. Ray Ralston of Endicott;  four sons, Leonard, Leslie, Lawrence and Lee, of Johnson City;  a sister, Mrs. Frank Tracey of Carbondale;  a brother, Rubin Smith of Sidney and six grandchildren.  Mr. Smith was a member of the First Christian church.  The body was removed to the William R. Chase funeral home, 44 Exchange street.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.

George Reuben Smith, 1871 - 1950

George R. Smith, 79, died yesterday morning [Jan. 24, 1950] at the home of his grandson, Harrison K. Smith, 202 Johnson Circle [Broome County, NY], after a long illness.  He was born June 29, 1871, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Funeral services will be held at the C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel on Sunday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Robert P. Kellerman officiating.  Burial will be in Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]  Calling hours at the chapel will be Saturday from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p.m.  Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie A. Smith of Afton;  three sons, Ernest R. of Burlington, Harry and Clifford of Carbondale, Pa.;  three daughters, Mrs. Clyde E. Walton of Guilford, Mrs. Edward Andrews and Mrs. Anthony Villeco, both of Sidney;  10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren

 

 

Bainbridge Central 7th Graders, 1956/7 Part 2

Bainbridge Central High School

Seventh Grade Portraits

"Echo" 1957

 

Following are the school photos of 12 more members of the 75 member Seventh Grade Class of Bainbridge Central High School in 1956/7 (eventual class of 1962).

 

Left to Right:  James Rosa, Joyce Foster, Anna May Weinheimer

 

 

 

Left to Right:  Jerry Niles, Norma King, Patricia Harmon

 

 

 

Left to Right:  Stephen DeClue, Donna Hotaling, Cynthia Lewis

 

 

 

Left to Right:  Karen Shawler, Marilyn Dufford

 

 

Donald Curtis

 

 

 

 

Marriages (March 7)

Beckwith - Thompson

Chenango Union, November 1952

Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson of 17 Hickory street has announced the engagement of her daughter, Marian [Beckwith], to Linn Beckwith Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Linn Beckwith Sr., of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  The wedding will take place in the near future.

 

Willcox - Hackett

Chenango Union, November 1952

Miss Eleaine Hackett, daughter of Mrs. Leona Hackett of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] and David E. Willcox, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Willcox of East McDonough, were married Sunday, November 19th in a single ring ceremony at the East McDonough Community Church.  The Rev. Dean Harrison, pastor, officiated.  Mrs. Barnice Scarlett and Mrs. Calvin Genereux, sister of the bride, presented a program of nuptial music.  Elizabeth Hackett attended her sister as maid of honor, and Richard Hofmann of Rochester, cousin of the bridegroom, served as best man.  Ushers were Willard and Donald Hackett, brothers of the bride. About 50 guests attended a reception at the home of the bride's mother after the ceremony. After a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Lake Placid the couple plan to reside in East McDonough. The bride attended Oxford Academy. Willcox was graduated from the same school in 1952 and is associated with his father in farming.

 

Simmons - Rotundo

Chenango Union, November 1952

Miss Antoinette Lorrein Rotundo of 31 East Railroad street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Rotundo and Richard Alvin Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Simmons of R.D. Norwich were married on Saturday.  The Rev. Guido Festa performed the double ring ceremony in St. Bartholomew's church and a reception followed in the church hall.  The bride, who had her sister, Miss Susie Ann Rotundo as maid of honor, was given away by her brother, James Rotundo.  Bernard Simmons was best man for his brother while Edward Ackley and John Stone served as ushers.  Mrs. Simmons was graduated from Norwich high school in June and is employed at the Chenango County Patrons Fire Relief Association.  Mr. Simmons was graduated from  Norwich high school in 1950 and is employed by the Norwich Publishing Co.

Obituaries (March 7)

Betsey Ann (Trumble) Cadwell

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1910

 

 

Betsy Ann (Trumble) Cadwell

1849-1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the  home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Snow, on Columbia street, Monday last, Mrs. Betsy Ann Cadwell, wife of George  H. Cadwell, a lifelong resident of Norwich, died at the age of 61.  Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Trumble and was born in the town of North Norwich on February 13, 1849.  Her marriage to Mr. Cadwell took place on February 11, 1866.  Until seven years ago, when she suffered a shock, Mrs. Cadwell, was a woman of exceptional energy.  In her home she was a loving wife and a devoted mother.  In 1874 she united with the First Baptist church upon confession and later by letter became a member of the Calvary Baptist church.  Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W.A. Snow, of Norwich; one son, George W. Cadwell, of Binghamton; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Pike, of Earlville; Mrs. James Cadwell, of this place; Mrs. John Porteous and Mrs. Thomas Carl; four brothers, John, George, Jesse and Benjamin Trumble, all residents of Michigan; and by four grandchildren, Bessie and Carl Cadwell, of Binghamton, and Leola and Gertrude Snow of this place.  Prayer was said at the home of her daughter on Columbia street at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and at 2:30 services were held in the Calvary Baptist church, Rev. Ira W. Bingham officiating.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Lawrence J. Witham, 1944 - 1952

Chenango Union, November 1952

Lawrence J. Witham, 8, a pupil in the South New Berlin Central School [Chenango Co., NY], died Thursday at the Chenango Memorial Hospital of Leukemia.  He was born in Norwich on January 3, 1944, the son of Lawrence and Catherine Belden Witham and lived in Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY].  The parents are the only survivors.  The Rev. Donald Franklin, pastor of Holmesville Baptist Church, conducted services at the residence on Sunday and burial followed in Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].

 

John A. Collier, 1881 - 1952

Chenango Union, November 1952

John A. Collier, 71, died Wednesday at his home in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].  He had been in failing health for several years and had suffered a heart attack two weeks ago from which he never rallied.  Mr. Collier was born November 2, 1881, in the Town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Charles and Sarah Wilkes Collier.  He had spent most of his life in Sherburne where he engaged in farming.  On December 26, 1906, he was married to Sarah Jane Payson.  She died November 22, 1934.  Following her death he sold his farm moving to Sherburne Quarter.  Surviving are three brothers, Harvey, Herman, both of North Norwich, Eugene of Norwich and Several nieces and nephews.  The body rests at the Beecher Funeral Home in Earlville, where funeral services will be held Friday, November 14, the Rev. Rexford Crounse, pastor of the Methodist Church of Sherburne officiating.  Burial will be in Sherburne West Hill Cemetery.

 

Dr. John Cahill, 1890 - 1952

Chenango Union, November 1952

Dr. John A. Cahill, 62, a native of Norwich, and medical superintendent of the Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn, died on Tuesday.  Dr. Cahill was graduated from Norwich High School in 1907 and New York University Bellevue Hospital Medical School in 1913.  He served in the Army during World War I and had been medical superintendent also of Riverside Hospital, New York.  He was born Aug. 18, 1890, the son of Michael and Minnie Beagle Cahill.  A solemn requiem funeral mass was offered Saturday at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Brooklyn. The body was then brought to the Fahy Funeral Home.  A solemn requiem mass was offered in St. Paul's Church Wednesday and burial followed in St. Paul's Cemetery.  The only survivors are a sister, Miss Mary Cahill and two cousins, Julian and Edgar Howe, all of Norwich.

Post Listing, February 29 - March 6, 2016

Listing of blog postings for the week of February 29 to March 6, 2016

Marriages

Posted March 3, 2016

Michael J. Cusack - Bridget M. Casey (1910)

Dr. John D. Moore - Anna A. Linahan (1907)

Christine B. Juliand - Frank L. Ireland (1907)

 

Obituaries

Posted February 29, 2016

Belle Kate Stebbins (Norwich, 1910)

Lawrence Newton (Bainbridge, Portland OR, 1914)

Jane Malissa (Newton) Bixby (Sharon Center PA, 1921)

Rubiette Fosbury Aylsworth (Bainbridge, 1926)

Ada Kelly Lyon (Bainbridge, 1908)

Posted March 1, 2016
Agnes E. Potter (Norwich, 1910)
Cyrus M. Gray (Oxford, Centralia, IL 1907)
William Vaughn (Smyrna, 1907)
Mrs. Erastus Wyler (Coventry, 1907)
John Merrill (Afton, Jefferson, 1886)

Posted March 2, 2016
Pearl A. (Schermerhorn) Chadden (Norwich, 1910)
Madeline Kilroe (NYC, Norwich, 1907)
Erastus C. Delevan (Guilford, Binghamton, 1907)
Lady Upton (Mt. Upton, 1907)
George Barnes (Sherburne, Philadelphia, 1907)

Posted March 3, 2016
Eunice A. (Butts) Cairns (Norwich, Franklin, 1910)
Neil McDonald (Utica, 1907)
Augusta (Kelley) Loomis (Chemung, 1947)
Cora (Kelley) Keith (Evaston IL, 1955)
Jason Orson Beatman (Afton, 1932)

Posted March 4, 2016
Levi Shepard (Norwich, 1910)
Mary Miranda (Benedict) Minor (Oil City PA, 1887)
Jennie Houck Searles (Afton, 1921)
Alvin J. Newton (Bainbridge, 1899)
Saxa Newton (Bainbridge, 1905)
Hannah Newton Stewart (Oneonta, Sidney, 1937)

Posted March 5, 2016
Ruth Sweet (Utica, Brookfield, 1910)
Ira O. Ives (Afton, 1929)
Alice (Teachout) Lyon (Coventry, 1874)
Thomas Jefferson Teachout (Afton, 1921)
Bert E. Newton (Los Angeles CA, 1928)
Merton E. Easton (Afton, 1936)
Death Notices - 1875
     Catherine E. Babcock (Norwich)
     Jonas Haynes (Guilford)
     Bathsheba Clark (Guilford)
     Jacob Nichols (Oxford)
     Eliza Knowles (Smyrna)
     Clarissa Spaulding (Pitcher)
     Almira Taylor (preston, Smyrna)
     Mrs. S. Frankie Clark (Brooklyn, Greene)
     Carrie L. Bumpus (Crumb Hill)
     Esther Carr (King Settlement)
     Amarintha (Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, Norwich)

Posted March 6, 2016
Narcissa (Rhodes) Gifford (Guilford, Oxford, 1910)
Abigail Maria (Newton) Hale (Norwich, 1907)
Louis N. Barton (Afton, Roselle Park, NJ, 1952)
Maude Adele (Moffitt) Fullerf (Norwich, Sherburne, 1952)


 

Miscellaneous

Posted February 29, 2016

Early Chenango History, John Wait, 1907

Posted March 2, 2016
Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1957 - Part 1

Posted March 4, 2016
The Mormon House, Afton, Chenango Co., NY, photos

Posted March 5, 2016
Bainbridge Central School, 7th grade, Part 1

 

Obituaries (March 6)

Narcissa Gifford

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1910

 

Narcissa (Rhodes) Gifford

1822 - 1910

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Sunday morning Narcissa, wife of James M. Gifford, died at her home on the East Side river road two miles south of Oxford village [Chenango Co., NY].  Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Gifford was taken ill with acute indigestion and failed steadily until her death.  Deceased was born in Guilford (Chenango Co., NY) May 6, 1822, the daughter of James and Olive Barnum Rhodes.  Her grandfather, who had been a sea captain, was one of the earliest settlers in the town of Guilford.  September 10, 1850 she married James M. Gifford and since that time had resided on the farm where she died.  By those who knew her she will be remembered as a lovable woman, neighborly and charitable and highly esteemed by all her acquaintances.  Mrs. Gifford was a sister of the late Dr. L.A. Rhodes, of Norwich. She is survived by her husband; one son, Ervin R. Gifford, and three daughters, Mrs. Julia Sharp, Mrs. Carrie Hovey, wife of H. Fred Hovey, of Oxford and Mary, wife of W.C. Burton of Guilford. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. C.D. Broughton, of Oxford, officiating.  Interment was made in Riverview Cemetery at Oxford.

 

Abigail Maria (Newton) Hale, 1817-1907

Chenango Union, May 30, 1907

Mrs. Abigail Hale, widow of the late Hiram Hale, died at the home of her son, H.O. Hale, on Tuesday, aged 90 years.  She was born on the Newton farm, west of Norwich and has lived all her life in this county [Chenango Co. NY].  For the last ten years she has made her home with her son.  She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Milton W. Brown of Norwich, Mrs. Frank W. Foster, of Omaha, Neb., and one son, H.O. Hale, of Norwich.  Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30, Rev. J.L. Ray officiating.

 

Louis N. Barton

Chenango Union, November 1952

Louis N. Barton, 68, former newspaper publisher and native of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] died on Sunday at his home in Roselle Park, N.J.  Mr. Barton who was a descendant of Gov. Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island, a signer of the declaration of independence and Major William E. Barton, Revolutionary War hero, received his early training on The Afton Enterprise which was published by his father, the late Nelson E. Barton.  Mr. Barton founded Louis Barton, Inc., of Elizabeth, N.J., a novelty printing concern.  He is survived by his wife, the former Laura Bishop, a daughter, Ethel and a sister, Mrs. Arthur A. Backey.

 

Maude Adele (Moffitt) Fuller

Chenango Union, November 1952

Maude Adele Fuller, 72, former Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] resident died at the Bemis Nursing home in Hubbardsville Sunday.  She had been in failing health for a long time but had been a patient at the nursing home only three weeks.  Mrs. Fuller was born September 2, 1876, in Burlington Flats [Otsego Co., NY], the daughter of Frank and Catherine Merriman Moffitt. She had spent most of her life in Sherburne but for the last 10 years had resided in Norwich.  In 1892 she married Clad Fuller in New Berlin. She is survived by one son, Clyde Fuller, of Norwich; one brother, Guy Moffitt, of New Berlin; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Justice, of Ilion.  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Kehoe Funeral Home in Sherburne, the Rev. William H. Eckmeyer, pastor of the Chruch of the Nazarene officiating.  Burial was in the Sherburne Quarter Cemetery.