Miscellaneous, Nineveh Junction Murder, 1910

Nineveh Junction Murder

H.A. Bushnell, D. & H. Agent, The Victim

Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 6, 1910

 

Early Saturday morning it was announced about this village that H.A. Bushnell, the well known D.&H. agent at Nineveh Junction [Broome Co., NY] had been brutally murdered during the previous night and his body left by the side of the D.&H. tracks where it had been found about 5 o'clock.  Later intelligence came that Bennett Beach, one of the best known D.&H. engineers and nearly a life-long resident of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], a man enjoying excellent repute locally, had been held charged with being implicated in the crime.

 

The facts, so far as they can be gleaned are, that Mr. Bushnell remained at the station Friday evening until after the departure of trains 6 and 8 on the Susquehanna division of the road and then left, saying that he would go home.  This was about 8:45 o'clock, his usual leaving hour, and his hours were as regular as the trains.  This was the last seen of the man alive, so far as has been disclosed by others than his assailants.  At about 5 o'clock Saturday morning his lifeless body was found in a heap in the water ditch at the side of the south bound track, between the two water tanks west of the station, the indications being that he had been thrown there from the bank about the tanks.  There were cuts upon the back of the head and traces of finger marks upon the neck of the dead man.  The body was removed to his home and messages, summoning Sheriff Walworth and District Attorney Hill of Norwich, and Coroner Frank Preston of Greene, sent.

 

Standing side by side on the highway that crosses the D.&H. tracks just north of the station and above the crossing are the homes of Mr. Bushnell and of Charles St. John, the latter a retired engineer, whose daughter is the wife of Bushnell, although  many years younger than he.  At the St. John home Beach had a room and boarded.  Officer Abel had been in Nineveh but a short time when he discovered that the personal belongings of Bushnell, at least those upon his person, were not molested, which disposed of the robbery theory.  Hints of bitter feelings existing between Bushnell and Beach resulted in disclosures involving Beach with the name of Mrs. Bushnell.  Inquiry at the St. John home lead to the revelation that Beach had returned from work and, after changing his clothes, had gone out and returned home between 9:30 and 10 o'clock.  During the night he was heard to make several visits to the bath room and his movements, as heard by other occupants of the house, indicated that he slept but little, if any, and that about 3 o'clock, he went to the D.&H. station and requested that another engineer be sent to Nineveh to relieve him, as he was ill and could not work on Saturday.

 

The room of Beach was visited, and it is said that a pair of shoes, similar to those that Beach wore the previous night, bore evidence of having been washed with water and were still moist.  A dirt cap and blouse bearing spots, not unlike blood stains, were found deposited at the bottom of the trunk of Beach beneath clean clothing.

 

After daybreak Saturday search revealed that a fierce struggle had ensued between Bushnell and his assailant, some distance from the spot where the body was found and within 200 feet of the Bushnell home.  The torn collar and tie of Bushnell was found in the dust and dirt and several articles from his pockets were scattered about, including a pocketbook, from which the money had not been taken.  There were three distinct places where a struggle was indicated and as many pools of blood left on the ground.  A broken beer bottle nearby indicated that the blows upon the head of Bushnell were inflicted with it.  The clothing of Bushnell was dirt begrimed and he had evidently fought pluckily against his assailant or assailants.  His gold watch was still in his pocket and nothing was missing of his effects usually carried in his pockets. 

 

The arrival of the sheriff and coroner shortly after 11 o'clock brought further disclosure.  With them was brought a blood hound who, upon scenting the footsteps about the scene of the struggle started off toward the knoll from which the body is supposed to have been thrown down the bank toward the track, then he lead back on the bluff to a small wooden building and thence he dove straight to the St. Johns home and tugged to free himself from the leash.  Coroner Preston at once had an autopsy under way and soon after made an examination of the chest and body of Beach, which, it is said, revealed that one side bore evidences of numerous bruises.  The examination of the body of Bushnell satisfied the physician that the man died from strangulation caused by fingers pressed upon the throat.  The blows upon the head would not have caused death.  Coroner Preston, later in the day, decided that Bushnell died from strangulation and directed that Beach be held charged with complicity in the crime.

 

When Officer Abel first informed Beach that he would be detained at the scene of the crime, a search of Beach was made and a loaded revolver was found upon him, with which he said, according to the statements made, he intended to kill himself.  About noon, after it became apparent that the eyes of the officers were all pointing toward Beach, he took a dose of strychnine, which he is said to have had loose in his pocket when apprehended.  He had previously been complaining of illness due to a dose of chloral he said he had taken.  The physician were for the time being compelled to abandon the post mortem and devote their energies to saving the life of Beach.

 

While no copy of a confession that Beach is said to have been made can be secured, it is reliably stated that Chief Rothrock of the D.&H. force, who, with Supt. White, Auditor Brown and other officials of the company hurried to Nineveh aboard the Saratoga on learning of the crime, secured a confession of the crime during the time that Beach was suffering from the effect of the poison and expected to die.  According to those who talked with Chief Rothrock., Beach admitted that he met Bushnell shortly after he (Beach) left his boarding  house Friday evening and that Bushnell called him vile names and opened a quarrel.  According to the story, Bushnell had a beer bottle in his hand and threatened to hit Beach with it.  Then Beach took the bottle from him and then choked him until he was subdued and fell.  It is understood that he did not think that Bushnell was dead at the time, and denies having thrown the body down the embankment toward the tracks.  Beach in his confession, denies, according to the story of Rothrock, any intimacy with Mrs. Bushnell and exonerates her from any connection whatever with the crime.

 

At 6 o'clock Saturday evening Beach's condition having improved, he was taken by auto, in custody of the Chenango county sheriff, to Norwich and placed in the county jail.  It is alleged that he admitted much the same story to the sheriff that he is said to have made to Officer Rothrock, alleging that he acted in self defense.

 

There is an unconfirmed rumor that Bushnell  had requested the D.&H. officials to request Beach to take another run, alleging that he was attempting to break up his home, and that Beach had declared that he would get even with Bushnell for this charge, if he had to "knock his block off."  A plausible theory is that Bushnell encountered Beach close to his home and when he remonstrated and, possibly, insisted that he (Beach) keep away from that home a fight ensued and, anger getting the best of Beach, he strangled the man to an extend he little premeditated with a fatal outcome.

 

Horace O. Bushnell, best known as "Hod" Bushnell, was nearly 60 years of age and had been an agent for the company about 30 years.  He was clerk for his brother, P.K. Bushnell, when the latter left the agency at Nineveh to go with the National Express company, with which company he is now superintendent at Albany, the dead brother was made agent.  He has been twice married, he leaving two daughters and a son by the first wife.  The second wife is about 35 years of age.  She has no children.

 

Bennett Beach is about 50 years of age and has been a life-long resident of Oneonta, having been for 28 years employed by the D.&H. company as engineer.  Two years or more ago he removed to Binghamton and, for several months past, has been running the pusher engine from Nineveh, his wife residing most of the time in Binghamton.

 



Miscellaneous, Bush Family Homestead, Bainbridge, NY

Chenango County Homestead
Bush Farm, Bainbridge, NY

H.H. Lyon

 

 

 

One of the old-time farms along the Upper Susquehanna River in Chenango County has been known for many years as the Bush Farm.  It has been occupied by the Bush family and their descendants since 1790, and by someone by that name until recently.  Not many years ago, upon the death of Hon. Joseph Bush, it came into the hands of a nephew, Harrison L. Beatty.  It was not until this ownership that I had ever given the farm much attention.

 

The present farm has 135 acres but I think there was a time when Mr. Bush owned more land, around 250 acres.   Not especially  noteworthy because of size and perhaps not because of its nearly level flat land and naturally productive soil, it has to be well farmed to be really productive.  Mr. Beatty could hardly qualify as a real farmer himself.  He had inherited a very considerable property from his uncle, but he went to studying good farming, asking questions and making good use of what he learned as well as bringing good judgment to bear on the subject.  Unlike many wealthy proprietors he meant to make the business pay.  He kept a good farmer to head the actual farming, did not dictate too much, and on the big barn with the other farm buildings, he had in large letters the words:  "Harmony Farms."  I think he tried to make that real. 

 

I am using the past tense, for Harrison Beatty died a few years ago [died 25 February 1919], although really a young man, and the farm property he willed to another Mr. Beatty with whom I am less acquainted.  Harry, we all called him, used some of the money that came to him to improve conditions and appearances.  This is evidenced by a glance at the picture of the home which he improved.  This was the owner's residence about a half mile from the pleasant little village and a few rods from the farm buildings.  Other uses were made of some of the money for the benefit, in appearance at least, of the town and village in which he took special interest.  And I doubt if the fortune was impaired, for this man had a very good eye for business.  There were good crops grown and 25 years ago only a few farmers headed their herds with purebred sires.  Beatty did, and there his influence did a service to the farming community.  Not infrequently such estates are used in a manner that teaches what not to do.

 

This territory is within the one hundred square miles that the State set apart for "Vermont Sufferers," those who lost when the settlement was reached relinquishing the present State of Vermont from the old claims of New York and Vermont became a separate State.  This area was given to certain individuals and one square mile where the village stands was sold by the recipient at 18 cents an acre.  The land passed through various hands and about a hundred acres of this Bush Farm was bought from a real Vermonter by the name of Stowell.  The first Bush, named Elnathan (wife's name Vashti), came from Massachusetts about 1784, and brought with him four children.  He had been sheriff in Sheffield, Mass., under the king, but his sympathies were American; moreover his son Charles had been a soldier all through the Revolution.

 

The house shown in the picture may be the oldest frame house in the County, certainly in the nearby community.  But the frame barn just back and not shown is still older, it having been built in 1791, while building the house was delayed until about 1800.  Up to that time the family occupied a log house of which nothing remains.  This house that I am emphasizing has been modernized as to the exterior, but most of the interior, frame, shape and size of the rooms, remains without change.  While it is situated a full half mile from the present village, it seems to have been the central point in 1800, and perhaps was thought to be the central site of the coming village.  A large hall was included where exhibitions (they would be movies today) were held and other public uses, although I think no town meetings or places used as a hotel were ever considered here.  But it was a central point for some time.  A store stood near by and a schoolhouse was not far distant.  The coming of the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike Road probably changed most of this to the point now central as the village. 

 



Marriages (September 9)

The marriage of Miss Ruby Blanche Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Davis, of Middlebridge, and William Watson Young, of Schenectady, took place Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H.A. Waite, of Afton.  The bride was very prettily attired in white silk net and carried flowers.  Miss Hazel Peck, the bridesmaid, was also dressed in white.  The groomsman was Ralph B. Cass, of Vallonia Springs.  After the wedding supper, which was very fine, was served, Mr. and Mrs. Young left on a tour to Albany and Lake Champlain.  The bride's traveling dress was a dainty suit of grey.  There were many bridal presents for this most estimable couple and many good wishes followed them.  They will live in Schenectady.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 26, 1906]

Miss Ethel Kinch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kinch  and Louis Barrows of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents Saturday evening, March 7.  They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bennett of Greene.  The officiating clergyman was the Rev. F.W. Connell, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  [LMD notation:  1936]

Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]:  Miss Rose Roberts, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts, of Nineveh Junction, and Mr. Theron VanValkenburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stratford VanValkenburg, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], were married at the Nineveh Presbyterian Church, Friday morning, April 22, 1938, by the Rev. Clifford E. Webb, of Afton, Pastor of the church.  Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Parish House for the invited guests.  Mr. and Mrs. VanValkenburg expect to make their home at Nineveh Junction.  They have the good wishes of a host of friends here.

Deposit [Broome Co., NY]:  A very simple and pretty wedding was consummated last Sunday evening in the home of Rev. and Mrs. George Briggs at Deposit, when Miss Olive Parsons was married to Mitchell Smith of Sherman, Pa.  Rev. Briggs performed the rites and the ring ceremony was used.  The bride was arrayed in white dress with white gloves and hat and carried white roses.  They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Viano of Deposit, whose little daughter of two years acted as flower maiden.  Misses Doris and Janet Parsons sisters of the bride, attended their sister.  Only the immediate relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Smith attended the ceremony.  They are going to reside in a house on the farm owned by the groom's father in Sherman, Pa., and will be at home on July 1.  Miss Parsons has attended the Deposit school all her life and has the best wishes of all her many schoolmates and friends.  [LMD notation:  June 11, 1939]

Mrs. James B. MacGibeny of 8 Bellevue Heights and Mrs. Walter K. VanAlstyne of 448 Chenango street entertained at an afternoon tea at the Monday Afternoon clubhouse today to announce the engagement of Miss Margaret Elizabeth VanAlstyne to Clifford R. Palmer.  the wedding will take place in June.  Miss VanAlstyne is a sister of Mrs. MacGibeny and Dr. Walter K. VanAlstyne.  Mr. Palmer, who is connected with the personnel department at Agfa Ansco company, is the son of Mrs. Belle C. Palmer of Afton.  Mrs. Paul M. Anderson and Mrs. Norman T. Slater presided at the tea table decorated with a variety of spring flowers and lighted by white tapers in crystal candelabra....[LMD notation:  1939]

Miss Margaret Elizabeth VanAlstyne

 

Dr. Frank B Soden of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was married today to Miss Florence Matterson, at her parents home in Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], the nuptials comprising a quiet home wedding attended only by relatives and near friends.  The ceremony, which occurred at 12 p.m. was performed by Rev. Alexander H. Rodgers, rector of St. Thomas church,  of Hamilton, Miss Eudora Howe and Robert H. Cantwell of the same place assisting the bride and groom respectively, as maid of honor and best man.  The wedding was a pretty one, distinguished for its simplicity, combining also numerous demonstrations of respect, affection and practical regard for the participating parties.  The bride is a pleasing young lady of intellectual and social worth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Matterson, and a cousin of District Attorney W.B. Matterson, of Bainbridge.  Her attainments and traits are of admirable character.  The groom, Dr. Soden, is a practicing dentist and surgeon of this town, having recently graduated form the New York College of Dentistry.  His former home was at Gilbertsville.  Although not long a resident of Bainbridge he has established firm confidence in his professional ability and has the respect and esteem of the public, and is popular in social circles.  the Dr. and Mrs. Soden will waive the formalities of a bridal tour and come directly to Bainbridge.  Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Matterson of this place attended the wedding.  [Notation:  Jan. 12, 1898]

 

At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Seegar of Portlandville last evening, Mr. Carlton Ford of Davenport and Miss Eda Seegar were united in marriage by Rev. O.J. Kingsbury.  The house had been tastily decorated, and promptly at half past eight the officiating clergyman took his position underneath an arbor of evergreens, and the ushers, Messr. W.L. Seegar and Aaron Ford, led the party.  The maid of honor was Miss Alta Seegar, a sister of the bride.  After the words had been pronounced which united the happy couple they received the congratulations of the many friends present.  The bride is an intelligent and attractive young lady.  She was attired in cream white.  Mr. Ford is a worthy young man, employed as mail agent on the West Shore railroad.  They left on the sleeper this morning on a pleasure trip to New York, Philadelphia and West Virginia.  The Star joins their many friends in wishing them prosperity and happiness.  

 

Obituaries (September 9)

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Reuben Handy was held March 20, 1906 at his home at two o'clock in the afternoon, with Rev. J. Merriman officiating.  He was 23 years and seven months old, born and always resided in this place and was very much respected by all who knew him.  He leaves a wife and three small children, a father and mother, three sisters and a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss.  He was laid at rest in the Coventry cemetery, the Willey Brothers taking charge of the body.  In remembrance:

In our home a place is vacant.

On our lips there is a sigh

For the dear one who has left us

For a brighter home on high.

There is a wife who is left lonely,

And parents kind and dear.

And sisters who look with longing

Toward their brother's vacant chair.

 

How peacefully he left us,

Even smiling in death's repose;

Past all thy pains and troubles;

Ended all earthly woes.

He who watched thy patient suffering

Said:  "In Heaven thou shalt dwell."

And we'll meet thee, dearest Reuben.

Where we'll never say farewell.

[Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 29, 1906]  [Compiler note:  Buried Coventry Union Cemetery.  From tombstone transcription:  Reuben A. Handy, 1883 - 1906]

 

The remains of A.B. Merchant of Warnerville [Schoharie Co., NY], were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Saturday, and conveyed to Union Valley for funeral services which were held in the M.E. church, Sunday, Rev. A.A. Callendar of Masonville, officiating.  The burial was in West Bainbridge cemetery.  Mr. Merchant had been station agent for the D.&H. at Howe's Cave, for 31 years and was formerly in the employ of the company at Sidney, Bainbridge and Afton.  He is survived by a wife and two children, Mrs. W.S. Carey and A.B. Merchant, of Cobleskill.  The burial was in the West Bainbridge cemetery.  The deceased was an uncle of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bentley, of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge Republican, Apr. 5, 1906]

William H. Neff died March 27th, 1906, at his home in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], after a long illness, aged 87 years 11 months and 27 days.  He was born in Butternuts, Otsego county, April 13th, 1818, and was married to Olive Whitman, April 28, 1842, and moved in 1846 to the farm which for sixty years has been his home.  For nearly seventy years he had been a member of a Baptist church, and deacon of the church at Bennettsville, for the past thirty-six years.  His wife died, May 18th, 1891.  He is survived by three sons and one daughter, Erwin G. and Amelia Neff, of Bennettsville.  Luther Neff, of Sidney and Fletcher Neff of Union, N.Y.  The funeral was held from his home Friday, March 30th, with burial at Bennettsville.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 5, 1906]

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Chauncey Hungerford died very suddenly March 29 of heart trouble.  He was born and always resided in this place and was very much respected by all who knew him  He was a kind and loving father.  He will be greatly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Mr. Hungerford was 75 years and ten months old, and leaves a wife and two sons, Chauncey D. and Dudley Hungerford, one daughter, Mrs. Myron Cohoon, and a circle of friends to mourn his loss.  The funeral was held April 2d, at his home, with Rev.  J. Hansen officiating.  The Wiley Bros. were in attendance.  Burial in Greene.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 5, 1906] 

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Gilbert J. Stratton died at her home on Merchant street Thursday morning at one o'clock.  The news of her death came as a shock to the community although she had been in ill health for some time and confined to her bed for a week past.  Only a day or two before her death her condition became serious.  The immediate cause of death was cerebral apoplexy.  Funeral services were held at the house Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. F.W. Harris of the Congregational church, of which Mrs. Stratton was a member.  She is survived by a husband, two children, mother, brother and one sister.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 5, 1908]

Died April 3, 1906 at the home of Miles Hartwell, Mrs. Emma M. Fisk, widow of the late Horace Fisk, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].  Deceased was the oldest daughter of John J. Jones, of Smyrna.  Her early life was spent in teaching, thereby gaining a wide acquaintance, and many warm friends.  She had been in poor health for several years, bearing all her sufferings patiently, and cheerfully, never giving up the hope of being well again.  Bravely she took up life's burdens, quietly laid them down.  May Heaven be all the sweeter for the rest so faithfully earned.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 5, 1906]

Mrs. Dorothea Maria Roehlk died Saturday morning, April 14, 1906, at the home of her son, Jens A. Roehlk, on Front street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], of cancer of the stomach, aged nearly 70 years.  The deceased was the mother of twelve children, of whom seven are living.  Her grandchildren number 25.  She was called to Bainbridge from St. Charles, Ill., last July through the illness of her son's wife, Mrs. John Roehlk, who died later, and has remained here since to assist the son in the care of his family.  Her health had been failing for sometime and a few weeks ago, feeling specially weak and exhausted she went to visit another son, Jens A. Roehlk.  But there was a steady decline in health until last Saturday when her spirit gave up the struggle and she passed to another world.  Her suffering was very great, but she bore uncomplainingly.  Her last hours were cheered by the presence of two sons, Joergan and Henry Roehlk, of St. Charles, Ill., who had come on in response to a telegram announcing their mother's critical illness.  Her conversation with them was calm, though conscious she was near death.  Mrs. Roehlk was born in Denmark as also were her twelve children.  She came to this country twenty-nine years ago, after the death of her husband who was a skilled mechanic in Denmark.  She settled in St. Charles, Ill., where was already a part of her family.  She was a very kind, gentle motherly, sympathetic woman, always ready to assist the sick.  Her skill in nursing soon became known and "Grandmother Roehlk" was the first one to be called if her services could be procured.  Mrs. Roehlk has led a most useful life and she will live in the memory of her friends and family always.  The funeral was held at the home of her son, Jens A. Roehlk, on Monday at 2 o'clock p.m., Rev. R.S. Odell officiating.  Burial was in Green Lawn cemetery.  There were many offerings of beautiful flowers.  Of the seven children who survive, three sons, Joergan, Henry, Andrew, and a daughter, Mary, reside in St. Charles, Ill., a daughter Dora, Chicago, and two sons in Bainbridge, Jens A. and John Roehlk.  The mother left twenty-five grandchildren.  [Bainbridge Republican, April 19, 1906]

Post listing September 2 - 8, 2013

Posting Listing for week of September 2 to 8, 2013.

Marriages

Posted September 2, 2013
Ruth Soules - Russel Germond (1941)
Lena Zurbruegg - Douglas Bush Perry (1941)
Phyllis Catherine Perry - lt. Bernard J. Gaffney (1941)
Kate Harding Smith - Seymour Lowman (1893)
Lura Redfield Smith - Dr. Dudley Leavitt (1893)

Posted September 3, 2013
Fannie Jane Horning - Rufus Harrington (1907)
Eloise M. Howe - William R. Tuckey (1939)
John Boice - Hattie Fletcher (1940)
Ruth H. Schuster - Clifford Raymond Loudon (1940)
M. Seymour Fleming - Nora Permelia Wheeler (1895)
Hon. Elliot Danforth - Mrs Richard Mott Laimbeer (1898)

Posted September 4, 2013
Pearl Nathalia Wheat - John G. Stone (1941)
Katie Reynolds - Clifford Howland
Sarah E. Doolittle - John H. Rinker
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Yale (20th anniversary, 1885)
Hattie G. Petley - George C. Frank

Posted September 5, 2013
Bessie G. Keith - Frances T. Macey (1906)
Elizabeth Garnier - Ernest Neff (1906)
Mildred Young - Ardeen I. Darling (1933)

Posted September 6, 2013
Iva Lou Neff - Leon Yates Jones (1908)
Grace Nichols - George H. Carr (1907)
George Schermerhorn - Sarah Updegrove (1908)
Mr. & Mrs. D.L Rider (50th wedding anniversary, 1907)

Posted September 7, 2013
Jane Thurston Guild - Joseph E. Packard (1909)
Mildred Kershaw - Charles W. Champ
Vina E. Francisco - Dudley H. Grow (1935)
Grace Bunnell - George L Foote, Jr. (1894)
Maude Bunnell - Hiram S. Whiting (1891)

Posted September 8, 2013
Alice Taylor -Carlton Wilcox (1936)
William DeLong - Iona Briggs (1933)
Virginia Frances Hirt - John Lott Bergen (1938)
Marion Cornell - Carlton DeForest (1939)
Frank Aylsworth - Lizzie K. Mastin (1896)
Nellie M. Smith - George A. Rhodes (1895)
  

Obituaries

Posted September 2, 2013

Elizabeth Fuller (Masonville, 1905)

Alice Queale Benedict (Bainbridge, 1905)

Huldah Bloom Roehlk (Bainbridge, 1905)

Matilda Root (Guilford, 1905)

Martha L. Carrington (Afton, 1905)

Ann Garrett (Afton, 1905)

James Davidson (South Bainbridge, 1847)

Daniel Atwood Hyde (Afton, Coventryville, 1915)

Posted September 3, 2013
Almira E. Hyde (Bainbridge, 1907)
James S. Tripp (East Guilford, 1907)
Frank H. Croak (Bainbridge, 1907)
Mrs. Fred Ketchum (Coventryville, 1907)
Floyd H. Leet (Afton, 1931)
Belle Barton (Afton)
John Swart (North Sanford)
Emily Craig (Afton, 1934)

Posted September 4, 2013
John H. Benedict (Binghamton, 1904)
Nathan Burlingame (Bainbridge, 1904)
H.E. Baker (Oneonta, 1904)
Lucy C. Brasee (Afton, 1904)
William A. McPherson (Afton, 1933)
Alex Hand (Afton, 1934)
Mrs. H.E. Robinson (Ettie A. Shaw, Hallstead, Pa., Afton, 1896)
Samuel H. Smith (Afton, 1896)
Marcus F. DeLand (Coventry, Afton, 1896)

Posted September 5, 2013
L. Maria Sperry (Unadilla, 1906)
Henry A. Parsons (Franklin, 1906)
Rev. J.H. Turnbull (Hancock, 1906)
Rev. Lyman E. Marvin (Minneapolis, 1906)
John Zieglow (Sidney, 1906)
Mrs. Charles Sisson (Afton, 1906)
Mary Ann Maria Broad (North Sanford, 1906)
Emily Wood (Afton, 1906)
Hugh Crawford (Afton, Bainbridge)
Mrs. Dimis Crawford (Afton, Bainbridge)
William S. Landers (Afton, 1896)
Rev. Henry Halstead (New Berlin)

Posted September 6, 2013
Ida May Booth (Bainbridge, 1908)
Maria Burlison (Guilford, 1908)
Rev. W.L. Thorpe (Otego, 1908)
Michael Frank (Guilford, 1908)
Daniel N. Niles (Sidney, 1907)
Mary Landers (Afton, 1907)

Posted September 7, 2013
William Humphrey (Afton, 1896)
Sarah Ann Buck (Afton)
Mrs. Milton Burdick (Black River Falls, Wis.)
Harry Clark (Whitney Point)
George Schermerhorn (Afton, Waukegan, IL,1918)
Jane Harger (Coventry, 1896)
Sameul Jamison (Afton, Greene)
Mrs. Charles Randall (Afton 1896)
Louise Fleming Smith (Guilford, 1909)
Mrs. John Lindgren (Bainbridge, 1909)
Henry D. Brigham (Binghamton, Bainbridge, 1909)

Posted September 8, 2013
Mrs. C.T. Alverson (1911)
Anna Swick (Carbondale, PA, Bainbridge, 1911)
Willis D. Graves (Binghamton, Bainbridge, 1911)
C.W. Hare (Harpursville, 1911)
Ruby E. Avery Hill (Afton, 1936)
Delilah Ann Sheldon (Afton, 1927)
Ettie A. Shaw Robinson (Hallstead, PA, Afton, 1896)
Aurelia C. Jarvis Bresee (Afton, 1896)


 

Miscellaneous

 

Posted September 2, 2013

B-G Band Rehearsal, about 1962.  Photo

Posted September 3, 2013

Bainbridge and Afton Dry Raids are Staged (1920-30s)

Posted September 4, 2013
Who's Who in Bainbridge, Marshall Andrews, Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938.

Posted, September 6, 2013
Griswold steals $24.90, Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908

Posted September 7, 2013
Bainbridge Bachelor's Club, 1895

Posted September 8, 2013
The Auction Wedding



Miscellaneous, The Auction Wedding

The Auction Wedding

 

One of the small papers published an item this week which was a weird mix-up of an account of a wedding and an auction notice.  The most interesting part of the item follows:

 

"William Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Smith, and Mrs. Lucy Anderson were disposed of at public auction at my farm one mile east in the presence of seventy-five guests, including two mules and twelve head of cattle."

 

"Rev. Jackson tied the nuptial knot for the parties, averaging 1,250 pounds on the hoof.  the beautiful home of the bride was decorated with one sulky rake, one feed grinder, and two sets of work harness, nearly new, and just before the ceremony was pronounced Mendel & Sons' wedding march was rendered by one milch cow, five years old; one Jersey cow and one sheep, who, carrying a bunch of bride's roses in her hand, was very beautiful.  She wore one light spring wagon, two crates of apples, three racks of hay, one grindstone of mouselin de soie and trimmed with about 100 bushels of spuds.  the bridal couple left yesterday on an extended trip.  Terms spot cash."

Marriages (September 8)

The marriage of Miss Alice Taylor and Carlton Wilcox was solemnized at 10 o'clock, November 26th, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Taylor, by Rev G.H. Orvis.  Miss Charlotte Taylor, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Kenneth Wilcox, brother of the groom, was best man.  The ceremony was performed in front of the fireplace, which was banked with evergreen and chrysanthemums.  The wedding music was played by Miss Harriet Holman, Bruce Holman sang "O Promise Me."  The bride wore a russet silk crepe dress with accessories to match and brown slippers.  Her corsage was of bronze chrysanthemums and Talisman roses.  The maid of honor was dressed in brown silk crepe with brown accessories.  Her corsage was of bronze chrysanthemums and Talisman rosebuds.  [LMD notation:  1936]

 

William DeLong, of Buffalo, and Mrs. Iona Briggs, of Beebe Hill, were united in marriage Wednesday evening, Aug. 16, at 28 Center street, Rev. Charles W. Briggs performing the ceremony.  The bride and groom were attended by Kenneth Briggs, Lola Briggs and Muriel Briggs, children of the bride.  The ring service was used.  Following the service, Mr. and Mrs. DeLong left for Binghamton, later for Connecticut, where they will visit relatives of the bride, and then go to Buffalo and meet relatives of Mr. DeLong.  following the honeymoon tour, they will be at home on Beebe Hill.  [LMD notation:  1933]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hirt have announced the marriage of their daughter, Virginia Frances to John Lott Bergen, son of Mrs. Caroline Van Sinderen Bergen of Jamaica, L.I., will take place on Friday morning, April 15, at 10 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Hirt is supervisor of music in the Johnson City school [Broome Co., NY].  [LMD notation:  1938]

Virginia Frances Hirt

 

Married Thursday, April 6th, Marion Cornell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cornell of Rockdale [Guilford, Chenango Co., nY[, to Carlton DeForest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert DeForest of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  They were married in Sidney by Rev. William E. Elwood.  [LMD notation:  1939]

 

It was rumored early in the week that Frank Alysworth was going west this week, but it was not said that he would be married before going.  That was the case, however.  The happy event occurred at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peters at Chenango Forks, when Mr. Frank Alysworth and Miss Lizzie K. Mastin were married by the Rev. Mr. Davis.  The wedding was very quiet, only a few friends being present at the ceremony.  Frank came here Wednesday to bid his parents good-bye, leaving here on No. 3, and the young couple left on the Chicago sleeper last night for Nebraska where they will visit with his aunt for a few weeks when they will go to Colorado in a hope that Frank's health will be improved by the change of climate.  The best wishes of their many friends go with them.  The Broome County Herald has this to say of the bride in speaking of the event:  "Miss Mastin is one of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] most estimable young ladies and will carry the best wishes of a host of friends wherever the pathways of life may lead her.  [Notation:  June 2, 1896]

 

Cards have been received by relatives and friends in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] announcing the marriage of Miss Nellie M. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Smith of this village, to Mr. George A. Rhodes of Thomaston, Conn., which happy event took place Wednesday, June 26, 1895.  The bride is a very estimable young lady, a member of the class of '94, Bainbridge Union School and Academy, and has a host of friends, both young and old who extend the newly wedded couple their heartiest congratulations.  Mr. Rhodes is associated with the Thomaston Express, and is an exemplary young man.  Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes will arrive in Bainbridge some time next week and after a visit with relatives and friends will return to Thomaston [Nassau Co., NY] to reside. 

 





Obituaries (September 8)

Mrs. C.T. Alverson died very suddenly at her home on Pine street recently, aged 55 years.  Mrs. Alverson has been quite badly afflicted with rheumatism for a long time, so that she could not get out very much, and the morning after last Halloween she was seriously injured by falling out of a door, where the steps had been removed during the night, from which injuries she never fully recovered.  The funeral was largely attended at the house.  The services were conducted by Rev. G.W. Merrill and burial in Laurel Hill cemetery.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 8, 1911]

 

Mrs. Anna Zwick of Carbondale, Pa. who has been visiting for the past few weeks at the home of her son, Fred Zwick, was taken violently ill of heart trouble last week and early Sunday morning passed from this world to the home beyond.  Mrs. Zwick leaves three children to mourn the loss of a mother; Mr. Fred Zwick of this place, Mrs. Mary Shelly of Carbondale, Pa. and Charles Zwick.  The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Frank James officiating, assisted by Rev. Dr. Hall of Carbondale.  Burial was in St. Peter's cemetery, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. 

O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,

The Reaper came that day;

'Twas an angel visited this green earth,

And took the mother away

[Bainbridge Republican, July 20, 1911]

 

The body of Prof. Willis D. Graves, who died at his home in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], July 11th, was brought to Bainbridge last Friday afternoon on the 3:18 train and interment was immediately afterwards in the Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  The remains were accompanied by the widow, son, Dr. Gaylord W. Graves, sister, Miss Anna Graves, and Rev. D.N. Grummond, pastor of the Ross Memorial church of Binghamton.  A large number of the friends of the deceased and of the bereaved family met the party at the train and also friends gathered at the grave.  Rev. Mr. Grummond conducted the services.  The coffin rested in a heavy steel vault which was especially ordered and which after the services was lowered into the grave.  A great abundance of flowers and floral designs covered the coffin and accompanied it.  Prof. Graves was born at Bainbridge, N.Y., August 18, 1856.  He was the son of the late Gaylord S. Graves and Harriet E. Pettys of this village [Bainbridge, NY].  He attended school at Bainbridge and Afton, taught for four years in the district schools of Broome and Chenango counties, and subsequently graduated from Albany Normal college in 1879.  In August of the same year he accepted the principalship of Bainbridge Academy which position he held for six years.  From 1885 to 1898 he was principal of Delaware Academy at Delhi, resigning the work there to accept an appointment as State Inspector of Training Schools for teachers.  This position he filled for fourteen years, terminating his duties only after the development of the illness which caused his death on July 11, 1911.  Prof. Graves married Miss Elizabeth M. Rexford in 1880.  She was associated with him in teaching both at Bainbridge and at Delhi.  He is survived by his wife, sister Anna, and son, Dr. Gaylord W. Graves.  Prof. Graves' death was due to endocarditis which was diagnosed at New York in February.  At the outset the disease offered no hope, but its course was not rapid; and, for the most part, not attended by acute suffering.  During his illness his thoughts frequently reverted to his early life in Bainbridge.  Prof. Graves was one of the best known men in the educational work of this State.  He was especially competent and active.  While at the head of the Bainbridge High School and Delaware Academy he established a particularly high record as a teacher and principal.  His work attracted much attention and when succeeding to the position in the State Department of Education he greatly assisted in the advancement and progress of education.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 20, 1911]

Prof. Willis D. Graves

 

C.W. Hare, who came to the home of his daughter, May 6th, died Thursday, July 27th, at noon.  After a prayer at the house by Rev. R.M. Pascoe, Saturday at ten o'clock, the body was taken to Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], where the funeral service was held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon in the Methodist church.  Rev. J. Brundle of the Bennett Memorial church, Wilkesbarre, who accompanied the friends from Guilford to Harpursville, officiated.  The interment took place in the Harpursville cemetery.  Mr. Hare was born in 1843 and lived nearly all his life in Harpursville.  He was a member of the Methodist church for the last thirty years and served as class leader for seventeen years.  He occupied the position of postmaster for eight years, resigning on account of his ill health.  He suffered from Bright's disease for the last two years, and since Christmas has failed rapidly.  Besides his wife, Lucretia Hare, he is survived by his daughters, Mrs. W.O. Harper, of Guilford, Mrs. G.S. Simonson, of Guilford Center, Mrs. H.G. Horton, of Afton, Mrs. R.S. Boyce, of East Worcester, a son, James Hare, of Sidney and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Wakeman, of Harpursville.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 3, 1911]

 

Afton [Chenango Co. NY]:  Mrs. Ruby E. Avery Hill, wife of Marshall G. Hill died at her home in the Afton Inn Tuesday.  Mrs.  Hill was 79 and was born in Ararat, Pa., March 5, 1857.  She attended school at Afton Academy and later was primary teacher in the same school.  On Oct. 16, 1878, she was married to Marshall G. Hill of Afton.  She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Afton and of Cunahunta Chapter of the D.A.R.  She is survived by her husband, a sister, Mrs. Lodema Lee of Thompson, Pa., and three daughters, Miss Nan Hill of Afton, Mrs. Geo. R. Stratton of Oxford and Mrs. Belle Prime of Hartford, Conn.  The funeral will be from the home Friday at 2 p.m.  Burial in Afton Glenwood.  [Compiler note:  from tombstone transcription:  Ruby Avery Hill, 1857 - 1936]

 

Mrs. Delilah Ann Sheldon, 73 years old, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 11 o'clock Monday night at the home of her son, Earl D. Sheldon, 85 Mill street.  She is survived by her husband, Charles M. Sheldon; two sons, Roy F. Sheldon of Schenectady, and Earl D Sheldon; a brother, John Hawkins of Nineveh and two nephews, Bert Lord of Afton, and William Hawkins of Nineveh.  The body was removed to the funeral parlors of C.F. Prentice, 62 Carroll Street.  The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Baptist Church at Afton.   Rev. L.D. Huntable will officiate.  Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Afton.  [MHD notation:  Mar. 28, 1927]

 

Sadness and tears came to many hearts and eyes when the news reached Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY] last Wednesday that Mrs. Etta A. Robinson of Halstead [PA]. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.K. Shaw, of this place, was dead.  On Friday, all that was mortal, attended by many sympathizing friends from Hallstead, came with acts and words and tears of love to join with Afton friends in the last obsequies.  These loving hands bore her to Glenwood [Afton, NY], our silent city, and there amid tears, yet with something of joyfulness for they said "She is not dead, but sleepeth," they deposited the remains in the narrow house and covered the grave with beautiful flowers in token of their love for her.  Husband, children, father, mother, sister and hosts of other friends join in gratefulness for such tokens of love and friendship.  And loved friends shall meet the loved gone before if, as she did, they try to make the world more bright, and the Lord shall say unto the, "Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."  How could the hand that gave such charms blast them again?  Such thoughts came to some of family and friends afresh as we followed to the silent city the loved form of the dead last Friday, just as the sun in the brightness was descending toward the western hills.  Loving hands from  Hallstead bore her to her final resting place, and beautiful flowers and hearts full of sympathy shown in acts and words and tears said, "Oh, how we loved her!"  Father, mother, sister, husband and many other friends are ready with expressions of gratitude to all who so kindly ministered to even make cheerful the way to the narrow house, the house prepared for all living.  We think the questioning of angels would be the reverse of ours.  They would ask why the soul, fully prepared, should remain so long amid the sighs and tears of earth and drink so bitterly of this cup of sorrow when there was a glorious portion, an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, reserved in heaven for them.  "She is not dead, but sleepeth," and loved ones, living to make the world brighter and better, shall meet again where there is no more death and where no farewells are spoken for "They never say good bye in heaven."  --Rev. B.B. Carruth. [Compiler note:  From tombstone transcription:  Ettie A. Shaw Robinson, 1862-1896]

 

After an illness of three months, Mrs. D.C. Bresee died Thursday afternoon at the home of her son, C.J. Bresee, aged sixty-nine years.  She was a faithful member of the M.E. church and was loved and highly respected by all who knew her.  Just one year ago Mr. and Mrs. Bresee celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.  The deceased is survived by her husband and six children.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. C.B. Personeous officiating.  The interment was in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  [Compiler note:  from tombstone transcription:  Aurelia C. Jarvis, wife of D.C. Bresee, July 7, 1827 - Mar. 26, 1896]

 

 

 





Miscellaneous, Bainbridge Bachelors' Club, 1895

 

 Bainbridge Bachelors' Club

1895

 

The "Bachelors' Club" is one of the most important organizations in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The sorrow and pleasure it generates make it twice as significant, and twice as interesting, while joy and mirth reign supreme at the daily evening session.  While the proprietor of the store, who is not a bachelor, waits on his customers, and as the Havana aroma arises in graceful ascendancy amid the jocund and joke-filled atmosphere around the stove, the members of the club with chivalrous joy and social accomplishments meet together.  No officers predominate to rule the session for agreeableness flows and wit is crowned as a royal joy of the occasion.  Bachelors are Bradley J. Smith, the Achilles of Bachelors, Ike Yale, Saxa Newton, and his brother Al, Mr. Copley, for whom many a maiden has allowed her heart to swell in songs of sweetest composition, but whose refrain has been the old familiar "lovelorn" tune; Herb Ramsdell locates himself in the circle.  Mr. Copley is quiet but speaks a little sarcasm and from this it is uncertain whether he will be a member of the association after the elapse of the next three months.  Through Newton's jest, Smith's tales, Copley's jokes, Ramsdell's stillness and Yale's sarcasm, 7 o'clock gets around before anyone is aware, and then the club is ready to adjourn as Mr. Copley girds up his loins for a departure for a long walk out into the "country," then when he goes the rest take leave, wondering why he goes, and it is always discussed at the next meeting with blushes from the "pedestrian" members and the speculations why it is a fact that the sessions do not continue longer.

 

 



Marriages (September 7)

Cards have been received in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] this week announcing the marriage of Miss Jane Thurston Guild of Cortland, and Joseph E. Packard, of Binghamton, the ceremony taking pace at the bride's home, on Monday, February 22.  Mrs. Packard resided in Bainbridge some years ago with her uncle, Rev. James Robinson, now deceased, who was rector of St. Peter's parish for seven years.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 25, 1909]

 





Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]:  Miss Mildred Kershaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Kershaw of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] and Charles W. Champ were married Saturday noon in Christ Episcopal church of Sherburne by the Rev. John Woessner, rector.  The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Champ, also of Sherburne.  They were attended by Miss Maude Martin, Johnson City, and Edward Baylis of Cooperstown, a cousin of Mr. Champ.  Donald Ryan of Kingston and George Dennis of Sherburne were ushers.  A wedding luncheon at the home of the bride's parents followed the ceremony.  The bride is a graduate of Oneonta Normal school and a member of the Agonian sorority.  She is now a departmental teacher in the George F. Johnson school in Endicott. The bridegroom is an alumnus of Marietta College and a member of Nu Phi and Phi Kappa Delta.  He is connected with an electrical business sin Sherburne. 

 

Miss Vina E. Francisco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Francisco., 34 Lewis street, became the bride of Dudley H. Grow of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] Saturday.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. D.C. Flynn of St. Mary's church.  Miss Katherine Wasson of Afton was maid of honor and Wayne Marrow of Syracuse was best man.  Following the ceremony a reception at the home of the bride's parents was attended by the members of the family and a few friends.  French marigolds decorated the bride's table.  The bride is a graduate of the Afton High school, and Roosevelt School of Nursing in New York city.  Mr. Grow is a graduate of the Afton High school and of the New York State School of Forestry at Wanekens.  Mr. and Mrs. Grow left for Wanekens, where the former is foreman in COC camp No. 62.  [LMD notation:  1935]

Miss Grace Bunnell, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Bunnell, was united in wedlock to George L. Foote, Jr., at the home of the bride's parents in Brooklyn, Wednesday, 24th inst.  The ceremony as performed by Rev. G.G. Perrine, of this village, an old friend of the bride's family.  The bride's gown was of white satin trimmed with Duchesse lace.  The wedding was followed by a reception, after which Mr. and Mrs. Foote left on their wedding tour.  The presents were numerous and costly, including a fine piano, bric-a-brac, cut glass and silver ware.  Mr. Foote gave his bride an artistically designed dagger which was set with diamonds and emeralds.  Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Foote will reside at 157 Hancock street, Brooklyn.  [Notation:  Oct. 1894]

The summer residence of Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Bunnell in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], was the scene of a most brilliant social event, Wednesday evening, September 9th, the occasion being the marriage of their daughter, Maude, to Hiram S Whiting, of that place.  The ceremony as performed by the Rev. J.H. Lynch, of Christ Church, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of the bride and groom.  The house was beautifully decorated with golden rod and ferns, the work of the young lady friends of the bride, and especial pains had been taken to make the event one long to be remembered.  Soon after seven o'clock the guests began to arrive and at the hour appointed for tying the nuptial knot the parlors were well filled.  At eight o'clock the rendering of the Wedding March by St. Lawrence & Curtis' orchestra, of Norwich, announced the coming of the bridal party consisting of the officiating clergyman, the ushers, Mr. Frank C. Merchant, of Hancock, and Mr. Will W. Nash, of Guilford, followed by the best man, Mr. George L. Foote, of Brooklyn, the maid of honor Miss Grace A. Bunnell, sister of the bride, and the bride leaning on the arm of the groom.  They took their place beneath an arch of evergreens and ferns, where the impressive marriage service of the Episcopal Church was read.  The bride was gorgeously attired in a gown of white faille francaise and embroidered chiffon, en train, with pearl trimming and diamond ornaments, she wore a tulle veil, fastened with orange blossoms and carried a bouquet of "bride" roses.  The groom was in full dress.  Miss Grace Bunnell, the maid of honor, was dressed in cream silk, with turquoise and feather trimming, and carried a bouquet of marmot roses.  Following the ceremony the bride and groom received the congratulations and well wishes of the friends assembled, after which an elegant collation was served by caterer Lapham, of Utica.  The happy couple left the same evening for the Thousand Islands and other points of interest.  Many elegant and valuable presents show the high esteem in which the recipients are held.  The costumes of the ladies added greatly to the brilliancy of the scene.  Among them was a gown of delicate green, with pink brocade and silver trimming, en train with diamond ornaments, worn by the bride's mother; Mrs. Whiting, mother of the groom, wore a gray satin with black lace trimmings; Mrs. P.C. Whiting, white satin en train, Mrs. Hiram Cable, black lace; Miss Agness Bunnell, a dress of white cashmere; Miss Alice Hall, Nile green silk with silver trimming; Mrs. Walter Whipple, Lemon colored silk with pearl trimming and diamond ornaments; Mrs. Mary Hull, embroidered crepe de chene; Miss Ella Bradbury, Nile green tulle, Miss Callie Winsor, white silk with chiffon, Miss Wellie Bradbury, cream silk with ostrich feather trimming, Miss Eva Rowley, white cashmere and pink velvet; Mrs. R.M. Clark, light gray silk and red velvet, en train; Miss Lora Winsor, white cashmere.  Many of the gentlemen were in full dress.  After a brief wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Whiting will return to Guilford where they are to reside.  The bride is a most estimable young lady and the groom one of our rising young men, and they will be a valuable acquisition to our society....All will unite in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Whiting all the happiness that can possibly be crowded into life.  [Notation:  1891]

 

Obituaries (September 7)

Since our last issue another of Afton's [Chenango Co., NY] respected citizens has been called to that great beyond.  After only a few day's illness with pneumonia, Wm. Humphrey died at his home in this village Saturday night, at the age of 37 years.  His death was a great shock to many, as he had been sick for less than a week.  His funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from his late home, Rev. George Adams officiating.  Deceased was a member of Afton Hose Company and was well liked by everyone.  He was insured in the Chenango Mutual Relief for $500.  He leaves a wife and little son, a mother, several brothers and sisters.  The Enterprise extends sympathy to the bereaved family.  [Compiler note:  Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY:  W.H. Humphrey, 1859-1896]

 

Mrs. Sarah Ann Buck died at her home in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] Sunday, from chronic hepatitis.  The funeral was held Tuesday, Rev. Geo. Adams officiating.  Deceased was the mother of Mr. Fred Buck and Miss Nettie Buck, and was a lady honored and respected by all who knew her.  Her age was 62 years. 

 

Mrs. Milton Burdick of Black River Falls, Wis., died Aug. 17, aged 74 years.  She had been an invalid for the past 30 years.  Deceased was a sister of Chas. and Nathan Burlingame, of Afton, and Lewis Burlingame, of North Sanford.

 

Whitney Point [Broome Co., NY]:  The entire village is aroused over the pathetic circumstances connected with the death of 19 months old Harry Clark, whose body was discovered in the creek near his home.  Mrs. Ward Clark, mother of the drowned child, had recently come to this place and had taken up her residence near the old Parsons property.  She says that she was preparing her daughter for school when the baby crawled away from her and must have found its way to the creek and tumbled in.  She is prostrated with grief.

George Schermerhorn, a former Milford man, died recently in his room at the Hotel Arlington, Waukegan, Ill., following a brief illness of pneumonia.  Mr. Schemerhorn was nearly 90 years old and was Waukegan's oldest hotel keeper.  He was born in Milford, N.Y., April 6, 1828, and went to Chicago in 1889.  In 1891 he went to Waukegan and for a year conducted the Hotel Washburn.  He later took charge of the Hotel Arlington and conducted it until 1905, when he retired.  He is survived by one brother, Hiram Schemerhorn, of Oneonta and four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Johnson of Afton, N.Y.; Mrs. P.J. Peterson of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. S.E. Perlin and Mrs. Charles C. Armes of Waukegan.  The funeral services were held at Waukegan and the body will be brought to Afton, N.Y. for burial.  [Compiler note:  Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY:  George Schermerhorn, 1828-1918]

Mrs. Jane Harger, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly Friday afternoon of heart disease.  About an hour previous to her death she had washed a wagon, and as she was walking about the yard she fell dead.  She was 74 years of age.  The funeral was held Sunday, Funeral Director Emens having charge.  [Compiler note:  Buried Coventry Union Cemetery, Coventry, NY;  Jane, wife of W.L. Harger, 1822 - 1896]

Last Friday morning Mr. Samuel Jamison, a resident of the East Side [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], was found dead in his bed.  His wife made the discovery while the body was yet warm.  Heart trouble was the cause of his death  His age was 46 years.  The funeral was held Monday and the remains were taken to Greene for burial.  Funeral Director Emens having charge.

Mrs. Chas. Randall, who went to New York to have an operation performed for the removal of a tumor, died at the Flower hospital in that city last Friday  The remains were brought to Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on train No. 6, Saturday, and the funeral was held from the Universalist church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Geo. Adams officiating.  Calumet Tribe, I.O.R.M., of which Mr. Randall was a member, attended in a body and led the procession to the grave in Glenwood cemetery.  The bereaved husband has the sympathy of many friends in his affliction.  She was 46 years of age, and leaves no children.  [Compiler note:  Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY;  M.R. Seely wife of Charles H. Randall, Mar. 2, 1850 - Jan. 23, 1896]

The funeral services of Mrs. Louise Fleming Smith were held at her late residence on Merchant street, Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Thursday afternoon, Rev. W.B. Rogers, of Christ Church officiating.  Mrs. Smith had been in feeble health for some time but has rapidly failed during the past few weeks, and her death occurred Tuesday morning, February 16.  She was born in Butternuts, Otsego County, May 17, 1845, but most of her life has been spent in Guilford.  She was united in marriage to Rufus C. Smith in 1867.  Besides her husband she is survived by a sister, Mrs. A.R. Brown, of Binghamton, and a brother, Andrew Fleming, of Oxford.....[Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 25, 1909]

 

After a serious illness of several weeks, Mrs. John Lindgren on Tuesday afternoon March 9th, passed through the pearly gates into the "house of many mansions."  Mrs. Lindgren was born in Sweden in the year 1849 and emigrated to this country in 1871, settling in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  In the year 1873 she was united in marriage with John Lindgren and their entire married life has been spent in this vicinity.  Six children were born to them, Oscar of Adams, N .Y., Mrs. Anna Ecker of Wayland, N.Y., Mrs. Minnie Partridge of White Hall, N.Y., and Lewis, Alice and Leota of this place.  These together with the father mourn the loss of a kind, affectionate and tender wife and mother.  Mrs. Lindgren had been in poor health for several years, but six weeks ago her case became serious and medical aid, careful nursing, and the thoughtful, tender and loving care of her dear ones who kept near her by day and by night were of no avail, and she grew gradually weaker until the end came which was calm and peaceful as her life had been.  Deceased professed faith in Christ and became a member of the Baptist Church of this village twelve years ago and was a conscientious and consistent member until the last.  Although unable to attend the services of the church much for some time she showed her interest by constantly inquiring after its welfare.  The influence of her quiet Christian graces will continue to live in the hearts of those who knew her.

"Life's work well done,

Life's race well run,

Life's crown well won,

And now comes rest."

God was her Father, Christ her Redeemer, Heaven her Country and death an angel of peace and light to take her home.  Funeral services will be held at her late residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by her pastor Rev. H.T. Hill.  The bereaved husband, sons and daughters have the sincere sympathy of a host of friends.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 11, 1909]

 

Henry D. Brigham, aged 69 years, died from a shock, Wednesday morning, at his home at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  He was well known in Bainbridge, having lived here formerly and marrying his wife from this village, Miss Alice Leadbetter, daughter of Mrs. Celinda Leadbetter.  She died the past summer. Mr. Brigham was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the 114th Regiment, New York Volunteers.  He is survived by one son, George H. Brigham of Scranton,  one daughter, Mrs. Leslie Walton, and one sister, Mrs. Alvah Lyon of Bainbridge.  The funeral will be held form the home, Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock and burial will be made in Bainbridge, Saturday at 3:30 o'clock.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 11, 1909]

Miscellaneous, Griswold Steals $24.90

Steals $24.90

Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908

 



This morning Justice of the Peace Sebert Hollenbeck sentenced John Griswold of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to the Albany Penitentiary for ninety days and he was taken to that place by Deputy Sheriff Herkimer of Afton on the 10:57 a.m. train.  Griswold for the past month had been working for Chas. Stevens, who lives in the town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], as a farm hand and drew milk to the Bainbridge creamery.  One day last week Mr. Stevens left his milk check with Fred Fleming, bookkeeper at the creamery, to get cashed with the directions to send the money over to him by his man Griswold.  Saturday morning the money was given to Griswold, who, instead of returning to Stevens home, put the team in the Central hotel barn and skipped out with the cash, $24.90.  As soon as his flight was discovered a warrant was sworn out before Justice Beatman at Afton, and Griswold was captured at his home in Binghamton.  As the crime was committed in Bainbridge the proceedings were transferred to Justice Hollenbeck of this place.  Griswold plead guilty to the charge. 

Marriages (September 6)

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  A very pretty home wedding took place Wednesday evening, Dec. 25th, when Iva Lou Neff and Leon Yates Jones, of Delmar, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Neff.  The bridal party entered the parlor promptly at 8 o'clock to the strains of the wedding march played by Mrs. Lee C. Winsor, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. R.M. Pascoe of the M.E. Church under an arch of evergreens erected in front of the bay window.  From the center of the arch hung a white horse shoe, and the white gates of the arch, wound with evergreen and tied with white ribbon, were unfastened by Miss Lulu Neff, sister of the bride, who acted a bridesmaid, and Howard S Sherwood groomsman.  The other decorations were also very pleasing. A beautiful wedding bell of white was suspended from the center of the parlor ceiling, from which festoons of white extended to the sides and corners of the room, forming a graceful canopy.  In the other rooms Xmas decorations of evergreen and holly were used.  In the dining room the bride's table was trimmed with green and white, and from a wreath of evergreen secured to the ceiling over the center of the table, festoons of green and white were draped and a large four leaf clover was suspended.  The bride wore a handsome gown of blue silk and white lace, and carried a bouquet of white carnations and maidenhair ferns.  Mr. Jones was a resident of Guilford at one time, but now occupies a position in Albany.  The wedding gifts were numerous, consisting of a silver tea set, other silver, china, linen, a fine clock, bank bills, etc.  The wedding supper was served by caterer C. Toby of Bainbridge....The congratulations and good wishes of many friends are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Jones.[Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908]

 

At the home of Mrs. Mary Nichols, So. Main Street, Dec. 28, 1907, occurred the marriage of her daughter,, Grace, to Geo. H. Carr, the Rev. John A. Davis of Binghamton, performing the ceremony.  The happy couple left on the evening train with congratulations of many friends and a profuse throwing of rice, for Brooklyn, where Mr. Carr, a musician, will engage with Davis and Mills in their evangelistic work, beginning a series of meetings this week. ...[Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908]

 

The marriage of George Schermerhorn of Schenectady to Mrs. Sarah Updegrove of North Troy was solemnized New Year's evening at the home of Mrs. Updegrove's daughter, Mrs. Charles Teson, of North Troy.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Clark Simmons of the First Methodist church.  Mr. Schermerhorn is a retired business man of Schenectady.  Mr. and Mrs. Schermerhorn are guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Eben Gilbert of Pearl street.  The bride in early life lived in Bainbridge and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bennett who resided on South Main street.  Her father and family were strong supporters of the M.E. church here and were specially active during the Civil war in raising supplies from this section for the soldiers.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 9, 1908]

 

On Wednesday evening, Jan. 1st. Rev. And Mrs. H.S. Sizer and children attended the golden wedding anniversary of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.L. Rider, at Parish, N.Y.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rider, consisting of four sons and three daughters, were all present together with their families.  One of the sons had been married the day before in New Jersey and was present with his bride.  Among the after dinner speeches given we note one "To the Bride and Groom of Today," by Rev. H.S. Sizer, rector of St. Peter's church of this place.  In the Syracuse Post-Standard, which we receive at this office daily, a very interesting account was given of the wedding anniversary and a cut showing the pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Rider and their family.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 9, 1908]

Obituaries (September 6)

Extremely solemn and impressive funeral services were held on Friday afternoon of last week at 1:30 o'clock at the home of LaVerne C. Booth, Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], over the remains of his wife, Ida May Booth, who had died suddenly the Tuesday night before at the Faxton hospital, Utica, after an operation for tumor.  She was 37 years of age.  A large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Booth were in attendance at the funeral called thither by the deep and affectionate regard they had for the deceased and the afflicted husband.  Rev. Mr. Carnington of the Presbyterian church officiated and expressed in feeling terms the sorrow of not only the immediate relatives but of a large concourse of friends and acquaintances who had lost the companionship of a true and gentle spirit, whose earthly life was one of sunshine and cheer and who lived to make others happy.  The pastor followed with words of comfort and adjuration to live to meet the departed one in the heavenly sphere.  Mr. and Mrs. Booth had lived in Bainbridge for the past twelve years, ever since their marriage in 1895.  There were no children.  Mrs. Booth had become affiliated with the Presbyterian church and was always ready to assist in its ordinances and contribute to its aid.  Friends had contributed a profusion of flowers to rest upon the casket and the grave.  Burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  The singers were Daniel Banner, Eben Gilbert, William Darling and Geo. A. Ives.  The bearers were William Hartman, Raymond Husted, Lynn Brayman, Frank Oles, Milo Marble and Will McGinnis....[Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908]

 

The festivities of Christmas week were saddened by the funeral services of Mrs. Maria Burlison, an old resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], who died in Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY] Sunday morning, Dec. 22d, at the home of her son, Lester M. Burlison, after an illness of only a few hours.  The body was brought here Thursday morning and the services were held in the M.E. church at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. R.M. Pascoe.  Mrs. Burlison was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Miner and was born in the town of Guilford, Jan. 12, 1829.  About 60 years ago she was married to Hiram Burlison, and for forty years they occupied their farm a few miles below the village.  They then moved to the village, and a few years before the death of Mr. Burlison, which occurred June 21, 1902, celebrated their golden wedding at their home on the corner of Main and Mechanic streets.  Mrs. Burlison is survived by two sons, Erwin H. Burlison of Unadilla, and Lester M. Burlison of Edmeston, two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Randall of Moss Point, Miss., and Mrs. Harriet Anderson of Bainbridge, one brother Gerdon Miner of Smyrna and several grandchildren.  Frederick L. Burlison, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Burlison, died March 16, 1875.  The services were largely attended and the music was rendered by a quartette composed of Mrs. Ray Hall, Mrs. Pascoe, A.M. Turner and S.A. Reynolds.  Among the floral offerings was a beautiful pillow, bearing the word "mother".  The interment took place in Guilford cemetery and the bearers were Erwin H. Burlison and Lester M. Burlison, sons; Merritt E. Burlison and Howard Hutchinson, grandsons, and George Haynes and Ransom Herrick, nephews of the deceased.  For several years Mrs. Burlison has made her home in Unadilla and Edmeston, but she will be much missed in Guilford by a large circle of friends.  For many years she had been a faithful member of the M.E. church and was highly esteemed as a neighbor and friend.... [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2,  1908]

 

Rev. G.E. VanWoert was in Otego, Tuesday, in attendance at the funeral of Rev. W.L. Thorpe.  The presiding elder, Rev. Austin Griffin of the Oneonta district, conducted the services.  Mr. Thorpe's boyhood home was in Otego [Otsego Co., NY].  He was prominent in the ministry of the Wyoming conference for many years.  He had been married twice, his first wife being Miss Hattie Cole, sister of Mrs. Wallace Evans of Sidney.  He is survived by the second wife and two sons, Dr. J.L. Thorpe of Clyde, N.Y., and Ralph, a student in Wesleyan University, Connecticut.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908]

 

Erwin Ramsdell and son were in the town of Guilford, Tuesday, assisting at the funeral of Michael Frank, who died Sunday morning at five o'clock, of heart disease, aged 76 years.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.A. Carrington; burial in Yaleville cemetery [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY]. He is survived by one brother Anthony Frank.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 2, 1908]

 

Daniel N. Niles, who was struck by a train at Bainbridge three weeks ago and taken to the Fox Memorial hospital at Oneonta with a fractured leg and bad cuts on the head, died last Friday in the hospital.  His home was in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] and his remains were taken there and the funeral was held on Monday with interment at Edmeston  He is survived by a wife and three daughters.  [Bainbridge Republican, Ja. 2, 1908]

 

The remains of Mrs. Mary Landers, widow fo the late Thomas Landers, were brought here Thursday for burial.  Her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bullen accompanied them.  Mrs. Landers lived in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] many years and had many warm friends here.  Later years having business interests in New York, Mr. Landers removed with his family to Jersey City in 1876.  After the death of Mr. Landers and later her sister, Mrs. Abbie Emmons, and still later her son, Frank, she left her beautiful home and went to Chicago to reside with her daughter, Mrs. F. Bullen, spending the most of her summers in Afton with relatives and friends.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bullen.  The funeral was held from the home of her relatives, Mrs. and Mrs. M.B. Dutton, the Rev. Mr. Butler of Binghamton, officiating.  Interment in the East side cemetery [Afton, NY] where she was laid by the side of her husband.  Mr. and Mrs. Bullen left on the evening train for their home in Chicago.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 9, 1908]

 

Martha Maria Vann, the fourteenth wife of James Nicholas Vann of Mount Hope, Orange county, is dead, and was laid beside the thirteen other wives in the Vann family burial ground at Mount Hope.  James Nicholas Vann is one of the most remarkable characters in Orange Co.  He was born in Mount Hope township on April 22, 1807, and is therefore over 100 years old....He has been body servant to some of the most prominent men in Orange Co.  He has preached, doctored and studied law, but is now getting so feeble as to be hardly able to get around.  Many years ago his biography was published and had a large sale.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 9, 1908]

 

 

Marriages (September 5)

Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]:  A very pretty wedding occurred at the home of  Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Keith, on Avery street on Wednesday noon of last week, when their daughter, Miss Bessie G. Keith was united in marriage with Frances T. Macey, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by Rev. A.L. Shear of the Congregational church.  The wedding presents were numerous and valuable consisting of an elaborate service of solid silver, 20 dollar gold pieces, several checks of generous amounts, hand painted china, oil paintings, fine linen, etc.  The newly married pair who were to take the East bound train on the D.&H. road, as a precautionary measure to avoid the customary shower of rice quietly slipped away to Unadilla.  Their bridal tour is expected to cover places in Connecticut, Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Va.  Their future home will be in Binghamton.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 15, 1906]

 

Guilford [Chenango Co. NY]:  Friday evening of last week the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Garnier, niece of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Millard, of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], and Ernest Neff, of Guilford, occurred at the Millard home, the Rev. J.C. Russel officiating.  The bride was a former student at the Oneonta Normal.  She looked very pretty in her bridal dress of pearl colored chiffon tricot.  Choice refreshments were served.  Mrs. Neff received many costly presents.  Guilford will be the home of the young couple.  The groom is an esteemed business man of that place....[Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 22,1 906]

A very pretty home wedding occurred Sunday, February 5, at McClure, N.Y, when Miss Mildred Young, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Owen B. Young, became the bride of Ardeen T. Darling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Darling, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  The bride was gowned in blue silk crepe, with the rest of her attire matching.  She carried a beautiful bridal bouquet of lilies snap-dragons and peonies.  the groom was attired in the conventional blue.  Following the wedding ceremony, which occurred at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, a wedding dinner was served, with the table set for ten.  The guests were Dr. and Mrs. W.I. Andrews, and Mrs. Dexter Darling. The young couple will take up their residence at 29 River street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  Mr. and Mrs. Darling have many friends in Sidney and vicinity who unite in congratulations and best wishes.  Many of the students in our Guilford school also offer congratulations, as Mrs. Darling attended school here when Rev. Owen Young, her father, was the pastor of the M.E. Church here for two years.  Mr. Darling was a former Guilford boy, his parents having lived here for many years prior to locating in Sidney. They now have their summer home on Guilford Lake.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 16, 1933]

Obituaries (September 5)

After an illness of only ten days with pneumonia, Miss L. Maria Sperry died at 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday at her Main street home, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], at the age of 71 years, 21 days.  Previous to Monday of last week Miss Sperry had been in usual health, with the exception of a slight cold.  She then became worse and Dr. Clark was called, and toward the end of the week a nurse engaged; but despite constant attention her condition gradually grew worse until the end came quietly.  Her mind was clear most of the time to the last.  Miss Sperry was born in Sauquoit, Oneida county, daughter of the Rev. Lyman Sperry, who became presiding elder and well known Methodist minister.  Her mother was Amanda K. Robertson.  Besides Sauquoit they resided in Cooperstown, Oxford, Cazenovia and elsewhere before coming here nearly fifty years ago.  Upon retiring Mr. Sperry purchased a home in Unadilla.  Miss Sperry was educated at Cazenovia.  She taught in Unadilla, twenty years in Corning, and again many years, previous to about sixteen years ago, in Unadilla Academy, since which she has lived here quietly.  She possessed a fine education and had read generally wide and much, and was a lady of quiet, gently manner and many admirable qualities.  Of relatives nearer than cousins she is survived only by a brother, Watson Sperry, a journalist, now redising in Leipsic, Germany, and who was for several years the chief representative of the United States to Persia.  The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 P.M. from the house, conducted by the Rev. E.R.D. Briggs, burial in St. Matthew's church yard [Unadilla, NY]--Unadilla Times.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 8, 1906]

 

Henry A. Parsons, for many years connected with his brother, Rev. Willard Parsons in the Fresh Air fund charity of New York city, died January 14th at his home in Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] after several weeks' illness of heart trouble.  Mr. Parsons was 66 years of age.  His home was for many years in New London, Conn., but after the death of his wife he purchased a residence in his native town of Franklin and had since spent much of his leisure time there.  Mr. Parsons was well known in Bainbridge, where he visited nearly every summer in the interest of the Fresh Air fund.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 8, 1906]

 

Death claimed Rev. J.H. Turnbull, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], while he was teaching his Sunday school class on the afternoon of January 14th.  He had preached in the morning and remained for the Sunday school and was apparently as well as usual when he suddenly fell to the floor.  Physicians were called and he was treated at the church, where he died at 4:30 p.m.  Death was caused by apoplexy.  Mr. Turnbull was about 60 years of age and greatly beloved by the church and community.  He leaves a wife and five children.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 8, 1906]

Rev. Lyman E. Marvin, formerly a member of the old Oneida conference of the Methodist Episcopal church when this portion was a part thereof, and who was formerly pastor of churches in Otsego county and later presiding elder of the Otsego district of the Oneida conference, died on Monday last at his home in Minneapolis.  The body was brought to Maynard, near Utica, and interred there Thursday, Jan. 25.  Mr. Marvin was pastor in 1853 at Unadilla and Unadilla Center, in 1854 at Kings' Settlement, in 1867-8 at Westford, in 1859-60 at Exeter and 1868-9 at Springfield.  He was superannuated in 1881 and since has resided at Whitesboro, Chicago and Minneapolis.  He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Orsland, of Minneapolis.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 8, 1906]

Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]:  John Zieglow, a native Russian and an employee in the Carriage Works, died on Tuesday of last week, at the home of Samuel Harper on Gilbert street, where he was boarding.  He was about 30 years of age and as he had no relatives in this country the body wasplaced temporarily in the receiving vault in Prospect hill cemetery [Sidney, NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 15, 1906]

Mrs. Charles Sisson died at her home on High street, Monday morning, February 12, 1906.  Less than one year ago the deceased submitted to a surgical operation from which she never recovered.  Although fears of an ultimate recovery were entertained by her many friends from the first, tuberculosis gained supremacy, and for many weeks life had been a burden.  Mrs. Sisson became a Christian in early life and was ever found earnest and faithful to each call of Christian duty.  She is survived by a husband, and father, Marcus French of Georgetown, one brother, Charles French, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Eldred, both of this place.  The funeral was held on Wednesday of this week, at one o'clock from the Baptist church of which she was a member.  Rev. H.A. Waite officiating--Afton Correspondent  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 15, 1906]

Mrs. Mary Ann Maria Broad died from consumption, Monday, at her home in North Sanford [Broome Co., NY], aged 70 years.  The funeral is held today, Thursday, at the house and burial in the Olmstead cemetery, Rev. Frank Matterson, of North Sanford, officiating.  Mrs. Broad is survived by two daughters.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 15, 1906]

Emily Wood, wife of B.D.Wood, of Melondy Hill [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], died at her home, Friday evening of last week, of heart disease, aged 51 years.  Funeral was held at the house at 12 o'clock, at noon, Monday and burial was in the East side cemetery, Afton.  Rev. H.A. Waite officiating.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 15, 1906]

Hugh Crawford, an aged resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] died Saturday night at his home on the East Side.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon, Rev. B.B. Carruth officiating.  Burial at Bainbridge.  Deceased was 82 years of age.

Mrs. Dimis Crawford, widow of Mr. Hugh Crawford, who died January 18th, died at her home on the Eat Side, Saturday, just one week after the death of her husband.  The funeral was held Monday forenoon, and the remains taken to Bainbridge for burial.  Rev. B.B. Carruth officiated and the singing was rendered by a trio, consisting of Messrs. W.E. Hyde, W.H. Carr and C.J. Bresee.  She was 77 years of age.

Wm. S. Landers, a life-long resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of his son, Jas. H. Landers, Friday night last, aged 60 years.  For many years Mr. Landers had been a great sufferer from a disease of the hip, the result of rheumatism, and for over a year he had been growing worse.  The funeral was held Monday morning, and the remains interred in the East Side cemetery [Afton, NY].  He leaves a wife, and four children, Mr. Jas. Landers, of Afton, Mrs. Fred Grover, of South New Berlin, and two sons who reside at Addison.  [Compiler note:  William S. Landers, 1836 - 1896]

Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Carrington were in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] Saturday to attend the funeral of Rev. Henry Hallstead, grandfather of Mrs. Carrington.  Previous to his death, which occurred at the home of his son, H.J. Hallstead, Wednesday, he was the oldest veteran minister whose name appeared in the Wyoming Conference minutes, being in the 96th year of his age.  In 1826 Mr. Hallstead was admitted to this conference district, and during the 32 years of active work, he was at one time pastor on the Bainbridge circuit, then comprising Afton,.  About ten days before his death, he was overcome by a sense of dizziness while standing in a chair, and fell to the floor, the shock of which, it is thought, hastened his demise.  The funeral was held from the M.E. church at 11 a.m., Presiding Elder Crydenwise officiating, and the remains placed in the New Berlin vault.