Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]: At 11:30 on the night of Sunday, September 5th, 1920, Egbert G. Yale died at his home on Main street of tubercular meningitis, at the age of 46 years. The funeral was held at the residence on Wednesday, September 8th at 2:30. Rev. W.S. York of the Methodist church officiated. Burial in the cemetery at Yaleville, where the members of the Guilford Lodge of Odd Fellows laid their brother to rest. Mr. Yale is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maud Seabold Yale and by three daughters, Miss Mary Yale and Mrs. Orville Ogden of Wellsboro, Pa., and Miss Helen Yale. The mother, Mrs. Mary Yale and one brother, Frank Yale also survive. Egbert G. Yale was born at the family homestead in Yaleville August 30, 46 years ago and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Yale. He attended the Cooper district school and later went to school in Bainbridge. About twenty-five years ago he was married to Miss Maude Seabold the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seabold of Roots Corners and bought a home in Guilford village where he was a prominent and reliable citizen whose death leaves a blank in the life of the community which will be almost impossible to fill. Mr. Yale was the secretary of the Guilford Lodge of Odd Fellows, Commander of the Knights of Maccabees, a member of the school board, town assessor and a trustee of the Methodist church. [Bainbridge Republican, Dept. 16, 1920]
Monday, surgeons amputated the crushed leg of Andrew Reynolds at the Norwich Memorial Hospital in an effort to save his life, but in his already weakened condition Reynolds succumbed to the shock. One week ago last Sunday Mr. Reynolds was speeding down the North Norwich State road and is believed to have lost control of his motorcycle, which ran into the automobile of W.H. Brennan. The rider was thrown high into the air and fell a long distance from his machine on the hard roadbed. His left leg was shattered at the hip. He was brought to the Memorial Hospital where he lingered until the operation for the removal of his leg. He was 42 years old, and a resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], where he was well known and well liked. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Lee Stapleton of this city; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Reynolds of Chenango Forks; two brothers, Thomas of Oneonta and Rolland of Chenango Forks, and two sisters, Lena of Batavia and Elizabeth of Norwich--Binghamton Sun. [Bainbridge Republican, Sept. 16, 1920]
In memory of Evarene Coates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manley N. Coates, who died at the home of her parents on East Side on Wednesday September 8, 1920, aged 22 years. The funeral was held at the home Saturday September 11, at 2 o'clock Rev. Charles B. Allnatt officiating. Burial in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. She is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Manley N. Coates, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Banner, Mrs. Arthur Banner and Miss Florabelle Coates, one brother, Channing Coates, also two half sisters, Mrs. Dorr Gregory of Mt. Vision and Mrs. John Shaw of Albany. From earliest childhood Evarene had always been loved for her cheerful and happy disposition. Several years ago she united with the Baptist church and although she was unable to regularly attend services, she lived a beautiful life, trusting at all times in His promises, never murmuring about the pain but always ready to say, "Thy Will Be Done."
"Her Spirit was strengthened,
Her frame is at rest.
In that beautiful home,
The land of the Blest."
The body of Private Charles Curtis Beakes arrived in Utica [Oneida Co., NY] last week for reburial after interment in France. Private Beakes died October 9, 1918 in the base hospital at St. Nazarre from pneumonia-influenza during the epidemic. Charles Curtis Beakes, son of Chas. H. Beakes was born in New York, March 21, 1894. Early in life he lived in Sidney Center [Delaware Co., NY], where he attended the public school and the Sidney High school. He graduated from Cornell University in 1916 as a civil engineer and was employed by the Genesee Bridge Construction Company in Rochester at the time of his enlistment in the service. He joined the meteorological section of the Signal Corps in Rochester April 15, 1917. He married Emily Lewis, daughter of S.R. Lewis of Utica, August 21, 1918, and sailed for France, September 23. Less than a fortnight after his arrival overseas he succumbed to the epidemic which was ravaging the camps. He was a member of the Methodist church. He is survived by his wife, his father, a sister, Mrs. C.B. Dibble of Sidney Center. Taps were sounded and a volley fired at the grave at interment. [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 21, 1920]
Mr. A.A. Priest who passed away on October 5th, 1920 was a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for fifty years. He was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] almost eighty years ago where his father, Herman Priest lived, who came from Amsterdam, N.Y. Shortly after, his parents moved to Masonville where August Priest lived and grew up to manhood. He married in 1861, coming to Bainbridge a few years later, where he settled down and became one of the business men of the village. He was a brother of the late C.M. Priest, also the late Orrin Priest of Masonville. Another brother, who survives him is William Priest, also of Masonville. His sisters are Mrs. Chester Potter of Sidney, Mrs. Thomas Loomis of that place and Mrs. Allen Humphrey of Bainbridge. He is survived by his wife and one son Herbert E Priest. [Bainbridge Republican, Oct. 21, 1920]
A fatal accident occurred just before the noon hour Monday at the Clifton street railroad crossing in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], when a horse and wagon driven by John Skinner of Crookerville, a small hamlet across the river from Unadilla, was struck by the fast running D.&H. paycar, going west. The rig was demolished, Mr. Skinner being picked up in a dying condition by members of the train crew and carried into the nearby office of J.W. VanCott &Son Inc., where he lived but a few minutes. The horse, an aged and faithful animal which, years ago, had been the means of saving its master from drowning and was kept more from sentiment than otherwise, was instantly killed. Mr. Skinner was 74 years of age and had resided in that locality all his life, conducting a blacksmith shop in Crookerville for many years. He is survived by a widow and one daughter, Mrs. A.J. Fairbanks of Unadilla. Just prior to the accident Mr. Skinner had driven over the crossing to make a purchase at the VanCott & Son Inc. builders' supply house, and on the return trip, due to deafness, he must have failed to hear the jangle of the warning bell at the crossing or observed the fast approaching paycar train. The Clifton street crossing is a particularly bad one, the D.&H. having raised the tracks at this point several feet with the understanding with the village officials that the approaches would be paved with granite blocks. This has never been done, although the blocks have been stored close by for at least three years. Although the crossing is guarded with a gong, but few persons, now pay attention to it for the reason that if a train is standing still for an hour a quarter of a mile away, the gong keeps ringing. Safety to pedestrians and users of the highway makes a change in the warning desired. Many residents think a flagman should be constantly on duty at this crossing. [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 18, 1920]
Mr. Charles B. Taber of Whitman, Mass., answered Abraham Lincoln's first call for volunteers, in 1861. Mr. Taber was born of Quaker parentage Dec. 26, 1841, son of Jacob and Sarah Rackliff Taber at Vasselboro, Me., Although of Quaker parentage, and not of age, his people entered no objection when he left the Maine village of Unity to serve his country. Mr. Taber enlisted in 1861 at Portland, Me. in the First Maine Cavalry and the last year of the war entered the U.S. Navy service on the U.S.S. gun boat "Tioga." Mr. Taber was a descendent of Phillip Taber, who came to America in 1605, and of William Taber who in 1639, was a Representative at the First General Court at Plymouth. Mr. Taber was a member of the Fletcher-Webster Post 13, of Brockton, Mass. He leaves a widow and three sons, Mr. Charles J. Taber of Bainbridge, N.Y., Athol I. Taber of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Melburn E. Taber of Medford Mass. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Medford, Mass. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 16, 1920]
Homer Kentfield died at his home a short distance below this village Tuesday of last week aged 40 years. The funeral was held Thursday, Rev. Mr. Snyder of Wells Bridge and Rev. J. De Lancy Scoville officiating. Burial in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The Masons had charge of the services at the cemetery. Mr. Kentfield was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] and resided there and Trout Creek and East Masonville when he moved to Bainbridge where he purchased the Banks farm where he resided until his death. He married in February 1904, Elizabeth Matteson of Masonville who survives with four daughters, Frances, Myrtle, Kathryn and Velma, also his mother and two sisters. Mr. Kentfield was an up-to-date farmer, and an honest man. He was a member of the Masons and Odd Fellows, also secretary of the Farm and Co-operative Association of Bainbridge. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 23, 1920]
