Obituaries (April 14)

Emma Blenco Hutchinson, widow of the late Emmet Hutchinson, passed away at the home of her son, Howard Hutchinson, late Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24.  Death was due to old age.  Mrs. Hutchinson was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Jackson Blenco.  She was born Nov. 26, 1850 in Guilford, having reached the extreme age of 87 years.  Most of her married life has been spent in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  She was a kindly neighbor and an earnest worker in the M.E. Church as long as her health permitted.  She had enjoyed unusually good health, able to be about and call on her friends until within the last month.  Less than a month ago she attended the funeral for her only remaining sister, Mrs. Jane Burdick of Masonville.  The shock of her passing remained very close to Mrs. Hutchinson during her last days.  Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. William Reynolds of Mt. Vision; a son Howard Hutchinson at whose home she had lived for some time; a granddaughter, Mrs. Clare Fernald, of North Afton, and grandson, Jack Hutchinson, of Ithaca, N.Y.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Guilford M.E. Church.  The Rev. Z.T. Hall, a former pastor, now in Coventry, officiated, assisted by Rev. Leon Bouton of Oxford and the Rev. Wood of Guilford.  Burial was in Yaleville Cemetery [Guilford, NY].  Colwell Brothers in Bainbridge were in charge of the service.  Many beautiful floral pieces spoke of the lasting place Mrs. Hutchinson held in the hearts of her family and friends.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 3, 1938]

 

Funeral service was held Saturday afternoon for Wallace May, who died Feb. 23, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet in Norwich.  The service was held in Colwell Brothers' Chapel in this village with the Rev. George D. Callender, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Norwich, officiating.  Interment was made in St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery.  Mr. May was born May 27, 1846, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jabez May.  He spent most of his life in Bainbridge and as a young man was employed at the Newton Grist mill.  He retired to the farm in Guilford street in 1897.  Following the death of his wife, Mrs. Edna (Scott) May, in 1933, he sold the farm and has since resided at Mt. Upton and Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  He is survived by brother, Walter May of Okonogan, Wash.; a niece, Jennie Clifford of Auburn, Wash., and four cousins, Emma Beadeau of Sidney, Mrs. Frank Hamm of Woods Corners, Mrs. H.D. Pierce of Binghamton and Richard Curtis of Norwich.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 3, 1938]

 

Frank Haskell Bird, 45, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], brakeman for the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, was stricken at Randallsville shortly before noon on Saturday, while on duty.  He was brought to the hospital in Norwich, where he died at 6:20 p.m., death resulting from natural causes, according to the report of Coroner Leslie T. Kinney.  Mr. Bird was the son of the late Arthur Bird, of Sidney, publisher of the Sidney Record for 53 years, who in 1877 served as United States vice-consul at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  Mr. Bird had been employed for the past 25 years by the O.&W.  He served on patrol duty with the Navy during the world War.  He was a member of the Railroad Trainmen, the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.  He is survived by his wife, a step-mother, Mrs. Arthur Bird; a brother, Clarence E. Bird, now editor of the Sidney Record; a sister, Mrs. Charles Law of Sidney, and an aunt, Mrs. Charles Hoyt, of Endicott.  The funeral service was held at his late residence in Norwich, Tuesday afternoon, followed by interment in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News &  Republican, Mar. 3, 1938]

 

Aaron Hitchcock, 69, well known resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home in Bixby street, Thursday, after a short illness.  The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at the Chapel of Colwell Brothers, West Main street, The Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiated.  He was assisted by the Rev. M. DeForest Lowen, pastor of the First Baptist Church.  The body was placed in the receiving vault at Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY] for later interment.  Mr. Hitchcock was born in the town of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] on Nov. 30, 1868, the son of the late Daniel L. and Ellen (Colman) Hitchcock. As a young man, he learned the trade of butter and cheese making, an occupation he followed throughout his life with the exception of about five years, 1910-1915, when he owned and operated a farm in the Town of Oxford.  He came to Bainbridge in 1917 to work for the John Wildi Creamery Co. and until Nov.  1937, when failing health caused him to give up active work, he has been employed in local creameries.  He married Marry Emma Fredmore of Guilford, Dec. 25, 1895, who survives him.  Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Martin Roehlk, of Bainbridge; a son, Floyd Hitchcock of Bridgeport, Conn.; a sister, Mrs. Lewis Predmore of Arkport, and two brothers, Frank Hitchcock of Sherburne and Joseph Hitchcock of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 3, 1938]

 

An unexplained accident resulted in the death of George Clark, 66, Bainbridge street commissioner, Monday afternoon, while he was employed in covering the treacherous Mt. Pleasant highway with cinders.  Clark, who was alone at the time, was found with his head crushed between the dump truck body and the chassis.  From the tools which were found beneath the truck, it is thought that something had gone wrong with the hydraulic mechanism and, with the body in a tilted position, he had attempted to make some adjustment when it gave way and crushed him to death.  The accident was first discovered by LaVerne and Wells Stanton, Mt. Pleasant residents who were driving toward the village.  They came upon the truck parked in the center of the roadway, with the motor running.  Seeing Mr. Clark apparently at work at the side of the truck they waited a short time and then investigated further to find his head pinned beneath the truck body.  They hurriedly returned to the Payne residence, a short distance, and phoned Supervisor George Fisk.  Mayor Orson Thorpe was then notified.  With Minor Throop and Dr. Edward Danforth, local health officer, he went to the scene of the accident.  The body was released and later brought to the undertaking rooms of Colwell brothers.  Dr. Danforth stated that death must have been instantaneous.  Mr. Clark, who received the appointment of street commissioner three years ago, had previously been employed in construction work by Frank Lewis and Sons, Inc., local contractors.  He had been considered a very careful and efficient workman.  His knowledge of machinery and road building had made him a valuable employee of the village, village officials state.  Mr. Clark was born at Honesdale, Pa., on April 4, 1872, the son of James and Katherine (Lawrence) Clark.  When a young child, his parents moved to a farm below Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  On April 4, 1893, he married Mary Luther, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luther of Afton.  Upon their marriage they took up farming in that vicinity, an occupation he followed for about 27 years.  Then, the family took up residence in Afton village. Eight years ago, the Clark's moved to this village where they have since made their home.  The immediate survivors include Mrs. Clark and two daughters, Mrs. Harold Nicholson of Oneonta, and Mrs. l.F. Herr of Alcron, Ohio.  Funeral service will be held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Colwell Brothers' Chapel.  The Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate and interment will be made in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 10, 1938]

The funeral service for George Clark, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] village street commissioner who was killed March 7 when his head was crushed by a truck, was held Thursday afternoon in the Colwell Brothers' Chapel which was filled to capacity.  Flowers were banked high around the casket.  Bainbridge Odd Fellows attended in a body.  The bearers were village official, including:  Mayor Orson Thorpe; Homer D. Owens, clerk and attorney; Trustees James Ireland, George Flanigan and Arthur Clark, and Water Commissioner Herman C. Newell.  A business conference unavoidably prevented John A. Parsons, village trustee, from being present as one of the bearers.  The service was conducted by the Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  Interment was at Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Mar. 17, 1938]

Post Listing, April 7-13, 2014

Listing of postings for the week of April 7 - April 13, 2014

Marriages

Posted April 7, 2014

Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Searles (50th anniversary, 1936)

Alice Taylor - Carlton Wilcox (1936)

Elizabeth Dickerson - Earl S. Hollenbeck (1936)

Posted April 10, 2014
George N. Merrills - Prudence Cornwell (1847)
James Metcalf - Martha L. Hutchinson (1847)
Rev. Gardner M. Skinner - Catharine Knapp (1946)
Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Kern (1938)
Stanley Haynes - Mabel Loomis (1936)
Frank Lee - Esther Cormprost (1936)
Mr. & Mrs. Norris Gridley (50th anniversary, 1890)

Posted April 11, 2014
Theron Fisk - Dorothy Prindle (1938)
Florence L. Brown - Robert B. Wood (1938)
Mr. & Mrs. Will Bennett (50th anniversary, 1936)
Susan Bennett - Maurice Sherman (1936)

Posted April 12, 2014
Prof. George H. Kingsbury - Susie T. Oakley (1897)
Josephine M. Priest - George E. Whitman (1897)
Mrs. M.E.J. Perry - Truman K. Fuller (1898)
Gertrude Lee-Evans - Herbert E. Priest (1898)
Elizabeth Lewis - Fred D. Wilcox (1898)
Mrs. Aliph Taylor - James T. Burrows (1898)
Fred L. &Hattie (Ferris) Mead (50th anniversary, 1938)


 

Obituaries

Posted April 7, 2014

Ada B. (Hodge) Humiston (Oxford, 1936)

Adelbert L. Palmer (Bainbridge, 1936)

William W. Darlin (Bainbridge, 1936)

Nettie (Tyler) Hoyt (Oxford, Afton, Saranac Lake, 1936)

Isaac D. Richmond (Norwich, 1901)

James Burch (Yaleville, 1873)

Posted April 8, 2014
Jacob Kistahber (Quakerstown, PA, 1887)
Gordon Knowlton (Harpersville, Windsor, 1873)
Etta (Peck) Dunshee (Bainbridge, 1946)
Charles Marshall (Bainbridge, 1946)
Euphremia (Seeley) Marshall (Bainbridge, 1946)
Harriet S. Bailey (Port Huran MI, Guilford, 1847)
Dr. O.E. Noble (Dunkee, Oxford, Norwich, 1885)
Maria Baxter (Bainbridge, 1846)
Sally Northrup (Masonville, 1846)
Rev. Daniel Shepherd, A.M. (Delhi, 1846)

Posted April 9, 2014
Alice Barton (Guilford, 1938)
Frank Lewis (Afton, 1938)
Moses Wood (Norwich, Guilford, 1938)
William H. Perry (Sidney, 1938)
Ralph Woods (West Bainbridge, 1938)
Herbert G. Davis (Bainbridge, 1938)

Posted April 10, 2014
Dr. Alpha Raymond Morse (Oxford, 1936)
Laura Etta Turner (Oxford, 1936)
Silas G. Barnum (St. Petersburg FL, Bainbridge, 1936)
Mary Ann Bradley (Yaleville, 1936)
William H Sargeant (Oneonta, 1936)
Vernetta Redfield Sheperdson (Bainbridge, 1936)

Posted April 11, 2014
Wallace Fisk (Rogers Hollow, 1938)
Carrie E. Cook (Guilford, Bainbridge, 1938)
Charles Ingersoll (Owego, 1938)
Jane Burdick (Masonville, 1938)
George F. Blessing (Nineveh, 1938)

Posted April 12, 2014
M. Laura Gifford (Norwich, Oxford, 1938)
Caroline Markert (Guilford Center, 1938)
George E. Nichols (Afton, Bainbridge, 1938)
Edward Bullick Lawrence (Bainbridge, 1938)
James Hall (Utica, Guilford, 1938)
Dr. Charles Bassett (Sidney, 1938)
Coonrod Betts (Eaton, 1872)
Daughter of Coonrod Betts (Eaton, 1872)
Genie Tousley (Eaton, 1872)

Posted April 13, 2014
John B. Fry (Sidney, 1901)
Leroy B. Scott (Bainbridge, Binghamton, 1901)
Charles A. Myers (Bainbridge, Oneonta, 1901)
Martha L. Bates (Deposit, 1901)
Mrs. Ebben Gilbert (Hornellsville, Bainbridge, 1901)
Harriet A. Crasson (Bainbridge, 1901)
Susan Parthenia Edwards (Clinton IA, Windsor, 1901)
Harriet Lyons Cresser (Willets, CA, Binghamton, Bainbridge, 1938)
George B. Roberts (Greene, Bainbridge, 1938)


 

Miscellaneous

Posted April 7, 2014

Leaves From Local History, An Old Church Document, Call of Society Cilica to Mr. Joel Chapin, May 1798, Chenango Telegraph, Nov. 20, 1873.

 

Posted April 8, 2014

Murder of a Chenango County Man, Harvey Myers, Chenango Union, Apr. 9, 1874.

Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, John M. Gresham, compiler (J.M. Gresham Co., Chicago & Philadelphia, 1896) p73.

 

Posted April 9, 2014

Info About Bainbridge Dentists, Bainbridge Republican, January 12, 1898.

Posted April 10, 2014
Sale of Bainbridge Creamery Plant by C.C. Hovey to the Casein Company of America, Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Dec. 4, 1901.

Posted April 11, 2014
Miscellaneous happenings, 1898, Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 26 & Feb. 2, 1898.

Posted April 12, 2014
Century-Old Coach Attracts Much Attention on Village Streets, Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 3, 1938.

Posted April 13, 2014
Masons in Bainbridge Honor Duncan Copley, Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938.
Irene Shea elected Council President, Alfred Ag. & Tech College, ca 1962.

Irene Shea elected Council president

Bainbridge Girl Honored

Chenango County, New York

 

Irene Shea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Shea, 18 Kirby St. Bainbridge, has been elected president of the Women's Council at State University Agricultural and Technical institute at Alfred.  Here Miss Shea, a Medical Laboratory Technology major and a 1961 graduate of Bainbridge Central School, is congratulated by Alfred Tech president, Walter C. Hinkle at a recent ceremony.

 



Duncan Copley Honored, 1938

Masons in Bainbridge Honor Duncan Copley

Chenango County, New York

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 24, 1938

 

Duncan H. Copley was honored last Wednesday evening at the regular communication of Susquehanna Lodge, 167, F.&A.M. with presentation of the 50-year Masonic Service Medal, a distinction few in the state have received.  The presentation was made by R.W. Frank Ackerman, district deputy grand master of the Broome Chenango Masonic district.  Preceding the award, R.W. Hugh C. Collins gave the citation of Mr. Copley's connection with the lodge and also other interesting data of his life in Bainbridge.  Mr. Copley was initiated on March 2, 1887, passed to the degree of Fellowcraft March 16 and raised to the degree of Master Mason on April 25, all in 1887, and, at the time of the award he had completed 50 years, 8 months and 21 days of membership in Susquehanna Lodge.  Outside of lodge activities, Mr. Copley has always been interested in village affairs. In 1881, he became one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank and in December, 1897, was named to the board of directors.  In March, 1912, he was elected vice-president of the Bank, a position he still retains.  Mr. Copley's interest in local school matters brought him the election of membership to the board of trustees in 1909 with which he served for ten years, eight of them as president.  As a churchman, he has been a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church for many years and, with the exception of a short period of residence in Davenport, he has served continuously as vestryman since 1894.  On the night of the presentation, Mr. Copley was accompanied by his two sons, Donald and Leroy, of Norwich, and during the ceremonies he wore the Masonic apron with which he was presented at the time of his initiation.  Nearly all the bank directors were also present on this occasion.  Following this service, a program in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States was given with F.J. Casey, principal, as the principal speaker.  Readings were given by R.W. Hugh E. Collins and W. Harold M. Lord, members of the lodge.  A short address was made by R.W. Kirk Thompson, a past grand officer of the New York State Grand Lodge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938]

Obituaries (April 13)

John B. Fry, a former well-known and conspicuous citizen of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], died on Saturday, May 18th [1901], at the Old Men's Home, at Menands, near Albany [Albany Co., NY], aged 83 years.  His remains were brought the following Monday to Sidney for burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.  Mr. Fry was a brother of the late Wm. Fry and Mrs. Eveline Eggleston, of Sidney.  The deceased was a gentleman of the "old school," extremely bright intellectually witty, companionable, and a truly sympathetic friend.  He was well versed in political matters, having been in the whirl of politics in Washington for many years.  He was intimately associated with the renowned statesman Henry Clay, having been his private secretary for some time.  Mr. Fry in former years occasionally made trips to Bainbridge to visit an old acquaintance, Henry A. Clark, Esq.  The last few years of Mr. Fry's life were spent in that most delightful retreat, Menands, which is peaceful, and attractive, and an ideal spot in which to pass the closing years of life.  Mr. Alexander Moody, formerly of Bainbridge is now at Manands.

News was received in Bainbridge Monday morning with startling surprise announcing the death of Leroy H. Scott of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], who had died at his home on Sunday.  Mr. Scott met with a serious accident about a year ago in Newark, N.J.  His right hand and arm were so badly injured that he had since been obliged to give up his business which was that of traveling salesman.  His general health became impaired and Bright's disease became manifest which caused his death.  Mr. Scott was about 60 years of age and had passed the most of his life in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], removing with his family to Binghamton a number of years ago.  Prior to his removal Mr. Scott had been engaged in the marble business in this village in connection with A.L. Converse, deceased.  He severed his connection with the business after a time and became a traveling salesman and to make his home more central in the territory he traveled over he went to Binghamton to reside.  Mr. Scott was in feeble health last summer and spent several weeks in Bainbridge, enjoying meeting his old friends and hoping to be invigorated by the pure air of his old town.  Mr. Scott was united in marriage in 1870 to Miss Ella Bacon, an esteemed young lady of Bainbridge.  The wife survives with four children, Charles L., Howard H., Nellie B., and Sophie M. Scott.  The father of deceased, Horace Scott, was a well known and substantial citizen of Bainbridge.  His step-mother, Mrs. Lauretta Scott, resides in Bainbridge.  The funeral was held at the residence of the deceased, No. 12 Exchange street, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. D.N. Grummon, pastor of the Ross Memorial church, and a former pastor of Mr. Scott's in Bainbridge, officiating.  There were many beautiful floral tributes.  The burial was at Floral Park of the city, and after the Masonic order.  [Notation:  Feb. 2nd, 1901]

Charles A. Myers, a former marble dealer of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and father of Wm. Myers, of this village, died July 18 [1901] at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], aged 72 years.  Mr. Myers was a veteran of the civil war.  A wife, who was Mrs. Mary E. Clark, of Bainbridge, survives him with four sons and four daughters.

Martha L., wife of the Rev. W.L. Bates, pastor of the Baptist Church of this village [Deposit, Broome Co., NY], died at her home on Second street, on Monday evening last, aged thirty-eight years.  Mrs. Bates had been a long and patient sufferer and during her residence in Deposit was loved and honored by the entire community.  Mrs. Bates was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Electrus Pasko and was married to Rev. W.L. Bates in 1894 at her home is Oswego.  She is survived by her husband, her mother and father and two brothers, Rev. W.J. Pasko, of Syracuse.  The funeral services were held at the Baptist church in this village at 10:30 a.m. today.  Interment at Moravia. 

Mrs. Ebben Gilbert, who died at Hornellsville [Steuben Co., NY] last Wednesday was buried in the cemetery at Union Valley [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Saturday.  The remains were brought on the train reaching here at 3:18 in the afternoon.  Many friends of the deceased met the funeral party at the station.  Bearers were selected from the H.H. Beecher Post, members of the Grand Army.  Mrs. Gilbert died from the result of injuries received by a fall on the ice six weeks ago.  She was 62 years old.  Besides her husband, two daughters accompanied the remains, Mrs. True Dennis of Hornellsville and Mrs. Lewton Wray of Montgomery.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert came to Bainbridge to reside 28 years ago and lived here twenty years.  Eight years ago they moved to Hornellsville which had been their home ever since.  [Notation:  March 7, 1901]

In the New York Tribune of Saturday, appeared the announcement of the death of Mrs. Harriet A., widow of Ferdinand H. Crasson, which occurred on Friday at Patterson, N.J.  Mr. and Mrs. Crasson were former residents of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], residing with the late James B. Barlow on South Main street about twenty-five years ago.  Mr. Crasson was connected with a bank here, existing before the organization of the First National Bank.  [Notaiton:  May 15, 1901]

Susan Parthenia Edwards wife of L.P. Allen, died at Clinton, Iowa, on March 21 [1901].  The Clinton Daily Herald of 22nd inst., speaking of her death says:  "She was born in Windsor [Broome Co.] in the state of New York, and there she was married to L.P. Allen in the year 1861.  Seven years later she came with her husband to Clinton, where they have since made their home.  Her church relations have been with the Presbyterians; and for the church, its Sabbath school, its missions, its every good work, her helping hand was ever ready while strength permitted.  She was also interested in the associated charities of the city, and for a long time filled an important place on the managing board of Agatha hospital.  Among the first to take an active interest in literary matters in Clinton, she was, at the time of her death, an honorary member of two of its working clubs.  Mrs. Allen has been in failing health for several years, and only the most watchful and loving ministrations have kept her so long with us.  Deeply attached to her beautiful and happy home, she was never willing to leave its shelter for the uncertain comforts of health resorts.  About ten days ago alarming symptoms of heart trouble developed; but she rallied from the attack and seemed to improve steadily.  Yesterday morning she joined the family at breakfast as usual, and expressed herself as having slept well, and feeling much improved.  After luncheon as she lay upon the lounge reading a magazine, she fell into a gentle slumber, her daughters keeping out of the room to give her perfect quiet.  About half-past two o'clock Miss Allen went to her to find that, sleeping, with a smile upon her face she had passed away.  Her first-born child preceded her to the better land many years ago.  There remain to grieve for her, her husband, her two daughters, three sisters, Mrs. C.E. Wright, Mrs. E.A. Wadleigh and Miss Edwards, Mrs. Wright's two children and many friends.  The funeral will be held from the residence on fifth avenue at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon."

Word has been received here of the recent death of Mrs. Harriet Lyons Cresser, 65, at the home of her daughter in Willets, Calif., of heart disease.  Mrs. Cresser was a native of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and wife of the Rev. Harry Cresser, rector of St. Peter's Church in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] from 1896 to 1898.  Funeral services and burial took place at Red Bluff, Cal., where the Rev. and Mrs. Cresser had made their home.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938]

George Barnard Roberts, well known resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died shortly after noon Tuesday at his home.  While in failing health for some time, his condition had not been considered serious until about four days ago when a sudden change was noted.  From then until death, he had remained in a semi-conscious condition  Mr. Roberts was born in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on April 2, 1868, the son of the late George C. and Helen (Gray) Roberts.  He attended Greene High School and then learned the printing trade in the shop of the Chenango American, which in those days was conducted by his father and J.D. Dennison, under the firm name of Dennison and Roberts.  He became very adept at his trade and in 1906 was employed by Galpin & Snell, publishers of the Oxford Times, to set the type for a biography of prominent residents of that vicinity, called "The Annals of Oxford," a book of 568 pages, all of which he set by hand.  An autographed copy of this book was prized very highly by Mr. Roberts.  In 1908, he moved to Chenango Forks, where for about three years he was employed by William E. Ames, publisher of the Broome County Herald.  In 1910, he came to Bainbridge to work for the Bainbridge Republican.  He continued until 1932 when the paper was taken over by the Bainbridge News.  Mr. Roberts then opened a small job shop at his home where he worked until a short time preceding his death.  Known by nearly every person in town as just plain "George" including the youngsters on the street, he was an ardent follower of all sports and, during the years of 1924 to 1928, he successfully managed the Bainbridge Baseball Club.  As a young man he had played with the Greene baseball team and had never lost interest in the sport.  On September 18, 1903, he was married to Anna Prince, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Czar Prince of Bainbridge, who survives him.  Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. C.B. Cooley, and a brother, Wilkie C. Roberts, both of Chicago.  The funeral service will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel of Colwell brothers' West Main street.  The Rev. Sidney Heath, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church of this village, will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938]

 

Obituaries (April 12)

Miss M. Laura Gifford, teacher in Chenango Co. schools for more than 30 years, with 15 years' service in the schools of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Sunday morning, after a brief illness of pneumonia.  Born in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 18, 1880, she graduated from the Oxford Academy after which she taught in Oxford and Guilford before coming to Norwich.  At the time she was taken ill she was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, captain of John Harris Chapter of the D.A.R., and the Norwich Teachers Association.  Funeral services were held from Emmanuel Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the rector, Rev. S.S. Charters officiating.  Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford.  The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Holcomb, of Norwich, and Miss Bertha Gifford, of Oxford, one brother, Eugene Gifford, of Oxford. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 3, 1938]

 

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Caroline Markert, widow of the late John Markert, passed away at her home at Guilford Center, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, Jan. 30.  Death was due to cerebral apoplexy.  Mrs. Markert was born Sept. 21, 1852, at Fort Plains, the daughter of Catherine (Glanser) Beck and Conrad Beck.  Her parents were both born in Germany.  She has spent many years in the home, where she died.  Previous to her home there she lived with her husband in Guilford, his business being a blacksmith.  She was a kindly neighbor.  Although the last years of her life were spent much alone, her friends always rallied around her.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Schleeke, of Sidney, and Mrs. Vina Endter, of Syracuse, and three granddaughters, Mrs. Nellie Morse, Mrs. Anita Manning and Mrs. Florence Higgins, all of Syracuse  due to extreme ill health Mrs. Endter was unable to attend the final rites for her mother.  Services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Carr & Hare funeral chapel in Sidney, Rev. J.W. Bump officiating.  Committal in Sunset hill Cemetery, Guilford.  Beautiful floral tributes testified that Mrs. Markert had many friends to grieve her passing.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]

 

After a short illness George Nichols passed away at his home below the village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Thursday, February 3.  He was born in the town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] in April, 1857, on the original Nichols Homestead which had been settled by his great grandfather, James.  He lived at North Afton and was well known as a good farmer, Jersey breeder and had a very fine herd.  Married to Frances Pearce in January, 1879, who survives, five children were born to them.  Three are still surviving, Leo, who resides on the farm below the village, Aldyth, the wife of a Lutheran pastor in Atlantic, Iowa, and Eric, of Binghamton; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Mr. Nichols moved form the North Afton home to the present farm in Bainbridge in 1910.  A nervous breakdown impaired his health, and he retired from active work, but kept busy with lighter occupations.  He was known to all as a genial visitor, well read in all lines, a lover of his country, and much interested in genealogy.  He was very proud of the fact that his children could join many historical societies and that Charlemagne and William the conqueror were in the branches of the family tree.  Mr. Nichols will be missed by a large circle of acquaintances, but all will feel that he had lived a useful life and his work had been well done.  Funeral services were held in the Colwell brothers chapel Sunday afternoon, with Rev. G.N. Underwood officiating.  Burial was in the family plot in the North Afton cemetery, where members of the family have been buried for the last century and a half.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]

 

Edward B. Lawrence, died at his home on the Bainbridge-Sidney highway, last Wednesday, February 2, after an illness of about a year's duration.  The deceased was born in Devines Corners, Sullivan County on September 23, 1874, the son of Thomas and Florine Potter Lawrence.  He was married to Mabel Smith of Monticello, on April 8, 1908.  Moving to Bainbridge in 1913, Mr. Lawrence had been occupied with his farm north of the village until about three years ago, when poor health forced him to retire from active work.  Besides his wife, there survive two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Harry Anderson of Otego, Mrs. Leonard Hotaling of Liberty, Gilbert Lawrence of Liberty and Riley Lawrence of Devines Corners, and several nieces and nephews.  Private funeral services were held form the home Saturday, Feb. 5th with Rev. G.H. Orvis officiating.  The four nephews of the deceased were the bearers, Robert and Charles Anderson, and Delwin and John Lawrence.  Interment was made in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], with a prayer service at the grave.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]

 

James Hall, aged 67 years, died at his home on the Guilford-Oxford road early Monday morning, after a week's illness of pneumonia.  It was the third time that he had been afflicted with this disease.  Funeral services were held  Wednesday morning in St. .Joseph's  Church with  Rev.. Dennis  F. Lyons officiating, with burial in St. Agnes Cemetery Utica [Oneida Co., NY].  Mr. Hall was born in the town of Edwards, N.Y. April 22, 1869.  He was united in marriage to Helen McGarry, who together with four daughters and three sons survive.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 17, 1938]

 

Dr. Charles Bassett, 76, a resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 40 years, passed away at the Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, on February 19th, from pneumonia.  Dr. Bassett who had practiced dentistry in Sidney was well known in Bainbridge.  Funeral services were conducted at Sidney, Monday afternoon, followed by interment at Cobleskill.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 24, 1938]

 

On Saturday evening last, a distressing calamity occurred at Alderbrook, about 3 miles south of this village [Eaton, Madison Co., NY], by which three persons lost their lives.  On that evening a little after 6 o'clock, Mr. Coonrod Betts, foreman of the Alderbrook Woolen Factory, went out upon the factory pond in a small boat, for pleasure; but being hailed by his daughter, aged about 12 years, he ran ashore and took her into the boat and returned to the middle of the pond.  Soon after this Miss Genie Tousley, aged nearly 17 years, a beautiful girl, and only daughter of Edwin Tousley, expressed a wish to join the boating party, and was allowed to enter the boat.  After reaching the deepest water of the pond, one of the young ladies were seen to stand upright in the boat and in an instant afterwards fell overboard, capsizing the boat and carrying it beyond the reach of any of its recent occupants.  No help was at hand, and none of the drowning party could swim; but Mr. Betts was seen to struggle manfully for life, and appeared to be assisting one of the girls.  Soon, however all disappeared, and the bodies were not recovered until nearly three hours after the sad occurrence.  Mrs. Tousley was an eye-witness, from her door, of the capsizing of the boat; and although suffering untold anxiety, did not lose her presence of mind, and seemed to be the first to recommend a rational attempt to save the lives of the party.  but no means of reaching the party were at hand, and she was compelled to give up the child whom she loved better than her own life.  Mrs. Betts did not witness the terrible scene, but when informed of the loss of her husband and daughter, swooned, and on Monday morning (our last intelligence) had not returned to consciousness, and it was feared she could not survive the terrible shock.  The funeral of the victims of this lamentable calamity took place yesterday.  Mr. Betts was in his 39th year, and left two surviving children.  [Chenango Union, May 29, 1872]

 

Henry A. Clark's Coach Attracts Much Attention, 1938

Century-old Coach Attracts Much Attention on Village Streets

Former Conveyance of the late Hon. Henry A. Clark

Bainbridge News & Republican, February 3, 1938

 

The pages of time were turned back many chapters Saturday afternoon, January 29th, 1938, when ladies appeared on the village streets in quaint, old-fashioned costumes and a century-old coach picked its way through the motor congested business district.  The occasion for this return to the past was a tea give by the active members of the Recreation Club in honor of the charter members at the home of Mrs. Robert White.

 

The charter members made a sweet, old-fashioned picture in their gay ninety gowns and their quaint corsages which were presented to them at their entrance.  Members who were honored at this tea were Mrs. Elliott Danforth, Mrs. F.A. Demeree, Miss Betty Dunham, Mrs. Kenneth Eldred, Mrs. Leigh Evans, Mrs. Helene Landon, Mrs. Harrison Nelson, Miss Margaret Skinner and Miss Charlah Ireland.

 

During the afternoon, bridge and dominoes were played, Mrs. Otto Jensen being awarded high prize for bridge and Mrs. Wesson Packer high prize for dominoes.  At the close of the afternoon Miss Betty Dunham and Mrs. F.A. Demeree, second and third presidents of the Club, presided at the tea table which was prettily decorated for the occasion with flowers and candles.

 

The coach which was used as a conveyance for the costumed members Saturday, is estimated to be about a hundred years old.  It was used in the service of the Grand Central Hotel at Saratoga Springs in which the former Hon. Henry A. Clark of this village was then interested.  About sixty years ago it was driven to Bainbridge after which it was used by Mr. Clark's family. A fine pair of bay horses and a gold plated harness made it one of the most impressive equipage sin this locality.  George Aylesworth, former liveryman, also used the coach for special wedding and funeral purposes.  The interior, upholstered in brown satin, is still in a remarkable state of preservation.

 

Maurice Colwell and Harrison Nelson as driver and footman and escorted by Officer Coulter, called for the special guests.  Driver Nelson and Footman Colwell smoking their heavy stokers and seated with great dignity on the coach box, were dressed in attire suitable to the age of the coach.

 

Many local camera fans and even strangers driving through town, armed with both moving and box cameras, stopped their regular routine to get pictures of these century scenes.

 

Mrs. Haskell Moats was general chairman for the tea with Mrs. Lloyd Johnson as helping hostess. Assisting committees included, tables and prizes, Mrs. Millard Howland; refreshments, Mrs. S.E. Health, chairman, Mrs. Otto Jensen, Mrs. Wilbur Lee and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson.

 

 

 

 

 



Marriages (April 12)

The following account of the wedding of Prof. George H. Kingsbury, of this village, and Miss Susie T. Oakley, of New York, taken from one of the city papers, will be read with interest by the many friends of both parties in this vicinity:  "The Centenary M.E. Church, Washington avenue and 166th street was beautifully decorated and crowded to its utmost capacity on Wednesday evening, the 24th inst., when the pastor's daughter, Miss Susie Teresa Oakley and Prof. George H. Kingsbury were married.  Prof. P.L. Thomas, the organist of the church, presided at the organ.  The parties entered the church escorted by the ushers, Messrs. Henry S. Terrill, of Rahway, N .J., Benjamin B. Gilmour, John Fulton Jr., and William R. Hitchcock, of New York.  The ushers were followed by Master John G. Baragwanath, of Yonkers, the page, and Miss Margretta Martin, of Hartford, flower girl.  Then came the maid of honor, Miss Ida Augusta Oakley, sister of the bride.  She was dressed in a gown of light blue silk trimmed with chiffon, and she carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.  The groom was escorted to the altar by the best man, Prof. Guy H. Baskerville, of Cornwall on the Hudson.  The bride, in a gown of white satin on train and veil of tulle, was escorted to the altar by her father, the Rev. John G. Oakley, D.D., who performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. Bishop Edward G. Andrews, L.L.D.  Presiding Elder Elias S. Osbon, D.D., Rev. Dr. T.H. Baragwanath, brother-in-law, and Rev Charles S. Oakley, brother of the bride.  The happy couple stood beneath a beautiful floral bell from which at the close of the ceremony a shower of flowers fell upon the bride and groom.  There was a large reception at the Centenary parsonage on Washington avenue immediately after the marriage ceremony.  The bride and groom after a tour to Niagara and other places of interest will reside in Binghamton."  [Notation:  Nov. 1897]

 

Wednesday, Nov. 3d, 1897, at 5:00 p.m., occurred the marriage of Miss Josephine M. Priest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Priest, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Mr. Geo. E. Whitman of Morris, N.Y. [Otsego Co.], son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Whitman of Bainbridge.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.T. Barber, of Walton, a life long friend of the bride and groom, assisted by the pastor of the Bainbridge Baptist church, Rev. J.E. Vassar.  George R. Greene, principal of Morris High school, acted as best man, and Miss Arlie Marsh made a charming bridesmaid.  The ushers were Maurice B. Gilbert, Louis D. Lindgren, Sterling F. Higley and William H. Fletcher. and the music was furnished by Miss Minnie VanCott.  The bride wore a gown of white silk, trimmed with white passamenterie on chiffon, moiré ribbon and rhinestone ornaments, and carried a bunch of roses.  The bridesmaid wore a light blue silk dress, trimmed with white lace and moiré ribbon, and also carried a bunch of roses.  The groom was attired in conventional black.  After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Priest, where the congratulations and good wishes were extended.  At 7:47 o'clock the couple left for an extended western trip, including Chicago, and other cities, after which they will be at home in Morris.  Mrs. Whitman has always been a resident of Bainbridge and is a graduate of Bainbridge high school where she has also been a member of the faculty for the past four years.  Mr. Whitman was educated in the village school, is a prominent Mason and Red Man, and at present holds the position of cashier in the Morris National bank.  The Express joins in the congratulations and good wishes for their future happiness. 

 

Fuller-Perry:  At the home of the bride, in Deposit [Broome Co., NY], Monday evening, May 2nd, at 8:30 o'clock, Mrs. M.E.J. Perry and Mr. Truman K. Fuller, were united in marriage by the Rev. D. Kendall Smith.  The ceremony was very quiet, being witnessed by only a few of the most intimate friends of the bride.   They left on the mountain Express for Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], where they will reside.  Mr. Fuller is a prominent attorney of Syracuse.  While joining in hearty congratulations, we realize that the removal of Mrs. Perry from our midst means the loss of one of the brightest members of our church and social life, and commend her to the people of her new home with the trust that she will be prized there as here.   [about 1898]

Married, Thursday evening, Sept. 22d [1898], at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. and Mr. J.N. Lee, at Great Bend, Pa., Mrs. Gertrude Lee-Evans to Herbert E. Priest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Priest of Bainbridge.  After a short wedding tour they will reside in Bainbridge.  Congratulations are extended. 

The home of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Lewis, 22 St. James Place, Brooklyn, was the scene of a brilliant wedding on Thursday evening, Oct. 27 [1898].  The bride was their accomplished daughter, Miss Elizabeth Lewis, and the groom Mr. Fred D. Wilcox, of this place [Deposit, Broome Co., NY].  The officiating clergyman was Rev Dr. Nelson, pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian church.  The bride was attended by a maid of honor in the person of her sister, Miss Cornelia Lewis. The flower girl was Miss Evelyn Lewis, a niece of the bride.  The toilettes of the three ladies were exceedingly handsome, the bride's dress being of white satin, cut entraine, with trimming of duchess lace. The groom's best man was Rev. Dr. Liggett, of Deposit.  Upwards of 100 guests were present and among the number were parties from many prominent cities in the east and west.  The decorations were profuse, the prevailing colors being pink and white.  A reception and supper followed the ceremony; both were notable features of the event.  The gifts received by the bride were elaborate, many pieces of solid silver and gold-lined ware being especially noticeable for richness and elegant design.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox left on a night train for Washington.  Their wedding tour includes, besides that city, a few days sojourn in Philadelphia and Richmond, Va.  They reach Deposit, the last of the week and will find many friends ready to welcome and extend congratulations.  Mrs. Wilcox has been the guest of Deposit friends frequently during the past two years, and is quite well known in social circles.  Everybody in this section is acquainted with the groom.  Fred has been associated with the business interests of the town for several years, and all classes, from the enthusiastic small boy who watches him on the ball field, to the solid business man, will certainly congratulate him on the result of his recent "Match" game. 

At the home of the bride, on Main street, at eight o'clock last evening, in the presence of a few intimate friends and relatives, Mrs. Aliph Taylor and Mr. James T. Burrows were united in marriage by Rev. Dr. G.A. Liggett.  All Deposit congratulates.  [Notation:  Mar. 1898]

Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Mead, of Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], and Mt. Dora, Fla, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday, Jan. 25, with a picnic held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George I. Horton.  The weather being not suitable for an out-door event, the guests assembled in the Horton home, and the picnic dinner served indoors.  Before her marriage to Mr. Mead on Jan. 25, 1888, Mrs. Mead was Miss Hattie Ferris.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Mead were born in Guilford, were married there and have made their home there ever since coming to their Mt. Dora home in Sunset Court for the winter months.  The home folks at Guilford remember this occasion by sending flowers and messages of congratulations.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 10, 1938]

 

 

 

Marriages (April 11)

Fisk-Prindle:  Theron Fisk and Mrs. Dorothy Prindle were married Friday, Jan. 14, in Lanesboro, Pa.  They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Roger Elliott.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1938]

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Tuesday evening, Jan. 25, at 8:30 o'clock, a very pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Brown, of North Main street, when their daughter Florence l. Brown, became the bride of Robert B. Wood son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Wood, also of Afton.  To the strains of Lohengrin9*'s "Bridal Chorus," which was rendered by Mrs. Frederick G. Nichols, the wedding party took their place under an arch of evergreen and flowers where the ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frederick G. Nichols, pastor of the Afton Baptist Church.  Thelma B. Brown, sister of the bride, acted a bridesmaid and Gordon Wood, brother of the groom, as best man.  A wedding supper was served at the home of the bride's parents, after which the young couple left for Binghamton, where they will be at home after Feb. 1 at 113 Pennsylvania avenue.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 3, 1938]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Will Bennett, well known Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] residents, celebrated their Golden Wedding last Thursday, Feb. 20 [1936], at a dinner given in their honor at the home of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montgomery, Searles hill.  Incidentally, it was a celebration of Mrs. Montgomery's birthday.  Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have resided in Bainbridge practically all their lives, and have many friends here who extend congratulations and best wishes for many more years of happiness.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are enjoying the best of health.  At present they reside on Searles Hill where Mrs. Bennett continues to care for the home in her usual efficient manner, while Mr. Bennett is assisting his son-in-law in the woods. 

 

At a very pretty ceremony at Bradford, N.Y., Miss Susan Bennett, daughter of Mrs. Freeman Bennett, was united in marriage to Maurice I. Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sherman.  The rite was performed at the home of Rev. Lynn Crawford, Saturday evening, Sept. 12 [1936].  The couple was attended by the groom's parents  Mr. and Mrs. Sherman spent the weekend in Bradford and returned to Bainbridge Sunday evening, where they will make their home on the Bennett farm on the east side of this village.

Obituaries (April 11)

Rogers Hollow [Otsego Co., NY]:  Wallace Fisk passed away Sunday at 2:45 a.m. at his home from an illness of pneumonia.  Mr. Fisk was born Oct. 15, 1855, the son of Albert and Catherine (Cooper) Fisk.  He married Miss Nellie Harris, March 13, 1889 (who passed away Oct. 30, 1931).  To this union were born three children, Amy who died at 10 years of age; Albert, who died at 4 years of age, and Theron, who is the only surviving son, and to him goes deep sympathy.  Mr. Fisk is also survived by three granddaughters, and two nieces, Mrs. Henry Bedford, of Unadilla Centre, and Mrs. L. Sisson, of East Guilford.  Mr. Fisk lived in this vicinity most all of his life, being well liked, a good neighbor and friend.  He was a member of East Guilford Presbyterian Church, at one time superintendent of the Sunday School, also a deacon.  The funeral was held Tuesday at the same church.  Bearers were Thomas McLauglin, Amos Fisk, John Hendricks and Roger Elliott.  Burial in Rogers Hollow cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican,, Jan. 27, 1938]

 

Mrs. Carrie E. Cook, widow of the late George S. Cook, passed away January 17 at the home of her granddaughter in Binghamton.  Mrs. Cook was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], August 22, 1852, moving to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] fifty-three years ago where she has since resided.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Hugh E. Collins, of this village, a granddaughter, Mrs. Roland B. Andrews, of Binghamton, a grandson, Cameron C. Collins, of Rochester, and one great grandchild.  Services were held at her home on Bixby street, her rector, the Rev. Sidney E. Heath, officiating.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1938]

 

Charles A. Ingersoll, 71, passed away Thursday, Jan. 20, at his home in Owego [Tioga Co., NY].  Mr. Ingersoll was a native of Owego, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingersoll, Sr.  As a young man he came to Bainbridge and for several years was employed at the National Milk Sugar Plant, and also by Chas. W. Ireland as a lumberman.  On January 5, 1902, he was united in marriage with Grace L. Prince, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Czar Prince.  After residing in this village for some time, they took up farming, conducting the Master's farm at Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], where Mrs. Ingersoll died in the year 1917.  Later Mr. Ingersoll moved to Owego, where he has since made his home.  He is survived by a son, Charles E. Ingersoll, of Owego.  A daughter, Ruth L., died in Owego, Dec. 12, 1923, at the age of 11 years.  The funeral was held last Saturday afternoon in Owego, following which the body was brought to this village for interment in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1938]

Mrs. Jane Burdick, a life-long resident of Masonville [Delaware Co.,  NY], died very suddenly at her home Thursday, Jan. 20, at 12 o'clock.  She had been in failing health for some time.  Mrs. Burdick was born Sept. 4, 1864, and on Jan. 1st, 1885, she was united in marriage with Milton Burdick, who died on June 27, 1914.  Mrs. Burdick leaves to mourn her loss a son, Clarence, residing at home, one granddaughter, Mrs. Roy Knapp, and two great granddaughters; one sister, Mrs. Emily Hutchinson, of Guilford; also several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services were held from the Ramsdell funeral parlors Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. David Murray officiating.  Interment was made in the family plot in the Masonville Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1938]

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Emma Hutchinson received a message Thursday afternoon telling of the death of her only remaining sister, Mrs. Jane Burdick of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  Mrs. Burdick had been in failing health for a long time' her sight was entirely gone; and her hearing nearly gone.  Her death came at noon, sitting quietly in her chair.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 27, 1938]

Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]:  George F. Blessing who has lived here since 1899, died at the Bainbridge Hospital on Tuesday morning, Jan. 25, after a long illness.  He was 68 years of age and had many friends here who deeply regret his death.  He was a faithful member of the Nineveh Presbyterian church, also a member of the D.&H. Veterans' organization.  The funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The pall bearers were FW. Bunce, A.C. Fowler, Chas. Ruland, H.W. Murphy, Harold T. Davey and T.C. Orchard.  The honorary bearers were H.J. Davey, F.E. Grover, A.B. Young, Rome Estes and L.J. Collins.  Burial was in the Nineveh cemetery [Broome Co., NY].  Mr. Blessing is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Chas. H. Jasse, of Middletown, Conn., and Mrs. F.J. Bourgarde, of Binghamton, and several nieces and nephews.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 3, 1938]

Miscellaneous Happenings, 1898

Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 26, 1898

 

The census for the village of Bainbridge has been completed and the number of inhabitants are 1137.

 

Two sleigh loads of people went to West Bainbridge, Friday evening to surprise Marion Weeks.  There was dancing and music and a pleasant time every way.  Humphrey and Teachout's orchestra played.

 

Saturday was caucus day for both Republicans an democrats.  The nominations were made without any strife amid party lines.  the meeting of the Republicans was called to order by Geo. I. Skinner, chairman of the town committee. Prof. Crumb was elected chairman; Ralph W. Kirby, secretary; O.L. Crumb and Sebert Hollenbeck were chosen as tellers.  Charles C. Hovey was unanimously nominated for the office of supervisor to succeed himself.  Balloting was begun on town clerk for the candidates, Alvah Lyon and A.J. Newton, which resulted in the nomination of Mr. Newton.  Of the two candidates, Aaron Lathrop and Wm. D. Kirby, the latter was nominated for office of assessor.  The following officers were also nominated by acclamation:  Commisioner of highways, Chas. J. Norton; collector, Alton Clark; overseer of the poor, Eldredge Davis; Justice of the Peace, Geo. F. Williams; inspectors of election, 1st dist. Lyman Redfield, Geo. S. Cook; constables, Geo. Aylsworth, Arthur Newman, Robt. Banner, Jasper Post.

 

The Democratic electors met Saturday evening in Firemen's Hall and after organizing with H.W. Curtis, president; Abe Bevier, secretary, proceeded to nominate the following ticket:  For supervisor, Don A. Gilbert; town clerk, Elliot Truman; justice of peace, long term, Clark Butts; vacancy, Samuel Neff; commissioner of highways, Geo. Woodruff; overseer of poor, Chas. R. Briggs; assessor, Howard Bennett; collector, Maurice Gilbert; inspectors of election, 1st dist., Frank Payne, Herbert Ramsdell; 2nd dist. Homer Anderson, Leon Weller; constable, Dan Wells, H. Tupper, Frank Shaffer, Herbert Scott.

 

Master Clayton Wilcox, son of George R. Wilcox, while testing the joys of coasting on Juliand's hill Saturday, had his pleasure interrupted, by the unruliness of his sled, which tipped over, throwing him in the pathway of two sleds coming behind' they promptly ran over him, cutting a bad gash in his head.

 

Will Fletcher, son of John Fletcher, had the misfortune to have the good looks of his new cutter seriously impaired while driving down Pearl street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], recently.  In turning a sharp corner leading past Tinkham's Mill, the cutter was upset, the driver thrown out and on the horse sped, leading the cutter a damaging race.  the horse was caught near Chas. Phinney's blacksmith shop on South Main street. 

 

Bainbridge Republican, February 2, 1898

 

Chas. H. Clark, for the past four years editor of the Republican, successfully passed the examinations held at Albany for admission to the Bar as attorney and counselor and will take up the practice of law.

 

Harrison L. Beatty, who leaves tomorrow for New York in order to sail Saturday for the Mediterranean, royally and handsomely entertained his numerous friends last evening at his pleasant home.  Progressive pedro was the program of the entertainment.

 

Joe Hitchcock of the milk station took a surprise bath in the chilly waters of Roberts' Pond last Saturday afternoon.  He was walking upon the ice where men had been at work the day before and stepped upon a small mound of snow which had been thrown carelessly over a hole in the ice.  The snow had frozen but gave way with his weight and down he went.  He had no difficulty however in rescuing himself.

 

Sidney people have given up hoping that the Delaware Terminal Co. is to get money to pay its indebtedness and complete the road. As the result several business firms in Sidney will be crippled.  No money has arrived yet to pay off the employees and they have gone to their former homes.

 

Owing to the large quantity of gold in Alaska and the number of fortunes being made there, it is thought best to send a part of five or seven men from here and it is necessary to raise $5,000.  Therefore a public meeting is called for Wednesday evening, Feb. 9, at 7:30 in Firemen's Hall when the matter will be shown up and will be chance for a safe investment and a chance of making you all rich.

 



 



 



Obituaries (April 10)

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. Alpha Raymond Morse, prominent Chenango County physician and coroner, died Sunday night [Feb. 16, 1936] of a heart attack at the home of Leslie Bowers, who lives on the Oxford-Coventryville Road.  Dr. Morse had been making a call and was returning to his home at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] when he felt the attack.  Realizing his condition he stopped his auto and entered the Bowers home.  He had opened his medicine case and was preparing a hypodermic when he passed away.  Dr. Norman C. Lyster of Norwich was called, but Dr. Morse had succumbed before he arrived.  The deceased was born in Oxford on July 1, 1871, and after graduation from the Oxford Academy entered the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1904.  He had practiced his profession continuously at Oxford since that time with the exception of a brief interval when he moved to Eaton.  He had served the county for more than 20 years as coroner, and was elected to succeed himself on the Republican ticket at last Fall's election.  He served one term as president of the village of Oxford; was pensioner examiner for several years and from 1914 to 1928 served as physician at the County Welfare Home at Preston.  Dr. Morse was a member of the Oxford Lodge of Masons and Norwich Commandery.  He was the immediate past president of the New York State University of Maryland Alumni Association; a member of the Chenango County Medical Society and the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Society, also the Odd Fellows.  The funeral will be held from the Morse home on Main Street in Oxford on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  The survivors are the widow; one son, Dr. Carter R. Morse of Tupper Lake and one daughter, Mrs. Cecil Rogers of Hadley.

 

Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, April 21 [1936], occurred the death of Miss Laura Etta Turner after an illness of many weeks, at her home here.  Miss Turner was the daughter of Helen Ives and Nelson Turner and was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 14.  Perhaps no one in our community will be more greatly missed.  Very active in social and church affairs, it will be difficult to fill her place.  She has been a life-long member of the M.E. Church.  Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Gladys Johnson, and nephew, Lester Turner.  Services were held Saturday afternoon, April 25: prayer at the late home at 1:30, followed by services at the church she so dearly loved and served.  Rev. Leon Bouton officiated.  Beautiful floral tributes testified to the place Miss Turner held in the hearts of her family and friends. 

 

The body of Silas G. Barnum, who died in St. Petersburg, Fla. March 2 [1936], will be brought from the vault there for burial services in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on Friday, May 8th, at 2:30 p.m., and interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.  Mr. Barnum was born in the town of Union, Broome County, in 1846.  At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Union Army and saw active service during the Civil War as a pontoonbridge builder and also as an ambulance driver and private soldier.  He was proprietor of a store at North Sanford for some years and for a long time resided at Deposit, where he was successful in business.  He was for 16 years town clerk of the Town of Sanford (Deposit) and for 40 years was a Sunday school superintendent, first at North Sanford and later at the Deposit Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Barnum's first wife (Jane Gallup) died in 1919.  In 1922 he married Mary A. Sexmith, who for several years taught school in the Sanford area.  She survives  Deceased was the last survivor of Eggleston Post, No. 184, Grand Army of the Republic, of Deposit, an organization formerly composed of 167 Civil War veterans from Deposit and vicinity. 

 

Mrs. Mary Anna Bradley passed away Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Pearce, at Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  Mrs. Bradley was born in Germany, Sept., 1853, the daughter of Martin and Christine Toby.  Shortly after her birth, her parents came to this country, settling on a farm in Yaleville, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  In 1882 she married William Bradley and many years of their life was spent on a farm in our village.  In 1932 Mr. Bradley passed on and Mrs. Bradley has resided with her two daughters, Mrs. William Gardner, of Sherburne, and Mrs. Pearce, of Unadilla.  She also leaves two sons, Warren, of Binghamton, and Ira, of Guilford.  Services were held Friday afternoon at Colwell bros.' Chapel in Bainbridge.  Interment at the Yaleville Cemetery, Guilford.  Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma L. Strevell, of Port Dickinson, and Mrs. Martha H. Ireland, of Albany; a brother, Alvin R. Jones, of Albany; also several nieces and nephews.  [Notation:  May 5, 1936]

 

William H. Sargeant, an Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] resident, passed away Tuesday, April 28 [1936], in the Memorial Hospital, Albany, where he had been a patient for over than three weeks.  He had undergone two operations for a kidney ailment.  Mr. Sargeant was a member of the 306th infantry during the World War, and saw 15 months of service in France.  He was gassed and had never fully recovered.  Mr. Sargeant was a native of Morris [Otsego Co., NY], where he was born Oct. 3, 1893, the son of Ira and Minnie Sargeant.  He married Miss Esther Payne at Afton, Dec. 22, 1908.  She and a son, Edward, survive, as do his parents and three sisters, Mrs. Hayward Hutchinson, Mrs. Fred Gerow and Miss Hilda Sargeant, and two nephews, Stanley and Carl Hutchinson, all of this village.  Mr. Sargeant had been employed by the D.&H. Railroad as a car inspector and repairman for the past 14 years.  Eleven years ago he moved to Oneonta from Bainbridge, and had made his home there ever since.  He was a member of the Bainbridge Baptist Church and of the American legion.  Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Colwell brothers' chapel, and interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Military honors will be accorded by members of Oneonta and Bainbridge posts of the American legion. 

 

After many years illness Mrs. Vernetta Shepherdson passed away at Binghamton on April 26.  The remains were brought to this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Colwell's Chapel with the Rev. Jesse H. Dickerson, former pastor of the First Methodist church, of which Mrs. Shepherdson had been a life-long member, officiating, and interment was made in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  Mrs. Shepherdson was 63 years of age and was born in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman C. Redfield.  For many years she resided in this village, later removing to Johnson City, where in 1903 she was united in marriage with Joseph M. Shepherdson of that city.  Surviving is a sister, Mrs. H.G. Stoddard, of Burmingham, Ala., and three nephews, sons of the late Frank P. Redfield. 

Casein Co. Buys Bainbridge Creamery Plant, 1901

Sale of the Bainbridge Creamery Plant by

C.C. Hovey to the Casein Company of America

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Dec. 4, 1901

 

A large business deal has been in process of consummation for the past few days, whereby C.C. Hovey of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], will dispose of his entire milk interests in this town, South Coventry, and Sidney, to a syndicate of gentlemen who propose the further enlargement of the business in various ways. 

 

The representatives of this syndicate have in view making Bainbridge one of the largest centers for the reception and consumption of dairy products in this country.  The volume of business done by Mr. Hovey in the past year has amounted to $250,000 and if the syndicate carries out the plans laid, the new proprietors will do a business immensely beyond that, benefiting Bainbridge and the surround territory to a degree beyond calculation.

 

Mr. Hovey started in the creamery business sin Bainbridge thirteen years ago, and in that time several factories have opened up and then gone down, leaving a depression that has been unfavorable to the prosperity of the village.  But the creamery plant has been thriving all these years, beginning in a modest way, and enlarging each year, absorbing more milk products, hiring more men who are promptly paid, no adverse conditions externally interrupting its prosperous career.  Its location on East Main street has been, since the inception of the plant, a center of constant activity day and night owning to the ceaseless push and energy of its chief, Mr.  Hovey.

 

When Mr. Hovey closes his connection with the Bainbridge creamery, he has other valuable interests that will demand his attention, among them being the development of an oil property in Pennsylvania.  He will undoubtedly retain his residence in Bainbridge.

 

Mr. Hovey represented his town on the board of supervisors three years, and is well known throughout the county for his great business capacity, honest and upright dealing, and his generous and kindly treatment of those who were in his employ, always paying the highest wages consistent with good management.  It is not stated what the terms of the sale are, but it is understood that the amount paid was in cash and will provide the retiring owner with a handsome fortune.  Hon George W. Ray of this village [Norwich, NY], was attorney for Mr. Hovey in negotiating the transfer. 

Marriages (April 10)

Married:  At the house of Mr. Samuel Cornwell, in this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult.  by the Rev. Lewis Robinson, Mr. George N. Merrills to Miss Prudence Cornwell, both of this town.  [American Freeman, Bainbridge, NY, Jan. 7, 1847]

 

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by the Rev. Nehemiah Cobb, Mr. James Metcalf to Miss Martha L. Hutchinson, both of Unadilla.  [American Freeman, Bainbridge, NY, Jan. 7, 1847]

Married, On the 25th ult., in New Berlin, Chenango Co., by the Rev. A. Hull, Rev. Gardner M. Skinner, of the Diocese of Kentucky, to Miss Catharine Knapp, of the former place.  [American Freeman, Bainbridge, NY, Sept. 17, 1846]

Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kern arrived in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday and took up their residence in the A.H. Spring residence.  Their wedding was one of the holiday events, taking place at Pottsville, Pa.  Congratulations are extended to them.  Mr. Kern is instructor of music in our schools.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 6, 1938]

Word has been received of the marriage on New Year's Day of Stanley Haynes and Miss Mabel Loomis of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  {1936]

Frank Lee and Esther Cormprost of this place were married Friday evening Jan. 10.  They will reside at Afton [Chenango Co., NY]  [1936]

About forty invited guests assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Norris Gridley, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], who celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, October 21st, 1890.  It was an occasion of great joy and gladness, and after partaking of the bountiful things provided for the guests, the rest of the time was spent in social chat, speech and song.  Rev. J.L. Jones, the pastor of the church of which Mr. and Mrs. Gridley are honored members, spoke of some of the changes of the past, and that history often repeats itself. In 1840 General Harrison was elected President of the United States, and General Harrison is now President.  Then, the cry was throughout the country "hard times;"  it is the same now.  "It is the same old world, with the same old crimes."  When Mr. and Mrs. Gridley were married October 21st, 1840, there were no railroads, yet they went on their wedding trip, as young married people do now.  They were to return in time for Mr. Gridley to vote for General Harrison, but he arrived at the polls about three minutes too late.  He was told that the sun had gone down, and he had to wait forty-eight years before he was permitted to vote for General Harrison.  It is estimated that the United States are twenty times richer than they were fifty years ago, and Mr. and Mrs. Gridley have kept pace with the country in this respect. They also are twenty times richer than they were fifty years ago.  If any doubted this statement they were pointed to the goodly number of sons and daughters and grandchildren who were present.  Mr. Kinyon Terry was called on for a speech.  He has attended five golden weddings, and let us modestly suggest to Mr. and Mrs. Terry, when they celebrate their golden wedding, they ought to provide at least for five hundred guests.  Mr. Terry spoke of the wonderful changes which have taken place during the last fifty years, and congratulated Mr. and Mrs. Gridley that they were permitted to look back, through all the changes, upon fifty years of happy married life.  Then the pastor led in a prayer of thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father for his kind providential dealings toward the aged, happy couple, surrounded with all the comforts of life, with loving children and grandchildren to call them blessed, after which the Doxology was sung, "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow."  Many valuable and useful gifts were presented, and plenty of good wishes, to cheer the aged pilgrims on their way home, and help to make their last days on earth their best days.  [Chenango Union, Oct. 30, 1890]

 

BCHS Class of 1934, Part 6

Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1934

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1934

 

 

Walter Roider

"Talkative"

He's manager of many teams,

And quite studious he seems.

Talking is his chief delight,

He's best at that when in a fight.

 

Mina Seeley

"Domestic"

Mina is the quiet type,

Who does her work with all her might.

 

Joyce Showalter

"Loquacious"

Full of pep and witty remarks

Fond of fun and ready for larks.

Great as a teacher of little folk.

And in public-speaking she's no joke.

 

Harriet Sipple

"Daintiness"

Harriet is a pretty girl

Full of pep and glee.

In a dramatic club play,

Oh, she's the one to see.

 

Dorothy Stanton

"Low-voice"

Goodnatured, but stubborn at times;

Liking, and liked by, all kinds.

Generous and happy-go-lucky is she.

May her nature light-hearted ever be.

 

Dorothy Taft

"Vivacity"

Our Dorothy is a clever girl,

Who may go far with her little curl.

 

Joseph Throop

"Big-shot"

"Joe" is a very busy man,

Where work is, he always on hand.

A good scholar, and athlete as well,

His abilities are not so hard to tell.



Info About Bainbridge Dentists, 1898

Bainbridge Dentists

Bainbridge Republican, January 12, 1898

 

An article appeared in the Republican of three weeks since in regard to Dr. O.S. Hill, dentist in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and his four sons who were reared in Bainbridge, and who, as each grew to manhood chose the dental profession.  This is an unusual record for one family, but there is an interesting history connected with the long line of honorable practitioners of dentistry in Bainbridge.

 

In 1818 the first dental office was opened in town by Dr. Richard Griswold.  He came here as a young man of 22 years of age and took up a field of work which hitherto had been a sealed book to small places.  Dr. Griswold commanded speedily a wide patronage which he held until old age weakened his hand.

 

Dr. Griswold was called a goldsmith and silversmith as well as a dentist, and was very ingenious in that line.  He made for many years the marriage rings used by bridal couples in this vicinity, and converted silver coin into spoons of beautiful designs for wedding presents.

 

There are people living in Bainbridge today (1898) who can exhibit teeth filled by Dr. Griswold, and under the old process, that are in excellent condition.  The plates made by him until the latter part of his practice were of gold or silver.

 

 

 

 



Obituaries (April 9)

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Alice Barton, wife of Leroy Barton, passed away Friday Dec. 24, at her home on East Hill, aged 50 years.  Burial at Bainbridge on Monday.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 6, 1938]

 

Frank Lewis, 78, senior member of the contracting firm of Frank Lewis & Sons, Incorporated, passed away at his Afton [Chenango Co., NY] residence last Friday night following a long illness.  Mr. Lewis was well known throughout Central New York and the Southern Tier where he had handled many of the larger construction projects.  Mr. Lewis was born in Summersetshive County, England, on June 30, 1859 and it was there that he learned his trade of a stone mason.  In 1882 he came to this country to make his home taking up his residence at Shenandoah, Pa., where he lived for about four years, then moving to Scranton.  During that time he was employed as a mason in the coal mines.  In 1887 he moved to Greene, N.Y., where he resided for about a year and during his residence there erected the stone Episcopal Church.  He then returned to Scranton for a short time following which in 1888 he moved to Harpursville.  At that time he entered the employ of the Owego Bridge Company for whom he had charge of masonry construction of a number of large bridges in the Southern Tier, one of which was the bridge in Bainbridge which spans the Susquehanna river, continuing in their employ until 1907 when he formed a partnership with his sons, known as Frank Lewis & Sons.  In 1927 the firm opened the Bainbridge office with the son, Francis Lewis in charge and Fred Lewis in charge of outside activities.  In 1929 the firm was reorganized and has since been known as Frank Lewis & Sons, Incorporated.  Since the firm was first organized it has been widely known throughout the state in its activities in bridge building, road construction and other contracting work.  Mr. Lewis continued active in the work of the firm until about five years ago, when he retired and since then has spent the winter months at his place in Brownsville, Texas, and the summer season at his home in Afton, where he has lived for the past 22 years.  He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Clarance Hulbert, of Afton, Mrs. Gilbert Demeree, of Harpursville, and Mrs. Harry English, of Sidney; three sons, Francis Lewis and Thomas Lewis, of Bainbridge, and Fred Lewis, of Afton; also 19 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.  He was a communicant of St. Ann's Episcopal Church and former member of the vestry, and also the Afton Masonic Lodge.  The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with a prayer service at the home followed by service in St. Ann's Church with Rev. Sidney Heath, rector, officiating.  Interment was made at Nineveh with R.W. Clarance Eldred in charge of the Masonic burial service which was followed by the regular Episcopal committal service.  The bearers were six of the grandsons--Will and Randolph Lewis, Arthur and Richard Demeree and Kermit and Richard Lewis.  The funeral was largely attended with many of his past business associates from all parts of the State, present, attesting to the high regard in which he was held during his long business career.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 13, 1938]

 

Moses Wood, aged 38, died of a fractured skull at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Tuesday night, Jan. 11.  While in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] he made his home with Morris Curtis.  Mr. Wood for years made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hinman, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  He leaves two sisters, one residing in Guilford and one in Poughkeepsie, and a father in Pennsylvania.  Services were held Sunday afternoon from Colwell's Funeral Chapel in Bainbridge, Rev. J.W. Bump, of Guilford, officiating.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 20, 1938]

 

Roger's Hollow [Otsego Co., NY]:  Lynn H. Dibble passed away at his home Saturday, Jan. 8, from a long illness.  He was a son of Martin and Augusta (Lown) Dibble and was born in this community Mar. 6, 1899.  Mr. Dibble married Miss Lillian DeForest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clark DeForest of Unadilla, Feb. 20, 1922.  in his younger life Mr. Dibble had spent four years in the west, the rest of his years he spent in this vicinity; he was a member of the Unadilla Grange.  Mr. Dibble is survived by his wife, Lillian Dibble, a sister, Mrs. Minnie Whitemarsh, of Binghamton, and a brother, Harold Dibble, of Rochester.  Deep sympathy is given them.  The funeral was held Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the house, and was largely attended.  Rev. R.E. Gibby, pastor of the Unadilla Centre M.E. Church of which Mr. Dibble was a member officiated.  He also sang "In the Garden" accompanied by the harp, which he played.  The flowers were many and beautiful.  The bearers were Claude Chapin, John Hendricks, Fred Haynes, Jack Ryan, Addison DeForest and Thomas McLaughlin.  Burial in Sidney Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 20, 1938]

 

William H. Perry, 65, former mayor of the village of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], and for many years agent for the Railway Express Company, died at his home Monday noon from a heart attack shortly after shoveling the snow off his sidewalk.  Mr. Perry began his service in the express business at Cooperstown where he was employed by the old National express Company.  Later he was transferred to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and then to Sidney.  He served for some time as route agent in charge of this territory and then about eighteen years ago took over the duties of agent at the Sidney office.  Mr. Perry served three terms as mayor of the village of Sidney, being succeeded by William W. Bates on April 1st, 1937.  He had served as Master of Sidney Lodge, F. and A.M. during three terms, and was District Deputy of the Delaware-Sullivan district during 1929.  He was also a past high priest of the Unadilla Chapter of Royal Arch Masons.  He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Mary Perry, of Cooperstown, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Collins, of Oneonta.  Masonic services were held at the home Wednesday evening, and the funeral services will be held this afternoon at his home at 2 o'clock.  Rev. William E. Elwood, pastor of the Methodist Church, will officiate followed by interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 20, 1938]

 

The funeral of Ralph Woods, who died in the Chenango Memorial Hospital Norwich, on January 14th as the result of injuries received from an unknown cause, was held in this village Sunday afternoon at Colwell Brothers' Chapel in West Main street.  Rev. Bump of Guilford, officiated, following which the remains were placed in the Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] receiving vault for later interment in West Bainbridge.  Mr. Woods was the son of Isaac and Mattie Shapley Woods, and was born in the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on Aug. 7, 1898.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 20, 1938]

 

Herbert G Davis, aged resident of this village, passed away at his home in Pearl street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], January 11th, death resulting from pneumonia.  Mr. Davis was born in the Town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on May 17, 1859, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis.  He was twice married, his first wife, Sarah J. passing away in 1914.  In 1928 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Hattie Giessman, who now survives.  Mr. Davis had resided in this vicinity for more than forty years, where during his younger days he had been employed in lumbering.  Surviving, besides his wife, are several nephews and nieces.  The funeral service was held Saturday afternoon at the Chapel of Colwell brothers in West Main street, Rev. George Underwood, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, officiated and interment was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 20, 1938]