Monday, October 6, 2014

Soldier News continued

Sgt. Joseph Kilb Missing in Action
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943

Twenty-three year old Joseph James Kilb, a sergeant in the U.S. Army and son of Mrs. Anna M. Kilb, of Endicott, is reported missing in action in the European battle area.  A former Endicott-Johnson employee, Sergeant Kilb was stationed as a tail gunner in England.  He is one of 177 United States soldiers listed as missing in that war theater.
 
Pvt. George Lazarek Dies in Japanese Prison
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 15, 1943
 
Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines early last year, Pvt. George Lazarek, 24, of the U.S. Marines, died recently in a prison camp, according to notice from Washington to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lazarek, of Binghamton.  A graduate of the Binghamton Central High School, the youth enlisted in the Marines about three years ago, and was sent to the Philippines just before we entered the war.  His last communication to his parents was a Christmas telegram after Pearl Harbor, in which he said he was well and the Marines were "doing all right."  He was reported missing in action in June, 1942, after the fall of Corregidor.  Details of his burial were not learned.  Besides his parents, Private Lazarek is survived by a brother, Stephen, who is with the Coast Guard, and a sister, Mrs. John Klein, of Binghamton.
 
Cpl. Paul Risedorph Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan 17, 1946
 
Cpl. Paul Risedorph, of the 79th Division, 3rd Army, arrived home Dec. 25 after serving 22 months in the European Theatre.  He received his discharge at Fort Dix, N.J., Dec. 24.  He holds the African-Middle Eastern-European Ribbon with five stars, Presidential Unit Citation, Conduct Ribbon, American Service Ribbon, and the Victory Medal.
 
T/3 Charles Dix Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1943
 
T/3 Charles Roger Dix arrived home Monday after receiving his discharge on Sunday at Fort Dix, N.J.  He served 29 months in the Pacific Theatre including such places as Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with two stars and arrowhead, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star, Good Conduct Ribbon and Victory Medal.
 
T/5 June Ahrens, Jr. Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1946
 
T/5 June Paul Ahrens, Jr., of 1896th Engineers Battalion, arrived home Dec. 31 following his discharge the day before at Fort Dix, N.J.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with two stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star, Good Conduct, American Service Ribbon and Victory Medal.
 
John Davidson Discharged from Navy
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1946
 
John S. Davidson, who has been in the service for nearly two years, received his discharge  Jan. 7 at Lido Beach, and has returned to his home in River Street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], with his wife and two children, Robert and Judy.  Mr. Davidson enlisted in May, 1944, in the Navy and received boot training at Sampson and from there went to Newport, R.I.  He was assigned to the U.S.S. Panamint and left New York in October, 1944, going into the Pacific area by the way of the Panama Canal.  Acting on the ship as dispersing storekeeper, he visited all the islands in the Pacific area as well as the Aleutians.  Mr. Davidson came to Sidney in 1940 from Troy where he worked in the National City Bank of Troy.  While in Sidney he was assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Sidney.  He was also a member of the vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and treasurer of the church, treasurer and member of the Rotary and treasurer of the Delaware county Bankers Association.  He is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davison, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].
 
 

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Post Listing, September 29 - October 5, 2014

Listing of blog posting for the week of September 29 - October 5, 2014.

Marriages
Posted September 29, 2014
Marion Alice Page - Ralph Bernard Walling (1946)
Elizabeth Helen Borst - Glenn Hodges (1946)
Pauline D. Stillson - Richard  H. Bump (engagement, 1946)
Barbara Schlafer - Calvin Jones (1946)

Posted September 30, 2014
George H. Carver - Mary VanHorne (1873)
Norma Norton - Dan L. Mahoney (engagement, 1943)
Marriage notices - Antimasonic Telegraph - 1834
     Calvin F. Avery (Preston) - Elizabeth Kennedy
     William D. Sacket - Julia Herrington (Plymouth)
     Stephen G. Huntley (German) - Laura Hopkins (Pitcher)
     Alfred Paul - Lovina Ann French (North Norwich)
     Emerson Chamberlin - Orra Pellet
     Hollister Lathrop - Angeline Ray

Posted October 1, 2014
Beth A. Jacobs - Barton E. Lorimer (1946)
Marriage Notices - Bainbridge Republican - 1873
     Adelbert Winnie - Francis Ophilia Slater (Bennettsville
     H.C. Bedford (Masonville) - Mary Ette Fletcher (East Guilford)
     John R. VanWagenen (Oxford) - Clara Louisa Lester (Binghamton)
     Charles D. Gray (Brisbin) - Annice R. Hallenbeck (Greene)
     Albert Ireland (Bainbridge) - Joanna Allen (Elmira)
     Horace Fisk (Oxford) - Emma M. Jones (Smyrna)
     Homer Blanchard (Lawrence) - Ellen M. Shapley (Oxford)
     George B. Hall - Sarah A. Moffatt (Greene)
     Henry Tew - Sarah A. Tew (Oxford)

Posted October 2, 2014
Ilona McUmber - Paul Tompkins (1943)
Doris Adams - William Hazzard (1943)
George B. Davis - Minnie Cotton (divorce, 1894)
Marriage Notices
     T.T. Woodley - Surlina Davis (Oxford) - 1849
     G.H. Billings - Anna E. Benedict (Norwich) - 1849
     Silas D. Nichols (Smithville) - Elizabeth T. Bartley (McDonough) - 1849
     J.R. Wheeler - Eliza Ann Tremaine (East Greene) - 1849
     W.W. Torrey - Lucretia A. Tremaine (East Greene) - 1849
     Nicholas D. Clapp (Chicago) - Mary Taylor McMahon (Unadilla) - 1855
     Hiram Davis -Eliza Parsons (Bainbridge) - 1855
     Crystal Fanning - Mary E. Trafford (Smithville) - 1855

Posted October 3, 2014
H. Truesdell - Ruby Chamberlain (1873)
Truman Ford - Libbie Stowell (1873)
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Day (5th anniversary, 1873)
Julian C. Scott - Anna Simonds (1901)
Leo L. Nichols - Prudence Lorene Newton (1906)
Barbara Ann Curley - Clinton H. Kingsbury (engagement, 1943)
Rita Fluney - Robert B. MacArthur (1943)
Pauline Jeannette Poole - Philip Currier Comings (engagement, 1943)

Posted October 5, 2014
William Davis - Malinda Covey (Bainbridge, 1853)
Griffin Covy - Ruth Davis (Bainbridge, 1853)
George W. Davis - Lepha A. Searles (Bainbridge, 1860)
George W. Williams (Norwich) - Eliza A. Davis (Bainbridge, 1863)
Albert Davis - Helen Weeks (Bainbridge, 1877)
Frank A. Lyon - Lelah May Davis (Bainbridge, 1886)
Willis A. Davis (Oxford) - Aliph C. Lyon (Bainbridge, 1888)
Arthur L. Rounds (Oxford ) - Josie Davis (Bainbridge, 1900)
Marriage Notices - Chenango Union, Jan. 4, 1877
     Zenas Jackson (Masonville) - M.E. Davis (Norwich)
     Byron Chase (Earlville) - Libbie M. King (Unadilla)
     Thomas Borland - Lillie L. Bacon (Norwich)
     John J. Sherman - Lodema O. Woodman (New Berlin)
     Frank O. Graves (New Berlin) - Mary A. Ketcham (Nichols)
     Henry Fryover - Jane Lyndon (Eaton)
     Ormond A. Tyler - Lovinna A Dixon (Morris)
     Joseph Williams (Guilford) - Mary L. McPherson (East Guilford)
     Timothy D. Crandall (Smyrna) - Mary E. Hurlbert (Pharsalia)
     Leroy B. Gage (Morris) - Mary L. Jeffrey
     R.D. Bush (Union Valley) - Margaret Lilley (Afton)
     William A. Davis (Coventry) - Jennie E. Barney (Nineveh)
     Henry A. Cooke - Mary A. Reynolds (North Norwich)
     Mr.  Nearing - Nannie Beebe (Guilford)
     Rev. Charles A. Morehouse - Amelia Calvert (East McDonough)
     Fred H. Crowell (Coventry 0 Nancy Rood (Greene)
     David Edgerton (German) - Lottie E. Knickerbocker (Smithville)
     C.H. Clark (Bainbridge) - Jennie E. Dean (Afton)
     Charles Guy - Louisa Hinman (Afton)
     Frank White - Nettie Beebe (Cincinnatus)
     Joseph Tice (German) - Ida Mead (Cincinnatus)
     Abraham T. Brannan (Cincinnatus) - Carrie Snow (Willett)
 
Obituaries
Posted September 29, 2014
George R. Salisbury (Greene, Bainbridge, 1891)
Jerry B. Salisbury (Greene, 1895)
Alanson D. Bingham (Greene, 1895)
Lucy Bingham (Greene, 1895)
Nelson B. Salisbury (Sidney, 1902)

Death Notices
     Chenango Union,  Feb. 9, 1870
          Deborah S. Turner (Norwich)
          Keziah Richmond (Guilford)
          George White (Pharsalia)
          Catherine Church (Oxford)
          Louisa L. Dexter (Plymouth)
     Chenango American, Jan. 2, 1896
          Porter Adelbert Watrous (Greene)
          Ogden Rockwell (Windsor)
          Levi Nathaniel Smith (Sherburne)
          Zilpha Bosworth (Norwich)
          James Harvey (Norwich)

Posted September 30, 2014
Justin Foote (Smyrna, 1834)
Walter M. Conkey (Norwich, 1873)
Leslie Parsons (Guilford, 1888)
Minnie Nicholson (Guilford, 1893)

Posted October 1, 2014
Jennie Dean Clark (Portlandville, Afton, 1943)
Mrs. John Albert (Guilford, 1943)
Evelyn Ann Urda (Windsor, 1943)  drowning
Robert R. Wells (Endicott, 1943) drowning
Albert Drew (Endicott, 1943)  drowning
Genevieve Belden (Unadilla, Guilford, 1946)
Amy Lyon Thornton (Bainbridge, Afton, 1946)
Elizabeth Scudder (Oneonta, 1946)   Shooting

Posted October 2, 2014
Ken Dwight Eggleston (Triangle, 1943)
William H. Bronson (Windsor, 1943)
Mary Elizabet Davis (Afton, 1946)
Clayton Stephen Card (Windsor, 1946)
Death Notices
     Sarah S. Peck (New Berlin, 1849)
     Adaline A. Mills (Guilford, 1849)
     Kattie Adams (Greene, 1862)
     Ida A. Lewis (Smithville, 1862)
     Martin Sackett (Plymouth, 1862)
     Widow Timothy Davis (Bainbridge, 1862)
     Widow Pardon Redfield (Bainbridge, 1862)

Posted October 3, 2014
Don A. Gilbert (Bainbridge, 1902)
Jane Shelden Gilbert (McClure, Butte MT, 1902)
Ben Dalton (Bainbridge, Norwich, Preston, 1902)
Ada Helen St. John (Delhi, 1943)
John Milton Spencer (Pleasant Mount, 1943) Civil War Veteran
Robert B. St. John (Walton, 1943)
 
Posted October 4, 2014
Albert Spencer (New Berlin, 1873)
Fred D. Champlin (Afton, 1873)
Walter Samuel Clark (Bainbridge, Guilford, 1931)
Marita Ferguson Smith (Delhi, 1943)
Welton W. Northrup (Sidney, 1943)
Burt Reynolds (Winterdale PA, 1943)
Matthew Crandall (Franklin, 1943)
 
Posted October 5, 2014
John Davis (Plymouth, 1871)
Sabra L. Davis (Bainbridge, 1874)
John Davis (Norwich, 1876)   
Charles M. Davis (Bainbridge, 1877)
Henry Davis (Bainbridge, 1878)
Julia Davis (Bainbridge, 1890)
Child of Mrs. Anna Wright Davis (Scranton PA, Afton, 1895)
Albert Davis (West Bainbridge, 1901)
Sarah Emily Davis Aylesworth (Bainbridge, 1906)
Helen Davis (West Bainbridge, 1913)
James J. Hendrickson (Oxford, 1916)
Agnes C. Davis (Norwich, West Bainbridge, 1916)
Frank B. Davis (Binghamton, 1927)
 
Miscellaneous
 
Posted September 29, 2014
Soldier News continued - 1943
     Russell Elander Returns Home
     Paul Sherman Enrolled as Aviation Cadet
     Bainbridge "Invaded" by Germans, Italians
     Stanley Hatton Rapidly Promoted

Posted September 30, 2014
Historic Afton Inn Destroyed by Fire (1943)
Guilford High School Class of 1943
Soldier News continued - 1943
     Marie Grambs Completes Training
     Alice Plosky has New Assignment
     Louis Scanlon Now a Lieutenant
     Dr. Ben Dodge is a Captain
     Carl Hutchinson Selected for Special Training
     A. Joseph Rosenstein Gets Promotion

Posted October 1, 2014
Large families - 1946
BCHS Class of 1940 - Part 2
Soldier News continued - 1946 - Men Return from the War
     Pfc. Lynn H. Brayman Returns to Civilian life
     Harold Elander, Jr. Discharged
     Sgt. Kenneth C. Whitney Discharged
     T/5 Robert Hackett Discharged form Army
     Ove T. Munk Discharged from Navy

Posted October 2, 2014
Soldier News continued - 1943
     Mary Morgan Enlists in Marines
     Clinton Wilcox Receives Promotion
     Letter from Pvt. Robert Kingsley
     Isabelle Smith to Serve as Army Nurse

Posted October 3, 2014
Tracy Day New Owner of Eldred Farm Supplies
Soldier News continued - 1943
     Lt. D. Sparr Wert Killed in Plane Accident
     1st Lt. Rowland Hill, Jr. Awarded Posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross
     Robert Smith Enrolled as Aviation Cadet in Army Air Forces
     James Riley Joins Navy

Posted October 4, 2014
Bainbridge Vital Statistics, Deaths 1920
Miscellaneous Items from 1943
     Human Lightning Rod (Ernest Wood, Bradford Co., PA]
     Graydon Loomis Named BCHS Valedictorian (Stewart Cudworth Salutatorian)
     24 Receive Diplomas at Bainbridge Central School
Soldier News continued - 1946 - Men Return from War
     T/5 Richard Phelps Re-enlists
     Sgt. Henry F. Moore Discharged from Army
     T/3 Francis Winsor Casey Returns Home
     Pfc. Keith Hollenbeck Discharged from Army
     Sgt. Warren Felter Discharged from the Marines
     Cpl. Stanley Hutchinson Discharged from Army
    

Marriages (October 5)

Married, in Bainbridge, on the 16th inst., by S.T. Donaghe, Esq., Mr. William Davis to Miss Malinda Covy.  Also, by the same, Mr. Griffin Covy to Miss Ruth Davis, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  [Oxford Times,  Feb. 23, 1853]
 
In Bainbridge, July 19th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. George W. Davis to Miss Lepha A. Searles, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  [Oxford Times, Aug. 1, 1860]
 
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 2d inst.  by Rev. M. Ketchum, Mr. George W. Williams of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza A. Davis of the former place.  [Oxford Times, Apr. 15, 1863]
 
DAVIS - WEEKS:  In Afton on 11th by Rev. H.N. VanDuesen, Mr. Albert Davis to Miss Helen Weeks, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  [Oxford Times,I Oct. 24, 1877]
 
LYON-DAVIS:  In Oxford, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1886, by Rev. A.W. Cooper, Frank A. Lyon to Lelah May Davis, both of Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] [Oxford Times, Dec. 7, 1886]
 
DAVIS-LYON:  At Bainbridge, Dec. 5, by Rev. H.B. Cook, Willie A. Davis, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Aliph C. Lyon of Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,  NY]  [Oxford Times, Dec. 18, 1888]
 
ROUNDS - DAVIS:  In Bainbridge March 18, 1900, by Rev. Charles D. Reed, Arthur L. Rounds of Oxford [Chenango Co., nY] and Miss Josie Davis of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  [Oxford Press, Mar. 23, 1900]
 
Marriage Notices
 Chenango Union, Jan. 4, 1877
 
JACKSON - DAVIS:  At the residence of the bride's father, Wilber Davis, Esq., in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 25th, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. Zenas Jackson, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], to Miss M.E. Davis.
 
CHASE - KING:  At the residence of Henry Bennett, in Norwich, Dec. 20th, by Rev. H.M. Crydenwise, Mr. Byron Chase, of Earlville [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Libbie M. King, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].
 
BORLAND - BACON:  At the home of the bride, Dec. 27th, by Rev. H.M . Crydenwise, Mr. Thomas Borland, to Miss Lillie L. Bacon, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].
 
SHERMAN - WOODMAN:  At the Parsonage of the Congregational Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 21st, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. John J. Sherman, to Miss Lodema O. Woodman, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].
 
GRAVES - KETCHUM:  At New Berlin Centre, Dec. 27th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Frank O. Graves of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Ketchum, of Nichols, Tioga Co., N.Y.
 
FRYOVER - LYNDON:  At the Congregational Church Parsonage in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 27th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Henry Fryover to Miss Jane Lyndon, both of Eaton, Madison Co.
 
TYLER - DIXSON:  In Mt. Upton, Dec. 31st, by Rev. I.J. Bailey, Mr. Ormond A. Tyler, to Miss Lovinna A. Dixson, all of Morris [Otsego Co., NY]
 
WILLIAMS - McPHERSON:  At the Rectory in Guilford, Dec. 27th, by W. De L. Wilson, Rector of Christ Church, Mr. Joseph Williams, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary L. McPherson, of East Guilford.
 
CRANDALL - HURLBERT:  In Pharsalia, Dec. 24th, by William T. Priest, Esq., Mr. Timothy D. Crandall, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Mary E. Hurlbert, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].
 
GAGE - JEFFREY:  In Holmesville, Dec. 25th, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Leroy B. Gage, of Morris [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Mary L. Jeffrey.
 
BUSH - LILLEY:  In Afton, Dec. 25th, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Mr. R.D. Bush, of Union Valley [West Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Margaret Lilley, of Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY].
 
DAVIS - BARNEY:  In Bainbridge, Dec. 27th, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Mr. William A. Davis, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Jennie E. Barney, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].
 
COOKE - REYNOLDS:  In North Norwich, Dec. 28th, by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Mr. Henry A. Cooke, to Miss Mary A. Reynolds, all of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].
 
NEARING - BEEBE:  In Guilford, Dec. 27th, by Rev. E.W. Caswell, Mr. Nearing, of Mt. Vision, Otsego Co., to Miss Nannie Beebe, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].
 
MOREHOUSE - CLAVERT:  In East Pharsalia, Dec. 22d, by Rev. J. Clements, Rev. Charles A. Morehouse to Miss Amelia Calvert, both of East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].
 
CROWELL - ROOD:  In Greene, Dec. 22d, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Fred H. Crowell, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Nancy Rood, of Greene [Chennago Co., NY].
 
EDGERTON - KNICKERBOCKER:  In Smithville, Dec. 20th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. David Edgerton, of German [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lottie E. Knickerocker, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
 
CLARK - DEAN:  In Afton, by E. Peck, Esq., Mr. C.H. Clark, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Jennie E. Dean, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].
 
GUY - HINMAN:  In Afton, by Rev. Mr. Cornell, Mr. Charles Guy, to Miss Louisa Hinman, both of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].
 
WHITE - BEEBE:  In Cincinnatus, Dec. 20th, by Rev. E. Rogers, Mr. Frank White to Miss Nettie Beebe, all of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY].

TICE - MEAD:  In Cincinnatus, Dec. 20th, by Rev. W.D. Pox, Mr. Joseph Tice, of German [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ida Mead, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY].

BRANNAN - SNOW:  In Marathon, Dec. 19th, by Rev. B.T. Davis, Mr. Abraham T. Brannan, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Carrie Snow, of Willett [Cortland Co., NY].

Obituaries (October 5)

DAVIS:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 8th, 1871, John Davis, aged 88 years, 8 months and 4 days.  [Chenango Telegraph, Mar. 15, 1871]
 
DAVIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Mar. 21st, of consumption, Miss Sabra L. Davis [Oxford Times, April 1, 1874]
 
A young man named John Davis, aged thirty-eight years, a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], was found dead in a berry lot on the farm of his cousin, Charles Davis, in the town of Guilford, on Saturday afternoon last.  It appears that young Davis has been helping his cousin upon the farm, but a few weeks past, and on Saturday afternoon went with Mrs. Davis to pick black raspberries, in a lot some half a mile from the dwelling.  After a time the parties became separated, and supposing that John had returned to the house, or would do so, Mrs. Davis proceeded homeward.  As evening approached, and the young man did not return, the family began to wonder at it; and later, with apprehension that something was wrong, a search was made through the field, and about seven o'clock his lifeless body was found.  He had placed his berry pail upon a stump near by, and, as it is thought, feeling unwell, had sat or fallen down where he died, and where his body was found lying, with his face downward.  It is stated that another party who were picking berries in the vicinity, saw the pail sitting upon the stump, about four o'clock, but paid no attention to it, not suspecting anything wrong.  This, with other circumstances, indicates that he had been dead some time before his body was discovered.  Deceased had for some time complained of a bad feeling in his head, although on the morning preceding his death he expressed himself as feeling much better than usual.  It is supposed that his death was caused by apoplexy.  No inquest was deemed necessary.  On Sunday his remains were brought to this village, and on Monday afternoon buried from the residence of his brother-in-law, Nelson Aylesworth.  Young Davis was a single man, of good habits, and was well known in this village, where he had many friends, particularly among the young people, by whom he will be missed.  [Chenango Union, Aug. 3, 1876]
 
DAVIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] July 21, 1877, Charles M. Davis, aged 65 years.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 19, 1877]
 
DAVIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 15, 1878, Henry Davis Aged 61 years.  [published Sept. 10, 1878]

DAVIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 1, Julia, widow of John Davis, aged 85 years.  [Oxford Times, Aug. 19, 1890]
 
The youngest child of Mrs. Anna Wright Davis, of Scranton, Pa., was brought to Afton, Thursday and buried in Glenwood cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  Rev. A.F. Chaffee, of that city, officiated at the grave.  [Afton Enterprise, Oct. 17, 1895]
 
A Bainbridge correspondent writes:  Albert Davis, a well known man living near West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday afternoon of last week, at 4:30 o'clock of heart failure, aged about sixty years.  Mr. Davis was a frequent visitor here and of a very quiet and retiring disposition.  Tuesday evening he and his family entertained a large number of friends at a social given for the benefit of the Baptist church at West Bainbridge.  He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Rounds, who resides at home.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Dec. 11, 1901]
 
Sarah Emily Davis, wife of Emery Aylesworth, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at her home on Front street, Friday afternoon as the sun was setting, aged 61 years.  Mrs. Aylesworth had been in declining health for two years but able to look after her family and the necessary domestic matters until two months ago, when a serious stomach trouble added to the insidious disease, locomotor ataxia, that had gradually been gaining influence over her for years, obliged her to take to her bed.  She lay in an unconscious state from Monday until the Friday she died.  Mrs. Aylesworth enjoyed life and wanted to live but as the weeks wore on she became aware that death was creeping upon her and she made preparations to die.  She calmly gave directions in regard to her funeral, selecting the text to be used which was, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the son of man cometh," Matt. 24:44.  She wished her four children.  Mrs. Martin Riley, Mrs. H.B. Davenport with husbands and Messrs Eddy and William Aylesworth to be her pall-bearers.  The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Odell officiating.  The minister made a beautiful address using the text Mrs. Aylesworth had chosen.  The house was filled with neighbors and friends.  Among the flowers contributed was a beautiful cross from the employees of the D.&H. shops in Oneonta. The burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  Mrs. Aylesworth was born in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] and grew to womanhood there.  She attended the village school, graduated and taught several years prior to her marriage to Mr. Aylesworth, which occurred forty years ago.  Her husband was a prosperous farmer in West Bainbridge, where they resided until coming to Bainbridge twenty-one years ago. The death of Mrs. Aylesworth has brought great sadness to the home circle.  Her brightness and energy and love will never be forgotten.  Her neighbors will miss her in all the neighborly associations, as well as the M.E. church of which she had been a member for many years.  Besides the husband and four children mentioned, Mrs. Aylesworth is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Yelverton, of West Bainbridge, and two brothers, Charles Davis, of Towanda, Pa., and  Hiram Davis, of Corning.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 1, 1906]
 
Mrs. Helen Davis at West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], mother of Mrs. Arthur Rounds, died last week Thursday morning at the age of 61.  The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the house, Rev. C.W. Halsey officiating.  Interment at West Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 10, 1913]
 
James j. Hendrickson, a resident of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] since 1883, died Sunday, June 25, at his residence on Butler street after an illness of a few weeks, although he had been in failing health for three months.  Mr. Hendrickson was born in Oak Hill, Broome county, 84 years ago.  Before coming to Oxford he lived fifteen years in Smithville Flats were he worked at his trade, that of a cooper, and which he continued in this village until there was but little call for work in his line.  He married Eliza Terwilliger of Chenango Forks who survives him and the following children:  F.H. Hendrickson of Oneida:  Adelbert Hendrickson of Herkimer:  Mrs. F.W. Barber, Fred and Glenn Hendrickson of Binghamton:  Leroy and Lewis Hendrickson of Norwich; Mrs. G.W. Burrows, Mrs. Floyd Miles, Mrs. M. R. Preston.  Edwin and Daniel R. Hendrickson, of Oxford. The funeral was held at the home on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.  Rev. F.P. Braman, pastor of the Baptist Church officiating.  Burial in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].  [Oxford Review-Times, June 30, 1916]
 
Mrs. Agnes C. Davis of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her niece, Mrs. William Corbin, in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., nY], June 30.  Mrs. Davis as born in Scotland and was a sister of the late James Murray of this village. She was the widow of Eldridge Davis of Union Valley. Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], where the funeral and burial was held Sunday-Oxford Review.  [Bainbridge Republican, July 13, 1916]
 
Frank B. Davis, whose only daughter is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Leon C. Rhodes of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], died suddenly Saturday morning as the result of an apoplectic stroke.  He was here [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] ministering to an ill friend and had apparently heen in good health.  So far efforts to locate Justice and Mrs. Rhodes, now on a trip in the south, have failed, thereby holding up arrangements for the funeral.  Mr. Davis made his home with the Rhodes at 18 Lincoln avenue.  His body lies in the home of his brother, William Davis, here.  he was about 78 years old.  Last word received form Justice and Mrs. Rhodes came from Roanoke, Va.  [Norwich Sun, Aug. 8, 1927]
 
Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Leon C. Rhodes of Binghamton were located Wednesday night by residents of Bainbridge at Erie, Pa.  They returned today to arrange for the funeral of Frank B. Davis, Mrs. Rhodes' father, who died Saturday at Bainbridge.  Mr Davis had gone to Bainbridge to visit an ill friend.  he was stricken with apoplexy.  Up to the time of his death Mr. Davis, who was in his 78th year, was in apparently good health.  He lived with Justice and Mrs. Rhodes at 18 Lincoln avenue. [Norwich Sun, Aug. 11, 1927]

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Bainbridge Vital Statistics (Deaths) 1920

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY Vitals - 1920 Deaths
Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 20, 1921
 
                                               Jan. 3               Mary Jane Post                   61y
                                               Jan. 17             Harriet L. Anderson           80y
                                               Jan. 17             Franklin B. Fosbury           75y
                                               Jan. 23             William Dexter                   68y
                                               Feb. 22             Clara E. Strong                   26y
                                               Feb. 27             Mary A. Gilmore                87y
                                               Mar. 8              Mary Pearsall                      82y
                                               Mar. 8              Laura Stevens                     30y
                                               Mar. 8              George W. Beverly             75y
                                               Mar. 9              Abraham Whitehead           75y
                                              Apr. 18            Sylvester Sherman                69y
                                              Apr. 24            Guy A. Moore                      15y
                                              Apr. 25            Susan A. Palmer                   68y
                                              Apr. 28            Hester A. Wood                   76y
                                              Apr. 28            William Vanderwalker         81y
                                              May 3              Nellie G. Vanderwalker       51y
                                              May 10            Hattie M. Warren                 76y
                                              May 12            Georgia Weller                     67y
                                              May 18            Eve Jane Scott                      50y
                                              May 22            Dorothy Sejerensen              4d
                                              May 23            William Huggins                  69y
                                              June 3              Mary Angeline Winsor         70y
                                              June 4              Britten H. Norton                  60y
                                              July 15             Harriet C. Crandall               71y
                                              Sept. 1             Edward Kauffman                 70y
                                              Sept. 8             Evarene L. Coates                 22y
                                              Sept. 30           Esther S.  Haddow                75y
                                              Oct. 5              Augustus A. Priest                79y
                                              Oct. 24            Wm. Henry Vanderhule        72y
                                              Oct. 27            Dora Brougham                     61y
                                              Nov. 4             Harry D. Roe                         24y
                                              Dec. 14           Homer L. Kentfield               40y


Obituaries (October 4)

Albert Spencer, an esteemed citizen of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], fell dead while splitting wood near his door, on Tuesday afternoon of last weke.  Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cuase.  He leaves a wife and one son to mourn his loss.  His remains were interred at Edmeston Centre, on Thursday, with Masonic ceremonies.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 8, 1873]

Last week we published an article relative to the death of Mr. Fred D Champlin, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], whose promising career was terminated by inflammation of the stomach.  We have since learned more of his character and habits, and are prompted to make them known.  He was a young man of great promise, an active member of St. Ann's Church, of Afton, an ornament of society, and had hosts of warm friends.  He was only about twenty years of age, but had followed the profession of teaching for some time, and had just finished a term in North Sanford when disease laid its deadly hand on his hopeful head, and he was called to "go up higher."  His funeral was attended from the church of which he was a member of a vast concourse of relatives and friends.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 8, 1873]

Walter Samuel Clark died at the home of his son, Arthur Clark, at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, Feb. 13, following an illness of three weeks.  Mr. Clark was 74 years old, having been born in Brookfield, O., July 9, 1856.  He was married March 19, 1876, to Miss Kate Draper McMullin, and they resided in Brookfield until 1912 when they came to  New York state.  Mr. Clark bought the Jim Phelps farm near Sidney but at the time of the World war he sold it and purchased a farm in Bainbridge which in turn he sold about three years ago, since when Mr. and Mrs. Clark have lived with their children.  He is survived by his wife, one son, Arthur Clark of Bainbridge, three daughters, Mrs. W.E. Wheeler of Brookfield, O., Mrs. Elsie Struble of Binghamton and Mrs. McKelvey of Binghamton. Ten grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren also survive him.  The funeral service was held from the home of his son, Arthur Clark on Pruyn hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], Monday afternoon, Feb. 16, the officiating clergyman being Rev. Cecil Plumb of Guilford Center, assisted by Rev. Orvis of the Bainbridge Presbyterian church.  Interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  [Unadilla Times,  Feb. 24, 1931]
 
At Delhi [Delaware Co., NY] last Wednesday occurred the death of Miss Marita Ferguson Smith, youngest daughter of Harlond L. Smith, Delhi State Institute director.  She was 19.  Miss Smith was admitted to Delhi Hospital May 28 for an appendix operation.  Peritonitis developed several days after the operation and she became gravely ill.  Late Wednesday her condition became suddenly worse and her death occurred.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]
 
Nine-year-old Welton W. Northrup, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], was drowned Friday afternoon in the Unadilla river about a mile below Sidney.  Accompanied by a companion he went to the swimming hole.  Unable to swim, it is believed that he slipped into one of the holes caused by the heavy spring rains.  His body was found 10 minutes later.  Artificial respiration was applied, but to no avail.  His father is serving with the U.S. Army in North Africa.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]
 
Burt Reynolds, of Winterdale, Pa., died Thursday afternoon at the age of 73.  For many years he was a resident of Hancock and before that lived at Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]
 
Matthew Crandall, 48, a veteran of World War I, died Sunday night at his home in Franklin [Delaware Co., NY].  He had been ill several weeks with a heart ailment.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, july 1, 1943]

Soldier News continued - 1946 - Men return from the War

T/5 Richard Phelps Re-enlists
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 10, 1946

T/5 Richard Phelps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Phelps, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and former residents of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], arrived home from Italy Dec. 30, on a re-enlistment furlough.  Corporal Phelps served in North Africa and Italy for three and one-half years.  He wears the African-Middle East - European ribbon with two stars. 
 
Sgt. Henry F. Moore Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 10, 1946 
 
Sgt. Henry F. Moore, of 1896th Engineer Aviation Battalion, was discharged at Fort Dix, N.J., Dec. 23, after three years of service.  He holds the American Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with three stars, Philippine Liberation ribbon with one star, Good Conduct and Victory Medal.
 
T/3 Francis W. Casey Returns  Home
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 10, 1946
 
T/3 Francis Winsor Casey arrived home Dec. 30 after serving 18 months in the Pacific Theatre.  He was attached to a Station Hospital in New Guinea and a General Hospital in Biak, and in December of 1944, he was transferred from the Medical Corps to the Adjutant's General Office at General MacArthur's Headquarters in Hollandia, and then served with this unit in Leyte, and later in Manila where he remained until his return to the States.  He holds the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with three stars, Philippine ribbon with one star, Good Conduct Medal, Victory ribbon and American Service ribbon.
 
Pfc. Keith Hollenbeck Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 10, 1946
 
Pfc. Keith W. Hollenbeck of the 49th General Hospital, was discharged at Fort Dix, N.J., Dec. 31, after serving in New Guinea, Luxon and Southern Philippines.  He holds the American Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two stars, Philippine liberation ribbon, and Good Conduct ribbon.
 
Sgt. Warren Felter Discharged from Marines
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 10, 1946
 
Sgt. Warren Felter, of the Marines, has received his honorable discharge from the Separation Center at Bainbridge, Md., and has joined his wife and two sons at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Carney's, home in Guilford.  Mrs. Felter met her husband in Binghamton on Wednesday.  Sgt. Felter saw one and one-half years' service in the South Pacific.  He participated in the three invasions of Okinawa and has seem plenty of action he will be glad to forget.
 
Cpl. Stanley Hutchinson Discharged from Army
Bainbridge News & Republican, Jan. 17, 1946
 
Cpl. Stanley R. Hutchinson,  of 116th Field Artillery, was discharged at Fort Dix, N.J., Jan. 10, after serving 21 months in the South Pacific.  He was stationed in New Guinea, Morortai Island, and Mindanao of the Philippines.  He holds the Bronze Star Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with two stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star, Pre-Pearl Harbor, Good Conduct and Victory Ribbons.

Miscellaneous Items from 1943

Human Lightning Rod
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943
 
In the State of Pennsylvania, Ernest Wood, 40, Bradford County vocational agriculture adviser, qualified as a "Human lightning rod" on Monday afternoon.  While he was planting potatoes on a hill-top, lightning out of a clear sky proceeding a storm struck him on the head, burning his hair, ripped his shirt, trousers and one shoe, and entered the ground.  A gold watch in his pocket was melted.  Wood, burned about the neck and chest, recovered consciousness at the Packer Hospital in Sayre, where it was said that his condition is not serious.
 
Graydon Loomis Named BCHS 1943 Valedictorian
Bainbridge News & Republican, June 17, 1943
 
As the school year of 1943 comes to a close, we find that Graydon Loomis has been named valedictorian and Stewart Cudworth, salutatorian.  Graydon attained an average of 91.5 for his four years of high school, and Stewart, 89.48.  An interesting fact concerning these two boys in that they were valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the Junior High graduating class.
 
Graydon has been awarded a scholarship to Union College.  During his four years in high school he took part in many extra curriculum activities which include playing in the band for two years, basketball team, three years; track team, three years; baseball team, one year; and boxing and wrestling.  Also he was a member of the Press Club for two years.  Last year he was awarded first prize for the boys in Prize Speaking.  He also was a member of the cast of the senior play and president of the Freshman and Sophomore Classes. 
 
Stewart also has been very prominent in school activities.  He played football, basketball and baseball, and was a member of the glee club, wrestling team.  He also played in the band, was a member of the cast of the senior play, and was president of the Junior Class and vice-president of the Senior Class.
 
24 Receive Diplomas at Central School
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943
 
In a setting of beautiful summer blooms, 24 members of the Class of 1943 of the Bainbridge Central High School [Chenango Co., NY] were awarded diplomas at the annual commencement exercises last week Tuesday evening in the school auditorium.  The auditorium was filled with relatives and friends of the gown-clad graduates.  The Hon. Frank Barnes, of Norwich, Chenango County Judge, delivered the address.  Extracts follow:
 
"....Graduation is a time to be proud and happy.  I wish I could point to a world of happiness existing today.  Yet we must not shrink from realism.  you face a world torn apart, a world beset with blood, sweat and tears...."
 
"....Our first war was fought to establish freedom and every war since has been fought to maintain what we have.  We are now faced with one of the greatest tests.  If we succeed, it will be due largely to our appreciation of freedom, and the mental and physical condition of your people under freedom.  We cannot create a free people and abandon it.  We as a nation must forever be watchful to keep what we have and to better it.
 
"Many of you will take an active part in this war to preserve our way of life.  You mental and physical alertness will repay you in war as well as in peace.  To those of you who fight on the battlefield we wish you God Speed and a safe return.  To those of use who are not privileged to shoot a gun or drop a bomb, we owe you the duty of every sacrifice to provide for you.  Until this war has been won, we must willingly give up, even our way of life, our temporary freedom, in order to obtain the ultimate result, VICTORY.  Let us all assure our boys at the front, that we are gladly suspending our right to do what we like to do; to be what we like to be; to say what we like to say; to order that our one hundred thirty million people, with the people of our Allies, and with God's help, may pull together as one man and bring to this war torn world, a new freedom, and to our enemies, their unconditional surrender."
 
The program follows:
Selection, "Star Spangled Banner," High School Band
Invocation, the Rev. Paul Carpenter
Salutatory, "The Romance of Radio," Stewart Cudworth
Essay, "The First Lady of China," Mary Butler
Essay, "A Land of Romance," Norma Peckham
Violin Solo, "In the Lands of the Czardas," Emily Nichols
Selection, "Through the Years," Girls' Trio
Essay, "Life of Franz Liszt" Janice Palmer
Valedictory, Five Medical Miracles, "The Sulfa Drugs," Graydon Loomis
Selection, "Will you Remember," High School Band
Award of Diplomas, Dr. J.M. Flannery, President of the Board of Education.
Address, Hon. Frank Barnes
Benediction, the Rev. Paul Carpenter
Selection, "Activity," March, High School Band
 
Class Roll
Mary Elizabeth Aldrich
Jean Marie Bennett
Ward Harrington Bradish
Dorothy Meade Branham
Mary Dimmick Butler
Stewart Kirby Cudworth
Phyllis Edna Ireland
Robert Edward Lee
Graydon Leroy Loomis
Alice Irene Monahan
Otto George Neidlinger
Emily Aldyth Nichols
Janice Skinner Palmer
Norma Janet Peckham
James Oliver Riley
Jens Andrew Sejersen
Frank Adelbert Silvey
Myrtle Irene Silvey
Ethelyn Violet Smith
Orville Samuel Smith
Lucius Stanton Snitchler
Janice Ann Weeks
Edwin Clifford Wilkinson
 
 
 
 

Friday, October 3, 2014

New Owner of Eldred Farm Supplies

Tracy Day New Owner of Eldred Farm Supplies
 
 
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Tracy C. Day is the new owner of Charles H. Eldred & Co., Inc. of Bainbridge.  Mr. Day purchased the business of Mrs. Kenneth Eldred.
 
Pictured above are the employees, all of whom will remain with the firm. 
Front row (left to right):  Alan Ives, Ward Bradish and Mr. Day.
Second Row:  Ken Craver, June VanValkenburg and Fred Vroman.
Back Row:  Frank Merrill and Ed Wright.
 
Mr. Day has been with the Eldred Company for 25 years, the past seven years as manager.  Previous to that, he was with the Moses Conk Company of Wells Bridge for eight years.  Mr. Day and his wife reside in Bainbridge.  Their three married daughters all live away from home, one in Greenville, South Carolina, one in Baldwinsville, and another in Syracuse.  He is a member of Susquehanna Lodge F&AM, Past President of the Bainbridge Rotary Club, and a member of the Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge.
 
Charles H. Eldred started the company in 1921.  In about 1940, the business was taken over by his son, Kenneth Eldred who continued the business until his death two years ago.
 
Mr. Day says that he doesn't plan any changes, not even the name of the company, and that business will continue the same as it always has.
 
 
 
 
 


Obituaries (October 3)

On Sunday evening, Jan. 19th [1902], Mr. Don A. Gilbert passed away at his home on Kirby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  His death brings to a close a long and very active career.  For the last few years Mr. Gilbert has been much broken in health and his friends have been pained to see his former erect figure so bent and his once buoyant step becoming so slow and uncertain.  For many months past his heart gave him great trouble and although he walked to the post office and back the day preceding his death it was apparent that this exertion was accomplished only with great effort.  On Sunday morning the spoke of going to church, but was persuaded to remain quietly at home.  The end came after retiring at night, in an instant and without warning or premonition on his part.  Mr. Gilbert was born at Stamford, Delaware county, on December 30th, 1838.  When a boy of eighteen he came to Bainbridge and remained identified with the life of the village until his death, thus the whole productive period of his life, nearly half a century, was passed among us.  He began life here as a clerk, but his active mind and progressive spirit soon led him out of the employ of others into business of his own.  About 1860 he became interested in a foundry business which he continued for a number of years, first at a site near the old May's Mill, afterward on the site now occupied by the casein factory.  In 1879 he started a lumber business with saw mill with became a very busy place and to which he added a general wood working establishment.  in 1883 he organized the sled factory which owing to his skill and ability as an organizer grew rapidly becoming the most flourishing industry of the village.  While Mr. Gilbert was energetic and progressive in his business life he did not limit his activities to this sphere.  During his long career he was interested in all matters pertaining to the public weal and was actively concerned in nearly every question of public import that has come before the people for the last forty years.  he was a member of the first Board of Education, serving during the important period during the erection of the first Academy building.  He served the village as President, the town as supervisor and held the office of Post Master during the term between 1885-1889.  In church as well as in town life he was most active and useful.  He united with the Presbyterian church about the year 1860, and during his forty years of membership was interested in all its departments of work.  For thirty years he was clerk of the Society and the conciseness and neatness of the records remain a tribute to his ability and to his interest in the church.  For twenty years, with perhaps one or two terms of intermission, he was Superintendent of the Sunday School and up to the time of his death a much valued teacher in that school.  He was a man of great energy and had to a remarkable degree the power of a long sustained exertion both mental and physical.  He was optimistic in temperament, a fact which made him a most agreeable companion and popular in all society in which he moved.  He was a well informed man and a clear thinker.  He was gracious and courteous to all, a thorough gentleman both in feeling and deportment.  He will be greatly missed in the home, in the church, and in the town, and his death is mourned today by a large circle of personal friends who learned to respect and honor him.  Arthur Spaulding.
 
Mrs. Jane M. Gilbert, widow of the late Dr. H.D. Gilbert, died at the residence of her daughter, in Butte, Mont., on Feb. 26 [1902], aged seventy-four years.  The deceased was a daughter of the late John Shelden of McClure [Broome Co., NY], and passed her earlier years in this place.  She is survived by the following children:  Martha J. Gilbert, Frederick A. Gilbert and Anna G. Robinson.  The Butte Miner says of her:  "The deceased was a highly respected lady who came here to live with her daughter.  About six months ago she buried her husband in Nebraska City, Neb., and came to Montana to live near her children."

There died at the county house Saturday, February 22 [1902], a man who was known in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] fifty years ago as Ben Dalton, or "Bloody Dalton," son of a family who lived at the lower end of South Main street at that time.  The Norwich Sun gave his age about seventy years but he must have been nearer eighty.  Funeral services were held at the county house and his remains were brought to Norwich Tuesday for burial in the soldiers' plot in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  The members of the Norwich E.B. Smith post, G.A.R., acted as bearers.  During the Civil War Dalton was an orderly to late Colonel Samuel R. Per Lee of the one Hundred Fourteenth regiment.  He has acted as porter at various hotels in Norwich and elsewhere since the war, and as he drew a pension he was not dependent entirely upon the county for his living.  He was married and his wife and two children resided in Norwich at one time, but their present place of residence is not known. 
 
Mrs. Ada Helen St. John, 87, widow of A. Gaylord St. John, died Saturday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Sheldon G. Edgerton, at Delhi.  Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.  She had been in failing health for about two years.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]
 
John Milton Spencer, veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Wednesday afternoon, June 23, after a month's illness.  He observed his 100th birthday last October.  Mr Spencer was born in Pleasant Mount and had always lived there.  He served in the Union Army during the Civil War.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]
 
Robert B. St. John, 71, one of Walton's [Delaware Co., NY] best citizens, died at his home in that village June 28.  The Reporter in reviewing his life says:  "Robert St. John was a great soul.  Largely self-educated, he was a truly cultured gentleman with a finely developed taste and appreciation for beauty in nature, literature and art.  Having no children of his own, he was interested in the welfare of the young people of the entire village, many of whom owe to him educational advantages which he himself was denied."  Bainbridge News & Republican, July 8, 1943]

Marriages (October 3)

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Jack Frost wields his icy scepter regally thus far.  Thermometer hovers lovingly about zero, as if loth to leave.  Notwithstanding, Hymen has ventured among us again.  H. Truesdell, of the firm of Truesdell & Brown, led Miss Ruby Chamberlain to the hymenial altar on the 18th of December.  The bride received many beautiful presents, besides many hundred dollars in greenbacks, a style of engraving which is universally popular.  At the same time, Truman Ford, Station Agent at this place, was untied to Miss Libbie Stowell, daughter of Jacob Stowell, Esq.  By this time, the rage for weddings became so universal that a wooden wedding was celebrated at the house of Albert Day.  It was a pleasant surprise to the happy couple who had been five years married.  The presents ranged form a pounding barrel to an elegant center table, with intermediate grades.  The officiating minister, Rev. S.W. Weiss, gave the happy couple some very excellent advice, and after enjoying a very pleasant evening, the company separated, with the impression that among the nice things to be enjoyed was a surprise wooden wedding.  [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 4, 1873]

Last evening at 6:30 Julien C. Scott was married to Miss Anna Simonds at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Hartman, on South Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Rev. A.H. Grant, rector of St. Peter's church, this village, performed the ceremony.  The wedding was a quiet one, only the immediate friends and relatives being present.  Mr. and Mrs. Scott left last evening for Buffalo where they will remain two weeks.  The groom is a bright and promising young lawyer of this village, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Scott.  He was formerly a student with and a partner of W.B. Matterson while he had his law office in this village.  The bride is one of our most estimable young ladies, being thoroughly a business woman and possessing unusual merit.  She is highly esteemed.  [June 5, 1901]

On Wednesday evening, Mar. 14th, 1906, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Emma Newton, Pearl street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], occurred the marriage of her daughter, Miss Prudence Lorene to Leo L. Nichols, of North Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by the Rev Robert l. Clark, of Candor, N.Y., brother-in-law of the bride, only the immediate friends of the families being present.  Both parties are very estimable young people and the best wishes of their many friends follow them.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Curley, of West Newton, Mass., announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbra Ann, to Clinton H. Kingsbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kingsbury, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY].  Clinton, who enlisted in Newport, R.I., about four years ago, is now electrician's mate, first class, on the U.S.S. Mizar.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]

One of the community's prettiest June weddings was that of Miss Rita Fluney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fluney, and Robert B. MacArthur, of Quaker Hill, Davenport [Delaware Co. NY], son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacArthur, who were married Saturday, June 12, at Sacred Heart Rectory in Stamford.  the Rev. Father John J. Carroll officiated.    [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Poole, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Pauline Jeannette, to Philip Currier Comings, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Comings, of Coventry [Chenango Co.,  NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]

Soldier News continued - 1943

Lt. Sparr Wert Killed in Plane Accident
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 8, 1943
 
A War Department message to Mr. and Mrs. D. Sparr Wert, of Aaronsburg, Pa., announced the death of Lieut. D. Sparr Wert, their son, aged 26, in North Africa on May 15.  He was killed in an airplane accident, details of which could not be learned.  Lt Wert was a bomber pilot and participated in the Tunisian campaign.  Where the bomber fell was in a thinly populated section and there were apparently no witnesses who could give information regarding the accident.
 
1st Lt. Rowland Hill Jr. Awarded Posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 8, 1943
 
Col. C.P. Kane, Commanding Officer, Rome Air Service Command, will present the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously to the parents of 1st Lt. Rowland G. Hill, Jr.., Air Corps, who was killed Dec. 7, 1942, while on a bombing raid in the Far Eastern theatre of war.  The award will be made Sunday afternoon t 3 P.M. in the Methodist Church, Margaretville, N.Y.  At the specific request of Rowland G. Hill, Sr., the presentation will be a simple affair.  Participating will be members of the Margaretville American Legion Post, personnel of the city's fire department, the pastor of the Methodist church, and Col. Kane and members of his staff.
 
According to the citation accompanying the award of the DFC, Lt. Hill was lead navigator in a flight of bombers.  His mission, which was carried out successfully, was to raid enemy supply and troop concentrations from low altitude.  In part, the citation states:
 
"The entire flight was severely and effectively attacked by enemy fire.  This officer was hit in the back by a large shell fragment that caused his death before the day was over.  Prostrate, helpless, and mortally wounded, this officer, with only his consciousness to serve, navigated his plane from deep in mountainous enemy territory to an advance friendly base  His extraordinary heroism and completely unselfish devotion to duty is an inspiration to our armed forces and is worthy of the finest traditions of the Army Air Forces."
 
Lt. Hill had previously been awarded the Silver Star, and has also received the Order of the Purple Heart posthumously.
 
Recently, his father received a letter from Major General Claire Chennault, Commanding Officer, 14th Air Force.  The letter states in part:
 
"Dear Mr. Hill--Your son, 1st Lt. Rowland G. Hill, Jr., served under me from the time he arrived in China until his death in combat against the enemy.  Lt. Hill participated in action against the enemy on several occasions and at all times acquitted himself with honor both to the service and to himself.  His loss has been keenly felt as an officer and gentleman, by all those who had the pleasure to serve with him.  May we all gain strength and courage from his sacrifice which was not in vain."
 
The brief, but impressive ceremony, which is scheduled to take place will include an invocation by the Reverend Thell, reading of the citation and presentation of the award by Col. Kane, and the Reverend Arnold will then speak briefly and conclude the ceremony with a benediction.
 
Robert Smith Enrolled as Aviation Cadet
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 8, 1943
 
Maxwell Field, Ala., Robert Fayette Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Smith, of Route 1, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] is now enrolled as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School for Pilots at Maxwell Field, located on the outskirts of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama.  Here the new class of cadets is receiving nine weeks of intensive military, physical and academic training preparatory to beginning their actual flight instruction at one of the many primary flying schools in the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center.  Cadet Smith was a student at Rochester Mechanic Institute when he entered the U.S. Army where he had served three months and received 10 hours dual flight instruction as an aviation student when he was accepted as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces, June 1, 1943, at Maxwell Field, Ala. 
 
James Riley Joins Navy
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 8, 1943
 
James Riley, 17, son of Mrs. Anna Riley, and one of the most popular boys of the village, entered the U.S. Navy Monday.  "Jimmy" graduated from Bainbridge Central High School last month and immediately started plans to enter the service.  While in school he was most prominent in athletics, playing football, basketball and baseball.  His older brother, Ralph D. Riley, F 1/C, has been serving with the Pacific Fleet for some time.
 


Thursday, October 2, 2014

Obituaries (October 2)

Ken Dwight Eggleston, 63, was fatally burned when fire destroyed his home in Triangle [Broome Co., NY] Thursday morning with a loss estimated at $2,500.  the Spanish-American War Veteran's mother, Mrs. Julia Baird, who was awakened by smoke, escaped without injuries from her first-story room.  Investigators believe that the fire started while Mr. Eggleston was smoking in his bed, also in a first-floor room.  Corporal Fordham reached the scene before the dwelling was completely leveled but by the time Whitney Point and Greene Fire Departments arrived the fire was out of control.  Remains of the victim were found in the cellar, according to Corporal Fordham.  Dr. Vesta Rogers, of Lisle, coroner, issued a verdict of death by fire.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 24, 1943]

William H. Bronson, 68, for eight years assistant cashier of the Windsor National Bank, died at his home in that village [Windsor, Broome Co., NY] June 15 of a heart ailment.  Funeral services were held in the Windsor Methodist Church Friday evening.  He had been subject to heart trouble for the past six months.  He is survived by his wife, one daughter and three grandchildren.  The Standard says Mr. Bronson was an ideal citizen and his passing is mourned by the entire community.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 24, 1943]

Miss Mary Davis, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], East Side, died Wednesday afternoon when she fell from a hay tedder which she was operating near the home of Carlton J.H. Hayes.  It is believed that Miss Davis suffered a heart attack.  The horses, becoming frightened dragged Miss Davis for some distance.  They then continued on across the lawn of the Hayes residence through fences and shrubbery until they were finally stopped by Fred Holdredge.  Miss Davis suffered an extensive laceration on her scalp and died soon after the arrival of Dr. William H. Crull, who ordered the body brought to the Karschner funeral home where the funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. George B. Graves, Methodist pastor, officiating.  One brother, June Davis, survives, also a niece, Mrs. Blanche Partridge, of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946]

Miss Mary Elizabeth Davis, 62, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], R.D.2, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon of last week at her home. She is survived by a brother, June Davis, of Afton, R.D.2; a niece, Mrs. Blanche Partridge, of Bainbridge.  The body was removed to the Karschner Funeral Home in Afton, where funeral services were held Friday afternoon, the Rev. George Graves officiating.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946]

Clayton Stephen Card, 67, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Saturday at the Binghamton City Hospital.  He is survived by a brother, Earl of Pepacton.  The body was removed to the Wood Chapel, Windsor where the funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. James F. Root, officiating.  Burial was in Riverside cemetery, Windsor.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946]

Death Notices
The Bainbridge Freeman, July 13, 1849
In New Berlin on the 19th ult., Sarah S. Peck, daughter of Phillip Peck, Jr., aged 16 years and six months.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Adaline A., infant daughter of Norman and Catharine Mills, aged 1 year and 8 months.

Chenango American, June 12, 1862
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Kattie, only child of Wm. H. and Caroline Adams, aged 2 years, 9 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Miss Ida A., daughter of Alonzo and Mary Lewis, aged 12 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Martin Sackett, aged 85 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Widow Timothy Davis, aged 65 years.

In Bainbridge, on the 3d inst., Widow Pardon Redfield, aged 75 years.

 

Marriages (October 2)

Miss Ilona McUmber, of Walton [Delaware Co., NY], and Paul Tompkins, of Fishs Eddy [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage Thursday, June 17th.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C.J. Schultz, of Hale Eddy.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]

A wedding of great simplicity but high religious import, was solemnized at St. Luke's Reformed Church at Lock Haven, Pa., Monday evening, June 7, when Lt. Doris Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Adams, of Fulton [Oswego Co., NY], and Capt. William Hazzard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hazzard, of Lock Haven, exchanged vows.  The ceremony was conducted with formal Salvation Army rites.  All members of the wedding party were in uniform.  Major Ale Bunton, of Buffalo, who was in charge of the army work at Fulton when the bride became interested in training and helped her in pre-college work, presided at the services.  Adjutant W. Arthur Bamford, of Wilkes-Barre, gave the prayer and Mrs. Major Bunton read the Scripture, favored selections of the bride, which contained the promise, the pledge, the command and the blessing.  Brigadier Fred Malpass, of Scranton, commander of the N.E. Div., officiated at the double ring ceremony which was performed under the arch of the American and Salvation Army fags.  Major Horace Weatherly, of Scranton, pronounced the benediction.  The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, was attended by Lt. Evelyn Andrews, of Beacon, as maid of honor.  Lt. Doreen Vahey, of Pittston, and Miss Catherine Hazzard, sister of the bridegroom, were bridesmaids.  Capt. Albert Scott, of Scranton, was best man for Capt. Hazzard, and ushers were Pvt. Frederick L. Hazzard with the U.S. Army at Walla Walla, Wash., and Lt. Lloyd Davis, with the Salvation Army at Huntingdon.  Mary Tresler and Jane Ammerman, attired in dresses of aqua dotted swiss and carrying tiny nose gays were ring bearers and Capt. Norman Noble and Capt. Richard D. Atwell were standard bearers.  preceding the ceremony Mrs. James Kimber furnished music at the organ and Capt. Clyde Wedman, of Altoona, played a Vilra harp solo, "Indian Love Call."  Following the rites, Lt. Dorothy Ditmer, of Lock Haven  sang "At Dawning" and the Misses Isabelle Shaffer, Miriam Overton and Dorothy Ditmer presented the benediction.  Congregational hymns included "Love Divine" and "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee."  The traditional wedding marches were played by Mrs. Kimber.  A reception followed in the social rooms of the church.  Both Capt. and Mrs. hazard are graduates of the Salvation Army Training college in New York City.  Capt. Hazzard is a graduate of Lock Haven School and Mrs. Hazzard of the high school at Fulton.  The bride has been engaged in Salvation Army work at Milton and Capt. Hazzard is in charge of a unit at Towanda, where they will reside.  The bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Adams, were residents of Sidney for many years, Mrs. Adams being a sister of Harold Keeler, Mr. and Mrs. Adams and daughter have often visited at the home of Mrs. Ralph Wilson in Guilford.  Among their Norwich friends they visit are Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks, of Silver street.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 1, 1943]

George B. Davis, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], through his attorney, Mr. Wm. Thorp, has secured a divorce from Minnie Davis, on statutory grounds.  The ex-Mrs. Davis in the case is better known about here as Minnie Cotton, daughter of Aaron Cotton, of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  [Afton Enterprise, Nov. 22, 1894]

Marriage Notices
Bainbridge Freeman, July 13, 1849
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by the Rev. Chas. Jerome, Mr. T.T. Woodley, to Mrs. Surlina Davis, all of the above place.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by the Rev. Mr. Slone, Mr. G.H. Billings, to Miss Ann E. Benedict, all of Norwich.

In McDonough, on the 3d inst., by the Rev. J.T. Goodrich, Mr. Silas D. Nichols, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Elizabeth T. Bartle, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by the Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. J.R. Wheeler, to Miss Eliza Ann Tremaine.  At the same time and place, Mr. W.W. Torry to Miss Lucretia A. Tremaine, all of East Greene.

Chenango American, Sept. 20, 1855
At St. Mathew's Church, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. Samuel H. Norton, Nicholas D. Clapp, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, to Miss Mary Taylor McMahon, of the former place.

In Sherburne, on the 2d inst., by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Hiram Davis to Miss Eliza Parsons, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., by James Ferguson, Esq., Mr. Crystal Fanning, to Miss Mary E. Trafford, all of the above place.