Marriages (January 19)

Mr. & Mrs. William Woodman

Utica Saturday Globe, January 10, 1914

 

 

Mr & Mrs. William Woodman

 

Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY]:  Thursday evening, January 1, about 31 of the neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. William Woodman gathered at their home in Holmesville as a surprise for them on the 60th anniversary of their wedded life.  Refreshments were served and the evening was very pleasantly spent.

 

Dean - Harris

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946

 

The wedding of Miss Martha R.B. Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Harris, of Manhasset, L.I., to Russell Bolen Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Dean, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], took place on Wednesday evening in Christ Church, Manhasset, the Rev. Cloyde Alexander officiating.  It was followed by a reception at the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington.  The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a white satin gown with maline yoke and a veil of rosepoint lace fastened to a cap of Brussels lace.  She carried orchids and white gladioli.  The matron of honor was Mrs. E. Robinson.  Other attendants were the Misses Margaret Carnahan, Ruth Groves,  Nancy Mcintosh and Aloise Versen.  They wore smoke-blue taffeta faille and flowered headbands.  The bride's brother, Edgar W. Harris, Jr., was best man and the ushers were Messrs. David Pietz, cousin of the groom, Richard Devine, Kenneth Paradees and Joseph Zerbey, 3rd, cousin of the bride. The couple will make their home in Norwich, where Mr. Dean is with the Bennett-Ireland Corp.  He was honorably discharged from the Army last April, after 18 months in the European Theatre of Operations. The bride was graduated this year from Beaver college.  Mr. Dean attended Colgate University.  Mr. and Mrs. Dean are well known in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], the former's parents, having had a cottage on Guilford Lake, for several seasons. Congratulations are extended to them. 

 

Kinter - Vail

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 2, 1946

 

The marriage of Mary A Vail, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aldrich, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Kenneth E. Kinter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross KInter, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], took place Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Frist Presbyterian parsonage.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry Stammer.  The bride wore a street length dress of light blue with navy accessories and a corsage of gardenias.  The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. George Youngs, of Sidney.  A reception was held at the home of the bride's mother at 6 Front street, following the ceremony, for 30 friends and relatives.  The couple left for a short honeymoon and will reside at 4 Pearl street upon their return.

 

Youngs - Bennett

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 5, 1946

 

Miss Jean Marie Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spaulding, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and George W. Youngs, son of Mrs. Clarence Youngs, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage Aug. 23, at the Methodist Church in Bainbridge.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H.B.Willets, of Coventry.  Their attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cairns, of Bainbridge. After a short tour of the Finger Lake region, they will reside at their home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].

 

Mertz - Norton

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 5, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Norton, of 20 Overlook Drive, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Eleanor Lorraine, to Wendelin A. Mertz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wendelin Mertz, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The wedding will take place in October.  The bride elect is a graduate of Sidney High School, Class of '45.  Mr. Mertz is a veteran of World War II and is now employed at the Borden plant in Bainbridge.

 

Leubner - Burlarley

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 12, 1946

 

Miss Dora Burlarley was united in marriage to Walter H. Leubner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Leubner, of Walton [Delaware Co., NY], Wednesday, Sept. 4, at two o'clock in the afternoon in the United Presbyterian church, Walton.



Bright Musical Future of May C. Cox - 1905

May C. Cox

Talented Young Vocalist Who Has a Bright Future

Utica Saturday Globe, October 14, 1905

Miss May C. Cox

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Miss May C. Cox left on the morning train Wednesday for New York city, where she will spend the winter, receiving vocal instruction.  She was accompanied to the city by Mrs. Nettie C. Mitchell, under whose training she has been for a number of years.  Miss Cox is a graduate in vocal music from the Norwich High School in the class of 1904.  She has already developed a voice of rare promise and gives every evidence of becoming in the near future the leading soprano of this section.  Miss Cox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Cox, who are determined that she shall enjoy every advantage for the development of her great talent.  For several years she has been the soprano soloist in the choir of St. Paul's Church and musical director of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the A.O.H.

Post Listing, January 12 - 18, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of January 12-18, 2015

Marriages

Posted January 13, 2015

Jed Johnson - Miss Stebbins (1903)
Bert Snyder - Louella Watters (1903)
Hobart Young - Alice B. Whitaker (1903)
Catherine Amelia Place - George W. Sodan (engagement, 1905)
Virgil Andrus - Miss Butler (1907)
Ray Southworth - Lena Richmond (1907)

Arthur R. Neff - Alice L. Payne (divorce, 1916)

Sara Constable Rogers - Dr. Gaylord Willis Graves (1916)

Jennie Carkhuff - Ross Manwarren (1916)

Posted January 14, 2015
Margaret E. Hamlin - Clifford L. Smith (1946)
Gertje van der Meulen - Robert James Gordon (engagement, 1946)
Marie Lillian Cresson - Douglas James Osterhoudt (engagement, 1946)
Louise Greenmen - Robert Peck (1946)
Betty Louise Wakeman - Ernest Vail, Jr. (engagement, 1946)
Dorothy Tinker - DelMonte Baxter (engagement, 1946)

Posted January 16, 2015
Joel J. Bixby - Lillian Dewey Gosso (1917)
Arthur Theodore Kirby - Marjorie Elizabeth Banks (1917)
Margaret E. Armstrong - Duncan M. Copley (1918)
Ray M. Harrington - Ina A. Wrench (1918)
Homer D. Owens - Bessie M. Hickox (1918)
Agnes Russell - Robert DeFilippo (1946)

Posted January 17, 2015
Jennie L. Wightman - Edwin W. Burnham (1903)
Marriage Notices - 1829
     Erastus P. Smith - Betsey Mills (Guilford)
     William R. Hitchcock - Elsytha Mills (Guilford)
     Ralph Johnson - Mary Randall (Norwich)
     Andrew C. Fearing (Boston) - Aldiboron Tiphoscophornio Cowen (Fall River, MA)
     John Clapp - Lydia Strong (Norwich)

Posted January 18, 2015
Rev. Willie W. Blossom - Bessie Wicks (1903)
Mr. & Mrs. Philetus Yale (20th anniversary, 1878)
Marriage Notices
     Paul S. Graves - Julia Smith (1829)
     Abiel D. Williams - Julia Ann Hayes (1829)
     Peter I. Betts - Mary Ann Noble (1829)
     William E. Chapman - Harriet Sellick (1829)
     George B. Hall - Annie Barr (1878)
     Adelbert Moon - Edith Redfield (1878)
     Charles C. Stowell - Alice L. Gregory (1878)
     Rinalo Utter - Lauretta Parsons (1878)
 



Obituaries

Posted January 12, 2015

John Whalen, Jr. (Greene, 1946)

Susan L. Keech (Harpursville, Bainbridge, 1946)

Margaret Faigle Dix (Hancock, 1946)

Eugene Bush (Equinunk, PA, Miami, FL, 1946)

Niels M. Nielsen (Bainbridge, 1946)

William Carroll (Greene, 1946)  airplane crash

Richard Rohn (Greene, 1946) airplane crash

Posted January 13, 2015
Dr. Samuel J . Redfield (Copper Falls, MI, 1864)
Powers Redfield (Tunkhannock PA, 1888)
Mrs. C.H. Redfield (Unadilla, 1897)
Death Notices
     Silas Root (Guilford, 1876)
     Henry Gregory (Guilford, 1877)
     Enos Brainard (Rockdale, 1877)
     Charles M. Davis (Bainbridge 1877)
     Thomas Newton (Binghamton, Afton, 1877)
     Annise Richards (West Bainbridge, 1877)

Posted January 14, 2015
Clayton Stephen Card (Windsor, 1946)
Mary Elizabeth Davis (Afton, 1946)
George B. Rich (Winslo, AZ, Bainbridge, 1946)
John A. Ahearn (Susquehanna PA, 1946)
Joseph R. Tuepah (West Oneonta, 1946)
Frank G. Elegy (Oneonta, 1946)
Lida P. Holman (Bainbridge, 1946)
Wanda Williams (Carcass Brook, 1946)
Sandra Williams (Carcass Brook, 1946)

Posted January 15, 2015
Dr. Richard Griswold (Bainbridge, 1871)
Abijah Gilbert (Unadilla, 1892)
Mr. Huxter (Sherburne, 1892)
Mrs. Scott (Guilford, Norwich, 1916)
Edward Bradshaw (Bennettsville, 1916)
Eliza Pettys (Earlville, Bainbridge, 1916)
Mr. J.D. Butler (Canton, PA, 1916)
Robert Barret (Binghamton, 1916)

Posted January 16, 2015
William Edward Knapp (Susquehanna Pa, 1946)
Earl P. McMullen (Afton, 1946)
Carrie Sprague Bartley (Sidney, 1946)
Roy Place (Margaretville, 1946)
Stephen S. Cole (Sidney, 1946)
William Carroll (Greene, 1946)  airplane crash
Richard Rohn (Greene, 1946) airplane crash
Clifton Frink (Norwich, 1946)

Posted January 17, 2015
Chester Clark (Sangerfield, 1829)
Hon. Ezra C. Gross (Elizabethtown, 1829)
Edward Augustus Holyoke, LL. D. (Salem, 1829)
Jessie E. (Mayer) McCulloch (Norwich, 1905)
Lillie May (Jackson) Bugbee (Franklin, 1946)
Abram Leonard (Walton, 1946)

Posted January 18, 2015
Nelson Lewis Greene (Edmeston, 1905)
Peter B. Guernsey (Norwich, 1829)
Adaline Cobb (Conesus, 1829)  struck by lightning
Capt. V. Foster (Sherburne, 1829)
 

 

Miscellaneous

Posted January 12, 2015

Mysterious Disappearance of Bainbridge Man - 1946

Miscellaneous Items - 1946

     Frank Doolittle Injured

     Bainbridge Native Harry Searles  Returns from European Trip

Posted January 13, 2015
County Historical Society Meets, Chenango Unit Holds October Session at South Otselic - 1941

Posted January 14, 2015
Bainbridge Central School, Class of 1947, Part 1

Posted January 15, 2015
Moving Buildings in Bainbridge (about 1900)
First Dentist in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY

Posted January 16, 2015
Bainbridge Supervisors, 1807-1875

Posted January 17, 2015
Gerrit S. Hyde Writes from War Zone - World War I, ca 1918.

Posted January 18, 2015
Francis Grant Gives Account of Ten Days' Stay at the Front - World War I, ca 1918.

Marriages (January 18)

Blossom - Wicks

Utica Saturday Globe, October 24, 1903

 

 

Well-Known Young People Recently United in Marriage

Rev. and Mrs. Willie W. Blossom, who will reside at Samaria, West Virginia

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The home of Mr. and Mrs. David Wicks, corner of [-?-] and Rexford streets, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday when their daughter, Miss Bessie Wicks, was united in marriage to Rev. Willie W. Blossom.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. M.H. Kendrick in the presence of relatives and a few intimate friends.  Cora Hemingway was maid of honor and Robert N. Wicks acted as best man.  Following the ceremony a beautiful wedding supper was served.  The bride is an active member of the Free Methodist Church of this town and is popular among a large group of friends.  The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Blossom, of Tunkhannock, Pa.  He was formerly a resident of this village and is a promising young clergyman of the Free Methodist Church in charge of a church in Samaria, W. Va., and after a trip to Philadelphia, Washington, and places of interest the young couple will take up their residence in that community.  The congratulations and best wishes of their many friends and acquaintances will follow them to their new home.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Philetus Yale

Bainbridge Republican, September 26, 1878

 

On Monday evening the 23d inst. Mr. and Mrs. Philetus Yale, having been earnestly solicited by kind neighbors to take a ride to an adjacent village, although thinking it a strange freak decided to go with them, and while gone their home was taken possession of by numerous relatives, friends and neighbors, who on their return met them with congratulations and kind wishes for many happy returns of this their 20th anniversary of their wedding.  All having assembled, the Master of Ceremonies, Mr. S.M. Warren, requesting silence, the Rev. Mr. Guy, a brother of the bride, offered a fervent opening prayer, after which the Rev. Luman Yale, the officiating clergyman of twenty years ago, made some earnest interesting remarks, to which, by request of the bridegroom, Rev. Mr. Haynes responded, after which Revs Grummon and Guy also made a few remarks.  China being in order, a beautiful gold banded tea set, with other article of the same ware, was found upon the table.  Flowers, music, supper and a general social time filled up the very pleasant evening.  No doubt the young and old bachelors present were ardently wishing for their first anniversary, but alas!  for the twentieth of some of them.  Too late!  too late!

 

Marriage Notices

Antimasonic Telegraph, October 7, 1829

Married in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st ins't., by Smith Johnson, esq., Mr. Paul S. Graves to Miss Julia Smith, all of that town.

 

In St. Mathews Church, at Unadilla, (Otsego co.) on the evening of the 23d ult. by the Rev. Norman H. Adams, Mr. Abiel D. Williams, to Miss Julia Ann Hayes, all of that place.

 

Also--At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Peter I. Betts, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Ann Noble, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

 

In Ulysses [Tompkins Co., NY], on Thursday 17th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Peck, Mr. William E. Chapman, one of the editors of the Oxford Gazette, to Miss Harriet Sellick, of the former place.

 

Bainbridge Republican, July 11, 1878
HALL - BARR:  In Greene, by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. George B. Hall, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Annie Barr, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

MOON - REDFIELD:  At the parsonage, Nineveh, N.Y., June 30th, by Rev. Mr. Sawtelle, Mr. Adelbert Moon, to Miss Edith Redfield, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

STOWELL - GREGORY:  At the residence of B.F. Gregory, in Guilford, June 25th, by Rev. T. P. Halstead, Mr. Charles C. Stowell, of Mexico, N.Y. [Oswego Co., NY] to Alice L. Gregory, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]

UTTER - PARSONS:  At the M.E. Parsonage, Bainbridge, July 3, 1878, by Rev. A.F. Brown, Rinalo Utter of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Lauretta Parsons of East Guilford [Chenango Co.,  NY]. 

 

Obituaries (January 18)

Nelson Lewis Greene

Utica Saturday Globe, October 14, 1905

 

 

Nelson Lewis Greene

 

Edmeston [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Monday, October 2, occurred the death of Nelson Lewis Greene, one of Edmeston's most prominent citizens and business men.  He was taken suddenly ill Sunday morning and grew rapidly worse until death relieved his sufferings.  His mind was clear, and he was conscious of the fast approaching end, but seemed reconciled and spoke calmly of it.  Mr. Greene was a man widely known throughout the surrounding country, having conducted a foundry and machine shop for many years, being himself an expert machinist.  His sudden and unexpected death calls forth the deepest regret from all who knew him.  He was 64 years of age and is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. C.L. Havens and Mrs. Otis Arnold, of this place, and one brother, John Greene, D.D., of Hamilton, N.Y.  Funeral services were held at his home on South street Thursday afternoon, Farmer's Lodge F.&A.M., of which he was an honored member, attending in a body and the burial service was conducted by the members.  In his death Edmeston has suffered a great loss, and the sympathy of the entire community is extended to the family.

 

Peter B. Guernsey
1799 - 1829

Antimasonic Telegraph, April 22, 1829

 

Died--In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], after a long and lingering illness which he bore with uncommon fortitude, patient forbearance and Christian resignation, Peter B. Guernsey, Jr. aged 30 years.  In the death of the amiable young man whose premature exit from this, to another, and we trust, a better world, it is our painful duty this week to record, society has lost one of its brightest ornaments--a father and mother, a dutiful son--a brother and sisters, a worthy relative--a fond and tender wife, a kind and affectionate husband, and two infant children, their guardian and protector.  Cut down, as he has been by "the King of Terrors," in the very middle of life, though not unexpectedly, and not without having suffered, more or less, from the pains of sickness for several years, we feel to sympathize with the surviving relatives of the deceased--to drop a tear at his departure from among us, and to mourn the loss of one with whom the writer of this brief tribute to his memory, though his junior in years, was long and intimately acquainted.  Of the many private virtues that adorned the character of the deceased, it is scarcely necessary to speak, as they are extensively known and justly appreciated.  We cannot, however, in justice to our own feelings not less than to the memory of departed worth, avoid saying a few words more in addition to what has already fallen from our pen; and in so doing, we need not remark, that whatever we record has the sanction of personal observation, and comes feeling from the heart.  In private conversation, the deceased was affable, familiar and interesting.  Possessing a strong and powerful mind, well cultivated by study, travel and experience; with a happy faculty of imparting information to others, his company was always agreeable and his conversation highly interesting and instructive.  Charity in judging, and moderation and candor in speaking, of the motives and actions of others, were ruling principles in his mind and predominant traits in his character.  To impute an unworthy action to a bad motive, or to censure those who chanced to differ with him in opinion, came not within the range of his disposition;  "He judged of others by the same rule he would think it right that they should judge of him," and in all his dealings and transactions with his fellow men, he was scrupulously just and uprightly honest.  In every vicissitude of life, he was the same--always patient, frank, open-hearted and generous.  We have seen him, in his juvenile days (though we have a faint recollection of this fact,) in the full vigor of health, with a fair prospect before him of a long and useful life; we have seen him engaged in private and social chat, with his particular and personal friends; we have seen him in the domestic circle--by his fire side, with an amiable and virtuous wife to comfort and console him, and with a tender little one--the offspring of mutual love and affection--prattling upon his knee;  we have seen him in almost every situation in which man can be placed--at one time, slowly recovering from tthe ravages of disease--then again, in the enjoyment of tolerable health--at another, languishing upon a sick couch, with the most anxious solicitude depicted in his countenance and exhibited in his conversation, for the welfare and happiness of those dearer to his heart than even life itself.  His example in life was the epitome of virtue.  [Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY]

Adaline Cobb

Antimasonic Telegraph, June 17, 1829

During the thunder storm, about 8 o'clock, last Sunday evening, Miss Adaline Cobb, daughter of Mr. Ansel Cobb of Conesus [Livingston Co., NY], was instantly killed by lightning.  At the moment of this awful visitation, she was seated near a Mr. Benjamin Griswold, a young man who was paying his addresses to her, and to whom she was soon to have been married.  Mr. Griswold was seriously injured, having his clothes much torn, and one boot literally rent in pieces.  It is thought he will recover.  Miss Cobb was about 19 years of age, possessing charms which would scarcely fail of interesting all who knew her; amiable in her disposition and deportment, with a mind cultivated and improved for future usefulness.  How strikingly should her melancholy fate remind us, that in the midst of life we are in death.  It is but a year or two since a similar calamity took place in Marcellus, Onondaga co.  We say the event was similar for it was Sabbath evening, when the death bolt fell upon two young and seemingly happy lovers;  one was killed outright and the other wounded, though we believe in the latter case it was the young man who was killed--Livingston Register.

Capt. V. Foster

Antimasonic Telegraph, November 18, 1829

Capt. V. Foster, a worthy inhabitant of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], being on the 29th ult. engaged in his distillery, when, by some means, the steam became confined in the boiler, the cap flew off, and in an instant he was overwhelmed in showers of steam and boiling water, bursting from the boiler.  He was with great effort enabled to extricate himself form this dreadful situation, and jump into a tub of beer standing near.  His clothes were instantly stripped form him by cleaving the sleeves with a knife. With assistance he walked to his house, a short distance, but was literally raw.  With all due attention he survived but ten days, in agonies the most excruciating, leaving a wife, two children, and many friends to lament his loss. 

Francis Grant Goes to Front - WWI, about 1918

Francis Grant Gives Account of Ten Days' Stay at the Front

World War I

Utica Saturday Globe, about 1918

 

 

Sergeant Francis Grant

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Francis Grant, a sergeant in the American forces in France, writes to his mother, Mrs. Lillian Grant, of a visit he paid to the trenches:

 

"I have just returned from the front.  The intelligence section were up there for about 10 days.  It certainly was a wonderful experience.  It is something you really have to go through to realize.  I have been through and seen it all with my own eyes.  All the way from the artillery right up to seeing them go 'over the top.'  They wouldn't let us go, and I guess it probably didn't require any force to keep us back.  Still, I was surprised.  I thought we would be scared at first, but we weren't.  I would have liked to have gone over just so I could say that I had been there.  It was exciting enough as it was.  We were under shell fire over eight days.  Nights we went up to the front line and the rifle and machine gun bullets were pretty thick in places.  It is surprising how fast a man can get on the ground when he hears a M.G. open up, or a shell coming towards him.

 

"The Sunday morning before we came back they brought down a Fritz airplane, right near us, and Sergt. Christenson and I went and saw it.  It came down in flames, so there wasn't much left of it except the iron parts.  I got a little strip of the wings, and I will send you a piece."



Obituaries (January 17)

Chester Clark

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 15, 1829

 

Distressing Accident:  On Thursday last, the grain loft of Dr. Palmer's Distillery, in Sangerfield [Oneida Co., NY], suddenly gave way and came down, crushing to instant death Mr. Chester Clark, a respectable citizen of that town, who was at work in the building at the time.  Mr. Clark has a wife and several children left to mourn his untimely fate.  One of his sons was with him at the time of the accident, and narrowly escaped with his life.

 

Hon. Ezra C. Gross

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 15, 1829

 

At the opening of the House this morning, Mr. Edgerton, announced the death of the Hon. Ezra C. Gross, member of the assembly from the county of Essex.  Mr. E. accompanied the annunciation, with a brief but appropriate notice of the character of the deceased.  The House immediately adjourned, after passing resolutions to attend the funeral, and to wear crepe during the remainder of the session.   Mr. G. resided at Elizabethtown [Essex Co., NY] where he pursued the practice of Law.  He was 38 years of age.

Edward Augustus Holyoke

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich,  NY, April 15, 1829

Says the Salem Gazette of Friday morning--"The hearts of all our citizens were saddened on Tuesday evening by the tidings announced by the tolling of all our church bells, that the virtuous, and eminent and the excellent Edward Augustus Holyoke, LL, D. the skillful physician, the learned philosopher, the active philanthropist, and the good man, had departed this life at 6 o'clock on the evening, in the one hundred-and-first year of his age."

 

Jessie E. (Mayer) McCulloch

Utica Saturday Globe, October 14, 1905

 

 

Jessie E. (Mayer) McCulloch

A Lovable, Christian Woman Whose Death

Brought Grief to Norwich Friends

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After an illness extending over nearly two years, Mrs. Jessie E., wife of John G. McCulloch, died at her home on Guernsey street [Norwich, NY] Sunday afternoon, aged 41.  Deceased was born in England February 15, 1864, the daughter of Henry and Anna Mayer.  She came to America when a young girl in company with her mother, who died not long after their arrival in this country.  About 1872 the daughter came to Gilbertsville, Otsego county, and lived in the family of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Kellogg.  On March 15, 1888, she married John G. McCulloch and eight years later they came to Norwich and had since resided here.  She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and of the Lily of the Valley Rebekah Lodge No 95.  By her uniformly kind and Christian character she had become loved in the home and respected by all who  knew her.  Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Emily A., who resides in this place.  The funeral was held from the family home on Guernsey street Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. W.D. Benton conducting the services.  A quartet composed of Mrs. F.E. Roper, Mrs. J.H. Fink, Messrs. Ivan Blackman and Edward L. Nash rendered music.  The bearers were Messrs, George Fausett, George  H. Mahan, Charles Bowen and Seth Lamb.  The floral offerings from friends were profuse and beautiful, including a pillow from the Daughters of Rebekah and flowers from the Carpenters' Union and the Norwich City Band.

Lillie May (Jackson) Bugbee

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 20, 1946

Mrs. Lillie May Bugbee died suddenly Sunday, June 9, 1946, at 7:30 a.m.  Funeral services were held on Wednesday from the Methodist Church.  The Rev. Raymond Ward, pastor, officiated, and burial was in Ouleout Cemetery.  Mrs. Bugbee was born May 10, 1872, in Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], a daughter of Elias and Mary (Lathan) Jackson, and her marriage to Burton Bugbee occurred May 17, 1898.  She was a member of the Methodist Church and affiliated with the WSCS, Grange WCTU, Rebekah Lodge, and the Townsend Club.  Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Underwood, and Mrs. Olin Evans, Franklin; a son, Stuart Bugbee, Bainbridge; an adopted son, Roy Jackson, Franklin; a brother, Norman Jackson, Franklin; 12 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Abram Leonard

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 4, 1946

Funeral services for Abram Leonard, 66, who was crushed to death by a bull in a lonely pasture Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Lyon Brothers Funeral Chapel, Walton.  According to Coroner C.S. Gould, Mr. Leonard had gone out to round up livestock on the farm of his son, Clifford Leonard, in Baxter Brook Valley, five miles south of Walton [Delaware Co., NY].  A sale of livestock was scheduled for Wednesday at the farm. The coroner said that Mr. Leonard apparently did not see the bull because of a heavy ground fog.  According to the coroner, the bull apparently trampled Mr. Leonard to death, and then rolled the body 50 or 60 years against a log.  Members of the Leonard family discovered the body after the cattle had returned without Mr. Leonard accompanying them.

Marriages (January 17)

Burnham - Wightman

Utica  Saturday Globe, October 24, 1903

 

 

Mr & Mrs. Edwin W. Burnham

Young People Who Were Recently United In Marriage

Norwich [Chenango Co. NY]:  Miss Jennie L. Wightman, youngest daughter of Tracy Wightman, and Edwin W. Burnham were quietly married at Calvary Baptist Church parsonage Monday evening, by Rev. Spencer J. Ford.  After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Burnham left on a short wedding trip after which they will reside in Norwich.  The bride is a well-known and popular young lady whose friends are legion.  She has been a nurse for several years.  The groom is one of Norwich's most estimable young men and is the oldest son of Mrs. H. Kishbaugh.  Their many friends join in wishing them a long and happy wedded life.

 

Marriage Notices - 1829

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 22, 1829

Married in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Wells, Mr. Erastus P. Smith to Miss Betsey Mills.

 

Also--At the same time and place, Mr. William R. Hitchcock to Miss Elsytha Mills.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 29, 1829

Married in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday afternoon last, by Elder Jedediah Randall, Mr. Ralph Johnson, junior editor of the Norwich Journal, to Miss Mary daughter of Charles Randall.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 6, 1829

Married on Fall River, Mass. on Monday Morning, Mr. Andrew C. Fearing, merchant, of Boston, to Miss Aldiboron Tiphoscophornia Cowen, of the former place.

 

Antimasocic Telegraph, July 1, 1829

Married in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. by the Rev. Edward Andrews, John Clapp, esq. to Miss Lydia Strong.

Gerrit S. Hyde, World War I Navy Man

Gerrit Hyde Writes

He is on a Patrol Boat in the War Zone

Utica Saturday Globe, ca. 1918

 

 

Gerrit S. Hyde

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Among the many interesting letters received from Norwich boys on the other side, none have received closer attention than those written by Gerrit S. Hyde to his mother, Mrs. Bernice Hyde.  Gerrit is on one of the big battleships patrolling the war zone and does not expect to return to America until the war is over.  Under date of June 27 he writes regarding the work of the submarines:

 

"You are right in not worrying too much about the submarines on the Atlantic coast.  The navy can successfully cope with them and really, I believe that it was a good thing that they did come over, for they have brought the war a little closer to our shores and have given a jounce to those who have considered the war a European affair, if there remains any of that tribe.

 

"I firmly believe that the war is now in the hands of the Allies.  On the sea we are supreme despite the submarines, which seem to grow fewer and fewer and which soon will be of little importance.  On the western front we can feel secure in the advantage of the Allies and I am looking continually to read that they are steadily pushing back the Germans.  The length of war depends on the strength of the front Germany is putting up.  The occasional glimpses we get behind that front are anything but startling."



Bainbridge Supervisors 1807 - 1873

Bainbridge Supervisors, 1807 - 1873

Bainbridge Republican, October 16, 1875

 

We have been furnished, through the kindness of Mr. Orren Jacobs, one of our oldest residents, and now acting as Clerk of our town, the names of persons filling the office of Supervisor for the past sixty-eight years [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Below we give the names and the number of years each served.

 

1807-----------------------------Peter Betts

1808-------------Cyrus Strong, two years

1810-------------Enos Cornel, three years

1813------Thomas Humphrey, four years

1817-------------David Cooper, two years

1819----------Sylvester Corbin, two years

1821--------------John C. Clark, five years

1826----------Nathan Boynton, four years

1830--------------James S. Beal, two years

1832---------------R.W. Juliand, two years

1834----------------------------John Newton

1835--------------------Thomas Humphrey

1836-----------------Joseph P. Chamberlin

1837--------------------William Knapp, Jr.

1838-------------------------William Banks

1839-----------------------William S. Sayre

1840--------------------------Reubin Kirby

1841--------------------------Daniel Stowe

1842----------------Joseph P. Chamberlin

1843------------------------Ezra P. Church

1844-----------------------Merlin Jackson

1845--------------------David Van Horne

1846------------------------Reubin  Kirby

1847--------------------David Van Horne

1848--------------------Cornelius Church

1849--------------------Abram G. Owens

1850----------------Charles W. Griswold

1851------------------------David Pearsall

1852-----------------------Merlin Jackson

1853----------------------James M. Banks

1854--------------------William Bateman

1855-------------------------S.B. Northrup

1856-----------------------Merlin Jackson

1857------------------------Charles Bixby

1858--------------------William S. Sayre

1859--------------Blin S. Sill, four years

1863---------------------Daniel S. Bristol

1864----------------------Ezra Pl. Church

1865-------------Blin S. Sill, three years

1868-----------------------Joseph Juliand

1869-------Alvin Converse, three years

1872-------------------Burr C. Campbell

1873-----Gilbert Sherwood, three years

Marriages (January 16)

Bixby - Gosso

Bainbridge Republican & Express, June 14, 1917

Joel J. Bixby of this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and Mrs. Lillian Dewey Gosso of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] were united in marriage at noon Wednesday, June 6, 1917.  Mr. and Mrs. Bixby have started on an extended automobile trip through the states and Canada and upon their return will reside at his home at 60 North Broad street [Norwich, NY].  The ceremony as performed by Rev. Yale Lyon, rector of St. Matthew's church, Unadilla, and at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S.J. White, Mrs. White being a sister of the bride.  Only immediate relatives were in attendance.  Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln A. Groat of Buffalo, Dr. William B. Allen of Binghamton, Rev. Warren N. Bixby of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. J.C.N. Williams of Albany, being present.  The house was very prettily decorated with roses and other flowers and made a delightful setting for the happy wedding party which after the ceremony enjoyed together a delicious wedding breakfast.  Mrs. Bixby who is known to a number of Norwich people, was dressed in a becoming gown of grey georgette crepe and carried lilies of the valley.  The hearty congratulations of a wide circle of friends are extended to both Mr. and Mrs. Bixby--Norwich Telegraph.  Joel J. Bixby was a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and his many friends here extend hearty congratulations.

 

Kirby - Banks

Bainbridge Express, December 13, 1917

 

New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]:  On December eight 1917, at ten a.m. in St. Andrew's church New Berlin occurred the marriage of Marjorie Elizabeth Banks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Banks of New Berlin to Arthur Theodore Kirby of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wilson E. Tanner Rector of the parish.  The bride was simply but tastefully gowned in white serge and wore a corsage bouquet of cream rose buds.  She entered the church on the arm of her father and was attended by Miss Margaret Kirby of Bainbridge, sister of the groom.  Miss Kirby wore the georgette crepe and a corsage bouquet of violets.  The groom was attended by Dr. Banks, brother of the bride.  Immediately following the wedding ceremony a delightful breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents.  The table was exquisitely decorated with pink carnations and ferns. The guests were Mrs. Polly Banks, Dr. and Mrs. Van Wagner, Mrs. White, Rev. and Mrs. Tanner of New Berlin, Dr. and Mrs. Ray Banks and baby daughter of Worcester, Miss Mary Kirby and Miss Margaret Kirby of Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirby and Miss Olive Kirby, of Afton.  Early in the afternoon the bride and groom left, in a much bedecked automobile, for their new home in Binghamton.  Mr. ad Mrs. Arthur Kirby will be at home after Dec. 14th at 240 Front Street, Binghamton, N.Y.  The bride was a member of the Bainbridge High School faculty for several years.

 

Copley - Armstrong

Bainbridge Express, May 2, 1918

 

Miss Margaret E. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Armstrong and Sergt, Duncan M. Copley were married Sunday afternoon, April 28th at 2:30 o'clock in the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, S.C.  The church was decorated with fleurdelis and the wedding march was played by a brother soldier.  Sergt. Copley is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D.H Copley and stationed at Camp Wadsworth with the 27th Division U.S.A.

 

Harrington - Wrench

Bainbridge Express, June 13, 1918

 

Announcements have been received of the marriage at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], of Miss Ina A. Wrench of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Mr. Ray M. Harrington of that city on Saturday evening, June 8th, 1918, by Rev. James Benninger, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church  Miss Wrench is the daughter of Mrs. Sophia Wrench, residing on South Pearl street.  She is an estimable young lady and well liked by all who know her.  She was until very recently employed in the office of the America Separator Co., as one of its stenographers.  Mr. Harrington is a fine young man and is employed by the Endicott-Johnson Shoe M'fg Co. at Johnson City.  Mr. and Mrs. Harrington will be at home, June 20th at 173-1/2 Chapin street, Binghamton.  Their many friends here wish them happiness and a cloudless journey through life together.

 

Owens - Hickox

Bainbridge Express, August 15, 1918

 

Homer D. Owens and Miss Bessie M. Hickox were married at St. Peter's Church [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], this morning, by the Rev. R.W. Nickel.  The bride's parents and Dr. Danforth attended as witnesses.  Mr. and Mrs. Owens left by auto for a trip to New York City.

 

DeFilippo - Russell

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Miss Agnes M. Russell, daughter of Mrs. Maude Russell, 1 Bridge street, was married at her home Saturday noon to Robert DeFilippo, of Mount Vernon.  The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry Stammer, of the Presbyterian Church, Bainbridge.  The bride was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Winn Barnes, of Oneonta.  She wore a white dress of street length, a tiara of sweet peas and a corsage of red, white and blue gladioli.  Mrs. Edward Meehen, of Sidney, was matron of honor and Kendall Barnes, Oneonta, nephew of the bride, was best man.  The room was decorated with baskets of gladioli and hydrangeas with streamers of white and green crepe paper.  A reception was held at the home and luncheon followed for the bridal party and immediate relatives.  The bride is a graduate of Bainbridge Central School.  After a wedding trip the couple will reside in an apartment at 1 Bridge street.

Obituaries (January 16)

William Edward Knapp

Bainbridge News & Republican, May 9, 1946

William Edward Knapp, 34, of Susquehanna [PA], died suddenly Sunday morning at the Barnes Memorial Hospital, Susquehanna.  He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Susquehanna; a daughter, Mary Jo, of Susquehanna; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Knapp, of Warsaw, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Samuelson and Mrs. Raymond Moses, both of Rochester, and Mrs. Donald Peck, of Attica, and a brother, Albert, of Whalen.

 

Earl P. McMullen

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Earl P. McMullen, 52, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife and one son, Earl F. McMullen, both of Afton.  Funeral services were held at the Karschner Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Alan Douglas officiating.  Burial in Mount hope Cemetery, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Carrie Sprague Bartley

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Mrs. Frank Bartley, 78, died at the Sidney Hospital Thursday night after an illness of several months.  The funeral was held Sunday at her residence at 12 Clinton street.  The Rev. Charlton Opdyke, pastor of the Congregational Church, officiated and burial was sin Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY].  Carrie Sprague Bartley was born July 25, 1867, at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Her husband, the late Frank Bartley, was postmaster at Sidney for many years.

 

Roy Place

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Roy Place, nearly a lifelong resident of Margaretville [Delaware Co., NY], died Tuesday, June 4, of a heart condition.  His last illness lasted but two days.  Mr Place was born in Margaretville June 7, 1894, and had lived in Margaretville all his life except for three years spent in Andes.  Mr. Place is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ransom Darrett and Mrs. Kenneth Miller, both of Margaretville; one son, Curtis Place, of Guilford, and one brother, Ray Place, of Downsville.  The funeral was held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Alfred Coons officiating.  Burial was in the Margaretville Cemetery.

 

Stephen Smith Cole

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946

 

The funeral of Stephen Smith Cole, 78, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], father of Mrs. Henry Pratt, of Bainbridge, was held Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church, Sidney, with the Rev. John Kavanaugh officiating.  Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.  Mr. Cole died July 6 at his home in 21 Pleasant street, Sidney, after an illness of about 10 months.  He was born Sept. 15, 1867 at Upsonville, Pa., the son of Louden and Mary Smith Cole.  He had lived many years in Sidney where he followed his trade as a carpenter.  he is survived by is wife, Lelah Dexter Cole; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Pratt, of Bainbridge; two grandsons, Donald and Bruce Pratt, Bainbridge; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lena Cole, Sidney; a sister, Mrs. Lottie Gardner, of Detroit; Mich., and several nieces and nephews.

 

William Carroll & Richard Rohn

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

Two Greene pilots, one of whom served in the RCAF during World War II, were killed Sunday night when their airplane crashed approximately 150 yards from the Greene airport.  The two men, William Carroll, 48, and Richard Rohn, 35, were flying a single-engine monoplane equipped with dual controls.  They took off from the Greene [Chenango Co., NY] airport a little after 6 p.m. for a flight over the surrounding countryside.  After they had circled near the port for more than half an hour their plane suddenly went out of control and crashed from a height of 1,500 feet, landing on the flat land across the Chenango River from the airport on a farm owned by Walter Burroughs.  Carroll was killed instantly in the crash, but Rohn survived for 30 minutes.  Dr. C.W Chapin and Dr. Everett Centerwall were called by airport officials who saw the plane come down, but were unable to save Rohn's life.  One witness who saw the crash from the airport on the west side of the river, said that he had been watching the plane as it circled and that he thought he heard the motor cut out.  The plane, he said, apparently went into a spin when the pilot turned in an attempt to glide back to the field. The pilot recovered from the spin by putting the plane into a dive, but was too low to level out.  Because the plane had dual controls, it was impossible to determine which of the two men was flying it at the time of the crash.  Both bodies were removed to the Rogers Funeral home in Greene, and Dr. Matt A. Boname, of Norwich, Chenango County coroner, was summoned.  Carroll, who was employed at the Whipple Auto Supply Co., served as a pilot in both World Wars, flying for the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II in Canada.  In addition to his two sons, William, Jr., and Edgar, both of whom served in World War II, he is survived by his mother and sister.  Rohn, who was employed at the Lyon-Raymond Corp. in Greene, held a commercial pilot license and had served as an instructor at the airport.  He is survived by his wife and two children.

 

Clifton Frink

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Clifton Frink, 46, Norwich, Chenango County Highway Department garage foreman, died Monday morning in Chenango County Memorial Hospital as a result of injuries he received when a motorcycle he was driving struck the rear of a car driven by Levi Collins, Sherburne  Mrs. Frink, 42, who was riding on the back seat of the motorcycle, is in the hospital suffering with lacerations of the scalp and possible skull fracture.

First Dentist in Bainbridge

First Dentist in Bainbridge

 

An article appeared in the Republican of three weeks since in regard to Dr. O.S. Hill, dentist in Bainbridge 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 [Chenango Co., NY], which we propose to give in a series of articles.

 

In 1818 the first dental office was opened in Bainbridge by Dr. Richard Griswold.  He came here 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.  The prominent people of the town who had been accustomed to going to cities to be served in that line, soon discovered in the bright, quick, alert young dentist, with his vivid personality, the skill which was rare to find at that period.  Dr. Griswold commanded speedily a wide patronage which he held until old age weakened his hand.  The most difficult cases which required varied treatment he was never at a loss to cope with.  Much of his success was due to the resources of his mechanical skill, his knowledge being so perfect that he could turn out an instrument of any fineness to suit the emergency of the demand.  As to the filling of teeth and the permanence of the work, he probably had no superior in the methods then used.  There are people living in Bainbridge today 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.

 

Dr. Griswold was called a goldsmith and silversmith as well as 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.

 

The first dentist in Bainbridge, Dr. Griswold, was for fifty years one of the most interesting personages of our place.  He was of small stature, almost childish in physique, but possessed a face wonderfully expressive in intelligence, was highly educated, a man of versatile talents, extremely companionalbe, possessing a gay, youthful and poetical temperament which was always attractive to young and old.

 

Dr. Griswold died in 1871 at the age of 75 years.  Three sons, George, Norman and John became dentists and settled elsewhere.

Moving Buildings in Bainbridge

Two Old Buildings

Being Moved from the Ground to be

Occupied by the New M.E. Church

(About 1900)

 

The site on Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] for the erection of the new M.E. Church, is being cleared for building which will soon commence.  The small office structure removed last week to Pyrun Hill, has had its day of usefulness and was occupied formerly by prominent men of this village for many years.  It stood primarily upon a part of the Park Hotel site adjoining the Clark block, and it was there that the first bank in Bainbridge was opened in 1853.  Dr. Samuel L. Banks, brother of John Banks, was the president.  He had used the building for a doctor's office and his brother James M. Banks, for a law and real estate office.  After a time the property thereabouts was sold for hotel purposes and the office was removed to the place just vacated.  It was occupied there for several years by the lawyers, George H. Winsor, George I. Winsor and Elliot Danforth.  Lately it had gone into disuse.

 

There is still another old building to be removed which was known for over fifty years as Squire Sayre's law office.  Mr. Sayre died in 1880.  It had been occupied as early as 1823 by John C. Clark who later became district attorney, member of assembly and congressman successively from this county and district.  Mr. Sayre was associated for a number of years with John C. Clark in practice and afterwards with Isaac Bush, James M. Banks, George H. Winsor, Leroy Bennett and Frank L. Smith. 

 

Thus it will be seen that these two little old buildings, unsightly and indifferent as they may seem now have been historic habitations in the business relations of the town.

 

[Compiler note:  The Cornerstone for the "new" Methodist Church building on North Main Street was laid 23 August 1902.]

Obituaries (January 15)

Dr. Richard Griswold

Chenango Union, November 1, 1871

 

It is with sadness that we record the death of Richard Griswold, who departed this life last Monday afternoon, at the ripe age of 76 years.  Thus has another of the landmarks been removed from the pathway of life.  Mr. Griswold came to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] from Cairo, Greene county, in 1816.  Soon after he was joined in marriage to Miss Lydia Newell, daughter of Thomas Newell.  He was the father of ten children--five boys and five girls--seven of whom are yet living.  For more than half a century Mr. Griswold has trod our streets and been known among the active business men of Bainbridge.  What changes he has witnessed on these grounds but few remain behind to relate.  Bainbridge, from a little hamlet, grew to a vigorous business center--died and sank to rest in its former quietude, and has again returned to life and business strength never before known to its inhabitants.  Many are the enterprises which have stirred her people in all these years--his life--and but few could more faithfully detail the incidents in the history of Bainbridge than he--Bainbridge Review.

 

Abijah Gilbert

Chenango Union, December 1, 1892

A double funeral took place in the family of Mr. Abijah Gilbert last Monday, who resides about two miles from Palmer & Johnston's mills.  Mrs. Gilbert died suddenly of heart disease on the 18th inst.  Mr. Gilbert came to this village to make arrangements for the funeral of his wife.  He drove down and conversed with friends about the sad event.  On the following day, he also died suddenly.  Both were troubled with heart disease.  This unusual and sad occurrence calls on behalf of the afflicted family the profound sympathy of all.  They leave a family of four grown up children.  --Sidney Record.

 

[Compiler note:  Abijah Gilbert was born 17 December 1822.  He married Marguerite/Margrett Empet (b. 1823) prior to 1847.  Margrett died 18 November 1892 in Unadilla, Chenango Co., NY.  Abijah died the following day on  19 November 1892.  They were buried in Rogers Hollow Cemetery, Unadilla, NY]

 

Mr. Huxter

Chenango Union, December 1, 1892

 

Thursday morning as Sylvester Pike was out hunting he found the body of old Mr. Huxter, whose home was on Steam Sawmill Hill, lying across a fence in a field belonging to Chauncey Pudney.  It appears that the old man came to Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] with a handsled Wednesday, got a bag of meal and started for home about four o'clock.  That was the last seen of him until found as above stated.  He had started across the field as a near out home, and had taken the fence partly down to get his sled through and had then fallen through cold and exhaustion and died.  The remains were brought to Sherburne and placed in the undertaking room of H.B. Parker and Coroner Fernald notified.  After an examination by the coroner, assisted by Dr. H.C. Lyman, it was decided than an inquest was unnecessary, as it was evident that he had died through  natural causes.  He was quite old and very infirm, and the long journey he had taken that day had doubtless been too much for him.--Sherburne News. 

 

Mrs. Scott

Bainbridge Republican, June 22, 1916

 

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Funeral services for the late Mrs. Scott who recently died so suddenly at the home of her brother near the High Bridge were held on Monday of last week, Rev. G.W. King offered a prayer at the home at 10:30 o'clock and the body was taken to Norwich where services were held in Mt. hope chapel and interment make in the cemetery at that place.  Mrs. Scott was 56 years of age and had been a widow for the past five years.  Previous to that time her home had been at Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Edward Bradshaw

Bainbridge Republican, June 22, 1916

 

Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY]:  E. Bradshaw died Saturday at the home of his son Lou Bradshaw.  He was a veteran of the civil war, a widower making his home with his children.  He is survived by two sons and three daughters.  Funeral Monday from the home of his son Lou, and burial in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], his late home.

 

Bennettsville:  The body of Edward Bradshaw who died at the home of his son Lewis at Afton Friday evening was brought to this place Monday at 2 p.m. and deposited in the cemetery.  He was a former resident of this place.  His wife died about 4 years ago.  He leaves three sons, Leon, Lewis, and Claud, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles Gibson and Miss Gertrude Bradshaw, all living near Afton.

 

Eliza Pettys

 

Mrs. Eliza Pettys, mother of Charles Pettys of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died in Earlville [Madison Co., NY] yesterday, aged 78.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge this Thursday noon and the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of the son.  Mrs. Pettys is well known in Bainbridge, this place being her home for many years. [Bainbridge Republican, June 22, 1916]

 

Mrs. Eliza Pettys who recently died at Earlville was the mother of Mrs. Chester Bush of North Afton.  She was a fine genial lady and will be sadly missed by her numerous friends [Bainbridge Republican, July 20, 1916]

 

Mr. J.D. Butler

Bainbridge Republican, July 20, 1916

 

Wilkins Settlement [Chenango Co., NY]:  Word was recently received h ere by Henry Smith's people of the death in May of Mr. J.D. Butler of Canton, Pa., husband of Mrs. Amelia Woods Butler who formerly resided here.

 

Robert Barret

Bainbridge Republican, July 27, 1916

 

Robert Barret of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] was drowned while in swimming Monday afternoon and the body was not found until Tuesday morning.  Mrs. Frederick C. Parsons, his mother, telephoned to Postmaster Cushman at 11:45 A.M. to notify her son, Seber Barrett, who worked for G.B. Powers and get him started for Binghamton as soon as possible.  By aid of Colwell's auto the boy was in Bainbridge in time to take the 1:36 train.  Had the Postmaster known the whereabouts of his carrier No. 3 he could have easily got the message to Mr. Barrett by phone and made a saving of $5.00 to Mrs. Parsons.  The Postmaster has now adopted a schedule and knows where his carriers are on the even hour, so in such cases he will be able to get a message to nearly all his patrons who have no phone.  Many telegrams are held up for 24 hours for the lack of such a system.

Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1947, Part 1

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1947

Senior Portraits

Echo 1947

 

Rosa Alcott

"Posie"

 

Voted Best Sport and Most Respected

 "To brag little, to show well, to pay up,

to own up and to shut up if beaten,

are the virtues of a truly good sport."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., Basketball

Greatest ambition is to get an office job

Favorite pastime is to take pictures

Beatrice Aldrich

"Beattie"

 

Voted Best Natured

 "A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., Mr. Elmore

Greatest ambition is to make friends

Favorite pastime is cooking

Marion Alverson

"Capt"

 

Voted Most Capable and Most Tactful

 ""The talent of success is nothing more

than doing well whatever you do."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., everything

Greatest ambition is to be a Physical Ed. teacher

Favorite pastime is typing

Walter Backus

"Webster"

 

Voted Most Capable and Most Original

 "Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and

furious, loyal and neutral, all in a moment."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., study halls

Greatest ambition is to be an automobile technician

Favorite pastime is working on my car

Robert Carlin

"Champ"

 

Voted Most Talkative and Best Natured

 "Their words, like so many nimble and

airy servitors, trip about them at their command."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., the beautiful women

Greatest ambition is to be champion wrestler of U.S.A.

Favorite pastime is dancing

Elizabeth Collins

"Bet"

 

Voted Most Promising, Brightest and Best Student

 "The great thing in this world is not

so much where we stand as in

what direction we are moving."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., Basketball games

Greatest ambition is to be a good nurse

Favorite pastime is reading



Marriages (January 14)

Smith - Hamlin

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

Miss Margaret E Hamlin, daughter of Mrs. Arthur E. Hamlin, of Deposit, and Clifford L. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were married Aug. 9 in the Chenango Bridge Methodist Church by the Rev. Theodore Hubbard.  On their return from a short wedding trip they will reside at 58 Conklin avenue, Binghamton.

 

Gordon - Van der Meulen

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. William van der Meulen, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Gertje, to Robert James Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs. LA Stead, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Osterhoudt - Cresson

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Cresson, Windsor [Broome Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Marie Lillian, to Douglas James Osterhoudt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Osterhoudt, of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY].  The wedding will take place Sunday, Aug. 25, in the First Methodist church, Windsor.

 

Peck - Greenman

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Miss Louise Greenman, daughter of Mrs. Lillian Greenman, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], and Robert Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Peck, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], were married in a candlelight service in the Methodist Church Thursday night at 8 o'clock by the uncle of the bridegroom, the Rev. George Howe, pastor of the Fairview Methodist Church in Binghamton.

 

Vail - Wakeman & Baxter - Tinker

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Engagements of two prominent Walton [Delaware Co., NY] couples whose weddings are to take place during the fall have been announced.  Miss Betty Louise Wakeman, daughter of George Wakeman, is to marry Ernest Vail, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vail, and Miss Dorothy Tinker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Tinker, is to marry DelMonte Baxter, son of Mrs. Maude Baxter.  All are graduates of Walton High School, and both prospective bridegrooms are veterans of World War II.

 

 

Obituaries (January 14, 2015

Clayton Stephen Card

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.

 

Mary Elizabeth Davis

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.

 

George B. Rich

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

 

George B. Rich, 80, who died July 9, in Winslo, Ariz., was buried in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] Wednesday.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ina Harrington, of Johnson City, and several nieces and nephews.  Mr. Rich, a former resident of Bainbridge, lived in the house now owned by B.N. Williams.

 

John A. Ahearn

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

John A. Ahearn, a native of Susquehanna [PA], died suddenly at his home in Jackson Heights, July 19.  Mr. Ahearn was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ahearn, of Susquehanna, and the last of his immediate family.  He was a graduate of Laurel Hill Academy and a graduate electrical engineer of a New York University.  At the time of his death, he was the president of Electime Corp. in New York.  His brother, the Rev. Thomas A. Ahearn died suddenly in Wilkes-Barre a few months ago.

 

Joseph R. Ruepah & Frank G. Elegy

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

Joseph R. Tuepah, 19, of West Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], and Frank G. Elegy, 38, of Oneonta, both war veterans were killed last week Wednesday afternoon when the motorcycle which they were riding crashed into a tree on the Otadawa road at West Oneonta.  The two men were riding east along the road when Tuepah, who was driving, lost control, of the machine while attempting to negotiate a curve.  The motorcycle ran off the right side of the road and into a shallow ditch which it followed for 195 feet.  At the end of that distance the motorcycle crashed into an apple tree and the two men struck a limb of the tree about eight inches in diameter.  The victims of the accident were taken to the Fox hospital in an ambulance where Elegy was pronounced dead and Tuepah died a few minutes after arrival.  Both men had suffered skull fractures.

 

Lida P. Holman

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

Mrs. Lida Puffer Holman, 48, wife of Raymond W. Holman, of 11 Juliand St. [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died at her home Monday noon, after an illness of several months.  Born in Trout Creek [Delaware Co., NY], April 2, 1898, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Allie (Latham) Puffer.  In 1913, she moved to Bainbridge with her family where she had lived since except for two years after her marriage to Raymond W. Holman, on June 18, 1919, when they resided in Watertown and Elmira.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bainbridge.  Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Lt. (j.g.) Bruce Holman, USN, stationed in Hong Kong, China, and Gary Holman, of Bainbridge; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Sherman, of Sidney; three sisters, Mrs. J.D. Teed, Mrs. Warner Taylor and Mrs. William Davidson.  All of Bainbridge; a granddaughter, Patricia Sherman, of Sidney; and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o'clock in the Fisher Chapel with the Rev. Henry Stammer officiating.  The bearers will be Harold Robinson, Amos Tuckey, Foster Darlin, Wilmont Horton, Fred Sherman and Dr. Ben Dodge.  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].

 

Wanda & Sandra Williams

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

Two little girls, aged six and nine are dead and a nine-room farmhouse is in ashes following a fire which broke out at 2:30 Wednesday morning in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Williams on Carcass brook, midway between Rock Rift on Route 10 and Harvard on Route 30.  Braving the flames in frantic efforts to save the children, Wanda, nine, and Sandra, six, Mr. and Mrs. Williams suffered severe burns.  Mr. Williams saved their year-old baby, Julia Ann, and Val Williams, two, another daughter, by throwing them from a downstairs window.  The baby suffered mild first and second degree burns;  Mrs. Williams suffered first and second degree burns of the back, arms, face and neck, and partial shock, and Mr. Williams had scratches and burns of the face.  He was discharged form the Margaretville Hospital after first aid.  Mrs. Williams and her baby are under treatment there while Val is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jaycox, neighbors.  She suffered a small burn on the right side.  Two farmhands, recently arrived form New York City to help in the harvest, escaped injury by leaping naked form a second story window.  Fire is believed to have originated in the dwelling where the kitchen range was located.  It was in this corner on the second floor where Wanda and Sandra Slept.  Mr. Jaycox was awakened at 2:50 but by the time he had reached the burning home the situation was hopeless.  There are no telephones in the Carcass brook valley, the nearest being on Baxter brook.  He found the building a mass of flames and a ladder, which Mr. Williams had placed up to the sleeping girls' window as a means of rescue, crumpling from the heat.  As he had reached the top of the ladder Mr. Williams had been greeted by flames bursting out of the window in such intensity that he was forced back to the ground.  Mrs. Williams had rushed back in to get her pocketbook when flames seared her about the face and arms.  She was unable to get the purse not were any of the contents of the home saved, including clothing.