Post Listing January 26 - February 1, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of January 26 - February 1, 2015

Marriages

Posted January 26, 2015

Samuel William Church - Nettie Marie Bacon (1903)

Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Drake (50th anniversary, 1878)

Marriage Notices

     William Porter - Betsey Carr (1830)

     Orsamus Clark - Prudence Darrow (1830)

     John T. Holmes - Clarissa h. Hale (1836)

     James R. Wait - Susan Morgan (1836)

     James H. Smith - Elnora Hunt (1836)

     Heman lee - Elizabeth Walling (1836)

     Salmon I. Hunt - Helen Per Lee (1837)

     Thomas W. Hale - Sarah Westcott (1837)

     L.D. Walsworth - Lovina Fairchild (1837)

     Charles F. Hull - Kittie M. Purdy (1873)

     Hubert Post - Martha Turner (1873)

     Moses Dimorier - Henrietta Valtenburg (1873)

     Charles Burnside - Olivia Smith (1878)

 

Posted January 27, 2015

Eva M. Caulder - Ernest E. Waters (1903)

Nettie Blanch Campbell - Lewis W. Fisher (1922)

Dorothy Isabelle Shaw - Victor James Gregory (1922)

Vital Statistics, Marriages in Bainbridge, 1903

 

Posted January 28, 2015

Angie Seeley - William Roy Keisteper, Sr. (engagement, 1946)

Marguerite Shofkom - Martin Bacuiska (1946)

Erye  Hibbard - Edward James Crawford (1946)

Marriage Notices

     Davenport Parker - Waity Sheldon (1837)

     Sanford Kingsbury - Harriet Kinne ( 1837)

     Salmon L. Hunt - Helen Per Lee (1837)

     Thomas W. Hall - Sarah Westcott (1837)

     L.D. Walsworth - Lovina Fairchild (1837)

Posted January 31, 2015
Mr. & Mrs. George Austin (50th anniversary, 1946)
Anna Porter - Laurence Getter (engagement, 1946)
Betty Alice Islicker - Frederick White (engagement, 1946)
Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Holladay (50th anniversary, 1946)
Rev. & Mrs. George Underwood (50th anniversary, 1946)

Posted February 1, 2015
Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Crain (50th anniversary, 1913)
Marriage Notices
     William Burlingame - Adeline Burlingame (1837
     Peter Dalton - Lamantha Knight (1837)
     Charles Dodge - Mandana Knight (1837)
     Charles W. Simmons - Eliza C. Dewey (1829)
     Daniel D. Thompson - Mary Bissell (1830)
     Horace Dresser - Lucy Knapp (1830)
     J.M. Laraway - Josephine E. Warner (1878)

 

Obituaries

Posted January 26, 2015
Mary Larkin Normile (Norwich, 1903)
John J. Ten Eick (Davenport 1830)
Lucia Child (Preston, 1830)
Death Notices - 1830
     George Wetmore (Preston)
     Abby C. Buttolph (Norwich)
     Clarissa Pike Field (New Berlin)
     Electa Baldwin (McDonough)
     Julia Buttolph (Norwich)
     James Henry Hughston (Norwich)
     Electa Button (Pharsalia)
     Sarah Ann Button (Pharsalia)
     Daniel Mack (Oxford)

Posted January 27, 2015
Hiram Schrom (Bainbridge, 1875)
John B. Allen (Harpursville, 1878)
Burr Clark Campbell (Bainbridge, 1915)
Georgianna Roberts Campbell (New York City, 1922)

Posted January 28, 2015
Emily Hayward Funnell (Norwich, 1903)
Harry Garfield Whitney (Bainbridge, 1946)
Lillian Ellsworth Shafer (Unadilla, Bainbridge, 1946)
Anna Shepherd Vawter (Bainbridge, Osawatomie KN, 1946)

Posted January 29, 2015
George W. Waters (Elmira, 1912)
Minerva Fenton (Washington, IA, 1873)
Patty (Miles) Warren (Bainbridge, 1881)

Posted January 30, 2015

Edson S. Drake (Norwich, Schenectady, 1905)

Lucy Randall (Norwich, 1830)

Willard Wetherby (Guilford, 1830)

Maria Merchant (Guilford, 1878)

Ethel L. Bryans (Seaton IL, 1946)

Charles H. Pinney (Sidney, Afton, 1946)

Death notices

     Mrs. S. Thornton (Preston, 1830)

     Jane Slade (Coventry, 1830)

     Loring Fenton (Norwich, 1836)

     Frederick Byington (Norwich, Elyria OH, 1836)

     Annah Colwell (Plymouth, 1836)

Posted January 31, 2015
Anna Belle Wasson (Nineveh, 1946)
William H. Everett (Harpursville, 1946)
Dr. Frederick Newton Winans (Franklin, 1946)
Fred S. Marble (Sidney, 1946)
John C. Golon (Hobart, 1946)
John Reardon (Susquehanna PA, 1946)
Viola Eggleston Smith (Bianbridge, 1946)

Posted February 1, 2015
Mary Lally (Guilford, Oxford, 1902)
Patrick Casey (Preston, 1902)
Death Notices
     Priscilla Brown (Plymouth, 1829)
     Sally Nichols (Bainbridge, 1829)
     Burrage miles (Coventry, 1829)
     Arter Nichols (Bainbridge, 1829)
     Samuel Pike (Norwich, 1837)
     Dr. Joseph Prentiss, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA, 1837)
     Beriah  Lewis (Norwich, 1837)

 

Miscellaneous

Posted January 26, 2015
Mary J. Griffen Voted One of Most Popular Sales Ladies in Central NY - 1903

Posted January 27, 2015

Bainbridge Central School Second Grade Classes, 1947

 

Posted January 28, 2015

Bainbridge Central High School, Class of 1947, Part 3

 

Posted January 29, 2015

Waters Family Reunion - 1879

 

Posted January 30, 2015

Establishment of West Bainbridge Temperance Society - 1830

Posted January 31, 2015
Patrick C. Ryan completes Course - 1946
Alden H. Wakeman Appointed Director of Research - 1946
Faculty of Bainbridge High School - 1946/7

Posted February 1, 2015
Henry C. Hall Appointed Norwich Town Clerk - 1903
Norwich Nominees for Overseer of the Poor - George E. Wood, Joseph Winsor, 1903 (photos)
Republican Candidates for Norwich Accessor - Whitman Stratton, H. Occar Hale, Arthur W. Bosworth, 1903 (photos)



Marriages (February 1)

Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Crain

Utica Saturday Globe, December 6, 1913

 

 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Crain

Their completion of 50 years of wedded life was fittingly celebrated by about 50 friends of Mr. and Mr.s Henry D. Crain who gathered at their home on Canasawacta street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] Saturday evening last and surprised the venerable couple upon their golden anniversary.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Crain were born in the town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], the former on August 10, 1846, and the latter on February 16, 1846.  Mr. Crain is the son of Daniel and Sara Crain and Mrs. Crain is a daughter of Clennam and Amy Aldrich.  They were married November 29, 1863, and continued to make their residence in Plymouth until two years ago when they came to Norwich.  Mr. Crain is a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in January 1864, only a few weeks after taking to himself a bride.  He was a member of the twenty-second New York Cavalry and had passed safely through several engagements, when he was wounded so severely in the shoulder in the battle of Fisher's Hill that he was confined to the hospital for some time before being sent home.  Among the anniversary gifts was a handsome couch from a few of their friends and a berry set from fellow comrades of Mr. Crain in Smith Post, GA.R.  Mr. and Mrs. Crain have been bereft of their own children, but they have two grandchildren, Emmet Aldrich and Mrs. Leigh Fleming, both residents of Norwich.  Among the out of town friends present at the happy anniversary gathering were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. William Guile and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Grover, of Plymouth;  Mr. and Mrs. Millard Fleming, Messrs. Clay and Floyd Fleming, of Oxford.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, March 29, 1837

Married on the 30th ult. by the Rev. D.A.Shepard, Mr. William Burlingame to Miss Adeline Burlingame, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Macdonough, on the 13th ult. by the Rev. H. Dyer of Preston, Mr. Peter Dalton to Miss Lamantha;  also Mr. Charles Dodge to Miss Mandana, daughters of Mr. Samuel Knight.

 

Antimasonic Telegraph, August 26, 1829

Married at New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], by the Rev. Edward Andrews, on the evening of the 9th isn't. Col. Charles W. Simmons, of Ohio, to Miss Eliza C. Dewey, of the former place.

 

Antimasonic Telegraphs, March 17, 1830

Married on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Adams, Mr. Daniel D. Thompson, to Miss Mary Bissell, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

 

At Guilford Centre  [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 24th inst. by the Rev. Asa Donaldson, Mr. Horace Dresser, preceptor of Guilford Centre academy, to Miss Lucy Knapp, daughter of Dr. C. Knapp.

 

Bainbridge Republican, September 19, 1878

LARAWAY - WARNER:  In Guilford, Sept. 14th, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. J.M. Laraway, to Miss Josephine E. Warner, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Obituaries (February 1)

Mary Lally

Utica Saturday Globe, January 2, 1903

 

 

Mary Lally

 

After a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Lally died at the residence of her son, W.H. Lally, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Monday last.  Deceased was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1833, and came to America in 1852, making her home in Coventry, this county.  The following year she married William Lally, who died November 7, 1878.  For many years they made their home in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Lally was a woman greatly esteemed by all who knew her.  She is survived by two sons, Edward A. Lally, of Norwich, and William H. Lally, of Oxford, and four daughters, Mrs. Charles B. Grant, of Guilford; Mrs. J.W. Martin, of New York; Mrs. Will Lennon, of Norwich, and Mrs. Edward Alberts, of Guilford; also one sister, Mrs. De Lima, of Brooklyn.  Funeral services were held from her late home in Oxford at 9:30 and from St. Joseph's Church in Oxford at 10 o'clock Thursday, Rev. Father Mahon officiating. The remains were laid at rest beside those of her husband.  [Buried St. Joseph's Cemetery, Oxford, NY]

Patrick Casey

Utica Saturday Globe, January 2, 1903

Patrick Casey

With the pass out of the old year the spirit of Patrick Casey passed away Wednesday evening last at his home in Preston [Chenango County, NY].  Congestion of the lungs was the cause of death.  Mr. Casey was born in the parish of Doon, County of Limerick, Ireland in 1823 and came to this country settling in Otsego county where on February 25, 1854 he married Miss Rose Dolan in Cooperstown.  Shortly after their marriage they came to Chenango county, where they have since resided.  Mr. Casey followed the occupation of farmer, in which he was successful and formed a wide acquaintance.  He had a jovial, happy disposition.  He was a man of unusual vigor and many will be surprised to learn of his death.  He visited Norwich on Saturday last, apparently in his usual health and spirits.  Mrs. Casey died nine years ago.  Of their ten children, seven survive:  Mrs. H. Bowers and Elizabeth Casey of Norwich; Michael F. and John E. Casey of North Norwich; Mrs. Herbert O. Boyden of Plymouth; William C. and Rose Casey, of Preston.  Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Anna Welch of Norwich and Johannah Ellwood of Cooperstown.  The funeral will be held tomorrow (Saturday) from the house at 9:00 and from St. Paul's Church. Rev. Father Hart officiate.  His interment in St. Paul's Cemetery, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Death Notices

Antimasonic Telegraph, July 1, 1829
Died in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday the 26th ult., Mrs. Priscilla Brown, consort of William Brown, aged 30 years.

Antimasonic Telegraph, August 5, 1829
Died in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Sally Nichols, aged about 60 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  on the 23d ult. Mr. Burrage Miles, aged 26 years.

Antimasonic Telegraph, August 26, 1829
Died in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Arter Nichols, aged 15 years, son of Capt. John Nichols.

Chenango Telegraph, February 1, 1837
Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last, Samuel Pike, Esq., aged 52 years.  No man was more highly respected in this community than Mr. P.  His loss has created a void among us which cannot be filled.  Honest and upright in all his dealings as a man and a Christian, kind, charitable and humane, he had gained the universal good will and esteem of all who knew him.  No prouder monument to his worth can be erected than that which was visible in the immense concourse of people who attended is funeral on Monday, to testify the respect which they entertained for his character, while living, and the loss they had sustained in his death.

Died in Philadelphia, Penn., on the 14th January, Dr. Joseph Prentiss, Jr., aged 36 years, a brother of Mrs A. Louisa Hammond.

Chenango Telegraph, March 29, 1837
Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], yesterday morning, Mr. Beriah Lewis, an officer in the Revolution, aged 87 years.

Miscellaneous Items - Norwich NY 1903

Henry C. Hall Appointed Town Clerk

Utica Saturday Globe, January 10, 1903

 

Henry C. Hall

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At a meeting of the Town Board, on Friday evening of last week, the resignation of Arthur R. Choules from the office of town clerk was received and accepted.  On motion, Henry C.  Hall was appointed to succeed Mr. Choules.  Mr. Hall is well qualified to perform the duties of the office and his many friends are much pleased over his appointment.  His employment as operator of the simplex typesetting machine in the office of the Chenango Union makes him easy of access to all who have business to transact with the town clerk.

 

Mr. Choules, who has very creditably and acceptably filled the position of clerk for the past two years, recently accepted a position with a large wholesale firm at Ithaca, and his absence from town is the cause of his retirement from the office.

 

 

 

Political Candidates for Overseer of the Poor

Utica Saturday Globe, January 31, 1903

 

 

Norwich Nominees for Overseer of the Poor

                              George E. Wood, Republican      Joseph Winsor, Democrat

 

 

 

Republican Candidates for Norwich Accessor

Utica Saturday Globe, February 7, 1903

 

 

           Whitman Stratton                             H. Oscar Hale                           Arthur W. Bosworth



Miscellaneous Items from Bainbridge NY - 1946

Patrick C. Ryan Completes Course

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Patrick C. Ryan

Patrick C. Ryan, 5 South Main street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has completed a course in Practical and Theoretical Radio and Television and has been awarded a diploma by the National Radio Institute of Washington, D.C.  He finished the course of technical studies with creditable grades and is to be congratulated upon his achievement.

  

Alden H. Wakeman Appointed Director of Research

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 10, 1946

 

Alden H. Wakeman

According to a recent announcement by G.E. Wallis, president and general manager of The Creamery Package Mfg. Company, Chicago, Alden H. Wakeman has been advanced to Director of Research.  Mr. Wakeman was born at Johnson City [Broome Co., NY].  He graduated with a B.S. degree from Cornell University where he specialized in Dairy Technology, and assisted in Dairy Manufactures instruction.  Mr. Wakeman is exceptionally well qualified for his new position having both practical and technical experience in the industry,.  He was raised on a diary farm in the heart of New York state's great dairy belt.  He worked in the processing department of General Ice Cream Corporation's Syracuse plant, and also in the Research Laboratories of the Borden Company at Bainbridge.  Mr. Wakeman's ten-year record with Creamery Package not only includes research engineering where he specialized on CP Continuous Freezers and CP Full-Flo Plate Equipment but also field work as a sales engineer with the firm's Chicago branch and several years in the headquarters Sales Service division.  He is married and has two children.  Mr. Wakeman is the youngest son of  Mrs. Nellie Wakeman, of 86 North Main St., Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Bainbridge Central Faculty - 1946/7

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 26, 1946

Francis J. Casey--------------------------------principal

Phyllis  H. Palmer-------------------------kindergarten

Anna C. Naylor---------------------------------1st grade

Grace L. Hager----------------------------------1st grade

Kathryn Friery (Mrs.)-------------------------2nd grade

Mary Elizabeth Finch-------------------------2nd grade

Genevea F. Plosky (Mrs.)---------------------3rd grade

Margaret McDougall--------------------------3rd grade

Louise Weeks (Mrs.)--------------------------4th grade

Louise Nelson (Mrs.)--------------------------4th grade

Ruth B. Day (Mrs.)-----------------------------5th grade

Gertrude Stiles (Mrs.)---------------------------5th grade

Lulu M. Jones (Mrs).---------------------------6th grade

Mary Homkey------------------------------------6th grade

Margaret Cheesbro (Mrs.)------------junior high school

Virginia Butler (Mrs.)-----------------junior high school

Robert Hughston-----------------------junior high school

Allen Black-------------------------------------commercial

Marion C. Benjamin (Mrs.)----------------------librarian

Shirley E. Banta (Mrs.)-------------------------languages

George H. Vicary-----------------------------------English

Mabel W. Smith-------------------------------------science

Kenneth W. Elmore--------------------------mathematics

Vivian A. Marion------------------------------------history

Marion B. Rostad (Mrs.)--------------------------------art

Orris L. Coe---------------------------------industrial arts

Dorothy L. Corbin (Mrs.)-------------------homemaking

Helen E. Baldwin (Mrs.)------------------------dramatics

Lillian E. Nicholson (Mrs.)-----------------music (voice)

Ralph D.Corbin-----------------------------------------band

J. Kenneth Hollister--------------------------------orchestra

Emil H. Best-----------------------------Physical education

Lurline Gilbert---------------------------physical education

Myrtle M. Pagett-----------------------------------------nurse

 

 

Obituaries (January 31)

Anna Belle Wasson

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 26, 1946

Anna Belle Wasson, 87, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], died Friday morning at the Afton Hospital.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Leo Bixley, a son, Arthur, both of Nineveh; three grandchildren, Stanley, of Harpursville, Mrs. Richard Reed, of Cortland, and Mrs. Frederick Burch, foo Minoa; and six great-grandchildren.  The funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church, Nineveh, on Sunday afternoon, the Rev. M.H. Patton officiating.  Burial was in Nineveh Cemetery.

 

William H. Everett

Bainbridge news & Republican, September 26, 1946

 

William H. Everett, 81, of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], died Friday night at the Afton Hospital.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Fowler, of Nineveh Junction, and Mrs. George Baker, of Harpursville; two step-sons, Harold Warner, of Deposit, and Almon Warner, of Syracuse; two step-daughters, Mrs. Walter Ireland, of Hallstead, Pa., and Mrs. Emory Shaver, of Harpursville; three brothers, Charles Everett, of Johnson City, and Albert and Arthur Everett, of Binghamton; one sister, Mrs. Thomas Haight, of Binghamton; 13 grandchildren, two great grandchildren.  The body was removed to the Harry G. Kark Funeral Home, Harpursville, where the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon the Rev. Charles J. Sabin officiating.  Burial was in the Nineveh Cemetery [Broome Co., NY].

 

Dr. Frederick Newton Winans

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 26, 1946

 

Franklin [Delaware Co., NY]:  The patriarch of Delaware County's medical profession, Dr. Frederick Newton Winans, 95, this village is dead.   Dr. Winans, whose medical career started in the "horse and buggy" days, and on the back of sturdy saddlers that carried him over dim trails, had practiced medicine for more than 70 years.  During the last 53 years of his life he lived in the stately old frame house on Main street where he died at 11 a.m. Saturday.  He retired from practice of his profession two years ago and had been in ill health for more than a year.  This community, in appreciation of myriad services which Dr. Winans had faithfully performed throughout the years last Spring paid him special tribute on the occasion of his 95th birthday, May 28.  Scores of former patients called to pay felicitation, and many others sent communications, flowers, and tokens of the occasion.  This community, and in fact a wide area in Delaware and adjoining Otsego Counties, will bow in final tribute to Dr. Winans when funeral services are held for the "Grand Old Man of Medicine" Tuesday afternoon in the Congregational Baptist church. The Rev. Robert I. Howland, pastor, will officiate. Dr. Winans will be laid at rest in Quleout Cemetery, beside Walton-Oneonta highway over which he traveled so extensively in covering his practice.  Dr. Winans was born May 28, 1851, in Stamford, Dutchess County, the son of the Rev. William S. and Susan (Barringer) Winans.  His father later served as pastor of the Franklin Methodist Church from 1870 to 1871.  Dr. Winans was graduated from Andes Collegiate Institute in 1868, from Fergusonville Academy the following year, took lecture courses at Albany Medical College and finally took his doctorate at Columbia University's College of Medicine.  In 1874, at Cobleskill, Dr. Winans, then a stalwart youth with professional beard and professional bearing, launched upon what was destined to become one of the greatest medical careers in this state.  A year after starting practice at Cobleskill Dr. Winans transferred to Gilbertsville.  Eighteen years later he moved to Franklin, becoming partner of Dr. Edward Edgerton and assuming the entire practice of their office after Dr. Edgerton's death.  Many times in earlier days Dr. Winans treated nearly 100 cases a day.  At one time 60 homes in Franklin Village alone had one or more members stricken.  In World War I, when his only peer in the medical profession in Franklin enlisted in the armed forces, Dr. Winans battled in the first influenza epidemic.  For several years he was town health officer here. He was also a member of the Otsego County, Delaware county and New York State medical Societies.

 

Fred S. Marble

Bainbridge news & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Fred S. Marble, 78, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], died at the Sidney Hospital Tuesday night after being a patient there for 10 weeks.  He was born at Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] July 18, 1873, the son of Milo and Eliza (Health) Marble.  He had lived in Sidney for more than 50 years and had worked for several years as a fireman at the Creosote Plant in Bainbridge.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sylvia P. (Wilber) Marble; a son, Bertram, of Bainbridge; a brother, Benjamin, of Mount Vision; a sister, Mrs. Delia Eldred, of Mount Vision, and two grandchildren.  The funeral was held Friday at Carr and Landers funeral Home, with the Rev. William Payne, pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, officiated.  Burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, NY].

 

John C. Golon

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

John C. Golon liked to play football so well that he met with other boys in his neighborhood and played during the summer on the old school grounds at Hobart [Delaware Co., NY] to keep in trim for the 1946 season at South Kortright Central.  Late Monday afternoon, the 17-year-old center on the first string told his teammates bowed in a huddle during the last minutes of a practice game with Fleishmanns that he didn't feel well, didn't think he could play any more.  Less than an hour later he was dead.  The sophomore at South Kortright Central had made a hard tackle in the preceding play, came out of it slightly dizzy. As the signals came and they were about to go up to the line he spoke of his dizziness.  Richard Reed of Roxbury, in his first year of coaching at south Kortright, a veteran of two and a half years of Pacific fighting, assisted the boy from the field to the sidelines where he collapsed.  He never regained consciousness and died at 6:11 Monday evening.  Dr. F. Dickson Brown of Hobart told school authorities that the boy had been struck in just the right place during the tackle to bring death.  He suffered an intracranial hemorrhage.

 

John Reardon

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

John Reardon, 75, died Friday morning at the Barnes Memorial Hospital, Susquehanna [PA].  He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Susquehanna; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Savory and Mrs. Joseph Chapman, both of Binghamton; two sons, Mark, of Susquehanna and John, of Hornell.

 

Viola Eggleston Smith

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Mrs. Viola Eggleston Smith, wife of the late Stephen D. Smith, died Sept. 24 at her home, Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], after an illness of a few weeks.  Born Jan. 28, 1871, in Tompkins, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lewis Eggleston. Thirty-four years ago, she moved to Bainbridge from Masonville.  She is survived by seven sons, Lewis M., Lynn J., Clair M., all of Bainbridge; Leslie, of Coventry; Harry S., Reno G., and Raymond, all of Bainbridge; five sisters, Mrs. Emma Evans, Mrs. Agnes Jones, Mrs. Henry Seymour, Mrs. O.A. Peck, all of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Lewis Evans, of Norwich; and a number of grandchildren.  Services were held from her home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating.  Bearers were four grandsons, Harry Smith, William Smith, Clifford Smith and Stanley Smith.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery  [Bainbridge, NY].

Marriages (January 31)

Mr. & Mrs. George Austin

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 26, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. George Austin celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Monday, Sept. 16, with "open house" at their home on High street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY], the occasion being sponsored by their two sons and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Austin and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Austin.  Mr. and Mrs. Austin received congratulations from over 100 guests who called during the afternoon and evening.  Mrs. Austin who was attired in a wine colored velvet dress, carried a shower bouquet of yellow roses tied with tulle and bearing the dates in gold letters, the gift of their good neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn Fenner.  Autumn flowers were used in profusion throughout the rooms and refreshments were served from a beautifully appointed table in the dining room.  A center piece of yellow roses flanked by yellow tapers graced the center of the table.   The honored couple received many beautiful gifts, also a purse of money and 70 beautiful cards, telegrams and long distance phone calls from friends who could not be present.

 

Getter - Porter

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Millard G. Porter, of 40 Riverside Dr., Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], have announced the betrothal of their daughter, Anna, to Laurence Getter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Getter, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  A fall wedding is planned.

 

White - Islicker

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Islicker, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Alice, to Frederick White, son of Mr. and Mrs. William White, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Islicker is a graduate of Guilford Central School and is now employed at the Victory Chain office, Norwich.  Mr. White attended South New Berlin School and is employed at the family farm.  No date has been set for the wedding.

 

Wood - Frank & Tyrell - Orr

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

The engagement of two Walton [Delaware Co., NY] girls, the misses Ellen Mae Frank and Doris Eleanor Orr, have been announced by the parents of the brides-to-be. 

 

Miss Frank, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Frank, is to wed R. Eugene Wood, son of Mrs. Mae Wood, of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY].  Miss Frank, a graduate of Walton High School, class of 1945, and of the Royal Academy of Cosmeticians in Albany, is employed in Hamilton. 

 

Miss Orr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Orr will be wed to Arthur R. Tyrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Tyrell, of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY].  Miss Orr is also a graduate of the Walton High School, class of 1945, and is employed in Walton.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Holladay

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Mr. and Mrs. Burton J. Holladay, of Sanitaria Springs [Broome Co., NY], will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 3 at a reception in their home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.  Mr. Holladay, 71, retired carpenter, and Mrs. Holladay, 66, have two sons, three daughters, and one granddaughter.  The couple was married Oct. 3, 1896, in Bainbridge on Mr. Holladay's 21st birthday.

 

Rev. & Mrs. George Underwood

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 3, 1946

 

Miss Ruth Underwood entertained in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. George Underwood, at the Methodist parsonage in McClure, Sept. 23.  The house was so filled with flowers brought by friends that it was like a flower garden.  Guests came all during the afternoon and evening.  They found Mr. and Mrs. Underwood as gracious and kindly as they had known them when Mr. Underwood was pastor of various churches in Wyoming Conference.  At 8 o'clock they were invited to go to the church next door.  As Mr. and Mrs. Underwood entered, a wedding march was played by Mr. Halliwell, of McClure.  There were several selections played by the orchestra; a reading by Mrs. Stilson; vocal trio by Charles Colwell, A.C. Wilcox and Ted Hamlin; solos by Mrs. Snell, and Mr. Halliwell and Cecile Hamlin sang "Silver Threads Among the Gold,"  during which George Underwood, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Underwood, played the violin.  The Rev. Mr. Snell, of Deposit, gave a brief talk after which he presented Mr. and Mrs. Underwood with a gift from the three churches of which Miss Ruth Underwood is the minister.  The package containing the gift was very small but contained two $50 bills.  Mr. Underwood in response, thanked them for their gift and in reminiscence told of their 50 years together in the work of their chosen church, the keynote of his talk being "Together"--what good things can be accomplished if people will work together in the home, the church, the community or the world at large.  The guests returned to the house where refreshments were served, during which time there was violin and piano music played by George and Ruth Underwood.  Thirty people from Bainbridge were present and many others came from Endicott, Binghamton, Otego, Norwich, Gibson, Jackson and Honesdale to pay honor to the Rev. and Mrs. Underwood whom they have remembered with friendliness and esteem all through the years.

West Bainbridge Temperance Society - 1830

Establishment of West Bainbridge Temperance Society

Antimasonic Telegraph, March 17, 1830

 

At a meeting of the inhabitants of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], held on the 24th Feb., 1830, to take into consideration the subject of forming a Temperance Society, Edward L. Hyde, esq. was called to the chair--Thomas Newton, secretary.

 

After a number of suitable and appropriate addresses and remarks by sundry persons, the following resolution was passed:

 

Resolved, That it is expedient to form a temperance society in this place, to be called the West Bainbridge Temperance Society, auxiliary to the Chenango County Temperance Society.

 

A constitution of said society was then adopted, to which forty-two persons annexed their names as members, from

     Asa Dutton, president

     Edward L. Hyde, Vice President

     Elisha P. Willcox, Secretary

     Managers

        Squire Newton

        Cyrus Chace

        Butler Stowell

        Charles Lyon, 2d

 

Resolved, that the time and place of the annual meetings of said society be at the meeting house in West Bainbridge on the 4th of July in each year.

 

Meeting closed, as it was opened, by prayer.

 

In consequence of the inclemency of the weather at the time of the first meeting, many interested in the advancement of the cause of temperance were prevented from attending.  A second meeting was therefore called and held at the school house on the turnpike in West Bainbridge on the 9th inst., which was very numerously attended.

 

Elder Parker, of Coventry, delivered a written address, the excellence of which we cannot describe to do justice to its author. It is hoped that it will be given to the public.

 

Wm. S. Sayre, esq. of Bainbridge village, also addressed the meeting, whose sentiments did much credit to his head and his heart, and commanded the deep and undivided attention of all present.

 

The following persons were appointed additional managers of the society:  James Ireland, James Fosbury and Amos Pearsoll.  At this meeting the members of the society were increased to 107.  This society is formed on the principle of entire abstinence, and is composed of all ages and conditions, and of both sexes.  Females are actively associated with their husbands, fathers and brothers, and exert a very salutary influence in carrying on the reformation.

 

The young class of people are enlisted with a laudable zeal in this great and good cause, and none are more ready to organize and put forth their efforts in the all important work.  Thus has commenced, under encouraging prospects, a society which, with continued and increasing efforts, promises great good.

 

The meeting adjourned to the 24th of March, at the same place.

 

 

 

 

 



Obituaries (January 30)

Edson S. Drake

Utica Saturday Globe, August 12, 1905

 

Edson S. Drake
Death of a Well-known Former Norwich Contractor and Builder

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After an illness of three months' duration, Edson S. Drake died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Drake, on Sheldon street, Friday morning of last week.  A week earlier he was brought here from his home in Schenectady and failed gradually until his death.  Four years ago he suffered an attack of typhoid fever, from the effects of which he never fully recovered.  Deceased was born 36 years ago at Montrose, Pa.  He came to Norwich 23 years ago, residing here until 1898.

Lucy Randall

Antimasonic Telegraph, May 19, 1830

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday morning, the 15th inst. Mrs. Lucy Randall, wife of Mr. Samuel W. Randall, of this village, aged 25 years.  In the death of this amiable young lady, we are forcibly reminded of the uncertainty of life.  Scarcely six months have passed since she was led, by her now bereaved husband to the hymenial altar, with an unclouded prospect before her, anticipating all the comfort and happiness that would naturally result form the nearest and dearest connexion on earth.  But she is now no more!  She sleeps the sleep of death!  That connexion is now severed--is dissolved forever!  We sincerely sympathize with the very extensive circle of relatives and particularly with the afflicted husband.  Their loss is irreparable.

Willard Wetherby

Antimasonic Telegraph, June 9, 1830

We understand that Willard Wetherby, an industrious and reputable young man of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22, was found, on Sunday the 30th ult. drowned in a mill-pond in Addison, Steuben country, whither he went to labour about a year since.   Mr. Wetherby, as our informant states, had been unwell some time--dreamed the night before his body was found that he was, or was to be, drowned in the pond, and related this circumstance in the morning.  From the circumstances, it is more than probable that a derangement of mind, occasioned by sickness, was the cause of his death.  He was expected home this week by his friends and relatives in Guilford; but instead of rejoicing in his return, they are now mourning his loss.

Maria Merchant

Bainbridge Republican, October 24, 1878

Died, in Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Oct. 18, 1878, Mrs. Maria Merchant, widow of the late Niam Merchant, aged 77 years.  The death of this estimable lady deserves more than a passing notice.  Her parents moved from Danbury, Conn., to Guilford in 1800.  She was born in 1801, being the first child born in this place.  Her parents occupied the house where the hotel now stands so that her whole life was spent in sight of her birth place.  She was intimately acquainted with all the affairs and events of interest in town, and had lived to see nearly all the friends of her youth passed away.  She with her husband were among the first and earliest supporters of Christ's Church.  In her death the Church has lost a zealous and active worker, society a charitable friend, and her family a devoted Christian mother.  Although an invalid for months, she retained her faculties to the last.  The loving care bestowed by her children attested well what she was to them.  Her funeral was attended from her late residence on Sunday last by her many friends and acquaintances, and as she was gently laid to rest all felt to say "that the end of the just is peace."

Ethel L. (Johnson) Bryans

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946

Although she had been under the care of a physician for several years, death came suddenly and unexpectedly on Aug. 24 to Mrs. Ethel L. Bryans, at her home southeast of Seaton, Ill.  She was the daughter of Mrs. Amy and the late Edward Johnson, of the Belmont community, and was born in Bald Bluff township in Henderson County, Feb. 26, 1883.  Her husband, James Albert Bryans, passed away Feb. 5, 1921, and these children survive their mother:  Mrs. Levi Waters, of Little York, Ill.; Mrs. Beatrice Bird, of Aledo, Ill.; Mrs. Clarence Johnson, of Macomb, Ill.; David and William Bryans, of Seaton, and Mrs. John Priest, of Comstock, Mich.  There are seven grandchildren. Surviving also are her mother, Mrs. Amy Johnson, and an only sister, Mrs. C.C. Ash, both of the Belmont neighborhood.  Funeral services were held at the Seaton Presbyterian Church on Tuesday at 2 o'clock with the Rev. J.E.Agans, pastor, officiating.  Interment was in Little York Cemetery.  Mrs. Ransom Herrick, of Bainbridge, received the above account and informed the News that Mrs. Bryans father, Edward Johnson, son of DeForrest Johnson, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], left for the west when a young boy.

Charles H. Pinney

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 19, 1946

Funeral services for Charles H. Pinney, 66, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Floyd Smith, Main street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], last Saturday, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Fisher & Sherman Chapel, Bainbridge.  The Rev. Harry E. Brooks, pastor of the Methodist Church in Bainbridge, officiated.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Pinney was born in Ouaquaga and had resided in Sidney the past two years.  Surviving, in addition to his daughter, are two grandsons, Howard and Leon Cullen, and one granddaughter, Edith Cullen, Sidney, and a sister, Mrs. May Tupper, Johnson City.

Death Notices

Antimasonic Telegraph, February 24, 1830
At Coventry, Chenango county, on the morning of the 16th inst., Mrs. Jane Slade, consort of Mr. Martin Slade, aged 29 years, leaving a husband, four small children and a large circle of relatives to lament her loss.

Antimasonic Telegraph, May 19, 1830
In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning last, after a painful illness of one week, Mrs. S. Thornton, wife of Mr. Sam'l Thornton, aged 40 years.

Chenango Telegraph, December 7, 1836
Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday last, Loring Fenton, aged 36 years.

Chenango Telegraph, December 28, 1836
Died at Elyria (Ohio) on the 8th inst. Frederick Byington, late of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.  Mr. B. had been in poor health for about a year--he left this place with his wife and only child in October, with the view of spending the winter at Elyria.  He was a good citizen, an industrious, liberal-minded man and his loss will be sensibly felt in this community.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co.,  NY] on the 21st inst., Mrs. Annah Colwell, aged 96 years.



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Waters Family Reunion, 1879

Three Generations of the Waters Family

Chenango Union, November 13, 1879

 

Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], October, 1879

 

In the year 1798, Capt. Joseph Waters, who had served his country in the Revolutionary war, removed with his family from Tolland Co., Conn., (Hebron being their native place) to this State [New York] and settled in the town of Franklin, Delaware County.  Of a family of eight children, three sons and two daughters lived and died in that vicinity, and were in turn laid with the parents who had long before preceded them to the quiet rest of the village cemetery.  The third son, Russell, came to Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] in 1808, being then twenty-one years old; and having taught school for a year or two at the "East Corners"--now known as Coventryville--purchased the store owned by Dea. Noah Richards, which then stood upon the site of George Miner's present residence.  October 15th, 1811, he was united in marriage to Roxey, daughter of John Miles, an early settler of the town, and for a few years occupied a house just west of B. Miles' tavern, and which some of us remember as "gone to decay," and torn down a few years since.  In the meantime, Mr. Richards had bought and was living upon a farm a short distance south of the "Corners," had built a commodious dwelling house and made various improvements upon it.  (By the way, the first settlement made upon said farm was by Capt. Juliand, father of Joseph Juliand, 1st, late of Greene, and in a log house a few rods below where the present "old red house" stands, the latter was born.)  Dea. Richards purchased it of Mr. Juliand, Mr. Waters of Deacon Richards in 1819, and spent the rest of his life in the pleasant home by the brookside.

 

In 1816, Epaphras, youngest son of Joseph, and a soldier of the war of 1812, followed his brother Russell to Coventry, married Harriet, daughter of Rev. Charles Thorp, pastor of the church at that time, and for a while lived near his brother; but when Mr. Thorp accepted a call to another parish,  he purchased the homestead of him and remained upon it over forty years, and when his family being broken up by death and marriage, he sold to Mr. Morgan, the present occupant, made his home with his children for a few brief years, and died at the residence of his son-in-law, Rev. L. Yale, of Guilford, and was buried in the old churchyard at Coventryville, April, 1872, aged 78.  Of his family Charles Thorp, his eldest son, died when the bloom of a few summers had marked his years, while the youngest child and only son was in 1858, at the age of fifteen, suddenly killed by a falling tree.  The father's heart was almost broken by this blow, for many fond hopes were centered in the idolized and promising boy.  The gentle mother bore silently her grief, and scarce a year had fled, ere she was laid to rest beside her darling Willie.  Catharine, the second daughter, Married Dr. Seely of Woodhull, N.Y., and died in that place in 1868.  Two daughters are now living.  Anna Waters, following her brothers, came to reside here, and in 1821 married Moses Miles (son of John) and died in May, 1860, leaving one daughter.

 

Of the family of Russell, three daughters and one son are living.  Two sons and a daughter died in infancy.  One fair, gentle girl, Ann Eliza, remembered through the long years for her sweet face and quiet manners, died suddenly, February, 1839, at the age of nineteen.  Charles Russell quite early entered the store of his cousin, Wm. Waters, of Franklin, and as the result of faithful service and upright character, became associated with him in his business, and life seemed very bright before him.  But there came the sudden conflict with and triumph of disease, from which tender ministrations or prayers could not save, and the record is made "died March, 1856 aged 27 years."  At the earnest request of friends with whom he had so long resided, his remains were placed in the new and beautiful cemetery of that place.  Long before, in 1835, at the age of 48, the father had died.   During a successful business life, he also gained the confidence and esteem of his townsman, and was elected to office in both town and State.  But in the prime of manhood he was taken away, leaving his family and affairs to the guardianship and direction of his son-in-law, Charles Pearsall, who has ever since resided upon the old homestead.  How well he has done, how faithfully cared for and attended to the interests of the family, their love and respect for, and confidence in him, attest more than words.

 

The widow of Mr. Waters survived him 38 years, and died at her old home in 1873, aged 84.  In October following, the oldest daughter, wife of Hon. C. Pearsall, died, causing a sad vacancy in the family circle.  In 1876 he married Mrs. R. Durham, and within the year has removed to a cozy cottage across the "brook," leaving the "old red house" occupied by his son Frank C. Pearsall; and to this same home where so much pleasure and sorrow has been shared, the surviving members of these three branches of the Waters family were, Thursday, October 9th invited.  It seems a singular coincidence, though unnoted at the time, that it came within one day of being the anniversary of Russell Waters and Roxey Miles, who were married 68 years ago. 

 

No lovelier day could have been desired.  The forests were glorious with the rich tints of Autumn, the sky wore its softest blue, and the sun had the warmth and glow of summertime.  Before noon the guests had arrived, and met with a warm welcome from F.C. Pearsall and  lady.  The rooms were beautifully decorated with evergreens, while the loveliest ferns and flowers graced tables, stands, and brackets.  It seemed wonderful that so many had escaped the early and severe raid of the frost.  Above the portrait of C. Pearsall, which looked upon us from the walls of the dear old parlor, was the "Welcome Home" tastefully wrought with evergreens.

 

With recounting the games of "I spy," and "blindfold," had there "in the days when we were young," with reminiscences of days sad, or glad, the hours sped quickly, and ere we were aware, the summons came to repair to the dining room; and here the mysterious workings of the culinary department were brought out in perfection we cannot enumerate, and we will only say, the tables were beautiful with flowers, tempting with all that could be desired for food, crowned with apples, pears and grapes.

 

In honor of the distinguished artist present, George W. Waters, of Elmira, two paintings were brought from the "chambers" and placed conspicuously upon the walls of the dining room.  One a landscape, the other a portrait.  As it was that of a "maiden fair" it might have been designed as the ideal of his boyhood dreams; if so they have culminated higher than his youthful imagination pictured, as the pleasant face of the lady by his side proved.  This detracts not the least from the talent of the youthful aspirant, for his first attempts were pronounced "very good."  As they rested within their frame work of green we thought--so the laurels of fame are entwining themselves about the later productions and name of our artist. As all things have a beginning, so this dinner began by asking the Divine blessing upon it, and after doing unbounded justice to all the good things and injustice to ourselves, there came also the ending. An appropriate and fervent prayer was offered by Rev. L. Yale; then all repaired to the sitting room and parlor again.  Then came music; B.F. Taylor's exquisite poem, "The Magical Sole," very finely and feelingly sung by Mrs. Lockwood; a song or two by Misses Anna and Fannie Benedict, followed with others by Mrs. L.--all joining in chorus.  At last good wishes and good-byes, and the day was over.  Three generations were present.  All of the first are "over the river."  These were guests unseen, but we felt their presence.  We remembered the dear uncles and aunts--the sweet young faces that grew so strangely beautiful in death--the bright, pleasant faced boy of ten--Charlie, son of George Waters, so recently drowned in Cazenovia Lake--and knew there were heartstrings vibrating ever and anon to a wall of sorrow, but the lips echoed it not, or added one note of sadness to the day's enjoyment.

 

Those present allied to the three families by birth and marriage were--to Russell:
     Our entertainers--Hon. C. Pearsall and wife, Frank C. Pearsall and wife, and daughter Mamie.
     Guests: 
        Mrs. Roxey Waters Benedict, Unadilla
        John P. Thorp, Esq., Mrs. D.E. Waters Thorp, Coventry
        George W. Waters, Mrs. Sarah Waters, Little Whitman Waters, Elmira
        Dr. J.E. Bartoo, Mrs. Florence Thorp Bartoo and little sons Ralph and Dwight, Coventry
        Leroy W. Treadway, Mrs. Emily Treadway, Columbus, O.
        Mrs. Ella Treadway Stoughton and son, Charlie Stoughton, Greene
        Peter H. Parker, Mrs. Addie Pearsall Parker, Anna and Charlie Parker, Coventry

To Epaphras:
     Rev. Luman Yale, Mrs. Hannah Waters Yale, Miss Hattie Yale, Guilford
     Mrs. Mary Waters Lockwood, Miss Kittie Lockwood, Eau Claire, Wis.

To Anna Waters:
     W.H. Benedict, L.A. Miles Benedict, Miss Anna M. Benedict, Miss Fannie Benedict, Coventryville
      
Others not present:
     Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Treadway, Charles W. Treadway, wife and two sons, Athens, Pa.
     Arthur, Lavern, Holmes, and Merwin, sons of Rev. L. Yale, Willie Waters Lockwood, Eau Claire, Wis.
     Misses Mabel and Jennie Waters, Elmira, N.Y.

May blessings rest upon all who contributed to make the gathering so pleasant at the old homestead.
    
 

Obituaries (January 29)

George W. Waters

Elmira Gazette, July 23, 1912

 

George W. Waters

 

George W. Waters, an artist of national reputation for a half century, died at the family home, 360 West First street in this city [Elmira, Chemung Co., NY], this morning at 5:30 o'clock.  Mr. Waters had been in ill health for several months past and for the past two months his condition had been serious.  The decedent was born in Coventry, Chenango county, N.Y., March 31, 1832, and early in life he showed marked ability as an artist.  He studied in oil portrait and landscape work in New York city and also at Munich, Bavaria.  He also traveled extensively in Europe for the extension of his work and studies.  Mr. Waters came to Elmira in 1861 and his work had been exhibited in the National Academy in New York city over 40 years.  Also specimens are to be found in every state of the union.  His oil portrait of former Governor Lucius Robinson of Elmira is placed in the council chamber at Albany, and a portrait of former Governor Alexander W. Randall of Wisconsin is in the capitol of that state.  Large landscapes were also made on order by Mr. Waters for Andrew Carnegie, Samuel L. Clemens and other men of national fame.  For several years Mr. Waters was at the head of the art department of Elmira college, in which he was ably assisted by his daughters.  As a man, Mr. Waters was of the kindest Christian character and disposition, and was quiet in his ways.  He was devoted to his family and his art and his friends held him in the highest respect.  He was a close friend of the late Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, and his oil portrait of the beloved leader of the Park Church, is pronounced the best of the several portraits which were made in the closing days of Mr. Beecher's life work.  Mr. Waters is survived by his widow, two daughters, the misses Jean and Mabel Waters, and a son, George W. Waters, Jr., also a grandson, George W. Waters, 3rd.  The date of the funeral will be announced later.  It will be held at the family home and burial will be in the family plot in Woodlawn cemetery.

 

Elmira Advertiser, July 24, 1912

 

....Mr. Waters has painted many notable portraits.  Among them that of the late Governor Lucius Robinson, a half length, for the capital at Albany, a head for the city of Albany and still another portrait for the Robinson home.  A picture that created a marked sensation upon its exhibition in New York, was that of Joseph Jefferson as "Rip Van Winkle," awakening from his sleep.  This was done when Jefferson was at the height of his popularity, and when the actor later played in this city.  Mr. Waters had a most pleasant visit with him, and received high compliments for the picture.  This picture was purchased by a Mr. Nathan, of New York. A very fine head of Walt Whitman was another important picture.  he also painted portraits of Jennie Jewel Hotchkiss, formerly of Elmira, in one of her Shakespearian costumes, and a portrait of Dr. Cowels, president Emeritus of Elmira college.  One of former Governor Alexander W. Randall of Wisconsin is in the capitol of that State.  Large landscapes were also made on order by Mr. Waters for Andrew Carnegie, Samuel L. Clemens and other men of National fame.  He was a close friend of the late Rev. Thomas K. Beecher and his oil portrait of the beloved leader of the Park Church is pronounced the best of the several portraits which were made in the closing days of Mr. Beecher's life work.  For thirty-two years Mr. Waters was at the head of the Art Department of Elmira College.  He once painted a large marine for "Mark Twain," the picture as ordered by Mr. Clemens, showing a burning ship on the ocean and the crew saved in little boats.  He received from his friend a characteristic letter expressing his appreciation and pleasure in this picture.  For a great many years Mr. Waters landscape pictures have been almost entirely scenes along the Chemung, and the picturesque little river has become widely known in artistic homes.  The artist was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but those who knew him best realized the sweetness and gentleness of his character.  He loved his work.  his heart and soul were in it, and the sight of the old man whistling softly at his easel as he wielded his brushes, and the kindly glance of his keen, young-old eyes are pleasant remembrances to family and friends.  Of Mr. Waters in his studio, Ira E. Sherman, an uncle of Mr. Waters, in a little volume of poems called "Old Time Memories," has written t he following:

"This home of art is the abiding place

Of earnest thought and most unselfish care,

Of constant struggle after forms that grace

Man's higher nature.  Life is here a prayer.

A longing, waiting, those must know, who stand

Enraptured, seeing the enchanted land."

 

The last years of the artist's life have been replete with work accomplishing some of his finest canvasses having been painted at recent dates.  There was no diminution of skill, but a constant progress.  he seemed to live in a glow of color which it was his delight to transpose into living scenes of beauty.  Before coming to Elmira Mr. Waters was an instructor of art in the Franklin-Delaware Institute, N.Y., where he met his wife as a student there.  .....  The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family home. The Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Eastman will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery.

 

Minerva Fenton

Chenango Union, April 24, 1873

 

FENTON:  At the residence of Dr M.C. Parker in Washington, Iowa, March 25th, 1873, after an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Minerva Fenton, aged 76 years.

 

Deceased was a native of Connecticut, but removed at an early day (about 1806 or 8) to the almost unbroken forests of Chenango County, N.Y., where the arduous labors of more than half a century were devoted to making good and comfortable homes for family and friends, with the expectation of living and dying in the midst of her labors. Being the oldest daughter, and the oldest of all but two of a family of fifteen children, all of whom lived to adult age, she knew full well what hard work and scant fare meant in those early days, and that early experience gave her a vigor and determination of character seldom found in these later and more luxurious days.  The love of children proving stronger than the love of home and other kindred ties, she came to this city, seven years ago, with the expressed desire to live and die with her children here.  For more than fifty years she had been an active member in the Congregational church, and of greater moment still, she was a consistent living Christian and a loving mother; and to the last her faith in the fruition of the Christian's hope was strong and unshaken.  --Washington County Press.

 

Patty (Miles) Warren

Chenango Union, February 10, 1881

 

WARREN:  At her home in Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], on Sunday, January 30th, 1881, Mrs. Patty Warren, aged 84 years, 1 month and 22 days, gently fell asleep, to waken to the "sweet rest" and enjoyment of a  higher life.

 

She was born at Cheshire, Ct., December 7th, 1796.  When a child her parents left their native State, and moved to what is now known as the south part of Oxford.  Her father, Simon Miles, with them nobly met and contended with the privations and inconveniences of pioneer life.  What is now called Coventryville, was the nearest "settlement"--a point some three miles distant.  A religious society was organized in 1805, and a church in 1809, and there the educational and religious interests of the inhabitant's centered.  The earliest recollections of our friend were of an almost unbroken wilderness, through which bears, and occasionally a panther, roamed, and the howling of wolves was a nightly serenade.  The only way of getting to Oxford, or Jericho (Bainbridge) was by bridle-paths and marked trees.

 

One noticeable characteristic of the pioneers, was their reverence for and attendance upon religious services on the Sabbath.  In early life, when means of conveyance were not so common as now, it was the custom of Mrs. W., as also that of her sisters and cousins living near, to often walk to "meeting," distant three miles, where those assembled could sit through the morning service with no fire save what was carried in footstools, and after intermission, during which they were replenished at a neighbor's glowing fireplace, remain to the long prayer and sermon of the afternoon.  This custom was carried through her life, and so long as her health permitted, she was a faithful attendant upon divine services.

 

In 1819 she united with the Church at Coventryville, and remained a member of the same until her death, choosing not to sever her union to it upon removal to another place.  The same year, September 19th, 1819, she was united in marriage to Woodward Warren, and came to her new home in this town.  She was ever devoted to her family, as wife and mother, faithfully ministering for years to her invalid husband, her habitual cheerfulness often luring him from the gloomy and despondent state of mind caused by disease. We have often heard her recount her early experience in housekeeping, and the limited means with which they commenced, but persevering economy and "diligence in business" secured a competence for after years.  But the place where she had so long lived, gathering all the comforts of life about her, she left on the 23d of April, 1868, and moved with her two sons, Elisha and Simon W. to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  With many regrets and tears she left her home and friends, and although she formed new and pleasant acquaintances, she ever treasured the warmest affection for the old; and when the shadow fell upon her life, growing deeper and darker about her mind, until the faces of children and friends were to her as strangers, she wandered mid other and earlier days and friends, until the portals were unbarred, "the silver cord loosed," and it broke from its bondage to exult in the freedom of a new life, for she trusted in Him in whose name alone we are saved.

 

The funeral was attended at her late residence in Bainbridge, and from thence her remains were brought, and laid in our quite cemetery, beside those of her husband, who died more than twenty-five years since.

 

Having from our earliest recollection known and loved our departed friend, we offer this slight tribute to her memory as we recall the pleasant smile and warm greeting always extended us in bygone days when a happy company often met at her home, and joined their voices in mirth and song.  But we have older grown; the musical echoes have ceased; but may we all meet in the "bright forever," and join in songs celestial and unending.

 

Coventryville, Feb. 7, 1881



BCHS, Class of 1947, Part 3

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1947

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1947

 

 

Ethel Hitchcock

"Effie"

 

Hopes never to be broke.

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., the kids

Greatest ambition is to decide what to do after graduation

Favorite pastime is to be with the kids

 

Nanette Horton

"Peanut"

 

Voted Neatest, Most Original, and Best Dressed

"They add a precious seeing to the eye."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., trying to make money for the Senior Class

Greatest ambition is to have a car of my own

Favorite pastime is driving

 

Gladys Kingsley

"Glish"

 

Voted Most Changeable

"People, like variegated tulips, show 'tis to

their changes half their charms we owe."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., Class of '47

Greatest ambition is to be a perfect wife

Favorite pastime is working alone

 

 

Burton Knapp

"Burt"

 

Voted Busiest

"He is never less at leisure than when at leisure."

 

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

Greatest ambition is to be a success

Favorite pastime is Working???

 

Charles Lord

"Chuck"

 

Voted Most Promising, Brightest, Best Student,

Most Dignified, and Most Respected

 

"A perfect soul, nobly planned, to warn,

to comfort and command."

 

Will miss most about B.C.H.S., throwing things in Miss Smith's aquarium

Greatest ambition is to be president of U.S.

Favorite pastime is eating

 

 

Jack Lord

"Jason"

 

Voted Biggest Bluffer and Most Changeable

"Persuasive speech and more persuasive sighs,

silence that spake, and eloquence of eyes.".

 

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

Greatest ambition is to have a Lincoln Continental convertible sedan

Favorite pastime is ramming around