Marriages (April 27)

Firman - White

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

David M. and Mary (White) Firman

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the home of Billings White, on Lock street, November 5, occurred the marriage of Mrs. Mary White, of this place, to David M. Firman, of Camden, N.J.  Rev. S.J. Ford performed the ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends.  The bride is a daughter of the late Horace Barnes, of Pharsalia, and has been a resident of this village for several years. The groom is a prominent business man of Camden, N.J., where he conducts a candy and confectionery establishment.  Mr. and Mrs. Firman left for their home in that city the same evening.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 6, 1879

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. William B. Cook, to Miss Anna F. Rider.

 

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 16th, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. Vernum D. Birdlebough, of German [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Hattie D. Vosburgh, of McDonough.

 

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. David B. Pike, and Mrs. Laura D. Maxfield.

 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 29, 1885

At Fontenelle, Wy. at the residence of the bride's brother, Jan. 8th by Justice D. B. Rathbun, Geo. H. McCray, of Chenango Co., N.Y., to Eva A. Hanson, of Mentor, O.

 

In Willett, N.Y. Jan. 19th, Mr. Leroy G. Coville, to Miss Polly A. Lull, both of German [Chenango Co., NY]

 

In Smithville, Jan. 5th, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. Jos. Donan, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Ursula Walworth, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. J.E. Johnson, Mr. E.H. Coley, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], and Miss H. Jeanette, daughter of B.C. Campbell.

 

In Norwich, Jan. 1st, by Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mr. Isaac Newton, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary E. Mitchell.

 

In Bainbridge, Jan. 14th, by Rev. Henry Robertson, Mr. David P. Van Horne, of Livingston, Montana, to Miss Marie V. N. Green, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

Obituaries (April 27)

John Carley

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

John Carley

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  John Carley died at his residence on West Railroad street Sunday, aged 39.  About the first of September Mr. Carley was injured by being thrown from a load of hay.  While passing through Silver street he came in contact with a telephone wire and was thrown to the ground, striking on his head.  He never fully recovered consciousness after the accident.  Last week Joseph Winsor was appointed a committee to manage Mr. Carley's person and property, the latter consisting solely of an alleged right of action against the company or corporation upon whom the blame for the accident rests.  On Sunday a post mortem examination conducted by Coroner E. W. Wilcox revealed a fracture of the skull and on the opposite side a degenerated blood clot.

Thomas Carter

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, January 23, 1867

CARTER:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, Thomas Carter, aged 62 years.  Mr. Carter represented the First Assembly District in this County in the Legislature of 1861, and at his death, was Post Master at Pitcher.  It can be truly said that no one in this community had more friends or fewer enemies.  He was a devoted husband and father, an accommodating neighbor, and a Christian. 

Another correspondent writing from Pitcher says:  The deceased had been a resident of this town for some forty years, beloved and respected by all who knew him, and in his death, society has lost one of its best and worthy members, the State one of its most devoted citizens.  In 1861 he was elected a member of the Assembly of this State in which body he voted for all those measures which were calculated to strengthen and support the general government against the rebellion and at the time of his death was Post Master at this place.  His funeral was attended on the 17th at the Congregational Church, of which had long been one of its prominent members, when a very impressive and appropriate sermon was delivered by the Pastor, Rev. C. Barstow, to a large and sympathizing congregation.  In this sudden bereavement the wife has lost one of the best and devoted of husband's the children a kind, indulgent father.  May they seek consultation in the arms of their Savior.

Sally M. Weaver,

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, January 23, 1867

WEAVER:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, Mrs. Sally M., consort of Russel Weaver, in the 67th year of her age.  In the death of Mrs. Weaver, a husband has been deprived of a kind and affectionate companion and [her children] a beloved parent, society one of its most useful members, and the Baptist church of which she has been a worthy member for many years, one of its chief ornaments, on account of her uniform piety, benevolence and good principles. The numerous concourse of relative and sympathizing friends who attended her funeral at the Church, is a sure indication of the esteem in which she was held.

 

Jeremiah Medbury

Chenango Union, September 6, 1871

Another pioneer has gone to his rest.  The subject of this brief notice, Jeremiah Medbury, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], was born in Rhode Island about the year 1784.  When a lad of eight years, seventy-nine years ago, he came with his father, Joseph Medbury, to New Berlin township, then a dense forest, in which roamed beasts of prey and containing scarcely half a dozen inhabitants.  For a quarter of a century, Jeremiah lived with his father upon lands near Great Brook, changing the face of nature, rugged and sterile, into fruitful fields, making the wilderness places to bloom as the rose. The larger portion of his days were spent upon a farm but a few rods distant from the homestead.  He lived an honest, industrious, useful life, rearing a family of six children, all of whom except one, are still living.  Jeremiah Medbury of this village, is the eldest son and next to the oldest of the family.  Mr. Medbury retained his faculties and the vigor of manhood, in a remarkable degree, being seldom indisposed for a day, till his end drew nigh.  On Saturday, Aug. 26th, he was attacked with a stroke of paralysis, soon became unconscious, and died on the Tuesday following, at the advanced aged of 87.  On Thursday last he was buried on the premises he had so long occupied.  We are reminded how little we of this age of Railroads, Telegraphs, splendid equipages, and manifold comforts and luxuries, realize of the trials, hardships and deprivations of our fathers of three score and ten years ago.  It is sad to think the Pioneers of our own county are nearly all gone, and that we have no more reliable record of their services and lives.  Tradition, always vague and uncertain, in a little while will constitute the only link upon which to depend, to connect the remote past with the present and future.

 

Daniel W. Irons
ca 1837 - 1907

Daniel W. Irons, a former resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of his son, Lucius A. Irons, in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1907.  The body will arrive in Norwich this evening and be taken to Breese's Undertaking rooms form which place burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY] Tuesday morning, the time not yet having been arranged.

Adaline Medbury

1829 - 1907

At the residence of her son, Edgar Medbury, east of this village, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15, 1907, Mrs. Adaline Medbury, died aged 78 years.  Funeral services will be held from the home at 1 o'clock and from the church at White Store at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J.L. Ray officiating and burial will be in the cemetery at White Store.

Mary Reitano

Norwich Sun, October 1, 1942

Cortland [Cortland Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mary Reitano, 41, wife of Anthony Reitano, died Monday at her home, 68 Pomeroy street, following a heart attack.  Born in Italy September 15, 1900, the daughter of Joseph and Antonia Natoli, she had resided here for the past 39 years.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Anna; one son, John T. Reitano; a sister, Miss Frances Natoli; two brothers, Dominick and Joseph Natoli, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning from the home and St. Mary's church with burial in St. Mary's cemetery.

Lydia Medbury

Norwich Sun, October 1, 1942

Mrs. Lydia Medbury died at the county welfare home in Preston [Chenango Co., NY] yesterday morning.  She had been a resident of the home since 1937 coming from Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY].  She was born in Morris [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 5, 1852 and is survived by a great nephew, C.N. Sherman of Binghamton.  Services are to be held at Dakin's Funeral Home in New Berlin Thursday afternoon with burial in White Store Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].

Post Listing April 20-26, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of April 20-26, 2015

Marriages

Posted April 23, 2015

Mary B. Elliott - Fred S. Gardner (1906)

Marriage notices - 1864

     Chauncey Hubbard - Alice A. Edgerton

     A. Simeon Parker - Kate A. Wheeler

     Alanson Booth - Sarah Rhodes

     Francis Bowen - Emma J. Merrithew

Posted April 25, 2015
Nellie Van Dyke Brown - Joseph Palombo (1944)
Ernest Webster - Doris Mockridge (1944)
Jessie Hall Grosfent - Neil Donald McLeod (1944)
Barbara H. Remsen - George Tillman (1944)
Margaret Ledbetter - Robert A Schultheiss (engagement, 1944)
Phyllis Theresa Giordano - Clifford l. Wilson (engagement, 1944)

Posted April 26, 2015
Gertrude C. Lanckton - Frank J. Edmunds (1903)
Marriages, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY, 1943

 

Obituaries

Posted April 20, 2015

Warren L. Scott (Norwich, 1906)

Irving B Phillips (Afton, 1944)

Clara Adelle (Hunt) Meek (Afton, 1944)

F. Lee Beane (Owego, 1944)  Car - Train accident

Donald Frederick Beane (Owego, 1944)  Car - Train accident

Leonard W. Roe (Oakland, PA, 1944)  Drowning

Gertrude Waterman (Sidney, Lisle, 1944)

Van D. Birdsall (Sidney, 1944)

Posted April 21, 2015
Edith F. (Brown) Stanton (Norwich, Otselic, 1906)
Frank J. Barre (Lawyersville, Cobleskill, 1926)
Atalanta H. Hathaway (Faribault MN, 1911)
Emmett l. Hutchinson, (1921)
Lester Amos Hutchinson (Guilford, 1929)

Posted April 22, 2015
George A. Cooley (Norwich, 1906)
Robert H. Dixson (South New Berlin, 1929)
Clella E. (Manwaring) Rolf (Guilford, 1929)
Ellis Lavern Bradley (Guilford, 1929)
Charles H. Manwaring (Guilford, Unadilla, 1929)

Posted April 23, 2015
Reuben A. Handy (Coventry, 1906)
Cora Evelyn (Lyon) Loomis (West Bainbridge, 1932)
Emily L. (White) Hyde (Bainbridge, 1932)
Emogene (Cook) Lanfair (East Guilford, 1912)
Harry Humphrey (Bainbridge, 1910)
Henry Loomis (Oxford, 1880)
Death Notices - 1864
     Joseph Loomis (West Bainbridge)  Civil War soldier
     Frank M. Skillman (Smithville) Civil War soldier
     Jenette Warner (New Berlin)
     Charlie Ray Farnsworth (Afton)
     Lorson D. Merrill (Oxford)  Civil War soldier

Posted April 24, 2015
Ruth Anna (Winsor) Root (Norwich, 1906)
Dennis Payne (Bainbridge, 1918)
Levene Loomis (Bainbridge, 1918)
Johanna Dolan (Oriskany Falls, 1918)
John Henry Loomis (West Bainbridge, 1947)
Death Notices - 1864
     Willard P. Blinebery (Plymouth) Civil War soldier
     Nathan Baker (Plymouth) Civil War soldier
     Calvin B. Weld (Coventry) Civil War soldier
     Jerome A. Sands (Unadilla)
     Byron Terry (Fayette)
     Willie O. Athwell (Plymouth)
     Sarah O. Pendleton (Columbus)

Posted April 25, 2015
Albert J.E. Hubbard (Norwich, Colorado Springs CO, 1906)
Almon Elliot (Chenango Forks, 1944)
Carrie Elliot (Chenango Forks, 1944)
Eileen Hungerford (Oneonta, Vestal, 1944)
Mae McAdams (Cooperstown, 1944)

Posted April 26, 2015
Mrs. John Totten (Newburg, Norwich, 1903)
Henry C. Cole (Omaha, NB, Oxford, 1895)
John Hoag (Dayton, OH, Greene, 1895)
Arba K. Maynard (Atwater MN, 1895)
Adella Hodges (Oxford, Whitney Point, 1870)
Betsey E. Gilbert (Afton, Guilford, 1870)
Charles Loop (Afton, 1910)

 

Miscellaneous

Posted April 20, 2015
Bainbridge Central High School Volleyball Team - 1952
The Murder of Mary Stannard - 1880

Posted April 21, 2015
The Guilford Iron Works, 1880

Posted April 22, 2015
 Bainbridge High School, Class of 1949, Part 4

Posted April 23, 2015
"Bainbridge Eagle" Town's First Paper - 1845

Posted April 25, 2015
Mrs. George W. Lawrence - Photo 1906

Posted April 26, 2015
Guilford Union Sunday School Association - 1875

Guilford Union Sunday School Association - 1875

Guilford Union Sunday School Association

Chenango Telegraph, June 24, 1875

 

This association held a session June 16th, at Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY], which was the most enjoyable of any we have attended.

 

Four years ago, it was decided that the June meeting should be the children's day.  It was held at Yaleville which entertained it handsomely.  Subsequently, it was voted that the June meeting should be a basket picnic, and this proves the most thoroughly enjoyable.  We thought as we saw the scattered groups clustered here and there under the shadow of the beautiful trees, discussing the contents of the basket, that it was one of the prettiest pictures we had ever seen.

 

A stand was erected, and all the exercises were conducted in the open air, as the church would not have held a fifth part of the people assembled.

 

The address of welcome by the Rev. Luman Yale, was cordial, and the address to young people by Rev. E.P. Eldridge was interesting and appropriate.  But well as the remarks of the minister were enjoyed, the little preachers of the afternoon bore off the palm.  Seven schools took part in the exercises and all did admirably.  Only three schools in town failed to be represented.  Where all did so well from the little lambs of the infant class to the mature young ladies and gentlemen of the Bible class, it is difficult to particularize.

 

We may be pardoned, however, for alluding to an original dialogue, which was finely recited by two young girls of Yaleville school.

 

The author Mrs. Charity Cooper, is an earnest worker in the Sunday school, and the exercise, well worthy of a place in any volume of concert exercises.  We sincerely hope it may be published.

 

A poem by Miss Gibbs of North Guilford, was very fine, and the presentations of Bible truth by the different schools was both interesting and instructive.  The flower of Guilford was assembled in that beautiful grove, and the ties of Christian brotherhood were greatly strengthened. Christians of different creeds can unite in the study of God's Word and in true fellowship.  Long may the Guilford S.S. Union live, and much good may it do in promoting the study of the Divine Word.  --Mrs. E.J. Richmond.

 

 





Marriages (April 26)

Edmunds - Lanckton

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

Frank J. and Gertrude C. (Lanckton) Edmunds

At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Lanckton, in Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday last occurred the wedding of Gertrude C. Lanckton, of that place, and Frank J. Edmunds, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], in the presence of about 50 relatives and friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony was performed by 12:15 p.m. by Rev. Spencer J. Ford, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, of this village. The parlor was prettily decorated with vines and flowers, the happy couple standing beneath an arch and in front of a beautiful bank of evergreens.  Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds were the recipients of many handsome and useful gifts. They will reside on Sheldon street in this village. The bride has many friends in Norwich, having formerly presided here for a time. The groom is a young man well and favorably known as an employee in the grocery store of Smith & Dunne.

 

Vital Statistics - Marriages - 1943

Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York

 

Sherl Cummings, of Bainbridge, to June Tompkins, of Bainbridge, Feb. 27

 

Lloyd H. Sipple, of Bainbridge, to Mary Louise Branham, of Bainbridge, May 1.

 

Everett L. Ellis, of Seattle, Wash., to Eva l. Johnson, of Seattle, Wash., May 1.

 

David A. Thomas, of Bainbridge, to Helen G. Knapp, of Bainbridge, May 30.

 

Andrew J. Whitney, of Bainbridge, to Evelyn M. Livingston, of Bainbridge, June 12.

 

George McCrea Skinner, of Bainbridge, to Charlah A. Ireland, of Bainbridge, June 12.

 

Ilario Argiro, of Syracuse, to Mary Teresa Delello, of Bainbridge, June 23.

 

James V. Monahan, of Bainbridge, to M. Arlene Orth, of Bainbridge, June 26.

 

Robert Euker, of Harpursville, to Clara R. Wilcox, of Bainbridge, July 31.

 

Donald L. Quinney, of Sidney, to Barbara I. Campbell, of Bainbridge, Sept. 4.

 

Robert A. VanValkenburg, of Masonville, to Mary Elizabeth Brundage, of Cannonsville, Sept. 4.

 

Lloyd C. Crosby, of Afton, to Margaret L. Shaver, of Bainbridge, Sept. 21.

 

Winthrope C. Aiken, of Sidney, to Anna Nymann Collinge, of Bainbridge, Oct. 2.

 

Leland D. Marcellus, of Camp Stewart, Ga., to Margaret M. Davies, of Sidney, Oct. 3.

 

Archie H. Vail, of Bainbridge, to Mary E. Aldrich, foo Bainbridge, Oct. 6.

 

Glenn R. Herrick, of Bainbridge, to Dolores M. Lloyd, of Bainbridge, Nov. 21.

 

Joseph L. Mertz, of Bainbridge, to Margaret Angle, of Bainbridge, Dec. 25.

Obituaries (April 26)

Mrs. John Totten

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

Mrs. John Totten

After an illness of only a few days Mrs. John Totten died in Newburg [Orange Co., NY] Saturday, aged 37.  Mrs. Totten was the daughter of the late Martin and Margaret Foy and was born in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  For the past few years she had been in the employ of the Keogh Brothers, who formerly conducted the Eagle Hotel in this village, and then they went from here to Newburg.  Mrs. Totten accompanied them and continued in their employ. She previously resided in Oneonta for a number of years and while there married John Totten about 14 years ago.  Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Agnes Foy, of Newburg and a brother, Robert Foy, of Battle River, Minn.  Funeral services were held in Newburg Monday morning and the remains were brought to Norwich the same afternoon for interment in St. Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  A large gathering of sympathizing friends met the 4:26 train on the Ontario & Western and escorted the remains to the cemetery.

Henry C. Cole

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

Advices received here Monday bring the sad intelligence of the death  of  Henry C. Cole, at Omaha, Neb., the day previous.  It will bring sadness to the hearts of many here who knew and loved the deceased.  He was the surviving child of the late Calvin Cole, and a brother of Augustus,  the donor of the Cole fountain.  He was educated at Oxford Academy, and the earlier part of his business days were spent here.--Oxford Times.

John Hoag

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

Word was received here last week announcing the death of John Hoag, who was recently taken from this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio.  We understand that he was buried at the Soldiers' cemetery belonging to the home.  Poor old John, he has answered the last earthly roll call.  Loyal to his country, may his weary spirit find rest in the great unknown whence it has flown.--Greene American.

Arba K. Maynard

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

The Atwater (Minn.) Press, of December 21st chronicles the death of Judge Arba K. Maynard, a former well known lawyer of Chenango county, which occurred December 19th.  He was ninety-two years of age, and a pioneer in Minnesota.  His funeral was conducted by the Masonic order, of which he had been a member seventy-one years.  Judge Maynard practiced law in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] for a time after he was admitted to the bar:  afterwards he resided in Bainbridge, and nearly fifty years ago he practiced his profession in Norwich.  Later he went to New York city, and was for years a municipal judge there.  He went to Minnesota in the early fifties, and represented La Seur county in the legislature in 1866-7.  He buried his wife many years ago, and his only son, in Atwater, in 1879, and leaves no near kin to mourn his death, except a brother, who is thought to be in the government employ, at Washington.

Adella Hodges

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, March 30, 1870

HODGES:  At the residence of J. Tillotson, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th of measles, terminating in congestion of the lungs, Adella, daughter of Alexander Hodges, of Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], aged 17 years.  Her remains were taken to that place for interment.  Miss  H. was one of three young ladies whose names were on the roll of students of Oxford Academy the last term.  Miss Manning, of Coventry, died early in the term, of fever.  Miss Hodges the Wednesday after it closed, and Miss Miller, Sunday night, 20th.

Betsey E. Gilbert

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, March 30, 1870

GILBERT:  At the residence of her son-in-law, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], February 28th, Mrs. Betsey E. Gilbert, in the 76th year of her age.  Mrs. Gilbert and her husband, Dea. Gilbert, who died about 8 years ago were among the first settlers of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and members of the First Congregational Church at Guilford Centre, until a branch of that Church was formed at North Guilford, with which they united and in which they continued members until they were called to join the Church triumphant.  Mrs. Gilbert was an invalid the last thirty years of her life, and at intervals suffered much, but endured all her sufferings patiently and hopefully, for her consolation was this:  "Our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."  She was a true Christian mother.  Her children and grandchildren bless her name; may they also follow her example.  She has done what she could, has finished her course and received the crown.

Charles Loop

Bainbridge Republican, December 20, 1910

The remains of Chas. Loop, a former resident were brought here [Afton, Chenango Co., NY] Thursday for burial in the family plot at Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY].  Mr. Loop was 90 years of age.  He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Lilley, Binghamton, Dec. 20 '10.  He is survived by his daughter and one son, E.J. Loop of Arkansas.  The bearers were old friends, Messrs, A. Brown, W.A.Wright, C.L. Seeley and A. Briggs. Services at the grave conducted by Rev. S.L. Shaw. 

Mrs. George W. Lawrence of Norwich - Photo

Mrs. George W. Lawrence

Utica Saturday Globe, November 17, 1906

 

Mrs. George W. Lawrence, of Norwich

Worthy Matron, Norwich Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star

 

Marriages (April 25)

Palombo - Brown

Bainbridge News & Republican,  June 22, 1944

The marriage of Miss Nellie Van Dyke Brown and Trooper Joseph Palombo took place at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, Stamford, on Saturday at 4 p.m.  Miss Brown is a graduate of Bloomville High School and Spencer School of Business in Kingston.  For the last two years she has been a teller in the Sidney Bank. Trooper Palombo has been a member of Troop C of the State Police for nearly 15 years and is at present stationed in Sidney in the teletype division.

 

Webster - Mockridge

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 6, 1944

London, England:  From his bed in an American Red Cross Hospital, Private Ernest Webster, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] wired, "Come on.  I've got the wedding license."  So Doris Mockridge, 20, hurried down from Weymouth to wed the American she met months ago in a South Coast movie.  He is back from Normandy where he lost a leg.  "It may be a bedside wedding," said Doris' sister.  "Or Ernie may be wheeled to the church on a stretcher. Ernie's going to be flown home to America and Doris want to accompany him."

 

McLeod - Grosfent

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944

The marriage of Miss Jessie Hall Grosfent to Neil Donald McLeod took place Saturday in the sun room of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, Syracuse, the Rev. Frederic Evenson, of Gilbertsville, performing the ceremony in the presence of the bride's mother and nurses. The young couple were on their way to Gilbertsville from Buffalo Friday to be married the next day, when an auto accident near Cazenovia sent them to the hospital.  Miss Grosfent received a bad cut on the forehead and numerous bruises, and Mr. McLeod sustained broken ankles of both feet and a gash on his head that required 16 stitches. The car was badly smashed.  Mrs. Edwin H. Holden and the Rev. Evenson went to Syracuse Saturday and the young couple decided to have their wedding on the day planned.  Mrs. McLeod was able to return with her mother, but Mr. McLeod will be confined to the hospital for several weeks.

 

Tillman - Remsen

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 17, 1944

Miss Barbara Hunt Remsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Remsen, Scarsdale (Westchester Co., NY), and Lieut. George Sherwood Tillman, son of Chenango County Clerk and Mrs. Irving D. Tillman, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], were married at 4 p.m. Aug. 9 in the First Baptist church at Norwich with the Rev. Harold Knight officiating.  The bride, who was given in marriage by Cyrus M. Higley, president of Norwich Board of Education, was attended by Miss Alice Higley. She wore a street length dress of two shades of purple with a corsage of yellow roses and her attendant wore a yellow dress with orchid sweet peas.  Robert Tillman, the groom's brother, was best man.  The bride, who is a graduate of Scarsdale High School and Ohio University, had taught second grade in the Norwich school system for two years and will return this fall.  Lieutenant Tillman is stationed at Drew Field, Fla., where he will report Aug. 19 after the young couple return from a short wedding trip.  Lieutenant Tillman was graduated form Norwich High School, Manlius Military Academy and Hamilton College.  He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in September, 1942.  More than 100 guests attended the informal wedding and reception.

Schultheiss - Ledbetter

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 17, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Ledbetter, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], have announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret, to Robert A. Schultheiss, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Schultheiss, of West Roxbury, Mass.  Miss Ledbetter is a graduate of the Sidney High School and the New York State Teachers College, Albany.  She is at present employed in the Electronics Department of the General Electric Co., in Schenectady.  Mr. Schultheiss is a graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.. He is a test engineer in the General Electric plant in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Wilson - Giordano

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 17, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Giordano, of Madison, N.J., announce the engagement of their daughter, Phyllis Theresa, to Sergeant Clifford L. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Wilson, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].

Obituaries (April 25)

Albert J.E. Hubbard

Utica Saturday Globe, November 17, 1906

 

Albert J.E. Hubbard

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Albert J.E. Hubbard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hubbard of Norwich, died at the Union Printers' Home in Colorado Springs Saturday, aged 41.  He had returned to Colorado only about a week before after spending a month with his parents here.  Mr. Hubbard was born in Kingston, N.Y., November 18, 1865, the family coming to Norwich when he was 4 years of age.  After leaving the public schools he learned the printer's trade in offices of the Chenango Telegraph and the defunct Norwich Post. Afterwards for 10 years commencing in 1888 he was an employee of the government printing office at Washington, D.C.  In 1900 he bought an interest in the Trades Unionist, of Washington, which he sold in 1903 on account of poor health and went to Colorado Springs.  He bought the Labor News of that city which he successfully conducted until last January when failing health compelled his retirement and he entered the Printers' Home, turning over the management of the paper to his wife who has since conducted it in an able and creditable manner.  Mr. Hubbard was a prominent member of the printer's fraternity and while in Washington held several offices of responsibility.  He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus of that city.  Since going to Colorado he had been vice president of the Colorado Federation of Labor and a delegate to the convention of that Organization at Sailda, Colo.  He was a member of the Committee of Arrangements at the recent Typographical Union Convention held at Colorado Springs.  In 1891 Mr. Hubbard married Ella Slentz, of Washington, and to them two sons were born, George and Charles, who since the death of the mother in 1897, have made their home with their grandparents in Norwich.  In 1902 Mr. Hubbard married Miss Bertha Hunter, of Washington, who survives him.  he is also survived by his parents and two brothers, David and George, the latter residing at Red Lands, Cal.  The remains were brought to Norwich for interment, arriving here Thursday morning and the funeral was held form the home of this parents and St. Paul's Church this (Friday) morning.  Burial was made in St. Paul's Cemetery.

 

Almon Elliot

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 6, 1944

An 86-year-old Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] resident was killed Friday night and his wife critically injured when the car which he was driving went off the highway and crashed into a tree in front of the Chenango Forks Central School on the Chenango Forks-Whitney Point road.  The man, Almon B. Elliot, a jewelry store operator at Chenango Forks, was killed instantly in the crash which occurred shortly before 7:30 p.m.  His wife, Mrs. Carrie Elliot, 64, is in critical condition at the Binghamton City Hospital, suffering from a fracture of the right leg, head injuries, a fracture of the right arm and brush burns and bruises of the body.  Dr. A.J. Stilson, a Broome County coroner, who was called in when it was discovered that Mr. Elliot was dead, said that the jeweler had suffered a fractured skull apparently received when his head crashed against the windshield as the car struck the tree.  The coroner said he was informed that Mr. Elliot was receiving treatment for a heart condition by a physician at Chenango Forks.  Apparently Mr. Elliot had a heart attack which caused him to lose control of the car, the coroner added.  Dr. Sobel administered first aid to Mrs. Elliot until the Sheriff Department ambulance arrived. Bailey Hinman, a teacher at Chenango Forks Central School, notified the department of the accident.  The Elliot car went over to the shoulder of the road and traveled approximately 150 feet before it crashed into the tree, deputies reported. The car was badly smashed in the front.  Mr. Elliot's body was removed to the Root Funeral Home at Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  Besides his wife, Mr. Elliot is survived by three sons, Herald B. Elliot, of Greene; Fred Elliot, of Sidney, and William E. Elliot, of Buffalo.

 

Carrie Elliot

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944

Mrs. Carrie Elliot, 58, of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], succumbed at the Binghamton City Hospital Wednesday night from injuries received in an automobile accident the night of June 30.  Mrs. Elliot's husband Almon Elliot, a Chenango Forks jeweler, was killed instantly in the mishap which occurred when the car he was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree in front of the Chenango Forks Central School.  Mrs. Elliot died of a fractured hip, a compound fracture of the right femur, a fracture of the left humerus and laceration of the scalp.

 

Eileen Hungerford

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944

The body of Eileen Hungerford, eight, daughter of Everett Hungerford, formerly of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], was taken from the Susquehanna River near Vestal [Broome Co., NY] at 9 a.m., on Thursday after police and volunteers had searched for her since Tuesday night.  Her twin sister, Iris, was pulled from the river by her father after the children had been caught in the swift current when they ventured too far from shore. The girls clung to each other until Eileen no longer was able to keep herself afloat. The accident happened as the Hungerford twins with a brother David, 11, and a sister, Carol, 12, were in swimming.  After efforts of Carol to save them failed, the brother ran more than a quarter of a mile to the Hungerford home on the Vestal road to summon his father.  Mr. Hungerford said that Eileen was gone when he reached the bank and that Iris was at least 100 feet out in the river. Calling to her to keep her as calm as possible, he followed along the shore until he could get close enough to pull her out.

 

Mae McAdams

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 24, 1944

Mae McAdams, 14, was instantly killed Saturday on the farm of Mrs. Vinnie Riddell at Cooperstown Junction [Otsego Co., NY] as she was running to avoid a toppling tree sawed by her father. State Police who investigated said that Oliver McAdams, and another daughter, Della, 16, and a brother, Chester, 15, were cutting trees on the Riddell farm.  Mr. McAdams was preparing to fell a free which measured four feet around the base and the two daughters were standing nearby as their father drove a wedge into the tree to fell it near the skidway.  As the wind came up suddenly and the tree was about to fall, Mr. McAdams shouted a warning to his daughters.  Della ran down the skidway while Mae went in the direction the tree was falling and was pinned beneath the trunk.  Her brother, who was working on his car about 100 feet away as the father prepared to fell the tree, and her father and sister, with the use of a horse, extricated the girl from the maze of branches covering her and took her to the Fox Memorial hospital where Dr. Cornelius Ryan found her dead on arrival from a fractured skull and internal injuries.

Obituaries (April 24)

Ruth Anna (Winsor) Root

Utica Saturday Globe, November 17, 1906

 

 Mrs. Ruth Anna (Winsor) Root

 

Mrs. Ruth Anna Winsor Root died very suddenly from heart failure at her home in New York Friday of last week, aged 70.  She was the daughter of Ziba and Almeda Green Winsor, and was born in the town of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] in April, 1836.  On New Year's day, 1856, deceased married Reuben Harvey Root, of Gilbertsville, and the first year of their married life was spent in Bainbridge.  The next 10 years they lived in Deposit where Mr. Root, who was a lawyer of ability, was district attorney of Delaware county. They afterward moved to Binghamton where they remained several years before Mr. Root decided to locate in New York.  Mrs. Root came to the home of her parents for a time and arrangements had just been completed for their residence in New York when Mr. Root suddenly died 18 years ago.  Mrs. Root remained in Norwich, residing here until six years ago when she went to live with her married daughters in New York.  She came back to Norwich for the summer seasons, however, and only a month ago returned to the city after spending four months here with her daughter, Mrs. Fettis.  Mrs. Root was greatly beloved by all who knew her, having lived a sweet, unselfish life devoted to her family and ever thoughtful of the comfort of others.  She was one of the oldest and most devout members of the Broad Street M.E. Church and it was largely through her efforts that the efficient Ladies' Aid Society of that church was organized, of which she was for some time the president. While a resident of Binghamton, she was for five years assistant superintendent of the Sunday school and sang in the choir of the Tabernacle M.E. Church. Three years ago she withdrew from the Norwich church and became a member of the St. Andrew's Chruch in New York.  Deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Flora B. Aldrich and Mrs. Virginia C. Brown of New York, and Mrs. Mabel P. Fettis, of Norwich; by one half-brother, Charles W. Winsor, of Norwich and by three grandchildren.  Mrs. Viola McCauley and Miss Ruth Winsor Brown, of New York, and Miss Virginia D. Fettis, of Norwich.  The remains were brought to Norwich for burial, the funeral being held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fettis, on Sunday afternoon.  Rev. Wilson Treible officiated. The contributions of flowers were large and very beautiful.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery, the pall bearers being Marvin W. Tanner, Eugene A. Goodrich, John D. Burrell and Arthur W. Bosworth.

 

Dennis Payne

The Norwich Sun, October 29, 1918

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dennis Payne, one of Bainbridge's oldest and most respected citizens, died early Friday morning at the home of his son, Adelbert Payne, in North Main street.  Mr. Payne had reached the advanced age of 86 years.  He retired Thursdays evening in apparently his usual health, but passed away during the night.  He is survived by two sons, Frank and Adelbert Payne of this village, and one daughter, Mrs. Cora Wilcox of Milford.

 

Levene Loomis

The Norwich Sun, October 29, 1918

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Levene Loomis, a farmer who had resided about two miles and a half from town on the Mount Pleasant road, died Friday of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.  Mr. Loomis was taken ill a week ago Saturday and was in bed with a high fever Sunday.  Monday he felt much better and did some light work out of doors.  That night he was taken with pneumonia from which he never recovered.  He leaves a wife and five children.  The oldest son is only 16 years old.

 

Johanna Dolan

The Norwich Sun, October 29, 1918

Oriskany Falls:  Sunday evening occurred the death of Mrs. Johanna Dolan, wife of the late James Dolan, at her home, on South Main street.  She had been ill for about ten days, but great hopes were entertained for her recovery.  Her advanced age was one of the obstacles.  In the death of this lady, Oriskany Falls loses one of its most highly respected women, whose life and character were unimpeachable and whose acts were fashioned after all that was Christian life and noble.  She was one of the best and her loss will be keenly felt in her hometown, in the church she loved so well and in the home, where she was the idol of her family.  She led a saintly life and her reward will be great.  She leaves a rich legacy to her family, an example that will help lift the load of sorrow in this hour of deepest sorrow. She was in her 78th year and the greater portion of it was spent in this place. She leaves a grown up family of children who have been her source of pride and joy, and a comfort to her in her declining days. Surviving are six sons, Maurice and William Dolan of Denver, Colo., James J. of Norwich, John, Thomas Frank and three daughters, the Misses Mame, Anna and Nellie Dolan of this place. Also a brother and sister, Miss Mary O'Connell and Michael O'Connell.

John Henry Loomis

Gazette & Farmers' Journal, Baldwinsville, NY, 1947

LOOMIS:  At the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.V. Gilbert, R.D. 1, Cato, N.Y., on Wednesday, February 12, 1947, John Henry Loomis.  He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert; two sons, Leigh I. Loomis of Williamsville and Dr. Harold J. Loomis of Pulaski; one brother, Bert J. Loomis of Binghamton, and five grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held in the Gates and Carter Funeral home on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  Interment will be made in the West Bainbridge cemetery in the Spring.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, November 9, 1864

 

At Naval School Hospital, Annapolis, Md., Oct. 17th, 1864, First Corporal Willard P. Blinebery of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.  He was a veteran in the 89th Regiment, Company I, Dickinson Guards; was wounded near the spine at Chapin's Farm, Sept. 27th, by a piece of shell--taken prisoner to Richmond--released and taken to the hospital, Oct. 9th, when he died.  His remains were bro't home for interment.  He was a young man of promise, respected by all who knew him.

In the hospital at Harper's Ferry, Oct. 27, of fever, Mr. Nathan Baker, of Co. M, 5th Heavy Artillery, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years.

In hospital, at Winchester, Va., on the 13th ult., Calvin B. Weld, of Co. E, 114th N.Y.S.V., son of Luther Weld, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years, 3 months.

In Unadilla, Nov. 2d, Jerome A. Sands, Esq., aged 32 years.

At the residence of his sister, in Fayette [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26, 1864, Mr. Byron Terry, aged 22 years and 7 months.  For several terms the deceased had taught a select school in Fayette, in which place he had commenced the study of Medicine with Dr. Clark.  Impelled by a desire to alleviate the sufferings of our brave soldiers, some three months since he offered her services to the Christian Commission, and while laboring in the General Hospital at City Point, Va., he contracted the disease which terminated his life.  Mr. Terry was a young man of more than ordinary promise, but the many hopes centered in him are blighted by his early death.  His years though few were filled up with usefulness, and the world is better because he lived in it, and gave to it his brief Christian Life.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], of Diptheria, Oct. 26, Willie O. son of John and Melinda Athwell, aged 6 years 9 months and 14 days.

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25 of Diptheria, Sarah O. daughter of David and Louisa Pendleton, aged 22 years, 4 months and 11 days.


 

 

 

"Bainbridge Eagle" Newspaper

"Bainbridge Eagle' Town's First Paper

Bainbridge News, December 12, 1957

[Compiler note:  The Bainbridge Eagle made its appearance in 1845]

 

Some dozen years before the publication of the ancestors of the Bainbridge News and while the war clouds of the Mexican War had not yet thrown forth their bolts of fire and lightning, the first newspaper came to life in Bainbridge.  Dr. Edward Danforth has a rather extensive article about that original periodical "The Bainbridge Eagle" from which the following account has been adapted.

 

In its opening edition, a "Prospectus to the Bainbridge Eagle," the editor announces that the Eagle is to be a weekly journal of general news.  The editor goes on to say:

 

"The projector of any new and beneficial enterprise, particularly one of a literary nature, should, before advancing too far, state definitely the true ground on which he proposed to take the field for the completion of that enterprise.  If then what he proposed to effect, is even in part consummated, it is for a candid and unprejudiced world to extend to him a liberal patronage.  When we say patronage, we are far from inferring only a praise patronage--but we have a reference to that patronage, which, while it sustains us in the world of honor and distinction--will at one and the same moment, reward us liberally in a pecuniary point of view.

 

"We therefore propose to publish in this village, a family newspaper, aiming at the support of what to us may appear democratic measures spiced however with the other varieties necessary to the management of a news journal--such as temperance, miscellaneous selections, agriculture, science, poetry and the fine arts.  We shall as occasion offers itself, give our readers original essays from our own pen on the various topics touching and concerning what are in our opinion, the true principles of political science. Thus we have roughly blocked out to the minds eye of the reader, something of the course we wish to pursue, and to be able to pursue the same with profit to our own individual self, as well as the public, we respectfully ask the perpetuity of our design.--Hoping that the shackles which so often trammel the feelings of political pride and prejudice will in no way stand in a barrier to prevent the full flow of a social sentiment between us and the world in general."

 

The first page of the issue is devoted to poetry and literature with a column and a half article on the "Duty of the Democratic party."  There is much criticism of "the errors that were committed at Albany last winter" but a general endorsement of Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Wright.

 

On the second page the editor writes a voluminous apology to the people of South Bainbridge for not being available to deliver the Fourth-of-July oration at the village. There is also a news account of the burning of the Schoharie Court House and jail.

 

On page three there is a list of letters remaining unclaimed at the Bainbridge post office containing about 60 names, signed by D. Newell, postmaster.

 

Elliot J. Kidder advertised many things.  In one place he offers for sale a long list of patent medicines, tooth pastes, hair dye and toothache drops; further along he offers to buy any amount of WOOL delivered at his store which was formerly occupied by D. Newell.  Again, in another column, Mr. Kidder offer a "sure cure for consumption and liver complaints."

 

Elijah Bishop has an interesting advertising card which reads in part:  "Having made extensive arrangements in the city of New York with an experienced purchaser, who will be constantly in the marker, goods will be forwarded to old Jericho, (weekly) of the latest style and fashion.  The subscriber's long experience in business, and many other facilities enables him to come into market prepared to meet any fair and honorable competition; at the same time he would beg leave to say, that he does not expect to quite give away his goods.  Call and examine for yourself at the old stand next door but one above the Engine House No. 1.

 

A.K. Maynard, Bainbridge attorney-at-law, offers for sale:  "The Carding and Cloth dressing works recently built by Ezra P. Church Esq. on the Susquehanna River consisting of a large two story building, for Carding and Cloth Dressing--a small out building for a dye-house--all built new within two years--located about half way between the villages of Bainbridge and South Bainbridge and 53 acres of land.

 

Joel J. Bixby, colonel of the 193 Regiment of infantry of the Militia of the State of New York published notice that of a regimental court-martial for the trial of all delinquents:  "The said court will convene on the 29th day of October next at 10 o'clock a.m. at the house of D. Chaffee in the Town of Bainbridge."  (Chaffee was at this time landlord at the Bainbridge Tavern or Central Hotel.)

 

S. Shepardson informs his old friends and customers that he still continues the tailoring business at his old stand in the Watson building, one door above the hay scales, and immediately opposite the Eagle office, upstairs.  To this ad is attached:  "Those of my customers who promised to draw me wood last winter are informed that if it is not delivered by the first of July, they may expect to pay cash."

 

Blin S. Sill, M.D., announces he will attend to all professional calls and that his office is at no. 6 and his residence no. 3 Wright street (East Main).

 

Mathew D. Sill evidently a relative of the doctor, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Bainbridge and vicinity, that he is prepared to take likenesses by the Daguerreotype process in the best style of the art and continuing:  "Possessing one of the most perfect cameras in use; and having originally received instruction in one of the most celebrated establishments in New York City--his experience will warrant him in saying that he can satisfy the acutest critic, in regard to the perfections of his pictures.  Rooms at Dr. B. Sill's Wright Street."

 

Brown and Northrup advertise cooking, box and parlor stoves, also ploughs and plough points.

 

Sayre & Banks, attorneys and counsellors at law and solicitors and counselors in chancery announce their office on Main Street nearly opposite the Eagle Office.

 

Newell Slade had a card advertising:  "The subscriber still continues the business of watch and clock making and repairing, at his old stand on Main Street, one door south of Sayre & Banks law office.  Everything in his line will, as heretofore, be punctually attended to, and he respectfully solicits the continued favor of public patronage."

 

Alvin E. Wiest announces a Boot & Shoe Shop in the building of Jehial Evans on Main Street.

 

Smith and Phinney tell the public they are doing horse and ox shoeing at their old stand six doors north of the Eagle office.

 

Joel J. Bixby calls attention to his carriage and sleigh manufactory five doors north of the Eagle Office.

 

The Bainbridge house, which was the tavern built by DeZeng on the park states:  "The subscriber has rented the well known Tavern Stand, located on the south-west side of the public green in the village of North Bainbridge and formerly kept by Winthrop Fairchild. The house has been recently furnished to all who may be pleased to call.  Having left the Bigelow stand for this, which he intends to keep for a series of years, the subscriber would respectfully solicit his townspeople and his fellow citizens, a continuation of that patronage which they have heretofore extended to him.  And to the travelling community at large he would say that if rooms large and commodious; a bar at all times filled with the choicest liquors; stables and faithful grooms in attendance; and the willing and attentive services of the landlord and those in his employ, are the indispensable requirements of a well kept tavern, he trusts he shall ever be able to furnish them to all those who may become his guests."

 

A hat manufactory is advertised at No. 7 Wright Street, opposite the residence of Dr. Sill.  Castor, plain, brush napt and wool hats; also cloth caps were advertised.

 

Henry A. Clark, attorney-at-law offers announcement of the practice of his profession in an office opposite Chaffee's Hotel in the Betts building.

 

Levi Bigelow states that he practices law at No. 2 Wright Street.

 

An indication of what kind of furniture the people of Bainbridge had in their homes a century ago is an ad by Levi Bigelow:  "The place to buy cabinet furniture is at Titum M. Bixby at Bainbridge.  He has on hand a splendid assortment of cabinet ware, in the shop formerly occupied by W. Fairchild (deceased) where he has for sale and shall endeavor to keep constantly on hand all wares under this head in general.  We have now on hand a general assortment of sofas, secretaries, book cases, mahogany, cherry and maple bureaus, lockers, dressing bureaus, wash and candle stands, dining and tea table, French bedsteads, chairs, ottomans, Etc.

 

Marriages (April 23)

Gardner - Elliott

Utica Saturday Globe, March 24, 1906

 

 

Fred S. and Mary B. (Elliott) Gardner

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Belle Elliott, on Cortland street, Sunday evening, Miss Mary B. Elliott was wedded to Fred S. Gardner of South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], formerly of Norwich, Rev D.W. Dexter officiated in the presence of the immediate relatives.  The bride, who is popular and well known to many Norwich people, was for several years employed in the sealing room of the Borden Condensery. The groom was formerly a clerk in the dry goods store of S.E. Johns until recently he became a partner of W.J. Wildman in a large general store at South Otselic, where, after a brief wedding trip to Binghamton and other places, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner will take up their residence. Both young people have many friends who wish them abundant prosperity and happiness.

 

Marriage Notices

Oxford Times,  November 2, 1864

 

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]:  on 21st ult., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Chauncey Hubbard to Miss Alice A. Edgerton, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Greene, Oct. 25th, by Rev. W.A. Smith, Mr. A. Simeon Parker of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Kate A. Wheeler of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Guilford, Oct. 25th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Alanson Booth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah Rhodes of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Guilford, on the 10th inst., by Rev. Wm. W. Andrews, Mr. Francis Bowen of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma J. Merrithew of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Obituaries (April 23)

Reuben A. Handy

Utica Saturday Globe, March 24, 1906

 

Reuben A. Handy

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Our community was startled Saturday, March 17, by the message which passed from house to house that Reuben A. Handy had been instantly killed by the falling of a tree.  His hired man was with him at the time of the accident but all help was unavailable.  "Ruby," as he was familiarly called by friends and neighbors, was born August 7, 1883, and was married May 5, 1901, to Minnie Burchard.  She and three small children are left to mourn the loss of a tender father and a loving husband.  The home group in his boyhood's home is stricken with sorrow.  Father, mother and sisters will miss "Ruby."  He was a young man of steady, industrious habits, a cheerful, pleasing way and was respected by all.  The most tender sympathies, willing hearts and helping hands are proffered to the young grief-stricken wife and fatherless children.

 

Cora Evelyn Loomis

Guilford News, February 24, 1932

Mrs. Cora Evelyn Loomis passed away at the Sidney Hospital early Saturday morning, Feb. 20, after an illness of five days.  Mrs. Loomis was dearly loved and respected by all who knew her.  Her life was spent in willing service for others, her greatest joy being to bring happiness to some of her loved ones or friends.  She will be missed as only a strong, true mother can be missed.  Mrs. Loomis was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], July 10, 1860, a daughter of Almira and Spardon Lyon.  In 1881 she was united in marriage to Charles Harvey Loomis and since that time has spent her life at the Loomis homestead located in West Bainbridge.  The funeral was held from the homestead at 2 o'clock, Monday afternoon, Feb. 22.  The service was in charge of Rev. Arthur H. Landmesser of Crescent, N.Y., a former pastor, assisted by Rev. Wm. Bartz, the present rector of her church, and by Rev. Edwin R. Holden of Sidney.  She is survived by four children; Ward C. of Bainbridge, Dr. Ralph H. of Sidney, Leon C. of Forest Hills, New York and Bernice E. Marcley of Schenectady.

 

Emily L. Hyde

Guilford News, February 24, 1932

Mrs. Emily L. Hyde, widow of the late James Hyde, passed away at her home on Juliand street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], Sunday morning of valvular disease of the heart.  Mr. Hyde died six years ago in May.  She was one of eight children born to Edwin B. and Nancy Melendy White.  She and her twin sister, Miss Emeline White, who made her home with her, passed the 84th anniversary of their birthday Jan. 24, having been born in Bradford, Pa., in 1848.  The funeral was held from her late home at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 17, Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.

 

Emogene (Cook) Lanfair

1859 - 1912

Mrs. Emogene Lanfair, beloved wife of Joseph Lanfair, peacefully passed away at her home at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], December 6, at one o'clock in the afternoon, aged 53 years.  Mrs. Lanfair had a lingering illness of eczema, which confined her to her bed for about five months.  Heart failure was the cause of death.  Mrs. Lanfair was formerly Emogene Cook of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and in 1875 she was married to Joseph Adelbert Lanfair of Bainbridge.  Besides her husband she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Andrew Nelson of Norwich; one daughter, Mrs. Mable Massey of Sidney; also three sons James J. of Bainbridge; Louis E. of Norwich and Frederick E., who resides at home.  The funeral was held at her late home at East Guilford, Saturday afternoon at one o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. A.C. Salls of the Congregational church at Guilford Center. The burial was in Green Lawn cemetery at Bainbridge. 

 

Harry Humphrey

1886 - 1910

After a severe illness which began with gastric fever and later developed into complication of ailments and which extended over a period of nearly seven months, on March 24 the curtain was parted and Harry Humphrey passed into the beyond.  The departed was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sep. 30, 1886, and was in his 24th year.  He was the only son of Frank Y. and Henrietta Pearsall Humphrey.  In October 1907 he was united in marriage with Gladys Benedict, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Benedict of Afton.  They lived in perfect happiness together in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benedict until disease cast its dark shadow over them and brought suffering and sorrow.  Everything that could be done to restore the sufferer to health, in the way of medical aid and careful nursing, was done, but in vain.  He died at the home of his father in Bainbridge, to which place he had been brought about two months before the end came.  Harry Humphrey was a young man of good habits and clean life.  He was also of a happy and cheerful disposition. The mother of his beloved companion, who has long been a sufferer and confined to her home, said, while he was in good health, "Harry is the sunshine of our home.  I do not know what I would do without him," His life was full of sunshine and he made sunshine for others.  He united with the Presbyterian church at Bainbridge in the year 1906, and was at the time of his death still a member of that church; and those who knew him from childhood up, speak of him in terms of highest praise.  He made for himself many friends and during his long illness his friends at Afton and Bainbridge kept inquiring constantly and anxiously concerning his welfare.  Funeral service was held at the home of his parents, Sunday afternoon, and was conducted by Rev. H. T. Hill who was assisted by Rev. C. H. Colgrove.  Mr. Hill spoke briefly on the words--"He giveth His beloved sleep," and his talk was full of comfort to the bereaved.  The remains were buried at Glenwood cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY], in the presence of a large company of people whose hearts were sorrowful and sympathetic.  The Baracas and Philatheas of the Afton Baptist Sunday School passed in procession around the open grave and dropped carnations on the casket in token of their love and esteem.  The sorrowing companion, who was constantly at his side during his long illness, parents, sister, and others to whom the departed was very dear, have the sincere sympathy of many friends.

 "I cannot say and I will not say

That he is dead.  He's just away.

With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand

He has wandered into an unknown land.

And left us dreaming how very fair

It needs must be, since he lingers there."

 

Henry Loomis

Bainbridge Republican, April 2, 1880

Mr. Henry Loomis, whose serious illness has been noticed in these columns in a previous issue, died at his residence in the Southern part of Oxford township [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday last, aged 69 years.  The deceased may well have been termed the "old war horse of Chenango," as for physical endurance he had few equals and probably no superiors in the county.  He for many years was engaged in lumbering, and has received several injuries while felling trees and performing other work incidental to the same, which would have proved fatal to a less strongly constituted person.  But after a life of severe hard work and hard knocks, he had to succumb at last to an internal disease; a complaint of the kidneys something like Bright's disease. The deceased leaves seven children, five sons and two daughters, who all reside within a short distance of the old homestead, upon which he has resided upwards of forty years.  Mr. Loomis was well known throughout this section of the State and leaves many friends who have enjoyed many a joke and laugh with the old woodsman. The funeral obsequies were held at West Bainbridge on Monday, and were attended by many friends of the family.

 

Death Notices

Oxford Times, November 2, 1864

 

In Camp Hill Hospital, Harper's Ferry, Sept. 22, of typhoid fever, Joseph Loomis, a member of Co. B, 7th New York Artillery, formerly of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years.

 

In Hospital at Winchester, Va., from wounds received in the battle at the above place, Frank M . Skillman, of Co. E, 114th Reg., son of Joseph Skillman, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.

 

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] on the 17th ult., Jenette, wife of George Warner, aged 21 years.

 

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 24th, of diphtheria, Charlie Ray, youngest son of Jonathan and Lydia Farnsworth, aged 4 years.

 

Killed on the 19th Sept., near Winchester, Lorson D. Merrill, of Co. A, 114th Reg., aged 31 years and 9 months.

 

 

Obituaries (April 22)

George A. Cooley

Utica Saturday Globe, March 24, 1906

 

George A. Cooley

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After an illness of three years, during the past few months of which he was confined to his home, George A. Cooley, of Canasawacta street, died about 5:30 o'clock Thursday morning, aged 53 years.  Deceased was born in Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] February 22, 1853, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Job Cooley.  He had resided in Norwich 29 years and was for a long time an employee of the Maydole Hammer factory.  Before coming to Norwich he followed the trade of cheese making.  Mr. Cooley was a kind husband and father and was well liked by a large circle of friends.  In 1887 he married Mrs. Susie M. Beach, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rhodes, of Pharsalia, who survives with one daughter, Miss Maude G. Cooley.  He also leaves one brother, Samuel, of Chautauqua county, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Jane King, of Pharsalia.  Mr. Cooley was a prominent member of Whaupaunaucau Tribe of Red Men, which will have charge of the funeral Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Rev. Dr. Ray will officiate and burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Robert H. Dixson

1851 - 1929

Robert H. Dixson, who died Sunday at her home in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], was born in the town of Morris [Otsego Co., NY], July 3, 1851, the youngest son of eleven children of Elijah and Lucy Dixson.  At the age of eighteen he entered the employ of L. And A. Babcock of Norwich as a piano salesman and continued with them in that capacity for 60 years establishing a record for that line of work in this section of the state if not the entire state.  Mr. Dixson leaves a daughter, Mrs. Burton of Sherburne and a son, Frank G. Dixson of South New Berlin, besides a number of grandchildren.  His funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o 'clock at the home.  Burial in Riverside Cemetery [South New Berlin, NY].

 

Clella E. Rolf

1883-1929

Mrs. Clella E Rolf, who has been seriously ill for some time with pneumonia and the flu, died at her home at Ives Settlement [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] February 6, aged 46 years.  She was the daughter of Charles and Flora (North) Manwaring and was born in Guilford where she spent her entire life.  In early life she became the wife of Robert Rolf and three children came to bless this union, Robert and Barbara, who still survive, and a little daughter, Betty, who died nearly five years ago.  Having been born and cradled in the atmosphere of a Christian home she early in life became affiliated with the Guilford Methodist church and has always been a consistent member.  She was a woman of many kindly traits and will long be remembered both in the home and community.  The funeral service was held at the home Wednesday with the Rev. F.S. Crispel, pastor of the Guilford M.E. church officiating.  The body was laid in the family plot in Sunset Hill cemetery [Guilford, NY]. The father, Charles Manwaring, who lives at Unadilla, was not able to be here, he being ill with pneumonia.  Those who survive are the husband and two children, the father above mentioned and two sisters, Miss Hazel Manwaring and Mrs. Jessie Teed, of Unadilla.

 

Ellis Lavern Bradley

1849 - 1929

Ellis Lavern Bradley passed away Thursday morning, October 22, in the rooms over the Shelton & Drachler store where he lived.  The deceased was born in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the old homestead below the cemetery on September 22, 1849 and has practically spent all of his life in Guilford.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Bradley.  He was married to Miss Dora Crandall of Norwich and to them three children were born, Benjamin and Frances who preceded him to the world "that knows no sorrow," and also a daughter, Mrs. Emily Thomas of Atlantic City, N.J., who survive.  The deceased was a member of the Episcopal church.  On Saturday afternoon the last services were held in Christ Episcopal church by the Rev. N.S. Boardman.  The body was laid in Sunset Hill cemetery [Guilford, NY] beside the dust of kindred.

 

Charles H. Manwaring

1855 - 1929

Charles H. Manwaring, a former resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at his home in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  His death occurred on the same afternoon when the funeral of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Rolf, was being conducted here.  Mr. Manwaring was 73 years old.  He had been in feeble health, but pneumonia was the cause of his death.  In declining years he was tenderly cared for by his youngest daughter, Hazel.  Mr. Manwaring was born and reared in Guilford, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Manwaring.  The greater part of his life was spent in this vicinity.  On account of ill health, he left his farm at Ives Settlement and purchased the home at Unadilla where he died.  He was the last of a family of four children.  He was married twice;  his first wife being Miss Flora North.  The result of this union were four children, Clella, Leon, Jessie and Hazel.  His second wife was Libbie Burton.  He was held in high esteem by all which won him many friends both in the community and church of which for many years he was a member and Sunday School superintendent.  Funeral services were held in the Methodist church Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Dr. Charles M. Olmstead, associate pastor and dear friend of the deceased officiating.  The body was laid in the family plot in Sunset hill cemetery, Guilford.  Left to mourn him are two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Teed and Miss Hazel Manwaring of Unadilla and several grandchildren.

 

 

Bainbridge High School Class of 1949, Part 4

Bainbridge Central High School Class of 1949

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1949

 

 

Martha Rowe

"Mart"

Will miss most:  gossip

Most commonly seen:  at wrestling match

Ambition:  to be a beautician

 

Eldridge Sheely

"Emery"

Voted Best Sport

Will miss most:  Ag class

Most commonly seen skating

Ambition:  To be graduated

 

Stephen Smith

"Steve"

Voted Best Athlete

Will miss most:  chance to skip school

Most commonly seen with some girl

Ambition:  To play pro-basketball

 

Lawrence Stiles

"Larry"

Voted Best Looking and Neatest

Will miss most:  Trig & Solid

Most commonly seen on wrestling mat

Ambition:  to take a P.G.

 

Betty Underwood

"Betsey"

Class Vice President

Voted Best Sport and Class Wit

Will miss most:  Mr. Black

Most commonly seen with Arlene

Ambition:  To be successful

 

Evelyn Villnave

"Evie"

Will miss most:  Mrs. Weeks

Most commonly seen in Senior room

Ambition:  To learn to drive