Post Listings, June 1-7, 2015

List of blog postings for the week fo June 1-7, 2015

Marriages

Posted June 1, 2015

J.A. Simonson - Jennie L. Horton (1890)

Edith McDonald - Guy Ingersoll (1890)

Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Isbell (22d anniversary, 1883)

Maud Smith - William Lawson (engagement, 1891)

Mr. & Mrs. C.D. Hammond (25th anniversary, 1891)

Posted June 5, 2015
Nina M. Spicer - Richard G. Pellett (1906)
William M. Miller - Emma Pearne (1879)
Fitch Gilbert - Caroline Gilbert (1879)
J.B. McCall - Nellie L. Morse (1879)
Judge Edward A. Bundy - Eliza Burlison (1891)
Earl B. Grover - Carrie Wright (1891

 

Obituaries

Posted June 1, 2015

Albert C. Garrison (Norwich, 1906)

Mrs. Abel L. Smith (Greene, 1883)
Hon. Daniel Noyes (Preston, Norwich, 1883)
John McDonald (Afton, Greene, 1891)
Kate Hanrahan (Afton, Oneonta, 1891)

Posted June 2, 2015
C. Adelburt Ellis (Norwich, New Berlin, 1906)
Lois O Lyon (Bainbridge, 1875)
Lena B. (Connelly) Truman (Bainbridge, Masonville, 1895)
Warren Bill (Abingdon, IL, Bainbridge)
Death Notices
     Huldah A. Church (Sidney Plains, 1878)
     Eli Hunt (Masonville, 1878)
     Mrs. Darius Woodward (Coventry, 1878)
     Henry P. Shiffer (Leavenworth KN, Coventry, 1892)
     Jane M. Hollis (Worthington, MN, Sherburne, 1891)
     William Grover (Afton, 1892)
     Mrs. William Grover (Afton, 1892)
     Mrs. Henry Matteson (Port Dickinson, Oxford, 1892)
     Leroy H. Kilmer (Norwich, 1892)
     Sarah Bliss (Oxford, 1892)
     Charles  H. Mahan (Preston, 1892)
     Annie Carr (Norwich, 1892)
     Julia Weller (Steamboat Rock, IA, Norwich, 1892)
     Mathias Thomas (Sherburne, 1892)
     Bella B. Colton (Norwich, 1892)
     Chauncey Marvin (Binghamton, Greene, 1892)

Posted June 3, 2015
Myra (Underhill) Cook (Norwich, Lestershire, 1906)
Samuel Derby (Afton, 1879)
George Emmet Hubbell (1883)
John Vanderwacker (Bainbridge, 1879)
Chauncey Beardsley (Gilbertsville, 1879)
Smith Baker (Center Village, 1879)

Posted June 4, 2015
Sarah M. (Cook) Webb (Norwich, 1906)
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Goodrich (Unadilla, Worcester, 1875)  accidental drowning
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morehouse (Unadilla, Worcester, 1875)  accidental drowning
Charlie Landers (Afton, 1874)
Sanford Holbrook (Randolph, Bainbridge, 1879

Posted June 5, 2015
Joseph Winsor (Norwich, 1906)
Frances L. Ives (Guilford, 1914)
Viola Willsey (Indianapolis IN, Bainbridge, 1914)
Silas G. Barnum (St. Petersburg FL, Sanford, Bainbridge, 1936)
Clara B. (Ives) Robinson (Oneonta, Coventryville, 1940)

Posted June 5, 2015
Alonzo S. Kinney (Norwich, 1906)
Benjamin Barber (Norwich, 1879)
Alexander N. Benedict (Unadilla, 1879)
Abraham Clark (Norwich, 1879)  Railroad accident
Mrs. S.S. Randall (Afton, 1891)
H.S. Kirkland (Afton, 1891)
Eli Seely (Bainbridge, 1891)
Clark Fisher (Bennettsville, 1891)
Death Notices - 1878
     Mrs. Smaria Nickerson (Afton)
     John C. Young (Harpursville)
     Mrs. Almaria Patterson (Harpursville)
     Henry Davis (Bainbridge)
     Melissa Ward (Jersey City Heights, NJ)

Posted June 7, 2015
Horace C. Denison (New Berlin, 1906)
Death Record for 1890, Burials by Undertaker Emens, Afton, Chenango Co., NY


 

Miscellaneous

Posted June 1, 2015

Daniel R. Hall, Norwich Railroad Y.M.C.A., 1906

A Norwich Mystery - 1883

Posted June 2, 2015
Norwich High School Prize Speaking Winners, 1906
Bainbridge in Review - April 1917

Treated June 3, 2015
Stoddard Family of Coventryville, NY - Reunion 1879
Bainbridge High School, Class of 1951 - Part 1

Posted June 4, 2015
A Bainbridge Boy in Trouble - George P. Evans - 1879
Hon. Albert F. Gladding, Bank President, Norwich, NY, 1906

Posted June 5, 2015
Elmer Graves Becomes Guard at Dannemora Prison - 1906

Posted June 6, 2015
The Y.M.C.A. Intermediate Basket-Ball Team - 1906
The Disappearances of Palmer Rich - 1888

Posted June 7, 2015
George T. Dunham resigns from Chenango Nat. Bank, Replaced by Homer H. Higley - 1906

Chenango National Bank Personnel Changes 1906 (Dunham & Higley)

Cashier, George T. Dunham Resigns to go to Scranton Bank

Replaced by Homer H. Higley

Utica Saturday Globe, February 3, 1906

 

George T. Dunham

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Tuesday, at the regular weekly meeting of the directors of the Chenango National Bank, Cashier George T. Dunham tendered his resignation to take effect March 1, at which date he will become cashier of the People's Bank of Scranton.  The resignation was reluctantly received, Mr. Dunham having been cashier since the death of his father, the late Henry T. Dunham, in 1892.  The elder Mr. Dunham organized the bank which began business in 1883, and was the cashier up to the time of his death.  Shortly thereafter the son, George T. Dunham, was made cashier and under his charge the bank has become the largest in the county.  Mr. Dunham will be greatly missed not only from the business but the social life of Norwich, in both of which he has been a prominent factor.

 

The People's Bank of Scranton is among the youngest of that city's financial institutions, having been organized as a State bank in 1901 with a capital of $100,000.  It will be reorganized at once as a national bank with a capital of $500,000 and a surplus of $125,000.  It numbers among the directors some of Scranton's leading financial men and most progressive citizens.  In addition to becoming cashier Mr. Dunham will be one of the directors.  Mr. Dunham is a brother of Harry G. Dunahm, organizer and cashier of the Dime Savings Bank, of Scranton, and of James H. Dunham, auditor of the International Salt Company with offices in that city.

 

Homer H. Higley was chosen cashier of the Chenango National Bank to succeed Mr. Dunham and William Mason assistant cashier.  Mr. Higley has been a director of the bank since the death of the late Cyrus B. Martin and Mr. Mason has been teller for the last 15 years. These selections insure continual public confidence and the future prosperity of the bank.

 

 

Homer H.  Higley

 

 

 

Obituaries (June 7)

Horace C. Denison

Utica Saturday Globe, February 3, 1906

 

Horace C. Denison

New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]:  Once more death has defied all that human love and the best of medical skill could do and Horace C. Denison has been called to the great beyond.  he passed away Friday morning, January 26, 1906.  He had been ill with pneumonia just one week.  Deceased was a son of Ray L. Denison, of Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], where he was born and where, in 1893, he was married to Miss Sarah Loull, also of that place.  There also he was laid to rest.  In 1895 Mr. Denison entered the employ of the Borden Condensed milk Company and came to New Berlin where as foreman of the well room he had been a most efficient and popular employee.  He was a member of Crystal Hose, No. 1, of the Village Fire Department.  The condenser was closed to allow the employees to attend the funeral.  Their floral tribute was a magnificent cross six feet high.  The firemen sent a beautiful pillow, while the casket was covered by the offerings of others.  The large attendance attested the high esteem in which Mr. Denison was held by all. 

 

Death Record for 1890

Afton Enterprise, January 1, 1891

 

The following persons have been buried by Undertaker Emens during the past twelve months.  As will be seen there have been 52 funerals or an average of one a week.  Several however, of the list were brought here for burial either in our cemeteries or in adjoining towns.

 

Name	Residence	Age
Walter Sloan	Afton	39
Florence Truesdell	Deryter	12
Francis J. Johnosn	Afton	57
Ida F. Thorne	Afton	35
Elijah G. Case	Afton	79
Philip D. Veile	New York	28
Lucinda Dimorier	Sanford	73
Lois R. Owens	North Sanford	49
Milton M. Taft	Afton	79
Lyman L. Wilkins	Coventry	79
E. Jay Lyon	Bainbridge	16
George Ehle	Afton	64
Mary Pierce	North Sanford	50
Sheridan Davis	Colesville	25
Harris Briggs	Afton	72
Geo. Tracy	Afton	70
Hulda Bronson	Afton	82
Joseph Hawkins	Afton	24
John Davis	North Sanford	74
David Swart	North Sanford	64
David Guernsey	Colesville	83
Chas. Graham	Afton	75
Caroline Mason	Cold Springs	86
John A. McCullough	Afton	58
Albert Stone	Sanford	32
Harry Latham	North Sanford	14m
Jennie Snell	Afton	22
S. Eliza Sands	Vallonia Springs	72
Gertie M. Tracy	Afton	19
Julia A. Davis	Bainbridge	85
Orlando Ingersoll	Oxford	67
Mrs. E. Manderville	Bainbridge	66
A.J. Harrington	Coventry	58
Reuben Stilson	Afton	72
Howard Woodward	Afton	8
Etta E. Champlain	Afton	36
Mary E. Angell	Afton	34
Stephen Wildey	Afton	85
Reuben Livingston	Afton	6m
Elizabeth Wilson	Afton	91
Henry Andrews	Coventry	56
Annie C. Kinney	Afton	42
Walter D. Baird	Afton	3m
Hiram Blakeslee	Coventry	65
Carrie Emory	Afton	2
Alva Hall	Afton	71
Cyntha Ireland	Bainbridge	85
Sabra Stoddard	Coventry	73
Eliza E. Parker	Coventry	57
Wells Streeter	Coventry	70
Harriet Nichols	Afton	68
Ralph Chamberlin	Afton	50

The Disappearance of Palmer Rich - 1888

Mysterious Disappearance of Palmer Rich Never Solved

South New Berlin Bee, July 3, 1952

The mysterious disappearance of Palmer Rich, on Oct. 10, 1888, has become a legend in Chenango County.  Palmer Rich was a respected farmer and an officer in the cheese factory in Amblerville.  On October 10, he came to Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and left his horse and rig in a livery stable.  He went to the bank and withdrew a "considerable sum" of money.  It is reported that he was seen during the day about the village and then, like the Genie that answered the rubbing of Alladin's lamp, disappeared.  Adding to the mystery is the fact that his disappearance was not noted until two weeks later, when there appeared the following paragraph hidden in the Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph.  "The mysterious disappearance of one of our citizens, Palmer Rich, which happened two weeks ago, is a common topic of conversation."

 

After that paragraph was published the stories and rumors began to grow, and a week later the Telegraph devoted a story to denying the rumors.  The story reads in part:  "Last Friday it is said his body had been found in Mead's Pond just north of the village.  This report was utterly unfounded."

 

The Telegraph story continued:  "There came a still more fantastic narrative.  There was a trunk.  It was taken to one of our railroad depots for the proprietors of a disreputable house, by one of our draymen.  He and the baggage master thought it unduly heavy.  So they opened it and crowded into the trunk were the ghastly remains of Rich.  The body had been disemboweled and the stomach and intestines carried away.  This story horrified everybody  until it was found to be entirely without foundation.  In conclusion there is a great diversity of opinion concerning the fate of the missing man."

 

According to another story a team of horses was hitched up late at night and Rich's body was taken by a round about way up King Settlement Road and back to be buried in a swamp behind Chenango Lake.  It was recalled that on the same night Rich disappeared a large barn burned in the Chenango Lake road, and there were some who believed Rich's body was disposed of in the fire.

 

At one place in the Telegraph there is speculation that Palmer Rich may have taken the money and may have "gone west."

 

The most usual story is that Palmer Rich was last seen going into a house on York Knoll late in the evening, a house occupied by Rose Fox.  The foundation for this story is the statement of  a man who came forward with the information after a $1,000 reward was offered in the case.

 

About 18 months after the disappearance of Rich, an indictment was filed against Rose Fox, and the yellowing indictment still rests in the Chenango County Clerk's office.  Without the body, the indictment is fantastic.  It charges Rose Fox with first degree murder on two counts. In the first count the indictment said that Rose Fox murdered Rich "by means of poisonous drugs."  In the second count it said she murdered him "by means of certain deadly weapons: a rope or cord and a certain knife."  It said that she strangled and chopped and stabbed him to the heart. 

 

Rose Fox was arrested in Carbondale, Pa., and brought back to the Chenango County Jail, where she spent 10 months.  Arrested in Pittsburg, about the same time and brought back as a witness against Rose Fox, was Ida Tucker, or Mrs. Moran, as she is referred to in the old newspaper accounts.  She brought her English pug dog with her and was confined in the front room of the old county jail.  Mrs. Moran was supposed to have been an "instructor of gymnastic classes" and to have lived with Rose Fox. 

 

Another witness was to be Mary Ride, who claimed Rose Fox confided in her.  The Telegraph said that Mary Ride would testify that Rose Fox had buried Rich's body "in the stove, after anointing it was a preparation to prevent the odor of burning flesh escaping to the street."

 

But Palmer Rich's body was never found, and the indictment against Rose Fox was dismissed and she was released.

 

As late as 1920, the case was reported briefly by Ward M. Truesdell, then district attorney, after the fining of a human skeleton during the making of an excavation where a woodshed had stood on a farm near Route 8 in the town of New Berlin.  Mr. Truesdell said that the remains found apparently were those of an Indian buried in a sitting position.  Later than that, an old letter presuming to give directions for unearthing Palmer Rich's body on a farm in the East River Road, south of Polkville, was brought to the attention of the late Neil Lewis, when he was Chenango County sheriff.  He investigated, but here was no body found.

 

The story of Palmer Rich continues to grow, but his disappearance is as much a mystery now as it was the week after he vanished.

 

Arrest of Rosa Fox

Syracuse Daily Journal, April 30, 1890

 

Carbondale, PA:  Rosa Fox of Norwich, n.Y., was arrested here yesterday for the murder of Palmer Rich, a wealthy farmer at Norwich in October, 1888.  Rich drove into Norwich on the day he disappeared, drew $800 from the bank, and went to see Rose Fox, who kept a place of bad repute.  That was the last seen of him.  All efforts to get evidence enough to warrant the arrest of the Fox woman were fruitless until a few weeks ago, when a reward of $1,000 was offered for information.  then a Negro came forward with the statement that he could prove that Rose Fox chopped up Rich's body with an axe and burned it piece by piece in a stove.  Before she could be indicted, Rose fled with a paramour named Wood, said to be a married man.  Yesterday detective Moran arrested her in a house on the outskirts of this city, where she was living with Wood.  The woman took her arrest calmly, and during her confinement with an officer at the Harrison house, amused herself by playing on a piano, and talking on various topics.  She has the appearance of a hardened and desperate woman.

 

Arrest of Mrs. Ida Moran

Syracuse Daily Journal, May 2, 1890

 

Pittsbury, Pa:  Mrs. Moran of Beaver, Pa., has been arrested on a requisition from the Governor of New York, issued for the arrest of one Ida Tucker for the murder of Palmer Rich of Norwich, N.Y.   Palmer Rich entered a place occupied by Ida Tucker, now Mrs. Moran, and he was never seen  since.  He had several thousand dollars on his person.  Ida Tucker left the town shortly after and settled in Beaver, where she married a respectable man.  She will be taken east at once.

 

Syracuse Evening Herald, April 30, 1890

 

Palmer Rich has a brother and sister living at New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] and relatives here.  He was a well-to-do farmer, and was last seen going into Mrs. Fox's house by "Al" Williams, the colored man, on the evening of October 10th.  Mrs. Fox came here about four years ago, since which time she has kept a disorderly house of the moral character.  She has been considered, even by her intimates, as a dangerous woman, and strange stories have been whispered about certain other occurrences at her house.  She was indicted for Rich's murder by the Grand jury  last week on the evidence of two witnesses who said she told them that she had first killed Rich and then burned his body in her cook stove, first covering his body with a preparation to prevent the odor of burning flesh escaping to the street.

 

Binghamton Press, August 18, 1921

 

Thirty-three years ago next October, Palmer Rich, a prosperous farmer of Ambler's settlement near South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], drove to Norwich, calling at the home of his cousin, Mrs. George W. Freeman and invited her to ride home with him in the afternoon.  He dined at the -?- House, paid his bill out of a fat roll and later was seen to enter the house of Rose Fox in the tenderloin district.  Ten days later Mrs. Freeman paid a visit to the Rich home, when it was discovered that Rich had mysteriously disappeared.  Mrs. Freeman thought he had gone home forgetting to come after her and the family believed he was staying in Norwich. 

 

All efforts to discover his whereabouts failed and the wildest stories as to the manner of his death and the disposition of his body were circulated.  The Fox woman was indicted and kept in the county jail for several months, but for lack of proof in the case against her was dismissed.

 

From time to time rumors of finding some clues that might explain the mystery have been furnished, the latest originating on a farm near where Rich lived in Ambler's settlement, where repairs to the house are now under way.  When a shed was torn down and excavation started for a cellar, the skeleton of  a man who had evidently been buried without any clothing was unearthed.  The authorities were notified and an investigation has been started.  There has never been any positive proof that Rich is dead.  Mrs. Fox indicted but never tried, died several years ago.

Norwich YMCA Basketball Team - 1906

The Y.M.C.A. Intermediate Basketball Team

Utica Saturday Globe, February 24, 1906

 

 

Left to right

Row 1:  Gibson, right guard;  Eaton, right forward;  Bloom, captain and left forward, Tanner, left guard

Row 2:  Turner, center; Jesson, secretary; Newton, manager and substitute

 

 



Obituaries (June 6)

Alonzo S. Kinney

Utica Saturday Globe, February 24, 1906

 

 

Alonzo S. Kinney

Alonzo S. Kinney died in Albany [NY] on Wednesday of last week.  Mr. Kinney was formerly sheriff of Chenango county, his term in that office being made memorable by the mysterious disappearance of Palmer Rich, a case that engrossed much of his official attention and that of his deputy, Milton W. Brown, recently deceased.  Mr. Kinney was 60 years of age and spent the greater share of his life in Chenango county.  He was elected sheriff on the Republican ticket in 1888.  For years he was an ardent worker in that party.  He was a man of a genial disposition and drew men to him.  After his term as sheriff terminated he began keeping hotel and was proprietor at various periods of the National and Eagle and the American Hotels in this village.  He was a mail agent on the Ontario & Western Railway for a time and afterwards a Pullman conductor of the New York Central.  For several years he had held a position in a State department at Albany.  Funeral services were held from the home of S.E. Hayes in North Norwich on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.  There was a large attendance, Among those present being Hon. George I. Skinner, of the State banking department at Albany, and Mrs. Richer, formerly the wife of Alfred Kinney, and her son, Victor.  Mr. Kinney was a brother of Mrs. M.K. Firman, of North Norwich, and an uncle of Mrs. R.C. Quinn, wife of the superintendent of the poor of Chenango county.

 

Benjamin Barber

Bainbridge Republican, October 24, 1879

Benjamin Barber, one of the pioneers of Chenango county, died at his residence about four miles south of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on Friday morning the 10th inst., in the seventy-ninth year of his age.

 

Alexander N. Benedict

Bainbridge Republican, October 24, 1879

Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY]:  Ex-Sheriff Alexander N. Benedict was buried last Sunday in Prospect Hill cemetery at Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY].  A large concourse of relatives and friends were present, making one of the largest processions that has been seen in this section for a long time.  Mr. Benedict was a large-hearted man, generous and liberal in all his dealings, and is one that will be greatly missed in this community.

 

Abraham Clark

Bainbridge Republican, October 24, 1879

Another railroad accident, resulting in one man's terrible death from somebody's carelessness, occurred just beyond Lyon Brook Bridge, on the midland Railroad, about four miles south of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], at six o'clock Friday evening, last.  The bridge carpenters were returning from their work on their hand car, and having a strong wind behind them and going down grade, they had no necessity of pumping.  So all three, Richard Allen, John Flynn and Abraham Clark, sat down, and the car went along at a rapid rate.  Just as they were turning the curve the north side of the bridge, the excursion train returning from New York city came thundering along, and before the men had fairly time to turnaround, the engine struck the car and smashed it into a hundred pieces,  Abraham Clark was killed outright, the other two, Allen and Flynn, having a miraculous escape, receiving only a few scratches and bruises.  The mangled body of Clark was taken to Norwich.  No blame can be attached to the engineer.  It was about dusk at the time and this fact taken with the fact that the train was going around a curve at the time makes it probable that the engineer did not see the workmen until the train was upon them.

 

Mrs. S.S. Randall

Afton Enterprise, January 15, 1891

Mrs. S.S. Randall died at her home on Spring Street [Afton, Chenango Co., NY] about five o'clock Monday afternoon.  The funeral took place at the M.E. Church Thursday forenoon, Rev. N.B. Ripley officiating.  The burial was at Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY].  Mrs. Randall had been in poor health for some time past. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family.

 

H.S. Kirkland

Afton Enterprise, April 9, 1891

H.S. Kirkland, an old resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] died at the home of his son, E.W. Kirtland, Friday, aged 72 years.  The funeral was held Sunday, and the remains were laid to rest in Glenwood cemetery.  The family wish to express their thanks to the friends and neighbors and also to the choir.

 

Eli Seely

Afton Enterprise, April 9, 1891

Eli Seely, of this place [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] died March 27, aged 89 years.  His funeral was held the following Sunday.

 

Clark Fisher

Afton Enterprise, April 9, 1891

Clark Fisher, brother of Erastus Fisher died Saturday last, aged 78 years.  Burial at Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, September 19, 1878

NICKERSON:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 5th, Mrs. Smaria, wife of George Nickerson, aged 66 years.

 

YOUNG:  In Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 12, 1878, of consumption, John C. Young, aged 32 years, interred at the Harpursville cemetery.

 

PATTERSON:  In Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], of dropsy, Sept. 17, 1878, Mrs. Almira Patterson, aged 65 years.  Interment at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].

 

DAVIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 15, 1878, Henry Davis Aged 61 years.

 

WARD:  In Jersey City Heights, N.J., Sept. 15, 1878, Melissa, wife of Elizur Ward, in the 60th year of her age.

 

 

 

 

Elmer Graves, Norwich, NY, 1906

Elmer Graves

Norwich Young Man Becomes Guard in Dannemora Prison

Utica Saturday Globe,  April 7, 1906

 

Elmer Graves

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Elmer Graves left Tuesday morning for Dannemora to assume his duties as guard in that penal institution.  Mr. Graves' appointment followed his successful passing of the civil service examination held in Utica last November.  Mr. Graves is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Graves, of Elm street.  he was born in Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] 23 years ago but has spent practically his whole life in Norwich, where for the past few years he has been employed in the Maydole Hammer factory.  On November 26, 1905, he married Miss Mary Edwards of this place.  Mrs. Graves will remain in Norwich for the present.  The best wishes of many friends follow Mr. Graves to his new vocation.

Marriages (June 5)

Pellett - Spicer

Utica Saturday Globe, April 7, 1906

 

 

Richard C. and Nina M. (Spicer) Pellett

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ella Spicer, on South Broad street, Monday afternoon, at 1 o'clock a very happy nuptial event occurred in the marriage of her daughter, Miss Nina M. Spicer, to Richard G. Pellett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Pellett, of this place, Rev. Wilson Treible, pastor of the Broad Street M.E. Church, officiated in the presence of a small company of near relatives and friends. After the ceremony the company enjoyed an excellent wedding dinner.  The bride and groom received many beautiful and fitting gifts in token of the regard of their numerous friends. upon their return from their wedding trip to New York and other places, Mr. and Mrs. Pellett will reside at 163 south Broad street.

 

Miller - Pearne

Bainbridge Republican, July 24, 1879

The marriage of Mr. William M. Miller to Miss Emma Pearne, daughter of Postmaster B. M. Pearne, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] was solemnized at the residence of the bride's parents on Tuesday evening last, in the presence of a large circle of relatives.  The bridal presents were numerous and costly.  Mr. and Mrs. Miller left on the 8:28 train that evening for New York, and will sail for Europe in the steamship Abyssinia of the Cunard line, intending to be absent about three months.

 

Gilbert - Gilbert

Bainbridge Republican, September 12, 1879

A very brilliant wedding at Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], on Wednesday of last week, occurred at the Presbyterian church, the contracting parties being Mr. Fitch Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Y. Gilbert, and Miss Caroline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Gilbert, both parties of that village.  In the evening a grand soiree dansante in honor of the happy couple, took place at the Stag's Head Inn.  The occasion as also the opening of the newly completed hotel.  Japanese lanterns illuminated the balconies, and the gathering was the most brilliant of the season.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert will stop for some weeks in Gilbertsville, and then depart for their future home at Eau Claire, Wis.

 

McCall - Morse

Bainbridge Republican, September 12, 1879

The nuptials of J.B. McCall of Sayre, Pa. and Miss Nellie L. Morse of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], were celebrated at the residence of the bride's father, H.L. Morse, on Wednesday last Rev W.R. Stone, former pastor of the Free Baptist church in that village officiating.

 

Bundy - Burlison

Afton Enterprise, January 1, 1891

At the home of John K. Burlison, Esq., the bride's brother, on the evening of December 23, 1890, Judge Edward A. Bundy, of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], and Eliza Burlison, of Coventryville, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], were united in marriage by Rev. D.N. Grummon.

 

Grover - Wright

Afton Enterprise, January 15, 1891

Earl B. Grover and Carrie Wright were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].  Wednesday evening January 7th, by the Rev. J.F. Geddes, pastor of the Congregational church at Coventryville.  A number of beautiful presents were presented.  The Enterprise joins with hosts of friends in wishing them a long life of happiness and prosperity.

Obituaries (June 5)

Joseph Winsor

Utica Saturday Globe, February 24, 1906

 

 

Joseph Winsor

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  A two months' illness terminated in the death of Joseph Winsor at his home, on Silver street, at an early hour Wednesday morning, heart failure being the immediate cause of death.  Mr. Winsor's age was 61.  He was born in the town of Norwich in 1844, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Winsor, then living in the settlement of White Store on a farm which is still in the possession of the family, being occupied by Albert Winsor, a brother of the deceased.  For many years Mr. Winsor, in company with his brother, Joshua, and Sylvanus Shumway, conducted a planning mill at the corner of Canasawacta and Pleasant streets, since remodeled into a tenement.  He was later proprietor of the Norwich Steam Laundry and afterwards engaged in the hardware business in partnership with L.C. Wightman.  In 1883 he was elected a village trustee, serving for one term.  In 1895 he was the Democratic candidate for overseer of the poor of the town of Norwich and was elected by a large majority and had been re-elected regularly since by a popular vote.  In 1870 he became a Royal Arch Mason joining the Butternut Chapter.  He affiliated with Norwich Lodge, F.&A.M. in January, 1877.  He was elected a trustee and served for many years.  Our subject was a member of Harmony Chapter, R.A.M. and past high priest of the same.  He was made a sir knight in Norwich Commandery, K.T., in 1891 and held the office of standard bearer.  He was second lieutenant in the Chenango Consistory and a Nobel in the mystic Shrine of Ziyara Temple of Utica.  In December last he was chosen to represent the temple at the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine in Los Angeles Cal., next May.  Three weeks ago, before he became too greatly prostrated, he asked to see his certificate of membership in that order, looked at it admiringly and laid it back in the case.  That is the last thing he is known to have shown any interest in.  Mr. Winsor was one of the oldest chiefs in the order of Red men in this section and for years had been an active member of the George Rider Hook & Ladder Company.  Deceased is survived by his wife, one son, Floyd M. Winsor, and by two brothers, Joshua and Albert Winsor.  Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Masonic lodge service, Commandery escort and Knight Templar bearers.  Rev. D.W. Dexter officiated. The services were very largely attended and the floral offering were elaborate and beautiful.

 

 Frances L. Ives

1838 - 1914

At eleven o'clock on Sabbath morning July 12 [1914], at the home of her nephew occurred the death of Miss Frances Ives, aged 76 years.  She was born at Ives Settlement [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] May 6, 1838, the eldest child of Glover and Elma Norton Ives and has always lived in the town of Guilford.  About two years ago she gave up her rooms in the Eggleston house and went to live with her nephew, Arthur N. Turner where she has been most tenderly cared for.  She has been in feeble health for some time, and the end was not unexpected.  Her home was a resort for any and all who were in trouble.  Children were her especial delight and were always welcome.  A faithful member of the M.E. church from child hood and always attended all services.  She especially loved the prayer and class meetings and was a Sabbath school teacher for many years.  The funeral services were held from the Turner home on Wednesday at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. E.L. Jeffry.  Interment was made in the family plot at Ives Settlement.  Miss Ives is survived by two sisters Mrs. Helen Turner of Guilford and Mrs. Dora Jones of Binghamton, two nieces and one nephew.

Viola Willsey
1873 - 1914

The remains of Miss Viola Willsey, who died suddenly in Indianapolis last week Tuesday, were brought to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] Thursday night accompanied by her brother, B.H. Willsey.  The body was taken to the home of Miss Janet Juliand, where on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, brief funeral services were held, and burial later took place in the family lot in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY], where rest her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Willsey, and brother Austin Willsey, who died suddenly some six years ago.  Many of Miss Willsey's friends from Bainbridge and vicinity attended the funeral. The floral gifts were very many and elegant.  Miss Willsey left Bainbridge some three years ago to reside with her brother B.H. Willsey at Indianapolis, who is agent for one of the express companies of that city.  She returned East last winter for a visit and remained here until late in the spring.  The afternoon before her death she complained of a sick headache and retired to her room.  When she did not appear the next morning, search was made and she was found in her room lifeless, and being fully dressed the indications were that she died the night before.  The physician summoned pronounced the cause of her death to be due to heart disease.  It was not known that she possessed physical affliction, for up to the afternoon before her death came she had been apparently well and was in good spirits.  A funeral service was held in Indianapolis previous to the remains coming East.  Miss Willsey was 41 years of age and since a small child had always lived in Bainbridge until three years ago.  Her father died eighteen years ago and her mother passed away four years later.  A brother Theodore D. Willsey, formerly proprietor of the Central Hotel, this village, the Hotel Bennett at Binghamton, and Hotel Normandie of New York City died suddenly in Syracuse eight years ago.  A younger brother Austin Willsey, died suddenly in this village six years ago and the only member surviving of this large an\d prominent family is B.H. Willsey of Indianapolis.  Miss Mary Wilson of Red Bank, N.J., a cousin, came to Bainbridge and attended the funeral.

Silas G. Barnum

1846 - 1936

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

Clara B. (Ives) Robinson

1874-1940

Clara B. Robinson, wife of Archer Robinson, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], passed away in Cooperstown, Sunday morning.  Six years ago Mr. and Mrs. Robinson lived in the Talcott house while Mr. Robinson was the gate tender at the Dry Milk Crossing in Bainbridge.  born Dec. 12, 1874, she was the daughter of Rastus and Helen Bennett Ives, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Baptist Church in Brisben.  The survivors are:  her husband, two daughters, Ina Bolster, of Cooperstown; Mrs. Margaret Shaw, of Afton; and one sister, Mrs. Ola Aylesworth, of West Bainbridge; her grandchildren and one great granddaughter.  The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Nichols, of Afton, officiating.  Pallbearers were:  Frank Shaw, of Afton, Clyde Aylesworth, of North Afton, Kenneth Aylesworth, of West Bainbridge and Forrest Fletcher, of West Bainbridge.  Burial was in the Coventryville Cemetery.