Philo R. Aldrich
Utica Saturday Globe, June 1902
Philo R. Aldrich
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: After an illness of about four weeks Philo R. Aldrich, a well-known business man of this village, died at his home on Brown street Wednesday evening, aged 41. Mr. Aldrich was born in Norwich in 1861 and had always made his home here. He received his education at the village schools and 18 years ago entered the insurance office of Stanton & Slater for many years the leading insurance firm in this village. Several years later he became a member of the firm and after the death of Messrs. Stanton and Slater the firm was for a time composed of Mr. Aldrich and the late E.B. Inman. Later the business was sold to S. Newton & Co., the present proprietors. Mr. Aldrich was a charter member of the Chenango Co-operative Savings and Loan Association of this village and for nine years was a member of the Board of Directors. In 1887 he was elected secretary of the organization and had filled that office with marked ability up to the time of his death. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State League of Co-operative Savings and Building Association, and at the last annual meeting of the league he was chosen first vice president. Mr Aldrich was prominent in Masonic circles. He was made a master Mason, November 1, 1887. He was past high priest of Harmony Chapter, No. 51, R.A.M., past commander of Norwich Commandery, No. 16, K.T., a member of the Fraternal Union, Anointed High Priests, State of New York, and of Mokanna Grotto, No. 1, M.O.V.P.E.R., of Hamilton, N.Y. and at the time of his death was associate prelate of the Norwich Commandery. Deceased was twice married. In August, 1883, he married Miss Ella A. Blackman, who died about four years later, and on September 19, 1888 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucy E. Craig, who with two daughters, Ethel and Celia, survive. He is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben S. Aldrich, of Norwich, three brothers, Hiram H., of Sherburne, Venner A. of Cedarville, Corry J. of this village, and one sister, Mrs. R.B. Evans, of Norwich His funeral will be held from the late residence on Brown street Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Wilson Treible and S.J. Ford will officiate. Interment will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The services at the grave will be in charge of the Knights Templar.
Mary A. Grant
Bainbridge Republican, December 3, 1880
Mrs. R.M. Grant died at Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday night last. She was a sister of E.M. and A.J. Johnston, of that place. She and her two sons and one daughter went there on a visit the first of July last, and was intending to return in a few days to their home in Florida, but she was stricken, down with pneumonia, and died after a short sickness of only five days. She was 42 years of age The funeral was held on Thursday of this week, at 10 a.m.
Died: At Afton, N.Y., Nov. 29, of pneumonia, Mrs. Mary A. Grant aged 42 years. Brief words and few, but how fraught are they with meaning. To those who knew her what a record do they reveal. The record of a human life, but of a life so full, a life so beautiful that we are unwilling to acknowledge it ended! And it is a record of a life whose beneficent influences will not be entombed with her body in the grave, but will live through many coming years. A life and character so pure and perfect that no words can portray its fullness. We do not write her a perfect woman, for perfection is put to earth; but when we write perfectly a woman we write but little less--we only say, that her very frailties were such as to endear her memory. It is the record of a life whose pathway is marked by acts of kindness prompted of a generous heart. A battle with the ills and troubles of life, bravely fought, in all her womanly weakness; and through it all she maintained the bright, cheerful disposition which ever made her presence a joy to her associates and friends. A fond mother, an affectionate sister, and a devoted, cherished friend. Yes it is the record of a human life, beautifully lived--and now, at the end, we write the brief work "dead." Dead? Yes, dead to earth, but alive to Heaven. Ah! here is our hope and our consolation. A life in heaven! A life where the frailties of humanity cannot mar its beauty; a life to which this earthly existence is but the opening of the way. A soul released form earthly clay, had solved the mysteries of the eternal. The voice whose every accent is remembered as a melody, is hushed forever; the hand, whose every touch was a caress, is folded and at rest; but the spirit voice now sounds an angel strain; the spirit hand has laid down the cross and taken up the crown before the throne of God. Ah, Mollie, little wonder that as your eyes closed on earthly scenes and the glories of heaven opened to your vision, your pure spirit paused in its flight to send back the message your paling lips falteringly uttered: "I'm not--afraid--to die!" Back to her childhood's home she came, it seems, to die; and here, amid the scenes of her early years, we've laid her form to rest. In the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna she slumbers, by the side of the parents whose memory she so fondly cherished. here we've made her grave. The snows of winter shall shield it, the springtime verdure shall cover it. Here, in the coming years, our feet shall turn in sad but willing pilgrimage, and the sod above it shall be hallowed by our prayers and bedewed with our tears--the tribute of loved ones to the memory of mother, sister, friend.
Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley
Norwich, NY, 1954
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Mrs. Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley, 24, of 58 Henry Street, died this morning in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, as a result of a gun shot wound she suffered on Aug. 23. Police broke into the Buchanan Hardware Store in North Broad Street shortly after midnight on the morning of Aug. 23 and found Mrs. Tingley on the floor, wounded. She was rushed to the hospital suffering a wound in the side from a .22 caliber rifle bullet. After investigation, Police Chief Harold O. Mattice said that Mrs. Tingley entered the store with a key belonging to her father, Lynn Smith, an employee of the store. Chief Mattice said she took a .22 caliber rifle to the back of the store, loaded it and tested it and then returned to the front of the store and shot herself. She called the telephone operator, who called the police, the chief said.
Verna R. Snyder
Endicott, NY, 957
Miss Verna R. Snyder, 74, of 110 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY] died at 4:38 p.m. yesterday at Ideal Hospital after a long illness. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Bert Hyatt of Endicott with whom she resided, and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott, its Bethany Class, the Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge, 136, of Endicott, and the Clover Leaf Club. She was a former employee of Burt's Department Store, Endicott. The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.
James B. Hill
Johnson City, NY, 1959
James B. Hill, 80, only surviving brother of Broome County Republican chairman William H. Hill, collapsed while walking in Main Street in Johnson City [Broome Co., NY] yesterday afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. at Wilson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will take place at 3 p.m. Monday at the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main Street, Johnson City, with the Rev. Rolland J. Crompton of Hillcrest officiating. A verdict of natural cause was issued by Coroner Glenn Tymeson of Lisle. Mr. Hill was seen by a Johnson City Post Office employee as he collapsed on a sidewalk at Main and Balwin streets, near the entrance of First Baptist Church. Johnson City police ambulance was called by the postal worker. The ambulance arrived at the hospital at 1:30 p.m. Mr. Hill who lived at 27 Jenison Avenue, Johnson City, with his sister, Mrs. Bessie H. Fell, had gone out on a series of errands shortly before his collapse. He was a frequent stroller in the village's business center. He bore a strong resemblance to William H. Hill, 83, who is publisher of the Binghamton Sun as well as county GOP leader. James Hill was the youngest of the six children of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. William Hill. His brothers Joseph, Samuel, and George all are deceased. Like the GOP county chairman, James Hill attended Binghamton Central High School. In his late teenage years he was employed by Endicott Johnson and became a foreman in the E.J. Pioneer Factory. He later joined a shoe firm in Brocton, Mass., and about 1925, went to England where he was superintendent of a shoe factory until shortly before World War 2, when he retired. In addition to William H. Hill and Mrs. Fell he is survived by four nephews and two nieces. They are Miss Dorothy Hill of Endicott and Richard Hill of Hillcrest children of William H. Hill, and the late Joseph Hill's four children, Miss Doris Hill, Newell, James and William H. Hill, 2d, all of Binghamton. Mr. Hill was a member of Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial Methodist church in Johnson City. Burial is to be in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endwell [Broome Co., NY].
