Obituaries (March 2)

Peter M. Packard

February 10, 1903 in Cowanesque, PA

Peter M. Packard, a former prominent resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] died Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.B. Strang, in Cowanesque, Pa., aged eighty-three years.  Mr. Packard was the proprietor of all the stage routes in this section for many years and up to the time of the completion of the railroad service between Albany and Binghamton.  He was also a hotel keeper and with his esteemed wife served the public in a very satisfactory manner.  When he left Bainbridge he resumed hotel keeping at Spring Mills, N.Y.  Later he removed to Oxford where Mrs. Packard died in 1895.  Mr. Packard is remembered by many in Bainbridge and was esteemed for his liberality, kindness of heart and honorable life.  He was a plain man, unassuming in manner, but his dry, quaint humor made him an enjoyable companion.  He is survived by four children; two daughters and two sons, Joseph E. of Oxford, and Peter Packard of Elmira.  The remains were brought to Bainbridge on the 11:02 train this morning and interred in the Episcopal cemetery.  They were accompanied by all the children of the deceased.  Rev. Mr. Broughton, rector of St. Paul's church, Oxford, officiated.

Sophia P. Davis

Died July 9, 1904 at Afton, NY

Sunday morning, July 10, Mrs. Oliver Davis was found dead in her bed.  She had been ill with congestion of the lungs for the past two weeks but the immediate cause of her death was valvular heart trouble.  She is survived by her husband, two sons, Frank, who is here, and Fred, both of Elma, Iowa, and one sister, Mrs. Adaline Angell. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with interment in East Side cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], Rev. George Huntley officiating.

William Fields Doolittle

Died March 17, 1944 in Chenango, NY

William Fields Doolittle died at his home, 1451 Upper Front st., Broad Acres [Broome Co., NY], Friday at 4:30 p.m.  He is survived by his widow, Maude May Doolittle, one daughter, Mrs. John H. Rinker of Broad Acres; one son, Raymond E. Doolittle of Lisle, and four grandchildren. The body was removed to the William R. Chase & Son Funeral home, 44 Exchange st., where the funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. the Rev. G Arthur Woodsey will officiate. Burial in Chenango Valley Cemetery.

Whit Yeoman McHugh

Died September 23, 1955 9 in Afton, NY

Whit Yeoman McHugh, of 30 Spring Street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 2:45 p.m. Friday at his home, after a short illness.  He is survived b his wife, Mrs. Jessie E. McHugh; a son, Donald Coburn McHugh; a granddaughter, Colleen M. McHugh, and a grandson, Donald Sheridan McHugh, all of Afton.  He was a member of Afton Lodge 360, F&AM, and was a volunteer fireman for the Afton Fire Department for 48 years.  The body was moved to the Karschner Funeral home, Afton.

Lemuel B. Mitchell

Died September 24, 1955 in Endicott, NY

Lemuel B. Mitchell, 76, of 114 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], died at 4 a.m. today at his home, after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Mitchell, a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Clink of Owego; two sons, the Rev. Floyd B. Mitchell of Nigeria, British West Africa, and George E. Mitchell of Endicott; 11 grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was a member of the First Baptist church of Endicott and lodge 925, IOOF, of Endicott.  He was a retired IBM Corp. employee, a member of its Two Generation Club and a life member of the IBM Country Club.  He operated an automotive and radio sales store in Washington Avenue, Endicott from 1925 until 1935.  The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, December 8, 1847

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult., Mrs. Sally R. Barnes, wife of Erastus Barnes, aged 28 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Lorin Cushman, son of Luke Cushman, of Stafford, Ct., aged 45 yrs.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mrs. Naomi Purdy, mother of Mr. O.G. Rundell, aged 86 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., William Peters, aged 28 years.

Obituaries (March 1)

Thomas Jefferson Lyon

Died June 9, 1903 in Binghamton, NY

On Tuesday, June 9, T. Jefferson Lyon, a former resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home, Park Terrace, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], aged 69 years.  Mr. Lyon had been a sufferer from Bright's disease a number of years, his health gradually failing, but with wonderful will and determination he kept up until a few days before his death, when he sank rapidly, the vital forces giving out entirely.  Mr. Lyon's disease is apt to affect the eyesight and in the case of the deceased he became partially blind two years ago and within the last six months of his life was unable to see at all.  But with unexampled courage he fought against the inevitable, pursuing a line of duties, which had always been a science with him, as caring for stock, his horses and cattle being the best grade in the market. Until a year or two before his death, he drove unaided his horses upon business about Binghamton when unable to see to guide them, but his skill and intuition always returned him in safety to his home.  It was a pathetic sight through the last winter and spring to see Mr. Lyon with his infirmity of sight groping his way to his cattle in the barn or in the field to look after their wants because of his affection for them.  Mr. Lyon left Bainbridge for Binghamton to reside fifteen years ago.  He built a tenement house on Liberty street and later sold it and purchased  a large tract of land in the vicinity of Ross Park, the development of which and the name Park Terrace, brought him prominently before the public, as having promoted one of the prettiest suburbs of the city.  Mr. and Mrs. Lyon became allied with the Centenary M.E. Chruch soon after going to Binghamton, and were among its most faithful generous and enthusiastic supporters.  T. Jefferson Lyon was the son of Briggs Lyon of West Bainbridge, and was born in 1834.  He was united in marriage to Ellen E. Kelley of West Bainbridge, December 31, 1856.  Mr. Lyon was engaged in farming in his home town for ten years and then removed to Pike, N.Y., where he continued that occupation until 1877 when he returned to this section settling in Bainbridge village.  He opened with his brother-in-law, James Kelley, a boot, shoe and grocery store on West Main street, and later went into the clothing business in the Clark block and also in Thomas block, being associated with his son, Frank R. Lyon.  The deceased was a much esteemed citizen of Bainbridge, genial in a social way, honorable in business, and devoted to the interests of the Methodist church.  His removal to Binghamton in 1888 was much regretted.  Mr. Lyon is survived by his wife and two children:  Mrs. Frank D. Lyon of Binghamton, and Frank R. Lyon of Manistee, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. Hamilton Greene, Mrs. Smith Lane, Mrs. Marietta Lane and Mrs. Frank Davis of Bainbridge; two brothers, Joseph E. Lyon of Bainbridge, and Orville J. Lyon of Scranton.  The funeral was held Friday afternoon, Rev. Dr. Taber officiating, assisted by Rev. D.N. Grummon.  Burial was in Floral Park cemetery.  Those in attendance from Bainbridge were Hamilton Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Lyon and Mrs. Marietta Lane.  The son, Frank R. Lyon, of Manistee, Mich., reached Binghamton in time for the funeral.  The sorrowing wife has the sympathy of many old friends in Bainbridge.

The funeral of Thomas J. Lyon was held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank D. Lyon, Park Terrace Heights, Friday afternoon at two o'clock and was largely attended.  Mr. Lyon was prominently identified with the real estate interests of the city [Binghamton, NY], coming from Bainbridge twenty years ago.  He at once entered into the real estate boom of the city, doing much to build up certain portions of the city  He assisted in the development of St. John and King avenues on the west side and about fourteen years ago purchased the large tract of land known as the Park Terrace location, just east of Ross park.  At that time the property consisted only of undeveloped farm land and Mr. Lyon at once set about making it a residence district.  In this he has succeeded well, the location now being one of the best developed residence sections on the outskirts of the city.  He also did much toward the development of other portions of the South Side. The services yesterday were conducted by Rev. Dr. James M. Taber, Jr., and Rev. D.N. Grummon.  The bearers were Nelson Cahoon, Frank B. Smith, James Belcher, H.J. Saunders, Alexander Woolsey and William Van Vorce.  Burial was in Floral Park cemetery.  [Johnson City, Broome Co., NY]

Richard E. Guile

Died September 30, 1955 in Oneonta, NY

Richard E. Guile, 69, former resident of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], died at his home in Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] Friday, Sept. 30, of a heart attack.  He was born in 1888 at St. Johnsville [Montgomery Co. NY].  On October 9, 1932, he married Ida Spickle in Masonville.  He lived on a farm near Unadilla until his retirement about five months ago.  He is survived by his wife, three sons, Ellis, Edwin and Dentish and a daughter, Ella, all at home. The funeral was held at the Sacred Heart church, Sidney, Monday at 9:30 a.m.  Burial was in Masonville cemetery [Delaware Co., NY].

Verna R. Snyder

Died March 12, 1957 in Endicott, NY

Miss Verna R. Snyder, 74, of 110 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY] died at 4:28 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.

Gertrude M. (Ireland) Loomis

Died October 1959

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Jesse Loomis, 52, of Oxford RD3, was killed instantly yesterday when she was pinned under a pickup truck in a dirt road near her farm home. The accident happened a short distance south of her home in the Basswood Meeting Road between Oxford and Bainbridge yesterday afternoon.  According to Gene Johnson, a Chenango County sheriff's deputy, Mrs. Loomis was driving toward her home when the truck skidded on a curve, flipped end-over-end and then rolled over in a roadside ditch. The truck skidded and rolled some 450 feet, Mr. Johnson said.  Mrs. Loomis was pinned under a door of the truck, which was loaded with eight, 100-pound bags of food.  Mr. Johnson said that several men driving to a clambake of Guilford Rod and Gun Club nearby discovered the accident.  Dr. Hugh D. Black of Oxford, a county coroner, was called to the scene.  He ruled the death accidental and said that Mrs. Loomis died instantly of a broken neck.  Mrs. Loomis was born Gertrude M. Ireland, on Jan. 17, 1907 in Bainbridge.  Surviving are her husband, a son, Donald Loomis of Oxford RD; a daughter, Miss Tena Loomis at home; her father, Walter Ireland of Oxford RD, and two brothers, Kenneth Ireland of Ilion and Stanley Ireland of Bainbridge. The body was moved to the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. George Dutton rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chruch, Oxford. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY]

Obituaries (February 27

Oria R. Baker

Died March 2, 1894 in Bainbridge, NY

A pall was cast over our village, when word was received last Friday morning, of the sudden death of Oria R. Baker, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Baker, of this place, who died at her home after a brief illness, in the twenty-third year of her age.  Miss Baker was born in Sanford, N.Y. [Broome Co.] removing to this place with her parents about twelve years ago.  She was for some time a student at Bainbridge Academy, and was a young lady of marked ability and much beloved. She will be sorely missed among us, especially in her home where she was very dearly loved and was helpful to her father in his extensive business. She leaves, besides her father and mother, one sister and one brother with a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. the esteem in which she was held was shown by the large attendance at her funeral, which was held from the home, Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.  The services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T.F. Hall.  The floral tributes were very beautiful.  The interment took place at Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

Edna (Davis) Ireland

Died December 11,1897 in West Bainbridge, NY

Mrs. Edna Ireland, wife of Frederick Ireland, died Saturday evening at her home in West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], of an attack of neuralgia of the heart.  Mrs. Ireland was the only child of Eldredge Davis of West Bainbridge, and her early death at twenty-three years of age is specially sad to her mourning friends.  She was a young woman of pleasing manner, bright and social, and the life of her parents' home and her husband's fireside  The sadness of her death is all the more increased that the infant child of but a few days old is so suddenly bereft of a mother's fostering care. The deceased was well known in Bainbridge, having been educated at the Bainbridge academy, holding a high record in her studies and maintaining a prominent position among the students.  Upon leaving school she was engaged in teaching until her marriage to Mr. Ireland, since which time she has been a most devoted wife and companion.  Mrs. Ireland was a member of the Methodist church and the graces of her Christian character were markedly felt in the circle in which she moved.  Her life was brief but she has left a sweet influence behind and a memory that will not fade.  Of her immediate household the husband and one child only remain.  Her funeral occurred Tuesday at 12 o'clock at the home and burial was at West Bainbridge.  Rev. Mr. Sackett officiated, and his fine address upon the life and untimely death of the departed one, the excellent music, the profusion of flowers woven into various devices, and the large attendance of people, among them being a delegation from Bainbridge, were so many expressions of regard for the deceased, and so many tokens of sympathy for those bereaved.

Rena B. Teetsell

Died September 24, 1953 at Endicott, NY

Mrs. Rena B. Teetsell, 63, of 1906 Monroe Street, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], a veteran Endicott Johnson employee, died at her home yesterday after a long illness.  Mrs. Teetsell retired from EJ in 1948 after 32 years of service.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott, a past noble grand of Endicott Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge and a member of Kayam Zuanna and Oneactah Reservation 87 of Pocahontas. She is survived by her husband, LeRoy E. Teetsell; a brother, Harry L. Ingram, both of Endicott, and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with the Rev. Leon W. Bouton, pastor of the First Methodist Chruch of Endicott, officiating.  Burial will be in Vestal Hills Memorial Park.

Leona M. Davey

Died November 30, 1959 at Binghamton, NY

Miss Leona M. Davey, age 68, of 20 Beacon St., Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], died Monday at 6 p.m. at Binghamton City hospital.  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Glenn B. Goodspeed, of Port Dickinson; one brother, Charles Davey of Washington, D.C.; one niece, Miss Alice Davey of Washington, D.C.; three nephews, Robert Davey of Washington, D.C., Charles Davey of Afton, and Morris Goodspeed of Binghamton; two grandnieces.  She taught at the Lowell School of Business for over 40 years. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd. The body was removed to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral home, 483 Chenango St., where the funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.  The Rev. L. Densmore Jacobs will officiate.  Burial will be in the Nineveh Cemetery, Nineveh, N.Y. [Broome Co.]

Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley

Died August 31, 1954 at Norwich, NY

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.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, December 15, 1847

On the 8th instant, at her father's residence, in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Miss Aleada Cady, formerly of this place [Norwich, NY], aged 24 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church in this village, and died, as she had lived, trusting in the merits of her Redeemer.

\Chenango Telegraph, December 29, 1847

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., of Consumption, Miss L. Keanett Brewer, aged 18 yrs.

Obituaries (February 26)

Tirzah A. Gregory

Chenango Telegraph, March 2, 1842

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst., Miss Tirzah A. Gregory, in the 19th year of her age.  Sudden and awful is the approach of death.  When age, full of honors is summoned to depart, we bow with reverence at the decree of an All-wise Providence, but when youth is cut down in the spring time of its existence, it touches every tender fibre of our nature, and proclaims to us in legible characters too plain to be misunderstood, that we too must die. The deceased was a young lady of a mild and amiable disposition, beloved by her friends and acquaintances, and has gone down to the tomb, leaving a lasting evidence of her confidence in the smiles of her Redeemer.

Isaac Foote

Chenango Telegraph, March 9, 1842

At Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, on the 27th February last, Hon Isaac Foote, in the ninety-seventh year of his age.  Judge Foote was a native of the town of Colchester, in the State of Connecticut, from whence he removed to the town of Stafford, in the same State, where, for many years, he held the office of Magistrate, and often represented the town in the General Assembly of the State.  In the year 1795, he removed to the place first above mentioned, it then being a part of the town of Sherburne, in the county of Herkimer, and in the year 1799 was elected to represent said county in the most numerous branch of the State Legislature, and subsequently was elected a Senator for the Western District of said State.  And when the county of Chenango was incorporated, he was appointed to the office of first judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Session of the Peace, which office he held until constitutionally disqualified, having arrived at the age of sixty years; after which, he retired from active life, and devoted the principal part of his time to reading, especially the Scriptures, and having been an exemplary member of the viable Church for seventy-five years or more, and contributed to the support of the Gospel, and the dissemination of its truths, he died a peaceful death, and has, as there is reason to entertain a strong hope, been transferred to the Church Triumphant.  "where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest."

Emily T. Moses
Died August 1, 1906, Deposit, Delaware Co., NY

Mrs. Emily T. Moses, widow of the late Squire Moses, for many years a prominent lawyer of this village, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Aumock, corner Court and Second streets, last evening, aged eighty-three years.  Mrs. Moses has been gradually failing for over a year, but has been confined to her bed only a few weeks.  Deceased is survived by four daughters--Mrs. Frances Aumock, Mrs. William Beardsley, and Mrs. Sara Freeman, of this village, and Mrs. Georgianna Hitt, of Oneonta; also three grandchildren--Miss Ella Freeman and Harold and Lulabell Beardsley.  Funeral private.

Myra R. (Lum) Silvey

Died May 10, 1956

Mrs. Myra R. Silvey, 70, of 20 Newton Avenue, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], died Thursday morning at her home. She is survived by her husband, Rexford Silvey, three daughters, Mrs. Edna Stimpson, Mrs. Harold Miller, both of Oneonta, Mrs. Lynn Lanfair of Mount Upton; three sons, Charles R. of Bainbridge, Edwin M. of Mount Upton and Frank A. Silvey of Newington, Conn.; 20 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Madden of Brisben and Mrs. Nellie Silvey of Binghamton; four brothers, Howard Lum of Brisben, Homer Lum of Smithville Flats, Elmer Lum of South Edmeston and Stanley Lum of New Berlin; several nieces and nephews. the body was moved to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home, 58 West Main Street, Bainbridge.

Milo A. Saxton

Died August 9, 1957

Milo A. Saxton, 62, of 105 Roosevelt Avenue, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], died at 4:15 p.m. yesterday at Wilson Memorial Hospital, after a short illness.  he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Saxton; one daughter, Miss Ida Saxton, both of Endicott; three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Collins of Haskenville, N.Y., Mrs. Lynn McDaniels and Mrs. Sylvia Grey, both of Hornell, N.Y.; three brothers, Grant, in and Irving Saxton, all of Hornell; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was a veteran of World War 1, a member of the Union-Endicott American legion Post 82, KEndicott, and of the FOE, Aeriel 2269.  He was an IBM employee for the last 36 years, a member of its Quarter Century Club, and Country Club, an dof its safety council advisory board  The body was moved to the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott.

Death Notice

Chenango Telegraph, March 2, 1842

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last, Mrs. Edith [Parker], wife of Nathan Parker, Esq., aged 73.

Marriages (February 25)

Fuller - Warner

Married January 7, 1945

Deposit [Delaware Co., NY]:  Miss Esther Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner of Deposit, was united in marriage on Sunday, Jan. 7, to Lieutenant Charles L. Fuller of the U.S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fuller of Deposit.  The ceremony was performed at the groom's home by the Rev. John C. Eason, pastor of the Methodist church.  Mrs. David Biggs of Hancock, sister of the bride, and Gerald Fuller of Deposit, brother of the groom, were the attendants.  Mrs. Fuller is a graduate of Deposit Central school.  She will make her home in Deposit.  The groom returned to his duties on Jan. 15.

Lowe - Gifford

Married November 21, 1959

Wedding vows were exchanged by Miss Phyllis Gifford and Ralph Lowe Nov. 21 in Afton Baptist Church.  The Rev. Allan Douglas officiated  at the double ring ceremony.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gifford of Afton [Chenango Co., NY]. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowe of Afton.  Miss Carrolyn Tryon of Afton was maid of Honor.  Best man was Gary Budine of Bainbridge.  Reed Packer and Ronald Brewer ushered.  The reception took place in the church parlors after the ceremony.  Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are living in Sidney.

Wagner - Hager

Married November 21, 1959

In the Masonville Federated church at 2 o'clock Saturday, Nov. 21, 1959, Miss Barbara Hope Hager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hager, was married to Dale Richard Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wagner, Rev. Harry Palmer officiated.  Candelabra and bouquets of white and yellow chrysanthemums decorated the church. Archie Wood was soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Louis Willis, organist.  Escorted by her father, the bride was attired in a blue, street-length sheath dress, with white collar and cuffs, and carried white roses on a white Bible.  Maid of honor for her sister, Miss Linda Hager wore a two-piece, beige street-length dress, and a corsage of yellow pompons.  Norman Chruch was best man for his brother.  A reception for immediate family and friends was held in the church dining room, following the ceremony.  Mrs. Archie Wood was hostess.  Mrs. Greta Paveglio and Mrs. Edward Frank served.  For the wedding trip, the bride wore a turquoise and brown plaid sheath dress.  Mrs. Wagner graduated form Sidney Central school and attended Wilson Memorial.  Her husband attended Deposit and Sidney Central schools.  He is a farmer.

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, July 15, 1846

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by the Rev. J.T. Goodrich, Mr. Smith Slocum to Miss Almira B. North, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

On the 5th inst., by the same, Mr. Seth G. Pellet to Miss Mary Westcott, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

At Truxton [Cortland Co., NY], on the morning of the 1st by the Rev. Mr. Shedd, Mr. Edward F. Thomas, of the firm of E.F. Thomas & Co., of Cuyler, Cortland Co., to Miss Francis A. [Shedd). , daughter of O.M. Shedd, Esq. of the former place.

Chenango Telegraph, April 6, 1859

CHEESBRO - BLODGETT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult. at the home of Col. E. Proctor by ---alon, Esq. Silas Cheesbro of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Parmelia Blodgett of Plymouth.

Chenango Union, September 23, 1875

CROWELL - HALL:  In Lebanon, Sept. 10, 1875, by Rev. C.C. Johnson, Mr. Lamott Crowell of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Cornelia Hall of Lebanon [Madison Co., NY].

Chenango Union, September 30, 1875

DWIGHT - GRAVES:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William H. Dwight of Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY] to Miss Frances A. Graves of Norwich.

CRANDALL - BURCHARD:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] July 26, 1875 by William N. mason, Esq., Mr. Uriah Crandall to Miss Lucy A Burchard, all of Norwich.

COMSTOCK - BENNETTE:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. H. Fox, Mr. Abel Comstock to Mrs. Sarah J. Bennette.  All of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

GOULD - WYMAN:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] by T.J. Matterson, Esq., Mr. Albert Gould to Miss Mary Wyman, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

POTTER - BULGER:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Jay T. Potter to Miss Mary E. Bulger, all of Stockbridge, Madison County.

HIGGINS - COOK:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. H.C. Leach, Mr. DeVer S. Higgins to Miss Ida J. Cook, both of Otselic.

AYLESWORTH - BRADSHAW:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 21, by Rev. T.P. Halstead, Mr. Willis L. Aylesworth to  Miss Gertrude Bradshaw, both of Afton.

PURDY - BOSWELL:  At Howard Lake, Minn., by Rev. Frank Newton, Mr. W. H. Purdy, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Boswell of Howard Lake.

Obituaries (February 24)

John Van Wagenen

Chenango Telegraph, July 15, 1846

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d of July of a disease of the brain, John Van Wagenen, merchant, in the 42d year of his age, son of Garrit H. Van Wagenen, late of the city of New York, for many years one of its most respectable citizens.  Possessing a reputation unblemished, thewdeceased sustained through life and in all its relations the character of a true and devoted friend, an active and upright man, and a good citizen.  His loss is deeply deplored by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Oxford Times

Harriet Elizabeth Foote

Chenango Telegraph, July 22, 1846

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., at the residence of her grandparents (Dear Isaac Foote), Miss Harriet Elizabeth [Foote], daughter of Justin Foote, deceased, aged 20 years.  She was taken sick and died while on a visit at her grandparent's with whom she had spent the greater part of her life, till about two and a half years since, when she went to reside with her widowed mother in Batavia.  When she came to Smyrna, far from herself and friends was the thought that her youthful and lovely form was so soon to waste away by disease, and to find a grave by the side of her father's sleeping dust.  All that love and skill could do was done to arrest the progress of her disease.  It gradually became evident that death had marked her for his prey--that her time had come. To her friends it was consoling that she was prepared to meet it.  At an early age she manifested an attachment to Christ and made a public profession of her faith in Him.  By her life she adorned her profession--on the bed of sickness she was meek, patient and submissive.  She had a desire to live, but wished above all, the will of the Lord done. Till the last hour she confessed herself to be a sinner, and if saved it must be by nothing she had done, but all through the merits of Christ. She peacefully fell asleep in Jesus (as we trust) leaving many to weep over her early grave.

Emiline A. Doolittle

ca 1863 - October 11, 1954

Mrs. Emiline A. Doolittle, 91, widow of Ivey W. Doolittle, died at 4 a.m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Meredith of 1 Chapman Street [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY].  Besides Mrs. Meredith, she is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Virge Livingston of Harpursville and Mrs. Raymond Hurlbut of Chenango Bridge; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.  The body was moved to the William R. Chase & Son Funeral home, 44 Exchange Street.

Charlene (Johnson) Archer

ca 1910 - January 1, 1944

Mrs. Elmer Archer of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] was killed Saturday evening when a D.&H. freight train struck the automobile she was driving on the Johnson street railroad crossing in that village.  Mrs. Archer and her husband were planning on going to a movie and while he went downtown on an errand she was to get out the car and pick up some friends on Johnson street, where they lived, who were to accompany them to the show.  The crossing is unprotected after 8 o'clock in the evening.  The car was caught on the southbound track by a freight train and the machine demolished, Mrs. Archer's body being later found about 100 feet below where the crash occurred lying between the rails of the northbound track where another train had passed over her body without hitting it. This train also picked up the wreckage of the car and carried it about 500 feet north of the crossing. The crew of neither train was aware that an accident had occurred.  Neighbors heard the crash and hurried to the scene.  Mr. Archer discovered his wife's body.  State troopers investigated the accident.  Mr. Archer is employed in the control chemistry laboratory of the Casein division of the Bordon company at Bainbridge.  Mrs. Archer, who was 34 years old is survived by the husband, Beverly, a ten-year-old daughter, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Johnson, of Afton.  The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon.

Francis B. Fisher

Chenango Union, February 1, 1883

Francis B. Fisher, Justice of the Second District Court, of Brooklyn, died at his residence on Sunday last, of Bright's disease, in the fifty-first year of his age.  Judge Fisher was a son of the late Jared Fisher, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  He was born in Bolton, Mass., in August 1833, and during his infancy his parents moved to Norwich, where his boyhood was passed.  In the spring of 1847 he entered the office of the Oxford Republican--of which the writer was then foreman--as an apprentice.  During the summer and fall he rode the post route, alternating with the carrier of the Times, delivering both papers to subscribers in the towns of Guilford, New Berlin, Columbus, Sherburne, Smyrna, Plymouth, Pharsalia and Preston--a ride of two days.  Many of our older subscribers in those towns will remember the delivery of their papers at their doors by the bright-eyed, genial lad of fifteen, who had a pleasant word for all, and left sunshine in their homes.  In October, 1847, the Oxford Republican and the Norwich Journal were consolidated, under the name of the Chenango Union, and the Oxford office was discontinued, as was also the post route.  "Frank" as he was familiarly known, removed with the office to Norwich, where he remained until the expiration of his apprenticeship, when he went east for a time, being employed in several job and newspaper offices.  His first venture in business was about the year 1852, when he formed a partnership with Thomas L. James, late Postmaster General, in the publication of the Madison County Journal, at Hamilton.  Some two years later he associated himself with the late E. Max Leal, in the publication of the Chenango Telegraph, in this village.  From this place he went to Greene, where, in 1855 he established the Chenango American, in company with J.D. Denison, who is still one of the proprietors of that paper. While a resident of Greene he was twice elected to the Assembly from the Second Assembly District of this County.  From that time he took an active part in politics, and was well known among the leaders of the Republican party.  He was the life of the social circles of Greene, and foremost in promoting the interests of the town.  An active member of the fire department of that village, he endeared himself to his associates at home, while his visits with the members of "Ocean" company to our village, in the palmy days of the department were always welcome.  Many of the old firemen of Norwich look back with pleasure to these reunions, and to those which occurred in Greene, where the deceased was prominent among the many gallant boys of those days in making their Norwich friends doubly welcome.  In 1865, Mr. Fisher established a job printing office in New York city, removing with his family to Brooklyn in the following year.  He became a member of the Kings County Republican General Committee, and in 1872, 1874 and 1876 he was elected to the Common council, and in his last term was President of that body, and for several months acting Mayor.  In 1879, he was appointed justice, to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Riley.  He drafted the bill abolishing the elective judiciary system, which was passed by the Legislature in 1880. and the same year was appointed by the Mayor, Comptroller and auditor Justice of the Second District Court, which position he held until his death.  He was last year admitted to practice at the Bar.  In all the relations of life, judge Fisher was honest and upright, and his friendship was sincere and lasting.  He was  a shrewd politician, and a thorough business man. There are many in this the home of his boyhood, who learn with regret of his death, while yet in the zenith of his usefulness.  His widow survives him, but no children, two having died.  his aged mother, Mrs. Jared Fisher, and sister, Mrs. Harvey E. Dingley, with a brother, Austin H. Fisher, reside in Utica. The Court of which he was a member, and the Board of Aldermen of Brooklyn, met Monday, and took proper notice of Mr. Fisher's death. The remains are to be buried in Albany, in the family plot.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, November 15, 1894

BABCOCK:  In New York, Nov. 12, 1894, Mr. Dwight Babcock of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

ADAMS:  In Scranton, Pa., nov. 10, 1894, Caroline [Adams], wife of Dr. Charles Adams, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

TAINTOR:  In Sangamon, Ill., Oct. 30, 1894, Mr. Irving Taintor, aged 84 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

JAYNES:  In East Troy, Wisc., Nov. 5, 1894, Mrs. Lovina Jaynes, aged 62 years, and mother of Mrs. E. Hartwell of Sherburne.

LANSING:  In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1894, Hattie E. [Lansing], wife of W.H. Lansing and daughter of T. Bates of Greene, aged 31 years.

Obituaries (February 23)

Charles Jackson

ca 1839 - June 14, 1912

The death of Mr. Charles Jackson occurred Friday, June 14, very suddenly.  Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hall for tea, and during the meal he was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and fell back dead.  Mr. Jackson was 73 years old and is survived by his wife and one son, Elmer Jackson of Binghamton.  He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Masons and Eastern Star Lodges. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon.

Randolph King Atwater

March 20, 1860 - July 1, 1912

Randolph King Atwater, one of Greene's most prominent citizens in business, social and church life, died at that village Monday.  Mr. Atwater was born in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] 52 years ago, the son of J.S. Atwater and Urana King.  Mr. Atwater had been a great sufferer at times with rheumatism, but of late had been pretty free from his trouble.  He was born in the house where he died, March 20, 1860.  His entire life was spent in Greene and early in life he succeeded his father in the furniture and undertaking business, and his genial personality and kindly disposition won him social recognition.  He was always deeply interested in public affairs and was identified with all movements for the improvement and upbuilding of his native town.  As a communicant and vestryman of Zion church, Mr. Atwater found expression for his religious faith and was esteemed a devout and loyal Christian.  He was also a member of Genegantslet Tribe I.O.R.M.  Mr. Atwater is survived by his wife, three daughters, Madeline, Grace and Marjorie, and a son, Gerald.  The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the house, Rev. Percy T. Olton officiating.  Geneganslet Tribe of Red Men escorted the remains to the cemetery.

Sarah Beach

ca 1846 - September 1, 1912

Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  The death of Mrs. Sarah Beach, widow of the late Frederick Beach, occurred Saturday morning about six o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Walker.  Mrs. Beach was 66 years old and is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Minnie Stodder of Syracuse, Mrs. May Walker and Mrs. Cora Gross of Greene.  The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Walker Monday afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. J.R. Foster of the Congregational church officiating.

Harry G. Horton

1881 - May 5, 1958

Harry G. Horton, 77, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at 1:32 p.m. yesterday at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], after a short illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Margaret Horton of Afton; two  nieces, Mrs. Martha Jeffers of Afton and Mrs. Mary Peet of Gouverneur; a nephew, Robert Tew of Syracuse, and several cousins.  He was a member of the Afton Baptist Chruch and had operated a hardware store in Afton for many years. The body was moved to the Karschner Funeral home, Afton. [Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, NY]

George W. Hill

1873 - December 1, 1957

Funeral services for George W. Hill, 84, of 27 Jenison Avenue, Johnson City [Broome Co., NY] who died yesterday afternoon at Wilson Memorial Hospital, will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main Street, Johnson City.  The Rev. Francis Freeman, pastor of Sarah  Jane Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, will officiate at services for the brother of William H. Hill of Westover, Broome County Republican chairman and publisher of the Binghamton Sun.  Burial will be in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endwell, at the convenience of the family.  Mr. Hill was admitted to the hospital early yesterday after he suffered a heart attack.  A native of Forty-Fort, Pa., he had been a resident of the Triple Cities area for about 65 years.  Until his retirement 10 years go, he was employed by the John City Publishing co.  In addition to the GOP chairman, Mr. Hill is survived by one other brother, James B. Hill, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie H. Fell, both of Johnson City, and several nieces and nephews.

Obituaries (February 22)

Elizabeth A. (Ward) Walker

ca. 1864 - June 23, 1912

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Walker, wife of Ray E. Walker, long respected resident of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], passed away early Sunday evening at her home on Main street, after an illness of several weeks.  Mrs. Walker was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] 48 years ago and was married to Mr. Walker June 3, 1882.  She was the daughter of Lora B. and Clarissa Church Ward, and the greater portion of her life was spent in Oxford.  Early in life she united with the Baptist church in this village.  A wide circle of relatives deeply mourn her passing and many friends extend to the sorrowing family their sincere sympathy. She is survived by her husband, two children, Charles L. Walker and Miss Mabel Walker, and her mother Mrs. Clarissa C. Ward, and a brother, Charles J. Ward, all of this village.  The funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon t 2 o'clock, Rev. R.A. Gates and Rev. Inman L. Willcox, D.D., officiating.  Interment was in Riverview cemetery [Oxford, NY].

Elizabeth Tifft

ca 1827 - June 28, 1912

Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Tifft, died in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] June 28, aged 85 years.  She had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Kelley, for the past year and a half.  Mrs. Tifft had been poorly in health for a number of months.  Her birthplace was Coventry and the greater part of her life she had resided in that town.  She was united in marriage September 17, 1828, to Mr. Tifft at Millbury, Mass., and lived in that place a few years.  She was a consistent member of the Baptist church of Coventry and her death has caused sorrow among the ones who knew her best.  The funeral was held Monday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. C.S. Beardslee of Hartford, Conn., officiating.  Besides the daughter, Mrs. Tifft is survived by two sons, George Tifft of Brisbin and Frank Tifft of Greene.

Mary Smith Lawton

ca 1851 - June 9, 1912

Mrs. Mary Smith Lawton, wife of Roswell Lawton, died very suddenly at her home Sunday evening with acute Bright's disease.  Deceased was 61 years of age. Besides her husband she is survived by four children, a son, Leon Lawton of Lestershire, and three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Bixby, Mrs. George Barnett and Miss Lila Lawton, all of this town. The funeral was held Wednesday at the house at 2 p.m. Rev. S. Lee Whiteman officiating. Burial in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Dr. Frank E. Gray

ca 1848 - 1912

Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  The death of Dr. Frank E. Gray occurred at the State Hospital, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Friday at the age of 64 years.  Dr. Gray was a well known dentist in this town for a number of years, but has been in feeble health for several years.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rita Gray, and a daughter, Madula Gray, who is a trained nurse in Binghamton; a brother, Charles W. Gray and a sister, Lucy Gray, of this village The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from his late home, Rev. O. Lee Warren officiating. Burial in Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, NY]

Marriages (February 21)

Ketchum - Race

Chenango Union, February 1, 1883

On Wednesday evening of this week, Morell W. Ketchum, one of the promising young men of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], led to the hymenal altar one of the fairest of our daughters, Miss Hattie E. Race. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Austin W. Race, and of the ninety guests invited, a large number were present to witness the marriage, and to partake of the kind hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Race.  The large collection of pretty and valuable presents reminded the bride and groom of the kindly feeling of their many friends toward them.  At eight o'clock the happy couple left for Greene, where they took the train for Binghamton.  They will be gone some little time, stopping on their tour at Elmira, Wellsboro and Philadelphia.  Many prayers and good wishes went with them, and may the bright and joyous beginning of their wedded life long continue undimmed by cloud or sorrow.

Graves - White

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph,  January 6, 1900

The marriage of Miss Jessie White, daughter of Austin J. white, and Merton E. Graves took place Wednesday, January 3, 1900. The ceremony was performed at 12 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents on the Holmesville road, about four miles east of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. C. S. Pendleton of Oneonta.  About seventy-five persons, relatives and invited guests, were in attendance. The interior of the house was beautifully trimmed and decorated with evergreens and potted plants.  The ceremony, which was very impressive, took palce in front of a large bank of evergreens, surmounted by an arch, under which the contracting parties stood.  The bride was attended by Miss Mabel Graves, a cousin of the bridegroom, and Lewis White was best man.  After the ceremony, a reception was held and the bridal party, amid the hearty congratulations of their friends, sat down to a sumptuous dinner. The gifts were numerous and beautiful.  Miss White is a graduate of Norwich High school, and is highly respected and esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances and friends. The bridegroom is the son of Edward Graves and resides with his parents on the South New Berlin road.  He is possessed of sterling ability and manly character and enjoys the respect of all with whom he is acquainted.  Mr. and Mrs. Graves left town on the 4:45 p.m. Lackawanna train north.  Numerous out of town guests were present at the wedding, including some from Norwich.

Heady - Slater

Norwich Sun, June 24, 1911

Preston [Chenango Co., NY]:  On Thursday evening occurred the marriage of Miss Pearl M. Slater, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Slater of this place, and Franklin M. Heady of Oneida, Rev. L.L. Vought of Orwall, Pa., officiating.  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Heady of Preston and was attended by Frank Slater, a brother of the bride. The bridesmaid was Miss Pearl White of Norwich.  The house was very prettily decorated with ferns and white roses, and the bridal couple stood in front of a beautiful bank of ferns and roses. The bride was attired in a white satin gown with pearl trimmings, wore a beautiful bridal veil trimmed with forget me nots and carried white roses. the groom was dressed in conventional black. The bridesmaid was gowned in green silk mull and carried pink roses.  The bridal procession marched into the parlor to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, rendered very pleasantly by Miss Nellie Yale of Norwich, and during the ceremony she softly played a sonata from Beethoven.  Miss Jessie B. Clark of Greene sang with rare charm, "You're the Ideal of My Dreams," and "Some Day When Dreams Come True."  At the close of the hymeneal rites the company repaired to the dining room where tables were set for seventy guests and a beautiful repast was served by Cateress Mrs. Scanton of Norwich.  The presents were numerous and elegant, including cut glass, silver and furniture.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Heady were former students of Norwich High school, the latter having graduated from the teachers' training class in 1907, since which time she has been a successful teacher.  Mr. Heady is a graduate of the Bliss Electrical school at Washington D.C., and now has a fine position as electrical engineer at Oneida, where they will make their home.

Marriage Notices

Chenango Telegraph, March 29, 1865

STEWART - HUNTLEY:  At the Chenango House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on t he 22d inst., by Rev. S. Scoville, William H. Stewart, to Miss Helen M. Huntley, both of Plymouth.

FORD - BARBER:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. E. Holroyd, Myron Ford of German [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Malvina Barber, of McDonough.

BENTLY - MILLER:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], March 19, by Rev. W.G. Queal, George Bently, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Maryette Miller, of Afton.

Chenango Union, April 13, 1870

LITTLE - KELSIE:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, by Rev. S. Miller, Mr. George W. Little to Miss Anna Kelsie, both of Sherburne.

MERICLE - WILSON:  In Wellsville, N.Y. [Allegany Co.], March 28th, by Rev. Mr. Rump, Mr. George C. Mericle of Omaha City, to Miss Adelaide B. Wilson of the former place, both formerly of Greene.

Details of Tragic Accident - Harpursville - June 1912

Morgan Killed, Weller Injured, Lumley Hurt in Motor

Crash Near Harpursville

Binghamton Press, June 12, 1912

A sandy strip of road at the end of a bridge a mile and a quarter west of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] caused an automobile accident last evening, and Lewis H. Morgan of the John L. Morgan Company was instantly killed and H. Pierce Weller of The Press staff had both legs broken.  By a strange chance, neither Mr. Morgan nor Mr. Weller was thrown from the car, while two others, who were catapulted 20 feet escaped with slight injuries.  They were Harry Lumley, the former captain manager of the Binghamton baseball team and Raymond C. Schroeder of Carbondale.  George A. Morgan, cousin of Lewis H. Morgan was at the wheel of the car and was not injured.

The rear of the car was wrecked by being slapped against the end of the iron railing of the bridge when it skidded in the road.  The accident occurred at 7:15 and was witnessed by Mrs. Frank Thompson, wife of a former schoolmate of Mr. Weller, and her little daughter, Leona, who live but a few rods over the bridge toward Harpursville.  It was but an instant before aid was at hand and Mr. Thompson assisted George Morgan in moving the car so that the body of Lewis Morgan could be removed.  His head was pinned between the side of the car and the bridge railing.

Mr. Schroeder is a guest at the home of George Morgan on Chapin street, and with Lewis Morgan and Mr. Lumley they had gone to the ball game in George Morgan's car, a 1912 Hudson 31.  After the game they invited Mr. Weller to join them for a ride, and it was proposed that they take Mr. Lumley to his farm in Colesville, so that Mr. Schroeder might see some of the country hereabouts.  They drove to Sanitaria Springs, where they had a lunch and it was proposed that they go over the hill to Harpursville, in as much as the evening was pleasant and the roads fine.  They had mounted Belden Hill and were well on the road to Harpursville driving easily with the car under good control.

Beyond Belden hill there are two bridges over Belden creek.  The first is a red iron bridge with a high railing and the second an iron bridge with a lower lattice rail.  At the west end of the second bridge there is a slight difference between the grades of the road and the bridge.  To save the bounce when the car passed onto the bridge, George Morgan, who was driving, applied the foot brake.  When he checked the brake, the rear wheels slipped in the dust of the road, and the car skidded against the end of the bridge rail.  The body of the car, just back of the front seat, caught the impact, and the car stopped suddenly.  Lumley and Schroeder dove head foremost through the air over the windshield, which was half closed and landed on the plank floor of the bridge.  Lewis Morgan was shaken half from his seat, on the left side of the car, beside the driver, and his head was caught between the side of the car and the bridge rail.  Mr. Weller was twisted about in the tonneau, and crumpled into a heap with his back against the front seat, and facing the rear.  George Morgan, perhaps braced by his foot on the brake, was not moved from his seat at the wheel.  He was conscious of his cousin, still in the seat at his side, and thought him unhurt.  Looking over his right shoulder, after two of the men in the tonneau had hurled over his head, he saw Weller and heard him moan.  He started to lift Weller, who said  "Don't Mind Me.  I'm afraid Lewis is hurt badly."  Mr. Morgan then turned to his cousin and found blood gushing from his mouth and ears.  Lumley and Schroeder were able to pick themselves up, and blood was streaming from a cut on the top of Lumley's head.  He had landed fairly on the top of his head.

Little Leona Thompson was playing by the side of the creek, and Mrs. Thompson had happened to be looking up the road toward the car.  She at once called Mr. Thompson, who rushed out.  Passing was another car in which were an unknown man with several ladies and children.  He stopped and ran back, and together they pushed the Morgan car side and released Lewis Morgan.  It was evident that death had come to him instantly, for he did not make a noise.  The body was laid on the grass at the road side and Weller was placed on a back board and drawn to the Thompson home.

Dr. Butler was called from Harpursville by phone and came quickly.  Dr. Hannett of Nineveh also was called.  Dr. Butler notified Coroner Stillson of Windsor of the death of Mr. Morgan and he lost little time in reaching the scene.  A little later Dr. P.M. Miller of this city and Dr. Parsons of Marathon drove up in Dr. Miller's car.  They had been at Delaware co. and had stopped at the home of Dr. Butler in Harpursville, where Mrs. Butler had told them of the accident.  Meanwhile the body of Mr. Morgan was removed to Clark's undertaking home at Harpursville.  The first message that reached Binghamton came to The Press and a car started for the relief of the party at 9 o'clock making fast time over the hills.

Mr. Weller found himself in kindly hands.  He and Frank Thompson had been schoolmates years ago at Chenango Forks.  Dr. Butler happened to know that Mr. Weller's sister, Miss Anna Weller was teaching school at Tunnel nearby, and phoned her of the accident. She reached her brother's bedside while the physicians were working over him.  They found the right leg broken between the knee and the ankle and the left broken in the ankle.  The injury to the ankle was complicated and Dr. Miller was anxious to have the patient removed to the City Hospital as soon as possible, where it would be possible to readjust the bones under the most favorable conditions.  All of the small bones in the ankle appeared to be broken.  It was 11 o'clock before the surgeons had finished their work over Mr. Weller.  He refused at first to take a sedative to ease the pain of the operation, and yielded only upon the insistence of the doctors. Dr Butler remained with him until nearly midnight.

Lumley's head was bound up in lint and bandages, and Schroeder, who suffered extreme nausea from the shock of landing on his back, and from a wrenched right ankle, received attention also.  George Morgan went to Harpursville to arrange for the care of the body of his cousin.  His sufferings though of a different sort, were no less keen than those of the other members of the party, who had sustained bodily injuries.  Until everything necessary had been done, he exercised the greatest fortitude, then he broke down.  "Poor Lewis, poor Lewis," he sobbed.  "Why couldn't it have been my head that was smashed."

Soon after midnight, when it had been arranged to have Mr. Morgan's body brought home on a D.&H. train this morning, Mr. Weller was left with his sister to the kindly ministrations of the Thompsons and Lumley, Schroeder and George Morgan were brought to Binghamton in The Press car.  On the way the party met Ellis W. Morse driving Frederick H. Nelson of the John L. Morgan Company and J.V. Beazley, and a little later, a party of chauffeurs who had heard of the accident and were coming out to render what assistance they could.  Nearer the City, Frank Davis and another party were passed, driving over the hill at top speed to do everything that might be done for the injured.

When Lumley was let down at the North Side Hotel there was an affecting moment when he parted from George Morgan. The others went at once to the home of Mr. Morgan on Chapin street.  Mr. Weller's mother was visiting in Cortland and was notified by phone early this morning of the accident and came to the city on the first train.  A telephone message from Harpursville this morning said that Mr. Weller had passed a comfortable night, and that Dr. butler hopes that it will be possible to bring him to the City Hospital some time tomorrow.

Lewis H. Morgan is survived by his wife, Pearl Disbro Morgan and two children, Dorothy, three years old, and John, two months old; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Morgan, one sister, Mrs. Harvey Bennett and one brother, Edward Morgan, all of this city.  Mr. Morgan was vice-president of the firm of Bennett, Morgan & Co., of which John L. Morgan is president.  He was prominent among the younger business men of the city.  The funeral will be held on Friday at a time and place to be announced later.

Obituaries (February 19)

Reuben T. Comstock

Chenango Telegraph, April 1, 1875

Died--in Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 27th ult., at the residence of his son, A.A. Comstock, Esq., Mr. Reuben T. Comstock, aged 68 years.  Many years ago Mr. Comstock was a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and was a well known and popular teacher of the village school.  During his stay in Norwich, many of our rising young men were in attendance at his school, and even now credit their success in life to his early teaching.  Mr. Comstock was a vigorous hearty old man and up to the time of his death took great interest in the passing events of the day, particularly during the war for the suppression of the rebellion was he anxious for news, and never failed to public or private conversation to show that his sympathies were with the Union cause.  In his old age too, his mind frequently recurred to the years he spent in Norwich, and he kept his memory green by the weekly perusal of the Telegraph, and several times he has favored our readers with "recollections" of his life in Norwich, which were read with interest by all.  Thus has passed away another of our early pioneers, and though long removed from our midst, his memory is still green in the minds of our older citizens who survive him.

Herman H. Dimmick

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 6, 1900

Herman H. Dimmick who for a long time was a clerk at Stafford's drug store in White Plains, died on Tuesday, December 26, 1899 at his home in Southampton, L.I.  He was married about two and a half years ago to Flora, daughter of Mr. Baltis Moore.  His body was brought to Mount Kisco on Thursday night, and the funeral occurred Friday afternoon.  Herman was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Dimmick of Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. A.L. Willcox of Smyrna, N.Y. and Mrs. C.T. Brewer of Cooperstown, N.Y.

Rev. Jonathan K. Peck

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 6, 1900

Many Chenango county friends were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Rev. Jonathan K. Peck, which occurred at Kingston [Ulster Co., NY] on Sunday night, December 21st, within a few minutes of the expiration of the old year.  Mr. Peck was born on the Brakel, this county [Chenango Co. NY] and was one of five sons of the late Luther Peck, all of whom were members and elders of the same church in the old Genesee conference, and labored and taught the gospel in the same section for many years.  He was well known throughout the Wyoming and other M.E. conferences, and was in attendance at the session of that body held in Norwich in April 1898.  He was the author of several creditable books, among which were "Seven Wonders of the New World," and "Luther Peck and His Five Sons."  A.E. Peck of Brakel is the brother of the deceased.  The story of Mr. Peck's last moments is told in the news dispatches of Tuesday, as follows:

Wilkesbarre, January 2: With the death of 1899, but a few minutes distant, with his 75th year ending and while thanking the Lord for the blessings of the year that was passing Rev. Jonathan K. Peck of Kingston, fell dead before a large congregation of the Kingston Methodist Episcopal church Sunday night.  Mr. Peck was in the pulpit leading the watch night services. The church was crowded.  Mr. Peck was in the middle of an eloquent sermon on the closing of the prominent ministers of the Wyoming conference who had died.  He was on the point of ending a touching tribute to his well remembered father, and there were many moist eyes in the congregation.  Those who were watching him saw him hesitate as if to take a breath, he raised his hand to his head as if dazed, staggered and fell across the pulpit rail. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Murdock Dr. Sprague and Rev. Dr. Hard, who were sitting on the platform sprang to his assistance. They lifted him up and found him to be unconscious. They carried him down to the basement of the church and a physician was sent for.  When he came, Mr. Peck was dead.  He was dead, the physician said when they carried him from the pulpit.  Mr. Peck's death is notable for its coincidence.  He was born just seventy-five years before and at night within a short time of the hour of his death.  His last words were of the men who had gone before and the last name he mentioned was that of his father, it was the last hour of the old year, he believed it was the last of the century and in the last few weeks he had written much in support of this theory.  He had always expressed a wish to died in the pulpit, and Rev. Mr. Murdock, the pastor, in announcing him, said that he was one of the oldest ministers of the conference and might soon be called to a higher place.  He was born in Chenango county, N.Y. on December 31, 1824 and had been a member of Wyoming conference since 1853.  He had also been presiding elder of the Honesdale district.

Dr. Flavius Packer

Norwich Sun, May 23, 1930

The following obituary of our former townsman [Smyrna, Chenango Co., NY], Dr. Flavius Packer, appeared in last week's issue of the Pawling Chronicle:  "Dr. Flavius Packer, 63, of Pawling [Dutchess Co., NY], founder of the Packer Sanitarium in that village and former assistant superintendent of Matteawan, Beacon, died at the Doctors' Hospital, New York city Friday morning, following a heart ailment and complications.  Born in Mexico, N.Y. [Oswego Co., NY], Dr. packer was graduated form the Albany Medical college, class of '93.  Soon afterward he became assistant superintendent of the Kings Park State Hospital and later held a similar position at Matteawan.  In 1902 he went the Bellevue Hospital to head the psychopathic division.  Dr. Packer founded the Riverdale Sanitarium in 1904, which he sold in 1926.  He had also founded his sanitarium at Pawling, which he maintained until his death.  He had been a resident of Pawling for 20 years, and also maintained a residence at 120 East 39th street, New York city.  He was elected mayor of Pawling last fall, marking the first time in years that a Democrat had been elected to that office.  He was a member of the American Psychiatric Society,  Bellevue Hospital Society and a fellow of the Academy of medicine.  Funeral services were held from the Pawling Central Baptist church, Rev. William H. Meldrum, rector of Christ Episcopal church, officiating.  Harlem Valley lodge, F. and A.M. of Pawling, of which he was a member, attended in a body, and many professional men from every walk of life for miles around were there to show their respect for one so greatly loved in his community.  The body was laid temporarily in the Pawling cemetery vault, final plans for interment not having bene completed by the family."

Compiler note:  Flavius Packer was the son of Thurston Green and Elizabeth Robbins (Brown) Packer.  He was a resident of Smyrna in 1900, and his parents resided the Smyrna from at least 1900  and were buried in Sherburne West Hill Cemetery upon their deaths in 1917 and 1919, respectively.

Obituaries (February 18)

Isabella (Baker) Dalrymple

Chenango Telegraph, April 6, 1859

In Marlboro, Mass. on the 17th ult. Mrs. Isabella B. Dalrymple, eldest daughter of Joseph Baker of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], aged 46 years.  Dear Sister, thou art gone to meet thy first born, who hast only preceded thee to the realms of eternal bliss.  Yes, sister, Kim has gone before, that she may welcome her mother home.  Kind parents, your affections have been again smitten, thy eldest child has gone to Heaven, and is waiting to congratulate the friends left behind as they severally arrive at the bourne of all those who love their Heavenly Father. Brothers and sisters, our circle is again broken, let us all strive to exemplify our faith in Christ making it a living faith through works, as faithfully as did she who has been called from Earth to Heaven.

Roy Brown

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 3, 1900

Hamilton [Madison Co., NY]:  A sad drowning accident occurred at Woodman's pond, two miles north of this place, about 2:30 yesterday afternoon.  A party of boys, among whom was Roy Brown, aged 11 years, were skating on the pond when Roy broke through a thin place in the ice. The rest of the party exerted themselves to the utmost and Isaac Leland nearly lost his life in his endeavor to save his comrade. He fell through the ice and was in the water some time.  The body of the lad has been recovered.  He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown on Payne street.

Clark Johnson

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 6, 1900

Saturday afternoon a team of horses attached to one wheel, came running into town from the south.  They were stopped by Dene Harrington, and Messrs. Spencer and Hakes drove down the road to see what had happened.  They found Clark Johnson of Willet [Cortland Co., NY], lying beside the road dead, just below David White's house, with his head crushed, and otherwise terribly mangled.  No one will ever know how the awful accident occurred as Mr. Johnson was alone, coming from Frank Crittenden's with lumber for Seager's store.  Dr. Halbert was called and after viewing the body it was removed to Willet.  Mr. Johnson was the son of Mrs. Hopkins of Willet.  He was unmarried, and a hard working young man.  Mr. Crittenden feels the loss keenly as he had been in his employ a long time and was driving his team.  It has been many a long year since a man was killed in this town and the horror of it is keenly felt by all.

Gilbert Stanton

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 6, 1900

Gilbert Stanton with but one exception, the oldest person in the town of Smyrna, died December 21st.  He was born in Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] May 31, 1808 and was 91 years 7 months and 20 days of age.  At the age of 24 he gave his heart to God, united with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained a consistent member of that denomination until his death.  In 1831 he was married to Susan Dutton of Columbus.  In 1831 he took up a tract of wild land in the town of Otselic, erecting a log house, and from Brookfield to this home in the forest on what is known as Stanton Hill, he removed with his family consisting of his aged father and mother, elder sister, his wife and one child.  Subsequently, there were born to them ten other children, in all seven sons and four daughters.  It was his lot cheerfully to care for as life receded and sadly follow to their last resting place the aged parents, the sister, six of the eleven children and the wife, whom he buried in 1855.  In 1857, he was married to Cyrena Ferris of Smyrna who had one child.  Franklin B. with whom he lived at the time of his death.  In 1870 he removed from Otselic to Smyrna where he resided until his death.  His second wife died three years since.  He was a kind and obliging neighbor, a kind and loving husband and father, an earnest and upright Christian, always living up to and ready to defend the faith he professed in Christ at all times and places, and we believe the good examples and good advice of Uncle Gilbert, as he was so familiarly called, will live with many who knew him for years to come.  He leaves five sons, Charles and Edwin of Plymouth, A.P. of Oxford, F.G. and Franklin of Smyrna, and one daughter, Mrs. C.A. Lowe of Plymouth.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, April 6, 1859

WINSOR:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, Stephen Winsor, aged 73.

COLE:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 15, Mrs. Cole wife of Leonard Cole.

DAVIS:  At New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], March 27, Benj. Davis aged 81.

WILLARD:  At New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Lydia May Willard, in the 5th year of her age.

HYDE:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Lydia J. [Hyde], daughter of Charles P. and Harriet M. Hyde, aged 9 months.

Blog Post Listing February 4 to 17, 2019

Listing of blog postings for February 4 to 17, 2019

Obituaries

Posted February 5, 2019

Adah L. (Fisk) Eldredge (Lebanon, Norwich, 1891)

Silas Hull (Norwich, 1891)

Cornelia A. Munson (Norwich, 1891)

Almira M. Hewitt (Norwich, 1891)

Elmer Comell (Sand Coulee MN, 1891)

Death Notices - 1863

     Emily L. Warner (Greene, 28y)

     Lewis Post (Afton, 54y)

     Mary F. Rogers (Nineveh, 20y)

     Abraham Per Lee (North Norwich, 74y)

     Willard Harvey (German, 8y)

     Anaresta Harvey (German, 5y)

     Franklin Harvey (German 1y)

     Edgar W. Jones (Greene, 16y)  Civil War soldier

Posted February 6, 2019
Frederick Vanderlyn (Oxford, 1891)
Hattie Moore (East McDonough, 1891)
Minnie Moore (Tacoma WA, 1891)
Moses Aldrich (Plymouth, 1891)
Stephen Law (North Pharsalia, 1891)
Death notices - 1860
     Frederick Theodore Rogers (Chenango Forks, 2y)
     William Steere (East McDonough, 75y)
     Luke Wheeler (Guilford, 44y)
     Joel Barber (Norwich, 32y)
     Sophia Barnes (Norwich, 72y)
     Lathrop Rorabrook(North Norwich, 53y)
     Ephraim P. Eldridge (Lincklain, 68y)

Posted February 7, 2019
John Weaver (Sherburne, 1874)
Charles R. Weaver (Smyrna, 1908)
John Sherman (1931)  Civil War soldier
William C. Chantler (Sherburne, 1952)
Death notices 1860
     Harriett M. Chalker (Greene, 18 months)
     Polly Soughton (New Ohio, 80y)
     Lovina Lowell (Chenango Folks, 86y)
     Isaac Marshall (Ketchum's Corners, 80y)
     Saray Jane Tuttle (Greene, 4 months)

Posted February 8, 2019
Mary B. Hill (Jamestown, 1887) accidental fall
John Dell (Norwich, Clyde, 1887)  drowning
Mrs. Ira W. June (Norwich, Oxford, 1887)
B. Carman Russell (North Norwich, Oneida, 1887)  drowning

Posted February 9, 2019
Daniel Hale (Florence NY, 1844)
Miles Ireland (North Norwich, 1887)
Elizabeth Packer (Pendleton) Stanton (Oxford, Norwich, 1887)
Death Notice - 1844
     Lydia A. Kershaw (Norwich, 17 months)
     Fanny M. Kershaw (Norwich, 3y)

Posted February 11, 2019
James Dunning (East McDonough, 1895) Civil War Soldier
Henry C. Cole (Omaha NB, Oxford, 1895)
John Hoag (Dayton OH, Greene, 1895)
Arba K. Maynard (Atwater MN, 1895)
Thomas Benton Lewis (Norwich, 1895)
Death notices - 1860
     Eben Sherwood (Middlebury PA, Oxford, 68y)
     John Noyes (Norwich, 29y)
     Lathrup Rosbrook (North Norwich, 58y)
     Emma J. Badger (Greene, 2y)
     Stephen Elliott (Greene, 21y)
     Gordon Johnson (Coventry, 71y)
     Isaac Foote (Norwich, 84y)
     Joseph H. Moore (Norwich, 59y)
     Barbary Cook (Norwich, 77y)
     Elizur Anderson (Pitcher, 28y)

Posted February 12, 2019
Dr. Charles Ervin Dickinson (Fond du Lac WI, Guilford, 1894)
Charles F. Dickinson (Fond du Lac WI, Guilford, 1895)
Joseph Addison Coville (Oxford, Pharsalia, 1895)
Death Notices - 1860
     Hannah L. Fish (Oxford, 64y)
     David Tillotson (Smithville, 2y)
     Martin V.B. Noyes (Norwich, 26y)
Death Notices - 1865
     Nettie A. Frink (Plymouth, 4y)
     Eddie H. Stewart (Plymouth, 9y)
     Lone Barzella Bradley (New Berlin, 3y)
     Thomas Gorton (North Norwich, 72y)
    Minnie A. Fowler (Coventry, 8y)
     Helen V. Davis (Oxford, 8y)
     Fanny Rich (South New Berlin, 42y)
     Simeon Fosgate (McDonough, 28y)
     Mary E. Hammond (Oxford, 14y)

Posted February 14, 2019
Julia Eliza Olney (Columbus, 1845)
Asa Willey (Guilford, 1885)
Ann Vernette (Maydole) Martin (Norwich, 1885)
Eugene E. Williamson (Greene, 1885)
Jerusha Matthewson (Guilford, Gilbertsville, 1894)
Death Notices - 1845
     Caleb Thompson (Norwich, 83y)  Revolutionary War soldier
     Calvin Wheeler (Norwich, 2y)
     Robert Calley Gilbert (Gilbertsville, 16y)
     Phebe Ann Garner (Norwich, 26y)

Posted February 15, 2019
Judson Burton (Guilford, 1896)
Annie (Kimble) West (Rochester, 1907)
Emily M. Putnam White (1898)
Frances E. Willard (1898)
Death Notices - 1894
     Ivon R. Hunting (Greene, 23y)
     Cora A. Hill (Sherburne, 18y)
     Mrs. Asteay Bowen (Lincklaen, 86y)
     Orris W. Bryant (Greene, 54y)
     Hiram Bartoo (Brisbin, 76y)
     Mrs. Henry Lampman (Afton, 72y)

Marriages

Posted February 4, 2019

Raymond L. Allen - Luella Chappell (Ithaca/Greene, 1912)

Eugene Willey - Beryl VanBuren  (1912)

Muriel Osborne - Mernie D Clark (1912)

Charles Drachler - Grace Hughes (1912)

Glenn W. Scott - Mae Rhines (Oxford/Windsor, 1912)

Marriage Notices - 1860

     Levi M. Carnegie - Charlotte Wedge (Colesville/Greene)

     Philo R. Newton - Lucy M. King (Bainbridge/Sanford)

     William S. Wescott - Mary E. Wightman (South New Berlin)

Marriage Notices - 1867

     Smith Hotchkiss - Sarah Davis (Smithville/Greene)

     Alonzo Dickinson - Lovica Barnett (Afton/Greene)

     Charles E. Rathbun - Helen Kenyon (Pitcher)

     Frederick A. Landers - Frankie L. Stockwell (Coventry)

     Franklin d. Keith -Ambrosia E. Compton (Otselic)

Posted February 10, 2019
Eva Ingraham - Duard Lewis (Norwich, 1891)
Mr. & Mrs. James Gladding (56th anniversary, 1891)
Marriage Notice - 1844
     William J. Gay - Terza M. Thompson
Marriage notices - 1860
     Griffin Powell - Sarah A. Gavit (Lowville/Smyrna)
     Oliver Thurber - Mary Clark (New Berlin)
     Henry L. white -Victoria C. Sheldon (Guilford)
     William M. Sabin - Mary G. Young (Plymouth)
     Rev. A.J. Kenton - D. Augusta Fox (Scott NY)
     Charles H. Long - Hattie Meachum (Willett)

Posted February 13, 2019
Desire M. Brown - William Hayden, Jr. (Pitcher/McDonough, 1885)
Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Sage (50th anniversary, Norwich, 1885)
Marriage Notices - 1860
     Samuel Cline - Betsey M. Loomis (Smithville)
     Uri Rorapaugh - Mary June (Smithville/McDonough)
     Samuel F. May - Angeline T. Phetteplace (Guilford/Norwich)
     Edwin R. Meade - Julia m. Baxter (NYC/Tioga PA)
     James Wilson - Julia Burger (Willet/Greene)
     Sidney Olin - Margaret Hubbard (Greene/New Berlin)

Posted February 16, 2019
James Eaton (Cooperstown, 1846)  Killed by lightning
Fanny Chipman (Sherburne 1846)
Charles W. Babcock (Hudson OH, Sherburne, Norwich, 1887)
Mary O'Brien (Sherburne, 1887)
Death Notices - 1846
     Mary Rexford (Sherburne, 65y)
     Betsey Brooks (Pharsalia, 61y)
     Hannah Jane Van Ingen (Rochester, Greene, 32y)
     Eli Webb (Greene, 65y)
     Martin Dodge (McDonough, 51y)
     Rev. Nathan Bundy (Hartwick, Oxford, 38y)

Posted February 17, 2019
Joshua Bennett Turner - Mary Bushnell Reed (Norwich, 1890)
Marriage Notices - 1846
     John West - Mary K. Foote (Norwich/Hamilton)
     Abram Mudge - Persis A. Buell (Earlville/Plymouth)
     John B. Hoyt, Jr. - Rispah B. Hitchcock (Coventry/Norwich)
     John Glivin - Caroline Byington (Norwich)
     Edwin C. Brooks - Helen B. Keyes (Norwich/Hamilton)
     Alexis Miller - Julia a. miller (Smithville/Oxford)
     Henry Kinney - Mary V. Monroe (Triangle)
     Abner Strickland - Rebecca Sessions (York Settlement IL/Barker)
     Henry L. Bowen - Ann Elizabeth Wilgus (Homer/West Troy)

Miscellaneous

Posted February 5, 2019

Some Queer Epitaphs - 1891

Posted February 13, 2019
Unusual Epitaphs - 1885

Posted February 15, 2019
More Queer Epitaphs - 1891