Obituaries from the Windham Journal
1859
From Microfilmed copies of the Windham Journal located at the
Vedder Library and the State Library at Albany
Transcribed by Mignon Matthews
January 6, 1859
At the residence of her son, in Berkshire, Tioga County, NY, December 26th of Consumption, Mrs. MARY BIDWELL, formerly a resident of Ashland, Greene County, aged 74 years and 4 months.
In Rensselaerville, Albany County, November 11th, Mrs. MINERVA FISH, wife of Mr. Dennison Fish.
In Cauterskill, on the 6th ult., of pulmonary consumption, Mrs. SUSAN WEBBER, wife of David Webber, Esq., in the 62d year of her age.
In Durham, December 31st, Miss ESTHER PRATT, aged 82 years.
At North Kortright, November 27th, Mrs. MARGARET, wife of Chas, HARKNESS, deceased, aged 58 years.
In Bloomville, Del. County, December 28, Capt ABRAHAM BUTTS, in the 88th year of his age. He was one of the first settlers.
In Davenport, at the residence of Colonel Z. E. Goodrich, on the night of the 1st inst., of consumption, DeWHURST B. WHITESIDE, aged 20 years.
January 13, 1859
At Ashland Collegiate Institute, January 10th, Mrs. SARAH FOX, mother of the Rev. Henry J. Fox, in the 63d year of her age.
After a long and severe illness, which was borne with Christian meekness, she sweetly fell asleep in Jesus.
“Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep.”
At South Durham, Jan. 16th, JOSHUA GARDENER, aged 84 years.
In Catskill, Dec. 25th, Mrs. POLLY SHAURMAN, relict of Peter Shaurman, aged 68 years.
January 20, 1859
In West Durham, on the 12th instant, of inflammation on the lungs, CURTIS C. HUMPHREY, Esq., in the _____ of his age.
Mr. Humphrey was one of the oldest inhabitants of the town of Durham, and a much respected and beloved citizen. He died very suddenly, being taken ill only a day or two pervious to his death. On Wednesday, the 12th inst., a consultation of physicians was sent for, but before they arrived, he died.
At Jewett, on the 6th inst., Mrs. CAROLINE LUNIGAN, daughter of Samuel Johnson, in the 27th year of her age.
At Harpersfield, on the 4th inst., JOHN MCMINN, aged 40 years.
At North Harpersfield, Dec. 13th, Mrs. ANNA BENNETT, aged 79 years.
At Harpersfield, January 5th, Mrs. JERUSHA DAYTON, aged 73 years.
At the same place, the 22d ult., Mrs. BETSY JUDD, aged 63 years.
In Delhi, 6th inst., J. FRANKLIN MACKEY of Preston Hollow, Albany Co., aged 17 years.
January 27, 1859
In this town, on the 23d instant, GEORGE W. HOPKINS, aged 1 year and 6 months.
Of consumption, at Cairo, Jan. 11th, Mrs. ELIZABETH ALDSEDGE, in her 69th year.
At Cortland Village, Cortland County, Jan. 5th, Miss SALLY KEATOR, in her 20th year, daughter of Thomas Keator formerly of Roxbury, Delaware County.
February 3, 1859
In this town, on the 28th ult., Mr. ENOCK JUDD,
aged 55 years.
No more for him prepare the frugal treat,
His favorite corner shows a vacant seat.
In Ashland, on the 2d inst., Mrs. CLARISSA SMITH, aged 27 years.
January 15th, at Coxsackie, CHARLES BACKUS, infant son of Alexander and Henrietta B. REED, aged 3 years and 8 months.
In Athens, on the 23d, Wm. HALLENBECK, aged 13 years, 9 months, 20 days.
In Athens, on the 27th, MARTAIN L. VAN LOAN, aged 23 years and 3 months.
In Gilboa, on the 25th inst., of consumption, TINEY, wife of Mr. Oliver S. MIDDLEBROOK, aged about 30 years.
In West Fulton, Schoharie Co., January 21st, of quick consumption, HAMILTON BUNN, aged 18 years.
February 10, 1859
In this town, on the 7th inst., Mrs. SARAH BARLOW, in the 75th year of her age.
In Durham, on the 7th inst., of lung fever, Mr. PHILLIP WAGONER, aged about 77 years.
In Prattsville, on the 3d inst., Mr. JOHN BRANDOW, in the 84th year of his age.
Mr. Brandow was one of the oldest inhabitants of the town of Prattsville. His remains were followed to the tomb on Sunday last, 6th, inst., by a large body of friends.
In Moresville, on the 5th inst., of erysipelas, Mr. WILLIAM GLEASON, aged 74 years.
He was one of the early settlers of that part of Delaware County in which he
died.
In Athens, on Wednesday, 19th ult., Mrs. CILANDA JACKSON, wife of David Jackson, aged 40 years.
At Rome, Oneida County, February 4th, of Typhoid fever, JAMES H. BRANDOW, formerly of Catskill.
February 17, 1859
In this town, on the 13th inst., Mr. WILLIAM HINMAN, aged 53 years.
In Greenville, on the 7th instant, CAROLINE, daughter of Alanson B. and Sarah A. SIMPSON, aged 23 years, 3 months and 8 days.
Miss Simpson was a resident of the town of Conesville, Schoharie County. She died in eight hours after being attacked with a rush of blood to the head.
In Shandaken, Ulster County, on the 14th inst.,
Mrs. MARGARET BURNHAM, wife of Linus Burnham, aged about 40.
Her remains will be brought to North Settlement for interment and the funeral
services will be held in the M. E. Church, at North Settlement today (Thursday)
at one o’clock.
In the town of Jewett, February 10th, ASA LORD,
in the 81st year of his age.
He served a six months term as drummer in the service of his country in 1812, at
Sackett’s Harbor, under the command of Capt. Eli P. Robinson, of the town of
Windham, and has always manifested a strong attachment to his country’s cause,
and was regularly enrolled as musician in the militia, (at his own request)
until he was sixty years old. He attended the celebration at Hunter last Fourth
of July, and seemed to enjoy the spirited speeches and toasts of the day as much
as any one present. As a citizen, he was peaceable, and apparently contented,
having never had a contested law-suit I his life; as a parent, he was very
indulgent; as a neighbor, was very obliging. His heart and hand were ever open
to the wants of the needy; no one could feel lonesome in his company. He has
received a pension from Government for a number of years past. In August last,
he had a shock of Palsy, which was soon followed by another shock, leaving him
helpless till death relieved him of his sufferings. His trust was in the
Redeemer for salvation and he died in hope of a part in the first
resurrection. A NEIGHBOR
At South Jewett, January 15th, SAMANTHA, the
beloved wife of Mr. John Goodsell, in the 54th year of her age.
“Beloved sister; Christ has called thee,
From this world of sin and woe,
But again we hope to meet thee,
Where no farewell tears do flow.
Rest dear sister, sweet thy slumber,
In the quiet grave so low,
May perennial joys unnumbered,
Wait thy coming from below.
Thy worldly conflicts now are past,
They trials here are ended,
Thou hast gained the victory at last,
While Zion’s causes defending.”
In Athens, February 5th, MARY JANE VAN SCHAAK, aged 22 years and 6 weeks.
In Kortright, at the residence of Stephen M. Brown, Mr. JOHN R. GRANT, aged 49 years.
In Harpersfield, Jan. 29th, Mr. GEORGE C. STANLEY, aged about 30 years.
In Roxbury, Jan. 20th, FLONILLA, daughter of Fletcher and Jane Mackey, aged 3 ½ years.
At Greenville, Mississippi, on the 27th ult., after a short illness, Dr. PHILLIP A. SCHUYLER, aged 43 years, formerly of Catskill, and son of the late Col. P. P. Schuyler of Natchez, Miss.
February 24, 1859
At Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY, 14th inst., JOHN TUTTLE FANNING, youngest son of Dr. Nelson Fanning, aged 15 years.
At her residence in Harpersfield of inflammation of the lungs, Feb., 6th, MARY, wife of Thomas RICKEY, in the 57th year of her age.
March 3, 1859
At Ashland, on Tuesday morning, March 1st, of
consumption, JAIRUS S. son of Albert Tuttle, in the 28th year of his
age.
The friends and relatives are invited to attend his funeral, from his father’s
residence in the village of Ashland, on Thursday, 3d inst., at 11 o’clock A.M.
In Prattsville, February 25th, suddenly, Mr. PHILO BLINN, aged about 60 years.
In South Durham, on February 26th, Mrs. EMMA DUTCHER, wife of Jacob Dutcher, aged about 72 years.
In West Conesville, Schoharie County, on the 21st of February, Mr. ORRIN LINDSLEY, aged about 64 years.
In Conesville, February 24th, of Erysipelas, Mr. G. ANDRUS, aged about 35 years.
At Roxbury, on the 13th ult., Mrs. JANE COWLES, wife of A. C. Cowles, aged about 40 years.
At Auburn, NY, on the 3d ult., Mrs. FRANCES PERRY, aged 70 years, wife of Charles B. Perry, Esq., formerly and for many years a resident of Hobart, in Delaware County.
March 10, 1859
At Ararat, PA, Feb. 14th, of scarlet fever, IDA MAY, youngest daughter of Garry O. and Nancy M. Baldwin, aged 3 years, 2 months and 14 days.
Darling Ida! Gone before us
To the haven of her rest;
Little cherub, nurs’d and shelter’d
On a loving mother’s breast.
Scarcely had those eyes been open’d
To the mysteries of Earth;
Scarce the rosy lips had utter’d
Words of love, and infant mirth.
Strange that bud so fondly cherish’d
Resting on its parent stem,
Should expand in realms of glory,
On the Saviour’s diadem.
She was lent – a precious blessing,
Thus the Parents hearts to win;
But from earth our Father call’d her
Ere her soul was marr’d with sin.
Tho’ so young she lov’d the Saviour,
And like him, a cross would bear;
Now her infant voice is praising
Him she loves in glory there.
Sisters! In your sadness mourning,
By the little vacant seat;
Think of her as blest in Heaven,
Waiting, each of you to greet.
You’ve a child among the angels,
Parents meekly kiss the rod:
Christ has said – “Come, little children!”
Such surrounds the throne of God.
At Rossville, Staten Island, on Thursday the 24th
of February, 1859, SARAH, wife of the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory, pastor of the
Reformed Dutch church of the Huguenots, aged 73 years.
“Absent from the body, present with the Lord.” “Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord.”
In Stamford, Feb. 21st, after an illness of two weeks, Mr. ANGUS GRANT, aged 41 years and 13 days.
March 17, 1859
In Ashland, on the 14th inst., of consumption, Mr. JOHN MATTHEWS, aged 55 years.
In Prattsville, on Tuesday the 15th inst., at 5 o’clock, P.M., after a long illness, LUCAS BRANDOW in the 41st year of his age.
In Coxsackie, March 5th, Mr. JOHN SPOOR, aged 73 years.
In Coxsackie, Tuesday, March 8th, Mrs. CATHERINE S., wife of Hon. P. H. Silvester aged 49 years and 2 months.
In Roxbury, on the 27th ult., WILLIAM S. WARDWELL, aged about 24 years.
Near Victoria, Knox Co., IL, on the 16th ult., Major DARIUS OLMSTED, in the 71st year of his age, formerly of Davenport, Del. Co., NY.
In Osceola, Stark Co., IL, Feb. 3d, IRA T. Youngest son of Joseph and Henrietta Baker, formerly of Delaware County, NY, aged 1 year, 1 month and 23 days.
March 24, 1859
In North Settlement, March 20th, CHARLOTTE H., only daughter of Mr. Thomas Branaugh, aged 2 years, 6 months and 16 days.
In Durham, March 19th, of billious lung fever, EDDY W., only son of Jesse and Olive T. Moss, aged 3 years.
“Because thy smile was fair,
Thy lip and eyes so bright;
Because thy loving cradle care,
Was such a dear delight;
Shall love, with weak embrace,
Thy upward wing detain?
No! gentle angel, seek thy place
Amid thy cherub train.”
At Cobleskill Center, Monday, March 14th, Mrs. BARBARA FRANCE, (mother of George L. France of Catskill,) aged 75 years.
In Stamford, on the 20th inst., ROXCE BLISH relict of the late Aaron Blish, in her 85th year.
At North Harpersfield, Del. Co., on the 13th inst., MIAL B. PIERCE, in the 58th year of his age.
March 31, 1859
In New York City, on the 24th inst., of hemorrhage of the lungs, Mr. ABEL H. WOLCOTT, formerly of this place, aged 26 years.
On the 11th inst., of consumption, at Westkill, Mrs. LUCY E. DEFOREST, wife of Stephen A. Deforest, aged 31 years, 11 months and 22 days.
April 7, 1859
In Farmersville, Cataraugus County, N.Y., March 16th, Mr. BENJAMIN OSBORN, formerly of this town, aged about 85 years.
In the town of Hunter, February 22d, of cancer, Mr. JEHIAL WILCOX, aged about 66 years.
In Durham, March 28th, at the residence of M. Baldwin, CHAS. STRONG, aged 75 years.
In Stamford, March 31st, Miss HANNAH MAYNARD, aged about 23 years.
In this village, March 31st, the infant son of W. R. and Annie Augusta Steele.
April 14, 1859
In this village, on the morning of the 11th Instant, DANIEL KANE, aged 10 months and 8 days.
In the town of Ashland, April 7th, Mrs. CHLOE MALOY, aged 78 years.
In Franklin, Delaware County, April 2d, HENRY T. AUSTIN, formerly of Durham, aged 63 years.
In Davenport, on the 25th ult., JOHN SHERMAN, Esq., aged 60 years.
April 21, 1859
In Ashland, April 12th, Mrs. CLARISSA BENHAM, aged 55 years, wife of Dr. Jacob Benham.
Thus are our ties severed, but not forever. With those who die in the Lord, there is still a communion. We cherish the recollection of their graces, and while their worth aggravates the sense of our loss, it consoles us. We are animated by the happy termination of their course. We long for our reunion with them, and treading in their steps, or rather in the steps of Him whom they followed, we live in the hope, that when He and they shall appear, we shall be like them.
“To their own blest dwelling in the skies,
The souls, whom Christ sets free, exultingly shall rise.”
At Lexington, on the 6th instant, of Throat Disease, HIRAM E., son of George and Dolly WHEELER, aged 3 years.
In Davenport, Mrs. CANDACE HINMAN, aged 66 years.
In Kortright, April 8th, TIMOTHY SACKRIDER, aged 77 years.
In Akron, Ohio, April 11th, JOHN WILSON, long a resident of Hobart, Delaware Co.
April 28, 1859
In this town, on Sunday, April 24th, Mr. JOHN CASPER, in the 94th year of his age.
In Catskill, on the 20th, inst., ELIZABETH wife of David ELY, aged 60 years.
At Cairo, on Wednesday morning, March 30th, WILLIAM TOLLEY, aged 51 years.
At Cairo, on Sunday morning, April 3d, GEORGE L. WELCH, aged 40 years.
May 5, 1859
In this town, May 1st, MARY ANN, daughter of Thomas McCarty, aged 7 months.
In Ashland, on Tuesday morning, May 3d, Hon HENRY KINSLEY, aged 61 years.
The funeral will take place on Saturday, May 7th, at 1 o’clock, P.M., at his late residence in Ashland.
In Prattsville, May 2d, Mr. JOHN L. DECKER, aged 65 years.
In Prattsville, May 2d, Mr. JACOB VAN VALKENBURGH, recently of Delaware County, aged about 45 years.
In Potters Hollow, Albany County, May 2d, Mr. BENJAMIN PALMER, aged 69 years.
In Catskill, April 29th, EDITH SCHUYLER DOANE, aged 21 years, eldest daughter of John Doane, M.D.
In Bloomville, April 29th, Mrs. ELMIRA CHAMPION, wife of Aaron Champion, and mother of S. B. Champion, aged 55 years.
In Stamford, on the 27th ult., Mrs. ISABEL ANN ANDREWS, (wife of Daniel Andrews, and only daughter of John McDonald, Esq.,) aged 89 years.
At Bushnellville, April 15th, of consumption, Mrs. MARY A. BARBER, aged 26.
Mrs. Barber had gained the love and esteem of all who knew her, and the tidings of her death fall heavily on the ears of her friends. In the hour of her affliction she was not forgotten. Friends rallied to her bedside to cheer her with words of comfort. Thus in the flush of early years was called to the home of the blessed one of our dearest friends. And, although the shadows of death came so early, a light came with them that dispels their gloom – the light of Christian faith, bearing evidence that our loss is her eternal gain. Blessed are they that die in the Lord. The deceased leaves a husband to mourn her departure.
Farewell, husband! I must leave you;
God is calling – I must go;
I must say adieu, though trying,
And must leave this world of woe.
Farewell mother, we have parted,
Never more on earth to meet,
But I hope, if God it pleases,
We shall meet at Jesus feet.
Farewell, sister, we are severed
From each other’s kind embrace,
But I hope that I shall meet thee
In that Heavenly resting place.
Farewell brother, don’t be weeping
When you hear that I am gone;
Ah! I pray you to remember
God does nothing that is wrong.
Farewell friends and dear relations;
I have only gone before;
And I hope I’ll someday meet you
On bright Canaan’s happy shore.
Farewell scholars, I must leave you,
In this world of sin and gloom;
If I ever more do meet you
It will be beyond the tomb.
One more word to my kind husband,
Then I’ll bid you all adieu –
Pray to God on high to guide you,
And He’ll be a friend to you.
Once again I’ll say adieu;
Where we’ll meet I cannot tell;
But I hope ‘twill be in Heaven
Fare you well! Fare you well!
May 12, 1859
In this town, May 9th, Mrs. JANE THORNTON, aged 84 years.
At North Kortright, on the 30th, ult., Mr. WILLIAM HAMILTON, aged 52 years.
May 19, 1859
At his residence, in this village, on Wednesday, May 11th, of typhus fever, BURRIT O. STONE, aged 42 years.
In the death of Mr. Stone, the wife has lost a kind and devoted husband, the widowed mother a fond and dutiful son, and society one of its most valuable and valued members. It is seldom indeed that one in the prime of life – buoyant with hope, and immersed in business, as he was, is so suddenly taken way by the fell destroyer, and his death affords another painful illustration of the uncertainty of life. A few short weeks only have elapsed since he came back among us from the field of his active duties and pursuits for the purpose of attending to his business engagements here, being apparently in the usual good health and spirits, but today he is numbered with the dead, and “the places which knew him then shall know him no more forever.”
He was no ordinary man, but was possessed of a mind far above the average, which enabled him many times to comprehend the difficulties of a position, and devise and invent the means of escaping it, in a manner inferior to none – often engaging in enterprises, while those about him were unable to understand the motive which impelled, or the expectations which cheered and encouraged him to the prosecution of them, and consequently given up in despair. With a mind and temperament peculiar to him, he could not be a neutral man, and was a friend to those in whom he reposed confidence of the warmest and closest kind.
A kinder neighbor did not live. His friendly disposition prompted him on every occasion to be found among the first and foremost in endeavoring to alleviate the sorrow of the distressed, and ministering to the wants and necessities of the sick and suffering.
There is scarcely a family in the vicinity which has not at some time been the recipient of his kind offices when members of them have been prostrated on beds of sickness. The first to visit the sick, he was the last to leave the dying, and all will concede to him a more than ordinary inclination to volunteer his services on occasions of this character.
To many a young man just starting in life, without a superfluity of means to aid them in an emergency, he proved almost a benefactor – ever ready as he was o assist them by counsel and suggestions, made valuable by his great experience in the business affairs of life, and often volunteering that support which proved of inestimable value in relieving them from the embarrassments which were threatening a permanent opposition to success.
Among the many who will drop a silent tear to his memory, are members of those just alluded to who to call him friend was to them a source of pleasure and gratification.
Mr. Stone was born in this town, and although, at times, temporarily absent, he has been identified with its history from that time forward, and among the many who were, or have been, residents here, and who are now scattered all over the country, the news of his sudden decease will awaken feelings of the deepest emotion. They knew him as a man, to all outward appearance, possessed of strong and vigorous constitution, in the meridian of life and with prospects as fair as any one of being permitted to live out the allotted time of man.
But, he is gone! The angel of death has summoned him away, and while his expectations were as bright and his hopes as strong as ever, the silver cord was loosed, and the golden bowl was broken, and not until after many a revolving year has been numbered with the past will his many manly and noble traits of character fade from the recollection of his wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
In Jewett, on the 10th inst., Mrs. E. DUTTON, aged 73 years.
In Middletown, Orange County, May 8th, HENRY D., son of Mr. S. HALSEY, formerly of this village, aged 27 years.
In Roxbury, Del. Co., BETSY, wife of Mr. Thomas DENT, aged 65 years.
May 26, 1859
In Cairo, May 20th, Mrs. ALDEN, relict of Mr. Eliab Alden, and mother of Judge Alden, formerly of the town of Ashland, in the 94th year of her age. Mrs. Alden was one of the oldest members of the Baptist church of Acra, having become connected with it some sixty years since.
At Cairo, May 6th, MARY ANN, wife of Thomas STEELE, aged 24 years.
In Prattsville, May 10th, SOPHRONA, wife of Arrival BLINN, aged 77 years.
In Prattsville, May 19th, Mrs. SARAH ROBINSON, aged 78 years.
At Catskill, Greene Co., on the 9th inst., Col. ADAMS JAQUES, aged 51 years.
June 2, 1859
Obituary
The Galveston (Texas) News, of May 17th, has the following in regard to the death of Mr. Stephen Kirkland. Mr. K. was once a resident of this village and served an apprenticeship here with Capt. William Doty. He removed to Galveston over twenty years ago. His many friends in this vicinity will regret to learn of his sudden decease.
“Mr. Stephen Kirkland died yesterday at about 4 A.M., and his funeral took place at about 4 P.M. It is hard to realize the truth of these words as we write them. But day before yesterday, Mr. Kirkland was in good health in the meridian of life, blessed with family and friends and with bright anticipations, and now he is mingling with our original dust. ‘Who can tell what a day may bring forth?’ On Sunday night, Mr. K. as usual after supper lay down on a pallet in the upper plaza of his house. He was alone but as it was his custom to lay there till near bed time, nothing was thought of it. About 10 o’clock, he fell from the plaza to the ground and never afterwards spoke, though he lived some six hours. The cause of his falling nobody knows and it is a matter of mere conjecture. It may be that he attempted to walk in his sleep, as he had sometimes been known to do. In his fall, he received fatal injury, causing internal hemorrhage, and all efforts of human skill proved unavailing. The funeral was the largest we have ever witnessed in this city. His wife is a member of the Masonic fraternity, by whom his remains were taken charge and buried in accordance with their impressive forms. All the companies of the Fire Department, of which he had been Chief Engineer, also attended in their uniforms and a large concourse of other citizens by whom the deceased had been known and held in high respect for many years, together with near 100 carriages, each accompanied the remains to their last abode. Mr. K. was perhaps the oldest mechanic in our city, having settled here more than twenty years ago, and by his industry and energy – his exemplary deportment and strict integrity had contributed aplenty to others prosperity while he had placed himself in the most independent circumstances. He has left a widow and several children to mourn their sudden bereavement.”
June 2, 1859
In this village, on the 28th inst., TERTIUS GRAHAM, in the 71st year of his age.
Mr. Graham was one of the earlier settlers in this town, having removed here in 1802, and was formerly actively engaged in business. But few remain to give us information - few that knew him in the prime and vigor of his days. One or two, possibly, are now living who were here when he came in this place to reside. Time, as a flood, has carried them away, and the places that once knew them know them no more. A period exceeding half a century has passed and the old localities are by another generation, or by strangers, occupied. And such ever has been and will continue to be the notes of time’s history. The Fathers – where are they?
In Ashland, May 27th of dropsy of the heart, Mr. DANFORTH CLAFLIN, aged 42 years.
Mr. Chaflin was esteemed by all who knew him. He was attacked at first with typhus fever, and while suffering with this disease, was unconscious. To the joy and satisfaction of his friends, however, he returned to reason, but was soon violently taken with dropsy of the heart and the Lord said unto him, “time shall be with thee no longer.”
His heart is afflicted no more
With sickness or shaken with pain,
The war in this member is o’er,
And never shall vex him again.
His languishing head is at rest;
It’s aching and thinking are o’er.
His quiet immovable breast
Is heaved by affliction no more.
His breast is no longer the seat
Of suffering and heartbreaking pain;
Its purpose to flutter and beat
And never shall flutter again.
Those fountains can yield no supplies
Whose hollows from water now free
The tears are all wiped from his eyes
That evil he never shall see.
A FRIEND
In the town of Ashland, May 20th, Wm. H. CHAMBERS (colored), aged 18 years.
June 9, 1859
In Hobart, Delaware County, on the 2d. inst. EMELINE McG., infant daughter of Wm. H. and Permelia Sloat, aged 1 year and 19 days.
I take these little lambs, said He,
And lay them in my breast;
Protection they shall find in me –
In me be ever blest.
June 16, 1859
Obituary
Winans Yeomans, near Gayhead, and on the boundary line between Cairo and Greenville, of this county, died on the morning of Saturday last, with and from the effects of a malignant fungus, situate at the angle of the jaw, and extensively involving the arteries, veins, nerves &c., of that region.
Mr. Yeomans had, within the last two years, suffered two operations under Dr. March, of Albany, for the purpose of extirpating what was supposed, until recently, to be a simple sarcoma tons or fleshy tumor. Since the last operation, however, something like a year ago, and especially for the last four months, it has grown more rapidly and exhibited more distinctly its true character. During the past three months, he has endured severe pain, only partially mitigated by powerful opiates.
In addition to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, he leaves a young wife and child to mourn his loss.
Yours hastily,
ALIQUIS
June 16, 1859
In the town of Jewett, June 12th, Mrs. AMANDA MERWIN, wife of Remus Merwin, aged 54 years.
In Preston Hollow, June 9th, OLIVIA H. D. KENYON, aged 36 years, 9 months and 1 day.
On May 27th, in Coxsackie, Mrs. CAROLINE BEATTY, aged 39 years, 10 months and 7 days.
In East Durham, on the 13th inst., WESLEY W., son of Joseph and Elizabeth KEELER, aged 5 years and 9 months.
Death came and took this lovely child from our care. God sent for him and there could be no delay. He that said, “Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.” has taken him under his guardian care. Thus in five short years was this promising youth removed from earth.
“Farewell, farewell, sweet loved one,
Your pleasant life is past;
And yet you’ll be remembered,
As long as life shall last.
No, we will not forget you,
For naught you were but love,
Still one bright hope is left us,
We all shall meet above.”
In Harpersfield, on the 8th inst., of consumption, Mrs. SALLY F. MERCHANT, aged 36 years.
In Kortright, on Sunday Morning, 5th inst., Mrs. FANNY DECKER, in the 43d year of her age.
In Jackson, CA, April 22d, JOHN WHALEN, aged 30 years, son of Mrs. Mary FLYNN, of Prattsville.
In Kortright, on the 9th inst., JOSEPH MCLAUGHRY, aged 84 years.
June 23, 1859
In Hensonville, on the 17th inst. Mrs. A. PENFIELD, aged 75 years and 6 months.
June 30, 1859
At Red Falls, June 22d, Mrs. CATHARINE M. DECKER, wife of Mr. Daniel Decker, aged 45 years.
In the town of Conesville, June 26th, very suddenly, Mr. SAMUEL BORTELL, aged 73 years.
In Ashland, June 26th, of cancer, Mr. Wm. TOMPKINS, aged 41 years.
In Athens, June 15th, Mr. ISAAC W. GREEN, in the 20th year of his age.
At Taberg, NY, June 21st of brain fever, COLONEL GEORGE, son of George and Almira LAKE, formerly of Windham Center, aged 1 year, 9 months and 5 days.
July 7, 1859
In New York, June 24th, Mr. ALFRED E. GREEN, formerly of Jewett, aged 31 years.
Mr. Green was engaged in the New York Custom House, just previous to his death. His remains were brought to Jewett for interment.
In Ashland, at the residence of Mr. J. Baldwin, on the 28th inst., Miss REVICY ALLEN, formerly of Orleans County, NY, in the 65th year of her age.
Friend after friend departs;
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts,
That finds not here an end.
Were this frail world our only rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.
There is a world above,
Where parting is unknown;
A whole eternity of love,
Formed for the good alone.
And faith beholds the dying here
Transmitted to that happier sphere.
July 14, 1859
At Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 29th, Mrs. MARGARET BALDWIN, wife of Mr. Albert Baldwin, aged 31 years, formerly of Durham.
July 21, 1859
In Hensonville, on the 17th inst., Mrs. L. A. CHAPMAN, in the 63d year of her age.
Her remains wee taken to Medusa, Albany County, on Monday, for interment.
At Woodland, Ulster County, NY, July 3d, of consumption, LYDIA M., wife of Seneca BULLOCK, and daughter of David Woodworth, in the 30th year of her age.
Mrs. Bullock was born in Eastkill, Greene County, NY, and her place of residence until the removal of her parents to Woodland seven years ago. She was an obedient daughter, a kind sister, an affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a warm friend, a loving and loveable woman and a genuine Christian. Early in life, she “remembered her creator,” “whose blessing made her rich” in the “faith that works by love and purifies the hearts.” It was her staff and support throughout a long and painful sickness. It enabled her to part cheerfully from her husband, children, relatives and friends. It enabled her last whispered words to be “Glory to God” and when voice failed her, as she had told her mother, it enabled her to clap her hands, expressive of the glory she could not speak.
Whose blessing made her rich”
July 28, 1859
At Independent Hill, Prince Williams county, Virginia, July 6th, Mr. HARRY R. AVERY, aged 72 years, formerly of Big Hollow, in this town.
In this town, on the 24th inst., DANIEL, son of Mr. Barney Kane, aged 7 months.
In Athens, July 5th, CATHARINE, wife of Andrew Edwards, in the 45th year of her age.
In Unadilla, Otsego county, on the 22d ult. DANIEL LOOMIS, ESQ., in the 62d year of his age.
August 4, 1859
In Oakhill, July 31st, Mr. EGBERT CHERRITREE, aged about 35 years.
At Durham village, July 31st, WILLIAM S., infant son of A. M. and Rev. E. L. BOING, aged 4 weeks.
Death often calls such tender plants,
To fill the silent tomb;
But Jesus says such little buds
In Paradise shall bloom.
August 11, 1859
In Durham, August 3d, after a long and painful illness, Mr. EPHRAIM COE, in the 70th year of his age.
In Catskill, August 2d, PETER LYNES, son of Joseph Lynes, in the 30th years of his age.
August 18, 1859
In Westkill, on the 9th inst., Mrs. EAVNOR, aged about 95 years.
In Stamford, August 3d, Mrs. ELIZABETH WHITFORD, aged 77 years.
In Middletown, August 4th, the wife of Peter Hoffman, aged about 80 years.
August 25, 1859
In East Durham, on the 21st inst., of pleurisy, Mr. STEPHEN HUNT in the 64th year of his age.
In Poughkeepsie, August 21st, Mrs. LeFever, formerly of Prattsville, aged 72 years.
September 1, 1859
In Durham, August 25th, Miss MARY VAN TASSEL, aged 74 years.
At Catskill, August 21, ELIZABETH HAIGHT, wife of the late Robert Dorlon, Esq., in the 80th year of her age.
September 8, 1859
In this town on the 5th inst., Mrs. ACKLEY, aged 55 years.
At Medford, Mass., August 28th, of typhoid fever, Mr. CHARLES CALLENDAR, in the 57th year of his age.
He was for a number of years a resident of Albany. His remains were brought to Greenville, in this county, to be deposited in the family tomb.
September 15, 1859
At Manorkill, Schoharie County, September 7th, of consumption, Mr. DANIEL W. SMITH, aged 28 years.
At Galva, Ill., Aug. 13, of congestion of the lungs, SAMUEL PIERCE, late of Davenport, Delaware County, NY, aged 59 years 4 months.
In the town of Delhi on Thursday morning, 1st inst., Mrs. RUTH FRISBEE, wife of Daniel Frisbee, Esq., in the 75th year of her age.
At Durham, August 29th, Mr. ROSWELL POST, in the 90th year of his age. Mr. Post was one of the oldest citizens of Durham and a man highly respected by all who knew him. Peace to his ashes.
At Durham village, Sept. 5th, very suddenly, Mrs. SARAH D. SPORE, aged 29, wife of Theodore Spore.
But a few days since, Mrs. Spore was moving around among her friends, apparently in the bloom of health and in the short space of one week, she was called by her Savior to dwell in a far happier place than this troublesome earth. Her death will be deeply felt by society. She was one of those kind, affectionate and Christian women, always ready to do a good deed, and took pleasure in not only making her own home happy, but trying to make all happy around. Many friends deeply sympathize with the afflicted husband, and trust that God who doeth all things well, will give him strength and consolation in this trying hour. Mrs. Spore lived and died a Christian, her last end was peace. She died in full hopes of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.
September 22, 1859
In this town, on the 9th instant, Mrs. CONVERY, aged about ____years.
In this town, on the 16th instant, Mrs. JANE DISBROW, aged 75 years.
Albany papers please copy.
In this town, on the 10th instant, of dropsy, CHARLES F., oldest son of John and Sarah Nelson, aged 11 years and 5 months.
Farewell dear parents – a long farewell,
For we shall meet no more,
‘Till you are raised with me to dwell
On Zion’s happier shore.
Your little Charlie now id dead;
The cold and lifeless clay
Has made in dust its silent bed,
And there it must decay.
But is he dead? No, no, he lives;
His happy spirit flies
To heaven above and there receives
The long expected prize.
Then parents, dry your mournful tears,
From gloomy grief refrain;
In heaven little Charlie appears
And shall forever reign.
Farewell dear parents – again farewell;
Soon you shall come to me,
And when we meet, not tongue can tell
How great our joys shall be.
M. J. L.
In Harpersfield, August 20th, of apoplexy, Mr. JOHN VOORHIS, aged 61 years.
In Jefferson, September 2d, ALICE ELDEEN, daughter of Seymour and Angeline Dyer, aged 4 years, 9 months and 12 days. She was too beautiful for earth and God has taken her to be an angel.
At Birmingham, CT, of Typhoid Dysentery, C. A. WALLACE, aged 60 years more recently a resident of South Cairo.
September 29, 1859
Obituary
Died, in the town of Windham, September 17th,
after a short and painful illness, Mrs. JANE DISBROW, the mother of Melissa
Ramsey, aged 75.
Albany papers please copy.
Mrs. Disbrow had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 48 years, and by her kind and cheerful disposition, and patient Christian character, had endeared herself to many friends.
“O, when the hours of life are past,
And Death’s dark shade arrives at last,
It is not sleep, it is not rest;
‘Tis glory opening to the blest.
No storms shall ride the troubled air;
No voice of passion enters there;
But, all be peaceful as the sigh,
Of evening gales that breathe and die.
For there the God of Mercy sheds
His purest influence on their heads,
And glides the spirits round the throne
With glory radiant as his own.”
In this town, on the 18th instant, of bowel
complaint, after an illness of only 10 hours, the infant son of John Hollenbeck,
aged about 2 years.
In Lexington, September 13th, Mrs. ELIZA MOORE, in the 62nd
year of her age.
At Durham, suddenly, on the 19th inst., Mr. MARTIN ROCKWELL, aged 79 years.
At Durham, on the morning of the 23d inst., after a lingering illness, Mr. EZRA ALLERTON, aged 39 years.
At East Durham, on the 19th inst., of consumption, Mrs. BETSY ANN, wife of Mr. Abraham Schermerhorn, in the 18th year of her age.
In Stamford, Sept. 11th, HELEN M. MAYNARD, daughter of Elisha H. Maynard.
October 6, 1859
In this village, October 21, ABRAM, infant son of John and Harriet WEST, aged 5 months.
At Preston Hollow, Sept. 26, Mrs. C. TRAVER, aged 80 years.
At St. Mary’s California August 23d, of typhus fever, ALFRED JOHNSON, formerly of South Durham, aged 25 years. He was the son-in-law of Rev. D. I. Wright. (Saugerties Telegraph please copy)
At Roxbury, on the 20th ult., TEMPERANCE, wife of Benjamin SCUDDER, in the 48th year of her age.
At Roxbury, on the 23d ult., Mr. DAVID SMITH, in the 91st year of his age.
In North Blenheim, Schoharie County, on the 23d inst., MARY DEL, daughter of Joseph B. and Helen M. FOSTER, aged 2 months.
She’s gone, she’s gone, though hard to part
With one that’s nestled in our heart,
Our loss we know is by her gain;
She now with Christ in glory reigns.
A precious flower to us was given,
An angel now she blooms in Heaven;
And now our hearts are sad and lone,
Since little Mary Eel has gone.
We’ll strive to sink into His will,
And hear His voice say “peace be still.”
We feel our hearts are almost broken,
But know to us the Lord hath spoken.
Though bound to earth by kindred ties,
We have an angel in the skies.
We’ll live on earth and strive to meet
Our darling child at Jesus feet.
October 13, 1859
At Savannah, Georgia, September 23d, 1859, JAMES RENWICK, son of James Renwick Smedberg, aged one year.
In Durham, suddenly, on the 3d instant, Mrs. ANNA ECKERT, aged 66 years.
In Catskill, on the 8th instant, Mr. JOEL NEWBURY, in the 80th year of his age.
He was the father of the Messers Newbury of this village, an old and much respected citizen of Catskill, and he dies leaving many warm hearts to mourn the loss of his society.
In Greenville, September 30th, of consumption, CYNTHIA, wife of Deacon Wm. STEVENS, in the 59th year of her age.
October 20, 1859
In East Jewett, on the 17th instant, ANN, wife of John S. BEACH, and daughter of Christopher Drum, aged 43 years.
At Mount Morris, Livingston County, NY, on Sept. 29th, Mr. RUSSELL GLADDING, in the 86th year of his age. He was formerly of this town.
At Greenville, September 30th, CYNTHIA STEVENS, wife of Deacon William Stevens, in the 59th year of her age, of quick consumption.
Her languishing head is at rest,
Its thinking and aching are o’er,
Her quiet, immovable breast,
Will be heaved by affliction no more.
In Delhi, on the 11th instant, Mrs. PHEBE, wife of the late Col Amasa Parker, aged 56 years.
October 27, 1859
In Oak Hill, Greene County, NY, on the 17th instant, of typhoid fever, Mr. ELIHU BALDWIN, only brother of Johnson H. Baldwin, Esq., of Durham, in the 36th year of his age.
In Durham, on Sunday, October 23d, of palsy, Mr. ELIZUR HULL, aged 63 years.
In Preston Hollow, Albany County, October 21st, of consumption, Miss LEAH RIVERBURG, aged 24 years.
November 1, 1859
In Stamford, at the residence of J. A. Rich, on the 19trh inst., Mr. VIRGIL BUNNEL, aged 75 years, for many years a resident of Bloomville.
On the 21st, inst., BETSEY, wife of Mr. John MORRISON, of Middletown, in the 93d year of her age.
At Harpersfield, Oct. 5th, ELVINA SMITH, daughter of Jeremiah M. and Letty I. Jackson, aged 4 months and 25 days.
In Davenport Centre, Oct. 17th, EZRA DENEND, Esq., in the 47th year of his age, after a protracted illness of consumption.
November 8, 1859
In Southington, CT, October 26th, Capt., ANSON MATTHEWS, father of J. E. Matthews, Esq., of this village, aged 76 years.
In Cortland, DeKalb, Co., IL, Oct. 12th of congestion of the lungs, SARAH WILBUR, relict of O.P. Raymond, in her 56th year, formerly of Davenport, Delaware County, NY.
November 15, 1859
At East Durham, on the 2d inst., ELIZABETH WRIGHT, aged 95 years, 7 months and 9 days.
In Conesville, November 6th, of quick consumption, RHODA, wife of Oscar CHAPIN, and daughter of Berl Wade, in the 33d year of her age.
At West Davenport, of inflammation of the lungs, October 29, SOLOMON FIERO, formerly of Schoharie County, in the 70th year of his age.
November 22, 1859
In the town of Prattsville, on the 7th inst., ROXANNA, wife of James MORE, Esq., aged 81 years.
In Harpersfield, of inflammation of the lungs, on the 15th inst., Mrs. EMELINE WADE, aged 55 years.
November 29, 1859
In Catskill, November 18th, WILLIAM H. BRINK, aged 2 years and 9 months, son of Robert H. and Alida Brink.
At Ashland, November 25th, after a short but severe illness, Mrs. RUTH PROUT, wife of Mr. Samuel Smith, aged 70 years.
The deceased came to this place with her parents, October 1799, then a child ten years of age. She, with her father’s family, suffered all the privations of a new country. In 1815, she became a subject of grace, and united with the Presbyterian Church, then in its infancy. After her marriage, she removed to a neighboring town, where she remained about eight years. On her return to this place, she located near her old home. She was called to pass through many severe trials and afflictions, all of which she bore with cheerfulness and Christian fortitude, always presenting a bright feature in every new trial, and a cheering word to those in affliction. She was much beloved by her numerous friends, and her relatives will feel her loss greatly. But, the greater loss and sorrow is in her own family. They have truly lost a wise counselor, a faithful adviser and a heart cheering friend, ever ready to help them by word and precept. “But their loss is her unspeakable gain.” She has fought the good fight, she has kept the faith, henceforth there is for her a crown of righteousness.