26 May,1975
Mrs.Aletha Ingalls
Mrs.Aletha M.Ingalls,71,of 525 Lake St.,formerly of Cedarville,died yesterday in Mohawk 
Valley General Hospital.

She was born in Clayville,daughter of Charles and Lucy Perkins Edick and attended 
Clayville schools. 
 
She was married to Wallace L.Ingalls in 1925.He died in 1973.
 
At one time she was employed as an inspector by the Remington Arms Co.
 
She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses of Herkimer.
 
She is survived by a daughter,Mrs.Grace Naber and a son,James W.Ingalls, both of 
Herkimer and 2 sisters,Mrs.Ethel Miller and Mrs,Marion Vrooman,and a brother,Floyd 
Edick,all of Lakeland,Fl.
 
The funeral will be at 10:30 tomorrow from the Kingdom Hall in Herkimer. Burial will be 
in Union Cemetery,Edmeston.
 
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today from the Applegate Funeral Home,Ilion.

(Note: this was saved by my grandmother Ethel Edick Miller, Aletha was her sister- also 
Marion who is mentioned in this obit was also married at one time to an Ingalls ) also 
buried in this cemetery is her husband Wallace Ingalls and James W.Ingalls,her son- 
Peggy McSwain




  

James W.Ingalls,born: 2 Aug.1927, died:9 April,1977 
 
James Ingalls 
 
Ilion - James Ingalls,49, of 11 West North St.,formerly of Herkimer,died Saturday in 
Mohawk Valley General Hospital.
 
He was born Aug.2,1927 in Leonardsville, the son of Wallace and Aletha Edick Ingalls. He 
attended public schools there. 
 
He had seved with the United States Army. He had been employed by MDS in the loading 
department for about 8 years. He had previously been employed by the Bendix 
Corporation,Utica,for 15 years. 
 
He had been a resident of Ilion for one year,moving there from Herkimer. 
 
He is survived by one daughter. Mrs. Everett ( Karen ) Pashley; one son, Edwin,both of 
Richfield Springs; one sister,Mrs.Grace Naber,Sauquoit, and several nieces and 
nephews,cousins,aunts and uncles.
 
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m.,Wednesday from the Applegate Funeral Home with Robert 
Green,minister for Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Burial will be later this spring 
in Edmeston Union Cemetery.
 
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow at the funeral home.

Contributed by Peggy McSwain



  


obit 3/27/1903 "Oneonta Daily Star", Oneonta, NY

Mrs E.M. (Ellen Dingman) Irons 

This community was greatly shocked last Friday morning, says the Farmer's Hartwick 
reporter, to hear of the death of Mrs E.M. Irons of this place, which occurred the 
night before, on March 26 from cerebral hemorrhage.  She had been about her usual 
household duties during the day, but about 5:30 p.m. she was taken suddenly ill, and 
expired at the hour above stated.  Ellen Dingman Irons was born in the town of 
Milford, March 17, 1846, but has lived in this town most of her life and was well and 
favorably known.

She is survived by her husband, E.M. Irons, three sons, Asa H., E. Sterling, and M. 
Elvin, also one daughter, Florence, besides one brother Marcena Dingman of South 
Columbia and six sisters.  The funeral was largely attended at her late home, on the 
west side, Sunday forenoon, the Rev. A.D. Finch officiating.

Contributed by Judy Morgan



  

Emmet Melvin Irons 
obit 6/22/1922 "Oneonta Daily Star", Oneonta, NY

Emmet Melvin Irons, a lifelong resident of Hartwick and one of the few remaining Civil 
War veterans, died Saturday at his home in Hartwick.  He had been in failing health 
for a number of years due to old age, but his last illness came four weeks ago.  He 
was born in Hartwick Aug 9, 1841 to Asa and Abigail (Roberts) Irons. He enlisted in 
the Civil War on Aug 9, 1841 and served till the close of the war.  On Jan 2, 1966 he 
married his childhood sweetheart Ella Dingman.  All their married life was spent in 
Hartwick, his wife passing away 19 years ago.

Mr Irons had 6 children, only 3 survive: Asa H. Irons of Canasatota, E. Sterling Irons of 
Bridgewater, and M. Elvin Irons of Hartwick.  He also leaves 13 grandchildren, 1 
brother Elliott, and 1 sister Mrs Sarah Sprague, Hartwick.   The funeral will be held 
at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock with J.A. Dillon 
officiating.  Burial in Fly Creek Cemetery.

Contributed by Judy Morgan




  

Helen Jackson

Mrs. Helen Louise Baldwin Jackson, 81, of The Meadows and formerly of 
Oneonta, died Friday, May 27, 1988, in Bassett Hospital, 
Cooperstown.

She was born Oct. 13, 1906, in Westville, the daughter of Jay and 
Mary (Johnson) Baldwin.  She was first married to Charles Lee 
Austin on Oct. 9. 1923.  He died Oct. 18, 1969, and in 1985 she 
was married to Charles Jackson in The Meadows.  He died in 1987.

She was a nurse in Franklin Roosevelt VA Hospital in Mount Rose, 
N.Y., for 26 years, retiring in 1970, at which time she returned 
to Oneonta.

A daughter, Mrs. Clifford (Laura) Short of Hemlock Road, Oneonta, 
survives.  Also surviving are three grandchildren and several 
nieces and nephews and cousins.

A private memorial service will be held at the convenience of the 
family.

There will be no calling hours.

Arrangements are by the Lewis-Hurley Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., 
Oneonta.

Contributed by Robert Baldwin




  

Willard Jenks 

Willard S. Jenks, who died Thursday of last week 
at his home on the Plains, Oneonta loses one of its 
best known and most progressive and intelligent 
farmers.  The deceased was a native of Otego, having 
been born on a farm on the Ostdawa creek seventy-one 
years ago.  He resided upon the homestead until 1868, 
when he removed to Oneonta.  He is survived by his 
wife, one son, A. C. Jenks of Laurens, and a daughter, 
Miss Jessie Jenks.
     
The funeral which was held Sunday at the home , 
was largely attended.  The services were conducted by 
Rev. L. L. Greene of the Chapin Memorial church.

[The Oneonta Herald, Thursday, December 15, 1898]

Contributed by Lori Driver


The Otsego Farmer

October 1, 1970

Ernest M. Jewell

Ernest M. Jewell, aged 83, of Westville, died Friday, September 
25, at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, 
following a brief illness.
	
Mr. Jewell was born December 21, 1886, in Milford, the son of 
Melvern and Grace (GANO) Jewell.  He married Edith Westcott 
on November 29, 1911, in New York City.  He was a farmer in 
Westville.
	
He was a member of the Cherry Valley Lodge 334, F&AM; a former 
member and past master of Westville Grange, a member of 
Westville Methodist Church, the Dairymen’s League and the 
Otsego County Extension Service.
	
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Howard R., of Westville, Dean 
M. of San Antonio, Tex. And Clark W. Jewell of Westville; 
three sisters, Mrs. Ethel L. Ottaway of Cooperstown, RD, Mrs. 
Clymena Alexander of Franklin and Mrs. Helen P. Webb of 
Cooperstown; one brother, Harold Jewell of Cooperstown; four 
grandchildren; three 
great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
	
Funeral services were held at 2 p.M. Tuesday from the Tilapaugh 
Funeral Home, Milford, with the Rev. Harold J. Saxton, Pastor 
of the Cooperstown United Methodist Church, officiating. 
Burial was in Westville Cemetery.

Contributed by Michele Culletto



Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. 3, 1881 - Washtenaw Co., MI


Wm. A. Jones (a member of this society), died about the 21st of March, 1879, in the township 
of Dexter, Washtenaw County. Mr. Jones was born in New Lisbon, Otsego County, N.Y., October 2, 
1811, and removed with his parents from Monroe County, New York, in the spring of 1833 to 
Michigan, and during the summer following settled upon the farm on which he died, in Dexter 
township, Washtenaw County. At the age of twenty five years he married Elizabeth Skidmore 
and soon after succeeded to the title of the farm where the labors incident to pioneer 
life, together with that of raising a family, were such as to occupy the time of himself and 
wife until the death of the latter, which occurred in 1858. About the years 1843 of '44 he was 
elected supervisor of the township - an office which he held for thirteen years, and nine years 
in succession. He was once elected State senator, and was seldom free from the duties of some 
township office until failing health obliged him to resign. Mr. Jones had a great love for reading, 
together with a remarkably retentive memory, which enabled him to acquire a fund of general 
information possessed by few. Only a few hours before his death he sat in his chair and read his 
favorite paper, the Free Press, - a paper he had taken every year since its first publication in 
1834. He could also give from memory the names of the opposing candidates for president of the 
United States, and those for governors of Michigan and State of New York from the foundation of 
government to the time of his death; also the several platforms of the political parties for the 
same time. His health gradually declined until during the last two years of his life, when he 
suffered at times intensely, the disease that terminated in his death was consumption.

Contributed by: Ed Colburn



Ella Joslyn 
obit "The Daily Star", Oneonta, NY, Thursday, June 19, 1975
 
Cooperstown-----------Mrs Ella M. Joslyn, 93, a lifelong resident of 
the Cooperstown area, died Wed., June 18 at Woodside Hall, 
Cooperstown where she had resided for two years.  Mrs Joslyn was 
born Oct 6, 1881, at Westville, a daughter of Menzo and Almira 
(Baldwin) Wilber.  She was married to Myron Joslyn on Oct 12, 
1904.  He died July 11, 1908.  Mrs Joslyn was a member of the 
First United Methodist Church, Cooperstown, and a member of the WSCS.
 
She is survived by one grandniece, Mrs Harold (Edna) McManus, Fly 
Creek, and two grandnephews; Leslie Holiday, Cooperstown and G. 
Wilber Holiday, Cooperstown.  The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. 
Saturday, June 21, at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, Cooperstown, 
with the Rev. Harold J. Saxton, retired Methodist clergyman, 
officiating.  Burial will be in Westville Cemetery.  Friends may 
call Friday at their convenience.

Contributed by Judy Morgan