John Chadwick Passed Away At Residence Here
Eminent Musician Survived His Wife By Only Two Weeks
John E. Chadwick, 76, eminent musician and one of Smethport’s best known and most respected citizens, passed away at his farm home on the Ormsby road at 4:00 o’clock last Friday morning.
Mr. Chadwick’s wife passed away on Sept. 30, just two weeks prior to her husband’s death. Mr. Chadwick had been in poor health for a long time and grief over the loss of his beloved helpmate is believed to have hastened his demise.
Deceased was born in Smethport on Feb. 6, 1861, a son of J.R. and Nettie Wright Chadwick. Mr. Chadwick’s grandfather, Richard Chadwick, was one of this section’s pioneer settlers, coming from New Jersey to North Creek, Cameron county, with his parents in 1811.
J.R. Chadwick settled in McKean county and became a prominent citizen. He was named superintendent of the county home in 1887.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the local schools and displayed marked musical talents early in life. He entered the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., one of the finest schools of its kind in the world, after taking a two-year course at the Gorton Conservatory of Music in Friendship, N.Y., the home of the famous old-time Gorton’s Minstrels.
Mr. Chadwick took an extended course in musical composition, piano and cornet at the New England Conservatory, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Music. He was fully qualified to become a concert pianist but did not care for that type of career. Instead, he accepted a position with Vreeland’s Minstrels, one of the noted organizations of its kind in the country, and was featured as cornet soloist for two years.
Mr. Chadwick never enjoyed robust health and, in addition, was a gentleman of quiet, unassuming nature – a real gentleman of the old school. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Rachael Jamieson Dilly [sic] in Butler county in 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick took up their residence on the Ormsby road on a farm adjacent to the homestead owned by his father.
His love for music caused Mr. Chadwick to assume leadership of the old Smethport Band and in 1908 he organized and trained a splendid Odd Fellows’ Band here. In recent years he devoted a great deal of time to training young musicians, whose accomplishments were always a source of great enjoyment to the teacher.
Mr. Chadwick was engaged as a piano tuner here for many years and was recognized as a master of the exacting technique required by the work.
Surviving are one stepdaughter, Mrs. Alice Dilley McMullen of Chicago, Illinois; three nieces, Mrs. Herbert Hyman of New York City, Mrs. George Whalen of Pittsburgh and Sally Straight of Smethport; one nephew, Abner Martin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. F. C. House, pastor of the Smethport Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.
The Smethport Band attended the funeral in a body and the following members of the musical organization acted as pallbearers: E. H. Southwick, Fred Anderson, Fred Burlingame, Alford Bush, W. I. Burdick and A. E. Quirk.
Burial was in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery.
*Mrs. Emma Jamison Dilly
Source: McKean County Democrat (Smethport, Pennsylvania), 21 October 1937, Vol. 62, No. 42, p. 1, col. 6.
Eminent Musician Survived His Wife By Only Two Weeks
John E. Chadwick, 76, eminent musician and one of Smethport’s best known and most respected citizens, passed away at his farm home on the Ormsby road at 4:00 o’clock last Friday morning.
Mr. Chadwick’s wife passed away on Sept. 30, just two weeks prior to her husband’s death. Mr. Chadwick had been in poor health for a long time and grief over the loss of his beloved helpmate is believed to have hastened his demise.
Deceased was born in Smethport on Feb. 6, 1861, a son of J.R. and Nettie Wright Chadwick. Mr. Chadwick’s grandfather, Richard Chadwick, was one of this section’s pioneer settlers, coming from New Jersey to North Creek, Cameron county, with his parents in 1811.
J.R. Chadwick settled in McKean county and became a prominent citizen. He was named superintendent of the county home in 1887.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the local schools and displayed marked musical talents early in life. He entered the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., one of the finest schools of its kind in the world, after taking a two-year course at the Gorton Conservatory of Music in Friendship, N.Y., the home of the famous old-time Gorton’s Minstrels.
Mr. Chadwick took an extended course in musical composition, piano and cornet at the New England Conservatory, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Music. He was fully qualified to become a concert pianist but did not care for that type of career. Instead, he accepted a position with Vreeland’s Minstrels, one of the noted organizations of its kind in the country, and was featured as cornet soloist for two years.
Mr. Chadwick never enjoyed robust health and, in addition, was a gentleman of quiet, unassuming nature – a real gentleman of the old school. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Rachael Jamieson Dilly [sic] in Butler county in 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick took up their residence on the Ormsby road on a farm adjacent to the homestead owned by his father.
His love for music caused Mr. Chadwick to assume leadership of the old Smethport Band and in 1908 he organized and trained a splendid Odd Fellows’ Band here. In recent years he devoted a great deal of time to training young musicians, whose accomplishments were always a source of great enjoyment to the teacher.
Mr. Chadwick was engaged as a piano tuner here for many years and was recognized as a master of the exacting technique required by the work.
Surviving are one stepdaughter, Mrs. Alice Dilley McMullen of Chicago, Illinois; three nieces, Mrs. Herbert Hyman of New York City, Mrs. George Whalen of Pittsburgh and Sally Straight of Smethport; one nephew, Abner Martin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. F. C. House, pastor of the Smethport Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.
The Smethport Band attended the funeral in a body and the following members of the musical organization acted as pallbearers: E. H. Southwick, Fred Anderson, Fred Burlingame, Alford Bush, W. I. Burdick and A. E. Quirk.
Burial was in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery.
*Mrs. Emma Jamison Dilly
Source: McKean County Democrat (Smethport, Pennsylvania), 21 October 1937, Vol. 62, No. 42, p. 1, col. 6.
John Chadwick Passed Away At Residence Here
Eminent Musician Survived His Wife By Only Two Weeks
John E. Chadwick, 76, eminent musician and one of Smethport’s best known and most respected citizens, passed away at his farm home on the Ormsby road at 4:00 o’clock last Friday morning.
Mr. Chadwick’s wife passed away on Sept. 30, just two weeks prior to her husband’s death. Mr. Chadwick had been in poor health for a long time and grief over the loss of his beloved helpmate is believed to have hastened his demise.
Deceased was born in Smethport on Feb. 6, 1861, a son of J.R. and Nettie Wright Chadwick. Mr. Chadwick’s grandfather, Richard Chadwick, was one of this section’s pioneer settlers, coming from New Jersey to North Creek, Cameron county, with his parents in 1811.
J.R. Chadwick settled in McKean county and became a prominent citizen. He was named superintendent of the county home in 1887.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the local schools and displayed marked musical talents early in life. He entered the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., one of the finest schools of its kind in the world, after taking a two-year course at the Gorton Conservatory of Music in Friendship, N.Y., the home of the famous old-time Gorton’s Minstrels.
Mr. Chadwick took an extended course in musical composition, piano and cornet at the New England Conservatory, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Music. He was fully qualified to become a concert pianist but did not care for that type of career. Instead, he accepted a position with Vreeland’s Minstrels, one of the noted organizations of its kind in the country, and was featured as cornet soloist for two years.
Mr. Chadwick never enjoyed robust health and, in addition, was a gentleman of quiet, unassuming nature – a real gentleman of the old school. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Rachael Jamieson Dilly [sic] in Butler county in 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick took up their residence on the Ormsby road on a farm adjacent to the homestead owned by his father.
His love for music caused Mr. Chadwick to assume leadership of the old Smethport Band and in 1908 he organized and trained a splendid Odd Fellows’ Band here. In recent years he devoted a great deal of time to training young musicians, whose accomplishments were always a source of great enjoyment to the teacher.
Mr. Chadwick was engaged as a piano tuner here for many years and was recognized as a master of the exacting technique required by the work.
Surviving are one stepdaughter, Mrs. Alice Dilley McMullen of Chicago, Illinois; three nieces, Mrs. Herbert Hyman of New York City, Mrs. George Whalen of Pittsburgh and Sally Straight of Smethport; one nephew, Abner Martin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. F. C. House, pastor of the Smethport Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.
The Smethport Band attended the funeral in a body and the following members of the musical organization acted as pallbearers: E. H. Southwick, Fred Anderson, Fred Burlingame, Alford Bush, W. I. Burdick and A. E. Quirk.
Burial was in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery.
*Mrs. Emma Jamison Dilly
Source: McKean County Democrat (Smethport, Pennsylvania), 21 October 1937, Vol. 62, No. 42, p. 1, col. 6.
Eminent Musician Survived His Wife By Only Two Weeks
John E. Chadwick, 76, eminent musician and one of Smethport’s best known and most respected citizens, passed away at his farm home on the Ormsby road at 4:00 o’clock last Friday morning.
Mr. Chadwick’s wife passed away on Sept. 30, just two weeks prior to her husband’s death. Mr. Chadwick had been in poor health for a long time and grief over the loss of his beloved helpmate is believed to have hastened his demise.
Deceased was born in Smethport on Feb. 6, 1861, a son of J.R. and Nettie Wright Chadwick. Mr. Chadwick’s grandfather, Richard Chadwick, was one of this section’s pioneer settlers, coming from New Jersey to North Creek, Cameron county, with his parents in 1811.
J.R. Chadwick settled in McKean county and became a prominent citizen. He was named superintendent of the county home in 1887.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the local schools and displayed marked musical talents early in life. He entered the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., one of the finest schools of its kind in the world, after taking a two-year course at the Gorton Conservatory of Music in Friendship, N.Y., the home of the famous old-time Gorton’s Minstrels.
Mr. Chadwick took an extended course in musical composition, piano and cornet at the New England Conservatory, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Music. He was fully qualified to become a concert pianist but did not care for that type of career. Instead, he accepted a position with Vreeland’s Minstrels, one of the noted organizations of its kind in the country, and was featured as cornet soloist for two years.
Mr. Chadwick never enjoyed robust health and, in addition, was a gentleman of quiet, unassuming nature – a real gentleman of the old school. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Rachael Jamieson Dilly [sic] in Butler county in 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick took up their residence on the Ormsby road on a farm adjacent to the homestead owned by his father.
His love for music caused Mr. Chadwick to assume leadership of the old Smethport Band and in 1908 he organized and trained a splendid Odd Fellows’ Band here. In recent years he devoted a great deal of time to training young musicians, whose accomplishments were always a source of great enjoyment to the teacher.
Mr. Chadwick was engaged as a piano tuner here for many years and was recognized as a master of the exacting technique required by the work.
Surviving are one stepdaughter, Mrs. Alice Dilley McMullen of Chicago, Illinois; three nieces, Mrs. Herbert Hyman of New York City, Mrs. George Whalen of Pittsburgh and Sally Straight of Smethport; one nephew, Abner Martin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. F. C. House, pastor of the Smethport Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.
The Smethport Band attended the funeral in a body and the following members of the musical organization acted as pallbearers: E. H. Southwick, Fred Anderson, Fred Burlingame, Alford Bush, W. I. Burdick and A. E. Quirk.
Burial was in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery.
*Mrs. Emma Jamison Dilly
Source: McKean County Democrat (Smethport, Pennsylvania), 21 October 1937, Vol. 62, No. 42, p. 1, col. 6.
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