Obituary:
"Many deaths have taken place in Bainbridge [Chenango County, New York] within the past year but none have been more sad or occasioned more universal regret throughout the community than has the passing of the spirit of pretty Nellie Curlhair, at 5 o'clock, Saturday morning, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Curlhair. The daughter was fifteen years old and was a pupil in the High School, prosecuting her studies with rapid advance, her health being ordinarily good, until Sunday evening, one week ago, upon her return from church, alarming symptoms of illness began to develop which very soon determined peritonitis in its worst form baffling the skill of physicians and the care of friends. Miss Nellie was a beautiful girl, all that was loveable and sweet in her home, her sunny temperament being a perpetual ray of sunshine which cast its gleams wherever she moved. In school she was a favorite and notwithstanding her studious habits she enjoyed the pleasures of companionship. Her merry jests and joyous laughter were frequently heard but under the surface was a thoughtful religious sentiment that had a gentle influence over her young friends. She had an exalted love for all the ordinances of her church - the Methodist church - and to participate in its services was her greatest joy. She was a member of the Sunday school, the Epworth League, and a few weeks ago was taken into full membership of the church. The crossing of the river of death had no terrors for Nellie and she left her friends murmuring "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!'The light of her young life went down, As sinks behind the hill, The glory of a setting star - Clear, suddenly, and still.' The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the audience room being filled to the doors with sympathetic friends. The address of the pastor, Rev. C.H. Sackett, was affecting in its pathos, tender appreciation of the deceased, and words of consolation offered to the bereaved family. The casket was surrounded with a wealth of flowers in various forms. Among them were offerings from the High School, the Epworth League, Roberts Hose Co. and Creamery. The burial was in Green Lawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, New York]."

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