Bill Hodges was born in Sherburne on Reynolds Road, west of Sherburne on February 25, 1938, at the home of Edsall Reynolds, his grandfather. His parents were Donald K Hodges and Anna Irene Reynolds, who lived in Ogdensburg at the time. As a young man Bill also lived in Lyons,Tupper Lake and Syracuse before he came […]
The recipient of the 2010 award is Peggy O’Connor, who spends her days behind the counter at the Sherburne Post Office, answering related questions to her work. Being Irish, she always has a smiling face and knows most people by name when they come to pick up their mail or send a letter or package. […]
HARRY WAYNE CONLEY was born Feb 19, 1929 to John A Conley and Irene Wells Conley. His mother died when he was three days old and he was raised by his grandparents, Harry G and Esther Wells. He grew up in their home onCushman Avein Earlville, a dead-end street which had two houses but he was in […]
The fifth annual Sherburne Citizen of the Year for 2008 was Jim Webb. He was the fourth generation of the Webb family to be in business in the area. In the spring of 2005 local businessman, Jim Webb stepped forward with an offer of the log cabin at Historic Park. Many of Sherburne’s citizens volunteered […]
Rose is delighted to be able to trace her ancestry back to the earliest history of this area. She has a full, historic ancestral background, with several proven lineages back to the Revolutionary War, and to the Wing Family before then. Smyrna, known as the eighth township of the Governor’s Purchase, or Chenango’s Twenty Townships, was […]
John and Betty McDaniel are one and the same with the Sherburne News, so their story must start with a little history about our local weekly newspaper, which has been in the same family since 1881, when John H. O’Brien was the editor. He was also the village clerk and trustee and went on to become […]
We honored William ‘Bill’ Kehoe for the 2004 Citizens of the Year Award for his many accomplishments and generosity to the residents of Sherburne for many years. Let’s look back from whence he came. Bill’s grandfather, Andrew Kehoe came from Ireland and lived with Thomas Mulligan and his family until he was married to Mary Anna […]
When this award program first started in the fall of 2004, we were a small group organized as the Sherburne Historic Park Society that same year. This was one of our first items we initiated and it has grown each year, with many well-deserved recipients honored. The idea was brought up to give the late Howard […]