Marriages (October 1)

Mr. Grandville J. Fisher of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Sophronia D. Herrick of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage Wednesday, February 1, at the Baptist manse, Rev. H.T. Hill officiating.  After the ceremony the happy couple left on the 3:18 train for Albany and other places.  On their return they will make their home at Afton.  Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have many friends who will unite in extending best wishes.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 2, 1911]

 

Mr. Edward Loomis and wife, whose maiden name was Cynthia Ann Ireland, were given a pleasant surprise on Friday, February 17th, it being their fiftieth wedding anniversary.  About thirty people were present including their four sons and their families.  The friends gathered at the home about 10:30 a.m. and spent some time in quiet, pleasant visiting.  At about one o'clock the company were invited to sit down to tables well filled with all good things.  After the bountiful repast, hymns and popular songs were sung and a little pleasantry in the way of speech making was indulged in.  An appropriate poem was red by Mrs. C.F. Bentley.  A few tokens of love and respect were bestowed in the way of material gifts.  At about 4 p.m. the friends departed, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Loomis still many a happy day.  This happy couple whom their friends delighted to honor have always lived practically in the community of their present home near Union Valley and have the respect and love of a very large circle of friends.  For about two years Mr. Loomis has been greatly afflicted in body and much of the time unable to help himself to any great extent, necessitating much care and attention on the part of Mrs. Loomis, which has been most faithfully bestowed.  His condition made it practically impossible to invite in the large number of relatives and friends who would gladly have been present.  In spite of his bodily infirmity Mr. Loomis was in excellent spirits and the honored couple enjoyed the day and occasion most heartily.  We trust their days may yet be many and crowned with precious blessings.  [Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 2, 1911]

 

Miss Muriel Briggs, 412 Riverside Drive, Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], will be married May 1 to Robert Bushey, son of Paul F. Bushey of Shelby, Ohio.  Miss Briggs is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William DeLong of Deposit [Broome Co., NY].  [LMD notation:  1948]

 

Miss Muriel Briggs

 

Starr Smith and Miss Eva Hazen, both of Yaleville [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage, Wednesday, January 1, 1896, in Afton by the Rev. B.B. Carruth.  The couple left immediately for Jackson, Pa., and will visit other places before returning.  The bride has been the secretary of the Bainbridge Grange for a number of terms, filling the office with credit, and all join in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Smith a long and happy life.

 

Some forty of the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. F.T. Seeley gave to them a surprise upon their eleventh wedding anniversary, Tuesday, Jan. 24th, 1888.  The guests were sumptuously entertained and the inner man was abundantly refreshed.  Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Seeley were presented with an elegant, velvet, Brussels couch, black walnut rocker, and other gifts, Rev. H.B. Cook, in a neat and appropriate speech, making the presentation.  Mr. and Mrs. Seeley both responded, and expressed their pleasure at seeing so many of their old friends, unexpected though it was, and thanking them for their gifts, which spoke volumes more than they could express of cemented friendship. 

 

There was a very pleasant gathering of invited guests at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. VanBuren Mowry, in this town, on the evening of March 2d, to witness the marriage of Miss Ella, their only daughter, to Mr. Wilmot L. Carrington, where a most bountiful repast with mirth and merriment ruled the hour.  The groom, a young gentleman of excellent business habits and high social position of Auburn, has certainly shown good sense in first paying his address to one of the Oxford's best young women, and was warmly congratulated on the success of his suit.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Bradford, and the presents bestowed on the occasion were numerous, elegant and useful.