Marriages (January 14)

WOODS - DRAKE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 19th, by Rev. J.W. Mevis, Mr. Theodore Woods and Miss Ellen Drake, all of Oxford. 

 

Married, Dec. 26, 1889, at 7:30 p.m., at the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Woods, by Rev. Mr. Cooper, Mr. Anson Hoyt and  Miss Etta Woods, all of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

WOODS - SHAPLEY:  At the Baptist parsonage, West Bainbridge, July 4, 1895, by Rev. F.E. Benjamin, Isaac Woods and Miss Mattie Shapley, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. 

 

Mr. Woods of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Cora Hubbard were married Dec. 24th.  [1895]

 

CRONK - CASHMAN:  In Oxford, March 21, 1895, by Rev. Wm. Frisby, Charles O. Cronk and Fannie R. Cashman, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shapley celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage Wednesday Oct. 14th.  About eighty guests were present, although some were detained on account of the storm.  Among the presents received as mementoes of the occasion, was a chair, two water sets, a tea and dinner set, besides various pieces of silver, china and glassware.  [1895]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Bentley were agreeably surprised Tuesday afternoon by the appearance of fully 65 relatives and friends at their residence at the corner of Johnson and North Main streets [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  It was the nineteenth anniversary of their marriage they came to celebrate and it was done in a royally style, many coming from Guilford and West Bainbridge.  A very fine supper was served and a pleasant time enjoyed until late in the evening.  The crowning event of the occasion was the presentation of an elegantly decorated China dinner set, Rev. E. Kilpatrick making a presentation speech.  Mr. and Mrs. Bentley also received a number of other presents.  [Jan. 14, 1896]

 

On Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith occurred the wedding of Miss Mildred to Alvin Johnson, son of Mrs. Nettie Johnson of Cooperstown by the Rev. M.L. Yates.  Miss Gladys Jones attended the bride, John McMoon was best man. Besides relatives of the two families, guests from out of town were Supt. Miss Marletta Newell and nine nurses from the M.I.D. hospital at Cooperstown of which the bride is a graduate nurse.  the bridegroom is assistant postmaster at Cooperstown.  After the wedding supper the bridal couple left for a trip to Niagara Falls, upon returning they will reside in Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 22, 1923]

 

A very pretty home wedding was solemnized Saturday evening at nine o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ida Hutchinson, when her youngest daughter, Miss Pearl King, was united in marriage to Earl Carter of Afton, by Rev. Ira L. Brunson of Oxford.  The bride wore a midnight blue silk crepe, and was attended by her sisters, Mrs. Harry Withie and Mrs. Louis Lanfair, and niece of the groom, Miss Beatrice Carter.  Dewey King, the bride's brother, was best man.  Following the ceremony a reception was held and a buffet luncheon was served....The bridal couple will reside on a farm, two miles below Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 29, 1923]

 

A pretty Christmas wedding was solemnized Tuesday at one o'clock at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hendrickson, when Gladys, their only daughter, was united in marriage with Wayne Thomson of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] by Rev Roswell B. Whitman.  The bride and groom stood beneath an arch of evergreens from which was suspended red hearts trimmed in roses. The bride wore a gown of electric blue tricosham and was attended by Mrs. Henrietta Thomson.  Walter Hendrickson, brother of the bride was best man.  The groom was a veteran of the late war having served overseas.  After an elaborate wedding dinner, the bridal party left for Binghamton where they will visit relatives, upon their return they will make their home in Bainbridge.  Beside relatives of the bride and groom the other guests were Rev. R.B. Whitman and Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne. [Bainbridge Republican, Dec. 27, 1923]

 

Miss Ethel Johnson of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] and Anthony Schmidt of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] were married Thursday, Nov. 22, at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. R.B. Whitman.  They were attended by the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Masonville.   The bridal couple will reside at Franklin.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 29, 1923]