Marriages (January 17)

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mr. George Grant and Miss Alice M. Stowell were married yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, at the residence of the bride's father, N.B. Stowell, Esq.  The happy pair took the train East on their wedding tour.  [Chenango Union, Jan. 13, 1881]

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mr. George Jay, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], and Miss Nettie Caswell were married at St. Ann's Church in the evening.  A reception and supper immediately after the ceremony at the residence of the bride's father, N.R. Caswell, Esq., was as it was intended to be, a very brilliant affair.  Carpets were laid from the front entrance of the residence to the sidewalk, and the sidewalk was also carpeted.  The bride was the recipient of many valuable gifts.  The tables fairly groaned under the weight of turkey and other goodies.  It all passed off quietly and in good order.  [Chenango Union,  Jan. 13, 1881]

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  One of those pleasant gatherings which add to the interest and pleasure of all who are intimately concerned, and especially to the contracting parties, was held at the residence of Mr. Joseph Esterbrooks, on Sunday afternoon last.  A number of the elite of the village--among them Miss Phebe Yale, Miss Anna Heidley, Mrs. France, Mr. and Mrs. B.I. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Butler, and others of Bainbridge, besides a large number of friends of the bride and groom from out of town, were present and witnessed the marriage ceremony of Charles Sherwood, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Anna Esterbrooks, daughter of the above mentioned.  They were joined together by Rev. Mr. Wheeler, at precisely 3 o'clock, after which a sumptuous repast was served.  Several very handsome presents were made the happy pair, and after congratulations and well wishes for their future happiness had been extended, the company separated to their several homes.  We had almost forgot to mention the bride's dress, and you don't catch me trying to describe it, but one who was present, says that it was "perfectly lovely," and had all the usual ornaments peculiar to the bride.  May they live long and prosper.  [Chenango Union, Jan. 15, 1880]

 

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  On February 14th at 6 o'clock the marriage of James M. Horton and Mrs. Flora M.D. Eggleston was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Mead.  Rev. W.S. York performed the ceremony.  The wedding was private, only Mrs. Ransom Ives and Mrs. York being present.  Immediately after the wedding the happy couple left on a trip for Walton amid a shower of confetti.  The groom is a prosperous Guilford farmer and the bride is well known in this place having been born and raised in Guilford.  Sometime ago she came from Cazenovia and purchased a home on Main street intending to make her home here. the couple will be at home to their friends on April 1st.  All unite in wishing them prosperity and lots of success in their journey through life together.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 21, 1924]

Miss Hannah Pine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Pine of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] and John H. Curtis of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], were married at Johnson City Saturday, February 16th.  Mr. and Mrs. Curtis left on a wedding trip for New York from where they will take a boat trip covering about 8000 miles down the Atlantic coast through the Panama Canal to Los Angeles returning overland visiting the Grand Cannon and other points of interest enroute, arriving at their home in Rockdale about April first.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 21, 1924]