Marriages (July 24)

Miss Vera Jean Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of First Class Private Joseph W. Hover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Hover, of 3 Jefferson avenue, Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], last night, at the Elm Park Methodist Church, with the Rev. Paul Hulslander performing the ceremony.  The bride, a graduate of Afton High School, is now a cadet nurse at the Rose City Hospital.  Private Hover, after spending 30 months in the South Pacific area, will report to a camp in North Carolina for reassignment.  Miss Frances Meek of Bainbridge, was the maid of honor and Miss Kathryn Ostrander, of Sidney, was bridesmaid.  The best man was Thomas Spencer, of Oneonta, a former co-worker of the bridegroom at the Scintilla plant in Sidney.  Those attending the wedding included the brides' parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of Afton, and the bride's aunt, Miss Kittie Ellis, of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944]

 

Miss Emily Husted, daughter of Mrs. Lawrence Riveas, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], and Dominic Spinelli, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spinelli, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], were married in a double ring ceremony Thursday morning, June 29, in Sacred Heart Church, Sidney, by the Rev. John Kavanaugh.  A wedding reception and breakfast was served at Hotel DeCumber following the ceremony.  The bride, a graduate of Oxford Academy and Hartwick College, Oneonta, is a teacher of Latin and social studies in Laurens [Otsego Co., NY].  Mr. Spinelli is a graduate of Sidney High School and is now employed in the assembly department of the Scintilla.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944]

 

Mrs. Irene Johnston St. John, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett R. Johnston, Walton [Delaware Co., NY], and Bernard Johnson, of Plainfield [NJ], were married Saturday, July 1, in the Congregational Church at Walton by the Rev. Harry H. Bergen, pastor of the church.  The only guests present were the immediate family of the bride.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Tuesday for Plainfield, N.J., where they will reside for the present.  Mrs. Johnson is well known in Walton and in recent years has been an instructor in the state school at Rome.  Mr. Johnson is an engineer and at present is employed in a shipyard at Dunellen, N.J.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944]

 

Private James A. Furgason, of Sidney Center [Delaware Co., NY], and Miss Iona Neer, of Merrickville [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage Sunday afternoon by the Rev. John Edwin Price at the Price home in Sidney Center. They left for a short honeymoon trip following the ceremony.  The groom, stationed for the past 20 months in Panama, left on Friday for North Carolina following a 21-day furlough.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944]

 

Miss Ruth Cooney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cooney, became the bride Wednesday of 1st Lt. Donald C.McKnown, son of Mr. and Mr. John McKown, of Franklin, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Syracuse. The Rev. Frederick Ellerman, pastor, who officiated at the wedding of the bride's father and mother 24 years ago, performed the ceremony.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 13, 1944]

 

ORWEN - MORTON:  At the residence of the bride's parents, in Bainbridge, Jan. 9, 1876, by Rev. D.C. Haynes, Mr. John Orwen, of North Sanford [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Minnie E. Morton, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. 

 

Under the proper head in these columns will be found the marriage notice of Mr. John Orwen, of North Sanford [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Minnie E. Morton, of this town [Bainbridge, NY].  Mr. Orwen is a gentleman past seventy-eight summers, a wealthy farmer, and is said to have presented his bride, who is yet in her teens, a handsome wedding gift.  The groom felt very happy on the following day, and when he handed us some very choice wedding cake, and thanked us for previous notice, we thought him as jovial as "most of the boys."  We are sorry to say though, that the cake we did not have the pleasure of testing as to its quality.  We put it away in the desk at night, but in the morning, behold our devil had "made way with it." [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 15, 1876]

 

The old Story Repeated--In January last a wealthy Broome county farmer, seventy-eight years old married a young lady of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], over whose head but seventeen summers had passed. An interesting feature of the wedding was a cash gift of $5,000 from the groom to the bride.  Now the bride of five months is advertised as having left the bed and board of her venerable companion "without just cause or provocation," and he forbids all persons from harboring or trusting her on his account, as he pays no debts of her contracting.  It is but the old story too often repeated of unfortunate marital connections between January and May.--port Jervis Union.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 17, 1876]

 

Marriage Notices - Bainbridge Republican, Mar. 11, 1876

 

WHEELER - HUNT:  In Coventry, March 7th, 1876, in the Congregational Church, by Rev. G.D. Horton, Mr. Erwin H. Wheeler, to Miss Libbie C., daughter of Mr. N.G. Hunt, all of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

 

HUNT - CALKINS:  In Coventry, March 7th, 1876, in the Congregational Church, by Rev. G.D. Horton, Mr. David N. Hunt to Miss Eloise, daughter of Mr. H.H. Calkins, all of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]

 

BENNETT - WOODS:  In Coventryville, Feb. 23d, 1876, by Rev. G.D. Horton, Mr. Seth Bennett, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Huldah M. Woods of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]