Marriages (January 11)

Banner - Coats

Bainbridge Republican, June 22, 1916

 

Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride, Mr. Arthur C Banner and Miss Mabel Coats were married, Rev. AH. Merrill officiating.  They were attended by Miss Evarene Coats, a sister of the bride, and Mr. Edgar Banner, a brother of the bridegroom.  Mr. Banner is a member of Company H New York Volunteers, and has gone with his company to Camp Beckman where orders to proceed to the Mexican border are expected soon. 

 

Secor - Keech

Bainbridge Republican, July 13, 1916

 

Afton [Chenango Co., NY]:  Married July 1st, Miss Otisena Keech of Afton and Mr. Merton D. Secor of Otego [Otsego Co., NY], at the M.E. parsonage, the Rev. I.L. Bronson officiating. 

 

Patterson - Grant

Bainbridge Republican, July 20, 1916

 

The home of Mrs. Nellie E Collar was the scene of a pretty wedding ceremony Wednesday at 12 PM, July 19, 1916.  Rev. Frank James united in matrimony Irving Patterson of New York City, and Miss Minnie May Grant, cousin of Mrs. Collar. After the ceremony the party sat down to a delightful dinner prepared and served by Mrs. Collar.  The bridal couple left by auto for Sidney and New York.

 

Ward - Wideman

Bainbridge Republican, August 3, 1916

 

On last Saturday, July 29, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, the marriage of Charles Ward of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Mary Wideman of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], was solemnized by the Rev. C.R. Hickok at the M.E. parsonage at Sidney.  The groom, Mr. Ward, is employed by the John Wildt Evaporating milk Co. as night engineer.  He is an industrious young man and well liked by his numerous friends. The bride, Mrs. Ward, is a charming young lady.  The many friends of the young people wish them happiness and bountiful success.  They will make their home in Bainbridge.

 

Hitt - Curtis

The Norwich Sun, October 23, 1918

 

Word was received in Norwich Wednesday morning of the marriage of Mrs. Ada Brooks Curtis and Clarence R. Hitt, both of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  The ceremony, which took place on October 22, will be followed by a brief wedding trip to Boston, Mass.  The congratulations of many Norwich friends are extended to both Mr. and Mrs. Hitt.  They will return to Norwich to reside as Mr. Hitt assumes the proprietorship of the Eagle Hotel on November 1.

 

Mr. & Mrs. A.B. Kirkland

60th Wedding Anniversary

The Norwich Sun, October 30, 1928

On October 23, 1928 Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Kirkland of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage at the nearby home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Ireland and Mrs. J.H. Bartholf had prepared a pleasant surprise for them.  Here they were greeted by their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces and the three sisters of the eighty-one year old bride.  After the bride and groom of sixty years were seated at the head of the table, Mrs. Hobart Benjamin led in the singing of "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" and a delicious chicken dinner was served and the wedding cake was set before the bride who was reluctant to mar its beauty with a knife.  After dinner the company assembled in the living room and Mrs. Addie Withey, eighty-six year old sister of the bride assisted in the presentation of gifts and remembrances which were greatly enjoyed and appreciated as were the many which came in the mail.  Time passed pleasantly in song, chat and friendly argument and Mrs. Benjamin sang as a final number "The End of a Perfect Day."

 

Times have changed since Abram Seymour Kirkland and Harriet Benjamin were married at Morris [Otsego Co., NY] sixty years ago [1868] and started on their wedding journey to Steuben county by railroad and stagecoach, returning on the Chenango canal to Norwich, as recalled by the eighty-three year old groom.  [They] really ought to have a ride in an airplane today.  Many of the visitors called on Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland in their own home where they live quietly and happily with their garden and chickens which keep Mr. Kirkland busy when he is not reading or assisting his wife about the house.  His newspapers and periodicals testify to his keen interest in world affairs.  his memory is good and his opinions worth while.

 

Among the guests present were:  Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Bartholf, Howard Bartholf and Harold Hoyt of Sidney;  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Kirkland, Irene, Fred and Ward Kirkland of Bainbridge; Mr. and Mrs. Olin Kirkland of Sherburne Four Corners; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Withey and son, Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Driscoll and son, Vedder, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McGee and little Phyllis Kolb of Utica; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warner of New Berlin; Mrs. Addie Withey, Miss Carrie Benington, Mrs. Vinney Lewis, Mrs. Edward Carr, Mrs. Samuel Benjamin, Mrs. William Benjamin and son, Bernard, and Mrs. Hobart Benjamin and son, LeGrand of Morris.