Marriages (January 17)

Medbury - Thurston

Utica Saturday Globe, 1912

 

George William & Effie C. (Thurston) Medbury

George William Medbury, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Effie C Thurston, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.S Thurston, Wednesday, November 28, at 9:30 a.m.  Rev. C.C. Vrooman, pastor of the M.E. Church of Guilford, performed the ceremony, only the immediate relatives being present.  Mr. and Mrs. Medbury left New Berlin Junction on the 11:20 train for New York city.  They will also visit Paterson, N.J. and Scranton, Pa.  The young couple are well known and their many friends extend heartiest congratulations.

 

Thompson - Fitch

Chenango Union, September 13, 1906

Otis A. Thompson, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Theresa Nora [Fitch], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Fitch, of Rochester [Monroe Co., NY], were married at the home of the bride on Tuesday, September 4, 1906, Rev. H.C. Peepels, officiating.  After October 1, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson will be at home to their friends at No. 16 Conkey avenue.  The bride was a former resident of Norwich and has many friends here. The groom has been employed in the Chenango National Bank for a number of years and a few weeks ago was elected teller.  He is clerk of the Congregational church, one of the directors of the Y.M.C.A. and active in the religious work of the village.

 

Hadsell - Hall

Chenango Union, September 13, 1906

At the Foote homestead on Cortland street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday evening, under an arch of clematis and green foliage, in the east parlor where her mother stood as a bride, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hall was married to Mr. Porter R. Hadsell, of Worcester, N.Y. [Otsego Co., NY].  The ceremony was performed at eight o'clock, by Rev. Daniel W. Dexter, pastor of the First Congregational church, in the presence of about 100 relatives and friends.  The bride received her own guests, assisted by the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Foote, of Binghamton, and Miss Margaret Foote, of Orange, N.J.; and at the altar was attended by her nephew, master Donald Hall, as ring bearer and master Henry Donaldson, as page. The bridal gown was of embroidered Persian Lawn and the bridal bouquet of white bride's rose buds.  As the final word of the benediction was pronounced a cornucopia of confetti, concealed above the arch, was overturned and while the bride and groom were receiving the congratulations of their friends the bright colored tokens of love and best wishes showered upon them. A wedding luncheon was served in the dining room, which was decorated, in white and green.  Miss Hickey catered and Miss Parsons, of Earlville, Miss Buell of Earlville, and Misses Mitchell and Christenson, of Norwich assisted in the dining room. A large number of friends escorted the bridal couple to the Lackawanna station and saw them safely on their wedding trip.  The bride is the only daughter of the late Henry C. and Amelia Foote Hall and has lived the greater part of her life in Norwich. She was educated at Norwich High School and Mt. Holyoke college and for a few years taught at Earlville, Sherburne and Worcester.  After the death of her mother she returned to Norwich ot make a home for her widowed brother,  Harry C Hall and since his death has devoted herself tenderly to the care of his only son, Donald.  For the past year she has held an important clerkship in the Norwich post office. She is a member of the First Congregational church and has been president of the King's Daughters circle of that church, and active in the Sunday school.  She is a member of the local Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Schenevus Chapter, Order of the Easter Star.  Her circle of acquaintances in Norwich is very large and the love and best wishes of all her friends follow her to her new home, whither she also takes many handsome and substantial tokens of esteem and affection.  The groom is a contractor and builder and lumber manufacturer, at Worcester and is prominent in social and Masonic circles in that vicinity.