The Execution of Mary Antone - 1813

The Execution of Mary Antone

Madison County Leader and Observer, May 26, 1910

There are but meagre references in the county's records of the murder committed by Mary Antone, her trial and the execution which followed.  All conversant with the county's early history are aware that this young squaw was a daughter of the notorious Indian outlaw, Abraham Antone.

 

The crime for which Mary paid her life was committed near Hamilton village [Madison Co., NY] about 1813, her victim being an Indian girl whose name is not given.  It appears that a party of roaming Indians and consisting of members of the Oneida and Stockbridge tribes, were in the habit of making tours through this section annually, and on one of them they were camped on a farm owned by J.D. Smith, near the village of Hamilton.  There were about 70 in the party and seven large wigwams had been erected in which they lived and conducted their pursuits of basket making, selling their wares, including trinkets of bead work, etc., to the surrounding populace.

 

The young squaw of whom Mary had a vindictive hatred was said to be good looking and of a fine form, but was referred to  by many of the party as "no good."  It is said the girl in question was endeavoring to captivate Mary's Indian, a young member of the Stockbridge tribe, and to whom Mary had been married for some time through the Indian form.  One day while the young girl was industriously working upon a basket, Mary stole quietly upon her and suddenly struck the startled girl in the right side with a knife repeating the blow six times with great rapidity.  Her victim's death was almost instant and the fleet-footed assassin fled to the woods near by and tried to conceal herself.  A party of officers were soon in pursuit and one William White, a deputy sheriff of Hamilton, finally found and arrested her.  When found she was curled up beside a large log like a wild animal. She appeared to be defiant and showed a proud bearing, manifesting marked indifference as to her fate, and declared that if she had not accomplished the girl's death at that particular time she would have later on.  She also said:  "She got away my Indian and deserved to die."

 

Mary was placed in irons and put under guard at Howard's hotel in the village of Hamilton after the jury attending the inquest had completed its investigation.  The jury at the inquest was composed of Gen. Nathaniel king, Daniel Smith, Elisha Payne, Azel Tinney, Jabin Armstrong and Samuel Payne. The jury found against her and she was taken to the Whitestown jail and kept until the time for her trial.  There was considerable excitement manifested by the Indians during the inquest and Abraham Antone, her father and who had been a member of the party in the camp when the murder took place, contended that the white people should have no hand in the matter, but that it should be left to the tribes to adjust according to their own laws and customs.  John Jacobs, an Indian who was the principal witness against Mary and who was most active in accruing her arrest, was forever afterwards the object of her father's hatred, and a few years later was killed by the revengeful old savage, for which crime he himself also suffered the death penalty.

 

The county seat proper was located in Cazenovia in 1810 and a court house was built there soon after, but no jail had bee provided.  A term of the Madison county, Oyer an dTerminer was convened there on June 27, 1814, the following being the judges present:  Hon. Jonas Platt, justice of Supreme court; Peter Smith, first judge of Madison county Common Pleas; William Hopkins and Jonas Fay, assistant judges.  The trial of May Antone for murder was called June 28th.  It is supposed that Daniel Kellogg conducted the prosecution, he having been appointed attorney in 1809, which office he held until 1816.  No mention is made of who conducted the defense, and the names of the grand jury who indicted her are not given. The trial jurors sworn in the case were:  Reuben Bryan, Artemus Inman, Glover Short, Jesse Taylor, Samuel Chubbuck, Shaler Filer, Isaac Morton, Eliab Perkins, Jason Leason, Nathan Smith, Ruggles Payne and Russel Barker, Jr.

 

Six witnesses were sworn for the prosecution and three for the accused.  The trial lasted but a day and the jury brought in a verdict against the prisoner of willful murder in the first degree.  Accordingly Mary was sentenced to death by hanging, the execution to take place on September 30, 1814, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon in the village of Peterboro. The sentence was carried out on that date and was made a public affair.  The gallows was erected on the flat due west from where the grist mill then stood and some twelve or fifteen rods from the channel of the creek.  The militia was called into service by Captain Daniel Petrie of that village, fearing that the Indian followers of her father might make trouble by interrupting the authorities in carrying out the sentence, as the old warrior had threatened that he would certainly kill the man who hung Mary.  He had been heard to say, pointing at Sheriff Elisha Pratt, "Me kill him !  Me Kill him!"

 

On the morning of the execution, the Indians from Siloam and the northern section of the county came in large numbers, both male and female with their papooses, and with them were Abraham and his son.  Mary's father and brother were equipped and painted in warrior style, but they made no demonstration of hostility but appeared grim, restless and silent, moving along the brow of the ridge above the flat scanning the multitude assembled and the gallows with keen eyes. The hour for the execution came and with it Sheriff Pratt and Mary under guard.  They ascended the steps to the platform of the gallows and the noose was adjusted about her neck, then the sheriff sent for Abraham to come and take a last leave of his child. The grim old Indian came through the crowd and his sinewy form soon appeared upon the scaffold, and without moving a muscle of his stoical features he took the hand of his daughter and then turned silently away betraying neither a sign nor emotion. The trap was soon sprung and the body of its victim was left dangling between heaven and earth and thus she had paid the penalty of her crime.

 

Antone, it is said, later tried on several times to kill the sheriff but failed in the attempts, and the latter soon settled up his business affairs and moved into the then far West.

 

M.M. Foote - May 24, 1910

 

 

Obituaries (May 27)

Ada M. (Pangborn) Irons

Chenango Union, October 25, 1883

A fatal runaway accident occurred near Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY] on Saturday last.  While driving from Nelson Flats to that village, Mr. Taylor, a meat peddler, overtook Mrs. Thurlow Irons and daughter, who accepted  his invitation to ride.  The team became frightened by the raising of an umbrella, and ran, upsetting the wagon, and throwing the occupants into the ditch by the side of the road.  Mrs. Irons' skull was fractured, from the effects of which she died on Sunday.  The daughter and Mr. Taylor were slightly injured.  The funeral of Mrs. Irons was held on Tuesday, and was under the direction of the Grand Army Post of Cazenovia, Mr. Irons being a veteran of the 114th regiment. Deceased was a sister-in-law of Daniel W. Irons, of this village [Norwich, NY], who attended the funeral.

 

Charles S. Carpenter

Chenango Union, October 25, 1883

When we briefly announced last week, the illness at his father's home in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], of Charles S. Carpenter, of the Albany Argus editorial staff, we little thought we would so soon be called upon to chronicle his death, which occurred on Thursday last.  Deceased, when a lad, resided with his parents in this village ]Norwich, NY], and learned his trade in the office of the Telegraph.  His first venture in journalism was made in connection with the Oneonta Herald and Democrat, of which he was at one time proprietor, and for a long time manager and associate editor.  Afterwards he was connected with the Troy Whig, the Cobleskill Index, the Minneapolis  Tribune, and other journals.  His last position was on the staff of the Albany Argus, which he relinquished but a short time since, from failing health.  The cause of his sudden death was valvular disease of the heart.  Deceased is pleasantly remembered by many of our citizens.  He occupied a prominent position as a journalist, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of many friends, who sympathize with his surviving wife and daughter in their bereavement.

 

George D. Rockwell

Chenango Union, October 25, 1883

George D. Rockwell, son of Chester W. Rockwell, of Rockwell's Mills [Chenango Co., NY], died at the house of his father, on Wednesday morning, October 17th, at the early age of twenty-six years.  He was a young man of sterling worth, well known and respected throughout this section, and the news of his death has caused from all universal expressions of sincere regret. The announcement was not unexpected, however, and created little surprise among his friends, for it had been known for some time past that his disease, consumption, had so fastened itself upon him that he was beyond earthly help.  His condition had been critical for some time, and, although rallying occasionally, he had been gradually running down.  So when at five o'clock last Wednesday morning he quietly passed away "into the silent land," the loved ones surrounding his bedside were not unprepared for the blow.

 

Upon the character and life of George D. Rockwell it is unnecessary for the writer to make any extended eulogies.  Born and reared in the Unadilla Valley, his growth to manhood had been watched with pride and satisfaction by the many friends and associates who had been drawn to him by his social qualities and frank, genial disposition.  Several years ago he went to Oneonta, where he filled acceptably the position of Teller for the Wilber National Bank for some years, and was also Village Treasurer of that place.  He was married three years ago to Miss Mary Deitz, daughter of William Deitz, of Oneonta, who survives him.  After residing there about one year, he with his young wife removed to his boyhood home at Rockwell's Mills, and at once took an important part in the management of the extensive woolen mills owned by his father; but his residence there has been of brief duration.  Never of robust constitution, his health a few months ago began to fail, and his decline since has been gradual.

 

The funeral was attended from the old homestead at the Mills on Friday, at ten o'clock, A.M., that day being but one short of the third anniversary of the young man's wedding.  The large  house was filled, many being unable to gain entrance, by those who came from far and near to tender condolence to the afflicted wife and relatives, and pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of the dead. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Barber and Rev. Mr. Bradshaw. The remains were encased in a beautiful casket, and loving hands had contributed many appropriate floral offerings.  A beautiful wreath lay upon the center of the casket, and on a stand at the head was a magnificent bank of tube roses and small white flowers, embellished with the inscription inlaid in green, "With Christ,"  The remains were interred in the cemetery a short distance below Mt. Upton village [Chenango Co., NY], and as the large concourse of citizens left that sacred home of the dead, the one feeling pervaded all, that the loss was a common one, and that the life and influence of George d. Rockwell would not soon be forgotten.

 

Abraham Antone

The Register, Onondaga Hollow, NY, July 16, 1823

Abraham Antone, an Indian, and upwards of 80 years old, was convicted of the murder of John Jacobs, an Indian of the Stockbridge tribe, at the late Circuit in Madison county [NY], and sentenced to be hung on the 12th of Sept. next.

 

Norwich Journal, July 16, 1823

Abraham Antone, who was tried at the Late Circuit in Madison county [NY], for murder, was found guilty, and sentenced to be hung on the second Friday in September next.  The Hamilton paper states that he is in such a low state of health, that he will in all probability die before the day fo execution.

 

Norwich Journal, September 17, 1823

Abraham Antone was hung, at Morrisville (Mad. Co.) agreeably to his sentence on Friday last.  He is said to have met his fate without shrinking.  The number of spectators present was estimated by different people at from 10 to 30,000.  We shall probably learn the particular next week.

 

Norwich Journal, October 8, 1823

The unfortunate Antone, whose execution in this county [Madison Co., NY] has excited so much of the public attention, met his fate will all the coolness and manly fortitude of the Indian character.  His life paid the forfeit of his offence, and it is ungenerous to burthen his memory with the imputation of crimes he never committed.  We allude to a pamphlet purporting to be a narrative of his life as drawn from his own lips a short time before his execution, in which he is represented as voluntarily confessing himself the perpetrator of atrocities at which humanity shudders. We have the best reason to believe not only that Antone was not guilty of these crimes, but also that he never made the confession attributed to him.--If he did it was without the knowledge of those who had the care of his person--Hamilton Recorder.

 

 

 

Elopement at Greene - 1883

Elopement at Greene

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, November 3, 1883

The people of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] are unusually excited over an elopement in high life.  The eloping parties are Mrs. Augustus Gross, the wife of a highly respected and prominent citizen, who resided about two miles south of Greene village, and E.H. Converse of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].  The latter taught the winter school in that district last winter, and has always been a friend of the Gross family, and was frequently received at their house.  No suspicions, however, were ever entertained by anyone that there was undue intimacy between Mrs. Gross and himself.  Last Tuesday, week, Mrs. Gross left home, ostensibly for the purpose of paying a visit to friends in Oxford, and it was expected that she would go from there to Mt. Upton.  On taking the train at Greene, she there bid her husband and little boy, aged eight years, an affectionate farewell.  Mr. Gross' suspicions were aroused on Friday last, by receiving a letter from the Oxford friends enquiring why his wife had not visited them.  Then, on investigation, the husband found that all the family silver had disappeared, together with about $60 in cash.  It was ascertained that the wayward wife had gone through Oxford, on the D.L.&W. train, and proceeded as far as Poolville, where the up and down trains pass.  There she had taken the down train and proceeded to Binghamton, where she had met her paramour, and together they had fled to parts unknown.  It is thought that Converse had about $200 with him. 

From a statement made by Converse, previous to the elopement, it is supposed they have gone to Florida, although the chances are that their destination is in an opposite direction.   The deserted husband has the sympathy of all in his misfortune.

 

Discovered in Louisville

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 5, 1884

 

It will be remembered that some time last fall, a young man by the name of E.A. Converse, a resident of Coventry, eloped with the wife of Augustus Gross, of this town [Greene, NY].  Nothing was known of their whereabouts, until recently, when by a letter written by Mrs. Gross from Louisville, Ky., to her sister in Oxford, revealed her place of residence.  Mr. Gross becoming aware of this fact, at once started for Louisville.  Arriving at Louisville, and having the street and the number of the residence of the runaway couple, he laid the case before the authorities there, who detailed a detective to go with Mr. Gross to the house and learn the situation of affairs.  The detective entered the house, while Mr. Gross remained secreted outside.  The detective found Mrs. Gross in the third story of the house, engaged in preparing dinner for Converse, who was at work somewhere in the city.  He inquired her name, how long she had been married, and where she came from when she came to that city.  She answered that she was from New York State, and had been married to Converse about one year.  At this point the detective informed Mrs. Gross that he would call the chief in, and went out and shortly brought her husband into her presence.  Of course quite a scene followed.  Mrs. Gross expressed a willingness to return home with her husband, and relieved her agony of mind with a flood of tears.  Converse came upon the scene, and had some high words with the wronged husband, and it is said he showed fight.  Mr. Gross came home on Sunday last without his wife, and it is supposed that he only went to Louisville to get positive evidence that his wife was living with Converse, in order to procure a divorce--Greene American.

 

Marriage Notice

Chenango Union, March 12, 1885

 

GROSS - GROSS:  At Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], March 4th, by Rev. J. C. Barber, Mr. Lora Augustus Gross, to Mrs. Emma I. Gross, both of Greene.

 

Chenango Union, March 19, 1885

L. Augustus Gross of Greene, who two years since obtained a divorce from his wife, on account of domestic infelicity, was remarried to her at Mt. Upton, a few days since.

 

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Obituary - Lora Augustus Gross 

Norwich Sun, December 23, 1919

GROSS:  At Greene, Dec. 24, L.A. Gross aged 67 years. Burial will be made on Wednesday at Greene.

Greene:  Saturday evening about six o'clock a very sad accident occurred to L.A. Gross, a well known and highly regarded Greene citizen.  Mr. Gross was making a call on a sick neighbor as he had  a daily habit of doing, and when passing through the bathroom to the bedroom he opened the wrong door and fell headlong down the cellar stairs, striking his head very forcibly on the cement floor of the cellar.  Help was summoned at once and Dr. Chapin was called as soon as possible, and tried to alleviate his suffering.  It was to no avail, however, as the brain had been badly injured and death resulted about four o'clock Sunday afternoon.  Mr. Gross was 67 years of age, and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma I. Gross, a son, Robert J. Gross, a sister, Mrs. George Wylie, of McGraw and a brother, Cortland W. Gross, of Greene.  Mr. and Mrs. Gross had been living on a farm a few miles below this village until about four weeks ago they moved into the village into the Seeber house on South Chenango street which they had recently purchased. The sad death is a hard blow to his many friends in Greene and elsewhere.  The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at half past one at the home on South Chenango street.

[Note:  Mrs. Emma I. Gross died in April 1931.  Augustus and Emma Gross were buried in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene, NY]

Obituaries (May 26)

Charles Randall Dies

Cortland Standard, October 15, 1937

Homer [Cortland Co., NY]:  Charles Randall, 63, of the east road, died Friday night, October 8.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon and burial was at Preble [Cortland Co., NY].  He leaves his wife, Mrs. Martha Randall; three children, Merwyn Randall, Orley Randall, and Miss Marian Randall; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Record of Stittville and Mrs. William Congdon of Groton; and four brothers, Hart Randall of New Market, N.J., Fred Randall of Cuyler, Lee Randall of Cortland, and Herman Randall of Syracuse.

 

Truman Bassett

DeRuyter Gleaner, June 10, 1943

Truman Bassett, aged 83, for many years a resident on the Pleasant Ridge road died early Sunday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jennie McMillian, where with his wife, they had lived the past winter.  Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in this village Wednesday afternoon.  Burial in Valley View cemetery [South Otselic, Chenango Co., NY].  Funeral Director Clayton Heath of Cincinnatus having charge.

 

Grace Legg

Cortland Democrat, December 25, 1936

The funeral of Mrs. Grace Legg, whose death occurred at the Norwich hospital Monday, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Angell, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Burial was in Pitcher cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Legg is survived by three children, Asa of Afton, Dean of Cincinnatus, and Mrs. Alfred Rolls of Seventh Day Hollow; four sisters, Mrs. Elva Dickerson of Hamilton, Mrs. McCabe of Waterloo, Mrs. Etta Angell of South Otselic, and Esther Law of Pitcher; and two brothers, William Law of New jersey and Miner Law of Pitcher.

Gertrude Fletcher

1841 - 1909

Miss Gertrude Fletcher, who was for eight years principal of the River street school at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], died at the home of her sister, Mrs. H.C. Bedford, of 72 spruce street, yesterday morning, at 4:20 o'clock, after a lingering illness of 14 months from anemia.  Miss Fletcher was the daughter of the late Joseph and Susan Fletcher, and she was born at White Plains [Westchester Co., NY], but Bainbridge had been her home for many years.  She taught school for years and was for several years engaged at New Rochelle. She retired from the principalship of the River street school here about 17 years ago, since which time she has not taught.  During her last illness, she has been with the sister and she has been given tender care and kind ministration.  Miss Fletcher was a member of the Presbyterian church at Bainbridge and her's was a beautiful Christian character. She was a woman of tender sympathies and lived that she might be of help and assistance to others and many will mourn her death.  Among former pupils she was much esteemed.  She is survived by two brothers, Principal Walter J. Fletcher, of Jamestown, and Oscar Fletcher of Bainbridge, and three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Weller, of Bainbridge, Mrs. Sarah Ramsdell of Forestville, and Mrs. H. C. Bedford of Oneonta--Oneonta Star. The remains were brought to Bainbridge on the 1:30 p.m. train, Saturday, and taken to the residence of her sister, Mrs. Georgia Weller.  The funeral was held at 2:30 that afternoon, Rev. H.C. White officiating.  Interment was in Greenlawn [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].

Georgianna Doolittle Hovey

1861 - 1928

The funeral of Mrs. Georgianna Doolittle Hovey was held Thursday afternoon, December 13th, 1928 with a brief prayer at her late home on Searles Hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], and services in Union Valley Methodist Episcopal church of which she had been a very consistent member for forty-eight years.  Mrs. Hovey was born in the town of Colesville, Broome county, N.Y. June 23rd 1861 and was married to Willis A. Hovey, September 22nd 1880 at Susquehanna, Pa by C.H. Hayes.  She is survived by her husband, Mr. Willie A. Hovey and two sons, Paul, of Bainbridge, N.Y., and Rev. Luke W. Hovey, pastor of the Methodist church of Main, N.Y.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Colwell of Susquehanna, Pa.; one brother, Miles Doolittle of Hornell, N.Y.  Several nieces and nephews and grandchildren. The funeral service was conducted by her pastor Rev. H.S. Munyon, and a male quartette from Bainbridge sang two very appropriate hymns. There were many beautiful floral tributes that testified to the high esteem in which she was regarded.

Miles Salvin Hubbard

1853 - 1935

Miles S. Hubbard, well known farmer of the Bainbridge area [Chenango Co., NY], passed away Sunday afternoon at the Bainbridge Hospital.  Ten weeks ago Mr. Hubbard entered the hospital for surgical treatment as the result of burns which he received while burning rubbish at his home early in May. An amputation of the left foot above the ankle was made and for a time he seemed to be on the road to recovery.  However, a turn for the worse was noticeable last Thursday with his death resulting Sunday.  Mr. Hubbard was born in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on Jan. 30, 1853, the son of Edson and Orelia Fredenburg Hubbard.  On Feb. 16, 1881, he was united in marriage with Cora Ella Gilliland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gilliland, of Smithville, whose death occurred on Oct. 2, 1932.  Mr. Hubbard and family resided in the vicinity of Smithville and German until about 30 years ago, when they moved to the Brackett Lake region, west of this village.  He was considered one of this vicinity's best farmers, a man of sterling character, who was devoted to his family, and a large circle of friends regret his passing.  Surviving are two sons, William Hubbard, of Bainbridge, and Arthur Hubbard, of Herkimer; also five grandchildren, Lloyd, Lynn and Llewellyn, of Bainbridge, Mrs. Milliard Finch, of Herkimer, and Mrs. Charles Griswold, of Bainbridge.  A sister, Mrs. Margaret Pitsley, of Johnson City, and a brother, Uriah Hubbard of Chenango Forks, also survive.  The funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Colwell brothers' chapel in West Main street. Rev. Dawson, pastor of the Coventry - Union Valley Methodist churches, officiated and interment was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].
 

Marriages (May 25)

Marriage Notices

Bainbridge Republican, January 3, 1874

EDICK - NORRIS:  At the residence of C.M. Norris, Esq., of this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. E. M. Blanchard, Mr. Edward Edick to Miss Eliza Norris, all of Bainbridge.

 

WARNER - McNUTT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride on Christmas eve, the 24th ult., by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. Charles Warner to Miss Hattie McNutt, all of this village.

 

SWEET - PARSONS:  At the parsonage in West Coventry, Dec. 25th, by Rev. George D. Horton, Mr. Edward M. Sweet to Miss Hattie L. Parsons, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

 

CARRINGTON - HALLETT:  At the residence of Jacob VanWort, Esq., in Afton, Dec. 23d, by Rev. T.P. Halstead, Mr. Dennis W. Carrington to Miss Eva L. Hallett, both of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

 

WAKEMAN - CABLE:  At the Congregational Parsonage, Sidney Plains, Dec. 19th, by Rev. J.B. Morse, Mr. Peter S. Wakeman of Denver City, Col., to Miss Mary Cable, of Walton [Delaware Co., NY].

 

WHITE - LEWIS:  At the Congregational Parsonage of Sidney Plains, on the 19th ult., by Rev. J.B. Morse, Justus L. White to Miss Ellen Lewis, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

 

SMITH - STEDMAN: At St. Peter's Church, in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. S.S. Lewis, Hon. A.P. Smith of Cortland, to Mrs. Ellen Steadman, of Bainbridge.

 

BELDEN - GREEN:  In the M.E. Church at Butternuts, on the 25th ult., by Rev. W. Hiller, Mr. James Belden, of Oneida [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Grace Green of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

 

POTTER - LOCKWOOD:  At the residence of Delos Aylesworth, Rockdale, on the 23d ult, by Rev. J.C. Shelland, Mr. Emerson J. Potter, of Barker, N.Y. [Broome Co.] and Miss Julia Lockwood of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

 

ROBINSON - STARKINS:  At the M.E. Church at Sidney Plains, Christmas eve, by Rev. J.C. Shelland, Mr. Luther J. Robinson, of Albany and Miss Rosalelia Starkins, of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY]

 

STARKINS - YALE:  At the same time and place, Mr. R.D. Starkins to Miss Ada Yale of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

 

HALL - BELKNAP:  At the M.E. Parsonage, Sidney Plains, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. J.C. Shelland, Mr. George H. Hall to Miss Mary [Belknap], daughter of Rice Belknap, all of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].

 

GADSBY - VANPELT:  In Schenevus, Dec. 3d, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. George F. Gadsby, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Augusta VanPelt, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

 

YALE - PETTIS:  At the residence of B.P. Wood, in Norwich, on the 18th ult., by Rev. S.E. Brown, Mr. H.M. Yale of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Pettis, of Nichols, Tioga Co., N.Y.

 

ROUNDS - CARHART:  In Oxford, Dec. 17th, by Rev. L.D Turner, Mr. Reuben Rounds to Miss Mary E. Carhart, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

FORD - MYRICK:  In Butternuts, on the 17th ult., by Rev. Wm. Hiller, Horace E Ford, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Annie N. Myrick, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

 

HASTINGS - ROWLY:  At Unadilla on the 25th ult., Wallace Hastings to Miss Nettie Rowley.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obituaries (May 25)

Adelle (Huttleston) Brown

Cortland Standard, October 13, 1925

Mrs. Adelle Brown, who came to the Home for Aged Women a year ago last June, passed away at the Home Monday at the age of nearly 79 years.  Mrs. Brown was born in South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 28, 1846 and was the widow of Adolphus Brown. Her parents were Johnathon and Desirah Huttleston.  She leaves no children. She was a half sister of D.D Newton of this village and of Mrs. Elijah Wildman of Syracuse.  The funeral will be held at the Home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.  burial will be made in South Otselic.

 

Cortland Standard, October 15, 1925

The funeral of Mrs. Adell Brown, whose death occurred at the Home for Aged Women Monday, was held at the Home yesterday afternoon with a large attendance of relatives and friends from Homer, Cortland, Syracuse and other places. Rev. John A. Harrer, pastor of the Congregational church, officiated.  Burial was made in South Otselic.

 

John Knight

DeRuyter New Era, April 7, 1881

On Saturday last John Knight, of Georgetown [Madison Co., NY], went into the woods to work, and when evening came he did not return and his family was much alarmed about his absence. The next morning a search was instituted and Mr. Knight was found dead, a limb of a falling tree having struck him a death blow on the head.  He leaves a wife and one child.

 

Charles Randall

DeRuyter Gleaner, October 14, 1937

Charles Randall, 68, died at his home on the east Little York road Friday evening, following a long illness.  He had been a resident of the neighborhood for the past 29 years.  Mr Randall was born in Lincklaen, March 26, 1874, the son of Albert and Frances Ketchum Randall.  He married Martha Hammond who survives with the following children; Merwyn Randall, Orley Randall and Miss Martan Randall; ten grandchildren, John, James, David, Robert, Helen, William, Sally, Donald, Martha Ann and Marlene Randall, all of Homer; four brothers Hart Randall of Cuyler, Lee Randall of Cortland and Herman Randall of Syracuse, and two sisters, Eva Record of Stittville, and Mrs. William Congdon of Groton.  Mr. Randall was a member of the Homer lodge 362 F.&A.M., a member of the Homer Congregational Church and the Little York Grange.  He was one of the oldest members of the Holstein-Friesian Association.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 from the late residence on the east Little York road with Dr. G.E. Merrian officiating and burial made in Preble cemetery [Cortland Co., NY].

 

Wallace May

1846 - 1938

Funeral service was held Saturday afternoon for Wallace May, who died February 23, at the  home of Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  The service was held in Colwell Brothers' chapel, Bainbridge, with the Rev. George D. Callender, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Norwich, officiating.  Interment was made in St. Peter's Episcopal cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. May was born May 27, 1846, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jabez May.  He spent most of his life in Bainbridge and as a young man was employed at the Newton grist mill.  He retired to the farm in Guilford street in 1897.  Following the death of his wife, Mrs. Edna (Scott) May, in 1933, he sold the farm and has since resided at Mt. Upton and Norwich.  He is survived by a brother, Walter May of Okonogan, Wash.; a niece, Jennie Clifford of Auburn, Wash., and four cousins, Emma Batteau of Sidney, Mrs. Frank Hamm of Woods Corners, Mrs. H.D. Pierce of Binghamton, and Richard Curtis of Norwich.

 

Emily (Wakeman) Montgomery

1847 - 1934

Mrs. Emily Montgomery passed away November 29th, at the home of her son, Fred Montgomery, on Searles Hill, where she had been under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery for the fast five months.  Mrs. Montgomery was born on Mar. 12, 1847, in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Harvey and Emily Hale Wakeman.  Nearly fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery moved to Bainbridge and for many years resided on farms in the township.  Eleven years ago, following the death of her husband, Mrs. Montgomery went to Cobleskill to make her home with her son, George, where she resided until about five months ago, when failing health resulted in her returning to Bainbridge, where she could be cared for by her son, Fred, and wife.  She had been a member of the Baptist church of Bainbridge for many years, and while in Cobleskill had attended the Baptist church of that village.  Surviving are the sons, George and Fred, and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, of Binghamton, and Mrs. Saphronia Wilder, of Deposit.  The funeral was held Monday afternoon in the chapel of Colwell Bros. in West Main street, Rev. Frederick Allen, pastor of the Cobleskill Baptist church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. M. DeForest Lowen, pastor of the Baptist church of this village and interment was made in Greenlawn Cemetery.

 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, January 3, 1874

 

ROBINSON:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 15th, Mrs. Polione Robinson, aged 66 years.

 

HENRY:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 22d, Mrs. Roxane Henry, aged 72 years.

 

JONES:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 23d, Mira Elles, Wakely and Abby Jones, aged 6 months and 14 days.

 

TRACY:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, Dec. 23, Mrs. Keziah Tracy, aged 74 years.

Obituaries (May 24)

Lewis T. Winsor

Norwich Sun, March 10, 1943

Funeral services for Lewis T. Winsor of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], who died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital Tuesday, are to be held at the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Charles Dempsey, pastor of the Guilford Methodist church, officiating.  The body will be placed in the vault at Mt. Hope cemetery, Norwich, pending burial in the spring in Mt. Hope.  Mr. Winsor was born in Guilford, Aug. 11, 1883, a son of Charles A. and Frances Anderson Winsor.  He was a member of the Methodist church at Guilford, also Oxford Masonic lodge, 175, F.&A.M. and Oxford chapter, 254.  He had been town superintendent of highways of Guilford for the past 22 years.  There survive the widow, Marion Delavan Winsor and a son, Donald Winsor of Guilford.  A Masonic service will be held at the Seymour Funeral home Thursday night at 8 o'clock.

 

John B. Wooster

1869 - 1946

John B. Wooster passed away at his home in Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY], November 29, 1946.  He was born April 22, 1869, the son of Lulu (Bennett) Wooster and Arron Wooster.  He was born in the same house where he died, an unusual coincidence.  He was never married and leaves no near relatives.  All of his entire life was passed in the town of Guilford.  He worked for many years in the Guilford Center station and feed store and after that in the creamery at Guilford.  He was a member and elder in the Presbyterian church at Guilford Center.  A man of sterling character, loved and respected by all who knew him.  His wise counsel and cheery manner will be blessed by a host of friends.  Final rites were held from the Guilford Center church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the pastor Rev. Harold A. McKenzie, officiating.  Burial was in the Guilford Center Cemetery.

 

Orrin Warner

Chenango Union, December 25, 1873

Many who recollect "or" Warner, years ago a popular member of Wescott's Cotillon Band, will read the announcement of his death with a feeling of sadness.  During the past twelve years he has been subject to fits of a very singular character, leaving him a mere wreck of his former self, although for the past few month he had been comparatively free from them; but last week he was again attacked, and after suffering the tortures of thirty-seven successive fits, death ended his sufferings on Thursday.  His funeral was attended at the residence of his father, in East Norwich, on Saturday last, by many of his old friends, and the services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Haynes, of this village.

 

Philander Reed

Chenango Union, December 25, 1873

Philander Reed, a demented inmate of the County House [Preston, Chenango Co., NY], left that institution between midnight and daylight on the morning of the 12th inst.  Search was made for him in all directions, until Tuesday morning of last week, when his body was discovered about a rod from the Tamarack road, in the edge of a piece of woods, southwest and within a half a mile of the county House.  He had evidently died soon after leaving the house, probably from cold and exposure to the storms of rain and snow.

  

Death Notices

Norwich Journal, April 23, 1823

Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday the 16th inst., Mrs Nancy Hammond, widow of the late, Wm. R. Hammond. She left four children to lament her loss. 

 

Died on Thursday, the 17th inst., Joseph Orlando Hale, son of Mr. Israel Hale, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged one year and two months.

 

Norwich Journal, September 25, 1822

Died at Unadilla Village (Otsego) on Monday, the 16th inst. Mrs. Octava Wilmot, consort of Mr. William Wilmot, ad daughter of Capt, Charles Wattles, of this village, aged 33 years.

 

 Unadilla Times, October 29, 1891

Henry B .Coon, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], formerly train dispatcher in the Grand Central station in New York, died Tuesday night, Oct. 20, of consumption.  He was only 22 years of age.

 

Chenango Telegraph, December 25, 1873

On the 9th inst. George Wright, of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], received injuries that proved fatal while engaged in binding a load of hay.  He was springing down on the pole in order to tighten it, when it broke into three pieces, and he fell to the ground, striking on his back, with part of the binding pole top of him.--republican

 

 

Obituaries (May 23)

Gertrude Winsor

Norwich Sun, August 27, 1907

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Winsor were suddenly bereaved by the death of their little daughter, Gertrude [Winsor], Friday morning. She was sick only a few hours. The funeral was attended from the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Fleming in the village Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Lewis officiating.  Harry Smith of Norwich, conducted services and burial.  Mr. Winsor of Norwich was also present and Mrs. Esther Miner of Sidney, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fleming of Bainbridge.

 

A.G. Lucas

Chenango Union, January 19, 1893

Many people of the Chenango valley learn with regret of the death of A.G. Lucas, which occurred Tuesday of last week at Waterloo,  N.Y. [Seneca Co]. His death was caused by Bright's disease and malaria.  His age was sixty-three years.  Years ago, before the days of railroads in this valley, Mr. Lucas was proprietor of the express line from Utica to Binghamton, traveling on the stage coach.  He disposed of this business to Col. W.B. Guernsey, and was one of the first conductors on the Utica division of the D.L.&W. railroad, taking the first train over the road. Afterwards he assumed charge of the depot dining rooms at Utica, which he conducted for twenty years.  Four years ago he purchased the Towslee House in Waterloo, but owing to illness and other causes, this venture did not prove a success.  He again came to Utica last October, and with John R. Palmer conducted the Metropolitan Hotel on Fayette street, with which he was connected at the time of his death.  Mr. Lucas was a genial gentleman courteous in his intercourse with all, and honorable in his dealings.  He was a member of the Episcopal church at Waterloo, from which his funeral was held Thursday afternoon.

 

Dr. E.S. Lyman

Chenango Union, January 19, 1893

Dr. E.S. Lyman was born at Torrington, Conn., April 26, 1813, and died at Sherburne, N.Y., November 20, 1892.  He was the son of Dr. Elijah Lyman, who was the Torrington physician from 1803 to time of his decease, 1817.  In 1828 his mother and her second husband, Newcomb Raymond, who had been a soldier in the war of the Revolutionary, removed to Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], the deceased then a lad of 16 years coming with them.  He received his preliminary education in select schools in Warren, Conn., and in Sherburne and at the academy in Cazenovia.  He commenced the study of medicine April 18, 1831, with Dr. Devillo White, of Sherburne, with whom, on the completion of his studies, he formed a co-partnership, which continued from 1834 to 1843.  He attended lectures in Fairfield Medical college in 1833-4, and the regents conferred upon him the degree of M.D. in 1870.

 

In January of 1831, he married Mercy White, a sister of Dr. White, his preceptor, and there were at different times born to them four children, but two surviving at the time of his decease.  His wife, a faithful, helpful, loving partner of much more than average ability in usefulness, preceded him some twelve years since to the spirit land.  His eldest son who is spoken of as being a young man of great promise, died at his post of duty as an army surgeon during the early part of the war of the Rebellion.

 

Dr. Lyman has practiced continuously in Sherburne, and was one of the most widely known and successful physicians of Chenango county, was a member of the American Medical Association, of the New York State Medical Society, one of the original Fellows of the New York State Medical Association, and at the time of his death, was the oldest member of the Chenango County Medical Society.  He always took great interest in those professional gatherings, and attended their annual meetings whenever his professional duties permitted him to do so.

 

As a physician Dr Lyman was inclined to be quite conservative.  Careful in the use of heroic medicines, relying more on judicious nursing, and the recuperative powers of nature, he was more than usually successful in his practice, and obtained an enviable distinction in the department of obstetrics.  Although never an aspirant for political office, he held the position of postmaster in the town of Sherburne from 1840 to 1853, having been appointed under the Whig administration of Taylor and going out after the inauguration of General Pierce.  When the Republican party was formed, his strong anti-slavery sentiment led him to be a staunch supporter of that party, with which he has ever since been allied.  He was always greatly interested in schools and educational matters generally, and was for many years one of the Board of Trustees of the Sherburne Union Free School.  As a citizen he was active and zealous in whatever tended to public and social improvement; as a gentleman, he was kind, courteous and exemplary; as a physician, he was skillful, attentive and untiring in the faithful discharge of his trust, and as a Christian, meek, humble and exemplary, his natural kind heartedness and forgiving disposition leading him to the most liberal views of Christian faith and belief.  In domestic life, he was tender, affectionate, indulgent and dutiful, diffusing a sunshine of happiness among those around him, and in his social intercourse ever manifesting a sincerity of friendship which never could be doubted.In the locality in which he lived, all the institutions which aimed to elevate and improve the intellectual and moral conditions of the community found in him a steady and earnest friend.  His elevated moral character, his benevolence and intelligence, his cultivated and easy manners, the high sense of duty illustrated in his daily life, will long be remembered with affection in the wide circle of personal friends who mourn his loss, and his example will furnish a worthy model for the young men of our county to emulate.

 

He was buried at Sherburne, N.Y., November 22, his remains laid at rest in the family lot at the beautiful West Hill cemetery, the funeral services conducted by Rev. D. Ballou, of Utica, C.L. Simpson, of Girard, Pa., and A.B. Church, of North Adams, Mass.  It was largely attended, not only by his home people, but by many of the medical profession of the counties of Chenango and Madison.  Previous to the hour of the funeral, all the members of the medical profession assembled in special session at the Hotel Daniels, in Sherburne, when appropriate resolution of condolence and respect were unanimously passed, and one of the oldest surviving members of the Chenango County Medical Society appointed to prepare the obituary notice to be read before the Society at the next annual meeting.  Touching remarks and tender recollections were made and recalled by Drs. Thorp, Smith, Lewis and others.  Peculiarly appropriate and very flattering to the memory of our deceased brother was the testimony of Dr. Beebe, of Hamilton.  Before the war he told his wife that if ever he should lose consciousness and need a physician she must send for Dr. E.S. Lyman, relying implicitly on what he should tell her and carry out his suggestions to the letter.

 

 

 

Marriages (May 22)

Browne - Street
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 5, 1884

Mr. Isaac W. Browne was married to Miss Amanda Street, at the residence of the bride's mother on Rexford Street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.  Rev. I.T. Walker performed the ceremony in the presence of a few invited guests. Elegant refreshments were served to which all did justice. The presents were numerous and costly, expressing the kindly feeling in which both the bride and groom are held by their many friends.

VanCott - Wescott

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, October 10, 1883

October frosts and weddings seem to have an affinity for each other.  At any rate, this month is prolific of both.  One of the pleasantest events of the season took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Wescott  evening last, the occasion of which was the marriage of their daughter, Hattie M. [Wescott], to Herman H. VanCott, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  There were about fifty guests in attendance including relatives from Milford, Otego, Greene and Norwich.  About 6:30 P.M. the bridal party preceded by Misses Minnie and Edith Wescott (little nieces of the bride) took their places under a handsome double horse shoe of evergreens suspended from the ceiling, and were united by the Rev. P.R. Tower in a most impressive manner.  The presents were numerous and elegant.  After a sumptuous repast the happy pair departed for a ten days trip, carrying with them the hearty congratulations and good wishes of all, after which, they will return to Bainbridge where they intend to reside for the present.

 

Elopement

Chenango Union, January 16, 1896

The village of North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] was thrown into a fever of excitement Wednesday afternoon when the news began to spread of the elopement of Herman Savage and Miss Lucy White.  A reporter immediately visited the family of the wayward girl and was given these facts by George and Johnnie White, her brothers.  They became acquainted with the truth at 2 o'clock P.M., that the erring couple had made their escape on foot down the plank road from this village. these two brothers immediately started in hot pursuit.  The couple were overtaken just below Kirk.  All their persuasions for the girl to return were in vain.  The wild couple proceeded on their way and the brothers returned home.  Savage is the husband of Cora Law, widow of the late John R Newton, and has borne an unenviable reputation.  Miss White is the second daughter of our genial blacksmith, William R. White, is twenty years of age, and until now has borne a good reputation. As far as known they have departed without money.  All persons are cautioned against harboring them. Report says that Miss White has been keeping company with a gentleman of wealth in Smithville, and could easily have made an honorable marriage and passed her days in the best society.

Obituaries (May 22)

Catharine Shea

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, February 13, 1904

At her residence, 17 Rexford street, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 9, 1904, Mrs. Catharine Shea, wife of Patrick Shea, died, aged 56 years.  Funeral services will be held from the house Friday morning at 9:30, and from St. Paul's church at 10 o'clock.  Rev. Father John A. Hart officiating.  Burial in St. Paul's cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Flora Willett

Oxford Times, February 24, 1885

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  The family of Henry Willett, are in great affliction by the death of their daughter Flora [Willett], a bright lovely child of eight years.  Her funeral was largely attended on the 18th inst., from the M.E. Church. 

 

Asa Willey

Chenango Union, December 31, 1885

Mr. Asa Willey died at his home in this village [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], and was buried on the 26th, at Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Willey was about sixty-eight years old, and until a few years since had resided upon his farm three miles west of our village.  With his father, who was one of the early pioneers of our vicinity, he helped clear and improve this farm, making it one of the most desirable in our section.  After his father's death he became its owner, extending improvements and otherwise superintending its management till his death.  In his death, the community have lost an honest, conscientious friend and neighbor.  He leaves a widow, brother and sister.

 

Charles H. Sanford

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 5, 1884

Our community was greatly shocked on Thursday morning to learn that Charles H. Sanford, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], had met with a serious and perhaps fatal accident.  He took the New York Express north on Thursday at 5:30 A.M., intending to cross over at Earlville and take the early train from there to Syracuse.  On the arrival of the train at Earlville it did not stop as soon as he expected, and in company with Charles Kershaw he stood upon the platform from which he leaped while the train was yet in motion.  At the point of alighting there was a ridge of snow between the track from which it supposed he slipped and rolled under the car, his left arm being thrown across the track and under the wheels by which it was cut off between the elbow and shoulder. The step of the next car caught him, cut and bruised his head in a fearful manner, and doubtless injured him internally.  When taken up, his injuries were not considered fatal, though he seemed to suffer greatly.  He was at once conveyed to the residence of Station Agent Charles C. Gross, and medical aid summoned.  Dr. White, of Earlville, went promptly to the assistance of the injured man and Drs. Beebe, of Hamilton, and Kelly of Sherburne, were summoned by telegraph, to which they at once responded.  Mrs. Sanford and other friends hurried to Earlville.  On the arrival of Dr. Beebe it was decided to amputate his arm, which was done leaving a stump two inches long.  At the time the physicians did not anticipate a fatal termination, and seemed to think that if the arm healed readily he would recover, but in a very few moments he began to sink rapidly, and died about one o'clock P.M.  His wife, father and mother, sister, and Mr. Blanchard, his father-in-law, were present, and did everything possible to relieve the sufferer.  Mr. Sanford was one of Sherburne's most enterprising business men, and the block he had recently finished and occupied with his hardware business is an ornament to the place and monument to his energy and enterprise.  Integrity and uprightness characterized his daily business life, affable and courteous in his social relations, faithful in his duties as a citizen, Mr. Sanford will be greatly missed by the people of Sherburne, by whom he was held in the highest respect and esteem.  Mr. Sanford has been for many years the representative of the Telegraph at Sherburne, and has faithfully chronicled the passing events of his locality.  he leaves a wife and one son of tender age, the former being the daughter of Walter E. Blanchard.  His father, Sidney Sanford and a sister also unite their grief with those of other stricken friends, all of whom have the warmest sympathy, not only of their neighbors, but of a host of friends in all sections of the county, who were cognizant of the virtues of the deceased.  His funeral will be attended from his residence, in Sherburne, on Sunday at two o'clock P.M.

 

Col. Rufus Chandler

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 5, 1884

The death of Col. Rufus Chandler, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] occurred on Friday the 28th of December, and the funeral was attended the 30th.  Col. Chandler was one of Coventry's oldest and best citizens.  He had held many positions of public trust during a long and active life, the duties of which were always discharged with ability and honor.  In his active business life, in which he had accumulated a comfortable competence, his honesty and integrity were never questioned.  A faithful member of the Second Congregational  Church his voice was ready and his purse ever open in support of the cause he had espoused.  He might be called a wise steward in the use of wealth, as no worthy public or private charity every appealed to his heart in vain for sympathy, nor failed to receive from him substantial aid.  A good citizen, a noble hearted Christian has passed away, but not forgotten for the influence of his life and deeds shall be more enduring than the noble granite shaft that marks his last quiet resting place.

 

 

Post Listing May 15-21, 2017

Listing of blog postings for the week of May 15-21, 2017

Marriages

Posted May 20, 2017

Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Bump (50th anniversary, 1924)
Elopement (Lawton - Hulbert, 1875
Marriage Notices
     Erastus P. Smith - Betsy Mills (1829)
     William Hitchcock - Elsitha Mills (1829)
     Andrew Stafford - Polly Bartlett (1822)
     Ira Lincoln - Harriet Gibson (1822)
     John Seymour - Lucy Ann Perkins (1822)

Posted May 21, 2017
Alice M. Godfrey, George M. Tyler (1888)                       
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wescott (50th anniversary, 1870
Marriage Notices
     Timothy T. Kissam - Sally Betts (1822)
     Joseph H. Moore - Esther Pellett (1823)
     Calvin Burr - Clarssia Gross (1823)



 

Obituaries

Posted May 15, 2017

Hon. Fitch Phelps (Guilford, Big Rapids MI, 1890)

Asaph Phillips (Guilford, 1877)

Rev. E.J. Bickford (Marash, Turkey; 1877)

Habbah (Dorman) Pratt (Guilford, Mt. Vision, 1899)

Betty Manwaring Rolfe (Guilford, 1924)

Posted May 16, 2017
Mrs. L.D. Sherwood (Oxford, 1933)
Samuel G. Smith (Sidney, 1933)
E. Clark Lyons (Milwaukee WI, Pitcher, 1882)
Death Notices - 1882
     Edward H. Bloanchard (Norwich)
     Olive C. Wheeler (Pharsalia)
     Sylvanus Mead (McPherson KN, Oxford)
     David Mudge (Oxford)
     Julia A. Wheeler (Garrettsville, Smithville)
     Doddridge Beebe (Virginia City NV, Guilford)

Posted May 17, 2017
Maryette Ingersoll Sherwood (Guilford, 1883)
William Sherwood (Norwich, 1875)
Nicholas J. Sliter (Mt. Upton, 1874)

Posted May 18, 2017
Rev. Erastus P. Smith (Guilford, Hamilton, 1876)
Nancy Smith (Guilford, 1881)
Nicholas Smith (Guilford, 1876)

Posted May 19, 2017
S.W. Smith (1876)
Daniel H. Sumner (Norwich, Butternuts, 1900)
Samuel A. Smith (Guilford, 1864)

Posted May 20, 1917
George W. Heath (Unadilla, 1902)
James W. Thompson (Guilford, Guilford, Friendship, 1875)
Oscar Jewell Thompson (Guilford, 1902)
James More (Bainbridge, 1922)
Death Notices
     Solomon Jones (Lenox MA, 1822)
     Elizabeth Snow (Norwich, 1822)
     William Spaulding (Guilford, Binghamton, 1874)
     Myra Stockwell (Guilford, 1903

Posted May 21, 2017
Abby Ann (Clark) Thornton (Guilford, White Store, 1888)
Milo Tifft (1872)
Mabel (Horton) Decker (Oneonta, 1930
Death Notices
     George H. Towslee (Guilford, 1888)
     James Ronan (Norwich, 1875)
     Pauline Wellman (Norwich, 1875)
     Naomi Allen (Norwich, 1875)
     William Scanlon (Norwich, 1875)
     Patrick Henry Ferry (Norwich, 1875)
     Jesse Read (Smithville Flats, 1875)
     Maryette A. Monroe (Plymouth, 1875)
     Hon. Benjamin B. Sayles (Plymouth, 1875)
     Frederick Miner (Coventry, 1875)
     Lysander Shipman (Earl Park IN, German, 1875)


 

Miscellaneous

Posted May 15, 2017

Burt B. Hyde Nominated for Chenango Co., NY Sheriff (October 1903)

Posted May 17, 2017
Ghosts in Bainbridge (??) - 1895

Posted May 20, 2017
Bruchhausen Park, Norwich, NY -1900  photo
Dr Casper Bruchhausen, obituary - 1891 photo

Marriages (May 21)

Tyler - Godfrey

Chenango Union, January 5, 1888

Among the many joyous events of the "Christmas tide" was the gathering of friends and relatives on Wednesday evening, December 28th, 1887, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Godfrey, Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to witness the marriage of their only daughter, Alice M. [Godfrey] with Mr. George M. Tyler, of Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Tyler is well known in the community as a most worthy and promising young man.  Soon after 5 P.M. the company rose to receive the bridal party, preceded by Rev. Levi Jennison, who, in an impressive manner, performed the ceremony which legally united the lives and fortunes of two happy hearts.  The bride was attired in a dress of fawn colored material, richly trimmed with satin ribbon and cream colored lace.  After congratulations came a sumptuous supper, and the guests were informed that the puffy, delicious biscuits served them were prepared by the loving hands of the bride's paternal grandmother, Mrs. C. Godfrey, who is now in her eighty-third year.  Mr. and Mrs. Tyler left on the evening train for Unadilla, to visit friends, bearing with them the best wishes of their large circle of acquaintances.

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wescott

Chenango Union, March 23, 1870

On the 19th of March, 1820, Charles Wescott, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], was united in marriage to Sally Reynolds, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  They settled in the east part of this town, in the neighborhood where Mr. Wescott was born and reared, and there they have ever since resided, respected by the entire community among whom they have passed so many years.  On Saturday last, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, there took place at the homestead, a pleasant family reunion--some thirty of their descendants and relatives assembling to congratulate the aged couple--and many valuable tokens of affection and regard were presented them on the occasion. The day was a happy one for all present, and old and young alike entered heartily into its enjoyment.  Mr. Westcott is now 77 years of age; the age of his wife in 70.  Both enjoy good health, and Mr. W. may be considered a remarkably vigorous man for one of his years.  "Uncle Charles" is well known to all, as an unequalled player upon the fife; and from the time he was ten years of age up to the present writing--a period of sixty-seven years--he has played his favorite instrument at the "musters" and "general trainings" regularly; not a year has been missed by him.  He is now a member of the Regimental Band of the 103d Regiment National Guard; and that he may be spared for years to come, to take his accustomed place in the ranks, is the wish of every one.  In politics, Mr. Westcott has always been a sound Democrat.  He has been a constant subscriber to the Union since its commencement and to the Journal for many years previous.  We hope to welcome him, upon his weekly calls at our office, for a long time to come.

Marriage Notices

Norwich Journal, September 25, 1822

Married at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday, the 10th inst. Mr. Timothy T. Kissam, merchant of new York, to the amiable Miss Sally Betts, daughter of the Hon. Peter Betts of Bainbridge.

Norwich Journal, March 5, 1823

Married, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening the 36th ult., by Elder Spaulding, Mr. Joseph H. Moore, to Miss Esther Pellett.

Norwich Journal, October 8, 1823

Married on the 5th inst., by Samuel Pike, Esq., Mr. Calvin Burr, to the amiable Miss Clarssia Gross.

Obituaries (May 21)

Abby Ann (Clark) Thornton

Chenango Union, May 31, 1888

Mrs. David Thornton died at the residence of her son, Mr. S.M. Thornton, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, may 23d, at the age of 74 years.  For ten weeks she had been a great sufferer, but death came at last to her relief.  Funeral services were held at the home on Thursday afternoon.  The large attendance of friends and neighbors spoke their sympathy for the aged companion and relatives.  Rev. Mr. Allen, the Baptist minister of Gilbertsville, officiated. The singing by a quartette was beautiful and impressive.  Interment on the family plot in the cemetery at White Store [Chenango Co., NY]. The deceased for many years resided in Preston, and was a sister of Mr. E.S. Clark, of that place.

Milo Tifft

Chenango Telegraph, April 17, 1872

Thursday afternoon an accident occurred on the New York and Oswego Midland railroad which resulted in the death of the firemen of the train to which the accident occurred.  A construction train running from Morrisville and Oneida jumped the track near the Oneida Community. We are informed, although we do not know that the engine took a turn over an embankment, instantly killing the fireman, Milo Tifft.  Tifft leaves a wife, but as we are informed, no family. The engineer of the train escaped unhurt.

Mabel (Horton) Decker

Oneonta Daily Star, February 3, 1930

Mrs. Mabel (Horton) Decker, wife of George W. Decker of 166 West street [Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY], and daughter of Chief Frank N. Norton, of the Oneonta police department and Mrs. Horton of 170 West street, died at the Parshall hospital Saturday evening at 9:40 o'clock.  Mrs. Decker had not been in good health for the past month, and during that time had been cared for in her parental home which adjoins her own.  Saturday  morning she was taken to the hospital for a serious operation which was performed later in the day, but she never rallied from the effects.  Blood transfusions were resorted to, but they were of no avail.  Funeral services will be held from the Horton home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Dr. E.J. Farley of the first Baptist church, who baptized the deceased, officiating. The body will be placed in the vault at the Plains cemetery for interment in the family plot there next spring.  Surviving are her parents and the husband, a sister, Mrs. Mildred Petley of 170 East street, and a number of uncles, aunts, and cousins.  Mrs. Frances Wentworth Holbrook, who lives at the Horton home, the only true daughter of the American Revolution residing in New York state, and one of the few in the United States, is a great grandmother of Mrs. Decker.  Hosts of friends will join in sympathy to the bereaved family.  Mabel Horton was born July 7, 1907, in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], but came to Oneonta in 1909 with her parents and this city has since been her home. She attended the River street and High schools and has always been popular among wide circles of friends.  On January 15, 1927, she was united in marriage with George W. Decker.  She was long a member of the Baptist faith, and of the Baptist church.  She was cheerful, kindly and of a steady disposition and these characteristics drew to her a wide circle of friends.
 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, April 13, 1888

 

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Death has again visited us and taken from our midst a highly respected young man, Mr. George H. Towslee, aged 27 years.  He leaves a young wife to  mourn his loss. She has the sympathy of the community in her sad bereavement.

 

Chenango Union, August 19, 1875

 

RONAN:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 18, Mr. James Ronan, Aged 42 years.

 

WELLMAN:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 18, Pauline [Wellman], dau. of Jacob and Susan Wellman, aged 1 year, 6 months.

 

ALLEN:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 5, Naomi [Allen], daughter of Jesse and Catherine Allen, aged 5 months, 13 days.

 

SCANLON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 12, William [Scanlon], son of Joh Scanlon, aged 7 months, 23 days.

 

FERRY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 7, 1875, Patrick Henry [Ferry], son of Patrick and Hannah Ferry, aged 10 months.

 

READ:  In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 7, Mr. Jesse Read, aged 76 years.

 

MONROE:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], July 16, 1875, Maryette A. [Monroe], wife of Orlando Monroe, aged 25 years.

 

SAYLES:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Mar. 8, 1875 Hon. Benjamin B. Sayles, aged 67 years.

 

MINER:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 10, Mr. Frederick Miner, aged 57 years.

 

SHIPMAN:  In Earl Park, Benton Co., Ind. July 18, Mr. Lysander Shipman, formerly of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 46 years.