Marriages (December 21)

Pratt - Marsh

Married May 5, 1940, Guilford, NY

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Miss Jane Marsh, daughter of Mrs. Marion Marsh and Leo Pratt, son of Mr and Mrs. Floyd Pratt of North Afton [Chenango Co., NY] were united in marriage Sunday night at Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Marsh is widely known in Chenango county where she has been active and prominent in 4-H work.  Mr. and Mrs. Pratt are to make their home on the Bedell farm, formerly known as the John Mangold farm.

Blood - Spaulding

Married May 7, 1940, Halstead, PA

Frank Blood and Florence C. Spaulding, both of this city, were married in a quiet ceremony at Halstead, Pa., Tuesday, May 7.  This will be rather startling news and a real surprise to their many friends throughout this sector.  The bride has long conducted a beauty parlor in this city, and is now located at 81 South Broad street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] where she will continue to carry on this successful business known as the Beauty Shoppe, as she has over a period of years.  She was formerly in The Chenango hotel block where the Singer sewing machine store is now located. The groom is a painter and contractor and is well established in the community where he has resided, and where he numbers his friends by the hundreds. The bride and groom have returned after a brief wedding trip and are at their new home on South Broad street at the address given above.

Pinney - Schat

Married September 26, 1942, Greene, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schat of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen Frances [Schat] to Carlton E. Pinney, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hard of Norwich, N.Y., on Saturday, September 26.  The wedding ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate families, by the Rev. W.L. Wood in the First Congregational Church in Greene. They were attended by Miss Marjorie L. Forrest of Murray Hill N.J., and Ricard Clapp of Norwich, N.Y. The reception was held following the ceremony at the Sherwood Inn after which the couple left for a brief wedding trip.  

Pinney - Eaton

Married August 6, 1938, Norwich, NY

At Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, occurred the marriage of Miss Lillian V. Eaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Eaton and Wilford C. Pinney.  The ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. George Callender.  Miss Mary Elizabeth Stewart played the organ before and during the ceremony. The church was simply decorated with seasonal flowers. The bride, escorted by her father, was attired in dusty pink lace with white accessories and wore a shoulder corsage of white Rubrum lilies and pink roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Marian Hunt, wore white embroidered net with white accessories.  Her corsage was pink Rubrum lilies and snapdragons. The bride's mother wore a brown net redingote with white accessories and her corsage was yellow roses and yellow sweet peas. Carlton Pinney, brother of the groom, was best man. The ushers were Lewis C Eaton, brother of the bride, and Harold Kirkby.  Following the ceremony, a reception was held for the bridal party and immediate family, at the home of the bride and groom at 18 Brown avenue. The bride is a graduate of Norwich high school and has since been employed as secretary to Attorney Frank W. Barnes. The groom is a graduate of Norwich high school and is employed by the Norwich Knitting Company. Among those entertaining in honor of the bride and groom were the Misses Dorothy Ashton, Mary Keeler, Genevieve Dunham, Ida Dolgos, Katherine Leman, Marian Hunt, Gertrude Pinney, and Mrs. Nelson Adams.

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, October 23, 1862

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., by Rev. L. E. Spafford, Mr. Jacob T. Davidson, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss U.A. McIntosh, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by P.L. Wescott, Esq., Mr. John Chappel, to Miss Mary E. Salisbury, both of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Chas. E. Brett, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Celia Lewis, of New Berlin.

In Minneapolis, Minn, on the 7th inst., by Rev. D. Cobb, Mr. G.T. Jones, of Bloomington, Ill. to Miss Bessie H. Comstock of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].