Marriages (March 23)

Sabin - Sage

Married May 14, 1943, Montrose, PA

George E. Sabin and Mrs. Ethel Sage were married Friday, May 14, 1943 in Montrose, Pa.,  They will make their future home in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Walsh - Grover

Married August 3, 1924, Utica, NY

Miss Ruth Mildred Grover of Merritt place, New Hartford [Oneida Co., NY], and Thomas Francis Walsh of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] were married at 11 o 'clock this morning in the rectory of St. John's Church. The Rev. Robert J. Bogan performed the ceremony in the presence of immediate relatives.  Miss Clara Barrows of Bellows Falls, Vt., and Gilbert Deery of Cortland were the attending couple. The bride wore a tan colored costume and carried an arm bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaid carried pink roses.  Mr. and Mrs. Walsh left for a wedding trip to Buffalo, Cleveland and other Mid-Western points. The bride, who is a sister of W.J. Grover of Merritt Place, New Hartford, has been a teacher of vocational training and natural science in the junior high school at Scotia. She was graduated from the Cortland Normal School and attended Cornell University.  Mr. Walsh is in the drug business in Cortland and is also associated with the Lane-Walsh Millinery Company of that place. The newly married couple will be at home after September 1 at 21 Pleasant street, Cortland.--Utica Press, Wednesday, August 6.

Wales - Standish

Chenango Telegraph, March 10, 1942

The marriage of Miss Virginia E. Standish and Vernon K. Wales was solemnized Friday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Rexford K. Crounse at Sidney Center [Delaware Co., NY], with Rev. Mr. Crounse, pastor of the Methodist church of that village and former pastor at Plymouth united the couple, in the presence of only the immediate families.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stewart of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wales of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Standish was attired in a tan tailored suit with black accessories.  Her corsage was a green orchid with yellow roses.  The bridesmaid, Miss Marjorie Fuller, was attired in blue with black accessories, with a corsage of rubrum lilies and pink roses  William Sprague served the groom as best man.  Mrs. Stewart, mother of the bride, wore gold wool with brown accessories.  Mrs. Wales, mother of the groom, wore wine crepe with brown accessories. Their corsages were of Talisman roses and sweetpeas. Both the bride and the groom are graduates of Norwich high school, class of 1941. The bride is employed in the office of the Chenango Cooperative Savings & Loan Association. The groom is an employee of the Scintilla Magneto Company in Sidney. After March 15 Mr. and Mrs. Wlaes will be at home to their friends at 121 South Broad street, Norwich.

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Wackford

50th Wedding Anniversary, October 29, 1940

Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wackford who reside three miles south of this village, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday, Oct. 29 with a family gathering at their home.  They reside in the same home in which they started keeping house, a half century ago following their marriage in this village. The observance was a "four-square party" and in addition to the golden wedding anniversary marked the birthday anniversaries also of Mr. Wackford; a niece, Mrs. Henry Martin of Binghamton, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Wackford, of Oxford.  Messages of greeting, flowers and gifts were showered upon the bridal couple during the day. A dinner party for the family was a feature.  In attendance also were Mr. and Mrs. Will Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Haynes of Norwich; Mrs. Nellie Peeler of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin of Binghamton; Mrs. Sarah Wackford of Oxford and Stanton Clum of Norwich.

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, April 21, 1864

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. S.S. Goodman, Mr. Lucius Cumber to Miss Louisa M. Gage, both of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. D.H. VanAntwerp, of Afton, Wis., to Miss Adda Cooley of the former place.

Chenango American, April 28, 1864

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Charles R. Young, of Rutland Co., Vt., to Miss Sarah Ellen Roberts, of the former place.

At the residence of col. E.W. Stratton, in Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. S. Crane, Mr. Richard T. Husted, of Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Anglia P. Dodge, of Cortland, formerly of Oxford.

Chenango Union, December 9, 1875

STEELE - BROWN:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 7 by Rev. L. Haynes, Mr. Edgar A. Steele to Miss All C. Brown, only daughter of E.L. Brown, Esq., all of Norwich.

BARD - THORNTON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 30, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William F. Bard to Miss Mazada Thornton, all of Norwich.

KINCH - BECKETT:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. J.C. Ward, Mr. Horton E. Kinch of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Matilda Beckett of Oxford.

SMITH - VAN VALKENBURGH:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 22 by Rev. A.B. Dilling, Mr. Alvah Hunt Smith to Maria VanValkenburgh. All of Greene.

RICH - MONCRIEF:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 15 by Rev. A.B. Dilley, Mr. Lewis N. Rich of Triangle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Libbie J. Moncrief of Greene.

QUAIL - CHAPMAN;  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 23 by Rev. HS. Jones, Mr. Thomas J. Quail of Lebanon [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Libbie A. Chapman of Sherburne.