Vital Records - October-November 1846

Binghamton Courier, October 7, 1846

Married

On Tuesday morning, Oct. 6 by the Rev. Edward Andrews, D.D., Mr. Charles Rogers of this place [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], to Miss Amelia [Squires], daughter of Henry Squires, Esq., of Conklin [Broome Co., NY].

Tribute to the Lost

Binghamton Courier, October 7, 1846

Messrs. Congdon and Whiting of this place, have been employed by the citizens of  Tunkhannock, Pa., to prepare a suitable monument to be erected to the memory of Nelson G. Harding, and Hiram Harding, brothers, citizens of that place; who were lost in February last, in the ship John Minturn, off Squam Beach, N. Jersey.  The monument is a plain white marble slab, 37 1-2 inches wide by 7 ft 8 in long.  Its only ornament is a tomb shaded by a couple of willows, and beneath are two sunk medallions containing the names and ages of the two unfortunate youths.  Their ages were respectively 25 and 23.  Still below is the following inscription:  "After a long absence, these brothers, returning with high hopes and cheering prospects, to meet fond relations and associates, perished on board the ship, John Minturn off Squam Beach, Feb. 16, A.D. 1846, sincerely lamented by a large circle of affectionate friends and acquaintances."  The stone will remain at the shop of Messrs. Congdon & Whiting until sometime next week; and as a specimen of good workmanship, aside from the melancholy event it is intended to commemorate, is well worthy of the examination of our citizens.

Binghamton Courier, October 14, 1846

Married

In Chenango [Broome Co., NY], Wednesday Oct. 7, by Townsend Bagley Esqr., Mr. Henry Kirk to Miss Fanny M. Osborn, daughter of Mr. Franklin Osborn.

Died

At Truxton, Cortland Co. on the 4th inst., Susan Caldwell [Doubleday], only child of Rev. Wm. T. and Francis M. Doubleday, aged 16 months.

Binghamton Courier, October 21, 1846

Married

In Christ's Church, Binghamton [Broome Co.., NY], on the 20th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Andrews, Mr. H.K. Murray, merchant of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Virginia [Dickinson], eldest daughter of Hon. D.S. Dickinson.

Died

On the 7th ult., Mrs. Sophia E. Wheeler, wife of Franklin G. Wheeler Esq., of Windsor [Broome Co., NY].  The deceased was universally beloved by all who enjoyed her intimate acquaintance.  She was an exemplary member of the Old School Presbyterian Church.  Her death was sudden, but they who mourn her departure do it not as those without hope.  A fond husband indeed has been deprived of one who was eminently a "help meet for him," and his young children of a most affectionate and gifted mother--society of a valued member, and the church to which she belonged, of one of its ornaments.  But drops of mercy have been mingled in the cup of bereavement.  Her death bed was one of those scenes "privileged beyond the common walks of life," and many who were permitted to stand around it, a few days previous to his dissolution, will not soon forget the lessons that were there impressed.

"Thus star by star declines,

Till all are passed away.

As morning high and higher shines

To pure and perfect day;

Nor sink those stars in empty night,

But hide themselves in heaven's own light."

Binghamton Courier, November 4, 1846

Married

In Otego, Otsego county, on the 20th inst., by the Rev. M.M. Wakeman, Col. William T. Broadfoot of Conklin [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Lodema [Smith], daughter of Mr. John Smith, of the former place.

In Milford, Otsego Co. on the 22d inst., by Rev. L. Bolton, Mr. Leroy Hollister, of Colesville [Broome Co., NY] to Miss J. Hellon Rose, adopted daughter of Mr. Alvin Lyon of Milford.

In Colesville [Broome Co., NY], Oct. 29th, by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. A.S. Vosbury, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Harriet E. [Tyrrell] daughter of Harmon R. Tyrrell, of the former place.

In Orwell, Vt. on the 6th inst., by the Rev. R.S. Cushman, Mr. B.H. Overmiser, of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], to Lucretia Griswold, of the former place.

In Colesville [Broome Co., NY], Oct. 29th, by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. Aaron Willson to Miss Randall, both of Chenango [Broome Co., NY].

Binghamton Courier, November 11, 1846

Married

In Colesville [Broome Co., NY], Nov. 1st, by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. Lewis H. Draper of the same place, to Miss Deborah B. Maben of Lysander, Onondaga Co., N.Y.

In Union Village [Broome Co., NY], on the 4th inst., at the residence of Allen Cowdrey, Mr. Chauncey Wade to Miss Hannah Cowdrey, both of Lisle [Broome Co., NY].

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by B.N. Loomis, Esq., Mr. Caleb N. Soule to Elizabeth Haynes all of this village.

Died

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY], on Tuesday last, at the residence of his son, Mr. Isaac Lanterman, aged 92 years and 6 months.

In Hudson, Ohio, Oct. 3d, of chill fever, Mr. Cydus Tenny, aged 34 years.

In Binghamton, Oct. 30th, of consumption, Mr. Joel B. Starkweather, aged 27 years.  The deceased was the second son of Dea. Reuben Starkweather of this village, and a young man of great worth and exemplary piety.  He leaves a wife and one child, and a large circle of friends to mourn his departure; who are consoled however by the reflection that he died in the triumphs of the Christian's faith.

Sad Accident

Binghamton Courier,  November 18, 1846

On Thursday last in the town of Barker [Broome Co., NY], a son of Mr. Elias Newman, five or six years old, was killed instantly by being thrown from a wagon.  He was riding with Mr. Jonathan Strickland, who stopped a moment at Mr. Love's blacksmith's shop, leaving the boy alone in the wagon; when the horses suddenly took fright, whirled around the shop, and the wagon coming in contact with a block of wood, the lad was thrown out with great violence; and it is supposed his neck was broken.  He breathed once or twice only after he was taken up, and expired.