Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 2, 1868
Marriages
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edwin W. Dimick to Miss Alice A. Aldrich, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. Wm. N. Cobb, Mr. Horace D. Wade, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lucretia R. Wilcox, of Oxford.
In West Winfield [Herkimer Co., NY], on the 8th ult. by Rev. I.N. Hobart, Mr. Asahel B. Holmes, of Ackley, Iowa, to Miss Sarah A. Tyler, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].
Death
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult. Mrs. Mary Hoag, aged 54 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 9, 1868
Marriage
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. Geo. Balcom, Mr. A. Balcom to Miss Eliza S. Keech.
Deaths
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., M. Frankie [Aylworth], daughter of Dr. BH. & M.B. Aylworth, aged 17 years.
In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Polly [Yeomans], wife of the late Andrew Yeomans, aged 96 years.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Mary Hoag, aged 54 years.
In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th ult., Cyrenus M. Briggs, aged 39 years.
In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., Lester U. [Clapper], son of George and Sarah E. Clapper, aged 11 months.
Alonzo Adams, of West Edmeston, Otsego County [NY], has been arrested on a charge of poisoning his wife. Adams didn't love his own wife; he did love some other man's wife. Arsenic was found in the flour that the unloved Mrs. Adams made into bread. Happily, Mrs. A. ate a great deal of bread, and took more arsenic than was needed to kill her. Suspicions were aroused; the flour was sent to Prof. Avery, of Hamilton College. He found arsenic, and Adams was arrested.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 16, 1868
Marriages
In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. Dr. Paddock, Mr. Henry Kales, of Osborn Hollow [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Angie Page, of No. Fenton [Broome Co., NY].
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. D. J. Whiting, Mr. John C. Wright, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss RE. McRae, of Canada.
Deaths
In Ogdensburgh, N.Y. [St. Lawrence Co.], on the 31st ult., John Magone, Esq., aged 36 years.
In Jasper, Steuben Co. [NY], on the 8th ult., Mrs. Anna Brigham, formerly of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], aged 53 years.
In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mr. Thos. G. Fisher, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mrs. Kate E. [Carruth], wife of Dr. Wm. S. Carruth, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], aged 40 years.
In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mr. Henry Odell, aged 25 years.
In North Fenton [Broome Co., NY], on the 12th ins.t, Mrs. Nancy [Paddleford], wife of Nelson Paddleford, aged 57 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 23, 1868
Marriages
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Marshall J. Rogers, of Franklinville, N.Y. [Cattaraugus Co.] to Miss Elizabeth [Haynes], daughter of Mr. Artemas Haynes, of this village.
In East Maine, Broome County [NY] on the 9th inst. by Rev. W.E. Bogart, Mrs. James Riddell, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary J. Hogg, of the former place.
Deaths
In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Miss Myritta R. Smith, daughter of R.M. And Annette Smith, aged 28 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., James H. Fox, Esq., aged 59 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 30, 1868
Marriages
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., by Rev. A. B. Jones, Mr. Andrew H. Yarnes, to Miss Alice Benson, both of Triangle [Broome Co., NY].
Also, by the same, on the same day, Mr. James H. Winchell, of Triangle [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Triphena L. Pierce, of Lisle [Broome Co., NY].
In Brooklyn, N.Y., on the 22d inst., by Rev. James O. Rogers, Mr. James H. Race, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Carrie [Chumar], daughter of J.A. Chumar, Esq., both of Brooklyn.
In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Lucius Aldrich to Miss Elizabeth Childs.
On the 22d inst. by the same, Mr. C.B. Dunning to Miss Josie Hilier, all of Mcdonough [Chenango Co., NY]
Deaths
In Owego [Tioga Co., NY], on the 21st inst., George Henry [Atherton], son of Charley Atherton, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 2 years, 3 months and 18 days.
In Woodhull, Steuben Co. [NY], on the 11th inst. Catharine G. [Seeley], wife of Doct. A.H. Seeley, and daughter of E.G. Waters, Esq., late of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].
In Milwaukee, Wis., on the 16th inst., of consumption, Mrs. Anna Northrup, wife of the late DeWitt C. Northrup, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], in the 25th year of her age.
Obituary - Dr. Augustus Willard - Part 2 of 3
Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 26, 1868
We clip the following obituary notice of Dr. Willard, from the Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle of last week:
It is with the deepest sorrow that we are called upon to record the sudden decease of Dr. Augustus Willard, of Greene, at Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County [NY], on Thursday, the 12th inst.
The subject of this sketch was the eldest son of Samuel Willard, M.D., of Stafford, Conn., being born in 1800. Receiving a good common school and academical education he entered upon the study of medicine with Dr. Thomas, of Cooperstown, afterwards prosecuting his medical pursuit at the office of Dr. Charles Josslyn, of Greene. In 1823 he graduated at Harvard Medical College, taking the first prize for best Medical Thesis of his class.
The first professional labors of Dr. Willard, we believe, were in the same village in which his subsequent life was passed, in the midst of a refined society and an appreciative people.
At the semi-annual meeting of 1824, then held in May, he became a member of the Chenango County Medical Society, and the same year was chosen one of its censors, which office he retained for a long period. In 1826 he was made a leading member of the Committee appointed to revise the Code of Ethics and By-Laws of the Society; the report itself showing how well the duty was performed. During the same year he was made Secretary, for several terms being re-chosen, receiving at the close of his official labor the thanks of the Society for the Faithful discharge of his duty. In 1832 and several times subsequently, he was chosen presiding officer, always filing the position to the satisfaction of the members, and with credit to himself. In 1835 he was appointed delegate to the State Medical Society, re-elected in 1837, and placed upon the roll of permanent membership in 1854.
Scarcely a meeting was permitted to pass, whether County or State, during the earlier and more active period of his professional life, that Dr. Willard was not present, frequently meeting with the American Medical Association of which he was a permanent member.
In 1857 he was elected President of the State Medical Society - no sinecure office - a station which has been honored by the most eminent and gifted in the profession that our country has produced.
Not only was Dr. Willard a skillful practitioner, but a writer of no mean repute. His statements were clear and concise, his points well taken, and the line of his argument convincingly carried out. Several monographs and able papers from his pen have passed into permanent form and become the property of the whole profession. The Annual Address delivered by him while President of the State Society and published in the Transactions of that year is a highly creditable production, evincing much observation and research, and illustrating somewhat the strength of his argumentative powers, the elegance of his diction and the peculiarity of his style.
Preeminent as a practitioner, his opinions were much sought for, and his counsel was ever considered valuable and safe. In him the needy and disconsolate found a friend, they sharing equally with the affluent of his talents and time. The dismal sick chamber was made cheerful by his presence and any a desponding patient, whether rich or poor, of him could say, in the words of Scott: "I have lain on a sick man's bed, / Watching for hours for the Leech's tread; / As if I deemed that his presence alone, / Were of power to bid my pain begone; / I have counted his steps from my chamber door, / And blessed them when they were heard no more."
In the everyday walks of life, in his business and social relations, and in his connections with the world, as well as in caring for the sick and afflicted, Dr. Willard was respected and beloved. Affable in his manners and of extreme good nature, he sometimes indulged in playful witticisms, but never calculated to wound or offend.
As a friend he was sincere and steadfast, as a husband, father, and relative devoted, affectionate and consistent, with a character spotless and above reproach. To his family and friends the loss is irreparable; and his death has deprived the profession and society of one of their best members. May the young learn early to emulate his many virtues; and may the living of his own day and generation be able to bequeath to their survivors a name as pure and unsullied, and a memory as dear and cherished, as those of the lamented Dr. Augustus Willard.
The funeral was attended from his late residence on Sunday last, an immense concourse of people following his remains to the grave. Having occupied a commanding influence in the Masonic world, he was buried according to the rituals of the order, some three hundred from various lodges being in attendance. The solemn ceremony was conducted by Past Grand Master Clinton F. Paige, of Binghamton.
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