Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1870

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1870

Marriages

CULLEN - GIENAN:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 28th, by Rev. Father O'Connell, Mr. P.H. Cullen, of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Bridget Glenan, of Norwich.

FARLEY - ALLEN:  In Rochester [Monroe Co. NY], Sept. 21st, by Rev. J.B. Shaw, D.D., Mr. Joseph Farley, Jr.  to Miss Kate L. [Allen], daughter of S.P. Allen, all of Rochester.

AINSWORTH - CONEY:  In Bloomington, Ill., on Wednesday evening, Sept. 14th, at the residence of Mr. O.B. Stiles, by Rev. R.H. Read, Mr. Avery R. Ainsworth,  to Miss Sarah J. Coney.

ELLSWORTH - PORTER:  In Edmeston [Otsego Co. NY], Sept. 21st, b Rev. G.E. Flint, Mr. Hiram Ellsworth, to Miss Alma Porter, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].

SABIN - DEWEY:  On the 28th ult. by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Charles H. Sabin to Miss Catherine F Dewey, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].  

BOOM - IVES:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 28th, by Rev. J.L. jones, Mr. Menzo Boom of Knoxville, Pa., to Miss Lucy J. Ives, f Guilford.

FISH - PARSONS:  At the residence of the bride's father, Sept. 7th, by Rev. Wm. Ely, Mr. Merton Fish, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], to Miss Ella Parsons, of Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY].

Deaths

MORSE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22d, Mrs. Sally Morse, relict of Hezekiah Morse, aged 93 years.

LINCOLN:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 25th, Mrs. Matilda Lincoln, aged 73 years.

SUMNER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 30th, Calvin Sumner, aged 51 years.

ANGELL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 4th, Mrs. Lucy Angell, wife of Lewis Angell, aged 65 years.

ALLEN:  In Mt. Morris, N.Y. [Livingston Co.] Sept. 21st, Louisa C. Allen, oldest daughter of the late Dea. M. Allen, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], aged 54 years.

DICKINSON:  At Steamboat Rock, Iowa, Sept. 23d, Mr. Benjamin Wells Dickinson, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co. NY], aged 68 years.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, October 5, 1870

Marriages

COVEY - ASHLEY:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on the 2d, by Rev. J.C. Ranson, Mr. John M. Covey  to Miss Elsie(?) Ashley, both of Upper lisle [Broome co. NY].

CARTWRIGHT - COLE:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 3, by Rev. T. P. Halsted, Mr. Bailey Cartwright to Miss Adelia Cole, both of Smithville.

DORR - BROOKS:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], on 20th ult., by Rev. J.C. Nightingale, Mr. Mortimer W Dorr to Miss Alice A Brooks.

Death

DOTY:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 11th, of consumption, Mrs. Eunice M. Doty, aged 48 years.

Death of Dr. Charles H. Ray

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1870

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The public of Chicago were shocked on the morning of the 24th ult. on learning of the death of Dr. Charles H. Ray, editor-in-chief of the Evening Post, of that city.

Dr. Ray was a native of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], born in [1821], and will be remembered by many of our older citizens as a young man of rare intellectual endowments.  Having received a good education, he removed to the west in 1843, where he adopted medicine as his profession.  He afterwards entered the political arena, and became editor of the Jeffersonian, a daily Democratic paper published in Galena, Ill.  Political changes induced him to dispose of his paper, during the Kansas-Nebraska excitement, and after a brief period, during a portion of which he satisfactorily discharged the duties of the office of Secretary of the Illinois Senate, he became editor and joint proprietor of the Chicago Tribune, in 1855, which position he held until the winter of 1862-3, when he retired from it, to pursue other vocations.  In some speculations subsequent to this, Dr. Ray was unfortunate, and much of his earnings of the past were swept away.  In the summer of 1865, he resumed his connection with the Tribune, which continued until late in the fall, when he became editor-in-chief of the Post

We copy from that paper, of the 24th, from which we have condensed the above brief notice, the following in relation to his decease:

"Dr. Ray was attacked with brain fever about the 20th of last January.  After many weeks of great suffering, he so far recovered that he was able to proceed to Cleveland, where he received scientific treatment for some weeks.  He then proceeded to Massachusetts, where he remained for several weeks, returning about midsummer to Chicago.  Since, he has written a few articles for The Post, some of which were as good as any he ever wrote, but it was evident to his nearest friends that he had not completely recovered.  On Tuesday, the old malady returned upon him, and rapidly increasing in violence resulted in death, this morning, at a quarter past one o'clock."

Deceased was married in early life to Miss Jennie Yates Per Lee, of North Norwich, who died in 1862, leaving a daughter and three sons, who are now living. A few years since, he married Miss Julia Clark, of Iowa, who, with two daughters, survive him.