Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, November 1870 (cntinued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 9, 1870

Marriages

MILLER - VILLEAIN:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 1st, by William T. Priest, Esq., Mr. Charles F. Miller of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Emily L. Villemain, of Otselic.

GOODRICH - HARKELL:  At the residence of Alvin Johnson, in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22d, by William T. Priest, Esq., Mr. Hemam W. Goodrich, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Nancy Harkell, of the former place.

WILLIAMS - SMITH:  In North Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 2d, by Rev. E. Rogers, Mr. Thomas R. Williams, of Utica [Oneida Co. NY], to Miss Ella L. Smith, of the former place

HATCH - MILLER:  In North Fenton [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 29th, bv. Mr. Sibley, Mr. Porter B. Hatch to Miss Jennie E. Miller, all of North Fenton.

BENEDICT - HORTON:  In Delmar, Pa., Oct. 30th, by Rev. G.W. Remington, Mr. John A. Benedict, of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Euphemia E. Horton, of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY].

O'BRINE - ROBERTS:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 26th, by Rev. S. Moore, Daniel O'Brine, of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] to Maggie Roberts, of the former place.

LAWRENCE - WELLS:  At the residence of the bride's parents, in Evansville, Indiana, by the Rev. J.P.E. Kumler, E.F. Lawrence, formerly of Smyrna, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] to Emma S. Wells, daughter of H.H. Wells, Esq.

STRONG - IRELAND:  At the residence of the bride, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 31st, by the Rev. J.L. Pattengill, Mr. Chas. Strong to Miss Arsula Ireland, both of Bainbridge.

LAWRENCE - AKERLY:  At the M.E. Church, Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 30th, by the Rev. W.N. Cobb, Mr. Andrew J. Lawrence, to Miss Emma Akerly, both of Bainbridge.

Death

BREED:  Suddenly, in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 13th, Martha Jane [Breed] wife of John G. Breed, and daughter of Alanson and Mary J. Coy, aged 18 years and 4 months.

A very serious accident occurred in the village of Harpersville [Broome Co. NY], yesterday afternoon, by which one of the children of W.E. Martin, Esq., a little girl, nine years of age, by name of Minnie May [Martin], was killed.  three children of Mr. Martin's were playing at the base of a sandbank, when the sand moved down, in a miniature avalanche, and covered two of them, the girl above named and a boy, Floyd, thirteen years of age.  They were covered to a depth of a foot and a half.  A smaller boy, Lincoln, who was untouched, endeavored to exhume his sister and brother, but without effect, and he hastened to the dwelling of a neighbor, Deacon Sornburger, and communicated the news.  Help was immediately obtained, when the boy Floyd was found alive and uninjured, though stupefied, and the girl was dead.  It is said that the two children were buried for the period of about a quarter of an hour, and it is regarded as almost a miracle that the boy escaped death. He said when uncovered, that he had been asleep.  His consciousness returned as soon as he was rescued.  The feeling at Harpersville, and in the neighborhood wherever the facts have become known, is of intense sorrow.  The girl was a favorite of the community, for her great amiability.  Indeed, the sense of loss is like that of a person of full age.  Binghamton Daily Republican, 28th, ult.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 9, 1870

Marriages

BLEND - ROWE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 5, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Mr. Perry D. Blend to Miss Julia E. Rowe, both of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY].

GLEASON - OLDS:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 31, by Rev. W.C. Phillips, Mr. Lewis M. Gleason to Miss Harriet E. Olds.