Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 15, 1872
Deaths
BILL: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], May 2d, Herman Bill, aged 13 years and 11 months.
McNUTT: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], May 5th, Mr. Thomas McNutt, aged 49 years.
HENRY: In Earlville [Madison Co. NY], May 4th of heart disease, Mrs. William Henry, aged 67 years.
LORD: In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], May 7th, Mrs. Keziah E. Lord aged 35 years.
MORRIS: In New York, May 2d, Mrs. Frances Mary Morris relict of Richard Morris, in the 79th year of her age.
Died, in New York City, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Euphemia Morris Machado, on Thursday, the 2d of May, Mrs. Frances Mary Upton Morris, relict of the late Richard Morris of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY], in the 79th year of her age. Her remains were brought to the home, at Park Upton, where her long life was spent, and the interment was at the side of her only son, Johnston Morris, who died in the sixteenth year of his age, many years ago. The remains of her husband will soon be brought from a private cemetery and deposited by her side in the Morris burial ground, near the Morris Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Morris was a remarkable lady, bound up in the social relations and memories of eighty years back. Friendly in her disposition, kindly in her acts, intelligent, and of amiable character, she was endeared to all who knew her. She was of the Johnston stock of Lithgow and Hyde Park in Dutchess County. Her mother was married to Captain Francis Upton of the British Navy, she being a sister of Judge Johnston, the father of Mr. David Johnston of Bainbridge, lately deceased. The Upton Land Patent interested the family in property in this vicinity, where one of Captain Upton's daughters married Mr. Fenno, and the other, Mr. Richard Morris, a son of General Jacob Morris, after whom the township of Morris is named. The mother, Mrs. Upton, was famed in her day for her beauty and fascinating manners and was for years the acknowledged leader of New York society. Captain Upton was buried in New York in the vault of the Waltons; while she was buried in Trinity Church graveyard, south side of the Church. A few years before her death she was married to the celebrated Mr. Cooper, of histrionic fame. Mrs. Morris was almost the last one in her generation of the old connection. Her remains were brought on by some members of her family and by her near connection, the Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Johnson, who was with her at her last illness and at her death. the Rev. John V. Hughes, Rector of the Episcopal Church at Butternuts, and the Rev. T.H. Cullen, Rector at Morris, officiated in the Morris Memorial Chapel, Dr. Johnson delivering a memorial discourse and reading the service at the grave. The old home near Mt. Upton is owned by her daughter, Mrs. Fanny M.U. Masters. The old home of General Morris is owned by Mrs. Euphemia Morris Machado, another daughter. One other daughter, Miss Adelaide, is well known and valued by many friends in our vicinity, as being kindness itself. Mrs. Masters is distinguished for her ability and business capacity and is highly appreciated by such intellectual men as Thurlow Weed and Counsellor Mygatt, and others who are proud to number her among their friends. She is a widow with two children, and still lives at Upton Park. Bainbridge Review.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 15, 1872
Marriages
DAKIN - CAULKINS: At the home of the bride's parents, Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Tuesday May 7th, by Rev. S. Moore, Mr. Edward W. Dakin of Sherburne Corners [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Sarah E. Caulkins, of Smyrna.
PETCH - WALLACE: In Utica [Oneida Co. NY], by Rev. R.C. Houghton, April 26th?, Mr. Joseph Petch of Westmorland [Oneida Co. NY], to Miss Elizabeht Wallace, of Utica.
Deaths
TILYOU: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], of spotted fever, John D. Tilyou, aged 55 years 2 months.
BARBER: In Norwich, N.Y. on Sunday, May 5th, 1872, of brain fever, Willie R. [Barber] son of William R. and Mary L. Barber, aged 13 years and 9 months.
Our Willie has left us. After a long and very painful illness, which he bore with great patience and fortitude, he fell asleep in Jusus and has passed to a land free from pain and has left behind with parents and friends a memory of his great goodness of heart. To his parents, ever strictly and loving to his friends and playmates, ever respectful and kind, never giving an offending work, it may truly be said of him, that all who knew him loved him, and his afflicted family may safely rest his youthful works and life as his claims for a bright and eternal home with Him who said "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
His nature, his disposition, his manner and ways were all loveable and especially endeared him to those around him, and during his severe illness, amidst the most acute suffering, his great trouble was that he was the subject of so much necessary care, and he planned on the sick bed, many ways in which he should try and repay it.
He will be greatly missed, but those who mourn him should feel that while his life and heart was pure and blameless, One who "doeth all things well" has seen fit to call him to a better and brighter world, where there is no more death and where there are "Many Mansions" for all of God's chosen.
BROWN: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], April 7th, Ada M. [Brown] daughter of Horace M. and Caroline Brown, aged one year and six months.
Little Ada has left us now, / Yes, she that's gone to rest, / Folded in his loving arms, / Safe on Jesus breast.
O we miss her singing, / Her voice so sweet and low, / Now she's singing angel songs, / Sweeter than er'e below.
We miss her at the table, / Her place is vacant there, / We miss her from her cradle / We miss her everywhere
I take these little lambs said he / And fold them in my breast, / protection they shall have in me, / In me be ever blest
MATTESON: In Nevada City, on the 24th ult. after a lingering and painful illness, Jehial E. Matteson, aged 38? years.
Mr. Matteson will be remembered by our citizens as one of the young men who, some twenty years ago, was educated at our Academy. He was a nephew of David Maydole, Esq., and in his school days gave promise of great usefulness. At about the age of eighteen, he left Norwich and went to California, where he has been for years, engaged in the clothing and mercantile business. About a year ago, he was here on a visit to his friends, who were pained to see that consumption had marked him for its own. On his return to Nevada City, he sought the best medical treatment, but all to no avail. He was attacked with violent hemorrhage which resulted in his death as above stated.
While living here, Jehial had troops of friends, whose good wishes followed him to his new home, and all are glad to learn that the same kind disposition and gentleness of manners there, won for him new friends who were unremitting in their attention to his comfort to the last.
Thus, it is, death loves a shining mark, and selects from among the brightest of our land for its victims. He leaves a widow and two children, who share in the sympathies of the community where he resided, no less than in those of his friends who knew him here.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 15, 1872
Marriage
Guilford [Chenango Co. NY]: Edward S. Bradley and wife celebrated their crystal wedding on the 10th inst. and received and entertained nearly 150 of their friends in a very happy, hospitable manner. Our newly organized string band contributed some excellent music on this occasion, and altogether it was one of the most pleasing parties Guilford has ever known.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, May 18, 1872
Deaths
In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], May 7th, Flora Belle [Taylor], daughter of George and Louisa Taylor, aged 3 years and 11 months.
Mrs. Norris, of Sandford [Broome Co. NY] was found headfirst in a spring last Monday. She was dead when found, and all speculations fail to remove the mystery, as she had been from the house but a few minutes. She was a daughter of the widow Ives of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].
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