Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, August 1872 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 14, 1872

Marriage

RACE - BROOKS:  At the residence of the bride's brother, Mr. C.C. Brooks, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 7th, by Rev. A.M. Totman, Mr. Augustus C. Race to Miss Nettie A. Brooks, all of Norwich.

Deaths

BUTTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 6th, of cholera infantum, Jesse L. [Button] son of Henry and Clara Button, aged 6 months.

WILLCOX:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 9th, Libbie M. [Willcox], daughter of John T. and Lillian Willcox, aged 1 year and 4 months and granddaughter of H.C. Willcox.

BEARDSLEY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] August 10th, Horace Adelbert Beardsley, aged 9 years and 8 months.

BROWN:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], August 7th, of consumption, Mr. Charles S. Brown, son of Dudley Brown, Esq., aged 22 years.

SELEY:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], July 27th, Julia [Seley] wife of T.B. Seley, aged 39 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 14, 18721

Deaths

GRAVES:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 10th, an infant child of George Graves.

SHERMAN:  In Holmesville [Chenango Co. NY], June 13, 1872, of Cancer, Lucinda Sherman, widow of the late George Sherman, in the 46th year of her age.  She had lived forty-six years in the house where she died, and where the duties of her life were discharged with zeal, and with all a mother's love and fidelity.  She has lived to see her children all comfortably and respectably settled in life.  In her last years she was an extreme sufferer, all of which she bore with Christian fortitude and grace, receiving the kindest care and all that sympathy and loving affection that fond children can render.  She was loved and respected by all who knew her, a worthy and consistent Christian member of the Baptist church in this place, in which she will be greatly missed, but our loss will be her eternal gain.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, August 14, 1872

Deaths

BACKUS:  At Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y. on 9th August 1872, Mrs. Abigail Backus, widow of Captain John Backus, deceased, aged 82 years.  Mrs. Backus had been a resident of Oxford nearly seventy years.

CLINE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] on 6th, Mina [Cline], daughter of Edward and Emeline Cline, aged 2 months.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 15, 1872

Death

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 12th, Rev. S.G. Keim, aged 51 years.

Prof. George W. Eaton D.D., L.L.D. who was for forty years connected with Madison University, of which he was for twelve years the President, and a distinguished pulpit orator of the Baptist denomination, died at his residence, Woodland Height, Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], on Saturday the 3d inst.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, August 17, 1872

Deaths

DEMBINSKI:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], at the residence of the parents, August 11, Louis Augustus [Dembinski], son of Louis and Lillie Dembinski, aged four months and sixteen days.

SHAW:  In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], July 26, Mrs. Sina Shaw, wife of Wm. Shaw, aged 81 years.

HILL:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], August 9, Mrs. Sarah Hill, wife of Daniel Hill, aged 44 years.

CORNELL:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], August 13, Mrs. Jane Cornell, wife of Mr. Charles Cornell and daughter of Mr. George Denslow, aged 26 years.  Mrs. Cornell was universally loved and esteemed for her many amiable qualities and social virtues.  Her death creates an irreparable void among a large circle of relatives and friends who mourn the early loss of her agreeable society and companionship.