Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 28, 1872
Marriages
GRAY - COGSDELL: At the American Hotel in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 21st, by Wm. h. Gonn, Esq. C.B. Gray of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], and Della E. Cogsdell of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].
Silver Wedding: A very pleasant affair came off at the residence of Rev. Thomas Harroun, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 22d, it being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Harroun some of their numerous friends met and surprised them with the presentation of a very beautiful silver tea set and castor. They had heard that they had been married twenty-five years and thought that this would present a favorable opportunity for them to show the esteem in which they held them, both in their social and official position. This was especially appropriate as Mr. Harroun is closing up his labors as P. Elder of the District, as this year is the last of the constitutional term. He has now been a resident of this village nearly seven years, three as pastor of the Methodist Church, and four as P. Elder of the District.
The occasion was observed in a most befitting manner, and those who had charge of it deserve great credit. When the proper time came, after a season of pleasant social conversation, the guests gathered in the parlor and sitting rooms, the honored couple were seated, by request, near the center, and their children standing behind them. A table on which was placed the articles of silver was near. The duty of making the presentation speech devolved upon Mr. Wheeler, who did it "in an appropriate manner." Mr. Harroun, for himself and wife, replied in a few words expressing his unfeigned gratitude for this manifestation of interest and kindness, and in a very facetious manner reviewed the events of his twenty-five years of married life, the mutual interest, labor and happiness of himself and wife, attesting that neither had made a mistake in the selection of a life companion.
The evening was made pleasant by songs of gladness, prayer was offered, and refreshments were served. The mother of Mr. Harroun, an aged widow, was present as an interested participant in the joys of the occasion. Expressions of good will fell from the lips of many, and the guests left wishing the happy couple might live another quarter of a century and find double the number of friends to greet them on their golden wedding day.
Deaths
BROWN: At Earlville [Madison Co. NY], on the 18th of August, Andrew Brown, aged about 60 years, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY].
SABIN: At Centre Village, Broome Co. N.Y., Aug. 4th, after an illness of three weeks, Harriet E. [Sabin], wife of J.E. Sabin, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], aged 38 years.
EVANS: In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], July 8th, Annie A. [Evans], daughter of Jerome and Mary Evans, aged 4 years 3 months and 21 days.
Gone from the hearts that loved her, / Gone from her home away, / Gone in her childish beauty, / Little Annie A.
Oh we dearly, fondly loved her, / But we laid her there to rest, / With her white hands calmly folded / On her quiet marbled breast.
Not the sobs of thy fond mother, / Nor the tears thy father wept, / Could disturb thee as thou slept, / But thou art where Jesus is, / Little Annie fare thee well.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of a late date contains the proceedings of the employees of "The Howe Machine Company" upon the occasion of the death of one of their associates, Mr. Luther O. Berry, formerly of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], where he has many relatives and friends. The resolutions speak of the deceased as a valuable, efficient friend, and sincerely lament their loss. Mr. Berry's death is also deeply lamented by his former associates in this county, and they will not soon forget him.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, August 28, 1872
Deaths
SHERWOOD: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 24th, Frances D. [Sherwood] daughter of Edwin and Almira Sherwood, aged 2 years.
MAYNARD: In Deposit [Delaware Co. NY], on the 19th, Mr. Silas Maynard, aged 82 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 29, 1872
Marriages
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 20th, by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, Mr. Willard F. Pardee of New Haven, Ct., to Miss Ella T. [Holcomb] daughter of Mr. Weston Holcomb, of Greene.
At the M.E. Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 23d, by Rev. A.F. Brown, Mr. Francis L. Sprague, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], and Miss Emma Y. West, of Tioga Co. Pa.
At the same place and by the same, Aug. 27th, Mr. Eben H. Landers, of Marathon [Cortland Co. NY], and Miss Mary E. Hayes, of Triangle [Broome Co. NY].
Death
In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], July 16th, Adelbert Prince, aged 19 years.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, August 31, 1872
Deaths
KERSHAW: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], August 27, Alvina [Kershaw], wife of John Kershaw, aged 65 years.
RICHARDSON: In Poolville [Madison Co. NY], August 13, Mrs. Mary Richmond [Richardson], relict of the late David Richmond, aged 88 years.
MAY: At Rockford, Ill., after a short illness, August 15, Mrs. Lucretia May, relict of Franklin May, late of Manlius [Onondaga Co. NY], New York, aged 75 years.
Mrs. May was born in Vermont. When quite young she removed to Sherburne, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], and at the age of eighteen gave her heart to the Saviour. Soon after she married Samuel H. Williams, who died in 1838. In 1841 she married Franklin May and removed to Manlius. The last few years of her life have been spent with her daughter in Wisconsin (now dead) and her only son in Rockford, Ill, C.L. Williams. Her illness was short, and the summons sudden, but found her prepared. Most of the time she was unconscious from medicine and the effect of disease, but in her conscious moments she expressed herself as prepared and willing to die. And peacefully she resigned her spirit to that Saviour, whom for fifty-seven years she had loved and followed.
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