Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 24, 1872

Marriages

TEMPLE - RANDALL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 20th, by Rev. A.M. Totman, Mr. Robert Temple, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Harriet P. Randall, of Norwich.

PRINCE - HENRY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 20th, by Rev. A.M. Totman, Mr. Charles A. Prince of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Eliza Berry, of Norwich.

MAIN - GREEN:  At the M.E. Church, in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, by Rev. T.P. Halstead, Mr. C.W. Main of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Hattie Green, of Sherburne.

WELLS - DAVIS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 15th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. James H. Wells, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Helen M. Davis, of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY].

MOORE - HOLMES:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], oct. 16th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Philip R. Moore, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Elizabeth L. Holmes, of Oxford.

JOHNSON - JONES:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Oct. 16th, by Rev. A.H. Brown, Mr. Byron H. Johnson, to Miss Carrie Jones, both of Cincinnatus.

CLARK - CLARK:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], Oct. 14th, by Rev. A.G. Clark, Mr. Henry H. Clark, of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Ella D. Clark, of DeRuyter.

HUGGINS - WILSEY:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 15th, by Rev. W.B. Thomas, Mr. William Huggins of Sanford [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Terese G. Wilsey, of Bainbridge.

STARR - TILLINGHAST:  In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], Oct. 15th, by Rev. C.T. Mills, Mr. Frederick Starr, of New York City, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Emma Tillinghast, of Morrisville.

PURCELL - MORRIS:  In Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 8th, by Rev. J.T. Franklin, Mr. Will M. Purcell to Miss Clara Mae Morris, granddaughter of the late Uri Tracy, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

HARROUN:  At the residence of her son, Rev. T. Harroun, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 16th, Mrs. Susan Harroun, aged 86 years.

BARSTOW:  At the residence of Charles Peacock in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 17th, Miss Florence A. Barstow, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 16 years and 10 months.

MARENES:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, William D. Marenes, aged 12 years.

COUGHLIN:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Mr. Michael Coughlin, aged 31 years.

JOHNSON:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Alice Ophelia [Johnson], wife of Henry Johnson, aged 30 years.

FURLOW:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 20th, Elizabeth [Furlow] wife of Charles Furlow, aged 37 years.

DAVIS:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Sally Davis, aged 76 years and 8 months.

GRISWOLD:  In North Adams, Mass., Oct. -?-, Miss Flora A Griswold, aged 15 years, 4 months and 15 days, formerly oj Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].

MATHEWSON:  In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, Ella May Mathewson, aged 1 month.

HOTCHKISS:  In East Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 8th, Helen [Hotchkiss], wife of Charles Hotchkiss, aged 26? years.

WHITMORE:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 17th, Angeline L. [Whitmore] wife of John Whitmore, aged 62 years.

POWERS:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], sept. 26th, Mr. William Eben Powers aged 56 years.

PRICE:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], August 17th, Annie [Price] youngest daughter of Stephen and Harriet Price, aged 8 years.

News Item

Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY]:  From the Review, we learn that on Wednesday last, the annual gathering of the Winsor family took place at the residence of G.H. Windsor, Esq., in that village.  Paris Winsor, the father of the family, came from Rhode Island about seventy years ago and located in what is known as "Rhode Island Settlement," in the town of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].  Soon afterwards he married Ruth, daughter of Capt. Abner Wood of that town. They both died some thirty years ago and sleep in the old burying ground near White's Store in this county. The family originally consisted of seven children, six of whom are now living [in 1872] - four brothers and two sisters.  Samuel the third son died on General Lee's plantation during the war and was there buried.  His remains were afterwards brought to Chenango County and re-interred.  One thing is remarkable about these gatherings.  During their continuance for the past ten years not a member of the family has been absent.  The oldest is sixty-two and the youngest forty-two, and their average weight is nearly two hundred pounds.  It is not often the case that so large a family are permitted to assemble every year and enjoy a social reunion without the thought that anyone of their number is about to be absent to mar the pleasure of the occasion.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 24, 1872

Deaths

BILLINGS:  In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY], Oct. 8th, Cornelia Billings, mother of George H. Billings of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 71 years.

JONES:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], September 27th, Mr. Lewis Jones, aged 33 years.

SMITH:  On the 6th of October at Titusville, Pa., Miss Cornelia Smith, daughter of David Smith, of Pitcher, in this county [Chenango Co. NY], in the 49th year of her age.  This lady deserves some particular notice as one of the very first to engage in the work of instruction of the newly freed people of the South several seasons., first in Florida, then in Delaware, with undivided devotion and great success.  Finally obliged opt retire form the humane service by the hardships and persecution endured there.  

STAUNTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 16th, after a brief illness, Mrs. Lavinia Staunton aged 55 years.

Soft be the turf on this dear breast, / And heavenly calm the lone retreat. / How longed the weary frame for rest; / That rest has come, and, oh, how sweet. 

Why should we ever shrink from death / 'Tis but to cast our robes away / And sleep at night, without a breath / To break repose, till dawn of day.   J.H.S.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 24, 1872

SCHENCK:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 17th, Mr. Martin Schenck, aged 79 years.

Martin Schenck, a resident of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], and in the eightieth year of his age, died at his home on Thursday morning last from injuries received the previous Saturday by falling about twenty feet from the branches of a chestnut tree. to the ground, and which accident we briefly mentioned in our last issue.  The particulars of the accident as they reach us, are as follows:  On the morning of Saturday the 12th inst., Mr. Schenck started on foot for the farm of David Sherwood, some two miles from town to gather chestnuts, carrying with him a ladder with which to ascend the trees. Telling Mr. Sherwood where he was going, he at once started off.  Mr. Sherwood soon after feeling anxious about the safety of so old a man in such a precarious undertaking as this, started for the chestnut trees, and while in sight of him, and while going to warn him of his danger saw the old gentleman fall to the ground.

Mr. Sherwood at first supposed him to be dead, as he was perfectly insensible at the time, but by the application of water and various stimulants, so far resuscitated him as to be able to bring him in his wagon to his, Mr. Schenck's, own home, where having lingered until the -?-, he died of his injuries.

Mr. Schenck was one of the oldest residents of the county, having for many years resided at Smithville, and for a few years past having resided here.  He leaves a large family of children well known among us.

The old gentleman was a veteran of the war of 1812 and received a pension from the Government for his service.  He was very fond of reading and took a deep interest in all the events of the day, and was a frequent visitor to our Sanctum, where he used to peruse the daily journals by the hour.  His loss will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.  On Friday his remains were conveyed to Smithville where he had spent so many years of his life, and on Saturday his funeral obsequies took place.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 26, 1872

Marriages

BROOKS - MILLER:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23, by Rev. Samuel Miller, Mr. D.C. Brooks and Miss Mary E. Miller.

BASSETT- CROWELL:  At the residenc fo the bride's father, in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23, by Rev. D.D> Brown, Mr. J.P. Bassett and Miss Victoria M. Crowell.

Tuesday night can truly be called a night of incidents.  A wedding took place at the Methodist church at 8 P.M. and the church was crowded to suffocation.  Many could not gain admission. The young portion of the community were out in large numbers, and we presume the fair maidens could not help thinking of those liens which run about this way, "This is the way we long have sought, / And mourned because we found it naught."  The happy parties were Mr. Chester W. Main, of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Harriet Green, of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY].  At the same hour a political meeting was being held in Union Hall which was liberally attended.