Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 3, 1873
Marriages
PHILLIPS - ISBELL: At the residence of the bride in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 27th, by Rev. W. C. Phillips, of Etna, N.Y. Mr. William C. Phillips, Jr. to Miss Jennie Isbell, daughter of the late James Isbel, both of Norwich.
SWEET - HENRY: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], March 25th, by Rev. A.T. Brown, Mr. Bruce J. Sweet to Miss jennie A. Henry, both of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
JOHNSON: At the residence of George W. Ray, Esq., in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 26th, of typhoid pneumonia and pleurisy, Abiram Pierce, youngest son of John J. and Jane L. Johnson, of North Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], and brother of Mrs. G.W. Ray, aged 19 years 9 months and 12 days.
SALSMAN: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 27th, Mrs. Margaret Salsman, wife of Jacob Salsman, aged 67 years.
HOLDEN: In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], March 31st, Mr. Riley A. Holden, aged 83 years.
LEWIS: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, of consumption, Mr. Norman A. Lewis, son of Nathan and Electa Lewis, aged 25 years.
DAVIS: In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY], March 22d, Mr. Orrin D. Davis, aged 59 years.
FITCH: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], March 15th, Miss Alice L. Fitch, daughter of Mason Fitch, aged 22 years.
HOLCOMB: In Greene, March 18th, Mrs. Lucy Holcomb, aged 83 years.
MILES: In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], March 16th, Miss Harriet Miles, aged about 76 years.
EDGERTON: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], March 19th, Mr. James S. Edgerton, aged 57 years.
MARVIN: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, Gracie [Marvin], daughter of Richard Marvin, aged 1 year and 4 months.
COLTON: In Walton, Delaware Co. [NY], March 16th, Charlotte M. [Colton] wife of George A. Colton and daughter-in-law of Bela B. Colton, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 33 years. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. John Mead, of this village and was a lady of rare literary attainments. She received her scholastic education at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, Mass., and subsequently taught for several terms in this village. Leaving a loving husband and four small children, including an infant son only a few days old. Her death creates a melancholy sadness among the many friends of her youth which cannot be easily dispelled, except by the promises of him who said: "And this is the Father's will which sent me, that of all which He hath given me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day." Walton Chronicle.
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GREGORY: Suddenly, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 26th, Mrs. Martha Gregory, aged 79 years.
Considerable excitement prevailed in town on Wednesday and Thursday of last week occasioned by the sudden death of Mrs. Martha Gregory, a widow lady aged 79 years. Deceased resided with her stepdaughter, Mrs. Brown, on Piano Street. Soon after partaking of breakfast, as usual, on Wednesday morning, she was taken with violent vomiting and purging, and died on the afternoon of the same day. Immediately, various surmises as to the cause of her death, with rumors of previous unpleasantness between the deceased and her stepdaughter, were rife through the neighborhood, until reaching the ears of Mrs. Brown, she demanded an investigation. Coroner Hand summoned a jury on Thursday afternoon before whom a lengthy examination of witnesses was had. The contents of the stomach were also examined by medical men. The jury were unanimous in their verdict that the deceased came to her death from natural causes, and that there were no grounds for any suspicion to the contrary.
Funeral services were held on Friday morning, by Rev. J.D. Pope. The Thirty-First Psalm was read on that occasion, and was considered applicable, under the circumstances.
"Sentinel" the Norwich correspondent of the Utica Herald, gives the following brief sketch of the Gregory family: "In this connection, I am led to a remark or two in regard to the Gregory family, in which has been manifested a strange fatality indeed. Reuben Gregory, son of Martha Gregory's husband by a former wife, and brother of Mrs. Brown, was shot by Dennison in a fit of intoxication, in Columbus, over forty years ago. The elder Gregory kept a tavern in Columbus at that time, and Dennison, being under the influence of liquor, in Dr. Jewett's middle stage of drunkenness, crazy made, and more drink being denied, sought revenge by firing a shotgun through the window, the shot killing the son, instead of the father, as was the murderer's intent. The first wife of Gregory, senior, and a daughter, mother and sister of John, it may not be generally known to the Chenango County readers of the Herald, were poisoned accidentally, at the same time. Certain innoxious herbs had been steeped in a copper vessel, and the tea, from too long standing in the same, freely partaken of, proved fatal to both."
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 3, 1873
Marriage
JANES - PARKS: At the residence of the bride's parents in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 26, by Rev. J.D. Pope. L...rne R. Janes Esq., of Williamsport, Pa., and Miss Angelia L. Parks.
Death
HALL: In German [Chenango Co. NY], on the 15th of march, Otis Burton [Hall] infant son of -?- and Wm. Hall, aged six months. His sickness was short but his sufferings were intense the last day or two of his illness; but the angel of death came at last and relieved the little sufferer and bore him upward to the world on high, "For of such is the kingdom of Heaven." Weep not then, dear friends, / For with him 'tis well, / Your dear little Burtie has gone above to dwell.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 3, 1873
Deaths
In Chicago, Ill., March 25th, Mrs. Mary [Brown], wife of Mr. John S. Brown, aged 32 years. This sore bereavement has come with peculiar severity upon a widow called recently to part with a loving mother from beneath her own roof. Mrs. Brown was well known in this community having been reared in our midst where she was highly esteemed for her many qualities of heart, calculated to awaken esteem and love. Suddenly has she been taken from a home of comfort and prosperity, leaving a devoted husband and two little ones behind. In the midst of sore afflictions like these and others in the same neighborhood where these trials have come, we can but feel that God may alone explain His mysterious Providences, and the mourning heart say or try to say, thy will be done.
Since the above notice was prepared, we have just time to give the fearful intelligence of the death March 31st of Mr. J.S. Brown himself, aged 39 years. Surely this is a most crushing bereavement, husband and wife, within one week in the embrace of death, and two little ones deprived of both father and mother. May God help the helpless and all bowed down by these appalling Providences.
In Chicago [IL], March 31st, Stella [Brown], eldest daughter of Mr. John S and Mary Brown, aged 5 years.
In North Fenton [Broome Co. NY], March 29th, Mr. Henry W. Christian, aged 50 years.
WILSON: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], March 24th, Olive P. [Wilson] wife of Daniel J. Wilson, and daughter of John and Mary Stoughton, aged 31 years. [Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, Apr. 3, 1873]
The death of Mrs. Olive P. Wilson, noticed in last week's paper, occurred too near the issue of the same to allow ought else but the chronicling the sad event. Her departure was so sudden that but few indeed of her friends knew of the nearness of death until she had gone from earth. This crushing blow falls with terrible weight upon the bereaved husband and family, and a large circle of attached friends. Kind and gentle and affectionate in disposition, her departure has awakened the deepest sorrow among those who knew and loved her. The peculiar circumstances preceding her decease, add keenly to the bereavement. The sympathies of friendship are strongly drawn towards him, who has thus, after a brief wedded life, been called to surrender one so tenderly loved. She was sustained, brief though the summons hence was by Christian hopes and supports even amide acute sufferings. May God pour the oil of His divine consolations into these bruised mourner's hearts.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, April 5, 1873
Marriage
A silver wedding party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Purdy, of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on Monday evening, the 31st ult. It was attended by upwards of forty of the friends and relatives of the bride and groom of twenty-five years, and though, at the request of the hosts, the ceremony of present making was omitted, an elegant entertainment was prepared for the guests, and the evening passed maid hearty congratulations, and exclamations of surprise that time had flown so rapidly and sat so lightly upon the heads of the twain. Few people who have passed to middle life bear fewer marks of life's struggles, or more brilliant prospects of brightening from the silver to the golden matrimonial period in life.
Deaths
DAVIS: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on Monday, March 31, William Davis, aged 59 years and 23 days.
ROBBINS: In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] on the 20th ult. Mrs. Pamelia Robbins, aged 90 years. So, another of the old landmarks has passed away. Coming to Sherburne while young, deceased has been familiar with the various changes that have occurred in the settlement of the town and among its people, by whom she was held in much esteem for cheerfulness of disposition and kindheartedness during her active life. Though connected with no church, she is spoken of as religiously inclined, and as always in readiness to assist and sympathize with the afflicted. She is particularly remembered by many of our older citizens for her care and nursing of the sick in their earlier days. For a long time previous to her death, she suffered a painful illness, and frequently expressed a desire to "depart and be in peace."
Charles Bates, aged 17 years, a son of Arthur Bates, formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], but now of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], was killed at Norwich, on Wednesday evening, by falling from a train. We understand that he jumped on the steps of the train to ride a few rods while the train was getting in motion, with a view of jumping off again. By some means he fell and a car passed over him causing instant death. Another sad warning to boys who are in the habit of playing about the depots and trains. When will they take heed?
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Died on February 28, 1873, in Sherburne, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Mrs. Eliza Carrier [Marsh], wife of Dea. S.B. Marsh, after one week's severe illness. No very alarming symptoms appeared till a few hours before her death, when an internal rupture was produced from violent coughing. Although the summons to depart was sudden she was not unprepared. In great calmness and peace, she bid adieu to earth and a weeping household, assuring them of her acceptance with God, and then sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. Her last enemy was conquered through faith. Mrs. Marsh was born in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 5th, 1800. She came with her parents to Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.] at an early age, was married in 1820, made a public profession of religion in 1823, by uniting with the 1st Congregational Church in Sherburne. She was of a modest and retiring disposition, amiable, confiding, and sympathizing; devoted and exemplary, in her social and religious duties, steadfast and uniform in her faith and practice; relying upon Christ as her only hope of immortality; bearing affliction and bereavement with remarkable patience and fortitude ever ready to suffer as well as do the will of her Lord. She loved the divine work, the Church, and the worship of God's house, and studied to be familiar with all points of Christian doctrine and experience. The strength of her faith was often severely tried by sickness and bereavement. But the more she was chastened of her Lord the more she loved and trusted in Him. Divine grace manifestly accomplished its perfect work in her and by her. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."
"The day had waned, and night / Crept slowly on, until the midnight hour / Drew near. Amid the sleeping world a form / Passed noiselessly along. None know their Lord / Was passing by, or heard the Bridegroom's cry, / Save one. The seal of three-score years and ten / Was on her brow; her feet were tired and worn / Along the way, and time had dallied with / Her failing strength, till she was weary grown, / And often sighed for rest from toil and pain.
He touched her as he stopped beside her bed, / And gently saying "Rise, let us go hence." / He found her lamp all ready, trimmed and filled. / With calm unfalt'ring trust, she put her hand / In His, and went forth out into the night. / But He, with His strong arm about her, bore / Her safe across the darkened river, safe / Unto the city of the blest, where there / Is no more pain or suffering, toil / Or care; but spotless, pure and glorified, / She rests upon the bosom of her God."
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, April 5, 1873
Death
On Saturday evening of last week, a man named David McDougal either fell or was thrown from a train on the S.B. & N.Y. Railroad, at a place called Gulf Bridge, two miles south of Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], and sustained such injuries that soon after his discovery, and being carried to his home at the Point, he died. The cars passed over his left leg close to his body and the right leg below the knee, besides his left arm was crushed and his head severely bruised.
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