Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1873
Marriage
HALL - PURDY: At the residence of the bride's parents in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 15th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles F. Hall, of Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Kittie M. Purdy, daughter of Dr. C.M. Purdy.
Deaths
ANDERSON: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, Miss Louise Anderson, aged 20 years.
NEAL: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], April 13th, Mr. William Neal, aged 53 years.
PALMER: Suddenly, in Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], April 4th, Mr. Rensselaer Palmer, aged 58 years.
WADE: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Mr. Esek Wade, aged 80 years.
PERKINS: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], April 12th, Mr. Gurden Perkins, son of the late Erastus Perkins, aged 61 years.
WILCOX: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 16th, Elizabeth [Wilcox], wife of the late Job Wilcox, aged 67 years.
BROWN: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Cora May [Brown], daughter of William W. and Delight Brown, aged 2 years and 3 months.
BARNARD: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], April 3d, Laurinda O. [Barnard] widow of the late Charles E Barnard, aged 76 years.
COLBURN: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], April 8th, Dea. Everett Colburn, in the 76th year of his age.
ROUNDS: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 21st, Priscilla [Rounds], wife of Samuel Rounds, aged 29 years.
Otselic [Chenango co. NY]: Mr. Roby an aged citizen passed away on Saturday, April 5th, after a short illness. He was living with his daughter, Mrs. Warren Brown.
TURNER: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, of congestion on the lungs, Linn Turner, only son and child of Simon W. and Maria E. Turner, aged 6 months and 4 days.
Our little Linnie slumbers / In a dreamless sleep, / And he will never waken / To see the grieved ones weep.
Locked the lips and eyelids / Of the pale face fair, / For death has now our darling, / He clasps a treasure rare.
Tender care can do no more / Love its all has given / Gazing still a last farewell, / We leave him now to heaven.
Place the pure and infant form / 'Neath the flowering sod; / While Hope and Faith are whispering, / The spirit dwells with God.
The DeRuyter New Era [Madison Co. NY] states that Mr. Wales Fairbank, a farmer about seventy years of age, residing in Cuyler, near Deruyter, was accidently drowned on Monday, the 7th inst., on his return homeward from that village, while attempting to cross the bridge over the Tioughnioga river near what was formerly Sears' Oil Mill, almost within sight of his own door.
Edmund Farrell, who resided about a mile from the Coventry station [Chenango Co. NY], on the D.L.&W. Railroad, left Oxford about nine o'clock on Friday evening last, on the Binghamton express, for that station, whence he started to walk home. The night coal train, going south, met some obstruction a short distance below the Coventry station, and stopping to ascertain the cause, discovered a mangled body, which was recognized as Farrell's and carried to the house occupied by his parents. Farrell was a very intemperate man, and on the evening referred to, he was in a worse state than usual. It is supposed that after he left the cars, he took the railroad track toward home, instead of the highway, and that he lay upon the track in a drunken stupor when the engine overtook him. His neck was found to be broken, head partially crushed, arms broken, and feet lacerated. The deceased was formerly employed in the furnace of H. Thompson & Co., in this village. He was about forty-years of age, and unmarried. Quite an amount of property, which he had acquired, including a large farm, with stock and implements, were transferred to a guardian some time ago, on account of his habits of intemperance. Constant appeals to reform failed to affect him.
Edward Farrell, a well-known resident of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], met his death on Friday night last, by being run over by a coal train on the D.L.&W. Railroad. The train consisted of only the engine and caboose. The particulars are, as we gain them, as follows:
He left this village in an intoxicated condition, for home on the evening express south, which left this station at 9 o'clock, being behind time, and got off at Coventry Station and started down the track, his farm being about a mile below the station. Following the express was an extra coal train, and when within about 40 rods of his residence the engine struck something upon the track. The train was stopped, the train men went back and found the lifeless and mangled remains of Edward Farrell. His head was smashed, a leg and arm broken, his toes cut off, and his body otherwise mangled. Stephen Wilber, the nearest resident was summoned, and the remains properly cared for. It is supposed that he was asleep on the track at the time. Death must have occurred instantly.
Deceased was a single man, of intemperate habits, and about 40 years of age. He leaves an aged father and mother, a married sister, and several brothers. He had by hard work in his younger days and the help of the family, gained enough to purchase the farm where he resided, but this within a year, owing to his intemperate habits, had been placed out of his hands. [Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, April 16, 1873]
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1873
Deaths
PERKINS: At Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], April 12th, Gurdon Perkins, son of the late Erastus Perkins, aged 62 years.
LEVEE: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], on the 8th inst. Sherman J. [Levee], youngest child of John and Esther Levee, aged seven months. He has left his dear friends / That loved him so well, / With Jesus and angels / Forever to dwell.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, April 16, 1873
YORK: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 10th, Dea. Charles York, aged 80 years.
Mr. York was born in Stonington, Conn. on the twenty-second of July 1793, and lived there until the year 1813, when with Elder Jedediah Randall, he emigrated to this village. About the year 1815 he formed a business partnership with Benj. Chapman and the firm of York & Chapman carried on the mercantile business for two years. He was afterwards the partner of Cyrus Wheeler for about the same length of time, when he retired from mercantile life to his farm in this village. In 1817 he married Esther Randall, daughter of John Randall, Sr. and sister of the late Charles Randall, a most estimable lady, who from that time until his death shared his joys and sorrows and now mourns his departure. In 1835 he united with the Baptist church in this village, and in the following year was elected one of its deacons, a position which he acceptably filled until his death. Indeed, he was one of the fathers of the church in every sense of the word; a pillar upon whom the entire body seemed to lean at times for support, and it never found him wanting. At his death his name stood at the head of the roll of membership in length of service as well as in honors. In 1831 he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the old Court of Common Pleas a position which we believe he held until the adoption and taking effect of the new constitution in 1846. He also represented this town for seven or eight years in the Board of Supervisors.
Since his retirement from the bench, he has devoted himself mainly to private pursuits, extending his sphere of usefulness however from time to time as he had opportunity. Up to the last two weeks of his life, he was able to be around, though his great age and infirmity forbade any active pursuit. He was complaining for something like two weeks though he was not considered dangerously ill until the Sunday before his death. His disease was heart disease.
Judge York was one of the marked men of our county. In whatever station he found himself he was always sure to perform its duties to the utmost satisfaction of his constituents. As a judge, his action was controlled by sound judgment and wise discretion. As a supervisor he closely guarded the interests of his constituents. As a merchant he was honest and conscientious. As a citizen he was never willing to offend; jealous of his own opinion, he did not willingly obtrude it upon others, and accorded to all the same freedom of action and thought which he claimed for himself. As a member of the church he was consistent and active, making good his professions by his practice. As a politician he was a Jackson Democrat of the strictest sort. But when Democracy meant slavery he abandoned the party, and ever afterward upheld Republican principles. As a husband and father, he was kind and indulgent, and while we all shall miss him, in his family circle where his virtues were best known, his loss will be keenest felt.
In addition to his aged widow there remain here of his family three sons, Charles, Henry and Jedediah, all grown to manhood and settled in life. May the mantle of the father worthily fall upon them.
Thus, passes away the fathers, those who have borne the heat and burden of pioneer life. But few are left who with Judge York stood shoulder to shoulder in the beginning of the present century. Thankful should we be that they have been so long spared to us to guide us by their advice and example. Well will it be for the present generation if it heed their counsels.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 17, 1873
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], April 10th, Mr. Thomas Upham aged 70 years and 7 months.
In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, Roxey Waters, widow of Russell Waters, Esq. aged 85 years and 6 months.
In German [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Mrs. Lucinda [Adams], aged 67 years, 6 months.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, April 19, 1873
Death
BARNES: At Spring Prairie, Wis. March 23d, at 7 o'clock A.M., Mrs. Lovinia Barnes, formerly of Earlville, Chenango Co. N.Y., aged 74 years 6 months and 12 days. Mother Barnes was born in Colerain, Mass., Sept. 11th, 1798. she was baptized by Elder Barber in 1816. In 1848 she came with her family from Sherburne, N.Y., to Wisconsin. Soon after she united with the Baptist Church at Spring Prairie and sustained that relation when she passed from the Sabbath on earth to the Sabbath of God in Glory, from the Church militant to the Chruch triumphant. The funeral was observed at the Baptist Church, on Tuesday at 10:20 A.M. Thus, we pass away, one by one, to our eternal rest. Our beloved and aged sister passed hopefully to her rest on high.
"Friend after friend departs, / Who has not lost a friend? / There is no union here of hearts / That finds not here an end. / Were this frail world one final rest, / Living or dying, none were blest." Milwaukee Sentinel
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, April 18, 1872
Marriages
In this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 9th, by Rev. W.B. Thomas, Mr. B.D. Wood and Miss Emma L. Daniel.
Also, by the same at the same time, Mr. Ransom J. Wood and Miss Nettie M. Case, all of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].
Death
In Durham, Dec. 26th, suddenly of congestion of the brain, Dr. Elias Whittlesy, in the 45th year of his age.
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