Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, February 1873 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 13, 1873

Marriages

NEWTON - TERRY:  At the residence of John S. Shattuck, Esq., in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 11th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Charles Newton to Miss Mercy L. Terry, all of Norwich.

KEOUGH - MILLER:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. A.G. Clark, Mr. Mark L. Keough, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Alice A. Miller, of Greene.

DWIGHT - BEATTIE:  In Truxton [Cortland Co. NY], Jan. 29th, by Rev. G.P. Turnbul, Mr. George A. Dwight, of German [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Eliza E. Beattie, of Truxton.

MASON - ADAMS:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], Jan. 20th, by Eld. T. Fisher, Mr. George S. Mason, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], to Mrs. Samantha M. Adams, of DeRuyter.

COLLIER - WATERS:  In Earlville [Madison Co. NY], Jan. 23d, by Rev. J.O. Gifford, Mr. J.H. Collier, of Lebanon [Madison Co. NY], to Miss Jennie L. Waters, of Earlville.

MARICLE - DIETRICH:  In Marathon [Cortland Co. NY], Feb. 4th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. William H. Maricle, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], to Miss Libbie Dietrich, of Marathon.

HODGE - HORTON:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Hial Hodge to Miss Ursula Horton, both of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY]

BROWN - MORSE:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Joseph G. Brown of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Addie E. Morse, of Greene.

Deaths

ISBELL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, Mrs. Lucinda Isbell, widow of the late James Isbell, aged 47 years.

FOY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, Catharine [Foy], daughter of Martin Foy, aged 4 years.

DRAKE:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, Orcelia E. [Drake], wife of C.M. Drake, aged 24 years.

PRESTON:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 8th, Mrs. Sarah Preston, aged 72 years.

COSS:  In East Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 2d, Mr. Henry Coss, aged 94 years, 11 months and 30 days.

HALL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, Miss Eva A. Hall, aged 18 years.

CLARK:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Feb 8th, Mr. Orsemus Clark, one of the oldest citizens of that town.

SERGEANT:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 27th, Mr. Wells Eley Sergeant, aged 64 years.

PENTACOST:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 14th, Mrs. Jane Pentacost, aged 76 years.

CURTIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 31st, Mrs. Curtis aged 79 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 13, 1873

Death

Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY]:  On Sunday evening, the 9th inst., Mr. Reuben Combs, a man aged about sixty years, was found dead on what is known as "Oak Hill."  Mr. Combs left his home about half past two in the afternoon of that day, and started for the house of Joseph Hawkins, about one mile distant. This was the last that was seen of him until about six o'clock in the evening when his body was found a short distance from the house, frozen stiff.  Mr. Combs had the heart disease and was subject to fits.  An inquest will be held tomorrow, Tuesday.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, February 15, 1873

Death

BENEDICT:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 11th inst., Dea. Charles Benedict aged 69 years, 9 months and 5 days.  The funeral will take place at his late residence at 11 o'clock today.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, February 15, 1873

Death

Died:  At his residence in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 10th, Ansel Evans, aged 83 years.  Mr. Evans was a son of Major Henry Evans who came from Guilford, Vt., in 1794, and commenced improvements on lot No. 80 in Bainbridge.  Some three or four years later he removed his family from Guilford to this place, and a majority of his children have resided here. The descendants are numerous, and a notice of them would constitute, in a great measure, the history of Bainbridge. The deceased ever maintained the character of a good citizen and the respect of the community at large.  For many years he has been a communicant of St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge and has by his acts illustrated the Christian life.  In his death we sustain the loss.  He the greatest gain.

A Veritable Ghost

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 13, 1873

If it were possible for the spirits of injured and abused persons to return and haunt those who had persecuted them while living, we should think that the following story in relation to the appearance of a ghost on the Syracuse and Binghamton railroad, was true; for if ever any persons deserved to be haunted by "spooks," they are the careless and negligent officials of that road.  The Cortland County Democrat of the 7th inst., says:  "We never took much stock in ghosts, but it is confidently asserted by employees of the Syracuse, Binghamton & N.Y. Railroad, that there is at this present time a real ghost flitting along the line of the road. This particular ghost takes the form of a woman and generally attends the through Midnight Freight train.  Last Friday night, so one of the employees who was on board of the train at the time, says, the ghost took position on the tender of the engine soon after leaving Chenango Forks and rode to Apulia.  She converses or attempts to converse with the fireman. The ghost has been seen by the engineer, fireman and conductor of the train, and we understand that the engineer declares that he will not run the train longer.  On Saturday night when the train came down from Syracuse, the "spook" was promptly on hand at Apulia and occupied her usual position from Apulia to Chenango Forks. There are various rumors in circulation in connection with the ghost, but as we have been unable to trace them to anything like a reliable foundation, we do not propose to add to their circulation."