Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 12, 1872
Marriages
SCHORN - ROCK: At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 5th, by Rev. H. Wheeler, Mr. Joseph Schorn to Miss Lottie Rock, all of this village.
WALKER - HOWE: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 26th, by Rev. L.E. Yale, Mr. Willis H. Walker to Miss Juliette Howe, all of Guilford.
GALE - SLATER: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 25th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Milo J. Gale of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Idell E. Slater, of Triangle, N.Y. [Broome Co.].
POPE - SHIPPEY: In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], Nov. 26th, by Rev. J.C. Shelland, Mr. Ambrose G. Pope, to Miss Emma J. Shippey, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].
BRIGGS - CABLE: In Stiles' Settlement, Nov. 27th, by Rev. J.N. Adams, Mr. William H. Briggs, of Afton [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Emma J. Cable, of Deposit [Delaware Co. NY].
BOURNE - SMITH: In Deposit [Delaware Co. NY], Nov. 26th, by Rev. G.O. Phelps, Mr. George W. Bourne of Afton [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Sarah Smith, of Cold Spring, N.Y. [Putnam Co.].
Deaths
RANSFORD: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 6th, Sophia [Ransford], wife of Matthew Ransford, aged 68 years.
After a long and painful illness, this good, faithful wife and tender mother has gone to her eternal rest. Folded peacefully on her breast are the busy hands which, forgetful of self, were always ministering to the comfort of others. In her the poor and needy ever found a ready and willing friend. No appeal for help was ever made to her in vain, and no sad heart ever failed to receive dear words of comfort from her lips. Happiness surely awaits her in the safe fold of the Good Shepherd, and though gone from our sight, green will the memory of this good, faithful and Christian friend live in the hearts of all who knew her. May God in His great mercy comfort her desolate husband and son, and teach them in His holy wisdom to say, "They will, not mine, O Lord, be done." Impressive funeral services were held at the house on Sunday afternoon, which were conducted by Rev. J.D. Pope, assisted by Rev. S. Scoville.
STEWART: In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 7th, Mrs. Russel Stewart, aged 88 years.
ELLSWORTH: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 1st, Samuel Ellsworth, aged 13 years and 8 months.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 12, 1872
Marriages
WOOD - MERIHEW: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], November 28th, by Rev. T. Harroun, Mr. John Wood, of Earlville [Madison Co., NY], to Miss M.J. Merihew, of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY].
BELDEN - NORCOTT: In Taylor [Cortland Co. NY], November 26th, by Rev. E.N. Benedict, Mr. Daniel W. Belden to Miss Susan S. Norcott, All of Taylor.
PARKER - FAIRCHILD: On the 26th of November, by Rev. D. Davis, G.D. Parker of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to M.E. Fairchild, of the same place.
ENSWORTH - BANNER: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], at the home of the bride, by Rev. B.B. Carruth, November 24th, Mr. Nelson A. Ensworth, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss M. Josephine Banner.
Up at our sister village of Earlville [Madison Co. NY], a few days since, while a wedding party were enjoying the feast of good things provided on such occasions, one of the guests and a sister of the bride, suggested to a still younger sister the advantage of improving the occasion for bringing her pending courtship to a close, provided her intended and expected husband concurred in the arrangement. The young lady objected that she had not the indispensable "wedding garment," a new dress, but this was overcome by the offer of the older sister that she would make her a present of the one she was then wearing. the offer was at once accepted and so a second wedding took place, the guests being then present, and the feast already prepared. the young couple were then presented by some of their friends with valuable presents and at once set out on the path in which we hope they will find many years of happiness.
Death
SLATER: In Washington, D.C., Nov. 17th, Israel Slater, son of Joseph Slater, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co. NY], aged 80 years and 8 months.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, December 11, 1872
Death
BOWERS: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 28th, Mrs. Martha Bowers, widow of Barney Bowers, aged 69 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 12, 1872
Marriages
At the house of the bride's father, Dec. 4th, by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. George A. Purdy to Miss Mary A. Skillman, all of Mcdonough [Chenango Co. NY].
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], at the house of the bride's father, Oct. 2d, by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Gilbert J. Brown to Miss Emma F. Dailey, both of Smithville.
In Marathon [Cortland Co. NY], Nov. 2d, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Francis T. Hall of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Celia M. Quinn of Marathon.
At the M.E. Parsonage, North Fenton [Broome Co. NY], Nov. 24th, by Rev. T. Burgess, Mr. Lagrande DeForest Winston, to Miss Sylvia A. Cooper, both of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY].
At the residence of the bride's father, in this town [Greene. Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 19th, by Rev. T. Burgess, Mr. Albert E. Horton, of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Elenor Thompson, of Greene.
Deaths
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 9th, Maud Gray [Roberts], only daughter of Geo. C. and Helen J. Roberts, aged 3 years and 5 months.
"That star went down in beauty, / Yet it shineth sweetly now, / On the bright and dazzling coronet / That decks the Saviour's brow. / She bowed to the destroyer, / Whose shafts none can repel, / And we know for God has told us / He doeth all things well."
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 6th, Mr. Jacob O. Terwilliger, aged 54 years.
In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 1st, Samuel Ellsworth, aged 18 years and 8 months.
In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], dec. 5th, Laura L. [Skillman], infant daughter of C.P. and Jennet Skillman, aged 5 months.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, December 14, 1872
Marriage
CARPENTER - PECKHAM: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], on the 5th inst. by Friends Ceremony, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. George A. Carpenter of Plattskill, Ulster co. [NY] and Miss Mary A. [Peckham] daughter of John J. Peckham of Smyrna.
Death
BROOKS: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 6th inst., Mr. John Brooks, aged 67 years, 7 months and 21 days.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, December 14, 1872
Deaths
Fatal Accident: An accident occurred at Osborne Hollow [Broome Co. NY] on Monday last by which two men were killed and three injured. A company of men were engaged in filling a trestle when the top of the evacuation in which they were digging suddenly fell. The height of the projection under which the men were employed was about ten feet, and those working under the jutting earth were buried beneath it. A man named Kelley and another, and Englishman, were instantly killed, and three others badly injured. It is said that the evacuation was an unsafe place into which men should not have been sent or permitted to go. The coroner's inquest will probably put the blame where it belongs.
Verdict in the Syracuse Railroad Accident: The Coroner's inquest in the case of Peter Mehan, engineer on the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad, who was killed by the disaster on Thanksgiving Day, was concluded on Friday afternoon of last week. In their verdict the jury found that the engineer came to his death by being crushed under the engine which was upset. The jury found that the track of this road is in many places very much worn and dilapidated and is wholly unfit for passenger traffic in the locality of the accident; that many of the rails are insecurely laid, that a considerable portion of the track is laid with pieces of rail ranging from six to twelve feet in length and concludes by condemning the management of the operative branch of the road in very strong terms.
The Late Judge Johnson
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 12, 1872
Hon. Thomas A. Johnson, of Corning, Steuben County [NY], who died last week, was a resident of this county [Chenango Co. NY], while a young man. We believe he went from Coventry to Greene, where he entered the office of the late judge Monell as a student. Before going to Corning he was married on the 7th of June 1830, to Miss Polly Birdsall, a sister of Maurice Birdsall, Esq., of Greene. Not long after his admission to the bar he removed to Corning and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1842 he was the Whig candidate for Senator in the old sixth district, and in 1847 was elected one of the justices of the Supreme court in the seventh district and held the office until his death. Some years since he married his second wife, a daughter of the late judge Welles, of Penn Yan. He was twice a member of the court of Appeals, and throughout the state was esteemed one of the most upright and able jurists. Many of our older citizens in this place, Oxford and Greene, will remember him, and all who knew him then, or since he has risen to deserved distinction as a judge, will sincerely mourn his loss.
Since writing the above we have seen a fuller sketch of the life of Judge Johnson in the Rochester Democrat of the 10th. He was born in Blanford, Mass. May 15th, 1804. When he was 12 years of age his parents removed to Colesville, Broome County, [NY] where they resided from 1816 to 1830. They were in limited circumstances and as soon as young Johnson was qualified to teach, he assumed the occupation and taught in Greene, Colesville and elsewhere, until he entered the office of Judge Monell. Upon his marriage with Miss Birdsall, he removed to Steuben County.
In regard to his election to the bench of the Supreme Court the Democrat says: "By the new constitution of 1846 it became necessary to reform the judicial districts and through the influence of the father of Gen. A.S. Diven, who was then a member of the Legislature from the town of Reading, then in Steuben and now in Schuyler County, and the Hon. Ira Harris who was then a senator from Albany, the county of Steuben was then transferred to the seventh judicial district, although geographically it should have been included in the sixth. The sole object of this was that Judge Johnson might be made one of the justices of the Supreme Court by legislating his county into a Whig district. The counties now composing the sixth district were at that time overwhelming Democratic. The result of this was that Judge Johnson was at the election of that year placed upon the bench and began the long and brilliant career which has reflected so much honor upon his name and which has placed him in the first rank of American jurists. Strange as it may seem, the deceased had no knowledge of the scheme which thus elevated him to his eminent position until ten years subsequent when he was informed of it by the Hon. F.H. Ruggles who was at the period when the districts were formed, a senator from Chautauqua County, and cognizant of all the facts. In this day of rapid and easy communication by rail and with our present facilities for travel the inconvenience of this arrangement can scarcely be realized, but to this political scheme the state is indebted for the advantages it has gained from the valuable services of the lamented judge."
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