Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, August 1873 (concluded)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 28, 1873

Marriage

BOYNTON - MITCHELL:  In Dayton, Ohio, July 8th, Mr. J.W.W. Boynton, of Smyrna, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] to Miss Fanny Mitchell, of the former place.

Deaths

RUSSELL:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 21st, Mrs. Theresa C. Russell, daughter of Jonas T. Parker, aged 27 years, 4 months and 23 days.

GRAY:  In North Norwich, August 25th, Phebe Gray, aged 92 years.

PARKER:  At the residence of her nephew L.D. Parker, in Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY], August 23d, Miss Achsah Parker, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], aged 78 years.

WARDWELL:  In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], July 28th, Lois [Wardwell] wife of Benjamin Wardwell, aged 71 years.

PRINCE:  In Bainbridge, August 20th, Mrs. Czar Prince, aged 68 years.

WILLIAMS:  In Utica [Oneida Co. NY], August 14th, Mr. George M. Williams, aged 26 years, formerly of Ner Berlin [Chenango Co. NY]

HOPKINS:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], August 18th, Susan A. [Hopkins], daughter of Clark Hopkins, aged 16 years.

Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]:  A very sad and mysterious death occurred near Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co. NY] on Monday of last week, of a twin daughter (Amelia [Hopkins]) of Clark Hopkins, Esq., an old resident of Smyrna Hill, which has cast a gloom on all who knew her - being a lovely disposition - and would have been 17 years of age on Saturday last.  She has spent the summer at Capt. Newton's, in Sherburne, and was taken suddenly ill last week one day, and brought home by her father on Sunday morning, and a physician called, but too late.  she breathed her last on Monday afternoon.  She had been taking a prescription of carbolic acid, given her by a physician for a slight sore in the nose, and it is fearer that this caused her sudden death, as she was a robust, healthy girl, hardly ever knowing what sickness was.  The symptoms of her disease as told to me by her father - dull pain in head, great thirst, frothing at mouth after death, &c. - seem to verify the above suspicions.  Her remains were followed by her bereaved twin sister (Adelia), father, a loved grandmother, and a large circle of neighbors and friends, on Wednesday, to the burial ground in the east part of our village.  They all have the deep sympathy of the community at large in their sore affliction.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 28, 1873

Death

PACKER:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], August 23d, after months of severe suffering, Mrs. Lucy Packer, wife of the late Dea. Elisha Packer, and daughter of Gen. James Mason, in the 79th year of her age.  For over 50 years a Christian, depending on the merits of Jesus Christ alone for her acceptance with the Father.  We weep, but not as those who have no hope, for our loved one is with her Lord and Saviour.  Her father, Gen. Mason, came from Lebanon, Conn., in 1806.  She was the eleventh of sixteen children, and all but two of the eleven lived until they were over 70 years old.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, August 27, 1873

Marriage

In St. Paul's Church, Rochester [Monroe Co. NY], on the 11th ult. by Rev. Dr. Van Ingen, Ethan C. Clarke, Esq., resident Civil Engineer, having charge of the public works at Palmyra [Wayne Co. NY], to Miss Elizabeth Mickle.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 28, 1873

Marriages

In Nineveh [Broome Co. NY], Aug. 17th, by Rev. W.H. Sawtelle, Mr. Frank W. Pearsall of -?- Minnesota, to Miss Estella L. Parsons, of the former place.

In Nineveh [Broome Co. NY], Aug. 17th, by the same, Mr. Edward M. Brown to Miss Carrie Parsons, both of Nineveh.

Death

In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 16th, Charlie G. [Wheeler], son of Garry D. and Jennie Wheeler, aged 9 months.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, August 30, 1873

Deaths

ELSBRE:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], August 23d, Mrs. Rebecca Elsbre, aged 73 years.

Mrs. Elsbre died suddenly, having been to visit her husband's grave on the evening before her death.  She had been a resident of Sherburne a great number of years and was very highly esteemed.  Her unobtrusive manners, freedom from censoriousness, generosity, and pleasant countenance, will be greatly missed.  She was a faithful communicant of Christ church, one of whom it is delightful to think.  May her example have many imitators.  Her bereaved friends have our cordial sympathy mingled with regrets for the loss sustained by the community.

DAVISON:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], August 26th, Mr. Peter I. Davison, aged 78 years.

The deceased was a resident of Sherburne for more than half a century.  In business his honesty and uprightness were known by all who had any dealings with him.  As a citizen he had the respect and goodwill of the people generally.  He was one of the founders of the Episcopal Chruch in Sherburne, and one of its most faithful upholders and devout worshipers.  For a great number of years he held the office of Senior Warden, and the Chruch was glad so to honor a man of such character and worth.  Mr. Davison leaves a large family to mourn over his departure, but they will have comfort to remember his virtues.

The sorrowful duty devolves upon us, this week, of recording the death of one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens, Peter I. Davison, who expired at his residence on Tuesday last, at the ripe age of 78 years.  About a week since he was prostrated by a paralytic stroke, since which, though showing occasional signs of consciousness, he remained helpless and speechless to the time of his death.

The deceased was born in Danube, Herkimer County.  Early in the war of 1812 he enlisted and served with credit to its close.  About the year 1815 he came to Sherburne where, in company with his brother Jesse, he established the business of silversmith and jeweler, which he has continued with good success ever since.

Mr. Davison has been so long and so closely identified with the history of Sherburne that the sad event of his death deserves something more than a passing notice.  He is associated with the early recollections of the little remnant of the class of oldest inhabitants, and all classes of our citizens, to whom he was generally known, will hold his many virtues in honored remembrance.  He was among the most active in establishing Christ church, in which he served as Warden from the time of its organization to his death.  His life has been marked by no startling or extraordinary events, but he was pre-eminently a good man; one who possessed in a high degree the confidence and esteem of all with whom he had social or business relations; one who will be long remembered for his gentle nature, his kindness of heart, and the simplicity and blamelessness of his life.  In his death the Church to which he was so long and so ardently attached loses one of its most active and firm supports; Sherburne one of its most respected citizens; his aged widow, a faithful and tender husband, and his children, a kind and affectionate father.  The children, eight in number, were all happily able to be present at the funeral, which was attended on Thursday afternoon by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.  In common with all our citizens we tender our sympathies to the kindred of the deceased in their sorrowful bereavement.