Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1873
Marriages
CLOSE - TIFFANY: At the residence of the bride's father, July 1st, by Rev. E.W. Caswell, Mr. Charles L. Close, of Smith's Lake, Minnesota to Miss Helen M. Tiffany eldest daughter of William R. Tiffany, Esq., of King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY].
KINYON - MINER: At the residence of the bride's father, June 12th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Curtis Kinyon, of North Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Evelinda Miner of South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].
WHITMORE - LIVERMORE: At the residence of Mr. Willey, in Willet [Cortland Co. NY], May 31st, by Rev. W. Johnson, Mr. Addison Whitmore, to Miss Fylena Livermore, all of Willet.
Deaths
MOSIER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 25th, Mrs. Harriet M. Mosier, aged 56 years.
HALL: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], June 24th, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. M.B. Ludington, Louise E. [Hall] wife of Platt V. Hall, of Union Vale, Dutchess Co., N.Y., aged 32 years.
BURDICK: At the County House in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], June 11th, Mr. George L. Burdick, formerly of Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], aged 74 years.
GRANT: In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], June 30th, Mr. Christopher Grant, aged 44 years.
EMMONS: In Boston, June 27th, Mr. L. Byron Emmons, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], aged 35 years.
New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY]: A son of Volentine Pope was drowned on Friday night last. It seems that the little boy with his younger brother was in the habit of bathing in the river, and upon this occasion by some means got into deep water. Although the alarm was given immediately, it was nearly an hour before the body could be found. His age was nearly 12 years. Gazette
CRANDALL: In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], June 22d, Mrs. Abigail Crandall, aged 72 years.
Mrs. C., with her husband, who still survives her, came from Truxton, Cortland Co. [NY], to Pharsalia, about fifty-three years ago, where they have resided ever since, with the exception of three years. They shared the privations and hardships of the first settlers in clearing and cultivating the land which was at that time almost a vast forest. Mrs. Crandall having been an invalid for many years, seldom left home, but was striving to make pleasant and attractive the place where she always expressed pleasure in receiving her family and friends. Her suffering, which at the last was extreme, she bore with patience, calmly waiting for the messenger which should summon her home, and often expressing a desire to depart and be at rest. The love and respect of those who had so long known her as neighbor and friend could have been in no better way manifested than by the large attendance at her funeral. she leaves a family of ten children, all grown to man and womanhood, the youngest being Mrs. Alex. Totman, of this village. Her loss will be deeply felt, but to her death is gain.
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HILLIARD: Drowned, in Utica [Oneida Co. NY], June 25th, Mr. Edward P. Hilliard, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], aged 25 years.
A sad case of drowning occurred near the guard lock in West Utica, on Wednesday of last week, about five o'clock P.M. The victim was Edward P. Hilliard, captain of the coal boat "Norwich," in the employ of the D.L.&W. Railroad Company, in charge of the shifting of coal.
While the boat was in the guard lock of the Erie canal, Hilliard saw Georgie Rabenstein, a little boy of his acquaintance on the dock. He asked the boy to get on board and ride to his father's house, as the boat was to be tied up on the Chenango canal near his house. The boy got on board. His little dog got into the water. Hilliard told the boy to pull the dog onto the boat, but he replied that the dog could swim. Hilliard took hold of a piece of board, leaned over the side of the boat, and failed to reach the dog. The board broke, and Hilliard sunk like lead.
No one but the boy saw the accident in time to give assistance. Hilliard has had the ague for some time and was quite weak. It is supposed that he was taken with cramps. The body was recovered within an hour by the aid of grappling irons and taken to the residence of a cousin of the deceased, who resides in Utica. Coroner Taylor, after hearing the statements of witnesses, decided that no inquest was necessary.
Deceased was twenty-five years of age, unmarried, and a native of McDonough, in this County, where his father, Alonzo Hilliard, now resides. The body reached this village on Thursday evening, and remained at the residence of his brother-in-law, David Griffing, Jr.., until Friday morning, when it was taken to McDonough for interment.
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From the Binghamton Daily Times of Saturday, we gather the following particulars of the sad fate of Reynolds T. Reed, in former years an exemplary citizen of this County [Chenango Co. NY].
"Mr. Reed was born in Coventry, Chenango County, about fifty years ago, and was one of the most intelligent students in Oxford Academy. In his early days and after his marriage with Amelia Beardsley, he was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a teacher in the Sabbath School. As years rolled on bad habits grew upon him, and he separated with his wife, and has since lived at Afton and Nineveh, but for several years he has lived in Binghamton. He was a builder by occupation. His career in this city has not been high toned. On Thursday night he entered a house of ill-repute and about eleven o'clock, Mr. Milton H. Gibbs and others were informed that Mr. Reed was dead and lying on the lounge in this house.
"Mrs. Hoyt, who kept the house, claimed he came in there and complained of being sick, and that she gave him a dose of salts, and then he frothed at the mouth and instantly expired. The body was taken to the house of Mr. Boardman, and it was visited Coroner Worthing and others about six o'clock.
"Dr. Richards and Chittenden held a postmortem examination. The stomach was found to be ulcerated. There were other inflammatory appearances. His death was undoubtedly caused by an unrestricted indulgence in poisonous alcoholic drinks."
The Times of Monday states that Mr. Reed was a native of Unadilla, instead of Coventry. A subscriber furnishes the following sketch of his early history:
"R.T. Reed, better known by his middle name, 'Theron,' was the youngest son of Phinehas Reed, who more than 60 years ago, settled in the town of Unadilla, on what is known as the "Stone House Farm," now owned by Thomas C. Moore, near "Shavers Corners," where Theron was born. While attending school, from over study and ill health, he became insane, and it is at least charitable to ascribe his subsequent delinquencies to a recurrence of that malady."
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STOVER: Killed by the falling of a tree, in Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], June 27th, Richard Elwood Stover, Esq., aged 50 years.
The people of Smyrna and vicinity were startled on Friday morning last, by the announcement that Richard Elwood Stover, a respected citizen of that town, had met with a violent death. He, in company with Laselle Morgan, was engaged in felling trees on his wood lot, about one mile from the village. One tree had been cut, which in its fall lodged upon another; this also was cut, when the two struck a dead tree in their descent, breaking it into fragments, a knot from which struck Mr. Stover upon the head, causing injuries which he survived by a few moments after help had reached the spot, summoned by the cries of Mr. Morgan for assistance. he was not conscious after the accident.
The deceased occupied a prominent position in his town, being a member of the Methodist church, one of the town Railroad Commissioners, and had held the office of Justice of the Peace. He was a public-spirited man, and much respected by the community at large. His age was about fifty years, and he leaves two orphan boys, aged about six and ten years his wife dying some three years since. He had an insurance of $3,000 on his life, in the Connecticut mutual.
His funeral was very largely attended on Saturday afternoon, at his late residence, his pastor, Rev. A.F. Brown, officiating.
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A laborer named O. Stanislaus was killed on the Midland Railroad, just north of the D.L.&W. junction in Utica [Oneida Co. NY], on Friday morning last. As the work train crossed the little bridge over the Nail Factory creek, a stick of wood fell from the box behind the tender, striking before the wheels of the caboose and throwing it from the track. This was seen by a man on a hand car at the side of the track. The hands in the caboose tried to notify the engineer of the accident but were unable to do so. One man, a laborer, started it is supposed to climb upon the engine, and as he got to the forward door of the caboose the forward truck was thrown across the track, raising the end of the caboose into the air, and throwing the man at the door, O. Stanislaus, between the caboose and engine, where he was caught in such a way as to nearly sever his head from his body. Although his neck was broken and his windpipe incised, he lived nearly an hour in an unconscious condition. Deceased was a native of Poland, and a single man. The coroner's jury censured the Midland Company for not providing a bell rope for the caboose.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1873
Death
In Colesville [Broome Co. NY], June 25th, Mrs. Jane [McCullor], wife of Harvey McCullor, aged 72 years, 1 month and 15 days.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, July 5, 1873
Marriage
CRANDALL - HYATT: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], July 3d, by Rev. A.F. Brown, Mr. Edson L. Crandall and Miss Urena M. Hyatt, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
COOK: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 2d inst., Miss Jennie Cook, daughter of Alonzo Cook, aged 17 years.
HOLLIS: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. William Hollis.
BYRAM: In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 2d inst., Henry Byram, aged 16 years.
DEMARSE: In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 3d inst., Ida DeMarse, daughter of Mr. Francis Demarse, aged 17 years.
MILLER: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], June 30th, suddenly at the residence of Heman Calkins, Mr. John O. Miller of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY], aged 77 years.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, July 5, 1873
Marriages
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], at the Atwater House, on the 24th ult. by Rev. S.S. Lewis, Mr. George Ellis of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Alice Gustin of East Worcester [Otsego Co. NY].
In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], June 24th, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. George D. Horton, Mr. Alanson B. Minor, of Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Delia L. Abbott, of Afton.
Death
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], on the 1st inst., Blin S. Sill, aged 65 years.
We are pained to announce the death of this aged and respected citizen of Bainbridge, which occurred at his residence in this village on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 1st inst., at the age of sixty-five years. He had been confined to his house about four months, suffering from a stricture in the lower bowels, which originated in 1851, from a disease contracted on the Isthmus of Panama. He was one of our oldest residents and has held several offices of honor and distinction. He was appointed Postmaster in 1869, which office he held at the time of his death. He was also an active member of St. Peter's Church in this village, and his death, although expected for a long time, has cast a gloom over the entire community. The funeral took place from the Episcopal Church at five o'clock on Thursday afternoon and was attended by a vast concourse of true mourners.
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