Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 4, 1873
Marriages
CONGER - DUTTON: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 1st by Rev. J.W. Barr, assisted by Rev. T.F. Harris, Mr. A. Barton Conger of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Alice K. Dutton of Otselic.
PIKE - BECKWITH: At the Spaulding House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 30th, by Rev. S.F. Brown, Mr. Frederick J. Pike to Miss Emma Beckwith, both of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].
LEGG - HUTCHINS: In Truxton [Cortland Co. NY], August 18th, by Rev. George P. Turnbul, Mr. S.B. Legg to Miss Olive Hutchins, both of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].
WOODEN - LIGHT: In Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], August 23d, by Rev. A. Roe, Mr. Henry J. Wooden of Virgil [Cortland Co. NY], to Miss Eveline Light, of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
LAWRENCE: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], August 31st, Mr. Lewis A. Lawrence, son of Dr. C.E. Lawrence aged 22 years.
Lewis A. Lawrence, son of Dr. Lawrence, died in a fit on Sunday afternoon last. He has been a great care to his parents and friends, having been troubled with epileptic fits since a child. He was twenty-two years of age. his funeral was largely attended on Monday, the exercises being conducted by Rev. J.P. Root, assisted by Rev. H.S. Jones.
IVES: In Detroit [MI], August 22d, Maggie [Ives] wife of George W. Ives, aged 32 years.
BOGET: In Pontiac, Ill., August 17th, Mrs. Sophia L. Boget, aged 65 years, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].
The Smyrna Hill Mystery: Our Smyrna correspondent last week mentioned the death of a young lady, daughter of Clark Hopkins, Esq., of Smyrna hill, near Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co. NY], which was accompanied by some suspicious symptoms. Since that time, we have learned that the sudden death has cause considerable comment in the neighborhood, and that Coroner Hand was called upon to investigate the affair. After making the most careful inquiries of persons residing in that locality, Dr. Hand satisfied himself that there was no necessity for further investigation - that the illness and death of the young lady were the result of natural causes - and that no grounds for suspicion exist in any quarter.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 4, 1873
Deaths
ALLEN: On Saturday, 23d ult. in DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], Mrs. Bessy Allen, wife of Mr. Seymour Allen, in the 60th year of her age.
Cortland [Cortland Co. NY]: A young man named Greenman of Cortland, was killed by the falling of a bent at a barn raising. Another man and a boy were injured.
Rev. F.D. Higgins died at Bouckville [Madison Co. NY] on the 21st inst. He belonged to the Northern N.Y. conference. He was conversing with a friend only a few minutes before he fell dead.
On Sunday evening, 24th ult., a child of Patrick Carl, at Smith's Valley [Schuyler Co. NY], got into the canal feeder and was drowned. It was two years old.
Mrs. Marcia Manning Truair, wife of J.G.K. Truair, of the Syracuse Journal, died at Glen Haven on the 26th ult. Mrs. Truair was the daughter of the late Rev. Samuel Manning, formerly pastor of the late Congregational Church, on West Hill, Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], and afterwards of the Congregational Chruch in Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], and a niece of Mr. Benjamin Chapman, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. Her husband was many years ago the principal of Norwich Academy. Mrs. Truair has been an invalid for several years but has borne her illness with uncomplaining Christian fortitude. She was a lady of rare gifts and virtues, and a Christian who adorned her profession. She leaves, we believe, a daughter of sixteen, and a sister, Mrs. D.A. Watson, of Rochester, also survives her.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 4, 1873
Marriages
At the Baptist Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 2d, by Rev. H. Sage, Henry Fitch Esq., to Mrs. Emily Beadle, both of Smithville.
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 25th, at the residence of Mr. James Harrison by Rev. Jas. C. Nightingale, Mr. Mitchell Thompson, of Smithville to Miss Elizabeth Harrison of Newtown, Hamilton, County, Armagh, Ireland.
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 31st, Mr. Daniel L. Van Ostrand, aged 71 years, 7 months, 4 days.
In Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY], Aug. 20th, Mrs. John Jones, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY].
In Addison, N.Y. [Steuben Co.], Sept. 1st, Mrs. Rebecca Wilcox, formerly of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], aged 74 years.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, September 6, 1873
Marriage
HAWLEY - THOMAS: At the M.E. Parsonage in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], July 31, 1873, by Rev. H. Fox, Mr. Fred Hawley and Miss Dollie Thomas, all of Sherburne,
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, September 6, 1873
Birth
Mr. Samuel Weeks of Afton [Chenango Co. NY], aged about fifty had an encounter with his oldest son one day last week, in which the former was victorious. The boy weighed nine pounds.
Marriage
At the M.E. Parsonage in Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY], Aug. 18th by Rev. C. Shelland. Mr. J.H. Ferris of Sidney and Miss E. Wilsey, of Masonville [Delaware Co. NY].
Death of Hon. Demas Hubbard
Chenango Union, September 4, 1873
HUBBARD: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 2d, Hon. Demas Hubbard, aged 67 years.
A dispatch from our correspondent in Smyrna, received on Tuesday afternoon, announces the death of Hon. Demas Hubbard, which occurred at his residence in that place, at noon of that day, he having remained unconscious since four o'clock in the morning. What the nature of his disease was, we are not informed, but he has been in poor health for months past, and since the sudden death of his wife, which occurred on the 10th of June last, he has been very much depressed. He had recently been traveling, and returned from Saratoga on Friday evening last, much prostrated.
Mr. Hubbard was a gentleman universally esteemed for his many excellent qualities, and his loss will be deeply felt, not only in the community where he resided, but throughout a wide circle of acquaintance. He has made the practice of law his profession for a number of years, has held various offices of trust in his town, and represented this District in the 40th Congress. His age was sixty-seven years.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 4, 1873
The announcement we are called upon to make of the death of Hon. Demas Hubbard, of Smyrna, will carry sorrow to the hearts of the citizens of this county, and to many beyond its limits. Few men have in recent years been better known to this community. He was born in Winfield, N.Y. His father was a tanner and currier, and originally carried on the business on West Hill, Sherburne, where a large share of the business of the northern section of the county was transacted sixty years ago. It was here the son was reared and grew to manhood. While quite a young man he was accustomed to practice in justices' courts, and his services were frequently called for in his own and many other towns. In later years his time was divided between law and other pursuits, although he never regularly studied the profession of law. In company with some of his townsmen he had acquired large interests in western lumber districts, and during some seasons spent considerable time in Wisconsin.
In political life Mr. Hubbard has taken a prominent part for forty years or more. In 1837 he was elected to the Assembly upon the Whig ticket with Henry Balcom and Justus Parce, re-elected in 1838 with Samuel Drew and Josiah G. Olney, and again in 1839 with William Church and Samuel Plumb. This attested his popularity with his party, and the esteem in which he was held by the community generally. He zealously advocated the policy of the party with which he acted and was relied upon by political Friends as a judicious, safe counsellor. He came naturally into the Republican party upon its first organization, and in 1864 became its nominee for Congress in this district and was elected by a large majority. While in this position he was afflicted by the loss of a cherished son, and this together with his own feeble health, disinclined him to hold any public trust, but he never abated his interest in public affairs, and so far as his physical condition permitted, continued his efforts in behalf of the policy he deemed best for the public good.
On the 11th of June last, Mr. Hubbard was severely afflicted by the very sudden death of his wife while they were upon a pleasure excursion at Oneida Lake, and since that time his own health, for several years poor, has been sensibly failing. A few weeks since he left home in company with his friend Dr. Lawrence, for Saratoga, intending also to visit Martha's Vineyard, L.I., but he was obliged to return and reached home in a very feeble condition. He received constant and tender care, but all was unavailing and on Tuesday last at noon, he breathed his last, aged sixty-seven years. His immediate neighbors and townsmen will mourn his loss as that of a very dear friend, for to all he was considerate and kind, especially to those who most needed kindness. The people of the county will miss him, for they have been accustomed to see him mingle in public affairs and looked to him as one who during a long life had faithfully served them, both in the positions we have mentioned, and as a member of the Board of Supervisors, to which he was several times elected from Smyrna, and of which he was repeatedly made Chairman. The funeral will take place today at 10 A.M.
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