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Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, March 1874 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 12, 1874

Marriages

NORTON - PATRICK:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 26th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Walter B. Norton, to Miss Emogene Patrick, both of Norwich.

BALDWIN - HUTTLESTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Isaiah Baldwin, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Clara Huttleston, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].

TITUS - EVANS:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, by Rev. J.W. LaMolne, Mr. F.S. Titus, of North Norwich, to Miss Hannah M. Evans, daughter of Benjamin Evans.

BUMPAS - BARNARD:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 24th, by Rev. J. Barr, Mr. Isaac A. Bumpus of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Mary A. Barnard, of the former place.

SOULE - STILLMAN:  In Cuyler, Cortland Co. [NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. H. Stillman, Mr. Albert Soule, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Ida Stillman, of Crumb Hill [Cattaraugus Co. NY], daughter of the officiating clergyman.

Deaths

BLANCHER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 6th, Mr. Daniel Blancher, aged 85 years.

ARNOLD:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, Mr. Daniel W. Arnold, aged 66 years and 6 months.

FRINK:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], March 6th, Rhoda B. [Frink] wife of Benadain Frink, Esq., and mother of Benjamin and Caristopher R. Frink, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. nY], aged 69 years.

ALDRICH:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, Mrs. Sarah Aldrich, aged 80 years.

SHELDON:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], March 7th, Mrs. Hattie Fausett Sheldon, aged 26 years and 9 months.

SMITH:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], March 2d, Cora E. [Smith] wife of A.D. Smith, aged 23 years.

WOSTER:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 26th, Emma [Foster], daughter of Oscar C. Foster, aged 26 years.

GRAY:  In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY], March 2d, Grace Lillion [Gray], daughter of Met and Josephine gray, aged 10 months.

WARD:  At the residence of S. Congdon, in Watertown [Jefferson Co. NY], March 7th, Mrs. Abigail S. Ward, mother of Prof. H.L. Ward, of this village, aged 95 years.

The death is announced of Elder Jacob Knapp, at Rockford, Ill. on Monday of last week, aged 74 years.  Mr. Knapp was born in Otsego County, in this State [NY], was very eccentric, and celebrated as a revivalist, throughout the country.

Hon. Adam Storing, for many years a well-known resident of German [Chenango Co. NY], in this County, formerly Associate County Judge and State Senator from the District Composed of Chenango and Otsego Counties [NY] in 1854-5, died of apoplexy at the residence of his son-in-law, J.P. Landers, in Lisle Broome County, on the 17th ult.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 12, 1874

Deaths

BURDICK:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 28, 1874, Luke C. Burdick  of consumption, aged 38 years.

BYLES:  In Leavenworth, Kansas, Friday morning, the 27th of February 1874, in the 36th year of her age, Mrs. Laura M. Byles, daughter of the late Levi and Laura Eggleston of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

Under the appropriate head will be found the death of Mrs. Laura M. Byles at Leavenworth, Kansas.  Mrs. Byles will be remembered as Laura Eggleston, formerly a teacher in Norwich Academy. She had many friends here who remember her with interest and affection.  She aos, we are gratified to learn, had attracted a large circle of friends in Leavenworth. all alike grieve at her early decease.

Robert Halstead of Bovina [Delaware Co. NY], died from the effects of a drunken spree in Delhi [Delaware Co. NY], which lasted two weeks.

Abel Shaver, of Colchester [Delaware Co. NY], was drowned last week.

News Item

Messrs Editors:  Permit me through the columns of your excellent paper to give to its many readers a sketch of one who has always been identified with Chenango County [NY] and its interests, having removed from the town of Conway, Massachusetts, in the year 1790.  I have reference to the widow of Dr. Jonathan Johnson, who resides with her son, Homer Johnson, Esq., two miles south of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].  She has just passed her 94th birthday in excellent health, retaining all of her faculties and performing her domestic duties, such as knitting and sewing, with as much care and skill as most of blooming maids, younger housekeepers. She takes a deep interest in all matters transpiring in our midst, and as the writer of these few lines spent a short time with her a few days ago, he could but think what a memory, and what changes have been wrought during his life.  The history of our own village, its growth, and many changes, all are fresh in her mind, and she never enjoys herself better than when talking of those who started in life with her.  Where are they?  Visit our village cemeteries, there you will find their monuments, many of them have stood for fifty years.  Such is life.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, March 11, 1874

Marriage

BEARDSLEY - MOULTON:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 19th, by Rev. W.M. Hiller, Mr. Charles D. Beardsley,  of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Eliza P. Moulton, of this village.

Deaths

SMITH:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on Sunday morning, the 8th inst., in her 36th year, Mrs. Sarah Dickson Smith, widow of the late Rodney L. Smith of Wolcottville, Ct., and daughter of Mr. D.D. McGeorge of Oxford.

BACON:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on the 6th, Mr. Thomas M. Bacon, aged 70 years.

Thomas M. Bacon died suddenly, of heart disease it is supposed, on Friday afternoon last, at the residence of his brother, Cyrus A. Bacon.  He had been as well as usual that day, had been over to the store twice, and at about half past four sat in a chair at the house reading.  Suddenly he complained of palpitation of the heart, and Mrs. Bacon stepped into an adjoining room for some camphor.  When she returned his head had dropped to one side, and he expired soon after.  Deceased was a widower, having lost his wife several years ago.  He was 70 years of age last July.  Previous to his coming to Oxford, about three years ago, he resided in Havre de Graco, Maryland.  He was a member of the Maryland legislature several terms, principal of an Academy, and justice of the peace.  He took an active part in politics, and about war times addressed many outdoor Union meetings.  To this he attributed the partial losing of his voice with which of late years he had been afflicted.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 12, 1874

Marriage

At the Baptist Parsonage in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. William A Smith of Greene to Miss Alice E. Eddy, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, Thatcher A. [Josslyn], infant son of Joseph E. and Helen Josslyn, aged 4 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 4th, Mr. Robert McCoy Shepherd aged 74 years, 10 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], March 8th, Mr. Cornelius Westfall, aged 70 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], March 8th, Sarah Christine [Brown], only child of E.F. and Ulyssa Brown, aged 14 months.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, March 14, 1874

Marriage

KNAPP - WILCOX:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 10th inst., at the residence of Franklin Wilcox, by Rev. Samuel; Miller, Mr. Andrew B. Knapp, of Washington, Mich., and Miss Henrissa D. Wilcox, of this village.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, March 14, 1874

Marriages

FOSBURY - PADGET:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. D.L. Turner, on the 3d inst., Mr. Delos Fosbury, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Carrie Padget, of Oxford.

TRAVIS - SLOAT:  At the residence of David Gillson in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], March 8th, by Rev. W.B. Thomas, Mr. John H. Travis, of North Hamden to Miss Sarah Sloat, of Bainbridge.

Deaths

Guilford [Chenango Co. NY]:  Grandmother Wheeler, as she has been called for some years, died on Monday, March 9th, at the residence of her son Phillip Wheeler about two- and one-half miles west of here.

MINER:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY], on the 17th inst., Mr. Warren Miner, aged 45 years.

Close upon our announcement of the sudden attack of paralysis upon our friend Warren Miner we are obliged to record his death.  After every available effort had been put forth for his recovery, at half past seven Saturday morning the Grand Master came and claimed his victim, bowing in sorrow not only the immediate relatives of the family, but our whole community at large.  Mr. Miner was one of our most prominent and respected citizens.  Though a man of few words, he was a deep thinker and self-made man, and while there are none left to say aught of the man or his life, he possessed a very large circle of warm friends.  At starting in life, he chose farming as his occupation, and that he was master of his business, his fine buildings and well tilled fields bear record.  At the age of twenty-two years, he made a profession of religion, uniting with the Baptist Church of which he has since been a faithful member and though we deeply deplore his loss, we can but exclaim with the poet:

No passion fierce, no low desire / Has quenched the radiance of the flame, / Back to its God the living fire / Returns, unsullied as it came.

Following the death of Mr. Minor, we have to record that of Infant daughter of Mr. Eugene Hicks on Sunday the 8th inst., of inflammation of the lungs.

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