Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, February 1874 (concluded)

 Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, February 25, 1874

Marriage

WHEELER - BARBER: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 19, by Rev. John C. Ward, Mr. Delos Wheeler to Miss Fiora Barber, both of Norwich.

Deaths

NEWBERRY:  At Pau, France, on the 18th of Feb., very suddenly, after two day's illness of hemorrhage of the lungs, Mary Louisa [Newberry] eldest daughter of the late Walter L. Newberry, of Chicago, and granddaughter of the late Hon. Jas. Clapp of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

SHUMWAY:  At Lawrenceville, Tioga Co. Pa., Jan. 28th, 1874, Rev. George R.H. Shumway, in the 66th year of his age.

A faithful servant of the "Great Master" has passed away.  Our village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] was the place of his nativity.  Here were spent the days of his youth, and in our institutions of learning he acquired in great degree, that fund of knowledge which fitted him so fully for future duties.  Here, also, he experienced that change of heart which led him to give all the energy of mind, body and spirit to his life work, the saving of souls.  He commenced his labors with his young companions, urging them to enter upon a course of Christian obedience and presented to them, day by day, in their hours of study and recreation an example of purity in thought, word and deed, seldom witnessed in youth.  It need not be added that such youth ripened into full grown, Christian manhood.  He became a minister of the Gospel of Christ.  His first pastoral charge was at Palmyra, N.Y., where he remained eight years.  His health being impaired, for a year he performed no ministerial labors, then preached a few months in Patterson, N.J., from which place he was called to Newark, N.J., where he remained a beloved and efficient pastor for twenty-five years.  He then removed to Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Penn., supplying the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Tioga, seven miles distant, for one year. recently he has had no permanent charge. The closing scenes of his life were in full accord with his belief and teachings. When asked, a few moments before his death, "Does not the river look dark before you?" he replied, "There is no river, no darkness; all is bright and beautiful." And to the last enquiry "How are you now?" replied, "Looking more and more unto the coming glory." Thus, passed gently away the last rays of life's sunset, and then came the brighter dawn of a new and more glorious existence.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 26, 1874

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev. Wm. A. Hitchcock, Mr. J. Humphrey Johnson and Miss Kattie M. [Brown] only daughter of Chas. M. Brown.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. George Porter, Richard James Webb, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Ella L. Haight, of Greene.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 19th, by Rev. John C. Ward, Mr. Delos Wheeler to Miss Flora Barber, both of Norwich.

Death

In Colesville [Broome Co. NY], Feb'y 23d, Miss Phoebe Holcomb, aged 64 years.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, February 28, 1874

Marriages

TUTTLE - WHITE:  At the residence of the bride's father in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Thursday, Feb. 19th, by Rev. S. Wood, Mr. William Tuttle and Miss Ella E. Whtie, all of Sherburne.

MORSE - PETERS:  At the M.E. Church in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 25th, by Rev. S.F. Brown, Mr. George H. Morse, of Geneva, Ohio, formerly of this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Josie L. Peters, of this place.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, February 28, 1874

Marriage

TESON - KELLER:  At the M.E. Church in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 25th, 1874, by Rev. W.B. Thomas, Mr. Charles Teson, Jr. of Troy [Rensselear Co. NY], to Miss Florence A. Keller, of this village.

Last Wednesday evening at Half past seven, the marriage ceremony of Mr. Charles Teson, Jr., of Troy, and Miss Florence A. Keller, of this village, took place in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Rev. W.B. Thomas officiated, and Miss Getie Wetmore presided at the organ with her customary grace and skill in the production of that monarch of nuptial music, the "Wedding March."  The bride's maids were Misses Gussie Beverly and Julia Frisbie.  The church was densely crowded, notwithstanding the unpropitious weather.  The beautiful ceremony of the Methodist church was read in an impressive manner. The young couple were elegantly and appropriately attired and appeared very graceful. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the friends of the bride assembled at the house of Mrs. Keller and offered their congratulations.  On the following morning they took the train for Troy, where they are to reside permanently.

Deaths

Masonville [Delaware Co. NY]:  A child of Oliver Baxter was scalded one day last week and died of its injuries.  The funeral was attended form the Baptist Church.

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A terrible accident took place at Uniondale station [Nassau Co. NY] on the Jefferson branch last Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by which four men lost their lives.  The Jefferson branch is leased and operated by the Erie Railway Company, who are responsible for the condition and repair of the track, but the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company have a contract with the Erie Railway Company by which their trains, under their own men, pass over the branch on regular time and with recognized rights.

The accident occurred to engine No. 35 and crew of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.  During Sunday forenoon several coal trains were run to the summit, and as usual the pushers returned.  The first engine on its return passed Uniondale in safety. The second, in charge of Victor Creamer Engineer, Daniel Creamer, fireman, John R. Harding, conductor and Thomas Rafter, Brakeman, was less fortunate.  On reaching Uniondale, the sliding box of the switch became misplaced and the engine in passing over jumped from the track, and with all on board plunged down the mountain side into the abyss one hundred feet below.  It is not known that anyone saw the locomotive at the time it ran off.  The discovery of the startling fact being first made by the men on the engine which was following, and just in time to avert for themselves a similar horrible fate. The men were found to be quite dead, and they were supposed to have been killed instantly, as their bodies were bruised and mangled. The engine, in its frightful descent must have turned over three or four times and was found in an almost upright position a hundred feet from the point it left the track.