Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 5, 1874
Marriages
FIELD - MASON: At the residence of Francis Peck, Esq., in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 2d, by Rev. S.F. Brown, Mr. Orville L. Field to Miss Fannie L. Mason, both of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
BARNES - WARREN: At the residence of Mrs. Mary McLean, in Auburn [Cayuga Co. NY], Jan. 29th, by Rev. S.W. Boardman, D.D., Mr. Buell E. Barnes of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Mary A. Warren, of Auburn.
HILLIARD - GUILE: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 29th, by Wm. H. Gunn, Esq., Mr. Alonzo Hilliard of Mcdonough [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Minerva F. Guile, of North Norwich.
NEWITT - PARKER: At the residence of the bride's parents Jan. 27th, by Rev. H.L. Newitt, Mr. E.S. Newitt, of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Lucinda A. Parker, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].
WRIGHT - DAILEY: At the residence of Mr. Alpheus Bassett, in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 8th, by Rev. George D. Horton, Mr. Nelson Wright to Mrs. J.C. Dailey, all of Coventry.
HARRINGTON - FISH: In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] Jan. 27th, by Rev. J.N. Benham, Mr. Abner Harrington to Miss Harriet Fish, both of Cincinnatus.
PALMER - BARTLETT: In Chicago, Jan. 21st, by Rev. Mr. Youker, Mr. A.L. Palmer of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Susie Bartlett of Chicago.
The Linen Wedding, given on the 15th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Corbin at Bennettsville [Chenango Co. NY], January 20th, was attended by about sixty friends and relatives of the family.
Guilford [Chenango Co. NY]: Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Smith celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on the 14th ult. at the house of Nathan DeLavan. although it was a stormy night, about 100 of their friends assembled, with congratulations and good gifts for this worthy couple. Mr. Smith is a brother of the late Samuel A. Smith and removed to Guilford from Connecticut in 1840. Joseph L Smith, for many years a resident of Norwich, is the eldest of ten children, who are widely scattered, but who with two exceptions, were present at this anniversary. One of the most interesting features of the evening was a poem written by Miss L.A. Balcom, of Oxford.
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Clark celebrated their golden wedding on the 24th ult., and a large number of friends congregated to offer their congratulations and good wishes.
Deaths
DAVIS: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 29th, Minnie L. [Davis] daughter of Darwin Davis, aged 24 years.
SCOTT: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 28th, Arlette V. [Scott] wife of Charles Scott, and daughter of RW. Berry of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], aged 32 years.
KENYON: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 27th, Willie C. Kenyon, aged 15 years, 1 month and 8 days.
BARTLE: In Woodhull, Steuben Co. [NY], Jan. 24th, Cassie [Bartle], infant daughter of Davi W. and Marcia S. Bartle, aged 13 days.
WOODRUFF: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 31st, Mr. Edwin Woodruff, aged 75 years.
Edwin Woodruff, an esteemed citizen of this village, died on Saturday morning, aged 75 years. Gazette.
Tuesday night, the 20th, Mary Welch, of Chittanango [Madison Co. NY], while crossing the canal, fell in where the ice was broken up and was drowned.
Wesley Lamb, a Union soldier, died at Stockbridge [Madison Co. NY], on the 24th, from injuries received during the war.
Mrs. Anna Shear, aged 28 years, dropped dead in the street in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] on Sunday, of hemorrhage of the lungs. She was formerly seen in the police courts, but of late has been a member of the Methodist church and lived a regular life.
Ellery Cory another of Cooperstown's [Otsego Co. NY], oldest and most esteemed citizens, died on the 22d ult, in the 81st year of his age.
WOODLEY: Suddenly, in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 27th, Mr. George Woodley, aged 77 years.
George Woodley, for many years a resident of the north-western part of Pharsalia, died suddenly on Tuesday morning of this week, aged 77 years. He was apparently in his usual health, and had called at the residence of a neighbor, a few rods distant from his home. Upon his return he was accompanied by a little girl, daughter of the neighbor, whom he was leading by the hand, and when inside the gate in front of his premises, he suddenly fell to the ground. His fall was witnessed by his family, who hurried to the spot, when it was found that life was extinct, he having evidently died of heart disease. Deceased was universally esteemed in the neighborhood where he had so long resided, and by all who knew him, for his kindness of heart, integrity and many excellent qualities, and he will be missed in the community to whom he had endeared himself and his sudden death mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends. In politics, Mr. Woodley was an unswerving Democrat and for years has been a patron of the Union, as well as of its predecessor. But a few weeks since he called upon us and renewed his subscription, at that time apparently in good health for one of his years, and with a prospect of a yet longer lease of life. Peace to his ashes.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 5, 1874
Marriages
BARTLETT - LANCKTON: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 20th, 1874, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Clark C. Bartlett of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]and Miss Ella A. Lanckton, of Otselic.
BABCOCK - BROWNELL: At Bridgewater, Jan. 26, 1874, by J.W. C....e Esq., DeElbert Babcock, of Utah Territory, to Miss Jessie E. Brownell formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
BROWN: In Oakland Audubon County, Iowa, on Sunday, Jan. 18th, 1874, after a severe illness, Ella A. [Brown] only daughter of James H. and Sarah L. Brown, aged 21 years. Formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].
MANCHESTER: In Madison [Madison Co. NY], Jan. 10th?, Willie [Manchester] youngest son of Mr. L.B. and Mrs. L.G. Manchester, aged 4 years and 5 months.
Said Willie to Auntie, one bright Christmas morn, / "If your little darling should die, / And he should go home with angels to live, / Oh, then Auntie dear, would you cry?"
How little we thought, as we listened with joy, / To his innocent prattle that day; / That so soon the bright angels would beckon him home, / So soon they would bear him away.
We wept for thee, Willie, we weep for thee still, / Sad and bitter the tears that we shed, / Although thou art gone with the angels to live, / Our darling we know is not dead.
We kissed thy fair cheek, and thy waxen-life hands, / So beautiful, dimpled and white, / Then under the willows beneath the pure snow, / We buried thee out of our sight.
In the pastures of Eden, so fair, and so green, / By the hand of the good Shepard led / By the side of still waters they linger and drink, / The lambs that we often call dead.
And soon, when released from this prison of clay, / Who knows but my darling may be, / The first in that city unsullied by sin / To open the portals to me?
Mary S. Wheeler, Oneonta, January 1874
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, February 4, 1874
Death
BENNETT: In Scranton, Penn., Jan. 27th, Grace B. [Bennett], only child of A.B. and M.B. Bennett, aged six months.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 5, 1874
Deaths
In this town (Indian Brook) [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 27th, Willie C. [Kenyon], son of J.C. and Deborah S. Kenyon, aged 15 years.
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. Andrew Harrison, aged about 60 years.
In Elizabeth City, n.C., Jan. 26th, Mr. F. D. Bunnell, formerly of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, February 7, 1874
Deaths
DIETZ: In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 3d inst. Grace [Dietz], only child of Graham M. and Ida Dietz, aged 2 years.
STEPHENS: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 3d, of scarlet fever, Gentileska [Stephens] aged 4 years, 0 months and 8 days. daughter of children of Francis M. and Hannah Stephens.
STEPHENS: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] on the 3d inst., of scarlet fever, Renaldo [Stephens], son of Francis and Hannah Stephens, aged 1 year and 6 months and two days.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, February 7, 1874
Death
The following lines were written by a friend on the death of Mrs. Charles Pearsall, who died on the 24th of October 1873.
The dear one is sleeping and sweet be her rest, / May the white snows of winter fall light on her breast, / We cherish the casket and mourn for the gem / That shines in its beauty in Christ's diadem.
Oh! rear ye a monument; guard well the place / That enfolds a dear friend in its lasting embrace. / It is but a tribute, whatever the cost, / Affection still owes to the loved and the lost.
The husband feels deeply that slumbering there / Lies the one who his joy and his sorrow did share, / The loved and the cherished, the choice of his youth, / Whose constant example was virtue and truth.
The blow that so heavily on him did fall, / And cover his future as with a dark pall / May yet show the wisdom of Him who in love / Would draw our affections more fully above.
He mourns for the lost one, but yet not as those / Who are without hope when this life shall close, / Faith points up to Heaven and tells him that there / He will meet her again in those mansions so fair.
The children too feel as they stand by the grave, / The loss of a mother their love could not save, / They see still before them the bright smiling face, / And feel once more clasped in that loving embrace.
But O, the reality brings back the tear, / In vain do they listen that kind voice to hear. / Tis hushed, and its sweetness will never again / Bring joy to the heart filled with sorrow and pain.
They turn away sadly, their only relief / Is in looking to Jesus who softens their grief; / Though she cannot greet them in accents of love, / they hope soon to meet her in Heaven above.
If friends are permitted their loved ones to see, / The husband and children remembered will be, / The guardian angel will stand by their side / Till they too have passed over death's swelling tide.
The angel says weep not for she is not here, / The spirit has flown and now bids you not fear / To cross death's cold river, for on yonder shore / Bright angels are waiting to welcome you o'er.
How joyous the meeting, how perfect the love; / When friend meets with friend in that circle above / Where tears are forgotten, where death cannot come, / And the lovers of Jesus are all gathered home.
The bright, glowing sun will be needed no more, / Nor the bright silver moon to give light on that shore; / There's no night in Heaven, 'tis perpetual day, / The light of God's glory drives darkness away.
In robes pure and holy, with faces divine, / Saints sing the glad story in notes most sublime, / Of the mercy of Jesus, who left his bright throne, / And suffered and died for their sins to atone.
And Oh! when these bodies are borne to their rest, / May we too be found with the souls that are blest, / May we then walk with Jesus and join in the strains, / Beside the still waters and o'er the green plains.
H.W.B.
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