Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 2, 1874
Marriages
BURLINGAME - MAIN: At the Congregational Parsonage, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 17th, by Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mr. Elbert J. Burlingame to Miss Lucy A. Main, both of Norwich.
CRANDALL - JOHNSON: At the residence of the bride's father, Horace Johnson, in Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], June 18th, by Rev. J.W. Movis, Mr. H. Clinton Crandall to Miss Helen M. Johnson, all of Plymouth, N.Y.
STURGEON - STURGEON: In Quebec, Canada, June 3d, by Rev. M.M. Fothergill, Mr. T.H. Sturgeon, of Quebec [Canada], to Miss Maria L. Sturgeon, daughter of the late John Sturgeon, of Greene, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]
Deaths
ALLEN: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], June 17th, Mr. John W. Allen, aged 24 years.
CHAMBERLAIN: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], June 26th, Lillie A. [Chamberlain] only daughter of George A. and Josephine A. Chamberlain aged 9 years and 10 months.
THOMPSON: In Friendship, Allegany Co. [NY], June 28th, Mary [Thompson] wife of James W. Thompson, and sister of Mrs. Newman Gates and Charles Davis, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 58 years.
ISBELL: In Hornellsville, Steuben Co. [NY], June 25th, Emily [Isbell] wife of Elmore Isbell, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], aged 64 years, 1 month and 11 days.
Mrs. Russel Bliven, after a protracted and severe illness, of a cancer on the cheek, died on the 11th inst.
A son of J.H. Everett, of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], aged four years, fell into a pail of hot soap suds on Tuesday evening of last week, and died from his injuries on the following evening.
Andrew Fenton of Pratt's Hollow [Madison Co. NY], was fatally injured by being thrown from a colt on the 8th ult. He lived until the next night.
A severe storm of wind and rain visited Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], on Monday afternoon, shortly after two o'clock, during which many houses were unroofed and trees blown down. The spire of the Baptist church is said to have swayed some three feet at the top and was expected to fall at any moment while the paint from the Presbyterian Church steeple has cracked off in several places. While the storm was raging, the yacht "Aura" was struck by a squall on the Susquehanna River, near the Binghamton Water Works building, and capsized. O.D Beaman, a well-known and respected resident of the city, was drowned, while his son Frank, aged eighteen and A.D. Freeman, who were with him in the yacht, reached the shore with difficulty. Search was made for the body of the drowned man, which was hooked up about five o'clock, the accident having occurred at half past two. Deceased was forty-one years of age, and was a member of the 44th Regiment Band, and the lodge of Odd Fellows.
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DAVIDSON: Drowned, in Greene [Chenango Co. NY], June 27th, Daniel P. [Davidson] youngest son of John W. Davidson, aged 8 years.
A sad case of drowning occurred at Greene, Chenango County [NY], on Saturday afternoon last. A little son of John Davidson, of that place, in company with two other boys of about his own age between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, visited the river a short distance above the village for the purpose of bathing. From what can be gathered from the two who were with him, it appears that the three were daring each other farther and farther into deep water. None of them could swim, and as they waded out into the river, they came to a spot where the ground descended suddenly into a deep hole, and before he was aware of his danger the little fellow had stepped off this place and gone down into deep water. His companions could render no assistance and their fright took a singular turn. Instead of giving the alarm, the older one said to the younger, "You must not tell of this, if you do, they will hang us," and strangely enough the two revealed nothing of their knowledge of the affair until the next morning. The parents becoming alarmed at the absence of their little son, began searching about the village for him, and as their efforts were fruitless, neighbors volunteered assistance, and before dark there was quite an uproar in the village. Sometime in the evening some fishermen were descending the river in a boat, and seeing some clothes lying up the bank they took them into their boat. Arriving in the village and ascertaining the loss of the boy, the clothes were shown and identified as the boy's clothes. The river was dragged, and the boy found about midnight. Binghamton Daily Times, 30th.
It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of Daniel P. Davidson, a bright and promising little boy of eight years, the youngest son of John W. Davison, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], The circumstances of little Daniel's death are as follows:
On the afternoon of Saturday last, he, in company with Bertie Taft, son of A.W. Taft, ad Elmer Johnson, son of Henry Johnson, of this village, boys 7 or 8 years of age, went up the river to go in bathing. The place selected by them was a point in the river nearly opposite the residence of Mr. O. Banks. Here they undressed and Dannie waded out on a bar, one of the other boys following nearby. On either side of this bar the water is quite deep and the descent very abrupt. According to the boys' story Dannie stepped out into the deep part and immediately went down, and they never saw him again alive. The boys were very much alarmed and hastened away from the spot and came to the village but did not tell anyone what had happened. This was about three o'clock and when teatime arrived, Mr. Davison and wife began to make inquiries concerning the whereabouts of their child, but no traces of a definite nature could be found. The hours flew by, and anxiety was on the increase. Ten o'clock came and still no tidings of the lost boy could be had. Mr. Davidson with others went about town making inquiries of different boys about his son, and even went to Mr. Taft's house, but his boy said he did not know where he was. It was suggested that the canal and river should be searched, and a number went out for that purpose. A party were up the river looking with torches, and came across Freddie Beals and Johnny Fredenburgh, who were out in a boat spearing fish, and they inquired what they were searching for and when told, they said that they had found a little boy's clothes on the bank just above. This, of course settled the matter and those who were searching in different localities were called in and all hands prepared to drag the river in the vicinity where the clothes were found. Accordingly, a number of boats were procured, and drags and other implements for the purpose were soon at hand. This took some time, as a matter of course, but finally the boats commenced operations, and in a short time the boat which Eddie Bullock was in passed over the body and the grappling iron in the hands of the above named young man hooked into the lifeless body of poor little Dannie, and he was brought to the surface, not the bright boy of a few hours before, but wrapped in the cold embrace of death. The body was brought to the house of his distracted parents and on Sunday it found its last resting place beneath the green sod of our beautiful cemetery.
The action of the boys who were with little Dannie when drowned was very singular indeed. Nothing would induce them to own that they knew anything about their comrade, nor did they admit that they were with him until the next morning after the body had been found. They were paralyzed with fear and dare not tell what had happened. We hope this sad affair will be a warning to our young boys not to venture into water without being accompanied by those who will care for them.
Mr. Davidson and family have the sympathy of the entire community in this their hour of crushing bereavement. [Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 2, 1874]
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Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 2, 1874
Death
In Hudson [Columbia Co., NY], June 18th, Mr. Nathan Chamberlain in the 86th year of his age, formerly County Clerk of Chenango County.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 2, 1874
Death
ALDRICH: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], of consumption, June 25th, Mrs. Ellen L. [Aldrich], wife of James Aldrich, and daughter of Dea Elisha Crandall, aged 28.
Mrs. A. is the sixth child brother Crandall has buried, and the fourth which has died with consumption. Mrs. A. experienced religion early in life, united with the church, and lived her religion till death. Her sickness was lingering and painful. For weeks previous to her release, her sufferings were great, but borne with patience remarkable. Her faith and her Saviour were her comfort and support in suffering and in trials, and when she saw death was near, with joy she welcomed it, as a friend, sent of God, to release her from a suffering body, and a world of trouble. The hour, so dreadful to many, was an hour of triumph and joy to her. Mr. Aldrich is left with two children, one an invalid. May Heaven be gracious, and deal with him in mercy, and may those deaths, so often repeated, be sanctified to the greatly afflicted parents. W.H. Waldron
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