Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, March 1875 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 18, 1875

Marriage

ADAMS - RANSFORD:  At the residence of the bride's father, Feb. 26th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Horace G. Adams of Nichols, N.Y. [Tioga Co.] to Miss Annie Ransford, of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]  [Note:  wedding took place March 11th as per Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Mar. 18, 1875]

Deaths

HOLMES:  At the residence of Roswell Curtiss, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the evening of March 13th, Mrs. Clasissa Hale [Holmes] relict of the late John T. Holmes, aged 59 years.

ROSS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 11th, Mrs. Josephine V. Ross widow of the late Charles Ross, aged 87 years.  Her remains were taken to Cleveland, O. for interment.

MITCHELL:  In Providence, R.I., March 10th, Fannie [Mitchell] wife of Dr. John W. Mitchell.

KING:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY], March 14th, Mr. Jeremiah H. King, aged 75 years.

SEELEY:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], March 14th, Clara E. [Seeley], daughter of Harry Seeley, aged 3 years.

BOWEN:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 15th, Mrs. Eva Cornell Bowen, aged 21 years.

BOWEN:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 18th, of scarlet fever, Lee Bowen, aged 5 years and Feb. 23d, Lanty Bowen, aged 3 years.  children of Mr. and Mr.s Seth Bowen.

KELLEY:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 28th? Mrs. Ellen M. Kelley aged 45 years.

YALE:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], March 8th, Mrs. Agnes A. Yale, aged 88 years.

DAVIS:  In New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 21st, Mrs. Sally Davis, aged 87 years.

HATCH:  In Aurora, Ill., Jan. 9th, Mr. Jethro Hatch, aged 84 years, formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY].

FISHER:  In Brooklyn, March 9th of diphtheria, Anna Rowena Louise [Fisher] only child of Francis B. and Louise W. Fisher, aged 7 years and 2 months.

PURDY:  In Oneida [Madison Co. NY], March 6th, Willie B. [Purdy] son of Edward H. and Carrie E. Purdy, aged 8? years and 6 months.

THOMPSON:  In Stockbridge, Madison Co. [NY], Feb. 9th, Mrs. Clarissa Thompson widow of the late Capt. James Thompson of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], in the 83d year of her age.

FRINK:  At the residence of his son, E.G. Frink at Clear Lake, Iowa, March 2d, Mr. Gilbert Frink aged 66 years, formerly of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY]

A little son of William Dalton was choked to death Wednesday, by getting something in its mouth while at play upon the floor of its parents' house.

News Item

In the town of Pharsalia, in this county, [Chenango Co. NY] there resides a Frenchman, who, if his life is spared until the 18th day of April next, will have completed his one hundred and tenth year.  Dalle Villemain was born in Frette, France, August 18th, 1765.  At the age of twenty-two he married.  In 1814, Napoleon returning from his disastrous Russian campaign, at once ordered a conscription of all available men to recruit his decimated ranks.  Villemain escaped the draft, he being the youngest son of a widow; but the son of a wealthy neighbor was less fortunate, and Villemain agreed to take his place in the army for the sum of 4,300 francs, 300 of which were paid him, and he was cheated out of the balance.  Having entered the army, he was hurried off to Fort Huninge, one of a chain of fortifications in Mayence.  For four months the garrison fought and starved in Fort Huninge, until the surrender of Napoleon, when the fort was given up.  After his release he had a severe fit of sickness and upon his recovery he resumed his trade of "tending mason."  When he was fifty-six years of age, his first wife died, leaving no children.  Two years later he married his second wife, by whom he had five children, two of whom are still living, with a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  He came to this country at the age of eighty-two years.  The old gentleman is active, with good eyesight and appetite; has always used tobacco; always drank his wine and something stronger when it was handy; has a pleasant and agreeable countenance, and is as happy as the day is long.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 18, 1875

Deaths

PARRY:  In Utica [Oneida Co. NY], March 4th, 1875, Mrs. Mary Newell Parry, relict of the late Robert Drummond and wife of Rev. William M. Parry of New York, aged 44 years, 1 month and 8 days. Formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]. [Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, Mar. 18, 1875]

Mary N. Parry, the eldest daughter of Horace and Diadama Newell was born in Smyrna, Chenango County, N.Y. January 27th, 1831, and died at Utica March 4th, 1875.

Soon after losing a gentle and loving mother at the age of fourteen she found a hope in Christ during a protracted meeting in Norwich, where she took up her cross and followed her Master through evil as well as good report.  For twenty-eight years her life was full of good words and works.  About 1862 he was married to Robert Drummond, of S....ing Scotland in whom she found a kind husband and a man of superior worth.  For six years she enjoyed his companionship, when she was called to mourn his death.  Having united with the Free Methodist Chruch she became acquainted with Rev. W.M. Parry, a devoted and successful laborer in the vineyard to whom she was united in marriage Nov. 7th, 1871.  Living in the vicinity of New York, the heavy sea atmosphere soon developed consumption, which carried her swiftly down to the grave. 

One who was converted through her instrumentality wishes to add a tribute to her hallowed memory in which her many friends will heartily unite.  In her life of rare self-sacrifice and entire devotion to God was strikingly exemplified the divine work "the disciple is not above his Master," but "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." And His promise was correspondingly -?-.  "If any man serve me him will my Father honor."  Seldom do we see one who had such power to prevail with God and with the souls for whose salvation she labored.  Full salvation was her favorite theme and was the secret of her success.  Doubtless many will rise up on the last great day and call her blessed.  Then will the reproach endured for Jesus here be far exceeded by a crown decked with immortal gems, when He "comes to make up his jewels."  For, "they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever."  As she lived so she died, in holy triumph, shouting victory through the "Blood of the Lamb."

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A painful story from Homer, Cortland County [NY], is thus briefly told by the Ithaca Journal:  "A little girl named Clark, aged four years, was visiting, Friday afternoon, with her parents at the house of a Mr. Joselyn, a short distance east of the village.  A daughter of the latter invited her little visitor to go to the coop and see her chickens.  they went together, and as they were passing through the wood house, were joined by a large dog belonging to Mr. Joselyn.  Arriving at the henhouse, the daughter of Mr. Joselyn opened the door and passed in.  The little Clark girl, attempting to follow, was set upon by the dog, which so frightened the Joselyn girl that she closed the door of the hen house.  The screams of the girl at length reached the ears of the inmates of the house, who came running to her assistance. When they reached the spot, the dog had his teeth fastened in the child's right arm and was shaking her furiously.  She was rescued but was horribly mangled.  One ear was bitten off, the right cheek bitten out, and a portion of the scalp torn off.  besides these wounds, both arms were terribly mutilated. Everything was done to relieve the excruciating sufferings of the unfortunate child during last night, and this morning death mercifully put an end to them."

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 18, 1875

Marriages

At the Baptist Parsonage in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 2d, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Charles R. Hotchkiss, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Mary E. Crandall of German [Chenango Co. NY].

Also, at the Baptist Parsonage in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 9th, by the same, Mr. Henry Adams to Miss Almina Gale, both of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].

Also, at the Baptist Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], March 14th, by the same, Mr. Frank Hull to Miss Francis Tyler, both of Fenton [Broome Co. NY].

March 5th, by Rev. A. Lull, Mr. Eli Boardman of Triangle [Broome Co. NY], formerly of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], to Mrs. H.N. Hayes, of Barker [Broome Co. NY].

In Barker [Broome Co. NY], March 9th, by Rev. J.W. Hewitt, Mr. William Griffith of Binghamton [Broome co. NYT] to Mrs. Mary Ann Taft of the former place.

In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], March 10th, by Rev. H. Cornell, Mr. Fred Gray to Miss Ida Gage all of the above place.

In Center Village [Broome Co. NY], March 7th, by Rev. Mr. Towner, Mr. Henry English of Port Crane [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Mary H. Mayhew of Center Village.

Deaths

In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], March 10th, Mrs. Sally M. [Taft] widow of Ira D. Taft, aged 53 years, 8 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], suddenly, March 9th, of diptheria, Emma E. [Hotchkiss] aged 8 years, 8 months, 8 days.

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The Presbyterian Church of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], was last Wednesday called to bury one of its brightest members and most worthy and valued Sunday School pupils, Miss Carrie M. Peck a lovely girl of fifteen years, and daughter of Frederick Peck, Esq.

Her death, after a brief illness, occurred on Sunday, the 28th ultimo, at the Delaware literary Institute, Franklin [Delaware Co. NY], where she was attending school.  She was conscious of approaching dissolution, but regretted only that it could not occur at home, where she might be surrounded by her Sunday School and Church associates.

The event caused much sadness at Smithville, with the people who held her in as high esteem as she did them; and a large congregation crowded the church and went in long procession to pay the last tribute of funeral and burial rites.

The discourse was preached by Rev. Mr. Sawtell, of Nineveh - the pastor of the Smithville church being unavoidably absent, on account of the sickness of his father.

Elegant coffin decorations, consisting of a crown, and anchor and cross, were the spontaneous offering of her associates and companions in the Sabbath School.  Binghamton Republican

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, March 20, 1875

Death

WETMORE:  In Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY], March 13th, 1875, John Wetmore aged 81 years.

The death of John Wetmore, a notice of which appears under its proper head, should receive at our hands more than a passing notice.  He was our grandfather, and our intimate knowledge of, and continued association with him (having spent many years under his hospitable roof) taught us to love him with more than a boyish passion.

He has been a career of adversity.  He knew what it was to labor, and what it was, also, to have that labor yield him only vexation and trouble.  He has been a child of misfortune, verily, and the wrinkles on his brow told of the hardships and trials through which he had passed.  In his later years, however, he had been more favored by fortune, and retired from active life a few years before his death, the possessor of a handsome competency.

Born in Hobart, Delaware Co. [NY] he followed farming as his chief vocation for a number of years, when he was married at the age of twenty-three to Miss Ann Van Bergen, a member of the family bearing that name who were noted for their immense opulence and great benevolence.  Meeting with adverse fortune, he removed to Butternuts, Otsego Co. in the spring of 1843, where he has since resided - excepting a few years in the adjoining town of Morris, occupied in farming.

He was the father of ten children, nine of whom are now living, and whose heads are already beginning to be silvered o'er with age.

John Wetmore was a direct descendant in the third generation of the Rev. James Wetmore, M.A., assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York City, from 1723 to 1726, and rector of Rye, Westchester Co. from 1726 to 1769.  He was also a blood relative to the distinguished Prosper M. Wetmore of New York City.

He died at his residence, half a mile below Butternuts on Saturday afternoon last at 3:45, surrounded by his partner and six of their children.  This is the first death in that family in forty years, which is certainly a most remarkable fact.

He had for a long time been suffering from a severe pain in the small toe of his right foot.  Indeed, so intense were his sufferings that the family physician was called, who after a few days, concluded to amputate the painful member.  This was done, but the foot commenced to swell and throb, mortification took place, disease found lodgment in his frame, and the once strong man was laid low. It was thought that his very vitals were internally blackened with gangrene.  He suffered intense pain during his sickness but bore all with a fortitude and resignation rarely equaled.  He was perfectly conscious of his condition and surroundings to the very last, and conversed freely, in his feeble voice.  with the members of the family and others, about his bright future hope.  

He passed gently away, approaching his grave "Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him / And lies down to pleasant dreams."  The funeral took place on Wednesday at two o'clock and the ceremony was conducted by Revs. Mr.  Hughes, rector of the Episcopal Chruch, and Mr. Burnside, pastor of the M.E. Church, of Butternuts.  He was buried in the cemetery nearest the church, where he will remain until the last trumpet shall sound, and the earth shall give up her dead.  Requiescat in pace!