Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 17, 1874
Marriages
PETERS - TERWILIGER: At the Morgan City Hotel on Saturday evening, December 6th, 1874, by Rev. J.H. Lathron, Mr. C.E. Peters formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], and Miss Hattie Terwiliger all of Clay County, Kansas.
The fifth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Easton was recently celebrated. A large number of friends assembled and made the occasion glad with their presence as well as presents. Mr. and Mrs. E. are highly respected by all their neighbors and friends and the gathering was worthy of them.
Death
LEVERSEE: At Saratoga Springs, November 12, suddenly, of rupture of a blood vessel, Peter Leversee, a former resident of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], aged 73 years and 9 months.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, December 16, 1874
Marriages
HOVEY - HEARTWELL: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], on 9th, by Rev. J.C. Ward, Mr. George A. Hovey to Miss Marrilla Heartwell.
BOULLS - DEWEY: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on 9th, by Rev. J.C. Ward, Mr. Thomas M. Boulls to Miss Martha Dewey, of Platsburgh, N.Y. [Clinton County].
Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 17, 1874
Marriage
In Hyde Park, Pa., Nov. 19th, by Rev. R.W. Van Schoick, Mr. George W Milter of Scranton [PA], to Miss Mary J. [Davy] daughter of Rev. J. Davy, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
In Colesville [Broome Co. NY], Dec. 13th, Howard [McCullough] son of James and Harriet McCullough, aged 2 years, 8 months and 16 days.
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 14th Amarilla Terrell aged 92 years and 6 months.
In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], on Thursday morning, Dec. 10th Henry A. [Race] youngest son of Frederick S. and Elizabeth Race, aged 5 years, 10 months and 6 days.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, December 19, 1874
Deaths
MOORE: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 16th inst. Mrs. Lydia Moore aged 54 years, 6 months and 27 days.
PADDLEFORD: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 17th inst. Mrs. Sarah Paddleford, aged 64 years, 8 months and 26 days.
FOSTER: Mattie A. Foster, granddaughter of R.H. and S. Lee, died Dec. 6th, 1874, aged about 14 years. Mattie, with one sister older, and one sister and brother younger than herself, was left motherless about six years since. She with her older sister has lived with their grandparents ever since. They oved her so dearly that her death to them was like that of her mother, who was their only daughter. And well do they mourn. Mattie was like an angel taken from the family circle. She was unusually sweet tempered. She seemed to love all good things and pleasant ways. She was far in advance of her years in real womanhood. She was dearly loved by all who knew her. Her sickness was short and severe. One comfort is that we are sure she is saved by the power of Jesus Christ and lives to die no more. Yet we sadly inquire "The young, the loved, the beautiful, / Why must they pass away." That we may all meet, never to part, that we may gain a better, higher life.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, December 19, 1874
Marriage - Brilliant Social Event
At the last celebration of the anniversary of our National Independence, Elliot Danforth Esq., a promising young lawyer of Middleburgh, Schoharie Co. [NY] was engaged to deliver the oration. While on the rostrum he discovered in his vast audience the person of Miss Ida Prince, only daughter of Dr. G. Prince, of this place [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], formerly of Brooklyn. An introduction was sought and obtained, and the acquaintance ripened into friendship and affection, and on Thursday afternoon at precisely two o'clock, the nuptials were celebrated at the residence of the bride's father. The social circles have long been agog with vague prophesies concerning the manner and extent of the festivities and were only partially satiated on the appearance of the elegantly engraved invitations. Fully six hundred people were invited, and it is estimated that upwards of two hundred availed themselves of that power to be present, among whom we noticed Judge Danforth and lady, and Gen. D. Danforth and lady, of Middleburgh; Judge A.P. Smith and lady, of Cortland; Judge Chas. Holmes and daughter, of Cobleskill; Hon. James Stewart and lady, of Oneonta; Senator Wm. Laimbeer, of New York; Hon. M.W. Stevens, of Schoharie; Hon George Beeker, of Binghamton; H.S. Morse, Esq. of Oneonta, Supt. A.&S.R.R.; J. W. Hutt, Esq. of Albany, Supt. National Express Co.; A.V.V. Dodge, H.C. Van Dyck and John S. Delehanty, Esqs., of Albany; Hon. Joseph Bush, Revs. A.B. Richardson and D.N. Grummond, of this place; Rev. C.P. Whitecar, of Middleburgh, besides others from abroad not mentioned and a large number of our citizens. The ceremony was performed in a very impressive and easy manner by Rev. A. Reynolds, of Binghamton, and the music, the "Nellie Grant Wedding March," was admirably executed by Prof. S.N. Copley. The bride was dressed in pure, white silk, handsomely ornamented, white veil, with orange blossoms in her hair, and resembled the princess in the Fairy Tale, who had stepped out from the leaves of a flower to charm all who saw her. She was the cynosure of all eyes, and indeed an eye feast. The groom appeared in a neat suit of conventional black, with white lace necktie and white gloves. The bridesmaids were Misses Jessie Laimbeer, of New York and Lizzie Bishop, of Jersey City, the former dressed in blue silk and the latter in pink silk. They were peculiarly attractive in person and graceful in manner. The groomsmen were Messrs. W.C.B. Danforth of Middleburgh and Wm. T. Fondey, of Albany, who were also, of course, dressed in black. We shall not attempt a description of the ornate toilets of the bride, bridesmaids or the other ladies present, but suffice it to say they were elegant and appropriate. The presents were numerous, rich and valuable, attracting much attention and many favorable compliments, and indeed justly so, for besides the magnificent array of the latest patterns of silver goods, the bride was the recipient of an elegant $600 piano from her mother and a well-lined purse from her father, while the father of the bridegroom made his son's heart glad by the presentation of another well filled purse. The refreshments were par excellence, and profuse even to prodigality. Mrs. Ida Danforth was a great favorite in Bainbridge, and her retirement from our social circles is greatly deplored. She is amiable in character and disposition and deserving of a lot in life reserved for the favorites of fortune. That in her new existence she may obtain the chiefest of blessings that mortals have, and all those that her youthful hopes now paint for her, we know to be the cordial and sincere wish of all who have been fortunate enough to form her acquaintance. The newly married couple will make a three weeks' tour through some of the southern cities, after which they will return to Middleburgh to reside. In its every appointment and feature we must pronounce it the grandest wedding ever celebrated in this section.
Deaths
November 2d, at the dawn of day, fell asleep at his home in Afton, N.Y. [Chenanog Co.], Charles S. Landers, in the 21st year of his age, eldest son of George and Harriet P. Landers. During a long and painful illness, tenderly watched by his devoted parents and friends, his fortitude and patience were most exemplary, and his death, when at length "the silver cord was loosed" was the blessed release of a peculiarly pure, gentle and noble spirit from a feeble body, of one so good, conscientious, and candid as was the youthful subject of this notice. High hopes were entertained by all who enjoyed his acquaintance. At school his instinctive and unswerving devotion to whatever was right, his prompt and able defense of the weak, and his controlling manliness of character and conduct ever won for him the admiration and respect of his associates.
In the early demise of one so rich in noble characteristics and consequently so full of the promise of usefulness the adage that "death loves a shining mark" is again illustrated. His earthly career indeed was brief, but as a baptized and renewed child of the Heavenly Father, death has admitted him to a world where the limitations of this mortal life are unknown.
The fond and well-founded hopes that centered in him have indeed been suddenly and most sadly disappointed and stricken and bereaved hearts mourn his early death. For us all it only remains, while cherishing his now glorified memory, to bow in Christian faith and submission to the decree of the All-Wise that called him hence, and breathe the prayer "Thy will, O God, be done."
Young Landers' associates at school have sent the following resolutions of friendship and respect to the bereaved family, accompanied by a letter of sympathy and condolence, in which they also record their admiration for their lamented school fellow and companion.
Belles Lettres Hall, Dec. 3d, 1874
At a special meeting of the Belles Lettres Union Society of the Dickenson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., held yesterday to take action in reference to the death of our late fellow member, Charles S. Landers, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in the death of Charles S. Landers, we have lost not only a kind and devoted friend, but a firm advocate of that which is right.
Resolved, That inasmuch as it has pleased God to remove him from our midst, we, together with the sorrowing parents, can but bow in humble submission to the will of "Him who doeth all things well," with the consciousness that though "He who afflicteth with the one hand can sustain with the other," and to His care would we commend the sorrowing stricken friends of the deceased.
Resolved, That in respect to the memory of our lamented brother we drape our hall in mourning for the usual space of time, and that a copy of these resolutions be published in the Gazette & Bulletin and the Star of Literature, and that a copy be forwarded to the bereaved parents.
Committee: N. Sarge Ross, F. Asbury Gilbert, J. Emory Gossuck
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