Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, January 1875 (concluded)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 28, 1875

Deaths

BALDWIN:  At Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], January 6, 1875, William Baldwin, Esq., in the 77th year of his age.

The deceased was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., but removed to Guilford more than half a century ago.  For many years himself and two brothers engaged in mercantile pursuits, by which they obtained a competence.  Firm in his opinion of the right, honest in his business transactions, an ardent patriot and lover of his country, an upright citizen and affectionate father, Christian by profession, and consistent in his walk and conversation, he has gone in faith and joy to the "rest that remaineth for the people of God."  May the community in which he lived, the church of which he was a member, and the family he has left behind, copy him in his deeds of kindness, in his love of honor, truth and religion, and go through the land of darkness and the shadow of death, with the same peaceful departure and glorious hope.

PRESTON:  In Lincklean, Dec. 28, 1874, of Scarlet Fever, Burtie [Preston], aged 2 years and 3 days.  Dec. 29, Amelia [Preston] aged 10 years 10 months and 15 days.  Jan. 10th, 1875, Eveline [Preston], aged 17 years, children of Corydon A. and Emerett Preston. they are not lost but gone before.

PARKER:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 14, 1874, Adelbert [Parker], son of A.D. and Habel Parker.  Little Della was a boy of unusual loveliness and promise, and as the music of his laughter dies away here, to be united with the grand chorus above, how must swell the hearts of his parents and friends with mournful joy, mournful because a sweet treasure has been taken away, joyful because that little jewel glitters forever in the diadem of the Redeemer. W.W.C.

Another funeral knell has toiled from the home of my early days with the mournful intelligence of the death of one very dear to my heart and memory and connected by sacred ties of kindred - Mary [Johnson] the wife of Ralph Johnson and eldest daughter of the late Deacon Charles Randall.  Nearly forty-six years have elapsed since on the 23d of April 1829, in the old family mansion of her father, I stood by her side, when surrounded by happy home faces and young companions, she gave herself away to the man of her choice "for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death should them part."  And now it seems only a few days since, that with her husband and daughter, she sat with me and mine in the room where I now write in excellent health and spirits, cheerfully conversing of the past and hopefully referring to the future, a day or two preceding the commemoration of the forty-fifth anniversary of her marriage, the sixty-eighth of her birth, and the seventieth of her husband, as I spoke of the hope and even the probability of being with them on the celebration of their "golden wedding." God knows!  It may be so! But not here. Never, now, on this earth!  golden harps may be struck, and golden symphonies sounded in that better world where the redeemed of earth, whose hearts have been indissolubly united in bonds of tenderest love and affection meet again, never more to part!  For her pure spirit the golden gates have already opened, and she has entered upon her eternal rest, and "treads the sapphire floors of Paradise!"

"All darkness wiped from her refulgent brow / Sin, sorrow, suffering, banished from her eyes / Victorious over death, to her appear / Vistas joys of Heaven's eternal year!

Weep not for her! Her memory is the shrine / Of pleasant thoughts, soft as the scent of flowers, /Calm as on windless eve the sun's decline / Sweet as the song of birds among the flowers.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, January 27, 1875

Marriages

BLACKMAN - BLACKMAN:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], on the 13th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. James H. Blackman to Mrs. Betsey A. Blackman, both of Preston.

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ARCHBALD - CANNON:  On Thursday, Jan. 21st, 1875, at the residence of the bride's father in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. David Torry, D.D. of Cazenovia, assisted by Rev. Henry Collin of Oxford, Mr. Robert W Archbald of Scranton, Penn., to Miss Elizabeth B. [Cannon], daughter of Benjamin Cannon, Esq.

The residence of Benjamin Cannon, Esq. on Fort Hill was in a blaze of splendor Thursday afternoon last. The occasion was the celebration of the nuptials of Miss Lizzie B. Cannon and Mr. Robert W. Archbald.

The ceremony was performed at 5:30 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Torrey of Cazenovia, assisted by Rev. Henry P. Collin of this village.  Miss Agnes P. Hull of this village, acted as bridesmaid and Mr. Stelle, of St. Louis, as bridesman.

Invitations were issued only to relatives and most intimate friends, and there was quite a large number of distinguished guests from out of town.  After the ceremony, the newly wedded pair received the congratulations of their friends, and a sumptuous bridal feast was served. A pleasant feature of the affair was the profusion of rare and beautiful flowers that fitted appropriate places, presents from Philadelphia friends. The display of the bridal gifts was magnificent, embracing many rich and costly articles. The whole affair was most pleasant and enjoyable.

The happy couple left on the 7:50 train that evening for an extended tour to Philadelphia, Washington, and other noted places.

The bridegroom is a rising young lawyer of Scranton, Pa., and is a brother of James Archbald, Chief Engineer of the D.L.&W. Railroad.

Death

VANDERBURG:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], on 16th, Mr. C.F. Vanderburg, aged 61 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 28, 1875

Marriages

In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], at the house of the bride's father, Jan. 6th, by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. S.G. Purdy, son of David M. Purdy, and Miss Florine Skillman, daughter of J.C. Skillman, all of McDonough.

At Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], Jan. 20th, by Rev. C.E. Taylor, Mr. Levey Stoughton to Miss Mary J. Gray, both of Barker [Broome Co. NY].

Death

In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], near Whitney's Point, Jan. 16, Sarah A. [Purdy], wife of Lemuel Purdy, aged about 28 years.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, January 30, 1875

Marriage

NEWELL - WILLEY:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] on the 26th inst., by Rev. C.C. Johnson of Smyrna, Mr. Horace Newell of Earlville [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Cleopatra Willey of this place.  

Death

SHERMAN:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 22d inst., Martha [Sherman] daughter of E.J. and M.L. Sherman, aged 22 months and 11 days.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, January 30, 1875

Marriage

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Clendenning was the occasion for another of those highly pleasant and enjoyable entertainments where friends and neighbors may meet in social converse, and if we are to judge by the number of smiling faces and the abundance of good humor, this indeed was not wanting in any respect. The table abounded with luxuries, which were freely discussed by all present. Their presents, though not entirely confined to the silver lode, were useful as well as ornamental.

Deaths

Alph. S. Foote, well known in these parts, received intelligence of his wife's death on Friday of last week.  She had long been an invalid.  Foote was engaged on the Pittston [Otsego Co. NY] Gazette

Charles A. Shepherd late of Otego [Otsego Co. NY], and well known to many in these parts, died at his residence in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] on Monday morning.  His death was caused by inflammation of the lungs complicated with chronic diarrhea contracted by a long confinement in Salisbury Prison during the war.  He served three years in the army in the 90th New York Infantry, was an industrious and capable man and a worthy citizen.  His remains were removed to Otego for interment.