Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 29, 1875
Marriages
SEXTON - HUNT: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], April 8th, by Rev. C.C. Johnson, Mr. Wells Sexton to Miss Dency Hunt, all of Smyrna.
SMITH - HOYT: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, by Rev. Charles Shepard, Mr. Frederick Smith to Mrs. Eliza Hoyt, all of Greene.
SEELY - CLAPP: In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY], April 15th, Mr. Israel W. Seely to Miss Polly D. Clapp, both of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].
MUDGE - PIPER: In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], April 18th, by Rev. G.P. Turnbull, Mr. John P. Mudge of Taylor [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Ida M. Piper of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY].
PERKINS - BLAIR: In Erieville, Madison Co. [NY], March 31st, by Rev. W.S. Smith, Mr. Judson V. Perkins of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Eva Blair of Erieville.
Deaths
SAGE: In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], April 5th of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. William D. Sage aged 61 years.
SHAPLEY: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Delilah [Shapley] wife of James Shapley, aged 53 years.
HOLMES: In the County Home in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], April 21st, Mr. Frederick W. Holmes aged 59 years.
HILL: At the County Home in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], April 21st, Eli Hill, aged 61 years.
VINTON: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 19th, Mr. Ferris S. Vinton aged 24 years and 9 months.
ROOSE: In Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], April 24th, Hattie L. [Roose] daughter of Prof. J.H. Roose, aged 8 years, 9 months and 9 days.
HOLMES: In Taylor, Cortland co. [NY], April 16th, Mr. Leonard Holmes, aged 60 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
SCOTT: In Minnesota, April 17th, Mr. Alonzo Scott of Owego, aged 48 years, son of Horace Scott, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY]. His remains were brought to his home for interment.
John Bennett died in Oneida [Madison Co. NY] on the 15th inst., aged nearly ninety years.
Thomas Cain was found dead in the road near his residence in Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY], on Wednesday morning of last week. Drinking and exposure caused his death. He was forty years of age and leaves a wife and four small children destitute.
Leonard Holmes of Bangall (Taylor) [Cortland Co. NY], died suddenly on the 16th inst. During the recent fire in that village, the dwelling of Mr. H. caught fire a number of times, and Mr. H. labored hard to save his home, which was done. Since that time, he had not been well, and on Friday afternoon he went to the post office, a short distance. Before reaching the store, he was in severe pain, and as soon as he deposited his letter, he returned home, his pain increasing, and in fifteen minutes he was a corpse.
Death of Mrs. Byron Marks: The Binghamton Times mentions the sad death of an estimable lady of that city and a former resident of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] as follows: "Somewhat over two years ago the wife of Mr. Byron Marks, a prominent merchant of this city, was seriously injured in a railway collision on the D.L.&W. R.R. near Port Dickinson. Since that accident she remained an invalid until her death, which occurred suddenly on Wednesday evening last, at the residence of her brother in Goshen, Orange County, N.Y. Mrs. Marks was a very estimable lady, and her loss will be deeply regretted by a large circle of friends."
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At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], held on the 1st inst., the following deserved tribute to the memory of one of Oxford's old and honored citizens was unanimously adopted:
The decease of Thomas Gansbeck Newkirk, on the 25th of March, 1875, at the age of 76 years, removes from our Parish another of its oldest members, and from our community one of its most upright and excellent citizens. Mr. Newkirk came to this village form the city of Kingston, on the North River, about 60 years ago, intending to enter upon the study of law; but soon made up his mind to engage in the mercantile business in which he continued until the close of his life.
For many years he served our Parish as Vestryman and Warden and contributed freely and generously according to his abilities towards its welfare and its wants. He gained, as he deserved, the utmost respect and confidence of the community in which he lived, so that his word and his name were identified with integrity, honor and truth. His upright Christian character and life will long be cherished by those who knew him best, and we shall all sadly miss his familiar form and presence.
The sweet remembrance of the just / Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust.
G.H. Perkins, Clerk of the vestry.
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The body of Charles B. Beach of Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY] who was drowned on the 4th inst., while passing the dam at Port Dickinson, by the capsizing of the boat he was in, was found on Friday afternoon last on a bar or bush dam in the upper part of the city of Binghamton. Since the time of the accident, hundreds have at different times been engaged in searching for the body; the river has been dragged, hooks and lines set, a cannon fired over the river, but in vain and when he was found by his father and three other men, he lay in a channel between two islands, not more than eight feet in width, while the water at that point was only from four to six inches in depth. The body lay face downwards in the mud with the feet up the stream. It was not mangled or bruised, the clothing was entire; there was very little bloating of the body, or signs of decomposition; and a revolver, knife, order book, etc., was found in the pockets. The funeral was attended at Whitney's Point on Saturday afternoon and was attended by large numbers. Deceased was a general favorite in that community.
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