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

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 15, 1875

Marriages

 EDGARTON - RHEINWALD:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 7th, by Rev. W.H. Waldron, Mr. Parker L. Edgarton to Miss Mary Eliza Rheinwald, both of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

WOODWARD - GORHAM:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], July 14th, by Rev. A. Lindsay, Mr. Sherman A. Woodward to Miss Julia A. Gorham, both of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

WATE - TUTTLE:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], June 30th, by Rev. B.A. Smith, Mr. Frederick H. Wate to Miss Mary Tuttle.

TUTTLE - ARNOLD:  At the same time and place by the same, Mr. Horace R. Tuttle to Miss Ida Arnold all of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

CRUMB - WELLS:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], July 4th by Rev. J. Clarke, Mr. W. Crumb of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Lydia Wells, of Lincklaen.

BENNETT - PETTYS:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], July 8th? by Rev. M.W. Caswell, Mr. Eli J. Bennett to Miss Mary E. Pettys, all of Guilford.

LAMFAIR - COOK:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], July 5th, by Rev. A.B. Richardson, Mr. DeAlbert Lamfair of Rockdale [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Emogene Cook, of Bainbridge.

IRELAND - FULLER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], July 5th, by Rev. A.B. Richardson, Mr. Hiram Ireland to Miss Amelia Fuller, all of Bainbridge.

BAKER - LONT:  In Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], July 7th, by Rev. S.J. Matteson, D.D., Mr. Albert M. Baker of Hamilton to Miss Ada E. Lont of North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].

De TROBRIAND - GORDON:  In Trinity Chapel, New York, June 29th by the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., Baron S. Denis deTrobriand of France, to Fannie [Gordon] daughter of the late Hon. Samuel Gordon, of Delhi, N.Y. [Delaware Co.].

A daughter of the late Hon. Samuel Gordon, of Delhi, and sister of Hon. William W. Gordon, of that place, was married on the 29th ult. at Trinity Chapel, in New York, to Baron S. Denis de Trobriand of Paris.  The wedding was attended by a large number of notable and distinguished people and was a very interesting one.  The ceremony was performed by Right Rev. Bishop Potter and  Mr. Gilbert presided at the organ. The bride wore a handsome silk traveling costume and was generally complimented upon her elegant and stylish appearance. After the ceremony the Baron and Baroness Trobriand visited the home of the bride's mother, in Delhi.

Deaths

JACKSON:  In Cheshire, Mass., July 7th, Mrs. Sylvia A. Jackson, widow of the late Merlin Jackson of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].  Funeral services were held at the residence of her son, J.H. Chaffee, in Binghamton on the 10th.

The funeral of Michael Murphy who was found dead in his bed on Tuesday evening of last week, was held from the Court House on Wednesday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. W.H. Waldron, Chaplain of Canasawacta Lodge of Odd Fellows, by whose members deceased was buried.

Otselic Center [Chenango Co. NY]:  Mr. Charles Stanton, son of Daniel Stanton, who formerly lived in this town, was buried on the second inst. in Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] where he had resided of late.  Some of his friends of this town attended his funeral.  He died of consumption.

Daniel Scott a former well-known citizen and large property owner in DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], died of dropsy at his residence in Morristown, Miss., June 27th.  He was for many years engaged in the "show" business and at the time of his death was connected with "Yankee Robinson" in that capacity.

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SCHOFIELD:  June 1st at her residence, two miles south of Lexington, Mo., Andalusia [Schofield] wife of Judge Jessie Schofield, and daughter of O.W. Eddy, late of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], aged 47 years.

The subject of the above notice was born and raised amid the romantic and picturesque scenery of Chenango County, N.Y., where still resides her widowed mother, several brothers and sisters, and a large circle of relations and friends.  She was carefully and thoroughly educated at the Troy Female Seminary; possessing naturally a high order of intellect. Endowed with more than ordinary moral faculties and strict integrity of purpose, always characterized by open and distinctly avowed principles of religion, giving in her eminently the beautiful character of a true Christian lady.  But death has overtaken her midway on the journey of life and though sadly afflicted, to her bereaved motherless children, yet to her there was no terror, unshrinking from the cold embrace, no fear as she drew near the shadow and the valley of death.  No drawing back.  She leaned firmly on "the rod and the staff of God." and they did comfort her, for Christ was her hope and salvation.  Oh how terrible is the contemplation of death in any form, but when, as in this instance, faith in Christ triumphs over death, we may indeed exclaim, Oh! death where is thy sting, oh, grave where is thy victory!

While it was so gratifying to witness her calm resignation to death, it was nevertheless truly affecting to see how completely she lost sight of her own dying pains and sufferings in her maternal anxieties for her family.  How often did she remark during the last few weeks of her life.  "Oh! that I could live for my poor children."  Such is the undying love of a mother's heart, and who of us witnessing it will doubt that "God, whose tender mercies see over all his works and whose loving kindness endureth forever," will treasure up in His eternal memory the poor, feeble, fainting, dying, praying breath of this trusting Christian wife and mother, as she pleads for His care over her little ones?

To the husband and children is given the heartfelt sympathy of an entire community and to the aged mother and relatives of the deceased who live at a distance, our expressions of respect and sympathy.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 15, 1875

Deaths

At Afton [Chenango Co. NY] the storm became a hurricane.  Mr. Levi Johnston's barn was blown down, killing Mr. Ward Miller, a young man of that place, who had run into the building to obtain shelter from a severe wind and rainstorm accompanied by hail.

Joseph Swartz, manufacturer of Limberger cheese, near Verona Center [Oneida Co. NY], was instantly killed while attempting to get on a moving train of cars on the N.Y. Central railroad at Oneida [Madison Co. NY].  He leaves a wife and ten children in comfortable circumstances.  He was 54 years old and had an insurance of $10,000 on his life.

News Item

Cortland Co. NY:  The Standard gives the following account of the recent tornado in the town of Scott [Cortland Co. NY]:  We mentioned last week, the heavy storm on Saturday, June 26th, in the north part of this county, and the death of a man by lightning.  The man killed was Philemon Harrington and he lived in the town of Scott.  The storm passed over a portion of that town, covering a narrow strip of territory and took in a part of the farm of our friend Dwight K. Cutler, and also that of Elias Frisbie, and others, and spent its force very much before reaching Homer.  It was terribly severe and swept a piece of woods on Mr. Cutler's farm level to the ground.  Large trees were taken up bodily and carried rods through the air.  Out of three orchards, the trees in one were entirely blown down and in the other two fared only a little better. Shade trees were also destroyed.  Two barns were unroofed and the shingles carried a great distance.  One of the barns was very large 10x100 feet.  Mr. McConnell and Mr. Miller both suffered from the wind as did others.  cows were killed and other damage done.  Mr. Harrington who was killed by lightning had the clothes literally stripped from his body, and his boots split open and torn from his feet. It is said that Mr. Harrington saw the storm coming and had started for a piece of woods where men were at work to notify them of their danger, but was stricken down by the fluid before reaching them.  The storm came from the west.  Two clouds seemed to unite in the vicinity of Mr. Cutler's and a whirlpool formed and as the tornado came over a ridge back of his house it seemed as though chaos was let loose. Strange to say Mr. Cutler's house was but little damaged. Storms of this severity are frequent in the western states and the prairies, but very rare here among the hills and the Valleys of the east where the hills and mountains interpose to break the force of the wind before it gets much headway. 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 15, 1875

Death

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], July 9th, Walter [Smith], son of Edgar Smith, aged 11 months and 11 days.

News Item

How a Man Feels When struck by Lightning

Mr. Castle, whose experience in that line we alluded to last week, has told us all about it, and we are content to take his word for it.  As the storm came up, he put his team in the barn and sat down in the door facing the inside.  The stroke of lightning which killed his horses and prostrated him did its work too swiftly to give him the slightest warning of its coming.  His first remembrance upon returning to consciousness was of hearing his daughter, who had run down from the house, about twenty-five yards distant, exclaim "O, father is dead!"  Upon opening his eyes, the whole air and sky seemed to be in a blaze.  He also became conscious of the most intense suffering and especially in his lower limbs.  He says the pain was like that of a burn, and that he could not have suffered more for the hour that followed if he had been held in the flames.  His wife and daughter, upon seeing that he was still alive, desired to remove him to the house, but he begged to be left where he was and not to be disturbed, as he felt that he could live but a few minutes, and that he might as well die there as to be put to the needless torture of removal. As he seemed to gain strength, however, he was soon taken to the house and made as comfortable as possible, but eight or ten hours elapsed before he was able to move either of his lower limbs.  The left hand and leg seemed to be more affected than his right, and the symptoms for a time indicated that the bones were injured.  But these have passed away, and only a slight lameness now remains.  The right lung has been very sore ever since the occurrence, but this may have bene caused by an injury received in falling.  The mark of the lightning is apparent from the shoulders to the calf of the right leg, in the shape of a broad, irregular strip, from which the skin has peeled off as though it had been scaled.  Whitewater Register

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, July 17, 1875

Marriage

PALMER - REED:  At the Methodist Church, in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on Sunday evening, July 11th, by Henry Allfrey, esq., Mr. Harrison A. Palmer and Miss Nellie Janet Reed, all of Sherburne.

Deaths

HART:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] on the 14th inst., Miss Sarah P. Hart, aged 61 years.

CONNOR:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Elsie Connor, aged 92 years and 6 months.

MARSH:  At the residence of his son in Albany, on the 14th inst. Mr. Simeon B. Marsh, aged 77 years.

The readers of the News will learn with regret that Mr. Simeon B. Marsh, its venerable founder, died at Albany, on Wednesday, July 14th, 1875, where he had resided with his son, Mr. John B. Marsh, since his removal from Sherburne.  He was a native of this town and his life has been such as to reflect honor on everything with which his name is associated.  A sketch of his life and services was published in the News of March 28, 1874, on the occasion of his removal to Albany.  His age at the time of his death was 77 years.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, July 10, 1875

Marriage

WRIGHT - KELLEY:  In the Baptist church at Schenevus [Otsego Co. NY] on Wednesday evening, June 30, 1875, by Rev. W. Parsons, of Sherman, Pa., Mr. Charles M. Wright to Miss Jessie B. Kelley, both of Schenevus.

Death

BOURNE:  In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] June 20, 1875, Frankie L. [Bourne] wife of Albert C. Bourne, and only child of George and Catharine Hyatt of Otego, aged 21 years and 2 months.