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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 29, 1875

Marriages

RECTOR - ROOME:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], July 22d, by Rev. H.V. Talbot, Mr. George Rector to Miss Angie Roome, both of Oxford.

McNITT - NIELSON:  At Smith's Valley, July 26th? by Rev. Edgar P. Ross, Mr. George W. McNitt of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Nellie Nielson of the former place.

McCARNEY - LEONARD:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], July 22d by Rev. Father Bresingham, Mr. Patsey McCarney to Miss Julia Leonard, both of Bainbridge.

MINER - SOPER:  In Perryville [Madison Co. NY], July 7th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. J.A. Miner of North Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Rosa L. Soper of Chittenango [Madison Co. NY].

McKEE - MINER:  In Perryville [Madison Co. NY], July 7th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. J.M. McKee of South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Frank C. Miner of No. Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

GOODRICH:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 22d, Mr. Alva Goodrich, aged 70? years.

SHEPARD:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Harris L. [Shepard] son of Harris and Hannah M. Shepard, aged 7 months and 21 days.

WILSON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 27th, Mary [Wilson] daughter of William and Ann Wilson, aged 1 year and 4 months.

RUSSELL:  At Pitcher Springs, July 19th, Mrs. Sophia Russell, aged 81 years.

GRACE:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], July 21st, Mr. William Grace aged 65 years.

KING:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY], July 20th, Mr. Uri King, aged 68 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

Uri King, a former resident of this village was buried here on Thursday of last week.  Mr. King was a resident of Sidney Plains at the time of his death, and was engaged in erecting a new house, when a accident occurred to him which resulted fatally.  It appears that he was engaged in prying up a stone, when the crowbar slipped striking him violently in the stomach.  Inflammation setting in he only lived about three days from the time of the accident.  Mr. King was an active businessman, and was well known in this section [Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 29, 1875]

WALES:  In Harpursville, Broome Co. [NY], July 3d?, Freddie [Wales], aged 5 years, and July 6th, Nettie [Wales], aged 8? years, children of D.W. and Drusella Wales.

BARNES:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 21st, Mr. Seeley Barnes, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], aged about 60 years.

Seeley Barnes, of Smithville, aged about sixty years, an inmate of the County jail, died suddenly on Friday morning last. Deceased was a dissipated man and had passed much of his time in jail.  About four weeks since he was released after a term of six months, and since that time he had drank to excess.  A few days ago, he was again imprisoned on a charge of intoxication, and he was much shattered, although recovering up to the time of his death.  On Friday he went into the room where some other prisoners sat, asked for a chew of tobacco and fell backwards upon a bed, expiring almost instantly, probably from disease of the heart.  His remains were sent to Smithville.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, July 28, 1875

Death

TERRY:  In Elgin Illinois, Mr. Ira Terry, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], aged 40 years.

Ira E. Terry, formerly a resident of the south part of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], was found dead in his bed, in an insane asylum at Elgin, Ill., one day last week.  His remains were brought to this place and interred on Friday last -Union.  The deceased was formerly employed in the jewelry store in this village and had many friends here who regret his untimely death.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 29, 1875

Marriages

At the M.E. Parsonage in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], July 25th, by Rev. W.H. Gavitt, Mr. Allen Campbell to Miss Susan A. Jones all of Greene.

In Port Crane [Broome Co., NY], July 18th, by Rev. A.C. Sperry, Darius Kill of Herkimer [Herkimer Co. NY], to Mrs. Lucretia Bentley, of Fenton [Broome Co. NY].

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] (Page Brook), July 22d, Mr. Alden Day, aged 73 years and 7 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], July 26th, Mrs. Electa [Haight] wife of John Haight, Jr., aged 46 years.

In Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], July 24th, Mrs. Abigail [Smith], wife of Mr. John A. Smith aged 77 years, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY].

The remains of Mrs. John A. Smith, a former resident of this village was brought here from Cortland on Monday and deposited in the old cemetery.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, July 31, 1875

Deaths

JONES:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 27th inst., Miss Emma Jones aged 18 years and 4 months.

HUBBARD:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], on the 20th? inst., Mrs. Aurilia Hubbard aged 52 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 1, 1875

Death of Col. Jay M. Scott

DIED:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], on the 21st ult. after a brief illness, Col Jay M. Scott, aged 52 years.

The subject of this notice, died suddenly, at his residence in Plymouth Monday June 21st, 1875, of kidney disease. Although he had suffered considerably from a lame ankle for several days and had kept his bed most of the time as his ankle pained him badly when standing upon it, still his family and those in attendance did not discover any alarming symptoms until Saturday afternoon, when it was noticed that he was troubled to breathe.  On Sunday he grew worse, and was for most of the time unconscious until his death, which took place on Monday at 2 P.M.

Col. Scott was born in Plymouth, Oct. 13, 1823, upon the same farm on which he died, and with the exception of five years that he lived in the town of Preston, always resided there. A person of strict integrity, he always enjoined the confidence of those who knew him.  Many times had he been favored by his constituents with public office.  In his younger days he took much pride in the State Militia and was for several years Lieut. Col., and Colonel of the 41st Regiment; the latter place he resigned before moving to Preston which was out of the Regimental District.

Some twenty years since he was elected Superintendent of the Poor of the county, in which position he served with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his constituents. Among the different town offices with which he had been honored was Justice of the Peace, Assessor, Highway commissioner, and Overseer of the Poor, the latter place being rendered vacant by his death. In office he knew no favoritism, his highest and only aim being the discharge of his duty under the law as he understood it.

His farm, under his care and direction has been made one of the best grazing farms in Chenango County and although for several years, so much out of health as to be unable to labor and compelled to hire help with which to carry on his farm, still he never lost his pride in having whatever he had to do well done.

In the death of Col. Scott, the public has lost a worthy and active citizen, society one of its most straight forward and conscientious members and his vicinity a kind and accommodating neighbor, but it is upon his family that this bereavement will fall with heaviest weight.  He leaves a wife, whose maiden name was Clariss M. King, a cousin, we believe, of Calvin L. King, Esq., two unmarried daughters, and three sons to mourn his early death.  One of the sons, Charles W. Scott, is well known in this County, as a former clerk in the Clerk's office, and during the past winter clerk to Senator Thompson, committee in the Senate. the others, J.M., who is on the detective force in Chicago, and Henry C., also a resident of Chicago, are well known, and all are highly respected citizens in the community in which they live.

Mr. Scott's funeral was attended on Thursday, from his late residence, by a large concourse of neighbors and friends, who assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to one whom they had loved and honored in life.