Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 2, 1875
Marriages
SHAPLEY - FARRELL: At the residence of Mr. Adams, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday,k August 20?, by Rev. W.J. Judd, Mr. James Shapley of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Almira M. Farrell of Norwich.
FULLER - TAFT: At Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], August 27th? by Rev. W. Gates, Mr Isaac Fuller of Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Sarah M. Taft of the former place.
MERRITT - LeBARROW: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], August 12th, by I.L. Russell, Esq., Mr. Charles H. Merritt to Miss Harriet L. LeBarrow, both of Afton.
Deaths
HALL: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 20th, Julia [Hall] wife of Charles Hall, aged 65 years 6 months.
WILCOX: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 30th?, Henrietta [Wilcox] wife of Charles Wilcox, aged 43 years.
GRIFFIN: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 26th, Michael P. [Griffin] son of Thomas Griffin, aged 2 years and 4 months.
STODDARD: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 23d, Willie B. [Stoddard] son of Wm. B. and Sarah A Stoddard, aged 1 year and 4 months.
LA DUE: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], August 23d , Miss Libbie La Due aged -?- years.
COLWELL: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] August 24th, Mr. Taft Colwell, aged 76 years and 7 months.
CARD: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], August 28th?, Martha [Card] daughter of Benjamin Card, Esq., aged 26? years.
MERRILL: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], August 19th, Hannah [Merrill], wife of Ira Merrill, aged 74 years.
BARTLE: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], August 27th, Milo P. [Bartle], son of George B. and Jerusha Bartle, aged 4 years and 7 months.
DENT: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], August 25th, Mr. Sylvester Dent aged 52 years.
BOGARDUS: In New York, August 14th, Mary D. [Bogardus], wife of O.H. Bogardus, formerly a resident of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
JONES: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], August 21st, Dr. George A. Jones, aged 85 years, foremrly a resident of new Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].
A son of James Renney, a cigar maker formerly residing in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], but now living in Groton [Tompkins Co., NY], accidentally shot himself while out hunting near the town line between Groton and Locke, on Thursday last. The boy, who was about fifteen years old, started out in the morning to shoot woodchucks and nothing was seen of him until nearly noon, when Mr. Harris, a neighbor, passing along, saw a gun standing upright against a fence and on looking over, he saw young Renney lying dead on the ground, with a gun shot in his throat. The lad had evidently put the gun on the ground in front of him, while getting over the fence, having its muzzle pointed upward, and in the motions of climbing the fence had raised the gun a little from the ground, when the hammer caught, discharging the piece, the contents of which passed directly into his throat, killing him instantly.
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WELLER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY, August 26th, Phebe M. Prey Weller, wife of the late Hiram Weller, aged 75 years 7 months and 13 days.
Deceased was born January 13th, 1800 in Windham County, Conn. In 1820 she removed to Norwich and in March 1824, she married Hiram Weller, who for years was an enterprising businessman and an esteemed citizen of this place, who died in 1851.
Mrs. Weller united with the Congregational Church in this village in 1823 and at the time of her death she was the oldest member of that society, having for more than half a century been one of its brightest lights - a devoted, consistent Christian.
In the home circle, among the loved ones who have listened to her counsels, her loss will be deeply felt. Her many unostentatious acts of benevolence will be tearfully remembered by those who have been the recipients of her charity and her memory will be kept ever green in the hearts of the community in which she has so long resided and to whom she had endeared herself by her amiable Christian life and example.
She leaves surviving her, five children: H.C. Weller of Sidney Plains; Mrs. Jonathan Dickinson, Steamboat Rock, Iowa; John W. Weller, Norwich' Mrs. J.O. Woodruff, Dubuque, Iowa; Mrs. Andrew J. Phelps, Norwich. Mrs. Woodruff reached this place on Saturday evening, in obedience to a summons by telegraph, in time to attend the funeral services, which were held on Sunday afternoon, Rev. S. Scoville officiating and were largely attended by sympathizing friend.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 2, 1875: After less than thirty-six hours of severe illness, Mrs. Phebe Prey Weller, of this village, died last Thursday afternoon, Aug. 26.
She was born in Windham, Co., Conn., Jan. 13, 1800; she was therefore in her 76th year. She moved to Norwich in 1820, married Mr. Hiram Weller in 1824. Her husband died in 1851. She joined the Congregational Church in this village in 1823 and when she died was the oldest in membership in the church. Her family, consisting of two sons and three daughters were all present with one exception at the funeral which was attended last Sabbath afternoon.
A great crowd of friends and neighbors gathered in and about the house to attend the solemn services. The day, Sabbath, the hour, nearly sunset, the air peaceful and full of the sound, and colors of the closing summer were all fitted to the burial of this aged and faithful servant of God. It was her often expressed wish when living that no display nor wasteful expense should be made at her funeral, but loving hands adorned the room in which the body lay with living vines and plants and flowers upon the coffin, the anchor and crown of flowers mingled with heads of grain and rich autumn leaves.
Although so aged, until the short time referred to before her death, her health which had been through life almost uniformly good, seemed unimpaired, and she bid fair to live many years.
For more than fifty years she has stood at the head of a household, and for this long period exhibited the virtues that so befit and adorn that position.
She was an affectionate wife, and did her part of labor and economy to secure and adorn the home which she and her husband had chosen. She was a faithful mother and spared no pains in rearing her children up in the paths of virtue and religion.
Her kindness and benevolence to the poor was proverbial, and her neighborhood was never without her help when needed. During her long union with the church, she never swerved in her faithfulness and devotion to the cause of her Saviour. After all, those who knew her best knew that the best part of her life was that which was hidden with God and which she lived with Him in secret.
Those who watched by her bedside during the few hours of consciousness that were given her after she was attacked by her fatal disease, when she audibly prayed for her children by name, and her neighbors and the church, and then took in all the community and again and again cast her burden upon God, saying, "I am so lonely." "I am so lonely." got glimpses of that inner life and of the secret of her faithfulness, and when in answer to their efforts to aid her, she murmured "so kind, so much kindness, everywhere such loving kindness," they felt anew that loving grateful spirit which she cherished.
God gave her to live beyond the usual period allotted to mortals, and then with but little premonition took her to himself. Even this sudden taking was a mercy. She was spared the pain of a lingering illness, there was nothing to be said to children or friends but what she had often spoken, her work was done, well done and she fell asleep in that blessed sleep. "From which none ever wake to weep."
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CHILDS: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 30th, Martha L. [Childs] widow of the late Edward Childs, aged 46 years.
"Sentinel," the Norwich correspondent of the Utica Herald, writes that paper, under date of the 31st ult: "Eleven months ago last Sunday Mr. Edward Childs, mail agent on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, was killed by a collision near Oxford, and consumed in the burning car. The precarious and melancholy condition of his wife, for months past, attributable largely to the shock produced by that terrible event, has for a long time been well known to a large circle of intimate and devoted friends. Last evening, having for many days been in a state of unconsciousness, death came to her relief, and she was freed from the sufferings of earth. Mrs. Childs possessed a very amiable disposition and many excellent qualities of head and heart. Those with whom she was brought in contact were irresistibly attracted to her and the memory of her good deeds and Christian example will long remain. At the time of the sad catastrophe, which broke up her home and cast a gloomy cloud over her life, Mrs. Childs resided in Utica and many in that city will be pained to learn of her melancholy death. Her age was 46."
Chenango Telegraph, September 2, 1875
Marriage
The variety wedding of Deacon Elisha Crandall and wife was the finest affair of the kind I ever attended. We expected it would come off on Wednesday, but the rain prevented. Nevertheless, a few came on that day and enjoyed themselves nicely. Thursday came with good weather and how the friends came in! The table was made to accommodate fifty persons, and it was filled a number of times with the jolliest good-natured lot of people you ever saw. The brass band, (Jim Wescott leader) was on hand and [played] sweet music. The Crandall family sang some very good pieces of music. Next came a choir composed of the whole crowd, which made the side bell ring with their melody. The presents amounted to over one hundred dollars for which the Deacon and wife return their sincere thanks.
Deaths
On Wednesday morning last, a young man named Perry Harrison, aged 18 years, was drowned in Hatch's Lake in the southern part of Morrisville [Madison Co. NY].
The Morris Chronicle says, E.W. Yates an old resident of this town [Morris, Otseog Co. NY], died at the residence of his son-in-law, H.S. Matteson, on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. Yates will be remembered as proprietor of the Yates House (now Otsego house) in this village, for quite a number of years. He had been in poor health for several years and died on his 70th birthday.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, September 4, 1875
Death
ROBINSON: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], September 2nd, Mrs. Stilman Robinson, aged 63 years and 7 months.
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