Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 4, 1875
Marriages
WHEELER - STEAD: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 2d, by Rev. E.W. Caswell, Mr. Randall A. Wheeler, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Marilla M. Stead, of Guilford.
CAULKINS - GRISWOLD: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 28th, by Rev. J. Chambers, Mr. Adelbert Caulkins to Miss Josephine Griswold, all of Sherburne.
CARD - PERNELL: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 26th, by Rev. H. Pattingell, D.D., Mr. Stephen Card to Mrs. Jane Pernell, both of New Berlin.
BURDICK - POOLE: In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 25th, by Eld. E.A. Poole, Mr. R. DeWitt Burdick to Miss M. Elvira Poole, all of Lincklaen.
OWENS - BARROWS: At the residence of the bride's parents, in Utica [Oneida Co. NY], Oct. 19th, by Rev. Thomas J. Brown, Mr. Charles S. Owens to May C. [Barrows] eldest daughter of S.J. Barrows, Esq., all of Utica.
Deaths
EDWARDS: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 3d, Eugene B. Edwards, son of Charles Edwards, aged 20 years. Funeral from the residence of his father on Lock Street on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
[Note: See obit below from the Chenango Telegraph]
WADE: At the Half-Way House in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], suddenly, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 2d, Willie Sands [Wade] only child of Henry L. Wade, aged 7 years.
BARTLE: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 27th, Christena [Bartle] wife of A.F. Bartle, aged 52 years.
THOMAS: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 26th, Mr. Thomas, (father of Mathias Thomas) aged 76 years.
BAKER: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 16th, Mrs. Polly Baker, aged 79 years and 10 months.
RAIT: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 24th, Mr. George Rait, aged 41 years.
MAYHEW: In South Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 25th, Mr. Mott J. Mayhew, aged 20 years.
SHIPPEY: In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY], Oct. 20th, Mrs. E. Shippey, wife of E. Shippey, of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], aged 74 years.
THURBER: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, Mary Ann [Thurber], wife of Uziel Thurber, aged 58 years.
REES: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 28th, Lieut. Jacob I. Rees, aged 39 years.
Lieut. Jacob J. Rees died in this town, October 28th, in the 40th year of his age. He was a member of Company H, 76th Regiment N.Y.S.V. and re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864; was promoted to First lieutenant and mustered out on the expiration of the term of service of his Regiment. He was wounded at Gainesville, Va., and again at Cold Harbor, Va., but recovering he returned to the field and continued until the end. He leaves a widow and two daughters - the former a daughter of the late John Kershaw, who died scarcely more than a month ago. In this greater bereavement she has the sympathy of many friends.
[Note: See obit below from the Sherburne News]
On Tuesday last Mr. John G Sickler, formerly a hotel keeper in Portlandville [Otsego Co. NY], and since a butcher in that place, was instantly killed by being struck on the head by a locomotive on the A.&S.R.R. at Colliers. He started out from behind a small building near the track which he attempted to cross as the passenger train went by, and which he probably did not notice. He was about 60 years of age. Cooperstown Journal
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 4, 1875
Death
DIED: in this village on Wednesday, Nov. 3d, suddenly, after a lingering illness of consumption, Eugene Edwards, aged about twenty years.
the death of our young friend is a peculiarly sad one. He was the only child of Charles S. Edwards of this village and was an unusually smart and intelligent boy. At about seventeen, having received a good common school education, he entered our office to learn the printing trade and during the first year developed remarkable aptness for the business and bade fair to become most proficient in the profession of his choice. Early in his second year however, disease began to fasten upon him, and though for months he struggled on in his work full of ambition and courage, he finally was compelled to leave the office and give his entire attention to pleasures for the recovery of his health. With this desire he visited the seashore last spring, and after several weeks returned much improved apparently. The disease however again took hold of him with renewed severity, terminating his life on Wednesday as above stated.
Eugene was a good boy, one of the best we ever had in our employ; kind, courteous and obliging in his disposition, his every ambition seemed to be to do his whole duty in whatever sphere was assigned him. Prompt and attentive to every duty he soon endeared himself to all his fellows in the office as well to his employers and was always relied upon by them as a faithful boy who never shrinked from any duty. His early disease is mourned by them as well as by all who knew him. The blow however, comes with rushing weight upon his stricken parents. The sympathy of the entire community is with them in their deep bereavement. The funeral will be attended on Friday at 2 P.M. from the residence of his father, on lock St.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 3, 1875
Marriage
CAULKINS - GRISWOLD: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], on the 28th Oct. by Rev. J. Chambers, Mr. Adelbert Caulkins to Miss Josephine Griswold, all of Sherburne.
Deaths
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 16th, Mrs. Celinda Davis aged 66 years, 9 months and 8 days. The long weeks of suffering are over; the weariness and pain so patiently borne are ended, and she is at rest. Her loss we deeply mourn.
Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, / We will not weep for thee; / One thought shall check the starting tear, / It is that thou art free.
And thus shall faith's consoling power / The tears of love restrain; / O, who that saw thy parting hour / Could wish thee here again.
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Lines written on the death of Merrit O. Walker, son of Willard and Mary Walker, who died Sept. 25, 1875.
Little Merrit, how we loved him, / How his bright and sunny smile / Won the hearts of all who knew him, / So cheerful and so free from guile.
And we hoped to keep our darling, / Not dreaming a few weeks to come, / Would from parental arms remove him / To a far ethereal home.
Nature cried, O, Father, spare him, / Our hearts are filled with deepest woe, / Death has taken little Flora, / And must we also let him go.
O, we felt our heart strings breaking, / When they laid him 'neath the sod, / Then we heard the Father speaking / Be still and know that I am God.
Although our stricken hearts are aching, / Our little Merrit feels no pain; / He to heavenly joys has wakened, / Our loss is his eternal gain.
Jesus grant thy Holy Spirit, / We would fain submissive be; / O, may we at last inherit / A home from death and sorrow free. H.W.B.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 30, 1875
Marriage
HORTON - PIERCY: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], on the 20th inst., at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. J.. Guliver D.D., assisted by Rev. Samuel Dunhm, Mr. Harding S. Horton, of New York city, to Miss Ida W. Piercy, daughter of Mr. L.W. Piercy of the former place.
Death
Jacob J. Rees, died in this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 28th day of October 1875. He was born in Sherburne, March 30, 1836, being in his 40th year at his death. He was the son of Otto A Rees who survives, and grandson of Anna R. Bacon, the centenarian, who died on the 2d inst. He enlisted in December 1861, in Company H., 76th Regiment, N.Y.V., under Captain Amos L. Swan of Cherry Valley; re-enlisted as a veteran in the winter of 1864; was promoted to First Lieutenant in November 1864, and was mustered out on the expiration of the term of service of his Regiment. He was present in most of the battles in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged. At Gettysburg the 76th was the first Regiment engaged in the battle, and Gen. Reynolds, the corps commander, was with it when he fell. Lieut. Rees was wounded at Gainsville, Va. August 28th, 1862, and again at Cold Harbor, Va., in 1864, but recovering he returned to the field and continued until the end. To the constancy of such as he is due the triumphant issue of the struggle. The deceased has taken great interest in the observance of Decoration Day, and in the Reunions of his Regiment. He was looking forward with pleasing anticipations to the next Reunion of the 76th, which is to take place at Philadelphia during the centennial. His comrades will miss one whose presence they have learned to count upon on every occasion of pleasure or of danger. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Mrs. Rees lost her father, the lamented John Kershaw, scarcely more than a month ago. In this greater bereavement she has the sympathy of many friends.
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News Item
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 4, 1875
Dr. Thomas of Philadelphia performed an autopsy on the remains of Uri Carruth at his late residence in Vineland, N.J. on Monday of last week. Following are the results:
....The bullet was then found encysted within the tentorium, within the posterior lobe of the right hemisphere. the bullet exhibited nearly its original shape and was found about one and a half inches from the point of entering. A little lower in position there was marked congestion of the pia mater. The cerebellum was wholly uninjured by the ball....
The remains lay in state in the Church at Vineland, for several hours previous to their removal to Clinton, and hundreds of citizens availed themselves of the opportunity to look once more upon the face of one whom they all respected. Remarks were made by several prominent Grangers, that organization having the funeral ceremonies in charge; and the body was escorted to the depot by a large concourse of people.
On Friday afternoon last, the remains received the last sad honors at Clinton. the funeral was held form the residence of Miss Robinson, on College Street, and the Presbyterian Church. The attendance was large, and included some thirty members of the Waterville grange, and the members of the Alpha Delta Phi, of which deceased was a member. The exercises at the church consisted of prayer and reading of the 123d Psalm by the Pastor, Rev. Dr. T.B. Hudson, singing of appropriate hymns and fitting remarks in reference to the departed. Rev Drs. Hudson and Mears, Mr. Dey, of the Senior Class of Hamilton College and a member of the Alpha Delta Phi, and Dr. Denton, of Vineland, N.J., spoke, paying high tribute to the memory of deceased. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Mears and singing of another appropriate selection by the choir, the congregation and members of the Society and Grange in order viewed the body, after which it was conveyed to the cemetery and committed to the dust with appropriate service.
Mr. Landis occupies his former quarters in the female section of the Bridgeton jail. No one is permitted to see him save his counsel. He is much depressed in mind; the death of his victim having been an unexpected blow to him. His case will not come to trial until the January term of the County courts, the October term having just adjourned. he will be indicted by the Grand Jury in January for murder in the first degree, but his case is such that a verdict for a lower degree will be admissible.
Landis' friends deny the story of the compromise with Carruth, except so far as civil suit for damages was concerned. In fact, Carruth would have no power to compromise a murderous assault, which is an offence against the Commonwealth, and had he attempted to do so would hoe made himself liable.
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