Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 18, 1875
Marriages
LILLY - HICKS: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 10th, by Rev. H.V. Talbot, Mr. A.S. Lilly to Miss E.J. Hicks, both of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].
OSTRANDER - WETMORE: In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 7th, by Rev. H.A. Smith, Mr. Charles Ostrander, of Morris [Otsego Co. NY], to Miss Celia Wetmore of New Berlin.
PRESTON - SOULE: At the residence of the bride's father, Nov. 9th, by Rev. Lawton, Mr. Harian D. Preston to Miss Adell E Soule, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].
WEBB - HOPKINS: In Chilliwhack, British Columbia, October 5th, Mr. Horatio Webb of Chilliwhack to Miss Ada Hopkins, daughter of Frederick and Mary Hopkins, of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY]. Wedding cake sent to the printers by mail, a distance of four thousand miles.
PETTIBONE - LACEY: In Erie, Pa., Nov. 3d, by Rev. A.J. Bonsall, Mr. Edward Pettibone of Girard, Pa. to Miss Alice C. Lacey, daughter of the late Cephae S. Lacey, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
Our exchanges give an account of a brilliant wedding which took place at the Episcopal Church in Otego [Otsego Co. NY] on Wednesday evening of last week. The parties were William Birdsall and Miss Marion Jennings of that village, and the ceremony was conducted by Rev. J.H. Fitzgerald of Fair Haven, formerly of this village. The affair was one of the finest ever held in that part of the State, guests being present from Washington, New York, Boston Albany, and other places. After the marriage a reception was given at the elegant mansion of the groom, some two hundred persons being present. Supper was served by Brair, the noted Albany caterer. A large number of costly gifts were presented. Toasts, speeches and dancing were indulged in till a late hour. Wescott's Band, of this village, furnished the music, and they filled their part in the program in a most satisfactory manner.
Deaths
WILCOX: Suddenly in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 15th, Josephine [Wilcox] daughter of the late William W. and Alta L. Wilcox, aged 26 years.
Rest thee, dear one, sweetly rest, / On thy Saviour's loving breast; / All thy sufferings now are o'er / Rest thee, rest thee, evermore.
RATHBONE: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 12th, Flora Emma [Rathbone] infant daughter of Lyman and Susan Rathbone.
SACKETT: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 30th, Myron B. [Sachett] only son of William B. and Mary J. Sackett, aged 10 months.
ANGELL: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 17th, Mr. Abiatha F. Angell aged 78 years.
HARRINGTON: In Pittsfield, Otsego Co. [NY], Nov. 11th, Mr. Job Harrington.
BARTLETT: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 8th, Willie [Bartlett] son of George W. and Eliza Bartlett, aged 20 days.
Sweet babe, the Angels whispered thee, / "Thy mother soon with us will be;" / And thus thy unstained soul they bore / To meet her, on the "shining shore."
Dear babe, we would not wish thee back, / To tread with us life's thorny track; / He, who on earth, young children blest, / Now folds thee to His loving breast.
BARTLETT: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 2d, Eliza Pritchard [Bartlett] wife of George W. Bartlett aged 27 years and 5 months.
"None knew her but to love her, / None named her, but to praise."
We miss thee darling in our saddened home, / Thy quiet mien, thy gentle loving tone / Thy fragile form no more shall we behold, / Nor ever more in love's embrace enfold.
Be this our solace, that thy pains are o'er, / That earthly ills can never reach thee more; / And when Death's summons shall to us be given, / We hope to meet and dwell with thee in Heaven.
Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY]: The wife of Hiram Jewell died yesterday at her home about two miles below this village. Although Mrs. Jewell has long been an invalid, her death comes none the less suddenly to the large circle of friends and relatives who have known and valued her for her modest worth and Christian fortitude and whose sympathies are extended to the family in their bereavement. Her funeral takes place today.
Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY]: Henry Lamphere died in this village on Monday last of softening of the brain. He was a member of the 114th Regiment during the war and while in the army received some injury for which the Government granted him a pension.
Mrs. Minerva McMinn of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], died very suddenly at her mother's residence at South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], last Wednesday morning. She was about twenty-five years of age.
Windsor, Broome County [NY] was visited by a destructive fire about three o'clock on Thursday morning of last week. The store and dwelling of J.E. Bennett were burned, but most of the goods saved. Mr. Marshall's shoe shop with more of its contents was destroyed. Other property in the vicinity barely escaped destruction. During the progress of the fire, several kegs of powder in Mr. Bennett's store exploded with terrific noise, throwing beams and timbers in every direction. E. Fisher, a relative of N.S. Fisher, formerly of this village, was so seriously injured by the falling of a chimney from the house of Mr. Bennett, that he died about a half an hour after the accident. His skull was fractured and his face and chest fearfully mangled. He was an esteemed citizen and is mourned by the public at large, as well as by a bereaved wife and aged father.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 18, 1875
Marriages
WARD - FRENCH: At the home of the bride, Nov. 10, by Rev. J.H. Bernard, Mr. William J. Ward to Miss Hattie French both of South New Berlin, Chenango Co. N.Y.
HAIGHT - WILD: In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 11th, by Rev. J. Barnard, Mr. John W. Haight to Miss Addie A. Wild, both of Gilbertsville, N.Y. [Otsego Co.]
Deaths
McMINN: In South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 9, Mrs. McMinn, daughter of Edward Clark, a former resident of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], but for several years past a resident of New York City.
Last Wednesday, George [Rogers] a son of Erastus Rogers, of Walton [Delaware Co. NY], aged 20 years, accompanied by E. Haskins, went into the woods gunning, where they started a rabbit. Mr. Haskins, hearing the discharge of Rogers' gun, went to see if he had shot the rabbit and found that he had fallen over a log and accidently shot himself, the ball having entered the eye and passed through the brain and skull. The young man was carried home and died that night.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 17, 1875
Death
VANDERLYN: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 9th, Mr. Gerardus VanDerLyn, aged 88 years.
Mr. Gerardus VanDerLyn died in this village on the 9th day of November 1875, aged eighty-eight years. Mr. VanDerLyn was born in Kingston, Ulster County [NY], September 27, 1787, and removed to Oxford about the year 1814. He was a brother of the late Henry VanDerLyn, Esq., for long years a distinguished lawyer, and until the death of Henry VanDerlyn a few years since, the brothers resided together.
Mr. Gerardus VanDerLyn lived a quiet unostentatious life. Coming into being at an eventful period of the nation's history, he dated his birth to co-existent with the constitutional life of the government. His life in this county also, commenced at a period when the nation was solving the then unsettled problem of its ability to resist foreign aggression. Providence prolonged his existence to witness the settlement of the third and most important of all the questions which has, or which ever will arise, the power of the Republic to withstand the shock of civil war. and protect itself and survive the throes of a terrible rebellion.
Living during these eventful periods, Mr. VanDerLynn was a thoughtful observer of passing events and took a deep, though quiet interest in all the questions of his time.
For a few years past, owing to the infirmities of age, he had withdrawn entirely from taking part or even viewing the active and busy scenes of life and in the retirement of his home quietly awaited his summons.
His work on earth was done, and well done. His mental powers remained but little impaired, but his physical gradually succumbed to the weight of time and years. The flame of life burned dimly and gradually grew more dim, until the material supplies exhausted, it quietly gently and quickly went out. Gathered to his fathers, having the respect and esteem of all who knew him in the communion of the Catholic Chruch and in perfect charity with the world, he awaits the resurrection of the just.
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Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 18, 1875
Hurlburt & Rockwell's Troupe Lost
At the time of our going to press last week, a dispatch from San Francisco gave the friends of this company a hope that they were not passengers on board the Pacific, which was lost on the 4th inst. on its passage from Victoria, V.L. to San Francisco, but the Binghamton Times of Friday publishes the following telegram, received in that city on the day previous, in response to a dispatch sent to Victoria by friends of Mr. Rockwell, which leaves no ground for a hope:
Victoria, V.L., Nov. 10: J.H. Arnott: All the Rockwell Troupe were on the Pacific, Names not known. Were booked on board. Operator.
From the Greene American of Thursday, we learn that Hurlburt and Cowles were both residents of that town. It says:
"This community was thrown into the wildest excitement Tuesday evening, on the announcement of the loss of the Hurlburt & Rockwell Company, who were on board of the steamship Pacific. Among the lost passengers were Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Rockwell, of Binghamton, Douglas M. Hurlburt and J.D. Cowles, of this town. Mr. Hurlburt leaves a wife and six children, who reside on his farm about three miles southeast of this village. Mr. "Dallie" Cowles is the youngest son of Myron Cowles of this village. He leaves a wife and one child, who reside here. The relatives of this unfortunate party have the deep sympathy of the entire community in this hour of their terrible affliction."
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 17, 1875
The loss of the steamship Pacific, which was sunk by collision with another vessel forty miles south of Cape Flattery, struck a heavy blow in this vicinity, when it was learned that Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Rockwell, of Binghamton and D.M. Hurlburt and J.D. Cowles, of Greene, were passengers aboard the ill-fated steamship and were lost. The above party went to California a year ago, where they were engaged in giving exhibitions of their method of training and breaking horses in that state and Oregon. Their business had made them famous in the Eastern States.
Some slight hopes were entertained after the news of the disaster by the report that it was doubtful whether the party took passage aboard the Pacific, but they were given up on the receipt of a telegram by some Binghamton friends, which stated that all the Rockwell troupe were on board the Pacific. Out of the large number of passengers and crew only two are thus far known to have been saved.
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Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, November 13, 1875
The body of Mrs. Maurice Goodrich, one of the four persons drowned at Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 28th ult. was found at about 11 o'clock Sunday morning in the river nearly opposite the residence of Mrs. E.M. Birdsall, a farmer, living about two miles below the village. A number of parties were searching at the time, the body being first discovered by Tustin Dibble in water about seven feet deep. It was lying head down stream, partly on the face, crowded into some brush, and was raised by twisting a fish spear into her clothing. The body was quite thickly coated over with mud which plainly showed that the body had lain in this particular place for a considerable time, and it adhered so firmly to her face, that it was difficult to wash it off, being of a clayey kind. The body was placed in a wagon furnished by Mr. Birdsall, brought to the village and placed in the hands of Messrs. Wilmot and Heath, undertakers, was soon laid out, being dressed in her wedding clothes. The body was in an almost perfect state of preservation, and as she lay in her casket, in the undertakers' warerooms, on Monday morning, we can only express her looks by saying that she was truly "beautiful in death," there being no bloating or mortification apparent. At half past 9 o'clock Monday morning, a prayer was offered by Rev. E.C. Herdman, at the warerooms, after which the casket was boxed, taken to the depot, and forwarded to the friends at Worcester. the excitement caused by this deplorable disaster, has been intense from its happening to the moment when the last one of the unfortunates was found. The friends have the heartfelt sympathy and prayers of the entire community.
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