Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 30, 1875
Marriages
DWIGHT - GRAVES: At the residence of the bride's father in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William H. Dwight of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] to Miss Frances A. Graves, of Norwich.
GOULD - WYMAN: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], by T.L. Matterson, Esq., Mr. Albert Gould to Miss Mary Wyman, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
POTTER - BULGER: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22d, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Jay T. Potter to Miss Mary E. Bulger, all of Stockbridge, Madison Co. [NY].
AYLESWORTH - BRADSHAW: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 21st, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Willis L. Aylesworth to Miss Gertrude S. Bradshaw, both of Afton.
Deaths
FOOT: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 23d, Mr. Leonard Foot, aged 84 years.
BALDWIN: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 25th, Mr. Thomas Baldwin, aged 70 years.
HICKOK: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 21st, Mrs. Fanny Hickok, aged 76 years.
DODGE: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 21st, Cora [Dodge] daughter of Charles Dodge, aged 5 months.
WALKER: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 25th, Merrit O. [Walker], son of Willard and Hannah Walker, aged 5 years.
DENT: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 19th, Mr. Joseph Dent, aged 85 years and 7 months.
BICKNELL: In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], sept. 20th, Mr. Ebenezer Bicknell, aged 62 years.
JOHNSON: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 7th, Mary G. [Johnson], daughter of Jane Johnson, aged 5 months and 15 days.
KING: At Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY], Sept. 7th, Mr. Delos King, aged 57 years, formerly of King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY].
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We copy from the Bainbridge Republican and Review, the following deserved tribute to the memory of Col. Hiram Schrom, an old and esteemed resident of that town a mention of whose sudden death was made last week.
"Died at his residence in this village at three o'clock on the mornign of Friday, the 17th inst., Col. Hiram Schrom, of apoplexy, aged 69 years.
"Col. Schrom was born in Palatine, Montgomery County [NY] in 1806 and came to Bainbridge some fifty-one years ago at which time he entered the employ of Mr. Abram B. Williams as a journey man tailor, whom he succeeded in business. For more than half a century he continued the even tenor of his ways, occupying a prominent position in the community, and at the time of his demise he was among the few surviving residents of Bainbridge at the period mentioned.
"In 1826 he married Miss Attie Beal who died some three years afterwards. He was again united with Miss Nancy Beal, a younger sister of his first wife, whom he also survived. In 1860 he married Mrs. George Smith, who lived, but a short time. His widow was Mrs. Adeline Thayer, daughter of the late Charles Curtis.
"Mr. Hiram Schrom was a member of the old State militia and succeeded to the rank of Colonel in that organization. The district comprised Guilford, Coventry, Masonville and Bainbridge and the regiment was composed of artillery, riflemen and militia. the general trainings occurred once in each year, usually in September and many of our older inhabitants will remember these gatherings and the Colonel as a prompt, energetic officer.
"The temperance cause had few more faithful diligent workers, both in the lodge and at the polls, yet his zeal in opposing the sale of intoxicating liquors was not greater than his charity for the drunkard and his family. The poor and needy will miss his generous gifts, his kind offices in times of sore distress and affliction, his good counsel and the many noble deeds to which he devoted his life and his means, not for the world's praise, but because it was his greatest pleasure.
"But few men have lived more consistent, earnest Christian lives. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his loss as one of its most liberal supporters and devoted members will be keenly felt. He attended the Thursday evening prayer meeting and joined in the devotion, little thinking it was his last night upon earth. "As he lived, he died. There are no recollections of a painful, suffering death bed. In that sleep whieh
"---knit up the raveled sleeve of care, / the death of each day's life."
his spirit passed away and his face, so filled with a calm content, seemed to sanction the truth and beauty of the lines addressed to Life:
"Thou steal away. Give little warning, / Take thine own time. Say not Goodnight / But in some happier clime / Bid me good morning."
"The funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, Sabbath afternoon. So large was the attendance that many who sought admission were compelled to turn away. Everyone appeared to be a mourner and the general grief of having lost a friend seemed to pervade every mind. The sermon was practiced by Elder Richardson from the Second epistle of Timothy, fourth chapter 6th, 7th and 8th verses and was a view of the retrospect and prospect of the life of the Apostle Paul.
"Truly, a good man has fallen. Kind and affectionate, faithful in the various responsibilities of life, all who knew him will cherish his memory with fond recollections."
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 30, 1875
Marriages
COMSTOCK - BENNETTE: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22d, at the house of the bride by Rev. H. Fox, Mr. Abel Comstock and Mrs. Sarah J. Bennette, all of Smyrna.
The Editors acknowledge something more than the customary remembrance from the generous board which graced the above occasion. Mr. Comstock has many friends in this his native town, who unite with us in congratulations. Long life and prosperity to both bride and groom, and the full fruition of every expectation, is the wish of the Telegraph.
News Item
Pioneer Women
The settlement in Guilford, Chenango Co. [NY] called Ives' Settlement, was mainly settled by parties from Connecticut. My father and grandfather came in 1805, making the whole distance with a pair of oxen and cart. My mother, who had never seen her future husband, came in 1806, with her sister and family on a load of goods. She is now 89 years old, and has just gone out to the neighbors, visiting, and can walk better than many of our young ladies. Her first summer here, she taught school between Sidney Plains and Jericho, as Bainbridge was then called, in a schoolhouse near where Elam Yale now lives. In 1808 she married Milton Norton, and settled in Ives' settlement, where she lived until father's death in 1833.
The roads in this part of the country, were then mere paths or trails, and seldom turned aside for the steepest hills.
My mother had a sister living in Triangle, Broome Co. [NY] and my parents made her a visit on horseback when their first child was ten months old, mother carrying it the whole distance in her lap, and returning in the same manner, making the distance ridden sixty miles. Think of this, ye pinned back dears, who are almost exhausted after a ten-mile ride in your luxurious carriages. She says the child was tired after its return but was all right in a day or two. When they reached the Genaganstlet Creek beyond Greene, the high water of the previous week had carried away the bridge, and mother crossed on the stringers of the new one, carrying her child in her arms, while my father crossed at a ford one-mile downstream with the horses.
Mother had eight children by her first husband, and in 1833 the Typhus fever swept through the family, taking off my father and two oldest sisters.
In 1838 my mother married Paris Winsor, and four years afterwards he committed suicide by hanging, in consequence of financial trouble.
In 1873, that is two years ago, she broke her ankle, and it healed as rapidly as it could have done had she been a young person.
My sister and myself are the only children left of the original eight, and there is a fair prospect that the remaining branches will be lopped off, while the present trunk stands in its loneliness, a landmark of bygone days. R. Norton
Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 30, 1875
Marriages
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], at the house of the bride's father, Sept. 21st, by Rev. Dr. P. Rogers, Mr. Lewis H. Stratton, of Genesse, N.Y. to Miss Emma B. [Birdsall], daughter of Maurice Birdsall, Esq.
At the home of the bride's parents in Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 14th, by Rev. R.A. Cark, Mr. Lewis L. Pease and Miss Mary A. Harrison, both of Smithville.
At the residence of L.S. Samson, in Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Sept. 15th by Rev. A.D. Webster, Mr. F.D. Fox, of Lisle [Broome Co. NY] to Miss E.K. Martin, daughter of Mr. Frederick Martin.
In Lisle [Broome Co. NY], Sept. 19th, by Rev. D. Personeus, Mr. Josiah Haskel of Lisle and Miss Henrietta Edwards of Willet [Cortland Co. NY].
At Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 21st, by Rev. Lyman Wright, Mr. W.D. Lewis of Lisle [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Ella B. Hemingway, of Whitney's Point.
In Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 15th, by Rev. T.J. Cole. Mr. William J. Kales and Miss Sarah E. Webb, both of Triangle [Chenango Co. NY].
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 2, 1875
Marriage
BRONSON - HARRINGTON: At the residence of the bride's father, in this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 28th inst., by Rev. H. Fox of Smyrna, Mr. Irving J. Bronson of Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Mary E. Harrington, daughter of Asa Harrington.
On the evening of September 20th, a goodly company gathered at the residence of Warner Calkins and lady [Mary] of Earlville [Madison Co. NY] to celebrate with them the 15th anniversary of their marriage; bringing with them, not gifts of gold, but substantial gifts, in the line of eatables, sufficient to feed sumptuously the whole company (numbering fifty); also, luscious fruits, and beautiful flowers, thus foretokening the kind feelings of the givers, and making light and cheerful the hearts of the happy recipients. One has truly said, "Such tokens of friendship are helps over the hard places of life." Supper being over, a poem, written for the occasion by one of the guests, was read by its author. After this, Mr. and Mrs. Calkins, with hearts almost too full for utterance, each expressed their joy and gratitude to these, their many friends, for this pleasant and happy surprise visit, and felt that too themselves 'twas a more enjoyable occasion than if these had been invited guests, and they had come with golden gifts. A brief and touching allusion was made (by the mother) concerning the missing one, Livingston I. Calkins, whose loss is still so keenly felt in the home circle. These were followed by Rev. G.R. Burnside, whose remarks were spicy, though brief, and were responded to by Deacons Benton and Crain, Messrs. Morgan, Hecox, and others, and thus the time passed pleasantly away until the "small hour" of the morning were announced, when some beautiful songs were sung, and a very appropriate prayer was offered by the pastor, and the company dispersed with the unanimously expressed wish that the venerable couple might live to enjoy together many more of these anniversary days, even to the seventy-fifth or diamond wedding.
Deaths
COX: In this town [Sherburne Chenango Co. NY], September 25th, Mrs. Charlotte Cox, wife of Joseph Cox, formerly of North Gage, Oneida Co. [NY], aged 71 years, 9 months and 25 days.
KNOWLES: In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], September 24th Mr. Stephen Knowles, aged 88 years, 1 month and 28 days.
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