Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 14, 1875
Marriages
VAN VALKENBURG - BOYNTON: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], October 5th, by Rev. Mr. Dilley, Mr. J.D. Van Valkenburgh, Jr., to Miss Emma S. [Boynton] daughter of Geo. W. Boynton, Esq., All of Greene.
MERRELL - BETTS: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], October 5th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. LeRoy Merrell to Miss Lillie Betts, daughter of Warren Betts, Esq., all of Greene.
REYNOLDS - FRASER: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], October 6th, by Rev. F.B. Lewis, Mrs. Charles H. Reynolds, of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Mary A. Fraser, of Oxford.
HACKETT - SLOCUM: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], October 7th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. George W. Hackett to Miss Hattie M. Slocum, all of Oxford.
STRATTON - MASON: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], October 7th, by Rev. H.V. Talbot, Mr. E.L. Stratton, of South Oxford, to Miss Mary Mason of Oxford.
TUTTLE - CRANDALL: In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY], September 25th, by J.L. Pope, Mr. Marcello Tuttle of Columbus to Miss Mary V. Crandall, of Brookfield [Madison Co. NY].
CONE - MERRITT: In East Coventry [Coventryville], by Rev G.D Horton, Dwight K. Cone, M.D. of New York to Mrs. Nancy A. Merritt of Coventryville.
LAWRENCE - PALMER: At Greenfield Centre, N.Y. [Saratoga Co.], August 25th, by Rev. S.M. Williams, of Schuylerville, Mr. H.W. Lawrence of Victory Mills [Saratoga Co. NY] to -?- Palmer daughter of Daniel Palmer Esq., of Saratoga Springs.
MOSHER - MERRILL: In Goodland, Ind., September 7th, by Rev. H. Miner, Mr. Lewis G. Mosher formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Ella Merrill.
Deaths
GROVER: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], October 7th, Mrs. Susan Grover, aged 28 years.
COLE: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], October 1st, Mr. William B. Cole, aged 31 years.
PEARL: In Earlville [Madison Co. NY], October 2d, Marsha Pearl, aged 49 years.
PRENTICE: In Parma, Monroe Co. [NY], October 6th, of pneumonia, Mrs. Harriet A. Prentice, wife of Rev. R.H. Prentice, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 58 years. She was a noble Christian woman. All who knew her, loved her and those who knew her best, loved her most.
ELDREDGE: In Walla Walla, Washington Territory, Sept. 18th, Anna Lucia [Eldredge] daughter of Harrison S. and Kittie Eldredge, aged 3 years and 12 days.
RICE: In Moravia [Cayuga Co., NY], October 5th, Emigan [Rice] daughter of Augustus L. Rice, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], aged 19 years.
BACON: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] October 2d, Mrs. Anna G.R. Bacon, aged 102 years, 2 months and 18 days.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 14, 1875: Mrs. Anna R. Bacon aged one hundred and two years, two months and eighteen days, died in Sherburne on the 2d inst. Mrs. Bacon was the head of what is known in this section as the Reese family, and at the annual picnic gatherings for several years past she has been able to number her descendants by the hundred. Mr. Otto Reese of Sherburne is her son. Miss Anna Reese, who is now winning some fame as a concert singer, is a great granddaughter. There has been considerable musical talent in the family. Very few live to the good old age this lady reached. Very few of those who reach the age of ninety years retain their faculties to such a remarkable degree as she did when over a century old.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 14, 1875
Marriages
MEEKER - PIKE: In Victory Cayuga Co. [NY], Sept. 2, by the Rev. H. meeker, Mr. Alvah Meeker to Miss Louisa Pike, both of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].
CLARK - LEE: At the Baptist church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on hte 6th inst., by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Charles E. Clark and Libbie Lee.
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We find the following in a recent number of the Elmira Advertiser and because nearly all the parties mentioned were Chenango people hailing form and =about "Old Sherburne," we reproduce it.
"There was a very pleasant gathering of elderly people at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. David Elmore in the Fifth ward on Wednesday evening, Sept. 29th, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. David Elmore and Charlotte Rose were married at Sherburne, Chenango Co. [NY] Sept. 29th, 1825, by the Rev. Isaac N Sprague, who now lives in Genesco, Livington Co., N.Y. Of the company gathered last Wednesday evening, eight persons were over seventy, and two over eighty years of age, three of the number having been present at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore fifty years ago, as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Scoville, Mrs. Julia Newton, and Mrs. Joseph Carrier. Many and hearty were the congratulations offered Mr. and Mrs. Elmore, on this their fiftieth anniversary, by the friends that had known them during a lifetime and this renewal of friendship was a beautiful sight. After supper the Rev. T.K. Beecher made some excellent remarks appropriate to the occasion closing with an earnest prayer of thanksgiving for the long and happy life of the happy two whose golden anniversary was now celebrated and praying that if willing, God would grant them yet many years more of happiness in this world.
A hymn was sung by their three grandchildren and soon after the company separated having spent a most pleasant evening together.
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Coventry [Chenango Co. NY]: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Pearsall, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their marriage at their residence on Monday, October 11th. The large concourse of invited guests assembled at about 1 P.M., bringing many tokens of the esteem for the happy couple in the shape of valuable and elegant presents, of many varieties, both useful and ornamental. In due time the company was served with a most luxurious and beautiful repast, following which, for the space of two hours, came the rich feast of mind and flow of wit, in the way of toasts, poems, in which interest was added to the occasion by the presence of Rev. P. Turnbull of Pitcher, who first bound this couple at Hymens Altar and who came now to hear their vows renewed. So, after a probation of a decade of years that had brought their joys and sorrows and a pair of joyous children to their home, they stand before their old pastor and repeat their vows of constancy and love to the last at least for time of Mortal life. Many of the toasts were fine and the responses were profuse with effusion of eloquence and wit. The poems too were beautiful in sentiment and song and deserve more than a passing notice, But we are admonished that our space will not permit further indulgence. At the close all joined in singing the doxology and thus ended one of the pleasantest social gatherings in which it has ever been our lot to participate.
Deaths
AVERY: At Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], on the 8th? inst. Fannie A. [Avery] wife of J. Dixon Avery, fomerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged about 40? years.
SLATER: In Eaton N.Y. [Madison Co.], Sept. 21st, Bertie Slater, aged 10 years and 12 days, daughter of the late Barton Slater.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, October 13, 1875
Death
Death of Mrs. Dr. Rouse
The Scranton Times of the 28th Sept. says: Yesterday morning, before breakfast, Mrs. Dr. Rouse, a widow lady, and the mother of Mrs. Adolphus B. Bennett of this city, met with one of those terrible accidents that, once in a long period, shock the entire community. Mrs. Rouse was the widow of the late Dr. Rouse, one of the most eminent physicians in Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] and came here to reside with her son-in-law, Mr. A.B. Bennett. Mrs. Rouse came downstairs to breakfast as usual, feeling somewhat chilly, returned to her chamber to get a shawl. While coming down the second time, her daughter, Mrs. Bennett heard a heavy fall in the stairway, but no cry of fright, or groan of pain, and ran thither as soon as possible, when she found her mother lying at the foot of the stairway apparently in a fainting state. As she and the servant were alone in the house, her husband being out of town, she sent out at once for a physician and help and placed the now pallid form of her mother upon a couch, administering such remedies as are usually given in cases of fainting, but without any signs of resuscitation. The neighbors soon arrived, and Dr. Squire was there in a very few moments after the accident occurred, but the patient was beyond human help, and expired in fifteen minutes after she was taken up. During this time there was no apparent breathing, and the spasmodic gasps that racked her prostrate form, alone indicated the presence of life. From the fact that a loosened stair rod was observed about midway up the staircase the presumption is that she tripped upon it and fell headlong down the steps, striking upon her head and dislocating the vertebrae of the neck. She may have fainted at the head of the stairway and loosened the rod in her fall, or an attack of heart disease may have overtaken her as she was about to descend, but she was a very well and active person for one of her age, even to the surprise of those who knew how old she was, those theories do not seem plausible.
Deceased was sixty-nine years old, but as we above intimated, seemed a much younger person, justly priding herself upon her youthful appearance and singular activity. she was one whose fondness for society and whose ability to adorn the circle in which she moved, made for her many admirers and hosts of friends. In her sudden and shocking death, the community has received a blow which it will not soon recover from, and the relatives are called upon to mourn one whose memory Thye will treasure through life.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 14, 1875
Deaths
In this town (Page Brook) [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 8th, Eudora Paddleford, aged 7 years and 9 months.
In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], Oc.t 9th, Mr. Merrit Edwards, aged 81 years.
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 10th, infant child of M.H. and Celia Schenck.
In Lisle [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 4th, Mrs. Sally A. Johnson, aged 70 years 6 months and 4 days.
The Coventry correspondent of the Telegraph says: Leonard Foote, one of our early pioneer fathers, died on the 23d ult at the advanced age of 84 years. For several years he was a resident of our town but the greater portion of his life was spent upon the spot he selected for a home in his early years and helped redeem from the wilderness which was situated in the south park of Oxford near the Coventry line. Here, in the good old time of stages and teamsters, he kept a hotel which flourished under the stately cognomen of "Phoenix House." His abilities were recognized by his fellow townsmen by the bestowal of the office of Justice of the Peace, which he retained for a number of years. Mr. Foote was a native of Connecticut and belonged to the communion of the Episcopal Church.
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