Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, March 1876 (continued)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 2, 1876

Marriage

STILES - FORT:  At the residence of the bride's father in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] on the 23d ult. by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. Francis A. Stiles of Trumansburg, N.Y. [Tompkins Co.] to Miss Eddie A. Fort of Coventry.

On Wednesday, Feb. 23d, a large number of friends assembled at the residence of Mr. Fort, Coventry, to witness and participate in the fete of his daughter's wedding.  Accordingly, Miss Eddie A. was united in marriage to Mr. Francis H. Stiles, of Trumansburg, N.Y.  Rev. E.T. Jacobs was present and used his ministerial functions to consummate the union.  Of course, all present were as happy as possible, as is usual at such supreme moments.  The happy bridegroom had for a number of years been a soldier in the regular army and doubtless had done quite a business in garrisoning forts, but, we believe, he never before has had the great honor of storming and capturing a Fort by his own individual efforts, and in such splendid style, too!  May he long live to "hold the Fort," and may his supplies ever hold out and may he never, to the end of life, be compelled to surrender his "Fort" nor "garrison," is the wish of many friends.  How delightful are these weddings!  They are to the hearts of men as is the summer shower to the withering grass and flowers.  Our matrimonial horizon is not yet cleared up but looks portentous with gathering storms.

Deaths

MOWRY:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 21, 1876, Miss Lydia W. Mowry, aged 49 years, 1 month and 5 days.

HOLDEN:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 25th, of pneumonia, Mrs. Ann Holden aged 84 years.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, March 1, 1876

Marriage

GERMOND - LYON:  In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. R.N. Park, D.D., Mr. J.S. Germond to Miss Luella Lyon, all of Binghamton.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 2, 1876

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father in Belvidere, Ill. Feb 2d, by Rev. J.R. Fulton, Mr. Richard Carter of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Cornelia Walker of the former place.

At the residence of the bride's father, in Hawleyton, N.Y. [Broome Co.], Jan. 31st, by Rev. S.W. Spencer, Mr. Francis J. Betts of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Ladelle M. [ Blanding] daughter of Mr. William Blanding.

Deaths

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 15th, Mrs. Betsey Phelps, daughter of John Shaver, aged 17 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Feb. 28th, Mr. Isaiah Furgeson, aged 45 years.

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In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 28th, of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Hiram Read, in his 72d year.

The sudden death of Mr. Hiram Read has removed another of the prominent landmarks of our early settlement.  Mr. Read from his early childhood resided in the north part of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] and was well known to a large circle of acquaintance.  He had resided in this village for some sixteen years.  He was emphatically a pioneer in the settlement of this country, and no one has contributed more energy of character and physical industry to convert an unbroken wilderness into the abode of civilization than the subject of this sketch.

Thus, one after another of the heroic band of noble men who felled the unbroken forest and converted the land into cultivated fields and spent their lives in hewing out homes for their posterity, are passing away. Their privations, their sufferings and hardships are hardly recognized by their immediate descendants, and the time is not distant when their patriotic efforts in our behalf and the stern virtues with which they moulded our Christian civilization will be remembered no more among us.  Mr. Read reared a respectable family, all of whom except B.B. and H.K. Read have preceded him in his death.  Mr. Read has been for very many years a consistent member of the Baptist church and died in the hope of a glorious immortality.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, March 4, 1876

Marriage

EDSON - CRUMB:  At the residence of the bride's father in Lebanon [Madison Co. NY], on the 23d inst. by Rev. J.W. Barr Mr. Chester Edson to Miss Ida F. Crumb all of Lebanon.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, March 4, 1876

Death

RUSSELL:  In Ava, Jackson Co. Id, Jan. 22d, 1876, Mrs. Alexina Goodman, aged 25 years.  deceased was known in Bennettsville [Chenango Co. NY], where she formerly resided as Miss "Locky" Goodman.