Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 10, 1876
Marriages
Delaware Co. NY: There was a wedding last week at the house of Mr. D.B. Benedict, near the Ox Bow. Flora [Benedict] his eighth and youngest daughter, was married to Mr. James A. Holley, a promising young man of Walton [Delaware Co. NY]. there were present eight sons-in-law, and one daughter-in-law, which with Mr. Benedict's twelve children, made twenty-one children in all.
From the Aurora Beacon, we cut the following account of the Golden Wedding of our old-time friends, Mr. and Mr.s H. N. Champlin, formerly of Pitcher in this county [Chenango Co. NY]. Their many friends of that town as well as elsewhere will unit with us in extending congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. C.:
"At Kaneville, on Wednesday, the 19th inst. (Jan.), the children and some of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. H.N. Champlin assembled at their residence, it being the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. After a few preliminaries the presents were brought into the parlor and in a few well-chosen words by Rev. Jonas Woodward, on behalf of the children and friends were presented to the venerable pair. Mr. C. responded in a brief speech, thanking his friends for the many tokens of their regard, and as such should ever prize them far above their intrinsic worth, valuable though they were. He expressed his thankfulness and heartfelt gratitude to the God of Heaven for His abundant blessings and mercies which had attended him all the way through his long pilgrimage, and he hoped by the riches of God's grace to meet all his friends among the ransomed of the Lord on the Heavenly shore. Soon after, the party were invited into the dining room where a richly laden and very tastefully arranged table awaited us, and we were all convinced by actual demonstration that Mrs. C. and her daughters had fully mastered the art of cooking. The balance of the day and evening was spent in conversation and singing. On the whole it was a very interesting and happy day to the family and friends. Mr. C. came from Chenango County, N.Y. to this place something over nine years ago.
Deaths
ROBINSON: In town of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Sunday morning, Jan. 30, Frank J. [Robinson], only son of Wm. and Delilah Robinson, aged 10 yrs and 7 mos.
Thy spirit, dearest Frankie sped / On pinions light to heaven; / Oh may such grace on us be shed, / When to us the summon 's given.
ALDRICH: In Fleetwell, Pa., Jan. 20, suddenly of congestion of the heart, George W. Aldrich of Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], aged 73 years.
HALL: In Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Jan. 23, 1876, Miss Susan Hall, aged 77 years, 8 months.
HUGGINS: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 259?), 1876, Frankie B. [Huggins], son of Samuel and Julia Huggins, aged 8 wks.
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"Blessed are the dead which die in the lord."
Entered into rest, at Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, on Sunday evening, January 16, 1876. Mrs. Hannah Yale, wife of Mr. Albert Yale, after an illness of some weeks, which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation. She was the daughter of John and Mary Miner, born in Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y., Aug. 22, 1831, aged 44 yrs, 4 months and 25 days.
Her remains were interred in the cemetery, Fort Collins, on the 18th. The services were conducted by Rev. F. Byre, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, when a large congregation was present and followed in solemn to the tomb. She has left a bereaved husband and two daughters to mourn the loss of a fond mother and beloved wife. She was a true and devoted member of the Episcopal church, and an affectionate and efficient teacher in the Sunday school. The scholars of her class, showing their appreciation of her worth and their loss, followed in a body to the grave. Her labors of love in the interest of the church and Sunday school, were eminently undeputizable, as they were unostentatious and purely unselfish. Her mildness of disposition and amiability of Christian humility, won for her the esteem of all with whom she became acquainted. Her attachments to her neighbors and friends and her readiness to make herself useful in the community had secured the kind approbation of all who knew her.
Her departure from our midst has left a painful void in the family circle, in the church, and in the community. But she has passed away from all earthly pain or sorrow, having taken a final and tender farewell of the loved ones, commending her loving and youthful daughters to the care and blessing of God, expressing the pious wish and prayerful hope that they would follow int he path of Christian duty and faithfulness in the church, which she had tried by the grace of God, to do, and to lead them to their loving Saviour.
Her last words, while conscious, were those of humble trust and unwavering confidence in God, through Christ, and of her acceptance at last through Him.
Thus our departed sister calmly and peacefully fell asleep in Jesus. We do and will miss her. (Larimer Cal. Express
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DIED: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 31, 1876, Mr. Joseph Russell Clark in the 79th year of his age.
The death of Mr. Clark demands more than a passing notice. He was born in Middletown, Conn., July 31, 1797, but soon moved to Norfolk, Conn., where he lived until the age of 20, when he came to Guilford in 1817, and built a part of the house now standing simply "inclosing" it, using blankets for doors and sheets for windows, and has lived in it a period of 58 years. The place was then an unbroken wilderness and travelers were guided in the path by marked trees. He was married Jan. 25, 1824, and celebrated his golden wedding Jan. 25, 1874, his wife living nearly one year afterward.
He was the youngest of five children and the last one left, all living beyond the allotted time of life, whose ages at death were as follows: 87, 85, 84, 80, 78, all lived with the companions of their youth to old age except one, who buried her husband and married again United with the Congregational church, August 1831, and has been a consistent active member of 44 years giving liberally for one of his means, not only for his particular church, but for benevolent objects in general.
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