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

 Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, February 9, 1876

Marriages

CRANDALL - SMITH:  In West Davenport, Delaware Co. N.Y., Jan. 1st, by Rev. B.A. Russell, Mr. Christopher Crandall of Otego [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Kate Smith of East Davenport.

BARNEY - NEVANS:  In West Davenport, N.Y. [Delaware Co.], Jan. 30th, by Rev. B.A. Russell, Mr. John Barney of Windsor, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss Frank Nevans of West Davenport.

Guilford, Chenango Co. NY:  Married in Grace Church, Philadelphia, Jan. 13th, by Rev. Dr. Suddards, Dr. P.G. Clark of Guilford and Miss Josephine Cameron of Philadelphia.  After a delightful southern trip, the happy Dr. and his lovely bride reached this place and were warmly welcomed by hosts of friends.  May the happy couple live long and prosper.

Death

BEMIS:  In Odell, Illinois, Ja. 6th, Mr. Amariah Bemis, aged 90 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 10, 1876

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father in this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 8th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Earlman V. Fernalld of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Frances Ellen [Fitch], daughter of Theodore H. Fitch.

At the residence of the bride's mother in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, by Rev. W.H. Gavitt, Mr. Warren Hooper of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Alice D. Wiswell, of Greene.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 2d, Mr. Leverett Johnson aged 72 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 1st, of diphtheria, Sarah Isabella [Casey], daughter of Bernard and Margret Casey, aged 13 years and 6 months.  

Bella suffered; yes she suffered; / No one ever suffered more. / Our hope that she is happy, / Where all sufferings there are o'er.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 31st, Robert Edwin [Mackie] son of John P. Mackie, aged 5 years, 10 months and 19 days.

In Lisle [Broome Co. NY], Jan. 30th, Mrs. Betsey Fay Edwards, aged 81 years.

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY] Feb. 7th, Miss Susan Harrison aged about 74 years.

Nick Gifford of Spafford [Onondaga Co. NY], who was tried in this county a year ago last fall upon the charge of murdering his wife, died in Auburn prison, last Saturday.  It was charged that Gifford turned his wife out of doors in her night clothes on one of the coldest nights two years ago this winter, and she was found near the house of a neighbor the next morning dead.  Gifford was convicted of one of the lower degrees of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison and fined $500.  Cortland Democrat

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, February 12, 1876

Marriages

KIESLAND - JAQUAY:  At the Medbury House in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. James Chambers Mr. Frederick Kiesland and Miss Olive Jaquay, both of North Brookfield [Madison Co. NY].

HAWKINS - HALL:  At the Medbury House in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. James Chambers Mr. William Hawkins and Miss Ida Hall, both of Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

GAGER:  Suddenly at his residence in this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 1st inst. Mr. Bela Gager aged 60(?) years.

As we go to press, we learn that David Aylesworth an old and respected resident of the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] met with an accident which resulted in his death, early on Tuesday morning.  He had retired to an outhouse in the rear of his residence and was soon found in an unconscious condition in front of the building from which he had evidently fallen with a bad gash in his forehead, his nose broken and a pool of blood which had flowed from his wounds.  He was carried into the house and lived but a few minutes.  Union

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, February 12, 1876

Marriages

WHITNEY - ECKERSON:  At Schenevus N.Y. [Otsego Co.] Feb. 9th, 1876, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Amariah Whitney of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Maartha Eckerson of Charlottsville, N.Y. [Schoharie Co.]

VAN DEUSEN - GRIDLEY:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY], Feb. 2d, 1876, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds Henry B. Van Deusen to Miss Hattie J. Gridley, both of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

STOCKWELL:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], on Thursday, Feb. 3d, 1876, Mrs. Sarah Stockwell, aged 63 years.

BALDWIN:  In Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 27th, 1876, Mr. Samuel Baldwin of apoplexy, aged 82 years.

Mr. Baldwin was formerly a resident of Masonville,  N.Y. [Delaware Co.], and well acquainted with the older inhabitants of that town, he having joined the Presbyterian Church there 50 years ago.  Mr. B. was one of the few who formed the 1st Presbyterian Chruch of East Cleveland, now city of Cleveland, and an active member.  Mr. B. was a man well-liked and respected and held a number of offices of trust which duties he filled both honorably and faithfully.  Mrs. Baldwin who is surviving him is 81 years old.

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Died, in Guilford Centre [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 4th, Mr. Charles Godfrey, aged 69 years.  As the deceased was born, lived and died in this town, perhaps a short sketch of his life would not be out of place at this time:

Mr. Godfrey was born in the year 1807, on the farm adjoining the one on which he lived and died, and at a period when they had not the advantages of the present time.  He spent his early boyhood in toiling for his father to gain a substance from what was then an almost unbroken wilderness, instead of spending it in the college hall, as is the privilege of the present generation.  He united with the Congregational Chruch in this village in the year 1831 or 32.  He was a kind companion, an affectionate father and a good citizen, but now the cares and burdens of life are over, the labors anxieties and tumults of the age are past, and he sleeps peacefully in the little church yard near the lonely cottage whose cheerfulness he once enjoyed. We cannot wish him back on earth again "although the sorrowing heart oft sighs for the happy hours agone," for we trust he has gone to take possession of a better home in heaven.  A.J.Y.

Smyrna Citizen, Smyrna, NY, February 12, 1876

Death

WARNER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 5th, Lottie A. [Warner] wife of Stephen Warner, and daughter of. Wm. G. Wilbur of this town [Smyrna, Chenango Co. NY], aged 28 years.