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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 20, 1876

Marriages

PALMATIER - BELDIN:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Plymouth, July 12th, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Charles B. Palmatier of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Helen L. Beldin, of Preston [Chenango Co. NY]

Chenango Forks, Broome Co. NY:  A happy event occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Hagaman last Thursday evening, in the marriage of their daughter Kittie Hagaman to Mr. Herman Burkman of this place.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. E.W. Root.

Deaths

ROGERS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 17th, De Calvus [Rogers] infant son of Euclid B. and Jennie S. Rogers, aged 5 weeks.

FREEMAN:  The many friends of Miss Rebecca Freeman a young lady who has spent several summers in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], will be pained to hear of her death at her home in Harlem, N.Y. [New York Co.]

TYLER:  Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY:  Jessie Tyler, daughter of Delos Tyler, aged three years, died on Sunday night last.  The funeral took place form the Baptist church on Tuesday following.

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WESCOTT:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 14th, of paralysis, Mr. Charles Wescott, aged 83 years.

Something like a year since, we chronicled the fact that "Uncle Charles" Wescott, a well-known resident of the east part of this town, was prostrated by a paralytic stroke and from that shock he never recovered, although he was able to be about his home, and recognized friends who visited him - he at times experiencing slight spasms - until the 28th ult, when he was again prostrated, and from that time until his death, which occurred on Friday afternoon of last week, he was unconscious of all that transpired about him, he gradually sinking to his grave.

Deceased was born in Connecticut in 1793.  When he was fifteen years of age, his father, Amos Wescott, removed to this town, and located on a farm near the present family homestead.  In the fall of the same year, Charles, with his younger brother, the late Daniel K. Wescott, came to their Chenango home on horseback.  On the 19th of March 1820, Charles was united in marriage to Miss Sally Reynolds, in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].  With the exception of a brief residence at Rockwell's mills, where he followed his trade as a clothier, and a residence of two years upon a farm in Masonville, he with his wife resided in the immediate neighborhood of the little farm upon which they settled thirty-two years ago, which has since that time been their home.

When ten years of age, "Uncle Charles" commenced playing the fife for military parades and from that time until last season he never missed a "muster" or a "general training" of the military to which he was for years attached.  He was a member of the Old Martial band, and the notes of his fife were familiar to old and young.  For a number of years previous to his death, he was a member of the 103d Regiment, National Guards.  He was one of the oldest Masons in the County, having been a member of Chenango Valley Lodge, of Oxford, which surrendered its charter many years ago.  Devotedly attached to the order, he was rarely absent from the ranks in later days on funeral or other occasions and it was one of his oft repeated requests, that he might be buried by his brother Masons and that his military brethren might escort his remains to their last resting place.

The funeral was largely attended on Sunday afternoon last, not only by his old neighbors and friends, but by the citizens of this village. A number of members of Norwich Lodge of Masons were in attendance, as well as a squad form Company E, 103d Regiment, National Guards, Capt. R.M. Sholes.  Proceeding to a point a short distance below the cemetery, they were met by the funeral procession and led by the Old martial Band, the remains were escorted by his military and Masonic brethren to the grave, where Rev. D.E. Loveridge, Rector of Emmanuel Church, conducted the funeral services.  A derge was then played by the Band, followed by a hymn by Messrs. Cary, Brown and Latham, of the Glee Club, which closed the exercises.

During his long life, deceased was remarkably active and vigorous.  Genial in all his relations, generous to a fault, and scrupulously honest in all his dealings, he was esteemed by all who knew him, and although not unexpected, the announcement of the death of "Uncle Charles" will cause a feeling of sadness in the breasts of his many friends at home and abroad.  He leaves surviving him his aged widow, with a daughter and three sons, Mr. E.T. Hayes of this village, Dr. G.R. Wescott of St. Paul, Minn., Paul L. Wescott, of this place, and Charles A. Wescott, of California, all of whom were present at the funeral.

In politics Mr. Wescott was a lifelong Democrat.  For many years he was a subscriber to the Norwich Journal and his name has appeared upon the lists of the Union from its first issue until the present time.

The family of the deceased desire us to express their thanks to the Masons, the military, and the band for their attendance at the funeral.