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

 Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, June 24, 1876

Death

A shocking accident occurred at Trout Creek [Delaware Co. NY] on Monday the 12th inst., resulting in the instant death of a young son of Edwin Furman, a resident of that place, while riding upon a load of bark, with a man in the employ of Broughton.  The team ran away throwing the boy off under the wheels, crushing his head into a shapeless man.  

Wilkins Settlement [Chenango Co. NY]:  Once again are we reminded of the insecurity of life, of the frailty of man, and that we are ever journeying in the midst of death.  On Tuesday last, after an illness of several weeks, Benjamin Newton in the 58th year of his age, passed away, trusting we hope in Jesus and a life beyond the grave.  

News Item

A happier gathering is seldom witnessed than the one at the home of Reuben Pearsall of this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY], on Monday, June 12th, the occasion being the reunion of the family of Amos Pearsall, formerly of the town of Bainbridge.  All the living members of the family (direct) being present with the exception of one son, the family now consisting of six sons, one daughter and the aged mother.  Leaving home at an early age, and having been thrown entirely upon their own resources, they have breasted the storms and adversities of a selfish world for nearly half a century, are once more gathered together to receive a parting "God bless you my boy," from mother.  And as they surrounded the bountifully spread board, and each in turn rehearsed the varied experience through which they had passed during their long years of separation, their thoughts were carried back to the happy days of childhood, when clad in their frocks of tow, and seated upon the floor of the old log house, they together surrounded a pan of samp and milk and passed the old iron spoon from one to the other until nature's wants were fully satisfied, and then free from care and trouble waded the creek or chased the butterfly heartily engaging in those athletic sports which laid the foundation for their iron constitutions of which today they boast.  Of the members of the family present were Hon. Charles Pearsall, of Coventry, occupation farmer; Reuben Pearsall, of Coventry, farmer; Amos Pearsall, Jr., of McGregor, Iowa, wholesale carriage manufacturer and real estate broker; Alonzo Pearsall, McGregor, Iowa, wholesale dealer in saddlery hardware; Oscar Pearsall, traveling salesman, Binghamton, N.Y.; Mrs. Thomas Main, Boone, Iowa, absent; Andrew Pearsall, Memphis, Tenn., steam boiler manufacturer.  There were also present other relatives of the family to the fourth generation.  The average age of the six children present is 51 years 8 months.  Average height, 5 feet, 9 inches. Total weight, 1201 pounds. After visiting relatives and friends of the county and the great centennial for a few weeks they will return to their western home.

Smyrna Citizen, Smyrna, NY, June 24, 1876

Marriage

STOKES - NEARING:  At the residence of the bride in this village on the 22nd inst. by Rev. C.C. Johnson, Mr. C. Dever Stokes and Miss Ellen M. Nearing, all of Smyrna

Death

  We learn that Everett Bliss a young man of Georgetown [Madison Co. NY], was drowned on Sundya last.