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

 Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, August 16, 1876

Deaths

HEWITT:  At Santa Barbara, Cal., July 11th, Mr. Roswell Hewitt, aged 58 years.

HULL:  At Williamsport, Penn., Aug. 10th, Mrs. Betsey Hull, wife of Hon. A.C. Hull, formerly of Angelica, Allegany, Co., N.Y.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 17, 1876

Marriage

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], at the bride's parents, Aug. 13th, Rev. Ira P. Nicholson, Mr. William F. Lyon of New Milford, Pa., to Miss Libbie Race of the former place.

Deaths

In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 12th, Miss Eliza B. Naramore aged 72 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], July 7th, Miss Jemima Willcox, aged 63 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 1`3th, Mrs. Dorcas Wall, widow of the late Daniel Wall, aged 77 years.

The last one of the early settlers of Smithville, she has left behind a good record, ever true and faithful as wife, mother, friend and Christian, and has entered with perfect joy, her eternal rest.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY August 19, 1876

Marriages

LYON - KARR:  In Smyrna village, August 16th, by Rev. C.C. Johnson, William Lyon to Miss Cora C. Karr, all of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY].

FREEMAN - HALL:  At the residence of Mrs. William Hathorn, at Union Springs, N.Y., August 16th, by Rev. J .C. Long, Mr. Andrew Y. Freeman of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Emma W. Hall of the former place.

Death

Another pensioner dead.  John Melanethon Rees, brother of Otto A. Rees of this town, was buried at Niles, Michigan on the 30th of July 1876.  He was born on the old Reese homestead, on  the 15th day of May 1796.  He was a former resident of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] and was a soldier in  the war of 1812.  He drew a pension for several years.  He was one of the five generations who joyfully clasped hands at the reunion of the Rees and Gillett families in August 1873.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, August 19, 1876

News Item

Lawrence Newton, our popular artist, on Monday took the photograph, in a group, of the Sweet brothers, six in number.  The oldest of these is 74 years and the youngest is 54 years of age.  These brothers reside, Benj. B. Sweet at Wilmington, Delaware, W.H. Sweet at Rutland, Pa., and Alanson Sweet at Clinton, Pa.  The other three brothers, Cyrus W. Sweet, Nelson Sweet and C.R. Sweet, reside in the adjoining town of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY]. These brothers were born and reared in our neighboring town but had not all been together before in a half a century. Their reunion certainly must have been one of the most happy and interesting events of their lives.