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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 31, 1876

Marriages

PARKER - MEAGLEY:  In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], August 24th, by Rev. A. Parker, of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] Mr. Charles A. Parker to Miss Sarah A. Meagley, both of Binghamton.

BELDIN - MORRELL:  In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], August 20th, by D.C. Winton, Esq., Mr. Casson J. Belden of Belden [Broome Co. NY] to Miss May E. Morrell, of Chenango Lake, New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

SMITH:  At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William Daniels, in Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], August 28th, Mrs. Lydia Smith, widow of the late Curtis Smith of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], in the 74th year of her age.

RICHMOND:  At Rockwell's Mills, Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], August 17th, Frances E. [Richmond], wife of J.W. Richmond, aged 48 years.

BROWN:  In Milwaukee, Wis., August 20th, Frances Ellen [Brown] aged 24 years, 4 months and 11 days, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

HOLMES:  Mrs. Holmes died recently at East Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], aged ninety-six years.  

CROCKER:  A tramp calling himself Edmund Crocker died suddenly in a barn in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] on Thursday afternoon.

News Item

At a family gathering at the residence of Mr. Spink Kenyon, in this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], last week, consisting of brothers and sisters, their united ages were 589 years.  The following are their names:  Thurston Kenyon, 82; Nathaniel Kenyon, 80; Mrs. Annie Storms, 77; Mrs. Mariam Brown, 75; Mrs. Phebe Terwilliger, 73; Reynolds Kenyon, 70; Oliver Kenyon, 67; Spink Kenyon, 65.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 31, 1876

Deaths

GRAVES:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 21st, 1876, Mrs. Sally Graves, aged 59 years.

Mrs. Graves was the wife of Rufus Graves, born, reared, lived and died in Preston.  Was the mother of three children, A.N. and L. Graves and Mrs. R. Winsor.  Was a wife and a mother in the fullest sense of the terms, and a neighbor to all.  Was ever the friend of the youth and the aged, sedate and cheerful, self-possessed and useful in all the varied phases of life.  Was conspicuous in whatever position she was called to, and especially was she the solace and valued friend in the sick chamber with her ready head and heart to cheer, with pliant hand to smooth the way of the suffering, bore her own suffering with much patience and fortitude.  Knowing the nature of her own case, consumption, that it lead steadily on to the grave, was at times anxious to live, yet resigned, and on the morning of her death, with an intellect clear and fully conscious, said to her friends "this is death," and soon died without a struggle.  Leaving family and many friends to mourn the loss of a loved one.

JEWELL:  Mt. Upton, Chenango County, NY:  Again, the funeral bell has sounded in our beautiful valley.  Mrs. Tompkins Jewell, sister of the late James Hayes, died as the residence of her son, E. Jewell, where she had gone for a visit, and on Thursday, Aug. 24th, her funeral was attended in the Baptist Church, where a little more than one week before she had attended the funeral of Westcott Rockwell.  The most fitting eulogy which can be pronounced upon this e excellent woman is the one of Holy Writ, "Her children rise up and call her blessed."