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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1876

Marriage

CLARK - BELL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. N.J. Hawley, Mr. Charles H. Clark, of West Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Ella E. Bell of New Berlin.

Deaths

HASTINGS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 10th, Mr. Wiley Hastings, aged 21 years.

GERE:  In Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 18th, Miss Patience Gere, aged 87 years, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

DWIGHT:  In German [Chenango Co. NY,] Oct. 14th, of consumption, Hattie [Dwight], wife of Adelbert Dwight and daughter of Walter O. and Angeline Banks, aged 22 years.

"Death to her was life in Heaven, / Life of never ending bliss, / Life where joy and peace are given, / Life where naught is found amiss.

"She has passed Death's frosty portals / To a bright eternal spring. / There to share in joys immortal, / Where the glorious Angels sing."

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TRIPLER:  Entered into rest, after a short illness of diphtheria, in Philadelphia, Oct. 4th, 1876, Marie Florence Tripler.  This notice will cause a pang to many hearts.  Her genial affectionate nature, culture and accomplishments, and rare courtesy of manner, won the esteem of all whom she met during her residence of over a year with friends at Upton Park.  A sufferer from a severe nervous malady, which at times clouded an unusually brilliant intellect, she often expressed herself in the language of her favorite hymn,

"O, paradise! O, paradise! I am weary waiting here; / I long to be where Jesus is, to feel, and see him near."

A member of the Episcopal Chruch, she realized that it is not all of life to live, or all of death to die.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw a flower on a tomb; / It bloomed to die - she died to bloom, / Her summer hath not sped.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw her jewels all unset; / But God let fall a coronet / To crown her ransomed head.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw her gazing toward a sky, / Whose lights are shut from mortal eye, / She lingered, yearned and fled.

She died, yet is not dead! / Through pearly gate, or golden street, / She went her way with shining feet; / Go ye and thither tread!

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HARRINGTON:  A little Oneida boy alone in his father's yard the other afternoon, placed a stool or box by the side of a barrel about one-fourth full of water, and leaning over fell headfirst into the barrel and was drowned.  When the discovery was made, and a physician summoned it was too late.

BURDICK:  Col. Ira Burdick and old settler of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], died on the 5th inst., aged 78 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1876

Marriage

BAGG - HUNT:  At the residence of the bride, Oct. 16, by Rev. J.K. Barnard, Mr. Stanley Bagg of Morris [Otsego Co. nY] to Miss Sarah J. Hunt of South new Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

DIMMICK:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Mrs. Rosetta Dimmick, relict of the late Eber Dimmick, Esq., in the 80th year of her age.

Mrs. Dimmick, wife of the late Eber Dimmick, Esq., died at her late residence on the night of the 13th inst., aged about 80 years.  Her funeral took place at the M.E. church on Sabbath last, where her friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed one.  Her remains were interred in the West Sherburne Hill burial lot, beside her husband who preceded her only a few weeks.

HEALY:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 8, Mrs. Healy, wife of Thomas Healy, aged 70 years.

RUSSELL:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 10, Mr. John Russell, aged 85 years and 4 months.

ST. JOHN:  Cook St. John of Walton [Delaware Co. NY], a brief sketch of whose life has heretofore appeared in these columns, died on Wednesday morning last, aged 103 years, 4 months and 11 days.  His sufferings were extreme for several days previous to his death.  he was a man universally esteemed, and is mourned by a large circle of descendants, among whom he has pleasantly passed many years.

RICHARDS:  Mrs. Bathsheba Richards of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], who would have reached her one hundredth birthday on Tuesday, the 10th inst., died on the Sunday previous, and her friends, instead of participating in the reception announced for her centennial birthday, on that day followed her remains to their last resting place.  She leaves twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild, in all covering five generations.  She was a genial, pleasant lady, for sixty years a professed Christian, and during her long life, which closed gently as a passing breeze, she enjoyed the respect of everyone.

Mrs. Bathsheba Richards of Oneonta was born in Tolland, on the Willametie, Connecticut, on the 10th day of October 1776, and consequently was one hundred years old last week.  She came to Oneonta in 1812 and has lived there ever since.  She has raised a family of four children, two of whom are now living - Samuel N. Richards and Mrs. Blakely. [Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, Oct. 19, 1876]

News Item

By invitation of Mrs. N.W. Stoddard, eight old ladies who were among the early settlers of the town of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], gathered at her residence on the 10th inst., for a visit.  Seven of the number were widows:  Mrs. Moore (Aunt Roby) eighty-five years of age, Mrs. Cross, seventy-two, Mrs. Cook, sixty-four, Mrs. Church, sixty-three, Mrs. Crumb, sixty-five, Mrs. Wolcott, sixty-eight, Mrs. Stoddard, seventy.  Aggregate, five hundred and forty-six years. Each had some pleasant tale of early life to relate, and Mr. Stoddard received many a joke, which was finally answered by his bringing forward a bottle of wine, when a toast by his mother was proposed, and was heartily responded to by all. The snuff box often passed around the circle.  Two o'clock was the dinner hour.  A few minutes previous Rev. Mr. Foster and wife arrived.  After dinner, Mr. F. read from the Scriptures the 16th chap. St. John.  Then they sung several beautiful pieces, such as "When shall we all meet again," "Come thou fount," &c., in which all joined.  Then a season of prayer in which all knelt.  Widow Stoddard exhibited an ancient family Bible, a pewter platter, sugar bowl, etc. which were part of her first dishes in housekeeping.  Aung Roby then gave a history of her early life and conversion, which was full of interest.  All in all, it was one of the most interesting events of the season.