Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, January 1877 (continued)

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 11, 1877

Marriages

WAIT - HINMAN:  On New Year's Day, at the bride's home, by Rev. M.S. Hall, Mr. Ambrose M. Wait, of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co] to Miss Julia A. Hinman, of Hallock, Ill.

The happy pair took their departure on the evening train for their future home in Norwich., N.Y.  Miss Hinman will be missed by a large circle of admiring friends, whose prayers and best wishes go with her to her new home.  Our young men have captured many eastern ladies to charm our western circles of society and it is but fair that eastern young men should now and then make reprisals.  But well, it is our turn now.  M.S.H.

DONAHUE - CONLEY:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 6th, by Rev. Father Ludden, Mr. Jefferson Donahue to Miss Mary Ann Conley, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].

ACKLEY - CASE:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 1st, by Rev. E.C. Brown, Mr. C.H. Ackley of South Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Emma Case of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

WELLS - HILL:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 26th, by S.M. Robinson, Esq., Mr. Dan R. Wells, Jr., of South Oxford, to Miss Susan Hill of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].

MANWARREN - HACKETT:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 27th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Samuel F. Manwarren of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Delia Hackett of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

WHEELER - BLAIR:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 28th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Charles A. Wheeler to Miss Jennie E. Blair, all of Greene.

BOWDISH - ACKLEY:  in Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 25th, by Rev. W.H. Gavitt, Mr. Horace E. Bowdish of Nelson, Pa., to Miss Mary E. Ackley of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].

ELLERSON - ELDREDGE:  In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Dec. 21st, by Rev. Dr. Paddock, Mr. D.C. Ellerson to Miss Eveline S. Edlredge both of Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY].

EDDY - COBB:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 26th, by Rev. J.H. Palmer, Mr. James L. Eddy of Wampsville [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Florence A. Cobb of Sherburne.

VUNK - HARRINGTON:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Dec. 26th, by Rev. D. Reese, Mr. Jerome Vunk of Marathon [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Martha Harrington of Cincinnatus.

Deaths

BAILEY:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 26th, Libbie A. [Bailey] daughter of Julius L. and Mary L. Bailey, aged 17 years, 2 months and 4 days.

Fading, fading day by day, / At last our Libbie passed away; / As gently comes the shades of even, / Her soul took its flight to heaven.

'Mid the cold world's ceaseless strife, / Disease marked thee in early life; / Thy pain and watching now is o'er, / Thy soul has gone to the other shore.

Though sad and lone our hearts may be / Our thoughts shall ever turn to thee, / To those pure realms of bliss and joy, / where we shall meet without alloy.

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J. Cleveland Putnam a promising young gentleman of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], died on the 28th ult.

L.D. Burch, lately deceased at the age of seventy-eight years, has been a resident of this place [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] for the last thirty years.  he came here from Eaton [Madison Co. NY], where he was in the foundry business with others, casting and patenting some plows, and the farmers' "Burch Stove."  Doing a large business, he soon became famous and wealthy.  He visited the world's Fair at London and presented the Queen with one of his patent stoves, her Majesty afterwards eating victuals cooked upon it.  He was granted an audience with the Queen, when, refusing to take off his hat, and observe other court ceremonies, he was locked up, though afterwards liberated by command of the Queen.  His son, "Lew" Burch, is appointed as executor.  His funeral sermon was preached at the Universalist church by Rev. Dr. Ballou of Utica, and his remains carried to Waterville for interment.  Though rough in deportment, he will be missed by the people of Sherburne.