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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 18, 1877

Marriages

McGOWAN - MURPHY:  At St. Patrick's Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Tuesday evening Jan. 16th, by Rev. Father Harrigan, Mr. John McGowan to Miss Catharine murphy all of this village.

MUNDY - ALDRICH:  At the home of the bride, Jan. 10th, by Rev. H.M. Crydenwise, Mr. Albert Mundy of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Emma L. Aldrich of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY].

HILT - WHEELER:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 25th, by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. Edwin R. Hilt of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Nora M. Wheeler of Oxford.

LEVEE - RINGLEKA:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 31st by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. Leonard G. Levee of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Sarah L. Ringleka of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

PICKETT - STRONG:  In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. Samuel J. Pickett to Miss Josephine E. Strong, both of Preston.

DeLONG - ELMER:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 9th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. Francis DeLong of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Lizzie Elmer of Deposit [Delaware Co. NY].

CURTIS - ARMOUR:  In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], Dec. 27th, by Rev. S.S. Bidwell, Mr. Jay Curtis of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Libbie M. Armour of Morrisville.

BURT - THOMPSON:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Dec. 27th, by Rev. W.D. Fox Mr. Frank Burt of Cuyler [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Cynthia Thompson of Cincinnatus.

Deaths

HOPKINS:  In Taylor [Cortland Co. NY], Dec. 1st, Jonathan Hopkins aged 91 years and 8 months.  He was the oldest resident in town.

HITCHCOCK:  In Utica [Oneida Co. NY], Jan. 11th, Joseph D. [Hitchcock] son of L.R. and H.S. Hitchcock, aged 29 years formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

COLE:  In the city of Utica [Oneida Co. NY], of pneumonia, Jan. 1st, Mrs. Emmeline Cole of South New Berlin, Chenango Co. NY, aged 63 years.

As the old year passed away, our departed sister closed her eyes on earthly cares and sorrows, to begin the New Year in a fairer clime than ours.  A kinder heart never ceased to beat.  Her whole life spent in her native village, I doubt if any can recall an unkind word, a censure, merited or otherwise that ever fell from her lips. She loved her Heavenly Father and everything His hand had created.  The birds and flowers, as well as the sick and suffering of her fellow mortals received her tender care.  During the past few years, it was evident, even to those who met her casually, she was fast ripening for summer skies.  She passed peacefully, quietly over the river, saying, "I will not fear, for Jesus is with me."  A neighborhood mourns, home is desolate, and hearts are aching, but our loss we doubt not is her infinite gain.

LEWIS:  A letter received by A. Cary, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], from  Henry Close, who with his mother and sister is sending the winter with friends in Sacramento, California, brings the painful intelligence that Mrs. Mary Lewis, wife of Romeo W. Lewis, of that place and sister of Mrs. Close, died at Santa Cruz, California, whither she had gone for the benefit of her health, on the 6th inst. and her remains were interred in Sunset Cemetery, Sacramento, on the 8th.  Mrs. Lewis will be remembered by many of our citizens, as a daughter of Lyman Brooks, formerly of this place, and a most estimable lady.  Her husband is a native of Coventry and served his apprenticeship in the Union office.  The sympathies of many friends in their Chenango homes are extended to the sorrowing household on the Pacific slope.

BUTTON:  North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY]:  Our community has lost an estimable woman, by the death of Mrs. Silas Button.  She was a meek and lowly follower of Jesus and has gone to meet her reward on the other shore.

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HALE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Tuesday morning Jan. 16th, Nelson B. Hale, Esq., aged 70 years.

Although not unexpected, the announcement of the death of Nelson B Hale, Esq., which took place at his residence in this village, at four o'clock on Tuesday morning last, caused a feeling of sadness in the community where he has spent a long and useful life.

Mr. Hale was born in this town, in what is known as the North-East Quarter, December 25, 1806 (Christmas).  About one and a half miles south-west of Chenango Lake, at the head of the north branch of the Hadlock Brook, the ruins of the old homestead yet remain, while the old barn, with the figures 1808 in the gable, marking the date of its erection, still stands on the old farm.

Israel Hale, father of deceased, moved with his family to this village, in the spring of 1810, and located in a house where John Mitchell's residence now stands [in 1877]; afterwards he moved to a lot he purchased, south of the Abial Cook lot, and adjoining it, being the lot first north of what is now the Spaulding House.  In 1815 he purchased and moved upon the Buttolph place, just north of the tollgate on the west side of the creek.  In 1818 he returned to this village and located on the lot now owned [in 1877], by Nelson O. Wood and Mr. J.K. Duryea.

Deceased had only the advantages of a common school education until about 1820, when he attended a select school kept by Rev. Edward Andrews, the Presbyterian clergyman; then attended the Oxford Academy, in 1823; spent one year in the County Clerk's Office with Perez Randall for many years Clerk of this County.  He then entered the dry goods store of Benjamin Chapman and Squire Smith, in this village, where he remained as a clerk for two years.  In 1827 he went to Oxford, as a clerk and accountant with Ira Willcox, where he remained until the fall of 1831, when he returned to Norwich and commenced business as a dry goods merchant in the corner store where T.D. Miller's drug store now stands [in 1877].  He continued in the mercantile business until 1846, having in the meantime removed to the Guernsey building, on the opposite corner, now [in 1877] the site of the Hill block, and there he retired from business on account of poor health.  In 1851 he became a partner with David Maydole in the manufacture of hammers, the business at that time being in its infancy.  He retired from that establishment in 1854, since which time he has not been actively engaged in business.

He was a Trustee of Norwich Academy from its early date, subsequently was elected President of the Academy and held the position for about six years, when he resigned in 1865.  He was one of the stockholders and a director of the Bank of Norwich, from its organization in 1856, and of the National Bank of Norwich, as reorganized under the United States laws.  For several years Vice President of that institution, he was elected President of the Bank, upon the death of Mr. Smith, in January 1873, which position he held until his death, having been re-elected at the annual meeting last week.

June 18th, 1838, Mr. Hale was married to Miss Mary W. Pratt, at Owego, N.Y. who now survives him with six children, three sons and three daughters.  The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement and all classes today mourn the loss of a good man gone to his rest, full of years, honored and respected.

His funeral will be attended from his late residence on Hayes Street, this (Thursday) afternoon, at two o'clock.