Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 5, 1877
Marriages
WRENCH - BURDITT: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], March 25, by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. John W. Wrench to Miss Hattie Burditt, all of Afton [Chenango Co. NY]
LAMAN - FOOT: In Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, by Rev. E.G. Wicks, Mr. Henry W. Laman of Waverly, N.Y. [Tioga Co.] to Miss Cornelia A. Foot of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
HOLMES - COON: In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], March 24th, by Rev. J. Clarke, Mr. Daniel M. Holmes of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Cora M. Coon, of Lincklaen.
FAIRCHILD - TUCKER: In West Winfield, N.Y. [Herkimer Co.] April 1st, by Rev. J.C. Darling, Mr. Charles H. Fairchild of West Winfield to Miss Ida A. Tucker of Utica [Oneida Co., NY] formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
BOTSFORD: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], March 17th, Olive [Botsford] wife of the late Gideon Botsford, aged 81 years.
SLITER: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], March 19th, Mr. William Sliter, aged 76 years.
WOOLEY: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], March 24th, Mr. S.W. Wooley, aged 63 years.
The funeral of S.W. Wooley was held at the family residence, last Monday afternoon. The services were conducted in an interesting manner by Rev. Egberts, of Bainbridge. The attendance was very large. Sentinel
AINSWORTH: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], March 18th, Mary H. [Ainsworth], daughter of Albert A. and Helen Ainsworth, aged 1 month and 13 days.
PEET: In Edmeston [Otsego Co. NY], March 23d, of diptheria, Helen L. [Peet] daughter of Silas and Amelia Peet, aged 17 years 1 month and 11 days.
BARBER: Whitman Barber, aged about thirty years, a farmer residing in the southeast part of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], died suddenly on Monday evening last. He had been at the residence of Mr. Phetteplace, a neighbor, in the morning, and while on his return home about eleven o'clock, he was taken with vomiting. Reaching his home, diarrhea set in, and he died between nine and ten o'clock in the evening. Dr. Stuart was called a short time previous to his death, but he was past help. His death was probably caused by abscess or perforation of the bowels. Mr. Barber was in the enjoyment of his usual excellent health previous to the attack which so suddenly resulted in his disease.
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Hon. Darius C. Jackson, a well-known railroad contractor residing in Middletown, N.Y. [Orange Co.] fell dead of heart disease in that village on Wednesday morning of last week, while hastening to take the Erie train for New York.
He was sixty-three years of age and was born in Farmington, Wayne County, New York, August 24, 1813, of Quaker parents. In his youth he removed with his family to Lenawee County, Michigan, where he became a prominent man. He was twice Sheriff, was Sergeant-at-Arms in one of the first Legislatures of that State, was a Whig candidate for State Senator and a Clay elector. he was one of the founders of Adrian, Michigan, and built large mills at Addison in that State. He built the railroad from Cleveland to Sandusky in Ohio, now part of the Lake Shore airline. He removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1853, and built the Milwaukee and Lacrosse, and a part of the Land Grant Railroad from Madison to Portage. He was owner of the Milwaukee and Watertown Railroad. He was United States Marshal for the State of Wisconsin for six years under the appointment of Abraham Lincoln and was removed by Andrew Johnson. He removed to Middletown, in 1868 and built the eastern section of the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, including the Fallsburg tunnel and the Ellenville branch, under a contract of $1,500,000, losing heavily by its failure. He has since built the Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad in New Jersey, also the third and fourth tracks of the New York Central, from Clyde to Rochester. He built for the government the Schuylkill Arsenal at Philadelphia and the keeper's lodge on the Antietam battlefield. He leaves a wife and several children. He was a man of generous qualities, irreproachable character and orderly life, and was greatly beloved and respected.
News Item
In Coon County, Ky., Friday, Col. W.G. Terrell was convicted of manslaughter in killing Harvey Myers of Covington, March 28th, 1874, and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Myers was a lawyer of note, and was born and raised in Bainbridge, this County [Chenango Co. NY].
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Old Residents of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] will recollect Darius McKibbin, who in "ye olden time" was in the employ of the late David Griffing, as a hatter. Thirty years ago or more, he removed to the West, where he has prospered and where he has held various responsible offices. It will be seen from the following letter received by us from him, that he is sound politically. His home is in Geneva, Wis.
"Enclosed find two dollars. Please continue to send me the Union. I like to hear from the old home of my childhood, for the first thirty-five years of my life were spent in old Democratic Norwich, when we could count two hundred majority in town, and twelve hundred in Old Chenango. Then B.B. Andrews, R. Curtiss, D.E.S. Bedford, David Griffing, Abel Chandler, Elisha B Smith, John F. Hubbard and others of the like, were laborers in the good cause. We have fallen into bad times when bad men rule, and minority candidates are placed in office."
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