Vital Records, Chenango & Otsego Counties, NY June 1877 (continued)

 Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, June 20, 1877

Death

HALL:  In East Lynn, Vermillion Co., Ill., June 10th, Lillie May [Hall] only daughter of Anna E. and F. Marion Hall, aged 6 years.

She is not lost, the treasured darling / Has found a fairer, sweeter home, / And evermore we hear her calling, / "Come papa, Mamma, grand-ma, come."

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 21, 1877

Deaths

In Barker [Broome Co. NY], June 7th, Elizabeth [Hayes] in the 75th year of her age.

At West Colesville [Broome Co. NY], June 9th, Mr. Isaac S. Harding in the 72d year of his age.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, June 23, 1877

Marriage

PRATT - HOPKINS:  At Emmanuel Church, in Norwich, on Tuesday, May 8th, 1877, by Rev. D.E. Loveridge, Rector, Mr. George E. Pratt and Miss Flora Hopkins, granddaughter of the late Samuel Hopkins.

Death

We learn that Wm. F. Allen, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], but for some time a resident of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], died at the residence of J.M. Jenkins, in Grafton, Nebr., about the first of June.   He was a printer by trade and served in the army as a faithful soldier during the war.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, June 21, 1877

Death

A sad affair occurred on the 8th inst. at the lake on Dry Brook, near Griffin's Corner, Delaware Co. [NY].  It appears that John Edward Brown, of Ulster County [NY] in company with one Haynes, went out on the lake in a log canoe for the purpose of trout fishing.  When but a short distance from shore, in about thirty feet of water, the scow turned over, throwing both men out.  Brown went at once to the bottom.  His body was recovered next day.  Haynes was rescued by a bystander.  Brown leaves a wife and five children.

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, June 20, 1877

Deaths

June 11:  In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], Miss Mary Ann Folts, aged 64 years.  Sister of Spelman and Thurlow Folts.

June 11:  In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], on the Factory Ground, Mary Ann Salisbury, aged 33 years.

June 2:  In Mount Vision, Polly Brooks, aged 71 years.

June 2:  In Southington, Conn., of consumption, Elisha P. Coleman, son of Nathaniel and Mary Ann Coleman, formerly of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY].

A little boy by the name of Tommy Welch was drowned in the river at Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] a short time since.

Union News, Union, NY, June 22, 1877

Death

On Friday evening last, Philotas Edmister died at his residence in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], As Sheriff of Broome County, Mr. Edmister made an admirable record and left the office with the good wishes and praise of all who knew him in his official life.  We can testify to his urbanity and courteous conduct and his visits to the News office always left a pleasant impression on our mind.  The Ex-sheriff had been a sufferer for some months from cancer of the face.  He was born in Lisle [Broome Co. NY] in 1827.  Consequently, was just fifty years old.