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

 Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 24, 1877

Deaths

YORK:  In Wayzain, Minn., April 29th, Mr. Theron L. York, aged 29 years, son of Charles C. York of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].

PAYSON:  At Vernon [Oneida Co. NY], on 17th, Anne B. [Payson] wife of Rev. E.H. Payson, aged 58 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY]

Mrs. Anna B. Payson, wife of Rev. E.H. Payson, of Vernon, died in that place yesterday morning, aged 58, after a brief illness from cerebro spinal meningitis.  She was a native of Massachusetts but had spent a greater portion of her life in central New York.  She was twice married.  Her second marriage took place in this city [Utica, Oneida Co. NY] while Mr. Payson was pastor of the Presbyterian Chruch at New Hartford [Oneida Co. NY].  During her residence in the latter place she won the esteem and love of all who knew her, and none will mourn her loss more sincerely than the large circle of friends she there gathered around her.  At the conclusion of the ministry in New Hartford, Mr. Payson went to Oxford, Chenango Co. [NY].  He filled the pulpit of the Congregational Chruch there for several years and much of the success of his ministry there was due to the social and Christian graces of his wife.  The many who knew her intimately in Oxford will lovingly remember her kindness of heart, cheerfulness of disposition and her practical piety.  Mr. Payson closed his ministry at Oxford in 1870 and removed to Oneida.  Sometime afterwards he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Vernon, where his helpmate now leaves him to continue his labors without her wifely counsel and Christian encouragement.  Her husband, a daughter, and two sons are left to mourn her loss. The latter are Prof. E.R. Payson, late of this city and now in Germany, and Prof. George Payson, of the Utica Academy.  Utica Herald, 18th inst.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 24, 1877

Marriage

In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 24, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Calvin Bryant of North Norwich to Miss Sophronia A. Freeman, of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY].

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, May 24, 1877

Deaths

At Hartwick, May 20th, of consumption, Mrs. Addie Scofield [Hyde] wife of the late Geo. Hyde, aged 30 years.

In Paris, France, May 19th, 1877, M.D. Peak of Green Bay, Wis., formerly of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY], aged 40 years.

In Delhi [Delaware Co. NY], Chas. W. Reynolds.

In Constantine, Mich., April 27th, 1877, Sally [Williams] widow of the late Samuel Williams, in the 84th year of her age.  In 1833, Mr. Williams removed from Metcalf Hill, in Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] to Constantine and settled upon the farm then a wilderness, upon which they have since resided.

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At Gilbertsville [Otsego Co. NY], Monday morning May 14th of pneumonia, Mrs. Ezra R. Brewer in the 67th year of her age.

The decease of one so widely known and respected, calls for something more than the above brief announcement.

Mrs. Brewer was the daughter of Oliver Cory, Esq., of Phoenix, near Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY], and was married to Ezra R. Brewer Oct. 1st, 1833.  Soon after, they removed to Otego [Otsego Co. NY] where Mr. Brewer was a leading merchant for many years and where their five children -three sons and two daughters-were born to them.  About the year 1848, the family came to this village, where the husband and father died in 1850, bequeathing to his family an ample fortune and an irreproachable name.  Thenceforth the care of the family devolved upon the mother, the subject of this sketch, and with rare skill and fidelity did she fulfill her scared trust.  The two daughters were lovely in their lives, and in their deaths they were not long divided, the one dying in 1859, the other in 1863.  Her sons, one residing in Kansas City, and two in this village, are well known and honored businessmen and leading citizens.

The deceased and her husband united with the Presbyterian church of Otego and on removal transferred their relationship to the Presbyterian church of this village, of which they were both highly respected and useful members till their deaths and of which their sons are still members.

Mrs. Brewer was one who answered well to the inspired description of the "Virtuous Women."  Her natural endowments, chastened by affliction and sanctified by the grace of God, gave her a character of unusual symmetry and excellence.  Naturally renned, an efficient mistress of the household, of a meek and quiet spirit, of most pure and elevated sentiment, of elevated piety, of innate nobility of character, 'her priced was far above rubies."  Her death, while yet in the midst of her usefulness, will cause a wide vacancy in the family, in society and in the communion of saints.

The sad event came after a brief but painful illness, which baffled the skill of the best medical attendants and the most affectionate care.  After a restless night, finally subsiding into a perfect calm, she fell asleep in Jesus just as the birds were welcoming in joyous song the first faint beams of the morn.  "So, he giveth his beloved sleep," and then-the Morning.

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Rev. Perry O. Bentley, a young and promising Minister, who had just accepted a call to the Pastorate of the Baptist church at Mr. Vision in Laurens [Otsego Co. NY], was passing through South Valley last Thursday, when his horse became frightened at a straw bed which a man was carrying along the street and suddenly tuned throwing Mr. B. out of the wagon against a tree with such force as to fracture his skull from which injury he died the same night.  Mr. Bentley was a native of Westford [Otsego Co. NY] and very highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.  His little son sitting by his side, retained his seat and escaped injury.  It is a very sad and lamentable accident, which brings sorrow to a church and to more than one household.