Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 25, 1877
Marriages
BARROWS - COLEMAN: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 20th, Mr. Franklin Barrows of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Julia A. Coleman of Norwich.
DAVIS - WEEKS: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. H.N. VanDuesen, Mr. Albert Davis to Miss Helen Weeks, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY]
DERBY - EASTON: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 16th, by Rev. H.N. VanDuesen, Mr. Albert C. Derby to Miss E. Melissa Easton.
SHEFFIELD - BECKWITH: At the residence of Mr. A.C. Beckwith in Utica [Oneida Co. NY], Oct. 17th, by Rev. L.D. White, Mr. Charlie W Sheffield of Earlville [Madison Co. NY], to Miss Ida J. Beckwith of Utica.
CHAMBERLIN - STEVENS: In Wabashaw, Minn., Oct. 12th, by Rev. Mr. Cornell, of the Episcopal Church and brother-in-law of the bride, Mr. H. Augustus Chamberlin of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Cora C Stevens of Tiskiboa, Ill.
Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY: Gibert Palmer Jr., and Miss Ella Morse, daughter of Frank Morse, were married at the Baptist church at half past six on Sunday night, by Rev. I.J. bailey. The church was tastefully trimmed for the occasion, including a wedding bell, which softly pealed over the heads of the party as they went in and out. Gib is a good boy, and we hope that all the days of his wedded life will not be as stormy as the one on which he was married.
Deaths
YARNS: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY, Oct. 10th, J. Wesley [Yarns] son of Thomas Yarns, aged 11 months.
GALE: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 20th, Julia [Gale] daughter of L. and B. Gale, aged 17 years.
GORDON: In East Newark, N.J., Oct. 8th, of diphtheria, Nellie [Gordon] youngest daughter of Chas. and Hattie Gordon, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], aged 3 years and 26 days. Also, Oct. 18th, of membranous croup, George E. [Gordon] youngest child of Charles and Hattie Gordon, formerly of Norwich, aged 11 months and 28 days. Grandchildren of Bradley F. Weed.
PRENTICE: Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY: Mrs. Lizzie Prentice wife of Charles Prentice, died on Saturday morning last. Mrs. Prentice was a young woman whose many amiable qualities endeared her to all who knew her, and her death leaves a place vacant that will ever be a sad reminder of pure life, cut off in its morning by the rude hand of Death. Her funeral takes place today (Monday) at 12 M.
TELFORD: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 20th, Mr. Robert Telford, aged 59 years.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 24, 1877: Robert Telford, a well-known and respected resident of our town for many years, died at his residence on Piano St. [Norwich], on Saturday morning last of consumption. His age was about 50 years. He leaves a family to mourn his loss. Robert will be missed by many.
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THURSTON: At the residence of his father, Warren Thurston in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 21st, Mr. William C. Thurston, aged 29 years.
We are pained to record the death of William C. Thurston, who passed away at his father's residence on Sheldon Street at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. At an early age William came to this place with his father from Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], where he was born. His childhood, youth, opening and expanding manhood were spent in Norwich. By all classes, the playmates of his boyhood and his companions and associates in riper years, was he esteemed, respected and loved. In 1864, young Thurston then a lad of some sixteen years, entered the Union office to learn the printer's trade. After serving the usual time and acquiring a knowledge of the business, he was employed as a journeyman printer, and with the exception of intervals of a few months, maintained as long as able to work, his connection with the office.
In his business relations he was most honorable, the success and prosperity of his employer being as scrupulously guarded as his own.
Five years ago today, Mr. Thurston was united in marriage to Emma Baker, of Hamilton, whom he leaves with one child to mourn their loss. Found parents and a brother likewise have been stricken, all of whom have our sympathy in their hours of darkness and sorrow. Mr. Thurston was a member of Alert Hose Company and of the Canasawacta lodge of Odd Fellows, and by all his associates in these important and confidential relations was he cherished as a faithful brother and true friend. Some six years ago, while in the discharge of his duty as a fireman, he contracted a severe cold, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. His indomitable will and energy kept him about most of the time till within a couple of weeks of his death. Consumption at last claiming him as its own.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Oct. 24, 1877
On Sunday morning last, Mr. William C. Thurston died at his father's residence in this village. William was the oldest son of Warren Thurston and was born in Hamilton, where he resided until about eighteen years since, when he with his parents moved to this village. Here he pursued his education until at the age of seventeen he entered the office of the Chenango Union to learn the printing business. Completing his trade, he continued to work in that office until some six years since, when he entered the Telegraph office, where he continued for a couple of years, since that time he has followed his business at Albany and at this place. Always frail, some five years ago, he took a severe cold while working to subdue a fire, from which he never recovered, for so tenaciously did it cling to him, that it was not a long time before it was too apparent to friends that consumption had marked him for its own. He however continued about his business unwilling to yield to disease, and so insidious was its work that it was not until two weeks since that he gave up and confined himself to his house. Here everything was done for him that affection could suggest, but to no avail, and on Sunday morning, full of trust and hope in a glorious resurrection, his soul took its flight.
Young as he was, Mr. Thurston had always taken an active part in all village matters. He was an enthusiastic fireman, being a member of Alert Hose since its organization and though illy able to bear the exposure incident to a fireman's life, he never shrank from his duty. He was an Odd Fellow and had been honored by his brethren with the highest offices in their gift. At the time of his death, he was Secretary of the District. Last year he was elected Collector of our village, and faithfully and conscientiously performed the duties of the office. He was a favorite with the young and old. His long service in the Union office attests his faithfulness and while in our employ we can bear testimony of his cheerful compliance with every duty.
The Lodge Room and headquarters of the various fire organizations are draped in mourning, in testimony of the high appreciation of his worth. He leaves a wife and one child, who, in common with his parents and only brother, will receive the warmest sympathies in their great affliction. His funeral will occur today, Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of his marriage, and will be attended from his father's residence on Sheldon St. by the members of the various organizations of which he was a member
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JOHNSON: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, Mr. Ralph Johnson, aged 73 years and 6 months.
A pillar of society and the church has fallen. A good man in the fullness of days, revered and honored, has passed away. The completeness and richness of a well-rounded life constituted the crowning glory of the patriarch whose name stands at the head of this sketch, and he has gone to receive his reward.
Ralph Johnson was born at Canterbury, Conn., in April 1804. In 1810, at the age of six years, with his parents, long since dead, he came to Norwich. A few years at school, and a few months on a farm, in the employ of Col. John Randall, at the age of thirteen we find him an apprentice in the office of the Norwich Journal of which Hon. John F. Hubbard, Sr. was proprietor. Several years later he worked a short time upon the Oxford Gazette, published by Hunt & Morgan. In 1824 he went to Albany and entered the Argus office, and a couple of years later was employed upon the Courier and inquirer, of New York. In the Fall of 1828, he became a partner with Mr. Hubbard in the Publication of the Norwich Journal, the firm continuing some ten years, when Mr. Johnson wholly relinquished the printing business. in 1829, he married Miss Mary Randall, with whom he passed nearly fifty years of happy married life, his companion having passed away three years since. In the spring of 1838, he formed a partnership with Weller & Haynes in the foundry business, and subsequently embarked for a brief period with James Kershaw in the dry goods trade. In later years he was engaged at different times with his son, C.R. Johnson, E.M. Holmes and C. Latham in the hardware business. Some five or six years ago, Mr. Johnson retired from worldly pursuits to receive the comforting and watchful care of family and friends in the enjoyment of a green old age.
In politics, Mr. Johnson was originally a Democrat, and was once or twice elected to the office of Supervisor and to other important positions by the then dominant party. In the Fall of 1855, he was the candidate of the newly formed Republican party for Sheriff, and lost his election by only a few votes, the Democrats and Americans uniting upon the opposing candidate. For a number of years, he refused to be wedded to party, and died a Prohibitionist, a staunch advocate of temperance and all reformatory measures.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Oct. 24, 1877
Mr. Johnson was born at Canterbury, Conn., April 23, 1804. With his parents, William and Wealthy Johnson, both of whom died here many years ago, he removed to this town when but a lad, arriving here in September 1810, taking up their residence in a house then standing just north of the East St. river bridge. After living there a few years, he removed into this village and attended school until he was thirteen years of age, when he hired out to Col. John Randall as a farm laborer for six months. In December 1817, he entered the office of the Norwich Journal, then conducted by the late Hon. John F. Hubbard, Senior, to learn the printer's trade. Here he remained until he was twenty years of age, when he went to Oxford, and worked as a printer for Chauncy Morgan and Charles Hunt, then publishers of the Oxford Gazette. Leaving there in 1824, he went to Albany and entered the Argus office, and August 1826, he entered the office of the Courier and Enquirer at New York City. In September 1828, he returned to this village [Norwich] and formed a co-partnership with Mr. Hubbard, the firm being Hubbard & Johnson, in the publication of the Journal, which he continued until 1838, when he permanently retired from the printing business. April 23, 1829, he married Miss Mary Randall, daughter of the late Dea. Charles Randall, a most estimable lady, who died some three years since. In May 1838, he formed a partnership with Weller & Haynes in the foundry business in which he continued for several years. He then entered the dry goods business with James Kershaw, but that proving distasteful to him, in about a year he again embarked in the hardware business with James Hogamen, at the stand now occupied by J.H. Latham. He was afterwards in the same business for some years with Daniel M. Holmes and Albert C. Latham, and also with his son, Charles R. Johnson. Some five or six years ago, finding his health failing him, he retired wholly from business, spending his time since the death of his wife, alternately here, and in New York with his daughter, until this summer. when he has generally been confined to his house, until his illness culminated in his death as above stated.
Mr. Johnson, though he has not been an office seeker, has held the important position of Supervisor of this town, and other offices, under the gift of the Democratic party when in power in this county, for he was a Democrat in the palmy days of the party. But when to be a Democrat was to be an apologist for slavery, he left the party and joined the Republican party, then in its infancy, and in the Fall of 1855, he was the candidate of the new party for Sheriff but was only beaten by the united candidate of the Democrats and American party, by a few votes. Since then, he has steadfastly refused to be a candidate for office. Lately he has felt it to be his duty to unite his fortunes with the Prohibition party, in the hope of stemming the tide of intemperance. One of his last public acts was to send a letter of congratulation to the large Murphy meeting at the Congregational Church, cordially endorsing the movement.
For something over half a century, he has been a member of the First Baptist church of this village and many years we believe, its senior deacon. His life has been full of good works, and he was always ready to devote his energies towards the amelioration of the condition of his fellows whenever the opportunity presented and he died as he had lived, honored and respected by all who knew him. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Bigelow of New York and a son, Charles R. Johnson of this village, both of whom inherit the virtues of the father, and are highly esteemed by all.
Thus, the old links that bind us to the past are fast dropping from the chain of time, and soon they shall have all passed away. Will we of the present be able to fill their places so that no step backward shall be taken, but rather that it shall also be said of us, as of them "the world is better for their having lived in it."
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