Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 15, 1877
Marriage
NEWTON - SABIN: Nov. 10th, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. Alanson T. Newton of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Jennie S Sabin, of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
MERRELL: At the residence of her son-in-law, George W. Rice in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 10th, Mrs. Almyra Merrell, aged 81 years.
WHITE: In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 3d, of diphtheria, Sybil [White] wife of Alonzo White, aged 41 years.
TILLOTSON: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 7th, Lovicy [Tillotson] wife of Jeremiah Tillotson, aged 71 years.
PARKER: In Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 6th, Jane [Parker] wife of Joel Parker, aged 66 years, 9 months and 10 days.
PEARSALL: In Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 2d, Mary Lena [Pearsall] daughter of Edgar and Maryette Pearsall, aged 6 years.
HERRICK: In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 11th, Mrs. M.W. Herrick, mother of Berthier Herrick, aged 79 years.
CASH: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 11th, Mr. David Cash aged 87 years.
ELY: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 5th, Elizabeth Birdsall [Ely] wife of Hon. Noah Ely aged 88 years.
Mrs. Ely died in this village, November 5th. She was nearly eighty years of age and had lived in New Berlin more than fifty years. She had seen the little hamlet of fifty years ago transformed into a beautiful village and the wilderness changed to cultivated farms. She had witnessed the changes of half a century and beheld death do its silent work. At last, the cold messenger came to her, and she also was laid away among the silent sleepers in the old cemetery. peace to her memory.
EDMISTER: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 3d, Miles W. Edmister, aged 66(?) years.
NOURSE: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 5th, Ivan L. [Nourse] son of Clinton K. and Henrietta C. Nourse, aged 4 years and 7 months.
PIXLEY: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 4th, Gracie [Pixley] only child of Saxa S. and Jennie E. Pixley, aged 21 months.
CHAMBERLAIN: In Holmesville [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 11th, Eliza A. [Chamberlain] wife of Rev. Joseph H. Chamberlain, aged 68 years.
GORDON: In East Newark, N.J., Oct. 20th, of diphtheria, Hattie May [Gordon] oldest daughter of Charles and Hattie Gordon formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], aged 8 years, 1 months and 7 days, Granddaughter of Bradley F. Weed.
WEED: At Green Pond Mines, Morris Co., N.J., killed by falling in a disused mining shaft Sept. 30th, Merwin [Weed] youngest son of B.F. and Hattie E Weed, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] aged 2 years and 5 months. Grandson of Bradley F. Weed.
CLARK: In Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY], Nov. 10th, Mary Bell [Clark] only child of G.M. and Ida May Clark, aged 7 years 9 months and 20 days, relative of William W. Clark of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. Her remains were interred in DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], on Tuesday.
GUERNSEY: Mrs. Guernsey, mother of Mrs. Orson Richmond, died recently at her home in Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], and we understand that her remains are to be interred in the White Store Cemetery [Chenango Co. NY].
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FRANCOIS: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], suddenly, Nov. 9th, Mr. Alexander Francois aged 56 years, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
Most of our readers remember Alex Francois, who for years carried on the business of collecting bones which he prepared for shipment at his works, situated near Canasawacta Creek in the north-west part of the village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. Some years since he removed to Scranton, Pa., where with his sons, he continued in the business and was understood to be prospering. Last spring he removed to Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], where he established himself in a photograph gallery.
On Friday morning last, Francois was seen to enter the water-closet at the Spaulding boarding house in Binghamton, where he was staying. Nearly two hours later, he not making his appearance, it was suspected that something was wrong when the door of the closet was burst open, and Francois was found dead on the floor where he had fallen, head downward. It was reported that he had committed suicide. The body was removed to an undertaker's and an inquest held, when a postmortem examination disclosed an abscess of the brain. Deceased had been ill for some days, and was treated by a physician for disease of the brain, which he attributed to a fall received a year ago, although the evidence before the coroner showed that his trouble was of two years' standing. While residing in Binghamton he had two attacks, in one of which he came near falling from the roof of his gallery.
He was fifty-six years of age and a widower, his wife, who died several years since, being a daughter of Dalle Villemain, the centenarian, who died in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] upwards of a year ago. He leaves two sons, who reside in Scranton, Pa.
The remains were brought to this place by his sons and were on Sunday interred in the family lot in our cemetery.
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BARROWS: Died in McDonough Chenango Co. N.Y., Nov. 2d, 1877, Mr. Mellen Barrows aged 91 years 8 months and 2 days.
The subject of this notice was born in Warwick, Hampshire Co. Mass. February 28th, 1786; was drafted into the army in 1814 and sent out to guard Portsmouth; served out his time and consequently has since received a pension.
At the age of twenty-nine years, he emigrated to this State and settled in McDonough in 1816, which year is remembered as the year of the great eclipse and cold season. Destitution and suffering rested heavily upon all new settlers in those cold and dreary days. He helped to organize the home of his adoption into a town, and it was called McDonough, in honor of Commodore McDonough, who won a brilliant victory over a British fleet on Lake Champlain, September 11th, 1814.
Deceased was a son of Jeremiah Barrows, who died at the age of ninety-four years. Mellen Barrows raised eleven children, five of whom have preceded him to the grave, and six remain to mourn his departure. He was blessed with a very remarkable memory. The history of our country from the landing of the Pilgrims, with names and dates was as familiar to him as the alphabet to the scholar. He has been able to attend all the town meetings and elections for the last sixty-one years; was a Democrat of the old Jeffersonian school, adhering closely to his party, voting with the same while he lived. His well-stored mind and readiness of communication made him a welcome guest with the aged and a historical instructor of the middle-aged and youth.
He died respected by all who knew him. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, at the M.E. Church in McDonough, November 4th, the sermon being preached by his pastor, Rev W. Burnside: text, Numbers, 23:10. "Let me die the death of the righteous," etc.
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Hon. Rutger G. Miller, one of the oldest and most respected of the pioneers of the city of Utica [Oneida Co. NY], died at his residence on Monday morning last, after a long illness, in his seventy-third year. Nearly fifty years ago, Mr. Miller served for three successive years as trustee of the then village of Utica; in 1832 was elected to the Assembly, and to his efforts Utica owes the passage of her city charter. He also served as Alderman in the first Common Council elected under the charter. In 1836 he was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy and also served for a time as Clerk of the United States Court. His business relations with Utica were of an important character, he having erected several blocks and other buildings. He was a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school and in earlier years made politics a study. Deceased was a brother-in-law of Governor Seymour.
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A correspondent of the Binghamton Times writes that on Saturday last a son of B.S. Benjamin, of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] was found dead in the field where he was dragging, the horse having fallen on and crushed him to death. The lot was a side hill fallow and the supposition is that the boy was driving and on the lower side when the drag caught in a stump, throwing the horse upon him. When found he was dead. He was a very bright intelligent lad, and about fifteen years of age.
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