Union News, Union, NY, March 19, 1863
Deaths
At the residence of her father in Vestal [Broome Co. NY], March 10th, 1863, of typhoid fever, Frances [West] wife of Christopher B West, and daughter of Mr. Jotham Rounds, aged 21 years.
In Union [Broome Co., NY], March 14th, 1863, of diphtheria croup, Henry S. [Armstrong] aged 2 years 5 months and 6 days.
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At Tracy Creek, Vestal [Broome Co. NY], March -?-, 1863, of consumption, Miss Kate Crimmins aged 20 years 10 months and 5 days.
Step softly in the house of death; / The lonely mourner said, / Methinks I feel the presence yet, / Of that bright spirit fled / She was so loved, so pure and bright. / The sunlight of our home, / But now she dwells in realms of light, / Where sorrow is unknown.
Yet o'er darkest hours of woe / Soft steals the whispered strains / Though all too brief, her stay be o'er, / She has not lived in vain / She taught us by her heavenly faith / In Jesus's name to bow / And shrinking not when the seal of death, / Fell o'er the fair young brow.
The music of that voice we'll miss / Which cheered our hearts of yore. / She's passed the golden gates of bliss, / Yet only gone before. / The darkened void within our hearts, / Not one on earth may fill. / We dare not murmur for we know / It is Our Father's will.
Bright angels holy watch will keep, / Above that holy spot. / Where sister Kate so sweetly sleeps. / Which shades our [darling's] lot / Where thou shalt drop attending tear / Where rests that bright young head; / Then will our spirits drawing near, / Hold prayers o'er the dead.
And when the spring shall come again, / With all her buds in bloom, / O! plant some flowers in my name, / Above my sister's tomb. / Oft o'er the grave where we doth mourn, / Affections tears will flow, / And summer winds will sadly breathe / A prayer, soft and low. M.L.C.
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On Tuesday morning, March 10th, 1863, Lavina [Chandler] only daughter of Eathan A. and Harriet E. Chandler, aged 18 years and 4 months.
This Lamb was taken from the flock that assembled weekly for instruction at the Presbyterian Sabbath School. We mourn her loss as one of our number, while we know it is her gain. Her deportment was well worthy of imitation. It was Christian, never quarrelsome, but a peace maker; always kind, preferring another's happiness to her own, patiently performing her tasks with a cheerful heart and ever in her seat with a perfect lesson on the Sabbath.
God knows the fittest itme, Lavina, / To take us to himself / Oft he needs another jewel, / And this world is the delf / This world is His garden Lavina, / But He has one more fair, / And he but took thee from us here, / To bloom the brighter there.
In day school she was an excellent pupil, always performing her tasks without a murmur. She always treated her schoolmates kindly, exemplifying by her actions the simple truth of the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as ye would dine others should do unto you."
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 27, 1878
Marriages
TUTHILL - HOUSE: At Cuyler, N.Y. [Cortland Co.], Feb. 20th, 1878, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. L. Lawton, Mr. Eugene L. Tuthill to Miss Sarah J. House all of Cuyler.
STEWART - TOWER: At the bride's home, Feb. 23, by Rev. J.T. Barnard, Mr. William B. Stewart and Miss Flora E. Tower, both of Plymouth, Chenango Co., N.Y.
FERRIS - DUNBAR: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], February 20th, by Rev. H.S. Jones, Mr. Morell E. Ferris and Miss Mary Dunbar, all of Smyrna.
Deaths
MURPHY: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 21, of paralysis, Mrs. Bridget Murphy aged 91 years.
Mrs. Bridget Murphy, who died at Preston Thursday last, was the mother of Mrs. Cornelius Conway of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. The deceased was a highly esteemed lady, and the funeral was attended from her late residence on Saturday last by a large concourse of friends. The remains were taken to Oxford for interment.
BROWN: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on February 23d, Louisa A. [Brown] only daughter of A.R. and Amelia Brown aged four months.
REXFORD: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Feburary 24th, Dewight Rexford, aged 61 years.
SAUNDERS: Chas. Saunders of Illinois, a brother-in-law of J.S. Ludington, well-known in this place, with his wife and one child, died within four weeks from that terrible disease known as trechina spiralis, contracted form eating diseased pork. The only member of the family remaining is one daughter, who was visiting friends in Bridgewater, this State, and thus escaped the fearful malady.
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