Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, February 21, 1878
Marriages
On Monday, the 18th inst. by the Rev. J.B. Calhoon, Rector of St. James Church, at the residence of the brother-in-law of the bride, Hon. James H. Keyes of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], John Summers Esq. and Miss Frances Ellinor Monfort both of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Garrattsville [Otsego Co. NY], Feb'y 13th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Hobart Cooke, Miss Mary A. Bell to Mr. Horace Chase.
At the residence of the bride's parents, in Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY], Feb. 13th, 1878, by Rev. A.B. Richardson, Laverne Tripp of Westford [Otsego Co. NY] and Hattie Gano of Middlefield.
The first Golden Wedding ever observed in Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] as far as we can hear, was that of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Watkins, celebrated at their pleasant home on River St., Monday evening. Mr. Watkins was born in this town 73 years ago. He married Julia Ann McDonald, and no two lives have blended more pleasantly than theirs. Constant in companionship, never being separated for a longer time than two or three weeks, their devotion has seemed to be of the increasing kind that ought to characterize the lives of all married people. At the golden wedding were congregated simply immediate relatives of the family and their older associates, among them four persons who attended the marriage. A social company was present, and everything passed off as merry as a marriage bell. Many elegant and costly presents were made. Herald
Death
In the town of Springfield [Otsego Co. NY], Feb. 15th, '78, Esther Gates [Fowler] wife of Geo. R. Fowler, in the 69th year of her age.
Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, September 1, 1869
Marriages
At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], Aug. 21, by Rev. D.F. Leach, Mr. F.C. Parsons of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Emmalissa Wilbur of Unadilla.
At Otego [Otsego Co. NY], Aug. 28, by Rev. J. Smith, Mr. W.B. Tanner of Cannonsville [Delaware Co. NY], to Miss Della Fleming of Sidney [Delaware Co. NY].
Deaths
In Laurens [Otsego Co. NY} Aug. 15, Mrs. Mary E. Carr aged 22 years.
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY], Aug. 16, at the residence of Mr. E. Keith, Mrs. Julina Reed of Laurens [Otsego Co. NY], aged 46 years.
At the residence of his son-in-law, Hiram A. Matteson, near Garratsville [Otsego Co. NY], Aug. 9, 1869, died Levy Tenny, Esq. of Plainfield, Otsego Co. [NY] in the 89th year of his age. Mr. Tenny was born in Bennington, Vt. Feb. 22, 1781, and settled in the town of Plainfield in 1812 where he continued to reside until within a few months' past. The generation to which he belonged has passed away, and another has come and gone, so that the knowledge of his early everyday life lives only among his kindred and the two or three decogenarians of his associates who yet survive. The Christian character has had few brighter exemplars among us, not so much in the graces that give a charm to social intercourse as in the inflexible discharge of duties dictated by an enlightened conscience. He believed the business of a Christian to be to labor without ceasing to banish sin and misery from the world, and to promote the good of mankind. To this end he gave liberally of his time and substance to spread the Bible and the gospel in his own and foreign lands. the suffering and the afflicted met a ready sympathy and the poor never went away empty-handed from his door. Others, whose mission it was to do good, always received his cordial greetings, hospitable entertainment and active cooperation. The burden of his morning and evening prayer was for the amelioration of the condition of mankind, the conversion of the heathens, the spread of light and knowledge, and he worked as he prayed, as the records of the American Bible Society, the Otsego County Bible Society, the American Board of Foreign Missions, of all of which bodies he was a member, as well as his thousand and one acts of public and private charity, amply bear witness. The consecration of two of his children at an early age to the work of foreign missions, testifies to the influence of his faith and example in the domestic circle. The cause of education lay very near his heart. He not only opened the doors wide to his own family but contributed liberally of his abilities and means for the improvement of common schools and the establishment and maintenance of higher schools and colleges. The instances of the generous devotion of a lifetime to the work of Christian philanthropy are too few to be passed over in silence, and it is fitting that the labors of this soldier of the Cross should be recalled to mind. As he lived in the constant conscientious discharge of duty, so he was always ready for the summons to his Master's presence. Mercifully spared from suffering in his latter days in the full possession of his mental faculties unimpaired by age, he fell asleep on the night of Aug. 9th, apparently as usual, but awoke in the presence of his Maker. Rep. & Dem.
Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, February 20, 1878
Marriage
Feb. 12: At Elm Grove [Otsego Co. NY], by Rev. Hobart Cooke, Miss Lillian Lewis of Morris [Otsego Co. NY], to Fletcher W. Law of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
Feb. 12: In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], of consumption, Hannah F. Deming, wife of Charles L. Deming, Aged 43.
Feb. 16: In Laurens [Otsego Co. NY], William Straight, aged 77 years and 6 months.
Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY, June 12, 1847
Marriages
In Edmeston [Otsego Co. NY], on the 30th ult. by the Rev Z. Cook, Mr. Lewis Spencer son of the late Sheriff of this county to Miss Nancy Anne [Brand] daughter of Lodowick Brand, all of Edmeston.
In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY], on the 6th inst. by the Rev. L. Bolton, Mr. Benjamin St. J. Soule of Burlington, Miss Amanda Wells of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY].
Death
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY], on the morning of the 6th inst. George C. Stowell, aged 24 years, son of Mr. James Stowell.
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