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Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, March 28, 1878

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 28, 1878

Marriages

CLARE - BARBER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Wednesday evening, March 20th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Allen J. Clare to Miss Jennie E. Barber, all of Norwich.

GROTSINGER - SAFTENBERGER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, by Rev. W.M. Stone, Mr August Grotsinger to Miss Nancy Saftenberger all of Norwich.

MESSENGER - MERRITT: In South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], March 24th, by Miles Newton, Esq., Mr. A.C. Messenger to Miss Hattie A. Merritt, all of South Otselic.

HAMILTON - GILLMAN:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 18th, by Rev. R.M. Duff Mr. Frederick Hamilton to Miss Mary Gillman, both of Oxford.

FIEAL - OCKERMAN:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], march 12th, by Rev. G.A. Place, Mr. DeWitt C. Fieal of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Susan Ockerman of Greene.

Deaths

BROOKS:  In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, Vernon L. [Brooks] only child of Percival L. and Martha Brooks, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] aged 4 years and 10 months.

BROWN:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], March 17th, Josephine S. [Brown] wife of Luther Brown, aged 42 years, 6 months and 4 days.

Died, in Pitcher, March 16th, Mrs. Salina J. Brown, wife of Luther Brown, late of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], aged 43 years.  Her remains were interred at Pharsalia Centre near the residence of her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wheeler.  Mr. Brown is at present a resident of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY].

SNYDER:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], March 13th, Mr. Frederick Snyder, aged 83 years.

FISHER:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] March 19th, Mrs. Huldah Fisher aged 78 years.

WEBB:  In Wellsboro, Pa. Feb. 18th, Mr. Oscar Webb formerly of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], aged 78 years.

HARMON:  In Marcellus, N.Y, [Onondaga Co.] March 15th, Rev. George Harmon aged 97 years and in the 73d of his ministry.  Deceased formerly resided in Oxford [Chenango Co. NY]. 

JACOBSON:  In Willett, Cortland Co. [NY], March 7th, Rilla [Jacobson] relict of Jacob Jacobson, and mother of G.R. Jacobson, of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] aged 74 years, 6 months and 11 days.

Deceased was the daughter of Job Rockwell, Esq. was born in Stafford, Tolland Co. Conn., removed with her father's family to German, Chenango County [NY] when about six years of age.  In February 1824, she married Jacob Jacobson whom she survived five years.  She was a great sufferer from partial paralysis for thirty-two years; for six months her sufferings were intense.  Her life has been one of the steady, bright, onward Christian, ever telling of the renewed spirit within that guiding and controlling power; and her death was the death of the righteous.  An only son, five daughters and an aged sister, mourn the loss of a loving affectionate mother and sister.

Well done of Heaven to halve the lot. / and give her all the sweetness; / To us, the empty room and cot, / To her, Heaven's completeness.

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GRAHAM:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], march 16th, 1878, Howard Lion [Graham], son of W.W. and Anna Graham, aged 3 years, 2 months and 29 days.

Little Linnie Graham, / His pure life is ended. / His sweet spirit fled, / And now he is sleeping / In peace with the dead.

The white hands are folded / In beautiful rest, / And after life's dreaming / He dwells with the blest.

Too fair was the blossom / for Earth's chilly blast, / And slowly he faded / Ere childhood was past.

No bud e'er so tender / Or lily so frail, / E'er bloomed in the garden / Of life's dreary vale.

H.E. Miles

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On Thursday evening of last week, Orrin Welch died at his residence in Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] in the fifty-first year of his age.  Deceased was born in New Berlin in this County [Chenango Co. NY].  when about eight years old his father died, and soon after he left his New Berlin home to reside with his sister, Mrs. Jonathan Hubbard, at Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], spending two years with her, attending school.  At the age of eleven he went to live with his oldest brother, Orson M. Welch, at Moravia [Cayuga Co. NY], residing there about ten years, spending the greater portion of his time in school.  Another year with his sister, Mrs. Hubbard at Auburn [Cayuga Co. NY] and then he went to Syracuse in 1848 and learned the printer's trade in the Star office. Subsequently he was appointed Paymaster and Secretary of the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad, and he held that office until 1871, for some time after the road passed into the hands of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.

He became a member of the Masonic order in 1851 and passed through all the various degrees from the lowest to the highest, filling nearly all the offices in the bodies, local, State and National. The Syracuse Standard gives the following history of his Masonry:

"As a member of the Order he was widely known, uniting with the Order in 1851, he was made a Master Mason in Syracuse Lodge No. 102.  He was one of the charter members of Central City Lodge, No. 105 and Worshipful Master for several years, also High Priest of Central City Chapter No. 70, Thrice Illustrious of Central City Council, No. 18, and for sixteen years Eminent Commander of Central City Commandery of Knights Templar; District Deputy Grand Master of the old sixteenth Masonic district, embracing Onondaga, Cayuga and Cortland counties; Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of the State of New York and at his decease Grand Warder of the Grand Encampment of the united States, an active member of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General for the Thirty-third Degree, of the northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States of America and Deputy for the State of New York. A great portion of the past eight years of his life has been devoted to the "Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite," one of his last acts being the revision of the constitutions and general regulations of that Supreme Council. Probably the last office act was the calling of a Council of Deliberation at Albany in February last, over which he expected to be able to preside, finding himself unable he prepared an address which was read at the meeting of the council.  In 1871 he prepared a work on "Tactics and Drill" for the use of Commanderies of Knights Templar, which was adopted by the Grand Commandery of the State and has since been adopted by most of the States.  As a ritualist Mr. Welch had few equals, always ready and never at a loss, in the most trying circumstance."

The funeral was attended on Sunday by prominent members of the Masonic fraternity from all parts of the State.  The day was remarkably inclement and stormy, but the number of Master Masons at the funeral was very large.  Agreeable to the request of the deceased, he was buried as a Master Mason.  Members of the city government, the whole of the police force of the city, and many railroad officials and employees united in the funeral cortege.

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