Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 9, 1820
Marriages
In Andes [Delaware Co. NY], on Thursday last, by the Rev. Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Adam Doughlass to Miss Elizabeth Cowan.
In Delhi [Delaware Co. NY], by the Rev. Robert Forrest, Mr. Thomas Latham to Miss Betsey Ballyanta.
Also, Mr. Andrew Johnson to Miss Mary Hamilton.
At Norwich, Chenango Co., [NY], Mr. John F. Hubbard, Editor of the Norwich Journal, to Miss Almyra Mean, daughter of Gen. Mead.
At Clinton, N.Y. [Oneida Co.] on the 7th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Davis, Mr. Lewis H. Redfield, editor of the Onondaga Register to Miss Ann Maria Tredwell daughter of Nathaniel Tredwell, Esq., of Plattsburg [Clinton Co. NY].
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 30, 1820
Marriage
In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on Tuesday the 21st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Knight, Mr. Elkanah Sears son of the Rev. Mr. Sears of Meredith [Delaware Co. NY], to Miss Desire Phelps of the former place.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 3, 1820
Marriage
At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 29th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, John C. Clark, Esq. of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Susan Maria Benjamin of the former place.
Death
On Friday the 31st ult. at Jefferson, Schoharie County [NY], Doct. Cornell Smith lately of Harpersfield, Delaware Co. [NY] and a member of the Delaware Medical Society.
News Item
About half past 5 o'clock on Friday morning the 7th inst., the inhabitants of this place [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] were aroused from their slumbers by the cry of fire, which proved to be the Court House and jail. Our citizens immediately repaired to the scene of destruction, but such was the fury of the flames, it bursting out of the front and back part of the house with such a threatening aspect, that all attempts to save the building proved fruitless. In a few hours it was burnt to the ground. Fortunately for us the night was calm. Had it been windy, other buildings must inevitably have shared the same fate.
What adds horror to the above we lament to state that a young man by the name of Abraham Coon perished in the flames. He had been confined but three days before he met with this horrible death. Accordingly to the sentence of a Court of Session in an adjacent town, for the trifling offence of stealing two yards of cloth. The inhabitants, with every feeling which humanity could dictate, spared no exertions to extricate him from his awful fate, but all was in vain. As soon as the flames were in a measure extinguished, search was made for the bones of the unfortunate man, and after removing the rubbish, part of his body was found on the bed of straw [unreadable]. All that remained was a small quantity of flesh upon his back, which is supposed to have been protected by the straw and dirt which surrounded it.
At the time this melancholy circumstance took place, no person resided in the house, save the unfortunate criminal. And from all the circumstances, not the least doubt is entertained but what the fire originated in the prisoner's room. On Saturday last, his mangled remains were interred in the village burying ground, with every mark of decency which unfortunate humanity claims.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 20, 1829
Death
At the residence of his son, in Bloomville [Delaware Co. NY], on the 18th inst. Daniel Mervin in the 74th year of his age.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 25, 1820
Marriage
In Kortright [Delaware Co. NY], on Thursday the 18th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Hill, Mr. Joseph Tootbell to Miss Hannah Smith.
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