Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 2, 1878
Marriages
COMSTOCK - VAN ALLEN: At the residence of the bride's father in Watkins, N.Y. [Schuyler Co.], April 24th, 1878, by Rev. Cameron Mann, Mr. S.L. Comstock of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Lottie L. Van Allen daughter of John J. Van Allen, Esq. of Watkins.
TITUS - JACKSON: In Deposit [Delaware Co. NY], April 13th, by Rev. J. Lee Gamble, Mr. David Titus of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Adelia Jackson of Deposit.
SEXMITH - ROUNDS: In Guilford Centre [Chenango Co. NY], April 17th, by Rev. P. Griffing, Mr. George W. Sexmith of Afton [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Flora Rounds of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
BROOKS: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] April 25th, Mr. Theseus Brooks, aged 43 years.
SHAW: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], April 26th, Mrs. Mary Shaw, aged 46 years and 5 months.
Mrs. Mary Shaw died suddenly in this village [Smyrna], after but a few hours' illness on Saturday morning last. Deceased had been in poor health for a number of years past.
COYE: In Catlin Settlement, Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], April 25th, Mr. Amasa Coye aged 72 years.
SARLE: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] April 23d, Adelia E. [Sarle] daughter of J.H. Sarle aged 25 years.
DOTY: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], April 26th, Mr. Reuben Doty, aged 83 years, a soldier of the War of 1812.
WILCOX: In Harrisburg, Pa., April 15 th, Mrs. C.L. Wilcox, aged 50 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].
NEWKIRK: Warren Newkirk a prominent citizen of Oswego [Oswego Co. NY], died in that city Wednesday last. He was a brother of the late Thos. G. Newkirk, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] and had resided in Oswego some forty years.
HARRINGTON: Willie [Harrington] son of Mrs. Huldah Hallert Harrington, late of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY], aged three years, was laid in our village cemetery last Sabbath. [Pitcher, Chenango Co. NY].
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Death of an Eminent Hotel Keeper
Capt. W.C. Gage, a well-known and popular hotel keeper, died suddenly in Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY], on Thursday evening of last week. The Syracuse Standard of Friday makes the following mention of the death of Capt. Gage:
"Last evening, about nine o'clock, Capt. W.C. Gage, the well-known and popular hotel keeper, died suddenly in Mr. Lunn's drug store, on Montgomery Street. Mr. Gage was walking on the street, apparently in his usual health, when he was taken suddenly ill, and asking a passerby to assist him he walked into the drug store of Mr. Thomas Lunn, only a few steps from where he was taken, and sitting down in a chair, Dr. Benedict was sent for, but before the Doctor could arrive Capt. Gage was beyond medical or human aid.
"Capt. Gage was one of our best-known citizens, and in his chosen occupation as a landlord had few, if any, superiors. He was born in DeRuyter, Madison County [NY], and was about 66 years of age. He commenced the business of hotel keeping in the place of his nativity soon after he became of age and continued the business for several years, when he removed to Syracuse and became a clerk in Brintnall's Hotel, on the corner of Fayette and Warren Streets. He soon became the proprietor of Brintnall's Hotel, and afterwards became landlord of the Empire House, where he remained for many years until that hotel was entirely remodeled, when he became the landlord of the Syracuse House.
"He has been a resident of the city of Syracuse for nearly forty years, except about two years in New York City, and has been connected with hotels all that period, until a few years past, when he retired and has been a gentleman of leisure, boarding at the Syracuse House. His remains were carried to his room in the Syracuse House, where preparations are being made for the funeral obsequies."
Many of our citizens will remember Capt. Gage, as an assistant, in years gone by, at the old Eagle Hotel, in Cortland [Cortland Co. NY] and late as the general hotel proprietor in Syracuse. He was a relative of W.N. mason and W.K. Packer, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].
News Item
Centenarians
Mrs. Lucy Terrel who resides near the village of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], reached her one hundredth birthday on the 15th of April last. Although her eyesight and hearing are somewhat impaired, her mind seems to be clear and strong as ever. A native of Connecticut, where she was married in 1800, she removed with her husband and family to the farm where she now resides with her son, Garry Terrel, a man now about seventy-six years old. Her one hundredth birthday was celebrated by a family reunion, four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren, some with husbands and some with wives, being present. The oldest daughter, aged seventy-seven, and an infant three weeks old, were of the party of relatives. It was a most pleasant reunion and the venerable lady received calls from old friends and neighbors by whom she is esteemed as a Christian woman, and tokens of regard were left by many.
Capt. Harry Ward of Sackett's Harbor, the oldest man in Jefferson County [NY] and a soldier of the war of 1812, who was one hundred years old on the 25th day of last December, visited Watertown a few days since, and, according to the Times, he had never until that morning rode on the cars. The gallant old Captain was in pursuit of a pension, to which he had long been entitled, and he "signed the application without the use of spectacles, in a large and beautiful hand, resembling the John Hancock style." He appears no older than men generally do at sixty or sixty-five years. His eyesight is firsr rate and he had never drank to excess, although he has not lived a temperance life exactly.
Peter Hammond, who died at Geneseo, Ill., last week was one hundred and two years old. He was born at Newton Mass. April 9, 1776, and died on the anniversary of his birth. At the age of one hundred years the physicians declared that there was not a diseased organ in his body. He walked to church, nearly a mile, on pleasant Sundays and read without glasses. For fifty-three years he continued to reside in the house which he built and occupied soon after his marriage.
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