Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 4, 1878
Marriages
BRONSON - MORGAN: In German [Chenango Co. NY], June 8th, by A.E. Perry, Esq. Mr. Charles H. Bronson of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Laura C. Morgan of Willett [Cortland Co. NY].
LOOMIS - ANDREWS: At the residence of the bride's parents in Waverly, N.Y., June 20th, 1878, by Rev. S.F. Brown, Mr. Frank Loomis of Troy, Pa., to Miss Marie Clark Andrews daughter of Rev. W.W. Andrews.
Deaths
COLSON: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 30th, Minnie E. [Colson] daughter of Mrs. A.M. Colson, aged 20 years and 11 months.
The death of Miss Minnie Colsen is announced in another column. Her funeral was largely attended on Tuesday afternoon. She was a beautiful girl of rare accomplishment, possessing attributes that always endeared her to her acquaintances and friends. Her disease was quick consumption and quickly it did its work. "Death loves a shining mark." [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1878]
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PLUMB: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 1st, Mr. Justus Plumb aged 73 years.
On Monday last, Justus Plumb, an old resident of this village, died at the residence of his son-in-law, W.R. Barber, on Grove Avenue, aged seventy-three years. Deceased was a quiet, unassuming man, whose life has been an humble but an honest one, and there are many who will miss him. His funeral was attended on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. S. Scoville officiating.
Justus Plumb died suddenly on Monday morning last at the residence of his daughter. he has lived here for many years and was well known to all our older citizens as a quiet, peaceably disposed citizen. He will be missed form our streets. [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1878]
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STACK: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], July 1st, Kate Louisa [Stack] daughter of James and Ellen Stack, aged 4 years.
GREENE: In German [Chenango Co. NY], May 25th, Mr. James H. Greene, aged 68 years.
KNAPP: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] July 3d, of cancer, Mr. George Knapp, aged 76 years, father of David M. Knapp, Esq. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].
George Knapp, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Guilford, died on Wednesday of this week, after months of intense suffering, of cancer, aged seventy-six years. He was father of David H. Knapp and Henry M. Knapp, of this village.
JOHNSON: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] June 26th, Mrs. Betsey Johnson, aged 97 years.
KELLY: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], June 28th, Mr. James Kelly, aged 27 years.
James Kelly of this place [Guilford] died on the 28th ult. of strangulated hernia, brought on by over work at a barn raising. An operation was performed, but it was of no avail. The remains were taken to Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] for interment, his former residence. [Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, July 3, 1878]
TROY: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] June 17th, Mrs. Mary Troy, aged 24 years.
RICE: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] June 26th, Nellie Parker [Rice] only child of William G. and Almira Rice, aged 7 years.
LEWIS: In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], June 15th, Mr. Israel P. Lewis, aged 74 years.
BROWN: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], June 24th Mrs. Elizabeth Brown aged 75(?) years, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co. NY].
Preston, Chenango Co. NY: Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, widow of the late Walter Brown of this town, died at Binghamton the 24th and was brought back here the 26th and buried. [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1878]
FISHER: Jared Fisher for many years a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], died in Utica [Oneida Co. NY] June 28th, at the advanced age of seventy-four years. He will be remembered by many of our citizens as an upright man, a sincere Christian and one whom all respected for his virtues, his kindness of heart, and geniality in his daily intercourse with his neighbors and friends. He was the father of Hon. F.B. Fisher, of Brooklyn.
At his residence, No. 3 Elm Stret, Utica, on Friday, June 28th, Jared Fisher, aged 74 years.
Under its appropriate head in today's Telegraph will be found the announcement of the death of Mr. Jared Fisher at the advanced age of 74 years. Mr. F. came to this village about the year 1832 and went into the employ of the late Ansel Berry with whom he remained until the latter retired from business. Mr. Fisher removed to Utica about fourteen years since where he has since resided. He was a worthy citizen, an industrious mechanic, and a conscientious Christian gentleman. He was long a member of the M.E. Church here and an official member. His death will be learned with regret by many old friends. He was the father of Hon. F.B. Fisher of Brooklyn, and Rev. A.N. Fisher of Rochester. [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1878
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Frederick Barrows aged about twenty-five years, son of Harrison Barrows, of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], came to the show on Saturday, accompanied by two brothers. In the evening, between eight and nine o'clock, he was found near a pump in front of the Spaulding House barn, in an unconscious condition. He was taken into the house, and Drs. Stuart and Avery were called, who found that there was a contusion over one of his eyes, and his right wrist broken. The fracture was reduced, and he received every attention from the physicians and the host and attendants at the hotel. Towards morning he became partially conscious and stated that when he had started for home with one of his brothers on Saturday evening, while turning the corner at the Guernsey residence, corner of West Main and Court Streets, he for some reason jumped form the wagon and was run over by a team moving in the opposite direction. It is supposed that he went back to the Spaulding House, through the rear alley, and in attempting to quench his thirst or bathe his broken limb, fainted.
At an early hour on Sunday morning, he was conveyed to his home, and we learn that he died, probably on Sunday, and was buried on Tuesday. It is the opinion of the physicians who attended him here that there was a concussion of the brain which resulted in his death. Whether his removal in his condition was proper is a question. We are informed that he was a man of good habits.
Frederick Barrows, of McDonough, the young man who was run over on East Main Street the night after the circus, died from the injuries sustained on that occasion at his home in McDonough on Tuesday night last. Who it was that ran over him is not known, but that rapid driving on our public thoroughfares is a dangerous pastime, and one that ought not to be tolerated, all concede, and the statutes in regard to that offence ought to be rigidly enforced. [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 6, 1978]
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CLARKE: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], June 30th, James W. Clarke, Esq., aged 63 years.
Mr. Clarke died at his residence in this village Sunday June 30th. He was the oldest son of the late Ethan Clarke and was born at Brookfield, Madison County [NY] in the year 1815 and removed with his father's family to Oxford about 1831 where he resided continuously until his decease.
From the time he came to years of manhood until his death, Mr. Clarke has been an active businessman, devoted thereto but at the same time not forgetting the higher duties which he owed to the church and to society. Few men were his equal in point of business capacity, judgment and foresight and his integrity and truthfulness were never questioned. By his energy attention to his work and great capacity, he built up and carried on for a long series of years what was for the locality a large mercantile business. In 1864 he entered upon the work of establishing the First National Bank of Oxford of which he became President, which position he held at the time of his death. The Bank was from the start a successful venture and that it was so, was owing in a large measure to the guidance, foresight and wisdom of Mr. Clarke. The instances are rare where a man without effort, without self seeking, has been so much looked up to, and in whose judgment and capacity such implicit confidence has been placed as was the case with the deceased. For long years Mr. Clarke has been closely identified with St. Paul's Chruch, first as a vestryman, and for the last twelve years as one of its Wardens. Oxford Academy has also shared in the labors which he has been willing to and has bestowed upon matters of public and universal interest.
Public appreciation of Mr. Clarke is second however to that which was felt and recorded by his family and immediate friends. He leaves these scenes with a lasting record as a devoted husband, a loving father, a kind and affectionate brother, and a reliable friend. His loss can hardly be estimated, time and events will tell and surely demonstrate how great it is. His death is a shock to his family, to his friends, to the Church, to the Bank, to the Academy, to society, a shock few if any can now fully realize. The loss to all these, however, can scarcely equal the gain which is his in exchange for his happy surroundings here, joined to the large number of relatives and friends who have gone before, he awaits the coming of the loved ones whom he has left here but for a time. Oxford Times, July 3d.
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There are many of the older residents of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] whose recollections of old-time association as they pass from this to the undiscovered country from whose borne no traveler returns, who have a pleasing remembrance of Samuel B. Garvin who died suddenly of apoplexy, at his residence in the Hotel Royal in New York on Friday evening last. The New York journals state that his health had been very good of late, but about 9 o'clock on Wednesday night he was seized with an apoplectic stroke, at No. 131 West Twenty-third Street while attending to some legal business. A physician was called in, but nothing could be done for him as the entire right side was paralyzed. He remained in a semi-comatose condition until midnight when he was removed to the hotel. Though unable to speak, he seemed to rally somewhat after his removal to the hotel and in a few hours could move his hands on the paralyzed side. On Thursday afternoon a consultation was held between Dr. Bryant, Dr. Austin Flint and Dr. Patten. From this examination there seemed to be strong hopes of his recovery, but at 1 A.M. Friday he began to grow rapidly worse, and he expired at 8:30 P.M.
Mr. Garvin was born in 1811 at Butternuts, Otsego County [NY]. In the village of his birth, he resided until between seventeen and eighteen years of age, when he removed to this village where he engaged in the study of law in the office of David Buttolph and Chas. A. Thorp, then law partners in this place. Here after being admitted to the bar, he married a daughter of the late Dr. Henry Mitchell. We copy from the Utica Observer:
"About 1840 he removed to Utica. Here he established an enviable reputation as a lawyer and a citizen. In 1850, he was elected District Attorney of Oneida County, and during this time he conducted successfully several important criminal trials. By President Pierce, in 1856, he was appointed United States District Attorney for the Northern District of New York. After serving in this capacity for two years he resigned his office, went to New York City and engaged in the practice of the law. He became a member of the law firm of Schaefer, Garvin & Dodge. About 1862 he was elected judge of the Superior Court. Resigning this office, he was appointed District Attorney by Governor Hoffman to fill the vacancy caused by the election of A. Oakey Hall to the Mayoralty. Upon the expiration of this partial term, he was elected and filled the term preceding that of Mr. Phelps, the present District Attorney. Since his retirement from this position, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession and is said to have been highly successful.
"On the evening of January 24, 1873, Judge Garvin came very near meeting a terrible death. He was seated in his library, it appears, busily engaged in writing, when suddenly the house was filled with the most heart-rending shrieks, while the cry of "fire!" resounded through it. Following the direction from which the shrieks emanated the Judge bounded upstairs and found his daughter rushing about her room enveloped in flames. The curtains and bedding in the room were also on fire. the judge at once seized a blanket and throwing it about his daughter, he succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not until both had been severely burned.
"Mr. Garvin leaves a wife, three daughters, all of whom are married, and one son, Henry M. Garvin, who has been connected for fifteen years with the New York City Department of Finance."
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