Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, December 7, 1813
Deaths
At Preston [Chenango Co. NY], on the 4th of September last, Miss Melissant Punderson daughter of Deacon Punderson, AEt. 16. Miss Punderson was keeping school in an adjoining town, when hearing of the illness of a beloved sister, her ever ready feelings took the alarm, and with the many kindnesses of which she was capable, she hoped to be an instrument in restoring her sister in health to her aged parents. How mysterious are the ways of Providence! Her sister was indeed restored - But the amiable Melissant was attacked with the disease, and after a sickness of sixteen days, her pure, spirit ascended to the God which gave it, and her body was consigned to the house appointed for all the living.
On the 23d ult. Mr. Charles Punderson, only son of Deacon Punderson, AEt . In the death of Mr. Punderson, we have an evidence of the lively faith which can actuate those who place their hopes on the God of Israel. Among the many proofs which he gave of an interest in the Redeemer, a few moments before his death he broke out in the following animating lines--"Now to the wisdom of my lord and master, / Do I commit all that I have or wish for; / sweetly as babes sleep will I give my life up, / When call'd to yield it."
On the next day (24th) and while the remains of her husband were interring, Mrs. Polly Punderson AEt 23. All of the typhus fever. Mr. and Mrs. Punderson have left three young children to lament their loss.
Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, March 1, 1814
Deaths
At Columbia [Herkimer Co. NY] on the 11th ult., D.V.W. Golden, Esquire, first judge of the county of Herkimer (NY].
At Herkimer [Herkimer Co. NY], Michael Myers, formerly first Judge of that county.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 12, 1826
Marriage
In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY], on Thursday last by Elder Cummings. Mr. Henry More Jun. to Miss Betsey Ann Farrington all of Delhi.
Elopement
Whereas my wife Betsey [Ogden] has eloped from my bed and board. This is to forbid all persons from harboring or trusting her on my account, as i will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. Abna Ogden Franklin [Delaware Co. NY], April 15, 1826.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 26, 1826
Marriages
In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY], on Thursday last, by Smith St. John, Esq. Mr. Michael Goodrich to Miss Polly Cable.
At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Nathan Bennett to Miss Sally Cable.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 3, 1826
Death
At Walton [Delaware Co. NY], on the 26th April, Col. Gabriel North Jun. in the 36th year of his age. The hand of a lingering and painful illness had been laid upon him for a long time past, and has at last bowed him to the tomb at an age of life when that solemn dispensation is the most severely afflicting, bereaving a wife and a family of small children of that domestic companionship, that support, solace and protection so greatly needed and so reasonably expected from him for many years to come and depriving society of one whom having sufficiently tried, it could so confidently rely upon as being qualified to fill with usefulness its various relations. Col. North was a man of exemplary propriety of conduct and goodness of heart - modest, amiable, liberal and intelligent, and on the moral virtues he had engrafted the faith and hopes of Christianity.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 31, 1826
Death
Died Suddenly in the town of Hamden [Delaware Co. NY], on the 24th inst. Mr. Abel Stockwell, aged 55 years.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 7, 1837
Marriage
In Conklin [Broome Co. NY], on the 30th ult by the Rev. Mr. Row, Mr. Henry Allard to Miss Rhoda Newton, both of Conklin.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 14, 1837
Marriages
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on the evening of the 7th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Starkweather, Mr. Sidney Mayhew, merchant, of Montgomery, Alabama, to Miss Rosalinda S. Wood, daughter of the late John Wood, Esq. of Boston.
At Fair Port, Chemung County [NY] on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Vogle, Mr. E.S. Hart, merchant, of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] to Angelina [Underhill] daughter of Charles Underhill, Esq.
Deaths
At Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, on the 18th ult. Mrs. Delclutha [Randall] wife of Mr. Peres Randall, formerly of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], aged 32 years.
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on Monday last, David [Woolsey], aged 2 years and 7 months.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 28, 1837
Death
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on Friday, the 22d inst., Mr. William H. Pratt aged 29 years.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, January 4, 1838
Deaths
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Thursday last, Mr. Selah Squires aged 84 years.
Also, on the same day, Jeanette M. [Cushman] daughter of Mr. Eugenio Cushman of the town of Barker [Broome Co. NY], aged 3 years.
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Death of Catharine Brant (from the Commercial Advertiser)
The Upper Canada papers announce the death, at the Mohawk Village, on the Grand River of Catharine Brant, relict of Joseph Brant, the celebrated leader of the Six Nations, aged 78 years. this Indian Princess was a remarkable woman. She was the third wife of the distinguished Chief, whose name during the war of the America Revolution carried terror into every border hamlet, and was moreover in her own right, by birth, the head of the great Indian confederacy of the Six Nations. Hence, on the death of her husband, in 1807, upon her devolved the naming of a successor to the head Chieftaincy of the Alliance. The post was conferred on her youngest son, the late John Brant, who died of the cholera, in 1832.
On the death of this noble fellow, who was her favorite son, she appointed to the Chieftaincy an infant grandchild, the son of Colonel William J. Kerr, of Brant House, Wellington Square, who married the youngest daughter of Joseph Brant. The Chief is a sprightly little fellow - three quarter Mohawk, and inheriting his white blood from Sir William Johnson, of whom he is the great-grandson. Mrs. Brant, the deceased, was a true Mohawk. She was very handsome when young, and was married to Captain Joseph Brant at Niagara, in the spring of 1780. When the old Chief visited England the first time, in 1775-6, having resolved to take up the hatchet in the cause of the crown, he procured a large gold finger ring, upon which the name Joseph Brant Thayendanygea was engraved, in order that, in the event of his fall, his body might be known. Soon after his death, this ring was lost and was not seen again until ploughed up in the field, two years ago. Its recovery gave great joy to the old lady, who happened to be on a visit to her daughter when it was found. After the war, her husband built a mansion at the head of Lake Ontario, where he adopted the English style of living to a considerable extent. But on his death, Mrs. Brant resumed the Indian mode of life, and returned among her people, on the Grand River, where she resided ever since, with the exception of occasional visits to her accomplished daughter at the Brant House.
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