Democratic Union, Oneida, NY, April 18, 1872
Marriages
FRANCIS - MILES: In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY], April 4, by Rev. A. Scofield, Deacon James Francis and Miss Carrie Miles, both of Georgetown.
HYDE - LING: In Bridgeport [Madison Co. NY], March 28, by Rev. D.D. Lowell, Mr. Dwight Hyde and Miss Maggie M. Ling, both of Bridgeport.
KEPPEL - CURTIS: In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] April 8, by Rev. H.F. Dudley, Rev. David Keppel, Pastor of the M.E. Church and Miss Mary Curtis of South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].
SEAMAN - SEAMAN: In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], April 6, by Eld. Thomas Fisher, Mr. Horace Seaman and Miss Hattie Seaman, all of DeRuyter.
BRIDGE - BECKER: In Stockbridge [Madison Co. NY], April 12, by Rev. B.H. Brown, Mr. William Bridge, Sr., and Mrs. Mary Jane Becker, both of Stockbridge.
TUCKER - WHITE: In Albany [Albany Co. NY] April 9, by Rev. S.N. Kane, Mr. Charles D. Tucker of that city, and Miss Sarah E. White, daughter of Mr. Benjamin White, of Morrisville.
Deaths
WATROUS: In Oriskany Falls [Oneida Co. NY], March 31, Charles Watrous, aged 62 years.
ABBOTT: In Oriskany Falls [Oneida Co. NY], April 6, Mrs. Jayson Abbott aged 77 years.
JACOBS: In Vernon [Oneida Co. NY], March 17, Mrs. Louisa Jacobs, wife of Philander P. Jacobs, aged 50 years, 5 months and 18 days. She leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
ELMER: In Erieville [Madison Co. NY], March 23, Mrs. Sarah J. Elmer, wife of James Elmer aged 25 years.
GRIFFITHS: In Erieville [Madison Co. NY], April 7, Miss Betsey Griffiths, aged 19 years.
PARMALEE: In Verona [Oneida Co. NY], April 9, after an illness of a few hours, Mrs. Mary Parmalee, wife of Philo Parmalee, in the 58th year of her age.
DOTY: In Verona [Oneida Co. NY], April 10, David W. [Doty] infant son of David and Maria Doty, aged 18 months.
SHERRILL: In Belvidere, Ill., March 21, Mr. S.R. Sherrill, formerly of Eaton village [Madison Co. NY], aged 78 years.
LEACH: In Galesburg, Ill. March 26, Laura [Leach] wife of Clement Leach and daughter of Daniel Hatch of Eaton [Madison Co. NY], aged 65 years.
HAMBLIN: In Perryville [Madison Co. nY], April 9, Edwin Hubbard only child of Eugene L. and Hannah B. Hamblin, aged 1 year, 1 month and 9 days.
ALLEN: In Wampsville [Madison Co. NY], April 12, Charles Allen, in the 80th year of his age.
PEARL: In Clinton [Oneida Co. NY], April 8, Mrs. Caroline S. Pearl, formerly a resident of Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], aged about 62 years.
WHITE: In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], April 10, Isaac White, aged 66 years.
FOSTER: In Stockbridge [Madison Co. NY], April 3d, Rachel Manress Foster aged 73 years.
RICHARDS: In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], April 7, James Richards father of J.G. Richards, of Morrisville, aged 65 years and 7 months.
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SARTWELL: In Durhamville [Oneida Co. NY], April 2, of consumption, Eliddy Sartwell daughter of E.M. and William Sartwell, aged 19 years and 5 months.
Close by the side of our loved ones, / We lay her gently to rest; / Hoping again to meet her, / Above, in the realms of the blest.
We know that it's only the casket / That lies hidden beneath the earth / The spirit has passed to its' Maker, / And surely her gain is our dearth.
Shall we weep for the spirit that's flown, / Since we know we may meet her again, / For she has gone but few days before us, / To the land that is free from all pain.
It is not the worst sorrow to die, / Nor the purest of joy to live; / Tis a pleasure to quit this vain earth, / The blessings of Heaven to receive.
Dear Savior, when life's journey shall end, / May we meet our loved daughter in Heaven, / We will patiently wait for that hour / Till this joy to our souls shall be given. M.M.H.
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On Wednesday morning of last week Wm. O. Wormuth, residing about one mile north of Chittenango Falls in the town of Fenner [Madison Co. NY], was found dead in his door yard. About seven o'clock, his son, Nelson, went to the residence of Levi Brown, a short distance from Mr. Wormuth's and said to him, that he "guessed his father was shot." Mr. Brown went immediately to Mr. Wormuth's house and found his body lying in the yard about three rods north of the dwelling. Dr. M. Billington, Coroner, of this village, was notified and proceeded to summon a jury and hold an inquest. H.L. Keeler, Lucian D. Hamblin, Lucian T. Nourse, David Hollenbeck, Simeon Mead and William Hamblin, composed the jury. Levi Brown, Dr. Theodore Mead, Elizabeth Wormuth and Nelson Wormuth, wife and son of the deceased, were sworn and examined as witnesses. The following facts were elicited: Mr. Wormuth had been in feeble health for several weeks and was taking medicine. He arose about six o'clock in the morning, dressed, took his chamber, and went out of the house to empty the same. His wife was in the pantry looking out the window and saw him bend over. In a moment after she saw him lying on the ground. She called her son who lodged in the chamber. On going out, they discovered that Mr. Wormuth was dead. The vessel and a Colt's revolver were lying four or five feet from the body. The pistol was a six-shooter, one barrel of which had been discharged. Dr's Mead and Billington made a postmortem examination of the body and found that his death was caused by a pistol shot, the ball entering the left side, passing through the heart and left lung and lodging near the spinal column. The bullet found in the body exactly fitted the empty chamber of the revolver. A leather pouch was attached to the body, in which the deceased had for a long time carried this pistol. The supposition is that when Mr. Wormuth bent over to empty his vessel, the pistol dropped from the leather pouch in which he carried it, striking upon the vessel which cause it to discharge. The jury rendered a verdict that his death was caused by the accidental discharge of a pistol, which the deceased carried upon his person. His age was about 75 years. He had resided in the town of Fenner many years and although a very eccentric man, and supposed by many to be partially insane, he had accumulated a handsome property. Times
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TIFFT: Near Bennett's Corners [Madison Co. NY], April 11, Milo H. [Tifft] son of T.J. Tifft, in the 26th year of his age.
On Thursday afternoon, April 11th, an accident occurred on the N.Y.&O. Midland Railroad in the vicinity of Bennett's Corners, which result in the instant death of the fireman, Milo Tifft. It seems, as Randall's working train was returning to Oneida from the south, that the engine tender and three flat cars, were thrown from the track, from some unknown cause, the tender falling on the west side of the track, while the engine plunged on the opposite side burying young Tifft beneath its huge weight. Purdy, the engineer was also carried with the engine, but fortunately escaped injury and succeeded in crawling out of the cab window. With great difficulty, after nearly an hour's labor, the hands succeeded in getting at the unfortunate man who was buried to the depth of two or three feet in the mud and strange to say that his body bore no marks or signs of injury. Tifft was a young man of about 24 years of age, resided in Oneida [Madison Co. NY], where he leaves a wife to not only mourn her faithful husband's death, but also the death of their only child, which died about three weeks since. How strange, how sad, that this unfortunate woman should be a happy bride, bereaved mother, and a disconsolate widow all within the short space of fifteen months. The brother and relatives of the deceased man wish to render their truly heartfelt thanks through The Union to the officers of the Midland Railroad, who have unhesitatingly done all that lay within their power to alleviate the sorrows of the afflicted, by not only paying a tribute of respect to the departed by running a special train from Oswego to Oneida and back, free of charge, to all who wished to attend the funeral, which was held at the Presbyterian Church last Sabbath at 2 o'clock P.M. The company also bore the entire expenses of the burial. The many railroad hands who willingly rendered assistance in various ways, also have the sincere thanks of the relatives of the deceased. The funeral was largely attended, the church being too small to accommodate all with seats who were present. He was formerly of Oswego [Oswego Co. NY] but had resided in Oneida for the past year.
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MORGAN: In Oriskany Falls [Oneida Co. NY], April 9, Earl Morgan, aged 6 years.
A sad accident occurred here last Tuesday by which Earle Morgan, a bright intelligent boy six years old, lost his life. The circumstances, as near as we can ascertain them, are as follows: On Tuesday noon Earle came home from school and after dinner his mother told him to go to his grandmothers, Mrs. A.D. Bentley, on an errand. In going there, he crossed the creek bridge near the machine shop and went up Madison St. to the foot bridge. This foot bridge is not more than eighteen inches wide and the brave little fellow, drawing a hand sled, attempted to cross backwards, watching his sled so it would remain on the bridge. The stream was swollen to an immense height, and it is supposed that the roaring and surging of the water bewildered his brain, and he lost his balance. Many old and full-grown men would not dare to cross the bridge at such a time, but little Earle Morgan knew no fear. He made desperate efforts to swim, but he was carried over the falls, a depth of twenty-five feet, the base of which is full of projecting rocks. He was rescued near Hick's dam and taken to the house of his grandfather, A.D. Bentley, where all that medical skill and kind friends could do was done to restore life, but in vain. Dr. Babcock things the injuries on his head were sufficient to produce death. His funeral was attended Thursday at the Stone Church, Rev. M. Marshall of Madison officiating and the large number who attended his remains to the cemetery asserted that he was a general favorite among old and young and his kind parents have the sincere sympathy of the whole community in their sad affliction and bereavement.
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