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Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, September 1878

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 5, 1878

Marriages

KING - NEWTON:  At the residence of the bride's parents in East Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. H.G. Harned, Mr. W.O. King of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss S.L. Newton of the former place.

CARTER - RANDALL:  In Cambridge, Vermont, August 23d, at the residence of Hon. J.C. Carpenter by Rev. B. Franklin Rattray, Mr. S. Carter of Albany, N.Y. [Albany Co.] to Miss Kate E. Randall of Charleston, S.C.

Under its proper head in today's Telegraph will be found the marriage announcement of Miss Kate E. Randall of Charleston, S.C., which took place at the residence of her uncle, Hon. J.C. Carpenter, at Cambridge, Vermont.  Mrs. R. is the daughter of Mr. Benjamin E. Randall, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], and granddaughter of Perez Randall for so many years County Clerk of this county.  She visited in this village some three years since and was well received by her many relatives here who will all be pleased to learn of her advantageous marriage.  The wedding trip is to Denver.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Sept. 7, 1878]

South Preston, Chenango Co. NY:  There was a pleasant gathering of neighbors and friends at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John H. McCall, on the 23d ult., it being the thirty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.  The usual presents, appropriate to such occasions, were bestowed and the company left, hoping that the happy couple may live to enjoy their golden wedding.

The Ithaca Journal [Tompkins Co. NY] relates the following:  Prof. Charles Crandall of Cornell University, with his talented bride, yesterday moved into the house recently vacated by A.R. Ward.  A romance in everyday life was the marriage of the Professor to Miss Jemima Robbins of Bridgewater, Oneida County [NY] last week.  They had been playmates, schoolmates, and companions through early life. The lady is highly cultured and accomplished and has a large circle of admiring friends and acquaintances.

At the Free Will Baptist Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], the wedding ceremony uniting in matrimony Mr. A.C. Wakefield of Orange, Massachusetts, to Miss Florence A. Blackman of this village will take place this (Wednesday) evening, at eight o'clock.  The ceremony will be performed by the pastor, Rev. W.R. Stone.

On Wednesday evening last the Free Baptist church in this village was crowded to witness the marriage of one of the favorite young ladies connected with the church, Miss Florence A. Blackman, eldest daughter of Cyrus Blackman Esq. to Mr. Alonzo C. Wakefield, one of the substantial young farmers of Orange, Mass.  The church upon this occasion was elaborately decorated with flowers, and in front of the desk suspended from a beautiful arch was the marriage bell, to which the happy pair marched to the music of the wedding carol from the organ.  The ceremony was beautifully and quickly performed by the pastor Rev. W.R. Stone and after the congratulations of friends, which were many, the bride and groom retired to the residence of Mr. Blackman where they found kind friends had unexpectedly sent a large number of rare and beautiful resents.  On Monday next the happy pair will leave for their New England home.  Mis Blackman will be missed from the household which she has so long graced by her presence, and in the choir where she was a leading alto singer, and in the church generally where, by her kind disposition and good works, she has endeared herself to all.  We wish this newly wedded pair a prosperous journey and a life of happiness in which success shall ever attend them.  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Sept. 7, 1878]

Deaths

GALLAGHER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 29th, Katie [Gallagher] daughter of the late Martin Gallagher, aged 12 years.

JOHNSON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 12th, Mary Shields [Johnson] wife of Thomas Johnson, aged 23 years.

BRYANT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 31st, Mrs. Harriet Bryant, wife of A.A. Bryant, Esq. and mother of Dr. J.D. Bryant of New York.

Her funeral was largely attended on Sunday afternoon by citizens of this and adjoining towns.  Her remains were interred in the Norwich cemetery [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, Sept. 4, 1878]

VAN TASSELL:  At the County House in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], August 26th, Mrs. Lucinda Van Tassell, wife of Perloy Van Tassell, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] aged 55 years.

BASSETT:  S.C. Bassett, an old and valued resident of West Edmeston, Otsego County [NY] was drowned Sunday afternoon August 25th, while fishing in a boat on the river.  He had caught a fish and fell backwards in trying to land him.  He tried to swim to the shore, a distance of some fifty feet, but sank when about half across.

GERE:  Pitcher, Chenango Co. NY:  Died, in Pitcher, August 27th, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gere.

SEYMOUR:  New Berlin, Chenango Co. NY:  Mrs. Ellen Seymour died last Tuesday of consumption.  She had been sick a long time but passed quietly away beyond the cares and shadows of this life to the glory of the better life.  Her last words were words of prayer, and the struggling soul was forever freed and Ellen gained the holy land where there is no "sorrow or weeping."

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 4, 1878

Death

Holmesville, Chenango Co. NY:  Mrs. Brett died at the residence of her son, Charles E. Brett, in this village, last Sunday night.  

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 7, 1878

Death

MEAD:  In Scranton, Pa. Sept. 1st, Maudie Bell [Mead]  daughter of G.H. Mead, aged 1 year, 8 months and 21 days.

KELLY:  Mrs. Kelly wife of Jonas Kelly, of Page Brook [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] in this town died from the effects of a cancer on Tuesday the 27th inst.

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