Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 2, 1827
Marriages
In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on the 4th ult. by J. Bostwick, Esq. Mr. Daniel Reeves aged seventy! to Mrs. Elizabeth Baker aged sixty-seven!!
In the same town [Hamden, Delaware Co. NY] by the same, on the 20th ult. Mr. Baldwin to Mrs. Eliza Newbury.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 9, 1827
Marriage
In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 5th inst. by J. Hitchcock, Esq. Mr. Melancton Aiken to Miss Betsey Davis all of Delhi.
Death
In New York on Sunday evening the 29th ult. the Hon. Rufus King in the 73d year of his age; late Minister of the U. States to the Court of St. James.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 16, 1827
Death
It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of General Frederick P. Foote late of Arbor Hill in this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY]. This melancholy event took place on the 23d day of February last, at the city of Leghorn in Italy, and on last Wednesday its afflicting tidings reached his family and friends in this place.
For about seven years past, Gen. Foote has been laboring under a pulmonary complaint, the progress of which has been marked by the most striking vicissitudes. Twice it brought him almost within "the cerements" of the tomb, and then, relaxing its hold on his life, hurried from his arms to the grave, in sad succession, a wife, a daughter, and a son. Its eventful changes have reversed in several instances between him and his friends the doom of mortality. Some of those who, in unsuspecting health the while, hastened to his bedside to administer to him the last sorrowful offices of friendship. He afterwards followed as a mourner to the silent sepulcher. Through these deep afflictions, he passed, smitten but not destroyed, with a temper and deportment, that could not fail to fix on the minds of his acquaintances an impressive estimate of his moral excellence and Christian purity.
On the approach of winter, he embarked from the city of New York in November last, to seek beneath the milder skies of a foreign region that health, which he believed bloomed not for him on the soil of his native country. He reached the place of his destination. But that famed restorative, the Italian climate, was able to delay but for a few weeks the consummation of his immedicable disease, aggravated as it became by the effects of a boisterous voyage across the Atlantic. And at a returnless distance from his country and kindred, from that tender nursing of his love, his youngest daughter (the only remnant spared to him from the wreck foo his family) he yielded up his life, with composure and resignation, in the 44th year of his age.
I will accord with the lively recollections of a large portion of his acquaintances to add, that military renown was the idol of Gen. P.'s ambition. And although it was not his good fortune to be so circumstanced as to mingle his fame with the glory of his country by achievements in arms; yet this disposition inspired him with a high heroic temper of mind and an enthusiastic fondness for the art of war, and these united with signal skill and a winning urbanity of demeanor, rendered him during a short campaign in actual service, and throughout his various commands in the militia, an object of general admiration. He was distinguished in private and in public, by strict probity, a high sense of honor and an ardent patriotism. His heart was the seat of liberal sentiments of generous friendships and the bright circle of kindred ties drew from it, the ceaseless tribute of the most exemplary kindness and love. But we will not expatiate. His worth is graven on the tablet of memory in those deep traces of emotion, that the pen can but faintly copy.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 23, 1827
Marriages
In the city of New York, in the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th instant, by the Rev. W.G. Miller, Major Charles Hathaway Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Maria Augusta Bowne, eldest daughter of Mrs. Bowne of the former place.
In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday evening last, by Walter Chace, Esq. Mr. John Thompson of Bovina, to Miss Catharene Crawford of the former place.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 30, 1827
Another Patriot of the Revolution Gone
Died at Lebanon, Madison County, N.Y. on the 20th ult. Mr. Jonathan Bates in the 73d year of his age. He was the oldest male settler in that town. He was a man of peculiar character, of gigantic stature and commanding look. He was one of the men that accompanied Colonels Allen and Arnold at the capture of Ticonderoga. He was one of the rear guard that covered the retreat of Gen. Warren, when that valuable officer fell at Bunker Hill. He was engaged in several slight skirmishes with marauding parties and was afterwards engaged in the battle of Newtown, when Sullivan defeated the Indians. He died respected by the circle of his acquaintance. Hamilton Recorder.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 1, 1838
Marriage
At Delhi, N.Y. [Delaware Co.] on the 10th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Judd, Mr. William Fuller of Augusta (Georgia) to Miss Augusta [Root], daughter of Gen. E Root.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 8, 1838
Died at Greenville, N.C. on the 30th of Sept. after an illness of nine days, Mr. Seth W. Stoddard aged 28 years, eldest son of James Stoddard 2d, of Lisle, Broome Co. N.Y.
He graduated at Union College in July 1837, and in September he revisited the South, having previously spent a year in Virginia. During the present year he resided at Raleigh, N.C. and the last of August removed to Greenville to take charge of the Academy in that place. He had discharged the duties of his station but three weeks, when he was attacked by the prevailing disease of the climate - a bilious fever - and soon fell a victim.
To his friends and bereaved relatives, the event was as unexpected as overwhelming. His personal appearance and manners were peculiarly calculated to win the affections of all. To a mind of a high order, were united decision and energy of character and an amiable and affectionate disposition. Over all these a Christian spirit shed a bright luster, and he died as he lived trusting in the merits of a Savior and with a firm attachment to those truths which have been for years the guide of his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and designed to enter the ministry, but death has blasted the hopes of his friends and destroyed his prospects of future useful events. His death in the prime of life, and when nearly prepared to engage in his profession, is one of those mysterious events, the reasons of which lie hid in the counsels of the Almighty. To Him let men bow in humble resignation. To all the members of the family, the shock is one of unusual severity. He was a dutiful son and affectionate brother, and felt that his parents, now in the winter of life, were committed to his own peculiar care. But he is taken from the evils of life, and now rejoices on high. Of him it may be written, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 29, 1838
Marriages
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on the 22d inst. by the Rev R Fox, Mr. John Nimmons to Miss Cornelia Andrus, both of Binghamton.
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 28th inst. by the Rev. David D. Gregory, Mr. Nathan Lee to Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
News Item
Ages of the Presidents
We gather the following interesting facts from the National Intelligencer:
George Washington was born 1732; elected President in 1789; installed the same year at the age of 57; served eight years, and then retired to a private life at the age of 65.
John Adams was born 1735; elected in 1796; was 62 years of age when installed; served 4 years; retired in 1801 at the age of 66.
Thomas Jefferson was born 1751; elected in 1800; installed in 1801 at the age of 58 years; served eight years; retired in 1809 at the age of 66.
James Madison was born 1751; elected in 1808; installed in 1809 at 58 years of age; served eight years; retired in 1817 at the age of 66.
James Monroe was born in 1758; elected in 1816; installed the next year, when he was 58 years of age; served 8 years; retired from office in 1825, aged 66.
John Quincy Adams was born in 1765; elected in 1825; instaleld the follwoign year at the age of sixty years; served 4 years; retired in 1829, at the age of 64.
Andrew Jackson was born in 1769; elected in 1828; went into office in 1829, at the age of 62; served eight years; retired in 1837, at the age of 70.
Martin Van Buren was born in 1782; elected in 1836; installed in 1837, at the age of 55 years. [served four years, leaving the presidency in 1841 at the age of 59. He was president at the time this news edition was published.]
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