Vital Records, Madison (1815) & Otsego (1870) Counties, NY

 The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, June 21, 1815

Deaths

Two sons of Seth Curtis and one son of Jonathan Curtis, of Nelson [Madison Co. NY] were unfortunately drowned in a mill pond yesterday where they had repaired for the purpose of bathing.  The youngest boy was about 8 and the oldest about 14 years of age.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, June 28, 1815

Death

In this village [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY] on Thursday last, Mr. John Bates, aged 26.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, July 5, 1815

Death

Drowned on Sunday last, in the town of Manlius [Onondaga Co. NY] in a small mill pond, Mr. Adam Walter aged 18.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, August 9, 1815

Marriage

On Sunday evening last by the Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. Julius Webber to Miss Phebe Smith all of this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY].

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, August 3, 1870

Marriage

June 29th in the Presbyterian Church at Burlington Green [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. W.B. Gladstone, Robert Oliver of Elko, Nevada to Miss Ann Rutherford of the former place.

Deaths

At Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] July 23d, Frank [Matteson] son of Amos Matteson, aged 13 years.

At Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] July 23d, Anna Short youngest daughter of Erastus Short, aged 14 years.

At Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] July 25th, Esther [Lippitt] widow of the late moses Lippitt, aged 65 years and four months.

At Schenevus [Otsego Co. NY] June 18th, Nathaniel Huson aged 61 years.

The sudden death of Noah Perry, Esq. of New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY], in the store of J.M. Lull in this village [Morris, Otsego Co. NY] on the morning of July 26th, mention of which we made in part of our issue last week, we again notice.  Mr. Perry had left his home that morning in as good health as he had enjoyed for several  years; he having, we are told, been troubled with the heart disease and was trading in the store, where he died without hardly a struggle.  Mr. Perry was born on the farm in New Lisbon he occupied when he died; was an upright and honorable citizen and retained the respect of all who knew him.  He was in the 78th year of his age.  His funeral was largely attended at the residence of his brother (Horace Perry) in this village by a large circle of relatives and friends on Wednesday the 27th.

News Item

A Mrs. Story died in Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] last February, leaving a real estate worth about $25,000. She first willed this property equally to her children and the representatives of such as had died. Then in a codicil to her will, made a few days before her death, she provided for the maintenance and support of five orphaned grandchildren - the children of her son, Capt. Robert Story, of the 71st N.Y.S. Volunteers, who received his death wound at the battle of Gettysburg, - who had resided with her six years, by giving them the benefits of a lease of her real estate, worth about $800 a year, until the youngest shall become 16 years old.  There is "family feeling" existing on account of the codicil.  Four of the heirs support the codicil and three oppose its admission to probate, the latter on the ground that it was obtained of undue influence and the alleged mental incapacity of the testatrix.  The case was brought before the Surrogate week before last and adjourned to the 11th inst.  Journal

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, August 17, 1870

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, Aug. 8, by Rev. W.L. Thorpe, George L. Lyon of Milford [Otsego Co. NY] to Ida Belle Gorham of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY].

At Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] August 3d, by H. Brown, J. Luzerne Adams of New Lisbon [Otsego  Co. NY] to Miss Emma M. Irons of Hartwick.

On Wednesday evening, Aug. 10th, John Beedmen, aged 22 years, a resident of the west part of Morris [Otsego Co. NY], went with two other young men into the Unadilla River, near the bridge leading to South New Berlin, bathing, and getting into deep water suddenly, and not being an expert swimmer, was drowned.  His companions attempted to save him, seeing they could not, gave an alarm.  His body was not found for over two hours, and then of course all efforts to resuscitate were fruitless.  Young Beedmen, was a worthy young man and was highly esteemed by those who knew him, and his untimely death has cast a gloom over the neighborhood in which it occurred. This, we are told is the fourth person that has been drowned near the spot where this accident took place.

Mrs. Ralph Wright, formerly Miss Griswold, who was born and passed her early life near the village of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], was brutally murdered by her husband at their home in Conneaut, Ohio, on the night of the 13th of July last.  After killing his wife with an ax and setting fire to the house, in which were his four daughters, the murderer hung himself in the barn.  The fire was extinguished and the children escaped unharmed.  Mr. Wright is supposed to have been insane.

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, August 24, 1870

Marriage

At Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] July 31, by Rev. George Heaton, John Houghkerk, to Miss Hattie Wood both of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY]

Deaths

In Edmeston [Otsego Co. NY] July 14, Mrs. Malind Nelson aged 58 years.

In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] Aug. 5th, Mrs. Maneron Bolton aged 63 years.

We regret to learn that Chester Jarvis, Esq. formerly a resident of this village [Morris, Otsego Co. NY], died at Kenderhook [Columbia Co. NY], on Wednesday, Agu. 10th, in the 78th year of his age.

News Item

The store of D.M. & E.G. Halbert at Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] was entered at 3 o'clock on the morning of August 17th by three burglars.  The noise awakened two clerks, who slept in the store, and they attacked the burglars, beating one of them very severely and capturing him, while the others made their escape.  While the clerks were preparing to secure their captive, his companions returned to rescue him, and shot one of the clerks through the head, killing him instantly.  His name was Frederick A. Mirrick.  The clerks had a revolver, but it misfired.  The burglars fired five shots altogether and evidently supposed they had killed both clerks. The name of the surviving clerk is Gilbert Burrows.  He was but slightly wounded. Rewards are offered for the capture of the murderers; by the city, $2,500, by the county $2,500, by the Messers Halbert $1,000.

Later

The bodies of two of the three burglars who murdered young Mirrick in Halbert's store, were found Friday morning last in the Chenango River.  After the murder, they attempted to cross the river and were drowned. They were both injured, one of them very severely in the fight with the clerks. their confederate is still at large. The bodies have been identified as men that have been seen about the city for several days' past.

Frederick A. Mirrick, the young man murdered in Binghamton last week by burglars, was formerly a resident of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY].  His mother, for her second husband, married a Mr. Hanford, and removed to Walton, Del. Co., some two or three years ago.