Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, June 13, 1849
Marriages
In Christ's Church, Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] on Thursday the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Andrews, Mr. Henry Eldredge and Miss Mary T.H. Cox eldest daughter of S.H. Cox, Esq. all of this place.
In Milan, Erie County, Ohio, on the 24th of May, by Rev. N. Barrett, Mr. Luke S. Stow son of Deacon Samuel Stow, of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] and Miss Mary E. Hamilton of the former place.
Deaths
This (Saturday) morning, at half-past 4 o'clock, Emily Sophia [Brookins] wife of J.G. Brookins, aged 20 years.
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On Saturday night, June 9th, while the cars were about passing the Nanticoke bridge going west, a man by the name of Henry Smith in attempting to cross the track before the locomotive with a horse and wagon in which were also his wife and niece, Helen Philips, a little girl about 12 years old, brought the horse and wagon in contact with the locomotive. The little girl was almost instantly killed, her clothes catching in the axle of the locomotive and with the exception of a fragment of a stocking, entirely torn off. It is said that Smith held her up some time and dropped her but a moment too soon to save her life. His wife was knocked down the bank with her leg broken and shoulder dislocated and other serious injuries. He escaped with but little injury. The horse was torn to pieces and the wagon shattered. The locomotive could be distinctly seen for a mile or two. Smith was driving along the parallel road, and though warned by his own eyes, the whistle and shrieks of the locomotive, the ringing of the bell, the cautions and appeals of spectators and by the earnest remonstrances of the wife and child, he with a reckless spirit and criminal foolhardiness braved the threatening catastrophe. He had no right thus to period his own life, whatever may be its value, but least of all the lives of others. We can scarcely view his heartless conduct in any other light than as deliberate murder, sending in a moment an innocent child into eternity, and throwing his wife upon a bed of anguish, perhaps of death. Such cases should be presented before a Grand Jury, an investigation had, and an example made that will arrest for the future such impious exposure of human life.
He was performing what he would have deemed and boasted of as a successful marvelously brilliant feat, in beating the locomotive. The steam horse got the start of him, but with a natural want of discrimination, equal to his own, it inflicted the penalty of the presumption on the wrong persons. Had Smith received a more serious remembrance of his noble daring, it would have made him less hazardous for the future. We learn that, even he, imputes no blame to anyone but himself and the jury that was promptly summoned and attended by John Congdon, Esq. our attentive Coroner, exonerate the Railroad Company from all censure or responsibility. We give the verdict:
At an inquest, held by John Congdon, at Union [Broome Co. NY], June 10, 1849, to enquire into the cause of the death of Helen Philips, the undersigned persons summoned and sworn find: That Helen Philips came to her death by injuries caused by a collision of the locomotive with a horse and wagon in which she was riding with Henry Smith; that such collision was caused by said Smith's driving said horse and wagon on the track before and within too short a distance of said locomotive; that no blame is attached to those having in charge the train.
This is a proper place to make some general remarks on the constant exposure of life and limb among the boys, painfully witnessed, every day, at the Depot. The little urchins in scores perform all sorts of antics on the track in the very face of the locomotive: lying on the road with their backs to the engine to hear the signal whistle and when warned of their danger, sending back a shout of boyish wantonness and impudence. If they have any persons who claim over them paternity or ownership the claimants should attend to them and, if need be, impound them, else some melancholy results will soon ensue. We give a timely warning.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, June 27, 1849
Marriages
At Way's Hotel, May 31st by Rev. J. Humphrey, Abraham C. Randall to Rachel Rounds both of Vestal [Broome Co. NY].
June 3d, Wm. H. Van Sickler of Owego [Tioga Co. NY] to Caroline M. Decker of Vestal [Broome Co. NY].
June 5th, Edward Underwood to Sally Ann Van Gorder both of Vestal [Broome Co. NY].
Deaths
In Princeton, Ill., December 3d, 1848, Mr. Isaac Hill, formerly of Union, Broome County, N.Y. aged 56 years.
In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], On Saturday the 16th instant, Mrs. Cloe Gilmore, widow of Lemuel Gilmore, aged 90 years.
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In West Colesville [Broome Co. NY], on Saturday the 9th instant, after a brief illness of twenty-seven hours, Jane Eliza [Caniff] daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Caniff, aged two years and six months.
Sweet bud of being, for a moment given, / Though snatched in love from all the woes of earth, / Not dead; but wakened to a nobler birth / Oh! thou are happy now, escaped from all / That shrouds the spirit with a gloomy pall; / Thy pangs are over, rest, thou pure one rest / We would not call thee back, for thou art blest.
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At Chenango Forks [Broome Co. NY] June 4, Aurelius Victor [Root] only son of George W. and Jane Root, aged five years and six months, dearly beloved and deeply regreted.
Alas! thou art gone from us, dear child, / That eye, so fondly looked and smiled; / And those bright cheeks and forehead mild / Are cold in death, my boy.
We hear no more thy footsteps light, / Those sparking eyes are closed in night, / No more to bless our happy sight; / We weep for thee, my boy.
Cut down in happy childhood's bloom, / Thy morning sun soon set in gloom; / And, sorrowing o'er thine early tomb, / We mourn for thee, my boy.
Yet still, full happy is thy lot, / For Angels hovered o'er thy cot, / And He, who said, "Forbid them not / To come to me," my boy.
Will raise thee from thy sleeping dust, / When, with the spirits of the just, / Thou'lt bloom again, we fondly trust, / In paradise, my boy.
Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, March 13, 1879
Marriages
At Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] March 11th, by Rev. Ellery I. Peck, William F. Lindsay of Fly Creek, N.Y. [Otsego Co.] to Miss Louisa E. Stickles of Otsego, N.Y. [Otsego Co. NY].
At the home of the bride's parents, March 6th, by Rev. P.H. Seeley, Burrell Lent and Miss Jessie Van Dyke all of Richfield Springs [Otsego Co. NY].
Deaths
In this village [Cooperstown Otsego Co. NY] March 8th, Thomas Strachan int he 36th year of his age.
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] March 9th, Mary C. [Davis] widow of the late Robert Davis, aged 72 years.
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] March 5th, Mrs. Rosana Hoey in the 79th year of her age; a native of Phillipstown, Kings County, Ireland. Mrs. Hoey came to this country in 1851 and was for the last 25 years a resident of Cooperstown. She was much respected by all who knew her.
At Temetola Ranche, San Diego County, California, Mary Alice [Worthington] aged one year, daughter of Dr. Henry and Kate Worthington of Los Angeles, and grandchild of the late John R. Worthington.
In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] March 2d, George C. Smith in the 39th year of his age.
In Brooklyn [NY] March 4th, Lyman W. Bates formerly of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY].
In Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] March 2d, Mrs. Sarah Wilson relict of the late Wm. C. Wilson, in the 69th year of her age.
In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 25th, '79, Isaac R. Parcelle, aged 82 years and two months.
At his residence near Grand Gorge, Delaware Co. [NY], Feb. 11th, Calvin Bartholomew aged nearly 73 years, formerly of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY].
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 18, Edgar H. Waters aged 38 years.
In Westford [Otsego Co. NY], March 1st, Nancy [Fellows] relict of the late Wm. Fellows, aged 69 years and 5 months.
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