Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879)

 Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 5, 1879

Marriage

ADKINS - ROOT:  At the home of the bride in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] Feb. 20th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Malcom Adkin of Colesville [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Cora E. Root.

Death

WIGHTMAN:  In Willett, Cortland County [NY] Feb. 9, 1879, Warren Wightman aged 85 years, formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 8, 1879

Deaths

Preston, Chenango Co. NY:  Minnie A. Lewis died at the house of S.E. Lewis very suddenly, Thursday of pneumonia.  She leaves two small children without a mother and hosts of friends to mourn her loss. She was the daughter of the late Peleg Ashcraft of this town.

Afton, Chenango Co. NY:  Wm. M. Benedict, a soldier of the war of 1860, died March 3, and was buried by Vanderbergh Post, of which he was a member on Tuesday last.

Samuel Palmer:  an old and respected resident of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], died at that place on Monday aged 78 years.  he was for many years known to the traveling community as a prominent hotel keeper.  He was at one time proprietor of a hotel at Oriskany and later the landlord of the Palmer house in Oxford, now known as the Park Hotel.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 6, 1879

Marriages

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Feb. 16th, by Rev. W.R. Stone, Mr. Amos A. Huntley of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Flora A. Sherman both of Norwich.

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] Feb. 20th (?) by Rev. William Huntley, Mr. Wm. Burnap of German [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Minnie Huntley of the former place.

In Earlville [Madison Co. NY] Feb. 11th, by Rev. L.S. king, Mr. Robert P. Wentworth to Miss Mary E. Roe of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY]

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] March 3d by Rev. S.C. Fulton, Mr. William H Scoonover to Miss Martha E. Lamphere both of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].

Chenango Forks, Broome Co., NY:  A quiet hymenial event at the Congregational Parsonage on t he evening of the 13th ult.  The contracting parties were Eber Terwilliger and Miss Etna Johnson. 

Deaths

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], March 2d, of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Samuel A. Martin aged 65 years.

In Church Hollow [Chenango Co. NY] Feb. 23d, Mr. Charles Waters aged 54 years.

In Port Crane [Broome Co. NY] Feb. 16th, Mr. George B. Mayhew aged 62 years.