Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, June 1, 1859
Marriage
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY] May 26th, by Elder J. Cooke. Mr. Augustus L. Hubbard of Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Maria Townsend of Milford.
Death
The remains of O.S. Cooke, late of this village [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY], and son of Woodbury K. Cooke, who died in New York some months since, arrived in this village on Saturday evening last and on Monday at 10 o'clock A.M. his remains were followed to their last resting place (the Presbyterian burying ground) by a large procession of our citizens.
Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, June 15, 1859
Marriage
In Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] May 4th, by Rev. L. Bowdish, Mr. John B. Davis of Morris [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Julia E. Greene of Laurens.
Death
A lad named Marvin Lewis son of Mr. Henry Lewis, living in Morris [Otsego Co. NY] opposite South New Berlin, was drowned in the Unadilla River on the 3d inst. while bathing.
Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, June 22, 1859
Death
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY] on the 17th inst. Miss Eveline F. [Moak] daughter of john P. and Elizabeth Moak, aged 18 years.
Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, June 29, 1859
Deaths
In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d inst. Daniel Loomis aged 61 years.
In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 17th inst. Wm. Carlichael aged 85 years.
In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on the 9th inst. Helen Louisa [Brown] eldest daughter of Gen. John S. Brown in the 23d year of her age.
We regret to learn that the eldest daughter of Mr. David Parker of West Burlington [Otsego Co. NY], came to a sudden death on the 15th inst. by getting hung in a pair of bars. She was a bright, intelligent child whose untimely death has inflicted a deep sorrow upon her parents and their sympathizing friends. The school of which she was a loved member, attended her funeral in a body. [Ella Maria Parker, b. 18 Sept. 1853, d. 14 June 1859 AE 5y, daughter of David Gardner and Susannah (Bolton) Parker] Freeman's Journal
Samuel Thurber an old and highly respected resident of East Worcester [Otsego Co., NY] aged 71 years, was kicked by a horse on the 4th inst. from the effects of which he died on the 11th. Freeman's Journal
Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, May 15, 1879
Deaths
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY], May 11th, Amy C. [Moak] wife of Jacob M.. Moak in the 68th year of her age.
At Fly Creek [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] May 10th, Edward T. [Thompson] son of Lee and Jane Thompson, aged 17 years.
In Otego [Otsego Co. NY] May 12, Marion Jennings [Birdsall] wife of Wm. Birdsall in the 27th year of her age.
In Toledo, Ohio, April 29, 1879, Mary Dennison [DeWolfe] wife of L.C. De Wolfe and daughter of Chas. and Henriette Dennison, formerly residents of this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY].
At Clintonville [Clinton Co. NY], May 8th, Willis C. Mathewson aged 22 years and 7 months.
In Otego [Otsego Co. NY] May 3d, Lavina [Burnside] wife of Thomas Burnside, aged 74 years.
In Westford, April 20, Lydia [Roe] wife of Jas. Roe in the 33d year of her age.
In Chaseville , N.Y. [Otsego Co.], May 7th, Mrs. Susan Palmer in the 64th year of her age.
The remains of the late Mr. Louis Blum were brought to Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] and on Saturday last interred in the Holder Cory plot in Lakewood Cemetery. He was the son-in-law of Mr. C. and leaves a widow and three children.
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WARREN: In Troy, N.Y. [Rensselaer Co.] May 8, the Hon. George B. Warren. Mr. Warren was born in Troy, Sept. 25, 1797, and was therefore in his 82d year, being, with perhaps one exception, the oldest native of the city. He was the son of Esaias Warren, the first Mayor of Troy elected by popular vote, was a successful businessman, a keen sportsman, and an honest office holder. [The Sun, NYC, May 11, 1879]
The death of George B. Warren Esq., so well-known to our villagers, is an episode in the history of Troy [Rensselaer Co, NY]. In the 82d year of his age, after a life of incessant activity, marked by large and successful business adventures and interspersed with innumerable acts of kindness which in connection with rare social qualities, endeared him to a host of friends, this venerable man has passed from among us. Probably few individual citizens of our State were more pleasantly known or will be more widely missed than the subject of this friendly tribute.
Mr. Warren was a man of quick perception, sturdy sense, strong, unguided will, peremptory method and indomitable energy. To these vigorous qualities, however, were added so many genial traits, and so many delicate and refined tastes as to mark his character with distinctness and to impart to it a peculiar personal magnetism, which all who came to know him well were sure to feel. He was a passionate lover of flowers and birds and from early boyhood to the last year of his life, an enthusiastic angler. He is said to have been one of the most accomplished amateur ornithologists in the country, a statement which the singular beauty and completeness of his private collection would tend amply to confirm. He had also probably taken more fish with rod and line in the United States and Canada than any other American.
It was the writer's good fortune to accompany him on several delightful expeditions in search of Muskallonge amongst the wild Canadian waters. On one of these trips, whilst passing from Peterboro to Pigeon Lake on wheels heavily loaded, every inch of space being occupied and the weather insufferably hot, we overtook a poor old Irish woman, overburdened with baskets and apparently just ready to faint by the wayside. She gave us one imploring glance; it was enough. the wagon was stopped. We all dismounted. Nearly every article of baggage was re-adjusted to make additional room and after a full half hour's delay, the grateful old body was snugly packed away on the top of the load, where she could comfortably rest her weary frame. May not this simple but touching incident, multiplied by a thousand like it constitute perhaps our friend's most fitting eulogy.
It is pleasant to know that his final sickness, borne with uncomplaining patience, was comparatively free from pain and that not many days before his death, when calmly conscious of his state, he, at his own request, partook with his family of the Holy Communion. And so at last that long and chequered life has peacefully closed. affectionate husband, tender father, faithful and generous friend, hail and farewell!
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