Vitall Records, Chenango (1879) & Otsego (1879) Counties, nY

 Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 19, 1879

Deaths

RANSFORD:  In Indianapolis, Indiana, March 6th, of heart disease, Ida Grace [Ransford] only child of Wm. P. and Nettie Ransford, aged 14 years and 6 months.

EDMONDS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] March 16th, 1879, Emma P. [Edmonds] wife of P.J. Edmonds and daughter of O. R. Brooks aged 28 years 25 days.

FOOTE:  Mrs. Julia Foote mother-in-law of James C. Thompson was stricken with paralysis on Tuesday morning, at the residence of her daughter on Canal Street and died on the same afternoon.

PALMER:  Rockwell's Mills, Chenango Co. NY:  An infant child of Ray Palmer died Saturday morning and was buried Sunday in the town of Mcdonough [Chenango Co. NY].

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 22, 1879

Death

WEST:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] March 16, 18879, Miss Fanny West aged 75 years.

COOK:  Death recently removed the wife of Rev. Mr. Cook of Edmeston [Otsego Co. NY] pastor of the M.E. Church of that place.  It was a severe blow to Mr. Cook, causing a suspension of his pulpit labors for a time.

In Edmeston the wife of Rev. H.B. Cook, daughter of Rev. Mr. Flint of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY].  [Oneonta Herald & Democrat, Oneonta, NY, Mar. 14, 1879]

LEWIS:  An Old Veteran Gone:  The painful intelligence comes to us of the death of Major William Lewis which sad event occurred at Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on the morning of the 18th inst. after a brief illness.  The deceased was 88 years of age and was well known to many of our older readers.  He came to this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] in 1834 from Richfield Springs [Otsego Co. NY] and for several years was landlord of the Mansion House, which was located where Conway's Block now stands, and which at that time was a famous resort for the "Old Guard," of which he was an acknowledged leader and general favorite.  In the year 1838 he assumed charge of the Canal Coffee house, now known as the Palmer house, which he kept until 1840 or 41 when he removed to Cooperstown, where we believe he has since resided.  His wife, with whom he lived in uninterrupted felicity for over 60 years, died in the spring of 1875.  Major Lewis was a man of sterling integrity, of more than average ability, and possessed of a genial and pleasant disposition that made him a great favorite with his large circle of acquaintances, all of whom will deeply regret his death.  His last visit to Norwich was in 1875, when he was warmly greeted by the old residents and friends of former years.

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, May 28, 1879

Marriages

THOMAS - BURDICK:  In Otego [Otsego Co. NY] May 15? by Rev. A. Thomas, George Thomas and Orpha Burdick both of Otego.

HARPER - HENDERSON:  At the residence of J.H. Rawlings, May 17th, by Rev. W. Scott, Mr. Charles Harper of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Ida Estella Henderson of Morris [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

STEBBINS:  In Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] Friday morning, May 16th, Jesse M. Stebbins aged about 74 years.

HERRINGTON:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY] Wednesday, May 21st, Ruth Herrington aged 53 years. She died as she had lived in the hope of a blessed immortality.  The text of her Pastor on the occasion of her funeral exemplified her life.  "The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

YATES:  Miss E.M. Yates daughter of the late E.W. Yates, deceased, died at her sister's in Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] last week and her remains were brought to Morris [Otsego Co. NY] and buried in Hillington Cemetery last Sunday.

RICE:  Thomas T. Rice died in Columbus, Chenango County [NY] April 6th, aged 72 years.  A writer in the New Berlin Gazette says of him:  "The deceased was the son of Dr. Luther Rice, who was a resident of New Lisbon, Otsego County [NY] and for many years a leading member of the Society of Friends there. The writer, who was a schoolmate of the deceased, bears willing testimony of his excellent qualities, and for many years while he resided in Morris, had abundant reason to testify to his fairness and honesty in business relations.  He removed to Columbus where he spent the remainder of his life, and though not successful in leaving to his heirs a large estate, he left one far more noble and worthy, that of an honest man.  D.H."