Vital Records, Otsego County, NY (1859)

 Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, November 2, 1859

Marriages

In Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 27th by Rev. J. Smith, Jr., Mr. James Brown to Miss Eliza Platt both of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].

In Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 5th, by Rev. William Baldwin, Mr. J. Bragg of Harpersfield [Delaware Co. NY] to Mrs. E.M. Bragg of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY].

Death

At Chicago, Oct. 7th, Mrs. Marion Garlick wife of Charles Garlick, aged 25 years.

Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, November 9, 1859

Marriage

In this place [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY] at the residence of Elisha Shepherd Esq. on the 2d inst.  Mr. Horace Gregory of Bloomville, Delaware Co. [NY] and Miss Margaret Harkness of Oneonta.

Death

We regret to learn of the death of the Rev. Mr. Soul who a few years since preached in this village [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY].  He was laboring at the time of his death in Illinois.

Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, November 16, 1859

Marriages

At Meredith, Delaware Co. [NY] on the 9th inst., Prof. R.C. Flack of Cooperstown Seminary [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Lillie E. Raitt of the former place.

At Exeter [Otsego Co. NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. L.E. Marvin, Mr. Stewart E. Cooke of Morris [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Helen M. Angell of Exeter.

At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 10th inst. by Rev. Mr. Halsted, Mr. Duane C. Potter to Miss Maria Fuller both of Unadilla.

At Preston, Chenango Co. [NY] Oct. 6th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, James H. Finch of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Philena Fox of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] Nov. 9th, Mrs. Abigal Morse widow of Daniel Morse, late of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] aged 64 years.

At Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 27th, of typhoid fever, Miss Ursula M. Green of New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] aged 19 years.

At Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] Nov. 1st, of typhoid fever, Miss Adelaide Robinson aged 17 years.

At East Worcester [Otsego Co. NY] on the 3d inst. Mrs. Polly Rector [Barrett], wife of Mr. Benj. Barrett, aged 82 years.

Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, November 23, 1859

Marriages

In Maryland [Otsego Co. NY] on the 21st inst. at the residence of Amos Spencer, Esq. by Elder J. Cooke, Mr. Hiram Banner of Davenport [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Caroline C. Spencer of Maryland.

accompanying the above notice was a nice package of the good fixings of the occasion for which the parties have our thanks and best wishes for a happy future.

Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, November 30, 1859

Deaths

At Colliersville [Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d inst. Conrad Coon aged 67 years.  He endured an illness for eight long years with a Christian resignation and died in the full hope of a blessed immortality.  the Rev. C.W. Tomlinson of Cooperstown preached the funeral sermon to a large concourse of relatives and friends.

In this town [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY] on the 20th inst. of typhoid fever, after a painful illness of six weeks, DeWitt [Gifford] eldest son of Daniel and Deborah Gifford in his 21st year.  

"Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!"

In Pine Grove on the 15th inst. Robby [Durfy] only child of R.M. and S.A. Durfy, aged 19 months.