Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879 & 1880)

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 29, 1880

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's parents in this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 22d by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. Merritt L. Winsor of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Carrie E. [Winsor] daughter of Otis Winsor, Esq.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 15th, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Samuel E. Avery of Norwich, to Miss Julia M. Scott of Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY].

At the M.E. Church, in McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], Jan. 14th, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. Robert L. Stuart to Miss Ida Bosworth, both of German [Chenango Co. NY].

In Harpersville [Broome Co. NY] Jan. 14th, by Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. Luman B. Clark of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Nancy Bluler of the former place.

In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 30th, by Rev. N.J. Hawley, Mr. Burton M. Searles of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Viola Merriam of North Colesville [Broome Co. NY].

At Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] Jan. 2d, by Rev. S. Johnson, Mr. Edmund Ferris to Miss Mary F. Brown, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].

In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 7th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. George B. Burghdorf to Miss M.A. Bliss both of Afton.

At the home of the bride, Jan. 2d, by Rev. C.E. Brockway, Prof. J.D Frink of Ingersol. Ont., and Clara A. Frink of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

At the home of W. Hazen, Esq. by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Charles J. Keeler to Miss Henrietta F. Potter, both of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].

At Coles Hill, Broome Co. [NY], Jan. 14th, by Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. James P. Palen of Tioga Co., Pa., and Miss Sarah K. Cole of Colesville [Broome Co. NY].

In Brookfield, N.Y. [Madison Co. NY], Jan. 14th, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. T.A. Batson, Mr. Charles H. Cheesebro and Miss Ella M. Bardeen.

Deaths

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 20th, Mr. Louis H. Bennett aged 67 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 14th, Mrs. Lois Lyon aged 65 years.

In Barker [Broome Co. NY] Jan. 13th, Mr. John Myrick in the 91st year of his age.

Near Junction City, Davis County, Kansas, Jan. 6th, Emma Gertrude [Wylie] wife of George A. Wylie, aged 22 years, 11 months and 7 days.  Mrs. Wylie was a sister of Mrs. Charles Packard of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] and formerly lived at New Ohio [Broome Co. NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 21st Mr. Ira B. McFarland, aged 90 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 18th, Mr. James Wescott aged 69 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 20th, Mr. Hanford Bennett aged 67 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 145th, Miss Emily Tinker, aged 79 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 20th, William S. Sayre Esq. aged 77 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 9th, Mr. Harry Searles aged 80 years.

News Item

Execution of Daniel Searles

Daniel Searles and illiterate negro, the first person who has been hanged in Tioga County [NY] was executed in Owego on Wednesday of last week.  In June last he murdered Eldridge Rewey an aged farmer, who lived alone in the neighboring village of Newark Valley. The murder was for the purpose of robbery and was one of fiendish atrocity.

Accompanied by the Sheriff and a clergyman, Searles was led to the scaffold at noon, and stationed beneath the rope.  The usual religious exercises were conducted, when the prisoner was asked if he had anything to say.  Searles then made a rambling speech in which he confessed the murder.  He preferred hanging to a lingering death by sickness and boastingly said he could stand ten times the punishment in store for him without weakening.  He advised all to refrain from alcoholic beverage.  He also implicated other men in his crime and said they should be with him at the halter.  In closing, he hoped to meet all in heaven, and bade the spectators goodbye.  he was hanged a few minutes afterward.  The body was delivered to a physician, who had purchased it for dissection.  The aged father of the condemned man witnessed the execution.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 12, 1880

Births

Guilford, Chenango Co. NY:  Miss Mary Wilson, eldest daughter of Rev. W. DeL Wilson, arrived at the Rectory on the 2d inst. Avoirdupois 8 lbs. Overwhelming congratulations are in order.

Wilkins Settlement, Coventry, Chenango Co. NY:  You wonder why Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Ives look so happy.  The mystery is solved when you learn the cause of it all - a boy weighing 9-1/2 lbs.

Marriage

SMITH - ROWLEY:  In Derby, Conn., April 25th, by Rev. H.T. Widdemer, Mr. Edward Smith and Mrs. S.A. Rowley formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

TURNER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] May 3d, Dea. Lester Turner aged 73 years.

PHILLIPS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], May 2d, Mrs. Augusta A. Phillips, aged 25 years and daughter of Charles Sweet of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

MONK:  In DuQuoin, Ill. April 21st, Elenor [Monk] relict of the late Christopher Monk, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] aged 78 years.

HOYT:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] May 6th, Mr. Henry B. Hoyt aged 64 years, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

Henry B. Hoyt, a well-known landlord, died in Unadilla on Tuesday of last week, after a long and very painful illness.  At one time he was proprietor of the old Chenango House in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] which was burned a few years since.