Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, June 5, 1833
Marriage
In Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY] on the 22d ult., by the Rev. Mr. Russel, Major Daniel Sinclair to Miss Abigail More.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, June 12, 1833
Marriages
At Auburn [Cayuga Co. NY] on the 3d inst. by the Rev. Dr. Rudd, P. Henry Perry, Esq. formerly of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Jane V. [Dill] daughter of the late Robert Dill, Esq. all of that village.
At Hobart [Delaware Co. NY] on the 10th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Allenson, Mr. Roderick C. Steele merchant of Auburn [Cayuga Co. NY] to Miss Delia Augusta [Perry] daughter of Charles B. Perry, Esq. of the former place.
At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 2d inst. in St. Matthew's Church by the Rev. Mr. Adams, Doct. Harman Gray of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Maria Finch daughter of Mr. David Finch of the former place.
In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 10th inst. by the Rev. O L. Kirtland, Mr. Mason Salisbury of Sandy Creek [Oswego Co. NY] to Miss Mary Ann Olmstead of the former place.
Death
In New York on Tuesday evening of Pulmonary consumption, Mr. Benjamin North formerly of this county [Delaware Co. NY] in the 41st year of his age.
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On Wednesday last, the 5th inst., about five miles below this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY], Robert Scott, one of the drivers on the Southern line of stages, was thrown from the box and killed. the particulars, as near as we have been able to ascertain them, are these: A lad, the son of G.H. Edgerton, Esq. of this village, was driving a horse and wagon behind and near the stage, the horse started at some object near the road and sprang forward to the side of the coach, when the wheels of the two carriages became entangled, the wagon was upset and broken. The boy however, escaped unhurt. The horses attached to the stage being frightened by the noise in their rear started at full speed, the driver being unable to control them. A few rods from where they started the wheels struck the timbers of a small bridge or sluice way which threw him from his seat and one or both wheels passed over his head which caused instant death One of the passengers, named William McLean of this town, jumped from the carriage while the horses were running, broke and dislocated his ankle in so shocking a manner that amputation became necessary. He is at present doing well. Three other passengers (one of whom was a young lady) that remained in the coach, escaped unhurt. The horses ran about three miles when, becoming fatigued, they slackened their pace and while ascending a hill one of the passengers leaped from the stage and succeeded in stopping them.
Mr. Scott was a native of England, from the Parish of Whittingham, in the county of Northumberland, where, we understand, his parents and relations reside. He was about 32 or 33 years of age, has lived in this village for several years past, and has uniformly sustained the character of an honest, industrious and temperate man. He has left a wife and child to lament his untimely fate.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, June 19, 1833
Marriages
At Kortright [Delaware Co. NY] on the 13th inst. by John McDonald, Esq. Mr. Lemuel Burdick to Miss Agnes McClaughry all of Kortright.
At Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY] on the 13th inst. by the Rev. John Holister, Mr. Henry More to Miss Christina M. Person all of Roxbury.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, June 26, 1833
Marriage
At Hancock [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday the 13th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Frederick, Mr. John K. Tyler of Colchester [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Pamelia Sands of the former place.
Death
At Kortright [Delaware Co. NY] on the 16th inst. Mr. Solomon Rice in the 70th year of his age - a soldier of the Revolution, much esteemed by those who best knew him for his patriotism and integrity. Mr. Rice, though young, engaged with ardor in the struggle that achieved our independence. After undergoing the hardships of campaign in the land service, he entered as a volunteer in the navy, where in an engagement with the enemy he received a shot wound in his thigh, which eventually caused him the loss of the limb, from the effects of which he never fully recovered.
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, October 5, 1876
Marriage
In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 27, 1876, by Rev. H.C. Halstead, H.E. Merriman and Mary A. Cutler all of Unadilla.
News Item
Harvey Hunt of Otego [Otsego Co. NY] has been enjoying a happy family reunion. His family consists of himself, his wife, one daughter, seven sons, six daughters-in-law, one son-in-law and ten grandchildren. One son resides in Neenah, Wis., and had not visited his native place in seventeen years. Another resides in Fairbury, Ill. Three sons reside in the city of New York and the daughter and other two sons in Otego. All were present at the dinner given by the parents on the occasion except one son, necessarily detained in the city. Mr. Hunt gave his children a descriptive history of the ancestry. Ninety years ago, they removed form the Green Mountains of Vermont to where now stands the beautiful village of Otego, then a hemlock swamp and dense forest with only one framed house in the vicinity. His father lived in a log house, but subsequently built a part of what is now the Otego hotel. Here Mr. Hunt was born. They purchased 300 acres of land, at $1.25 an acre, and whenever he could get together $100 in silver, for that was then the only money in use here, he took his old saddle bags and mounted his horse and rode to Albany to make a payment. Then wild animals prowled about the country, devastating and devouring stock with great boldness. the domestic life in its joys and sorrows was minutely repleted. It was a touching scene and will be long remembered.
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