Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 5, 1879

Marriage

JEFFERY - WALTON:  In Brooklyn at the residence of the bride's parents on Thursday evening May 15, 1879, by Rev. Reuben Jeffery, D.D., father of the groom, George C Jeffery, M.D. to Amanda [Walton] daughter of William H. Walton, Esq.

Deaths

YORK:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] June 1st, Bessie [York] infant daughter of Edwin and Alyira York, aged 3 months.

KEYES:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] May 30th, Mr. John Keyes aged 73 years.

DIMMICK:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] May 31st, Calista J. [Dimmick] wife of Francis E Dimmick, Esq. aged 61 years and 4 months.

Smyrna, Chenango Co. NY:  Mrs. F.E. Dimmick died quite suddenly at her home at noon on Saturday.  She was taken in a fit on Thursday and was unconscious until her death.  Her funeral was very largely attended on Monday.

BUTTON:  In Holmesville [Chenango Co. NY] June 2d, at the residence of her son-in-law, J.A. Dexter, Mrs. Mary Button aged 85 years, mother of N.H. Button of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].

Holmesville, Chenango Co. NY:  Mrs. Mary Button died at the house of her son-in-law, J.A. Dexter, at six o'clock last Monday afternoon aged eighty-five years.  Death came as a bearer of good tidings to the weary one, waiting so long and patiently for a release from her great suffering.  Mrs. Button was the mother of the late Henry Button, of Norwich, also mother of Mrs. Nelson Holmes of Gratten, Mich.

WILBUR:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] May 24th Cora Belle [Wilbur] daughter of J.B Wilbur, aged 8 years, 7 months and 26 days.

SANFORD:  In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] May 31st, Mrs. Electa Lewis Sanford aged 69 years.

BAGG:  In Junius N.Y. [Seneca Co. NY] May 7th, Mrs. Henry H. Bagg aged 56 years, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY]

TOBY:  In Yaleville [Chenango Co. NY] May 1st, Mr. Martin Toby aged 67 years, 4 months and 11 days.

We cannot make it seem he's dead; / A few days since and he was here; / Now the body lies in its narrow bed. / But the spirit dwells with angels dear.

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CARTWRIGHT:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] May 27th, 1879, Mr. Ezra M. Cartwright, aged 42 years.

Ezra Cartwright, lately of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died suddenly in Smithville of apoplexy, Tuesday of this week.  He was a former resident of Smithville.

Dearest friend I canst be thou're gone? / We have seen thy form entombed / In that long and silent home / From which traveler ne'er returned.

Yes! we have seen thy noble form / In death's habiliments arrayed; / And while thy generous heart / Has forever ceased to throb / That far beyond death's alarm /Thy spirit hath winged its flight to God.

Thinkest thou that none are left, / Bitter tears to shed for thee? / Aye, let thy spirit's quickened powers / See the tears of sorrow fall, / And hear the deep drawn sigh / The sobs with which the air is rent.

Dearest friend, dost thou know / That thou hast still on earth / Friends who've watched thee, / E'en from thy birth? / Who taught thy infant feet to walk, / They prattling tongue / To lisp a mother's name?

Although thou art far removed / Beyond our earthly sphere, / Friends whom thou hast loved / Still hold thy memory dear.

Though thy body lies in the tomb, / And mingles with its mother dust, / For thee, no more, the roses bloom / Thy soul's enthroned in Heaven we trust; / and if we meet on earth no more / May we clasp hands on the other shore.

Where, when ten thousand years / Their silent race have run, / Our hymns of praise to God / Will have but just begun.

M.C.

News Item

Last week we mentioned the sad case of drowning of Wallace McConnell and N. Lee Bassett, two young men of Utica [Oneida Co. NY] in Oneida Lake on the 22d ult.  Search was kept up by the relatives of the deceased and others which has finally proved successful.  On Friday morning last the body of Young Bassett was discovered by his father, who was upon a steamer, engaged in the search.  The body was standing erect in about seven feet of water, the feet resting upon the ground, one arm was folded across the breast with the other hanging down by the side.  The face was not in a condition to be recognized, but it was identified by the clothing.  On Saturday morning the body of young McConnell was recovered by the party in search, who were on board a steamer.  In passing a certain point, one of the party left the steamer in a rowboat and in a few moments saw the body shoot up out of the water.  At the same time, it was seen by one on the steamer, who says the position of the body was upright and plain to be seen above the waist. Both bodies were taken to Utica, and the funeral was held on Monday afternoon.