Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, July 12, 1879
Deaths
ALCOLT: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] July 8, at the residence of Halen Harrington, Mr. Arial Alcolt, aged 84 years. Deceased was a resident of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] and Thursday morning his remains were brought to this village and interred in Christ Church Cemetery.
BLACKMAN: Mr. Frank Blackman received a telegram Wednesday morning informing him of the death of his only son [Francis Blackman] at Gilbertsville [Otsego Co. NY]. Mr. Blackman was expecting him on a visit the day he received the dispatch. The fact is all the more sad because so unexpected. [Buried in White Store's Evergreen Cemetery]
TURNER: Simon Turner of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] aged 90 years, was found dead last Tuesday at a brook near his residence, where he was in the habit of going to wash. It is supposed he was stooping over and fell, striking his face on a stone causing a concussion of the brain.
News Item
Remarkable Longevity
Many years ago, when all west of Hudson River was almost a trackless wilderness, Asa White and wife left his Vermont home and settled in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY]. He afterwards removed to Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] where he resided until his death. During his residence in Sherburne, he had seven children born unto him, all of whom are still living [in 1879] and whose ages are as follows:
Richmond White, 83; Mrs. Isabell White Merrills, 79; Dr. Devello White, 78; William White, 76; Mrs. Lavinia White Carrier, 73; Mrs. Eunice White Corbin, 69; Mrs. Dr. E.S. Lyman, 65
The aggregate ages of these seven living children, constituting all of Asa's progeny, it will be seen is five hundred and twenty-five years. All are in remarkable health for persons of such great age, and Uncle Richmond says if he has a pair of legs without rheumatism, he would be "just as young as he used to be." All still reside in Sherburne except William who now resides in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] and Mrs. Corbin in Bainbridge. Dr. White is well-known as one of the most successful medical practitioners in this section of the state. The other sons are now farmers and all of the "children" are of the highest respectability and enjoy the confidence and esteem of all who know them. We doubt if a similar case of longevity in a family exists in this section foo the country. May their circle long remain unbroken. Chenango Telegraph.
Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, September 4, 1879
Marriages
At Hartwick [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 21st, 1879, by Rev. D. Kendall Smith of Munnsville(?), N.Y., Eugene T. Newell and Rosella Proctor both of Hartwick, N.Y. [Otsego Co.].
In Middlefield [Delaware Co. NY] August 27th, 1879, by Rev. W. Fry(?), Calvin T. Northrup of Worcester [Otsego Co. NY], and Hattie E. Blair of Middlefield.
Deaths
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] august 29th, 1879, William H. Lewis aged 29 years.
Mr. Lewis was a printer and learned his trade in this office. He was a young man of warm impulses and amiable disposition, always ready at the call of his friends to lend a helping hand in anything that interested them. For the past two or three years he had worked in Albany from whence he came home to die. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and died in the hope of salvation through Christ.
In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] Aug. 18th Ambrose A. [Campbell] son of Fenimore H. and Lucinda Campbell, aged 1 year and 9 months.
In this town [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] Aug. 28th, Cyrenus Warren aged 79 years.
At Fly Creek [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 1st, Lester Taylor aged 72 years.
In Middlefield [Delaware Co. NY] at the residence of her son, William D. Chase, August 28th, Elizabeth Chase aged 76 years.
In Portlandville [Otsego Co. NY] Aug. 30th, Louisa [Van Etten] wife of Eli Van Etten, aged 69 years. she was a sufferer many years from the effects of an incurable and painful disease which she bore with fortitude and Christian resignation.
A letter dated Otego [Otsego Co. NY] Aug. 25 says: "George Chapman, the young man mentioned in last week's issue, who met with so painful an accident, died on Friday morning, the 22d inst. from the results of his injuries, inflammation having set in." Chapman was a former resident of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY].
New York Evening Post, New York City, December 1801
December 1, 1801: Death: At Baltimore [Maryland] Henry Sewall, Esq. of St. Mary's County.
December 2, 1801: Death: At Alexandria [VA] Mrs. Hannah Washington, the amiable and pious widow of Corbin Washington, Esq. of Fairfax County, in the 37th year of her age.
Death: At Cumberland Island, Georgia, on the 25th ult. Charles Jackson, Esq. son of the late General Jackson, of Massachusetts.
December 3, 1801: Married: At Newark [NJ] on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Griffin, Mr. Jacob Plumb to the amiable Miss Mary Canfield all of that place.
Death: Very suddenly at Newark [NJ] last Saturday evening, in the 71st year of his age, Mr. Benjamin Johnson of Hanover.
Death: At Elizabeth Town, on Saturday night last, at a very advanced age, Mr. David Ogden.
Death: The same night, near Newark, very suddenly, Mr. Josiah Meeker.
Death: At New Haven on Sunday, the 29th November, Mrs. Ann Mumford widow of the late Thomas Mumford, Esq.
December 4, 1801: Married: In this city [NYC] Mr. Henry Watkinson merchant to Miss Eliza Willcocks.
Married: On Wednesday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Leonard, Mr. George T. Morford to Miss Maria Wardell both of Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
Death: At Reading Pennsylvania, Mr. Michael Wood keeper of the Federal Inn at that place.
December 5, 1801: Death: At Wilmington N.C., 13th Nov. much regreted, Mrs. Hesper Willkings the amiable consort of Mr. John Willkings, merchant of that place and daughter of Mr. James Wyat of this City [NYC]
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