Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, June 4, 1879
Marriage
A very pleasant affair was the marriage of Miss Phoebe Coy of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Mr. Fred Hopkins of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], at the home of Mr. Herrick Searles on Thursday. Many were present from abroad who with her host of friends in town unite in wishing her and hers all happiness. Binghamton Republican.
Deaths
KEYES: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] May 20th, Mr. John Keyes aged 78 years.
BUTTON: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] May 28th, Mr. Henry Button aged 58 years.
FISH: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] May 24th Myra A. [Fish] wife of M.H. Fish, aged 30 years.
YATES: In Brownwood, Texas, May 17th, Mrs. Ella I. Yates daughter of Andruss and R.D. Crumb, formerly of this county [Chenango Co. NY] and granddaughter of Merritt Webb of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] aged 22 years and 7 months.
SANFORD: In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] May 31st, Mrs. Electa Sanford aged 59 years.
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, February 5, 1891
Death
Mrs. Eliza G. [North] wife of Col. Samuel North passed peacefully away from earth on Monday evening, February 2d, 1891, at the family residence in this village [Unadilla, Otsego Co. NY] after a long and painful illness. Her intense sufferings were borne with a patience and resignation that is seldom witnessed. Mrs. North was born in Durham, Greene County, N.Y. February 1st, 1815, and was 76 years of age the day before her decease. Hers was a death that brought to a close the useful life of a good woman. From the early morning of life, all through its meridian and afternoon, she was noble hearted, kind, earnest and true. Her life interests were centered in the circle of home. There the husband attests a true and loving wife, and children a devoted and affectionate mother. In her friendships she was unvaryingly consistent, pleasant and generous. In her charities liberal, sympathetic and unostentatious. Her loss will be felt by all who were so fortunate as to possess her friendship and acquaintance. But in the family from which her familiar presence has forever gone, where her warm and sympathetic nature worked its sweetest influence, will continued grief be known. To them there is comfort in the thought that at the close of such a life, to purple twilight succeeds the perfect day. The funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence and 2:30 at St. Matthew's church.
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, February 12, 1891
Death
At West Berne, Albany Co., N.Y. Jan. 25, 1891, Jacob I. Laraway aged 80 years. He was brought here last Friday and buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Mr. Laraway was a former resident of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY].
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, February 19, 1891
Deaths
Died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1891 at the residence of Mrs. A.M. Thorne, Mrs. Rachel Thorne, mother of A.J. Thorne, deceased, at the advanced aged of 71 years. The funeral will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. and the remains taken to Portlandville [Otsego Co. NY] for burial.
W.A. Millard of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] was accidentally killed in the railroad yard at Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] on Thursday of last week. He had been employed in Oneonta only about two weeks and went to Binghamton the day previous to assist in some extra work. He had spent the larger part of his life in Colorado, coming east about a year and a half ago.
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Dr. G.L. Halsey died at his home in this village [Unadilla, Otsego Co. NY] Tuesday morning, February 17th, 1891. To this community and to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, this sad intelligence comes dreaded but not unexpected.
Dr. Halsey was born May 4th, 1819 in the town of Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y. His father was Gaius Halsey, also a physician, and a descendant of Thomas Halsey, an Englishman who went from Boston to help found Southampton, L.I. in 1610. Southampton and Southold contest for the distinction of being the oldest settlement in the State made by the English.
In 1840 he cane to Unadilla and began practicing his profession in which he soon gained a wide reputation. Of his early life here, he gave a full account in these columns about a year ago. He remained in Unadilla until 1847, when he sold out his practice and moved to Connecticut. The news of finding gold in California being announced in 1848, he went to that state by way of Panamna and engaged in gold digging on the middle fork of the American river, near the celebrated Sutter's mill, where gold was first discovered. San Francisco and Sacramento were then mere mining settlements and Dr. Halsey would probably have remained in one of those places the rest of his life had he not been called home by domestic ties. As it was, he almost concluded to make the sacrifice. But with him no ties ever supplanted the domestic ones. His real life was in his family and to the interests of his children he always devoted his best resources with complete indifference to his own needs. Any one of them would say he was not only their parent, but their greatest worldly benefactor.
Dr. Halsey was a Democrat in politics throughout the most of his life. With the late Salmon G. Cone and Martin B. Luther he was prominently identified with the Greenback and Labor movements in recent years and in one election was the candidate for State Comptroller. Before the war he was supervisor of the town, and he has been a delegate to one or more State conventions. His interest in public affairs was keen to the last. He read his New York paper until near the last week of his life. The fate of the force bill, the silver legislation and Gen. Sherman's illness, were among the topics on which he awaited the arrival of the latest intelligence. During the civil war, Dr. Halsey saw service as a physician in hospitals at the South just after the battle of Antietam.
After the war he entered into partnership with the late Chauncey Slade in the uptown drug store which is now owned by Lamble & Co. In those days, Mr. Slade managed the store and Dr. Halsey practiced his profession, which carried him to many parts of this valley and the surrounding hill regions. In 1874 the store passed entirely into his hands and from that year until 1888, when he sold out to the present owners, he was closely confined to the business. His practice continued, though it was necessarily restricted more and more to office and village patients. Among the last patients whom he visited were Mr. C.L. Hayes and Mrs. O'Dell. In consultation with her regular physician, Dr. Clark, he visited Mrs. Noble in her last illness. Like Mrs. Noble, he was afflicted with gangrene in the feet. this was complicated with diabetes from which he had suffered several years. About three years since he announced to his children the presence of this latter disease and assured them, he could not last many years. For the past month he watched the progress of his failing health with professional eyes and knew his time was short. Among his last words were "I am going, going. I am worn out. God bless you."
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, February 26, 1891
Marriage
An absolute divorce was granted Mrs. Hattie E. Derby of Otego [Otsego Co. NY] from her husband Samuel Derby at the Delaware Circuit Court at Delhi [Delaware Co. NY] last week. Mrs. Derby secures the control of the child.
Death
Died Feb. 24, 1891, at the family residence in Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Mrs. Sarah R. Copley aged 63 years. The funeral will be held at the family residence today (Thursday) at 2 p.m.
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