Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 26, 1879
Marriages
YEOMANS - FORD: At the parsonage in East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] June 5th by Rev. H.W.H. Watkins, Mr. R.S. Yeomans of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Anna Ford of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].
THROOP - BLIVEN: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] June 2d, by Rev. O.H. McAnulty, Mr. Erasmus D. Throop to Miss Arlette R. Bliven all of Sherburne.
SAWYER - STEERE: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] June 18th, by Rev. O.H. McAnulty, Mr. Sylvester M. Sawyer to Miss Ida A. Steere all of Sherburne.
FOOTE - WILDER: June 6th by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. Charles S. Foote to Miss Minnie Wilder both of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
MORSE: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] June 16th Mr. Hezekiah R. Morse aged 68 years.
BUTTON: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] June 4th, Jerry [Button] aged 2 years; and June 15th, Fred C. [Button] aged 10 years, children of Consider Button.
SEELEY: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] June 18th, Mrs. Caroline Seeley aged 55 years. [Adeline?}
STEERE: In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] June 21st, Martha W. [Steere] aged 61 years. [wife of Arthur A. Steere]
HILLS: New Berlin, Chenango Co. NY: Mrs. Hill who lived about two miles below the village, was buried yesterday. She had suffered long and severely. She was a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and an excellent Christian woman. [possibly Roxie Babcock Hills, d. 20 June 1879, buried Scribner Cemetery, New Berlin]
Miss Ella C. Holmes aged fifteen, daughter of Judge S.N. Holmes, of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] and Alfred T. Sandford a student of Madison University, Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], son of Prof. H.H. Sandford, of Chicago, formerly of the Syracuse University, were drowned in Onondaga Lake on Saturday afternoon. While rowing, the boat being suddenly capsized while the parties were exchanging seats. Miss Amy Holmes, sister of the young lady, with Arthur L. Howes, occupied another boat and were but a short distance from them at the time of the accident. when the boat capsized, Miss Holmes clutched her companion and cried out "Oh Amy," and both sank without rising again. Mr. Sandford was an expert swimmer and had saved two lives from drowning, but the death grasp of the young girl probably prevented him from saving their lives. Mr. Howes' boat was within speaking distance and Miss Holmes cried out that her sister was in the water. Mr. Holmes saw them going down, pulled up, stripped off his coat and dove after them. The water was over forty feet deep. The young man remained down until he was exhausted and had to be helped out, but he saw nothing of the bodies. The families of the unfortunate young people were notified and grappling for the bodies was commenced at once. Miss Holmes was a niece of Secretary of State Beach and is described as a lady of rare accomplishments. The bodies have not yet been recovered.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 25, 1879
Marriage
Asa Shepard and Miss Julia Bradley of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] were united in marriage by Rev. B.B. Carruth, on the 18th inst. A reception was given them in the evening by the children foo Mr. Shepard.
News Item
A Confederate soldier living in Boston [MA] has a badge which he took from the coat of a Union soldier at the battle of Chancellorsville. It has since been ascertained that the badge belonged to Asa J. Hammond who went from Delhi [Delaware Co. NY] in December 1861. Parties in Delhi are making efforts to secure the badge.
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 28, 1879
Marriages
CORNELL - DUNBAR: In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] June 19th, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. George Cornell and Miss Miriam E. Dunbar.
DYE - WATKINS: At the M.E. Parsonage, New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], June 21st, by Rev. J.C. Snell and assisted by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Charles A. Dye and Lucinda Watkins both of Plainfield [Otsego Co. NY].
Deaths
SEELEY: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] June 18th, Adeline [Seeley] wife of Abel Seeley, aged 55 years. [Caroline?]
KEATOR: Thomas Keator, President of the First National Bank of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY] died on Wednesday night about 11 o'clock, at his home in Cortland. The Standard says: "Mr. Keator, as many of our readers are aware, had been confined to his house for some time, and his recovery had lately seemed very doubtful. By his death, Cortland loses one of her most substantial businessmen."
GRIFFIN: On Wednesday afternoon last, George Griffin, a brakeman on the D.&H. Canal Co.'s road, while making up his train, was thrown under the train in the yard at Fort Edward [Washington Co. NY], the cars passing over his legs and mangling them in a most frightful manner. He was carried to a boarding house nearby and physicians summoned and one of his legs amputated, the doctors expressing a hope of being able to save the other lag, but he continued to sink until he breathed his last some twelve hours after the accident. Mr. Griffin had for some five or six years been an employee of the Midland, and for several years was a conductor on the road, residing in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] He left the road some six months since to take a position on the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.'s road as a brakeman on a train run by Conductor Jud Baldwin, also another Norwich boy, and was promised a speedy promotion. The deceased was an efficient railroad man and a general favorite with the employees of the Midland road where he was so long a trusted workman. He leaves a young wife, a daughter of Mrs. Hadcock of this village, and a father and mother residing in Oswego [Oswego Co. NY] to mourn his loss. His remains were brought to Norwich on Friday noon for interment. The funeral will take place from the residence of Mrs. Hadcock on Mitchell St.
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