Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 18, 1825
Marriage
Married at Sharon, Schoharie Co. [NY] on the 11th inst. by Peter Hynes, Esq. Mr. Stephen Rice to the amiable Miss Almira Pratt of Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY].
Deaths
In Sparta [Livingston Co. NY] on the 29th ult. Gen. Daniel Shays aged 84. He was a officer of the Revolution and subsequently the leader of a party in Massachusetts, called Shay's men.
In Portsmouth, N.H. Daniel R. Rogers, 69, late cashier of the New Hampshire bank. He was the 9th descendant in a direct line from the Rev. John Rogers who suffered martyrdom by being burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 25, 1825
Marriages
On Wednesday evening last by the Rev. Mr. Ambler, Mr. Gardner Hall to Miss Serena Clark both of this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY].
At Springfield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. A. Putnam, Mr. Thomas Pegg of Springfield, to Miss Tabitha Thompson of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY].
Deaths
In this village [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on Tuesday last, Eliza Mariah [Thompson] daughter of Mr. Hiram Thompson, aged 8 years and 6 months.
At Lockport [Niagara Co. NY] on the 10th inst. Mrs. Selina Rice widow of the late Asa Rice, Esq. aged 36 years. Her remains were interred in the village of Buffalo [Erie Co. NY] on the Saturday following.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, November 1, 1825
Marriages
In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on Tuesday last, by the Rev. Mr. Ambler, Mr. Henry Flint to Miss Lydia Lewis daughter of Mr. Moses Lewis.
At Madison, N.Y. [Madison Co.], on the 29th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Lane, Doctor Franklin Cleveland of Goshen, Conn. to Miss Mariah T. Goodwin of the former place.
At Sharon [Schoharie Co. NY] on the 25th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Bellinger, Mr. Owen W. Leake to Miss Sally Hiller.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, November 29, 1825
Death
In Utica [Oneida Co. NY] on Sunday evening, 6th, Erastus Clark Esq in the 58th year of his age; deeply regretted for his public and his private virtues. [Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, Nov. 16, 1825]
From the Utica Sentinel & Gazette: The death of Erastus Clark, Esq. is an event of no ordinary occurrence. His numerous friends mourn, his beloved family weeps and the public sentiment unequivocally expresses that in him we have lost a fellow citizen of uncommon virtues and excellence. I have long enjoyed his friendship and now feel more than ever that I loved him. I dare not indulge myself to delineate his character in a manner which my own heart would dictate and approve, but the public have a deep interest and solicitude in forming a just estimate of his merits and in preserving the memorials of his character. With the affection of a friend, but with a sincere desire to avoid extravagant eulogium, the following biographical outline is respectfully presented to the public.
Drastus Clark was the son of the venerable Dr. John Clark and was born in Lebanon in Connecticut on the 11th day of May 1763. His maternal grandmother was a sister of the illustrious Jonathan Edwards. The rudiments of his education were acquired, and his mind and passions were disciplined under the precepts and example at the memorable and respected Master Tisdale in his native town. At an early age he entered Dartmouth college and after a regular course he was graduated at that institution, under the younger priest Wheelock. He then applied himself with great diligence to the study of the law and was admitted to the Bar in the Superior Court of Connecticut at the age of 22 years. In the year 1791, he removed to Clinton, then a part of Whitestown and after gaining admission in the Courts of this state, he commenced the practice of the law, in a land of strangers without patronage, destitute of property, without the advantages of captivating manners or address, and without the fascination of popular eloquence. His success in his profession was therefore slow, but his learning, his industry, and above all, his character for probity gradually raised him to a highly respectable rank in his profession. In the year 1797 he removed to Old Fort Schuyler, which soon afterwards received its present name of Utica and which name was first proposed by Erastus Clark. During his residence in Utica [Oneida Co. NY] he has filled various offices of high public trust with strict fidelity with disinterested zeal and with independent firmness. For originality and decision of character, his name was proverbial. An enlightened conscience was his habitual guide and if from precipitancy or irritation, his head sometimes erred, there was a redeeming principle in his heart which reclaimed and regulated his erring judgement and passions, with -?- influence. His frankness was sometimes ill timed and excessive. What others thought, he spoke, and this naked and unreserved habit of mind and expression, frequently gave offence when he was not conscious of it and sometimes betrayed apparent vanity. But of no man can it be more truly said that those who knew him best, esteemed him most. His liberal charity and his generous spirit in promoting benevolent objects and public institutions were ever leading and conspicuous; while no man was less indulgent to his own appetites or more self-denying in his pleasures and personal gratifications. His habit of living was simple, plain and frugal, and yet his house was the abode of cheerful, cordial and familiar hospitality.
In the more intimate and tender relations of domestic life, the virtues of this excellent man shone with peculiar luster. The hearts of all who knew him in the endearing character of son, and brother and father and husband, will love to cherish his memory with fond and grateful recollections of his devoted kindness.
The religious character of Mr. Clark was free from ostentation, but uniform, consistent, sincere and ardent. He lived and died in the same Christian faith and practice which so eminently distinguished his venerable and pious ancestors.
Our neighbor, our friend, our benefactor, has gone to his everlasting reward and so long as pure morals, sincere piety and active benevolence shall command our reverence; so long will the memory of Erastus Clark be cherished with gratitude and affection.
A Friend to Whom he was "Closer than a brother." Utica, Nov. 19, 1825
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