Vital Records, Otsego County, NY, 1848

 Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY

November 4, 1848

Married, In Maryland [Otsego Co. NY] on the 30th September, by Esquire Warner, Mr. Hyde B Woodcock to Miss Harriet L. Richman.

Also, on the 29th ult. by the same, Mr. Reuben Fuller to Miss Fielia? Gage, all of Maryland [Otsego Co. NY]

November 11, 1848

Married at Springville [Otsego Co. NY]. on the 2nd instant, by the Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Albert W. Tinkham of Mass. to Miss Phiducia Thayer of the former place.

On the 19th ult. by the Rev Abraham Diefendorf, J.B. Strain, Esq. to Miss Elizabeth A. Westcott both of Richmonville, Schoharie County [NY].

November 18, 1848

Married in this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] by the Rev. J. A. Bartlett, Mr. William Irish to Miss Lucinda Cummings.

Also, by the same, Mr. Merrick R. Patten to Miss Julia A. Thayer.

Also, by the same, Mr. Philo Perkins to Miss Susan Eckler, all of this town [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY].

November 25, 1848

Married, on the 19th inst. by the Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. Cyssrian Vanslyke to Mrs. Delia Ann Bixby both of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY].

Died, in the town of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY], on the 18th inst. of scarlet fever, Teresa [Brockway] daughter of Erastus and Lucinda Brockway, aged 11 years.

In Springfield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d inst. of inflammation of the lungs, after an illness of only eight days,  Mr. Charles Fitch in the 55th year of his age.  The deceased has been a resident of Springfield about 30 years and during all that time, was an humble and devoted follower of Christ.  He died as he had lived, a true Christian.  His family and friends are consoled with the reflection that their loss is his gain.

December 2, 1848

Died in Utica [Oneida Co. NY], on the 1st ult. Mr. William J. Edson, aged 63 years.

December 16, 1848

Married, in this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY], by the Rev. J. A. Bartlett, Richard F Brown to Ann E. Mallory both of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY].

In Worcester [Otsego Co. NY] on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Carlisle, Isaac D. Child of that place to Lodema Scott of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY].

Died, In this town [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] on the 6th ult. Mrs. Elizabeth McRorie, wife of John McRorie, in the 70th year of her age.

In Honesdale Pa., on the 1st ult of disease of the heart, Mr. Joseph B. Walton formerly a resident of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] aged about 64 years.

December 23, 1848

Married, in Maryland [Otsego Co. NY] on the 7th inst., by the Rev. J. Davis, Mr. Thomas Dean to Miss Mary Dean, all of Maryland.

In Sloansville [Schoharie Co. NY], Dec. 12th, by Rev. J.J. Teeple, Rev. Judson Davis of Maryland [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Mary Teeple of Sloansville.

On the 21st inst. by Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. Charles Hendershott  of Groveland, Livingston Co. N.Y. to Miss Louis [Metcalf] oldest daughter of Andrew Metcalf Esq of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY].

Died, At Utica [Oneida Co. NY] on the 12th inst. Mr. Claudius Dilley of this town [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] aged 57 years.

In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] on the 16th inst. Mr. Nicholas Camp aged 93 years, a soldier of the Revolution.

December 30, 1848

Died in Louisville (Butternuts) [Otsego Co. NY] on the 17th inst. Maria [Jarvis] wife of Chester Jarvis, esq. aged 49 years.  Few possessed more eminently than did the deceased, those characteristics which surround them with firm and lasting friends.  To a strong and well cultivated mind, were added a kind and gentle disposition, a deep love for truth, and an ardent interest in every good cause. Those united here by ties of intellect, association and love, to the intelligent, the philanthropic and the virtuous, without distinction, in the community in which she has lived. To the sick, she was ever an angel of mercy, being their attendant through suffering, and by their bedside to close their eyes in death. The poor were made the happier by her charities and the rich were benefitted by her example.  What she must have been to those who loved her as wife, mother, sister and relative, can only be realized by those who mourn for the loved and honored dead. As a Christian, she recognized in her faith and practice the spirit of Divine and universal love and without the least regard to the outward and worthless formalities which distinguish the sects.  She died rejoicing in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.  D.S.M.

Vital Records, Broome (1838) & Otsego (1848) Counties, NY

 Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 6, 1838

Marriages

On the 28th Nov. last at Silver Lake, Susquehanna County (Pa.) by the Rev. Charles E. Pleasants, William Main of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], to Ann [Rose] daughter of Robert H. Rose, Esq. of the former place.

At Ashfield, November 21, Mr. Chileab Smith in his ninety-seventy year, to widow Jerusha Ware, of Hebron, N.Y. [Washington Co.] in her eighty-second year.  This makes Mr. Smith's fourth wife.  He has labored on a farm ever since he was 5 years old, and up to last summer performed on the scythe through the season of haying equal to a man of 30 years.  His love has evidently been universal, and ever on the march.  He has living within three and a half miles of him, nine great-great grandchildren, who might have seen on the 21st of November, 1838, their great-great grandfather married.  This is what we call handing down to posterity.  Greenfield (Mass.) Courier

Death

At Peoria, Illinois, Nov. 14th, after a protracted and painful sickness, Mr. Aaron Russell, late of Windsor, Broome County [NY].

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 13, 1838

Marriage

In Windsor, Broome County, N.Y. on Thursday, Dec. 5th, by the Rev. James Keeier, of St. Paul's Church, Harpursville, Horatio S. Pierce, Esq. Merchant, of the firm of Gillespie & Pierce of Carbondal, Pa., to Miss Sophronia A. Rexford of Windsor.

A thousand blessings on the wedded pair, / Joy courts them on with all her mellow smiles; / May they be happy as the bride is fair, / And constant as old Ocean to her Isles.

Death

In Vestal [Broome Co. NY] on the 7th Dec. inst. Mrs. Hannah La Grange, wife of John La Grange, Esq. aged 64 years.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 20, 1838

Deaths

In Harpursville [Broome Co. NY] on Tuesday morning last, Mr. Albert Adams, aged about 30 years.

In Homer, Cortland Co. [NY] Dec. 14, at the residence of her son, (J.C. Marvin) Mrs. Mary Marvin, aged 73 years.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 27, 1838

Deaths

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 23d instant, Mrs. Catharine Durkee wife of Mr. Joseph Durkee.

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Sunday last, Miss Mary Jane Capron aged 20 years.

On the 2d November last, near Battle Creek, Calhoun Co. (Mich.) Mr. Giles Andrus formerly of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY].

At Montgomery, Alabama, on the 12th inst. after a short illness, Mrs. Augusta [Fuller] wife of William Fuller, of Augusta, Georgia and youngest daughter of Gen. Erastus Root, of Delaware County, N.Y.

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From the Peoria Register, November 24.

"And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel."

It is proper to mourn for the dead; and especially when the church and society have lost one of their ablest pillars and brightest ornaments.

Aaron Russel was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, November 6, 1795.  His mother being a woman of piety, he was early consecrated to God and when about the age of 20, he publicly acknowledged those vows which bound him to the Lord's.

Living in a new county -Broome County, N.Y. - his early advantages to obtain an education were very limited - consequently he was compelled to rise to a standard of mental culture, of more than ordinary attainment, by his own energy and perseverance.  For some time, he was a successful schoolteacher, and, for more than eight years, he labored faithfully and successful in the tract cause.  Ill health compelled him to relinquish the post of usefulness in this department, which he had sustained seven years in Boston, when he sought a home in the west. While in Boston, his integrity, activity and efficiency in doing good secured for him the confidence and affection of the Christian community. When afflicted, he also shared in their substantial sympathy.

On one occasion he was advised by his physician to take a journey, and while deliberating on the question of going alone, the following kind note came to hand:

"Knowing and valuing as I do the society and sympathies of an affectionate wife, the enclosed fifty dollars is an expression of my desire that your dear wife should accompany you on your contemplated journey for the restoration of your health.  Your affectionate brother in Christ."

When on the eve of leaving Boston, another note was received signed by gentlemen whose praise is in all the churches, enclosing one hundred and fifty dollars, "as an expression of their sympathy and affection."

Such sympathy is worth more than floods of tears from those who feel everywhere but in their pockets.  On coming to the west, he did not leave his religion behind him.  He felt at liberty nowhere, under no circumstances, to lay aside the badge of his discipleship.  He was a man of Christian decision.

Sometimes, perhaps, his manner left the impression that he was a man of iron rigidity and unbending obduracy; yet, if Christian decision implies a clear perception of truth and duty, and moral courage to perform duty, though the world should be against him - if it implies trust in God and a willingness to submit the accomplishment and results of every work to Him - Aaron Russell was a man of decision.

He was not, regardless of public opinion; yet the Bible was his standard of right and wrong - its precepts his directory, its principles his rule.  As was said of the late lamented Dr. Bartlett, he also dared to do right.

When such men fall, where shall we look for those who will fill their places?

In the death of Mr. R., a wife is written a widow, a church is bereaved of one of its most active members and elders, A Sabbath school of its devoted superintendent, the cause of benevolence of a warm patron and friend, and society of one of its most efficient men.  His end was peaceful, his life departing like the dying taper.  "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write.  Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."

Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY, October 7, 1848

Death

In Springfield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 28th ult. Mrs. Eunice Keyes, relict of Lester F. Keyes, deceased, aged 62 years.

Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY, October 14, 1848

Marriages

In Otego [Otsego Co. NY] on the 5th inst. by Harvey Hunt, Esq. Gilbert Datton to  Mary Coon, both of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].

In Westford [Otsego Co. NY] on the 11th instant by the Rev. Mr. Wadsworth, Robert R. Jackson to Gracia []Skinney] daughter of George Skinney, Esq. both of Westford.

Death

At Fly Creek, Otsego County [NY] on the 25th ult. of inflammation of the lungs, Dr. E.B. Ingalls aged 37 years.

This last illness was of short duration, confining him only eight days, but his sufferings were extreme.  This blow of a wise and good Providence is a heavy one, not only to the lone widow, the now fatherless children and surviving relations, but to the whole community in which he lived.  The departed was an ornament and an honor to his profession; the kindness of his heart, with his untiring diligence in the discharge of the duties imposed upon him, has embalmed his name in the memory of those he was called to serve; and while they deplore their own severe loss they cannot fail to give a generous sympathy and affectionate attentions to those he left behind.  While his early departure from the circle he adorned, cannot fail to remind all who survive him of the changeless truth that "in the midst of life we are in death."

Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY, October 21, 1848

Marriages

In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Bristol, Charles W. Mason to Caroline Clarke, both of Cooperstown.

In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by H.G. Hardkin, Esq. Addison Byum to Eliza Smith, both of Burlington.

At Exeter [Otsego Co. NY] on the 17th inst. by the same, David Purple of Allegany county [NY] to Miss Lucy Baldwin of Exeter.

Death

In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 25th ult. Mrs. Sally Ann [Still] wife of Mr. Joseph L. Still, aged 35 years.  The deceased was a devoted member of the Baptist Church and died in the full faith of a happy immortality.  She has left a large circle of friends to  mourn her loss.

Otsego Democrat, Cooperstown, NY, October 28, 1848

Marriage

In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] on the 11th inst. by D. Fisk, Esq. Orson Benjamin to Caroline Gardner, both of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY].

Vital Records, Delaware (1827) & Broome (1838) Counties, NY

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 2, 1827

Marriages

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on the 4th ult. by J. Bostwick, Esq. Mr. Daniel Reeves aged seventy! to Mrs. Elizabeth Baker aged sixty-seven!!

In the same town [Hamden, Delaware Co. NY] by the same, on the 20th ult.  Mr. Baldwin to Mrs. Eliza Newbury.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 9, 1827

Marriage

In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 5th inst. by J. Hitchcock, Esq. Mr. Melancton Aiken to Miss Betsey Davis all of Delhi.

Death

In New York on Sunday evening the 29th ult. the Hon. Rufus King in the 73d year of his age; late Minister of the U. States to the Court of St. James.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 16, 1827

Death

It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of General Frederick P. Foote late of Arbor Hill in this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY]. This melancholy event took place on the 23d day of February last, at the city of Leghorn in Italy, and on last Wednesday its afflicting tidings reached his family and friends in this place.

For about seven years past, Gen. Foote has been laboring under a pulmonary complaint, the progress of which has been marked by the most striking vicissitudes.  Twice it brought him almost within "the cerements" of the tomb, and then, relaxing its hold on his life, hurried from his arms to the grave, in sad succession, a wife, a daughter, and a son.  Its eventful changes have reversed in several instances between him and his friends the doom of mortality.  Some of those who, in unsuspecting health the while, hastened to his bedside to administer to him the last sorrowful offices of friendship.  He afterwards followed as a mourner to the silent sepulcher.  Through these deep afflictions, he passed, smitten but not destroyed, with a temper and deportment, that could not fail to fix on the minds of his acquaintances an impressive estimate of his moral excellence and Christian purity.

On the approach of winter, he embarked from the city of New York in November last, to seek beneath the milder skies of a foreign region that health, which he believed bloomed not for him on the soil of his native country.  He reached the place of his destination.  But that famed restorative, the Italian climate, was able to delay but for a few weeks the consummation of his immedicable disease, aggravated as it became by the effects of a boisterous voyage across the Atlantic.  And at a returnless distance from his country and kindred, from that tender nursing of his love, his youngest daughter (the only remnant spared to him from the wreck foo his family) he yielded up his life, with composure and resignation, in the 44th year of his age.

I will accord with the lively recollections of a large portion of his acquaintances to add, that military renown was the idol of Gen. P.'s ambition.  And although it was not his good fortune to be so circumstanced as to mingle his fame with the glory of his country by achievements in arms; yet this disposition inspired him with a high heroic temper of mind and an enthusiastic fondness for the art of war, and these united with signal skill and a winning urbanity of demeanor, rendered him during a short campaign in actual service, and throughout his various commands in the militia, an object of general admiration.   He was distinguished in private and in public, by strict probity, a high sense of honor and an ardent patriotism.  His heart was the seat of liberal sentiments of generous friendships and the bright circle of kindred ties drew from it, the ceaseless tribute of the most exemplary kindness and love.  But we will not expatiate.  His worth is graven on the tablet of memory in those deep traces of emotion, that the pen can but faintly copy.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 23, 1827

Marriages

In the city of New York, in the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th instant, by the Rev. W.G. Miller, Major Charles Hathaway Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Maria Augusta Bowne, eldest daughter of Mrs. Bowne of the former place.

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday evening last, by Walter Chace, Esq. Mr. John Thompson of Bovina, to Miss Catharene Crawford of the former place.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 30, 1827

Another Patriot of the Revolution Gone

Died at Lebanon, Madison County, N.Y. on the 20th ult.  Mr. Jonathan Bates in the 73d year of his age.  He was the oldest male settler in that town.  He was a man of peculiar character, of gigantic stature and commanding look.  He was one of the men that accompanied Colonels Allen and Arnold at the capture of Ticonderoga.  He was one of the rear guard that covered the retreat of Gen. Warren, when that valuable officer fell at Bunker Hill.  He was engaged in several slight skirmishes with marauding parties and was afterwards engaged in the battle of Newtown, when Sullivan defeated the Indians.  He died respected by the circle of his acquaintance.  Hamilton Recorder.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 1, 1838

Marriage

At Delhi, N.Y. [Delaware Co.] on the 10th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Judd, Mr. William Fuller of Augusta (Georgia) to Miss Augusta [Root], daughter of Gen. E Root.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 8, 1838

Died at Greenville, N.C. on the 30th of Sept. after an illness of nine days, Mr. Seth W. Stoddard aged 28 years, eldest son of James Stoddard 2d, of Lisle, Broome Co. N.Y.

He graduated at Union College in July 1837, and in September he revisited the South, having previously spent a year in Virginia.  During the present year he resided at Raleigh, N.C. and the last of August removed to Greenville to take charge of the Academy in that place.  He had discharged the duties of his station but three weeks, when he was attacked by the prevailing disease of the climate - a bilious fever - and soon fell a victim.

To his friends and bereaved relatives, the event was as unexpected as overwhelming.  His personal appearance and manners were peculiarly calculated to win the affections of all.  To a mind of a high order, were united decision and energy of character and an amiable and affectionate disposition.  Over all these a Christian spirit shed a bright luster, and he died as he lived trusting in the merits of a Savior and with a firm attachment to those truths which have been for years the guide of his life.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church and designed to enter the ministry, but death has blasted the hopes of his friends and destroyed his prospects of future useful events.  His death in the prime of life, and when nearly prepared to engage in his profession, is one of those mysterious events, the reasons of which lie hid in the counsels of the Almighty.  To Him let men bow in humble resignation.  To all the members of the family, the shock is one of unusual severity.  He was a dutiful son and affectionate brother, and felt that his parents, now in the winter of life, were committed to his own peculiar care.  But he is taken from the evils of life, and now rejoices on high.  Of him it may be written, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 29, 1838

Marriages

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on the 22d inst. by the Rev R Fox, Mr. John Nimmons to Miss Cornelia Andrus, both of Binghamton.

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 28th inst. by the Rev. David D. Gregory, Mr. Nathan Lee to Miss Elizabeth Jackson.

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Ages of the Presidents

We gather the following interesting facts from the National Intelligencer:

George Washington was born 1732; elected President in 1789; installed the same year at the age of 57; served eight years, and then retired to a private life at the age of 65.

John Adams was born 1735; elected in 1796; was 62 years of age when installed; served 4 years; retired in 1801 at the age of 66.

Thomas Jefferson was born 1751; elected in 1800; installed in 1801 at the age of 58 years; served eight years; retired in 1809 at the age of 66.

James Madison was born 1751; elected in 1808; installed in 1809 at 58 years of age; served eight years; retired in 1817 at the age of 66.

James Monroe was born in 1758; elected in 1816; installed the next year, when he was 58 years of age; served 8 years; retired from office in 1825, aged 66.

John Quincy Adams was born in 1765; elected in 1825; instaleld the follwoign year at the age of sixty years; served 4 years; retired in 1829, at the age of 64.

Andrew Jackson was born in 1769; elected in 1828; went into office in 1829, at the age of 62; served eight years; retired in 1837, at the age of 70.

Martin Van Buren was born in 1782; elected in 1836; installed in 1837, at the age of 55 years. [served four years, leaving the presidency in 1841 at the age of 59.  He was president at the time this news edition was published.]

Vital Records, Delaware (1827) & Chenango (1878) Counties, NY

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 11, 1827

Marriages

In Meredith [Delaware Co. NY] by the Rev. John Sears, Mr. Harvey Munson to Miss Lucretia Sears only daughter of the late Rev. Benjamin Sears.

In Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday the 5th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Mead, Mr. John B. Gould to Miss Mary More all of that place.

Death

Died in this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] last evening, Mr. Thomas S. Lead in the 24th ear of his age.

Seldom in this place has there been cause for grief like that occasioned by the decease of the subject of this hasty notice.  Few persons of his age have deserved or acquired so large a portion as he possessed of that esteem and friendship which is the voluntary tribute paid to amiable dispositions, when combined with superiority of intellect.  He has left many to be sorrowful who are allied to him by the endearing ties of relationship.  But these are not all.  Others bewail the youth of genius.  The untimely transit of one whose natural endowments and thirst for knowledge promised fame and usefulness is to be mourned forever by kindred minds.  Unremitting application at college shattered his health and obliged him to desist for a time from his studies, which were afterwards renewed with an intensity which made inroads in his constitution and brought on that consuming malady which is so often the attendant of the temperament of genius.

We may justly apply to him what the bard has said of Kirke White, another early victim of the enthusiasm of study, who, also, was devoured by his own ardor and converted labor into death.

"Twas thine own genius gave the fatal blow, / And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low;/ So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain / No more through rolling clouds to soar again, / Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, / And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart; / Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel / He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, / While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, / Drank the last life drop of his bleeding breast."

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 18, 1827

Marriages

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday last by the Rev. Mr. Waterbury, Mr. Hine of Meredith [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Sally Noble of the former place.

In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sears, Mr. Chauncey Smith to Miss Abagail Blowers.

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Cyrus Silliman, Mr. Miles Beers to Miss Rachel Barlow.

Death

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on the 13th inst. Mrs. Hannah Stewart wife of Mr. Silas Stewart, aged 51 years.  In the death of this woman, the bereaved husband has lost a most affectionate companion, the family a tender mother, and the Church of Christ one of its brightest ornaments.  She has long adorned the Christian profession as a member of the Baptist Church in Franklin and during the progress of a lingering consumption, which terminated her earthly course, she ever manifested the most cheerful willingness to depart and be with Christ.  "Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord."

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 12, 1878

Deaths

In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] Aug 31st, Mrs. Harriet [Bryant] wife of A.A. Bryant, aged 62 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 29th, Katie [Gallagher] daughter of the late Martin Gallagher, aged 12 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Mary Shields [Johnson], wife of Thomas Johnson, aged 23 years.

At the residence of Lore Hotchkiss in Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 9th, Mrs. John S. Tarbell of Montrose, Pa. aged 55 years.

John S. Tarbell's wife, of Montrose, died on Monday morning at Smithville after an illness of only three days being apparently perfectly well on Friday morning last. The attending physicians, Dr. Burr of Binghamton, Dr. Richardson of Montrose and Dr. Law of Smithville, pronounced it inflammation of the bowels, but thought it a very unusual case, some of the symptoms being very different from those usually indicated. The funeral will be at Montrose on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, 1835 & 1878

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 27, 1835

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. Joseph Wait to Miss Mary Ann Wheeden. 

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on the 27th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Abel, Mr. David Chase, Jr. to Miss Hannah Dickinson.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, june 10, 1835

Marriage

On Tuesday evening the 2d inst., by Elder J. S. Swan, Mr. Daniel M. Randall of the firm of Kershaw & Randall, to Miss Harriet Bissell, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. 

Death

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Monday last of consumption, Mrs. Rowena Mitchell, consort of the Hon. Henry Mitchell, aged 42 years.  

Mrs. M. was a most estimable woman in every respect and in all the relations of life.  To her family and connections, her loss is irreparable and by all who knew her, it will be deeply lamented.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1835 Death

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on the 31st ult., Mr. Allen Nicholson, aged about 40 years.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, September 11, 1878

Marriage

A complete and successful surprise visit is a rare occurrence. The tongue is such an unruly member; always anxious to tell some new thing, that the secret generally leaks out in advance.  It was our privilege on Monday, Sept. 2d, to attend one of the most unique and pleasant surprise parties that could be imagined. The occasion was the 40th anniversary of the wedded life of Mr. Henry Mosher, in the town of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].  The invitations and arrangements were all made by their son George and Mrs. Curtis, their daughter.

At the appointed time, ten o'clock, a.m., the friends all met at a given place and receiving the signal from the son, they drove into the yard and took possession of the house, one hundred and fifty strong.  The venerable pair looked on amazed and bewildered, smiling and weeping, not knowing what to say or think.  In a short time, all hands were busy preparing and setting tables and at noon we were invited to a bountiful repast furnished by the guests.  Dinner over, the company were called to order, and the following exercises observed:  Singing "Going Home Tomorrow," than a very appropriate address by Rev. I.P. Towner, of McDonough, in which, on behalf of the son and daughter, he presented the parents a bedstead and also a cane and pipe to Mr. mosher from the friends; and some other presents to Mrs. Mosher. The writer responded on behalf of the host, who was too much affected to speak.  "Shall we Gather at the River" was then sung and prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Towner.

Words cannot express all that was felt and enjoyed on htat happy day.  It was an expression of tender regard and deep, warm fre=iendship by many relatives and neighbors, which will be more precious to the family visited than silver and gold.  Long may they live to enjoy like precious scenes.  Rev. H.N. VanDusen.

Deaths

MEAD:  In Scranton, Penn., Sept. 1st, Mandie Bell [Mead] daughter of George H. Mead, aged 1 year and 8 months.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, September 14, 1878

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Mrs. Sally Campbell

Sally [Campbell] widow of Alonzo Campbell, died at Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] on Saturday September 7th, 1878.  She was a daughter of the late Gideon DeForest and was born at South Edmeston [Otsego C. NY] March 9th, 1800.  Upon her marriage in 1820 she removed into the town of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] just across the Unadilla River.  At that time the post office was on the Chenango side of the river and was called Columbus Corners.   Her husband Alonzo Campbell was for many years postmaster.  About thirty years ago the post office was removed to the Otsego side and called South Edmeston.  The neighborhood contained a number of eminent men rendering the social advantages of the place superior to those of most rural neighborhoods.  Hon. Samuel Campbell, the father of Alonzo, was Judge of the old Court of Common Pleas and a representative in the Seventeenth Congress.  A near neighbor was Hon. Joshua Lamb, also a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.  In the same school district also resided Hon. Josiah Green Olney, Member of Assembly in 1839, who died a few months ago at an advanced age.  After the death of her husband which occurred in 1859, Mrs. Campbell resided for a short time in the house with her brother at South Edmeston, then a few years with her son Henry in Nebraska.  For the last twelve years she resided most of the time in Sherburne.  Sometimes she would stay a few months with her son, Stewart, in Albany, and she made visits to her brother in Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] and friends in Columbus.  For the last two years she had been nearly helpless.  Up to that time her mind had remained clear, and she had a very accurate recollection of the events of public interest which had happened in the course of her long life.  She summoned all of her four children except the oldest, Stewart Campbell of Albany, who was present at the funeral.  Three children of her deceased son Henry reside in Nebraska.  Mrs. Campbell belonged to a family of eight brothers and sisters, all of whom were living on the day of her death.  Their ages were then as follows:

Abel B. DeForest, 82 years, 8 months, 7 days

Lee DeForest, 80 years, 1 month, 0 days

Sally Campbell, 78 years, 5 months, 28 days

Cyrus H. DeForest, 74 years, 5 months, 7 days

Maria Snyder, 72 years, 1 month 17 days

Charles A. DeForest, 69 years, 10 months 12 days

Tracy R. DeForest, 67 years, 7 months, 5 days

Harriet Fuller, 65 years, 1 month, 0 days

Giving a total of 590 years 4 months 25 days, and an average of 73 years 9 months 18 days.  Few families in the country equal this in longevity.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, 1817 & September 1878

Oxford Gazette, Oxford NY 

February 5, 1817:  Died, In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday last, Mrs. Eunice Hewitt, relict of Gurdon Hewitt, Esq. formerly of this village.

February 19, 1817:  Married, At Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday evening last, by Elder Jonathan Ferris, Mr. James Hammond of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Ruby King of Norwich.

March 19, 1817:  Married, In North Brookfield, Connecticut, Mr. David Tayler, a youth of 40 to the amiable and accomplished Miss Nancy Bartlett, AE 19.  I'm weary of a single life, / I'm really glad I've got a wife.  Ct. Courant.

Died, At New Haven, Connecticut, after a short illness, Capt. Abraham Bradley, aged 76.  He was the oldest merchant in that city.  Ct. Courant

March 26, 1817:  Died, At Union (Broome County) [NY], Amos Paterson an aged and respectable inhabitant of that county.

Married, In the city of New York, on the evening of the 22d ult. Philip Jacobs, Esq., aged 80 to the amiable Miss Eliza Brown, aged 18.  

"Son of Venus, little Cupid / Do you think I fear you now? / O no, no, I'm not so stupid, / In vain at me you bend your bow."

At eighty years, thus Philip sung; / But when Eliza's face he saw, / And heard the magic of her tongue, / His cold resolves did quickly thaw.

But what the dickens! some folks ask, / Caused the fair maid to fancy him? / It were, indeed, a hopeless talk, / To answer for a girlish whim.

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 11, 1878

Deaths

ADAMS:  In Clayton, Iowa on the morning of the third of September 1878, of congestive fever, Lorenzo G. Adams, son of C.G. Adams of Beaver Meadow, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] aged 25 years, 8 months and 10 days.

In another column will be found a notice of the death of Lorenzo G. Adams, con of C.G. Adams, of Beaver Meadow, which occurred in Clayton, Iowa, Sept. 34d.  His remains were brought to his home for burial.  He was a young man who was held in high estimation by all who knew him and his family and friends have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.

HOGAN:  Chenango Forks, Broome Co. NY: James Hogan attended the funeral of his brother at Susquehanna, Sunday.  He was run over and killed by a switch engine in the yard at that place, Saturday morning.

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On Friday morning two young men discovered the body of a man floating on the water by the side of a small railroad bridge, a short distance this side of Killawog depot [Broome Co. NY].  They immediately went for assistance and the body was taken to the riverbank, there to await the action of the proper authorities.  Coroner Richards was telegraphed for, and he immediately came on the excursion train to this place and was thence taken to Killawog by team.  A jury was impaneled with C.J. Wheaton as foreman. The body had evidently been in the water several days and from the appearance of the clothing it is surmised that it was the body of a tramp.  Whether he fell from a train or was thrown from the track by an engine or accidently fell into the stream it is of course impossible to say, as there are only the theories entertained by people who reside in that locality.  Whitney Point Register

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 14, 1878

Marriages

KING - NEWTON:  At the residence of the bride's parents in East Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] by Rev. H.G. Barned, Mr. W.O. King of Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss S.L. Newton of the former place.

SHORES - SOULE:  At the Baptist Parsonage, Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], Aug. 28th, by Rev. B.T. Davis, Mr. Charles E. Shores of North Colesville [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Cassie A. [Soule] daughter of Ed Soule of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

FARNSWORTH - DEVOE:  At the residence of the bride's father, Sept. 11th, by Rev. N.J. Hawley, Mr. L. Burr Farnsworth and Miss Minnie B. DeVoe.

LARAWAY - WARNER:  At the M.E. Church in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on the evening of Sept. 11th, 1878, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. J.M. Laraway to Miss Josephine E. Warner, all of Guilford, N.Y.

Deaths

UTTER:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 11th, 1878, Samuel Utter, aged about 75 years.

JOHNSON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 8th, Mary Esther [Johnson] daughter of Thomas and Mary Johnson, aged 30 days.

MOWRY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 7 of heart disease, Ida [Mowry] daughter of Nelson E. and Mary Mowry, aged 10 years and 4 months.

TEACHOUT:  In Windsor [Broome Co. NY] Sept. 3d, 1878, Suel Teachout, aged 71 years.

Wilkins Settlement, Chenango Co. NY:  The remains of Suel Teachout of Windsor, formerly of this place, were deposited in the cemetery at North Afton [Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday of last week. [Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, Sept. 12, 1878]

NICKERSON:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 5th, 1878, Mrs. Samaria [Nickerson] wife of George Nickerson, aged 65 years.

VAN TASSELL:  At the County House, Aug. 26th, Mrs. Lucinda Van Tassell wife of Parley Van Tassell, formerly of Oxford, aged 55 years.

TARBELL:  At the residence of Loren Hotchkiss in Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY], Sept 9th, Mrs. John S. Tarbell of Montrose, Pa., aged 55 years.

FINOUT:  Mrs. Eunice Finout of Page Brook [Chenango Co. NY], died on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.  The funeral is appointed for Friday.  She is a sister of Mrs. R.B. Bennett here [Chenango Forks, Broome Co. NY].

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, September 1878

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 12, 1878

Marriages

SHERWOOD - FAIRBANK:  In Beaver Meadow [Chenango County, NY] May 22 at the parsonage, by Rev. S.H. Adriance, Mr. Wallace Sherwood of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] to  Miss Hattie Fairbank of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].

COUCH - FAIRBANK:  At the residence of the bride's father in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 3d by Rev. S.H. Adriance, Mr. Orlow Couch of Cuyler [Cortland Co. NY] to  Miss Josie Fairbank of Pharsalia.

STACK - BERRY:  In Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] Sept 3d by Rev. Father Ludden, Mr. James Stack of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Ella Berry of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

SQUIRES - COMSTOCK:  At the residence of William Cassels in Earlville [Madison Co. NY] Sept. 4th by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. Collins F. Squires of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Ada A. Comstock of South Hamilton [Madison Co. NY].

COOK - McGEORGE:  In St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] on the evening of Sept. 4th by Rev. R. McDuff, Mr. William Cook to Miss Eva S. McGeorge.

HITCHCOCK - ROBINSON:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 4th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. J.A. Robinson of Cortland, Dewitt Hitchcock, M.D. of Long Island City and Sarah Linn Robinson daughter of S.M. Robinson._

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On Wednesday evening last, Birdsall Street Church [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] was the center of attraction.  At an early hour, a large and brilliant audience had assembled - it being the first event of the kind ever witnessed in that church - to celebrate the nuptials of one who had long been a member of the choir and whose genial disposition and pleasant ways had attracted to her quite a large circle of friends.  The church was splendidly illuminated and elaborately trimmed and decorated with vines and flowers, while a floral marriage bell was suspended from a beautiful evergreen arch in front of the altar.

The parties most interested were Miss Florence Nettie Blackman, daughter of Cyrus Blackman of this place, and Mr. Alonzo C. Wakefield, of Orange, in the old Bay State.  As the organ pealed forth its glad notes, Miss Amelia Church at the keys, the joyous couple were conducted to the altar, where the ceremony was performed in a happy, yet impressive manner by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Stone.

The ushers were Charles Denslow, Charles Pendleton, George Cole and Ira Dain.  After the ceremony the bride and groom repaired to the residence of Mr. Blackman, where they were the recipients of a large number of presents, valuable gifts likewise having been sent to the church.  The loss to Norwich society in the deprivation of Nettie Blackman and especially to the church with which she was connected, will be others' gain.  Mr. Wakefield left with his prize on Tuesday morning for their home in Massachusetts, carrying with them the best wishes of kindred and friends.  We extend our congratulations to the newly wedded couple and wish them a pleasant and prosperous journey on the voyage upon which they have just entered and a happy termination at the end.

Deaths

WHEELER:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 7th, Lavina [Wheeler] wife of Philip Wheeler aged about 60 years.

THOMPSON:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 3d, Mr. Charles C. Thompson aged 74 years.

WALSWORTH:  In Jones County, Iowa, near Onslow, Aug. 23d of old age, Mr. William Walsworth aged 93 years, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

KELLEY:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] August 27th, Mary Ann [Kelley] wife of Jonas Kelley, aged 54 years.

BOWDISH:  In North Uxbridge, Mass. June 20th, Mary A. [Bowdish] wife of S.P. Bowdish and daughter of the late Chauncy Smith of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], aged 58 years 3 months and 13 days.

RAYMOND:  At Elgin, Ill. Aug. 22, 1878, Mr. George B. Raymond, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] aged 70 years.

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South Plymouth, Chenango Co. NY:  On Friday morning, the 6th inst., a few friends gathered in the cemetery and performed the sad duty of laying away the remains of Lorenzo Adams in the silent tomb.  His father, Giles Adams, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], arrived with the body only the night before from Iowa, where he died, and it was necessary to proceed at once to the burial.  Lorenzo went West only about a year ago, and in that short time by hard study had risen to the position of principal of a high school and gave promise of rising still higher in the profession of his choice.  Oh, how severe, how hard to learn, are some of the lessons of this transitory life.  Early in the summer, Death invaded the household where the strong ties of parental affection had entwined around an only child, and with hearts torn and lacerated, they deposition her little form in the graveyard - the light and joy of their home gone.  A few weeks since another grave was dug. and now the venerable Benjamin Sisson is no longer found cheerfully toiling in his little workshop.   He has ceased to toil and is at rest.  And now still another procession comes wending its way to the cemetery.  This time a young man - one who bid fair to rise far up the hill of science and gave every evidence of becoming a blessing to society, is lowered into the narrow house prepared for all the living - a short invocation to Him who holds our destinies in his keeping and the friends go their several ways. This world is often called "The land of the living."  Oh no, it's the land of the dying - the land of funerals - of sickness, disease and death.