Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 23, 1879

Marriages

SCOTT - SHERMAN:  At the residence of H.C. Rockwell, Rockwell's Mills [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 21st, by Rev. T.P. Halstead, Mr. Tracy O. Scott of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Alice A. Sherman of the former place.

SCOTT - ROBINSON:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 16th by Rev. R.M. Duff, Warren Scott, M.D. of Traer, Iowa, to Miss Emogene Robinson, daughter of S.M. Robinson, Esq.

DARLING - ADAMS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 15th, by Rev. H.N. Payne, Mr. Nelson W.D Darling of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Cora B. Adams of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].

MOSHER - BENEDICT:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 8th, by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. George H. Mosher to Miss Clara M. Benedict, both of Smithville.

SMITH COOK:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 12th, by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. Arthur W Smith of Union [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Sarah Cook of Greene.

SANFORD - JACKSON:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 8th by Rev. A.W. Hood, Mr. George W Sanford of Triangle [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Almira M. Jackson of Greene.

WEEKS - HYDE:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 8th, by Rev. A.W. Cornell Mr. Lewis A. Weeks to Miss Lena Florence Hyde all of Afton.

SYMONDS - AUSTEN:  Oct. 14th 1879, on the platform of the depot at the Tunnel Station [Broome Co. NY] by Rev. A.F. Harding, Mr. George Symonds of South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Sarah M. Austen of Colesville, Broome County (NY].

GREEN - SPAULDING:  In Brookfield [Madison Co. NY] Sept. 30th, by Rev. J.M. Todd, Mr. William M. Green of Poolville [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Addie H. Spaulding of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY]

HARVEY - RAYMOND:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 7th, by Rev. H.C. Leach, Mr. Emmett Harvey of Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Addie Raymond of Otselic.

DELEVAN - GRIFFITH:  In Marathon, Oct. 8th, by Rev. J.H. Harris, Mr. Adelbert Delavan of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Mary Griffith of Marathon [Cortland Co. NY]

Deaths

BUELL:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 21st, after a brief illness of pleuro pneumonia, Julia [Buell] wife of Simon Buell, aged 55 years.  Funeral at her late residence on Friday at 11 A.M.

CLARK:  Killed by the cars, near this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Friday evening, Oct. 17th, Mr. Abram Clark aged 61 years.

RILEY:  In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 11th Emily [Riley] wife of John Riley, aged 56 years.

GALLUP:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 15th, Mr. R.M. Gallup aged 71 years.

NICHOLS:  At the residence of his brother, Erastus Nichols, in Lincklaen Centre [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 13th of apoplexy, Mr. Estrus P. Nichols of Albion, Wisconsin, formerly of Lincklaen, aged 65 years.

SIONDS:  In Baltimore, Md., Sept 28th Mr. John L. Simonds aged 45 years, formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

HOYT:  In Middleport, N.Y. [Niagara Co.], Oct. 9th, Mrs. E. Louisa Hoyt, aged 38 years and 9 months, wife of William D Hoyt, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

ALLYN:  In Potterville, Bradford Co. Pa., Oct. 2d Mr. J. Billings Allyn aged 61 years and 2 months, formerly of Mcdonough [Chenango Co. NY].

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Death on the Rail

A fatal railroad accident occurred on the Midland, about four miles south of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], a few minutes before six o'clock on Friday evening last.  A gang of bridge men, consisting of Martin Adams, John Flynn, Richard Allen and Abram Clark, were returning on a hand car from their work on the Oxford Trestle and when about a mile and a half this side of Lyon Brook bridge, the whistle of the excursion train returning from New York was heard and the train was seen rounding the curve some thirty rods behind them.  Flynn and Allen at once jumped form the car and rolled down the bank, while Foreman Adams attempted to get Clark from his seat on the forward end of the car, but was compelled to leave him, having barely time to leap and save his own life.  In the meantime efforts were being made on the train to check its speed, but as it consisted of four well filled coaches and the grade being heavy, this was almost useless.  When the car was struck, Clark was thrown several feet in the air, and in falling his head struck the end of a tie, crushing the back of his skull in a horrid manner, the brains oozing upon the ground.  One of his legs was also badly broken and his death was instantaneous.  The train was stopped, the body brought to the depot and an inquest held by Coroner Avery. Conductor Coburn and engineer Finch, of the excursion train, Superintendent Laupher, Train Dispatcher Hankins, John Flynn and Martin Adams, were sworn and the jury found that Clark "came to his death by a wound received on the back of the head, by a collision between the locomotive of an excursion train and a hand car upon which he was riding."

Deceased came to this village [Norwich], from Newark, N.J. about the year 1853, and worked for Goodrich & Brown, at silver plating, three years, and for E.&E.L. Brown, their successors in business, thirteen years, and what is a little remarkable, during the thirteen years he was in the employ of the last named firm, he lost but three days and that on account of sickness.  For some years past he has worked as a laborer, on the railroads and elsewhere and was a faithful, hard-working man, well-disposed quiet and inoffensive in his manner. A widow and five children - two sons and three daughters - survive him.  His funeral was held at the residence of his son-in-law, Henry C. Hughson on Sunday afternoon.  His age was sixty-one years.

News Item

The following soldier's tribute to Rev. Samuel Scoville by a member of the 114th Regiment, written directly after he left Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], with his family for his new field of labor, was unavoidably crowded out of our last week's issue by the pressure upon our columns.  It has lost nothing by standing over and will be read with interest by the multitude of Mr. Scoville's friends.  (Editor)

Now that everybody, as it would seem, have voiced their praises, their regrets and sorrows, and now that the dearest of pastors has gone, so that he will not be likely to feel "like a first class funeral," or know what it is to be "an unresisting corpse" anymore, by anything further that might be said, I desire to give expression to a sentiment which is shared by a large and not unimportant class in whose behalf, I am sorry to say, not a word has been publicly uttered among all the many good things that have been said - I refer to the veteran soldiers.

Mr. Scoville's residence in Norwich runs nearly parallel with the writer's - that is, in respect to time.  Beyond that, the analogy ends.  I remember his coming to this place, an enthusiastic young man fresh with college honors and some theology in his brain, whose advent, it appeared to me, was fortunate to the church and society for which he came to minister, and to the community at large, if not to himself.  It was my fortune to hear some of his first sermons preached in a small apartment in the old furniture building on South Broad Street, when I discovered, or thought I did, traits and qualifications for a minister, which in the end would tell.  How nearly the prediction then or subsequently made upon a certain occasion, when the writer chanced to be present, when the young preacher was up for discussion and when some of the elders "wagged their heads," has been verified, I leave for those to answer who used to sit upon the straggling benches in the little room in Close's building, or on the naked seats in Concert Hall, who were present Sunday evening in that elegant edifice, with its every appointment the very height of perfection and who were of that vast assemblage who came to do homage to the retiring pastor.

Soon the sound of battle from afar, and the call for more men took me with hundreds of the bravest and best of the community to the front, and for nearly three years I never saw Mr. Scoville's face again.  Although lost to sight he was not lost to sense. The boys of the army, and particularly of the one hundred and Fourteenth Regiment read the local newspapers as never before, till the print became blurred and the worn and wrinkled sheets almost as black as the camp kettles in which they cooked their mess and knew what was going on at home, who were their friends and sympathizers in the many dangers and hardships to which they were exposed.

Mr. Scoville had spoken noble words for our dear dead Colonel, borne home upon his shield from that pen of fearful slaughter at Port Hudson, three thousand miles away, to be buried in this beautiful valley and among his kindred.  We all loved him for that.  He had spoken noble works for others, brought home to sleep in the graves of their fathers, beside their loved ones, or who had been hid away upon the battlefield, laid to rest in hospital grounds, or borne from the loathsome prison cell. We all loved him for that.  He had spoken earnest, encouraging, patriotic words for the living, during those times which tried men's souls. We all loved and honored him for that.

Mr. Scoville was among the first and foremost to welcome our noble Regiment, when, with thinned ranks, its bronzed and scarred veterans came back one lovely June day fourteen years ago, bearing aloft their tattered, bullet-riddled banners, begrimed with the smoke and dust of battle, and we have never forgotten him for that.  My first genuine acquaintance with Mr. Scoville - having met only casually before - and the first time I ever felt the warm pressure of his friendly hand, was when introduced to him at the table of the banquet prepared by the patriotic ladies of Norwich on the occasion of that glad "Welcome Home." There may have been - I know there was - much in the magnitude and thronging memories of the event to produce and intensify impression.  Sure it was, while the hands and thoughts of noble women were busy serving their royal feast, the genial opened-souled pastor took possession of many a veteran's heart.  In one, verily, the possession having never been disputed, he "Holds the fort."

Not by members of the 114th Regiment alone, but by the soldier element of society generally, wherever he is known, is Mr. Scoville especially regarded as "The Soldier's Friend."  He will be missed at our Reunions, on Decoration Day occasions, at the last sad rites at the soldier's grave - everywhere, save in the affections of the people.  For his good cheer, his many kind offices of charity and mercy, beautiful, profuse and varied as the leaves of Autumn, will be the preacher who served eighteen years in Norwich, be long and gratefully remembered.

H.H.B. (Dr. Harrison H. Beecher)

Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1867)

 Oneida Dispatch, Oneida, NY, March 30, 1867

Marriages

BUMPUS - LUMBARD:  March 27th, 1867, at the National Hotel, By Rev. David McFarland, of Oneida, Mr. Augustus H. Bumpus to Miss Eliza M. Lumbard, both of Fenner, N.Y. [Madison Co.].

WHITMAN - WILCOX:  In Clockville [Madison Co. NY] on the 20th inst. at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Leander Hall, Mr. Allen S. Whitman and Miss Mary Wilcox all of Clockville.

SHAPLEY - STEWART:  At the residence of the bride's father in Georgetown [Madison Co. NY], March 14th, 1867, by Rev. James H. Sage, Mr. Spencer B. Shapley of Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Dora C. Stewart.

WARD - COOK: Thursday, March 21st, 1867, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev A.G. Fargo, Waulatean B. Ward of Madison, N.Y. [Madison Co.] to Miss Lottie A. Cook of Bouckville, N.Y. [Madison Co.].

VEDDER - MAINE:  In Perryville [Madison Co. NY], March 29th, 1867, by Rev. E.F. Maine of Walworth, Mr. Horatio K. Vedder of Oppenheim [Fulton Co. NY] to Miss Marion A.Maine of Perryville.

BARLOW - SHERWOOD: On March 21, 1867, by Rev. Wm. Reddy, Mr. William Barlow of Canaseraga [Allegany Co. NY] to Mrs. Jane Ann Sherwood of Oneida Valley.

HUNT - TUTTLE:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] on the 6th inst. Mr. George H. Hunt of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Dorlesca Tuttle of Georgetown.

BROWN - BACON:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] on the 12th inst. Mr. George Brown and Mary E. Bacon, all of Otselic. 

McCARTNEY - MIX:  In Sangerfield [Oneida Co. NY] on the 6th inst. by the Rev. C. Morgan, Mr. John McCartney and Miss Ellen C. Mix.

MORTON - WHEELER:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] on the 6th inst. by Rev. Mr. Brooks, Mr. Reuben Morton of Herkimer Co. [NY] and Miss Mary Wheeler of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].

The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark of Eaton [Madison Co. NY] met at their residence on Wednesday evening, the 20th inst. to celebrate their twenty-fifth marriage anniversary.  It was a pleasant and happy gathering.  Mr. and Mrs. Clark were the recipients of numerous handsome and appropriate presents, amounting in value to $175.  There were about sixty guests present, and they all gathered round a table filled with the good things the worthy hostess knows so well how to prepare.  All united in doing these good things ample justice. Then followed music, song and dancing, till the small hours of the night came round, and admonished all to seek their homes.  And thus, the happy company broke up, pleased and highly gratified with the evening's entertainment and hoping long life may bless the host and hostess, whose house has always been the welcome, cordial home of all callers, whether rich or poor.  that they might live to enjoy their golden wedding, when twenty-five more years have rolled away, was the earnest wish of all.

Deaths

COPPINS:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], March 20th, George Coppins aged 21 years 10 months and 20 days.

CROSS:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY]m, on the 9th inst., Mrs. Betsey Cross aged 76 years

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DENISON:  In Oneida [Madison Co. NY] March 23, at the residence of her mother, Mrs. N.B. Wilbur, Mrs. Mary W. Denison, wife of Lyman Denison, Esq. of New York, aged 40 years.

No brief obituary notice can do justice to the memory of one who possessed such a rare combination of personal beauty with exquisite culture of mind and heart.  Whether we refer to her kind and gentle spirit, by which she won the affection of all who knew her, to intellectual gifts, her perfect taste and fine execution in painting and music, by which she challenged their admiration, or her ardent childish love for all things beautiful in nature, by which the world of beauty in sight and sound was open to the sensitive soul, or to that Christian faith which consecrated and sanctified there gifts and graces, we are embarrassed by the limits of this notice.  In the prime of her life and beauty she fell a victim to disease.  For several years she bravely resisted its inroad, receiving all the loving care which the devoted ministry of her loving family could render, but it becoming evident the past winter that she was failing, she left the city for the quiet repose of the country, to die in her mother's house.  There, in perfect quiet and peace, grateful as a child for every kindness shown her, looking to her Savior with that entire reliance which removed all fear or dread of death, she lay for several weeks, waiting the summons to depart.  And when, in the early watch her Savior called, she, asking for her husband and mother, smiled sweetly saying:

"So fades a summer cloud away; / So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; / So gently shuts the eye of day; / So dies a wave along the shore."

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879, 1880)

 Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, December 20, 1879

Marriage

PALMER - SIMMS:  At the residence of the bride's parents in Earlville [Madison Co. NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. Henry E. Palmer of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] and Miss Kate A. Simms of the former place.

One of the most pleasant and fascinating of all parties - a wedding party - occurred in Earlville last Wednesday, when Mr. Henry E. Palmer of Syracuse led to the altar Miss Kate A. Simms, one of Earlville's most charming belles.  There was a very large gathering of the friends of the bride, and the bridal presents were numerous and elegant.  Miss Ella Simms, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid and A.B. Coats filled the station of groom's best man. The reception was a brilliant affair and thoroughly enjoyed by the many guests who united in wishing the happy couple a happy and prosperous voyage.

Masonville, Delaware Co. NY: There has been no mention in the Republican of the marriage of Henry C. Bartlett and Nettie E Thatcher.  they were married at the residence of the bride, by Rev. HN. Ripley, Dec. 17th.

Deaths

SPENCER:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY] on the 15th inst., Mr. John Spencer, aged 48 years.

McINTYRE:  At New York Mills, Oneida County [NY] on the 11th inst. James H. McIntyre, son of James McIntyre of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], aged 22 years.  His remains were brought to this pace for interment.  Funeral services were held in the M.E. Church.  Rev. D. Ballou of Utica preached the discourse.

LAMB:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] ont he 16th inst., Mr. Prentice D. Lambb aged 43 years.

FISH:  Norwich, Chenango Co. NY:  On Friday morning last, Charles H. Fish while seated at his bench in G.A. Harris' jewelry store, was attached with a fit, and conveyed to his boarding place, the residence of his sister, Mrs. A.O. Greenman, where he remained unconscious, with frequent convulsions, until half-past ten o'clock on Sunday evening, when he expired. Deceased has resided in this village with the exception of two or three years, since his boyhood.  When quite young he was apprenticed to the late Nelson H. Nash, where he obtained a knowledge of the jewelry business and was a skilled workman, while as an engraver he had no equal in the Chenango Valley.  Union

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, January 2, 1880

Marriages

RUDD - WINSOR:  At the residence of the bride's father, Olney Winsor, by Rev. D.N. Grummon on Wednesday, Dec. 31, Charles E. Rudd of Waterville, N.Y. [Oneida Co.] to Miss Abbie A Winsor of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].

ROBERTS - POOLE:  At the residence of the bride's father, Dec. 25, by Rev. Wm. H. Sawtell, Edward Roberts of Bettsburg [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Matie Poole of Nineveh [Broome Co. NY].

BUSH - SKINNER:  Dec. 25, Rufus Bush of Nineveh [Broome Co. NY] to Miss [Alice] Skinner of Harpersville [Broome Co. NY].

SAXBY - ADKINS:  Dec. 25, at the residence of the bride's parents by Rev. W.B. Stewart, W.H. Saxby of Windsor [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Fannie E. Adkins of Colesville [Broome Co. NY].

BARSTOW - MATTESTON:  In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] Dec. 24, 1879 by the Rev. Ripley, Mr. E.S. Barstow of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Grace Matteston of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

Belden, Broome Co. NY:  Burt Bakers child was buried last Friday. Services were held at the house, conducted by Rev. Mr. Segars of Port Crane.

We are pained to announce the death, on Monday, of Louis Ives' youngest boy, about five years of age.  the funeral took place at Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Tuesday.  [Lewis Ives, 1875 - 2 Jan. 1880, buried Ives Settlement Cemetery]

A disastrous fire occurred in the outskirts of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY], on Sunday night, Dec. 21st, at about 4 o'clock.  a small dwelling house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hawyer, aged respectively 86 and 81 years, was burned to the ground, and Mr. Hawyer was burned to death in it.  His body was burned to a crisp, nothing being left but a few bones.  Mrs. Hawyer was awakened by the flames, but was unable to arouse Mr. Hawyer, he probably being suffocated at the time. She escaped and walked with nothing on but her night clothes and they badly burned to the residence of her son, Mr. James Hawyer, a distance of about twenty rods. The thermometer at the time was below zero.  Her feet and hands were frozen.  Her recovery from the effect of the exposure and excitement is doubtful.  Only two persons reached the scene before the house was burned down, and they too late to do any good. The fire is supposed to have originated in a pan of hot ashes in the woodshed.  Cherry Valley Gazette.

Vital Records, Broome County, NY (1838, 1874)

 Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, March 8, 1838

Marriages

Married, by the Rev. Mr. Row, on the 28th ult. Mr. S.T. Holmes of Morrisville, Madison Co. [NY] to Miss Delilah [Wentz] daughter of Mr. William Wentz, of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY].

By the same, ont he 1st inst., Mr. Jacob C. Hull to Miss Maria Rosecrants, both of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY].

By the same, on the 5tgh inst., Mr. Bradford Shumway of Addison, Steuben Co. [NY] to Miss Abigail Park of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY].

Death

Died, in Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio, on the 30th January last, Mr. James Green, aged 33 years.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, March 15, 1838

Marriages

In Vienna, Oneida County [NY] on Monday, March 5th, Nathan S. Davis, M.D. of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] to Miss Ann Maria Parker, daughter of John Parker, Esq. of the former place.

In Windsor [Broome Co. NY] on Thursday evening the 8th instant by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, Mr. Alfred N. Brown, to Miss Elizabeth M. Smith, all of Windsor.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, March 22, 1838

Marriage

Married, in Boston, on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Peabody, Rev. Edward N. Harris of Malden, member of the House of Representatives, to Miss Sarah George, of Boston.  this hymenial affair is the subject of remark in the city [Boston].  Mr. Harris, who has exhibited many eccentricities as a legislator, as well as a divine, being in a state of widowhood with three children, saw Miss George accidentally through the window of a milliner's shop, and being favorably impressed with her appearance, put his head into the door and popped the question of marriage to her.  She blushed and hesitated. He gave a brief account of himself; said he would give her a week to consider and determine and left the shop.  At the expiration of the week, he again appeared; consent was given, and the ceremony was at once performed.  Mr. Harris resigned his seat in the House and has taken his young bride (only sixteen) off to Methuen, where he has received a call for settlement, over a Universalist Society at $800 per annum.  Boston paper.

Deaths

Died at Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, on the 9th instant, Moses Hopkins, Esq. aged 87 years.  Mr. Hopkins was a native of that town, and excepting a short period, a resident in the town during his whole life.  For sixty years he was Register of Deeds, having been originally appointed in 1778.  In 1797 he was appointed Postmaster and held both the above offices until his death.

Also died at Richford, Tioga County [NY] on the 11th instant, Mr. William Whiting, formerly of the town of Great Barrington, aged 81 years.  Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Whiting were brothers-in-law, the former having married the sister of the latter.

At Houston, Texas in June last, Mr. Samuel McKinney aged 23 years, formerly of this village [Binghamton, NY] and son of Mr. Jacob McKinney.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, March 29, 1838

Death

In Augusta, Michigan, of consumption, Mrs. Creusa [Hill], wife of the Rev. Oliver hill, int he 47th year of her age, formerly of Union, in this county [Broome Co. NY

Union News, Union, NY, September 5, 1874

Death

At State Pine City, Warren Co., Ind. Aug. 25, 1874, Elnora [Layton] wife of James E. Layton, formerly of Vestal [Broome Co. NY] in the 32d year of her age.

In the removal of this loved one, many bright hopes have been blasted and many hearts made sad.  With her bereaved husband and mother she leaves a little daughter only six months old to lament her early death, one brother and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss, but in her own loved family it is felt most upon the husband's and mother's hearts it falls heaviest.

Bright flowers wither in an hour, / And those most loved are first to die, / O'er happy days dark clouds will lower, / and purest pleasures leave a sigh.

A withering blight swept o'er thy form, / And made thy beauty fade away / Twas sickness cold unpitying storm, / That marked thee for its early prey

May heaven stamp on that little one / Her charms, her every virtue share / To cheer thy lonely hearts bereft, / Till freed from all life a cankering care.  

M.L.E.

News Item

It was rumored last Sunday that Mrs. Sally Cafferty had been taken ill Saturday evening at the Mount Carmel camp meeting and on her way home died.  She lives with her son-in-law Payne, keeper of the county House. The report proved true in part.  Mrs. Cafferty was taken ill but happily has quite recovered.

"Aunt Sally" as many call her, is known by old and young in this vicinity and the rumor of her death excited much comment.  We are glad to note her recovery and hope she may yet live many years and be able to labor for the cause to which she has already devoted a lifetime - the building up of Christ's kingdom.

Union News, Union, NY, September 19, 1874

Marriage

In Tracy Creek, N.Y. September 16th, 1874, by the Rev. D.D. Brown, E.D. Underwood, to Miss Ida E. Warwick.

Death

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Wednesday morning, Sept. 16th, 1874, Rev. David D. Gregory in the 73d year of his age.

Rev. D.D. Gregory, one of the best known of the more elderly clergymen in this country, died at his residence in the city of Binghamton Wednesday morning 16th inst.

The Binghamton Republican says: "Mr. Gregory was born at Sand Lake in this State [Rensselaer Co. NY] in August 1802 and was consequently a little over 72 years of age.  After engaging for some years in pursuits to maintain and educate himself - part of the time as a clerk in a store at Deposit - he graduated at Williams College and entered the ministry thoroughly qualified for the important work.  On the 11th of September 1817, he was installed pastor over the First Presbyterian Church in this city [Binghamton] and continued to discharge the duties of that position until January 25, 1848.  He then removed to Cincinnati, to become pastor over the Tabernacle Church in that city.  During his ministry in that city, his first wife, Sarah Rose, died. Subsequent to his very successful ministry in Cincinnati he has been pastor of churches in Westfield, Pa., Northeast, Pa. and Prattsburgh, in this state [NY].  Several years ago, he came to Binghamton, the scene of his early ministry to retire, but has since than served the Presbyterian Church in Conklin as a supply.  He remained up to within a few weeks remarkably vigorous for a person of his advanced years and has been enabled by vigorous intellect and bodily strength to do great service in his sacred calling."

Mr. Gregory's services in the ministry had extended over a period of forty-five years.  He was well known in this vicinity, having often supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in this village.  The funeral will take place tomorrow.

Vital Records, Otsego (1862 & 1891) County, NY

 Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, January 8, 1862

Marriages

At the parsonage in this village [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY] on the 1st inst.  by Reve. George Parsons, Mr. Madison Youngs of West Oneonta to Miss Mary A. Shepherd of Laurens [Otsego Co. NY].

In Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] Dec. 26th by Rev. F.C. Hodge, Mr. John C. Fish to Miss Sarah Jane Orr, all of Davenport [Delaware Co. NY].

In Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] Dec. 31st, by Milton Gurney Esq. Mr. Edwin Alger to Miss Lucretia Pratt both of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY]

Also, at the same time and place by the same, Mr. P. Gardner to Miss Melitta Pratt both of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

In Portlandville [Otsego Co. NY], Jan. 5th by Elder J. Cooke at his residence, Mr. Warren Elliot to Miss Mary Jane Houghtaling both of Milford [Otsego Co. NY]A terrible accident whereby three men lost their lives occurred near Nineveh [Broome Co. NY] Thursday afternoon.  A large number of men are employed sawing lumber at a mill owned by A. Lee, about two miles east of the village.  About three o'clock, while the machinery was in motion, residents in that vicinity were startled by a load detonation which broke the glass in surrounding residences and fairly shook the ground.  Women and children, imaging that an earthquake or the crack of doom had happened, rushed into the village streets, which presented a panic stricken spectacle.  Soon it became noised abroad that the boiler in Lee's mill had exploded and a crowd quickly collected at the scene of the accident.  Here a fearful spectacle met the gaze.  The mill was badly wrecked, the roof having been blown off, while that portion of the building used as an engine room was fairly splintered.  Three unfortunate individuals, Fred Wheeler, James Shaw, and Thomas Markham all of Doraville [Broome Co. NY] were instantly killed and their bodies horribly mutilated.  Pieces of flesh and fragments of human anatomy were hurled many yards away.  In one spot could be seen a post spattered with blood, while to a jagged timber clung an unrecognizable portion of human flesh.  Further along a pile of logs were stained with the brains of an unfortunate victim who had been killed by the concussion.  It was a sight that caused strong men to shiver and turn pale with horror. the remains of the unfortunate victims were removed to Nineveh and from there to their homes. The cause of the accident is not known, as the boiler was considered perfectly safe.  Binghamton Republican, July 24.

News Item

From the South - Gloomy Prospects

Baltimore:  One of the prisoners has an editorial from the Richmond paper, which he cut out and secreted in his boot.  It gives an awful picture of the condition the Rebel army on the Potomac, saying that the entire army is utterly demoralized.  Regimental drills have ceased entirely.

The men spending their time with cards, great numbers are offering large sums for substitutes, one offered as high as $1,500.  the editor urges the government to do something to remedy the evil.  Such is the condition of the army that enlistments cannot go on.  Thousands who would enlist being deterred by the discouraging situation of the army.

A New Orleans dispatch of the 29th says that the powder mill opposite the city exploded last night. The guard had inspected the premises only half an hour before.  It is attributed to an incendiary.

The prisoners say their clothing and boots were looked upon with longing eyes by the Rebels, especially their boots.  Many men offered as high as $25 per pair for their boots.  Coffee is held in Richmond at $1.50 per lb.

Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, July 30, 1891

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Lives Over a Century

John Brooks of Waldron, Mich, recently celebrated the 105th anniversary of his birth.

Mr. Brooks was born at Hancock, N.H. June 17, 1786.  He is thought to be of Scotch-Irish descent, although his ancestry had not been definitely traced beyond New England.  The first twenty-six years of his life were spent with his father on the farm.  His education was only such as the average farmer boy of that day received - a few months in winter at the old log schoolhouse.  His parents were strictly Christian, and he was trained in all the rigidity of the Puritan doctrines. Tobacco he never used in any form and an oath was never heard to escape his lips.  The worst language he remembers using was when he charged a crow with the devil, and he had always regretted that he did not speak of her instead as a bad crow, which he thinks would have answered just as well.

Shortly before the War of 1813, Mr. Brooks left the farm and at the village of Milford in the same state [NH], engaged as an apprentice in the blacksmith shop of an older brother.  Near the close of the war, his brother was drafted and to obey the summons must leave a dependent family.  Young Brooks, who was still single, promptly offered to go as substitute.  Enlisting, he served for three months in the capacity of cook, and the war having closed was honorably discharged.  He has forgotten his company and the number of his regiment but remembers Col. John Steele as the commander.  He returned to Hancock, where two years later he was united in marriage to Miss Deidamia Brooks, of that village. The venerable wife died in 1869.  From this union came nine children, five of whom, three sons and two daughters, are now living; John at Lickley's Corners, William at Reed City, James at Waleron, Deidamia at Jackson and Charlotte at Harrison.  

Soon after his marriage Brooks emigrated to Unadilla, N.Y. [Otsego Co.]. There, after a few years at farming, he resolved to come still father west and again fixing up his emigrant wagon pushed out.  He was headed for northern Ohio or southern Michigan, but meeting at Cattaraugus [Cattaraugus Co. NY], a returning party from the west, he was so discouraged by their report of the country that he settled in Cattaraugus and remained for twenty years while in a sawmill.  In 1848 he put into execution the resolve to come to Michigan, settling in Pittsford township, where he worked a farm for twenty-eight years and then removed in 1871 to the homestead in Wright township, where he now resides with his son James.  

Five years ago, his 100th birthday was publicly celebrated in a grove near his home, where there were over 1,000 people assembled in honor of the occasion.  Three brass bands, several G.A.R. posts and various other organizations were in attendance.  Antioch News

Mr. Brooks is remembered by the older inhabitants of the town [Unadilla] and formerly lived where Charles L. Earl now lives near the Sisson Hill schoolhouse.

Obituary, 1891: Waldron, Mich June 20:  John Brooks, undoubtedly the oldest man in Michigan, if not in the United States, is dead.  He had for a long time been troubled with gangrene in his foot and it was only a question of time how long he could hold out.  The celebration of his 105th birthday Thursday was a source of great pleasure to him, and he became greatly excited over it.  This brought on a mental relapse and seemed to accelerate the general collapse that has been near for so long.  He was seen to be dying yesterday morning, but that wonderful vitality that had enabled him to hold out so long against the grim reaper stayed death until nearly noon, when he breathed his last. The funeral services will be held this afternoon.  [Sunday Times, Bay City, MI, June 21, 1891]

Obituary, 1891:  John Brooks of Waldron, Hillsdale County, Michigan's oldest resident, celebrated his 105th birthday recently, and the next day died suddenly of gangrene.  Mr. Brooks was born in New Hampshire, June 18, 1786.  He spent his early life after the manner of the thrifty New Englanders and when the war of 1812 offered an opportunity to serve the country he enlisted and served faithfully to the end.  He started west in the 20's, but stopped in New York state, not reaching his home in Hillsdale County until 1843.  His wife died in 1869 and since then he had lived with his children.  [Midland Daily News, Midland, MI, July 2, 1891]

Vital Records, Madison (1854), Otsego (1873) Counties, NY

 Cazenovia Republican, Cazenovia, NY, June 7, 1854

Death

Mrs. E.C. Judson wife of the late Rev. Dr. Judson, died at the residence of her father in the village of Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.] on the evening of the 1st inst., in the 37th year of her age.  Her disease was consumption.  she is well and favorably known to the literary world as "Fanny Forester."  A talented authoress, faithful friend, a pious and devoted Christian, and self-sacrificing missionary, has passed from the land of the living.  The following touching paragraph was written by her long ago, and now her wish thus beautifully expressed has been realized:

"O, let me die in the country where I shall not fall like a leaf of the forest, unheeded; where those who loved me need not mask their heart to meet the careless multitude and strive to forget me!  Bury me in the country amid the prayers of the good and the tears of the loving; not in the dark, damp vault, away from the sweet-scented air, and the cheerful sunshine; but in the open fields among the flowers that I loved and cherished while living."

[Emily Chubbuck Judson, 22 Aug. 1817 - 1 June 1854]

Cazenovia Republican, Cazenovia, NY, June 14, 1854

Marriage

In the city of Auburn [Cayuga Co. NY], May 31st by Rev. A.J. Dana, Rev. Samuel M. Fish, formerly a student in the Seminary in this village [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY] to Miss Ellen L. Spencer eldest daughter of Hiram W Spencer, Esq., all of Auburn.

Death

Mr. Robert Stewart an old and much respected inhabitant of the town of Fenner [Madison Co. NY], was accidentally killed on Saturday last.  Mr. S. was returning to his home from Canastota, with a load of lime and was met by an individual who wished to ride.  On ascending a hill, in getting out of the wagon, the board upon which they were sitting tipped and Mr. Stewart fell under the wheel which crossed directly over his head, killing him instantly.

Cazenovia Republican, Cazenovia, NY, June 28, 1854

Deaths

At the residence of Mr. Jabez C. Tillotson, on the 25th inst. Mrs. Rachel [Tillotson] wife of Ephraim Tillotson, Esq. aged 70 years.

Her disease was dropsy on the heart.  Long a resident of this town, her acquaintance was quite extensive.  The kind and faithful manner in which she performed her duties as a wife and mother - her good will towards the needy - the propriety of her conduct as a professor of religion, will cause her loss to be widely and deeply felt.

In this village [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY] June 20th, Helen E. [Huckley] only child of George and Mary A.  Huckley, aged 3 years and 8 months.

"Sleep on sweet babe, for thou canst sleep / Thy father weeps for thee in vain; / The tears flow down thy mother's cheek, / Her tortured breast is filled with pain.

"Thy heart that used to thrill so warm, / In death's embrace doth cease to beat, / And every vital spark is gone, / No friends on earth could give relief.

"How beauteous was that gentle form / Enstamp'd upon the infant breast; / How oft I've kissed thy cheek so warm / Where angel love had reared its nest."

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, June 18, 1873

Deaths

Died in Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] on the 7th inst. after a long illness, David T. Clark in the 69th year of his age.  Mr. Clark was a gentleman well known to the older inhabitants of this village.  Since his conversion, when only ten years old, he has been an earnest Christian and a zealous worker in the church.  The Sabbath School is a field in which he was an earnest worker, and to him belongs the honor of establishing the first Sunday School in this village.  His life was one with a purpose and of him it may be truly said that the world is better for his having lived in it.  Oneonta Democrat

Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock, Deacon Luke E. March, Postmaster at Bridgewater [Oneida Co. NY], went to his orchard to trim trees.  Not coming home as usual he was looked after and found dead under a tree, his neck being broken (it is supposed) by a fall.  He probably lay from about 3 P.M. till 8 o'clock.  Deacon Marsh was highly respected citizen and a kind husband and father, an earnest and devoted Christian, kind to the poor and ever ready to render assistance to the needy.  His loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him.  Richfield Springs mercury

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, June 25, 1873

Marriages

June 13: At Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] by Rev. A. Goodsell, R.K. Teller of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Minnie Biglie of Syracuse.

June 11: At Burlington Flats [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. L. Casler, Dorr C. Chapman to Miss Sarah A. Thompson, all of the former place.

June 11: At the M.E. Church at Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] by Rev. S.W. Weiss, David S. Peet of Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Jennie S. Timewell of Mt. Upton.

June 5:  At Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. G.E. Flint, F.A. Adkins of Winfield [Herkimer Co. NY] to Miss Emma E. Matteson of Pittsfield.

Deaths

June 8:  In Yonkers [Westchester Co., NY], Laurence Decker formerly of Prattsville, Greene Co. [NY], aged 52 years.

On the 10th inst, a little boy of 19 months, son of James B. Johnson of Toddsville [Otsego Co. NY], took strong hartshorn from a vial, producing such a degree of inflammation of the throat and lungs that death ensued in 36 hours.  The child climbed into a chair, thence upon a stand and reached the vial on a shelf above, in the absence of its mother.  Journal

Mrs. Olive Shutes and her husband, John Shutes, came to this village [Morris, Otsego Co. NY] on a visit to her sister, Mrs. James Pope, Saturday, June 14th; returned to their residence in Milford [Otsego Co. NY] on Sunday and on Monday the 16th she died.  Heart disease cause of death.  She was in the 58th year of her age.

Jacob Holmes a well-to-do farmer, residing in Columbus Center, Chenango County [NY] committed suicide by hanging, June 14th.  He had recently suffered sickness, which seemed to have unsettled his mind and he was taken to the Lunatic Asylum in Utica [Oneida Co. NY] for an examination by Dr. Gray.  He was not kept there long but on being taken home, Dr. Gray cautioned the friends of the deceased to keep watch of him.  Watch was kept, but Saturday deceased succeeded in slipping away and between five and six o'clock Saturday afternoon he was found hanging in his barn, dead. A razor was found in his pocket.  Chenango Union

Vital Records, Otsego (1807), Cortland (1849) Counties, NY

 Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, August 6, 1807

Marriages

Married, in this town [Boston, MA] on the 31st ult. Mr. Andrew Buchanan merchant of Baltimore, to Miss Carolina Virginia Marylanda Johnson, of this town, Boston paper, July 24

At Danvers [MA], Dea. Joseph Putnam AEt 67, to Mrs. Mehitabel Putnam AEt 63.

Deaths

Drowned on Thursday last, Samuel Ward, Jun. son of Mr. Samuel Ward of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], a lad of 17 years of age.  He was bathing in the pond at Mudge's mills and got under a shelving bank, from whence he was drawn by N. Gott, Jun. but not till life was extinct.  Every possible method was used in vain to resuscitate him. To the bitter grief of his parents and relations, he was prematurely lodged in the silent grave.

Died, yesterday morning, the Rev. John C. Kunze, D.D. minister of the German Lutheran Church in this city [NYC].  the friends and acquaintance of the deceased are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, No. 100 Chatham Street at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon.  N.Y.W. Tower, July 25.

At Washington City, on the 19th instant, in the 44th year of his age Uriah Tracy, a Senator of the United States from the state of Connecticut; and on the following day he was interred with the honors due to his situation and character, as a stateman, and to his rank as a major general; his pall being supported by the heads of departments and officers of government.  For many years he experienced frequent and severe sickness and his last illness commenced on the 4th of March last, while attending the funeral of Mr. Baldwin, his former fellow student and late colleague in the State.  Nat. Intel. 

Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, August 13, 1807

Death 

Died in June last, of a fit of the apoplexy in the town of Catherine, County of Broome [NY], Colonel Luke Bonney a gentleman, highly respected and beloved, as a parent, husband and neighbor.  His charity and hospitality was conspicuous and diffusive.  His loss will be deeply deplored by the public, but more poignantly by a sickly family of which he was director and Protector.

McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, June 7, 1849

Death

Aaron C. Hall, Esq. of Catskill [Green Co. NY], died there this morning of the cholera, after an illness of a few hours.

McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, June 14, 1849

Marriage

In Homer [Cortland Co. NY] on the 7th inst. by Rev. E.B. Fancher of this village, Mr. E.W. Leonard, Jr. of Port Washington, Wisconsin, and Miss Elizabeth M. Shuler daughter of Jacob Shuler of Homer.

Deaths

At his residence is East Virgil [Cortland Co. NY] on Tuesday June 5th, Mr. William Gray aged 54 years.

The sudden and unexpected decease of Mr. Gray casts a universal gloom on his friends and relatives.  By a rigid adherence to truth and honesty he has won the hearts of the people. The public in general keenly feel this irretrievable loss, especially the town and the village in which he resided.

It is generally known that he was chiefly instrumental in procuring the establishment of a post office and a mail route in East Virgil and many benevolent acts on his part go to prove him a philanthropist in the strictest sense of the word. As a tender and affectionate husand, a kind and indulgent parent, an obliging and influential citizen, his loss will be deeply felt.  Integrity and honesty have always characterized his dealings with his fellow men.

After his late return from the city of New York, he was seized with that infectious and fatal disease, the cholera, which terminated his earthly existence in the space of three days.  But recently he was enjoying the inestimable blessings of health and prosperity. Today he is suddenly struck down by the ruthless hand of death.

He has left an affectionate wife and an interesting family who deeply mourn his loss.  Of the lonely hours of the bereaved wife and those fatherless children, God, indeed, has put forth his hand and touched their hearts. The deep waters of their souls are troubled, their dearest earthly friend is suddenly snatched away in an unexpected moment.  Yet, he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, will not fail in His great mercy to send His protecting angel to guard faithfully the widow and the fatherless.

Some conversation was had with him in respect to the future.  He expressed a willingness to go, if it was the will of his father, and also believed he was in the hands of a just God. The placid and composed appearance of his countenance, together with the little he was able to utter, is sufficient proof to convince us, beyond all doubt, that he died fully in the faith of his Redeemer, and that he has gone to enjoy unending rest above.

McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, June 28, 1849

Marriage

In this village [McGrawville, Cortland Co. NY] on Sabbath morning, 24th inst. by Rev. E.B. Fancher, Mr. Dewitt C. McGraw of the firm of Kinney and McGraw, and Miss Harriet Austin all of this place.