Vital Records, Delaware County, NY (1835)

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 4, 1835

Marriage

At Bainbridge, Chenango County [NY] on the 17th ult. by the Rev Mr. Adams, Chester Hull, Jr., Esq. Editor of the Green County [NY] Advertiser, to Miss Rosa M. Hodge of the former place.

Death

In Kortright [Delaware Co. NY] on the morning of the 25th ult., Mary Augusta Keeler, daughter of Burr Keeler, aged four years.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 11, 1835

Marriages

At Middletown [Delaware Co. NY] on the 24th inst. by the Rev. Salmon Scott, Mr. Alexander C. Sleyter to Miss Julia Ann [Lawrence] daughter of James Lawrence, all of Middletown.

On the 4th inst. at the Delaware County Hotel, by the Rev. Mr. Maxwell, Mr. William Tilford of Burlington, Otsego County [NY] to Miss Margaret Laidlaw, recently from Scotland.

At South Worcester, Otsego Co. [NY], on the 26th ult., by the Rev. J. Starks, Mr. Lucas Barnum of Jefferson, Schoharie Co. [NY] to Miss Nancy [McCollum] eldest daughter of James McCollum, Esq. of the former place.

Deaths

On the 6th inst., while on a visit at the residence of S. Lusk, Esq. in the village of Deposit [Delaware Co. NY], after a short and severe illness, Mr. William Butler, in the 58th year of his age.  Mr. Butler came early into this county and settled in Deposit, where for many years he was extensively engaged in business and greatly distinguished by his activity and enterprise.  He was possessed of a strong mind, great energy and decision of character, pleasing manners, and the most benevolent and humane feelings.  With truth it may be said, few have lived more respected or died more lamented.

At Cannonsville [Delaware Co. NY] on the 7th instant, of consumption, after an illness of six months, George Maples, son of Darius Maples, merchant of that place, aged eighteen years, four months and twenty days.

At South Worcester, Otsego County [NY], on the 19th ult. Daniel Sawyer in the 66th year of his age.

At Higganum Ct. on the 12th ult. George M. Clark, son of James Clark, Jr., aged 4 years.

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In Kingston, Penn. on Monday the 23d ult. Mr. Emmeus Locke, aged 60 years and 9 months.

The deceased (says the Wyoming Republican) was an honest, upright man.  For a number of years his hopes had been placed in his Saviour and during his last sickness, he evinced an unshaken confidence in Him, in whom he trusted for a safe and eternal deliverance.  Friends may feel their loss, but there is left them the consoling reflection that his spirit has gone to inhabit a house, not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens, whose builder and Maker is God the Lord.  A favorite verse with the deceased was,

"There I shall bathe my weary soul, / In seas of Heavenly rest, / And not a wave of trouble roll, /Across my peaceful breast."

The deceased was the father of Mr. C.F. T. Lock of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY].

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The Late General Leavenworth

The New Orleans Bulletin of the 2nd inst. contains the following notice of intended funeral honors to be paid to the remains of this gallant officer who, it will be recollected, died last summer while in command of the expedition sent against the Pawnee and Chamanche Indians.  We are indebted to a gentleman recently from Fort Towson for the following intelligence:

On the 10th inst. Lieuts. Fry and Barnwell were dispatched by order of Col. Vose, to Fausse Charchita, for the purpose of disinterring the remains of the late General Leavenworth and Lieut. McClure.  The latter to be re-interred with military honors at Fort Towson and the former to leave that post, in charge of Lieut. Legate about the 18th inst. for Natchitoches, where they will be met by a suitable escort from Fort Jessup, La. and proper honors paid them.

From thence they are to be transported, in charge of Major Belknap, to Delhi, in the State of New York [Delaware Co.], for final interment, agreeable to the last expressed wishes of the deceased.

The citizens of Delhi, it is understood, intend meeting the remains of their departed fellow citizen at some thirty miles distant, with a military escort and of consigning them in the place of their final repose, with such honors as are due to the distinguished merit of the lamented Leavenworth.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 18, 1835

Marriage

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on the evening of the 5th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Waterbury, Mr. Charles Grant of Stamford [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss M. Amanda Green of the former place.

Death

In the city of New York on the 4th inst., from bleeding at the lungs, our fellow citizen, John F Darrow in the 47th year of his age.

In him, the Mechanical Society have lost a most ingenious, enterprising and useful member and the community at large a valuable and worthy citizen. But who shall estimate the loss to his bereaved partner and to his orphan children.  Or who will not accord in them his most affectionate sympathies, and his most ardent prayers for their prosperity, and for the smiles of a gracious providence upon them? and in this sudden and lamented death, who does not feel a solemn echo of the voice of inspiration, "Be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not, the son of man cometh."  Catskill Recorder.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, March 25, 1835

Deaths

In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] on the 15th inst. Maria T. [Baxter] wife of John Baxter, Esq. and daughter of William Townsend Esq. of Walton [Delaware Co. NY] in the 37th year of her age.

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In Andes [Delaware Co. NY] on the 18th inst. Mr. Philo Burr, in the 43d year of his age.

For many years Mr. Burr has been sorely pressed by the hand of disease.  He in vain tried the mild climate of the Southern states and Florida for relief.  He bore his afflictions with becoming fortitude worthy of an honest and moral man, for such he was.  Possessed of an independent mind and conscious of the rectitude of his life, he patiently awaited his appointed time.  Mr. Burr, if not a native, has, we believe, from his infancy resided in this county and for several years was an inhabitant of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY].

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In this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 14th inst. Annet [Wood] daughter of Mr. Amos Wood, aged one year and eleven months.

As the dew gems the field when the orient sun / Spreads o'er nature his mantle of gold; / As virtue enriches the mind of the good / When she doth her treasures unfold:

So children bestrew the pathway of life / With pleasures we ne'er can forget; / So sweetly did she whose frolics were peace, / The cheerful, sweet, charming Annet.

But winter came on, and her sand glass was run / And her course to the cold grave is given; / We wept, but we ought not, for truths record says, / That of such is the kingdom of Heaven.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1847 & 1876)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 13, 1847

Marriages

In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] on the 6th inst. by the Rev. J.H. Chamberlin, Mr. Edward Wightman to Miss Maryett Birdsall, both of that town.

In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] on the 7th inst. by Russel Ford, Esq., Mr. Oliver B. Place of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Phebe G. [Weeden] only daughter of Mr. Jonathan Weeden, of the former place.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] on the 29th ult. Charles Babcock [Thompson], son of Uriah and Harriet Thompson, aged 5 yrs.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] on the 4th inst. Polly Mariah [Munroe] only child of Willard B. Munroe, aged 2 years and 5 months.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 20, 1847

Marriage

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the 12th inst. by the Rev. C.W. Giddings, Mr. C.M. Green to Miss Mary Brooks, daughter of Nathaniel Brooks, all of this village.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 17th inst. Virginia Eliza [Murray] wife of Mr. Henry K. Murray and eldest daughter of Hon. D.S. Dickinson in the 21st yr. of her age.

Three months have scarcely elapsed since the deceased came to reside amongst us in the enjoyment of health and every comfort.  We fondly hoped she would add strength to the Church of her affection and cheer the circles of social life.  But alas! thus it was not to be.  After a confinement of more than ten weeks in a chamber of pain and suffering, she calmly yielded up her life and now is "hid with Christ in God." For her the grave had no terrors and death no sting, for her hopes were patiently and faithfully built upon one mighty to save.

In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY], on the 27th ult. James Hughston, Esq. one of the earliest settlers in valley of the Susquehanna in the 74th year of his age.  

Mr. Hughston, during a long life, enjoyed the respect and confidence of the people of his county as well as of the town and vicinity of his residence.  He was some years since elected a member of the Legislature from this county and for many years held the honorable and responsible offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor of his town.  And although he arrived at a good old age, exceeding the allotted period of "three score years and ten," he has departed regretted by a large circle of friends and relatives, as well as by the community among whom he had spent a long and useful life. Delaware Gazette.  The deceased was father of Col. Nathaniel Hughston of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 27, 1847

Marriages

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] on the 20th inst. by Rev. N.D. Wilkins, Mr. Alonzo S. Loomis to Miss Mary West, all of the above place.

At South Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] on the 7th inst.  Mr. Russel Wheeler of Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Mary J. Landers of the former place [Afton].

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by Rev. Mr. Beecher, Mr. Alfred A. Shephardson of that place, to Miss Grace Jewell of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

At Inlet, Lee Co. Illinois on the 19th of December last, Mrs. Patience Sarles daughter of Mr. Moses Stockwell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], aged 24 yrs (?).  

She lived trusting in God and died reconciled to his disposition, fully secured of a blessed immortality.

New Berlin Gazette, New Berlin, NY, July 29, 1876

Death

The remains of Mrs. Phelps wife of Almer H. Phelps, were brought home for interment on Wednesday last.  Mrs. Phelps had for the past few weeks been under a physician's care in Cortland County where she died. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of this community. The funeral services were held on Friday afternoon. [Angenette (Ward) Phelps, d. 26 July 1876, aged 30y]

New Berlin Gazette, New Berlin, NY, August 5, 1876

Death

John Davis a resident of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], dropped dead in a berry lot in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] on Saturday last.  He had been visiting in Guilford for some time and on that day went berrying with a lady relative.  They became separated in the lot and when about to return home the lady could hear nothing from him by calling and supposed he had left the lot.  On reaching home and not finding him, and he not coming at a later hour, his friends became alarmed and instituted a search.  His pail was found on a stump and a little way from it he lay face down in some bushes, dead.  It is supposed that he had a fit of some kind.  His age was about 35 years, and he formerly resided in Preston [Chenango Co. NY].  Oxford Times

New Berlin Gazette, New Berlin, NY, August 12, 1876

Deaths

Charles W. Allendorf aged 36 years, only son of William Allendorf, died very suddenly on Friday of last week.  He was at work in the forenoon upon the farm of his brother-in-law, Charles Beardsley, assisting in getting in oats and was taken sick in the field and died the same evening. This is a hard blow for his wife and parents who have the sympathy of this community in this their hour of affliction. The funeral services took place on Sunday, and his remains were placed by the side of his brother in the upper cemetery.

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A shocking accident occurred this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the Palmer house [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].  A child of Mr. and Mrs. Lakieher, permanent boarders of the hotel, being placed in a chair at a front window in the third story, fell to the walk below, a distance of over 30 feet striking on the right side of the head and receiving injuries which proved fatal.

It appears that the windows reach the floor and that bars of wood secured an exit as high as a common chair bottom; that the babe expressed a desire to be placed in the chair to see the railroad and its accompanying noise and moving of trains, and the mother, after so placing it, turned to complete her dress for breakfast, when the child tipped out.

Mr. Griffis, proprietor, and Mr. Graham, clerk of the house, stood in the main entrance at the time, and immediately took the child up and carried him to the hotel parlors where he died in about twenty minutes.

Dr. Avery was called and, on his arrival, pronounced it a hopeless case.  The child was a boy aged about thirteen months.  Mr. and Mrs. Lakieher came from Illinois about the first of July and Mr. L. is an employee of Schom & Fotter, cigar makes of Norwich.

Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1880)

 Democratic Union, Oneida, NY, May 29, 1873

Marriages

ELWOOD - SEABROOK:  In Stockbridge [Madison Co. NY], May 21, at the residence of the bride's parents by Rev. H.H. Brown, Miss Emma J. Elwood and Mr. Charles C Seabrook, both of Stockbridge.

KNAPP - REYNOLDS:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] May 19 at the residence of t he bride's parents by Rev. A.F. Brown, Mr. Horace Knapp of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Flora Reynolds of Smyrna.

TAYLOR - EARLE:  In Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] May 14 by Rev. L.M. Clarke, D.D. Mr. James O. Taylor and Miss Alice Earle both of Canastota [Madison Co. NY].

SKINNER - HARRINGTON:  At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. P.D. Harrington, by Rev. J.H Enders, Mr. LeGrand Skinner of Chicago, Ill. and Miss Hannah Rachel Harrington of Chittenango [Madison Co. NY].

HUGHS - BAILEY:  May 20, by Rev. T.H. McClenathan, Mr. Thomas Hughs and Miss Oello A. Bailey all of Westmoreland [Oneida Co. NY].

Deaths

FRENCH:  In Oneida [Madison Co. NY] May 22 of consumption, Miss Francis A. [French] youngest daughter of Bartlet and Ruth French.

BARKER:  In Oriskany Falls [Oneida Co. NY], May 22, Juliette C. [Barker] wife of Milo C. Barker, aged 48 years and 7 months.

Died at Oriskany Falls, on May 22d, Juliette C., wife of Supervisor Milo C. Barker, aged 48 years and 7 months.  Such the brief mortuary announcement that brings grief and aching void to the hearts of many.  the once happy husband need watch no more as he returns from his business.  He will miss the cheerful voice and winning smile of her who had been the sharer of his fortunes.  For more than a quarter of a century they had lived in happiness together.  But the clear ringing laugh, echoing through the house, filling it with melody, is now hushed forever. Think not, fond husband and loving children, that there be not other watchers as eager as thou to clasp the departed one in arms more tender and loving than thine, to bear the freed spirit to realms of everlasting peace and joy. as placid and serene as the starlight from Heaven, where angels are keeping watch, she is secure in the vigils which her celestial guardians keep over her.

FLETCHER:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] May 9, Mrs. Isaac Fletlcher, aged 55 years.

DRAKE:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] May 17, Mrs. Theron O. Drake aged 66 years.

HEULETT:  In Oneida [Madison Co. NY] May 23, Allock Heulett aged 39 years.

DE CLERCQ:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] May 15, Gilbert G. [De Clereq] son of I. Ledyard and Cecile De Clercq, aged 6 years and five months.

DANA:  In the town of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] May 20, Polly Dana aged 90 years.

BAIRD:  In Clinton [Clinton Co. NY] May 14, William S. Baird aged 50 years.

FOOT:  In Clinton [Clinton Co. NY] May 18, at the residence of A.W. Mills, Esq. Henry Bronson Foot aged 37 years.

PHELPS:  Near Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] May 22, Mrs. Sarah Phelps wife of William Phelps, aged 67 years.

ALLEN:  The Observer says: Juna Allen, an old and well-known resident of our village [Morrisville, Madison Co. NY], died on Tuesday morning of last week, after a brief illness, aged 82 years.  Mr. Allen came to this place in the year 1817, and established the cabinet-making business, which he continued until a few years ago.  He was probably our oldest resident, having had his home here for fifty-six years, and his name is among the original members of the Congregational Church of this village, and he has continued to hold that relation up to the time of his decease.

DARROW:  The funeral of the widow Caroline Darrow, who died at Buffalo [Erie Co. NY] on Saturday, the 17th inst., was held at the M.E. Church in this place [Oneida, Madison Co. NY] on Tuesday, the 20th. She was buried in the family burying ground, adjoining the public cemetery, by the side of her late husband, George W. Darrow, who, it will be remembered, was murdered at Buffalo on the evening of October 3d, 1871.   The family cemetery is on land owned by D.M. Darrow, which is being tastefully fitted up, and is designed as a burial place for the numerous Darrow family.

PARSONS:  We learn from the Republican that Thomas D. Parsons a former resident of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY], died of pneumonia at his home in Kenosha, Wis., May 3, aged 73 years.  Mr. Parsons was a brother of Messers, Cyrus, Reuben and Francis Parsons of this village [Cazenovia].

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HOMAN:  James Homan died at Pleasant Valley, Mo., March 9th, aged 83 years.  Although a relative, I know but a little of his history.  For many years he lived at Cape Vincent, St Lawrence Co. [NY], respected by all who knew him.  His name is remembered as being associated with every measure calculated to promote the interests of his county.  Although not called to fill public places, his impulses were so great and strong for free institutions and good government that his whole influence and means were exerted for their permanent establishment and perpetuity.  the following stanza was written by him last December:

Fair Zion, when I think of thee / I wish for pinions like the dove, / And mourn to think that still I be / So distant from the place I love.

A captive here and far from home, / For Zion's sacred walks I sigh, / Whither the ransomed natives come / And see their Savior eye to eye.

While here I walk on hostile ground / The few that I can call my friends /Are like myself in fetters bound, / And weariness our steps attend.

But we shall yet behold the day / When Zion's children shall return, / Our sorrows then will flee away / And we again shall never mourn.

The hope that such a day will come / Makes e'en the captive's future sweet;/ Though now we wander far from home, / In Zion soon we all shall meet.

While yet life's feeble candle shines / We should our powers employ / In deeds good, lovely, and divine, / Which give peace, hope and joy.

Still, let us ne'er in darkest hour / Forget what Christ hath done, / But patiently in calm hope wait / The resurrection sun.

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The body of Wales Fairbank who was drowned during the freshet in April last, was on Thursday of last week found by Dr. George B Bentley, dentist, of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], while fishing in the Tioughnioga river in Cuyler [Cortland Co. NY].  It was some distance below the old pond known as Hull's mill dam, and about two miles from the place where he went into the water in the deep gorge nearly opposite the Barker cut on the railroad.  The body was two-thirds or more imbedded in the debris and gravel where the water had become shallow since the subsidence of the flood.  One arm and hand with mitten still on, one of the lower limbs and a small part of the body about the hip were exposed.  The soldier's overcoat, which deceased had on at his death, was also found nearby. Whilst treading the stream at this point, Mr. Bentley accidentally recognized the body of the missing man.  He communicated his discovery to young Mr. Mathewson, a fishing companion further up the stream and they together made such reconnaissance of the locality as enabled them next day to identify the spot, when the body was recovered in a state of tolerable preservation, New Era.

Civil War letter from the Confederacy, 1861

 The Lancaster Ledger, Lancaster, South Carolina, September 4, 1861

Letter from the Confederacy

August 16th, [1861]

Yesterday in company with Col. Blanding, I visited the camp of Col. Kurshaw's Regiment, now about   2-1/2 miles from us.  I was sorry to find a great deal of sickness in that regiment also. Their sick have been sent off to the Hospital at Culpepper, Orange and Charlottesville, and some to Fairfax Court House, which is nearby.  Better attention and more comforts can be given them at these places.  Not more than a half, if that many, of Capt. McManus' company [remain] in camp.  All who were there [unreadable] were looking well and [unreadable].  Capt. M. had not returned from Richmond, whither he had gone on business.  Lieut. Welsh is with his son who was wounded in the battle of the 21st; Lieuts. Clyburn and Perry are in command. Both were well. After the sick are sent off to the Hospital, it is difficult to hear from them. There is so little communication with those places, and they are so distant in the rear.  Many of the cases are Typhoid Fever.  With that disease, attention and good nursing is all important and saves many a life.

In the evening Co. B. and myself returned by way of Fairfax C.H.  The churches are used for general hospitals.  Nearly all the private residences have as many sick soldiers as they can attend to.  I visited the sick of Capt. McManus Company and found them comfortable and out of danger.  We also called to see Mrs. Jackson, the widow of the martyr and hero who killed Col. Ellsworth, of the Zouave Regiment, for entering his house in Alexandria and pulling down the Confederate Flag which proudly floated from its dome.  She now resides at Fairfax C.H.  Our visit was received in the spirit which dictated it.  She very kindly and cordially offered us her house and attention in case of sickness. She has three sweet and interesting children, all girls, aged from seven to thirteen. She is now engaged in ministering to the wants and comforts of the poor sick soldier, having several patients under her hospitable roof and receiving her kind and cordial attention. The fund which a generous South and her public-spirited citizens have contributed for her relief, comfort and support, has been most worthily bestowed.  Her three daughters have yet to be educated. A small contribution from each will never be missed. The aggregate would confer immense blessing.  Think of it, sympathizing friends who have not contributed and support your sympathy with an actual contribution.  It will never give you a pain on your deathbed.

This morning's report shows the sick list [at] 204 in our Regiment.  Provisions [are] rather scarce in this locality. So many soldiers to be fed.  Thousands are now about here, and thousands have been about here. The people say the Federal troops killed, destroyed and eat up all, in most cases without paying.  Abuse is now piled up on the Lincoln forces for what they did in passing to Bull Run.  No complaint for what was done in the retreat, for that was made in 2.40 time, the double-quick being not fast enough. they had no time to eat or destroy. What was said when they were encamped about here, I know not.  I doubt whether the abuse was piled up as strong as it now is.  Do not infer we do not get enough to eat. The Government takes care of the substantials and provides accordingly. That is brought up from Richmond.  For some days, and in fact all the time we were at Camp Petius, eggs, butter, chickens and vegetables could not be had for love or money.  But since our encampment here, we have had a taste.  It is amusing to witness the scrambling when a one-horse wagon comes in freighted with such delicacies.

The nights here are cool with heavy dews.  Warm clothing, socks and shoes will soon be needed, the latter wanted now.  Neither can be had in this region at any price.  Any contributions of from Lancaster would be thankfully received.  It will save the life of many a patriotic soldier and useful man. The want of it will cause many to sicken and die.  When we will advance again is not known.  Our men are getting impatient. Forward and onward of the 9th is the wish of all. We can hear distinctly the guns at Alexandria, Arlington Heights and Washington, and hope soon to be there. We are always ready for an advance movement and for this purpose the commissary is requested to keep on hand three days rations of hard bread and salt meat.  

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Vital Records, Madison (1823) & Otsego (1891 Counties, NY

 The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, April 3, 1823

Death

At Brooklyn, Con. March 20th, Mr. Gurdon Brown, aged 26, brother of the Rev. Mr. Brown, of this place [Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY].

"The living go to the dead." II. Sam. XII, 28

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, April 10, 1823

Deaths

In this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY], on the first inst. Mrs. Laura Billings, consort of Mr. Silas Billings, aged 26.  Same day, Susan [Billings] an infant of Mrs. B.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, May 8, 1823

News Item

Notice:  Ran away from the subscriber on the 16th inst., an apprentice boy, 17 years of age, named M.J. H. Huccainson(?) whom all persons are forbid harboring or trusting.  F. Dana, Smithfield [Madison Co. NY], 17 April 1823.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, May 15, 1823

Half Cent Reward

Ran away from the subscriber the 25th inst. an indented apprentice girl by the name of Eliza Ann Williams, fourteen years of age.  All persons are hereby forbid harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting. Joseph White, Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] Feb. 25th, 1823.

Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, July 2, 1891

Birth

Born, June 29, 1891, to Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Fisk, a daughter.

Deaths

Died at Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] June 29, 1891, Albert D.  Hoyt of heart disease.

Unadilla Center, Otsego Co. NY:  The funeral of Mrs. Laura Palmer will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock a.m. at her late residence.

Mrs. Mead Martindale was struck and instantly killed by train No. 8 last Thursday evening, near her residence about one-half mile west of Wells Bridge [Otsego Co. NY].  She was walking on the track, going to a place known as the old Schofield place, it is stated after pio-plant.  The train, which was fifteen minutes late, was running at a high rate of speed and at the point of the road where she was struck, trains from the east cannot be seen a great distance.  The engineer of the train saw Mrs. Martindale when only four or five rods away, too late to stop the train.  He, however, blew the whistle and put on the air brakes and did all in his power to avert the catastrophe but of no avail.  She appeared to be paralyzed with horror and unable to move, and as the engine struck her, she was hurled about twenty feet.  She was about 23 years of age.  Her death strikes with terrible force upon the husband, who with three little children is left to mourn her loss.

Mrs. Adaline Briggs widow of Henry Briggs, died at her residence in this village [Unadilla, Otsego Co. NY], Saturday, June 27, 1891.  About a year ago, when returning from a visit among relatives in Milford [Otsego Co. NY] she fell in the depot at Cooperstown Junction [Otsego Co. NY] through the floor which was torn up to be re-laid.  she sustained severe injuries from the effects of which she never recovered.  The funeral was held form her late residence Monday, June 29, Rev. B.F. Ripley officiating. The remains were interred in St. Matthew's Church cemetery.

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Henry Slaven fell into the river at the upper bridge last Monday afternoon between the hours of four and five and before assistance could reach him was drowned.

He, in company with his sister, was fishing from one of the piers when he was taken with an epileptic fit, to which he was subject, thus causing him to fall in.  His sister did all in her power to rescue him, not giving up the attempt until there was danger of herself being drowned.

The boy, who was in his fourteenth year, was deaf and dumb, though his hearing was beginning to come to him and he could speak a few words.  For some years past, he has been in a New York institute for the deaf and dumb and had reached home only a few days before the sad termination of his life.  He was a bright, intelligent boy and had  acquired considerable proficiency in the trade he was learning which was that of a tailor.  His mother, who is a widow, has the sympathy of the entire community in her sudden bereavement.

The funeral was held from St. Matthew's church, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

Civil War Letter from Warren Cutshaw, December 1861

 Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, December 11, 1861

Civil War Letter from Warren Cutshaw

Upton's Hill, Va., Headquarters, 30th Regiment N.Y.S.V., December 1st, 1861

Friend Carpenter: I am seated in my tent with a good fire in my stove and everything around me looks comfortable.  We are prepared for the cold, and let the winds blow high or low, we will sit in our shanty and take our ease.  It has been and is quite cold here in Virginia.  We have had considerable rain which makes it very muddy and hard getting about.  Our Regiment has gone out on Picket today, with the exception of yesterday's and today's guard, I having been on guard yesterday, accounts for my being in camp today.  I am thankful that I did not have to go out on picket, for it is not very pleasant, but on the contrary, it is very unpleasant. I have been about Washington and the State of Virginia for nearly six months and I have not missed a guard of any description when it came my turn.  This is saying a good deal, but it is nevertheless true.

Homer Brewer has been here today, and we had a good visit.  Homer is a soldier all over.  He says he likes it well but would like it better if they would give him a little better "grub" and better conveniences for sleeping.  I would not be surprised if that was a very seasonable remark.  I think I can prove it by many.  But Homer is a soldier and you could not make anything else out of him at the present time if you should try.  He dined with me and among other things, I made him, as the old "wimen" would say, a strong cup of tea and some toast.  Perhaps you may think this high living for a private, but this is nothing to what we once had.  Finally, we had a good time, and I trust we shall have many more such visits, as it does me good to meet an Oneonta boy.  The old saying proves true among soldiers as in everything else, "that birds of a feather will flock together." Within the past two weeks, Dr. Meigs Case and Homer Breadwell have called on me.  So, you see that I see some of the boys from that way occasionally.

A short time since, we had quite an exciting time.  We lost some of our best men.  I think it was two weeks ago last Saturday that Capt. Lansing, of one of the Troy Companies and Lieut. Andrews from Saratoga, with fifty men were detailed to act as guard for a foraging party.  These, with six four horse teams, went to the house of a farmer, named Dolin, about two miles beyond Fall's Church and while filling the wagons with corn and had nearly completed their work, they were surprised by about two hundred secesh Cavalry.  Our men were scattered in various directions, and the attack was so sudden that they could not get together, and each done the best they could. The consequence was that we lost Capt. Lansing, Lieut. Andrews and twenty-eight privates, besides the teams, wagons and corn!  Our company had eight men and a sergeant by the name of Webster in the party, and all escaped except Webster, whom we all regret to lose.  But we have the consolation of knowing that he was not wounded, and we pray that our enemies will use him and all our comrades with that respect the rules of war entitle them.  This is all we can ask.  Had our men been a little more cautious and kept together as they should have done, it would have turned out very differently from what it did.  Capt. Hodge, the Brigade quarter master is blamed very much for notifying this Dolin that he would go out on Saturday for the corn. There is no doubt that that Dolin informed the Rebels of the day our men were to be there. The transaction shows it. The prisoners have all been taken to Richmond.

You have no idea of the excitement in camp when the news came.  Col. Frisby went to headquarters and procured orders for his regiment to go out to the rescue of our men.  I never saw them get into line quicker. We marched out into the road, just then Col. Sullivan, the acting Brigadier General, ordered us back to camp, he having seen fit for some cause or other best known to himself, to send the left wing of the 24th Regt, of which he is Colonel, to the rescue. This we did not think was exactly the think, for we thought the right belonged to our regiment. But obeyed orders and marched back into camp, when a sad accident occurred by the premature discharge of a musket, which caused the death of Henry Clum of Company G.  He was a fine fellow and his sudden death cast a gloom over all.  His remains have been sent to Stockport, N.Y., his former home for burial.

The following Sunday, after the foragers had been taken prisoners, Capt. King, Lt. Campbell, with company A and volunteers from other companies, numbering in all 110 men, were ordered to Dolin's house to reconnoiter. We took a roundabout way and came in the rear of the house, when we discovered a body of men in the woods, whom we supposed to be Rebels. We made our plans to attack them.  When finding they were in large numbers, we concluded to retire to Dolin's house and use it for a fort in case they should see fit to attack us.  But our supposed rebels turned out to be the 8th Regt. of N.Y.V.  This was very pleasing to us, as we should have been very sorry had we fired into our friends. The boys were all ready and anxious to meet the enemy, and there is no doubt but that they would have made a good fight. We scouted all around the premises of Dolin, and picked up three muskets and other traps lost by the boys the day before.  Dolin has been arrested and will be placed where he will not inform the Rebels again of our movements.

The following Tuesday, the 14 Brooklyn Zouaves were out on Picket when the same Cavalry attacked them. They killed two of the 14th and took eleven prisoners.  How many of the enemy were killed it is difficult to say, for the moment one of them are shot, the one next to him holds him on his horse and he is taken out. They do not allow him to fall to the ground if it is a possible thing to help it.  I think they got all they wanted of the Zouaves, for they left them on the field. But I must say that Stewart's secesh cavalry are a smart lot of fellows as ever belonged to any company.  They have a fine lot of horses and know well how to use them and to wind up with them, as the darkies out here say.  They are a right smart lot of chaps I reckon.

The 20th of last month, we had a big review about a mile and a half from here, at what is called Bailey's Cross Roads.  There was eighty-seven Regiments of Infantry, twenty Batteries of Artillery and ten Regiments of Cavalry, making in all somewhere near 100,000 soldiers. This is about one half of the army of the Potomac. Could you have been here and seen it, you would have thought with me that it was a sight worth seeing.

We have had our thanksgiving.  It was a day of rest with a portion of the army of the Potomac and I can truly say that I was thankful for this day of rest.  It is true that the fatted calf was not slain, as in days of old. but still we were all thankful that things look as favorable as they do.  Soldiers are thankful for small favors, especially just about now.  But I will close hoping that the present difficulties will be soon brought to a close, so that I can be with you again.

Yours, &c.  W.C.

Vital Records, Otsego (1823) & Broome (1837) Counties, NY

 Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, January 7, 1823

Marriages

Married, in Sharon [Schoharie Co. NY] on the 24th ult. by the Rev. A. Welton, Mr. Minard Vanderbogart to Miss Elizabeth Snider daughter of H. Snider.

In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY], on the 1st inst. by the Rev. C. Fitch, Mr. Charles Thomas to Miss Sarah Marks, both of Cherry Valley.

Death

In Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY] on the 25th ult the wife of Mr. J. Alton, aged 29 years.

In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on the 30th ult. Miss Gannett Wilson aged 14 years, daughter of Mr. John Wilson.

Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, January 21, 1823

Death

At Mansfield, Connecticut, on the 28th of December last, Mrs. Lucy Ensworth, relict of Doctor Jedediah Ensworth, aged 60.

Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, January 28, 1823

Death

Died suddenly at Albany [Albany Co. NY] last week, Moses I. Cantine, Esq. one of the editors of the Albany Argus.

Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, February 4, 1823

Marriage

Married in this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on the 23d ult. by the Rev. Mr. McElfresh, Mr. Elisha Avery of Sharon [Schoharie Co. NY] to Miss Lydia Clark, youngest daughter of Mr. Stephen Clark, of this place.

Death

In this village [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on Saturday, the 1st inst. Mrs. Sarah Gray wife of Mr. Joel Gray, aged 26 years.  Also, died a few days previous, her infant, aged 3 months.

Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, February 11, 1823

Death

In this village [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on Thursday last, Elizabeth [Morse] youngest child of Mr. James O. Morse, aged three months and 16 days.

"And shall our bleeding hearts arraign / That God, whose ways are love? / Or vainly cherish anxious pain, / For her who rest above."

Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, February 25, 1823

Marriages

Married at Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. C. Fitch, Mr. Gurdon Guile to Miss Sarah Haskell.

Also, on the 23d inst. by the same, Mr. Lawrence Cardinier to Miss Citty Ploss both of Sharon [Schoharie Co. NY].

At Washington City, by the Rev. Mr. Matthews and the Rev. Mr. Lowrie, Charles Joseph de Bresson, Secretary of the Legation of his most Christian Majesty to the United States, to Miss Catharine Livingston Thompson eldest daughter of the Hon. Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 9, 1837

Death

In Windsor [Broome Co. NY] on the 29th ult. Mrs. Sally Hotchkiss widow of the late Cyrus Hotchkiss, of that place, aged 60 years.

Mr. H. was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Windsor.  She was a woman of an energetic and noble mind and consistent Christian character.  Some years since, she suffered from a paralytic stroke, which left her in mind and body but the wreck of what she was before; till at length, in God's good time, after intense and protracted sufferings, she has been called, as we trust, to a brighter and a better world.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 23, 1837

Marriages

Married, in this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Sunday evening last by the Rev. Mr. Andrews, Mr. Chauncy Davis to Miss Charity Sparks both of Conklin [Broome Co. NY].

In Harpersville [Broome Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Keeler, Mr. William Wentz of th is village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] to Miss Beulah Williams of Colesville [Broome Co. NY].

Death

Died in this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY] on the 16th inst. at the residence of his son, A.G. Ransom, Esq. Mr. Jacob Ransom aged 67 years.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 30, 1837

Deaths

Died, at Marathon [Cortland Co. NY], on the 31st of October, Mrs. Nancy Comstock wife of the Hon. Cephas Comstock, aged 49 years.  This truly worthy woman died beloved and regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances, to whom she had endeared herself by her kind and benevolent disposition. Throughout a long and protracted illness she exhibited a fortitude and strength of mind rarely to be met with.  Her disease was pulmonary consumption.  Cortland Republican.

At Bath, Steuben County [NY] on the 18th inst. George C. Edwards Esq. First Judge of Steuben County, aged about 50 years.

Vital Records, Otsego (1807) & Chenango (1879) Counties, NY

 Otsego Herald Cooperstown, NY, April 2, 1807

Marriage

Married, March -?- ultimo, Mr. Adam Cook to Miss Elizabeth Farrington, both of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].

Death

Died in the town of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] on Wednesday the 25th ult. Mrs. Sally Bradford, consort of Perez Bradford.  She has left a large family to bemoan her loss.

Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, April 23, 1807

Death

In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] on Tuesday last, Ephraim Hudson, son of the late judge Hudson of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY], fifteen years of age, after six days illness.  He was an active honest and promising lad, and his disconsolate mother and sisters will poignantly feel the loss of a son and brother.

Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, April 30, 1807

Death

Died on Wednesday last, in his 40th year, John Beckley, Esquire, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States.  He was born in Great Britain, but, when only eleven y ears old, came, under to protection of his uncle, to this country, where he has continued to reside ever since.  

Our contest with Great Britain no sooner began to unfold itself than, yielding to the most ardent enquiries of patriotism, he took an active part in it, and assumed the discharge of duties full of responsibility and danger and particularly the Mayoralty of Richmond, a place assigned him, notwithstanding his youth, by the confidence of his fellow citizens, and at a period when the British army was overrunning the state of Virginia.

Having been educated to the bar, he pursued that profession with reputation, so far as various public duties admitted, until the organization of the General Government, when he was chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives, a place which he filled with rare, perhaps unprecedented distinction, with the intermission of a term of two years, until his decease.  His articulation was distinct, his elocution commanding and his parliamentary knowledge accurate and extensive.  But his highest distinction was his inflexible patriotism and adherence to republican principles.  Through the whole period of his life he pursued an unbending course.  Devoted to the cause of liberty, much of his happiness flowed from its triumph, and the zeal which prompted him in the ardor of youth to resist external tyranny remained unbated during the more mature period of life, against internal oppression.  National Intel.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, November 7, 1879

Birth

Unadilla Valley, Chenango Co. NY:  Not long since, our quiet community was startled by the announcement that our citizen, Mr. Garrity and estimable wife had another little jaw.  Too true; It is a girl!

Death

Masonville, Delaware Co. NY:  Diphtheria is raging to some extent although not proving fatal except in two instances, those being Jennie Patten and a child of Andrew Brown's.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, nY, November 14, 1879

Marriages

WOODWARD - ESTERBROOK:  At the parsonage at Nineveh [Broome Co. NY], Nov. 5, 1879, by Rev. W.H. Sawtell, Mr. Commodore Woodward and Miss Minnie A. Esterbrook, all of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].

HARPER - RICHARDS:  At Harpersville [Broome Co. NY] Nov. 5, 1879, by Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. Robert Harper, of Washington, D.C., and Miss Emma A. Richards, eldest daughter of Charles M. Richards of Harpersville.

Harpursville, Broome Co. NY:  A wedding took place on Wednesday the 5th inst., in this place at the home of the bride, in which Mr. Robert Harper, of Washington, D.C. and Miss Emma Richards, a young lady quite well known to Harpersville friends, were the principal parties. They left town the same day for Washington where they are to reside.

ROOD - MILLS:  At Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] Nov. 2, 1879, by Rev. Mr. Mandeville, Mr. George Rood of Tompkins [Delaware Co. NY], and Miss Lizzie Mills of Masonville.

Harpersville, Broome Co. NY:  Eli B. Pratt and wife of Harpersville celebrated the fifteenth year of their married life on Tuesday last by a crystal wedding at the residence of J.S. Wakeman.  Numerous guests were present from Coventry, Binghamton, Windsor and Harpersville and vicinity.  Various presents were made to Mr. Pratt and wife, after which the guests, fifty in number, were seated at the table loaded with the bounties of the season. The evening was spent very pleasantly by those that remained until the parting hour came, when they all bid adieu to Mr. Pratt and wife and parted with their best wishes for a long life and a happy one.

Death

PRATT:  At Belden [Broome Co. NY] Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1879, Mr. Levi Pratt aged 76 years.

FRANCIS:  Daniel Francis, an old resident of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] and father of Mrs. Daniël Bradley, of that town, died on the 20th of October at the residence of his son, Stephen Francis, in Barton Co., Mo.

LEITH:  Alexander A. Leith of Brooklyn, aged sixteen, recently while wading in the water at Sheepshead Bay [King's County, NY], stepped upon the bones of decayed blue fish and died Saturday from tetanus, commonly called lockjaw.

SMITH:  Mrs. Edgar O. Smith wife of one of the most prominent citizens of the town of Windsor [Broome Co. NY] died at four o'clock.  She had recovered from an attack of diphtheria and was in Windsor village a week before her sudden death.  Mr. Smith and his children have the sympathy of the community in this, their time of bereavement.  Standard, Windsor

GETTER:  Masonville, Delaware Co. NY:  Mr. C. Getter an old and respected resident of this town, passed away on Saturday evening, Nov. 8th, in his 80th year.  He was a faithful member of the methodist church. [John Christman Getter, buried Whitman Cemetery, Masonville]

FERRIS:  We are pained to announce the death of Charles Ferris a young man 18 years of age, son of George Ferris, of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY]. [Charles M. Ferris, d. 15 Nov. 1879, aged 17, buried Guilford Center Cemetery]

News Items

DeForest Rose, a married man aged about 35 years and his wife, took a young man named Edward Harris and a girl named Sadie Bliss to Union [Broome Co. NY], and persuaded Harris to marry Mrs. Rose and Miss Bliss to marry Rose. The ceremonies were performed by a Baptist clergyman, according to the wishes of all concerned.  Harris claims that he did not know Rose was married.  Rose has disappeared and Harris remains with the woman he married.

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Harpersville, Broome Co. NY:  A very pleasant episode occurred at the residence of Mr. C.W. Hare on Nov. 5th, the occasion being the eighty-fourth anniversary of the birth of Mr. Fenner Brown, a worthy gentleman who boards at Mr. Hare's.  There were over twenty persons, all relatives, present, of whom three were brothers and one sister, the only ones of the family now living - three having died - David Brown, a brother, living at Centerville, who is 75 years old; Polly Thompson aged 72 years, living about two miles west from this place; Edward Brown, living at Nineveh, 70 years old, and Mrs. Rachael Hare, aged 66 years, living with her on, Mr. Hare, so that their combined ages amounts to 367 years.  Mr. Fenner Brown was born in Rhode Island.  His ancestors came from England.  His grandmother, Mrs. Dinah Wethersly, brought with her from England a coat-of-arms, which she received from the clerk of the county where she resided, which constituted her an heir to an estate, but someone stole this from her.  Mr. Brown's ancestors were here to witness and take a part in the struggle of the colonies, in the war of the Revolution.  The friends of Mr. Brown present at Mr. Hare's, made him several presents which he will prize very highly as long as he shall live.  His daughter, Mrs. Lucy Hayens, of Cortland, and Mrs. Koons of Cooperstown, a granddaughter, who could not attend the gathering, sent presents.  May God spare him to receive similar favors in years to come.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1879)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 25, 1879

Marriages

BUNDY - NICHOLS:  At the Congregational Parsonage in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 11th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Benjamin B. Bundy of Rock Rift, Delaware Co., N.Y. to Miss Parnie Nichols of Buffalo, N.Y. [Erie County].

HILLS-OWENS:  At the home of the bride's mother, Sept. 16th, by Rev. A.B. Jones, Mr. Charles Hills to Miss Hattie E. Owens all of Plymouth, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

ROCKWELL - WEDGE:  At the residence of the bride's parents, in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 17th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Sumner Rockwell of Mt. Upton to Miss Flora E. Wedge, formerly of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY].

OLIN - OLIN:  At the residence of George W. Beardsley in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] Sept. 17th, by Rev. Dr. Parke, Mr. William W. Olin of Steuben County (NY] to Mrs. Rosalla C. Olin of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

WARREN - HOLCOMB:  At the home of the bride, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 18th, by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. Elisha M. Warren to Mrs. Julia M. Holcomb, all of Bainbridge.

CLARK - ELLIOTT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 12th, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. G.A. Clark of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Alice Elliott of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

BATTERSON - SCHLLEECKA:  At the Baptist Parsonage in Gilbertsville, N.Y., Sept. 15th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Adelbert N. Batterson of Unadilla, N.Y. [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Fredericka A. Schlleecka of Jeffersonville, N.Y. [Sullivan Co.].

DREW - WHEELER:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] Sept. 17th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Frank L. Drew to Miss Mary Wheeler all of Cincinnatus.

Deaths

WELLS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 17th, Elisa S. [Wells] wife of Rufus Wells, aged 63 years.

LOTHRIDGE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 23d, Mr. Erastus Lothridge aged 72 years.

ROUNDS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 8th, Elisa [Rounds] wife of Peter Rounds, aged 24 years.

WELLS:  At Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on Friday morning, Sept. 19th, 1879, after a long and severe illness, Charlotte E. Wells only daughter of the late Matthew O. Wells, deceased, in the 37th year of her age.

QUINCY:  In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 14th, at the residence of her father, Dea. S. Brown, Mrs. Ida E. Quincy, wife of Rev. W.J. Quincy, pastor of the Baptist church in Morris [Otsego Co. NY, in the 23d year of her age.

FINN:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 16th, Mrs. Sally Finn, aged 37 years.

NASH:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], Sept. 16th, of consumption, W. Penn Nash aged 19 years and 10 months.

SCOTT:  In Masonville, N.Y [Delaware Co. NY] Sept. 15th, Mrs. Orpha P. Scott, wife of Lewis Scott, deceased, aged 73 years and 11 months..

SKILLMANN:  In Mazeppa, Minn. Sept. 6th, Julia A. [Skillman] wife of Francis M. Skillman, aged 63 years and 9 months, formerly of Grman, Chenango Co. [NY],

LOOMIS:   In south Creek, Pal. Sept. 29th, Betsey [Loomis] wife of Sinson Lomis, aged 60 years, formerly of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY}