Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, September 1, 1847
Marriage
In Buel [Montgomery Co. NY] on the 22d inst. by Rev. F. Harrington, Mr. Daniel Flint to Miss Delaney McAlister, both of Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY].
Deaths
In Decatur [Otsego Co. NY] on the 27th August, Mr. Thomas Shaw in his 76th year.
On the 13th August last at Nashville (Tennessee) where he happened on business James Scott Thompson Esq. in the 32d year of his age. He was the son of Mr. Thomas I. Thompson, an old and respectable citizen of this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY]. The deceased had for several years resided in the city of Madison, Indiana, and was for a long time a member of the City Council of that city. The Republican Banner, a paper printed in Madison, speaking of him says: "He was a worthy citizen, that he came there a mere lad unprotected and unknown. By his own persevering habits and industrious mode of life he succeeded to the station of an officer in the most wealthy ward of the city and that nothing but his own merit in the estimation of a majority of the free voters of the ward in which he resided carried his elevation."
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, September 8, 1847
Marriages
In Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Ingmire, Mr. Stephen G. Reynolds to Miss Julia Ann E. Howard, both of Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY].
On the 28th ult. by the same, Mr. Isaac Bullock of Elkland, Tioga Co. Pa. to Miss Abby Jane Seabolt of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].
On the 5th ult. by the same, Mr. Artemus Reynolds of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Hannah Roe of Jefferson, Schoharie Co. [NY].
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY] on the 21st ult by the Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. Rylay Fitch to Miss Malinda Coffin.
In Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 25th inst. by the Rev. A. Hull, Barnel W. Fry esq. Counsellor at Law of Sherburne, Chenango Co. [NY] to Miss Amy Arvilla [Hall], daughter of Dr. Wm. G. Hall of Pittsfield.
In Westford [Otsego Co. NY], on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Charles Wadsworth, Capt. Garret Roseboom Jr., to Miss Emma A. [Skinner] eldest daughter of Geo. Skinner, esq. all of Westford.
In Milford [Otsego Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. W. Bixby, Leroy E. Bow, esq. of Clarksville [Allegany Co. NY] to Miss Caroline F. Eddy of the former place.
At Burlington Flats [Otsego Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. L. Casler, Mr. Charles G. Hubbert to Miss Matilda Stevens.
In Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. O. Whitson, Giles C. Smith of the City of New York, to Miss Emma Jane Wilson of the former place.
Deaths
In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d ult, Mr. Ezra W. Eaton aged 54 years.
In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] on the 27th ult. Charles D. [Fitch] son of John and Laura Fitch, aged 5 years and 10 months.
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In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on the 25th ult. Mr. Moses Lewis in the 88th year of his age. Thus, has another of our most aged and worthy citizens passed from us forever.
Mr. Lewis was brought up from a child in Saratoga Co. [NY] but has been a resident of this town about forty-five years. He was a Citizen Soldier of the Revolutionary War and in 1776 was in service at Fort Edward. In 1777 he was in the American Army near the Highlands and in 1779 was on Lake Chaplain under Gov. Clinton> Yet this patriotic Citizen has never been a pensioner of the government, but by his own labor and industry, has brought up and educated a large and respectable family and a handsome provision for his children. It is to such men that America owes its liberty and prosperity.
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At his residence in this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] on Monday 30th of August, at 4 o'clock p.m. of a paralytic attack, Robert Campbell, Esq. aged 65 years. A previous attack of paralysis some two years since, had so evidently impaired his mind and frame that his friends and relatives were in a degree prepared for this last and fatal visitation. He was attacked on Friday preceding his death, while attending to some business in Milford, and was hurried home in a carriage, near sixteen miles, arriving late in the afternoon. Placed in a bed, skillful medical aid was in attendance, but the brain being evidently affected and consciousness of everything extinct, he lay breathing laboriously until Monday at 4 p.m. when death closed his mortal existence.
Mr. Campbell had been in the practice of law here [Cooperstown] about forty-five years, during all which time he maintained a high character for integrity and ability in his profession, and in the relation of citizen and neighbor, he secured the respect and esteem of all by an exemplary deportment and rendered himself useful as a member of society by a ready participation of his mind and means for benevolent and other commendable objects connected with the improvement of the social condition of the village of his residence. Those who knew him well will sympathize in the afflictive bereavement to his widow and two children.
We are all "passing away." In looking over this locality, we find but three persons left who were in business here thirty-nine years ago when we chose it for our future residence. Most of them have gone down to the grave, an admonition indeed to those of use remaining, that we too must ere long pay the debt of nature, leaving our places to be filled by others, we know not who. Let us be useful while we may, so that when the "night of death cometh," we may, like our deceased friend, be sure of heartfelt regrets with the accompaniment of a good name left behind us. Freeman's Journal
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In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] on the 28th ult. Mr. Benoni Pierce in the 88th year of his age. He was a soldier of the Revolution, having entered the service when but 15 years of age and served with credit to himself in the campaigns of 1776, 77, 78, &c. Thus, passeth away the remnant of that band of patriots whose deeds will never be forgotten by a grateful posterity.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, September 15, 1847
Marriage
In Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] on the 5th inst. by the Rev. W. Ingmire, Mr. Geo. Wagner to Miss Cynthia Ferris.
Deaths
At Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY] on the 2d inst. John Atwater, M.D. in the 69th year of his age.
In Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY] on the 5th inst. Silas H. Barns, M.D. in the 25th year of his age.
In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] on the 27th ult. Mr. Peter C. Bristol aged 23 years.
In Fly Creek [Otsego Co. NY] on the 2d inst. Charles H. [Higby] son of Mr. Thomas T. Higby, aged 10 months.
In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY], on the 3d inst. Miss Eliza Jane Cooper.
In Oxford, Chenango Co. [NY], on the 27th ult. Col. Samuel Balcom, aged 75 years.
In Binghamton, Broome Co. [NY], on the 30th ult. Mr. Robert C. Whitmore publisher of The Binghamton Democrat aged 28 years.
In Sharon [Schoharie Co. NY], on Friday the 23d ult, Mr. George Sharp, aged 35 years.
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Died in Westford [Otsego Co. NY] on Thursday the 2nd inst. Mr. Patrick a stranger from Connecticut. He was a drover and was in pursuit of cattle which he designed purchasing for the eastern market. But when among strangers and far from his home, he was smitten with disease and after lingering about two weeks expired. Soon as he perceived that he must probably die, he enquired if there were any Odd Fellows in the vicinity. There was one - soon he was at his bedside. Tho' perfect strangers, it was like the meeting of Brothers, after a long and painful absence. A glow of joy kindled in the eye of the dying man, and he exclaimed "I shall not die alone. I feel that I have friends. I am among them. They will smooth my passage to the tomb."
He was not mistaken. Tidings of his situation were borne to the Otsego Lodge of Cooperstown and many waited upon him, tendering to him their sympathies and administering to his comfort and relief. soon his wife and only child were by his side, but their united aid, joined with the best medical attendance could not save him. He expired, but though in a strange land, he fell among friends, who cared for his welfare.
His funeral was numerously attended on Sabbath afternoon. The disconsolate widow and her lone orphan were soothed by the sympathies and generous aid of about fifty of the Order, from different parts of the County, who came to tender them all the consolation and assistance in their power. An appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Ransom of this village, and he was conveyed away to his final resting place. Such are one of the fruits of Odd Fellowship. It receives the stranger to its embrace and "vails the widow and fatherless in their affliction." Heaven preserves the mystic tie. Cherry Valley, Sept. 7, 1847.
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