The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, August 21, 1811
Marriage
On Sunday evening the 11th inst. by Ebenr. Lyon, Esq. Mr. John Lyon to Miss Lucinda Sweet, all of this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY].
The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, October 16, 1811
Marriage
On tje 10th inst. by Wm. Whipple, Esquire, Mr. William Chapman to Miss Patience Aldrich all of this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY].
The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, November 20, 1811
Marriages
On Thursday the 14th instant, by Elisha Williams, Esquire, Mr. Royal Benson to Miss Betsey Carpenter
Mr. James B. Tousley to Miss Amia Whipple all of this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY]
The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, December 4, 1811
Deaths
In this city [Albany, Albany Co. NY] on Wednesday last, [30th of Nov.] Mr. George Newton, Printer, an industrious, worthy young man who served his apprenticeship in this office and was distinguished for filial piety towards a widowed mother who is left to mourn her irreparable loss. Albany Register
At Batavia [Genesee Co. NY], Mr. Samuel Peek, Printer, and senior editor of the Cornucopia, aged 27.
Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, October 6, 1869
Deaths
Joseph Jenks of West Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] was found dead in bed at the residence of his son, near West Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] Tuesday morning Sept. 28th. His age was about 65.
Says the Rep. & Dem. of Oct. 2d: Since our last issue Death has been busy among our older citizens. Last Thursday Judge Kinne was "gathered in;" on Saturday, James Cox and on Monday of this week Miss V.S. Potter and Mrs. Polly Williams. The united ages of the four reach upwards of 310 years.
Death of Judge Kinne
The announcement on the street last Thursday morning that Hiram Kinne was found dead in his bed, created a feeling of profound sorrow in this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY]. He had returned from a business trip to Massachusetts the evening previous and though complaining somewhat of fatigue on retiring to bed, appeared to be in usual health and good spirits. Still, his sudden death did not greatly surprise his friends, for they know how much he had suffered for years past from ill health, which had gradually weakened his constitution. Without further sickness or suffering, he passed quietly away. Judge Kinne was from his early manhood a "public man." He was one of the best Judges of the Court of Common Pleas who ever sat on the Bench of Otsego County [NY]. As Surrogate for two terms, he gave great satisfaction. For over twenty years he acted as Justice of the Peace, which office he held at the time of his death. In 1832 he had a seat in the Assembly of this State. He was a well-read man and his views on public matters were always sound. In politics he was a Democrat of the old school. Personally Judge Kinne was popular with all classes for he was by nature unselfish, obliging, kind-hearted and liberal. Though alone in the world, he was cheerful and social in disposition. The poor have lost in him one of their best friends, the afflicted and troubled one whose sympathies were always alive to their wants and necessities. After funeral services in the Presbyterian church on Saturday, his remains were taken to Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] for interment. Freeman's Journal.
News Item
West Davenport Homicide
Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, December 2, 1868
Mrs. Louisa Drake Fero, wife of Elisha B. Fero, of West Davenport [Delaware Co. NY], formerly of Albany County [NY], was murdered in her bed on the morning of the 24th inst. about 2 o'clock. Dr. S. Maharg, Coroner of Davenport Centre, was called and a jury summoned. A postmortem examination was made by Dr. Meigs Case of Oneonta, and the autopsy showed a fracture of the skull, extending from the occipital region forward around the cranium on the left side, crossing the temporal sphenoid and frontal bones and terminating in the middle third of the right parietal, three inches above the ear, in all eleven inches in length. Another fracture extending from the occipital parietal of the right side anteriorly terminating in the right temple, seven inches in length. Both fractures unaccompanied by depression. A pistol ball entering the cranium two inches above the left ear, found in the brain, also, some marks on the mouth indicating pressure.
Fero claims to have been robbed and says the pistol was exploded by him in grasping the robber's hand, but no trace of robbers has been found. He claims to have no knowledge of the broken skull. Great credit is due to Coroner Maharg for his patient and thorough investigation of this horrible domestic tragedy. The coroner's jury rendered their unanimous verdict that the deceased came by her death by the hands of E.B. Fero. Immediately thereafter the coroner issued his warrant upon which Fero was arrested and brought before him.
Mrs. Fero was an active, talented and very useful woman, and much beloved in all circles. Fero has kept a store in the village for some years and has been Postmaster and justice of the Peace. His reputation has recently been much damaged by associations with vile women and to this cause can be feared his downfall. He has a son living in New York and a daughter, respectably married and settled in this place.
The father and mother of Fero were Quakers and are both dead. The brothers and family are among our most respectable people and by this awful act are plunged in the deepest grief. The funeral of Mrs. Fero was attended on Thursday by a very large concourse of people.
Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, December 4, 1868
Fero has hitherto been regarded by the community far around as a trustworthy man, having held the office of Justice of the Peace in his town for a long time, and for many years has been, together with his wife, a member of the Methodist Church, in which society he was looked upon as a leading and influential member. Rumors of improper intimacies between him and the wife of another have for a year past cast the imputation of domestic infidelity upon him and some development in his singular conduct are supposed to have brought about upbraidings and discord which resulted in the revolting murder which has thrown a household in mourning and cased a deep gloom wherever the parties were known. Mrs. Fero was a woman of estimable character, modesty and of the Christian virtues. Unadilla Times, Nov. 26
Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, October 6, 1869
The trial of Elisha B. Fero for the murder of his wife, has been closed. The case was given to the jury last Friday, who were out some two hours and brought in not guilty. This case has caused considerable interest in Delaware and the eastern part of this county. The murderer of Mrs. Fero is yet at large. We hope the guilty wretch will be brought to justice and that speedily.
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