Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1872)

 Democratic Union, Oneida, NY, June 27, 1872

Marriages

HOWARD - WARNER:  In Rochester [Monroe Co. NY], June 19, at the residence of the bride's father, No. 25 East Avenue by Rev. D. McFarland, of Fairport, Mr./ John L. Howard of New York City and Miss Nell A. Warner of Rochester, both formerly of Oneida [Madison Co. NY].

HOXIE - BENTLEY:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] June 18, by Rev. I.D. Clark, Mr. John A. Hoxie of Vesper, N.Y. [Onondaga Co.], and Miss Mary E. Bentley daughter of A.V. Bentley, Esq. of DeRuyter.

Deaths

BROWN:  In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] June 23, Clark Brown an old and respected citizen of that village, aged 76 years.

KIDD:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] near Chittenango Falls, June 9, Samuel Kidd aged 41 years.

JONES:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] June 11, Mrs. Betsey Jones in the 74th year of her age.

KEELER:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] June 19, Mrs. Polly L. Keeler, aged 72 years.

DAVIS:  In Cazenovia (Madison Co. NY] June 18, Mrs. Lucy S. Davis wife of Ward A. Davis and daughter of Henry A. Johnson aged 35 years.

WORRELL:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] June 23, Elmira [Worrell] wife of John Worrell, aged 55 years.

DURHAM:  Mr. Durham, a gentleman of 62 years of age died on Friday afternoon, the 14th inst. after some weeks of severe illness, at the residence of his son-in-law, D.A. Jackson of the Dispatch.  The funeral services were held at the residence on Monday morning and the body accompanied by relatives and friends, was taken to Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] for burial, where Mr. Durham had spent nearly 30 years of his life, and had been an active member of the Methodist Church, until he came to Oneida [Madison Co. NY] about two years since, during which time he has been a member of the M.E. Church in this village.

CRAVEN:  We are seldom called upon to record a more touching accident than that of the drowning of Theodore Craven, near Solsville [Madison Co. NY] on the afternoon of Tuesday last, through generously seeking the safety of another.  He in company with his brother-in-law took a small boat and started out on Greeley's pond and had got a short distance out when they discovered that the boat was incapable of carrying more than one person at a time.  [Craven got out of the boat] in order to give his brother-in-law the full benefit of the boat, but in so doing, overturned it, precipitating his companion in the water.  He turned back and with almost unexampled courage and fortitude succeeded in getting him to the boat, and again started for the shore, and had got within thirty or forty feet of the bank when he, through the encumbrance of his overcoat, was drowned.  A person who witnessed the scene swam out and rescued the man clinging to the boat and then helped rescue the body of the unfortunate Theodore Craven.

CRANDALL:  On Friday evening of last week, a boy by the name of Crandall, with two other companions, went bathing in the canal at State Bridge.  The boys were learning to swim, when young Crandall slipped from the slope wall into the deep water and went down.  One of his mates endeavored to save him, but came near being drowned with his unfortunate friend, who clung to him for a moment with deathly grasp.  The news that Arthur Crandall was drowned, soon spread, and the canal was dragged with a horse rake and the body, after some time recovered.