Vital Records, Delaware (1827) & Broome (1838) Counties, NY

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 2, 1827

Marriages

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on the 4th ult. by J. Bostwick, Esq. Mr. Daniel Reeves aged seventy! to Mrs. Elizabeth Baker aged sixty-seven!!

In the same town [Hamden, Delaware Co. NY] by the same, on the 20th ult.  Mr. Baldwin to Mrs. Eliza Newbury.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 9, 1827

Marriage

In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 5th inst. by J. Hitchcock, Esq. Mr. Melancton Aiken to Miss Betsey Davis all of Delhi.

Death

In New York on Sunday evening the 29th ult. the Hon. Rufus King in the 73d year of his age; late Minister of the U. States to the Court of St. James.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 16, 1827

Death

It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of General Frederick P. Foote late of Arbor Hill in this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY]. This melancholy event took place on the 23d day of February last, at the city of Leghorn in Italy, and on last Wednesday its afflicting tidings reached his family and friends in this place.

For about seven years past, Gen. Foote has been laboring under a pulmonary complaint, the progress of which has been marked by the most striking vicissitudes.  Twice it brought him almost within "the cerements" of the tomb, and then, relaxing its hold on his life, hurried from his arms to the grave, in sad succession, a wife, a daughter, and a son.  Its eventful changes have reversed in several instances between him and his friends the doom of mortality.  Some of those who, in unsuspecting health the while, hastened to his bedside to administer to him the last sorrowful offices of friendship.  He afterwards followed as a mourner to the silent sepulcher.  Through these deep afflictions, he passed, smitten but not destroyed, with a temper and deportment, that could not fail to fix on the minds of his acquaintances an impressive estimate of his moral excellence and Christian purity.

On the approach of winter, he embarked from the city of New York in November last, to seek beneath the milder skies of a foreign region that health, which he believed bloomed not for him on the soil of his native country.  He reached the place of his destination.  But that famed restorative, the Italian climate, was able to delay but for a few weeks the consummation of his immedicable disease, aggravated as it became by the effects of a boisterous voyage across the Atlantic.  And at a returnless distance from his country and kindred, from that tender nursing of his love, his youngest daughter (the only remnant spared to him from the wreck foo his family) he yielded up his life, with composure and resignation, in the 44th year of his age.

I will accord with the lively recollections of a large portion of his acquaintances to add, that military renown was the idol of Gen. P.'s ambition.  And although it was not his good fortune to be so circumstanced as to mingle his fame with the glory of his country by achievements in arms; yet this disposition inspired him with a high heroic temper of mind and an enthusiastic fondness for the art of war, and these united with signal skill and a winning urbanity of demeanor, rendered him during a short campaign in actual service, and throughout his various commands in the militia, an object of general admiration.   He was distinguished in private and in public, by strict probity, a high sense of honor and an ardent patriotism.  His heart was the seat of liberal sentiments of generous friendships and the bright circle of kindred ties drew from it, the ceaseless tribute of the most exemplary kindness and love.  But we will not expatiate.  His worth is graven on the tablet of memory in those deep traces of emotion, that the pen can but faintly copy.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 23, 1827

Marriages

In the city of New York, in the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th instant, by the Rev. W.G. Miller, Major Charles Hathaway Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Maria Augusta Bowne, eldest daughter of Mrs. Bowne of the former place.

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday evening last, by Walter Chace, Esq. Mr. John Thompson of Bovina, to Miss Catharene Crawford of the former place.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 30, 1827

Another Patriot of the Revolution Gone

Died at Lebanon, Madison County, N.Y. on the 20th ult.  Mr. Jonathan Bates in the 73d year of his age.  He was the oldest male settler in that town.  He was a man of peculiar character, of gigantic stature and commanding look.  He was one of the men that accompanied Colonels Allen and Arnold at the capture of Ticonderoga.  He was one of the rear guard that covered the retreat of Gen. Warren, when that valuable officer fell at Bunker Hill.  He was engaged in several slight skirmishes with marauding parties and was afterwards engaged in the battle of Newtown, when Sullivan defeated the Indians.  He died respected by the circle of his acquaintance.  Hamilton Recorder.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 1, 1838

Marriage

At Delhi, N.Y. [Delaware Co.] on the 10th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Judd, Mr. William Fuller of Augusta (Georgia) to Miss Augusta [Root], daughter of Gen. E Root.

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 8, 1838

Died at Greenville, N.C. on the 30th of Sept. after an illness of nine days, Mr. Seth W. Stoddard aged 28 years, eldest son of James Stoddard 2d, of Lisle, Broome Co. N.Y.

He graduated at Union College in July 1837, and in September he revisited the South, having previously spent a year in Virginia.  During the present year he resided at Raleigh, N.C. and the last of August removed to Greenville to take charge of the Academy in that place.  He had discharged the duties of his station but three weeks, when he was attacked by the prevailing disease of the climate - a bilious fever - and soon fell a victim.

To his friends and bereaved relatives, the event was as unexpected as overwhelming.  His personal appearance and manners were peculiarly calculated to win the affections of all.  To a mind of a high order, were united decision and energy of character and an amiable and affectionate disposition.  Over all these a Christian spirit shed a bright luster, and he died as he lived trusting in the merits of a Savior and with a firm attachment to those truths which have been for years the guide of his life.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church and designed to enter the ministry, but death has blasted the hopes of his friends and destroyed his prospects of future useful events.  His death in the prime of life, and when nearly prepared to engage in his profession, is one of those mysterious events, the reasons of which lie hid in the counsels of the Almighty.  To Him let men bow in humble resignation.  To all the members of the family, the shock is one of unusual severity.  He was a dutiful son and affectionate brother, and felt that his parents, now in the winter of life, were committed to his own peculiar care.  But he is taken from the evils of life, and now rejoices on high.  Of him it may be written, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, November 29, 1838

Marriages

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY], on the 22d inst. by the Rev R Fox, Mr. John Nimmons to Miss Cornelia Andrus, both of Binghamton.

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 28th inst. by the Rev. David D. Gregory, Mr. Nathan Lee to Miss Elizabeth Jackson.

News Item

Ages of the Presidents

We gather the following interesting facts from the National Intelligencer:

George Washington was born 1732; elected President in 1789; installed the same year at the age of 57; served eight years, and then retired to a private life at the age of 65.

John Adams was born 1735; elected in 1796; was 62 years of age when installed; served 4 years; retired in 1801 at the age of 66.

Thomas Jefferson was born 1751; elected in 1800; installed in 1801 at the age of 58 years; served eight years; retired in 1809 at the age of 66.

James Madison was born 1751; elected in 1808; installed in 1809 at 58 years of age; served eight years; retired in 1817 at the age of 66.

James Monroe was born in 1758; elected in 1816; installed the next year, when he was 58 years of age; served 8 years; retired from office in 1825, aged 66.

John Quincy Adams was born in 1765; elected in 1825; instaleld the follwoign year at the age of sixty years; served 4 years; retired in 1829, at the age of 64.

Andrew Jackson was born in 1769; elected in 1828; went into office in 1829, at the age of 62; served eight years; retired in 1837, at the age of 70.

Martin Van Buren was born in 1782; elected in 1836; installed in 1837, at the age of 55 years. [served four years, leaving the presidency in 1841 at the age of 59.  He was president at the time this news edition was published.]

Vital Records, Delaware (1827) & Chenango (1878) Counties, NY

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 11, 1827

Marriages

In Meredith [Delaware Co. NY] by the Rev. John Sears, Mr. Harvey Munson to Miss Lucretia Sears only daughter of the late Rev. Benjamin Sears.

In Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday the 5th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Mead, Mr. John B. Gould to Miss Mary More all of that place.

Death

Died in this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] last evening, Mr. Thomas S. Lead in the 24th ear of his age.

Seldom in this place has there been cause for grief like that occasioned by the decease of the subject of this hasty notice.  Few persons of his age have deserved or acquired so large a portion as he possessed of that esteem and friendship which is the voluntary tribute paid to amiable dispositions, when combined with superiority of intellect.  He has left many to be sorrowful who are allied to him by the endearing ties of relationship.  But these are not all.  Others bewail the youth of genius.  The untimely transit of one whose natural endowments and thirst for knowledge promised fame and usefulness is to be mourned forever by kindred minds.  Unremitting application at college shattered his health and obliged him to desist for a time from his studies, which were afterwards renewed with an intensity which made inroads in his constitution and brought on that consuming malady which is so often the attendant of the temperament of genius.

We may justly apply to him what the bard has said of Kirke White, another early victim of the enthusiasm of study, who, also, was devoured by his own ardor and converted labor into death.

"Twas thine own genius gave the fatal blow, / And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low;/ So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain / No more through rolling clouds to soar again, / Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, / And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart; / Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel / He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, / While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, / Drank the last life drop of his bleeding breast."

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, April 18, 1827

Marriages

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on Thursday last by the Rev. Mr. Waterbury, Mr. Hine of Meredith [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Sally Noble of the former place.

In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sears, Mr. Chauncey Smith to Miss Abagail Blowers.

In Hamden [Delaware Co. NY] on the 12th inst. by the Rev. Cyrus Silliman, Mr. Miles Beers to Miss Rachel Barlow.

Death

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on the 13th inst. Mrs. Hannah Stewart wife of Mr. Silas Stewart, aged 51 years.  In the death of this woman, the bereaved husband has lost a most affectionate companion, the family a tender mother, and the Church of Christ one of its brightest ornaments.  She has long adorned the Christian profession as a member of the Baptist Church in Franklin and during the progress of a lingering consumption, which terminated her earthly course, she ever manifested the most cheerful willingness to depart and be with Christ.  "Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord."

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 12, 1878

Deaths

In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] Aug 31st, Mrs. Harriet [Bryant] wife of A.A. Bryant, aged 62 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 29th, Katie [Gallagher] daughter of the late Martin Gallagher, aged 12 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Mary Shields [Johnson], wife of Thomas Johnson, aged 23 years.

At the residence of Lore Hotchkiss in Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 9th, Mrs. John S. Tarbell of Montrose, Pa. aged 55 years.

John S. Tarbell's wife, of Montrose, died on Monday morning at Smithville after an illness of only three days being apparently perfectly well on Friday morning last. The attending physicians, Dr. Burr of Binghamton, Dr. Richardson of Montrose and Dr. Law of Smithville, pronounced it inflammation of the bowels, but thought it a very unusual case, some of the symptoms being very different from those usually indicated. The funeral will be at Montrose on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, 1835 & 1878

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 27, 1835

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. Joseph Wait to Miss Mary Ann Wheeden. 

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on the 27th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Abel, Mr. David Chase, Jr. to Miss Hannah Dickinson.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, june 10, 1835

Marriage

On Tuesday evening the 2d inst., by Elder J. S. Swan, Mr. Daniel M. Randall of the firm of Kershaw & Randall, to Miss Harriet Bissell, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY]. 

Death

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Monday last of consumption, Mrs. Rowena Mitchell, consort of the Hon. Henry Mitchell, aged 42 years.  

Mrs. M. was a most estimable woman in every respect and in all the relations of life.  To her family and connections, her loss is irreparable and by all who knew her, it will be deeply lamented.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1835 Death

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on the 31st ult., Mr. Allen Nicholson, aged about 40 years.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, September 11, 1878

Marriage

A complete and successful surprise visit is a rare occurrence. The tongue is such an unruly member; always anxious to tell some new thing, that the secret generally leaks out in advance.  It was our privilege on Monday, Sept. 2d, to attend one of the most unique and pleasant surprise parties that could be imagined. The occasion was the 40th anniversary of the wedded life of Mr. Henry Mosher, in the town of Smithville [Chenango Co. NY].  The invitations and arrangements were all made by their son George and Mrs. Curtis, their daughter.

At the appointed time, ten o'clock, a.m., the friends all met at a given place and receiving the signal from the son, they drove into the yard and took possession of the house, one hundred and fifty strong.  The venerable pair looked on amazed and bewildered, smiling and weeping, not knowing what to say or think.  In a short time, all hands were busy preparing and setting tables and at noon we were invited to a bountiful repast furnished by the guests.  Dinner over, the company were called to order, and the following exercises observed:  Singing "Going Home Tomorrow," than a very appropriate address by Rev. I.P. Towner, of McDonough, in which, on behalf of the son and daughter, he presented the parents a bedstead and also a cane and pipe to Mr. mosher from the friends; and some other presents to Mrs. Mosher. The writer responded on behalf of the host, who was too much affected to speak.  "Shall we Gather at the River" was then sung and prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Towner.

Words cannot express all that was felt and enjoyed on htat happy day.  It was an expression of tender regard and deep, warm fre=iendship by many relatives and neighbors, which will be more precious to the family visited than silver and gold.  Long may they live to enjoy like precious scenes.  Rev. H.N. VanDusen.

Deaths

MEAD:  In Scranton, Penn., Sept. 1st, Mandie Bell [Mead] daughter of George H. Mead, aged 1 year and 8 months.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, September 14, 1878

News Item

Mrs. Sally Campbell

Sally [Campbell] widow of Alonzo Campbell, died at Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] on Saturday September 7th, 1878.  She was a daughter of the late Gideon DeForest and was born at South Edmeston [Otsego C. NY] March 9th, 1800.  Upon her marriage in 1820 she removed into the town of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] just across the Unadilla River.  At that time the post office was on the Chenango side of the river and was called Columbus Corners.   Her husband Alonzo Campbell was for many years postmaster.  About thirty years ago the post office was removed to the Otsego side and called South Edmeston.  The neighborhood contained a number of eminent men rendering the social advantages of the place superior to those of most rural neighborhoods.  Hon. Samuel Campbell, the father of Alonzo, was Judge of the old Court of Common Pleas and a representative in the Seventeenth Congress.  A near neighbor was Hon. Joshua Lamb, also a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.  In the same school district also resided Hon. Josiah Green Olney, Member of Assembly in 1839, who died a few months ago at an advanced age.  After the death of her husband which occurred in 1859, Mrs. Campbell resided for a short time in the house with her brother at South Edmeston, then a few years with her son Henry in Nebraska.  For the last twelve years she resided most of the time in Sherburne.  Sometimes she would stay a few months with her son, Stewart, in Albany, and she made visits to her brother in Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] and friends in Columbus.  For the last two years she had been nearly helpless.  Up to that time her mind had remained clear, and she had a very accurate recollection of the events of public interest which had happened in the course of her long life.  She summoned all of her four children except the oldest, Stewart Campbell of Albany, who was present at the funeral.  Three children of her deceased son Henry reside in Nebraska.  Mrs. Campbell belonged to a family of eight brothers and sisters, all of whom were living on the day of her death.  Their ages were then as follows:

Abel B. DeForest, 82 years, 8 months, 7 days

Lee DeForest, 80 years, 1 month, 0 days

Sally Campbell, 78 years, 5 months, 28 days

Cyrus H. DeForest, 74 years, 5 months, 7 days

Maria Snyder, 72 years, 1 month 17 days

Charles A. DeForest, 69 years, 10 months 12 days

Tracy R. DeForest, 67 years, 7 months, 5 days

Harriet Fuller, 65 years, 1 month, 0 days

Giving a total of 590 years 4 months 25 days, and an average of 73 years 9 months 18 days.  Few families in the country equal this in longevity.