Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 6, 1847
Marriage
On the 28th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Richard Spicer to Miss E. Hathaway, both of Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY].
Deaths
In Stark [Herkimer Co. NY], on the 13th ult. Catharine [Walrath] wife of Albert Walrath in the 55th year of her age.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on the 16th inst. Mr. Thomas P. May formerly of this village, aged 54 years.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 13, 1847
Marriages
In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] by the Rev. Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Daniel Rainer to Miss Adelia Straight, both of Laurens [Otsego Co. NY].
Also, Mr. Peter Skinner of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Eliza Miller of Canajoharie [Montgomery Co. NY].
Deaths
In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on the 1st inst. Charles William [Bartling] son of Mr. William Bartling, aged 4 mo. and 17 days.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 20, 1847
Marriages
On the morning of the 13th inst. in Christ Church, Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] by the Rev. Amos B. Beach, the Rev Alfred B. Beach to Catharine Russell [Nelson] eldest daughter of Judge Nelson.
In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on the 14th inst. by the Rev. C.H. Harvey, Mr. Thomas Stickle to Miss Sally Ann Hall all of Cherry Valley.
In Lodi [Seneca Co. NY], Sept. 16th by the same, Mr. Robert Francis to Miss Elizabeth Smith all of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY].
In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 18th ult by the same Mr. Jonathan Tree of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss H.A. Innocent of Middlefield.
In this village [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on the 3d inst. by the same, Mr. Wm. Stansel to Miss Margaret N. Siver all of Springfield [Otsego Co. NY].
In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] by the same on the 8th inst. Mr. Alden Pope to Miss Mary Ann Siver all of Middlefield.
Deaths
At Milwaukie, Wisconsin Territory on the 17th of August last, Mrs. Elizabeth Oakley formerly of this county [Otsego Co. NY], aged 53 years.
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It is again our painful duty to record the death of an aged and highly respectable citizen of this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY]
Died on Friday morning, the 15th inst, at his residence, near this village, George Clyde Esquire, aged seventy-five years and eleven days. He was born in this town and at his death was its oldest native citizen. He was the second son of Col. Samuel Clyde, one of the first and most respectable settlers of Cherry Valley and an Officer of the Revolutionary Army. George, the subject of this notice, was born on the beautiful farm in sight of our village, where he lived and died and where he is buried. His remains now rest by the side of his beloved wife, within a few rods of his late mansion house.
Mr. Clyde was appointed one of the Magistrates of this town by Gov. George Clinton, which office he held for twenty-three years, and the duties of which he discharged with fidelity and impartiality, and in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to the public. Temperate in his habits, industrious and economical, he maintained and educated his family well, while at the same time he laid up a considerable estate and when he died was one of our most independent Farmers. His eldest son was an highly respected and useful member of the late Constitutional Convention, elected form the County of Columbia. Mr. Clyde, though he read and reflected much, seldom was abroad. He loved his home, and was an affectionate husband, indulgent parent, a devoted friend, a kind neighbor and patriotic citizen. He was a believer in the Christian Religion and died in an assured hope of enjoying eternal life through the merits of the Redeemer. Though far advanced in life, his mental powers continued in full vigor till his death.
We cannot close these obituary remarks already extended more than was intended, without referring to a thrilling scene experienced by the deceased in his childhood and which was related by him to the writer of this article.
On the 11th day of the dreary month of November 1778, the Indians destroyed Cherry Valley and murdered many of its inhabitants. On the morning of that day, Col. C. had gone to the Fort, then situated where the graveyard now is. During his absence, Mrs. Clyde, a lady distinguished for fortitude and strength of mind, as many now living can testify, was alarmed by the sudden appearance of hostile savages. She instantly fled with her children, among whom was the deceased, then between six and seven years old, about two miles to the summit of a hill which overlooks the village, and which was covered with a wild wood. There she remained concealed by the density of the forest during the remainder of the day and through the following night. A heavy rain set in which froze as it fell on this helpless family, who had no shelter but the dark and angry skies. During that long and horrible night, the deep silence around them was frequently broken by the yells of the savages, some of whom often passed with a few rods of this defenseless mother and her children. The gloom of the night was rendered more horrid by the glitter of the flames of the dwelling houses in the valley. The next morning Mrs. Clyde, at the eminent peril of being intercepted by the Indians, succeeded in conducting her little party to the Fort, but when she came in view of the house from which she had fled, she found the house and barn burnt to ashes. How sad and heart sickening was that sight! Do we appreciate the sufferings of our Fathers, one of the last of whom has now gone down to the grave?
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, October 27, 1847
Marriage
In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY] on the 17th inst. by H.S. Babcock, Esq., Levi Masters to Mrs. Amelia Wilson, both of Middlefield.
Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, September 29, 1869
Marriages
At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], August 30th, by Rev. G.M. Peck, Mr. David Jilson of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Julia M. Ford of Otego [Otsego Co. NY].
At the M.E. Parsonage, Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], Sept. 22d, by Rev. G.M. Peck, Mr. Alonzo Shaffer of Cobleskill [Schoharie Co. NY] and Miss Melissa C. Fisher of Unadilla.
At Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 6th, by Rev. N.S. Rulison, Mr. Wm. H. Cole of Otego [Otsego Co. NY] and Miss Emma G. Cook of Laurens.
At Otego [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 8th, by Rev. N.S. Rulison, Mr. G.M. Wellman of Springfield, Mass., to Miss Jennie S. Cole of Otego.
Deaths
In Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] Sept. 19th, Watson Bassel aged about 22 years.
Near Otego village [Otsego Co. NY] on the 20th inst. Mrs. Hannah Baker, aged 103 years.
At DeKalb, Ill. Sept. 1st Mrs. Frances Miller wife of Vinson D. miller, Esq. of DeKalb and only daughter of Silas Bissell of Otego [Otsego Co. NY] aged 28 years and 3 months.
In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 7th, of cholera infantum Little Howard [Smith] only child of Benjamin and Emma Smith, aged 10 months and 13 days.
In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] August 29th, Phineas C. Ball aged 69 years.
In Cannonsville, Delaware County, [NY] on 15th inst. Mrs. Augustus Flowers, the wife of a farmer, sent out her two children, aged respectively three and five years to call their father to dinner. Soon after, the mother was horrified beyond expression to see her husband enter the house bearing the two little ones in his arms, one a lifeless mass of ragged flesh and blood, while the other was senseless from a terrible blow on the head, from the effects of which it died next day. It appears that the children in going for their father, had to pass through a pasture containing a vicious horse, which attacked them with terrible fury and madness, biting, kicking, and stamping the poor unfortunate to death. The father hearing cries of distress, hastened to the tragical scene, but too late to save either of the fated ones.
We learn from the North Vernon [Oneida Co. NY] Plain Dealer that on the 24th ult. at Jefferson City, Mo. Byron J. Winton, son of J.B. Winton, formerly of this town [Morris, Otsego Co. NY] died, aged 32 years. The same paper says: Mr. Winton was widely and favorably known in the cities of the West where by his skill and industry he had gained much celebrity as an artist.
News Item
The suit of Cope vs. Hondryx et al., Administrators, etc., has been decided by the referee, E.C. Belknap Esq., adverse to the claims of the plaintiff. This was a suit brought by Mrs. Cope against the Administrators of the estate of W. K. Bingham, deceased, to recover for alleged services rendered during the lifetime of the decedent. Mrs. W. K. Bingham was the daughter of Mrs. Cope. The mother and daughter lived together before the latter was married and since that time the mother was treated as a member of the family up to the death of Mr. B. which followed that of his wife in a little more than a year. The marriage was consummated in 1843 and Mr. B. died in the Fall of 1867, making about 24 years that Mrs. C. claimed recompense for services rendered. The amount of the claim was something over $2,000. Mrs. Bingham made provision for her mother by will in the use of $5,000 during her lifetime. The Referee held the law to be that when a person voluntarily takes up a residence with a family, no action can be sustained against the estate after death for recovery for services rendered, unless an express contract be proved. H. Sturges and E. Countryman, Attorneys for plaintiff; S.S. Edick for defendants.
