Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, January 2, 1879
Marriages
COMPTON - CARL: At the residence of Jacob Hillsinger in Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY[ Dec. 25th, 1878, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Thos. H. Compton of Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] and Miss Hattie L. Carl of Butternuts.
GARRISON - SHERWOOD: At the Guilford House [Chenango Co. NY] on Wednesday by the Rev. W.L.D. Wilson, Mr. Ellis Garrison of Gilbertsville [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Sarah Sherwood of Guilford.
TYLER - DISBROW: At the M.E. Parsonage in Bainbridge, Dec. 26, 1878, by Rev. A.F. Brown, Mr. Menzo Tyler and Mrs. Marion Disbrow all of Westford, Otsego Co. N.Y.
SWEET - BARBER: In Harpersville [Broome Co. N Y] Nov. 3d by Rev. A.W. Cornell, William H. Sweet of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] and Thankful Barber of Harpersville.
Fifty years ago last Saturday, Mr. Runion Parsons now living in the village of Afton [Chenango Co. NY] was married by Judge Bigelow, late of Bainbridge, to Mahala Hoffman. The bride's father at that time lived at East Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] near the forks of the river. We called upon the aged couple on the day of their Fiftieth anniversary, found them in usual good health and learned a few facts concerning their life. At the present time there is but one person living who attended their wedding - her brother, Chauncey's, widow, now living in Illinois. Her brothers, Chauncey and Joel, were well known military characters in the war of 1812, and after their return from the army, Chauncey established a fencing school and made considerable money by the "art." Mr. Parsons well remembers when the town of Guilford was set off from Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] and how they drew a line and those who wanted it at such a place would step on one side and those opposed on the other. He gave a full description of the pulling and jerking of the opposite parties and how several coats were literally torn to pieces in the fracas. They did not give a grand reception of their marriage anniversary as is customary now-a-days, but enjoyed themselves at home and attending Quarterly Meeting which was then being held in the M.E. Church in that village. May the good old souls live another half a century and have peace and plenty.
Deaths
PHILLIPS: In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 23(?) of typhoid pneumonia, Georgianna [Phillips] wife of James H. Phillips and eldest daughter of S.A. and Emily Tremain Martin, aged 34 years.
MARTIN: In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 27 of typhoid pneumonia, Emily Tremaine [Martin] wife of S.A. Martin aged 64 years.
Mrs. Augusta Martin of Coventry, died last week from the effect of typhoid pneumonia. Her funeral took place on Sunday. A daughter, the wife of Mr. J.H. Phillips having passed away but a few days previous to her mother's death, with the same disease.
BENNETT: The remains of Nattie Bennett of Wellsborro, Pa. were brought to this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY] for interment Tuesday. He was a former resident of this village.
ST. JOHN: Mr. Heman St. John one of the oldest inhabitants of Rockdale [Chenango Co. NY] and a pensioner of the War of 1812, died on Tuesday night of this week. In these sporting days it may not be amiss to mention that in his younger days Mr. St. John has a number of times walked from Catskill to his home in a day, a distance of 100 miles.
News Items
A remarkable man: Mr. John Viney formerly of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], but now a resident of Harpersville [Broome Co. NY] and well known through this section of the country as a cigar manufacturer, is 67 years old, and has never known a sick day or even lost a meal of victuals from want of appetite and never has had the headache. He is English born and came to this country 57 years ago. With his smiling features and ruddy complexion one would not judge him to be over 35 or 40 years of age.
Under its proper head will be seen the birth of a bouncing baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Danforth. Grandfather Prince is at last happy in this addition of a grandson, for in his declining years it will be a boy that he can dangle on his knee. Elliot is no doubt as happy as we were when we were first told that our last heir was a boy, there is generally a good degree of conceit about a father at that time. The boy has our congratulations. [The child born was Edward Danforth, who became a Bainbridge physician and local historian.]
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