Vital Records, Broome County, NY (1846)

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, November 4, 1846\

Marriages 

In Otego, Otsego County [NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. M.M. Wakeman, Col. William T. Broadfoot of Conklin [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Lodema [Smith] daughter of Mr. John Smith of the former place.

In Milford, Otsego Co. [NY] on the 22d inst. by Rev. L. Bolton, Mr. Leroy Hollister of Colesville [Broome Co. NY] to Miss J. Hellon Rosk adopted daughter of Mr. Alvin Lyon of Milford [Otsego Co. NY].

In Colesville [Broome Co. NY] Oct 29th, by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. A.S. Vosbury of Windsor [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Harriet E. [Tyrrell] daughter of Harmon R. Tyrrell foo the former place.  In Orwell, Vt. on the 6th inst. by the Rev. R.S. Cuhman, Mr. B.H. Overmiser of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] to Lucretia Griswold of the former place.

In Colesville [Broome Co. NY] Oct. 29th by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. Aaron Willson to Miss Randall both of Chenango [Broome Co. NY].

Death

George Mannering Jr. who was found dead at the house of Nancy Cady, four miles from Oxford, Chenango County [NY] on Sunday morning, is supposed to have been murdered by some members of the family.  He came to the house intoxicated and slept with Russel Cady, a son, who says that at 12 o'clock he found that he was dead.  On a postmortem examination, his neck was found to have been broken by a blow from a stick of wood or head of an axe and marks of throttling were found on his throat, either sufficient to have caused death.  Mrs. Cady and her son have been arrested. The deceased was a material witness in a lawsuit between Mrs. Cady and her father.

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, November 11, 1846

Marriages

In Colesville [Broome Co. NY] Nov. 1st by the Rev. M. Dyer, Mr. Lewis H. Draper of the same  place to Miss Deborah B. Maben of Lysander, Onondaga Co. N.Y.

In Union village [Broome Co. NY] on the 4th inst. at the residence of Allen Cowdrey, Mr. Chauncey Wade to Miss Hannah Cowdrey, both of Lisle [Broome Co. NY].

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the7th inst. by B.N. Loomis, Esq. Mr. Caleb N. Soule to Elizabeth Haynes all of this village.

Deaths

In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Tuesday last, at the residence of his son, Mr. Isaac Lanterman aged 52 years and 6 months.

In Hudson, Ohio, Oct. 3d of chill fever, Mr. Cydus Tenny aged 34 years.

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] Oct. 30th of consumption, Mr. Joel B. Starkweather aged 27 years.

The deceased was the second son of Dea. Reuben Starkweather of this village, and a young man of great worth and exemplary piety.  He leaves a wife and one child and a large circle of friends to mourn his departure, who are consoled however by the reflection that he died in the triumphs of the Christian's faith.

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, November 18, 1846

Death

On Thursday last in the town of Barker [Broome Co. NY] a son of Mr. Elias Newman, five or six years old, was killed instantly by being thrown from a wagon.  He was riding with Mr. Jonathan Stickland, who stopped a moment at Mr. Love's blacksmith's shop, leaving the boy alone in the wagon, when the horses suddenly took fright, whirled around the shop and the wagon coming in contact with a block of wood, the lad was thrown out with great violence, and it is supposed his neck was broken.  He breathed once or twice only after he was taken up and expired.