Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, August 21, 1879
Marriage
YALE - MORGAN: In this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY] on the 14 inst., by the Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. Stephen Yale and Miss Cora Morgan, daughter of Taylor M. Morgan, all of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].
A pleasant wedding took place on Thursday evening of last week. The participants were Stephen Yale and Clara Morgan, daughter of Tylor N. Morgan, all of Guilford. The nuptial ceremony was performed by Rev. D.N. Grummon, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bainbridge. May success and happiness attend them.
Deaths
ROYCE: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 2d, 1879, Ernest [Royce] son of Edwin and Martha Royce, aged 4 years and 4 months.
DALTON: In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] on the 4th inst., Patrick Dalton, aged 67 years and 5 months.
WHITNEY: In Franklin, N.Y. [Delaware Co.] on the 13th inst., Joshua Whitney, aged 91 years.
WELSH: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 13th, Miss Emma Welsh aged 26 years.
POWERS: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 14th, Miss Jennie E. Powers aged 13 years.
HAYNES: In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 6th, Charles B. Haynes aged 85 years, father of C.C. Haynes of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
SWEET: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 10th, Miss Miranda Sweet aged 55 years.
BAXTER: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 3d, Mrs. Amy H. Baxter aged 84 years and 3 months.
WATSON: In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] August 8, 1879, Arnold B. Watson aged 81 years.
Arnold B. Watson of Unadilla died of paralysis last Friday. He was about seventy years of age and was formerly president of the Unadilla bank, which failed badly about 1864, causing great financial distress in that village and vicinity.
YOUNG: At East Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] August 12, 1879 Arthur D. Young aged 13 years.
WHITE: Suddenly in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] August 7th at the residence of his son-in-law, Stanton Pendleton, Mr. Mason White, aged 71 years.
MARSH: Near Waco, Texas June 19th, Miss Clarissa Marsh aged 78 years, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].
WESTOVER: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] August 6th, Urane [Westover] wife of Calvin Westover, aged 68 years.
BENEDICT: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY] July 29th, Mary [Benedict] wife of Ezra Benedict, aged 65 years.
TAYLOR: At Wells Bridge [Otsego Co. NY], August 9th, Rev. Fred P. Taylor aged 24 years, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY].
ROGERS: Joseph K. Rogers died of consumption at Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Tuesday. The deceased formerly resided at Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] where the body will be interred today - Thursday.
NEWTON: Capt. William Newton one of the early pioneers and oldest inhabitants of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] died in that village the 13th inst. Mr. Newton's family are among the prominent men of the country. One son, Hubert, is widely known as the distinguished professor of astronomy at Yale; Warren, the banker at Norwich; Isaac, the well-known attorney; Homer, a prominent oculist, and Lucius a wealthy farmer at Sherburne. The history of the family covers a large portion of the history of Sherburne, and a biographical sketch of the deceased would be interesting to residents of the county. Mr. Newton was in his 93d year. He left a large property. the funeral was held at Sherburne Sunday last and was attended by friends from all parts of the county.
GIBSON: On Friday last, William Gibson aged about thirty-two years, residing about two miles east of Hobart [Cortland Co. NY] was engaged in drawing hay, when the load upset, throwing Mr. Gibson off, the wagon coming over and one of the wheels striking him in the back, breaking the spine. He lived about twenty-four hours, and was conscious, although there was no feeling in his body below the fracture. The portion of the body above the fracture gradually grew numb until he died on Saturday evening.
News Items
We enjoyed a conversation the other evening with an old resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] - one of the pioneers of the printing business in this place. His name is E.S. Jennings and he is at present at work with William Myers, marble cutting. He came to Bainbridge in 1843 and went to work for J. Hunt, Jr., who was just getting the material in order for the establishment of the Bainbridge Eagle, probably the pioneer paper of the town. Mr. Jennings remained with Mr. Hunt for about nine months, at which time he purchased Mr. Hunt's interest in the Eagle, Henry A. Clark, Esq. of this village, also owning an interest in the office at the time. Mr. Jennings published the Eagle until the Spring of 1844 when he took the bird down, and christened tot paper the American Freeman which was subsequently changed to the Bainbridge Freeman. For two years Mr. Jennings published the Freeman, when he sold out his interest in the office to George N. Carhart on account of ill health. Mr. Carhart at the time of his purchase of the offices was a steady, industrious journeyman printer at work for Mr. Jennings. But his elevation to the post of editor, as it has often effected other susceptible mortals, the young man began to go to ruin through his intemperate habits and the destruction of the building in which the office was located and the largest share of the material by fire in 1848 closed up the newspaper business for some years in Bainbridge for it couldn't Phoenix. Mr. Jennings was the principal sufferer of the fire, as he still holds Carhart's notes for the proceeds from the sale of the office. Mr. Jennings relates many pleasing anecdotes of his experience as an editor and enjoys the telling as well as the listener.
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The Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] papers report a centenarian as now visiting in that city. The subject of the sketch is a colored man named Charles Burt who has reached the remarkable age of one hundred and four years. His home is in Lisle, Broome Co. [NY] where he resides with a wife and daughter. He was born on board a ship which was enroute to this country with a cargo of slaves from the Bermuda Islands; was brought up in slavery but was set free by this mistress when he was twenty-eight years of age. Among other places mentioned, he lived seven or eight years in the family of Gen. Rathbone, in Oxford [Chenango Co. NY]; one year in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] and four years in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY]. He remembers seeing the carriage in which was Washington when he was president. With the exception of being an inveterate chewer and smoker, he is temperate, is a Christian, reads his Bible, enjoys remarkably good health and is able to walk about the streets without assistance.
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