Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, July 9, 1879
Marriage
CLARKE - SOULE: At the residence of Erastus Soule in Greene [Chenango Co. NY] July 2d, by Rev. Henry C. Cronin, formerly of New York City, Mr. DeFranco Clarke of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Hattie E. Soule of Greene.
Deaths
GRISWOLD: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] June 30th, Sarah Coan [Griswold} wife of Roger Griswold [aged 64 years].
HEWITT: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] June 28th Col. Ezra Hewitt aged 84 years.
MINER: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] on june 25th, Mr. Philip Miner aged 84 years.
LAMPHERE: At Rockwell's Mills in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] June 23d, Mrs. Lyman Lamphere aged 79 yrs.
MARIAM: In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] June 28th, Mr. Sam,uel Mariam aged 25 years.
DAVIDSON: In Brooklyn, June 25th, Lottie D. [Davidson] wife of Dr Robert T. Davidson, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] aged 24 years.
HILLS: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] June 20th, Roxie B. [Hills] wife of Albert W. Hills, aged 63 years.
PADDOCK: In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] July 4th, Rev. Zechariah Paddock, D.D. aged 81 years.
NEWMAN: Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. NY: Mr. Alpheus C. Newman of Addison, came on a visit to relatives in this place and stopped with Chauncy Graves. Was taken severely ill there, which terminated fatally on the 30th. Funeral services were held on July 1st at the residence of Mr. Graves. Mr. N. was a brother-in-law of F.C. and J.F. Place of this vicinity.
MORGAN: Saturday afternoon, 28th ult. Eddie Morgan youngest son of S.L. Morgan of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] was drowned in the river while gathering water lilies. His age was about thriteen years.
Sherburne News, Sherburne NY, August 23, 1879
Marriages
BROOKS - SAGE: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] on the 21st inst. at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Frank W. Townsend, M. Louise [Sage] daughter of George Sage to Dr. F.D. Brooke formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
RASBROOK - STEVENS: At the Baptist Parsonage, August 20th, 1879, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. Harvey A. Rasbrook of Sherburne, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Hellen A. Stevens of Lebanon, N.Y. [Madison Co. NY].
CASH - ABBOTT: At the residence of the bride's parents, August 21st, 1879, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. O.L. Cash and Miss Annie Abbott all of Sherburne, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY].
Death
Captain William Newton whose death we briefly announced last week, was born in the town of Colchester, Conn., on the 15th day of October 1786. He died in Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] August 13, 1879, aged 92 years, 9 months 28 days. His father, Asahel Newton, had served several years in the army of the Revolution. He was in straightened circumstances and had a large family of children of whom William was the oldest, and on him fell a large share of the burden of supporting his brothers and sisters. At the age of fourteen he was the efficient head of the family and had assumed the burdens of manhood. He learned the trade of a clothier, came to Sherburne in 1806 and worked with Landon & Mills at Bullock's Mills. He took a factory in New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] in 1807, went to Camden N.Y. [Oneida Co. NY] and worked in 1809. August 22, 1810, he was married at Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] to Lois Butler who still survives with mental faculties unimpaired. Mrs. Newton was born in Wethersfield, Conn.
Mr. Newton moved his family to Sherburne May 11, 1812, and resided here from that time until his death. He purchased twenty acres of land and built the house now occupied by Jacob Kuhn in 1812, and also a woolen factory on the bank of Hansome Brook near the Kuhn house and was ready for cloth dressing in the Fall of that year. He made satinets chiefly, but some broadcloths. the business of spinning and weaving were then done by hand by people at their homes. They got rolls at the factory and returned flannel to be full dyed and finished at the mill. Carding by machinery had but just taken the place of the old process of carding by hand. The business was profitable during the war of 1812 but was greatly depressed after the war. The factory was burned in 1822 and rebuilt in 1823 so that the cloth dressing business was resumed in the Fall of that year. The new factory was burned in the winter in 1826-7 and was not rebuilt. The house where Captain Newton resided at the time of his death was built by him in 1822 on land bought by him of Joel Hatch.
In April 1819, Captain Newton took a job on the Erie Canal at Verona [Oneida Co. NY] and finished it in October of that year. He then took a job at Utica [Oneida Co. NY] and built part of the canal which is now in the city limits. In the winter of 1820-1, he cleared 40 acres of cedar swamp in Brookfield [Madison Co. NY]. While he was absent taking charge of these enterprises, his brother Erastus carried on the factory. In the spring of 1827, Capt. Newton took a job on the Delaware and Hudson Canal at Honesdale, Pa., and subsequently a job on the Conl. railroad connected with it, said to be the first railroad constructed in this country. The Chenango Canal was begun in 1833 and finished in 1836. Capt. Newton built the section emending from Sherburne village north to the Ladd place now owned by Edgar Baldwin and a piece near Hamilton village. He also built the bridges for Sherburne to Greene. He commenced work on the Black River Canal in 1838 and continued until the work was stopped by the celebrated suspension act of 1842. He completed his Black River job in 1849.
With his other employments he had carried on the business of farming and in this he was a leader. He was the first of Sherburne farmers, except perhaps the late Mr. McMaster of the north part of the town, to engage in dairying on a large scale. For many years he produced a large quantity of cheese of excellent quality which commanded the highest price of the market. About 1849 he began to withdraw from the farming business, disposing of part of his lands to his son, Lucius, but working some land for himself down to about the year 1862 when he gave up the business entirely.
In everything that he undertook he showed the same energy. If he took an interest in anything, it was a great interest. He was interested in politics. Perhaps his employment upon public works led him to take greater interest in public matters. He was an ardent supporter of Gov. Dewitt Clinton who founded our canals and our common school system. Later in life he became a Whig and later yet a Republican. He was two years and a half old when Washington was first inaugurated president and saw all the political changes of our country. He was chosen by his townsmen to fill various offices of trust. He was fence reviewer in 1827, commissioner of highways in 1831 and 1832, assessor in 1838 and supervisor in 1841. He was a captain of militia two years, in 1817 and 1820.
He joined the Congregational Church in Sherburne in 1816 together with his wife. They had their three children baptized the same day. All of their eleven children became members of the same church. Capt. Newton was clerk of the Congregational Church in Sherburne for many years. He gave money freely for the objects in which he took an interest. His regular annual donation to the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions was one hundred dollars, making at least $2500 given by him to that society alone. He took an interest in education, three of his sons graduated at Yale College, Isaac in 1848, Hubert in 1850 and Homer in 1859. He was fortunate in his children. All but two survive him. His daughter Maria died July 17, 1836, aged sixteen. His daughter Amelia, wife of Rev. Charles Little, went as a missionary to Madura, Southern India, where she died July 18, 1848, at the age of twenty-five. His surviving children are as follows:
William Butler Newton, Farmer, Parma, Monroe Co., N.Y.
Louisa N. Lathrop, widow, Sherburne, N.Y.
Lucinda N. Buell, widow, Sherburne, N.Y.
Warren Newton, Banker, Norwich, N.Y.
Isaac S. Newton, Lawyer, Norwich, N.Y.
Lucius Newton, farmer, on the homestead, Sherburne, N.Y.
Hubert A. Newton, Professor in Yale College\
Albro J. Newton, manufacturer of sach &c., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Homer G. Newton, Physician, Sherburne, N.Y.
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