Vital Records, Otsego (1879), Chenango (1879) Counties, NY

 Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, October 22, 1879

Marriages

JACOBS - CARR:  In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 15th, by Rev. W.J. Quincy, Andrew D. Jacobs of Westville [Franklin Co. NY], to Matie A. Carr of Morris.

CARR- MARLETTE:  Mount Vision [Otsego Co. NY], On the 1st inst. Stephen Carr of Lansing Mich. and Mary M. Marlette were married at Ezra Marlette's by Rev. S.M. Cook.  There were about fifty relatives and friends resent to witness the ceremony.  The wedding presents amounted to about seven hundred dollars.  After spending a few weeks visiting friends, they leave for Lansing to make their future home there.

Deaths

COOK:  In Garrattsville [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 9th, of enlargement of the heart, Florinda [Cook]a wife of John Cook aged about 73 years.

NEARING:  In Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] Oct. 17th, Mrs. Henrietta Nearing wife of Sylvester Nearing in the 75th year of her age.

We learn with regret of the death of ex-Sheriff A.N. Benedict which occurred at his residence about two miles below the village of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] on the 9th inst.  Mr. Benedict was formerly from Dutchess County [NY] but had lived in Unadilla for the past twenty-five years.  He was elected Sheriff of this county in 1872, returning to his farm in the town of Unadilla at the expiration of his term.  An exchange says: "The funeral was very largely attended, the carriages following the remains to the cemetery forming a procession upwards of one mile in length."

News Item

Whereas my wife, Candace M. Holiday did, on the 13th day of October, leave my bed and board without any just cause or provocation; now therefore, I forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting after this date.  Charles Holiday Dated Oct. 20, 1879

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, October 29, 1879

Marriage

Over forty of the friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. James Southern met at their residence in this town [Morris, Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their marriage.  It was a social and pleasant gathering of many familiar faces. The table was bountifully spread with the substantial good things for inner man.  The presents were nice, useful and thankfully received. the company lingered until quite late in the evening, when they separated for their homes with thoughts of this pleasant visit that will not vanish in a long time.

Deaths

BUELL:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 21st after a brief illness of pleuro pneumonia Julia [Buell] wife of Simon Buell, aged 55 years.  Mother of Mrs. John Sheff of this town [Morris, Otsego Co. NY].

WAKELEE:  In Galveston, Texas, Oct. 9th, Mr. David Wakelee in the 59th year of his age.  Mr. Wakelee was a brother of Mrs. Holcomb of this village [Morris, Otsego Co. NY].  He was highly esteemed in the city of his adoption.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, July 2, 1879

Marriages

YEOMANS - FORD:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] June 6th by Rev. H.W.H. Watkins, Mr. R.S. Yeomans of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Anna Ford of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].

SHEPARD - BRADLEY:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] June 19th, by Rev. J.C. Shelland, A.J. Shepard of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] and Julia Bradley of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

ATWATER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] June 232d, Mr. Edwin Atwater aged 75 years.

SCOTT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] June 25th, Mr. Horace Scott aged 67 years.

SAGE:  A fatal explosion took place in the Dittmar Powder Works, at Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] Monday afternoon, about 6:30 o'clock, by which one of the detached buildings in the grove was destroyed and Lavelle P. Sage an employee, 19 years of age, was instantly killed. [d. June 25, 1879, age 18y & 19d, buried Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton]