Vital Records, Cortland (1848) & Chenango (1875) Counties, NY

 McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, August 10, 1848

Marriages

At Little York on the 6th inst. by Esq. Skeele of Preble, Mr. Jesse Radway of Homer [Cortland Co. NY] and Miss Lucy Jane Baker  of Cortlandville [Cortland Co. NY].

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] June 23d, by Rev. Mr. Thurston, Levi Pierce and Miss Clarissa Gyle of McGrawville [Cortland Co. NY].

McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, August 17, 1848

Marriages

In East Homer [Cortland Co. NY] on the 9th inst. by the Rev. J.P. Simmons, Mr. Joshua Delos Clark merchant of Brookfield, N.Y. [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Mary Levantie [Rindge] only daughte3r of Mr. Samuel F. Ringe, Esq. of the former place.

As usual - a delectable portion of the tasteful, reserved for the printers.  Long life and many blessings upon Mr. and Mrs. Clark.

In McGrawville [Cortland Co. NY] on the 13th inst. by Rev. W.N. Pearne, Mr. Frederick Kelley of Solon and Miss Mary Emerson of Truxton.

Death

In McGrawville [Cortland Co. NY] on the 9th inst. Mrs. Mary Andrews aged 93 years.

McGrawville Express, McGrawville, NY, August 31, 1848

Death

In McGrawville [Cortland Co. NY] on the 26th inst. Mrs. Hulda Keep aged 82 years.

New Berlin Gazette, New Berlin, NY, July 31, 1875

Marriage

At the home of the bride, July 28th, by Rev. L. A. Wild, Mr. L. Hildreth of Hoboken [Hudson Co. NJ] to Miranda H. Clark of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] July 20th, of scarlet fever, Dorr L. Palmer infant son of Ray and Eva Palmer, aged 1 year 7 months and 6 days.

New Lisbon, Otsego Co. NY:  Stutely Barton a young man aged about twenty-two years, died at his father's residence near Noblesville [Otsego Co. NY] on Monday, the 26th inst.  The death of young Barton has cast a deep gloom over this entire community.  His funeral was attended on Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Noblesville by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors. Rev. A.C. Bartholomew officiating, who gave words of comfort and Christian consolation to the bereaved friends.

News Item

Norwich, Chenango Co. NY:  The ninetieth anniversary of the birthday of Mrs. Phebe Snow, widow of the late Thomas Snow, was celebrated on Sunday, July 18, at the residence of her son-in-law, David Graves, by a large gathering of her descendants.  Mrs. Snow was born in Greenwich, Washington county in this State [NY] in the year 1785.  She was married at the age of eighteen to Thomas Snow, with whom she came to this county [Chenango Co. NY], four years after, arriving here about the middle of May 1807.  The village of Norwich then consisted of one or two stores and a few dwelling houses.  They immediately purchased a farm on what is known as the South Hill, which they occupied fifty-eight years, raising a family of ten children, all of whom lived to raise families of their own.  Mrs. Snow has now living six children, thirty-seven grandchildren, fifty-six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, making one hundred in all, more than half of whom were present at her ninetieth anniversary, presenting the unusual spectacle of five generations of the same family.  Telegraph