Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, September 3, 1834
Marriages
In Middlefield, Otsego Co. [NY] on the 17th ult by the Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Homer Denton to Miss Polly Van Vallkingburgh.
At East Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on the 25th ult by the Rev. E. Osbourn, Mr. Orin R. Treadwell to Miss Sallenda Keeney all of the same place.
Death
In Bovina [Delaware Co. NY] on Tuesday the 26th ult. Mary Adelia [Lee] only daughter of Mr. Alphonzo Lee, aged 4 years and 8 months.
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The papers announce the death of Brigadier Gen. Henry Leavenworth of the U. States Army. He died of a bilious fever on the 21st of July at a place called Cross Timbers, having gone out with an expedition sent by the Government against the Pawnees and Comanches. It is stated that he was not with the Cavalry at the time of his death, having left them after they were fairly underway. He commanded on that frontier, but Col. Dodge is commander of the expedition.
General Leavenworth, although a native of Vermont, was long a resident of this county [Delaware Co. NY]. He came here while young, a stranger and friendless, where he pursued the study and afterwards the practice of the law. During the late war, he warmly espoused the cause of his country and quitting a successful and lucrative business volunteered in her service. Having received a Captain's commission, by his active and energetic efforts, he in a few days, raised in this vicinity a company of volunteers and soon after joined the army on the northern frontier. He was in the memorable battles of Chippewa and Niagara, where he was distinguished alike for his bravery, his knowledge of the science of war and his tender regard for the sufferings of his fellow soldiers. Immediately after these gallant exploits, he was promoted by his government to the rank of Colonel.
After the close of the war, he had permission to leave the army for a short period for the purpose of arranging his private affairs. The freemen of this, his adopted county, immediately elected him a member of Assembly of this State. Having served out his term with credit to himself and usefulness to his constituents, he re-joined the army, where he remained faithfully and honorably serving his country till his death. During the last winter his government gave renewed evidence of the estimation in which he was held. as an officer and gentleman, by conferring upon him the command of Brigadier General.
His whole life was characterized by great activity of body as well as of mind and most determined energy of purpose. In all the relations of life, whether at the bar, in the field, in the Legislative Hall, or in the domestic circle, he was the polished gentleman - the true friend - faithful and efficient. His death is a loss to the Army, which will be long remembered and lamented; but to his relatives and friends it is irreparable.
[Henry Leavenworth, b. 10 Dec. 1783, d.21 July 1834, buried Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas]
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, September 10, 1834
Marriages
At Portsmouth, N.H. on the 27th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Burroughs, Amasa J. Parker, Counsellor at Law, of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Harriet Langdon daughter of Edmund Roberts, Esq. of the former place.
In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co., NY] on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. O.L. Kirtland, Mr. Abel Hinckley to Miss Lucinda [Davin] daughter of James Cavin, Esq. all of Delhi.
At Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY] on the 21st ult., by the Rev. R. Wheeler, John Al Collier Esq. of Binghamton, Broome County [NY], to Miss Elizabeth Ann [Morris] daughter of Mr. Lewis Lee Morris, of the former place.
Death
In this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 26th ult. Junius C. [Parker] son of Amasa Parker, Esq. aged 9 months.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, September 17, 1834
Marriage
In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] on the 4th inst. by the Rev. D. Waterbury, Mr. Sherman B. Hine to Miss Cyrene Green, both of Franklin.
Death
In Colchester [Delaware Co. NY] on the 10th inst. after a lingering illness, Doctor George W. Paige aged 60 years.
Doctor Paige was a native of Hardwick, Mass. He completed his professional studies in the county of Rensselaer in this state [NY] and came to this county [Delaware Co. NY] in the year 1801 and commenced the practice of medicine in the town of Colchester in company with Doct. Adam J. Doll. He soon after went to the town of Walton [Delaware Co. NY] and practiced there one year; after which he returned to Colchester and continued his professional occupation until his last illness, having devoted about 33 years of his life to the practice of medicine in this county. For a long time during the early part of his residence here, this section of the county and a part of the adjoining counties were unsupplied with physicians, so that it became necessary for him to supply a country of about 70 miles in extent, along the East Branch of the Delaware and the mainstream. To the inhabitants of this great extent of country, the character of Dr. Paige is well known. By all who knew him, he was respected and beloved and by them, his kindness will not soon be forgotten. In discharging the duties of his profession, the main principle by which he appeared to be governed was to do good to mankind, seeming almost totally indifferent as to receiving any pecuniary recompense for his services. For the greater part of them, he has never demanded anything, and it is believed that for much of them he never made any charge - feeling, as he has been heard to say that "the satisfaction of having been able to relieve the distresses of the afflicted without a recompense, was superior to anything that could have been produced by the acquirement of the treasures of this world."
In the year 1831 he was married to Mrs. Phebe Kennicutte, who is left to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate companion.
In 1827, he united with the Church of Christ in Colchester by which he was shortly after elected a deacon. Since that period his walk and conversation have been such as became a disciple of his Lord and Master. His confidence in the promises of the Redeemer and his hope of salvation through Him, remained unshaken until death and during his last illness afforded him indescribable consolation.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, September 24, 1834
Marriages
In Blenheim [Schoharie Co. NY] on the morning of the 3d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Salisbury, Mr. John Reed to Miss Sally Ann Gregory all of the above place.
In Bovina [Delaware Co. NY] on the 15th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Howe, Mr. Ebenezer Flower of Stamford [Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Mary Swart of the former place.
Deaths
In Bovina [Delaware Co. NY] on the 15th inst. Mrs. Deborah Carman consort of the late Mr. James Carman, aged 75 years.
In Bovina [Delaware Co. NY] on the 18th inst. Solomon G. Tuttle aged about 2 years.
At the Military Hospital, West Point, on the evening of the 17th inst., after a painful illness of ten days, Edgar M. Burton a member of the Corps of Cadets, aged 20 years and 9 months.
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