Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1867)

 Oneida Dispatch, Oneida, NY, January 26, 1867

Marriages

RANDALL - GARDINER:  At the residence of N. Gardiner, in Vernon [Oneida Co. NY] Jan. 24, by the Rev. D. McFarland, Mr. Freeman K. Randall of Stockbridge [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Jennie E. Gardiner of Vernon.

SHAW - BENEDICT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 12 by Rev. E. Curtis, Wesley H. Shaw of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Mary A. Benedict of Sherburne.

TOWNE - PARSONS:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] Jan. 17th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. B. Shove, Mr. A.H. Towne to Miss Helen C. Parsons all of Cazenovia.

CHAPMAN - COLE:  In Brookfield [Madison Co. NY] Jan. 9th, at the residence of Adin Brown by Rev. W.E. Lockhart, Mr. George W. Chapman to Mrs. Eliza M. Cole.

MOSES - OAKES:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 15, by Rev. A. M. Bennett, Mr. Albert G. Moses of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Carrie A. Oakes of Sherburne.

WEST - OLIVER:  In Clinton [Clinton Co. NY], Jan. 15th, by Rev. A. Erdman, Mr. Homer West of Galesburg, Ill., to Miss Maggie A. [Oliver] eldest daughter of Richard Oliver.

PROCTER - BRADFORD:  In Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] by the Rev. C. P. Lyford, Jan. 15th, Mr. John E. Proctor of Walpole, N.H. to Miss Emma J. Bradford of Oneida [Madison Co. NY].

TILLOTSON - NICHOLS:  At the residence of the bride's father, Jan. 17th, by Rev. J.B. Sheerar, Leslie B. Tillotson to Miss Alice M. Nichols all of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY].

ESTES - LYON:  In New Woodstock [Madison Co. NY] Jan. 15th by Rev. N. Mumford. Mr. Gideon Estes to Miss Lottie Lyon both of New Woodstock.

WEDGE - GROSVENOR:  In Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] on the 3d inst., by Rev. H.W. Jones, Mr. J. Eugene Wedge of Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Evaleen M. Grosvenor of Lebanon.

PAGE - POTTER:  In Earlville [Madison Co. NY] on the 15th inst. by the same, Mr. Caleb S. Page to Miss Katie Potter, both of Earlville.

GREEN - WILLIAMS:  In Henrietta [Monroe Co. NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. Isaac Gifford, Mr. Ira W. Green of Rush [Monroe Co. NY] to Miss Ellen M. Williams formerly of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY].

KELLER - LEWIS:  In West Winfield on the 16th inst. by Rev. C.H. Beebe, Mr. George Keller of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss R.A. Lewis of Morrisville [Madison Co. NY].

KING - ELLIS:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by Rev. D.W. Thurston, Mr. Serene F. King to Miss Sarah D. Ellisi of DeRuyter.

MORGAN - SEYMOUR:  At Miner's Hotel in Canastota [Madison Co. NY] on the 22d inst by Rev. J.T. Crippon, Albert A. Morgan of Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Sarah M. Seymour of the same place.

Deaths

ROBERTS:  In Fenner Jan. 15th, Mrs. Thankful Roberts in the 70th year of her age.

CRANDALL:  In South Brookfield [Madison Co. NY] Jan. 22d Ira B. Crandall of typhoid fever, aged 56 years.

COBB:  At Fayetteville [Onondaga Co. NY] on the 8th inst. Deacon Elnathan Cobb father of E.D. Cobb of DeWitt [Onondaga Co. NY] in the 86th year of his age.

TALCOTT:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 11th, Joshua Talcott aged 28 years.

CASE:  In Waterloo, Iowa, Jan. 16th, Phebe A. [Case] wife of Morris Case, formerly of New Hartford [Oneida Co. NY]

GATES:  In Hosra, Iowa of congestion of the lungs, Elias L. Gates ages 47 years, late of Vernon [Oneida Co. NY]

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STURDEVANT:  At Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 19th Mr. John E. Sturdevant of Oneida, N.Y. [Madison Co. NY] aged 24 years.

Mr. Sturdevant was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was highly respected by all who knew him on account of his gentlemanly and Christian deportment.  He was a member of the graduating class of the Medical Department of the University of Michigan and as a mark of respect, the faculty ordered that lectures for the day should be closed. The class appointed Capt. Benjamin Chairman when the following resolutions were submitted by Mr. B. Thompson and unanimously adopted:

Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in accordance with His divine providence to remove from our midst our friend and classmate, Mr. John E. Sturdevant; therefore, be it

Resolved That as members of this Medical Class we desire to express our deep regret at the loss we have sustained by the death of our highly esteemed and greatly respected classmate.

Resolved That we feel to mourn with the relatives of deceased and to tender them our heartfelt sympathy in this their great bereavement.

Revolved That the class attend the funeral this afternoon.

Resolved, That these resolutions be printed in the Ann Arbor journals and that a copy of them be sent to relatives of deceased.

The entire Medical Class, numbering between five and six hundred, followed the remains of deceased to the train on which they were placed to be borne to the town of his nativity for interment.

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HEATH:  In Waukesha, Wis. recently, Mrs. Jeanna Heath mother of Mrs. M. Thompson of Morrisville [Madison Co. NY].

BEEBE:  In North Brookfield [Madison Co. NY] on the 30th ult., Deacon Zadock Beebe in the 95th year of his age.  The deceased was the oldest person, but one (Mrs. Johnson) in the town.  He has resided 79 years at North Brookfield.

SMITH:  Verona, Oneida Co. NY:  But "In the midst of life we are in death!"  How varied are all life's scenes! from "gay to grave," from hilarity to mourning.  Thus, it was on Tuesday. We were called upon to mourn the loss of one of our best citizens and follow his remains to his last resting place.  In the death of Andrew Smith this town has sustained a void that cannot be easily filled.  The services were held at the new church, sermon by Rev. A.Z. Wood, text from Job, 14 10.  It was a very appropriate and searching discourse. The Masonic Lodge of Oneida was well represented and for the first time we witnessed the burial service of the Masonic fraternity, and we must say we never saw a more beautiful or heart-touching scene than was performed at the grave of the deceased.  It seemed like an "oasis in the trackless desert," a "beacon of light on life's tempestuous sea."  And we felt, as we stood by that open grave, "let me live the life of the righteous, that I may die their death, but be buried by the Masonic brotherhood."

HALL:  Peterboro, Madison Co. NY:  Mrs. Harriet Hall a sister of C.M. Scholefield, (formerly a member of the Legislature from Oneida County [NY] and a prominent member of the Republican party), was in former years one of the most active among our Peterboro ladies in behalf of our Country, when it was assailed by traitors and especially in labors of love for our brave soldiers.  Though a beloved wife and mother and blessed with a comfortable home, she longed for a wider "sphere" of usefulness and encouraged and aided by friends, she entered the Female Medical College at New York, and graduated with honor.  Shortly after, she established herself as a Physician in the National Capital, where she was getting a successful foothold in her profession, when disease attacked her, compelling a reluctant withdrawal from her chosen field of labor. She retired to the residence of her mother at Whitestown, N.Y. [Oneida Co.] where she remained until a few days since, when consumption having done its work, she departed this life and on Tuesday, her remains were consigned to their last resting place in the cemetery of this village.  Hon. Gerrit Smith made the principal address, in which he declared that we ought not to be reconciled to such a death!  That such deaths were contrary to, and not in harmony with natural laws, and consequently the Divine will.  He dwelt with eloquent pleasure o'er the virtues and noble ambition of the deceased, but when he came to address the surviving sons, he was so much affected that, for a time, he could not proceed, and there seemed nearly a dry eye in the house.  Mr. Smith was followed by Hon. Caleb Calkins, G.W. Putnam, Esq. (who also contributed a Poem eulogistic to the deceased) and Rev. C.A. Hammond. All the speakers referring in strong language to the pure and attractive nature of the deceased. The body was accompanied from Whitestown by Miss Charlotte Scholefield, a sister of the deceased, who is well known in patriotic circles in Utica and vicinity and also by the husband, now in business at Annapolis Maryland, his two sons from Whitestown and his sister from New York.  Our whole community deeply sympathize with their bereavement.