Vital Records, Otsego (1806) & Chenango (1873 & 1879) Counties, NY

 Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, February 13, 1806

Elopement

Whereas my wife Phebe [Root] has lately eloped from my bed and board, this is therefore strictly to forbid all persons trusting or harboring her on my account, as I am determined to pay no  debts of her contracting after this date.  Benjamin Root Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 7, 1806

Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, February 20, 1806

Death

Died in this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] on the morning of Tuesday last, after a short illness, Mrs. Pamela Worden, consort of Mr. Robert Worden,. who can emphatically say with the poet--

"Farewell, my much lov'd friend! releas'd from pain, / Posses's the quiet of thy calm abode; / There sleep till He, who died and rose again, / To joy shall wake thee, with the trump of God."

Otsego Herald, Cooperstown, NY, April  1, 1906

Elopement

Whereas Margaret [Lyon] my wife has eloped from my bed and board, without any just cause or provocation, this is therefore to forbid all persons from harboring or trusting the said Margaret on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting, after the date hereof.  Abiel Lyon, Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], April 1, 1806

New Berlin Gazette, New Berlin, NY, April 26, 1873

Marriage

BROWNELL - LINDSEY:  On the 22d inst. by Rev. J.L. Ray, Mr. William H. Brownell and Miss Frank E Lindsey, both of Pittsfield, N.Y. [Otsego Co.].

Deaths

SOUTHERN:  In Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] April 21, Hannah [Southern] wife of Abram Southern, aged 73 years 2 months and 21 days.

WILLIAMS:  In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY' April 15th, Mrs. Lydia Williams in the 65th year of her age.  A woman of excellent spirit, and great moral worth, her influence will live. Though her voice is hushed forever in this world, she sings with the angel choir beyond the stars.

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SPRAGUE:  Died in Edmeston, Otsego Co. N.Y. on Monday April 7th, Julia Ann Sprague wife of Asa W. Sprague, in the 69th year of her age.

Deceased was born in Richfield, Otsego Co. [NY], Nov. 11th, 1814, and was the eldest of a family of six children.  In 1834 she was married to the devoted husband who now bitterly mourns her loss.  In a short time, the youthful couple purchased a farm in the town of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] on which they moved in the Spring of 1836.  Here, with the exception of two years, they lived and toiled together bearing the heat and burden of the day and sharing each other's blessings and hardships until 1866, when they removed to their quiet and beautiful home in Edmeston, where they resided up to the time of her death.  This dispensation is a heavy blow to her family, being death's first visit, and leaves a sad void in the hearts of a large circle of kind friends.  Her departure was wholly unexpected as her health had never been enfeebled by sickness and her life, singularly exempt from severe affliction.  Possessed of unbounded kindness and hospitality her home will ever be remembered as one of culture, order, and refinement, presided over by those Christian graces which characterize a life of earnestness and devotion.  Her thorough love for truth and her hatred of deception in every form were marked traits in her character and she was in all respects exemplary, adorning her life by a well ordered and godly conversation and finding her highest delight in training her family & in the faithful discharge of every domestic duty.  She was the mother of six children all of whom survive to cherish her sacred memory. As a wife, she was a true helpmate, faithful, earnest and loving.  As a mother, she was mild and gentle, caring for her children with a most unselfish love.  As a friend kind and sympathizing. As a Christian, her humble and consistent walk bore a constant witness, and we have reasons to believe that she abided patiently the time when the Master should summon her away. The gathering at her funeral gives abundant testimony of the loving appreciation and sorrow of the whole community.  Her body is resting in the beautiful cemetery at Edmeston Centre, her spirit with Him who gave it. What comfort in the words "The memory fo the just is blessed."

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY August 30, 1879

Marriage

HUBBARD - BRADY:  In Lancaster, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 14, 1879, Mr. Harvey Hubbard of Norwich [Chenango Co NY] to Miss Jennie Brady of Lancaster, Pa.

Deaths

STORRS:  In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 25, 1878, Mrs. Margaret Storrs in the 87th year of her age.

SHAW:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 15, 1`879, Mr. Daniel Shaw aged 62 years and seven months.