Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1873)

 Democratic Union, Oneida, NY, May 15, 1873

Marriages

WHITE - ESTILL:  In Mount Holly, N.J., May 7, at the residence of the bride's parents by Rev. T.J.B. House, Mr. A. Lee White of New York, formerly of Oneida [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Cornelie Estill of Mount Holly.

WHEELER - CLIFFORD:  In Munnsville [Madison Co. NY], May 10, by Rev. Charles Rudduck, Mr. George T. Wheeler and Miss Elta Clifford both of Munnsville.

DEWEY - COWLES:  In Oneida Castle [Oneida Co. NY] May 6 by Rev. Mr. Crain, Mr. Frank Dewey, M.D. and Miss Mary Cowles of Oneida Castle.

BROWNELL - THROOP:  In Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] May 5 by Rev. W.R. Brooks, D.D., Mr. James B. Brownell of Madison [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Mary M. Throop of Hamilton.

STAFFORD - SMITH:  In Westmorland, Oneida County [NY], bye Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. Norman Stafford of Clockville [Madison Co. NY] and Miss Nettie M. Smith of Westmoreland.

ALDRICH - PECK:  At the residence of the bride's parents, May 7, by Rev. J.B. Longstreet, Albert Aldrich and Libbie Peck all of Chittenango [Madison Co. NY].

GREEN - WELLS:  Om Chittenango [Madison Co. NY] May 6, by the Rev. J.B. Longstreet, Mr. Milton G. Green of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] and Miss Cornelia A. Wells of Chittenango [Madison Co. NY].

BELLINGER - SWEETING:  In Westmoreland [Oneida Co. NY] May 8, by Rev. James Deane, George W Bellinger, Esq. and Miss Addie S. Sweeting all of Westmoreland.

Deaths

SMITH:  In West Eaton [Madison Co. NY] May 12, Rev. George W. Smith aged 57 years.

The Rev. George W. Smith died at his residence in this place at 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday the 12th inst.  The deceased removed to this place in November last, being compelled to relinquish preaching on account of poor health, after having been for ten consecutive conference years pastor of the M.E. Church at Bennett's Corners [Madison Co. NY] and missionary to the Oneida Indians.  About two years since he entered into the mercantile business at this place in company with his nephew, G.W. Bedell, which continued until a few weeks since, when his health, continuing to decline, he withdrew from the firm. As a preacher, he was earnest, instructive and eminently successful, for his whole soul was enlisted in the cause for which he labored. As a friend and brother kind and affectionate, always trying by wise counsel and good advice to stimulate others to do right. But he has gone to his reward.

CANFIELD:  In Oneida [Madison Co. NY] May 1, Coryell Canfield aged 15 years and 7 months.

CLARKE:  In Brookfield [Madison Co. NY] May 11, Hon. Joseph Clarke aged 85 years.

ALLING:  In Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] May 8, Nathan Alling aged 75 years.

FLETCHER:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] May 9, Mercy [Fletcher] wife of Isaac Fletcher.

Mrs. Isaac Fletcher of Georgetown was taken ill on Tuesday of last week and died on Friday evening.  She was delirious most of the time from the hour she was attacked.

CROSS:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY] A[ro; 27. at the residence of her son, A. Tyler  Cross, Mrs. Betsey Cross aged 90 years.

BRIGGS:  In Durhamville [Oneida Co. NY], May 1, in the 60th year of her age, Mrs. P. Briggs wife of Albert Briggs and daughter of the late Eliphelet Fraxee, the first settler of Durhamville.

MOWREY:  In West Eaton [Madison Co. NY] April 29, Miss Mowrey aged 23 years.

ROBERTS:  In Lenox [Madison Co. NY], April 29, Peleg Y. Roberts aged 72 years and 8 months.

SCHRYVER:  In Waterville [Oneida Co. NY] May 5, Jerred Schryver aged 68 years.

TERRY:  In Morrisville [Madison Co. NY] May 2, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. C.R. Holmes, Scott Terry eldest son of the late Horace Terry Jr. aged 18 years.

BARBER:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] April 30, Joshua Barber, aged 92 years.

STODDARD:  In Otselic, Chenango Co. [NY], May 2 of pneumonia, Harrison Stoddard aged about 76 years.

BROCKETT:  In Westmorland [Oneida Co. NY] May 5, Catharine Ford [Brockett] widow of the late Dea. Eli Brockett, in the 82d year of her age.

COBB:  In Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] May 7, Mrs. Catherine Hubell Cobb aged 68 years.

JUDGE:  Brookfield, Madison Co. NY:  Old Mr. Judge an Englishman over eighty years old, died last Sunday of apoplexy.  He was father of David and Ebenezer Judge of this town.

ALLING:  Nathan Alling died at his residence in Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] on the 5th instant, aged 75 years.  He was found in his barn on Sunday morning, suffering from a stroke of apoplexy, and was removed to the house at once, but all that could be done for him by friends and skillful physicians was of no avail, as the shock was too severe.  He never rallied form it, although he lived until afternoon on Monday.  Mr. Alling leaves a family, among which can be reckoned 27 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

ROGERS:  Levi Rogers, an old inhabitant and highly respected citizen of this town [Oneida Madison Co. NY], died at his residence at Oneida Lake of Cancer on the 6th inst.  Mr. Rogers was known to nearly all the old inhabitants as an early settler, having lived in the vicinity of Oneida Lake for fifty-five years.  He was born in Massachusetts but came to this town from Vermont when twelve years old, when our now thickly settled town was a dense wilderness.  He was one of a family of four children, all of whom are dead except a brother, Asa Rogers, who lives at Winslow, Ill. He served several years as captain in the State militia, having had commissions from ex-Gov. William L. Marcy and William H. Seward.  he was a man widely known an esteemed.  He endured patiently untold suffering for nearly two years for a terrible cancer in his mouth, from which he died.  He leaves a wife, three sons and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn his loss.

News Item

Probably the oldest person in this town is John McCarthy, an old peddler well known to old residents of this vicinity and commonly known as "Irish Johnny."  He claims to have been born on the second day of November, 1765, in the County of Armah, Ireland, and was a soldier in the Irish revolution of 1798, in which he received a wound, the scar of which he still exhibits.  He claims to have served under Captain Mulholland in that revolution, who a few years since died at a very old age, after having lived at Canastota many years. The old man boasts of having slept many a night in the house of Robert Burns. Since his emigration to this country, he has lived about thirty years in the town of Lenox [Oneida Co., NY], and although now in his one hundred and eighth year, is as merry as a lad; can read and write without the aid of glasses.