Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 1, 1880
Marriages
At the residence of the bride's parents (Page Brook [Chenango Co. NY]). on Tuesday evening, March 30th, by Rev. J.F. Taunt, Mr. Leroy Kelley to Miss Mary E. [Wilson], only daughter of William Wilson, Esq. all of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY].
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY] March 3d, at the residence fo the brtide's parents, by Rev. H.W. Condon, Mr. charl;es M. Eggleston to Miss Carrie M. Rose.
In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] March 16th, by Rev. E.V. Wilson, Dr. T.B. Taylor to Mrs. Alice E. Foster, both of Norwich.
March 16th, by Rev. G.B. Bell, Mr. Walter A. Potts of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Cornelia Gibson of Napanock, Ulster Co. [NY].
In Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] March 16th by H. Brotherton, Mr. Frank M. Davis of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Rita M. Sperry of Oneonta.
In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] March 21st, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. E.W. Thornton of Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Elizabeth Graves of McDonough.
In Gaines, N.Y. [Orleans Co.], March 16th, by Rev. G.C. Walker, Mr. Daniel L. Raymond of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Emma J. Vosburgh formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY].
At the home of the bride's parents, March 11th by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. William T. Hall and Miss Ella L. Tice both of German [Chenango Co. NY].
At the residence of the bride's sister, in New York City, March 24th, by Rev. S.T. Ford of this place, assisted by Rev. William N. Richie, Prof. W.R. Rowlands, Principal of the Union School, at Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.] to Miss Agnes Grant of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY].
On February 19, 1879, in Greene, Chenango County [NY], three sisters took upon themselves the bonds of wedlock at the same time. They were the Misses Jennie L., Flora F., and Mary H. Grant and they were married respectively to the Rev. William N. Richie, pastor of the Forty-fourth St. Presbyterian Church of this city [NYC]; H.H. Scott, an Eighth Avenue shoe dealer, and Rev. Smith T. Ford pastor of the Baptist Church at Greene [Chenango Co. NY]. The story of the wedding and the merry making at Greene was published in the World at the time. Miss Agnes Grant, the only remaining unmarried sister, was left at the old homestead. On Wednesday evening last she was married to Professor W..R. Rowlands, Principal of the Union School at Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.]. The ceremony took place at the residence of the Rev. Mr. Richie, No. 442 West Forty-fourth street and the services were read by the Rev. Mr. Ford, assisted by Mr. Richie. The ushers were Messrs. J.H. Allen, George H. Rowe, Charles F. Searles and Richard Morton. There were no bridesmaids. The bride's dress was made of brocaded satin and gros grain silk, light ashes of roses color, trimmed with duchesse lace. She wore a wreath of orange blossoms and diamond ornaments. After the ceremony there was a collation and dancing and at 11 o'clock the bride and groom left for Philadelphia. The three brides of last year in their bridal dresses and with their husbands were present. N.Y. World, March 27.
Deaths
In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] March 22d, Mr. Hiram E. Lewis aged 42 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] March 27th, Mr. Henry Loomis aged 69 years.
In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] March 27th, Mr. Abel Doolittle aged 54 years.
In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] March 21st, Mr. michael Daniels aged 65 years.
Suddenly, in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] March 26th, Hannah M. [Little] wife of B.F. Little, aged 50 years.
In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] March 24th, Mr. Ephraim T. Wells aged 75 years.
Abel R. Corbin, General Grant's brother-in-law, died at Jersey City [NJ], Sunday, aged 71. He was born in Otsego County [NY], but the family subsequently moved to the town of McDonough in this county [Chenango Co. NY]. He has a brother now residing in Oxford [Chenango Co. NY]. The deceased, says the Utica Herald, spent a large part of his life in the west where he was married. He founded what is now the St. louis Globe-Democrat. Outside of the field of journalism, he was very successful and accumulated a large property. He will be buried in the family lot at McDonough.
News Item
The Sherburne Poisoning Case
The following report of the inquest in the Spencer case in taken from the Binghamton Republican of Saturday, being written by Mr. G.E. Tarbell of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], who was foreman of the jury. It will be read with interest and is probably as correct, or more so than anything we could furnish, Mr. Tarbell taking all the evidence in the case and knowing all the facts in general:
On Monday, December 15th, 1879, John B. Spencer a resident of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] came to his death after an illness of only twenty-eight hours under circumstances that were very peculiar and very similar to those in cases of poisoning by arsenic. He was at that time living with Lydia Scott, alias Lydia Root, and had been the most of the time for four or five years.
Mrs. Lodema Spencer, of this village, the divorced wife of the deceased, Mrs. Bixby, a sister of Mrs. Spencer, and Eugene Spencer, his son, were notified by friends of theirs in Sherburne of Mr. Spencer's death and went to Sherburne on the following day to attend the funeral. Mrs. Spencer then believed that there had been foul play and desired a postmortem examination of the body and wished to bring the body to Greene for interment, to all of which Mrs. Scott objected very emphatically and declared at first that Mrs. Spencer should not be present at the funeral but finally allowed her to go to the house. The body was then buried in Sherburne, and remained there until about two weeks ago, when the same three persons caused it to be exhumed and brought to this village. Coroner George W. Avery, of Norwich, was notified and came here on Monday, the 15th inst. to hold an inquest over the body. The following jury were summoned: G.E. Tarbell, Henry D. Race, B.B. Read, A.G. Rose, John Moncrief, Jr., Nathan Smith, Calvin Hotchkiss, L.E. Chase, A.W. Taft, James Shoals, Richard Ten Broeck and Frank Trowbridge. Some evidence was taken that afternoon relative to the identity of the body. The body was viewed by the jury and an autopsy made by the Coroner and Dr. J.E. Bartoo. The inquest was then adjourned until Friday, the 19th inst., when about a dozen witnesses from Sherburne, and several from this town were sworn. The evidence was principally relative to the manner in which Spencer and Mrs. Scott had lived together, the threats made by her and the manner in which Spencer died. The testimony showed that Spencer had left Mrs. Scott once about two years ago and said that he did not dare live with her any longer, as he was afraid that she would poison him; that they had always lived unpleasantly together, and that she had repeatedly threatened his life by shooting and poisoning. The testimony of the witnesses also established that Mrs. Scott is a woman with a very low character and terrible temper.
The inquest was again adjourned until 1 o'clock today. A portion of the liver of the deceased was given to Dr. G.O. Williams of this place to be analyzed and the heart, stomach, remainder of the liver and some of the muscles of the thigh were taken to Dr. Jacob S. Mosher, a practicing physician and analytical chemist of Albany, by Coroner Avery to get an analysis of the same.
Dr. Williams was sworn today before the jury and testified that in the analysis made by him of the liver, arsenic was found, and the following affidavit made by Dr. Mosher was read to the jury and offered in evidence:
"Albany City and County as: I, Jacob S. Mosher, of the city of Albany, practicing physician and analytical chemist have examined the stomach and viscera of John B. Spencer, furnished me by Dr. George W. Avery, Coroner and find arsenic contained therein. Jacob S. Mosher. Sworn to before me this 24th day of March 1880, Joseph W. Russell, Notary Public"
The evidence was then closed and after a few moments deliberation the following verdict was rendered by the jury:
John B. Spencer came to his death on the morning of the 15th of December last, in the town of Sherburne, County of Chenango, and State of New York, by arsenical poison, and in the opinion of this jury the said poison was administered to him by Lydia Scott, alias Root, who was then living with him and in no other way.
Mrs. Scott is confined in Chenango County jail and will have to remain there to await the action of the grand jury.
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