Vital Records, Madison County, NY (1867)

 Oneida Dispatch, Oneida, NY, March 2, 1867

Marriages

PROSSER-CRAYTOR:  In Bolivar [Allegany Co. NY], Feb. 19, by Rev. F. W. Tooke, Mr. Charles N. Prosser to Miss Kittie C. Craytor, both of Sullivan [Madison Co. NY].

CRAYTON - JONES:  In Bolivar [Allegany Co. NY] Feb. 20, by the same, Mr. Edward H. Crayton to Miss Emma J. Jones, both of Sullivan [Madison Co. NY].

 UTTER - CARD:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] by Rev. R.O. Beebe, Mr. William O. Utter of Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Lettie I. Card of Otselic, Chenango Co.

HUNTINGTON - CAMPBELL:  In San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 25, by Rev. Dr. Scudder, Mr. Harvey S. Huntington to Miss Eusebia N. Campbell, daughter of H.A. Campbell, Esq. of Earlville, Madison Co., N.Y.

DAGUE - REDFIELD:  In Vinton, Iowa, Jan. 29 by Rev. S.C. Freer, Capt. J.B. Dague of Columbus, Ohio, (late Lieut. Commander, U.S.N.), to Miss Rosa Redfield daughter of S.D. Redfield, formerly of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY].

Bridgeport, Madison Co. NY:  On the 126th inst. Mr. S. Allen, merchant of Bridgeport, was married to a lady residing in the town of Constantia [OSwego Co. NY] where they have gone on a bridal tour and from there, we learn they will go to Niagara Falls to spend a week or two before returning home.

Deaths

BROOKS:  In Verona [Oneida Co. NY] Feb. 25, Hezekiah Brooks aged 66 years.

BUYEA:  In Bennett's Corners [Madison Co. NY], Feb. 23, of heart disease, Mary [Buyea] wife of Moses Buyea, aged 51 years.

SMITH:  In Lenox [Madison Co. NY] Feb. 21, William A. Smith aged 24 years and 11 months.

MORSOPN:  In Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] Feb. 18, Mrs. Morson, mother of Reuben Morson, aged 81 years.

LOVETTE:  In Canastota [Madison Co. NY], Feb. 20 at the residence of J. F. Tansing(?), her father, Mrs. Sophia Lovette.

BROOKS:  We learn, by the way of a subscriber, at Pitcher, Chenango County [NY] that on Saturday evening, the16th ult., a young girl by the name of Kate Brooks, who had been at work in the tavern at Pitcher for several months, was so badly burned by fire from a kerosene lamp that she died the following day.  She was doing some light work by a stand, and leaning back so far that she caught the stand cloth to same herself from falling.  This brought the lamp down upon her chest, which immediately enveloped her in flames.  In this state she dashed into the barroom, where the fire was smothered and extinguished, but not till she was burned so badly as to cause her death as above stated.

WILSON: A man by the name of Elias Wilson was found dead on the north shore of Oneida Lake , at North Bay [Oneida Co. NY], on the 20th ult., under the following circumstances:  The unfortunate man had been working at the glass works at Dunbarton and started on the stormy Tuesday, January 29th to go to Cleveland, Oswego County [NY] at -?- where he had a family.  In traveling through the deep snow and severe storm he became exhausted and froze when within a few rods of the village of North Bay.  He had traveled about eleven miles, his family hearing of his departure from Dunbarton and not arriving at home when expected, they became alarmed about him, and, on making a search, his body was found that morning as above stated.  There was $25 found in his pocket, all the money had had when he left Dunbarton.  A coroner's inquest was held by James Rae, a Justice of the Peace of the town of Vienna, and the verdict of the jury was accorded to the facts above stated.