Vital Records, Otsego County, NY (1873)

 Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, May 7,1873

Marriage

May 3, at the Otsego house in Morris [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. W.G. Queal.  Adelbert F. Lent to Miss Alice E. Place, both of Morris.

Deaths

April 23, At Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] Clark Hurstis aged 35 years.

March 29, In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], Everett G. Bishop son of Andrew J. and Lois Ann Bishop, aged 19 years, 1 month and 18 days.

Died in Brooklyn, April 19th,. Mrs. Ellen P., Allaben, wife of Hon. J.R. Allaben, aged 41 years and 8 months.  It is but a few weeks since Mrs. Allaben and her family left Delhi [Delaware Co. NY] to live in Brooklyn, where Mr. Allaben is practicing his profession.  She was unwell when they left here, but her friends did not apprehend any immediate danger until a letter was received by her father announcing her illness and [in] a few minutes the dispatch came telling of her decease.  Mrs. Allaben was an estimable lady, an affectionate wife, a noble mother.  She leaves five children who will have no higher ambition than to emulate her virtues.  the bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.  Delaware Gazette. Mrs. Allaben was sister to Mrs. Henry R. Washbon of this village [Morris, Otsego Co. NY]

Col. Robert C. Lancing, for the past fourteen years, a resident of Albany [Albany Co. NY], was one of our oldest subscribers.  He died in that city on the 23d ult. at the house of his son-in=-law Dr. northrup, in the u78th year of his age.  He was long a resident of Decatur in this county [Otsego Co. NY] and for 18 years or more represented that town in the Board of Supervisors.  He was a member of the Assembly from this county in 1833.  Freeman's Journal

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, May 14, 1873

Deaths

Mrs. Naomi Reed, who died in Middlefield (Bowerstown) [Otsego Co. NY] Friday, May 2d inst. at the age of 74 years, was, in some respects, a remarkable woman. She had lived in the town of Middlefield fifty years, twenty-four of which within one mile of this village and yet she was never inside the corporate limits of the village, neither has she ever eaten a meal of victuals outside her own house.

A child two years and nine months old, son of E.N. Monroe, of Toddsville [Otsego Co. NY], met with an accident on Saturday last which proved fatal on the following day.  The mother left a pail of hot water upon the floor and stepped out, leaving the child and a sister, nine years of age, in the room. Evidently, the little boy backed against the pail and fell in and was scalded so severely before it could be extricated by the sister, who went at once to its relief, that it could not be saved, although a medical attendant was near at hand, and promptly summoned. The bereaved have the heartfelt sympathies of thier acquaintances.  Republican & Democrat.

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, May 21, 1873

Deaths

May 13, In New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] Eliah Fox aged 86 years and 2 months.

March 19, In New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] Sally Pierce wife of Daniel Pierce, Esq., aged 87 years, 2 months and 4 days.

Butternuts, Otsego Co NY:  Mrs. Lucinda M. Rice wife of A.J. Rice, and mother of Mrs. Dr. C.W. Cooke, died in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] May 2d, aged 40 years.

Mr. A. Simons, Esq. formerly of So. New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], father of Elisha Simons, died in  Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] May 2d, aged 82 years.  His remains were brought to So. New Berlin to be interred May 5th, and a large number of friends followed the remains to their last resting place.

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The many friends of Bishop and Mrs. Tuttle will be pained to read the following which we take from a Salt Lake City paper:

Howard Tuttle, infant son of Bishop Tuttle, was poisoned on Tuesday, May 6th, by having laudanum administered to him by mistake instead of syrup. The little fellow survived the fatal dose but three hours. Death in a family under natural causes is hard enough to endure, but what must be the feelings of the parents of the child under such circumstances?  We heartily condole with the Bishop and Mrs. Tuttle in this sore affliction.

Yesterday afternoon at a few minutes past four o'clock, the remains of Howard, infant son of Bishop Tuttle, whose death from the effects of poison we reported, was taken from the bishop's residence to the Episcopal Church. At the entrance, the corpse, which was carried by four boys, was met by Revs. Kirby and Haskins and conducted up the aisle of the church to near the altar, where it lay till the funeral ceremonies were chanted, at the close of which the deceased was taken to the cemetery and interred. The procession consisted of some fifteen carriages filled with the friends of the famish.  The loss of the child under such lamentable circumstances is a source of profound grief.

Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, May 23, 1873

Marriages

May 21, at the house of the bride's parents, in New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. W.H. Harrington, Mr. Homer G. Ford of Morris [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Rhoda M. Lull.  May Heaven's best gifts be theirs to enjoy

May 22, at the Empire House, Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. S.V. Hughes, James Falls of Butternuts, to Miss Helen J. Gardner of the same place and daughter of W Gardner, Esq.

May 14, At Springfield [Otsego Co. NY] by Rev. S.J. Douglass, Daniel Hart of Rush and Mary J. Ely of Springfield.

Deaths

May 11, In Exeter [Otsego Co. NY] Mrs. Sarah Nickerson wife of the late Elisha Nickerson of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] aged 76 years.

May 22, In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] Mrs. Charles P. Kinne in the 60th year of her age.

The death of Mrs. C.P. Kinne was quite sudden.  We learn that she did not became sane before her death.  The mourning friends have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.