Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 6, 1835
Death
In Harpersfield [Delaware Co. NY] on the 19th ult. of inflammation of the lungs in the 24th year of her age, Mary K. [Lockwood] wife of the Rev. S.R. Lockwood.
Mrs. L. had been on a long visit to Cambridge, Vt., her native place; had but just returned to the bosom of her family when she was unexpectedly called at the close of an earthly Sabbath to an "everlasting habitation," and to the enjoyment of an eternal Sabbath.
Her mental as well as bodily constitution was extremely delicate. She was therefore retiring and unobtrusive. But those who knew her best, esteemed her most. "Many daughters have done well;" but there have been few more affectionate mothers, more faithful and devoted wives; few, in whom the mild virtues of patience, sincerity and tenderness were more conspicuous.
Disease was insidious in its attacks. Death came very unexpectedly, but she was not unprepared. In life and health she had remembered her closest. She expressed a reluctance, during her sickness to leave her two little children motherless. But she was generally calm and submissive and occasionally joyful. and, as she descended into the dark valley, when the cold sweat of death was gathering upon her brow; when her voice was nearly lost, and she could speak only in faint whispers, the exclamation, "Precious Redeemer I" was upon her lips.
An appropriate, affecting, and solemn funeral discourse was delivered on Tuesday by the Rev. Mr. Harrington.
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the son of man commeth."
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 20, 1835
Marriage
In Ithaca [Tompkins Co. NY] on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. --ear, Mr. Henry Bailey formerly of this place [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] to Miss Mariet [Raymond] daughter of James Raymond of that place.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, May 27, 1835
Marriages
In this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on Sunday the 24th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Bassett, Mr. Jesse Easton of Bainbridge, Chenango Co., to Mrs. Elizabeth Moore daughter of Mr. Joel Easton.
In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on the evening of the 13th inst. by the Rev. F.T. Tiffany, Mr. Julius Hale of Newburgh [Orange Co. NY], to Miss Caroline H. Johnson, formerly of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY].
In Stamford [Delaware Co. NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Harrington, Dr. B.B. Dales to Miss Janet Newell.
Deaths
Suddenly, in Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] on the 22d inst. Miss Maria Hawes daughter of the Rev. Mr. Hawes, aged 22 years.
In Meredith [Delaware Co. NY] on the 13th inst. Miss Almira Porter aged about 20 years.
News Items
One Cent Reward: Left my employ on or about the first of April last, without my knowledge or consent, an indented apprentice by the name of Jonas Delong, all persons are hereby forbid trusting or harboring said apprentice on my account under penalty of the law in such case made and provided. Whoever will return said apprentice shall be entitled to the above reward, but no charges. John A. Grant, Jr., Stamford [Delaware Co. NY] May 16th, 1835.
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Funeral Obsequies of Gen. Leavenworth
[The papers announce the death of Brigadier Gen. Henry Leavenworth of the U. States Army. He died of a bilious fever on the 21st of July at a place called Cross Timbers, having gone out with an expedition sent by the Government against the Pawnees and Comanches. See post of April 27, 2026, for obituary.]
The remains of Gen. Leavenworth were brought to this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on Friday last, under the charge of Maj. Belknap of the U.S. Army. Gen. Sheldon and a few of the officers of the 25th Brigade met the remains on the confines of the county of Delaware, near the Schoharie Kill and joining in aid of Maj. Belknap, followed them to this place. About two miles above this village, near the residence of the late Judge Frisbie, the remains were met and received with appropriate honors by Capt. Leal's Company of Light infantry and the Delhi Band, which then formed the escort to the village. Numerous citizens, impelled by respect and esteem for the character of the deceased, here joined the procession and with sad hearts and tearful eyes, the mournful train moved towards the village. The houses in the upper part of the village were filled with ladies who had gone thither to witness the procession, and as it passed slowly and sadly along, the solemn music, the badges of mourning, indeed, the whole scene brought to the mind of the beholder in rapid succession the incidents of an uncommonly active life and the workings of the heart gushed forth in silent and unbidden tears, speaking a language more truly and eloquently laudatory, than the most finished efforts of the orator of the deeds of noble daring, the many social virtues and the pure and unsullied character of the once gallant and beloved but now lamented and honored Leavenworth.
On Saturday the 23d inst., the funeral obsequies took place, and the remains of the departed Leavenworth were consigned to the grave with military honors. At one o'clock P.M. the remains were taken from the residence of Mrs. Knapp, at which place they had been deposited on their arrival in the village and carried to the Episcopal Church, where the burial service was read in an affecting and impressive manner by the Rev. Mr. Adams, after which an eulogy was pronounced by Gen. Erastus Root, upon the life and character of the deceased. A numerous and crowded audience listened, with breathless attention for the space of forty or forty-five minutes, during which the orator gave a rapid and eloquent, but faithful sketch of the life and character of the brave and energetic Leavenworth, from his early years to his death. It was a life of stirring incident and of deep and absorbing interest and was drawn with that fidelity and feeling that frequently affected the audience to tears. We give, by permission, the conclusion of the eulogy description of the closing scenes of the deceased:
"When Col. Dodge with his regiment of dragoons was ordered on an expedition to enforce a peace with the Pawnees and to keep the Comanches in awe, Gen. Leavenworth fired with that ardor in his country's cause which had always inspired him "to deeds of noble daring" could not remain behind, but hastened from the repose of the camp to the fatigues of a long and rapid march, over a wilderness prairie, upon the confines of Mexico, and under the fervid rays of an almost vertical sun. The scarcity of water and the excessive heat and fatigue of the march was more than his constitution could bear. He was seized with a violent fever while on his march. He was advised by his surgeon to return to the camp on the False Wachita, but he persisted in proceeding with the troops that as long as he had life he might aid in accomplishing the object of the campaign.
"The day before his death, he was assured by his surgeon and other friends that he could not long survive. He was perfectly sensible of his approaching fate; gave directions as to the disposition of his private affairs and the care of his family; directed that his body 'be temporarily interred until cold weather and that that a suitable coffin be made of Bois d' arc to receive his remains and that they be forwarded by the way of New Orleans and New York to Delhi, Delaware county. "To the people of Delhi and Delaware county," he said, "he owed all he had ever been. At the beautiful little village of Delhi, that delightful spot, he wished his bones to rest." His directions were carefully noted by his aid and his surgeon, and then he ordered his troops to advance. Himself in a wagon, they marched on that day about twenty miles. On the 21st of July 1834, while the troops had halted on the prairie, Gen. Leavenworth, lying in his wagon, expired. The day after his death he was taken by a detachment of his friends to the camp at False Wachita and Temporarily interred according to his dying injunctions. His remains have been disinterred, placed in a coffin made of the wood he mentioned and forwarded by the way of New Orleans and New York to the place where he wished his bones to rest.
"Here are those bones, consecrated in the affections of his military comrades and borne by their love more than three thousand miles to this "beautiful little village," this "delightful spot," to rest beside the sacred ashes of the loved partner of his youthful affections. Twenty-four years ago, I saw the tears stream down his cheeks when assigning his Electa and her newborn babe to the same spot where his bones are now to rest. To that sacred spot where his bones are now to rest, awaiting what I hope in God may a long time be deferred, the deposit by their side of an amiable, widowed consort and her well educated and highly accomplished daughter. To that consecrated spot, rendered truly delightful by being made the resting place of the virtuous, the brave, and the illustrious dead."
The ceremonies at the church being through, the remains were escorted to the family burying ground of the deceased, by Capt. Leal's company of Light Infantry, and the Delhi, Unadilla and Walton bands, followed by the pall bearers, mourners, Rev. Clergy, Committee of Arrangements, Officers of the 26th Brigade and citizens of the county. The procession was formed by and proceeded under the command of Gen. Sheldon, assisted by Major N.K. Wheeler. Half hour guns were fired from sunrise till the moving of the procession, after which minute guns were fired until the closing of the ceremonies. An immense crowd of people had assembled to pay the last sad tribute of respect to their departed friend and fellow citizen, and as the lengthened procession moved slowly along, clad in the habiliments of woe, rendered still more solemn by appropriate music, tolling of bells and discharging of cannon, the whole formed a scene really affecting and truly imposing - alike honorable to the living and the dead.
Arrived at the grave, the remains were committed to the earth according to the rites of the Episcopal Church and the discharge of three vollies of musketry announced to the inhabitants of the quiet valley of the Delaware, that all that was mortal of the gallant and honored Leavenworht, had found in "the beautiful little village of Delhi," its final earthly resting place.
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