Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, January 16, 1880
Birth
Wilkins Settlement, Chenango Co. NY: Mr. and Mrs. James Laman were presented with a valuable Christmas gift. It was a girl.
Marriages
CLARK - BLULER: At the home of the bride's parents in Harpersville [Broome Co. NY] Jan. 14th, 1880, by Rev. A.W. Cornell, Mr. Luman B. Clark of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Nancy Bluler.
Under our marriage head will be found a notice of the nuptials of Luman B Clark, the popular grocer of this village [Bainbridge] and Miss Nancy Bluler, of Harpursville. They were married at the home of the bride's parents about a mile from Belden Station. The ceremony was happily rendered by the Rev. A.W. Cornell of Harpersville. After the ceremony, which was attended by several from Bainbridge, among whom were Mr. B.L. Sherwood and wife, the friends present sat down to a fine collation and enjoyed a merry feast. The newly wedded pair have our heartiest congratulations for a happy future. We now see why "Lume" has been enlarging and beautifying his store and surroundings - that he might have a pretty cage for his bird. May her imprisonment be a happy one.
SHERWOOD - ESTERBROOKS: January 11th at the residence of the bride's parents in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] by the Rev. L.E. wheeler, Mr. Charles W. Sherwood of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Annie Esterbrooks of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
SEARLES - MERRIMAN: At Afton [Chenango Co. NY] on the 30th of December 1879, by the Rev. N.J. Hawley, Burton M. Searles of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Viola Merriman of North Colesville, N.Y. [Broome co.].
BURGDOFF -BLISS: Afton, Chenango Co. NY: On Wednesday of last week, Mr. George Burgdoff and Miss Mary Bliss both of Afton, were united int he bonds of matrimony by Rev E.T. Jacobs.
Deaths
HIGLEY: In Gurnee, Illinois, December 29th Luther B. Higley aged 58 years, brother of Truman Higley of this place [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY].
NEWTON: At Sharon, Potter Co. Pa. January 6th, 1880, Ellen [Newton] youngest daughter of Alonzo S. Newton, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], aged 15 years of diphtheria.
LYON: In this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY] Wednesday, Jan. 14th, 1880, Mrs. Lois Lyon, aged 65 years.
CHAMBERLIN: At Dalton, Berkshire County, Mass., Friday, January 9th of pneumonia, Sally C. Chamberlin aged 64 years.
PAYNE: Mrs. Payne, mother of Rev. H.N. Payne, pastor of the Presbyterian church, was found dead in her bed at his residence on Tuesday morning, the 6th inst. She had been in failing health since her residence here, arriving about two months after Mr. Payne was permanently settled. That morning he visited her room and found her dead, the body was warm, showing that death had occurred but a short time previous. A disease of the heart is thought to have been the cause of her death. Her age was 76 years. Her remains were taken to Janesville, Wisconsin, and interred beside those of her husband. [Elizabeth Sarah Nelson Payne, wife of Dr. John Payne, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville]
SEARLES: Another of the pioneers of the county has passed away in the death Friday last of Reuben Searles. Mr. Searles was born in Dutchess County [NY] but removed with his parents when about ten years of age to Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] and until the day of his death, for over seventy years, he has resided on the farm on which he died, situated on what is known as Searles Hill. The old gentleman was a member for many years of the Methodist church and has always been regarded by neighbors and acquaintances as a man of honor, probity and industry, and ever willing to help with work or charity the deserving poor. He raised a family of five sons and one daughter. Of the sons, Arvine, Abner and Thomas reside near the old homestead; Burton resides in Iowa; George has been in Deadwood for the past three years, and intends locating in the early future in California; the one daughter, Lephia, the wife of George W. Davis, and resides in Greene. A circumstance that has not happened for years was the fact that all the children and grandchildren of which latter there are nine, were at home at the time of the aged parent's death, as though the old gentleman had waited for a final parting with all his children. There are few men who live to the old age of Mr. Searles with so blameless a character and leaving behind so worthy an example. The remains were taken to the Union Valley Cemetery [West Bainbridge] for interment and were followed thither by many friends.
ELDRIDGE: David P. Eldridge died of dropsy at his residence in North Pitcher, Chenango County, N.Y., November 29th, 1879, in the eighty-first year of his age. He was born at Willington, Conn., October 10th, 1799, and came here with his father's family in 1802. He was married in 1822 to Betsy West, by whom he had eleven children, of whom eight are now living, one son, Rev. Enoch Eldredge, being a member of the Wyoming conference. Brother Eldredge was converted in 1831 and remained until the day of his death a faithful member of the M.E. church. He retained his mental faculties until the last, and died trusting in the same God who had been his support and abiding strength for nearly half a century. He leaves an aged companion who expects soon to join him in that home where partings are unknown. Telegraph. C.D. Smith
YAGER: James Yager, son of Henry Yager of this town [Oneonta, Otsego Co. NY], resided in Albany [Albany Co. NY], and has recently been employed about the new Capitol as laborer. On Dec, 22d, he went upon the roof to clear the snow and ice from the gutters. While thus engaged, he slipped and fell to the pavement below, a distance of ninety feet. when discovered, he was a lifeless mass of bruised flesh. From portions of the skull and brain were found near the building, it was thought he had struck the projecting cornice of a lower story widow in the descent. He leaves a wife and three children. This is the first death in a family of eight boys, and the news fell with crushing force upon the aged parents. Oneonta Press [aged 32 years, buried St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, Albany Co. NY].
LAKIN: Gus Lakin, a farmer and lumberman, living between Fish Eddy and Hancock stations [Delaware Co. NY] on the Midland, met with a sad and fatal accident, Friday, December 26th. He was drawing logs from the woods when accidently one rolled over him and crushed him to the ground, breaking his hip bone and otherwise seriously injuring him. He had an axe in his hand at the time which by the rolling of the log was forced into his stomach, cutting a gash nine or ten inches long. His friends wished to move him immediately to his house, but he insisted that he be left on the ground until after death. He was taken to the house soon afterward, where he suffered terribly until Wednesday, the 30th, when death relieved the agony. Liberty Register. [Augustus Lakin, aged 44 y, buried Partridge Island Cemetery, Hancock, NY]
BONIAR: On Saturday last we were compelled to announce a sad accident to William Kirby, who, while slitting some lumber at Rowlingson's planing mill, had a hand taken off by a buzz saw. Mr. Kirby has a sister residing at Cherry Valley, Otsego county [NY] named Mrs. F. Boniar. They had a beautiful little girl name Essie [Boniar], nine years of age, who met with a horrible accident and death before the sad news had reached there of Mr. Kirby's accident. Little Essie, we are told, was standing near a wood pile, watching the hired man chopping wood, when the axe slipped in such a way as to nearly sever the child's head from her body. Binghamton Leader
SEARLES: Afton, Chenango Co. NY: The funeral of Mr. Harry Searles, an aged and respected citizen of this village, was largely attended at the Baptist church on Sunday last. The deceased selected as a text for the occasion, Psalms, 23 4.
Unadilla Times, Unadilla, NY, August 6, 1891
Death
Mrs. Polly Gilbert, stepmother to Mrs. R.S. Frear, died at the residence of Mr. Frear, where she has been living for the past fifteen months, about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, aged 67 years. Most of her life was spent at Carr's Creek. Burial at poplar Hill.
News Item
The children and neighbors of Mrs. Frank Palmer to the number of about forty, made her a birthday surprise at her home Saturday evening, August 1, it being the fifty-fourth anniversary of her birth. Her children presented her with a large willow rocker. The rooms were decorated with vines and flowers. After a social chat, ice cream and cake were served and about twelve o'clock the company returned to their homes having passed a pleasant evening. [Clarinda M. Winans Palmer, b. 1837]
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