Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 6, 1838
Marriage
Married on the 28th Nov. last, at silver Lake, Susquehanna County, Pa., by the Rev. Charles E. Pleasants, William Main of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] to Ann [Rose] daughter of Robert H. Rose, Esq. of the former place.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 13, 1838
Marriage
In Windsor, Broome County, N.Y. on Thursday, Dec. 5th, by the Rev. James Keeler, of St. Paul's Church, Harpursville, Horatio S. Pierce, Esq. Merchant of the firm of Gillespie & Pierce of Carbondale, Pa., to Miss Sophronia A. Rexford of Windsor.
A thousand blessings on the wedded pair, / Joy courts them on with all her mellow smiles; / May they be happy as the bride is fair, / And constant as old Ocean to her Isles.
With the above the printers received a bountiful fee, together with a flattering notice which we should be happy to adopt as our own, but which we are compelled to omit for want of space.
Death
Died in Vestal [Broome Co. NY] on the 7th Dec. Inst., Mrs. Hannah La Grange, wife of John La Crange, Esq. aged 64 years.
Broome Republican, Binghamton NY, December 20, 1838
Deaths
Died in Harpursville [Broome Co. NY] on Tuesday morning last, Mr. Albert Adams aged about 30 years.
In Homer, Cortland Co. [NY] Dec. 14, at the residence of her son (J.C. margin), Mrs. Mary Marvin aged 73 years.
Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 27, 1838
Death
Died in this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 23d instant. Mrs. Catharine Durkee, wife of Mr. Joseph Durkee.
In this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Sunday last, Miss Mary Jane Capron, aged 20 years.
On the 2d November last, near Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, Mr. GilesAndrus formerly of this village [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY]
At Montgomery, Alabama on the 12th inst., after a short illness, Mrs. Augusta [Fuller] wife of William Fuller, of Augusta, Georgia, and youngest daughter of Gen. Erastus Root, of Delaware County, N.Y.
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Broome Republican, Binghamton, NY, December 5, 1838: Died at Peoria Illinois, Nov. 14th, after a protracted and painful sickness, Mr. Aaron Russell, late of Windsor, Broome County [NY].
Peoria Register, Peoria, IL, November 24, 1838: "And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel."
It is proper to mourn for the dead, and especially when the church and society have lost one of their ablest pillars and brightest ornaments.
Aaron Russell was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, November 6, 1795. His mother being a woman of piety, he was early consecrated to God, and when about the age of 20, he publicly acknowledged those vows which bound him to the Lord's.
Living in a new county (Broome County, N.Y.) his early advantages to obtain an education were very limited. Consequently, he was compelled to rise to a standard of mental culture of more than ordinary attainment by his own energy and perseverance. For some time, he was a successful school teacher, and for more than eight years, he labored faithfully and successfully in the tract cause. Ill health compelled him to relinquish the post of usefulness in this department, which he had sustained seven years in Boston, when he sought a home in the west. While in Boston, his integrity, activity and efficiency in doing good, secured for him the confidence and affection of the Christian community. When afflicted, he also shared in their substantial sympathy.
On one occasion he was advised by his physician to take a journey, and while deliberating on the question of going alone, the following kind note came to hand: "Knowing and valuing as I do the society and sympathies of an affectionate wife, the enclosed fifty dollars is an expression of my desire that your dear wife should accompany you on your contemplated journey for the restoration of your health. Your affectionate brother, in Christ."
When on the eve of leaving Boston, another note was received signed by gentlemen whose praise is in all the churches, enclosing one hundred and fifty dollars, "as an expression of their sympathy and affection."
Such sympathy is worth more than floods of tears from those who feel everywhere but in their pockets. On coming to the west, he did not leave his religion behind him. He felt at liberty nowhere under no circumstances to lay aside the badge of his discipleship. He was a man of Christian decisiion.
Sometimes, perhaps, his manner left the impression that he was a man of iron rigidity and unbending obduracy. Yet, if Christian decision implies a clear perception of truth and duty, and moral courage to perform duty, though the world should be against him; if it implies trust in God and a willingness to submit to the accomplishment and results of every work to Him - Aaron Russel was a man of decision.
He was not regardless of public opinion, yet the Bible was his standard of right and wrong; its precepts his directory; its principles his rule. As was said of the late lamented Dr. Bartlett, he also dared to do right. When such men fall, where shall we look for those who will fill their places?
In the death of Mr. R. a wife is written a widow, a church is bereaved of one of its most active members and elders, a Sabbath school of its devoted superintendent, the cause of benevolence of a warm patron and friend, and society of one of its most efficient men. His end was peaceful, his life departing like the dying taper. "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write. Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord."
Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, March 11, 1880
Marriage
At Granger's hotel, South Valley [Cattaraugus Co. NY], March 7th, by Rev. W.H. Humphrey Theodore Foster of Worcester [Otsego Co. NY] to Mrs. M.E. Dye of Sharon Springs [Schoharie Co. NY].
Deaths
At Fly Creek [Otsego Co. NY] on the 9th inst., Rufus C. [Doubleday] oldest son of Rufus C. and Mary Doubleday, aged 14 years 5 months and 22 days.
In Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 26, 1880, Samuel Ludlam in the 45th year of his age.
In Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY] March 6, George S. [Robinson] youngest son of H.N. Robinson, formerly of this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY] in the 20th year of his age. The remains were interred in Lakewood Cemetery on Tuesday.
At Burlington Flats [Otsego Co. NY] Feb'y 21st of diabetes, Lagrand [Kelsey] only child of Silas L. and Minnie Kelsey, aged 4 years 6 months and 16 days.
In Utica [Oneida Co. NY] March 4, John C. Spafard aged 65 years 2 months and 12 days.
In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] on the 22d ult. William Baldwin aged 62 years. The deceased was a well-known farmer and occupied a portion of the farm upon which his parents, who were among the early settlers of that section, settled more than eighty years ago. In all the relations of life he was deservedly respected and beloved, as was attested by the large concourse of mourning relatives and friends who followed his remains to the grave on the 26th ult. Although for many years an invalid and a great sufferer, he bore his suffering with Christian fortitude and patience and died in peace with the Saviour trusting in His precious promises for a happy immortality. His immediate family, the bereaved widow and a young daughter, may well cherish the hope that their loss, although irreparable, is his eternal gain.
In New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 20, Maria N. [Peck] wife of George I. Peck in the 60th year of her age. The Morris Chronicle says of this estimable lady: "We were surprised on Monday morning last to hear that Mrs. George I. Peck of Noblesville [Otsego Co. NY], had died the night previous. She had been unwell for a few days, but her illness was not considered dangerous. Thus, has passed away a good woman, one who can illy be spared from her home, the church, or neighborhood. Cause of her death, heart disease."
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