Vital Records, Chenango (1846) & Broome (1847) Counties, NY

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 1, 1846

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] on the 29th ult. Mr. William Warner to Miss Mary E.. Clark both of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 29th ult. by Rev. C.W. Giddings. Mr. Samuel V. Lyon to Miss Julia F. Duryea.

Deaths

At Ann Arbor, Michigan on the 11th ult Mrs. Mary Lathrop wife of Mr. Elijah Lathrop formerly of Batavia, Genesee County [NY], sister of Mrs. A. Pellet of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 65 years.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] on the 2d inst. Mrs. Mary Ann [Pomeroy] wife of Horace Pomeroy aged 20 years.

After a long and severe illness which she bore with Christian fortitude and perfect resignation, she bid farewell to the scenes of earth in the morning of life, as her spark left its tenement of clay for the world where sickness, pain and death are not known, and where the sublime and magnificent glories of Paradise burst upon the visions of the soul.  She has left behind an affectionate husband and relations [plus] a circle of friends and acquaintances to lament her loss.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 15, 1846

Marriage

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 9th inst. by the Rev. John B. Hoyt, John B. H oyt, Jr of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Rispah B. [Hitchcock] daughter of Mr. Jeduthan Hitchcock of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].

Death

In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] on the 10th instant, Mrs. Mary Rexford mother of B.F. Rexford of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] aged 65 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 29, 1846

Marriage

On the 16th inst. by Rev. J. Duncan, Mr. John Blivin to Mrs. Caroline Byington all of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] on the 1st instant, Mrs. Betsey Brooks wife of Calvin Brooks, an exemplary and much respected member of the Baptist Church in Preston [Chenango Co. NY] aged 61 years.

In Rochester [Monroe Co. NY] on the 17th inst. Hannah Jane [Van Ingen] formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY] and daughter of Z. Trowbridge, Esq. aged 32 years.

News Item

A case of death by lightning of a peculiarly painful nature we learn occurred near Cooperstown in Otsego County [NY] on Saturday last.  The person killed was a young man, aged about 21, named James Eaton, brother-in-law of Mr. William C. Wait, Jr. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].  His father had recently disposed of his property in Otsego and with his family, including the young man, was intending to start for the West on Monday. The circumstances of his death are briefly as follows.  Mr. Wait, the brother-in-law, arrived at the house about 1 o'clock on Saturday, during the storm, on a visit to his wife and the family.  His horse was taken by the young man, who placed him in the stable and was just stepping out of the barn door when he was struck by the lightning and instantly killed, as was the horse of Mr. Wait.  Two sisters of the deceased, young ladies, have also within a short time been snatched from the embraces of the bereaved family by the unrelenting hand of death.  Norwich Journal

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, March 3, 1847

Marriages

At Cortlandville [Cortland Co. NY] on Wednesday the 24th ult by Rev. Henry A. Nelson of Auburn, Rev. Silas McKinney of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Fanny M. [Nelson] daughter of Deacon Seth Nelson of Cortlandville.

In Vestal [Broome Co. NY] on the 22d ult, by the Rev. Mr. Gaylord, Mr. Edward Richards of Ithaca [Tompkins Co. NY] to Miss Maria [Mersereau] eldest daughter of Cornelius Mersereau, Esq of Vestal.

In this town [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on the 28th ult. by Rev. Thomas H. Pearne, Mr. Jeremiah Rosell, of Chenango [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Sarah Ann Joscelyn of Rockland, Sullivan Co. [NY].

At Great Bend, Pa. on the 23d ult. by the Rev. J.B. McCreary, Mr. Lewis Green of Union, Broome Co. N.Y. to Miss Angeline Smith of Franklin, Susquehanna co. Pa.

In Philadelphia, [PA] on the 16th ult. by the Rev. Robert Gerry, Dr. Tracy E. Waller to Miss Henrietta Josephine [Lungren] second daughter of the late William Lungren, Esq. all of Philadelphia.

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, March 10, 1847

Marriage

In this town [Binghamton, Broome Co. NY] on Wednesday the 3d inst. by the Rev. D.D. Gregory, Mr. Aaron P. Hupman to Miss Catharine Bevier.

Deaths

In Union [Broome Co. NY] on Saturday morning last, Mr. Isaac Carhart aged 53 years.

At Sherburne, Chenango County [NY] on the 3d inst. Mr. Thomas Merrill father of My Myron Merrill of this village [Binghamton, Broome co. NY] aged 86 years.

Death of a Revolutionary hero:  Nathan Beman, a Revolutionary Hero, died at Chateaugay, Franklin County, N.Y. on the 22d ult. in the 90th year of his age.  Mr. B. was Ethen Allen's guide at the capture of Ticonderoga.  He was intimate in the fort and conducted Allen directly to Capt. De la Place's room.  He was at Allen's side when he told the astounded officer by whose authority he demanded the surrender of the fort.

Binghamton Courier, Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1847

Marriages

In Windsor [Broome Co. NY] on the 25th ult. by the Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Jonathan Farnsworth of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Lydia Johnson of Sanford [Broome Co. NY].

In Colesville [Broome Co. NY] on the 25th ult. by the same, Mr. Asa M. Perkins of Windsor [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Harriet M. Doolittle of the former place.

Vital Records, Chenango & Otsego Counties, NY (1879)

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 7, 1879

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's parents in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], July 30th, by Rev. J.F. Taunt, Mr. Charles H. Mills of Brooklyn to Miss Alice J. [Gould] daughter of Mr. E. Gould.

At the M.E. Parsonage in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 3d by Rev. H.N. Van Deusen, Mr. George P. Miller of North Fenton [Broome Co. NY] and Miss Minnie S. Brown of the former place.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] July 24th by Rev. J.L. Egbert, Mr. William Haight of north Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Nora Landers of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].

In Wellsburgh [Chemung Co. NY], July 23d, by Rev. R. Everts, Mr. Uri Bradley of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Mary E. Peckteam of the former place.

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] July 20th by Rev. Father Harigan, Mr. David Donovan of Binghamton, to Miss Nelly Keefe of Afton [Chenango Co. NY].

Chenango Forks, Broome Co. NY:  A wedding occurred in a remote part of our village last Thursday evening at which the nuptials of Mr. John Hogan and Miss Mary Brown were solemnized. A large gathering was present to witness the ceremonies.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] July 29th, Mrs. Mary [Benedict] wife of the late Ezera Benedict, aged 65 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] July 23d, Mrs. Sarah C. [Waters] wife of George P. Waters, aged 30 years.

At South Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] July 31st, Sarah A. [Dimmick] wife of Marvin Dimmick, aged 57 years.

In Philadelphia, Pa., July 28th, Willie [Sturgeon] infant son of J.W. and Mary Sturgeon, formerly of the town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY]. The remains were interred in Sylvan lawn Cemetery July 31st.

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] July 29th, John P. [Nowland] son of Thomas F. and Margaret Nowland aged 7 months.

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 1st, Frances [Wescott] wife of Sidney Wescott and daughter of Consider Button, aged 23 years.

News Item

Our readers are probably aware of the terrible calamity which befell a party of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] excursionists on the St. Lawrence River on Thursday morning of last week.  The following letter to the Binghamton Republican from one of the party, giving a detailed account of the sad affair, will be read with interest:

Your readers have already heard of the great calamity which has befallen some of the Binghamton excursionists and will be anxious to hear further particulars.

The accident occurred about a hundred rods from the Clayton dock, at about nine o'clock.  Two steam yachts, the G.B. Farrington and the Josephine steamed up the St. Lawrence from Thousand Island Park for an all-day's trip to Kingston and among the Thousand Islands. the Farrington carried thirty and the Josephine twenty passengers.

At Clayton it was decided to run the boats side by side and thus bring the party all together.  This caused the spray from the prow of the Farrington to fall upon the party in the Josephine and to obviate the trouble they undertook to let the latter fall astern.  But in trying to protect them from a few splashes of spray they only succeeded in capsizing the whole party into the river.  As the bowline was loosened, the bows began to separate until at a distance of about twenty-five feet, when a knot in the rope caught, and the Josephine was pulled over on her side and went to the bottom in less than two minutes.  As she went over, the Farrington was saluted with a shower of hot coals from the smokestack of the Josephine and for a moment it seemed as though we were doomed to experience the horrors of both fire and water.  Fortunately, however, the fire was extinguished.

The passengers of both boats preserved great presence of mind.  there was no screaming nor frantic crise for help, but all seemed determined to do the best for themselves and for others.  Some floated on the surface, some sank and rose again, and some were never seen after the Josephine went down.  All who came to the surface were picked up and saved.  Mrs. Craver was rescued by small boats, and the rest were pulled into the Farrington.  Five found a watery grave.  The following are their names:  Mrs. Persels, Binghamton; Mrs Bostwick, Mrs. Berkalew and daughter, of Kirkwood; Mrs. Pollock, of Morrisiana.  How sudden the transition from life to death!

We left the Clayton dock singing "Light After Darkness," and all were lighthearted and gay.  How soon the cup of pleasure was dashed from our lips, and we were compelled to taste the cup of sorrow.

The people of Clayton were very kind and rendered all the assistance they could.  The event has cast a gloom over our excursion party and over the whole community.  Flags are at half-mast at the park and all sympathize with the afflicted.  The bodies have all been recovered and taken to their respective homes and buried.

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, October 9, 1879

Marriage

In New York City, at No. 255 West 37th Street, Oct. 1st, 1879, by the Rev. C. Irving. L,C. Burdick of Burlington, Otsego Co. [NY] to Miss Nancy Hume of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.

Deaths

In Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 28th, Jesse Beardslee, Esq. in the 78th year of his age.  Mr. B. was a man of high character and marked intelligence, esteemed at home as an excellent citizen and neighbor.

In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 29, Evander Ingolls aged 84 years.  he was born upon the place where he died and had always resided there.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 22, 1879, George R. Chaffin aged 56 years.

In Pierstown [Otsego Co. NY], Sept. 10th, Florence M. [Gardner] youngest child of Elisha and Sarah Gardner aged 3 months and 11 days.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY] Sept. 29th, Wilson Van Dyke aged 84 years.  Mr. V. Was a soldier in the war of 1812 and had been a Mason 68 years.

In Columbus Chenango Co. [NY] at the residence of her father, Deacon S. Brown, Mrs. Ida E. Quincy wife of Rev. W.J. Quincy, pastor of the Baptist church, Morris [Otsego Co. NY] in the 22d year of her age.

At Worcester [Otsego Co. NY] September 22d, 1879, Mrs. Elinda Markham [Bates] wife of A.M. Bates, aged 71 years.  She has been a consistent member of the Baptist church for over 45 years, a kind wife and mother and was beloved by all who knew her.

Civil War Letter - Elisha A. Cooke - August 1861

Civil War Letter from Elisha A. Cooke 

Oneonta Herald, Oneonta, NY, August 21, 1861

Albany, August 13th, 1861

Col. Carpenter:  I started from Laurens [Otsego Co. NY] the 7th inst. for this place [Albany] for the purpose of joining "The Peoples' Ellsworth Regiment."  About ninety reported themselves ready for duty at the same time and we were marched to the barracks.  Our number today is one hundred and twenty. We expect a large addition to our force on the 20th inst.  I am the only representative here from Otsego County.  I tried my best to get some of the boys to come with me, but they were afraid that they should not get half enough to eat, or else they would say there are soldiers enough without them, but if they were drafted, they would go willingly. But that is not the thing. It shows a want of pluck and backbone in our young men.  That they may know that we are not in a starving condition, I will give our bill of fare.  We have potatoes, hash, corned beef, bread and butter and a plenty of good coffee for breakfast. We have pork and beans, beets, bread and butter for dinner. Supper the same as breakfast except we have tea in place of coffee. This is our living every day, except Wednesday and Sundays when we have rice pudding and fresh beef for dinner.  Our bread is as good as any woman can make in Otsego or any other county.

Why will not the boys of Otsego join "The Peoples' Ellsworth Regiment?"  Have they not got any patriotic blood running in their veins? Nay do not teach me to believe it to be so.  I do yet believe there is patriotism in the young men of Otsego County and that they will yet join us in our Regiment, if they do not believe the officers of the Association take all the town funds and put it in their own pockets for their trouble.  I can assure such that they do not.  Mr. Hughes made a speech in the city hall and he said that the officers should not have one cent. As for himself, he was staying here this summer for the purpose of getting up this Regiment, and he was on his own expense.

Now I wish you would try to stir up a little feeling on this subject in your town and surrounding towns. Do not let Otsego falter in this glorious cause.  As for me, I have confidence in this cause.  So great is my confidence in it, that I will not take a look towards old Otsego, until every rebel in secession marches to the tune of "Hail Columbia."  Our boys are the finest lot of fellows I ever saw together. They are men in every sense of the word. We have printers, engineers, carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers and lawyers, Therefore you see we are independent of any and everybody. Their motto is to Richmond through Baltimore and death to traitors.

Yours in haste.  Elisha A. Cooke

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Adjutant General Report - 44th NY Infantry (Ellsworth Avengers)

Elisha A. Cook:  Age 20 years.  Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861 at Albany to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, August 30, 1861; promoted sergeant, September 20, 1861; wounded in action July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill, Va.; discharged for disability, November 26, 1862, at hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.

News Item:  Oneonta  Herald, Oneonta, NY, August 28, 1884

Mr. Elisha A. Cooke of Garden Prairie, Ill. is visiting friends and relatives in the east.  Mr. Cooke is a native of Laurens and was one of that town's contributions during the late war to the 44th Regiment N.Y. Vols., better known as the Ellsworth Memorial Regiment.  Mr. Cooke has concealed somewhere in his person a leaden souvenir of the battle of Malvern Hill, which engagement ended his career in the field.  He is married, is prosperous, and enjoys life upon his prairie farm.

Obituary, Feb. 3, 1920, Republican -Northwestern, Belvidere, IL

Elisha A. Cook, who died Wednesday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock [Jan. 20, 1920] at the family home, 628 Julien Street, was born in the town of [Laurens] Otsego County, N.Y., March 20, 1841.  His parents were Chauncey and Lovina (Andrews) Cook of New York State.  They died in Otsego County, the former at the age of 61 and the latter at the age of 30.  His grandparents were Holden and Ruth (Joslyn) Cook, who were form Rhode Island.  His grandparents on his mother's side were Eleazor and Daphne (Goodale) Andrews, who were from Vermont.

E.A. Cook enlisted at the age of 20 years at Albany, N.Y. in Company B, 44th N.Y. infantry, August 8, 1861, and served until November 1862.  He was wounded at Malvern Hill and was on the battlefield a week. Afterward he was sent to Libby prison and after getting out was in a hospital four months.  Following the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Hanover Court House, Gaines Mills and many skirmishes, he was mustered out for disability Nov. 26, 1862.

February 20, 1864, he came to Boone County, Illinois and worked by the month for three years.  Afterwards he bought a farm and acquired much property.  He was married February 18, 1866, to Miss Sarah J. Hoppen of Holman, Dearborn County, Indiana.  He was a Republican in politics and cast his fist vote for General U.S. Grant.  He held local county offices for years being commissioner of highways and member of the school board in Bonus.  He was also a member of Hurbut Post, G.A.R.  Mr. Cook came of old English stock and his ancestors fought on the side of this country in the wars of the Revolution and 1812.  The funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home. The G.A.R. will be in charge.

Vital Records, Otsego (1873) & Chenango (1879) Counties, NY

 Morris Chronicle, Morris, NY, February 5, 1873

Marriages

On the 21st inst. at Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY] by W.N. Cobb, Mr. Joseph P. Kinney of Otsego [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Isabell N. Stanhouse of Burlington [Otsego Co. NY]

At Otsego [Otsego Co., NY] on the 13th inst., by rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Charles M. Coates to Miss Ella Scott both of Schuyler's Lake [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

In Morris [Otsego Co. NY] Jan. 23d, William J. Stewart, Jr., aged 29 years and 6 months.

In New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY] Jan. 30th, Emma Gertrude [Wing] wife of Albert H. Wing, aged 22 years and 10 months.

In Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] Jan. 30th, Arthur [Murdock] youngest child of B.F. and J. Murdock, aged 8 years and 3 months.

R.P. Green and wife, who were buried at Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] have been removed to Brookside Cemetery [Butternuts, Otsego Co. NY] The labor was done by Henry Jackson and John Bedient for $40.00.

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In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] Jan. 27th, Wells Eley Sergeant aged 64 years.

He was a kind faithful husband and father, a sincere honest Christian, respected by all who knew him.  May God bless his sorrow-stricken widow and children.  He has gone over the river to meet loved ones gone before.

There's a beautiful land where the angels dwell, / And our loved ones are garnered forever, / Where songs of deliverance in full anthems swell, / Where sorrows ne'er come, their joys to dispel; / It is only across the river.

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Under the shadow of deep affliction, with a sense of loss that cannot be expressed, says the Albany Journal we have to announce the death at his residence in this city [Albany, Albany Co. NY] Jan. 27th, of Luther Tucker, the senior editor and proprietor of the Country Gentleman. He had gone little beyond the Psalmist's limit of three score years and ten, and with a life of less constant exertion might perhaps have looked forward to additional years of repose; but close and continuous application from a very early period had worn upon a constitution naturally not roust, and when his last illness came, his friends were sadly apprehensive of the issue of the conflict.  He had been at the office on the 15th for several hours, although not very well or strong and on the morning of the 16th found himself too ill to leave his bed.  Inflammation of the lungs followed, attended at the last by defective and irregular action of the heart, and when the fever left him, his strength gradually failed. It became more and more difficult to administer either medicine nor nourishment, and finally at an early hour on Sunday morning, so quiet that his last breath could scarcely be detected by those around his bedside, he entered into the rest of the unending Sabbath beyond the grave.  he was in the 71st year of his age.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, September 19, 1879

Marriages

One of our old friends and fellow travelers in the band of single blessedness hath passed into a happy Benedict.  Elisha Warren was married last evening (Thursday) to Mrs. Julia Holcomb, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].  We extend to them our hearty congratulations.

Guilford, Chenango Co. NY:  The many friends of H.R. Brown and wife gave them a real surprise on Monday evening, it being the tenth anniversary of their marriage.  After visiting their residence and leaving a number of rich and costly presents, they went to Erkson's Hall carrying their refreshments, where Wescott's band was in attendance, and a more enjoyable time was never had.

Death

SCOTT:  In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY] Sept. 15th, Orpha P. Scott, aged 72 years. 

Masonville, Delaware Co. NY:  Mrs. Scott, mother-in-law to Mr. A. Gardner and M.P. Shaw, died at the latter's residence Sunday evening.

ROGERS:  Ethan Rogers died at his residence in the town of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] August 20th, in the 84th year of his age.  He was one of the pioneers of his town, and a man much respected by the community in which he so many years resided.

WILLIAMS:  Mr. Joseph W. Williams the elder son of Aaron Williams of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY] and who for many years has held a high position int he financial department of Cornell, died very suddenly Thursday, in Chicago, where he had been visiting for the past three weeks.  He had been for some time a sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism and a few days ago wrote home that he had taken cold and that he had thought best to prolong his visit. The remains were taken to Binghamton for interment.

News Item

A very happy and pleasant reunion of the Winsor Family took place Tuesday the 16th inst. at the residence of G.H. Winsor, this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co. NY].  The first reunion of this family occurred in January 1862, on the eve of the enlistment of Samuel Winsor, one of the brothers, in the Union army, a soldier of which he died in 1863.  The reunions have been kept up since that time by the surviving members of the family. Those present on this occasion were, Ziba Winsor, Norwich; George H. Winsor, Bainbridge; Epp Winsor, Guilford; Otis Winsor, Greene; Mrs. Roxana Bowen, Norwich; Mrs. David Wescott, Utica. The eldest one present is 69 years old, and the youngest one 51 years.