Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, March 6, 1821
Death
Died at Winfield [Herkimer Co. NY] on the 28th ult. James Barnett, Esq. of a lingering illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation to the Divine will int he 70th year of his age.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, March 13, 1821
Marriages
Married on Thursday last by the Rev. Mr. Truair, at Bowman's Creek [Otsego Co. NY], Mr. Andrew Jordan to Miss Charity Nestle.
Same Day, at Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY], Mr. Benjamin B. Ellwood to Miss Mary Stanley.
Deaths
Died at Vernon, Oneida County [NY] on Wednesday the 28th of February last, Mr. Huet Hills aged 67 years and 6 months, leaving a respected consort and a large and respectable family to mourn his loss. He had been married upwards of 46 years and had 12 children, ten of whom are now living and 68 grandchildren, of whom 54 are now living. Mr. Hills was among the first settlers of the town of Vernon. The circle of his acquaintance was very extensive, and a great concourse of people attended his funeral to testify their respect for the deceased and the bereaved relatives. A sermon on the occasion was preached by Elder Thompson. Col. Gaz.
At New York, on the 1st inst. after a lingering illness, Gen. John McLean in the 66th year of his age. Gen. McLean was one of the few surviving heroes of the revolution. He entered the service at a time that tried men's souls and continued actively engaged by the side of the venerable Gen. George Clinton, until the termination of the war; since which he has filled with credit to himself the office of Commissary General of this state for several years.
News Items
One Cent Reward: Ran away from the subscriber on the 24th instant, a servant girl named Parmela Johnson aged 14 years. All persons are forbid harboring or trusting her on penalty of the law. The above reward will be paid to any person who will return said runaway to the subscriber in Worcester [Otsego Co. NY], but no charges paid. Nathaniel Todd Worcester, Feb. 26th, 1821.
One Cent Reward: Ran away from the subscriber on the 27th January last, an indented apprentice boy named Talman Smith, between 16 and 17 years of age. All persons are forbid harboring or trusting said runaway on penalty of the law. The above reward will be given to the person who will return him to the subscriber, but no charges paid. Charles Allen Springfield [Otsego Co. NY]. Mar 1, 1821.
Cherry Valley Gazette, Cherry Valley, NY, March 27, 1821
Deaths
Died in this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY], On Thursday last, Major James Thompson, aged 59 years. Major Thompson, in the beginning of the revolution, entered as a private into the first New York regiment, commanded by Colonel Van Schaick, and served faithfully in that regiment until the disbanding of the army at or near West Point in June 1783. After the war Major Thompson settled in this town [Cherry Valley], where he has ever since resided; was soon honored with a commission in the militia and discharged the duties of his office like a good soldier. He has reared a very numerous family and has ever been considered one foo our best citizens. His probity always shone conspicuous and he scarcely ever had an enemy. His death is universally deplored.
In this town [Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. NY] on Friday last. Mr. Nicholas Hanson aged 69 years, father of Mr. Ephraim Hanson of this village.
At Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] on Wednesday last, Joseph S. Lyman a member of the last Congress from this district. Mr. Lyman was a native of Massachusetts; was a graduate of Dartmouth College and was much esteemed by his numerous friends. He bore his last illness, which was protracted and distressing, with Christian fortitude and founded his hopes of a happy immortality on the merits and sufferings of his Redeemer, whom he had professed to love.
At Utica [Oneida Co. NY] on the 17th inst. in a fit of apoplexy, David Ostrom, Esq. aged 65. As there are few men in the county of Oneida who have been longer and more extensively known to their fellow citizens than Judge Ostrom, so there is probably no one who could have left behind him a memory more generally respected and esteemed than he has done. His known integrity, his independence of sentiment, his unassuming manners and practical good sense were qualities which recommended him to the electors of Oneida as their representative in the state assembly for many years and qualified him for the seat which he sometime held in the court of common pleas of the county. For a respectable period he has executed the duties of a magistrate in this village with great correctness and to universal acceptance. Amidst all the public and private mutations of life which it was his fortune to witness, none of them ever affected those uniform features which marked his character, or distinguished that general sentiment of confidence and good will which was entertained towards him, even by those with whom he had the misfortune sometimes to differ on essential points. In short, as he lived with the uninterrupted respect and kind regard of his fellow citizens, he has departed followed by their unaffected regrets at his sudden exit.
At Charleston, on the 11th Feb. last in the 85th year of his age, Capt. John Johnson a native of the city of New York, but for upwards of 48 years last past, a resident of the former place. At the period when the American Colonials had resolved to resist the oppressive and unconstitutional measures of the British ministry, Mr. Johnson was one of those who first boldly stood forward in the cause of his country. He raised a company almost entirely from his private resources, of which he received the command and immediately joined the Continental Line. He fought by the side and under the eye of "Washington" and was not only the companion in arms of that great and good man but was for some years in habits of intimacy and friendship with him. During the whole period of the revolutionary struggle, he continued in the army, a brave, active, zealous and enterprising officer. When the war was ended, and when "sweet peace" had brought among other blessings in her train, liberty and independence to his native land, Captain Johnson sheathed his sword, and betook himself to the habits and pursuits of domestic life and both by his precept and example has had the consolation of seeing reared up a large and respectable family in the paths of religion, virtue and moral integrity. As had been noticed, that he was a brave soldier in the cause of his country in the days of his youth, he was also a soldier in the cause of the cross and in his last days, he could with a well grounded triumph, exclaim with the apostle Paul " I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day."
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From the Columbus (Ohio) Gazette
Died, in Loudon, Madison County on the 23d ultimo after an indisposition of but short duration, Abraham D. Van Horn, Esq. Attorney at Law, formerly of the state of New York, in the 34th year of his age. Of the deceased it may be truly said he possessed but few of the frailties incident to humanity. His deportment through life presented an unvarying scene of kindness and benevolence. His heart was the seat of the social virtues. Possessing much professional erudition, his mind was enriched with the elegances of literature and the embellishments of science. His attainments enkindled our respect. The mild and gentle virtues of his heart engaged our esteem. If, with these distinguishing traits of excellence, he possessed a single frailty, let its remembrance be buried with him in the grave.
In paying this humble tribute to his memory, the prepossessions of friendship, with which his amiable and ingenious deportment has inspired us, have not, we are persuaded, an undue influence in the information of our judgement of his worth. and when we say the portals of the grave never closed upon a more upright and estimable man, the pen but traces the sentiment which the heart prompts. All who knew him and duly appreciated his worth weep for his death and would lighten by their sympathies the sinking spirits of his bereaved relatives. The reflection however, that his sleep is not eternal; that the shade of death which have overcast the noontide of his years will soon be dissipated and he wake to enjoy forever an irradiating morning of immortality, should reconcile his relatives and friends to that dispensation of providence which has deprived them of his society.
