Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 6, 1847
Marriage
In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 3d inst., by Rev. J.S. Mitchell, Mr. German Randall of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Charlotte Friedenburgh of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
Death
In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] on the 12th ult. of a lingering and most painful illness, Miss Roxy Lucinda Church daughter of Benjamin Church, aged 21 years. She suffered with Christian resignation in life and through Christ her Redeemer triumphed in death.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 20, 1847
Marriages
In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] on the 9th inst. by Rev. J.N. Chamberlin, Mr. Richard Se to Miss Sarah Marsh both of that place.
In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 14th inst. by Rev. J.S. Mitchell, Mr. George Hopkins of Norwich to Miss Rebecca Hall Union Vale Dutchess Co. [NY].
Deaths
In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] on the 5th of October, Benjamin R. Havely aged 18 years.
In Westmoreland, Oneida Co. [NY] on the 7th inst. of typhus fever, Miss Anay M. Marr, sister of George W. Marr of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 19 years.
With painful feelings we announce the death of this estimable young lady. She was a resident of our village [Norwich] and at the time of her death was on a visit to her relatives in Westmoreland, where she was overtaken by the disease that snatched her from the embrace of her friends and hurried her to the grave. All who knew her, will bear testimony to her amiable character and her many virtues and will unite in deeply mourning her untimely death. She was known only to be cherished with feelings of the most ardent friendship, and esteem. A uniformly kind and gentle disposition strongly endeared her to all. The friendship that was felt for her was read and unaffected. It was a silent tribute paid to her virtues and her worth. To her numerous kindred and relatives her loss is irreparable. The most cherished and beloved of their number in the morning of life has been suddenly taken form them forever. A shining ornament has been stricken from the circle in which she moved, and a place made vacant which she alone could fill. In contemplating her death, we feel in all its force, the truth of the saying "that death loves a shining mark" and may well exclaim, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.
At his father's residence in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] on the 24th ult. William N. Billings aged 22 years.
He was a youth of more than common talents, of a kind disposition and engaging in his manners. He had just entered the study of law under favorable circumstances and was held in high estimation by all who knew him. He has left a father, mother and two sisters to mourn his early death. He descended to the grave calmly and with a firm hope of eternal life through the merits of the Redeemer.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 27, 1847
Marriage
In Warren, Ct. on the 28th ult. by the Rev. Mr. KLeep, Erasmus Bowen, Esq. of Homer [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Hannah C. Howardi of the former place.
Death
In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on the 24th inst. Hezekiah Brown Esq. aged 69 years.
He was one of the earliest inhabitants of this town and performed the labors and endured the privations incident to the settlement of a new country. Possessed of a strong and vigorous constitution, an excellent judgment, an ardent temperament with an indomitable perseverance and unbending integrity of purpose, he was admirably qualified to share the responsibilities which over devolve on the pioneers of a new country. Though he had never enjoyed the advantages of what would now be regarded as a common school education, he was for many years honored by his fellow citizens with some of the most important trusts of the county and performed the duties imposed by the various offices which he held, with fidelity. He was constant in his attachments to his friends and if he was too strong in his prejudices against those whom he regarded as enemies, it should be attributed to human infirmity. Though a portion of his life was embittered by conforming to a custom which, when he entered upon public life, prevailed among all classes of men and is still conformed to by a great many individuals, yet for the last five years, he has carried out the letter the principle of total abstinence from all kinds of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. when, as a last resort, his physician and friends tho't it necessary to make use of a alcoholic stimulus, he obviously received it as a medicine only, and one of the most touching incidents of his sickness was undoubtedly designed to express what he found it impossible to embody in words, his dying testimony in favor of cold water as the appropriate drink for man. After he had become fully satisfied that he could not recover, the writer of this imperfect tribute to his memory proposed to him to take some spirits. He hesitated a moment and then said he wanted some water from a spring a little distance from his house. His request was complied with. He drank for the last time from his favorite spring, while his condition indicated the peace and satisfaction he felt within. Through life he manifested as unwavering devotion to the interests of his family and to secure the prosperity of two sons residing in Illinois that he visited that distant region and exposed himself to the miasma which floats abundantly in the atmosphere. He returned, bringing in his physical system the seeds of death. Though everything was done for him that kindness and medical skill could suggest, he has relinquished his hold on life and left a numerous family and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. The general tenor of his life was a practical comment on the sentiment expressed in the following lines. "A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod, / An honest man's the noblest work of God."
Freeman's Journal Cooperstown, NY, March 4, 1880
Deaths
In Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] Jan. 1, 1880, Edward W. Hall aged 60(?) years.
In Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY] Feb'y 18th, Amos F. Wickwire in the 57th year of his age.
In Utica [Oneida Co. NY] March 1st of pneumonia, Mrs. John C. Spafard [sic, Spaford] formerly of this county [Otsego Co. NY], aged 72 years. [Mary Hall Spaford]
At Wells Bridge [Otsego Co. NY], Feb. 21, Ellen [Moak] wife of Jacob Moak.
At Maple Grove [Otsego Co. NY], Feb. 22, William Baldwin aged 62 years and 4 months.
In Maryland Feb. 13, Mrs. Sophia Staley aged 70 years.
In New York, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. M.H. Hicks, Benjamin G. North formerly of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY] after a short illness int he 37th(?) year of his age.
At Mt. Vision [Otsego Co. NY] Feb. 25, after an illness of twenty-four hours, Paul Hillman [Greene] eldest son and last remaining child of Herman E. and Fnanie Hillman Greene, aged 4 years and 3months. This is the last of three interesting children which have been taken from this family within a month past by a singularly fatal disease in which death appeared in the attack.
"Where is the flock that was given thee; thy beautiful flock?"
On Friday evening last, as the Albany and Susquehanna railroad train, which left Albany at 3:50 P.M. was nearing Richmondville [Schoharie Co. NY], one of the forward pony truck wheels suddenly broke, throwing the engine from the track. Mr. Ostrander, the engineer whose residence is at Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], was so badly injured that he died on Sunday.
