Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 28, 1865
Marriages
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Merritt E. English, to Carrie Lowell, all of Greene.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. A. Purdy Allen, of Bath, N.Y. [Steuben Co.] to Miss Emma J. Miller, of Norwich.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by Rev. R.A. Paterson, Henry P. Olin, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary V. Parker, of Norwich.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, J. Gurnsey Evans, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hattie Hamilton, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Adelbert Benedict, to Miss Eliza M. Decker, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Charles A. Foote, of Oxford to Miss Ruth E. Laman, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].
In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. by Rev. F B. Peck, Mr. John H. Smith, to Miss Hannah M. Berry, both of this town.
Deaths
In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Mr. Asa Carpenter, aged 70 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Mrs. Margaret Washburn, aged 83 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Louisa [Allen], wife of Isaac Allen, aged 68 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mr. Benjamin Hovey, aged 72 years.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Amelia [Kinney], wife of the late Samuel Kinney, aged 74 years.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ins.t, Phebe [Steere], wife of Smith Steere, aged 69 years.
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 24th inst., Mr. Stephen Steere, aged 90 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 4, 1866
Marriages
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by Rev. L.B. Yale, Mr. A.J. Yale, to Miss Sarah J. Cornish, both of Bainbridge.
Also, on the same date, by the same, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Mr. Wm. G. Lobdell to Miss Mary E. Lobdell, both of Schenevus, N.Y. [Otsego Co., NY].
Also, by the same, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mr. Melvin A. Yale, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Polly Pearsall, of Bainbridge.
At the home of the bride's father, on the 27th ult. by Rev. Silas Burner, Mr. Thomas Scott, to Miss Mary A. Hatch, all of Page Brook [Chenango Co., NY].
At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by Rev. F. Rogers, of Greene, Mr. Charles A. Monk, of Bellville, Ill., to Miss Maggie H. Copeland, of Chenango Forks.
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. A. Parker, Mr. J.H. Skillman to Miss Jettie B. Cline, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
Also, at the same time and place, by the same, Mr. George Green, of Willett [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Mary Fuller, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY].
In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. by Rev. J.W. Barr, Rufus B. Hakes, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amanda D. Vosburgh of German [Chenango Co., NY].
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. S. Scoville, Frederick H. Scott, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah J. Ransford, of Norwich.
In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. G.P. Turnbul, Luman Conover, to Miss Rosepha Mattison, all of Coventry.
In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. W.B. Cochrane, Thos. Warton to Miss Minne Sterre, all of McDonough.
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Mrs. Rachel C. Low, wife of Wm. low, deceased, aged 49 years.
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mrs. Sarah S. Beard, wife of David Beard, aged 55 years.
In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Sophia Smith, wife of the late Erastus Smith, aged 72 years.
In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Mary M. [Warner], only child of Wm. and Mary E. Warner, aged 16 years and 10 months.
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Abigail Bates, aged 95 years and 5 months.
The deceased was an early resident of this town having come here at an early day. She was one of the last survivors of that body of early settlers in this region, who remember it as a wilderness, and who knew of the privations of that early period when the inhabitants were scattered and remote from each other. Possessed of a strong constitution, of industrious, simple habits, of cheerful temper, imbued with the spirit of genuine piety, Mrs. Bates lived the spirit of genuine piety. Mrs. Bates lived honored and esteemed by all who knew her. Towards the closing period of her life her mind broke down and delirium clouded her view of those blessed hopes to which for so many years she had clung. But even in her mental wanderings the habit of prayer remained to her, and we doubt not she now sees with a celestial vision Him on whom she trusted as her devine strength and redeemer.
A Remarkable Family - Davis Family Reunion
Many years ago, a Mr. Davis migrated from the Eastern States and settled in this county [Chenango Co., NY], having a farm, and keeping a public house, five miles east of Sherburne village, forty years. He raised ten children, eight boys and two girls, all of whom are still living [in 1865]. One of the sons, Reuben, still lives in this county, and the other children are scattered in different parts of the State. Mrs. H.W. Coon, of Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], is a daughter of Reuben Davis, and the brothers made arrangements to meet at her house, as the most central and easy point of access, for a reunion, which took place some ten days ago. The eight brothers had their photograph taken in a group. Their ages amount in the aggregate to the extraordinary sum of 526 years, being an average of 65 years and nine months each. Each of the boys remained with their father until 21 years old, and although all of them were brought up in a hotel, neither of them ever smoked or chewed tobacco, or ever was intoxicated. They are all farmers, and well off in worldly goods. Such a family is seldom raised, and less seldom meet under such circumstances after having been once scattered. One of the sisters lives in Ohio, and the other in California.
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The above is concluded to be about the family of Reuben and Mehitable (Saxton) Davis who settled in Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY prior to 1800. They were reported to be the parents of 13 children including 10 sons (Harry/Henry, Orlando, Horatio, Reuben Jr., George, William, Norman, Hiram, John, William 2nd) and three daughters (Fannie, Julia Ann, Mary). At the time of the 1865 reunion, ten children survived. Two sons (William & John) died in 1813 and a daughter (Fannie) died in 1829. The following was written about the family on the occasion of the Sherburne Centennial Celebration in 1893. [USGenWeb, Chenango Co., NY]
"Reuben Davis came from Somers, Conn., to Sherburne, in Feb. 1798, and settled on the farm afterwards owned by Edgar Baldwin. He lived there but a short time, then moved to where Jacob Reese now resides [in 1893], and from there to the eastern part of the town on the old turnpike leading to Columbus, and kept an Inn, where the general elections for the town were sometimes held....He had married Mehitable Sexton, a sister of Frederic Sexton, Sr. and thirteen children were born to them, ten boys and three girls. Two of the boys died young. Seven of the sons lived to be over seventy, and three to be over eighty. All were raised in a hotel and not one was ever known to be intoxicated or to use tobacco; all became men of some means. Eleven of the children married and had families...."
