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Notices of Genealogical Interest
Issues printed in 1853
Tuesday, January 11, 1853
Married - In Penn Yan, on the 6th inst., by Rev. A. Chase, Mr. Shubael C. Babcock, and Miss Rebeckah Goold, both of this village.
Tuesday, January 18, 1853
Death of Mr. Purdy.
Stephen Purdy departed this life at his
residence, in Benton, Yates
County, January 4, 1853, aged 65
years.
“The world’s a loser, when a good man
dies.”
Mr. Purdy was a native of Dutchess Co., and through a residence of more then forty
years in the town of Benton, he had
endeared himself his friends and neighbors, and all with whom he held
intercourse, by his honest, upright, and conscientious dealings. Being
unscrupulously nice that everyone with whom he dealt should have perfect
justice done him, he was soon regarded as one of the
very safest and best men to adjust difficulties and differences that arise
between man and man in their strife after the things of the world. Hence, his
counsels were sought and listened to, and appreciated for their justice,
impartiality, and conciliatory bearings. Peace and good neighborhood he always
regarded of far more value than pecuniary considerations, whenever his own
interests were concerned. And having the means to relieve the distressed and
oppressed by misfortune, he cheerfully improved such opportunities to fulfill
the mission to which he appeared equally appointed by his Divine Master, to
administer to them. “Material aid.” Nor was his ear unattentive to the cry of the
poor and needy, the fatherless and the widow. Of his frugal fare and board he
supplied their wants and none from his door was turned empty away.
His sympathies were not confined to any
sect or creed, but walked confidently onward in the path illuminated by the
Golden Rule of our Savior, rejoicing in the light by which he was enabled to
accomplish its requirements.…
Married.
In Milo, January 13th,
by Rev. H. K. Stimpson, Mr. O. Kenyon, and Miss Lucy
A. Hedges.
In Jerusalem,
on the 30th of December last, by the Rev.
Tuesday, February 1, 1853
Married.
At Elmira,
on the 18th of January, by the Rev.
On Thursday evening 27th inst.,
by Rev.
In Barrington, on
the 26th inst., by Rev. D. B. Olney, Mr. Joseph Gibbs, to Miss Nancy Himrod, both of the aforesaid place.
H. B. Northup, Esq., returned to this
village on Thursday evening, with Solomon Northup, a colored man about whom so much has been said and written within the past few
days.
Solomon, about twelve years ago, was hired
as a teamster at Saratoga Springs, by a company of traveling actors, and during
their perigrinations found himself in Washington
City, where he was kidnapped, carried to New Orleans and sold into slavery -
from whence he was taken to the swamps of Louisiana, up Red River, where he remained
until liberated through the agency of Mr. Northup.
Sometime in September last, Mr. Northup
received a letter from some unknown person, giving information as to Solomon’s
whereabouts, and asking his interference to procure his liberation. On the 23d
of November Mr. Northup obtained a Commission from Governor Hunt, and
immediately started on his expedition.
Arriving at the scene of operations, Mr.
Northup had no trouble in securing the necessary assistance to accomplish his
object. The Judge, Sheriff, and civil authorities of the Parish, were prompt in
the discharge of their duty, and added, as far as in their jurisdiction, to
further the ends of justice.
Mr. Northup found Solomon on a cotton
plantation, who, as soon as he saw him, ran to him and called him by name,
(Solomon was formerly a resident of this village) - thus, and by other means,
satisfying his master that he was a free man, who immediately delivered him up,
and he is now with his family, a wife and two children, at Glens Falls.
The above is a plan, unvarnished statement
of the facts in the case, obtained from Mr. Northup himself, who speaks in the
highest terms of the Authorities with whom he had to do. Presenting a strange
contrast, in this respect, to some who administer the laws in this and
neighboring states.
In procuring the liberation of this man,
Mr. Northup has traveled over five thousand miles and is entitled to credit for
his untiring perseverance.
Tuesday, February 15, 1853
Railroad Accident. - On Saturday last, John Burns, a resident of our village, was run over by the
dirt train of cars (on which he was at work.) near Honeoye, on the Canandaigua
& Niagara Falls Railroad, and terribly crushed and mangled. Both his legs
and both his arms were broken. Some five or six cars ran over him. When last
heard from he was alive, but it was thought he could not live. He was a sober,
industrious and worthy Irishman, and leaves a wife and one child.
We understand the accident occurred from
the uncoupling of the cars, by which he was thrown upon the track.
P. S. - We learn that Mr. B. is dead.
Married - In this village on the 30th inst., by Rev. A. Chase, Mr. John S. Allen, Printer, of Dansville, and Miss Mary Jane Tooker, of Jerusalem.
Died.
At Monterey, Steuben County, on
Sunday, January 30th, Mrs. Louiza Perry,
wife of Levi Perry, the M. D., of this place. She died strong in the
hope and faith of the Redeemer.
In Penn Yan, on Thursday morning, the 10th inst., Mr. John Savage, aged about 53 years.
Tuesday, February 22, 1853
Married. - In Milo, on the 26th ult., by J. V. Van Alen, Esq., Mr. Henry Mosher, and Miss Harriet Carpenter, all of said town.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y., February 18th, at the residence of her uncle, N. Thompson, after a short but severe illness, Kate Wight, aged 11 years.
Died - December
31st, 1852, on board Steam Ship Cortes, off
Mr. Murdough was
a young man of steady and temperate habits, and well known to most of the
citizens of our place. It is but about three months since that we last saw him
full of life and high anticipations, start for the land
of Gold. He probably but little
dreamed at the time, that none of his hopes would ever be realized, and that
his fate would be the same as hundreds and thousands that had preceded him.
When within about 12 days sail of San Francisco,
he was taken with the Cholera and died in the course of a few hours, and his
remains now lie in the fathomless depths of the broad Pacific. He was the son
of William and Elizabeth Murdough, of Benton
in this County, and he leaves a large circle of relations and friends to mourn
his untimely end. - Com.
Tuesday, March 15, 1853
Died - In
Mrs. Fox was born in the state of New
Hampshire, and at an early day removed with her
husband to this country, on turning all the hardships and privations incident
to the first settlers. For the last thirty-six years she has been a member of
the Baptist Church,
and during all that time, she was a consistent and devote christian. She was the mother of nine sons, all whom
she lived to see settled in life, and all except one, were present at her
funeral.
In her death her husband has lost a
faithful and devoted wife, her children a kind and affectionate Mother,
society, one of its most useful and valued citizens, and the Church one of its
brightest ornaments. We fondly trust she is now enjoying the felicity of a
blessed eternity.
Died - In the town of Torrey, February 18th, Noah A. Hose, aged 24 years.
Tuesday, March 22, 1853
JURORS.
Drawn at the office of the Clerk of the County of Yates, on Saturday, the 29th day of March, 1853, pursuant to due previous notice, to be summoned to attend the Circuit and Oyer and Terminer Courts, and Special Term of the Supreme Court, appointed to be held at the Court House, in the village of Penn Yan, in and for said County, on Monday, the 18th day of April, 1853, at 10 o’clock A. M.
Grand Jurors
Name. Occupation. Residence.
1.
George L. Hollowell Merchant Milo
2.
William Wyman Farmer Potter
3.
Seymour Hurd do Starkey
4.
Isaac Kress do do
5.
Henry Larzelee do Jerusalem
6. Ira
Owen do Milo
7. Henry Torrey do Potter
8.
Samuel Jones do Middlesex
9.
James C. Longwell do Milo
10.
11. Guy
Shaw Farmer Benton
12.
Stephen Wait do Jerusalem
13.
John Kennedy do
14.
Jacob Morrill do Jerusalem
15.
John Mallory do Torrey
16. Russel E. Aldrich do Middlesex
17.
George W. Van Alen do Starkey
18.
James Holden do do
19.
Alexander Bassett do Middlesex
20.
Samuel Bassett do Potter
21.
Alanson Beecher do Benton
22.
William S. Green do
23.
William L. Mitchell do Benton
24.
William G. Fulkerson do Starkey
Petit Jurors
Name. Occupation. Residence.
1. John W. Huff Farmer Jerusalem
2. David H. Buel do Benton
3. William Crandall Mechanic Starkey
4. Chauncey Wolcott do Milo
5. Jeptha A. Potter Farmer Potter
6. Samuel G. Gage do Benton
7. Ansel Mumford do
8. David B. Aspbell do Milo
9. Henry Coons Merchant’s Clerk do removed from
county.
10. James
Demarest Farmer Starkey
11.
James Fisher do
12.
Samuel Mosher Boatman Milo
13.
James H. Norris Farmer do
14.
Stout Smith Barrington
15.
Griffin B. Hazard do Milo
16.
Anthony C. Harpending Merchant Starkey
17.
Christopher Haggerty Farmer Milo
18.
Albert Hurd do Benton
19. Adolphus Eaton do do
20.
James Taylor do Jerusalem
21. Allen
Bassett do Barrington
22.
John D. Carpenter do Starkey
23. Ira Raplee do do
24.
Moses A. Legg do Torrey
25.
Charles J. Townsend do do
26.
James M. Reeder do Starkey
27.
George S. Wheeler do Benton
28.
Peter H. Crosby do Barrington
29.
James B. Norris Gentleman Milo removed from
county.
30.
John Fisher Farmer
31.
Peter McKey do Starkey
32.
Charles Wagener do Milo
33.
Jonathan Bailey do do
34.
Gilbert Hathaway do do
35.
John R. Wyman do Jerusalem removed from
county.
36.
Samuel Wheeler do do
Homer M. Dunn do Milo drawn in place
of Henry Coons.
Isaiah Youngs do do drawn in place
of James B. Norris.
Jeremiah S. Jillett Miller do drawn in place
of John R. Wyman.
Given under our hands the day and year above written.
John
L. Lewis, Jr., Yates County Judge
Henry
Squire, Under Sheriff
C.
Martin, Clerk.
Tuesday, April 5, 1853
Singular Marriage. - The Dundee Record notices a singular marriage which took place at Weston, Steuben co.,
on the 21st ult. The parties are John P.
Emerson and Mary Jane Bennett. The Record says: - “the bridegroom is about 24
years of age, the brother of a Mrs. Hoover, carrying on an extensive business
as a tailoress at Weston. He has been at sea most of
the time for some ten or twelve years past, and after an absence of about five
years had just called up to see his sister. Finding that she had in her employ
some sixteen or seventeen young women learning the trade, he strolled into the
room in a free and easy manner and told the girls that if there was any one
there who wanted to marry him right off, to say the word. The bride above named
forthwith dropped her work and declared herself ready
for the nuptials. Within an hour from that time the parties were spliced. A jolly wedding took place - the
young couple [ ] were “put to bed,”
and the next day he left his charming bride for a voyage on the briny ocean.
Distressing Case. - Some days ago a child of Mr. William R.
Kelsey, who keeps the Dresden Hotel at Dresden,
in this county, was so severely injured by two other boys, as a matter of cruel sport, that the little fellow lingered along a few
days of great agony, and finally died. The age of the lad, we learn, was about
eleven years, and his tormentors are aged, one 15 and the other, 17 years. -
They not only beat him cruelly, but rubbed his face with sand, so that it
penetrated his eyes and ears, and caused intense suffering. A coroner’s inquest
was held on Friday, we believe, and the verdict of the coroner’s jury attributed
the death of the lad to the rough usage of the two boys. They were accordingly
arrested and, after a preliminary examination, lodged in the jail in this
village to await a trial. It is a distressing and unfortunate affair. - Yates County Whig
Penn Yan Village Officers.
The village of Penn Yan was incorporated in 1833, since which time there have been twenty-one elections for village officers, including the one recently held, at which elections the following named persons were elected Trustees, viz:
1833
A. Wagener,
R. R. Fargo, R. N. Morrison, M. F. Sheppard, John Brooks
1834
R. N.
Morrison, E. Smith, R. R. Fargo, Ja’s Cooley, F. W. Hewson
1835
A.
Wagener, R. R. Fargo, S. S. Ellsworth, E. H. Huntington, E. Casner
1836
S.
1837
S.
Rice, A. Stetler, John Sloan, M. Benham,
T. H. Lock
1838
S.
Rice, J. Sloan, M. Benham, A. Stewart, R. Scofield
1839
S.
Lawrence, E. Smith, J. C. Robinson, Eli Sheldon, G. A. Sheppard
1840
1841
S. F.
Curtis, L. S. Ayres, F. A. Hewson, W. Comstock, J. L.
Moore
1842
H. P. Sartwell, A. Clark, J. Cooley, G. A. Sheppard, E. G.
Hopkins
1843
G.
1844
B. W.
Franklin, S. Gilbert, S. Jillett, S. Stevens, C. Legg
1845
D. A.
Ogden, W. Sutherland, A. Bridgeman, J. D. Applegate,
W. Whitney
1846
D. A.
Ogden, A. Bridgeman, M. Hamlin, W. Sutherland, J. D.
Applegate
1847
C.
Legg, S. Gilbert, A. Brown, John Sheets, H. A. Tyler
1848
C.
Legg, S. Gilbert, A. Brown, John Sheets, H. A. Tyler
1849
A.
Brown, J. Holmes, M. Mariner, J. S. Powell, S. Gilbert
1850
C. C.
Sheppard, A. Clark, C. V. Bush, W. S. Briggs, S. Tracy
1851
A.
Brown, B. W. Franklin, W. S. Sudd, S. C. Hunt, E. Casner
1852
S. H.
Wells, Geo. Cooley, C. V. Bush, G. P. Monell, J. S.
Powell
1853
S. H.
Wells, J. S. Jillett, C. V. Bush, M. Spencer, J. D.
Applegate
Of the above, the first named in each year
were subsequently chosen by the board President of the village. The lowest vote
polled in any election was 108; the highest, 460.
The following, of the above list, have
since died: M. F. Sheppard, John Brooks, F. W. Hewson,
L. B. Mandeville, S. Rice, R. Scofield, and S.
Lawrence. The following named are not now residents of the
village: Messrs. Morrison, Fargo, Benham, Stewart, G.
A. Sheppard, Bissell, Moore, Gallagher, S. Jillett,
Stevens, Whitney and Tyler.
Henry Eno, Esq.,
was the first Clerk of the village, and served one year. D. B. Prosser was
elected Clerk in 1834, and served until 1839, when P. H. Baldwin was elected.
Luther Winants was in 1840, R. M. Smith in 1841, W.
S. Briggs in 1842, S. Ayres 1843. L. Winant was again elected in 1844, and had been re-elected at each election since that
time. Of the Clerks, all are still residents of Penn Yan except Mr. Ayres and
Mr. Eno.
The following persons have been, at
different times, elected Treasurer of the village:
Married.
In Jerusalem,
March 24th, 1853,
by Rev.
At Danby,
In Benton
Centre, March 25th, by Rev. A. B. Mallory, Mr. Ril[ ] Kittridge and Samantha Ellis, both of Penn Yan.
At Geneva,
on Sunday evening, March 20th, by Rev.
Also in Penn Yann, March 30, Mr. George D. Carpenter of Elmira, Chemung County, to
Miss
Died.
In Penn Yan, on the 21st of March, of Consumption, Mrs. Martha Henries, aged 48 years.
At the Elmira Water Cure, Mrs. Margaret
Green, wife of John R. Green, and daughter of Isaac Hedges, aged 38 years.
At his father’s
residence, in this village, on the 31st ult.,
Calvin Mead, aged 17 years. The deceased came to his death by a fall
while indulging in playful exercise with his associates - dislocating his ribs.
In Cincinnati,
Ohio, on Tuesday evening 22d ult., Mrs. Ester Ann Green, wife of J. B. Green, Esq., aged
29 yrs. 7 months and 17 days. Mrs. Green was a Christian in the truest sense of
the word, and died, or rather “slept in Jesus”. Her remains were taken to Dayton
for interment in “Woodland County,” near the city.
Tuesday, April 12, 1853
Married.
On Wednesday Morning, 6th inst.,
at
In Penn Yan, April 6th, by Rev.
In Torrey, on Tuesday, 29th inst., by Rev. [ ] Colson, Mr. Almon L. Read, of Potter, to Miss Harriet A., second
daughter of M. A. Legg, Esq., of the former place.
Died - At Geneva, Ontario co., on the 29th ult., of Scarlet Fever, Mary Louisa, daughter of Smith and Sarah Spears, aged 4 years, 10 months and 1 day.
A Tragedy. - We are handed the following letter for
publication, by Mr. E. Ingersoll, to whom it was
addressed, and who informs us that the parties mentioned are well known in this
vicinity. Rum is assigned the cause for the commission of the act. The letter
will explain itself. - Dansville (Livingston Co.) Herald.
Keelersville, March
28th, 1853.
I am under the painful necessity of
informing you of one of the most dreadful calamities of which I have heard. I
can scarcely find language to describe the feelings of our whole family at this
time. Yesterday (Sunday) about noon,
my dear sister Harriet was found a corpse, and also Simon O’Keeler.
It seems by the examination of an inquest
and physicians that Harriet came to her death by a rifle ball which passed
through her lungs and liver and lodged against her rib, and she probably died
instantly. Simon was found to be free from any marks of violence whatever, and
it is decided he came to his death by poison. Harriet was found laid out with
her head to the west, in her every day dress, her jaw was tied up, her eyes
closed and limbs straight on the floor, with a cushion under her head and a
pillow at her left side with print of a hand, as though he had shot her in cool
blood and waited until she died, then took his poison and laid down by her side
to die. But it seems he was in too much pain to lay there and went to the east
bedroom (next room to where she lay) and undressed himself and lay on the bed, partly across it - the bedclothes lying before
the bed. They will be buried on --- Tuesday funeral at 10 o’clock.
We will write again.
Yours, in haste.
Charles
N. Poor.
Tuesday, April 26, 1853
Married - At Milo, on the 24th inst., by the Rev. A. S. Smith, Mr. Adam H. Houghtailing and Miss Margaret Travis, both of Jerusalem.
Died - On the 11th inst., at his
residence in Benton, Samuel Jayne
aged 90 years and 27 days.
Mr. Jayne came to that town from [ ], Orange Co., at an early day,
and endured all the privations and hardships incident to a new country. He was
a Soldier in the American Army toward the close of the revolution. - Com.
Tuesday, May 3, 1853
Married.
In Milo, on the 31st ult., by Rev. A. Chase, Mr. Schuyler Sutherland, of Seneca
Falls, and Miss Elizabeth H. Hunt, of the former place.
In Prattsburgh,
April 21st, by Rev. W. F. Purington, Mr.
J. Doubleday, of Yates County, and Miss M. E. Nepp,
of this village.
In Elmira,
on the 28th ult., by Rev.
Dr.
Tuesday, May 10, 1853
Married, in Benton, on the 4th instant, by John Sutherland, Esq., of Potter, Mr. Peter L. Waggoner, of Columbia County, to Mrs. Polly Bain, of Benton, Yates Co.
Tuesday, May 17, 1853
Died, in Milo, April 26th, Sarah L. Hunt, wife of Cha’s L. Hunt, aged 20 years.
Tuesday, May 23, 1853
Died. - At his
residence in this village on Saturday, May 21st, Abraham Wagener,
Esq., aged 78 years.
All our readers will recognize in the above
announcement the death of one of our oldest and most prominent citizens. From
early manhood to old age he resided in Penn Yan, was one of the most active and
enterprising of her citizens for half a century, acquired wealth and influence,
was respected and honored, and has now been laid with a whole generation who
have gone before him, in his last resting place on the hillside. Robert Boyd
was buried two weeks ago, Abraham Wagener yesterday, and today Thos. Hathaway,
three of the oldest residents of Yates Co. Verily the old men are departing
fast.
List of Jurors.
Drawn at the office of the Clerk of the County of Yates, on Saturday the 21st day of May, 1853, pursuant to due previous notice, to be summoned to attend a General Term of the Yates County Oyer and Terminer and Court of Sessions, appointed to be held at the Court House, in the village of Penn Yan, in and for said county, on Tuesday, the 14th day of June, 1853, at 10 A. M.
Petit Jurors.
Name. Occupation. Residence.
1. James B. Norris Gentleman Milo Removed
from county
2. Albert Thomas Gentleman Potter
3. Nathaniel Tobey Mechanic Milo Removed
from county
4. Caleb Fulkerson Farmer Benton
5. Anson Lindsley do Middlesex
6. Alfred Valentine do Milo
7. James C. Longwell do Milo
8. Jonathan Taylor do Barrington
9. Robert Norman do Milo
10.
Garret V. Scott do Benton
11.
Whitman H. Reynolds do
12.
Archibald Millspaugh do Milo
13.
Gideon Maynard Cooper do
14.
Benjamin W. Bush Farmer Benton
15.
Charles H. Green do
16.
Gilbert Yates Mechanic Torrey
17.
Charles Roy Farmer do
18.
Joseph S. Havens Mechanic do
19.
Charles S. Tompkins do Starkey
20. Darwin
Holbrook Gentleman Potter
21.
Joel N. Jillett Farmer
Benton
22. Charles
W. Barnes Merchant Starkey
23.
James A. Belknap Farmer Jerusalem
24.
William M. Gage do Benton
25.
William S. Hudson do do
26.
George L. Hallowell Merchant Milo
27.
Benjamin P. Lyon Mechanic do
28.
Benjamin Reed Farmer Benton
29.
William Sutherland Mechanic Milo
30.
Clark Rice Farmer
31.
Alanson M. Parsons do do
32.
George A. Sheppard do Benton
33.
Daniel J. Haynes do do
34.
James Miles do Barrington
35.
Moses Hatfield do Starkey
36.
Joseph Farnham do
John Ainsley do Potter In place of James B. Norris, removed from
County
David Perry Mechanic Milo In place of Nathaniel Tobey, removed from county.
Given under our hands the
day and year first above written.
John
L. Lewis, Jr., Yates County Judge
Nathaniel Squier, Sheriff
C.
Martin, Clerk
Tuesday, May 31, 1853
Melancholy Suicide.
We learn that Hiram Bush, a highly
respectable citizen of Barrington,
in the 45th year of his age, committed suicide by hanging himself in
his barn on Friday last. An inquisition was taken by Hiram Kinyon,
Coroner, on the body, and the verdict of the jury was that he “came to his
death by his own hand, while in a state of mental derangement.” He leaves a
wife and other relatives, but no children.
Fire. - About one o’clock
Tuesday night, 24th inst., the one story wooden building situated
between Eli Sheldon’s brick building and the Yates Co. Bank, was discovered to
be on fire, the building being small and entirely of wood, was soon consumed.
One part was occupied by A. Potter, as a shoe store, and the other by Wm. H.
Munroe, a barber shop. The entire loss will probably not exceed $300, which we
learn is mostly covered by insurance. Mr. Hendrick,
the owner of the building has an insurance of $150.
Mr. Potter, saved most of
his stock, no insurance.
Mr. Munroe, saved but few of his things and
those in a damaged condition, on which we learn he has a small insurance.
The fire companies arrived on the ground in
season to have rendered ample aid if it had been needed, if their machines had
been in a condition for doing so, or if there had been any water to be
obtained. It is fortunate that the high brick wall of Mr. Sheldon’s building
prevented the farther spread of the flames, or the loss would have been much
larger.
Obituary.
Thomas Hathaway, died at his residence in the town of Torry,
Yates Co., N. Y., Sunday, May 22d, 1853, in the 85th year of his
age. Thomas Hathaway, was among the last of the
first settlers of this county, he was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the
year 1768, emigrated to this country with his parents in 1788, near the place
where he lived and died - was active, industrious and energetic, and
consequently afforded unparallel comfort and relief to the destitute condition
of the early settlers of this county, he and his only and younger brother
Gilbert Hathaway, built the first sail boat that ever spread a sail on Seneca
Lake, at Norrises Landing, which afforded many
beneficial purposes. Grists of grain were transported
on her to the head of the lake, from thence carried on pack horses over an
Indian trail to Newtown (now Elmira)
to be ground. - Many of his early deeds and contracts now on record are in his
beautiful hand writing, as he was almost uniformly called on by those who knew
him to transact such business. In 1793 he married Mary Botsford,
who has survived him, and is now in her 81st year. They settled on
the farm where he died, raised three sons and four daughters, and his was the
first death that ever transpired under his roof.
Thomas Hathaway was honorable in his
dealings with men, quiet, peaceable and unassuming in all his business
relations. In official manners, he discharged some important public duties with
credit to himself and honor to benefit to his country; he held four Military Commissions,
one signed by Gov. Stanton, 1802; one by Major Lewis, 1805; two by Daniel D.
Tompkins, 1809 and 1810 a Major’s Commission; he was also one of the three
Commissioners to divide and lay out the old town of Benton into School
Districts, under the administration of D. D. Tompkins, which duty was
discharged with ability and credit, the above are some, together with various
other minor public duties.
Thomas Hathaway lived to the honorable age
of 85 years and retained his memory to the last, and apparently slept his life
away without a struggle; a respectable, honorable and useful life, admired by
all, his memory will be long retained and warmly cherished in the hearts of
those who associated with him and knew him in life.
Com.
Tuesday, June 7, 1853
List of Letters Remaining in the Penn Yan Post Office, at Penn Yan, June 1, 1853.
A. P.
Arden, Joseph Pulver, Lucy Mrs.
B. Pond, Miron
Burdin, George Philips,
Samuel
Bigsbee, Charles Prime,
H.
Baker, Kydia Mrs. Riley,
John
Barker, D. R. Race,
Henry
C. S.
Clark, Arminda Miss Stephens,
Stephen S.
Caton, John Stephens,
Mrs.
Cameron, Jesse Sutphin, J.
Comings, Mary A. Miss Sugarine, F.
Cleaveland, J. L. Sherman,
George J.
Cookingham, M. Simmons,
Joshua
Chatman, George Saxe, Peter
Chapman, G. Slayton,
J. P.
Caston, Ann Smith,
John
Cleaver, Joseph Starke,
W. H.
D. T.
Decker, E. M. Townsend,
Susan Mrs.
Dean, Darius Tissow, D.
Dexter, Mr. Toby,
Mrs.
Durning, E. Mrs. V.
Dunn, Andrew VanCott, John S.
E. Voak, Josiah D.
Ebber, Silas W.
F. Wright,
William
Fitzwater,
Daniel Wertmen, Joel
G. Walchon, Henry
Ganning, Jeremiah Walling,
Frederick
Gunn, E. D.
Mrs.
Gregory, Willis
Glover, George
George, M. T.
Goold, Harriet Miss
H.
Higley, E. Mrs.
Hadden, Gilbert Capt.
Henry,
Elizabeth I. Miss
Harris, James
How, Jane Miss
Hazard, John
J.
Joslyn, Mary Miss
Jenes, Jacob N.
Janung, Phebe
K.
Koon, H. G.
Kelly, Thaddeus
W.
Kittle, Franklin Y.
L.
Lewis, John
Lit, S. T.
Lee, Joseph A.
Lally, Zebadec
M.
Matthews, W.
Mills, Andrew
T.
Morrison, Eliza
M.
McNulty &
Hancock
McClare, M. H.
More, John
O.
Osburn, Mary J. Miss
L.
S. Ayres, P. M.
Tuesday, June 14, 1853
Married, in Jerusalem, on the 9th inst., by Rev. A. C. Mallory, of Benton Centre, Mr. Jonathan D. Pierce, and Miss Mary Benedict, both of Jerusalem.
Died - In Penn Yan, June 12th, Francis
Caroline, a twin daughter of W. C. Parsons, Esq., aged about 3 years.
Supposed to have been
occasioned by the Phosphorus from a bunch of matches.
Died - At Penn Yan, on the 10th of June,
1853, Daniel Sheldon Marsh, aged 75.
He was born at New Hartford, Ct., Nov. 15, 1779, of which place his
grand-father, the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, was the first minister. His father, with
his family, emigrated to Saquoit, Oneida Co., in
1792, in which place, he has been for many years, an active and efficient
member of society, and as a member of the Presbyterian Church, a constant and
consistent promoter of the interests of religion. He obtained evidence of God,
through Jesus Christ, in the sixtieth year of his age, and ever since, has felt
that he was indeed a miracle of grace.
….A severe affliction and the loss of a
beloved son, the late Daniel S. Marsh, Jr., of Penn Yan, with whom he had hoped
to spend the evening of his days, though at the time almost overwhelming, was
instrumental of improving him, in the enjoyments of religion. He was taken very
severely sick, six or eight weeks ago, and expected then to have died, and in
the near prospect of death, found a full assurance of acceptance with God, and
even desired to depart…..
Died - At the residence of M. H. Lawrence in Milo,
on the 24th ult., Mariah Bogert, consort of the late Isaac Bogert,
aged 70 years.
Mrs. B. was for a long time a resident of Dresden
in this county, her husband being one of the early and most prominent settlers
of that village….
Tuesday, June 28, 1853
Drowned. -
Yesterday, a young man named John Potts, aged about 22 years, was drowned at
the foot of the Lake. It appears that Potts, in company
with two or three others, left this village yesterday, for the purpose of going afishing, that they drank at “Our House,” kept by
Thomas Harrison, and had a bottle of liquor, which they took with them from the
village, and that Potts attempted to cross the channel opposite of Harrison’s,
and from either being unable to swim, or too much intoxicated to do so, was
drowned.
An inquest was held on the body last
evening by Coroner Kenyon, a verdict found in accordance with the above facts.
Accident. - Geo. Birch, a young man in the employ of N. Thompson, had his arm broken by a kick from a horse, on Sunday last. The arm is much bruised, and the bones badly crushed, but it is believed that amputation will not be necessary.
Died, at Marysville, California, on the 30th of April last, Lorenzo Murdough, late of Penn Yan, son of William and Elizabeth Murdough, of Benton, Yates Co., aged 24 years.
Tuesday, July 5, 1853
Drowned. - Francis Scott, a curly-headed little boy, aged 19 months, son of Zebulon Lampson, was drowned on Friday last in Lock No. 8 of the Crooked Lake Canal. An inquest was held on the body by H. Kenyon, and a verdict of accidental drowning rendered by the jury.
List of letters
remaining in the Post Office at Penn Yan, N. Y., July 1st, 1853.
Abbott, Jared
T.
Amistead, Miss Amanda D.
Andruss, J. P. Mr.
Banks, H. S.
Baman, Sumner
Bain, Miss Sarah
E.
Bendall, John
Beach, Mrs.
Bridget
Bennett, Asel W.
Bishop, H. S.
Brothen, William
Brown, A. M.
Burt, Lewis
Burton,
Mrs. Mary
Case, J. W.
Carr, Jerusha
Caird, Elizabeth
Castner, John P.
Coons, Peter
Covert, Isaac
Crow, Ruth
Conklin, Jacob
Cornell, Miss
Melissa
Chidsa, C.
Couch, Silas M.
Cronk, Garret
Crane, Mrs.
Caroline
Crosby, Mr.
Selah
Dawsanbury, Mr. Jan’r
Deniston, Mr. J. C.
Downes, William
Donaho, Ann
Dunn, Jeremiah
Ellis, William
S.
Ferguson, C. C.
Ford, Mr.
Falvin, Patrick
French, Seymour
Fraser, Wm.
Gallaher, James H.
Gilmane, Margaret
Graham, Miss Euphinia
Grimes, Mr. P. S.
Griswell, Aaron
Gordon, Peter
Hall, Hiram
Hayes, Dr. C.
Hallock, Cha’s
Hay, George W.
Hawley, William
Heath or Keath, Emily
Hodge, William
Holbrook, Thos.
Howly, Wm.
Johnson, Miss Hellen
Jackson, John
Kinney, Betsey
Killpatrick, Mrs. Joseph
Leonard, Miss Rosaltha
Lake, Catharine W.
Lewis, Mr.
Loomis, Mrs.
Mary P.
Lampman, Abram
Mangas, Miss Harriet A.
McKee, Sarah
Miller, Mrs. Adeline
Moshier, Davison
Moshier, David
Moon, J. P.
Moor, James A.
Moore, J. D.
Martin, Garret
Moshier, William
Owen, Allen P.
Oakley, Peter
Payne, Caleb
Painter, Mr. W.
Pruner, Mrs.
Millicent A.
Pearce, Mr. J.
Potter, Mrs.
John
Pritchard, G.
W.
Pugend, Monsieur A.
Pulver, William
Reynolds, Miss
Helen
Rector, Mr.
Henry
Richardson, E.
B.
Roat, Joseph
Rogers, Miss
Jane
Secor, Malinda Jane
Shetter, Mrs. J.
Shelton,
Mrs. E.
St.
John, Miss Rebecca
St.
John, Miss Lucretia
Stimson, Rev. H. K. 2
Stewart, Mrs.
Mary E.
Sutherland,
John
Sutherland,
William
Swarthout, A. B. R.
Terney, William
Thuse, Lorany
Thayre, Jane
Tobin, Patrick
Tinsley,
William
Timer, Miss Elizabeth
Underwood, Oliver
Walker, Henry
Warner, Miss
Jane
Walchli, Maria Elizabeth
Webster, Milton
L.
Wood, William
H.
L.
S. Ayres, P. M.
Married.
In Potter, June 17th,
by Rev. Ira Fairbank, Mr. John Cayward,
of Prattsburg, to Mrs. Sarah Jane Emerson, of
Canandaigua.
Also June 27th,
James Decker to Mrs. Lucratia P. Keefer, both of Milo.
At Penn Yan, on the 4th inst.,
by J. V. VanAlen, Esq., Edward Graham, to Rhoda Ann
Graham, all of Italy.
At Penn Yan, on the 4th inst., by the same, John B. Davis, to Sarah Maria Davis, all of Benton.
Tuesday, July 12, 1853
Murder. - We learn that a murder occurred in the town of Pultney on Tuesday. - As we have learned the facts they were somewhat as follows: a Mr. Simonson in a freak of jealousy toward his wife, beat her severely, knocked her down with a club, and then actually cut her head off with an axe. We suppose he has been arrested. - Yates County Whig
Distressing Accident.
On Wednesday night of last week, a young woman
was burned so as to cause her death, at the house of Hon. M. H. Lawrence, in Milo.
She was a servant in the family of Mr. L.
and with the rest of the family had retired, the room
was on the ground floor adjoining the kitchen. About 11 o’clock, Mr. L. was
awakened from sleep by shrieks from the room, on forcing open the door, he
found her on the bed on her knees, her body enveloped in flames, and the bed,
carpet and clothes hanging in the room all on fire. She was not undressed, but
was tearing off her clothes, he immediately threw a blanket around her, carried
her out to the well and extinguished the fire, but it was too late, she was
badly burned, particularly on the front part of her person, where the fire
seems to have caught, portions of her flesh was literally roasted. She lingered
in great pain until about 9 o’clock
the next evening when she died, every attention was
paid to her but all in vain. She was past the physicians help; she was an Irish
girl of good character and amiable disposition. She probably fell asleep,
leaving the candle burning either on or near the bed. It was with great
difficulty that the flames were finally extinguished, a few moments more and
the house would have burned, and had not the alarm been given, other victims
besides herself would probably have been added to the
list. Let this sad calamity admonish all of the necessity of care in the use of
fire, or that which can produce it.
Tuesday, July 19, 1853
Married.
In this village, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. James Eellis, Jr., James V. Van
Allen, to Sarah, daughter of Eben Smith, all of Penn
Yan.
In Benton, July 6th, by Rev. A.
C. Mallory, Mr. Thomas V. Morrell, of Williamsbargh,
L. I. and Miss Cordelia Hicks, daughter of Henry
Hicks, Esq., of the former place.
In Boston, June 22d, by Rev. Mr. Wines, Mr.
S. M. Pettingill, the well known and enterprising
newspaper and advertising agent of New York and Boston to Miss Sarah E.
Kendall, of the former place.
In Rushville, July 5th,
by Rev. J. W. Wilson, Mr. Marshall A. Hunt, to Miss Elizabeth P. Powers, both
of Rushville.
Tuesday, July 26, 1853
Married, in Penn Yan, July 3d, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. Wm. Fraser, of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., to Miss Sarah Chitsey, of Penn Yan.
Tuesday, August 9, 1853
Died - In Geneva,
on the 26th ultimo, very suddenly, of brain fever, Mary Abigail,
infant daughter of Sarah and Smith Spears, aged about 10 months.
The deceased was the youngest child and
only remaining daughter of her parents, being the last of three who have been
called from their affections to an early grave. It is but a few weeks ago,
since the death of one of them was recorded, who was in the 5th year of her
age, and who, bright and intelligent far above her years, and more loving and
endearing than unsophisticated childhood generally is, was almost idolised by her parents, and the favorite of all who knew
her. This sore bereavement made the fond parents look upon with more tender
affection, and cling to with closer embrace, this youngest and only daughter,
and whilst with fondest hopes & brightest dreams, its doting parents were
anticipating scenes of happiness with their beloved little one…..
Died - At Geneva,
on Friday, August 5th, of Typhus Fever, Thomas Heber Chapen, son of William Chapen, of
Philadelphia, and formerly a
resident of this county, aged 21 years.
His funeral was attended on Sunday last, by
a large concourse of friends, including a delegation of thirty young men from Geneva,
the attached personal friends of the deceased. The appropriate services of the
occasion were held in the Presbyterian Church in this village.
Tuesday, August 16, 1853
Married, at Elmira, August 2, by Rev. A. Hull, Prof. James E. Latimer, of Northfield, N. H., to Miss Anna E. Ross, of the former place.
Tuesday, August 23, 1853
Destructive
Fire in Penn Yan Loss from $60,000 to $70,000
About 3
o’clock yesterday morning, a fire was discovered in the loft of the
building on the corner of Main and Canal streets,
occupied by A. Wolf, as a Clothing store. The fire rapidly spread to Canal and Main street making a clean
sweep. The fire extended on Canal street as far as, and including the Canal
House, and on Main street as far up as the Stewart & Tunnicliff store, on the corner of Main and Jacob streets, where it was finally stopped by
the high brick wall and fireproof roof of the said store.
Fears were entertained that the Commercial
Iron Works of E. B. Jones would go, but it was saved by proper precaution, and
the strenuous exertions of the citizens, and the hands there employed, and
suffered no material injury, except the loss of an out shed, and pile of wood.
At one time it seemed inevitable that Casner & Sheetz’s Mill and
the west side of Main street would be included in the general conflagration, owing
to the intense heat, but were finally saved by the prompt and energetic efforts
of a few of the citizens, and Fire Company No. 2, who are deserving of all
praise, considering their imperfect organization and their small and almost
worthless machine.
The
fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
As far as we can ascertain, the losses in
insurances are about as follows:
The building in which the fire originated,
owned by Mrs. Bradley, worth $1500; Ins. $1000 in New York Union Co., Johnstown
and occupied by A. Wolf as a Clothing Store. Ins. $1600 in Mohawk Valley,
covering entire loss.
A. Tuell’s Ware
House, worth $4000; Ins. $3000 in the Fireman’s Ins. Co., New York city;
occupied in part by Tuell & Watson, Grocery, Ins.
$1500 in New York Union, Johnstown, covering entire loss, and by Sutherland
& Co. Grocery, loss $1000 - $2000. No Ins.
C. Legg’s Ware House, loss $1500; Ins.
$1[ ] in the Genesee Mutual Ins. Co. Also some $500 or $600 worth of oats and barley; Ins. $500 in same
Company.
Adjoining Legg’s Ware House, was a small
Ware House formerly owned by E. J. Fowle Ins. $400 in
Ont. & Liv. Ins. Co.
Isaac Murdock lost 1800 insured $1000.
Building owned by C. C. Shepherd, worth $1500 Ins. $1200 in Ont. & Liv., occupied by Tracy & Miller. Ins.
$1500 in Ont. & Liv., covering entire loss.
Building owned by Dr. H. B. Stiles, worth
$1500 Ins. $1000 in Ont. & Liv. Mutual, occupied by A. Beals. Loss from $2000 - $3000 no insurance.
Building formerly owned and occupied by E.
J. Fowle, (vacant) worth 1500. Ins.
1 - $200 in Ont. & Liv.
Building owned by A. Tuell,
(vacant) worth about 1800. Ins. 1000 in the Western
Massachusetts Ins. Co.
The three story brick building formerly
owned by A. Clark, worth from 4000 - 5000 - has 2000 in the Aetna Ins. Co.
Hartford. Occupied by U. Hill, Grocery and Provision [ ]. Loss 4000; Ins. 2000 in the
Fireman’s Ins. Co., New York city, and 2000 in North Western, Oswego.
Building owned by H. Sheldon New
York, worth about 2500. Ins. not
known. Occupied by Rosenthal & Kohn, as a Clothing Store. Ins. 2000 in the Fireman’s Ins. Co. New York,
covering entire loss.
Building owned by James McVey, worth 3000. Ins. in Onondaga Mutual Ins., am’t unknown. Occupied by Ayres & Squier. Loss 1500 Ins. 2000 in the North Western and 2000 in the Hartford.
Building owned by the Marsh Estate, worth
from 3000 - $4000. Ins. 2500 in the Fireman’s Ins. Co., New
York city. Occupied by A. F. Hazen. Dry Goods Ins. 3000 in the Ont.
& Liv. and 2000 in the Atna, which will probably cover the entire loss.
Building owned by Eb. Smith, worth about 3000 - $4000. Ins. $1500 in the
Saratoga Co. Mutual Ins. Co. - occupied by Brace & Graves - Ins. $8000,
which will probably cover their entire loss, as follows: 4000 in the Ont. & Liv. Mutual, 2000 in the Wayne Co.
Mutual, 1000 in the N. Y. State Mutual, 2000 in the old Hartford, Conn.
The Tunnicliff store saved, but some damaged. Ins. 2500 in the Ont. & Liv. Mutual, and 2500 in the Rochester Ins. Co. -
occupied by Chas. Reed & Co. Groceries and Provisions, slightly damaged -
Ins. 2000.
Married.
In Penn Yan, August 16th, by
Rev. J. Jones, Mr. John Casterline, Jr., to Miss
Catharine B. Lights, both of Penn Yan.
In Milo, August 21st,
by the same, Mr. Sylvester Tibbetts to Miss Ruth E.
Lampson, both of Milo.
In Benton,
on the 4th inst., by S. G. Gage, Esq., Mr. Wm. O. Burton and Miss
Harriet C. Shory, all of the above place.
At Benton Centre, on the
18th inst., by the same, Mr. Norman Cole, of Three Rivers, Mich., and Miss
Lucy Jane Lewis, of the former place.
At Benton Centre, on
the 7th inst., by Rev. A. C. Mallory, Mr. Byron S. Sunderlin, of Barrington, and
Miss Rachel Ellis, of Starkey.
Tuesday, August 30, 1853
Died. - In this
village, on the 28th inst., Mary Jane Rice, daughter of the late
Stephen Rice - aged 19 years.
Her funeral will be attended this day at 2 o’clock P. M. at the Congregational Church.
Married. -
Tuesday, September 6, 1853
Died. - At the American Hotel in this village, on Saturday evening, the 3rd inst., Capt. P. H. Baldwin, aged 51 years.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Penn Yan, not called for and not heretofore advertised, on the 1st day of September, 1853.
Butterfield
& Walker Linch, Ward
Benton, James
W. McVay, James
Boileiu, Miss Mary Moon,
Samuel
Brown, Mr. Moonson, B. J.
Boyle, Ellen Morey,
W.
Bogart, Mrs. Mary Mills, Mrs. S. T.
Clark, Rev. Mr. Patterson,
Samuel
Crowley,
Michael Prentice,
Augustus
Cole, E. D. Parsons,
Rev. DeFoust
Clark, Mr. W.
H. Preston,
Josiah
Couch, Mrs.
Margaret M. Rutter, W. E.
Conklin, James
A. Rector,
William
Cloon, W. I. Robert, Joseph
Conklin, Hiram Sisson,
George
Durham,
James Statt, Samuel
Draper, Mrs.
Margaret Seamans, David
Eastman, B. C. Smith, Mrs.
Mary C.
Evans, Mrs. Mary Secor, Mr. J.
Freeman, A. W. Sutton, John
French, Miss Margaret Seymour,
W. H.
Finger, John Soggs, William
Hall, Mrs. Mary
E. Staat, George
Hebud, Mrs.
Matilda Taylor,
J.
Helsey, George Taylor,
Rev. O. D.
Hewitt, Andrew Thomas,
David A.
Kennedy, Wm. Walker,
Miss Margaret
Kelley, John Wheeler,
Mr. E.
Kimball, James
L.
Persons calling
for the above letters will please say “advertised.”
L.
S. Ayres, P. M.
Tuesday, September 13, 1853
An inquisition was held by Coroner Kenyon,
on Thursday last, 8th inst., in the town of Benton, on the body of
John Slayton, which was found in the nursery of Gilbert Mead, in the said Town.
There being no marks of violence upon his person, nor other signs to show he
came to his death by unfair means, the Jury rendered a verdict, that said
deceased “came to his death by the visitation of God, in a natural way, and not
otherwise.”
Slayton is probably about 40 years of age,
and unmarried.
Died. - In Mobile, Ala., on the 29th ult., of Yellow Fever, Mr. George Huntington, aged 26 years.
Tuesday, September 20, 1853
High handed outrage. - Last evening, Abner Bridgman, while repairing to his home about 10 o’clock, was knocked down while on the bridge near the mills, by three ruffians, and very badly bruised. It is supposed the object was to rob him. This however was not affected. Is there no way by which such things can be prevented in our village. If we are to be given over to rowdyism, citizens will have to arm themselves and shoot down the ruffians. We trust our public authorities will take the matter in hand, and see to it that the public peace is preserved at all hazards, and the safety of unoffending people put beyond contingency.
The Storm. - On Saturday evening last, this village and vicinity was visited by one of the most terrific thunderstorms known to the “oldest inhabitant.” For an hour there was a literal war of the elements. The heavens were illumined with one continued flash of vivid lightening, and the thunder came, peal upon peal, and crash after crash, like the artillery of contending armies. The rain descended in torrents, mingled with hail, and take it all and in all, it was a most appalling storm, but with less damage than is sometimes the result of similar ones. In this village, the brickyard was flooded, and some $200 worth of green brick destroyed. At Milo Centre, the lightening set Mr. F. Randolph’s barn on fire, and it was consumed with its contents - loss $700. In Benton, a barn belonging to Mr. Nutt was also struck and consumed - loss in grain &c., from $1,000 - $1,500. We learn of other buildings being burned, but have not the particulars.
Tuesday, September 27, 1853
Law and Order in Penn Yan.
We think that none can but admit that the
law in many respects has been almost totally disregarded in Penn Yan, for a
long time past. The rowdies have had full swing, and to our knowledge no effort
has been made by the proper authorities to put a stop to their disgraceful and
unlawful proceedings. Whether it’s owing to inefficiency, or a total neglect on
the part of our police, we know not but we know that hardly a night passes
without our streets being the scene of the exploits of some drunken wretch, and
our citizens subject to annoyance and insult, and no effort is made to arrest
them, or put a stop to the same.
Within the last three or four weeks, as we
learn, not less than three attempts has been made at burglary, and one at highway
robbery, on the person of Abner Bridgman, two of the
perpetrators of which are now in custody, Holliday and M’Laughlin,
but the third one, a state prison convict known as Tone Wagener, a negro, is
still at large.
Unless some means can be adopted to put a
stop to these broils and depredations, by making officers do their duty, and
not countenancing this method of bailing every renegade that has taken up, but
let them suffer the penalty of the laws they have violated. We know of no
better plan than for every well disposed citizen to arm themselves, and rely
entirely upon the law of self preservation, for in the present state of affairs
no person is safe in our streets after dark.
Jurors drawn at the office of the Clerk of the County of Yates, on Saturday, the 24th September, 1853, pursuant to due previous notice to be summoned to attend a Special Term of the Supreme Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer appointed to be held at the Court House, in the village of Penn Yan, on Monday, the 17th day of Oct., 1853.
Grand Jurors.
Name. Occupation. Residence.
1. Daniel Disbrow Farmer Barrington
2. Horace Babcock do Middlesex
3. Charles L. Bordwell do Potter
4. Barnard Bush do Torrey
5. William Wright do Middlesex
6. Ira S. Disbrow do Barrington
7. Adam Hunt do Milo
8. Nathan Coleman do Jerusalem
9. Eber Stone do Milo
10.
George N. Dox do Torrey
11.
John Kipps do do
12.
David L. Phelps do Benton
13.
Henry S. Dubois do Torrey
14.
John Sayre Mechanic
Potter
15.
James Johnson Farmer Torrey
16.
Samuel Allen do Benton
17.
Peleg Gardner do Potter
18.
John Sheetz Muller Milo
19.
20.
Robert N. McFarren do Benton
21.
Andrew F. Chapman do Benton
22.
Harry Hutchison do
23.
24.
Benjamin Stoddard do Jerusalem
Petit Jurors.
Name. Occupation. Residence.
1. Charles Goundry Farmer Torrey
2. William B. Hamlin Merchant Starkey
3. Putnan Fish Farmer Middlesex
4. Peter Vandeventer do Benton
5. Franklin Culver do Jerusalem
6. Roswell B. Jones do Milo
7. George W. Van Allen do Starkey
8. Levi E. Brundage do Milo
9. Othniel Emery do Middlesex
10.
Albert McIntyre do Barrington
11.
William Waddle Mechanic Milo
12.
Isaac Bell Mechanic Milo
13.
George S. Reeder Farmer Starkey
14.
Henry S. Dunn Mechanic Milo
15.
Oliver Underwood Farmer Potter
16.
Thomas Amsbury Cooper
Milo
17.
18.
John N. Dox do Torrey
19.
Abraham V. Miller Mechanic Milo
20.
Joseph Reynolds Farmer Starkey
21.
William Simmonds do Milo
22.
Harry C. Boyd do Benton
23.
Myron Cole do do
24.
Herod Conklin Mechanic Milo
25.
Anson C. Gillett Merchant Milo
26.
Solomon Williams Mechanic do
27.
William Baskin Farmer do
28.
Hiram Kenyon Grocer do
29.
George S. Hallowell Merchant do
30.
Isaac Owen Farmer Jerusalem
31.
Garrett Martin do do
32.
Daniel Playsted do Milo
33.
Jeremiah Sprague Mechanic do
34.
John Owens Farmer do
35.
Levi Loncor Mechanic do
36.
Seth B. Briggs Farmer Benton
Given under our hands the day and year above written.
John
L. Lewis, Jr., Yates County Judge
N. Squier, Sheriff
C.
Martin, Clerk
Tuesday, October 4, 1853
List of letters remaining in the Benton Post Office October 1st, 1853.
Ackerson,
Edward B. Huie, Thomas
Austin, N. G. Hoban, William
Brazee, N. Keech, Susan
Bush, Rynard Kuger, Lewis
Bates, William
or his heirs Kelsey,
Olive
Barden,
Helen J. Miss Lally, Michael
Conklin, Josiah
B. Munson,
Thomas
Comer, John Manes,
Thomas
Clark, Sarah A. McFarline, Isabella 2
Clapp, Eliza S. McLelan, John
Delaney, John McKnight,
William
Gooden, P. Mangas, Henriette
Gifford, Henry Mapes, Sarah Ann
Griffith, Emma Mr.
Olmstead
Gleason, Eli Renton
Andrew
Huie, John H. Roosa, Charles
Howland, L. Sticmney, Jonathan
Henderson, John Wood, Eli 2
Hammond, Titus
or heirs Weatherby, William
J.
L. Lewis, P. M.
Tuesday, October 11, 1853
Married, in Penn Yan, on the 5th by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. Edmund Wright to Miss Sarah Walton, both of Penn Yan.
Died, [ ] Mr. George W. Maynard of Penn Yan [ ].
Tuesday, October 18, 1853
Married, in Penn Yan, on the 17th inst., by Rev. A. Chase, Mr. Amasa Griffith, of Prattsburgh, to Miss Phebe E. Raymond, of Benton.
Tuesday, November 1, 1853
Yates
County Circuit Court
….Among the indictments which were
presented by the Grand Jury were two against Abraham Hamilton for Petit
Larceny, second offence(sic). The Court consented to try this indictment. John
D. Wolcott was assigned counsel for the prisoner by the Court, and evinced much
skill in the trial of the same. In charging the Jury the Court remarked the
case had been tried on behalf of the prisoner with ability and that the
prisoner’s counsel had made a very creditable effort on his behalf. The jury
did not agree, and the prisoner was remanded back to his old quarters to remain
until the next session. - There was also
an indictment against Stewart McLaughlin and John Holliday, for assault and
battery with intent to rob and also to kill. On motion of D. J. Sunderlin a nolle prosequi was ordered as against the latter. Prisoners
plead guilty as to the former, and McLaughlin was sentenced to the State Prison
for the term of two years, and Holliday to the County
Jail for six months…..
Tuesday, November 8, 1853
Died - In this village, on Monday, the 24th inst., Mrs. Sophia Lee, relic of the late Dr. Joshua Lee, of this town, aged 63 years.
Died - In Starkey, of consumption,
on Sunday the 30th ult.,
Died - In this village on the 29th ult., Mrs. Joanna W. Hale, wife of Mr. Chancey H. Hale, of the American Hotel, aged 32 years.
In this very sudden and unexpected death, a
husband is bereaved of a wife who was truly every thing to him; and six little
children of a mother, the measure of whose loss is to be known only by a
future, sad experience…..
Died - In Dresden, on the 12th inst., at the residence of her father, Miss Fanny B. Pettengill, aged 43 years.
Tuesday, November 15, 1853
Married.
At Branchport,
Oct. 26th, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. James H. Minisee,
to Miss Maria Ray, both of Jerusalem.
By the same, in Penn Yan,
Oct. 27th, Mr. Silas R. Elder to Miss Maria Craven, both of Benton.
In Penn Yan on the 2d instant, by Rev. A.
Chase, Mr. Barnet West, of Jerusalem, to Miss Hannah S. Goodrich, of this
village.
In Penn Yan, on the 7th instant, by Rev. A. Chase, Mr. Wm. A. Carr, of
Petit Jurors.
Drawn at the office of the Clerk of the County of Yates, on the twelvth (sic) day of November, 1853, at 1 o’clock P. M., for the December term of the Yates County Court of Sessions, appointed to be held in and for said County, on the second Tuesday of December, 1853.
Name. Residence. Occupation.
1. Myron Hamlin Milo Merchant
2. Lewis Rhoda do Mechanic
3. George Swarts Starkey Farmer
4. Martin Grover Milo Mechanic
5. Jethro Bonney do do
6. Ephraim Lord Middlesex Farmer
7. John R. Brown Milo Mechanic
8. Peter Meserole Torrey Farmer
9. James Bill Benton do
10.
William A. Gabriel Starkey do
11.
John C. Mabie Italy do
12.
George Steever Jerusalem do
13.
Andrew Chapman Benton do
14.
John J. Finger do do
15.
Miles Marriner Milo Gentleman
16.
Stephen Chubb Barrington Farmer
17.
Peter Trovinger do
18. Joseph Reeler Milo Clerk
19.
George R. Castner Barrington
20.
James P. Henderson Starkey Farmer
21.
Adam Crosier Benton do
22.
Israel Comstock Jerusalem do
23. Elisha Delane Milo Mechanic
24.
Timothy Blodget Potter
25.
John Sims Benton
do
26.
George [ ] Marring Milo Farmer
27.
Henry Coons do Clerk
28.
Henry Wicker do Farmer
29.
Shannon McLoud Starkey do
30. Josiah White Jerusalem
31.
Philemon Chissom Benton Farmer
32.
Benedict Gabriel Starkey Mechanic
33.
Henry Hicks Benton Farmer
34.
William B. Andruss Jerusalem do
35.
John Dorman do do
36.
Horace Holmes Barrington
Anson
Wyman Milo Butcher
Drawn in place of John R.
Brown, removed from the county.
Wells
Pierce Jerusalem Farmer
Drawn in place of Henry
Coons, removed from the county.
George
Cooley Milo Mechanic
Drawn in place of
Benedict Gabriel, removed from the county.
Given under our hands this 12th Nov. 1853.
N. Squier, Sheriff
John
L. Lewis, Jr., Yates County Judge
Tuesday, November 22, 1853
Penn Yan Honor.
On the night of the 19th of
Sept. last, Mr. A. Bridgman was waylaid by two
midnight assassins, at Penn Yan, and barely escaped with his life.
The affair created great sensation in that village, and a meeting of the
citizens was held at the offices of S. H. Welles,
President of the village, the second evening after, and a resolution passed
offering a reward of $100 in behalf of the village for the production of
evidence that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who
committed the assault upon Bridgman. This resolution was embodied in a handbill
signed “S. H. Welles, President of Village,” copies
of which were sent to Sheriff Harrower of this village. The morning this notice
was received here, Deputy Sheriff J. E. Jones, started in pursuit of a fellow
named Stewart McLaughlin, who had left in the stage for Hornellsville and overhauled him at Howard. McLaughlin confessed that he was one of the
persons who committed the assault upon Bridgman, and the Deputy Sheriff took
him to Penn Yan immediately and lodged him in jail. The next week he was put
upon trial, when he plead guilty, and was sentenced to
Auburn for two years. - After the
conviction, Sheriff Harrower called upon Mr. Welles for the reward, who coolly replied that he did not consider himself under any
obligations to pay it, but that if the Sheriff would make out a bill of the
actual expense in making the arrest, he would lay it before the Board of
Supervisors! Now this matter needs no comment. If there is a spark of honor in
the village of Penn
Yan, the citizens will not be long in taking the
matter in hand, and compel their authorities to pay this just demand.
Will our friends of the Penn Yan Democrat and Whig have the kindness to publish this article?
At the request of our Bath
contemporary, we give the above article.
The facts of the case are not fairly stated
as every body can see by reading the article; besides, the publication is
premature and calculated to cast a reproach upon our village not warranted by
the facts. No demand has ever been made to the Trustees for the $100 reward.
Sheriff Harrower had a conversation somewhere with Mr. Welles,
the President of the village, who gave his view of the case, viz., that the
person who made the arrest of McLaughlin was not entitled to the $100 reward,
but remarked to him at the same time that what was fair and honorable to pay,
would be paid, and asked him to make out a bill of his charge, that it might be
laid before the proper auditing board; this he declined to do and has not yet
done.
On this state of facts, the publication
above is made and we must say that it was out of time and unjust. Mr. Harrower
should have made out his charge if he claimed the $100, for that sum and had it laid before the board of Trustees, and when they
refused to pay it would have been time enough to post the village as dishonored
and its public authorities as repudiators. Penn Yan has not and will not
repudiate a fair and honest demand. If the charge of Mr. Harrower is just - if
upon any principle of equity, the corporation is liable for the reward, it will
be paid promptly and without hesitation.
Married.
At Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., on the 9th inst., by Rev. Mr. Skank, Mr. T. W. Hanes, of Benton,
Yates Co., to Miss Louisa M. Wagener, of the former place.
At the Methodist Church in this village, by
Rev. D. D. Buck, on the 30th Oct., Rev. Asa Countryman to Miss Sabra H. Latham, both of this
village.
In Potter, Yates Co., on the 17th inst., by Rev. Mr. Goshen, Mr. David H. Rosencronse,
of Hamburgh, Suffolk Co., N. J., to Miss Louis (sic) V. Perry, of Potter.
At Benton
Centre, Nov. 13th, by Rev. A. O. Mallory, Mr. Wm. Horton, of
Cameron, Steuben Co., and Miss Nancy M. Bancroft, of Orange.
Tuesday, November 29, 1853
Married. - In Penn Yan, Nov. 23d, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. Chauncey Wolcott and Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter, both of this place.
Tuesday, December 6, 1853
Died. - Of Yellow Fever, in Houston, Texas, on the 29th of September last, Walsteen C. Howe, aged 50 years. Mr. Howe was formerly a resident of our village, also of Branchport. He leaves a wife, but no children.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Penn Yan, December 1, 1853, and not heretofore advertised.
Adams,
S. P. Lesley
Miss Ann
Andrews
Miss Ellen McKie Agnes
Ackley
John McNiff Pat
Banks,
H. S. Mack
Michael
Brown
Robert Moorehouse Gideon
Bart M.
J. Morrison John H.
Beckwith Andrew Miller
H. & B.
Beal
Mrs. Almon Millus Christina
Braman Henry C. Miner
J. G.
Burdin George Merrill
John
Cook
Miss Martha Miller Sam’l P.
Clark
E. Nickerson
Mrs. Eli
Cleveland
M. S. Nichols
Jacob
Cory Joseph Peckens Miss Mary J.
Chapman
Miss S. E. Prichard
Ezra
Crosby
Nathan Purchase
Mrs. Susane
Culver
Lewis Placer
Mrs. Elizabeth
Crank Almay Parsons
A. L. or E.
Cawer Eleazer Pelegrini Francesco
Cole
Elizabeth Prosser
William
Cartwright
Walter Regan
Michael
Cahel M. Battely S[ ]tt R. M.
Colman Elwith Smith Lavinia
Cleaveland George Skinner
J.
Craven
Miss M. Spencer
Frank
Curran Judith M. Smith
Emily A.
Dunning
Mrs. Harriet A. Seymour
J. W.
Decker John H. Sulen W. J.
Done George W. Seymour W. H. & J. W.
Easling Miss Mary Suton Daniel
Egan Mr. John Soggs Wm.
French Frank Stewart
Mrs. Mary E.
Flausburgh S. Traver Mrs. Margaret
Grimes
Mr. N. VanVegan Louis
Gregg
M. H. Vorce Miss Clara
Green
Samuel Veil
Samuel
Holt
William Wheeler
Mrs. Polly
Hathaway
George W. Wright
Mr. Edmund
Halsey George Waterbury S.
Herrington
David Willett
John
Howly William Witter
Miss Elizabeth
Jones Catherine Wheeler
Mrs. Jane C.
Lanning
& Winants Wells
J. K.
Little
Isaac Youman Miss Elizabeth
Lee
David C.
Persons
calling for any of the above letters will please say advertised.
L.
S. Ayres, P. M.
Tuesday, December 13, 1853
Married, in Torrey, November 14, 1853, by Rev. F. G. Hibbard, Mr. John L. Remer, of Dresden, and Miss Rachel A., daughter of M. A. Legg, of the former place.
Died.
In Benton,
on the morning of the 8th inst., Kiametia,
daughter of Homer M. Townsend, aged two years and six months.
In Spring Port, Cayuga Co., on the 3d
inst., Mrs. Mary Richards, sister of Mr. N. D. Suydam,
of this village, in the 31st year of her age.
Tuesday, December 20, 1853
Died - In Jerusalem, on the
17th ult., after a short illness of about
four weeks, which was borne with Christian fortitude, patience and resignation,
Mr. Levi Walker, in the 32d year of his age.
He has left a wife and three small children
to mourn his loss and company. His last conversation to his family and friends, was to seek religion and follow Christ.