Marriages and Deaths from 

Ontario County Messenger

Published Canandaigua - Ontario County -  NY


5 January 1859

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the 29th Dec. 1858, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Moses O. Smith to Miss Sarah A. Aldrich, all of Farmington.

In Phelps, on the 28th ult., by Rev. J. A. Wader, Mr. J. Edward Hall to Miss Ida P. Salisbury, all of Phelps.

In this village, on the 29th ult., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Elisha Billings of Geneva to Miss Harriet Knox of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Hopewell, last Monday morning, Isaac Odell, aged 61 years. We are informed that Mr. Odell arose in good health, after breakfast went to the barn, harnessed his horses and while engaged in hitching them to his wagon for the purpose of hauling wood, fell down and instantly expired. The doctors pronounced it a cause of apoplexy.

At Farmington, on the morning of the 30th of 12th month, 1858, at the residence of her son-in-law, Edward Herendeen, Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Cudworth, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 21 days.


12 January 1859

DIED - In Farmington, January 6th, of consumption, Lydia M., wife of W. Barclay Smith, aged 31 years and 14 days.


19 January 1859

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the 22d ult., Nathaniel Sheldon and Lydia M. Payne, all of that town.

In this village, on the 20th ult., by Rev. J. S. Pennoyer, Mr. W. F. Stone and Miss Susan F. Johnson, all of Canandaigua.


26 January 1859

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, January 9th, by Rev. K. P. Jervis, Mr. James Beekman of Canandaigua, to Miss Maria Carruthers of Ogdensburg, N. Y.
In this village, on the evening of January 8th, by Rev. K. P. Jervis, Mr. Gurdon Spencer, Jr. to Miss Mary Jane Legard, both of this place.

In this village Thursday evening, January 20, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. David H. Anderson to Miss Caroline B. Lamport; all of this village.


9 February 1859

MARRIED - At Clifton Springs on the 26th ult., by Rev. A. Saxe, Jacob S. Spaun, Attorney at Law of Canandaigua, to Miss Emma J. Crane of Clifton Springs.

In this village on the 3d inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. Henry Neafie and Miss Elizabeth Burnett, all of this place.


16 February 1859

MARRIED - In Bristol, on the 26th of January, by the Rev. A. Spencer, Mr. Benjamin Trafton to Miss Catharine N. Wilson.

Also, on the 12th of January, by the same, Mr. Geo. Pickard to Miss Mary E. Thomas, all of Bristol.

DIED - In South Bristol, December 21st, of disease of the heart, James Austin, only son of Joseph A., and Deborah Allen, aged 18 years and 8 days.


23 February 1859

DIED - Of pulmonary consumption, on the 15th ult., in the 38th year of his age, at the residence of his father, Osborn Dibble, Esq., of Bloomfield, the Hon. Edward Franklin Dibble, late of South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.


9 March 1859

MARRIED - On Wednesday evening, the 2d inst., at her father's residence, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. John Smith to Miss E. A. Sutherland, the daughter of Wm. Sutherland, all of this place.

On Thursday, the 24th ult., at her father's residence, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Albert Elliott of Providence, R. I., to Miss Sarah E. Lines of this village.

In Lancaster, Penn., Feb. 22, by Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D. D., of Philadelphia, Oliver Phelps, Jr., of Canandaigua to Sarah Louisa, daughter of the late Geo. B. Porter, Governor of Michigan.

In East Bloomfield, Feb. 24th, by Rev. L. Conklin, Mr. Oscar F. Wheeler to Miss Lucy Rowley, both of East Bloomfield.

At Naples, on the 22d ult., by the Rev. Waldo Curtiss, Mr. William Wing of Cohocton to Miss Hannah Johnson of Naples.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 2d inst., Andrew Jackson Hanna, aged 80 years, 1 month and 6 days.

In this village, on Thursday, Feb. 24, of scarlet fever, Edwin W., second son of John and Eliza Ann Pinkerton, aged 4 years.

At Honeoye, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, the infant son of Samuel and Mary Kear, aged 8 months.

In Lenawee County, Mich., on the 19th ult., Robert G. Thurber, formerly of this town, aged 51 years.


16 March 1859

MARRIED - On the 8th inst., of C. Younglove, Esq., Frederick W. Robinson of this village to Miss Ellen Martin of London, C. W.

At the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. James Wilson, on Thursday, March 3d, Mr. Lorenzo F. King and Miss Victoria A., eldest daughter of Geo. N. Short, all of Manchester.


23 March 1859

DIED - In Canandaigua, on Saturday, 12th inst., James Loomis, Esq., after a long and painful illness, in the 62d year of his age.


31 March 1859

MARRIED - In Hopewell, on the second inst., by Rev. Mr. Bradley, Mr. Daniel G. Smith and Miss Lottie A. Lewis, all of Hopewell.

DIED - In this village, on Sunday, the 7th inst., after a protracted illness, George Willson, aged 63 years.


6 April 1859

MARRIED - On Wednesday, the 30th ult., at her father's residence, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Charles Shaw to Miss Martha J. Thomas, all of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, on Friday morning, March 25th, of relapse from scarlet fever, in the 10th year of her age, Emma Dyke, granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah Foncett.

In Seneca, on the 2d inst., Lorisa, wife of Thomas P. Stokoe and daughter of Hon. J. M. Pulver of Gorham, aged 20 years.


13 April 1859

MARRIED - In Tecumsah, Mich., on the 22d ult., by Rev. L. Davis, Mr. L. H. Bronson of East Bloomfield, to Miss Martha, daughter of T. Mitchell, Esq., of the former place.

On the morning of March 21st, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. Mr. Beardsley, Mr. Esmond DeGraff of Gorham, to Miss Rose A., daughter of Judge Seaman of Middleport.

DIED - In Gorham, on Saturday, the 19th ult., of consumption, Richard Lyon, in the 18th year of his age; adopted son of Collister and Lucinda Mellen.

In Gorham, on Monday the 21st ult., of congestion of the lungs, Isabel A., only daughter of Alexander F. and Maria Freshour, in the 14th year of her age.

In this village, on Thursday last, Jonathan Colbert, (colored,); aged about 74 years.


20 April 1859

MARRIED - In this village, on the 17th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Andrew W. Montanye of Canandaigua to Miss Emeline M. Davis of Bristol.

On the 12th inst., by the same, Mr. Joseph Thaler to Miss Emilie Wunderlich, both of Canandaigua.

In Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., on the 12th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Chandler, Prof. J. Thorp, late of this village, to Miss R. A. Staples of Watertown.

DIED - In Hopewell, on Sunday evening, April 10th, 1859, John C. Houghton, in the 75th year of his age.


4 May 1859

MARRIED - In Geneva, on Thursday, April 21st, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchett, E. S. Averill, Proprietor of the Palmyra Courier to Miss Mary, daughter of Maurice Caulkins, Esq. of Geneva.


11 May 1859

DIED - In Sumner, Kansas Terr., about the end of last month, Mr. Henry Schlick, formerly of this village, aged 24 years.


18 May 1859

MARRIED - At the house of Wm. Blair near Canandaigua, on the 12th inst., by the Rev. W. Ayrault, Mr. Hiram Case, Jr., to Miss Sophia M. Blair, all of this County.

In Bristol, May 5th, by Rev. Solomon Goodale, Mr. Isaac Newton, merchant of Cleveland, Ohio, to Laura Ann Kent, daughter of Phineas Kent, Esq., of Bristol.

DIED - At his residence in the town of Manchester, on the 8th inst., Mr. Jedediah Dewey, Sen., after an illness of about three months.

At Richmond Mills, on the 23d of March last, of dropsy in the chest, after an illness of six weeks. Mrs. Altie Reed, relict of Silas Reed, Esq., aged 68 years.

In this town, on Sunday evening, the 8th inst., of typhoid fever, William, son of George and Rosanna Nethaway, aged 15 years.


25 May 1859

MARRIED - In Victor, on Sunday last, by Silas Richardson, Esq., Mr. John Bosworth of Farmington, to Miss Mary Cline of the former place.

DIED - In Manchester, on the 10th inst., Hon. Peter Mitchell, in the 64th year of his age.

In this town, on the 22d inst., Mr. James Gideon Hunn, in the 78th year of his age. Mr. H. was born in Berkshire co., Mass., in 1781, and moved to this town in 1793; he has ten living children.


1 June 1859

DIED - In this village, on the 28th inst., Hiram S. Towsley, in the 25th year of his age.

In this village, last Monday morning, Mr. Thomas Neele, aged 48 years.


15 June 1859

MARRIED - In East Bloomfield, May 11th, by Rev. Solomon Goodale, Mr. Leonard Jones of Bristol, and Miss Lucy A. Francis of East Bloomfield.

DIED - In East Bloomfield, on the 30th of May, of consumption, Gertrude M., only daughter of Simeon R. and Betsey Wheeler, and wife of Thomas P. Buell, aged 19 years.


22 June 1859

MARRIED - At St. John's Church, Canandaigua, the 8th inst., by the Rev. James Rankin of Owego, assisted by the Rev. Walter Ayrault, Rector of St. John's, Mr. William Heard of New York city to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Wm. Heard of this village.

In this town, on the 15th inst., by Rev. K. P. Jervis, Mr. Samuel Steele of East Bloomfield to Miss Sarah S. Debow of Canandaigua.


29 June 1859

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 25th March, 1859, John Freshour, in the 70th year of his age.

In Bristol, on the 29th ult., Dr. Abner Ingraham, aged 61 years, 9 months and 1 day.


13 July 1859

MARRIED - In this village, on Thursday morning last, July 7th, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Stanley W. Warner, Esq., Editor of the Tyler Reporter, Texas, to Julia, daughter of Jesse Mason, Esq., of this village.

DIED - In New York, on Friday evening last, the 8th inst., of consumption, Charles L. Palmer, late of this village, aged 28 years.


27 July 1859

MARRIED - On the 21st inst., by C. Younglove, Esq., at Canandaigua, Mr. John Newell and Miss Jane Murphy, both of Richmond.

DIED - In this village, on the 25th inst., John Hoff, eldest son of Nicholas B. Hoff, aged 6 years.

In Hopewell, on the 20th inst., Mrs. Mercy Knapp, wife of Leonard Knapp, aged 69 years.


17 August 1859

MARRIED - At Burns, Allegany Co., by the Rev. Mr. Baker of Arkport, John Reznor, Esq., of Canandaigua, and Mrs. Cynthia Eagle, of the former place.

In Geneva, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Collier, Mr. Silas Reed of Gorham to Mary E. Gates of this village.


24 August 1859

MARRIED - In this town, on Sunday morning, Aug. 21st, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Henry Y. Freeland of New Jersey to Miss Phebe Ann Freeland of Canandaigua.

DIED - At Berlin, Ill., on the 10th inst., Hugh J. Smith, son of Jacob Smith, aged 30 years.


7 September 1859

MARRIED - In this village, on Thursday morning, Sept. 1st, by the Rev. Geo. R. Rudd, Charles G. Rudd to Miss Susan A. Palmer, daughter of James M. Palmer of this place.


21 September 1859

DIED - In this village, on the 16th inst., at the residence of J. J. Stebbins, Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin, aged 63 years, formerly of East Bloomfield.


28 September 1859

DIED -  

At Manchester, Ont., Co., on the 6th inst., of a shock of palsy, Clarissa, wife of Amos Miner, Jr., aged 67 yrs.

In Geneva, Sept. 3d, Mrs. Margaret, wife of A. H. Barber, aged 44 years.


5 October 1859

DIED - At the residence of Rev. S. C. Brown in West Bloomfield, on Thursday, Sept. 22d, of dysentery, Arthur, child of the Rev. Horace H. and Mary L. Reed of Milburn, N. J., aged 2 years and 24 days.

In Hopewell, on the 27th ult., of consumption, Miss Parmelia, daughter of the late John Riggs, Esq., of Lyons, aged 38 years.

On the 26th ult., in the town of Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Franky, aged 4 years and 9 months, son of J. R. and Mary P. Culter of Canandaigua.


12 October 1859

MARRIED - In Victor, N. Y., on the 5th inst., by Rev. J. M. Austin, Lyman P. Miller, Esq., of that place and Mrs. Mary M. Smith of Buffalo, daughter of Rufus Humphrey, Esq., of Victor.

At Fort Washington, October 6th, 1859, by the Rev. Wm. Adams, D. D., Henry M. Field, Esq., of Canandaigua, and Miss Fannie A. Warren.

DIED - At Geneva, on Saturday, Oct. 8th, George M. Horton, Esq.


19 October 1859

MARRIED - In Hopewell, on Thursday evening, the 13th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. George H. Phelps of Canandaigua to Miss Henrietta Knapp of Hopewell.

DIED - In this village, on the 13th inst., Thomas B. Hahn, printer and formerly publisher of the "Ontario Messenger", aged 45 years.


26 October 1859

MARRIED - In this town at the residence of Dr. Rosewarne, on Wednesday, the 12th inst., by Rev. Walter Ayrault, Mr. Holmes C. Andrews of St. Paul, Min., to Miss Mary Rosewarne.

DIED - At Clifton Springs, Monday, 7th inst., Mrs. Jane L., wife of Mr. J. P. Spear, aged 27 years and six months. After an illness of nearly one year and a half, the patient sufferer quietly resigned, finds rest.


2 November 1859

MARRIED - On the 29th ult., by C. Younglove, Esq., at Canandaigua, Peter Merkle of Clifton Springs and Mary Latz of Canandaigua.

On the same day, by C. Younglove, Esq., at Canandaigua, John Aiken and Mrs. Almira Conger, both of Canandaigua.

At the residence of the bride's uncle, at Reed's Corners, on Thursday evening,  Oct.20, by Rev. S. S. Huston, Mr. G. A. DeGraff and Miss Adelphia E. Stone, all of Gorham.

In this village Tuesday evening, Oct. 18, by Rev. Mr. McKenstry of the M. E. Church, Mr. James Cranston of Rushville to Miss Mary Owen of Canandaigua.

At the Baptist Church in Manchester, on the 23d ult., by Rev. J. M. Shotwell, Mr. J. S. Holcomb of Canandaigua to Miss Sarah Perry, only daughter of Deacon S. S. Perry of Manchester.

In Seneca, on the 27th ult., by Rev. Geo. Patton, Mr. W. W. Gaines of Cleveland, O., to Miss Jennie E. Means, daughter of Geo. W. Means, Esq., of Seneca.

DIED - In Farmington, on the 31st ult., Nathan P. Brewster, aged 39 years.

On board the cars, near Oneida, on the 25th ult., Col. Joseph H. Tuttle of Geneva, aged 59 years.

In Benton, on the 14th ult., of consumption, William J. Ask, formerly of Geneva, aged 24 years.


9 November 1859

MARRIED - In Gorham, on the 8th ult., by Rev. Mr. Bradley, William O. Witter to Sarah Jane, only daughter of Andrew Jevers.

At Canandaigua, Nov. 8th, 1859, by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, D. D., Ezra Chesebro of Bristol, R. I., to Martha, youngest daughter of the late E. Stanton Cobb.

DIED - In Hopewell, of scarlatina, on the 4th inst., Charles, son of William Clarke, aged 3 years and 7 months.


16 November 1859

MARRIED - By the Rev. I. Conklin, on Wednesday, the 1st inst., William H. Mead to Miss Martha H., daughter of Julius Steele, all of East Bloomfield.

In the town of Bristol, by the Rev. Ezra Jones, on Thursday, the 27th ult., Mr. Abraham Sutton of Naples to Orpha Tailor of Bristol.


23 November 1859

MARRIED - In Geneva, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. A. D. Lane of Waterloo, Mr. Bennett J. Bristol of Suffield, Conn., to Miss Henrietta Swift. Also, at the same time, Dr. Geo. P. Kingsley of Freeport, Ill., to Miss Harriet Swift, daughters of R. Swift, Esq., of the former place.

In this village, on the 13th inst., by Rev. P. McKinstry, Mr. Jonathan W. Boswell and Miss Sarah Ryan, all of this town.

DIED -  In Geneva, on the 17th inst., of intermittent fever, William Hudson, in the 56th year of his age.

At Washington Heights, on the 15th inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. William W. Watson of Geneva, aged 66 years.

At Canandaigua, on Wednesday morning, Nov'r 16th, of disease of the brain, Frederic A. G. Witter, formerly of Gorham, late of Manchester, England, aged 59 years.


7 December 1859

MARRIED - At the residence of the bride's father, on the morning of the 1st inst., by the Rev. Walter Ayrault, Warren C. Jones of Rochester to Ellen N., daughter of Henry C. Swift, Esq., of Canandaigua.


14 December 1859

MARRIED - In South Bristol on the 8th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. H. Green of Canandaigua to Miss Maryette, daughter of Hiram Wilber.

At the same time and place, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. N. R. Wilber of South Bristol to Emely E. Sanford of Hamptonburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.

At Unionville, on the 1st inst., by L. Redfield, Esq., Caleb B. Mosher of Manchester to Miss Catharine Cobb of the town of Hopewell.

DIED - At Clifton Springs, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs. Phila C. Greene, aged 57 years.


21 December 1859

DIED - In this town, on the 16th inst., Charles Bates, son of Francis J. Castle, Esq., aged 12 years.

In Albany, on Friday, Dec. 9th, Adelphia Stacy, formerly of this village, in the 57th year of her life.

At the house of Dan Wykoff in Hopewell, on the 1st December inst., Wm. Howe, late of Gorham, aged 37 years.


27 December 1859

MARRIED - On the 21st inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Caleb Brocklebank to Miss M. Outhouse, both of Canandaigua.

Dec. 26th at the Franklin House, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Hiram L. Hutchens to Miss Abbie M. Townsend, both of Canandaigua.

At the same time and place, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. William O. Hutchens to Miss Maria M. Roberts, both of Canandaigua.

In East Bloomfield, on the 21st inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. L. Conklin, Mr. Geo. C. Rainsford of Ohio, formerly of Rochester, N. Y., to Miss M. Jennie Emmons, only daughter of Col. Emmons, East Bloomfield.


4 January 1860

MARRIED - In this village, Dec'r 27th, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. John Kennedy of Penfield, Monroe Co., to Miss Mary Orr of Canandaigua.

At the residence of the bride's father, Dec'r 28th, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Lovel Hutchens to Miss Mary Gelder, both of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Phelps, on the 26th ult., Dr. John Trissler, aged 46 years.

In this village, on the 2d inst., Samuel Shepard, in the 81st year of his age.

In this village, of consumption, on Monday, the 2d inst., Lewis S., son of Elisha Higbey, Esq.

In this village, January 3d, 1860, Caroline M., daughter of Theodore E. and Eliza Hart.


11 January 1860

DIED - In this village, on Tuesday evening last, Mrs. Cynthia, wife of John Rexnor, Esq., aged 41 years.


18 January 1860

DIED - In this town, on the 9th inst., of croup, Adeline, daughter of John B. and Catharine T. Cooley, aged four years, five months and twenty-six days.

In Hopewell, on the evening of the 12th inst., of putrid sore throat, Horatio N. Fitzgerald, aged 22 years, four months and 19 days.


25 January 1860

MARRIED - In this village, Tuesday evening, the 17th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Francis M. Dooly, to Harriet R. Wilder, both of Canandaigua.

On the afternoon of the 11th inst., at the residence of the bride's brother, by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, D. D., Mr. James s. Hickox and Miss Mary A. Wolverton, all of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this town, on the 20th inst., Mrs. Naomi Gooding, aged 80 years.

In East Bloomfield, on Thursday, the 17th inst., Moses Shepard, in the 66th year of his age.

In Geneva, on the 13th inst., Hon. David Hudson, aged 77 years.


1 February 1860

MARRIED - In this village, on the 26th inst., by Rev. A. C. Lung, Lemuel M. Spaldin of Canandaigua, and Ann Maria Randall of South Bristol.

In East Bloomfield, Jan. 24, by Rev. I. Conklin, Mr. Milo C. Davis and Miss Frances C. Stout, both of South Bristol.

DIED - At Chapinsville, on the 19th ult., of consumption, Catharine E. Gervis, aged 32 years.

In Manchester, on the 24th inst., of congestion of the lungs, Caleb Macumber, in the 75th year of his age.

In Canadice, January 23, of inflammatory sore throat, Franklin, son of Alonzo and Mary Holmes, of Bristol, aged two years, five months and sixteen days.

In Bristol, Oct. 17th, 1859, Ontario County, N. Y., Carrie M., youngest daughter of David and Polly Wheaton, who emigrated from Massachusetts to that town (Bristol) among the early settlers of this county.


15 February 1860

MARRIED - In St. John's Church in this village, last Thursday morning, by the Rev. Mr. Ayrault, Charles Bard, Esq., cashier of the Thames Bank at Norwich, Connecticut, to Miss Eliza P. Daniels, daughter of Albert Daniels, Esq., of this village.

In this village, last Thursday, by the Rev. Mr. Daggett, Watson Worthington, Esq., of Cincinnati, to Miss Mary O. Howell, daughter of Alexander Howell, Esq., of the former place.

On the evening of the 2d inst., at the house of the bride's father, by the Rev. D. D. Buck, Mr. John Kenfield, Jr.,  of Naples and Miss Rachel Evered of Geneva.

In Phelps, on the 19th inst., by Rev. I. M. Crittenden, Robert Boyd of Seneca to Miss Rosanna Crittenden of the former place.

DIED - In Manchester, on the 7th inst., of disease of the liver, Phebe Covill, wife of Joseph Covill, aged 63 years.

In this town, on the 8th inst., Patsie, eldest child of Michael and Mary Lacey, aged 4 years and 11 months.

In Gorham, on the 12th inst., Mrs. Sibbil Sweet, consort of the late Jonathan L. Sweet, aged 33 years.


22 February 1860

MARRIED - In this village, Feb. 15, 1860, by Rev. P. McKenstry, Mr. Augustus C. Brundage of Hopewell and Miss P. Antonett Raymond of Canandaigua.

In Mendon, Monroe County, on the 16th of January, by the Rev. J. Watts, Mr. Socrates H. Wood of West Bloomfield and Miss Sarah O. Jones of the former place.

On the 10th inst., by Eld. Curtis, Mr. Martin Beeman to Fannie A. Nocsick, both of Naples.

DIED - On the 13th inst., Mrs. Charlotte Horton, wife of Elisha Horton, and daughter of David A. and Charlotte Curtis, aged 41 years 5 months and 5 days.

At Honeoye, on the 13th inst., Mrs. Rhoda Steele, aged 82 years, 5 months and 20 days.

At the residence of Mr. Nathaniel Steele, in East Bloomfield, Feb. 4, Miss Matilda Gale, aged 25 years.


7 March 1860

DIED - In Farmington, on the morning of the 4th inst., Hon. John Lapham, in the 67th year of his age.

In this village, on the 17th ult., Howell, infant son of Geo. M. and Nancy Chapman, aged 3 months and 26 days.

In this village, on Saturday morning, March 3d, Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Hoff, aged 3 years and 4 months.

At Geneva, on the 25th ult., Miss Elizabeth Caroline Delancey, daughter of the late John Peter Delancey of Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., and sister of Bishop Delancey, in the 59th year of her age.

In Gorham, February 21st, Aaron Bradt, Sr., aged 78 years.

In Hopewell, Feb. 27th, Griffen Waugh, son of the late John Waugh, aged 21 years.


14 March 1860

DIED - In this village, on the 7th inst., after an illness of seventeen months and a half, which she bore without a shadow of complaint, Roxana, wife of R. W. Stevens, in the 77th year of her age.


21 March 1860

MARRIED - At the residence of the bride's father, on the 12th inst., by Rev. Walter Ayrault, James M. Rae of Stanley's Corners, (Gorham,) to Harriet P. Jacobs, daughter of Dr. N. Jacobs of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 18th inst., Miss Percis Gaylord, aged about 20 years, daughter of the late Flavius Gaylord.

In Manchester, on the 9th inst., Miss Mary Rogers, aged 27 years.


4 April 1860

DIED - In Hopewell, of Salt Rheum, on the 22d ult., Demmis Childs, wife of Enos Childs, and daughter of the late Nathaniel Ellis, aged 63 years.

In Bristol, on Sunday the 1st inst., after a long and painful illness, Hon. Oliver Case, aged 31 years.


11 April 1860

DIED - At Allen's Hill, Ontario Co., N. Y., on Saturday morning, March 31st, Mrs. Sally Pierpont, a native of Litchfield, Connecticut, and wife of David Pierpont, Esq. in the 69th year of her age.


18 April 1860

MARRIED - In Trinity Church, Geneva, on Thursday morning April 12th, by Rev. W. A. Matson, Stephen H. Parker, Esq., editor and publisher of the Gazette, to Miss Anna E. Stainton, both of Geneva.

At the Baptist Church in this village, on the 9th inst., by Rev. Mr. Lung, Mr. Martin V. Taylor of Uniontown, Ky., formerly of this town, to Miss Elizabeth K. Lane of Canandaigua.

In Geneva on the 1st inst., by Rev. D. D. Buck, Mr. George Nelson Burns and Miss Margaret Cowen, all of that place.

In Phelps on the 4th inst., by Rev. A. G. Morse, William Richardson of Seneca to Sophia Humphrey of Phelps.

In Geneva, on the 12th inst., by Rev. Mr. Buck, William B. Swartwout of Ovid and Miss Anna M. Dusenburg of Geneva.

DIED - On Tuesday, the 17th inst., in the 90th year of her age, Mrs. Mindwell P. Granger, relict of Gideon Granger, and mother of Hon. Francis Granger and Gen'l John A. Granger.


25 April 1860

DIED - In Manchester, at the residence of her parents, on the 12th inst., Mrs. J. F. Hoyt, daughter of Julius N. and Sarah A. Granger, aged 23 years.

At Clifton Springs, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Ellen Lynch, aged 44 years.


9 May 1860

MARRIED - In this place, April 25th, by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. Robert M. Benedict to Miss Margaret, eldest daughter of Wm. W. Gorham, Esq.

DIED - In this town, on the 21st April last, Phebe, wife of John Faurot, aged 72 years.


16 May 1860

MARRIED - In Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 3d inst., by Rev. Dr. Bissell, Mr. John Lay and Miss Sarah Madden, all of Geneva.

By Rev. B. Warren, April 28th in Gorham, Mr. John W. Vanarsdall of Seneca, to Miss Tryphena D. Metcalf of Gorham.

Also, at Reed's Corners, by the same, March 3d, Mr. John H. Blackmer of the town of Seneca to Miss Sarah A. Lathan of Gorham.

DIED - In Gorham, May 4th, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Jonathan Stearns, aged 80 years.


23 May 1860

DIED - In this village, on Tuesday, May 8th, Hattie, youngest daughter of G. M. and Nancy Chapman, aged three years, nine months and thirteen days.

At Cohocton, Steuben Co., on the 18th of May, of apoplexy, Nancy, wife of Larry Knickerbocker, formerly of this village, in her 64th year.

At the Congregational parsonage, Bristol Centre, on the 19th ult., of chronic rheumatism, Mrs. Cyrinthia Richards, wife of Rev. Ezra Jones, aged 53 years.


30 May 1860

MARRIED - In this village on the 24th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. John Watson, late of Phelps, and Miss Adeline Shepard of Canandaigua.

In Phelps on Monday morning last, in the Presbyterian (white) Church, by the Rev. Mr. Page, Mr. William A. Frazer of Georgia to Miss Mary Barnum of Phelps.

In the Town of Canandaigua on the 13th inst., by the Rev. Geo. W. Gage, Mr. Olney T. Padelford of Canandaigua, to Miss Catherine Sherrer of Sargeumine, Provence Limonsin, France.

DIED - In Manchester, May 4, Mrs. Mary Lavall, aged 30 years.

In Phelps on the 7th, Mrs. Eliza A. Brownell, wife of Mr. George Brownell, aged 37 years; on the 7th Mrs. Mary F., wife of Mr. R. Lake, aged 42 years; on the 15th Mr. Appleton Marsh, aged 90 years.

In Hopewell on the 14th inst., Anna Archer, aged 83 years.


13 June 1860

DIED - In Rochester, on the 1st inst., William T. Codding, Esq., aged 82 years. Mr. C. formerly resided in Bristol, in this county, where he was highly esteemed as a citizen and neighbor. He came to Bristol when only 14 years of age, with his father, and continued to reside there until about five years since, (with the exception of one or two years in this village,) when he removed to Rochester.

In this village, suddenly on Tuesday morning, (12th inst.) Thomas C. Burling, aged 54 years.

At Clifton Springs, on the 3d inst., Mr. Jacob Ladue, aged 80 years.

In the town of Phelps, on the 3d inst., Mrs. Eliza Ottley, aged 45 years.

In Canandaigua, May 27th, Frank E. Wilder, aged 10 years 1 month and 6 days; and June 5th Eliza Jane, daughter of Joel A. Taylor, aged 14 years 11 months and 25 days -- both being adopted children of Cyrus and Lucy Woodruff of this place.


4 July 1860

MARRIED - At the Lawrence House in Phelps, on the 23d ult., by L. Redfield, Esq., Mr. Wm. Pearce of Canandaigua, to Miss Edna E. Rose of Victor.

DIED - In Phelps, on the 10th ult., Alberton Wells, aged 3 years. On the 22d, Mrs. Lucy Van Buren, aged 49 years; and on the 23d, Douglas Cobb, aged 15 months.


18 July 1860

MARRIED - In this village, on the 4th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Geo. S. Davis to Maria A. Salsbury, both of Canandaigua.

On the 4th inst. by the same, Charles H. Freer of Canandaigua to Ann E. Blanchard of Geneva.

On Sabbath evening, the 8th inst., by the same, Mr. Frary of Centerville, N. Y., to Emely Babcock of Canandaigua.


25 July 1860

MARRIED - In Lodi, Seneca Co., July 18th, by Rev. Mr. Van Ness, Asher Hayton of Canandaigua, to Miss E. H. Carter of Ovid.

DIED - In this town, on the 21st inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Josiah Sutherland, Mrs. Mindwell Spencer, in the 94th year of her age. Mrs. S. was one of the early settlers of this town, having migrated from Hartford, Conn., in the year 1791.


1 August 1860

MARRIED - In Southport, Chemung Co., N. Y., July 11, 1860, by the Rev. T. S. Sheardon, Mr. C. M. Marsh to Miss Lottie A. Kellogg, both of Canandaigua.

In this village, on Wednesday, July 25th, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, P. S. Quick, late of Memphis, Mich., and Phebe Ann, daughter of John Osborn of this place.

DIED - In this village, July 11th, David Coburn, aged 77 years.

In this village, on the 23d ult., Esther N. Bush, wife of S. S. Bush, aged 44 years.

In Gorham, on the 20th ult., of consumption, Myron Miller, aged about 40 years.

On Monday, July 23d, 1860, Elizabeth, wife of Jas. McFeggan, aged 25 years, 11 months and 7 days. Her remains were taken to Geneva for interment. She leaves a husband and two small children.


8 August 1860

MARRIED - At Corfu, on the 16th of July, by Rev. R. H. Dexter, Mr. Henry H. Eighmy of Canandaigua, to Miss Annie Dexter of the former place.

At Cohoes, N. Y., Mr. S. M. Johnson, artist of Canandaigua, to Miss Sarah Simmons of Cohoes.

At Clifton Springs, on the 8th of July, by the Rev. Mr. Atwood, Mr. Henry Redfield of Batavia to Miss Jennie F. Buttler of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, on the morning of the 3d inst., Mary Ann Rogers, aged 25 years, after a protracted illness.


15 August 1860

MARRIED - At Shortsville, by the Rev. S. R. Jones, on the 27th July, Mr. Jacob Grant Vanderpool of Victor, to Miss Adaline Maria Mayberry of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 2d of August, Mr. Thomas Lowthrop, in the 78th year of his age.

In Canandaigua, August 8th, Amelia Eliza, eldest daughter of Benj. H. and Amelia Ackley.


29 August 1860

MARRIED - In this village on the 23d inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. A. H. Lung, W. Alva Shattuck of Chicago to Mary E. Reeves of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Canandaigua, on the 13th of August, Mrs. Susan Padelford, aged 65 years.


5 September 1860

DIED - In Canandaigua, on the 27th ult., after a long and painful illness, Miss Mattie M. Colburn, aged 24 years and 4 days.


19 September 1860

MARRIED - Sept. 5th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Homer Chase to Mary I. Fobes, both of Canandaigua.

In this village, Sep. 6, by the same, Charles Homer Freeland to Adolate S. Ross, both of Canandaigua.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11th, at the residence of the bride's father in Palmyra, by Rev. H. Eaton, Mr. Frank C. Bennett of Canandaigua to Miss Sarah B. Gates, eldest daughter of Daniel Gates, Esq., of Palmyra.

At Zion Church, Palmyra, on Tuesday afternoon, September 11th, by Rev. G. D. Gillespie, Albert Cleveland of Canandaigua and Sarah I., second daughter of Daniel Gates of Palmyra.

On Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, at Zion Church, Palmyra, by the same, James Wilkinson Herendeen and Mary Alice, second daughter of Joseph M. Browning, both of Farmington.


26 September 1860

DIED - In Canandaigua, on Monday, the 17th inst., William Watson Worthington, of Cincinnati, aged 35 years.


3 October 1860

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, Sept. 27th, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. E. M. Read of Perry, N. Y., to Miss Mary M. Smith of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 23d ult., Callister Mellen, aged 63 years.

At the residence of her brother-in-law, N. G. Chesebro, in this village, on Thursday, the 27th of September, Marietta Kimball, aged fifty-two years.

In Cheshire, Thursday, Sept. 27th, of quinsy, William J., only child of Oliver and Hannah Chamberlin, aged five years and ten months.


10 October 1860

MARRIED - In Chicago, on the 3d inst., by the Rev. Dr. Eddy, Mr. William Gorham of this town to Miss Georgia H. Eddy of Chicago.

DIED - In South Bristol, on the 22d ult., of consumption, Julia Ann Standish, daughter of Perry Holcomb of Holcomb's Point, aged 20 years and 7 months.

At Manchester village, on Sunday morning, October 7, Mr. Erastus K. Reynolds of this village, aged 36 years and 6 months.


24 October 1860

MARRIED - In Hopewell, on the 17th inst., by Rev. J. M. Shotwell, Mr. Ira W. Lincoln of Gorham, and Miss Clemma Warfield, second daughter of Zadoc Warfield, Esq., of the former place.

In Seneca, October 17th, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. W. H. A. Bissell, D. D., Willard N. smith of Geneva, to Mary Louisa, only daughter of W. W. Whitney, Esq.

On the 16th inst., at the house of the bride's father, by Rev. J. L. Robertson, Mr. Geo. N. McMasters of Benton, Yates Co., to Miss Maggie E. Rippey of the town of Seneca.

DIED - At Bristol, October 1st, Alanson Reed, aged 52 years.

In this village, on Tuesday, Oct. 2d, Miss Elizabeth Warren, in the 75th year of her age.

At the residence of Doctor Shepherd, Dansville, Livingston Co., on the evening of the 12th inst., Joanna Louise, infant daughter of E. G. and Jane F. Lapham, of this village, aged twenty-three days.


7 November 1860

MARRIED - In Hopewell, on the 11th ult., Charles Robinson of Canandaigua to Charlotte, daughter of Oliver Babcock of Hopewell.

In Canandaigua, on the 8th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, S. M. Thompson, Esq., publisher of the Seneca Co. Sentinel, at Ovid, to Miss Sarah M. Blakely of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 14th ult., John Snyder, aged 37 years, of dropsy.

In Clinton, Oneida Co., at the residence of his son-in-law, Dr. Harrows, Mr. Eri Densmore, late Sheriff of Ontario county and formerly a resident of Geneva; aged 60 years.


14 November 1860

MARRIED - At the residence of the bride's father, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, D. D., A. S. Newman to Miss Augusta, daughter of Wm. L. Denton, Esq., all of this village.


28 November 1860

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 22d inst., Mr. James H. Bushfield of Hopewell to Miss Mary E. Aldrich, daughter of Seymour Aldrich of the former town.

At the home of J. Dennis, Esq., in Chapinville, Nov. 10th, by Rev. L. D. Chase, Mr. Jay L. Green, of Italy, Yates Co., to Miss Mary C. Francisco of Gorham.

DIED - In this village, on Wednesday morning, October 24th, Mrs. Cordelia W. Roberts, aged 25 years and 3 months.


19 December 1860

DIED - At the residence of her mother in Hopewell, on the 5th inst., Harriet J. Sanford, aged 32 years, late of Minnesota, and youngest daughter of the late Robert Royce.

26 December 1860

MARRIED - At the residence of the bride's father in this village, on the 18th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, H. J. Case of Rochester to Delia R., daughter of J. M. Wheeler.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 17th inst., after a protracted illness, Martha, widow of the late William Allison, aged about 70 years.


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