Marriage and Death Notices from the

Ontario County Journal - Canandaigua NY



3 January 1879

MARRIED - At Wayland, N. Y., on Tuesday, December 24th, by Rev. S. M. Dayton, Mr. Gilbert Owen and Miss Emma G. Hoagland, both of Canadice, N. Y.

At the residence of the bride's father in Bristol, Dec. 21, 1878, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. Charles Wheeler of Geneseo and Miss Carrie S. Packard of Bristol.

At the parsonage, Bristol, N. Y., Dec. 5th, 1878, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. James Edwin Wheaton and Miss Amy Paul Francis, both of Bristol.

In Gorham, December 23, 1878, by Rev. F. E. Arnold, Charles S. Putnam and Gertrude E. Megaffe.

In Gorham, December 25, 1878, by Rev. F. E. Arnold, Joshua K. Washburn to Mary A. Smith.

In East Bloomfield, December 25, 1878, by Rev. J. P. Skeele, Wesley A. Sperry, Esq., of Kasson, Minnesota, to Miss Julia A. Steele, only daughter of Mr. Elisha Steele, of East Bloomfield.

On Thursday, December 16, 1878, at Christ Church in Baltimore, by the Rev. Wilbur T. Watkins, George L. Smith of Canandaigua, N. Y., to Lillie T. Armstrong of Baltimore.

At the residence of the bride's parents near Seneca Castle, Dec. 26th, by the Rev. H. H. Kellogg, Mr. Preston Crosby of Phelps to Miss Julia, daughter of Byron Whitney.

At the residence of Mr. Jacob Voorhees, Dec. 26, 1878, by Rev. Mr. Rogers of Rushville, Mr. Lafayette Fake and Miss Anna Voorhees.

DIED - In this village, Dec. 26th, 1878, Maggie P. Flynn, aged 20 years.

In East Bloomfield, Dec. 29th, 1878, Phebe F. Park, wife of Benj. Park, aged 72 years.

In East Bloomfield, Dec. 25, 1878, Harvey Hobart, in the 85th year of his age.

At the residence of Mr. Frank Danton, Dec. 15th, Mr. Reuben Slayton, in the 73d year of his age.



10 January 1879

MARRIED - At Naples, N. Y., Jan. 2d, 1879, by the Rev. Mr. Coals, Rector of St. Michael's church, Geneseo, N. Y., Charles A. Youngs of Geneseo to Miss Marguerite, youngest daughter of the late James L. Monier.

At the residence of the bride's father in Canandaigua, N. Y., January 2, 1879, by Rev. Wm. R. Benham, Wm. E. Booth of Geneva, N. Y., to Hattie J., only daughter of Joel M. Howey.

At Naples, Dec. 31, 1878, by Rev. A. M. Letts, Earnest Lewis of Naples and Helen Jones of Garlinghouse.

At Naples, Dec. 31, 1878, by Rev. A. M. Letts Wm. E. Parks and Clara Bartholomew.

In Rushville, Dec. 26, 1878, by Rev. J. H. Rodgers, Mr. Milton Ayres and Miss Mary A. Chapman.

In Rushville, Dec'r 29th, 1878, by Rev. C. M. Bartholomew, Mr. Frank Blair and Miss Eva Adams.

DIED - In Hopewell, Jan. 3d, 1879, Joseph W. Heath, aged 76 years.

In Bristol Centre, Jan. 7th, 1879, Hannah E. Ingraham, aged 76 years, 4 months and 13 days.

At his residence in Richmond, Ontario County, N. Y., Jan. 4th, 1879, Thomas Barkley, aged 79 years.

At Oaks' Corners, Thursday morning, December 26, 1878, Fanny S., daughter of Nathan Oaks, aged 21 years.

In Victor, December 27, 1878, Mrs. Margaret Jacobus, aged 89 years, 10 months and 12 days.



17 January 1879

MARRIED - At the residence of the officiating clergyman, in Penfield, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1878, by Rev. C. B. Hart, Mr. F. D. Willson and Miss Annie C. Covil, both of Farmington.

At the residence of the bride's parents, Bristol, N. Y., January 1, 1879, by Rev. J. L. King, Mr. Harvey J. Ashley of Armada, Mich., and Miss Villa A. Tubbs of Bristol.

At Wayland, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1878, by Rev. S. M. Dayton, Mr. D. G. Owen and Miss Emogene Hoagland, both of Canadice, N. Y.

In Canandaigua, January 13, 1879, by Rev. Wm. H. Sloan, Samuel Green and Miss Sarah Williams.

In this village on the 9th inst., at the residence of S. S. Vorreuter, the bride's brother, by Rabbi Max Lansberg, Harry Israel Weinberg to Miss Lizzie Vorreuter, all of Rochester.

DIED - In this village, on the morning of Jan. 14th, 1879, John Crowley, aged 63 years.

In Napa City, California, of lingering paralysis, Thomas Bull, aged 50 years, a son of the late Joseph Bull, and a native of this place.

In Clifton Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 8th, 1879, Mrs. Catharine Spalsbury, aged 60 years and 9 months.

In Gorham, Jan. 7th, 1879, Joseph M., infant son of Joseph and Rosa C. Francisco, aged 6 months.

In this village, Jan. 9th, 1879, Stephen E. Philo, aged 34 years.

In East Bloomfield, Jan. 11, 1879, infant daughter of N. J. Parmele, aged 14 weeks.

In Bristol, Jan. 14, 1879, Wareham Williams, aged 83 years.

In this village, the 3d inst., Bessie, infant daughter of Frank and Katie Boswell, aged 1 month and 3 days.



24 January 1879

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, at the residence of the bride's parents, January 15th, 1879, by Rev. J. H. Lee, Mr. Lewis Hubbard of Detroit, Mich., and Miss Fanny Allen of Canandaigua.

At Bristol, N. Y., Jan'y 4, 1879, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. Hiram Eggleston of East Bloomfield and Miss Ida L. Hicks of Bristol.

At the parsonage in Bristol, N. Y., January 15, 1879, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. Samuel W. Kinyon and Mrs. Mabel E. Wilcox of Richmond.

In Phelps, January 15, 1879, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. Alanson H. Bliss, Mr. Frank W. Crozier of Benton and Miss Addie L. Edmonston of Phelps.

At East Bloomfield, January 16, 1879, by Rev. J. P. Skeele, Thomas Saxby to Allie E. Dibble, both of East Bloomfield.

At the Baptist parsonage in Gorham, January 19, 1879, by the Rev. F. E. Arnold, Mr. Charles Duboys of Canandaigua and Miss Inez Latham of Gorham

DIED - In East Bloomfield, Jan. 18th, 1879, Mrs. Lydia Bradley, in the 83d year of her age.

In Canandaigua, January 22d, 1879, Charlotte Bishop, in her 91st year.

In South Bristol, January 23d, 1879, Mary Ricketson, daughter of John and Janette Ricketson, aged 8 years and 9 months.

In Clifton Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1879, Myron H. Aldrich, aged 57 years.

In Phelps, January 9, 1879, George Miller, aged 34 years.

In Attica, N. Y., January 11th, of diphtheria, May Ella, daughter of J. D. and K. Gowans of Bristol, Ontario county, aged 5 years, 3 months and 8 days.

In Manchester, January 14th, 1879, Charles C., infant son of John M. and Alice A. Stroup, aged 4 months.

In this village, Jan. 16th, 1879, after an illness of over four years, Levi Herenden, aged 53 years.

In this village, January 17th, 1879, Mary Rieley, aged 43 years.

In South Bristol, January 20th, 1879, Mary A., wife of Seymour Smith, aged 27 years.

In the town of East Bloomfield, Dec. 29, 1878, Mrs. Phebe Fisher Park, wife of Benj. Park.



31 January 1879

MARRIED - At Seneca, Dec. 31st, 1878, by Rev. A. B. Temple, William Hickey and Miss Mary J. Ludlow, both of Geneva.

At Seneca, Jan'y 1st, 1879, by Rev. A. B. Temple, David Oughterson of Seneca and Miss Lucy Ann Bews of Benton.

In Chapinville, on Sunday evening, Jan 26th, 1879, by the Rev. L. T. Hawkins, Mr. George B. Van Gelder and Miss Libbie Wheatley.

DIED - In West Bloomfield, Jan. 21, 1879, of apoplexy, Lucy Shepard, relict of the late Jesse F. Shepard, in the 72d year of her age.

At the county house, on the 26th last, Caleb Putnam, in the 80th year of his age.

In East Bloomfield, January 25th, 1879, Elizabeth Nesbitt, aged 66 years.



7 February 1879

MARRIED - In Livonia, N. Y., Jan. 29th, by Rev. S. Mills Day of Honeoye, Mr. Fitch R. Barnard of Richmond, N. Y., and Miss Sarah J. Jerome of Livonia.

At the residence of the bride's parents, on Thursday, Jan. 30th, by Rev. Geo. C. Curtis, Mr. J. C. Fredenburg and Miss Katie L. Eldridge, both of Canandaigua.

In Waterloo, on the 27th ult., by Rev. Dr. Gridley, Mr. Theodore Veit to Miss Annie E. Kane, both of Geneva.

At the residence of the late Ambrose L. VanDusen, January 8, 1879, by the Rev. E. S. Corbin, Mr. Emory D. Ranney to Miss Julia Jones, both of Phelps.

DIED - In Farmington, Feb'ry 1, 1879, Ann M., daughter of the late Judge Lapham, aged 58 years, 5 months and 14 days.

In Phelps, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28, 1879, Horace Whitmore, in his 72d year.

In this town, January 31, 1879, John Brown, son of Willard Brown, aged 21 years.

In this village, February 1, 1879, Orpheus Bunnell, aged 62 years.

In Gorham, February 1, 1879, Edward, infant son of Patrick and Bridget O'Brien, aged 10 weeks.

At Centre Point, Iowa, at the residence of his son, William Bates, Col. David Bates, formerly of Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., aged 76 years, father of Alanson Bates of this village.

In Victor, Sunday morning, Jan. 26, of consumption, Hattie E. Knapp, aged 29 years.



14 February 1879

MARRIED - In Clifton Springs, January 30, 1879, by the Rev. E. S. Corbin, Mr. James Wilson and Miss Mary Dent, daughter of Samuel Dent.

By the Rev. J. S. Penoyer, at his residence, Jan. 26th, 1879, Myron A. Coy and Ellen C. Stetson, both of South Bristol.

At the residence of Myron Cole, Esq., Benton Centre, N. Y., Feb. 6th, 1879, by Rev. R. D. Phillips, Mr. Daniel D. Chapin of Geneva, N. Y., and Sabia F. Lewis, of Benton, N. Y.

In Syracuse, Jan. 20, 1879, by the Rev. Nelson Millard, Miss Belle Butterfield of Phelps to Mr. Martin W. Brizee of Rochester.

At Geneva, N. Y., Feb. 11th, 1879, by the Rev. James Rankine, D. D., E. P. Banning, Jr. of Bradford Pa., to Miss Carina R. Carpenter, daughter of the late Calvin G. Carpenter, of Geneva, N. Y.

DIED - In Geneva, Feb. 1, 1879, of apoplexy, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Proctor, widow of the late Isaac W. Proctor, aged 65 years.

In Phelps, on Saturday, Feb. 1, 1879, James Swartout, aged 70 years.

In Bristol, on the 2d inst., Zeminthia B., wife of Solomon Goodale, aged 66 years, 5 months and 27 days.

In this village, February 5th, 1879, Thomas Welch, aged 1 year and 6 months.

In Hopewell, February 8th, 1879, Mrs. Patrick Hughes, aged 54 years.

At Rockenhausen, Germany, on the 21st day of December, 1878, after a short illness, Frederick Schlick, aged 81 years; and on the 2d day of January, 1879, at the same place, Philippine Schlick, aged 77 years and 4 months. The deceased were the parents of Major Peter Schlick and Mr. Charles Schlick of this village.



21 February 1879

MARRIED - In West Albany, February 13th, at the residence of the bride's parents, A. R. Wright, Esq., of Geneva, to Miss Jessie, only daughter of George Dillenbeck, Esq., of the former city.

At Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 18th, 1879, by Rev. J. B. Shaw, Mr. P. E. Schlick of Canandaigua to Miss Libbie S. Nessel of Rochester.

DIED - In New York, on the 13th inst., Anna Eliza, wife of A. C. Brundage, formerly of Geneva.

In Geneva, February 5th, of heart disease, William Osman, aged 79 years and 10 months.

In Hopewell, Monday, February 10, 1879, Charles Peck, aged 72 years.

In Phelps, Tuesday, February 11, 1879, Sarah, wife of Joshua Porter, aged 74 years.

On the cars in the town of West Bloomfield, February 13, 1879, Mary Ann, wife of William Buchan, of Hopewell, aged 55 years 11 months and 1 day.

In Victor, on the 12th inst., Melancton Lewis, aged 83 years.

In Centerfield, Feb. 14th, 1879, Albert M., infant son of George W. and Rachel M. Strong, aged 4 months and 10 days.

In this town (No. 9), Feb. 15th, 1879, Elijah Hulbert, aged 79 years.

In Gorham, Feb. 16th, 1879, Sarah B., wife of John A. Burns, aged 21 years and 8 months.



28 February 1879

MARRIED - At the home of the bride's parents, Feb. 18th, 1879, by Rev. Geo. W. Watson, Mr. Warner J. Simons of Canandaigua and Miss Bell Reed of Bristol.

At the parsonage in Bristol, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1879, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. Henry Phillips and Miss Hannah A. Pestle.

At the parsonage in Bristol, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1879, by Rev. J. G. Gates, Mr. Orestes C. Packard and Miss Annie L. Seymour.

At the residence of Mr. Orville Bentley, Feb. 20, 1879, by Rev. J. F. Gates, Mr. Edgar A. Bissell and Miss Mary Welch.

In Hopewell Center, Saturday, Feb. 15, 1879, by Rev. D. E. Blaine, at the home of the bride, Mr. C. S. Thatcher and Miss Rose C. Powell.

In Canandaigua, Feb. 25th, 1879, by Rev. Mr. Benham, Mr. Frank Foster of Prattsburgh, N. Y., and Miss Flora L. Lord, of Gorham.

DIED - In Seneca Castle, Friday morning, February 14th, 1879, Hattie, daughter of the late Benjamin Childs, aged 21 years.

In this village, Feb. 21st, 1879, Rose B. Johns, consort of the late Thomas H. Johns, aged 76 years.

In Gorham, Feb. 21st, 1879, Anna B. Casby, aged 2 years and 4 months.

In Gorham, on the 22d inst., Ebenezer Perkins, aged 86 years.

In Gorham, on the 16th inst., of inflammation of the bowels, James Fallen, aged 26 years.



7 March 1879

MARRIED - In Manchester, on the 2xth ult., by Rev. M. V. Wilson, Mr. Harry Knickerbocker and Miss Katie A. Bement, all of that place.

At the residence of the bride's father in Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., February 19, 1879, by Rev. B. M. Goldsmith, Mr. C. D. Bush of LeRoy, N. Y., to Miss Sarah Elizabeth, only daughter of John and Angeline Buckelew.

In Bristol Center, at the residence of the bride's mother, on Thursday, February 20, 1879, Andrew B. Pomeroy and Miss Jennie Case, granddaughter of John Gifford, Esq., of Phelps.

In Clifton Springs, February 24, 1879, by Rev. J. M. Bull, Robert Bell and Miss Isabella Holmes, both of Clifton Springs.

In Rushville, February 26, 1879, by Rev. J. H. Rogers, Mr. Fred Beckett of Middlesex and Miss Clara Raymond of Rushville.

DIED - In Cuba, N. Y., Feb. 18th, Henry Axtell Mead, formerly of Hopewell, Ontario Co., in the 54th year of his age.

In West Bloomfield, Feb. 23d, 1879, Louisa P. Worthington, aged 74 years.

In this village, Feb. 26th, 1879, Mary Malone, aged 80 years.

In Manchester, Feb. 27th, 1879, Carrie E., youngest daughter of Deacon Joseph H. and Mary Dewey, aged 26 years.

In Canandaigua, March 3d, 1879, Charlie M., infant son of George and Dorotheor Schlick, aged 7 months.

In Seneca Castle, February 24, 1879, of consumption, Vallie Hall, aged 21 years.

In Phelps, Wednesday, February 26, 1879, Mrs. Eleanor W. Decker, wife of the late Peter Decker, aged 69 years.

At Geneva, N. Y., Sunday, February 23, 1879, Bessie d'Espinville, only daughter of Dr. Milton Henry and Carry Watson Picot, aged 15 years and 24 days.

At the residence of her father, Charles Goodrich of Fairport, Monday morning, February 3, 1879, Lina M., wife of Edgar D. Rose of Farmington, aged 21 years.

In Naples, February 18, 1879, Elijah Arnold, aged about 86 years.



14 March 1879

DIED - In the town of Canandaigua, Feb. 4th, 1879, of consumption, Mrs. Ruth Ann, wife of Frederick Casort, aged 57 years.

In East Bloomfield, on Saturday night, March 8th, 1879, Mumford Hayes, aged 77 years.

In West Bloomfield, March 7th, 1879, John Arnold, aged 82 years and 4 months.

In Albany, March 5th, 1879, Philip S. Vandenbergh, of this village, aged 37 years, 2 months and 7 days.

In Gorham, Feb. 16th, 1879, Mrs. Sarah Burns, daughter of Benjamin Miles, formerly of Vine Valley, aged 22 years.

In the town of Seneca, March 10, 1879, James P., infant son of William H. and Julia Barden, aged 11 months.



21 March 1879

MARRIED - At the residence of Abraham Cherry in Canandaigua, March 13th, 1879, by Rev. W. H. Sloan, Henry Hobart Hoff to Miss Emma R. Rierson.

In Brooklyn, Thursday, February 20th, by the Rev. Dr. Scudder, William L. Gorseline of Phelps to Miss Amelia A. Conklin of Brooklyn, E. D.

In Gorham, N. Y., March 12, 1879, by Rev. N. S. Lowrie, Mr. Albert L. Wilson, of Hall's Corners, and Miss Maud Lewis of Gorham.

At the Baptist Parsonage at Reed's Corners, Sunday, March 16th, 1879, by the Rev. Frank E. Arnold, Mr. Charles J. Washburn of Hopewell and Miss Carrie Lyon of Naples.

DIED - In Richmond, March 13th, 1879, Sardie Simmons, aged 74 years.

In the city of Syracuse, on March 2d, 1879, Hannah, wife of Jacob V. B. Stephens, aged 63 years, formerly of Seneca Castle.

In Phelps, Friday, March 7th, 1879, Sarah, wife of David Sweet, aged 56 years.

In Geneva, on the 9th instant, Mr. Ambrose Crandall, aged 67 years.

In South Bristol, February 21st, 1879, little George Gregory Seward, infant son of Frederick and Mary Seward, aged 7 months.

In Canadice, March 8th, 1879, Richard Costello, aged about 45 years.

In Canandaigua, on Sunday evening, March 15th, 1879, Mirtilio Warner, aged 73 years and 1 month.

In East Bloomfield, March 11th, 1879, Ellen Credon, aged 9 years, 7 months.

In East Bloomfield, March 11th, Margaret Sullivan, aged 80 years.



28 March 1879

MARRIED - At Orleans, on the 20th inst., by Rev. J. W. LeSeur, Clara E., daughter of Hon. Ulysses Warner, and George H. Page of New York.

At Castleton, Thursday, March 20, 1879, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. E. S. Corbin, Curtis G. Lloyd of North Bloomfield, N. Y., and Miss Olivia Pierson of Castleton.

March 20th, 1879, by Rev. N. S. Lourie, Mr. Lafayette Johnson and Miss Roxie Jones, both of Gorham, N. Y.

DIED - In Clifton Springs, on Saturday, March 15, 1879, Mrs. Calvin McIntyre, aged 25 years.

In Orleans, Saturday, March 15, 1879, Charles Myers, aged 64 years.

In Seneca, March 19, 1879, of consumption, Charles Cayton, aged 20 years.

In Springwater, N. Y., March 17th, 1879, Almira, wife of John Pursell, formerly of Canadice, aged 69 years.

In Victor, March 23, 1879, Charles Rawson, aged 29 years.

On the 25th instant, Gerret Jan Jansen, aged 80 years.

In this village, March 19th, 1879, Mary, infant daughter of Timothy and Mary Harington, aged 1 year and 8 months.

In Gorham, March 21st, 1879, Lucinda D. Mellen, relict of the late Callister Mellen, aged 77 years.

In Hopewell, March 21st, 1879, Maud W., infant daughter of Edwin s. and Delia E. Carter, aged 4 months and 11 days.

In this town, March 24th, 1879, Clara, daughter of L. S. & L. J. Adams, aged 15 years.

In Farmington, Monday, March 24th, 1879, Alma E., infant daughter of Willard and Katie Benson, aged 5 weeks.



4 April 1879

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, N. Y., March 22, 1879, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. George C. Curtis, Mr. A. J. Harris of Clifton Springs, N. Y., and Miss J. E. Remington, of the former place.

In Phelps, Wednesday evening, March 19, 1879, by Rev. Mr. Woodruff, Stephen D. Salsbury and Miss Augusta S. Hicks, both of Phelps.

In Phelps, March 20th, 1879, by Rev. C. G. Carpenter, Henry Burnett and Miss Della Rhodes, both of Phelps.

March 12th, 1879, by Rev. N. S. Lowrie, Mr. Albert L. Wilson of Hall's Corners and Miss Maud Lewis of Gorham.

On Wednesday evening, March 26, 1879, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Dr. Hogarth, Clara A. Munson to Frank P. Guilford, all of Geneva.

DIED - In Attica, March 29th, 1879, Mrs. Adeline M. Wilder, aged 66 years and 11 months, formerly of this place.

In Rose, Wayne county, Wednesday, March 12th, 1879, Rev. Charles Baldwin, aged 67 years, former resident of Phelps.

In this village, March 31st, John Dixon, aged 94 years.

In this town on the 26th ult., Myron Park, aged 67 years, 2 months, and 2 days.

In Phelps, March 25, 1879, Jacob Ansberger, aged 72 years.

In Canandaigua, March 26, 1879, of heart disease, Mrs. Christina Hillyer, wife of A. E. Hillyer, aged 60 years.

In Chapinville, March 18, 1879, Timothy Wells, aged 85 years and 8 months.

In Phelps, on the 27th ult., of consumption, Mr. James Woodin, aged 68 years.

In Geneva, March 21st, 1879, Major Wareham Sheldon, in the 95th year of his age.



11 April 1879

MARRIED - In Victor, April 3d, 1879, Mr. Spencer Sutherland of the town of Canandaigua and Miss Mary Bancroft of Victor.

In Cheshire, N. Y., April 2, 1879, by Rev. W. H. Sloan, Eugene W. Sanford and Mary J. Percy.

DIED - In East Bloomfield, April 8, 1879, Jacob Van Denbergh, aged 60 years.

Suddenly at Geneva, N. Y., on Sunday, March 30, 1879, Wm. Verplanck, in the the 78th year of his age.

In Phelps, Monday, March 31st, 1879, Zenas Wheeler, in the 94th year of his age.

In Phelps on Friday, March 28th, 1879, Wm. Pound, aged 72 years.

In Manchester, April 1, 1879, Gracie, daughter of Geo. Hackett, aged 3 years.

In this town, April 4th, 1879, of diphtheria, Jessie Edna, daughter and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Leonard, aged 6 years, 1 mo. and 2 days.

In Geneva on the 29th ult., Mrs. Ann Goff, widow of the late Lieut. David H. Goff (killed at the battle of Gettysburg), and sister of Charles and John E. Bean; aged 42 years and 10 months.



18 April 1879

DIED - On the morning of April 15, 1879, after a brief illness of congestion of the lungs, Albert Guthrie Murray, in the 70th year of his age.

In Gorham, on the 11st inst., George H. Fake, in the 69th year of his age.

In Clifton Springs, Friday, April 4, 1879, Emma, daughter of Mrs. Clarissa Vermilyea, aged 26 years.

In East Bloomfield, April 11th, 1879, John, youngest son of Patrick and Rose Ann McGreevy, aged 6 years and 10 months.

In this town, April 15, 1879, Mary, wife of Elijah Herrington, aged 72 years.

In Naples, March 26th, 1879, at the residence of her son-in-law, E. Wells, Esq., Mrs. Mary Chesebro, widow of the late D. H. Chesebro, and sister of the late J. L. Monier, in the 81st year of her age.

In Richmond, March 27th, 1879, at his residence, Ozro Hancock, aged 26 years.

In East Bloomfield, Sunday, April 13th, Mrs. Anna Harris, aged 26 years.



25 April 1879

DIED - At Naples, Tuesday, the 22c inst., of typhoid pneumonia, the wife of Lyman Toby, Jr., aged about 35 years.

In the town of Farmington, April 17, 1879, Mary K., wife of Jonathan Sprague, and mother of Lemuel S. Sprague of this village, aged 69 years.

In Bristol Springs, April 18, 1879, Emily, daughter of John Ricketson, aged 1 year and 2 months.

In North Bloomfield, on Wednesday, April 16, 1879, Mrs. Margaret, wife of Mr. Danile Burrell, aged nearly 76 years.

In Grinnell, Iowa, of pneumonia, at the residence of her son-in-law, Edward M. Hathaway, Mrs. Ira W. Smith, formerly of Farmington, N. Y., in the 66th year of her age.



25 May 1879

MARRIED - April 29th, 1879, at the residence of Mr. Geo. Clark, Canandaigua, N. Y., by Rev. W. R. Benham, Mr. Dunreath Powelson to Miss Carrie Conklin, both of Canandaigua.

April 30th, at the residence of Mrs. Florence Kellogg, Canandaigua, N. Y., by Rev. W. R. Benham, Mr. Clarence W. Mead of East Bloomfield and Miss Annie E. Kellogg of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Canandaigua, April 29, 1879, Mrs. Eliza Brockelbank, aged 87 years.

In this village, April 29th, 1879, Catherine Convy, aged 79 years.

In East Bloomfield, April 14th, 1879, Ellen McDonnell, aged 47 years.

In East Bloomfield, April 23d, 1879, Mary Goodwin, relic of Lewis Goodwin, and mother of Mrs. Ashman Gauss, aged 83 years.

In this village, April 25th, 1879, Ephraim G. Skinner, aged 77 years.

In Gorham, April 26th, 1879, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Lightfoot, Mary Randel, relic of the late John Randel, aged 82 years.

In South Bristol, April 28th, 1879, John Sutton, aged 42 years.

In Richland, Mich., April 5, 1879, Abram Mead, formerly of Hopewell, Ontario county, in the 70th year of his age.

At her residence near Geneva, N. Y., on Wednesday, April 16, Mary Anne, widow of the late Gavin L. Rose, M. D., in the 74th year of her age.

In Seneca Castle, April 17, 1879, at the residence of Clark Hopkins, Miss Fannie Tompkins, aged 71 years.



9 May 1879

MARRIED - At the residence of the bride's parents in Springwater, N. Y., Sunday evening, April 27, 1879, by Rev. Wm. Hunter, of that place, C. A. Slingerland of Canadice and Miss Zallidie Lamont.

In Palmyra, April 29th, 1879, by Rev. Addison Parker, David Herron, Jr., Esq., of Canandaigua and Miss Nannie A. Chase, daughter of Abel Chase of Palmyra.

DIED - In East Bloomfield, April 9th, 1879, Mrs. Pamela Spencer, mother of Mrs. Burton Ham, aged 83 years.

In this town, May 1st, 1879, Eunice N. Shepard, aged 76 years.

At the residence of her son, on Center street in this place, on the 5th instant, Mrs. Sally C. Fitch, in the 67th year of her age.

In Hopewell, May 4th, 1879, Gertrude Mary, daughter of Stephen T. and Nancy L. Carlough, aged 15 years.

In West Bloomfield, on Tuesday, April 29th, 1879, of consumption, William H. French, aged 53 years, 7 months, 6 days.

In Gorham, April 30, 1879, Electa Gates, relict of the late Fordyce Gates, aged 74 years.

In this town, May 5, 1879, John Garrippe, aged 52 years.

In Clifton Springs, at the residence of Shubal Shorts, Sunday, April 27th, 1879, Henry Burns, aged 15 years.

In Clifton, May 5th, 1879, Mary A. Curran, aged 14 days.

In Phelps, N. Y., at 4 o'clock Thursday morning, April 10, 1879, Mrs. Minerva Spier, wife of John Gifford, Esq., in the 84th year of her age.

In Ann Arbor, Mich. on the 25th ult., Erasmus Darwin Nichols, formerly of Rushville, in his 70th year.



16 May 1879

MARRIED - At Allen's Hill M. E. Parsonage, March 19, 1879, by Rev. J. L. King, Mr. Melvin R. Pierce and Miss Jennie L. Pierce, both of Baptist Hill, N. Y.

DIED - In this village, May 7th, 1879, William Schellenger, aged 57 years.

In this village, May 13, 1879, John Perhamus, aged 72 years, 8 months.

In this village, May 13th, 1879, Mary Mooney, aged 71 years.

In Hopewell, May 8th, 1879, Warren Densmore, aged 39 years.

In Shortsville, May 10, 1879, Minnie, daughter of Daniel L. and Mary J. Reed, aged 4 years.

In Canandaigua, May 13, 1879, Elijah Herrington, aged 77 years.

In this village, May 13, 1879, Addie, daughter of Henry S. and Jane E. Squier, aged 5 years, 11 months.

In Seneca, on Sunday, the 4th inst., Jacob Reed, aged 85 years.

In Clifton Springs, May 6, 1879, Samuel Curtis, aged 65 years.

In Shortsville, May 6, 1879, Eliza B. Johnson, aged 71 years.

In Manchester, Sunday, May 4, 1879, Richard Spoor, aged 69 years.



23 May 1879

MARRIED - On May 11th, 1879, by Rev. M. Wheeler, in the M. E. church at Seneca Castle, N. Y., Mr. Abner Case of Rochester and Mrs. Julia Anna Vanostran, of Flint Creek, N. Y.

In New York City, Thursday, May 8th, 1879, by the Rev. Mr. Virgin, Mr. Egbert J. Ross and Miss Carrie Bellamy, both of Phelps.

DIED - In West Farmington, May 20th, 1879, Mrs. Zimrhoda Lapham, mother of Hon. E. G. Lapham, aged 86 years.

At Mt. Clemens, Mich., on Tuesday, May 20th, 1879, Albert G., son of Wm. H. Ellis, formerly of this place, aged 29 years.

In this town, at the residence of his son, Mr. George C. Mather, May 18th, 1879, Lucius Mather, aged 90 years, 6 months and 14 days.

In this village, May 16th, 1879, Freddie, infant son of Morgan L. and Carrie Frone, aged 8 months.

In Phelps, Friday, May 9th, 1879, Mrs. Esther Van Vranken, mother of William Van Vranken, aged 88 years.



30 May 1879

MARRIED - At Stanley, Wednesday, May 21, 1879, by the Rev. Frank E. Arnold, Alexander D. Walker to Flora B. Snyder, both of Seneca.

In Galen, at the bride's home, by Rev. J. T. Brownell, May 21, 1879, Mr. Charles H. Foskett, of Hopewell Center, N. Y., and Miss Mary E. Hall, of Galen.

DIED - In this village, on Thursday, May 29, 1879, Kate A Raines, daughter of Capt. A. and Fanny Wheeler and wife of John Raines, aged 39 years and 16 days.

In Clifton Springs, May 21, 1879, Willis Brownell, formerly of Wayne county, aged 62 years.

In Coonsville, Ontario county, N. Y., May 21, 1879, William Bishop, aged 74 years.

In Clifton Springs, N. Y., May 21, 1879, Mrs. Ann Sheehan, aged 50 years.

In Hopewell, N. Y., May 15, 1879, Carlton, infant son of Wesley Archer, aged 5 months.

In the town of Manchester, May 21, 1879, Henry Rice, aged 46 years.

In Farmington, May 24, 1879, Robert B., son of Andrew and Eunice E. Power, aged 27 years, 10 months and 13 days.



6 June 1879

MARRIED - At the residence of J. E. Larkins, Esq., in Chapinville, May 29, 1879, by Rev. J. M. Bull of Clifton Springs, Mr. James M. Swarts of Dundee, Yates county, N. Y., and Miss Emma C. Larkins.

At the home of the bride's mother in Geneva, N. Y., on Wednesday, the 28th ult., by Rev. John Oppie, Seth J. Foster of Pike, Penn., to Lizzie Ansley of Geneva.

DIED - In Dansville, Livingston county, June 2, 1879, Robert McBride, for many years a resident of this village, in the 95th year of his age. The remains were brought to Canandaigua yesterday for interment.

In this town, May 29, 1879, Mary Ann, wife of R. D. Graves, aged 64 years.

In this village, May 29, 1879, of scarlet fever, Henry, son of Patrick and Ann T. Leahy, aged 2 years and 11 days.

In this village, May 30, 1879, Mary, wife of Daniel McGinnis, aged 22 years.

In this village, June 2d, 1879, Patrick J. Dwyer, aged 17 years, 5 months, and 22 days.

At Oaks Corners, Friday, May 23, 1879, Charles Humphrey, aged 54 years.

In Phelps, Sunday, May 25, 1879, Mrs. Sarah McBurney, mother of Hamilton McBurney, aged 79 years.

In Manchester, May 27th, 1879, Mrs. Catharine Rice, wife of Myron Rice, aged 68 years, 5 months and 27 days.



13 June 1879

DIED - In Canandaigua, June 8, 1879, Mrs. Malvina A. Wheeler, widow of the late Jonas W. Wheeler, aged 75 years.

In Manchester, June 5th, 1879, Mary A. Warfield, aged 65 years.

In this village, June 6th, 1879, Mary Jane Sims, aged 78 years.

In this village, at the residence of Geo. Couch on Gibson street, on Monday, June 9th, 1879, Arenath Royce, aged 75 years.

In North Bloomfield, N. Y., June 4th, 1879, Cornelia, wife of A. H. Fairchild, aged 63 years, 7 months and 14 days.



20 June 1879

MARRIED - At East Bloomfield, June 5, 1879, by the Rev. James H. Lee, pastor of St. John's church, Canandaigua, Hiram Steele to Mrs. Harriet H. Newton.

DIED - In South Bristol, June 13, 1879, Lucy A. Randall, of rheumatism of the heart, aged 35 years.

At Reed's Corners, Tuesday, June 10, 1879, Persis, wife of Albert Middaugh, aged 26 years.

In the town of Seneca, June 7th, of diphtheria, Charles Jared, son of John R. Means, aged 7 years, 6 months, and 14 days.

In Irondequoit, at the residence of his son-in-law, Henry Hicock, June 12th, 1879, Alexander Swarthout, for many years a resident of this village, in the 66th year of his age.



27 June 1879

DIED - In this village, June 20, 1879, Jonathan B. Fobes, aged 53 years.

In this village, June 22, 1879, of scarlet fever, George H., aged 2 years and 4 months; and on June 23d, Amelia E., aged 5 years, 6 months and 17 days -- two eldest children of Abel and Catherine Risser.

In this village, June 22, 1879, Elias, son of Andrew and Mary S. Cady, aged 9 years and 10 months.

In Canadice, Friday, June 20, 1879, of consumption, Horace Knowles, aged 33 years.

In Leslie, Mich., Friday, June 6, 1879, Phoebe Ann, wife of the late James W. Cook, formerly of Phelps, aged 62 years.

In Detroit, last Sunday, June 22d inst., Ann Williams, aged 86 years, wife of Chauncey Morse, for many years residents of Canandaigua.

In Oaks Corners, Wednesday, June 18, 1879, Sarah A., wife of Henry H. Whitney, of pneumonia, aged 63 years.

In Phelps, Thursday morning, June 19, 1879, Mary Ann, wife of the late Gerrett Van Dyne, aged 59 years.



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