Marriages and Deaths from 

Ontario County Messenger

Published Canandaigua - Ontario County -  NY


3 January 1855

MARRIED - In this town on the 1st inst., by Rev. S. W. Alden, Mr. Thomason Sutherland to Miss Polly S. Sutherland, all of this town.

At the Franklin House in this village, on the 26th ult., by Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Elisha P. Camp of East Bloomfield to Miss Jennette M. Benson of Victor.

In this village, on the 1st inst., by the Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Asa L. Botsford, formerly of Waterloo, to Miss Sarah M. Beeman of Canandaigua.

At the Franklin House in this village, on the 1st inst., by M. Metcalf, Esq., Harvey Hart and Hannah Salt, both of Manchester.

In Arcadia, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Shumway, Mr. James M. Bush of Chapinsville, to Miss Lydia L. Vandeparr, daughter of Samuel Vandeparr.


10 January 1855

DIED - In Canandaigua, Dec. 27th, Mary McClure, mother of Wm. McClure, in the 76th year of her age.

In Richmond, Nov. 29th, Almon Clare Reed, aged 22 years.

Died suddenly, in Geneva, on the 1st inst., Mr. Hiram H. Seelye, aged 52 years.


24 January 1855

MARRIED - In this village, last Wednesday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Daggett, Mr. Caleb Brinton Jr. of Chester County, Pa., to Miss Hattie M. Granger, daughter of Gen. John A. Granger of Canandaigua.

In Hopewell, Dec. 1854, by Rev. N. P. Draper of Phelps, Mr. Henry Wayne to Miss Martha J. Kingsley, both of Hopewell.

DIED - In Seneca on the 12th inst., Mr. John Robson, aged 64 years.


7 February 1855

DIED - On the 23d of January, ult., at the Walnut Hill School, Geneva, John J. Lyon, Jun., youngest son of John J. Lyon, Canandaigua, aged 15 years, 3 months and 13 days.

On Tuesday morning, Feb. 6th, of consumption, William Saxton, in the 24th year of his age.


14 February 1855

MARRIED - In Geneva, Feb. 1st, by the Rev. W. F. Curry, Mr. Albert York to Deborah Ann McKane.

On the 30th of January, at St. John's Church, Hagerstown, Md., by the Rev. Walter Ayrault, John C. Nicholas, of Geneva to Kate Clare, daughter of the late Dr. Rench, of the former place.

In Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y., on the 18th of January, by the REv. A. Pomroy, Dr. Calvin H. Carpenter of Phelps, N. Y. to Miss Jennette K. DeLano, of the former place.

DIED - At his residence in Seneca, on the 23d ult., Mr. Thomas Vartie, aged 92 years.


21 February 1855

MARRIED - In this village, on the 18th inst., by the Rev. A. g. Bowles, Mr. Caleb Brocklebank to Miss Martha J. Ferrin, all of this village.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 17th ult., of consumption, Seth V., son of Dan S. V. DeGraff, aged 18 years.

In Gorham, on the 31st ult. of consumption, Mrs. Lucinda, wife of Pitt Cone, and daughter of Lewis P. Witter, aged 32 years.


28 February 1855

MARRIED - In Washington, D. C., on the 15th inst., by Rev. Mr. Buck, Spencer C. Benham of this place to Sallie E., daughter of W. G. White of the former place.

On the 20th of January, 1855, Thomas Orton, of the Book Establishment of Prince Orton & Miller of Geneva, to Miss Sarah C. Orton, daughter of the Rev. Samuel G. Orton of Gowanda, Erie Co., N. Y.

DIED - In this village, on the 20th inst. of consumption, Mr. Benjamin Adams, in the 60th year of his age.


7 March 1855

MARRIED - In Penn Yan, on the 21st ult., Mr. Chester H. Wood to Miss Jerusha Gaylord, both of Geneva.

In this village, by Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Daniel G. Wykoff of Hopewell, to Miss Rhoda Bates of this village.

DIED -  In this village on Saturday morning the 3d inst., of Scarlet Fever, little Johnny, eldest son of M. and Sarah Simons, aged 5 years, 8 months and 14 days.

In this village on Friday, the 2d inst., of Scarlet Fever, John H., only son of Nancy Y. and L. R. Whitaker, aged 6 months.

On Sunday morning, the 4th inst., John, son of Nicholas Latz, aged 1 year.

On Friday, the 2d inst., of Scarlet Fever, Ellen, wife of David M. Housel, aged 25 years.

In Bethel, February 22, 1855, Mrs. Charity Pulver, aged 74 years.

In the town of Canandaigua, on the 21st inst., Lydia, wife of Aaron Pomeroy, aged 59 years.

In Hopewell, on the 22d ult., Mrs. Sally Brundage, aged 45 years, wife of O. C. Brundage.

In Farmington, on the 27th ult., Nathan G. Herendeen, in the 43d year of his age.


14 March 1855

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the 25th of February, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Willis W. Thrall, of East Bloomfield, to Miss Sarah E. Bristol, of Victor.

In Farmington, on the 28th of February, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. John W. Hunt, of Walworth, to Miss Hannah Sheldon of Farmington.

At Livonia, on the 27th ult., by the Rev. B. G. Riley, Mr. Wm. Wager of West Bloomfield and Miss Eliza A. Hackley of Livonia.

In Rochester, Feb. 27th, by Rev. Wm. Dewey, Mr. John Jaroleman and Miss Susan Divine, both of Phelps.

DIED - In this village on the 7th inst., Andrew Robert, aged 8 years, eldest son of A. J. and Elizabeth Stannard.

At Geneva, on the 10th inst., Mrs. Frances Sutherland, widow of the late Hon. Jacob Sutherland, and daughter of the late Chancellor Lansing, in the 63d year of her age.


21 March 1855

MARRIED - In Geneva, on the 12th inst., by Rev. J. B. Richardson, John M. Wood to Miss Rebecca Rupert, both of Seneca.

In the M. E. Church at Hopewell Centre, on the 6th inst., by the Rev. Wm. Potter, Mr. Charles S. Gregory to Miss Julia A., daughter of Mr. E. A. Hebard, all of Hopewell.

March 11th, by Rev. A. S. Baker, Dr. T. D. Stow of Geneva, and Miss E. E. Vanderhoof of Phelps.

By the same, March 15th, Mr. M. E. Sommers and Miss Amanda Devine, both of Phelps.

DIED - Suddenly, in this village, on Sunday morning, the 18th inst., in the 35th year of her age, Mrs. Ann Gorham, wife of Edward Gorham.


28 March 1855

MARRIED - In East Bloomfield, on the 14th inst., by the Rev. H. Kendall, Mr. Sidney M. Crane of Canandaigua to Miss Lucy M. French of East Bloomfield.

In Canandaigua on the 26th inst., by Rev. S. W. Alden, Mr. Wm. Wallace of Rochester, to Miss Loisa Wolcott of this village.

Also by the same, at the same time and place, Mr. James G. Gervis to Miss Loisa J. Lamphere, all of this place.


4 April 1855

MARRIED - At Honeoye, March 29, by Elder L. P. Judson, J. Wesley Pennell and Miss Celia D. Hazen, daughter of J. D. Hazen, Esq., all of the above place.

In Penn Yan, March 14, 1855, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. James U. Perkins, of Victor, Ontario Co., to Miss Sarah A. Woodworth of Penn Yan.

In this village, on the 27th March, by the Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Obediah  to Miss Mary E. Ellery, all of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, Saturday morning, the 31st ult., of inflammation of the brain, James M., son of Martha and Thomas F. Spencer, aged 6 years, 5 months and 21 days.

In Hopewell, on Friday, the 30th ult., of consumption, Sarah, wife of Selah Peabody, in the 35th year of her age.


11 April 1855

MARRIED - In this village on the 7th inst., by Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Edward M. Dean of Binghamton, to Miss Catharine A. Yost of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, on Monday morning, April 2d, of congestion of the brain, Wilder, son of A. C. Kellogg, aged 11 years.

In Geneva, Ontario County, on the 31st March, Mrs. Jane Scott, aged 76 years.

In Richmond, Ontario County, on the 22d inst., the Rev. John S. Brown, aged 38 years.


25 April 1855

MARRIED - In Penn Yan, on the 21st inst., by the Rev. John Jones, Mr. Thomas Griffith of Canandaigua, to Miss Susan Friedenburgh of Penn Yan.

DIED - In this village, on Thursday, the 17th inst., Miss Ellen Redfield, aged 18 years.


2 May 1855

MARRIED - In Brooklyn, April 26th, 1855, at the Plymouth Church, by Rev. H. W. Beecher, Mr. J. C. Fairchild of Canandaigua to Miss Fannie Fairchild of Brooklyn, N. Y.

In Rochester, April 25th, 1855, by the Rev. Geo. W. Cheney, Mr. Pliny H. Gunnison, to Miss Frank M. Moore, all of Canandaigua.

In Rochester, on the 23d of April, by the Rev. G. W. Montgomery, Mr. Robert E. Johnson of Canandaigua to Miss Mary E. Webster of East Mendon.

DIED - In Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 22d of April, Miss Penelope Taylor, late of Geneva.

In Naples, on the 22d inst., Elisha Mills, in the 85th year of his age.


9 May 1855

MARRIED - In Phelps, on Wednesday, the 2d inst., by Rev. S. F. Howe, Mr. Nathan B. Cook, of Red Bank, New Jersey, to Miss Sophia D. Bannister, of Vienna.

In Phelps, on the 1st inst., by Rev. C. Hawley, Mr. Philip Snyder of Albany to Miss Melinda Duel of Phelps.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Betsey Marks, in the 74th year of her age, widow of Wm. R. Marks.

In this village, on the 7th inst., of consumption, Mrs. Margaret Willson, in the 67th year of her age.


16 May 1855

MARRIED - At the Franklin House, Canandaigua, May 9th, by Rev. B. Crosby, Mr. Elam V. Phillips to Miss Jane E. Mitchell.

Also Mr. Dennis M. Phillips to Miss Juliette A. Richards, all of Bristol.

DIED - In this village yesterday morning, the 15th inst., Carrie, wife of F. D. Cassort, aged 20 years and 9 months.

In this village, on Tuesday the 8th inst., of Scarlet Fever, Fred Alfred, son of Edward and Ellen Vincent, aged seventeen months and twenty seven days.


23 May 1855

MARRIED - In this village on Tuesday morning, the 15th inst., by Rev. G. T. Rider, Mr. J. McKee to Miss Mary A. Mason, daughter of Jesse Mason, Esq., all of this village.

DIED - At Oak's Corners (Phelps) on the 17th inst., Miss Ann Eliza Newman, aged 17 years and 6 months.


30 May 1855

MARRIED - In this village at the Franklin House, by Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. Van Renslear Reed of Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., to Lucinda L. Hall, of Clifton Springs.

DIED - In this village on Thursday afternoon inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, W. D. Whipple, Andrew B. Coffeen, Esq., late of Gorham, aged 58 years. His remains were conveyed to Bethel on Saturday, and buried with Masonic ceremonies.

At Union Springs, on the 22d instant, Isabella Robinson, wife of Daniel A. Robinson, of Farmington, N. Y.

In West Bloomfield, May 27th, of disease of the liver, Marvin Smith, in the 47th year of his age.


13 June 1855

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 7th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Edwin A. Wales, Esq., of the Daily Advertiser, Detroit, and Mary E., daughter of the late David C. Bates, of the former place.

In Phelps, on the 6th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Bissell, Mr. Frederick Swift to Miss Phebe Nicholson, all of Phelps.

DIED - In this village, on Saturday morning, June 9th, of consumption, little Walstein J., only son of Mary J. and E. J. Mattison, aged five years and fifteen days.

In Hokah, Minnesota Territory, May 27th, Mr. Joseph L. Gates, in the 23d year of his age, formerly of this village.


27 June 1855

MARRIED - In Hopewell, by Rev. O. E. Daggett of Canandaigua, Charles E. Hopkins of New York, and Marietta, daughter of Theodore Crosby, of Hopewell.

On the 12th inst., by Rev. Mr. Newland, Mr. Theron Van Auken to Miss Sophia A. Ottley, all of Phelps.

In this village on the 25th inst., by Rev. S. W. Alden, Mr. Wm. Morrison to Miss Catharine L. Hayward, both of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Lexington, Ga., on the 9th inst., Miss Jane A. Drown, aged 23 years. The deceased was formerly a resident of Phelps.


11 July 1855

MARRIED - In Phelps, on the 3d inst., by L. Redfield, Esq. Mr. James W. Sheffield to Miss Matilda Douglass, all of Phelps.

In Geneva, on the 24th ult., by the Rev. J. M. Heron, M. Wilson Riply, of Seneca to Miss Ellen Dunham of Geneva.

In Crawford, Orange Co., May 25th, Mr. W. S. Wheeler to Miss M. J. Scott of Geneva.

DIED - In Canandaigua, on Sunday morning, the 8th inst., Mrs. Ann Connolly, aged 60 years.


18 July 1855

DIED - In Richmond, Ontario Co., on the 22d June, 1855, Robert Ogden, aged 77 years and 9 months, formerly of Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn.

At Honeoye, June 20th, Peter Pitts, Esq., aged 69 years; he was born in Connecticut, but for 69 years a resident of this county.


25 July 1855

DIED - In this town, on the 22d inst., Dyer Castle, aged 77 years.

In East Bloomfield, July 11, Mirancy Nesbit, aged 37 years.


8 August 1855

DIED - In Gorham, July 18th, of disease of the heart, Lois, daughter of Harriet and Denison Lake, aged 11 years, 2 months and 4 days.

In this village, suddenly, on the 30th ult, Bridget and Catharine, daughters of James O'Keefe, aged respectively 14 and 11 years.

In Phelps, on Sunday, 10th ult., at the residence of her father, Alexander Nichols, Mrs. Helen Aurelia, wife of Edwin Warner, in the 22d year of her age.

In Geneva, on the 31st ult., of consumption, Mrs. Prudence Havens, aged 58 years.

In Geneva, on the 9th ult., Mrs. Fanny, wife of Jonathan Springstead, aged 76 years.

In Geneva, on the 26th ult., Charles Arthur, infant son of Arthur Archambo, aged 5 months and 9 days.

On the 30th ult., at Seneca Castle, Lovina, wife of Zachary Spangle, aged 31 years.

In Phelps, on Sunday, July 20th, Mrs. Lucretia, only daughter of the late Thaddeus Oaks, and wife Leman B. Hotchkiss, aged 31 years 4 months and 26 days.


15 August 1855

MARRIED - On the 31st ult., at Fox Lake, Wisconsin, J. L. Townsend, merchant of that place, and Ann Raines of Canandaigua.

At the residence of the bride's father, on Thursday, the 2d inst., by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, D. D., Spencer Wolcott of East Bloomfield and Sarah, eldest daughter of Bradford Walker of this town.


22 August 1855

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Gaylord, Mr. A. Pomeroy, Esq., to Miss Amorilous Faurot, both of the town of Canandaigua.

In Geneva, on the 11th inst., Mr. Austin G. Clark to Miss Amanda Wade, both of Geneva.


12 September 1855

MARRIED - At Victor, Sept. 8th, by Levi C. Aylworth, Esq., Mr. Aaron C. Doyle and Miss Ann Detrich, both of Bristol.

DIED - In this town on Saturday, the 8th inst., Mrs. Rebecca Woodruff, widow of the late Leman Woodruff, aged 81 years. Mrs. Woodruff was born in Litchfield, Conn., and has resided in this town for thirty years.


19 September 1855

DIED - In this village, on the 11th inst., after a protracted and painful illness, Walter Corcoran, aged about 50 years.

After a brief illness, at his residence near Canandaigua, on the 13th inst., John S. Bates, in the 40th year of his age.


26 September 1855

MARRIED - At the Franklin House in this village, on the 19th inst., by Rev. A. G. Bowles, Mr. George Wrightman of Cazenovia, to Miss Cornelia Ackley, of this town.

At the house of the bride's father, September 11th, by the Rev. William Jones, Mr. Philander E. Hall to Miss Ann H. Hawley, both of Canandaigua.

On the morning of the 18th inst., by Rev. Mr. Collyer, P. Prouty, Jr., to Miss Adelaide Cobleigh, daughter of Andrew M. Cobleigh, Esq., all of Geneva.

At the residence of C. Richardson, near Geneva, on the 19th inst., by F. E. Cannon, D. D., Ira C. Allen of Fairhaven, Vt., to Miss Mary E. Richardson of Geneva.

DIED - In this village on Wednesday morning, Col. Holloway Hayward, in the 64th year of his age. In the death of Col. Hayward, we lose one of the landmarks of our early settlement. An early settler of Western New York, he was among the first to volunteer as a soldier for the war of 1812 and his name will always be honored for the part he took in that campaign.

In Geneva, on the 20th inst., after a short illness, Gen. Hugh W. Dobbin, in the 39th year of his age.

In Geneva on Friday, Sept. 14, George Gallagher, son of John H. and Emma E. Tillman, aged 9 months.

In Geneva, on the 20th inst., John W., son of William P. and Louise Hayward, aged 1 year and 9 months.

In Phelps on the 20th inst., Mr. John W. Brown, aged 50 years.


3 October 1855

DIED - On the 29th of Sept., W. H. Seward, infant son of Stephen and Mary Saxton, aged seven months and eleven days.


10 October 1855

MARRIED - At Terry Farm, Seneca Co., Sept. 13th, by Rev. J. Elmendorf, Dr. George Cook of Brigham Hall, Canandaigua, to Minerva J., daughter of Julius Bull, Esq.

In this village, Tuesday evening, Oct. 2d, by the Rev. Dr. Daggett, John Eliot Thayer of Boston, Mass., to Cornelia Adeline, only daughter of the Hon. Francis Granger.

DIED - At East Bloomfield, on the 12th of Sept., Mrs. Eunice Kellogg, wife of Thomas H. Kellogg and daughter of the late Deacon Timothy Buell, aged 73 years.


17 October 1855

MARRIED - In Troy, on the 11th inst., by the Rev. J. O. Fillmore, Wm. Fitch Cheney of Canandaigua to Frances E. Sheldon of Troy.

In West Bloomfield, Oct. 9, 1855, by Rev. G. C. Overhizer, Mr. James P. Lewis to Miss Jane C. Pillsbury.
At Milo Centre, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. A. E. Chubuck, Mr. Edwin T. Antisdale of Farmington to Miss Ann E. Raplee of Milo, Yates Co.

In this village, on the 11th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Daggett, William P. Taft, of West Bloomfield, to Martha A. Cowdery of Rochester.

On the 15th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Wm. H. Day to Calista Chapman, both of this place.

DIED - In this village on the 14th inst., James Murray, Sen., aged 64 years.

In Geneva, on the 6th inst., Catharine J. Williams, in the 15th year of her age.

At St. Catharines, Upper Canada, on Wednesday last, Mrs. Cornelia G. Baker, wife of Horace B. Baker, and formerly of this village, aged 32 years.

In this village, on the 10th inst., Miss Emily Jane Day, in the 32d year of her age.

At Galena, Ill., on the 28th Sept., of consumption, William Bradley, of East Bloomfield, aged 34 years. Intending to pass the winter in Minnesota, for the benefit of his health, he had proceeded thus far on his journey when his disease reached a fatal termination.


24 October 1855

MARRIED - In Cortlandville, on Thursday the 4th inst., by Rev. Hercules K. Dunham, Mr. Henry Woodin, Esq., of Phelps, and Miss Sophronia, daughter of Col. E. May, of the former place.

At the residence of the bride's father in Bristol, by the Rev. George Willage, Edwin Hicks, Esq., of Canandaigua, and Mary, eldest daughter of Arunah Jones, Esq., of Bristol.

In this village, by the Rev. J. T. Arnold, on the 23d inst., Mr. Melville Arnold to Miss Mary H. Griffiths, all of this village.

DIED - In this village, on Friday night the 19th inst., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Frances A. Parbut, Mrs. Fanny Wickham Lawrence, relict of the late Abner Cole, Esq., formerly of Palmyra, aged 73 years.

At Bellevue, Mich., on the 13th inst., Jonathan Anson, in the 82d year of his age, late of Canandaigua.

At St. Paul, Minnesota, of consumption, aged 23 years, Caroline Adams, wife of Charles Hamilton, recently of this village, and daughter of A. J. Hovey, of Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y.


31 October 1855

MARRIED - In this village on the 17th inst., by the Rev. Doct. Seger of Lima, Alexander Fisher, M. D. of Chicago, Ill., to Mrs. Clarinda B. Griswold of the former place.

On the 17th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, William R. Blodget of Wisconsin, to Miss Zilpha L. Wadsworth of Canandaigua.

In Phelps, on the 27th inst., by Mr. A. S. Baker, Mr. Seth Beeman of Fentonville, Mich., to Miss Francis E. Washburn of Phelps.

DIED - At Wilmington, North Carolina, on the 12th inst., of consumption, Joseph K. Cutler, of this village, aged 24 years. His remains were brought home for interment.

In this village, on the 14th inst., Maria Melville, wife of Daniel Norton, aged 19 years.

In this village on Wednesday, the 3d inst., Mary L., wife of George R. Ives, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 37.

In this town on Sunday, Oct. 14th, Mrs. Polly Avery, wife of Geo. Avery, aged 55 years.

In this village on Saturday evening, the 27th inst., of consumption, Mrs. Martha J., wife of Benjamin P. Frazer, aged 36 years.


7 November 1855

MARRIED - On the 31st ult., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Vincent C. Luther to Miss Elizabeth Walker, at the residence of Mr. Walker.

DIED - In this village, on the 28th ult., Miss Cynthia M. Wells, aged 18 years, formerly of Vienna.


14 November 1855

MARRIED - At Lima, on the 1st inst., by the Rev. B. G. Riley, Mr. Geo. F. King of Canadice to Miss Parmelia Westfield of Richmond.

In Victor, by Levi C. Aylworth, Esq., on the 7th inst., Mr. William H. Morgan to Miss Angeline C. Bennett, both of Farmington.


5 December 1855

MARRIED - In this village, on the 18th ult., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Amasa F. Nott to Miss Arrena H. Titus.

Also, by the same, on the 27th ult., Henry Ardell to Mary Ann Hutchinson.

On the 28th, Mr. Henry Pearson to Miss Sane Agram, all of that town.

DIED - In this village, on Sunday morning the 25th ult., Simeon M. Cuyler, aged 33 years, brother of the late deceased Joseph K. Cuyler.

In Bristol, on the 29th ult., Alonzo Gooding, eldest son of George Gooding, Esq., in the 23d year of his age.

At his residence near Geneva, on the 29th ult., Deacon Philo Bronson, aged 74 years.

In Seneca, on the 22d, Dyer B. Draper, aged 65.


12 December 1855

DIED - In this village, yesterday, Mr. James W. Heard, aged 30 years, hardware merchant of the firm of E. S. Gregory and Co., and son of Mr. William Heard.

In this town, on Monday, the 10th inst., Mrs. Esther Sutherland, in the 93d year of her age.


26 December 1855

MARRIED - In this village, on the 24th inst., by the Rev. J. F. Arnold, Mr. Abraham Howland of Farmington to Miss Mary E. Vickory of Canandaigua.

At Clifton Springs on Thursday morning, Nov. 1st, by the Rev. Mr. Metcalf, Mr. H. C. Stone of Chicago to Miss Lizzie Yager of the former place.

In Geneva, on the 18th inst., Nicholas Vite to Mary Castler, both of Geneva.

On the 20th inst., Geo. Pearce of Phelps, to Mahala A. Snyder, of Lyons.

DIED - In Centrefield, Ontario Co., on the 24th inst., Mrs. Betsey Remington, relict of the late Col. Thaddeus Remington, aged 81 years.


2 January 1856

MARRIED - In Phelps, on Christmas Day, by Rev. F. S. Howe, Mr. Nelson Proseus to Miss Rachel Turnbull.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 12th Dec., Mr. Jacob Smith, aged 101 years.

In this town, on the 11th ult., Helen L., daughter of Jacob and Mitty Smith, aged 16 years and 4 months.

In this village, on Saturday, the 22d ult., William Franklin, son of Tunis and Phebe Falling, aged 13 months and 23 days.

On Monday, December 24th, 1855, Mrs. Betsey Remington, relict of the late Thadeus Remington, aged 81 years.

16 January 1856

DIED - On Saturday, 12th inst., of old age, Athena Rew, aged 74 years. The deceased was one of the early settlers of Bloomfield, Ontario county, having emigrated with her father's family from Berkshire, Mass., when the party, under the lead of John Adams, first settled in that beautiful town.


23 January 1856

DIED - In Canandaigua, on 14th of January, 1856, Violeta Colbert, wife of Jonathan F. Colbert, in the 49th year of her age.


30 January 1856

DIED - In this village on the 17th inst., George Whipple, at the residence of his brother, J. Tracy, in the 18th year of his age.

On the morning of the 24th inst., Melissa M. Castle, aged 44 years, wife of Francis J. Castle, of consumption, after a long and painful illness.

In Seneca on the 16th inst., Thomas McKessin, in the 65th year of his age.

In Seneca, January 21st, at the residence of Edwin Hall, Mr. Thomas Wake, aged 60 years.


6 February 1856

MARRIED - At Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 17th ult., by the Rev. D. T. Wood, Mr. T. N. Bennett of this village to Miss A. Elizabeth Sayer of the former place.

DIED - In this village, on Tuesday, the 23d inst., of consumption. Hannah, wife of Joseph Williams, aged 70 years.

In East Bloomfield on the 8th ult., of typhoid fever, Mrs. C. W. Haney, wife of Wm. Haney, aged 45 years.

At the residence of his brother in Farmington, on the 31st of January ult., Doct. George E. Smith, of Brighton, Mich. aged 30 years, 4 months and 21 days.


20 February 1856

MARRIED - At Moscow, Livingston county, on the 7th inst., by the Rev. Thomas Franklin, Merrick Munger Esq., of this village to Miss Henrietta S. Gibbs, of the former place.

In Geneva, on the 9th inst., Mr. Charles Dennison to Miss Kate Clark; and on the 31st ult., Mr. Jacob Shoemaker to Miss Elizabeth Sanderson, all of that village.

At Clifton Springs, on the 13th inst., by Rev. Mr. Chester, Mr. August Schoenflder to Miss Josephine Kaufmann, both of Clifton Springs.


27 February 1856

DIED - In Gorham on the 13th inst., Netta, youngest child of P. F. and Jane Powell, aged 3 years and 9 months.

On the 17th, infant daughter of William and Mary Powell, aged three months.

In Richmond, not long since, Samuel Garlinghouse, aged about 60 years.


5 March 1856

DIED - In Hopewell, February 23d, David Knapp, aged 75 years, 2 months and 3 days.


12 March 1856

DIED - In New Woodstock, N. Y., at the residence of her daughter-in-law, on the 1st inst., Mrs. Amelia Smith, wife of Wm. H. Smith of Canandaigua, in the 48th year of age.

In Manchester, on the 4th inst., Mr. Sylvester Southworth.

In Chatauqua county, on the 22d ult., in the 27th year of his age, Mr. David C. Lathrop, formerly of this village.


26 March 1856

MARRIED - In Rochester, on the 20th inst., by Rev. Mr. Rains, Mr. William B. Eldridge of Canandaigua and Miss Mary Lynch of Rochester.

On the 20th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Alvin S. Reynolds of this village to Miss Lovina Simmons of Rochester.

DIED - In Aurelius, Cayuga county, on Wednesday morning, the 19th of March, David Stout, Esq., aged 88 years. He deceased was a native of New Jersey, and for many years a resident of Ontario County.


16 April 1856

MARRIED - In this village, on the 7th inst., at the Franklin House, by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Geo. McKinney, and Mary Ann Murrell, both of Bloomfield.

DIED - At the residence of her son, S. K. Whitwell, in Canandaigua, on Monday, April 7, 1856, Mrs. Percy Whitwell, aged 69 years.


23 April 1856

DIED - In Manchester, on Monday, the 7th inst., Arabella Rodney, only daughter of Cornelius and Deborah Rodney, aged 5 years, 1 month and 20 days. In the death of this beloved child, the parents are sadly bereaved. It is the seventh they have buried within the past sixteen years -- two girls and five boys.


30 April 1856

MARRIED - At Canandaigua, April 25, instant, in the Congregational Church, by the Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. Horace W. Sanford, of Shakopee, Scott Co., Minnesota Territory, and Miss Harriet J., daughter of Robert Royce, Esq., of Hopewell, Ontario County, New York.

In Farmington, April 24th, 1856, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Egbert P. Gue to Miss Adelia E. Harvey, all of Farmington.

DIED - At Victor, on the 25th inst., of consumption, Alvin H. Parks, aged 47 years.

In this town on the 25th inst., Belus Thomas.

In this village on the 26th, Charles H. Saxton, in the 29th year of his age.


7 May 1856

MARRIED - At Warsaw, N. Y., on the 23d ult., by Rev. Wm. C. Mosher, Mr. Charles Mosher of Phelps, Ontario Co., formerly of this village, to Miss Angeline J. McKay, of the former place.

DIED - In Buffalo, on the 22d ult., Maria Barkley, wife of Isaac M. Schermerhorn, Esq., formerly of this village, aged 35 years, 7 months and 2 days. The remains of the deceased were brought to this village for interment.


14 May 1856

MARRIED - At Phelps, on the 6th inst., by Rev. Mr. Howe, Mr. Spencer Hildreth to Miss Catharine Wilkins, all of that town.

In Geneva, on the 5th inst., by Geo. M. Horton, Esq., Mr. Phillip Cook to Miss Mary Miller, all of that village.

On the 3d inst., by Rev. S. H. Gridley, Mr. William A. Cathcart of Waterloo, to Miss Helen s. Hippleboth, of Geneva.

DIED - In Seneca on the 2d inst., Isaac Mullender, in the 74th year of his age. The deceased was a native of Scotland but for 50 years a resident of that town.

In Geneva, on the 7th inst., Silas Spier, aged 29 years.

In Geneva, on the 6th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of K. Johnson, aged 25 years.

In this village on the 1st inst., Mrs. Minerva, wife of Dr. George Cook, of Canandaigua, and daughter of Julius Bull, Esq., of Seneca Falls.


28 May 1856

MARRIED - In Waverly, on Wednesday, May 23, by the Rev. Mr. Cooley, Mr. John H. Findon, formerly of Patterson, N. J., and Miss Caroline M. Lyon, of this village.

DIED - In Gorham, at the house of H. F. Witter, on the 25th inst., Miss Marillis J. Putman, of Springwater, daughter of the late Elijah and Marillis Putman, aged 18 years.


4 June 1856

MARRIED - On the 28th ult., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. O. H. Winants to Miss Caroline Eastman, both of this village.

In Vienna on the 25th ult., by Rev. A. S. Baker, Mr. Thomas Faurote to Miss Artimitia Shear, all of that place.

In Geneva on the 28th ult., by the Rev. B. B. Gibbs, Mr. John H. Williams to Miss Sarah E. Jones, of that village.

DIED - In Vienna, on the 17th ult., after a long illness, Elizabeth Newdick, in the 15th year of her age.

On the 18th ult., Mr. Henry Faurote, of Vienna, in the 73d year of his age.

In Janesville, Wisconsin, on the 21st ult., Mr. Anson C. Loomis, of Oak's Corners, N. Y., of congestion of the lungs, aged 49 years.


11 June 1856

MARRIED - On the 7th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. S. L. Sterling to Miss Mary A. Root, both of this village.

DIED - In Phelps, on the 30th ult., of dyspeptic consumption, J. R. Kendrick, aged 45 years.

On the 14th ult., in this town where she was suddenly stricken with paralysis, Mrs. Olivia Fairchild, relict of Moses Fairchild, Esq., late of East Bloomfield, deceased, aged 59 years.


18 June 1856

MARRIED - By Rev. J. T. Arnold, on the 10th inst., Mr. William Maltman to Miss Adelaide Dwyer, both of this place.

In Farmington, on the 28th ult., by Rev. F. S. Gaylord, Mr. James Faurot of this town and Miss Sarah L. Yerkes of Farmington.

In Geneva, on the 28th, Mr. John H. Williams of Cincinnati, to Miss Sarah Jones of Geneva.

On the 29th, Mr. A. G. Vredenburg to Miss Harriet A. Sprague, all of Geneva.

DIED - In Gorham on the 13th inst., Mrs. Phebe Lewis, in the 92d year of her age. Mrs. L. was the third white woman that came into this town; her nearest neighbor was five miles one way, and four the other.


2 July 1856

MARRIED - At Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., on the 22d June, 1856, by the Rev. J. G. Moore, Abram Brouk, Esq., of Auburn, Placer Co., California, to Miss Cynthia Brewster, daughter of Stephen Brewster, Esq., of the former place.

In this village on the 21st June, by C. Younglove, Esq., Martin J. Middaugh of Farmington, to Margaret Rone, of the same town.

In Geneva, on the 23d inst., Mr. Lorenzo D. Kendfield of Victor to Mrs. Mary Ann Gilbert of Geneva.

DIED - In Hopewell on the 11th inst.,

Mrs. Rebecca Smith, consort of the late Andrew Smith, aged 75 years.

In Hopewell on the 11th inst., Mrs. Deborah Couch, consort of the late Joseph Couch, aged 89 years.


9 July 1856

MARRIED - In this village, on the 1st inst., by C. Younglove, Esq., Mr. Patrick Keogh to Miss Margaret Lennon, both of Phelps.

DIED - At Ypsilanti, Mich., on the 27th ult., William A. Ackley, In the 36th year of his age, formerly of Geneva.


16 July 1856

DIED - At Kalamazoo, Mich., of lung fever, on the 4th July inst., Mr. Robert Saunders of Hopewell, aged 66 years.

In this town, last Sunday morning, Mr. Frederick Bunnell, aged 49. Mr. B. was a son of Col. Abner Bunnell of this village.

In Mendon, St. Joseph's County, Mich., Sarah Jane, wife of Mr. Israel Pershall, in the 33d year of her age, formerly of this town.


23 July 1856

MARRIED - In Auburn, on the 3d inst., Mr. Curtis H. Richards and Miss Mary E. Webster, both of Phelps, Ontario Co.


30 July 1856

DIED - In East Bloomfield, on the 3d inst., of consumption, Anna P., eldest daughter of David W. and Matilda Martz, aged 20 years.


6 August 1856

MARRIED - In Phelps, on the 29th ult., by L. Redfield, Esq., Mr. Nehemiah Lounsberry to Miss Louisa Carpenter, both of Victor.

DIED - In Phelps, on the 28th ult., Miss Elizabeth Edmonston, aged 30 years.

On the 29th, Mrs. Simeon Phillips, aged 44.

In Seneca, on the 28th ult., Mrs. Phillis Straughan, widow of the late Robert Straughan, in the 100th year of her age.


13 August 1856

MARRIED - In this village, on the 5th inst., at the Franklin House, by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Richard Rowley and Miss Eveline Rowley, both of E. Bloomfield.

Also, on the 7th inst., by the same at the Methodist Church, Mr. Walter S. Brockelbank and Miss Eva Bryant, the latter of Waukegan, Ill.


27 August 1856

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 17th inst., Benjamin F. Gates, son of Moses and Sally Gates, aged 22 years.

In Vienna, on the 16th inst., Ransom, infant son of Jared and Elizabeth Pritchard.


3 September 1856

DIED - In this village, on the 27th ult., Martha, wife of Thomas F. Spencer, aged 34 years.


10 September 1856

MARRIED - At Hopewell Centre, on the 28th ult, by Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Reuben T. Pratt of Gorham to Miss Sophia Wormley of Hopewell.

DIED - At Hopewell Centre, on the 1st ult., Franklin C., youngest son of Solomon and Susannah Thatcher, in the 10th year of his age.


17 September 1856

MARRIED - On the 15th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Philander W. Briggs of Michigan to Miss Amanda J. Crane, of this village.

DIED - In this village on the 4th inst., after a protracted and severe illness, Marvin Power, aged 53 years.

At Galena, Ill., on the 4th inst., Mr. Andrew Ross, late of this village, aged about 45 years.


24 September 1856

MARRIED - In this village on the 20th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. S. H. Smith of Lyons, Iowa, to Miss Emily Mason, daughter of Jesse Mason, Esq., of this village.


1 October 1856

DIED - In this village, on Sunday morning last, Mr. William Stead.

On the 6th ult., in this village, Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine Jeffrey, aged 70 years.


15 October 1856

MARRIED - In Phelps on the 29th inst., by Rev. Asa Say, William Rockefeller of Manchester and Minerva F. Gallup of Hartland, Vt.

In Hopewell on the 7th inst., by Rev. Asa Say, Mr. Warren C. Stoddard to Miss Catharine Parkhurst, all of that town.

On the 2d inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. William Hinch to Miss Frances Freeman, both of this village.

DIED - In Seneca on the 5th inst., Mr. William Rippey, aged 61 years.

In this village, Sunday, October 12th, Lizzie B., only daughter of L. J. and Mary E. Sutherland, aged 9 months.


22 October 1856

MARRIED - By Rev. B. B. Gray, at the Presbyterian Church of Castleton, in the presence of many witnesses, Mr. Simeon Spangle of Hopewell to Miss Harriet Fisher of Seneca.

At the same time and place, Mr. Phillip Spangle of Hopewell to Miss Mary E. Ottley of Castleton.

Also, at the same time and place, Mr. Charles Wormley of Hopewell Centre to Miss Delia Ann Porter of Castleton.

DIED - At Naples, on Wednesday, the 15th inst., after a prolonged illness, Lorenzo Clark, in the 70th year of his age.

In Elmira, on the 17th inst., Maj. James Williams, aged 46 years, formerly of this village.


29 October 1856

MARRIED - On the 23d inst., by C. Younglove, Esq., David Miller of Rochester to Elizabeth Black of Canandaigua.

In Penn Yan on the 15th inst., by Rev. Nelson Furgeson, Mr. Joseph Williams of Canandaigua and Mrs. Lovina Cleveland of Milo.

DIED - At her residence in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Ursula Camp, consort of Thomas Stringham, late of Canandaigua, N. Y., in the 51st year of her age.


5 November 1856

DIED - In this village, Oct. 22, at the residence of her son-in-law, Robert Robinson, Mrs. Mary Herbert, in the 77th year of her age.

In this town on Wednesday, 22 inst., Mrs. Lois C., wife of Nathan Thayer, and daughter of the late Liberty Day, aged 47.


12 November 1856

MARRIED - In Manchester, Oct. 23, 1856, by Rev. A. Saxe, J. Graham Hislop of New York City to Miss Addie W. Redfield of Clifton Springs.

By Rev. J. T. Arnold, on the 29th ult., Wm. Pierson, of Gorham, to Elizabeth Sparks, of the same place.

DIED - At East Bloomfield, on Thursday, the 30th inst., after three weeks illness, infant son of John C. and Sarah E. Johns, aged 3 months.

In Castleton, on the 2d inst., Mrs. Elizabeth K., daughter of the late Ebenezer Benham, and wife of Nelson Freshour, aged 29 years.


26 November 1856

DIED - In this village, on the 23d Nov. inst., Austin Steward, Jr., aged 26 years, 2 months and 14 days.

In West Bloomfield, at the residence of Myron S. Hall, Mrs. Abigail Shelley, aged 93 years.  The deceased was the widow of Medad Shelley, formerly of Guilford, Conn., and mother of the late Mrs. E. A. Hall of West Bloomfield.


3 December 1856

MARRIED - On the 26th of November by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Charles Beach of Penn Yan to Miss Lydia Cone of this village.

On the same day, by the same, Mr. Michael Welsh to Miss Maria Brocklebank, both of this place.

In Victor, Ontario County, on the evening of the 20th inst., by Rev. Jas. H. Tuttle, Mr. George Collins to Miss Maryette Richards.

DIED - On Sabbath morning, the 23d of November, at West Bloomfield, Mary C., wife of Joseph C. Shelton of this village.


10 December 1856

DIED - In Geneva, on the 3d inst., Walter T. Taylor, aged 54 years. Mr. T. was uncle to Mrs. J. J. Mattison of this village.


17 December 1856

MARRIED - In the city of Troy, on the 10th inst., by Rev. C. D. Shelden, Richard S. Pierson of Canandaigua to Mary C. Hotchkin of the former place.

DIED - At West Bloomfield, on Sunday, the 7th of December, Mrs. Abigail Taft, wife of Jesse Taft, Esq., aged 73 years.

At the same place, on the 11th inst., Miss Malvina Parks.


24 December 1856

DIED - At Bristol Center, on Monday the 15th inst., after a long and painful illness, Mrs. Deborah Finley, wife of John Finley of that place, aged 71 years.

In Rochester, at the residence of John R. Eldridge, on Saturday evening, Louisa Haywood, wife of the late Martin Haywood of East Bloomfield, aged 65 years.


31 December 1856

MARRIED - In Phelps, on the 15th inst., by Rev. F. S. Howe, Mr. Alvah Inman to Miss Hortense Stephenson of the former place.

On the 25th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Anthony Pulver and Elsie A. Buck, both of Gorham.

Also, by same, at the Franklin House, William A. Freer and Julia E. Ensign, both of this town.

DIED - Of consumption, in the Town of Phelps, on the morning of Saturday, the 20th inst., Charles Denniston, in the 30th year of his age.

In Gorham, on the 14th inst., Ann Eliza De Witt, aged 47 years.

In Geneva, on Saturday evening, 26th inst., after an illness of ten days, William Henry Parker, aged 29 years, 9 months and 20 days, a brother of the publisher of the Gazette.


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