Marriages and Deaths from 

Ontario County Messenger

Published Canandaigua - Ontario County -  NY


7 January 1857

MARRIED - By Rev. T. J. Arnold, on the 30th ult., Mr. Samuel Sawyer of Hornellsville to Miss Ann E. Tillotson of this town.

Also, by the same, on the 31st ult., Lyman W. Doolittle to Margaret Roberts, both of Canandaigua.

In Hopewell, Dec. 18, by Rev. C. S. Coats, Mr. Simon W. Thatcher of Chicago, Ill., and Miss Julia Ann Hill, of the former place.

DIED - In this village, on the 3d inst., Margaret E., wife of Moses Atwater, in the 45th year of her age.

In this village, on the 1st inst., Betsey, youngest child of Murmeth and Elizabeth Palmer, aged 1 year and 9 months.


21 January 1857

MARRIED - In Phelps, on the 8th inst., Mr. Brayton Baker to Miss Julia Sholes.

Also, on the 10th inst., Capt. Nathan Baker, of West Dennis, Mass., to Mrs. Lydia Garfield of Phelps.

DIED -

At Madison, Wis., on the 25th of December last, Robert Jackson, formerly of this town, in the 59th year of his age.


28 January 1857

MARRIED - On the 26th inst., by C. Younglove, Esq., Michael Rink and Mary Jane Hayton, both of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Farmington, on the 1st inst., Abram B. Power, eldest son of Mr. Aliather Power, of that town, in the 20th year of his age.

In Farmington, January 19th, of dropsy, Esther B., wife of Esquire Thomas, aged 48 years, 6 months and 3 days.


4 February 1857

MARRIED - In this village, on the 28th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, George H. Holden, Esq., of Batavia, to Miss Frances Augusta Babcock, adopted daughter of Robert Antis, Esq., of this village.

At Orleans, Jan. 21m by Rev. C. S. Coats, Mr. Walter Sherwood of Medina, and Miss Rebecca Wood of the former place.

DIED - At his residence in Naples, in this county, on the morning of the 30th of January last, Talleyrand Hinckley, Esq., Counsellor at Law, in the 30th year of his age.

At Naples, on the 23d inst., from a paralytic stroke, Seth C. Hart, aged 36 years.


11 February 1857

DIED - In Hopewell, suddenly, on Friday morning last, the 6th inst., Zara Baker.

In Hopewell, Jan. 28th, Mrs. Mehetable, wife of William Freshour, aged 42 years.

In Seneca, Jan. 29, Mr. J. Wesley Runyan, aged 26 years.

At Newark, N. J., on Sunday morning, Jan. 18th, Mr. Haskell Linnell, formerly a resident of this village.

In Hopewell, on the 9th inst., Jacob Perego, Jr., aged about 35 years.


18 February 1857

MARRIED - In Canandaigua on the 21st ult., by Robert Chapin, Esq., Mr. Edward Whitfield of Farmington to Miss Eliza Jane Dillon of Canandaigua.

At Orleans, on the 3d inst., by the Rev. Mr. Gray, Mr. C. Lyon to Miss Lucinda A. Lyons, both of the former place.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 14th inst., Luther Kelley, Esq., an old and prominent resident of that village.


25 February 1857

DIED - In Geneva, on the 13th inst., D. Colby Cathin in his 39th year; also Amelia Thomas, aged 37 years; also Luther Kelley, aged 53 years.

In Farmington, on the 17th instant, after a short illness, Mary, wife of Mahlon Smith, aged about 18 years.

In Hopewell, on the 17th inst., Amelia E., wife of Charles Cassort 2d, and daughter of Miles Beebe, aged 27 years.

In Manchester, on the evening of the 17th inst., George Pratt, aged 25 years, son of John Pratt.


11 March 1857

MARRIED - At Manchester, on the 4th inst., by Rev. George W. Gage, Mr. James B. Norris of St. John's, Clinton Co., Mich., recently of this town, to Miss Lydia M. Bryant, daughter of Wm. Bryant, Esq., of Manchester.

On the 4th inst. in this village, by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. Moah Root, of Victor, to Miss Mary C. Smith, of Bloomfield.

In Farmington, on the 4th inst., by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Jeremiah Rushmore to Miss Mary A. Rush, all of Farmington.


25 March 1857

MARRIED - On the 24th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Peter O. Benson and Emily M. Anynsworth, both of Canandaigua.


1 April 1857

MARRIED - In Geneva, on the 17th inst., by Rev. M. Pritchard, R. H. Dorsey to Miss Martha A. Freshour, all of that village.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 3d March, John J. Stone, aged 71 years.

In Hopewell, on the 20th February, Mrs. Catharine Lewis, wife of Nathaniel Lewis, Esq., aged about 71 years; and on the 29th March ult., Nathaniel Lewis, Esq., aged 77 years.

At his residence in Phelps, on the 18th ult, John Salisbury, aged 27 years.

In Geneva, on the 19th inst., Miss Alida Bogert, in the 85th year of her age, sister of Col. James Bogert. Miss B. became a resident of that village in 1817.


8 April 1857

MARRIED - In Geneseo, on the 7th inst., by the Rev. Edwin G. Moore, William Jeudevine, Jr., to Miss Maria L. Hayward, both of Canandaigua.

In Geneva, on the 19th ult., by Rev. J. H. Kellogg, Thomas J. Wright to Minnie R. Smith, all of that place.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 23d ult., Mary Ann, wife of Joseph Hutchinson, aged 31 years.  On the 24th, Mary Ann, wife of C. C. Clemens, aged 33. On the 23d, Silas Alexander, an aged Soldier of the Revolutionary War. On the 24th Olive a., wife of

Jacob Dennis, aged 23. On the 29th Mrs. Mercy Francisco, aged 57. On the 30th, Daniel Green, aged 57; and on the 31st, Mrs. Sarah Leckenby, aged 74 years.


15 April 1857

MARRIED - On the 8th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Melvin Curtis and Miss Mary A. Doolittle, both of this town.

In the town of Hopewell, March 10th, 1857, by Rev. Samuel Parker, Mr. Lewis A. Biddle of East Bloomfield and Miss Hattie A. Ashley, of the former place.

In Geneva, on the 2d inst., Mr. Charles D. Copeland to Miss Annie S. Stainton, both of that village.

In Canandaigua, April 7th, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, D. D., Rev. William Ives Boddington, D. D., of Brooklyn and Elizabeth W. Nicholson, daughter of the late Jared Willson Esq., of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Canandaigua, April 7th, 1857, Rebecca Ann, wife of William McGinniss, aged 36 years and 7 months.

In this village, on the 10th day of April inst., Cornelia V. R., eldest daughter of Gideon and Isophine P. Granger, aged 5 years and 8 months.


22 April 1857

MARRIED - In Geneva, April 2d, by the Rev. J. T. Collier, Samuel Balls of Manchester, to Harriet Lambert of Geneva.

On the 4th inst., by the same, William H. Barnes to Minerva McGueggin, both of Geneva.

In East Bloomfield on Wednesday, the 15th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Kendall, Dr. D. A. Baldwin of Rochester to Miss Lizzie P. Hayward, daughter of A. Hayward, Esq.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 12th inst., after an illness of but 36 hours, Mr. Teunis Dox, aged 47 years.


29 April 1857

MARRIED - On the 13th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. John Raines, Henry M. Davis and Martha J. Raines, both of Canandaigua.


6 May 1857

MARRIED - In this village, on the 3d inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. William S. Witter to Mrs. Mary M. Witter, both of East Bloomfield.

DIED - In Canandaigua, on Monday evening, the 4th inst., Miss Lavinia Sanborn, aged 64 years.

At Stanley Corners, April 24th, Thomas M. Miller, aged 24 years.

On the 6th inst., in Centrefield, Adelaid L., daughter of Ransford D. and Mary A. Graves, in the 18th year of her age.


13 May 1857

MARRIED - In this village, on the 6th inst., by Rev. Walter Ayrault, John Callister, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, to Miss Margaret Walker, all of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, on the evening of the 11th inst., Paulina M., wife of John Carr, aged 32 years.

In this village, on Saturday, the 4th inst., Patrick McGowan, aged 77 years.

In Hopewell, on the 10th ult., Silas Anson, aged 70 years. Mr. A. had been a resident of that town over 40 years.

At Naples, on the 1st inst., of typhoid fever, Eliza, wife of Abel Moore, aged 53 years.

In South Bristol, on the 13th ult., Mrs. Mehitabel Allen, aged 93 years.


27 May 1857

DIED - At West Bloomfield, May 18th, 1857, after a brief illness, N. Maria Ball, wife of Isaac C. Ball, aged 35 years.

On the 12th inst., Sarah Jenne, daughter of Moses A. and Caroline E. Thompson, aged 1 year and 8 months.

In Gorham, on Tuesday, the 5th inst., after a protracted illness, Mr. M. S. Tuft, aged 34 years and 4 months.


10 June 1857

MARRIED - On the 8th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Mr. John Crandall, of South Bristol, to Mrs. Cynthia Dean, of this village.

On the 3d inst., by Rev. John Raines, Mr. Daniel M. LeFever and Miss Sarah Stead, all of this village.

DIED - Suddenly, at her residence in No. 9, on the 23d ult., Caroline M., wife of Mr. Thos. A. Remington, aged 29 years.


17 June 1857

MARRIED - In Gorham, on the 1st inst., Henry Lilly and Mary Mead, both of that town.

DIED - In Geneva, on Thursday morning, June 11th, of scarlet fever, Lilly Ledati, youngest daughter of W. K. and Charlotte Fowle, aged 7 months and 5 days.

In Seneca on the 9th inst., Esther Yeckley, consort of the late John Yeckley, aged 69 years, formerly of Montgomery, Orange county.


24 June 1857

MARRIED - On the 17th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Frederick F. Thompson, Esq., of New York City, and Miss Mary L., second daughter of Ex-Governor Clark, of this village.

In Farmington, June 17th, 1857, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Gain R. Smith to Miss Mary P. Smith, all of Farmington.

In Farmington, on the 11th inst., by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Edward Scribner of Victor to Miss Phebe Sheldon of Farmington.

DIED - In Canandaigua, on the 15th inst., Miss Rebecca Gorham, daughter of the late Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, in the 55th year of her age.


1 July 1857

MARRIED - In Shelby, Orleans co., on the 24th inst., by the Rev. N. T. Yeomans, Mr. A. D. Mead of Canandaigua to Miss Mary E. Bullard of Shelby.

On the 29th ult., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, James Garwood and Elizabeth Andrews, both of this village.

At Clifton Springs, on the 18th ult., Henry Cost, Esq., to Miss Frances Coller, both of Clifton.


8 July 1857

MARRIED - In this village, on the 4th inst., by the Rev. J. T. Arnold, John A. Rogers of Aurelius and Sarah J. Oatman of East Bloomfield.

DIED - In this village, on the 7th inst., Mary Breen, adopted daughter of L. J. and M. E. Sutherland, aged 6 years and 10 months.

At Canadice, June 29th, of croup, Orrin O. Ogden, only son of Robert Ogden, Esq., of Canadice.

In Canandaigua, on Sunday morning, June 28th, Marvin B., youngest son of Hiram and Mariah Case, aged 11 years, 9 months and 15 days.

In Geneva, Adaline L., eldest daughter of L. W. and E. A. Proctor, in her 21st year. On the 1st inst., Minnie, wife of Thomas J. Wright, aged 20 years.

In Seneca, on the 7th ult., Ann Eliza, wife of Jacob Creager, aged 27. On the 25th Mrs. Catharine Oederdone, aged 73 years.


15 July 1857

DIED - On Friday, the 10th inst., Sally Sherman Pratt, wife of John Pratt, at her residence in Manchester, aged 59 years. The deceased was born at New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, and came to this County at twenty years of age.


17 July 1857

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the 16th inst., by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. William Larney to Miss Jane Morgan, all of Farmington.


29 July 1857

DIED - In this village, on Saturday afternoon July 18, after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great patience and christian resignation, Philip N., only son of Edward C. and Elizabeth Griffith, aged 19 years.


5 August 1857

MARRIED -  On the 3d inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Franklin Cooley to Rachel Haight, both of this town.

At Canandaigua, on the 3d inst., by C. Younglove, Esq., John D. Maynard and Mary A. Camfield, both of Manchester.


19 August 1857

MARRIED - In this village, on the 13th inst., by Rev. J. T. Arnold, Harvey De Groff to Eleanor Bowen, both of this village.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 14th inst., David Prentice, L. L. D., aged 70 years.


3 September 1857

MARRIED - On the 8th inst., at Canandaigua, by C. Younglove, Esq., Joseph Hiney and Ellen Norton, both of Canandaigua.

DIED - In Manchester, on the 31st ult., at the residence of C. Rodney, Mrs. Deborah McKnutt, wife of Thomas F. McNutt, formerly of this village, aged 66 years.

In Hopewell, on the 23d ult., of scarlitina or canker rash, Fergus, aged 9 years; and on the 25th ult., of the same disease, Andrew, aged 11 years, sons of Peter Schoonmaker.


10 September 1857

DIED - In this town on the 4th inst., Sarah Gage, daughter of Caleb and Mary Gage, aged 18 years and 12 days.

In Geneva, on the 6th inst., Rev. Henry Dwight, aged 73 years.


17 September 1857

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 15th inst., by Rev. Mr. Jarvis, Mr. F. A. Sears of Buffalo, and Miss Roxalana Parish, daughter of Isaac Parish, Esq., of this town.

In St. Mary's church, on the 14th, by Rev. Mr. O'Conner, Mr. James Carr and Miss Julia Hickey, all of this village.


23 September 1857

MARRIED - In Phelps, at the residence of the bride's father, on the 9th inst., by Rev. M. Wheeler, Mr. Thomas Moore to Miss Emma Bunt.

In Phelps, on the 7th inst., by Rev. S. F. Howe, Mr. James R. Lovejoy to Mrs. Mariette M. Truax.

DIED - In this village, on the 16th inst., George Leete, infant son of Hiram and Jane Metcalf, aged 10 months.

In Shortsville, on the 3d inst., Theodore Baggerly, aged 15 years, 10 months and 22 days.

In Gorham, on the 13th inst., William W., son of John M. Smith, of dysentery, aged 6 years.


30 September 1857

MARRIED - At the residence of S. S. Sawyer, on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, by the Rev. C. S. Coats, Mr. John J. Dewey to Miss Mary J. Butler, all of Manchester Centre.

DIED - In this village, on the 17th inst., Mr. David D. White, printer, aged 21 years.

In Mt. Morris, on the 12th inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Isaac Halsted, Esq., Mr. Thomas H. Kellogg, aged 84 years. Mr. Kellogg was one of the earliest settlers of East Bloomfield, and his remains were brought to that town for interment.

At West Bloomfield, Sept. 11th, Abby M., daughter of Bezebeel C. and Ruth Taft, aged 18 years and two months.


7 October 1857

MARRIED - In this town, Sept. 22d, by Rev. M. Jervis, J. W. Flanders, Esq., of Sturgis, Mich., to Miss Elizabeth Sutherland of this place.


10 October 1857

MARRIED - At Hopewell Center, Sept. 30, by Rev. L. D. Chase, Mr. Charles Otley of Castleton, to Miss Maria, second daughter of Mr. Jacob Wormley of Hopewell Center.

DIED - On consumption, in East Bloomfield, Oct. 9th, in the fullness of peace and an assurance of a blessed immortality, Eliza Ten Eyck, wife of Luther Munson, Esq., aged 44 years.

In Phelps, on the 27th ult., Mrs. Laurissa M., wife of Horace Goodale, aged 56 years and 36 days.


21 October 1857

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 15th inst., by Rev. Mr. Jervis, Mr. Franklin Kelsey to Miss Emma A. Griffith, all of this village.

In Gorham, on the 6th inst., by Rev. W. W. Taylor, Mr. E. C. Huntington of Penn Yan to Miss Cornelia B. Lamport, eldest daughter of Hon. Wm. H. Lamport.


28 October 1857

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the 20th inst., by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Erastus A. Carroll, Esq., of East Bloomfield, and Miss Charlotte M. Barnes of Farmington.

In Seneca, on the 15th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. John W. Ansley to Miss Ellen Dorman.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 15th inst., Mrs. Delight, wife of Israel Thatcher, aged 71 years.

In Geneva, on the 12th inst., Mrs. Betsey Stannard, aged 61 years.

In Milwaukee, Oct. 13, Mrs. Olive C. Collins, formerly of East Bloomfield, aged 52 years.


11 November 1857

MARRIED - In this town, on the 5th inst., by Rev. John Raines, Mr. Carlos L. Nelson of the State of Iowa, and Miss Sarah S. Castle, of this town.


25 November 1857

MARRIED - In Farmington, Nov. 7, 1857, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Eugene B. Dewey of Victor to Miss Augusta M. Cooper of Farmington.

Also at the same time and place, Mr. Truman Bortles of Perinton, Monroe co., to Miss Charlotte Sage of Farmington.

In Geneva, on the 5th inst., at the residence of Mr. A. Root, by Rev. I. H. Kellogg, Henry Glanvill and Mary Mayle, both of Geneva.

In Gorham, on the 17th inst., by Rev. L. D. Chase, G. P. Burt of Mendon, and Charlotte, adopted daughter of J. P. Bush.

In Hopewell, at the house of John Lewis, on the 22d last, Gottleb Scholtz of Goarllie, in Germany, to Augusta Giffhom of Delmold, in Prussia.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 21st inst., Henry C., son of Sereno and Jane Miller, aged 19 years.

In Manchester, on the 17th inst., Nicholas Howland, Esq., aged 71 years.

In Geneva, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Hannah Folger, widow of the late Capt. Thomas Folger, aged nearly 71 years.

In Geneva, on the 9th inst., Spain Osbourn Knight, aged 18 years.

In Seneca, on the 18th, Mrs. Martha Black, aged 76 years.


2 December 1857

DIED - In this village, on Sunday morning last, the 29th ult., Ellen Rogers, aged 28 years.


9 December 1857

MARRIED - In St. John's Church, Canandaigua, on Wednesday evening, 2d inst., by the Rector, Rev. Walter Ayrault, Mr. John S. Baldwin, of Elmira, to Miss Catharine H. Paul, daughter of Fra's W. Paul of the former place.

In Orleans, on the 16th ult., by U. Warner, Esq., Erasmus Derr to Miss Victoria Eastman, both of Hopewell.

In Orleans, by the same, David Allen to Miss Ella VanDyne, both of Phelps.

December 2, in Geneva, Mr. E. McLaren of Brownsville, Min. Ter., to Miss Emiline Van Buren, of Shortsville,

In South Bristol on the 24th ult., James A. Price to Mary A. Holcomb; also Ezra Wood to Clarissa F. Covel, all of that town. Also, on the 28th, Jackson Scriber of Susquehannah, Pa., to Lucy Miclebaugh of Victor.


16 December 1857

MARRIED - In this village on Wednesday, Dec. 9th, by the Rev. W. Ayrault, Charles O. Wheeler to Mary Adams, both of Victor.

DIED - In this village, last Saturday morning, Phineas P. Bates, Esq.

In Gorham, on the 12th inst., Abraham Laughler, aged 73 years. Mr. L. was crossing a field, a few rods from his house, suddenly dropped down and died almost instantly.

In Geneva, on the 24th ult., Mrs. Caroline Freshour, wife of Henry Freshour, aged 77 years.


23 December 1857

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on the 9th of Dec. inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Daniel C. Austin to Mrs. Lovinia Hatch, all of the above place.

DIED - In this village, on the 22d inst., Abner B. Antis, in the 45th year of his age.


6 January 1858

DIED - In East Bloomfield, Dec. 24th, 1857, Mrs. Phila Gaylord, aged 83 years.

In this town on the 3d inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Simons, aged 67 years, 3 months and 21 days.

In Bristol, on the 30th Dec., Junia Taylor, wife of Daniel Taylor.


13 January 1858

MARRIED - On Tuesday, January 5th, by the Rev. O. F. Daggett, D. D., J. Albert Granger, Esq., of Canandaigua, to Annie, eldest daughter of E. D. Townsend, of Palmyra.

In Durham, N. Y., on the 29th November, 1857, by Rev. Mr. Bowen, Mr. B. P. Frazer, of Canandaigua, to Mrs. Elizabeth Saxton of Jersey City.

At Shortsville, Dr. A. G. Austin, of Williamson, to Miss Ursula J. Salisbury, of Shortsville.

In Lima, on the 26th ult., by the Rev. Dr. Barnard, Geo. B. Dusinberre, Esq., of Geneva, and Miss Elizabeth C. Warner, of the former place.

In Geneva, on the 5th inst., by Rev. H. Winslow, Mr. D. E. Hollman and Miss Helen M. Graves.

On the 31st ult., Mr. F. C. Cleveland and Miss L. Augusta Bartlett, all of Geneva.

On the 2d inst., Mr. Thomas Houson and Jane Myers, both of Seneca.

DIED - In Geneva, on the 1st inst., Col. Salma Stanley, aged 78 years.


20 January 1858

MARRIED - In Farmington, on the evening of the 13th inst., by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Daniel R. Smith to Miss Hannah G. Smith, all of Farmington.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 6th inst., James R., son of James W. and Leviah A. Case, aged 4 years.


27 January 1858

MARRIED - Lately, in Hopewell, by the Rev. Hiram Harris, James Flint of Gorham to Lovisa, daughter of Deacon Elijah Hurd.

In Gorham, on the 6th inst., by the same, Hiram Eckles of Auburn to Minerva, third daughter of Hon. F. Harris.

In Canandaigua, on the 7th, by the same, Ira Smith to Emma, daughter of Stephanie Harris.

DIED - In this village, 22d inst., William Anderson, aged 69.

In Gorham, 24th ult., Esther Wells, consort of the late James Wells and daughter of Wm. Witter, aged 73.

In South Bristol, the 6th inst., Susan, wife of Levi Witter, late of Gorham, aged 54 years.

In Seneca, 7th inst., of consumption, George Ashley, aged nearly 50 years.

In Geneva, 25th inst., Rev. Elijah Hebard, in the 70th year of his age.

In Victor, on the 22d inst., Belden Seymour, in the 59th year of his age.

In Seneca, Jan. 13th, Miss Caroline Dobin, in her 21st year.

In Geneva, Jan. 13th Mrs. Dolly Tendell, aged 24 y'rs.

In Geneva, on the 16th, Col. Asael Banister, aged 73 years.

In Bellona, on the 18th, Mrs. Sabina S., wife of the Rev. Wm. Clapp, aged 53 years.


3 February 1858

MARRIED - In Victor, on the 20th ult., by the Rev. J. Pierson, Edward M. Day of New York to Charlotte S. Crapo, daughter of Belden Seymour of Victor.

At St. John's Church, in this village, on the 21st ult., by Rev. W. Ayrault, William H. Johnson, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Mary C. Neele, daughter of Thomas Neele, Esq., of this village.

DIED - At Fon du Lac, Wis., on the 18th ult., John M. Rumney, aged 36 years, formerly of Geneva.


10 February 1858

DIED - In this village, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Mary Dailey, aged 79 years.

In Hopewell, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Dolly Chapin, aged 74 years, wife of George Chapin. She emigrated to Canandaigua from Litchfield, Conn., with the late Oliver Phelps, and has continued to reside in the county ever since.


17 March 1858

MARRIED - In Gorham, on the morning of the 27th inst., William Brady to Nancy, second daughter of Levi Wilson.

DIED - In Gorham, on the 11th inst., William Mead, from an attack of congestion of the brain.

In Phelps, on the 12th ult., Mr. L. C. Webster, aged 50 years.

Suddenly on the 19th ult., at the residence of George Higly, in No. 9, Mrs. Louisa Buteman, wife of Benjamin Buteman and youngest daughter of Doct. Enoch Cheney, formerly of Albany, in the 33d year of her age. The deceased left three small children and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her loss.

In this town, on the 6th inst., Mary Ann, daughter of Beriah P. Cooley, aged 26 years, 5 months and 16 days.


31 March 1858

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 20th March, 1858, Lebbens L. Knapp, aged 68 years and 2 months.


21 April 1858

MARRIED - In this village on the 4th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. D. S. Akerman to Miss Mary A. Lines, all of Canandaigua.

DIED - In this village, on the 12th inst., Doct. S. P. Page, aged 65 years.


28 April 1858

MARRIED - In Canandaigua, on Monday, April 26, at the residence of the Rev. A. H. Lung, Charles F. Miller to Mary E., daughter of the late Reuben P. Metcalf, all of Gorham.

In Manchester, April 14th, by J. H. Dawley, Esq., Mr. Ambrose Kilmer of Gallantinville to Miss Adelaide Depew, of the former place.

In Phelps, on the 24th ult., by Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Abram See to Miss Clara Davison, all of Phelps.

DIED - In this town, on the 22d inst., Mr. Jesse Parshall, aged 87 years.

In Geneva, on the 26th ult., John Tanner, aged 25 years.

In the town of Seneca, on the 8th inst., Abraham Ringer, aged 51 years.


5 May 1858

MARRIED - In this town, on the 29th ult., by Asa Brown, Esq., Mr. Hiram B. Hurd to Miss Mary E. Housel, all of Canandaigua.


12 May 1858

DIED - In this village, April 27, 1858, George Henry Guy, only son of George Guy, aged 7 years and 5 months.

In West Bloomfield, of pleurisy and congestion of the lungs, on the 25th ult, George Cottrell, aged 58 years.


19 May 1858

MARRIED - By Elder J. S. Penoyer, on Sunday evening, at the house of Henry Hulbert in Naples, Mr. Ambrose Cleveland and Miss Nancy Porter, all of Naples.

DIED - In this village, on the 15th inst., Thomas D. Herbert, aged 50 years.

At Bristol Centre, on the 3d inst., of dropsy, Mrs. Jane R. Brace, wife of J. Barton Brace, in the 24th year of her age.  Mrs. Brace was the daughter of S. P. Smith, Esq. of Syracuse, and had been married but little more than one year.


2 June 1858

MARRIED - In Farmington, May 27th, 1858, by Lindley W. Smith, Esq., Mr. Elias H. Rushmore to Miss Angeline Augusta McKnutt, all of Farmington.

DIED - In Canandaigua, the 21st ult., Jane Pratt, wife of Avery Pratt, aged 37 years.

In Hopewell, 14th ult., of apoplexy, Samuel Bush, 35.

In Victor, 17th, Joseph Haney, aged 75 years. He was one of the oldest residents of that town.


30 June 1858

MARRIED - At East Bloomfield, on the 23d June, inst., by Rev. L. Conklin, Mr. Oscar R. Wilmarth of Grand Rapids, Mich., to Miss Ada B. Brown, of the former place.


14 July 1858

DIED - At Orleans, on the 30th ult., Rev. O. Ackley.

At Clinton, Oneida county, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Sophia Smith, wife of E. Densmore, formerly Sheriff of Ontario county, aged 59 years.

In Gorham, on the morning of July 9th, of disease of the lungs, Mrs. Harriet A., wife of Dennison Lake, in the 38th year of her age.


28 July 1858

DIED - In this town, on Tuesday, July 13, Orlando Morse, in his 68th year.


4 August 1858

MARRIED - On the 23d of July, by the Rev. I. O. Fillmore, Mr. M. Sibley Willson of Canandaigua to Miss Happy A. Daniels, daughter of Albert Daniels, Esq., of the same place.

In South Bristol, on the 22d ult., by Rev. J. Woodruff, Mr. Johnson Tillotson of Canandaigua to Miss Emma Brown of the former place.

DIED - In this village, on the 30th ult., Freddy Wilds, son of Charles and Amelia Hadley, aged 7 months.

At Canandaigua, July 21, Sophia M. Shepard, aged 73, daughter of the late Major William Shepard.

At Geneva, on the 27th inst., Mrs. Martha E. Bissell, wife of the Rev. W. H. A. Bissell, D. D., in the 43d year of her age.

In Seneca, 21st ult., Margaret Charlton, aged 70.

In Geneva, of congestion of the brain, on the 24th ult., Wm. Clark, son of David Van Deren, aged 8 years.


11 August 1858

MARRIED - On the 9th inst., in this village, by Rev. O. E. Daggett, James H. Knapp of Hopewell and Mary Jane Daniels of Phelps.

In this village by C. Younglove, Esq., on the 30th ult., Jessie Parshall and Charity Brandow, all of Canandaigua.

At Victor, on the 3d inst., by Wm. Seavey, Esq., Mr. John Q. Gilbert and Miss Victoria Hayes, both of Bristol.

DIED - In this village, July 31, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. A. Hills, after an illness of three weeks, Mr. Gaius Munger, in the 78th year of his age.

In Versailles, Cattaraugus co., on the 5th inst., Mr. Isaac Collier, formerly of this village, aged about 38. His remains were taken to Geneva for interment.


25 August 1858

DIED - In Hopewell, August 20th, Theodore, infant son of Isaac and Catherine Remen, aged 2 years. His death was occasioned by eating cobalt prepared in molasses, to kill flies.


15 September 1858

DIED - In Canadice, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Anna Ogden, aged 77 years, wife of Robert Ogden, Esq., formerly of Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn.

In West Bloomfield, on the 9th inst. of consumption, Emma E. Mather, aged 17 years.


22 September 1858

MARRIED - In this village, on Wednesday, Sept. 15th, by Rev. Dr. Daggett, John L. Hotchkiss of Watertown, N. Y., to Miss Mary C. Robinson, daughter of Robert Robinson, Esq., of Canandaigua, N. Y.


29 September 1858

MARRIED - At St. John's Church, on Thursday morning, the 23d inst., by the Rev. Walter Ayrault, Edgar W. Dennis, Esq., of Milwaukee to Nannie W., youngest daughter of Mr. Miles Beebe of this village.

At St. John's Church, Tuesday morning, the 28th inst., by Rev. Walter Ayrault, Mr. Hugh King, to Miss Maria Welfare, all of this village.

In this village, on Tuesday morning, the 28th inst., by Rev. Mr. Wood of Rushville, Dr. R. R. Gregg to Miss Hattie E. Williams, both of this village.

DIED - At Galt, Canada West, on the 14th September inst., in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. Susannah Gooding, wife of William Gooding, formerly of this village.


In Lowell, Kent Co., Michigan, about the 28th August, Julius Babcock, son of Deacon William Babcock, formerly of Hopewell, aged 42 years.

In Hector, Tompkins Co., on the 4th inst., Mrs. Francis, wife of Francis Ely, late of Hopewell, aged 24 years.

In Gorham, on the 15th inst., of apoplexy, John Swart, son of J. J. Swart, aged 45 years. He was found in the corn field where he had been at work at a late hour in the evening, and died soon after.


6 October 1858

MARRIED - In Palmyra, on the 14th ult., by Rev. H. Eaton, Mr. John Matthews of Chapinsville to Miss Jane A. Turner of Macedon.

DIED - In Hopewell, on the 29th ult., Myron W., son of Wm. Uttley, aged 3 years.


13 October 1858

MARRIED - In this village, on the 5th inst., by Rev. O. E. Daggett, Mr. John C. Draper to Miss Caroline P., eldest daughter of the late E. Stanton Cobb, all of this place.

DIED - In this village, on the 10th inst., Mrs. Mary, wife of Rev. John Raines, in the 68th year of her age.

At Chapinville, Sabbath morning, Oct. 3d, of dysentery, Charlie Willie, only son of Francis and Catharine E. Cervis, aged 22 months.


20 October 1858

DIED - In this town, at No. 9, on the 14th inst., Mr. Jonathan Mack, aged 77 years. Mr. M. was born in the State of Connecticut, and emigrated to this town in the year 1800. About the year 1802 he purchased the farm upon which he has since lived, a term of 56 years.


27 October 1858

DIED - In this village, on the 24th inst., John Benham, in the 48th year of his age.


3 November 1858

MARRIED - In this village, on the 27th ult., in St. John's church, by Rev. Walter Ayrault, Mr. Fred. A. Lyon to Miss Eliza N., daughter of Samuel Greenleaf, Esq.

In Geneva, on the 27th ult., by Rev. Dr. Metcalf, Mr. Hugh W. Taylor to Caroline, daughter of P. Bours, Esq., all of Geneva.


 1 December 1858

MARRIED - In this village, on the 24th of Nov., by Rev. A. H. Lung, M. H. B. Powell to M. H. Witter, both of East Bloomfield.

DIED - In this village, on the 30th ult., Augustus Torrey, M. D., in the 81st year of his age.

In this village, on the 25th ult., Levi Oatman, aged 48 years.

In Geneva, on the 25th ult., of consumption, Mary, wife of S. H. Parker, Esq., editor of the Geneva Gazette, aged 34 years, 11 months.

At Hopewell, on the 19th ult., after a short illness from congestion of the lungs, Robert Royce, aged 77 years. Mr. Royce was one of the oldest residents of this County, having removed to Canandaigua in the year 1808.

In Hopewell, on Sunday morning last, Henry Benham, Esq., in the 58th year of his age.


15 December 1858

DIED - In Seneca, Nov. 12th, Orrin Garrett, aged 27 years.

In Seneca, Dec. 12, George Eckles, aged 97 years.


22 December 1858

MARRIED - On the 19th inst., in this village, by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. Avery Pratt of Canandaigua to Mrs. Harriet B. Angel of Rochester.

In this village, on the 4th inst., by Rev. A. H. Lung, Mr. M. T. Dennis of New York to Miss Anne M. Lamport of this village.

In East Bloomfield, Dec. 2d, by Rev. Edward Livermore, Mr. F. S. Peck of Greenville, Mich., to Miss Caroline, eldest daughter of F. J. Brunson, Esq., of the former place.

DIED - In this town on the 5th inst., Lucretia A. Hickox, daughter of Thadeus B. and Maria M. Remington, aged 11 years.

In this village, Dec. 20, at the residence of her daughter, after a long and lingering illness, Mrs. Susan Coulter, in the 54th year of her age. Her remains will be taken to Ontario, Wayne Co., for interment.

In this village, Dec. 11th, George, son of George Kimber, age 19 years.


29 December 1858

DIED - In this village, on the morning of the 23d, John Henry Canwright, aged 35 years.

In this village, on the 19th inst., Jesse Rumsey, in the 78th year of his age.


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