Part of the Steuben Co., NY GenWeb - Judy Allen Cwiklinski coordinator
Steuben County items The abstracts below are in their entirety! I can not be of any further assistance on any of these surnames/families. What you see is ALL there is! I also can not make photostatic copies of these items! Allegany County is located on Steuben County's western border. I live in the south eastern part of Allegany County with the Steuben County (West Union) border less than a mile away from my home.
Abstracted by Judy Allen
Cwiklinski - Steuben Co., NY GenWeb coordinator.
Jul. 1, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Jul. 8, 1880 Memorial. Willie OSMUN was born in Pontiac, Mich., July 7, 1874. He was the youngest child of Charles W. and Celia OSMUN. Inheriting a frail constitution from his mother (who was an invalid at his birth), and early loosing an eye from ulceration, he had been quite a sufferer. He was adopted by his father's sister Mary, wife of Lewis A. YOUNG, by whom he was kindly cared for and greatly beloved, and at whose house he died, at West Union, Steuben Co., N.Y., March 12th, 1880 aged 5 years 8 months and 5 days. Always patient, bright and cheerful, he made fast friends with all his acquaintances, who turned out in large numbers to honor his burial. He died praising Jesus, and his finger pointing upward. Their home is made desolate but full of hope and comfort because his end is peace.
Jul. 15, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Aug. 5, 1880 --Steuben county has 73,957 inhabitants, a gain of 6,290 since 1870, but of only 119 since 1875. Among the towns Hownellsville leads with 9,848 which is a gain of 4,011 in the past ten years. -- Corning comes next with 6,424, followed by 7,779. --On the arrival of a freight train at Detroit last Saturday morning, a young man was found in a car nearly dying from want of food and water.-- He gave his name as Charles* FRENCH and is from Bath, N.Y. He was working in Hornellsville, and on Tuesday he entered the cars to get out of the sun and went to sleep. When he awoke the car was closed and on the way to Detroit. All his efforts could not bring the train hands to his release. He probably shipped for a free ride, but didn't intend to make so extended a trip. (*see: Aug. 12, 1880) --Last week, Seymour SILVERNAIL, a farmer living in the town of Bradford, about twelve miles from Bath, died very suddenly under circumstances which gave suspicious of foul play Coroner GOFF, of Cohocton, was at once summoned, and after empaneling a jury and examinging a number of witnesses, he decided that the testimony of the witnesses was strong enough to warrant him in issuing a warrant for the arrest of one Frank ANGELL, a resident of the same town, on a charge of having caused SILVERNAIL'S death by poison. ANGEL'S visit to SILVERNAIL'S wife (the old saying to the contrary notwithstanding) are said not to have been few or far between, either.
Thurs., Aug. 12, 1880 --The young man who got into a freight car in Hornellsville to sleep, was locked in and taken to Detroit without food or dirink before being released died soon after from exhaustion. His name was Frank *FRENCH and he was the adopted son of E.J. FRENCH of Bath. (*see: Aug. 5, 1880)
Aug. 19, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Aug. 26, 1880 --Mrs. Lydia LOOMIS died in Hornellsville, Sunday, aged 72 years, and was buried in New Hudson, Tuesday. She was the mother of Mrs. E.S. PHILLIPS of this village. Bath's Tragedy. The coroner's jury in Bath's lamentable tragedy have rendered their verdict. The verdict reads as follows: "We find that Kirk Edward PARKHURST and Frances S. HOWELL both came to their death in room No. 1, at the Nichols House, Bath N.Y., on Saturday afternoon, August 14th, 1880, between the hours of four and five o'clock, from pistol balls, shot by Kirk Edward PARKHURST, with the intention of killing Frances S. HOWELL and himself, while laboring under an aberration of mind."
Sept. 2, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Sept. 23, 1880 Died: MULLEN -- At his residence in Greenwood township, Steuben Co., N.Y. on Sabbath, Sept. 5th, Mr. Archibald MULLEN; aged 82 years and 3 months. He was born in Antrim, Ireland in 1798, he emigrated to America in 1848 and lived for a few years in Brooklyn and afterwards moved to Allegany Co., NY. Mr. Mullen was a hard working farmer. By perserverance he accumulated quite a property. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Andover for thirty years. His only book was the Bible and its well worn pages testify how much it hadbeen read. He was a man of prayer. Although he died from an injury, yet he seemed to have a presentiment that his end was near -- even before he received the injury. During the still hours of the night, and at early morn he was heard to be praying. He had passed away like a stlk of corn that is fully ripened. He left a legacy of a good name and noble example to his children. We shall see him no more. But in the church triumphant we hope once more to be united with those who have bgone before, and to dwell in the prescence of God, forever. A.C. TITUS
Thurs., Sept. 30, 1880 --Alex. SMITH, Esq., of this village, and Miss Mary J. FRENCH of Coopers Plains, Steuben Co., were married yesterday, Rev. A. Coit and Rev. J.C. Woods of Coopers Plains officiating. The parties arrived in Wellsville today.
Oct. 7, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Nov. 18, 1880 --The young man Andrew GUGEL of Dansville, who undertookthe job of drowning his mother in a cistern and failed, borrowed a rifle next day and shot himself dead. The last job was altogether better than the first.
Nov. 25, 1880 (nothing of interest)
Thurs., Dec. 2, 1880 --Mr. G.E. MCMASTER died at the residence of his parents in Bath last Friday afternoon, from typhoid fever. He was a finely cultered young man, thirty-one years old, a lawyer by profession and brother of the present County judge of Steuben county Ghuy H. MCMASTER. He was unmarried. Thurs., Dec. 9, 1880 --Dr. Frederick E. WAGNER of Addison died Nov. 30th in his 76th year. --Hornellsville has organized a ladies' aid society for the relief of the town poor. --Hornellsville is to spent $100 in adding new books to its public library and the managers invite an expression of choice of purchases from the citizens.
Thurs., Dec. 16, 1880 --Delos HEDGES, a farmer living near Rogersville, Steuben County, was visited by a man on Thursday, who claimed to hold a note for $276 against him. Hedges, upon examination, pronounced the note a forgery. The man thereupon served a Supreme writ, returnable in New York City, upon him and quietly went away. Mr. Hedges attempted to have the man arrested but he escaped to have the man arrested but he escaped. The alleged note is prounounced an arrant forgery, but, with trial in New York and the trouble HEDGES will suffer, he will be put to considerable expense by this nefarious trick.
Dec. 23, 1880 (nothing of interest) |
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