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The new settlement was not wholly without religious in- struction, as it had been visited at various times prior to 1795 by missionaries ; but it was not until this year that a regular minister became a resident of the town. This was Rev. Mr. Mosely, a preacher of the Presbyterian faith, who removed at the expiration of six months.
The inhabitants manifested an interest in educational matters, and as early as the year 1790 a school was kept by Joshua Dewey. He was soon succeeded by Oliver Cory, who for many years taught the village school, originally in the court-house, and later in the first building ereeted for school purposes, which stood on the premises now occupied by the residence of Elihu Phinney.
The first post-office was established on June 1, 1794, with Joseph Griffin as postmaster, a law having passed the legislature on May S of the same year, establishing a post route between Albany and Canandaigua, through Cherry Valley, to the court-house in Cooperstown.
The mail only arrived once a week for a long terin of years, and the daily mail was not permanently established until 1821. As an illustration of the condition of this portion of the State at that time and of the importance of Cooperstown, the following list of letters is given which were lying in the office in this village on April 10, 1795 :
" Samuel Lane, on the Delaware river.
" Roger Levitt, Unadilla.
" James F. Le Quoy, Cooperstown.
" Alpheus and Thaddeus Loomis, Schuyler's Lake.
" John Matson, Canajoharie or Cooperstown.
" David MeFarland, Otsego.
" Arthur Maxwell, Tioga.
" John McCulloek, Harpersfield."
Mulock & Morgan established a brewery in 1794; but whether in consequence of the temperanee proclivities of the inhabitants, or their desire for the more " cheering beverage" manufactured at the distilleries throughout the land, the concern had but a brief existence.
The year 1795 was an important one in the history of the little village. In that year was established the Coopers- town academy and the Otsego Herald .*
Singular as it may appear to the "dwellers of to-day," the whipping-post was an institution in Cooperstown only eighty-two years ago, and woe to the luekless wight who ehanced to fall a victim to its punishment. It is recorded that, on July 9, 1795, one Proteus was flogged at this engine of punishment, for the heinous offense of stealing somne pieces of ribbon. This punishment even did not satisfy the law, and the unfortunate criminal was banished ! This whipping-post stood on the present vacant lot on the southwest corner of Main and Pioneer streets.
THE INDIAN ALARM.
The year 1794 was rendered memorable for what was known as the Indian alarm. The alarm proceeded from the combined eireumstanees that a report prevailed of a considerable body of Indians having been seen lurking in the woods at no great distance, and that a party who had brought in some counterfeiters discharged their pistols at midnight. Seouts had been previously sent to aseertaiu the faet about the Indians, and this discharge of pistols was supposed to proceed from the scouts, in the wish to alarm the village.
We give the following glimpse of travel in the early days, and the rapidity with which journeys were made iu 1795 : " Judge Cooper left Cooperstown soon after break- fast, with his wife and two children, in an old-fashioned chariot drawn by four horses. At Middlefield Centre the party stopped, baited, and dined. It reached Cherry Valley a little before sunset, where it passed the uight. Left Cherry Valley next morning after an early breakfast and stopped to dine with Christopher Yates; thence to the house of Hendrick Frey, at Canajoharie, to supper and to sleep. Quitting Mr. Frey's after a late breakfast or at ten o'clock, it reached an inn for the night, about ten miles from Schenectady. The next morning, making an early start, it reached Gilbert's, in Seheneetady, to a late break- fast, and suceceded in getting to Albany about sunset."
In 1803 Cooperstown contained seventy-five dwellings. thirty-four barns, and three hundred and forty-nine inhabi- tants. The number of stores, shops, etc., would probably have raised the whole number of buildings, exclusive of barns, etc., to about one hundred.
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INCORPORATION.
The village rapidly advanced in importance; and in the Otsego Herald, March 13, 1806, an article was published, calling the attention of the people to the fact that the village should be chartered. In March of the following year the place was incorporated under the name of the " Village of Otsego." The inhabitants became dissatisfied with the new name, and on June 12, 1812, the former name of Cooperstown was restored; and at the first meet- ing held after its incorporation, Ang. 18, 1812, the follow- ing persons were chosen as trustees, viz., Robert Campbell, John Russell, Elijah II. Metcalf, Peter Goodsell, and James Averell, Jr. George Pomeroy was chosen treasurer, and Billa Williams, Jr., collector.
In the early days, when small coin became searee, the trustees of Cooperstown were equal to the emergency, and relieved the inconvenience in the following manner :
OCTOBER 28, 1814.
The trustees of the village of Cooperstown, taking into considera- tion the seareity of small silver and copper coin, and deemning it necessary that some substitute therefor should be provided as change ; therefore,
Resolced, That small bills of the denomination of one, two, three, four, five, six, twelve and a half, and twenty-five cents be issued by the trustees, and signed by the treasurer, and payable at his office.
Among the earliest settlers in the village was James Averell, who located, in 1786, on premises now owned by Mrs. Jane R. Carter, a granddaughter. Mr. Averell was the pioneer tanner in this section. He sold leather in Cleveland, Ohio, and invested the proceeds in real estate in that city, which subsequently increased in value, rendering him a wealthy man.
A prominent pioneer, and one who did much to advance the interests of the village, was Elihu Phinney, a native of Connecticut, who arrived in the place Feb. 28, 1795, bringing with him the materials for printing a newspaper, and on the 3d of the ensuing April issued the first number of the Otsego Herald or Western Advertiser. He pub- lished this paper until 1813. Two sous, Henry and Elihu Phinney, conducted a large publishing business in this village until 1849, when, their establishment being de- stroyed by fire, the general business was removed to Buffalo. In 1854, HI. F. Phinney removed to New York, and, with HI. Ivison, formed the firm of Ivison & Phinney. Elihu Phinney, Jr., resides in the village on the old home- stead. Henry F., deceased.
An early settler and self-made man was Lawrence McNamee. He opened a store here in about the year 1802, and sneceeded in amassing a fortune. He died in 1854, aged eighty-two years. A nephew, Theodore Me.Namee, who was here while a boy. subsequently became a member of the firmu of Bowen & McNamee, of New York. John L., a son of Lawrence MeNamee, resides in the village, and has held the office of county clerk.
A worthy pioneer was John Frederick Ernst, a Lutheran clergyman, and the second regularly employed elergyman in the village, who located in 1799. His family consisted of seven children,-four daughters and three sons. Que son, John Frederick Erust, Jr., was a jeweler and silversmith, and occupied a building which stood on the present site of the Ballard House. He was au active business man, and
also manifested a deep interest in religious matters, and was warden and vestryman of Christ church many years. Hle died in 1830, and his wife in 1856. Their family con- sisted of five children,-four sons and one daughter. John Frederick was educated at Hartwick seminary and New York Theological seminary, entered the Episcopal ministry, and now resides in Buffalo ; Elizabeth married Abel II. Clark, and died here ; Henry B. continued the business of his father until 1837. He died in New York. George W., the third son, is a life-long resident of Cooperstown. At the early age of twelve years he entered the store of Henry Scott as clerk, where he remained about eight years, and then began business for himself. He remained in ac- tive business until 1862, and has ever been identified with the progress of the village. He has served in various official positions in the village, town, and county, among which may be mentioned trustee of village, supervisor eight years, loan commissioner twelve years under both political organizations, county elerk, etc. He was active in raising the quota of the county during the late Rebellion, and was appointed by Gov. Morgan chairman of the war committee for this senatorial distriet. He has been a Republican since the organization of the party, and has figured con- spicuously in the polities of the county and State. He has been a vestryman of Christ church many years, and warden for the past four years.
Joshua Starr was an carly settler who located in 1792, and occupied a house which stood on the site of the pres- ent residence of J. M. Westlake, M.D., corner of Chest- nut and Lake streets; and directly opposite, between the residence of Mrs. Turner and the Averell homestead, he owned and operated a pottery. A daughter married Judge Brown, for many years a practicing attorney here, who sub- sequently removed to Chicago, where his descendants now reside.
Dr. Russell settled in 1796. Two children, Catharine and Rensselaer, died here. Another daughter became the wife of the late Judge Nelson.
An houored resident of the village was Henry Scott. Hle was an active business man, and during a long period was cashier of the Otsego County bank. His widow re- sides in the village. Judge Foote was also a prominent pioneer, of the firm of Foote & Sabine, merchants.
Another pioneer who added to the industry of the village was Joseph Ballwin, a cooper, who settled in 1790. Two granddaughters reside here, viz., a maiden lady, Mary I .. , and Frances, the wife of Washington Wilson. A son, Horace Baldwin, died in this village.
Among the prominent attorneys who carly settled in Cooperstown was Robert Campbell, who located in 1802. A daughter, wife of the late Levi C. Turner, resides in the village.
Ralph Worthington was a hatter, who carly chose Coopers- town for a home. Of his family of eight children the fol- lowing are living, viz., Henry, in New York, and Mrs. Moore, in Brooklyn. John R. Worthington, a son, was an active citizen of the village, and together with his son, John, many years conducted a successful banking business. He died Jan. 15, 1878, in the house in which he was born on Dec. 13, 1804.
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An honored representative of "ye olden time" was Ellery Cory, who came to Cooperstown in about the year 1815, and located near the present residence of Asel Jarvis, on Lake street. He first engaged in the furniture bus- iness, and subsequently in hardware in the old stone build- ing nearly opposite the Central House. He was prominently identified with the progress of the village, and took an ae- tive part in building the Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley railroad. He died January 22, 1874. Three children are living, viz. : William E. Cory, Esq., a sue- cessful hardware merchant in this village; Mrs. L. C. Stowell, also in Cooperstown ; and Mrs. Stebbens, in Madi- son county.
Holder Cory, brother of Ellery, also an honored pioneer, came soon after and engaged in business with his brother, which he continued until his death, in September, 1863. His widow, now at the advanced age of seventy-one years, resides in this village. Three children are residents of the village, viz. : Ellery P. Cory, an undertaker, and the pres- ent town elerk; Caroline, wife of Charles R. Burch, a jeweler ; and Franees.
William Nichols, a jeweler, was an early settler. He was a prominent citizen, and was elected county elerk. The only surviving descendant in Cooperstown is Mrs. Asel Jarvis. Stephen Gregory was also an early settler, and a pioneer shoemaker. His widow and a son, Charles Z. Gregory, reside in the village, and a daughter, wife of John Burgis, is a resident of Jersey City. Henry Beadle early located in the village. A son, Elias, is a Presbyterian elergy- man in Philadelphia ; Tracey, another son, died a short time sinee in Elmira.
A worthy pioneer from the "Granite State" was Abner Graves, who, with his wife and family, settled in this vicinity in the year 1794, first loeating across the river in Middlefield, where he remained one year, and then removed to the village. He subsequently located on a farm below the village, where he resided until old age eame creeping on, when he returned and died here at the advanced age of ninety years. His wife died six years previously, aged eighty-four years. Their family consisted of eight children, only four of whom are living. (See biography of Calvin Graves, at close of Cooperstown history.)
A prominent carly settler just outside of the village, in the town of Middlefield, was John M. Bowers, one of the largest land-holders in the county, who came from New York city in 1803. In 1804 he erected the residence known as "Lakelands," and in the following year took possession of it. Here he remained until his death, which occurred in 1846. He was seventy-three years of age. His widow, Margaretta M. S. Bowers, died Feb. 6, 1872, at the advanced age of ninety three years. Two daughters and one son are residents of this village, Mrs. F. A. Lee, Miss Martha Bowers, and Henry J. Bowers, Esq. Miss Martha Bowers occupies the okl homestead.
Among the prominent men who have resided in Coopers- town were Col. W. L. Stone, of New York, author of the lives of Brant, Red Jacket, etc. ; Thurlow Wred, the well- knowu politician; Ambrose L. Jordan, of the New York bar ; Major-General John A. Dix, and his son. Rev. Mor- gau Dix, D.D., of Trinity church, New York ; Hen. Joseph
L' White-one of the most effective stump orators of thirty years ago ; Hon. Levi C. Turner, afterwards judge advo- cato under Lineoln; Professor George R. Perkins, onee principal of the State Normal school, Albany; Rev. William Bradford, editor of the Eclectic Magazine, the New York Evangelist, ete .; Professor J. Finley Smith, of Hamilton college, and Hon. U. F. Doubleday, who here trained his son, afterward General Doubleday, of Fort Sumter ; General George W. Morell and General John C. Starkweather, of the army, and Commander A. P. Cooke, of the navy, were also from Cooperstown.
Hon. Samuel Nelson, justice of the supreme court of the United States, resided here from 1825 until his death, which occurred on Dee. 13, 1873.
NECROLOGY.
The following is a list of the old well-known residents and active business men of Cooperstown, who have departed this life sinee the death of J. Fenimore Cooper in 1851 :
1851 .- Sept. 14, James Fenimore Cooper, aged sixty-two years. Oct. 29, Mrs. Mary Fuller, reliet of Dr. Thomas Fuller, in her eightieth year.
1852 .- Jan. 20, Mrs. Susan Augusta, relict of J. Fenimuore Cooper, in her sixtieth year.
March 15, Mrs. Martha Wilson, in her ninety-fourth year.
Dee. 8, Moses Lippitt, iu his fiftieth year.
1853 .- Jan. 4, Wm. Burke, aged eighty -four years. May 28, Polly Laub, in her seventieth year.
1854 .- June 16, Col. Peter Meghar, aged eighty years.
July 10, Lawrence McNamee, aged eighty-two years.
Oet. 22, Mrs. C. Dorrance, reliet of Dr. Trumbull Dorrance, aged seventy-nine years.
Oct. 11, Lyman Ball, aged forty-five years.
Oet. 17, Chandler Root, in his forty-eighth year. Dee. 21, David Willard, aged forty-two years.
1855 .- March 2, Mrs. Catharine Ernst, aged seventy-two years. April 4, Abner Graves, aged eighty-nine years. May 4, James Stowell, aged sixty-eight years.
Aug. 8, Dr. James M. Peak, aged forty-seven years.
Aug. 24, Andrew M. Barber, aged forty-one years.
1856 .- May 9, Elijah Hyde Metealf, aged forty years. Aug. 8, Lewis R. Pahner, aged forty-one years.
Aug. 16, Melancton B. Jarvis, aged eighty-one years.
Dee. 2, Miss Mary M. Miller, in her sixty-sixth year.
Dee. 3, Mrs. Rachael Campbell, in her seventy-sixth year.
1857 .- Jan. 16, Dr. J. L. Fox, in his forty-seventh year.
April 28, Mrs. Abigail Smith, mother of Dr. Thos. Smith, aged seventy years.
Oet. 20, Mrs. Hannah Coffin, reliet of J. P. Coffin, aged sixty- six years.
1858 .- Feb. 13, Cutler Field, aged forty-nine years.
May 27, Levi II. Pierce, aged sixty-six years.
July 19, Mrs. Marcia S. Willard, reliet of David Willard, aged forty-two years.
Sept. 27, Theodore Keese, in his fifty-eighth year.
Oct. 17, Catharine Metealf, relict of Elijah II. Metealf, aged seventy-five years.
1839 .- March 29, Mrs. Fanny Waterman, wife of Simeon Waterwan, aged eighty-six years.
Nov. 25, Miss Sabrina Wood, in her sixty-sixth year.
1860 .- Jan. 28, Alfred Carr, aged fifty-six years. Nov. 1, Isaac Tueker, in his fifty-fifth year.
1861 .- Feb. 18, John Brewer, in his sixty-fourth year. Feb. 21, Silas Root, in his eighty-fourth year.
March 20, Miss Lney Wood, aged sixty-nine years.
Aprit 11, Hosen F. Antisdel, in his forty-eighth year.
May 17, Mrs. Sally Root, reliet of Silas Root, in ber seventy- eighth year.
June 25, Thomas MeIntosh, aged seventy years.
June 20, Col. John H. Prentiss, in his seventy- eighth year.
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Aug. 18, Mrs. Eppa Graves, wife of Abner Graves, in her sixty-first year.
Nov. 19, F. M. Burnett, aged forty years. Dec. 24, George Pomeroy, in his eighty-third year. 1862 .- Jan. 25, Luther Blodgett, in his seventy-ninth year. April 7, Miss Elizabeth Miller, in her seventieth year. May 7, Mrs. Maria Paul, in her seventy-fourth year.
May 18, Aun Pomeroy, wife of Judge Crippen, in her fifty- first year.
July 22, fforace Lathrop, in his seventy-sixth year. Sept. 3, Mrs. Saralı A. Beebe, aged fifty-eight years. Sept. 24, Mrs. Lucy Sumner Crafts, aged ninety-six years. Nov. 25, Tommy Bronk, aged about ninety-five years. Dec. 16, Richard Cooper, aged fifty-four years. 1863 .- Jau. 13, Jeromuc B. Wood, aged forty-two years. Jan. 26, Elihu Phinney, in his seventy-eighth year. Feh. 27, Hannah Cooper Wessells, in her forty-eighth year. March 23, Alvan Potter, aged seventy-one years. Sept. 8, Mrs. Polly M. Ifinnan, aged sixty-one years. Sept. 28, Holder Cory, in his sixty-third year. Oct. 30, Edward B. Crandall, in his seventy-fourth year. Dec. 7, Ashbel Graves, in his seventy-fourth year. 1864 .- April 2, Harvey Marvin, aged forty-three years. April 29, James Cockett, aged forty-three years. Sept. 19, Simeon Waterman, aged eighty-nine years. Sept. 19, Samuel M. Ingalls, in his eighty- fifth year. 1865 .- June 12, Loo mis Brown, in his fiftieth year. Nov. 14, Irvine M. Persons, aged thirty-six years. Nov. 24, Mrs. Georgiana Keese, in her fifty-ninth year. 1866 .- Jan. 3, Win. G. S. Hall, in his forty-third year. Jan. 17, Mrs. Mary Crandall, aged seventy years. March 6, Seth Doubleday, in his seventy-second year. March 31, David Ball, aged sixty-one years. May 11, Mrs. Marcia McNamee, aged eighty-one years. May 26, George L. Bowne, in his forty-ninth year. July 3, Johu S. Olive, aged eighty-four years. Aug. 17, Mrs. Maria M. Fitch, aged sixty-three years. Sept. 22, William Wilson, aged seventy-seven years. Nov. 7, Mrs. Annis Burke, aged ninety years. Dec. 7, Lyman J. Walworth, in his sixty-fifth year. 1867 .- Feh. 28, John Briminer, aged sixty-seven years. March 13, Levi C. Turner, aged sixty-ono years. March 27, Rev. Geo. Kerr, aged fifty-five years. April 21, Stephen Gregory, aged seventy-seven years. May 14, Mrs. Candace B. Angell, aged sixty-five years. June 3, Chauncey N. Chapman, aged sixty-nine years. Sept. 16, Mrs. Zilpha Bahcock, aged ninety years. Nov. 6, Wm. K. Bingham, aged forty-nine years. Nov. 15, Ariel Thayer, aged eighty-two years. Nov. 16, B. S. Howe, aged sixty-three years.
1868 .- Feb. 20, Ifiram S. Babcock, aged fifty-seven years. March 8, Mrs. Mary Schrom, in her eightieth year. April 13, Stephen L. Williams, aged fifty-three years. July 7, Mrs. Sally Greene, aged sixty-eight years. Sept. 3, Win. Nichols, in his eighty-second year. Sept. 7, Alfred Robinson, in his fifty-third year. Sept. 24, Isaac S. Parker, in his seventy-eighth year. Oct. 6, Mrs. Eliza B. Wellman, in her seventy-first year. 1869 .- Jan. 20, Henry P. Metcalf, aged sixty-two years. Feb. 3, Mary Ann Boden, aged seventy-two years.
March 10, Abel S. Babcock, aged sixty-two years. March 13, Mrs. Adin Adams, aged sixty-seven years. March 17, Wm. Cooper, aged sixty-four years. April 21, Mrs. Maria Medown, aged seveuty-three years. May 2, Marius B. Angell, aged thirty-eight years. May 31, Mrs. Mary Potter, aged sixty-six years. June 26, David 11. Beggs, aged fifty-eight years. Sept. 23, fferman Kinne, aged seventy-one years. Sept. 25, James Cox, aged ninety-two years. Nov. 6, Mrs. Candus Ilews, aged sixty-four years. Dec. 8, Calvin 11. Davis, aged sixty-two years. 1870 .- Inn. 15, Mrs. l'eter Bice, aged seventy - five years. Feb. 5, Abijah Baruum, aged seventy-six years. March 21, Levi Wood, aged eighty-one years. April 7, Mrs. Ann Pomeroy, in her eighty -seventh year.
April 11, Mrs. Lovina Sturges, aged seventy-seven years. June 14, Miss Mary Fowler, aged eighty-four years. June 16, Mrs. Eliza C. Morehouse, in her seventy-second year. June 24, Mrs. Mary Ann Doubleday, aged sixty-three years. July 25, Mrs. Esther Lippitt, in her sixty-sixth year. Aug. 27, Thomas Bourne, in his sixty-eighth year. Oct. 14, James MeGown, aged seventy-four years. Dec. 2, Chas. Thurston, in his uinety-first year. Dee. 14, Rev. Chas. S. Stewart, aged seventy-five years.
1871 .- Jan. 11, Mrs. Margaret Thurston, aged eighty-four years. March 23, Harvey ffollister, aged sixty-six years. April 4, Joshua If. Story, in his fifty-third year. Oct. 7, Thomas Clarke, in his sixty-third year. Nov. 23, Win. A. Comstock, aged sixty-two years. Dec. 5, Mrs. Margaret MeIntosh, aged seventy-five years.
1872 .- Jan. 12, James Bloomfield, in his sixty-sixth year. Jan. 17, Mrs. Eunice Fancher, aged sixty-nine years. Jan. 23, John Collar, aged sixty-five years.
Jan. 23, John Eggleston, in his sixty-first year. Feh. 6, Mrs. Margaretta M. S. Bowers, in her ninety-fourth year.
. Fch. 6, Mrs. Dehorah Carr, in her sixty-first year. March 1, Schuyler Crippen, aged seventy-seven years. March 14, Lewis Hinman, in his seventy-fifth year. June 29, J. Russell Potter, aged sixty-five years. Aug. 1, Daniel Lamh, aged eighty-seven years. Sept. 5, Patrick Ifewes, aged sixty-seven years. Dec. 3, Samuel M. Childs, aged seventy-seven years. Dec. 15, Mrs. Polly Niles, aged sixty-five years. Dec. 23, John C. Easton, in his seventy-ninth year. Dec. 30, Thomas Wilson, aged seventy-two years.
1873 .- Jan. 11, Rev. John Wallace, aged seventy years. April 2, Mrs. Lucy C. Saxton, aged eighty-two years. April 16, Daniel W. Chapinan, aged fifty-five years. Aug. 17, William II. Averell, aged seventy-nine years. Oct. 16, Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper, in her ninetieth year. Oct. 21, Edward Edwards, aged fifty-six years. Dec. 13, Samuel Nelson, aged eighty-one years. Dec. 19, Henry Scott, aged eighty-two years.
1874 .- Jan. 6, Emma Fuller, aged seventy-nine years three months. Jan. 22, Ellery Cory, aged eighty years nine months. Feh. 9, Wm. If. Ruggles, aged fifty-three years four months. March 26, Seth T. Winslow, aged sixty-three years. . April 22, Sally Doubleday, in her eighty-second year. June 27, Caroline Jordan Clark, in her fifty-ninth year. Nov. 2, Mrs. James Prentiss, aged forty years. 1875 .- Jan. 5, Daniel Peck, in his seventy-fourth year. Jan. 12, Mrs. Elmira Dewey, in her seventieth year. Feh. 15, Noah W. Ripley, aged seventy-seven years. Feh. 18, Mrs. Esther S. Lewis, in her eighty-second year. Feh. 23, Mrs. Catharine II. Nichols, aged eighty-six years. March 18, Henry Gould, aged sixty-nine years. March 24, Mrs. Ifannah Ray, aged eighty-one years. April 9, Mrs. Catharine A. Nelson, aged seventy years. April 17, Alfred Brockway, aged ninety-two years. May 16, Simon Van Sice, aged eigthy-one years cleven months. May 16, S. Williams Nelson, aged forty years. May 30, Mrs. Abner Graves, aged sixty -eight years. Aug. 12, Robert Davis, aged sixty-eight years eleven months. Sept. 2, Dr. Thomas Sinith, aged seventy years. Sept. 27, Jedediah P. Sill, in his sixty-eighth year. Oct. 28, Henry Fred'k Phinney, in his fifty-ninth year. Dec. 24, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, aged eighty-oue years.
1876 .- Jan. 22, Mrs. Mary Morris Foote, in her seventieth year. Feb. 9, Mrs. Electa Pierce, in her eighty-sixth year. April 12, Kent Jarvis, in his thirtieth year. May 21, Mrs. Mary l'eek, in her seventy -fourth year.
1877 .- Jan. 7. Lucy E. MeLeau, in her twenty-first year. Feb. 3, Julia I .. Niles, agol forty-nine years. Feb. 3, Simeon W. Niles, aged seventy-nine years.
March S, Edwin S. Coffin, aged sixty-six years. March 25, Mrs. Mary Ann Sharrock, aged fifty-six years. March -, Mrs. Mary Ann Pumpelly. April 17, Mrs. Juka Moaker, aged fifty-five years. April 21, Ransom Spafard, in his seventy-sixth year.
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