Cortland Republican

"Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die,
  'Twas e'en to thee - yet the dread path
            once trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high,
  And bids the pure in heart behold their God!"

    [Died] - At Preble, on the 2d instant, an Infant Child, of Mr. Joseph MARSHALL.

    Died - On Saturday morning last, Mrs. Sally CRARY, aged 34 - wife of Mr. Spencer CRARY of this village.

    [Died] - At Preble, on the 20th day of April, Mrs. Polly WHITLOCK, wife of Daniel C. WHITLOCK, in the 28th year of her age. - She has left an afflicted husband and three small children, and numerous other connexions, to mourn their loss.

    [Died] - At the same place [Preble], on the 28th April, Wm. H. STONE, in the 8th year of his age, son of Levi STONE, of that place.
          Communicated.

    [Died] - In this town, on the 5th inst. Mr. Edward FITZGERALD, aged 51. He was found dead in the highway, near his house, a short time after he left it. He is supposed to have died in a fit of epilepsy; a disease to which he had long been subject. He was a professor of religion, and was hopefully prepared for so sudden an exit, and for a happier world. He has left a widow and six children.        Cort. Repos.

Obituary. Casualty. - On the 27th ult. a number of men working on a road in Solon were felling trees, one of which in its descent struck a young man by the name of Truman WARD - and hurled him into eternity. His father witnessed the direful scene. He left a wife about 16 years old to lament the loss of her youthful husband.

    [Died] - In Cincinnatus, on the same night [Monday night last], and near the same hour [one o'clock], Mr. William SMITH, aged 69. He was walking about the house, the moment before he fell down dead!

    We do not recollect ever to have heard of an instance of sudden death, similar to these - two men, but a few miles distant from each other, and nearly at the same instant, took their departure "for that undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns," without a moment's warning. - The former was in the vigor of health and manhood - the latter we believe had no other indisposition than the infirmities of age.

    [Died] - On the same day [the first instant], Mr. Erastus SPALDING, aged 45.

    [Died] - On the 3d inst. Mrs. Mary RICE, (wife of Deacon Eliphalet RICE,) aged 65.

    [Died] - On the same day [3d inst.], Mrs. Betsey STEADMAN, (wife of Mr. Justus STEADMAN,) aged 54.

    Died - In this town on Tuesday last, Mr. Darius KINNEY. His death is said to have been occasioned by a small burn upon his hand.

    [Died] - In this town, on the 28th ult., Mrs. Priscilla WASHBURN, wife of Isaiah WASHBURN, aged 60.

    Died - In this town, on the 9th inst. Mr. WORDEN, formerly from Genesee County, aged 33 years.

    [Died] - On the 13th a child of the deceased [Mr. WORDEN] aged about one year.

    Died - In this Village, on the 30th ult. Hiram, the son of Mr. Jacob WHEELER, aged two years.

    [Died] - In this town on the 4th inst. Mr. ----KYES, aged about 70.

    Died - In this village, on the 7th inst., A child of William MALLERY, Esq.

    [Died] - In Preble, on the 3d inst. Mrs. Elizabeth SUMMERS, in the 56th year of her age.

    Drowned in the same place [Preble], on the 8th ult. Peter EGBERTSON, aged about 13 years.

    [Died].... In Port Watson, two twin children of Mr. Sewell B. FLETCHER, one on Monday and the other on Thursday last.

    [Died] - In Cortland Village, on the 17th inst. an infant child of Charles W. YNDE.

          Auburn, January 21.     Died - On the 11th inst. Mrs. Deborah PENICK, aged 31 years, (wife of Mr. Wait PENICK, and daughter of Capt. Edward WHEELER, all of this town,) after a lingering illness of two years, from schirrous enlargement of almost the whole substance of the liver. After death, she was opened by Doct. PITNEY, assisted by Doctors William C. BENNET, COOLEY and LAWRENCE, and about six quarts of water taken from the cavity of the abdomen. The liver was then taken out and weighed - its weight was 34lb. 4 oz.* All the other viscera were sound.
    *The ordinary weight of a healthy liver in an adult is from 3 to 4 lb.

    In Homer Village, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Patty ROSS, wife of Townsend ROSS, Esq.

    Melancholy Event. On Thursday the 4th inst., at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, during a heavy thunderstorm, the house of Mr. David CAYE, about four miles from this village, was stuck by lightning, near the top of the roof, which it considerably shattered, and descended to the eaves. There was no other injury done to the house, and its course could not be traced any further. Stephen CRANE, a boy about twelve years of age, son of Mr. John CRANE of this town, who was standing leaning against the door post on the opposite side of the house, was struck, and instantly expired. His hair was singed and the blood was settled round his neck, which were the only marks of violence upon him. There were only two other persons in the house, Mr. CAYE and his son, who were sitting within three or four feet of the deceased; they received a pretty severe shock, but were not materially injured.

    Distressing Casualties. On the second inst., as Mr. Edwin WELLS, aged 20, only son of Gurdon WELLS, Esq. of German, Chenango co., was standing in the door of his father's house, attempting to draw the charge from a gun, the breech slipped off the threshold, and the contents of the gun, were discharged through his head carrying with it the brains, which it scattered in all directions.
    Mr. WELLS was a valuable young man, and universally esteemed, when living, when dead is most sincerely lamented.
    On the same day, a child of Gideon CURTIS, of this town, aged two years and eight months, fell backward, into a pail filled with scalding lie. Although it was taken out immediately, it was so badly scalded that it expired the following day.

    [Died] In Truxton, on the 6th, Mrs. Lydia McKNIGHT, aged 67.

    [Died] In Homer, on the 8th, Miss Polly HURLBUT.

    [Died] On the 10th, the wife of Mr. George W. GOBLE.

    Accident. On the 2d inst., Mr. Bradford CHURCHILL, of Truxton, fell from the steeple of the Baptist meeting house, now erecting in that town - a distance of 50 feet, and was so severely bruised that he died on the 5th inst.

    [Died] On the 25th, Noah, the youngest son of Mr. David JONES, aged three years.

    At Quincy, on the 28th ult., Mrs. Abigail ADAMS, the amiable consort of President ADAMS, in the 74th year of her age.

    In the village of DeRuyter, N.Y. on Tuesday morning the 25th ult., after a distressing illness, patiently endured, about four months, Mrs. Charlotte AYLSWORTH, wife of Mr. Sylvester AYLSWORTH, merchant of that place; and daughter of Capt. Frank BROWN of Smithbury, Connecticut, in the 29th year of her age.

 "And call upon me in the day of trouble:
 I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me."
 "Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die,
 'Twas e'en to thee - yet the dread path once trod,
 Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high,
  And bids the pure in heart behold their God."
                                   Communicated.

    Died - In Locke, on the 5th instant, Charles C. ROLLO, youngest son of Mr. John H. ROLLO, of that town, in the 4th year of his age.

    [Died] In this town, on the 21st, of a consumption, Miss Jane TURNER, daughter of Deacon Alexander TURNER, aged 28 years.

    [Died] In Truxton, on the 24th, of consumption, Mrs. Polly M'CLUER, wife of Mr. David M'CLUER, of this village.

    [Died] In Groton, on the 28th, an infant son of Mr. William ROLLO, aged 2 months.

    Died - At Lawrens, Otsego county, on the 17th ult. Mr. Jeremiah JENKS, father of Mr. Anthony JENKS, of this village, aged 89 years. He never wore spectacles, and never employed a physician until the day of his death. The day before he died, he was able to walk two miles without help. - He lived only 12 hours after taken sick.        Cortland Repository.

22 Apr 1819

                                "cut the fatal hair;
          "The struggling soul was loos'd, and life 
                dissolv'd on air."

    [Died] On the 8th inst. in this town, Mrs. Anna AUSTIN, wife of Asa AUSTIN, aged 37 years, she was a respectable member of the church and has left an affectionate husband and numerous family to mourn their loss.

    Died - In Locke, on the 18th inst. about 9 o'clock in the evening, Mr. Hosea CURTIS, in the 80th year of his age; he ate his supper as usual and went to bed in perfect health, was a few minutes after, taken with a fit, as supposed, and expired in about ten minutes. He had lived 60 years with the wife of his youth and raised a numerous family.

    [Died] In Locke, on the 28th, Mr. Samuel BENNETT, of Perrinton, Ontario county, aged 64, and on the 31st, his wife Paulina, aged 58, and were both buried in one grave. - They were on a visit at the house of their brother, Capt. William WATTLES, where both were attacked with the bilious, which terminated with the typhus fever. They were both born in one town, and had lived together about 38 years.

    [Died] In Homer, on the first inst., Mrs. RICKERT, at an advanced age.

    [Died] On the same day [15th inst.], in this town, a son of Mr. Prosper CRAVATH, aged about 10 months.

    [Died] On the 8th, Mrs. Anna KYES, aged 78.

    [Died] In this village, on the 9th inst., a child of Mr. Oliver BONNY.

    [Died] In this village on the 17th inst. Mrs. Sina M'NIEL, relict of the late Mr. Samuel M'NIEL, of this village, aged 65 years.-
    Her death was occasioned by falling down the cellar stairs, while engaged in some domestic concerns. The side of her neck was very much bruised, and she received also, a severe wound to the forehead. -
    She survived the dreadful accident which occasioned her death about four hours.-
    Her remains were interred in the burial ground of Christ's church in this village on the 19th inst. when an appropriate sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. BUSH of Oxford.        Rep. Herald

    [Died] In Preble, on the 10th, Mr. Milo CRAVATH, aged 16.

    [Died] In Homer, on the 10th, a daughter of Capt. Rufus BOIES, aged 6 years.

    [Died] On the 13th, a child of Mr. Samuel CRANDALL, aged about 10 months.

    Died - In Virgil, on the 3d inst., of a consumption, Mr. Oliver BALL.

    Died - Suddenly in this village, on Sunday morning last, a child of Peleg BABCOCK, Esq. aged 8 months.

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