Borthwick Diaries S-Z

The Borthwick Diaries
Events of the Cornwallville Community
Culled from Sixty Years of Diaries of William S. Borthwick
1888-1947

Contributed by the Durham Center Museum and re-typed and sorted alphabetically by surname by Judy Davison.

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Note #1: Please remember this information was originally in Mr. Borthwick's diaries. The date he wrote the entry may not necessarily be the exact date that the event occurred.
Note #2: Don't be discouraged if your surname does not appear in the first column; some events (marriages, for example) have more than one surname to a line. Do a "find on this page" search to find many other names listed.
Be sure to scroll to the bottom for nearly 150 other events!

SURNAME

EVENT

SAFFORD	4	17	1924	Dr. Leonard Safford died, age 70
SANFORD	2	20	1909	George H. Sanford died, age 82
SANFORD	2	16	1922	Mrs. Sarah Sanford died, age 87
SANFORD	3	20	1922	Miss Emma Sanford died, age 68
SANFORD	7	28	1926	Neuman Sanford and Etta Lown married
SANFORD	12	11	1931	Wilbur M. Sanford died, age 73
SANFORD	6	20	1938	Mrs. Nettie Sanford died, age 69
SANFORD	12	29	1939	Mrs. Wilbur M. Sanford died, age 79
SANFORD	1	2	1944	Neuman F. Sanford died, age 74
SARGEANT	4	19	1914	Rev. S. E. Sargeant appointed pastor
SARGEANT	10	25	1916	Rev. Samuel E. Sargeant and Mary Worthington married
SARGEANT	9	19	1919	Mrs. Samuel E. Sargeant died, age 55
SAVAGE	3	26	1923	Benj. Savage moved from Philadelphia to Hervey St.
SAVAGE	5	10	1928	Ben Savage moved to Philadelphia
SAXE	6	25	1910	George Saxe and Eila Goff married
SCHERMERHORN	2	16	1931	Miss Emma Schermerhorn died, age 80
SCHERMERHORN	2	17	1931	Miss Ella Schermerhorn died, age 76
SEARING	2	6	1913	Mrs. Richard E. Searing died, age 65
SEARING	11	18	1918	Richard E. Searing died, age 76
SEARLES	8	7	1937	Luman Searles died, age 72
SEIBERT	9	5	1924	Joseph Seibert and Bertha Fiede married
SETFORD	8	7	1896	Joseph Setford died, age 70
SETFORD	6	12	1914	Mrs. Rachel Setford died, age 85
SETFORD	8	9	1918	Lewis H. Setford died, age 72
SETFORD	6	21	1925	Mrs. Sarah Setford died
SHELDON	3	23	1890	Mrs. Edward Sheldon died, age 64
SHERMAN	11	30	1890	Born to Mr. and Mr.s Edgar L. Sherman, a girl
SHERMAN	5	20	1891	Jennie Sherman died, age 11
SHERMAN	1	15	1894	Mail route changed from East Windham to Acra, E. Sherman, carrier
SHERMAN	12	11	1899	Abram Sherman while chopping in the woods struck by a chip, destroying the sight of an eye
SHERMAN	7	7	1900	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Abram Sherman, a boy
SHERMAN	7	15	1904	"Sherman "House" struck by lightning
SHERMAN	2	22	1930	Mr. and Mrs. Edgar I Sherman celebrated 60th wedding anniversary
SHERMAN	6	4	1934	Edgar L. Sherman died, age 87
SHERMAN	3	7	1937	Mrs. Anna Sherman died, age 86
SHIELD	7	2	1937	Setford house burglarized by Harold Shield
SHOEMAKER	3	5	1907	Stephen Shoemaker and Grace Hitchcock married
SHUFELT	4	24	1895	Shufelt moved here from Oak Hill to open a saloon
SHULTES	2	13	1941	Dr. Charles A. Shultes died
SIMPSON	7	16	1911	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Simpson, a girl
SIMPSON	3	26	1919	Wm. Simpson bought the Safford farm in East Durham
SIMPSON	4	11	1922	John Simpson died, age 79
SIMPSON	12	15	1932	Mrs. John Simpson died, age 87
SIMPSON	3	2	1936	Mrs. Wm. Simpson died in Fla.
SIMPSON	7	15	1938	Wm. Simpson's barn in East Durham burned
SINCLAIR	5	26	1938	Dr. Sinclair given a farewell reception
SINCLAIR	2	15	1944	Dr. Duncan Sinclair died
SLEE	2	8	1916	A. J. Slee's house damaged by fire
SLEE	4	25	1923	A. J. Slee's barn burned
SLEE	8	26	1923	Mrs. Albert Slee died
SLEE	2	16	1925	Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Slee, a son
SMALLING	2	27	1915	Mrs. Wilbur Smalling died, age 60
SMITH	10	15	1886	Mrs. Armenius Smith died, age 46
SMITH	5	31	1887	During the month of May, Armenius Smith "sat out" 1600 plum trees
SMITH	5	9	1888	Mrs. Bela Smith died, age 72
SMITH	5	27	1888	A. P. Smith of NY presented a communion set to the church
SMITH	6	27	1888	Miss Edith Smith graduated from New Paltz Normal School
SMITH	4	27	1891	Bela Smith died, age 81
SMITH	10	19	1892	Epworth League organized, Edith Smith, Pres.
SMITH	12	22	1892	T. I. and A. Z. Smith moved into their new store
SMITH	3	19	1893	Mr. and Mrs. Platt A. Smith's 30th wedding anniversary
SMITH	3	23	1893	T. I. and A. Z. Smith bought the Borthwick farm
SMITH	1	5	1895	John M. Smith died, age 39
SMITH	1	27	1895	Mrs. John M. Smith died, age 37
SMITH	8	28	1895	Armenius Smith and Miss Anna Heyer married
SMITH	9	9	1895	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Basil H. Smith, a son
SMITH	4	20	1897	Addison Z. Smith and Sarah Chase married
SMITH	9	21	1897	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, a girl
SMITH	10	8	1897	Born to Mr. and Ms. Armenius Smith, a son
SMITH	6	30	1900	Ed Smith took a load to Hudson to see "Buffalo Bill" show
SMITH	1	4	1901	Armenius Smith died, age 62
SMITH	2	25	1901	Mrs. Anna Smith bo't the Mark Minor property
SMITH	5	27	1901	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, a son
SMITH	7	4	1901	Miss Cora M. Smith died, age 37
SMITH	9	13	1901	Scott L. Smith died, age 28
SMITH	9	15	1902	Jay A. Smith and Gertrude Cox married
SMITH	2	23	1903	Fletcher Smith died, age 46
SMITH	2	8	1904	Arthur Smith and Klopp bo't the teaming business of T. I. Smith & Co.
SMITH	12	27	1904	Mrs. Amanda Smith 90 years of age
SMITH	1	23	1905	Mrs. Platt A. Smith died, age 69
SMITH	3	6	1905	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Smith, a girl
SMITH	2	21	1906	Mrs. Amanda Smith died, age 91
SMITH	12	2	1907	Rural Delivery Route began, Albert Smith carrier
SMITH	12	9	1907	Born to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith, a girl
SMITH	2	20	1908	Arthur Smith held auction of his teaming business
SMITH	2	26	1908	Arthur Smith and Maud Stone married
SMITH	2	5	1909	Born to Mrs. and Mrs. Jay A. Smith, a girl
SMITH	4	7	1909	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Addison Z. Smith, a boy
SMITH	9	19	1909	Lauren Smith died, age 38
SMITH	1	20	1911	Albert Smith bought the Jerome Woodard farm
SMITH	3	8	1911	Albert E. Smith and Minnie France married
SMITH	5	29	1912	Hilton C. Smith is painting the interior of the church
SMITH	6	6	1912	Truman I. Smith moved to Catskill
SMITH	9	27	1912	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, a son
SMITH	3	24	1913	Truman I. Smith died, age 54
SMITH	1	11	1914	Mrs. Diantha Smith died, age 81
SMITH	8	30	1914	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, a son
SMITH	5	9	1916	Harry Smith and Lucy Dougherty married
SMITH	1	5	1917	Edward Smith's Hoffman house burned
SMITH	11	19	1917	Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith married 35 years
SMITH	2	4	1918	W. Sidney Smith died, age 77
SMITH	4	12	1919	Jack W. Smith returned from 1st World War service
SMITH	7	27	1919	Abram O. Smith died, age 82
SMITH	11	11	1919	Mrs. Albert Smith suffered a broken jaw
SMITH	9	10	1921	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith, a son
SMITH	4	2	1922	Jay Smith bought Wm. Latta's house
SMITH	5	23	1922	Basil H. Smith died, age 74
SMITH	4	7	1924	Mrs. Minthorn Smith died, age 78
SMITH	10	13	1924	Clarence A. Smith and Mae Chichester married
SMITH	12	15	1924	Miss Alice L. Smith arrived in Foochow, China
SMITH	12	24	1924	Platt A. Smith died, age 88
SMITH	8	8	1925	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Smith, a girl
SMITH	3	9	1926	Jack W. Smith died, age 34
SMITH	8	28	1926	Farewell reception to Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Smith
SMITH	9	3	1926	Albert Smith moved to Worcester
SMITH	9	20	1926	Mrs. Jeanie Smith died, age 80
SMITH	4	22	1927	Alice Smith home from 2 1/2 years in China
SMITH	6	1	1927	Mrs. Harry Smith sailed to go to France
SMITH	12	25	1927	Ernest W. Smith and Pauline Tompkins married
SMITH	2	20	1929	Mrs. Truman I. Smith died, age 73
SMITH	1	22	1931	Jay A. Smith died, age 53
SMITH	4	16	1931	Charles W. Smith died, age 60
SMITH	5	2	1931	Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith moved from NY City
SMITH	8	1	1932	Edward Smith died, age 74
SMITH	3	27	1934	Arthur Smith celebrated his 50th birthday
SMITH	3	30	1934	Gilbert F. Smith and Irene Delong married
SMITH	2	18	1935	Mrs. Harry Smith committed to Poughkeepsie
SMITH	3	20	1935	Mrs. Anna H. Smith died, age 79
SMITH	4	30	1935	The store of A. Z. Smith entered and robbed
SMITH	9	2	1936	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith, a girl
SMITH	5	30	1937	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, a girl
SMITH	3	11	1938	Minthorn Smith died, age 91
SMITH	5	23	1939	Addison Z. Smith died, age 69
SMITH	6	30	1939	Mrs. Helen Smith moved to her new home
SMITH	7	9	1939	Mrs. Basil H. Smith died, age 87
SMITH	12	31	1939	Richard R. Smith and Mrs. Olive Daly married
SMITH	6	8	1940	Clarence A. Smith appointed Postmaster
SMITH	8	16	1940	Miss Isabelle Smith died, age 83
SMITH	3	27	1941	Miss Adelia Smith died, age 85
SMITH	4	5	1941	Harry Smith had a leg amputated in Memorial Hospital
SMITH	6	9	1941	Mrs. Lottie Palmer Smith died, age 83
SMITH	4	5	1942	Warren B. Smith killed, age 20
SMITH	3	20	1943	Miss Nettie O. Smith died, age 76
SMITH	10	18	1943	Mrs. Edward Smith died, age 76
SMITH	4	3	1944	Mrs. John A. Smith died, age 58
SMITH	5	6	1946	Miss Kathryn Smith valedictorian of graduation class of nurses, Brooklyn Hospital
SMITH	10	29	1946	Richard R. Smith died, age 51
SMITH	1	29	?	Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Smith, a girl
SMITH	2	22	?	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Truman I. Smith, a girl
SNYDER	5	25	1897	William Snyder died, age 49
SNYDER	3	13	1910	Mrs. Leah Snyder died, age 86
SNYDER	11	24	1921	George Snyder and Bessie Potter married
SNYDER	1	19	1929	George L. Snyder died, age 70
SNYDER	2	6	1939	Mrs. Bessie Potter Snyder died, age 74
SOMMER	4	23	1893	Rev. F. C. Sommer appointed pastor here
SOMMER	8	1	1928	Rev. Fred C. Sommer died, age 66
SPALDING	2	22	1941	George Spalding died, age 80
STARZYNSKI	9	19	1944	Peter Starzynski killed overseas, age 25
STEADMAN	3	24	1921	Wm. Rogers had an auction, Steadman, auctioneer
STEELE	10	7	1914	Perez Steele and Edith Cunningham married
STEVENS	11	12	1944	Dr. W. E. Stevens and Anna Morrow married
STEVENS	2	11	1947	Anne Morrow Stevens died, age 60
STEWART	5	30	1903	Dora Stewart died from burns, age 7 yrs
STEWART	3	28	1910	John Stewart died, age 67
STEWART	10	7	1918	Ermon Stewart died overseas, age 23
STEWART	4	21	1946	J. Bradley Stewart and Iva Turk married
STINE	4	12	1925	Rev. Fred W. Stine preached his first sermon here
STINE	9	4	1926	Donald Stine broke his arm
STINE	9	4	1927	Born to Rev. and Mrs. Fred Stine, a girl
STOCKWELL	6	2	1913	Betsey Stockwell died
STONEHOUSE	7	24	1937	Roger H. Stonehouse and Grace Thompson married
STORY	5	2	1931	Lester Story and Eva Armstrong married
STORY	2	8	1934	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Story, a boy
STRONG	8	2	1888	Mrs. Rhoda Strong died, age 75
STRONG	10	8	1889	Thomas B. Strong began school here
STRONG	10	1	1893	Philip Embury Strong died, age 48
STRONG	3	28	1894	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Strong, a son
STRONG	9	25	1894	Wilbur F. Strong died, age 28
STRONG	6	10	1897	Thomas B. Strong died, age 48
STRONG	3	20	1903	Arthur Strong sowed oats
STRONG	6	8	1908	Martha Frances Strong died, age 19
STRONG	5	12	1909	John S. Strong died, age 66
STRONG	6	3	1910	Harriet Strong died, age 83
STRONG	12	14	1910	Miss Elizabeth Strong died, age 56
STRONG	7	11	1912	Strong Brothers had a pr. of three-year-old steers weighing 1200 pounds
STRONG	9	16	1912	Mrs. Aurelia Strong died, age 74
STRONG	5	28	1913	Edgar L. Strong and Emma Gilbert married
STRONG	1	6	1914	Mrs. Burdette W. Strong died, age 26
STRONG	3	17	1914	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Strong, a girl
STRONG	3	2	1915	Horace Strong died, age 85
STRONG	4	16	1915	A Sunday School Teachers' training class organized - Miss Martha Strong, teacher
STRONG	5	2	1916	Miss Martha Strong died, age 64
STRONG	4	22	1919	Fred Strong and Helen Kelly married
STRONG	7	6	1922	William H. Strong died
STRONG	11	19	1923	Charles S. Strong died, age 69
STRONG	7	27	1925	Miss Caroline Strong died, age 74
STRONG	2	12	1927	Mrs. Emma Gilbert Strong died, age 55
STRONG	9	4	1929	Ellsworth A. Strong died, age 81
STRONG	11	15	1929	Mrs. Mary Strong died, age 86
STRONG	9	11	1932	Lyman H. Strong and Mrs. Jane T. McHench married
STRONG	3	24	1933	Miss Olive Strong died, age 76
STRONG	3	29	1935	A cow of Lyman Strong's gave birth to a two-headed calf
STRONG	3	31	1936	Lyman Strong moved from his lifetime farm home to Durham
STRONG	5	1	?	Burdette Strong moved from Newburgh to Ellsworth Strong's
SUTTON	1	20	1902	O. C. Sutton bought the Strong farm
SUTTON	11	8	1905	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Osmer Sutton, a boy
SUTTON	9	6	1907	Asbury Sutton died, age 7 yrs
SUTTON	11	18	1911	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Osmer Sutton, a boy
SUTTON	12	12	1912	Russell Sutton skated up to his neck in Parks Pond
SUTTON	8	30	1913	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Osmer C. Sutton, a girl
SUTTON	3	18	1916	O. C. Sutton bought the Fogler farm
SUTTON	4	9	1918	Russell Sutton enlisted in 1st World War
SUTTON	2	22	1919	Russell Sutton arrived home from overseas (WWI)
SUTTON	8	11	1920	Russell Sutton and Irene Morse married
SUTTON	12	11	1921	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sutton, a boy
SUTTON	3	29	1923	Russell Sutton moved to Coxsackie
SUTTON	11	10	1923	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sutton, a boy
SUTTON	11	17	1923	Maxwell Sutton and Edna Winans married
SUTTON	7	29	1925	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sutton, a girl
SUTTON	9	20	1925	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Sutton, a son
SUTTON	2	8	1932	Miss Leslie Sutton entered Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, for training
SUTTON	7	29	1932	Osmer C. Sutton suffered a broken arm
SUTTON	5	12	1934	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Sutton, a girl
SUTTON	12	2	1934	Erik Sutton and Alice Beaton married
SUTTON	5	28	1936	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Erik Sutton, a girl
SUTTON	12	14	1938	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Erik Sutton, a girl
SUTTON	10	21	1945	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Erik Sutton, a boy
SUTTON	12	17	1945	Osmer C. Sutton died, age 70
SUTTON	5	5	?	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Osmer C. Sutton, a girl
SWEET	12	7	1939	Glenroy Sweet and Beulah Treyer married
TALLMAN	3	13	1899	Tallman's steam saw mill arrived for work
TALLMAN	6	18	1907	Tallman finished drilling a 90 ft. well for the parsonage
TAYLOR	5	22	1906	Thomas Taylor died, age 79
TAYLOR	6	24	1909	Mrs. Thomas Taylor died, age 76
TAYLOR	2	10	1923	Seymour Taylor and Maud Mulford married
TEATOR	2	22	1942	Born to Mrs. Glenna Teator, a boy
TETLEY	4	23	1905	Rev. J. W. Tetley appointed pastor here
TETLEY	3	5	1906	Born to Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Tetley, a son
TETLEY	4	24	1906	A Ladies Aid Society organized, Mrs. Tetley, President
TETLEY	8	12	1928	Rev. J. W. Tetley died, age 51
TETLEY	11	1	1934	Mrs. J. W. Tetley died
THORNE	4	3	1903	Egbert Thorne died, age 46
THUEMMEL	2	8	1934	Paul Thuemmel died
TIMMERMAN	5	2	1898	Edgar Timmerman and Carrie Wetmore married
TIMMERMAN	2	8	1900	Mrs. Carrie Wetmore Timmerman died
TRAVER	3	14	1900	Wm. Traver dislocated his shoulder
TRAVER	4	4	1946	Orson Traver died, age 62
TREALESE	3	12	1924	William Trealese and Viola Butts Ratcliff married
TREYER	11	24	1910	Paul Treyer and Gertrude Proper married
TREYER	4	25	1914	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Treyer, a girl
TREYER	8	26	1915	Paul Treyer has a new Garford truck
TREYER	5	18	1917	Dorothy Treyer died, age 3 yrs
TREYER	4	19	1918	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Treyer, a girl
TREYER	5	13	1918	Paul Treyer moved to the Hutte farm
TREYER	3	18	1920	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Treyer, a girl
TREYER	3	29	1937	Fire damaged Paul Treyer's house
TRIPP	1	1	1942	Isaac U. Tripp died, age 83
TURK	12	2	1914	Harold Turk and Hazel Yale married
TURK	12	28	1915	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turk, a boy
TURK	3	30	1928	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turk, a girl
TURK	6	12	1929	Harold Turk's Auburn car burned
TURK	3	3	1939	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Turk, a girl
TURK	9	11	1941	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Turk, a son
TURK	10	29	1945	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Turk, a girl
TYLER	2	6	1934	Nettie Tyler died
UHLL	8	5	1935	Peter Low and Mae Uhll married
UHLL	2	8	1946	Daniel Uhll and Isabel Flinn married
UHLL	11	20	1946	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Uhll, a boy
UPDEGRAF	10	20	1915	Mrs. Updegraf lecture on Women's Suffrage in front of the Post Office
UTTER	10	16	1897	Adelbert Utter and Louisa Woodworth married
UTTER	5	31	1915	Mills of Herbert E. Utter at East Durham burned
UTTER	8	31	1935	Mrs. Louisa Woodworth Utter, age 59
UTTZ	1	29	1896	George Uttz Jr. died, age 28
UTTZ	10	3	1898	George Uttz died, age 86
UTTZ	2	22	1901	Mrs. Emma Uttz died, age 78
UTTZ	2	9	1940	Mrs. Ida Uttz died, age 77
UTTZ	4	11	1941	Obadiah Uttz died, age 78
VALENTINE	11	22	1916	Charles Valentine died, age 44
VAN COTT	2	19	1900	Mrs. Maggie Van Cott celebrated the 32d anniversary of her first preaching service in the Hervey Street church
VAN COTT	4	8	1900	Mrs. Maggie Van Cott preached here
VAN COTT	8	5	1900	Mrs. Van Cott held Camp Meetings in Scutt's Grove
VAN COTT	8	29	1914	Mrs. Maggie Van Cott died, age 84
VAN DENBURGH	3	7	1892	Joseph Van Denburgh died, age 54
VAN DUSEN	3	13	1917	Mrs. Louise Strong Van Dusen died, age 50
VAN DYKE	3	15	1907	Rev. Romaine W. Van Dyke moved from West Laurens to the Brown farm
VAN DYKE	2	18	1913	Mrs. Kate Van Dyke died, age 79
VAN DYKE	11	28	1919	Romaine W. Van Dyke died, age 54
VAN GELDER	4	8	1905	Mrs. Eliza Van Gelder died, age 62
VAN ORDEN	6	22	1888	Hervey St. school had an entertainment in a grove, Chas. Van Orden teacher
VAN ORDEN	5	7	1910	J. Ernest Van Orden census taker
VAN ORDEN	12	31	1936	Mrs. W. Gates Van Orden died, age 72
VAN ORDEN	4	17	1940	The store formerly of W. Gates Van Orden burned
VAN TASSEL	10	8	1902	Charles Van Tassel and Maud Meddaugh married
VAN WAGONEN	6	5	1938	Virgil Van Wagonen and Louise Dean married
VAN WORMER	4	18	1912	John Van Wormer died, age 80
VANDENBURGH	2	19	1888	Mrs. Eliza Vandenburgh died, age 69
VANDENBURGH	11	19	1895	Abram Vandenburgh died, age 84
VENABLE	4	22	1934	Rev. F. P. Venable appointed pastor here
VIALL	1	17	1913	Born to Fred and Elizabeth Viall, a girl
VIALL	7	23	1923	Fred Viall died, age 44
VINCENT	6	15	1894	Samuel Vincent died, age 25
VINCENT	3	2	1895	Alanson Vincent died
VINCENT	3	11	1896	Milo Vincent and Cora Laymon married
VINCENT	10	25	1924	Charles Vincent and Emma Busch married
VINCENT	2	21	1928	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vincent, a girl
VINCENT	8	22	1929	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vincent, a girl
VINCENT	5	19	1936	Charles Vincent died, age 65
VINING	9	30	1908	Lester Vining and Marie Barnes married
VINING	2	1	1913	Steve Vining found dead near East Windham
VON SHENK	4	26	1943	Robert Von Shenk and Catherine Carner married
VON SHENK	3	11	1944	Born to Mrs. and Mrs. Robert von Shenk, a girl
WAGNER	2	17	1900	Clayton Wagner died, age 36
WAGNER	3	5	1900	Darius Wagner died, age 88
WAGNER	2	22	1906	Mrs. Nancy Wagner died, age 84
WALKER	4	10	1890	Eli Lewis Walker died, age 71
WALKER	3	29	1891	Duane Walker and Emma Jones married
WALKER	8	21	1891	Reuben Walker died
WALKER	3	11	1895	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Duane Walker, a girl
WALKER	1	31	1900	Mrs. Emma Jones Walker died, age 35
WALKER	11	11	1906	Wesley Walker died, age 76
WALKER	4	29	1921	Mrs. Maria Walker died, age 70
WALKER	11	22	1922	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker, a boy
WALKER	11	19	1932	Mrs. Duane Walker died, age 69
WAND	5	3	1924	Alexander Herbert Wand died, age 7
WAND	11	30	1941	Alexander H. Wand died, age 72
WARNER	3	28	1895	Mrs. Elizabeth Warner died, age 75
WASTE	1	5	1922	Mrs. Ernest Waste died, age 19
WATERMAN	8	1	1935	Floyd Waterman and Minnie Bartholomew married
WATERMAN	2	26	1937	George Waterman died, age 70
WATSON	4	9	1894	Richard Watson moved from South Leeds to his farm here
WATSON	7	22	1898	Mrs. Richard Watson in a runaway down the "Big Hill" with a horse and carriage
WATSON	8	13	1902	Mrs. Sarah M. Watson died, age 90
WATSON	1	7	1904	Richard Watson suffered a broken leg
WATSON	5	18	1926	Richard M. Watson died, age 74
WATSON	10	12	1942	Mrs. Frances Watson died, age 84
WEST	6	25	1927	Fred West and Mrs. Elizabeth Viall married
WESTERBERT	10	2	1937	Nils Westerberg and Marjorie Parks married
WETMORE	2	14	1889	Leroy Wetmore died, age 38 (or 1899? - original says "1989")
WETMORE	3	12	1890	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wetmore, a son
WETMORE	10	22	1893	Ferris Wetmore home from the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago
WETMORE	1	23	1895	Charles Wetmore died, age 86
WETMORE	5	14	1896	Charles H. Wetmore died, age 49
WETMORE	12	15	1897	Mrs. Charles H. Wetmore died, age 46
WETMORE	2	8	1898	Dr. Rancour operated on Clark Wetmore's lip
WETMORE	4	11	1898	Willie Wetmore died, age 10
WETMORE	12	30	1902	Hiram Wetmore and Matilda Moore married
WETMORE	2	2	1904	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Wetmore, a girl
WETMORE	3	1	1904	Hiram Wetmore moved to Windham
WETMORE	3	16	1904	Ferris Wetmore fell from overhead in his barn-seriously injured
WETMORE	8	5	1906	Barns of Ferris Wetmore struck by lightning and burned
WETMORE	1	26	1908	Mrs. Clark Wetmore died, age 79
WETMORE	2	21	1910	Orson Wetmore and Adelaide Weir married
WETMORE	6	29	1910	Clark Wetmore and Mrs. Libbie Meloy married
WETMORE	7	2	1910	Ferris Wetmore's barn in C'ville burned
WETMORE	1	8	1914	Mrs. Ferris Wetmore operated on at Albany Hospital
WETMORE	4	16	1920	Pearl Wetmore died, age 14
WETMORE	4	26	1922	Mrs. Libbie Meloy Wetmore died, age 68
WETMORE	9	20	1922	Clark Wetmore died, age 84
WETMORE	2	2	1924	Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Wetmore married 50 years
WETMORE	3	24	1925	Ferris Wetmore died, age 73
WETMORE	5	27	1935	Mrs. Mary Wetmore died, age 83
WETMORE	2	11	1940	Hobart Wetmore died, age 78
WETSELL	2	22	1892	Mrs. James Wetsell died, age 62
WHITE	8	31	1898	William White died, age 70
WHITE	10	16	1910	Mrs. Catherine White died, age 79
WHITE	7	14	1933	Eben White died, age 72
WHITE	7	27	1939	Mrs. Eben White died, age 88
WHITMAN	9	15	1917	Mrs. Willard Whitman died, age 60
WHITMAN	8	25	1922	Willard Whitman moved to Hoopeston, Ill
WHITMAN	4	26	1934	Williard Whitman died, age 88
WILCOX	10	21	1901	Herbert Wilcox and Margaret Smith married
WILLIAMS	10	19	1904	George E. Williams and Pearl Winans married
WILLIAMS	2	28	1905	Ransom B. Williams died, age 55
WILLIAMS	8	18	1908	Marvin Williams and Addie Winans married
WILLIAMS	3	11	1923	Mrs. Elizabeth Williams died, age 72
WILLIAMS	3	18	?	Born to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Williams, a girl
WILLSEY	6	14	1906	Almon Willsey had a phonograph show
WILSEY	4	25	1897	Rev. G. O. Wilsey appointed pastor here
WILSEY	2	18	1901	Almon Wilsey sick with typhoid fever
WILSEY	9	15	1906	S. S. picnic at High Rocks, photoed by Almon Wilsey
WILSEY	7	31	1910	Almon Wilsey died
WILSEY	4	10	1943	Rev. George O. Wilsey died, age 80
WINEGARD	2	8	1900	Harry Winegard conducted a phonograph show
WINEGARD	4	29	1909	Harry Winegard and Carrie Marden married
WINEGARD	2	24	1915	Frank Winegard moved to his father's farm from Moravia NY
WINEGARD	11	10	1934	Harry Winegard died, age 53
WINEGARD	7	30	1944	Mrs. Frank Winegard suffered a broken hip
WING	9	11	1909	Charles Wing Jr. and Eliza Minor married
WING	11	19	1931	Charles Wing moved from New Rochelle to Merchant farm
WING	9	19	1942	Minor Wing and Marjorie Clunan married
WING	12	15	1943	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Minor Wing, a boy
WINN	2	24	1941	Born to Jason and Gussie Winn, a boy
WINTERS	7	31	1932	Mrs. Martha Winters died, age 79
WOOD	11	18	1903	Charles Wood and Ada Hull married
WOOD	3	27	1912	Scott Wood and Miss Daisy Millett married
WOODARD	11	21	1894	Jared Woodard and Della France married
WOODARD	7	17	1897	Jared L. Woodard died, age 38
WOODARD	10	14	1897	Born to Mrs. Della Woodard, a girl
WOODARD	3	1	1900	Mrs. Delia Woodard moved to C'ville from East Durham
WOODARD	8	2	1900	Amos Woodard died, age 84
WOODARD	4	17	1911	Walter Woodard has a new Paterson auto
WOODARD	5	6	1913	Walter Woodard and Marian Abrams married
WOODARD	3	16	1914	Jerome Woodard moved to East Durham
WOODARD	4	26	1917	Della Woodard moved to Gloversville
WOODARD	3	14	1927	Mrs. Jerome Woodard died, age 76
WOODARD	4	17	1930	Mrs. Ida Woodard died, age 69
WOODARD	7	21	1930	Jerome Woodard died, age 82
WOODARD	6	25	1942	Frank Woodard died, age 86
WOODARD	10	25	1945	Miss Elizabeth Woodard died, age 83
WOODWORTH	12	24	1897	Hiram S. Woodworth and Maud Jennings married
WOODWORTH	6	11	1899	Mrs. Maude Jennings Woodworth died, age 22
WOODWORTH	1	31	1903	Hiram S. Woodworth bought the Fogler farm
WOODWORTH	11	24	1903	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Woodworth, a boy
WOODWORTH	5	18	1911	Mrs. Wm. S. Woodworth died, age 64
WOODWORTH	12	19	1921	William S. Woodworth died, age 82
WOODWORTH	5	5	1925	Beulah Woodworth won 2nd in Philip Speaking contest, Catskill High School
WOODWORTH	7	30	1928	Milton Woodworth and Hannah Wheat married
WOODWORTH	2	21	1931	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Woodworth, a girl
WOODWORTH	12	22	1933	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Woodworth, a boy
WOODWORTH	6	10	1939	William Woodworth broke a leg
WOODWORTH	3	30	?	Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram S. Woodworth, a girl
YALE	1	12	1890	Moses W. Yale died, age 67
YALE	6	4	1914	Phebe Yale died, age 91
YALE	10	11	1917	Josiah Yale bo't Claver farm for $1200
YALE	5	19	1925	Josiah T. Yale died, age 67
YALE	1	1	1926	Mrs. Fannie Yale died , age 65
ZEILBEER	3	16	1936	Louis Zeilbeer died, age 64
ZIMMER	4	21	1920	Jac Zimmer bought the Hough farm
ZIMMER	11	5	1930	Andrew Zimmer and Helen Stahle married

Local & World events	5	30	1887	Grand View Mt. House at East Windham burned
Local & World events	3	12	1888	The Great Blizzard
Local & World events	4	12	1889	A Drum Corps of seven pieces organized
Local & World events	4	30	1889	The 100th anniversary of inauguration of George Washington as first President of the U. S. observed in the church here
Local & World events	8	9	1889	Telegraph Office installed in the store
Local & World events	11	4	1889	Surveyors on the mountain for a R.R. to Cooperstown
Local & World events	3	1	1890	Eggs 13 cents per dozen
Local & World events	5	3	1890	20 houses in Gilboa burned
Local & World events	7	4	1890	Drum Corps furnished music for 4th celebration at Shady Glen
Local & World events	10	12	1890	New Estey organ bo't for the church
Local & World events	4	28	1891	24 houses burned at Leeds
Local & World events	3	17	1892	"Ten Nights in a Bar Room" at East Durham
Local & World events	4	14	1892	Hervey Street church reopened
Local & World events	5	11	1892	A rainbow by moonlight
Local & World events	5	20	1892	Mts. covered with snow
Local & World events	7	6	1892	"Excelsior Cottages" three in number burned
Local & World events	8	2	1893	Church reopened with special services after $800 repairs
Local & World events	9	7	1893	Thunderstorm prevented a balloon ascension at Cairo Fair
Local & World events	3	29	1894	Durham Presbyterian Church burned
Local & World events	4	12	1894	12 inches of snow fell - good sleighing
Local & World events	8	24	1894	Cornerstone of new Presbyterian church laid
Local & World events	2	28	1895	Presbyterian church dedicated, to replace one burned March 1894
Local & World events	3	8	1895	A drama "Through the Breakers" presented at East Durham
Local & World events	2	12	1896	First observance of Lincoln's birthday as a legal holiday
Local & World events	2	17	1896	22 degrees below zero
Local & World events	6	26	1896	Wool 13 cents per lb.
Local & World events	1	24	1897	Sunday School organized at Hervey Street
Local & World events	3	3	1897	At town meeting hotel license voted by 13 majority
Local & World events	4	27	1897	Grant's Tomb dedicated
Local & World events	9	27	1897	Teacher's Institute at East Windham
Local & World events	4	21	1898	Spanish American War began
Local & World events	2	24	1899	113 persons crowded the little school house to witness "Rip Van Winkle" by school talent
Local & World events	3	29	1900	Eggs 12 cents per dozen
Local & World events	9	8	1900	Terrible flood at Galveston, Tex.
Local & World events	4	21	1901	Great Freshet
Local & World events	9	6	1901	Pres. Wm. McKinley shot
Local & World events	2	24	1902	The men provided a church supper at Platt Hill's
Local & World events	12	9	1902	12 below zero - - the coldest day of 1902
Local & World events	12	31	1902	40 inches of snow fell in December
Local & World events	5	23	1903	Locust Grove creamery, between Oak Hill and Durham, burned
Local & World events	6	30	1903	18 rainy days in June
Local & World events	6	1	1904	Two mails a day during the summer
Local & World events	7	23	1904	The first automobile passed through here
Local & World events	8	25	1904	First fruit barrel made at local barrel factory
Local & World events	11	13	1904	21 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	11	18	1904	A 470 pound bear shot near Jenne Notch
Local & World events	4	19	1905	Rights of way obtained for a trolley through the town from Oneonta
Local & World events	9	29	1905	County S.S. Conv. at Cornwallville - 10 towns represented, 30 schools, 70 stayed all night
Local & World events	11	6	1905	A church meeting voted to build a parsonage
Local & World events	12	5	1905	Ground broken for a new parsonage
Local & World events	3	14	1907	"Tony the Convict" presented at East Durham
Local & World events	1	8	1908	Mitchell Hollow and Cornwallville Telephone Co. line established
Local & World events	2	5	1908	32 degrees below zero
Local & World events	3	8	1908	80 at Sunday School
Local & World events	3	17	1908	Greene Co. Board of Supervisors voted to build a new Court House, cost not to exceed $150,000 including site
Local & World events	6	21	1908	Baptism and immersion performed at Parks Pond
Local & World events	11	12	1908	Greene County Court House cornerstone laid
Local & World events	3	1	1910	100 days of sleighing to date
Local & World events	5	21	1910	Halley's Comet appeared
Local & World events	6	16	1910	The Epworth League presented the church with an individual communion set
Local & World events	7	23	1910	Cornwallville school districk formed into a Union Free School district
Local & World events	8	12	1910	First S. S. Picnic held in Parks Grove - 300 present
Local & World events	11	4	1910	18 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	5	11	1911	Forest fire on Mt. Pisgah
Local & World events	12	1	1911	Star route mail changed to go to Cairo instead of Acra
Local & World events	4	14	1912	The S. S. Titanic sunk after encountering an iceberg
Local & World events	4	26	1912	The drama "Diamond and Hearts" presented in the new church hall
Local & World events	5	20	1912	A Boy Scout Troop organized
Local & World events	7	6	1912	Sunshine Band bought new cushions for the church
Local & World events	8	8	1912	Shady Glen boarding house burned
Local & World events	2	10	1914	A slight earthquake
Local & World events	2	12	1914	22 degrees below zero
Local & World events	2	14	1914	20 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	3	19	1915	The Sunshine Bank gave a sketch, "Mrs. Busby's Pink Tea"
Local & World events	4	30	1915	The Philathea Class presented an entertainment as "Colored Entertainers"
Local & World events	6	25	1915	A "votes for women" speech in the church hall
Local & World events	6	29	1915	Third Dist. Sunday School convention held here - 10 schools present
Local & World events	7	26	1915	Telegraph Office discontinued
Local & World events	6	9	1916	Moving Picture "Birth of a Nation" at Catskill
Local & World events	3	25	1917	The "Holy City" was presented with 50 voices at the Catskill Presbyterian Church
Local & World events	3	31	1917	The Boy Scouts rode horseback to Windham and back
Local & World events	5	7	1917	Drama "Uncle Rube" presented
Local & World events	7	1	1917	Local Red Cross organized
Local & World events	7	13	1917	Local Boy Scout Troop went on a trip to West Point
Local & World events	9	18	1917	First quota of 103 men sent from County, First World War
Local & World events	12	30	1917	23 below zero
Local & World events	8	28	1918	Cornwallville Grange organized with 41 members
Local & World events	11	5	1918	Women voted at election for the first time
Local & World events	11	11	1918	Armistice Day
Local & World events	6	16	1919	Sherman J. Lowell, state master, visited Cornwallville Grange 1434
Local & World events	3	30	1920	Rose Hill opened for first time in 11 weeks
Local & World events	10	13	1921	Four day celebration of 100th anniversary of Methodist church
Local & World events	5	28	1922	Tablet unveiled for boys of the 1st World War
Local & World events	6	4	1923	The Old Blacksmith Shop removed
Local & World events	8	15	1923	Bowling Alley at Shady Glen burned
Local & World events	4	2	1924	13 inches of snow
Local & World events	8	21	1924	Cornwallville Grange won 1st prize at the County Fair
Local & World events	9	8	1924	Hotel Kaaterskill burned
Local & World events	1	24	1925	Total eclipse of the sun
Local & World events	2	28	1925	Slight earthquake shook
Local & World events	3	13	1925	The Drama "A Poor Married Man" presented in church hall
Local & World events	5	13	1925	French's Tea Room at East Windham opened
Local & World events	5	25	1925	Mts covered with snow
Local & World events	10	10	1925	Two inches of snow fell
Local & World events	2	4	1926	22 inches of snow
Local & World events	3	6	1926	8 below zero
Local & World events	6	25	1926	The drama "Little Clodhopper" presented in the church hall
Local & World events	5	21	1927	Capt. Chas. Lindberg arrived in Paris - 33 1/2 hrs from America
Local & World events	1	9	1928	Blind Joe moved into Rockwell house
Local & World events	3	12	1928	The Grange Thresher Co. voted a dividend of 15%
Local & World events	4	8	1928	An Easter sunrise service at East Windham
Local & World events	4	28	1928	10 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	4	17	1929	Six-foot snow banks at East Windham
Local & World events	7	8	1930	Durham Central School District formed
Local & World events	10	10	1930	400 voters gathered here to select a site for Central School
Local & World events	3	28	1932	18 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	2	3	1933	Cornwallville Grange dissolved (organized 1918)
Local & World events	7	28	1933	Drama "Red Headed Step Child" presented in church hall
Local & World events	2	28	1934	18 zero mornings or below in Feb. 1934
Local & World events	5	26	1934	Church sheds removed
Local & World events	8	10	1934	Tablet unveiled on Meeting House Hill, in memory of organization of Presbyterian church
Local & World events	3	8	1935	Catskill High School gutted by fire
Local & World events	4	19	1935	A cantata rendered, "From Manger to Cross"
Local & World events	7	3	1935	Rip Van Winkle Bridge at Catskill opened with ceremonies
Local & World events	3	12	1936	The Summit House Annex burned
Local & World events	3	21	1936	Blind Joe moved from Edmont farm to Fuhrmann farm
Local & World events	3	3	1937	Ice was drawn here from Crystal Lake
Local & World events	11	8	1938	Voting machines used first in Durham
Local & World events	12	3	1938	Mitchell Hollow and C'ville Telephone Co. dissolved
Local & World events	3	20	1939	Corner Stone of Durham Central School laid
Local & World events	4	20	1939	District school closed by vote
Local & World events	7	29	1939	A reunion of teachers and pupils of local school held at the old school house
Local & World events	10	9	1939	New Durham Central School opened
Local & World events	3	14	1940	"Gone with the Wind" in movies at Catskill
Local & World events	5	12	1940	Blind Joe's picture appeared in the N. Y. "News"
Local & World events	5	21	1940	Durham Central School dedicated
Local & World events	8	25	1940	Ice formed
Local & World events	8	31	1940	Ten school houses of the town sold at auction
Local & World events	9	5	1940	School house in Slee district moved to Oak Hill
Local & World events	12	7	1941	Pearl Harbor
Local & World events	4	25	1942	Registration of males 45 to 65 at Central School
Local & World events	5	22	1943	The church bo't a $1000 Bond
Local & World events	5	24	1943	A flag-raising service held
Local & World events	2	20	1944	Dedication services in honor of 69 names on honor roll at E. Durham
Local & World events	6	6	1944	The Normandy Invasion
Local & World events	9	5	1944	Earthquake shock felt here
Local & World events	4	12	1945	President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, age 63
Local & World events	5	7	1945	Germany surrendered
Local & World events	5	10	1945	4 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	8	14	1945	Japan surrendered unconditionally
Local & World events	8	16	1945	Grange Hall and two houses burned at East Durham
Local & World events	11	30	1945	26 inches of snow fell
Local & World events	3	5	1946	A movie camera purchased for the church
Local & World events	5	15	1946	"Hansel and Gretel" presented at Durham Central school
Local & World events	7	1	1947	Post Office began 3rd Class
Local & World events	3	15	?	Wool selling at 12 cents per lb.
Local & World events	4	15	?	A Mason & Hamlin organ purchased for the church - $180

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