Vital Records

From the

1875 NYS Census

Town of Palmyra

Wayne County, NY

Info kindly provided by the Wayne County Office of the County Historian and digitally formatted by co-coordinator Allyn Hess Perry.

Miscellaneous Statistics:

First Election District: Town of Palmyra: for the year ending June 1, 1875
John H. GILBERT, Enumerator

Methodist Epis. Church & Society: Methodist Episcopal; value of church & lot $25,000; value of other real estate $2000; seats 600; usual number in attendance 300; number of communicants or regular members 225; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $1000.

Trustees of the Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra: Presbyterian; value of church & lot $20,000; value of other real estate $2000; seats 700; usual number in attendance 300; number of communicants or regular members 300; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $1500.

St. Anns: Roman Catholic; value of church & lot $12,000; value of other real estate $3000; seats 400; usual number in attendance 400; number of communicants or regular members 400; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $600

Newspapers and other Periodicals: The Wayne County Journal with a circulation of 1400; The Palmyra Weekly Courier with a circulation of 1200

Inns, hotels and taverns - 3; retail stores and groceries - 22

Remarks on the harvest of 1874: All crops are a fair average with former years

Domestic animals in cities and villages. The number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands, are 33 horses, 9 cows.

Remarks on the mortality of the year ending June 1, 1875: No epidemic prevailed in this district the last year, the deaths not numbers more than in former years.

Wages. Estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board. Men working at common hand labor in building etc. $1.75 by the day; farm hands hired by the season or year $20 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2.50 by the day; women hired for common household work $2.50 by the week; carpenters and joiners $1.75 by the day; masons, stone and bricklayers $2.50 by the day; shoemakers (journeymen) $1.75 by the day; machinists $2.25 by the day; moulders $2.25 by the day; blacksmiths $1.75 by the day; painters and glaziers $1.75 by the day; printers $1.75 by the day; dressmakers $1.00 by the day; sewing and other woman's hand labor 75 cents a day.

First Election District: Town of Palmyra: during year ending June 1, 1875
M.C. FINLEY, Enumerator

Zion Church in the village of Palmyra: Episcopal; value of church and lot $47,000; value of other real estate $3000; seats 700; usual number in attendance, 300; number of communicants or regular members 190; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $1200.

Baptist Church & Society of Palmyra: Baptist; value of church & lot $24,000; value of other real estate $6000; seats 500; usual number in attendance 300; number of communicants or regular members, 260; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $1200.

Inns, hotels and taverns - 1; retail stores and groceries - 20

Remarks on the harvest of 1874: An average yield of all kinds of crops.

Domestic animals in cities and villages. The number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands are 100 horses, 20 cows.

Remarks on the mortality of the year ending June 1, 1875: usual state of health.

Wages: Estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board. Men working at common hand labor in building etc. $1.75 a day; farm hands hired by the season or year $20 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $3.00 by the day; women hired for common household work $3.00 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2.00 by the day; masons, stone and bricklayers, $2.25 by the day; shoemakers (journeymen) $5.00 by the week; machinists $2.25 by the day; moulders $2.25 by the day; blacksmiths $1.75 by the day; painters and glaziers $2.00 by the day; printers $6.00 by the week; dressmakers $1.25 by the day; sewing and other woman's hand labor $1.00 by the day.

Second Election District: Town of Palmyra: for the year ending June 1, 1875
P.C. HOWELL, Enumerator

Congregational Society: Presbyterian; value of church & lot $10,000; value of other real estate $3000; seats 325; usual number in attendance 125; number of communicants or regular members 105; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $900.

Methodist Episcopal: Methodist; value of church & lot $6000; value of other real estate $2000; seats 200; usual number in attendance 80; number of communicants or regular members 60; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $660

Remarks on the harvest of 1874: Apples about one third more than the usual yield.

Domestic animals in cities and villages. The number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands are 10 horses, 15 cows.

Remarks on the mortality of the year ending June 1, 1875, Scarlet fever.

Wages: Estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board. Farm hands hired by the season or year, $1 by the day, $15 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest, $1.50 to $2.00 per day; women hired for common household work $2 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2 to $2.50 by the day; masons, stone and bricklayers, $3 by the day; painters and glaziers $2.50 by the day; dressmakers $1 by the day; sewing and other woman's hand labor 50 cents by the day

MARRIAGES:

First Election District: Palmyra: during year ending June 1, 1875
John H. GILBERT, Enumerator

George STUPPLEBEEN, age 22, single and Mary WRIGHT, age 22, single
Nov. 18 in Palmyra by a Prot. Epis. clergyman

Edwin COPELAND, age 35, single and Lydia FETTERLEY, age 19, single
Dec. 24 in Palmyra by a Presb. clergyman

Tunis VOSBURGH, age 35, widowed and Irene STORMS, age 40, widow
Dec. 3 in Palmyra by a Presb. clergyman

Frank A. SPRAGUE, age 20, single and Minnie LOVETT, age 22, single
Aug. 31 in Palmuyra by a Prot. Epis. clergyman

First Election District, Town of Palmyra: during year ending June 1, 1875
M.C. FINLEY, Enumerator

Sanford PHILLIPS, age 24, single and Josephene CHESEBRO, age 19, single
June 28 in Manchester by a Meth. E. clergyman

Willis J. MILLER, age 20, single and Caroline HOLLISTER, age 20, single
Sept. 24 in Palmyra by a Bap. clergyman

Edwin RIDER, age 20, single and Kittie S. PRICHARD, age 19, single
Nov. 18 in Palmyra by a Bap. clergyman

Samuel C. MERWIN, age 57, widowed and Eliza LEMMON, age 36, single
Oct. 22 in Conquest by a Meth. clergyman

Jared BOWERS, age 21, single and Libbie MURPHY, age 17, single
July 26 in Sodus by an Epis. clergyman

George R. BROWN, age 22, single and Lizzie BAREHAM, age 21, single
Jan. 27 in Palmyra by an Epis. clergyman

Orrin R. PIERCE, age 25, single and Mettie WILLIAMSON, age 25, single
May 17 in Palmyra by a Meth. clergyman

Second Election District: Town of Palmyra: during year ending June 1, 1875
P.C. HOWELL, Enumerator

J.M. ORCUTT, age 22, single and Etta HALL, 18
Oct. 27 in the town ofPalmyra by an M.E. clergyman

John M. CARPENTER, 20 and Josephine FELLERS, 21
Oct. 28 in the town of Palmyra by a P. clergyman

Albert G. KENT, 31 and Maryett AUSTIN, 17
Jan. 14 in the town of Arcadia by a P. clergyman

Wells EDWARDS, 20 and Emma IRISH, 18
Feb. 16 in the town of Palmyra by a P. clergyman

Caleb BEAL, 54 and Hattie CURTIS, 48
Dec. 2 in the town of Palmyra by a P. clergyman

Carlton HEADEN, 25, and Minnie JAGGER, 21
Oct. 28 in the town of Palmyra by a Bts. clergyman

Albert H. LEMUNYON, 22, and Mary J. CASE, 17
May 31 in the town of Manchester, Ontario Co. by a Bts. clergyman

William HOLMES, 27 and Hariet FELLER, 32
Oct. 28 in the town of Palmyra by a P. clergyman

John GATES, 18 and Harriet SCOTT, 18
Dec. 25 in the town of Ontario by a Weslian clergyman

Ashley REED, 22 and Lucy HOAD, 22
April 3 in the town of Paomyra by a Christian clergyman

DEATHS:

First Election District, Palmyra, during year ending June 1, 1875
John H. GILBERT, Enumerator

Jane Ann HERBERT, age 16, female, single, June 23, b. N.Y., pneumonia

Mary NARACONG, age 69, female, widow, Jan. 29, b. Conn., paralysis

Vincent F. BARNES, age 4, male, single, May 20, b. N.Y., brain tumor

Collins CLARK, age 73, male, widowed, Jan. 29, b. N.Y., b. Oneida Co., farm laborer, old age

Olive A. WILLIAMS, age 66, female, married, April 21, b. Renselaer Co., NY, heart disease

Sarah WHITLOCK, age 101, female, widowed, Aug. 21, b. Columbia Co., N.Y., old age

Edward KINGSWORTH, age 65, male, married, Jan. 5, b. England, ditcher, typhoid pneumonia

Julia E. WILLIAMS, 1y 4m, female, single, May 14, b. Wayne Co., N.Y., infantile consumption

Agnes P. JORDAN, age 32, female, married, May 23, b. Columbia Co., N.Y., inflamation of stomach

Maria JORDAN, age 76, female, widow, May 29, b. Columbia Co., N.Y., old age

Clara NORTON, age 46, female, married, Oct. qe, b. Ontario Co., N.Y., cancer

David LOWN, age 75, male, widowed, Nov. 10, b. Columbia Co., N.Y., farm laborer, inflamation of bladder

Frank A. SPRAGUE, age 20, male, married, Oct. 29, b. Mass., salesman in Farminton(?) store, peritonitus (N.Y. City)

Martha J. BALLARD, age 1, female, mulatto, March 10, b. N.Y., convulsion

James F. HUBBS, age 1y 6m, male, Jan. 13, b. N.Y., scarlet fever

Lucy PICKNEY, age 6, female, Jan. 31, b. N.Y., scarlet fever

Elizabeth DOLAN, age 2, female, Jan. 12, b. N.Y., scarlet fever

John CORCORAN, age 36, male, married, July 27, b. Ireland, consumption

Ida J. ROGERS, age 23, female, single, Jan. 29, b. N.Y., quick consumption

First Election District, Palmyra, during year ending June 1, 1875
M.C. FINLEY, Enumerator

Bridget DAVIS, age 17, female, Sept. 10, b. Ireland, servant, typhoid fever

Daniel MURPHY, age 57, male, married, Marcy 26, b. N.Y., laborer, consumption

William POSSEE, age 63, male, married, June 15, b. England, laborer, heart disease

John J. SHEPHERD, age 66, male, married, May 16, b. N.Y., retired farmer, consumption

Josephine STORY, age 9, female, single, Jan. 24, b. N.Y., scarlet fever

Luca G. BUCKLEY, age 64, male, married, Jan. 21, b. Mass., harnessmaker, paralysis

Ann M. GOODNOUGH, age 46, female, married, Mar. 8, b. Oneida Co., combination of diseases

Second Election District, Palmyra, during year ending June 1, 1875
P.H. HOWELL, Enumerator

Sarah MOETON (sp? Morton?), 3y 6m, female, April 22, b. Holland, scarlet fever

Elizabeth FOSTER, 86, female, Mar. 28, b. N.Y., disease of the stomach

Norman AYERS, 1y 10m, male, Nov. 12, b. N.Y., brain fever

Lucy PARKS, 61, female, Dec. 21, b. N.Y., tumor of the bowels

William A. BEAL, 25, male, Nov. 7, b. N.Y., farmer, consumption

Meriah A. THOMPSON, 53, female, July 9, b. N.Y., lung disease

Allas THOMPSON, 7 days, female, March 27, b. N.Y., liver complaint

Catharine OSTERBOUT, 53, female, Feb. 19, b. Holland, scarlet fever

Esband J.H. WALKER, 3 y 2m, M, Jan. 13, b. N.Y., diptheria

George WALTON, 7, male, Jan. 14, b. N.Y.

Celia A. HARRISON, 49, female, Feb. 6, b. N.Y., dressmaker, consumption

Jona HASKELL, 8m, male, Feb. 24, b. N.Y., whooping cough

These records were taken as part of the NY State 1875 state census and cover the calendar year from June 2, 1874 to June 1, 1875. Otherwise there are no such government records for the other 1870s years ex. for the US 1880 Mortality Schedule. Not all records have survived for all towns and counties in New York State. To find out what has survived, please check with the historical society of the county you're interested in, visit the New York State Historical Society in Cooperstown, NY, or inquire of your nearest Family History Center about microfilm loan.

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