The Boonville Ledger - Feb
1853 - March 1855 The Boonville Ledger
PARSONS, Aaron – died West
Turin, at his residence, age 84 years “early
settler”
(BL 9 Sept 1854)
PARSONS, Jane Mrs. – died
Leyden, 26th inst., age 79 years, wife of Aaron
Parsons, removed to Whitestown with
parents in early life, native of Lyme, CT.,
Member of the Baptist Church for 40
years, removed with husband into the
unbroken forests of Leyden (BL 3 Sept
1853)
PEARSON, Salome A. Miss – of
Boonville, m. Mr. Joseph W. Britten, of Cleveland,
Ohio, at the residence of Philip
Schuyler on 29th inst., by Rev. E.S. Barnes (BL
30 Dec 1853)
PEASE, Addison – of Lewis, m.
Miss Catherine Burke, of West Turin, in West Turin
on 14th inst., by Rev. D.D. Barnes (BL
23 Sept 1854)
PERKINS, Henry – died Greig,
7th inst., age 24 years, belonged to the Order of
Odd Fellow(BL 16 July 1853)
PERRY, John – died West Turin,
9th inst., age 4 years, son of David & Mary Perry
(BL 21 Oct 1854)
PERRY, Seymour A. – m. Miss
Laura A. Ragan, eldest daug. Of Henry Ragan, esq.,
both of Turin, in Turin, 1st inst., by
Rev. E.S. Barnes of Boonville (BL 3 June
1854)
PHELPS, Mrs. ____ - died West Troy, last
night, no age given, “John Phelps
Murdered His Wife” (BL 15 Apr
1854)
PHILLIPS, John M. – Notice for
claims against the estate of John M. Phillips (BL
2 Sept 1854)
PITCHER, Daniel - died Boonville, on 7th
inst., age 62 years (BL 13 May 1854)
POLLY, Daniel Mr. – died Alder
Creek, on 26th int., age 29 years (BL 28 Jan
1854)
POMEROY, Charles A. – of
Leyden, m. Miss Sylvia A. West, of Butler, Wayne
County, in Butler, Wayne County, on 21st
inst., by Elder W. Guthrie (BL 3 Feb
1855)
POST, Almira C. Miss – of
Leyden, m. Ira D. Hall on 18th inst., by Rev. R.
Sawyer (BL 20 & 27 Jan 1855)
POTTER, Francis D. Mr. – died
Hartford, CT., 2nd inst., age 32 years, formerly
of Boonville (BL 9 July 1853)
POTTER, Ruth Mrs. – died
Leyden, 7th inst., age 72 years (BL 12 Nov 1853)
PRESCOTT, Walter – died in this
town, 19th inst., age 6 mos 21 days, only son of
Peter & Sarah Prescott (BL 26 Nov
1853)
PRESTON, Jerusha Mrs. – died
Ava, 27th inst., age 72 years, b. Southwick, Mass.
1782 in 1795 she removed with parents to
Steuben, she married her late husband
Jonathan in 1799; shortly thereafter
they removed to Brownsville, Jefferson
County, in 1807 she accepted the LORD
publicly, shortly after they removed to
their last residence, her husband d.
1838, had 12 children, 7 survive (BL 25 Nov
1854)
PUTMAN, Diana Miss – the daug
of David Putman, esq., of Boonville, m. William
H.
Diefendorf, in Boonville, 20th inst., by
Rev. E.S. Barnes (BL 24 June 1854)
RARIDON, Mary Miss ̵ 1; m. John
Caghlin, all Boonville, in Constableville 23rd
inst. (BL 27 May 1854)