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185 YEARS AGO: Married: In this Village on the 1st Instant, by the Rev. Mr. Potter, Mr. William H. Brainard of Exeter, to Miss Caroline Wilson, daughter of Mr. William Wilson of Cooperstown. In Middlefield on the 3rd instant, by the Rev. Mr. Raymond, Mr. Jeremiah Blend, to Miss Marsha Maxwell...

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