Person:Cyrus Washburn (2)

Source:Kelly, Howard Atwood. Dictionary of American Medical Biography, p. 2:480: Cyrus Washburn was justice of the peace for 55 years. He performed many weddings as couple came to Vermont to avoid laws requiring publishment in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The marriage ceremony of Dr. Cyrus Washburn, Esq.:

Parties and relatives being agreed,
To solemn rites we will proceed,
Worthy and much respected groom and bride
That you by nuptial ties may be allied
In preparation for the endearing bands
In token of united hearts; join hands.

The vows:

Considering this union of hands, expression of a reciprocal change of heart and affection, do you mutually espouse and avouch, each the other, to be your betrothed, your married companion for life, etc.

The service ended in verse:

Let no discordant jars your bliss destroy.
But virtue, peace and love your lives employ:
May Gospel faith and works be well combined.
Adorn your lives and educate your mind.
Where'er you dwell let virtue be your guide.
And God above will bless both groom and bride
To good old age may Heaven protract your span
The kind assuagers of each others pain;
Remember, too, all earthly joys must end.
And each be severed from your dearest friend;
But death itself which earthly joys removes
Still heightens virtue and true love improves
Then keep the goal of happiness in mind.
And what you lack on earth, in Heaven you'll find;
Where none are married, none in marriage given.
But ore, as are the angels, pure in Heaven.

1. ↑ Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1917)
   118.

   Washburn, Cyrus, s. of Ebenezer and Dorothy, [born] Nov. 5, 1774.

2. ↑ Kelly, Howard Atwood, and Walter L Burrage. Dictionary of American medical biography: lives of eminent physicians of the U. S. and Canada, from the earliest times. (Boston, Massachusetts: Milford House, 1971)
   2:480.

   Cyrus Washburn, s/o Ebenezer Washburn and Dorothy Newhall, b. Hardwick, MA, 5 Nov 1774, d. 1859 aged 85, practiced medicine in Hardwick starting 1800, then relocated to Vernon, VT in 1803, m. (1) Electa Stratton, m. (2) Rhoda Field, m. (3) Lucy Hathaway.