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Vital Records - Greene, NY - April 1858

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 1, 1858

Seriously Wounded:  Lucien Sherwood, a young harness maker, formerly of this village, was shot on Wednesday night of last week, and seriously if not fatally wounded, at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  He, in company with others, was engaged in "horning" a newly married couple, and as they were  leaving the premises, a gun was fired from the direction of the house, the charge taking effect in his back.  It is not known who fired the gun.

On Thursday afternoon last, about five o'clock, B.F. Browning and S.G. Pellet, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], returned from a gunning excursion.  Mr. Browning, on arriving at his residence, attempted to draw his gun, a double barreled fowling piece, one barrel of which was loaded, from the hind end of his wagon, when, owing doubtless to the lock being caught upon some obstacle, the gun was discharged, and the whole charge entered his right side.  He was believed to be mortally wounded, and it was currently reported that his physicians had expressed the opinion that he could not survive the night.  The occurrence threw a feeling of gloom over the whole village, Mr. Browning being universally respected as one of our most worthy citizens.  His recovery, however, is now believed to be possible. This occurrence cannot impress too strongly upon those who are in the habit of using firearms, the exercise of the utmost caution. such accidents are perpetually occurring throughout the country, nearly all of them resulting form the carelessness which familiarity with the use of firearms is apt to produce.  One circumstance connected with this accident has been commented on, as affording a somewhat curious coincidence.  It was the same gun which was lost in the river, at the time of the accident to Mr. Browning and Mr. Pellet, about two years since, when they came so near being drowned; and it was also this same gun which inflicted a dangerous and almost fatal wound a few years since upon H. Pellet.  Chenango Union

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, at his residence, Mr. James Martin to Miss Ann Eliza McMoran, all of this town.

Married:  In Hamilton, Madison Co. [NY], on the 23d ult. by Rev. D. Williams, Mr. Hiram Clark, and Miss Sophia Wilcox, all of Hamilton.

Married:  In King's Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., by Rev. R.O. Beebe, Mr. Wm. Johnson, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Wait A. Vinall, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Felix Keenan, aged 66 years.

Died:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Margaret McCray, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mrs. Jerusha [Hall?], wife of Daniel Hall? aged 24 years.

Died:  In South Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], on the 15th ult. of consumption, Mrs. Marcelia Keith Burdick, wife of James Burdick, aged 25 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28d ult., Estelia [Willcox], daughter of John B. and Jane E. Willcox, aged 1 year and 4 months.

Died:  In Big Flats, Chemung Co. [NY], on the 19th ult., Mr. Gardner B. Lewis, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 52 years.

Died:  In Columbus Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. Frank P. Medbury, aged 7 years, son of Jerimiah and Eliza Medbury.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango co., NY], on the 24th ult., Marvin Allen, aged 15 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 8, 1858

Death of E.D. Squires, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  We are pained to record the death of Elmore D. Squires, of Norwich.  He died on Saturday last, after an illness of two weeks of Typhoid Fever.  He was buried on Sunday, with Masonic honors. The funeral was attended by a vast concourse of people, the masonic fraternity of Norwich, with delegations of Masons from Oxford and Greene, appearing in regalia, and the "Deluge" Fire Co. of Norwich, of which for several years he was Foreman, together with members of "Ocean" Fire Co. of Greene, appearing in full uniform, forming an imposing procession.  Few men have possessed in such a remarkable degree as did the deceased, the confidence and respect of the public.  Endowed with all the qualities of heart and soul that combine to make a man beloved, he held an enviable position among his fellow citizens, and his loss is a severe blow to his numerous friends.  Of an athletic frame, full of health and vigor, and in the prime of his manhood, he has fallen a victim to the keen scythe of the destroyer.  His memory is however embalmed in the hearts of all who knew him, and while we humbly bow to this stroke of Divine Providence, we deeply mourn that one so noble should have been chosen in the height of his usefulness.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Riley Mead to Miss Helen S. Farrell, both of Norwich.  

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by James H. Curtiss, Esq., Mr. David Winchel, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Electa Ann Pike, of the former place.

Married:  At the Baptist Parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., by Rev. L. Wight, Mr. Chester E. Steward, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Dalphena Chase, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Noyes B. Phetteplace, to Miss Harriet A. Case, both of Norwich.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., David Graham, aged 50 years.  His remains were taken to New York for interment.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. George W. [Bunnel], son of F.D. and Lovica A. Bunnel, aged 8 months.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Mrs. Olney, wife of Antony Olney, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., Mrs. Patty Benedict, aged 84 years.  

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Ellen E. Gates, wife of Monroe Gates, and daughter of Grant B. Palmer, aged 22 years.

Died:  in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Laura Ann [Butler], wife of Jerry W. Butler, aged 29 years.

In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult., Mr. Victor Scott, aged 58 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 15, 1858

Married:  At the Chenango House, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Smith Phelps to Miss Caroline Bracket, al of Barker [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. by Rev. F.G. Bartholomew, Mr. William W. Day of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Margaret P. Dolan of the former place.

Married:  At Paul's Hotel, in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Lewis E. Carpenter, Esq., Mr. Edwin A. Fish, of California, to Miss Mary  Hill, of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Francis T. Seeley, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Ann C. Knight, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Thomas S. Phelps, aged 40 years.

Died:  In New York, on the 9th inst., of inflammation of the lungs, Mr. Timothy Conway, aged 84 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Frederick [Aldrich], son of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 7 years; and on the same day, Florence [Aldrich], daughter of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 5 years, both of brain fever.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Lewis A. [Carpenter], youngest son of Lewis E. and Laura Carpenter, aged 1 year and 2 months.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 22, 1858

Burned to Death:  A Miss Sexton, says the Chenango Union, residing near Earlville [Madison Co., NY], was so badly burned on Sunday afternoon last, while engaged in cooking, that she died in a few minutes.

The Brain Fever in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY]:  We learn, says the Chenango union, that a small child of Sylvanus Aldrich died in Plymouth last Saturday from  this epidemic; and that four persons in the family of Elisha Crandall, near Hall's Pond are sick with it--Mr Crandell, his wife and two children.  Mr Aldrich has now lost three children with this disease, in about two weeks.

Accident with Fire Arms:  We learn, says the Chenango Union, that on Tuesday last, Luman Aldrich was shot by a man named Hoffman, in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], by a very singular mistake.  Aldrich, as we have heard the statement, was engaged in setting traps in the woods, and wore a light colored felt hat.  Hoffman was hunting for partridges, and seeing the top of Aldrich's hat as he was rising from his work, supposed it to be a partridge, and suddenly fired.  The shot struck Aldrich in the face and head; and it was supposed for a time that his wounds were fatal. We belie, however, that his recovery is now considered probable.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Franklin Beebe, Esq. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Lovinia Thompson, daughter of Dr. James Thompson, of Norwich.

Married:  At Smithville Centre Church [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. Mr. Green, Mr. Daniel Hayes, of Coventry [Chenango co., NY] to Miss Mary Ann Read, of Smithville.

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. I. Bancroft, Mr. Giles Sexton, to Miss Harriet Hall, both of the former place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Wm. H. Jeffords, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Huldah A. Seeley, of the former place.

Married:  At Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. Wm . Gates, Mr. John H. Cooper, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Climena White, of Lisle [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. Simmon Marvin, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mrs. Maria Ellis, aged 36 years.

Died: In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. after an illness of about eight days, Mr. William Wallace Wheeler, son of Benson H. Wheeler, Esq., of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], aged 35 years. 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 29, 1858

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. G. J. Keercher, Mr. James A. Throop, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Miss Rowena Beebe?, of McDonough.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th inst., Mrs. Lydia Hodge, aged 68 years. 

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Earle H. [Westover], son of Ranslow and Clarissa Westover, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 17th, Emily M. [Baldwin], only child of Rufus J. and Caroline Baldwin late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 5 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Charles [Aldrich], son of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 11 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Amy [Blackman], wife of Charles Blackman, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., Mr. George Sexton, aged 78 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., of apoplexy, Miss Elsie Cutler, aged 70 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Walter J. PerLee, son of Abraham PerLee, Esq., aged 21 years.

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