Vital Records, Greene, NY - January 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 6, 1859

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. J.W. Mitchell, Mr. Hiram Fuller, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia Maria MacDonald, of the former place.

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 29th ult., by Rev. Jas. D. Webster,  Mr. Harry King, of Barker, Broome county [NY], to Miss Rachel J. Bennett, of the former place.

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Stephen V. Page, to Miss Rebecca A. Bly, all of Greene.

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. by Rev. D.C. Dutcher, Mr. S.D. Paddleford, of Page Brook [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Caroline Adress, of La Porte, Ohio.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 1, by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Mr. Levi Carpenter, of New Berlin, to Miss Elizabeth Grey, of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY]

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] in the M.E. Church, on the 30th ult. by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Benjamin F. Smith, M.D. of  Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen L. Ives, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, on the evening of Dec. 20, in Augusta, Oneida county [NY], by Rev. O.B. Bartholomew, Mr. N.A. Bosworth, of East Pharsalia, Chenango county [NY] to Miss Jennie S. Morrow, of the former place.

Married:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., by C.W. Ray, Pastor, Mr. Wesley J. Tallett, of Otselic to Miss Julia A. Bartlett of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult. by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. James H. Day, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Rosina Barber of Norwich.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 4th inst., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Mr. Seth W. Freeman, of Brimfield, Ill. to Miss Amanda S. Dudley, of Oxford.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by the Rev. A. Huntington, Mr. G.A. Dodge, of the Broome Gazette, to Miss Carrie Rogers, of Upper lisle [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In tis town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] o Saturday, Jan. 1, Katy Willard [Lewis], daughter of Richard G. and M. Isabella Lewis, aged 3 years and 6 months.

Ah!  where's my pretty blossom gone, / In which my heart delighted; / My little bud, was scarcely blown, / Ere cruel winds it blighted.

I saw it droop its little head, / I saw its beauties languish, / I saw its tints begin to fade, / Which filled my heart with anguish.

I still had hopes it would revive, / And all its charms recover, / Until I saw the foe arrive, / It from my heart to sever.

O earth, thy charms yield no relief / To this poor aching bosom; / In pensive sighs I'll vent my grief; / For thee, my absent blossom.

O father! mother! cease to mourn, / Look up to this bright bower, / Behold what beauties now adorn / Thy once poor dying flower.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 13, 1859

Married:  In Warren, Bradford Co., Pa., on the 6th inst. by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. Wm. J. Hamlin to Miss Rosetta S Webster, all of the above named place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Augustus B. Baxter to Miss Amanda S. Cole, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. J.W. Dutcher, Mr. Samuel W. Cumming of Sandford, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss Ann E. Wilkins of the former place.

Died:  In Cincinnatus, N.Y. [Cortland Co.], on the 7th inst. of Catalepsy, Betsey S. [Rose], wife of N.P Rose, aged 49 years.

Death of E. Max Leal.  We learn by telegraph, that this gentleman, formerly editor of the Chenango Telegraph, died suddenly at Albany, yesterday.  He was a clerk in the Comptroller's office.  He leaves a wife and child.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 27, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Mr. Edward S. Clark of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Breed of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Alban B. Phillips, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Harper, of Norwich.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mr. John Skillen, aged 37 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Mrs. Ann Chapin, mother of Capt. Wm. B. Jones, aged 75 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mr. Levi Gridley, aged 80 years.

Died:  In Milford [Otsego Co., NY], on the 20th ult. William Stevens, aged 87 years.  Mr. S. was probably the last survivor of the "Wyoming prisoners."

A Story of Crime:  The Norwich papers give detailed accounts of the murder of a daughter of James Heady, of that town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], about 16 years of age, by a woman named Monroe, residing in Houston, Texas. The girl was taken thither by the woman's husband (who was in this vicinity on a visit) last Spring.  Heady expected to follow them soon, to reside there, being urged to do so by Monroe, who was a relative.  Hearing of the girl's death Heady instituted inquiries which led to the arrest of the woman and her conviction of murder in the 2d degree.  The cause of the murder is a mystery.