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Vital Records, Norwich, NY - February 1841 & July 1860

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 3, 1841

Married:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY] by the Eld. William L. Dennis, Mr. Abijah Swift, to Miss Eunice E. Hubbard.

Married:  Mr. Nathaniel R. Herrington to Miss Julia M. Niles.

Married:  Mr. Gilbert Comstock to Miss Hepsey Cole.

Married:  Mr. Joseph T. Isham to Miss  Mary Jane Sturtevant.

Married:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Mr. Lee, Esq., Mr. Davillo Bowen to Miss Clarissa Champeon, both of Solon, Cortland County, [NY]. 

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Thomas Towell, Mr. Jerome Pratt to Miss Harriet Shaw, both of Sherburne.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday morning last, Julia Maria [Sherman], daughter of Harvey and Athlinda B. Sherman, aged 2 years, 7 months and 17 days.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult., Elder Burdick, a Soldier of the Revolution, aged 76 years.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult., Mrs. Mary Arnold, widow of the late Caleb Arnold, aged 81 years and 9 months.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Mrs. Sarah Jones, widow of Mr. Isaac jones, late of Columbus, aged 77 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 10, 1841

Married:  In Houston, Texas, Jan. 12, by the Rev. W.Y. Allen, Mr. L.S. Perkins to Miss H. B. Perkins, both (late) of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 17, 1841

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 10th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Burns, Mr. N.B. Wilcox of Utica [Oneida Co., NY], to Miss Augusta A. [Wilcox], daughter of Ira Wilcox, Esq. of the former place.

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by N.F. Murdock, Esq., Mr. Joseph Browning to Miss Ruth Knowles.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, February 24, 1841

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday afternoon, of inflammation of the lungs, Ellen, youngest child of C.A. -?-, aged two years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 4, 1860

Married:  McMONAGLE - McDONALD:  In Norwich village [Chenango Co., NY], July 2, 1860, at the Congregational Parsonage, by Rev. B. Doane, George McMonagle and Bridget McDonald, of Norwich, N.Y.

Died:  STORRS:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], June 20, Dea. Benjamin Storrs, aged 77 years.  Dea. Storrs had been a resident of this town almost half a century, having removed in the spring of 1812 from Mansfield, Ct. and settled here.  He soon after commenced business in the mercantile line and pursued it till a few years since.  He was frequently honored by his fellow citizens by offices of trust and responsibility, and he always performed their duties with scrupulous fidelity, and to general acceptance.  For forty years he was a member of the Congregational Church in this town, and for a great part of that time one of its officers ever attentive to the interests of the Church.  He was eminently a praying man, and has gone down to the grave in a ripe old age, honored and respected by all.  "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Died:  PRATT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday afternoon last, Joshua Pratt, aged 80 years.  Mr. Pratt was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Sherburne, where he was for many years a merchant.  He was, we believe, in the war of 1812, was a life-long and consistent Whig and Republican, and his many good qualities will cause his memory to linger long among his fellow townsmen.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 11, 1860

Married:  BENEDICT - BOYDEN?:  In -?-, May 27 by Rev. M.B. Thompson, Albert P. Benedict to Miss Almeda Boyden?, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  COURRIER:  At her residence in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 4th of July, 1860, Mary E. Courrier, aged 36 years, daughter of Thomas Blackhouse? of Norwich.

Death of a Miser:  Mr. Gershom Twitchell of Milford [Otsego Co., NY], who died on Friday last, after an illness of only two days, was the last member of a peculiar, and in some respects, a remarkable family.  Though a man of considerable wealth, owning one of the finest and most valuable farms in Milford, he persisted in living in a state of the most abjected poverty.  On the announcement of his death, says a writer in the Boston Journal, the overseers of the poor took immediate steps to secure his estate for his legitimate heirs.  They found in his hovel a large amount of silver, deposited in a pine box, nicely adjusted in layers of dollars, halves, quarters, and smaller coins.  They also found a bag in which there was a heavy amount of gold. The specie was taken to the Milford Bank for safe keeping. Nearly the last words uttered by the expiring miser were to request a neighbor who stood by him to leave the room, for fear he would steal the money.  His wife abandoned him many years ago, and recently, for a stipulated sum, gave bonds that she would make no claim upon any property he possessed.  

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 18, 1860

Married:  SMITH - BROWN:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the evening of the 3d of July 1860, by the Rev. A. McDougall, Charles L. Smith to Almeda Brown, all of Sherburne.

Married:  WOOD - -?-:  In New Berlin village [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, 1860, by Re.v W. Burnside, James L. Wood of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss -?- of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, July 18, 1860

The Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] Murder Case:  A Milford correspondent of The Tribune gives the following in relation to the parties in the recent McCranny murder case:

The victim of the poisoning was Hulda Ann McCranny, a young lady of attractive personal appearance, of unusual beauty, indeed, aged at her death about 17 years.  She was a girl of most agreeable manners, and possessing a genial humor which endeared her to a large circle of friends.

Elizabeth P. McCranny, so unpleasantly brought to the notice of the public, was the step-mother of the deceased. She is about 50 years of age, a woman of unusually brilliant, not to say dashing, appearance, showing that she once possessed rather a remarkable degree of beauty, the remains of which still exist.  Her features are clearly cut, and the expression of her mouth indicates great decision of character and uncommon executive ability.  Her eye is sharp and penetrating.  By many a distinct and remarkable resemblance is seen between Mrs. McCranny and Mrs. Cunningham.

She was married to Mr. McCranny early in 1859, taking to his house her own daughter, Lucia Baker.  Mr. McCranny was her third husband; her second, Mr. Baker, having died under rather peculiar circumstances.  Of her previous history very little is now known.  Her father is a Methodist preacher, residing in Wisconsin, at Prairie du Chien.  On her mother's side she is said to be related to Aaron Burr.

She was one of the witnesses at the inquest, and her testimony was given in a very calm and collected manner; though from some appearances the spectators were led to believe that her self-possesstion was assumed, and maintained by a severe effort.  Her second husband, Mr. Baker, whose death was just now alluded to, was a resident of this county, and the fact adds to the excitement prevailing in the community.  Mr. McCranny has already stated that Huldah McCranny is the seventh person she has been accused of poisoning.  She was conveyed to jail on last Sunday morning, where she will remain till the time of her trial, which will take palce in December next.  Evidence has not yet been made public which points with much clearness to the motive for this last deed, but the skein will probably be unraveled before long.  In the minds of those who knew the accused, and who saw her at the inquest, there seems not to be a shadow of doubt that she is guilty, and guilty of unnatural cruelty, for the testimony before the coroner appeared to show that she had daily administered poison while pretending to nurse the daughter she was murdering.

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