Vital Records - Norwich, NY - December 1841 & March 1862

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 1, 1841

Died:  In Homer, Cortland Co. [NY] on Friday last, of Scarlet Fever, Irving M. [Bowen], son of Mr. Ira Bowen, aged 5 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 8, 1841

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] on the 4th inst., by Nathan Sutliff, Esq., M. S. Hunt, aged 72, to Mrs. Susannah Tuttle, aged 67, both of the town of Smyrna.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 22, 1841

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. John Pellet, to Mrs. Persis Wagner.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thanksgiving day, at the 1st Congregational Church, by the Rev. J.L. Janes, the Rev. Lemuel Pomeroy, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. E.A. Putnam, Widow of the Rev. S.G. Putnam, late of Guilford.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 29, 1841

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. by the Rev. E.T. Adams, Mr. Leander P. Lyons, to Miss Lucy Adaline, youngest daughter of Solomon Hakes, Esq., all of the above place.

Chenango Telegraph, March 12, 1862

Died:  HARKNESS:  in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. of Scarlet Fever, James Thomas [Harkness] only son of James Harkness, aged 14 years 3 months.

Peoples' Ellsworth Regiment

IN THE

GRAND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

Active, Able-Bodied Young Men, between the ages of 18 and 35 years, can now be enlisted into this Regiment for Three Years or during the War.

Applicants must be, at least five feet and seven inches in height, unmarried and of good moral character.  The pay will be from $18 to $21 per month.

$100 Bounty.  Pay and Rations to commence from date of enlistment. Squads of six will be taken to Albany, uniformed and equipped and forwarded to the Regiment in the field.  The high military reputation and the many selections among its members for Officers in other Regiments make it a desirable one for enterprising talent.

Apply at Rexford I. Kingsley's Law Office, Norwich.

W.M. REXFORD, Recruiting Officer