Vital Records, Greene, NY - September 1863

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 3, 1863

Married:  In Middleport, Niagara Co., N.Y., on Tuesday, the 25th ult. at the residence of W.S. Fenn, Esq., by Rev. A. Kelsy, Mr. Wm. D. Hoyt, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Louisa E. Fenn.

Chenango American, September 24, 1863

Died:  In West Colesville [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Rev. Henry A. Sherwood, aged 34 years.

Died:  At the Marine Hospital, New Orleans, on the 30th ult., of consumption, Daniel L. Wells, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], a volunteer in Co. I, 114th Reg., N.Y.S.V., aged 31 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. of diptheria, Henry E. Arnold, son of William and Melissa B. Arnold, aged 13 years and 5 days.

Died:  At the National Hotel in Norwich, on the 21st inst. of typhoid fever, Mr. William E. Carl, of Candor, Tioga Co., N.Y., aged 22 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. Lewis Guile, aged 47 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock, wife of Daniel Peacock, aged 55 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Francis Bockee [Clark], son of Francis G. and Clara B Clark, aged 6 months and 27 days.

Serious Stage Accident:  A young man, private of the 26th N.Y.V. Tuesday mounted the Norwich and Utica stage at Oriskany Falls.  Owing to the crowded state of the vehicle, he had to take a seat on the baggage on the top, and had proceeded only about a quarter of a mile out of the village when the jolting of the stage threw him prostrate on the road.  The blood gushed freely from the unfortunate man's mouth, and it was evident to the passengers that he was very seriously injured.  The driver of the stage most inhumanely refused to allow time for the passengers to attend to the man, and drove off, leaving him on the turnpike, to all appearances to die uncared for.  The latest information from Oriskany Falls states that he was then only just alive, and no hopes were entertained of his recovery.  It is not surprising that such an accident should have occurred, considering that a vehicle adapted for accommodating twelve passengers was at the time carrying, we are informed, twenty-six.,