Vital Records, Norwich, NY - November 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 4, 1863

Married:  TANNER - WOOD:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 28, 1863, by Rev. H. Munker, Mr. T.G. Tanner of Dryden [Tompkins Co., NY] to Miss Sarah T. Wood of the former place.

Married:  MAINE - ALDRICH:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY] Oct. 24, 1863, by J. Sterling Smith, Esq., Mr. Charles E. Maine of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Ellen J. Aldrich of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  WOOD - MEAD:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Oct. 21, 1863, by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. Enos Wood of Utica [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Della M. Mead of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  PORTER - HODGE:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 28, 1863, by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr Thomas E. Porter to Miss Grace A. Hodge, all of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  NEWTON - PERKINS:  At the residence of the bride's father Oct. 28, 1863, by Rev. Holland Turner, Mr. Cortland Newton to Miss E. Addie Perkins youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Perkins, both of South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  WOOD - ANDERSON:  At Bainbridge, Oct. 18, 1863, by J.D. Newell, Esq., Mr. Charles P. Wood to Miss Elcie Anderson, both of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 11, 1863

Married:  BROOKS - BRAINARD:  At the M.E parsonage, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 21, 1863, by Rev. Wm. Searls, Mr. Anson C. Brooks to Miss Marcia L. Brainard, both of East Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.].

Married:  RANDALL - SKINNER:  At the residence of Alton Aldrich in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], by the same, Oct. 29?, 1863, Mr. Ralph J. Randall to Mrs. Ann F. Skinner, both of Norwich.

Married:  DARK - BURROWS:  At Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 27, 1863, by Rev. A.N. Benedict, Mr. Charles O. Dark to Miss Frances L. Burrows, both of Norwich.

Married:  CLINE - WILLCOX:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4, 1863, by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. Jacob Cline, to Miss Sarah A. Willcox, both of Smithville.

Married:  WILSON - SCOTT:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 27, 1863, by Rev. W.A. Smith, Mr. J. Wilson to Miss Phebe A. Scott.

Married:  CONOVER - FOOT:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] Oct. 27, 1863, by Rev. W.A Smith, Mr. W.B. Conover to Miss Mariette L. Foot.

Married:  JENNINGS -McCRAY:  In Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 29, 1863, by Rev. Ashbel Otis, Capt. Orville . Jennings to Miss Addie A. McCray, both of Fulton [Oswego Co., NY].

Married:  BROWER - CARPENTER:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5?, 1863, by Rev. W. T. Potter, Mr. Norman Brower of Madison [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Carpenter of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  RICE:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, Nov. 5, 1863, Louise M. [Rice], aged 29 years, 5 months and 20 days.

Died:  ELDREDGE:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], oct. 19, 1863, Ivan M. [Eldredge], only son of Morell Eldredge, aged 3 years and 10 months.

Died:  FITCH:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 29, 1863, Mrs. Thankful Fitch, aged 84 years 4 months and 15 days.

Died:  COLE:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], November 2, 1863, after a short illness, Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, wife of Samuel Cole, aged 67? years.

Died:  CASSLES:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Nov. 2, 1863, Camillia E. Cassels, granddaughter of James M. Cassels, aged 18 years and 6 months.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 25, 1863

Married:  DODGE - MURRAY:  At the residence of the bride Oct. 2-?, 1863, by Rev. Dr. J.B. Fasitt, of St. Stephen's Church, Dr. A.W. Dodge, U.S.A. to Maggie [Murray], only daughter of James Murray, Esq., of Baltimore City.

Married:  FRENCH - BLANDING:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 18?, 1863, by Rev. E. Curtis, Mr. Leander G. French to Mrs. Caroline M. Blanding.

Charles S. Barr Tells of the South

Charles S. Barr, who recently escaped from the South, reached home on Tuesday.  He left Raleigh, North Carolina, October 7th, and was nearly two weeks in getting from that city to our lines at Newburne.  His trip to New York cost him $285.  When he visited us on Tuesday, he was wearing a pair of very "ordinary boots" that cost him $100, and a pair of pantaloons, of fair blue cloth, that cost him $100.  He says that the accounts we get in Southern papers of the destitution and want that prevail in the South do not disclose the whole truth.  The leading men at Raleigh make no secret among themselves of the fact that starvation must soon force them to "give in" if the Federal armies do not.  Indeed, they are unable to tell how they are to live through the winter - there is literally nothing to eat.

Mr. Barr says that at the time, last year, when our army made a raid to within twenty-five miles of Raleigh, there were no rebels troops in the city and it might have been taken by merely marching in a regiment.  The Union men - and there are many - were praying for the advent of the Federals.  The city has since been partially fortified, but good troops would now find no trouble in taking it.

Mr. Barr give an account of the riot during which the Standard - a Union newspaper - office was destroyed.  It was done by a company of Georgia soldiers at the instigation of the editor of the secesh organ.  The next morning the citizens of Raleigh destroyed the office of the secesh concern.

Mr. Barr was at Raleigh when the rebellion broke out, and he has seen the whole "machine."  He saw the common people were induced to join the army at first by appeals to their worst passions - now they are forced to join by the bayonet.  He represents the state of society as "perfectly awful."