Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 1865

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 1, 1865

Married:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, 1865, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Cornelius Brown of Madison [Madison Co., NY] to Mrs. Mary A. Green of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, by Rev. Wm. C. Bowen, Mr. Henry McQueen, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to  Miss Frances K. Squires, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in East Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 25, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Andrew J. Inman, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Helen E. Geer, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 25th, by Rev. G.F. Peck, Mr. Oliver P. Miner, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ruama Gleason, of Oxford.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 19th, by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. John S. Brown to Miss Mary Nichols, all of Greene.

Married:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 24th, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. A.G> Clark of DeRuyter, Mr. P.L. Champlin of Buffalo, N.Y. [Erie Co.], to Miss Phebe Miller, of Lincklaen.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 25th, Mr. John Jerome Grant, aged 35 years.

Died:  At Van Buren Corners [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, Miss Ellen L. Thompson, aged 16 years.

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, Mr. Daniel A. Tremain, of Co. E 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., aged 21 years, son of Richard Tremain.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 19th, of diptheria, Levi S. Lord, aged 8 years and 10 months.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 19th, Charles [Beardsley], son of the late Lucius Beardsley, aged 14 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, Mr. David Hough, aged 24 years.

Died:  In New Orleans, Nov. 12th, Corporal Thomas S. Wyooff, Co. H, 11th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 53 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, 1865, of diptheria, Ellen Luthera [Cummings], youngest daughter of Abram and Louis Cummings, aged 14 years, 11 months and 23 days.  Sleep on, dear sister, and take thy rest, / Thou so lovely and so fair; / No cruel pain shall flush thy tender brow, / No sweeping tempest shall disturb thee now.  

Strange Affair in Madison County 

A coroner's inquest has recently been held at Pratt's Hollow, near Morrisville ]Madison Co., NY], over the body of Sally Record, who had for many years been the housekeeper of Lucius E. Hannum, and was his maiden aunt. She had not been seen for some time, and neighbors suspecting something wrong, went to the house and found her remains in an upper room, frozen, and in a condition which indicated that she had been dead for two or three weeks.  Hannum's story is that she died the Wednesday previous (the discovery was on Friday) and that he carried her upstairs, because he had read that bodies packed in ice would keep.  He could give no reasons for not informing the neighbors of her death.  It is supposed she died of neglect and starvation  The day before the discovery, a person called at Hannum's house, and asked to see Miss Record, but was rudely refused admittance.  Hannum had resided with his aunt from childhood, and had had frequent altercations with her.  She was between seventy and eighty years of age. the result of the inquest is not known.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 8, 1865

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 24th, 1865, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles C. Rogers of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary A. Franklin, daughter of George Franklin.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, by P.L. Wescott, Esq., Mr. Joseph Van Akin, to Miss Aurelia Shepard, both of Franklin, Delaware Co., [NY].

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1, by William T. Priest, Esq., Mr. Lafayette Curtis, of Nelson, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Mary Harrigon of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY].

Married:  In Springfield, Ill. Dec. 14th, 1865, by Rev. L.P. Clever, D.D., Thomas L. Knapp Esq., formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Alice M. Huntington, daughter of Hon. George L. Huntington, of Springfield.

Married:  In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], Dec. 29th, by Rev. E. Marvin, William Marvin, A.M., of Hoboken, to Miss Susan C. Clarke, daughter of rev. Ethan Ray Clarke, of Buffalo.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, 1865, of consumption, Jane A. [Eyrich], aged 24 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, Lucretia [Ingraham], wife of Isaac Ingraham, aged 49 years.

Died:  At Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Old Four Corners, Feb. 3d, Mr. David Wilbur, aged 93 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, Mr. Ephraim Brooks, aged 60 years.

Died:  In Croton, Del. Co. [NY], Jan. 30th, Miss Susan E. Merrill, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

Died:  At the residence of her son-in-law, William Dickle, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 23d, 1865, Mrs. Betsey Fish, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] aged 78 yr's.

Died:  In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], Jan. 6th, of typhoid fever, Ray [Clarke], son of Rev. Ethan Ray and Mary E. Clarke, aged 10 years.

Died:  At the McCray House, Titusville, Pa., January 26th, of quick consumption, Mr. Seneca G. Secor, son of John B. Secor, of Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. [NY].  He was confined to his bed but a few days.  He went to Titusville on the 9th of November, with his companion, to work; but alas!  his stay was short.  He was brought back to Mount Upton, on the 28th, for interment, and has left a wife and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss, but trusting our loss is his gain.

Death of Richard Morris

Died:  Recently, at his residence, Upton Park, in the town of Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY], Richard Morris, aged 82 years, son of the late Gen. Jacob Morris, and oldest grandson of Lewis Morris, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Richard Morris was born in Philadelphia, on the 18th of September, 1792, receiving baptism from the venerable Bishop White, Chaplain of the first Congress.  Jacob Morris, his father, was a prominent officer in the Revolutionary army, serving as Aid to Gen. Charles Lee.  He was an active participant in most of the battles of the Revolution, taking a distinguished part in the gallant defense of Fort Moultrie.  In the year 1787 he moved to Otsego County with his family, and settled on a tract of land given him by his father Lewis Morris, and now known as the Morris Land Patent.

Richard Morris, at that time, a boy of tender years, has lived to see a "howling wilderness" literally "blossom as the rose."  Actuated by the patriotic spirit of his forefathers, in the latter part of the year 1814 he organized a company of cavalry, of which he became Captain, to go to the defense of the frontier.  Peace being happily declared, his services were not required.

An unambitious man, caring more for the endearments of domestic life, and agricultural pursuits, than for empty honors, he was known and beloved by his neighbors and tenants, for his many unobtrusive acts of benevolence, and his spirit of enterprise in every good work.  An humble follower of, and believer in, Him who preached peace on earth and good will toward man, he never ceased to deplore "this cruel war," with the consequent frightful sacrifice of human life.

Having lived beyond the age assigned to man as a period of "labor and sorrow," he bore a long illness with unmurmuring fortitude.  His last hours soothed and ministered unto by loving hearts and gentle hands, he sank calmly to rest, leaving to his children and grandchildren the heritage of an unsullied character and an honorable home, and above all, the comfort of knowing that having passed beyond "the dark valley," he had gone where his many virtues and Christian life will insure him a crown of glory.