Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, December 6, 1865
Married: PHILLIPS - BROWN: At the residence of Jesse Green in Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 28, by S.L. Brown, Esq., Ira Phillips, of Wisconsin, and Adelia M. Brown, of Columbus.
Married: MATHEWSON - HOLMES: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 28, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Otis Mathewson, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Helen J. Holmes, of Sherburne.
Married: INGHAM - BALCOM: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], 14th ult., by Rev. E. Curtis, Chas. H. Ingham, of Hume [Allegany Co., NY] to Julia E. Balcom of Sherburne.
Married: HOOG - MYERS: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], 20th ult. by Rev. H. Garlick, Wm. Hoog, to Celia Myers, all of Greene.
Married: GLEASON - LEE: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], 26th ult. by Rev. H. Garlick, Wm. J. Gleason, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], to Julia A. Lee, of Greene.
Died: In Otego, Otsego Co., [NY], 27th ult. of Membranous Croup, Walter Conkey [Follett], only child of Sam'l R. and Frank C. Follett, about 1 year.
Died: HALL: In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. of Typhoid Fever and Hemorrhage, Thomas C. Hall, aged 27 yrs, 11 months.
Died: MAYNARD: In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], 21st ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Maynard, aged 76 years.
Died: ROGERS: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], 28th ult. Mr. Clark Rogers, aged 81 years, 6 months.
Died: PHELPS: In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], 26th? ult. Edwin A. Phelps, aged 43 years.
Died: WINTER: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], 24th? ult. Miss Jennie Winter, aged 25 years.
Died: RATHBONE: In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], 2d inst., Mrs. Ellen Rathbone, aged 33 years.
Died: BALCOM: In Lansingburgh, N.Y. [Rensselear Co], Mrs. Lucretia Balcom, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 60 years.
Died: WATKINS: In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1, Henry N. Watkins, aged 34 years and 20 days.
Died: WATKINS: In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 27th, of Typhoid fever, Wm. W. Watkins, only son of Geo. W. Watkins, about 23 years. He was a Lieutenant of the Otselic company of N.Y.S. National Guard, and was buried with military honors by the company.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 13, 1865
Married: In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 28th, 1865, by S.L. Brown, Esq., Mr. Ira Phillips, of Wisconsin, to Miss Adelia M. Brown, of Columbus.
Died: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 8th, 1865, of consumption, Sarah C. [Kershaw], daughter of James Kershaw, aged 16 years.
Died: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 10th, Mr. Francis J. Eschbecm, aged 41 years.
Died: At King's Settlement, Dec. 4, Esther [Tiffany], wife of Nelson Tiffany, aged 59 years.
Died: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 11th, Benoni H. Marks, M.D., aged about 70 years.
Died: In German [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25th, of diptheria, George J. [Dillenbeck], only child of Alexander and Deborah Dillenbeck, aged 4 years, 5 months and 18 days.
Died: At the County Poor House, In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 28th, Hannah Benedict, aged 108 years, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In Canandaigua [Ontario Co., NY], Oct. 5th, Rev. John E. Hyde, son of Asahel J. Hyde, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In Woodbridge, California, Oct. 28th, Mr. John F. Rathbone, son of the late Gen. Ransom Rathbone, of Rathboneville, N.Y. [Steuben Co.], formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].
Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, December 6, 1865
Died: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday morning Nov. 29th, Deacon William Avery, aged 67 years.
Deacon Avery was, we believe, a native of Greene County in this State [NY], but at the age of ten years he came to the town of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], which has been his home during all the active period of his life. His educational advantages were those of the District School only. But he possessed a mind of uncommon vigor, which was improved and enlarged by varied reading and much reflection. He was early brought under the influence of Christianity and uniting with the Congregational Church was made a Deacon before he was thirty years old, a trust which he honored and adorned during his long connection with that Church. The characteristics of Deacon Avery were intelligence, sincerity, a strong will and energetic zeal. What he believed, he openly professed and fearlessly practiced. A sense of conscientious duty impelled his actions. On all the ministrations and ordinances of the Church he was a punctual attendant, and was first and foremost in the Prayer Meetings and Revivals and every enterprise or movement whose object was the sinner's gain and Christ's glory. The missions, foreign and domestic, claimed and received his liberal aid. He was the pioneer in founding the Temperance Society in Chenango County on the plan of pledged abstinence from ardent spirits. He withdrew from the Colonization Society when it signally failed in the mission, and going boldly into the ranks of Abolitionism at a period when its name was a [-?-] and by-word, he served to the end, devoting time, talents and substance to the welfare of the slave and the down trodden. In short, no operation of Christianity, benevolence or philanthropy failed of his prayers or his material attendance. His whole life was an exemplification of practical Christianity.
A few years since, Deacon Avery retired form his farming to a new home in Georgetown in Madison County [NY]. A fortnight ago he came to Norwich by reason of severe internal ailments. He received temporary relief, but suddenly died of what may be termed a paralysis of the muscular structure of the heart. He was buried at Sherburne on Sunday afternoon. Deacon Avery was the father of Dr. George P. Avery of Norwich.
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