Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May 1865

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 3, 1865

Married:  In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], April 12th, 1865, by Rev. E.. Ruddock, Mr. William Dickinson to Miss Evelyn Smith, all of Pitcher.

Married:  In Baltimore, Md., April 2d, by Rev. J.T. McCartney, Mr. Charles E. Merritt of Eaton Rapids, Mich., to Miss Addie C. Story, of the former place.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 29th, 1865, of typhoid fever, Mr. Jeremiah Tuttle, aged 49 years.

Died:  At the National hotel, in this village [Chenango Co., NY], April 27th, Mr. Charles Henthorne, of Lawrence, Mass., a soldier belonging to the 3d Veteran Reserves.

Died:  In Lansing, Mich., April 9th, Helen E. [Wood], only daughter of Abner and Cornelia A. Wood, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 13 years, 9 months and 15 days.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Mrs. Rhoda Rogers, aged 84 years and 8 months.

Died:  In Newbern, N.C., Jan. 3d, Augustus St. Amand, Jr., of Battery I, 3d N.Y. Light Artillery, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], April 18th, Mrs. Mary Osgood, wife of the late luther Osgood, aged 53 years.  

Died:  In Elmira [Chemung Co., NY], April 19th, of lung fever, Mr. Henry Tuetga of Co. A, Veteran Reserve corps.  He enlisted in Co. I, 114th N.Y.S.V. from Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], upon the organization of the Regiment.  

Died:  In Hospital, at Wilmington, Del. April 17th, Mr. Clarke Widger, of Co. F, 7th N.Y. Artillery, aged 33 years.

Died:  In Hospital at New Orleans, Sept. 5th, William P. Derrick, son of Marvin and Mary Derrick, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years, 10 months and 15 days.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 10, 1865

Married:  KINNEY - ROWLEY:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], 24th April, by Rev. L.R. Spafford, Henry Kinney and Miss Frances M. Rowley, all of Oxford.

Married:  DAVIDSON - FRENCH:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 2d, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Hiram Davidson and Miss Mary L. French of North Norwich.

Died:  WESTFALL:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], May 1st, Geo. W. Westfall, aged 15 years.

Died:  FERRIS:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], April 14, Joseph L. Ferris, aged 41 years and 3 months.

Died:  RICHMOND:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], May 1st, of typhoid fever, Frank J. [Richmond], daughter of joseph S and Mar B. Richmond, aged 22 years and 10 months.

Died:  James M. Heady, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], was killed in the engagement before Petersburg.  He was a member of the 4th N.Y. Heavy Artillery and was a good soldier, and faithful to the cause he had espoused.  We regret his early decease.

Died:  BUELL:  At the house of his son-in-law, Dr S.M. Hand, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, may 7th, after an illness of two days, the Hon. Grover Buell, in the 80th year of his age.  The deceased had been for many years a judge of the Broome County Courts, and was esteemed for his integrity intelligence and prudence.  He was a brother of Mr. Elijah Buell of King's Settlement.  His remains were sent to Windsor, in Broome county, [NY] his late residence, for interment.

Died:  Burned to Death:  David English, an old man about 84 years of age, living in what is called the Sap Bush, in this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], was burned up with his house and all it contained, on the 24th ult.  He had been living alone for some time, and was quite infirm.  Friends were in the habit of going in and helping him at times.  It is supposed that the house caught fire while he was asleep, and thus he lost his life.  Greene American

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 17, 1865

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 30th, 1865, by Rev. R.L. Warriner, Mr. Edwin R. Warriner, Principal of the New Berlin Academy, to Miss Mary Jannette Dargavel, of the former place.

Married:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 26th, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. Hiram Davidson, to Miss Mary L. French, of North Norwich.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. Joan S. Smith, to Miss Ellen M. Lowe.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. Marvin E. Milliken to Miss Freelove A. Palmer.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], may 9th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Prof. John W. Thorpe, to Miss Charlotte M. Brown, daughter of C.M. Brown, Esq.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 27th, Mr. John T. Hanford, to Miss Ann Eliza Kellum, all of Greene.

Married:  May 1st, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. George H. Orr, of Addison, Steuben Co. [NY], to Miss Ellen S. Eddy, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday, May 12th, 1865, Mrs. Ruby Randall, widow of Perez Randall, deceased, aged 69 years.

Deid:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 11th, John T. [Holmes], son of the late John T. Holmes, aged 16 years and 10 months.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 9th, Mr. John Skinner, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 29th, Mr. Andrew Miller, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 5th, Martha A. [Short], wife of N.H. Short, aged 32 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, Miss Sarah R. Wheeler, aged 17 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], May 7th, Mr. John W. Bolles, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], May 8th, by drowning in a tub of water, Minnie [Conley], daughter of James Conley, aged 3 y'rs.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 2d, Fredie L. Mathewson, aged 5 years, 11 months and 11 days.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, Mr. Joseph L. Ferris, aged 41 years and 7 months.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], May 11th, Genevieve [Williams], daughter of the late George M. Williams, aged 16 years.

Died:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], March 4th, Mr. Darius Hyer, aged 55 years.  A man of few words, of strong faith and unswerving fidelity; an honored citizen, a pillar of the church, and abiding friend of his pastor, and an affectionate husband and father.

Died:  In New York, while on his way home from the army, Mr. Daniel Watts of Wellsboro Pa., formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Incident of Mr. Lincoln's Last Days

Chenango Union, May 3, 1865

At the last Cabinet meeting which Mr. Lincoln attended on Friday, at which Lieut. Gen. Grant was present, he turned to the General and asked him if he had heard from General Sherman.  General Grant replied that he had not, but was hourly in expectation of receiving dispatches form him, announcing the surrender of Johnston.

"Well," said the President, "you will hear very soon, now, and the news will be important."

"Why do you think so?" said the General.

"Because, " said Mr. Lincoln, "I had a dream last night, and ever since the war began I have invariably had the same dream before any important military event has occurred."  He then instanced Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, &c., and said that before each of those events he had had the same dream, and, turning to secretary Welles, said:  " It is in your line too, Mr. Welles. The dream is that I saw a ship sailing very rapidly, and I am sure that it portends some important national event."