Vital Records, Norwich, NY, August 1866

 Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, August 15, 1866

Marriage

HICKS - PRICE:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] Aug. 1, by the Rev. Wm. Burnside, Mr. Joseph K. Hicks to Miss Emely Price, both of Guilford, N.Y.

Deaths

LEWIS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 13 inst. Miss L.A. Lewis, aged 42 years.

BLACKMAN:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday Aug. 12, Betsey Blackman, wife of Lester Blackman, aged 51 years.

CHAMBERLIN:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Lottie, [Chamberlin], daughter of Sherman Chamberlin, aged 6 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 22, 1866

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in Morris, Otsego Co. [NY], Aug. 9th, by Rev. S. Moore, Mr. H. Hollister Barre to Miss Lucy A. Tyler.

In Wellington, July 4th, by Rev. Uri Richards, Mr. William S. Brown, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Althea M. Wells, of Huntington, Lorain Co., Ohio.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 15th, by Rev. A.J. Buell, Mr. W.A. Cowley, of Stamford, Delaware Co. [NY] to Miss Annah B. Smith, of Coventry.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango C., NY], Aug. 12th, Mr Daniel Norris, aged 75 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 12th, Mrs. Hannah Smith, aged 73 years.

At his residence, in Fairview, Jones Co., Iowa, Mr. Amos Breed, formerly a resident of Pitcher in this county [Chenango Co., NY] aged 71 years.

Killed by the falling of a tree, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], August 17th, Mr David Squires, aged 49 years.

Mr. Davis Squires, aged 49 years, was killed in this town, a few miles east of this village, on Friday last.  He was at work in the wood of Mr. Charles Hopkins, cutting timber.  At the time the accident occurred, he was engaged in falling a hemlock tree, against which had lodged a fallen beech.  As the hemlock came down, the beech fell with it, hitting Mr. Squires so as to produce almost instant death.  His son had been sent to him with his dinner, and saw his father when the trees were falling.  He endeavored to warn him of his danger, but too late.  When the son reached his father, only a few rods on, the father was dead.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 29, 1866

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], September 15th, by Rev. F. B. Peck, Mr. Samuel Baloom of Campbelltown, Steuben Co., N.Y. to Mrs. Sarah L. Foote, daughter of Henry Balcom, of Oxford.

In Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY], July 29th, by Rev. W.W. Andrews, Mr. Thomas P. Jewell, to Mrs. Julia Ackley, all of Mount Upton.

By the same, Agu. 13th, Decalyus Bowen to Miss Ida Burlingham, all of White Store [Chenango Co., NY].

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 12th, by Rev. A.E. Daniels, Mr. Silas A. Steere of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza J. Gorton, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

At the residence of Robert Harkness, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], August 26th, of typhoid fever, Mr. William Holden, aged 25 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], August 15th, Miss Rachel Bunde, aged 63 years.

In Oxford, August 16th, Sarah M. [Brabazon], wife of George Brabazon, aged 23 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], August 1st, Miss Mary Jane Hopkins, only daughter of Willis Walker of Oxford.