Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May 1866

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 23, 1866

Marriages

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], May 17th, by Rev. L.D. Turner, Mr. John H. Baker, of Oswego [Oswego Co., NY], to Mrs. Roxy A. Baker, of Plymouth.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], april 10th, by Rev. A. Ensign, Mr. Edwin Crozier, to Miss Annett Sanford, both of Pitcher.

May 1st, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Hiland L. Bently, of Sandgate, Vermont to Miss Louisa V. Norton, of German [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], May 8th, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Alonzo Blackman of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Kate M. Totman, of Pharsalia.

In Desmoines, Iowa, March 28th, by Rev. J.A. Nash, P.F. Bartle, Esq., formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lide Bausman, of the former place.

Deaths

At the Chenango House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 21st, of typhoid fever, Mr. Stephen E. Avery, aged 48 y'rs.

In Lansing, Mich., May 18th, Mr. Richard R. Carpenter, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 17th, Mrs. Mercy Wright, aged 78 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 14th, Lizzie [Lyon], only daughter of the late George M. Lyon, aged 4 years and 2 months.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, Sarah [Post], consort of Dea. Levi Post, in the 68th year of her age.

In Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], May 6th, Jennie [Quivey], only daughter of M. S. Quivey, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 6 years.

In Salem, Oregon, March 28th, Mr. Judson H. Stark, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, May 30, 1866

Marriages

LAMB - KART:  In Boston on the 21st inst. by the Rev. Wm. H. Babcock, Wm. H. Lamb, of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Mattie W. Hart, of Boston, Mass.

WEDGE - TAYLOR:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d May, by Rev. L.E. Stafford, Edgar P. Wedge of Windsor, Broome Co. to Eliza J. Taylor of Oxford.

OGDEN - SMITH:  At the Baptist Parsonage in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] by the same, May 23d, H.B. Ogden of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to G.A. Smith of Oxford.

BAILEY - SKILLIN:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th of April, at the house of the bride's father, by the Rev. R. Scott, James G. Bailey to Martha J. Skillin, both of Greene.

KNOWLES - RIDER:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], May 23d, by J.H. Stanbro Esq., Joseph Knowles of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Catharine J. Rider, of Otselic.

WADE - DEMONEY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 16th, by Rev. R. A. Patterson, Wm. B. Wade, to Margaret A. Demoney, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].

Deaths

STARR:  In Salem, Oregon, March 26th, Judson H. Starr, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

MYGATT:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Caroline [Mygatt], wife of Wm. mygatt, aged 63? years.

LOWNSBERY:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Catharine S. [Lownsbery], wife of J.D. Lownsbery, aged 58 years.

CHURCH:  In No. Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 12th, Catherine E. Church, wife of A.W. Church, aged 42 years.

HUMPHREY:  In Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], May 18, Emeline S. Humphrey, wife of Charles M. Humphrey, aged 49 years.

A Christian mother.  She lived beloved and respected, and died lamented.  On her tombstone could truthfully be inscribed, "The heart of her husband confided in her."  The Church loses a faithful member, who always filled her place and never gave them cause to mourn.  The family looses a wife and mother who lived to make home happy.  The S. School a faithful teacher who lived as well as taught.  She suffered much in her last sickness but endured patiently as seeing him who is invisible. The parting scene was one that surviving friends will long remember.  It was the "chamber where the Christian meets his fate, quite on the verge of heaven."  Thus star by star declines, / Till all are passed away, / As morning high and higher shines, / To pure and perfect day / Nor sink those stars in empty night, / But hide themselves in heaven's own light"  E.T.J.

Lieutenant Edwin O. Gibson Honored

Of the many favors bestowed by the War Department on deserving soldiers, none is more merited than the conferring of the rank of Second Lieutenant in the 17th U.S. Infantry on Edwin O. Gibson.  He is the son of Dr. Stanford C. Gibson, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], and entered the 114th Regiment in 1862, as Second Lieutenant.  He was soon advanced to the grade of First Lieutenant, and afterwards commissioned Captain, but being absent on detached service on account of disability from wounds received, he was never mustered in that grade.  He was a passenger on the ill-fated John Warner, captured by the enemy on the Red River in 1864.  the boat was destroyed, and he wounded and a prisoner, remained in Confederate hands until the general cartel restored him to liberty.  From that date until his muster out, he was on detached service at Hart's Island, New York. A few weeks ago he received his commission from the President as Second lieutenant in the Regular Army, and from what we know of his sterling worth, we congratulate the people of Chenango on his preferment, and feel assured that their representative officer in the standing army will serve them with credit in war as well as in peace.  In speaking of Lieutenant G, the History of the 114th Regiment says, "He was a general favorite among the officers of his regiment and in fact, his open hearted manliness will win him friends wherever he goes."  He is at present on recruiting service at Syracuse, N.Y.