Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1, 8, & 15, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 1, 1868

Marriages

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 8th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles K. Brown to Miss Gertie J. Hall, all of Norwich.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 8th, by Rev. J.H. Hall, Mr. Frank M. Lewis to Miss Jennie Weiler, both of Norwich.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, by Rev. Wm. N. Cobb, Mr. Horace D. Wade of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lucretia B. Wilcox, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 15th, by Rev. W. Ayrault, Mr. Austin Walker to Miss Fanny E. Ingraham, all of Oxford.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], March 12th, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Sidney Johnson to Miss Martha A. Lanckton, all of Otselic.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], March 23d, by Rev. F.B. Peck, Chas. W. Scott, Esq., of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Arlette V. Berry of Pharsalia.

In West Winfield [Herkimer Co., NY], March 8th, at the residence of A. Holmes by Rev. I.N. Hobart, Mr. Asahel B. Holmes of Ackley, Iowa to Miss Sarah A. Tyler of McDonough, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

In Augusta [Oneida Co., NY], March 13th, by Rev. B.F. Willoughby, Mr. Leverett C. Remington to Miss Amelia J. Frost, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Mrs. Mary Hoag, aged 54 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], March 9th, of measles and congestion of the lungs, Mr. Cyrenus M. Briggs, aged 30? years.

Smyrna:  The death of our highly esteemed and respected fellow townsman, Cyrenus M. Briggs, casts a gloom over our whole community.  Mr. Briggs was an excellent citizen, honest and upright in all his dealings, a kind and obliging neighbor, and a warm and genial companion.  He leaves a wife and three children, who sustain an irreparable loss.  Measles are quite prevalent in our town and village, and have been in many cases quite severe, resulting in two or three deaths.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Floyd Dimmick [Taylor], son of Addison and Emily C. Taylor, aged 4 years, 4 months and 13 days.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Mr. Joseph Youngs, aged 75 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, Samuel F [Balcom], son of Albert and Harriet Balcom, aged 13 months and 19 days.

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 3d, Mary [Ten Brook], wife of J.M. Ten Brook, deceased, aged 75 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, widow of Samuel Harison, aged 86 years.

In Chicago, March 16th, Mr. U. Cushman, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] aged about 60 years.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], March 11th, Theodore [Lewis] infant son of Theodore (deceased) and T.E. Lewis, aged 10 months and 27 days.

In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], March 27th, Ella S. [Moore], daughter of Rev. Samuel Moore, aged 3 years 1 month 21 days.

In Sharon, Pa., March 9th, Angelina A. [Newton], wife of Alonzo Newton, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 31 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, Lester U. [Clapper], son of George and Sarah E. Clapper, aged 11 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 8, 1868

Marriages

At the residence of the bride, March 25th, by Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mr. I.C. Allyn of Union, Broome Co. [NY], to Miss Kittie J. Griffin, of Kings Settlement [Chenango Co., NY].

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 26th, by Rev. Thomas Harroun, Mr. Hiram Follett, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary A. Holmes of Norwich.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 24th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edwin W. Dimick, to Miss Alice A. Aldrich, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. Stephen A. Greene of New Lisbon, Otsego Co. [NY], to Miss Emma A. Chamberlain, of the former place.

Deaths

At the residence of his father, Calvin Brooks, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 3d, of typhoid fever, Mr. Lyman E. Brooks, aged 24 years.

In Kaneville, Kane Co., Ill., March 8th, Mr. Pliny M. Phelps, formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], of congestive fever, aged about 50 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, Orissa L. [Bidwell], wife of A.T. Bidwell, aged 23years.

In Portsmouth, Ohio, Feb. 21st, John W. Spry, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 45 years.

Wife Poisoning:  Alonzo Adams, of West Edmeston, Otsego County [NY], has been arrested on a charge of poisoning his wife.  Adams didn't love his own wife.  He did love some other man's wife.  Arsenic was found in the flour that the unloved Mrs. Adams made into bread.  Happily, Mrs. A. ate a great deal of bread and took more arsenic than was needed to kill her.  It simply had the effect to make her very sick.  Suspicions were aroused.  The flour was sent to Prof. Avery, of Hamilton College.  He found arsenic and Adams was arrested.

Telegraph & Chronicle Norwich, NY, April 15, 1868

Marriages

BALCOM - KEECH:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, by Rev. George Balcom, A. Balcom and Elisa S. Keech.

WRIGHT - McRAE:  At the residence of R.R. Terry, in Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] April 11th, by Rev. D.J. Whiting, John C. Wright of Preston, Chenango County, N.Y. and R.E. McRae of Canada.

Deaths

FISHER:  At the residence of his siter, Mrs. Cyrus Hartwell, in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Thompson G. Fisher, son of the late Thompson G. Fisher, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

COLLINS:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, Mrs. Anna Collins, mother of Isaac B. Collins of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 93 years, 11 months and 19 days.

AYLWORTH:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, M. Frankie [Aylworth], daughter of Dr. B.H. and M.B. Aylworth, aged 17 years.

YEOMANS:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, Polly [Yeomans], wife of the late Andrew Yeomans, aged 96 years.

CARRUTH, In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Mrs. Kate E. [Carruth] wife of Dr. William S. Carruth, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], aged 40 years.