Chenango Union, July 3, 1867
Marriages
In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 18th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles E. Kingsbury, of Ottawa, Illinois, to Miss Lucinda Marsh, of this village.
In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 1st, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. M. R. Westover, of Oxford, Miss Mary P. Root, of Tioga County, Pa.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 19th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Geo. E. Stevens, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Mary E. Haynes, of Oxford.
Deaths
In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 30th, Mrs. Sylvia Snedekie, aged 87 years.
In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], June 20th, Mrs. Eliza A. Munson, aged 31 years. She had been a patient sufferer for thirteen long years, yet without a murmur she ever felt to say, "the Lord's will be done."
In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 14th, Mrs. Clarissa Page, wife of Orris Page, aged 22 years.
In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], june 4th, Mr. Martin L. Symonds, aged 21 years.
Chenango Union,
Marriages
In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 25th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. George L. Marsh of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hannah M. Gibson, of Guilford.
In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], June 23d, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Harris B. Daniels, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Hibberd of Sherburne.
In German [Chenango Co., NY], June 23d, by Henry Dwight, Esq., Mr. Giles O. Moon of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Mary E. Jones of German.
In Morrisville [Madison Co., NY], June 26th, by Rev. H. Dudley, Mr. Wilbur Holmes of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Annette Dunton, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].
In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], June 27th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lafayette Davis of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Nettie Johnson, of Willet, Cortland Co. [NY].
Deaths
In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], july 1st, Jane Cameron [Barnard], wife of F.E. Barnard, aged 50? years.
In Mill River, Mass., March 25th, Mr. Lewis Barber, son of Turner Barber, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY, aged 30? years.
In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], October 22d, Juliette Williams, daughter of Turner Barber, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 34? years.
In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 29th?, of diptheria, Jennie E. Shepard, aged 5 years, 11 months and 5 days; June 11th, Lida J. Shepard, aged 3 years and 2 days; June 14th, Emma B. Shepard, aged 1 year 6 months and 28 days. Comprising the entire family of Derrick L. and Almeda Shepard. Kind friends bore all the remains and deposited them side by side in the cemetery at Guilford Centre, quietly to sleep until the final reveille shall call to life the slumbering dust of every age and clime.
After a severe illness, Mr. Samuel White died on Monday afternoon last, aged 71 years. The funeral services were held at St Andrews Church on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Robinson of Clinton, officiating. Thus, another name is added to the list of the departure of our aged citizens and first settlers. Mr. white was born and had lived upon the farm where he died for seventy-one years, and consequently was one of the first pioneers of the town. New Berlin Pioneer
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 17, 1867
Marriages
At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 10th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Maj. Marvin R. Sherwood, to Miss Fannie L. Ford, daughter of E.G. Ford, all of Norwich.
In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, by Rev D.D. Brown, Mr. G.S. Tanner, to Miss Arlette Benedict, all of Plymouth.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 2d, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. George L. Sprague, to Miss Alice Harrington, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].
In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], July 2d, by Rev. Dr. Paddock, Mr. Alfred N. Aldrich, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Cornelius, formerly of Blooming Grove, Orange Co. [NY].
Golden Wedding: Mr. James A. Glover and wife of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on the 29th ult. It was an event of much joy to the family and numerous relatives of the venerable pair, who met to congratulate them, and more so by reason of the recent severe illness of Mrs. Glover, but from which she has quite recovered. During the evening many friends and neighbors called to express their joy with the happy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Glover were married in this village June 29th, 1817, by the Rev Wm. B. Lacy, who within the year died at the South, having numbered more than four score years. Oxford Times
Deaths
In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 14th, Miss Mary E. Chapman daughter of Benjamin Chapman, aged 40 years and 16 days.
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, Susannah [Padget], widow of Robert Padget, aged 82 years.
In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], July 9th, Mrs. Sarah Perkins, aged 74 years.
In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], June 28th, William Bonapart, son of Ephraim and Mary E. Hurlbut, aged 6 weeks, 1 day.
In Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], Otsego Co. [NY], July 13th, Dea. Joseph T. Gilbert, aged 84 years, 2 months and 12 days.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1867
Murder in Oneonta
We learn from the Oneonta (Otsego County) [NY] Herald that on Tuesday last, Victor Beach, son of the late Samuel B. Beach, Esq., killed his mother, who resided in that village, by two revolved shots, one taking effect in the head and the other in the pelvis. After shooting his mother, he aimed a shot at his own brain. The bullet entered his right eye and passed out in the hollow of the ear. when the neighbors reached the house, Mrs. Beach lay upon the floor just breathing her last, and the son near her, the blood oozing from his skull. He soon roused up and began to talk, saying that he was drunk and mad; that he meant to kill his mother and then destroy his own life; that on returning home he went upstairs and got a revolver belonging to his brother, Oscar Beach, and came downstairs, and found his mother engaged in making a fire in the stove, and that as soon as he got a good opportunity he fired the shot at her head, and the other after she fell upon the floor, and then made the attempt upon his own life, and was sorry he did not succeed.
Dr. Meigs Case, examined the wound of the murderer and does not regard it as dangerous. Beach was taken in charge by constable E.W. Bennet, and Coroner Hendrix of Otego held the proper inquest. The prisoner was fully committed for murder to await the action of the Grand jury which convenes in August. Officer Bennet was directed to remove him to the jail of the County as soon as the state of his wound and his health would permit.
It is proper to state that Victor Beach is a cripple, having been accidentally shot many years ago, the ball reaching the region of the spine and there remaining. He has no use of his right hand, his right arm and leg are withered, and his whole physical nad mental organization fearfully injured.
Mrs. Beach was a most estimable woman and did all that a mother could for the poor wretch that has taken her life. She was about fifty-three years of age.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 10, 1867
The Ministerial Wife Poisoner, William H. Green
The character of Rev. W.H. Green, recently arrested in Utica [Oneida Co., NY], charged with poisoning his wife in Connecticut, does not prove to be of the best. Here is what the Litchfield, Ct. Sentinel says of him. Litchfield is his former place of residence, and Green is now there lodged in jail.
He (Green) went to Cornwall sometime last winter, called himself a Methodist minister, and a Union refugee from Texas, and made himself remarkable for his loud-mouthed patriotism. During the last spring's campaign, he took the political stump for the Radicals, denounced copperheads in the most ultra-style, and exalted P.T. Barnum to the "seventh heaven." In short, he put himself up as a sort of chaplain to the "late" political showman. After election, his fond hopes blasted, he set up a small store in West Cornwall. His wife, who was feeble in health, died May 7th. His conduct of late having excited suspicion, the body was disinterred by the authorities and the stomach sent to New Haven for analysis. Green in the meantime had disappeared, and the examination of the stomach having strengthened the suspisions against him, Deputy Sheriff Chancy Baldwin was sent after him into New York State with a requisition form Gov. English. We understand that Green had on his person, when arrested, a letter of recommendation from P.T. Barnum. He says he is now married to a woman living in Utica.
Last winter, we learn, Green held a series of revival meetings at Guilford Centre, this county [Chenango Co., NY]. He was regarded as an eloquent and effective preacher and produced a great deal of excitement in the vicinity of his meetings. He is now a candidate for the gallows, being charged with the murder of his wife.
Complier Note: An article that tells the full story of the "Rev." William H. Green and his connection to Chenango County was published in the 2013 issue of the Journal of the Chenango County Historical Society, ("The Ministerial Wife Poisoner") which is available for sale from the Chenango County Historical Society Museum in Norwich, NY. The article's introductory paragraph is as follows:
"In the mid-1860s there appeared in Chenango County a man named William H. Green who exuded charisma and the virtuous qualities associated with a minister of the gospel, which he purported himself to be. His refined manners and excessive charm plus his considerable oratorical skills gained him quick acceptance by local residents, with the result that they welcomed him into their lives. Subsequent events would show that his true character was quite the opposite of what he portrayed himself to be, and the deception would prove deadly for a young Civil war widow named Mary Helen Searles of Guilford in Chenango County. Within two months of her acquaintance with William H. Green, she had married him, only to die by his hand four months following her wedding."
Mary Helen Searles, the unfortunate wife of William H. Green, is buried in West Bainbridge Cemetery, Chenango County, New York. William H. Green did not die on the gallows, but rather, died in prison at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1880.
For anyone who is interested in acquiring a copy of the Journal, following is a link to the museum Gift shop.
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