Vital Records - Oxford, NY - June 1858

 Oxford Times, June 2, 1858

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on 18th ult., by Rev. C. Steere, Mr. Wilson Church of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Frances Bowers, of McLean, Tompkins Co. [NY].

Died:  In Newark, Tioga Co. [NY], on the 24th of May, Mr. William Copley, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 52 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., F. Smith Beals, aged 27 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Dr. John P. Harris, aged about 38 years.

Oxford Times, June 9, 1858

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 6th, by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Albert Ingraham of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Charlotte A. Webb of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. S.N. Wescott, Mr. Aaron Blackman of that place to Mrs. Mary M. Wedge of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] on the 1st inst. Mr S.E. Ensworth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily L. Robinson of Cortland.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. James Youngs to Miss Arminda S. Moffat, all of that place.

Married:  Also, by the same, Mr. Laman Pearsall to Miss Margaret Whitmarsh.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Mr. Marshal Dodge, aged 70 years.

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th of April last, Mrs. Sally Glazier, wife of Mr. Luin Glazier, aged 72 years.

Oxford Times, June 16, 1858

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 9th inst., Polly [Smith], wife of Mr. Richard Smith, aged 78 y6ears.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Polly [Loomis], wife of Mr. Edward Loomis, aged 70 years.

Died: In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Harriet C. [Jacobson], daughter of Jacob and Rilla Jacobson, aged 16 years.

Oxford Times, June 23, 1858

Death By Drowning:  Wallace West was drowned at McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Sunday last.  He had gone to Steer's pond to bathe when the melancholy event occurred.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Susan Hopkins, aged 78 years, relict of Frederick Hopkins, the last revolutionary pensioner of the town.  Mrs. Hopkins had resided among us during more than a half century, and by the exercise of a cheerful and kindly disposition and the practice of rare social virtues, had acquired the love and respect of a large circle of friends and acquaintance.

Died:  In Poolville, Madison Co. [NY], on 21st inst. Genevie A. [Colson], daughter of Lyman Colson, Esq., aged 21 years, formerly student of Oxford Academy.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Mrs. Johanna Whitmore, aged 66 years.

Oxford Times, June 30, 1858

Married:  In Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], on the 23d inst. by Rev. John Peck, Col. E.W. Stratton to Mrs. Mary P. Dodge, both of Marathon.

Married:  In Omaha, N.T., on the 6th inst., by Father Augustine, Mr. Charles W. Hamilton to Miss Fanny Murphy.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Polly [Loomis], wife of Mr. Edward Loomis, the first settler of the town, aged 76 years.  Mrs. Loomis came at the age of 19 to Smithville, and continued until her death, living upon the same homestead where she commenced house keeping, and from which her twelve children went forth into the world, all of whom are now married and have families, and of whom all were present at her funeral, except one daughter who had removed to the West.

Died:  In Ellicottville [Cattaraugus Co NY], on Saturday night, the 19th inst., just as the Sabbath morn was about to dawn, Elizabeth Reed [Jerome], wife of Rev. Charles Jerome, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and formerly Pastor of Presbyterian Church of Oxford, aged 33 years.  The deceased leaves five little children (the youngest an infant only ten days) to lament the loss of an exceedingly kind and Christian mother; and while the circumstances attending her death are peculiarly afflictive to those who the most deeply mourn over it, the Church of which she was an active and useful member, and the society which has been adorned by her social and domestic excellencies, will sadly miss the worthy examples and benevolent influences which distinguished her career as a Christian, and the genial temper and shining virtues which endeared her to all who knew her.  It is consoling to believe that she closed her eyes amid the night and darkness of a sinful world, to open them upon the light and glory of Heaven.

"Green be the turf above thee, / Friend of my youthful days; / None knew thee, but to love thee, / None named thee, but to praise."   Cattaraugus Freeman

Vital Records - Greene, NY - May 1858

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 6, 1858

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. John H. Wagner to Miss Sylvia A. Watson, all of this town.

Married:  In Eaton, Madison Co. [NY], by Rev. Mr. Gideons, Mr. Silas R. Geer, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Maria L. Mattison, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Miss Caroline Elizabeth Teachout, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Elliott R. [Cornell], youngest son of Albert and Sally Ann Cornell, aged 12 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mrs. Laura Milner, mother of Thomas Milner, Esq., aged 66 years.

Died:  At the White Store [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th March, Mrs. Rebecca Bowen, wife of Amos Bowen, aged 82 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult., Mr. Sylvester Squires, aged 67 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 13, 1858

Married:  In Norwich, on the 6th inst., by Rev. J.G. Bartholomew, Mr. Andrew J. Hunt, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary P. Ransford, of the former place.

Died:  At the residence of Mr. P.M. Moore, in False River, Parish of Point Coupee, La., on the 18th of March, 1858, Mr. Harley Curtis, of Stillwater, M.T., in his 58th year,  Mr. Curtis was formerly a resident of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., of Inflammation of the lungs, William Frederick Eccleston, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th of April, of consumption, Miss Eliza Amelia Howe, aged 19 years, three months and 19 days.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 20, 1858

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., by Rev. D.C. Dutcher, Mr. Reuben W. Rice, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia A. Merrell, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Territory, on the 25th inst., by Rev. A.S. Billingsley, Mr. Wm. P. Ransford, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Nettie Campbell, formerly of little Falls, New York [Herkimer Co.].

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Betsey [Johnson], wife of John Johnson, aged 86 years.

Died:  At Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Clark, mother of Henry A. Clark, Esq., of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 81 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]\, on the 10th inst., Ezra Smith, aged 23 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 27, 1858

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., by Rev. C. Steere, Mr. Wilson Church, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Francis Bowers, of McLean, Tompkins Co. [NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 24th inst., F. Smith Beals, aged 27 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Mrs. Sallie Mead [Hitchcock], wife of Jeduthan Hitchcock, aged 70 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Dr. John P. Harris, aged about 38 years.

Died:  At the Wickwire House, Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 18th int., Lester Blake, aged 38 years.

Died:  In Patch Grove, Grant County, Wis., April 14th, Mr. Amos A. Franklin, Esq., formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 78 years.

Death of George M. Smith:  George M. Smith, Esq., died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, after an illness of but four days.  Mr. Smith has at one time held the position of District Attorney of this County, and was possessed of talents and energy that might have rendered him one of our most successful lawyers.  Chenango Union.

Death of a Revolutionary Pensioner

Robert Gallup, a soldier of the Revolution, died in this village on the 20th int., of extreme old age.  He was in his 98th year, and up to the hour of his death possessed all his faculties in a remarkable degree.  His services in behalf of our country, and the degree of respect entertained for his character, are fully portrayed in the proceedings of the citizens of our village, had in reference to his decease.

Mr. Gallup took up his residence in Plymouth, in this county [Chenango Co., NY], in 1807, where he resided for some years. After a short residence in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], he came to this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], where he has continued to dwell until his death.

In pursuance of a resolution of our citizens at the public meeting held on Friday evening last, minute guns were fired, the flag displayed at half mast, and the bells tolled upon the occasion of his corpse leaving this village on its way to Plymouth for interment. The body was escorted by a large procession, accompanied with music, to the bounds of the corporation.  Suitable honors were paid to the deceased as his remains passed through Oxford and Norwich. At Norwich the fine Artillery corps of Capt. Tyrrell escorted the body through the town, amidst the booming of cannon.  On Sunday, Capt. Tyrrell's Artillery went to Plymouth and assisted in Burying the old Hero, with appropriate military honors.

Thus has passed away the last of that gallant band of Patriots who was a resident of this county [Chenango Co., NY].  But few remain, scarcely a hundred, of those gallant souls who serve to remind the present generation of the trying times of the past; and as one by one they drop from our sight we feel a mournful satisfaction in knowing that they have witnessed the joyful fruit of their labors, and that their last hours are soothed by the grateful efforts of a free and happy people anxious to pay tribute to their valued services.  Lie quiet in your graves, ye heroic men.  Millions yet unborn shall do homage to your worth and speak your names with holy reverence.

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Robert Gallup was born in the county of New London, Conn. in February, 1761.  At the age of 19 he entered the American Army under a temporary enlistment, and was at the massacre of Fort Griswold, and stood by the side of Col. Ledyard when he fell by his own ill-fated sword. At this time he received several wounds, the scars of which he carried to his grave.  he was first shot in the knee; a second ball grazed the abdomen, making a slight wound.  He next encountered a British soldier who ran a bayonet through his wrist and with another thrust pierced his body through, entering near the diaphragm.  Being unarmed he wrested a spontoon from the hands of a British soldier standing by, and stabbed his adversary to the heart, so that he fell dead at his feet; and , to use an expression of Mr. Gallup's, he "would have stabbed three or four more of the rascals, if he had not been knocked down by the breech of a musket," which terminated the conflict with him. The next morning he was picked up by his father, on the beach, where he had been laid through the kindness of two British officers. After a partial recovery from his wounds, he enlisted again, but it is believed that he was never in a subsequent engagement with the enemy.

The sentiments of regard embraced in the resolutions adopted render any remarks upon the character of the deceased unnecessary.  The Committee of arrangements reported that in the morning the American flag would be displayed at half mast, minute guns would be fired and the bells tolled until the funeral service was commenced, and after its conclusion the body would be attended to the bounds of the corporation by a procession of citizens on its way to Plymouth, where it is to be interred.

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Death of a Revolutionary Hero - Public Demonstration

Upon the occasion of the death of Robert Gallup, a Hero of the Revolution, and long a resident in our village, the following public notice was issued.

Notice:  A Public Meeting of the citizens of Greene will be held at Davidson's Hall on Friday, May 21, 1858, at 8 P.M. to express the public sympathy on the occasion of the death of Robert Gallup, a Hero of the Revolution.  Gratitude for past services in the patriotic cause of his country, and the respect of his worth as a citizen, we trust will insure a full attendance.  Greene, May 21, 1858  S.S. Nichols, J. Juliand, A. Johnson, W.D. Purple, Wm. E. Lyon, W.F. Russell, F.E Barnard, M. Birdsall, Robt. Monell, W. Gray, C. Squires, L. Juliand, And others.

At a meeting of the citizens of Greene, held pursuant to the above notice, Dr. A. Willard, was called to the Chair, and A. Johnson, Esq., appointed Secretary.  On motion of Dr. W.D. Purple, it was resolved, that a Committee of three be appointed to prepare Resolutions for the consideration of the Meeting.  Dr. W.D. Purple, Col. J. Juliand and W. Gray, Esq., were appointed to act as such committee.  Dr. Purple reported the following Resolutions, which were accepted and unanimously adopted.

Whereas, It has pleased the Disposer of events to remove from our midst our aged friend and fellow citizen, Robert Gallup, the only surviving patriot of the Revolution in our town, therefore

Resolved:  That in the death of Mr. Gallup, there is severed the last link that connects us with the generation of Patriots that achieved our National Independence, and it is our duty and privilege to feel and express a high respect for his public and private virtues, and to award to his memory that commendation which deep felt gratitude inspires.

Resolved:  That as one by one of our Patriot sires who were active in those scenes and "times that tried men's souls" are passing away, their memories should be embalmed in grateful remembrance, as the authors of our freedom from foreign vassalage, and as the founders of those institutions which shower down upon us those political blessings we as a nation enjoy.

Resolved:  That in all the relations of life, through his long and eventful career of nearly a century, Mr. Gallup has discharged his whole duty to his fellow men, and has left a bright example for imitation to the world, without one blot to mar his character as a just and upright man.

Resolved:  That we tender our sympathies to the relatives of the deceased, and mingle our sorrows with theirs, that an aged patriot has fallen.

Resolved:  That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Chenango American, and that a copy be transmitted to the children of the deceased.

Alonzo Johnson, Esq., made a few remarks upon the character and services of the deceased, particularly in reference to his connection with the massacre at Fort Griswold.

Dr. W.D. Purple, then pronounced a beautiful and fitting eulogy upon the departed Hero.  He referred in glowing language to those ever to be remembered scenes of trials and triumphs which wrought out our freedom, and with patriotic fervor alluded to the part which our deceased friend had taken in that memorable struggle.  He spoke of the high privilege which our citizens had enjoyed in having in their midst so many years one who bore honorable scars received while battling for our country's deliverance; and after paying a well deserved tribute to the eminent private qualities of the deceased, and his character as a citizen, he closed by suggesting that a public demonstration was due to such departed worth, and that our citizens manifest their respect for his memory in an appropriate manner.

\The following Committee was appointed to confer with the friends of the deceased and make the necessary arrangements for the funeral obsequies, via:  C. Hoyt, C. Squires, and L. juliand.  The following gentlemen were appointed to prepare an obituary and biographical notice of the deceased:  Rev. F. Rogers, A. Johnson, Esq., and Dr. A. Willard.

Early History of Greene, Chenango Co., NY - Part 3

 

Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Town of Greene

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 10, 1857

Part 3

Simon Barnet, of whom mention has been made as one among the first French settlers here was not a native of France.  Mr. Barnet's ancestors were from France, but he was born in the West Indies, and came to this county at the early age of 14 years.  He left his native island in a French privateer which was captured by a British man-of-war and was brought into the port of Philadelphia.  Here he made his escape and remained in the city.  He afterwards learned the trade of a ship carpenter, and labored at this occupation until he had acquired some property, including a house and lot.  This he afterwards exchanged for land in Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].  He spoke the French language; and being a laborer, acquainted with the use of carpenter's tools, it was supposed that he might be useful in aiding the colony to establish themselves here.  At any rate, he was induced to join the first detachment of emigrants that arrived here.  He was married in Philadelphia to Margaret Sidell, who emigrated from Germany with her parents.  They reared a large family, and after long years of frugal industry died at an advanced age.  One member of this family still resides here [in 1857], bearing the name of the leader of the adventurous band of French emigrants.  Charles Felix Barnet, the only surviving member, is a man of strict integrity and industrious habits, and occupies a respectable position in society.  He has attained the age of 68 years.  He can distinctly recollect the gentleman, after whom he was named, and who took an interest in his early education; having sent him to a Boarding School, at the age of six years.  Had this gentleman survived there is no doubt but it would have been much to the advantage of Mr. Barnet.

The Indians who formerly roamed at pleasure over the hills and through the valleys of this region of country, without any to dispute their right, had yielded to the importunities, and the pecuniary inducements held out by the Whiteman; and parted with their title to the soil.  

At the time of the settlement of the country, many of them still lingered in these valleys.  They claimed the right to hunt for game, and to appropriate to their own use any timber that might be necessary to erect their cabins, build their canoes, or for the manufacture of brooms, baskets, &c.  For many years after they had removed to their reservations, they continued to make periodical visits to this valley, and remain for months, in order to pursue their usual avocations.  Most of these Indians belonged to the Oneida Tribe; and some of them were men of such marked character as to deserve a passing notice.  Abram Antone, was one of these.  He always went armed, and was considered a desperate man; and when excited by any real or fancied insult, he was never satisfied until he had his revenge.

The first settlers remember that a person engaged in trapping and procuring furs, had collected quite a large quantity with the intention of taking them them to market.  This person and his furs disappeared rather mysteriously, and no trace of him ever came to the knowledge of the inhabitants, then residing here.  Not long subsequent to his disappearance, it was known that Antone offered for sale a quantity of furs at Chenango Point (now Binghamton) supposed to have been the same that had been in the possession of the missing man. The inference was that he had bene murdered.

A few years since [i.e., in 1857], the bones of a man were found, together with the lock and barrel of a rifle, in the valley of the Gennegantslet creek. The stock of the rifle was entirely decayed, and the appearance of the remains indicated that they had lain there a great number of years.  It is not improbable that these were the remains of the murdered man.  Other circumstances are related which go to show the desperate character of this individual; but it is enough to make it entirely manifest, when we add, that many years after these transactions, Antone was convicted of a murder committed in the county of Madison [NY], and was executed in the year 1821, at the advance age of 86 years.

Another Indian extensively known from the peculiarity of his character, was Nicholas Goodman, as he called himself, but who was known to all the settlers by the cognomen of Saucy Nick.  This man was artful, cunning, plausible, deceitful and dishonest.  Though not as dangerous as Antone, yet his character in many respects resembled the latter.  He understood the English language very well, and could converse with considerable fluency whenever he chose.  It was related of him that when the hunters killed a deer and left the carcass in the woods, as was frequently the case in those days, he would steal the venison or other property and carry it to his cabin and when questioned in regard to it, he could not be made to understand or comprehend a word that was said to him.  Saucy Nick never failed to get intoxicated whenever the opportunity offered, and when [drunk] with liquor, he was very querulous and seldom failed to get into some [trouble].

It is an agreeable task to tell, after contemplation of such characters as the two preceding, to introduce another of a different cast in the person of Capt. David, an Oneida Chief of great influence, and held in high esteem by the white settlers, as well as his own people.  Capt. David, was a man of honor and strict integrity.  His name was a passport to the favor of the settlers.  A trait in his character, so unusual with the Indians, should be mentioned to his credit; he never was known to get intoxicated.  This Chief made frequent visits to this part of the valley, at the head of a company of men, for the purpose of hunting, and it is within the recollection of an inhabitant of this town, that on one occasion, Capt. David and his company, had been so successful, that he employed two teams to transport the venison obtained to Oneida Castle.  In his dealings with the white men, they did not hesitate to receive his verbal pledges for the performance of any contract.

In this connection it may be proper to remark that neither history nor tradition give any account of the aborigines who must have dwelt in this valley before it was trodden by the foot of the white man.  At the time of the first settlements here, a small remnant only of the once powerful six nations remained.  But evidence is not wanting to prove that at some remote period, anterior to the settlement of this continent by civilized man, there must have been a race of these aboriginal children of the forest inhabiting these regions, of whose existence a few faint memorials are the only testimony. Soon after the settlement of this town, there was discovered a mound of earth, situated about two miles south of the present village, near the junction of the Gennegantslet creek with the Chenango River, on a beautiful piece of table land. This mound was raised about six feet above the natural surface of the surrounding land, and was about forty feet in diameter.  Its form was nearly circular.  On the top were standing several lofty pines.  After removing the timber, the earth was opened, and found to contain a large quantity of human bones, together with stones curiously wrought into various shapes agreeable to the taste or wants of the artist.  These were undoubtedly the property of those by whose remains they must have quietly rested for more than two centuries, as the growth of the timber would indicate.  One of these trees being cut after it had been dead and in a decaying state for some years, was found to contain by actual enumeration, indications of its annual growth, by concentric circles, amounting to 180 years.

The latest examination of this mound was made in 1829.  The bones were found so intermingled with each other, as to preclude the idea of order and regularity in the original interment.  The appearances would rather indicate the supposition that they were the remains of those who had fallen in battle, and were hastily buried by their companions.  Among the articles found were a large number of arrow heads, manufactured from a very hard flint stone.  Some stone chisels, axes, pestles for pounding corn, and other implements have been found in different parts of this town, and it has been quite usual for those who till the soil to pick up quantities of arrow heads. These vestiges of antiquity are the only links to be found, which binds the present to the remote past, and are to us what the "shattered column and broken arch" are to the old world.  Could we be made acquainted with the history of those whose bones whiten the banks of the Chenango, we should be led to view the sprightly hunter penetrating the gloomy forest in quest of such game as would yield him food or clothing, or it may be, our attention would be directed to a different scene. We might behold the warrior chief marshalling his forces for the fierce combat; and with these advancing with silent caution, amidst he gloom of night, till the savage yell proclaims the presence of the foe.

The battle ended; the slain are hastily collected and the mound of earth encloses their remains; while the living captive more unfortunate, is preserved to grace the savage dance of the victors, by the endurance of the severest tortures their ingenuity could invent.  In those days there were no historians able to snatch the event of their lives from the grasp of oblivion, and place them on the page of the record of the past.  Tradition is so corrupted by the mystical channels through which it must necessarily pass, that it can be entitled to but a small share of our confidence. What antiquarian is there who will open to us these rich and exhaustless mines, of the aboriginal antiquity of our country.

Other portions of the valley of the Chenango are not destitute of memorials of great interest.

To be continued

Vital Records - Oxford, NY - May 1858

 Oxford Times, May 5, 1858

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Lydia Hodge, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Mr. George Sexton, aged 73 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Walter PerLee, son of Abraham PerLee, aged 21 years.

Died:  At -?-dale, Pa., April 19th, Mr. Alexander H. Farnham, aged 50 years. 

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Elliott R [Cornell], youngest son of Albert and Sally Ann Cornell, aged 12 years.  

Oxford Times, May 12, 1858

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. J.G. Bartholomews, Mr. Andrew J. Hunt of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary P. Ransford, of the former place.  

Died:  In Patch Grove, Grant County, Wis., April 14th, Amos A. Franklin, Esq., aged 73 years.

Oxford times, May 19, 1858

Death of Peter Sken Smith:  Gen. Peter Sken Smith died at Springfield, Mass., Thursday, 6th, of the present month.  Gen. Smith formerly resided here [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], and was distinguished for his enthusiasm, generosity and earnestness of purpose although of habits too free and easy for the more sedate and serious purposes of life.  While here, he organized a rifle company which for years bore his name, and went out of existence with the new military law.  Mr. Smith became brigadier and subsequently major general, and infused much order and enthusiasm into the military section of the State under his control.  He afterwards resided in Pennsylvania, and Florida, as an officer of the United States Army.  Mr. Smith was a man whose presence was striking, and his appearance and address calculated to make an impression and attract friends.  He was a brother of Hon. Gerrit Smith, and possessed some of his peculiar and generous traits.  

Married:  In Butternuts, Otsego Co., [NY], May 5, by Rev. S.H. Norton, Thomas Moore, Esq., of Fairfax, Va. to Hannah M. [Morris], daughter of the late Jacob Walton Morris, Esq.

Died:  In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], o the 4th inst. Miss Caroline E. Teachout, aged 27 years.

Died:  At White Store [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th March, Mrs. Rebecca Bowen, wife of Amos Bowen, aged 82 years.

Died:  At False River, La. on the 18th of March, Mr. Harley Curtis, of Stillwater, M.T., in his 58th year.  Mr. Curtis was formerly Innkeeper in the village of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., William F. Eccleston, aged 71 years.  

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], o the 10th inst., Ezra Smith, aged 23 years.

Oxford Times, May 26, 1858

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 18th inst., by Rev. D.C. Dutcher, Mr. Reuben W. Rice of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia A. Merrell, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Betsey [Johnson] wife of Mr. john Johnson, aged 86 years.

Died:  At Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Clark, mother of Henry A. Clark, Esq., of Bainbridge, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. Mr. Robert Gallup, a Revolutionary pensioner, and the last survivor of the Fort Griswold massacre, aged 99 years.  

Died:  In St. Louis, on the 3d inst. Miss Sarah Caroline Pollard, aged 19 years, formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], in this county.

Sad Accident:  A son of Hen. W.W. Campbell, of Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY] was run over opposite Castleton on North River, by a tow boat, on the 19th of May, and instantly drowned.  Young Campbell was a member of the senior class of Union College, and together with his cousin William Crafts, for the benefit of his health had taken a farm near Castleton, and was fitting it up for the purpose of occupying and improving it.  They had gone upon the river in a skit when the sad accident occurred.  He was a young man of fine promise and his loss will be deeply felt.  

Vital Records - Greene, NY - April 1858

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 1, 1858

Seriously Wounded:  Lucien Sherwood, a young harness maker, formerly of this village, was shot on Wednesday night of last week, and seriously if not fatally wounded, at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  He, in company with others, was engaged in "horning" a newly married couple, and as they were  leaving the premises, a gun was fired from the direction of the house, the charge taking effect in his back.  It is not known who fired the gun.

On Thursday afternoon last, about five o'clock, B.F. Browning and S.G. Pellet, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], returned from a gunning excursion.  Mr. Browning, on arriving at his residence, attempted to draw his gun, a double barreled fowling piece, one barrel of which was loaded, from the hind end of his wagon, when, owing doubtless to the lock being caught upon some obstacle, the gun was discharged, and the whole charge entered his right side.  He was believed to be mortally wounded, and it was currently reported that his physicians had expressed the opinion that he could not survive the night.  The occurrence threw a feeling of gloom over the whole village, Mr. Browning being universally respected as one of our most worthy citizens.  His recovery, however, is now believed to be possible. This occurrence cannot impress too strongly upon those who are in the habit of using firearms, the exercise of the utmost caution. such accidents are perpetually occurring throughout the country, nearly all of them resulting form the carelessness which familiarity with the use of firearms is apt to produce.  One circumstance connected with this accident has been commented on, as affording a somewhat curious coincidence.  It was the same gun which was lost in the river, at the time of the accident to Mr. Browning and Mr. Pellet, about two years since, when they came so near being drowned; and it was also this same gun which inflicted a dangerous and almost fatal wound a few years since upon H. Pellet.  Chenango Union

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, at his residence, Mr. James Martin to Miss Ann Eliza McMoran, all of this town.

Married:  In Hamilton, Madison Co. [NY], on the 23d ult. by Rev. D. Williams, Mr. Hiram Clark, and Miss Sophia Wilcox, all of Hamilton.

Married:  In King's Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., by Rev. R.O. Beebe, Mr. Wm. Johnson, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Wait A. Vinall, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Felix Keenan, aged 66 years.

Died:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Margaret McCray, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mrs. Jerusha [Hall?], wife of Daniel Hall? aged 24 years.

Died:  In South Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], on the 15th ult. of consumption, Mrs. Marcelia Keith Burdick, wife of James Burdick, aged 25 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28d ult., Estelia [Willcox], daughter of John B. and Jane E. Willcox, aged 1 year and 4 months.

Died:  In Big Flats, Chemung Co. [NY], on the 19th ult., Mr. Gardner B. Lewis, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 52 years.

Died:  In Columbus Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. Frank P. Medbury, aged 7 years, son of Jerimiah and Eliza Medbury.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango co., NY], on the 24th ult., Marvin Allen, aged 15 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 8, 1858

Death of E.D. Squires, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  We are pained to record the death of Elmore D. Squires, of Norwich.  He died on Saturday last, after an illness of two weeks of Typhoid Fever.  He was buried on Sunday, with Masonic honors. The funeral was attended by a vast concourse of people, the masonic fraternity of Norwich, with delegations of Masons from Oxford and Greene, appearing in regalia, and the "Deluge" Fire Co. of Norwich, of which for several years he was Foreman, together with members of "Ocean" Fire Co. of Greene, appearing in full uniform, forming an imposing procession.  Few men have possessed in such a remarkable degree as did the deceased, the confidence and respect of the public.  Endowed with all the qualities of heart and soul that combine to make a man beloved, he held an enviable position among his fellow citizens, and his loss is a severe blow to his numerous friends.  Of an athletic frame, full of health and vigor, and in the prime of his manhood, he has fallen a victim to the keen scythe of the destroyer.  His memory is however embalmed in the hearts of all who knew him, and while we humbly bow to this stroke of Divine Providence, we deeply mourn that one so noble should have been chosen in the height of his usefulness.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Riley Mead to Miss Helen S. Farrell, both of Norwich.  

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by James H. Curtiss, Esq., Mr. David Winchel, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Electa Ann Pike, of the former place.

Married:  At the Baptist Parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., by Rev. L. Wight, Mr. Chester E. Steward, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Dalphena Chase, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Noyes B. Phetteplace, to Miss Harriet A. Case, both of Norwich.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., David Graham, aged 50 years.  His remains were taken to New York for interment.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. George W. [Bunnel], son of F.D. and Lovica A. Bunnel, aged 8 months.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Mrs. Olney, wife of Antony Olney, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., Mrs. Patty Benedict, aged 84 years.  

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Ellen E. Gates, wife of Monroe Gates, and daughter of Grant B. Palmer, aged 22 years.

Died:  in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Laura Ann [Butler], wife of Jerry W. Butler, aged 29 years.

In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult., Mr. Victor Scott, aged 58 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 15, 1858

Married:  At the Chenango House, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Smith Phelps to Miss Caroline Bracket, al of Barker [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. by Rev. F.G. Bartholomew, Mr. William W. Day of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Margaret P. Dolan of the former place.

Married:  At Paul's Hotel, in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Lewis E. Carpenter, Esq., Mr. Edwin A. Fish, of California, to Miss Mary  Hill, of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Francis T. Seeley, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Ann C. Knight, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Thomas S. Phelps, aged 40 years.

Died:  In New York, on the 9th inst., of inflammation of the lungs, Mr. Timothy Conway, aged 84 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Frederick [Aldrich], son of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 7 years; and on the same day, Florence [Aldrich], daughter of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 5 years, both of brain fever.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Lewis A. [Carpenter], youngest son of Lewis E. and Laura Carpenter, aged 1 year and 2 months.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 22, 1858

Burned to Death:  A Miss Sexton, says the Chenango Union, residing near Earlville [Madison Co., NY], was so badly burned on Sunday afternoon last, while engaged in cooking, that she died in a few minutes.

The Brain Fever in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY]:  We learn, says the Chenango union, that a small child of Sylvanus Aldrich died in Plymouth last Saturday from  this epidemic; and that four persons in the family of Elisha Crandall, near Hall's Pond are sick with it--Mr Crandell, his wife and two children.  Mr Aldrich has now lost three children with this disease, in about two weeks.

Accident with Fire Arms:  We learn, says the Chenango Union, that on Tuesday last, Luman Aldrich was shot by a man named Hoffman, in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], by a very singular mistake.  Aldrich, as we have heard the statement, was engaged in setting traps in the woods, and wore a light colored felt hat.  Hoffman was hunting for partridges, and seeing the top of Aldrich's hat as he was rising from his work, supposed it to be a partridge, and suddenly fired.  The shot struck Aldrich in the face and head; and it was supposed for a time that his wounds were fatal. We belie, however, that his recovery is now considered probable.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Franklin Beebe, Esq. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Lovinia Thompson, daughter of Dr. James Thompson, of Norwich.

Married:  At Smithville Centre Church [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. Mr. Green, Mr. Daniel Hayes, of Coventry [Chenango co., NY] to Miss Mary Ann Read, of Smithville.

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. I. Bancroft, Mr. Giles Sexton, to Miss Harriet Hall, both of the former place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Wm. H. Jeffords, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Huldah A. Seeley, of the former place.

Married:  At Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. Wm . Gates, Mr. John H. Cooper, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Climena White, of Lisle [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. Simmon Marvin, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mrs. Maria Ellis, aged 36 years.

Died: In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. after an illness of about eight days, Mr. William Wallace Wheeler, son of Benson H. Wheeler, Esq., of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], aged 35 years. 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 29, 1858

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. G. J. Keercher, Mr. James A. Throop, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Miss Rowena Beebe?, of McDonough.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th inst., Mrs. Lydia Hodge, aged 68 years. 

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Earle H. [Westover], son of Ranslow and Clarissa Westover, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 17th, Emily M. [Baldwin], only child of Rufus J. and Caroline Baldwin late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 5 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Charles [Aldrich], son of Sylvenus Aldrich, aged 11 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Amy [Blackman], wife of Charles Blackman, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., Mr. George Sexton, aged 78 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., of apoplexy, Miss Elsie Cutler, aged 70 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Walter J. PerLee, son of Abraham PerLee, Esq., aged 21 years.

Vital Records - Oxford, NY - April 1858

 Oxford Times, April 7, 1858

Deaths in North Norwich, Sherburne, and Columbus [all Chenango Co., NY]:  The brain fever, as it is called, which has been prevalent in Sherburne and Columbus, has also found many victims in our neighboring town of North Norwich.  Among those who have died are two children of Mr. Kital; a son of J.H. Allen, aged about 13 years; a young child of Lewis A. Carpenter; a daughter of Mr. L. Rosebrooks, aged about 6 years; and on Sunday last, Mrs. L. Rosebrooks, aged about 40 years.  These cases all terminated within a few hours after the attack. We learn that there is now much sickness from the same disease in the town.  From Columbus, we learn that there are many cases of the disease, a few cases occurring almost every day.  In Sherburne, we have heard of the death of a son of John Kershaw from this disease.  There are also rumors of other deaths.  Union

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th March, Mr. Victor Scott, aged 58 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Felix Keenan, aged 65 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Margaret McCray, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Laura Ann [Butler], wife of Jerry W. Butler, aged 29 years.

Oxford Times, April 14, 1858

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. by Rev. J.G. Bartholomew, Mr. William W. Day of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaret P. Dolan of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult. by the Rev. C.C. Brady, Mr. James Keating to Miss Mary Hayne, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. Mr. David Graham, aged 50 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, Mrs. Ellen F. Gates, wife of Monroe Gates, and daughter of Grant B. Palmer, aged 22 years.

Died:  Also, same day, Mrs. Olney, wife of Antony Olney, aged 63 years.

Died:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., George W. [Bunnel], son of F.D. and Lovica A. Bunnel, aged 3 months.

Oxford Times, April 21, 1858

Information Wanted:  Oscar O. Stewart, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], left home on the 4th of November last for the purpose of disposing of a quantity of produce, and after having sold a portion, he left the commission house of P.G. Berry & Co. in that city, on the evening of the 18th of the same month, to take the boat for Albany and home, since which time he has not been heard from.  Mr. S. was 32 years of age, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in height, brown hair and light whiskers. Any information concerning him, directed to Mrs. Ann Stewart, North Lincklaen, Chenango Co., N.Y., will be gratefully received.

Death of Mr. Browning:  It is our painful duty to chronicle the death of B.F. Browning from the effects of the wound received three weeks since by the accidental discharge of his gun.  Strong hopes had been entertained for his recovery, but for several days before his death he had been gradually sinking under his wound, and died on Friday evening.  His untimely decease will be mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives, and to our citizens generally, his departure will cause deep and heartfelt sorrow.  Norwich Telegraph.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Wm. H. Jeffords of Triangle [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Huldah A. Seeley of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich, on the 7th inst. by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Frances T. Seeley of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Ann C. Knight of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  in McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult., by Rev. Geo. J. Kercher, Mr. James A. Throup of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Miss Rowena Beebe of McDonough.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th, instant, Thomas S. Phelps, aged 40 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th inst. Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Oxford Times, April 28, 1858

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. E. Hoag, Franklin Beebe, Esq., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Lovinia Thompson, daughter of Dr. James Thompson of Norwich.

Married:  At the M.E. Church, at Smithville Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. A. Benjamin, Mr. Daniel Hayes to Miss Mary Ann Read of Smithville.

Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Earle H. [Westover], son of Ranslow and Clarissa Westover, aged 5 years, 2 months and 9 days. This sudden bereavement deprived fond parents of a little boy, the joy of a household.  In the morning fresh with bounding pulse, and in the evening "He crossed in the twilight, gray and cold, / And the pale mist bid him from mortal view."

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th instant, Mr. Sylvester Squires, aged 67 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mr. Simeon Marvin, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 17th, Emily M. [Baldwin], only child of Rufus J. and Caroline L. Baldwin, late of this place [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 5 years. A few months since this bright and interesting little girl started with her parents for the West, little conscious that for her it was a remove to that dim and undiscovered land, from whose boarne no traveler returns.

Vital Records - Greene, NY - March 1858

 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 4, 1858

Caught:  We learn from the Chenango Union, that Andrews, who was indicted as the criminal party in the Bainbridge Abortion case, which we recently noticed, has been arrested by the indefatigable exertions of Deputy Sheriff Smith, of McDonough, and lodged in the Jail, at Norwich.  Mr. Smith followed him into Pennsylvania, and thence into Delaware county, N.Y., where the arrest was made.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Samuel Orr, of Ripley City, Kansas, to Miss Ellen H. Layman of Norwich.

Married:  At Massillon, O. on the 16th inst. by the Rev. D.C. Blood, Mr. Charles Per Lee, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Hattie G. Buck, of the former place.

Married:  In Canastota [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev. S.P. Gray, Mr. John S. Marsh, of Mt. Upton, Chenango Co. [NY], to Miss Ann S. Wood, of Canastota.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. by Rev. L.H. Stanley, Mr. James H. Preston to Mrs. Esther Merrell, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At the White Store, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., suddenly, Mr. Jacob B. Reynolds, aged 47 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Lauren C. Head, aged 49 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Elizabeth A. [Prindle], wife of Dr. R.B Prindle, aged 23 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 11, 1858

Married in Port Crane [Broome Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by Rev. Mr. Pitts, Mr. Benton Elliott, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emily Pierce of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. J.G. Bartholomew, Mr. Henry A. Baxter to Miss Martha Nicholas, all of Oxford.

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. Mr. Curtiss, Mr. Ray D. Dwight, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Betsey M. Moore of McDonough.

Married:  In Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. C.V. Arnold, Mr. S.D. Hulce, Senior Editor of the Deposit Democrat, to Miss Martha R. Winchell, of East Jewett, Greene Co. [NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango County, NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Lovicy F. [Jones], wife of Chapin Jones, aged 62 years.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., at the house of his son-in-law, Alanson Bingham, James Denison, formerly a resident of Gloucester, Mass., aged 87 years.

Died:  in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Alfred Baker, aged 88 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., after an illness of two days, Daniel S. Church, aged 30 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., of consumption, Harriet E. [Mann], wife of Charles C. Mann, aged 25 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Hannah Wilcox, aged 89 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Elias Ives, aged 84 years.

Died:  In Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], on the 19th ult., suddenly, Mrs. Selina Babcock, wife of Mr. Selwin Babcock, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 18, 1858

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Elijah A. Cowan, to Miss Theresa M. Mullen, both of this town.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. David B. Macurdy, Ward VanDerLyn, to Helen E. Palmer, all of Oxford.

Married:  In Tuscola, Mich. on the 21st ult., by Rev. Mr. Klumph, Mr. John Perry, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Susan E. Livey, of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Mason Wescott, to Miss Mary E. Rockwell, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Rev. Wm. Adams, to Miss Betsey M. Teachout, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Lebanon, Mad. Co. [NY], on the 23d of February, by Rev. B. Palmer, Mr. Truman G. Card, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lydia Lord, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. M.S. Wells, Mr. E.L. Guild, to Miss Juliana B. [Harris], adopted daughter of Gen. Levi Harris, of the above place.

At Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by H.L. Barnes, Esq., Mr. Isiah White, 2d, of East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Harriett A. Tyler, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Abigail Monroe, aged 69 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mr. James Aldrich, aged 78 years.

Died:  At Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Virgil Corwin [Spencer], youngest son of the late Dr. H.D. Spencer, of South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 2 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 25, 1858

Married:  At the Chenango House, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17^th inst., by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Lorenzo S. Brown, of Anamosa, Iowa, to Miss Lucy A. Fargo, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married: At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Henry M. Godfrey to Miss Diantha Ogden, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford, on the 9^th inst., by Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. Charlton Phillips, to Miss Jerusha Matthewson, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 9^th inst., by Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. Charlton Phillips, to Miss Jerusha Matthewson, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. by Rev. L.H. Stanley, Mr. H.M. Fish of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Roxy A. Brooks, of Oxford.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17^th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Henry Andrews, of Coventry to Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brown, of the former place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9^th inst. by Rev. Wm. Bixby, Mr. Geo D. Harris, to Miss Charlotte Bowers, all of Oxford.

Died:  in Norwich, on the 22d inst., of dropsy of the heart, Mr. Derrick R. Myers, aged about 28 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9^th inst. Miss Olive Wescott, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10^th inst., Miss Matilda L. [Park], daughter of Ebenezer Park, aged 25 years.

Died:  In Bainbridge, on the 12^th inst., Mrs. Sarah Ford, aged 72 years.