Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 22, 29 & May 6, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 22, 1868

Deaths

 In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, Mrs. Miriam Dunham, in the 98th year of her age.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 9th, Mr. John Church, aged 60 years.

In Jasper, Steuben Co. [NY], March 8th, Mrs. Anna Brigham, formerly of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY, aged 53? years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 8th, Mr. Henry Odell, aged 25 years.

In North Fenton [Broome Co., NY], April 12th, Nancy [Paddleford], wife of Nelson Paddleford, aged 57 years.

In Nelson Pa. suddenly, Jan. 5th, Mr. Harry Andrews, of Jasper, Steuben Co., N.Y. aged 67 years.

In Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, Mr. Stephen Yale, aged 84 years 10 months and 5 days.

Chenango Union, Norwich NY, April 29, 1868

Marriages

On Easter Day, April 12th, at Trinity Church, Niles, Mich., by Rev. Wm. H. Moffett, Mr. Andrew J. Keith of Keeler, Van Buren Co., Mich., to Miss Caroline O. Baker, daughter of the late Dr. Andrew Baker, formerly of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

At the M.E. Parsonage, McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Lucius Aldrich to Miss Elizabeth Childs.

At the bride's father's April 22nd, by the same, Mr. C.H. Dunning, to Miss J. Miller, all of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Marshall J. Rogers to Franklinville, N.Y. [Cattaraugus Co.] to Miss Elizabeth [Haynes], daughter of Artonias Haynes of Greene.

In East Maine, Broome County [NY], April 9th, by Rev. W.E. Bogart, Mr. James Riddell, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. -?- of the former place.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 9th, of fusion of the brain, consequent of a low state of typhoid fever, James H. Fox, Esq., aged 59 years.

In Des Moines, Iowa, April 11th, Mr. Levi Shepard, father of Levi Shepard, Jr., formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 89? years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 16th, Mr. Henry Church, aged 82 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, after a lingering illness of consumption, Myretta R. [Smith], only daughter of Russel M. and Annette Beecher Smith, aged 28 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 17th, of consumption, Natty [Hicks], son of Thomas and Lucy Hicks, aged 11 years and 6 months.

In Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 2nd, Randolph [Robinson], son of Stillman Robinson, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 20 years.

In Rochester [Monroe Co., NY], April 6th, Mrs. Hannah Loomis, aged 94 years, formerly of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, Mr. Sylvester Benton, Aged 76 years.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], April 10th, Charles P. [Cook], only son of the late O.H. and Theresa m. Cook, aged 10 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 6, 1868

Marriages

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], April 23d, by Rev. J. Storrs, Mr. Theodore Morley to Miss Annie E. Stokes.

'In Brooklyn, April 22d, by Rev. James O. Rogers, Mr. James H. Race, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Carrie [Chumar], daughter of J.A. Chumar, Esq., both of Brooklyn.

In Rome [Oneida Co., NY], April 27th, by Rev. Hugh S. Clark, Capt. John T. Down, late of the 3d N.Y. Vol. Artillery, to May C. [Barrows], eldest daughter of S.J. Barrows, Esq., all of Utica.

Deaths

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, Mr. Charles E. Pudney, aged 17 years.

In Kilburn City, Wis. April 23d, Mr. Samuel M. Hicks, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.

In Owego [Tioga Co., NY], April 21st, George Henry [Atherton], son of Charley Atherton of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 2 years, 3 months and 18 days.

In Woodhall, Steuben Co. [NY], April 11th, Catharine G. [Seeley], wife of Doct. A.H. Seeley, and daughter of E.G. Waters, Esq., late of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Milwaukee, Wis. April 16th, of consumption, Mrs. Anna Northrup, wife of the late DeWitt C. Northrup, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] in the 75th year of her age.

In Cortland, Illinois, March 23d, from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Winchester, Mr. Franklin Sackett, aged 22 years, son of Dexter B. Sackett, formerly of Plymouth, Chenango Co. [NY].

Fatal Accident:  James Williams, a young man living in Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], met with a fatal accident on Monday of last week.  A team he was driving, ran away, throwing him out against a tree as a corner of the road was turned, breaking both legs above the knees.  He died from the injuries on Wednesday.

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.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 18 & 25, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY,  March 18, 1868

Marriages

In the city of Barranquilla, United States of Colombia, South America, Feb. 2d, by Senor Francisco Angulo, judge of the 1st District, Brevet-Colonel Elias P. Pellet, late of 114th Regiment, New York Volunteers, Consul of the United States of America for Sahanilla and dependencies thereof, and Petrona P. Salcedo, daughter of Don Ignacio Salcedo, of Tubara.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], March 11th, by Rev. W.M. Hiller, Mr. William Eber Jones of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Burdick, of McDonough.

Deaths

At the residence of S.V. Lyon, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] March 11th, 1868, Eliza [Jackson], formerly of Ithaca [Tompkins Co., NY], aged 74 years.

Suddenly, at Ellicottville, N.Y. [Cattaraugus Co], March 12th, Augustus Willard, M.D., of Greene [Chenango Co. NY, aged 68 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], March 6th, Mr. Paul R. Miner, aged 72 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Mr. Beecher Porter, aged 77 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th Mr. Josiah Benedict, aged 71 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 15th, Lucinda P. [Titus], wife of Smith Titus, aged 51 years and 9 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 25, 1868

Marriages

At the dwelling of the bride's father, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday, March 24th, 1868, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Franklin Williams, of New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Alice [Matthewson], daughter of Jason E. Mathewson, Esq.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 11th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Egbert K. Cook to Miss Fanny L. Ransford, both of Norwich.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Ansel Houghton to Miss Eliza Drake all of Oxford.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, by the same, Mr. John Martin, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Delia White, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 9th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Lewis Rowe, of Schoharie C.H., N.Y. to Miss Alice L. Dodge, of Guilford.

In Harrisville [Lewis Co., NY], March 4th, by Rev. S. Miller, Mr. Leonard Page, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss M.E. Harris, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Wm. R. Walker to Miss Mary E. Gritman, all of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 10th, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. E.L. Soule, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss N.L. Tucker of Oxford.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 12th, by the same, Mr. Roscoe Z. Arnold to Miss Emily E. Gibbs, all of Guilford.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Leston Wolcott to Miss Mary Ette Babcock, both of Otselic.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], March 16th, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Geo. W. Fisk of Colesville [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Susan M. Smith of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 6th, suddenly, Mrs. Fannie Manning, aged 81 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, Daniel Fowler, aged 58 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 27th, Mr. Job Bly aged 77 years and 7 days.

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], March 12th, Miss Mina [Fitch], daughter of Seymour Fitch of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 21 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, Mr. John Nichols, aged 65 years.

Death of Augustus Willard, M.D.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 18, 1868

A correspondent in Greene [Chenango Co., NY] has kindly furnished us with the following, relating to the death of Dr. Willard, of that town:

Died, suddenly at Ellicottville, N.Y., [Cattaraugus Co] on the 12th inst. Augustus Willard, M.D. of Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y., aged 68 years.

In announcing the above melancholy event, something more than the short, epitaph of "hix jacit" is required.  Dr. Willard was emphatically a strongly marked man.  His intellectual, professional and personal characteristics render essential a brief obituary notice at the hands of his contemporaries.  He was the eldest son of Samuel Willard, MD., who graduated at Harvard College in 1787.  He resided at Stafford, Ct..  The deceased was born in 1809.  He received a good school and academical education and entered the study of Medicine with Dr. Thomas of Cooperstown.  In 1821 he entered the office of Dr. Charles Joslyn, of Greene.  With him and the Professor of Harvard Medical College he completed his apprenticeship.  In 1823 he graduated at the above-named Medical College, and among some forty graduates received the prize for the best medical thesis of the class.  In 1824, at the written solicitation of a number of its citizens, he located in the village of Greene.

His sterling intellectual powers, their strong and undivided application to his professional duties soon gave him prominence among his professional brethren and inspired the confidence of his patrons.  It is enough to say that through a long life he has fully justified the confidence reposed in him by the entire community, as an honest, upright and skillful physician.  He had a strong desire to benefit and improve mankind.  He made an effort to combine intellectual power to attain that end, in every social organization having this end in view.  He was the nucleus from which radiated the greatest good to the greatest number.

In his professional associations, the County, State and National organizations have felt the influence of his talents, and his ardent devotion to their interests.  In the Masonic world,  iIn all its organizations, he has been ever faithful and eminently worthy.  In all those relations his merits have not been unrewarded.  He has been the recipient of their highest honors.  Hence his name and his fame is not local or ephemeral, but it extends over the State, and is enduring.

Dr. Willard has ever been a champion of popular education, and his convictions of duty embraced not the few, but the many.  Indeed, in all the relations of life, from the social circle to the whole brotherhood of man, his head and heart have been devoted to the welfare of his species.  Viewing him in all the relations of life, his survivors can point to few more worthy examples for imitation than that presented by the life and character of the deceased.

His funeral occurred at Greene, on the 15th inst., and was attended by a larger concourse of people than has ever been had there on a similar occasion.  The members of the Binghamton Commandry of Knight Templars formed the Guard of Honor; the members of Norwich, Oxford and Coventry lodges were present with full delegations. The burial service was enunciated by Past Grand master Clinton F. Page.

Peace peace to the departed!  May the influence of his example shed its light over our future pathway.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 4 & 11, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 4, 1868

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 12th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Alphonso Converse of Union Valley, Cortland Co. [NY], to Miss Martha J. Blair, of Norwich.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. George B. Belmore to Miss Lucinda J. Atwater, all of Guilford.

At the Rectory of Christ Church, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, by Rev. Joseph Hunter, Mr. Thomas Dickinson, Jr., to Miss Helen C. Beadley, all of Guilford.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 26th, by Rev. John Cairns, Mr. Anthony Morian of Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co. [NY], to Miss Margaret H. Ketchum of Greene.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev.  H. Garlick, Mr. Iceabod Merriam, to Miss Rena Cline, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 26th, by Re.v C. Barstow, F.W. Brooks, Esq., to Miss Mary E. Lawrence.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 29th, Dea. Elijah Chamberlin, aged 81 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Miss Martha L. Holcomb, aged 16 years, 5 months and 19 days.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, Mr. Samuel S. Sherwood, aged 77 years.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], from the effects of wounds received in the battle of Cedar Creek, Sept. 18th, 1864, Mr. Theodore Lewis, of the 114th Regiment, son ofj A. Lewis, of Pharsalia.

In Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Miss Louisa Nash, aged 16 years.

In Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Mr. Madison Fisher, aged 50 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., nY], Feb. 19th, Mr. Ira Babcock, aged about 60 years.

Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, March 11, 1868

Marriages

WADE - HICKS:  At the residence of the bride's father, March 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Schuyler Wade of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] and Emma [Hicks], daughter of Gurdon Hicks, of Norwich.

GRAVES - WILLCOX:  At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 5th, by Rev. Thomas Ha...n, Quartus A. Graves and Helen J. Willcox, all of Norwich.

WILLCOX-DIBBLE:  At the residence of the bride's father, March 4th, by Rev. S. Scoville, John T. Willcox and Lillian Dibble, all of  Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

BROOKS - LAWRENCE:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], February 26th, by Rev. C. Barstow F. W. Brooks, Esq., and Mary E. Lawrence.

FRANCISCO - DAY:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], February 26th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Gould Francisco, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Helen A. Day, of Guilford.

WATERS - BABCOCK:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 3d, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, S.C. Waters and Mary G. Babcock, all of Sherburne.

BEARDSLEY - HINMAN:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], March 1st, by Rev. S. Elwell, Arthur R. Beardsley and Evelyn Hinman, both of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

JONES - MILES:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], February 6th, by Rev. A.J. Buell, Charles H. Jones, of Addison, N.Y. [Steuben Co.] and Helen L. [Miles], eldest daughter of Luman Miles

WILLCOX - TILLOTSON:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], February 27, by Rev. F.B. Peck, Simon G. Willcox, of Hartford, N.Y. [Washington Co.]and Mrs. Tabatha Tillotson, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

BABCOCK - SPERRY:  In East Worcester, Otsego Co. [NY]\, February 19th, Charles G. Babcock of East Worcester and Emily J. Sperry of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

BURDICK:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], February 27th, Lewis L. Burdick, Esq. aged 71 years.

NORTHRUP:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 3d, Nelson W. Northrup, aged 53 years.

QUIVEY:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], February 28th, Willie Quivey, aged 5? years.

HOLCOMB:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Martha Holcomb, aged 16 years.

DIXON:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], February 28th, Rexie V. Dixon, aged 35 years.

BOSWORTH:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], March 3d, Hettie, L. [Bosworth], youngest daughter of P.D. and Laura Bosworth aged 10 months.

I had a little darling girl, / As fair as any flower; / She gladdened me a little while, / Then left me one dark hour! / I fain would lie down by her side / I'm lonely now, since Hettie died!

She lay within her cot at rest, / And softly drew her breath; / One look, one gasp, twas over then / She'd passed away in Death!

I'll often cry out in my dreams / "Oh wake! my darling, wake!" / I look into her little crib, / And think my heart will break!

They tell me she is happy now, / With holy babes above; / I know it all, but cannot calm / This yearning mother love! / I fain would lie down by her side / I'm lonely now, since Hettie died!

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 19 & 26, 1868

 Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, February 19, 1868

Marriages

HUBBELL - WILTER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, by Rev. T. Harrour?,George Hubbell and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilter, all of Norwich.

EILBERT - ELMER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. T. Harrour?, Thomas Gilbert, of Madison [Madison Co., NY] and Mrs. Susan A. Elmer of Norwich.

WARREN - WYLIE:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th?, by Rev. A. Buell, Mr. Warren and H.J. Wylie, all of Coventry.

PEARSALL - BUNNELL:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th?, by Rev. W. Burnside, Lewis Pearsall of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Mary E. Bunnell, of Oxford.

WILKS - PIKE:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, by Rev. J.H. Hall, Horace Wilks and Mrs. Elizabeth S. Pike, all of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

HUBBARD:  At the residence of her son, James H. Hubbard, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, Mrs. Althea Hubbard, aged 72 years.

BENNETT:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, Mrs. S.H. Bennett, aged 34? years.

BALDWIN:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 8th, after an illness of 23 hours, Ella Jane [Baldwin], only child of Nathan R. and Martha M. Baldwin, aged 7 years and 1 month.

Little Ella thou hast left us, / Here thy loss we deeply feel; / But the God that has bereft us, / He can all our sorrows heal.

Yet we hope to meet thee / When the day of life is fled, / Then in Heaven with joy to greet thee, Where no farewell tear is shed.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 26, 1868

Marriages

In Sherburne [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 18th, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Franklin Wilcox, to Miss Melinda C. Beebe, all of Sherburne.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 18th, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Wm. B. Cole, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Elizabeth  Hayes, of Greene.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 19th, by Rv. A.C. Smith, Mr. Milo V. Carr to Miss Margaret -?-, both of German.

In New Hartford [Oneida Co., NY], Feb. 18th, by Rev. T.D. Cook, of Utica, Mr. A.S. Hanford of Plymouth, Chenango Co. [NY] to Miss Phebe K. [Prescott], youngest daughter of Hon. Olin Prescott of New Hartford.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 24th, Mr. Chas. R. McCollum, aged 53 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, Mrs. Catharine Emma Fisher, wife of Russell Fisher, aged 17 years, 6 mos.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 15th, Rebecca [Brower], wife of William Brower, in the 60th year of her age.

In Mount Carrell, Ill, Feb. 7th, Mr. H.L. Emmons, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 60 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 21st, Lucy [Barrows], wife of Mellen Barrows, aged 14 years, 5 months and 16 days.

At White Store [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, 1868, of typhoid fever, Eliza [Angell], only daughter of George Curtis, and wife of Horatio P. Angell, deceased, aged 25 years.  Our sympathies were deeply moved when, a few months since, the bereaved wife came from her western home to the home of her childhood, with all her bright hopes hidden under the coffin lid.  Kind friends gathered around her, and performed the last sad rites to the departed, and when all was over, all that love and sympathy could suggest to cheer the lonely one was done, but it could not avail to stay the hand of the Destroyer.  A beautiful little daughter came to her arms to win her back to life and hope, but the same dread disease through which she had watched her husband fastened upon her, and she went down into the dark valley in triumph, leaning upon the Savior, to whom she had given her young heart. She cheerfully gave up her darling child, and all the friends who loved her, and fell asleep in Jesus.

The Voyage Over

The bridegroom and the bride went forth / Upon life's varied sea, / And the sky was blue and the sun shone bright, / And the waves glanced merrily, / And kindly voices from the shore / Sung "a safe and happy voyage o'er."

All day around the bridal barque / Sweet birds of joy and love / Carolled their songs, and yet their notes / Seemed the echoes of those above, / And angel bands from the other shore / Were beckoning the voyagers o'er.

One happy year, and a chilling breath / Swept over the barque so fair; / It was the chill of the angel death, / And the gentle bride so fair / All alone, all alone, was plying the oar, / Making her way to the farther shore.

Not long the strife - the master's voice / Said to the angel Death, / Call the weary one home to the land of rest, / Breathe again with thy chilling breath. / Now the voyage of life is safely o'er / And the barque is moored to the heavenly shore.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 12, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 12, 1868

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. George H. Harris, to Miss Hannah Mary Bowen, daughter of James Bowen, all of Norwich.

At the residence of the bride's father, J.M. Brownell, Feb. 4th, by Rev. W.A. Wadsworth, Mr. LaFayette Winsor, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ruth O. Brownell, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. Samuel Miller, Mr. Jay M. Scott, Jr., to Miss Anna Blencoe, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, by Rev. D.D. Brown, Mr. Leander Law to Mrs. Phebe E. Chase,? both of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Wells Bronson, to Miss Kate Reynolds, all of Sherburne.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 30, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Henry T. Robbins, to Miss Pl..... T. Atkins, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by the same, Mr. Warren W. Stanton of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Charlotte S. Pentecost, of Smyrna.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by the same, Mr. Dwight Moore, to Miss Mary H. Purdie, both of Otselic.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, by the same, Mr. Geo. B.  Miles to Miss Rebecca A. Miles, both of Otselic.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 28th, by Rev. Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Orlando Brooks, to Miss Josephine Lloyd, all of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, by Rev. S. Moore, Mr. Charles H. Thornton, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia E. Gadsby, of New Berlin.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. George Goodale, to Miss Hattie Winston, all of Greene.

In Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 89th, by Rev. J.M. Banister, Mr. Charles T. Robinson, of Jackson, Miss, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Virginia P. Watkins, of Huntsville.

Deaths

At the residence of her son, James H. Hubbard, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, Mrs. Althea Hubbard, aged 72.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 10th, Jane [Smith], wife of Jonah Smith, deceased, aged 72 years.

At the residence of her father, at White Store [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 30th, Mrs. Horatio P. Angell, only daughter of George Curtis, Esq., aged 25 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, Mrs. S.H. Bennett, aged 54 years.

In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Della [Tiffany], only daughter of Lewis and Maranda Tiffany, aged 4 months and 16 days.

"Little Della" so young and fair, / Called hence by early doom, / Just lent to show how sweet a flower / In paradise might bloom.

"Little Della", fare thee well! / Thou was not ours long; / God called thee hence with Him to dwell, / And join the heavenly throng.

Shooting Affair in Bainbridge

We learn from a source which seems to be reliable, that Mr. Elliot J. Kidder, a well known resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], was shot on Monday afternoon last, while in the woods with his hired man, by Robert Corbin, of that town.  It appears that there was an old difficulty existing between the two, and that Corbin some years since threatened Kidder's life if he ever put his foot upon the ground in dispute. The shot was fatal.

Shocking Accident in Oxford

It is our painful duty to record one of the most melancholy and singular incidents which to our knowledge ever occurred in this County.

On the 25th of December, amid the congratulations of friends, the Doctor [George A. Shoales], was united in marriage to Miss Annie Maria, daughter fo Wm. A. Harrington, Esq., of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].  After a brief journey, the youthful bride with all her energies set herself to the task of preparing for the duties which the now relation imposed upon her, as a faithful and devoted companion.

On Monday, the 3d inst., her husband went to Oxford, prepared to remove his wife to their new home in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].  Upon reaching the residence of her father, at evening, he was surprised to learn that she had been quite indisposed for the past twenty-four hours, though the illness was not apprehended to be of an alarming character. Tuesday, the symptoms were less promising, yet no serious doubts were entertained of a favorable termination.  On Wednesday morning the disease, which proved to be cerebro spinal meningitis, or brain fever, was fully developed, and the indications to the practiced eye of the physician were ominous of extreme danger.

The Doctor, who up to this time since his arrival had had the case in charge, administering such means as were at his command, desiring remedies which he had not, and also the aid of counsel, and anxious that not a moment's time be lost, mounted his horse, without waiting for saddle or bridle, and started on for the proposed help at full speed.  Just after crossing the river, on Navy Island, the horse took fright from a dog and the rider was thrown to the ground.  Unfortunately, he maintained his hold upon the halter till the frighted animal brought his head with much force against one of the guard posts on the canal bridge, fracturing the brain. Senseless and bleeding, the purple stream issuing from the ears and the nose, the Doctor was taken to the Stage house, where every means was called into requisition for his relief, which ingenuity or skill could devise. At evening still unconscious, the husband was removed to the dwelling of his now unconscious wife, her reason having taken its flight almost simultaneously with his.  There lay the newly married couple of six weeks before; but how changed the event, how strange the scene!  Physicians, ministers and friends gathered around, but what could they do?  

At eight o'clock on Thursday morning the spirit gently whispered to the bride, "Come up higher."  On Friday morning, at three o'clock, the bridegroom joined his companion in that house not made with hands, to go no more out forever.

Thus, suddenly passed away from earth husband and wife, in a singular and unaccountable manner, ere the sun had reached its noontide, just assuming the sterner trials and duties of life, each ignorant of the fate of the other.

On Sabbath afternoon last, the deceased were deposited in the same grave, in Oxford Cemetery. We saw them lying side by side, in the room in which six weeks before they had solemnly subscribed to the marriage covenant, dressed in nuptial robes, the bridal wreath encircling the brow, ready for burial.  So natural and life-life did the two appear, we stopped to wonder if this was death.

After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Payson, Presbyterian, their remains were removed from Mr. Harrington's residence, in the eastern part of the village, to the Congregational Church, followed by an immense concourse of people.  In the procession were large delegations of Good Templars from Norwich, Plymouth and Oxford, nearly the entire Lodge of the last named place being present.  The physicians of Oxford, with a full delegation from this town, were in attendance.

The services in the Church were conducted by Rev. Mr. Pauson, assisted by Rev. Messrs. Queal and Stafford, of Oxford, and the Rev. Mr. Cochrane, Methodist, of Plymouth  Appropriate and touching addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Payson and Queal, the former speaking more particularly of Mrs. Shoales, and of her Christian life, having been for some years a consistent member of his Church; the latter alluding more especially to the character and worth of Dr. Shoales, whom he had known for a number of years, and whose exemplary life as a devoted Christian was worthy of emulation.

The services at the grave closed the scenes of an eventful day, by many sad hearts long to be remembered.

Dr. Shoales was a graduate of the State Normal School and also of the Medical Department of the University of Vermont.  For some two years he was Acting Assistant Surgeon in the war of the Rebellion, being attached to Sherman's Grand Army in its March to the Sea.  Possessed of good abilities, and in the vigor of health, his prospects for future happiness and usefulness were truly flattering.  His age was about 30; that of his wife 27 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January 29 & Feb. 5, 1868

 Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, January 29, 1868

Marriages

FURMAN-VAIL:  In new Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 22d, by Rev. J.L. Chamberlain, Walter R. Furman, Esq. of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] and Hannah Vail, of New Berlin.

ROSE - ARMSTRONG:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY], Jan. 16th, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Timothy A. Rose, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] and Viletta J. Armstrong, of Pittsfield.

SUMNER-MORE:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. McK. Shaw, Charles A. Sumner of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] and Annie G. More, of McDonough.

Deaths

CARPENTER:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 25th, Cyril W. Carpenter, aged 64 years.  Mr. Carpenter has been a resident of the town of New Berlin for about forty years, during which time he has moved amongst us as a farmer, merchant and an honest, upright businessman.  His last illness was painful.  He suffered long and patiently, but he has, as we trust, after having passed through life's cares and turmoils, gone to enjoy a blessed reward.

SMITH:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, Almena J. [Smith], youngest daughter of George R. and Cynthia E. Smith, aged 2 years 2 months and 15 days.

FISHER:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 26th, Frankie [Fisher], son of Russel W. Fisher, aged 7 months.

BEEBE:  In Minneapolis, Minn. Monday Jan'y 13th, Lavinia Beebe, wife of Franklin Beebe, Esq., and daughter of Dr. James Thompson, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 34 years.

Simeon Freeman

Died in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], January 21st, 1868, Simeon Freeman, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.

Thus, has passed away another of the old and respected citizens of our county.  Mr. Freeman came to this town with his parents, some seventy-five years ago, when there were but two or three log houses, and one frame building in this village, and lived about four years on the farm across the river form the village, where David Graves now lives [in 1868], but which was then new and uncultivated.  from thence he removed to the farm on the Centre Road about one and a half miles from Plymouth or "French Settlement," where he has since resided and from which he was taken to his burial.

Mr. Freeman was one of the first subscribers to this paper, and has been a constant one since that time, commencing life as an Anti-mason, He was next a member of the Whig party during its entire existence, and then a firm and intelligent Republican.  He raised a family of four children, two of whom with his widow, survive him and mourn his loss.

During all his long life, Mr. Freeman has been an industrious, upright, and valued citizen and now leaves behind him a good reputation and a pleasant memory.  

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 5, 1868

Marriages

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Howard Corneal, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah E. Norris, of Smithville.

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 27th, by Rev. W.R. Brooks, Mr. Smith L. Champlin to Miss Maggie Martin, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

At the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. P. Noyes, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, Mrs. Mary S. Avery, relict of Hubbard B. Avery, aged 79 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, Henrietta [Dibble], wife of Ira Dibble, aged 41 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. Edward Murphy, aged 70 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, Mr. Wilmot Roberts, aged 67 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, Mr. Andrew McNeil, aged 62 years.

In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 24th, at the residence of her brother, Rev. P.C. Brady, Miss Mary Ann Brady, aged 38 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, Mr. Thompson G. Fisher, aged 76 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, Mr. Calvin Fisher, aged 68 years.

Death of Two Brothers

Mr. Thompson G. Fisher, an old resident of this County [Chenango Co., NY], died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Cyrus Hartwell, in Sherburne, on Monday, the 27th ult., aged about 76 years.

Mr. Calvin Fisher, a brother of Thompson, died in Sherburne, at the residence of Alonzo Cook, on the 29th, aged some 67 years.

Their father, Daniel Fisher, settled in the Chenango Valley near seventy years ago, when all this region was a dense wilderness, there being at that time but two or three houses erected in this village.  In consideration of a landed interest in New Berlin, this sturdy Pioneer cleared up a tract of ground, on which is now known as the Bockee farm, in North Norwich.  Subsequently he settled upon the hill two miles back from the river, in the town of Plymouth, where he reared a large family, who found homes in different sections of the State and the West.

Thompson, a man of much activity and good business capacity, located over forty years ago in Smyrna, where he became a large and thriving farmer.  Possessing the confidence of the people, he was called from time to time to fill important offices in the town.  In 1859 he removed to Norwich, remaining perhaps four years, during which time he lost his wife and two younger daughters.  Out of a family of ten children, but four are now living, of whom Thompson G. Fisher, of this village is the youngest.

Calvin changed his residence from Plymouth to Smyrna, some twelve or fifteen years since. Although he did not have the faculty of acquiring an over-abundance of this world's goods, he possessed that which often gives its possessor more happiness, a contented mind, and a kind and obliging heart.  In rather poor health, as he had been for many months, on Monday he visited his brother, in time only to witness his death. Remaining to attend the funeral, appointed for Wednesday, the night previous he was taken violently ill with congestion of the lungs, and lived less than twenty-four hours.  He leaves a wife, but no children.

Thus, one after another, in quick succession, are the links being broken which connect the present and future with the distant past.