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

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 19, 1868

Marriages

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 2d, by Rev. Thomas Harroun, Mr. Geo. Blackman, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Euphema A. Thompson, of the same place.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 4th, by the same, Mr. Richard S. Wescott, of Richmondville [Schoharie Co., NY], to Miss Martha L. Gridley, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], July 31st, by Ira Rich, Esq., Mr. John O. Follett to Miss Anna Perkins, all of New Berlin.

In Cortland, Ill., July 20th, by Rev. B.S. Williams, Mr. Geo. T. Davis, of Minnesota, to Miss Mary E. Sackett.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 6th, by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. James H. Sanders, of Bainbridge, to Miss Lydia A. Toombs, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Aug. 10th, by Rev. A. McMaster, Mr. Isaac Ellis, to Miss Augusta Sexsmith, all of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 17th, Miss Bridget Griffin, aged 28 years.

At the residence, of L.W. Knott in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 12th, Mr. Samuel Weeden of West Laurens, Otsego Co. [NY], formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 72 years 10 months and 24 days.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 6th, suddenly, Mr. Nathan R. Baldwin, aged 43 years, 3 months and 17 days.

In East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 5th, Harriet C. [Hyde], wife of Oscar R. Hyde, aged 35 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 3d, Vernia [Root], son of Charles and Sarah Root, aged 13 months and 22 days.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], July 29th, Mr. Hiram Fuller, aged 34 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 11th, Euphemia, [Foster], wife of Oscar Foster, aged 33 years, 5 months and 11 days.

In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], July 11th, at the residence of his son, Hon. S. Beebe, Mr. Cary L. Beebe, aged 83 years.

At her mother's residence in Washington, D.C., July 8th, Mrs. Mary A. Close, aged 24 years, 9 months and 6 days.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], July 10th, of consumption, Mr. Edwin R. Bassett, aged 24 years.

Fatal Accident:  A child of Charles Root, of Mcdonough [Chenango Co., NY], aged 13 months was drowned on Sunday, the 2d inst., in a tub of buttermilk into which it had accidentally fallen unobserved, and which resulted in death in a very short time.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 26, 1868

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], August 12th, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Wallace F. Potter, to Miss Josephine McFarland, all of Oxford.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], July 26th, by Rev. F.F. Peck, Silas L. Rhodes, Esq., to Miss Sarah Peck, both of Smithville.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], August 24th, after a lingering illness, Dea. Samuel W. Williams aged 60 years.  Funeral at No. 7 Henry Street, this (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], August 23d, at the residence of her son-in-law, Dwight Merrill, Mrs. Cynthia Wilbur, aged 65 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], August 18th, Mr. James D. Bliss, aged 83 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], August 1st, Mr. Enoch Carrington, aged about 9 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], July 30th, Mr. Reuben Bump, aged about 92 years.

Sudden Death:  On Tuesday evening, Alonzo A. Arnold, a relative of J.S. Keator, Esq., temporarily connected with the sawmill at Rapids City, came to a very sudden death by hemorrhage.  Mr. A. has been subject to attacks of heart disease.  On Tuesday evening near eight o'clock, he went into the bathroom to take a bath.  He had undressed, gotten into the tub, when blood suddenly burst from his mouth and nose.  He managed to get up to the door, where he was promptly seen by O.N. Land and Charley Wheeler, who carried him to a lounge. The bleeding however was so rapid that he was dead in three minutes.  He leaves a wife and family in Moline.  Moline (Ill.) Daily Union, July 30.  Mr. Arnold was formerly a resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Found Dead:  Mrs. C. Crandall, of North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], an old lady 73 years old, while on a visit to her son, Mr. Welch Crandall, of Upper Lisle [Broome Co., NY], was found dead in the bed on Saturday morning last. She retired in her usual health, and apparently died without a struggle.  She had two daughters near by - one slept on a lounge in the same room, and the other in the bedroom adjoining, neither of whom was awakened by any noise or disturbance from their dying mother.  The cause of her sudden death was disease of the heart, with which she had for some time been afflicted.  Whitney's Point Gazette.