Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July 8, 15, & 22, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 8, 1868

Marriages

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], June 30th, at the Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Mr. Crocker, Mr. John Mandeville, editor of the Hoosac Valley News, of North Adams Mass., and a graduate from the Chenango Union office, to Miss Susan A. Kales, of Coventry.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, at the Free Baptist Parsonage, by Rev. D.J. Whiting, Mr. Emerson C. Crandall of Norwich to Miss Frankie Aldrich, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], July 1st, by H.R. Powell, Esq., Mr. Marshall Johnson, to Miss Fanny C. Remington, all of Pharsalia.

In North Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], June 24th, by Rev. S.N. Westcutt, Mr. David Jenks of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Fanny Cuiler? of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 21st, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Adelbert Seeley, to Miss Fila Mowry, all of Oxford.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. G.W. Agard of Harvard, Ill. to Miss Suan H. Ramsey, of Greene.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], June 28th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Willis Figary, to Miss Lois Tracy, both of North Norwich.

Deaths

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], June 21st, Mr. Thomas Hopkins, aged 70 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, of typhoid fever, Mr. Wm. S. Wilcox, aged 45 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], June 15th, of consumption, Miss Fanny Sprague, aged 37 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], June 11th, of typhoid fever, Almenzo Dixon Hunt, son of Geroge and Mary Hunt, aged 17 months.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], April 28th, of dropsy on the brain, Herbert Ralph Dixon, son of H.M. and Nettie Dixon, aged 2 years, 2 months and 9 days.

In Munnsville [Madison Co., NY], June 19th, Ruth E. [Ketchum], wife of Truman G. Ketchum, and daughter of Mrs. S.S. Roberts, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged 35 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 26th, Alice A. [Hubbard], aged 19 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], July 2d, after a short, but severe, illness, Hortense [Green], youngest child of Thomas J. and Julia A. Green, aged 13 years and 7 months.

At the residence of his son, J.R. Holcomb, in Youngstown, Ohio, June 20th, Mr. Orange Holcomb, aged 84 years.

Sad Accident:  At 6 o'clock, Monday afternoon last, as Wm. Force, a lad of eight years, was busying or amusing himself near the lock at the Quarter, he lost his balance and fell in. The lock was nearly full of water, and before it was possible to rescue him, life was extinct.  Dr. Van. Keuren was summoned to hold an inquest, but he thought it unnecessary, though he volunteered his services for three hours.  J.C. Force, father of the boy, is connected with the factory.  Sherburne News.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 15, 1868

Marriages

At St. Andrew's Church, New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning, July 7th, by Rev. J.B. Robinson, Prof J.M. Sprague, Principal of the New Berlin Academy, to Miss Mary H. Todd, assistant.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 26th, by Rev. T.D. Hammond, Mr. Franklin Y. McCulloe to Miss Nancy Wheeler, daughter of Ephraim Wheeler, all of Greene.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], July 2d, by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. James A. Pierson, of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] to Miss Augusta Dutton, of Bainbridge.

July 1st, by Rev. J.L. Bennett, James F. Fitts, formerly adjutant and Captain in the 114th Regt. N.Y.SV. to Miss Harriet E. Gooding.

In Dubuque, Iowa, June 23d, by Rev. Charles H. Seymour, Mr. Samuel B. Emmons, of Mt. Carroll, Ill. formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Beattie.

July 4th, by Rev. S.F. Bacon, Mr. Edwin S. Cass, of Taylor [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Lydia M. Meriole, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Strykersville, Wyoming, Co., N.Y., July 11th, Rev. Stephen Keyes, Jr., aged 38 years.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], May 9th, Lucius [Birdlebough], only child of J.R. and Addie Birdelbough, aged 1 year, 1 month and 3 days.  Darling child we sadly miss thee, / Yet we feel that all is well; / Jesus loved thee, and he took thee-- / With him thou wilt ever dwell.

At the residence of her husband, in New York July 9th, after a long illness, Elizabeth [Corbin], wife of A.R. Corbin, Esq.

In Amherst, Ohio, June 20th, Mr. E.B. Dimmick, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], aged 59 years and 11 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 22, 1868

Marriages

At Emmanuel Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday morning, July 15th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. William H. Bishop to Miss Mary E. Gorton, all of Norwich.

In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], July 4th, by Rev. A. Palmer, Mr. Horace Ives, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Maria Sheldon, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

At the Foundry M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., July 6th, by Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. William E. Tew, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maggie Buchanan, of Washington.

Deaths

Suddenly, in the highway near Wood's Corners, from the effect of heat, Mr. Benjamin Cook, of North Norwich, aged 75 years.

Death from Heat:  On the afternoon of Wednesday last, between five and six o'clock, Mr. Benjamin Cook, an old and respected resident of king's Settlement, was found lying by the roadside, a short distance above Wood's Corners, in an unconscious condition, and he soon afterwards breathed his last.  It appears that he had visited this village on that day, on foot, and was on his return home, when he was struck down.  He was seen to pass the houses in the vicinity in the afternoon, and it is supposed that he lay in the road, exposed to a broiling sun, some three hours. the poor old man was literally melted.  Mr. Cook was a man of good habits and enjoyed the esteem of the entire community.  His age was 75 years.

In Oxford, July 6th, Susan A. [Hackett], daughter of James H. and Lucia Hackett, aged 18 months.

In Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, Hattie J. [Benedict], daughter of Addison and Eliza Benedict, aged 1 year and 8 days.