Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June 17, 24 & July 1, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1868

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Robert Colwell, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Bessie Heady, of Norwich.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William Makepeace, to Miss Hattie M. Barker, all of Norwich.  

In Waterbury, Conn., May 27th, by Rev. Henry Townsend, Mr. Willard F. Pardee, of Hartford, Conn., to Miss Carrie Townsend,, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], of Waterbury.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] June 5th, by Rev. S.P. Way, Mr. Wm. N. Howard, to Miss Anna A. Hicks, both of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 14th, of throat consumption, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Sholes, wife of Richard M. Sholes, aged 34 years.  

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], May 17th, Mrs. Lucinda Belden, wife of the late Jason Belden, aged 68 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], May 10th, Henry S. [Tubbs], son of Orris and Anna Tubbs, aged 1 year, 10 months and 29 days.

In Waterbury, Conn., June 5th, Mr. George L. Townsend, aged 46 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], June 7th, of canker rash and scarlet fever, Carrie V. [Burlingame], daughter of Enos H. and Harriet E. Burlingame, aged 8 years, 8 months and 13 days.

Our home is again made lonely, / Our hearts bleed o'er and o'er; / Our Carrie, our pet and our only, / Is, alas too truly, no more.

How we miss that dear little one / Whose words and tone made hearts rejoice; / How we miss her blithesome song, / Her cheering and her comforting voice.

How we loved that little creature, / Full of joy, of love, and of mirth; / Too lovely of form and of feature, / Too pure to dwell on the earth.

In her sickness, suffering and pain, / No tears could bedim her mild eye; / Ne'er known to murmur or complain, / But would oft say, "mama, do not cry."

Oh, my darling, lovely Carrie / Thy mother's heart is with thee still; / Fain would I suffered for thee, / Had it been our Saviour's will.

Farewell, loved one, may we meet thee / In that world of light and love. / For we feel that angels greet thee / In the angelic choir above.

At the residence of his brother-in-law, B. Slater, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 9th, of consumption, Mr. Virgil Pendleton, aged 27 years.

The Oneida Dispatch contains the following tribute to Virgil Pendleton, whose death will be found recorded under our obituary head:  "Virgil Pendleton died at Norwich, Chenango County, June 9, at the early age of 27 years.  Mr. Pendleton's parents reside at Norwich.  He went to Syracuse in 1861, and entered the store of D. McCarthy & Co.  An intelligent and faithful discharge of duties won him unlimited confidence, and at the time of taking sick he was in charge of the immense business of the firm when the proprietors were absent.  Quick consumption has done its work.  A few months ago, he felt its first approaches - ten weeks ago forsook his business post in hope of better health soon. Three weeks later he went to his relatives at Norwich, and there he yielded up his spirit to the God who gave it.  A large circle of friends in Syracuse and Norwich will sympathize with those who mourn at this sad event."

Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, June 24, 1868

Marriages

FOOTE - REDINGTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 18th, at the First Congregational Chruch, by Rev. S. Scoville, Samuel I. Foote and Laura A. Redington, all of Norwich.

FOSTER - SHERWOOD:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], May 30th, by J. H. Stanbro, Esq., Orville Foster of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] and Esther J. Sherwood of Otselic.

GILBERT - CAMP:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], June 9th, by Rev. G.E. Flint, Henry B. Gilbert and Athah J. Camp.

JUDSON - SUTHERLAND:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Milo, Yates Co. [NY], June 16th, by Rev. C.S. Coats, J. Watts Judson, of Memphis Tennessee, and Dora Sutherland, of the former place.

Deaths

LEWIS:  In Covington, Ky., Thursday, June 11th, at 15 minutes past 9 o'clock, Ellen [Lewis], wife of H.J. Lewis, leaving many friends to mourn her loss.

WALES:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], June 12th, Henry Wales, aged 66 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 1, 1868

Marriages

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], June 18th, by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. E. Pratt Beach, of New York, to Miss Helen G. Moody of Bainbridge.

In Nashville, Tenn., June 4th, by Rev. O.O. Knight, Mr. W.T. Auton, to Miss Frances R. Knight, eldest daughter of O.J. Knight, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 29th, Mrs. Eunice Packer, widow of Capt. James Packer, aged 83 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], June 19th, Thomas H. [Sweet], eldest son of Leroy C. and Catharine Sweet, aged 20 years.

At his residence, in Markham, Canada West, June 9th, Benjamin Slater, Esq., aged 79 years, 2 months and 14 days.

Brutal Murder

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1868

The Utica Observer gives an account of a brutal murder discovered in Brookfield, Madison county, [NY] on Saturday morning last.  The victim is a man about fifty years of age, who lived by himself in an old house in the southwestern part of the town.  His name was Moses Johnson.  Not long since he had purchased the farm which he occupied.  A payment on the property falls due in a few days, and Johnson had been collecting the amount required (about five hundred dollars) to meet the payment.  This fact was undoubtedly in the mind of the man who murdered Johnson, who was clearly killed for the money secreted in the house. The murdered man was last seen alive on Thursday. Saturday morning, a party of men working on the highway near Johnson's house, sent in for the "old man," as he was called, to assist them in repairs. The boy who was dispatched to notify deceased, soon returned with the intelligence that Johnson was nowhere to be found, and that the interior of the house bore marks of a bloody struggle. The men accompanied the lad to the house, where they found indications of a terrible fight.  An ax, covered with blood, was under the bed and handfuls of hair and clots of gore were scattered in all directions. The tracks of blood were traced to the well, and further search revealed the mutilated body of the murdered man with a stone attached to his neck. The back of his head was split open, and the body bore wounds that only an instrument similar to an ax could have inflicted.  No clue has been found to the murderer.  The deed has created considerable excitement in the locality where Johnson lived, and it is thought the guilty man cannot long go undetected. The murdered man had no family and by his solitary life had made few friends or acquaintances.