Vital Records, Norwich, NY, October 14 & 21, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 14, 1868

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct 7th, by Rev. D.J. Whiting, Mr. John Taylor to Miss Ida P. Rhodes, daughter of Col. L.A. Rhodes, all of Norwich.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 29th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Girard S. Mead to North Norwich to Miss Julia C. Redington, daughter of John Redington, of Norwich.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 29th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Abner Ogden of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mercy Pittsley of Oxford.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 29th, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Benjamin F. Boyer of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah E. Brown, of Coventry.

In Exeter [Otsego Co., NY], Aug. 25th, by Rev. A.M. McMaster, Mr. Andrew P. Merchant of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hannah Phillips, of Exeter.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. A.M. Totman, Mr. Albert Law, to Miss Mary Brown, all of Pharsalia.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 7th, by Rev. Samuel Miller, Mr. J.E. Davies, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Vinnie Wright of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 6th, by Rev. Dr. Rogers, Mr. John S. Halsey, of Canton, China, to Miss Ann Amelia Ripley, of Greene.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Oct. 6th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Elverton Mead to Miss Jennie O. Burch, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 19th, Mrs. Betsey M. Parker, widow of Nathan Parker, aged 70 years.

At the residence of her son-in-law, N.P. Wheeler, Esq., in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Mrs. Mary Long, aged 70 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 9th, Pliny Augustus [Holbrook], son of G.F. and Eunice Holbrook, aged 2 months and 12 days.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 30th, Mr. Easton Phetteplace, aged 52 years.

At White Store (Norwich) [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 9th, Mr. Joseph S. May, aged 42 years.

All alone in his lowly bed, / The husband and father is sleeping, / And he heeds not the sighs, nor the tears that are shed, / And he hears not the accents of weeping.

In the prime of his strength, he was smitten down, / And long were the hours of sorrow, / As the days went by in anguish and pain, / With no hope for the glad tomorrow 

No hope, till the angel of death came near, / And stilled the heart's wild beating, / And the sufferer gazed on his foe without fear, / And prayed for a joyful meeting 

With those he loved in a fairer clime / Where sorrow and sickness shall never / Be suffered to mar the peaceful rest / Of those who are saved forever.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 6th, Miss Amelia N. Buell, aged 18 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 10th, Jennie L. [Brooks], only daughter of Horace and Charlotte E. Brooks, aged 8 years.

In Eaton, Madison Co. [NY], Oct. 9th, Miss Frankie E. Bennett, daughter of Rev. M.L. and Mary L. Bennett, aged 17 years, 7 months and 10 days.

In Marshalltown, Iowa, Sept. 24th, Mr. Leonard Porter, aged 66 years, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Porter removed to Marhsall co., Iowa in 1858, and died as he had lived, a Jefferson democrat, and for the past few years a decided Christian.  He held the office of Justice some four years, and that of Assessor, besides other prominent positions.  He had expressed a strong desire to see Horatio Seymour fill the highest position in the gift of the people, but in this he was disappointed.  His labors are over, and his rest is in peace.  In his decease, his family have met with an irreparable loss, and community a thorough, energetic man, which all who knew him truly feel.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 21, 1868

Marriages

At the Free Baptist Parsonage, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 18th, by Rev. D.J. Whiting, Mr. Frank Barr, of East Norwich to Miss Sarah E. Sharp, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 12th, by Rev. J.L. Burrows, Mr. Charles Walker, to Miss Emma L. Dietz, all of Sherburne.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 15th, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Adelbert A. Handy, to Miss Ellen White, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Zion Church, Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 8th, by Rev. Dr. Rogers, Mr. Martin M. Stevens, of New York city, to Miss Anna C. [Roberts], daughter of Dr. George W. Roberts.

Deaths

In this village, Oct. 15th, Bessie Davis [Worman], daughter of James H. and Emma P. Worman, aged 6 months.

In Tioga, Pa., Oct. 8th, Hon. Levi Bigelow, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 84 years.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20th, May [Gage], infant daughter of Leroy and Martha Gage, aged 2 months and 1 day.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct 12th, Mr. John Nichols, aged 67 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Miss Maggie Roome, aged 22 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Mr. Warren Pease, aged 65 years.