Vital Records, Greene, NY, October 26 & November 2, 1865

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 26, 1865

Marriages

At the Chenango House in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Harvey A. Gray, of Barker [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Octavia A. Spencer, of Chenango [Broome Co., NY].

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. by Rev. L. E. Spafford, Mr. Hiram Rorapaugh to Miss Frank Norris, both of Smithville.

In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Miles Johnson, Esq., Mr. John H. Wilson of Amboy, ill. to Miss Nettie Chamberlain, of Chenango Forks.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. Mr. Turnbul, Mr. Edgar A. Pearsall to Miss Marietta Moon, booth of Coventry.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. B.H. Brown, Mr. Charles David of Bradford Co., Pa., to Mrs. Esther L. Hamlin, of Afton.

Deaths

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mr. Ira Manning, aged 58 years and 3 months.

In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Mrs. Lura Lake, aged 24 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Emma [Breed], daughter of Abel Breed, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 17 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mary [Wheeler], wife of Billings Wheeler, aged 24 years, 4 months and 24 days.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 2, 1865

Marriages

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th, ult. by Rev. I.B. Hopwood, Mr. Adelbert V. Talman to Miss Eliza A. Kales, daughter of Hon. Wm. Kales, all of Coventry.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Gurdeon E. Grannis, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Sackett, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Lorenzo W. Brown, of Cuyler, Cortland Co. [NY], to Miss Emily L. [Hall], daughter of Samuel Hall, Esq.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Geo. M. Lyon, aged 33 years, 8 months and 14 days.

Lost on board the steamer Chanticler, in the China Sea, during the month of July last, Smith W. Halsey, son of the late E.C. Halsey, aged 32 years.

The above painful intelligence of the death of a beloved son has recently been communicated from China to a deeply afflicted, widowed mother.  To many in this community [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], the deceased was well known and was highly esteemed for his manly qualities of character. The vessel in which he sailed form Hong Kong to Swartow on the coast of China, is supposed to have foundered under one of those Typhoons which sweep to destruction all vessels that lie in their track.  Mr. Halsey had been engaged in his business as photographer, taking sketches of the scenery of that but partially known country and was pursuing this vocation, having his materials with him for extending the number of his pictures, at the time he was lost.

At Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 26th, 1865, of quick consumption, Mr. Daniel D. Clark, late of the U.S. Navy, aged 33 years, He was formerly from Smithville [Chenango Co., NY]

"Yet again 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."

At Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on the 23d ult., Dea. John F. Smith, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] aged 73 years.

In Fulton, Oswego Co. [NY], Sept. 27th, Laura S. [Miller], wife of Hon. S.F. Miller, of Franklin [Delaware Co. NY], aged 20 years.