Vital Records, Norwich, NY, November 3 & 10, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 3, 1869

Marriages

BABCOCK - POTTER:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25th, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlin, Prof. Linn Babcock, of South New Berlin, to Miss Lilie Potter of Laurens [Otsego Co., NY].

HART - SKINNER:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17th, by S.S. Anthony, Esq., Mr. Milo B. Hart, to Mrs. Sally L. Skinner, all of Plymouth.

OWENS - HALL:  Sept. 15th, by Rev. N. Palmer, Mr. Leroy J. Owens to Miss Helen Hall, both of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

SHAW - TRACY:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 6th, by Rev. F.M. Beebe, Mr. William S. Shaw, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia E. Tracy, of Coventry.

DUNN - DENISON:  Near, Cassville, Oneida Co. [NY], Oct. 19th, by Rev. L. Bailey, Mr. James Dunn, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Lee Denison, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

SMITH:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 3d, Delwin G. [Smith], son of George R. and Cynthia E. Smith, aged 1 year and 5 days.

We regret to learn of a distressing accident in Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], by which a bright and lovely girl was scaled to death.  As we learn, on Friday morning last, Mrs. Tuttle of Columbus, having a brass kettle full of scalding water on the stove, took it off and set it on the floor.  A little granddaughter, Alice Tuttle, daughter of Lewis C. Tuttle, both of whom lived with the grandmother, was in the room, and at that moment started to go out of doors; but she stumbled and fell against the kettle, tipping it over, scalding herself most severely on the shoulders and the lover part of her person to her knees.  Although every assistance was rendered her, she only lingered till the next day, when she died.  This distressing accident as thrown a gloom over that community and calls out the warm sympathy of all who knew the bereaved family.  Telegraph

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 10, 1869

Marriages

NEWTON - PRATT:  At the Congregational Church, in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on Monday evening, Nov. 1st, by Rev. S. Miller, Dr. Homer Newton, of Brooklyn, to Miss Grace Pratt, daughter of Joshua Pratt, Esq., of Sherburne.

IRONS - FULLER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 20th, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. William Irons, to Miss Lottie A. Fuller, all of Sherburne.

JONES - BROWN:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 27th, by Rev. J.B. Hyde, Mr. Benjamin F. Jones to Miss Hattie F Brown, all of Sherburne.

DANIELS -McCORMIC:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 3d, by Rev. A.P. Ludon, Mr. Thomas Daniels to Miss Mary Ann McCormic, all of Sherburne.

CRAW - CAMPBELL:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 2d, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Pierce Craw, of Rensselaerville [Albany Co., NY], to Miss Sarah Campbell of Greene.

TUTTLE -TUTTLE:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26th, by Rev. T.D. Hammond, Mr. James H. Tuttle to Miss Laura A. Tuttle.

NIGHTINGALE - ST. JOHN:  In Stamford, Ct., Oct. 20th?, by Rev. A.S. Twomby, Rev. James C. Nightingale, of Smithville Flats, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Julia St. John, of the former place.

CHURCH - PERRY:  In Hartwick [Otsego Co., NY], Oct. 31st, by Rev. H.H. Fisher, Mr. R. Bush Church to Miss Cynthia M. Perry, both of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

ALCOCK - CHAPMAN:  In St. Louis, Oct. 21st, by Rev. Dr. Nichols, Mr. Henry Alcock, of Staffordshire, England to Miss Florence A. Chapman, daughter of Nelson C. Chapman, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

MITCHELL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 29th, Minnie Guernsey [Mitchell], only child of Dr. Henry and Lizzie B. Mitchell, aged 16 months.

HADLOCK:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 20th, Sophia C. Z. [Hadlock], aged 68 years, 7 months and 26 days.

BROWN:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 13th, Miss Deborah Brown, aged 64 years.

BOYCE:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 2d, Mr. Edgar Boyce, aged 19 years.

HUTCHINSON:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 3d, Mr. Zenan Hutchinson, aged 87 years.

PETTYS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 27th, Mr. Isaac Pettys, aged 67 years.

RUSSELL:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY], Sept. 30th, of scarlet fever, J. Freddie [Russell], youngest child of James P. and Lovisa H. Russell, aged 2 years 11 months and 18 days.  Little Freddie was a bud of promise, and a bright gem in the family from which he has been taken.  But a few days of sickness and death laid his cold hand upon this dear little boy.  A lamb of the Heavenly fold has gone to Jesus to join his voice with the early dead in singing praises, where no bud withers, no flower fades.

"He was thine - the link is broken, / He has gone to dwell above, / Mourn him not, afflicted parents, / He doth share a Saviour's love.

He was thine, the little angel, / With bright, blue laughing eyes, / Look above! dost thou not see him / Hovering o'er thee in the skies.

He was thine, lent thee from Heaven / By a loving Father's hand, / But in wisdom He hath taken him / To that brighter, happier land.

He was thine, but they have laid him / In the cold and silent grave, / Where the winds will chant a requiem, / And the flowers o'er him wave.

He was thine, but weep not for him, / Thou wilt go with him to dwell, / Where loved ones meet in gladness, / Ne'er to part and say farewell.