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Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 2 & 9, 1870

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 2, 1840

Marriages

BROWN - STERNBERG:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 22d, by Rev. D.D. Brown, Mr. P.S. Brown to Miss Mary Sternberg, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

COWLES - HOTCHKISS:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17, by Rev. J.C. Nightingale, Mr. Orlando F. Cowles, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Juila Hotchkiss, of Smithville.

HOTCHKISS - BULLOCK:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev. J.C. Nightingale, Mr. Calvin Hotchkiss, to Mrs. Mary A. Bullock.

Deaths

HOUSE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 15th, Lawrence House, aged 5 years.

WYCOFF:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Clarissa [Wycoff], daughter of Emily Wycoff, aged 11 years and 3 months.

THOMPSON:  In North Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, Mr. Schuyler G. Thompson, aged 26 years.

RANDALL:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, after a short illness, Mr. Rufus Randall, aged 78 years and 4 months.

LOW:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, Mr. John Low, aged 24 years.

CARTER:  In Pitcher, Feb. 13th, E. Jane [Carter], wife of A. Lyman Carter, aged 36 years.

SMITH:  At Grass Lake, Mih. Feb. 27th, Mr. Lloyd T. Smith formerly of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 63 years, brother of James H. Smith, Esq., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  The remains will be brought to North Norwich for interment.

CARRUTH:  In Oneida [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 23d, Mary [Carruth], widow of the late Cortland Carruth, formerly of this village [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

BURROWS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22d, Mr. Nathan Burrows, aged 74 years and 6 months

CLARK:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 21st, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, aged 68 years.

HOLCOMB:  In New Ohio [Broome Co., NY], Feb. 17th, Mr.  Horace Holcomb, aged 73 years.

WILLIAMS:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, Mr. Daniel Williams, aged 65 years.

GRANT:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 19th, Kirk [Grant], youngest son of Austin and Elizabeth Grant, aged 3 years and 6 months.

HODGE:  In Plumer, Venango Co. Pa. on the Morning of January 25th, Mr. Stiles M. Hodge, aged 69 years.  The deceased was a native of Coventry, Chenango County [NY] and was well known to many of the older inhabitants of this section.  For a number of years he had been a citizen of Venango Co. Pa., where he became widely known for those manly qualities and honorable principles which ever characterized his life.  In the social and business circles of his acquaintance, he was noted for the geniality of his disposition, the liberality of his hand and the benevolence of his heart. The removed of his remains from his place of residence to his native town was marked by the most expressive manifestations of sincere regard and heartfelt sorrow upon the part of his friends and acquaintances.

Fatal Accident in Cortland:  One of the boilers of the heating apparatus at the State Normal School in Cortland exploded on Monday morning of last week, instantly killing Henry L. Dains, the engineer, and badly injuring an assistant.  Dains' body was found some two hundred feet from the scene of the accident.  the boiler house was demolished, by the school building was uninjured.

Death of Anson Mead

MEAD:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Mr. Anson Mead, aged 65 years.

Anson Mead, a life long and respected citizen of this County [Chenango Co., NY], died on Thursday last at this residence in North Norwich, after an illness of a few weeks. Deceased was the fourth son of the late Gen. Thompson Mead, and was born scarcely a mile from the spot where he passed his youth, manhood and age.

Mr. Mead was quiet and unobtrusive in his manners, respectful to the judgments of others, yet always entertaining decided views and opinions of his own.  Possessed of a kind heart, with charity for all, he led an exemplary Christian life, and his death creates a vacancy in the community and in the church to which he belonged, not easily filled.  The home circle especially will feel the full force of the shock, for there his excellent qualities shown brightest, there will grief deepest settle down.

Mr. Mead was twice married and leaves a wife in second widowhood. He also leaves a son and two daughters well married and settled in life.  His age was about 65 years.  Of the large family of children reared by Gen. Mead, but two remain, Allen Mead and the wife of  Hon. John F. Hubbard, Sr., both of this village.

Death of Hon. Anson Burlingame

A dispatch form St. Petersburg tells of the death of Hon. Anson Burlingame, in that city, on Tuesday of last week after an illness of four days.  His disease was congestion of the lungs.

Mr. Burlingame was born in New Berlin, Chenango County [NY] in 1822, but his youth was spent on the western frontiers, at one time acting with surveying parties, and at another participating in the making of Indian treaties, far beyond the confines of civilization.  He laid the foundation of his education at the Branch University of Michigan, but, removing to Massachusetts, he entered Harvard University, where he received a degree in 1846.  He studied law and practiced in Boston.  In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1853 was a member of the Convention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts.  He was elected a representative from that State in the Thirty-fourth Congress; was re-elected to the Thirty-fifth, serving as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.  He was also re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving on the same committee.  In 1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln Minister to Austria, and subsequently to China, which latter position he resigned in 1867 to accept a diplomatic appointment from China to the European Powers as well as to the United States.

As such Minister his career has given him a worldwide reputation.  He had established commercial treaties with the United States Government, with England and France, and was perfecting the same arrangements with the Government of the Russian Empire, when death arrested his brilliant career.

Letters of condolence were sent by the Emperor and Empress of Russia to Mrs. Burlingame, who was with her husband.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 9, 1870

Marriages

BARROWS - LEACH:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 2d, by Rev. W. A. Wadsworth, Mr. Orlando Barrows, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hattie H. Leach.

RICE - GREEN:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], March 2d, by Rev. W. Reddy, Mr. Ambrose W. Rice, Jr., to Miss Sarah I. Green, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

BUTTS - MERRITT:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 24th, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. Gardner Butts to Mrs. Amanda M. Merritt, all of Smyrna.

SPENCER - UPHAM:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Henry D.F. Spencer, to Miss Sarah J. Upham, all of Greene.

WALES - HAIGHT:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 26th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Nathan G. Wales, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Haight, of Greene.

ROYS - PADGET:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 27th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Samuel N. Roys to Miss Esther Padget, both of Oxford.

FRASER - DAVIDSON:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. Mr. Taylor, Mr. John W. Fraser, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah E. Davidson, of Binghamton.

ROBINSON - COOPER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], March 1, by Rev. Mr. Robinson, Dr. R. Woodward Robinson, of New York City, to Miss Calanthia Cooper, of Bainbridge.

RILEY - KELLY:  In Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 28th, by Rev. B.F. McLoghlin, Mr. William Riley, of Cortland, to Miss Mate Kelly, of Lincklaen [Chenango co., NY].

Deaths

MITCHELL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday evening, March 4th, Harriet [Mitchell] wife of George Mitchell, aged 38 years.

CLARKE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 4th, Maria C. [Clarke], wife of Peter W. Clarke, and daughter of Dr. Wm. G. Sands.

BUSH:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Mr. Thomas A. Bush, aged 75 years.

HARRINGTON:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Mr. Joshua Harrington, aged 88 years

McINTOSH:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Mary McIntosh, aged 89 years.

PLACE:  Near Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, Mrs. Sally Place, aged 84 years.

BAKER:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, Mr. John W. Baker, aged 57 years.

WIGHTMAN:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Nancy [Wightman], wife of George Wightman, aged 66 years.

ROGERS:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22d, Mr. Silas Rogers, aged 88 years.

FROST:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 13th, Mr. D. Valorous Frost, aged 53 years.

SABIN:  At the residence of D.D. W.C. Throop, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Oliver P. Sabin, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], in the 20th year of his age.

Death of a Venerable Physician Dr. Miles Goodyear died at his residence in Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], the 1st inst., after a brief illness, at the advanced age of 76 years.  Dr. Goodyear was identified with the history of Cortland from its infancy, having indefatigably labored through youth, manhood and old age, in the practice of the profession to which he had devoted his life.  A kindhearted, genial Christian gentleman, his honest face, always beaming with good humor, ever welcome to the homes of all, the worthy Doctor will be missed by those among whom he has moved for so many years. While the announcement of his death will cause a pang of sorrow in the hearts of all who knew him, and call forth a blessing upon the memory of the good old man who has gone to his rest.

Death of Franklin B. Hovey

A dispatch from Richmond, Va., states that on Tuesday of last week, while Franklin B. Hovey, of Chenango Co., N.Y., was on his way to the northern depot in that city, to start for his home, he was fired at by John Gerhiser, of the 17th Infantry, who was standing on the sidewalk, drunk.  The ball entered Hovey's brain, mortally wounding him. Gerhiser, after running through the streets and firing at the police, was arrested.  He is from Brooklyn, N.Y.  We learn no particulars, except that Mr. Hovey is a young man some twenty years of age, son of William Hovey, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  P.S.  Since the above was in type, we learn that the young man is still living, and partially restored to consciousness.  His father who was summoned by telegraph, is with him. [Chenango Union, Mar. 2, 1870

We learn that Franklin B. Hovey, of Guilford, who was shot by a drunken soldier, while riding through the streets of Richmond, Va., in company with two gentlemen, on the 23d ult, died from the wound, after living nearly five days.  His remains were brought home by his father, William Hovey, for interment. The deceased was an estimable young man, about 18 years of age. [Chenango Union, March 9, 1870]

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