Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June 22 & 29, 1870

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 22, 1870

Marriages

VAN VLEET - BROWN:  At the M.E. Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 15th, by Rev. W.A. Wadsworth, Mr. James W. Van Vleet to Miss Mary E. Brown,, all of Norwich.

BACON - RANDALL:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 16th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Henry A. Bacon, to Miss Hannah M. Randall, all of Norwich.

PUTNAM -BALCOM: In St. Paul's Church, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 9th, by Rev. W. Ayrault, Mr. Samuel Putnam of Eauclare, Wis., to Miss Callie Balcom, of Oxford.

UMB - RANDALL In Preston [Chenango Co., NY, June 8th, by Rev. A. Brown, Mr. Wells S. Crumb to  Miss Emma H. Randall, all of Preston.

PHILLIPS - PARKER:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], June 1st, by Rev. A. Crocker, Mr. Charles E. Phillips, to Gertrude k. Parker, all of Coventry.

SULLIVAN - JOSLYN:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] June 8th, by Rev. A. Crocker, Mr. Edwin W. Sulivan of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Fiora F. Joslyn, of Coventry.

WILBUR -BARNES:  In Strawberry Point, Iowa, May 28th, by Rev. Mr. Stearns, Mr. Asa P. Wilbur, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julie Barnes.

Deaths

SNOW:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 16th, Mr. Henry Snow, aged 78 years.

PERKINS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 12th, Mary E. [Perkins], wife of L. Perkins, aged 23 years.

SANDERS:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], June 7th, Mr. Elisha Sanders, aged 21 years.

BLACKMAN:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], June 14th, Mr. Justus Blackman, aged 89 years.

DUTTON:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], June 6th, Thomas Dutton, Esq., aged 86 years.

HOLCOMB:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], June 12th, Mr. Geo. B. Holcomb, aged 32 years and 6 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 29, 1870

Marriages

MANWARING - GRISWOLD:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 27th, by Rev. W.A. Wadsworth, Mr. T.P. Manwaring, to Miss Mary F. Griswold, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

ALDRICH - BARNES:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], June 23d, by Rev. Richard Hiorne, Mr. John B. Aldrich, to Miss Sedate Barnes, both of South Plymouth.

PROSSER - CLARK:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], June 12th, by Rev. McK. Shaw, Mr. Henry D. Prosser to Miss Alice E. Clark, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

AMSBRY - PRITCHARD:  At the M.E. Church in Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], June 29th, by the Pastor, Rev. I. Lord, Mr. George L. Amsbry, of Georgetown [Madison Co., NY] to  Miss Eva S. Pritchard, of Otselic.

SMITH - ISBELL:  At the M.E. Church, in McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], June 15th, by Rev. Thomas Harroun, Mr. William T. Smith, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Jane Isbell, of McDonough.

SHELDON - LOWE:  In West Edmeston, Otsego Co. [NY], June 17th, by Rev. J.B. Clark, Mr. John H. Sheldon, to Mrs. Abigail Lowe, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

TIFF - HOLDEN:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Juen 14th, by Rev. A. Brown, Mr Charles Tiff of Smyrna, to Miss Bettie Holden of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

PHETTEPLACE:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 18th, Mr. Phillip Phetteplace, aged 53? years.

MERRITHEW:  In this town, [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, of consumption, Cynthia A. [Merithew] only child of Rhodes and Mary Ann Merithew, aged 14 years, 4 months and 23 days.

TIFFANY:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], June 24th, Mr. Humhrey Tiffany, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 32? years.

CAMP:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], june 18th, Miss Mary E. Camp, aged 52 years.

HUBBARD:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], june 18th, Betsey [Hubbard], relict of miles Hubbard, aged 77 eyars.

BROWN: In Solon, Cortland Co. [NY], May 30th, Minnie M. [Brown], only child of N.E. and N.M . Brown, aged 2 years, 4 months and 3 days.

Death of Alfred Hartwell:  This estimable young man died suddenly at Milford, Delaware, on the 14th inst., aged about 24 years.  He was the only son of Thompson Hartwell, late of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and was much respected by all who knew him. A Milford paper gives the following particulars of his death:

"His death was sudden and unexpected and has cast a gloom over the circle of friends he had gathered around him during his residence in our midst.  He accompanied the Presbyterian Sunday school on their excursion to Lewis on Tuesday the 7th instant and was then in his usual good health and fine spirits.  On Friday, the 10th, he was taken sick, but his illness, at first, did not cause much uneasiness to himself or friends; it soon however, developed into a disease that baffled the skill of his physicians, and at 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening his spirit took its flight for the unknown world."

Death of Henry Snow

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, Juen 22, 1870

Another aged citizen has gone from our midst.  Henry Snow, for sixty odd years a highly respected inhabitant of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died at the residence of his nephew Walter M. Conkey, on Tuesday, the 14th, at the advanced aged of 78 years.  Mr. Snow, with his widowed mother removed from Stonington, Conn., to this place early in the present century, when the country was new and was directly identified with the growth and prosperity of the infant settlement, which he tried to see become a growing and prosperous village.  He here learned the carpenters trade and subsequently carried on the cabinet business in connection with house building for a number of years.  For twenty-five years he was engaged with Abner Warner in the manufacture of carriages, the firm of Snow & Warner at once acquiring an enviable reputation, both on account of the excellence of their work and for their integrity, a reputation which has been well maintained by the surviving partner to this day.

Mr. Snow was strictly, proverbially honest, his word being considered as good as his bond.  We cannot better exemplify his probity and his uniformly mild disposition than in the words of him whose long intimate business and social relations give the right of authority to what he utters.

Mr. Warner, standing beside his coffined remains, with much feeling remarked:  "We have been partners for twenty-five years, and I cannot re-call a single instance when there was the least misunderstanding or when a single unkind word ever passed between us."

This is saying much for human nature, especially as we find it now a days, yet from what we know of Mr. Warner and know of the deceased, we can readily give full credence to the expression. Always quiet and unobtrusive, the last years of Mr. Snow have been mostly passed within a circle of his friends and a few acquaintances, remarkably free from ostentation or show.  He was younger by some four years than his brother Capt. William Show, who died about twelve months since.  Neither had ever married. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon.