Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February, March & April 1836

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Davis J. Davis to Miss Mary M. miller, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] []Feb. 3, 836]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last by the Rev. L.S. Rexford, Elijah Smith Lyman M.D. to Miss Mercy White, all of that place. [Feb. 3, 1836]

In Butternuts, Otsego County [NY], on the 18th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Loomis, Mr. David R. Arnold, merchant, of Vesper, Onondaga County [NY], son of Stephen Arnold, Esq., of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Maria L. Thomas, daughter of James Thompson, Esq. of the former place. [Feb. 24, 1836]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. by Elder Beach, Mr. Nelson Benedict to Miss Lucretia Aldrich, all of that place. [Mar 2, 1836]

At the same place, on the 25th ult., by Elder Bowdish, Mr. Alson Adams to Miss Betsey Evans, all of that place. [Mar. 2, 1836]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday evening last, by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. Jonathan Green, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy P. Breed,  of the former place. [Mar. 23, 1836]

At Mount Morris, Livingston County [NY] on Thursday, the 17th inst. by the Rev. C.H. Goodrich, Mr. Hugh Harding, Editor of the Mount Morris Spectator, to Miss Emily M. Percival, formerly of Smyrna in this county [Chenango Co., NY], all of Mt. Morris. [Mar. 30, 1836]

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. by the Rev. Luther H. Peck, Mr. Roswell K. Bourne, Principal of the Sylvan Springs High School, to Miss Rosina Maria [Carpenter], daughter of Nathan Carpenter, Esq. all of the same place. [Mar. 30, 1836]

In Ithaca [Tompkins Co., NY], on the 21st ult. by the Rev. Mr. Castle, Mr. Ansel Berry of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hannah J. Gage, late of New Hampshire. [Apr. 6, 1836]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Dyer, Doct. Milton Mason to Miss Sophia Slade, all of that town. [Apr. 6,  1836]

In Addison, Steuben County [NY], on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Butts, Mr. William M. Fenton, of Pontiac, Michigan, to Miss Adelaide S. Birdsall, of the former place.  The parties to this union were formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] [Apr. 20, 1836]

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Mary Toby, daughter of Stephen Arnold, Esq., aged 30 years. [Feb. 3, 1836]

In Lebanon, Madison Co. [NY], on hte 23d ult., Mrs. Semanthe Monger, aged 33 years, and daughter of Israel Farrell, deceased, late of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY]. [Feb. 17, 1836]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mrs. Theresa M. Smith, wife of Mr. James H. Smith, aged 31 years.  Mrs. Smith had been a member of the Baptist church in this place during the last eight years of her life.  She was ever devoted to the cause of Christ mind stating at all times the deepest anxiety for lost men, and though her health for the last four years was much impaired by illness, yet her wasting strength was employed in doing good.  Her afflictions until the last were borne with a Christian patience, and during her last illness, which was very severe, she manifested much resignation to the will of her Heavenly Father, and in her expiring moments she bade her husband and friends Farewell with a smile--warning them all to prepare to follow her into the Eternal world.  In this afflictive providence, Mr. Smith is left with a little son about five years of age, in connexion with other near friends, to mourn the absence of one near by the ties of nature, the church a devoted member, and society a faithful and affectionate friend.  "Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord."  [Mar. 23, 1836]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. Mr. Samuel Guernsey, bother of P.B. Guernsey, Esq., of this village, aged 59 years.  A correspondent of the Oxford Republican pays the following brief and just tribute to the memory of Mr. Guernsey:  "He had been an inhabitant of Oxford nearly 40 years and was one of our most respectable and worthy citizens.  A man of industry, he reaped its rewards by the happy abundance that surrounded him.  A man of integrity and honor he enjoyed the confidence of a large circle of acquaintance and friends.  A man of strict morality and virtue, he commanded and enjoyed the respect of all.  Above all, he was a Christian." [Apr. 20, 1836]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. Abijah Lobdell, Esq., in the 47th year of his age. [Apr. 20, 1836]