Vital Records, Norwich, NY, August to October 1846

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. by Rev. W.H. Pearne, Mr. Samule Simmons, Jr., of West Burlington, Otsego Co. [NY] to Miss Catharine N. King of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Aug. 12, 1846]

On the 10th inst. by Rev. Mr. Richards, Wm. T. Gates of New York to Betsy Smith daughter of Jas. Smith of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] [Aug. 12, 1846]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 5th inst. by the Rev. T.H. Pearne of Binghamton, Mr. S.N. Root, merchant, of Madison, NY [Madison Co.] to Miss Phebe P. [Guernsey] daughter of Doct. J. Guernsey. [Aug. 12, 1846]

Also, at the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Orsah Richmond of Butternuts, N.Y. [Otsego Co.] to Miss Euphenia J. [Guernsey] youngest daughter of Doct. J. Guernsey. [Aug. 12, 1846]

On the 12th inst. by the Rev. J. Duncan, Mr. William Angle of Knowlton, Warren Co., N.J. to Miss Samantha Per Lee Burton, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY]. [Aug. 19, 1846]

On the 20th inst. by the Rev. J. Duncan, Mr. Lester D. Eccleston of Preston [Chenango Co., Y] to Miss Olive Burdick, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  [Aug. 26, 1846]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], on Monday evening, August 31st, by the Rev. A.C. Tuttle, Mr. David C. Buel to Mrs. Lucinda N. Williams,, daughter of William Newton of Sherburne. [Sept. 2, 1846]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday the 13th ult. by the Rev. L. Knox, Mr. Truman L. Greene to Mrs. Adeliza O. Camp, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 2, 1846]

On the morning of the 1st inst. in Christ Church, Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], by the Rev. Alfred B. Beach, Cyrus Strong Jr. Esq. of Binghamton, Broome Co. [NY], to Mary Martha Bush [Prentiss], daughter of Hon. John H. Prentiss. [Sept. 16, 1846]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. J. Duncan, Mr. Jos. H. Burdick to Miss Polly E. Chandler, daughter of A. Chandler, Esq., all of this town. [Sept. 16, 1846]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 9th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Goodrich, Mr. Loren D. Bacon of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah R. Hunt, of the former place. [Sept. 16, 1846]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday evening by Rev. Dow Burdick, Mr. Nehimiah Weed to Miss lora Burdick. [Sept. 16, 1846]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. by Rev. J. Soule, Mr. Charles A. Buel to Miss Louisa Adelaide King, both of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 23, 1846]

In Christ's Church, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Andrews, Mr. Henry K. Murray of the firm of Carter, Murray & Co. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Virginia Eliza [Dickinson], eldest daughter of Hon. D.S> Dickinson. [Oct. 22, 1846]

In Otego, Otsego Co. [NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wakeman, Col. Wm. T. Broadfoot of Conklin, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss Lodema Smith, of the former place. [Oct. 22, 1846]

In the same place, on the 21st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Chauncy Smith to Miss Lavincia Shepherd, all of Otego [Otsego Co., NY]. [Oct. 22, 1846]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday morning last, of cholera infantum, Mary Josephine [Reynolds] youngest daughter of R.O. Reynolds, Esq., aged 2 years.  [Aug. 12, 1846]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Mr. Thomas Lewis in the 55th year of his age.  Mr. Lewis was for many years a member of the Baptist Church, in this place.  He was a brother of great worth.  He was manifested in deep interest in the welfare of Zion.  He rejoiced in the days of her prosperity, and in the days of her adversity, he mourned.  He was a man of sound judgment, and deep Christian sympathies.  In his last days he was not troubled respecting his future home.  He knew the depravity of the human heart, but he had a strong hold on the merits, mercies and promises of the Saviour.  In his death the widow mourns the loss of a kind husband, the son an affectionate father, the church a wise counsellor, and society an industrious and valuable member.  "The righteous hath hope in his death."  In his case how true the language of the post:  "So fades a summer cloud away; / So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; / So gently shuts the eye of day; / So dies a wave along the shore"  [Aug. 12, 1846]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning, the 10th inst. suddenly, of numb palsey, Mrs. Martha Powers, wife of Jas. Powers, aged 62 years. [Aug. 19, 1846]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 18th ult. Edna Cecilia [Leach] only child of Willard H. and Harriet L. Leach, aged five months.  "Happy infant, early blest, / Rest, in peaceful slumber, rest. [Sept. 2, 1846]

In Piqua, Ohio, on the 29th ult. of congestive fever, Silas H. Chapman, formerly of this Co. [Chenango Co., NY] aged 24 years. [Sept. 23, 1946]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, Mr. George W. king, aged 54 years. [Sept. 23, 1846]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning, Miss Stella Pellet, aged 29 years. [Oct. 22, 1846]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the first inst., Mary T. [Avery] daughter of Hubbard B. Avery, in the 21st year of her age. [Oct. 22, 1846]