Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July to September 1841

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Towel, Mr. John W. King to Miss Adelia Roberts, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [July 21, 1841]

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by the Rev. A. Peck, Mr. Abner Angell, Jr., to Miss Lois Augusta Colkins, all of South New Berlin. [July 21, 1841]

In Fairfield, Herkimer Co. [NY] on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Albert D. Peck, Bartlett H. Mills Junior Editor of the Susquehanna Register, Montrose, Pa., to Miss Delia Halsey, of the former place. [Sept. 1, 1841]

At the Eagle Tavern, in this village [Norwich, Chenango co., NY], on Sunday, the 29th ult. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Hiram Johnson of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy Ann Eggleston of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] [Sept. 1, 1841]

In Homer, Cortland County [NY], on Monday evening inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, of this village, Mr. N. Pellet, Editor of the Chenango Telegraph, to Miss Malvinia [Bowen] daughter of Mr. Ira Bowen, of the former place.  [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Truxton, Cortland co. [NY] on the 25th ult. by the Rev. John M. Lewis, Mr. Edward Miller to Miss Emily W. Shedd. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Steubenville, Ohio, on the 19th ult. by the Rev. G.H. Comings, Mr. Abraham T. Per Lee, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaretta Willson, daughter of Judge James Willson, of the former place. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening the 1st inst. by the Rev. V.M. Coryell, Mr. Henry C. Willcox of Erwin, Steuben Co. [NY] to Miss Elizabeth J. Bosworth, of this village. [Sept. 8, 1841]

\In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday the 1st inst. by the Rev. L. Howard, Mr. Lemuel Wells to Miss Esther French, of this town. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult., by N.E. Murdock, Esq., Mr. Horace Barr to Miss Harriet Holden, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].  [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by the Rev. J. Sessions, Mr. Alva Owen of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Ann Jacox, of the same place. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Walton, Delaware Co. [NY], on the 8th inst. by the Rev. Archibald Bassett, Mr. Charles B. Smith. merchant, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jane Bassett, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Bassett, of the former place.  [Sept. 15, 1841]

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday, the 12th inst. by the Rev. H. Kelsey, of Pittsfield, Otsego Co. [NY], Mr. Charles Goodrich, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Fanny A. [Nichols], daughter of Dea. C.C. Nichols, of the former place. [Sept. 15, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday evening the 14th inst. by the Rev. J. Sessions, Mr. Arnold Wait(?) to Miss Mary L. Hopkins, daughter of Frederick Hopkins, Esq., all of this town. [Sept. 22, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by the Rev. L. Howard, Mr. Samuel H. Pike to Miss Lucy E. Hall, daughter of Thomas Hall, Esq., all of this town. [Sept. 29, 1841]

Deaths

In Johnstown, Fulton Co. [NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. Clarissa Hill, sister of P.B. Prindle, Esq., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and daughter of Mr. Elias Prindle, aged 31 years. [July 14, 1841]

In Homer Village [Cortland Co., NY], at the residence of her son, Mr. Orrin Bowen, on the 12th of June last, Mrs. Anna Bowen, widow of the late Hon. Levi Bowen, of that place. Mr. Bowen was one of the oldest settlers of Homer, having been a resident of that town for nearly forty years.  She was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a devoted Christian; and in her loss, the Church and her friends are consoled by the assurance that her reward is hereafter. Cortland Whig. [July 21, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Capt. John King, a Soldier of the Revolution, aged 89 years.  [Aug. 18, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., of consumption, Mr. Socrates Brooks, aged 63(?) years. [Aug. 18, 1841]

On the 13th ult. in Westfield, Chautauqua Co. N.Y., Joseph Collins, Esq. of Smyrna, Chenango Co. [NY] of bilious fever, aged 69 years. He was on his return from Michigan, where he had been to visit a son.  Having arrived at Westfield, he was attacked with the above complaint, and died after an illness of eight days.  Mr. Collins was one of the earliest settlers of this county, and by his energy of character, as well as his benevolence and firm regard to truth, had gained to himself a high reputation.  In his death his family, the church and the community, have sustained an irreparable loss.  [Sept. 1, 1841]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st inst., Mrs. Lucinda Place, wife of Mr. Foster C. Place, aged 26 years. [Sept. 15, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Mrs. Caroline Woodworth, wife of Mr. Azel Woodworth, aged 32 years. [Sept. 15, 1841]