Vitals Records, Norwich, NY, August to October 1847

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Asa M. Wilber to Miss Mary R. [Dimmick] daughter of Eber Dimmick, Esq., all of Smyrna [Sept. 15, 1847]

On Monday, 20th inst., by Rev. C.P. Jennings, Mr. Wm. Eaton to Miss Amarinthe E.T. Carr, all of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] [Sept. 22, 1847]

At Geneva, W.T., by the Rev. Mr. Benson, Mr. Sidney Buell, formerly of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary L. Maynard, of the former place. [Sept. 22, 1847]

On the 23d inst. by Rev. J.S. Mitchell, Mr. James Mahan, of Pine Grove, Warren Co. Pa., to Miss Catharine Brooks, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 29, 1847]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. J.S. Mitchell, Mr. German Randall of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Charlotte Friedenburgh, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY]. [Oct. 6, 1847]

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. J.N. Chamberlin, Mr. Richard Se to Miss Sarah Marsh, both of that place. [Oct. 20, 1847]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. J.S. Mitchell, Mr. George Hopkins, of Norwich to Miss Rebecca Hall, Union Vale, Dutchess Co. [NY] [Oct. 20, 1847]

In Warren, Ct., on the 28th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Keep, Erasmus Bowen, Esq., of Homer [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Hannah C.  Howard, of the former place. [ Oct. 27, 1847]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Rufus A. [Utley], only son of Mr. Rufus Utley, aged 11 months and 18 days. [Aug. 4, 1847]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Isaac Slater, aged 82 years. [Aug. 11, 1847]

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, the 12th instant, Joseph Augustus [Lyon], infant child of Mr. S.V. Lyon, of Green.  [Aug. 18, 1847]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst.  -?-, infant son of L.H. Clogston, of Boston, aged two months and fourteen days. [Aug. 25, 1847]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mr. Gordon Weaver, aged 51 years. [Aug. 25, 1847]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, George Oliver [Bement], aged three years, and Charlotte [Bement] aged one year, children of Mr. George Bement. [Sept. 1, 1847]

In Sampronius, Cayuga County [NY] on Wednesday morning, the 8th inst., Mrs. Eliza K. [Robbins], wife of J.W. Robbins, M.D., and daughter of B.B. Kingsley of Triangle, Broome Co. [NY], formerly of Cincinnatus Cortland Co. [NY] [Sept. 15, 1847]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., after an illness of 22 days, Henry M. [Hurlbut], eldest son of Dr. H. Hurlbut, aged 14 years. [Sept. 15, 1847]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Anna Wagner, wife of Fredrick Wagner, in the 70th year of her age.  Mrs. W. had for many years been a communicant of the Presbyterian Church and died in the triumphant hope of a glorious immortality. [Sept. 22, 1847]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] of consumption, on the 11th inst. Lucinda M. Holmes of Moscow, Genesee Co., aged 21 years. [Sept. 22, 1847]

On the 6th inst. at his residence in Cambridge city, Ia., Leander Hurd, formerly of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years. [Sept. 22, 1847]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th ult. of a lingering and most painful illness, Miss Roxy Lucinda Church daughter of Benj. Church, aged 21 years. She suffered with Christian resignation in life, and through Christ her Redeemer triumphed in death.  [Oct. 6, 1847]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th of October, Benj. R. Havely, aged 18 years. [Oct. 20, 1847]

In Westmoreland, Oneida Co. [NY] on the 7th inst. of Typhus fever, Miss Abby M. Marr, sister of George W. Marr, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 19 years.  With painful feelings, we announce the death of this estimable young lady.  she was a resident of our village, and at the time of her death was on a visit to her relatives in Westmoreland where she was overtaken by the disease that snatched her from the embrace of her friends and hurried her to the grave.  All who knew her, will bear testimony of her amiable character and her many virtues, and will unite in deeply mourning her untimely death. She was known only to be cherished, with feelings of the most ardent friendship and esteem.  A uniformly kind and gentle disposition strongly endeared her to all.  The friendship that was felt for her was real and unaffected.  It was a silent tribute paid to her virtues and her worth.  To her numerous kindred and relatives her loss is irreparable.  The most cherished and beloved of their number, in the morning of life has been suddenly taken from them forever.  A stunning ornament has been stricken from the circle in which she moved, and a place made vacant which she alone could fill.  In contemplating her death, we feel in all its force, the truth of the saying that death loves a shining mark and may well explain what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue.  [Oct. 20, 1847]

At his father's residence in Mt. Upton, on the 24th ult. Wm. N. Billings, aged 22 years.  He was a youth of more than common talents, of a kind disposition and very engaging manners.  He had just entered the study of law under favorable circumstances and was held in highest estimation by all who knew him.  He has left a father, mother and two sisters to mourn his early death.  He descended to the grave calmly and with a firm hope of eternal life through the merits of the Redeemer.  [Oct. 20, 1847]

In this town, on the 24th inst., Hesekiah Brown, Esq. aged 69 years.  He was one of the earliest inhabitants of this town and performed the labors and endured the privations incident ot the settlement of a new country.  Possessed of a strong and vigorous constitution, an excellent judgment, an ardent temperament with an indomitable perseverance and unbending integrity of purpose, he was admirably qualified to share the responsibilities which ever devolve on the pioneers of a new country.  though he had never enjoyed the advantages of what would now be regarded as a common school education, He was for many years honored by his fellow citizens with some of the most important trusts of the county and performed the duties imposed by the various offices which he held, with fidelity.  He was constant in his attachments to his friends, and if he was too strong in his prejudices against those whom he regarded as enemies, it should be attributed to human infirmity. Though a portion of his life was embittered by conforming to a custom, which, when he entered upon public life, prevailed among all classes of men, and is still conformed to by a great many individuals, yet for the last five years he has carried out to the letter the principles of total abstinence from all kinds of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.  when as a last resort his physicians and friends tho't it necessary to make use of alcoholic stimulus, he obviously received it as a medicine only, and one of the most touching incidents of his sickness was undoubtedly designed to express what he found it impossible to embody in words, his dying testimony in favor of cold water as the appropriate drink for man.  After he had become fully satisfied that he could not recover, the writer of this imperfect tribute to his memory proposed to him to take -?- spirits.  He hesitated a moment and then said he wanted some water from a spring at a little distance from his house.  His request was complied with.  He drank for the last time from his favorite spring, while his countenance indicated the peace and satisfaction he felt within.  Through life he manifester an unwavering devotion to the interests of his family, and it was to secure the prosperity of two sons residing in Illinois that he visited that distant region and exposed himself to the miasma which floats abundantly in the -?-.  He returned bringing in his physical system, the seeds of death.  Though everything was done for him that kindness and -?- suggest, he has relinquished his hold of life, and left a numerous family and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. The general tenor of his life was a practical -?- on the sentiment expressed in the following lines:  "A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod, / An honest man's the noblest work of God. " [Oct. 27, 1847]