Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 3, 1870
Marriages
GILE - TITUS: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], July 14th, by Rev. S. Moore, Mr. Edwin J. Gile to Miss Martha J. Titus, all of North Norwich.
BEAL - GAGE: In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], by Rev. R.A. Clark, Mr. James T. Beal to Miss Sarah A. Gage, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].
HYDE - BOYD: At the residence of Col. C.L. Hatheway, in Solon, June 30th, Miles G. Hyde, M.D. of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], formerly teacher in the Norwich Academy, to Miss Julia Boyd, of Geneva, Wis.
Deaths
BAKER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], july 30th, Mr. Patrick Baker, aged 24 years.
NEWTON: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], July 26th, Mrs. Alice Newton, aged 82 years.
PENDLETON: In Nineveh, Broome Co. [NY] July 20th, of consumption, Susan A. [Pendleton] wife of Wm. B. Pendleton, aged 42 years.
The Havana Journal has the following explanation of the manner in which Lyman Wilbur, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], lost his life at Millport [Chemung Co. NY]. Mr. Wilbur was drawing a large oak log to one of the mills at that place, and while passing under the railroad bridge was caught between the log and abutment of the bridge in such a manner [that he broke] both hips, besides receiving internal injuries. He lived but about an hour after the accident.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, Aug. 3, 1870
Deaths
MOWRY: In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], July 25th, Mrs. Hannah Mowry,, aged 88 years.
WHEELER: In Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co. [NY], Sophia Wheeler, wife of Newell Wheeler, aged 40 years.
WILLIAMS: In Medina, N.Y. [Orleans Co] July 17th, Mr. Henry Williams, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 84 years.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 4, 1870
Marriage
In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], on the 24th ult. by R.P. Chapman, Esq. Mr. John Livingston, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY] and Mrs. Almira Chandler, of Pitcher.
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] on the 30th ult. Ursula C. [Walker] daughter of Simeon Walker, aged 7 years 10 months and 14 days.
In Troy, Pa. on the 11th ult. Lucy A. [Winston] wife of Morgan L. Winston, and daughter of William Keech, Esq. of Colesville, Broome Co. N.Y., in the 33d year of her age.
Death of Lieut. Theodore Evans
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 3, 1870
The many friends of Lieut. Theodore Evans, here and elsewhere, late of the 114th regiment, N.Y.S.V., will be pained to learn of his death which occurred at Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] from consumption, on the 21st [of July], in the 31st year of his age. Lieut. Evans was one of the best young men ever raised in Chenango County, and one of the most reliable and exemplary soldiers of the army. He entered the service, as I learn from Dr. Beecher's war record, as a private of Company H, Capt. Bullock's in July 1862, and was promoted corporal in the September ensuing; promoted sergeant in August 1863 and to first lieutenant in December 1864. In December 1863, he was sent north on recruiting service, and in August 1864, was ordered with a squad of men to New Orleans, to obtain the camp and garrison equipage of the 15th division, 19th corps, with which he was connected, and which were left in the Gulf Department when that command was transferred to northern fields. Lieutenant, then Sergeant Evans, was the soldier referred to by Gen. Emory in his testimony before the committee on the conduct of the war, relative to relieving the flotilla of gunboats at Alexandria, La., during the memorable Red River campaign. The plan submitted by Col. Bailey to Gen. Banks, and which was approved and adopted, was simply this: That a dam be constructed across the river, about half a mile below the falls, where the bed of the river furnished a good foundation, and the current was comparatively slow. By this means it was expected that the water could be raised several feet higher on the rapids, when the vessels could easily float over, and a gap being blown in the dam by a torpedo, they would pass to a place of safety. The plan suggested by Sergeant Evans was the one substantially adopted by Col. Bailey, the success of which made him a brigadier. Deceased possessed a remarkable mechanical genius, belonging to a family of mechanics and millwrights, his father, Jehiel Evans, being one of the best in the country. His funeral was attended on Saturday last by a large concourse of friends and citizens. He leaves a wife and one child to mourn their loss.
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