Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 1848
Marriages
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st ult. by Rev. J.T. Goodrich, Mr. Gideon C. Mead, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Ann Church, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY]\, on the 4th inst. by the same, Rev. C.F. Dodge of Gibson, Susquehanna Co. Pa. to Miss Catharine M. Darling, of the former place. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st ult by Rev. E.P. Beecher, Mr. John Miller of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Calkins, of the same place. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In the same place, o the afternoon of the same day, by the same, Mr. Philip Bellinger to Miss Amelia Catharine Walead, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] [Sept. 6, 1848]
At North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 16th ult. by Rev. B. B. Gibbs, Mr. Edward Slater of Jersey City [NJ] to Miss Sarah A. [Poyer] daughter of Deacon J. Poyer, of the former place. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In Cortlandville [Cortland Co. NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. Mr. Benham, Mr. George Washington Peck, printer, of Lockport, Niagara Co. [NY] to Miss Alma L. Rose], daughter of Timothy Rose, Esq., of Cortlandville. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Moses Streeter of Whitingham, Vt., to Miss Elizabeth Phetteplace, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 13, 1848]
In the Universalist Church, in South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. by Rev. J.T. Goodrich, Mr. Geo. W. Bliss of Worcester, Mass. to Miss W. Landers, of the former place. [Sept. 13, 1848]
In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. Charles Shipman, Russel Case, Esq. of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Philura Stoddard, of the former place. [Sept. 13, 1848]
In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. L. Pomeroy, Mr. Winsor Newton of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jane Thompson of Catan, Steuben Co. [NY]. [Sept. 13, 1848]
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday the 12th inst. by Rev. E. Barber, Mr. Odell Gregory of Owego [Tioga Co. NY], to Miss Hannah A. Hinkley, of Norwich. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Greene [Chenango Co NY] on the 11th inst. by Rev. P. Compton, Mr. Daniel L. Wilcox, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Louisa Wilcox of Greene. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. Henry M. Brown of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily W. Wheeler, eldest daughter of Benson H. Wheeler, Esq., of the former place. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev William S. Smith, Mr. Andrew J. Gardiner, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mariette Van Tansel of Oxford. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Burdett, Tompkins Co. [NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. Mr. Ester, Mr. George W. Master, of Burdett to Miss Clarissa Williams, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Whitman Willcox, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Deliaette C. Shaw, of the former place. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Nehemiah Leach to Miss Marcia Harrington of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 7th inst. by Rev. Mr. Stone, Mr. Elijah Jones 2d, of Elmira, Chemung co. [NY] to Miss Mary E. Ross of the former place. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst. by Eld. J.M. Crandall, Mr. Ransom Sage, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Gibson, of the former place. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Albany [NY], on the 15th ult. by Rev. Dr. Wyckoff, Mr. T.S. Gillett, printer of Albany, to Miss Hannah Noble, adopted daughter of Wm. Cushman, Esq., of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst. by Rev. J. Hendrick Benjamin Franklin, M.D. of Georgetown, Madison Co. [NY] to Miss Rhoda Ann Cook, of the former place. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 19th inst. by Rev. Mr. Jerome, Mr. George W. Kirby to Miss Eunice Corbin both of Bainbridge. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edwin R. Keeler to Miss Hannah B. Allen, both of Oxford. [Sept. 27, 1848]
On the 17th, by the same, Mr. James Blossom, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Charlotte Watson, of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY]. [Sept. 27, 1848]
Deaths
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY on the 8th inst. Mary [Holcomb] daughter of Henry A. and Mary Holcomb, aged 2 years, 4 months and 22 days. The flower that blossomed on the earth / Has faded from our sight, / And met with joy the heavenly birth, / In realms of love and light. [Sept. 13, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Harriet [Potter] wife of Mr. Benjamin Potter, aged 50 years. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Rebecca [Gardiner] wife of Mr. Daniel S. Gardiner, aged 24 years. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Polly [Allen] wife of Mr. Justus E Allen, aged 52 years. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. George [Bowers], son of Stephen and Susannah Bowers, aged 3 years. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Austin [Abbot] son of Arron B. and Ann Elzia Abbot, aged 1 year and 11 months. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. Mrs. Ada Ann Bunnell wife of Mr. Charles F. Bunnell, aged 23 years and 2 months. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. George D. Hays, aged 16 years and 2 months. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In Utica [Oneida Co., NY] on the 29th ult. Miss Harriet T. Craig, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 21 years. [Sept. 20, 1848]
In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], on the 14th inst. Miss Harriet W. Purdy, daughter of Willard and Lucina Purdy, in the 20th year of her age. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 18th inst. Mary Elizabeth [Osborn] daughter of Edward M. and Elsie Osborn, aged 10 months. [Sept. 27, 1848]
Also, on the 22d inst. John Jefferson [Osborn], son of E.M. Osborn, aged 8 years. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. James Oliver [King] son of Thomas Jefferson and Susan D. King, aged 10 m. [Sept. 27, 1848]
In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st ult. Mrs. Hannah W. Truair, wife of John G.K. Truair, principal of Norwich Academy, aged 34 years. The deceased, during her residence here, had charge of the Female Department of that institution. Seldom has a death occurred in our midst, that severed so many dear and sacred ties and left a void in so many places that we can hardly hope to see as well filled again. She was suddenly stricken down from her high and responsible position in the vigor of her powers in the height of her usefulness and promise, when she had an apparent hold on many years of life, and a hope of devoting them to the mental and moral elevation of others. She left all that the dead can leave to console surviving friends - the remembrance of a life which they can review with pride and satisfaction, and imitate with safety, and a confident assurance that she has departed to enjoy the happiness that the Savior has promised to the faithful. Almost her last words bore testimony that religion sustained her triumphantly in the agonies of disease and arched with the bow of promise the dark valley of the shadow of death. The present members of the Academy, and those who had formerly profited by her instruction, followed her remains to the grave. The inconsolable grief evinced by all who had stood in so intimate a relation to her, was the best comment on her many virtues, the highest evidence of the irreparable loss sustained by her death. All mourned for her, not merely as one who imparted the ordinary instructions of a teacher, but as an ever-watchful friend and adviser, illumining the dark ways to which wisdom is found, with the sweet smile of affection, and in a self-sacrificing spirit toiling to prepare them for usefulness here and for the heavenly joy in which she has been summoned before them to participate. It may be truly said that she did not live in vain. In the years she has spent as a teacher, how much has she said that is measured up in memory, and that will now have the double force and sacredness of words falling from the lips of the loved and lost. It is not alone in the school room, or in the home that is felt desolate or in the circles of prayer where her voice was wont to be heard that she will be missed, but in every place where a feeling heart prompts women to do and suffer to alleviate affliction. [Sept. 6, 1848]
In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Erastus R. Johnson, Esq., aged 30 years. During his minority, he labored on a farm in the town of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], and for several years after he employed the principal portion of this time in attending school in this region, and teaching in Kentucky and elsewhere, and in pursuing the study of Law, in Norwich and Oxford. With but a common school education, and almost entirely unaided by so doing, in a comparatively brief period, his own unyielding exertions admitted him to practice as Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court in this State. He was twice elected Superintendent of Common Schools of the town of Oxford, and with his accustomed liberality, he served gratuitously during the whole time he held the office. He possessed a lively imagination and a vigorous, though not thoroughly disciplined, intellect. His mind was well stored with varied knowledge always at his command, which, with good oratorical powers made him a ready and effective speaker, advocate and debater. Few men of his years knew better how to curb a willing witness or to extract the truth from an unwilling one, or how to fortify the strong points of his client's cause or assail the weak ones of his adversary. Free from every species of intemperance and vice, and strictly moral in all his ways, he found ready access to the society of the virtuous and good wherever he went. He was distinguished for great energy of character and sustained an enviable reputation. He was a peaceable and orderly citizen, an obliging neighbor, a dutiful son, an estimable brother, an affectionate husband, a kind father, and a faithful friend. Liberal in his views, firm in his resolutions, and pure in his influence, his sudden and untimely exist, in the morning of life and in the midst of his usefulness, will be severely felt, not only by his numerous relatives, but by the whole community in which he resided. His funeral was attended on the 8th inst. by a large concourse of sympathizing citizens, and he was buried with the ceremonies peculiar to the Order of Odd fellows of which he was a member. [Sept. 13, 1848]
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