Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 1, 1872
Marriages
ANDREWS -= DYE: At the home of the bride, April 24th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. Wm. Andrews of Taylor, Cortland Co. [NY], to Miss Jane Dye, of Pitcher, Chenango Co. [NY].
FISH - DOPP: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], March 1st by Wm. Carrier, Mr. Orlando Fish to Miss Ida Dopp, of Lebanon, Madison Co. [NY].
Deaths
PENDLETON: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday morning, April 24th, of brain fever, James N. Pendleton aged 10 years and 10 months, only son of Nathan Pendleton and brother of Mrs. R.A. Stanton, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].
TILYOU: In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 24th, George [Tilyou' son of John D. Tilyou, aged 14 years, 8 months.
BROWN: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] April 26th, Mr. Lorenzo W. Brown, Aged 84 years.
MAXSON: In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] April 28th, Albert J. Maxon, aged 17 years, son of Paul C. maxson.
BENSON: In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] April 7th, after a short but severe illness, Addy [Benson], youngest child of Newton and Jane Benson, aged 5 years, 6 months, 20 ds.
THOMPSON: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Mrs. Dimmis Thompson in the 73d? year of her age.
PIERCE: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], April 21st, Mr. John Pierce, aged 66 years.
HYATT: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 16th, Mr. Charles S. Hyatt, aged 69? years.
DAVIS: In Marquette, Wis., April 6th Lucilla A. Davis daughter of T.B. Fairchild, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 1, 1872
Marriage
McDONALD - HOPKINS: In German [Chenango Co. NY], Aril 14th, at the residence of Samuel Hopkins by Rev. Horace Wilber, Mr. William mcDonald, of Taylor [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Amanda Hopkins, of German.
Deaths
DIMMICK: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the 28th inst. after a brief illness of scarlet fever, Myrtle Evelyn [Dimmick] eldest daughter of Charles H. and Mary Dimmick, aged five years and eighteen days.
GEER: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], March 27th, Charlotte A. [Geer], wife of B.F. Geer, aged 31 years, 5 months and 10 days.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 2, 1872
Deaths
In German [Chenango Co. NY], April 21st, after a protracted illness of four months, Mr. O.J. Purdy, aged 56 years. Gone, missed and mourned.
In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], April 22d, Mr. Alexander Tucker, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 64 years.
In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], april 24th, Emeline E. [Wavle], wife of henry Wavle, aged 49 years.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 1, 1872
Deaths
WARN: In South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY] March 31st, Mrs. Lucy Warn, aged 88 years.
VANDERHULE: In Yarkton, Dakota Ter. of pneumonia, Jesse D. Vanderhule, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 52 years.
Sherman News, Sherman, NY, May 4, 1872
Deaths
SHERMAN: In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY], on the 29th inst. of congestive fever, Edwin Manchester [Sherman] son of Mrs. lucy Sherman, aged 8 years.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. M. Griswold, relict of the late Lyman Griswold, left her house in Worcester, Otsego County, and went up to their sap bush, some sixty or seventy rods away, to boil down sap which her son had gathered, and while thus engaged at about 5 o'clock, her dress coming in contact with the blaze which the wind blew towards her, caught on fire, and soon she was enveloped in flames. Her screams were heard by a man chopping not far off, who hallooed to her son plowing in an adjoining field, and they in haste repaired to the scene but too late to render any life-saving assistance. Her clothes were all consumed as far as her waist, and part of her body was burned to a crisp. They took her home immediately, and two physicians were promptly on hand to administer to her relief. Opiates were administered but without avail. She suffered the most excruciating pain until a quarter after eleven o'clock, when death came to her relief. An attendant, up to her dying moment, stated that she retained all her senses until the last, but her screams, groans and agony were extremely heart rending. she was fifty-three years and five months old, leaving several orphan children and many relatives and friends to mourn this sudden bereavement. Schenevus Monitor
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, May 4, 1872
Deaths
In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 25th, John Carr, aged 60 years.
In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 27th, Bessie L. [Willey], daughter of Leaforest and Celia Willey, aged eight months.
Twas a lovely babe that we buried there / With her marble cheek and her silken hair, / The beautiful brow of the sleeping child / Spoke a thoughtful brain and spirit mild. / Her beautiful hands together were clasped / As a spring bouquet they gently grasped
A Young Man Scalded to Death by Falling into a Pan of Boiling Syrup
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 1, 1872
One of the most frightful accidents that has come under our notice in a long time, occurred in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], on the night of April 20th, and by which a young man named Job Knickerbocker, lost his life in a singular and horrible manner.
The deceased worked for James M. Phillips and had been engaged in making sugar through the week, and on Saturday night had made arrangements with four or five other boys to remain in the sugar bush all night and boil down the sap that had been gathered through the day, as is generally the custom. At dusk the boys gathered at the bush, bringing eggs with them to boil in the sap, and calculating to have a joyful time.
The sap house or boiling place was an old dwelling, the first floor of which was occupied by the arch and pans, there were two of them four or five feet long and about six inches deep, the flooring of the room overhead had been partly taken out, and the boy had built him a bunk there.
The boys had worked and played around the bush late and until the sap had boiled down almost to syrup, and being tired had turned in for the night, some of them going overhead, leaving Job up. One of the boys occupied his bunk and when he retired, he lay down on the floor near the open space, directly over the boiling pans.
Later in the night the boys were awakened by dreadful shrieks of agony and were horrified to discover that Job had rolled off from his narrow resting place and into the boiling syrup below, a distance of about eight feet. He struck on his side in one pan and was obliged to put one hand into the other to extricate himself. After he had got out, he ran screaming at every step for his mother's house a distance of half a mile, as he neared the house, he ceased his cries for fear of alarming his mother and entered the dwelling with the flesh hanging in shreds from both hands and arms. On examination it was found that his side was fearfully scaled, the flesh coming off with his clothing. His boots were also partly filled with the boiling syrup. He lived about eighteen hours, everything that could be, was done for the poor sufferer.
He was in the habit of getting up in his sleep and it is supposed that on this night he got up and walked off, or else being restless rolled over until he made the fatal fall.
His age was seventeen years, and he was the son of Hezekiah knickerbocker, who we believe enlisted from this town, and who died while returning from the army. the funeral of the boy was held on Sunday and was largely attended.
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