Vital Records, Greene, NY, July 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 5, 1866

Death

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Nellie [Nichols], daughter of Mrs. Stoddard S. Nichols, aged 12 years and 4 months.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 12, 1866

Marriages

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Oren G. Watrous, of this town, to Miss Sarah J. Touslee, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by H.F. Beardsley, Esq., Chas. N. Elliott, late Adjt. of the 35th Reg. Wis. Inf. Vols, and Miss Ellen A. Cork, both of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY].

At the Baptist Church in Yale Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. C.S. Crain, Mr. James Burch, to Mrs. Zeruah Yale, widow of Joel Yale, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. L. Church, Mr. Henry Gregory, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Jane Crandall, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. A.J. Marshall to Miss Rosanna Bliven, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Charles Franklin to Miss Hattie A. Eccleston, both of McDonough.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Edgar Garret, Esq., Mr. Oscar A. More, to Miss Frances A. Dennis, all of Afton.

At the residence of the bride's father, on the 3d inst., by Rev. Wm. Watson, Mr. Marvin Pope, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to C. Libbie Hoag, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Henry S. Terwilliger, aged 85 years.

In New Ohio [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mrs. Salina Hackett, aged 47 years.

In Lisle [Broome Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mr. Benjamin Harrington, formerly of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 78 years.

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst. Mrs. T.M. Relyea, aged 45 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 19, 1866

Marriage

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], o the 15th inst., by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Geo. W. Marr to Miss Mercy Griffing, all of Norwich.

Deaths

At the residence of his daughter, in Morris, Otsego Co. [NY], on the 12th inst. Mr. Ithamer Hitchcock, father of L.R. Hitchcock, of this village, aged 76 years.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on the 7th inst. Mr. Geo. A. Whipple, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged about 60 years.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Ferdinand A. Gilmore, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 19 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Cecelia [Bump], wife of the late Henry Bump, aged 72 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary Cary, aged 81 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Lucy Elvira [Terry], wife of E.K. Terry, aged 23 years, 11 months.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 15th inst., Mr. Reuben Aldrich, aged 81 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mrs. Abigail Burlingame, widow of Arthur Burlingame, aged 84 years, 7 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Caroline M. [Hough] wife of Daniel W. Hough, aged 62 years.

Fatal Case of Sun Stroke:  A fatal case of sun stroke occurred in this town [Greene, Chenanog Co., NY] on Tuesday last.  A young man named Wm. Moore, about 25 years of age, while at work in the hay field of Geo. Duntley, a short distance from this village, was attacked with sun stroke, falling to the ground insensible.  Dr. Johnson of this village was immediately summoned, but he only reached the house to which the victim had been removed, just as he expired.  He was an industrious young man of good habits. 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 26, 1866

Marriages

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Artemas J. Webb to Miss Ruth A. Bolt, all of Greene.

At the same time and place, Mr. Wm. A. Bolt, to Miss Jennie Durham, both of Grene [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Mr. Reuben Wheaton, deaf mute, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 64 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Cynthia A. [Sprague], wife of Leander Sprague, aged 34 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d inst., Mrs. Jane Ann Close, aged 81 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mrs. Eliza R. Purington, aged 58 years.

Death of George P. Barnard

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 12, 1866

n Grand Rapids, Mich., suddenly, on the 27th ult., Mr. George P. Barnard, youngest son of Mrs. Charles E. Barnard, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], in the 33d year of his age. [Chenango American, July 5, 1866]

Scarcely had the news become general in the city of the sudden and dangerous illness of our esteemed fellow citizen, Geo. P. Barnard, Esq., when the announcement of his death, which occurred last evening at 10 o'clock, came with its sombre mantle and shrouded as with a pall the hearts of the large circle of his warm and personal friends and acquaintances.  He had for some days been suffering from the effects of a severe cold yet had until Saturday last been in daily attendance at his store.  In the early part of the week his symptoms assumed the more dangerous form of inflammation of the liver and surrounding organism, and thence forward the progress of his disease was rapid, baffling the utmost skill of his physicians to its fatal termination last evening.

Mr. Barnard was, we believe, a native of Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y.  He came to this city about twelve years since, and soon after purchased the interest of W.B. Howe in the book trade, in which he has ever since continued, at the well-known stand corner of Canal and Pearl Sts.  As a businessman he had won and enjoyed, to an unusual degree, the confidence and hearty esteem of the entire community.  Strictly honorable and upright in his dealings, a man with whom honesty and integrity was natural and a ruling principle, he was steadily and deservedly successful and had built up for himself a remunerative business, free from embarrassments and promising a comfortable competency for his family in future years.  He was proverbially kind, affectionate in his family relations, and generous, to a fault.  If he had faults, and who has not?, they were not vicious ones, but such rather as grew from the warmth of his friendship, and from his genial and convivial spirit.  Wrong intentions were utterly foreign to his nature, and his native goodness of heart was so conspicuous as to win unconsciously the hearts of all his acquaintances.

He leaves a wife and three children on whom this stroke of sudden bereavement falls with a heavy hand.  The entire community, who so highly esteemed him, will heartily sympathize with them in their grievous affliction. The deceased was thirty-two years of age.  Thus, truly "In the midst of life we are in death."

We learn that the relatives of the deceased, at the East, have been telegraphed, and some of them are expected to arrive by this evening or the morning train, until which event definite arrangements for the funeral are postponed.  Grand Rapids (Mich.) Daily Eagle, June 28th.

Vital Records Greene, NY, June 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 1866

Marriages

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. L. B. Hyde, Theron W. Sharp, of Greene, to Miss Ann English, of Omemee, C.W.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Loren W. Lincoln, of Groton [Tompkins Co., NY], to Miss Mary F. Main, of Dryden [Tompkins Co., NY].

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 30th ult. by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Daniel Noyes, to Mrs. Sarah A. Hickok, all of Norwich.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Mrs. Tacy [Johnson], wife of Eben Johnson, aged 57 years.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Louisa L. [Day], wife of Calvin Day, aged 52 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 14, 1866

Marriages

At Sing Sing, N.Y. [Westchester Co.] on the 7th inst., by Rev. D. Geer, Rev. W.H. DeLancey Grannis, Rector of St. Thomas Church, Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], and Harriet Green, daughter of Dr. Horace Green, of the former place.

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Philetus A. Clark, of Elizabeth City, N.J., and Miss Carrie R. Chamberlain, of Chenango Forks.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. W. Ayrsult, Maj. O.H. Curtis, to Miss Susan E. Van Wagenen, all of Oxford.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. R.A. Paterosn, Mr. Waldo H. Tyler, of Westford, Otsego Co. [NY] to Miss Ella J. Marr, of Norwich.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., of consumption Miss Helen Northrup, daughter of N.W. Northrup, aged 16 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Phebe J. [Hotchkiss], wife of Calvin Hotchkiss, aged 42 years.

Fatal Accident:  On Saturday last, a fatal accident happened two miles north of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the canal boat D.J. Millard.  A little girl of Capt. Rob't Hart, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY], was to play on the boat and fell down the hatchway breaking her neck.

A Sad Sight:  A raving lunatic was taken to Utica [Oneida Co., NY] for treatment in the Asylum.  He was formerly a soldier, a member of the Forty-first regiment.  His name is George W. Basseett.  He was one of the Andersonville prisoners, and the terrible privations which he then suffered so shattered his constitution that he never fully recovered and was finally reduced to his present pitiable condition.  The phantom which seemed to possess his mind was a Hell, to which he himself and everybody around him were hastening.  Doubtless the fearful scenes of that death pen at Andersonville had been seared into his brain as with a red-hot iron, till all else is burned out but that one terrible thing which is now within him a living horror, a burning, fearful Hell.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 21, 1866

Marriages

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. L.F. Spafford, Mr. A.A. Skinner, of Brooklyn, N.Y., to Miss I.S. Root, of Preston.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by Edgar Garret, Esq., Mr. Seneca Aylesworth to Miss Mary Davis.

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. C.F. Hewes, Mr. John A. McDaniels, of Vinton, Iowa, to Miss Florence A. [Hewes], eldest daughter of the officiating clergy man.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. James Douglas, of Pulaski, N.Y. assisted by Rev. E.H. Payson, George Douglas, M.D. to Jane A. [Mygatt], daughter of Willliam Mygatt, Esq., both of Oxford.

Deaths

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. Alanson Green, aged 54 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] on the 12th inst., Mr. John Avery, aged 85 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 13th inst. Mr. Walter Brown aged 68 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mr. Roger Kinney, aged 60 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Alvin C. Hubbard, only son of Hon Demas Hubbard, M.C., aged 37 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 18, 1866

Marriage

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], o the 13th inst. by Rev. C. Elliott, Mr. Joseph Dent to Mrs. Sarah Lee, all of Page Brook [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., Mr. Elnathan Terry, aged 71 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Mrs. Lephe G. Riddell, aged 78 years.

At North Stonington, Conn., on the 24th inst. Giles Wheeler, Esq., aged 65 years, father of Mrs. B. Gage Berry, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Death of the Communioin Table:  The Syracuse Journal relates the particulars of the death of an aged lady on Sunday last, in that city.  Mrs. Sarah Higgins, aged 78 years, went to the Park Presbyterian Church, attended by her daughter.  She took her seat, and while the pastor was reading the opening hymn, "Rock of Ages," Mrs. H. Fell dead from her seat, without a moment's warning that the messenger was ear.

Death of Roswell K. Bourne, Esq.

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co.., NY], on the 23d inst. of cancer, Roswell K. Bourne, Esq., aged 53 years.

This event, says the Chenango Telegraph, which has for a long time been anticipated, occurred at Cincinnatus on Saturday last, the 23d inst.  The funeral was on Monday of this week and attended by a large and sympathizing audience.  The services were entirely by the Masons, of which order Mr. Bourne had long been a bright and enthusiastic member. The Norwich lodge, of which he was once W.M. and those of Greene, Cortlandville and Upper Lisle were present in a body, with delegations from Oxford and other lodges, all of whom participated in the impressive services, as conduction by A.J Avery, W.M. of the Norwich lodge, and aided in rendering fitting honor to the memory of their departed brother. 

Vital Records, Greene, NY, May 17, 24, & 31 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 17, 1866

Marriages

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 89th inst., at the residence of the bride, by Rev. D.D. Brown, Mr. Heth Young to Miss Mary Brown, both of Plymouth.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. J.W. Burr, Alonzo Blackman of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Kate M. Totman, of Pharsalia.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. Linnie [Lyon], only daughter of the widow of the late Geo. M. Lyon, aged 4 years and 2 months.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Charles [Smith], son of Frederick H. Smith, aged 3 years.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21stult. Sarah [Post], consort of Dea. Levi Post aged 67 years.

Thurlow W. Brown, died at Fort Atkinson, Wis., on the 4th inst. Mr. Brown formerly resided at Preston, in this County [Chenango Co., NY], and was well known to many of our oldest citizens.  He was formerly editor of the Cayuga Chief.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 24, 1866

Marriages

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult., by Rev. L. D. Turner, Mr. John H. Baker of Oswego [Oswego Co., NY], to Mrs. Roxy A. Baker, of Plymouth.

May 1st by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Hiland L. Bentley of Sandgate, Vt., to Miss Louisa V. Norton, of German [Chenango Co., NY].

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. J.H. Mason, Mr. Harrison S. Eldridge, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Kittie W. Squires, of Otselic.

Deaths

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ins.t, of typhoid fever, Mr. Stephen E. Avery, aged 48 years.

In Lansing, Mich, on the 18th inst., Mr. Richard R. Carpenter, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 36 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ins.t, Caroline [Mygatt], wife of William Mygatt, aged 68 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Catharine S. [Lownsbery], wife of J.D. Lownsbery, aged 58 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 17th inst., Mrs. Mercy Wright, aged 78 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 31, 1866

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ins.t by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Edgar P. Wedge, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Eliza J. Taylor, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by the same. Mr. H.B. Ogden, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss G.A. Smith of Oxford.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. J.R. Scott, Mr. Jas. G. Bailey, to Miss Martha J. Skillin, both of Greene.

Death

In Lansing [Tompkins Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Mr. Richard R. Carpenter, aged 48 years.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, May 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 3, 1866

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by Rev. E.H. Payson, Dr. William H. Tanner of Quebec, La., to Miss Ashsa N. York, of Oxford.

In New York, on the 24th ult. by Rev. Joseph T. Duryea, Mr. Winfield  Poilion of N.Y. to Miss Harriet P. [Barnes], daughter of the late Hon. Samuel H. Barnes, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 29th ult. Mr. Urian D. Bassett aged 60 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. of consumption, George W. Chamberlain, Esq., aged 40 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult., Lucy [Odell], wife of James A. Odell, aged 61 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 10, 1866

Marriages

At the Chenango House, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult., by Warren Gray, Esq., Mr. Geo. W. Stringham of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Lovina W. Webb of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. I.S. Hyde, Eugene B. Nash, M.D. to Miss Euretta Johnson, both of Triangle.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. W. N. Cobb, Justine W. Beebe of East Hamilton [Madison Co., NY] to Emma J. Durham of Norwich.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by John Baldwin, Esq., Col. David B. Wakeley to Olive [Johnson], only daughter of Kimbell Johnson, Esq., of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Death

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mary Parker, wife of the late Sylvanus Parker, aged 77 years.

Death of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, April 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 19, 1866

The people of the State will be startled by the announcement that the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson died in New York last night.  The announcement comes without premonition, for we had not heard of his illness. As no man in the State was better known, and few men held in higher esteem, this intelligence will be received with universal sorrow.

Mr. Dickinson was a native of Connecticut, having been born in Goshen, Sept. 11, 1800.  He was, therefore, in his 66th year.  In 1806, his father removed to Chenango [County, NY], where the deceased, in the intervals of severe labors on the farm, received the simple rudiments of an English education.  He became in his early manhood an ardent politician and attached himself to the Democratic party.  His first office was that of constable, which led to his introduction to the law, and in 1826 he was admitted as an attorney, and very soon acquired a high place among the eminent lawyers of the State.

Mr. Dickinson has held the following offices:  Constable in 1826-7; Senator from 1836 to 1840; Lieutenant Governor in 1843-4; United States Senator from 1844 to 1851; Attorney General of the State 1861-2, and United States District Attorney, for the Southern District of New York at the time of his death.

While in the Senate, his commanding ability as a debater, gave him a prominent position, and his name is associated with every leading subject which has agitated the country during the past thirty years.  Until the formation of the Republican party, he was identified with the Democratic organization, and, in the divisions of that party, was known as a "hunker," or extreme conservative.  In 1844, he aided in the nomination of James K. Polk, for the Presidency, and ran as a Presidential Elector in his interest.  During the Slavery discussions, involved in the Kansas and other controversies, he cooperated with the South; and by his course, hastened the disruption of this party.  When General Cass was nominated, he supported him with all his great ability, and adhered to the conservative views of that wing of the Democracy, until the armed resistance of the South cast him into the ranks of the Republican party.

Mr. Dickinson was, on several occasions, pressed by his admirers for the Presidency; and in 1852, he received a flattering support in the National Convention. But he was defeated by the "barn burners" of his own party, headed by Gov.  Marcy, and Mr. Pierce was nominated and elected.  Mr. Pierce desired to make him Secretary of State; but Mr. Marcy was pressed as a competitor and succeeded.  To conciliate him, Mr. Dickinson was offered the lucrative position of Collector of the Port of New York; but he "spurned the bribe," and became instead, "The Sage of Binghamton"--the idol of a large and influential circle of friends, who admired his virtues, and were ready, on all occasions, to follow his lead.

During the war, no man was more earnest or effective in support of the Union.  He devoted himself, in every way, to the cause of the country; and the most brilliant orations of his life are among those he delivered in rallying the people to the support of the Government.

Socially, Mr. Dickinson was a man of most genial temper.  He was the life of every circle - an attractive conversationalist and full of humor.  As a public speaker, he was without a peer.  No man was ever liked better "on the stump," or spoke with more telling effect.  He was recognized as an able lawyer, and as a loving and faithful husband, father and friend.

Thus, one by one, are our eminent men passing away.  There are but few of Mr. Dickinson's contemporaries remaining in public life, and these, in the order of nature, will soon pass away, leaving to a new generation the work of carrying forward the nation in its career of greatness and glory.  Happy will it be for the Republic if they shall inherit the wisdom and earnest patriotism of their Fathers.  Albany Journal, 13th inst.

The Funeral

Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] April 15, The closing obsequies of the late Daniel S. Dickinson were concluded here this afternoon, from the home of deceased, in accordance with the rites of the Episcopal church, and was witnessed by upwards of six thousand people.  The body of the lamented Dickinson was deposited in a quiet little cemetery on the outskirts of the village, known as "Spring Grove."

Obituary

Suddenly, at the residence of his son-in-law, in New York City, on the 12th inst., the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson departed this life.

One by one the great men of the nation pass away, and their firm footsteps are heard upon the busy walks of life no more forever; yet their example and their memory will endure in history until the latest period of time.  As surely as the rivers empty their contents into the sea, just so surely is life drifting onward to suddenly throw itself into the depths of eternity, and the great minds with the lesser, the proud and the humble, the rich and the poor, must fall at the end of their allotted race. When men die, who by every act of their lives have endeared themselves to an admiring people, it is meet that more than a passing notice be given to their memory; we should mourn and pray that others might come up to fill the place made vacant.  A Washington rose up, and during his life he created a name which will endure as long as America endureths, and the people call him the "Father" of his country.  A Clay and a Webster have lived, and by their eloquence in legislative halls, have been termed the "Nestors" of the American Senate.  Lincoln, the upright, the true and faithful defender of the liberty which Washington gave us to inherit through all time, fell a martyr, and he is embalmed in history as the "Preserver," of the land of his birth.

And now, at the head of this article, we record the decease of another public servant, whom the people have delighted to honor.  The death of Mr. Dickinson was sudden, but he was prepared through a well-ordered life to meet the summons.  As a public man, in Congress, in the State legislature, and in offices of minor importance, he has worked for the good of the whole people, abnegating self and localities, for he was too honest to benefit one man at the expense of another.  The people have lost an eloquent expounder of the law, and the country a faithful and efficient servant; but his family have lost more - a kind husband and father.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, April 19 & 26, 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 19, 1866

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Joel L. Stratton to Miss F.F. Cole, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. E.N. Ruddock, David Mathewson to Maria E. Darling, all of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY].

In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. L. Church, L.D. Van Tassel to Mary Bradley, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 16th inst., Mr. Wm. C. Parker, aged 43 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Ranslow [Westover], youngest child of Clarissa, and the late Ranslow Westover, aged 7 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Miss Miriam E. Aldrich, aged 18 years.

In Washington, D.C., on the 6th inst., Dr. H.G. Gibbs, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 26, 1866

Marriages

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Charles H. Watrous, to Miss Mary M. Allen, all of this town.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], on the 14th inst., by Rev. F. Curtis, Mr. Wesley Washburn, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Melunthe C. Baker of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. L. Chruch, Mr. Levi Sanford, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Grart of the former place.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. Hester Ketchum, aged 74 years and 7 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 21st inst.,Mr. Everett Baldwin, aged 76 years.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Dr. Edward Brooks, aged 28 years, son of Moses Brooks, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Wm. Webb, aged 79 years.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Netty [Philips], daughter of Frances M. and the late Peter J. Philips, aged 4 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mr. Calvin C. Pike, son of the late Carlos K. Pike, aged 22 years.

Vital Records, Greene, NY April 5 & 12, 1866

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 5, 1886

Marriage

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult. by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. Carlton Humphrey, to Miss Nancy Fray, all of Oxford.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Deacon Chauncey Hoyt, aged 68 years.

Thus, one of our oldest and most respected citizens has finished his course.  With slow and declining steps, he has descended to the grave, following after a few brief months his beloved partner to that silent bourn.  Mr. Hoyt was one of the oldest residents of this village.  He came here from Delaware county [NY] in 1821 and has uniformly borne an elevated position in society.  He was a devoted champion of elevated Christian principles, and as an official member of the Congregational Church, has left a record of faith, hope and charity which is worthy of remembrance and imitation of all who knew him.  His large family are among the most respected in our vicinity and will long cherish his examples and his Christian precepts. They have lost an honored parent, the church an ornamented pillar, and community an honest man. "the noblest work of God."  Peace to his memory.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. John E. Hovey, aged 55 years.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 1st inst., Mr. Wm. R. Cehoon, aged 64 years.

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Hiram Bartoo, aged 66 years.

In C henango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mrs. Rachel Haynes, aged 54 years.

Sudden Death:  We regret to be called upon this week to announce the death of Mrs. Erastus Dickinson, which took place at Camanche, Iowa, on the 18th inst.  It was only last week that we noticed the departure of Esq., Dickinson and his wife, to the far west, and this week we are called upon to announce the death of Mrs. D.  She died, as we are informed, the next day after her arrival at her new home, aged 69 years.  She was a most esteemed Christian woman.  "What shadows we are and what shadows we pursue."  Cattaraugus Union

There are many of our readers who remember the worthy lady whose death is recorded in the above notice.  In the spring of 1847 Judge Dickinson came to this town with his family from Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  In the spring of 1848, he came to reside in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], and in 1849 he removed to Ellicottsville, Cattaraugus County [NY] where he and family have resided until within a few weeks, whence he removed to Iowa as above.  Mrs. Dickinson was a member of the Episcopal Church while residing in this place, and most worthily adorned a true Christian life. She was most loved by those who knew her best. The reward that awaits the faithful servant of Christ was the source of hope that buoyed her up through many changes and misfortunes that came upon her husband, and amidst all trials assured her of a blissful immortality.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 12, 1866

Marriage

In Fredonia, N.Y. [Chautauqua Co.] on the 28th ult. Mr. Marvin W. Cobb to Miss Mary F. Reid, all of Fredonia.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Amos A. Hitchcock, aged 59 years.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], while on a visit, Arasutha Manwaring, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 69 years, wife of the late Giles Manwaring.

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Eliza Ann [Leach], wife of hiram Leach, aged 63 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 7th inst., Mrs. Harriot H. Foote, mother of Isaac Foote, aged 82 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January 26, 1870

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 26, 1870

Marriages

REYNOLDS - GRAVES:  At the residence of the bride's father, near Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of Jan. 18th, by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Mr. Emory S. Reynolds, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Eva Graves, daughter of C.S. Graves.

SCRIBNER - CAMP:  At the residence of the bride's father, Jan. 12th, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Al Schribner, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lany J. Camp, of South New Berlin.

MICKLE - DIMORIER:  By the same, Jan. 19th, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Mr. Clark Mickle, of Erie, to Miss Sarah C. Dimorier, of Norwich.

SHARTS - SOUTHERN:  At the Parsonage, near Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Mr. Ransom D. Sharts, to Miss Libbie Southern, both of Morris, N.Y. [Otsego Co.].

FOSTER - DECKER:  In Barker [Broome Co., NY], Jan. 6, by Rev. A.W. Loomis, Mr. Oscar C. Foster, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Charlotte Decker, of Barker.

ROBBINS - NYE:  At the residence of the bride, by Rev. G.M. Peck, Mr. Frederick Robbins, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Louisa A. Nye, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

PRICE - BEACH:  At the Parsonage, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 5th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. Martin Price, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Frances Beach, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].

COOK - COSS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12, by the same, Mr. Apalos L. Cook, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Marion Coss of Bainbridge.

WILBER - BROWN: At the residence of the bride, Jan. 6th, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. J. Talcott Wilber, to Miss Ellen Brown, all of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

STERNBURG - BROWN:  in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 11, by Rev. A. Brown, Mr. Henry Sternburg, to Miss Abbie A. Brown, all of Plymouth.

Deaths

WADE:  In East Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 8th, Mr. Garner Wade, aged 62 years.

BABCOCK:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1st, Hannah Babcock, aged 76 years.

SCOTT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, Harvey Lozelle [Scott], son of Walter and Elmena Scott, aged 1 year, 8 months and 3 days.

REYNOLDS:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 14th, Mrs. Catherine Reynolds aged 85 years.

ROGERS:  At the Rectory of Zion Church, in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th, Maggie [Rogers], daughter of rev. F. Rogers, aged 16 years.

MANNING:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Jan. 12, Miss Libbie E. Manning, aged 18 years.

BILLINGS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, Eliza J. [Billings], eldest daughter of Charles and Nellie Billings, aged 18 years.

Fatal Accident on the Midland

A sad and fatal accident occurred on the Midland railroad, near Munnsville [Madison Co., NY], on Tuesday of last week, resulting in the death of an elderly man named Covill Bullock, who resided in that town.  The Oneida Dispatch of last week gives the following particulars.

"Deceased had been to Munnsville with his team, and returning, came to the crossing just before the passage of the night train going north, and while waiting in his carriage for the train to pass was struck and almost instantly killed.  It appears that his team became restive and unmanageable as the train approached and ran upon the track.  When struck Mr. B. was trying to turn them away from the track.  As soon as the man was seen by the engineer and fireman the alarms were immediately sounded, and every effort made to prevent an accident, but without avail.  The train was stopped as soon as possible, and the injured man taken up and carried to the house of John W. True, nearby and physicians sent for by Superintendent Day, who was on the train.  Deceased survived only a very few minutes after reaching the house."

A Coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts and exonerated the Railroad Company from blame.