Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 114th NY Infantry, listing of honored dead

 Oxford Times, October 12, 1864

Letter from the Surgeon of the 114th Reg.

The following letter from L.P. Wagner, Surgeon of the 114th, enclosing a statement of the honored dead of that Regiment, will be read with interest.  No one can read the feeling tribute paid by Dr. W. to the valor and patriotism of that noble band of heroes, without a mingled sentiment of sorrow and pride.  Sorrow for the heroic dead; pride for both living and dead, whose deathless renown consecrates their names in the memory of their native county.

Winchester, Va. Oct. 2, 1864

Editor of Times:  Enclosed I send you a list of the killed and mortally wounded, who have since died from wounds received on the 19th of Sept. There are a number of others who can't' survive many days.  Among the number is Lt. Aylesworth.  I have seen many battles but have never seen such sublime heroism as that shown by the 114th boys on that day.  God bless them. The best blood of old Chenango was pitted against the "Chivalry," and Stonewall Jackson's best troops at that; but they wavered and broke and fled in confusion.  The rebels say it is the first time they ever ran.

Gen. Weitzel once remarked to me that the material of good soldiers of the 114th Reg. was the best he ever saw.  That was nearly two years ago.  They have at the expense of much good blood, earned that compliment given by one of the best military judges of the country.  Honor the heroic dead, good people of Chenango, and be assured that there is not a single heart throb among their living associates, which does not beat with a determined will that this war shall only terminate with the overthrow, and if needs be, annihilation of treason.    L.P. Wagner

A list of the killed and mortally wounded of the 114th Reg. in the battle of Sept. 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va., and have since died.

L.D. Merrill, private, Co. A - killed on the field

James E. Smith, private, A - died in hospital, Sept. 19, of wounds.

W. Jackson, private, B - died in hospital Sept. 20, of wounds.

H. Newton, private, B - killed on field.

J. Nichols, private, B - killed on field

C. Carpenter, private, B - killed on field

L.P. Brown, private, B - killed on field

Lyman Duran, private, C - died in hospital, Sept. 20th, of wounds.

Geo. Cramphin, corporal, D - killed on field

Patrick Devaney, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

G. Collins, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

L. Gifford, private, D - died in hospital Sept. 25, of wounds.

Charles Stever, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 29, of wounds.

W.H. Benedict, private, D - killed on field.

W. Horton, corporal, E - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

W. Corbitt, private, E - killed on field.

Stephen Weaver, 1st sergt, F - died in hospital Sept. 21, of wounds.

G.R. Miller, Corp. F - killed on field

A. Davis, private, F - killed on field

C.F. Sunney, 1st sergt. G - killed on field

C.E. Thompson, private, G - killed on field

J. Cahalan, private, G - killed on field

F.E. Short, private, G - killed on field

E. Breed, 1st lieut. H - died in hospital Sept 19, of wounds

J. Cooper, private I - killed on field

J. Wallace, private, K - died in hospital Sept. 20, of wounds

C.C. Lyman, private, K - killed on field

A. Pangburn, private, K - killed on field

J. McCullough, private, K - died in hospital Sept. 25, of wounds

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The third battle of Winchester was fought near Winchester VA on September 19, 1864 (Union victory).  It was one of the largest, bloodiest and most important battles in the Shenandoah Valley.  Union casualties numbered 5000.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April to August 1839

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Orton, Mr. Charles A. Stevens, merchant, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maria L. Guernsey, of the former place. [Apr. 24, 1839]

On the 5th inst. by the Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. William Ward to Miss Harriet Hamilton, all of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [May 8, 1839]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 16th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Barrows of Norwich, Mr. John D. Fay, of Lockport [Niagara Co. NY], to Miss Caroline N. Sexton of the former place. [May 22, 1839]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on the 23d inst. by Elder B. Wescote, Mr. Reuben W. Utter of Watertown [Jefferson Co. NY] to Miss Mary E. Clarke of the former place. [May 29, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 13th inst. by the Rev. A. Wheelock, Dr. S.C. Gibson to Miss Martha R. Hall, all of this town. [June 19, 1839]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 2d inst. by the Rev. L. A. Barrows, Mr. T.H. Matteson of Geneva [Ontario Co. NY], to Miss Elizabeth [Merrell], daughter of E.E. Merrell of the former place. [June 19, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Sperry, Mr. Nathan Parker, Jr. of this town to Miss Betsey M. Gage, formerly of Enfield, New Hampshire.  [July 31, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst. by the Rev. D.A. Shepard, the Rev. H.H. Winlef (?), late of Germany, to Miss Clarrisah Bement, of this village. [July 31, 1839]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Abbott, Mr. William H. Linckin to Miss Sarah Harrison [July 31, 1839]

At Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], on the 27th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Tiffany, Isaac Bush, Esq.., Atty. and Counseller at law, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Martha Prentiss, daughter of the Hon. John H. Prentiss, of the former place. [Aug. 28, 1839]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning the 26th ult. Perez Randall, Esq. county clerk, aged 55 years.  Mr. R. has been clerk of Chenango 20 years successively, with the exception of one term.  He was a popular man with the people, a most excellent clerk and an honest man.  [Apr. 3, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday morning, Mrs. Polly Case, wife of John W. Case, aged 37 years.  In the death of Mrs. C. which occurred under peculiarly afflicting circumstances, her husband, family and friends have met with a loss irreparable.  She was a member of the Baptist church at North Norwich, and sustained well all the relations of domestic and religious duty.  [May 22, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday last, Mr. Hascall Ransford, aged 73 years.  Mr. R. was one of the earliest settlers in Norwich.  This section of the country was a wilderness when he took up his abode in it.  He lived to witness and aid much in making, the vast improvement which now everywhere surround us.  He was industrious and frugal, and upright in all his dealing.  In the early history of the county, he was elected to the Assembly, and honestly and faithfully discharged the duties of the office.  He once kept the post office of this town at his residence one mile north of this village.  He left not an enemy, but died at peace with all men-at peace with his Maker-an honest man and a Christian. [July 3, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. David Griffing, Mrs. Esther Bedford, formerly of Albany, aged sixty-eight years. [Aug. 14, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co.., NY] on the 26th inst., Mrs. Mary Grandy, sister of the Rev. A. Wheelock of this village, aged 58 years. [Aug. 28, 1839]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January, February & March 1839

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lambert Beecher, of Owego, Tioga County [NY] to Miss Lutia Hinkley, of this village. [Jan. 2, 1839]

On the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. S. Sperry, Mr. Thomas Hickes to Miss Lucy Brooks, both of this village. [Jan. 9, 1839]

On the 6th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sperry, Mr. Ephraim Pabodie to Mrs. Sally Crumb, all of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. by D.H. Spurr, Esq., Mr. Nelson Farrar to Miss Olive Ann Myers all of the former place. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by the Rev. N. Doolittle, J.T. Goodrich, Pastor of the Universalist society in that place, to Miss Margaret Bolles, of the same place. [Jan. 16, 1839]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. by the Rev. N. Doolittle, Mr. Samuel H. Palmer, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza A. Barry, of the former place. [Jan. 30, 1839]

On Tuesday, Feb. 5th, by Rev. D.A. Shepard, Mr. Otis R. Brooks to Miss M. Eliza Cady, all of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Feb. 13, 1839]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. Jabez. S. Swan, Mr. Oliver Rhodes to Miss Mariah L. Perry, daughter of Deacon John Perry. [Feb. 13, 1839]

On Thursday evening, 14th inst. by the Rev. Solon Putnam, Mr. Samuel A. Barber of Covington Pa., to Miss Rhoda Harrison of the former place. [ Feb. 20, 1839]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday morning, the 15th inst., by the Rev. Asa Danaldson, of Tioga, Pa., Mr. Samuel J. Mills of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Sexton, of the former place. [Feb. 20, 1839]

In the town of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] by the Rev. N. Doolittle, Mr. Elias S....s of Smithport, Pa. to Miss Emeline Arnold of the former place. [Feb. 27, 1839]

By the same, in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th(?) inst., Mr. Clark Lewis of Lyons [Wayne Co., NY], to Miss -?- Metherson(?). [Feb. 27, 1839]

By the same in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st(?) inst., Mr. Samuel Randell, Jr. to Miss Martha(?) Benedict. [Feb. 27, 1839]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d(?) inst. by Elder Cory, Mr. Mason Johnson of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sabrina(?) Sprague of the former place.  [Feb. 27, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Samuel H. Barnes of New York, to Miss Harriet Pellet, of the former place. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Sperty, Mr. Jonathan W. Warner to Miss Lucy Ann Cady, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 5th instant, by Elder Chamberlin, Mr. Albert Tiffany to Miss Sally Tanner, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 5th instant, by Elder Chamberlin, Mr. Albert Tiffany to Miss Sally Tanner, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Jas. L. Guile, son of Mr. William Guile, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 31 years. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst. Mr. John T. Wasson, aged 75 years. Mr. W. was a Revolutionary soldier, and a worthy and an upright man.  [Jan. 30, 1839]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Mrs. Esther Johnson, wife of Mason Johnson, aged 37 years. [Jan. 30, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 5th inst. Joseph B. Jenison, aged 84 years. [Mar. 13, 1839]

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Demiran Reynolds, wife of Mr. John Reynolds, aged 37 years. [Mar. 13, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Mrs. Louisa Frances Conkey, wife of Walter M. Conkey, Esq., cashier of the Bank of Chenango, aged 28 years. [Mar. 20, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th instant, Mary Bement, daughter of Mr. Judah Bement, aged 23 years. [Mar. 20, 1839].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, September to December 1838

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Marriages

At Salina, Onondaga Co. [NY] on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Hiram Briggs to Miss Jane Merrill, daughter of Thomas Merrill, esq. [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday last, Mr. James Lewis to Miss Lorinda Gleason, both of that town. [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Richland, Oswego Co. [NY], on the first inst., by the Rev. E.B. Fuller, Mr. Sidney T. Smith, merchant of the village of Pulaski [Oswego Co. NY], formerly of Sherburne, Che. Co. [NY], to Miss Harriet Wood, daughter of Mr. John Wood, of the former place. [Sept. 16, 1838]

In Butternuts, Otsego County [NY], on Tuesday morning 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Warren, Mr. George Wells of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Frances Donaldson, of the former place. [Oct. 21, 1838]

In Solon, Cortland County [NY] on Wednesday last by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thomas Rockwell of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Lucia Holbert, of the former place. [Oct. 21 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning last by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. Elias Breed to Miss Susan Enos, daughter of Mr. Roswell Enos, all of this town.  [Oct. 28, 1838]

On Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, by the Rev. Elijah Whitney, Mr. Wm. A. Baldwin, merchant, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucia G. Williams, of the same place. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Dibble of Michigan, to Miss Mary Burbanks, of the former place. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d int. by the Rev. S.E. Mills, Mr. Elijah Sexton of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sophronia Gleason, of the former place. [Dec. 30, 1838]

Deaths

Of billious feber, at Selma, Alabama, on the 3d of August, after an illness of three weeks, Mr. Daniel W. Garret in the 25th year of his age, son of Daniel Garret of Bainbridge, in this co. [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. G. left this county about a year ago for the south for the purpose of embarking in business with the enterprise of youth.  It needs no record of his virtues upon paper to retain them in the remembrance of all who ever had the pleasure of his acquaintance.  Having been reared among us, he had endeared himself to all.  To amiability of deportment and a gentlemanly and retiring disposition, were added the qualities of the Christian.  To his bereaved parents his loss is irreparable, having been the strong hope of their declining years.  They, however, have the consolation of knowing that he died calm and resigned, tho' far from his native hills.  He was by "Strangers honored and by strangers mourned." [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., after an illness of a few hours, Miss Lucetia Packer, youngest daughter of William Packer, Esq., aged 26 years.  In the death of this young woman, we have a striking instance of the uncertainty of human life.  Yesterday we saw her enjoying and enlivening the social circle of friends, in all the bloom and beauty of health.  Today alas! we consign her mortal remains to the cold and silent grave!  Could youth, beauty, or intelligence, have averted the shafts of the Dread Destroyer, we should now be spared the melancholy reflection that Lucretia is no more.  But it is the fulfilment of destiny from which there is no exemption.  "Tis the way of all the world."

"Here would I dwell and heave the sigh, / Nor, haste to wipe the weeping eye; / Tis Pity's tear, O, let it flow, / It soothes my heart, relieves my woe!" [Sept. 23, 1838]

At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. Patience Dexter, wife of Peleg Dexter, aged 43 years, 3 months and 25 days.  In the death of this amiable and pious woman, the husband has lost a valuable companion, her children a kind and tender mother, and the church a worthy member. We trust she died as she had lived for more than 18 years, an exemplary and devoted Christian.  In the Spring of 1817 as she frequently expressed it, the Lord for Christ's sake pardoned her sins.  She soon after united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she remained much respected and beloved until she was called to join the Church triumphant where congregations never break up nor Sabbaths ever end.  [Oct. 17, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. of consumption, James Thompson, Esq., aged 61 years.  Mr. T. was one of the early settlers of this part of the county, and a highly respectable man.  He held the office of Justice of the Peace for a great number of years, which station he filled to the day of his death. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Gerrit H. Van Wagenen, aged 83 years.  Mr. V.W. served as a Lieutenant in the army which assaulted Quebec, in Dec. 1775, when the gallant Montgomery fell.  He remained thro' out the revolution a staunch Whig, ardently devoted to the cause of liberty and his country.  As a private citizen he was beloved by all who knew him.  [Dec. 2, 1838]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Miss Catharine M. Thompson, aged 50 years, daughter of Joel Thompson, esq. [Dec. 2, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday the 16th inst., Mrs. Louisa [Baldwin], wife of William Baldwin, aged 27 years. [Dec. 23, 1838]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June, July & August 1838

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Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Jason Gleason, aged 75 years.  Mr. G. was a Revolutionary soldier, and an honest and an upright man. [June 6, 1838]

On the same day, Celia [Hunt], daughter of the late Timothy Hunt, Esq., aged 16 years.  Miss H. was highly esteemed by all who knew her.  [June 6, 1838]

On the 1st inst., Lyman [Baldwin], son of Isaac Baldwin, aged 11 years.  The circumstances attending his death were peculiarly afflicting.  He fell into the pond near Guernsey's mill, while alone, and was drowned.  Probably this happened about 10 o'clock in the forenoon.  His body was found about 4 P.M.  Lyman Baldwin was one of the most intelligent lads this village ever knew.  His equal as a -?- of his age lived -?- us.  He possessed every quality of head and heart which makes even men respected.  [June 6, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning, the 2d inst.  Mr. Asa Pellet, father of the Editor of this paper, aged 71 years. [July 4, 1838]

Isaac N. Shoals, a young man aged 19, was drowned in the River at North Norwich on the 27th ult.  It is supposed that he was thrown from a blind horse, in the evening, into the river, while there with the intention of watering him  His body was not found until the day following.  Mr. S. was a resident of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] where his body was taken.  An inquest was held on it by Mr. Ansel Berry, coroner, of this village.  Verdict "Death by accidental drowning."  This is the fourth body on which Mr. Berry has been called to hold an inquest, within about five weeks.  All deaths by drowning.  [July 4, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mrs. Tamma Parker, wife of Nathan Parker, Jr., aged 38 years. [July 18, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] yesterday morning, of Consumption, Mrs. Edith Ann Pellet, wife of the Editor of this paper, aged 31 years. [July 25, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, Mr. Roger Bissel, an old and respectable inhabitant, aged 55 years. [Aug. 1, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. the Hon. Uri Tracy, aged 75 years.  Judge Tracy was a man highly respected by all who knew him.  [Aug. 1, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Hannah Randall, aged 71 years. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 9th, Riley H. [Lothridge] infant son of Mr. Erastus Lothridge, aged one year and one month. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 9th, Emma [Fryer] infant daughter of Mr. Peter Fryer, aged 3 months. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 11th, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], an infant daughter of Mr. Samuel Hopkins, aged 11 months. [Aug. 15, 1838]

At Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. Mrs. Mary Carter, wife of John W. Carter, late of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], in the 38th year of her age.  [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Oswego [Oswego Co., NY] on the 30th ult. Elam Rumrill, formerly of Cortland Village [Cortland Co., NY], aged 63 years. [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday, Aug. 24th, after a short but painful illness Norman [Redfield] son of Henry and Polly Redfield, aged 15 years.  For a second time within the last few months have the bereaved parents and friends of the deceased been called to part with one of those whom they dearly loved.  First the career of an only daughter was brought to a premature close by that most appalling and fatal disease - consumption.  And while the fountain which their grief for her had opened was yet gushing forth its bitter waters, they have again felt the hand of death among them.

The many virtues of the deceased require this brief tribute to his memory.  In him were combined all we could look for in more mature age.  With the mind of a philosopher, ambitious and energetic in his studies, mild, amiable, lovely and affectionate in disposition, he had won the esteem of all who knew him.  One short week since and he was the companion of the school mates, who today with heart felt grief have followed his remains to that place of rest from which there is no return.  He speaks to them in renowned language "be ye also ready."  To his afflicted relatives, we would say look to God for relief.  

"A bruised reed he will not break, / Affliction all his children feel, / He wounds them for his mercy's sake / He wounds to heal."  [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday the 31st of July, of consumption, Miss Mary Elizabeth [Willcox] youngest daughter of Ira Willcox, Esq., aged 18 years. [Aug. 15, 1838]

Oxford Republican:  In the sickness and death of this interesting young lady, our community have been allowed to witness one of those sublime exhibitions of Christian fortitude in affliction, and triumph over death so rarely seen in this world of sin and selfishness.  Surrounded from her infancy with all that could render life desirable, she grew up like a beautiful, fragrant, and delicate flower, the joy and delight of her fond parents, and youthful associates, modest and retiring in her manners and habits, her character was but little known out of the immediate circle of her family and school mates.  Her mind in its gradual development has appeared to the writer of this brief notice, to combine more of the solid and valuable qualities than that of any other young person of his acquaintance.  She possessed not merely a taste, but a passion for literature, and her acquisitions in all the branches which constitute a useful as well as an ornamental and polite education, were of the first order.

But her discriminating and inquiring mind soon became assured that much was still needed to constitute true happiness, after wealth, aided by science and worldly wisdom had done their utmost.  she sought and found that "pearl of great price."  Jesus Christ and his cross were chosen while yet in the spring time of life and health, by this highly gifted young lady as her only hope and portion forever, and so deliberate and solemn, so fervent and entire was the surrender of her heart to her God and Savior that she seemed to live only to exhibit his glory and do his will. 

She possessed uncommon maturity of mind for her age, and her advancement in religious knowledge in the hidden life of the Christian, were proportionally rapid, and in her few brief years she doubtless accomplished more of preparation for her heavenly home, than many Christians who live their three score years and ten.

In her last illness her mind seemed wholly stayed on God, and through all the tedious weeks and months of her confinement, she seemed more anxious to reconcile and prepare her friends for that separation which she saw was inevitable, than for her own comfort and recovery, and her attempts so full of tenderness and holy affection to soothe and console her heart stricken parents and only sister, were among the most touching exhibition of Christian feeling and natural affection we ever witnessed.

As she drew near the closing scenes, her mind seemed still brighter and clearer, and all of her acquaintance who approached her bedside were addressed, while her strength lasted, in the fervent language of Christian affection and regard.  The world and all mere worldly objects seemed to have lost their place in her heart, and it was apparent to all that she was fitted for a purer moral atmosphere than this world can furnish.

"No more; the angel of the Covenant / Was come, and faithful to his promise stood / Prepared to walk with her thro' death's dark vale.  / And now her eyes grew bright, and brighter still, / Too bright for ours to look upon, suffused / With many tears, and closed without a cloud, / They set as sets the morning star, which goes / Not down behind the darkened west, nor hides / Obscured among the tempest of the sky / But melts away into the light of heaven."

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February to May 1838

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Marriages

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Dyar, Mr. Benjamin W. Dickinson of Preston to Miss Julia Randall of the city of New York.  [Feb. 21, 1838]

At Gilbertsville, Otsego County [NY], on Tuesday evening, the 20th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Waterbury, Mr. N.C. Chapman of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Elizabeth A. [Gilbert], daughter of Joseph T. Gilbert, Esq., of the former place. [Feb. 28, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday evening, the 22d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. J.G. Thorp of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia S. Chapman of this village. [Feb. 28, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday Evening the 8th inst. by the Rev. Seth S. Rogers, Mr. Hiram L. Whiting to Sarah A. [Holt] daughter of N.P. Holt, all of Guilford. [Mar. 14, 1838]

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Elder Perkins, Mr. Mulford Rogers to Miss Abigail L. Bacon, all of Hamilton. [Mar. 14, 1838]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. Emily [Purdy], daughter of Alfred Purdy, aged 2 years and 2 months. [Mar. 14, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 10th inst. Mrs. Olive Parker, aged 80. [Mar. 14, 1838]

At the residence of his father, near Sawpitts, Westchester Co. [NY] on the evening of the twenty-second ult., David W. Lyon of Greene, in this county [Chenango Co., NY], in the 39th year of his age, leaving an amiable wife and family to mourn their sudden bereavement.  Mr. L. was visiting at his father's, enjoying his usual health until ten minutes before his death, when the rupture of a blood vessel caused his almost instant dissolution.  Of Mr. Lyon, it can be said with propriety, he was beloved and respected by all who knew him intimately, for his strict morality, virtue and integrity.  He was emphatically "an honest man." [May 9, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 8th inst., Joseph [Hart] son of S.P. Hart, aged 10 months and 5 days. [May 16, 1838]

In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. Mr. Elijah Chamberlain. He left a wife and an infant child, and aged parents, who depended on him for support, to lament his loss. The circumstances attending his death are as follows: on the afternoon of the 22d, he went to chop a few scattering trees in his follow.  In one or two hours he returned to the house and said he was very sick.  Medical aid was immediately called, and on a close examination it was concluded that he had received a blow on the head.  The ground being examined, it appeared that in falling one tree, it had brushed against another and threw back a limb, which weighed upwards of twenty pounds.  On a postmortem examination, it was found that his skull was fractured which occasioned his death. [May 16,1838]

In this village [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday morning last, Mrs. Harriet B. Wait, wife of John Wait, Esq., aged 21 years. [May 30, 1838]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, October 1837 to January 1838

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Marriages

On Monday evening last, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] by the Rev. J.S. Swan, Mr. William D. Randall, to Miss Frances Wales, all of this place.  [Oct. 25, 1837]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst. by Elder Parker, Mr. Elisha Brown to Miss Almira A. Merihew, of this town. [Oct. 25, 1837]

On Sunday evening the 22nd, ult, at North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] by the Rev. A. Parker, Mr. Albert Delrymple of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Betsey Harris, of the former place. [Nov. 1, 1837]

At the Emanuel Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Chas. H. mitchell, M.D. to Miss Maryette [Rider] daughter of J.L. Rider, Esq., [Nov. 22, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. J.S. Swan, Mr. Thomas E. Parodie, of Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia Hubbard, of this place. [Nov. 22, 1837]

On the same evening, by the Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. William H. Church to Miss Harriet D. Bosworth, both of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Nov. 22, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16th, by the Rev. Seth S. Rogers, Mr. James Bennet, Jr. of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]to Miss Sally Ann Sherwood of the former place. [Nov. 22, 1837]

At the residence of Benj. Cory, Esq., in Watertown, Jefferson Co. [NY], Mr. Zebedee Larned of Rutland [Jefferson Co. NY] to Miss Fanny Balcom, daughter of Francis Balcom, Esq., of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] [Nov. 22, 1837]

In Norwich village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by Jsf. M.D. Carr, Esq Mr. Lewis H. Bennett of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lydia Ann Spencer of Otsego [Otsego Co., NY]. [Dec. 13, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, the 20th Dec. by the Rev. Seth Rogers, Mr. Washington Throop, of Pultneyville, Wayne Co. [NY] to Miss Lucy L. [Moses], daughter of Jonah Moses, Esq., of Guilford [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Putnam, Mr. Cebina Leonard of Camden, Oneida Co. [NY] to Miss Mary L. Humphrey of the former place. [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, January 1st, by the Rev. Mr. Doolittle, Mr. William Wescott to Miss Mary Sheldon. [Jan. 10, 1838]

At Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Barnum of Bridgewater [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Lydia Burlingame of the former place.  [Jan. 10, 1838]

On Thursday, the 21st ult. by the Rev. L. Colbey, Capt. Erastus Stewart to Miss Eunice T. Baldwin, daughter of Elisha Baldwin, all of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] [Jan. 10, 1838]

On Christmas day, by the Rev. L.H. Peck, Mr. Sterling Kinyon to Miss Mary Ann Champlin, both of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY[ [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st Dec. by Elder Luke Colbey, Mr. Solomon Kinyon to Miss L.A. Breed.  [Jan. 10, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday evening, Ja. 24th, by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. John Dodge to Miss Mary E. [York] only daughter of Judge Charles York [Jan. 31, 1838]

At North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 24th inst. by the Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. Caleb Thompson to Miss Caroline Blair. [Jan. 31, 1838]

On the same evening, by the same, at the dwelling of Isaac Baker, Esq., Mr. Ebenezer Adams, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia Crandall. [Jan. 31, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 25th inst. by the Rev. S.G. Putnam, Mr. Lucius Smith to Miss Mary L. Cobb, all of Guilford [Jan. 31, 1838]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Dr. Jonathan Johnson, aged 67 years.  Dr. Johnson was one of the earliest settlers of this village.  He was universally esteemed for his goodness of heart, and the social virtues which adorned his character.  He was charitable and kind and strictly upright in all his dealings. We do not believe he left an enemy.  [Oct. 4, 1837]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst., Miss Betsey A. Chandler, aged 26. [Dec. 27, 1837]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 14th instant, of the consumption, Miss Betsey Purdy in the 19th year of her age. [Dec. 27, 1837]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July, August, September 1837

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th of June, by the Rev. Mr. Ayres, Mr. John S. Farr, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Artelissa Beach, of the former place. [July 12, 1837]

On the 2d inst., by the Rev. J.A. Brayton, Mr. Horace Lettington to Miss Hannah Payne, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [July 12, 1837]

On Saturday the 23d ult., by the Rev. Geo. Messenger, George M. Smith, Esq.., of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Olendorf, of the same place.  [Aug. 2, 1837]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Doolittle, of Oxford, Mr. James Ransford to Miss Betsey A. Hammond.  [ Aug. 23, 1837]

At Church in Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday the 27th inst. by the Rev. H. Dyer, Mr. John Heddy of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Electa Carpenter of the former place. [Aug. 30, 1837]

At Prattsburg, Steuben Co. [NY] on the 7th of july last, Mr. Joshua Pratt, Jr., merchant of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rebecca N. Pratt of the former place. [Sept. 6, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Barrows of Sherburne, Mr. Burr B. Andrews, merchant, of the firm of Hale & Andrews, to Miss Lovina Hammond. [Sept. 13, 1837]

On Friday evening, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], by the Rev. Mr. Bristol, the Rev. L. Salisbury, of Jefferson County [NY] to Miss Elizabeth Mellen. [Sept. 13, 1837]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by the Rev. Elder Hines, Mr. Stephen Wickes, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia A. Williams, of the former place. [Sept. 27,  1837]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Prudence Smith, wife of S. Smith, Esq., aged 37 [July 19, 1837]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Caroline [German], daughter of Smith German, aged about 18 years. [July 26, 1837]

In Mount Morris, Livingston Co. [NY], on Monday Evening the 24th ult. in the 79th year of her age, Mrs. Ruth Percival, relic of John Percival, sen. deceased, late of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], in this county [Chenango Co., NY]. [Aug. 2, 1837]

In this village [Norwich Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, Otis [Stiles], son of John B. Stiles, aged 13 years. [Aug. 23, 1837]

At Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., on the 10th inst., Mrs. Caroline P. [Dixen] the consort of Abram Dixen, Esq. formerly of Sherburne in this county [Chenango Co., NY], in the 40th year of her age.  [Sept. 27, 1837]