Civil War Soldiers of Norwich, NY (continued, part 2)

 Memorial Record

The Deceased Soldiers of Norwich

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 8, 1872

We continue the Memorial Record of our deceased soldiers, furnished us by Dr. H.H. Beecher.

Isaac Bennett Burch, a native of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], was born on the 4th of March, 1838.  He was the son of the late Dr. Russel B. Burch, for many years a respectable practitioner of that town.  His maternal parent was Hannah C. Blakesly.  He descended from Revolutionary ancestors.  His grandfather, Isaac Burch, was an officer in the war of 1812.  He had several relatives in the late war, one of whom, Joseph Burch, from a private attained the rank of Major, and for upwards of a year was Provost Marshal at Chattanooga.

Isaac obtained a good business education in the common school, and at the Academy in his native village. When quite young, he commenced the printer's trade with Mr. Galpin, of the Oxford Times,  sickness for a season compelling him to relinquish his chosen pursuit, we next find him prosecuting his favorite calling with Mr. Fox, in the office of the New Berlin Pioneer.  In the summer of 1857, he commenced work for Messrs. Hubbard & Sinclair, of the Chenango Union, and with the exception of an interval of a few months, was employed in that office until his enlistment, a period of some five years.

He was among the first that enlisted under Captain Bockee, in the 114th, N.Y., and immediately entered the recruiting service.  For a number of months, he faithfully performed, and with conceded ability, the exacting duties of Regimental Clerk.  In June 1863, he was promoted to First Sergeant, and in November following to the post of Second Lieutenant.  In August 1864, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and in the absence of his Captain, was frequently in charge of his Company.  He commanded it throughout the Red River Campaign. At Opequan a ball passed through his cap, barely missing his head.  Leading his men in the charge at Cedar Creek, he fell mortally wounded, shot with a minnie ball through the left lung.  He lost much blood and soon became insensible to pain, which led him to think he might recover.  When informed that he could not live, he seemed resigned to his fate, simply remarking, "Very Good; it is all right."  With a mind unclouded by the near approach of death, he patiently, even cheerfully, awaited his doom.  He lived some twenty-four hours.

Lieut. Burch possessed in a noticeable degree the elements of a true soldier.  He was passionately fond of travel, and a close observer of passing events.  Many of his letters home contained graphic accounts of the country and scenes through which his Regiment passed, evincing more than ordinary observation and rare descriptive powers.

His remains were sent home for burial, and with appropriate service consigned to their last resting place, in the family grounds at New Berlin.

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Norman Mitchel Lewis, a native of Roxbury, Connecticut, was born on the 19th of November, 1833. His father, John Lewis, was of French descent, his mother (Betsey Beardslee) of English extraction. They removed from Roxbury to Morrisville, Madison County, in 1838.  Norman learned the carpenter's trade in Morrisville and attended school in the village.  In the spring of 1856, a few months before the death of his father, he took up his residence in Norwich.

His father was in the war of 1812, at Sackett's Harbor.  His grandfather Beardslee was in the war of independence, leaving a widow, many years a pensioner, who died in 1857, at the advanced age of one hundred years and six months.

When the cry came for more men, the "carpenter boy" left the plane upon the bench to enter the army.  He enlisted in Company C., under Captain Titus, 114th, and upon its organization was appointed First Sergeant.  In August 1863, he was promoted to Second, and in the November following to First Lieutenant.  He was wounded in the right arm at Sabine Crossroads, and against his wishes, sent to New Orleans.  Here he received thirty days' leave of absence, visited his friends in the north, and rejoined his Company at Morganza, La., before his leave expired, saying it was too dull at home for him.

Early in the morning of the 19th of October 1864, on the line first formed after the night attack by the audacious Early, he was hit by a ball which badly fractured the right leg below the knee.  He was left in the hands of the enemy till the field was re-taken in the evening, when he was carried to a house nearby.  The next day he was taken to Newtown, and his leg amputated.  The second day after the operation he was removed to a hospital in Winchester.  For a time, he seemed to be doing well, and hopes were entertained of his recovery.  At the expiration of some two weeks, he was attacked with chills and fever, which prostrated his already enfeebled system.

A member of his Company, who attended him to his death, in a published communication, wrote: "Gradually he kept growing thinner and weaker, his appetite was all gone, and his wound was painful.  But never a murmur escaped his lips, always pleasant and uncomplaining."  In full possession of his senses, he breathed his last on the evening of the 16th of November. The Surgeon of his Regiment had his body embalmed and expressed to Mr. Hiram Lewis, of Morrisville. His funeral was attended from the residence of his brother, Mr. Romulus Lewis, the service being conducted by Rev. J.R. Lewis, Pastor of the Congregational Church.

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Sergeant George Ballou, son of Zimri and Lenora S. Ballou, was a native of Homer, Cortland County.  At the outbreak of the Rebellion, Sergeant Ballou was discharging the duties of dry goods clerk in the store of Clark & Hill in Norwich.  In October 1861, he enlisted in the 89th New York, and for some time shared the fortunes of that Regiment, as First Lieutenant.  Having been cashiered the service for properly resenting the indignities of a superior officer, when the 114th was recruited, he again enlisted, as First Sergeant of Campany B.

At the battle of Bisland, he was severely wounded in the knee, by a minnie ball. The bullet was extracted on the field by a Surgeon of his Regiment, when he was taken to the rear and placed in the field hospital.  A few days thereafter, with all the wounded in that engagement, he was removed on board the steamer Cornie, just captured from the Rebels, and placed in charge of Surgeon Beecher, as a hospital transport, and taken to Berwick City. The espoused condition of the hospitals at that place, and also at Brashear City, opposite, some of them being fired into by scouting parties of the enemy, made repeated removals of the wounded necessary, many of whom were in a feeble condition. Among the number, always hopeful and cheerful, was Sergeant Ballou.  Objecting to  the loss of his limb till too late to save his life, he sank from exhaustion, on the 7th of June 1863.  One beautiful evening, a few devoted comrades laid him to rest, beneath the fragrant magnolia, on the banks of the Atchafalaya, at Brashear City. For his bravery, Lieut. Ballou had been recommended for promotion.

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Henry Gartsee was born in Plymouth, near Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co. NY], in August 1834.  His parents were John M. and Sally.  His paternal grandfather enlisted at the age of sixteen in the continental army and served eight years in the War of the Revolution   He was at the surrender of Burgoyne and witnessed the execution of Andre.

Henry learned the printer's trade in the office of the Chenango Telegraph, when the late Nelson Pellet was editor and proprietor.  In 1861, he married Rose, daughter of the late Dr. Parmelee, by whom he had one child, born in 1862.

In January 1864, he enlisted at Cooperstown, in Company K, 22d New York Cavalry, and mustered in at Norwich.

From private he was promoted ot Commissary Sergeant.  In the April following his enlistment, during the battle of the Wilderness, he was taken prisoner.  He was marched to Andersonville, where he died, August 8, 1864.

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Nelson C. Main, son of William F. and Submit Main, was born in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], in January 1846.  In the early part of the War, he was engaged as a harness maker, with his brother, Wm. C. Main, of Norwich.

In January 1864, he enlisted in Captain Vaughan's Company L, 22d New York Cavalry.  In the succeeding May, at Spotsylvania, he was captured by the enemy. Becoming sick and sore footed, on his march to the prison pen at Andersonville, which was performed without shoes, he was detained for a time at Augusta, Georgia. A few days before his death, he was removed from the prison to a Rebel Hospital, where he died from gangrene, induced by exposure and hard fare, September 20th, 1864.

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Joseph L. Crandall, son of Joseph and Prudence Crandall, was born in Norwich, August 10th, 1844.  On the 12th of August 1862 he enlisted in Company C. 114th Regiment.  He was in the battle of Bisland and siege of Port Hudson.  He died of chronic diarrhea, that plague of the army, at Baton Rouge, La., August 6th, 1863

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Silas Crandall, son of Joseph and Prudence Crandall, was born in Norwich, September 8th, 1846.  He was a three years volunteer form Norwich, in the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. This soldier died from Chronic Diarrhea, at the United States General Hospital, Annapolis, M.D., February 1st, 1865.

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Willam S. Crandall, son of William B. and Julia Crandall, was born in Norwich, on the 27th of January 1841.  In August 1862, he enlisted in the 114th New York, and shared the fortunes of the Regiment till after the battle of Bisland, in which he participated, when he was sent to the hospital at Berwick City, where he died of typhoid fever, May 9th, 1863.

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Edward E. Crandall, son of Elisha and Amy Crandall, was born in Norwich, July 31st, 1843. He was a recruit in Company C, 114th New York, enlisting August 12th, 1862.  He participated in the battle of Bisland, siege of Port Hudson, and met the enemy as a true soldier, at Sabine Crossroads, Pleasant Hill, Cane River and Mansura.  After the Regiment had gone into camp at Morganza, on the Mississippi, with a prospect of rest, this soldier sickened with typhoid fever, and died June 24th, 1864.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, May 1872 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 8, 1872

Marriages

WARRINER - SEELY:  At the Baptist Parsonage, in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], May 1st, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Johnson H. Warriner, to Miss Ann Eliza Seely, both of Sidney Centre, N.Y. [Delaware Co. NY]

CHURCH - MERCHANT:  In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], April 24th, by Rev. C.P. Coit, Mr. Charles D. Church of Henderson, N.C., to Miss Hattie B. Merchant, of Greene, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

Deaths

FRINK:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 22d, of brain fever, Mr. Charles Frink, aged 37 years.

BUELL:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 17th, of pneumonia, Ruth [Buell], wife of Geo. Buell, aged 55 years.

MINOR:  In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 15th, Mr. James Minor, aged 60 years.

In the removal by death of Mr. Minor, the community in which he lived, as well as his family, have sustained a serious loss.  Mr. Minor was born and had always resided on the place where he died, and though his life was passed chiefly in the quiet of his own home, and its immediate neighborhood, being a man who always shunned notoriety, yet that life was always characterized by probity and uprightness.  He was a man of such strict integrity, and of such uniform and consistent piety, that all who were in any good degree acquainted with him felt and said upon his departure, that a good man had gone.  In his death was furnished a striking illustration of the words of inspiration:  "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."  During his last hours his mind was remarkably clear and vigorous.  after making such disposition of his effects as he desired, and calmly bidding adieu to his family and friends present, and leaving appropriate messages for those absent, with entire resignation he yielded his spirit to Him who gave it.  Mr. Minor has left a wife and two daughters, with a large circle of other relatives and friends to mourn his death.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 8, 1872

Marriage

MENTER - MILLS:  At the house of Mr. Bartle in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], April 20th by Rev. J.B. Hyde, Mr. W. Menter of Guilford to Miss Anna Mills of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

BARBER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the 6th inst. of brain fever, Willie R. son of William E. Barber, aged 13 years and 9 months.

THOMPSON:  In Red Oak Grove, Charlotte County, Va., suddenly, April 11th, Deacon A.Z. Thompson, formerly of South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], aged 62 years.

WELTON:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 11th, of brain fever, Mary A. [Welton] only daughter of Garre and Elizabeth Welton, aged 10 years 7 months and 22 days.

EDDY:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], March 10th, Joel B. [Eddy] son of Albert and Ansonette Eddy, aged 5 years 1 month and 17 days.

PERKINS:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, 1872, of scarlet fever, Edna E. [Perkins], daughter of Tracy H. and Elisabeth Perkins, aged 3 years 9 months and 18 days.

Sweet Little Edna:  "The fairest flower will soonest fade, / The sweetest rose decay. / The dearest idol of our hearts / Will soonest pass away.

There is anguish in the household, / It is desolate and lone, / For our precious little Edna / From the parent nest has flown.

We miss the music of her voice / That echoed wild and free. / Making melody in our hearts, / So mirthful, full of glee.

Forever closed, the sparkling eye, / And pale the rosy cheek, / And silent now those ruby lips / We list to hear her speak.

While all her little treasures / Lie scattered at our feet, / That lovely form is missing / Which made home joy complete.

We cannot check the tear drops, / That fall like summer rain, / But they never, never can restore / Our darling back again.

Dear Edna, bud of early springtime / Cut down in one brief hour / It seemed that earth had never smiled / Upon a fairer flower.

But the death angel came so softly / Across the dark, cold wave, / And bore in his arms our treasure / No earthly arm could save.

We know she is safely sheltered / Within the Lord's fold. / Oh, then prepare to meet her / Where treasures wax not old.

She has just passed on before, / Her happy spirit free, / By the banks of the beautiful river /The dear one is waiting for thee.

SPAULDING:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Mr. Daniel Spaulding, aged 75 years.  Deceased had been a resident of the town more than fifty years, living upon the same farm, eminent for his integrity and candor and Christian sincerity. He lived in peace and good will with all men, was highly respected by all who knew him, and most tenderly beloved in his family, who are most deeply afflicted at their loss but comforted with the assurance that it his infinite gain.

On Wednesday last, Franklin George, an employee in H.C. Weaver's sawmill at Wells' Bridge [Otsego Co. NY], fell upon a large buzz saw of the mill and was instantly killed.  His left arm was sawed off, and his head was severed at an angle of forty-five degrees from the neck on the left side, to the top of the head on the right.  He was said to have been a worthy, faithful man.  His horrible death should be a warning to all having to do with dangerous machinery to be more careful.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, May 8, 1872

Deaths

Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY]:  The widow of the late Richard Morris died on May 1st, at the residence of her daughter in New York City.  Her remains were brought to Morris [Otsego Co. NY] for interment, the funeral taking place from the Morris memorial chapel.

In Memoriam:  Died on the morning of the 24th ult. after a short illness of brain fever, James N. [Pendleton] only son of Nathan and Elizabeth B. Pendleton, in the twentieth year of his age.

This young man removed so early in life, deserves more than a passing notice.  Kind and amiable in disposition and of gentle manners, of great energy and fortitude beyond his years, he had drawn to himself many dear friends, and was fast making to himself a name among the votaries of art, notwithstanding the impediments and pains incident to a feeble constitution too often overworked.  The evidence of skill appearing in the few paintings left by him, as vigorous blades of corn remaining left here and there, tell what the harvest would have been, but for that untimely frost - blasting the hopes of fond parents and friends - leaving pleasantly cherished expectations to wither like opening flowers upon the severed stalk.  Thus the young and old orderless swell the funeral throng.  Yet to those who have kept the whiteness of the soul, the feet of Death are beautiful, kindly opening the gati on the way of sublime progression from this dim spot to the abodes of the beatified, and in the Ages to the Divine intelligence.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 9, 1872

Marriages

In Binghamton [Chenango Co. NY], April 24th, by Rev. Dr. Paddock Mr. Charles t. Brown to Miss Melissa E. Curtis, both of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].

In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], May 1st, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Elias hills of Willett [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Eliza A. Rose, of Smithville.

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], May 2d, by Rev. Dr. Boardman, Joseph M. Johnson, Esq. to Miss Anna E. [Ayers] only daughter of D.S> Ayers.

Deaths

In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], April 11th, Angeline D. [Hazard], wife of Dr. A.C. Hazard.

In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], May 1st, Bertha Alida [Wilbur], daughter of John A. and Betsey A. Wilbur, aged 4 years 6 months and 13 days.  A sweet and lovely child, she had been earnestly looking for summer, watching the green blades of grass and swelling buds.  But suddenly, she was removed by the Saviour to the country, where eternal summer reigns, and death is never known.

Gentle Bertha, child of love, / Early called, we look above / To Christ, for grace to bear the load, / And help, to walk the heavenly road, / Until we meet thee where thou art / To nevermore be called to part.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, May 11, 1872

Marriage

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], April 23d, by Rev. Edward Taylor, Mr. William H. Hawkins to Miss Elizabeth A. Houghton, both of Union [Broome Co. NY].

Deaths

In Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], April 25th, Nelson Walling aged about 45 years.

In Walton [Delaware Co. NY], April 15th, Aramantha Fletcher, aged 18 years.

In Morris [Otsego Co., NY], April 26th, Robert Gardner, of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], aged 46 years.

In Franklin [Delaware Co. NY], April 21st, John D. Huxford, aged 67 years.

At the residence of her son, in Hamden [Delaware Co. NY], April 17th, Jennie Nichol, aged 87 years.

In Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY], April 16th, Bradforn Lillie, aged 82 years.

At Oneonta Plains [Otsego Co. NY], April 21st, Mrs. Jennie Holmes, adopted daughter of Emanuel Northrup, in the 34th year of her age.

Civil War Soldiers of Norwich, Chenango County, NY (Col. Elisha B. Smith, Lieut. Edward E. Breed)

 Memorial Record - The Deceased Soldiers of Norwich

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 1, 1872

We commence today the publication of deceased soldiers of Norwich, and shall continue the list from time to time, till complete, as the facts are published in accordance with the request made by Dr. Beecher, through the columns of the Union, two weeks since.  If any should fail to discover the names of their friends or others, they will readily understand the reason of their omission.

We head the "Roll of Honor," with the name of the gallant Commander of the 114th Regiment New York Volunteers, condensing the subjoined sketch, with others which follow in the main from Dr. Beecher's Record to which we refer for full particulars.

Elisha Brown Smith, the third child and elder son of Judge Elisha and Adoshia Smith, was born in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], February 17th, 1817.  His early history was not unlike that of other boys who are obliged to make their way in life under adverse circumstances.  While yet quite young, various offices of trust were conferred upon him.  In 1844 he was appointed Under Sheriff of the county, which office he retained about three years.  In 1856 he was elected a Delegate to the Convention to amend the constitution of the State, and in 1847 was candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of Canal Commissioner.  In 1848 he was a Delegate to the National Convention held at Baltimore, which resulted in the nomination to the Presidency of Lewis Cass.  In 1852 he was the Democratic candidate for congress in the District of which Chenango formed a part, and came within a few votes of an election.  In the spring of 1852, he was commissioned Postmaster of Norwich, which position he held for a year and a half.  In September 1840, he was married to Lucinda P., daughter of the late Whitman Willcox, Esq., of Norwich.

At the first meeting of the War Committee, held in Norwich in July 1862, he was unanimously recommended as Commandant of the Regiment to be raised in the 23d Senatorial District, under the call of the President for 300,000 more men.  In less than four weeks thereafter, a regiment one thousand and forty strong was in readiness for the seat of war.  On the 6th of September it took its departure.

From Baltimore, its first destination, the Regiment, as a part of the Army of Gen. Banks, after a month's detention at Fortress Monroe, was transferred to New Orleans.  Subsequently, and for a considerable length of time, the Colonel, as acting Brigadier, was placed in Command of all the Union troops menacing the enemy at Brasher City.  In his anxiety to be with his Regiment, from which he had been separated by illness after the battle of Bisland, fought April 12th, 1863, against the advice of his surgeon, he hastened to join it, then in the Siege of Port Hudson, only a few days before the fatal 14th of June. The result of that terrible day has passed into history, and the names and deeds of those who participated in that fearful struggle have become matters of record.  Of all that besieging army, there were none truer, braver, nobler, more patriotic, that day, than Colonel Elisha B. Smith.  Temporarily in command of Weitzel's daring old Brigade, he fell at its head mortally wounded, leading in the charge.  He was carried upon a litter to the Brigade hospital, in the woods, where with others he received all the attention it was possible to bestow.

During the few days that intervened previous to his death, Col. Smith, well aware of his condition, with intellect unclouded, exhibited his characteristic cheerfulness and resignation.  A little past the hour of midnight, on the morning of the 19th, in the solemn wood, surrounded by his soldiers and a few personal friends, his spirit took its flight, and returned to God who gave it.  His exit was calm and trustful, his end was peace.

On the 30th of June, Lieut. E.P. Pellet, in charge of all that remained of the Colonel, left New Orleans for his Northern home, on the steamer Cahawba.  On Friday evening, the 10th of July, the remains, amid the overshadowing grief and gloom of our people and of the entire valley, reached Norwich.  On Sunday following, the funeral was attended by an immense concourse of citizens, Rev Samuel Scoville officiating, assisted by the Rev. A.N. Benedict.  In accordance with the beautiful and touching ceremonies of the Masonic Ritual, the body was committed to earth in the cemetery of his own native village, in the burial place of his fathers.

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Lieutenant Edward Elias Breed, the eldest son of William R. Breed and Marcia C. Packer, was born in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], February 11, 1842.  His paternal grandparents were Deacon Elias Breed and Elizabeth Randall, and his maternal, Captain James Packer and Mary Billings, all of whom were early settlers in Chenango County from New England.  Mrs. Breed's father, Thomas Randall, was a Quartermaster in the War of the Revolution.

Surrounded by the influences of a good home, in which loyalty and patriotism were native products, he spent his early life upon a farm, enjoying the advantages of the common school, to which were added more thorough instruction in both Norwich and Oxford Academies.

On the 6th of August 1862, Lieut. Breed enlisted at Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], as a private in Company A, 114th Regiment.  A mother's fondness for her first born, as natural as it was honorable, for a time restrained his patriotic purpose, but at last yielded assent to the oft repeated assertion "Some must go, and why not I as well as others."

In August 1863, he was advanced to a Second lieutenancy, transferred to Co. H, of which he became first Lieutenant in October following, and acted as Captain until his death.  Lieutenant Breed was in action as Fort Bisland, Port Hudson, and shared the dangers and trials of the disastrous Red River Campaign.  At the terrible battle of Winchester, (Opequan, Va.) September 19th, 1864, where "The One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment offered up its glorious sacrifice of one hundred and eighty-eight men," after four color bearers had fallen, Lieut. Breed seized the prostrate flag, waving it in the face of the foe, and rallying his men, met the fatal bullet that sealed his life.  To the Surgeon who came to his relief, he said "Take the ball out, that I may go and fight them again."  He lived but a few hours, but long enough for him to testify, even with his latest breath, his undying devotion to his country.

Thoughtful friends, true to the ashes of this youthful patriot, as he had been to the flag of the Union, laid to rest in the family burial ground in his native town of Norwich, the casket of that young and heroic spirit, rescued from the wreck of battle. 

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, May 1872

 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.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, April 1872 (concuded)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 24, 1872

Marriages

MALLERY - SHARP:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Uri Mallery to Miss Julia E. Sharp, all of Norwich.

HILL - TOWSLEE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 23d, by William H. Gunn, Esq., Mr. Edward Hill to Miss Delphene Towslee, all of Norwich.

CASE - PURDY:  At the residence of the bride's father, E.H. Purdy in Oswego [Oswego Co. NY], April 17th, by Rev. S.S. N. Greeley, Mr. Joseph D. Case of Oneida [Madison Co. NY] to Miss Anna M. Purdy, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].

TURNER - HIGGINS:  April 4th, by Rev. J. Storrs, Mr. Holland H. Turner to Miss Lurancy M. Higgins, all of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY].

CHRISTIE - BARNHART:  In Albany [Albany Co. NY], April 10th, by Rev. D. Cobb, Mr. Edward Christie of Bainbridge, Chenango Co. [NY] to Miss Martha J. Barnhart, of Albany.

Deaths

BREWSTER:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], April 12th, Mr. A. B. Brewster, aged 65 years.

PURDY:  In Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co. NY], April 2d, of pneumonia, Mr. Stephen Purdy, aged 83 years.

CURTISS: In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], April 15th, of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Melvin Curtiss, aged 19 years and 11 months.

HOLDEN:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 13th, Frederick [Holden] son of John Holden, aged 8 years.

ALLISON:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Elizabeth Allison, aged 56 years.

MUSSON:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, Mr. John Musson, aged about 80 years.

WILBER:  In Earlville [Madison Co. NY], april 15th, Mr. William Wilber, aged 51 years.

THOMPSON:  At Red Oak Grove, Charlotte Co. Va., suddenly, April 11th, Deacon A.Z. Thompson, formerly of South New Berlin, aged 63 years.

PER LEE:  In mcLean, Tompkins co. [NY], April 12, Eddie [Per Lee], son of Edmund G. and Adelia Per lee, aged 2 years and 6 months.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 24, 1872

Death

In Cuyler [Chenango Co. NY], April 9th Polly [Randall] wife of Zeb Randall, aged sixty-five years.  Though a great sufferer, she endured her sickness with remarkable patience and Christian resignation and gave -?- proof of the power of the gospel of Christ, to be a sure support in the hour of death.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, April 24, 1872

Deaths

WATERS:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on the 12th inst, at the residence of his son-in-law, Rev. L.B. Yale, Mr. E.G. Waters, aged 78 years.  Mr. W. had spent a large portion of his life in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], and his remains were taken there for burial.

NASH:  In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on 5th inst. Ellen [Nash], wife of Lewis Nash.

HOUSE:  At the Poor House in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], March 28th, Wm. House, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], aged 85 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 25, 1872

Marriages

At the residence of Philo Peck, Esq., in this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], April 23d, by Rev. James H. Sage, Mr. Samuel P. Morse to Miss Charlotte C. Dudley, all of this village.

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 9th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Uri Mallery, Esq., to Miss Julia E. Sharp, both of Norwich.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], April 16th, Minnie E. [Atwater], daughter of John S and Urania Atwater, aged 4 years and 11 months.

Yes, we miss our little Minnie, / Every morning when we wake, / For we were so sure of kisses / That she loved to give and take.  / Miss her, yes, we all miss her, / Where she used to take her place, / At the table, right between us, / Never more to see her face.

Miss our Darling! Oh, how often / At the hours of eight or nine; / Miss the crib she used to sleep in; / Miss them, yes, so many times.  / Miss her, yes, we all miss her, ever / Miss her by our side at night, / For we know that she will never / Say, papa, mamma, good night.

Kiss the little curly tresses / Cut from her bright golden hair; / Do the angels kiss our darling / In the realms so bright and fair? / Oh, we pray to meet our darling, / For a long, long sweet embrace, / Where the little feet are waiting, / And we meet her face to face.

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 22d, Job H. Knickerbocker, aged 16 years 6 months 5 days.

Frightful and Fatal Accident:  We learn of one of the most frightful and fatal accidents that has happened in this section in many years.  It appears that a young man, 16 years of age, by the name of Job Knickerbocker, in the employ of James M. Phillips, of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], was on Saturday night boiling sap in an old house used for that purpose.  During the night, becoming somewhat weary, he crawled up over the pans where, it seems, there was a second floor, or upper room, and while there he fell into a sleep, and rolled off into the pans below. these pans were full of boiling sap.  He struck on his stomach, between the two pans, his feet entering the boiling say of one pan, while his hands were thrown into the other.  He was fearfully scaled at either extremity.  We understand that he extricated himself from this perilous position and walked about half a mile to the house of his mother, (a widow lady) where after lingering a short time in great agony, he died.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, April 27, 1872

Marriages

In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], April 24th, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Jonas Toombs, of Coventry, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Adilaide F. Benedict, of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY].

At East Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on the 21st inst. by Rev. J.S. Pattengill, Mr. Charles M. Potter and Miss Anna House, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], April 22d, 1872, Alexander Tucker, aged 64 years.

In St. Louis, Mo., April 2d, Harmonia Badger, aged 66 years.

In Otego [Otsego Co. NY], April 17th, Catherine Cole, wife of Zephaniah Cole, aged 82 years, 5 months and 12 days.

Death to her was a welcome guest, / Who came to lead her to her long-sought rest, / What others shrink from with gladness hails, / Death is but life where trustful hope prevails.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, April 1872 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1872

Marriages

HAWLEY - NEWMAN:  At the residence of the bride, April 2d, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Zina A. Hawley of Marathon [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Emily J. Newman, of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

CAMPBELL - McLEAN:  At the residence of Nathan Godfrey, in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], April 3d, by Rev. George Heaton, Mr. Burr B. Campbell, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Helen McLean, of Guilford.

KEPPEL - CURTIS:  In Morrisville, April 8th, by Rev. H.F. Dudley, Rev. David Keppel, Pastor of the M.E. Church at Morrisville [Madison Co. NY], to Miss Mary Curtis, of South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

INGERSOLL:  In Friendship, Allegany Co. NY], April 5th, Susan Morris [Ingersoll], wife of A.H. Ingersoll, and daughter of James W. Thompson, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 33 years, 5 months and 17 days.

FRINK:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], April 11th, of scarlet fever, Ida V. [Frink], daughter of Rufus B. and Charlotte A Frink, aged 4 years 2 months and 23 days.

SUMNER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Mr. Charles Sumner, aged 78 years.

ROCKWELL:  In Burns, Wis., Mahala [Rockwell], wife of Sperry Rockwell, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 50 years, 8 months and 11 days.

SEWARD:  In Cuyler, Cortland Co. [NY], April 9th, Mrs. Polly Randall, wife of Zebulon C. Randall, Esq. in the 60th year of her age.  A loved one has departed.  She was a good wife, a kind mother, and beloved and respected by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Many years ago, she united with the Congregational Church at Lincklaen, and has ever lived the life of a consistent, earnest Christian and died in the triumph of the Christian's hope.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1872

Marriage

SINCLAIR - CARPENTER:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday evening, April 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. John H. Sinclair to Miss Susie A. Carpenter, eldest daughter of the late Andrew J. Carpenter.  The typos and all hands ot the Telegraph office wish the young couple much joy.

Death

KINNEY:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 13th, of scarlet fever, Mary L. [Kinney], aged 11 months and 29 days; and April 1st, Lillian [Kinney] aged 3 years and 7 months, daughters of Alonzo L. and Janie L. Kinney.

O, Lillian and Mary I am lonely tonight. / You, that I loved dearly, are hid from my sight. / You two little darlings that made life so gay. / A beautiful angel has taken away.

Here by the fire, I am sitting alone, / Bright hopes, once cherished all vanished and gone, / Lips that once kissed me are silent and cold. / Voices are hushed that some loving tale told.

Mother

WARNER:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 13th, of consumption, Mr. Abner W. Warner, aged 74 years, for many years a respected resident of this village

Mr. Warner came to this village from New England with his parents when a youth and has resided here until a couple of weeks since, when he removed to his residence upon the Bisall farm in North Norwich.  Nearly fifty years ago Mr. Warner commenced in company with Henry Snow, the Wagon making business in this village.  Succeeding to the firm he continued the business in company with his son until their removal from the village, above spoken of.  Mr. Warner has always fulfilled the responsibility of a good citizen, and though his work has been a quiet one it has been such as at all times to secure the confidence and respect of all who knew him.  In 1819 he united with the Congregational church, in this village, and remained a consistent, upright member, until his death.  Upright and honest, walking daily in the path of Christian duty, he leaves behind him a cherished memory, and himself goes forward to enjoy the crown of victory.  He leaves one son, Charles W. Warner, a worthy and estimable young man.

McNITT:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 14th, suddenly, of spotted fever, Mr. Morgan McNitt, aged 52 years and 10 months.

Mr. McNitt was born in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], and was the son of the late James McNitt.  For many years he had lived in Plymouth and North Norwich.  He was a good citizen and had often been honored by his neighbors and friends with their suffrages.  Last spring, he came near being elected Supervisor of North Norwich.  He was a member of the Baptist church of this village, and was always conscientious, earnest liberal and kind.  Only Wednesday last we had a pleasant interview with him, and he appeared to be in more than usual good health.  Malignant disease however laid its hand upon him and in three days its work was accomplished.  He will be missed by his neighbors, his church and by all who knew him.  Most of all will his family feel the loss, for he was a kind husband and father.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 18, 1872

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Mr. Silas Tillotson, aged 61 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Mr. Erastus Winston, aged 47 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 15th, Mr. James Miner, aged 60 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Alvira [Cady] wife of Russel Cady, aged 56 years.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, April 20, 1872

Deaths

In Otego [Otsego Co. NY], April 5th, 18721, of consumption, Miss Ellen Hubbell, aged 19 years and 9 months.

In North Franklin [Delaware Co. NY], April 6, Wm. M. Gay, aged 51 years.

In Walton [Delaware Co. NY], March 30, Deacon Amos Hoyt, aged 76 years.

In Milford [Otsego Co. NY], April 1st, Wm. Queal, aged 80 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], John Musson, aged 75 years.

In Memoriam: The following is taken from the Daily Press of Iowa City, of April 8th, 1872:  "On Saturday occurred the death of James Conant Fosbury, in Iowa City, after an illness of thirteen weeks.  Mr. Fosbury was born in Chenango Co. N.Y., July 30, 1809, and came to this city in 1857.  In 1862 he enlisted in the gray beard regiment and was mustered into service on the 31st of Oct. of that year and followed the fortunes of his regiment during its three year service.  Mr. Fosbury was a consistent member of the Baptist church and was known as a good and worthy citizen.  He was buried with military honors under the auspices of the G.A.R."  The deceased was son of Stephen Fosbury and brother of Reuben C. Fosbury, Esq. of Bainbridge.

News Item

A correspondent of the Oxford Times says that Mrs. Masters, the lumber merchant of Chenango County, referred to by a New York paper, is a daughter of the late Richard Morris, and granddaughter of Gen. Jacob Morris, a Revolutionary soldier. She lives one mile east of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] on an estate bequeathed her by her father and known as "Upton Park."  Mrs. Masters is a lady of fine culture, highly educated, and a person of great resolution.  Since the death of her father, in 1863, she has had the entire supervision of her extensive farm.

War of 1812, Chenango County, NY

 The Chenango and Unadilla Valleys Fifty Years Ago.

S.S. Randall

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 10, 1872

War of 1812

On the 8th of September 1812, four hundred volunteers rendezvoused at Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], as recruits for the front, in the War with England, declared in the preceding June.  they spread their tents on the open meadows, east of Steere's Hotel, the old Eagle, then kept by Moses Doty; made choice of Lieut. Col. Thompson Mead as their commandant, and on the 20th started on their march for the western and northern frontier.  My own recollection does not extend back to this period, but my friend, Nelson B.  Hale remembers and has well described the scene, in a late number of The Telegraph, which he was so kind as to send me a few weeks since.  Mr. Clark informs us that about half the regiment thus assembled, were residents of Chenango, and the residue of Broome and Tioga.  John Randall, Jr., of Norwich, was Major; John Noyes, senior, Adjutant; Asa Norton, Quarter Master, and Dr. William Mason, of Preston, Surgeon of the corps.  Among the Captains of companies, were Reuben Gray, of Sherburne; Nathan Taylor of South New Berlin, Thornton Wasson of Guilford, and Daniel Root, of German; all good men and true. Those among the Lieutenants who did most efficient service in the field, were Charles Randall, of Capt. Gray's company, and John Fields, who had formerly been in the British army.  Upon the arrival of the regiment at Buffalo, early in October, they immediately marched down the Niagara River, and took position on the American side, opposite Queenstown Heights.  In the sanguinary engagement which followed, Col. Mead's corps took an active part.  "On the morning of the 13th," says Mr. Clark, "at early dawn, one hundred of the regiment took to the boats and crossed form Lewiston to Queenstown.  Col. Thompson Mead, Captains, Bacon (of Broome), Wasson and Root, Lieutenants Charles Randall and John Fields, were with the men.  On their way across the ferry, they met Col Solomon Van Rensselaer returning in a boat, badly wounded. A speedy landing, in good order, was effected, and the men formed and ascended the mountain, taking position in open fields, on its apex, a few rods to the south of Gen. Brock's monument, and only about thirty rods from the line of the Indians secreted behind forest trees and heavy rail fence.  Col. Mead was repeatedly fired upon while passing to and fro, giving orders to the men.  Sergeant Mann was shot standing by his side.  Branches of trees over his head were cut by rifle bullets.  The aim of the savages was every instant growing more precise and fatal.  Lieut. Charles Randall, seeing the dangerous position of his company, hastily beat up for volunteers to drive the savages, and to take shelter in their secure retreat. The charge succeeded in putting the red men to flight, with some loss in their number; and the troops had a few hours of repose before the closing scene of the protracted contest."  The total loss of the Americas in this battle, in which the late Major General Winfield Scott "fleshed his maiden sword," was estimated at 1000 men.  One hundred were killed, two hundred captured, and about three hundred of the remainder surrendered with Gen. Scott. The prisoners, including Col. Mead's corps, were taken to Niagara, and from thence to Newark, afterwards burned by the Americans.  Lieut. Fields, unfortunately fell into the hands of his former British commandant, but succeeded in escaping recognition, and was shortly after dismissed on parole.  Lieut. Randall conversed freely with his British captors at Newark, who appeared greatly to admire the pluck and daring by which the Indians were so promptly and effectually driven from their dangerous ambush.  On the 19th or 20th of October, the prisoners were all discharged on parole, and the surviving members of the Chenango regiment returned home.

In this engagement Col. Mead appears to have behaved with great coolness and determination.  In his retreat, he somewhat unwisely concealed a valuable sword in his possession, a loan from a friend, in the rocks at Queenstown, the subsequent discovery of which caused many a pleasant jest at his expense.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, April 1872 (continued)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 10, 1872

Deaths

Deacon Charles Randall

RANDALL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on the 16th ult, at the residence of his son, John A Randall, Deacon Charles Randall, aged 82 years 9 months, 6 days.

Mr. Randall was born in Stonington, Conn., January 25, 1780.  In 1797 when he was but seventeen years of age, he came with his father's family to this county, then a comparative wilderness, and with the other early pioneers assisted in felling the forests and reducing the soil to a state of productiveness.  The family stopped in Norwich but a short time and then, because of the large number of Indians who had located upon the river, removed to the 12th township, afterwards called Stonington, in honor of the first settlers, and now known as Pharsalia.  Here Mr. Randall erected the first house built in town.  In removing from Stonington, the journey was made on foot using oxen to carry their scanty furniture.  The time consumed in making the journey was twenty-one days.

After remaining in Pharsalia two years the family again removed to Norwich, and purchased a farm of 600 acres of Mr. Powers, who purchased of the Indians, a portion of which is still owned by the son of Mr. Randall above referred to.

In 1812, Mr. Randall volunteered in the company of Capt. Gray, under whom he served as a Lieutenant at the battle of Queenstown Heights where he was taken prisoner by the British and Indians.  After a short captivity he was paroled and returned home.  He did not again enter the service, not having been exchanged.  Upon the first page of today's Telegraph will be found an interesting sketch of the part taken by Lieut. Randall in repelling British invasion in this memorable battle.

In 1817 during the great revival, as it is now called, he was converted and the 17th of January with 32 others was Baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church in this village.  In 1817-18 the old Baptist church on the Green, was built, to which he contributed more in labor and money than any other person.  In 1819 he was chosen Deacon of the church, a position which he acceptably filled for nearly 50 years, and until compelled to relinquish it from infirmity, the active duties of a Christian.  He was one of the founders of the New York Baptist Education Society, and as long as he was able to attend to the duties of the office, was one of its Board of trustees.

At the time of his death, he was the oldest of the pioneers then living.  His life has been one of usefulness, and as the "sere and yellow leaf" he has gone to his rest, and the final reward which awaits those who trust in the Redeemer.  He leaves surviving him an aged widow, and the following sons and daughters:  John A Randall, Mrs. Ralph Johnson, Abigal Hacket, and Mrs. E.M. Eldridge, all of whom are well known, honored and respected citizens of the communities in which they reside.

Ralza A. Crumb

CRUMB:  At South Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, after a short illness, Ralza A. Crumb, aged 63 years and 10 months.

Mr. Crumb was one of the most respected and prominent citizens of Plymouth.  For several years he filled the office of Justice of the Peace, has represented his town in the Board of Supervisors and was several times elected county Superintendent of the Poor.  He was an honest upright representative man, and always enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens.

Mrs. Sarah M. Carpenter

Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]:  Death has been making fearful ravages among us.  Disease has cut down no less than thirteen in our midst within a few days.  On Monday the 25th ult. Mrs. Sarah M. [Carpenter] wife of Rev. Henry Carpenter, departed this life, aged 29 years.  she was sick only six days, bearing her suffering with Christian fortitude, without murmur or complaint.  In her last hours, when she began to realize that soon the silent messenger of death must bear her away to the spirit land, she was much resigned.  The oft repeated words "it is well," "it is well," are but faint symbols of the true type of her Christian character.  On Wednesday, March 27th, her remains were conveyed to Danby, N.Y., where she has spent most of her days. The funeral took place at the Cong'l church, on Thursday at 1 o'clock P.M., where a large circle of relatives and friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed one.  The sermon was preached by the Rev. Geo. A. Pelton, of Camden, from this text, "there remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God."  With the highest hopes that she could make her life more useful elsewhere than at home, she came to Smyrna.  In the prime of life, with all her high hopes and aspirations to do the work of the Master, she was cut down.  We all feel deeply afflicted but are willing to submit to the will of Him who "doeth all things well," for "blessed are they who die in the Lord."  

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, April 10, 1872

Marriage

EMERSON - PUFFER:  In the Baptist church, in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday evening, April 3d, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Mr. Herbert Emerson of Mcdonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss S.A. Puffer, of this village.

Married, on Wednesday the 3d inst. at the house of Nathaniel Godfrey, by Rev. Geo. Heaton, Miss Helen McLean of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], to Mr. Cambell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY]

Deaths

WESCOTT:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 19th, Mary F. [Wescott], daughter of James F. and Thankful Wescott, aged 23 years.

HADLEY:  At the Poor House in Preston [Chenango Co. NY], on 13th March, of consumption, Joel Hadley, aged 82 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 11, 1872

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], April 7th, Ida May [Knickerbocker], daughter of Harvey and Harriett Knickerbocker, aged 6 years and 9 months.

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 4, Polly Scott, aged 70 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 27th, Ruth [Frazer], wife of Henry S. Frazer, aged 42 years.

Bainbridge Republican, April 13, 1872

Deaths

In Otego [Otsego Co. NY], March 30th, Mrs. Marie Goodrich, relict of the late Seth Goodrich, and daughter of Philo Andrews of Davenport [Delaware Co. NY], aged 75 years.  She has fought a good fight, she has finished her course, she has kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for her a crown of righteousness.

In Laurens [Otsego Co. NY], March 14th, Mrs. Betsey Gardner, aged 85 years and 5 months.

In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], April 3d, Mr. Chauncey Gardner, aged 54 years.

At Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 19th, Hancy May [Ireland] youngest daughter fo Wm. H. and Lavina Ireland, aged 5 years and 7 months.

The strife is o'er, the scene is closed, / And Hancy is at rest, / Death's icy arms have her embraced, / And stilled the heaving breast.

Oh! it was very hard to know / Our darling one must die, / And feel that death, relentless death, / Must sever every tie.

But to assuage our bitter grief, / One precious thought is given, / While we on earth lament her loss, / She lives again in Heaven.

There freed from all the ills of earth, / She roams etysian plains, / And sings of Christ's redeeming love, / In sweet Angelic strains.

We will not murmur nor complain, / Though tender ties are riven, / But may this form another link / To bind our souls to Heaven.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, April 1872 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 10, 1872

Marriages

WOOD - WOOD:  At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 27th, by Rev. A.M. Totsman, Mr. Stephen H. Wood to Miss S. Estella Wood, all of Norwich.

SULLIVAN - WELCH:  At St. Patrick's Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 5th, by Rev. Father O'Connell, Mr. John Sulivan to Miss Mary Welch, all of Norwich.

HOSTERMANN - PHILLIPS:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], March 29th, by Samuel Steere, Esq., Mr. Carl Hostermann to Miss Almira Phillips, both of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

SHELDON:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 8th, Mrs. Mary Sheldon, aged 90 years.

NORMILE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 1st, of scarlet fever, Mary [Normile] aged 5 years; and April 2d, John [Normile] aged 3 years, children of John Normile.  They were buried in one grave.

CARRUTH:  In St. Paul, Minn., March 29th, of consumption, Mr. James S. Carruth, aged 21 years, son of the late Cortland Carruth, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].  His remains were interred in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. nY], on Thursday last.

CRUMB:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Mr. Ralza A. Crumb, aged 64 years.

PER LEE:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Mr. Cuyler Per Lee, aged 80 years.

BENNETT:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], April 3d, suddenly, of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Orlando Bennett, aged 52 years.

BOSWORTH:  At the residence of er son, James W. Bosworth, in McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], March 31st, Mrs. Nancy Bosworth, widow of the late Gardner Bosworth, aged 80 years.

WYLIE:  At the residence of her son, J.W. Wylie, in Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], April 5th, Mrs. Minerva Wylie, widow of Samuel Wylie, aged 74 years and 8 months.

CLARK:  In West Hoboken, N.J., Dec. 20th, Hon. James Clark of South Otselic, Chenango Co. [NY], in the 75th year of his age.

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BELLOWS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, after a brief illness, Margarette S. [Bellows] wife of Dr. H.K. Bellows, aged 36 years and 6 months.

Mrs. Bellows died on the evening of Friday last.  For about a week previous her life had been held as it were in a quivering balance, and while our citizens heard but little on which to rest a chance of recovery, that little drew from many a loving, anxious heart, the constant prayer for her life.

Few deaths in our midst could call out a more general sorrow.  Quiet, retiring, affectionate, motherly, she was well known to all those who were wont to call at her home for the medial advice or attendance of her husband, and no one knew her but to respect and love her.  A good wife, an excellent mother, has left us to sorrow and sympathize with the husband and children.

Mrs. Margarette S. Bellows was a daughter of Isaac S Bockee, formerly of North Norwich. Her mother died leaving four small children of whom Mrs. B. was the eldest but one.  The father married again, and himself died while his children were still young.  The step-mother afterwards married James H. Smith, Esq., and removed with the children to this village.  Here [she and] the Doctor [were] married, in 1852.  In 1863 their eldest daughter, Clara, died.  The mother leaves three daughters, the youngest an infant recently born.

The deceased was a member of the Congregational Church of this village, a consistent, earnest, unobtrusive, Christian lady, with a hand always open for the needy. She has left us in the prime of life, in the very noonday of her usefulness, when cares for the little ones rested on her, cares that no one else could bear so well as a mother.  So, death often chooses the shining mark.  Why, we cannot tell now.

"Leaves have their time to fall, / And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, / And stars to act, but all,/ Thou hast till seasons for thine own, O Death!"

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BARR:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 8th, Mr. Orrin Barr, aged 77 years.

We are called upon to record the death of another of our venerable citizens, Mr. Orrin Barr, who died at his residence in this town on Monday last, aged 77 years.  At the age of eleven years, he came from Massachusetts to this place, when there were but three framed houses here.  He may therefore be called one of the pioneers.  He assisted in felling the forests and cultivating the soil.  He has always been a laboring man, "earning his bread by the sweat of his brow."  He had a kind heart and was always ready to assist those who were in distress, and minister, as far as in her power, to their wants.  He was a subscriber to the Norwich Journal from its commencement, and through its change of names, to the time of his death.  But he has died at a good old age, respected and beloved by all who knew him, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn his loss.

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Death of Hon. F.C. Whipple:  Many of the older residents of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], will recollect the subject of the following sketch, who, something over thirty years ago, was a promising young law student in that village.  He married, we believe, a daughter of Dr. Bancroft, at that time a leading physician in Oxford. We copy from the Howell (Mich.) Democrat:

"The Hon. Frederick C. Whipple died in Oceola, Mich., March 22d, aged 60 years.  He was born in Connecticut, and commenced his collegiate course of study at Amherst College, Massachusetts, and graduated at Union College, New York, with the highest honors.  He studied law at Oxford, N.Y., in the office of Mr. Mygatt, and came to Michigan in 1840.  He first settled at Ann Arbor, then he came to Brighton, and finally to Howell in 1846.  His splendid talents and fine education at once placed him among the leading lawyers of the State; indeed, at one time he was called the best lawyer to address a jury in it.  He continued the practice of law at Howell until 1861, when disease overtook him, from which he never fully recovered.  At one time he held the office of Judge of Probate, and in 1858, he was offered the nomination for congress on the Democratic ticket, which he was compelled to refuse on account of the insanity of his wife, who is still at the Asylum in Kalamazoo.  We well recollect the event, for the letter offering him the nomination was addressed to the editor of this paper, from influential democrats at Detroit.  Had he then been nominated, he would have been elected instead of Mr. Cooper.  On our showing the letter to the Judge he burst into tears and replied that he could not take the nomination for the reason before given.  Indeed, his ambition was killed, and he had no desire to live.  So he then told us.  Few men started out in life with brighter prospects than Judge Whipple, and few men had warmer friends, even to the last, than he.  His remains were committed to the grave on Sunday, with Masonic honors. his funeral was very largely attended, many persons not being able to enter the Presbyterian Church, where it was held, and the remarks of the Rev. Mr. Foster on the occasion were well received by all present."