Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, June 1876 (continued)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 1, 1876

Marriage

TRUESDELL - ARMS:  At the home of the bride, May 26th, 1876, by the Rev. E.G. Cheesman, J.E. Truesdell, of Owatonna, Minn., and Fannie C. Arms, of Rockdale, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

Wednesday night Capt. Cone, a much esteemed citizen of South Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] went into his woodshed for an armful of wood and died instantly, it is supposed of heart disease.

On Sunday May 21, George Church died of measles.  A terrible sickness in childhood made him a cripple and for a long time past he has been unable to walk.  Funeral services by Rev. Joshua Clark of DeRuyter.

Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY: The remains of the late Nelson Rexford were brought to this place on Saturday and buried at the Quarter Cemetery.

Plymouth, Chenango Co. NY: Devalson Aldrich died at his residence on Friday May 26th of consumption.  Funeral services at the Methodist Church on Sunday were conducted by Rev. L.C. Hayes, assisted by the Baptist pastor, Rev. H.N. Cornish.  His loss will be deeply felt by his family and neighbors.

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, June 7, 1876

Marriages

PERKINS - CHURCH:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], May 30th, by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. George Perkins of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Mary A. Church of Oxford.

SCOTT - FERRIS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], May 31st, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Mr. Levi Scott to Miss Mary Ferris.

CONNELY - WILLARD:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], May 25th, by Rev. A.W. Snyder, Mr. George W. Connely of Edenburg, Pa., to Miss Annie H. Willard, of Greene.

A young man by the name of Thurston Adams has eloped with a married woman, the wife of Chester Morris Edgerton, living in Lyman Church's house, her husband working at Burton Westover's.  They took a little child two or three years old with them and most of her things.  It is thought that they were helped by other parties.  Adams worked for Jake Bearer and was seen to take the cars at Oxford on Tuesday or Wednesday evening.

Deaths

WRIGHT:  In East McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], May 30th, Mrs. Susan K. Wright, aged 67 years.

STEERE:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], on 2d inst., Mr. Henry Steere, aged 69 years.

PECK:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], May 21st, Mary Addie, daughter of Richard and Ellen Peck, aged 2 yrs.

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Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 1, 1876

Omitted from the Civil War Roll

Our attention has been called to the fact that in our "roll of honored dead" published in last week's Telegraph, the name of one of our Irish Volunteers was omitted.  That was so, though upon copy, the compositor omitted the name of William Hughs, private, 161st N.Y. Vols. died Sept. 1872.  We did not of course intentionally omit the name of so brave a soldier as "Billy."

We have now to add the name of Ira E. Terry private in Capt. Stanton's Co., 74th N.Y. Vols, died at Elgin, Mich., 1875.

Daniel Tracy, 22 N.Y. Cav., died at Transit Hospital Battery Benox, N.Y. March 4, 1865.  Buried in Foster burying ground.

A Noble Death

In our list last week of those who sacrificed their lives for their country, we stated that Alonzo Benjamin was shot through the head at Gettysburg.  This was an error, and we are now permitted to publish for the first time the facts in regard to his case, having learned them from Mrs. B.  We do this the more cheerfully as "Ben" was a student with the writer when practicing law in this village.

It was upon the first day's fight at Gettysburg when our brave boys were driven from the field, leaving the "reb" practically masters of the situation.  "Ben" saw a comrade some distance behind him fall wounded and thinking to bring him in, so that he would not have to lie there in a wounded condition all night (it was then 7 o'clock P.M.), he went to him amid the rebel bullets to bring him off the field.  He had just raised his friend up when a bullet struck him through the left shoulder, coming out through the heart, causing instant death.  Seeing "Ben" fall, another comrade went back to carry him to a place of safety.  Taking him up, the wounded soldier by his side cried out, "for God's sake take me, Ben is dead."  Seeing this was a fact, he dropped Ben and carried the wounded soldier, for whom the former had sacrificed his life, from the field, and today he lives, saved by "Ben's" bravery and courage.