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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 29, 1876

Marriage

MERRITT - BONNEY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co NY], at the residence of the bride's parents, June 21st, by Rev. D.E. Loveridge, Mr. George S. Merritt to Miss Alta E. Bonney, all of this place.

Deaths

CROZIER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 22d, infant son of Harvey H. and Eveline R. Crozier.

CROZIER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 25th, Eveline [Crozier] wife of Harvey H. Crozier, aged 25 years.

CREGO:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 28th, at the residence of her son, Mrs. Polly Crego, aged 87 years.  Her remains will be taken to Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] for burial.  Funeral services will be held at the Congregational Chruch in Columbus Centre on Friday, June 30th at 12 o'clock.

JACOBS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 27th, Edward E. [Jacobs], son of J. and Elizabeth Jacobs, aged 5 years and 9 months.

DONOHUE:  Mrs. Donohue of Port Dickinson, Broome County [NY], died recently from the effects of milkweed, eaten as greens. After eating them she drank a quantity of buttermilk which had stood for several days, the combining of the two baffling the skill of physicians with the above fatal result.

HARDY:  Saturday morning, the 17th, Mr. Hardy of Milford [Otsego Co. NY], was exercising his horses with a bridle, the animal reared up, striking Mr. H. in the breast with its fore feet, injuring him so severely that he died on Thursday morning of last week.

SHERMAN:  On Thursday, the 15th, Fred Sherman of Cherry Valley [Otsego Co. NY], early in the morning took his rifle to go out hunting.  Not returning as was expected, a search was made, which resulted in finding him dead, the ramrod of his gun having been driven completely through his body, leaving the metal head of the rod imbedded in the lungs, evidently the result of an accidental discharge of the gun.

BLISS:  During the storm of Sunday evening, the 18th, Everett Bliss owner of a sawmill at Georgetown [Madison Co. NY] was drowned while attempting to hoist the gates to his dam, and his body was found next morning in the creek.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 29, 1976

Marriages

WALRAD - COY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], June 21, by Rev. W.H. Waldron, Mr. Irving J. Walrad of Lebanon [Madison Co. NY] and Lodena L. Coy of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].

BUTTS - DAILY:  At the home of the bride in Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], June 20th by Rev. H.N. Cornish, Mr. Ransom Butts of Beaver Meadow [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Flora E. Dailey of Otselic.

Deaths

DAVIS:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], June 12, after a painful illness of several months of lung and heart disease, Mrs. Rachel Davis, aged 63 years.

PRITCHARD:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], on the 20th inst. at the residence of his son, A.N. Pritchard, Esq., Mr. Pritchard aged 93 years.

HAWK:  A telegraphic dispatch states that Mr. George Hawk, of Hancock [Delaware Co. NY], was drowned in the Delaware River, at Bordentown, on Tuesday, the 20th inst.