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

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 18, 1876

Marriages

BROWN - SISSON:  At the home of the bride, with her brother, James M. Sisson, in New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], May 16th, by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Mr. Garret H. Brown of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Rachel A. Sisson.

FANDRICH - INGRAHAM:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], May 15th, by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. Adam Fandrich to Miss Martha Ingraham, all of Oxford.

JILLSON - HOLLENBECK:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], May 7th, by Rev. J.K. Peck, Mr. Lewis H. Jillson of Readsboro, Vt., to Miss Alice M. Hollenbeck of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

CORBIN -BREWSTER:  In Schoharie, N.Y. [Schoharie Co.], April 26th, by Rev. W.C. Handy, Mr. Frank T. Corbin of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Sarah Brewster of the former place.

CORBIN - HITCHCOCK:  In Armanda, Mich., May 4th, by Rev. Mr. Baird, Mr. Sanford Corbin of Plainwell, Mich. to Mrs. B.H. Hitchcock of Pitcher, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]

Deaths

BREED:  In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], May 16th, Mr. Jabez N. Breed aged 55 years and 4 months.

PECK:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], May 12th, Mr. Philip Peck aged 78 years 5 months and 23 days.

NEWTON:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], May 14th, Linn D. [Newton] son of F.O. and Jane Newton, aged 7 years, 1 month and 6 days. 

CONE:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], May 8th, Dr. Tracy S. Cone, aged 65 years.

WESSELS:  In Brisbin [Chenango Co. NY], May 13th, Rachel L. [Wessels] wife of Nelson E. Wessels, aged 22 years.

WELLS:  In Chicago, May 2d, Mr. Edward Payson Wells aged 39 years, formerly of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].

CHAPMAN:  In St. Louis, Mo. May 6th, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Chapman, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], wife of the late N.C. Chapman, aged 57 years.

A daughter of Mr. Gaylord Brown of Madison [Madison Co. NY], who was engaged to teach the district school in the McMillan district, Augusta [Oneida Co. NY], was a few days ago taken with spino-cerebral meningitis and died in three hours.

Dr. F.W. Root an old physician died at Hamilton [Madison Co. NY] on Monday of last week.

Mrs. William Bodine of Preble [Cortland Co. NY], was so badly burned on the -?- inst. from her clothing taking fire while she was engaged in making soap at an outdoor fire that she died a few hours afterwards.  She was twenty-three years of age and leaves a child three months old.  She was formerly a resident of Otsego County.

The wife of Mr. William Bodine, of Preble, was horribly burned a short time since by her dress igniting from a fire where Mr. B. was making soap.  He struggled hard to extinguish the flames, but her body was burned black before he succeeded, and she died in great agony, twelve hours after the accident [Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 18, 1876]

Guilford, Chenango Co. NY:  Nicholas Cogshill an old and respected resident of our village, died on the 5th inst., after a short illness.  He leaves a wife and family.