Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1840 & 1879)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 13, 1840

Marriages

On the 5th inst. by the Rev. Barrows, Mr. David B. Griffing to Miss Mary Newel daughter of Consider Coomes, Esq. All of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

At Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] on the 6th inst. by the Rev. Thomas Towel, J.L. Kellogg, M.D. to Miss Nancy S. [Starr] daughter of Naham Starr Esq. of the same place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 3, 1840

Death

In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] May 14th, Miss Emily Mudge, daughter of Mr. Isaac mudge, aged 27 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 10, 1840

Marriage

At Oswego [Oswego Co. NY] on the 4th inst. by the Rev. Robert W. Condit, Walter M. Conkey Esq. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], cashier of the Bank of Chenango to Miss Julia E. Randall of the same place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1840

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] of consumption on Wednesday the 10th inst. Mrs. Rachael McHurdy aged 27 years.  Devoted to the interests of her Redeemer in life, she enjoyed the consolations they afforded in the hour of death.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] on Friday last of scarlet fever, Eliza Emily [Cook] youngest daughter of Abial Cook, Esq. aged 5 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 24, 1840

Death

In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] on the 11th inst. Erastus H. [Barrows] only son of the Rev. L.A. and Harriet B. Barrows, aged 3 years.

"As the sweet flower that scents the morn, / But withers in the rising day; / Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, / Thus swiftly fled his life away."

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 5, 1879

Death

MONROE:  In this town Aril 2d, John Monroe, aged 71 years.  funeral services at his late residence in East Norwich on Saturday at 10 o'clock A.M.

Our obituary column today contains the notice of the death of Mr. John Monroe, which occurred at his residence, near East Norwich, under most peculiar and painful circumstances.  A little over a week ago he was at his usual work at his mill, when by some accident he tore a small piece of skin from one of his fingers.  He thought nothing of it, until a few days after, his arm began to swell and pain him.  Erysipelas set in and the complication baffled all skill and he died as announced on Wednesday.  Mr. Monroe was one of our most esteemed and respected citizens, having resided in this town for many years. Though pursuing the unostentatious calling of a farmer, his keen judgment made him one of the representative men of his class.  He was a man of good general understanding and a large reader.  He had taken the Telegraph for many years and as he was wont to remark when renewing, he "always read his own paper.":  His virtues were not confined to his own circle but were known by all who came in contact with him.  In his death truly a good man has been taken away, and his loss will be felt in the community in which he lived.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1879

News Item

Breach of Promise

As numerous newspapers in the State have published accounts of a breach of promise case between Prof. Charles Boss, of Cobleskill [Schoharie Co. NY], formerly of this town [Smyrna, Chenango Co. NY], and Miss Alice Braman of Brockport [Monroe Co. NY], a teacher in the Normal School at that place, and have so grossly misrepresented the facts in the case, we take the liberty of stating a few things in reply to their assertions.  In the first place, Charles is not the son of a wealthy farmer, but his father is a hard-working farmer who has gained a livelihood by hard labor and is one of our most respected citizens.  As a former schoolmate of Charles, we know him to be a young man worthy of the affections of any young lady, be she a resident of Brockport, or any other village.  He is no "fool" as the Sun asserts, nor is he the character that the Rochester Evening Express makes him out, but his scholarly attainments and gentlemanly ways have placed him high in the estimation of our townsmen and all those that know him. We believe he will be able to defend himself in a proper manner and come out the victor in the end.

We believe that every citizen in this town will agree with us in the above statements. We know but little of his matrimonial affairs and care less; yet we should judge he would unite his destinies with the person of his choice, if all the Doctors in New York State stood in the way.  If the Doctor [father of Alice Braman] gets enough out of Charles to buy a bottle of soothing syrup, we shall be greatly surprised and hope he will use a portion of it to soothe his irascible temper, and send the rest to the Express man, to strengthen his truth telling capacity.