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Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1865

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 5, 1865

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 22d, 1865, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. William H. Stewart to Miss Helen M. Huntley, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. George Bently, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maryette Miller of Afton.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], march 16th, by Rev. E. Curtis, Mr. Andrew Lowe, to Miss Huldah E. Balcom.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 2d, 1865, Mrs. Mary L. Wicks, wife of Milton Wicks, and daughter of Joseph Skinner, aged 22 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Mr. Francis E. Root, aged 30 years and 10 months.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Mr. Almon M. Franklin, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 23th, Mr. Whiting Edgerton aged 80 years.

Died:  At Lone Rock, Wis., March 17th, Lavina Jennette [Craig], wife of William Craig, and daughter of Monmouth and Lydia Purdy, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] aged 31 yrs.

Died:  In Salisbury Rebel Prison, Jan. 17th, Mr. Frederick Per Lee, son of Cuyler Per Lee Esq., of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 21 years, of the 5th Heavy Artillery.

Died:  At the Army Square Hospital, Dec. 14th, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Clark H. Woods, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], a member of Co. K, 10th N.Y. Cavalry.

Died:  In Salisbury Prison, N.C., Feb. 8th, Mr. Charles E. Curtis of Co. B, 90th N.Y.V., late of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], aged about 34 years.

Died:  At South Hadley, Mass., March 19th, 1865, Miss Catharine Hopkins, Principal of the Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary and sister of Charles Hopkins of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

Died:  In Sherburne, Feb. 8th, Nettie P. [Rogers], wife of Charles E. Rogers, aged 21 years.  For months previous to her death her bodily sufferings were intense and severe, but she bore all with Christian patience. She leaves an affectionate husband and a large circle of friends who deeply mourn their loss. But they do not mourn without hope for their loss, we trust, is her infinite gain.

Died:  At White Store [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 15th, Grace [Brown], aged 4 years, only daughter of Louis and Harriet Brown, of Corning, N.Y. [Steuben Co.]

The icy hand of death / Was laid on cheek and brown. / And Grace, the cherished idol, lay / Beneath his shadow now. / "Oh Gracie, darling, leave me not!" / The anguished mother sighed; / "Hush mama! mama, please be still!" / The little sufferer cried.

"Dear brother Gracie's going home; / Be good, my darling one. / And give this kiss to dear papa, / Whenever he comes home." / "Now I will go to sleep, and soft / The blue eyes closed, the breath / Fluttered more faintly, then was still; / Sweet Gracie slept in death.

Blest sleep! to open those blue eyes / Where death can never come / To gaze with wonder and surprise / Upon her Heavenly home, / And looking back to the sad world, / To her darkened earthly home, / Is she not calling, brother dear, / Papa, mama, come home?

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, Mr. Myron Robbins, aged 55 years.  He lived respected and died regretted by all who knew him.  He lived in peace with his family, in peace with his neighbors, and in peace with his God for he was an exemplary Christian. This is the last tribute of respect than can be paid to him.  

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 12, 1865

Married:  At the Rectory of Emmanuel Church, Norwich [Chenango Co.], on Tuesday April 4th, 1865, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Charles Henry Graves, of Norwich, to Miss Laura Lavinia Brown of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. James A. Hopkins to Miss Mary Jane Walker, all of Oxford.

Married:  In McLean, N.Y., April 2d, by Rev. S. Crane, A.B. Kinney, M.D., of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Lyon, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, 1865, Eliza A. [Williams], wife of George W. Williams, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, Mrs. Gertrude Titus, aged 68 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 31t, Thannie [Waters], only child of D.W. and Anna Waters, aged 1 year, 11 months.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], April 7th, Mr. Thomas M. Seward, formerly of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 49 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, Sally M. [Bunnell], aged 29 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult. Mr. Stephen A. Race, aged 69 years.

Died:  At the Naval School Hospital, Annapolis, Md., on the 22d ult. George Taft of Co B, 114th N.Y.S.V., aged 18 years, 4 months and 21 days, son of Stephen Taft of Greene.

Died:  In Charles City, Iowa, Feb. 10th, Charles Gorton [Holcomb], son of George and Sarah Holcomb, aged 6 weeks.  

Died:  At Falls Church, Va., Feb. 20th, Mr. Wells Hatch, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 70 years.

Died:  In Prison Hospital, at Salisbury, N.C., Feb. 8th, Mr. Charles E. Curtis, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], a member of the 90th Reg. N.Y.S.V., aged 31 years.  Feeling it his solemn duty to respond in person to his country's call for help, in her hour of sternest trial, with a brave heart and holy purpose he went forth, in September 1864 to join the noble Sheridan But not long did he follow the promptings of his patriotic heart.  Meeting the enemy at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19th, he fell captive into their hands.  He was then taken to "Libby" for a few days, then removed to Salisbury, where, after more than three months of utmost sufferings, such as rebel ingenuity only can devise, kindly death came and set the prisoner free.  During this time, his loved wife and children in their pleasant home were constantly before his mind, from whom he had heard nothing since he left, and whom he desired so much to see.  His Bible was his constant and well tried friend, his solace and comforter, whose teachings he loved, and precepts obeyed.  through his illness, his sufferings were made much more endurable by the self sacrificing exertions of his brother-in-law, Jacob Gibson, who gave him every possible care, even sacrificing his own liberty for over three long months, that he might cheer by his presence, and soften his dying pillow. To him the friends of the deceased will ever owe a debt of gratitude, and they sincerely pray that the angel that seems waiting to bear him over the river of death, may stay its wayward fight, and leave the brave soldier a little longer with his friends.

Died:  At Gayaso Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. March 24th, of wounds received in battle, Mr. Delos W. Gazley, of the 11th N.Y. Cavalry, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.

Mr. Gazley was one among the first to volunteer for the War, and enlisted in the 17th N.Y.V., serving faithfully for the full term, with honorable mention for bravery at the battle of Chancellorsville, and was honorably discharged.  Again re-enlisting in the 11th N.Y. Cavalry, or Scott's 900, serving till the time of his death which was occasioned by a wound received in a recent skirmish, near Memphis, Tenn.  Mr G. was one of the first employees in this office, and left pleasant memories with his associates and companions, who strongly sympathize with his relatives in their sore bereavement.  He leaves a wife, but no children.  Oxford Democrat

Mr. Gazley served a part of his time as an apprentice in this office, and his death we believe, makes the fifth one of our former employees who have ended their career in the war.  He was a brave and impulsive soldier, and discharged every duty with fidelity and zeal. We sincerely deplore his loss, as do all who knew him.

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