Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 6, 1864

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 13, by Rev. Wm. Burnside, Mr. Wm. M. Babee of King's Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Jane M. Tyler, of New Berlin.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, by Rev. Wm. W. Andrews, Mr. Charles H. Pope, to Miss Elizabeth H. Thomas, all of New Berlin.

Died:  At the Noyes House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, 1864, Capt. Paul W. Latham, aged 70 years.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Mr. Jacob Woolard, aged 77 years, 3 months and 3 days.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 24th, Homer Winner, aged 9 years 10 months and 9 days.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], April 3d, Mr. Marenus Gamet, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, of consumption, Julia A. [Bosworth], wife of Jeremiah Bosworth, aged 31 years, 2 months, 2 days.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 28th, Charles Rich, Esq., aged 83 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 22d, Sarah [Robinson] wife of J.O. Robinson, aged 23 years, 9 months and 9 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], march 21st, Mrs. Alvira Robinson, wife of Daniel Robinson, Esq., aged 60 years.  

Died:  Also March 23d, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. D Robinson, Mrs. Sally Robinson, aged 78 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, of consumption, Melvin S. [Morse], son of Hezekiah B. and Clarissa Morse, aged 17 years and 10 months.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, Mrs. Amy Dibble, aged 84 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, Mr. Charles Wilcox, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], march 27th, Mr. Charles H. Barnard, aged 32 years.

Died:  On board of transport, bound for Folly Island, S.C., March 15th, Ira S. [Atwater], son of John S. Atwater, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 15 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 13, 1864

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 7th, of consumption, Mrs. Mary Pellet, wife of Hezekiah Pellet, aged 34 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 3d, Sarah [Gray], wife of the late Enoch Gray, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Franklinville, Cattaraugus Co [NY], on the 26th ult., Mr. Seth E. West, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 67 years.

Died:  At the residence of her son, Youngs Stowell, near Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, 1864, Mrs. Anna Stowell, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] March 28th, Arthur [Knapp], of Dwight and Cornelia M. Knapp, aged 4 years and 9 months.

We regret to record the death of Alfred Nichols, Esq., a well-known lawyer of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], which occurred at that place on Sunday last of diptheria.  He was last fall elected Special County Judge and the office becomes vacant by his death.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 20, 1864

Married:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 31st, by Rev. H.S. Hobbe, Mr. Ambrose R. Fenner, to Miss Ruth L. Gillmore, both of Columbus.

Married:  In South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], April 11th, by the same, Mr. A. Gray Raymond, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Laura A. Phelps of the former place.

Married:  In Brooklyn, April 6th, by Rev. M.R. Tompkins, George A. Truesdell, Esq., of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss A. Louisa Hyall, of the former place.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 18th, Harriet Ann [Johnson], daughter of Homer Johnson, aged 15 years.

Died:  in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] April 18th, Mr. Ezra Gibbs, aged 67 years.

Died:  At the residence of her son, Y.E. Stowell, near Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, 1864, Mrs. Anna Stowell, formerly of Richfield, Otsego Co. [NY], aged 83 years.

Died:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, 1864, of scarlet fever, Horace G. [Buell], youngest son of Elijah K. and Susan B. Buell, aged 2 years, 2 months and 7 days.

Died:  in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, Daniel F. Bissell, Jr., son of Daniel F. and Jane Bissell, aged 4 years, 1 month and 17 days.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, George Curtis, aged 18 years, 8 months and 4 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, Mrs. Maria Baker, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, Jane [Harrison], wife of Andrew Harrison, aged 31 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Mr. Charles King, aged 22 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, Eva Belle [Carpenter], daughter of Thomas and Ordelia Carpenter, aged 2 years, 8 mos. 

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 27, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 17th, by Rev. J. Ransom, Mr. D. H. Van Antwerp of Afton, Wis., to Miss Adda Cooley of Oxford.

Married:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], April 6th, by Rev. S.S. Goodman, Mr. Lucius Cumber, to Miss Louisa M. Gage, both of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, by Rev. T.M. Williams, Mr. Robert B. Knowles to Miss Emily L. Rice.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Charles R. Young, of Rutland Co., Vt., to Miss Sarah Ellen Roberts of the former place.

Married:  At the residence of Col. E.W. Stratton, in Cortland, April 12th, by Rev. S. Crane, Mr. Richard T. Husted, of Marathon [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Anglia P. Dodge, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Mr. Thomas Sheldon, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 2, Halbert M. [Booth], son of E. and Philena Booth, aged 1 year and 8 months.

Died:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], March 26th, Harriet A. [Follett], daughter of Marshall A. Follett, aged 6 months and 10 days.

Died:  On board U.S. transport Helen Getty, near Folly Island, S.C., March 17th, Mr. Henry M. Follett, of the 89th N.Y.S.V., in the 22d year of his age.

Died:  At Coventry, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, 1864, Ruth Martin, daughter of the late Dea. William A. Martin, in the 27th year of her age.  She was the youngest daughter of devoted Christian parents.  The germ of divine grace seemed to have been early implanted in her heart.  She appeared like one who had early caught the sweet cadence of heaven, and would soon be borne away.  It is believed that she experienced a change of heart at the age of nineteen, and without delay joined the communion of her parents, the 2d Congregational Chruch in Coventry, of which she remained till her death a faithful and consistent member.  As a Christian she did not exclude herself from the society of the young, but mingled freely in their harmless and innocent amusements.  So unselfish was her disposition, so warmly affectionate, so full of good cheer, that she was a general favorite in the youthful circles.  there was no one whose sunny face was more welcome, or whose genial presence was more anxiously sought. the happiness of others was her great delight. She was ever ready to do an act of kindness. She never failed to impress her associates with her religious spirit, and it may well be said of her that she always stood up for Jesus.  For more than a year she had been fully impressed with the idea "that she had but a short time to live," but this she only confided to her most intimate friends.  About two weeks previous to her death, her disease (of the brain) assumed an aggravated form, and much of the time she suffered the most intense pain in her head. she gave evidence of consciousness to the last, and finally she passed away without a struggle, triumphant, as we believe, in the Christian faith.  She has left many sorrowing friends to mourn her loss, but the sweet consolation remains that she has gone to a brighter world, and there we may hope soon to meet her again.

Death of John P. Smith

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 6, 1864

We had barely time before putting our paper to press last week, to announce the death of John P. Smith, Esq., one of our most prominent citizens which occurred on Tuesday, the 29th ult., at his residence in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Smith had been confined to his house some four or five weeks, with chronic inflammation of the liver, but was not supposed to be in an unusually dangerous condition, when suddenly the disease took an unfavorable turn, and a few days thereafter reached its fatal termination.  He was buried on the Thursday following the day of his decease in accordance with the ceremonies of the Masonic order, of which fraternity he was an honored member, his remains being followed to the grave by our citizens generally, as well as by his brother Masons.  Mr Smith was so widely known in this community and throughout the State, and so universally respected and esteemed for his generous and manly qualities, that the main events of his varied and interesting life will be acceptable to our reades.

He was born in Rome, this State [Oneida Co., NY], March 12th, 1798, which made him in his 66th year at the time of his death. At the age of 15 he went to Utica and served seven years as an apprentice to a tailor. Form there he removed to Philadelphia, where he remained two years, working at his trade; after which he traveled throughout the Southern States on business for several years.  It was here that the aptitude which he possessed in a wonderful degree for large and speculative enterprises developed itself in his character.  Before leaving the South he obtained a railroad contract in Georgia, which he successfully carried through.  He was afterwards, we believe, deputy Sheriff at Rome, to which place he returned from Georgia.  In 1838 he removed to Lockport, where he remained twenty years, and during that time was extensively engaged in the lumber business and interested in canal contracts.  In 1852 he took a contract on the railroad across the Isthmus of Darlen, where he remained, however, only about a month, having been prostrated with the Isthmus fever, and being compelled to return home. While on the Isthmus, he lost a brother older than himself, Asa T. Smith, who had accompanied him there, and who fell a victim to the fever which so nearly proved fatal to him also.

In 1855, Mr. Smith came to Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to reside, having taken the contract to keep in repair the middle division of the Chenango Canal.  previous to coming here he had a contract for grading on the double track of the Central Railroad through Batavia, Genesee County.  His contract for repairs on the Canal has been once renewed, and does not finally expire until a year from next fall.  How well he discharged his duties to the State under this contract is something, perhaps, upon which we are not called to express an opinion, but we cannot resist saying that we believe he consulted the interest of the State quite as much as his own, and that what he did will compare favorably with what has been done anywhere under the contract system for keeping the canals in repair.

In his political feelings and associations Mr. Smith was a thorough and devoted Democrat, a believer in the right of States under the Constitution to regulate and dispose of their internal and purely domestic affairs in their own way, unrestrained by outside interference or control; but he nevertheless gave sincere and earnest support to the Government in raising men for the war, on the ground, we suppose, of a choice of evils, that volunteering was better for the people than conscription, and that the perversions which had marked the progress of the war could thereafter be redressed and corrected, while the rebellion, if permitted to succeed, would be forever fatal to the Union and to all hopes of permanent peace. With these views, held in common with a large majority of his party, Mr. Smith last fall accepted an appointment from Gov. Seymour, as one of the War Committee of this Congressional District, and was elected Chairman of the committee.  How faithfully and willingly he discharged the duties of this honorable position, will, we think, be attested by his associates.

In all the relations of life, public or private, as citizen, husband, father, friend, Mr. Smith bore the character of an upright, generous, large-hearted man.  His ear was never closed to the cry of sorrow or distress, his heart was ever filled with compassion and tenderness for others' woes, and his hand and purse were always open to alleviate human suffering present in any of its Protean forms.  His worth in this respect, conspicuous even among the most liberal and benevolent, can never be forgotten by those with whom he was associated in life.  His place in the community is one which it will be difficult to supply.

Mr. Smith leaves a widow and a family of five children, mostly grown up, to cherish the recollection of his virtues and to deplore their irreparable loss. We quote from words of consolation tenderly laid by some unknown hand upon their new made sorrow:

Poor bleeding hearts; may God be with you, / In this your trial hour, / And gently on the wounds so painful / His pitying mercy shower.

One who notes the sparrow's fall, sees you / Bowed down beneath the rod; / He will raise you, cheer your weeping hearts; / He is a loving God.

The harvest time is coming, faint not; / Your labor's not in vain; / For those who sow in tears, God says, / Shall reap in joy again.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, December 1863

 Oxford Times, December 2, 1863

The name of the dead soldier who was found on the battlefield of Gettysburg with his eyes fixed upon a miniature of his three little children, the touching story of which has made everybody in the land who has read it weep, has been discovered to be Hummerton, of Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York.  His wife and the three children reside there.

Oxford Times, December 9, 1863

Died: In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the -?-, Mrs. Hannah Annable, wife of the late Elisha Annable, aged 79 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult, Willie H. [Alexander], son of Alfred Alexander, aged 4 years, 8 months and 14 days.  "Our little Willie is gone, / He sleeps beneath the tomb. / Where he can sleep alone / Till the last trumpet shall sound. / And when the lord shall come at last / We trust he'll reign among the blest

Oxford Times, December 16, 1863

Married:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. D. Williams, Mr. T.M. Williams of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], to Miss F.M. Turner of Oxford.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by the Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Ross Blivin of McDonough to Miss Mary J. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, of the former place.

Married:  At the Lewis House, in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. Mr. Boardman, Mr. J.C. Deverell to Mrs. Lottie L. Puffer, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., after an illness of nearly two years, Mr. Philo Cole, aged 40 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 20th, Nancy [Rich], wife of Charles Rich, Esq., aged 82 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. of consumption, Deacon Joseph Baldwin, formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, December 23, 1863

Married:  At Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 15th, by Rev. C.H. DeLong, Mr. George C. Leonard of Niagara Falls to Miss Kate Kingsley, of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th? inst. at the residence of her son-in-law, J.H. Sinclair, Mrs. Sarah Cheesbro, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] aged 70? years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Andrew Baker, M.D., aged 58 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5th, Mr. Sylvester Humphrey, aged 77 years.

Died:  In C...ville, Wis., Dec. 3d, Mr. Horace Catlin, aged 50 years.  Mr. C. was a son-in-law of the late -?- A. Franklin.

Oxford Times, December 30, 1863

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst.,by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thomas J. Rollins of Eppia, N.H. to Miss Harriet A.E. Sprague of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by the same, Mr. Henry H. Tracy of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary D. Rhodes of this village.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst. by Rev. Ashbel Otis, Mr. Theodore B. Schenck to Miss Eliza Kennier all of Smithville.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 12d inst. by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. James A. Burlison of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Caroline Weaver Isbell, of Guilford.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Mr. N.R. Merchant, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], on the 9th inst., after a lingering illness, Mrs. Hannah S. McKoon, widow of the late Merritt G. McKoon, Esq., and daughter of Sylvester Rich, Esq., of Croton.  We cannot mourn for one whose days were full of suffering, and whose nights were long through weariness and pain.  One after another the ties of earth were loosened, till the weary spirit departed, as we trust into a Paradise of rest.  Having about a year before her death, been baptized a member of the Protestant Episcopal Chruch, and received the  holy Communion, she ever after reverted with -?- to those -?- of her faith and d...ship, acknowledging herself unworthy of her many blessings, and discarding all  [unreadable] of trial, we would fain think of her as a member of that blessed company who wait in peace and joyful anticipation, for a blessed and holy resurrection.  Delhi Rep.

Died:  At Orange, New Jersey, on the 17th inst., Rev. Thomas Towell, aged 53 years, formerly Rector of St Paul's Church in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, April 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 13, 1863

Letter From Captain Henry C. Roome, 89th, NY Infantry

Suffolk, Va, April 22, 1863

Our regiment did quite a brilliant little thing on the 19th, the anniversary of our battle of Camden.  The rebels had occupied a fort on the south side of the Nansemond river and with this had blockaded the river, and disabled some of our gunboats.  It was desirable to dislodge them and destroy the works, but it was a hazardous undertaking, as it was supported by a Brigade of Alabamians who were lying about a mile and a half back of the fort.  A night attack and a surprise were agreed upon, and 200 volunteers were called for from our Division.  Our whole regiment volunteered, but they would take only 50 men, 1 Captain and 2 Lieutenants. The expedition started on the night of the 16th, and crossed the river in a gunboat. They had not proceeded a half a mile when they came upon some pickets who immediately gave the alarm to the main body, and our force had to retire.

General Getty, our Division commander, did not like to give up in this way, and he asked and received permission to pick out the three best regiments in the command to try it again.  He chose the 18th Indiana, 8th Connecticut and 89th New York.  We started on the night of the 18th, and marched down to the river.  Some of us had embarked when word was received from Gen. Peck, saying the undertaking was too hazardous, and must be abandoned.  We lay upon our arms all night, and marched back again in the morning, in not the best of humor I assure you.  Gen. Getty again asked permission to try it, saying that he had a regiment who were both willing and able to capture the fort in daylight.  He received it, and accordingly about 3 P.M., of the 19th, while the most of the regiment were sleeping off the effects of the fatigue of the preceding night, we were suddenly ordered into line.  A large number of the men, and a majority of the officers had gone to the camp a mile distant (for during this investment by the rebels we are manning a fort) but we could not wait for them, and were forced to go without them, although it sadly reduced our numbers, making our strength about 125 men and 9 officers. We marched down to the gunboat and there found three companies (about 60 men) of sharp shooters belonging to the 8th Connecticut, who were to assist us. The fort is situated on a high bluff on the bank, completely commanding the river in front and down the stream, but could bring but one gun to bear on any vessel coming down until it arrived in front. The plan was to run the vessel ashore a few rods above the fort. the sharp shooters were then to leap off from the boat, rush up the bank, and engage any infantry which might open fire while we were landing. As fast as we landed we were to run up, charge and capture the fort, seize the prisoners, guards &c. blow up what ammunition we could not carry away, and get back to the boat before their main body could come upon us.  all around the boat an awning had been put up to conceal the troops. As we neared the place, all stooped down to avoid as much as possible the volley of bullets which we were sure we should be greeted with, but to our agreeable surprise not a shot was fired until the keel of the boat grated on the bottom. the order was given for the 8th Connecticut [unreadable] for a moment.  Our boys saw this and with a rush leaped form the stern of the boat (where they were stationed in order to land after the 8th), some of them going over their heads in water, trying to keep their muskets dry if possible, although this was not material as our orders were to take the fort with unloaded guns, and the bayonets alone.  As soon as we clambered up the bank, we were met by a volley of musketry and a discharge of cannister, which had the effect of separating the regiment in two bodies, the greater part with two officers turning to the right and the remainder, 28 men and 7 officers, keeping on over an open field exposed to their fire. We kept on over the field gradually obliging to the right until we reached a road in the rear of the fort and leading directly into it.  Here we dropped into a hollow, in order to gain breath and allow all our little squad to come up. We then saw that the other party in attempting to reach the fort had got themselves entangled in a swamp and were retiring. We saw that if the fort was taken it must be by us.  It was a hazardous thing for 80 men to attempt to charge upon 130 defended [by] 5 pieces of artillery, a shower of grape and canister whistling over our heads.  Don't let them load that piece again was the cry, and with a yell we charged. When we were within three rods of the fort a cannon planted in the road and loaded with a 24-pound shot was discharged at us. the aim was bad and it went over our heads, the wind of the ball knocking over three or four. Another 24 pounder stood by its side loaded almost to the muzzle with canister. The lanyard was pulled but the gun missed fire, and the next instant we were upon them.  As we mounted the ramparts our hearts gave a great thump as we saw them throw down their arms wave a white flags and cry for quarters. When we came into the fort and they saw our small numbers, they commenced seizing their guns again, evidently with the intention of using them as clubs to drive us out. We immediately brought our bayonets to a charge and commanded them to drop their guns. they did not like the glistening row of steep in front, and as their guns had no bayonets, and our friends were hastening to our assistance, they sullenly threw them down and the fort was ours, with five pieces of artillery, five tons of ammunition, one company of artillery, and two companies of infantry, in all 125 men and 9 officers. The prisoners were hurried down to the boat, and the guns were being hauled down, when Gen. Getty asked us if we could hold the fort for an hour.  We told him we would try, and he sent across the river for reinforcements.  I asked the Captain of the fort why he had not fired on us when we were coming down the river, and while we were landing.  He replied that he had not the least idea that the gunboat had troops aboard, but supposed that the gunboat was intended to run the blockade, and he had his guns turned so that when she got in front he could blow her out of the water, and added he, "If that cannon loaded with canister had not missed fire, I would have saved the fort and sent all of your party to your long homes." I replied that I was glad he had loaded it so effectually for it would save us the trouble, and if the rebels attack us that night, we would be happy to give the contents to his friends.  My word was made good for that gun was given to one of our officers to work with his company, and in the attack which they made upon us, he let them have the content.  About 9 P.M., a regiment was sent over to assist us, and by throwing up rifle pits, we were in a situation by morning to withstand their attack. During the night they attacked us twice but were easily repulsed with no loss to ourselves.  Our whole loss is four killed and twelve wounded, four of them mortally.  At 10 A.M., the next morning other troops were sent over to our relief and we recrossed and came back to the fort, having laid upon our arms for two nights, and been without food for 24 hours.  The enemy, about 80,000 strong, under Longstreet, are still investing the place, but I do not think that he will dare attack us.  We are all hoping that he will, as we are confident that with our defenses we can pay them back for Fredericksburg.  

Harry R.

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Adjutant General Report, 89th New York Infantry

ROOME, Henry C.:  Aged, 23 years, Enrolled, September 23, 1861, at Oxford, to serve three years; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. E, December 4, 1861; as captain, October 16, 1862; captured in action, September 29, 1864, at Chaffins Farm, Va.,; paroled March 1865; discharged, August 16, 1865 at Richmond, Va.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, May 1864

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 12, 1864

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on hte 9th inst., Mrs. Polly Campbell, aged 84 years.

Died:  At Fort Schuyler, McDougal Hospital, March 31, of measles, Mr. Joseph Searles of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, aged 33.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Abby [Brown], relict of the late Jesse Brown, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mrs. Clarissa Noyes, widow of the late Col. John Noyes, aged 69 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 19, 1864

Married:  At East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. M.S. Wells, Mr. Henry McFarland, to Miss Sarah J. Horton, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Charles Fisher to Miss Delia Vickery.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. A.N. Benedict, Mr. Henry Bissell, of North Norwich, to Miss Frances F. Rosebrook, of Norwich.

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Louisa E. [Towslee], wife of H.L. Towslee, aged 34 years and 11 months.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Margaret [Crozier], wife of William Crozier, aged 26 years and 3 months.

Died:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Mr. William W. Green, aged 38 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Mrs. Lydia Harvey, wife of the late Cyrus Harvey, aged 79 years, 4 months and 8 days.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 26, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. Daniel Ballou, Mr. Zeba L. Drake of Oxford to Miss Emma L. Bennett of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 2, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Albert Willcox of Oxford, to Miss Frances K. Sanders, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 24th, by Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Hendrick Houghten to Miss Minnie E. Ingraham.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Samuel B. Morehouse, to Miss Elizabeth Briggs, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], Feb. 9th, by Rev. S. Johnson, Mr. Peter Kinyon, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Josephine M. Willard, of Chenango Forks.

Married:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 15th, by J.H. Stanbro, Esq., Mr. Ambrose D. Parker, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, to Miss Harriet D. Bartlett of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 27th, by H.J. Locke, Esq., Mr. Warren Stockwell, of Butternuts, to Miss Sarah N. Beardsley, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 9, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Capt. Henry C. Roome of Co. E, 99th Reg. to Miss Mary Jane [Rouse], eldest daughter of Austin Rouse, M.D.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 18th, by Rev. M.S. Wells, Mr. Joseph W. Burgess, of La Prairie, Wis., to Miss Mary M. Miller of Greene.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 27th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Samuel Hicks, to Miss Celinda M. Boalt, both of Guilford.

Married:  In Morris [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by the same, Mr. Lemuel H. Hall, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Martha M. Sergeant, of Morris.

Married:  By the same, Feb. 25th, Mr. Amos L. Turner, of Morris [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Sarah M. Sergeant, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 10th, by Rev. W. G. Dye, Mr. David T. Shattuck, to Miss Sarah Jane Fuller, all of Cincinnatus.

In the list of killed in the late bloody massacre at Olustee, Florida, we notice the name of E.D. Van Camp, a member of Co. B, 8th N.Y. colored troops.  He was drafted into the service last summer from this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and went to the war with the greatest reluctance, being too poor to pay the $300 commutation.  He was a barber by occupation.  Poor Ed!  It is to be hoped that he "has gone where the good go."

The name of George Robinson, of Co. A, same regiment, is in the list of wounded in the same battle, and it is generally supposed to refer to another colored soldier form this place, of that name.  But the George Robinson from here enlisted in a Rhode island regiment of colored troops which regiment at the last accounts was in Louisiana.  All the drafted negro soldiers from here, however, were in the battle of Olustee.

Death of Jabez Robinson:  Another aged citizen has been gathered to his fathers - another landmark of early days and of primitive simplicity has been removed.  This melancholy event took place at his late residence in this town after a brief and painful illness, on Thursday the 25th ult.  Mr. Robinson was born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn. on the 19th of April 1783.  He removed from his native place to this county, in the year 1808, and settled in Oxford, on the west side of the Chenango river, where, or near the place where his brother Dan. H. Robinson, Esq., now resides.  In the second great struggle of this then infant country to preserve and perpetuate the liberties won in the Revolution, he entered the service of his country in the forces raised by his adopted State, and remained therein until the close of the war.  Mr. Robinson never forgot, and was never recreant to the teachings of his childhood and early years.  Integrity marked and controlled his every dealing with his fellow men.  Rectitude and honesty were a part of the religion in which he believed, and which in all things he ever practiced. A generous hospitality of the New England type ever gave not only to friends and acquaintances a cheerful and hearty welcome to his home, and his fireside, but was also extended to the wayfarer and pilgrim tossed and buffeted on life's varying sea.  He was often in early years the recipient of the favor and confidence of his fellow townsmen in the selection to fill various public trusts, and in November 1834, was elected Sheriff of the county for three years, commencing January 1st, 1835.  In all the various stations which he was called upon to fill from time to time, he was faithful deserving and fully adhering to the tenets of his early education.  A devoted and warm hearted friend, a kind husband and father, a good neighbor, an honest man, he has filled the measure of his days, and now sleeps full of years, honored and lamented.  Oxford Times 

Chenango Union, March 16, 1864

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] March 9th, by Rev. Wm. Searls, Mr. Martin Calson, of East Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Mary C. Marsh, of Norwich.

Married: By the same, at the Parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 9th, Mr. Morgan Pellett of Ill., to Miss Illissie Morse of Norwich.

Married:  By the same, at the Parsonage, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, Mr. A.T. Bidwell of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Orisa Rood, of Norwich.

Married: In Exeter, Otsego Co. [NY], March 8th, by Rev. H. Herrick, Dea. Cyrel Sumner of East Pharsalia, Chenango Co. [NY], to Mrs. Dorthea M . Child, of the former place.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, Mr. John Fisher, (soldier) of Stamford Delaware co. [NY].

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Mrs. Lucy A. [Sibley], wife of Nathaniel Sibley, Esq., aged 32 years 4 months and 7 days.

Died:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 9th, of diptheria, Ralph L. [Smith], aged 6 years 2 months and 9 days; and Feb. 24th, of the same disease, Tommy T. [Smith], aged 4 years 8 months and 4 days, children of John L. and Hannah M. Smithy.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Mrs. J. Hannah Race, aged 87 years and 5 months.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 6th, Mr. Andrew Cohoon, aged 55 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], March 4th, Mrs. Susannah Bonesteel, aged 100 years.

Died:  In Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 18th, Mr. Reuben F. Perry, son of the late Dea. Perry, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] aged 40 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co.., NY] March 3d, Martha [Simpson], daughter of John C. and Harriet A. Simpson, aged 2 years and 3 months.

Died:  In Lisle, Broome Co., [NY], March 7th, Mr. Theodore Wade, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 84 years, 2 months and 24 days.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 23, 1864

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening, March 16th, by Rev. A.N. Benedict, Mr. Dyer M. Thompson to Mrs. Sarah M. Carr, all of Norwich.

Married:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. W. Peck, Mr. J.F. Place, of Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amie Newton, of Hamilton.

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, by Rev. L. Latimore, Mr. Floyd Brooks to Miss Mary E. Lawrence, all of Smyrna.

Married:  In Cuyler [Cortland Co., NY], March 7th, by Rev. E.N. Ruddock, Mr. A.J. Parce of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucinda M. Brown, of Cuyler.

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] March 7th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lewis Huntly, to Miss Harriet E. Elwood, all of McDonough.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 7th, by Warren Gray, Esq., Mr. Joseph Verill of the 89th reg. to Miss Lucy Widger, of Greene.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 18th, Mr. Harvey H. Bloom, aged 25 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, Mr. Heman Johnson, aged 82 years 3 months and 20 days.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 9th, Mr. John Miller, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 5th, Mr. Abraham Reed, aged 77 years, formerly of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 8th, Mrs. Ada E. [Douglas], wife of George Douglas, M.D., aged 31 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 15th, Mrs. Julia McMahon [Clarke], widow of the late Wm. H. Clarke, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 11th, Henry M. [Clarke], only child of Mrs. Julia M. and the late Wm. H. Clarke, aged 3 years 10 months and 6 days.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 10th, Salmon [Beach], son of Alvin Beach, aged 19 years and 9 months.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 15th, Runsell Horton, Esq., aged 65 years.

Died:  At Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 26th, Sergt. James S. Noble of the 1st Illinois Cavalry, aged 21 years, son of Rev. James H. Noble, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In the General Hospital Franklin, La. Jan. 13th, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea, Mr. Nathan W. Steere, of Co. H, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., formerly of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years and 7 months.  He lies where the orange tree blossoms, with other comrades who have given their lives for their country, where the drum and the roar of cannon they heed no more.

Died:  In Rochester [Monroe Co., NY], March 14th, Sergt, Charles R. Foote, aged 21 years, a member of Capt. Vaughan's Company, 22d N.Y. Cavalry, and son of Col. Charles Foote, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Lisle [Broome Co., NY], March 7th, 1864, Mr. Theodore Wade, aged 84 years, 2 months and 24 days.  The deceased was born at Gloucester, Providence Co., Rhode Island, on the 13th of December, 1779.  He removed from his native place to Guilford, Chenango Co., .Y. in 1818.  In 1843, (being then in his 64th year), he met with a change, which he found to be no less than that described by the Savior: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."  His death will long be lamented by all who were so happy as to enjoy his friendship.  His age rendered his death not unexpected.  But what is their loss is his gain; for he died as the Christian should die.  Calm and collected in his last moments, he committed with pious resignation his body to the earth, and his "spirit to the God who gave it."  Like the Patriarchs of old, his name will be remembered for his virtues, and his virtues served as a bright example to the rising generation.  "The righteous hath hope in his death." "And I heard a voice form heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth' yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works so follow them."  

"Then rest, sweet saint, thy duties done, / Thy battles fought, the victory won; / And they who mourn, and miss thee here, / Must strive, and pray, to join thee there." 

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 30, 1864

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 17th, by Rv. J.H. Chamberlin, Mr. Daniel W. Irons, to Miss Betsy M. Arnold, all of New Berlin.

Married:  In Walton, Delaware Co. [NY], March 17th, by Rev. J.S. Pettingill, 1st Lieut, George A. Colton, 114th Reg. N.Y.V. to Miss Charlotte M. [Mead], only daughter of Hon. John Mead, of Walton.

Married:  At Grand Rapids, Mich., March 6th, by Rev. J. Morgan Smith, Lieut. David B. Sage of the former place, to Miss Julia E. Beasley of Pharsalia, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Mrs. Adosha Smith, mother of the late Col Elisha B. Smith, aged 78 years.

Died:  In this village [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Mrs. Harriet [Harkness], wife of James Harkness, aged 51 years.

Died:  In norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 12th, Lizzie [Hall], only child of Cortland T. and Emily M. Hall, aged 1 year and 10 days.

Too pure and tender for the storms of earth, / Our little Lizzie, so young and fair, / Was called away by an early death, / To sing above with the angel choir. 

And from the eternal world we hear /Sweet whispers calling, calling; / "Come, Father, Mother, come up here, / for you are fading, failing."

Died:  In St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester [Monroe Co., NY], March 20th, of small pox, Mr. William D. Hughson, aged 18 years, a member of Capt. Vaughan's Company, 22d N.Y. Cavalry, and brother of Orra M. Hughson, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Mrs. Mary Champlin, aged 72 years 10 months and 13 days.  'Blessed are the dead who die in the lord."

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Elizabeth [Casey], aged 2 years and 9 months; also March 7th, Margaret [Casey], aged 5 years and 6 months, children of Michael Casey.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Charles Newell [Hall], son of Aaron and Lucy Hall, aged 1 year, 4 months and 2 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 18th, Amelia [Hall], wife of Henry Hall, aged 41 years.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, Dea. Ebenezer Stowell, aged 82 years.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 26th, Miss Emeline Bacon, daughter of Alonzo and Sally Bacon, aged 17 years, 10 months and 26 days.

Died:  In Woodstock, Ill, March 2d, Miss Sally Preston, aged 61 years, late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 18th, of whooping cough, Menzo DeForest [Touslee], son of H.L. Louisa E. Touslee, aged 6 months and 14 days.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, George [Buck], son of D.S.H. Buck, aged 7 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 24th, Hon. Samuel A. Smith, aged 82 years.

Death of Hon. Samuel A. Smith:  The Hon. Samuel A. Smith of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], died at his residence in that town on Thursday last, full of years and honors.  Mr. Smith for a long period was prominent in the affairs of this County, having at one time been Sheriff and at other times having represented the county in the legislature.  He was a man of more than ordinary mind of social and benevolent disposition, and always maintained a high character for probity and Christian virtue.  With these characteristics, he could not otherwise been a man of mark and influence in the community where he lived and such he was throughout his days. This makes three of the prominent citizens of Guilford, who, within a few months, have been followed to the grave.--Humphrey Ingersoll.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 89th Regiment, April 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 6, 1863

Letter from Ira D. Jacobs of 89th NY Regiment

Suffolk, Va. Apr 23d, 1863

Eds. Telegraph"  A few lines from the 89th may not be unacceptable to some of your readers who have friends in the regiment.  Our Division was detached from the 9th Army Corps in March, and sent here in anticipation of an attack from the rebels at this point.

The troops then doing duty here were mostly new regiments, not accustomed to active service.  Corcoran's famous Legion formed a part.  After remaining here a time and no demonstration having been made, we began to think there was to be no fighting from this way for some time at least. But on the 11th inst., information was received that the enemy were advancing in force to attack this place. At first we thought it merely a feint to cover other operations against Foster at Washington.  Our regiment was ordered out on picket for that night, and the next morning taken to Fort Montgomery, and put to digging rifle pits and otherwise strengthening the works.  Gunboats came up the river, and we could hear an occasional shot denoting that there was something ahead. For two or three nights the men were ordered to sleep with their accoutrements on, but that finally "played out," and we took matters very coolly.

Affairs remained in this condition with an occasional scout around the front of the lines, and artillery firing at different points, until the night of the 16th, when Gen. Getty ordered a detachment from several regiments to make a raid over the river and surround a house supposed to contain sharpshooters who annoyed our gunboats very much. There was a call for fifty volunteers from the 89th, but we replied with over sixty.  the enterprise was considered quite hazardous, as we did not know the force to be met. We crossed on a gunboat about 2 A.M. of the 17th. After leaving the bank about 80 rods our advance guard came upon an out post picket of cavalry. Two shots were fired at them but without effect, when they "skedaddled" firing only one shot at us. As our success depended entirely upon our secrecy, this alarm of course frustrated the whole plan, and our only course was to fall back and return to camp, which we did arriving there about 7 A.M.  On Saturday night the whole regiment was ordered out but did not cross the river.

About 8 P.M. on Sunday, the 19th, there came an order to fall in with nothing but guns and cartridge boxes. Several of the officers and men were absent from camp, not expecting a movement that day, so that we had only two Captains in the line.  It seems there was an old fort on the other side, which the rebs occupied, whose guns had proved very destructive to our gunboats and their crews.  Our object was to capture this fort if possible and thus open the way for the boats up and down the river.

We were marched on board a boat together with four companies of the 8th Conn. Regiment, fell down the stream about half a mile, and stopped.  the order then was to jump ashore and "go in" every man for himself.

The water was nearly waist deep, but the men bounded in, scrambled up the bank and commenced cheering and running towards the fort. Their guns opened on us and the bullets flew "right smart."  Seeing a swamp between us and the fort, about forty of us made a detour and reached a bank in the rear of the works where we halted a moment for breath.  I think there were not more than fifty of us there mortly form our regiment.  It was decided to charge up a road leading directly to the fort, about thirty rods distant.  With a yell from every mouth on we went straight up to the work. The enemy had a heavy 24-pounder, charged with grape shot and canister pointing down the road. This they tried three times to fire as our men were advancing, but providentially the cap did not explode.  On seeing the failure, and our men rushing along, they gave up and hoisted a white rag, just as we reached the top of the bank. The fort was ours.  up went the stars and stripes and the banner of the 89th.  Cheers upon cheers were given by us to be echoed by the marines and troops on the other side of the river, who had watched with intense interest the desperate attempt.  It was a moment of pride, a moment when a man lives years of time in a breath.

On taking a survey of our success we counted five splendid pieces of artillery, three of them 12-pounders and two 24-pounders, a very large supply of the finest ammunition, over one hundred small arms, and 130 prisoners including nine commissioned officers.  The value of the guns and stores is estimated at $40,000.  One of the prisoners remarked that he supposed the guns belonged to us as they took them at Harper's ferry, at the time of the surrender of that place. The troops in the forts were composed of two companies of the 44th Alabama and Stribling's Battery of this State. They were the best looking men we have captured, but said we took them unfairly and did not fight like men. We expected to be relieved that night and return to camp, but instead were ordered to remain upon the ground and hold it until morning. Expected to be attacked before morning, but no serious demonstrations were made and at day break we were relieved and returned to camp, nearly exhausted from exposure, went to sleep and having nothing to eat for nearly 24 hours.

So ends this imperfect description of the affair at Hill's Point.  It is considered here to be the most complete success, taking into account the number of men engaged, that has occurred during the campaign.  I regret to write that we lost two men killed, and five wounded, one of whom died yesterday.   His name was Fiske from Guilford.  He died like a hero.  Such men cannot be replaced.

Yours &c.  I.D. Jacobs

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Adjutant General's Report, 89th NY Regiment:  Ira D. Jacobs, age, 24 years, enlisted, November 6, 1861, at Delhi, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. I, November 28, 1861; promoted First sergeant; Commissioned second lieutenant, July 23, 1863, with rank from December 27, 1862; died, August 19, 1863 at Folly Island, S.C.

JACOBS:  In Camp Hospital at Folly Island, S.C., Sept. 19, 1863, Lieut. Ira D. Jacobs, Co. I, 89th reg., N.Y.S.V.  Lieut. Jacobs enlisted as a private in the 89th Regiment in the fall of 1861, and for good conduct and soldierly bearing was soon promoted to Orderly Sergeant and served as such until a short time previous to this death when he was commissioned as lieutenant.  He had served his country faithfully for the past two years, and had been in every engagement in which his regiment took part and came out unhurt from all.  He had just attained a position in which he could reap the reward which he so richly merited for two years hardship when death overtook him,  Another noble son is added to the list of heroes who have laid down their lives for their country's good. A.L.S.  [Chenango telegraph, Oct. 14, 1863]

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, November `1863

 Oxford Times, November 11, 1863

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. J. Abercrombie, Mr. Daniel S. Bullock, of Delta, Oneida Co. [NY], to Miss Helen L. Chapel, of Norwich.

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. at the house of Daniel Dodge, by Rev. A. Queal, Mr. Thomas E. Anthony to Miss Sarah J. Dodge, both of the above place.

Married:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. at the residence of the bride's bather, by Rev. J.A. Davis, Mr. George B. Throop, to Miss Martha Crumb, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult, by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Leonard Read of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Torry, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Robert Babcock, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Laura A. Stanley, of Preston.

Died:  Drowned, in the canal, in this village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Horace [Fredenburgh], son of John and Adaline Fredenburgh, aged 8 years, 10 months and 21 days.  When the sun rises in splendor, who may tell if the day shall be light, who knoweth the lurking places of the clouds which in a brief hour may obscure the sky?  If the plant bud, who can tell if it shall blossom?  Who can read in the eyes of a child, if he shall thread the dubious pathway of life up to manhood, or if in a few short years a little daisy sown turf shall be all that is left "of the little boy that died?"  To watch for death by the bedside of a sick child, to hold its little hand in yours, to listen to its words, to perform tenderly for it the last sad offices, when expectation of death has partially blinded the pang, is agonizing to a parent's heart, but how much more deplorable the event when unlooked for, unforeseen, when the beloved child, in full health, is suddenly called away as in the case of our friends who have been called to mourn the loss of their child.  The deceased, though a child, possessed many of the qualities which are common to some of more mature years.  General and obliging to his companions, kind and affectionate to his parents, he was a favorite with all.  Little did he think as he repaired to his boat, on the morning which he was drowned, that a ride in it would occasion his death, and so soon.  But such is life, in the midst of which we are in death.  "Little Horace," will be missed by his associates.  They will remember their little companion for many a day.  Often will tears steal to their eyes as they think of his sad fate, but chiefly will the sorrow for his loss fall upon his parents hearts.  It is a loneliness which makes the heart ache, to miss the dear little child whose presence shall cheer the home no more.  Yet it is an everyday grief. He who has said "Suffer little children to come unto me," is daily gathering them home to his arms.  Then weep not.  Eight years is but a brief life, but how richly fraught with varied incidents, which if brought to mind, will be as bright and shining lights to guide the brother and sisters he left.  No more will be be seen on earth, but he is with immortal spirits in that land where sin and death, so common to our world, can never enter.  How peaceful, how sweet, and how soothing the thought, / To the stricken and mourning, whose minds are full fraught, / With memories of loved ones, who here could to stay, / That in bright worlds above they're with Jesus alway.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Louis Hinman, aged 75 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Sarah Fuller, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Willet [Cortland Co., NY], on the 8th isn.t, John M. Smith, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Willet [Cortland Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mrs. Abigail Pember?, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., very suddenly in childbirth, Ruth K. [Baker], wife of Dr. Andrew Baker, in the 43d year of her age.

Oxford Times, November 18, 1863

Married:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. E.D. Thurston, Mr. Hiram P. Hovey, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Susan C. Gordon, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mr. Horace D. Hibbard to Miss Eunice Hazard?, both of Willet, Cortland Co. [NY]

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. James Purdy, aged 65 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mrs. Phebe Kendall, aged 64 years.

Died:  In the village of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, C.A. Stevens, Mrs. Sarah Gurnsey, relict of Samuel Gurnsey, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], deceased, aged 81 years.  She was sustained through a long and exceedingly painful illness, by Christian fortitude. The deceased may be considered one of the pioneers of the Chenango valley, having been a resident for nearly sixty years. She was born in Saybrook, Conn., July 13, 1773 and removed to Oxford as early as 1797.

Oxford Times, November 25, 1863

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by the Rev. H. Gee, Mr. Israel Burroughs, to Miss Lucy C. Warner. 

Married:  Also, by the same, Mr. David Sherwood to Miss Rosannah Warner, all of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. at the Baptist Church, by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Elnathan K. Terry, to Miss Emily L. Stone, all of Norwich.

Married:  In Clarkville, Madison Co. [NY], Sept. 11th, by Rev. J. Clark, Mr. E. Philo, of Half Moon, Saratoga co., N.Y. to Miss Cordelia S. Clark, of the former palce.

Died:  In Willet [Cortland Co., NY], on the 14th inst. Mr. Silas Courtney, aged 50 years.

Died:  In the village of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, C.A. Stevens, Mrs. Sarah Gurnsey, relict of Samuel Gurnsey of Oxford, deceased, aged 81 years.  In the decease of this estimable lady, noticed in the obituary department of last week, something more would seem to be due than the slight reference therein given.  She had attained to advanced age and was one of the earliest pioneer settlers of this valley. As the writer of this sketch stood by the grave in which her mortal remains were to be deposited, a friend stood near him, whose memory of the deceased ran back through a period of over fifty years.  He spoke warmly of her noble qualities of character, which shone out even to the last of her mortal existence.  Through a very long portion of the closing years of her life, she had been a sufferer through pains and infirmities of body, but her intellect retained its clearness unbroken to the last. She bore with meekness the chastening hand of God, but longed to depart to her home in Heaven. Deep was the interest she felt and manifested in her spiritual welfare.  In her case, age had not blunted those religious feelings and affections which look to Christ and the hopes that center in his cross.  Many and marked were the changes in social life, as well as in the aspect of the natural world in the progress of cultivation, which she had witnessed. She had seen most of those whom in this early home she had known as neighbors and friends pass away before her.  And the time had come to her. Long before her departure, she had realized the force of the language of the Psalmist, "though men be so strong that they cease to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labor and sorrow."  Her spirit passed gently away beneath the roof of a kind and devoted daughter where every attention had been bestowed upon her that filial love could suggest.  The hoary head is a crown of glory if it is found in the way of righteousness.

 

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 10, 1864

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Norwich ]Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, by Rev. Mr Searls, Mr. H.H. Pike, of North Norwich to Miss A.R. Trumble, of Norwich.

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, 1864, by Rev. T.M. Williams, First Lieut., Eugene H. Corey, of the 5th Reg. Conn. Vols. to Miss Sylvia A. Lawson, daughter of S.C. Lawson, Esq., of Smyrna.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 9th, Charles E. [Allfrey], son of Henry and Mary Ann Allfrey, aged 10 years, 7 months and 19 days.

Died: Suddenly, at the residence of her son, Asa Pellet, in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, Feb. 7th, Mrs. Abigail Pellet, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 82 years.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 26th, Miss Olive S. Ackley, aged 46 years, 7 months and 27 days.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, Mrs. Lucy Ackley, widow of Samuel Ackley, aged 85 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, Mr. Nelson Harris, aged 40 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 26th, Mrs. Mary Bingham, aged 81 years and 9 months.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 23d, Mr. Shadrach Steele, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 30th, Hattie Louisa [Stimpson], daughter of Warren and Alma Stimpson, aged 3 years, 17 days.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 17th, Mr. Benjamin Sheldon, aged 60 years.

Died:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. Marshall Newton, aged 69 years.

Died:  At Convalescent Camp, Va., on the 22d ult., Mr. Edwin Paul of Co. H, 8th N.Y. Cavalry, aged about 25 years.

Died:  On the morning of the 30th of January, 1864, in Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY], the Rev Thomas S. Judd, the beloved Pastor of Christ Church, Butternuts.  "For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified" 1st Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, 2d chapter, 2d verse.  The text quoted is the one from which his funeral sermon was preached, and is a correct exposition of his labors while among us.  In these days, Mr Hubbard, when clergymen use their pulpits for political forums, it is a blessing to find a Christian clergyman, who does not seek to fan the flame which is spreading desolation over our land; and this is why I have quoted this text, which you may think strange, in the notice of our beloved Pastor's death. The text was of his own choice.

Died:  Mrs. Susan Hyde Tracy, wife of Lieut. Gov. John Tracy, died at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday evening last of a sudden and brief illness.  Her age was 76.  The virtues which adorn and dignify woman were hers and she filled the space allotted to her as wife, mother and lady, with exemplary fidelity and beauty. We regret to hear that the health of Gov Tracy himself, now an octogenarian is quite feeble.  Utica Herald

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 17, 1864

Married:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 7th, by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. Justus Dickinson, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Addie F. Carr, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, by Rev. J.C. Foster, Mr. Charles H. Thornton, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Luthera Dibble of  New Berlin.

Married:  On Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 2d, by Rev. J. Smith, Mr. Charles W. Mallory, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Alice F. Whitman, of Oneonta.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Rev A. J. Lindsey, of the Erie Conference of the M.E. Church, stationed at Fewsburg, Chautauqua Co., to Miss Jennie Brooks, of Guilford.

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24, by Rev. T.M. Williams, Mr. Philip J. Shelton, of Smyrna to Miss Emma Becker, of Leonardsville [Madison Co., NY].

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 2d, by Rev. T.M. Williams, Mr. Julius S. Baruke, to Miss Delphurna A. Willcox, all of Smyrna.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, by Rev. W. T. Potter, Mr. Edward Tucker, to Miss Mary E. Hemenway, all of Oxford.

Died:  Charles [Allfrey], youngest son of Henry and Mary A. Allfrey, died of scarlet fever, Feb. 9th, 1864, in the eleventh year of his age.  "Charlie" was a precious boy; just such an one as Jesus loves to take up into his kingdom, and place very near his throne.  Never have we seen one so young so perfectly fitted for the skies, or one so willing to exchange the world and life on earth, for a home in glory.  Always in his place in the Sabbath School and in the Church, he would listen to the "Word of Life" with marked attention  He was truly a child of prayer.  Then weep not, fond parents, over the death of one so dear to you as our little boy; but think of him as enjoying the bliss of the redeemed; and may he be to thee as a "light in the window," to beckon you spirits to that "better land."  Norwich, Feb. 13, 1864,  Wm. Searls

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 7th, 1864, Mary Jenett [Slater] in the 16th year of her age; Also John Wilson [Slater], in the 8th year of is age, children of Joseph and Alma L. Slater.  Disease did its work with this young lady and her little brother, very quick.  Her illness lasted only four days, but verily her death was glorious.  In her sickness she evinced a calm, patient and trustful spirit, giving evidence that she felt that her work was done, and that her soul was ready for her heavenly home. Her uniform kindness drew around her many friends, whose tears at her funeral told how they loved her. She sleeps beside her little brother, in the same grave.  He died on the same day, of the same disease, only twelve hours after his sister.  May parents and friends meet them in Heaven.  Norwich, Feb. 13, 1864,  Wm. Searls

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Mr. Jonas Leach, aged 81 years.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 12th, Miss Lucy Morse, aged 54 years and 3 days.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Jane M. [Stiles], only child of O.B. and Eliza A Stiles, aged 2 years and 5 mos.

Died:  In Plymouth [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 12th, Mr. Daniel Heady, aged 82 years.

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th of consumption, Mrs. Hannah White, in the 62d year of her age.

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, Mrs. Roxy A. Rathbun, wife of E.G. Rathbun, and daughter of Wm. T. White, in the 28th year of her age.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, Susannah [Hayes], wife of Henry Hayes, aged 52 years, 90 months and 6 days.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Charles E. [Simons], aged 9 years and 5 months.

Died:  In the Hospital, New Iberia, La., Dec. 1st, Hiram H. Storrs, of Co. K, 161st N.Y.S.V., aged 21 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, Julia A. [Holt], wife of Isaac N. Holt, aged 56 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Widow Warren, aged 86 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, Sarah M. [Edwards], wife of William Edwards, aged 37 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3d, Hiram Eugene [Stratton], only child of Thomas J. and Ruth I Stratton, aged 3 years, 4 mos  

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 24, 1864

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb 15th, by Rev. N.C. Mallory, Lieut. Edwin H. Slater, of North Norwich, of Co. D, 38th reg. N.Y.V., to Miss Annie E. Waters, of Sherburne.

Married:  In Cortlandville [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. A. Kelsey, Mr. John S. Rowley, of Cincinnatus, Cortland Co. [NY], a member of the 86th N.Y.S.V., to Miss Lydia A. Hicks, of Groton, Tompkins Co. [NY].

Married:  In Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY], Feb. 11th, Rev. E. Cope, Mr. Nelson D. Davis, of Cato [Cayuga Co., NY], to Miss Julia E. Baker, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Middlefield [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 9, by Rev. S.H. Synnott, Mr. George Brooks of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ann Eliza Rogers, of Middlefield.

Married:  In Middlefield [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 9th, by Rev. S.H. Synnott, Mr. Charles Brooks, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Rogers, of Middlefield.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. E.W Payson, Mr. Samuel A Small, of West Millbury, Mass., to Miss Fidelia [Porter], daughter of Milo Porter, Esq., of Oxford.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 10th, by Rev. Wm. A. Smith, Mr. James H. Barnes, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss jane Eliza [Miner] daughter of Gideon Miner, of Coventry.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22d, 1864, Mrs. Phoebe [Stanton], wife of N.D. Stanton, aged 72 years.  Funeral this (Wednesday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 21st, Mr. Harvey Sherman, aged 58 years.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17th, Mrs. Betsey Hadlock, wife of Horace P. Hadlock, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Camp Groce, Texas, about the 1st of December last, Mr. Dwight Parce, Suter of the 114th Regiment N.Y.S.V.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Mr. William Luther, aged 72 years, 11 months and 2 days.  

Died:  In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Sally [Brown], widow of Avery Brown, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 19th, Henry N. [Miller], son of Henry L. and Elizabeth Mygatt Miller, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 12th, William Henry [Wade], only child of Henry L. and Sarah W. Wade, aged 1 year, 11 days.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17th, Loretta [Hayes], wife of Elias T. Hayes, aged 63 years, 5 months and 15 days.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3d, Mr. Arthur T. King, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 3d, Mr William Tallman, aged 62 years.

Died:  In Ketchum's Corners, Feb. 14th, Mr. John Lewis, aged 55 years and 4 months.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January 1864

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 6, 1864

Married:  COATES - FRENCH:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 20, 1863, by Rev. E. Curtis, Mr. Thomas H. Coates, to Mrs. Sybil French.

Married:  BENTLEY - HARTWELL:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1863, by the same, Mr. Isaac N. Bentley, to Miss M. Amelia Hartwell, all of Sherburne.

Married:  TOTMAN - WHEELER:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24, 1863, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Workman Tottman of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emilie J. Wheeler, of Reading, Schuyler co., N.Y.

Married:  REYNOLDS - ALDRICH:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1863, by Rev. R. Woodmansee, Mr. Nelson Reynolds, to Miss Anna Maria Aldrich, both of Plymouth.

Married:  PHELPS - TRASK:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by Rev. Burnside, Mr. Wesley Phelps, of Morris [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Trask, of New Berlin.

Married:  CARD - CARD:  Also, by the same, Jan. 1, 1864, Mr. William A. Card, to Miss Sarah E. Card, both of Pittsfield, N.Y. [Otsego Co.]

Married:  BORDEN - PHILLIPS:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3, 1864, by C.H. Babcock, Esq., Mr. Bradford A. Borden, to Miss Lucelia A. Phillips, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  CARTWRIGHT - FIFIELD:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 24, 1863, by Rev. H. Stillman, Mr. Cyrus Cartwright, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maria Fifield, of the former place.

Married:  CHIDESTER - WEBB:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 28, 1863 by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. Jack Chidester, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Mary E Webb, of Greene.

Married:  DAY - GRAY:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 29, 1863, by the same, Mr. Henry A. Day to Miss Lucina A. Gray, of East Greene.

Married:  ROGERS - DAVIS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 8, 1863, by Rev. Mr. Ransom , Lieut. Wm. J. Rogers, of the 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V. to Miss Fanny C. Davis, both of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  ROLLINS - SPRAGUE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thos J. Rollins of Eppin, N.H. to Miss Harriet E.A. Sprague of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  BURLISON - ISBELL:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 22, 1863 by Rev. W.G Queal, Mr. James A. Burlison of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Caroline Weaver Isbell of Guilford.

Died:  HUTCHINS:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 19, 1863, Mrs. Betsy Hutchins, aged 75 years and 10 months.

Died:  BUCK:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 29, 1863, Emeline [Buck], wife of D.S.H. Buck, aged 47 years and 9 months.

Died:  MERCHANT:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24, 1863, Mr. N.R. Merchant, aged 63 years.

Died:  REED:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 21, 1863, Mr. Anson Reed, aged 72 years.

Died:  FORD:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1863, Flora [Ford], youngest daughter of Norman and Elizabeth M. Ford, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] aged 8 years and 6 months.

Died:  WHEELER:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 1863, of scarlet fever, Jennie Avery [Wheeler], youngest daughter of Jedediah R. and Theresa H. Wheeler, aged 9 years and 6 months.  The patient watchings and care of kind friends have proved unavailing. The "Angel of the household," so good, so kind, so beautiful so young, and yet so ripe, is gone.  Gone to be a "bright particular star" in that other and better world, towards which loving parents, an affectionate sister, and doting friends will ever fondly look.  In the home circle, in Sabbath School as well as in the social group "None knew her but to love, none named her but to praise." Though her place is vacant here, yet we can but feel she is now reunited with her twin sister in the realms of bliss beyond the skies.

Died: CLARK:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1, 1864, Mr. Porter E. Clark, aged about 50 years.

Died:  STURGES:  AT the residence of her son, J.O. Sturges, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 2, 1864, Mrs. Susannah Sturges, widow of Caleb J. Sturges, Aged 84? years 5 months and 24 days.

Died:  THOMPSON:  In this town [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, of consumption, Mr. Charles B. Thompson, son of Daniel D. and Mary Thompson, aged 24 years and 11 months.

Chenango Telegraph, January 13, 1864

Married:  CURTIS - SAGE:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24, 1863, by Rev. J.C. Foster, Mr. Stephen Curtis, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma A. Sage, of New Berlin.

Married:  BURDON - CHAPPELS:  Also, by the same, same date, Mr Wm. D. Burdon to Miss Elizabeth Chappels, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  RIDER - THOPSON:  Also, by the same, Dec. 29, 1863, Mr. J. Rider, of Sidney, Delaware Co. [NY] to Miss Francis A. Thompson of Masonville, Delaware Co. [NY].

Married:  RURY - TERRY:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by J.H. Stanbro, Esq., Mr. Isaac S. Rury, of Otselic, to Miss Sarah A. Terry of Madison, Madison Co., [NY].

Married:  BERDELL - PIERCE:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 2, 1864, by Rev. O. Ketchum, Mr. John Berdell to Miss Eunice Pierce, all of Lincklaen.

Married:  LEWIS - DUNNING:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. George R. Lewis, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaret M. Dunning, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  STILWELL - DEAN:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by Rev Wm. M. Robinson, Mr. Stephen Stilwell of Windsor, [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Dean, of Colesville [Broome Co., NY

Married:  JOHNSON - VAN NESS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 30, 1863, by Rev. Wm. Robinson, Mr. Albert Johnson to Miss Adaline Van Ness of Greene.

Married:  BURTON - HOLCOMB:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Dolphus Burton, of Oxford, to Miss Emily E. Holcomb, of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  FRANCISCO- ALLEN:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31, 1863, by Rev. B. McKoon, Mr. Otis Francisco, to Miss Catharine Allen, all of Oxford.

Married:  TRACY - BROOKS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24, 1863, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr Henry H. Tracy, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary D. Brooks, of Oxford.

Married:  SAGE - TRASS:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 7, 1864, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. George H. Sage of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Harriet E. Trass of Plymouth.

Married:   TINKER - SHIPMAN:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1863, by Rev. W. Peck, Mr. Edwin A. Tinker, to Miss Cornelia M. Shipman, all of Sherburne.

Married:  STANTON - WHITNEY:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Middleton, Wis. by Rev. Wm. Kellogg, Mr A.R Stanton to Miss Mary E Whitney.

Married:  GOODRICH - SHAVER:  At the residence of D. Hunt, Dec. 30, 1863, by Rev. WM. Searls, Mr. Sylvester R. Goodrich, to Miss Mary E. Shaver, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  LOBDELL - COMSTOCK: At the bride's fathers, Honey Creek, Walworth Co., Wis., Jan. 5, 1864, by Rev. D. Lewis, Mr. Alonzo Lobdell, of Otisco, Onondaga Co., N.Y. to Miss Annie Comstock, daughter of Cyrus Comstock, formerly of Guilford, Chenango Co. [NY].

Died:  LAMB:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 6, 1864, Mr. Joshua Lamb, aged 84 years.

Died:  McKOON: In Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 9, 1863, Mrs.  Hannah S. McKoon, widow of the late Merritt G. McKoon, Esq.

Died:  NEWTON:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3, 1864, Warren James [Newton], son of Isaac S. and Jane C.. Newton, aged 8 months and 19 days.

Died:  SHIPMAN:  AT Baton Rouge, August 4, 1863, Jacob Shipman, of Co. A, 114th Reb. N.Y.SV., aged 34 years, He was wounded at Port Hudson.

Chenango Telegraph, January 20, 1864

Married:  BROOKINS - PAUL:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan 12, 1864, by Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Wm. H. Brookins of Co. G. 61st Reg., N.Y.S.V. to Miss Rexa M. Paul, both of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  GAZLEY - SHARP:  In Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3, 1864, by Rev. J.W. Darling, Mr. Delos W. Gazley of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Francis A. Sharp of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  GOMES - DAVIS:  At the same place, Jan. 5, 1863, by the same, Mr. Frances Gomes to Miss Loretta H. Davis, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  BURTON - HOLCOMBE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1, 1864, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Adolphus Burton to Miss Emily E. Holcombe, of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  KEYES - PITTSLEY:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 7, 1864, by Rev. Mr. Williams, Mr. Fernando C. Keyes, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Antoinette M. Pittsley of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  CARRIER - BOYD:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, 1863,by Rev. S.S. Cady, Mr. Calvin S. Carrier, to Miss Maggie Boyd all of Columbus.

Married:  INGRAHAM - LEACH:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 5, 1864, by Rev. A.N. Benedict, Mr. I.J. Ingraham to Miss Nancy M. Leach, all of Norwich.

Died:  DRAKE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3, 1864, Miss Harriet E. Drake aged 18 years.

Died:  YEOMANN:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 9?, 1864, Laura P. [Yeomann], only daughter of P.P. and Fanny Yeomann, aged 16 years.

Died:  COOK:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], DEc. 28?, 1863, Ida [Cook], daughter of George and Jane Cook, aged 5 years and  ? Days.

Died:  INGRAHAM:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3, 1864, Emogene [Ingraham], daughter of -?- and Charlotte Ingraham, aged 3 years, 1 month.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 27, 1864

Married:  STEPHENS - COMBS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride, Jan. 26, 1864, by Rev Wm. Searls, Mr. A.D. Stephens of Edmeston, Otsego Co. []NY], to Miss M. E. Combs, of Norwich.

Married:  HICKLING - COMAN:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 14, 1864,by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Henry Hickling, to Miss Mary Coman, both of Edmeston, Otsego co. [NY].

Married:  LAMB - WALES:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 17, 1864, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lewis W. Lamb, to Miss Francis L. Wales, all of McDonough.

Died:  SKINNER:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 17, 1864, Mell [Skinner], daughter of William and Alvira C. Skinner, aged 6 months.

Died:  HALL:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 17, 1864, of dropsy, Mr. Henry Hall, aged 66? years.

Died:  WESCOTT:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 26, 1864, Mr. John Wescott, aged 73 years.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War - 161st Regiment, April 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 6, 1863

Letter from the 161st Regiment N.Y.S.V.

Baton Rouge, La., April 12, 1863

Editors Telegraph:  After our arrival in camp from our expedition near Port Hudson, we received orders to march in half an hour.  We got a hurried dinner and fell into line, and were promised by Gen. Dodley lots of fighting, with the chances of winning heaps of glory. We embarked on board of transports and steamers up the river.  It was late in the evening when we landed and bivouacked for the night on the levee bank, on the west side of the river. The morning light discovered us to be in the vicinity of the fleet and also showed us the outlines of the fortifications of Port Hudson, or those at least which command the river.  Port Hudson was a name almost wholly unknown to fame and geography before the Rebels turned it into a fortification bristling with cannon and bayonets.  It is situated on the east side of the Mississippi, 20 miles from this place, and 150 miles by the river from New Orleans. The fortifications extend along the river for three miles.  There is a short bend in the river, and the batteries are placed in the form of a half circle so that the fire can all be concentrated upon a given point at once.  Nature has made it one of the strongest places on the river, and the Rebels have spared no pains and labor to render impregnable.  The channel of the river runs close along the bank nearest their line of batteries.  They have two tiers of batteries, one casemated, under the bluff and the other above on the brink of the bluff, which rises about 50 feet above the high water mark. Above and below are deep bayous defending both banks of the position, while in the rear is an impassable swamp with only one mode of entrance in the direction of Clinton. This pass is strongly barricaded and defended by showy batteries. By many it is considered a stronger place than Vicksburg.  It is said to be defended by 80,000 men.  If so, then they have a force one-third larger than we could at any time bring against it, and Gen. Banks was wise and prudent in deferring an attack.  Our movement up the west bank of the river was undoubtedly made for the purpose of opening communication with Commodore Farragut above, and to cooperate with him.  But this plan the Rebels defeated by cutting the bayou above us and surrounding us with water.  The plantation where we landed was known as "Winter's Plantation," and one of the finest upon the river.  It contains a thousand acres or more, extending two miles or so back from the river.  It and several adjoining plantations were higher than the water from the crevasse which overflowed the whole country to the rear of us.  The high water drove on to these plantations numerous droves of cattle, mules, and other animals, and during our sojourn we fared sumptuously on fresh beef and mutton.  Situated on this plantation was one of the largest Sugar Houses in the State.  It could not have cost less than $100,000.  It contained a large quantity of Sugar of a kind known as cistern bottoms, and thousands of hogsheads of molasses in its immense cistern. The copper taken out of the mill by us was valued at $5,000.

Our Cavalry made frequent raids above Port Hudson, swimming the bayous with their horses, and in one of their expeditions took and burned a rebel transport, a greater naval victory than any gained by our entire fleet in this vicinity since our arrival here. During the several days we occupied Winter's Plantation our fleet would open on the enemy's works at long range with shot and shell but failed to effect any purpose, or even to draw the fire of the enemy's guns. We took prisoners, an entire Signal Corps, consisting of one Captain, two Lieutenants and thirty privates.  About 1500 contrabands came into our lines while here, swimming and fording the swamps and bayous.  The river continued to rise and getting within a foot or two of our encampment, we were compelled to evacuate, which we did on the 26th of March.  Upon our arrival at camp we found the first and second Divisions under marching orders. They all left in three or four days, their destination being the Atchafalaya river, up which they can open a passage into Red river and thus accomplish what we failed in doing.  Our Brigade, much to our disappointment, is left to guard this place. There are also three regiments of colored soldiers here. The government have enlisted all of them willing to join into the army. This, so far from now being unpopular, is commended by the entire army.  Soldiers heretofore condemning emancipation feel well pleased to think "they have got to fight."  and fight I believe they will too.  They are far more intelligent than they are accredited to be, learn rapidly and quickly. The most of them have handled firearms and know how to use them. Then, again, they are acclimated, are in the midst of a population from which their ranks can at all times be recruited  Unlike an army of whites, as they advance into the bowels of the South, they would be continually increasing in numbers and strength.  They are tractable and obedient, and easily drilled and managed.  Before I came here, though a Republican in feeling and interest, I had strong doubts about the availability of employing the blacks to aid in putting down this rebellion. But a short experience has convinced me that we have hitherto neglected to use one of the strongest available sources of power in our possession in this war.

Men at home who talk and write against the employment of "negro soldiers" can know but little about the real question.  Let one of them come down here and shoulder his knapsack and gun, and march 15 or 30 miles under a bruising sun, and he would be right glad to divide his burden with the [unreadable]  fighting and working in the trenches, drilling and sleeping upon the damp earth, are not such pleasures but that I am willing the negroes may have their full share of them, if they will.  If others think different, they are welcome to them all.  There is vacant places enough for them here. They would find, though, it may be "Sweet to die for one's country," it is pretty hard to live for it at times, and then they would welcome aid coming from whatever source.

In one of my last communications I spoke of letters being a source of pleasure to the soldiers, and of their inspiring him in the discharge of duty.  There is a class of letters however which have quite a contrary effect.  I mean those kinds of letters written by secession sympathizers at home to acquaintances in the army, denouncing the government, condemning the prosecution of the war, and invoking peace on any terms.  These letters have a baleful effect upon the army.  It is far from consoling to reflect, that while we have a vigilant navy and sanguinary foe in front, we have also a treacherous enemy in our nest.  I cannot however believe that the mass of the opposition to the Administration at the North are in sympathy with the rebellion  I can hardly realize how men who manifested so much zeal for their country at the outbreaking of this war, can change in a few months into open or secret foes.  That there is a class of men under the leadership of the Woods, Brooks, Vallandigham & Co. who, no doubt, wish and desire the success of the rebels, I do not doubt but that the great mass of the Democratic party coincide with them,  I will not, cannot, believe.  If so, then indeed may we bid farewell to the Union. 

A few days ago Commodore Farragut dispatched a message to communicate with General Banks.  He ran by the rebel batteries at Port Hudson, safely ensconced in a tree top, and arrived in safety at this place. We have a telegraph line from here to New Orleans.  

Lieut. Schemerhorn of the 114th Regiment paid us a visit the other day, and spoke well of the condition of this Regiment.

Yours truly, S.E.W.

Marriage Notices, Greene, NY - April 1864

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 7, 1864

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. A.B. Jones, Mr. Thomas P. Wilber, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss L. Sharp, of this town.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 14, 1864

Married:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 4th inst., by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. R. Porter Putnam, of California, to Miss Mary J. Packard, of Bainbridge.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 21, 1864

Married:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. S.S. Goodman, Mr. Lucius Cumber, to Miss Louisa M. Gage, both of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. D.H. VanAntwerp, of Afton, Wis., to Miss Adda Cooley, of the former place.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 28, 1864

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. J.L. jones, Mr. Charles R. Young, of Rutland, Co., Vt., to Miss Sarah Ellen Roberts, of the former place.

Married:  At the residence of Col. E.W. Stratton, in Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. S. Crane, Mr. Richard T. Husted, of Marathon [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Anglia P. Dodge, of Cortland, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - October 1863

 Oxford Times, October 7, 1863

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th Sept. 1863, of consumption, Mr. Leander B. Foote, aged 49 years.  The subject of this brief notice came to our village in the winter of 1841, making it his residence for twelve years, in the early part of which time he married a daughter of the Hon Henry Balcom.  While residing at Oxford, he followed the business of a builder.  In 1853, he removed to Sycamore, Ill., and became extensively engaged in business relations, which taxed his physical powers to such an extent as to seem to plant the seeds of that fatal, though flattering malady, which brought him to his grave.  He subsequently resided for a short time in EauClaire, Wis., returning again to Sycamore, and thence to Oxford, in November last, to one in the town of his earlier usefulness. while residing in EauClaire, Wis., Mr Foote sustained not only the reputation of an honest business man, but was the highly esteemed Master of EauClaire Lodge of Masons, which he organized by the efficient interest, which he ever took in the order, and where he left a large circle of sympathizing friends, whose respect for, and sad but cherished memories of the deceased, will go with them through life.  Unable longer to pursue active business interests, he returned to Oxford. among his numerous earlier friends, who had always known him as a pure minded and upright man, possessing spotless morals and firm integrity, discerning and acknowledging readily what he seemed to believe right, and daring always the right to pursue and vindicate.  Those who knew him more intimately in his home and domestic relations, loved him as a kind, indulgent and faithful husband, father, brother and friend, he bearing finally his unyielding illness with undeviating patience and resignation, trusting meekly to the promise of a Savior for future happiness.  When his light went out that link that binds a hushand to his fond wife, and a father to an only and beloved child was broken, but the sacred tie of the memory of the living will endure always.  Thus has a good man lived and died, His body rests form its labors in his grave, where the grass is always springing green, and over the hallowed spot will the dews of eventide weep tears until the end of time.

At Cleveland, Ohio, on the 19th ult., Mr. Augustus Mowrey, of the 161st Regiment, while on his way to his home in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on 22d ult., Franklin Whitney, Esq., aged 60 years.

In the Regimental Hospital at Brashear City, La., on the 3d Sept., Oscar F. Root, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

Oxford Times, October 14, 1863

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co, NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. O. Balcom, Mr. Henry Willcox of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Anvinetta Buckley of Oxford

Married:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. George H. Bartoo of East Greene, to Miss Mary J. Watson of the same place.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. Mr. Otis, Mr. Samuel Lucas of Smithville to Miss Caroline Raymond of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] on 24th ult. by Rev. S.F. Whittier, Mr. Nathan -?- to Miss Eliza M Smith, both of Guilford ][Chenango Co., NY]

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the -?- ult., Mrs. Cynthia Green, wife of Arthur Green, deceased, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the 7th, Mrs. Desire Pickett, aged 71 years.

Oxford Times, October 21, 1863

Married:  In Vesper, Onondaga Co. [NY], on the 14th Oct. by Rev. Thomas Brown, Mr. Divillo S. Root of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Anna M. Brown of Vesper, daughter of the officiating clergyman.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Theron G. Willcox, to Miss Emeline McPherson both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. John N. Holmes of West Eaton [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Attie M. Mead of Smyrna.

Married:  In Smithville Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. J.C. ransom, Mr. Lemuel Terrel to Miss Susan B. Wells, both of Smithville.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mr. William H. Keech, aged 22 years.

Died:  At Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 11, Mr. Samuel S. Sheldon, of 161st Reg. of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Folly Island, near Charleston, recently Mr. Nathan Blencoe, of 144th Reg., formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango co., NY], aged 22 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Emily D. [Steere], wife of Cyrus F. Steere, aged 38 years.

Died:  At Norwich, Conn., suddenly, of disease of the heart, on the 10th inst., Mary [Perkins], wife of Capt. Jas. Perkins, aged 69 years.

Oxford Times, October 28, 1863

Died: At Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 1st, Erastus Agard, esq., aged 76 years.

Died:  At Folly Island, S.C., on the 19th Sept. Lieut. Ira D. Jacobs, son of Rev. Edwin P. Jacobs, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Union Mills, Erie Co. Pa., Sept. 15th, Lucy [Agard], wife of Dr. J.C. Agard, son of Erastus Agard, Esq., of Smithville Flats.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ins.t, Harriet [Browning], wife of Mr.  Halsey Browning, aged 31 years.