Robert Corbin Murder Trial, February 1869, Part 2

Trial of Robert Corbin, for the murder of Elliot J. Kidder, at Afton, Feb. 10, 1868

Chenango Union, February 24, 1869

(Continued from posting of January 22, 2022)

Hiram J. Lake was the next witness, who testified substantially as Delong, being perhaps a little more explicit in one or two particulars; saw Kidder come down the pitch, or hill, hallooing to the team coming up, to hold on; threw up his ax and stopped the team; as they started up the third time he hallooed whoa; hit the nigh horse on the nose; told them to drive no farther, he was going to protect his property and the law would protect him; Corbin got out of the sleigh, came round to Kidder and said go away from my horses, at the same time presenting a pistol held in his right hand; Kidder said "Going to shoot me, by Christ!"  Kidder pressed forward, and they were soon out of my sight; coming in the road again and getting in front of the horses Kidder said to Mallery "What are you here for, I have nothing to do with you;" They clinched and backed up; heard Kidder hallooing to Wheeler to come quick; heard someone, think it was Lattemore say, "Kill him, damn him;" a moment after, Mallory and Kidder being yet clinched, Corbin was putting his hand over Mallory's shoulder; saw Corbin shoot; said then, "he has done it, done that he can never do up again;" think Corbin was a foot and a half or two feet from Kidder when he shot; witness had a suit against Corbin at the time of the affray.

Re-direct:  Kidder was flourishing the side of the ax towards Corbin; he must have been four or six feet from Corbin when he went down; Corbin stepped towards the sleigh when he got up, and Kidder into the road; heard the pistol snap and Corbin say "the d....d thing wouldn't go;" had heard of threats by Corbin to the effect that if Kidder didn't keep off the hill he would be shot.

The third witness was the Colton boy, Riley, living at the time of the affray with his father, Ebenezer Colton at the White House, he notified Kidder that Corbin was coming; Kidder came down and halted the team; Corbin told him to get away; he said that he shouldn't, he was going to protect his property; Corbin had a pistol in his right hand; thought he snapped it; Kidder said, "you going to shoot me?" no reply by Corbin; Kidder followed him and Corbin fell down in the snow; Kidder retreated; Mallory walked up and took hold of Kidder and the ax with his left hand; Mallory tried to kick Kidder when he backed out into the snow; the shooting was six or eight feet ahead of the horses and out of the road; Corbin pointed the pistol at Kidder when he first came to the horses heads; then Kidder raised his ax; heard someone say "why don't you shoot him?"  Corbin replied, "the d....d thing wouldn't go."  This witness also testified in regard to an unloaded horse-pistol, in the hands of Kidder that was left at their house.

The next and last witness that saw the transaction was Uriah Lake, son of Hiram Lake aged 13 years:  First heard Riley Colton shout to Kidder "they are coming;" can't say where Riley was; Kidder held up his hands and shouted, "whoa, whoa!" Kidder fetched his hand up and hit the horses on the nose; Corbin came near Kidder; did not see the pistol; Kidder raised his ax at Corbin; he backed up till he fell down in the snow; Kidder struck at him with the side of the ax; don't know whether he hit him; Kidder went up the road and Mallory followed him; Kidder said, "I have nothing to do with you;" Mallory said, "I have with you;" Mallory backed Kidder out in the snow ten or fifteen feet and kicked at him; heard Kidder call for help; Riley Colton ran and told his father and Wheeler to come quick; didn't see the whole if it, there being a load of logs between them and me.

The evidence of Ebenezer Colton and Hezekiah R. Wheeler, the persons called by young Colton to aid Kidder, relates principally to the transactions of the day and the position of affairs when they reached the scene.  Both heard the report of the pistol, and one or both remarked "someone is shot."  Colton thinks Kidder was a little intoxicated, Wheeler thinks he was not; he was with him nearly all day and took dinner with him; saw no liquor.  He also testifies in relation to the horse pistol which he saw when they left in the morning.  Kidder told witness to go to Shaw's house and get a saw and horse pistol that was there belonging to him; it was not loaded; he put it in the sleigh; there was no ammunition there; Kidder put it into the log house to remain till called for.

The evidence of Lewis Delong, in the employ of Kidder on the fatal day, elicits nothing new and is immaterial.

Simeon Greek testifies to a conversation with Corbin something like a week before the homicide, in which he requested him to move into the log house. Witness told him Kidder would tear the house down when he returned; he said if he was there and he attempted to tear it down he would not do it again, or he would have to be carried off the hill.

Dr. Blinn S. Sill, of the party that went for Kidder's remains, related the position of the body when they reached the spot, detailed the situation of the surroundings and various measurements that were made. Body was about 18 feet from center of road; on the right side, the road being nearly at right angles with it; the beaten track of road where the affray took place was five or six feet wide, where it turned up the hill, something wider; distance from place where the body lay to the top of the hill sixty or eighty feet; a man standing 100 feet up the road from the body could have witnessed the transaction.

The medical evidence was given by Dr. W.H. Beardsley, who made an examination of the body. The ball entered just under the ear; it was lodged on the opposite side; this would have paralyzed the nerves of motion predicting death instantly.

Mrs. Adaline Kidder, widow of E.J. Kidder, testified as to the appearance of Mr. Kidder previous to and at the time of his leaving for the hill, between 9 and 10 in the morning.  He was not intoxicated; he did not say to me at any time if Corbin came there to get that land, one of them would go off dead; he spoke of going on the hill Sunday; I requested him not to go.

This, in the main, closes the evidence of the people.

To be continued

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 17 & 24, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 17, 1869

Marriage

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 2d, by Rev. J.O. Ransom, Mr. Calvin H. Whitney, to Miss Nevada M. Seeley, both of Oxford.

Deaths

At the Spaulding house, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 10th, Capt. William Sage, aged 37 years, late of Company L., 20th, N.Y. Cavalry.

At the residence of E.B. Barnett, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, Joanna [Chamberlain], Widow of Dea. Elijah Chamberlain aged 84 years.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 7th, Sarah Washburn [Wade], wife of Henry L. Wade, and daughter of Dr. Wm. G. Sands, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 10th, Mrs. Alice Cady, aged 75 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22d, Asa Lamott [Tracy], son of William and Susan Tracy, aged 2 years and 7 months.

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 22d, Mary Louisa [Hunt], daughter of Daniel and Emma Hunt, aged 4 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Mrs. Manetta Merrill, widow of Thomas Merrill, aged 63 years, 7 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], March 5th, Mary [Seeley], youngest daughter of Abel and Adaline Seeley, aged 20 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 4th, Mr. Alonzo Covert, aged 43 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 5th, Miss Mary S. Beals, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 76 years.

In East Jeffrey, N.H., March 3d, Mrs. Frank M. Reynolds, wife of Rev. A.E. Reynolds, aged 26 years.  Deceased was a sister of C.J. Tucker, of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Death of Sherwood S. Merritt, Esq.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning, March 16th, of disease of the stomach, Sherwood S. Merritt, Esq., aged 52 years.

In the death of Sherwood S. Merritt, which occurred at his residence in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning, March 16th, at 4 o'clock, our citizens have sustained a severe loss, which will be realized more and more, as they recover from the shock his sudden death has occasioned, and as time shall more fully develop the important relations he bore to the social and business interests of this community.

Mr. Merritt was born in North Norwich, about the year 1817, and while quite young selected the law as his profession, which he has practiced continuously, in this village, from the time of his admission as an attorney, about the year 1840, up to a few weeks previous to his death.  His disease was an organic affection of the stomach, which, until about two weeks since, was not considered as threatening his life.

One of the ablest lawyers of the State, he was always courteous and obliging, and relied upon sound argument rather than cunning for success in his profession.  His tastes inclined him rather to the hard work of an office, than to any attempts at display in the courts.  He was a truthful and matter-of-fact man; and whether as a lawyer or a man, was always honest and upright; and we follow his quiet, unobtrusive example, and express the feeling of our heart, when we say, " And he was a good man."

The irreparable loss which his family and relatives have sustained in his death, we do not feel competent adequately to express.  As there will hereafter doubtless, be written a more complete notice of his life and character, and as the few moments we have to pen this notice prevents our collecting the material facts, we shall not at this time attempt anything more than this brief and imperfect sketch.

The funeral will be held at the late residence of the deceased, on East Main Street, on Thursday at 2 o'clock, P.M.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 24, 1869

Marriages

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], March 10th, by Rev. D.C. Shepard, Mr. Arva Hopkins of Carmel, Putnam Co. [NY] to Miss S. Adelaide Chace, of the former place.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], March 9th, by Rev. M.L. Bennett, Mr. T.J. Rogers, of Ohio, to Miss L.J. Lewis, Preston.

In Zion Church, Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, by Rev. Dr. Rogers, Mr. John S. Winter, to Miss Eliza E. Harrington, all of Greene.

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, by Rev. R.H. Spafford, Mr. William D. Wheeler, to Mrs. Lucina A. Day, both of Greene.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, by Rev. G.E. Flint, Mr. Andrew Waterman, to Miss Isabelle Skinner, all of New Berlin.

In Clarence, Mo., March 2d, by Rev. S. Steed, Mr. Giles F. West, formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Virginia S. Doyle, all of Clarence.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 12th, of consumption, A. Leroy [Harrington], youngest son of William A. and Jane Harrington, aged 21 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, from injuries received in battle, Mr. John G. Norton, late of the 176th Regt. N.Y.S. Vols. aged 46 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 14th, Janet [Hotchkiss], wife of William Hotchkiss, aged 64 years.

In North Fenton [Broome Co., NY], March 5th, Mr. John F. Miller, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 86 years and 11 months.

In Lawrenceville Pa., Feb. 24th, Rev. Octavius Fitch, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Shooting in Cortland

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 17, 1869

The Democrat gives an account of the shooting of one Luke Van Hoesen, a young man who for some months past has divided his time about equally between the inside and the outside of the county jail, by Peter Hitchcock, on Friday morning last, about one o'clock.  Van Hoesen was intoxicated, and desired admittance into Hitchcock's house, which Peter refused.  Van would come in; burst open the kitchen door, and was kicking away at the sitting room door, when H. ordered him to desist, or he would shoot him. The intruder paid no attention to this threat and Hitchcock discharged a pistol in the direction of the door, the ball taking effect in the left side of Van Hoesen, inflicting a mortal wound.  Hitchcock was in jail, and the wounded man near his end, on Friday last.

The Cortland Homicide

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 24, 1869

Luther Van Hoesen, who was shot by Peter Hitchcock, on the morning of the 12th inst., while attempting to enter the house of the latter, brief mention of which we published last week, died on the afternoon of that day.  On Monday, the case was brought before the Grand Jury, who found a true bill against Hitchcock for murder, and he stands committed for trial at the June term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer.  A man name Clark who accompanied Van Hoesen to Hitchcock's house, a place of ill repute, testifies to what took place there, and his evidence is damaging to Hitchcock.

The Oldest Mason

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 24, 1869

Mr. Samuel McMinn, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], called at our office one day last week, and from a conversation which we had with him we learn that he is, undoubtedly, the oldest Free Mason in this section of the State, if not the State.  Mr. McMinn emigrated to this country, from Ireland, in the year 1806.  Before he left Ireland, he took the Degrees in Masonry as far as and including those of Knight Templar. The Master's Lodge, of which he was a member, was named Coranary lodge, number 561, and was located in the manor of Coranary, Cavan County.  He does not remember distinctly the year when he first became a Mason, but from his statement of his age and the year in which he left Ireland, he must have been a member of the Craft for sixty-four years at least.  Mr. McMinn is a venerable looking man, eighty-five years old, still hale and hearty, and retains his faculties almost unimpaired, attributable, no doubt, to his having strictly adhered to the tenants of this ancient and honorable order.

Robert Corbin Murder Trial, February 1869 - Part 1

 Trial of Robert Corbin, for the murder of Elliot J. Kidder, at Afton, Feb. 10. 1868

Chenango Union, February 24, 1869

The trial of Robert Corbin, indicted for the murder of Elliot J. Kidder, at Afton [Chenango Co., NY], February 10, 1868, was moved by District Attorney, R.A. Stanton, Esq., on Wednesday last, before the Supreme Court now in session, Judge Balcom presiding, justices Briggs and Kelsey on the bench.

Counsel for People:  District Attorney R. A. Stanton, the former District Attorney C.L. Tefft, Hon. Lyman Tremain and Rexford & Kingsley.

Counsel for Defense:  Sayre & Winsor, I.S. Newton, Esq., E.H. Prindle, Esq., and Hon. Amasa J. Parker.

The following were the Jurors empaneled in the case, a considerable number drawn being disqualified either from having formed an opinion, or from conscientious scruples, a few only being peremptorily challenged by counsel:

Riley Preston, mechanic, Lincklaen; Morgan McNitt, farmer, North Norwich; William R. Buell, farmer, North Norwich; Elisha E. Baldwin, farmer Pitcher; William Rhodes, mechanic, Sherburne; Almon Tuttle, farmer, Columbus; Alfred Taylor, farmer, Smyrna; S. Anthony Chapman, farmer, Smyrna; Derrick L. Shepard, farmer, Guilford; Daniel Preston, farmer Otselic; Wells Tallett, farmer, Otselic; Horace Johnson, farmer, Plymouth

The case was ably opened by the District Attorney, who detailed the circumstances attending the homicide, and the evidence upon which the people would rely, for the conviction of the prisoner at the bar.

Some ten or a dozen witnesses were sworn on the part of the prosecution, three or four of whom witnessed the affray and related in full the circumstances attending the killing of Kidder by Corbin.

That the reader may better understand the facts in the case, and the evidence, which as much as possible we are obliged to condense, it may be worthwhile to remark, that in the town of Afton, some five or six miles from Bainbridge, there is and long has been a piece of land in dispute, between Kidder, Corbin, the Caswells and perhaps others, known as the "Log House lot," adjoining or near another known as the "White House Lot," on which Kidder had, or was in possession of at the time.  On the day of the affray, the 10th of February 1868, Kidder with several persons in his employ, among them F. Delong, H.J. Lake and boy, Ebenezer and Riley Colton, H.R. Wheeler and Lewis DeLong were at work on the premises.  Between 4 and 5 o'clock of that day, two teams with a double and single sleigh, containing some nine or ten persons, drove upon the hill, ostensibly, if any purpose was avowed, to bring away a pair of oxen belonging to Robert Corbin, sent on the lot for a load of wood, and which Kidder, it is stated had restrained.  In this party was Robert Corbin and his son, Charles, H. and V. Caswell, one Lattemore, Chas. Wood, Geo. Teed, George Fox and William Mallory.  When driving up the hill and within a certain distance of the lot, Kidder, who had been notified of their approach as appears from the evidence, came down the hill, with ax in hand hallooing "whoa! stop!" forbidding them proceeding any father as the premises were his.  The team was stopped whereupon Corbin jumped out of the sleigh, receding before the advance of Kidder, till he went down in the snow.  At this point some discrepancy will be noticed in the evidence in regard to the use of the pistol, some of the witnesses testifying that one was presented and snapped by Corbin, others that they neither saw nor heard anything of the kind.  Disagreement to some extent will also be noticed on other particulars.

The first witness for the people was Francis Delong, who testified in substance as follows:  Knew Kidder; was loading logs in the employ of Kidder when Corbin and his men come up; Kidder told them they must not drive any further on his premises; he halted the team; Corbin fell down; Mallory clinched Kidder; Corbin came around and shot Kidder; saw pistol; was standing six feet in front of horses; was one rod from the parties at the time of shooting; Mallory backed Kidder 16 or 18 feet out of the road on the right hand side, having hold of Kidder and the ax at the same time; don't know whether Kidder had hold of Mallory or not; Corbin was near the sleigh; he had to go about two rods to get to Kidder; he was 4 or 5 feet from him when he shot him; Kidder stood sideways towards Corbin, when he fired; told Corbin as he passed, on answer to his inquiry, that I was drawing logs for Kidder, not fighting for him; the team belonged to Geo. Fox; after Corbin fell, heard Lattemore say, "kill him, d...m him!"  Kidder was between witness and sleigh at this time, with Mallory; Kidder told Corbin he owned the premises, and he must not drive on them; saw Kidder fall; after report of pistol he fell on his right side and died instantly; I raised his head and put his hat under it, and said, "he is dead;" at the time Corbin passed me saw pistol for the first time; don't know whether it was cocked or not; don't know which hand he fired from; think it was his right; when Corbin fell Kidder was pretty close to him; Kidder was holding the ax; he did not attempt to strike Corbin; did not see any kicking by Mallory; could not tell whether Kidder struck at Corbin or not; think Mallory met Kidder in the road; did not see any blows struck; Mallory was four or five feet in front of the horses when he clinched Kidder; after Kidder fell, they all left and passed by towards the log house.

The cross examination elicited no material facts in the case.

To be continued

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, March 3 & 10, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 3, 1869

Marriages

At the Spaulding House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Frank Wickwire, of Poolville [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Lucy Robbins, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

By the same, Feb. 24th, Mr. Jerome W. Davis, to Miss Mary D. Cook, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, by Rev. T.D. Hammond, Mr. John Johnson to Miss Caroline Conant, both of Greene.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Mr. David Oviatt, aged 77 years.  For more than fifty years he was a resident of this place and respected by all who knew him.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 1st, Sarah B. [Miller], daughter of T.D. and Sarah Miller, aged 7 weeks.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Mr. Henry Pellet, aged 33 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 21st, Clara [Agard], widow of the late George Agard, aged 81 years.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 14th, Julia A. [Bolles], wife of Frederick A. Bolles, aged 52 years.

In Canastota, Madison Co. [NY], Feb. 14th, of diptheria, Miss Addie M. Sackett, only daughter of William D. and Julia A. Sackett, aged 21 years, formerly of No. Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Union Norwich, NY, March 10, 1869

Marriage

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Martin Schweitzer, to Miss Eva Volte, all of Norwich.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th by the same, Mr. Franklin Snow, to Miss Lottie Bowles, all of Norwich.

At the residence of the bride's father, in Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday evening, Feb. 24th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. George W. Rorapaugh, of East Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ann Eliza Brown of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 23d, by Rev. C.W. Burt, Mr. George F. Coy, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Francilia V. Pease, of McDonough.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 24th, by Rev. C.W. Burt, Mr. F.C. Child, of Oneida, Ill., to Miss Sarah J. Felton, of Pharsalia.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, by Rev. F.B. Peck, Mr. Eugene L. Butler, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Almira Stratton, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Nelson A. Bemis, of Odell, Ill., to Miss Sarah L. Sheldon, of Guilford.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. A.M. Richardson, Mr. D.E. Pope, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Anna Dart of Sherburne.

In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], Feb. 24th, by Rev. A.S. Graves, Mr. O.F. Randall of Shed's Corners [Madison Co., NY] to Miss F. Wolcott, of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

In Newark, N.J., Feb. 4th, by Rev. H. Goodwin, Mr. John Townley, to Miss Wellie P. Smith, daughter of Doct. W.A. Smith, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In East Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 6th, Dudley B. [Hall], son of Charles Hall, aged 1 year and 8 months.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY, Feb. 25th, Mr. Samuel Wheeler, aged 73 years.

At Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Marietta Merrill, aged 63 years and 7 months.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Mr. Lyman H. Smith, aged 84 years.

In New Ohio [Broome Co., NY], Feb. 25th, Mrs. Abigail Crumb, aged 42 years and 2 months.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 11th, Mr. Reuben Wilcox, aged 70 years, 10 months and 22 days.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th, Elizabeth C. [Tyler], aged 74 years, formerly of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 14th, Mrs. Mary A. Poole, aged 83 years.

In San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 27th, Capt. James Perkins, aged 30 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Lawrenceville, Pa., Feb. 17th, Rev. Arthur Wescott, aged 84 years 6 months and 14 days, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Taylor, Cortland co. [NY], Jan. 14th, of diptheria, Willie A. [Huntley], son of Lewis and Harriette E. Huntley, aged 4 years 5 months and 10 days.

In Taylor [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 5th, of same disease, Hannah E. [Huntley], daughter of Lewis and Harriette E. Huntley, aged 2 years and 17 days.

In Taylor [Cortland Co., NY], of same disease infant son of Lewis and Harriette E. Huntley, aged 11 weeks.

In Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 19th, of same disease, Harriette E. [Huntley] wife of Lewis Huntley, aged 23 years 6 months and 19 days.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 17 & 24, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 17, 1869

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. T. Harroun, Doct. William S. Carruth, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Amelia A. Brooks, of this place.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, by the same, Mr. Edsel Totman to Miss Lillie A. Clark, all of Norwich.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 15th?, by the same, Mr. Wilbur F. Rock to Miss Ellen Gartsie, all of Norwich.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 6th, by Rev. R.H. Clark, Mr. James Lewis, of Vienna, Kansas, to Miss Almira Lewis, of German.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, by Rev. H.H. Clark, Mr. Geo. W. Crandall, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah J. Warner, of Pitcher.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 6th, by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. John D. Shapley, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Davis, of Bainbridge.

Deaths

Suddenly, at White Store, Norwich, [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th?, Mrs. lucy Reynolds, widow of Jacob Reynolds, aged 53 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 11, Mrs. Susan Foote, wife of Robert Foote, aged 54 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 8th, Mrs. Ann E. Judd, wife of Joel L. Judd, aged 57 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Cynthia [Baldwin], wife of Amos S. Baldwin, aged 37 years.

At the County Poor House, in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, Daniel Barnes, aged 89 years, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Montrose, Pa., Jan. 27th, Mr. E.P. Willcox, aged 60 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Killed - Michael Harrington

About noon on Friday last, Michael Harrington, an employee on the Waupaunaukau quarry, in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], excavating stone for the midland, was instantly killed by the falling or sliding of a quantity of earth, nearly burying the whole body.  His skull was terribly fractured, the bones driven in upon the substance of the brain; the entire head and face, in fact, being flattened and mangled.  One arm was also fractured in two or three places, and his person otherwise injured.

The deceased, as far as it is known, is without a friend or relation in the world.  He has followed the sea for a number of years, till shortly before he commenced work on the midland, and during the Rebellion was engaged on board a man of war.  He is spoken of by Mr. Tenbroeck and others as an industrious young man, with good habits, worthy of a better situation, which it was the intention of his employers to give him, when an opportunity offered.  His age was about 23 years.  

Coroner Avery held an inquest, the verdict of the jury being substantially as we have stated. The deceased was respectably buried by our Irish citizens, on Saturday.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 24, 1869

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev. D.J. Whiting, Mr. William L. Schut of Salisbury, Conn., to Miss Celia H. Lewis, of Norwich.

At the residence of the bride's father, in Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Feb. 17th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Albert Pendleton, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma L. Fish, of Cincinnatus.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 9th, by Rev. G.O. Phelps, Mr. James Cassidy of West Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss P.C. Roberts, of East Gainesville [Wyoming Co., NY].

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 9th, by Rev. G.O. Phelps, Mr. Theodore Garrison to Miss Frances M. Woodward, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Mr. John Hicks, aged 79 years.  In February 1846, he united with the Baptist Church in this village, and, until the time of his death, had lived an humble, devoted follower of the precious Savior.  For the last twenty years he has been a great sufferer; but the hope of eternal life beyond the grave has sustained him to the last, and he has now passed away, to receive and wear that crown which his savior had prepared for him.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 10th, Mrs. Margaret Birdsall, aged 80 years.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 10th, Mr. E.G. Potter, late of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 28 years.

By a telegram on Monday evening, we learn that Mr. U.T. Harvey, for years a prominent citizen of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], died in that town on Monday.  He will be buried with Masonic honors this Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February 3 & 10, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 3, 1869

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's brother, Smith Steere, Jr., on Wednesday morning, Jan. 27th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Caleb G. Burrows, Esq., of Providence, R.I., to Mrs. Maria L. Gibson, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. L.M. Stanton, to Miss Em Sherwood, all of Greene.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. A.A. Holladay, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss H.M. Smith, of the former place.

In Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 27th, by Rev. O.C. Wightman, Mr. Horatio Woodard, of Beaver Meadow [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Theresa Larkin, of Brookfield.

In Conneaut, Ohio, Nov. 14th, by Rev. A. Hull, Mr. Joseph J. Agard, of Smithville, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Sarah L. Andres, of Ohio.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. Daniel E. Fletcher, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emily A. Hoyt, of Bainbridge.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, by Rev L.V. Ismond, Mr. Austin J. Water, of Newark Valley, Tioga Co. [NY], To Miss Mary A. Davis, of Afton.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, Mr. Elijah Lewis, in the 75th year of his age.  He was for more than fifty years a much-respected resident of this place.

Mr. Lewis was one of our eldest inhabitants, having removed into our village nearly or quite fifty-three years ago, from the State of Massachusetts in which he was born.  And during all that long time he has been universally respected and esteemed as one of our most reliable and upright citizens.  Some thirty-eight years ago, he experienced religion and united with the Baptist church in this village of which he was an active and consistent member till he died, and, in his last hours, he gave full evidence that his trust, and that hope which had so long sustained him were not in vain, for he died as he had lived, in the full triumph of the Christian faith.  His life was an active one.  No one got any encouragement for idleness from his example.  He was always diligent in his business and excelled in his profession - that of a housebuilder, and his workmanship is found in every part of our village, and it was seen too in both the old Baptist and the Congregational Churches, both of which he helped to build, and both of which he saw burned to ashes.  But he, too, like so many of our old residents within the past few years has passed to his rest.  And to all of us came a feeling of sadness, as for the loss of a friend, when we heard that Elijah Lewis was dead. [Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, Feb. 3, 1869]

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, Mrs. Genevie P. Rich, wife of Palmer C. Rich, aged 21 years 5 months and 5 days.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 30th, of inflammation of the bowels, Emily [Vaughn], wife of Capt. Henry S. Vaughan, formerly of this village.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 25th, Mr. Joseph S. Dennison, aged 69 years.

In East Hampton, Mass., Oct. 20th, Miss Rosa S. Hinckley, formerly of Norwich, aged 43 years.

In Harlem, IL, Jan. 8th, Mr. Uriah Thompson, aged 69 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, February 10, 1869

Marriages

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. James French, to Mrs. Mary O. Lewis, all of Norwich.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 28th, by Rev. Wm. N. Cobb, Mr. Austin Halsy, of North Norwich to Miss Mary A. Palmer of Norwich.

In Sank City, Wisconsin, Jan. 27th, by Rev. J.W. Dinsmore, Mr. William D. Randall to Miss Amanda Bavin, both formerly of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 27th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Luman Ingraham, to Miss Julia Thompson, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In North Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 19th, by Rev. E.W. Allen, Mr. Daniel B. Neal, to Miss A. Rosetta Eldridge.

In Geneseo City, Illinois, Feb. 3d, b Rev. F.L. Smith, Dr. H.E. Pendleton, of Moline Ill, formerly of Chenango Co., N.Y., to Miss Julia McAvoy, of Geneseo.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 2d, Mr. Benjamin Randall, aged 74 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 4th, at the residence of her son-in-law Samuel Palmer, Mrs. Rosannah Berry, aged 82 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, of gravel, Mr. Daniel H. Clark, aged 44 years.  He was a constant sufferer for upwards of three years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 16th, Fanny B. [Burton], wife of Andrew Burton, aged 24 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 28th, Mr. George Cook, aged 44 years.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, Mr. James R. Brown, aged 67 years.

In Omaha City, Nebraska, Jan. 15th, Clara Williams, daughter of S. DeWitt and Grace E. Beals, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 17 years.

In Pharsalia, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Dec. 12th, 1868, of cancer in the stomach, Mr. Avery C. Keator, aged 37 years.  Thus, a good man has passed away.  He lived a Christian and died in the full assurance of the Christian's home in heaven.

Death by Drowning

We noticed at the time, the death by drowning, of Miss Mary P. Gilbert, granddaughter of the late Capt. James Packer, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], which occurred at Caton, Steuben Co. [NY], on the night of January 9th.  We copy from a Corning paper, the following particulars of the sad event:

"She left the kitchen door of the house for an outhouse a few rods distant.  She had to cross a ditch two feet wide and two feet deep through which, in the rainy season, water flows.  There were three pieces of plank over it for a bridge, but no railing.  A few feet above was a little dam erected by a boy for a tiny waterwheel. The melting of the snow filled the channel to overflowing.  The water ran over the dam, on which a board had been place, and also around each end of it with a strong current.  As Miss Gilbert did not return soon, search was made for her, and she was found dead, lying on her side, her head on one plank, her feet on the other, and her body sunk down into the ditch or channel.  The water was pouring over her face.  The body was immediately taken out, and for an hour and a half, efforts were made for resuscitation by Dr. E.S. May, of Caton, but in vain.  At the coroner's inquest it was considered that she must have fallen in on returning to the house. The little footbridge was not in a direct line with the light at the kitchen door, as the pathway diverged somewhat. there was a bruise upon the forehead, probably caused by falling against a post. Whether she was thus stunned and unable to get up or was wedged in as she fell so that she could not arise, nor get her face above the strong current of water that was flowing over it, none can tell.  In either case it is a terrible thought that she perished within the sound of the voices of the family, unable to raise a cry for help to rescue one beloved as a daughter and sister, and whose mournful fate will never cease to afflict a large circle of kindred."

She was a worthy young lady, about twenty-five years of age, and had resided with her grandfather for a number of years previous to his death.

Sudden Death

Suddenly, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 1st, Mr. James P. Curnalia, aged 74 years.

On Monday, February 1st, about 4 P.M., while returning home from a visit to some friends in Preston, Mr. James P. Curnalia instantly expired on the road, about three miles east of this village.  He was about half a mile from his son's, when found.  Mr. David Field, who resides in the east part of this town, and was returning home from this place, was the first to find him.  Mr. Field thinks the deceased could not have been more than five minutes ahead of him.  When found, his body was warm.  He was soon taken to his son's but means of restoring him were useless, as he was quite dead.  

Death of William Weiler

Suddenly, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 5th, Mr. William Weiler, aged 42 years.

Our citizens were shocked on Friday morning last, by the announcement of the sudden death of William Weiler, which took place at an early hour that morning.  He had for some time previous been indisposed, and remained at his home, although there was nothing alarming in his symptoms.  During Thursday he was feeling much better than formerly and sat in his chair reading through the evening, retiring to his bed about 11 o'clock.  Between twelve and one o'clock his wife was awakened by his unnatural breathing.  Help was summoned at once and every effort made to arouse him, but to no avail.  He lived but a few minutes after his situation was discovered.  It is the opinion of his physician that his death was caused by the rupture of the main artery, near the heart.  He was a native of Germany.

Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, February 10, 1869

Mr. Weiler's death deserves more than a passing notice at our hands.  He was one of our adopted fellow citizens, who knew well how to prize our institutions, and whose habits of industry and thrift made him at once the leader and counsellor of his fellows, who like him had fled from a land of oppression and tyranny.  He came to our village about fifteen years ago, and with but little, if any, means commenced the business of a cigar manufacturer, and by a course of honest, fair and polite attention to the wants of all, had built up a manufacturing business which at the time of his death was second to but one in our village.

His kindness of heart attached to him friends from all circles.  His prompt attention to business gave him the confidence of all.  His fidelity to the principles of true freedom, and his persistent advocacy of them, won for him the respect even of his opposers, while his love for his fellow men and his genial good nature bound him to all with whom he came in contact.

The respect and affection of the people for him was shown by the large attendance at his funeral on Sunday.  His remains were fittingly attended to their last resting place, by the members of the Cigar Makers' Union, the Norwich Fire Department, and the members of the Masonic order, from this and other towns, of which organizations he was an honored and trusted member.  He strove to do his duty in all positions of life, and upon his completed record we may endorse, "Well Done," in the assurance that we render the verdict of all who knew him.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January 20 &27, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 20, 1869

Marriages

At the African Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, Jan 17th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Moses Lee, to Miss Elizabeth McGuire, all of Norwich.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. Father McNulty, Mr. Luke Mulligan, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen Gallagher, of Norwich.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by Rev. F.B. Peck, Mr. Thos. J. Snow, to Miss Nettie E. Weed, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 10th, by Rev. J.L Bennett, Mr. John B Tyler, to Miss Mary E. Brisse, both of East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 6th, by Rev. T.D. Hammond, Mr. Charles G. Winston, to Miss Sarah M. Davis, all of Greene.

Also, at the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Selden L. Chalker to Miss Mary J. Winston, all of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 21st, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Albert Blinbery to Miss Louisa Cook, all of Sherburne.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 5th, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. R. M. Lawson, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Amelia Pudney, of Sherburne.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. Willard M. Hastings to Miss Julia A. Barnes, both of Guilford.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30th, by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. Henry O. Sherman, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Henrietta L. Groat, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].

Jan. 5th, by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. John H. Fairchild, to Miss Mary Eugenia, Watrous, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], Dec. 30th, by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Albert D. Patrick, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah J. Walworth.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 18th, after a brief illness, Mr. Charles A. King, aged 21 years.  His funeral will be attended by the Odd Fellows, Good Templars, and Fire Department, of which organizations he was a member, at the residence of his father, J.W. King, corner of Henry and Guernsey Streets, this Wednesday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 17th, Willie H. [McCarty], son of Milo McCarty, aged 12 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 10th, Mr. Michael Corrigan, aged 76? years.

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1st, Mr. William McCray, aged 89 years.

In Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1st, Mr. James Packer, aged 19 years.  The deceased was the eldest son of Doctor Nelson Packer, formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Barrow of Mansfield on Sunday afternoon last, in the Episcopal Church of this village, where an appropriate and impressive address was delivered.  James was a young man esteemed and beloved by all who knew him.  A large assemblage of deeply afflicted friends followed his remains to the cemetery and testified by their presence and sympathies on the occasion, the high esteem in which the deceased and the bereaved family were held.  Wellsboro, Pa., Democrat.

Fatal Accident on the Midland: Patrick McAndrews, a laborer on the railroad, was buried by an embankment caving in upon him, while excavating near Eaton [Madison Co., NY], on the 7th inst.  He was taken out alive but survived but a few hours.  He leaves a wife and child.  Two others were caught in the same gravel bank but escaped with some severe bruises.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 27, 1869

Marriages

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Warren B. Halstead, Esq., to Miss E.R. Pendleton, all of Norwich.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. J. Storrs, Mr. Thomas Truman, to Mrs. Anna Tallett, all of Otselic.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, by the same, Mr. Henry D. Brooks, of Taylor [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Adelma Sanford of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 19th, by the same, Mr. Merton Tallett to Miss Minerva Cox, all of Otselic.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by the same, Mr. Luther W. Stanton, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Harriet Benson of Otselic.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by the same, Mr. Frank Hooker, of Plainfield [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Webb, of Otselic.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. Isaac D. Wade to Miss Mary D. Hayward, all of Smyrna.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 12th, by the same, Mr. Charles S. Billings, of Lebanon [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Priscilla P. Willcox, of Smyrna.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 20th, Mr. Ira W. Bixby, to Mrs. Melissa Pratt, both of Bainbridge.

Deaths

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 24th, Mary M. [Wooden], wife of Martin Wooden, and daughter of Peleg Ashcraft, aged 21 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 16th, Mr. Czar Prince, aged 76 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 14th, Julia E. [Forbes], widow of the late Willis Forbes, aged 48 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 16th, Miss A.M. Read, daughter of Hiram Read, aged 41 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, Mr. John Pittsley, aged 73 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th, Mr. Ira Holdredge, aged 83 years.

In Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 1st, Almira Curtis [Claghorn], wife of George Claghorn, aged 70 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January 13, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 13, 1868

Marriages

In Emanuel Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of Jan. 5th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Henry C. Parodie, to Miss Mary Weiler, daughter of Frederick Weiler, all of Norwich.

At the residence of H.J. Newell, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th by Rev. T. Harroue, Mr. Chauncey McNitt of North Norwich, to Miss Frankie M. Smith, of Norwich.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, by Rev. L.E Spafford, Mr. C.H. Dibble, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss F.S. Dibble of Oxford.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 312st, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Daniel L. Brown, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Asenath Wrench of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

Jan. 5th, by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. John H. Fairchild, to Miss Mary E Watrous, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Francis A. Stevens, to Miss Ellen A. Stewart, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 28th, by Rev. S Scoville, Mr. Edgar Pope, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Louisa Button, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Horatio Pope, to Miss Almira Crosby, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 21st, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Robert Sliter, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Susie A. Wheaton, of New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 29th, by Rev. A.M. Colgrove, Mr. Francis L. Wells of Norwich, to Miss Mary E. Fox, of North Norwich.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 29th, by Rev. W.A. Wadsworth, Mr. Charles W. Godfrey to Miss Hattie A. Van Dusen, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. CW. Burt, Mr. Smith Mathewson to Miss Genilla G. Sumner all of Pharsalia.

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Dec. 30th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Orson B. Torry? of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Frances H. Mudge of Cincinnatus.

At the City Hall in Albany, [NY], Dec. 22d, by Rev. H. Darling, Mr. Henry Sage to Miss Orril O. Osgood, both of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

In Homer [Cortland Co., NY], Dec. 29th, by Rev. J.D. Barnes, Dr. Frank B. Darby of Owego [Tioga Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Wheadon, of Homer.

Deaths

In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 21st, Adaline [McMinn], wife of John N. McMinn aged 46 years, 2 months 11 days.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, Mr. Sidney Eggleston, aged about 60 years.

In Preble, Cortland Co. [NY], Dec. 27th, Lottie Ide [Van Camp], wife of S.C Van Camp, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 25 years and 11 days.

Drowned:  By a dispatch received by friends in this place, on Monday last, we learn that Miss Mary P. Gilbert, granddaughter of the late Capt. James Packer, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and for a number of years previous to his death a member of his family, was drowned, at Caton, Steuben Co. [NY], on Sunday. We have no particulars.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 9th, Warren Gray, Esq., aged 84 years.

We learn from a dispatch received by the Masonic Fraternity of Norwich, that Warren Gray, Esq. of Greene, died suddenly in the latter village on Saturday morning last, the 9th inst. at the venerable age of 84 years.

Mr. Gray was a well-known citizen of this County [Chenango Co., NY], and one of the most esteemed and respected of our people.  For nearly or quite fifty years, almost continuously, he was a Justice of the Peace of the town of Greene, holding the office at the time of his decease.  Through all the mutations and vicissitudes of the political party to which he belonged; his personal popularity was such that he was uniformly elected by his fellow citizens when presented for that position.

In Politics Mr. Gray was a Democrat of the old school. His venerable form was often seen in our County Conventions, where he always took a prominent and influential part.  He believed religiously and conscientiously in the principles of Jefferson and the early fathers of the Democratic party, adhering to them with scrupulous fidelity and devotion throughout his long and honorable life.  At one time he was the candidate of the Democrats of this County for the office of Sheriff, but in common with the rest of the Democratic ticket the same year, failed of success.

In all the relations of life, public and private, Warren Gray was a true, noble, conscientious man.  His memory will be long and carefully cherished by the community in which he lived, and by all who knew his virtues and his worth.

His remains were consigned to their last resting place, in the village cemetery at Greene, on monday of this week, by the masonic Order, of which he was a high and honored member, a large concourse of the Fraternity and of citizens having gathered from his own and all the adjoining towns, to pay his memory this mark of their respect.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, December 30, 1868 & January 6, 1869

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 30, 1868

Marriages

At Emanuel Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning Dec. 20th?, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Marcus C. Riggs, Esq., of New York to Miss Margaret R. Gorton, of Norwich.

In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], Dec. 22d, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Marshall Norton of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucena E. Sherman, of Butternuts.

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 16th, by the same, Mr. Bruce Babcock, to Miss Hattie Marsh all of South New Berlin.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 23d, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. LaGrange Davis to Miss Dell Beach, all of Greene.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 22d, by Rev. J.L. Burrows, Mr. William H. Newitt, of DeRuyter to Miss Frances Savage of Sherburne.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. Mr. Hyde, Mr. H. Brayton Paul to Miss Adella Curtis, all of Sherburne.

In Louisville, Otsego Co. [NY], Dec. 17th, by Rev. Chas. Ayer, Mr. Joseph H. Lockwood, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Harriet Hall, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

In Laurens, Otsego Co. [NY], Nov. 10th, by Rev. N.S. Rulison, Mr. Judson E. Parce, of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Franors? Mead of Laurens.

In Minneapolis, Minn Dec. 3d, by Rev. H. Webb, Mr. Jacob Schorn, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Flora E. Philbrook, all of Minneapolis.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 26th, Vandalia A. [Cook], wife of Whitman Cook, aged 28 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 26th, Smith E. [Bennett], son of J.E. Bennett, aged 19 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 27th, after a lingering illness form malignant disease of stomach and bowels, Lovisa A. [Skinner], wife of Daniel Skinner, Esq., aged 46 years, 10 months and 27 days.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 20th, Mr. Seymour Edwards, aged 48 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 11th, Mr. Thomas Angell, aged 67 years.

In New Orleans, Oct. 1st of yellow fever, Rev. John McLeigh, formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 59 years.

In Chenango, Broome Co. [NY], Dec. 24th, Mr. Samuel Hand, of New Lebanon, Columbia Co. [NY], father of Dr. S.M. Hand, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 69 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th, Mr. George S. Morse, aged 37 years.

Passed to the "Higher Life," in South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 28th, Mr. Nathaniel B. Peck, aged 71 years and 10 months.  Mr. Peck came from Dutchess County, N.Y., at an early day, and settled on a farm in Pharsalia, Chenango County [NY], whence he spent about forty years in the cultivation of the soil.  His life was quiet, harmonious and unassuming, and few men have acquired such a high place in the esteem of their fellow beings as he.  His gentleness of disposition and integrity of character won a loving response from all with whom he was thrown in contact.  A tender father, faithful husband and friend.  He has left a wife and one daughter to forever cherish his love, be proud of his many virtues and to await the time for a reunion in the "Better Land."

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, January 6, 1869

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30th, by Rev. S Scoville, Mr. Royal Stearns to Miss Emma N. Thurston, daughter of Warren Thurston, all of Norwich.

At the Chenango House, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 31st, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. George W. Watts to Miss Ruth M. Peck, daughter of Henry Peck, all of Norwich.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 15th, by Rev. J.D. Pope, Mr. Washington Bingham to Miss Adelia Cone, both of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. W.A. Wadsworth, Mr. Ceyon L. Benjamin to Miss Annie A. Mills, all of Mt. Upton.

In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 29th, by Rev. H. Turner, Mr. Seth Mathewson to Miss Caroline E. Brooks, all of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 22d, by Rev. Mr. Hyde, Mr. William A. Stanton, to Miss Dency Ames, all of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

In Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. O.C Wightman, Mr. Edwin Tuttle of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eudocia Hills of the former place.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 23d, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Peter Meritt to Miss Mary Palmer, both of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

In Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 24th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. C. J. Skinner of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Cooley, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 14th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. James A. Nickerson to Mrs. Mary G. Van Woert.

In Minneapolis, Minn. Dec. 6th, by Rev. J.F. Chaffee, Mr. George A. Clark, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Salome Sparete? of Philadelphia.

In Hazardville [Broome Co., NY], Dec. 4th, by Rev. E. Sibly, Mr. Thomas J. Purple, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY to Miss Ruby J. Hazard, both of Windsor [Broome Co., NY].

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Dec. 17th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Ira C. Rockwell of Tompkins Co. [NY] to Miss Lorinda Hopper of Cincinnatus.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 24th, Laura A. [Gillett], wife of M.J. Gillett, aged 26 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 20th, Mr. Marvin Derrick, aged 68 years.

At the County House [Preston, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 4th, Mary [Benedict], wife of Joseph Benedict, aged 29 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1st, Albert [Wightman], son of Noah Wightman, aged 6 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 28th, Mr. Isaac Sherwood, aged 83 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 19th, Laura [Ingham], wife of Erastus Ingham, aged 68 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 27th, Susan [Knowles], wife of Henry Knowles, aged 82 years.

In Canastota, Madison Co. [NY], Dec. 26th, of diptheria, Mr. Loren H. Sackett, son of William D and Julia Ann Sackett, formerly of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, December 16 & 23, 1868

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 16, 1868

Marriages

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 9th, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. J.G. Limberger to Miss Elizabeth H. Read, all of Greene.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 5th, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. J.E. Wagener, to Miss Gertia Bixby, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 6th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. C.L. Clark, of Lisle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Mariette Olds, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. S.P. Way, Mr. Morell M. Newton, to Miss Tina E. Lewis, all of Pitcher.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 3d, by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. Frank A. Eaton, Engineer on the A.&S.R.R., to Miss Mary Strong of Bainbridge.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. L.V. Ismond, Mr. Francis Smith MD. of Richmond, Schoharie Co. [NY], to Miss N. J. Ireland, of Bainbridge.

In Union Valley, Nov. 24th, by Almon Angel, Esq., Mr. Bertrand Holmes of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rosina Jipson, of Union Valley.

In Ogdensburg [St. Lawrence Co., NY], Dec. 12th, by Dr. Peters of P.E. Church, Mr. Frank E. Burno to Miss Alice M. [Southworth], daughter of H.O. Southworth, Esq. of Rome [Oneida Co., NY], formerly of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 13th, Mr. Sieman? Bissell, aged 79 years.

In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 30th? Mrs. Louisa Brown, aged 30 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 9th, Mrs. Angeline Rorapaugh, aged 61 years and 9 months.

In Oxford [Chenango Co, NY] Dec. 4th, Mr. Thomas Gibson, aged 81? years.

In Manitowoc, Wis., Nov. 10th, Frances H. Glover, wife of Wm. H. Glover, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Olean, N.Y., Nov. 30th, Mary A. [Stevens], wife of Geo. F. Stevens, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 40 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, Fannie [Hamiton], daughter of C.W. and Mary I. Hamilton, aged 2 years, 10 months and 12 days.

In Elmira [Chemung Co., NY], Nov. 24th, of consumption, Miss Amanda E. Stowell, formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], aged 18 years.

In Franklinville, NY. [Cattaraugus Co., NY], Nov. 25th, Mrs. Genie C. Hall, wife of Seth E. Hall and daughter of Geo. C.  Mead, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.  In this case death struck a shining mark, one beloved by a large circle of friends.  Although her sun went down at early noon, it was tranquil as departing day, amid the mellow radiance of a summer sunset.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 10th, Mr. Edson French, aged 31 years and 9 months.  The deceased was a young man who bore an irreproachable character, always peaceable and obliging in his dealings, upright and honest.  His willingness to assist others drew to him the warmest affection of all who knew him. But thus, by the mysterious visitation of Providence, we bow our sorrowful hearts in humble submission to the Great Dispenser of all events, knowing that "He doeth all things well."

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 23, 1868

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in this village, Dec. 21st, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Charles H. Burdick, of DeRuyter, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Florence A. Ford, daughter of E.G. Ford, Norwich.

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 6th?, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Mr. Anson E. Thornton of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Arlina H. Hill, of New Berlin.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 10th, by Rev. S.M. Keeler, Col. Mcloom? H. Copeland of Rosemond, Ill. to Miss Carrie M. Dixon, of Smyrna.'

At Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 11th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Merritt N. Thompson to Miss Josephine House, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 8th, by Rev C.W. Burt, Mr. Marshall E. Nearing of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Diana E. Widger, of Pharsalia.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 8th, by Rev. C.M. Whittlesey, Mr. Frank P. Field, of Nebraska, to Miss Clemma Edwards of New Berlin.

At Nichols Hotel in Willet, Dec. 17th, by Rev. L.D. Turner, Mr. Isaac S. Evans, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Harriet A. Dolan, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 16th, Hannah [Holmes], wife of Daniel Holmes, aged 71 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 16th, Mr. John Davis, aged 34 years.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 4th, Philena H. [Maine], wife of Sebeus Maine, aged 66 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 4th, Mr. Almanson Smith, aged 60 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 12th, Mr. Alanson Mallory, aged 68 years.

In Dunkirk, Dec. 1st, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. S.P. Smith, Mrs. Cynthia W. Ford, relict of Russel Ford, formerly of Guilford, in the 64th year of her age.

Sad and Fatal Accident:  The Greene American [Chenango Co., NY], states that a fatal accident occurred Monday evening, the 14th inst., on the Indian Brook about three miles southwest of Greene, Leroy Adams, a little boy about nine years old, son of Ezra Adams, left home in the evening to spend an hour or two at Mrs. Wm. C. Dunn's. While there he and Willie Dunn, a boy about eleven years old, played with a rifle, unaware that it was loaded, when by some accident it was suddenly discharged and shot Leroy through the head; the ball entered the base of the skull in front, and came out on the back side of the head, producing death in five or ten minutes.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 114th NY Regiment, February 1864

 Oxford Times, March 9, 1864

Letter from the 114th NY Infantry

Franklin, La., Feb. 12th, 1854

Editor Times:  Thinking that perhaps you would like to hear a few words from the 114th, and matters connected with the army of the Gulf, I now take my pen in hand to write as my thoughts may direct.

The army, now under the command of Major General Franklin, is pleasantly encamped on the banks of Bayou Teche, around Franklin.  Probably shall remain here some time yet, for we expect our tents will come on the boat by tomorrow.  The Teche country has the name of being the richest tract of land in the State of Louisiana, denoted for its heavy growth of sugar cane.  Some plantations yield from six to seven hundred hogsheads of sugar annually. The town of Franklin is situated about twenty-eight miles from Brashear City and is the parish seat of Parish St. Mary.  Here lies the ruins of the gunboat Diana, which was burnt by the rebels after the battle of Bisland, our first campaign through the country. Above the town three or four miles is a large plain called the "Indian Bend." Here we have had a number of skirmishes with the enemy which resulted in a defeat of the rebels.  Here the bayou Teche takes a curve and is lost from view amid the wide spreading branches of the live oak, whose brawny limbs are encircled by moss common to the Southern clime.  Off as far as the eye can reach appears the lofty chimney of the sugar mill, while more at the left, herds of cattle are seen quietly grazing the tender grass.  Above this place twenty miles is situated the pleasant town of New Iberia, it being the head of navigation.  Here the rebels once had a foundry where they cast their shot and shell and used them on us at the battle of Bisland, but they were not sufficient to check the determination of true patriots.  At New Iberia we were encamped some time, but it was not long before everything in the shape of forage had played out.  Orders then came for us to march.  It happened to be cold and wet when we started, and consequently the mud was knee deep.  Onward we moved at the rate of seven or eight miles per day.  Wagons were left standing in the roads sunk in over the hubs.  Soldiers were seen straggling hither and there, bound to make the best of it, for it is not every day that we are subject to such marches, but as good luck would have it, we reached Franklin in pretty good order.

Then came a time of general fixing up.  Soldiers were seen coming in from all quarters with a goodly supply of lumber on their backs, while the bayou was filled with numerous rafts floating down the bayou to camp, some loaded with brick that they had smuggled from "massa's" sugar mill.  Others had tables and chairs all for the comfort and amusement of the soldiers.

The regiment is now in good health and is under the command of Lieut. Col. Morse.  We go through the regular routine of camp life such as the drill in the manual, facings and bayonet exercise.  Co. H are now doing Provost duty at Brigade Hd. Qr's and are under command of Provost Marshal Capt. York.  There are a number of our boys strung along the bayou as safeguard for the different plantations, two left for home today on a furlough, such being granted to those that are unfit for duty. We are favored with the best of weather, but little rain has fallen since being here.  It reminds one of the month of May, when everything in nature seems to spring forth with life, and it is seldom that you see many lying idle. While not on duty some are writing, others pass away the time in reading, some in conversation in regard to political movements.  Who will be our next candidate for the Presidency is one of the important questions of the day.  Upon this subject I ask to be excused, but I do know if honest, Old Abe ever runs again, the 114th will give him a large majority.

Yours, Respectfully, H.D.M.

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The author of this letter is possibly Henry D. Mason.  The Adjutant General report for the 114th gives the following information about him:

MASON, HENRY D.—Age, 20 years. Enlisted, August 13, 1862, at Oxford, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. H, August 14,1862; killed in action, October 19,1864, at Gedar Greek, Va.  

Death of soldiers in the 114th Regiment:  A large circle of friends and our entire community were made sad last week by the tidings of the death in the late battle under Sheridan, of Joseph G. Washburn, Henry D. Mason, and Chas. F. Green of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY].  They were young men of whom we were all justly proud, and it is hard to give them up.  But they died in the path of patriotic duty, and challenge at once our admiration and our tears.  They sleep in hero graves. They live in patriot hearts.  [Oxford Times, Nov. 2, 1864]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, December 2 & 9, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 2, 1868

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Aden Williams, to Mrs. Sarah Rogers, both of this village.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 15th, by Rev. A.M. Colegrove, Mr. Joseph Vollmer to Miss Almira Reynolds, all of Smyrna.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 30th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. L.E. Stanley, of German, and Miss Anna Cole, of West Monroe, Oswego Co. [NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 23d, by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. A.B. Bennett, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Maggie B. [Rouse], youngest daughter of the late Austin Rouse, of Oxford.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. John Cline, of East Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Caroline Brigham, of Mcdonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 25th, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Lester W. Vail, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma Tuttle, of Sherburne.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 22d, by Rev. D.B. Collins, Mr. A.S. Bennett of Fillmore, Allegany Co. [NY] to Miss Melissa Manning.

Also, by the same, Nov. 24th, Mr. Egbert Joralemon of Coeymans, Albany Co. [NY] to Miss Sarah E. Phinney, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Also, by the same, Nov. 25th, Mr. George R. Searles to Miss Ruby C. Davis.

In Peru [Clinton Co., NY], Nov. 19th, by Rev. G.R. Davis, Eli H. Wilcox, Esq., of Brownville, Nebraska (formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]) to Annie E. Caldwell of Inland, Iowa.

Deaths

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16th, Mr. Jared Mudge, aged 84 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 23d, Mr. Thomas L. Knap, in the 33d year of his age.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 19th, Mrs. Urania Race, aged 62 years and 8 months.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 9, 1868

Marriages

In St. Anthony, Minn., Nov. 26th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Harvey Webb, Mr. E.W. Brooke, formerly of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Fannie H. Lovejoy, of St. Anthony, Minn.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 24th, by Rev. R.C. Ransom, Mr. Willard Giles of Tioga, to Miss Frances Wells, of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 25th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Oscar H. Reeve, of Middletown [Orange Co., NY], to Miss Hannah M. Rorapaugh, of Smithville.

In Bergen, N.J., Nov. 24th, by Rev. Mr. Arndt, Mr. Everett E. Blossom of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Frank Martin of the former place, daughter of the late Crowel Martin, Esq., of New York.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 24th, by S.S Anthony, Esq., Mr. Byron S. Ormsby, M.D., to Miss Mary L. Anthony.  

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 22d, by Rev. A. Brown, Mr. Daniel P. Law, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Frank Tinker, of Plymouth.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, by Rev. D.D> Brown, Mr. William D. Warner, to Miss Ezilda M. Dabin, both of Plymouth.

In Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], Nov. 26th, by Rev. A. Wilkins, Mr. Daniel Rogers, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. L. Jane Brooks, of Cortland.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4th, by Rev. G. Turnbul, Mr. John P. Ketchum of Colesville [Broome Co., NY] to Miss MA. McLain, of Coventry.

At the same time, by the same, Mr. Justus Shaw, to Miss Josephine E. Minor, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1st, Mr. Enos Johnson, aged 83 years, 7 months and 10 days.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 26th, Miss Mary E. Bixby, daughter of Frederick Bixby, aged 17 years and 7 months.

In Wellsboro, Pa., Nov. 14th, Hon. Levi I. Nichols, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 60 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, November 25, 1868

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 25, 1868

Marriages

At Emanuel Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening, Nov. 18th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Charles T. Marston, of Hartford, Conn., to Miss Mary P. Hayes, daughter of E.T. Hayes, Esq. of Norwich.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16th, by Rev. G.E. Flint, Mr. Andrew Pudney, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emily Matteson, of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. T.B. Lyon, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma Holdridge.

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Rev. R.H. Spafford, Mr. James P. Smith, to Miss Katie W. Hollenbeck, both of East Greene.

In Smyrna Centre [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5th, by Rev. S.M. Keeler, Mr. Thomas Sprague to Miss Rachel Messenger, both of Smyrna.

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Oct. 24th, by Rev. R.H. Clark, Mr. A.C. Coats, to Miss O,M, Parker?, both of Pharsalia.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 11th, by Rev. W.W. Andrews, Mr. Charles R. Hawkins of Sandford [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Maria H. Davidson, of Afton.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 19th, by Rev. J.A. Robinson, Mr. Frederick Vincent, to Miss Ellen Firney?, all of Bainbridge.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 18th, at the bride's residence, by Rev. D.D> Brown, Mr. William D. Warner to Miss Ezilea? M. Sabin, both of Plymouth.

In Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], Nov. 19th, by Rev. C.H. DeLong, assisted by Rev. Thomas La Monte, Mr. Charles R. Smith to Miss Mary L. De Mandes,? all of Deposit.

At St. John's Church, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Nov. 6th, by Rev. Father Lynch, Mr. Clark J. White, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaret O'Brien, both of Binghamton.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 21st, of consumption, Mr. John Nelson, Jr., aged 24 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, Mr. Luther Martin, aged 40 years.

Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, November 11, 1868

WAIT:  At his residence in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday afternoon, the 2d inst., Col. John Wait, aged 59 years.

Mr. Wait was born at Preston, in this County [Chenango Co., NY] in the year 1809, and was one of a large family.  In early life he gave indications of that energy and perseverance which commands success, with a desire for improvement that soon carried him so far as the common schools of the town could afford an opportunity.  With this he was not satisfied.  Desiring an academic education, but lacking the means to acquire it, he made an arrangement with his father who was carrying on a distillery, to chop wood for him, at two shillings per cord, the same price paid to others, and was in addition to be paid at the same rate for all he cut over an average days' work.  This privilege was so well improved that at the end of the winter he had earned $10 extra.  With this he brought two very fine sheep which he hired kept for $1.00 a year, having all the increase which was very large.  With this increase, as we are informed, he supported himself at Hamilton Academy, where he spent some time, acquiring a good education, and also while reading law in this village, the result being that after his admission to the bar, or about that time, he sold the remainder of his flock for about $100.

He commenced reading law in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], about the year 1833, and, as we are informed, with C.A. Thorpe, Esq., being admitted to the bar about 1836, and then entering into practice with Abial Cook, Esq., and remaining with him for several years.  After this, he practiced alone for a long while, but later was successively the partner of Harvey Hubbard, Franklin Beebe, and B. Gage Berry, Esqrs., with the last of whom he dissolved partnership in the year 1861, since which he has remained alone, and doing a comparatively small business owing to his failing health.

From the first, Mr. Wait had a fair practice and a deservedly high reputation, as a high minded, talented lawyer, which his success before a jury was beyond the average.  He principally excelled as a sound, wise and sagacious counsellor, whose legal opinion was of great value, implicitly trusted and rarely overruled even by our highest Courts.  In this department of the profession, he has never had a superior in the popular estimate, in the whole history of our county.

He was never an aspirant for public or political honors.  Nevertheless, he has been President of our Village, in the preparation of the Charter of which he took great interest and was one of the candidates for Judge of the Supreme Court of this district at the first judiciary election under the present constitution.  He was also frequently sent, by his constituents to State and other conventions, where his opinions and counsel were influential, and was also, in other respects trusted by the leading men in the old Whig party, and later of the Republican party, of both of which he was an active, and conscientious member.

He has been, for several years, the victim of a wasting disease, which has finally removed him from us.  He passed away with the unfeigned regrets of his many friends, leaving no enemies behind him, and in the full assurance of the Christian faith.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, November 11 & 18, 1868

 Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, November 11, 1868

Marriages

FITZGERALD - BENNETT:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], November 1st, by Rev. Thomas Harroun, James E. Fitsgerald, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] and Carrie A. Bennett, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

SEARS - ACKERT:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], November 1st, by Rev. Thomas Harroun, Morrell B. Sears and Jane Ackert, all of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY].

DAVIS - DAVIS:  In Oxford, October 27th, by Rev. T.P. Hasted, Ebenezer Davis of Oxford, and Ada Davis of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

VAN WOERT - GREEN:  At the Church, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev Wm. W. Andrews, Deloss Van Woert and Ester P. Green, all of Afton.

McCOMBER - HART:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], November 5th, by Rev. A.C. Swift, Charles McComber, of Eaton [Madison Co., NY] and Minnie Hart, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

HALL - ANGELL:  In Cuyler [Cortland Co., NY], October 6th, by Rev. CW. Burt, James R. Hall of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] and Sarah B. Angell of Cuyler.

WEBB - WOLCOTT:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4th, by Rev. C.W. Burt, Anson Webb of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] and Mrs. Mary Wolcott, of Pharsalia.

LAMB STANTON:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], October 19th, by Rev. R.H. Spafford, George W. Lamb and Lois Stanton, all of Oxford.

MONCRIEF - ENGLISH:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], October 24th? by Rev. John Cairns, William J. Moncrief and Carrie A. English, all of Greene.

WHEELER - WHEELER:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], October 26th by Rev. R.H. Spafford, George R. Wheeler and Maggie E. Wheeler, both of Greene.

BEACH - RHODES:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], October 28th, by William Priest, Esq., Sumner W. Beach of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] and Susan Rhodes, of Pharsalia.

Deaths

MEDBURY:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], October 27th, Harris Medbury, Esq., aged 79 years 8 months and 20 days.

WAIT:  At the residence of D.D. W. Throop in Mt. Pleasant Iowa, November 5th, Mrs. Precilla Wait, widow of DeLane Wait, aged 62 years.

ROBERTS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], October 21st? Mrs. Abigail Roberts.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 18, 1868

Marriages

At the American Hotel, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 17th, by Wm. N. Mason, Esq., Mr. James Conley, to Miss Bridget Davit.

In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 7th, by Horace L. Barns, Esq., Mr. William Neff to Miss Charity J. Burlison, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 8th, by Rev. L. Lawton, Mr. Ransom B. Pike, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary R. Nogae, of Steuben Co. [NY].

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 12th, by Rev. C.E. Flint, Mr. Tracy Cone, to Miss Ella Kingsberry, all of New Berlin.

Nov. 7th, by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. James B. Puffer, to Miss Mellie Warren.

\In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. Henry Carr, to Miss Mary A. Grover, all of Afton.

In Andes [Delaware Co., NY], Nov. 2d, b Rev. James Bence, Mr. Eri W. Lingee, of Hardenburgh, Ulster Co. [NY] to Miss Fidelia Landers, of Afton, Chenango Co., [NY].

In Norwich, Conn., Nov. 10th, by Rev. M.C. Dana, Mr. H.H. Beebe, of Brooklyn, NY. to Miss Frank M. Durand, of Norwich.

Deaths

Killed by a Horse:  Edson G. French, a young man some thirty years of age, son of Samuel French, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], met with an accident on Thursday last, which resulted fatally.  He was in the employ of Seth Chapin, in the northeast part of this town; and while engaged in harnessing a horse, he received a kick, striking him in the bowels, from the effects of which he died on the following morning.

Crushed in a Lock:  Henry Rose, Captain of the boat "Forest Rose," was crushed to death in a lock near Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on Sunday morning last, while the boat was on its downward trip.  It appears that the boat had entered the lock, when the deceased took the line, and in attempting to leap to the bank, for the purpose of "snubbing," he fell between the boat and the side of the lock and was so badly crushed that he died before he could be extricated, he being so wedged in that it required several minutes to remove him.  His wife was on board the boat at the time.

Hon. Addison M. Smith, of Morris, Otsego Co. [NY], died at Huntsville, Alabama, October 28th, aged 51 years.  Col. Smith at one time represented the Counties of Chenango and Otsego in the State Senate.  He was a gentleman of strict integrity and sterling worth, and was highly respected by all who knew him.

The Greene [Chenango Co., NY] American of last week says:  We regret to state that Wm. Lucas, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], who was injured by being thrown from a wagon while coming from a political meeting recently, died of the injuries he received, on Monday last.