Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July 1867

 Chenango Union, July 3, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 18th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles E. Kingsbury, of Ottawa, Illinois, to Miss Lucinda Marsh, of this village.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 1st, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. M. R. Westover, of Oxford, Miss Mary P. Root, of Tioga County, Pa.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 19th, by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Geo. E. Stevens, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Mary E. Haynes, of Oxford.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 30th, Mrs. Sylvia Snedekie, aged 87 years.

In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], June 20th, Mrs. Eliza A. Munson, aged 31 years.  She had been a patient sufferer for thirteen long years, yet without a murmur she ever felt to say, "the Lord's will be done."

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 14th, Mrs. Clarissa Page, wife of Orris Page, aged 22 years.

In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], june 4th, Mr. Martin L. Symonds, aged 21 years.

Chenango Union,

Marriages

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 25th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. George L. Marsh of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hannah M. Gibson, of Guilford.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], June 23d, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Harris B. Daniels, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Hibberd of Sherburne.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], June 23d, by Henry Dwight, Esq., Mr. Giles O. Moon of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Mary E. Jones of German.

In Morrisville [Madison Co., NY], June 26th, by Rev. H. Dudley, Mr. Wilbur Holmes of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Annette Dunton, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], June 27th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lafayette Davis of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Nettie Johnson, of Willet, Cortland Co. [NY].

Deaths

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], july 1st, Jane Cameron [Barnard], wife of F.E. Barnard, aged 50? years.

In Mill River, Mass., March 25th, Mr. Lewis Barber, son of Turner Barber, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY, aged 30? years.

In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], October 22d, Juliette Williams, daughter of Turner Barber, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 34? years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 29th?, of diptheria, Jennie E. Shepard, aged 5 years, 11 months and 5 days; June 11th, Lida J. Shepard, aged 3 years and 2 days; June 14th, Emma B. Shepard, aged 1 year 6 months and 28 days.  Comprising the entire family of Derrick L. and Almeda Shepard.  Kind friends bore all the remains and deposited them side by side in the cemetery at Guilford Centre, quietly to sleep until the final reveille shall call to life the slumbering dust of every age and clime.

After a severe illness, Mr. Samuel White died on Monday afternoon last, aged 71 years. The funeral services were held at St Andrews Church on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Robinson of Clinton, officiating.  Thus, another name is added to the list of the departure of our aged citizens and first settlers.  Mr. white was born and had lived upon the farm where he died for seventy-one years, and consequently was one of the first pioneers of the town.  New Berlin Pioneer

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 17, 1867

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 10th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Maj. Marvin R. Sherwood, to Miss Fannie L. Ford, daughter of E.G. Ford, all of Norwich.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, by Rev D.D. Brown, Mr. G.S. Tanner, to Miss Arlette Benedict, all of Plymouth.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 2d, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. George L. Sprague, to Miss Alice Harrington, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], July 2d, by Rev. Dr. Paddock, Mr. Alfred N. Aldrich, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Cornelius, formerly of Blooming Grove, Orange Co. [NY].

Golden Wedding:  Mr. James A. Glover and wife of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on the 29th ult.  It was an event of much joy to the family and numerous relatives of the venerable pair, who met to congratulate them, and more so by reason of the recent severe illness of Mrs. Glover, but from which she has quite recovered.  During the evening many friends and neighbors called to express their joy with the happy couple.  Mr. and Mrs. Glover were married in this village June 29th, 1817, by the Rev Wm. B. Lacy, who within the year died at the South, having numbered more than four score years.  Oxford Times

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], July 14th, Miss Mary E. Chapman daughter of Benjamin Chapman, aged 40 years and 16 days.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], July 4th, Susannah [Padget], widow of Robert Padget, aged 82 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], July 9th, Mrs. Sarah Perkins, aged 74 years.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], June 28th, William Bonapart, son of Ephraim and Mary E. Hurlbut, aged 6 weeks, 1 day.

In Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], Otsego Co. [NY], July 13th, Dea. Joseph T. Gilbert, aged 84 years, 2 months and 12 days.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 3, 1867

Murder in Oneonta

We learn from the Oneonta (Otsego County) [NY] Herald that on Tuesday last, Victor Beach, son of the late Samuel B. Beach, Esq., killed his mother, who resided in that village, by two revolved shots, one taking effect in the head and the other in the pelvis.  After shooting his mother, he aimed a shot at his own brain. The bullet entered his right eye and passed out in the hollow of the ear. when the neighbors reached the house, Mrs. Beach lay upon the floor just breathing her last, and the son near her, the blood oozing from his skull.  He soon roused up and began to talk, saying that he was drunk and mad; that he meant to kill his mother and then destroy his own life; that on returning home he went upstairs and got a revolver belonging to his brother, Oscar Beach, and came downstairs, and found his mother engaged in making a fire in the stove, and that as soon as he got a good opportunity he fired the shot at her head, and the other after she fell upon  the floor, and then made the attempt upon his own life, and was sorry he did not succeed.

Dr. Meigs Case, examined the wound of the murderer and does not regard it as dangerous. Beach was taken in charge by constable E.W. Bennet, and Coroner Hendrix of Otego held the proper inquest.  The prisoner was fully committed for murder to await the action of the Grand jury which convenes in August.  Officer Bennet was directed to remove him to the jail of the County as soon as the state of his wound and his health would permit.

It is proper to state that Victor Beach is a cripple, having been accidentally shot many years ago, the ball reaching the region of the spine and there remaining.  He has no use of his right hand, his right arm and leg are withered, and his whole physical nad mental organization fearfully injured.

Mrs. Beach was a most estimable woman and did all that a mother could for the poor wretch that has taken her life. She was about fifty-three years of age.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, July 10, 1867

The Ministerial Wife Poisoner, William H. Green

The character of Rev. W.H. Green, recently arrested in Utica [Oneida Co., NY], charged with poisoning his wife in Connecticut, does not prove to be of the best.  Here is what the Litchfield, Ct. Sentinel says of him.  Litchfield is his former place of residence, and Green is now there lodged in jail.

He (Green) went to Cornwall sometime last winter, called himself a Methodist minister, and a Union refugee from Texas, and made himself remarkable for his loud-mouthed patriotism.  During the last spring's campaign, he took the political stump for the Radicals, denounced copperheads in the most ultra-style, and exalted P.T. Barnum to the "seventh heaven."  In short, he put himself up as a sort of chaplain to the "late" political showman.  After election, his fond hopes blasted, he set up a small store in West Cornwall.  His wife, who was feeble in health, died May 7th.  His conduct of late having excited suspicion, the body was disinterred by the authorities and the stomach sent to New Haven for analysis. Green in the meantime had disappeared, and the examination of the stomach having strengthened the suspisions against him, Deputy Sheriff Chancy Baldwin was sent after him into New York State with a requisition form Gov. English.  We understand that Green had on his person, when arrested, a letter of recommendation from P.T. Barnum. He says he is now married to a woman living in Utica.

Last winter, we learn, Green held a series of revival meetings at Guilford Centre, this county [Chenango Co., NY].  He was regarded as an eloquent and effective preacher and produced a great deal of excitement in the vicinity of his meetings.  He is now a candidate for the gallows, being charged with the murder of his wife.

Complier Note:  An article that tells the full story of the "Rev." William H. Green and his connection to Chenango County was published in the 2013 issue of the Journal of the Chenango County Historical Society, ("The Ministerial Wife Poisoner") which is available for sale from the Chenango County Historical Society Museum in Norwich, NY.  The article's introductory paragraph is as follows:

"In the mid-1860s there appeared in Chenango County a man named William H. Green who exuded charisma and the virtuous qualities associated with a minister of the gospel, which he purported himself to be.  His refined manners and excessive charm plus his considerable oratorical skills gained him quick acceptance by local residents, with the result that they welcomed him into their lives.  Subsequent events would show that his true character was quite the opposite of what he portrayed himself to be, and the deception would prove deadly for a young Civil war widow named Mary Helen Searles of Guilford in Chenango County. Within two months of her acquaintance with William H. Green, she had married him, only to die by his hand four months following her wedding."

Mary Helen Searles, the unfortunate wife of William H. Green, is buried in West Bainbridge Cemetery, Chenango County, New York.  William H. Green did not die on the gallows, but rather, died in prison at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1880.

For anyone who is interested in acquiring a copy of the Journal, following is a link to the museum Gift shop.

Journal of the Chenango County Historical Society – Issue 2, Summer 2013 | Chenango County Historical Society (chenangohistorical.org)

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, March 1867

 Oxford Times, March 6, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Isaac L. Edgerton to Miss Clara H. Tyler, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th Feb. By Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Charles F. Huntley to Miss Percia Gault, both of German [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Rev. J.L. Burrows, Mr. DeWitt C. Case to Miss Irene Foote.

Inb Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult. by Rev. W.B. Cochran, Mr. Philander Parker of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Phebe Bennett of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Albert W. Padgett of Guilford to Miss Hattie R. Bennett, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Calvin Day of Guilford, to Miss E.E. Gilbert of Norwich [Chenango Cp/ NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev, W. Burnside, Mr. Norman C. Booth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lovisa Bush of Guilford.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Orrin Lothridge of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Ann Eliza Parsons, of Guilford.

Deaths

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th Feb., Mary L. [Root], wife of Mr. Joshua Root, aged 58 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Fidelia [Tower], wife of Mr. Obediah Tower, aged 60 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th, Eddie [Seeley], youngest son of T.B. Seeley, aged 5 years.  Feb. 14th, Charlie [Seeley], only son of T.B. Seeley, aged 9 years.

In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 11th, Hannah H. [Robbins], wife of Henry T. Robbins, aged 23 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th Feb., Nellie G. [Brown], daughter of  J.S. and mary Brown, aged 13 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d Feb. Esther J. [Rhodes], wife of Silas L. Rhodes, aged 83 years.

In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th? Mr. Ephraim S. Sprague, aged 66 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst, Sarah M. [Wade], wife of Horace D. Wade, aged 50? years.

Oxford Times, March 13, 1867

Marriages

REDMOND - McCONE:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. P. McNulty, Mr. Walter J. Redmond, to Miss Margaret McCone, all of Oxford.

ALCOTT - ROOT:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of O.O. Root, March 5th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. James B. Alcott of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss H. Addie Root, of Guilford.

Deaths

HAMILTON:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joel Hamilton, aged 77 years.

BORDEN:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Susan M. [Borden], wife of G.W. Borden, aged 43 years.

SEARLES:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on the 28th ult. Mrs. Imogene [Searles], wife of Robert Searles, aged 22 years.

COMES:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Mrs. Mary [Comes], wife of the late Consider Comes, aged 79 years.

DAVIS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. James H. Davis, aged 23 years.

Oxford Times, March 20, 1867

Marriages

NEIDICK - BROWN:  In Ithaca, Tompkins Co. [NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. Mr. Gray, Mr. Albert Neidick, late of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emma Brown of Ithaca.

SHAW - TINKER:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by the Rev. Wm. N. Cobb, Rev. McKendree Shaw, of Preston, to Miss Sarah M. Tinker of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

INGERSOLL:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of her son, F.W. Ingersoll, on the 16th inst. Mrs. Polly Ingersoll, aged 76 years.

KEELEY:  In this village, on the 9th inst., James [Keeley], son of James and Ellen Keeley, aged 10 weeks.

ROOT: In Busti, Chautauqua Co. [NY], March 13th, Mr. Aaron Root, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 86 years.

BISHOP:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th inst. Mr. Thomas Bishop, aged 58? years.

Oxford Times, March 27, 1867

Marriages

FRISBEE - HAIGHT:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst. by Rev. E.R. Clarke, Mr. Truman W. Frisbee to Miss Almeda Haight, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

BEDIENT - HAMMOND:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. C. Crane, Mr. George M. Bedient, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Rufina O. Hammond, of Oxford.

OSBURN - GRANT:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev H. Garlick, Mr. Benjmain T. Osburn to Miss Mary A. Grant, all of Greene.

STEWARD - BURNAP:  In German [Chenango Co., NY, on the 12th inst. by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lafara B. Steward to Miss Martha Burnap, all of German.

Deaths

WILLCOX:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on the 19th inst., Lucy [Willcox], wife of Nathaniel Willcox, aged 86 years.  The deceased was a native of Rhode Island, but for the last 60 years of her life was spent in the neighborhood where she died. She retained her physical strength till late in life, and her mental faculties seemed unimpaired until life's close.  She leaves her companion aged and infirm, one of the few remnants of the generation whose toil turned this wilderness into fruitful fields, But their separation must be brief.  She was a lover of the Savior from early life, and for the past forty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chruch.  Her last days were days of especial Christian triumph, and the office of the great Reaper was only to gather the ripened grain for the Heavenly gardener.

McCULLOR:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mrs. S.A. McCullor, aged 42 years.

Death of Rev. Edward Andrews, D.D.

Oxford Times, March 20, 1867

The Rev. Dr. Edward Andrews, died at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst., aged 75 years.  Dr. Andrews will be remembered by many here. About the year 1825 he was the Principal of the Oxford Academy, and there are those now living here and elsewhere, who were his pupils, and who bear witness to his remarkable acquirements and gifts, both as an instructor, and a man.  His last visit here was at the time of the consecration fo the present St. Pauls' Chruch, and his eloquent commemorative Discourse, in the old church, upon occasion at that time of the last services held by the congregation therein, is fresh in the memory of many who listened to him.

The following brief sketch of one who was one of the pioneers of religion and learning in our midst, and whose impress upon every community in which he lived and moved was of a character so exalted and excellent, cannot fail to interest many who knew him personally or have heard of him from those who did.

Dr. Andrews was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the year 1792.  His father was a leading lawyer at the Massachusetts bar, a graduate of Harvard College in 1783, and the deceased, at the age of fourteen, entered the same institution, from which he graduated with high honor in a class of seventy.  He studied law in his father's office, in which the late Rufus Choate was also a student, and was admitted to practice at the age of twenty-four.  He entered at once upon an extensive and lucrative practice, but two years had scarcely elapsed, when the sudden death in the same week of a much-loved brother and sister changed the current of his ambition and his thoughts, and he abandoned the law, pursued a course of theological study, was licensed and appointed by the Presbyterian board of Missions, a traveling missionary for Western New York.  In the then unsettled state of the country, in the main a wilderness, he pursued his mission on horseback, traveling from schoolhouse to schoolhouse, preaching the way of salvation. After continuing his missionary labors for some time, he finally took charge of a congregation at Norwich, in this county [Chenango Co., NY].  He was subsequently Principal of the Oxford Academy, and after the completion of the new Academy on Fort Hill about 1830, delivered the dedicatory address at the opening. About this time, he made the acquaintance of the celebrated Bishop Hobart, and as a result of conversations and discussion with him, he in 1827 took orders in the Episcopal Church. After officiating as an Episcopal clergyman at different points, he was called in 1836 to the charge of Christ's Church, Binghamton, and where he continued his public ministrations untill a few years since, when failing health compelled him to relinquish his sacred duties, except at intervals or upon special occasions.  Dr. Andrews was a ripe scholar, and in learning, and the scholarly finish of his discourses, as well as in the graces of oratory he had few equals in this day. The Binghamton Republican form which we take the above facts, closes an admirable sketch of the lamented dead as follows:

Dr. Andrews was of a delicate physical organizations, and of a highly nervous temperament.  He was of a social disposition warm and sympathetic in his feelings, frank, outspoken and friendly.  In conversation he was peculiarly brilliant.  There was an animation, terseness and vigor of expression, and a wealth of thought and illustration in his private discourse, which gave to even ordinary topics an unwonted interest.  Although his mind retained its strength to the last, yet for several years his physical powers had been declining. The somewhat sudden death of his beloved wife, which occurred a short time since, was a terrible shock to his already weakened system, and the prostrating effects of that bereavement, were doubtless the immediate cause of his own fatal illness.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June 1967 continued

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 19, 1867

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 5th, by Rev. D. Williams, Mr. Theodore F. McNeil, of New York to Miss Mary Annette Westover, of Oxford.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], June 9th, by Rev., E.P. Nages, Mr. Franklin D. Keith to Miss Ambrosia E. Compton, all of Otselic.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 3d, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Frederick A. Landers to Miss Frankie L. Stockwell, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], May 30th, by Rev. E.T. Jacobs, Mr. William McClane, of Meredith, Delaware Co. [NY], to Miss Algenia Covert of Afton.

In Washington, DC, June 3d, by Rev. Mr. Addison, Mr. William O. Avery, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Hattie C. Reynolds, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

In Upper Lisle [Broome Co., NY], June 6th, by Rev. A.G. Clark, G.O. Williams, M.D. of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Crandall, of the former place.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 25th, Mertie N. [Wheeler] Youngest daughter of Rufus and Elizabeth Wheeler, aged 7 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], May 2d, Willie Rae [Johnson], son of DeForest and E. Jane Johnson, aged 5 months and 3 days.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, Mary [Dargavel], aged 53 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, june 26, 1867

Marriages

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], June 11th, by S.L. Brown, Esq., Mr. George W. Olney to Miss Frances Suanero?, all of Columbus.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 11th, by Rev. H.W. Lee, Mr. George A. Smith of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maggie A. Rhodes, of the former place.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], June 12th, by Rev. B.B. Yale, Mr. Charles B Treadway to Miss Mary E. Shepardson, all of Bainbridge.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], June 15th, by Rev James Robinson, Mr. William L. Laman to Miss Julia E. Miner, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], June 19th, by Samuel Steere, Esq., Mr. Stephen Smith to Miss L.... Lewis, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], June 16th, Martha E. [Bush], wife of Thomas A. Bush, aged 62 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], june 11th, Fanny [Parks], wife of Lorenzo Parks, aged 58? years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June 1867

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 5, 1867

Marriages

At the Methodist Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, June 2, by Rev. Mr. Harroun, Mr. Nathaniel Egelston, Jr., to Mrs. Bowars, all of this village.

At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Solomon Kenyon, may 29th, by Rev. Luther Peck, Mr. Charles E. Rathbun to Miss Helen M. Kenyon, both of Brackle, in Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], May 23d, by Rev. H. Turner, Mr. George L. Rich, of Richford, N.Y. [Tioga Co.], to Mrs. Ada F. Thompson, of the former place.

In Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], by Rev. S. Smith, Mr. Lucus H. Beach to Miss Hannah M. Paul.

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 31st, Miss Frankie L. Brown, aged 16 years, daughter of Henry Brown, late of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY]

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], June 2d, Mary Ann [Aldrich], wife of Lucius Aldrich, aged 59 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], May 30th, Mrs. Mary S. Sabin, aged 64 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] May 5th, Polly [Coe], wife of Dea. Calvin Coe, aged 71 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] May 18th, Mary F. [Seymour], wife of Z.L. Seymour, aged 33 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, 1867, of diptheria, Helen D. [Winsor], wife of LaFayette Winsor, aged 29 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 23d 1867 of diptheria, Clarence M. [Winsor], son of LaFayette Winsor, aged 8 years 8 months and 26 days.

In Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], May 3d, 1867, of diptheria, Emmet P. [Winsor], son of LaFayette Winsor, aged 2 years, 9 months and 11 days.

It is a saddened home, / For one by one its treasures have departed, / And in its silence, worn and broken hearted, / The father weeps alone. / Be still, so still.

The soft fair arms that round his neck were twining, / The little feet that were so fond of climbing / Upon his chair. / Forever gone

The rosy faces watching for his coming, / And eager pattering footsteps swiftly running, / When he came home, / "My God and can it be

That in the long and dreary years to come / I nevermore shall in my lonely home / Their faces see? / "There's rest in Heaven" /The mother said, as by the river side / She fearless stood, "sweet rest for me," she cried. / "By Jesus given." 

And waiting there. / The mother and the children joyful stand, / Beckoning the father to a better land, / Where angels are.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, June 12, 1867

Marriages

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 23d, by Rev. J. Hunter, Mr. Rufus C. Smith to Louise [Clark], adopted daughter of John Clark M.D., all of Guilford.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 8th, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Smith Hotchkiss of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah E. Davis, of Greene.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], June 3d, by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Alonzo Dickinson, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lovisa Barnett of Greene.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], May 30th, by Rev. E.P. Nagus, Mr. Clark W. Frink of Blendon Mich, to Miss Netty E. Calvert, of McDonough.

In Millerton, May 19th, by Rev. Philip C....d, Mr. Charles T. Chapman, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Johnson, of Falls Village, Ct.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 10th, Mrs. Sophia Twichell, widow of the late Benjamin S. Twichell of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 64 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], June 8th, John Berry? [Miner], son of S.W. and S.L. Miner, aged 2 years and 10 months.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 31st, Mr. Gilbert S. Rowley, aged 30 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 30th, Hattie E. [Benedict], daughter of Abijah and Lucy Benedict, aged 6 months.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 5th, Mrs. Hannah Wells [Squires], widow of John Squires, aged 71 years 3 months 26? days.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 26th, Sarah Adaline [Cash], daughter of J.S. Cash, aged 17 years.

Vital Records, Oxford & Greene, NY, February 1867

 Oxford Times, February 6, 1867

Fatal Accident:  On Friday last, Jan. 25th, Mr. Norman Felt, residing near Earlville [Madison Co., NY], was drawing a load of straw, and running into a pitch hole in the road was thrown by the sudden jar from the load upon his horses, rolling down upon the whiffletrees.  The horses evidently soon kicked him off, under the sleigh, drawing the whole load over him.  He was so badly injured that he died the next morning about eight o'clock.  the accident happened about noon.  His injuries seemed to be in his neck and spine, his limbs being entirely paralyzed, and he was in the greatest pain the most of the time.  Probably the spinal cord was either severed, or so powerfully compressed as to cause the paralysis.  Hamilton Rep.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, Feburary 7, 1867

Marriages

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. R.H. Spafford, Mr. James W. Warn, of Oxford [Chenango Co., nY] to Miss Mary A. Buckley, of Smithville.

At the residence of the bride's father, in German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. E.M. Pike, to Miss Betsey J. Carr, both of German.

At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Wm. Daily to Miss Fannie M. Carr, both of German.

At the parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. S. Scoville, Edgar Phetteplace of Norwich to Miss Adelade Pike of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Mrs. Emma Reid, aged 75 years.  Mother of John W. Reid.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. Mrs. Lois Ray, widow of Levi Ray Sr., aged 86 years.

In Smyrna, on the 29th ult., Demas Hubbard, father of Hon. Demas Hubbard, Jr., M.C. for this district, aged 87 years.

Oxford Times, February 13, 1867

Marriages

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by the Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. H.C. Lewis, of German [Chenango Co.,NY] to Miss Emma C. Norton, of Preston.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. Luman Yale, of Bainbridge, Dr. Albert H. Seeley, of Woodhull [Steuben Co. NY], to Miss Catharine G. [Waters], daughter of E.G. Waters, Esq.

To the Bride, by Miss Riley:  Here's success to Kate, / In adverse fate; / May she never have to wait / For words of cheer / From her Dr. dear, / or for powder or pill / to cure each ill.

Deaths

Died in Brooklyn, Elisha Keech, of congestion of the brain, aged 36 years.  Mr. Keech was born and raised near Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], was brother-in-law of Elder Balcom, who attended his funeral, and found him to be held in high esteem as a business man, being agent of the Chenango Lake Boat line, and general Commission merchant, and better than all, a tried and faithful member of Baptist Church for -?- and Deacon of the Tabernacle Baptist Church where he lived, leaving two children with his bereaved wife. Thus, we live, die and pass away.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 14, 1867

Deaths

In Colesville [Broome Co.., NY], on the 30th ult. of typhoid fever, Truman Yale, aged 14 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. Mr. Delancey Wait, aged 68? years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Sarah M. Hopkins, wife of the late George K. Hopkins, aged 42 years.

Oxford Times, February 20, 1867

Marriages

In Yates, Orleans Co. [NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Edward Warn of Yates, to Miss Mary Daniels, formerly of this place [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult. by Rev. E. Curtis, Mr. G.M. Nash of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen E. Cook, of the former place.

In Augusta [Oneida Co., NY], on the 16th ult. by Rev. B.F. Willoughby, Mr. George A Pabodie of Preston [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Jennie Tyler? of Augusta.

Deaths

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Sarah R. [Button], wife of George W. Button, Jr., aged 29 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, on the 5th inst., Mr. Thomas Chappell, aged 62 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th Jan. Mr. Joseph Alcott, aged 66 years.  Mr. Alcott was a man of strict uprightness of character, quiet and unassuming [..?..] lamented by all who knew him.  He died -?- in Christ.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 21, 1967

Marriages

At the residence of the bride's father in this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th? inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, D.D., Mr. LeRoy Cowles to Miss Ella A. [Lewis], daughter of Mr. Ellis Lewis.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. D.D. brown, Dr. L.D. Greenleaf, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Elizabeth Davis, of Plymouth.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mr. Wm. C. Dunn, aged 42 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. Margaret Upham, aged 91 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mr. Alden Pabodie, aged 47 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on hte 14th inst., Mr. Roger W. Sayles, aged 55 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Mr. Ithiel Holdredge, aged 83 years.

Oxford Times, February 27, 1867

Marriage

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Warren Holdredge, to Miss Mary E. Thompson, all of Smithville.

Deaths

In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Mr. Henry C. Huntley, aged 22 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Clark H. [Wood], son of Ellery and Emeline Wood, aged 17 years.

Samuel Downing, the last soldier of the revolutionary war, died at Edinburgh, Saratoga County, in this state [NY], February 18th.  His death was announced in Congress the next day, and entered on the Journal of the House.  He was born in Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 30, 1761, and died aged 105 years, 2 months and 21 days.  He entered the army of the revolution at 15.  He gave his first vote for Washington and his last for Lincoln.  In the late war he sympathized heartily with the national cause.  He was strictly temperance, but not a teetotaler.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 28, 1867

Marriage

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst. by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Mr. Alder Clayton, to Miss Mary Nash, all of Norwich.

Deaths

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., Nellie Grace Brown, daughter of W.S. and Mary Brown, aged 13 months.

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Mr. Esther J. [Ehodes] wife of Silas L. Rhodes, aged 35 years.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mrs. Julia Boyle, wife of Barney Boyle, aged 58 years.  A loved mother has gone to her rest.  We miss her, yet we would not call her back.  She has left this world of care for a brighter and better home.  Uncomplaining, patiently she awaited her summons.  We trust she has gone to dwell with her Saviour.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst. Mr. Henry C. Huntley, aged 22 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May 1867 continued

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 22, 1867

Marriages

In North Stonington, Conn., May 12th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. Slias J. Weaver, Mr. George H. Bliven of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Lucy E. York, daughter of Dea. R.W. York.

In Bovina, Delaware Co. [NY], May 5th, by Rev. J.B. Lee, Mr. Jonah Moses, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss N. Jane Erkson of the former place.

May 12th, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. W.M. Coon of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Clement of Taylor, Cortland Co. [NY].

At the residence of the bride's father, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 9th, by Rev. N.R. Turnbul, Mr. John W. Manning, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Martha W. Hull, youngest daughter of A. Hull, Esq.

In Marathon Cortland Co. [NY], May 6th by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. John H. Ceboen? of German [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Betsy A. Lucas of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 5th, by Rev. J.H. hall, Mr. Edgar L. Bennett to Miss Vilatia Bennett, both of Smyrna.

In Freetown, Cortland Co. [NY], by Rev. H. Lyman, Mr. Charles F. Eldridge of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Tanner of Freetown.

In Gilbertsville, April 1st, by Rev. Charles Ayer, Mr. Henry H. Halbert, to Miss Alice North, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 14th, Mr. William Gross, Jr., aged 37 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, May 14th, Mary L. [Chapman] wife of George Chapman, aged 36 years.

In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], May 17th, Cordella M. [Van Embergh], wife of Thomas Van Embergh and daughter of Hon. John Butterfield. 

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, May 19th, Samuel Lyon, Esq., aged 78 years.

Another aged and respected citizen of our county died on Sunday morning last, Samuel Lyon, Esq., of North Norwich.  Mr. Lyon was an old resident of this town and North Norwich, and held various positions of trust, among them, for several terms, the office of Justice of the Peace.  Losing his wife some years since, the latter part of his life has been passed among his children.  His death was sudden.  One day last week he walked from his daughter's in Sherburne (Mrs. Waters) to the residence of his son-in-law, Cuyler Per Lee, Esq., of North Norwich.  On Saturday evening he retired in his ordinary  health and spirts, and came down stairs Sabbath morning apparently as well as usual.  On entering the sitting room with his accustomed cheer, and while making some remarks upon the beauties of the morning, by a stroke of apoplexy, this being the third attack, he fell to the floor, and in a moment was dead.  Thus, another of the feeble few who lived in generations gone by, and who connect the present with the distant past, has gone to his reward.  Within the short space of about two weeks, in North Norwich alone we have chronicled the death of no less than four of our oldest citizens:  John Gile, aged 75; Richard Gorton, aged 88; Elijah Buell, aged 79; Samuel Lyon, aged 77.  Within that time Phineas Newton, of Plymouth, aged 81, and Caleb Cooper, of Guilford, aged 85, have also died, making six pioneers of our county that have recently passed away, within a circumference of six or eight miles of the county seat, representing, in years, an aggregate of nearly five centuries.  Well may we exclaim "Our fathers, where are they, and the Prophets, do they live forever?"  The few remaining links in the chain which holds us to the unwritten records of the past and to events so remote as to be forgotten, are being severed.  Who will gather from the broken and scattered remnant the traditions of Chenango and give us its well digested annals in a manner that will do honor to the memory of our Pioneer Fathers?

A Child Drowned:  A most shocking and fatal accident occurred on Sunday morning last, near the stone quarry about 4 miles below this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], resulting in the drowning of a little daughter of William Haight.  The mother, with this child, her brother, about twelve years of age, and another quite young, had just started for the West bank of the river in a boat, when it struck a log which had lodged upon the upper point of an island about four rods below the river bridge.  The party were all precipitated into the water, the boy succeeded in reaching land, and the mother, although in water above her waist held fast to the youngest child, and saved herself by wading to the shore.  She grasped for the last one in hopes of securing her by the clothing, and caught her shawl, but the little one was soon carried by the current beyond all hope of rescue. A little dog that was with them in the boat is also missing, probably held fast by the child when she was thrown into the water. The deceased was a bright child of eight summers, a great pet of her parents, who were almost paralyzed with grief at her loss. The current was quite rapid where the accident occurred, and a short distance below falls over a dam, below which there is deep water. Although all possible efforts have been made for the recovery of the body, they have as yet proved unavailing.  Oxford Times

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 29, 1867

Marriages

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], April 26th, by Rev. E.P. Nagus, Mr. Clark W. Frink of Blendon, Ottowa Co., Mich., to Miss Netty E. Calvert of McDonough.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], May 16th, by Rev. S.P. Way, Mr. Wm. H. Dorrance, of Jackson, Mich. to Miss Carrie E. Baldwin, of Pitcher.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], may 15th, by Rev. Thos. Thompson, Mr. George Meeker of Burlington [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Elizabeth Bogg, of New Berlin.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 20th, by Rev. John Cairns, Mr. Albert Manwarring of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Margaret Van Ness of Greene.

In Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], may 15th, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Mr. N. H. Short, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Sarah Harris, of Oneonta.

In Cincinnati, Ohio, May 12th, by Rev. T. Vickers, Dr. C.S. Wood, of New York, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Cynthia A. Munson, of Cincinnati.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], may 22d, Henry J. Galpin, aged 16 years.

In South Oxford [Chenango Co., nY] March 28th, Mr. Thomas C. Wells, aged 63 years and 7 months.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 8th, of consumption, Harriet [Brabazon], daughter of Charles J. and Julia M. Brabason, aged 19 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 18th, Mr. Jesse Burrows, aged 74 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], May 20th, Maria [Wilbur], wife of Abram Wilbur, aged 32 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], may 10th, Emma Lizzie [Beach], daughter of Orson and Jane Beach, aged 8 months and 3 days.

Drowned in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], May 20th, Mr. Wm. R. Sayles, aged 23 years.

On Tuesday morning of ast week, the 21st inst., Roger W. Sayles, of Preston, was found dead in the pond or creek a little below Child's sawmill, near Preston Corners. Coroner T.J. Bailey, being notified of the fact, visited the locality and held an inquest, on Wednesday morning.  It appears that near noon of Monday, the deceased went out fishing.  Not returning at a late hour in the evening, connected with the fact that he was subject to epileptic fits, his friends became concerned about him, and search was immediately made.  His body was found, as before stated Tuesday morning.  The jury came to the conclusion that the said R.W. Sayles came to his death by accidental drowning, caused by fits and falling from the dam into the water.  Mr. Sayles was respectably connected, a young man temperate in his habits, and of good character.  He had two brothers who served faithfully in the 114th Regiment, Corporal M. Sayles of this village and J.C. Sayles, now of Susquehanna Co., Pa., who came near losing his life by a severe wound at the battle of Opequan. The deceased leaves a young wife, yet scarcely sixteen years of age, to mourn his loss.  His age was 23 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May 1867

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 1, 1867

Marriages

At the residence of A.C. Scott, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning, April 30th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Whitman Stratton, to Miss Maggie Shiffer, all of this place.

At the residence of C.J. Tucker, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 18th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Charles Williams Randall to Mrs. A. Maria Bow, all of Norwich.

At the residence of Dennis Phetteplace, in the town of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. F.B Peck, Mr. John Smith, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary V. Burliston, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY], April 28th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Aaron M. Wooster, to Miss Eliza Bennett, all of Guilford.

In New York, April 11th, by Mayor Hoffman, Mr. Giles Brown, of Pitcher, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], to Miss Rachel M. Borgardus, of Fabius, Onondaga Co., N.Y.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 23d, by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Cyrus J. Reynolds, of Addison, Steuben Co. [NY], to Miss Jennie E. Gray, daughter of Alvin Gray.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 23d, by the same, Mr. William H. Close of Indianapolis, Ind., to Miss Sarah Stevens, daughter of Charles A. Stevens, of Greene.

In East Greene, April 17th, by Rev. R.H. Spafford, Mr. Orange Leach, to Miss Frank Smith, both of Greene.

Deaths

In Howard, Steuben Co., N.Y., April 16th, of diptheria, Ruth M. Baker, aged 10 years 7 months and 3 days, daughter of the late Dr. Andrew Baker, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 15th, James Herbert [Dodge], son of James O. and Elizabeth Dodge, aged 8 months.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], April 15th, Susan B. [Brown], wife of James Brown, aged 53 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 28th, Mr. John Davis, aged 72 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 19th, Mary B. [Davis], daughter of John and Fanny Davis, aged 24 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 14th, Ella Irene [Livermore], only child of DeForest and Mary Livermore, aged 7 months, 26 days.

In Masonville, Delaware Co. [NY], April 17th, Mr. Thos. W. Randall, aged 57 years.

Chenango Union, May 8, 1867

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 1st, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Henry J. Winsor, to Miss Celinda E. Hunt, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

At St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 24th, by Rev. W. Ayrault, Mr. Rodney F. Smith, of Wolcottville, Ct., to Miss Sarah D. McGeorge, of Oxford.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 23d, by Rev. P. McNulty, Mr. George Down, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss M. Adelia Homan, of Oxford.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], April 19th, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Joel F. Bassett to Mrs. Dorcas B. Cross, both of Otselic.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Richard A. Harrington, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucinda L. Hemenway, of Smyrna.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], April 22d, by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Alfred W. Steabns? of Otselic, to Miss Emma A. Olney, of Bushnell's Basin, Monroe Co. [NY].

In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], April 23d, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. J. W. Paul, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] to Miss Laura M. Smith, of Unadilla.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 18th, by Rev. T. Thompson, Mr. Joseph Roberts? to Mrs. Susan Thayer.

In New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], by the same, Mr. Orrin Henry to Miss A.J. Bassett.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 3d, Pulaski S. Wiswell, aged 17 years.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], May 5th, Jennie H. Wycoff, aged 5 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co.., NY], April 20th, Mr. John Gile, aged 73 years.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], may 3d, Mr. Richard Gorton, aged 88 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 29th, Grateful [Gould], wife of Thomas Gould, aged 84 years.

In Port Chester, Westchester co. [NY], April 8th, Mr. David Lyon, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 93 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, May 15, 1867

Marriages

In German [Chenango Co., NY], April 26th, by Rev. A.C. Smith, Mr. William Hiller, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Abigail Roe, of Wallkill [Orange Co., NY].

In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], April 29th, by Rev. D.C. Curry, Mr. E. Green Dow, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah E. Phelps, of South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].

Deaths

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], May 12th, Mr. Elijah Buel, aged 79 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 9th, Lucy M. [Gray], wife of john Gray, aged 69 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], May 4th, Dea. Drury Morse, aged 51 years.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], April 24th, Mrs. L.C. Button, wife of Consider Button, aged 40 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], April 20th, Frances J. [Bixby], wife of Ira Bisby, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], May 5th, 1867, after an illness of ten weeks, Mr. Caleb Cooper, aged 85 years and 7 months.  He came among the early settlers in the year 1807, and located in the south part of Guilford, where he since resided, and for more than half a century lived happily with his surviving widow, rearing a very respectable family, and accumulating a comfortable property.  He bore an irreproachable and estimable character, ever truthful and reliable; in his dealings upright and honest; always peaceable and obliging; politically a Democrat, ever loving the flag of the Union, as his service in the war of 1812 evidenced.  Last autumn he felt that human goodness or excellence alone could not prepare him for Heaven.  He sought and obtained a firm and precious hope of a glorious immortality through the atoning blood and righteousness of Christ, cheerfully saying the sting of death was taken away. During his illness, everything which his able physician, loving children and kind neighbors could do for him, was done.  He was buried on the 7th, with solemn and appropriate services.  His aged widow, brothers, sisters and children have the consoling sympathy of their many friends in their deep affliction.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], May 1st, 1867, Mrs. Adalaide A. Johnston, wife of John Johnston, Esq., recently of Paterson, N.J., and youngest daughter of Horace and Betsey Jones, of Coventry.  This sad bereavement has sent a pang of grief and sorrow to the hearts of a large circle of relatives and friends.  The deceased was a young woman possessed of more than ordinary charms and attractions.  Her evident intelligence and cultivation of mind, and her pleasing manners, made a favorable impression at once upon all who met her; while her bright cheerfulness, gentleness and amiability of character, drew to her the warmest affections of all who knew her intimately.  But thus taken from us by a mysterious visitation of providence, we bow our sorrowful hearts in humble submission to the will of the Great Dispenser of all events, and find our consolation in the fact that she died in the communion of God's holy church; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious and holy hope; and while looking forward in hope "to the general resurrection and the life of the world to come," we invoke God's mercies and blessings upon her bereaved husband and tender infant whom she leaves behind.

Vital Records, Oxford & Greene, NY, January 1867 continued

 Oxford Times, January 23, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. F.B. Peck, Mr. William A. Clarke of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss L. Almeda Gleason, of this village.

In Oswego [Oswego Co., NY], on the 1st inst., at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. Mr. Erwin, Mr. Wm. H. Forrister to Miss Hattie E. Knox, all of Oswego.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., by Rev. R. Scott, Mr. Edgar C. Post to Miss Margaret Kinnier, all of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY].

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Milton Harris, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lydia [Forbes], daughter of Willis Forbes, of Greene.

In Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. W. Gates, Mr. Thomas P. Brad, of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Ballard of the former place.

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Joseph W. Shapley, aged 54 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mrs. Polly [Dalton], wife of the late Wm. Dalton, aged 84 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joseph L. McCray, aged 38 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., nY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joshua Talcott, aged 93? years.

The Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 24, 1867

Marriage

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d inst. by Rev. A.J. Buell, Mr. James H. Phillips to Miss Georgianna Martin, all of Coventry.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Geo. McClellan Birdsall, son of Epinetus and Sarah Birdsall, aged 1 year and 10 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mrs. Mary A. Wade, wife of Amos N. Wade, aged 28? years and 1 month.

Oxford Times, January 30, 1867

Marriage

At the Noyes House, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. Sam. Scoville, Mr. John W. Spicer to Miss Roxanna E. [Ingraham] of this town.

Deaths

In Broadhead, Wis., on the 11th inst., Mr. Peter B. VanValkenburgh, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 54 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., Mr. James McCall, aged 79 years, 9 months, and 6 days.  He emigrated from Lebanon, Conn. February 9th, 1807, and on his arrival in Preston, commenced falling timber on the then wilderness lands of his late residence, and by persevering industry and hard labor, reduced it to a comfortable home in his declining years.  he leaves a numerous family of descendants to mourn his departure to the world of spirits.

The Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 31, 1867

Marriages

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Rev. T. W. Harroun, John M. Waldron of Greenleaf, Minn. to Miss Harriet A. Thompson, daughter of Dr. James Thompson, of Norwich.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Rev. Mr. Chruch, Mr. Augustus Champlin of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Kitty Franklin of McDonough.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Mrs. Rhoda [Barnes], wife of Wm. W. Barnes, aged 58 years.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th inst., Mrs. Gurtrude Tucker, formerly of Montgomery Co., aged 50 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Mrs. Emma [Reid], wife of John W. Reid, aged 75 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., Mr. James Gilliland? aged 70 years.

In Colesville [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Eliza C. Ketch, wife of Wm. Ketch, in the 55th year of her age.

Death of Joseph L. McCray

The Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 17, 1867

In the death of this excellent man and worthy citizen, something more should be said than that he died.  His amiable traits of character were such as to endear him to a large circle of friends.  His strict integrity, his noble and manly characteristics, his charitable disposition, made him the beloved of his immediate circle of relatives, and extended their influence over his more extended associations.

His surviving partner and children have sustained an irreparable loss, his associates a worthy examplar in life of all the graces that adorn manhood. It must be said of him, that he was a good husband, a kind father, a good citizen.

His funeral was attended from his late residence in Smithville, on the 12th inst. by a large concourse of citizens.  He was buried with Masonic honors, under the direction of Eastern light lodge, of this village, of which he was a worthy member. There were present members of the fraternity from Norwich, Oxford, Coventry, and Cortland and Broome Counties, and made an imposing display of more than one hundred members, who assembled to pay their respects to departed worth.

R.P. Barnard, of this village, was Marshal, Dr. M.M. Wood, Master of Eastern Light Lidge, was present, and at his request, Geo. W. Baker, of this place, officiated as master in the solemn burial service.  He performed his part with much ability.  Rev. L.B. Hyde, pastor of the Methodist Church in this village, delivered a brief but able funeral discourse.

Everything passed off in admirable order.  It was an occasion that will long be remembered in Smithville.  The masonic burial service was new to many, and seemed to impress all with its solemnity and appropriateness.

Vital Records, Oxford & Greene, NY, January 1867

 Oxford Times, January 2, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. J.L. Lloyd of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss S.D. Townsend of Butternuts [Otsego Co.., NY].

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25 inst., by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Oscar Burton of Vestal [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Loretta E. Tiffney of Oxford.

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Alexander O. Shephard of Brooklyn to Miss Esther L. Johnson of this village.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst. by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. John R. Norris, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Martha Seely of Smithville.

Death

In Syracuse [Onondaga Co.., NY], on the 8th ins.t, Mr. James B. Tucker, son-in-law of Charles Walker of this village, aged 38 years.

John Gray, one of the soldiers of the revolution, of whom nothing has heretofore been publicly known, is living in Noble county, O.  He is 103 years old, was born in Fairfax county, Va.,. and enlisted in the continental army in 1781, serving for three months, taking part in one minor engagement, and being honorably discharged at the end of his term.  His period of service was so short that he is not entitled to a pension under any existing law.  He has been unable to support himself for the last seventeen years, and his neighbors now ask Congress to give him a special pension.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 3, 1867

Marriages

At the residence of the brides' father in Etna, Tompkins Co., N.Y., on the 19th ult., by Rev. Wm. H. Bunnell, Mr. Wesley Warner of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Merchant, of the former place.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. I.B. Hyde, Mr. Lyman Isbell of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Emma J. Bingham. of this town.

Also, by the same, on the 1st inst., Mr. Levi Randall, to Miss Amelia Lee, all of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. A. Parker, Mr. Orson Carpenter, of Utica, N.Y., to Miss Frank Tubbs, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Also, by the same, at the same time, Mr. Wm. H. Tubbs, of Port Jervis, N.Y. [Orange Co.], to Miss Valentia Seymour, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Willet [Cortland Co., NY], on the 8th ult. by Rev. J.H. Sage, Geo. R. Canfield of Willet, to Miss Rosa McEnary of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Arthur L. Harris, of Williamsport, Pa., to Miss Julia A. [Williams], daughter of Deacon S. Wiliams, of Norwich.

In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult. by Rev. I.D. Turner, Mr. Philo S. Fosgate to Miss Mary E. Thompson, both of East McDonough.

In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co.., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. M.M. Everts, Mr. Geo. J. Dewey of Triangle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Cornelia A. Everts, daughter of the officiating clergyman of West Bainbridge.

Oxford Times, January 9, 1867

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., nY], on Dec. 25th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Richard H. Rogers of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jane Titus of Oxford.

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co.., NY] on the 1st inst., by Rev. E. H. Payson, Mr. LeGrand U. Hathaway to Miss Euphemia Toby, both of Otego [Otsego Co.., NY].

Deaths

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 20th Lorinda [Wright], wife of John C. Wright, aged 87 years.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], DEc. 21st, Mrs. Hannah Burdick, aged 102 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 10, 1867

Marriage

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on Christmas morning, by Rev. Samuel Johnosn, Mr. Robert D. Jillson, of Port Jervis [Orange Co.., NY], to Miss Grace M. [Rogers], youngest daughter of Mr. Henry A. Rogers.

Deaths

In Mcdonough [Chenango Co., NY], on 10th ult. Mr. Samuel R. Blivin, aged 66 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Sarah A. [Foote], wife of Christopher Foote, aged 35 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 17, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th int. by Rev. R. Scott, Mr. Edgar C. Post to Miss Margaret Kinnier, all of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Milton Harris of Pharsalia [Chenanago Co., NY] to Miss Lydia [Forbez], daughter of Willis Forbes, of this village.

At Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. Wm. Gates, Mr. Thos. P. Read, of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Ballard, of the former place.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. E.H. Payson, Mr. Geo. W. Williams, to Miss Josephine Converse, both of Oxford.

By the same on the 14th inst. Mr. Roger E. Phelps, of Hebron, Conn. to Miss S. Carrie [Barstow], daughter of Norval Barstow, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Mrs. Lucinda [Roos], wife of James Roos, aged 53 years.  Her remains were brought here [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], her former place of residence, for interment, on Monday last.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., of consumption, Mr. Joseph L. McCray, aged 36 years.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joshua Talcott, aged 98 years.

Thursday last, Norris Henry, a cattle drover, residing at Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], was struck by a locomotive at the cattle yards in Buffalo, and so badly injured that he died the next day.  He stepped from one train to the track upon which the New York mail train was approaching, which he did not see.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, November 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, December 9, 1863

Letter from Port Hudson

Port Hudson, La., Nov. 14th 1863

Editors Telegraph:  When I ceased to be connected with the 161st Regt., I came to the conclusion that further communications with your readers through the columns of your paper would be uninteresting.  I, therefore, ceased to write.  But when I came to reflect that many of your readers have near and dear friends who life sleeping in their silent graves around these fortifications and that here flowed like water on the memorable 14th of June, some of the best blood of Chenango County. That many a fond parent's mind and heart are ever turned in sorrow towards Port Hudson as to another sepulcher where lies entombed all they hold nearest and dearest on earth.  I venture to write a few lines at the risk, even, of being voted tiresome and insipid.

It is evening; what a contrast does the surroundings of Port Hudson present now as compared to 3 months ago, when 500 Chenango boys were bivouacked outside of its earthen walls.  The camp fires of 20,000 men which lit up the evening sky, the sharp crack of the rifle, the boom of heavy cannon, the shrieking shells, the shooting star-like meteors which marked the track of the messenger of death, the long line of blazing fires which told where lines of infantry were at work, are no longer seen or heard.  Silent and gloomy darkness enshrouds the deep woods and no sound breaks from them save that of the "boding owl", melancholy whippoorwill.  The rank weeds grow now where then our bivouac fires burned. The fallen trunks and limbs of wounded trees block up the roads and paths made by the Union troops, and the thick, tangled vines cover and conceal the place of our encampments.  They are tenantless now save by the thousand gallant dead who alone keep watch and vigil around us.

Within the change is no less striking and marked.  The white sentinels have disappeared from the ramparts and given place to the Ethiopian.  The rude, but comfortable, log huts have all been torn away, and in their place the light shines through a thousand tents, which, like so many transparencies, illuminate the scenery for miles along the entrenchments, and  from these quarters come to our ears the mingled sounds of the music of the banjo and violin, the patting feet of the simon pure negro dancer, the mournful refrain of a plantation song, the sing song tones of a prayer meeting, and the boisterous laugh of a thousand careless and care fed enfranchised human beings.  The lean, lank, long-haired sons of chivalry are all gone, and their places filled by the crisp-haired sons of Africa.  Where the master held dominion, the slave, made free under military discipline, rules. The earthworks, torn and plowed by a thousand shot and shell, have all been repaired and changed. The engineer who planned and the men who reared would scarcely recognize them now. A new Fort, stronger in every respect than the old is being built within the outer lines and when all the work in process of erection are completed, this will be one of the strongest places in America.

This post is garrisoned by about 6,000 colored troops, mostly new recruits.  They have been drilled but very little being employed a greater portion of the time on fatigue and -?- duties.  They will prove, in my judgement, efficient soldiers if properly officered.  They were reviewed a day or two since by Gen. Wadsworth and Adjutant General Thomas.  27 Regiments of 500 men each have been raised in this state alone.  They are paid seven dollars per month.  Contrary to the expectation of most men, the rate of mortality among them is greater than white soldiers.  If they die as fast in all regiments as they do in those stationed here the question "What shall we be with the negro? will be solved in a few years with us the [..unreadable..] the women in entrenched camps are attached to the regiments as cooks, laundresses, [..unreadable..]  attached to our regiment I have not known a case of sickness, while the average deaths among that number of men has been at least five during the last six weeks, the average sick, twelve or fifteen.  In a sanitary point of view the king of Dahomey displays military judgment in preferring an Amazonian Army.

I have no news to write of the movements of the 19th Army Corps.  No news is allowed to be published in the department of its whereabouts.  All news reaches us from Northern papers.

Yours &c.  S.E.W.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1867 continued

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 17, 1867

Marriages

In St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday evening, April 9th, by Rev. Walter Ayrault, Mr. James G. Van Wagenen, to Miss Mary E. Millard, daughter of Stephen H. Millard.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 3d, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Mr. Samuel W. Newton, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Angeline A. Fisher, of North Norwich.

In Monroe, Ill., March 28th, by Rev. A.D. Wyckoff, Mr. Henry Mygatt, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Wilson, of the former place.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 31st, by Rev. W.R. Cochrane, Mr. John C. Randall, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Helen M. Merriam, of Plymouth.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 7th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Charles Durrant, of Guilford, to Miss Charlotte M. Black, of Towanda, Pa.

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 12th, Georgie Cushman [Rider], daughter of George and Elizabeth Rider, aged 6 months and 27 days.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, Carrie N. [Garlick], daughter of D.W. and R.J. Garlick, aged 2 months and 16 days.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 10th, Mr. Charles Durrant, aged 24 years, formerly a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 28th, Sarah [Haynes], wife of Charles B. Haynes, aged 69 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Helen D. [Winsor], wife of Lafayette Winsor, aged 29 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], April 8th, Melissa [Burdick], wife of Lewis Burdick, aged 60 years.

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Esek [Steere], son of Arthur and Martha Steere, aged 15 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, Mr. P. Abbott, aged 49 years and 11 months.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, Mr. Benajah C. Brown, aged 67 years.

At the residence of his brother, in Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, April 7th, Mr. Kip Sherwood, aged 23 years, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

In Homer [Cortland Co., NY], march 31st, of consumption, Mr. Isaac Rindge, aged 29 years, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]

In Washington D.C., April 5th, Selah Squires, Esq., formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 43 years.

Sudden Death:  Selah Squires, Esq., of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs, in Washington, on Friday evening last.  Mr. Squires has long been a resident here, but for several years past has not practiced his profession as a lawyer, but has been engaged in public business by appointment of Governmental authority.  He was a man of ability, a good husband and a kind father.  His remains were brought home for interment on Monday.  Greene American

In Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], March 28th, Mr. ES. Weld, aged 32 years, formerly assistant teacher in Oxford Academy.  

At a meeting of the Norwich Baptist Sabbath School, held April 14, 1867, the following resolutions were adopted:  Resolved, that in the death of our sister, Mrs. Orlando Randall, we have lost an earnest and faithful Teacher, one who loved the Sunday School and its work, and who by her labors and efforts sought to do what she could to lead the young to Christ.

Resolved, that while our ranks have again been broken, we, as Teachers, are admonished that the present is the only sure time we have to work.  The night will come; its shades may be already settling around us, and the time near when the laborers shall be called.

Resolved, that while we mourn the loss of our beloved sister and teacher, we would remember those who mourn the wife, the mother, gone, the light of whose household has gone out, and would pray that He who alone can comfort the mourning ones, may be their refuge and support.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, april 24, 1867

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, by Rev. E.R. Clines, Mr. Alden Burdick of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] to Mrs. Alvira J. Richards of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th? by Rev. W. Sawtelle, Capt. O.B. Ireland, to Miss Jennie Niven, all of Coventry.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], April 15th, by Rev. R. Scott, Mr. Arthur M. Harrison to Miss Louisa M. Post, all of Smithville Flats.

Deaths

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Mr. Nathan P. Holt, aged 79 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, Mary Ann [Seymour], wife of Bela Seymour, aged 68? years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 26th?, Cora Carter, daughter of Thomas W. and Melvina Carter, aged 7 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 15th, Mr. Samuel N. Smith, aged 49 years.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, Ellen Virginia [Clark], only child of Hon. Henry A. Clark, aged 14 months.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, Almira [Van Dusen], wife of Jerry Van Dusen aged 44 years. 

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, Mr. L.W. Hinkley, aged 50 years.

In Jersy City [NJ], April 3d, Mr. E.D.C. Harrington, aged 34 years, son of Mrs. P.W. Harrington of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1867

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 3, 1867

Marriages

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride's brother, March 26th, by Rev. J.H. Chamberlain, Capt. E.A. Howard, of Joliet, Ill. to Ella [Osgood], daughter of the late Luther Osgood, Jr., of Preston [Chenango Co., NY]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of G.P. Cushan, Esq., March 26th, by Rev. W.R. Cochrane, Mr. E. Clark Wales, to Miss Laura Rider, both of Plymouth.

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride's father, March 24th, by Rev. D.D. Brown, Mr. D. Thompson, to Miss E.A. Miller, both of Otselic.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 21st, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Ervin B. Smith to Miss Josephine E. Brant, both of Guilford.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 23d by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Ames A. Wade, to Miss Matilda Wall, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, by Rev. E.R. Clarke, Mr. Truman W. Frisbee to Miss Almeda Haight, both of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 26th, by Rev. J.L. Burrows, Mr. Charles A. Merchant to Miss Georgiana Starr.

In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], March 5th, by Rev. P.S. Worden, Mr. David G. Yeomans of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jennie Green, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], march 19th, Lucy [Willcox], wife of Nathaniel Willcox, aged 86 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 22d, Mr. Thaddeus Hoyt, aged 77 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th, Mr. David Mack, aged 75 years.

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Mr. Erastus Newton, aged 72 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Annie A. [Bradley], daughter of Henry and Emily Bradley, aged 1 year, 8 months and 15 days.

In Randolph, Cattaraugus Co. [NY], March 17th, of consumption, Mr. John W. Mason, aged about 41 years.  Deceased was employed in the office of the Telegraph & Chronicle in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], during a part of the past winter, but was compelled from failing health to give up his situation.  During his stay in this place, he made many warm friends, who are pained at the sad but not unexpected intelligence of his death.

Alanson Pike, son of the late Jarvis K. Pike, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at Whitewater, Wisconsin, the place of his residence, on the 9th of March last.  He made a visit to this, his native town, some two or three years ago, at which time he was in excellent, even robust health.  His age, at the date of his decease was not far from 45.  The Watertown Republican speaks of him as a man of sterling worth; and we judge from the prefix of "Hon." which it attaches to his name, that at some time he had been a member of the legislature of his State.  Mr. Pike leaves many friends here, as well as at his late home, who will long remember him for his gentle disposition and his manly virtues.

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], March 28th, Thomas Milner, Esq., aged 49 years.

Mr. Thomas Milner, a prominent and much respected citizen of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at his residence in this place on Thursday last.  He has been greatly out of health for several months, the fears and hopes of his family and friends alternating with the frequent changes in his condition.  Death finally claimed him as his own, and he is removed to the resting place appointed for all the living as well as the already dead.  His funeral was held on Sunday, and was attended by a huge concourse of friends and mourners.  Mr. Milner for most of his active life was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and always maintained the character of an upright and enterprising business man.  In 1848 he was elected Treasurer of the  County, bring the person to hold that office after it was made by the constitution of 1846 elective by the people,  In 1854, he was elected County Clerk.  In both of these positions he discharged all his duties with credit to himself and fidelity to the public.  At the time of his death, he was one of the firm of Milner & Peck, forwarders, of this village.  As a citizen, neighbor, and friend, his loss falls upon our whole community, whose attachment he had won by his genial nature and the generosity of his disposition.  His age was 49, and he leaves a widow and two children.

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, April 3, 1867

Marriages

BARNES - JONES:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, by Rev. J.A. Robinson, Simon H. Barnes, Esq. of Lanesboro, Pa.., and Anliza Jones, of Coventry.

MERRITT - PARKER:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, by Rev. S.S. Goodman, E.L. Merritt of Harmony, N.J. and N. Adelia Parker, daughter of Joel Parker.

THOMPSON - MILLER:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], March 24th, by Rev. D.D. Brown, D. Thompson and E.A. Miller, both of Otselic.

Death

SUTTON:  In Urbana, Ohio, recently, John Sutton, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 67 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 10, 1867

Marriage

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, by Rev. F.B. Peck, Mr. William H. Fox, of North Norwich [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Eva Bolles, of Oxford.

Deaths

In this village [Chenango Co., NY], April 7th, Sally M. [Randall], wife of Orlando M. Randall, aged 34 years.

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], April 5th, Cynthia [French], wife of James French, aged 63 years, 4 months and 18 days.

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 2d, of membranous croup, Adelbert H. [Follett], only son of Harlow Follett, aged 1 year, 1 month and 8 days.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 8th, of inflammation of the lungs, James Herbert [McIntyre], only son of Ansel H, and Ellen McIntyre, aged 6 months and 26 days.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, Mrs. Triphena Scarrett, aged 79 years.

In Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY], March 28th, Clinton W. [Benjamin], son of Lewis R. and Emeline L. Benjamin, aged 4 months and 18 days.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 26th, Mrs. Amy Weeks, aged 92 years and 6 months.

In Utica [Oneida Co. NY], April 3d, of consumption, Isabella W. [Fisher], wife of Austin H. Fisher, aged 33 years and 23 days.

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, Norwich, NY, April 10, 1867

Marriages

MYGATT - WILLSON:  At the First Congregational Church, Monee, Ill. March 28th, by the Rev. A.D. Wyckoff, Mr. Henry Mygatt of Smyrna, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] and Miss Mary Willson of Monee, Ill.  Mr. Mygatt and Lady took a hurried leave of their numerous friends, and departed the same eve for Brookfield, Mo. their future home.  Westward "Young America" takes his flight.

RANDALL - MERRIAN:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 31st by the Rev. W.R. Cochrane, John C. Randall of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Hellen M. Merrian of Plymouth.

NEWTON - FISHER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] April 3d, 1867, by Rev. A.M. Bennett, Samuel W. Newton of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and Angeline A. Fisher of North Norwich.

Deaths

BROWN:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, Benajah C. Brown, aged 67 years.  He was born at Waterbury, Ct.  In 1831 he removed to Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] and in 1851 to Bainbridge.  One year later in life he made a public profession of religion, and united with the Congregational Church, in which relation he remained until called by the master to join the church triumphant.  His relatives were few, his friends many.  He was much esteemed by all who knew him.  His virtues will long live in their memory.  He was an obliging neighbor, kind friend, loving companion, and a consistent Christian.  His end was peace.  "He sleeps in Jesus blessed sleep."

We regret to learn that Selah Squires, Esq., formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly in Washington, on Friday last. We have heard no particulars, but suppose he died of pulmonary disease of which he had been suffering for some years.