Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July to September 1841

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Towel, Mr. John W. King to Miss Adelia Roberts, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [July 21, 1841]

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by the Rev. A. Peck, Mr. Abner Angell, Jr., to Miss Lois Augusta Colkins, all of South New Berlin. [July 21, 1841]

In Fairfield, Herkimer Co. [NY] on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Albert D. Peck, Bartlett H. Mills Junior Editor of the Susquehanna Register, Montrose, Pa., to Miss Delia Halsey, of the former place. [Sept. 1, 1841]

At the Eagle Tavern, in this village [Norwich, Chenango co., NY], on Sunday, the 29th ult. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Hiram Johnson of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy Ann Eggleston of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] [Sept. 1, 1841]

In Homer, Cortland County [NY], on Monday evening inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, of this village, Mr. N. Pellet, Editor of the Chenango Telegraph, to Miss Malvinia [Bowen] daughter of Mr. Ira Bowen, of the former place.  [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Truxton, Cortland co. [NY] on the 25th ult. by the Rev. John M. Lewis, Mr. Edward Miller to Miss Emily W. Shedd. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Steubenville, Ohio, on the 19th ult. by the Rev. G.H. Comings, Mr. Abraham T. Per Lee, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaretta Willson, daughter of Judge James Willson, of the former place. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening the 1st inst. by the Rev. V.M. Coryell, Mr. Henry C. Willcox of Erwin, Steuben Co. [NY] to Miss Elizabeth J. Bosworth, of this village. [Sept. 8, 1841]

\In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday the 1st inst. by the Rev. L. Howard, Mr. Lemuel Wells to Miss Esther French, of this town. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult., by N.E. Murdock, Esq., Mr. Horace Barr to Miss Harriet Holden, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].  [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by the Rev. J. Sessions, Mr. Alva Owen of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Ann Jacox, of the same place. [Sept. 8, 1841]

In Walton, Delaware Co. [NY], on the 8th inst. by the Rev. Archibald Bassett, Mr. Charles B. Smith. merchant, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jane Bassett, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Bassett, of the former place.  [Sept. 15, 1841]

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday, the 12th inst. by the Rev. H. Kelsey, of Pittsfield, Otsego Co. [NY], Mr. Charles Goodrich, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Fanny A. [Nichols], daughter of Dea. C.C. Nichols, of the former place. [Sept. 15, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday evening the 14th inst. by the Rev. J. Sessions, Mr. Arnold Wait(?) to Miss Mary L. Hopkins, daughter of Frederick Hopkins, Esq., all of this town. [Sept. 22, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by the Rev. L. Howard, Mr. Samuel H. Pike to Miss Lucy E. Hall, daughter of Thomas Hall, Esq., all of this town. [Sept. 29, 1841]

Deaths

In Johnstown, Fulton Co. [NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. Clarissa Hill, sister of P.B. Prindle, Esq., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and daughter of Mr. Elias Prindle, aged 31 years. [July 14, 1841]

In Homer Village [Cortland Co., NY], at the residence of her son, Mr. Orrin Bowen, on the 12th of June last, Mrs. Anna Bowen, widow of the late Hon. Levi Bowen, of that place. Mr. Bowen was one of the oldest settlers of Homer, having been a resident of that town for nearly forty years.  She was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a devoted Christian; and in her loss, the Church and her friends are consoled by the assurance that her reward is hereafter. Cortland Whig. [July 21, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Capt. John King, a Soldier of the Revolution, aged 89 years.  [Aug. 18, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., of consumption, Mr. Socrates Brooks, aged 63(?) years. [Aug. 18, 1841]

On the 13th ult. in Westfield, Chautauqua Co. N.Y., Joseph Collins, Esq. of Smyrna, Chenango Co. [NY] of bilious fever, aged 69 years. He was on his return from Michigan, where he had been to visit a son.  Having arrived at Westfield, he was attacked with the above complaint, and died after an illness of eight days.  Mr. Collins was one of the earliest settlers of this county, and by his energy of character, as well as his benevolence and firm regard to truth, had gained to himself a high reputation.  In his death his family, the church and the community, have sustained an irreparable loss.  [Sept. 1, 1841]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st inst., Mrs. Lucinda Place, wife of Mr. Foster C. Place, aged 26 years. [Sept. 15, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Mrs. Caroline Woodworth, wife of Mr. Azel Woodworth, aged 32 years. [Sept. 15, 1841]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January to June 1841

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriage

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Dean, Mr. Joseph P. Rhodes, merchant of this village, to Miss Frances Ann [Wakeley] daughter of Dr. D.M. Wakeley. [Jan. 20, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Harris, Mr. James L. Ives of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Prudence Arnold, of the former place. [Jan. 20, 1841]

In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], by the Eld. William L. Dennis, Mr. Abijah Swift to Miss Eunice E. Hubbard; Mr. Nathaniel R. Herrington to Miss Julia M. Niles; Mr. Gilbert Comstock to Miss Hepsey Cole; and Mr. Joseph T. Isham to Miss Mary Jane Sturtevant [Feb. 3, 1841]

In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by - Lee, Esq. Mr. Devillo Bowen to Miss Clarissa Champeon, both of Solon, Cortland County [NY]. [Feb. 3, 1841]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Thomas Towell, Mr. Jerome Pratt to Miss Harriet Shaw, both of Sherburne. [Feb. 3, 1841]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Burtis, Mr. N.B. Wilcox, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY], to Miss Augusta A. [Willcox], daughter of Ira Willcox, Esq., of the former place. [Feb. 17, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by N.F. Murdock, Esq., Mr. Joseph Browning to Miss Ruth Knowles. [Feb. 17, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Elder Howard, Mr. John Feyer druggist merchant, of this village, to Miss Jane Breed, daughter of Deacon Breed of this town [June 9, 1841]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Elder Dean, Mr. Job Stafford, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Parmelia Rider, of the former place. [June 9, 1841]

In Masonville, Delaware County [NY], on Thursday, the 10th inst. by the Rev. J.L. Janes, Mr. James Morgan, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Clarissa T. Smth, daughter of Dr. P. Smith, of the former place. [June 16, 1841]

In St. Mathew's Church, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by the Rev.  H. Adams, Mr. Frederick Juliand of Greene, Chenango Co. [MY] to Miss Catharine R. Hayes, daughter of Isaac Hayes, Esq., of the former place. [June 23, 1841]

At Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. by the Rev. Thomas Towell, Mr. Charles W. Babcock to Miss Cornelia L. Cushman, all of that place. [June 30, 1841]

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d ult. of consumption, Allen Sage, son of Mr. Amos Sage, aged 24 years. [Jan. 20, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday morning last, Nathan Pendleton, aged 57 years. [Jan. 27, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning last, Julia Marin [Sherman], daughter of Harvey and Athlinda B. Sherman, aged 2 years, 7 months and 17 days. [Feb. 3, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Elder Burdick, a Soldier of the Revolution, aged 76 years. [Feb. 3, 1841]

In this town [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Mrs. Mary Arnold, widow of the late Caleb Arnold, aged 81 years and 9 months. [Feb. 3, 1841]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Mrs. Sarah Jones, widow of Mr. Isaac Jones, late of Columbus, aged 77 years. [Feb.  3, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday afternoon of inflammation of the lungs, Ellen [Thorp] youngest child of C.A. Thorp, Esq., aged two years. [Feb. 24, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday the 17th ult. Mrs. Harriet Per Lee, wife of Walter Per Lee, Esq., aged 55 years. [Mar. 3, 1841]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday, the 7th inst., after a short, but severe illness, Mrs. Annor Pellet, wife of Mr. John Pellet, aged 42 years. [Apr. 14, 1841]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 8th inst. Ann Elizabeth Wheeler, aged 10 months and 7 days, daughter of Jedediah R. and Delia b. Wheeler. [June 16, 1841]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mrs. Lucy Rogers, wife of P.B.M. Rogers, and daughter of Robert Patrick, aged 28 years. [June 16, 1841]

In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], on Wednesday, the 16th instant, Mrs. Emily [Donaldson], wife of Eli Donaldson, aged about 50 ears. [June 23, 1841]

In Plymouth [Chenango co., NY], on the 21st inst. Dr. John Camp, aged 38 years.  He was for many years distinguished as a medical physician. [June 30, 1841]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, September to December 1840

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. A. Wheelock, Col. S.R. PerLee of the firm of Wood & PerLee, to Miss Mary Mitchell, daughter of the Hon. Henry Mitchell. [Sept. 2, 1840]

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. Mr. David T. Phetteplace of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Redfield of the former place. [Sept. 2, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 8th inst. by the Rev. L. A. Burrows, Mr. Elisha B. Smith of the firm of E.B. Smith & Co., to Miss Lucinda P. [Willcox] daughter of Col. Whitman Willcox.  Champaigne and wedding cake in abundance!  Who would not be a chronicler of happy unions, and a well-wisher to the newly wedded pair?  [Sept. 9, 1840]

In Lebanon [Madison Co., NY], by the Rev. L. Pomeroy, Mr. Isaac Foote 3d of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jerusha Merrick of the former place. [Sept. 9, 1840]

In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by the Rev. Charles Starr, Mr. Daniel Gifford of Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY] to Marcia M. Calkins, of the former place. [Sept. 9, 1840]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by the Rev. M. Goodrich, Mr. Titus Benedict of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Martha Newton of this village. [Sept. 16, 1840]

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] on the 4th inst. by Nathan Gray, Esq., Mr. Myron Prichard to Miss Mary Ward, both of the same town. [Oct. 7, 1840]

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday the 30th ult. by Sam'l Plumb, Esq., Mr. James Bowen, Jr., of Solon Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Martha M. Barker, of the former place.  [Oct. 7, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst. by the Rev. J.S. Swann, Mr. James Smith to Miss Betsey E. Webb [Oct. 21, 1840]

On Thursday last, in Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], by N. Gray, Esq., Mr. Albert Grover to Miss Sally Ann Brown, both of that town. [Nov. 25, 1840]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the evening of the 29th inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Col. Roswell Curtiss to Miss Polly M. Hale, all of Norwich. [Dec. 1, 1840]

In Chatham, Conn. on the 2d instant, by Rev. S.M. Emery, Mr. Lucius Smith merchant of New York, and Miss Elizabeth P. [Churchill] daughter of the late Capt. David Churchill of Chatham. [Dec. 23, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Tuesday, the 22d inst. by Elder Howard, Mr. William D. Giblert, merchant of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary P. [Packer] daughter of Mr. James Packer, of the former place.  Cake in profusion accompanied the above notice.  [Dec. 30, 1840]

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult. Horace [Ballou] youngest son of Amasa Ballou, aged 1 year and 4 months.  'Happy infant, early blest, / Rest in peaceful slumber, rest." [Sept. 2, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Friday last, Mrs. Jerusha Brookins, aged 43 years. [Sept. 2, 1840]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday evening the 19th ult. of apoplexy, Micah Gross, Jr., aged 32 yr. [Dec. 1, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday, the 23d ult. Mr. Parker P. Phillips, aged 67 years. [Dec. 8, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday, Nov. 30th, of scarlet fever, William Waterman [Cahoon], son of Mr. Charles Cahoon aged 4 years and 6 months. [Dec. 8, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday last of scarlet fever, Enos Case, eldest son of J.W. Case aged 8 years.  Death, indeed loves a shining mark.  In the sudden removal of this little lad, his parents sustain a keen affliction.  Possessed of an amiable disposition and a [-?-] he was beloved by all who knew him.  [Sept. 16, 1840]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., George McDuffie [Boyd], son of Edward J. and Julia E. Boyd, aged 6 years.  George was a member of the S. School connected with the Bap. Church in this place, and in the same class with little Gerard Smith and Fayette York, those lovely boys whose deaths you have so recently noticed in your paper.  Three brighter, lovelier children  have rarely been known.  How melancholy, and yet how glorious in prospect their early exit - gone, we confidently trust, from their association in studying the Bible, on earth, to be associated in a clearer study of their God and Saviour in heaven.  George's sickness was protracted and severe, but he bore it with a meekness and patience that would be commendable to one of middle age  He has gone, lamented not only by his bereaved parents and circle of relatives, but by many of our villagers.  May his death be sanctified to us all.  [Sept. 9, 1840]

In Brockport, Monroe county, N.Y. on the 27th ult. Mrs. Caroline R. [Brewster] aged 32 years.  For months past, she had been in declining health which led her friends to fear that at no very distant day, they should be deprived of her very interesting society, and her husband and two interesting daughters, of an excellent wife and mother.  But a hemorrhage of the lungs, that commenced seven days before her death, hastened on the parting hour.  She was of that class of wives and mothers whose price is above rubies. She was an exemplary Christian and those who surrounded her dying couch, witnessed the covenant faithfulness of an unchanging God, who has promised never to forsake those who put their trust in Him. And from her calm and affectionate exhortation to her husband and friends, to take Jesus Christ for their portion, and the confidence with which she committed her little daughters to her dear Savior, just as she was departing to her eternal rest, led them to believe of a truth "that blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord."  LeRoy Gazette Mrs. Brewster was a sister of Mrs. T. Milner, of this ivllage, and spent the year 1830 in this place.  she was much endeared to that part of community with whom she was acquainted.  [Dec. 8, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. Vienne Monroe, daughter of Josiulf Monroe, aged 19 years.  The deceased was a native of the town where she resided till her death. Nurtured from infancy in the bosom of maternal tenderness, guarded from vice, and instructed in religion and virtue by parental affection and shielded from the chill blast of an unfeeling world by the care of watchful friends, and the sweets of domestic retirement.  Her youth was passed in these innocent amusements, which are so well adapted to the playful season of childhood.  At the early age of 12 years, she publicly professed her attachment to her Saviour, and with several of her young companions, entered, we believe, upon a Christian career.  In the May of '39 she was attacked with a disease which threatened her speedy removal from time, but during the summer so far recovered as to be able to walk about the house, and occasionally to go into the street.  But her disease, though apparently checked, was nevertheless, making silent but fearful ravages and preparing her for an early grave.  During the following winter it again broke forth with increased violence, and it was soon discovered that the art of man was vain in attempting to check the ravages of the destroyer.  She expressed the most perfect resignation of her life, and her willingness to exchange the pleasures of earth, although linked to them by a thousand ties, for more exalted joys of heaven.  As her disease increased, her confidence in God and her hopes of heaven also increased, and during the last three months of her life, no cloud observed the horizon of her mind, no desire for earthly joys brought down her soul from that sublime elevation which it had attained, to mingle again with sordid earth. Death, which has been so emphatically styled the "king of terrors," was to her merely a kind messenger, sent to release her captive soul, and consign her body to a peaceful rest in the slumbers of the tomb.  she met not his frowns with trembling fear, for to her he came clad in smiles.  The last words she was heard to utter as she sank into his cold embrace were, "I am happy."  But how weak and impotent are earthly charms, when endeavoring to suppress the aspirings of an immortal mind longing for and anticipating the joys of heaven. She left a large circle of friends to mourn her early departure, yet they mourn "Not as those without hope." From the tomb of such a one, "there is a voice sweeter than some," that dries the falling tear, suppresses the rising murmur, and even imparts a mournful joy.  When contemplating the death of such a one, who is not led to exclaim, "Let me die the death of the righteous," let my last end be like hers?  N.B.K.  [Sept. 12, 1840]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May to August 1840

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

On the 5th inst. by the [-?-] A. Barrows, Mr. David B. -?-ing  to Miss Mary Newel [Coomes] daughter of Consider Coomes, Esq., All of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [May 13, 1840

At Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th instant by the Rev. Thomas Towel, J.L. Kellogg, M.D. to Miss Nancy S. [Starr], daughter of Natham Starr, Esq., of the same place. [May 13, 1840]

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Ha..s, Mr. Taylor Brod... editor of the Oxford Republican, to Miss Elizabeth S. Clarke, of Ware, Mass. [May 27, 1840]

At Oswego [Oswego Co., NY] on the 4th inst. by the Rev. Robert W. Condit, Walter M. Conkey, Esq. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], cashier of the Bank of Chenango, to Miss Julia E. Randall, of the same place. [June 10, 1840]

At Marshal, Michigan on the 20th ult by the Rev. Mr. Childs, Geo. Y. Gilbert, Esq. of Ne York, to Mary [Fitch] eldest daughter of Jabez S. Fitch, of the former place. [Aug. 5, 1840]

Deaths

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 14th, Miss Emily Mudge, daughter of Mr. Isaac Mudge, aged 27 years. [June 3, 1840] 

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], of consumption, on Wednesday the 10th inst., Mrs. Rachael McMurdy, aged 27 years. Devoted to the interests of her Redeemer in life, she enjoyed the consolations they afforded in the hour of death.  [June 17, 1840] 

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

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst. Mrs. Sally [Phetteplace] wife of Samuel Phetteplace and daughter of Joseph May, Esq., aged 22 year. [July 1, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 4th ult. Orra [Chamberlin] wife of Emerson Chamberlin, aged 27 years. [July 15, 1840]

In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult. Mrs. Betsey Grover, aged 24 years. [July 15, 1840]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 16th inst. of consumption, Maria Sickle [Moses] consort of A.C. Moses, Esq., aged 25 years.  On the interment of her remains a very appropriate and able discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Huntington, Rector of Christ's Church, Guilford, from 1st Kings, chap. 4, 13th and 14th verses.  In her death the church will mourn the loss of a devout and humble Christian; society of an intelligent and exemplary member and her husband of an amiable and affectionate wife.  [July 22, 1840]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th inst., Clarissa [Bockee], wife of Isaac S. Bockee, aged 40 years. [July 29, 1840]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d int. Sel... Wells, aged 24 years. [July 29, 1840]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. Al.... W. Alexander, aged 5 years, 10 months and 20 days. [July 29, 1840]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d, Isaac jones, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 84 years. [Aug. 12, 1840]

At Painted Post, Steuben Co. [NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary T. [Gridley] wife of Mr. Ely Gridley, and daughter of D. Brigham of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 28 years. [Aug. 19, 1840]

In Fort Plain [Montgomery Co. NY], Delos W. Gazley, Printer, formerly a workman in this office [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 21 years. [Aug. 19, 1840]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January to April 1840

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Jacob Hecox, Esq., Henry H. Willcox to Miss Marion Purdie, all of that town. [Jan. 15, 1840]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 16th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Burrows, Mr. Marenus Janes, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Dunkin, of North Norwich. [Jan. 22, 1840]

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Backus, Mr. Mathew O. Wells of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary S. Taintor of Colchester, Connecticut. [Apr. 15, 1840]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sperry, Mr. William E. Chapman to Miss Sarah Livingston Lowe, all of that place. [Apr. 29, 1840]

Deaths

In Galveston, Texas, October 28th, with the Yellow Fever, Mr. Augustus C. Hinkley, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years. [Jan. 8, 1840]

Another case of death is to be added to the long catalogue which has already accumulated in consequence of carrying fire into sleeping rooms at night.  Two interesting daughters of Mr. C.N. Slocomb of our village [Cortland, Cortland Co., NY], of the ages of 10 and 12, on retiring to bed on Sunday evening last, carried with them a kettle of coals from the stove to warm the air in their room.  In the morning about 8 o'clock the father wanting the kettle, went into the room, and found the oldest child dead, and the other perfectly insensible.  From all appearances, the oldest one had been dead for some time, and the youngest one was with some difficulty resuscitated, and is now alive and well.  It is sincerely hoped that this will be a warning to all.  The mother of these dear children was knowing to their carrying the fire into the room and was well aware of the danger of burning charcoal in a close room but supposed that the burning of common coal from the stove or fireplace was perfectly harmless.  It should be known by al that one is equally fatal with the other, the only difference being the rapidity with which one or the other will be consumed.  Cortland Rep. [Jan. 29, 1840]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday morning last, Harriet Platt [Sanford], daughter of Augustus Sanford, aged two years. [Feb. 5, 1840]

William Pike Andrews, son of Burt B. and Lorine Andrews, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co.., NY], departed this life on the 7th instant, of that dreadful disease the scarlet fever, after a sickness of five days, aged 1 year 7 months and 17 days.  Too pure for Earth, he has left us for Heaven. [Apr. 8, 1840]

In this village, [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday, the 19th inst. of Scarlet Fever and Canker Rush, Girard [Smith], only child of James H. Smith, Undersheriff of this county, aged 8 years and 6 months.

There was an early determination of the disease to the head which deprived him of reason, except at short intervals, after throwing him into a state of frantic wildness.  This rendered his sickness much of the time heart-rending and agonizing.  Of a sudden, nature sunk, the storm subsided, and he fell quickly into the peaceful slumbers of death, greatly to the relief of his agonized parents and attendants.  His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. A. Wheelock, Pastor of the Baptist church in this village from Isa. 52, 7 - "Thy God reigneth." The speaker endeavored to illustrate the doctrine of the wisdom and goodness of God in the dispensation of the darkest and most mysterious Providences.  Thus, has died among us another as lovely a child probably as ever lived. Girard was comely in his person, possessing one of the sweetest dispositions and in his manners was uncommonly graceful and attractive.  He loved the sanctuary and was always cheerful and glad to accompany his pious parents to the house of God for their sabbath devotions.  A smile of gladness was often litup upon the countenances of the father and mother as they marked the sprightliness of their boy and observed the modesty and gracefulness of his manner in entering the church. He was one of the idols of the Sabbath school, full of animation, imparting life and spirit to his class and to the public examinations which are conducted by the pastor during the sabbath intermissions.  What he was in the sabbath school room he was also in the domestic circle, constituting a kind of central attraction to all the family and giving a -?- all their enjoyment, especially during the more leisure hours of winter evenings when they [-?-] upon being enlivened by Girard and his books [rest unreadable]  [Mar. 25, 1840]

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, August to November 1814

 Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY

Marriages

On Wednesday evening last in this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], by Ransom Rathbun, Esq., Mr. Lyman C. Beebe to Miss Persis Hacket.  [Aug. 2, 1814]

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Thorp, Mr. Philo Judson to Miss Charity Bradley. [Oct. 1, 1814]

Deaths

In Albany, of a short but severe illness, Ebenezer Foote, Esq., aged 41 years, an eminent Attorney and Counsellor at Law. [Aug. 2, 1814]

On the 13th ult at the house of Spencer Coleman, Esq. in East Broomfield, Ontario Co. [NY] Polydore B. Wisner, Esq. of Geneva [Ontario Co. NY], in the 49th year of his age. [Aug. 2, 1814]

In Coventry, Con. Mr. Alexander Kenney, aged 106, the number of is descendants are about nine thousand. [Nov. 12, 1814]

On the 25th of July near London, the famous Dibden, the author of twelve hundred songs, many plays, etc. all tending to excite the best affections of the heart. [Nov. 12, 1814]

Died, on the debtors' limits in the village of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], at 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 7th inst. Henry William Ludlow, Esq. AEt, 38 years.

There is in the delicacy of honor, a kind of feather edge, which bristles from the soul like that on a new honed razor - unnoted by the eye yet felt in the beard of the sentiment.  It is this feather edge of honor playing against the current of every vice with its wakeful vibrations like a pike's fin in the stream, which guards the moral flock from all impurities.  Mr. Ludlow possessed it, and with it a lofty and steadfast integrity united to the most clear and intuitive view of social duty and manly obligation.  Aut mors, aut vita decora, [either death or life is beautiful], being his maxim, as it was the motto on the breech of his pistols.  Mr. Ludlow possessed not the thrifty talents of the ardent and enterprising money lover.  Neither did his early habits lie in the path of accumulation.  It is not therefore a matter of much surprise that when he was incarcerated for the sum of 280 dollars, his mental or practical expedients should fail him.  He lay 18 months confined for this debt, and finally, perished in despondency.  Every ligament and fiber which knit him to life, having been fretted, and rasped, and chafed to a gossamer, by pride long abused, and hope sickening in pursuit of the fair pictures of youthful promise and florid expectation.  Snapped at last, and left him in Eternity, buoyant on his virtues.  His eyes were closed by strangers, strangers mourned him, and he lies buried in a stranger's field.  Stat enunibus hora. [The burden waits for an hour.]

Mr. Ludlow, the deceased, was the eldest son of that Mr. Thomas Ludlow, of the city of New York, who can boast a fortune of 250,000 Dollars, with two surviving children only to share it.  A man with an unbending heathenish stoicism, which leaves him unjaded by the officiousness of parental affection, domestic attachments, or social obligation.  A man who having outlaid his destined period on earth,     [-?-] to eternity, with his heels to the stlt, striving for a noisome foot more to his "ropy chain of rheoms" like a tared boer in a rope walk, at the end of his tether.  A man whom Perius has described as one:

...who doffs his coat / To save a farthing in a ferry boat, / Ever a glutton at another's cost, / But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost. /  Born with the curse and anger of the Gods, / And that indulgent genius he defrauds. / To a short meal he makes a tedious grace, / Before the barley pudding comes in place, / Then bids fall on; himself, for saving charges, / A peel'd slic'd onion eats, and tipples verjuce.

[Sept 17, 1814]

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, December 1813 to June 1814

 Oxford Gazette, Oxford, Chenango County, NY

Marriages

At New Lebanon [Columbia Co. NY], on the 5th ult. Doct. Ami Doubleday, of Chenango Point, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss Susan Pierce of the former place. [Mar. 8, 1814]

At Washington, Ky., Mr. Samuel January to Miss Pamela January - a cold match!! [Apr. 12, 1814]

On Wednesday evening, the 9th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong. Messr. Eleazer and Josiah Stodard, twin brothers, of Ruport, Vert., aged 27 years, to Misses Emily and Almira Sill, twin sisters, of Moreau, Saratoga County [NY], aged 25 years.  The eldest brother took the youngest sister & vice versa. The two couples stood together, joined hands respectively and were united in the bands of wedlock by one ceremony.  It is said of these gentlemen that they are respectable farmers; that they hold their property in common stock; that they calculate on this method of living in future, and that they had mutually agreed not to marry unless they could find helpmates as nearly allied in friendship as themselves.  It is believed that heaven has served their wishes and put each in possession of his favorite.  The ladies are the youngest children of Deacon Giles Sill and Lucy his wife who are persons of respectable standing in society.  Waterford Gazette [Apr. 19, 1814]

On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Thorp. Mr. Erastus Smith to Miss Sophia McNeil, both of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]. [May 3, 1814]

At Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 24th ult. by Robert Monell, Esq., Mr. Andrew Achors to Mrs. Kelsey, both of that town. [May 3, 1814]

In the month of March last at Roadstown, Cumberland County, N.J. by the Rev. Mr. Reeves, of Deerfield, Doctor Charles Clarke to Miss Anna Gidman, after a short courtship of twenty-six years!  [May 24, 1814]

Mons. Serrurier, the French Minister resident in the United States, who lately applied to his government for liberty to marry in this country, and has since married the daughter of Mr. Patterson, late wife of the late king of Westphalia (Jerome Bonaparte) is now on a visit at New York.  Bost. D. Adv. [June 14, 1814]

Deaths

In Preston [Chenango Co. NY] on the 4th of September last, Miss Melissant Punderson, daughter of Deacon Punderson, Aet. 16.  Miss Punderson was keeping school in an adjoining town, when hearing of the illness of a beloved sister, her ever ready feelings took the alarm, and with the many kindnesses of which she was capable, she hoped to be an instrument in restoring her sister in health to her aged parents.  How mysterious are the ways of Providence!  Her sister was indeed raised.  But the amiable Melissant was attacked with the disease and after a sickness of fifteen days, her pure spirit ascended to the God which gave it and her body was consigned to the house appointed for all the living [Dec. 7, 1813]

On the 23d ult. Mr. Charles Punderson, only son of Deacon Punderson, AEt 24.  in the death of Mr. Punderson, we have an evidence of the lively faith which can actuate those who place their hopes on the God of Israel. Among the many proofs which he gave of an interest in the Redeemer, a few moments before his death he broke out in the following animating lines:  "How to the wisdom of my Lord and master, / Do I commit all that I have or wish for; / Sweetly as babes sleep will I give my life up / When call'd to yield it." [Dec. 7, 1813]

On the next day (24th) and while the remains of her husband were interring, Mrs. Polly Punderson, Aet 23.  All of the typhus fever.  Mr. and Mrs. Punderson have left three young children to lament their loss. [Dec. 7, 1813[

At Columbia, on the 11th ult. D.V.W. Golden, Esquire, first judge of the county of Herkimer [NY] [Mar. 1, 1814]

At Herkimer Michael Myers, formerly first Judge of that county. [Mar. 1, 1814]

In Standish, Mass. on the 29th January, Mr. Eleazer H. Parker, of an hydrophobia, aged 44 years.  The singular cause producing his death impresses upon the mind a marvelous consideration while it admonishes us not only to be prepared for death but that we know not when or how we may be summoned to appear before the judgment feet of Heaven!  On the night of the 24th of February 1812, a Wild Cat came to a window in the deceased's house, which lighted a room wherein three of his daughters were in bed, and leaping against the window sash, as we supposed, which the deceased heard, and thinking it to be a cat that had formerly been a domestic of the family, called to one of the daughters to open the window for the cat to prevent her breaking the glass, but scarcely had he spoken when the cat, redoubling her strength, burst through a pane of glass into the room and from the table leaped upon the bed and seized the eldest of the girls by the nose, who cried out to her father that the cat would kill her.  He instantly sprang out of bed, ran into the room and caught the animal by one of her hind legs and drew her from the girl and bed, but in this effort the cat biting him through the arm, he was obliged to break his hold, and opening a door to let in his dog, who began to run upon the cat, that resulted with such violence, that it compelled the dog to retreat; by which time the deceased had lighted a candle, and immediately the cat grew timid and sought to hide upon the bedclothes, and soon fell an early prey to the deceased.  About three weeks after this, the girl bitten, was taken ill, and a physician being sent for, on presenting a cup of water to her immediately discovered her disease to be occasioned by the bite of the cat - six days after which she died; and on the 24th of January her father feeling uncommonly disordered, sent for his family physician, who declared him in the same condition that his daughter was; six days after which, by turns raging with madness, he died in full possession of his senses and with calm resignation to the will of Heaven  [Mar. 29, 1814]

At Washington City, on the 22nd ult. Mrs. Maria Livingston, relict of the Hon, Robert R. Livingston, late of Clermont. [Apr. 5, 1814]

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday morning last, Doctor Samuel Treat, Aet, 73. [Apr. 12, 1814]

At Owego, Boome County [NY], on the 16th ult. Stephen Mack Esq. AEt. 49 years, editor of the American Farmer, and first judge of the said county, after an illness of five days. [May 10, 1814]

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] on Tuesday the 21st inst, a son of Epapbras Miller, Aet, 1 year and 9 months. The physician by mistake dealt out arsenic instead of Calomel. The child took it and in 30 hours expired.  [June 21, 1814]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, September to December 1839

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d inst. by the Rev. Geo. E. Delavan, Mr. Ira Williams of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucinda Newton of the former place. [Sept. 4, 1839]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst. by the Rev. G.E. Delavan, Mr. James Hunt of Jefferson county [NY] to Miss Phama Blair of the former place. [Sept. 4, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Dr. M.P. Smith of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Lucy W. Howard of Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY]. [Sept. 11, 1839]

On the 25th ult. at Monteursville, Lycoming county, Pa. by the Rev. Mr. Hudson, Mr. Galusha Bowen to Miss Mary Ann [Willcox] daughter of Gates Willcox, Esq. [Oct. 2, 1839]

On the 6th inst. by the Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Wm. H. Gunn to Miss Esther B. Latham, daughter of the Hon. John l:atham, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] [Oct. 9, 1839]

On the 10th inst. by the Rev. Alonzo Wheelock, Elias P. Pellet, Editor of the Chenango Telegraph, to Elizabeth B. [Packer], daughter of James Packer, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] [Oct. 16, 1839]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. A. Wheelock, Mr. Bella Hibbard of Pittsford, Monroe Co. [NY] to Miss Lucy R. Brown of Norwich. [Oct. 16, 1839]

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by the Rev. J.R. Page, Mr. Nelson Tower of Plymouth to Miss Hannah Lewis, of Pharsalia [Oct. 16, 1839]

By the Rev. L.H. Stanley, on the 10th Oct. Mr. Sidney Denton of Detroit, Michigan, to Miss Betsey Nash, daughter of Dr. Sylvester Nash of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] [Oct. 16, 1839]

On the 22d inst. by the Rev. Jabez Swan, Mr. Sylvester B. Prentiss of Chester, Mass. to Miss Louisa Brooks, of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Oct. 30, 1839]

In Vernon, Oneida county [NY], on the 2d inst. by the Rev. H.P. Bogue, Mr. George W. Dutton,  of Fulton, Oswego County [NY] to Miss Lucinda H. Williams, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Oct. 30, 1839]

In New York, on Tuesday morning the 19th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Hawks, the Hon. Luther Bradish, Lieut. Gov. of the State of New York, to Miss Mary E. Hart. [Dec. 4, 1839]

In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], on the 30th ult. by the Rev. Wm. Hose, Mr. Abraham Peck of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ann Boull of Utica. [Dec. 4, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th instant, by the Rev. J. Sessions, Mr. Abraham F. Foot to Miss Nancy Kennedy. [Dec. 18, 1839]

Deaths

At Westfield, Chautauqua county [NY] of apoplexy, on the 25th ult. Mrs. Marcia Seward, wife of B.J. Seward, Esq., brother of Gov. Seward.  Mrs. Seward was found in the morning on the floor, by the bedside, in an insensible state, from which she never recovered and in which she expired in about 24 hours afterwards.  She was beloved as an exemplary member of the church and of society, and long will her family and friends, and the wide circle in which she was known, lament the death of this estimable lady.  Albany Argus [Nov. 13, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], of consumption, on the 8th inst. Mr. James Davis,, aged 26 years. [Nov. 13, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th instant, of consumption, Mr. Oliver P. Benedict, aged 20 years. [Dec. 18, 1839]

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 114th NY Infantry, listing of honored dead

 Oxford Times, October 12, 1864

Letter from the Surgeon of the 114th Reg.

The following letter from L.P. Wagner, Surgeon of the 114th, enclosing a statement of the honored dead of that Regiment, will be read with interest.  No one can read the feeling tribute paid by Dr. W. to the valor and patriotism of that noble band of heroes, without a mingled sentiment of sorrow and pride.  Sorrow for the heroic dead; pride for both living and dead, whose deathless renown consecrates their names in the memory of their native county.

Winchester, Va. Oct. 2, 1864

Editor of Times:  Enclosed I send you a list of the killed and mortally wounded, who have since died from wounds received on the 19th of Sept. There are a number of others who can't' survive many days.  Among the number is Lt. Aylesworth.  I have seen many battles but have never seen such sublime heroism as that shown by the 114th boys on that day.  God bless them. The best blood of old Chenango was pitted against the "Chivalry," and Stonewall Jackson's best troops at that; but they wavered and broke and fled in confusion.  The rebels say it is the first time they ever ran.

Gen. Weitzel once remarked to me that the material of good soldiers of the 114th Reg. was the best he ever saw.  That was nearly two years ago.  They have at the expense of much good blood, earned that compliment given by one of the best military judges of the country.  Honor the heroic dead, good people of Chenango, and be assured that there is not a single heart throb among their living associates, which does not beat with a determined will that this war shall only terminate with the overthrow, and if needs be, annihilation of treason.    L.P. Wagner

A list of the killed and mortally wounded of the 114th Reg. in the battle of Sept. 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va., and have since died.

L.D. Merrill, private, Co. A - killed on the field

James E. Smith, private, A - died in hospital, Sept. 19, of wounds.

W. Jackson, private, B - died in hospital Sept. 20, of wounds.

H. Newton, private, B - killed on field.

J. Nichols, private, B - killed on field

C. Carpenter, private, B - killed on field

L.P. Brown, private, B - killed on field

Lyman Duran, private, C - died in hospital, Sept. 20th, of wounds.

Geo. Cramphin, corporal, D - killed on field

Patrick Devaney, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

G. Collins, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

L. Gifford, private, D - died in hospital Sept. 25, of wounds.

Charles Stever, private, D - died in hospital, Sept. 29, of wounds.

W.H. Benedict, private, D - killed on field.

W. Horton, corporal, E - died in hospital, Sept. 21, of wounds.

W. Corbitt, private, E - killed on field.

Stephen Weaver, 1st sergt, F - died in hospital Sept. 21, of wounds.

G.R. Miller, Corp. F - killed on field

A. Davis, private, F - killed on field

C.F. Sunney, 1st sergt. G - killed on field

C.E. Thompson, private, G - killed on field

J. Cahalan, private, G - killed on field

F.E. Short, private, G - killed on field

E. Breed, 1st lieut. H - died in hospital Sept 19, of wounds

J. Cooper, private I - killed on field

J. Wallace, private, K - died in hospital Sept. 20, of wounds

C.C. Lyman, private, K - killed on field

A. Pangburn, private, K - killed on field

J. McCullough, private, K - died in hospital Sept. 25, of wounds

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The third battle of Winchester was fought near Winchester VA on September 19, 1864 (Union victory).  It was one of the largest, bloodiest and most important battles in the Shenandoah Valley.  Union casualties numbered 5000.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April to August 1839

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Orton, Mr. Charles A. Stevens, merchant, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maria L. Guernsey, of the former place. [Apr. 24, 1839]

On the 5th inst. by the Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. William Ward to Miss Harriet Hamilton, all of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [May 8, 1839]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 16th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Barrows of Norwich, Mr. John D. Fay, of Lockport [Niagara Co. NY], to Miss Caroline N. Sexton of the former place. [May 22, 1839]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on the 23d inst. by Elder B. Wescote, Mr. Reuben W. Utter of Watertown [Jefferson Co. NY] to Miss Mary E. Clarke of the former place. [May 29, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 13th inst. by the Rev. A. Wheelock, Dr. S.C. Gibson to Miss Martha R. Hall, all of this town. [June 19, 1839]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 2d inst. by the Rev. L. A. Barrows, Mr. T.H. Matteson of Geneva [Ontario Co. NY], to Miss Elizabeth [Merrell], daughter of E.E. Merrell of the former place. [June 19, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Sperry, Mr. Nathan Parker, Jr. of this town to Miss Betsey M. Gage, formerly of Enfield, New Hampshire.  [July 31, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst. by the Rev. D.A. Shepard, the Rev. H.H. Winlef (?), late of Germany, to Miss Clarrisah Bement, of this village. [July 31, 1839]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Abbott, Mr. William H. Linckin to Miss Sarah Harrison [July 31, 1839]

At Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], on the 27th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Tiffany, Isaac Bush, Esq.., Atty. and Counseller at law, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Martha Prentiss, daughter of the Hon. John H. Prentiss, of the former place. [Aug. 28, 1839]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning the 26th ult. Perez Randall, Esq. county clerk, aged 55 years.  Mr. R. has been clerk of Chenango 20 years successively, with the exception of one term.  He was a popular man with the people, a most excellent clerk and an honest man.  [Apr. 3, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday morning, Mrs. Polly Case, wife of John W. Case, aged 37 years.  In the death of Mrs. C. which occurred under peculiarly afflicting circumstances, her husband, family and friends have met with a loss irreparable.  She was a member of the Baptist church at North Norwich, and sustained well all the relations of domestic and religious duty.  [May 22, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday last, Mr. Hascall Ransford, aged 73 years.  Mr. R. was one of the earliest settlers in Norwich.  This section of the country was a wilderness when he took up his abode in it.  He lived to witness and aid much in making, the vast improvement which now everywhere surround us.  He was industrious and frugal, and upright in all his dealing.  In the early history of the county, he was elected to the Assembly, and honestly and faithfully discharged the duties of the office.  He once kept the post office of this town at his residence one mile north of this village.  He left not an enemy, but died at peace with all men-at peace with his Maker-an honest man and a Christian. [July 3, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. David Griffing, Mrs. Esther Bedford, formerly of Albany, aged sixty-eight years. [Aug. 14, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co.., NY] on the 26th inst., Mrs. Mary Grandy, sister of the Rev. A. Wheelock of this village, aged 58 years. [Aug. 28, 1839]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, January, February & March 1839

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lambert Beecher, of Owego, Tioga County [NY] to Miss Lutia Hinkley, of this village. [Jan. 2, 1839]

On the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. S. Sperry, Mr. Thomas Hickes to Miss Lucy Brooks, both of this village. [Jan. 9, 1839]

On the 6th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sperry, Mr. Ephraim Pabodie to Mrs. Sally Crumb, all of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. by D.H. Spurr, Esq., Mr. Nelson Farrar to Miss Olive Ann Myers all of the former place. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by the Rev. N. Doolittle, J.T. Goodrich, Pastor of the Universalist society in that place, to Miss Margaret Bolles, of the same place. [Jan. 16, 1839]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. by the Rev. N. Doolittle, Mr. Samuel H. Palmer, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza A. Barry, of the former place. [Jan. 30, 1839]

On Tuesday, Feb. 5th, by Rev. D.A. Shepard, Mr. Otis R. Brooks to Miss M. Eliza Cady, all of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Feb. 13, 1839]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. Jabez. S. Swan, Mr. Oliver Rhodes to Miss Mariah L. Perry, daughter of Deacon John Perry. [Feb. 13, 1839]

On Thursday evening, 14th inst. by the Rev. Solon Putnam, Mr. Samuel A. Barber of Covington Pa., to Miss Rhoda Harrison of the former place. [ Feb. 20, 1839]

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday morning, the 15th inst., by the Rev. Asa Danaldson, of Tioga, Pa., Mr. Samuel J. Mills of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Sexton, of the former place. [Feb. 20, 1839]

In the town of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] by the Rev. N. Doolittle, Mr. Elias S....s of Smithport, Pa. to Miss Emeline Arnold of the former place. [Feb. 27, 1839]

By the same, in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th(?) inst., Mr. Clark Lewis of Lyons [Wayne Co., NY], to Miss -?- Metherson(?). [Feb. 27, 1839]

By the same in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st(?) inst., Mr. Samuel Randell, Jr. to Miss Martha(?) Benedict. [Feb. 27, 1839]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] on the 22d(?) inst. by Elder Cory, Mr. Mason Johnson of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sabrina(?) Sprague of the former place.  [Feb. 27, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Samuel H. Barnes of New York, to Miss Harriet Pellet, of the former place. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Sperty, Mr. Jonathan W. Warner to Miss Lucy Ann Cady, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 5th instant, by Elder Chamberlin, Mr. Albert Tiffany to Miss Sally Tanner, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. [Mar. 20, 1839]

On the 5th instant, by Elder Chamberlin, Mr. Albert Tiffany to Miss Sally Tanner, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Jas. L. Guile, son of Mr. William Guile, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 31 years. [Jan. 9, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst. Mr. John T. Wasson, aged 75 years. Mr. W. was a Revolutionary soldier, and a worthy and an upright man.  [Jan. 30, 1839]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Mrs. Esther Johnson, wife of Mason Johnson, aged 37 years. [Jan. 30, 1839]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 5th inst. Joseph B. Jenison, aged 84 years. [Mar. 13, 1839]

In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Demiran Reynolds, wife of Mr. John Reynolds, aged 37 years. [Mar. 13, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Mrs. Louisa Frances Conkey, wife of Walter M. Conkey, Esq., cashier of the Bank of Chenango, aged 28 years. [Mar. 20, 1839]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th instant, Mary Bement, daughter of Mr. Judah Bement, aged 23 years. [Mar. 20, 1839].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, September to December 1838

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

At Salina, Onondaga Co. [NY] on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Hiram Briggs to Miss Jane Merrill, daughter of Thomas Merrill, esq. [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday last, Mr. James Lewis to Miss Lorinda Gleason, both of that town. [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Richland, Oswego Co. [NY], on the first inst., by the Rev. E.B. Fuller, Mr. Sidney T. Smith, merchant of the village of Pulaski [Oswego Co. NY], formerly of Sherburne, Che. Co. [NY], to Miss Harriet Wood, daughter of Mr. John Wood, of the former place. [Sept. 16, 1838]

In Butternuts, Otsego County [NY], on Tuesday morning 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Warren, Mr. George Wells of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Frances Donaldson, of the former place. [Oct. 21, 1838]

In Solon, Cortland County [NY] on Wednesday last by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thomas Rockwell of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Lucia Holbert, of the former place. [Oct. 21 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning last by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. Elias Breed to Miss Susan Enos, daughter of Mr. Roswell Enos, all of this town.  [Oct. 28, 1838]

On Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, by the Rev. Elijah Whitney, Mr. Wm. A. Baldwin, merchant, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucia G. Williams, of the same place. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. Dibble of Michigan, to Miss Mary Burbanks, of the former place. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d int. by the Rev. S.E. Mills, Mr. Elijah Sexton of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sophronia Gleason, of the former place. [Dec. 30, 1838]

Deaths

Of billious feber, at Selma, Alabama, on the 3d of August, after an illness of three weeks, Mr. Daniel W. Garret in the 25th year of his age, son of Daniel Garret of Bainbridge, in this co. [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. G. left this county about a year ago for the south for the purpose of embarking in business with the enterprise of youth.  It needs no record of his virtues upon paper to retain them in the remembrance of all who ever had the pleasure of his acquaintance.  Having been reared among us, he had endeared himself to all.  To amiability of deportment and a gentlemanly and retiring disposition, were added the qualities of the Christian.  To his bereaved parents his loss is irreparable, having been the strong hope of their declining years.  They, however, have the consolation of knowing that he died calm and resigned, tho' far from his native hills.  He was by "Strangers honored and by strangers mourned." [Sept. 2, 1838]

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., after an illness of a few hours, Miss Lucetia Packer, youngest daughter of William Packer, Esq., aged 26 years.  In the death of this young woman, we have a striking instance of the uncertainty of human life.  Yesterday we saw her enjoying and enlivening the social circle of friends, in all the bloom and beauty of health.  Today alas! we consign her mortal remains to the cold and silent grave!  Could youth, beauty, or intelligence, have averted the shafts of the Dread Destroyer, we should now be spared the melancholy reflection that Lucretia is no more.  But it is the fulfilment of destiny from which there is no exemption.  "Tis the way of all the world."

"Here would I dwell and heave the sigh, / Nor, haste to wipe the weeping eye; / Tis Pity's tear, O, let it flow, / It soothes my heart, relieves my woe!" [Sept. 23, 1838]

At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. Patience Dexter, wife of Peleg Dexter, aged 43 years, 3 months and 25 days.  In the death of this amiable and pious woman, the husband has lost a valuable companion, her children a kind and tender mother, and the church a worthy member. We trust she died as she had lived for more than 18 years, an exemplary and devoted Christian.  In the Spring of 1817 as she frequently expressed it, the Lord for Christ's sake pardoned her sins.  She soon after united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she remained much respected and beloved until she was called to join the Church triumphant where congregations never break up nor Sabbaths ever end.  [Oct. 17, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. of consumption, James Thompson, Esq., aged 61 years.  Mr. T. was one of the early settlers of this part of the county, and a highly respectable man.  He held the office of Justice of the Peace for a great number of years, which station he filled to the day of his death. [Nov. 25, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Gerrit H. Van Wagenen, aged 83 years.  Mr. V.W. served as a Lieutenant in the army which assaulted Quebec, in Dec. 1775, when the gallant Montgomery fell.  He remained thro' out the revolution a staunch Whig, ardently devoted to the cause of liberty and his country.  As a private citizen he was beloved by all who knew him.  [Dec. 2, 1838]

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Miss Catharine M. Thompson, aged 50 years, daughter of Joel Thompson, esq. [Dec. 2, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday the 16th inst., Mrs. Louisa [Baldwin], wife of William Baldwin, aged 27 years. [Dec. 23, 1838]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, June, July & August 1838

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Jason Gleason, aged 75 years.  Mr. G. was a Revolutionary soldier, and an honest and an upright man. [June 6, 1838]

On the same day, Celia [Hunt], daughter of the late Timothy Hunt, Esq., aged 16 years.  Miss H. was highly esteemed by all who knew her.  [June 6, 1838]

On the 1st inst., Lyman [Baldwin], son of Isaac Baldwin, aged 11 years.  The circumstances attending his death were peculiarly afflicting.  He fell into the pond near Guernsey's mill, while alone, and was drowned.  Probably this happened about 10 o'clock in the forenoon.  His body was found about 4 P.M.  Lyman Baldwin was one of the most intelligent lads this village ever knew.  His equal as a -?- of his age lived -?- us.  He possessed every quality of head and heart which makes even men respected.  [June 6, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday morning, the 2d inst.  Mr. Asa Pellet, father of the Editor of this paper, aged 71 years. [July 4, 1838]

Isaac N. Shoals, a young man aged 19, was drowned in the River at North Norwich on the 27th ult.  It is supposed that he was thrown from a blind horse, in the evening, into the river, while there with the intention of watering him  His body was not found until the day following.  Mr. S. was a resident of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] where his body was taken.  An inquest was held on it by Mr. Ansel Berry, coroner, of this village.  Verdict "Death by accidental drowning."  This is the fourth body on which Mr. Berry has been called to hold an inquest, within about five weeks.  All deaths by drowning.  [July 4, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mrs. Tamma Parker, wife of Nathan Parker, Jr., aged 38 years. [July 18, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] yesterday morning, of Consumption, Mrs. Edith Ann Pellet, wife of the Editor of this paper, aged 31 years. [July 25, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, Mr. Roger Bissel, an old and respectable inhabitant, aged 55 years. [Aug. 1, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. the Hon. Uri Tracy, aged 75 years.  Judge Tracy was a man highly respected by all who knew him.  [Aug. 1, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Hannah Randall, aged 71 years. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 9th, Riley H. [Lothridge] infant son of Mr. Erastus Lothridge, aged one year and one month. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 9th, Emma [Fryer] infant daughter of Mr. Peter Fryer, aged 3 months. [Aug. 15, 1838]

On the 11th, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], an infant daughter of Mr. Samuel Hopkins, aged 11 months. [Aug. 15, 1838]

At Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. Mrs. Mary Carter, wife of John W. Carter, late of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], in the 38th year of her age.  [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Oswego [Oswego Co., NY] on the 30th ult. Elam Rumrill, formerly of Cortland Village [Cortland Co., NY], aged 63 years. [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday, Aug. 24th, after a short but painful illness Norman [Redfield] son of Henry and Polly Redfield, aged 15 years.  For a second time within the last few months have the bereaved parents and friends of the deceased been called to part with one of those whom they dearly loved.  First the career of an only daughter was brought to a premature close by that most appalling and fatal disease - consumption.  And while the fountain which their grief for her had opened was yet gushing forth its bitter waters, they have again felt the hand of death among them.

The many virtues of the deceased require this brief tribute to his memory.  In him were combined all we could look for in more mature age.  With the mind of a philosopher, ambitious and energetic in his studies, mild, amiable, lovely and affectionate in disposition, he had won the esteem of all who knew him.  One short week since and he was the companion of the school mates, who today with heart felt grief have followed his remains to that place of rest from which there is no return.  He speaks to them in renowned language "be ye also ready."  To his afflicted relatives, we would say look to God for relief.  

"A bruised reed he will not break, / Affliction all his children feel, / He wounds them for his mercy's sake / He wounds to heal."  [Aug. 29, 1838]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday the 31st of July, of consumption, Miss Mary Elizabeth [Willcox] youngest daughter of Ira Willcox, Esq., aged 18 years. [Aug. 15, 1838]

Oxford Republican:  In the sickness and death of this interesting young lady, our community have been allowed to witness one of those sublime exhibitions of Christian fortitude in affliction, and triumph over death so rarely seen in this world of sin and selfishness.  Surrounded from her infancy with all that could render life desirable, she grew up like a beautiful, fragrant, and delicate flower, the joy and delight of her fond parents, and youthful associates, modest and retiring in her manners and habits, her character was but little known out of the immediate circle of her family and school mates.  Her mind in its gradual development has appeared to the writer of this brief notice, to combine more of the solid and valuable qualities than that of any other young person of his acquaintance.  She possessed not merely a taste, but a passion for literature, and her acquisitions in all the branches which constitute a useful as well as an ornamental and polite education, were of the first order.

But her discriminating and inquiring mind soon became assured that much was still needed to constitute true happiness, after wealth, aided by science and worldly wisdom had done their utmost.  she sought and found that "pearl of great price."  Jesus Christ and his cross were chosen while yet in the spring time of life and health, by this highly gifted young lady as her only hope and portion forever, and so deliberate and solemn, so fervent and entire was the surrender of her heart to her God and Savior that she seemed to live only to exhibit his glory and do his will. 

She possessed uncommon maturity of mind for her age, and her advancement in religious knowledge in the hidden life of the Christian, were proportionally rapid, and in her few brief years she doubtless accomplished more of preparation for her heavenly home, than many Christians who live their three score years and ten.

In her last illness her mind seemed wholly stayed on God, and through all the tedious weeks and months of her confinement, she seemed more anxious to reconcile and prepare her friends for that separation which she saw was inevitable, than for her own comfort and recovery, and her attempts so full of tenderness and holy affection to soothe and console her heart stricken parents and only sister, were among the most touching exhibition of Christian feeling and natural affection we ever witnessed.

As she drew near the closing scenes, her mind seemed still brighter and clearer, and all of her acquaintance who approached her bedside were addressed, while her strength lasted, in the fervent language of Christian affection and regard.  The world and all mere worldly objects seemed to have lost their place in her heart, and it was apparent to all that she was fitted for a purer moral atmosphere than this world can furnish.

"No more; the angel of the Covenant / Was come, and faithful to his promise stood / Prepared to walk with her thro' death's dark vale.  / And now her eyes grew bright, and brighter still, / Too bright for ours to look upon, suffused / With many tears, and closed without a cloud, / They set as sets the morning star, which goes / Not down behind the darkened west, nor hides / Obscured among the tempest of the sky / But melts away into the light of heaven."

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, February to May 1838

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Dyar, Mr. Benjamin W. Dickinson of Preston to Miss Julia Randall of the city of New York.  [Feb. 21, 1838]

At Gilbertsville, Otsego County [NY], on Tuesday evening, the 20th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Waterbury, Mr. N.C. Chapman of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Elizabeth A. [Gilbert], daughter of Joseph T. Gilbert, Esq., of the former place. [Feb. 28, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday evening, the 22d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sessions, Mr. J.G. Thorp of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia S. Chapman of this village. [Feb. 28, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Thursday Evening the 8th inst. by the Rev. Seth S. Rogers, Mr. Hiram L. Whiting to Sarah A. [Holt] daughter of N.P. Holt, all of Guilford. [Mar. 14, 1838]

In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Elder Perkins, Mr. Mulford Rogers to Miss Abigail L. Bacon, all of Hamilton. [Mar. 14, 1838]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 6th inst. Emily [Purdy], daughter of Alfred Purdy, aged 2 years and 2 months. [Mar. 14, 1838]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 10th inst. Mrs. Olive Parker, aged 80. [Mar. 14, 1838]

At the residence of his father, near Sawpitts, Westchester Co. [NY] on the evening of the twenty-second ult., David W. Lyon of Greene, in this county [Chenango Co., NY], in the 39th year of his age, leaving an amiable wife and family to mourn their sudden bereavement.  Mr. L. was visiting at his father's, enjoying his usual health until ten minutes before his death, when the rupture of a blood vessel caused his almost instant dissolution.  Of Mr. Lyon, it can be said with propriety, he was beloved and respected by all who knew him intimately, for his strict morality, virtue and integrity.  He was emphatically "an honest man." [May 9, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 8th inst., Joseph [Hart] son of S.P. Hart, aged 10 months and 5 days. [May 16, 1838]

In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. Mr. Elijah Chamberlain. He left a wife and an infant child, and aged parents, who depended on him for support, to lament his loss. The circumstances attending his death are as follows: on the afternoon of the 22d, he went to chop a few scattering trees in his follow.  In one or two hours he returned to the house and said he was very sick.  Medical aid was immediately called, and on a close examination it was concluded that he had received a blow on the head.  The ground being examined, it appeared that in falling one tree, it had brushed against another and threw back a limb, which weighed upwards of twenty pounds.  On a postmortem examination, it was found that his skull was fractured which occasioned his death. [May 16,1838]

In this village [Chenango Co., NY] on Saturday morning last, Mrs. Harriet B. Wait, wife of John Wait, Esq., aged 21 years. [May 30, 1838]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, October 1837 to January 1838

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

On Monday evening last, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] by the Rev. J.S. Swan, Mr. William D. Randall, to Miss Frances Wales, all of this place.  [Oct. 25, 1837]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst. by Elder Parker, Mr. Elisha Brown to Miss Almira A. Merihew, of this town. [Oct. 25, 1837]

On Sunday evening the 22nd, ult, at North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] by the Rev. A. Parker, Mr. Albert Delrymple of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Betsey Harris, of the former place. [Nov. 1, 1837]

At the Emanuel Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Chas. H. mitchell, M.D. to Miss Maryette [Rider] daughter of J.L. Rider, Esq., [Nov. 22, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. J.S. Swan, Mr. Thomas E. Parodie, of Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia Hubbard, of this place. [Nov. 22, 1837]

On the same evening, by the Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. William H. Church to Miss Harriet D. Bosworth, both of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [Nov. 22, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16th, by the Rev. Seth S. Rogers, Mr. James Bennet, Jr. of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]to Miss Sally Ann Sherwood of the former place. [Nov. 22, 1837]

At the residence of Benj. Cory, Esq., in Watertown, Jefferson Co. [NY], Mr. Zebedee Larned of Rutland [Jefferson Co. NY] to Miss Fanny Balcom, daughter of Francis Balcom, Esq., of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] [Nov. 22, 1837]

In Norwich village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by Jsf. M.D. Carr, Esq Mr. Lewis H. Bennett of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lydia Ann Spencer of Otsego [Otsego Co., NY]. [Dec. 13, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, the 20th Dec. by the Rev. Seth Rogers, Mr. Washington Throop, of Pultneyville, Wayne Co. [NY] to Miss Lucy L. [Moses], daughter of Jonah Moses, Esq., of Guilford [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Putnam, Mr. Cebina Leonard of Camden, Oneida Co. [NY] to Miss Mary L. Humphrey of the former place. [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, January 1st, by the Rev. Mr. Doolittle, Mr. William Wescott to Miss Mary Sheldon. [Jan. 10, 1838]

At Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Barnum of Bridgewater [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Lydia Burlingame of the former place.  [Jan. 10, 1838]

On Thursday, the 21st ult. by the Rev. L. Colbey, Capt. Erastus Stewart to Miss Eunice T. Baldwin, daughter of Elisha Baldwin, all of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] [Jan. 10, 1838]

On Christmas day, by the Rev. L.H. Peck, Mr. Sterling Kinyon to Miss Mary Ann Champlin, both of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY[ [Jan. 10, 1838]

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st Dec. by Elder Luke Colbey, Mr. Solomon Kinyon to Miss L.A. Breed.  [Jan. 10, 1838]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Wednesday evening, Ja. 24th, by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. John Dodge to Miss Mary E. [York] only daughter of Judge Charles York [Jan. 31, 1838]

At North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 24th inst. by the Rev. D.W. Bristol, Mr. Caleb Thompson to Miss Caroline Blair. [Jan. 31, 1838]

On the same evening, by the same, at the dwelling of Isaac Baker, Esq., Mr. Ebenezer Adams, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia Crandall. [Jan. 31, 1837]

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 25th inst. by the Rev. S.G. Putnam, Mr. Lucius Smith to Miss Mary L. Cobb, all of Guilford [Jan. 31, 1838]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Dr. Jonathan Johnson, aged 67 years.  Dr. Johnson was one of the earliest settlers of this village.  He was universally esteemed for his goodness of heart, and the social virtues which adorned his character.  He was charitable and kind and strictly upright in all his dealings. We do not believe he left an enemy.  [Oct. 4, 1837]

In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst., Miss Betsey A. Chandler, aged 26. [Dec. 27, 1837]

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 14th instant, of the consumption, Miss Betsey Purdy in the 19th year of her age. [Dec. 27, 1837]

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, July, August, September 1837

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY

Marriages

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th of June, by the Rev. Mr. Ayres, Mr. John S. Farr, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Artelissa Beach, of the former place. [July 12, 1837]

On the 2d inst., by the Rev. J.A. Brayton, Mr. Horace Lettington to Miss Hannah Payne, all of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]. [July 12, 1837]

On Saturday the 23d ult., by the Rev. Geo. Messenger, George M. Smith, Esq.., of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. Olendorf, of the same place.  [Aug. 2, 1837]

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday last, by the Rev. Mr. Doolittle, of Oxford, Mr. James Ransford to Miss Betsey A. Hammond.  [ Aug. 23, 1837]

At Church in Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on Sunday the 27th inst. by the Rev. H. Dyer, Mr. John Heddy of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Electa Carpenter of the former place. [Aug. 30, 1837]

At Prattsburg, Steuben Co. [NY] on the 7th of july last, Mr. Joshua Pratt, Jr., merchant of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rebecca N. Pratt of the former place. [Sept. 6, 1837]

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Barrows of Sherburne, Mr. Burr B. Andrews, merchant, of the firm of Hale & Andrews, to Miss Lovina Hammond. [Sept. 13, 1837]

On Friday evening, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], by the Rev. Mr. Bristol, the Rev. L. Salisbury, of Jefferson County [NY] to Miss Elizabeth Mellen. [Sept. 13, 1837]

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by the Rev. Elder Hines, Mr. Stephen Wickes, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia A. Williams, of the former place. [Sept. 27,  1837]

Deaths

In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Prudence Smith, wife of S. Smith, Esq., aged 37 [July 19, 1837]

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Caroline [German], daughter of Smith German, aged about 18 years. [July 26, 1837]

In Mount Morris, Livingston Co. [NY], on Monday Evening the 24th ult. in the 79th year of her age, Mrs. Ruth Percival, relic of John Percival, sen. deceased, late of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], in this county [Chenango Co., NY]. [Aug. 2, 1837]

In this village [Norwich Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, Otis [Stiles], son of John B. Stiles, aged 13 years. [Aug. 23, 1837]

At Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., on the 10th inst., Mrs. Caroline P. [Dixen] the consort of Abram Dixen, Esq. formerly of Sherburne in this county [Chenango Co., NY], in the 40th year of her age.  [Sept. 27, 1837]