Obituaries & Marriages (September 5)

 Died on the 1st January, 1824, at Burlington, Otsego county [NY], of typhus fever, Matthew Door Sill, aged 21 years.  He had been more than two years engaged in the study of medicine, and was a young man of great promise and remarkably correct in his deportment.  A numerous and interesting circle of acquaintances will long lament his loss.

On the 7th of the same month, and of the same fever, Miss Eliza Sill, aged 33 years.  She was one of the excellent of the earth.  She died glorying in the cross of Christ, by which she was crucified to the world and the world to her.  To do justice to her memory would far exceed the limits of an obituary notice.  Her exemplary and pious life will not soon be forgotten by the church with which she was connected, nor the society in which she was reared.

On the 24th of  March, Mrs. Helena Sill, the wife of Andrew Sill, and mother of the above deceased, of the same fever, aged 70 years.  The life of Mrs. Sill has been like the path of the just, "that shineth more and more to the perfect day."  She imbibed much of the spirit of her master, occupied a large space in the affections of her family and numerous friends, and while the church has great reason to lament that one of her brightest lights has been extinguished, her family have the consolation to believe that for her to die was gain.

On the 30th of the same month, at the same place, and of the same fever (to which he had gone to administer medical aid).  Doctor Russell Dorr of Chatham, Columbia county [NY], youngest brother of Mrs. Sill, aged 53 years.  He has left a young and numerous family to lament the removal of an indulgent and affectionate husband and father.  To do justice to the memory of Doctor Dorr as a man, a father, a husband and physician would require a volume.  He was one of the most affectionate and tender among men; he ranked high in his profession as a counsellor and practitioner, notwithstanding the state of his health had for years rendered him unable to pursue the practice of medicine assiduously, his counsel was sought in most difficult cases, and he was always ready at the call of the fatherless and the widow, the sick and the afflicted; his memory will long be cherished in the bosoms of an extensive connection.

On the 12th April, 1824, Abel Sill, the oldest son of Andrew Sill, of the same fever.  He was a respectable farmer, and left a widow (the daughter of Judge Peck), six sons and three daughters, all of whom are highly respectable members of society.

On the 15th May, 1824, Helen, wife of James C. Walworth, Esq., and second daughter of Andrew Sill, of the same fever. She was a woman of superior mind and ability.

Oxford Times, February 3, 1858

Married

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Murates Beach to Miss Betsey A. Smith.

In New York city, on the 21st ult., by Rev. R.S. Howland, Mr. George P. Barnard, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Anna B. [Van Rensselaer], daughter of Henry J. Van Rensselaer, Esq., of New York.

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., by Rev. W.A. Johnson, Dr. Blin S. Sill to Miss Jane Ann Carpenter.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. George W. Church to Miss Schyndona Gleason, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Died

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning, Jan. 31st, Mr. Obadiah Sands, aged 83 years.

In Defiance, Ohio, on 28th Jan., Mrs. Julia H. Kinney, aged 28 years.  Mrs. Kinney, formerly Miss Julia Hinman, was for some time engaged as the Primary Teacher in Oxford Academy.

In Empire, Whiteside Co., Ill, at the residence of her son-in-law, suddenly, on Thursday, 21st ult., Alice Cole, widow of the late Samuel Cole of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], in the 75th year of her age.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 4, 1858

Marriages

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Jed. R. York of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Arminda Wescott of the former place.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, the 27th ult., by Rev. Mr. Foote, of Sherburne, Mr. Christopher Frink, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Essie Moore, daughter of Joseph H. Moore, Esq., of Norwich.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Edward Wenn, aged 80 years.  Mr. Wenn was for 20 years a private soldier in the British army, stationed in the East Indies.

At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Ida Etta [Richards], daughter of Charles and Sarah Richards, of Harpursville, aged 4 years and 5 months.  If the lovely flower may but bloom in a brighter sphere, and the gem that is lost to earth, sparkle in the Saviour's crown, we cheerfully submit to the dispensation.  Tis God who lifts our comforts high; Or sinks them in the grave; He gives, and blessed be His Name; He takes but what He gave.

In Willet, Cortland Co [NY], on the 20th ult. at the home of Roswell Crippin, Silas Green.  Mr. G. Drove stage from Sackett's Harbor to Albany, 37 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Mrs. Huldah Kent, aged 48 years.