Vital Records - March 1853

 Oxford Times, March 2, 1853

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Warren J. Moshier to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., William Sherwood, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., Mr. William Norris, aged 52 years.

Oxford Times, March 9, 1853

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Levi Eaton, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Columbus, Chenango Co., Feb. 15, Mr. John Lotridge, aged 77 years.

Oxford Times, March 16, 1853

Married:  In St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 15th inst.,by the Rev. S. Hanson Coxe, Mr. Charles H. Fitchett of Poughkeepsie [Dutchess Co., NY], to Miss Caroline A. [Roberts], daughter of Wilmot Roberts, of the former place.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Margaret Tracy, relict of the late Col. Otis J. Tracy, aged 40 years.

Oxford Times, March 23, 1853

Fatal Accident:  On Saturday last, 12th inst., a party of young men started from Castle Creek [Broome Co., NY] with their guns to hunt.  About noon they halted, and one of the number, a Mr. Simmons, put a cap on his gun.  While doing so it discharged, and the load - buck shot - entered one of the legs, just below the knee, of a son of Mr. Josiah West, Jr., of Castle Creek. The wounded man was sitting on a fence about six feet from the muzzle of Simmons' gun.  His leg bled profusely.  He was carried home, and Dr. Brooks of this village sent for; but the pain and loss of blood was so great that he died about 11 o'clock in the evening of the same day.  Binghamton Republican.

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Elder Warriner, Mr. James Brown to Mrs. Abil. Smith, both of that place.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by the Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Wallace W. Clark of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Charlotte N. Reed, daughter of Merrick Reed, Esq. of Smithville.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by the Rev. A.G. Burlingame, C.C. Willard, M.D., to Miss Julia A. Palmer.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mr. Orrin Tilletson, aged 44 years.

Oxford Times, March 30, 1853

A Revolutionary Veteran:  The Delaware Mirror says there is living in the town of Colchester, Delaware County [NY], a veteran of the American Revolution, aged 102 years on the 26th of Dec. last, by the name of Wm. Holliday.  He yet retains his mental faculties, and his memory is very tenacious of the events of his youth.  He was once taken by the British troops, court martialed, sentenced and the halter placed about his neck, and then was offered pardon upon the condition of enlisting in the English service, which he accepted.  He deserted the first opportunity and again joined the Americans, and lived to deal out that vengeance due to his enemies.

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Richard Hunt of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Susanna Davis of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Emely H. Gibson, daughter of Mr. Stephen Gibson, aged 13 years.