Vital Records - May 1854

 Oxford Times, May 3, 1854

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult./, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Ranslear Coe of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Ruth Webb of Norwich.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Eliza Jane [Miller], eldest daughter of Charles B. and Mary Miller, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Mr. Archibald Haynes, aged 65 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY],, on the 27th ult., Mrs. Harriet Brewer, wife of Mr. H.W. Brewer, aged 26 years.

Oxford Times, May 10, 1854

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. George L. Duran to Miss Frances Monroe, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thomas L. Moore to Miss Maria Randall, all of  McDonough.

Died:  At Houston, Texas, April 10th, Ann Vernett [Baily], wife of James Baily, and granddaughter of the late Mr. Erastus Perkins of Norwich, Conn.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mr. Aaron Atwater, aged 61 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Sarah Simonds, aged 58 years.

Oxford Times, May 17, 1854

Married:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on 9th, by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Charles P. Kirby to Miss Morgiana Craig.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. B.W. Bush, Mr. James Hughston of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Ann Hinkley of Norwich.

Married:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. Mr. Wilder, Mr. George A. Cary of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Adaline E. Crandall of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, May 17, 1854

A Melancholy Occurrence:  We regret to be under the painful necessity of recording the following heart rending story.  Two industrious families, residing on the east side of the Susquehanna river, about half a mile above the village of Windsor, in this county [Broome Co., NY], met with an accident yesterday (Sunday) which can never be forgotten in the neighborhood of that village.  Deacon Josh Hathaway and wife, Charles Hathaway and wife, G. Hathaway and his two sisters, and two grandchildren of Samuel Hathaway, entered a skiff and proceeded as usual on their way to church across the river.  Having reached the opposite side, the bow of the skiff struck against some bushes which overhung the bank; a strong north wind, and a violent current carried round the stern of the skiff which struck against a log, upsetting it and throwing the whole party, except G. Hathaway, who jumped ashore, into the river.  The latter saved Deacon Hathaway and wife and his own sister.  Charles Hathaway and his wife were seated in the stern of the boat when the accident occurred.  He would have effected the escape of himself and wife, but for the children, who clung to Mrs. Hathaway.  But notwithstanding the efforts of G. Hathaway, Charles and his wife, and the two children above mentioned, as well as a sister of G. Hathaway, were all drowned,.  Binghamton Republican

Oxford Times, May 24, 1854

 Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Alvira M. [Frink], wife of Mr. Coddington Frink, aged 36 years.

Died:  In Baltimore, Md., on the 7th inst., Mr. Jotham Ives Atwater, son of Mr. Edwin Atwater of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Mary A. [Joyner], wife of Mr. Newton Joyner, aged 43 years.

Died:  [In Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mr. Martin Whitmarsh, aged 49 years.

Died:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], the 13th inst., Dea. Glover Short, aged 56 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mr. Charles Miner, aged 25 years.

Oxford Times, May 31, 1854

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 25th inst., Addeliza [Locke], wife of Mr. Charles F. T. Locke, in the 57th year of her age.  Mrs. Locke possessed in an eminent degree those estimable qualities of mind and heart which elicited from all who knew her the kindest regard and most friendly sympathies. She had been a sufferer for years, and bore her afflictions with Christian patience and resignation.  For the last year a fatal decline became more evident, gradually depriving her of a consciousness of her suffering and of pressing events, a circumstance which may, perhaps in this instance, be regarded as special boon of Providence.  She had, within a few years, been called to  mourn the death of an amiable daughter and an enterprising son, each at the head of an interesting family, and with whom, it is hoped, her spirit now associates in another and a better state of being.  Professing the faith of a Christian, she had lived a worthy and blameless life, and as far as her condition permitted, an expression of an interance, she died in the hope of a blessed immortality.   M.