Vital Records - October 1852

 Oxford Times, October 13, 1852

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. S.H. Coxe, Mr. Henry O. Brooks to Miss Ellen Wilson, all of Oxford.

Married:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. George Mathews, Mr. Charles M. Brown of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Charlotte D. Moulter of Cazenovia.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., by Rev. D.A. Whedon, Mr. Jos. J. Knowles of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Belinda [Starr], daughter of Rev. C. Starr of Guilford.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mrs. Polly Balcom, relict of the late Samuel Balcom, aged 72 years.  The deceased came to this village 61 years ago, when only 11 years of age, and she was the first white female that came to Oxford.  She was an orphan girl, and came to Unadilla with the family that brought her up.  The family remained at Unadilla until a road was cut through from Unadilla to this village, and the family got ready to move to Oxford, but when ready some of the family were sick and could not leave, and the deceased was sent on with the male members of the family, who were well, and by a two days' journey on an ox-sled, staying overnight in a shanty at the Cable Pond in Guilford, they arrived in this village and took up their abode in a log house that had been erected where Ira Willcox's brick store now stands.  It was two weeks after their arrival before any other female came to Oxford; the deceased in the mean time doing the house work for that portion of the family that had arrived.  The writer of this notice has frequently heard the deceased described the Fort that stood near where Willcox's brick store now is, and the large and lofty pines that stood on its embankments.  During the two weeks that the deceased was the only female in Oxford, thirty Indians came down the River in canoes, and stopped and viewed the old Fort, and then quietly sailed off in their canoes down the river.  The deceased had been a communicant of the Baptist Church in this village, upwards of 30 years, and she died in full faith of a happy immortality.

Died:  Drowned in the Canal, in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 7th inst., Charles B. [Wheeler], son of  Mr. Jeremiah Wheeler, aged 5 years.

Ah! solemn moment! and the scene! / Death takes him by surprise, / Let pity mingle with their grief, / Whose child in silence lies. / So fade the child, so dies the old, / As mourning leads the day / Then let us seek those lasting joys / That never can decay.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Alvan S. [Herburt], son of Mr. John Herbuut, aged 9(?) years.

Oxford Times, October 20, 1852

Married:  In Tompkins, Delaware Co [NY] on the 12th inst., by Rev. A. P. Allen, Mr. Edward D. Jewell of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Marietta Van Scoyke, daughter of Stephen Van Scoyke, of the former place.

Died:  At Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joseph Tilotson(?), aged 79(?) years.

Oxford Times, October 27, 1852

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by the Rev. J. T. Goodrich, Mr. Aaron Bradley of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Katharine Bolles of the former place.

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Ambrose B. [Aynesworth], only child of widow Melissa Aynesworth, aged 3 years.

The savior saw the widow's grief, / And in compassion gave relief, / When on earth in streets of Nain, / He raised the dead to life again. / May his rich grace this case attend, / And prove himself the mourner's friend.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Sarah A. [Squires], wife of Mr. Charles Squires, aged 53 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mr. Willis Smith, aged 32 years.