Vital Records, April 1855

 Oxford Times, April 4, 1855

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. William C. Tyrrell of Oxford, to Miss Abigail E. Furguson of Penn Yan [Yates Co. NY].

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], March 24th by Chas. Pearsoll, Esq., Mr. Luther L. Olmstead to Miss Sophia H. Whittney.

Married:  By the same, at the same time and place, Mr. Dolphus Whitney to Miss Lurancy A. Crandall, all of Triangle, Broome Co.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. of consumption, Mr. Theodore S. Packer, aged 20 years.

Oxford Times, April 11, 1855

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by E.B. Dimmick, Esq., Mr. Eldridge Elliot to Miss Josephine M. Belden, both of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, April 18, 1855

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. Thomas Applegate, John Crumb, Esq., to Miss Kate Carry, both of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

As sure as fate, / We learn that Kate / At last has got a Crumb; / And John and you, / Although Crumbs two, / Twain flesh, are "some."

Oxford Times, April 25, 1855

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Cooke, aged 80 years.

Died:  In Bloomingdale, N.Y. [Essex Co.], on the 18th inst., Mr. Edward A. Roome, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 53 years.

Died:  In Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y., on Sunday morning, the 15th inst., Mrs. Emily T. [Hodge], wife of Mr. Hial Hodge, aged 24 years.  Startling and sudden was the severance of the cords of life which these words indicate.  A bereaved husband is desolate under the pressure of an overwhelming sorrow.  No warning token was given that death was near until within a brief season ere he claimed her for his own.  Seldom is the sanctuary of home entered by the great Destroyer, where the parting has been more keen and bitter.  With a kind and devoted husband, surrounded by the means of earthly comfort and enjoyment, looking forward with hope to a sunny future, she has suddenly gone and left her companion, deeply sad and disconsolate. The deceased was of a happy and cheerful disposition, beloved by a wide circle of relatives and friends, and these gathered largely at the funeral rites to testify their sympathy and sorrow.  Her remains were deposited at East Greene, followed to their resting place by a long sad train.  "No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby."

Died:  At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Nelson Otto [Potter], son of German and Mary L. Potter, aged 2 years and 3 months.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on 26th March, Joel T. Hatch, Esq., aged 91 years.