Vital Records - April 1856

 Oxford Times,  April 2, 1856

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Stephen A. Sheldon of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah E. Haynes of Oxford.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Christopher C. Foote to Miss Sarah A. Allen, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged 57 years.

Died:  In Scott's Valley, Liskiyon Co., California, Jan. 25th, of dysentery, Mr. George G. Wade, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years and 8 months.  The deceased leaves a bereaved mother, brothers, sisters, and a large circle of friends, all who deeply mourn his premature death, but hope that their loss is his gain.

Died:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st ult., Mr. Andrew Breed, formerly of McDonough, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on 4th ult. Mary [Reynolds], wife of Timothy Reynolds, aged 68 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 3, 1856

Married:  At Sempronius, Cayuga Co. [NY] on the 25th ult. by Rev. A. Boughton, Mr. Frederick Storing, of German, Chenango Co [NY] to Seraphine H. Smith of Summerhill, Cayuga Co.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], at the Eagle Hotel, on the 13th ult. by Rev. D.W. Thurston, Mr. Orlando Harrington to Miss Jane Knowles, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. by the same, Mr. George W. Foster of Masonville, Delaware Co. [NY], to Miss Harriet A. Hopkins of Norwich.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mrs. Nancy Elliott, relict of Joab Elliott, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Triangle, Broome Co. [NY], on the 28th ult., Deac. Nehemiah Spencer, aged 92 years.

Died:  At Fort Des Moines, Iowa on the 29th ult., Sarah L. [Ransford], wife of Wm. P. Ransford and daughter of H..call Ransford, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 28 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., Mr. Jeremiah White, aged 62 years.

Oxford Times,  April 9, 1856

Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone:  Died, at Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Simeon Rogers, aged 94 years.  Thus has another link which connects us with our early history been severed by the departure of this worthy veteran.  After serving as a faithful soldier in the War of the Revolution, Mr. Rogers took up his residence at the Forks at the early age of 24 (seventy years ago) where he has ever since continued, an enterprising, exemplary and prominent citizen.  When he first came to the county, there was but one house between Binghamton and the Forks, 31 miles apart.  He participated heartily in the improvements of the country, assisted in the division of towns, and in all useful enterprises. As early as the 25th day of August 1802, over half a century ago, he was appointed Postmaster by the Postmaster General, Gideon Granger.  He held the office without interruption, through successive administrations, until, by reason of advanced age and infirmities, he recently resigned.  He has seen his beloved country, for whose liberties and glory he gave his youthful strength and periled his early life, ascend to the present rank amid the nations of the earth, and surrounded by a numerous line of descendants, children and grandchildren and by the smiles of peace and prosperity with the openness of nearly a century of years, he could exclaim with Simeon of old "Lord, lettest now thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation."  The deceased was grandfather of Mrs. Dr. Donne(?) of this village.  Binghamton Republican 

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Uri Tracy, Esq., aged 56 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Miss Margaret Smith, aged 23 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 10, 1856

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Jeremiah Tillotson, Esq., Mr. Amos Wade to Miss Adelia Knickerdocker, all of this town.

Married:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th ins.t, by Lewis E. Carpenter, Esq., Mr. Chauncey Isbell, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Ann VanWagner of this place [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev., E.D. Thurston, Mr. Horace Lyon of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary M. Doolittle of the former place.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], at the Universalist Parsonage, on the 27th ult. by Rev. R. Queal, Mr. DeWitt W. Wales to Miss Daucilla Leonard, both of north Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  Also by the same, at the residence of the bride, on the 30th ult., Mr. John Reynolds to Mrs. Polly Baldwin, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Rev. H. Turner, Mr. Smith Hebbard of Earlville [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Estella Gillespie, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Earlville, Madison co., [NY] on the 27th ult., by Rev. A. McDougal, Mr. James Andrews, to Miss Almira Loudell all of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. Julia A. Mack, wife of Wm. A. Mack, aged 22 years and 5 months.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Ellen Bryan, aged 23 years.

Died:  In Jersey City [NJ], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Elmina E. Myers, wife of Derick Myers, and daughter of Corrington Lamb, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.

Oxford Times, April 16, 1856

Died:  In Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], on the 7th inst., J. Lathrop [Cannon], son of Benjamin and Anna M. Cannon, aged 4 years, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 17, 1856

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. J. D. Webster, Mr. George J. Dent, to Miss Sarah A. Birley, all of this town.

Married:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Mr. Wm. R. Barnes, to Miss Mary L. Plumb, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Emma M. Walker, daughter of Simeon Walker, aged 5 months.

Died:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Reuben Hollister, son of Myron Hollister, aged 16 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the 15th inst, Mrs. Mary A. Wilkins, daughter of James Burrows, Esq., of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 25(?) years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Mary Eaton, aged 42 years.

Died:  In South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult. Mr. Eber Barker, aged 85 years.

Oxford Times, April 23, 1856

The body of Edwin T. Riley, whose disappearance was noticed last week, was found on Wednesday, lying on Harrington's flat below the village, near the River bank.  It was out of the water when found, but had the appearance of having been carried there by the current, during the late high water.  Coroner Theodore Miller was summoned, and with a jury held an inquest on the body.  The verdict of the jury stated that the deceased came to his death by drowning, but whether by accident or purposely, was to them unknown.  Riley was evidently insane.  When found his body was clothed in two entire suits of clothes and portions of his garments were three and even six deep.  He was a single man, 31 years of age, and in easy circumstances.  The cause of his insanity and self-destruction (if it was a suicide) was undoubtedly spiritualism.  For several years he had given his attention to the theories and phenomena of Spiritualism, and had even been himself a medium.  His thoughts were much occupied with the Spirits, and he often longed for a spiritual abode, free from the gross care of earth, and so, "shuffled off this mortal coil," and launched to "the undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveler returns."

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst. by Rev H. Gee, Mr. George N. Rector to Miss Sarah Roome, both of this village.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Jane Humphrey, wife of Lewis Humphrey, Esq., aged 34 years.

Died:  In Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on 27th March, Mr. Wm. Henry Smith, son of Wm. H. Smith formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 24, 1856

Married:  At the American Hotel, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by Rev. Wm. M. Delong, Mr. Charles A. McFarland to Charlotte A. Webb both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. P.W. Gorham, Chas. D. Payne, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maria M. [Nichols], daughter of Israel Nichols, of Smithboro [Tioga Co., NY].

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY] on the 8th inst., Mr. John Page, in the 82d year of his age.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., of consumption, Delora Wilcox, aged 16 years.

Died:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Ard R. Watson, aged 58 years.

Oxford Times, April 30, 1856

Died:  in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. Miriam Eggleston, aged 86 years.