Vital Records - December 1855

 Oxford Times, December 5, 1855

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on 29th ult., by Rev. Wm. Bixby, Mr. Cortland Carruth of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Valera M. Wells of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, 29th ult, Clement Sands [Clarke], youngest son of James W. Clarke, aged 5 years, 8 months and 13 days.  

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, Nov. 29th, Doct. C.E. Field, aged 27 years.  "Now thy weary toil is o'er, / Fold thy arms across thy breast; / Sinking to a dreamless rest, / Life shall claim thee never more."  We are not of those who believe in idle eulogiums of the dead; yet we should be basely ungrateful, could we forget our kind and warm hearted Physician and friend, or withhold a tribute to his worth.  But little over three years have elapsed since, a stranger, he came among us, yet in that time, he has done more for the relief of suffering humanity than some with wealth, and time to spend, accomplish in a long life.  Those who have tested his skill as a Physician, will never forget the one whose presence was like a sunbeam, and whose genial sympathy and unfailing cheerfulness inspired them with hope and confidence. A faithful watcher, he has passed many long nights in vigils by the couch of the poor and needy, and true to the instincts of a generous nature, "his heart was open as the day, to all the melting charities of life."  His illness not long, but painful, was endured with patience, and the approach of death brought no terrors, for the faith he had ever cherished, rose triumphantly above mortal weakness.  Our tears must fall for the aged mother, who has lost the stay and staff of her declining years, and for the wife of scarce eleven months, now a widow, for "Like a blessing still his shadow / Lingers yet, a moment's space."  And amid our future loneliness and sorrow, will come the thought of the reunion beyond the dark river.  ":And the promise of its morning, / Glorious in life and light, / Casts its joy although the night."

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on 27th Nov. Elizabeth T. [Nichols] wife of Silas D. Nichols, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 27 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on 20th, Nov. James G. McCreat, aged 35 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 21st, Mrs. Mary Lewis, aged 70 years, widow of the late Clark Lewis.  Thus has died one who lived for all but herself.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 6, 1855

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Elder Woodmancy, Mr. Benjamin Franklin to Miss Sarah A. Avery of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. By Rev. F.H. Hill, Mr. Leonard Tuthill, to Miss Mary Bartlett, all of the above place.

Married:  At Whitney's Point, Nov. 119th, by Rev. William Gates, Mr. Theodore S. Winton, of Waukesha, Wis., to Miss Emily A. Tilson, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., of consumption, Luther Newton, aged 74 years.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Albert Eugene [Bingham], son of Frederick M. and Mariette Bingham, aged 6 months, 7 days.

Died:  In Willet [Cortland Co., NY], on the 2d inst. of consumption, Mr. Samuel Canfield, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Caroline [Sturges], daughter of J.O. and Caroline Sturges, aged 6 months and 2 days.

Oxford Times, December 12, 1855

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., by W.H. Brownell, Esq., Mr. Frederick J. Church, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza Crandall, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 13, 1855

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., at the house of Mr. Joel Beebe, by Rev. R.O. Beebe, Mr. Adams E. Stanley of Winchendon, Mass., to Miss Ellen Beebe, of the former place.

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 19th ult., by Rev. Wm. M. DeLong, Mr. Lyman Buck, of South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY) to Miss Sarah An Crane, of Sidney, Delaware Co. [NY].

Married:  In Pittsfield, Otsego Co. [NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. C. Starr, Mr. Justus Woodard, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Clarissa Persons, of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Richard [Gaylord], son of John and Ann Gaylord, aged 1 year, 5 months and 13 days.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., of inflammation of the lungs, Amos J. [Ketchum], son of Isaac Ketchum, aged 27 years.

Oxford Times, December 19, 1855

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by the Rev. S. Hanson Coxe, Frederick P. Newkirk, Esq., to Miss P. Arminda Yale.

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. James Harrigan, Edward Welch of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Bridget D. Quin, of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mr. Squire Smith, aged 56 years and 8 months.

Died:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., of consumption, Mr. Luther Newton, aged 74 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 20, 1855

Married:  At New Ohio [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by H.L. Miller, Esq., Mr. Jonathan Statts, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Roena Scouten, of the former place.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. S.U. Ferguson, Mr. Thomas Swan, to Miss Martha C. Harris, all of the above place.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. O. Ketchum, Mr. Daniel M. Rathbone, to Miss Mary L. Scott, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Church Hollow [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Nancy [Shiffer], wife of Phillip Shiffer, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Patience Phillips, wife of Rufus Phillips, aged 77 years and 1 day.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., John Holcomb, aged 92 years and 2 months.

Oxford Times, December 26, 1855

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by Rev. H. Gee, Mr. Joseph H. Erwin of Philadelphia, to Mrs. Amelia MacDonald of Oxford.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 27, 1855

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th inst., by Rev. E. D. Thurston, Mr. William R. Leach, of East Greene to Miss Eleanor Leonard, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th inst., by Rev. E.D. Thurston, Mr. Henry H. Saxton, to Miss Electa Roberts, all of Triangle [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by Rev. W. G. Queal, Mr. Nelson B. Holmes, to Miss Ruth Wilcox, both of Norwich.

Married:  At Earlville [Madison Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by Rev. A.W. Bruce, David Ransom, M.D., to Miss Martha Towne, daughter of E. Towne, Esq., all of that place.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. Willard Tracy, aged 33 years and 8 months.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17t inst., of dropsy, Mrs. Nancy Sexton, widow of Capt. Seth Sexton, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Capt. Able DeForest, father of Gen. H. DeForest, of Norwich, aged 94 years and 8 months.