Vital Records - January 1855

 Oxford Times,  January 3, 1855

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. William H. Seaman to Miss Abby F. Wells both of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult., Mr. Alexander Gilliland, aged 50 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on 25th Dec., William D. Knap, Esq., aged 44 years.  The subject of this notice, died at his residence in this village, after a short but severe illness.  Perhaps the death of no individual in this community, could be more deeply felt, or more generally lamented, than that of Mr. Knap.  His business connections and extensive acquaintance, together with a pleasant, kind and accommodating disposition, had endeared him to a wide circle of friends.  To his own family, his loss is irreparable, and the bereavement most severe; as from nature and disposition he was peculiarly fitted to be the head.  New Berlin Visitor

Oxford Times, January 10, 1855

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Dwight Byington of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Jane Eggleston, eldest daughter of Levi Eggleston, Esq., of this village.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. J.T. Wright, Mr. Lorrin Bates of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Jane Gault, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. C. Dearby, Mr. James M. Pearsons to Miss Louisa M. Shapley, all of Greene.

Married:  Near Vallonia Springs [Broome Co., NY], Jan. 2d, 1855, Mr. Devillo Dutton to Miss Chloe Bu...s, by George Balcom, Evangelist.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 27, Susan C. [Beecher], wife of Daniel Beecher, aged 30 years.

Died:  In Greene, on the 1st inst., Martha [Newton] daughter of Dea. Allen and Martha Newton, aged 23 years.

Died:  In Varrick, Seneca Co., Dec. 24th, Mrs. Polly Lansing, widow of the late Peter Landsing of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] aged about 70 years.

Died:  In Minnesota Ter. Dec. 13th, suddenly, Mr. James Hamilton, aged 67 years, for many years a resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, January 17, 1855

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 10th, by Rev. Nath'l Ripley, Mr. James H. Root to Miss Martha U. Miles, both of Oxford.

Married:  At Earlville [Madison Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. P.G. White, Mr. Thomas O. Stoddard ot Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thomas of Earlville.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Hannah [Smith], wife of S.A. Smith, Esq., aged 73 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th, Mr. Oliver Myers, aged 75 years.

Oxford Times, January 24, 1855

Married:  At Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. O. Ketchum of East Pharsalia, Mr. Harvey B. Beech of Barker [Broome Co., NY] and Miss Flora A. Tarrel, of Upper Lisle [Broome Co., NY].

Oxford Times, January 31, 1855

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by the Rev.  H. Callahan, Mr. Robert N. Hewlett of Rockaway, long Island, to Miss Arvilla E. [Bartle], daughter of Wm. H. Bartle, Esq. of Oxford.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th, by the Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. George Bush to Miss Mary Jane Piper, both of Guilford.

Married:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Rev. A. Parker, Mr. Franklin Knickerbocker of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Mary Conover of Oxford.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 26th inst., Maria [York], daughter of Doct. Edward and Lydia York, in the 15th year of her age.  Rarely are parents called upon to mourn the loss of a child of greater loveliness, or community one of equal promise, of superior personal beauty and attraction, amiable and interesting in all the relations of life in which she was known, and giving abundant earnest of those higher and better qualities of heart and mind which so much adorn the woman.  While we stop to wipe away the sympathetic tear, our sorrows are assuaged with the sweet assurance that this lovely flower is but taken from earth to bloom more beautiful in the radiant halls of a blessed immortality.  "She was a lock of Heaven, which Heaven gave Earth and took again, because unworthy of her."