Vital Records - September 1855

 Oxford Times, September 5, 1855

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. George Rider to Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.

Married:  At Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., by Rev. J.E. Hoyt, Mr. S.W. Dean of South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss M. E. Martin of Coventry.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mr. Frederick Hale, aged 69 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult., Cynthia Keep, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Sybil [Babcock], wife of Ira Babcock, aged 44 years.

Oxford Times, September 12, 1855

Married:  At St. Matthew's Church, Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. Samuel H. Norton, Nicholas D. Clapp, Esq., of Chicago, Ill. to Miss Mary Taylor McMaron, of the former place.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Hiram Davis to Miss Eliza Parsons, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on 6th inst., Mr. Philip Cook, aged 78 years.

Died:  In Shoal Water Bay (Washington Territory) on the 21st of March last, by drowning, Mr. Oscar A. Hughston, eldest son of Mr. James Hughston, of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

Died:  At Waterbury, Conn., on 30th ult. Dea. Hector Porter, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Samuel Kent, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 7th inst., Woodward Warren, Esq., aged 64 years.  That voice whose tones were ever listened to with respect and delight in public and in the social and family circle, is hushed in death, but the darkness of the grave cannot obscure his brightness, for the memory of the righteous is as the shining light which shines more and more even unto the perfect day.  Mr. Warren was elected Member of Assembly of this District in 1835; he has also discharged the duties of various town offices with honor integrity and satisfaction to all and his death has left a void in the community which cannot be easily filled, and to his family his loss is irreparable.

Died:  At Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Jacob Walton Morris, aged 63 years.

Oxford Times, September 19, 1855

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. H. Callahan, Henry B. Willcox of Utica [Oneida Co., NY] and Harriet E. [Chapman] daughter of Wm. E. Chapman of Oxford.

Died:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], suddenly, Nelson R. [Reddy], son of Rev. Wm. R. and E.C. Reddy, aged 1 year and 3 months.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 20, 1855

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co.., NY], on the 29th ult. by James Ferguson, Esq., Mr. Crystal Fanning to Miss Mary E. Trafford, all of the above place.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult., Miss Anna M. [Juliand], daughter of Col. J. Juliand, aged 20 years.  In the circumstances attending this sad bereavement, there is much to sooth the sorrows of those who have been smitten.  Dreaded as the Consumption usually is, from its deceptive character, and from the certainty, where it is deeply seated, of a fatal issue, there is yet the redeeming feature in connection with it that it does not, like many other diseases, burying its victims to the grave without time for looking the great facts of another world full in the face.  Though debility and weakness and the exhausting cough, cause the heart at times to sink, yet there are large opportunities for calm meditation, devout exercises and patient obedience to the Divine will.  And when these facilities are embraced as in the case of the young friend who has left us, they were, the sick room becomes a consecrated spot, a bethel of the soul, where pious hopes gather great strength, and holy thoughts and affections reach their fullest development and scope.  And when the heart has become weaned from the work, where the Christian sees that it is God's purpose to cut the ties of life, and prepares calmly yet earnestly for the great change, there is then a grandeur and dignity encircling the sick room and the couch of wasting and death.  The great Dr. Young in his brilliant poem, the "Night Thoughts" has called "the death bed the detector of the heart."  If this be so there are the memories that cluster around the closing life of the Young Disciple of Christ, replete with all that is grateful and soothing.  The sting is extracted from death when that last enemy is met as He was by her whose decease we are now noticing.  In her experience the Christian graces show out the more brightly as flesh wasted - as exhaustion increased - as death grew near.  Though she was of nervous constitution of body, the hour of dissolution was shorn of its terrors.  While others wept, she was tranquil.  No distraction of thoughts, no filmy discernment, no unworthy fears, distressed her mind.  She had thrown her soul upon the bleeding cross of a pardoning Saviour and she felt safe, though with no undue confidence in ought that she could do in the task of Salvation.  Calmly and in frequent prayer and in the use of all prescribed ordinances she awaited the final hour.  It came and found her watching.  Sweetly she bade adieus to the loved that pressed around her.  With unbroken voice she spoke the farewell words.  It was a hallowed scene such as Heaven gazes at with joy.  It seemed as though the world of spirits was very near just then, as though the spiritualized imagination could catch the rustling of angel wings as they waited to bear the parting spirit to the bosom of celestial peace.  She has gone. The family circle is broken. The heart of youthful friendship is sad. The tear starts to the eye of loved companions as her name is breathed.  But the record is on high, and her rest is sweet.  Soon many of those among us who knew and loved her in life.   "Shall meet her on that peaceful shore, / Where parting words are heard no more."

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 7th inst., J. Randolph [Crain], son of Gen. Hendrick Crain, aged 18 years.

Died:  At King's Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], on Monday, the 3d inst., Charlotte [Buell], wife of Elijah Buell, in the 64th year of her age.

Died:  In Ellington, Chau. Co., on the 17th ult., Julia Emeline [Mead], wife of Orville L. Mead, and daughter of David P. Judson, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], August 21st, Jane A. [Griswold], wife of Mathew C. Griswold, and daughter of Elbridge G. Owens, aged 16 years, 4 months.

Oxford Times, September 26, 1855

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by the Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. David Shattuck of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Harriet A. Nobles of Oxford.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by Rev. H. Gee, Mr. Joseph Willson to Miss Eliza Ann Brushel, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by the Rev. B.S. Williams, Mr. Alburtis A. Adams of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Catharine A. Johnson of the former place.

Married:  In South Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on 22d inst., by Geo. Balcom, Evangelist, Mr. Levi Seward to Miss Chloe Burtch.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mr. Lester Eccelston, aged 26 years.

Died:  in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mrs. Parmelia Nicholson, aged 67 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Jared Stiles, aged 16 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 27, 1855

Married:  At the Parsonage in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., by Rev. D.W. Thurston, Mr. Robert B. Crandall, to Miss Kezia Elizabeth Sayles.

Married:  Also, at the same time and place, by the same, Mr. William B. Crandall, and Miss Hannah M. Wood, all of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th of June, by Rev. E.L. Benedict, Mr. Asa Baldwin to Miss Harriet M. Park, all of the above place.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. O. Starr, Mr. Lorin C. Edmunds of Exeter [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Backus of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY].

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 14th, Daniel G. Saxton, aged 32 years 6 months and 20 days.

Died:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], after a lingering and painful illness, Charles Parker, aged 63 years.

Died:  Suddenly at the Hartford Retreat, in Hartford, Ct., on the morning of the 11th inst., Justus M. Masters, Esq., formerly of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Elisha B. Smith, Jr., only son of Hon. Elisha B. Smith, aged 1 year and 12 days.