Vital Records - 1813 & 1857

 Oxford Gazette, December 7, 1813

Died:  At Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th of September last, Miss Melissant Punderson, daughter of Deacon Punderson, AEt. 16.  Miss Punderson was keeping school in an adjoining town, when hearing of the illness of a beloved sister, her ever ready feelings took the alarm, and with the many kindnesses of which she was capable, she hoped to be an instrument in restoring her sister in health to her aged parents.  How mysterious are the ways of Providence!  Her sister was indeed raised.  But the amiable Melissant was attacked with the disease; and after a sickness of sixteen days, her pure spirit ascended to the GOD which gave it, and her body was consigned to the house appointed for all the living.

Died:  On the 22d ult. Mr. Charles Punderson, only son of Deacon Punderson, AEt 24.  In the death of Mr. Punderson we have an evidence of the lively faith which can actuate those who place their hopes on the God of Israel.  Among the many proofs which he gave of an interest in the Redeemer, a few moments before his death he broke out in the following animating lines:  "Now to the wisdom of my lord and master, Do I commit all that I have or wish for; Sweetly as babes sleep will I give my life up, when call'd to yield it."

Died:  On the next day (24th) and while the remains of her husband were interring, Mrs. Polly Punderson, AEt 23.  All of the typhus fever.  Mr. and Mrs. Punderson have left three young children to lament their loss.

Oxford Times, October 7, 1857

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by the Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Alanson W. Bartle of Unadilla, Otsego co. [NY], to Miss Mary Ann Crane, of Sidney, Del. Co.

Married:  In Greene [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 30th ult. by Rev. Mr. Starkweather, Mr. Ira Miller to Miss Abigal J. Symonds, both of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 1st, Mrs. Annce Dodge, aged 86 years.

Died:  At Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Sept. 28tyh, Isaac Hayes, Esq. aged 81 years.

Died:  At Union, Ill., on the 21st ult. Mary A. [Howland], wife of Hiram C. Howland (formerly Mary A. Daniels, of this place [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY]), aged twenty years and six months.  During the short residence of Mrs. Howland in that village, she became endeared to all with whom she became acquainted; and in her early death, the community in which she lived, and the church with which she was connected, have lost a valued ornament and exemplary member.  She has gone to Heaven before us, / But she turns and waves her hand / Pointed to the glories o're us, / In that happy spirit land.

Oxford Times, October 14, 1857

Married:  In St. Andrew's Church, in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by the Rev. R. Whittingham, Mr. Marcus S. Owen of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Adalaide J. Pope of the former place.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 8th, by Rev. Andrew Huntington, Mr. Oscar Carhart of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia A Russell of the former place.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. J.B. Hoyt, Mr. Oscar Earl Foote to Miss Sarah Jane Kales, both of Coventry.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Charles Fernalld to Miss Malinda Philley, all of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by the Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. Robert Jeffrey to Miss Augusta Miller, both of New Berlin.

Died:  In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Miss Lydia Toombs, aged 34 years.

Died:  In Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Mr. John W. Gibson, aged 45 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, October 21, 1857

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. Wm. Bixby, Mr. James Brooks of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Bassett, of New Berlin.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of David Beard, on the 12th inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Marius Welch of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss E.M. Manley of Addison, Steuben Co. [NY].

Died:  In DeKalb Centre, Illinois, on the 1st Oct. Mr. Jonathan W. Stone, aged 34 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Mr. Elijah Merrell, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult Mr. Harvey Judd aged 94 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Hannah [Murphy], daughter of Mr. Matthew Murphy, aged 3 years.

Oxford Times, October 28, 1857

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. by the Rev. W. Bixby, Mr. David Bradley to Miss Mary J. Hovey, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by Rev. W.E. Lewis, Mr. Samuel Tillotson of Canandaigua [Ontario Co., NY], to Miss Prudence Tillotson, of Sherburne.

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by Rev. J.C. West, Mr. George Wells of Preston, to Miss Eunice Barnes of  Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. J.B. Hoyt, Mr. Ansel B. Root of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Caroline A. Seely of Coventry.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Horace D. Wade of Lisle [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Miller of the former place.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Mr. Silas Leonard, aged 30 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Mr. Parke Gillmore, aged 31 years.