Vital Records - Oxford, NY - April 1858

 Oxford Times, April 7, 1858

Deaths in North Norwich, Sherburne, and Columbus [all Chenango Co., NY]:  The brain fever, as it is called, which has been prevalent in Sherburne and Columbus, has also found many victims in our neighboring town of North Norwich.  Among those who have died are two children of Mr. Kital; a son of J.H. Allen, aged about 13 years; a young child of Lewis A. Carpenter; a daughter of Mr. L. Rosebrooks, aged about 6 years; and on Sunday last, Mrs. L. Rosebrooks, aged about 40 years.  These cases all terminated within a few hours after the attack. We learn that there is now much sickness from the same disease in the town.  From Columbus, we learn that there are many cases of the disease, a few cases occurring almost every day.  In Sherburne, we have heard of the death of a son of John Kershaw from this disease.  There are also rumors of other deaths.  Union

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th March, Mr. Victor Scott, aged 58 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Felix Keenan, aged 65 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Margaret McCray, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Laura Ann [Butler], wife of Jerry W. Butler, aged 29 years.

Oxford Times, April 14, 1858

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. by Rev. J.G. Bartholomew, Mr. William W. Day of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaret P. Dolan of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult. by the Rev. C.C. Brady, Mr. James Keating to Miss Mary Hayne, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. Mr. David Graham, aged 50 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], March 20th, Mrs. Ellen F. Gates, wife of Monroe Gates, and daughter of Grant B. Palmer, aged 22 years.

Died:  Also, same day, Mrs. Olney, wife of Antony Olney, aged 63 years.

Died:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., George W. [Bunnel], son of F.D. and Lovica A. Bunnel, aged 3 months.

Oxford Times, April 21, 1858

Information Wanted:  Oscar O. Stewart, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], left home on the 4th of November last for the purpose of disposing of a quantity of produce, and after having sold a portion, he left the commission house of P.G. Berry & Co. in that city, on the evening of the 18th of the same month, to take the boat for Albany and home, since which time he has not been heard from.  Mr. S. was 32 years of age, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in height, brown hair and light whiskers. Any information concerning him, directed to Mrs. Ann Stewart, North Lincklaen, Chenango Co., N.Y., will be gratefully received.

Death of Mr. Browning:  It is our painful duty to chronicle the death of B.F. Browning from the effects of the wound received three weeks since by the accidental discharge of his gun.  Strong hopes had been entertained for his recovery, but for several days before his death he had been gradually sinking under his wound, and died on Friday evening.  His untimely decease will be mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives, and to our citizens generally, his departure will cause deep and heartfelt sorrow.  Norwich Telegraph.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Wm. H. Jeffords of Triangle [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Huldah A. Seeley of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich, on the 7th inst. by Rev. E. Hoag, Mr. Frances T. Seeley of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Ann C. Knight of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  in McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult., by Rev. Geo. J. Kercher, Mr. James A. Throup of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Miss Rowena Beebe of McDonough.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th, instant, Thomas S. Phelps, aged 40 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th inst. Mrs. Laura [Brooks], wife of Henry Brooks, aged 48 years.

Oxford Times, April 28, 1858

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. E. Hoag, Franklin Beebe, Esq., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Lovinia Thompson, daughter of Dr. James Thompson of Norwich.

Married:  At the M.E. Church, at Smithville Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. A. Benjamin, Mr. Daniel Hayes to Miss Mary Ann Read of Smithville.

Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Earle H. [Westover], son of Ranslow and Clarissa Westover, aged 5 years, 2 months and 9 days. This sudden bereavement deprived fond parents of a little boy, the joy of a household.  In the morning fresh with bounding pulse, and in the evening "He crossed in the twilight, gray and cold, / And the pale mist bid him from mortal view."

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th instant, Mr. Sylvester Squires, aged 67 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mr. Simeon Marvin, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 17th, Emily M. [Baldwin], only child of Rufus J. and Caroline L. Baldwin, late of this place [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 5 years. A few months since this bright and interesting little girl started with her parents for the West, little conscious that for her it was a remove to that dim and undiscovered land, from whose boarne no traveler returns.