Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Vital Records - Oxford, NY - June 1857

 Oxford Times, June 3, 1857

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., at the residence of his son, Mr. Thomas Barnes, aged 64 years.

Oxford Times, June 10, 1857

A Double Murder:  A shocking tragedy occurred in Broome county [NY] last Thursday.  Charles Latourette, an insane man, stepped into a store in Union [Broome Co., NY] that afternoon, took from a show case a dagger, passed out, and plunged it into the heart of a young man named Jared Barton, aged 18 years.  Latourette was arrested, and gave as his reason for killing the man that he "didn't like his looks."  He was taken to Binghamton and lodged in jail, and about 8 o'clock, was found dead in his cell, having cut his throat from ear to ear and ripped up his abdomen with a razor he had found in the overcoat pocket of the late occupant of the cell, which had been left there by mistake.

Murder:  A murder was committed in Nanticoke in this county [Broome Co., NY], on Saturday evening, May 30th, by a woman named Mary Shannon shooting a man named Thomas Vrooman.  It seems from the testimony taken before the Coroner, that Vrooman went to the house of Dexter Dyer on the above evening and demanded to be admitted which was refused, when some words passed between him and Mary Shannon, who was Dyer's housekeeper, when Vrooman burst the door in. The woman Shannon then spoke a few words to Dyer and immediately took a gun and shot him.  Mr. William W. Davenport, of Vestal, one of the Coroners of this county, held an inquest on the body on Tuesday, June 2d, 1857, and the Jury rendered a verdict "That the deceased came to his death on the evening of Saturday, the 30th of May last, at the house of Dexter Dyer, in the town of Nanticoke county of Broome, State of N.Y., by a gun shot inflicted upon him by Mary Shannon, with the consent of the said Dexter Dyer."   Union News

Married:  At Philadelphia, on the 3d inst., by Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., Herbert R. Clarke of New York city, to Mary W. [Bailey], daughter of E.W. Bailey of Philadelphia.

Married:  In Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. Wm. N. Pearne, Mr. James G. Thompson of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss J. Frances Foot, daughter of Dr. D.Y. Foot of Syracuse.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Mr. John Perry, aged 76 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Caroline A. [Pettis], daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Pettis, aged 2 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., suddenly, of Cholera Morbus, Mr. Melzar W. Harrington, aged 46 years. 

 We learn by telegraph, that John Penticost, a dentist of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], died very suddenly one day this week at St. Louis Mo.  Sherburne Times

Oxford Times, June 17, 1857

Married:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by S.M. Robinson, Esq., Mr. Nicholas Sharpe to Miss Clara Ingraham, both of Oxford.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Laman Ingersol, Esq., Joseph E. Daniels, of Franklin, Delaware Co. [NY], to Miss Sarah Ann Brazee, of Guilford.

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., only daughter of Andrew and Orrilla Jafet, aged 5 months.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. at the residence of his son, Thomas Bicknell, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on 19th of May, Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons, aged 74 years.

Oxford Times, June 24, 1857

On the morning of Saturday last, an only son of Benjamin F. Lounsberry, a bright little fellow of about four years, fell into the canal near the Sash and Blind factory, and before he could be rescued, life was extinct.  Every effort was made to restore him to consciousness, but without avail.  He wandered away unnoticed by anyone, and was not found until after considerable search, when he had been in the water so long that he was beyond the power of any skill to restore him to life.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. Maria Matson, aged 59 years.

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Mr. Enoch Smith, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 17th inst., Mr. Alfred Brownson, aged 80 years.

Gen. Jacob Morris:  The Binghamton Republican chronicles the death of this well known citizen of Broome county [NY].  His age was 83 years.  He occupied many places of honor and trust, and filled them all with unquestioned zeal and ability.  He was a man universally esteemed and his loss will be seriously felt in the village of Binghamton.



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