Oxford Times, May 5, 1858
Died: In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. Lydia Hodge, aged 68 years.
Died: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Mr. George Sexton, aged 73 years.
Died: In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Walter PerLee, son of Abraham PerLee, aged 21 years.
Died: At -?-dale, Pa., April 19th, Mr. Alexander H. Farnham, aged 50 years.
Died: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Elliott R [Cornell], youngest son of Albert and Sally Ann Cornell, aged 12 years.
Oxford Times, May 12, 1858
Married: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. J.G. Bartholomews, Mr. Andrew J. Hunt of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary P. Ransford, of the former place.
Died: In Patch Grove, Grant County, Wis., April 14th, Amos A. Franklin, Esq., aged 73 years.
Oxford times, May 19, 1858
Death of Peter Sken Smith: Gen. Peter Sken Smith died at Springfield, Mass., Thursday, 6th, of the present month. Gen. Smith formerly resided here [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], and was distinguished for his enthusiasm, generosity and earnestness of purpose although of habits too free and easy for the more sedate and serious purposes of life. While here, he organized a rifle company which for years bore his name, and went out of existence with the new military law. Mr. Smith became brigadier and subsequently major general, and infused much order and enthusiasm into the military section of the State under his control. He afterwards resided in Pennsylvania, and Florida, as an officer of the United States Army. Mr. Smith was a man whose presence was striking, and his appearance and address calculated to make an impression and attract friends. He was a brother of Hon. Gerrit Smith, and possessed some of his peculiar and generous traits.
Married: In Butternuts, Otsego Co., [NY], May 5, by Rev. S.H. Norton, Thomas Moore, Esq., of Fairfax, Va. to Hannah M. [Morris], daughter of the late Jacob Walton Morris, Esq.
Died: In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], o the 4th inst. Miss Caroline E. Teachout, aged 27 years.
Died: At White Store [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th March, Mrs. Rebecca Bowen, wife of Amos Bowen, aged 82 years.
Died: At False River, La. on the 18th of March, Mr. Harley Curtis, of Stillwater, M.T., in his 58th year. Mr. Curtis was formerly Innkeeper in the village of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., William F. Eccleston, aged 71 years.
Died: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], o the 10th inst., Ezra Smith, aged 23 years.
Oxford Times, May 26, 1858
Married: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 18th inst., by Rev. D.C. Dutcher, Mr. Reuben W. Rice of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia A. Merrell, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Betsey [Johnson] wife of Mr. john Johnson, aged 86 years.
Died: At Sidney Plains [Delaware Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Clark, mother of Henry A. Clark, Esq., of Bainbridge, aged 81 years.
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. Mr. Robert Gallup, a Revolutionary pensioner, and the last survivor of the Fort Griswold massacre, aged 99 years.
Died: In St. Louis, on the 3d inst. Miss Sarah Caroline Pollard, aged 19 years, formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], in this county.
Sad Accident: A son of Hen. W.W. Campbell, of Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY] was run over opposite Castleton on North River, by a tow boat, on the 19th of May, and instantly drowned. Young Campbell was a member of the senior class of Union College, and together with his cousin William Crafts, for the benefit of his health had taken a farm near Castleton, and was fitting it up for the purpose of occupying and improving it. They had gone upon the river in a skit when the sad accident occurred. He was a young man of fine promise and his loss will be deeply felt.
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