Oxford Times, December 1, 1858
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th Nov., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. George Godfrey to Miss Jane E. Burlisson, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on 23d Nov. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. James G. Smith to Miss Lydia Whipple, both of McDonough.
Married: In North McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 24th, by Rev. S.N. Wescott, Mr. Henry Miller of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emma J. Lamb of the former place.
Died: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 20, Catharine E. [Baldwin], wife of Mr William Baldwin, aged 48 years.
Died: In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th Nov., Mr. William Knickerbacker, aged 80 years.
Died: in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th of Nov. Mr. William Bush, aged 73 years and 8 months, formerly and for many years a resident of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].
Sad Casualty: An old inhabitant, Mr. James Bennett, of this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], was found on the floor of his barn, on Thursday afternoon last, in a state in insensibility, from wounds received by a fall. The circumstances were such as to leave no doubt that in attempting to ascend a ladder he lost his hold, and was precipitated to the floor and was found in the exact position in which he fell. Medical aid was obtained immediately upon his discovery, but his collar bone was found fractured, the skull much injured, and he did not survive the night. Mr. Bennett was 84 years of age at the time of his death, and one of the first adventurers who came to this then unbroken forest. He had lived in this town 65 years, having come hither with his father in 1792, when but 19 years of age. He was one of a family of thirteen children, all of whom attained their majority and were settled in life. Mr. Bennett had a remarkably retentive memory, and his rehearsal of early incident and adventure was frequently quite interesting. He came with his father from Great Bend, on the Susquehanna, up the river by canoe, ascended the Chenango in like manner, there being else no roads or means of conveyance, and saw but one house between this place and Binghamton, at Chenango Forks. When he reached here there was but one house in town. There had, then, been no mills erected, and the family were obliged to break up their grain in a mortar, until the father had contrived a small hand mill which supplied not only the wants of his own family, but was frequently resorted to by the early settlers upon the Unadilla. Mr. Bennett delighted to tell of the days when marked trees were the only means of tracing the pathways of the forest, and he visited Norwich when it was houseless to find the trees swaying with pigeon nests, the remnant of the feathered encampment of the previous year, upon the present site of that now flourishing village. Mr. Bennett had resided fifty-nine years upon the same farm upon which he died. Thus has passed from us one of our oldest, most respected, and useful citizens, the hardy adventurer, the kind neighbor, the industrious husbandman, the venerable ancestor of a numerous, thrifty and intelligent posterity.
Oxford Times, December 8, 1858
Died: In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Sally B. [Havens], wife of Mr. John Havens, aged 70 years.
Died: In Freetown, Cortland Co. [NY], on 28th ult., Mr. Jason Smith, aged 71 years.
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., Mr. John Smith, at the advanced aged of 94 years.
Oxford Times, December 15, 1858
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Mr. James Willoughby, aged 48 years.
Died: In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], 19th Nov., Mr. Nelson Coville, aged 47 years.
Oxford Times, December 22, 1858
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. JC. Ransom, Mr. Dorus Holmes to Miss Mary M. Preston, both of Oxford.
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th int., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edmund S. Burgess of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia L. Knickerbacker of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In Wellsboro, Pa., on the 10th inst., Sophia Jeannette Hoyt, wife of Mr. Joseph Hoyt, and daughter, of Col. Levi Chubbuck, aged 27 years and 8 months, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].
A murder case is reported at Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY]. A man named Preston Farnham was found dead in the shed of a hotel in that village, on Tuesday night, with marks of violence upon his throat, indicating that he had been strangled. It appears that Farnham had that day sold a load of pork with the proceeds of which he went on a spree. He was known to have some $85 in his pocket, and a German who has suddenly disappeared is suspected of committing the murder.
Oxford Times, December 29, 1858
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., by Rev. J.C Ransom, Mr. George C. Miller of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Maria E Alcott of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. A.J. Northrup of Woodhull, Steuben Co. [NY], to Miss Sally M. Norris of Oxford.
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. by Rev. D.H. Macurdy, Mr. Hiram D. Walworth to Miss Elizabeth Smith, all of this village.
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Lyman Hall to Miss Lucetta M. Wade, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. James H. Day of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rosina Barber of Norwich..
Married: At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on 19th inst., by Rev. Mr. Lockwood, Mr. M.M. Babcock, late of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Carrie C. Rogers.
Married: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. Mr. Johnson, , Mr. Joseph C. Hare, Jr., of Great Barrington, Mass. to Miss Alice Hall, daughter of John P. Hall, Esq.
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst., Mary [Ransom], wife of Rev. J.C. Ransom, aged 52 years.
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 10th inst., Mr. David Lowell, aged 79 years.
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