Vital Records, Oxford, NY - May 1859

 Oxford Times, May 4, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler, Jr., to Miss Frances V. Doty, all of Oxford.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., John G. Bolles, only son of Lemuel and Eunice Bolles, aged 19 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Luman B. Fish, aged 47 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on 27th ult. Clarissa E. [Westover], second daughter of Calvin and Urena Westover, aged 15 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. Susan [Leonard], only child of Thomas L. and Adelaide Leonard, aged 13 months.

Died:  In Table Rock, Nebraska Ter., April 14th, Julia M. Gere, aged 18 years, formerly a student of Oxford Academy [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult. Hon. Hezekiah Read, aged 76 years.

Oxford Times, May 11, 1859

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Seneca V. Bryant, aged 52 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Dr. Russell Morley, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on 17th March, Lydia [Newton], wife of Mr. Benjamin Newton, aged 51 years.

Died:  At the residence of her brother, Charles S. Cheever, at New Haven, Oswego Co., N.Y., on Monday evening, May 2d, Charlotte Helena [Kittridge], wife of J.W. Kittredge.  Rest in peace beloved, our tears are for our own loss, thine is an eternal gain, for whither thou art gone we know, and the way we know, and to that "better land," let our thoughts and our steps ever more be tending.  "Two hands upon the breast / and labor's done; / Two pale feet crossed in rest / The race is won."

Oxford Times, May 18, 1859

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 28th ult. Mrs. Lurana Ward, aged 33 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Mr. Paul Ferry, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Mrs. Sally Wells, aged 68 years.

Died:  At Centre Point, Cayuga Co. [NY], on the 28th ult., Diana [Barber], wife of V. Kinyon Barber, M.D., and daughter of Joseph Birdlebough of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 34 years.

Oxford Times, May 25, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on 12th inst., by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Joseph Collins to Miss Lydia Willcox, all of Norwich.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th? inst. Mr. Washington Mowry, aged 82 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 25th, Mr. Henry Pike, aged 78 years.

On Wednesday evening, as Mrs. Botsford, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] was filling a lamp from a can of fluid, the fluid took fire, and her boy, about 8 years of age, who was sleeping in a rocking chair near the table on which the lamp was sitting, was so badly burned by the fire, which caught his clothes and cushion of the chair, that he died in a few hours after.  Mrs. Botsford was also severely burned in the face, neck, arms, &c.  This is another warning against the use of burning fluid. To all who use it, we will say, you cannot be too careful, and never fill a lamp while it is burning.

Melancholy and Fatal Accident:  An interesting son of Mr. Henry Kent, living on Platner's Brook in this town [Delhi, Delaware Co., NY], lost his life on Tuesday of last week in a most melancholy  manner.  His parents sent him to school in the morning, when he was the first to arrive and before the school house was opened.  It being a rainy day, he made an effort to enter through one of the windows by raising the sash and crawling in.  He appears to have placed a piece of wood under the window on which to stand in order to reach it.  It would seem that after raising the sash and getting his arms and head inside, it fell, catching him by the neck, there holding him and strangling him to death. The school mistress, Miss Nancy Wright, on opening the school door, it is supposed about fifteen minutes after the sad occurrence, thought the little fellow to be laying on the window asleep; but on going up to him and raising the sash which she did with some difficulty, the body of the poor boy fell outside a corpse.  His name was Henry [Kent], and was aged about 7 years.  Delhi Express

Death of an Old Citizen:  The Broome Republican records the decease at Binghamton, in that county [Broome Co., NY], of Gilbert Tompkins, Esq., aged 73 years, a very highly respected citizen, and long known as an honorable and prominent merchant.  He was educated a merchant, and removed to Paris, Oneida County in 1800, with his father, form Litchfield County, Connecticut, and in 1818 went to Binghamton where he resided until his death.  His business character is described in the following deserved tribute:  Commencing with humble means, his whole business career was proverbial for fair, honorable and upright dealing, and an absence of all shifts and devices, too often practiced by traders.  His Ledger, posted in his own plain and beautiful hand, showed a moderate profit, which was all he craved, and a balance which no one questioned. While some, at times, outstripped him in the market by the splendor of their assortments, and the realization of temporary profits, he pursued the even tenor of his way, and pressed on to a handsome competency, upon which he retired a few years since, while his more ambitious competitors were generally, far less fortunate.