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Vital Records, Oxford, NY - December 1860

 Oxford Times, December 5, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. W.R. Cobb, Mr. Calvin S. Edwards to Miss Irene A. Pope, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. T.D. Baldwin of Elmira [Chemung Co., NY], to Miss Anna E. Read of Greene.

Died:  In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mr. Wm. Steere, aged 78 years.

Died:  In California, in October last, Mr. Merrick Read, aged 60 years, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Enos Shrauger, of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], died suddenly at Cannonsville [Delaware Co., NY], where he was temporarily working on the 22d of Nov. under circumstances that lead to suspicions of his having been poisoned.  His body was taken to the house of his father, near Fitch's Bridge, in Delhi, where an inquest and post mortem examination were held last Tuesday.

Oxford Times, December 12, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. JC. Ransom, Mr. Francis T. Willcox to Miss Matilda Salisbury, both of Willet [Cortland Co., NY].

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Aaron E. Loomis to Miss Mary Jane Burditt, all of Afton.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Joseph D. Josslyn of East Boston, Mass. to Miss Helen Gray, granddaughter of Warren Gray, Esq. of the former place.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. A.B. Jones, Mr. Hermon Hoag to Miss Caroline T. Fitch, both of Smithville.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Bradford C. Kinyon, aged 48 years.

Died:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Hon. Robert Monell, aged 73 years.

Died:  In East Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th, Mr. Thurston Willcox, aged 64 years.

Oxford Times, December 19, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. H.C.E. Costell, Mr. Orrin L. Rich to Miss Kate Maguire.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Mr. Allen Sharpe to Miss E. Jennie Wescott, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. James D. Webster, Mr. William Lucas of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucinda Harrison, of the former place.

Died:  In East Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Huldah A. [Loomis] wife of Mr. Warren Loomis, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 9th, Mr. Amasa Colburn, aged 85 years.

Oxford Times, December 26, 1860

Married:  In Henry, Marshall Co., Ill, Dec. 3d, by Rev. N.C. Lewis, Prof. John T. Dickinson, A.M., Principal of Hedding Seminary, at Abingdon, and late Prof in Oxford Academy [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Helen L. Hutchins, of the former place.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. John J. McIntosh to Miss Cloe E. Watrous, both of Greene.

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst., by Rev. W.Q. Queal, Mr. Orris Tubbs to Miss Ann Augusta Leach, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th inst., Demis [Westover], daughter of Calvin and Urena Westover, aged 14 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mr. Seth Hollenbeck, aged 44 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on 5th inst. Mr. George H. Livermore, aged 35 years.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Emily J. [Vinton], daughter of John H. and Liza Vinton, aged 23 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mrs. Prudence Knickerbocker, aged 56 years.

Died:  At Waterville, Lucas Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1860, of Diptheria, Charlie Northop Lenderson, only son of E.W. and L.A. Lenderson, aged 6 years and 9 months.

Oxford Times, December 12, 1860

Death of Hon. Robert  Monell

We are seldom called upon to chronicle the loss on one who, through a long life, was so universally beloved and respected, who had so many and warm friends and so few enemies, as the Hon. Robert Monell.  His death, although it did not take place until the end of a long and well spent life and in the fullness of years, has yet left a void in this community which time only can fill.

The Hon. Robert Monell was a native of Columbia county in this State [NY]. He was bred to the profession of the Law, and in 1808 established an office in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], where he remained till 1811, when he became a resident of the village of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], and was soon appointed successor to Elisha Smith, as the local agent of the Hornby estate.  He discharged its duties in connection with those of an advocate until 1819, when he resigned it to other hands.

Judge Monell made himself eminently useful to his fellow men in the early settlement of the county.  He was elected to the Legislature in 1813, the first of his townsmen that received that honor.  In that body in the dark hours of 1814, he faithfully performed his duty in sustaining the efforts of Gov. Tompkins in upholding the arms of the national administration in its conflict with Great Britain.  In 1818, Mr. M. was elected to Congress from the District composed of Otsego and Chenango.  Such was the character of his personal popularity at tat time, that not withstanding a strong party organization was opposed to him, there was but one vote against him in his own town.  In 1825, 27, and 28 he represented the county in the legislature of the State.  In 1828 he was returned to Congress by his district, and at the termination of its duties in 1831, was appointed by the Governor and Senate, Circuit Judge for the 6th Judicial District of  this State. This arduous and responsible post he held for fourteen years.  1845 he accepted the appointment of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and was located at Geneva until the adoption of the new Constitution on 1847, when he returned to his home in Greene. Here he continued to reside until the period of his death.  Chenango American.

Happening of the Times - Oxford Times, December 6, 1860

South Carolina Seceded

The South Carolina State Convention met at Columbia on Monday.  Mr. Jamison was elected President, and then the body adjourned to Charleston, because of the prevalence of small pox in Columbia.  The State Legislature immediately followed the example of the Convention, by adjourning to Charleston  Mr Jamison, on taking the chair, said we are engaged on a great subject, and a most important matter.  God knows what the result may be. That it may turn out for the glory of South Carolina is my fervent wish and last prayer.  May God help the State....We give the following summary of its proceedings:

Mr. Memminger introduced a resolution for the appointment of a Committee of seven members to draft a summary statement of the causes justifying South Carolina in withdrawing from the Union....

Mr. Inglis report the following ordinances:  We, the people of Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain that the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, May 23, 1778, whereby the Constitution of the United States was ratified, and all sets and parts of acts of the General Assembly of the State ratifying amendments to said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and The Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States under the name of the united States of America is hereby dissolved.  The Ordinance was passed unanimously, by 165 members.  The news spread rapidly, and a crowd collected and cheered immensely.


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