Vital Records, Oxford, NY - September 1860

 Oxford Times, September 5, 1860

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY[, on 27th ult., by Rev. T.W. Williams, Mrs. Benjamin Pitsley to Miss A. Snell.

Died:  At Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], on 29th ult., James H. [Adair], son of John and Mary Ann Adair, aged 2 years.

Died:  At his residence in Poughkeepsie [Dutchess Co., NY], on 25th ult., Mr. William Wilson, aged 59 years.  In his death we have lost one of our most valuable citizens.  He had become too, one of the oldest of our business men having opened a bookstore in the year 1834, where he remained a few years alone, and then formed a copartnership with the late Patrician Potter.  When Mr. Potter left for the West, Mr. Wilson continued the business alone, and has done so until within a few months, when declining health caused him to resign the active supervision of it into the hands of his eldest son.  Mr. Wilson was a native of Perthshire, Scotland, and his thoughts and feelings were thoroughly imbued with the most noble associations of his native land, especially those which pertained to its literature of every kind.  He had already assumed an honorable position in the world of letters before he left Scotland, and was an acceptable contributor to Blackwood's magazine, The Edinburgh Journal, Chamber's Journal, and other periodicals.  After establishing himself in business here, he continued his contributions to Scottish periodicals, and wrote several exquisite poems for Tait's Magazine, over the signature of "Alpin,"  In a collection of Scottish poetry, published some 20 years ago, several from the pen of Mr. Wilson appeared which are remarkable for their great delicacy of sentiment, vigorous thought and artistic construction.  Over the signature of "Allen Grant" Mr. Wilson has contributed some meritorious poems to the Evening Post, The Albion, The Knickerbocker magazine, and more recently to the Chicago Record, published by his son.  Poughkeepsie News.

Oxford Times, September 12, 1860

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Henry F. Whittenhall to Miss Araella J. Race, all of Greene.

Married:  In Ithaca [Tompkins Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by the Rev. A.S. Graves, of Cortland, Mr. Howard Williams to Miss Fannie H. Grant.

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 28th, by Rev. S.N. Westcott, Squire James Gladding to Miss Sallie Maria Brown, all of Pharsalia.

Married:  In the Baptist Church, of East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 28th, by the Rev. S.N. Westcott, Charles W. Brooks, of Killawog, Broome Co. [NY], to Miss Elisa A. Green. of the former place.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Julia [Beach], wife of Mr. Lyman Beach, aged 59 years.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult., Willard P. [Stowell], only son of Abel and Elizabeth Stowell, aged 11 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Hilpha A. Blivin, wife of William D. Blivin, aged 50 years.

Oxford Times, September 19, 1860

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Charles H. Miner, to Miss Martha V. Bradley, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th int. by Rev. O. Ellerson, Mr. Alonzo S. Cahoon of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary C. Watson of McDonough.

Died:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., George [Hagaman], son of John Hagaman, aged 7 years.

Died:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th ult, Clara E. [Merritt], daughter of Emmet Merritt, aged 12 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 5th inst. Samuel S. Stebbins, aged 65 years.

We learn that Henry R. Morehouse, aged 21 years, son of Squire R. Morehouse, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], who met with an accident of which we noticed last week, died at Scranton [PA] on the 6th inst.  The particulars as we learn them, are that he was employed as a brakeman on the cars, and while in the act of applying the breaks on a downward grade near Scranton, he slipped off and the cars ran over both of his legs, taking them off just above the ankle. Both legs were amputated just below the knee, in hopes of saving his life, but in vain, after enduring much suffering, he lingered but a few days after the accident.

Oxford Times, September 26, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 18th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Bradford C. Kinyon, Jr., of this village to Miss Jane A Stiles of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by Rev. W.R. Cobb, Mr. Gilbert S. Rowley to Miss S. Amelia Millard, all of this village.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. T.M. Williams, William E. Durham of Peoria, Ill. to Miss Rebecca Minor of Coventry.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. Mary Rogers, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] aged 10 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 24th inst., Miss Angeline E. Merrell, aged 23 years.

Died:  In Farmington, Mo. on the 30th ult., Mr. Henry W. Ballard, son of Horatio Ballard, Esq., of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] in the 25th year of his age.  Mr Ballard was formerly a student of Oxford Academy.