Vital Records, Oxford, NY - December 1861

 Oxford Times, December 4, 1861

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult., by Rev. Mr. Fisher, Mr. Augustus W Slater of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss L. Jennie Rogers of Preston.

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d ult. by Rev. J.W. Barr, Mr. Prentice Lamb of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Roby Thompson of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Vernet E. [Steere], daughter of Cyrus E. and Emily E. Steere, aged 18 months.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult., John W. [Hills], oldest son of James B. and Maria Hills, aged 10 years.

Died:  In New York, on the 25th ult. of diptheria, Frederick Austin [Hayes], aged 5 years and 11 months, oldest child of Clark I. and Minerva H. Hayes, of Unadilla, N.Y. [Otsego Co.].

"Oh it was the lamp of our life, / Blown out in a night of gloom, / A leaf from our flower of love / Nipped in its first spring bloom, / But the lamp will shine above / And the leaf again shall grow, / Where there are no bitter winds / And no dreary, dreary snow."

Mr. Asa Fry, one of the oldest and most worthy citizens of Morrisville, Madison county [NY], was killed on Wednesday morning in the following manner:  While on his way to his wood lot, and just after passing the residence of Mr. B.F. Cloyes, about a mile north of the village, he came upon Mr. Cloyes' hired man, leading a Hereford bull and driving a cow, which C. had sold to Mr. Stephen Hill, of Fenner. The cow, just then, broke away into a lot, and Mr. Fay, either at the request of the hired man or voluntarily, left the team and undertook to hold the bull while the man drove the cow back into the road, when the bull turned furiously upon Mr F. goring him shockingly and killing him before any one could reach the spot.  Mr. Fry had reached his seventy-fifth year, was an honest, quiet man, and a kind neighbor.

Oxford Times, December 11, 1861

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 3d, Mr. Philo Scott, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 22d ult. Mary [Conant], daughter of Rufus and Sarah Conant, aged 4 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. Hiram Tyler, aged 23 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult. Mr. Jefferson Adams, aged 54 years.

Oxford Times, December 18, 1861

Married:  At the residence of Henry R. Mygatt, Esq., in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Pardon Smith to Miss Caroline Adams.

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by B.F. Lownsberry, Esq., Mr. Hezekiah Wheeler to Miss Louisa Victoria Adkins, all of Oxford.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., of injuries received from falling from a Canal Boat, Edmon T. Lawton, of Greene, aged 22 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mr. Charles E. Barnes, aged 27 years.

Oxford Times, December 25, 1861

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., by Rev. James D. Webster, Mr. James K. Webster to Mrs. Cecelia Bump, all of Greene.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th ult., of ditheria, Arthur Delos [Foote], eldest son of Thomas B. and Henrietta M. Foote, aged 4 years and 6 months.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Mason U. [Gale], son of Mason S and Celia N. Gale, aged 16 months.