Vital Records, Oxford, NY - July 1861

 Oxford Times, July 3, 1861

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], on the 22d ult., by Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Noyes B. Pettyplace to Miss Cordelia S. Brown, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Hobart, Delaware Co. [NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. W. Curtis, Mr. Erastus P. Smith of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Nancy F. Hauford, of the former place.

Died:  At Houston, Texas, on the 7th of June, Eunice B. [Perkins], wife of Erastus S. Perkins, formerly of this village.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Russel B. Burch, M.D., aged 55 years.

Died:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Mr. Thomas T. Hayes, aged 25 years.

Died:  At Austin, Texas, April 25, 1861, Ruthven [Perkins], son of Harriet B. and the late L.S. Perkins, aged 13 years and 9 months.  A widowed mother, relatives and friends mourn the loss of an only son and dear child, whose short life exemplified a depth of thought and purity of soul worthy the imitation of graver years and truly nothing in life became him like the leaving it.  Death lies on him like an untimely frost.  "Early, bright, transient, / Chaste as morning dew, / Sinless he was exhaled, / And went to Heaven."  Houston Paper

Oxford Times, July 10, 1861

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mr. William Hollenbeck, aged 77 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], on the 7th inst., Jane [Willcox], widow of Thurston Willcox, aged 60 years.

Oxford Times, July 17, 1861

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Eli Webb to Miss Clara L. Race, all of Greene.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co.., NY], on the 4th inst., by the same, Mr. Samuel W Sackett to Mrs. Julia Frances Leonard, all of Greene.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by the Rev. W. Peck, Mr. David Rice of Norwich, to Miss Mary McLagan, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Stephen W. Davis to Miss Elizabeth  M. Wagner, all of Greene.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Hannah Isabella Thompson, aged 9 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY}, on the 6th inst., Mary McCray, aged 44 years.  When her husband, the late James G. McCray, in the pride of his manhood, was suddenly laid in the arms of death, a loving wife and two little children were left without a protector.  One of those children soon faded like a flower, and was carried out to sleep by the side of her father. The mother driven by the iron mandate of earthly law from the home of her happy years, became a poor, wearied and crazed sufferer, has at last found a refuge in the grave.  "There the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. They hear not the voice of the oppressor."

Death of Wm. D. Beattie:  This esteemed citizen, formerly Principal of the Oxford Academy during several years previous to 1830, died in New York on the 7th inst.  Mr Beattie had gone temporarily to the latter city from Cleveland where he had resided for more than twenty years, to secure the advantages of climate and superior medical advice for invalid members of his family.  His disease was pulmonary, and his age about sixty years.  Mr. Beattie was formerly known here as a ripe scholar, an intelligent gentleman, and a highly respected citizen.  The following just tribute to his memory, which we copy from the Cleveland Herald,  will find a ready response from all who knew him while a citizen of our village:  Mr. Beattie was a man of much intelligence, great purity of life, took a warm interest in the cause of popular education, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of the whole community.  when a young man he resided in the then small village of Cleveland, and was clerk in the store of the lately deceased Elisha Taylor, Esq. He subsequently went East, and returned to this city with his family twenty years of more ago.  His residence on Euclid street was made the pleasant home of the father-in-law of Mr. B., the Hon. John W. Taylor, formerly Speaker of the house, of Congress, for a number of years previous to the decease of that distinguished gentleman.

Oxford Times, July 24, 1861

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Charles Henry Barnard to Miss A. Elizabeth [Gray], youngest daughter of Warren Gray, Esq.

Married:  In Harpersville, Broome Co. [NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. Mr. Wright, Mr. Benj. F. Cowan to Miss Hannah F. Johnson, both of Greene.

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. G.G. Connelly, Mr. Charles R. Bump to Miss Sally J. Shaw, all of Afton.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Sophia M. [Foote], wife of George Foote, aged 41 years.

Died:  In Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Patty [Payne], wife of Rev. Hiram Payne, aged 37 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. James Bowen, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, July 24th, after a protracted illness, Mary Delia [Johnson], daughter of Seth and Jerusha Johnson, aged 10 years.