Oxford Times, August 5, 1863
Died: In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Almira Coffin, aged 62 years. "Dearest mother, how we miss thee, / Gone from us to Heaven above; / Yet we know that thou art happy, / For'er from pain and sorrow free."
Died: In norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mrs. Lydia [Graves], wife of David Graves, aged 52 years.
Died: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d June, of diptheria, Addie [Merritt], aged 7 years and 1 month; and on 11th July, of same disease, Charlie [Merritt], aged 8 years, 8 months; only children, of Mrs. Mary A. Merritt, widow of the late Emmet Merritt.
Died: At Gettysburg, Pa. July 9th, of lockjaw, caused by a wound received in the battle of Gettysburg, Chas. A. Hyde, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23 years.
Died: In the Hospital at Brashear City, of typhoid fever, June 5th, Elijah J. Andrews, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 31st ult., Mr. Benjamin Welch, aged 75 years.
From a letter written by Orderly Serg't N.W. Torrey, commanding Company K, 10th New York Cavalry, we learn that Addison Beardsley, who left here as a private in said company, and for some time past has been acting as one of the Orderlies of Gen. Gregg, was taken prisoner in one of the engagements at Shepherdstown, while bearing messages to different parts of the General's command, and is now a prisoner in Richmond.
Oxford Times, August 12, 1863
Married: In South New Berlin [Chenango co., NY], on the 26th ult. by C.H. Babcock, Esq., Mr. John H. Wiswell of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Anna P. Titus of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rv. W. Peck, Mr. R.E. Crandall of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah A Sheperd of Sherburne.
Died: In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on the 9th inst., Lydia [Lewis], wife of Mr. Samuel F. Lewis, aged 38 years.
Died: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. Jeremiah Wood, aged 71 years.
Death of William L. Yancey: The Richmond papers announce the death of Wm. L. Yancey, one of the first and fiercest leaders of Secession He was born in Columbia, S.C., in 1815, but made Alabama his home. In 1844, he was elected to congress in place of that mountain of humanity, Dixon H. Lewis. In 1845 he was re-elected, and voted for the annexation of Texas and in favor of "fifty-four Forty or Fight" He subsequently continued his law business; was sent to the Democratic Convention in 1848 which nominated Cass, where he tried to get through a resolution intended to permit the transit and settlement of slaves all over the Union He opposed the compromises of 1850, and from that time became a recognized leader of the extremists of the South. In a letter written by him in 1858 occurs the oft-quoted phrase "to fire the Southern heart." In 1859 he urged the Legislature of Alabama to call a State Convention in case a Republican President should be elected. In 1860 he was a member of the Charleston Convention, and was among the earliest of the seceding delegates. Then he went in tor Breckinridge, and came even to New York, where he spoke in favor of a coalition of all factions to beat Lincoln. In December he was a leading spirit in the Alabama Convention and reported the ordinance of Secession He was then sent as Commissioner of the Confederacy to Europe to plead for help, but returned in February, 1862, safely running the blockade, and took his seat as a Senator in the confederate Congress. Mr. Yancey was impulsive and somewhat reckless in his manners, and, in common with the mass of Southern politician, passed through many rough scenes and had many bitter enemies. Tribune.
Oxford Times, August 19, 1863
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Harriet Bennett aged 74? years. With the death of Mrs. Bennett, we have lost one of the last of the earliest settlers of our village. When as yet but a child of two years, she came with her father (the late judge Cary?) to this then wilderness, following the course of the River in a Canoe, the only way of access at that early day being that opened up by nature. There were no roads, and two or three rude houses only marked the commencement of the new settlement. Mrs. Bennett during a period of more than three score years and ten, had been a resident here, and [unreadable] Mrs. Bennett was a careful and devoted student of nature and science and her accomplishments in this department were quite uncommon in either sex. But she did not rest here. Her study of nature and her views did not incline her to look lightly of revered truth, but strengthened and deepened her faith in the principles and promises of the Gospel. She died with a Christian's hope, revered by a large circle of friends, and respected and lamented by all who knew her.
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Sarah M. [Nichols], daughter of John and Margaret Nichols, aged 17 years.
Died: In the Marine hospital, New Orleans, La. July 29th, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. William Jobman, Co. A 114th Reg. of Guilford [Chenanog Co., nY, aged 49 years.
Died: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], July 9th, Mr. Abram Ives, aged 87? years.
Osford Times, August 26, 1863
Died: At Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 11th, Russel Ford, Esq., aged 65 years.
Died: in the Hospital at Brashear city, June 1st, Thos. S. Wiswell of Co. B, 114th Reg., aged 53 years.
Died: At Donaldsville La. July 24th, Levi L. Secor, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Member of Co. C, 114th Reg.
Died: In the Marine Hospital, New Orleans, July 8th, Ira A. Davis, of Co. B, 114th Reg. of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.
Died: In Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., July 19, John J. Daily of Co. A, 8th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 18 years from Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
Died: In Hospital, at Bedlow's Island, on the 10th inst., Mr. Abram Rose of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 38 years.
Died: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst Mahetable H. [Dunn], wife of Mr. H.G. Dunn, aged 43 years.
Died: At Gettysburg, on the 24th July, from wounds received at that place on the first of July, Willson D. Race, son of Ruel Race of South Oxford []Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.
Sad Fatality: The family of Mr. Leroy W. Storrs, of Cannonsville [Delaware Co., NY], has been visited with an epidemic fever of the typhoid character, which has proved singularly fatal. The family consisted of the parents and four daughters and two sons. The first one attacked was the youngest son who, however, recovered. The third daughter, Esther aged 15 years, youngest daughter and Mrs. Storrs were next attacked, Esther died five weeks since. Mr. Storrs and his eldest daughter Phebe aged 22 years were then attacked with the same disease. On Monday last Mr. Storrs died, and on Thursday the daughter. The remaining daughters are now ill, the elder, Alice seriously, the youngest, Kitty, convalescent. Deposit Courier, 15th inst.
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