Vital Records, Oxford, NY - June 1863

 Oxford Times, June 3, 1863

Died:  At his residence in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Sion Martindale, at the age of 70 years, and 10 months.  Mr. Martindale was for many years the Sexton of St. Paul's Church in this village.  Altho' occupying an humble sphere in life, he discharged the duties of that sphere with singular fidelity, and lived and acted in all the affairs of life the part of an honest man.  His sudden death casts a gloom over a large circle of friends who knew the man and truly appreciated his unaffected truthfulness, sincerity and piety. The Society whom he had so faithfully served, deeply deplore his loss, while they can but reflect that for him "to die was gain,"  Funeral Wednesday 2 P.M. at St. Paul's Church.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on 25th ult. Harriet R. [Knickerbocker] daughter of Charles E. and Mary Jane knickerbocker, aged 10 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], on the 22d ult. George C. [Wheeler], son of Mr. Charles A. and Permelia Wheeler, aged 5 years.

Died:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly on the 25th ult. Mr. Clark Drisdale?, aged 69 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, Caroline [Livermore], wife of Chas. C. Livermoore, and eldest daughter of Hon. Adam Storing, aged 39 years.

Died:  At the 3d Division Cavalry Hospital, at Acquia Creek, Va. May 8th?, of typhoid fever, Mr. Adna Rosa of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 24? years, a member of Co K, 10th N.Y. Cavalry.

Oxford Times, June 10, 1863

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Timothy C. Stanley to Miss Amy E. Dillenback, both of German [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. John H. Phelps of Owego [Tioga Co., NY], to Miss Huldah A. Bixby of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY], on the 10th ult. by Rev. L. Parley, Mr. Austin D. Sayles to Mrs. Sarah Dickinson, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mrs. Phebe P. DeForest, aged 55 years.  The deceased was the subject of a protracted and painful disease, which she bore with Christian fortitude, until she was at length happily released form her sufferings by death.

Died:  in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 25th ult. Mrs. Sally Squires, mother of Selah Squires, Esq., aged 77 years.

Died:  In Colesville [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d ult., John R. [Blunt], aged 3 years, 3? months; on the 8th ult., Mary E. [Blunt], aged 1 year 2 months; on the 9th ult, James K. [Blunt], aged 6 years 8 months, all of diptheria, only children of Simon T. and Sarah A. Blunt.

Died:  in McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mr. Henry Crandall, aged 76 years.

Death by Drowning:  We have never had to note an accident more sad, and one which touched the heart of our entire community with more general and sympathetic sorrow than that which occurred on the afternoon of Saturday last.  It seems that Sylvester [Gomes], a son of Mandwell Gomes, aged 12 years, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], had been playing with a mate in the Slaughter house below the Lewis Mill on the East bank of the river, during the afternoon, and a little past five o'clock, was discovered floating in the river, with his hands extended upwards, and in a most helpless and perilous condition.  An alarm was immediately given after the discovery, but too late to rescue the little victim from his watery grave.  He was precipitated from the door nearest the mill, in the rear of the building, but the exact circumstances of the fatal accident are unknown, as his companion seems to have been completely bewildered by the sudden calamity.  Altogether the cries of the bereaved father who had come too late to render any efficient aid in rescuing his son, but who swam and waded into the swollen water vainly calling for his lost boy, and the thin veil which even then seemed to stretch between the living and the dead, but which nevertheless held its victim fast bound in its stern and relentless grasp, afforded a scene which impressed many with feelings which none could describe.  The body was recovered after considerable search on Sunday morning, in deep water a few feet Westerly from the West corner of the mill.  The boy was a general favorite, of a mild and gentle  nature, frank and generous, and his teacher pronounced his best eulogy when he said to us that Sylvester was a good boy.

Oxford Times, June 17, 1863

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. Mr. Webster, Mr. Willis Forbes to Mrs. Julia E. Bryant.

Married:  In Eaton, Madison Co. [NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. Mr. Willson, Mr. N.H. Short of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Martha A. Cole, of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. Mr. Scoville, Mr. Harvey R. Brown of Lewisborough, Westchester Co., N.Y. to Miss Phebe A. Hoyt of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. Mr. Daniel Osborn, aged 72 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th May, Rosanah [Bunnell], wife of Mr. Edward Bunnell, aged 42 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. Sally [Agard], wife of Mr. Erastus Agard, aged 66 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on 7th inst. Mary Jane [Leach], daughter of Loren Leach, aged 10 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. of diptheria, Sarah Jane [Rogers], aged 11 years.  Also on the 3d inst., of diptheria, George W. [Rogers], aged 6 years, children of Willard C. and Fanny W. Rogers.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. George H. [Nichols], son of Hiram F. and Serena H. Nichols, aged 6 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Eliza [Smith], wife of Joseph Smith, Jr., aged 30 years.

Died:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], May 22d, Mary [Evans], daughter of Edward D. and Kate W. Evans, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Baltimore, M. on the 19th March, Mr. Ransom A. Bartholomew, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], aged 35 years, a member of the 114th regiment.

Died:  In Edgewood, Effingham Co., Ill. May 25th, Mr. Stephen Balcom, aged 47 years, son of the late Francis Balcom of this village, leaving a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his departure.

Accidents:  Franklin Merrill, son of Dwight Merrill, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], a lad of about 15 years of age, on Monday of last week was thrown from a loaded wagon, the wheels passing over his body and crushing him so badly that he died in about two hours.

Mr. Jabez N. Beardsley, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], a man 34 years of age, was drowned in a pond in that town, on Tuesday of last week.  He was fishing from a boat, and the boat capsizing, he lost his life.  Two others were in the boat who saved themselves by clinging to the boat until rescued.

Oxford Times, June 24, 1863

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. Mr. Robinson, Mr. John P. Davis of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Almeda M. Buckley of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At Eaton [Madison Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. H. Wheat, Mr. John J. Bennett of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen L. White of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mary [Smith], wife of Hiram Smith, aged 56 years.

Died:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], May 29th, Mr. Rufus Bennet, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], May 27th, Mr. Hawley B. Tinkham, aged 45 years.

Died:  In Harpersville [Broome Co., NY], on the 25th ult. Mrs. Pamelia [Harpur], wife of Hon. Robert Harpur, and daughter of the late Judge Peter Betts of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], in the 66th year of her age.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Amanda [Horton], wife of Mr. Calvin Horton, aged 32 years.

Death of Lt. Col. Wm. Irvine:  Lieut. Col. William Irvine of the 10th N.Y. Cavalry, was killed in the late fight across the Rappahannock.  Mr. Irvine was formerly a resident of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  He removed to Corning a few years since, and has represented the Steuben District in Congress with much ability. At the breaking out of the rebellion he was instrumental in raising the Cavalry regiment at whose head he fell while gallantly leading it in the advance of the battle.