Vital Records, Oxford, NY, December 1863

 Oxford Times, December 2, 1863

The name of the dead soldier who was found on the battlefield of Gettysburg with his eyes fixed upon a miniature of his three little children, the touching story of which has made everybody in the land who has read it weep, has been discovered to be Hummerton, of Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York.  His wife and the three children reside there.

Oxford Times, December 9, 1863

Died: In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the -?-, Mrs. Hannah Annable, wife of the late Elisha Annable, aged 79 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult, Willie H. [Alexander], son of Alfred Alexander, aged 4 years, 8 months and 14 days.  "Our little Willie is gone, / He sleeps beneath the tomb. / Where he can sleep alone / Till the last trumpet shall sound. / And when the lord shall come at last / We trust he'll reign among the blest

Oxford Times, December 16, 1863

Married:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. D. Williams, Mr. T.M. Williams of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY], to Miss F.M. Turner of Oxford.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by the Rev. D. Ballou, Mr. Ross Blivin of McDonough to Miss Mary J. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, of the former place.

Married:  At the Lewis House, in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. Mr. Boardman, Mr. J.C. Deverell to Mrs. Lottie L. Puffer, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., after an illness of nearly two years, Mr. Philo Cole, aged 40 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 20th, Nancy [Rich], wife of Charles Rich, Esq., aged 82 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. of consumption, Deacon Joseph Baldwin, formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, December 23, 1863

Married:  At Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], Dec. 15th, by Rev. C.H. DeLong, Mr. George C. Leonard of Niagara Falls to Miss Kate Kingsley, of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th? inst. at the residence of her son-in-law, J.H. Sinclair, Mrs. Sarah Cheesbro, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] aged 70? years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Andrew Baker, M.D., aged 58 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5th, Mr. Sylvester Humphrey, aged 77 years.

Died:  In C...ville, Wis., Dec. 3d, Mr. Horace Catlin, aged 50 years.  Mr. C. was a son-in-law of the late -?- A. Franklin.

Oxford Times, December 30, 1863

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst.,by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thomas J. Rollins of Eppia, N.H. to Miss Harriet A.E. Sprague of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by the same, Mr. Henry H. Tracy of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary D. Rhodes of this village.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] on the 21st inst. by Rev. Ashbel Otis, Mr. Theodore B. Schenck to Miss Eliza Kennier all of Smithville.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 12d inst. by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. James A. Burlison of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Caroline Weaver Isbell, of Guilford.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Mr. N.R. Merchant, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], on the 9th inst., after a lingering illness, Mrs. Hannah S. McKoon, widow of the late Merritt G. McKoon, Esq., and daughter of Sylvester Rich, Esq., of Croton.  We cannot mourn for one whose days were full of suffering, and whose nights were long through weariness and pain.  One after another the ties of earth were loosened, till the weary spirit departed, as we trust into a Paradise of rest.  Having about a year before her death, been baptized a member of the Protestant Episcopal Chruch, and received the  holy Communion, she ever after reverted with -?- to those -?- of her faith and d...ship, acknowledging herself unworthy of her many blessings, and discarding all  [unreadable] of trial, we would fain think of her as a member of that blessed company who wait in peace and joyful anticipation, for a blessed and holy resurrection.  Delhi Rep.

Died:  At Orange, New Jersey, on the 17th inst., Rev. Thomas Towell, aged 53 years, formerly Rector of St Paul's Church in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].