Oxford Times, November 2, 1864
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Chauncey Hubbard to Miss Alice A. Edgerton, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25th, by Rev. W.A. Smith, Mr. A. Simeon Parker of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Kate A. Wheeler of Greene.
Married: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25th, by Rev. W. G. Queal, Mr. Alanson Booth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sarah Rhodes of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. Wm. W. Andrews, Mr. Francis Bowen of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Emma J. Merrithew of Guilford.
Oxford Times, November 9, 1864
Married: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. W. C. Bowen, Mr. Daniel Campbell to Miss Hattie Ingraham, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 23d, by Rev. Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. John H. Hebbard of Sherburne, to Miss Nettie H. Bentley, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].
Married: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on Oct. 11th, by Rev. I. Sperry, Mr. Gideon Lobdell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Olive Y. Cooley of Guilford.
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Charles [Washburn], son of Mr. John Y. Washburn, aged 11 years.
Died: In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Lucy F. [Lewis], wife of Mr. Clark Lewis, aged 29 years.
Died: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26th, Mr. Byron Terry, aged 22 years and 7 months.
Died: In Hospital at Winchester, Va. on the 13th Oct. of a wound received in battle at the above place, Corp. Calvin B Weld, of Co. E, 114th Reg., son of Luther Weld of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], aged 23? years.
Died: In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Jerome A. Sands, Esq., aged 3-? years.
Elkanah Vinton, son of John Vinton, a farmer living just west of Afton village, Chenango county [NY], was accidentally shot from a gun in the hands of his brother, John, on Saturday last. He was just leaving the house to go out hunting when the gun exploded, the ball passing through his left arm and quite through his body, causing death within a few moments.
Oxford Times, November 16, 1864
Death of Thomas D. Wright
The Binghamton Republican of Nov. 8th says: Our community was painfully startled yesterday with the intelligence that Thomas D. Wright, Esq., of this village, was found dead in his bed in the morning, at Deposit [Delaware Co., NY]. Mr. Wright had addressed a McClellan meeting on Saturday evening and spent Sunday at the residence of the Catholic priest in that place, where he died. Dr. Orton and Basset of this village were present at the Coroner's inquest. Mr. Wright had been very actively engaged for weeks in stumping for McClellan and Seymour, and the excitements and exposures incident to such a service have proved too much for his excitable and delicate constitution.
Mr. Wright was a native of Ireland, and came to this village [Binghamton, Broome Co., NY] many years ago in obscure and humble circumstances, from which by the force of his superior talents and energy he rapidly rose to high position and distinction. He was for many years and until recently the partner of Hon. D.S Dickinson in the practice of the law, and sustained himself with distinguished credit in the extensive business of that firm. He had also been a Director of the Erie Railroad. He was a young man of much intellectual cultivation, acute and ready perceptions, superior critical powers, warm social qualities and ardent, generous -?-. He leaves a wife, a daughter of Hon. John A. Collier, and three children, the youngest only a few weeks old.
Oxford Times, November 23, 1864
Died: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Charles [Washburn], son of John Y. and Sarah A. Washburn, aged 11 years. This is the third son removed from this family by death within the short space of thirteen months. the eldest John B. [Washburn] died of yellow fever, and was buried at Pensacola, Florida in Oct. 1863. Joseph G. [Washburn] fell on the 19th of Oct. last at Cedar Creek, and sleeps with his brave comrades. And now the boy whose lameness made him the object of tendered care, and whose amiable disposition rendered him an especial favorite, has gone to rejoin e brothers and sisters in the better land. "Leaves have their time to fall, and flowers to wither at the North wind's breath. but thou, thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death!"
Died: In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16th, Mary Jane Carhart, of consumption, aged 35 years. She gave her heart at the early age of ten years to the Savior, and soon after joined the Baptist Church, in whose communion she died. As a Christian, her path was that of the just, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. We prayed that the cup might pass by for a season, and Mary be spared to her friends, but in vain. It was her destiny to descend the declivity to the tomb, but when she neared the eternal shores, she did not shrink back to life, though loved ones were to be left behind, but longed to depart and be where "Sickness, sorrow, pain and death, Are felt, and tested no more." Mary was one of those even tempered, consistent Christian characters, whose piety commended itself to all. Peacefully and quietly she passed over on the other side, to meet her Saviour and loved ones gone before her. She leaves a companion, who never wearied of doing for her comfort. [rest unreadable]
Sergeant Fred Skinner
Among all those who have fallen a victim to the "Slaveholders" Rebellion, none have entered the war with a more loyal zeal or from more patriotic motives than Sergeant Fred Skinner, of the 114th N.Y.V. Enlisting as a private, without any bounty, he served two years, without asking a furlough or shirking a single duty. He fought at Port Hudson, suffered the toils and dangers of the Red River Expedition, passed unscathed through all of Sheridan's battles, till that of the 19th of October when he fell a martyr to the cause of Human freedom in the bloody carnage of Cedar Creek.
No father mourns him now, no mother weeps for her murdered son. The orphan soldier boy has joined the loved ones gone before to the shadowy land. A far separated sister and brother alone suffer their sad bereavement. But there are others who remember his virtues, and would mingle their tears with theirs. He lived a patriot, he died for his country. Sherburne News.
Oxford Times, November 30, 1864
Married: In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Walter Riddell to Miss Annis F. Herrington.
Married: In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mr. Perry Hood of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Zidana E. Green of Guilford.
Died: In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on 5th inst., Mr. Chauncey Gibson, aged 48 years.
Died: Killed in battle, near the Weldon Railroad, Va., Oct. 1st, Mr. Wm. A. Miles of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], member of Co. K, 10th Cavalry, aged 21 years.
Died: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on 12th inst., Mr. Joseph Brown, aged 82 years.
Died: In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th inst. Mr. Vinson Loomis, aged 65 years.
Died: Killed on the 19th Oct. last, at the battle of Cedar Creek, Leroy N. Havens, of Co. A, 114th Reg. only son of Bradford H. Havens, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.
Happenings of the Times
Oxford Times, November 16, 1864
Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson Elected president
& Vice-President of the United States
Reuben E Fenton Elected Governor!
The thunder tones of victory have rent the clouds and the light of a new and joyful morning dawns upon the nation. The grand chorus of the States swells into harmony declaring the triumphant election of Lincoln and Johnson The people decide that the government shall last, that the national standard shall not be lowered at the command of rebels and traitors, that in peace or in war the American, Republic can take care of her own affairs, and that she will resist the efforts of every nation on the face of the earth to intermeddle with the future of the United States of America.
The Empire State elects Fenton and Alvord, and the entire State ticket, a majority in the State legislature: 22 Union to 9 Democratic members of Congress. She repudiates Seymour, and commends him to retirement, repentance, and a better mind.
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