Vital Records, Oxford, NY, July 1865

 Oxford Times, July 5, 1865

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st June, by Rev. J.L. jones, Mr. Henry M. Cushing of Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Harriet E. Willard, of New Berlin.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th ult. by S. Steere, Esq., Mr. W.L. Haight to Miss Mary E. Crozier, both of New Berlin.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th May, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. Alfred Chase to Miss Sarah J. Case, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Wilmington, N.C. on the 23d May, Sarah T. [Price], wife of Dr. William J. Price, aged 41 years, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, July 12, 1865

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on 23d June, Mr. Ira Bartholomew, aged 75 years and 10 months.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], July 2d, Mr. Daniel Green, late of the 20th N.Y. Cavalry.

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], July 1, Mr. Joseph B. Rathbone, aged 25 years.

Died:  In Cleveland, Ohio, on the 1st inst. Mr. Daniel Dennison, aged 78 years, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times,  July 19, 1865

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rv. Wm. C. White, Mr. William S. Anner of New York city, to Mrs. Katharine F. Farr, of Greene.

Married:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Robert R. Clark to Miss Betsey A. Stokes, all of Smyrna.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th, by Rev. L. Lawton, Mr. Wm. R. Davidson to Miss Mary D. Finch, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], June 16th, Mr. Seth Johnson, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d, Mrs. Jennett Terrell, aged 57 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co. NY], on the 11th inst. Mrs. Martha G. Lucas, aged 76 years.

Died:  In Bath, Steuben County [NY], on the 16th inst. N.J. Wheeler, Esq., formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 40 years.

Oxford Times, July 26, 1865

Married:  In Windham, Ct., on the 12th inst., by Alfred H. Stubbs, Mr. Elisha G. Hammond of Windham, to Miss Rebecca Wheeler [Avery], daughter of R.R. Avery, Esq. of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], July 9th, by W.T. Priest, Esq., Mr. Cornelius O. Wood to Miss Maggie Harricon, both of DeRuyter, Madison Co. [NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. William C. Thayer of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Maria Bennett of Guilford.

Died:  In Morris, Otsego Co. [NY], on 8th inst. Hon. Samuel S. Bowne, aged about 70 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on 13th, Josephine M. [Chamberlin], daughter of Sherman Chamberlin, aged 11 months.

Oxford Times, July 5, 1865

Sad and Fatal Accident

The community is today thrown into sadness at the occurrence of a sad accident by which one of its most promising young men was suddenly called from their midst. George P. Rowe, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowe of Henry street, and their only son, was accidentally shot in his own room about 8 o'clock this (Monday) morning.

The circumstances as far as known are as follows:  The deceased was in the habit of carrying about her person a pistol with which he occasionally practiced for his own amusement. This morning he prepared himself for coming down to the First National Bank, where he was employed as book keeper, and just after finishing his breakfast spoke to his mother, the only person with him in the house, and said he would put on another coat to go down, as it was either raining or looking as though it were about to rain.  He went upstairs to his room, and immediately after his mother heard the report of a pistol.  She ran upstairs and entering his room found him fallen over on an open drawer containing some of his clothes, he being insensible and the blood running from a wound in his head into the drawer.  He had no coat on and a pistol was either in his hand or lying by him. The drawer was the only one in the piece of furniture, and was situated near the floor.  It would appear that he was stooping over the drawer when the pistol from some cause accidentally going off, its contents were discharged into his head, the charge entering at the top of the forehead just at the roots of the hair, and lodging somewhere in the brain.  He lived about an hour, but was totally unconscious from the time he was shot.

The deceased was a talented, industrious, honest and persevering young man.  His age was a little under twenty, but for years he has done the business of a man.  He was a careful and accurate business man, and left his books at the Bank on Saturday night last all correctly closed up to that time.  Binghamton Republican.