Vital Records, Oxford, NY, March 1867

 Oxford Times, March 6, 1867

Marriages

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Isaac L. Edgerton to Miss Clara H. Tyler, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th Feb. By Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Charles F. Huntley to Miss Percia Gault, both of German [Chenango Co., NY].

In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Rev. J.L. Burrows, Mr. DeWitt C. Case to Miss Irene Foote.

Inb Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th ult. by Rev. W.B. Cochran, Mr. Philander Parker of Otselic [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Phebe Bennett of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 6th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Albert W. Padgett of Guilford to Miss Hattie R. Bennett, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Calvin Day of Guilford, to Miss E.E. Gilbert of Norwich [Chenango Cp/ NY].

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev, W. Burnside, Mr. Norman C. Booth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lovisa Bush of Guilford.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 20th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Orrin Lothridge of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Ann Eliza Parsons, of Guilford.

Deaths

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th Feb., Mary L. [Root], wife of Mr. Joshua Root, aged 58 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 16th, Fidelia [Tower], wife of Mr. Obediah Tower, aged 60 years.

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 13th, Eddie [Seeley], youngest son of T.B. Seeley, aged 5 years.  Feb. 14th, Charlie [Seeley], only son of T.B. Seeley, aged 9 years.

In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Feb. 11th, Hannah H. [Robbins], wife of Henry T. Robbins, aged 23 years.

In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th Feb., Nellie G. [Brown], daughter of  J.S. and mary Brown, aged 13 months.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d Feb. Esther J. [Rhodes], wife of Silas L. Rhodes, aged 83 years.

In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 28th? Mr. Ephraim S. Sprague, aged 66 years.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst, Sarah M. [Wade], wife of Horace D. Wade, aged 50? years.

Oxford Times, March 13, 1867

Marriages

REDMOND - McCONE:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. P. McNulty, Mr. Walter J. Redmond, to Miss Margaret McCone, all of Oxford.

ALCOTT - ROOT:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of O.O. Root, March 5th, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. James B. Alcott of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss H. Addie Root, of Guilford.

Deaths

HAMILTON:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joel Hamilton, aged 77 years.

BORDEN:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mrs. Susan M. [Borden], wife of G.W. Borden, aged 43 years.

SEARLES:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on the 28th ult. Mrs. Imogene [Searles], wife of Robert Searles, aged 22 years.

COMES:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., Mrs. Mary [Comes], wife of the late Consider Comes, aged 79 years.

DAVIS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. James H. Davis, aged 23 years.

Oxford Times, March 20, 1867

Marriages

NEIDICK - BROWN:  In Ithaca, Tompkins Co. [NY], on the 24th ult. by Rev. Mr. Gray, Mr. Albert Neidick, late of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emma Brown of Ithaca.

SHAW - TINKER:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by the Rev. Wm. N. Cobb, Rev. McKendree Shaw, of Preston, to Miss Sarah M. Tinker of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Deaths

INGERSOLL:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of her son, F.W. Ingersoll, on the 16th inst. Mrs. Polly Ingersoll, aged 76 years.

KEELEY:  In this village, on the 9th inst., James [Keeley], son of James and Ellen Keeley, aged 10 weeks.

ROOT: In Busti, Chautauqua Co. [NY], March 13th, Mr. Aaron Root, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 86 years.

BISHOP:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th inst. Mr. Thomas Bishop, aged 58? years.

Oxford Times, March 27, 1867

Marriages

FRISBEE - HAIGHT:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst. by Rev. E.R. Clarke, Mr. Truman W. Frisbee to Miss Almeda Haight, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

BEDIENT - HAMMOND:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev. C. Crane, Mr. George M. Bedient, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Rufina O. Hammond, of Oxford.

OSBURN - GRANT:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst. by Rev H. Garlick, Mr. Benjmain T. Osburn to Miss Mary A. Grant, all of Greene.

STEWARD - BURNAP:  In German [Chenango Co., NY, on the 12th inst. by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. Lafara B. Steward to Miss Martha Burnap, all of German.

Deaths

WILLCOX:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on the 19th inst., Lucy [Willcox], wife of Nathaniel Willcox, aged 86 years.  The deceased was a native of Rhode Island, but for the last 60 years of her life was spent in the neighborhood where she died. She retained her physical strength till late in life, and her mental faculties seemed unimpaired until life's close.  She leaves her companion aged and infirm, one of the few remnants of the generation whose toil turned this wilderness into fruitful fields, But their separation must be brief.  She was a lover of the Savior from early life, and for the past forty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chruch.  Her last days were days of especial Christian triumph, and the office of the great Reaper was only to gather the ripened grain for the Heavenly gardener.

McCULLOR:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mrs. S.A. McCullor, aged 42 years.

Death of Rev. Edward Andrews, D.D.

Oxford Times, March 20, 1867

The Rev. Dr. Edward Andrews, died at Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst., aged 75 years.  Dr. Andrews will be remembered by many here. About the year 1825 he was the Principal of the Oxford Academy, and there are those now living here and elsewhere, who were his pupils, and who bear witness to his remarkable acquirements and gifts, both as an instructor, and a man.  His last visit here was at the time of the consecration fo the present St. Pauls' Chruch, and his eloquent commemorative Discourse, in the old church, upon occasion at that time of the last services held by the congregation therein, is fresh in the memory of many who listened to him.

The following brief sketch of one who was one of the pioneers of religion and learning in our midst, and whose impress upon every community in which he lived and moved was of a character so exalted and excellent, cannot fail to interest many who knew him personally or have heard of him from those who did.

Dr. Andrews was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the year 1792.  His father was a leading lawyer at the Massachusetts bar, a graduate of Harvard College in 1783, and the deceased, at the age of fourteen, entered the same institution, from which he graduated with high honor in a class of seventy.  He studied law in his father's office, in which the late Rufus Choate was also a student, and was admitted to practice at the age of twenty-four.  He entered at once upon an extensive and lucrative practice, but two years had scarcely elapsed, when the sudden death in the same week of a much-loved brother and sister changed the current of his ambition and his thoughts, and he abandoned the law, pursued a course of theological study, was licensed and appointed by the Presbyterian board of Missions, a traveling missionary for Western New York.  In the then unsettled state of the country, in the main a wilderness, he pursued his mission on horseback, traveling from schoolhouse to schoolhouse, preaching the way of salvation. After continuing his missionary labors for some time, he finally took charge of a congregation at Norwich, in this county [Chenango Co., NY].  He was subsequently Principal of the Oxford Academy, and after the completion of the new Academy on Fort Hill about 1830, delivered the dedicatory address at the opening. About this time, he made the acquaintance of the celebrated Bishop Hobart, and as a result of conversations and discussion with him, he in 1827 took orders in the Episcopal Church. After officiating as an Episcopal clergyman at different points, he was called in 1836 to the charge of Christ's Church, Binghamton, and where he continued his public ministrations untill a few years since, when failing health compelled him to relinquish his sacred duties, except at intervals or upon special occasions.  Dr. Andrews was a ripe scholar, and in learning, and the scholarly finish of his discourses, as well as in the graces of oratory he had few equals in this day. The Binghamton Republican form which we take the above facts, closes an admirable sketch of the lamented dead as follows:

Dr. Andrews was of a delicate physical organizations, and of a highly nervous temperament.  He was of a social disposition warm and sympathetic in his feelings, frank, outspoken and friendly.  In conversation he was peculiarly brilliant.  There was an animation, terseness and vigor of expression, and a wealth of thought and illustration in his private discourse, which gave to even ordinary topics an unwonted interest.  Although his mind retained its strength to the last, yet for several years his physical powers had been declining. The somewhat sudden death of his beloved wife, which occurred a short time since, was a terrible shock to his already weakened system, and the prostrating effects of that bereavement, were doubtless the immediate cause of his own fatal illness.