Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, October 1, 1814
Marriage
In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on Thursday evening last by the Rev. Mr. Thorp, Mr. Philo Judson to Miss Charity Bradley.
Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, October 15, 1814
News Item
130 Dollars Reward
Deserted on the 29th ultimo, Isaac Miner, a private soldier in the 29th Regt. of Infantry. Said Miner says he is 22 years old; is 5 feet 6 inches high, fair complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair; by profession a farmer, but by practice a villain; Says he was born in Litchfield, Conn.; Last place of residence, Lisle, in Broome County [NY]. He is in the habit of changing his name, sometimes calls himself --- Peck. He is very vain, pays no attention to truth and from the sample which I have had of his conduct, I believe there are but few crimes, however atrocious, that he would not commit.
Also
Deserted from the Rendezvous at this place on the 30th August, Daniel Collins, a private soldier in the 29th Regiment of Infantry. Said Collins is about 35 years old, 5 feet 5 inches high, fair complexion, brown eyes, dark hair, and by Profession a carpenter; is an Irishman, speaks quite broken, stout built, tells much of deserting from a British Man of War. It is supposed that Collins has gone eastward, to the North River.
Whoever will apprehend said deserters and secure them in any jail, giving me notice thereof, or surrender them to any military post in the United States shall be entitled to a reward of fifty dollars for each of them and an additional reward of thirty dollars for the apprehension of said Miner, and all reasonable charges. S.D. Kellogg, Lieut. 29th U.S. Infty. Oxford, August 31, 1814.
Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, November 12, 1814
Deaths
In Coventry (Con.), Mr. Alexander Kenney, aged 106, the number of his descendants are about nine thousand.
On the 25th of July near London, the famous Dibden, the author of twelve hundred songs, many plays, &c. all tending to excite the best affections of the heart.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, August 28, 1878
Deaths
WINSOR: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] Aug. 20th, of consumption, George L. Winsor, Esq. aged 27 years.
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MAIN: In Westerly, RI. [or North Stonington, CT] Aug. 17th, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Sanford Stillman, whom she was visiting, Mrs. Fanny York Main, widow of the late Randall Main, aged 82 years.
Mrs. Main was a sister of the late Dr. E. York and of Jeremiah York, deceased, and for many years a beloved member of the Baptist Church in Oxford [Chenango Co. NY]. In that Church, her eldest daughter was married and went forth on her missionary work, and among those who now remain, there is no name more fondly recalled than the one above mentioned. Thirty years ago, she went with her family to reside in the city of New York, from thence the husband and son Dwight, were brought to Oxford for interment, and her aged sister and her surviving son, Randall W. Main, on Tuesday brought her also to sleep beside them. Mrs. Main has resided for the last six years at the old homestead in Stonington, Conn. with her sister, Miss Ruth York, now the last of a large family. Whoever knew Mrs. Main loved her and most of all will those sorrow to whom she was the mother, and grandmother, reverently honored and cherished.
"We leave her, with a trust serene, / Which Time, nor Change, nor Death can move, / While with her childlike faith we lean / On Him whose dearest name is love."
News Item
Wednesday Allen Page a young man about 21 years of age, living in the town of Sanford [Broome Co. NY], shot himself while out gunning. In passing through a field, he came upon an old plough shoe, and while examining it let it fall from his hands, striking the lock and firing the gun, the ball passing into his body immediately between the sixth and seventh ribs on the right side, and lodging under the opposite shoulder blade. The unfortunate man walked about eighty rods after the accident, to a house, and was there attended by Dr. Hayes and Cook, of Afton who did all that could be done to relieve his sufferings. Although alive at this writing, his recovery is pronounced as hopeless. Binghamton Republican
Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 29, 1878
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 6th, Gracie R. Lawton, daughter of Fred and Susie Lawton, aged 2 years and 2 months.
In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 23d, at the residence of Frank Williams, Mr. Marcus B. Sanford of New York City, in the 59th year of his age.
In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Aug. 17th, Elizabeth [Brown] wife of Joseph Brown, aged 57 years.
A little son of Albert Stedman, of Homer [Cortland Co. NY], was drowned in a cistern which had been uncovered, on Friday last. He was missed when his father came home from dinner, and search being made, his body was found in the cistern. The child was about 2 years old. Cortland Democrat
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, August 29, 1878
Romantic Story for Owego
Owego had a very romantic but entirely true story which is the general topic of conversation in that vicinity. In 1863, a man name Arthur O'Connor kept a hotel known as the Gate Hill House, three miles north of Owego [Tioga Co. NY]. He was arrested in that year, tried and convicted for passing counterfeit money, and was sentenced to two years in the Auburn State Prison. He was married and had two children. He never returned home, and his wife, believing him dead, was married in 1869 to a shoemaker named Hermann Berry. A day or two ago, O'Connor made his appearance in Owego. Berry, his wife's second husband, was absent from home. O'Connor obtained an interview with the wife. She accompanied him to Hornellsville [Steuben Co. NY] where one of his children, a daughter, who had grown up and married during his absence, lives. Berry, coming home and finding out the situation, went to Hornellsville. He found his wife and asked her whether she would go back with him or intended to go with O'Connor. She decided to return to Owego with Berry. O'Connor left on the next train, taking with him his son, a young man aged 17 years. He is going to South America. He says that after being released from Auburn Prison he went to St. louis. There he joined a gang of bank robbers. They robbed an Illinois bank of $240,000. O'Connor's share of the spoils was $25,000. With this he fled to Cuba. He was followed, arrested, brought back and sentenced to ten years in Joliet Prison. His treasure he secreted in Cuba. On his release in 1876 he went directly back to Cuba and recovered his spoils. With it he went to Brazil, where, he says, he has acquired wealth and position. He came to this county after his family. He had in his possession $26,000 in cash, $10,000 of which, it is said, he gave to his wife. N.Y. Times.
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