Vital Records, Chenango County, NY (1818 & 1836)

 Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, August 12, 1818

Death

On the 31st ult. at Mount Vernon [Westchester Co. NY] in the vicinity of New York, Mrs. Maria Clinton, wife of his Excellency Governor Clinton.

Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, September 9, 1818

Deaths

Very suddenly on the 27th ult at the house of Walter Cochran Esq in the village of Utica [Oneida Co. NY], Mrs. Elizabeth Smith the amiable consort of the Hon. Peter Smith, first judge of Madison County [NY].  Her life was distinguished for devotion to her husband, affection and tenderness to her family and usefulness to others.

At Fort Meigs, on the 15th ult. Col. John Lovett, late of Albany [Albany Co. NY].

Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, September 30, 1818

Death

Very suddenly at Meredith, Delaware County [NY] on the 26th inst. Mrs. Sally S. Mygatt aged 27 years, wife of Mr. Henry Mygatt, Merchant of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY].  Mrs. Mygatt had long been laboring under a severe disease which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation and was on a journey for the restoration of her health at the time of her disease.  She was an amiable and affectionate wife, a tender mother and has left a husband and a number of small children to lament her loss.

In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on the 22d inst. Miss Urania Oviatt(?) aged 28 years.

In Milton (Saratoga County) [NY] in June last, Mr. Alexander Ross aged about one hundred and twenty.  Mr. Ross was a native of Scotland and served in the army of the Pretenders, in 1745.  After his defeat and the consequent ruin of the army, Mr. Ross came to America and served in the army of Gen. Wolf and was severely wounded on the plains of Abraham.  On the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, Mr. Ross, although very aged, took up arms in the defense of our country and distinguished himself by his bravery and soldier like conduct, in several severe actions.  He was a consistent patriot, a sincere and faithful friend.  Honesty and integrity marked his way, and contentment delighted in him.  At the age of 117, he was convinced that works, however fair, would not, unless united with religion, avail him.  He then joined himself to a respectable church and proved himself a useful and zealous member.  He retained his mental and bodily faculties to a surprising degree and died in the full assurance of entering into the joys of the faithful.  Ballston Watch-Tower

Oxford Gazette, Oxford, NY, October 28, 1818

Marriages

At New Milford, Connecticut, by the Rev. Mr. Elliot, Mr. Austin Hyde of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Elizabeth A. Mygatt of the former place.

At Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on the 15th inst. by S.A. Smith, Esq. Mr. Nathan Brown of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Harriet Ives daughter of Lyman Ives, Esq. of the former place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 2, 1836

Marriages

In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY] on the 21st ult. by Elder Beach, Mr. Nelson Benedict to Miss Lucretia Aldrich all of that place.

At the same place, on the 25th ult. by Elder Bowdish, Mr. Alson Adams to Miss Betsey Evans all of that place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 23, 1836

Marriage

In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Thursday evening last, by Elder J.S. Swan, Mr. Jonathan Green of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Lucy P. Breed of the former place.

Death

In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY, on the 13th inst. Mrs. Theresa M. Smith wife of Mr. James H. Smith, aged 31 years.

Mrs. Smith had been a member of the Baptist church in this place during the last eight years of her life.  She was ever devoted to the cause of Christ manifesting at all times the deepest anxiety for lost men, and though her health for the last four years was much impaired yd illness, yet her wasting strength was employed in doing good.  Her afflictions until the last were borne with Christian patience and during her last illness, which was very severe, she manifested much resignation to the will of her Heavenly Father and in her expiring moments she bade her husband and friends Farewell with a smile - warning them all to prepare to follow her into the Eternal world.  In this afflictive providence, Mr. Smith is left with a little son about five years of age, in connection with other near friends, to mourn the absence of one near by the ties of nature, the church a devoted member and society a faithful and affectionate friend.  "Blessed are the dead who die in the lord."

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 30, 1836

Marriages

At Mount Morris, Livingston County [NY] on Thursday, the 17th inst. by the Rev. C.H. Goodrich, Mr. Hugh Harding, Editor of the Mount Morris Spectator, to Miss Emily M. Percival formerly of Smyrna in this county [Chenango Co. NY] all of Mt. Morris.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] on the 24th inst. by the Rev. Luther H. Peck, Mr. Roswell K. Bourne, Principal of the Sylvan Springs High School to Miss Rosina Maria [Carpenter] daughter of Nathan Carpenter Esq. all of the same place.