Vital Records, Oxford, NY, February 1860

 Oxford Times, February 1, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Charles Day to Miss Betsey Wheeler, both of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., by Rev. Mr. Capen, Mr. Henry Pendleton of Olde city, Nebraska, to Miss Helen Cady of Norwich.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21th ult. Charlotte [Monell], wife of Hon. Robert B. Monell, in the 59th year of her age.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th ult. Mr. Edmund Sanford, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. Mrs. Siley [Evans], wife of Riley Evans, aged 51 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Mr. Luke Wheeler, aged 41 years.

Died:  In East McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. Mary [Steere], wife of William Steere, aged 75 years.

Oxford Times, February 8, 1860

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult. by Rev. R.L. Bennell, Mr. Samuel F. May of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Angeline T. Phetteplace of Norwich.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst., by Rev. E. Cade, Mr. Henry L. White to Miss Victoria C. Sheldon, both of Guilford.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d of January, Ella L. [Clarke], daughter of Amos S. and Salome A. Clarke, and adopted daughter of Ichabod and Harriet E. Seeley, aged 10 years and 5 months.

Died:  At Middlebury, Tioga Co., Pa., on the 22d Jan. Mr. Eben Sherwood, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 63 years.

Died:  in Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 9, suddenly, Mr. Ephraim P. Eldridge, aged 68 years.

We learn from the Hamilton Union, that a little son of Mr. Black, landlord of the hotel at South's Valley, in the town of Lebanon [Madison Co., ,NY], was so badly burned on Sunday, the 22d instant, that he died on the following morning.  It seems that the mother was absent at a neighbor's leaving the child in charge of the father, At the time of the accident, the little fellow, who was only two years old, was sitting in a chair at the table, looking at the pictures in a book.  The father went out for the purpose of getting a pail of water and while absent heard the screams of the child.  He immediately returned to the house, and found the child almost entirely engulfed in flames, but before he could be extinguished the child was fatally burned.

On Friday evening last the dwelling (a log house) of Mr. Alvah Briggs, situated near what is called Briar Street, in the town of Davenport [Delaware Co., NY], took fire and burned to the ground, five of Mr. Brigg's children, the oldest 17 and the youngest 3 years of age, being burned to death.  One boy, aged 15 years, escaped, but so narrow was his escape that is hair was badly singed  Mr. Briggs and his wife were absent on a visit at the time, and reached home just as the house and its previous contents had burned up.  It is supposed that the fire took from some shingle shavings.  It seems that the lad who had been shaving shingles, throwing the shavings into the fire in an open fireplace and the shingles under a flight of stairs close by; it is supposed that after the children had retired the shingles took fire from the shavings and spread with such velocity as to render the rescue of the five unfortunates impossible.  The calamity is indeed a terrible one.  Delhi Express

Oxford Times, February 15, 1860

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Mr. Lathrop Rosebrook, aged 53 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Sarah Jane [Taylor], infant daughter of Moses and Jane Taylor, aged 4 months.

Died:  in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 5th, Mrs. Delight Easton, aged 85 years.

Oxford Times, February 22, 1860

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. W.M. Delong, Mr. Samuel Cline to Miss Betsey M. Loomis, both of Smithville.

Married:  At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Uri Rorapaugh of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary June of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Hannah L. [Fish], wife of Mr. Seth H. Fish, aged 54 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., David [Tillotson], son of Perry and Clarissa Tillotson, aged 2 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Emma J. [Badger], daughter of Chester and Sarah Badger, aged 9 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Stephen Elliott, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on 12th inst. Mr. Gordon Johnson, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mr. Joseph H. Moore, aged 59 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Mrs. Barbary [Cook], wife of the late John Cook, aged 77 years.

Died:  In Pilot Mound, Minnesota, Mr. Otis French, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 71 years.

Death Loves a Shining Mark:  It is with a feeling of sadness we learn that a useful and well known citizen of Windsor , Broome county [NY] has been suddenly removed from earth.  Gideon Hotchkiss, Esq., died at Goldsboro, Wyoming Co., Pa. on the 11th inst. of a short illness.  He was traveling on business, and from exposure in a cold room, took a violent cold, which so prostrated him that he sent for his wife and friends. The messenger found Mrs. H. too ill to leave home, even to close the eyes of a beloved and worthy consort.  A friend, Mr. Guernsey, went on, and arrive in time to witness his decease.  Mr. H. was widely known and esteemed as an inventor, and his usefulness will live long after his ashes shall have mingled with earth.  At one time he worthily represented his county in the legislature.  In all the relations of life, as a citizen, a Christian a husband and father, he was a man without reproach, and his loss will be deeply felt and lamented not only in the domestic circle where he was most loved and appreciated, because best known, but also by a wide circle of friends, and acquaintances extending throughout many States of the Union. We can only express our heartfelt sympathy and condolence with the bereaved widow, children, relatives and friends, and with the church to which he has belonged for many years. The funeral took place at Windsor on Thursday, the 16th inst.  Deposit Dem.

Oxford Times, February 29, 1860

Married:  In Kenosha, Wis., on the 21st Jan. by Rev. Mr. McNamara, Nathan G. Backus, formerly of Oxford [Chenango co., NY] to Mary E. Smith of the former place.

Died:  In West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on 23d inst. Mr. John K.S. Green, aged 70 years.

Oxford Times, February 8, 1860

A Mystery Unraveled - A Murder Not a Murder

Many of our readers will remember an excitement which prevailed in this vicinity, some fifteen years since, occasioned by a report that a man named Mix had been murdered, a short distance above Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY].  The facts were that Mix had been to this village with a load of flour, which he sold, and started on his return home, which was in Locke, Cayuga Co.  Mix did not return home, but his wagon and horses were found in the road somewhere near Smithville Flatts.  Every circumstance conspired to convey the idea that he had been murdered for his money. The whole community turned out in a vain and fruitless search for the body of the supposed murdered man.  Woods and swamps were searched, ponds dragged, houses ransacked, but no trace could be found.  Several remarkable dreams were related, pretending to throw light upon the matter and suspicion pointed strongly at certain persons; suspicion which has not been removed from the minds of many to this day, and it has since been currently reported that one of the suspected parties made a confession of the murder on his death bed.  We have reliable and responsible information that Mix is now living in one of the interior towns of this State.  He has been to California, but has returned, and our informant knows his whereabouts. We will give the necessary information to any person desiring to investigate this matter for the purpose of clearing up character, or for any other legitimate purpose.  No doubt some of those people who spent days and weeks in the swamps of Smithville, endeavoring to find his body, would like to get a sight at it now.  Chenango American.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY - August 1840 & January 1860

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 12, 1840

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d, Isaac Jones, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 84 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, August 19, 1840

Died:  In Painted Post, Steuben Co. [NY], on the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary T. [Gridley], wife of Mr. Ely Gridley, and daughter of D. Brigham of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 28 years.

Died:  In Fort Plain [Montgomery Co., NY], Delos W. Gazley?, printer, formerly a workman in this office, aged 21 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 11, 1860

Married:  EASTMAN - SMITH:  On Thursday, the 28th ult. at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. H. Doane, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Calvin J. Eastman to Mary A. [Smith], second daughter of Charles G. Smith, Esq., all of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 18, 1860

Married:  BEACH - ALLEN:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 10, by Rev. B. Shove, Washington Beach to Elizabeth J. Allen, both of Barker, Broome Co. [NY].

Married:  FITCH - HAWS:  In Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], Jan. 7, by Rev. Wm. Clarke, Derick H. Fitch, Jr., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Haws, of Cazenovia.

Married:  THORP - FASSETT:  In Wellsville [Allegany Co., NY], Dec. 25, by Rev. Stewart Sheldon, S. Montgomery Thorp of Granger [Allegany Co., NY], to Miss Helen D. Fassett.

Died:  MASON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Dr. Wm. Mason, aged 78 years.

Died:  SETTON:  In Minnesota, Dec. 25, Stephen Setton, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], and father of William Setton.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, January 25, 1860

Married:  GRIDLEY - BAKER:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev. E. Cops, Wesley Gridley to Miss Sarah L. Barker.

Married:  CAMPBELL - MITCHELL:  AT Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], by Rev. M. Cleveland, L.M. Campbell to Columbus [Chenango Co., NY]\ to Miss J.M. Mitchell, of Edmeston. 

Married:  CONELEY - GALLUP:  On the 23d ult. by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, J.O. Coneley, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss E.M. Gallup, of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY].

Died:  SLOSSON:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30, Mrs. Huldah Slosson, aged -?- years.  Mrs. Slosson, became pious in early life, and has always manifested her warm attachment to God and His Cause at home and abroad.  Her place was always filled at the prayer meeting and on the Sabbath.  Those who met her in the prayer circle will long cherish her memory, and the special fervency of her prayers.  For the last two years of her life, she seemed to be ripening for Heaven.  Her whole conversation (and she wished to speak of nothing else) was the wonderful plan of God's Grace to fallen man, the divine efficacy of Christ's ...ing blood in rejuvenating and purifying the hearts of sinners, and preparing them for Heaven. As she lived, so she died in the full confidence of the merits of Him who died for all.

Died:  ELDRIDGE:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 9, very suddenly, Ephraim P. Eldridge, aged 68? years and 10 months.

Died:  HARRINGTON:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Byron Frink [Harrington], son of James S. and Frances M. Harrington, aged 1 year and 4 months.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, January 1860

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 5, 1860

Married:  In New Ohio [Broome Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. A.F. Harding, Mr. Stephen Stanton, to Miss Emaline M. Merrill.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Julius S. Vaughn, to Miss Cornelia B. Egelston, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. L. Wright, Cornelius S. Vosbergh to Miss Jane L. Williams, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. David Hall, of Hartford, Washington Co. [NY], to Miss M.E. Martin of Norwich.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. Mr. Jones, Sereno Stebbins to Ruth Wilbur, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. Mr. McLeish, Wm. Robinson, to Miss Delilia Tyler, both of New Berlin.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., A.J. Bagg, to Miss A. Ferris, of Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. W.B. Lynch, Wm. H. Hollister, of Burlington, Otsego Co. [NY], to Miss Maria S Reed, of New Lisbon, Otsego Co. [NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. Julia A. [Stanton], daughter of Nathan D. Stanton, aged 38 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 12, 1860

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Abel H. Smith to Miss Martha A. [Tillotson] daughter of Silas Tillotson, all of this town.

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. B. Shove, James D. Walker, to Nancy A. Lewis, daughter of Ellis Lewis, Esq., all of this town.

Married:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. B Shove, Washington Beach, to Elizabeth J. Allen, both of Barker, Broome Co. [NY].

Married: In Page Brook [Chenango Co., NY], on the evening of the 4th inst. by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. F.J. Macomber, to Miss Mary E. Lee, all of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by Rev. Chas. Blakeslee, Mr. Milton D. Wicks, to Miss Mary L. Skinner, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult. by Rev. Chas. Blakeslee, Mr. George E. Wood, to Miss Caroline Crandall, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY] on the 1st inst., by Rev. J. McLeish, Mr. L.J. Finch, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Amanda Snedekar, of Pittsfield.

Married:  in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult. by Rev. H. Doane, of Norwich, Calvin J. Earlman, to Miss Mary A. [Smith], second daughter of Charles G. Smith, Esq., all of New Berlin.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by the Rev. J. Evans, L.B. Frink, of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss M.A. Green, of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY].

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. E.N. Ruddock, J.F Blackman of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Elizabeth Wolcott, of Pharsalia.

Married:  In Ithaca [Tompkins Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. J.W. Schenck, Jacob Cokerman of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Rachel A. [Ervy], daughter of Henry Ervy of Lansing [Tompkins Co., NY].

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. J.D. Mitchell, Mr. John C. Graves, and Miss Jennie W. Tracy.

Married:  In Glen Castle [Broome Co., NY], on hte 24th inst. by Rev. S.E. Walworth, Mr. Thomas Bacon of Chenango [Broome Co., nY] to miss M. Lyon, of Barker, Broome Co. [NY].

Died:  In Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.] on the 10th inst. Mrs. M. Atkins, wife of Chas D. Atkins, aged about 50 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] on the 2d inst., John A. Finch, aged 54 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 19, 1860

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. by Rev. B. Shove, Mr. Levi M. Carnegie, of Colesville, Broome co. [NY], to Miss Charlotte Wedge, oldest daughter of David Wedge, of this town.

Married:  In Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. L. Ranstead, Mr. P.R. Newton, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy M. King of Sanford [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  At West Eaton [Madison Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. P.L. Hakes, Mr. Wm. S. Wescott to Miss Mary E. Wightman, of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Clifford B. [Watrous], son of Bela Watrous, aged 9 years.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mr. Charles Burroughs, aged 88 years.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Thomas Johnson, aged 41 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Mr. David Hungerford, aged 80 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Mr. J... S.S. Dalton, aged 18 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 26, 1860

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst. by Rev. Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chas. Day, to Miss Betsey Wheeler, daughter of Silas T. Wheeler, al of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday morning, the 25th inst. by Rev. W.A. Johnson, Mr. Edmond M. Forman, of Nichols, N.Y. [Tioga Co.], to Miss Sara M. Thayer, of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. Mr. Capen, Mr. Henry Pendleton, of Otoe City, Nebraska, to Miss Helen Cary, of Norwich.

Married:  In the Baptist Church, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Chas. J. Tucker, to Miss Malissa R. Cahoon, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by the same, Mr. Amasiah Tracy Jr. to Miss Dorothy Hadlock, both of Norwich.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. E.N. Ruddock, Mr. Truman Blossom, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Susan E. White, of East Pharsalia.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst. Charlotte [Monell], wife of Hon. Robert Monell, in the 69th year of her age.  The friend whose decease is above noticed has been long a resident in this place.  United in the marriage relation for a period of nearly fifty years, she leaves a lonely home to her surviving partner.  Her last sickness was long and painful. She could truly say with one of old, "I am made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights are appointed to me," yet as a Christian, she found God's grace sufficient for her and His strength made perfect in weakness.  Seldom is it that the shaft aimed so surely by death is thus delayed. The dying pillow was soothed and softened by the ministrations of loving hearts, and it is a comforting thought that so many of the passive virtues of the Christian character were concentrated in the chamber of sickness and on the couch of anguish.  At the closing moment, the spirit passed away like a candle blown out by the wind.  "Night dews fall not more gently in the ground; Nor weary worn out winds expire so soft."  A large circle of friends will cherish the memory of her virtues and realize that though her departure has left a sad void among them, yet she is now at rest, in a land where pain and anguish can never wring the brow.  In a land "whose inhabitant can never say I am sick."

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. Mr. Edmund Sanford, in the 79th year of his age.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mrs. Betsy? [Evans], wife of Riley Evans, aged 64? years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Byron? Frink, aged 1 year and 4 months.

Death by Drowning:  As Mr. Frederick D. Eldridge, a resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], was riding with his wife, on the bank of the canal near Mr. Maydole's Hammer Factory, in that village, Wednesday evening, of last week, the horse became frightened, and backed off into the canal.  In consequence of the waste weir being near, the current is swift at the point where they fell in, and the water unfrozen.  Mr. Eldridge called for held, which was immediately rendered, and he was taken out somewhat bruised, but his wife could not be found until after a search of nearly an hour, when her body was fished out near the place where they were precipitated into the water.  Efforts were made for her resuscitation, but without avail.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 12, 1850

A shocking and unnatural crime was committed in the southeast part of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], about two miles from the village, on Friday, the 6th inst.  The particulars of this affair, as developed upon an investigation had before Justice Reynolds, of this village, on Tuesday last, are as follows:  Julia Ann Cady, a married woman, is the mother of a bastard child, born before her marriage with Cady. She is a woman of very unprepossessing appearance, and is a low, degraded being.  She has repeatedly threatened the life of the child, a girl about 4 years old.  About noon on Friday last, the mother and child were alone in the house; the mother took a pail and went to the neighbors, ostensibly to procure a pail of water.  While there her house was discovered to be on fire.  Upon the neighbors assembling, the fire was found to proceed from the bed, and was speedily extinguished. The child was found out doors, badly burned, especially about the arms and head.  The mother accounted for the fact, by saying that some of the neighbors must have put the child in the bed and set the bed on fire. This unreasonable statement, added to the fact that the child's burns did not correspond with having been burned in the bed, and that it had on a sack gown which covered a portion of the burns, and which gown was not burned at all, excited suspicion that the woman herself was the cause of the burning; whereupon her arrest was caused upon a charge of assault with intent to kill.  From the child's own statement and from the evidence adduced and circumstances developed, it appears that the fiendish woman stripped the child of its clothing, and put its head foremost into the stove, holding it there until she supposed it dead; then putting on it the sack gown, she placed it in the bed and set the bed on fire, and went to the neighbors.  The child however recovered itself so far as to escape from the bed and out of doors where it was found.  The child is seriously and perhaps fatally burned, its face being one complete blister.  Mrs. Cady has been committed to jail, to await the action of the Grand Jury.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - January 1860

 Oxford Times, January 4, 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by Rev. A.T. Matteson Mr. Joseph P. Turner to Miss Mary Stone, both of Oxford.

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Stephen Baxter of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ann J. Hoban of Oxford.

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Julius Beardsley, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucy M. Ellsworth, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].C., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 29th ult., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Mr. Daniel Winton of Morris [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss E.M. Cooley of Oxford.

Married:  Also, on 2d inst., by the same, Mr. John T Andrews of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Mary A. Wells of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  Also, same day, by same, Mr. Benj. F. Guile of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Isadora A. Geer of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., by Rev. Mr. Southworth, Mr. Samuel Jones to Miss Sarah Ann Preston, both of Guilford.

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Samuel G. Fox of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Sarah J. Smith of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on 30th ult., by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr. Seymour Isbell of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Anice L. Aylesworth of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  Also, by the same, at same time and place, Mr. J.W. Aylesworth of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Isbell of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. B. Callahan, Mr. James D. Purple to Miss Jerusha C. Willcox.

Married:  Also, at same time and place, Mr. Gilbert S. Willcox to Miss Augusta L. Purple, all of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on 31st ult. Lucretia [Root], wife of Mr. Lyman Root, aged 57 years.

Oxford Times, January 11, 1860

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Casper B. [Leonard], son of Charles J. and Phebe M. Leonard, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 30th ult., Hattie Vanette [Race], daughter of Nicholas and Mary P. Race, aged 3 yrs, and 8 months.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Benjamin Jacobs in the 75th year of his age.

Sad Death:  James Eldredge of Vestal [Broome Co., NY], was found frozen to death near Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] on Saturday morning last.  He had attended a ball at Kattleville the evening before, and afterwards rode with a friend to Chenango Forks. After remaining there a short time, he started to go to the house of Thomas Tabor, on the east side of the river one or two miles distant, and it is supposed being sleepy had stopped to rest. The night was exceedingly cold and his sleep proved a final one.  Binghamton Standard.

Oxford Times, January 18, 1859

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th? inst. by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Abel H. Smith to Miss Martha A. Tillrovson?

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the ?th inst. by Rev. B. Shove, Mr. James D. Wilkes? to Miss Nancy A. Lewis.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. B. Shove, Mr. Thomas H. Benton Rogers? to Miss Henrietta J. Guy, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th  of Nov. Elbert [Seeley]?, son of --- and Mary E. Seeley, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the -?- of Dec., Frances A. 'Clark], daughter of A.S. and S.A. Clark, aged 12 years.

Died:  Hon. Wm. Mason, M.D., late of Preston in this county [Chenango Co., NY], died at the residence of his son, Wm. N. Mason, Esq., in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, aged 73 years.  Mr. Mason was for many years a prominent and highly respected citizen of Preston, formerly a Representative in Congress, but had more recently resided at Norwich.  His funeral was attended on Sunday, and very numerously participated in by the Masonic order of which he was a member.

Oxford Times, January 25 1860

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thomas E. Chapman to Miss S. Arline Westover, all of Oxford.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th Jan. Casper B. [Leonard], aged 4 years, 7 months and 25 days; Jan. 18th, Francis C. [Leonard] aged 3 years, 2 months and 9 days; Jan. 20th, Hannah M. [Leonard] aged 1 year, 3 months and 9 days, only children of Charles I. and Phebe M Leonard.

Hon. Charles A. Mann died at Utica [Oneida Co., NY], Thursday last, aged 57 years.   Mr. Mann was a very prominent citizen of Central New York, a few years since well known in political circles more particularly as one of the Senators who resigned his seat in the Senate to prevent the passage of the Canal Bill.  It was however, from his extensive connection with the g-?- business interest of Utica that his loss will be most severely felt.  He was one of the original managers of the State Lunatic Asylum and engaged in other great enterprises, both charitable and manufacturing.  He had accumulated a large estate and preserved a reputation for -?- which made his life a bright example.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY - July 1840 & December 1859

 Chenango Telegraph, July 1, 1840

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., Mrs. Sally [Phetteplace], wife of Samuel Phetteplace and daughter of Joseph May, Esq., aged 22 years.

Chenango Telegraph, July 22, 1840

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., of Consumption, Maria Sickle [Moses], consort of A.C. Moses, Esq., aged 25 years.  On the interment of her remains a very appropriate and able discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Huntington, Rector of Christ's Church, Guilford, from 1st Kings, chap. 4, 13th and 14th verses.  In her death the church will mourn the loss of a devout and humble Christian; society of an intelligent and exemplary member and her husband of an amiable and affectionate wife.

Chenango Telegraph, July 29, 1840

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th inst., Clarissa [Bockee], wife of Isaac S Bockee, aged 40 years.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Solomon Wells, aged 24 years.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Alonzo W. Alexander, aged 5 years, 10 months and 20 days.

Chenango Telegraph,  December 7, 1859

Married:  SMITH - FOSTER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 23, by Rev. A. McDougall, Marvin A. Smith to Miss Sarah Foster, all of Sherburne.

Married:  BRAND - RICHARDSON:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Nov. 22, by Rev. R. Townsend, Alfred E. Brand of Prattsville [Greene Co., NY] to Miss Frances Richardson of Unadilla.

Chenango Telegraph, December 21, 1859

Married:  STERNBERGH - HASKINS:  In Fremont, Steuben Co. [NY] on the 6th inst. by Geo. Collins, Jr. Esq., John M. Sternbergh to Miss Jane Haskins.

Chenango Telegraph, December 28, 1859

Married:  THOMAS - FOSTER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 18, by Rev. A. McDougall, Charles N. Thomas to Miss Amy Foster of Sherburne.

Fatal Accident:  On Monday the 12th, while Waterman Curtis was engaged with a son in felling trees for J.F. Billings, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], he was struck on the head and rendered senseless by a falling limb.  Surgical aid was at once procured, and on examination the skull bone was found fractured in several laces and the case hopeless for life. The unfortunate man lingered twenty-four hours, when death intervened.  He was a man much respected, sixty-six years old leaves a wife and family, and was a former resident of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Greene, NY - December 1, 1859

 Chenango American, December 1, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d, ult. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edwin Church of Oxford to Miss Margaret A. Richmond of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, December 8, 1859

Married:  In Hamilton, Madison Co. [NY], at the residence of the bride's sister, on the 17th ult. by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. W.H. Baker, publisher of the Democratic Union, and Miss Catharine Simmons, of the town of Madison [Madison Co., NY].

Married: In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. J.D. Reed to Miss Hattie A. Randall, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Chas. E. Barnes, of Norwich to Miss Julia E. Birdlebough, of German [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. Mr. Lester Manley, aged 49 years.

Died:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 1st inst., daughter of Cornelius Berry, aged 5 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the `1st inst., Mrs. Cathatine Boyles, daughter of P. McQuone of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 15, 1859

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Mr. Porter Wood, aged 58 years.  Mr. Wood was a well known citizen, highly respected for his intelligence and candor.

Died:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th? inst., Lucia A. [Halbert], daughter of Dr. Horace and Emily Halbert, aged 6 years.

Died:  In Butternuts, Otsego Co. [NY], on the 5th inst., after a short illness, Mr. Alpheus Cady, in the 80th year of his age.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 22, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., by Rev. J.W. Capen, Mr. Walter Higley, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Alice C. Wade, of  Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Robert B. Griswold, of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Sara E. Holmes of Norwich.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 15th, by Rev. M.C. Bronson, Hon. John I. Campbell, of Hannibal, Mo. to Miss Sarah B. Stebbins, of Sherburne.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 29, 1859

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] on the 27th inst. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Erastus Hotchkiss to Miss Jennette Riddell, all of this place.

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] at the house of Jas. Macomber, on the 27th inst., by Rev. B. Shove, Mr. N.A Adams, of Manhattan, Kansas, to Miss Amanda C. Macomber, of this town.

Married:  At the same time and place, Mr. L.R. Elliott, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Emeline F. Bowen, of German [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 24th inst., by Eld. Flint, Mr. Walter Jones, of this town [Greene, Chenango co., NY] to Miss Lola L. Nusom of Triangle.

Married:  In Milwaukee, Wis. on the 3d ult. Mr. B. L. Moak, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jennie Holmes, of Milwaukee.

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] on the 14th inst. by Rev. D. Bench, Judson Walls, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Maranda English, of Barker [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., Elvira [Chalker], daughter of George and Emeline Chalker, aged 8 years and 4 months.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Alvah P. Aldrich, aged 51 years.

Died:  In San Francisco, on the 4th inst. by his own hand, E.G. Paige, Esq., widely known as "Dow, Jr.".

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - December 1859

 Oxford Times, December 7, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by Re.v J.C. Ransom, Mr. Julian B. Moore of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Isabel Anderson of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Houston, Texas, of yellow fever, on the 13th Nov. last, Eunice [Perkins], daughter of Alvin S. Perkins, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], aged 7 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th ult., Mr. Uri Tuttle, aged 84 years.

Oxford Times, December 14, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Jeremiah Calvert, Jr., to Miss Susan Simpson, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. by Rev. J.W. Hills, Mr. Franklin E. Taylor to Miss Melissa Ann Knapp, both of Oxford.

Mrs. Betsy Jones of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY], on the 29th ult., attained the good old age of one hundred years.  The Cazenovia Republican says:  "She has been the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom are living; the eldest, Dr. Jones of Homer, being now 77 years old.  She was born at Providence, Rhode Island; was married at the early age of fifteen, some two years before the date of the Declaration of independence, and about the commencement of the troubles between the colonies and the mother country.  Her husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and she yet retains a vivid recollection of many of the stirring scenes of that period.  She has possessed through life a sound constitution and yet enjoys a comfortable degree of health."

Oxford Times, December 21, 1859

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by Rev. F.D. Thurston, Mr. Nelson Reynolds to Miss Maria Bush, all of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mr. John Hubbard, aged 51 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on 10th inst., Mr. Porter Wood, aged 58 years.

Died:  In Houston, Texas, on the 16th Nov. of yellow fever, Alvan D. [Robinson] , son of Daniel Robinson, Esq., of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.  No father stood by, no kind mother was nigh, / In the hour of anguish and strife; / No brother dear, or sister were near, / To soothe the last moments of life.

Oxford Times, December 28, 1859

Died:  In Amsterdam, Herkimer Co. [NY], Miss Sarah A. Stratton, youngest daughter of Mrs. Charlotte Stratton and the late John Stratton, aged 31 years.  "Blessed is the turf serenely blessed, / Where throbbing hearts may sink to rest, / Where life's long journey turns to sleep, / Nor ever pilgrim wakes to weep. / A little sod, a few sad flowers, / A tear for long departed hours, / Is all that feeling hearts request / To hush their weary thoughts to rest."

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Mr. Sidney S. Barber, aged 24 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. Peleg H. Smith, aged 25 years.

Died:  Mrs. Prosser, mother of Edward Prosser, residing in this town [New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY], was found dead in her bed, on Friday morning last.  She went to bed on the night previous to all appearances in good health.  She was nearly 77 years of age.  New Berlin Pioneer.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY - May/June 1840 & November 1859

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 13, 1840

Married:  On the 5th inst., by the Rev. L.A. Barrows, Mr. David B. Grieping? to Miss Mary Newel [Coomes], daughter of Consider Coomes, Esq., all of Norwich.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 3, 1840

Died:  At Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], May 14th, Miss Emily Mudge, daughter of Mr. Isaac Mudge, aged 27 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 10, 1840

Married:  At Oswego [Oswego Co., NY] on the 4th inst., by the Rev. Robert W. Condit, Walter M. Conkey, Esq., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], cashier of the Bank of Chenango, to Miss Julia E. Randall, of the same place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1840

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], of Consumption, on Wednesday, the 10th inst., Mrs. Rachael McMurdy, aged 27 years.  Devoted to the interests of her Redeemer in life, she enjoyed the consolations they afforded in the hour of death.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Friday last, of scarlet fever, Eliza Emily [Cook], youngest daughter of Abial Cook, Esq., aged 5 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 24, 1840

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Erasmus Heber [Barrows], only son of the Rev. L.A. and Harriet B. Barrows, aged 3 years.  "As the sweet flower that scents the morn, / But withers in the rising day; / Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, / Thus swiftly fled his life away."

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 2, 1859

Married:  RACE - BRIGGS:  In Smith Valley Oct 19th, by Rev. Eaton, D.D., Willard I. Race of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Matilda A. Briggs of the former place.

Married:  HOADLEY - WILLIAMS:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the -?- ult., by Rev. M.S. Cleveland, Daniel S. Hoadley to Miss Harriet Williams of New Berlin.

Married:  CLARK - ELLIS:  By the same Oct. 24?, Geo W. Clark of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY] to Miss -?- Ellis of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  WILCOX -WATERS:  By the same Oct. 27?, Wm. Wilcox of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss H... Waters of the former place.

Married:  KNAPP - WEBB:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 19 by Rev. I.M. Sackett, George Knapp of --towell, Michigan to Miss Hannah? Webb of New Berlin.?

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 9, 1859

SHELDON - MOWRY:  In Greenview, -?- Oct. 11 by Rt Rev Bishop Benjamin, W.F. Sheldon of East Thompson, Conn., to Miss Hannah Mowry of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

SHOALES - MOWRY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. -?- by Rev. D.A. Wheadon, W.E. Shoales to Miss ...ly Mowry, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

PAGE - SMITH:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 30 by Rev. B.S. Williams, Emery J. Page to Miss Sarah A. Smith, both of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

FRINK - DEXTER:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1, by Rev. R.S. Williams, Calvin Frink of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Nancy Dexter of the former place.

COLBURN - EATON:  In -?- on the 2d inst. by Rev. M. Peck, Legrand Colburn to Miss Louisa Eaton, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

McMASTER - HITCHCOCK;  In Hog Hollow, Greene county [NY] on the evening of the 27th ult. by -?- Fish, Abial McMaster of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] and Charlotte [Hitchcock] youngest daughter of Dea. Lemuel Hitchcock of the former place.

Died:  BABCOCK:  In Columbus on the 30th ult., H.... Babcock, aged 25 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 16, 1859

Married:  CARUTH - COOLEY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 21, by Rev. C. Blakeslee, V.D. Caruth of Norwich to Miss J.R. Cooley of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  BENJAMIN -JUDSON:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 12, by the Rev. Gage, Montville Benjamin of DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Electa R. Judson of Lincklaen.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 23, 1859

Married:  BEEKMAN - HUNT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 16 by Rev. Heman S. Jones, Henry Beekman of Waverly, Tioga Co. [NY], to Miss Mollinda F. Hunt of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NYT.

Married:  CHAPMAN - DENNIS:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY] Nov. 12 at the residence of the bride's father by Simon Buell, Esq., Girard P. Chapman to Miss Julia A. Dennis, all of King Settlement.

Married:  HARRIS - PETIT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 15th, by Rev. Charles Stanley, Daniel Harris, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rosalia M. Petit, of Sherburne.

Married:  SAVAGE - PETIT:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 10 at the residence of the bride's father by Rev. Charles Stanley, George Savage to Miss Susa J. Petit, all of Sherburne.

Died:  WHITNEY:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst., Ephraim Whitney, in the 81st year of his age.  Mr. Whitney came to Sherburne at an early day, and led an humble, consistent Christian life for about 60 years.  He was universally esteemed and beloved by the whole community and will be greatly missed in the circles of prayer and private life.  He passed to his reward in faith and with full assurance of  hope in Christ. A large family mourn their loss, but their loss is his gain.  Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 30, 1859

Married:  GILBERT - SHAW:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride's father on the 22d inst. by rev. Mr. Burrows, Dana D. Gilbert of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary E. [Shaw], daughter of Mr. Edmond Shaw of Sherburne.

Died:   TUTTLE:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 4, Uri Tuttle, aged 84 years.

Vital Records, Greene, NY - November 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 3, 1859

In Morris, Otsego Co. [NY], on the 12th ult. Capt. Dan Smith, in the 85th year of his age.  The departure from life of a good citizen who has lived to a great age in the respect and esteem of his fellow man, deserves something more than the customary brief obituary [announcement].  Captain Smith was born on the 30th day of May 1774, in Chepachet in the State of Rhode island.  He was cousin to the late Elisha Smith, Esq. of Norwich, and was descended through his mother in a direct line from Elder Charles Brown who was the first Baptist Clergyman of Rhode Island.  He removed in early life on to a lot of land which he had purchased in Plymouth, Chenango Co. [NY], still remembered as "Smith's Clearing."  Selling that, he located in Butternuts, Otsego Co [NY] near Gilbertsville, where he acquired and himself chopped and cleared up 200 acres of land.  In 1809 he established himself on a newly purchased farm one mile south of the village of Morris (then Louisville) where for half a century and until his death he continued to reside.  He there kept for many years a Public House, and it was at his house where the Militia Company were drafted for the war of 1812.  He was one of the seven old citizens of Morris who built the Factories at Morris and engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods, and no man had done more than he to found and sustain that beautiful village.  

Captain Smith was married in 1800 to Miss Roxce Donaldson who died in 1857 at the age of 78.  they have had twelve children of whom nine still survive, viz:  Hon. Addison M. Smith, of Morris; J.C. Smith late Surrogate of Kings County; and Lucius Smith of Brooklyn; Rev. Henry R. Smith of Leesburg, Va; Mrs. Ferdinand Walker, of Detroit; Mrs. George J . Peck and Eliza B. Smith of Morris, Edwin Smith, of Sycamore, Ill; and Dan Smith, Jr., of Brooklyn; and all but the two last named were present at his funeral, which was attended on Sunday, the 16th ult. by a very large concourse of citizens.

The deceased discharged throughout his long life the whole duties of a good husband, father, neighbor and citizen; was industrious and prudent, liberal in his aid to the deserving poor and devotedly kind to his family.  Without making an ostentatious profession of religion, he lived in the practice of the Christian virtues.  In his politics he was of the school of Washington, loving the whole country and attached to the Constitution, and the Union as the only means of securing the blessings of liberty.  He had often spoken of death and expressed desire to retain his reason unimpaired to the last, remarking that he did not wish to live through another winter, nor to become infirm and helpless, that he had done with the v..tics of the world and stood ready to go when God called him.  His wishes in this were granted.  He retained his faculties, mental and physical, to his closing days and passed gently and peacefully from the world.  Blessed is the memory of the just.   

Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 10, 1859

Married:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. Mr. Virgil, Mr. Jeduthan Kendall to Miss Sarah Smith, all of East Greene.

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Calvin L. Brown of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Caroline J. Lawton, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In the village of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev.  H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Sether J. Hall to Miss Emily E. Smith.

Married:  In Chenango Forks [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. Thos. J. Dunning, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Rebecca J. Terrell, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th ult. Aaron Niles, aged 84 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. Mr. Daniel Benedict, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 24th ult. of Consumption, Sarah L. Van Vleck, aged 21 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 17, 1859

Married:  At Paris Hill, Oneida Co., on the 15th inst., by the Rev. Wm. Olin, Mr. Austin H. Fisher, of Utica, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Belle McCartney, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. by Rev. Chas. Blakeslee, Mr. Jeremiah Tinker, to Miss Keziah A. Crandall, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married: In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Orville Benedict, Esq., Sidney A Felt of Sherburne, to Miss Eliza J. Crandall of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - November 1859

 Oxford Times, November 2, 1859

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 29th, Sarah Jane Newkirk, in the 29th year of her age.  The life of this young lady was a very beautiful exemplification of the Christian graces.  Early dedicated to the Lord in the Sacrament of Baptism, of great natural amiability of temper, and from her childish years manifesting a tender conscientiousness and a very high degree of religious sensibility; at the age of sixteen she took upon herself the vows of the Christian covenant, in the Apostolic rite of confirmation, and soon after was admitted to partake of the support of the Lord.  Her career thenceforward was a singularly uniform and consistent one, rich in those fruits which demonstrated her faith to be a living, effective principle and not merely emotional or sentimental.  Whatever duty she undertook was punctually, constantly and perseveringly performed.  As a Sunday School Teacher, in which capacity she labored faithfully for many years, she was eminently successful in winning the affection of her pupils, the secret of her influence over them being a heart full of loving interest in their spiritual welfare, and so unfailing as to constrain her to continue her kind offices in their behalf even after a due regard for her declining health demanded that she should absent herself from the school.  As a member of St. Paul's choir she exhibited a like fidelity.  In gentle offices to the sick or needy she was ever prompt.  An affectionate daughter and sister, a constant friend, a cheerful companion, an exemplary Christian; of such tenderness for the feelings of others, that the apprehension of having by word or act, caused another pain would not suffer her to rest until she had done what she could to make reparation for the supposed offence.  Her removal from our midst has created a vacancy in our little community which will long be felt by those who knew her best.  Of a more than usually diffident and retiring disposition, she seemed to shrink from speaking much about her religious experience. We have ever observed a like reluctance in them, in the depth and reality of whose piety we had most reason to confide. But from those who marked well her life and conversation, the grace within, which fashioned them, could not be hidden.  Her humility, too, forbade the making a display of her feelings. True evangelical goodness has no consciousness of its own worth.  It prostrates itself at the foot of the Cross, and pleads not its own merits, but the forgiveness of its unworthiness and imperfection for Jesus' sake.  Such was the Rock upon which our departed sister built her hope.  And well did it sustain her in the trying hour.  When apprised that her end was at hand, she welcomed the message which summoned her hence and looked joyfully forward to that "rest which remaineth for the people of God." The bed of death was made to appear to those who surrounded it as the very threshold of Paradise.  Wondrously did her Savior sustain her. To sum up all in one little word, her own song of victory, her end was "peace, prefect peace."

Oxford Times, November 9, 1859

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. James H. Finch of Hartwick [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Philena Fox of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Jeremiah T. Loomis of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Maria S. Wheeler, of East Greene.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. by Rev. A.R. jones, Mr. Isaac S. Watts of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Cyntha Wiles of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Frances M. [Gray], daughter of Noyes and Caroline Gray, aged 10 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult., Mr. Hiram Parsons, aged 41 years.

Died:  In Hamilton, Ill. Sept. 21st, Mr. Arnold B. Wilbur, formerly of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 51 years.

Oxford Times, November 16, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Oscar J. Thompson to Miss Carrie H. Harrison, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th by the same, Mr. John C. Simpson to Miss Harriet A. Purington, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Thankful M. Holmes, aged 66 years.

Died:  In this city [Houston, Texas] on the 19th of Oct. of yellow fever, Frances [Perkins], wife of Alvin S. Perkins, late of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].  Though this estimable lady has been but a short time among us, she had won the esteem and love of all who came within the circle of her influence, uniting as she did the charms of warmest friendship with the faith and practice of a Christian.  Almighty God has in His wisdom taken from the church a true daughter, from her family a faithful and devoted wife, mother and sister, and from her friends if possible, a more than friend.  But we may give Him thanks for the good example of this humble and faithful servant, who having finished her course in faith, now rests from her labors.  Her last words were "It is finished."  Yes, her race is run, her battle fought, her victory won. She now dwells with Him who is the resurrection and the life.  "Tis sweet, as year by year we lose / Friends out of sight, to muse / How great in Paradise our store.  Houston Telegraph

Died:  In this city [Houston, Texas], of consumption, on the 22d Oct. in the 50th year of his age, Mr. Leonard S. Perkins, formerly of Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].  Honored by all, as faithful in every worldly trust, yet honored as a true and consistent follower of Christ, has this beloved friend walked with us, during the past 20 years.  Since the organization of the Protestant Episcopal Chruch in Texas, Mr. Perkins has been a Warden or Vestryman, of either Christ's Church, Houston, or St. Paul's Church, Galveston.  His consistency and devotion in this respect, was characterized in the quiet and unobtrusive faithfulness of a Godly and consistent life.  Beyond common allotment his last illness was protracted, but the language of gratitude and appreciation of the blessings, as he termed them, by which he was soothed and comforted and with that peace which passes all understanding, he met his Master's call, resigned his beloved wife and sightless boy into the hands of Him who gave them.  But these friends whom he hath left in the darkness of affliction, have the brightest hope to cheer them, that the path of the just, even though it passeth through the valley of the shadow of death, is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.  The brightest record which mortal can leave, was his.  His name so dear to earth, is now written in the book of life, by Him who says "Whosoever liveth and believth in me, shall never die."  Peace child of God, / Thy earthly trials are o'er, / The thorny path is trod / Thy Shepherd trod before / Full well he kept his word / I'm with thee to the end; / Fear not, I am the Lord / Thy never failing friend  .... Houston Telegraph

Oxford Times, November 23, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on 16th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. John C. Tyllon to Miss Jane C. Brookins, both of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mr. Solomon S. Grover, aged 47 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. Mr. Slaughter Close aged 63 years.

Oxford Times, November 30, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Edwin Chruch of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Margaret A. Richmond of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26th, by Elder M.L. Bennett, Mr. Benjamin Newton of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Nancy Toombs of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the Hamilton House, Chicago, on the 18th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Whipple, George L. Foote of Onion Grove, Iowa (formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]), to Miss Emily E. Main, daughter of William Main of Oxford.

Died:  in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d Oct. Mr. Seba Beardsley, aged 64 years 5 months.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst., Mr. Ephraim Whitney, aged 81 years.

Ira P. Barnes, Esq. late of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] in this county, a prominent Democratic politician, and a few years since Clerk of the Senate of this State, died last week at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he had lately removed.  

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, April 1840 & September 1859

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 8, 1840

Died:  William Burr Andrews, son of Burr B. and Lovina Andrews, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], departed this life on the 7th instant, of that painful disease the Scarlet Fever, after a sickness of five days, aged 1 year, 7 months and 17 days.  "Too pure for Earth, he has left us for Heaven."

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 15, 1840

Married:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Backus, Mr. Mathew O. Wells of Preston [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary S. Taintor of Colchester, Connecticut.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1859

Married:  BARBER - NORTHUP:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, Sept 29th, by Rev. H.S. Jones, Benj. Barber Jr. of Watertown, N.Y. [Jefferson Co.] to Rachel A. [Northup], daughter of Samuel Northup, of the former place.  The "mint drop" accompanying the above notice prompts in the Printer the warmest wishes for the life-long happiness and prosperity of the parties.

Married:  DEAN - FAY:  on the 8th ult. by Rev. I.W. Atherton, John F. Dean, formerly a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Charlotte Fay, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Married:  BIDWELL - RICE:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. J.M. Crandall, Hosea Bidwell to Miss Charlotte Rice, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 12, 1859

Married:  POTTER - EDWARDS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] on Monday last, by Philander B. Pr..., Esq., Elam Sprague Potter to Miss Axa Edwards, both of Norwich.

Married:  TOWER - MORLEY:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d instant by Rev. H.S. Williams, .-?- M. Tower to Miss Emily J. Morley, both of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  DAVIS - CORNELL:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. Joel Davis, J.D. Graves, to Miss C.M. Cornell, all of Mt. Upton.

Married:  SOUTHERN - REEVES:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, James H. Southern, to Miss Harriet I. Reeves, both of Morris [Otsego Co., NY].

Married:  SCRIVEN - HARDY:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on 6th inst. by the same, Leory Scriven of Taylor, Cortland Co. [NY], to Miss Phebe A. Hardy of Columbus.

Married:  LATHROP - DeFOREST:  At the residence of the bride's father, on the 25th ult., by Rev. R.M. Vanschaick, Deransel Lathrop to Miss Laura L. DeForest, both of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

Married:  CASE - DeFOREST:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], Sept. 25, by Rev. Mr. Halsted, Andrew Case of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza Ann DeForest of Unadilla.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1859

Married:  BILLINGS - POLLOCK:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 12th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. A. McDougall, Dr. Samuel K. Billings of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Carrie M. Pollock formerly of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Married:  ROSS - BENON:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17th at the residence of the bride's father by the Rev. H.S Jones, Charles S. Ross to Miss Martha l. Benton, all of Sherburne.

Married:  MEDBURY - WILLIAMS:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th ult., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Daniel Medbury to Miss Harriet F. Williams.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 26, 1859

Married:  CROWELL - SPENCER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11 by Rev. R..., Chester I. Crowell of this village to Miss Lucy Ann Spencer of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  COLBURN - BUSHLEY:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., nY], Oct. 13, by Rev. Chas. Blakeslee, A.E. Colburn of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mellsen Jane Bushley of Norwich.  

Married:  SATTERLEE - MARSH:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Lyman Satterlee, to Emeline Marsh, all of Richford, Tompkins Co. [NY].

Married:  CRANDALL - MEDBURY:  Oct. 5th at the residence of the bride's father by the Rev. R. Whittingham, Oscar Crandall, of Watertown, Wis. to Jennie Eliza Medbury of  New Berlin, N.Y. [Chenango Co., ]

Died:  MARTIN:  At Osawatomie, Kansas, Sept. 8, of Congestive Chills, Daniel Martin, aged 62 years and a few days.  Mr. Martin was a native of Hartford Washington [Co.], N.Y. and in 1837 emigrated to Michigan and then to -?- in 183?, hence to Missouri in 1854 from whence he was driven in 1856 by Clark's band of outlaws on account of his political opinions. He however was returned with his family, settled up his business, sold out, and selected Osawatomie as his future home where he has resided till his death, which took place after an illness of only six days during but one of which he was considered in danger.

Died:  ABLE:  At Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], September 25?, Freddie M. [Able], only son of James and Hellen Able, aged 1 year.  From our circle little Brother / Early hast thou passed away / But the angels say another / Joins our holy song today.

Vital Records, Greene, NY - October 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 13, 1859

Died:  In Corning, N.Y. [Steuben Co.], on the 9th inst. of consumption, Catharine [Dinnin] wife of Francis Dinnin, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]. In the decease of this estimable woman a husband and two daughters lose a kind and affectionate wife and mother, and a large circle of acquaintances mourn a dear and sincere friend.  Endowed with the graces which beautify the true Christian, she lived a life of gentleness and love and died in calm and peaceful resignation.  The surviving members of her family have the heartfelt sympathy of a whole community, among whom they have so long resided.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 20, 1859

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Horace L. Barnes, Esq., Mr. J.H. Bacon to Miss L. Neff, both of Pharsalia.

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Lyman Satterlee and Emeline Marsh, all of Richford, Tompkins Co. [NY].

Married:  in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. B.S. Williams,  Mr. Orville D. Sackett to Miss Angeline M. Stewart, both of Plymouth.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Martha [Terrell], wife of Capt. James Terrell, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 27, 1859

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst. by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Jeremiah T. Loomis of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Maria S. Wheeler, of East Greene.

Married:  in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. C. Blakeslee, Mr. Orlando Frink of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Lucretia M. Stewart, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In New Hartford, Oneida Co., on the 4th inst. Mrs. Mary A. [Baldwin], of New Hartford, and daughter of Alanson and Louisa Roe, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

For Member of Assembly - Joseph Bush:  We take especial pleasure in chronicling the fact that the Americans of this Assembly District have endorsed the Republican nominee, Joseph Bush, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr Bush is a man of more than ordinary ability, and a man who will make his mark in our Legislative Halls.  He possesses in a large degree those peculiar characteristics which win for him, wherever he is known, hosts of warm friends and admirers.  His active, energetic business capacity, his strict integrity, his faithful devotee to his friends and genial warm hearted social virtues all combined to render him worthy of a hearty, cheerful and vigorous support.  Mr Bush is an extensive farmer, and is justly celebrated for excelling in almost every brand of Agricultural pursuits.  He is well acquainted with the wants of this community, and his constituents can rely upon his attending faithfully to their interests.  A bold and fearless debater, he will yield to no lobby influence, but knowing, well his duty, he will faithfully perform it.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, October 1859

 Oxford Times, October 5, 1859

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. John A. Williams of Beloit, Wis., to Miss Emily A. Salisbury of Greene.

Married:  In Linnville, Ill., on the 21st ult., by Rev. J.T. Hannah, Mr. David Wheeler, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Jane Knight, of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., Mary [Grant], wife of Mr. Prentice Grant, aged 71 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., Mr. Sutherland Thompson, aged 58 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 12th ult., Mariette E. [Bingham], wife of Frederick M. Bingham, aged 26 years.

Oxford Times, October 12, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Frederick W. Mathewson to Miss Harriet R. Phillips, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Henry L. Wade of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah W. Sands of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Charles Cox to Miss Alamanza Parker, all of Norwich.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Mrs. Phebe Parker, aged 89 years.

Oxford Times, October 19, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], in the M.E. Church, on the 12th inst., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Dr. R.E. Ferry of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary J. Bolles of this village.

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th, by the same, Mr. Thomas Smith to Miss Hannah Robinson, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. by the same, Mr. Isaac G. Hancock of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Elizabeth Beale, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. William H. Manworing of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Samantha A. Huntley of German [Chenango Co. NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. JC. Ransom, Mr. Charles T. Root of Oxford [Chenango Co.,. NY] to Miss Sarah Ellwood of the former place.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Frank V. Turk to Miss Joanna M. Reville, all of Greene.

Married:  In Jersey City [NJ], on the 6th inst. by Rev. W.A. Johnson, Mr. Rufus H. Mills to Laura A. [Smith], daughter of Erastus P. Smith of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. at the residence of Whitman Willcox, by Rev. N. Ripley, Mr George Churchill of Lawrence, K.T., to Miss Helen M. Shaw of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Martha [Tyrrell], wife of Capt. James Tyrrell, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 30 years.

Died:  In Corning [Steuben Co., NY], on the 9th, of consumption, Catharine [Dinnin], wife of Mr. Francis Dinnin, late of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, October 26, 1859

Married:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. Joel Davis, Mr. J.T. Graves to Miss C.M. Cornell, both of Mt. Upton.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., John E. Race, son of Charles T. Race, aged 16 years.

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Pamelia [Baker], wife of Mr. Joseph Baker, aged 67 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY - March 1840 & September 1859

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 4, 1840 

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. by Rev. S. Sperry, Mr. Horace S Beardsley, to Miss Clarissa D. Paine, all of this town.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by the Rev. Luther P. Blodget, Mr. Alanson S. Crumb of Otsego [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Finette S. Problrt of the former place.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 11, 1840

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by the Rev. A. Wheelock, Sherman A. McCullough, to Miss Harriet Vanette Powers.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Lafayette [York], youngest son of Charles York, Esq., aged 4 years and 5 months.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 25, 1840

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, the 19th inst., of Scarlet Fever and Canker Rash, Girard [Smith], the son and only child or --nes H. Smith, Under Sheriff of this county, aged 8 years and 6 months.

There was an early determination of the disease to the head which deprived him of reason, except at short intervals, after throwing him into a state of frantic wildness.  This rendered his sickness, much of the time, heart-rending and agonizing.  Of a sudden, nature sunk, the storm subsided, and he fell quickly into the peaceful slumbers of death, greatly to the relief of his agonizing parents and attendants.  His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. A. Wheelock, Pastor of the Baptist church in this village from Isa, 52, 7  "Thy God reigneth." The speaker endeavored to illustrate the doctrine of the wisdom and goodness of God in the dispensation of the darkest and most mysterious Providences.  Thus has died among us another as lovely a child, probably as ever lived.  Girard was comely in his person, possessing one of the sweetest dispositions, and in his manners was uncommonly graceful and attractive.  He loved the sanctuary and was always cheerful and glad to accompany his pious parents to the house of God for their sabbath devotions  A smile of gladness was often seen lit up upon the countenances of the father and mother as they marked the sprightliness of their boy and observed the modesty and gracefulness of his manner in entering the church.  He was one of the idols of the sabbath school, full of animation, imparting life and spirit to his class, and to the public examinations which are conducted by the Pastor during the sabbath informations.  What he was in the sabbath school room, he was also in the domestic circle; constituting a kind of central attraction to all the family and giving a zest to all their enjoyments, especially during the more leisure hours of their winter evenings, when they reckoned upon being enlivened by Girard and his books.  He studiously avoided the company of wicked persons and was so shocked at the profanity he occasionally heard in the streets, that he could not be persuaded to repeat the oaths he had heard.  He manifested a deep interest in pious persons and in religious devotions, often followed his pious step-mother to mingle his prayers with hers in secret.  At times, also [..unreadable..] altar, he has unsolicited followed his father in prayer.  Precious child!  He lived long enough to win to himself many friends, and died after three days dreadful sickness bemoaned and bewept by the aged and the young.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 7, 1859

Married:  NEWTON - PRESTON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 5th, by Rev. Charles Blakeslee, Isaac Newton to Hannah Preston.

Married:  THOMPSON - GARLLIC: In Eaton, Madison Co. [NY], at the residence of the bride's father, on the 1st inst. by Rev. Dr. Eaton, James Thompson, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Mary A. Garlic of Eaton.

Married:  WILKS _GARDNER:  By the Rev. W. Peck, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] August 28th, Lafayette Wilks to Miss Deborah S. Gardner, both of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  ROOT - HURD:  In Wellsboro, Pa., July 28th, by A.J. Scofield, Esq., Joseph A Root, formerly of Coventry, Chenango Co. N.Y. to Miss Harriet Hurd of Delaware, Tioga Co., Pa.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 14, 1859

Married:  BAILEY -SMITH:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], August 21, by Rev. L.H. Stanley, Stephen B.E. Bailey to Miss Phila Smith, both of Sherburne.

Died:  MERRILL"  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 23d, Rosh E. Merrill, aged 26.

Died:  BAILEY:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], August 3d, Elizabeth [Bailey], wife of Stephen R. E. Bailey, aged 37 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 21, 1859

Married:  GILBERT - MAYDOLE:  In Eaton [Madison Co., NY], August 24th, by Rev. M.S. Platt, Robert Gilbert to Miss Emmeline Maydole, adopted daughter of J.H. Maydole, Esq., both of Eaton.

Married:  PURDY - TACKABERRY:  I West Eaton [Madison Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. H. Fox, Monmouth Purdy, to Miss Mary Tackaberry both of Eaton.

Died:  AVERY:  At the residence of Wells Bowen, in South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, September 8th?, Mrs. Julietta E. Avery, aged 46? years, wife of Deacon William Avery, formerly of Sherburne, N.Y.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 28, 1859

Died:  HUNTLEY:  In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], August 14th of consumption, Marion E. Huntley, son of Lewis and Sally Ann Huntley, in the 14th year of his age.  Marion was a good and honest boy and gained the confidence of all who knew him.  He leaves a large circle of friends to mourn his loss but, doubtless their loss is his infinite gain.

Died:  CHILDS:  In Sullivan, Madison County [NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Mary Childs, mother of E. Childs, Esq. of this village, aged 86 years.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - September 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 1, 1859

Married:  At the Chenango House, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., Y] on the 31st ult., by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. John Levee to Miss Esther Crandall, all of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., by Rev.  H.W. Lee, Irving L. Beeman, of Rundel, Crawford Co., Pa., to Miss Emma E. Clark, daughter of Dr. Daniel Clark.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., by Rev. Charles Blakeslee, Thomas Bailey, to Louisa S. Twichell.

Married:  In Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], on the 11th ult., by Rev. Levi Morse, Mr. H.H. Thomas, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Carrie A. Willis, of Franklin.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 8, 1859

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult., by Horace L. Barnes, Esq., Mr. Henry D. Blodgett, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Melinda A. Chesbro, of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. C. Blakeslee, Mr. David A. Jackson, to Miss Helen M. Durham, all of Norwich.

Married:  In Emanuel Church, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rt. Rev. W.H. DeLancey, Bishop of the Diocese of Western New York, Mr. Russell A. Young, to Miss Fanny Brown, both of the above place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. C. Blakeslee, Mr. John Race to Miss Elsia M. Pratt, all of Norwich.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., of consumption, Mrs. Sally Smith, wife of Wm. H. Smith, aged 48 years.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., of disease of the heart, Mrs. Elanor Davis, wife of Stephen W. Davis, aged 85 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Flora M. [Wescott], only daughter of Dr. S.J. and M.M. Wescott, aged 2 years.

A Pensioner:  We "ne'er may look upon his like again."  We saw in our streets on Monday last, Joseph Foot, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], a Revolutionary pensioner.  He is 99 years of age.  His walk is firm and erect and possesses a boyish air in his active movements.  He was, as he well may be, the observed of all observers, as he is the last in this section of country to claim his half yearly dues under our revolutionary pension acts.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 15, 1859

Married:  In Guilford Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. N. Ripley, Rev. S.N. Westcott, Pastor of the Baptist Church at East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sophia L. Darling, of the former place.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. Zada L. Adams, aged 16 years.

Died:  In North Brookfield, Madison Co. [NY], on the 2d inst., Cynthia M. [Keith], daughter of L. and Betsey Keith, aged 15 years.

Died: in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Lambert N. [Skillman], son of Benjamin F. Skillman, aged 18 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 22, 1859

Married:  In Emanuel Church in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., by Rev. Mr. Macurdy, Mr. John C. Hinchman, of New York, to Miss Naomi H. Rundell, daughter of Gen. Obadiah G. Rundell, of Norwich.

Died:  In Snake Creek, Penn., Sarah Ann Horton, daughter of Benjamin Horton, aged 35 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, September 29, 1859

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. John A. Williams, of Beloit, Wis., to Miss Emily A. Salisbury of the former place.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mrs. Mary Grant, wife of Prentiss Grant, aged 71 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mr. Suterland Thompson, aged 58 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th inst., Mrs. Mary Guile, wife of William Guile, aged 72 years.

Died:  In North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], August 14th, Marion E. [Huntley], son of Lewis and Sally Ann Huntley, in the 14th year of his age.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Mariette E. [Bingham], wife of Frederick M. Bingham, aged 26 years.  The deceased was a gentle loving woman, devoted to her children, and to her friends.  We shall long remember her pale beautiful face, her sweet affectionate smile, her kind gentle voice.  She was early called to part from a loving husband and loving friends. Three lovely babes she has laid in the tomb.  A mother's care, a mother's love could not save them.  But she has gone to join them in the skies.  Oh how she loved them, the flowing tear, her look so full of tender sorrow is present to me now.  But why should we sorrow?

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - September 1859

 Oxford Times, September 7, 1859

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 31st ult., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. John Levee, to Miss Esther Crandall, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. by Rev. H.W. Lee, Irving L. Beeman of Rundel, Pa, to Miss Emma E. Clark, daughter of Dr. D. Clark.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mr. David Coy, aged 54 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult. Mr. Joseph Wood, aged 87 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY] on 30th ult. Samuel D. [Lewis], son of Samuel and Phebe A. Lewis, aged 11 years. 

Oxford Times, September 14, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Joseph Morse to Miss Cordelia A. Chamberlin, both of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., by the same, Mr. Orson P. Beardsley to Miss Ophelia J. Smith, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Henry Davidson, Esq., Mr. John Moore of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Julia A. Garlick of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by the Rev. N. Ripley, the Rev. S.N. Westcott of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss S.L. Darling of Guilford.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th int. by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. Simeon Walker of Greene, to Miss Ruth C. Hill of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev.  H.W. Gilbert, Mr. Alonzo Wedge of Windsor [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Harriet Nichols of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Ithaca [Tompkins Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.W. Schenck, Mr. Jefferson Beardsley, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Helen Quigg of Ithaca.

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. Sabin McKinney, Benjamin Sherwood, Esq., to Miss Alida A. Nickinson, all of Binghamton.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mrs. Elanor [Davis], wife of Stephen W. Davis, aged 35 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. E. Almira Holdredge, wife of Mr. Worden Holdredge, aged 27 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Sally [Smith], wife of Wm. H. Smith, aged 48 years.

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., John H. [Hodge], son of Mr. Jehial H. Hodge, aged 6 years.  Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, / We will not weep for thee; / One thought shall check the startling tear; / It is that thou art free.

Oxford Times, September 21, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. H. Callahan, Mr. Erastus Gordon, to Mrs. Mary Jane Bennet all of Oxford.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. John McLish, Mr. Truman Babcock of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Nancy Whitmore of New Berlin.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Rev. Samuel S. Utter of Ogdensburg [St. Lawrence Co., NY], and recent graduate of Hamilton Theological Seminary to Miss Olive P. Ames of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Sophia E. [Fisk], wife of Mr. James Fisk, aged 17 years.

Died:  In this town [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Emmagene I. [Dodge], daughter of James O. and Elizabeth A. Dodge, aged 3 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Miss Eliza Jane Coville, of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 15 years.

Died:  On the 9th, Miss Zida L. Adams, aged 16 years.

Died:  On the 12th, Ambrose [Firman], son of George Firman, aged 18 years.

Died:  in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst., Lambert N. [Skillman], son of Benjamin F. Skillman, aged 13 years.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Catharine [Risendorf], wife of Mr. Hiram Risendorf, aged 34 years.

Oxford Times, September 28, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Hiram l. Gridley to Miss Mary E. Bentley, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th, by Rev. A. Huntington, Mr. Foster Mills to Miss Elizabeth VanCott, both of Guilford.  

Died:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Elizabeth Hyde [Hayes], infant daughter of C.I. and M.H. Hayes, aged 2 months and 20 days.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. Oliver Palmer, aged 76 years.