Vital Records, Greene, NY, June 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 2, 1859

Married:  At Zion Church, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 1st inst., by Rev. F. Rogers,  Geo. W. Baker, to Miss Christina G. Willson, all of this village.

Married:  At St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 25th, by Rev. David H. Macurdy, James W. Clarke to S. Eliza [Tracy], daughter of Hon. John Tracy, all of Oxford.

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 22d ult., Polly [Lucas], wife of Ezra Lucas, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mrs. M.A. Davis, wife of Darwin Davis, aged 39 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 9, 1859

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., by Rev. S.G. Greene, Mr. Russell M. Greene, of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Delia M. Steward, of Pitcher.

Died:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 12th ult. Elizabeth L. [Copeland], wife of Martin J. Copeland, daughter of John and Susan Borden, aged 16 years.

Died:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., of disease of the heart, Mrs. Hannah Rathbone, aged 79 years.

Died:  At Iona, Illinois, on the 26th ult. Mr. Marcus Page, formerly of Triangle, Broome Co. [NY].

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 16, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. Mr. Doane, Mr. Henry L. York, to Miss Abby Wescott, all of the above place.

Married:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. C.C. Gordon, Jerry B. Rice, Esq., to Mrs. Fanny Randall daughter of Alvin White, Esq., all of Utica.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of the 7th inst. by Rev. E.N. Rubbock, Mr. Samuel Taylor, to Miss Esther E. Eldridge, all of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich, on the 12th inst. of apoplexy, Stephen M. Field, aged 58 years, 11 months and 10 days.

Chenango American, Greene NY, June 23, 1859

Married:  In St. john's Church, Northampton, Mass., on the 16th inst. by Rev. Andrew Croswell, William H. Hyde, Esq. of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Myra B. Graves, of Northampton.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.B. Hoyt, Mr. Geo. O. Baldwin, of New Hartford [Oneida Co., NY] to Miss Mary A. Roe, of the former place.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by Rev. Wm. Southworth, Mr. Wm. Hastings, to Miss Mary Jane Young, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. E. Holroyd, Mr. N.L. Gross of Triangle, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss Sarah M. Terry of Bettsburgh, in the same county.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. of apoplexy, Mr. Sylvenus Owen, aged 44 years.

Died:  in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Mr. Stephen M. Field, aged 58 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mrs. Sophia Fairchild, in the 79th year of her age.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mr. Hiram Aldrich, aged 28 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 30, 1859

Married:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. James H. Hunter, and Miss Ruth Johnson, both of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., by Rev. C. Blakeslee, Mr. Paul L. Wescott, Esq., to Mrs. Sarah J. Beals, all of the above place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. by P.L. Wescott, Esq., Mr. Isaac Foster of North Norwich, to Miss Alzada Bancroft, of Norwich.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mr. Adam Van Valkenburgh, aged 84 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst., Mr. Edmund G. Per Lee, aged 75 years.

Died:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mr. Robert Warn, aged 85 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mr. Hiram Aldrich, aged 28 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, June 16, 1859

Death in the Asylum:  Mr. Edward Cotton, says the Chenango Union, who was sent from this place to the Insane Asylum at Utica [Oneida Co., NY], two months since, died in that institution, some two weeks ago of consumption.  By some misunderstanding as to the residence of his friends, the intelligence did not reach them until Saturday last. Deceased was about 45 years of age, a respected citizen, and leaves a wife and five children.

A melancholy case of insanity and death occurred in the east part of Madison [Madison Co., NY], on Monday, May 23.  It appears that Mrs. Church, aged about 50, wife of Mr. Wm. Church, has been subject to fits of insanity, during which she refrained almost entirely from eating; at last she abstained from taking any nourishment for sixteen days, and expired on Monday of last week, as stated above.

Drowned:  A lad named Marvin Lewis, son of Mr. Henry Lewis, living in Morris [Otsego Co., NY], opposite South New Berlin, was drowned in the Unadilla River, on Friday, while bathing.

  

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - June 1859

 Oxford Times, June 1, 1859

Married:  At St. Paul's Church, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 25th, by the Rev. David H. Macurdy, James W. Clarke to S. Eliza [Tracy], daughter of the Hon. John Tracy.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult., by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. Henry Bates to Miss Eunice E. Newton, all of Greene.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th ult. Mrs. Mary Hine, aged 94 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., Mrs. David Buttolph, aged 76 years.

Died:  Same day, Mr. Robert Carr, aged 29 years.

Died:  At Westport, Ct., on 21st May, Martha D. [Treadwell], wife of Henry R. Treadwell, aged 36 years, daughter of Eli and Martha Mygatt, of New Milford [Otsego Co.., NY], where her remains were taken for interment.  "God from on high, has heard thy prayer, / His hand thy ruins shall repair; / Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease, / To guide thee in eternal peace."

Oxford Times, June 8, 1859

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. George W. Baker to Miss Christina G. Willson, all of Greene.

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., by Rev. S.G. Green, Mr. Russell M. Green of Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Delia S. Steward of Pitcher.

Died:  At Chicago, on the 17th ult. Mr. Richard H. Hodge, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Iona, Illinois, on the 20th of April, Marcus Page, aged 62 years, formerly of Triangle, Broome County [NY].

Oxford Times, June 15, 1859

Died:  in Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], March 7th, 1859, Mrs. Amy Wightman, aged 102 years and 11 months.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], June 1st, Mrs. Sophiah Fairchild, in the 79th year of her age.

Died:  At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. Mrs. Hannah Rathbone, aged 79 years.

Oxford Times, June 22, 1859

Married:  At St. John's Church, Northampton, Mass. June 16th?, 1859, by Rev. Andrew Croswell, William H. Hyde, Esq., of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Myra B. Graves of Northampton.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], June 1st, by Rev. JB. Hoyt, Mr. Geo. O. Baldwin of New Hartford [Oneida Co., NY], to Miss Mary A. Roe, of the former place.

Died:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. Mr. Robert Warn, aged 85 years.

At her residence in Patch Grove, Grant co., Wis., May 23d, Mrs. Minerva Franklin, wife of the late Amos A. Franklin, and oldest daughter of the late Anson Cary, Esq., Mrs. F. was born in Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N.Y., Oct. 15, 1787; came to Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] with her parents in 1793, where she resided until Sept. 1847, when she removed to the west.  It is but a little over a year since her husband preceded her to the land of rest, now she has without any premonitions of death closed her eyes in sleep, to open them where the loved ones awaited her coming. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. F. as well as the Church of which they were so long members, will cherish their memory, and extend their sympathies to the bereaved family so suddenly and painfully afflicted.  " O change! O wondrous change! / Burst are the prison bars, / This moment here, (in life) / The next, beyond the stars."

Oxford Times, June 29, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., by Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Theron Lyon of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Barber, of the former place.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rv. W. Southworth, Mr. Wm. Hastings to Miss Mary Jane Young, all of Guilford.

Married:  In Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Revillo L. Hare of Westkill [Greene Co., NY] to Miss Augusta E. Van Horn.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Mr. Daniel Comstock, aged 62 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th inst., Mrs. Sarah Eddy, wife of Mr. Augustus Eddy, aged 62 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Mr. Peter Van Valkenburg, sen., aged 34 years.

Died:  Also, on the 16th inst. Mr. Sylvenus Owen, aged 44 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Mr. Stephen M. Field, aged 59 years.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, May 1859

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 4, 1859

We learn that a man named Reed was killed in the town of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday last under the following circumstances.  He was engaged at Gelemore's saw mill in rolling logs down an embankment to a position where they would be handy for drawing on to the carriage, when a log behind him became loosened from its brace and rolled down against him prostrating him and passing over his body.  His chest was crushed and various limbs broken.  His injuries were so severe that death resulted almost instantly.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 11, 1859

Married:  WHEELER - DOTY:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inat., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Nehemiah Wheeler Jr., to Miss Frances V. Doty, both of Oxford.

Married:  PRESH - SULLIVAN:  In Bath, Steuben Co. on the 13th ult., by Rev. George D. Stewart, John Presho, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Agnes Sullivan, of Bath.

Died:  BRYANT:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Seneca V. Bryant, aged 52 years.

Died:  WEBSTER:  In Fort Plain [Montgomery Co., NY], April 28th, Katharine Abbie [Webster], only daughter of Charles W. and Julia P. Webster, aged 1 year, 2 months and 5 days.

Died:  ABERCROMBIE:"  In Erie Pa., on Sunday morning, April 16th, Mary Riddell [Abercrombie], daughter of Rev. James and Elizabeth A.B. Abercrombie, aged 12 years.

Died:  WESTOVER:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], April 27th, Clarissa E Westover, aged 15 years.

Died:  LEONARD:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 21st, Susan Leonard aged 13 months.

Died:  GERE:  At Table Rock, Nebraska Ter., April 14th, Julia M. Gere, aged 18 years, formerly a Student of Oxford Academy [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  BARBER:  At Centre Point, Cayuga County, N.Y. April 18th, Diana [Barber], wife of V. Kinyon Barber, M.D., and daughter of Joseph Birdlebough, of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 34 years.

Died:  RUSSELL:  At South Hampton, Madison County [NY], April 30th, Sarah M. Russell, daughter of Elijah H. Russell, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 16? years.

Died:  PIKE:  in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 15th, Henry Pike, aged 73 years, 8 months.

Found Dead:  We are indebted to Coroner Day, for the proceedings of an inquest held by him on the body of Samuel Crandall of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] who was found dead in his house on Thursday morning last.  The deceased was a man of intemperate habits, and on Wednesday night was seen by the neighbors crawling upon his hands and knees into the back door of his house, where, being a bachelor, he lived alone.  Not making his appearance the next morning, an entrance to the house was made through a window, and Crandall was found lying on his face at the foot of the hall stairs, dead, and with a bruise on the side of the head, beneath and around which bruise Dr. Beecher, who made an examination, found the brain considerably congested.  Verdict of the jury in accordance with these facts. Deceased was fifty or fifty-five years old.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 18, 1859

Married:  COLLINS - WILCOX:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. H. Doane, Joseph Collins to Miss Lydia Wilcox, all of this place.

Married:  ANDREWS - MILLER:  On the morning of the 11th inst. at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. A. McDougall, Edwin C. Andrews, of Homer [Cortland co., NY], to Miss Jennie A. Miller of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  HARTSHORN - WILLIAMS:  In Bellaire, Ohio, by Rev. R.H. Holliday, Rev. T.C. Hartsboro of Cleveland, Ohio, State Agent of the American Bible Society, formerly of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Kittie Williams, daughter of the late Hon. James L. Williams, of Washignton City, D.C.

Died:  MARBLE:  In Milwaukee, Wednesday, May 11, of consumption, Miss Catharine M. Marble, of New Berlin, Chenango Co., N.Y., aged 19 years.

Died:  FERRY:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], May 10, Paul Ferry, aged 79 years.

Died:  BURLISON:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], April 17, Azor Burlison, aged 74 years.

Died:  WARD:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 28, Mrs. Lurana Ward, aged 83 years.

Died:  WELLS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 30, Mrs. Sally Wells, aged 48 years.

Died:  NEWTON:  I Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], March 17, Mrs. Lydia Newton, aged 51 years.

Died:  KITTREDGE:  In New Haven, Oswego Co., N.Y., May 2d, Charlotte Helena Kittridge.

Died: HEWIT:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Lewis Hewit, aged about 19 years.

Died:  WINSLOW:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], May 4, Mrs. Hepsey Winslow, aged about 72 years.

The Boyce Family:  The Worcester, Mass, Daily Spy of the 9th contains the following relative to the family of Mr. Boyce, who died in new Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], two or three weeks since.  

The death of Mr. Thomas Boyce, formerly of Worcester County, in Chenango County, N.Y., at the advanced age of 93 years was noticed in the Spy of Saturday.  He belonged to that branch of Scotch-Irish immigrants who early in the last century, settled in Worcester, and many of whose descendants now occupy that portion of the town of Rutland called "Dublin."  They suffered much from the unreasonable and wicked prejudices of their neighbors.  A church which they attempted to build, of the Presbyterian faith, was destroyed at night by a tumultuous mob, in which, ways Lincoln's History of Worcester, "persons of consideration and respectability" took a leading part.  A portion of them, driven away by persecution, founded the town of Pellham in Hampshire County, the rest conquered the jealousy with which they were at first regarded by the influence of their simple virtues and sterling worth.  Mr. Boyce left Worcester County nearly half a century ago, yet many of our older citizens still remember the family as they were at the time when all within a circuit of twenty miles were regarded as neighbors.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 26, 1859

Married:  SPAFFORD - LORD:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. at the residence of T.G. Card, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, H .G. Spafford, of Pittsfield, Otsego Co. [NY], to Miss Fidelia Lord, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  BUTOLPH:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. David Butolph, aged 76 years.

Died:  CARR:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Robert Carr, aged 29 years.

Died:  ANGELL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th? of April, Mary Ann [Angell], wife of Israel Angell, aged 42 years.

Died:  MEDBURY:  In New Berlin village [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Charles Medbury, aged 79 years.

Died:  ALLEN:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th? inst., Genevieve Green Allen, in the 7th year of her age.

Died:  SIMONS:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th? inst. John l. Simons, aged 64? years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 11, 1859

Strange Story:  We have been requested to suppress the names in the following curious history, which has recently transpired, or rather, the last chapter of which recently occurred in this county [Madison Co. NY].  A farmer's son some twelve years ago, married a neighboring girl, the daughter of a very respectable family.  They removed immediately to a distant place, where they had been living but a few days, when upon his return home one evening, the wife of a week was missing.  She did not return that night, during which he felt, of course, the utmost anxiety, and in the morning he started in search of her.  He could only learn that she had taken the stage alone, which led to a railroad station, some miles distant.  He followed, but at the depot lost all trace of her.  He wrote to her former home, and published notices in the newspapers, but could obtain no clue to her whereabouts.  He grieved in loneliness at her supposed criminal act, and to escape the scene where his week of unsullied happiness had been followed by so great a grief, he removed to this then sparsely settled wilderness.  He here settled upon a promising piece of land, and in its cultivation and the care of life, sought forgetfulness of the past. He succeeded measurably, has filled offices of trust, and grown wealthy. After a few years, his home requiring attention, he married, but his wife lived only long enough to bear him a son, and witness the first year of the little one's existence.  

A few weeks since, as the well-to-do man of the world was sitting by his fireside, there entered the house a woman well clad of fuller form and twelve years older, but the picture of the long lost bride of a week, and she was accompanied by a girl of near a dozen years.

The sober man of forty was startled, but asked the stranger visitor to be seated.  Then came her long and agonizing story.  All was oblivious to her for the first ten years of their separation. She could tell nothing, except of one hour of returned reason, when the little girl beside her, his daughter, was brought into the world. After that long time, fitfully, and at periods remote from each other came back reason and memory. She had wandered to a distant city, in a state of mild insanity; there she fell among kind people, and was installed in an insane asylum.  After the birth of the daughter and ten years more spent within its walls, thoughts of her youth, her home and her husband came back.  She slowly recovered; then visited her parents, learned where her husband was, and flew to him.  Be sure he clasped her in his arms, and they wept upon each other's necks.  Again going before the altar, they were united and she now presides with careful dignity and ease over his household.

But little is said about it in the neighborhood, except expressions of wonder at Squire D.'s sudden and unexpected marriage to one whom they supposed to be a fair widow with whom he had recently become acquainted.  Madison Argus, April 19.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, May 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 5, 1859

Married:  In Shanghai, China, January 11, by Rev. Samuel R. Gayles, Rev. Justice Doolittle of Full Chau, China, to Miss Lucy E. Mills, daughter of Calvin Mills, late of Guilford, Chenango County [NY].

Married:  In Bath, Steuben Co. [NY], on the 18th ult. by Rev. George D. Stewart, Mr. John Presno, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Agnes Sullivan, of Bath.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler, Jr., to Miss Francis V. Doty, all of Oxford.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], of consumption, on the 2d inst. Seneca V. Bryant, aged 52 years.  Mrs. Bryant desires to return her sincere thanksto her friends for their kindness and attention during the late illness of her husband.

Died:  In oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. John G. Bolles, only son of Lemuel and Eunice Bolles, aged 19 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Clarissa E. [Westover], second daughter of Calvin and Urena Westover, aged 15 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult., Susan [Leonard], only child of Thomas l. and Adelaide Leonard, aged 18 months.

Died:  In Table Rock, Nebraska, Ter., April 14th, Julia M. Gere, aged 18 years, formerly a Student of Oxford Academy.

Died:  in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mr. Thomas Boyce, aged 93 years and 10 months.  He was a native of Worcester County, Mass.

Died:  In Erie, Pa., on Sunday morning, April 16th, Mary Riddell [Abercrombie], daughter of Rev. James and Elizabeth A.B. Abercrombie, aged 12 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], April 29th, Dr. Russell Mosley, aged 74 years.

Death of L.B. Fish:  Luman B. Fish, Canal Collector at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died on Friday last after a short illness.  His remains were deposited in their last resting place by the masonic Fraternity, with Masonic honors.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 12, 1859

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Mrs. Lurana Ward, aged 38? years.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mrs. Sally Wells, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mr. Paul Ferry, aged 79 years.

Died:  At Centre Point, Cayuga Co., N.Y. on the 28th ult. Diana [Barber] wife of V. Kinyon Barber, M.D. and daughter of Joseph Birdlebough, of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 34? years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 19, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. H. Doane, Joseph Collins to Miss Lydia Wilcox, all of the above place.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. A. McDougall, Edwin C. Andrews of Homer [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Jennie A. Miller, of the former place.

Died:  In Milwaukee, Wis., on the 11th inst. of consumption, Miss Catharine M. Marble, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], aged 19 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Paul Ferry, aged 79 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. of apoplexy, Mary [Janes], wife of S. Janes, aged 31 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, May 26, 1859

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. Henry Bates, to Miss Eunice E. Newton, all of this place.

Married:  In Long Meadow, Mass. on the 12th inst., by Rev. Geo. B. Ide, Mr. H.P. Case, of Hamilton, N.Y. [Madison Co.], to Miss Cetta M. Buell, formerly of Hamilton.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th int. by Rev. L.P. Spafford, Mr. H.G. Spafford of Pittsfield, N.Y. [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Fidelia Lord, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Mrs. Mary Hine, aged 94? years.

Died:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Miss Josephene H. Sencare aged 16 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Mr. Washington Mowry, aged 82 years.

Died:  in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th ult. Mr. Henry Pike, aged 78 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Lewis Hewitt, aged 19 years.

Died:  same day, Mrs. Hepsy Winslow, aged 78 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. Charles Medbury, Esq., aged 82 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mr. John L. Simons, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Mr. Robert Carr, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst. Mrs. David Buttolph, aged 75 years.

Death of R.H. Hodge:  Mr. Richard H. Hodge, well known as a former resident of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], died at Chicago, Ill. on Tuesday the 17th inst. of Typhoid Fever.  His remains were brought to Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] for interment.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY - May 1859

 Oxford Times, May 4, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler, Jr., to Miss Frances V. Doty, all of Oxford.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., John G. Bolles, only son of Lemuel and Eunice Bolles, aged 19 years.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Luman B. Fish, aged 47 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on 27th ult. Clarissa E. [Westover], second daughter of Calvin and Urena Westover, aged 15 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. Susan [Leonard], only child of Thomas L. and Adelaide Leonard, aged 13 months.

Died:  In Table Rock, Nebraska Ter., April 14th, Julia M. Gere, aged 18 years, formerly a student of Oxford Academy [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d ult. Hon. Hezekiah Read, aged 76 years.

Oxford Times, May 11, 1859

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Seneca V. Bryant, aged 52 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Dr. Russell Morley, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], on 17th March, Lydia [Newton], wife of Mr. Benjamin Newton, aged 51 years.

Died:  At the residence of her brother, Charles S. Cheever, at New Haven, Oswego Co., N.Y., on Monday evening, May 2d, Charlotte Helena [Kittridge], wife of J.W. Kittredge.  Rest in peace beloved, our tears are for our own loss, thine is an eternal gain, for whither thou art gone we know, and the way we know, and to that "better land," let our thoughts and our steps ever more be tending.  "Two hands upon the breast / and labor's done; / Two pale feet crossed in rest / The race is won."

Oxford Times, May 18, 1859

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on 28th ult. Mrs. Lurana Ward, aged 33 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Mr. Paul Ferry, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Mrs. Sally Wells, aged 68 years.

Died:  At Centre Point, Cayuga Co. [NY], on the 28th ult., Diana [Barber], wife of V. Kinyon Barber, M.D., and daughter of Joseph Birdlebough of German [Chenango Co., NY], aged 34 years.

Oxford Times, May 25, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on 12th inst., by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Joseph Collins to Miss Lydia Willcox, all of Norwich.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th? inst. Mr. Washington Mowry, aged 82 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 25th, Mr. Henry Pike, aged 78 years.

On Wednesday evening, as Mrs. Botsford, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] was filling a lamp from a can of fluid, the fluid took fire, and her boy, about 8 years of age, who was sleeping in a rocking chair near the table on which the lamp was sitting, was so badly burned by the fire, which caught his clothes and cushion of the chair, that he died in a few hours after.  Mrs. Botsford was also severely burned in the face, neck, arms, &c.  This is another warning against the use of burning fluid. To all who use it, we will say, you cannot be too careful, and never fill a lamp while it is burning.

Melancholy and Fatal Accident:  An interesting son of Mr. Henry Kent, living on Platner's Brook in this town [Delhi, Delaware Co., NY], lost his life on Tuesday of last week in a most melancholy  manner.  His parents sent him to school in the morning, when he was the first to arrive and before the school house was opened.  It being a rainy day, he made an effort to enter through one of the windows by raising the sash and crawling in.  He appears to have placed a piece of wood under the window on which to stand in order to reach it.  It would seem that after raising the sash and getting his arms and head inside, it fell, catching him by the neck, there holding him and strangling him to death. The school mistress, Miss Nancy Wright, on opening the school door, it is supposed about fifteen minutes after the sad occurrence, thought the little fellow to be laying on the window asleep; but on going up to him and raising the sash which she did with some difficulty, the body of the poor boy fell outside a corpse.  His name was Henry [Kent], and was aged about 7 years.  Delhi Express

Death of an Old Citizen:  The Broome Republican records the decease at Binghamton, in that county [Broome Co., NY], of Gilbert Tompkins, Esq., aged 73 years, a very highly respected citizen, and long known as an honorable and prominent merchant.  He was educated a merchant, and removed to Paris, Oneida County in 1800, with his father, form Litchfield County, Connecticut, and in 1818 went to Binghamton where he resided until his death.  His business character is described in the following deserved tribute:  Commencing with humble means, his whole business career was proverbial for fair, honorable and upright dealing, and an absence of all shifts and devices, too often practiced by traders.  His Ledger, posted in his own plain and beautiful hand, showed a moderate profit, which was all he craved, and a balance which no one questioned. While some, at times, outstripped him in the market by the splendor of their assortments, and the realization of temporary profits, he pursued the even tenor of his way, and pressed on to a handsome competency, upon which he retired a few years since, while his more ambitious competitors were generally, far less fortunate.

Early History of Greene, Chenango Co. NY - 1857

Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Town of Greene

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 14, 1858

Part 7

In the year 1806, Elder Jeduthan Gray, located on the farm now owned [in 1857] by W.H. Beal east of the Genegantslet.  He was originally from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he had been well and favorably known as a clergyman of the Baptist denomination.  Immediately on his arrival among us he commenced the work of gathering a church, which was called the "2d Baptist Church of Greene."  It soon became respectable both in character and numbers and extended over that part of Greene and the eastern part of the adjoining town of Lisle.  Elder Gray was the moving spirit in this extensive organization  His clerical duties were not confined to a central point, but extended to every neighborhood and hamlet in the vicinity.  His unremitting attention to the sick, the dying and the disconsolate, elicited universal praise.  His talent and ability were of a high order, and not only in his pastoral duties, but in every relation of life incident to a new settlement.  His advice was sought and his agency required.  Our early settlers fully appreciated his services and his sacrifices in their behalf.  His counsels and admonitions are recorded in grateful remembrance by his contemporaries, and the plaudit of "a good and faithful servant" embalms his memory.  He died at Sugar Grove, Warren Co. Pa. in 1830, aged 75 years.

In 1805, Doct. Charles Josslyn, located himself at Conrod Sharp's as a physician and surgeon.  He was the earliest medical adviser in the town.  In 1806 he removed to the village, where for the space of twenty years he devoted himself to his professional duties with approbation and success.  He was a man of mark among the settlers, and filled various posts of responsibility.  He was Post Master at Greene for twenty-five years, and held the offices of County Judge and Justice of the Peace for seventeen years.  He died at Windsor, Broome county [NY], in 1856.

In the year 1807, Doct. Levi Parr became a resident of this town.  He was from Montgomery county, in this State [NY].  He located on the Genegantslet.  He at once entered upon the active duties of his profession.  His services were required over a large section of country and amid its sparse and indigent population. He became a prompt and ready medical adviser.  His untiring devotion to his patrons of every grade, and his zeal in his professional duties gave him a well merited reputation which was second to none in this section of the State.  Nor was his professional counsels alone required.  On all occasions where public or private weal was involved, the counsels and advice of Doct. Farr was eagerly sought and cheerfully given.  In all the walks of usefulness that has been needed to convert a wilderness to the abode of wealth and civilization. whether in a physical, moral or a pecuniary point of view, Doct. Farr has filled a large space in the public mind and is gratefully remembered by his contemporaries.  In 1825 he removed to the village where he yet resides [in 1857] in the enjoyment of all that wealth and social advantages are capable of yielding.  About fifteen years since, Doct. Farr lost his eye sight, yet amid the gloom of darkness that surrounds his pathway, he is, in the decline of life, cheerfully enjoying a rich repast which arises from the reflection of a useful and well spent life, and in the kind regards of all who know him.

In 1811, Hon. Robert Monell became a resident of the village of Greene.  He was a native of Columbia county, and removed to Binghamton in 1808, and opened a law office.  After a few years he changed his residence to Greene, and was soon appointed as successor to Elisha Smith, as the local agent of the Hornby estate.  He discharged its duties in connection with those of an advocate until 1819, when he resigned it to other hands.

Judge Monell made himself eminently useful to his fellow men in the early settlement of the county  He was elected to the Legislature in 1813, the first of his townsman that received that honor.  In that body, in the dark hours of 1814, he faithfully performed his duty in sustaining the efforts of Gov. Tompkins, in upholding the arms of the national administration in its conflict with Great Britain.  In 1818, Mr. M. was elected to Congress from the district composed of Otsego and Chenango.  such was the character of his personal popularity at that time, that notwithstanding a strong party organization against him, there was but one vote against him in his own town.  In 1825, 27 and 28 he represented the county in the legislature of the State.  In 1828 he was returned to Congress by his district, and at the termination of its duties in 1831, was appointed by the Governor and Senate Circuit judge for the 6th Judicial District of this State. This arduous and responsible post he held for fourteen years.  In 1845 he accepted the appointment of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and was located at Geneva until the adoption of the new Constitution in 1841, when he returned to his home in Greene.  Here he yet resides [in 1857] in the "red and yellow leaf" of the autumn, in this existence conscious of having discharged his various and complicated duties to his fellow men without hearing a word of reproach to begrudge that highly had integrity which has ever distinguished him in his social, profession and public career.

In 1816, Hon. John Birdsall became a resident of the village of Greene.  He had received a liberal education at some of our eastern colleges and entered the law office of Robert Monell as a student  He was admitted to the bar before he had arrived at his majority, and was received as a partner by Judge Monell.  He signalized himself as a man of marked character and held a conspicuous place at the bar.

In 1823, he removed to Mayville, Chautauqua county [NY], where his shining abilities soon attracted attention, and he was appointed by the Governor and Senate, Circuit judge of the 8th Judicial District in this State.  He was then but twenty-five years of age.  During the time he occupied a seat upon the bench, he resided at Rochester as being a more central point.  In 1829, he resigned the judgeship and returned to Mayville.  He was soon after elected to the Senate of this State, and for four years discharged its Legislative and judicial duties with consummate ability and to the satisfaction of all.

In 1837, Mr. Birdsall emigrated to Texas.  Here he was received with open arms by the founders of that new state, was a law partner of President Houston, and Attorney General under the "lone star," until his death which occurred in 1839.  Judge Birdsall was a man of rare endowments.  His solidity of character and purity of intentions were admirably fitted to give him a conspicuous place in the affections of his fellow men, and prompts the grateful remembrance of his surviving associates.

In 1821, Charles Cameron became a resident of the village of Greene. He came at the instance of his friend and countryman Hon. John Greig, as the local agent of the Hornby estate.  Mr. Cameron was a native of Scotland, where he received a respectable academic education.  He emigrated to this country at the age of eighteen, with Col. Charles Williamson, who came over as the agent of the Pultney estate.  The party landed at Norfolk in Virginia, in Dec. 1791. After cutting a road for 150 miles, they arrived at what is now Dansville, in Livingston county. At that time the whole Genesee country was a dense wilderness.  There was not a road within 100 miles of it that could be traveled with any conveyance except on horseback.

For many years, Mr. Cameron superintended the business operations of Col. W.  In surveying lands, building mills and roads he had important duties to perform.  He laid out the village of Bath in 1795.  He was the first merchant in that village.  He was a local agent at Lyons from 1798 to 1805.  He built the first flouring mill at that place, and sent the first fruits of the Genesee valley to an eastern market.  He was one of the earliest merchants at Canandaigua when the entire business of the Genesee country was done at that village  Few men was more extensively and favorably known as a pioneer in Western New York than Mr. Cameron.  He resided in this village until his death which occurred in 1852, aged 80 years.

Mr. C. was a fine specimen of a Scottish gentleman.  He was universally respected and beloved by all with whom he had business relations.  In all the social and domestic relations of life, Mr. Cameron was emphatically a Christian, and adorned his profession as a member of the Church in those acts of kindness and benevolence which beautify and adorn the human character.  In him society lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the poor a kind and constant benefactor.

Greene, Jan. 1858.  J.J., W.D.P.

Concluded

Chenango American, December 3, 1857

We take pleasure in being able to lay before our readers, a condensed history of the early settlement of the town of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  Doct. W.D Purple and Col. Joseph Juliand, both whom, partially from their own knowledge, and partially from documents and information in their possession, are well versed in all that pertains to the pioneer days of the thriving town in which we reside, have consented to furnish material for a portion of a new work about being published, entitled. "French's Encyclopedia and Gazetter of the State" previous to being transmitted to the publisher, the manuscripts have been placed at our disposal, and we are gratified in thus being able to furnish reliable and interesting facts relative to our town. the history, besides containing mush valuable information, will be interspersed with biographical sketches, interesting incidents, &c., which will we doubt not make it worthy the attention of the public.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY - April 1859

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 6, 1859

Married:  CHEESBRO - BLODGETT:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NYH], on the 27th ult. at the house of Col. E. Proctor by D. Balou Esq., Silas Cheesbro, of Brookfield [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Permelia Blodgett of Plymouth.

Married:  BAILEY - DeFOREST:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], March 29th, by Rev. S.H. Norton, John Bailey to Miss Jane H. DeForest.

Died:  WINSOR:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 30th, Stephen Winsor, aged 78.

Died:  PACHIN:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 17th, John Pachin, aged 79.

Died:  DAVIS:  In New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], March 27, Benj. Davis, aged 81.

Died:  WILLARD:  At New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], March 25th, Lydia May Willard in the 5th year of her age.

Died:  HYDE:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], March 29th, Lydia J. [Hyde], daughter of Charles P. and Harriet M. Hyde, aged 9 months.

Died:  DALRYMPLE:  In Marlboro, Mass. on the 17th ult., Mrs. Isabella B. Dalrymple, eldest daughter of Joseph Baker of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], aged 46 years.  Dear Sister thou art gone to meet thy first born, who hast only preceded thee to the realms of eternal bliss.  Yes, sister, Kim has gone before, that she may welcome her mother home.  Kind parents, your affections have been again smitten; thy eldest child has gone to Heaven and is waiting to congratulate the friends left behind as they severally arrive at the bourne of all those who love their Heavenly Father.  Brothers and sisters, our circle is again broken, let us all strive to exemplify our faith in Christ making it a living faith through works, as faithfully as did she who has been called from earth to Heaven.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 13, 1859

Married:  HAYNES - WINSLOW:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. James W. Capen, Henry I. Haynes, to Miss Marietta Winslow, of this village.

Married:  SEXTON - BROWN:  In Bedford, Westchester Co. [NY] by Rev. Mr. Parks on Monday, the 4th inst., George D. Sexton, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Abby Brown, of the former place.

Married:  HOWARD - HUBBY:  At South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Sidney Howard of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Harriet Hubby of the former place.

Married:  SIMMONS - BEEBE:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Kevin Simmons to Miss Martha A. Beebe.

Married:  SCHOFIELD - EDDY:  At the Presbyterian church in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co [NY] on the 6th inst., by Rev. Mr. Lee, Jesse Schofield, Esq., of Lexington, Mo. to Miss Andalusia Z. Eddy of Pharsalia, Chenango Co. [NY].

Married:  JERMY - HARDER:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, William Jermy to Miss Roselia Harder, both of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  WHITING - VANAUKEN:  In Montague at the house of the bride's uncle, on the 16th? ult, by Rev. H. Dutcher, Benjamin Whiting to Miss Helen A. Vanauken all of Montague, Sussex county, N.J.

Married:  LAMBERT - SLATER:  Also by the same on the 31st ult. Nathan M. Lambert to Miss Mary Ann Slater, all of Montague, Sussex County, N.J.

Died:  McCULLOR:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. an infant child of Walter R. McCullor, aged 4 weeks.

Died:  On the 27th ult. Walter [McCullor], son of Walter R. McCullor, aged about 4 years.

Died:  On the 1st inst., Adelia [McCullor], wife of Walter R. McCullor, aged about 30 years.

Died:  GORDON:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Hannah Gordon, aged 53 years.

Died:  CRANDALL:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Zilpha Crandall, aged 63 years.

Died:  FERGUSON:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Rev. B.C. Ferguson, aged 37 years.

Died:  GALE:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., Mrs. Margaret Gale, aged 57 years.

Died:  FOOTE:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Charles O. Foote, aged 53 years.

Died:  KINNEY:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 31st ult. Miss Chloe Kinney, in the 76th year of her age.

Died:  BURDICK:  in New York on the 4th instant, Benjamin T. Burdick, son of J.L. and Sarah Burdick, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 20, 1859

Married:  BROWN - CARPENTER:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. by Rev. M.R. Cleveland, Andrew P.E. Brown of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss M. Adelia Carpenter, of New Berlin.

Married:  SPENCER - SALISBURY:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th? inst. by Rev. M.M. Everts, Wm. H. Spencer to Miss Maryann Salisbury, all of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  CLARK - HUBBARD:  In -?- church Hamilton [Madison Co., NY] on the 7th inst., by Rev. G. Graves?, Charles M. Clark of Lebanon [Madison Co., NY] to Miss Mary C. Hubbard of Hamilton.

Died:  GREEN:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Mrs. Abby Green, aged 75 years.

Died:  FERRIS:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Allen A. [Ferris], wife of Alanson Ferris, aged 21 years.

Died:  HOTCHKISS:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Laura Hotchkiss, aged 36 years. 

Died:  FOOTE:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Charles O. Foote, aged 33 years.

Died:  GALE:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult., of consumption, Mrs. Margaret Gale, aged 57 years.

Died:  McMASTER:  in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Cyrus McMaster, aged 18 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, April 27, 1859

Married:  BROWN - PRESTON:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Isaac Jones, Esq., L. Kellogg Brown of Plainfield Otsego Co. [NY] to Jane Preston of Columbus.

Died:  MILLARD:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 16th inst., Harriet L. Millard, aged 2 years and 9 months.

Died:  COMES:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. John McKenzie Gomes, aged 17 years.

Died:  BECKWITH:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Judson Beckwith, aged 18 years.

Died:  TILLOTSON:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. Reuben Tillotson, aged 63 years.

Died:  LEWIS:  In Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], on the 14th inst. John M. Lewis.

Died:  BAKER:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Lovina Baker, aged 94 years and 15 days.  Aged pilgrim, thou art gone from these shores of trial, trouble, sin and sorrow to a better home.  Peacefully and happily hast thou lived during thy long pilgrimage, because thy every duty has been religiously done.  Deceased was a native of Massachusetts and at an early day was married to Joseph Baker.  They resided in Massachusetts until their family had grown up around them and were settled in life, but believing that they could better their circumstances by so doing, they removed to Guilford Chenango Co. [NY] where Joseph Baker died the 2d day of Jan. 1850 aged 94 years.  And now she who is the subject of this notice is taken at the same age (nearly) and by the same disease, making a remarkable coincidence.  They both lived a practical example of vital piety striving to do their whole duty as husband and wife. as father and mother as members of society at large and as members of the Congregational Church. Deceased was always sought as a companion by old and young and middle aged because of the kindness and amiability of her nature and because the likeness of Christ was reflected in her every act, thought and words. We sorrow because we shall not have her example or counsel more, yet we rejoice when we reflect that at last she has arrived at the realms of eternal bliss, and that she has left her example and precepts behind that we may profit thereby. We trust that all who knew her will be better for having lived within the light of her holy example and precepts.  Joseph and Lovina Baker both retained their mental vigor until the last.  

Vital Records, Greene, NY, April 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 7, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Mr. William Jermy to Miss Rosella Harder, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., by D. Ballou, Esq., Mr. Silas Cheesbro, of Brookfield, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Permelia Blodgett, of the former place.

Married:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 29th ult., by Rev. S.H. Norton, Mr. John Bailey, to Miss Jane H. DeForest.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. an infant child of Walter R. McCullor, aged 4 weeks.

Died:  On the 27th ult. Walter [McCullor], son of Walter R. McCullor, aged about 4 years.

Died:  On the 1st inst., Adelia [McCullor], wife of Walter R. McCullor, aged about 30 years.

Died:  in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Hannah [Gordon], wife of Mr. Erastus Gordon, aged 58 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Zilpha [Crandall], wife of Cyrus Crandall, aged 63 years.

Died:  In New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Benjamin Davis, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Rev. S.U. Ferguson, aged 87 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult. of consumption, Mrs. Margaret Gale, aged 57 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult., Mr. Stephen Winsor, aged 78 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult., Mr. John Pachin, aged 79 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Charles Otis Foote, aged 33 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 14, 1859

Married:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. M.M. Everts, Mr. Wm. Henry Spencer to Miss Mary Ette Salisbury, all of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. J.W. Capen, Mr. Henry I. Haynes, to Miss Maryetta Winslow, both of Norwich.

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., suddenly, Mrs. Laura Hotchkiss, wife of Erastus Hotchkiss, aged 36 years.

Died:  In New York, on the 4th inst., Mr. Benjamin T. Burdick, formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], aged 82 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 21, 1859

Married:  In Lebanon, Madison Co. [NY], on the 6th inst., by Rev. G. Graves, Doct. Wm. M. Brown? of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY] to Mrs. Elnora Lewis, of the former place.

Married:  In Bedford, Westchester Co. [NY] by Rev. Mr. Parks, on the 4th inst. Mr. Geo. D. Sexton of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Abby Brown, of the former place.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., by Rev. M.B. Cleveland, Mr. Andrew R.E. Brown of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss M. Adelia Carpenter of the former place.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 16th inst. Harriet L. [Millard], daughter of Stephen H. Millard, aged 2 years and 9 months.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., after a short illness, John McKenzie, third son of Mandeville and Sarah Gomes, aged 17 years.

Died:  In Cedar Run, Lycoming Co., Pa., on the 5th inst., Emily H. [Fish], wife of D.A. Fish, and daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Haynes, formerly of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mr. Reuben Tillotson, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Sarah L. Slater, in the 18th year of her age.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Allen A. [Ferris], wife of Alanson Ferris, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst. Cyrus McMaster, aged 18 years.

Fatal Accident:  We learn from the Chenango Telegraph, that a lad named Julius A. Brown, living at Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], in this County, was accidentally killed by being shot by a gun in the hands of another boy.  The boys were playing with the gun, when it was accidentally discharged. There was no cap on the gun.  A sad commentary on the use of firearms.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, April 28, 1859

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. by Rev. J.D. Cornell, Mr. Frank A. Salisbury, to Miss Fidelia M. Scott, all of Coventry.

Married:  In Harlem, Illinois, on the 2d ult., by the Rev. I. Partridge, Mr. Isaac Thompson formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen T. Gilbert of Utica [Oneida Co., NY].

Married:  In Mount Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. W.J. Doubleday, Mr. D.S. Hurd, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Helen L. Short of Mount Upton.

Married:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., by Isaac Jones, Esq., L. Kellogg Brown, of Plainfield, Otsego Co. [NY], to Jane Preston, of Columbus.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mr. Azor Burlisson, aged 74 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst., Sarah A. [Boull], wife of Mr. William Boull, aged 47 years.

Died:  In Westfield, Tioga Co. [NY], on the 6th inst., by the falling of a tree, Mr. Geo. W. Vincent, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] on the 11th inst., Judson Beckwith, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Hon. Hezekiah Read, aged 76 years.

Vital Records - Oxford, NY - April 1959

 Oxford Times, April 6, 1859

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. A.T. Matteson, Mr. William Jermy to Miss Rosella Harder, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Windsor, Broome Co. [NY], on the 21st ult. by Rev. A. Daniels, Mr. H.J. Howe of Susquehanna Co. Pa. to Miss Junia J. Keyes of the former place.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult. by Rev. J.D. Webster, Mr. John W. Bennett to Miss Laura F. Baker.

Married:  Also, by the same, on the 25th, Mr. Simeon Fosgate of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary J. Hacket of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th ult. by Rev. J.W. Mitchell, Mr. Wm. T. Murditt of Afton to Miss Ruth Landon of Colesville [Broome Co., NY].

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Hannah [Gordon], wife of Mr. Erastus Gordon, aged 53 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on 30th ult., Mrs. Zilpha Crandall, wife of Cyrus Crandall, aged 63 years.

Died:  At New Berlin Centre [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Benjamin Davis, aged 81 years.

A Vigorous Old Age - What a Man Nearly 92 years old can do:  We heard a few days ago of something worth putting in the paper.  It is as follows:  Mr. Nicholas Carman, who will be  ninety-two years old on the 30th day of April, has since the 1st of December last, cleared a ten acre lot for Wm. Morris, in the town of Vestal [Broome Co., NY], chopping down all the trees and cutting it into wood and rails, and clearing off all the under brush, receiving assistance from no one.  The wood from the lot is about fifty cords and the rails are between 3,000 and 4,000 in number.  This may well be considered a most remarkable achievement in these latter days.  Mr. Carman was born in Dutchess County, and is of low Dutch parentage.  He has resided in this (Broome) county upwards of 70 years.  He appears hale and hearty and bids fair to live to his hundredth year or more.  Bing. Rep.

Oxford Times, April 13, 1859

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Rev. S.U. Ferguson, aged 37 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on 30th ult. Mr. Stephen Winsor, aged 73 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. Mr. Charles O. Foote, aged 33 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on 16th ult. of consumption, Mrs. Margaret [Gale], wife of Mr. Alpheus Gale, aged 57 years.

Oxford Times, April 20, 1859

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Harriet L. [Millard], daughter of Stephen H. Millard, aged 2 years and 9 months.

Died:  In this village on the 17th inst. after a short illness, John McKenzie [Gomes], third son of Mandeville and Sarah Gomes, aged 17 years.  "We stood beside him yesterday, / Freshness was on thy brow. / It's but a piece of nerveless clay / On which we're gazing now."

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Judson Beckwith, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst.,  Mrs. Lovina Baker, aged 94 years.

Died:  At Cedar Run, Lycoming Co., Pa., April 5, 1850, Emily H. [Fish], wife of Mr. D.A. Fish, and daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Haynes, formerly of Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y.  A large circle of friends and relatives are brought to mourn the loss of this amiable lady. Benevolent and affable to all, kind and affectionate to friends; zealous in the cause of Christianity, she lived to gladden the circle of her acquaintance and passed away to enjoy the hope, she so fervently maintained while on earth.  Amid her intense suffering for the four years she was ill, not a murmur or complaint passed her lips, ever firmly relying on God to give strength and grace for the day of her suffering, and at the last, while friends stood around her death bed weeping, she says "Dear ones, do not weep for me, for I am going home to Jesus."

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 10th inst., Mrs. Laura [Hotchkiss], wife of Mr. Erastus Hotchkiss, aged 36 years.

Died:  At his residence in Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Mr. Reuben Tillotson, aged 63 years.  Mr. T. was universally respected as a citizen; his life being marked by the strictest integrity, and was highly beloved in his own family.  He died in the triumphs of living faith, often in his sickness expressing a desire to depart and be with Christ, and we have strong consolation that our loss is his infinite gain.  "An honest man is the noblest work of God."

Oxford Times, April 27, 1859

Married:  In Harlem, Illinois, March 2d, 1859, by the Rev. I. Partridge, Mr. Isaac Thompson formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ellen T. Gilbert of Utica [Oneida Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th inst. Sarah A. [Boull], wife of Mr. William Boull, aged 47 years.

Died:  In Westfield, Tioga Co., Pa. on the 6th inst. by falling of a tree, Mr. Geo. W. Vincent, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years. 

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Allen A. [Ferris] wife of Mr. Alanson Ferris, aged 21 years.   

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. Mr. Azor Burlisson, aged 74 years.

Oxford Times, April 13, 1859

We give the following notice of the death of Chauncey Morgan from the Binghamton Daily Republican.  The last visit of Mr. Morgan to our village, was at the time of the Academy Jubilee when his familiar face and ready recollection of early village history was a source of great pleasure to the few survivors of that early period present upon that interesting occasion.  

Our much respected fellow citizen, Chauncey Morgan, whose recent death we were compelled to briefly notice, is deserving of a more lengthened tribute to his memory; for while we mourn his death, it is with great satisfaction that we remember his many virtues.

Mr. Morgan was of Welch descent and the son of Gaius Morgan, for many years a resident of our town.  He was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, from which place he removed in early life.

The deceased was bred in a Printing Office, and to the last moment of his life cherished a deep regard for the noble Profession he had chosen.  During the war with Great Britain he established and edited at Chenango Point, now Binghamton, the "Broome County Patriot."  Soon after, he removed to Oxford, Chenango County, [NY] where he conducted a spirited paper, called "The Oxford Gazette."  During all the dark and stormy period which followed the Declaration of War, Mr. Morgan's pen, voice and action were earnestly engaged in the cause of his country.  He was a man of the People and the masses looked to him as an Advocate and Champion.

At one time he held the office of Deputy Sheriff and the only complaint ever made against him was the allegation that he was kind, forbearing and merciful to unfortunate debtors.

Mr. Morgan was eminently genial and his sparkling wit and ready humor never failed "to set the table in a roar."

During the last few years he has resided with his son, Henry A. Morgan, Esq., of the City of New York, but within the past year came back to Binghamton, where he commenced the real business of life, and here, surrounded by kindred and friends, watched and tended by the affectionate solicitude of a daughter, and mourned by all who knew him, at the ripe, full age of sixty-eight years, he sank to his everlasting rest.

Vital Records, Greene, NY - March 1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 3, 1859

Married:  At the Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., by Rev. D.O. Dutcher, Rufus Eggleston, of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], to Miss Eunice B. Safford.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d ult., by Rev. C. Blakeslee, Mr. Sanford Vosburgh, of German [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary A. Bikler?, of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. by Rev. Mr. Patterson, Mr. Wm. F. Blivin, to Miss Philena S. Smith, both of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by J.C. Ransom, Mr. George H. Randall of Wellsborough, Pa. to Mrs. Elsa Styles, of Oxford.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. of Consumption, Miss Almira Seymour, aged 72 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 10, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Clark Holdridge of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Hannah M. Matteson of Oxford.

Married:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. N.D. Wilkins, Mr. Dillenbeck to Miss Mary C. Tice, all of German.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., by Rev. Chas. Blakeslee, Mr. Sylvester Dimmick, of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], to Mrs. Jemima Elphick of Norwich.

Married:  In King Settlement [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. by Rev. R.O. Beebe, Charles Johnson to Mrs. Anna Adaline Pike, both of the above place.

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Henry R. [Welch], infant son of Marius and Elmina M. Welch.

Died:  in Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 2d inst. Mrs. Barden, wife of Eldridge Barden, aged 50 years.

Died:  At Fort Chadborne, Texas, on the 8th ult., of remittent fever, J. DeWitt Nye, formerly of Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], aged 27 years.

A Revolutionary Soldier - Is He the Last in the County?:  We saw on the 4th inst., Joseph Foote, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], who was here to execute his pension papers.  Mr. Foote was born October 1760, and will be 99 year's of age next October.  He resided a great part of his life after the revolution at Austerlitz in Columbia co.  Some years since he came to Coventry to reside with his sons.  He was through the whole of the Revolution in different capacities, and witnessed the final triumph of our arms at Yorktown.  His mental faculties are yet good.  He does not "stoop for age," and has quite a martial appearance in his movements.  It is thought by many that he is the only survivor in the county of that heroic band who achieved our independence.  If not so, let us hear from our contemporaries.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 17, 1859

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., by Rev. B.B. Carruth, Mr. George F. Barber, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Laura L. Brooks, of the former place.

Married:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by Rev. L. Lawton, Mr. G.E. Champlin, of Iowa, to Miss A. Miller of the former place.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. Mr. Whittingham, Mr.J. Dart, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary Merchant, of the former place.

Married:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by the Baptist clergyman of that place, Mr. Edwin Dyer to Miss Ellen M. Jackson, both of New Berlin.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by the Rev. K. McDougall, Mr. Phillip D. Harris, to Miss Jennie Cordelia Brooks, all of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Silvenus [Rice], only son ofj Robert E. and Ruth E. Rice, aged 1 year and 11 months.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. John Davidson, Jr., aged 41 years.

Died:  In Beloit, Wis. on the 15th ult. Polly [Williams], wife of John A. Williams, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] aged 47 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. Wellington H. [Mellor], son of W.H. Mellor, aged 8 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 24, 1859

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by the Rev. A.T. Matteson, Mr. Carol Lathrop, and Miss Lovina Norris, of Smithville.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. Mr. Capen, Mr. John F. Hill, to Miss Mary A. Gross, all of the above place.

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. B.S. Williams, Mr. Geo. R. Thompson, of Plymouth, to Miss Mary A. Reed, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mary [Hiller], widow of Wing Hiller, aged 80 years.

Died:  In Joliet, Ill. on the 15th inst., at the residence of his son, Luther Osgood late of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mrs. Eleanor Carruth, aged 65 years.

Died:  At Preston Corners [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., suddenly, Mrs. Relief Slater, widow of the late Capt. Joseph Slater, in the 80th year of her age.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, March 31, 1859

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. John W. Bennett, to Miss Laura F. Baker, all of the above place.

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th inst. by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. Simeon Fosgate, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY],to Miss Mary J. Hackett, of the former place.

Married:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. J.W. Mitchell, Mr. Wm. T. Murditt, of Afton, to Miss Ruth Landon, of Colesville, Broome Co. [NY].

Died:  In Brookfield, Madison Co. [NY] on the 18th inst.,. of dropsy, Almira [Holmes], wife of Harry Holmes, aged 55 years.

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mrs. L.C. [Spencer], wife of the late Dr. G.L. Spencer, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Solon, Cortland Co. [NY], on the 6th inst., Mr. Jonathan Brownell, formerly of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], aged 90 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 23, 1859

Married:  HILL - GROSS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., by Rev. James W Capen, John F. Hill, Esq., to Miss Mary A. Gross, all of this village.

Married:  THOMPSON - REED:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], March 2d, at the residence of Richard Duffy, Esq. by the Rev. H.S. Williams, Geo. --- Thompson, of Plymouth to Miss Mary A. Reed, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  STEERE - SPAFFORD:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY], the 7th inst., by Rev. J. M. Letsh, Thomas P. Steere of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Spafford of Pittsfield.

Married:  CHAMPLIN - MILLER:  In Lincklaen, March 1st, by Rev. Lew Lawton, G.E. Champlin, of Iowa, to Miss Amanda Miller, of Lincklaen.

Married:  BRYAN - PULTR:  In Morris [Otsego Co., NY], March 6, by Rev. G. Starr Bailey, Nathaniel Bryan, to  Miss Esther Ann Pultr, both of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  CARRUTH:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Saturday morning, Mrs. Eleanor Carruth, aged 60? years.

Died:  WHITMAN:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst., Mrs. Raby Whitman, wife of Randall Whitman, at the advanced age of 103 years.  The deceased had been blessed with remarkable health during her long life and retained her general faculties to an extraordinary degree up to the hour of death.

Died:  RICE:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Sylvenus Rice, aged 1 year and 11 months.

Died:  DAVIDSON:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY],on the 1st inst. John Davidson, Jr., aged 41 years.

Died:  SHATTUCK:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], Feb.18, Asa Shattuck, aged 77? years.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, March 1859

 Oxford Times, March 2, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult. by J.C. Ransom, Mr. George H. Randall of Wellsborough, Pa., to Mrs. Elsa Styles of Oxford.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. Mrs. Lucy [Morse], wife of Benjamin Morse, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th ult. Mr. Isaac N. Angell, aged 79 years.

Oxford Times, March 9, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Clark Holdridge of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Hannah M. Matteson of Oxford.

Married:  In Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 9th, by Rev. Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Oscar R. Pearsall of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Marion A. Benedict of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult., by Rev. Mr. Patterson, Mr. William S. Blivin to Miss Philena S. Smith, both of Preston [Chenango Co., NY]

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Mr. Lewis Derrick, aged 30 years.

Died:  At Beloit, Wis. Feb. 15, 1859, Polly [Williams], wife of Mr. John A. Williams, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 47 years, 6 mo and 11 days.

Oxford Times, March 16, 1859

Married:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. N.D. Wilkins, Mr. John N. Dillinbeck to Miss Mary C. Tice, all of German.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. John Davidson, Jr., aged 41 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 18, Mr. Asa Shattuck, aged 75 years.

Burned to Death:  We learn that Elizabeth Bussy of Sandford [Broome Co., NY], about four miles from this village, was burned to death by her clothes taking fire on the 3d inst.  The girl was about 11 years old; her parents were absent, visiting a brother's children, who were sick and this girl, with three others younger than herself, were left at home, and while she was at work about the stove about 9 A.M., her clothes caught fire, when she ran out of the house to put it out with snow, but as soon as the door was opened, the wind, which was high, blew the fire into a blaze all over her, and although the school mistress of the district ran to her assistance and folded her in a blanket as soon as possible, Dr. OT. Bundy, who was immediately sent for, informs us that her skin was burned to a crisp all over her body, except where her skirts were fastened about the waist. She lingered in great agony until about 7 P.M., the same evening, being perfectly sensible all the time.  Deposit Democrat.

Child Burnt to Death!  We learn that a little girl about 10 years of age, daughter of Mr. Nelson Edwards, living five or six miles from this village, near Morris [Otsego Co., NY], was burnt to death on Saturday, during the temporary absence of her mother form the house.  Her clothing acciently took fire, by some means unknown, and on the mother's return she found the crisp and blackened remains of her poor little girl lying on the floor of a bedroom, where she had crawled in her agony, entirely lifeless, and so disfigured as not be be recognized.  New Berlin Pioneer.

Oxford Times, March 23,  1859

Married:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., by the Rev. A. T. Matteson, Mr. Carol Lathrop and Miss Lovisa Norris, both of Smithville.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mary [Hiller], widow of Wing Hiller, aged 80 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Sylvenus [Rice], only son of Robert E. and Ruth E. Rice, aged 1 year and 11 months.

Died:  At the residence of his son, Uri Osgood, In Juliet, Ill. on the 15th inst. Luther Osgood, late of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Oxford Times, March 30, 1859

Married:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. B.S. Williams, Mr. George R. Thompson of Plymouth, to Miss Mary A. Reed of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. suddenly  Mrs. Relief Slater, widow of the late Capt. Joseph Slater, aged 80 years.

Died:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. Mrs. Raby Whitman, wife of Randall Whitman, aged 103 years.

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 16th inst. Mrs. L.C. Spencer, wife of the late Dr. G. L Spencer, aged 63 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. Mrs. Cole, wife of Mr. Leonard Cole.

Died:  Also, on the 17th inst. Mr. John Pachin, aged 79 years.

Oxford Times, March 2, 1879

Death of Henry Barnes, Jr A.B.:  On Thursday last, our community were called to mourn the death of one of our most valuable citizens, Henry Barnes, Jr. Principal of the Oxford Academy. The Sunday before, Mr. Barnes spoke of singular sensations to his immediate friends.  Monday, disease exhibited fearful and rapid progress, tending to the head, taking possession of the brain reducing its victim wholly to its sway, and baffling by its vagueness and complicity all efforts to arrest its course, until its fatal termination.  Mental aberration succeeded, but his wanderings were towards his scholars and was developed to the last, in a sad but admirable anxiety for those whose educational interests had so recently occupied his time and energies.  His age was thirty.

Mr. Barnes had nearly completed his second term as Principal of the Academy, securing the increasing respect and affections of his scholars, and the confidence of the community.  He was earnest, active and persevering in season and out of season, and his scholars and their welfare, and his school and its success, were foremost in his mind, engrossed his thoughts, and nerved him with an energy and an enthusiasm which were felt by all, who came within the circle of his influence. To the usual routine of the class recitation, Mr. Barnes frequently added the duties of a public lecturer, with a grace, beauty and strength which much enlarged the sphere of his usefulness, and enabled him at the same time to instruct parent and child.  Many will recollect the appropriate address with which he commenced his labors among us, and the question "wither bound!" its burden and its theme, which he has so soon and so solemnly answered,  in his own case, will recur with tenfold earnestness to those so lately sitting as his disciples.  How all unguessed his death, it seems but yesterday that with eye flashing with joy and a heart throbbing with patriotic emotion, he invited us to join at the Academy, in honoring the Washington Anniversary.  But when it came, the closed halls of the Academy, the darkened windows, the useless festal wreaths and the hush of music, were sadly eloquent with impending sorrow.  His funeral was attended at the Presbyterian Chruch, Sunday afternoon, by a large concourse, and the services were unusually solemn and impressive.  He sleeps embalmed in the tears of faithful, loving scholars, and sorrow stricken parents, and the solemn question, "whither bound," has ere this, we trust, found for him a joyful response in Heaven. 

Vital Records, Greene, NY, February1859

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 3, 1859

Married:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. Mr. Potter, Mr. Frank W. Comstock of Ligionier, Noble Co., Ind. to Miss Delia B. Osgood of Preston.

Married:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by the Rev. C. Perkins, Mr. A.H. Dudley, of Madison [Madison Co., NY] to Miss L.I. Curtiss, of Hamilton.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult., Mr. Andrew Yeomans, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., Flora F. Teftt, aged 27 years.

\Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th ult., Mrs. Sally Buell, in the 77th year of her age.

Died:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], on the 28th ult. of Scarlet Fever, Mary Augusta [Morse], youngest daughter of J.U. and Maria C Morse, in the 11th year of her age.

Why o'er the sweet calm face, fond Mother dost thou weep? / Woulds't thou awake thy child from such a sleep! / She is asleep with Him, whose love alone is pure, / Within whose presence bliss shall evermore endure.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 10, 1859

Married:  In Galesburg, Illinois, on the 13th ult., Mr. J. Leonard Short, formerly of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ada He....aw, both of the former place.

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult. by Rev. H. Cady, Mr. Henry R. Randall, to Miss Julia E. Breed, all of Pitcher.

Married:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., by Rev. C. Ruddock, Mr. Jeremiah Bosworth, to Miss Julia Cowles, all of Pharsalia.

Died:  At Smithville Flatts [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Andrew J Harrison, aged 30 years.

Died:  In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 28th ult., of consumption, after a protracted illness, Edwin [Saxton], son of Henry Saxton, aged 19 years and 6 months.

Chenango American, February 17, 1859

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] on the evening of the 15th inst. by Rev. Jas. D. Webster, Mr. John G. Lucas of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Nancy C. Haynes, both of the former place.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. H. Doane, Mr. Orrin Miner of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Esther A. Westcott, daughter of D. Westcott of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th ult, by Pastor C.S. Crain, Mr. Charles McLagan to Miss Eunice L. Yale, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In DeRuyter [Madison Co., NY], on the 23d, ult. by Rev. L.L. Gage?, Mr. William Hayden, to Miss Harriet M. Barnes, both of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. by Rev. A. Ketcham, Mr. Nelson O. Hu.....?  of Guilford [Chenango Co., Y] to Miss Helen A. Williams of Bainbridge. 

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 14th inst. by Rev. O. Bennett, E.L. Ensign M.D. of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Alcinda Field, doughier of Benjamin Randall, of Norwich. 

Died:  In Jersey City, on Wednesday, Feb. -?- of consumption, Maria Ann -?- [Youlin], wife of Dr. J.J. Youlin, formerly of this place [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], in the 23d? year of her age.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 24, 1859

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr Chas. E. Stratton to Miss Marion L. Bulkley all of Oxford.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. J.C Ransom, Mr. Martin Van Buren Bartle to Miss Mary Adelia Holmes all of Oxford.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. W.P. Potter, Mr. James E. Jacobs to Miss Catharine V. Norris, both of Oxford.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the -?- inst. Miss Betsey Fairchild, aged 29? years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th? inst. Mrs. Sally Farnham aged 73? years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst., Mrs. Lucy [Morse], wife of Benjamin Morse, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th? inst., Mr. Isaac N. A....? aged 70 years.