Oxford Past Genealogy Project

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Elijah SHERMAN

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

Ruth Ann WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 22. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

Samuel WOOSTER

¹1820 Oxford Census.

²1830 Oxford Census.

³1840 Oxford Census.

⁴1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁵1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁶1870 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁷Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), p. 53.

⁸W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 23. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/023.html.

⁹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 83.

¹⁰Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53.

¹¹Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53. "
Williams, Mary J., died Feb. 22, 1839, age 22 yrs.
Williams, Amos, died Feb. 5, 1845, age 79 yrs.
Wooster, Samuel, born July 16, 1789, died July 8, 1872
Wooster, Priscilla, wife of Samuel, born Apr. 13, 1794, died Jan. 23, 1883
Williams, Clarissa, wife of Amos, died May 15, 1859, age 101 yrs. 1 mo."

Priscilla WILLIAMS

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

²1850 Oxford Census.

³1860 Oxford Census.

⁴1870 Oxford Census.

⁵Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), p. 53.

⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 83. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

⁷Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53.

⁸Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53. "
Williams, Mary J., died Feb. 22, 1839, age 22 yrs.
Williams, Amos, died Feb. 5, 1845, age 79 yrs.
Wooster, Samuel, born July 16, 1789, died July 8, 1872
Wooster, Priscilla, wife of Samuel, born Apr. 13, 1794, died Jan. 23, 1883
Williams, Clarissa, wife of Amos, died May 15, 1859, age 101 yrs. 1 mo."

Amos WILLIAMS

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 83. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²1840 Oxford Census.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 82.

⁴Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), p. 53.

⁵Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).

⁶Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53. "
Williams, Mary J., died Feb. 22, 1839, age 22 yrs.
Williams, Amos, died Feb. 5, 1845, age 79 yrs.
Wooster, Samuel, born July 16, 1789, died July 8, 1872
Wooster, Priscilla, wife of Samuel, born Apr. 13, 1794, died Jan. 23, 1883
Williams, Clarissa, wife of Amos, died May 15, 1859, age 101 yrs. 1 mo."

Clarissa

¹1850 Oxford Census. Age 91, living w/ daughter Priscilla and her husband, Samuel Wooster.

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 83. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/083.html.

³Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), p. 53. http://www.oxfordpast.com/rscemscan53.html.

⁴Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53. "died May 15, 1859, age 101 yrs. 1 mo." http://www.oxfordpast.com/rscemscan53.html.

⁵W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 83. "aged 101 years, 1 month." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/083.html.

⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 83. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/083.html.

⁷Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery, p. 53. "Williams, Mary J., died Feb. 22, 1839, age 22 yrs.
Williams, Amos, died Feb. 5, 1845, age 79 yrs.
Wooster, Samuel, born July 16, 1789, died July 8, 1872
Wooster, Priscilla, wife of Samuel, born Apr. 13, 1794, died Jan. 23, 1883
Williams, Clarissa, wife of Amos, died May 15, 1859, age 101 yrs. 1 mo." http://www.oxfordpast.com/rscemscan53.html.

⁸Riverside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem9699.html.

Russell WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 72. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 110. .

³Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 85.

⁴1830 Oxford Census.

⁵1840 Oxford Census.

⁶1850 Oxford Census.

⁷1860 Seymour Census. "Farmer."

⁸1870 Derby Census. "Farmer."

⁹Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 674. " ... a thrifty farmer, who cultivated large fields of rocky land."

¹⁰W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 72.

¹¹Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 783.

¹²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 84.

¹³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 23.

¹⁴Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

¹⁵Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 599.

¹⁶Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, 192, 216.

Avis A. BURR

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 72. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.

²Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 110. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp110.html.

³Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 85.

⁴1850 Oxford Census.

⁵1860 Seymour Census.

⁶1870 Derby Census.

⁷Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 192.

⁸Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

⁹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Southbury, 192, 216.

Colonel William Burr WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 170. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Col. Wm. B. Wooster ... son of Russell ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/170.html.

²Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 110 - 111, 112. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp110.html.

³Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 505. "Twentieth Regiment Infantry, C. V.
William B. Wooster, lieutenant colonel, August 22, 1862. Promoted colonel August 29, 1862."

⁴Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and  Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.), p. 859. "History of the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regt. C. V. Infantry.
The earliest recruit for this regiment was enlisted August 11, 1863 ... The full number and more was attained in January, 1864. For lack of officers it was not mustered into the United States service until March 8th. Four days after, Colonel William B. Wooster, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the Twentieth Connecticut, reported for duty and soon took command."

⁵1875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 38. "Wooster & Torrance
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Birmingham, (Town of Derby,) Conn.
Wm. B. Wooster       David Torrance." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_38.html.

⁶Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, pp. 674 - 675. " ... Col. Wooster made a brilliant war record, and his services were an honor to Derby and the state."

⁷Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Connecticut Men in the War of the Rebellion, p. 692. "Twentieth Regiment Infantry
Company H ...
Field and Staff
Leiutenant-Colonels
William B. Wooster
Residence: Derby
Date of Enlistment: Aug. 29, '62
Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 8, '62
Remarks:  Pro. Col. by bvt. for gallantry at Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., Mch. 13, '65; Col. 29th C.V. Mch. 8, '64."

⁸1850 Derby Census. "Attorney."

⁹1860 Derby Census. "Lawyer." At the home of Dr. Ambrose Beardsley and family.

¹⁰1870 Derby Census. "Lawyer." At the home of Dr. Ambrose Beardsley and family.

¹¹Walking the Berkshires. " ... It did not end in Birmingham, for an angry crowd assembled there as well.    Here one of the leading Wooster,WilliamB citizens of the community, if not the state - Col. William B. Wooster - urged them to uphold law and order.  He had been the commander of the colored 29th regiment in which James Drake had served in the Civil War, He was a Republican and an abolitionist, and his efforts to keep the crowds emotions in check were bolstered by now well-armed deputies from Ansonia who lead Freeman once more from jail and took him by fast carriage to the county jail in New Haven to prevent another attempt on his life ..." http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/race_and_memory/.

¹²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 72.

¹³Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 674.

¹⁴Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 85.

Samuel Russell WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 72. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 85.

Avis Amanda WOOSTER

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Seymour Census.

³1870 Derby Census.

⁴1850 Oxford Census.

William BURR

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 192.

²Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 2, p 204.

³Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

⁴Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 2, p 204. "22 Jun 1841."

⁵Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

⁶Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem10847.html.

⁷American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003). . http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.

⁸Complied by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Southbury, p. 192.

Sarah HUBBELL

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, 191, 192.

²Walter Hubbell, History of the Hubbell Family: Containg a Geneological Record, New York, J. H. Hubbell & Co., 1881, p. 252.

³Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 119. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/119.html.

⁵Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

⁶Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem10848.html.

⁷Complied by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Southbury, p. 192.

Alvin BURR

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 191.

Nabby BURR

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 192.

Sally BURR

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 192.

Betsey BURR

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 192.

Henry BURR

¹Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), p. 28.

²Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28.

³Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28.

William BURR

¹Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

²Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

³Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery, p. 28. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sfcemscan28.html.

⁴Southford Cemetery Photograph - Oxford CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem10850.html.

Stephen TURNER

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

Sarah WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 72. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 783.

³Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 84. "Sally."

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 24. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/024.html.

⁵Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

Ira SHERMAN

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 69. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).

³Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 69.

⁴1820 Oxford Census.

⁵1830 Oxford Census.

Hannah WOOSTER

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 69. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).

³Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 69.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 72.

⁵Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 783.

⁶Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 84.

⁷Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.

Ira Elijah SHERMAN

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 69. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.

²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 69.

John HYDE

¹Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 275.

Elizabeth HARVEY

¹Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 275.

Asa OSBORN

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 204.

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "
... of Southbury ..."

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 34.

Sarah HYDE

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Lucy OSBORN

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 204.

Simeon OSBORN

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 205.

Asa OSBORN

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 204.

Abijah OSBORN

¹Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 204.

Sally Lovilla HYDE

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 65. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 51.