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January 1, 1810:The action was a follow-up from the annexation of a part of Southbury to Oxford. The part annexed was originally part of the old ecclesiastical society of Oxford.
Isaac M. Wales, Justus Cande, Elihu Bates, Samuel Cande, John Bassett, and Jehiel Peet were elected to be "a committee to make a division of the town poor."
January 9, 1830:It is Possible the meeting house referred to was Christ Episcopal Church, as it was originally established as a community church.
"A petition was read from sundry persons, praying that the selectmen be authorized to view and lay out a road from over near to Zoar Bridge to or near to the Baptist meeting house in Quaker Farms in Oxford."
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Some interesting aspects of community and family life have been recorded in THE SEYMOUR RECORD. They were submitted in most cases, by Oxford residents of the day. From these brief notes, it is Possible to imagine life in Oxford during those years.
April, 1873:
"A new steamboat has been launched on the Housatonic and a few days since a pleasure party from this place took a trip to the Milford Point and on their way they had the pleasure of Christening it." -- from the Riverside correspondent.June 28, 1873:
"Mr. D.P. Johnson, of Oxford killed a black adder, which he saw coiled around a tree eleven feet from the ground. It measured 5 feet, 7 inches long, and 11 inches in circumference. On opening him, a whole gray squirrel was found in his maw."
The writer goes on to suggest that it was a common black snake, and not an adder after all.June 28, 1873:
"A colored man, named Jordan Scott, assaulted Mr. William Upson with a horsewhip, giving him a wound near his left eye."July 12, 1873:
Riverside -- "An insane man has been wandering through out street the past few days annoying the inhabitants."
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