Old Homestead, believed to have been the O'Neill house before renovations. It, like many other homes in Oxford, has been in the family for generations.

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    Mrs. Ida E. Ingersoll Renker informs us that the following members of the Peck family were all born at the same house at 231 Riggs Street:

Emma Peck Tucker, b. June 22, 1879, d. Mar. 20, 1950.
Mable Peck Wheeler, b. Feb. 28, 1882, d. Dec. 3, 1953.
Otis Henry Peck, b. Jan. 11, 1877, d. Nov. 22, 1935.
Daisy Peck Ingersall, b. Dec w, 1886, d. Mar. 15, 1970.
Sarah Peck Rowland, b. Jan 23, 1889, d. April 14, 1962

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LIFE IN EARLY OXFORD

    Life in the early days of Oxford was difficult for the residents, and in 1794, there was a small outbreak of smallpox, which affected several families, killing nine.
    At this time there was a pest house in Derby, but there is no record of special quarantine facilities on Oxford.