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In
1935 the old Rectory was sold and the
present one purchased adjacent to the church building.
One of the church clergy most prominent in the
community
was the Rev. L.F. Morris, who served from 1887-1897. He was an
active
member of the town's school committee, and was one of the
leaders in
the movement to have Oxford's school districts consolidated
and placed
under town control.
Another clergyman who left a mark on the
town
was
the Rev. Henry S. Douglas, who served from 1931 to 1948.
During his
tenure the town observed the 250th Anniversary of the Coming
of the
White Settlers to Oxford, as well as the George Washington
Bi-Centennial in 1932, Douglas became an avid student of local
history.
In 1935 the Tercentenary of Connecticut
was
observed
and Mr. Douglas and the parish were active in that observance.
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CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, QUAKER
FARMS.
An account
of
the history of Christ Church
was prepared by Mrs. Lydia von Wettberg and represents a
condensation
of A History of Christ Church in
Quaker Farms,
which was written by her father, the late Norman Litchfield
in 1954.
We thank the Rev. Timothy Carberry for
allowing us
the use of the material.
"The name of Quaker Farms appears in
records as.early as 1683, but is was many years before the
people of
Quaker Farms had a church nearer than Oxford Center... Of
particular
interest, therefore, is the entry of February 10, 1812 in
the old
record of St. Peter's 'that this parish approves the
erection of a
chapel in Quaker Farms for the benefit of the Episcopalian
Society in
said district ... provided that the Society shall never be
taxed for
the erection of said chapel.' The people of Quaker Farms
would at last
have a building of their own although they would continue
as part of
the 'Society in Oxford' and could have the services of the
rector or
curate no more than half of the Sundays."
