Oxford, Illinois

COLE A. B. P.O. Alpha; Sec. 28; Retired; born in Chenango Co. N. Y., April 13, 1806; left there and came to this county and settled in this township, Jan. 1839, ar"d is among the oldest settlers, there being but six voters in the township when he came; has family, four children; wife was Augusta Briggs, born in Worcester Co. Mass. Nov. 22, 1804; married Nov. 24, 1831; has 40 acres, value §3,000; has been County Commissioner one term, Assessor one term, and held other town offices; Dem; Bapt.

Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.

COX J. F. P.O. Alpha; Sec. 20; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Rock Island Co. 111. Jan. 16, 1840: came to this county in 1850, and is among the oldest settlers; has family, four children living, Wilhelmina G., Elmer S., Clinton and Walter K.; one dead, Carlton F.; wife was Jane W. Sutton, born in Canada, Dec. 31, 1843; married Dec. 6, 1864; has 160 acres, value $10,000; Rep; member of Masonic Lodge, No. 367.

Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.

COX R. R. Retired, P.O. Oxford; born in what is now called Wayne Co. Ind. near Richmond, Aug. 29, 1805; left there and removed to Tippecanoe Co. Ind. in 1824, and remained there until the Spring of '37; then removed to Mercer Co. this state, just across the line in Rivola Tp., at that time there being but three families in the Tp; he remained there until 1864, then removed here, his former home being but three-quarters of a mile from where he now lives; has family, five children living, four dead; been married twice; first wife was Sarah L. Epperson, born in Tennessee, 1809; married Dec. 13, 1832; she died Feb. 4. 1864; married again to Susan Morford, born in Penn.'Sept. I, 1801; married Aug. 3, 1865; has been Justice of the Peace 24 years; two terms as County Commissioner; two terms as Supervisor, and held other town offices; Rep; Bapt.

Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Oxford Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.