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             Husband: Russell WOOSTER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
                Born: 26 APR 1791 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (10 11 12)
          Christened: 31 JUL 1791 in Oxford Congregational Church (13 14)
             Married: 15 NOV 1820 in Southbury, New Haven, CT (44 45)
                Died:
              Father: Joseph WOOSTER
              Mother: Hannah WOODRUFF
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Avis A. BURR (15 16 17 18 19 20)
                Born: 26 MAY 1796 in Southbury, New Haven, CT (21)
                Died:
              Father: William BURR
              Mother: Sarah HUBBELL
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): William Burr WOOSTER (22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
                Born: 22 AUG 1821 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32 33 34)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
02               (F): Cynthia Cordelia WOOSTER (35)
                Born: 21 DEC 1824 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (36 37)
                Died:
             Spouses: Thomas M. DOWNS
03               (M): Samuel Russell WOOSTER
                Born: 22 APR 1829 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (38 39)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
04               (F): Avis Amanda WOOSTER (40 41 42)
                Born: l 1839 (43)
                Died:
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  2. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 110.
  3. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 85.
  4. 1830 Oxford Census.
  5. 1840 Oxford Census.
  6. 1850 Oxford Census.
  7. 1860 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  8. 1870 Derby Census.
    Farmer.
  9. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 674.
    ... a thrifty farmer, who cultivated large fields of rocky land.
  10. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  11. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 783.
  12. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  13. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 23.
  14. Selected 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.
  15. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  16. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 110.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp110.html.]
  17. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 85.
  18. 1850 Oxford Census.
  19. 1860 Seymour Census.
  20. 1870 Derby Census.
  21. Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830 (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 192.
  22. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 170.
    Col. Wm. B. Wooster ... son of Russell ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/170.html.]
  23. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 110 - 111, 112.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp110.html.]
  24. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 505.
    Twentieth Regiment Infantry, C. V.
    William B. Wooster, lieutenant colonel, August 22, 1862. Promoted colonel August 29, 1862.
  25. Compiled 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), 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.
  26. 1875 Oxford Agricultural Society ((http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html)), 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.]
  27. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 674 - 675.
    ... Col. Wooster made a brilliant war record, and his services were an honor to Derby and the state.
  28. Compiled 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), 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.
  29. 1850 Derby Census.
    Attorney.
  30. 1860 Derby Census.
    Lawyer.
    [At the home of Dr. Ambrose Beardsley and family.]
  31. 1870 Derby Census.
    Lawyer.
    [At the home of Dr. Ambrose Beardsley and family.]
  32. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  33. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 674.
  34. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 85.
  35. Ibid., 41.
    Cynthia C. Worcester, of Oxford.
  36. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 83.
    Dec. 21, 1824.
  37. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    Cynthia Coredelia, Dec. 1, 1824.
  38. Ibid., 72.
  39. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 85.
  40. 1850 Oxford Census.
  41. 1860 Seymour Census.
  42. 1870 Derby Census.
  43. 1850 Oxford Census.
  44. Selected 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.
  45. Complied by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 40 - Southbury 1787-1830 (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 192, 216.

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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