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             Husband: Alfred HARGER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15)
                Born: in Oxford, New Haven, CT
Christened: 19 SEP 1804 in Oxford Congregational Church (16)
Married: 13 MAR 1830 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (81)
Died: 02 OCT 1887 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (17 18)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (19 20 21)
Father: Elijah HARGER
Mother: Sarah Ruth LATTIN
Spouses: Sarah S.
                Wife: Ruth BEARDSLEE (22 23 24 25)
                Born: l 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (26)
Died: 01 JAN 1852 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (27 28)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (29 30 31)
Father: Lemuel BEARDSLEE
Mother: Mercy PERRY
Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Catherine Jane HARGER
Born: 01 JAN 1831 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32 33 34)
Died: 24 JUN 1831 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (35 36 37)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (38 39)
Spouses:
02               (M): Henry HARGER (40)
Born: 14 APR 1832 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (41 42)
Died:
Spouses:
03               (M): Charles HARGER (43)
Born: 23 JAN 1834 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44 45)
Died:
Spouses:
04               (M): Burton HARGER (46 47 48)
Born: l 1836 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (49 50)
Died: 16 DEC 1861 (51 52)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (53 54 55)
Spouses:
05               (M): John HARGER (56 57 58 59 60 61)
Born: l 1839 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (62)
Died:
Spouses: Sarah D. FAIRCHILD
06               (M): Oscar HARGER (63 64 65)
Born: l 1842 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (66)
Died:
Spouses:
07               (F): Mary HARGER (67 68 69 70)
Born: 1844 (71)
Died: 1932 (72)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (73 74)
Spouses:
08               (M): Edwin HARGER
Born: l 1846 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (75 76)
Died: 06 SEP 1848 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (77 78)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (79 80)
Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 64.
  2. Ibid., 178.
  3. Ibid., 180.
    [Member of Masonic Morning Star Lodge, No. 47 - Oxford
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/180.html.]
  4. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #9.
    ... built by Alfred Harger in 1820, remaining in the Harger family ever since.
    [ A map, photo and information about the Alfred Harger House can be found in this book.
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  5. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 126.
    ... learned surveying from his father-in-law, Lemuel Beardsley.
  6. The Diaries of Laura Davis 1856-1857.
    Sun 4th Clear ... Alfred Harger's child Buried.
  7. 1840 Oxford Census.
  8. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  9. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  10. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  11. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  12. 1852 Oxford Map (Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian.").
    Alfr Hargis.
    [ Quaker Farms Road, north of Governors Hill Road
    http://oxfordpast.net/map.html.]
  13. 1856 Oxford Map (Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian).
    Alf Hager.
    [ Quaker Farms Road, north of Governors Hill Road
    http://oxfordpast.net/map.html.]
  14. F. W. Beers, 1868 map (Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977).
    Alf Harger.
    [Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
    Quaker Farms Road, north of Governors Hill Road
    http://www.oxfordpast.net/1868QuakerFarmsSouth.jpg.]
  15. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 26, 45.
    ... of Oxford ...
  16. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 43.
  17. Ibid., 126.
  18. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39.
  19. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  20. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  21. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
    Alfred Harger, died Oct. 2, 1887, aged 83.
    Sarah S., his wife, died Mar. 25, 1888, aged 72.
    Safe within the Fold.
    Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah Harger, died Jan. 3, 1837, aged 8 mos.
    Burton Harger, died Dec. 16, 1861 aged 25 years.
    In memory of Elijah Hawkins, who died Feb. 23d, 1809, aged 61.
    Anna, his first wife, died Dec. 2d, 1794, aged 45.
  22. Ibid., 64.
  23. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 124.
  24. 1850 Oxford Census.
  25. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 26, 45.
    ... of Oxford ...
  26. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
  27. Ibid., 84.
  28. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  29. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  30. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  31. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 83-4.
    Elijah Harger, died March 20, 1840, aged 74 years and eight months.
    Sarah R., wife of Elijah Harger, died March 5, 1841, aged 68 years and 2 m.
    Burritt, son of Elijah and Sarah Harger, died Nov. 13, 1822, AEt. 16.
    Ruth Harger, wife of Alfred Harger, died Jan. 1, 1852, aged 45.
    Catherine J., died June 24, 1831, ae. 6 months; Edwin, died Sept. 6, 1848, aet. 2 years; children
    of Ruth and Alfred Harger.
  32. Ibid., 64.
  33. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 45.
    Caroline Jane, d. Alfred & Ruth, d. June 25, 1831.
  34. Ibid., 46.
    Catherine, [d. 1831], ae 6 m.
    Catherine Jane, Alfred & Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1831.
  35. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
  36. Ibid., 79.
  37. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  38. Ibid., 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  39. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 83-4.
    Elijah Harger, died March 20, 1840, aged 74 years and eight months.
    Sarah R., wife of Elijah Harger, died March 5, 1841, aged 68 years and 2 m.
    Burritt, son of Elijah and Sarah Harger, died Nov. 13, 1822, AEt. 16.
    Ruth Harger, wife of Alfred Harger, died Jan. 1, 1852, aged 45.
    Catherine J., died June 24, 1831, ae. 6 months; Edwin, died Sept. 6, 1848, aet. 2 years; children
    of Ruth and Alfred Harger.
  40. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  41. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 64.
  42. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 46.
  43. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  44. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 64.
  45. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 46.
  46. 1850 Oxford Census.
  47. 1860 Oxford Census.
    School Teacher.
  48. Ibid.
    School Teacher.
  49. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
  50. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
  51. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
  52. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
  53. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  54. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  55. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
    Alfred Harger, died Oct. 2, 1887, aged 83.
    Sarah S., his wife, died Mar. 25, 1888, aged 72.

    Safe within the Fold.

    Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah Harger, died Jan. 3, 1837, aged 8 mos.
    Burton Harger, died Dec. 16, 1861 aged 25 years.
  56. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 124.
  57. 1850 Oxford Census.
  58. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farming.
  59. Ibid.
    Farming.
  60. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  61. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Surveyor.
  62. 1850 Oxford Census.
  63. Ibid.
  64. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farming.
  65. Ibid.
    Farming.
  66. 1850 Oxford Census.
  67. 1875 Oxford Agricultural Society ((http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html)), 28.
    Judges: Miss Mary Hudson, Miss Sarah Ward, Miss Mary Harger.
  68. 1850 Oxford Census.
  69. 1860 Oxford Census.
  70. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Organist.
    [Living at home.]
  71. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
  72. Ibid., 40.
  73. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  74. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  75. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
  76. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
  77. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
  78. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  79. Ibid., 39-40.
    Harger, Sarah S., wife of Alfred, died Mar. 25, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Harger, Alfred, died Oct. 2, 1887, age 83 yrs.
    Scoville, Elizabeth, born 1897, died 1899
    Durand, Elijah, died Mar. 6, 1804, age 73 yrs.
    Durand, Anna, wife of Elijah, died Oct. 7 1801, age 70 yrs.
    Harger, Burritt, son of Elijah & Sarah, died Nov. 13, 1822
    Harger, Elijah, died Mar. 20, 1840, age 74 yrs. 8 mos.
    Harger, Sarah R., wife of Elijah, died Mar. 5, 1841, age 68 yrs. 2 mos.
    Harger, Mary, born 1844, died 1932
    Harger, Ruth, wife of Alfred, died Jan. 1, 1852, age 45 yrs.
    Harger, Catherine, daughter of Alfred & Ruth, died June 24, 1831, age 6 mos.
    Harger, Edwin, son of Alfred & Ruth, died Sept. 6, 1848, age 2 yrs.
    Harger, Lewis, son of Alfred & Sarah, died Jan. 3, 1857, age 8 mos.
    Harger, Burton, died Dec. 16, 1861, age 25 yrs.
  80. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 83-4.
    Elijah Harger, died March 20, 1840, aged 74 years and eight months.
    Sarah R., wife of Elijah Harger, died March 5, 1841, aged 68 years and 2 m.
    Burritt, son of Elijah and Sarah Harger, died Nov. 13, 1822, AEt. 16.
    Ruth Harger, wife of Alfred Harger, died Jan. 1, 1852, aged 45.
    Catherine J., died June 24, 1831, ae. 6 months; Edwin, died Sept. 6, 1848, aet. 2 years; children
    of Ruth and Alfred Harger.
  81. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 26, 45.
    ... by Rev. A. Brown.

Revised: 19-Oct-08
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