- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 114.
... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time.
- 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), 695.
Twentieth Regiment Infantry
Company B ...
Sergeants:
Osborn, Thomas S.
Residence: Oxford
Date of Enlistment: Aug. 4, '62
Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 8, '62
Remarks: Cap'd. May 3, '63, Chancellorscille, Va. Par. May 14, '63. Disc. dis. Sep. 3, '63.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 161.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 514.
The War of the Rebellion ...
Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ...
Twentieth Regiment Infantry, C. V.
Thomas S. Osborn, sergeant company B, August 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, September 3, 1863, Annapolis, Md.
- 1850 Oxford Census.
Smith Osborn.
[Living w/ Charry Riggs and her son Samuel.]
- 1870 Oxford Census.
works in augur shop.
- 1880 Oxford Census.
works in augur shop.
- B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.
Passing on short distance northward we come to one of the oldest houses in the town. It is known as the Clark Osborn placed and is located at the intersecting point of the Chestnut tree Hill road and the old Litchfield turnpike. This house was built about the middle of the 17th century and is of very ancient architecture. The Heavy oak lumbers that form the framework were hewed in the forest nearby. Some of them were large enough to hold the weight of a train of cars. This house was the one of Clark Osborn and his good wife for many years. Here were born to them three children, two sons and one daughter: Thomas, S. Ray F. and Mary.
Thomas married Miss Hawley of Oxford. He served three years in the Civil War, and returning to Oxford lived there most of the time. He owned and lived in what is now the Episcopal rectory, at the Center. He was quite an orator, and had been one of the leading politicians of the town. At the time of his death he was assistant postmaster.
Ray F. Osborn, the younger brother, spent his boyhood days in Oxford, but went to Youngstown, Ohio, in early life, where he became very prominent as a business man and politician. At the time of his death he was postmaster at Youngstown, Ohio.
Mary, the daughter, married a minister and went west.
Old Sergeant, as Mr. Osborn was known, was a very handy person to have in the community. He followed the business of getting out ship lumber. He moved to the Center late in life and occupied the house next to Sanford's store, now used as a stable He died there many years ago.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 113.
Thomas C. Osborne, Oct. 6, 1808
Nancy R. Osborne, Sept. 18, 1810
T. Smith Osborne, Feb. 2, 1839
Mary R. Osborne, May 2, 1842
F. Ray Osborne, March 1, 1845.
- Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 114.
... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
- 1880 Oxford Census.
- 1900 Oxford Census.
[Son Thomas E. is living w/ her.]
- B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.
Passing on short distance northward we come to one of the oldest houses in the town. It is known as the Clark Osborn placed and is located at the intersecting point of the Chestnut tree Hill road and the old Litchfield turnpike. This house was built about the middle of the 17th century and is of very ancient architecture. The Heavy oak lumbers that form the framework were hewed in the forest nearby. Some of them were large enough to hold the weight of a train of cars. This house was the one of Clark Osborn and his good wife for many years. Here were born to them three children, two sons and one daughter: Thomas, S. Ray F. and Mary.
Thomas married Miss Hawley of Oxford. He served three years in the Civil War, and returning to Oxford lived there most of the time. He owned and lived in what is now the Episcopal rectory, at the Center. He was quite an orator, and had been one of the leading politicians of the town. At the time of his death he was assistant postmaster.
Ray F. Osborn, the younger brother, spent his boyhood days in Oxford, but went to Youngstown, Ohio, in early life, where he became very prominent as a business man and politician. At the time of his death he was postmaster at Youngstown, Ohio.
Mary, the daughter, married a minister and went west.
Old Sergeant, as Mr. Osborn was known, was a very handy person to have in the community. He followed the business of getting out ship lumber. He moved to the Center late in life and occupied the house next to Sanford's store, now used as a stable He died there many years ago.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
- 1900 Oxford Census.
Nov 1833.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
- 1910 Derby Census.
Butcher.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
- Ibid.
Arthur R.
- Ibid.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 106.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
Thomas E.
- 1880 Oxford Census.
Elmer.
- 1900 Oxford Census.
Thomas E. / Day Laborer.
[Living w/ his mother.]
- Ibid.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 107.
From the Records of St. Peter's Church. Infant Baptisms...
Elmer, son of Smith and Mary J. Osborn, July 5, 1869.
- Ibid., 114.
From the Records of St. Peter's Church. Infant Baptisms...
Elmer, son of Smith and Mary J. Osborn, July 5, 1869.
