Oxford Past Online Library Project

Cemeteries

History of Oxford, by William C. Sharpe

Zoar Bridge Cemetery Inscriptions pages 81 - 83
Hillside (Hawkins) Cemetery Inscriptions pages 83 - 84, 125 - 130

1934/5 W.P.A. Headstone inscription project for Oxford and other local cemeteries.

ANSONIA
BEACON FALLS
BETHANY
BRIDGEPORT
DERBY
NAUGATUCK
OXFORD
SEYMOUR
SHELTON

ANSONIA

Elm St. Old Episcopal Cemetery - Copied by George V. Donahue and Frank F. O'Brien, Oct 1934 - (26 pages)

BEACON FALLS
Note: All the names on the Pines Bridge Cemetery list below can be found in the Oxford Past name index.

Pines Bridge Cemetery - Copied by David Davis and Levi Glasson, 22 Nov 1934 - (25 pages)

BETHANY

Carrington Cemetery - Copied by D. MacAulay, 15 Oct 1934 - (9 pages)
Methodist Cemetery - Copied by D. MacAulay, 15 Oct 1934 - (7 pages)
Old Bethany Cemetery - Copied by Burton S. Brockett, 15 Oct 1934 - (6 pages)
Sperry Cemetery - Copied by D. MacAulay, 15 Oct 1934 - (6 pages)

BRIDGEPORT

Old Stratfield Cemetery - Copied by Charles H. Oakley, 20 Dec 1934 - (33 pages)

DERBY

Derby Colonial Cemetery - Copied by Frank F. O'Brien and George V. Donahue, 19 Oct 1934 - (30 pages)
Oak Cliff Cemetery - Copied by Frank F. O'Brien, George V. Donahue, and Arthur Walker, Nov 1934 - (113 pages)

NAUGATUCK
Note: All the names on the Naugatuck lists below can be found in the Oxford Past name index.

Ancient Cemetery - Copied by Levi L. Glasson, 16 Nov 1934 - (2 pages)
Gunntown Cemetery - Copied by David Davis and Levi Glasson, 20 Nov 1934 - (12 pages)
Wooster St. Cemetery - Copied by Levi L. Glasson, 21 Nov 1934 - (2 pages)

OXFORD - W. P. A.
Note: All the names on the Oxford lists below can be found in the Oxford Past name index.

Brookside Cemetery - Copied by Charles Elwell, 2 Jan 1935
Congregational Cemetery - Copied by Andrew Bell, 3 Jan 1935
Hillside (Hawkins) Cemetery - Copied by Charles Elwell, 31 Dec 1934
Jack's Hill Cemetery - Copied by Andrew Bell, 2 Jan 1935
Riverside Cemetery - Copied by Charles Elwell, 31 Dec 1934
St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery - Copied by Charles Elwell, 3 Jan 1935
Southford Cemetery Copied by Charles Elwell, 4 Jan 1935

SEYMOUR - Seymour Cemetery Name Index (25 pages)

Congregational Cemetery - Copied by Arthur Walker, 22 Nov 1934 - (6 pages)
Great Hill Cemetery - Copied by Frank F. O'Brien, 28 Dec 1934 - (10 pages)
Methodist Cemetery - Copied by Arthur Walker, 22 Nov 1934 - (4 pages)
St. Augustine's Cemetery - Copies by Frank F. O'Brien, 22 Nov 1934 - (8 pages)
St. Kirylot Cemetery - Copied by George V. Donahue, 22 Nov 1934 - (1 page)
Squantuck Cemetery - Copied by Arthur Walker, 23 Nov 1934 - (2 pages)
Trinity Cemetery - Copied by Frank F. O'Brien, 26 Nov 1934 - (32 pages)
Union Cemetery - Copied by Arthur Walker, 23 Nov 1934 - (36 pages)

SHELTON

Lower White Hills Cemetery - Copied by Arthur Walker, 25 Oct 1934 - (9 pages)

Diaries

1873 Diary of Elijah B. Treat
Transcribed by Dorothy A. DeBisschop

Letters

Barnes/Riggs Family letters

Courtesy of Sherrie (Barnes) Haines

1839, July 9	Harvey Riggs, Waterbury, CT, to Myron and Esther (Riggs) Barnes	transcription
1839, Aug. 12	Samuel Riggs, Harwinton, CT to Myron and Esther (Riggs) Barnes	transcription
1840, Feb. 2	Isaac Riggs, Harwinton, CT to Myron and Esther (Riggs) Barnes	transcription
1850, June 23	Harvey Riggs, New Haven, CT, to Myron and Esther (Riggs) Barnes	transcription
1854, Oct. 22	William B. Riggs to Myron and Esther (Riggs) Barnes	transcription
1865, Feb. 26	Merritt W. Riggs, Avon, N.Y.,	transcription

Chatfield Family letters

Courtesy of Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson

1850, April 2 - Hubert [Judd] to Augusta (Seymour) Clark

1855, Sept. 9 - Roxa (Sperry) Chatfield, Oxford, CT to Enos Beecher and Mary Elizabeth (Seymour) Chatfield

1864, June 8 - Julia (Chatfield) Thomas, Oxford, CT to Enos Beecher and Mary Elizabeth (Seymour) Chatfield

WARNING: THIS LETTER CONTAINS MEDICAL CONTENT THAT IS CONSIDERED "GROSS".

1860 - Clark Lockwood to William A. Seymour

1861, Nov. 27 - Enos Beecher Chatfield to William A. Seymour

1879, July - Augusta (Seymour) Clark to mother Sarah (Dunham) Seymour

1899, Feb. 17 - Emily (Chatfield) Sperry, New Haven, CT, to Nellie Chatfield, Dubuque, Iowa.


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