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Henry "Hank" Thomas Oxford, the son of William and Mary, was born about 1849.  He married Phebe May Pierce in Greenwood, Wisconsin, January 30, 1883 when she was about thirty-two years old.  She was the daughter of Warren E. and Jane S. (Gould) Pierce.  Phebe died January 28, 1931 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon.  According to the 1880 Census, she was born in Wisconsin.  Her father was born in Vermont (b. 20 Jun 1821) and her mother was a native of New York.  She had first married James Green who she wed in 1871 and had a son named Denver Green.  Her second marriage was May 26, 1875 to Abner Leslie Peterson in Greenwood, Wisconsin.

 

Henry farmed in Warner Township.

 

News Clips and Stories

 

1894: Henry Oxford has put in 470,000 ft. of logs into Rock Creek this winter for the Coburn estate.

 

1895 Greenwood census: Oxford, Henry 3 male 1 female

 

March 9, 1900: Henry Oxford has sold out his dray business first to Hastings Baird who the next day sold it to Cha. Kippenhan. Mr. Oxford expects to spend some time in other parts and will probably leave today.

 

Aug 23, 1901: Mrs. Frank Peterson writes to Mrs. Henry Oxford that her parents, Fred Schilling and wife, arrived at Salem, Oregon, in good health and well pleased with the country. They are going farther west, however, to settle, deciding to get more into a fruit country.

 

Feb 1906: Henry Oxford of Greenwood, the man who four weeks ago came to this city and during a conversation lost his voice, was here again the first of the week fully recovered. He said the recovery of his voice came about by the constant use of hot milk. Marshfield News.

 

Feb 13, 1906: Henry Oxford, who has been visiting his wife at the home of Chas. Varney, has so far recovered from his recent illness spoken of in last week’s Gleaner, that he expects to return to his work in the northern part of the state soon. Hemlock news

 

Mar 20, 1906: Mrs. Oxford and Mrs. Chas. Varney called on Mrs. Sam Smith Saturday. Hemlock news

 

Henry Oxford has sold out his dray business first to Hastings Baird who the next day sold it to Cha. Kippenhan. Mr. Oxford expects to spend some time in other parts and will probably leave today. Greenwood Gleaner 3-9-1900.

 

“...Robert Eggett was an old Englishman, who came to Greenwood in 1884, worked in camp many winters for Charles Miller as road monkey, where Hank Oxford, dubbed "Old Slew Foot," was foreman and Fritz Gaaretz, sawyer, keeping his files on a shelf over his bunk. One evening when the men assembled in the men's shanty, Fritz stepped on the deacon seat to put his file away, "Coom doon oot o' thot, mit your auld snawy pocks". Fritz swore at him, and Eggett said "You can Jasus and you can Dom but coom doon oot o' thot." One morning, after a heavy fall of snow, Eggett was ordered out ahead of the teams, and refused to go out so early (about two A. M.) so was given his time, when he said, "I'll gang awa up to Cy Dewey, noo." Cyrus.Dewey was the foreman in a rival camp....”  The Hub of Clark Co 1853-1934 Chapter IV

 

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