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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



IN MEMORIAM. 



WM. OXFORD, FREEBURG, MINN. 



William Oxford, one of the earliest settlers of Houston county, 

 died in Caledonia, Saturday, Oct. 6th, 1906, at 5 :30 P. M., from gen- 

 eral debility, aged 83 years. 



Wm. Oxford, Grandson and Great- Grandson. 



Mr. Oxford was born in South Hampton, England, April, ist, 

 1823. On April 9, 1849, he married Miss Mary Wakeford, and 

 they came to America the same year, remaining at Boston, Mass., 



