. History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement ... f the best equipped in the county and his home possesses all the modernconveniences. His holdings now include one hundred and sixty acres of land onSection 9, Magor township, eighty acres on section 8 of the same township andtwo hundred acres in Freeborn county, Minnesota. He makes a specialty ofraising Duroc and Chester White hogs and that branch of his business is provingvery profitable. He has also become interested in other business projects and isnow president of the
. History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement ... f the best equipped in the county and his home possesses all the modernconveniences. His holdings now include one hundred and sixty acres of land onSection 9, Magor township, eighty acres on section 8 of the same township andtwo hundred acres in Freeborn county, Minnesota. He makes a specialty ofraising Duroc and Chester White hogs and that branch of his business is provingvery profitable. He has also become interested in other business projects and isnow president of the Commercial Savings Bank, a stockholder in tlie FarmersSavings Rank and for twelve years has been president of the telephone companyof Corwith. On the 20th of April, 1887, Mr. Oxley was united in marriage to Miss JuliaSanford, a daughter of John V. and Loecada Sanford. She passed away inApril, 1897. There were three children of that marriage: Fred E., who is nowmarried and resides in Minnesota; Hilton J., whose death occurred in 1895; andMildred J., who was graduated in June, 1917, from St. Marys College at Prairie du. MR. AND MRS. FKEl) J. OXLEY THE :-:^-!^ YQ^j^ •»-~i-T, ...;ox ANDTILDiiN ForjNDATIONa WINNEBAOO AND I lAXCOCK COUNTIES 265 Chien, Wisconsin. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Oxley later married MissElizabeth Pybus, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hoppe) Pybus, who werenatives of England. The children of the second marriage were: Leslie V.;Gladys, who died in March, 1908; Gail; and John H. Mrs. is actively interested in the raising of chickens, making a specialtyof Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks. She uses incubators entirely forhatching and in 1917 is raising one thousand chickens. She also has IndianRunner ducks and the fine poultry makes a very pleasing and interesting featureof the farm. In politics Mr. is a republican and has been called upon to fill variouspositions of honor and trust. He was county supervisor for nine years and d
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