Oxford, Massachusetts
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Oxford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,347 as of the 2020 United States census. The town contains the census-designated place of the same name. It wa
Oxford Town Hall
First Congregational Church
Clara Barton
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Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not ver
Oxford, Massachusetts
…The population was 13,347 as of the 2020 United States census. The town contains the census-designated place of the same name. It was the birthplace of Clara Barton, the first president and founder of the American Red Cross. Present day Oxford and the areas surrounding it were inhabited for thousands of years before…
Barton in 1865
Barton c. 1866
Clara Barton honored on a 1948 U.S. commemorative stamp
Photo by James E. Purdy (1904)