He ran off to Europe for about a year, and returned from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia on 10 February 1904, traveling under the name Charles Russell.
Charles Oxenford married Rose Marie Delaney about 1904. The couple lived in and around Pottstown and had 12 children.
Shortly after his wife's death, Charles moved to Los Angeles and resumed using the surname Russell.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 January 1904, p. 2, col. 6:
INQUIRER BRINGS JOY
Boy Long Absent Reads of Parents' Anguish and Writes
Special to The Inquirer.
POTTSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 7.—After over a year's mysterious absence, during which no tidings were had of him, Charles Oxenford, aged 18, was heard from this evening by his parents. A letter from him says he is ill in a Liverpool, England, hospital, and that he will return home as soon as he recovers.
In the letter he says a clipping from The Philadelphia Inquirer, with his picture, and telling of his parents' anguish over his absence, was given him by a companion and caused him to write home. He has visited almost every country in Europe since his departure.
He ran off to Europe for about a year, and returned from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia on 10 February 1904, traveling under the name Charles Russell.
Charles Oxenford married Rose Marie Delaney about 1904. The couple lived in and around Pottstown and had 12 children.
Shortly after his wife's death, Charles moved to Los Angeles and resumed using the surname Russell.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 January 1904, p. 2, col. 6:
INQUIRER BRINGS JOY
Boy Long Absent Reads of Parents' Anguish and Writes
Special to The Inquirer.
POTTSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 7.—After over a year's mysterious absence, during which no tidings were had of him, Charles Oxenford, aged 18, was heard from this evening by his parents. A letter from him says he is ill in a Liverpool, England, hospital, and that he will return home as soon as he recovers.
In the letter he says a clipping from The Philadelphia Inquirer, with his picture, and telling of his parents' anguish over his absence, was given him by a companion and caused him to write home. He has visited almost every country in Europe since his departure.
Gravesite Details
Interred 7 December 1962.
Family Members
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William Theodore Oxenford
1905–1965
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Albert Edward "Singing Cowboy" Oxenford
1906–1978
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Laura May Oxenford Herpst
1907–1991
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Harry Russell Oxenford
1908–1994
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Lavina Emma Oxenford
1909–1909
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Charles Victor Oxenford
1912–1973
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John A. Oxenford
1914–1917
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James Samuel Oxenford
1916–1969
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Daniel Thomas Oxenford
1918–2004
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Rose Marie Oxenford Ambler
1920–2001
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David Earl Oxenford Sr
1923–2000
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