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  • Collection: Historical Houses of Worthington, Massachusetts

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Black and white photograph of the home of 'Miss' Cordelia Robinson (b. February 1st, 1836, Robinson Hollow in Chesterfield). Cordelia's sister, Alice (who also possibly lived in this house) was born in the same place on July 17th, 1843. The sisters…

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Black and white photograph of the home of Edwin H. Buxton (b. June 20th, 1854, Westfield) and Emma J. Parmenter (b. October 25th, 1844, Brandon, VT). The couple married on August 14th, 1880 and moved to Worthington in 1888. They had a child, Walter…

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Black and white photograph of the home of Charles Granger (b. December 14th, 1882). Rebecca Tower and Ruth Robinson were Charles father's sisters, so aunts to Charles. Charles' grandmother purchased the home from John and Catherine Ross in 1851. The…

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Black and white photograph of the home of James Leslie (b. September 27th, 1825, Canada) and Betsey Cross (b. April 27th, 1834, Becket). James moved to Becket in 1849 and married Betsey [sic?] on May 21st, 1857. The Leslie's lived in Washington and …

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The home of B. Humphrey (b. July 5th, 1836, Brockton) and Martha Jones (b. March 30th, 1847, Worthington). The pair married on November 22nd, 1883 and they lived in Boston for an unknown period of time. Martha taught school for 17 years. As of 1905…

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Black and white photograph of the home of Castanus Brown (b. June 6th, 1835) and Amanda L. Brown (b. May 15th, 1847, Huntington). A woman, young child, and a dog are pictured sitting on the porch and a man and young boy are pictured near a horse and…

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Black and white photograph of the home of Henry Cross (b. January 9th, 1841, Lee) and Alice Benson (b. May 12th, 1852, Becket). The couple married on May 28th, 1873 and the couple moved to West Worthington in the Fall of 1873. Henry was one of nine…

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Black and white photograph of the home of Charles Ames (b. March 31st, 1874) and Arvilla Merritt Pomeroy (b. June 2nd, 1860). The pair married on July 2nd, 1898. Arvilla's first husband was Samuel Pomeroy, who built the house after purchasing the…

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Black and white photograph of the home of George A. Reed (b. April 27th, 1853, Swanzey, NH) and Dora Willard (b. February 20th, 1860). The pair married on September 5th, 1881 and lived in Swanzey for ten years before moving to Winchester, NH and…

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Black and white photograph of the house of Angeline Joslyn (b. April 26th, 1830, Savoy) and Levi Angell (b. September 5th, 1823, 'in an old log house built by his grandfather near Frank Morey's barn'). The couple married on March 28th, 1854. Mrs.…

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Black and white photograph of Clara and Mr. Blair's house on Goss Hill. Clara was born in Hartford, CT on August 26th, 1830 to Dyer and Lucinda Harger. David Blair was born to Nathan and Sally Tyrell Blair in Blandford in 1819 and died in South…

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Melvin Thrasher (b. Chesterfield, 1825, d. 1904) 'in the house that stood near a pine tree in Mr. Freeman's field.' Emily Drake Thrasher, b. Worthington, 1827 'on Lot Drake's place'. The two married on March 5th, 1847. The couple moved frequently:…

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Black and white photograph of the barn of Joseph Rochan (b. November 25th, 1852, Quebec). Rochan moved to Nashua, NH in 1864 and got married on June 15th, 1873. He moved to Springfield (assuming MA?) in 1877. He bought the barn on Goss Hill from…

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Black and white photograph of the Angell Place on Goss Hill, which was owned by 'Mr. Collins' (Harris Collins?) as of 1905. Mr. Collins is possibly the person photographed standing by the front door of the house. He bought it from Lawyer Hardy of…

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Black and white photograph of the house of Oscar Higgins (b. July 13th, 1868 'in the old church') and Nina Drake (b. September 11th, 1874 'on Consider Cole's place'). The couple married on January 4th, 1893 and began 'housekeeping' in Mary Burke's…

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Black and white photograph of the house of Horace Converse (b. July 23rd, 1820) and Laura Ladd (b. November 15th, 1823, Chester). Horace was born 'in a house that stood in his peach orchard' (as was his brother, Elisha Converse). The couple married…

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Black and white photograph of Fred M. Ludden and Alice Higgins' house. Fred (b. July 23rd, 1841, Williamsburg, d. March 19th, 1905) and Alice (b. June 5th, 1850) married on November 26th, 1874 and lived in Westhampton, then Chesterfield, then…

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Black and white photograph of the house of Charles Strong (b. October 6th, 1853) and Mary Brown (b. June 15th, 1862). The pair married on September 5th, 1880 and had three children - Grover (b. March 9th, 1886), Ceiver (b. March 15th, 1891), and…

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Black and white photograph of Martha Angell's house. Martha was born in Holyoke on July 22nd, 1840. She married Mr. Angell (no given name, birth, or death dates for Mr. Angell are recorded in the Rev. Moody book where the photograph is published) on…

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Black and white photograph of the Frank E. Morey (b. March 4th, 1845, Westhampton) and Hattie Pierce (b. December 18th, 1845, Columbia, NH) house. The couple married on January 8th, 1864 and lived in Loudville (Westhampton) before moving to Indian…
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