Alfred Thayer and Annie Magurie [sic?] House, West Worthington

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Alfred Thayer and Annie Magurie [sic?] House, West Worthington

Houses and Barns

143a is a black and white photograph of the home of Alfred Thayer (b. July 10th, 1848, Montague) and Annie Magurie [sic?]. Alfred moved to Worthington in 1850 and later married Annie on September 28th, 1867 in Cummington, where they lived before moving to Worthington in 1871. The couple had a son, Earnest, born in Cummington on June 22nd, 1868. Earnest married Lena Jones (b. July 20th, 1874) on September 28th, 1898 and the couple had three daughters (the three girls pictured on a horse in front of the house) - Mabel (b. August 19th, 1894), Deborah Annie (b. August 11th, 1896), and Ethel (b. November 16th, 1898). The Thayer's purchased the home from Calvin Robinson, who acquired it from A.B. Medbury, who acquired it from Jonas Bennett. According to Rev. Moody, there was once a blacksmith shop near the house and Lathrop Reed, who had been a Worthington selectman, lived in the house in 1829. As of 1905, the property consisted of 170 acres and the Thayer's kept twelve head of cattle, three horses, two pigs, fifty hens, and cut thirty tons of hay. Featured in The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905), page 88, #12.

143b comes across as a close-up of 143a but is a separate photo. The three girls pictured are Mabel Thayer Shaw, Deborah Annie, and Ethel Thayer Britt. According to a Worthington Historical Society member, Deborah Annie died as a child and Mabel was grandmother to Diane Henry. The men are not identified but the one closest to the girls looks very much like Reverend Moody. This photo is featured in The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905), page 88 #12 and the republished Papers on the History of Worthington (2007), page 66.

In his book, Rev. Moody also mentions Dwight Thayer (assuming he was Alfred's father). He writes that Dwight Thayer lived with his great uncle, Noah Pierce, who kept 'the hotel in Chesterfield' and later moved to Worthington where he kept the hotel 'near the watering tank at the Corners.' According to Moody, Dwight Thayer married Alfred Brown's daughter and their children were George, Alfred (as described above), Mary, Lucy, Julia, Julia 2nd, Emma, Edward, Ransom, and Warren.

Still Image

5 x 7 in

Howes Brothers

1900/1933

Marion Sweeney, South Worthington

2021-05-01

Box 17

Glass

Worthington - West Worthington

Featured in The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905). And, Papers on the History of Worthington (2007).

NS (2021-05-01)

Bates/'The Heritage'

Still Image - Black and White Glass Plate (negative)