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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…

Black and white photograph of an unidentified strawberry patch. Included in a box of photos featured in The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905), but not included in the book.

Black and white photograph of the first schoolhouse that was built south of what was known in 1905 as 'Ames Brook' in Indian Hollow, Huntington. According to Rev. Moody, the schoolhouse was moved in 1800 to 'Mrs. Angell's gateway where it remained…

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.…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Black and white photograph of Damon's Mill. As of 1905, the mill was run by B. Witherell and was formerly run by F. Damon. It was situated at the mouth of 'Dead stream' (probably referring to the confluence of the 'Dead Branch' tributary of the…

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…

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…

Black and white photograph of the Charles B. Bennett (b. June 20th, 1858, Sharon, CT) and Julia A. Myers (b. July 20th, 1856, Sheffield) house. The couple married on May 4th, 1879 and as of 1905 had two children, Mary (b. March 30th, 1890) and…

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…

Black and white photograph of the Consider Cole house. Consider purchased the home from Sam Cole and then it was sold to Lewis Cowing who sold it to Hescock and Johnson - the owners as of 1905. Reverend George Reed Moody writes, 'This is just the…

Black and white photograph of South Worthington, looking south from a hillside (photo, originally glass negative, is flipped). The South Worthington Methodist Church is visible along with horse sheds in the center of the photo and the Sevenars to the…

Black and white photograph of the Charles Rush and Sarah Fuller house. Charles (b. Duchess County, NY, August 28th, 1838) and Sarah (b. Duchess County, NY, December 4th, 1838) married on June 30th, 1858. Their children, all born in Canaan, CT, were…

Black and white photograph of Mrs. Mary Hilbert's home in Chesterfield. Mary was born in Pittsburg, PA on November 7th, 1868 and came to Chesterfield with her husband (m. July 21st, 1887) in June of 1897. Mrs. Hilbert had a daughter who was born in…