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From dryplate glass negative taken ca. 1906 by Howes Brothers of Ashfield. The slides were cleaned and catalogued by Marion Sweeney between 1982 and 1986. The number 1116 is written on the binding tape.

Unidentified House. Many of these dryplate glass negatives are in The South Worthington Parish Book by Reverend George Reed Moody. Please see this book for further information. They were originally entered into the database with little…

Parish Farm (?). Many of these dryplate glass negatives are in The South Worthington Parish Book by Reverend George Reed Moody. Please see this book for further information. They were originally entered into the database with little identification.…

Jonathan Woodbridge House, 1 Buffington Hill Road - View of interior, stairs and lower hall. Shows wallpaper. Black and white photograph. Undated.

Black and white photograph of Channing Angell's house in Indian Hollow, Huntington, MA. Channing Angell and his wife Anna Hathaway 'came to this place' in 1896. They bought the land where the "house stands of Mrs. Mary Lewis." Featured in The South…

Two black and white photographs of the home of William Smith (b. March 10th, 1864, 'on the Gibson or Ladd place' and Mabel Granger (b. March 26th, 1874, Russell). The photographs appear to have been taken at different times as one includes a hammock…

Black and white photograph of Charles W. Smith and Flavia Cole's house in Ringville. Charles and Flavia moved to this house after they had been 'housekeeping' in different homes in Worthington. Smith bought the house 'of Haydenville bank, of Fannie…

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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

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:…