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Two color photographs showing Easter get-together at the home of Rob and Sarah Bartlett. The Bartletts hosted an annual Easter egg hunt to which the whole town was invited.

First photo from left: Marilyn Bartlett, Bobby Barlett, Bevo Bartlett,…

Sepia photo on stiff paper showing Cepas Thayer in bowler hat standing in front of wagon dressed in decorative clothing

Five glossy snapshots showing Bob and Dick Bartlett during their childhood, circa 1940. They were the children of Robert T. and Sarah Lane Bartlett and lived at the Spruces at Worthington Corners where several of these photos appear to have been…

Black and white snapshot of Guy Bartlett (1882-1970) walking in front of house. Car in background.

Obituary for Hannah Seely Rice (1835-1911) (Mrs. William Gorham Rice), mother of Katherine McDowell Rice, Susan Tracy Rice, Josephine Rice Creelman, and William G. Rice, Jr.

Obituary for Bessie Jones Smith (Mrs. Walter), 1879-1969. Lifelong Worthington resident

Obituary for Hattie Blackman Capen (Mrs. Granville) (1859-1950). Mother of Arthur Capen.

Obituary for Susan Tracy Rice (1869-1937).

Rose Marie Sherman, age 86 passed away peacefully on January 27, 2024. She was born November 26, 1937 and resided in Worthington her entire life. Rose graduated from Northampton High School where she enjoyed playing basketball.

She married Ralph…

Robert L. Cushman (1926 - 2023).

Surrounded by his loving family, Robert Lawless Cushman of Worthington MA passed on to be with his Lord on October 8, 2023, at the age of 97. Robert was a man highly respected in his spheres of influence, known…

Robert Spiess Obituary

Robert N Spiess (1938-2023), 85, passed away Tuesday September 26th peacefully with his family by his side. Bob was born May 7, 1938. A lifelong resident of Worthington, Bob married his childhood friend and high school…

Newspaper articles 1) Cornelius Shannon named principal of Center School in Dalton and also Obituary for Cornelius J. Sharron (1921-August 20, 2021.

Kenneth B. Pease, Jr. (b. 1927) passed away on June 20, 2013. Other Worthington people mentioned are wife, Barbara Pease and daughter Marcia Pease Estelle and her husband Stephen.

Obituary for William "Bill" Carter (1940-2021).

Obituary for Robert "Bob" Perkins, 2022.

Black and white photo of Amanda Bartlett Bates (1853-1920) seated on lawn in unknown location.

Newspaper article about wool sales in Worthington and surrounding towns.

Death notice for Nancy Moore Burr (1785-1819). Emphasis on her religious commitment. Language of notice is emotional, lamenting her husband (Jonathan Burr) and orphans left behind.

Two newspaper article describing arrest and sentencing associated with cocaine dealing in the area. Focus on Jeffrey Hartman of Bashan Hill.

Account of redistricting of Western Mass communities. Worthington is included in the "Berkshire District" along with Middlefield, Cummunington, and Plainfield.