The South Worthington Parish by Rev. George Reed Moody (1905) ]]> Also en]]> Alice Cudworth Steele was born in Worthington, Mass., in 1803. Now, at the age of ninety-three, she is the holder of Cummington's gold-headed cane as the oldest resident in the town. All her years have been lived in these two hilltowns, so she knows the area well.
She and her late husband, Frank Steele, owned an antique shop in Cummington until the late 1950s. Following that, they collaborated on making miniature rooms that depcted country life in Western Massachusetts during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A total of 303 rooms were made, of which seventeen....... (please read more)
"Childhood Memories" is a collectioin of excerpts from "Aunt Teeks in Memory Land:" written by Alice C. Steele, and originally published as four books by the Progressive Club of Windsor, Mass., between 1959 and 1963. With Mrs. Steele's permssion, these excerpts have been edited by Daphne Morris for the Cummington Historical Commisson
The cover depicts the Cudworth Farm on Cudworth Road, Worthington, (currently owned by Jeffrey and Karen Rida). See also.Dan Porter, "Forty Houses.".]]> Rebecca, born December 6, 1848
Ella Jane, born August 5, 1850
Charles Noble, born March 20, 1852; died August 7, 1852 (age 4 months)
Edwin Healy, born July 20, 1854
Charles Noble, born September 3, 1855
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Black and white Daguerrotype is losing emulsion but the portraits of the children are quite clear. The gold frame is ornate. Handle with extreme care.
This artifact is placed within the Buxton Hyde family folder, #2006a-034.]]> The ability to access the chipper with a truck dictates whether or not chipped product is put onto the ground and then loaded or chipped directly into a truck.]]>