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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Worcester, MA and a Little History


Dr. John Green (1784 - 1865)
Dr. John Green, the first president of the Worcester County
Horticultural Society (1840 - 44), was born in Worcester.

He studied medicine under his father, later earning degrees
from both Harvard and Brown Universities. He began his own
practice in Worcester in 1807, the fourth generation of Greens
to treat the illnesses of Worcester.

This portrait was painted in 1858 by Edwin T. Billings.

Boylston, Massachusetts




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