Fall Foliage Weekend in New Hampshire

  

Below are four photos taken from the Castle in the Clouds. Some photos of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Our trip took us along the Kancamagus Highway to the Castle in the Clouds and then to Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Lexington, Massachusetts -- One monument with 77 Names

After living in this town for 8 years and attending grades 4th through 11th, I thought I knew quite a bit about what was there to see. That was, until I toured the newly renovated Buckman Tavern two days after it opened this spring (2014). As I walked around the grounds, I noticed the back of a memorial, it was inscribed with names, and that was new to me, since I had always just looked at the front. (As a genealogist, it reminded me to always walk around four sides of a cemetery stone...you never know what could be written unless you look first.) I've incorporated photos taken just a year ago with some taken in early spring to show some popular sites on the green.

MEMORIAL

TO THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN WHO WERE

ON THE GREEN IN THE EARLY MORNING ENGAGEMENT

APRIL 19, 1775

John Parker	Joseph Simonds	Joel Viles	Ebenezer Parker
William Tidd	Daniel Harrington	Samuel Sanderson	William Diamond
Robert Munroe	William Munroe	John Munroe	Jonathan Harrington

Ebenezer Bowman	Jedediah Munroe
John Bridge Jr.	John Munroe Jr.
James Brown	Nathan Munroe
John Brown	William Munroe 3rd
Solomon Brown	Nathaniel Mulliken
John Chandler	Isaac Muzzy
John Chandler Jr.	John Muzzy
Joseph Comee	Jonas Parker
Robert Douglass	Jonas Parker Jr.
Isaac Durant	Nathaniel Parkhurst
Prince Estabrook	Solomon Pierce
Nathaniel Farmer	SGT. Francis Brown
Isaac Green	Joshua Reed
William Grimes	Joshua Reed Jr.
Caleb Harrington	Nathan Reed
John Harrington	John Robbins
Jonathan Harrington, Jr.	Phillip Russell
Moses Harrington 3rd	Benjamin Sampson
Moses Harrington Jr.	Joshua Simonds
Thaddeus Harrington	John Smith
Thomas Harrington	Phineas Smith
Isaac Hastings	Simeon Snow
Timothy Blodgett	Phineas Sterns
Samuel Hastings	Jonas Stone Jr.
Samuel Hadley	John Tidd
Thomas Hadley Jr.	Samuel Tidd
John Hosmer	Joseph Underwood
Micah Hagar	Benjamin Wellington
Amos Lock	Enoch Wellington
Benjamin Lock	John Winship
Reuben Lock	Thomas Winship
Ebenezer Lock	Sylvanus Wood
Abner Mead	James Wyman
Ebenezer Munroe Jr.	Nathaniel Wyman
Thaddeus Bowman Esq.

Keene Public Library, Keene, New Hampshire

Visiting this library was a little different than all the others. There is no free parking, but meters are available, and they have a tiny genealogy/history collection. I shouldn't have been surprised because the town's Historical Society of Cheshire is among the best I've ever been to. That is where a researcher should go to first if you have ancestors in Cheshire County. I first went about 14 years ago to check it out and found information on my ancestor, as described below.

When I asked the librarian if I could see the older section of the building, he happily gave me a nice tour. I then did a little revising the town my ancestors lived in.

Keene Public Library

Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire

Private room, kept locked and I appreciated his offering to show me.

The Library Director's office is behind this stained glass.

The library does have maps, lots of very old city directors, and very few books. I wish I had taken a photo of the row with the earliest directories, but when I saw the 1831 book, I just grabbed it and opened it quickly. There was MY ancestor listed! At least I took a photo of the cover and part of the page with my Wilder listings.

Line three is for Abel Wilder, jail keeper, Washington Street.

One of my favorite posts was about him, he was known as The Happiest Man in Town. He lived until 91. My post explains one of my problems trying to find his burial spot, and the Historical Society was a huge help in my solving it. Also, see the beautiful house he built, photographed in the spring and fall.

New part of the Library.

Next four photos are of the town, shown for their color.

I have been to Keene many times, and decided to check on my two ancestor's tombstones.

Abel Wilder, my 4th great-grandfather, mentioned above is buried in the Washington Cemetery, Keene.

His mother-in-law, Elizabeth Johnson, my 5th great-grandmother is below and was buried in the Town Cemetery in Dublin, New Hampshire.

There Is A Lot to Like About Lowell -- Lucy Larcom -- A Mill Girl, A Writer, a Lovely Park in Lowell

"There is A Lot to Like About Lowell" is the city slogan.

(See tab on right side called "Lowell Series" for many more articles about Lowell.)

Lucy Larcom -- A Mill Girl, A Writer, a Lovely Park in Lowell, Massachusetts

Lucy Larcom was typical of many young mill girls who worked in one of the many mills in New England. She was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and in 1830 she and her mother moved to Lowell. In 1835 when she turned 11 she began working in a mill. Many of the girls arrived here alone, some from the countryside in neighboring towns or from further away, like Maine. Some stayed until they had saved enough money, got homesick, tired of the work or helped their parents through their hardship. Lucy worked in Lowell until age 22, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and several other places. Years later she became an English literature teacher at Wheaton College. She never married, died in Boston (see death register below) and is buried in Beverly, Massachusetts (see photo below).

The school children who visit Lowell, all learn about her and other mill girls, and there is quite about her life in the Mill Girls exhibit (maintained by the National Park Service).

Lucy Larcom Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.

(Above and below.)

Lucy lived in a Boarding House like this one in Lowell. There are period rooms in the Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit. This is free, open year round and maintained by the National Park Service. (At another time, I will show photos of the exhibit, but since this is about Lucy, I've decided to write about the exhibit separately.)

Short bio of Lucy Larcom displayed in one of the above Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit rooms.

Lucy died in Boston on April 17, 1893 at the Hotel Hoffman. I found her on the death register, last entry above, she was 69. See A New England Girlhood by Lucy Larcom and the site by the National Park Service.

Central Cemetery

Grass Avenue

Beverly, Massachusetts

The entry for her on FindAGrave is quite impressive. See HERE.