Today’s “Women in Wakefield” profile is one that was only recently discovered. It focuses on Miss Sophia Knight. Sophia Knight was born in 1820 and by the 1860 Census, she was living with her family in South Reading. When the war broke out, she determined to devote herself to help the “freedmen.” Remarkable among women…
Today’s Historic Wakefield Women salute looks at Miss Annie Warren, who served in Wakefield Public Schools for most of her life. A lineal descendant of Moses Warren, of Waltham, who fought at Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights, Annie was born in Maine and came to this town as a child. Her three brothers had fought…
Wakefield’s Women: During the month of March, “Women’s History Month,” the Wakefield Historical Society will be publishing the biographies of some of Wakefield’s Women from the earliest settlers. At the end of the month, all of the biographies will be published at the Society’s website. The sixth of nine children, Harriet Flint was born and brought…
By Nancy Bertrand In the spring of 1867, the citizens of the Town of South Reading wanted to erect some sort of memorial to the brave men who had fought and died in the ‘War of the Rebellion.’ The town’s finances were especially strained at that time because of debts incurred during the war…
by Nancy Bertrand The desire to honor the men of South Reading who fought in the Civil War gave birth to the South Reading Monument Association in 1867. This committee, chaired by Lilley Eaton, and including such luminaries as Solon O. Richardson, James M. and P.H.. Sweetser and Cyrus Wakefield, yielded a unusual result. Local…
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