It is my honor to introduce you to one of South Reading’s hometown heroes, Horace M. Warren. Horace was born in Topsham, Maine on July 8, 1841, one of six children of Edwin R. and Mary Hathorne Warren. The family was proud to be lineal descendants of Moses Warren who had fought at Bunker Hill …
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…
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