Memoir of East Chelmsford 1802 and Lowell history
A lengthy reminiscence by R S N Wood chronicles early Lowell life, railways and mills, the Middlesex canal, water rights, and the 1802 era in East Chelmsford with named houses, families, and store openings. It recalls farmers, shops, churches, and the first cotton and satinette ventures, plus a personal timeline from 1802 to 1821 and Lowell mill development.
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Middlesex Canal
Boston
East Chelmsford
Chelmsford Neck
Middlesex Vilage
Silas Hoar
McFarlin
Jee
John Putnam
J. Bowers
Amos Whitney
Jona. Bowers
Archibald McFarlin
John Ford
Mr. Corliss
Joel Spalding
Doct. Spalding
Phineas Whiting
Fred Ayer
Luke Bowers
Pawtucket Bridge
Ashael Stearns
Gerrish
Jona Fiske
Red School
Benj. Melvin
Pawtucket Falls
Moses Cheever
Melvin
Josiah Fletcher
Bailey
Joseph Tyler
Concord River
Joseph Warren
Middlesex
William Brigham
Nathan Ames
John Fisher
Johnson Davis
Sidney Davis
Moses Hale
Mr. Carlton
A. F. Dyer
Peter Marshall Heirs
A Marshall
Mr. Sprague
Mr. Pierce
Benj. Butterfield
Levi Fletcher
Zebulon Parker
Jonathan Parker
Ephraim Osgood
Sarah Marshall
Noah Spaulding
Alanson Crane
Major Joseph Fletcher
Cutter & Walker
Andrew Fletcher
Gas Co
Henry Coburn
Dracut
Chelmsford
Josiah Wood
Faneuil Hall
Quincy
India
Joseph Varnum
Centre Meeting House
Congregationalist Society
Beckworth
Cookson
Freeman
Corporation
Appleton
Wm. Twining
Central Street
Job Webber
Elm
Central
William Wyman
Prescott Street
St. Paul's House
Chapel Street
Eliphalet Case
Lowell
Stone House
J. C. Ayer
Ford
Bowers
Hurd
Appleton Bank
Putnam & Currier
Samuel Wood
Tewksbury
Sunday church services list across multiple towns
A long schedule lists morning and evening worships at numerous churches. Rev. Ralph Gillam, Rev. T Clayton Welles, Rev. Charles W Huntington, Rev. E Victor Bigelow, Rev. J A McKnight, Rev. Sarah A Dixon and others lead services in towns including Merrimack, Westford, Dracut, Pawtucket, Eliot, Tewksbury, Pelham, Hadley Street, North Tewksbury, and Swedish Baptist. Details cover service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and special programs.
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Highland
Westford Street
South Canton Street
T. Clayton Welles
Alice Leith
Mildred Favor
High Street
East Merrimack Street
Charles W. Huntington
Wm. E. Wolcott
Lawrence
Kirk Street
French Street
George BE. Martin
D. D
Dutton Street
Music Hall Avenue
George F. Kenngett
The
Beatitudes
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Dracut
Fredk. J. Kelley
Pawtucket
Mammoth Road
Pawtucketville
Edwin R. Smith
Farmington
Eliot
Summer Street
Iavor Street
E. Victor Bigelow
John M. Greene
C. E
Bunker Hill
Zion's
London Street
C. Bjornbom
Bowers Street
Fletcher Street
T. G. A. Cote
Hillside
J. A. McKnight
Distank
S.C. E
Tyngsboro
Sarah A. Dixon
Tewksbury
Pelham
J. L. Hoyle
Christian Endeavor
Ennell
West Sixth Streets
Isaac la Fleur
Hadley Street
Freewill Baptist
Jesus
North Tewksbury
Y. W. C. A. Gospel Service and Activities
The usual gospel service will be held at the Young Women's Christian Association Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss Josephine Fiske of the New England Deaconess house Boston to speak. Twilight song service Sunday at 7 p.m. The Junior Sunshine club meets Saturday at 3, Girls' Bible class at 4, and the regular social is this evening at 7:30. All girls and women invited.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Josephine Fiske
New England Deaconess House
Boston
Sunshine Club
Wesley Bi Centennal Celebration Planned Across Churches
The Wesley bi centennial will be celebrated at Worthen Street Methodist Church tomorrow with several other churches joining in the service. An open air service is planned on the South Common in the afternoon conducted by the youth group.
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Wesley
Worthen Street
Pworth League
Baccalaureate Sermon Set for Bligh School Graduates
Rev. 31. Clayton Welles will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Bligh school graduates and students at the Highland Congregational Church Sunday morning. His topic is The Place and Potter of educated Young People.
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Bligh School
Clayton Welles
Highland Gongrolé National Church
Bible Class to Be Led by Rev. A. R. Dilts
The YMCA notes that the Bible class tomorrow at 4 PM will be led by Rev. A. R. Dilts and will discuss the Conversion of Paul.
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Y. M. C. A. Notes
A. RL Dilts
Paul
Kidney health urged with Joley cure and stores named
Summer kidney irregularities are linked to excess aiming or overheating. Attend to the kidneys at once using Jol y s Kidney Cure. Local druggists Gnoodale’s Ellingwood Co. Carter & Sherburne Falla & Burkinshaw are listed with street corners and addresses in Ellingwood Middlesex Street.
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Joley
Gnoodale’s Drug Store
Central Street
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Carter & Sherburne
Bridge Streets
Falla & Burkingshaw
Middlesex Street
Morning Services At First Merrimack And Free Middlesex
Morning worship at First Merrimack Street opposite John Street led by Rev Chas T Billings at 10 45 with Sunday school at noon. Nearby Free Middlesex Street between Eliot and South Streets features Rev George C Wright at 10 30 with Sunday school at noon and a 10 45 morning service. Rev M S Buckingham to preach in exchange with Unity Guild minister.
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Worthen Street
C. B. Smith
Herkimer
N. Y
Branch Street
Middlesex Street
Branch
Middlesex Streets
Asa Reed Dilts
Christ
Merrimack Street
John Street
Chas
T. Billings
Eliot
South Streets
George C. Wright
M. S. Buckingham
Unity Guild
Church Schedule Describes Multiple Parish Services
In St Anne Merrimack and St Johns Gorham St churches clergy list Holy Communion at 1030 a.m. Trinity Sunday sermons, Sunday schools at noon, evening prayers at 7 p.m. Other houses include House of Prayer Walker and All Saints Chelmsford with morning services 1030 a.m. and evening rites 7 p.m. with first Sunday Holy Communion at 10 a.m.
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St. Anne’s
Merrimack Street
Anne Street
A. St. John Chambre
I. D
Holy Communion
G. T. Morse
Boston
Trinity
St. John’s
Gorham Street
Court House
Leander C. Manchester
House of Prayer
Walker
Grove Street
R. G. Osborne
All Saints Chelmsford
Swedish Meadowcroft Street Church Service Schedule
Rev P B Auler pastor schedules Sunday school at 9 a m morning service at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 p m on Swedish Meadowcroft Street near Moore Street.
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Meadowcroft Street
Moore Street
P. B. Auler
Morning and Evening Services Across Local Churches observe Wesley centennial
A consolidated church notices listing multiple congregations. Rev. Matthews at First Primitive Gorham and Ellsworth streets conducts morning services and Sunday school with a children's day sermon. St Paul’s and Centralville M E present sermons and Sunday schools, with observances for John Wesley bi centennial. Various churches share morning and evening services, Epworth leagues, and special talks, with John Wesley birth anniversary highlighted.
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Gorham Street
Ellsworth Street
Nathaniel W. Matthews
St. Paul’s
Hurd
Warren Streets
Geo. B. Dean
John Wesley
Josephine Fish
Boston
Centralville
M. E
Bridge and
Hildreth
F. M. Pickles
Epworth League
B. F. Butler Relief Corps
Worthen Street Methodist
Highland—Loring Street
Grove Street
B. F. Kingsley
Worthen Street
James F. Allen
Wesley
E. R. Thorndike
D. D
Berean
Moore Street
Lawrence Street
W. H. Yarrow
David
Paul
Wesley Church
Merrimack Square
J. H. Irvine
Church Services and Speakers at Local Pews
The First Appleton Davis Street corner hosts Rev James M Craig with school at 12 and evening service at 7 Morning program Masquerading and Miss Edith D Craig speaks on Cuba Miss Edith D Craig. Westminster United Tyler Street led by Rev H B Foster with morning service at 10 30 Sunday school at 12 Rev E A Whittier evangelist to preach morning and evening
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Appleton Street
Davis Street
James M. Craig
Edith D. Craig
Cuba
Westminster United
Tyler Street
H. B. Foster
E. A. Whittier
Sunday church services and preaching announcements
Morning services at 10 30, Sunday schools at noon, and evening meetings listed for First Hurd and Grace Princeton streets. Rev Caleb E Fisher and Rev Ransom A Greene are the pastors. Preaching by Rev F L Payson of Provincetown in the morning and Young People’s meetings in the evening. The Grace-Princeton block also notes a sermon titled At the Pool by the Sheep Gate at 6.
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Hurd Street
Caleb E. Fisher
F. L. Payson
Provincetown
Grace
Princeton Street
South Canton Street
Ransom A. Greene
Catholic parish masses and schedules around several streets
A list of churches with addresses and parish schedules detailing first masses, second masses, high masses with sermons, children's masses, Sunday schools, and vespers at various times across St Patrick’s Suff olk St Joseph’s Lee and Kirk St St Peter’s Gorham Merrimack and Aiken Sts Sacred Heart Moore St Immaculate Conception East Merrimack St Jean Baptiste Merrimack St Michael’s Sixth St and St Anthony’s Gorham Congress streets.
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St. Patrick’s
Suffolk Street
Jefferson Street
William O'Brien
St. Joseph's
Oblate Fathers
Lee Street
Kirk Street
Joseph A. Fournier
St. Peter's
Gorham Street
Michael Rowan
Church of the Sacred Heart
Moore Street
Andrews Street
John P. Reynolds
Immaculate Conception
Oblate T Fathers
Eeast Merrimack Street
Brown and
High Streets
EB. A. Dorgan
O. M
St. Michael’s
Sixth Street
John J. Shaw
St. Anthony's
Congress Street
John Rosa
Sunday church services listed for multiple congregations in city
The notice enumerates several churches with pastors and service times. Rev. Smith Ford leads services at First-George Church, Rev. Stephen Millin at Mount Vernon Freewill, Rev. C. S. Frost at a third church, Rev. DRB Martin at First Freewill, Rev. Albert J. Kenyon at Chelmsford Street Freewill, Rev. Robert F. True at Immanuel Blossom, and Rev. Orville Coats at Fifth Street West Fifth Street, with morning, evening, and Sunday school times noted.
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George Street
Church Street
Smith T. Ford
D. D
Young People’s Society
Mount Vernon Freewill
Butterflein Street
Mount Vernon Street
Stephen D. Millin
C. S. Frost
First Freewill
Paige Street
Drb. Martin
Chelmsford Street
Freewill
Plain Street
Albert J. Kenyon
Jonah
Fifth Street
West Fifth Street
Row
Orville Coats
Bridge Street
Bibie
Religious services listed at churches around town
A column lists multiple faith gatherings including Grand Street Adventist morning and evening sessions, Christadelphian Ecclesia lectures at Middlesex Street, Church of Scotland service at People's Church, Evangelical Lutheran and Mead owcroft Street pastors with 10 30 and 7 schedules, First Pentecostal at Engineers Hall with 10 30 and 2 and 6 20 times, Volunteers of America meetings, First Church of Christ Scientist morning service, Salvation Army Coburn Mission Sabbath school, St Anne's Mission 3 pm, and Union Freeze Mission at Q A R hall near Merrimack and Central streets.
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Grand Street
King David
Jesus
Christadelphian Ecclesia
Odd Fellows Temple
Middlesex Street
God
Church of Scotland
People’s Church
colored—Rea
Berwien
W. H. H. Rousseau
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Meadowcroft Street
J. V. Soderman
First Pentecostal Church
Engineer's Hall
Wyman's Exchange
A. B. Riggs
Volunteers of America
Religious Missions Reach Out To City Congregations
Elder W A Morang and Westcott lead Union Mission on Paige Street near Kiser with Central Mission on First Street opposite Read Street and West Sixth Street chapel. Services on Sabbath 3 pm and 7 pm. Wigginville and A M E Zion missions announce sermons and Sunday services with free seating and welcoming all.
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W. A. Morang
Ee Union Mission
Paige Street
Kiser
W. C. Westcott
Central Mission
First Street
Read Street
West Sixth Street
Isaac Lafleur
Wigginville
A. M. E. Zion Mission
J. H. Young
Kirk Street Congregational Morning and Evening Services
Rev George E Martin will lead morning worship at 10 30 with Rev Cyrus Richardson of Nashua NH preaching. Anthems include Oh Long Wilt Thou Forget Me Oh Plains of Peace Bow Down Thine Ear The Gospel of a Bruised Head and Heel in the evening service at 7 with the pastor preaching.
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Cyrus Richardson
Nashua
N. H
Plains of Peace
Preaching at First Universalist Church on Hurd Street
Rev F L Payson of Provincetown preaches at First Universalist Church Hurd Street hoping for a large turnout The service features a full musical program including organ voluntary Magnificat in B flat and anthems by Brown Mrs Sherbrune Mr Barker and Mr Spellman. A postlude and a 6 o clock Sunday school and people’s meeting are planned.
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F. L. Payson
Provincetown
Payson
Warren Offertory
Fasasa Dhae Ceveyestbivass Cosbtbe Sasch Tebe Brown
Sherbrune
Barker
Spellman
Morning Service at Pool by the Sheep Gate
Morning service sermon titled At the Pool by the Sheep Gate. Musical program includes Organ Prelude Berceuse by Spinney Mrs Sturtevant, Quartette We Would See Joshua, Anthem Our King by Augusto Rotoli, Offertory Solo Organ Soaireyat hag, Hymns Come Kingdom of Our God and Through Him Who All Our Sickness Felt. Evening Y P C U service at 6 pm.
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Berceuse
Spinney
Sturtevant
Josue
Brackett
King
Augusto Rotoli
Paceia
First Baptist Church Service Note
Morning service at 10 30 features a sermon by Rev C A Reese of Newton with organ and communion and special music by the choir including Come Holy Spirit and Sweet Hour of Prayer. Evening service at 6 30 with sermon by Rev Reese and Organ pieces led by the chorus with Greatly to be Praised and Behold I Stand at the Door.
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C. A. Reese
Newton
Batiste
A. F. French
Duncan
Irwin
Jessie M. Smith
Harry A. Hopkins
the Holy Temple
Lewis Chorus
Ndaltaelapee Esaschet
Warren T. Reid
Silas
Pawtucket Congregational Evening Service Music
A historical listing notes organ intermezzo and various choral anthems including Praise the Lord Jesus Lover of My Soul and In Heavenly Love Abiding. Rev Edward W. Smith preaches at Farmington Maine with quartette sections and soloists Miss Millner Miss Whitman Mr Mason Mrs Wood. Evening service at 6 45 features Gavotte and The Lord is My Shepherd sung by choir and quartette under F B Hill. Sparkling Mohair lawn party dancing advertised.
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Mascagni
Duncan
Gavotte
Miss Whitman
Jesus
Son of God
Salter
Wood
Mason
McLaren
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