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Gottlieb Baer of Longmeadow

Gottlieb Baer Longmeadow has benefitted from the talents of immigrants in our community. Gottlieb Baer and his family are just one...

Beth Hoff

Oct 27, 20222 min read

Jerusha Mather Williams Colton (1783 - 1844)

Jerusha Mather Williams was born in 1783 to Ensign Samuel Williams and Lucy Burt. Jerusha's grandfather was the Reverend Stephen...

Betsy McKee

Oct 27, 20222 min read

Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook

This History Note shares a page or two from a scrapbook in our collection once belonging to Miss Grace Trowbridge Smith. It sheds light...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Oct 25, 20222 min read

William Sheldon (1788 - 1871)

Of the many daguerreotypes in the collections of the Longmeadow Historical Society, 10 of them are of this eccentric gentleman. He was...

Betsy McKee

Oct 25, 20222 min read

Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907

Today's History Note tells the story of an unsung hero of Longmeadow's cultural life, Sarah Storrs. The Storrs name is a recognizable one...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Oct 24, 20222 min read

Irinda Colton (1803-1870)

This History Note introduces us to an 1820's shopkeeper, Irinda Colton, of Longmeadow. She operated her own shop on State Street in...

Betsy McKee

Oct 24, 20221 min read

Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915

This week's History Notes shares the letter a 19-year-old Tommy Cordis wrote home to his family in Longmeadow in 1863 during the Civil...

Betsy McKee

Oct 23, 20221 min read

Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls

Have you ever wanted to have automatic admission to an excellent college? If so, then you might have enrolled at the Longmeadow Family...

Beth Hoff

Oct 23, 20222 min read

Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder

Have you ever wanted to own a horse farm? Charles Birnie did. In 1889, Charles Birnie bought the old Thomas Hale house (corner Booth...

Beth Hoff

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Mary Colton Alias Mary Drake

The headstone of Mary Colton aka Mary Drake "The old burying ground of the Town of Longmeadow consisted originally of just one acre of...

Betsy McKee

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Georgiana Bliss McQueen

Have you ever wanted to travel to distant lands? Georgiana Bliss did. The daughter of Ebenezer and Marilla Bliss, grew up in Longmeadow...

Beth Hoff

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Longmeadow Historical Society

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Gottlieb Baer of Longmeadow

Jerusha Mather Williams Colton (1783 - 1844)

Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook

William Sheldon (1788 - 1871)

Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907

Irinda Colton (1803-1870)

Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915

Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls

Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder

Mary Colton Alias Mary Drake

Georgiana Bliss McQueen

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