Mrs. Alice Wheeler Obituary
New Ipswich Historical Society
1923
NEW IPSWICH
Funeral of Mrs. Alice Wheeler
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Alice Wheeler was held at her late residence Wednesday afternoon. It was one of the largest ever held in this town and there was an unusual profusion of flowers. Rev. William Berkeley conducted the services, using as his text "She hath done what she could." Burial was in the family lot in Central cemetery. The relatives and friends present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Marshall, Miss Sarah Goen, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Goen, Townsend; Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson, Woburn; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goen, Peterboro; Mrs. Kate Mastin, Howard Mastin, Ashburnham; Miss Luna Mastin, Gardner; Edward Mastin, Fitchburg; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Wheeler, Boylston; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wheeler, Waldo Nutting, Nashua; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cutting, Worcester; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carlton, Oliver Carlton, Mt. Vernon, N. H.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward, Mrs. Fred Chapman, Fitchburg; Mrs. Bert G. Taylor, Harvard; Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, Lunenburg; Miss Retta M. Gee, Winchester, N, H.; Miss Abbie Robinson, Exeter, N. Η.
Photo Archives
Alice, Mary and Dixon Wheeler. Photo taken by Albro Balch.
James Roger diary entry
10th March 1913
Milder, wind variable west to southeast. David and Daniel picking browntails in front of Prestons’ and in cemetery in forenoon. Daniel went to Supervisor’s office in afternoon and David split wood. I fixed Hall for Town meeting tomorrow. Got Hamish’s letter.
Alice Wheeler was a teacher in the Highbridge school. Dixon, her husband, was a lot like James Roger, a common man who was road agent for Smithville at the same time that Adolphe Rochon (the man my grandmother moved in with after divorcing my grandfather) was road agent for Highbridge. Dixon also did house repairs including shingling Sarah Lee Fisk's house. Mary in the photo was their daughter.