Mrs. Lydia M. (Burgess) Wright Obituary
New Ipswich Historical Society
June 5, 1925
JUNE 5, 1925
NEW IPSWICH
Death of Mrs. Wright
Mrs. Lydia M. (Burgess) Wright, widow of Albert F. Wright of this town, died Friday of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Chandler, where she had lived since her husband's death. She was 78 years old. She was a native of Brookline, N. H. The funeral was held Monday, Rev. William Berkeley officiating. The bearers were nephews of Mrs. Wright, Herbert Bowley, Wallace Aylen, Charlie Wright and Roy Wright of Brookline, N. H.
Mrs. Wright is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ellen (Wright) Chandler, and four grandchildren, Mrs. Cora Chandler of Milford, N. H., Freeman Chandler of Milford, N. H., James Chandler, Smithville, this town, and Glydis (Chandler) Raymond of Wilton; also by six great-grandchildren. She also leaves two sisters, Olive M. Hamlett of Pepperell, Mass., aged 89, who attended the funeral, and Martha Snow of the same town; two brothers, Sumner Burgess of Brookline, N. H., and Asa Burgess of Pepperell., There were 12 brothers and sisters in the family and four are living.
Friends from Worcester, Winchendon and Jaffrey attended the funeral. Burial was in the family lot at Center cemetery.
Library Presentation: March 14, 2024
There was a wonderful presentation at the library last night for Woman’s History Month by Jennifer Carroll. This is a synopsis:
Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares
Presenter: Jennifer Carroll
Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early twentieth century. She was a humane society agent in Keene from 1903-1936 and one of the first humane society agents to become a deputy sheriff in New Hampshire. Jennie was known across the country as "The Woman Who Dares" cited by the Boston Post newspaper in 1906 as having arrested more men than any other woman in America. As a photographic activist, she used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and wide-spread poverty in New Hampshire's Monadnock region and beyond. This one-hour illustrated presentation from Jenna Carroll introduces us to Jennie's life story, the work of humane societies at the turn of the twentieth century, and the politics of the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) from a local perspective.
I became interested Jennie Powers after seeing this mural in Keene, NH.
James Roger diary entry
16th March 1913
Mild, threatening rain and colder, wind west to north. Mr. Lord preached on Job & Satan. S.S. after; 16 present. Collection 24 cts. Wrote to Washington about Col.l Whitman’s acct. and Lynn about Bushby lot. Wrote Jessie, Alice, May, & Hh (Hamish).