New England Magazine - March 1900 - Page 108
New Ipswich Historical Society
Recap of page 107
Page 108
Britain, fell in love with a bright-eyed New Hampshire maiden and never went back to his 'Highland home. His son, Dr. James Barr, was a prominent physician in New Ipswich. His sturdy character and genial wit endeared him to all of the Hillsborough folk for miles around. Miss Ellen M. Barr, whose school for girls in Boston for ten years was recognized as one of the best schools ever conducted in Boston, was a native of New Ipswich, the daughter of Dr. James Barr. She was born in 1840, and died in 1895. She came to her work in Boston after a successful career as a teacher in the High School in the town of Medford, Massachusetts. Few teachers in New England have had the confidence and admiration of a larger circle of friends. A grandson of Dr. Barr, James Barr Ames, is now dean of the Harvard Law School.
Among the honorable professions that of medicine had many followers in the little town; and the names of Dr. Gibson, Dr. Preston and Dr. Barr will for generations to come be held in affectionate memory. The visitor who is fortunate enough to drive about the country with an intelligent guide will find many interesting spots. Whittemore Hill is indelibly associated with the pathetic history of Sally Whittemore, the New Ipswich witch, whose own father believed in her guilt and refused to allow her Christian burial. Poor little maid, how she must have suffered to find herself shunned and feared by her own flesh and blood!
Early in the century a Baptist church was founded in New Ipswich, and Methodism, Unitarianism and Universalism have all contributed their chapters to the ecclesiastical history of the town. A hundred years. ago there were a number of Shakers in the south part of the town, but most of them removed after a little while to Harvard, Massachusetts. The Miller delusion found its adherents here, as in so many other New England towns, and at one time five thousand persons gathered at the meetings. In fact. there have been few religious, social or political movements which have not somehow found their representatives in this old town. It is most interesting to read about them all in the history of New Ipswich which one finds in the library, a history published now almost half a century ago. In the introduction to this history, which has been of so great service to the writer, we read that:
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On this day - January 19, 1898
William Jurian Kaula diary - no entry
On this day - January 19, 1909
James Roger diary entry
19th (Tuesday)
Intense frost. +2 degrees frost 10 below. David teaming hay to W. Davis. Got pc from Hamish and letters from Cora Roger and Mary Mair. I took leaves to hen houses and filled boiler.
Whittemore Hill, mentioned into today’s text. Scanned from glass negative, date unknown.