Family History

Letters and photos pertaining to the Stevens family of Warwick.

Album of Francis Famiily - mainly newspaper clippings

Photo of John Bowman
Born in Warwick in 1822, served in the Confederate army, became a successful inventor (including the Doughlass pump, a locomotive spark arrester and a knitting machine), died in Lexington in 1882

This 77 page notebook lists in alphabetical order all people buried in the Warwick Cemetery and also living people who have stones. Included are information on stones along with some interesting spiritual messages. The list includes 1615 stones (Oct. 2001). The oldest stone is "in memory of Lemuel, son of Rev. Lemuel Hedge and Mrs. Sarah his wife, he died Nov. ye 15th 1762, aged 1 day." Ryan Amidon, the compiler, explains that some inscriptions were partially or totally unreadable so could not be copied.

This 300 page book compiled and arranged by families in alphabetical order by Marilyn Allred in 2000 lists births, marriages, deaths of the inhabitants that lived in Warwick, MA taken from the handwritten chronological records and cemetery records of the town of Warwick, MA (1739-1900).

Charles Brown has compiled information about all veterans (150) from Warwick buried in Warwick Cemeteries, as of July 2000 (Revolutionary War to the present)
Included is a map of the Warwick Cemetery to show the 8 sections, and also a map to find the Kilton Cemetery and the Moses-Kelton Cemetery.
Also included is information to veterans re benefits, how to request a veterans grave marker, etc. A color photo of Paul Hadsel, William Copeland, Thomas Copeland, and Wilfred Benoit, taken May 25, 2002 at front of book.

Transcripts of Civil War letters (1862-1863) written by John Caldwell, Jr. son of John Caldwell and Susan Ann Grace, stepson of Barnard Fisher. John Caldwell Jr. died August 25, 1863 of disease, age 20 at Ft. Schuyler, NY and is buried in the Warwick Cemetery.

Copy of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume XCIX published by the Society at the Robert Henry Eddy Memorial Rooms, Boston, 1945
Roster of the Expedition of 1690 to Canada under the command of Capt. Andrew Gardner

Diaries of Katherine Bass dating from 1912-1991 (some missing years)
Katherine Bass, daughter of Etta M. T. Bass, was a former Assistant Librarian of the Woburn Public Library, Woburn, MA

Diaries are located in lower drawer, left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a