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Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Report of the Committee on Necrology of the Somerville Historical Society. (search)
he town at that time, was from Windham, N. H., and her mother, Lucy Brooks Locke, was a Cambridge woman. As there was no high school in Somerville in her school days, she attended Woburn Academy, then a well-known institution, and often spoke with pleasure of the years spent there and the friends and acquaintances thus formed. She was always interested in the First Universalist Church of Somerville, and at one time was a teacher in the Sunday School. She was married August 9, 1859, to Oren S. Knapp, then a teacher in the Prospect Hill School, afterward a Boston lawyer. He died in November, 1890. Two daughters survive their parents: Lizzie G. and Marion Knapp; a brother of Mrs. Knapp is also living, S. Adams Clark. Mrs. Knapp was of a sweet and gentle disposition, beloved by all who knew her. Of a retiring nature, she gave most of her thought and energy to her home and family. She was interested in the old families of Somerville and in the city's history. Although she seldom a
ated therefor; said land to be used for any purpose for which it may be required by the town. Then on a motion, naturally made by the same person, as he was a member of the finance committee of the town, it was voted that the treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the finance committee, to borrow $34, ()00. The committee appointed by the chairman or moderator to make the purchase consisted of John R. Poor, chairman, Reuben E. Demmon, Charles H. Guild, Christopher E. Rymes, and Oren S. Knapp,—all representative men in Somerville. The land,—about eight and one-half acres,—was purchased for $33,683.70, and the whole transaction was perfectly legitimate, straightforward, and honorable on the part of all concerned,— grantors and grantee. This last sale and purchase comprised all the land of the original Sleeper purchase of 1835, not at that tine owned by the town; except the Fenno lot, which was bought a few months later, and the land of the First Congregational society, whic
ck, David, 4, 16. Kennedy, John, 4, 16. Kenneson, Albert, 69, 70. Kenneson, Albert Henry, 69. Kenneson, Nancy J., 69, 70. Kenneston, Elliot, 16. Kent, Jonathan, 44. Kent, Rhoda. 44. Kent, Samuel, 42, 44. Kent, William, 44. Kidder, Sarah Tufts, 28. King's Chapel Burying Ground, 80. Kinsley, Frederick R., 16. Kinsley, Captain F. R., 3, 4. Kinsley, Major F. R., 11. Kinsley, Willard C., 9, 10, 17. Knapp, Lizzie G., 21, 72. Knapp, Lucy M. (Clark), 21. Knapp, Marion, 21. Knapp, Oren S., 21, 76. Knights Templar, 72. Lapham, Mrs. F. D., 72. Lawrence, Abbott, 73. Lawrence, Amos, 73. Lee, Thomas J., 74. Leland, Anna, 71. Leland, John, 71. Leland, John, Jr., 70. Lexington, Mass., 24, 87. Lexington Institute, 32. Libby, Martha E., 37, 39. Lincoln, Abraham, 9, 11. Lincoln, Martha, 29. Lincoln, Mass., 34. Littlefield, A. M., 68. Littlefield, Catherine W., 66. Littlefield, James M., 66. Littlefield, Joshua, 68. Littlefield, Joshua, Jr., 68. Littlefield