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Albert Kleinert, born in Brooklyn, NY, on March 30, 1891, was a noted bridge engineer. He designed the French King Bridg...
10/23/2025

Albert Kleinert, born in Brooklyn, NY, on March 30, 1891, was a noted bridge engineer. He designed the French King Bridge (photo 1) in Greenfield, MA, and the bridge in Tyngsboro, MA, (photo 2) that crosses the Merrimack River. Following disastrous floods in 1936, Albert assisted in designing and reconstructing 150 bridges in the Connecticut River Valley.

He was a member of the Boston Society of Engineers, the MA State Engineers’ Assoc., the MA Soc. of Professional Engineers, and the Assoc. of Highway Officials in the North Atlantic States.

Albert married Dr. Margaret Louise Noyes of Lowell, MA, on September 2, 1916. He died on this day in 1955 and is buried with his wife on Pindar Ave. Sources: “The Boston Globe,” October 24, 1955; historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=massachusetts/frenchkingbridge/, photo credit, Nathan Holth; Tyngsborough Bridge photo, Wikipedia.

Harry T. B. Richardson was born in Lowell, MA, on October 12, 1869. He fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898 as a m...
10/21/2025

Harry T. B. Richardson was born in Lowell, MA, on October 12, 1869. He fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898 as a member of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was deployed to Puerto Rico. The number six is clearly shown on his uniform collar. Harry died on September 18, 1948, and is buried on Conant Ave.

Jabez Edwards, born in Weare, NH, in 1819, moved to Lowell, MA, in November, 1834 and was hired by the Merrimack Mills t...
10/21/2025

Jabez Edwards, born in Weare, NH, in 1819, moved to Lowell, MA, in November, 1834 and was hired by the Merrimack Mills two days later. On October 23, 1839, he married Elizabeth Bean at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church on Merrimack St. In 1841, he was promoted to overseer of the No. 2 Carding Room where he remained for the next 40 years. A carding machine prepared raw cotton for spinning. Jabez and Elizabeth lived in a Merrimack Mills boardinghouse until his retirement when they moved to Summer St., across from the South Common.

Jabez died on October 19, 1893, and is buried with Elizabeth on Heliotrope Ave. Source: https://libguides.uml.edu/men-at-work-overseers/edwards

Luke Wilder Loverien, born in Salisbury, NH, on this day in 1803, married Clarissa Kimball in Lowell, MA, on September 2...
10/16/2025

Luke Wilder Loverien, born in Salisbury, NH, on this day in 1803, married Clarissa Kimball in Lowell, MA, on September 2, 1835. He mustered into “D” Co. MA 6th Infantry on August 31, 1862. Just three months later, Luke died of disease in Suffolk, VA. He was buried on Watson Path in February, 1863.

Albert Hancock, born in 1821, died on this day in 1856. He is buried with his wife Sarah and their three children on Was...
10/15/2025

Albert Hancock, born in 1821, died on this day in 1856. He is buried with his wife Sarah and their three children on Washington Ave., just before the intersection of Howard Ave. The large family lot is marked by a four-sided tapering column with a unique curved capital. There is an incised arc that mimics the curve of Albert’s name.

A belated Happy Birthday to Isaac Cooper who was born in Stockport, England, on October 13, 1806. He came to the U.S. as...
10/14/2025

A belated Happy Birthday to Isaac Cooper who was born in Stockport, England, on October 13, 1806. He came to the U.S. as a young boy with his family and settled in West Boylston, MA. He married Maria Dunsmoore in 1830. The couple moved to Lowell, MA, in 1835 when Isaac was hired as an overseer in a weave room at the Lawrence Manufacturing Co. They lived with their three children in a Lawrence Mills boardinghouse alongside other overseers and their families.

During this time, Isaac became heavily involved in Whig politics. He won local elections as councilman and later alderman, and as representative to the General Court. He also joined prominent Lowell residents, including James B. Francis, in support of the Union party after the demise of the Whig party in the mid-1850s. Isaac and J.B. Francis, who were among the Union slate in municipal elections in 1860, were resoundingly defeated. When the Civil War began, both became Republicans and remained so until their deaths.

Isaac died on January 26, 1902, and is buried with Maria and other family members on the wonderfully named Off Narcissus.
https://libguides.uml.edu/men-at-work-overseers/cooper

In respectful acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Lowell Cemetery Trustees and Staff are pleased to announce ...
10/14/2025

In respectful acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Lowell Cemetery Trustees and Staff are pleased to announce that the new development of West Meadow will include Wonalancet Ave., named for Chief Wonalancet of the Penacook Indian nation, early settlers and stewards of today’s Fort Hill. In the plan by Grever and Ward, Wonalancet Ave. will run parallel to Washington Ave.

Happy Birthday to Dr. Moses Greeley Parker who was born in Dracut, MA, on this day in 1842. Click on https://www.youtube...
10/12/2025

Happy Birthday to Dr. Moses Greeley Parker who was born in Dracut, MA, on this day in 1842. Click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ekNm15x58 to view a new video by Lowell Cemetery Trustee Richard Howe who explains how this leading eye doctor became heavily invested in New England Telephone & Telegraph, and is credited with inventing the telephone number. Dr. Parker’s local philanthropy includes the Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library in Dracut, MA, and the annual Parker lecture series established in 1917.

Samuel Rice, who was born on February 28, 1776, died on this day in 1839. This date precedes the founding of the Lowell ...
10/11/2025

Samuel Rice, who was born on February 28, 1776, died on this day in 1839. This date precedes the founding of the Lowell Cemetery in 1841. Former Lowell Cemetery Trustee Catherine Goodwin comments on reburials in her book “Mourning Glory.” “Some of the early slates predate this cemetery. Families who purchased lots re-interred their loved ones in this aesthetically pleasing ground. Reburials or removals were not uncommon.” Re-internments still occur today. Samuel and his wife Mary are buried on Wisteria Path.

Thomas Talbot was born in Northampton, MA, on September 7, 1818. Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnIN3hY-m8 ...
10/06/2025

Thomas Talbot was born in Northampton, MA, on September 7, 1818. Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnIN3hY-m8 to listen to Lowell Cemetery Trustee Richard Howe describe Talbot’s move to Lowell as a young man and how he co-founded the Talbot Dyewood and Chemical Company, and later established a textile mill in Billerica, MA. Dick traces Talbot’s political life and explains how he became a state senator, lieutenant governor, and eventually governor of Massachusetts in 1878. Gov. Talbot died on this day in 1885 and is buried on Franklin Ave.

Charles Henry Burbank, born in Lowell, MA, on this day in 1838, married (Abby) Frances Worthen on December 12, 1861. Cha...
10/05/2025

Charles Henry Burbank, born in Lowell, MA, on this day in 1838, married (Abby) Frances Worthen on December 12, 1861. Charles was a clothing merchant in Lowell from 1861 to 1878; editor of “The Morning Mail” from 1880 to 1884; and the Librarian (Director) of the City Library for some years after 1885.

At the time, the library was on the second floor of the Hosford Building at 124 Merrimack St. That address was also the location of the Masonic Temple and banquet rooms on the third and fourth floors. Shops were on the first floor. A fire in 1926 destroyed the fourth floor and roof.

“City Documents of 1887-88” state that the “accommodation for … the library and reading-room, is entirely inadequate.” The library was moved to its present location in 1893, but until then, this is where Charles worked and was paid $1,500 a year.

He seems to have been very pleased with the purchase of a new typewriter for the Library. The following is included in his annual report for 1887-88:

In respect to the immediate administration of the Library, probably
the most important matter during the year was the purchase of a
Hammond type-writer, by which all catalogue cards are now written
with great improvement in legibility, uniformity, and beauty of
appearance.

Charles died on April 21, 1894 and is buried with Frances on ----
Sources: https://archive.org/stream/lowellma-citydocs-1887-88/citydocuments18871888lowe_djvu.txt; www.facebook.com/LowellHistoricBoard/photos/the-hosford-building-at-124-merrimack-street; and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Typewriter

Happy Birthday to James Cook, who was born on this day in Preston, CT, 1794. The Lowell Cemetery has a few monuments to ...
10/04/2025

Happy Birthday to James Cook, who was born on this day in Preston, CT, 1794. The Lowell Cemetery has a few monuments to veterans of the War of 1812. James Cook. a private in the U.S. Army, is one of those few. He was involved in the Battle of Stonington, CT, when the British attacked that coastal village.

Around 1830, James was hired as an agent for the Middlesex Manufacturing Co. in Lowell, MA. He was secretary and treasurer of the Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and served as a member of the Lowell Common Council in 1836 and 1853 and as Mayor of Lowell in 1858. James died on April 10, 1884, and is buried with his wife Lovisa and their two daughters on Rogers Path.
Source: “Boston Evening Transcript,” April 11, 1884; cthumanities.org/teachitct/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/12/Battle_of_Stonington_Adapted.pdf; photo

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