lyo NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN GROTON. 



Some remarkable cases of longevity and of regular succes- 

 sion of deaths, during a single year, are given in the Groton 

 " Spirit of the Times" for July 26, 1848. The list was fur- 

 nished by Mr. Butler, and is as follows : 



Molly, widow of Amos Stone, died May 13, 1847, aged 94 years 

 and I month. 



Abigail, widow of John Lawrence, died July 10, 1847, ^g^d 93 

 years and 9 months. 



Mary, widow of John Capell, died September 6, 1847, ^g^d 93 

 years, 4 months and 25 days. 



Major Amos Farnsworth, died October 19, 1847, aged 93 years, 6 

 months and i day. 



Elizabeth, his widow, died December 11, 1874, aged 90 years, 7 

 months and 24 days. 



Lucy, widow of Deacon Samuel Rockwood, died May 12, 1848, 

 aged 90 years, 8 months and 23 days. 



All these persons with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Capell 

 were natives of Groton, and each one of the six, at the date of 

 death, was the oldest person in town. 



RAILROAD MEETINGS. 



The following article is copied from the " Boston Courier," 

 November 19, 1846. The meeting of conference was held at 

 Hoar's tavern, then kept by Daniel Hunt ; and the action 

 there taken determined the site of the " Junction," which has 

 since become the town of Ayer. 



Railroad Meeting. A meeting was held on Monday [November 

 16], in Groton, of the friends of Stony Brook and Worcester and 

 Nashua Railroads, for mutual conference in relation to the location 

 of the roads. Several gentlemen were present from Worcester, Nashua, 

 Pepperell, and Lowell, among whom was ex-Governor Davis, Presi- 

 dent of the Nashua and Worcester road. It was considered important 



