Effie was the daughter of Col. Daniel Needham and Caroline Augusta Hall of Groton, MA. She graduated from Lawrence Academy and a private school in Greenfield, MA.
In 1878, she married Harris Cowdry Hartwell, of Groton, MA. Effie and Harris were married only 13 years before his untimely death. They had two sons, Norcross Needham Hartwell and Harold Hall Hartwell.
A woman with a great sense of charity and kindness towards society and the needy, Effie was described as a member of the Red Cross, a vice-president and director of the Old Ladies' Home, a trustee of the Fitchburg Art Association, Member of the Fitchburg Historical Society, the Woman's Republican Club of Boston, the Unitarian church, past president of the Sewing Circle, and a devoted worker in the interests of the church school.
Every good work, every worthwhile enterprise, every charity, organized or otherwise, claimed her immediate and undivided attention. Advancing age, inclement weather or the condition of her health afforded no barriers in the straight path toward the consummation of her kindly ideals. She gave her life to those less fortunate.
In 1878, she married Harris Cowdry Hartwell, of Groton, MA. Effie and Harris were married only 13 years before his untimely death. They had two sons, Norcross Needham Hartwell and Harold Hall Hartwell.
A woman with a great sense of charity and kindness towards society and the needy, Effie was described as a member of the Red Cross, a vice-president and director of the Old Ladies' Home, a trustee of the Fitchburg Art Association, Member of the Fitchburg Historical Society, the Woman's Republican Club of Boston, the Unitarian church, past president of the Sewing Circle, and a devoted worker in the interests of the church school.
Every good work, every worthwhile enterprise, every charity, organized or otherwise, claimed her immediate and undivided attention. Advancing age, inclement weather or the condition of her health afforded no barriers in the straight path toward the consummation of her kindly ideals. She gave her life to those less fortunate.
Effie was the daughter of Col. Daniel Needham and Caroline Augusta Hall of Groton, MA. She graduated from Lawrence Academy and a private school in Greenfield, MA.
In 1878, she married Harris Cowdry Hartwell, of Groton, MA. Effie and Harris were married only 13 years before his untimely death. They had two sons, Norcross Needham Hartwell and Harold Hall Hartwell.
A woman with a great sense of charity and kindness towards society and the needy, Effie was described as a member of the Red Cross, a vice-president and director of the Old Ladies' Home, a trustee of the Fitchburg Art Association, Member of the Fitchburg Historical Society, the Woman's Republican Club of Boston, the Unitarian church, past president of the Sewing Circle, and a devoted worker in the interests of the church school.
Every good work, every worthwhile enterprise, every charity, organized or otherwise, claimed her immediate and undivided attention. Advancing age, inclement weather or the condition of her health afforded no barriers in the straight path toward the consummation of her kindly ideals. She gave her life to those less fortunate.
In 1878, she married Harris Cowdry Hartwell, of Groton, MA. Effie and Harris were married only 13 years before his untimely death. They had two sons, Norcross Needham Hartwell and Harold Hall Hartwell.
A woman with a great sense of charity and kindness towards society and the needy, Effie was described as a member of the Red Cross, a vice-president and director of the Old Ladies' Home, a trustee of the Fitchburg Art Association, Member of the Fitchburg Historical Society, the Woman's Republican Club of Boston, the Unitarian church, past president of the Sewing Circle, and a devoted worker in the interests of the church school.
Every good work, every worthwhile enterprise, every charity, organized or otherwise, claimed her immediate and undivided attention. Advancing age, inclement weather or the condition of her health afforded no barriers in the straight path toward the consummation of her kindly ideals. She gave her life to those less fortunate.
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