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Frederick Thorp(e) North

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Frederick Thorp(e) North

Birth
Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
27 Sep 1873 (aged 45)
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 70 Space 10
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All headstone photos taken by and used with permission from FAG Member mtucker.

middle name after his maternal grandmother's last name. Grandmother's name was Sally Thorp(e) married to Nathan Hyde...funeral held 1 Oct 1873 at the Hurd Street Methodist Episcopal Church...he was a freemason, and they were in charge of the funeral...he was a former city alderman and funeral was attended by the Mayor Jewett, many friends and associates. (Thursday, October 2, 1873 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume: XXIII Issue: 5429 Page 2)

Died at age 45 "of a severe illness," for several weeks, leaving a widow and no children. Mass death records says he died of "Disease of Brain" (late 19th Century definition doesn't appear to be a mental illness, but "an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions.")

"The late Frederick T. North bequeathed $500 to the Young Women's Home, and $500 to the Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society, in addition to $1000 to the Young Men's Christian Association of this city." (Saturday, October 11, 1873 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume XXIII Issue 5437 Page 2)

He was Secretary of the Lowell Sabbath School Union in 1866...[Friday, April 28, 1865 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume XV Issue 2756 Page 2)]
All headstone photos taken by and used with permission from FAG Member mtucker.

middle name after his maternal grandmother's last name. Grandmother's name was Sally Thorp(e) married to Nathan Hyde...funeral held 1 Oct 1873 at the Hurd Street Methodist Episcopal Church...he was a freemason, and they were in charge of the funeral...he was a former city alderman and funeral was attended by the Mayor Jewett, many friends and associates. (Thursday, October 2, 1873 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume: XXIII Issue: 5429 Page 2)

Died at age 45 "of a severe illness," for several weeks, leaving a widow and no children. Mass death records says he died of "Disease of Brain" (late 19th Century definition doesn't appear to be a mental illness, but "an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions.")

"The late Frederick T. North bequeathed $500 to the Young Women's Home, and $500 to the Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society, in addition to $1000 to the Young Men's Christian Association of this city." (Saturday, October 11, 1873 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume XXIII Issue 5437 Page 2)

He was Secretary of the Lowell Sabbath School Union in 1866...[Friday, April 28, 1865 Lowell Daily Citizen and News (Lowell, Massachusetts) Volume XV Issue 2756 Page 2)]


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