West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA? West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Given the continuing need to cross the Connecticut River to attend town meetings, and east-west tension over resource allocation, the west side residents petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to be incorporated as a separate town in 1756. After a particularly contentious town meeting in 1773 which bounced between meeting houses on opposite shores and nearly resulted in a year-long government shutdown, proposals for partition were eventually sent from both sides to the colonial legislature. On 23 February 1774, West Springfield was incorporated as a separate town, with territory including what is now Agawam and most of Holyoke.
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West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were...Read MORE...
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were...Read MORE...
2. WEST SPRINGFIELD. [Pop. 3,626. Inc. 1774.]
West Springfield was originally a part of Springfield.
It is divided by Westfield...Read MORE...
West Springfield was originally a part of Springfield.
It is divided by Westfield...Read MORE...
1871 - Proud of his accomplishmentAn enterprising son of four years, in West Springfield, Massachusetts, told his mother in great...Read MORE...
West Springfield Massachusetts, 1890
West Springfield, in the centre of Hampden County, extends along the west bank of the Connecticut...Read MORE...
West Springfield, in the centre of Hampden County, extends along the west bank of the Connecticut...Read MORE...
1906
West Springfield, a village of Hampden co., Mass., in West Springfield township (town), on the...Read MORE...
West Springfield, a village of Hampden co., Mass., in West Springfield township (town), on the...Read MORE...
1907 - Boy RecoveringWEST SPRINGFIELD.
Timothy O'Keefe, the seven-year-old boy who received bad cuts on the forehead...Read MORE...
1914 - The Eastern States Exposition was established in 1914. In 1967, it became known as "The Big E".
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Stephen BODURTHA (22 March 1746 - 22 January 1803) &
Eleanor WORTHINGTON (23 July 1754 - 7 April 1820)
married 15 August 1771 |
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Alpheus BLISS (1 May 1795 - ) &
Sally HULL (10 June 1803 - 16 April 1874)
married 17 February 1821 |
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Herman August CROUSS (16 March 1863 - 29 October 1896) &
Carrie Louise SCOTT (May 1867 - 8 December 1946)
married 26 November 1891 |
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Albert Warren RANDALL (1863 - bef. 1920) &
Carrie Louise SCOTT (May 1867 - 8 December 1946)
married 15 May 1901 |
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Theodore Austin CROUSS (29 April 1895 - 10 April 1966) &
Hilda May GIROUX (16 September 1898 - 4 March 1991)
married 1924 |
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Cemeteries in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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