. Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, and descriptions of old landmarks and ancient dwellings ... ith tide water, at Bos-ton. The opening of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1835,the Western to Springfield in 1839, the Norwich and Worces- 198 Reminiscences of Worcester. tor in 1840, the Providence and Worcester in 1846, the Wor-cester and Nasluia in 1848, the Boston, Barre and GardnerRailroad in 1872, and other business enterprises of whicli Wor-cester has become a grand centre, have caused
. Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, and descriptions of old landmarks and ancient dwellings ... ith tide water, at Bos-ton. The opening of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1835,the Western to Springfield in 1839, the Norwich and Worces- 198 Reminiscences of Worcester. tor in 1840, the Providence and Worcester in 1846, the Wor-cester and Nasluia in 1848, the Boston, Barre and GardnerRailroad in 1872, and other business enterprises of whicli Wor-cester has become a grand centre, have caused the remarkableincrease in population and business here during the last fortyyears, from a little over six thousand, with a valuation of butiittle more than $3,000,000, to a population of 50,000 with avaluation off50,000,000. The enormous amount of the present passenger and freightbusiness on these different roads, as compared with the state ofthings at their beginning, is the best index of the wonderfulgrowth of Worcester during the last forty years, since the writerof this first became a resident of the place, and a review of thisperiod will form a subject of future portions of tliis BURTAL GROUNDS, ETC. C II A P T E R XIII Turj First Burial Places, Tlic first place selected by our fathers for tlie burial of tliedead, Avas on tlic north corner of Summer and Tliomas streets,a path leading to it from Lincoln Square. A thick grove offorest oaks then waved tlieir brandies over the spot, wliere,during the last haltcentury, so large a proportion of the yoiitliof the town and city have received their first rudiments of ed-ucation, and danced unconsciously over the graves of the (irstsettlers, some of tliem tlieir own ancestors. The first burialhere was that of the body of * Rachel, daughter of John andJean Kellough, (sometimes spelled Kelogth, and afterwaidsKellogg,) who died Dec. 15, 1717, being the first death aftertlie beginning of the third or permanent settlement. Duringt
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