A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers

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This is a picture of a home at 1125 Mountain Road. Delphina Clark gives the builder’s name as Dr. Oliver Wolcott Kellogg, and a build date of 1845-1852. This picture is part of a collection that is believed to have been taken between 1880-1885. Using Delphina Clark’s Land record collection, we know that the owner changed in 1865 to Charles M. Owen. The 1869 Suffield map has C. M. Owen living opposite the West Suffield Cemetery. Using the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census we find Owen’s family with three members and some hired help. Starting left to right Charles Milton Owen born 1827 East Granby, Conn., daughter Mary E. born 1868 in Suffield, wife Jane Louise McRoy born 1844 in Ireland [not Connecticut as stated on the Census] and farm hand, maybe Michael Eagan aged 24 on 1880 census, born in Massachusetts. The picture is probably nearer to 1885, being the daughter was only 12 on the 1880 census.

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