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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Helen E. Ellis (1889-1978) Woodcarver, historian 1874 Main Road, Westport Point Helen E. Ellis (1889-1978) is perhaps more notable for her contributions to historic preservation in New Bedford than here in Westport. She was not a historian in the traditional sense, but her appreciation of the past and her skills embraced […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Katherine “Kay” Noyes Trafford Earle (1900 – 1957) Community caretaker 11 Valentine Lane, and 143 Lower Drift Road, Westport Point Kay Trafford Earle was born in 1900 in Worcester, Ma, daughter of Charles A. Trafford (in the insurance business and born in Fall River) and Emily C. Gifford (born in […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Sarah R. Delano (1904-1994) Preservation activist 1838 Drift Road Sarah R. Delano Sarah was born Sarah Rodman Scudder in Chicago in 1904, the daughter of William Mansfield Scudder, III and Helen Rotch Swift. She summered in the south coast to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Rotch Swift, the daughter of William J. Rotch, Jr. of New Bedford. Her […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Georgia Perry Codin Benefactor to local artists 1980 Main Road, Westport Point Eldest of six children from the John Perry Westport farming family, Georgia Ann Perry Codin was born September 30, 1916 in Oakland, California. Early in life while attending Westport schools Georgia showed an aptitude for her artistic talents. While studying the arts in Boston […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Ruth Cadman (1762 –1845) Teacher 2032 Main Road, Westport Point Ruth was born in Newport, RI., the daughter of Christopher Cadman and Hannah Seabury. Ruth never married. Her older sister May married the wealthy merchant and whaler, Isaac Cory, Sr. in 1769 but many of the Cadman family kept their ties […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Clara Buffum (1873-1938) Bookbinder 21 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point Noted craftsman in the art of fine bookbinding, Clara Buffum bound many famous and valuable books including a first edition of Chaucer. Like a true craftsman, she scorned modern shortcuts in bookbindery and revived the ancient method of using the […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mary Elizabeth Hicks Brown (1894 – 1990) Artist and historian 1603 Main Road, 2001 Main Road, Westport Point Mary Hicks Brown could trace her Westport familial roots back to the 1700s. Born in 1894, she was the child of William B. Hicks and Caroline Davis Hicks. Mary attended Moses Brown School […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) Botanical artist, illustrator 1936 Main Road, Westport Point A reference in Jeanie Stewart Hall’s description of the Point revealed the surprising presence of an accomplished but long-forgotten artist: “Now we have gotten to Captain Manchester’s, Upper Manchesters… The sweet little house which used to be sheltered […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Mary Howe Baker (1900 – 1965) Harvard Observatory women astronomical computers 39 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point Mary Howe, the daughter of Louis McHenry Howe and Grace Hartley, was born in Fall River, Ma. on June 4, 1900. Her parents were close friends with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Christina B. Allen (1823-1909) “always giving thanks” 2031 Main Road, Westport Point Christina was the daughter of William Allen and Phebe Tripp and was born in Westport. She had 8 siblings who married local people so she had many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was deeply religious and very tied to […]
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