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Women of Huntley History by Nancy Bacheller

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Few women of Huntley’s early years are written about in the town’s historical annals.  The women of the late 1800s supported their husband’s endeavors, bore many children, kept the home life running smoothly and rarely made a name of their own. Women were known as “Mrs. John Hawley” or “Mrs. Raymond Donahue”, rarely remembered for … Read more

Founding Families

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Although the town is named in honor of Thomas Stillwell Huntley, he was not the first to settle in this area. The Whittemore and Cummings families were generally regarded as among the first settlers to make a mark on the area. Prescott Whittemore and his wife, Lucy Geer Whittemore, came to this area in 1838 from New Hampshire.  … Read more