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Carver Sawmill from H I Carver and A E Carver – structures in Ludlow and reservoir mostly in Granby – on the Stony Brook – within Granby there is a canal from the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir – grist mill is along the canal – W Carver, G Carver, and E and H Carver all live very close by

Sikes Cemetery

Sikes Cemetery is on Munsing Street. It is about from the year 1772. It was given then as a gift from Benjamin Sikes as the first burial ground of Ludlow. Ludlow was settled in 1751 and thus earlier burials would be in Springfield. Ludlow would be a district in 1774 and a town in 1775. Thus this cemetery gift was to the settlers of Ludlow who were acting as members of a town but formally it was still Springfield. It was at first called the Center Cemetery and then the Old Center Cemetery when the Center Cemetery was made.

A wooden fence was placed around it in 1782 and a stone wall in 1865. At 244 Munsing Street is an 1844 home. FINDAGRAVE Walter Corbin did survey this cemetery and provided much information.

Sarah Sikes has a footstone that is engraved onto the back of her daughter’s headstone. Hannah Sikes her daughter is the burial in front of her. A very unique approach to headstone and footstone display. First and only that I have seen.

			Nancy 1824 Granddaughter of John and Sarah
	John 1807 Son	Phebe Cook 1804 Third wife of John		Dolly 1776	Mary 1776
Hannah Chapin 1790 Mother	Benjamin 1781 Father	Anna Cowles 1772 Wife of John	Anna 1776 Daughter of John and Anna	Sarah Montague 1796 Second wife of John	Abner 1785 Son of Abner and Mary
Mary Parsons 1818 Wife of Abner	Abner 1800 Son	Sarah 1806 Daughter of John and Sarah		Hannah 1796 Daughter of John and Sarah

Anna Sikes 1776

Anna Sikes 1772

Benjamin Sikes 1781

Hannah Sikes

Submit Chapin – FINDAGRAVE

Dolly 1776

Maria Sikes – 1778

A good question to ask is where are all the Sikes houses around this area. Like all homes of the 1700s there wear out or are taken down.

Methodist Episcopal Church of Ludlow

A River Flows through It

A River Flows through It

Connecticut River

Franklin County	Hampshire County	Hampden County

Chicopee River

Swift River – flows in Palmer

Westfield River

Ware River – flows in Barre – Hardwick – Hubbardston – Princeton – Ware – Westminster – Warren – Palmer

Quaboag River – flows in Brookfield – Palmer

Canals of Palmer

Power Canals of the Chicopee River

Three Rivers Canal – on the Chicopee River

Thorndike Company Canals – on the Ware River

Boston Duck Company Canals – on the Swift River

none – on the Quaboag River

Paterson New Jersey

Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park – EXTERNAL LINK

Agawam Canal

Agawam Canal was made in 1839 and the Southworth Mill was the first mill on the canal (1839). They would make a brick mill in 1879. The canal would last 90 years and was filled in in 1929.

Agawam Paper Mill

Mittineague Paper Mill

Strathmore Paper Mill is the 1911 merger of the Mittineague and the Woronoco.