John Roberts was a Private, Co I, 1st Maine Calvary , Union Army, killed in action on May 3, 1863. Buried in an unmarked grave near Louisa Court House, VA. There is a Commemorative Marker in the Robert's lot at the Glenwood Cemetery.
Remains of the John Dean house on Acton Street. It was in this house on December 17, 1896 that John Dean was murdered by Lorenzo Barnes. "The last execution by hanging in Massachusetts was in the jail at East Cambridge on March 4, 1898. Lorenzo…
John Flaherty, a native of Maynard, was in his second year as an American League Baseball Umpire, and while umpiring behind the plate in a game at Washington D.C. between the Senators and the Yankees, had one of his decisions at home plate disputed…
A newspaper clipping of John Flaherty, Umpire, and Casey Stengel, baseball player, having an argument over calls in Yankee Stadium. John Flaherty was a Maynard native.
A Holy Bible belonging to John H. Deane, Maynard, Mass. Mr. Deane suffered death at the hands of Lorenzo Barnes. A Boston newspaper says "The last execution by hanging in Massachusetts was in the jail at East Cambridge, March 4, 1898. Lorenzo Barnes…
This bell was used by Mr. John H. Vose, a teacher at the Garfield Intermediate School on Sudbury Street, to call the pupils into school. Purchased at an auction of the Vose property in the early 1900's by Mrs. James Sheridan, Sr. It was used by the…
A photo of John Henry White and his family taken at his 50th Wedding Anniversary gathering. John Henry White, born in Sudbury 1849, a son of William H. White and Ann Carroll White, was an original signer of the Town of Maynard's Incorporation…
Mr. Hillis, with Mr. Joseph W. Reed, resident lawyers, gave his services without compensation in obtaining the Charter for the Town of Maynard. He was elected a member of the first school committee at the first town meeting on April 27, 1871. Also…