1879-1880s Autograph Album of Nellie P. Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts

Autograph album presented to Nellie P. Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts by her teacher C. H. Tucker on February 21, 1879.

The album, which is thicker than average and a bit warped (which explains the rather blurry image above), measures about 6-1/2" by 4" by nearly 1".   It contains the sentiments of around 70 of Nellie's relatives, friends and schoolmates, some from the Putnam Free School at Newburyport, Maine.  Interestingly, the principal of the Eaglenest School at Newburyport, Massachusetts, Lloyd W. Hixon, inscribed a page in 1879.  Perhaps Nellie attended both schools.

An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

 Surname Mentions in the Album

	?	H	Hale [2]	O	Osgood
A	Andrews		Halley	P	Pettingell
B	Bartlett		Heenan [2]		Plumer
	Bickford [2]		Hixon		Prescott
	Bolton		Hoyt [2]	R	Roberts [2]
C	Cram		Hunt		Rogers
	Currier		Huse [5]	S	Salisbury ?
D	Davis	J	Johnson		Sanborn
F	Fifield	K	Keniston		Spofford [2]
	Flanders [2]	L	Lowell [2]		Stearns
	Foster	M	Manson [5]		Swett [3]
	Frame		McKenzie	T	Thornton
G	Gove [2]		Merrill ?		Tucker [2]
	Greeley		Morton [2]	W	Wilson [5]
		N	Niles		Withington [2]
			Noyes [2]		Woods [3]

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Nellie P. Manson was born about July 1865 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Albert Manson and Sarah (Penel ?) Manson.  Both parents inscribed pages in their daughter's album.

Two inscribers with the surname Manson were presumably Nellie's siblings.  The Annie Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts; "P.F.S.", who inscribed a page was presumably Nellie's sister Annie Woods Manson.  P. F.S. was presumably the Putnam Free School at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Frank W. Manson; inscribed on March 4, 1879.  He was presumably Nellie's brother Frank Warren Manson.

On April 30, 1891 at Rowley, Massachusetts, Nellie P. Manson married Eugene L. Gale, son of Joseph and Mary (Bartlett) Gale.  By 1900, according to the U.S. Census, they were living at Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Eugene was working as a hatter.  The couple had several children.

Nellie died in 1922 and Eugene in 1939.  They're buried in the Bartlett Cemetery at Amesbury, Massachusetts, along with at least two of their children.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sources

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915
• U.S. Federal Censuses
• FindaGrave.com

List of Inscribers

• Samuel ?, possibly Samuel Hoyt or Samuel Hunt; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on 29th 3d 1879, Quaker date for March 29, 1879

A

• Percie Andrews.  Shared the page with Mary Flanders; Charles Currier; and Maria Bartlett

B

• Maria Bartlett.  Shared the page with Mary Flanders; Percie Bartlett; and Charles Currier
• E. M. Bickford of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 16, 1879
• Paul J. Bickford of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 26, 1879
• I. B. Bolton of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 30, 1884.  Presumably Isaiah B. Bolton

C

• Jennie M. Cram of Amesbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on January 22, 1886
• Charles Currier.  Shared the page with Mary Flanders; Percie Andrews; and Maria Bartlett

D

• C. A. Davis; inscribed at Chelsea, presumably Chelsea, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1886

F

• Susie E. Fifield of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 13, 1879
• Nellie C. Flanders of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 20, 1879
• Mary Flanders.  Shared the page with Percie Andrews; Charles Currier; and Maria Bartlett
• Mary E. Foster of Rowley, Massachusetts; inscribed on May 20, 1881
• Helen O. Frame of Boxford, Massachusetts; inscribed on April 11, 1881.  Helen Orissa Frame

G

• Edward P. Gove of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 16, 1879.  Presumably Edwin Payson Gove, father of inscriber Saide L. Gove
• Saide L. Gove of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 22, 1879.  I believe she was the daughter of inscriber Edwin Payson Gove.  Saide's name appears as Sadie in most records.
• Furmer H. Greeley of Salisbury, Massachusetts

H

• Emma Frank G. Hale of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on September 7,. 1880.  Emma Frances Grace Hale
• Frank A. Hale of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 1, 1884
• William Halley; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on February 7, 1885
• Anna Heenan of Amesbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on January 21, 1886
• Julia Heenan of Amesbury, Massachusetts
• Lloyd W. Hixon of Eaglenest; inscribed in 1879.  Dr. Lloyd W. Hixon was principal at the Eaglenest School at Newburyport, Massachusetts
• Samuel ?, possibly Samuel Hoyt or Samuel Hunt; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on 29th 3d 1879, Quaker date for March 29, 1879
• Lizzie Hoyt of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 14, 1879
• Samuel ?, possibly Samuel Hoyt or Samuel Hunt; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on 29th 3d 1879, Quaker date for March 29, 1879
• A. L. Huse of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed at Herald Office, June 13, 1879.  Presumably Arthur L. Huse, whose family was involved with the Newburyport Herald newspaper.
• Edward A. Huse of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 14, 1879
• William H. Huse of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 13, 1879.  Presumably of the Newburyport Herald newspaper.  Husband of inscriber Laura A. (Hayes) Huse
• George W. Huse of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 9, 1879
• Laura A. Huse of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on May 31, 1879.  Presumably Laura A. (Hayes) Huse, wife of inscriber William H. Huse

J

• Frances A. K. Johnson of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on March 1, 1879.   Frances Annie (Kenniston) Johnson, wife of John F. Johnson

K

• Josephine G. Keniston of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on July 7, 1879

L

• S. A. Lowell; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 15, 1885
• Marcus C. Lowell of Salisbury, Massachusetts

M

• Nellie P. Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts; album owner.  She was given the album by her teacher C. H. Tucker on February 21, 1879.  He may have been Charles H. Tucker.
• Annie Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts; "P.F.S.".  Possibly Nellie's sister Annie W. Manson.  P. F.S. was presumably the Putnam Free School at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
• Sarah E. Manson; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts.  Nellie's mother Sarah E. (Penel ?) Manson.  Wording added later, along the left margin:  "Mother Died Feb. 3rd 1884"
• George A. Manson of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on November 2, 1879.   Nellie's father George Albert Manson
• Frank W. Manson; inscribed on March 4, 1879.  Nellie's brother Frank Warren Manson
• Alice E. McKenzie of Pleasant Valley; inscribed on March 7, 1887
• E. Merrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 27, 1879.  Or possibly E. Merrill Salisbury.
• Albert G. Morton; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on February 22, 1879.  Presumably Rev. Albert G. Morton, whose wife Fannie (Williams) Morton also inscribed a page.  It's possible, however, that this page was inscribed by Albert G. Morton, Jr.
• Fannie W. Morton; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on February 22, 1879.  She was Fannie (Williams) Morton, wife of Albert G. Morton.  Either Albert G. Morton or their son of the same name also inscribed a page in the album.

N

• Alice F. Niles of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 14, 1879
• George L. Noyes, Jr., of Newbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on November 20, 1884.  "Aged 9 yrs"
• Mary E. Noyes of Newbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on November 20, 1884

O

• Sue Osgood of Amesbury, Massachusetts; inscribed at Putnam Free School on October 17, 1888.  Class of '82

P

• Lizzie Pettingell; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts. on December 6, 1879
• Warren Plumer of Newbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on November 20, 1884
• Mary N. Prescott; inscribed on May 21, 1879.  The words "Passed away" appear along the left margin.

R

• Emily W. Roberts, or Emily N. Roberts, of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on Mary 21, 1882
• O. A. Roberts; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, on October 13, 1882
• Mabel A. Rogers of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on October 22, 1879

S

• E. Merrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 27, 1879.  Or possibly E. Merrill Salisbury.
• Frank A. Sanborn of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 20, 1880
• Harriet Prescott Spofford.  She was Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, a native of Calais, Maine, whose husband Richard Smith Spofford, Jr., inscribed the following page.  They were living at Salisbury, Massachusetts, during the album's time frame.
• R. S. Spofford.  A later note at bottom of page: "Passed away 1888".  He was Richard Smith Spofford, Jr., whose wife Harriet Elizabeth (Prescott) Smith inscribed the preceding page.
• W. D. Stearns of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed in October 1879
• Aaron O. Swett; inscribed on March 26, 1879; his wife Ellen E. (Hanning) Swett inscribed the following page.
• Ellen E. Swett of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on March 27, 1879.  She was Ellen E. (Hanning) Swett, whose husband Aaron O. Swett inscribed the preceding page.
• Saide Swett of Salisbury, Massachusetts; inscribed on December 6, 1879

T

• Edward Thornton, "H. B. M's Minister" or "H. R. M.'s Minister; perhaps "Her Royal Majesty's Minister; inscribed at Laurel Hill on October 21, 1879.  Presumably Sir Edward Thornton (1817-1906), who lived for six years in a castellated house he built at West Newbury, Massachusetts.  Read more about Sir Edward Thornton here. 
• C. H. Tucker; gifted this autograph album to his student Nellie P. Manson on February 21, 1879.  He may have been Charles H. Tucker.
• S. A. Tucker; inscribed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in March 1879

W

• Charles W. Wilson of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 19, 1880
• Willie S. Wilson of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 1, 1880; "Aged 12 years".  He sketched a schooner under sail.
• Frank C. Wilson of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 3, 1880.  "B.H.S."i
• Simon E. Wilson of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on February 15, 1880
• Abbie A. Wilson; inscribed at Newburyport, Massachusetts, on February 2, 1880
• Nathan Noyes Withington of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on June 13, 1879
• Lothrop Withington; inscribed at the Herald Office at Newburyport, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1879.  The Newburyport Herald newspaper.
• James M. Woods of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on April 7, 1879
• Martin M. Woods of Newburyport, Massachusetts; inscribed on April 13, 1879
• Anna E. Woods; inscribed on Eastern morning, April 13, 1879.  "the 52nd Birth day of your humble servent [sic]".  Not sure of given name, but there was an Anna E. (Scott) Woods, wife of James Marshall Woods, living in Essex County, Massachusetts, about that time, who was born in about 1828 in Vermont.