Pownal People

Noel Barber

April 19, 1805 - April 23,1876
Noel Barber was a millwright, carpenter, architect and master builder. He is thought to have built every covered bridge crossing the Hooosic River between North Adams and Hoosic Falls. Noel built the Pownal Methodist Episcopal Church (1844). He also built the famous Oak Grove Seminary (1853) which latter became known as the Oak Hill School and still stands today.

Reynolds Carpenter

Hannah (Niles) Carpenter

1784 - 1862
1799 - 1889

Carpenter Hill

abt. 1919
Emily Holt, b. 1904; Jane Carpenter Holt, b. 1900; Hannah (Green) Holt; ?; ?

Amanda L. Converse,
Nee White,
Nee Jepson,
circa 1855

Four Generations of Pioneer Women:
Betsy Houghton Jepson (center)
Stella White Johnson (upper left)
Amanda Jepson White Converse (upper rt)
Edith Johnson (lower left)
Nellie Salinda Johnson (lower rt) -- Neva's mother

Webster, MA, 1891

1871 wedding photo of Yates Sherman, born in Pownal in 1849, the son of Joseph and Mary (Albro) Sherman. He died in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1891.

A North Pownal Wedding

Marriage of Eva Josephine Willette and Ernie Wilcox - June 1924