Named after Alexander’s redoubtable Aunt Lucia Wadsworth (1783-1864), the fourth child of Alexander and Elizabeth was born on 4 December 1859. She attended local Portland schools before going to the Wilston School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She lived with her family including her sister Mary King until after her parents’ death. She was evidently close to her aunt Mary Longfellow Greenleaf (1816-1902) with whom she traveled to Europe in 1880 to visit Alexander Jr. who was studying architecture. Greenleaf made Lucia executor of her estate.
In 1905 she married Franklin R. Barrett, who was the president of the Portland Savings Bank and was active in many charities. Lucia herself was on the board of managers of the Temporary Home for Women and Children and of the women’s board of the Maine General Hospital. She was also active in the Portland Diet Mission.
At the end of her life, she lived with her sister Mary at her residence at 169 State Street in Portland. They traveled abroad to Europe and Palestine together. Although she helped to nurse Mary after small strokes in 1939 and 1940, she died before Mary on 17 December 1940.
Like her mother and father, Lucia was keenly interested in her family’s history. She copied passages about General Peleg Wadsworth, studied the Longfellow family history, and rode with her family to see the decaying home of Scarborough’s Richard King. Lucia gathered and labeled the papers of her Aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce and those of her parents after their deaths.
Arnold Corkins
FAG #47177958
In 1905 she married Franklin R. Barrett, who was the president of the Portland Savings Bank and was active in many charities. Lucia herself was on the board of managers of the Temporary Home for Women and Children and of the women’s board of the Maine General Hospital. She was also active in the Portland Diet Mission.
At the end of her life, she lived with her sister Mary at her residence at 169 State Street in Portland. They traveled abroad to Europe and Palestine together. Although she helped to nurse Mary after small strokes in 1939 and 1940, she died before Mary on 17 December 1940.
Like her mother and father, Lucia was keenly interested in her family’s history. She copied passages about General Peleg Wadsworth, studied the Longfellow family history, and rode with her family to see the decaying home of Scarborough’s Richard King. Lucia gathered and labeled the papers of her Aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce and those of her parents after their deaths.
Arnold Corkins
FAG #47177958
Named after Alexander’s redoubtable Aunt Lucia Wadsworth (1783-1864), the fourth child of Alexander and Elizabeth was born on 4 December 1859. She attended local Portland schools before going to the Wilston School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She lived with her family including her sister Mary King until after her parents’ death. She was evidently close to her aunt Mary Longfellow Greenleaf (1816-1902) with whom she traveled to Europe in 1880 to visit Alexander Jr. who was studying architecture. Greenleaf made Lucia executor of her estate.
In 1905 she married Franklin R. Barrett, who was the president of the Portland Savings Bank and was active in many charities. Lucia herself was on the board of managers of the Temporary Home for Women and Children and of the women’s board of the Maine General Hospital. She was also active in the Portland Diet Mission.
At the end of her life, she lived with her sister Mary at her residence at 169 State Street in Portland. They traveled abroad to Europe and Palestine together. Although she helped to nurse Mary after small strokes in 1939 and 1940, she died before Mary on 17 December 1940.
Like her mother and father, Lucia was keenly interested in her family’s history. She copied passages about General Peleg Wadsworth, studied the Longfellow family history, and rode with her family to see the decaying home of Scarborough’s Richard King. Lucia gathered and labeled the papers of her Aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce and those of her parents after their deaths.
Arnold Corkins
FAG #47177958
In 1905 she married Franklin R. Barrett, who was the president of the Portland Savings Bank and was active in many charities. Lucia herself was on the board of managers of the Temporary Home for Women and Children and of the women’s board of the Maine General Hospital. She was also active in the Portland Diet Mission.
At the end of her life, she lived with her sister Mary at her residence at 169 State Street in Portland. They traveled abroad to Europe and Palestine together. Although she helped to nurse Mary after small strokes in 1939 and 1940, she died before Mary on 17 December 1940.
Like her mother and father, Lucia was keenly interested in her family’s history. She copied passages about General Peleg Wadsworth, studied the Longfellow family history, and rode with her family to see the decaying home of Scarborough’s Richard King. Lucia gathered and labeled the papers of her Aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce and those of her parents after their deaths.
Arnold Corkins
FAG #47177958
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