1890's

Financial Panic

Elizabeth wrote Old times in Shrewsbury, a history of the town.

Elizabeth and Harriet became caretakers

Thomas Walter Ward II died heavily in debt, and the Worcester County Institution for Savings foreclosed on the Ward farm. Henry Galbraith Ward, a relative who had summered at the house as a child, bought the 135 acre farm and its buildings for $4500. He...

Thomas Walter Jr died