Eliza Stowell (1857-1945), a nurse and an independent, self-supporting farmer, was one of the first women to register to vote in Shutesbury. A library patron and Trustee.(Susan Rice)
Joab Stowell, Eliza’s brother, a doctor who lived and worked in the Valley.
Mirick Spear (1824-1899), from a Shutesbury family, was active in Amherst. the first news-seller and stationer in Amherst, he founded what is now Hastings. Active in the Masons and in Amherst politics, he left money for a library to be built in Shutesbury, to be named for him. (Clif Read)
Harriet “Hattie” Ames ran a sawmill at Lock’s Pond with her father, and continued to operate it on her own after his death. (Susan Loring Wells)
Laura Leunette Berry- born around 1866, daughter of Selectman George Berry, was a library patron (Karen Traub).
Humphrey Winter owned a successful boot shop. (Dates??)
William Hemenway (1846-1911) took over as Town Clerk after his father Hardin died. First Chairman of the Library Board of Trustees, which was established in 1894. On the building committee for MN Spear Memorial Library, donated the shelves and wished to do more. (Glen Warren)
Mary Clark, first Librarian (1899-1912). (Jane Urban; Fiona Rogers as young Mary Clark)
Emma Clark- her mother (possibly Andrea Rogers)
Newton Daniel Crossman, 1848-?, farmer, merchant, and postmaster 1892-1909 (?), when he moved to North Amherst. (Biography from History of Western Massachusetts.) (a possibility)
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