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Nan Hockenbury, chair of the Lynnfield Historic Commission, shares her knowledge of the town's past.A notable social event occurred in Lynnfield some time ago when Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sandin, owners of End of Lane Farm on Chestnut Street, hosted a dinner party to celebrate the uncorking of the last known bottle of wine produced on their premises in 1918. Attending were Mr. Robert C. Rourke, also of Chestnut Street, who had acquired the vintage and would be presenting it to the Historical Society later that week, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Murphy of Charing Cross, then current owners of the wine cellar. It is reported the participants toasted "the good old days" and suffered no ill effects …
Last May I received a phone call from Trooper Joe Cullura in Bucks County, Pa. A homeowner in Middletown had trimmed his overgrown bushes and found a headstone resting underneath. The Trooper wanted to return the gravestone to its resting place and enlisted my help as a Historical Commission member. Its inscription reads: William Hampton (Augustus) Company B 41st Regiment, Mass b.1844 d.1922. The 41st Regiment was stationed at Camp Stanton in Lynnfield. It joined the 1st, 2d and 3d Cos. Unattached Cavalry to form the 3rd Mass. Cavalry. The 1st Co. Unattached Cavalry, organized as 1st Co. …
