{"id":1569,"date":"2015-08-14T17:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2015-08-14T17:02:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:02:22","slug":"two-people-one-house-and-a-clerihew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2015\/08\/14\/two-people-one-house-and-a-clerihew\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people, one house and a clerihew"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the Reverend Augustus Russell Pope<\/a>\u00a0(1819-1855), minister of Kingston’s First Parish Church<\/a>,\u00a0or as it was then known, First Congregational Society,\u00a0from 1844 to 1849. \u00a0The biographical piece linked above\u00a0lauds\u00a0Pope’s work in Kingston, particularly his work with the Town’s schools.<\/p>\n

\"Reverend<\/a>
Reverend Augustus Russell Pope, seated portrait, circa 1845<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is Lucy Ann Meacham Pope (1820-1870), the\u00a0Reverend’s\u00a0wife, who was originally from Cambridge. They married in 1843, just after his ordination.<\/p>\n

\"Lucy<\/a>
Lucy A. Meacham Pope, head and shoulders portrait, circa 1845<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the\u00a0lovely home they built at 4 Elm Street<\/a>\u00a0in 1844; it now houses Hope Floats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Reverend<\/a>
Reverend Augustus Pope House, 4 Elm Street, 1998. Photo from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, portraits of a couple who briefly lived in Kingston and a later photo of their house: is there more to this story? \u00a0Why, yes, there is.<\/p>\n

It’s always helpful to have full names and important dates for the people in the pictures; since neither of the Pope was a native Kingstonian, some research was required. \u00a0That process produced an interesting scrap of a much larger history. A few years after Pope left Kingston for a ministry in Somerville, he received\u00a0Patent Number 9,802 for “Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Alarms.”<\/a><\/p>\n

And as sometimes happens when deep in the research, a clerihew<\/a>\u00a0popped out.<\/p>\n

Augustus Pope
\nGave us all hope
\nAnd saved us from harm
\nWith his burglar alarm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sources: Jones River Village Historical Society Lantern Slides IC4;\u00a0Massachusetts Historical Commission\/ MACRIS Digital Photographs IC13<\/em><\/p>\n

For more, visit the Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the Reverend Augustus Russell Pope\u00a0(1819-1855), minister of Kingston’s First Parish Church,\u00a0or as it was then known, First Congregational Society,\u00a0from 1844 to 1849. \u00a0The biographical piece linked above\u00a0lauds\u00a0Pope’s work in Kingston, particularly his work with the Town’s schools. This is Lucy Ann Meacham Pope (1820-1870), the\u00a0Reverend’s\u00a0wife, who was originally from Cambridge. They married in … <\/p>\n

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