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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., Some Medford farmers who had milk routes in Boston in the Thirties and forties. (search)
s father lived before him. The place had been in the family since England buncoed the Indians. A portion of the land is in the Symmes family today. —— ——lived on the Joseph Wyman farm on Winthrop street, now owned by the Russells. Adjoining Oak Grove Cemetery. The house was replaced by a modern one. The barn, which stood across the street, was burned a few years ago. I think Joseph Wyman, when he gave up the stage-coach, was on the milk route a short time. He sold the farm to William A. Russell, who came from Somerville. Albert Smith's farm was on Woburn street. His father came from Lexington in 1810, leasing what was called the Payson or Soley farm at that time. The house stood on what is now the corner of High street and Boston avenue, very near the Middlesex Canal. A few months before his death he rented the James Wyman farm, corner of High and Woburn streets. He had a milk route to Boston until his death in 1830. Albert continued the route, assisted later by his b