Concord Female Charitable Society (Concord, Mass.)

Charitable women's organization in Concord, Mass. Founded in 1814 to provide aid to the needy in the form of clothing, basic provisions, and sometimes money, and to encourage their religious and moral development. Formally incorporated Feb. 6, 1896. Regular meetings were devoted to making clothing and to discussing distribution of charity. Governed by an executive board consisting of officers and managers. First officers: Mrs. Jonas Heywood, President; Mrs. Stephen Wood, Vice President; Abby Brigham Fay, Secretary; Mrs. Tilly Merrick, Treasurer. Other nineteenth century members included.

(Cont.) Mrs. Nathan Barrett, Mrs. George M. Brooks, Mrs. Nathan Brooks, Mrs. Edward Carver Damon, Mrs. Josiah Davis, Louisa Dunbar, the women of the Emerson family, Mrs. Francis Gourgas, Mrs. Jonathan Hildreth, Elizabeth Hoar, Mrs. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Mrs. Samuel Hoar, Mrs. Phineas How, Annie S. Keyes, Mrs. William Munroe, Mrs. Reuben N. Rice, Mrs. John Thoreau, and Phebe Wheeler. The Society changed its name to Concord Friendly Aid Society in 1942 and became Concord Family Service Society in 1954.

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