Jane Marcy Hadsell (1838-1926), at left, with her daughter Hattie Isabell Hadsell (1868-1947) . They seem to be standing on Jane’s front porch on East Main Street. The house behind them would be on the southern side of the road. Captioned by Nora Howard, Avon Town Historian, Summer 2020. Sources: as noted and from online sources such as ancestry.com; the US Census, wikipedia, and pertinent websites. Also see Nora Howard’s essay on the Hadsell Family (also posted on Ct. Digital Archive). If you are interested in conducting more research, be sure to see the collections of the Avon Free Public Library Marian Hunter History Room. These captions were completed the summer of 2020 (except as noted) and the library was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.