BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW VOLUME XVIII ^ 1 CONTAINING LIFE SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS " Biography is the home aspect of history ' BOSTON Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897 Fie ATLANTIC STATES SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS. The volumes issued in tliis series up to date are tlie following: I. Otseco County, New York. II. Madison County, New York. . III. Broome County, New York. IV. CoLU.MBi.A. County, New York. V. C.^YUOA County, New York. VI. Delaware County, New York. ^'II. LlYINGSTON and WYOMING COUNTIES, New York. VIII. Clinton and Essex Counties, New York. IX. Hampden County, Massachusetts. X. Franklin County, Massachusetts. March. 1S97. XI. Hampshire County, Massachusetts. XII. Litchfield County, Connecticut. XIII. \'0RK County, Maine. XIV. Cumberland County, Maine. XV. O.XFORD AND FrANKLIN COUNTIES, Maine. XVI. Cumberland County, New Jersey. XVII. Rockingham County, New Hamp- shire. XVIII. Plymouth County, Massachusetts. B. R. PUB. CO., 1 5 Court Square, Boston. PREFACE. AVAILING ourselves with all diligence, and in good faith, of the material kindly placed at our disposal, we have pushed forward to its completion a new volume of contemporary biography, — the eighteenth in our Atlantic States Series, — which we take pleasure in tendering to our subscribers, the friends and patrons who have aided in our work, feeling confident that, however it may fall short of the ideal excellence striven after, it will be found to meet a real want, o-ratify a natural taste of the times, and occupy a place hitherto unfilled. The o-eneration that fails to write its own records will seldom get a fair showing on the pages of history. Here on these western shores, where first "Common men began to own the world,'' the inherent dignity of human nature, the worth of the individual, have been strongly emphasized. Genealogy, which traces descent, and helps to show the origin and transmission of personal traits, has become an attractive and popular study, and biography, which shows individual character and action, a favorite form of literature. The average newspaper gives undue prominence to the evil done by men of ill-will or misguided passion. To the writer of select biographies falls the cheerful task of setting down what is best deserving of remembrance and emulation in the virtuous lives of earnest workers in divers fields of usefulness. These pao-es show what manner of men and women are, now, two hundred seventy and more years after the landing on Plymouth Rock, dwelling in the old homes and haunts of the Pilgrims. Many of the worthies here commemorated are "Mayflower" descendants, kinsmen and kinswomen of that good and valiant band, through various lines of ancestry. Others trace from the " Fortune," the PREFACE "Ann," the "Little James," the "Diligent," or later venturous barks, some being valued American citizens of foreign birth, \ as truly imbued with the Pilgrim spirit as was the poet whose forceful lines, al: ..dv quoted from, choicely set forth the saintly and rugged virtues of the forefathers : — "A saving reiK..ant they; Dreamers who work, adventure, . who pray ! '• They trusted first the universal vote ; The first were they to practise and in- till The rule of law, and not the rule of will; They lived one noble test, — who would be freed Must give up all to follow^ duty's need." Biographical Review PuBLr"n\G Company. March, 1897. ^z-^^-'Z-^s*'' BIOSRAPHIGAL. UI'"US PACKARD KINGMAN, ^ I /| 1 jy J late President of the Home Na- tional Bank, of Brockton, was for years closely identified with the most vital interests of this city, where he was an honored resident. He was born in what was then North Bridgewater (now Brockton), November 4, 1821, a few months after the birth of the town. He was a son of Benjamin and Re- becca (Packard) Kingman, Benjamin being- sixth in descent from Henry Kingman, who with his wife, Joanna, and five children, landed in Weymouth, Mass., July 10, 1636, coming from Weymouth, England. North Bridgewater, in the early part of the century, was a small settlement of farmers and shoemakers. Benjamin Kingman was engaged for some time in the manufacture of shoes, but about 1833 he erected a public house on the present site of Washburn's Block, and went into the hotel business. Later he gave his attention chiefly to farming. He was for a number of years agent for the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Hingham, Mass. Mr. Benjamin Kingman took an active part in political affairs, and was elected to a number of offices, serving for some time as Selectman of North Bridgewater, and attend- ing the General Court. Rufus Packard Kingman attended the public schools of his native town, and also received private instruction from some of the early teachers of the place — Mrs. Nathan Jones, Deacon Heman Packard, the Rev. Jonathan Coe, and others. He was twelve years old when his father erected his public house, and he began at that time to make himself useful. He afterward worked on the farm until he was eighteen years old. and in 1840 he entered the employ of William I*". Brett, proprietor of the leading dry-goods and variety store in the town. This store was in the hotel building, corner of School and Main Streets. In 1846 Mr. Kingman was made a partner in the busi- ness, and the firm name changed to Brett & Kingman. He was never physically strong, and in 1854 he was obliged to retire from active business for a while on account of feeble health. While in the dry-goods trade, Mr. Kingman in 1850 erected the first brick building in the town, on the site of the old Centre schoolhouse, south of the hotel. It was named Kingman's Block, and is now occupied by Howard & Caldwell, clothiers. Soon after the dissolution of the firm of Brett & Kingman, there was a demand for banking accommodations, and, a bank being established, Mr. Kingman was chosen Cashier. He filled his position with such signal ability that the bank was a great success, and was only abandoned on the establishment of the United States Banking Laws. It was closed in 1866, on the decision of the Directors that they would not change to a national bank. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1874 a new bank was chartered, called the Home National Bank; and Mr. Kingman being unanimously elected President, filled his office with honor and signal ability for twenty years. In 1S76, when the North Bridgewater Savings Bank was closed, Mr. Kingman and Ellis Ames, of Canton, were appointed Trus- tees by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts to wind ui) its affairs. They performed their dutv in such a faithful and judicious manner that they were able to pay the depositors ninety-four and ninety-six one hundredths per cent. Mr. Kingman, on the death of his father, be- came agent for the Hingham Mutual Fire In- surance Company, and in 1871 he was elected to the Board of Directors. Affairs of great importance were often intrusted to him, and he was never found wanting in honesty and integrity of purpose. His personal success did not warp or narrow his nature. Often consulted on matters of finance, his advice was always freely and honestly given. When the North l^ridgewater Board of Trade was estab- lished he was elected a Director; and in 1890, when the Brockton City Hospital was or- ganized, he was elected Vice-President. In 1874 he was one of the corporate members of the Brockton Agricultural Society. He was one of the first Directors of that body, was two years Treasurer, and for some time Vice- President; and in January, 1893, when the Commercial Club was organized, Mr. Kingman was elected President. He belonged to a family well known for their prominence in local affairs, and he took a personal interest in the welfare of his native place. In politics he was a stanch Whig and Republican. While acting as Cashier of the first bank, he was elected Town Treasurer of North Bridgewater, and faithfully performed the duties of his office for nine years; in 1873 he was chosen Assessor; in 1873 and 1874 was re-elected; and in 1881 he was a member of the Retiring Board of Selectmen, it being the last year, of the town government. He had much to do in arranging affairs for the in- auguration of the new city government, and under Brockton's new order of things he was elected to the Board of Aldermen from Ward 2, being made Chairman on the organization of the l^oard ; and he was unanimously re- elected three times. The Hon. William L. Douglas, when mayor of the city, appointed him Chairman of the Board of Sewerage, May 31, 1890; and he was efficiently discharging the duties of this office at the time of his death, which occurred on Tuesday, February 20, 1894. Mr. Kingman was married August 30, 1852, to Abby, only child of Captain Win- throp Sears and Sally (Hawes) Baker, of Yar- mouth, Mass. "He was fond of home, the life of the social circle, tender and affection- ate," says Bradford Kingman in his Plistory of Brockton, from which the facts here given are taken. " He was plain of speech, honest, straightforward, firm, and decided when deci- sion was needed; had excellent judgment in all matters of business. . . . He had no ambi- tion for public honor or notoriety, and was never active in political strifes, though he was ever ready by his vote to promote the public good. . . . He was most genial and interesting in private, fond of company, had some wit, was always cheerful and buoyant, and quick at repartee. . . . He took great delight in look- ing over the personal history of the King- mans, and when the Kingman Memorial Asso- ciation was organized he took a prominent part, and was elected its Treasurer, filling the office until his death. He caused an elegant monument to be erected at his own expense in Union Cemetery, ]?rockton, to the memory of ROBERT B. HALL. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the ancestors of the Kingman family in Amer- ica. He had further plans, which were pre- vented from fulfilment by his death." iVRUS HOWARD, one of the old and respected citizens of Brockton, repre- senting a prominent and long estab- lished family, was born in North Bridgewater, November 14, 1S17. He is a son of Cyrus and Sylvia (Howard) Howard, both descend- ants of John Howard, one of the early colo- nists of New England, and whose first home in this country was near that of Miles Standish. I'urther information concerning the Howard ancestry may be found in the sketch of George B. Howard. Cyrus Howard, Sr., a well-to-do farmer of North Bridgewater, who owned a good farm of one hundred acres, spent his life in this place, and died at the age of eighty years. His wife, Sylvia, was a daughter of Colo- nel Caleb Howard, of North Bridgewater, who was descended from P^phraim and Mary (Keith) Howard, througli Ephraim, born March 25, 1697, and George, son of Ephraim, born January 31, 1721. The latter, who died April 3. 181 5, was married in 1745 to Abigail, daughter of Jonathan Copeland. She was born December 9, 1724, and died March 26, 1809. George and Abigail (Cope- land) Howard were the parents of eleven chil- dren, namely: Hannali, born July 26, 1746; Abigail, September 26, 1748; Betty, May 9, 1751; George, September 8, 1753; Oliver, December 21, 1755; Job, May 17, 1758; Caleb, December 15, 1760; Rachel, April 20, 1763; Patte, August 2, 1765; Asaph, March 19, 1768; and Nehemiah, born August 20, 1770. Colonel Caleb Howard, who was an officer in the State militia, and served in many town offices, died January 4, 1831. He was married December 7, 1780, to Sylvia, daughter of Daniel Alger. She was born No- vember 13, 1 76 1, and died September 17, 1819, at the age of fifty-seven. Her children were: Hannah, born May 9, 1782; Apollos, August 23, 1784; Abigail, March 23, 1786; Sylvia, June 9, 1788; Vesta, May 17, 1790; Chloe, January 19, 1793; Nancy, January 10. 1795; Welcome, April 17, 1797; Olive, July 24, 1799; Caleb, June 8, 1802; and Thomas Jefferson, July 20, 1804. Mrs. Sylvia (How- ard) Howard died I'"ebruary 14, 1822. She was the mother of two children, of whom Cyrus was the younger. Cyrus Howard was educated in the common schools of North Bridgewater. He first worked at shoemaking, the leading industry of this section of Plymouth County. After several years of indoor labor, he found a more healthful occupation as driver of a market wagon. In managing sales for another he saw the opportunities for profit in the produce trade, and eventually started a market of his own, which he successfully managed for fifteen years. Mr. Howard is now retired from active business. He was married November 6, 1844, to Hannah, daughter of Zopher Eiekl, of Brockton. She died October 14, 1873, leaving two children. Of the latter, Isabella A., the wife of Thomas W. I'^rost, of Wolfe- boro, N.H., now survives. i\Ir. Howard has been long aflfiliated with the Republican party and its lineal predecessors, having cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1S40. He attends religious service at the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church. ON. ROBERT B. HALL, formerly of Plymouth, who tiuring his life- J^ V^ time served his fellow-men in the double capacity of minister of the gospel and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW legislator, was born in Boston, Mass., in the year 1812. He acquired his education in Boston and in Yale University, where he grad- uated from the School of Divinity. Early in his life he was a member of the Congrega- tional church, in whose ministry he spent seven or eight years. His religious views un- derwent a change some years later, and he entered the Episcopal church, receiving orders, and becoming a priest according to its rites and canons. For some time after his ordination he was rector of the church in Newport, R.I., and also had charge of the parish of Plymouth, where through his efforts a church edifice was erected. The logical force of his reasoning, and the conscientious motive of his efforts, gave him the same strong influence in municipal affairs that he exerted from the pulpit. When he was elected by the people of his district to rep- resent them in the legislative halls of the State, he was as potent in advocating a high standard of national morals as he had been in inculcating purity of individual life. Closing his connection with the State legislature with a year of service in the Senate, he was elected member of Congress, the duties of which office he discharged faithfully and honorably for four years. The .Senator-Priest of Plymouth delivered his message to the world from plat- form, pulpit, and press, enunciating the doc- trines of truth, purity, and honesty,' and pointing steadily to the one perfect type of humanity. The contributions from his pen to various American magazines remain to in- struct and tell what manner of man he was. One of his most elocpient addresses was de- livered at the dedication of the Masonic Temple in Boston. Mr. Hall married Miss Abbie N. Davis, a daughter of Nathaniel M. Davis, whose only sister married the distinguished historian, George Bancroft, in 1843. William T. Davis, the historian, and Judge Davis, of Plymouth, both well known in the world of letters and jurisprudence, were cousins of Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Hall has one child, a daughter. Mr. Hall died in April, 1868, aged fifty-six years. Mrs. Hall is still a resident of Plym- outh, where the memory of her husband's oood deeds lives after him. g)i ON. PELEG McFARLIN. — Peleg ~A Mcl'"arlin, son of Sampson and Polly .s> y ^ (Shurtleff) McP'arlin, was born in Carver, Plymouth County, Mass., October 18, 1843. His early education, acquired in the public schools of his native town, was supple- mented by private study, and by attendance at a commercial college. 3 / — . At the age of nineteen -y«ars he accepted a position as clerk in the Boston office of Mat- thias l-^llis & Co., iron founders, whose manu- fatory was located at South Carver. -Mrr Me-EaFlin/develop6tiVstrong traits as a business man, arad came to occupy such a prominent position ill the administration of the affairs of the company that in 1870 he was admitted to /— partnership ^ the firm^ wlrtch- seven — years before had first employed-hi^n-as _c^a ine-xperi^- enced clerk. Mr., McFarlin then return6<3";to /■I / his native town^_ and- practically assumed full charge of the irpn foundry^ an<:l foriTMDre than a qua?tef of a centufy^fS'h.as— guided and con- trolled its interests/." ' • ' ''''These works constitute a sort of historic landmark. They antedate the Revolution, having been established as far back as 1757, and having been, it is said, in almost contin- uous operation since that period. It is claimed that the first iron tea-kettle manu- factured in tliis country was cast at these works. Shot for the Revolution was -made V^A^- \' ^i--*^t I ( BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 13 ^ .'xlK \i .'^ 1 : .'■ here, also for the War of 1812-14. A mem- ber of the company also engaged in supplying shells for the suppression of the Rebellion of 1 86 1. "Of— course, the toundry has passed through many vicissitudes iii/:ident to the march of progress, and its products to-day, under Mr. McFarlin's management, ' .aie- strictly modern, e&fmf> ting of - ranges, fur-, naces, parlor stoves, improved hollow ware, etc./ while no vestige remains of those- anti- quated and now obsolete commodities, the production of which once engaged the full capacity of the worksj '^'-'-j, ''"'y ^/J^ A— pubJic-spirited cit-izen, Mr. McFarlin since his r^uT-n to his native town^ iias— recog- nized his civic duties, and 'has been active along various lines &f^^u&eiiilness, having been called by the votes of his fellow-citizens to- occupy many positions of responsibility and honor, l-'or more than twenty years he has. served as sole Trustee of the Benjamin Ellis School I-'und.j He has likewise- served as a member of the School Committee, and in other town offices^ tle-4«is bee«^ i^bstmaster of' South Carver^- without interruption for twenty years/ Goveiiiui — Talbot Appointed l-"arlih a Justice of tlie Peaca. a«d his com- mission as Justice Jia* never lapsetj, having been renewed by Governor Robinson, and again reaeived by Governor Russell^ Mr. McF"arlin is- a Trustee of the W'areham Sav- ings Bank Corporation. /tin the memorable Garfield campaign of . iS80j_,Mr. Mcl-'arlin was nominated as a can- didate for Representative to the General Court from the Fourth Plymouth District, then in- cluding the towns of Carver, Plympton, Kingston, and Duxbury. He was elected, andr at the opening of the legislative session, was appointed a member of the Committee on Manufactures. He was prominent in the de- bates of the session, and served with such ac- ceptance that the following year he was taken up by the citizens of the First Plymouth Dis- trict as a candidate for Senatorial honors, and with such unanimity that he received every vote in the nominating convention. For three years he remained a member of the State Senate, and enjoyed the rare distinction of being thrice nominated without a dissenting vote, and thrice elected Iiy large and increas- ing majorities. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures in 1882 and 1883, and as Chairman of the Railroad Com- mittee in 1884. The Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, the dis- tinguished Boston lawyer, published in the Middleboro Gazette a review of the Senate of 1882, of which he was himself a member, and in it paid the following graceful tribute to Mr. McFarlin: "I desire to express my admiration for the sterling qualities of character and at- tainment that he exhibited all through the session. To speak of his genial good nature, his manly character and bearing, his sterling integrity, and his business ability, would be but to repeat what is already well known by his constituents and friends. But, as a legis- lator, he shone out as an unusually bright and efficient man in the right place, not only for his general good judgment and knowledge of affairs of legislation, but as a debater on the floor, where, from the delivery of his speech on the presentation of the General David Cobb portrait, early in the session, to his able and lucid argument on the Judge Day case near its close, in the many times that he spoke at the Senatorial Board, he was recog- nized as one of the clearest, most interesting and conscientious speakers of our number; and he added to his record of diligence in committee work the capacity to present his reports with clearness and ability before the full Board. As a companion, his beaming .( 14 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW good nature, his ready wit, his off-hand prac- tical references and original productions ■passed around the Board at some incident oc- curring in the process of business, won him to the hearts of all his associates." Mr. McFarlin has been a contributor to ^current literature, and is more or less in de- mand as a public speaker; His Memorial Day addresses, his speeches on political topics, and his literary productions, notably his con- tribution to King's "Tributes to Garfield," have given him prominence before the public as a speaker and wrffer. Mr. McFarlin was married in Carver jn 1875 to Eldoretta, daugh- ter of Levi and Elizabeth (Look) Thomas. Of;this union, two children are now living — Donald and Helena McFarlin. Wint hropj an infant son,, died January loVT^Sg. • „ ' Mr. McFarlin^s-h^me life is all that could be desired. He has a fine residence at South Carver, situated amid scenes of great natural attractivenesSj Here he is content to dwell, with his well-cultivated farm, his well-stocked libraryl with troops of friends, and an inter- esting family zealously devoted to his happi- ness. In preparing this brief biography, we are forcibly impressed with the thought that Mr. McFarlin's career demonstrates anew that we live in a land where a young man may, from comparatively feeble beginnings, by diligence and force of character, constantly improve his condition, and crown iiis life with worthy achievements. Ij'RED F. field, junior member of the Plj well-known shoe manufacturing firm of Packard & Field, Brockton, was born in the part of Brockton known as Montello, May II, 1861. He is the youngest child of William L. and Mary Dennison (Holmes) Field. William L. Field was for many years e.xtensively engaged in farming in Montello, where he owned a large tract of land, much of which is now occupied by thriving factories. Another of his sons, Daniel Waldo Field, who is a wealthy shoe manufacturer, erected and gave to Montello its pretty Congregational Church, and is identified with many other public enterprises. Fred F. Field received his early education in the common schools of Brockton. His father had a large milk route, and the boy was early put on the wagon to serve customers, thus learning practical business methods when quite young. He subsequently took a course of study at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, Boston, and then entered the employ of Burt & Packard, of Brockton, in answer to their advertisement for an office boy. His diligent attention to business won the confi- dence of his employers, and he was promoted step by step from the position of office boy and porter to that of assistant to Mr. Packard in his factory. He was afterward made superin- tendent ; and when he had filled that position ' some two or three years, Mr. Burt having re- tired on account of ill health, Mr. Field be- came junior partner, under the firm name of Packard & Field. The firm of Burt & Packard was well known to the public through its phonetic form of advertising, " Korrect shape," and controlled an extensive and pros- perous business. It has been still further de- veloped since Mr. Field became actively con- nected with the business. He is active man- ager of the concern, buying all the stock, and attending to all financial details, Mr. Packard acting as silent partner. The firm employs some three hundred men, and turns out about si.\ hundred pair of shoes daily, supplying cus- tomers both in this country and abroad. Mr. Field was married February 20, 1884, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 'S to a daughter of I'rcd I'ackartl, of Hmckton, aiul has now one cliild, I'"rcd !•'. In politics he is a Republican, but he takes no active in- terest in political affairs, lie is an honored and popular member of the Commercial Club, and has been on its Executive Committee since its orj^anization. In religious belief lie is a Unitarian, anti he attends the Church of the Unity. "OIIN A. RICE, an old and honored resident of Rockland, was born Janu- ary 29, 1830, at Northfield, Vt., a son of Alphonso and Mary (Cardell) Rice. His father, Alphonso Rice, who was a manufact- urer of Northfield, and later a farmer of Urookfield, in his later years moved to Brook- lyn, la., where he died at the age of seventy- eight. His wife, Mary, was a native of New York State, having been born near Lake George. Jolm A. Rice was the eldest of a family of nine children. lie was brought up on the farm, working in the summer, and attending the district schools in the winter. At the age of seventeen he began to teach school, an ex- ample which was subsequently followed by his brothers and sisters. He taught in his native State for four winters, and afterward in Massa- chusetts for two winters. At the age of twenty-one, desiring to begin life for him- self, he went to the West, where he spent some time in various employments. Return- ing liomc, he went to work in the general store of his brother-in-law at I'2ast Stoughton, now called Avon. As this relative of Mr. Rice's was also the Postmaster of the place, Mr. Rice attended for a while to the work of the post-office. Leaving East Stoughton, he went to New York City, where, however, he remained but a short time, returning in a few months to \'erm(Hit. At this time he was recommended to Nahum Moore, a dealer in dry-goods and furniture in the town of J-Iast Abington, now Rockland, by a mutual friend, for the position of the clerk Mr. Moore needed to take charge of his business while he was attending to his legislative duties. The upshot was that Mr. Moore offered Mr. Rice the ])osition, and Mr. Rice accepted it, and came to I'Last Abington (Rockland). He soon proved to his new employer that he possessed the right qualifications for a successful busi- ness man. At the end of one year Mr. Moore took him into partnership. Shortly after Mr. Rice, in company with a Hoston man, bought out Mr. Moore's interest in the business, and both conducted the place together for two years under the firm name of Rice & Eldridge. At the end of that time Mr. Rice sold out his interest to his partner, and to(jk a position as clerk with him, which he held ior a period of two years. During the Civil War he went to .St. Joseph, .M(j., with a stock of goods, which he disposed of there at a great profit. This was owing to the fact that in that city public feeling on the subject of the conflict was about equally divided, and Southern partisans were as anxious to get rid of the "greenbacks" as the other side was to get hold of them. Owing to Mr. Rice's shrewdness, he reaped a veri- table harvest, especially iluring the last year of the war. Upon his return to Vermont, he purchased the old home farm, and took up his residence there, but remained only one year. Returning to Rockland, he resumed his old business. Shortly after, his store was burned out. Not discouraged, he continued business elsewhere until a new building was erected. About this time his brother, Charles L., came back from the war, and went into partnership with him. They continued together for some time, hut, upon the business increasing, they separateil ami divided it, John A. retaining i6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the original dry-goods department, and his brother taking the furniture line. They have both achieved success — the logical result of their enterprise, sagacity, and business talents. Athough the business continues, Mr. Rice retired from active participation about twelve years ago. On May 30, 1857, Mr. Rice married Sarah S. Soule, a native of Rockland, and a daugh- ter of Josiah and Sophronia J. Soule. They became the parents of four children, of whom three are deceased; namely, J. Willard, Eddie Lawrence, and Lester Howard. The survivor is John Wesley, who is at present a student at Harvard, and resides with his parents. In political action Mr. Rice is a Republican. He has strong Prohibition tendencies, but does not believe that the Third Party is an available factor in practical politics at the present time. Besides his hatred of the saloon as a demoralizing agency, he has a strong aversion to tobacco, which he is not afraid to express in a manly way to those about him. His advice on the subject, if not always followed, is always listened to with re- spect, because of his disinterested motives. His religious views identify him with the Congregational church, of which he is a strong, earnest, and useful member, and of which he has been a Deacon for a quarter of a century. He has long been a member in good standing of the Masonic order. A pub- lic-spirited citizen, Mr. Rice is ever interested in any practical movement to promote the moral, social, or intellectual interests of the town. AJOR SAMUEL H. DOTEN.— Occasionally in the walks of life one meets a man whose energy, courage, and general force of character, are such as to draw to him a train of followers in whatever enterprise he may choose to embark. Such a man is Major Samuel H. Doten, of Plymouth, who was born in the old Colonial town, June 15, 1812, of genuine "Mayflower" pilgrim ancestry. His parents were Samuel and Rebecca (Bradford) Doten. Samuel Doten, whose father had three wives, was one of a family of twenty-three children. He was bom in Plymouth, and followed the sea for a number of years in the merchant service. During the War of 181 2 he was a privateersman, and was so fortunate as to capture a prize. He retired from the sea when past middle age, and was in the lumber business for a while in Plymouth, where he died in 1S62, aged seventy-nine years. His wife, Rebecca, was a daughter of Nathaniel Bradford, of Plymouth, who was a Revolution- ary soklier, and a lineal descendant of Gover- nor William Bradford. She was the mother of nine children, si.x of whom are yet living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. Samuel H. Doten was educated in the com- mon schools of Plymouth. Reared amid seafaring men, he went to sea when quite young, and at the age of twenty -four was mas- ter of the packet "Atlanta." After sailing in that capacity for five years, he succeeded his father in the lumber business in Plymouth, and erected a number of the best buildings in the town, including the Miles Standish Block — both the original edifice, which was destroyed by fire, and the present fine struct- ure — the Masonic Hall, the large dwelling- house on the corner of Mayflower and Robin- son Streets, and his own residence. The Miles Standish Block he still owns. The Masonic Hall he sold to the Masons. He was in the lumber and coal trade some twenty years, and then turned his attention to real estate business, in which he is now engaged. P"rom early youth he was interested in mili- SAMUEL H. DOTEN. BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIKW lO lar\' matters, and in US36 he joined tiie Stan- dish Guards of Plymouth as a musician. Chosen Ca])tain in 1842, he declined to serve in that capacity, but in 1.S44 he accepted the rank of Lieutenant-Commaniler. Tiie Stan- dish Guards made a fine fi<;ure on gala-days, with military pomp and display, for a number of years: but the crucial test of soldiership did not come until the attack on I-"ort Sumter awakened so many American citizens to a sense of the awful dut\' before them. When Lincoln's first call for seventy-five thousand three-years men reached the homes of New ICngland, old Plymouth was aroused, and a mass meeting was called. lixcitemcnt ran high, and Major Doten, with characteristic enthusiasm, leaped over the footlights onto the stage, and was the first to put his name on the list, signing, for aught he knew, his own death warrant. .Si.xty-five men followed his lead, and in the course of a week a company was formed, and he was elected Captain of the Plyniouth Rock Guards, which was attaclnnl to the old 'i'hirtl Massachusetts Regiment. They were sent first to Fortress Monroe, where thev remained some three months, and were later in Colonel H;iines's command, attached to the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment. During their term of service they covered nearly the whole seat of war, cam- paigning for a while in the West, fighting under McClellan in the seven-days battle before Richmond, retreating to Harrison's Landing, and thence into Maryland, doing brave service on the bloody field of Antietam, camping at Harper's Kerry, entering Hum- side's command at Warrenton, and from there going to Fredericksburg, where they wintered. While at Fredericksburg they made a sortie and were driven back, but the repulse only whetted their courage for the ne.\t engage- ment. They were at \'icksburg under Gen- eral Grant, and after the famous surrender were detached to Jackson, Miss., thence to the Yazoo River, and subsequently to Cincinnati, whence they marched down to Paris, Ky., being the first Mas.sachusetts regiment to enter the Blue Grass State. From Paris they marched over the Cumberland Mountains to Kno.willc, Tenn., and participated in the battle of l*"ort Saunders. The taking of Port Saunders ended .Major Dotcn's camjiaigning for a while; for, weakened by the .Soutiiern scourge, fever and ague, he was obiig<*d to return home. As soon as able, he returned to the army, but saw no more active service. Discharged in 1864, with the rank of Brevet- Major, he was commissioned by Governor An- drew to recruit a regiment in Tennessee; but his family were so opposed to his going that he yielded to their entreaties and remained at home. Major Doten was married in September, 1836, to Miss Abbie D. Virgin, of Plymouth, who died April 19, 1844. She was the mother of three children, one of whom sur- vives; namel)', Priscilla A., who married Nelson R. Scovel, of Albany, N'.\'., but is now residing at Mattapan, Mass. In 1848 he was again marrieil to Laura M., daughter of .Gorham Lane, of Lancaster, N.I I. Major Doten represented the town of Plym- outh in the State legislature iluring the years 1S58 and 1859. He cast his first Presi- dential vote for Martin Van Buren, anil since early manhood has been a strong Republican. The Major has no desire for public office, and has refused to accept nomination; but he was Registrar of Probate some seven years, being appointed in 1856 uniler Governor Gardner, and was Collector of the port of Plymouth for seven years. He was instrumental in organiz- ing Collingwood Post, No. 76, Grand Army of the Republic, his name heading the list of 20 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW members, and he was the first Commander of the post. He is now a member of the Grand Encampment. A Master Mason for many years, he is a member of I'lymouth Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He helped to organize Samo- set Chapter in 1873, and, in recognition of his services as its first and only Secretary, was presented by the chapter in 1890 with an elegant diamond-studded charm. As a Knight Templar he belongs to the Old Colony Com- mandery at Abington. The first Odd Fellow in I'lymouth, having been initiated in 1844 at Bangor, Me., he helped to organize Mayflower Lodge in his native town, of which he was the first Vice Grand and the second Noble Grand, and is the only surviving charter member. He is also a member of Sagamore Encampment, and was District Grand Deputy to the Grand ICncamp- ment in 1872. In the early days of temperance reform he was an active worker for the cause of prohibi- tion, and was largely instrumental in organiz- ing the Plymouth branch of the Sons of Tem- perance, established in 1847, being appointed D. G. W. P. Major Doten attends the Uni- tarian Church. His whole life has been char- acterized by self-reliance and fearlessness in danger; and as an incident of his dashing bravery it is related that when he was a young man he helped to rescue si.K of a ship- wrecked crew, battling a heavy surf in a life- boat. ILLIAM E. REALS, a member of the firm of Reals & Orcutt, prosper- ous merchants of Rrockton, was born in Middleboro, Mass., June 11, 1855, son of Isaac and Lavinia (VValdron) Reals. The family originated with John Reals, who in 1639 settled in Hingham, where several gen- erations of it have lived and died. Some of the race settled in Stoughton, and of that branch William E. is a descendant. The family has given to politics and science sev- eral noted men. William E. Reals"s grand- father, Isaac, a son of Isaac Reals, was born in Stoughton, and died in Ro.xbury compara- tively young. He married Cynthia Keith, who also was a member of one of the old fami- lies of this county. Isaac Reals, Jr., father of William K., was in the shoe business during the greater part of his life, and for some time was foreman of a leather room. He died at the age of forty-two. His wife was a daugh- ter of Rillings and Polly (Briggs) Waldron. Mr. Waldron was an extensive farmer, and a prominent resident of Dighton, Mass. Isaac Reals, Jr., and his wife reared two children, namely: William E., the subject of this sketch; and Alice, the widow of Clement D. Gardner, of Rrockton. William E. Reals accjuired his education in the schools of Middleboro and Rrockton. When fifteen years of age, he commenced to work for his living in the shoe factory of Peleg Leach, of Rrockton, and was employed there for three years in the cutting-room. He was subsecpiently engaged in the sole-leather rootn of Martin Wilds, in Calkins's manufactory, and in the grocery store of Thompson & Pack- ard, si.\' months previous to their failure. After this he worked in the shoe store of Joel T. Packard for eight months, and in the same place, after George H. Jameson became the proprietor, for eleven years. Mr. Reals then started in business with William D. Wilder as partner, the firm name being Reals & Wilder. The partnership was dissolved at the end of three years, and Hosea M. Orcutt took Mr. Wilder's place. Under Mr. Reals's able and judicious management their trade has in- creased from year to year. The present store is twice the size of the original one. They BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW keep fresh and seasonable goods, and deal honestly and courteously with customers. A self-made man in all respects, Mr. Heals fully merits the esteem generally accorded to him. He has been a resident of this place since October 14, 1865. Mr. Heals was married January 11, iS.So, to Carrie, daughter of Horace Heals, a distant connection. He has two children : Arthur l-L., fifteen years of age, attending the Hrockton High School; and Edgar N., a pupil of the Winthrop School in this city. Mr. Heals votes the Republican ticket, but takes no active part in politics. He was Chaplain of Paul Revere Lodge, A. V. & A. M., of Hrockton, and is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry of Hrookville. As a member of the PVanklin Methodist Episcopal Church he has held every office, except that of class leader, being at ]5resent Trustee, Steward, Secretary of the Quarterly Conference, and a teacher in the Sunday-school. At one time he officiated as first superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is Secretary and Treas- urer of the Methodist Social Union; a mem- ber of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, of wjiich he has been Director; and a zealous member of the Epworth League, in whicii be has held various important offices. "1:NRV L. CRANP:, Town Clerk and Treasurer of Hridgewater, is also a L^ * member of the firm Crane & Hurrill, who are successful merchants of this town. He was born here, January 31, i860, son of the Hon. Joshua Eddy and Lucy A. (Reed) Crane. His grandfather on the paternal side, also named Joshua Eddy, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The Hon. Joshua E. Crane was born and reared in Herkeley, Mass. In 184S he ob- tained a clerkship in a store at Hridgewater. Within a year or two from that time he started a iiusiness of his own at the stand now occu- pied by his successors, Crane & Hurrill. Here he conducted a prosperous business until the month of August, 1888, when he died. His career as a business man was marked by probity and good judgment, and he was elected to a number of offices of trust. lie was a Trustee of the Hridgewater Academy, of the Hridgewater Savings Hank, and of the Plym- outh County Agricultural Society. He was a stanch Republican, and served the community for a number of years as Town Clerk. He also representetl the district in the Lower House of the State legislature and in the State Senate. Mr. Crane was a member of the Congregational church, and a Mason in good standing. His w-ife, who was born in Weymouth, Mass., in 1.S25, is a member of an old and highly respected Weymouth fam- ily. Quincy Reed, her father, and his brother were pioneer shoe manufacturers of Massachusetts. She now resides in Hriilge- water, and is also a member of the Congrega- tional church. She has borne the following children, namely: Joshua K., the City Libra- rian of Taunton, Mass. ; Charles R., who is in the leather business in Boston, and resides i in Hridgewater; Moulton E. ; Annie H., a music teacher residing in Hridgewater; and Henry L., the subject of this sketch. Henry L. Crane was educated in the public schools and at the Hridgewater Academy. He went to work in his father's store when sixteen years old, and literally "grew up in the business," becoming familiar with all its details. After his father's death he formed a partnership with Henry T. liurrill, and for eight years the firm of Crane & Hurrill has taken a leading part in the mercantile life of l^ridgewater. Mr. Crane was married in 1884 22 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW to Lizzie A. Cole, daughter of Cliarles H. Cole, of Brockton, Mass. In politics he favors the Republican side. First elected- Town Clerk and Treasurer, respectively in iSS/and i88S, he has been re-elected every year since to both offices. An active member of the Masonic brotherhood, he is Past Master of Fellowship Lodge, of Rridgewater, Past High Priest of Harmony Chapter, and a mem- ber of Bay State Commandery at Brockton, Mass. He is a member of Pioneer Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Bridge- water, having the rank of Noble Grand. Endowed with much natural ability and pleas- ing social qualities, he is respected as a busi- ness man, and esteemed as a member of so- ciety. <^*^» |LISHA T. HARVILL, Treasurer of the Rockland Welt Company, is one of the old and influential business men of Rockland. He was born in South Weymouth, Mass., December 19, 1841, son of Arterius and Caroline (Thayer) Harvill. Arterius Harvill, who was a native of the State of Maine and a mechanic, died at the age of seventy-five. His wife, a native of Holbrook, Mass., passed away in her fifty-first year. They were the parents of five children, three of whom attainetl maturity. These were: Augu.sta, Anna, and the subject of our sketch. Losing his parents when quite young, Elisha T. Harvill was thrown on his own resources at an age when most boys are tiiinking of nothing but play. He was then bound out to a farmer in East Abington until he was sixteen years old. In that period he attended school only during the three winter months. After leav- ing the farm he worked in a shoe shop in Rockland. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company G, Forty- third Massachusetts \'olunteer Infantry, and later in Company A, Sixtieth Massachusetts . Regiment. He served for a year and a half in the North Carolina campaign: and, though he participated in no great battle, he experi- enced all the hardships of a soldier's life, marching and countermarching on bad roads in all kinds of weather, running the gauntlet of rebel ambuscades, standing fire in skir- mishes, and fighting against the lassitude caused by the enervating climate of the South. During a large part of the time he was en- gaged in guarding property and persons. On his return he engaged once more in the shoe business. Thereafter, solely by his own ef- forts, he acquired a large business and a place among the leading financiers of the county. The Rockland Welt Company is an enterprise of his. Its main business is now managed by others, but as Treasurer Mr. Harvill looks after its financial interests. He retired from business about two years ago, after having manufactured shoes for twenty-three years. As a financier be has many interests, both in Massachusetts and elsewhere. For the past ten years he has been President of the Rock- land Savings Bank. He has been a Director of the Rockland National Bank since its or- ganization, about eight years ago. He is President of the Rockland Building Associa- tion ; and it is known that he is President of a corporation controlling a paper pulp-mill in Maine, a large enterprise employing two hundred men. On November 12, 1865, Mr. Harvill mar- ried Miss Caroline Packard, of Charlestovvn, Mass., and he has now one child, Esther T. , born October 30, 1873. Politically, he favors the Republican side, and he takes a deep in- terest in public affairs. I'or some time he has been on the Board of Water Commis- sioners. He is a member of the Rockland Commercial Club, of which he has filled the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 23 President's chair; and lie has been Com- mander of llaitsulf I'ost, No. 74, Grand Army of the Re])ublic. I'.TII SI'RAGUl':, the Postmaster of llin^ham Centre, was born here on St. Valentine's Day, 1837, son of Daniel and Tamar (Stoder) Sprague, of IUhl;- ham. Josiah, his grandfather, was twice married, the second wife having been a sister of the first. Daniel Sprague, Josiah's second child by the second wife, Su.san (Whiten) Sprague, was a tanner and currier for many years in this town, where he was born. He continued to work at his trade until the time of his death, which hapjiened at the age of eighty-seven years. His wife, Tamar, had ten children, si.\ of whom are living. Three died in early life; and I'ranklin died in August, 1896, at the age of seventy-one years. The surviving chiUlren are: Emeline A., Daniel \\'., Josiah, Seth, Susan \V., and Henry. h'.meline mar- ried Loring Jacobs, of this town. Josiah has been twice married. His first wife,- Adrian (Lincoln) Sprague, had one child, l-'reil 1,. I lis secontl wife, in maidenhooil Sarah Leavitt, also had one child, Myra. Susan VV. married R. H Carthell, of this town, and they have one child, Susie L. Daniel. The father, Daniel Sprague, was an old-time Whig in pol- itics. ]?otli he and his wife were members of the Unitarian church. .She died in August, 1893, at the age of ninety-one. Seth Sprague, after obtaining his education in the schools of his native town, learned the carriage and house-painting trade, and subse- quently followed it until 1882. He was sub- sequently engaged in the jjaper-hanging busi- ness for six years. In 1S88 he was appointed Postmaster, which position he still satisfacto- rily fills. His political view -point is Kepiibli- can. He has been a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. I". & A. M., since 1866. On Oc- tober 5, 1862, Mr. Sprague was united in mar- riage with Melissa Sprague, daughter of Josiah W. Sprague, of Gardiner, Me. They have had three chiUlren ; namely, Charles V.., Wal- lace W., and Marion W. Charles and Wallace died when young. Tu^OHICRT H. PACKARD, a well-to-do I ^^ farmer of Urockton, and a descendant ^ V_^ of one of the earliest families of North Hridgcwater, was born April 29, 1S32, upon the farm he now owns and occupies, son of Robert and Betsey (Howard) I'ackard. He is a descendant in the si.xth generation of the original settler of the Packard homestead. His grandfather, Robert Packard, who in his turn inherited the property, and carried on farming during the active period of his life, was an active member of the Orthoilox church, a Captain of militia, and a |5rominent man in his day. Robert Packard (second), Mr. Packard's father, was born in Nortii' Pridgewatcr, and occupied the homestead farm. One of the stirring and successful farmers of his day, and a useful and highly respected citizen, he kept the ancestral estate in an excellent condition. His wife, Betsey, who was a native of Mon- tello, the northern ]5art of this town, became the mother of four children, of whom the onlv survivor is Robert IL. the subject of this sketch. Robert II. Packard attentled the common schools of North Bridgewater for the usual period. His education was afterward com- pleted at the Loomis Academy. He began life as a farmer at the homestead, where he has always resided. Here he zealously sus- 24 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW tains the reputation of his predecessors by keeping his property up to a high standard, thereby making it one of the best and most profitable estates in this locality. In 1857 Mr. Packard wedded Ellen A. Howard, a daughter of Lewis Howard, of North Bridgewater. Mrs. Packard is now the mother of two children, namely: Walter T., who resides at home; and Lizzie J., who was married in June, 1885, to Harry Dunbar, of West Bridgewater, and now resides in Brock- ton, close by the homestead. In politics Mr. Packard supports the Republican party, and he is a member of the Orthodox church. He is also a charter member of the West Brid^ V ^ _ ^ was born in New Bedford, Mass., July I, 1846. He grew up under his par- ents' care, receiving his education in the pub- lic schools of his native town, and serving an apprenticeship at the cooper's trade. On attaining his majority Mr. Gushing went to Boston, hoping to establish himself in some business there. Locating soon afterward in Gharlestown, now included within the limits of Boston, he carried on a profitable provision business until 1887. He then came to Marion, bought a tract of land, and has since been successfully engaged in the culture of fruit, vegetables, and cranberries. He began on a moderate scale, but has now two cran- berry bogs in Marion, besides two other lots of land. One of his bogs, covering three and a half acres, is admirably adapted to the raising of cranberries. With characteristic enterprise he also runs a butcher's wagon, with which he has acquired a good patronage since 1889. Mr. Gushing was married December 9, 1868, to Miss Lois A. Nickerson, a daughter of John VV. and Julia A. Nickerson, of Har- wich, Mass. Their only child is a daugh- ter named Grace. During his comparatively brief residence in this town, he has won general respect as a citizen, neighbor, and friend, as well as an assured position among business men. In politics he votes for the best men and measures, being bound by no party ties. OSHUA R. BARTLETT, of Brockton, is widely known as a preacher of the Methodist church, a zealous worker for the cause of Prohibition, and an able and pro- lific writer. He was born in Templeton, Worcester Gounty, November 17, 1839, son of William and Maria M. (Partridge) Bartlett, both also natives of the Bay State. William Bartlett, who was born in Ganton, August 23, 1812, obtained his education in the common schools of that town. He was employed as a butcher for two years in West Bridgewater by Amasa Howard, and in 1849 he and Daniel Nash, forming the firm Nash & Bartlett, estab- lished a butchering and market business in Brockton, then North Bridgewater. Their market, which was on the corner of High ami Main Streets, was the second started in the place. In 1856 William Bartlett engaged in the ice business, ha\'ing been its founder in Brockton, and conducted a prosperous trade until 1864, when he sold out to Walter F. Gleaveland, and removed to Templeton, Mass. Having settled on a large farm there, he was extensively engaged in raising general produce for some time. The death of his first wife, Maria, in October, 1875, caused him to dis- pose of the farm, and he went to live with his son, the subject of this sketch. In Feb- ruary, 1878, he contracted a second marriage BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEVV ^<) witli a lady fioni liaymond, N.H., ami he spent the rest of his life in that tdwn. Hart- lett Street in Ikockton is so named in his honor, as he was the tirst to buy a house lot in that vicinity. He was one of tiie earliest l-"ree Soilers, and one of the very few in North Hridgcwater: and he was an ardent anti- slavery man. He died June 6, 1893. His first wife, Maria M. Partridge, was a member (if an old family of luiglish origin, and her father, Deacon Ezekiel Partridge, was a well- known and highly respected resident of Tem- pleton, Mass. Both she and her husband were members of the Congregational church. Their children were: Abby M., who died at the age of thirteen; a boy who died in infancy; Charles A., born in North Bridgewater, Janu- ary g, 1852, who now resides in Clinton, Mass., and is Deputy Sheriff of Worcester County; George Morey, horn in North Bridge- water, June 16, 1854, a printer and publisher of law books in St. Louis; and Joshua R., the subject of this sketch. Joshua R. Bartlett attended the common schools in boyhood and Hunt's Academy at North Ikidgewater. After leaving school he tried various occui)ations before deciding on that he judged himself best fitted to follow. P'or some time he assisted his father in the ice business. Then he kept books, and he was employed in the chair sho]is in Temple- ton. In 1S61 he again joined his father, and worked with him for two or three years. He was next engaged in selling sewing machines. On August 15, 1864, he enlisted in what was afterward Company K, I*"ourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and went to Washington. His company was assigned to the defence of the Capitol, and was .stationed at l^ort Barnard until discharged at the close of the war in June, 1865. Mr. Bartlett was then employed for two years as book-keeper in a chair manu- factor)- in Tem|)leton. In the ensuing two years he managed an agency for the sale of sewing machines at Albany, N.V. His next venture was the management of a chair business of his own at Fitzwilliam, N.H. ; i)ut he was not satisfied with the results, and en- gaged in farming for a year. In May, 1874, he entered the ministry of the Methodist I-lpis- copal church. He was pastor at y\ntrim, N.H., two years, and one year each at Am- herst, Raymond, and Kpjjing. He was then transferred from New Hampshire to the juris- diction of the Vermont Conference, and labored at Williamstown for two years, and at Barre for three years. In the mean time he was editing the Vermont L'luistioii .]/issiiit^i-r, published at Montpelier. This was a congen- ial occupation and one for w'hich he was well fitted. In March, 1884, he purchased the paper, and he published it at Northfield, V't., until September, 1886. I'2arly in his career Mr. Bartlett embracetl the cause of Prohibition. Since then he has worked for it as a member of the Prohibition State Committees of New Hampshire, \"er- mont, and Massachusetts. He was Secretary of the New Hampshire and Vermont bodies, and is now a member of the Prohibition City Committee of Brockton. The good work he accomplished for the cause of tem])erance attracted the attention of prominent Gooil Templars, and in the winter of 1885 he was employed by the Grand Lodge of the State of Vermont in organizing and visiting lodges. In July, 1886, determined to give his wiiole soul to the work, he purchased /'//<• St/is/, and continued its publication until January i, i S90. On that date he merged the paper with the Woivcstt-r Daily ami Weekly Tiiiiis, which he publisheil at Worcester for 40 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW two years in behalf of the Prohibition party. In February, 1892, he came to Broclth of whom are dead. In politics he is a member of the Kei)ublican party; and he affiliates with b'letcher Webster Tost, No. 13, (jrand Army of the Republic. Both Mr. Clark and his wife attend the Methodist Fpiscopal chinch, of which Mrs. Clark is a member. TT^HARLFS A. TOWNSEND has been I jp identified with the town of Rockland, Vi„i£_^^ Plymouth Count}', Mass., since 1862, and is now a member of the Board of .Selectmen. He was born in North Abington, Mass., June 11, 1837, a son of Ezekiel and Lucinda (Adkins) Townsend. Ezekiel Townsend, who was born in North Abington, was engaged for some time in the leading industry of this locality, shoemaking, and for \'ears also he followed the pursuit of agriculture. He died at the age of eighty- four. His wife, a nati\'e of the State of Maine, was called to rest in her seventy-third year. This couple reared three children: Ed- ward I^., now in Minnesota; Charles A.; and Rachel A. (deceased). Charles A. Townsend was reared on a farm, and received but a limited common-school education, as he went to work at the age of fourteen, being first employed in a shoe shop in his native town. hi 1857 he went West, and for five years he was employed in a general store in Lockport, 111. It has been said that our early environment makes us what we are ; and, though this does not always hold good, it is true in a great many cases. Mr. Town- send's earl)- environment seems to have shaped his life, for after five years' experience in trade he entered a shoe shop again. He was employed in a factory in Milford, Mass., for a BIOGRAJ'HICAL REVIEW 55 year, ami then leinoxcd to kdcklaiul, ulieie he lias since been engaged as machine operator in a shoe factory. In 1 865 he was united in marriage with Miss H. I-;ilen Shaw, of Rockland. Mr. Townsentl is pinniinent among the Republi- cans of the town, and has filleil a number of offices. lie has been on the I^oard of Water Commissioners for the jiast si.x years, and is also .superintendent of fire alarm. Elected Selectman first in iSSo, he served one year, and was re-elected in 1890; and from that time to the piesent he has been retaineil in office. He takes a lively interest in town affairs, and is always willing to give time and attention to i^rojects for the improvement of the i^lace. As a member of society, he i,s prominent and popular. He belongs to Stan- dish Lodge, No. "/"J, Independent Order of Odd l'"ello\v.s; Pilgrim Encampment, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows; Hatherly Lodge, No. 699, Knights of Honor; John Cutler Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Pilgrim Chapter and ( )ld L'oliinv Commandery, Knights Templars, and Abington Council; also of the Masonic fraternity. While not a ])rofessing church member, he attends worshi[) at the Unitarian church. I^AMUia. C. ' WHITi:, one of the Hoard of .Selectmen of East Rridge- water, Mass., and a prominent citi- zen of the town, was born here January 31, 1841, a son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Hrown) White. His father is still living, and a resi- dent of East Hridgewater. He was born in Abington, Mass., over eighty years ago, son of Thomas, a descendant of an Abington pio- neer of that name. The family is supposed to be of .Scotch and ICnglish origin. Thomas White and Lewis Prown, the grand- fathers of Samuel C. White were both soldiers in the War of i8ij. in his earlier years Hen- jamin White was a shoemaker; but he subse- quently engaged in farming, and is now re- tiretl from active pursuits. Four of the chil- dren born of his union with Rebecca lirown are living, namely: Samuel C. ; Harriet J., the wife of Horace Worcester, of East Hridge- water; Mary, wife of Alden Wilbur, of Bridgewater; and Frederick W. , living in liast Hridgewater. Formerly a Whig, since the formation of the Republican party Benja- min White has been one of its most loyal adherents. .Samuel C. White obtained his early educa- tion in the common schools of F^ast Bridge- water. When about ten years of age, he began working at shoemaking, and continued to en- gage in that branch of industry u|5 to Ajjril, 1894, when, owing to illness, he gave up the employment, ami has not since resumed it. He married Mrs. Mary F^ Bonney White, daughter of Lucius Bonney, of East Bridge- water. In 1886 Mr. White wa.s elected to the office of -Selectman ; and he was subsequently re- elected three successive terms, making four years that he served at that time. In 1895, and again in 1896, he was re-elected. In ])ol- itics he is a stanch Republican. Both as a citizen and as an official Mr. White has the good will and confidence of the community. t^TlATn' 11. K\1)1';R, a prominent real r^l estate dealer of Brockton, was born li® v_ ^ in this city, March 10, 1853, son of William and Lucretia (Ames) Ryder. He is a descendant of an old West Bridgewater fam- ily. His grandfather, who served in the War of 1812, had si.x children, of whom William was the tiiird. William Ryder was a mer- chant tailor in Brockton for a number of years. 56 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW An intelligent, well-read, and progressive man of sterling personal character, he was widely respected. He lived to he seventy-two years old. His wife, Lucretia, was a daugh- ter of Louis Ames, of West Bridgewater. She had three sons: William, Jr. ; Walter II ; and Henry H. ■ Henry H. Ryder was educated in the public schools and at Bridgewater Academy. He then left home to enter the employ of Burridge Brothers & Co., with whom he remained three years and a half. At the end of that time he returned to his native city, and went into the real estate business, which has since engaged his attention. Possessing in a large degree the qualities of foresight, good judgment, and prompt decision, he has been very successful, and has done his share in helping to develop the resources of his native city. In politics he is a Republican, and he attends the Porter Congregational church. He is well worthy of being classed as a representative citizen of Plymouth County. tLTON B. HASTINGS, one of successful men of Brockton, was ^^^ in Thomaston, Knox County, Df the was born Me., March 2(, 1857, son of Thaddeus and Abbie O. (Trull) Hastings. His grandfather, also named Thaddeus, and a native of Union Com- mon, Me., who owned a large farm in the vi- cinity of Thomaston, and was one of the |jrnminent citizens of the town, had children, of whom Thaddeus, Jr., was the third-born. Thaddeus Hastings, Jr., received a common- school education, and learned the carpenter's trade. An industrious and intelligent man, he managed a successful business as carpenter and builder in Thomaston for eighteen years. He was about forty years old at the time of his death. His wife was a daughter of John B. Trull, who for a quarter of a century managed the St. George, the principal hotel of Thomas- ton. They had three children, of whom Alton B. and Carrie T. are living. Carrie T. mar- ried C. F. Hathaway, of Cambridge, Mass. Alton B. Hastings obtained his education in Bath, Me., where he subsequently shipped as a sailor before the mast for two years. Pleased with his first venture, he followed the sea for some time, visiting many foreign ports, and working his way up to the rank of second mate. He afterward worked for a year in George Moulton's repair shop in Bath, had charge of a stationary engine for some time for G. P. Richardson, and then was engaged as driver for Hobart & Hathaway, of Bath, bakers. About a year after Mr. Hastings be- came connected with the last-named house, Mr. Hathaway retired from the firm, and Mr. Hobart placed Mr. Hastings in charge of the business. A year later he bought a bakery in Bath, managed it for some months, and then sold it to his former employer. He sub- sequently removed to Marblehead, Mass., and opened a bakery there for Mr. Hathaway. He had conducted this place for three years, when it was destroyed by fire. In 18S9 he opened a bakery in Brockton, at his present location. Two years ago, 1894, he erected a new build- ing on Market Street, adjoining his old sho]). He is now completing another bakery on Per- kins Avenue; and on July 13, 1896, he started a bakery on Main Street, opposite Belmont Street. He has a large wholesale as well as a retail business employing ten bakers constantly, and a number of delivery teams. He is also interested in real estate, and has made some successful deals. Mr. Hastings was married March 21, 1881, to Laura A. Cushman, daughter of Job Cush- man, of Bath, Me., and now has four children — Arthur C, Alice M., Carolyn B., and P]dna ALTON B. HASTINGS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW yj v. I'i)litically, he favors the Republican party. lie is a member of St. George Lodge, A. I'". & A. .\1., of Canipello. In religious believe he is a Congregational ist. IIAKLI'IS \V. IIOWLAND, of Rock- land, Mass., civil engineer, is a ^2 \vell-I in that part of Pembroke, Mass., which is now Han.son. The Cushings are a long-lived fam- iy, few of them dying under seventy; and Mrs. Howland lived to be nearly ninety-si.\ years old. She was the mother of si.x sons and three daughters. Of these Freeman died in- 1890; John died in infancy; lulward C. is a farmer, living in Abington; Charles W. is the subject of this sketch; I.saac C. resides in Abington, and ICliza II lives with him, in the home where their father died; Deborah, wido\V of Dr. A. P. Chase, resides in Amboy, 111. ; Caroline F., wife of George \V. Wilder, lives in Montpelier, Vt. ; and Daniel Sawin, a son by a former husband, and a railroad con- tractor, died in Arkansas. Charles \V. Howland in his boyhood at- tended the common schools in towns where his parents resided, the grammar and high schools of Abington, and Cotting Academy at West Cambridge. He began his work as a civil engineer when he was si.xteen years old. His father's services were desired for some survey- ing and platting; and, as he was away, the youth, who had often watched him performing such work, volunteered to do it. So well was the task accomplished that from that time forth his services were much in requisition, to the overworked minister's great relief. With the exception of a short period when he was with his brother, an apothecary in Boston, Mr. Howland has since been employed as a civil engineer, covering a wide field in his operations. He has been engaged in electric railway work and municipal engineering, and has established a reputation as an expert and reliable civil engineer. In August, 1S62, he enlisted in the I'ourth Regiment, Massachu- setts Volunteer Infantry, anil saw some hard service in field and hospital, acting for some time as hospital steward. His term of enlist- 6o BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW nient expired AugList 28, 1863; and after a season of recuperation, made necessary by the broken state of his health, he resumed the work of his profession. Mr. Rowland also conducts quite an insurance business, lacing the pioneer in that line in the town. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Company for twenty years, and he has been President of the Mount Vernon Cemetery Company eight years. In December, 1862, he was united in mar- riage with Mariesta Dodge, who was born and reared in West Cambridge, Mass. She died at Mr. Rowland's summer home at Brant Rock, July 26, 1889, lamented by all who knew her, as she was a most estimable lady. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom are living: Giles W., in the insurance business in Rockland, where he married, and now resides; Elizabeth C, wife of Dr. Charles S. Millet, of Brockton; and Marion Dodge, who is yet under the shelter of the paternal roof. On Christmas Day, 1891, Mr. Rowland was married to Miss Amy Dick- ens, of Chicago, 111., a niece of Charles Dick- ens, the novelist; and by this union he has three children — Helen Dickens, Deborah Cushing, and Amy Dickens. Mr. Rowland cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has been an active member of the Republican party for over thirty years. Re was a member of the State legislature for two terms, 1879 and 1881. A Mason of long standing, having joined the brotherhood before the war, he belongs to Pil- grim Chapter; and he is a member of Old Col- ony Commandery, Knights Templars, and of the order of Knights of Honor. He is also a member of the Rockland Commercial Club, and of McPherson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Abington, of which he was Com- mandei' in 1873. Deacon Rowland was on the church committee on music for seven years, and he teaches a class in the Sunday-school. He is a genial, pleasant gentleman, and has a large circle of friends. t^ ^ATRICK GILMORP:, a leading banker and grocer of Brockton, was born November 21, 1852, on Grove Street, this town, son of John and Ellen (Sax- ton) Gilmore. The Gilmore family is of Scotch-Irish origin. Michael Gilmore, the grandfather of Patrick, was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, and for some time was a farmer in that place. He left his home for America when his children were beginning to grow up about him, settled in Brockton, and for a number of years had charge of a passenger ferry in that place. Re died here at the age of seventy-seven, having reared two sons and one daughter. John Gilmore, also a native of Westmeath, was the second child of his parents. When he was nineteen years of age, he located in Randolph, Mass., and was there associated in business with his uncle for about a year and a half. He then settled in the locality now the site of 90 Grove Street, and in 1851 erected a house there. After learning the shoemaker's trade in David Packard's factory, he took con- tracts from L. Whitcomb, hiring a number of men to do the work. In 1858 he started in the grocery business on Grove Street, and in course of time he built up a prosperous trade. In all his business enterprises he evinced a stability of ]iurpose and a shrewdness of judg- ment that inevitably won success. Re was the first Irishman to succeed in business iri Brockton. About ten years prior to his death he sold his store, and turned his attention to his real estate interests. A member of St. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 6i Patrick's Temperance Society for a iuinil)cr of years, he was President for some time. He was one of the founders of St. Patrick's Cath- olic church, wiiicii was built in 1859. and was superintendent of the Sunday-school for a number of years. He died March 5, 1 8go, aged sixty years. Of iiis nine ciiildren. three sons are livinj^. Patrick Gilmore, who was the oldest of his parents' children, graduated from the Brockton High School in 1871. Seven years later, on July II, 1878, he opened a grocery store at his present location, with James P. Conley as partner. The firm of Gilmore & Conley, after carrying on a good business until September 5, 1881, was dissolved; and Mr. Gilmore has since been the sole proprietor. As a merchant, he is very successful; and he is skilled in matters of finance. He is also agent for the Cunard and White Star Lines of European steamers, and he does a good business in the drawing of drafts on luirope. He lias been a Trustee of the Hrockton Savings Hank since its organization. Mr. Gilmore was married August 19, 1877, to Miss Kelleher, a native of County Cork, Ireland, and now has four children. In politics he favors the Democratic side, but votes the Republican ticket whenever he thinks the candidate better fitted to fill the office. He has served as Town Constable, and was on the .School Hoard from 1879 to 1881. Now his business demands his whole atten- tion. A charter member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ui\isioii 1, which he joined at the time of its organization in 1873, he filled the President's chair for four years, was County Delegate for two years; and he has held other offices in the organization. He has been Chief Ranger and Dejiuty High Chief Ranger in the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters. He has been superintendent of the Sunday-school of St. Patrick's church, was Chairman of the Cemetery Committee for about nine years, and is now President of St. Patrick's Conference of the Saint X'incent de Paul Society. Mr. (iilmore was the first Roman Catholic to serve on a jury in Plym- outh Countv. fSlI OLI.IS M. HLACKSTONK, superin- tendent of the Massachusetts State P'arm, located in Hridge water, was born in I-'reedom, Waldo County, Me., July 31, 1848, son (if Dr. Varney and Julia (Lam- son) Hlackstone. The family is of l-lnglish origin, and is thought to have descended from the Rev. William Blackstone, the first white settler of Shawmut, now Boston. Varney Blackstone, M.D., father of Hollis M. Hlackstone, was a practising physician of Freedom, Mc. He died in that town at the age of forty-one years. His wife, Julia Lam- son, like himself a native ot Maine, was a daughter of James Lamson, who was a |)en- sioner of the War of 1812, and for many years a Deacon of the Baptist church. Hollis M. Blackstone was left fatherless at the age of six years, and when twelve years old he was practically self-supporting. Through persistent efforts he acquired an academic education, and after completing his studies he taught school for some time. He lived in his native State until reaching the age of twenty years; anci, subsequently taking u]) his residence in Boston, he in 1S7J was ap- pointed to a clerkship at the city institution on Deer Islanil. He continueil in that posi- tion until 1877, when he was chosen superin- tendent of the Marcella -Street Home, con- ducted by the city of Boston, and located at tiie Highlantls. In 1883 he was the choice of the Board of Trustees for the superintendency BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of tlie State Farm in Bridgewater, and that he- has fully displayed the competency and fidel- ity expected of him is amply attested by his long tenure of office. The institution has three separate depart- ments ; namely, the workhouse, to which are sentenced habitual inebriates, tramps, va- grants, and idle and disorderly persons; the State Almshouse, which is a retreat for the sick and infirm poor of south-eastern Massa- chusetts; and the Asylum for Insane Crimi- nals. The State Farm occupies a beautiful and healthy location, and its present structure of brick and stone, which replaced the former wooden buildings destroyed by fire on July 2, 1883, are models as to thoroughness of con- struction and completeness in every detail. The conflagration, which destroyed the old buildings, occurred the day after Mr. Black- stone took charge of the institution; and the architectural plans and specifications for the present buildings, which are said to be practi- cally fireproof, were, in the main, prepared by him. The State Farm under its present man- agement is accomplishing the work for which it is intended in a most satisfactory manner, and its present superintendent is exceedingly popular with all parties interested in its wel- fare. Mr. l^lackstone and Sarah F. Roberts, of Brooks, Me., were married on February 8, 1877; and three children are the fruit of their union, namely: Alfred V.; Helen M. ; and Nellie, who is no longer living. Politically, Mr. Blackstone is a Republican. F'or a number of years he has served upon the School Board of Bridgewater, being at the present time Chairman of that body; and he is also Postmaster at the State Farm. He is a member of I^"ellowship Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , of Bridgewater, and a member of the Unita- rian church. The e.xcellent results obtained at the Farm are due mainly to his executive ability and thorough knowledge of the work, and in all probability his continuance in office is optional with himself. bfRANCIS F. HOWARD, Treasurer and r^l. President of the Board of Trustees of Howard Seminary, an institution of learning founded by his father, which stands among the foremost schools of Plymouth County, was born in West Bridgewater, May 14, 1825. His parents. Captain Benjamin B. and Olive (Howard) Howard, were both natives of West Bridgewater. On the paternal side he traces his descent from John Howard, who was of English birth, a contemporary and neighbor of Miles Stan- dish in the Plymouth settlement. John How- ard located in that part of old Bridgewater that is now West Bridgewater some time previous to 1650. The town was organized June 3, 1656, and he was one of the fifty-six original proprietors. The homestead estab- lished by him has remained in the possession of the family ever since his time, being now occupied by Benjamin B. Howard, nephew of Mr. Francis K. Howard. F"or over one hun- dred and fifty years a public house was kept here, where the stage running between Boston and New Bedford stopped for refreshments and passengers. P>om John Howard the line of descent was continued by John, Jr., Major Edward, and Colonel Edward, officers in the State militia, to Captain Benjamin B. How- ard, above mentioned. All these gentlemen were born in West Bridgewater. Captain Benjamin B. Howard was a soldier in the War of 18 12, and was afterward com- mander of a company of the State militia. In politics he was originally a Wliig, later a Republican. A wealthy and prominent man. \ FRANCIS E. HOWARD. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 65 he was actively interested in tlie welfare of his native ])lace, and the educational institution which he founded is a lasting; memorial to his enterprise and public spirit. He died April 3, 1867. Howard Seminary, in West Bridge- water, was opened as a home school for girls in 1S83, and is now widely known. The building, beautiful in design and surround- ings, has a first-class ec|uipment for its pur- poses as a seat of learning. Elective, aca- demic, and college preparatory courses are provided for the students, the curriculum in- cluding music and art; anil a diploma or cer- tificate from Hovvartl Seminary admits to col- lege without further examination. The school at present is under the competent manage- ment of Professor and Mrs. R. W. Gifford, and is in a flourishing condition. P'rancis E. Howard was educated in the puljlic schools of his native town. He is in- terested in agriculture, l)oth scientific and practical; owns a fine farm in West Bridge- water; and he is a member of West Bridge- water Grange, and President of the Farmer's Club of this place. In local educational mat- ters he has long taken a prominent part. He was a member of the School Committee eight years, and CiKiirman of the Board two years. This is his second year as President of the Board of Trustees of Howard Seminary, and his tliirteenth year as Treasurer, he having been elected to the latter oflTice in 188; The original Board of Trustees consisted of eleven members, and of this Board Mr. Howard is the only one serving at present. He is also Secretary and Treasurer of tlic I'ine Hill Cemetery Association. Like his father, he was originally ;i Whig in politics, and when, in 1855, the petition to establish the Republican party was circu- lated in West Bridgewater, he was the first voter to sign it. Since that time he has been a stanch Republican. He gave his first I'resi- dential vote to Zachary Taylor in 1848. Mr. Howard is a man of culture and ability as well as wealth and influence, and has been honored by his party with a number of public offices. He was chosen delegate to the first Republi- can convention at Worcester. He has served for si.x years as Selectman of West liridge- waler, and was two years Chairman of the Board. In 1870 he was Assistant Marshal in the census work in this town; and in 1882 he was in the State legislature, and served on the State House Committee. In every office to which he has been elected he has performed his duties with good judgment and entire competence, and wherever he is known he has the respect of his fellows. Mr. Howard was married November 25, 1852, to Mary K. Hay ward, who died a few years later, leaving two children: Edith I-"., who is with her father; and Mary J., deceased. He was married again October 5, 1858, to Elizabeth B. Taylor, his present wife. By this union he has no children. Mr. Howard has been a member of the Unitarian church in West Bridgewater for nearlv half a century. Francis M. SHAW, a well-known business man of Brockton, Mass., is a gentleman of wide and varied experi- ence in life. He has served his country in time of war both in the army and navy: has travelled far anti journeyetl in distant lands; and has held numerous positions of trust and responsibility, serving the interests of impor- tant industrial enterprises, and lending a hand sagaciously to the conduct of public affairs. He was born November 3, 1825, at Rayn- ham, Mass., being a representative of the fourth generation of Shaws in that ancient town of Bristol County. Joseph Shaw, his 66 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW great-grandfather, was the first of the name in Raynhani, where he was engaged in farming. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and in his last years received a pension from the government. Joseph Shaw married Celia Wade, and had four children — Joseph, Samuel, Silas, and Polly. He died at sixty- .seven years of age. Samuel Shaw, his second son, was a Rayn- ham farmer, and was also a house carpenter. He had exceptional talent for music, and taught singing-school in winter evenings in the neighborhood. His wife, Abigail, who was a daughter of Seth Hall, of Raynham, lived to the age of eighty-seven years. Their children were: Mary; Samuel, Jr.; Deida- mia; Isaac H. ; Susan; Linus H. ; and Abi- gail. Samuel Shaw, Jr., the father of Francis M., was born on the family homestead at Raynham, and resided there to the end of his days, dying at the age of eighty five. In his old age he drew a pension for his services in the War of 1812. He married Rachel Shaw, and they had seven children. The three now living are: Caroline E. , Francis Marion, and James Harmon. The other four were : Alan- son and William Wallace, who died each at about forty years of age; Oliver Perry, who died at thirty-five; and Andrew Jackson, who died at eighteen. The mother died in 1840, aged forty-eight years. The house where the parents spent their married life and in which they were all born is now over two himdred years old : it is occupied by the son, James H. Shaw. Francis Marion was the second boy in this patriotic family to bear the name of a martial hero. In his early years attending the dis- trict school, a mile from his home, he ac- quired a good knowledge of the C(jmmon Eng- lish branches. The school-room was heated from a fireplace, on whose ample hearth, in winter days, blazed a fire of huge logs and brushwood. The furniture and all the appli- ances were of primitive fashion. But text- books were well conned, hard sums were tri- umjihantly ciphered out, minds grew attentive and alert ; and not the least valuable lessons learned were of resolute self-reliance and vig- orous endeavor. y\t the youthfid age of fourteen Francis M. Shaw joined the army of wage-earners by going to work in a nail factory. He was ne.xt, for about a year, employed in the East Taun- ton Iron Works; and from there he went to a manufacturing place on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, still later finding a situation in the Duncannon Iron Works — all this before he was eighteen. At that age he took a new departure, embarking on the "William and Eliza," a four-boat whale ship, for a four years' cruise, sailing around Cape Horn, stop- ping at Valparaiso and the Sandwich Islands, both on the outward trip and the return voy- age, spending at one time six months at Hon- olulu. In 1846, fifty years ago, they were taking in oil at Japan; while in the China Sea they were in a typhoon, and had a narrow escape from destruction. At the Cannibal Islands they engaged in traffic with the na- tives, bartering beads for hogs; and young Shaw there sold the king's son a violin that he had made himself. Among other jilaces that he visited on his voyage were the .Sanioan Islands and New Zealand. Reaching home on the I'ourth of Jul}-, NS48, a man of twenty two, with mind broadened and matured, he shortly after went into the shoe business, some branch of which he followed for five or si.x years. Then he bought a thirty-acre farm, and built a small shoe factory. In this he set up the first pegging machine that was brought into Raynham. In i860 his factory was burned down, and in 1S62 he removed to BIOGRAPHICAL Rp:VIK\V (>1 Abingtiin Centre. In the fdllowing summer lie enlisted in the Ninth Massachusetts Hat- tery, and, being sent into the field, reached (iettysburg just after the battle was over. ( )iders coming f(ir the discharge of all sailors from the ranks. Private Shaw enlisted on the I'nited States Steamshi[) " San Jacinto, " and was a])])ointed paymaster's steward. ,\t Key West, where the steamer touched, the vellow fever was raging. They there took on Ad- miral Bell, and returned to New York, whence they were ordered to St. John, N.H. , after the pirate Sims. Losing two boats in a gale off Cape Hatteras, they put into Kittery Navy Yard, and from there went to Fortress Monroe. While cruising among the Hahama Islands on the watch for rebel vessels, the "San Jacinto " was wrecked on No Name Key, and went to pieces. They remained on the island eighteen days, subsisting on what could be saved from the wreck; and for water brought to them in boats "by the natives the captain paid three hundred dnllars in gold. The men were res- cued by the United States Steamshij) "Talla- poosa," which took them to Hoston. They had saved ten thousand dollar.s from the sunken ship. On receiving his discharge in July, 1865, Mr. Shaw went back to Abington, but soon removed to Hrockton. Vm some time he trav- elled for David Whittemore & Co., manufact- urers of shoe machines, putting up machinery in Boston and vicinity. In 1871 he went abroad in the interests of Mr. Whittemore, and sold machines in London and (ilasgow, and visited also Dublin, I'aris, and other jjlaces, being absent eight months. Receiving word while at Hamburg that the Whittemore man- ufactorv had been burned, he returned to Massachusett.s. In the year 1873 he had charge of the Boston Shoe Machinery Com- pany's exhibit at the X'ienna E.xposition. Among other illustrious visitors who came to view the American machinery were the Lm- [leror Francis Joseph and his wife, the em- press. Mr. Shaw availed himself of the op- portunity afforded by this six months' sojourn in ICuro[)e to \isit the .Alps and other points of interest. Returning to Massachusetts, he bought out a factory on High .Street, Boston, and for three years carried on the business of manufacturing pasted insoles and heel stock. His next en- terjjrise was undertaken in Brockton, where he established the leather and remnant business on Railroad Avenue, and the Naphtha Fx- tracting Works on Centre Street, now carried on under the name of F. M. Shaw & Son, from which he retired on account of failing health, since which time the business has been carried on by his son, Francis E. , under the same firm name. Previous to this last venture Mr. Shaw had bought an interest in the Bos- ton Rivet Company, and, as a representative of the company, had made in 1875 another visit to lun()]je. He has crossed and re- crossed the Atlantic twice since that time — namely, in 1883 and 1885 — and has also trav- elled in California and other parts of the great West. Mr. Shaw was a Know Nothing during the short existence of that jiolitical cumbination in the fifties. He lias been a stanch Re- publican since the organization of the party; and he was a delegate to the convention at Worcester that nominated for the chief magis- tracy of the State John A. Aniirew, since re- nowned as our great and good war governor. Mr. Shaw has served as a member of the Coun- cil of Brockton f(ir two years. He belongs to Fletcher Webster Post, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was chaplain seven or eight years ; and he has served as a delegate to four Cirand .Army Conventions, including that held in Denver. 68 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In religious faith he is a follower of Sweden- borg, and is a member of the New Jerusalem church in Abington. Mr. Shaw has been twice married. His first wife, formerly Miss Mary L. Eaton, of Raynham, died leaving six children — ^ Emma E., Linus H., Alice L., Francis E., Mary E., and Samuel. In 1861 he married Harriett R Bates, daughter of Kufus B. Bates, of Cummington, Mass. Mrs. Shaw is the mother of one child, a son, Nor- man B. Alice L. Shaw married D. T. Bur- rell, of Brockton ; Mary E. Shaw is the wife of Sidney Perkins, and lives at Savin Hill, Boston, Mass. ; Emma E. Shaw married Ed- ward Bryant, and lives in Brockton; Linus H. Shaw married Abbie Dunham, of Plymouth ; Francis E. Shaw married Hattie E. Wilde, of Brockton; Samuel Shaw, unmarried, is a member of the firm of Leonard & Shaw, of Middleboro; and Norman B. Shaw married Li la S. Copeland, of Raynham, and resides in Brockton, and he is a member of the Opera House Orchestra of this city. "ON. JAMES GUSHING LEAGH, of Bridgewater, who died in 1895, was one of the able men of Plym- outh County, actively identified with the in- dustrial, agricultural, financial, and political life of this section of the State. A son of Alpheus and Elizabeth Gushing (Mitchell) Leach, he was born in Bridgewater, July 11, 183 1. His parents were natives of Bridge- water, connected with the oldest families of the vicinity, his father being a lineal descend- ant of Giles Leach, who settled in this town some time prior to 1665. Another ancestor of the subject of this sketch was the Rev. James Keith, the pioneer minister of Bridgewater. Alpheus Leach had a small farm in this town, and here the boy James grew to man- hood, obtaining his education in the district schools. In his seventeenth year he began to learn the carpenter's trade with Ambrose Keith, a prominent bulkier, for whom he worked a number of years; and for some time thereafter he was employed by J. E. Garver, of Bridgewater, cotton-gin manufacturer. In 1870 he started in business tor himself, manufacturing oil-proof paper, used in the manufacture of boots and shoes: and he also dealt in various kinds of shoe findings. This enterprise he conducted up to the time of his death with unvarying success. As his ability as a business man became known, he was drawn into connection with prominent enter- prises of various kinds, his integrity and good judgment making his co-operation most desir- able. He was a Trustee and a member of the Investment Committee of the Bridgewater Savings Bank for a number of years ; a Di- rector of the Brockton National Bank; and, a member of the Plymouth Agricultural Society for a long term of years, he served on the Board of Trustees, and was active in its man- agement. An ardent advocate of public schools, he was always, ready to foster educa- tional progress, and, as one of the Trustees of Bridgewater Academy, took a deep interest in the welfare of that institution. He was elected on the Republican ticket to the Massachusetts legislature, and served two terms, in 1893 and 1894; and in 1895 he was returned to the State Senate. In both Upper and Lower House he served with distinction on the Committees on Banking, and was also a member of other important committees. Mr. Leach was commissioned Justice of the Peace by Governor Rice in 1877. No less prominent in social than in business and po- litical affairs, he was a member of Fellowship Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgewater; Har- mony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of the ^/>7^7^^2i^. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW same place; Brockton Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Hay State Comniandery, Knights Templars. He believed firmly in the good accomplished by religious organiza- tions, and was a liberal contributor to the Central Square Church of Hriilgewater. His death, which occurred October 3, 1895, was widely mourned, and each citizen of his native town felt that he had lost a jiersonal friend. His remains rest in Mount Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Leach was married April 29, i860, to PhcKbe, daughter of Marcus and Hannah (Leach) Conant, of Hridgewater. Mr. Conant, who is a native of New Hampshire, is living in Hridgewater with a daughter, Mrs. Alfred Hall. His wife was born in IVLissachusetts. She died in 1889. Mrs. Leach, who was born in this town, i.s a gradu- ate of the Hridgewater Normal School, and taught for some time before her marriage. During her husband's lifetime she took an active part in society events, and she is widely known anil esteemed. She had three children, who died in infancy. Her dwelling on Pleas- ant Street, erected by Mr. Leach in 1869, is one of the handsome residences of Hridge- water, a town noted for its beautiful homes. CMXKR KKITH, dealer in coal, lime, cement, fertilizer, and hay, is one of the prominent and sub- stantial business men of Hridgewater. He was born in this town, November 20, 1833, a son of lulwin and -Saba (Hooper) Keith, both natives of Hridgewater. On the paternal side he is of Scotch origin, descended from the Rev. James Keith, a native of the "land o' cakes" and a graduate of Aberdeen Univer- sity, who, immigrating to America, located in what is now West Hridgewater. Here the Rev. Mr. Keith was active for years in evan- gelical work, and was one of the best known of the pioneer preachers in Lastern Massachusetts. Isaac Keith, of the third generation from the Rev. James Keith, lived in Hridgewater, where his son Kdwin, the father of .Sumner Keith, was born in 1800. Kdwin Keith was engaged in the manufacture of cotton gins, and was one of the organizers of the well-known manufacturing house of Hates, Hyde & Co., of Hridgewater. I'or a number of years he was sui:)erintendent nf the works, at the same time being a member of the firm. Active in local politics, he was a prominent member of the Whig, and later of the Republican party. He died in i860. His wife, who was born in 1804, died in 18S1. Sumner Keith attended the common schools of his native town and Hridgewater Academy. He learned the blacksmith's and the machin- ist's trade, becoming a practical general me- chanic, and from his sixteenth to his twenty- eighth year was a workman in the employ of Hates, Hyde & Co. Then, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the ]>osition of superin- tendent. This position he held thirteen years, resigning in 1873 on account of ill-health. In 1876 he started in his present business; and as a merchant he has been very successful, building up a large trade. Mr. Keith's career has been an honorable one, his success being achieved through native ability, good judg- ment, and diligent application; and he has the confidence of the entire community. He was married in 1S69 to Sarah, daughter of I'.dward Mitchell, of Hridgewater; and by this union has three sons — Edwin, Charles M., and Joseph W. In jiolitics he favors the Republican side. A iniblic-spirited citizen, he takes a deep interest in the welfare of his native town, and has served on the Hoard of Selectmen. He attends public worship at the New Jerusalem church. 72 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW I /^^TeORGE a. wheeler, the subject V f5 1 of this sketch, is one of the well- known men of I'h'mouth County, and is a descendant of William Wheeler, who came over from luigland in the old Colo- nial days. His great-grandfather, William Wheeler, of a later generation, served as a sailor in the War of the Revolution, was wounded and taken prisoner in an engagement, and afterward lost his life in attempting to escape. William Wheeler, the next in line, son of the patriotic sailor and the grandfather of George A., served in the War of 1812, and afterward followed the calling of shoemaker and small farmer, living to a good old age and rearing a numerous family. Among the many sons was Albert D. Wheeler, who was a shoe- maker by trade and was also a well-known teacher of vocal music. He married Rachel S. Bourne, of Hanson, ) George A., their only child, was born in Rockland, Mass., formerly a part of Abington, June 6, 1842. In the following year his par- ents removed to East Bridgevvater, in which town he passed the years of his boyhood, at- tending the district school and also the acad- emy for a short term. In 1S59 he entered the State Normal School at Hridgewater, and, graduating in Eebruary, 1861, assumed the duties of teacher in one of the public schools of the good old town of Halifa.x the following fall. Answering the call of President Lincoln for "three hundred thousand more," he enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company D, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, for three years. On the 8th of the same month he was married to Miss Eliza J. Darcy, of East Bridgewater, and on the 26th left the State with his regiment to face the dangers and hardships of war. Serving under General Banks in Louisiana, he took part in the battles of Bisland, also serving through the siege of Port Hudson and taking part in the assaults on the works. May 27 and June 14, 1863, receiv- ing slight wounds in the two last engagements. In 1864 he again served under General Banks in the Red River campaign, participating in the battles of Cane River and Chalk Plains. In August of the same year he was transferred with his regiment to Virginia to serve under General Sheridan in the valley of the Shenan- doah, there being engaged in the battles of Berryvillc, Winchester, or Opequan Creek, F'isher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, that being the last battle in which his regiment was engaged. Receiving his discharge at the close of the war, he soon resumed his duties as a teacher, having charge of schools in East Bridgewater and Whitman until 1871. In 1870 he re- ceived from Mayor James Bates, Sheriff of Plymouth County, his first commission as Deputy Sheriff, a position which he still holds, having served continuously up to the present time. Mr. Wheeler resided in East Bridgewater during this time, holding various town offices until 1883, when he was trans- ferred by Captain A. K. Harmon, Sheriff of the county, to Brockton. In 1884 he was appointed City Marshal, holding that position until his resignation some three years latei'. He is a member of Justin Dimick Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at East Bridgewater; a charter member of Satucket Lodge, A. E. & A. M., of the same place; a charter member of Damocles Lodge, Knights of Pythias; also a member of .Satucket Chapter and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, of Brock- ton. He served as probation officer for the city from 1885 to 1891, when he resigned the office upon his election as Alderman. Air. Wheeler still resides in Brockton, holding the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 73 position of auctioneer, iJcput)' Sheriff, and Crier of the Supreme and Superior Courts of tlie county, and doin^' a j^'eneral Inisiness, in wiiich he is assisted i)v liis .son, !•". I'arkhurst Wheeler, i)orii Se[nend)er jf), 1869, who, liin- campnicnt of Massachusetts. RLANDO \V. CHARLES, M.D., a well-known medical practitioner of Pembroke, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in P>yeburg, Oxford Count)', Me., August 20, 1856, being the son of Simeon, Jr., and Rebekah (Woodman) Charles. The family on the paternal side, distinctly Puritan, descended from John Charles, who settled in Charlestown in 1636. John Charles, the fourth of that name, a native of Brimfield, Mass., was one of the original proprietors of the town of Fryeburg, where his son Simeon was born October 27, 1787. They were pub- lic-spirited citizens and influential in promot- ing all the important enterprises of improve- ment in that vicinity, particularly in estab- lishing schools and a church. Simeon Charles, Jr., son of Simeon, lives on the farm formerly owned by his parents, a large and \-aluable tract of exceedingly fertile land in tlie valley of the Saco River. In their native town the family is distinguished for honesty, fair dealing, temperance, and general uprightness of character. Simeon, Jr., mar- ried Rebekah, daughter of John and Sarah (Evans) Woodman, of Sweden, Me. Joshua Gammage, grandfather of Mrs. Woodman, was a soldier in the Revolution, and with other veterans was present at the celebration of the completion of Bunker Hill Monument in 1843. Orlando W.. Charles supplemented his pub- lic school education by attendance at P"ryeburg BIOGRAl'HICAl. RF.VIKW 75 Acaclem\', aftci' which he began the stiulv * v ^ ^ ton. Mass., formerly North Bridge- water, was born in a house that stood on ]5el- mont Street, near Charles Eaton's private resi- dence, July 28, 1836. He is a son of the late Lorenzo E. and Wealthy (Sylvester) Packard, jjoth of North Bridgewater. The Packards are an old New England fam- ily. Samuel Packard, the first of the name in this country, came from Windham, near Hingham, luigland, in the ship " Diligence, " of Ipswich, and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638. From there he moved to West Bridge- water, where for a number of years he kept a tavern ; and for some time he was constable of the town. He had a family of twelve chil- dren. Zaccheus, the third child, married Sarah Howard, and reared nine children. His son, Zaccheus, Jr., was married in 1725 to Mercy, daughter of Isaac Alden, and had a family of six children. Isaac Aldeji was a grandson of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Zaccheus Packard, Jr., died in 1775, aged eighty-two years. His son, Simeon, who was born March 30, 1736, was married on July 6, 1761, to Mary, daughter of Mark Perkins, and died October 23, 181 5, aged nearly eighty years. His widow died October 22, 1820, aged eighty-one. Eleven children were born to this couple. Their third child, Zenas, who was the grandfather of Rufus E. Packard, was born May 22, 1771, and died April 20, 1854, aged nearly eighty-three years. Zenas Packard was an active church member, holding the office of Deacon for a number of years. His wife, Deborah, whom he married in 1793, was a daughter of Eben- ezer Thayer. She died October i, 1854. They were blessed with a family of ten children. Lorenzo Emerson Packard, son of Zenas and Deborah Packard, was born in North Bridge- water, August 6, 1 8 10, and was educated in the common schools of this town. He spent his life, with the e.xception of two or three years, in his native place, and followed shoe- making for a livelihood. Though not an as- pirant for office, he was actively interested in politics, voting originally with the Whigs, afterward with the Republicans. He served on the Prudential School Committee in look- ing after supplies for school-houses in his dis- trict, and was Clerk of the Board. He was a ]jrominent Congregationalist. He was mar- ried November 18, 1832, to Wealthy, daughter of Gustavus Sylvester, of North Bridgewater. She died in 1876. He lived to the age of eighty-one years. Their children were nine in number, namely: Eineline Frances, now the wife of 1<". li. Allen ; Rufus P^merson, the subject of this sketch; Caroline Augusta, the wife of John O. Plmerson ; Martha Adelaide, who died at about twenty years of age; Wealthy Alice, who died in 1893; Fallen Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Luella Mi- nerva, who married George A. Warren; Ho- ratio Lyman, who died in infancy; and Syl- vester Fremont, who is married and resides in Brockton. Rufus Emerson Packard, the eldest son, re- ceived a common-school education, distin- BIOGRAPHICAL RF.VIEW 83 giiishiiii; liimscll as a [m\)i\ by winiiiiiy a prize hodk offered for excellence in scholarship. This success was the more remarkable from the fact that at the very early age of seven years he was set to work at pegging shoes, both before and after school hours, now and then even at noontime, so that he had no un- usual opportunities for stud)'. He left school at the age of fourteen, and went to work at shoemaking; aiul for some time he was foreman of rooms in different factories. lie also man- aged a room of his own, employing a large number of hands. The constant strain of in- door work at length undermined his health; and in 1886 he turned his attention for a while to canvassing. subsec|uently opening an intelli- gence office. This he closed up after a time, and has since devoted his energies to real estate and insurance, in which he has been very successful. At present he has the man- agement of much of the real estate business in Campello; and ho has a number of private estates to look alter, including those of Martin I.. Keith, the Hon. Ziba C. Keith, and Preston H. Keith. Mr. Packard is also an auctioneer. Mr. Packard was married in 1855 to Eliza- beth K., daughter of Cushing Otis, of East Ikidgewater. She died in 1869; and her chil- dren, three in number, have also passed away. While she was living, Mr. Packard resided in I'iast Hridgewater. On April 1 7, 1S71, he was united to his second wife, Mary W. , daughter of Vinal Lyon, of Brockton. Hy this union he has one son, (iraiuiUe L. , a graduate of the Brockton High School, now cashier and book-keeper for the .Standard Oil Company. (Granville I.. Packard was married in 1S95 to Ther.sa I-:., daughter of John Shep- ard, of Camjiello. Mr. Rufus K. Packard, who is a Republican, was Chairman of the Republican City Com- mittee and Chairman of the Ward 3 Commit- tee several years; has been two years Treas- urer of the Republican County Campaign Com- mittee, and Warden for fifteen years of Ward 3, since Brockton became a city; and almost every year he is elected a delegate to some convention. He has been Constable seven or eight years, and was a]ipointed Justice of the Peace by Governor Ames and reappointed by Governor Greenhalge. On June 22, 1871, twenty-five years ago, he became a member of Massasoit Lodge, No. 69, Independent Oriler of Odd Fellows, of which he has been trustee fifleen years. He has passed all the chairs of the lodge, and is a member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He is a member of Brockton Lodge, No. 218, Knights of Honor (having been trustee of this body also fifteen years), and also Past Dictator of the Lodge; and he belongs to Beatrice Lodge, No. 27, Daughters of Rebecca. Mr. Packard, wife, and son attend the .South Congregational Church, anil he is a member of the Congrega- tional Club. 'ffffOIIX KL\SLI-:V, a native resident of Lakeville, was born on the farm which is now his home, April 3, 1829. His parents were Unite and Susanna (Alden) Kinsley. I'nite Kinsley was born in Bridgewater, Mass., but removed to Middleboro at an early age. He was a millwright by trade and was an enterprising man, managing a cotton-mill in Taunton, Mass., for a number of years. After his marriage he settled on the farm now occupied by his son in Lakeville. He did not live to enjoy the leisure of old age, but was called to pass from earth in 1833, when he was but fortv-two years (dd. His wife lived to be fourscore, ]iassing away in 1875. Their remains rest in the Precinct Cemetery. Seven children were born to this couple. S-l BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW namely: Susan A., who married William W. Nelson; Lydia H. , who married O. Haskins; Mary, who married J. C. Haskins; 13etsey ; Alvin; John, the subject of this sketch; and Sarah. J(jhn Kinsley and his sister Betsey are the (inly surviving members of his family. He was born and reared on the farm, receiving his education in the schools near by. He began to work as a carpenter when seventeen years of age, learning his trade in Middleboro, and was employed in the vicinity of his home until 1854. In that year the gold e.xcitement, which began in 1849, still continuing, he went West, joining the multitude of Eastern men who were seeking their fortunes on the Pa- cific slope. He travelled by water, landing at San I'^rancisco, and remained there for a while, finding the surest and safest way of making money was to work at his trade. In 1856 he returned East, and after living for a number of years in New Bedford returned to the home of his childhood, where he has been content to spend the years that have followed. Mr. Kinsley has many interesting remini- scences of the California of the early fifties, the many types of men who congregated there, and the lawless life of the time; and, like many another New England man who sought that El Dorado, he agrees that, though wealth was easily got and lavishly spent, though there was little restraint from law or public opinion, there was no such genuine comfort to be found as there is in a New England farm home. Mr. Kinsley is highly esteemed in his native town. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. HOMAS DROHAN, Probation Officer of ]5rockton, Mass., is an ex-State Detective, and has held various other positions of public trust. He was born in Tramore, Waterford County, Ireland, May i, 1844, son of James and Helen (Elynn) Drohan. His grandfather, Edwartl Drohan, who was born in Hackettstown, near the estate of the Marquis of Waterford, was an extensive farmer, owning three hundred acres of land, whereon he raised horses, cattle, and dairy produce. He married and became the father of five children, two boys and three girls, of whom Pollen, a resident of Waterford, is the only survivor. James Drohan, born in 181 3, son of Thomas, was head gardener on the Powers estate. He married Helen P'lynn, and they had five children, two of whom died in early life. Two boys, Thomas and his brother Edward, and one girl were left fatherless in 1852. Thomas Drohan received a part of his edu- cation in Tramore, and came with his widowed mother to America in 1853, the year after his father's death. They settled in Ouincy, Mass., but removed on July 3, 1855, to Brock- ton, where they went to housekeeping. For a time Thomas was in the employ of Sherman T. Moore and others in the shoe business, subsequently taking contract work, which he filled by the labor of his own hands. When the war broke out he wanted to enlist, but was refused on account of being too young. Eater, on August II, 1862, at the call of President Lincoln for three hundred thousand more, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-thii'd Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, and went to Washington, waiting at Alexandria for General McClellan. The company arrived at Bull Run the second day of the retreat, going back thereafter to defend Alexandria, being near P'airfax Cemetery. After taking part in the battle of P'redericksburg, they forced their way across the Rappahannock, not having their clothes off for nine days. Subsequently, sent BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW SS l)ack t(i iMcdcrickshuig, tlicv toni;iinccl tlu-rc until spring. They were then sent to ChanceUorsville to drive the rebels out, young Thomas being on |)ickct dut)'. l'"r(ini Heverly i'"(ird tbcv went to Gettysburg, where he was woundctl, his regiment ()ccuii)ing Cemetery Hill the first day, and Teach Orchard the second day; and at I'rankstiiwii thev drii\'e the confederates to the river, (ioing thence to Chattanooga, Teiin., lie was ])romotetl to Corjjoral for his liravcry, iicing one of the lirst to cross the breastworks at Raccoon II ill, October 20, 1863. At Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge his regiment was on the e.xtreme right under General Hooker. Then followed the battles of Bayard's Roost, Tunnel Hill, and Resaca (the latter fought on Sunday, May 15, 1864), and Hent Hickory, May 25. After that they were skirmishing all the wa)' till they arrived at Kenesaw Mountain. Here Mr. Urohan was wounded and sent to the rear, subsecjuently going to the hospital. As soon as he was able he went home, but returned to his regiment after a short furlough, and re- ceived his discharge in Washington at the end of the war. Geneial Hunker com])liniented hiin for keeping his military eciuipments in order, quaintly remarking, "Your gun looks good enough to eat." Coming back to Hrockton Mr. Urohan re- sumed contract work, later entering the em- ploy of C. R. T'oril ; still later, for three years, he served in (lardncr J. Kingman's shoe factory, and iluring one \ear he drove a candy team for V. H. Washburn. In his political affiliations Mr. Drohan is a Republican, who has been officially prominent. In nSjS he was elected Constable, and in 1879 and i88o he was delegated to night duty on the jDoiice force. The following year he was Constable, being on day duty. In 1882 he was appointed by Ma\(ir Keith Assistant City Marshal. He and Mr. Littlefield enforced the liquor law very strictly, so strictly, in fact, it is said, that he was discharged by the Democratic Mayor, 11. H. Packard. Mr. Drohan's per- sonal friends, who are many, thereupon pro- cured him a position on the State Detective force under Governor Hutler. He was on duty one year, and in 1884 he officiated as Con- stable and Truant Officer, continuing in this position a number of years, being obliged to serve many writs. T'or twelve years he col- lected delinquent ta.xes. Since 1891 he has served as Probation (Officer, being appointed by Mayor Keith, and in 1891 reappointed, according to the new law by Judge Reed. In 1866 Mr. Drohan was united in marriage with Miss Moore, a daughter of Michael Moore, who was one of the first Irishmen to settle in this city. By this alliance there were eight children : Catherine; James; Annie, who died; Thomas limmett ; Ldward W'alter; TLllen; William; and Mary. James Drohan sper.t three years at the Holy Cross College in Worcester; was graduated from the Medical Department of Harvard College in 1895; anil is now a medical ])ractitiQner in Rockland, Mass. Catherine married James Madden, and resides here. 'Thomas Lmmett is an electri- cian for the West Lnd Railway Company. Edward Walter is connected with the Brockton 'I'iiins. Kllen attends the Brockton High School, and William and Mary are also living under the paternal roof and attending school. Fraternally, Mr. Drohan is a member of Fletcher Webster Post, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, which he has served as Quartermaster, and of the I'nion Veterans l^nion. He has an excellent memory, his army experience alone furnishing him much food for pleasing as well as pathetic reflec- tions. His brother, Fdward F., who enlisted 86 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW at East Brjdgewater in the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment, after participating in many engagements, was wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, and was sent to I-'ighth Street Hospital, where he died. He was buried at Arlington. N' sister living in Brockton. [r. Drohan has one LBERT A. SHERMAN, an iron moulder, now retired from active business, is a resident of Blymouth, Mass., where for a number of years he was foreman of the Plymouth Iron Foundry. He was born in Carver, Mass., March i6, 1829, son of Micah and Mercy R. (Ransom) Sher- man. Micah Sherman was born in Carver, Febru- ary 24, 1783. He followed agricultural pur- suits during the active period of his life, till- ing the soil with energy and success. He died in his native town in February, 1868, at the age of eighty- five years. His wife, Mercy R. Ransom, a native of New York, who was born November 24, 1786, died April 29, 1842. They had ten children, of whom Albert A., the subject of this sketch, is the only one liv- ing. The others were: Joseph Ransom, who was born March 10, 1805; Rufus, who was born October 22, 1806; Polly, who was born September 25, 1808; Lucy, who was born November 13, 1811; Micah, who was born May ig, 1814; William M., who was born August 29, 1816; Eliza, who was born No- vember 22, 1819; Eydia R., who was born January 21, 1823; and .Sarah S., who was born November 25, 1824. The parents at- tended the Congregational church. Albert A. Sherman, the youngest born of the ten children, acquired his educatidii in his native town, and at the age of fourteen he began to serve an apprenticeship at the iron moulder's trade. After mastering his trade he worked as a journeyman for I^avid Pratt six months, going from Carver to Middleboro, where he was for a shoit time employed at the foundry of Thompson & Tinkham. He was ne.xt employed by Cobb & Drew in Plymouth; and from this town he went to I'^all River, where for five years he worked in the stove manufactory of William Cogswell. After sLibsequently working in Pratt & Co. 's shops at VVatertown Mills for two years, and in Somerset, Mass., for three years, he returned to Plymouth, where he was employed at Hobb's Hole, now VVellingsley ; and during the war he was engaged in the manufacture of shot and shell at Watertown. In 1S68 he once more took up his residence in this town, becoming connected with the Plymouth Iron P\)undry, wheie he continued until the suspen- sion of that concern a short time since, having ably filled the position of foreman for ten or twelve years. Mr. Sherman married for his first wife Car- oline French, daughter of William French, of Fall River. She died March i, 1852; and in June, 1868, he wedded Mrs. Mary H. Harlow, born P'uller, whose first husband was Justus Harlow, a resident of Plymouth and a tailor by trade, who died at b\irtress Monroe tluring the Ci\'il War. .She was born in Kingston, daughter of Captain Albert and Mary (Chase) P"uller, the former of whom was a native of Sandwich, Barnstable Count)', Mass. Captain Albert ]'"uller was a ship-master engaged in the West India trade. He died of yellow fever in San Domingo in 1844, aged forty-two years. His wife, Mary Chase, who was a native of Barnstable, Mass., was the mother of six children, of whom Mrs. Sherman is the youngest. Three are now living, namely: Frederick C, a jeweller of Pro\idence, R.I. ; Cynthia C, Mrs. Simmons; and Mary H., ALEXANDER VINING. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 89 Mrs. Sherman. The otlicrs were: Albert C, who (lied \(iung; lulwarti Mortimer; and Mary Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have two children, as follows: Clarence, who is en- gaj;;ed in the oil stove Inisiness; and l.eon Allen, an electrician, who is connected with the riymoulh I'llectric Railwav. Mr. .Sherman is a Reijuhlican in jiolitics, and cast his first Presidential vote for John C. I'remont in 1856. Fraternally, he is con- necteil with Mayflower Lodge, Inde|)endent Order of Odd l'"eIlows; and he attends the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Sherman is an active member. Since the closing up of the fninidry he has been passing his time quietly at his comfortable home, where he is enjoying a pleasant season of rest after an unusual Iv long jjcriod of useful activity. (£)|X I-l*-XANDb:R VINING. late a promi- nent leather merchant, and one of the best-known commercial men of Hoston. who died at his home in (Juincy, -Mass., January 21, icS85, was born in South Scituate, May 11, 1817, son of Alexander, Sr., and Polly (Jacobs) Vining. lie was a descendant of two Colonial families of rei)ute, the re]ircsentatives of both being noted for their intellectual attainments, sturdy charac- ter, ami stanch patriotism. Alexander Vining, Sr. , father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of East Abington, Mass., now Rocklantl. Having acquired a liberal education, he became a school-teacher, and was for many years [irincipal of the l-iast Abington High School. As a member of the Whig party in politics, he took an active part in securing capable persons for the public service, although he never sought or held office himself. In his religious views he was a Universalist, and he serveil as Deacon of that church. His useful life ended at a good old age, and the reccjrd of his career was an e.N- ceedingly bright and hoiKjrahle one. His wife, Polly Jacobs, was a daughter of Ca|)tain Joshua Jacobs. Her father was a son of Joshua Jacobs, of Scituate, Mass., and a lineal descendant of Nicholas Jacob, who settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1633. John Jacob, son of Nicho- las, born in England in 1630, was the father of David, who was born in Hingham, Mass.. in 1664, and about 1688 .settled in Scituate, Mass., evidently being the first of his surname in that town. He married Sarah Cushing, and, as we learn from Deane's "History of Scituate," was the father of eleven children, including a son Joshua, born in 1702. Mrs. V'ining's father, Joshua, .son of Joshua, joined the Continental army as a Captain in the Twenty-third Regiment of Infantry in 1776, and, after serving with honor all through the Revolutionary War, he remained in the Fed- eral service during the rest of his active life. He died at the age of seventy-eight years. Mrs. Polly Jacobs Vining was a lady of un- usual intelligence and advanced education, a graduate of the old Watson School in Charlestown, Mass. She died at the age of seventy -five years. Alexander, the subject of this sketch, was her only child. Alexander \'ining was educated in the com- mon schools of South Scituate, and ho resided in his native town until he was forty years i>l(l. In 1857 he removed to Hull. Mass., where he engaged Iti the hotel business as pro- prietor of the Nantasket House; and three years later he removed to the Mansion House at Wind Mill Point, of which he was pro- prietor until it was destroyed by fire on Feb- ruary 12, 1S72. About the year i860 he en- gaged in the wholesale leather business in Hoston. where he becante one of the most 90 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW prominent and enterprising merchants in that line of trade, and his connection with it con- tinued until within two years of his death, which took place as above stated, at the age of nearly sixty-eight years. As a business man he was energetic and progressive, and always made a success of whatever he undertook. It is generally conceded that he kept the best summer hotel along the beach, and in commercial circles he reached an enviable standing as a high-minded and upright busi- ness man, who fully merited the respect and esteem which was accorded him by his mer- cantile associates. While a resident of Hull he took an active part in public affairs and the general improvement of the town, serving as a member of the Board of Selectmen for several years. He was the original projector of the first county road from Hull village to the Rockland House, and was mainly instru- mental in securing its completion. For sev- eral years previous to his death he resided in Quincy, Mass., but he always preserved a sin- cere affection for his native town of South Scituate (now Norwell); and his remains were interred there. Politically, he was a Repub- lican, and in his religious views he was liberal. In 1857 Alexander \'ining was united in marriage with Fanny Margaret Ravmond, daughter of Captain Lewis Raymond, a well- known ship-master of South Scituate. By this union there were two children, only one of whom, namely, Floretta, now survives. Mrs. \^ining died May 24, 1865. Miss Floretta Vining inherited a large fort- une from her father, and her ample means have been, and are still, used liberally in doing good. In the month of May, 1885, she took up her residence at Seaside Cottage, the former summer home of her father, and she occupied it until March 12, 1890, when it was destroyed by fire. She was upon a visit to Washington, D.C., at the time. On May 20 of the same year she began the erection of her present summer dwelling, which is known as Vining Villa. During the summer she was in Europe, and upon her return in the fall, the villa was ready for occupancy. Here she resides through the summer months, but dur- ing the winter season she occupies apartments at the Parker House, Boston. She is a prom- inent member of literary and social circles of that city, belonging to many noted clubs and other organizations, in which she is very pop- ular, taking an active interest in their devel- opment and usefulness. She is the first Regent of John Adams Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion; was the second New England lady ad- mitted to membership of Sorosis, the leading- women's club of New York City; is the first Vice-President of the Abbott Academy Club, of Andover, Mass. ; has been Auditor of the New England Women's Press Association since its organization; is a Director of the Women's Club-house Corporation, which has in contemplation the erection of a club-house for women in Boston; and is a member of the Playgoers" Club. During the past five years, through her influence several wealthy people have been led to build cottages at Hull, and her own pleasant summer home here has been the scene of many distinguished gatherings. She is a believer in and an earnest advocate of the Greater Boston, recognizing that Hull will, as a district of Boston, receive the needed police patrol, so that it will become more and more the summer residence of Boston's best people, as a place where they may be entirely- free from those evils that characterize many of the near-by summer resorts. She displays the same interest in increasing the conveniences of Hull that characterized her father. She MISS FLORETTA VININC. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 93 was the means of securing a daily mail, and, by a strenuous effort on her part, at last had it increased to two deliveries per day, although she was obliged to visit Washington and make a personal apjieal to the Post-office Depart- ment. She was the main instigator in the laying out of Spring Street, the jiroject of which was opposed by the ti)wn officers, but she at last succeeded in causing the County Commissioners to order its construction. She was the means of establishing at Stony Beach, Hull, a United States Life-Saving Station, which has done such good service in saving men from shipwreck. Originally, the only conveyance to Hull was by barge to North Cohassett. Miss Vining was instrumental in raising a public subscrip- tion, with the object of inducing the Old Colon)- Railroad to establish railroad com- munication with the place. The project was entirely successful, the sum of one thousand dollars being raised, which proved sufficient for the ])urpose. Hull now has seven regular trains per day, with additional accommoda- tions in the summer Miss Vining also in- duced the town to ap|)ropriate one thousand tlollars jjer year to pay for carrying to Hing- liam the children who attend the high school there. With the ready consent of the male residents. Miss Vining takes part in tilv of si.\ children, four boys and two girls. I'ntil he was nine \ears of age he lived on his father's farm in Bolton (an estate of si.\ hundred acres), and then the family moved to Manchaug, in the town of Sutton, Mass., where he went to work in a cotton-mill for a dollar a week, laboring from daylight until sundown. This continued for a year, and then another move was made, the family going to North O.xford, Mass. l-"or two years George worked in a cotton-mill in Wilmington, and then returned with his family to Canada, where his father settled once more on the home farm. The boy, who was then about thirteen years of age, soon left home and started in the world for himself, finding employment in Srti(in n| that time he carried on a gro- cery store. In iS66hecame to ]-Iast Hridgc- watcr and started the hiisiness which he still conducts and which has deselopet! so that he now employs four clerks regularly and has a large and lucrative trade. On December 22, 1859, Mr. Hunting mar- ried Miss Margaret Orr Holbrook, who was born in Weymouth, Mass., and is a daughter of Arvin Holbrook. (H the eight children born to them but four are living, two sons and two daughters, namely; Melinda O. ; Jessie, wife of l'"rank Bradford ; I'red A. ; and Harry A. In politics Mr. Hunting is a Republican. During the Massachusetts legislative session of 1891 he was a member of the Lower House, and he is now serving as a register of voters of East Rridgowater. He is one of the Hoard of Trustees of the Mast liridgewater .Sa\'ings Bank. Mr. Hunting's success in his business dealings, and the hearty su|)i)ort he gives to plans for the development of the community, together with his many sterling qualities of character, all combine to make him a re- spected and popular citi/cu. LCIl'.S k. CHURCHILL, ..1 the tirni of Cihurchill & Washburn, plumbers and steam-titters of Brock- ton, was born in I'last Hridgewater, January 4, i860, a son of Rodney and Hannah G. (Reed) Churchill. Several generations of his family have lived in Hridgewater. IHs grandfather, Charles Churchill, resided in this vicinitv and worked at shoemaking for some time, eventually going into business and hiring a number of shoemakers. He married Dorcas Hawes, and they reared ten children, six of whom are living, uauieh' ; Charles; Newton; (ieorge; Rodney, father of Lucius R. ; Dorcas; and l*]lizabeth. Rodney Church ill was born in West Hridgewater in 1837, and is now living in l-!ast Hridgewater. He is shoe cuttei by trade. An active member of the Union Congregational Church, he is at ])resent Treasurer of the society. His wife is a daughter of John Reed, of Hast Hridgewater. I'light children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rodnev Churchill, Lucius R. being the second. Lucius R. Churchill was educated in West Hridgewater. He went to sea at the age of si.xteen and sailed on a merchantman two years, rounding Cajje Horn three times, <•« re////' to .San Francisco, and making one tri]) to Liverpool, England. l'"or four years after his return he worked as a shoe cutter, and he then obtained a position as book-keeper for R. G. Shejxird, who was engaged in steam- beating and engineering. After four years at the book-keeper's desk, he worked for Mr. Shepard three years as engineer, anil in 1890 he started in the plumbing and steam-heating business for himself. On April 1, 1895, he formed a copartnership with William S. Washburn: and the firm of Chiu'chill & Wash- burn is now one of the most prosperous and reliable plumbing firms in the city. Mr. Churchill began business at Campello, and moved to his ]iresent stand si.\ months after starting, I'he first year he had ten men in his emplo), and he now keeps on an average thirty hands. Mr. Churchill was married in November, 1882, to Cora J., daughter of Nathan M. Poole, of I-iast Hridgewater. He votes the Republican ticket, but takes no active part in politics, preferring to gi\e his time to his business. Well advanced in Masonry, he is a member of Satucket Lodge, A. V. & A. M . of East Hridgewater, in which he has held the 98 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW office of Junior Warden ; and he belongs to Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Bridgewater, and Bay State Cornmandery, Knights Templars, of Brockton. He is a member of Campello Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and of the Commercial Club of Brockton. He attends worshi]) at the Porter Congregational Church. "ULDA BARKER LOUD, of Rock- land, Mass., is one oi the bright and progressive women of the day, strong in mental gifts and executive ability. She was born in East Abington (now Rock- land), September 13, 1S44, daughter of Reuben and l^etsey (Whiting) Loud. Reuben Loud, Miss Loud's father, was a native of Weymouth, Mass. He owned a farm in Rockland, and after being engaged for several years as a shoe manufacturer he retired from business to farm life. He died at the age of seventv-eight. His wife, now sevent)'- seven years old, a native of historic Plym- outh, is living on the homestead in Rock- land. She is the mother of seven children, namely: Rienzi, formerly a lawyer in Albion, Mich., now deceased; Marcus M., deceased; Georgianna S. , wife of Major E. P. Reed, of North Abington; Hulda B. , the subject of this sketch; I'Aigene F., a resident of San Francisco, now serving his sixth year in Con- gress; Sarah Ann; and Clarice A., wife of James Beverly, of Rockland. Hulda Barker Loud was educated in East Abington, graduating from the high school at the age of seventeen ; and she began to teach when she was eighteen years old. As a teacher she displayed marked ability, and she had the courage to battle against an injustice which many bear in meek silence. A woman teacher, though performing as much work and work of as high a grade as a man, usually re- ceives a much smaller salary; but Miss Loud, who for thirteen years held a high position as a teacher in Rockland, received the salary of a male principal. She was awarded this salar)' because she demanded it, and constantly agi- tated the question of equal rights witii the school committee. In 1884 the publishers of a new paper asked Miss Loud to take the editorial chair, and she consented, naming the paper the liockland fudcpLudciit. Of this publication she is still editor-in-chief. Her energy would not be confined to the editorial chair alone, and in 1889 she purchased the business — job print- ing and publishing — and is now sole proprie- tor of the office. The paper bears the impress of strong mentality, and has always been the \'ehicle of reformator\' [jrinciples, social and ]3olitical. When, in 1889, Miss Loud became head of the establishment, she announced in the opening number that she had bought the business " to help save the world; that it was not a business venture in an\' sense of the word ; that the hnsiiuss would always be in charge of a foreman; that she desired a medium through which she could convey her best thought to the world, unhampered by worldly interests " (see "A Woman of the Cen- tury, " published in 1893). In addition to the Independent she publishes the North Abington Ncxvs and the North River Pioneer. The In- liependcnt was founded by E. C. Osborne and W. J. Barry, and Mr. Barry is at present local editor and has charge of the business matters to a great extent. Miss I^oud began to speak in public a num- ber of years ago, adx'ocating woman suffrage in 1872-74, and speaking in behalf of the Knights of Labor at different times. At the Women's International Council, held in Wash- ington in 1888, she represented the Knights BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW iif Labor, aiui her address was received with enthusiasm. Slie spoke also at that time before tlie Knights ol Labor and the Aiiti- Poverty Societ)' of Washington, l^ut tiiough very suc- cessful as a speaker, she prefers home to pub- lic life, and finds newspaper work more con- genial than lecturing. She has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rockland I'ublic Library for the past si.\ years; served three years on the School Board of the town ; and for man)' years she has been accustomed to address town meetings on important topics, no one questioning her right to do so. In the spring of i8gi Miss Loud adopted two boys, her niece's chiklrcn, wiinni she governs whollv without force. She is a zealous apostle of the new mental science, though recognizing the claims of the body. She has built a house on her mother's farm, in a retired spot outside the village, and at- tends to her own domestic affairs, spending a few hours of the afternoon in her office, and passing the rest of the time in her own honie. Though Miss Loud works from si.xteen to eighteen hours a day, she was never physically or mentally stronger than now. She boasts that through sheer force of will she has never known a day's sickness, though she inherits many weaknesses. Altogether she is a re- markable woman, exemplifying strongly the power of mind over matter. She attends the Unitarian churcii. ^^'•*'MLL1AM HROWX, of Abington, is J'-SV a self-made man, who, without edu- cational oi' other advantages, has raised himself to a position of prominence and honor in the community. He was born No- vember 6, 1813, in Abington, a son ot W'al- ston and Betsey (Wales) Brown. Like many of the citizens in this part of Plymouth County he comes of old New England stock, his ancestors having settled in Newburyport at an early date. Walston Brown was born in West Abington. Me died in 1857, aged si.\ty-nine years. His wife died at the age of seventy-nine years. They were the parents of the following children: Mary Adeline, Julia Caroline, Caroline Goodwin, Anna How- ard, and Nellie Davis. William Brown had but a limited school- ing in the days of his youth, a liberal educa- tion being harder to obtain then than now; but he was blessed with natural ability and an enterprising spirit, and early began to work his way toward prosperity. In 1839 he started in the confectionery business in Abington, and he managed a successful trade for twelve years ; then for about twenty years he was prosperously engaged in manufacturing shoes. In 1873 he retired from business, and has since been living quietly uijon the fruits of his years of activity. Mr. Brown has been for a number of years a Director of the Abing- ton Savings Bank, and was Vice-President from July, 1882, serving until July, 1889. lie was married November 17, 1845, to Julia Whiting, of Hingham, and five children blessed their union, two of whom are living: Mary Adeline, wife of George K. Curtis, of Boston ; and Anna Howard Brown, who is at home with her parents. Mr. Brown has four grandchildren, as fol- lows: William Goodwin, George Carroll, Paul Revere, children of Adeline, wife of George ¥^. Curtis; and Jesse Howard, son of the late Nellie Davis and Thomas Ford Giles. ]\Ir. Brown is a Mason, belonging to John Cutler Lodge, of Abington, and Pilgrim Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter. In religious belief he is a Universal ist. He has been doubly blessed. Providence having given him wealth of years as well as wealth of this world's I02 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW goods; and at the advanced age of eighty-three he can look forward with reasonaiile hope to many pleasant hours to be enjoyed. ]-:.S.Sl': HARLOW, who was for many years extensively engaged in the ship- ping business in Plymouth, Mass., was )orn in this historic old New England town, October 5, 1821. He was a son of Jesse and Mary L. (Nelson) Harlow, and a lineal de- .scendant of William Harlow, who was in Massachusetts as early as 1637 and later settled in Plymouth. Jesse Harlow, the younger, acquired a part of his educati and Rethiah Brewster, and has one child, A. Brewster Vaughn. In religious be- lief he is a Congregationalist. "wV) /alter L. 1"R1-:NC1I, of J^ockton, VsV^ Mass., is an enterprising business man who has achie\ed success in various branches of indnstr)- and trade. He was born in l^rockton (at that time North Jkidgewater), May 4, 1843, a son of iMancis M. and Nancy I- (Blake) P'rench. His pa- ternal grandfather, William P'rench, was born in North Pridgewater. A shoemaker by trade, he was in a small way a manufacturer of boots. He lived to be eighty-four years of age. William P"rench was one of the first in this part of the State to embrace the Swedenbor- gian faith, and he helped to found the New Jerusalem Church here. He married Ann, daughter of John Wales, of North Bridgewater, and had si.x children, three of whom are now- living. l-'rancis M. P'rench, who was the eldest of the family, was born in North Bridgewater, July 20, 1811. When he was twenty years old he engaged in the manufacture of shoes, his factor)- standing on the site of the store now owned by his son, Walter L. ; and with the e.\ce[Hion of two and a half years, when he was engaged as book-keeper for William P'. Brett, he was in the shoe business some forty years. He was afterward associated with his son in various enterjirises. In politics he has always been identified with Republican prin- ciples, voting originally with the Whigs. He cast his first Presidential ballot for Henry Clay. He was aid to the marshal who headed a deputation escorting the Hon. John Ouincy Adams from Randolph to North Bridgewater. where, on November 6, 1844, the venerable e.\-President delivered a lecture. Mr. P'rancis M. P'rench has officiated as Justice of the Peace for forty-two years, holding his commis- sion under si.x governors. Pie was at one time nominateil for the State legislature. A Mason in high standing, he is Past Master of Paul Revere Lodge, of Brockton ; belongs also to Satucket Chapter and Bay State Commandery, and has been offered several chairs, but mod- estly declined. His first wife, Nancy, daugh- ter of 1-Ilias Blake, of Wrentham. died in 1845, leaving two children : lulward Augustus, who died August 9, 1849; and Walter L. His secoiul wife was Mary Ann Maghie. Walter L. P^ench acquired his education in North Bridgewater, attending I.oomis Acad- emy and Plunt's Academy. He went to wDrk in the grocery store of William P'. Brett when he was twelve years (dd, and was employed there some two years, returning then to .^chool for a while. He was next employed in the shoe factory of P'rench & I'ackarcl (Mr. P'rench. the senior member of the firm being his father), and remained there until the breaking io8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW (iLit of the war. In i86l he enlisted in Com- pany V, Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment, and was waiter for Captain Hichborn until the regiment was mustered into service at Foit Warren. On August 9, 1862, he enlisted in the navy and was assigned to the United States steamship "Hunchback" in the North Atlantic squadron. He received his discharge August 15, 1863. During his service he took part in a number of important engagements, including the siege at New Berne and the siege of Little Washington, both in North Carolina. After his second discharge he attempted to en- list again, but failed to pass the physical ex- amination. In 1864 he became a member of the firm of French & Packard, which was then changed to French, Packard & .Sons, the factory being the old one on the site of the present store. The partnership was dissolved a year later, and Mr. French was employed in Porter & Packard's shoe factory for six months; then, his father's partner d\'ing, he took his place, and the firm became V. M. and W. L. French. In 1870 father and son started in the grocery business, and for some time were the leading grocers of the place. At the time of the great horse dis- temper in 1870 they delivered their goods with a team of oxen. The}' were very successful, and, though they went out of business in 1879, they started again in 1880, and were together until i8go, when the elder gentleman retired. Mr. Walter L. French has since managed the grocery business alone, antl is also engaged in brokerage and dealing in leather remnants. In the latter business he is a member of the firm of W. L. French & Co., organized in 1895, his partners being F. L. Price and N. C. Clark. Mr. French is likewise extensively engaged in farming, owning three hundred acres of land, and sells considerable wood. In 1864 he was married to Lucy Ames, daughter of Daniel Ames, of North Bridge- water. Mrs. F"rench, who is an intelligent and capable lady, assumes much of the man- agement of the farm. They have one child — Ellen Lucinda, born September 11, 1S68. Mr. French generally votes the Republican ticket. He belongs to Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; to the Brockton Commercial Club; to P"letcher Webster Post, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic; and is a char- ter member of Appomatox Command, No. 22, Union Veterans' Union. He is a member of the Porter Congregational Church. <^»^» /^TfcJRGE S. HASKINS, one of the \ f5 1 prominent citizens of Lakeville, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in this town, January 27, 1856, the son of Ce- phas and Betsey M. (Soule) Haskins. Cephas Haskins was a well-known and in- fluential resident of Lakeville, where he was in trade some forty-five years, and was station agent thirty-nine years. An independent in politics, he held the confidence and esteem of both parties, and was elected to several important offices of trust. He was the first Postmaster of the town, holding the office thirty-six years. He served as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor for a num- ber of years, and was in the State legislature in 1872. In religious belief he was a Congre- gationalist. He lived to be seventy years of age, passing away January 19, 1896. Mr. Cephas Haskins's first wife died in 1857, leav- ing three children: Lydia K. ; Mary A., the present Postmistress at Lakeville; and George S., the subject of this sketch. His second wife, Mary E. Mason, had two children — Ar- lena and Anna M. George S. Haskins received a good educa- tion, attending the district school near his BIOGRAIMIKAI, REVIEW I Of) home, ricice Acadeni) at M icKlleboto, and Bridgewater Academy. When but a boy he began to assist his father in the store, and he grew up in the business, also aiding in distrii)- uting the mail; and aftei' attaining his niajni- itv he was apjiointed Assistant i'ustmaster, an oflice he held until iiis fatiicrs' death, giv- ing universal satisfaction by his courtesy and promptness in delivery. Mr. Haskins is widely known and is \-er\' jiopular among his townsmen. He was marrieti June 14, 1SS2, to Miss Lizzie E. Harlow. In politics he favors the Democratic side; and he, too, has been in office for a number of years. He has served as Selectman and Assessor for ton years, from 1886 to 1896, and for the i)ast three years has officiated as Overseer of the I'oor. Mr. Haskins is an Odd I'ellow, belonging to Middleboro Lodije. :OHX II. RYDblR, a well-known farmer and lumberman of Middleboro, Mass., son of Wilson C. and Katherine (Mil- lett) Ryder, was born on the paternal farm in this town, Novcndier ifi, 1848. His father also was a native of Middleboro. After ob- taining his early education in the common school, Wilson C. Ryder attended Waterville College and fitted himself for the gospel min- istry. The duties of this office he fulfilled until 1840, when he settled on the farm in Middleboro now occupied b}' his son, John H. The Rev. Wilson C. Ryder and Katherine Millett joined hearts and hands at the mar- riage altar, and, as the years passed by, four children were born to them; namely, Wilson C, Henry K. W., Nathaniel V., and John H., all of whom are residents of Plymouth County. John H. Ryder in his childhood and youth attended the common schools and Pierce Acad- emy, acquiring a good education. When he attained his majority he went to Hoston in search of Dame P'ortune, remaining two years. He then returned to the farm, where he has resided continuously ever since. He owns in all one hundred acres of land, and carries on general farming and lumbering. In politics Mr. Ryder is a Republican. In bis religious faith he is orthodo.x, being a member of the Rock Congregationalist Church. In 1872 he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza F. Gibbs. I'our children are the result of this union; namel\', Howard I".. Kate W. , Henry L., and Reuben II. Ryder. ISAAC PACKARD, late an extensive land-owner and farmer of Hrockton, Mass., who died on May 30, 1892, in the seventy-second year of his age, was born here at the old homestead on Forest Avenue, July 3, 1820. His parents were David and Susanna (Perkins) Packard. The father was a highly respected farmer, who owned most of the land in what was then North Bridgewater, now Brockton. He married Susanna Perkins of that town. By religious preference they attended the First Congregational Church. Isaac Packard, after acquiring a common- school education, worked on shoes for a num- ber of years. Later he became a stone mason, but be finally settled on a small farm. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party, and, being a man of jiublic spirit, he was actively alive to local interests. Mr. Packard's religious interest deepened as the years rolled on. He attended the South Con- gregational Church in Campcllo, where his faith was shown by his works in the gift of land on Warren Street for a chapel. He married in 1849 Sarah H. Bonney. daughter of Captain Ezekiel and Lydia H. I 10 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW l^iinney. Her father, who was Captain of a passenger vessel for a number of years, lived in Kingston between voyages until his death, which occurred at the age of forty-two. The maternal ancestors JDclonged to one of the old families in Kingston, where Mrs. Packard was born. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Packard, four now survive; namely, Sarah ¥., George W., William H., and Julia A. Sarah F. Packard married Sylvanus Cook Packard, of Brockton ; George W. works in a shoe factory; William H. works for Moses Packard, and resides in North Easton ; and Julia A. became the wife of Edward C. Leach, of Boston, and resides in that citv. & MOM AS STOTT, an expert spinner, employed at the Plymouth Woollen Mills, was born in Lancashire, Eng- land, May 28, 1838. In his early youth he began work in the cotton mills, where he learned the spinner's trade, and in July, 1864, he emigrated to the United States, first set- tlins in Norwich, Conn., where he was for a time employed at the armory. P>om Norwich he went to Pockatannock, where he pursued his calling as a spinner in Hall Brothers' Woollen Mills for some four years; and, after working in the Bean Hill Mills, Conn., and at Lake Village, N.H., for a time, he was for three years employetl at the Belknap Mills in Laconia, N. H. He was subsequently em- ployed in the stocking-mills in Ipswich, Mass., and in the woollen-mills in Mystic, Conn., until 1S80, when he came to Plym- outh under engagement to the concern which started what is now known as the Plymouth Woollen Mills, and lie has since remained here. His long and successful experience as a spinner in both England and the United States places him in the foremost rank among the experts of his line in this locality; and, aside from the confidence with which he is re- garded by his employers, he is highly es- teemed by the community generally as a worthy and useful citizen. On December 13, 1869, in Laconia, N.H., Mr. Stott was married to Mary Madowall, who was born in Banbridge, Ulster County, Ire- land, and from her native country removed to luigland. In 1869 she emigrated to the United States, arriving on the 17th of June, and going direct to Laconia, N. H., where the marriage took place six months later, as above mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stott have had two children. The eldest, a girl, died October 10, 1877; and the youngest, a son, Thomas H., is now employed as a job printei'. /^TTlMAN OSGOOD, M.D., of Rock- V fST land, Mass., is among the best- qualified physicians and surgeons in the county. He was born in Abington, Mass., February 26, 1863, a son of (lilman and Isa- bella (Foster) O.sgood. Gilman Osgood, Sr. , was born in Durham, .Me. He was engaged in the manufacture of shoes in Rockland and Abington for a num- ber of years, and is now retired from business, living in Belmont, Mass. Mrs. Osgood, who was born on the Cape, is a daughter of I-'ree man Foster, now one of the oldest citizens of Abington, having passed his ninetieth birth- day. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Giliiian 0.sgood, Sr. ; namely, Isabella, Marion, Gilman, and Charles. Gilman Osgood, Jr., was graduated from the Abington High School in 1880, and in 1886 he was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College at New York, one of the fore- most schools in the world, and was then ap- pointed to the staff of the King's County (New BAALIS SANFORD. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIF.W York) Hospital, serving one year. A year later he was made assistant physician on the Asylum Staff, devoting two years to this specialty; and he was subsequently for two years sujjerintendent of the King's County Hospital. During his connection with this institLition he acquired a |)ractical knowledge and experience rarely given to a young physi- cian. In iSgoDr. Osgood resigned his posi- tion and settled in Rockland as successor to Dr. J. C. Gleason (deceased), and from the beginning he has h.ul a large general i)ractice. He is a member of the King's County (X. Y. ) Medical Association and of the Massachusetts IMedical Society. On Jannar\- 14, 1X91, Dr. Osgood was united in marriage with Miss Mabel Russell, who was born in Ik'thel, Me., and reared by an uncle, George- L. Richardson, of Abington, Mass. Dr. and Mrs. Osgood have two chil- dren : Louise, born November 6, 1891 ; and (lilman, born April 11, 1S95. The Doctor is prominent as a member of society, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Indejiendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Osgood is a member of the Congregational church. ^AALIS SANFORD, one of the able ''Zr\ business men of Brockton, is the '^■' eldest son of the Rev. Baal is and Abby (Burt) Sanford, born in F^ast Bridge- water, October 4, 1833. He is of Revolution- ary stock. His grandfather, Captain Josejih Sanford, was an officer in the Continental army. Captain Sanford, who was a mason by trade, while stationed at Fort Warren in Bos- ton Harbor, built within the precincts of the fort a chimney that still stands in testimony of the quality of the work he was accustomed to perform. Oi the Captain's children four sons became clergymen: anil one, i-'.noch, who preached in Raynham, Mass., many years, lived to be ninety-six years of age. The Rev. Baalis Sanford, a native of Berkley, Bristol County, born July, 1801, graduated from Brown University in 1827, and in 1.S31 took charge of the Congregational parish in ICast Bridgewater, where he labored for more than a quarter of a century. He was much respected and beloved, and he died in 1880, aged seventy-nine years. Baalis .Sanford acquired an excellent educa- tion at the common schools of his native town and Bridgewater, and at the East Bridgewater academies. When fourteen years of age he learned the shoemaker's trade, and worked at it when not in school for the ensuing three years. In April, 1851, he entered the dry- goods house of Robinson & Barry, of North Bridgewater (now Brockton), as book-keeper and cashier, taking the place of Melville Hay- ward. This gentleman had left to engage in the study of law, and afterward became dis- tinguished in his profession in New York City. Mr. Sanford was admitted F'ebruary i, 1858, as a member of the firm of H. W. Robinson & Co., successors to Robinson & Barry, Messrs. Gorham B. Howard and Kl- bridge W. Morse becoming members of the company at the same time. These relations remained unchanged until 1869, when Messrs. Howard and Morse retired from the firm, and Mr. Joseph W. Robinson, son of H. W. Robinson, was admitted to partnership. Mr. .Sanford is now the senior partner of the firm, and attends to the book-keeping and financial affairs. Since his connection with the busi- ness began it has grown to an importance ex- celled by few houses in Eastern Massachu- setts. Mr. Sanford has many other business interests. He was book-keeper for the Brock- ton Gas Light Company for twenty years, and in I SS6-S8 was Treasurer of the corporation. 114 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW He was elected the first President of the Se- curity Co-operative Bank in 1878, and was re- elected in 1879, but declined to serve longer on account of business cares. He was elected President of the Brockton Savings Bank in April, 1892, and still holds that position. He is one of the Vice-Presidents and a Di- rector of the Brockton Agricultural Society; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ceme- tery Funds for the perpetual care of lots in Union Cemetery; Auditor of the Wales Home Corporation; and Treasurer and Di- rector of the Lugonia Fruit Growing and Packing Company of Redlands, Cal. He was one of the charter members of the Com- mercial Club; served as its Secretary for twelve years, and as Treasurer for five years ; and is at present a member of the Board of Management. Mr. Sanford was married in North Bridge- water, then Brockton, August 19, 1856, to Lucy Cotton, daughter of Captain Benjamin and Anne (Whitman) Hapgood. Of the three children born to him, Irene Gertrude is liv- ing. Anna Cora and Mable Louise died suc- cessively in i860 and 1869. Though not an active politician, Mr. Sanford is an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and has served with credit in public office. He was a member of the Brockton School Committee from 1875 to 1885 inclusive, acting as Secre- tary of the Board during the entire period. He was elected one of the Town Auditors in 1879, and served three years in that capacity. In 1882, when the town became a city, he was elected City Auditor, and served fourteen years, resigning at the end of that time. He has been Justice of the Peace since 1881 ; and in 1879 he was a member of the lower branch of the State legislature, serving on the Com- mittee on Mercantile Affairs. He has been identified with the Masonic fraternity since 1864, filling with dignity the highest ofificial positions. From 1867 to 1869 he was Worthy Master of Paul Revere Lodge; from 1869 to 1872 he was High Priest of Satucket Royal Arch Chapter; from 1876 to 1878, Eminent Commander of Bay .State Commandery, Knights Templars; at present he is Thrice Illustrious Master of Brockton Council of Royal and Select Masters ; and he was Re- corder of Bay State Commandery for fifteen years. He is a permanent member of the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council, and Grand Commandery of Massachusetts, and of the Grand Council of the American Legion of Honor; and he is a life member of the Mas- sachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree. In religious matters he is affiliated with the Congregationalists, and was Treasurer of the Porter Society for seven years. ,HARLES FRANKLIN DAVID, one of the alert and enterprising citizens of Abington, Mass., widely known as a news[)aper man from his former connec- tion with the Plymouth County Journal, and later as the founder of the C. F. David Adver- tising Agency, is now the proprietor of the popular medicines for stock and fowls known as "The Big Three." He was born in South Braintree, Mass., April 4, 1856, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Stone) David, of that town. On the paternal side he is of French Huguenot descent, and the composer David was a kinsman of his father and grand- father. As a lad Charles F. David was a precocious scholar. He had completed the grammar- school course in South Braintree when only nine years old, and he entered the high school at an age when the majority of pupils are just going into the grammar. Leaving school BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW «'5 when fourteen years old, he first went to work for Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Boston. He was fifteen years of age at this time, and when he had been in the employ of the great dry-goods firm only two months ho was given charge of one of the store-houses. After working for Jordan, Marsh & Co., about a year, he took a course in Comer's Commercial College, and then obtained employment as accountant in Moore's printing office. Here his ability was soon recognized, and, Mr. Moore being taken sick, Mr. David for a time carried on the business. Two years later he purchased the entire outfit, and removed to South Braintree; and after staying there si.x months, at the earnest solicitation of the Ab- ington people, he came to this town, and took charge of the Plymouth County Jo/tr/in/. The jiaper was then in a languishing condition, and iiad only a quarter of a column of advertise- ments, the lifeblood of the modern periodical. Mr. David went to work with characteristic energy, and within >i\ months the pajier dis- played over thirty columns of "ads." l-"or about twenty months he worked with such unceasing energy that lie undermined his health, and was advised by liis pliysician to give up the business. Accordingly, he sold the /o/triKt/ t-o Mr. F. W. Rollins. His ne.vt venture was in the advertising agency business, in which he was interested some ten years, founding a corporation styled Like most men who have hail a taste of the newspaper business, Mr. David still has lean- ings toward his old sphere of work, and has many friends among the printers. He was married May 8, 1S76, to Miss Lizzie A. Reynolds, of Abington, daughter of Griffin Clark and Sarah Maria Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds, her father, now deceased, was a prominent shoe manufacturer. Mr. and Mrs. David have no children. Mr. David is a member of Pilgrim Lodge, Independent Order of Odd t'ellovvs, of Abington. the C. V. David Advertising Agency. In 1895 he purchased Dole's Horse and Cattle Invigorator, and he has since added David's Hen and Chicken Invigorator and David's Cure for Hog Cholera and Swine Distemper. The combination is known as "The Big Three"; and these specifics, it is said, actually do more than is claimed for them, being the acknowledged leaders in their line. They are in constant demand among stock breeders. DREW JACKSON GARDNER, Ta.x Collector of Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., was born here on January 11, 181 5, son of Jesse and Delight (Lincoln) Gardner. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Gardner, was also a native of Hing- ham, where he engaged in farming, both he and his wife living to a good old age. He was a hard-working man, who stood well among his townspeople. In politics he affiliated with the Whigs, and in his religious belief he was a L'nitarian. He had ten children. lesse Gardner, .son of Samuel, was born in this town, December 15. 1 7S0. In early man- hood he learned the carpenter's trade, and thai was his life occupation. In |)olitics he was a Democrat, and served as a member of the School Committee several years. He married Delight Lincoln, daughter of Laban and Eliz- abeth Lincoln, of Hingham. She was born September 24, 1793, and died at the age of (ifty-three years, August 17, 1846. Jesse Gardner survived his wife several years, and died October 30, 1851, aged seventy-one years. They were both highly respected members of the Unitarian church. Only three of the seven chiklreii born to them are now living — Andrew Jackson, Laban. and ii6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Elizabeth Ann. Laban married Catherine Burrell, of Hinghani, and they had six chil- dren, five of whom are now living — Laban F., Catherine B., Arthur, Walter, and Martin B. Elizabeth Ann was united in marriage with Edwin D. Gardner, of this town, and had five children, three of whom are living — Edwin A., Sarah, and Lizzie. Andrew J. Gardner, after attaining a public- school education in his native town, learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in this town for twenty-five years. In 1850, when the town offices were put up at auction, he purchased the office of Tax Collector, to which he was elected by the people in 1852. He is the present incumbent, having served for forty-four consecutive years. In days gone by he was on the police force, and subse- quently served in the offices of Constable and Highway Surveyor. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Gardner married first Mary Ann, daugh- ter of Stephen and Peggy Remington Stod- dard. She was a native of this town, and was born March 3, 1822, and she died April 17, 1847, at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Gardner married second, F"ebruary 13, 1848, Rebecca Ann Ewell, of Marshfield, Mass. She died March 27, i8g2, at the age of sixty- nine years and five months. Mr. Gardner's children by his wife, Mary, were: Lucy Stod- dard, born December 1 2, 1 842, who married October i, 1884, Frazer F. Blauvelt; Andrew Wallace, born December i, 1844; and Albert Stoddard, born March 11, 1847. His children by his wife, Rebecca, were: John Hersey, born February 11, 1850, who died April 30, 1891; and Mary Ann, born May 26, 1851, died August 19, 185; Andrew Wallace Hingham, August 19, 1843. They have a child, Mary Ann, born January 19, 1871. Albert Stoddard Gardner, the second son, married January 5, 1868, Mary Ellen Fearing, daughter of Henry and Mary (Gushing) Fear- ing. She was born in Hingham, February 13, 1844, and died February 20, 1871, aged twenty-seven years. Albert S. Gardner died March 29, 1873, aged twenty-six years. He had one child, Henry Fearing, born in Hing- ham, April 29, 1869. Both wives attended the Universalist church, in which Mr. Gardner has been prominently active. For thirty-six years he has been Collector of the Universalist Society. Personally, he is a man of the high- est integrity, who has ably filled most impor- tant offices of trust. Gardner, his eldest son, married May 24, 1868, Mary Jane Price, daughter of James and Rebecca (Souther) Price. She was born in 4 ^^^> TIS COBB, a successful carpenter and contractor of Brockton, was born March 17, 1827, in Carver, this county, son of Otis and Mercy B. (Morse) Cobb. He is descended from immigrants who came with the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony. Benjamin Cobb, his grandfather, born in Carver, P'ebruary 13, 1750, was a farmer, and served in the militia. He died on March 3, 181 2. Sarah, his wife, born April I, 1754, died October 20, 1820. Their son Otis, born November 20, 1795, vvas a farmer, who also manufactured nails by hand. He was a member of the Congregational church, and sang in the choir. His wife, Mercy, had two children besides Otis. Of these, Benjamin died at the age of two years. The other was a daughter, who is now the wife of Henry B. Whitman, and resides in Brain- tree, Mass. The father, who was a resident of Carver all his life, died April 4, 1840. The mother lived until December 31, 1841. At the age of sixteen, after acquiring a hio(;r.\1'1iu:al review H7 common-school education, <)lis Cobb came to North Hridgcwatcr, now Brockton, and worked witli \'inal Lyon at the carpenter's trade for several years, and then went into business for four years. He sui)sec|uently worked as a j()urne\nian for iiimself. In 1864 he enlisted in one of the unattached ct)mpanies of the old iSoston l'"usileers, which afterward formed a ])art of the Fourth Massachusetts Artillery and was stationed at Fort Richardson for eight months. They had previously landed at F"ort .•\lhan\', where thev stayed a month, taking- charge of forts extending all the way to Alexandria. lie was put to carpenter's work for a while, after which he became regimen- tal carpenter, having the supervision of fifty men. Returning home in 1865, he soon re- sumed business, which he managed success- full)- until 1895. lie has built forty-four factories, mostly plants, for the manufacture of shoes, and more than one hundred houses, besides four school-houses for Brockton, and some public buildings for ntlu-r towns. In politics Mr. Cobb is a Republican, and he has been Surveyor of Lumber for twelve years. On May 7, 1848, Mr. Cobb was united in marriage with Lydia L. I'ackanl, daughter of Lebba-us Packard, of West Bridgjwater. They have three children — Jane, Sarah, and Nor- n-ian. Jane married S. .S. B. French, and re- sides in Braintree; Sarah, who married Frank 1*. Brown, is at home; and Norman, who mar- ried Fanny Hayden, is in Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Cobb's father, Lebbieus, was Selectman in West Bridgewater for sixteen consecutive years. During the War of 1812 he served as fifer on the march from West Bridgewater to I'lymouth. He was a member of the Metho- dist l'4iiscopal church, and he died at the age of si.\ty-four. Mr. Cobb is a member of I'aul Revere Lodge, Brockton, A. I-". & A. M.; a charter member of St. George Lodge, of Campello; a member of Satucket Royal Arch Chai)ter; of Brockton Council, Royal and Se- lect Masters; of Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars; and of Aleppo Temple, being a Mason of the thirty-second degree. He also belongs to the (Jrder of Rose Croi.x, and has been Tyler of St. George's Lodge to Ma.ssa.soit. Lodge, No. 69, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; to I-'letcher Webster Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 13; to the Legion of Honor, of which he was Commander for two years, having occupied all the other chairs. In religious circles he is also prom- inent, having been a member of the South Con- gregational Church at Campello for forty-two years. He has served on various committees, was a member of the Parish Committee for three years, usher for nearly twelve years, and sang in the choir about ten years. He recently severed his connection with the Congregational church, and became a member of the South Street Methodist Flpi.scopal Church of Brockton. COLEMAN BROWN, M.D., city physician of Brockton, was born in East Boston, June 4, 1869, son of Lieutenant Edwin Young and Frances (Saw- yer) Brown, residents of F^ast l^oston. The Doctor is a descendant of Peter Brown, one of the Colonial settlers of New England. His grandfather's grandfather served on General Washington's staff, and his great-grandfather was in the War of 1S12. His grandfather, Charles Brown, died in Scituate about twenty years ago, aged about seventy years; and his grandmother was ninety-two when she passed away in 1893. This couple hail a family of fourteen children, five of whom are living: one, Charles, who has serveil in the State legislature, and is a comrade of the Grand Army, resiiles on the family homestead in I iS BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Scituate; James, killed in action; Wilbur and Edwin Younn' also served in the late war. Moses, another of the sons, owns and lives upon the noted "Bulrush Farm" at North Scituate, the largest farm in Plymouth County. At the first call to arms, Edwin Young Brown enlisted as a private in Company B, I'^irst Massachusetts \^olunteer Regiment, and served throughout the war, winning promo- tion to the rank of Lieutenant for meritorious conduct on the field. His regiment was at- tached to General Joseph Hooker's brigade, and shared in several of the engagements of that command. In the second battle of Bull Run he was shot in the head, and, having been left for dead on the field, was taken prisoner and confined in Libby I'rison for a year. He and a number of other prisoners were then packed in freight cars, and sent to Anderson- ville. On the way Mr. Brown, with two coni- jianions, cut the lock, and jump.ed from the moving car into the darkness of the night. After wandering about for three months, en- during many privations, they reached the Union lines. Lieutenant Brown was dis- charged in 1S65, at the close of the war. He is highly esteemed in East Boston, and has been State Inspector of Factories and Public liuildings for some time. He is the father of three children, who are all living. After acquiring his preliminary education in the public schools of East Boston, E. Cole- man Brown graduated from the Boston Latin School. He received his medical training at the IJoston College of Physicians and Sur- geons, his degree being conferred upon him in 1894. He then became attending physi- cian at the Deer Island Hospital. In Sep- tember of that year he located in Brockton, where he has remained since. In the short time that has elapsed since he has won the confidence and regard of a large number of citizens. Dr. Brown was elected City Physi- cian in 1S96, succeeding Dr. Roland M. Hammond. In politics he is a Republican. He was married September 25, 1889, to a daughter of Captain Joseph E. Kimball, his father's comrade all through the war. Cap- tain Kimball also rose from the ranks. Of the three children born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown, one is living. The Doctor has held nearly all the chairs in the East Boston Ma- sonic lodges, and is second officer at present in the Chapter and Council. He now belongs to the Masonic bodies of Brockton, and to Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Siirine of Bos- ton. He is a member of Zenith Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of East Bos- ton; Medical E.xaminer for Montello Lodge, Knights of Pythias; a Director of the Union Pythian Relief Association; a member of ]5ay State Commandery, Knights Templars, of Brockton, and of R. B. Grover Camp, Sons of Veterans. He attends the Universal ist church in this city; and he resides at 32 L'^pland Road, in the northern part of the city, called Montello, where he lately purchased a resi- dence. 01 ON. CHARLES H. HOWLAND, '[^\ of Plymouth, has represented the old Colonial town in the State Senate and House of Representatives, and has served it as Land and Harbor Commissioner for a number of years. He was born in Plym- outh, September 15, 1826, son of John and Nancy (Lucas) Howland, who were both born in this vicinity. The family comes of old Puritan stock. It began with three brothers, John, Charles, and Henry, who came origi- nally from England. John made the voyage in the "Mayflower," and Charles and Henry in the ship "Ann" which followed. The family has been content to remain in the home BIOC.RAI'IIICAL KKAIKW 119 (.■stal)li shell l)y their forefathers, and ijeiicra- tion after general i(in tif it lias lived and died in riymouth. John I lowland, the father of Charles II.. was a seafaring man. While serving in tlie War of 1812 he was taken prisoner, cariMed to Mngland, and for some lime was confined in Dartmoor Prison, from which he eventually escajjed. lie died in 1841 at the age of fifty-four. His wife, who was a daughter of Lazarus Lucas, of West Plymouth, died in I'lymouth in iSqo, at the ad\'anced age of ninety-two. They reared four children, of whom the suhject of this sketch was the third child born. Charles H. Howlanil was educated in the common schools of I'lymouth. His [larents being poor, he was obliged, at the age of nine, to take employment of George Hramhall, a grocer, of Plymouth. He was afterward employed in the Harvard L'niversity book- store in Cambridge, Mass. Here his health became impaired. To restore it. he joined a fishing expceliticm. undei- the condition that he would be paid just what he was found to be worth. He ]iroved so useful on that occasion that, at the end of the tri]). he had as much money as the other boys, some of whom were accustomed to the work. l*"or some years after he followed the sea. and in due time be- came captain of a schooner and |)art owner of a vessel. l'"inally he gave up seafaring, and at the age of twenty, learned the painter's trade from Calvin Howland, of Stoughton, M.iss. He remained with I\Ir. Howland some three years, and for some time subsec[nent was em])loyed as a clerk in ilifferent places. Then, starting in business for himself, he managed a general store in Chiltonville, Plymouth, for a number of years. This store he left when the Rebellion broke out, in order to enlist. When Presiilent Lincoln's hrst call for seventy-five thousand men reached Plymouth, he was the second Tnan to write his name on the list of volunteers, and he was subsequently ap])ointed one of the mili- tary storekeepers of Massachusetts, under (Juartermaster General John H. Reed, in which capacity he served until 1862. Com- missioned l'"irst Lieutenant in the Thirty- fourth Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, June 9, 1862, he was appointed Uuartermaster of the regiment, and served as Regimental and Acting Assistant Brigade 39; Isaac (second) and his twin brother, Josiah, born in 1642; ami Benjamin, born in 1644. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW The father died in April, 1661, and the mother in June, 1672. Benjamin Loring, who' was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Hull, on December 8, 1670, married Mary Hawk, daughter of Mat- thew and Margaret Hawk. He was made a freeman in 1673, and also officiated as Deacon for many years. His son Samuel, born in 1680, who was also a farmer and spent his life in Hull, was married April 19, 1716, to Jane, daughter of John and Mary Colyer. Samuel's son, Samuel (second), the next in line, was born February 3, 1720. He also passed his entire life in his native town, married Jane Gould, and died in 1813, the ninety-third year of his age. His son, Samuel (tliird), the grandfather of Lewis Pratt Loring, was born on November 9, 1753. He married Huldah Gould, a native of this town, and a daughter of John and flannah (Brewster) Gould. Her mother was a lineal descendant of Elder Will- iam Brewster, the spiritual adviser of the Pil- grims, who was born in Lngland in 1560, and died in Plymouth in 1644. His son Love married Sarah, daughter of Mr. Colyer, May 16, 1634. William, son of Love and Sarah (Colyer) Brewster, married Lydia Partridge, January 2, 1672. Their son William, born May 4, 1683, married Hopestill Wadsworth. Huldah, the next in line, married John Gould, Jr., the maternal great-grandfather. He was a descendant of Lieutenant Robert Gould, a native of England, who came to America in 1660, when he was eighteen years old. He had an uncle in Hull whom he joined, and whose property he subsequently inherited, thereafter becoming a prominent man in town affairs. The line of descent is as follows: Robert Gould's son Joseph had a son John, whose son, John, Jr., had a daughter Huldah, who married Samuel Loring, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Samuel Loring, Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Hull, October 21, 1784. He received his education in the com- mon school. At the age of fifteen he lost his right hand. About four years later he went to Boston, where he served as clerk until the War of 1 812. Then he returned to Hull, and engaged in farming. He officiated as Town Clerk for many years, besides filling other local offices. He died November 9, 1868, at the age of eighty-four. His wife, Lucy, a daughter of Laban and Lucy Pratt, was a de- scendant of Matthew Pratt, one of the first settlers of Weymouth, and a Revolutionary soldier. She died in 1871, in the eighty-fifth year of her age, having reared eight of her nine children ; namely, Lucy, Abner, Samuel H., Nancy, Lewis P., Sarah J., Rachel, and Ansel P. Lewis P. Loring acquired his education in the public school. In his early manhfood he went to Boston to learn the trade of copper- smith and plumber, remaining there until 1S50. He then returned to his native town, where he has since continued to reside. Formerly a Whig in politics, he has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party since its organization. Besides serving creditably in various town offices, he represented Hull in the legislatin-e of 1890-91. A man of much public spirit, he has always been actively in- terested in the welfare of his native town. CiMIL ^MIL LAGERGREN, of Brockton, the \^} well-known elocutionist and teacher of languages, was born here, September 3, 1858, a son of John C. and Wilhelmina (Hedelius) Lagergren. His parents are of Swedish birth, and both of good family. The mother, now seventy-five years old, who is now residing in Sweden, is a daughter of Eric ^«3mh ■ ^y^ 1 jJC^^^f^^E. ^ EMIL LAGERGREN. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW '35 Ilcdclius, an eminent la\v)er 36 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW aged ninety-two. His father, l-'leazer, Sr., was a son of William Marlow. When his parents moved to Marshfield, Joseph Hewett was a mere child. After at- tending the district school for the customary period, he took up the study of languages under the tuition of the Rev. Martin Paris. When about twenty years old he commenced teaching in the school of his own district, having some of his former schoolmates among his pupils. He followed this occupation until 1844, a period of about twenty years, and then devoted his time exclusively to the duties of the various political and religious positions he held, and to the management of his farm. On this property, which contained about one hundred acres, he raised considerable stock, giving employment to a number of men. He was a leader in politics, and counted among his intimate friends Daniel Webster, who used to frequently visit at his house. He was not of those who sought office, but, owing to the high esteem in which he was held by the community, was often importuned to ac- cept ofifice, and served several- years as As- sessor, a number of years as Selectman, also as Overseer of the Poor. He was particularly interested in educational matters, and was a member of the .School Committee of Marsh- field. In 1S64 he came to Brockton, where he purchased a place of si.xteen acres, but did not ensiase in active business. He was for many years a member of the Congregational church and a Deacon, both in Marshfield and Brockton. Though of a modest and retiring disposition, his counsel was frequently sought in legal and other matters. He was very benevolent, and his assistance was bestowed with so little ostentation that few besides those he aided ever knew of his numerous kindly deeds. On December 25, 1830, Mr. Hewett mar- ried Sarah T. Baker, who was born November 28, 1809, daughter of Samuel Baker, of Marsh- field. Of Mr. Hewett's children, all hut two attained maturity. Lucius died in No- vember, 1859, aged twenty-seven: Herman died at Brockton in January, 1885, aged fifty- one years and two months; Ellen E. lives in Brockton; Edward A., a resident of Bridge- water is in business in Brockton; Abbie is the wife of Harvey O. Mitchell, of Brockton; S. Myron died in 1887; Nancy lives in Brock- ton; Sarah A. died in September, 1857; and Justin resides in Brockton. The mother, who was a member of the Congregational church, died in January, 1886. DMUND THURSTON DAMON, of Plymouth, the organizer and conductor of the Plymouth Band, and a well- known teacher of instrumental music, was born in Plymouth, September 7, 1858, son of Calvin S. Damon. The family descends from a Scotchman, who settled in Marshfield, this county. Lincoln Damon, Mr. Damon's grand- father, was born in Marshfield, and was one of a family of seven sons. He was a ship-car- penter, and followed his trade in Scituate and Cohasset, Mass., for a number of years. He finally bought the old homestead in Marsh- field, where he was engaged in general farm- ing for the rest of his life. With his wife, who in maidenhood was a Miss Sherman, of Marshfield, he reared a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom Calvin, Sr. , Mr. Damon's father, was the fourth-born. Calvin S. Damon passed his youth in Marsh- field. In young manhood he came to Ply- mouth, where his natural business ability found a broader field of action. He became manager for the Plymouth Cordage Company, a position which he ably filled for twenty-five BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW '37 years. I^'oiul of music Inini early boyhood, he devoted much time to the study of that art, and was afterward organist at the Unitarian and Haptist churclies in Plymouth and at a church in Kingston. He continued to cultivate the art in his leisure hours until his death, which hajipened in the spring of 18S4. Mis wife was a daughter of James Crosslcy, of Duxbury, Mass., a gentleman of English birth, and a son of the Earl of Crosslcy. On account of a iiii'scjl/ioiicc, he was disowned by his family, and came to America. It is said that a large fortune awaits his descendants. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. Damon were the parents of six chil- dren, four sons and two daughters, of whom three sons are now living. I'^dmuntl Thurston Damon, the fifth born of his parents" children, acquired his education at a private .school. At an early age he gave abundant evidence that he had inherited his lather's talent for music. He subsequently became proficient in instrumental music, and while still a youth he joined Gilmore's famous band of Boston as a trombone jilayer. His connection with this organization lasted until Mr. Gilmore removed to New York, when he joined the Boston Cadet Band. After playing with the Cadets for fifteen years he returned to Plymouth, and opened music rooms. Here he has since been giving instruction in insiru- nienlal music, making a successful specialty ol preparing pupils for bands and orchestras. Some time ago he organized the Plymouth Hand, of which he is still the conductor. This body of instrumentalists, consisting of twenty-seven men, ranks among the best bands in the State. During the summer season, at the Casino, it gives a series of concerts that are highly enjoyed by the citizens, and all others who attend them. At different times he has played with "picked" orchestras on special occasions. Among these was that which |)layed at the farewell appearance of Madame Patti in Boston. On September 19, iSSf), Mr. Damon was united in marriage to Amy W. Phinncy, daughter of I.cavitt and Rebecca I'hinney, of Kingston, Mass. lie belongs to the Plymouth Musical Club, and is a member oi the .Stand- ing Committee. He has also membership in Plymouth Lodge, A. V. & A. .M. : and in Mayflower Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. n> IDi:ON STUD LEY, a manufacturer \^^ I of the town of Rockland, was horn here June 12, 1851, .son of Gideon and Priscilla B. (Shaw) Studlcy. 1 1 is father, who was a native of Hanover, this county, after following for a time the trade of a car- penter, established himself in the business of manufacturing boot and shoe boxes, box boards, and other similar articles. His fac- tory is the oldest of the kind in the vicinity. After the establishment of this business, how- ever, he resumed carpentering, and the town of Rockland contains many buildings after- ward put up under his supervision. His wife, Priscilla, now eighty-one years old, and resid- ing in Rockland, was born in liiast Abington. By her he became the father of six children, who all reached maturity. A public-spirited citizen, he was personally |)opular, not only from the keen interest he took in the general welfare of the community, but because of his ready sympathy and aid for the unfortunate. He died in his home at Rockland, at the age of seventy-two years, mourned by all who knew him. Gideon Studlcy, the youngest surviving child of his parents, received his education in the public schools. At the age of sixteen he went into his father's box factory. Here he soon acquired a mastery of the business, and 138 BIOGRAPHICAL KF.VIKVV CDiitinuud to work at it until his father's death. The factory then came into his pos- session, and he has since successfully con- ducted it alone. IncludiuL;- the time spent with his father, he has manufactured boxes and sold lumber and real estate for about twenty-nine years. On January i, 1874, Mr. Studley married Hannah E. , a daughter f)f Horace C. Totman, and they became the parents of eleven chil- dren, of whom five sons and five daughters are living. Mr. Studley generally affiliated with the Republican party, but of late years he has been independent in his political action. He is a man of keen intelligence and much gen- eral information, and his opinions on the leading questions of the day are respected by those who know his sincerity. He belongs to Standish Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family occupy a pleasant resi- dence on Market Street, not far from Mr. Studley's factory and mill. MASA S. GLOVER, of Brockton, is a veteran of the late war, who during his term of service became a close friend of General Sherman. He was born in Dorchester, Mass., July 25, 18 17, a son of Alexander and Jemima (Tolman) Glover, and is of the ninth generation of his family in this country. The immigrant progenitor, Mr. John Glover, son of Thomas and Margery (Deane) Glover, of Rainhill Parish, Prescot, England, came to America about 1630, and settled in Dorchester. He possessed large estates, and some of the land that he owned was held by the Glover family from 1628 to 1891, in all that time — two hundred and sixty-three years — being neither mortgaged nor sold. John Glover was a captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of London. He was a Selectman of Dorchester, Representative to the General Court, and an Assistant in 165 1. He was a P'ree Mason. Several generations of Glovers succeeding the Hon. John Glover lived and died in Dorches- ter. Alexander, the father of the direct sub- ject of this sketch, was the son of Alexander, Sr., and Hannah (Pope) Glover, of Dorches- ter. He died in 1846, and his wife in 1873. They were the parents of eleven children. Amasa S. Glover, the youngest of his father's family, was born in the old house built by his remote ancestor, the Hon. John Glover. At the age of fifteen he entered the employ of Howard & Clark, furniture manu- facturers of Brockton. In their establishment he learned the trade of cabinet-making, and he was the only apprentice that they ever freed properly. In 1839 his health was so poor that he was obliged to give up his trade, and from 1840 till 1842 he remained at home with his parents. He then went to work in a shoe fac- tory, and in 1858 he began tu manufacture shoes. Tlie breaking out of the war ruined his business, as he had creditors in the South, and, closing up his establishment, he enlisted, being one of the first volunteers from Brock- ton. He was first enrolled as a musician in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment, under Colonel P'letcher Webster. Subsequently he re-enlisted in Company H, Thirty-third Massachusetts Regiment, and was requested to take a horse. This he at first declined to do, but afterward consented. He was with General Sherman during his entire campaign, and was offered an officer's commission, but refused to take it. An incident, mentioned in the Rev. Minot J. Savage's sermon on "Trifles," illustrates the executive ability of Mr. Glover, and at the same time shows the utility of the "army of tradesmen," as it has been scornfully BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW •39 called. Sherman's men, while climbing the Tennessee Mountains after the battle of Chickaniaiiga, became barefoot in their prog- ress over the rough roads: ami the General was at his wit's end to supply their needs. Learning that Mr. Glover had been a shoe manufacturer, he said to him: "I cannot move the army. Can you help me'? All that I can give you is plenty of raw hides." Mr. Glover set to work immediately and cut out patterns. Sherman placed a thousand men at his dis- posal, and tlie ne.xt afternoon the men were shod and ready to march. The acquaintance thus begun between Mr. Glover and General Sherman ripened into a warm friendship, and Mr. Glover cherishes as a memento a letter from him dated in i8S8, couched in the most cordial terms. Among his other valued friends in the army were General Henry VV. Slocum, of Brooklyn, X.Y. , and the late Gen- eral William Cogswell. Mr. Glover received his discharge in June, 1865, after four years of service. On his return to Hrockton, he resumed work in Howard & Clark's furniture manufactory, and remained some twelve years. His mind is always in a state of earnest activ- ity, and he is now elaborating a ])lan to dis- pose of sewerage, which has already become popular. At present his engineer, Mr. B. T. Wheeler, e.\-Superintendent of Streets of Bos- ton, is putting in some plants. Mr. Glover married Sophia, daughter of Samuel Packard, of North Bridgewater, and he has four children, namely: Sarah B., widow of A. M. I'arrar, Gilmanton, N. H. ; Amanda, wife of D. P. Kenny, of Abington, now resid- ing in Brockton; Hannah B. , widow of Walter M. Holmes, of Brockton, who was a drummer in Sherman's army; and Walter S., a citizen of lioston. In politics Mr. Glover is a strong Republican. He was electee! to the Common Council from Ward i, and served two years. He keeps u}) his army associations by attend- ing the meetings of I-"letcher Webster Post, i\o. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, of Brockton, of which he is a charter member. 1 1. LI AM II. THOMAS, the effi- cient superintendent of the Hing- ham Water Company, was born in Ilingham, June 12, 1845, son of Benjamin and Sally L. (Leavitt) Thomas. His great- grandfather. Prince Thomas, came from Wey- mouth, Norfolk County, to Hingham, where he resided for several years. Prince was a blacksmith by trade, and died June 4, 1797, at the age of forty-si. \. His wife, in maidenhood Abigail Pratt, to whom he was married in Weymouth, died in Hingham, August 30, 1833, at the age of seventy-seven. Of their seven childien, Benjamin, the eldest, born at Weymouth, January 18, 1776, was also a blacksmith. He first married, August 19, 1798, Lydia Whiton, who was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Marble) Whiton, and died May 24, 1837. On February 27, 1842, he entered a second marriage, contracted with Ann Webb, of Weymouth. Benjamin died September 13, 184S. He was a forcible pub- lic speaker, while uniformly courteous, and he was greatly missed in town meetings. By his first marriage there were five children — Benjamin, William, Reuben, Lydia, and David. Benjamin, the father of the subject of this article, was born in Hingham, l-'ebru- ary 9, 1799. On April 22, 1S27, he married Sally Lincoln Leavitt, who was born in Hing- ham, January 16, 1803, daughter of Jerome and Sally (Lincoln) Leavitt. Their children were George and William Henry. After acquiring his eilucation, William 11. Thomas worked at farming, and at whatever else offered by which he couUl earn an honest 140 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW living. In October, 1861, he enlisted for the Civil War, and in the following November was mustered into Company A, First Battal- ion of Massachusetts Infantry, recruited for garrison duty, and commenced service at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Six months later his company formed the nucleus of the Thirty- second Regiment, Masschusetts Volunteer In- fantry, which was then organized and assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Fifth Army Corps. Mr. Thomas was taken sick, and re- mained in the Emory Hospital, Washington, D. C, for eighteen months. While he was convalescent he served as nurse, and proved himself so helpful that he was detailed as ward master. At the end of his three years' enlistment he was honorably discharged, and returned to Hingham. He then learned the house painting trade, which he followed until 1880, when he was employed by the Hingham Water Company as Assistant Superintendent. In the fall of 1893 he became superintendent, which office he still creditably fills. He is also Auditor of the Hingham Co-operati\e Bank, and Trustee of the Hingham Institu- tion for Savings. On October 30, 1867, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage with Mary W. Higgins, a native of this town, and a daughter of Ezra and Mary M. (Seymour) Higgins. By this marriage there were four children, of whom two, Willie L. and Theodore W., are de- ceased. The others are: Harry L., now assist- ant superintendent of the Hingham Water Company; and Helen A., who resides at home. Mr. Thomas is a man of liberal and progressive ideas, and stands high in the community. He is in communion with the old Unitarian First Parish Church (formerly Congregational), and is an esteemed member of the Parish Committee. He is the Secretary of the Hingham Agricultural Society, and he has been Secretary of the Hingham Horticult- ural Society since 1875. In politics he is a loyal Republican. The office of Secretary of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., has been filled by him since 1873. He has also mem- bership in John A. Andrew Lodge, Knights of Honor, and the Veteran Firemen's Associa- ton; in the Business Men's Club, of which he is the Treasurer; and the Edward Humphrey Post, No. 104, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is Past Commander. AMUEL PEARLY GATES, Treas- urer of the Eagle Cotton Gin Com- ])any, of Bridgewater, and Treasurer also of the Bridgewater Savings Bank, is one of the foremost business men in a town noted for its able financiers. A son of Pearly and Mary (Bun") Gates, both natives of Ashby, Mass., he was born in that town, June 8, 1837. The Gates family and the Burr family are of Eng- lish origin. On the maternal side Mr. Gates is of Revolutionary stock, his mother's grand- father, Abijah Butler, having served in the Continental army. Samuel Pearly Gates was reared on his father's farm in Ashby, and acquired his edu- cation in the district school near his home. In his nineteenth year he entered the State Normal School at Bridgewater, where he studied for a year and a half; and he then obtained a clerkship in the office of Bates, Hyde & Co., now the Eagle Cotton Gin Com- pany. After serving for a number of years as clerk, learning thoroughly all the details of the business, he became a member of the company. Since 1877, when the Eagle Cotton Gin Com- pany was incorporated, Mr. Gates has ably discharged the duties of Treasurer. The Eagle Cotton Gin manufactory is in a flourish- ing condition, employing on an average fifty BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW "43 hands. Mr. Gates owns a controlling interest in tlic business. He has been Treasurer of the liriclgewater .Savings Hank since 1872, the year of its incorporation. He is a Director in the liriclgewater Water Company; one of the (liicetors in the Briclgewater Box Company; and he is a I'rustee of the Briclgewater Public Library and the Hridgewater Academy, and also of the Hridgewater Cemetery Association. He has also much business to transact in the settling of estates. On October 26, 1S71, he was united in mar- riage with Marcia K., daughter of Jacob and Joan (Holmes) Jackson, of Plymouth, Mass. Mrs. Gates died in January, 1873, and her little daughter also passed away in the July following, after a brief existence of six mfinths. In politics Mr. Gates favors the Rei)ublican side. When President Lincoln was calling for volunteers to meet the uprising in the South he responded, enlisting in April, 1S63, in the regular army of the United States for five years. He was given a clerkshii) in the War Department at Washington, and after about one year's service, by special permission of the Secretary of War, he was discharged. Mr. Gates is a member of Bridgewater Post No. 205, Grand Army of the Re]3ublic, and of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, headquarters at New York ; also of the Sons of the American Revolution. A member of the New Jerusalem Church, he takes a deep inter- est in the welfare of the society, and has been for some time on the P'inance Committee. «^»»-» ^IllLANDER J. HOLMES, a promi- ^^ nent manufacturer of Carver, was - born in Lakeville, this county, Janu- ary 22, 1843, son of Jacob and Ann (McCom- ber) Holmes. Ann was Jacob's second wife. He was married three times. By his first wife he became the father of William Holmes, who now lives at Taunton, Mass. With Ann he reared five children — Charles, Philander J., Gardner K., Achsah, and Fanny. When he was (piite young. Philander J. went with his parents to Middleboro, where his early boyhood was spent. At the age of twelve he came with his parents to Carver. He lived on the home farm until he was eighteen. Then, with the purpose of becom- ing a machinist, he went to New York, and for about three years ajiplied himself dili- gently to the task of learning the trade. He was not yet twenty-one when he passed an examination as a marine engineer in the navy. He was at first appointed on special duty in New York. From there he was sent to New- burgh as assistant engineer, and subsequently to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to serve in a similar capacity. After ten months spent here, he was assigned to a war vessel, and subsequently took part in the marine blockade for a year. The man-of-war made a voyage to the West Indies before going back to New York. He then went aboard a vessel that cruised off the South American coast for about a year, having Aspinwall as its objective point. On returning to New York the ship went out of commission. Two years after, he returned to Carver, where he took possession of his father's manufacturing interests at the location he now occupies. For about twenty-two years he has been engaged in the manufacture of kegs, box boards, "staves, and headings. He also owns about a hundreil acres of land, where he carries on general farming. In November, 1869, Mr. Holmes was mar- ried to Miss Helen I"". Bent, ilaughter of Ira and Sally .Ann Bent, of Carver. Two chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes 144 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW — Mabel and Jessie. In politics Mr. Holmes takes an independent course. Besides filling other town offices he has been Fire Warden and Surveyor of Lumber. He is widely and favorably known in this district. In religious belief he is a Swedenborgian, and he is con- nected by membership with the order of United Workmen. -t^TENRY BRETT PACKARD, of r^J Brockton, a prominent business man, Ji® V ^ and an e.\-member of the Massa- chusetts legislature, was born here, January 21, 1823, son of Apollos and Sophia (Brett) Packard. Mr. I'ackard is a descendant of Samuel Packard, who came in the ship "Dili- gence " from Windham, near Hingham, Eng- land, and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638. His great-grandfather was Thomas Packard. Parmenus Packard, the grandfather, who was an invalid for many years, wedded Martha Reynolds. Apollos Packard was born in North Bridge- water, the former name of Brockton, and the active period of his life was spent in shoemak- ing and farming. An upright, conscientious man, and a worthy citizen, he took a deep in- terest in religious work, was a member of the Porter Congregational Church, and died at the age of seventy-four years. His first wife, Sophia, became the mother of three children, of whom Henry B., the subject of this sketch, is the only one now living. His second wife, before marriage Betsey Packard, became the mother of three children — Davis S., Freder- ick W., and Apollos Moulton. His third marriage was contracted with Mrs. Salome Bradford, whose first husband, William Brad- ford, was a descendant of the famous Governor Bradford. Henry Brett Packard acquired a good practi- cal education. When a young man he became connected with the shoemaking industr}', and worked in the factories of this locality until he was forty years old. He then formed a partnership with Darius Howard, for the pur- pose of engaging in the manufacture of boots and shoes. The firm of Howard & Packard was the first to introduce what is known as the gang system. They continued in business for nine years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Packard withdrew from the business, and has since devoted his attention to real estate. On October 27, 1844, Mr. Packard was united in marriage to Lucinda Hayward, who was born in Kingston, Mass., in 1824, daughter of Ira Hayward. By him she became the mother of six children, as follows: Davis H., a business man of Rochester, N.Y.; Abbott Winslow, of Boston; Elliott Sampson, who died in 1865; Lucy Sophia, who successively married George Storey, of Manchester, Mass., and Charles W. Hayden, of Brockton; lildith Scott, who mar- ried Salmon Tirrell, a native of Maine, hut now a resident of Brockton; and Susan Brad- ford, who married Wallace E. Faxon, a native of Abington, who now resides in this city. In politics Mr. Packard was formerly a Democrat. He represented Brockton in the legislature during the year 1877-78, and was a member of the State House Com- mittee. In 1878 he was a member of the Board of Selectmen of North Bridgewater; was elected Superintendent of Streets in 1882, in which capacity he served with ability for three years; and he acted as Chairman of the Board of Health for two years. Both as a busi- ness man and a public servant, he has gained the respect of all with whom he has come in contact. He is a member of the Porter Con- gregational Church. He has always resided in his native town, and his daughters are liv- ing; within a short distance of his homestead. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW •45 /^^TkORGE 1\I. Kl'.nil is the Vicc- V fi> I I'resideiit of the I'2ast Brulgewater Savings Banl< and the Superintend- ent of the Bridgewater Water Company. He was horn November i, 1.S30, in I'last Bridge- water, the birthplace also of his parents, George and Fidelma (Clift) Keith. By both father and mother he is of Scotch descent. The founder of the family was a Scotch clergyman, the Rev. James Keith, who was the pioneer preacher of this part of Massachu- setts. George Kcitli, a son of 1-lIeazcr Keith, was born in 1790, and died in 1873. Besides conducting a farm he worked at mechanical occupations during a large part of his life, lie also served as a soldier in the War of 1 8 12 and subsequently drew a pension from the government. His wife was a daughter of Anthony Winslow Clift, who fought for inde- pendence in the Revolution. His surviving children are: Bethiah, the wife of Stephen Harlow, a retired business man of East Bridgewater; and George M., the subject of this article. George M. Keith acquired his education in the common schools and at Kast Bridgewater Academy. He began to learn to make shoes when he was thirteen years old, and subse- quently followed the trade until i886. For seventeen years he was foreman for J. S. Allen, a shoe manufacturer of Brockton. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, joining Company K, Third Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, for nine months. l"or some time he was stationed at New Berne, N.C., and he participated in the battles of Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro. At New I^erne Mr. Keith superintended the car- penters who were employed in the erection of a military hospital. After receiving his dis- charge in May, 1863, he returned to his em- ployment in Kast Bridgewater. A man of character and ability, he naturally takes a leading part in the community. He was a member of the Investment Committee of the East Bridgewater Savings Bank for a number of years. He has held his present office, that of Vice-President, for several years. He has been the superintendent of the Bridgewater Water Company since 1892. Mr. Keith, who is a Republican in politics, served sev- eral years as Selectman of East Bridgewater. By his marriage with .Miss Julia Howard, of West Bridgewater, Mr. Keith had five chil- dren, all of whom have passed away. One grandchild is living. This is Miriam K., the child of their daughter, Ada F. and her husband, Zenas A. Jenkins, of East Bridge- water. Mr. Keith is one of the Deacons of the Union Congregational Church in this town. AMUEL ADAMS HOLBROOK, one of Brockton's most popular citizens while proprietor of the market at the corner of Centre and Montello Streets, was born in Elmwood, Mass., July 24, 1834, a son of Arvin and Sarah J. (Keen) Holbrook. Arvin Holbrook, a native of South Weymouth, Mass., had three other chil- dren, all daughters. Samuel having been reared and educated in EInnvood, came in 1855 to Brockton, then North Bridgewater, and made his home here for the rest of his life. In 1874 he opened a market on Main Street, and in course of time acquired a flourishing trade. His ownership of the market on Centre and Montello Streets dated from 1855. An honest, upright man, and of the cheery dis- position so frequently a trait of markotmcn, he kept his old customers, and continually added new ones to his list, making his market one of the most successful in the locality. Mr. Holbrook sang bass in the Gurney Glee 146 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Club, the Masonic Quartet of Paul Revere Lodge, which he joined in uS/O; and for nine- teen years he was a member of the choir of the First Congregational Church of Brockton. He died Febf«ary-^i8, 1895, aged sixty years, six months, and &©- days, and was buried with Masonic honors. Mr. Holbrook was married December 28, 1859, to Susan J., daughter of Nathaniel H. and Lucy C. Cross, of Brockton. Two chil- dren blessed the union — Lucy Cross and Jennie Adams. The elder daughter, who had a fine^ alto voice, and sang a great deal in public, married T. A. Norris, of Brockton, and died &n December 12, 1S95. Jennie A. is the wife of W. Fred Allen, of Brockton. Mrs. Holbrook now manages the market left by her husband. An intelligent and capable lady, she has proved herself fully equal to the responsibilities devolving upon her. jDVVIN MULREADV, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Rockland, Mass., is one of the active business men of the place, engaged extensively in placing in- surance risks. He is a native of Rockland, born November 18, 1853, a son of Luke and Sarah (Carroll) Mulready. Luke Mulready, who was born in Mulligan, Ireland, came to this country in 1S49, and worked for some time at shoemaking. He died in his fifty- fourth year. His wife is still living in Rock- land. Six children were born to them — Ed- win, Marcella, Luke F., Maria, John, and Annie. Edwin Mulready was graduated from the grammar school at the age of fifteen, and then went to work in a shoe shop. Having a nat- ural bent for clerical work, after a while he left the factory to take a course of study at a commercial college; but, finding no suitable opening, upon the completion of his studies he again took up factory work. While en- gaged in the shoe shop he began to take insur- ance risks, and in 1891 he established a busi- ness of his own, which has had a large growth, and which includes fire, life, accident, and marine insurance. Being a man of more than ordinary intelligence and ability, he is now on the high' road to success. He was married in 1876 to Miss Catherine Kenneally, of Abington, Mass., by whom he has had nine children, one of whom, a little daughter, has passed away. The others are named respectively: Luke, Josephine, Paul, Edwin, Sadie, Joseph, Frank, and Marion. In political matters Mr. Mulready is inclined to be independent, though favoring the Demo- cratic side. He was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1S84, and has presided as Chairman since 1892. A strong believer in total abstinence, he is an active worker for the temperance cause, and has been connected with a temperance society for a quarter of a century. In religious belief he is a Roman Catholic. ON. ZIBA CARY KEITH, President of the Plymouth County Safe Deposit i® ^ ^ and Trust Company, is a native res- ident of Brockton, where he has been for the last twenty years an important factor in busi- ness and civic affairs. Nor is his merely a local reputation. He has filled various re- sponsible positions in the service of the State. He was born July 13, 1842, at the homestead of his father, Captain Ziba Keith, on the op- posite side of the street to his present resi- dence in Campello. The following account of his ancestry we glean from the Keith Memorial volume pre- pared by him at the cost of great labor and ex- pense and published in 1889. The Keith ZIBA C. KEITH. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 149 family originated in Scotland. liiown's Peer- age makes mention of one Robert (from whom this family is supposed to be descended) who was a chieftain among the Cotti, from which tribe the surname of Keitii is said to be derived. He was at the battle of I'anbridge in 1006 A. 1). , and slew Camus, a general of the Danes, for which service King Malcolm drew red strokes, or pates, on Robert's shield, which was the origin of their armorial bearings. In loio he was made hereditary marischal of Scotland, and was presented with a barony and also with the Island of Inchkcith in the I'"irth of Forth. His descendant. Sir William Keith, married a daughter of the Earl of Crawford, and had a son William, who was created Earl of Mari- schal before June, 145S. Tiie title descended lineally to William, third I'larl, who had two sons — Robert and William. Robert was slain at Flodden Field. William had a son William, who was the fourth Earl ; and he had a grandson George, fifth ICarl, and foimder of Mari.schal College at Aberdeen. He married Lord Hume's daugh- ter. The tenth Earl, George, was a Colonel in Queen Anne's Guards. His brother James was a Field Marshal in the service of Peter the Great of Russia, and later served with the same rank in the Prussian army. He was killed at Huckkirch in battle with the Aus- trians in 1758, and a monument was erected to his memory by the King of Prussia. The Rev. James Keith, the founder of the family in America, was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1644, and came to this country in 1662. He was introduced to the church in )?ridgewater, Mass., by Dr. Increase Mather, and was settled as its pastor on I-'ebruary iS, 1664. The house in which he lived still stands in West Hridgewater. He died July 23, 1 7 19. His first wife was Susanna, daugh- ter of Deacon Samuel Edson. They were mar- ried May 3, i66S, and had nine children; namely, James, Joseph, Samuel, Timothy, John, Josiah, Margaret, Mary, and Susannah. Mrs. Su.sanna Keith died October 16, 1705, aged sixty -five years. The Rev. James Keith's second wife was Mary, widow of Thomas Williams, of Tauntcjn. Timothy Keith, his fourth son, was born in 1683, and became one of the first settlers of North Bridgewater. He died November 8, 1767. He and his wife, Hannah, daughter of Deacon Edward Forbes, had four children : Timothy, second ; Abiah ; Nathan ; Hannah. Timothy" Keith, second, died in 1740, aged twenty-nine years. He married Bethiah, daughter of William Ames, June 2, 1737, and had two children — ^Levi and Timothy. Levi, the elder, born August 25, 1738, married Jemima, daughter of Mark Perkins, November 8, 1859, and had Bethiah, Timothy, Reuben, Benjamin, Jemima, Jemima (second), Molly, Levi, Molly (second), and Anna. Levi Keith owned a tannery at the corner of Mon- tello and Garfield Streets. He was a shoe manufacturer to some extent, being the pioneer of that industry here, and was a man of con- siderable property and influence in the town. He owned and occupied the house on the cor- ner of Main and Plain Streets, where now stands the mansion of Mr. Ziba C. Keith. He died in 181 3. Benjamin Keith, born in 1763, third son of Levi, was principally a farmer, and owned an extensive tract of land on Main Street, though he-also made shoes and operated his father's tannery. He married Martha, daughter of Colonel Simeon Cary, December 18, 17SS, and had seven children; namely, Ziba, Arza, Bela, Charles, Polly, Ja.son, and Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin Keith died September 9, 1814. His wife died June 10, 1S52, at the age of eighty-six years. •s° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Ziba Keith, son of Benjamin and Martha (Gary) Keith, was born November 30, 1789, at the old homestead on Main Street. He was a shoemaker in early life, and carried on this business in the "Old Red Shop " of his ances- tors. He taught his sons shoemaking also. May 29, 18 16, he was commissioned by Gov- ernor Brooks, Ensign of a Gompany in the Third Regiment of Infantry; and December 5, 1822, was promoted to be Captain, which title he retained through life. An upright and just man in all his dealings, and a kind neighbor, he was much respected. He married Novem- ber 25, 1813, Sally Gary, daughter of Jonathan Gary, and by this union had nine children : Benjamin; Franklin; Martha G. ; Martin, who died in infancy; Martin L. ; Nancy, who died young; David and Jonathan (twins), the former of whom died in infancy; and Levi W. Mrs. Sally G. Keith died September 26, 1832, and Gaptain Ziba Keith married March 13, 1834, Polly, daughter of Daniel Noyes, of Abington. By his second wife he had three sons — Daniel N., Edwin, and Ziba Gary. The father died September 28, 1862, and the mother June 14, 1882. Ziba Gary Keith, early learning that his success in life must depend largely upon his own exertions, applied himself betimes to the work before him. His industrial training began as soon as he was able to wield a ham- mer and drive pegs in the "Old Red Shop" and use a rake in the hay field. Meantime he diligently improved his opportunities for ob- taining an education in the district schools and at Pierce Academy. At eighteen years of age he went to work in the shoe manufactory of his brothers, Martin L. Keith & Go., then doing a large business. He was afterward book- keeper for them in Boston until July, 1863, when he returned to Gampello and started in business with Embert Howard, under the firm name of Howard & Keith. They coiuhicted a dry-goods and variety store for two years and then sold out to Jonas Reynold. Six months later Mr. Keith bought the business, which, with the exception of the dry-goods depart- ment, for some time controlled by H. P. Hub- bard, he carried on alone till 1882, when he disposed of the entire interests to Pitts & Hay- ward and Thayer & Whitman. In 1875 and 1876 Mr. Keith served as Rep- resentative to the General Gourt. In 1879 he was one of the Selectmen of the town. In 1 88 1 he was a member of the Gommittee for drafting the city charter, and when Brockton was made a city, in 1881, he was elected the first Mayor, being re-elected in 1883, 1884, 1891, 1892, and 1893. He was State Senator from the Second Plymouth Senatorial District in 1887 and in 1888, and was Tax Collector in 1887-89. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Gampello Go-operative Bank, which has been of great service in building the southerly wards of the city and stimulating the workmen in the many large factories to own their own homes. He was also Director and first Vice-President of the Brockton Sav- ings Bank, Director of the Brockton National Bank, and one of the incorporators of the Plym- outh Gounty Safe Deposit and Trust Gom- pany, of which he is President. In January, 1890, he was appointed by Governor Ames on the State Commission of Health, Lunacy and Charity. He was elected in the fall of 1892 a member of the Governor's Council, which office he held to 1896. He has ever had the interests of Gampello in mind, and has done much to promote the growth and prosperity of the place. He was a member of the Parish Gommittee several years, and when the society remodelled and enlarged their church in 1888 he was one of the Build- ing Gommittee. He is prominently identified BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW •S" will) the Coinmaiulciy, Chapter, and Lodge of the local Masons. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and in religion connected with the South Congregational Church of Canipello. Mr. Keith was a corporate member of the original street railwa\- corporation in IJrockton, and Treasurer of same for several years, and is now Treasurer of the Monarch Rubber Com- pany at Campello. Wherever he has .served it has been to the satisfaction of the great mass of citizens and thus with honor to himself. Duiing the ma}'oralt\- of Mi'. Keith was inaug- urated the system of sewerage for the city of Hrockton which has recently been completed. Then also was brought about the building of the elegant new City Mall, and b\- the city in conjunction with the Old Colony Division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- way, the abolishment of si.xteen grade crossings. It is a well-known fact that much of the early prosperity of Brockton was due to his able and energetic administration of its affairs and bis wide knowledge of men and business, added to a courteous personality, which has endeared him to the hearts of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Bradford Kingman in his "History of Brockton," says, "He is a person as universally beloved and esteemed as any one whom it is our pleasure to know." An\- one meeting him to know him could not but be impressed with his sterling integrity of character, while admiring his frankness and kindly bearing toward every person irresjaec- tive of nationalit}' or. station. He has a fine ear and a cultivated talent for music, and for forty years he was organist in the South Church. Mr. Keith married on December 3, 1865, Abi)ie Frances Jackson, who was born October 21, 1.S48, daughter of Oliver and Malvina I'" ranees Packard Jackson, of North Bridge- water, now Brockton. They have one son, Willie Clifton Keith. He was born August 31, 1866, married Eva M. Place, April 28, 1887, and has one son — Ziba Cary Keith, Jr., who was born June 13, 1888. lll-:ODORl'; T. VAUGHN, tl.L pt..- prictor of a saw-mill in Centre Carver, was born here, July 23, 1857, son of Thomas Vaughn, a farmer, who was also a native of the town. He grew to manhood on the home farm, having more than the usual advantages enjoyed by a country lad. After attending the district schools in his boyhood, he became a pupil of the Middleboro Acad- emy when he was nineteen years old. After- ward he spent a term in the Eastman Busi- ness College of New York. After leaving college he and his brother, James A. Vaughn, engaged in the nursery business, and carried it on for about five years. At the expiration of that time he withdrew from it, and assumed charge of a steam saw- mill in Centre Carver, which he still o|; cr- ates. In this venture he has been quite successful. The mill is principally engaged in the manufacture of box boards. Mr. Vaughn has also been successful in raising cranberries for the city markets. On Septem- ber 15, 1878, he was married to Miss Eliza- beth Leach, daughter of Ezra H. and Nancy W. Leach, of Plymouth. Their three chil- dren are: Lillian M., born December 28, 1879; Bertha I-"., born June 24, 1S85; and Herbert J., born March 25, 1887. In politics Mr. Vaughn acts independently of party, and takes a deep interest in the labor question. He has served in the offices of Overseer of the Poor and Assessor, and he was Selectman for seven years. He is a member of the Order of United Workmen. Both he and his family attend the Baptist church. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ^APTvMN JUDA^ HATHAWAY, of Rochester, now jprosperously engaged in farming and the manufacture of lumber, after spending many years in seafar- ing, was born in Wareliiam, Mass., March lo, 1832, son of Judah arid Bethia Hathaway. His father having died when he was two years old, as soon as he was able to be of service he went to work on a farm. He received very little schooling, but his natural intelligence has since adequately made up for that loss. After working as a farm hand until he was seventeen years old, he shipped before the mast on a New Bedford whaling-vessel, under the command of Captain Alden Besse. In his first voyage, which was a long one, lasting three years and a half, he went to the whaling- grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific. Before the end of his second voyage, which was made on a schooner from Marion, he had taken rank as an able seaman, and was promoted to the position of second mate. After that he made several whaling voyages, and at the age of thirty-three became master of a vessel. Dur- ing the war he was mate of the brig "Alta- hama," which was seized by the famous Con- federate privateer, the "Alabama." The brig was burned, and the crew were carried by the "Alabama" to one of the Azores, from which, after remaining a week, they were sent home. Captain Hathaway owned shares in a num- ber of the vessels which he sailed, and had an interest in several when he retired from the sea in 1869. In that year he settled in his present home, which hks been his abode for nearly thirty years. He owns one thousand acres of land and two mills. In the mills he manufactures long lumber and shingles. Captain Hathaway was married in i860 to Miss Ellen L. Lewis, of Rochester, Mass. He has five children — Mary L. , Elizabeth T., David L. K., Ellen A., and Hattie F. In politics he favors the Republican side, and was in the State legislature in 1869. Work- ing his way from the panniless condition of a fatherless boy, he has wjell earned the ease and affluence he now enjoys ERBERT L. TINKHAM, Treasurer of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Com- pany, is one of the capable and pro- gressive young business men of the city of Brockton, Mass. A son of Charles C. and Abigail (Ashley) Tinkham, he was born March 13, 1869, in Middleboro, Mass., and is a representative of one of the old families of that vicinity. A Seth Tinkham served in the French and Indian War. John Tinkham, Mr. Herbert L. Tinkham 's great-grandfather, who was a farmer, was a lifelong resident of Middleboro, and a Deacon of the first church there. His son Josiah, the next in this line, was also a farmer of Middleboro. He was a man of character and ability, commonly called Cap- tain Tinkham, as he was an officer in the Plymouth militia; and he was elected to the State Senate on the Democratic ticket. He lived to an advanced age. P"ive children grew up in the home of Captain Tinkham, only one of whom, Charles C, is living to-day. Charles C. Tinkham was born and educated in Middleboro, and for thirty years has been in business in that place as a contractor. He is now sixty-two years of age. His wife, who also is living, is a daughter of Noah Ashley, of Lakeville, Plymouth County, Mass. They have reared two children — Herbert L. and Amelia C. The daughter is with her parents in Middleboro. Herbert L. Tinkham attended the common schools of his native place, and also the Eaton BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW •S3 ConinKTciul School, wlicre he learned book- keepinsi;. His first position after leaving school was as book-keeper for Mitchell, I*"ales & Co., a shoe firm of Campello, with whom he remained two years. In 1889 he was engaged as book-keeper in tiie W. L. Douglas factory, which position he filled for three years; and in 1893 he was elected to his present position of Treasurer of the well-known W. L. Douglas Shoe Company. The business has increased rajiitlly during the past five or si.x years. The position is a responsible one, recpiiring gen- eral financial ability, with sound judgment anil thoroughness in matters of detail. Mr. Tinkham is regarded as one of the leadintr business men of Brockton, though not yet thirty years okl. In 1896 he was elected a Director of the Hrockton, Bridgewater & Taunton Street Railroad. He was married April 24, 1894, to Alice A., eldest daughter of W. L. Douglas. Mrs. Tinkham died December 30, 1895, aged twenty-si.\ years. Mr. Tinkham is a member of I'aul Revere Lodge, A. V. & A. M. ; Sa- tuckct Royal Arch Chapter; Harmony Lodge, No. 27, Knights of Pythias; and the Commer- cial Club of this city. He is also a member of thj Universalist church of Brockton. bpRKDERICK G. BRACKETT, an en- P' , terprising wood and lumber dealer of Kingston, Mass., was born in Exeter, N.H., September 20, 1S54, son of George W. and Bathsheba (Eldridge) Brackett. His grandfather, William Brackett, was a native of New England. George VV. Brackett, who was a native of New Hampshire, for many years conducted a store in Colebrook, that State. He subsequently moved from that town to Everett, Mass., where he continued in mercantile business for the rest of his life. He died in iScS4. His wife, Bathsheba, was also a native of New Hampshire. Frederick G. Brackett began his education in the common schools of Colebrook, and then attended the academy at Eryeburg, Me., from which he was graduated in 1872. At an early age he was accustomed to assist his father in the store. When eighteen years old he went to Newton, Mass., where he was employed by the Hon. C. P. Hoogs, with whom he re- mained until Mr. Hoogs's death in 1877, when he came to Kingston, and purchased a farm here. After following agricultural \n\r- suits for a few years, he engaged in his present business, conducting a saw-mill, and dealing in lumber and wood, and he now has a large and growing trade. In 1872 Mr. Brackett was united in mar- riage to Cora E. Merrill, a native of Level], Me., and a daughter of Albert Merrill. In politics Mr. Brackett acts with the Re- publican party, and is now in his second year of service as a Road Commissioner. He is an able and energetic business man, and a pro- gressive citizen, taking an active interest in all public improvements. Since settling in Kingston, he has gained the good will and esteem of the townspeople, and is very pojiular in social circles. He is a member of Adams Lodge, Independent Order of OiUl {'"ellows of this town. URGESS P. TI:RRV, a well-known machinist of Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in ICxeter, Washington County, R.I., August i. 1816, a son of Moses and Sarah Terry. He was reared on the home farm; and at the age of nineteen years he began to learn the machin- ist's trade in P.uvtucket. R. I. After a period of five years he removed to Newton Upper Falls, Mass.; and thence in 1855 he came to ■54 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW I'lymouth, where he resided uninterruptedly until 1 886. I*"or twenty-three years he acted as the repairer for the Old Colony Duck Mills, located at Chiltonville; and for a period of six years he was employed in a like capacity in the Russell Mills at Plymouth. Since 1886 he has lived at Chiltonville, and has been principally occuj)ied with the care of a garden. In 1839 Mr. Terry married Miss Naomi Doten, a native of Plymouth, where she was born to Mr. and Mrs. Prince Doten on January 14, 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Terry are the parents of eight children: namely, Lucy M., Sarah R., N. Augusta, Lorenzo B., Almon B., Viola V., Arthur L., and Ella D. Mr. Terry's political principles bring him into fellowship with the Democratic party. In religious faith he is a Universalist. Mr. Terry has achieved a goodly degree of success in his industrial career, and he is now the possessor of a considerable amount of property in Plymouth. He has attained to a venerable age, and it is hoped that the passing of many more milestones of life is yet in store for h i m . ■BEL WASHBURN KINGMAN, M.D., was for many years the leading physi- cian of Brockton; and his death, which occurretl in 18S3, was the cause of uni- versal sorrow. He was born April 22, 1806, on Pine Street, in the eastern part of the city, which was then a portion of old Bridgewater. His parents were the Hon. Abel and Lucy (Washburn) Kingman. The Kingman family, founded by Henry Kingman, who settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1636, has for many years occupied a prominent position in this part of Plymouth County. The Hon. Abel Kingman, who was the owner of large estates, was a man of ability. Representative to the General Court, State Senator, and a leader among his contemporaries. He and his wife had a family of fifteen children. Abel Washburn, who was the seventh child, attended the schools of his native town, also the Bridgewater State Normal School, and was graduated from Amherst College at the age of twenty-four. As soon as his profes- sional training was finished, he began to prac- tise at Dartmouth, Mass., and subsequently settled permanently in North Bridgewater, now Brockton. A skilful and successful phy- sician, he was kind-hearted and was conscien- tious in the discharge of his duties; and he won the love and respect of all who knew him best. For some time he was by many years the senior physician in the town. About twelve years prior to his death, a nervous trouble with which he was afflicted deprived him of sight, and he was obliged to retire from practice and from active participation in town and church matters, in which he had always been interested. In politics. Dr. Kingman in his early manhood was a Demo- crat. He was in ofifice only once, serving as Postmaster of Brockton, under Presidents Bu- chanan and Pierce. Being a man filled with patriotism, during the war he became a Re- publican, and was an ardent admirer of Presi- dent Lincoln. He belonged to no social organizations, not approving of secret orders. He died May 4, 1883, a few days after his seventy-seventh birthday. Dr. Kingman was twice married. His first wife, formerly Miss Clarissa Alden, was a daughter of Williams Alden, who was a lineal descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, and also of Richard Williams, one of the founders of Taunton, Mass., and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell. His second wife, to whom he was united in i860, was Olive Tucker, daughter of Deacon Daniel Alden, of Randolph, Mass. Her father, who was a carpenter by trade, and ABEL W. KINGMAN. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW "57 was a contractor and builder, was a lineal de- scendant of John Alden. He was Senior Dea- con in the Baptist church of Randolph. Through her grandmother, Mrs. Kingman was related to the Cary family. The Doctor left tlirec sons, who attained prominence as dry- goods merchants in Boston and New York. They are: A. Willard, residing in New York; Thomas S., who has retired from business, is living in Orange, N.J. ; and Barton E., who is in business in New York City, and has a residence on the Hudson at Yonkers. Three children of Dr. Alden died in infancy; and one, a daughter, Clara Clifford, married Cap- tain Alexander Whelden, of Dartmouth, Mass., and died 1882. WINSLOW DREW, who died on De- cember 7, 1S82, at his home in •Plymouth, Mass., where he was a highly respected resident, was born in this town, December 17, 1809, son of William and I'riscilla (Washburn) Drew. This branch of the Drew family, which is of English stock, was founded by John Drew, w-ho came to Plymouth about forty years after the land- ing of the Pilgrims. Eemuel Drew, the father of William Drew, was a native and life- long resident of Plymouth, and was prominent in the old church here, of which he was a Dea- con for many years. On the maternal side, the late Mr. Winslow Drew was a descendant of Captain Miles Standish. William Drew, Mr. Drew's father, was born in Plymouth, and became a prominent builder of his day. He erected many substan- tial buildings here, including the residences of Mrs. William Stoddard, and Mrs. Sue Davis on Court Street, which attest his thor- ough manner in completing his work. He conducted a very prosperous business under his personal supervision u]) to the time of his death, which took place when he was between sixty and seventy years old. He married Priscilla Washburn, a native of King.ston, Mass., and she became the mother of the fol- lowing children: Priscilla Washburn; Will- iam Thomas; Winslow, the subject of this sketch; • Betsey ; Matilda; Theodore; Rufus Washburn; Maria Chilton; and George Prince. Of these the only ones now living are: Betsey, who is the widow of Thomas Allen, and resides in Boston; and Maria, who is the widow of Loten Jennings, and resides in New Orleans, La. Winslow Drew was educated in the common schools, and after finishing his studies he learned the carpenter's trade. He was asso- ciated with his father in business for some years, later going into partnership with his brother, William T. Drew, with whom he car- ried on a very successful business. Among the buildings which were erected under his direction is the residence of Marston Watson, the house on the corner of Vernon and Court Streets, which is now occupied by Mr. Ripley; the residence of Mrs. Warren on Chilton Street; and the house where his daughter now resides. His last days of activity were spent mostly in the work of finishing; and he died at the age of seventy-three years, lacking ten days. In politics he was originally a Whig, later joining the Republican party. He joined Plymouth Lodge, A. F. & A. M., about the year 1858, and he advanced in ALa- sonry to the Royal Arch degree, being a char- ter member of Samoset Chapter. In his religious views he was a Unitarian. On March 2, 1833, Mr. Winslow Drew was united in marriage with Abby Winslow Till- son, of Plymouth, who survived him several years. She was a daughter of Hamblin and Susan (Bradford) Tillson, the former a native »ss BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of Carver, Mass., and the latter of Plyinpton, Mass., and on her mother's side a direct de- scendant in the seventh generation of Gover- nor Bradford. Hamblin and Susan (Bradford) Tillson were the parents of two sons and seven daughters, of whom Mrs. Drew was the last survivor. The others were: Henry, Susan l^radford, Ann Hamblin, Rebecca Fos- ter, Mary Williams, Henry Hamblin, Maria, and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Drew reared three children, as follows: Augusta Winslow, who on October 19, 1853, married William F. Spinney, of Lynn, Mass., and died November 22, 1S64, aged thirty-one years; Edward Wins- low, a carpenter by trade, who on P'ebruary 17, 1870, married Betsey C. Holmes, of Cam- bridge, Mass., and died January 6, 1884, aged forty-eight years; and Emma F., a graduate of the Plymouth High School, who resides at the homestead in Plymouth, where she was born. Abby Winslow, widow of Winslow Drew, died December 9, 1896. Although nearly eighty-eight years of age she retained perfect control of her faculties, her eyesight, hearing, a-nd memory being exceptionally good, even to the last hour of her long life. -She was amiable and cheerful in disposition, a devoted wife and mother, and was beloved by all who knew her. nr>v AVID DELANO, a respected resi- I I dent of Kingston, member of the ^-^K^;^ Board of Selectmen, was born in Duxbury, November 30, 1827, son of Hosea and Hannah (Brewster) Delano. Mr. Del- ano's paternal ancestors were of French origin, and his mother was a descendant of Elder Brewster, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim. Oliver Delano, Mr. Delano's grandfather, served under General Washington, in the Rev- olutionary War, and was present at the sur- render of General Burgoyne. Hosea Delano was a native and lifelong res- ident of Du.xbury, and during his active period he followed the trade of a carpenter. He was known and respected as a worthy, upright man, and a useful citizen. He was a Whig in politics. He died in 1844. O^ his chil- dren, the following survive: Deborah, wife of Lewis M. Bailey, of Duxbury; David, the subject of this sketch ; Frederick, a resident of Marshfield; and Charles, who resides in Kingston. David Delano was reared and educated in Duxbury. At the age of twenty he began to learn the carpenter's trade. l-"inishing his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman for nearly forty years, or until 1886, and for many years past he has been a resident of Kingston. In 1885 he was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen, on which he has since served with the exception of a period of three years; and he has been Road Commissioner for six years. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Delano has been twice married. For his first wife he wedded Sylvia Chandler, who became the mother of three children, two of whom are living, namely: David H., who re- sides in Kingston; and Lucy, wife of Claude M. Chandler, of this town. His present wife was before marriage Martha Delano, of Dux- bury. Of this union there were born five children, of whom two are living: M. Parker, who is a resident of Kingston ; and Walter E., of Elmwood, Mass. In matters relating to the general welfare and improvement of the town, Mr. Delano has always evinced a dee]) interest. His ability and sound judg- ment in the transaction of public business have gained for him the sincere respect and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. He is a member of the Second Congregational Society. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW '59 i iHARI.IlS ICVERKTT DOUGLAS, |)iopiictor of an extensive bakery in Plynioutii, was born in this town, Jiiiie 28, 1855, son of Nathan and Angeline ('riireslicr) Douglas. His ancestors for sev- eral generations have resided in riymouth County. The family traces its origin to the Scotch Douglases, who were Lords of Doug- las, and claimed a lineage extending back to A.i). 770. I'rom that time, down to the union with Kngland, representatives of the latter faniil)' figured conspicuously in the his- tory of Scotland. They were among the chief supporters of Robert Bruce, and later took part in the various wars with England, and they fought in the famous Battle of I'^lodden Field. The Douglases were eleven times united by marriage to the Royal I'amily of Scotland, and once with that of I-'ngland. Their many deeds of chivalry have been the foundation of \arious prose and poetical romances, including the celebrated poems of Sir Walter Scott, entitled "Tlie Lady of the Lake," and "Mar- niiiin." John Douglas, the founiler of the Douglas family in America, who was born in Scotland in 1695, settletl in Middleboro, Mass., in 1719, and married luinice Ratcliffe, of that town. Josejih Douglas, a descendant of John, hoin in North Yarmouth, followed the occupa- tion of a farmer, and entered the Society of I'riends. A succeeding John Douglas, prob- ably the great-grandfather of Charles E. , was iiorn in Middleboro, and served in the Revolu- tionary War as an Orderly Sergeant. He was paid off in Continental currency, the value of which may be inferred from the fact that Sergeant Douglas was obliged to pay sixty dollars of it for a gallon of molasses, and a huntlred dollars for a pound of tea. Joshua Douglas, the grandfather of Charles E., was engaged in agricultural i)ursuits at Half- way I'ond during the active period of his life, and died in this town. He reared a family of eight children, of whom Nathan was the fifth born. Having grown up on his father's farm, Nathan Douglas in early manhood began to work in a saw-mill at Half-way I'ond, where he was afterward employed for many years. In tiie latter part of his life he was night watchman at the mill. He enjoyed the esteem and good will of his neighbors, and he died in Plymouth, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife, Angeline, who was a daugh- ter of Jonathan Thresher, of this town, bore him four children — Nathan W., Charles E., Henry Lewis, and lilmer Edwards. Charles Everett Douglas grew to manhood in IMymouth, obtaining his education in the common schools. Owing to impaired sight, he was obliged to relinquish his studies at an early age. When a young man he entered the general store of George Bramhall at Chilton- ville as a clerk, and remained there for two years. In 187S he became connected with the bakery business, driving a team for Mr. Phinney for some time. At a later date he engaged in the same business for himself. Beginning in a small way, he gradually ad- vanced until his enterprise developed into its present flourishing condition. He now has an oven covering an area of one hundred square feet, employs eight hands, runs two teams, and delivers bread and pastry over a large circuit. On November 7, 1878, Mr. Douglas wedded Mercy B. Ilolbrook, a daughter of Gideon and Victorine (Simmons) Holbrook, both of whom are natives of Plymouth. After following the trade of a coojier in this town for many years, Gideon Holbrook became a fish ])acker, and he is now living in retirement at the homo of his .son, having reached the age of seventy-seven. He has been a Deacon of the liaptist church i6o BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW for nearly fifty years. His wife, Victorine, wiiose father was a sea captain, is descended from one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. She became the mother of seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas have one son, Charles Everett, born April 23, 1880. Mr. Douglas takes an active interest in all matters relative to the general welfare of the town, and is re- garded as one of its most energetic residents. He is connected with the Plymouth Mutual Benefit Association, and is a member of Plym- outh Rock Lodge, No. 84, A. O. Y. W. Both Mr. and Mrs. Douglas are active mem- bers of the Baptist church. LIVER COBB is a well-known busi- ness man of Marion. He was born on the farm where he now lives Feb- ruary 18, 1828. His parents, the Rev. Oliver and Hannah (Burgess) Cobb, reared four chil- dren, two sons and two daughters. At the age of fifteen Oliver went to sea, and in the ensu- ing two years visited many of the Atlantic ports, and made one voyage to Europe. At seventeen he went to Taunton, where he served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. In 1849 he joined a band of gold seek- ers, who, starting from New York City, went by way of the Isthmus to California, taking six months to reach their destination. Land- ing at San Diego, he remained there a short time. Then he proceeded to San P'rancisco, where he worked at his. trade for three months. Going then to Mokelumne River, in the cen- tral part of the State, he was engaged in min- ing for four months. Returning to San P^rancisco, he formed a copartnership with a supposed friend, and, building a store, was 'engaged in mercantile pursuits for six months. At the end of that time he returned to the mines for a four months' stay. On his return he found that his partner had sold the store and "skipped" the country, taking with him all the available funds. Mr. Cobb resumed mining, and met with fair success during the next two years. He then came East, arriving in Marion in May, 1853. After his marriage Mr. Cobb again went to the Pacific Coast, and was engaged at the mines for nearly a year and a half. On his return to Marion he invested his hard-earned money in his present farm, the homestead on which he was born and reared. In 1S57 he made a third trip to California, where he spent six months in disposing of property which he had acquired there. He then went to Kansas, intending to make that his future home, but came to the conclusion that Massachusetts was good enough. In 1862 he enlisted in defence of the Union, joining as a private Company I, Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteer Infan- try, being mustered into service in Lynnfield. He subsequently participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Beverly I'ord, and Gettys- burg. After the latter engagement Mr. Cobb had a severe attack of pneumonia, which ne- cessitated his being sent to P>ederick City Hospital, where he remained three months. From there he was sent to Baltimore, where he was honorably discharged in 1864. Except when prevented by ill health, he has since been industriously employed in agricultural pur- suits, having a well-kept farm of thirty acres. In 1853 Mr. Cobb married Lucy P211is, by whom he is now the father of three children — Oliver, George, and Albert. He affiliates with the Republican party, and for seven years served as a member of the School Committee in Marion. He is an active member of the Congregational Church, in which he has served as Deacon for eight years ; and he is a member of William Logan Post, No. i, Grand Army of the Republic, of New Bedford. bioc;rai'1iical rkview i6i TAN'I.OR HARRINGTON, propri- etor of tlic Oregon House, a popular lidtcl in Hull, much patronized by summer <;uesis, was huiii October 14, 1849, under the roof of tiie old Tear! Street House, corner of I'earl and Milk Streets, Boston, son of Aiiel and So[)hia Lyman (Scates) Harring- ton. \lc was named after President Zachary Tayhu", who had been recently inaugurated. His twin brother, who died at the age of five vears anil six months, was named after the American Commander in the Me.xican War, Winfield Scott. The Harringtons are of English stock and have been residents of the old Bay State for over two liundred and fifty years. The immi- grant progenitor of this branch of the family was Robert Harrington born in 16 16, who was a landed proprietor in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1642, was made a freeman in 1663, and died in 1707. The stone that marks his grave in Mount Auburn Cemetery is still in a good state of preservation. Beside it is that of his wife, Susanna George Harrington, who was born in 1632, and who was the mother of thirteen children. Thomas, the ninth child, horn April 20, 1665, was made a freeman April 18, i6go, and died March 29, 1712. On April i, 1686, he married Rebecca, the widow of John White, and a daughter of John Bemis. Their son George, born August 31, 1695, married in 1715, Hepzibah Fiske, who died in 1736, having had thirteen children. Tile ninth child, John, was tliene.xt in the line of descent. Born December 14, 17 19, he married November 13, 1740, Sarah Barnard, of Waltham, Mass., who had eight children. The fifth of these children, Abraham, born in 1750, on November 5, 1776, married Annie Russell, of Kramingham, Mass., who bore him eleven children. Luther Harrington, a son of Abraham, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Weston, Mass., in 1787, and spent his life as a farmer in that town. He was a Dem- ocrat, took a prominent part in public affairs, and held the ofTice of Deputy Sheriff of Mid- dlese.x County for many years. He married Achsah Vilas, of Waltham, who had by him ten children, three of whom are living. These are: Luther Harrington, Jr., who mar- ried Emily Hagar, of Weston, NLiss., antl has two children — Eliza and Edith; John O. A., who married Abigail Jones, of Weston, and has four children ^ — Boutwell, Mabel, Luther, and Sophia; and Charlotte Eiske Harrington, a widow. The father died July 13, 1850, the mother on September 15, 1855. Abel Har- rington, born in Weston, August 19, 1815, was educated in the public schools of his native town. In his early manhood, for about four years, he was employed in the old I'earl Street House, corner of I'earl and Milk Streets, Boston. l-'rom there he went to Newton, Mass., where he was engaged in hotel-keeping for about twenty years. His next and last removal was to Hull, where he was the proprietor and manager of the Oregon House. His death occurred on March 9, 1885. He was a Democrat in pcditics. (^n July 7, 1842, he married So[)hia Lyman, daughter of Benjamin and Lovey (Lyman) Scates, of Milton, N.II. Three of their sL;ven children are living, namely: Zachary Taylor, the subject of this sketch; Edmund Jackson, born July 10, 1857; and Lena S., born Janu- ary 3, 1862. The mother, Mrs. Sojjhia L. Harrington, is now a resident of Hull. A Unitarian in religious faith, she was a member of the church in Newton, Mass. After leaving school, Z. Taylor Harrington worked for his father until the breaking out of the Southern Rebellion, when he found employment in the Arsenal at Watertown. l62 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW After spending two years there, he worked for one year in the United States Hotel in Bos- ton, and for one year in his father's employ- ment at Newton. In 1868, the following year, he and his elder brother engaged in the hotel business in Brighton, and thereafter con- ducted the Cattle Fair Hotel for five years. Then, in 1876, he removed to Hull, and took charge of the Oregon House, which he has since conducted. He has practically rebuilt the hotel, besides making many improvements. Back of the hotel he has a fine residence, erected in 1888, which commands a delightful ocean view. Mr. Harrington was married April 30, 1872, to Miss Jessie Sanderson, daughter of Charles W. and Helen B. (Fletcher) Sanderson, of Brighton, Mass. They have si.x children, as follows, namely: Sidney Scott Harrington, born February 15, 1873, who on August 12, 1896, married Flor- ence Leslie, of Roxbury, Mass.; Florence, born July 31, 1874; Fanny Scates, born October i, 1875; Marion Leslie, born No- vember 4, 1S77; Jessie L., born October 13, 1879; and Ruth A., born September 18, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington hold liberal views on the subject of religion. In politics Mr. Harrington is a stanch Republican. He has held for fifteen years the position of Moderator at the town meetings of Hull, a striking mark of the confidence of his fellow-citizens in his ability and fairness. In 1889 he represented the town in the State legislature. He is a member of Nonantum Lodge, No. 116, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Brighton, Mass. It is worthy of note that the first man killed in the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, was Daniel Harrington, whose name is on the monument ; and the last man from Massachusetts to die in that war was also a Harrington. rRY T. ANGLIM, an enterprising ,nd successful insurance man and real estate broker of Brockton, Mass., was born in Braintree, this State, June 28, i860, a son of Patrick B. and Margaret (McNamara) Anglim. Patrick B. Anglim, who was a shoe cutter, and followed his trade most of his life, worked many years in Brock- ton, where he died November 29, 1896, aged sixty-seven years. He had a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters, and lost but one, the eldest. Henry T. Anglim, the third child, was graduated from the Braintree High School in 1877. He began his business life in the office of Frank Dupee, wool broker, on Federal Street, Boston, where he remained three months, next obtaining a position as office boy for Faxon, Elms & Co., 115 High Street, Boston, the well-known importers and dealers in shoe manufacturers' goods. He was with this firm four years, rising to the position of salesman. In the last year one of the junior partners, Mr. A. J. Foster, now of A. J. P'oster & Co., loi Bedford Street, Boston, withdrew to establish a business of his own as a dealer in leather and findings, and Mr. Anglim went with him. After being with Mr. Foster some four years, drumming the shoe trade in Brockton and the surrounding towns, in 18S4 he became book-keeper for Charles V. Porter & Co., of Brockton. This firm disposed of their business four years later, and during the ensuing year Mr. Ang- lim was employed as floor manager in the Boston store, Edgar & Reynolds, proprietors, Brockton. His next engagement was in the employ of I. K. Snell, and he was subse- quently engaged as book-keeper for Stacy, Adams & Co., of Boston, and as salesman for J. E. Peckman & Co., of the same city. In 1890 he started in the insurance business HENRY T. ANGLIM. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW .65 in Brockton as special agent for tiic Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York, and was later connected with the office of K. W. Sargent, who also was in the insurance lousiness. In October, 1S92, the insurance partnership of Sargent, Anglim & Keith was established, but ten months later Messrs. Sar- gent and Kcitii withdrew. .Since that time Mr. Anglim has been sole proprietor of the business, which is steadily increasing under his alert antl enterprising directorship. He carries all kinds of insurance, making a spe- cialty of fire and life risks, and is general agent for South-eastern Massachusetts for the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York. In real estate, and mortgages also, Mr. Ang- lim has an extensive business. In October, 1893, he started to form a syndicate for the purchase of a tract of forty-six acres lying south of Pleasant Street, now known as Inter- vale Park; and in January, 1894, after many discouragements, the syndicate was organized. In October of the same year the first building- lot was sold, and the first house started; and since then, out of a' total of one hundred and eighty-seven lots, one hundred and sixty-seven have been sold, and sixty-seven houses begun, some of which are finished, costing from two thousand to ten thousand dollars above the un- derpinning — a remarkable record for a period o( only two years, and hard-time years at that. The company has expended about twenty thou- sand dollars on streets and other improve- ments. Mr. Anglim has other land to de- velop : a tract of eighty acres at Rangeley Park, Brockton Heights; eighty acres at the south end, formerly the P. and N. Copeland farm; and several smaller tracts in different parts of the city. He is a member of the Commercial Club of Brockton; has been Past Grand and Treasurer of Electric Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; belongs to Nemasket Kneampment; the Royal Arcanum; Brockton Council, No. 848; Brockton Colony Pilgrim Fathers, No. 138; Garfield Commandery, United Order of Golden. Cross,, and K. A. Ks.senic Order. He is connected with the Porter Evangelical Church, and was nine years heatl usher, and five years Secretary and Treasurer of the Sun- day-school. QVUGUSTUS M. BEARSE, Town Clerk, f^X Treasurer, and Collector of Middle- '^ ® V_^ boro, Mass., was born in Chatham, Barnstable County, this State, October 8, 1853, a son of Reuben L. and Mercy (Taylor) Bearse. Reuben L. Bearse was in business for a number of years as a merchant tailor, and is now living retired in Chelsea, Mass. He has been blessed with a family of six children — Augustus M., Abbie E., Manchester E., Erastus T., Mercy L., and Annie E. Augustus M. Bearse grew to manhood in Chatham, imbibing health and strength from the saline breezes of the old Cape town. He was graduated from the Chatham High School, and then began to learn the tailor's trade with his father. The work suited him, and with natural taste and skill he soon became popular as a man's outfitter. In course of time he succeeded his father in business, and about 1886 opened an establishment in Middleboro. He had been active for some time in politics as a Republican, and in 1890 he was appointed Postmaster. The duties of this position in the civil service required all his attention. Accordingly, he left the world of trade, and for four years presided at the post-office. Being relieved by the appointment of his suc- cessor in 1894, he has since that time had much financial and political business to attend i66 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW to. He is auditor of the Co-operative Bank of Middleboro, Secretary of the Plymouth County Republican Committee, and, as stated above, is Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Collec- tor. Mr. Bearse is a man of mature judgment and practical ability, and, needless to say, enjoys the confidence and respect of his towns- men. He was married February 5, 1873, to Clara G. Kent, of Chatham, daughter of George N. and Clara C. (Kendrick) Kent. One daugh- ter, Gertrude A., who blessed this union, has passed to the world beyond. Mr. Bearse is prominent in various fraternal organizations, as well as in political circles, belonging to St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Middle- boro Lodge, No. 143, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Colfa.K Encampment, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Im- proved Order of Red Men. He is a member of the Congregational church. W': ALLACE C. FLAGG, a prominent man of Brockton, was born in Braintree, Vt. , June 26, 1851, son of Austin and Elvira (Howard) Flagg. The Flao-o-s are one of the old families of Worces- ter, Mass., that from there have scattered throughout New England. William Flagg, the grandfather of Wallace C, died in Old Orchard, Me., at the age of thirty-five years, leaving four children to the care of his widow. Three of these were: William, Austin, and Lucina. Austin Flagg lost his eyesight in assisting to put out a conflagration. He, however, excelled in mental computations. Some seventy years ago he left Worcester, and was one of the early settlers in Braintree, Vt. For a number of years he was engaged in farming and lumbering, owned large tracts of timber land, and operated three saw-mills. A stanch Republican, he was one of the active politicians of Braintree. He died in 1874, aged sixty-seven years. His wife, who is a daughter of Nathan Howard, of Braintree, Vt., is eighty years old, and resides in her native town. She did not ride on a railroad train until she was over si.xty years of age. When she was over seventy years old, she travelled alone through California and the West. She is a member of the Congregational church, to which her husband also belonged. They had eleven children, four of whom, three sons and a daughter, are living. Two of their sons fought in the war of the Rebellion, George W. in the Second Vermont Regiment, and Watson O. in the Ninth Regiment Vermont Infantry. George, who is yet living, served four years, and held the rank of Captain when he was discharged. Watson O. was less than sixteen years of age when he enlisted. He served three years, and held the rank of Ser- geant when his term of service was ended. George W. and Persis are now living in Ver- mont. Waldo J., who is a drover, and man- ages a general store, is in Miller, Custer County, Neb. Dayton W. is engaged in farming in the same county, in the township of Oconto. Wallace C. Flagg received a limited educa- tion, attending school from three to six months in the year. He earned his first wages when eight years of age. The amount was eight dollars, part in postage stamps, for which he performed a month's work in the hayfield, under the hot sun of July. Hiring out at intervals as a farm hand, he remained with his parents until he was twenty years old. He then entered on a somewhat checkered career. For some time he was employed in Boston as horse-car conductor. Following that he was for five months brakeman on the pas- senger express of the Boston & Albany Rail- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ■ 67 roacl between Boston and Springfield. He next entered the employ of the Boston Ice Company, with whom he remained eleven years. In that period he ijiiilt ice-houses, cut, packed, and shipped ice, delivered ice to customers, collected bills, and at times acted as foreman. In March, 18S2, he purchased the stock in trade, includinf? the horses and wagons, of Mr. W. F. Cleveland, of Brockton, who had been in the ice business twenty years. During the first three months he met with the most deter- mined opposition; but he eventually conquered it, and carried on a successful business until 1895. On April 15 of that year he disposed of his retail trade and his teams, and since tiien lias been engaged in developing the wholesale business. He cuts his own ice from the reservoir, Factory Pond, and four or five other ponds. In connection with his ice busi- ness he has a blacksmith shop, which he has owned some twelve years. Mr. Flagg has largely invested in real estate. He owns twelve acres of land on East Union Street, on the east side of the railroad track. He has made arrangements with the railroad company to lay a private track, as he intends to erect business blocks there. He owns one thousand and four feet between Lawrence and Union Streets — all desirable land, unspoiled by grade crossings. The large lumber yard of H. S. Richmond on Court Street belongs to Mr. Flagg, also the stables occupied by the City Ice Company of Brockton, and a number of tenement houses. He was one of the first stockholders and directors of the East Side Street Railroad — one of the first electric rail- ways in the State — and acted as Director some five years. Mr. Flagg was married in October, 1S80, to Angle A., daughter of Rufus Newton Flint, of Braintree, Vt. Of the three children born to him, Lena, a little maid of ten, is living. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been elected to the City Council from Ward 2. Made a Mason when twenty-one years of age, he belongs at present to I'hieni.v Lodge, West Randolph, Vt. ; and for the past five years he has been a member of the Commercial Club. He attends the Univcrsalist church. Mr. Flagg's success is largely due to his close attention to business. Since his marriage his wife has been an able and intelligent helper. They did all the book-keeping together eight years. ^^•*-»- NDREW GALF:, a well-known builder and building mover of Brockton, born in 1S50 in Mtjriah, Franklin County, N. Y., is a son of F>.ra and Salome (Pierce) Gale. The family originally came from New Hampshire. Eliphalet, the grand- father, who was a farmer in F'ranklin, N.H., married a Miss Cass, w-ho bore him eleven children. One of these, Jerusha, is still liv- ing, being now ninety-two years old. lizra, the youngest, who was born in I'ranklin, moved with his parents to New York State. He was a farmer, and he served the community as a Trustee of the district school. He was united in' marriage with Salome, daughter of Hiram Pierce, of Moriah. By this union there were seven children, all of whom are now living. They are: Andrew, Roderick, Cyrus, Albert, Luetta, Cordelia, and Watson. Andrew Gale was educated in the public schools of Moriah and at i-'ranklin Academy. He worked on his father's farm for some time before he was nineteen years old. Then he was similarly employed on other farms for four years. Afterward, for one year, he worked as lineman for the Western Union Telegraph Company. Since then he has been engaged in building and moving. Coming to Brockton in 1874, he was first employed by 1 68 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW E. H. Kingman. In 1882 he began in a small way to work for himself, and soon after found that he was fully capable of conducting the business. At the present time he employs from six to twelve men, besides six horses, doing work in Nantucket and other places, as well as Brockton. He is also profitably en- gaged in farming. In 1884 he married Lucy W., daughter of C. E. Kingman, of Brockton. In politics he is a Republican He acceptably served the town in the capacity of Overseer of the Poor for two years. IDVVIN W. WHITING, of Rockland, Mass., founder of the first clothing store in the town, is a successful business man who has carved his fortune with his own hands. He was born in Hanover, Mass., December 6, 1833, a son of Piam C. and Sarah (Brooks) Whiting, both of Hanover. Piam C. Whiting, who was a shoemaker, died at the age of forty-five. His wife lived to be seventy-three years old. They were the parents of five children, as follows: one de- ceased ; Edwin W., the subject of this sketch; Angeline, living in Rockland; Piam A., de- ceased; and Maria, residing in this town. Edwin W. Whiting received a common- school education in his native town — a lim- ited education, for he was but eleven years old when his father died. As soon as he was able, he went to work at shoemaking, the leading industry of this part of the State, one of his employers being Joseph Studley. He was employed for some time in Mr. Studley's fac- tory in Hanover, stitching and cutting, and then for four years drove a dry-goods wagon — two years for Nahum Moore and two years for J. A. & C. W. Torrey. In September, 1862, he started in business in a small way with a stock of clothing and gentlemen's furnishing goods. It was the first store of the kind opened here; and the prophets declared that there was not trade enough in the town to sup- port it, and that the venture would of necessity be a disastrous one. After being in business about a year, Mr. Whiting formed a copartner- ship with Mr. R. T. Eaton, continuing for twenty years. Mr. Eaton then retired, and Mr. Whiting again conducted the business alone. Thus the enterprise lived and thrived; and the store founded by Mr. Whiting is now the largest and best equipped in the town. On January i, 1897, Mr. Whiting, having accumulated a competence, disposed of his business to Lucius W. Orcutt, of Boston, and retired from active cares. He is a Trustee of the Rockland Savings Bank. In 1850 he was united in marriage with Jane B., daughter of Andrew Studley; and three children have blessed tlieir union, two of whom are living: George C. , in business in Rockland; and Grace N., wife of E. S. Ter- rell, of Spencer. Mr. Whiting is a strong Republican, and is able to give good reasons for his fidelity to his party. He is a chapter Mason, a Knight Templar, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow, and a Knight of Honor; and he has been a member of the Rockland Commercial Club since its organization, and assisted materially in its good work. A permanent resident of Rockland, he is one of the substantial citizens of the place, widely known and highly re- spected. <■•♦♦-» ■ LDEN S. BRADFORD, born August 4, 18 1 5, is, on his father's side, the seventh in descent from William Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth Colony, in a branch of the family whose mem- bers, from the governor down, have lived con- tinuously in that part of the ancient township EDWIN W. WHITING. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW >7' of Plymouth now known as Kingston. On his mother's side he is the sixth in descent from John Faunce, who came in the ship "Ann " in 1623, with the latest company of colonists who are now recognized as "the Pilgrims." He is also, of record, a descendant of Elder William Brewster, and of twelve others of the "Mayflower's" comjiany, and of I{lder Thomas Ciishman, and eleven others of the later companies. He was brought up a farmer, with such edu- cational opportunities as were afforded by the common schools of his period, supplemented, after attaining his majority, by a brief course of instruction at Pierce Academy in IVIiddle- boro. For a number of terms he was em- ployed in teaching, and subsequently through active life in surveying, conveyancing, the set- tlement of estates as executor and administra- tor, the adjustment of controversies as referee, and in the discharge of other delegated duties, public and private. He has been largely intrusted with the management of town affairs, having held vari- ous town offices for periods aggregating one hundred and twelve official years. He is one of four descendants of Governor Bradford who collectively have held the office of Selectman in Kingston seventy-six years, and one of four descendants of John l'"auncc who collectively have held the same office eighty-nine years. He has been chosen Moderator of more than fifty town meetings, and has presided, ex officio, as one of the Selectmen, at nearly an equal number of meetings for the election of State, district, and county officers. In the Civil War he was an enrolling officer for the government, and a recruiting officer for his town, which at the close of the contest was credited with thirty-three men in excess of all calls by the President. For a series of years, and until failing health compelled him to decline further ser- vice, he was a Trustee of the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, a Trustee of the Stand- ish Monument Association, and Vice-Presi- dent and Supervisor of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society. Many of his reports to that society on agricultural topics have been republished by the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. For a number of terms he was Special Commissioner of Plymouth County, and in 1863 he represented the Fifth Plymouth District in the Massachusetts legis- lature. His commissions as Justice of the Peace have covered a period of more than forty years. Denominationally, he is a Unitarian; politi- cally, a Republican, having been also an original P"ree Soiler. In recent years he has withdrawn from any participation in public affairs except through the ballot box. Him- self and three sisters, children of Spencer Bradford, have all long since outlived the allotted threescore years and ten. He has never married. l-.V. HENRV EDWARD GODDARD. A.M., M.D., a New Church clergy- ^ * man of Brockton, who for some time had charge of the New Jerusalem Church, was born May 20, 1852, son of the Rev. Warren and Sarah (Eldridge) Goddard. The Goddard family was established in this coun- try by two brothers. Englishmen, who settled in Brookline, Mass. From one of these brothers the descent is traced through two Johns — the great-grandfather and the grand- father of Henry Edward — to Warren, his father. At the time of his death, William Goddard, a brother of Warren, was the oldest living graduate of Harvard College. Warren Goddard was born in Portsmouth, 175 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW N.H., September 12, 1800. He received his early education in thiat place and in Phillips (Exeter) Academy, and subsequently gradu- ated from Harvard in 1818. After leaving Harvard he taught school for a while in Princeton, at Sandwich Academy, and in other places. While so doing he studied law in his leisure time. At a later date, feeling that he was best adapted for the ministry, he studied theology with Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D., of Princeton. While pursuing his studies there he became interested in the New Church doc- trines through Samson Reed. In 1839 he was ordained in North Bridgewater, and he preached for some time in Abington, although not regiilarly installed, and attended the quarterly meeting on the Cape. He resigned his church in 1863. He served for some time on the Brockton School Board, and was much interested in establishing a high school in this city. His death occurred October 29, 1889, aged eighty-nine years. He was twice mar- ried. His first marriage was contracted Au- gust 6, 1829, with Mary Crowell Tobey, of Sandwich, Mass., who died in June, 1847. Born of this union were six children, of whom three are living — ^ Benjamin, John, and James Frederick. By his second marriage which took place January i, 1849, he was united to Sarah, daughter of John and Betty Eldridge, of Yarmouthport, Mass. She bore him four children, namely: Warren, now a well-known lawyer of Brockton ; Sarah Eldridge, who re- sides in the old home; Henry Edward, the subject of this sketch; and Asa E., an assist- ant teacher in the Waltham (Mass.) High School. Henry Edward Goddard graduated from the Brockton High School as valedictorian in 1871. Subsequently after attending Cornell Univer- sity for one year, he entered Brown University, from which he graduated in 1875, taking one of the honorary positions, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He next studied at the New Church Theological School, then at Wal- tham, Mass., and after graduating was at Cin- cinnati for one year, assisting his brother, the Rev. John Goddard, who had charge of the New Church in that city. In June, 1876, he was invited to preach at the New Jerusalem Church in Brockton, and on September 24 of that year he was ordained. Regularly in- stalled as pastor of this society, he attended to the spiritual needs of his flock until No- vember, 1895, when he resigned in order to take a course of medical studies at Dartmouth College. Here he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in November, 1896. It has been said that when a man devotes his life to a profession he gets into a rut which be- comes deeper and narrower as he grows older. Mr. Goddard has avoided this, recognizing no limit in the field of mental research. He took up the study of medicine to broaden his mind. In 1893 he travelled through Palestine, Greece, Italy, France, and other countries for study. From early boyhood he has been an enthusiastic student. While fitting himself for the ministry, he took courses of lectures in various lines. Mr. Goddard was married December 31, 1877, to Mary E. Outcalt, of Cincinnati. She died June 28, 1887, leaving two children. These are": Samuel W., born February 5, 1 88 1, who entered the Brockton High School in September, 1896; and Ruth, born Septem- ber 2, 1884. On May 7, 1889, the father contracted a second marriage with Miss Hat- tie Faxon, of Brockton, a sister of Mrs. Dr. E. A. Chase and Dr. Fred S. Fa.xon, of Brockton. Mr. Goddard has been a mem- ber of the Brockton School Committee for three years, and had charge of the high school. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 173 jAl'TAIN MARTINA. HUMPHREY, of Hingham, now living in retire- ment, was born here on October 16, 1837, son of Martin and .Aliigail S. (W'hittier) Humphrey. His grancifatlier, Jonathan Hum- phrey, a native of Cohasset, Mass., was a farmer, anil owned four hundred acres of land, comprising cranberry bogs, meadow, wtiodland, and a cleared farm of good land. He mar- ried, and became the father of twelve chil- dren. His yoimgest son, Martin, who was born in Cohasset, became a sailor, and served in the capacities of mate and captain for many years, during which he made voyages to foreign ports. In politics he was a Republican, and he served on the School Committee for several years. He married Abigail Humphrey; and they had three children, of whom Captain Martin is the only survivor. At the age of forty-five he was lost in Boston Bay during a storm. His wife lived to be threescore years and ten. Both were highly respected mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Martin A. Humphrey acquired his education in Cohasset, where he removed with his father when he was quite young. After leaving school, he began a seafaring life, making for- eign voyages exclusively. He has been the commander of full-rigged ships, among which were "Camilla, " "Alaska," "Golden Fleece," "Columbus," and the "Paramita, " and has twice circumnavigated the globe. Captain Humphrey's la.st voyage was made in 1884, from San Francisco to Liverpool, in the ship "Paramita." Since that time he has resided on the old homestead in Hingham. In poli- tics he affiliates with the Republican party, and in religion he is a liberal. On New Year's Day, 1865, he was united in marriage with Mary V. Thomas, daughter of Joseph and Morilla (Bates) Thomas. They have two children — Frederick M. and Mabel 1). Hum- phrey. Captain Humphrey stands high in tiic community. \<\:[) iii;ri5i:rt Packard i. well-known citizen of Brockton, bonk- keejKMand salesman for Snell & Ather- ton, mamifacturers of shoe tools, and for many years a member of Martland's Band. He was born in West Bridgewater, F'ebruary 2, 1854, a son of Japhet B. and Lucretia P. (Dunbar) Packard. Japhet B. Packard, whose father was Isaac Packard, was liorn in that part of North Bridgewater now known as Jerusalem, September 7, 18 19. He has lived in West Bridgewater, his present home, for many years, and has worked at shoemaking. He is now seventy-seven years old. His wife is a daughter of Silas Dunbar, of West Bridge- water. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters, of whom one son and one daughter have passed away. P'red Herbert Packard acquired his educa- tion in the public schools of West Bridge- water. At the age of twenty he went to work in a Brockton shoe shop; and on P'ebruarv 18, 1880, he entered the employ of Snell & Ather- ton, for whom he has now been book-keeper and salesman some ten years. While attend- ing to his duties as an employee of this firm, he has conducted a successful real estate busi- ness of his own. In 1888 89 he opened up two plots of land on Ilerrod and Martland Avenues, and seventy house lots were disposed of; and he owns plots on Howard and Montello Streets and valuable tracti in different parts of the city. Mr. Packard played first clarinet with Martland's Band for twelve years, and during four years of that time he was Secretary and Treasurer of the organization. He was married in 1882 to Idella A., '74 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW daughter of Veranus Snell of the firm of Snell & Atherton, and has one son — Warren Bel- cher, nine years old. Mr. Packard was elected to the City Council in 1892 on the Republican ticket, and was also elected as Alderman in 1896-97. He is one of the Trus- tees of the People's Savings Bank. He has taken several degrees in Masonry, belonging to St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Sa- tucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars; and the Mystic Shrine; and he belongs to Massa- soit Lodge, No. 69, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Brockton Commercial Club. He attends worship at the Waldo (Congregational) Chapel of Montello. Wa!sON : citizens SHAW, one of the oldest IS of Carver, Mass., a repre- sentative of one of the long-settled families of Plymouth County, dating back almost to the time of the arrival of the Pil- grim Fathers, was born in this town, Decem- ber 14, 181 3, son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Fuller) Shaw. He is of the fourth genera- tion of his race born in Carver, the first hav- ing been represented by his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Shaw. Mr. Wilson Shaw, who has taken the pains to acquaint himself with the record of the fam- ily, thus traces his descent from the immi- grant progenitor: Jonathan .Shaw came from England, and settled in Plymouth, Mass., where he and his son. Deacon John Shaw, died at about the same time, and their remains were laid to rest in one grave. Jonathan Shaw, son of Deacon Shaw, was born in 1663. His son, Lieutenant Jonathan Shaw, born in 1689, was one of the builders of Pope's Point P"urnace in 1734. He served as an ofificer in the French War; and Captain Nathaniel Shaw, born in 171 8, son of said Lieutenant, served as an officer in the Revolu- tionary War, using the sword that had been his father's. Some time afterward Lieutenant Joseph Shaw, son of Captain Nathaniel, car- ried the same old sword while on duty, and had the misfortune to break it when leaping a fence. The children of Captain Nathaniel Shaw and his wife Hannah — twelve in number — were: Mary; lilizabeth; Nathaniel, Jr.; Jo- seph, born in 1749; Hannah; Ruth; Jona- than; Deliverance; James; Zilpha; and two that died in infancy. Lieutenant Joseph Shaw and his wife Lydia also had twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, namely: Joseph, Jr., Oliver, Isaac, Cephas, and Elkanah, all moulders; Nathaniel and George, foremen; Lydia; Ruth; Wait- still; Betsey; and Hannah. Nathaniel Shaw, son of Lieutenant Joseph and father of Wilson Shaw, was born on the farm in Carver which was his son's birthplace; and he there devoted much of his life to the pursuit of agriculture. He was killed by the falling of a tree. Seven children were born into his home, namely: Nathaniel; Gilbert; Lydia; George; Wilson, the subject of this sketch ; Joseph ; and Lucy. Three of these are living — Lydia, Wilson, and Joseph. Wilson Shaw was born and reared on the homestead, and received a good practical educa- tion. When nineteen years of age, he went to work at the old Pope's Point Furnace in Carver, where he learned the moulder's trade; and this trade he followed for the greater part of forty years, finding employment in different places. He resided in Norton, Mass., for a few years, and then removed to Woodstock, Vt., where he bought a farm, and lived about fifteen years. At the end of that period, re- turning to his native town, he here purchased BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW a farm, and cngagctl in the pursuit of agiicult- uie until 1883, when, being seventy years of age, he sold his farm; and since that time he has enjoyed the leisure befitting his years. Mr. Shaw married a lady bearing the same surname. Miss I'amelia C. Shaw. He has no children. In political matters he favors the Republican side. Mr. Shaw's long life of eighty-three years has been a useful and hon- orable one, and he justly enjoys the rcsjiect and confidence of all who know him. M'TAIN JOSHUA JAMES, keeper I of the United States Life-saving Sta- C ^ tion at I'oint Allerton, Mass., was born in Hull, Phmouth Countv, November 22, 1827, son of William and l^sther (Dill) James. His father was a native of Holland and a soldier in the army, which he left when a young man to become a sailor. He subsc- cpiently came to America, and, settling in Hull, was a sailor and fisherman the rest of his life. His wife, whose maiden name was Esther Dill, belonged to an old family here. Twelve children were horn to them, and four sons are now living. In 1837 the mother with others of the family was drowned in Hull Ciut, the sloop in which they had embarked having capsized. The father was on the boat, but was unable to save them. He lived to be eighty- si.x years of age. Joshua James, after acciuiring his education in the schools of his native town, engaged in coasting and fishing with his father until he was twenty-five years of age, thereafter contin- uing the business for himself. He has long been active in the work of the Massachusetts Humane Society, going in their boats since he was fifteen years of age, and has saved scores of lives from the sea. In 1889 he was appointed to his present position of keeper of the Life-saving Station at I'oint Allerton. He has been honored with various testimo- nials, including a bronze medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing the crew of the I-'rench brig "L'lvssay" at Nantasket Hcach on April 1, 1850; a certifi- cate for rescuing the officers and crew of ship "Delaware" off the Toddy Rocks in Hoston Harbor, March 27, 1857; a silver medal in 1886 from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing the crew of the brig "Anita Owen," ten in number, and for his brave and faithful service of more than forty years in the life- boats of that society; a gold medal from the same society for his humane e.xertion in rescu- ing the lives of twenty-nine persons from five wrecks on November 25 and 26, 1S88; also a gold medal from United States Signal Service for bravery at the wreck of the schooner "Ger- trude Abbott " lost at that time. Even now, in his seventieth year, his physi- cal strength, his resolute daring and heroic promptitude in emergency, are not abated. The rescue of the crew of the Hritish schcioner "Ulrica" at Nantasket Heach by Captain James and his hardy surfmen during the vio- lent storm of December 16, 1896, was deserv- edly chronicled in the papers as "an achieve- ment of exceptional skill and bravery." The wreck occurred op|)osite Kenbernia. A spe- cial railway train brought the life-savers from the station three miles away. The Humane Society's life-boat was launched; and three un- successful attempts were made to reach the broken vessel, hopelessly stranded, buffeted by the raging billows. The third time the boat was tossed like a feather twenty feet into the air, and Captain James was hurled into the roaring, foaming water. Reaching shore again, wet and chilled, but undaunted, he di- rected the firing of the Hunt gun that had just been brought to the scene of action, and which .76 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW on the first trial sent the life-line high up in the rigging of the "Ulrica," where it could not be reached by the half-frozen sailors. A second shot was fired, and a third. A hawser was made fast to the vessel: the life-boat by its means was pulled out, and the shipwrecked crew, seven in number, were saved. Captain James, when thirty-two years of age, was united in marriage with Louise F. Luchie, of Hull. They have had ten chil- dren, six of whom are now living, namely: Louise Z. , who married Eben T. Pope, of this town, and has two children — Hildegarde U. and Dolly T. ; Osceola F. James, who is cap- tain of the Life-saving Boat of the Humane Society at Nantasket Beach; Edith G., who married Joseph T. Galiano, of Hull, and they have one child, Eva; Bertha C. ; Roselle F. ; and Genevieve E. James. The father of Mrs. James was John Luchie, who came from Aus- tria, and settled in Hull in the early part of 1830. He was a sailor until 1840, when he was employed as agent of the F. Tudor Ice Company in Boston. He was a very successful business man, and was highly esteemed. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, formerly Eliza T. Lovell, now at the age of seventy-eight, resides with her daughter Louise, Mrs. James, in Hull. JRA ALLEN LEACH, late an able lawyer of Campello, was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), June 7, 1850, son of Allen and Huldah G. (Morey) Leach. His paternal grandfather was Oliver Leach; and Peleg and Lucius Leach, shoe manufacturers of Brockton, were his uncles. Allen Leach, his father, was a farmer. He resided in Whitman during the war, and there manufactured shoes. Ira Allen Leach was graduated from the high school and the Bridgewater State Normal School. Being mentally equipped, he began a commercial career, at first becoming a trav- elling salesman for his father, selling shoes in the West. For a time after that he engaged in the manufacture of shoes; but, owing to disastrous losses by the Boston fire, he was obliged to give it up. Nothing daunted by this experience, he then worked in the shop of his uncle Marcus Leach, at the same time reaching out after something higher by read- ing law at home evenings. He also studied with W. W. & F. M. Wilkins, prominent lawyers of North Bridgewater. He passed a a most meritorious examination for admit- tance to the bar, and began the practice of law in Campello, where he remained until his death, which occurred on January 10, 1893. In politics he was an undeviating Republi- can, and was actively interested in political measures. Fraternally, he affiliated in mem- bership with St. George's Lodge A. F. & A. M., of Campello, which he served as Audi- tor; the Massasoit Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Brockton; the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, in which he had the highest oi^ce. On May 12, 1871, Mr. Leach was united in marriage with Abbie A. Clayton, a daughter of George W. Clayton, of Farmington, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Leach became the parents of sev- eral children, namely: Allen, who died at the age of seven; Cora B., who was graduated from the Brockton High School, and is now a stenographer; Ira Allen, who manages the place; Carrie E., Grace M., Helen F., and Oliver — five of whom reside here with their widowed mother. The parents both attended the South Congregational Church, of which Mrs. Leach is a member. ^^ :5* IRA A. LEACH. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW '79 ur- ^^CS^/aSHINGTON I. JAMES, the com V^V^ tcoiis superintendent of Melvill Gardens at Downer's Landing, Mass., was born in Hull, Plymouth County, on May i, 185 1, son of Samuel and Mary 1'. (Gushing) James, of Duxbury, Mass. His grandfather, William James, a native of Holland, was a soldier who left the army to become a sailor. In early manhood he came to America, and, settling in Hull, thereafter followed the occupations of sailor and fisher- man. He married Esther Dill, who belonged to one of the old families of this town; and they had twelve children, si.\ of whom — namely, four sons and two daughters — are still living. Mrs. Esther Dill James met with an untimely end, being drowned with others of her family in 1S37 in Hull Gut. The sloop in which Ihey had set sail capsized, and the rocks and eddies made rescue impossible. William James lived to be eighty-si.x years old. Samuel James, son of William, was a native of Hull, and has been a mariner on the coast all his life, making his home here. While he was connected with the Massachusetts Humane Society, which was incorporated in 1791, at the risk of his life he rescued from drowning twelve persons, the only survivors of the ship "Maritana, " wrecked near Hoston Light, November 3, 1861, on her way from Liver- pool, England. He received a certificate from the Humane Society in appreciation of his skill and courage. Other medals and purses that have been offered him his modesty has led him to decline. He now makes a busi- ness of keeping pleasure yachts, which he leases to the summer visitors. Though seventy-three years old, he is still hale and hearty. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Samuel James married Mary P. Gushing; and they became the parents of nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity; namely. Washington I., Samuel, Laura R., F"annie E., Lillie R., Abbie A., Charles M., and Esther S. James. Laura R. James married for her second husband Warren Towlc, of Bridgeport, Conn. By her former marriage to James W. Pope, of Hull, she had one child, Clarence Pope. Lillie R. is the wife of Clarence E. Leonard, of Wakefield, Mass. She has no children. Abbie A. is the widow of William Cullihan, of Hull, and has one child, a son named Paul. Esther S. James married Jcseph Keon, of Middleboro, and died leaving two children — Esther S. and Harry Keon. Mr. Samuel James and his wife are highly re- spected members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. James has now attained the age of threescore years and ten, and still enjoys good health. Washington I. James, after acquiring his education in Hull, was engaged in coasting with his father between Maine and New York. In 1870 he settled in Hingham at Downer's Landing, and oflRciated as assistant superin- tendent of Melville Gardens until the death of James D. Scudder, when he succeeded to the superintendency. For the past nine years he has served as Constable. In politics he is in- dependent. He also has been instrumental in saving a number of lives. In 1872, when the schooner " Helena" ran ashore on North East Bar, Point Allerton, he assisteil in the rescue of five persons, receiving a prize for his bravery. Personally, Mr. James is highly esteemed, having made many new friends since his connection with Melville Gardens. On November 28, 1878, he was united in marriage with Catherine L. I""o!ey, daughter of Cornelius Foley, of Hingham, Mass. Tiiey have three children- — ^ May Gertrude, I'rances Lilian, and Helen Catherine. The father and mother are both members of the Catholic church in Hin<:ham. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW bfREDERICK A. WARD, a general P [, agriculturist and cranberry-grower, was born January 4, 1855, in South Middle- boro, this county, son of Austin and Ann Janette (Sherman) Ward. His paternal grandfather was Eliab Ward, a native of Carver, where he was engaged in farming dur- ing the greater part of his entire lifetime. y\ustin Ward had his birth, July 3, 1826, in Carver, where he grew to manhood, and fol- lowed the business of butcher. In r86i he enlisted in Company E of the Eighteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, and served at the front for one year and three months. He was then discharged on account of disability. Some time after he re-enlisted in Company C of the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. After a few months' service he was mustered out, June 8, 1865. On June 15, 1853, he married Miss Ann Janette Sherman, a daughter of Joseph R. Sherman, of Carver, where she was born September 3, 1833. They had three children, namely: Frederick A., the subject of this sketch; Emma J., who is now the wife of Samuel J. Sporrow, a carpenter, of Middle- boro; and Betsy W. , now the wife of Wilston B. Chandler, of Middleboro, who is a conduc- tor on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The father died in 1878, in his fifty-third year. The mother, who survives him, makes her home in Middleboro. When about a year old, Frederick A. Ward removed with his parents from South Middle- boro to North Carver, where he passed the rest of his boyhood, receiving his education in the district schools. He began to earn his living at the age of si.steen. In his twentieth year he went to Plymouth to learn the moulder's trade, and there subsequently followed that calling for five years. He then worked in Providence, R.I., and Wakefield, Mass., for six months each, after which he returned to Carver, and engaged in a general mercantile business. Discontinuing that after two years, he then conducted a stage and express route from Carver to Silver Lake in Plympton, tak- ing the cars thence to Boston, and making the round trip every day for nearly six years. One year later he purchased about forty acres. To this he has since made considerable addi- tions. He carries on general husbandry, and gives special attention to the cultivation of cranberries. On July 16, 1881, Mr. Ward wedded Miss Clara E. Perkins, who was born March 26, 1857, to Mr. and Mrs. William Perkins, of Plympton. Mr. Ward and his wife have now one child, a son, Jay A., who was born No- vember 28, 1883. Mr. Ward participates actively in the civic and social affairs of the community. He has served his fellow-towns- men since 1889 as a member of the Board of Selectmen, officiating as the Chairman since the summer of 1892. In politics he acts in- dependently of party, giving his support to whatever candidates and principles he may think the circumstances of the time demand. UFUS P. KEITH, Vice-President of the extensive cor|)oration of the Pres- ■^ V ^ ton B. Keith Shoe Company, and clerk of the South Congregational Church of Campello, in Brockton township, was born in Campello, March 2, 1851. His parents were Charles Perkins and Mary (Williams) Keith. His paternal grandfather, Charles Keith, a farmer and shoemaker, was also a prominent Congregational ist, a member of the South Church of Brockton, one of the founders of the Campello church, and a teacher in the Sun- day-school. He married Mehitable Perkins, and reared a family of five children. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW iSi Charles Perkins Keith was a lifelong resi- dent of Brockton, formerly North Hridgewatcr, and was engaged in the leading industry of the place — manufacturing shoes — until 1873. He, too, was connected with the South Con- gregational Church, and was 1 liberal in its support. He died July 12, 1893, aged seventy-three years. His wife, who was a daughter of Josiah Williams, of West Bridge- water, died in 1884, aged si.\ty-two years. .She left three children, namely: Sarah W., wife of Fred W. Park, of Campello; Preston B. , shoe manufacturer of Campello; and Kufus P., the special subject of this biographi- cal sketch. Rufus P. Keith acquired his education in his native town, finishing with a three years' course in the high school. He went to work at the age of eighteen in his father's factory, remaining until 1872, when he assumed charge of his brother's work-rooms. The business conducted by the Keith brothers is a flourish- ing one, having increased twelvefold since they took charge of it. In the beginning they employed twenty-five or thirty men, and they now have three hundred hands at work. Mr. Keith was married in October, 1880, to a daughter of Jonathan Keith, a distant rela- tion. She died in 1893, aged thirty-six years, leaving one child, Clara May; and in April, 1896, Mr. Keith was united with Mrs. Sarah C. Reed Blades, daughter of the Hon. Will- iam L. Reed, and widow of the Rev. John T. Blades, a former pastor of the Campello South Congregational Church. Mr. Keith, who is a Republican, has filled the office of Deputy Warden of Ward 3. He has been Treasurer of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for a number of years, and was Master some two years; and he belongs to Satuckct Royal Arch Chapter. A member of the South Congregational Church since a boy in his teens, he has been Clerk of the church a number of years, and a member of the Parish Committee seven or eight years. DWIN PUTNAM (HJIASON, M.D.. who has recently settled in Brockton, Mass., is a well-qualified physician and surgeon, a graduate of the Harvanl Medi- cal School. He was born in Washington, D. C, May 3, 1866, and is a .son of the Rev. John F. and Olive M. (Jefferds) Gleason. Dr. Gleason, on his father's side, claims descent from General Israel Putnam of Revo- lutionary fame, and on his mother's side from John Alden, who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower," and from Thomas Dudley, one of the early governors of Massachusetts Col- ony. His father, the Rev. John F. Gleason, was born in Bedford, Mass., and now lives in Amherst. For thirty years a preacher, he be- lieved in battling for the right in deed as well as word ; for during the war he served four years and a half in the Twenty-second Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. His wife is a native of Middleton, Mass. Edwin Putnam Gleason passed the first six years of his life in the national capital. His parents then removing to Williamsburg, Mass., he attended school there four years; and he subsequently lived for nine or ten years in Norfolk, Conn., attending Norfolk Academy, Williston Seminary, Ea.sthampton, Mass., and Amherst College. At the Har- vard Medical School he took the regular course in the class of 1890; and immediately after receiving his degree he opened an office in Cambridge, Mass., where he remained about a year and a half. He was subsequently appointed to the medical staff of the Brooklyn Sanitarium, previous to which he passed the exacting examinations of the New York Uni- lS2 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW versity Regents, this making him a legal prac- titioner in that State. After a brief practice in Rockland, Mass., he in 1896 located at 1 106, Main Street, Campello, Brockton, where he now has a general practice, steadily increasing. He is a member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. A Republican since his majority, he has taken an active interest in politics. Dr. Gleason was married in 1895 to Miss Sadie L. Harlow, of Whit- man, Mass. He is a Mason, belonging to Charles A. Welch Lodge, of Maynard, Mass. In religious belief he is a Congregationalist, being a member of that church and of the Young People's Society of Christian En- deavor. 'REDERICK W. ROBBINS, formerly a well-known merchant of Plymouth and a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this town, January 20, 1884. He was born in Plymouth, August 24, 1826, son of Deacon Josiah and Rebecca (Jackson) Rob- bins, and was a representative of an old Colo- nial family, whose founder was Nicholas Rob- bins, of Duxbury, 1638. As the proprietor of Robbins's Rope Walk, Josiah Robbins was for many years a conspic- uous figure among the business men of Plym- outh ; and he was one of the most prominent supporters of the Orthodox church, of which he was Deacon for a long period. He was four times married, and he reared six children, five of whom were by his third wife, Rebecca Jackson, who was a native of Plymouth ; and of these Frederick W. , the subject of this sketch, was the third-born. Frederick W. Robbins completed his educa- tional course at a Marlboro boarding-school, and for a short time afterward was employed in a retail grocery store in Boston. Returning to Plymouth, he entered the general store car- ried on by his father in connection with the Rope Walk, and which, after coming into his possession, was managed by himself and a brother for some time. He later engaged in the wholesale grocery business, which he con- ducted for about one year, or until the break- ing out of the Civil War; and in August, 1861, he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Callingwood, which formed a part of the Eighteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. Being near-sighted, he was pre- vented from entering the ranks as a regular soldier, but was eligible to the post of Com- missary of his company, in which capacity he served with ability for three years, accompany- ing the regiment through its various campaigns and battles. He thus contracted fever and ague, from which he never fully recovered. After his discharge from the army in 1864 he returned home, and was obliged to pass a year in convalescing. He then went to New Berne, N. C, where in company with his brother he engaged in the grocery business, later becoming interested in a cotton planta- tion and the operating of cotton gins. P"rom North Carolina he went to Texas, where his stay was of short duration; and, returning to Plymouth, he passed his last days among his kindred and friends, dying at the age of fifty- seven years. He was an exceedingly upright, conscientious business man, whose many ster- ling qualities endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. He possessed a natural desire for progress and the development of business enterprises. For a number of years he was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a comrade of the post in New Berne, N. C. On August 21, 1850, Mr. Robbins was united in marriage with Mary Wade, who sur- vives him. She was born in Boston, daughter of John and Mary (Dolbear) Wade, the former JARVIS BURRELL. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW •8S ol whom \v:is a native of WcynioiUli, and a boat-buiklcr by trade, who was connected with the United States Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mass., for eighteen years. lie married for his first wife Mary b'lancis, and fur his second Mary Dnibear, cf Unston ; and his family consisted of eiglit chilihen, seven sons and one daughter, Mrs. i\(ibbins being the tiiird of four children born of his second union. The Wade family were Unitarians, and attended the church in Charlestown which was formerly presided over by the Rev. Dr. Walker, and later by the Rev. George K. VAWs. Mrs. Robbins in her girlhood attended the public schools of Charlestown, Mass., later entering a private schoul ; and her studies were com])leted at the Charlestown Female Semi- nary. Her married life was exceedingly happ\', her love and de\'otion to her husband having been returned with the deepest and most sincere affection. They became the par- ents of seven children, five of whom died young. The sLn\nvors arc : ^Abbic J., wile ol George M. Gifford, a tailor of i'lymouth ; and George J., a carpenter of Whitman. Mrs. Robbins is prominently identified with tiie Ladies' Relief Corps connected with Call- ingwood I'ost, Grand Army of the Republic, of I'lymouth, having been a member of several visiting committees, ant! i)eing much inl/jr- estcd in tiie corps antl its work. f^ARVIS RURRICLL, the present Town Treasurer of Ivist Bridgewater, Plym- outh County, Mass., and a prominent business man, is a native of West Hridge- water. He was born June 15, 1828, his jnrents being Jarvis i). and Nancy H. (Howard) Hur- rell. ^ His maternal great-grandfather, Leavitt Thayer, was a Revolutionary soldier and pen- sioner. (See muster roll, Captain Abner Crane's Comi)any, 1779, State Archives.) ^ Jarvis U. Hurrell, whose birth occurred in 1798, was for many years a merchant in Ran- dolph, Mass. He was also prominently iden- tified with the militia, of which he i)ecame a major, and was familiarly known as Major Biurell. In politics he was a Free Soiler. He lived to be eighty-eight years old. Five Af his children survived him, namely: Jarvis; Sarah T., the widow of the late Josiah l^acon, of Hoston, Mass. ; Nancy J., who died Sep- tember 17, 1S94; ICmily L., now living in West Bridgewater; and Uaviil T. , of Brock- ton, I\Iass. f After acquiring a practical common-school education, Jarvis Burrell, in his eighteenth year, began learning the blacksmith's trade in West Bridgewater; and he followed that occupation for over three years. Subse- quently, in 1850, he came to East Bridge- water, and entered the emjiloy of E. Carver & Co., cotton gill manufacturers, whose business is now carried on under the name of the Carver Cotton Gin Company. He worked as a machinist up to 1856, when he began travel- ling through the South as salesman and agent, following this until 1861, when the breaking out of the war put an enil to the business for a time. . He afterward entered their shop -as a cTraughtsman and experimenter, and several years later, being made foreman of their iron department, held that position soiue time. So that altogether he was in the employ of the Carver Cotton Ciin Ct)mpany over forty-five years. Mr. Burrell made valuable improvements on the machine for cutting moulding for marble slabs for shelves and marble tops on furniture. It was jilaced on exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston, and [iroved a great success, the marble manufacturers testifying that it did i86 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the work of from twelve to fifteen men without an increase in the cost of the tools. The Labor Committee waited on Mr. Burrell, in- forming him that he had better take his ma- chines away, as they were robbing men of work. He replied that he should still continue the machines; and with characteristic pluck he adhered to this resolution, and finally suc- ceeded in convincing the committee that the men had no less work than before, though much more was accomplished in the same time. Mr. Burrell also made improvements on steam gauges, taking out a patent which was sold to the steam gauge manufacturers. For several years now he has carried on a printing business, getting out cards of all kinds, circulars, pamphlets, and catalogues. His inventive ability has shown itself in this department of business also; and Curtis & Mitchell, of Boston, deceased, when living, had control of his improvements in this line, and sold thousands of the presses that embody his improvements. '^ Mr. Burrell married Sarah A. Snell, of West Bridgewater, and by her has had four children, namely: Ina L. (deceased), wife of Fred C. Nutter, who left one child, Maude C, who was nineteen years of age June 27, 1896; Alice M., wife of F. O. Keith ; Lura J., wife of A. G. Waterman; and George A., who married Louise M. Keith. Mr. Burrell is a Republican in politics. Under a former school law he was Secretary and Treasurer of the School Board. In 1893 he was elected Town Treasurer, and he has been re-elected annually up to the present time. He is a member of the East Bridge- water Improvement and Social Club. Frater- nally, he is a charter member of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of East Bridgewater, having originally been a member of Fellow- ship Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgewater, from which he withdrew to join the former. He is also a charter member and Treasurer of Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Bridgewater, and is a member of the Old Col- ony Commandcry, Knights Templars, at Ab- ington. Few enjoy in a higher degree the respect and confidence of the community than does Mr. Burrell. ^OHN C. GARDNER, a well-known native resident of Hingham, is a de- scendant of one of the town's early settlers. He was born on September 13, 1839, son of Enoch W. and Orra A. (Amadon) Gardner. He is a representative of a family said to be of Scotch origin, which has resided in Hingham for seven generations; and his lineage can be traced through Enoch W., Samuel, third, Samuel, second, Samuel, first, and Francis, to John Garnet, that being an early form of the family name. John Garnet was the founder of this branch of the family in America. His son Francis, who was born in Hingham, March 31, 1653, resided in this town, and was a soldier in Captain Johnson's company at the great Nar- ragansett fight in December, 1675. He mar- ried Joanna, daughter of Samuel May, of Rox- bury, January 5, 1681 ; and, of their two chil- dren, Samuel, first, the ne.xt in line, was the eldest. Samuel Garnet was born in Hingham, August 14, 1684. He was married first on February 4, 1713, to Ruth Tower; and second, December 12, 1728, to Ann Clark. Samuel Garnet was the first of seven children. He was born in this town, November 17, 1715; and it was during his generation that the fam- ily name was changed to Gardner, which, according to the records, has existed since 1740. In 1738 he married Abigail Simmons, of Scituate; and they had a family of five chil- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 187 (Iron, (if wlidin Samuel, tliiid, was the third- born. Samuel Gardner, thiril, granillathcr of John C., was reared to farm life in Iliiigham; and he alsi) learned the c(i(i]ier's trade, which he fiillowed in connection with tilling the soil. He was the owner of consiilerable real estate, and was energetic and prosperous. He lived to attain the age of eighty-seven years, and dicti December 24, 1S31. He was a Whig in politics, and served as Constable for many years. He attended the Unitarian church. He was twice married, first to Alathen Oak- man, of Marshfield, January 6, 1774, and sec- ond to Chloe, daughter of Captain Enoch W'hiton, of IHngham, August 23, 1789; and of the six children by this marriage Enoch W. was the eldest. Mrs. Samuel Gardner died in 1833, at the age of ^venty-five years. luioch W. Gardner, John C. Gardner's father, was born in IHngham, May ii, i/QO. When a young man, he learned the trade of a mason, which he followed through the active period of his life, his earlier years being spent in Boston. He was an industrious man, and a worthy, upright citizen, who labored dili- gently for the purpose of providing his faniil)' with a comfortable home. He died March 31, 1864. He was a Whig in politics, and he attended the Universalist church. His wife, Orra A. Amadon, became the mother of three children, of whom the only survivor is John C. , the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Orra A. Gardner died January 7, 1876. John C. Gardner attended the public schools of Hingham, and after completing his studies he began to learn the mason's trade with his father. He worked as a journeyman for a year, and then went to Boston, where he ac- quired the trade of a paper-hanger. He was employed in Boston for some sixteen years, at the expiration of which time he returned to his native town, and has since resided at the homestead. He is still actively engaged in the ])aper-hanging business, and has won a high reinitation as a skilful and reliable workman. On December 21, 1868, Mr. Gardner wedded Mr.s. I fenrietta (;. (Webb) HIdridge, a daughter of Ilezekiah T. and l-Imily (Clark) Webb. Of the two children born to Mrs. Gardner the survivor is Mary G., who was born December 12, 1869, and is the wife of Arthur Curtis, of Norwel), Mass. In politics Mr. Gardner is a Republican. He has served with ability as a member of the School Committee; was elected a Selectman in 1895, was re-elected in 1896; and has also served as an Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He is connected with Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and with Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham. Y^OT S. LUCAS, a respected resident of IJT Carver, who has been a successful -^ teacher, merchant, and farmer, was born August 29, 1831, on the farm he now occupies, son of Abijah and Hannah (Shurt- leff) Lucas. Abijah Lucas, like many men of his day in New F^ngland, combined the call- ings of shoemaking and farming. He entered upon the farm when a young man, and died there May 2, 1849, aged fifty-nine years. His estimable wife attained the age of eighty-two, dying March 4, 1876. They were the parents of five children, namely: Mary, who died in infancy; Horatio, who has also passed away; Mary, the second child bearing that name; Abbie, likewise deceased; and Lot S., the subject of this sketch. Lot S. Lucas was reared on the farm. After receiving his education in the district i88 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW school and at Midcllcboro Academy, he began to teach, being then sixteen years of age. In this profession he was very successful, re- ducing to discipline even the "big boys" who make life a burden to a weak teacher. Having taught for fifteen years in Plymouth County, he moved in 1857 to New Bedford; and in that city he conducted a wholesale fruit store for ten years, catering to a large trade. He then came to his present home, where he is now engaged in cranberry culture, the great industry of Plymouth County. By sagacious management he generally succeeds in obtain- ing superior crops. Mr. Lucas has been twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Laura E. Atwood, daughter of Levi Atwood, of Middle- boro. On the second occasion he married Maria L. Cornell, daughter of Abishia and Susan C. Harding, of Middleboro. She died January 14, 1892, aged forty-six years, leaving one daughter — Alice B. Cornell, born May 3, 1874, at Dartmouth, Mass., and is living with her father. Believing in the elevating power of religion, he has long been a member of the Baptist church ; and he is widely known and esteemed. JOSEPH FRAME, M.D., of Rockland, is of Scotch parentage, the son of Alexander and Susanna (Annand) Frame, and was born at Shubenacadie, N. S. , October 23, 1866. He received his early education in the pub- lic schools and Provincial Normal School. Having decided to study medicine, he came to Massachusetts in 1888, and spent the two succeeding years at the McLean Hospital in Somerville. He entered the Harvard Medical School, and, after taking the prescribed course, was graduated in 1894. Succeeding in a com- petitive examination, he was appointed First Surgical House Officer at the l?oston City Hospital for a period of eighteen months. Soon after the completion of his term in the hospital he became associated in practice with Dr. C. S. Millet in Rockland. Dr. Frame is a member of the Boston City Hospital Medical Society and the Massachu- setts Medical Society. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias and the United Order of the Golden Cross. T^IIARLES EDWARD WEST, a well- l \/ known merchant of Hingham, was Vl^^.^ born in Wakefield, N.H., January 27, 1853, son of Edward and Sophronia (Farn- ham) West. His father, who was a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and followed farming in his early life, removed in 1847, when a young man, to Wakefield, N.H. In politics Edward West was a Republican. He married So- phronia, a daughter of Paul Farnham, of that town; and they had two children — Lizzie J. and Charles PZdward. Lizzie J. married Frank M. Thompson, of Effingham, N.H. At the beginning of the Civil War the father enlisted in Company A, Fortieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as private. He went to the front from Lawrence, Mass., afterward winning promotion to the rank of Sergeant. Having been wounded in the skir- mish at Drury's Bluff, Va., he died subse- quently in Castle Thunder Prison at Rich- mond. His wife's death occurred in 1880. After acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, Charles Edward West re- mained at home until he was eighteen years of age. He then went to Boston, and learned the trade of carpenter, which enterprise he fol- lowed for four years. In 1874 he established at West's Corner in Hingham a general mer- chandise store, which he has since conducted BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ■ R9 alone, except for one year, during vvliich he had a partner. The business has been very successful. Two years ago he started a branch store at Point Allerton, Mass., which has likewise been a financial success. In pol- itics Mr. West affiliates with the Republican party. He has membership in Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Mingham; in Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham, and Trimount En- campment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Boston; in the Royal Arcanum, Warren Council, No. 103, of Boston; in Loyal Additional Benefit, No. 81, of Boston Coun- cil; in the Sons of Veterans, Charles S. Mead Camp, No. 72; and in Nantaskct Lodge of Good Templars. On November 25, 1875, Mr. West and Ilat- tie L. Beal joined hands and hearts at the mar- riage altar. She was a daughter of Zaccheus L. Beal, a native of Cohasset, Mass. By this union there are two boys: Harold R., born August, 1876; and Alfred F., born in July, 1881. Mr. West is liberal in his religious belief. Mrs. West is a member of the Con- gregational church. AMU1-:L KICITII, the President of the l^ast Bridgewater Savings Bank, is a member of an old and promi- nent family of Plymouth County. Descended from the Rev. James Keith, one of the first ministers of Eastern Massachusetts, he was born May 12, 1830, in East Bridgewater, son of Zebina and Rebecca (Witherill) Keith. Zebina, a son of Calvin Keith, was also born in East Bridgewater. He was for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of tacks in this town, took much interest in local pol- itics, voting with the Democrats, and died July 3, 1880. His wife, who was a native of Pembroke, Mass., passed away in 1842. Of their family three sons are living — Zebina, Samuel, and Henry — all residents of East Bridgewater. Samuel Keith was educated in his native town, attending public and private schools. He went to work at the age of eighteen in his father's tack factory, of which he became the superintendent after learning the business. In 1855, on the retirement of his father, he and his brother Zebina took charge of the place, and conducted it under the firm name of Z. Keith, Jr., & Co. In 1873, when the fac- tory was destroyed by fire, he retired from the firm. He has been connected with the East Bridgewater Savings Bank since its establish- ment; and, before entering on his present re- lations with it, he served it successively as a member of the Investment Committee, and for a number of years as Vice-President. He has been the President since 1889. The bank is an old and reliable one, and Mr. Keith has the esteem and confidence of the com- munity. In November, 1S57, Mr. Keith was united in marriage with Miss Augusta Swallow, daughter of Harrison Swallow, of Buckfield, Me. She died March 15, 1880, leaving three children. These are: Samuel A., who is a clerk in the Carver Cotton Gin Works at East Bridgewater; Fred, who also resides here; anil Amy, the widow of Fred G. Bonney, late of liast Bridgewater. Mr. Keith, like his father, is a firm supporter of Democratic prin- ciples, while he is respected by the members of both the political parties in his native town, lie has served for eighteen years as Superintemlent of Highways of East Bridge- water. None of the business men whose fathers and grandfathers have helped to build up East Bridgewater is held in more general esteem. igo BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW "GRACE B. MAGLATHLIN, a prom- inent manufacturer at Silver Lake, L^ ^^ in the town of Kingston, Mass., was born August 15, 1852, son of Peter W. and Marcia (Bradford) Maglathlin. This well-known Plymouth County family was founded by John Maglathlin, a Scotchman, who settled in Kingston in the eighteenth century. He died in this town in 1772, and his mortal remains were buried in the old cemetery. From him the descent continues in a direct line through Joseph and his son, Peter W., finst, to Peter W., second, Mr. H. B. Maglath- lin's father. The grandfather was a mariner, and died at sea. Peter VV. Maglathlin, second, who was a lifelong resident of Kingston, worked at the trade of a ship calker in connection with farm- ing. He followed the majority of the Whig element into the Republican party at its for- mation. An intelligent and highly respected citizen, he served for some time on the School Committee. He died in the seventies. He was twice married. Of his children the sur- vivors are: Harvey W., Philemon W. , Onslow W., Edwin L., and Horace B., the subject of this sketch— all of whom reside in Kings- ton; Angle, wife of Elliott Blanchard, of Turner, Me.; and Helen A., wife of Barker Baker, of North Hanson, Mass. Mrs. Marcia Bradford Maglathlin was a native of Maine. Horace B. Maglathlin was educated in the public schools of Kingston, and at the age of eighteen he began to serve an apprenticeship with P. C. Reed, a tack manufacturer at Silver Lake. After serving three years, he worked for a time as a journeyman, and in 1878 ene;ag:ed in business on his own account in Bridgewater. A year later his factory was accidentally destroyed by fire, caused by another occupant of the building; and in 1879 he erected his present plant at Silver Lake, and resumed business. His factory is fully equipped with improved machinery for pro- ducing all kinds of tacks and nails, and when running on full time employs eighteen hands. In 1874 Mr. Maglathlin was united in mar- riage with Eleanor T. Ford, daughter of Levi Ford, of Kingston, who was formerly a resi- dent of Du.xbury. Mr. and Mrs. Maglathlin have two children ; namely, Fred B. and Lucy D. As an able and foresighted business man, Mr. Maglathlin has been very successful financially and his investments have proved exceedingly profitable. He owns seventy-five acres of valuable land in Kingston, one hun- dred and sixty-one acres in the town of Hali- fax, and in company with John Foster, of South Hanson, owns a large tract of land located on Marshfield Beach. This property is known as Webster Park, and fifteen summer cottages have been erected there. He is also the owner of a productive cranberry bog of six acres at Silver Lake. In politics Mr. Maglathlin is a Republican, and for three years was a member of the .School Board of Kingston. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he serves in an official capacity, and as a public- spirited citizen he is a liberal contributor to the church and other deserving objects. /^STkORGE LOVELL RICHARDSON, V |ST Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Abington, Mass., has achieved success as an educator and as a man of busi- ness. He was born in East Medway (now Millis), Mass., March 9, 1838, a son of Joseph L. and Sylvia Pond (Partridge) Rich- ardson. His father, Joseph L. Richardson, who was born in East Medway, Mass., July 11, 1815, HORACE B. MAGLATHLIN. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW '93 was a farmer. lie died February 13, 1885. Mis wife, Sylvia, was born in Franklin, De- cember 22, 1816, and is now living in Milton, Mass. They had three children — George L., Joseph H., and Ellen Maria. The latter died about seventeen years ago. Joseph H. Rich- ard.son is with S. S. Pierce & Co., Boston, and is living with his wife in the same city. George Lovell Richardson grew to maturity on his father's farm. He received a liberal education, attending the .Medway High School and Monson Academy, taking one year's course of study at Amherst College and three years at Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in 1862. He taught some twenty- five years, from 1863 to 1S88, in the high school at Sherborn and the Centre High School at Abington, and then engaged in the wood business, which has occupied his attention since 1888. He is a man of good judgment in financial matters, and has been for some time a Trustee and a memi^cr of the Board of In- vestment of the Abington Savings Bank. In the quarter of a century devoted to educational work Mr. Richardson, continually widening his circle of acquaintance as new classes came under his direction, drew to himself many friends, and won the confidence and respect of all with whom he had dealings; and his career as a business man has in no wise lessened the favorable impression of his character and abil- ities made at that time. He has been twice married. In 1864, in Medway, he was united with Amelia B. Boyd, who died July 19, 1879, leaving two children: Joseph L. , now a resident of Needham, Mass.; and I'"red B., in Brnokline. In December, 1880, Mr. Richardson married Alice A. Giles, daughter of Jesse H. Giles, of Abington. He has no children by the second union. Mr. Richardson has been Chairman of the Abington Board of Selectmen for the past seven years. He is a member of John Cutler Lodge. A. F. & A. M.; Pilgrim Royal Arch Chapter; Abington Council ; and Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, and formerly took an active part in the chapter. RKN THOMAS WHITING, a farmer and shoemaker of Hanover, and one of those who fought for the Union in the Civil War, was born August 28, 1834, in the house where he now lives, son of Oren and Mary (Jones) Whiting. He began working at the shoemaker's bench when a child of si.'v years, and thereafter followed that occupation steadily until the commencement of the Civil War. In response to one of the early calls for men, he enlisted for nine months in Com- pany A of the Third Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered into service at Lakeville as a private. He participated in the battles of Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro. At the end of his first term of enlistment he was hon- orably discharged, and returned home. In 1864 he enlisted again, this time in Company E, First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with which he did guartl duty over rebel prisoners at Fort Warren until 1865. He was then discharged with the rank of Cor- poral, to which he had been promoted. After his return home he resumed his trade, and thereafter followed it until 1888. .Mr. Whit- ing has resided on his present homestead since 1865. The property contains about seventy- five acres. Here he is engaged in general farming and dairying, and also sells wood by retail. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and a member of Post No. 83. Grand Army of the Reimblic of Hanover. In 1851 Mr. Whiting was joined in marriage with Miss Lucy J. Hatch, who has borne him si.\ children, of whom three sons are living; 194 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW namely, Elwin T., Arthur L., and Erwin E. Two sons and their only daughter have passed away. These were Albert, Wilder, and Minnie J. Whiting. ILLIAM R. GROCE, the efficient superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, was born June 24, 1843, in the town of Abington, now Rockland, the second son and the fourth child of Nathan- iel S. and Lucy Ann (Ripley) Groce. Nathaniel S. Groce, who was a native of Han- over, passed the first years of his life there, and then moved to Rockland. A worthy citi- zen, by trade a shoemaker, he toiled industri- ously to the close of his life, and died at the age of sixty-one years. He married Lucy Ann Ripley, and by her became the father of eight children, seven of whom are now living. Four of these reside in Rockland, one is in Washington, D.C., and another is a teacher in the city of Boston. His wife died in 1894, at the age of eighty years. William R. Groce was brought up in his native town, receiving but a moderate educa- tion because of his father's limited means. Since then he has added largely to his stock of knowledge by reading, and by making the most of his powers of observation and practical contact with the world at large. At the age of ten he began to earn his own living, and by his thirteenth year he had ceased to attend school. Until September, 1862, he worked for the most part on the home farm or at shoe- making. Desiring then to serve in the Civil War, he enlisted in the Forty-third Massachu- setts Infantry, Company G, for nine months, and went to the front. Later he re-enlisted in the Sixtieth Regiment, Company A, Massa- chusetts Infantry. He saw much hard fight- ing, suffered a good deal from the fatigues and privations of camj) life, returned home in a poor physical condition, and resumed his old trade of shoemaking. In April, 1887, he be- came the superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, which supplies water to the towns of Rockland and Abington. The water was first turned on in January, 1887, when the builders had charge, Mr. Groce being the first superintendent. He has since retained his position, and proved himself thoroughly compe- tent, giving general satisfaction to the public. Mr. Groce married Miss Nannie E. Wads- worth, a daughter of Louis S. and Nancy B. Wadsworth, of Plymouth. By her he became the father of three children — Gertrude W., Clara Ripley, and Nathaniel S. The latter was so named after his grandfather. In poli- tics Mr. Groce is known as one of the "wheel horses" in the Republican ]3arty in this town. He has been on the Republican Committee of the town of Rockland since its organization, and has served as its Chairman for the past four years. His judgment is much relied upon, and his advice is much sought, both on general as well as political questions. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Hartsuff Post, No. 74, of Rock- land. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Rockland Commercial Club, which has done so much of late years for the business interests of the town. II^|EV. NEHEMIAH LINCOLN, pastor of the Congregational church of North Carver, was born in North Bridge- water, July 21, 1824. His father. Captain Nehemiah Lincoln, who was a native of the same town, and served in the War of 1S12, was married twice. His first wife, in maidenhood Martha Packard, bore him no children. Left by her death a childless BIOGK MMIICAL RKVIEW •95 widower, he formed a secoiul marriage with Miss Meiiitable lulson, by whom he became the fatlier of four chilcben. These were : Ne^ hemiah, Uaniel, David, and Amelia. The latter is a teacher in one of the New Bedford schools. Nehemiah Lincoln, who was reared on his father's farm, at the age of fourteen began to learn the shoemaker's trade, and afterward followed it for about ten years. Now deciding to eckicate himself for the gospel ministry, feeling drawn thereto by an inspiration he dared not resist, he abandoned his trade, and entered Andovcr Academy. Shortly after his eyes began to fail him, anti he fmnid it neces- sary to discontinue his studies. Taking his affliction patiently, he engaged in teaching, which he followed for two or three years in Raynham, Abington, I'^ast Hridgewater, and North Hridgewater, and afterward in New Ikd- ford for twenty years. At the end of that time the desire of his youth, which he had all along cherished, was accomplished. lie was ailmitted to the ministry of the Congregational church. Soon after his installation he went to North Rridgeton, where he had charge of two churches for over si.xteen years. In De- cember of 18S7 he came to North Carver, of whose society he has since been the pastor. In 1847 the Rev. \. Lincoln was married to Miss Cornelia Hay ward. The union was blessed by five children — Llla, Lucia, Clara, Ilattie, and Edward. Ilattie is no longer liv- ing. Edward, who is a dentist, practises his profession in Fitchiiurg, Mass. Entering the ministry late in life, Mr. Lincoln has given to it all the best energies of his maturer judg- ment and experience. In the quarter of a cen- tury that has since elapsed he has been em- ployed in well-directed and fruitful efforts to make those among whom his lot has been cast lead wiser, better, and happier lives. ACE HARTI.iiTT, a resident of West Hridgewater, and one of the defenders of the Union in the time of its greatest need, was born here, April 1 8, 1837, son of Job and Mary (Jackson) Hartlett. David Hartlett, the grandfather of Horace, was a .son of Samuel, the founder of the Hartlett family in Hridgewater. Samuel's father was Wright Hartlett, who probably lived in the earlier part ^ born in the following order: Enis, Job, Stephen, Albert, Ruth, Amy, and George VV. After the death of his first wife, Oliver Peirce married Miss Polly Hathaway, who bore him one son, Lysander. Job Peirce, the only living representative of this family, spent his early years on a farm, and received his education in the district school and at Peirce Academy in Middleboro. He was married on May 29, 1853, to Miss Eunice R. Ellis, who was born in Rochester. Four children have blessed their union, namely: Polly, who is engaged in teaching; Judith N. ; Lucy M. ; and Eunice R. In 1865 Mr. Peirce, who is a Republican, was a member of the State legislature. He has served his town very acceptably as Overseer of the Poor, also as Assessor and Selectman. -f^TENRY GURNEY, Chairman of the r^n Board of Selectmen of East Bridge- -1-^ V _ water, and a highly esteemed citi- zen, was born in this town, March 18, 1828, a son of Captain Seth and Anne (Bates) Gurney. His mother was a daughter of Christopher and Mary Bates, and his father was a son of Seth Gurney, Sr. Perkins Gurney, the father of Seth, Sr. , was a son of Joseph, who was a son of Zachariah Gurney, of Braintree. Two of Henry Guniey's great-grandfathers served in the War of the Revolution. Captain Seth Gurney and his wife, Anne Rates Gurney, were both natives of Plymouth County. He spent his life in East Bridge- water, where he carried on farming with suc- cess; and for a number of years he was Cap- tain of a company of militia, which he trained at stated times. He had si.K children, of whom Henry is the only survivor. In politics Captain Gurney was a Whig. He died in 1844. Henry Gurney, who was sixteen years old at the time of his father's death, grew to man- hood on a farm in the north part of the town. He received his education in the common schools and at the East Bridgewater Academy. On starting out in life for himself, he chose farming, the occupation to which he had been reared, and he has followed it diligently all his life. During the winter seasons he engages in logging and lumbering. He has resided at lilmwood since 1882. On the 1 2th of April, 1849, Mr. Gurney was united in marriage with Sallie Pt' Poole, who was born in what is now Whitman, Mass. They have three children living, namely: David W. ; Fannie M., wife of Allan B. Shaw; and Agnes C, wife of Prescott H. Pratt. P'or a number of years l\Ir. Gurney has served as Selectman of East Bridgewater, and he is now, as above mentioned, Chairman of the Board. He has been Town Treasurer one year, and on the School Board several years. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Gurney is a member of the Congregational church at Whitman. (JOSEPH D. JONES, an enterprising citizen of East Bridgewater, where he conducts a saw-mill and a bo.x manu- facturing business, was born in Warren, Me., November 14, 1837, a son of Linus and Phoebe (Peabody) Jones. On the paternal side he is a descendant of Miles Standish of Plymouth Colony fame. The line is thus clearly traced: Captain Miles Standish's first wife died in 1621, and he married a second wife, Barbara. His chil- dren were: Alexander, Miles, Josiah, Charles, Lora, and John. Alexander, son of Captain Miles, married Sarah, daughter of the Hon. John Alden, and had: Miles, Ebenezer, Lorah, HENRY GURNEY. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Lydia, Mercy, Sarah, ami Elizabeth. His first wife clioil, aiul he married Desire, widow of Israel Holmes. Miles, son of Alexander, married l-ixpcrience, dau<;hter of his mother-in- law by one of lier former luisl)ainls, and hatl : Sarah. Patience, I'riscilla, Miles, ant! Pene- lope. Miles, son of Miles, second, married Mehitable Robbins, lived in South Hridgc- water, and had : Miles, Experience, Penelope, Hannah, anil perhaps others. Penelope Standish, daughter of Miles, tiiird, married, in 1763, Nathaniel Cobb, of Plympton. Penelope Cobb married Ichabod Leach, and had: Jcrathmael, Knoch, Ephraim, Backus, and Abigail. Abigail Leach married Freeman Jones, and had: Linus, John G. , Ichabod, Penelope, Olive, Mehitable, Huldah, Phiebe, and Lydia. Linus Jones married Phiebe Peabody, and iiad : Mary M. ; Abbie; James \V. ; Oliver F. ; Benjamin 1?. ; William O. ; and Joseph D. , the subject of this sketch. Tiie early boyhood of Joseph D. Jones was spent on his father's farm in Warren, Me. He was an attendant of the common school until eleven years of age, but, having been obliged from that time to support himself, his education has been acquired chiefly in the school of practical business experience, among the many valuable lessons learned being that of self-reliance. In 1858 he went to Stough- ton, Mass.. and engaged in the shoemaking business, which he followed until 1S80, being for a time employed in George Keith's shoe shoi) in Campello. He then came to East Bridgewater, and purchased the saw-mill that he now owns, and which has been in operation for sixty years. He put in the first planer used in this jiart of the State. After conduct- ing it as a saw-mill for five years, he added box making, and now the saw-mill department is run only winters, but the box manufactory is kept in operation the year round. He' employs eight hands in the summer and thir- teen in the winter. On August 8, 1 861, Mr. Jones married Jeannette Pratt, of Turner, Me., by whom he has four children, namely: Clarence 1{. ; Alice K., wife of L. P. Churchill; Benjamin O. ; and Daniel H. Clarence V,., the eldest, is a cigar manufacturer in Milford, Mass. He married Winona Hale. Politically, Mr. Jones is a stanch Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of Colfax Lodge, Independent Order of Odd I-'ellows, at ICast Bridgewater. T. PARKER, an enterprising and prosperous general merchant of Plympton, was born in this town, January 29, 1842, son of Zaccheus Parker, a lifelong resident,. and formerly a well-known merchant here. Mr. Parker's grandfather, Jonathan Parker, founded the business which has since been carried on liy his descendants, and Zaccheus Parker conducted it for a period of forty-eight years or until 1867, when he was succeeded by his son, a brother of Z. T. Parker, the subject of this sketch. Z. T. Parker was reared and educated in Plympton, and resided here until he was twenty-one years old. He then went to Bos- ton, where he was employed as a clerk by R. H. White & Co. until 1883, when he re- turned to this town, and, succeeding to his brother's business, has since conducted it with success. He continued to occui)y the old building until 1S93, when he erected his present commodious store, which is furnished according to modern ideas, and provided with improved heating apparatus, the water for which is supplied by the aiil of wind-mills. He carries a large and varied stock, including dry goods, boots, shoes, and groceries, 226 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW together with a great variety of general mer- chandise, and by promjjtness and fair dealing has secured a good patronage. Mr. I'arkcr is highly esteemed, both in bus- iness and social circles, and has been Post- master in Plympton since 18S4. OlIN DARLING CHURCHILL, the pioneer station agent of the Old Colony Railroad in Plymouth, was born here, November S, 1817, son of Sylvanus and Lydia (Churchill) Churchill. Mr. Churchill's grandfather, Zenas Churchill, who was a native and a lifelong resident of this town, passed the active period of his life in sea- faring. Sylvanus Churchill, Mr. Churchill's father, was born in Plymouth. At an early age he began to follow the sea as a means of liveli- hood. In the course of time he became an able seaman, accjuiring a reputation for his agility aloft. One of his feats was to coil a rope while making his way to or from the mast-head. A man of strong constitution, he weathered the storms of the Atlantic for many years, and he lived to the age of eighty-two. He married Lydia Churchill, daughter of Thaddeus Churchill, of Plymouth. By her he became the father of seven sons, of whom John D. , the youngest, is the only survivor. The others were: Sylvanus (first), who died in in- fancy; Sylvanus (second), who lived to be eighty-two years old; Hiram, who died at seventy-nine; Thomas, who died at eighty-six; Benjamin, who lived to the age of eighty- three; and Josiah, who died at seventy-two years. They were all strong, able-bodied men and worthy citizens. The parents were members of the Orthodo.x church. John Darling Churchill was educated in the common schools. While still a youth, he engaged in seafaring on coasting-vessels. In his young manhood he was for a time em- ployed as a clerk in a general store for the fit- ting out of fishermen. Later he ran a packet between Plymouth and Boston. Upon the completion of the railroad in 1845, he was tendered the position of station agent at Plym- outh, to the exclusion of fourteen eligible applicants for the post. Though he did not desire to relinquish his packet business, he was finally prevailed upon to accept, and for five years he attended to the company's busi- ness here, having entire charge of this end of the line. He then resigned in order to devote his entire attention to the fishing industry. Having entered this business with two small vessels, he gradually increased his equipment to six stanch, seaworthy craft, which necessi- tated the use of two wharves. He was pros- perously occupied in this way until 1875, when he retired from active business pursuits. His vessels were kept constantly in commis- sion, making regular trips to the fishing banks, generally returning with good catches. He was exceptionally fortunate in'keeping them above water, his only serious loss having been the seizure of one of them by the British au- thorities, upon a false charge of fishing within their territory. In politics he has been a Republican since the formation of the party, and he has voted at every election for the past fifty-seven years. The pressure of business obliged him to de- cline the nomination to public offices at dif- ferent times. Mr. Churchill married for his first wife, Marcia J. Holmes, daughter of Thomas Holmes, of Plymouth. By this union there are three children, namely: John I'ranklin, who was born January 11, 1841 ; Frederick Lee, who was born February 8, 1 846 ; and Josiah D. , who was born October 24, 1853. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 227 Jolin I-'rankliii Churchill attonded the United States Naval School at Annapolis, Md. At the age of eighteen he entered the United States Navy, in which, during the Civil War, he lield the rank of luisign. At the siege of i'"ort Fisher he was highly complimented !))■ Admiral Porter for his gallant conduct, lie is now an accountant. Frederick Lee Clunchill is the present Postmaster in Plym- outh, anil Josiah D. Churchill is carrying on a flourishing mercantile business here. The mother died in 1882. The father's second marriage was contracted November 30, 1S83, with Julia A. Hawley, of Plymouth. He has been a membei- of Plymouth Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for about thirty years; antl of the Pil- grim Societ)- of Plymouth for several years. jYRUS IL HARDY, dentist.— In these days of specialties, when it is the fashion for a professional man to restrict himself to one narrow path, the fact is sometimes lost sight of, that, to insure success, it is well to have some knowledge of things outside of one's particular work. Dr. Hardy has studied medicine, and can deter- mine whether the state of the teeth is due to the condition of the system, or that of the sys- tem to the teeth ; and he understands thor- oughly the methods of administering ether or other, anaesthetics without danger to the patient. Established for a number of years in Ilingham, Mass., he has won the confidence of the public, and occupies a front rank in his profession. He was born in Wilton, Me., September 10, 1833, a son of Dr. Daniel and Lucinda (Teague) Hardy. The Hardy s are an old New luigland family. Two of the earliest colonists bearing this sur- name were: John, who settled in -Salem in 1634; and Thomas, who was one of the first twelve settlers of Ipswich, Mass., in 1633, and who died in Hradford in 1678, leaving several sons. Dr. Cyrus H. Hardy's grand- father, Daniel Hardy, was one of the early settlers in Wilton, Me. lie was a man of means and of strong character, the owner at one time of nearly half the township, antl exercised, by his upright living and general example for good, a healthful intiuence on the community. Dr. Daniel Hardy, his son, was a successful and popular physician, a native and lifelong resident of the Pine Tree State. In his early life he had ah extensive country practice, cov- ering a large territory; and he was subse- c[uently actively engaged in professional duties in the city of Portland, where he was not obliged to take such long and tiresome rides. He lived to be ninety-four years old. His wife died at the age of seventy-three. Four of their children are living: Jose])hine W., wife of Rufus Teague, of Turner, Me. : Ade- line P., wife of Judge Davidson, of Sierra County, California; Francis A., in Hucksport, Me. ; and Cyrus H., now of Hingham. Cyrus H. Hardy obtained the fundamental part of his education in the common schools of his native place, which were very good schools. He early took up the stutly of metli- cine, for which he had a natural taste, with his father, who was an.xious for him to become a regular physician; but he had a mechanical bent, and dentistry had a peculiar charm for him, notwithstanding the fact that his father was opposed to his being a dentist. He began to practise when he was only si.xteen years old, pulling teeth for those who would trust themselves to him. Teeth in those ilays were extracted by means of the old turn-screw, a clumsy tool with which the boy dentist was much dissatisfied. He ajiiilied to the town blacksmith for something better, and that arti- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW sail told him if he would furnish a pattern he would make the tool for him. The lad accord- ingly fashioned a pair of forceps of wood, and the blacksmith made for him a finely finished pair of steel. These forceps did excellent service, for people came far and near to "the boy with the pincers " to have their trouble- some teeth removed. In the mean time the lad was studying med- icine with his father, and he subsequently took a course at a medical school of the eclec- tic order on Boylston Street, Boston. He was graduated at Beach's Medical School when he was twenty-two years old, and he subse- quently studied the formation and use of chemicals and manufactured chemicals and chemical combinations; then, after practising medicine for a while with his father, he took up the study of dentistry, and going to California with his brother, a regular physi- cian, he practised medicine and surgery there for a while, making a specialty of dentistry. About twenty-three years ago he became a resident of Hingham, and at that time he was still making a study of the science of den- tistry. After a term under the excellent in- struction of Dr. Sargeant, of Tremont Temple, he opened an office in Hingham. This was fourteen years ago, and Dr. Hardy now has a large and lucrative patronage, his work being its own advertisement. His office is in the Water Company's building. Dr. Hardy married Julia Roby, of Charles- ton, S. C, who died in 1890, leaving the fol- lowing children: Ida Blanche, who is still with her father; Herbert O. , foreman of the Jourtial printing office in this town; Cyrus Daniel, a graduate of the Massachusetts Col- lege of Pharmacy, now in charge of a labora- tory in Providence, R.I.; and Forrester, who is still at home. In politics the Doctor is a Republican. He is superintendent of the Sunday-school connected with the Methodist church, and takes an active interest in the work of the society. His home, which is on Lafayette Avenue, stands on an elevation, and commands a beautiful view of the surrounding; country. The Doctor is a genial, pleasant- mannered man, and has a large circle of friends. RP:D C. sparrow, carpenter and builder, is one of the intelligent and successful business men of Middleboro, Mass. He was born in this town, January ig, 1857, a son of James P. and Persis L. (Smith) Sparrow, and is of the third generation of his family in the vicinity, his paternal grand- father, James Sparrow, having been an old resident of Fall Brook. James P. Sparrow, son of the elder James, was born in Middle- boro, and was for a number of years in busi- ness here as a carpenter and builder. He died July 5, 1885, at the age of sixty years. His wife died February 17, 1892, at the age of sixty-seven. They reared six children, namely: Alice L. , wife of W. F. Davis, of Duxbury, Mass. ; Albert S., a resident of Middleboro; Samuel J.; P"red C, of Middle- boro; Priscilla E., wife of John C. Starbuck, of tllmwood; and Sarah L., wife of T. A. F. Washburn, an undertaker of Middleboro. F"red C. , the second son, as he grew to man- hood attended the schools of his native town, and, making rapid progress, entered the high school before he was thirteen years old. He had a natural aptitude for the use of tools, and when a boy was always busy upon some mechanical contrivance. At the age of eigh- teen he went to work for his father, and his apprenticeship was a very short one, as he seemed to know by intuition all the mysteries of the joiner's craft. He was associated with his father some ten years, and just before his BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 229 father's death he assumed charge of the busi- ness. It is needless to say that he has been successful, and has finisheil many im[)ortant contracts. Mr. Sparrow was married b\' the Rev. N. J. Dyer (it being his first marriage ceremony), September 22, 1878, to Miss Sarah F. C. King, a most estimable lady of sujjerior intel- ligence and ability. They have two children. The elder, Fred S., who was born August 15, 1S82, is an active-minded lad and a great reader — apparently as fond of brain work as his father at the same age was of handicraft. He rises at daybreak in order to give more time to his beloved books. The other child, Sarah K., died June 13, 1892, having lived but thirteen months. Mr. Sparrow is Vice-President of the Re- publican Club of Midcileboro, has served at many elections as ballot clerk, and has been in office as Constable for the past nine years. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Work- men, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics; and he is insured in a number of life, endowment, and accident companies, in- cluding the Massachusetts Mutual benefit As- sociation, the Union Relief Association, and the Citizens' Aid Society. His wife is an active member of the Congregational church. Mr. and Mrs .Sparrow have a very pleasant home at 21 I'lyniplon Street. The house is the same, remodelled, in which his father was born, and where he died. It also was the birthplace of Mr. Sparrow; and here he hopes to die as soon as his days of usefulness are over. The house was erected as a parsonage by the Rev. .Sylvanus Conant, the fourth pastor of the l^'irst Congregational Church in Middleboro, in 1752. It was afterward occu- pied by the -Rev. Joseph Harker, the fifth pastor, who sold it to James Sparrow, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Although it is one of the historic landmarks of old Middleboro, it stands to-day as erect and well preserved as any of the modern houses, anil bids defiance to the storms of another century. .Al'TAIX .\I.l)i;\ HK.SSK is a re- tired ship-master, residing in the vil- lage of Wareham, I'lyniouth County, Mass., where he was born on April g, 1821. His father, Samuel Hesse, was a lifelong resident of Wareham, and was engaged in sea- faring pursuits during his early manhooii. In the War of 1812, when he was visiting his brother at West Island, he was taken by the English, who made him pilot of their vessel, up as far as Bird Island. Eventually he was given his liberty at Martha's Vineyard. He married Elizabeth Young, a native of Ware- ham, and they became the parents of si.x chil- dren, as follows: Charles H., who died Janu- ary II, 1892, aged seventy-si.\ years, eight months, seven days; Samuel B. , who died June 22, i860, aged forty-three years, three months, twenty days; Isaac Y., who died March 27, 1849, aged thirty-two years, three months, twenty days; Zeruiah Y., who died March 28, 185 1, aged thirty -two years, one month, si.x days; Rodolphus, who died March 5, 1878, aged fifty-four years, ten months, fourteen days; and Aklen, the only one now living. Samuel Besse, the father, died August 16, 1863, aged seventy-seven years, eleven months, seventeen days; and the mother, Elizabeth Besse, died April 5, 1863, aged seventy-seven years, four months. Alden Besse left home when but twelve years old to go on board a coasting-vessel, on which he was employed si.x years. He then 230 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW shipped before the mast on the whaling brig "Inga," which cruised in the North and South Atlantic seven months. He subsequently made a second voyage of the same length on the same vessel, and cruising over the same waters, but held the position of boat-steerer. His third and fourth voyages also were made on the "Inga," but he had been promoted in each case, going out first as second mate and later as first mate. He then sailed from New Bedford on the bark "Charleston Packet," as master, being away from home eighteen months at that time. The following three years he had command of the bark "Hecla," spending the time chiefly on the North Pacific. Captain Besse on his return remained with his family six months, and then returned to New Bedford to take charge of the ship "John Wells," going to the Okhotsk Sea, where he cruised two seasons. After spending a year in VVareham, he next went out on a sperm whaling trip, as master of the ship "Hunter," to the coast of New Zealand, this time being away four years. Two years later he made a cruise in the same vessel on the Atlantic Ocean for nearly two years, that being his last voyage. He was engaged in whaling from 1839 until 1 868, being master of a vessel from 1846, and in his voyages meeting with invari- able success. He is a good business man, noted for his honest and upright dealings, and in the course of his career has accumulated considerable property, having been the owner of several vessels engaged in freighting for foreign ports, and he is still interested in these pursuits to some extent. Captain Besse was married December 26, 1852, to Mrs. Betsey S. (Jenney) Besse, the widow of his brother Isaac. Mrs. Besse had two children by her first marriage, namely: Charles A., who lived but nine months; and Adelaide S., wife of Gideon M. Washburn, of Brockton, Mass. Captain and Mrs. Besse have had two children, of whom Frank A., a book-keeper in the National Bank of Ware- ham, is the only one living, Isaac H., the youngest child, having died at the age of two years and five months. In politics Captain Besse is a strong advo- cate of the principles of the Republican party, and takes an active interest in local affairs, having served in nearly all the offices within the gift of his fellow-townsmen. From 1868 until 1880 he was one of the Selectmen of Wareham, and at the same time was Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He has also filled an unexpired term as Town Treasurer and Col- lector. In 1871 and 1873 he represented his dist-rict in the State legislature. The Cajjtain has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Wareham for fifteen years, and is a Vice-President, Trustee, and one of the Investment Committee of the Ware- ham Savings Bank. LBKRT CULVER, of Rockland, Mass., senior member of the firm of A. Culver Company, dealers in coal, wood, hay, flour, and grain, and other merchandise, is a self-made man, who has won his way from a haid-working boyhood to a mature manhood, blessed by wealth and position. He was born in the town of Poultney, Rutland County, Vt., January 10, 1838, son of Isaac C. and Maria (Mead) Culver, natives of the Green Mountain State. Isaac C. Culver, who was a farmer, removed about 1 84 1 to Niagara County, New York, and there followed the pursuit of agriculture for fifty-six years. He died at the age of eighty- six, his wife living to be fourscore and four. They had a family of eleven children, two of whom died in infanc)'. A son, John M., also # i^ ALBERT CULVER. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 233 is deceased, and a daughter, Julia, died in North Abington. The survivors are: Fran- cis, residing in Compton, Cal.; Fredericit and Ann M., in Niagara County, New York; Mary J., in Detroit, Mich.; Charles and I-ouisa, in Niagara County, New York; and Albert, the subject of this sketch. Albert Culver was three years old when his parents removed to New York State, and he was there reared on a farm. He was given scant educational privileges, being obliged, from the time that he was ten years old, to work in the growing season, and to make the most of his opportunities for schooling in the winter; but he was naturally intelligent, and in course of time acquired a store of practical knowledge, his teachers being necessity and experience. He remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age, and then went to work for his brother John, a merchant who dealt in feed and coal in North Abington, Mass. With his brother he remained about fifteen months; and he was subsequently I'n the employ of Deacon Ford, a North Abington grocer, for fifteen months; in the Union Store at the same place, two years; and in a grocery store at East Abington, three months. While employed in these various places he had perfected himself as an accountant, and he was next engaged as book-keeper in a shoe factory, where he remained eleven years. Although almost wholly self-educated, he was an expert at this kind of clerical work; and when the Hanover branch of the railroad was built, Mr. Lane, one of his employers at the factory, being Treasurer of the railroad com- pany, gave Mr. Culver full charge of the rail- road accounts. His duties included the issu- ing of notices and the receipt and expenditure of funds; and he displayed such good. judg- ment and practical ability that, on Mr. Lane's death, he was appointed Treasurer of the cor- poration. He was in office some ten years, until the road was sold to the Old Colony Company. In his present business he was at first asso- ciated with the Lane IJrothers and others. The Lanes retired after a while, and for eleven years the firm was Culver, Phillips & Co. Seven years ago Mr. Culver inirchasod the entire business, which has since been under his direction solely. There were originally a number of branch stores, one of which was in Hanover, Mass. It has required firmness and determination to carry on this extensive busi- ness, for there was opposition to be overcome, not only from men, but also from nature. The large warehouse on Union Street, oppo- site the railroad station, is built partly on swampy ground, and it required patience and skilful engineering to establish a firm founda- tion. Mr. Culver was not to be turned aside from his purpose by an obstacle. He went steadily on, and accomplished all that he had intended. He is a Director of the Rockland National Bank, which he was active in organ- izing; and he is a Trustee of the Savings Bank, and a member of the Investing Com- mittee. Mr. Culver was married in 1862 to Nancy S. Howland, of East Abington, daughter of Jonathan Howland, and they have two chil- dren: Annie M. , born Sejitember 23, 1867, wife of E. B. Church, of Rockland ; and Ethel M., born October 24, 1875, who has not yet left her parents. Politically, Mr. Culver is a stanch Republi- can. He takes a lively interest in local im- provements, and contributes liberally to every- thing calculated to advance the interests of the town. He was quite active in the organiza- tion of the Rockland Commercial Club, an association of business men, of which he is a charter member; and he is a member of 234 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Standish Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Rockland. Mr. Culver has a handsome residence at 8 School Street. JDWARD A. GAMMONS, Cashier of the National Bank of Warcham, and Treasurer of the Wareham Savings Bank, was born in South Wareham, Mass., January 15, 1842, a son of William and Deb- orah B. (Gallt) Gammons. Soon after his birth his parents removed to East Weymouth, but two years later settled in Wareham, near Parker Mills. Here their son Edward was educated, attending the common schools of this town. At the age of eight years he began working in the Parker mills, where he was employed during the winter for several years, while in the summer months he followed the sea. In 1862, in the month of October, Mr. Gammons enlisted as a private in Company 15, Third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into service at Camp Joe Hooker. Going thence to North Carolina with his regiment, he was stationed at New Berne, and took an active part in various battles in that locality, being in the midst of the conflict at Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro, and in various minor engagements. In June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of enlist- ment, he was discharged from service at Camp Joe Hooker. On returning to Wareham, Mr. Gammons entered what is now known as the National Bank at Wareham as a clerk, a posi- tion which he had filled twelve years when he was appointed Assistant Cashier. Ten years later he was made Treasurer and Cashier of the above-named bank, succeeding Thomas R. Miles, who died in March, 1885, and who was connected with the bank as Cashier from the date of incorporation in 1833, excepting five years. Mr. Miles entered banking business at the age of twelve, having his first experience at Newport, R.I., being there about ten years. He then accepted the position of Paying Teller in the Merchants' Bank at Providence, R.I., where he remained until 1833, when he came to Wareham. He was a man highly re- spected and valued in the community, having good judgment in financial matters, and an extensive acquaintance. His memory is held sacred by the inhabitants of Wareham and vicinity. On January 15, 1867, Mr. Gammons married Mary B. Billings, a daughter of Warren and Mary F. (Caswell) Billings, of Wareham. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gammons three children have been born, namely: Mary B. , wife of Frank A. Besse; William, a clerk in the employ of the Boston Dry-goods Company ; and Henry Elliott, who is employed in the Compressed Steel Shafting Works at South Boston. Politically, Mr. Gammons affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a valued member of Social Harmony Lodge, A. h\ & A. M., of which he is now Secretary; and of the General William T. Sherman Post, No. 20S, Grand Army of the Republic. (sJY ^-EXANDER R. GURNEY, the engi- f^ neer in charge of the Middleboro ^ V..^ Pumping Station, is a man of unusual ability. He was born in Marion, Mass., March 23, 1848, son of Rufus H. anVl Phcebe (Gaboon) Gurney. Rufus H. Gurney was a ship-carpenter by trade. He followed the sea for some time in his youth, and again, after 1869, when he was ship navigator, and visited several of the West India Islands. He had many tales to tell of the strange sightg and peoples he had seen. After settling perma- nently on land, he gave his attention to BIOGRAPHICAL RRVIF.W 235 mechanical work, in which ho was naturally skilled. In December, 1861, he enlisted for three years' service in the Civil War, joining Company II, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteers. At the end of this term he joined the ranks again, and served till the close of the war. .Shortly before Lee's sur- render he was captured, and spent two weeks in the hands of the Confederates. His mechanical skill caused him to be in much demand J in the surgeon's department. He died in 1887, aged sixty-four years, si.\ months, nine days. His wife, who was a Plymouth girl, after surviving him about four years, died aged sixty -eight years, nine months, twenty days. Their children were: Mary, Alexander R. , Freeman F., and Anna 1*". Mary is now the wife of Benjamin S. Keyes, of Middleboro; and Anna F. is the wife of G. H. Bourne. Alexander R. Gurney attended the common schools of Wareham, whither his parents re- moved when he was five years old. He spent one season on the sea in his nineteenth year, but his boyhood was principally spent in farm work. This occupation not being to his liking, he learned to manage an engine, begin- ning as a fireman. His carefulness and intel- ligence in time won for him high recommen- dations and constant employment. In 1885, after filling responsible positions in Brockton and Wareham, he was appointed to his present position. He has now a license as a first-class engineer, under the act of 1895. The general appearance of the pumping station plainly in- dicates that it is in thoroughly competent hands. Mr. Gurney is a voluntary observer for the Agricultural Department of the United States, and keeps a full and systematic meteo- rological record, noting temperature, precipi- tation, winds, clouds, frosts, etc. In 1887 Mr. Gurney was married to Miss Alice W. Lnring, of Wareham. In politics he favors the Repid)lican side. He belongs to one fraternal association, the Royal Society of Good Fellows. He accompanies Mrs. Gur- ney to the Congregational Church, of which she is a communicant. He has a pleasant home at 3 Rock Street. OSIAH W. ATWOOD, a farmer of Carver, was born in Carver Centre, April 2, 1S44. His parents were Ebenazer and Waitstill (Lucus) Atwood, who had ten other childrep; namely, Mary A., Stilmans, Waitstill S., Sarah, Abbie, Louisa, Ebenezer, Charles H., Hannah, and George S. Mr. Atwood grew up on his father's farm, re- ceiving his education in, the district schools. He was still beneath the family roof tree when the Civil War broke out. In Septem- ber, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Third Massachusetts Infantry; and his company was mustered at Lakeville, tljis county. )(The reg- iment was shortly after sent to North Caro- lina, where it took part in the actions at King- ston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro. -Mr. Atwood was honorably discharged at Lakeville in June, 1866. On returning to his home, illness, resulting from the hardships to which he was exposed in the army, rendered him unable to resume his former routine of life for some time. As soon as he was sufficiently recuperated he began to work at farming. ,( In 1864, while at home, his term of service having expired, he was joined in matrimony with Miss Lydia Gammons. Their only child is Sadie F., now a teacher of music. Soon after his marriage Mr. Atwood moved to the farm upon which he now resides, and which he has since cultivated. In politi- cal affiliation he is a Democrat, and belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, Colling- 236 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW wood Post, No. 76, where, among his war- worn comrades, he recalls his military experience. (^AMES F. ANDERSON, a well-known tack manufacturer of Rockland, Mass., was born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, October i, 1857, son of William P. and Hannah T. (Vaughn) Anderson. William P. Anderson, who was a Virginian by birth, and by profession an engineer, went to Sandwich, Mass., where he spent the rest of his life. His wife, Hannah, was a native of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They became the parents of thirteen children, seven boys and six girls, of whom seven are now living. Mrs. Hannah Anderson, who is now seventy- si.K years old, resides with her son, James F. Mrs. Anderson takes a pardonable pride in her large family, all of whose members as they grew up subsequently reflected credit upon their parents. James F. Anderson, who was the seventh son born to his parents, resided at home until he was twenty-one years old, and received a prac- tical education. His first employment was in a glass factory in his native town, where he remained for about one year, having begun work at the age of twenty. A year later he learned the art of manufacturing tacks, and going to Whitman, in this county, he worked at that trade for some time. He afterward came to Rockland, where he found employ- ment in the same line of industry with French, Hall & Company, who established their large business here in 1884. Going into their factory, he worked faithfully until two years ago, when he bought out the plant, and has since conducted it himself. His business is the only one of the kind in the place, and under his effective management it has grown to large proportions. His goods are sold over a wide extent of country, going as far as St. Louis, St. Paul, and other large Western cities. On November 17, 1885, he was married to Helen D. Wentworth, of East Bridgewater. Mr. Anderson has a comfortable dwelling- house on Maple Street, not very far from his factory and offices, which are on Grove Street. In his political opinions Mr. Anderson is a stanch Republican, but has taken no very active part in politics. He belongs to the In- dependent Order of Odd I^"ellows, being a charter member of the lodge at Whitman. He is an active and prominent member of the Congregational church. M E WITT CLINTON BATES, Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, As- sessors, and Overseers of the Poor of the town of Hingham, Mass., formerly a well-known public-school teacher of Plymouth County, is now residing on a farm a short dis- tance from Hingham Centre, and about a mile from Hingham, and engaged in market garden- ing. He was born in Cohasset, Norfolk County, Mass., October 28, 1827, a son of Lot and Winifred (F^llms) Bates. The founder of the Bates family in America came to these shores a few years after the set- tlement at Plymouth in 1620. Of that remote progenitor, the following is recorded in the "History of Hingham": Clement Bates (Bate, Batte), aged forty, with his wife, Anna, and five children, embarked at London for New England, April 6, 1635, i" the ship "Eliza- beth." On his arrival he settled in Hingham, at about the time the Rev. Peter Hobart and his followers came here; and on September 18, 1635, he received a grant of land on Town (South) Street. This lot contained five acres, and was bounded on the north-east by land of BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 237 Cicorf^c Russell, and (in the soiitli-wcst by land of Thomas Johnson. It was the fifth in num- ber from Bachelor (Main) Street, and has been in the possession of some of the posterity of the original grantee for nearly two and a half centuries. In 1S83 the estate, including an ancient dwelling-house formerly known as the "Anchor Tavern," was sold to the owners of the land adjuining. .\ poitinn nf the estate, however, has since been repurchased ; and on the spot where the old house stood, a dwelling of mocrern style has been erected, and is now occupied by a descendant of the early colonist. The name "Bate" was a common one in Eng- land for nearly two centuries before any of the family took their departure for America; and the linglish ancestors of Clement are traceable for five generations prior to that time. The father of Clement Bates was James, who died in 1614, at Lydd, Parish of All Hal- lows, lingland. Anna, wife of Clement, died in Hingham, Mass., October i, 1669, aged seventy-four. Clement ilietl September 17, 167 1, aged seventy-si.x. Clement and Anna Bates had si.x children, of whom only the youngest was born in Hingham. Joseph, their fourth child, who was born in England about 1630, married in Hingham, Mass., Jan- uary g, 1657, listher, daughter of William Hilliard. Joseph Bates died April 30, 1706, and his wife Esther on June 3, 1709. He was a bricklayer by trade. He served as Constable three years, and as Selectman four years; and in 1673 he was appointed se.xton of the parish, in which capacity he served a number of years. He rcsitled on the paternal homestead on South Street. Joseph and ICsther Bates had a family of nine children. Joshua, their filth child, was born in Hing- ham, August 14, 1 67 1. He was married Jan- uary 15, 1695, to Rachel Tower, who was born in Hingham March 16, 1674, daughter of I brook and Margaret (Hardin) Tower. Seven children were born of this union. Joshua, Jr., the second of these, was born June 15, 1698. He married December 28, 1 731, Abi- gail Joy, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Andrews) Joy. .She was born in Hingham, December 29, 1701, and survived her husband, who died March iTi, 1766. He was a brick layer, and at his death left a large estate. In 1735 he served as Constable of the town. Nathaniel, the fifth of the seven children of Joshua and Abigail Bates, was born October 3, 1733, in Hingham. On December 18, 1760, he married Mary Hamlen. His residence was on Beech wood Street, and his life was spent in Hingham, except the period of his absence as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Na- thaniel and Mary Bates had two sons, namely: Cornelius, who died in 1850, aged eighty-eight years; and Jessaniah, the grandfather of De Witt Clinton, the special subject of this brief biography. His birth occurred in Hingham, June 29, 1768, and, after he established a home of his own, he lived on Beechwood Street, Cohasset, where he followed farming. He married Phrebe Litchfield, of Scituate, who died April 13, 1S49, aged seventy-five years. His death occurred nearly five years later, March 6, 1854. Their eight children, all born at Cohas.set, were: Pht^be, Rufus, Lot, Lewis, Warren, Silas, Mary, and Eze- kiel. Lot Bates, the father of De Witt Clin- ton, was born in 1802. He married Winifred El 1ms, and they had three children, born at Cohasset — De Witt Clinton, Lot W., and one that died. Lot W. Bates resides in Cohasset. De Witt Clinton Bates attended the com- mon school until fourteen years old, at which time, having made good progress in his studies, he entered the Cohasset High School. He continued to live on the farm with his parents until he was seventeen, and then went 238 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW to Dorchester to learn the carjienter's trade, remaining there until twenty-one years of age. Returning to his home in Cohasset, he after- ward studied under the Rev. Joseph Osgood, and at the Merrimack Normal Institute in New Hampshire; and, beginning in 185 1, he taught school, first in Cohasset, then two years in Hingham, two years in North Brain- tree, and twelve years in the Hingham Centre Grammar School. While teaching the last- named school, in 1866 and 1867, he repre- sented Hingham at the General Court. In 1 87 1 he was elected to the offices of Select- man, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, which he has held continuously since that time, and he has been Chairman of the Board the past fifteen years. In politics he was for- merly a Free Soiler; and since 1856, when he cast his Presidential vote for John C. Fre- mont, he has affiliated with the Republican party. Mr. Bates and Sarah A. Burbank were married on May 8, 1853, and their union has been blessed by the birth of six children : William Clinton, a graduate of Harvard Col- lege, in the class of 1877, and now Superin- tendent of Schools in I'all River, Mass. ; Plllery Webster, who died while attending Harvard College: Mary Winifred, a teacher, living at home with her parents; Herbert Osgood, a farmer, also living at the parental home; Sarah Flizabeth, a teacher in the Hing- ham Centre Grammar School; and Grace Lin- coln, deceased. William Clinton Bates, the eldest son, married Edith F. Taggert, and has two children — Edith Dorothea and Clement Taggert. APTAIN WILLIAM S. McFAR- LIN, a veteran of the Civil War, and m esteemed citizen of Carver, Plymouth County, Mass., was born on the farm on which he now resides, July 11, 1827, son of Sampson and Polly (Shurtleff) McP"ar- lin. He is the eldest of a family of ten chil- dren, eight sons and two daughters ; namely, William S., Almena L., Horatio, Charles H., Thomas H., Charles D., Polly S. , Henry L., Peleg, and Jason B. Henry L. McFarlin, the sixth son, enlisted in Company li, of the P'or- tieth Massachusetts Regiment, with which he served until the battle of Cold Harbor, early in June, 1864, when he was mortally wounded, and died nine days later. He had risen from the ranks to the position of First Sergeant, and a Lieutenant's commission awaited him at his death. Mrs. Polly McFarlin died at thirty-eight years of age. Her husband sur- vived her many years, dying on the farm now owned by his son, William S. , at the age of eighty-two. William S. McFarlin spent his boyhood and his early manhood, up to twenty-three years of age, on his present farm. He then began working at the iron moulder's trade, which he followed until the breaking out of the Civil War. He had previously been a Captain in the State militia, and he was one of the first to go into service, responding to the first call for seventy-five thousand men, and going di- rect to Fortress Monroe. After being out between three and four months, he returned home and raised one hundred men in Carver and adjoining towns, forming what was after- ward known as Company C, Elighteenth Mas- sachusetts Volunteer Infantry. They went to Washington, were there ordered to join the Army of the Potomac, and were in the en- gagements at Yorktown, Hanover Court-house, and the Seven Days' P"ight in front of Rich- mond. On the Peninsula, June 27, 1862, in the march from Cold Harbor to White House Landing, Captain McFarlin receiveil a sun- stroke, from the effects of which he was under WILLIAM L. DOUGLAS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 241 the iloctoi's care for about two niontlis. He then went to Fredericksburg, but was subse- quently confined in the Dou^jlas Hospital at VVashin.i^ton for aliout six weeks. On account of his impaired liealth, as soon as al)]e to leave the hospital, he resigned liis commission in the army, and returned to Carver. At the present time he is engaged in carrying on the old homestead farm, cranberries being one of the principal crops thereon. On I\Ia\ 9, i8gi. Captain McFarlin was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Monroe, widow of Granville Monroe, of Bridgewater, Mass., and daughter of David W'ilber. In 1873 and 1874 Captain Mcl'^arlin was a member of the State Board of Police, and was stationed at Wareham. He lias also served as Constable and on the School Board. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is a member of Plym- outh Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of Winthrop Lodge of Good Templars; and Post No. 8, Grand Army of the Repidilic, of Midclleboro. Captain I\Icl'"arlin is a communicant of the Methodist Episcoj^al church, of which he is a Trustee, and is active in other offices. ON. WILLIAM LE:WIS DOUG- LAS, of Brockton, originator of L'^^ V_ , the famous "Douglas three-dollar shoe," was born in the town of Plymouth, Mass., August 22, 1845. The death of his parents left him at an early age wholly de- pendent on his own exertions for a livelihood. His schooling was limited; but he had plenty of determination and pluck, and, obtaining employment in a shoe shop, he gave his tal- ents and whole attention to thoroughly and systematically learning the trade. His close application to business and the interest shown in his work soon attracted the notice of his employer, who early recognized the al)ility of the man, and it was not long be- fore he occupied positions of importance, all of which he filled most satisfactorily. Mr. Douglas became a resident of Brockton, then North Bridgewater, in 1870, and worked in several factories there. In July, 187^), he began business for himself, with small capital but plenty of confidence. At that time was laid the foundation of the enormous business which he controls at the present time. Besides manufacturing shoes, Mr. Douglas is engaged in other business enterprises. Ik- is President of the People's Savings Bank; Director of the Home National Bank; Vice- President of the Brockton City Hospital Asso- ciatit)n; and jjroprietor of the Brockton Daily Times, a newspaper occupying already an im- portant place in the journalistic field of Mas- sachusetts, although comparatively young. In Brockton affairs Mr. Douglas has been particularly conspicuous, and he has done much in promoting the interests of this thriv- ing city. Through his advertising alone he has made the name of Brockton almost as famous as his three-dollar shoe. In politics Mr. Douglas has always been a Democrat. Although his district is largely Republican, he has been twice elected to the State legisla- ture, and once to the State Senate. He served in both places with honor to his constit- uency and to himself, doing much to benefit factory employees, and originating the famous "Arbitration Bill," creating the State Board of Arbitration. The principle of arbitration has been established in his factory since 1S8S, and it has proved satisfactory both to himself and his employees. In 1890 Mr. Douglas was elected Mayor of Brockton, and on three dif- ferent occasions he served in the City Council. While in the service of the city he improved the various departments, by introducing busi- ness methods in transacting the affairs of the 242 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW city. Mr. Douglas i.s at present Chairman of the Sewerage Commission, and takes great in- terest in the commission's work. As a manufacturer Mr. Douglas has made the welfare of his employees a major consider- ation. As far as business would permit, he has made their work as agreeable and remu- nerative as it is possible to do. For their benefit he has established free medical attend- ance, any person in his employ being entitled to receive the best medical treatment without any expense. Mr. Douglas is exceedingly domestic in his habits and tastes. Surrounded by his family, he thoroughly enjoys life in his beautiful home on West Elm Street. Few men are better known or more highly regarded in the commercial world to-day. (S>r^'^ERT LORING MURDOCK, the tijA proprietor of Murdock's Liquid Food, ' '°V_^ and a summer resident of Hingham, was born in Boston, September 4, 1829, son of Amasa Murdock, Jr., and his wife, Jane (Loriug) Murdock. His grandfather, Amasa Murdock, Sr. , was a wheelwright and carriage- maker in Boston for many years. A genial, sociable man, a Whig in politics, and a Uni- versalist in religious belief, the grandfather had many friends, was highly esteemed, and lived to the age of eighty-five years. His first wife, whose maiden name was Crane, was the mother of four cliiUlren, none of whom are now living. She died at the early age of thirty-five years. PI is second wife, formerly a Miss Green, who had no children, lived to the age of seventy years. Amasa Murdock, Jr., was a native and life- long resident of Boston. From early manhood until his death, which occurred in April, 1843, ^t the age of thirty-nine years, he was engaged in business as a plane-maker, in the firm of Gardner & Murdock on Green Street. In politics he was a Democrat. A Univer- sal ist in religious faith, he attended Dr. Bar- rett's church on Chambers Street. His wife survived him, attaining the age of seventy- seven years. They had four children, three of whom are now living, namely: Albert L., the subject of this sketch; Alonzo A., now of Boston ; and Mary Jane, the wife of Washing- ton King, of Lynn, Mass., and mother of two children — Cora and Jennie. Albert Loring Murdock, elder son of his father, grew to manhood in Boston, and was educated in the public schools. On leaving school, he gave some time to the study of life insurance, collecting and examining statistics. Prompted by the information he acquired in this way, he procured the passage of the law requiring the payment of the value of forfeited insurance. Later he established the John Hancock Life Insurance Company. In July, 1 86 1, just after the first battle of Bull Run, he was one of the three men through whose efforts was raised the Boston contribution of twenty-two hundred cases of hospital stores and seven thousand dollars in money, which he was deputed to take to the front. At the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 Mr. Murdock was very active, being largely instrumental in securing exhibits from the manufacturers of this State, and being espe- cially successful in the collecting of the agri- cultural exhibit. In 1881, after twelve years spent in experimenting, he brought before the public the Liquid Food which bears his name, and which has been received with such signal favor. The use of this food in the free hospitals which he founded and sustained in Boston, including the Surgical Hospital for Women, which was continued for six years and in which three thousand two hundred and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 243 seventy-eight cases were treated, with the hiss of only five on the last thousand, was a strik- ing confirmation of its value. Mr. Murdock was married on November 25, 1S55, to Helen W. Loring, daughter of ICnos and Jane (Hersey) Loring, of Hinghani, Mass. They have two sons — Albert \V. and Walter A. Mr. Murilock is a Rc]niblican in ijoli- tics. He makes his home in the winter in Boston and in the summer at Hingham. In the latter place he has a beautiful country seat, a farm of about one hundred and fifty acres, with a fine residence, grounds orna- mented with fountains antl statuary, and a thick-set grove, with four miles of foot paths. His estate includes the old Gushing farm, on which stands a small house built in 1687, called I'ilgrim Cottage, the most ancient ilwelling in Plymouth County. Its stout tim- bers are of oak. With a \iew to preserving this time-honored domicile as a memorial of past generations and a connecting link there- witii, Mr. Murdock has had the original inside finishing taken out, and replaced with good hard oak. Nor is the house kept uselessly idle. It is the home of the hired man and his family; and smoke goes up the great chimney Hue, and children ])lay about the door. Only a little less ancient than Pilgrim Cottage is a house built by ancestors of Mrs. Murdock in 1729, which, having been put in good order at much expense, now constitutes a wing of the Murdock mansion. P"or so preserving these old landmarks, Mr. Murdock is entitled to lasting gratitude. Mr. Murdock is an earnest supporter of the cause of the higher education of women, and gives much of his time to forward the same. In politics he is an adherent of the Repub- lican party. Both he and his wife are Unita- rians in religious faith. Mr. Murdock is known in the business world for a man of integrity, foresight, and good judgment, and is esteemed by the general community for his good citizenship, works of improvement, and his readiness to befriend the needy. HARLES K. KNIGHT, M.I)., a po|)ular [)hysician residing in Rock- land, Mass., was born in Liver- more, Me., April 20, 1854. He is a son of William and Rebecca (Soper) Knight, both natives of the Pine Tree State. William Knight is an enterprising farmer in comfort- able circumstances, a dealer in poultry and eggs. He has reared two children — Rose and Charles E. Charles E. Knight was reared on a farm; but agriculture had no charms for him, one of his earliest ambitions being to qualify himself as a physician. He attended Waterville In- .stitute and Bates College, read medicine first with Dr. Bridgham, who is now in Cohasset, Mass., and was graduated from the Medical School of Bowdoin College in 1879. With an admirable spirit of independence he earned a great part of the money needed for his pro- fessional training, teaching for eight or ten years. He began to i)ractise in his native town, then moved to Livermore Falls, and in 1895 located in Rockland as successor to Dr. Bradbury. He has a good grasp of his profes- sion, is naturally energetic and progressive, and his methods have proved effective in the cure of disease. During his short stay in Rockland he has won the jniblic confidence, and established a growing practice. In 1879 ^^- Knight was uniteil in marriage with Miss Flora B. Howard, of Harrison, Me.; and one child, Chester L., has blessed their union. The Doctor is a strong Rejuiblican, and has taken an active part in every campaign since casting his first vote. He is a Royal 2 44 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Arch Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is very prominent socially. ENJAMIN W. ROBBINS, a suc- cessful farmer of Carver, was born here, August 12, 1835, son of Chandler and Sarah (Burgess) Robbins. He is the fourth in line of descent from his earliest American progenitor in this locality. His great-grandfather left a son bearing the name of Joseph, who in turn had a son named Chandler. Chandler Robbins, who was born and reared in Carver, married Sarah Burgess, a native of Plymouth, who became the mother of seven children. These were: Chandler, who died in 1895; Sarah, also deceased; Sarah, second, who is the wife of Charles Shaw; John, who was killed at the second battle of Bull Run, in which he fought as a private in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers; Joseph and Ben- jamin, who were twins; and Hannah, who married Richard W. Wilber, of Bridgewater. Joseph, who was also a soldier in the Federal army, serving in the same regiment with his brother John, received three wounds at the second battle of Bull Run., He died in 1892. Chandler Robbins's life was for the most part spent in Carver, where he was born. He died March 27, 1895, aged seventy-one. His wife is still living. Benjamin W. Robbins, whose circumstances in boyhood left him but few advantages, ac- quired his education by his own individual efforts. Born and reared on a farm, he be- came in early life inured to the hardships of agricultural life. Yet, appreciating its inde- pendence, he followed the precedent of his forefathers, and became a farmer. In i860, when twenty-five years of age, the estate he now owns was intrusted to his charge. It contains one hundred and fifty acres of good land. For a number of years, besides general farming he has been engaged in the culture of cranberries, now a staple product in the fall and winter markets. In 1862 he wedded Miss Lydia M. Hammond, who bore him five chil- dren. These were: Annie H., who became the wife of Theron M. Cole; John S. ; Lucian T. ; Evelyn F. ; and Morris F. Evelyn has been a student at the Normal School at North- field. In politics Mr. Robbins is a Republi- can, and represented his district in the State legislature of 1882-83. In the capacity of Fire Warden, which office he has held for a number of years, he has been very efficient. He is an esteemed member of the Congrega- tional church of Carver. VERETT T. LINCOLN, Deputy Sheriff, auctioneer, and dealer in carriages and harness, is one of the busy and enter- prising citizens of Middleboro, Mass. He was born in this town, January 16, 185 i, and is the only son of William and Juliet (Sher- man) Lincoln. The Lincoln family is of English origin. Among the early settlers of Hingham, Mass., were: Thomas Lincoln, the "cooper,"' who came about 1635 or 1636; Samuel Lincoln and his brother Thomas, the "weaver," about 1637; .Sergeant Daniel, 1644-5; Stephen Lincoln and his brother Thomas, the "hus- bandman," 1638; and Thomas Lincoln, the "miller," who came to Massachusetts in 1635, settled first in Hingham, and some years later removed to Taunton. His three sons — Thomas, John, and Samuel — were all resi- dents of Taunton. Mr. William Lincoln's father, Lewis Lin- coln, who was an able mechanic, was a suc- cessful self-made man. He came to Middle- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 245 boro when seventeen years of age, and died here at the age of eighty-six. His wife died at the age of sixty-two. They had two chil- tlrcn — William and one who died in infancy. William Lincoln, like his father, had natural mechanical ability. When twenty-one years of age, he started in the carriage business in Middleboro, manufacturing and selling, and did not disdain to work at the forge himself, fashioning tires and springs. This was in the days when carriages were made mostly by hand, antl until the advent of factories he had a large and lucrative business. Since ma- chine work became common, his business has been confined to selling carriages. Mr. Will- iam Lincoln, being in feeble health, has for some time left the management of affairs in his son's hands. His wife, whose maiden name was Sherman, is a native of Carver, Mass. Kverett T. Lincoln enjoyed good educa- tional opportmiities, taking an advanced course of study at Pierce Academy. At the age of seventeen he went to work at his father's forge, and for a number of years was engaged with him in the manufacture of car- riages, the name of the firm being L. Lincoln & Son. He is an able business man, know- ing how to care for the proj^erty accumulated by his father and Imw to aiUl to his own re- sources by careful investment. He is a mem- ber of the Board of Investment of the Middle- boro Savings Bank and one of the Trustees of that institution. Mr. Lincoln married May 7, 1871, Miss Lizzie Bartlett, of Plymouth, Mass., daughter of Frederick Bartlett. In jiolitics he favors the Republican side. His ability and force of character are recognized by his townsmen, and he has been elected to a number of offices of trust and authority. He was Constable eight years, and has been Deputy Sheriff two years; and he was formerly connected with the fire department. He belongs to Mayflower Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and to Loilge No. 665, Knights of Honor. Together with his parents he is an attendant at the Baptist church; and, though he is not a church mem- ber, he is interested in the welfare of the so- ciety, and ior two years has been Treasurer of the Baptist Cemetery Association. /STkORGE T. UKFRKFS is a well- Vf^T known dry-goods merchant in Hing- ham, Mass., dealing also in fancy goods and furnishings. He was born in Bos- ton, July 25, 1832, son of William and Martha (Milner) Defrees. The family is of Knglish ancestry. William, the father, came to America in early manhood with his brother, a sea captain, who assured him that the country was a desirable one to live in. William De- frees was a baker by trade, and continued his business in Boston. The maiden name of his wife was Martha Milner. They had eight children — William H., Maria, Elizabeth C, Martha H., George T., Joseph S., Emily Jane, and Charlotte M. But two of the family are living to-day: William IL, a resident of Southboro, Mass., now at the age of seventy; and George T., the subject of this sketch. The father died at the age of forty-six years, and the mother at fifty. George T. Defrees, the fifth chilil of his parents, had excellent educational privileges in the Boston schools; but at the age of fourteen, preferring work to study, he engaged to make himself generally useful in Charles Cook's paper store. He was subsequently employed by the Reniick Brothers, dealers in millinery and fancy goods, remaining with them for a number of years. Later he worked for Kinmouth & Co., dealers in dry goods and 2 46 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ribbons, and then returned for a time to Remick Brothers, becoming familiar with all the de- tails of the business. Failing health obliged him to quit work when the Civil War broke out, but he was anxious to do something for his country. He therefore enlisted in the Hospital Corps, and was detailed to Colum- bian College Hospital, where he had charge of the clothing distribution. There he had a heart-rending experience of the horrors of war; and, being obliged to sleep in a tent, he con- tracted neuralgia, from which he suffered for seven years. In 1867 he began the dry-goods business for himself in Brookline, Mass. ; but, ill health compelling him to abandon it, he sold out. As soon as he was sufficiently re- cuperated, he embarked in a similar enterprise in Ouincy, Mass. After a successful busi- ness career of eight years in that town he came to Hingham, May 12, 1884, where he continues the same line of trade, with which . he is thoroughly familiar. Twenty-nine years ago Mr. Defrees was united in marriage with Frances Daggett, daughter of Warren and Clara (Gould) Dag- gett. Her ancestors came from Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Daggett had three other daughters: Eliza, deceased; Addie, who resides in Ash- mont; and Emma, a resident of Boston. Mr. Defrees has uniformly cast his vote for the Republican party. Fraternally, he be- longs to Tremont Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Boston, in which he has for some time officiated as Chaplain. He is also identified in the membership of Massasoit Encampment, the Merrimont Lodge, No. 617, Knights of Honor, and the New England Accident Insurance Company. In religion he is an Episcopalian. Personally, he is a genial gentleman, who is an important social and commercial factor in this town. Mr. and Mrs. Defrees reside on Hersey Street. MOS B. FAUN, M.D., has been for early twenty years a resident physi- cian of Middleboro, and during his term of active professional work has won the regard and respect of his townsmen. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., October 18, 1846, a son of John and Sarah (Tripp) Faun. Flis father, John Faun, was born in Kings- ton, R.I. He was engaged for a number of years in manufacturing and refining oil in New Bedford, making a specialty of the fine oil obtained from the sperm whale. The latter part of his life was spent on a farm in Lakeville, where he died at the age of seventy- seven in 1872. His wife was born in iSoi in Fairhaven, Mass., and was a daughter of Cap- tain Gilbert Tripp, who was master of a vessel, and was also a skilful cooper. Mrs. Faun died at the age of eighty-four. She was the mother of nine children, namely; Sarah, William, and Benjamin, deceased; John H., living in Lakeville; Deborah, Charles, David, and l^Uen, deceased; and Amos B., whose name stands at the head of this sketch. Amos B. Faun entered learning's gate through the common schools of New Bedford. He was eight years old when his parents re- moved to Lakeville; and there he worked on the farm for a while, subsequently attending Grossman Sisters' School and Fierce Academy in Middleboro. A little later, after he had begun the work of life, he had the misfortune to fracture his ankle; and this circumstance, curiously enough, led to his adopting the pro- fession of medicine. At the time the acci- dent happened he had a good position, which he filled with such efficiency that it seemed likely he would make his mark in the com- mercial world ; but, now that he was unable to stand, he was obliged to give it up. The care of the broken ankle was a subject that caused great anxiety. Flis father and the family BIOGRArillCAL REVIEW 247 pliysician were afraiil tliat, it hones wore taken out and other painful processes entered into, the patient would die; but the young man was not satisfied with such a diagnosis, and began to study for himself. The trouble subse- quently yielded to projier surgical treatment. l<"olli)wing his first investigations in the realm of anatomical and medical science, he read with Dr. Charles II. Thomas for four years, and in 1865 entered the University of Penn- sylvania, where he was graduated ciitn laitiic in 1869. lie was an enthusiastic student, and had the best of special instruction. In Sep- tember, 1869, he opened an ofifice in East Taunton, Mass., where he remained two years; and after that he was in North Middleboro four years. In 1877 he removed to Middle- boro, and for some time his home and office have been at 108 Oak Street, lie is a skilful and successful physician and surgeon, and has a large practice. Dr. I'aun married Miss Deborah A. Thomp- son, a native of Thompson's Mills, 111., daughter of Isaac and Anna (Thompson) Thompson, and has one son, lulgar Amos, born February 24, 1882. Mrs. Paun is a de- scendant of John Thomson, or Thompson, who came to Plymouth in 1635, it is said, and who married Mary Cook, daughter of Francis Cook, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. In politics Dr. Paun favors the Republican siele, and while residing in East Taunton he took a lively interest in local matters; but his jjrofessional work now demands all his attention. A genial and hospitable gentle- man, he is very popular in society, and is a prominent member of several fraternal organi- zations. He is a Mason ; is Past Chief Patri- arch of Colfax I'^ncampment, Indepentlent Order of Odtl F'ellows; belongs to .Sippican Tribe, Im])roved t)rder of Red Men, of New Hedford ; to New Bedford Lodge, No. "Ji, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and to the Commercial Club of Middleboro. Mrs. Paun is a member of the Ba|)tist church, and an active worker in the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union. .\COB OSBORN SANBORN, the effi- cient principal of the llingham High School, was born in Loudon Centre, N.Ii., on July 6, 1840, son of Daniel L. and Alia S. (Moore) Sanborn. His great-grand- father, Captain John .Sanborn, a native of Kingston, N.II., was a farmer, and one of the early settlers in Loudon, N.H., where he owned and cleared many acres of land. He served in the old State militia. He was appointed on September 5, 1775, First Lieu- tenant of the Tenth Company, Thirteenth Regiment of militia in the colony of New Hampshire; and his commission is in the possession of his grandson, the subject of this sketch. He subquently became Captain. He married Ruth Rand, and they had five chil- dren who grew to maturity. Captain Sanborn and his wife lived to a good old age. lulmund, their youngest child, was a farmer and miller in his native town of Loudon, N. IP, for many years. In politics he was a Democrat and officially prominent, serving the town as its Representative to the legisla- ture. In religion he was a Free Will Bajitist. His wife, whose maiden name was Ruth Griffin, was a native of Loudon. The\ had nine children, five of whom are now living. Mrs. Ruth G. Sanborn lived to be over eighty, while her husband attaineil the advanced age of ninety-three. Daniel L., the third child of F'dmunil anil Ruth (Griffin) Sanborn, was born in Loudon, N. IL, where he was engaged in farming all his life. In politics he was a Republican; 2 48 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and he served as Constable for many years, being also Captain of the State militia. He married Ada S. Moore, and they were the parents of six children, namely: Jacob O. ; Ruth J., deceased; Joseph T., now residing on the old homestead, and whose wife, Fannie Cleverly, died without children; Charles F., a resident of Loudon, N.H. ; Mary E. Bus- well, wife of John L. Buswell, of Loudon, N.H., and mother of two children — Abbie E. and Frank W. ; and Ada Estelle Sanborn, who died young. The father and mother at- tended the Free Will Baptist church. They lived to the age of fifty-six and sixty-five re- spectively. Jacob O. Sanborn, after acquiring his early education in Loudon, N.H., fitted for college at New Hampton, and was graduated at Dart- mouth College in the class of 1864. The year following he took charge of the South Hingham Grammar School, remaining until the spring of 1866, when he accepted the man- agement of the Cradock Grammar School in Medford, Mass., which position he continued to fill until the fall of 1868. From that time until 1872 he had charge of the Winchester Grammar School. Mr. Sanborn then accepted the principalship of the Hingham High School, which he has ably filled for twenty- four years. In polities he afifiliates with the Republican party. He is President of the Board of Trustees of the Hingham Public Library. On October 30, 1869, Mr. Sanborn was united in marriage with Louise Attelia Slader, daughter of Edward and Almira A. (Hunton) Slader, being the only child now living. Mr. Sanborn is highly esteemed as a citizen and a teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn are both members of the Congregational church at Hingham, in which he has officiated as Deacon for the past ten years. ON. GEORGE M. HOOPER, of Bridgewater, Mass., manufacturer of building brick, is one of the well- known public men of tliis vicinity, having ■held various town officers and served two terms in the State legislature. He was born in Bridgewater, September i, 1838, and is a son of the late Mitchell and Jane (Mitchell) Hooper. His first ancestor in this country came from England in 1635, ^^^'l settled in what is now Wakefield, Mass. From the immigrant's youngest son, John Hooper, who located in Bridgewater in 1700, George M. Hooper is a direct descendant, in the sixth generation. The family has produced soldiers as well as financiers and statesmen, Hezekiah Hooper, Mr. Hooper's great-grandfather, having fought in the Revolutionary War, and Joseph Hooper, his uncle, in the War of 181 2. Mitchell Hooper was born in Bridgewater. An active Republican, he represented this district in the State legislature in 1861. He died October 15, 1886. His wife was born in Enfield, Mass. She, too, was of Revolution- ary stock, being a grand-daughter of Thomas Mitchell, who was a soldier in the Continental army under Washington. Mrs. Hooper died in 1891. Of the children born to this couple, three are living: George M., the subject of the present outline sketch; Lucia H., wife of Henry T. Pratt, of Bridgewater; and PLliza- beth L., widow of Frederick A. Barker, now residing in Cambridge, Mass. George M. Hooper attended the Bridgewater Academy and Pierce Academy at Middleboro, and was graduated from the State Normal School in this town in 1S57. After teaching school for a year, he engaged in the manufact- ure of building brick, and has followed it up to the present time. For a number of years he has served as clerk and Trustee of the GEORGE M. HCOPER. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 2S« Hridgcwatcr Savings Rank; ami lie has been Troasurcr and is now Secretary of the I'lym- outh County Agricultural Society. Mr. Hooper lias been twice marrieil. Mis first wife, whose maiden name was Mary E. Josselvn, was the mother of eight children, six of whom are living, namely: Jane M., wife of I'^mery K Kent, of Salem, Mass. ; Louise, wife of ,'\rtlnir I). Ferguson, of Allston, Mass.; George M. and I'"rederick \V. , of Hridgewatcr; Mary h"., a graduate of the Bridgewater Normal School, who is teaching in a jjrivatc school in Klizabeth, N.J.; and Mitchell, residing with his father. The present Mrs. Hooper was before marriage Miss Catherine Mitchell, of Bridgewater. Mr. Hooper is a strong Republican in poli- tics. He represented Bridgewater and T'^ast and West Bridgewater in the State legislature ill iSScS and 1890; and for several \'ears he has been a member of the town School Com- mittee, presiding for three years as Chairman of the Board. A prominent Mason, he be- longs to Fellowship Lodge, A. I^^. & A. M., of Bridgewater, of which he is a Past Master; Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of the same place, of which he is a Past High Priest; and Bay State Commandery, Knights Tem- plars, of Brockton. He is connected with the New Jerusalem church (Swedenborgian). Mr. Hooper and his family are esteemed mem- bers of the community in which they dwell, jirominent in all the important social events in Bridgewater. t^l I'.NKY 1). .M.LI'.N, who has been f^\ identified with the agricultural iii- Ji® V _ terests of Plymouth County through- out his active life, was born March 9, 1824, in Marion, on the farm where his father, Reuben Allen, was born, lived, and died. His great-grandfather, John Allen, settled here in Colonial days. Weston Allen, the paternal grandfather, purchasetl and improved the Allen homestead, and here reared his chil- dren to those habits of industry and economy that afterward made them good and valued citizens. Reuben Allen succeeded to the ownership of the ancestral acres, and was chiefly engaged in agricultural [nirsuits. He married I'htebe B. Blankenship, who bore him seven children; namely, Polly 11., Matilda L., Sallie S., Henry D., George V., Charles Weston, and Lorenzo T. Charles Weston died at the age of five years. Henry D. Allen was bred and educated in his native town. He attended the public schools during his boyhood, and on the home farm received a practical training in agricult- ure. He resided on the old homestead prop- erty until 1894, when he removed to his present snug farm, where he is engaged in general agriculture on a small scale. Mr. Allen has always taken an active and intelli- gent interest in all matters pertaining to the town and county, and has ably served the town in its most important offices. For eight years he was Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, a member of the School Committee for three years, and Highway Surveyor for a number of terms. Politically, he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party. While a member of no religious organization, he is in sympathy with the work of all the churches. On June 10, 1847, Mr. Allen married Miss Eliza W. Delano, a daughter of Benjamin and Thankful (Delano) Delano. His wife has had four children, as follows: Charles 11., who died .March 13, 1850; Mary O., whose death occurred November 2, 1863; Annie D., the only surviving child; and Henry T., who passed away November 7, 188S. 25 = BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW iHARLES HAWKES MARBLE, an enterprising member of the vvell- ierintendcnt of the Fast Carver Cotton Gin Company, now known as the Carver Cotton Gin Company of East Bridge- water. He had been connected but a short time with this concern when the mills were destroyed by fire; and in the re-establishing of the plant his mechanical skill and inventive genius were of great service. During the war the manufacture of cotton gins was sus- pended, and Mr. Strong entered the employ of the national government, superintending the manufacture of swords and rifies at West Chelmsford, Mass., and the manufacture of Remington rifles at Ilion, N. Y. His knowl- edge of the manufacture of arms being of im- measurable value to the government, they would not allow him to go into the army, therefore he furnished a substitute. A pretty good record for an ardent Democrat I As the war neared its close, he returned to East Bridgewater, and purchased one of the most beautiful residences in town, a house built by the famous Oliver Ames, of North Easton, for his daughter. Mr. Strong, becom- ing one of the partners in the Carver Cotton Gin Company, was made its superintendent, and remained in that capacity as long as he lived. Among the most important of his patented inventions were: the iron cylinder for cotton gins; the cotton-gin feeder; a wedge-driving machine; a leather splitting machine; and the Acme Leveller, an indis- pensable adjunct now to shoe machinery. Mr. Strong was constant and untiring in his application to business; and when business was cared for, his time was devoted to his home and family with great tenderness and fidelity. After the loss of his beloved son. 278 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW this man of strength and vigor seemed to be crushed to the earth by his weight of sorrow. Never again had he the same interest in life as before, and in a little over a year death came as a relief to restore him to his son's companionship. Mr. Strong was one of the incorporators and a Trustee of the East Bridgewater Savings Bank. He was Chairman of the East Bridge- water School Committee for several years, and a member of the Social Club. Prominent in Masonic circles, he was Past Master Bridge- water Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and was really the founder and first Master of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A M., of East Bridgewater. He was Commander for a number of years of the Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, of Abington, and was a member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in Bos- ton. He was seventeen years superintendent of the Sunday-school of the Unitarian church, to which he devoted much time and money. He was popular alike with those in his own station in life, and those subject to his orders; and a thrill of consternation went through the community wdien it was announced that he had been stricken with paralysis in his ofifice at the mills. And when, a few days later, he passed away, the mourning for his loss was general. He died October 22, 1894, and his remains were interred in Mount Auburn, the Knights Templars conducting the obsequies. Mr. Strong was married February 15, 1853, to Sarah Frances, daughter of Luke and Eliza (Sage) Pratt. She was born May 13, 1832, in Springfield, Mass., where many generations of her family have lived and died, and where the old Pratt homestead is still standing. Mrs. Strong's great-grandfather, Jonathan Phillips, was a Revolutionary soldier, and she belongs to the Daughters of the Revolution. She is an esteemed member of the Unitarian Society at East Bridgewater, and both she and her husband were members of the Universal ist church at Springfield, to which, in companion- ship with him, she devoted much of her time and means. F"or several years Mrs. Strong was a teacher in the Sunday-school. She took part in the literary and social activities of the town, and was a member of the Shakspere Club from the time of its organization, nearly a quarter of a century ago. She has always been interested in those things that pertain to intellectual and moral advancement. The union of PVederick Simpson Strong and Sarah Frances Pratt was blessed with one son, Charles Pratt Strong, who died somewhat over a year previous to his father's demise, after a short and brilliant career as a physician and surgeon. Charles Pratt Strong was born in Spring- field, Mass., December 19, 1855. He was a graduate of East Bridgewater High School at thirteen years of age, but remained one year longer to study Greek and Latin, under the instruction of Mr. Fa.xon. The following year he entered Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter, N. H., in the Senior class, with more knowledge of Greek and Latin than was re- quired the first year at Harvard College. At fifteen years of age he passed a successful ex- amination for Harvard College, with honors in Greek, Latin, and mathematics. He was enrolled in the class which was graduated in 1876, and received his degree from the medical department in 1S81. In the first part of his college course his bent seemed toward the natural sciences; but in his second year in the medical school his inborn fitness for the profession he had chosen became evi- dent, and he threw himself heart and soul into acquiring the knowledge needful for his life work. He gained his initial practice as house officer at the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 2S1 Free Hospital for Women, and the Massachu- setts General Hospital. Starting as a general practitioner in lioston in 1882, he soon drifted into gynecology as a specialty, and in ten years he rose to the front rank of his pro- fession. Unaided by wealth or influential friends, his love of his profession, his con- scientious work, his pure and honorable char- acter, almost womanly in its sweetness, and his manly independence, attached to him all with whom he came in contact; aTul the demand for his services yearly increased. He gave his time and energies unsparingly to his patients, j^rivate and charitable, and accom- plished a great amount of hospital work. He was a born surgeon. One of his older associates has said, "Dr. Strong knew by in- tuition what it took others years to learn"; and another, "He had at the early age of thirty-seven reached the zenith of his profes- sion." Dr. Strong had one ambition which he hoped to gratify, and that was to have a private hospital of his own, where he could expand his work, and increase his powers for saving life and preventing suffering. Doubt- less the magnificent estate at h^lmwood in East Bridgewater, charming and salubrious in its location, beautiful in scenery, the delightful home of his boyhood days, where his beloved mother, now doubly bereft in loss of husband and son, still resides, would have been the chosen spot. But in his devotion to his pro- fession and suffering humanity his life was sacrificed before the cherished plan could be executed. Two of the Doctor's leading char- acteristics were his love of home and of his profession. His office was in his dwelling, on the water side of l^eacon Street, No. 258, only a short distance from the residence of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. The charitable institutions with which Dr. Strong was connected at the time of his death were the Free Hospital for Women, in which he was assistant surgeon, and the Massachu- .setts General Hospital, where he was acting as physician to out-patients. As an expert in abdominal surgery, he was called upon to per- form an operation on a friend suffering from an acute attack of appendicitis; and the case was of such virulence that the operation failed to save the patient's life, and led to the death of the physician. In little more than twenty- four hours after he had attended to the case, Dr. Strong became conscious of symptoms of blood-poisoning, and he died within six days, March 14, 1893. He was at that time assi.st- ant in gynecology in the medical department of Harvard University; a fellow of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, of the Boston So- ciety for Medical Improvement, of the Boston Society for Medical Observation, of the Bos- ton Obstetrical Society, and of the American Gynecological Society. He was also an hon- ored member of the noted St. Hotolph Club. Miss Sarah Daggett, of Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, whose life Dr. Strong had saved, conceived the idea of founding a schol- arship in Harvard Medical School to perpetu- ate his memory. .She contributed thereto, as did others; and so jjleasing was the idea to his parents that they forwarded handsome checks, and the balance is provided for in Mrs. Strong's will. This enables some worthy stu- dent, whose means are limited, to obtain an education. In the Art Museum in Boston, a bronze bas-relief reminds us of the young phy- sician's life. As here represented, the Angel of Death stretches out his hand, and stays the work but partly completed; ami, looking with saddened eyes upon this emblem, comes the blessed thought of immortality and reunion. Dr. Strong was married October 9, 1S84, by the Rev. Dr. Bartol, in the old West Church, Boston, to .Miss .Mary Baker. The 282 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Baker family were among the English colo- nists of Massachusetts, coming to this country in 1634, and settling in Lynn. They were farmers, merchants, soldiers, scholars, and took part in the French and Indian wars, the Revolution, and the War of 1812. One son, Bryant Strong, born January 29, 1889, shares with his mother "the heritage of pride in the husband and father who died at the post of duty." 61 HOI HOMAS J. LeBARON, who resides (^1 on the old homestead in Middleboro, where his life has been spent in the time-honored vocation of a farmer, was born here, April i, 184S, son of Thomas M. and Sarah C. (Morse) LeBaron. His parents had four sons and two daughters. After attending the district school near his home, Thomas J. LeBaron took a supplementary course of study at Jenks's Academy, Middleboro. He con- tinued to live with his parents on the home farm, of which, upon the death of his father, who departed January 3, 1895, aged eighty- four years, he became the owner. The place contains about eighty acres; but in addition to this he owns other land, the aggregate amount being about three hundred acres. He carries on general farming with fairly profitable re- sults, and is also engaged to some extent in lumbering, owning a saw-mill in the town of Rochester. In politics he is a Democrat. On April 8, 1879, Mr. LeBaron was married to Miss Sylvia Morse, by whom he has three children; namely, Ralph J., Roy M., and William E. ENRY C. PECKHAM, a well-known mechanic of Brockton, was born in L^ V^ , Fall River, Mass., April 28, 1835, son of Henry Peckham, Jr., and Lydia P. (Smith) Peckham. His grandfather, Henry Peckham, Sr. , who was a farmer of Newport, R.I., and served his country in the last war with lingland, married Esther Gould, of South Kingston. She was the mother of his thir- teen children, but three of whom are now liv- ing. Of the latter, one is a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and the other two are living in Fall River, Mass. The father joined the Ba|Dtist church when he was sixty-five years old. He lived to be ninety, while his wife died at the age of eighty years. Henry Peck- ham, Jr., a native of Newport, R.I., was suc- cessively a cabinet-maker and a pattern-maker. He drafted the first locomotive patterns for the car shops of Taunton, Mass. Subse- quently he was engaged in the turning busi- ness at New Bedford. In religion he was a Baptist, and belonged to the society of the Baptist church in Fall River. He married Lydia P. Smith, who lived in the vicinity of Newport, and by her became the father of six- teen children. She is still living, being in her ninety-first year. The father died at the age of sixty. Henry C. Peckham lived in Fall River with his parents until he was eight years old. Then he removed with them to South Middle- boro, now Lakeville, and there remained five years. In 1848 the family removed to Swan- sea, Mass., where Henry C. spent his time for some years, working on his father's farm in the summer and attending the common schools in the winter. In the spring of 1852, being then seventeen years old, he went to Fall River to learn the trade of wood-turner of Nelson N. Brightman, and remained with him fourteen months. Subsequently he was in company with his father in Providence, R.I., for a time. In 1854 he returned to Fall River, and found employment at his trade working for A. L. Westgate & Co. In 1858 he removed I BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 283 to West nridgevvatcr, where he learned to make shoes. Me aftcrwanl worked in the stitch ing-room of Sawyer, Collaman & Co., Campello. In 1864 he opened a meat market in Somerset, Mass. He was later associated for some three years with his brother in the shoe business at Coclicsett, this county, under the style of II. C. & C. T. Peckham. In 1 868 he engaged with H. A. Dean & Co., to run his stitching-room. In August, 1869, he came to North Bridgewater, now Brock- ton, and worked at turning for George M. Copeland. On June 29, 1874, A. C. Thomp- son purciiased the business of Mr. Copeland, and since that time Mr. reckham has been associated with Mr. Thompson. Altogether he has been in the wood-turning business for about twenty-seven years. He has also been interested to quite an e.\tent in real estate. On October 15, 1855, Mr. Peckham was united in marriage with Elizabeth H. Bliss, of Rehoboth, Mass. Slie has had five children, two of whom are now living. These arc: Alton E. and Julia W. The latter is now the wife of Mr. Simmons. In politics Mr. Peck- ham is an Independent. He is a member of Park Revere Lodge, A. K. & A. M., of Satucket ; and is in the Royal yVrch Chapter, and the Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars. AMUEL McI.AUTHLEN, Jk., a successful carpenter and contractor of Brockton, was born in Kingston, Plymouth County, November 7, 1822, son of Samuel and Hannah (Weston) McLauthlen. Robert, the founder of the family, who came from Scotland in 1695, and settled in Dux- bury, married Mary Miller. His son Joseph, a native of Du.xbur)' and a farmer, married Jane West, and became the father of seven sons and three daughters. Of these Samuel, the father of the subject of this sketch, was the si.xth child. Born in Pembroke, he subsc- quenty moved to Kingston, where he was en- gaged in farming throughout the rest of his life. He married Hannah (Baker) Weston, a widow of Marshfield. Her genealogy has been traced back to 1637, when one of her ancestors, Samuel Baker, married Plleanor Winslow. She had one son, Peter, by her first marriage. There were four children by the .second marriage; namely, Hannah Baker, Christiana Holmes, Samuel, and Simeon Weston. Of these Samuel is the only sur- vivor. Both parents are likewise deceased. After acquiring his education in the public schools of Kingston, Samuel McLauthlen learned the carpenter's trade with J(jseph Holmes of that place. For three years he worked in Mr. Holmes's shipyard. Thence he came to North Bridgewater, and had been employed four years by Dunbar & Soule, car- penters and contractors, when they went into the lumber business. He and Cephas Soule then conducted business under the style of Soule & McLauthlen for years. After the partnershi[) was dissolved, .Mr. McLauthlen conducted the business alone until 1S68, when he began to work in Brockton, where he has since built several engine-houses and private dwellings. Mr. McLauthlen has been twice married. The first wife, Hannah Beal (Snell) McLauth- len, who was a daughter of Zachariah Snell, of North Bridgewater, bore him four children. These were: Charles Weston, a resident of Boston; George W. , who lives in Stoughtun ; Frank A., who, within a year has bought out Mr. Chander's store, and is now running it; and Hattic Emma, now deceased. His present wife was the widow of George H. Gurney. In politics Mr. McLauthlen affiliates with the Republican party. He has served as Engineer 284 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the Fire Depiirtment for four years. He is identified with P'raternal Lodge, No. 24, Independent Order of Good Templars. In re- ligion he is orthodox, being a member of the First Congregational Church. (ff^yOHN E. ASHLEY, a representative farmer of the town of Lakeville, Plym- outh County, was born here, July 30, 1835, son of David Ashley. After receiving a district-school education he turned his atten- tion to agriculture, making his home with his parents until his marriage. About the year 18S4 he purchased his present farm, which contains ninety-six acres; and he is here profit- ably engaged in carrying on general farming and the raising of small fruits. In 1875 Mr. Ashley was married to Miss M. G. Paul!, of Middleboro. Mr. Ashley is a Democrat, politically. ^^»^» HARLES W. SPARRELL, a well- known resident of Norwell, proprietor of the oldest undertaking establish- ment in this part of Plymouth County, was born in the village of Norwell, December 30, 1835, a son of James N. Sparrell. Equipped with a public school education, the subject of this skctcli at seventeen years of age began life for himself, taking charge of the business which his father had established in 1S40, and which consisted of general under- taking and the manufacture of caskets. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F of the Forty- third Massachusetts Regiment, and was mus- tered in at Readville for nine months' service. The first engagement in which he took part was at Young's Cross Roads, and it was fol- lowed in his experience by the battles of Goldsborough and Whitehall. For four months Mr. Sparrell was confined in the Foster Hospital at New Berne, N. C, on ac- count of disease resulting from the hardships and privations of army life. He received an honorable discharge eleven months from the time of his enlistment. On May 25, 1859, Mr. Sparrell married Miss Susan Ewell, of Marshfield, Mass. They have had six chil- dren; namely, Albert, Mary, Walter (de- ceased), Ernest, Helen (deceased), and John. Mr. Sparrell is a member of Phoenix Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hanover; also of D. Willard Robinson Post, No. [12, Grand Army of the Republic, and of Satuit Grange, No. 187, of Norwell. TT^HARLES C. ROGERS, an expert I ly machinist of Brockton, was born in V*h_^ Dexter, Me., November 26, 1864, son of Thomas and Sarah (Carlcton) Rogers. His great-grandfather, Thomas, came to this country from England about one hundred and fifty years ago, and settled in Veazie, Me., where the family were prominent for a long time as lumber dealers, controlling the most of the water power and owning a number of mills. Thomas Rogers, second, the grand- father, was born in England, and came to this country with his parents, being a child at the time. He owned a saw-mill for a while, and in the latter part of his life worked as a mill- wright. He was over eight}" years of age when he died. Thomas Rogers reared two sons, Thomas (third) and Richard. Richard, who was a '"Forty-niner," died in California. Thomas Rogers, third, the father of Charles C. , was born in Veazie, Me. He learned the millwright's trade, and became an expert ma- chinist, equalled by few in his line of work. Travelling extensively he located saw-mills as far west as L'pper Stillwater, Minn., and be- HENRY B. MAGLATHLIN. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW came known throLif^h a large section of the country. For a number of years prior to his death he had a foundry and machine shop in Dexter, Me. Mr. Rogers served for some time as Constable and as Deputy Sheriff of Dc.Nter. He was a member of the Universalist church of that town. 11 is wife, who was a daughter of Charles Carleton, of Oldtown, a Revolutionary soldier, had nine children, of whom six are now living. Charles C. Rogers was the youngest of his parents' children. lie received a good educa- tion, attending the Dexter High School and the Iloulton (Me.) Academy, which was under the supervision of the faculty of Colby University. At the Houlton Academy he spent four years. In i88i he entered the employ of Goddard, Shaw & Co., of Brockton, with whom he remained until they went out of business. He worked for F. L. .Stone from that time until 1SS4, when he was ap- pointed Superintendent of the fire alarm and telegraph departments of Brockton, a position which he held until 1887. In that year he re- new-ed his connection with Mr. Stone for some time, and in 1889 he and Mr. Goddard, form- ing the firm of Goddard & Rogers, purchased Mr. Stone's business. On May i, 1896, he purchased Mr. Goddard's share, and since that time has conducted the place without an asso- ciate. He is an expert and reliable workman, and has admirably fulfilled a number of impor- tant contracts. Mr. Rogers was married in i8gi to the eldest daughter (if William H. Wade, the junior member of the Brockton firm of O. O. Patten & Co., and now has two children. In politics he favors the Democratic side. A resident of Brockton for fifteen years, Mr. Rogers is clo.sely identified with the industrial life of the place, and may be regarded as a representative citizen. OHN F. SI I AW, a highly respected resident of Carver, was born in the town of Middleboro, Plymouth County, May 2, 1830, son of Klkanah and Nancy (Freeman) Shaw. His parents had five chil- dren; namely, Nancy, Maria, John I*"., F. Howard, and Mary F. During his early life John F. Shaw liveil on a farm and for the usual period attended the common school. He came to South Carver when twelve years old. At the age of fourteen he obtained em- ployment in the iron foundry here. A fen- years later he went to Jersey City, N.J., where he worked at the trade of moulder for about two years. Then he returned to South Carver and went to work in the B. Ellis iron foundry, where he was employed for twenty years. Since that time he has been teaming for the foundry, the teams being his own property. He also engaged in raising cranberries. In 1888 he erected the house in which he resides. Mr. Shaw is a Democrat in politics. He has never sought or held office. In 1854 Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Drucilla L. Bolles, daughter of Leonard and lueline Bolles, of Marion, Mass. They had three children, of whom l'"ranklin H. is living. He married Miss Nancy Griffith, and has four children — Bernard E., Gerard F\, Gertrude F., and John V. Al'TAIX lli:\RV B. MAGI. ATI! LIN, of Kingston, Mass., who com- manded a company of Massachu- setts Volunteers in the Civil War, is widely known as a worker in the cause of education and in the interests of labor reform. He was born in Duxbury, Mass., May 16, 1819, son of Bartlett and Maria Weston (Chandler) Maglathlin. His great-grandfather, John Ma- glathlin, son of Robert and Isabella (Samson) 288 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Maglathlin, was born in Scotland in 1695, came to America in 1712, and settled perma- nently in Duxbury in 1741. John, by descent, was kin to Robert Bruce, who became King Robert I. of Scotland. While a boy on his father's farm, remote from schools, Henry B. Maglathlin conceived the idea of acquiring a liberal education. To obtain the means of defraying the expenses of a more advanced course of study than that offered by a country district school, he engaged as operative for a year in the cotton factory, working fourteen hours a day; and at the age of sixteen he began to earn money by teaching school. By the beginnings thus made, and by dint of perseverance in the face of many ob- stacles, he was able to meet the expense of preparing for and going through the college course at Harvard University, where he was graduated in 1843. He remained there three years longer, pursuing various studies, and was graduated at the Divinity School in 1846. He subsequently had charge of a classi- cal institute in the State of Maine, which he gave up after three years on account of failing health. In 1849 a Boston publisher brought out for him an educational work of which twenty-five editions were sold. The same year he ac- cepted from his publisher a business agency, with the view of regaining his health by trav- elling; and he spent several years in this occu- pation, visiting different parts of the United States and Canada and forming many acquain- tances. From 1856 to 1862 he was occupied largely with editorial labors, associated with Benjamin Greenleaf, the well-known mathe- matician, in rewriting the National Arithme- tic, and in composing the Elementary Alge- bra, Geometry, and Trigonometry in the Greenleaf series. Later he edited the New Higher Algebra; and he brought out in 1866, on his own account, the New I^lementar}' Arithmetic and the New Practical Arithmetic, as a part of the Greenleaf series. From 1870 to 1873 he was engaged with the late Professor Daniel B. Hagar, Princijial of the Massachu- setts State Normal School at Salem, in the preparation of mathematical works, which were published in Philadelphia. In the ex- tension of the Greenleaf series he prepared, on his own account, in 1877, the Manual of Intellectual Arithmetic, and in 1881 the First Lessons in Numbers, Brief Course in Arith- metic, and Complete Arithmetic. His arith- metics in the Greenleaf series have maintained a remarkable popularity, being used exten- sively in different parts of this country and also in some of the English provinces. The National Arithmetic has been translated into Spanish, and several other books of the series have been republished outside of the United States. In 1896 he issued revised and im- proved editions of the Brief Course in Arith- metic, and of the Complete Arithmetic. In 1863 he was honored by Tufts College with an appointment to the Mathematical Examina- tion Committee. In 1 86 1 Mr. Maglathlin was elected Repre- sentative from the towns of Duxbury and Kingston to the Massachusetts legislature; and after the adjournment in 1862, at a town meeting in Duxbury, he headed the enlistment under a call for volunteers to serve in the War of the Rebellion. A company having been raised, mostly by his efforts, he, although without military experience, was chosen its commander. The company became a part of the P'ourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teer Infantry, and was in the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, Department of the Gulf. At the surrender of Port Hudson, which, in the lan- guage of President Lincoln, allowed the Mis- sissippi to "run unvexed to the sea," Captain BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 289 Maglathlin had charge of the parallels at the extreme front. Me svas in all the expeditions and engagements of his regiment. Mr. Maglathlin early became interested in educational methods and work. He was elected a member of the School Committee of Waterville, Me., in 1847; of the School Com- mittee of Diixbiiry for three years in 1857; of the School Committee of Kingston for three years in 1890, and again in 1893. On his retirement from the Hoard at the close of his last term, the average attendance in the Kingston schools ranked first in the county of Plymouth. When in the Massachusetts legis- lature he served on the Joint Committee on ICducation. The town of Kingston in 1896 chose Captain Maglathlin a member of the committee for carrying out the will of Fred- erick C. Adams for the establishment of a public library. He was first jniljjicly identified with labor matters in 1870, when, being urgently so- licited, he consented to lead a forlorn hope as a Labor Reform candidate for Councillor for the First District of Massachusetts. He was handsomely supported by members of different parties, receiving about four thousand five hun- dred votes. The next year he was the nomi- nee of the same party for Secretary of State. He has been a member of the Sovereigns of Industry, Knights of Labor, and other like associations for the improvement of the condi- tion of the industrial classes. He has been for years an earnest advocate of co-operation, distributive and productive. For several years Captain Maglathlin served as President of a co-operative foundry company; and the Co-operative Store at Silver Lake, Kingston, founded June 14, 1875, under his management for more than twenty-five years notably pros- pered, it being the longest American trial of the Rochdale plan. On founding, in 1895, the Co-operative Union of America, he was elected a member of its Central Hoard. He was married in 1854 to Elizabeth, daughter of Dura and Abigail (Cushman) Wadsworth, of Duxbury, and has three chil- dren : Abby, who married George F. Lane, of Kingston; Arthur, who is a resident of Whit- man ; and Alice, who married Edmund Hrad- ford, (jf Kingston. Captain Maglathlin's home until 1886, excepting the years he was in Maine, was on the ancestral place in Dux- bury, which had belonged successively to his great-grandather, his grandfather, and his father. P'or the past ten years he has resided at Silver Lake, a hamlet in Kingston. LIAH LATHAM, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Flast Hridgewater, was born here Septem- ber 26, 1 81 8, son of Galen and Susan (Keith) Latham, both of whom were also natives of this town. Woodward Latham, the father of Galen, was a son of Charles. The first of the Latham family in America was William, an English emigrant, who settled in Plymouth, Mass., some time in the seventeenth century. Galen Latham spent his life on the farm now owned by Eliab. While giving due attention to his farm, he also discharged the duties of Lieutenant in a company of State militia. His death occurred in 1844. He had four sons and two daughters, of whom Eliab, the youngest, is the only survivor. The education of Eliab was obtained in the public schools and at Hridgewater Academy. The active years of his life have been spent in farming at the homestead, which contains about one hun- dred and seventeen acres of good land. In his younger days he carried on a wood and lumber business. He is also interested in the East Hridgewater Savings Hank, of which he 290 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW was an incorporator, and is now a Trustee. On September 8, 1S46, Mr. Latham married Susan A. Hobart, who was born in Ea.st Bridgewater, a daughter of the late Judge Aaron Hobart. They had four sons, of whom two are living. These are: James W., who resides with his parents; and Aaron H., an attorney-at-law doing business at 5 Tremont Street, Boston. The deceased were George H. and Eliab A. Mrs. Latham passed away in March, 1893. She was a member of the Uni- tarian church, and was very active in social circles. Up to 1852 Mr. Latham was a Whig. Since that time he has been an independent politician, casting his vote without regard to party lines. Possessed of a laudable amount of public spirit, he has always taken pride in the advancement of the community. The town has had the benefit of his services as Select- man for nearly a score of years. T^yiARLES T. FIELD, an esteemed I >p citizen of Brockton engaged in the \i° ^ real estate business, having an office in Boston on Washington Street, oppo- site the Globe Building, was born in North Bridgewater, Mass., now Brockton, October I, 1836, a son of John and Olive (Thompson) Field. The date of the arrival in this country of John F"ield, the first American ancestor of the family, is not recorded ; but in 1677 he came from Providence, R.I., and took up his abode in West Bridgewater, Mass., where he resided about twenty years, his estate being settled in the interest of his heirs in 1698. He was the father of three sons and four daughters, born as follows: John, in 1671; Elizabeth, in 1673; Richard, in 1677; Lydia, in 1679; Daniel, in 16S1 ; Ruth, in 1683; and Hannah. Richard, the second son, was the next lineal representative of this branch. He married, on January 17, 1704, Susanna Waldo, and died September 14, 1725. A brief record of their eleven children is as follows: Zobiah, born March 28, 1705, died April 3, 1708; Zebu- Ion, born August 23, 1707, married Anna Williams, of Taunton, in 1749; Mary, born October 5, 1709, was married in 1748 to Sam- uel Noyes; Richard was born October 21, 1711; Jabez, born September 29, 1713; Ruth, born August 6, 171 5, married Israel Packard, Jr., in 1737; Zachariah was born September 13, 1717; Zobiah, born March 4, 1719, died November 26, 1722; Susanna was born Au- gust 6, 1721 ; Mercy, born April 17, 1723, married Archibald Robinson in 1747; Su- sanna, born May 18, 1725, married Nathan Hart well in 1746. Jabez Field, who died in 1804, aged ninety- two years, married in 1746 Mary, daughter of P'phraim Fobes. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Jabez, born March 25, 1747, who died unmarried; Susanna, born November 9, 1748, who married on April 13, 1773, Moses Gary; Richard, born July 22, 175 1, who married Rebecca Harris in 177S; William, who was born July 28, 1753, and married Jemima Keith in 1797; liphraim, born October ig, i75S, who married Ruby Brett, December 14, 1786; Daniel, born Sep- tember 20, 1758; Barzilla, born December 6, 1760; Bethuel, born August 28, 1763, who died unmarried ; and Waldo, who removed to the West. Daniel Field, the great-uncle of Charles T. Field of this sketch, married on July 13, 1786, Hannah Snell, the daughter of Gaptain Zebedee Snell, and by this union had three children: Martha, born November 19, 1786; Zophar, born January 14, 1789; and Waldo, born March 8, 1791. Zophar Field married BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 291 Ucrnice Howard, February 6, 1811, and they had eight children, namely: Harriet, born in 1812; Daniel, born in 1S14; Louisa, born in 1816; George, born in i S 1 S ; Louisa, born in 1820; Hannah, born May 4, 1823, who mar- ried Cyrus Howard, Jr. ; Charles Copeland, born March 18, 1826, who married Lucy Cobb Cross; William Lawrence, who was born Octo- ber 20, 1828, and married Mary Dennison Holmes, of Middleboro. The children of the last-named couple were: William b'obes, born July 21, 1854; Daniel Waldo, born February 18, 1856; Marcia Alice, born November 28, 1857; and I'rcderick Forrest, born May 11, 1861. Zophar I'ieKl died September 6, 1863, and his wife January 28, 1833. Uarzilla Field, the grandfather of Charles T. , was a Revolutionary patriot. He died in 1839, aged seventy-eight, lie was married December 25, 1794, to Patt\', daughter of David Packard. Their children were: John, born December 15, 1796; Chloe, born Novem- ber 14, 1799; Mary, born April 24, 1802, who married Zibeon Cole in 1819; Clarissa, born August 20, 1806; and Lucius, born June 11, 1 8 1 I . John Field, son of Barzilla, was a native of North Bridgewater. He was a stone-cutter by trade, furnishing fine stone for finishing, but his later years were spent in farming. In politics a Democrat, he was nominated as a Representative to the State legislature, but dill not receive the election. He, however, served acceptably as Selectman. He was a member of the Swedenborgian church. At the time of his death in 1866 he was seventy years old. Although but si.xteen years old at the time of the War of 18 12, he was in active service. Olive Thomjison, to whom he was married in October, 181 7, was a daughter of James Thompson, of Campello. They were the parents of ten children, si.\ boys and four girls, all of whom lived to maturity. Olive, the eldest, born June 16, 1820, married No- vember 10, 1839, Klisha H. Bumpus; Frank- lin, born .Ajiril 7, 1822, married October 24, 1S50, Alice P. Simmons; Fustace, born May 17, 1824, married November 25, 1847, Maria Snow; Owen, born July 24, 1826, married Hannah P. Tobey ; I'^lizabeth, born A])ril 11, 1829, married March 2, 1856, Francis Brett; Clarissa, born January 5, 1832, married Will- iam W. Allen, of Mansfield; John, born March ig, 1834, married Carrie Rosa Wood- bury, of Rochester, Minn. ; Charles Thomp- son is the special subject of this sketch; Car- oline was born August 27, 1839; and l?arzilla was born February 17, 1832. Olive, Frank- lin, Eustace, Owen, and Charles Thompson are now living. Charles Thompson Field was the eighth child in order of birth. He received a com- mon-school education, and made his home on the farm with his parents tmtil their death. He afterward went into the business of en- larging pictures, and followed it successfully for a number of years. When he was about nineteen years of age, however, and before his parental home was broken u|), he shi|)ped on board a coasting \essel ; anil he was later on a fishing vessel that went to the Grand Banks. Since he became older he has visited many countries, among them England, Scotland, and France, in travel for his health. P'or the past seven years he has engaged in the real estate business, and, as already noted at the begin- ning of this sketch, now has an oflfice in Boston, besides being interested in real estate here in Brockton. Naturally of a retiring and home-loving disposition, he has taken but little interest in ordinary [lolitics or po- litical affairs in a party sense. He is a member of the New Jerusalem, or Sweden- borgian, chinch. 292 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Field married first Laura Washburne, of Raynham, and by this union he had five children, three boys and two girls; namely, Charles W. , Albert D., Eustace, Laura J., and Helen M. Mrs. Laura W. Field died in 1S87. For a second wife Mr. Field married Martha A. Robbins, of Abington, by whom he has one daughter, Mary Robbins. ■OSEPH W. BRIGGS is a substantial representative of the practical and pro- gressive agriculturists of Plymouth County, owning and managing a well-ap- pointed farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres in the town of Marion, his native place. He was born on February 14, St. Valentine's Day, 1837, and has now nearly reached his sixtieth birthday. His father, Captain Elnathan Briggs, fol- lowed the sea for more than twoscore years, being master of a vessel the last fifteen years of the time, hi 1S62 he retired from active pursuits spending his last days with his son Joseph, at whose home he died in March last, 1896, aged eighty-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda D. Allen, is still living with her son Nathan, being a bright and active woman of eighty-five years. Mrs. Briggs and her husband reared five children, namely: Nathan; Justus; Isaac; Betsey; and Joseph VV. , the direct subject of this biograph- ical sketch. Joseph VV. Briggs began life on his own account when a lad of fourteen years, going then to North Bridgewater, now Brockton, where he was employed for some time in shoe- making. He subsequently sailed on a mer- chant vessel, first as a common seaman, after- ward for some years as mate. In 1861 he started for California, going via Cape Horn, and serving as mate on the bark which carried him across the waters. After engaging for a short time in mining, he lived in San Fran- cisco until i86g, when he returned to his early home and settled on his present farm. Mr. Briggs has since given his attention to general farming and teaming, carrying on a successful business in both branches of industry. Polit- ically, he is a sound Republican, and, though not an aspirant for official honors, has served as Road Commissioner. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Marion. Mr. Briggs was married November 14, 1865, to Miss Cynthia Delano, a native of Marion, Mass., a daughter of Benjamin and Thankful Delano. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have two chil- dren — Frank W. and Mabel C. ;sfrASON K. VINCENT, of Brockton, a shoe manufacturer of long experi- ence, who is now foreman of the stitch- ing department of D. W. Field's factory, was born here July 4, 1848, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Vincent. His great- grandfather, Joseph, who fought in the Revo- lutionary War under Washington, was one of those who suffered the privations of Valley Forge. Samuel Vincent, Mr. Vincent's grandfather, a native of Salem, Mass., who was a rope-maker and followed that trade for ' some years in Boston, died in 1826, aged thirty-eight years. He wedded Mercy Willis, a native of Edgartown, Mass., and reared five children ; namely, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, Sam- uel, and Daniel. Of these the only survivor is Sarah, who married, and is now residing in Wright's, a town of Southern California, named in honor of her husband. The mother, who attained the age of eighty-two years, died in 1871. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 293 Joseph Vincent was born in l^oston, I'elini- ary 12, 1X17. While still yoinig he came to lirockton, where he attended the coniinon schools. After leaving school he learned shoemaking. Subseciuently he was employed as a cutter of sole leather in I-lmcrson's and Henry Howard's shoe factories, and was for many years identified with the slioe industry of this city. He died March 25, 1894, aged seventy-eight years. In politics he was a Re- publican. He belonged to Massasoit Lodge, No. 6g, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of l^rockton. For more than thirty years he was a member of the South Congregational Church. Ilis wife, I^lizabetli, was a daughter of David and Annie (ICdwnrds) Jenkins, of Fastjjort, Me., who reared seven other chil- dren — Ann, Martha, Mary, John, David, Stanford, and Henry, all now deceased. Mrs. Josejih Vincent liail five children, namely: Joseph. Jenkins, who was born De- cember 17, 1S39; Elizabeth A., who was born January 4, 1843; Stanford W. , who was born September 8, 1846; Jason K., the subject of this sketch; and Daniel II., who was born May 14, 1S52. She died May 1, 1887, aged seventy-six years. Jason K. Vincent acc|uircd his education in the [Hiblic schools of Brockton. When his stutlies were coni[)leted he began work in the shoe factory of A. and A. 15. Keith, where he remained three years. He then went to the factory of J. O. Emerson, where be had charge of the stitching room for seven years. He ne.xt engaged in business upon his own ac- count, establishing a factory on Market Street, where he manufactured shoes for si.\ years with good success. His plant was destroyed by fire April 9, 1879, and since then he has occujiied his present responsible position of foreman of the stitching department at D. W. ImcUI's factory. On November 13, 1 S77, Mr. Vincent was united in marriage to Harriet O., daughter of Caleb and Julia Nickerson, of Chatham, Mass. Two children are tiie fruit of this union, namely: lulith Louise, who was born October 29, 1881 ; and I''orest Nickerson, who was born June 9, 1887. In politics Mr. \'inccnt supports the Reiniblican party. He is a mem- ber of Paul Revere Lodge, A. I". & A. M., of Brockton. The friends made by him in his business and social relations are legjon. R1:KMAN HOWARD HOLMES, a dealer in real estate, and a representa- tive citizen of Plymouth, had his birth June 7, 1850, at Manomet Point, this county, son of Cromwell W. and Mary R. (Cornish) Holmes. His father, who was born in Plym- outh, there followed the occupation of farmer. He married Mary R. Cornish, a native of Plymouth, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Freeman) Cornish, the former of whom was a farmer. By her he became the father of four children — Sarah E., Cromwell F., John B., and Freeman Howard. Sarah, who died in 1894, became the wife of James H. Crosby, a contractor and builder of Barnstable, Mass., who died in 1892. Cromwell, who was a member of the New England Volunteer Life- saving Crew stationed at Manomet, was drowned in 1867, in attempting to rescue the crew of a wrecked schooner. The father departed this life in 1SS5, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife, now in her eightieth year, lives with her son, the sub- ject of this sketch. P'reeman Howard Holmes grew to manhood on the home farm, receiving his education in the schools of his native town. From 1870 to 1880 he conducted at Boston a wholesale busi- ness in books and stationery. For the past 294 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW few years he has been engaged in the poultry business at Plymouth, and also carries on an extensive trade in real estate. In addition to this, for the past twenty years he has kept summer boarders, running at present three houses at Plymouth for their accommodation. He is also the agent of his district for the Walter A. Wood Machine Company of Hoo- sick Falls; and is likewise agent for the United States, Halliday, and Gem Wind-mills of Batavia, 111. On November 26, 1873, Mr. Holmes wedded Miss Emma Holmes, who was born at Plymouth, September 9, 185 1. They have three children, namely: Lizzie M., who at present resides .at home, and is pursuing a normal college course; Angie C. ; and John H. C. Mr. Holmes has served for several years on the Board of Selectmen, and for four- teen years he has officiated as a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Holmes is also county corre- spondent for the United States Department of Agriculture. He is affiliated with the Inde- pendent Order of United American Mechanics, being a member of Alexander M. Harrison Council, No. 16, Plymouth; and he is also a member of the Old Colony Club. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Plymouth, where he has been Su- perintendent of the Sabbath school for twenty years. > ■■ *» TT^OLONEL HAWKES FEARING, ( J Librarian of the Hingham Public ^i^ ^ Library, is a native of the town. He was born May 20, 1826, son of Hawkes and Matilda (Wilder) Fearing, and is the de- scendant of an early settler, his family being of English extraction. His immigrant ancestor, John Fearing, came from Cambridge, England, and settled in Hingham in 1638. In 1652 he was made freeman, and in 1648, 1661; and 1663, he officiated as Selectman, serving also as Deacon of the church for many years. He and his wife, Margaret, had four children. His death occurred on May 14, 1665; and his wife, sur- viving him, married again. Israel Fearing, second son of John, was baptized in Hingham in 1644. He was a cooper by trade. He married Elizabeth Wilder, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Ames) Wilder, and they had five children. He died in Dorchester, Mass., in 1693, at the age of forty-eight years, while his wife lived in Hingham until January 27, 1730, attaining the age of seventy-eight. Their eldest son, John P^earing, born in Hing- ham, December 29, 1674, was a farmer and weaver. He also was officially prominent, serving as Constable and Selectman for many years. He married Margaret Hawke, daughter of James and Sarah (Jacob) Hawke, on May 8, 1708, and by this union had four children. The father died November 7, 1752, at the age of seventy-eight; and the mother, on September 28, 1764, aged eighty-three. Hawkes Fearing, their third child and the great-grandfather of the subject of this biog- raphy, was born in Hingham, July 13, 1715. He was a farmer and extensive land -owner of Hingham, and served as Selectman for three years. He married Margrett Lincoln, daugh- ter of David and Leah (Beal) Lincoln; and they were the parents of thirteen children, of whom Hawkes, second, was their only son and fifth child. He was a merchant in Hingham; and in 1794 he established the rope-walk, which he continued to manage until his death. It is still in operation, the business having grown to large dimensions. Although his opportunities were limited, Hawkes Fearing, GEORGE F. WING. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 297 second, who was the first to add an s to the name "llawke, " was very successful in accu- mulating property. He served as Representa- tive to the legislature from 1806 to 1811 in- clusive. The maiden whom he led to the marriage altar was Leah Lincoln, daughter of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln. By this alliance there were eleven children. Grandfather Fearing lived to be seventy-six years old, and his wife attained the advanced age of eighty five. Their second son, Mavvkcs Fearing, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born on December lo, 1781. Following in the well-defined footsteps of his worthy father, he was a rope manufacturer; and, being very in- dustrious and thrifty, he left a good property at his death. In politics heafifiliated with the Whigs, and in his religious belief he was a Unitarian. He died at the age of eighty-two years; and his wife, Matilda, who was a daughter of ICdwanl and Mary (Ilersey) Wilder, died at eighty-six, having been the mother of five children, three sons and two daugiiters. Hawkcs Fearing, the eldest son, ami the third of his name, after acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, worked in the rope-walk for several years. He then went to Boston, where he was em- ployed a few years in a bank. Later he engaged in the general merchandise business, in which he continued until the breaking out of the Civil War. He was at that time Lieu- tenant-Colonel of the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and went with the regiment to Fortress Monroe, arriving there on April 20, 1 86 1. He was subsequently Colonel of the I'^ighth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served in the Gulf Department until the close of the war. I'or a time thereafter he was in Virginia. On his return to Hingham he was appointed Librarian, and in that capacity he has continued to render efficient service ever since. In politics a Republican, he has officiated on the School Committee, as Town Clerk, and Road Commissioner; and he was a Represen- tative to the General Court in 1871 and 1872. Fraternally, he is a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and the Edwin Hum- phrey Post, No. 104, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Hingham. A man of strict integ- rity, courteous and obliging, discharging the duties of his position with military precision and promptitude, Colonel Fearing is a highly esteemed citizen. On November 20, i860, he was united in marriage with Eliza B. Gushing, daughter of Bracklcy and Eliza (Hartlett) Gushing, of Ab- ington, Mass. They _have one child, a daugh- ter, Anna M., born in Manchester, N.H., on February 16, 1865. She married William R. Burr, of Hingham. In their religious faith and affiliation Colonel and Mrs. Fearing are Unitarians. /37eC)RGP: F. WING, who has served on V p I the Wareham Board of Selectmen for nearly twenty years, is a California "forty-niner," and has had a busy and eventful life. He was born in Wareham, Mass., Octo- ber II, 1827, a son of Benjamin and Delia (Clifton) Wing. His parents had five chil- dren, of whom two are now living: the subject of this sketch; and Delia A., who married William H. Fearing, and resides in Wareham. Mr. Wing's early education, which was limited, was acquired in the public schools of his native town. When he was fifteen years of age he shipped on a coasting-vessel, and for two years was engaged as a seaman. He then learned the carpenter's trade at F'airhaven, Mass., where he worked about four years, and later he was employed as a carpenter in Ware- 298 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ham. In 1849 he was one of a company of sixty-six who purchased and provisioned a vessel called the "Mount Vernon, "and started for the gold fields of California, sailing from Mattapoiset around Cape Horn. They were five months and a half on the voyage, their suspense being sweetened by visions of the fortunes awaiting them in the Golden State. Arriving in San Francisco, Mr. Wing sold his interest in the vessel, and began prospect- ing and mining, being one of the five to dig the first gold on the famous Horseshoe Bend on Merced River. He experienced all the stern realities of life in a community that was practically lawless, and discovered that mining was not the easiest way of making a fortune. He remained in California until the spring of 1855, a part of the time working at his trade, and for a year driving a pack train. On his return to VVareham, he went to work for the Parker Mills Company as a millwright. After following that trade for fourteen years, he started in business as a contractor and builder, and he is now known as one of the most prom- inent and reliable builders in the locality. He was married November 28, 1855, to Fidelia Johnson, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Johnson, of Dartmouth, Mass. Five children were born to them, as follows: Dora M. ; Frank C, now deceased; Mary G. ; Oscar B. ; and George F., Jr. Mr. Wing is active among the Democrats of the town, and has been elected to a number of offices of trust. He has served continu- ously on the Board of Selectmen since the spring of 1878, and has also efficiently filled the offices of Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for the same time. He has been a Mason for many years, being active in the fra- ternity, occupying various chairs, for three years serving as Master, and during the past six years filling the office of Treasurer. ALEB T. ROBBINS, a veteran of the Civil War, who keeps a variety store in Plymouth, and is also engaged in farming, was born in Sandwich, Mass., July 16, 1 84 1, son of Thomas and Jane E. (Nye) Robbins. Thomas Robbins, who was a native of Harwich, Barnstable County, settled in Sandwich, was a sailor for the greater part of his life, and died at sea. He married Jane E. Nye, a native of Troy, N. Y., and reared a family of four children, of whom Caleb T. , the subject of this sketch, was the first born. Caleb T. Robbins attended the common schools of Sandwich. Beginning at the age of twelve, he worked on a farm until he was sixteen years old. He was afterward em- ployed for two years by the Sandwich Tack Company. After a season spent in the United States Coast Survey service, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Third Regiment, Mas- sachusetts Volunteers, April 9, 1S61, being among the first to respond to President Lin- coln's urgent call for seventy-five thousand recruits. The regiment was attached to the Irish Brigade, which was assigned to duty in Richardson's Division of the Second Army Corps, and stationed first at Fortress Monroe and Newport News, being later ordered to Norfolk and Suffolk, Va. From Suffolk his regiment was ordered into active service, and took part in the battles of Fair Oaks, the sieges of Knoxville and Vicksburg, the mem- orable struggle of the Wilderness, and the en- gagement at Spottsylvania Court-house. He was discharged September 14, 1864, in poor health, incapacitated for laborious employ- ment. At intervals, after the close of the war, he was engaged for some time in the United States Coast Survey service. Subse- quently, under his physician's advice to seek some steady out-of-door employment, he ped- dled with a team for about nine years. He BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 299 then opened a small store in Plymouth. Two or three years later he disposeil of his peddling business, vviiich he had managed to continue up to then, and lie has since given his atten- tion exclusively to his store. He carries a large miscellaneous stock of goods, such as is usually found in a general variety store, mak- ing a specialty of china and glass ware, and he has a very profitable business. For the past eight or nine years he has also been en- gaged in general farming. At the present time he owns about forty acres of valuable land, which amply repay their care and culti- vation. In 1870 Mr. Robbins wedded Anna M. Baker, daughter of Thomas Baker, of Sand- wich, anil he and Mrs. Robbins have two daughters. He is a comrade of Post "jt. Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, Minute Men of Massachusetts. In politics he is a Demo- crat. Both he and Mrs. Robbins attend the Orthodox church. Despite the feeble state of his health, he has shown remarkable energy and perseverance. He is much respected by his fellow-townsmen, who appreciate his worth as a citizen, as well as his honorable record as a soldier; and he is very popular among the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. AMK.S H. GRIFFITH, a well-known cariienter and builder of Hull, Plym- outh County, Massachusetts, was born in Boston on August 6, 1854. He passed his early years in attending the public schools of that city. On .Ajiril 15, 1865, he came to Hull, and remained here four years, returning at the end of that time to Boston to learn the trade of carpenter and builder. I'rom 1872 to 1889 he was located in Quincy, Mass., and during that time took a course in architecture. being graduated in 1885 with honors. He then returned to Hull, and has since resided here, engaged in the pursuit of his calling. Among the many fine residences erected by him are the P>ast P'nd Hotel and the Vining Villa, besides three houses for himself. He also owns real estate in Quincy, Mass. Mr. Griffith makes his home in the Vining family, having been brought up from infancy in the home of the late Alexander Vining. In p(di- tics he affiliates with the Democrat party, and takes an intelligent interest in town affairs. He is industrious and progressive, and is highly esteemed personally by the community. The degree of success he has attained is wholly attributable to his own efforts. 7TAHARLES E. MORSE, M.D., a ris- C V'^ ing young physician of Plymouth V,2__^ County, with an extensive and in- creasing practice in the town of Wareham, was born January i, 1867, in the village of which he is now an honored resident. The Doctor is the only son of a family of five chil- dren born to Seth C. and Mary (Swift) Morse, both of whom were natives of Wareham. Charles V.. Morse was reared on the parental farm, and in the district schools acquireil the rudiments of his excellent education. At the age of fifteen years he went to Quincy, Mass., as a pupil at Adams Academy, from which he received his di])loma three years later. He subsequently took a full course of study at the Harvard Medical School, where he was gradu- ated in 1889, with a good record for scholar- ship. The .succeeding three years Dr. Morse was assistant superintendent of the Adams Nervine Asylum, a noted curative institution, beautifully located in the Jamaica Plain dis- trict of Boston. He next engaged in the prac- tice of medicine in Boston a year and a half, 300 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and then he returned to Wareham to take up the practice of the late Dr. Sawyer, who died in 1S93. Here Dr. Morse has met with signal success in his professional career, exhibiting great knowledge and skill in the treatment of his many patients, winning the confidence and good will of all with whom he is brought in contact. Dr. Morse was married January 26, 1895, to Miss Abbie F. Marshall, a native of Lowell, Mass., a daughter of Isaac F. and Eliza J. (Le Favour) Marshall, of South Framingham. Politically, the Doctor is identified with the Republican party, and is a member of the Wareham Board of Health. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, belonging to Eliot Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Boston; and to Ouinobequin Lodge, No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Boston. He is likewise a member of the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society and of the Boston Library Asso- ciation. He was appointed August 18, 1896, by then Acting Governor Roger Wolcott, Medical E.xaminer for Plymouth County. 1<:NNIE C. LEONARD, a bicycle manufacturer of Brockton, and the originator of the Brockton Bicycle, also known as the Meteor, was born in Easton, Mass., January 16, 1861, his parents being Otis and Mary Ann (Bryant) Leonard, now of Brockton. Some of his ancestors served in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Hathaway Leonard, was a farmer, and owned a number of different farms. He also did a wheelwright business for a time, having natural mechanical ability. Although a man of large influence, on account of being deaf he would accept no public office. Mrs. Otis Leonard was before marriage a Miss Bryant, of North Raynham, Mass. She and her hus- band are the parents of several children; namely, Peleg, Angle, Russell, William, Bennie, Nellie Emery, Maria, and Charles. Bennie C. Leonard was the fifth child. After leaving school, he served a three years' apprenticeship with T. H. & J. O. Dean, of Easton, at the machinist's trade, and two years with Sweetser & Merritt. He then .secured a position in the employ of the Tuck Manu- facturing Company as tool -maker, and was with them for three years, leaving then to take charge of a line of work for Kimball Brothers. Several years later, in 1888, Mr. Leonard started in business for himself, beginning in a work-room in the basement of his house — in the machine repairing business, which grad- ually resolved itself into the bicycle business. He was soon obliged to seek larger accommo- dations, and removed to a room on Centre Street, and finally, about 1890, came to his present quarters at 34 Franklin Street. Up to 1892 he did only repairing, but his work in this line suggested many changes in construc- tion; and the result was the introduction, in 1892, of the fine wheel known as the Brockton, or Meteor, which has appeared each succeed- ing year with added improvements. Mr. Leonard has also placed on the market a bicycle handle bar, which was patented by him June 2, 1896, and the Brockton cycle stand, an arrangement for holding bicycles, intended for use by wholesale and retail dealers, of which he has sold hundreds during the past year. Nine men are employed in his factory. In 1882 Mr. Leonard married Miss Lucy F. Manley, daughter of Nathaniel Manley, of Brockton, and a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have four children; namely, Merle C. , Vera M., Elva A., and Vernie L. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 30« In ]io]itical affiliation Mr. Leonanl is a stanch Rcpiililican. He is a member of Miec- tric Lodge, No. 204, Inclepenclent Oriler of Olid I'ellows; the Knights of the ICssenic Order, Lotige No. 125; and the Uniform Ivank, l^rockton Division, No. 11, Knight.s of I'ythias; Shoe City Wheelmen; and the League of American Workmen. lie and Mrs. Leonard are communicants of the Porter Con- gregational Church. ■1':NRY T. HAMMOND, who is en- gaged in general farming and cran- L^ V ^ ])erry culture in Carver, was born in this town, January 25, 1834, son of lienja- niin and Mary (Sherman) Hammond, and a grandson of Benjamin Hammond, Sr. His father was born in Carver, and spent his whole life here, being engaged during the active years of his life in farming. Benjamin Ham- mond, Jr., lived to be eighty-four years of age. His wife is still living, at the age of eighty-si.\. He was a communicant of the Second Advent church. They had eight children, named respectively as follows: Mary A. ; Henry T. ; Susan A. ; Maria T. ; Lucy; Sarah A. ; Julia A. ; and Cordelia, who died when si.\- years old. Henry T. Hammond sjient his boyhood in this town. He lived with liis parents until he was twenty-one years old, when he engaged in the fishing business, which he followed for seventeen summers, making trips principally to the Grand Banks; and the last two seasons he was master of the vessel with which he sailed. Subsequently retiring from the sea, he spent fourteen years in the saw-mill busi- ness. Since that time he has given especial attention to the raising of cranberries, also engaging in general farming. He owns in all about one hundred and tlfty acres of land, and has two acres set with cranberries. On March 31, 1858, Mr. Hamniond was united in marriage with Miss Bet.scy S. Shaw, a native of this town. They have had four children: Walter F., residing in Lakeville; Mary S. and Arthur L., both deceased; and Arnold L., who resides in North Carver. Frfim 1890 to 1894 Mr. Hammond served as Road Commis- sioner, and he had previously been Road Sur- veyor for one year. He has also served as Fire Warden eight years. In politics he is a Rei)ublican, and religiously he is a member of the .Second Advent church. p^liRNARD C. BEAL, a well-known ^^S and highly respected resident of Hanson, was born in this town on May 6, 1833. He was educated in the com- mon schools, and at the age of fifteen began to earn his own livelihood. He first learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he applied himself diligently for over twelve years. He subsequently learned the trade of carpenter and builder, which he followed for a cpiarter of a century. In September, 1862, under a patriotic impulse, he enlisted for nine months in Company A, Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; and during his term of service he performed his duty as a soldier. In politics Mr. Bcal is a consistent member of the Republican party. He has held the offices of Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Constable for a number of years, and was Collector of Ta.xes one year. He served as Moderator at thirt\-three town meetings, and was Chairman at thirteen State elections. From 1880 to 1891 he was Selectman, receiv- ing in 18S7 seventy-two out of seventy-four votes. In 1894 and 1895 he was re-elected to the same office. Fraternally, Mr. Beal is a member of the Grand Army Post, T. L. Bon- ney, No. 127, in which organization he has 302 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW officiated as Quartermaster for twenty-three years. He attends the Congregational church. TT^APTAIN JAMES H. DAWES, of I Vp Kingston, Mass., has seen much of V i? ^ the world, having circumnavigated the globe several times, and having lived the adventurous life of a California miner in 1849. He was born in Du.xbury, Mass., July 20, 1826, a son of Abraham and Deborah (Dar- ling) Dawes. Members of the Dawes family were early settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, though not, so far as known, among the first comers. A William Dawes, a bricklayer by trade, was living in Boston in 1646. He had three sons — Ambrose, William, and Robert. It was a William Dawes of a later generation who joined Paul Revere at Lexington during his memorable ride to arouse the minute-men, and, when Revere was taken by the British and carried back to Boston, proceeded with Sam- uel Prescott to Concord, arousing the patriots on the way. Captain James H. Dawes's great-grand- father, Ambrose, of Duxbury, and his grand- father, Ebenezer Dawes, were well-known citizens of this part of the State. His father, Abraham Dawes, who was born in Kingston, Mass., was a seafaring man, engaged in the coasting trade a great many years. He died April 12, 1868. His wife was born in the old town of Duxbury. She died November 4, 1859. Of their children the two now living are: Captain Josephus Dawes, in Duxbury, Mass. ; and James H., in Kingston. The others, who have passed away, were: Captain Allen A. Dawes and a sister Harriet. James H. Dawes was reared and educated in Duxbury. He went to sea at the early age of fourteen, and within six years had risen through the different degrees of rank to the responsiiile position of captain. At the age of twenty he commanded the brig "Balize, " owned by Joseph Holmes, of Kingston, Mass., for whom he subsequently commanded a num- ber of vessels in the coasting and foreign trade. He was in Mr. Holmes's employ for a number of years, his term of service being interrupted by a season in California. In 1849, his ship being in port in Boston, he decided to join a party bound for the gold fields, and went by sailing vessel to the Isth- mus of Panama, which he crossed on foot, taking a steamer on the other side for San Francisco. Four years of roughing it among the mining camps were sufficient for Captain Dawes; and in 1853 he returned to his native State, taking the route by which he had set out. Again assuming charge of a vessel, he was in the foreign trade for some time; and he was afterward engaged in superintending the building of ships at East Boston for himself and others. Not content to leave the sea alto- gether, however, he subsequently sailed to foreign ports as commander of different ves- sels, his own and those of other ship-owners, until 1 88 1, when he retired to his home in Kingston. Captain Dawes might write a very interesting book on the countries he has visited and the sights he has seen. He has sailed in nearly every oceanic body of water on the globe, and several times has doubled the southern extremities of the continents, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn ; and he has an inexhaustible store of anecdote. The captain is a Trustee of the Boston Marine Association, office in the Chamber of Com- merce, Boston. He has been twice married. His first wife, who was Abbie D. Chandler, of Vermont, left two children — John C. and F^lora L. The latter is the wife of George D. Bartlett, of JAMES H. DAWES. 1 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 305 I'lytiiiiiitli, Mass. His second wife, tri wiioiii lie was united on June 25, 1857, was Mrs. I.ydia J. (Sampson) Ikadfoid, daugiiter of Rufus and Sally (Gibbs) Sampson, of Dux- bury, Mass., and widow of Samuel Brad- ford, of that town. By her first marriage she had three children, of whom she has been bereft; and she bore Captain Dawes one daughter, Laura M. On many of Captain Dawes's voyages his wife accompanied him. The captain votes the Republican ticket. He is a charter member of Corner .Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury, and is very jiopular in the community in which he lives, he and his family taking an active part in all social events of importance. The cap- tain and his wife are attendants at the Uni- tarian church. B R. GEORGE F. MORSE, a popular and successful physician of Carver, was born May i, NS40, at Middle- boro, this county, son of Ira and Betsy (Red- ding) Morse. He represents one of the oldest families in the country, being a descendant of William Morse, who was a passenger on tiic "Mayflower.'' Those of the Morse family directly descended from William Morse have resiiled in this general section of the States. The great-grandfather of Dr. Morse, also named William Morse, was a farmer of Mid- dleboro; and his paternal grandfather, Jona- than, followed the same occupation in Carver. Ira, a son of Jonathan, and a native of Carver, was engaged in general farming at Middle- boro. His wife, Betsy, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zaccheus Redding, esteemed farming people of Taunton, Mass. Of Ira's seven children, two still survive. He passed away March 30, 1856, in his fiftieth year, and his wife on October 17, 1863. Dr. Morse acquired his early education in the common schools. In Carver, at the age of sixteen, he began working at the shoemaker's trade, and thereafter followed it until his twenty-sixth year. Having prosecuted a course of reading in medicine in the mean while, he then devoted himself exclusively to the study in the office of Dr. George I*". Wood, of Plymouth. Here he s|)cnt three years, during which he often came into con- tact with honueo[)athic physicians. At the termination of that period he established him- self in his profession at Carver, where he has practised very successfully for eighteen years, giving his entire time and attention to his chosen calling. The last winter was the busiest season that he has experienced in his entire career. On March 15, 1870, Dr. Morse married Mrs. Lucinda Maxim, a daughter of James and Ruth Dunham, to whom she was born at Carver, January 31, 1839. Dr. Morse takes an earnest interest in the town, and is an active promoter of its social and civic welfare. In his political views he is identified with the Republican party. /^^TeORGE B. SANFORD, of Lakeville, \ (^ I a veteran of the Civil War, was born May 23, 1827, in Haverhill, Essex County, son of Fitz William and Lucy San- ford. He received his early education in Haverhill, where lie lived until twelve years of age. Then, after spending a year in New Salem, N. H., he went to Groveland, Mass., and there learned the trade of tanning and currying. After working as a tanner some three years, he learned boot-making, which he followed at intervals in different places for thirteen years. He made shoes in Atkinson, N.H., for two years; and for a number of years following he was engaged in the same 3o6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW line in Stoneham, Mass. His next place of residence was Aubnrn, N.H., where he was engaged in farming until President Lincoln's call for volunteers induced him to join the army. Enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company A, Tenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, Mr. Sanford was mustered in as a private at Manchester, N. H. He was first under the rebel fire at Fredericksburg, out of which he came without a wound. Subsequently he passed safely through the siege of Suffolk, which lasted twenty-three days. Assigned then to the engineer corps, he went to Ports- mouth, Va., where he was engaged for a year in work on the fortifications. After this he rejoined his regiment at Yorktown, and par- ticipated in the engagements of Drury's Bluff and Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, and the action at Chapin's farm. In the latter he was wounded in the right wrist by a piece of a shell, and was subsequently under the care of doctors and nurses for six or seven months. In this period he was in the field hospital, in the City Point Hospital at City Point, Va., the hospital at Hampton, and the Webster Hospital at Manchester, N.H. By a telegram received May 18, 1865, he was dis- charged from military service; and for two years thereafter he was able to perform little work of any kind, as he was obliged to carry his right arm in a sling. He lived in Auburn, N.H., until 1869, when he moved to Manchester, and engaged in farming for a while. At a later date he received an appointment as night watchman, and subse- quently followed that calling in Manchester for eight years. In 1880 he moved to Lake- ville, where he has since been engaged in farming and poultry raising. Mr. Sanford votes the Republican ticket. He keeps up his connection with his comrades of the war as a member of Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Manchester, N.H., and is a promi- nent member of the Royal Arcanum. ^ClDWARD I. BROWN, of Rockland, Jpl Mass., manufacturer of Goodyear welts, is a self-made man who has climbed from the bottom to a high round of the ladder of success. A son of George F. and Sarah M. (Nerburt) Brown, of Nantucket, he was born on that island, January i 7, i 860. George F. Brown, the father, sailed from Nantucket on a whaling vessel in 1849 ^or California, doubling Cape Horn, and making a long tedious journey. His brother, who accompanied him, died in 1895, leaving a fort- une of a million and a half; but he himself was not so favored. He served in the Union army throughout the Civil War, receiving a serious wound, and, after peace was declared, returned to California, where he died at the age of forty-one. His death seemed the more untimel)' from the fact that the Browns are a long-lived family, many nearly attaining the century mark. Mrs. Sarah Nerburt Brown is now living in Nantucket. She has reared three children — Mary M., Elliott M., and Edward I. Edward I. Brown was given scant educa- tional opportunities, being obliged to go to work at the early age of nine years. He was first employed on a farm at Newton Upper Falls, and subsequently in a cotton-mill in Rhode Island two years, later in Vineyard Haven, where he served a three years' appren- ticeship to the harness-making trade, in Marl- boro, Mass., one year, and in Boston one year. On his removal to Rockland he worked at harness-making, and afterward for six months engaged in stitching and sewing on welts in a shoe shop in Rockland. Being naturally BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3°7 somcthiiij; of an inventive genius, he patented a thread for shoe sewing-machines, which has been of great value to the trade. After spend- ing some time as a travelling salesman for J. R. Lecson & Co., of Boston, he returned to the shop; and some time later he started his present business, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Brown manages the welt fac- tory, and at the same time he sells his own goods on the road. Some idea of his business ability may be gained from the fact that his sales last year amounted to over one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars. He has never felt the lack of educational training; for he has the natural gift of adapting himself to circumstances, and by observation and experi- ence he has qualified himself as a business man, learning by practice alone without studying theory. Having travelled exten- sively, he has a broad knowledge of men and affairs. He is well informed on all matters of current interest, and is a self-made man in more than a business sense. Mr. Brown was married November 23, 1881, to Alice G. Baker, of Rockland, and has been blessed with four children: Carroll Winslow, aged fourteen; Esther Lyle (deceased); and Chester Nerburt and Bessie Linwood, aged re- spectively ten and seven years. He has a pleasant home at 26 Vernon Street. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He belongs to three social organizations — the Sons of Veterans, the Narragansett Boot and Shoe Club, and the Norfolk Club of Boston. KUCIUS H. D0TP:N, until recently the foreman of the granite yards of Rox- ^^' bury, Conn., was born in Plymouth, this county, May 10, 1832, son of Josei)h and Jerusha (Bartlett) Doten. The family de- scends from colonists who came in the ".May- flower." Joseph Doten, who was born near the birthplace of his son, the subject of this article, made his home in Plymouth County until 1851, when he migrated to California by the isthmus route. He died in California a few months after his arrival. His wife, Jerusha, who was a native of Manomet, and a daughter of George and Sylvina Bartlett, bore him six children, namely: Josejjh M., who now resides on Water Street; Frances B., who died in 1894 in California, whither she went in 1850; William W., who passed away in 1856; Lucius H., the subject of this article; Abbie M., who died in 1855; and Andrew J., whose death happened in California in 1854. The mother died in 1840. Lucius H. Doten passed his boyhood on the paternal farm. At the age of eight years he was left motherless. In his seventeenth year he started out for himself by engaging in fishing, which calling he followed during the seven successive summers. He then served an ap- prenticeship of one year in Quincy, Mass., at granite-cutting, and afterward followed that trade in different cities throughout the Eastern States. In 1884 he received the appointment as foreman of the granite yards at Roxbury, Conn., in which capacity he served efficiently until February, 1896. He is now engaged in trout raising at Plymouth. On November 12, 1862, Mr. Doten married Miss Mary A. Holmes, who was born in Plymouth, daughter of (ialen R. and Juline E. (Valler) Holmes. Mr. Doten and his wife became the parents of four children, namely: Frank W., born October 20, 1864, who died on November 21, 1864; Lucia N., born March 6, 1868; Abbie A., born July iS, 1870; and Charles R., born August 15, 1873. Lucia became the wife of Nathaniel F. Hoxie, a native of Plymouth, to whom she bore three children, namely: Fanny A., born January 3°8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 1 8, 1888; Mary F. , born February 2, 1S92; and Lucius II., now deceased. Abbie became Mrs. George J. Sampson, and has a son, William S., who was born November i, 1893. Mrs. Doten passed away April 12, 1890. Mr. Doten is a Mason of Plymouth Lodge. In politics he supports the Republican party. His religious principles are those of a free thinker. He has always made historic Plym- outh his home, and he has resided on his present estate for thirty-four years. LONZO GUSHING, a well-known business man of Hingham, and a Director of the Savings Bank, is a native of the town. He was born on Decem- ber 15, 1827, son of David and Mary S. (Lap- ham) Gushing, and is a representative of the eighth generation in descent from Matthew Gushing, a native of Old England, who settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638. He mingled prominently in town affairs, and also officiated as Deacon of the church. His wife, whose maiden name was Nazareth Pitcher, was a daughter of Henry Pitcher. They were married in 1613, and had five children, of whom Daniel was the eldest child. He was born in Hingham, England, in 1619, and was twice married, his first wife being Lydia Gil- man, a native of England, by whom he had six children. By his second marriage with PZlizabeth (Jacob) Tha.xter, of England, there were no children. Theophilus, the fifth child of David and Lydia (Gilman) Gushing, was born in 1657. He married Mary Thaxter, of Hingham; and eleven children were the fruit of their union. Abel, the fifth child, was born in Hingham in 1696. He was a farmer and miller, and served as Selectman for many years. He mar- ried Mary Jacob, of Hingham, and was the father of ten children, the third a son, David. He was born here in 1727, was twice married, and by his first wife, Ruth Lincoln, had five children. By his second marriage with Mabel Gardner there were twelve children, Charles W. Gushing being the third child, and the grandfather of the subject of this biography. He was born in Hingham in 1766, became a sailor, and eventually a sea captain, but sub- sequently settled on a farm in South Hingham. He married Deborah R. Jacob, of South Scitu- ate, Mass. ; and they had eleven children. David, their fourth child, was born in Hing- ham on October 2, 1801, and carried on farm- ing all his life. He married Mary S. Lap- ham; and they had eleven children, eight of whom are now living — David, Alonzo, Michael L., Otis, Sidney, George, P"erdinand, and Isabella. David Gushing, the eldest son, married Mary J. Sherman, and by this union had five children, one of whom is now living, Marshall Henry. Michael L. married Josephine Kim- ball, of South Scituate; and they had nine children, seven of whom are now living — Herbert K., Minnie J., Susie J., Gharles E., Jessie L., Bertram, and Nellie F. Otis mar- ried Caroline F. Hersey, of Hingham, and became the father of five children, four of whom are now living — Flora G., Anna ¥., Abbie R., and Lewis H. Sidney married Sarah E. Gorbett, of this town ; and they were the parents of two children — Albert L. and Waldo. George married Deborah E. Gushing, daughter of John Gushing (a- descendant of Matthew by a different line) ; and they had two children — Wallace G. and Ralph E. David Gushing, the father, was a Democrat in politics and a Universalist in his religious belief. He died at the age of eighty-si.v, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty years. Alonzo Gushing, the second son of David, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 309 after completing his education in the schools of liis native town, went to Boston to learn the carpenter's trade, and remained there five years. Returning to Hingham, he con- tinued til follow his trade until 1 .STjo, when he opened a general merchamiise store, utiliz- ing his carpenter shop for that purpose for twenty-nine years thereafter. Many fine resi- dences here bear witness to his ability as a builder. Later Mr. Gushing became identified with the Hingham Insurance Company, which he has served as Director for twenty years, during the last five of which he has also offici- ated as adjuster. He has also been a Director of the Hingham Savings Bank since 1891. In ]iiilitics he affiliates with the Republican party. Fraternally, he belongs to Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hingham. On January 15, 1852, he was united in marriage with Martha A. Cushing, daughter of Loring and Martha (Hersey) Cushing, of Hingham. By this union there are two chil- dren : Alonzo F., born November 29, 1857; and Lizzie H., who was born on July 1 1, i860. Mr. Cushing is a man of estimable qualities and a prominent citizen. He built his present residence in 1S51. In their religious belief Mr. and Mrs. Cushing are Unitarians. 0RJ:.ST WILLIAM SWIFT, a mem- ber of the well-known firm I-xlgar & Co., of Brockton, was born in Ware- ham, Mass., in 1865, son of James R. and Lydia C. (Burgess) Swift. James R. Swift, who was mate of a ship, for the last three years of his life kept a grocery store in Ware- ham, Mass. In 1852 he was united in mar- riage with Lydia C. , daughter of Covil and Lorena Burgess, of Sandwich, Mass. They had two sons: Edgar Francis, who is em- [iloyed in a shoe shop; and Forest William the subject of this sketch. The father died in 1866. Five years later the mother married Asahel Southworth, of Stoughton, Mass. After acquiring his education in the com- mon and high schools of Stoughton, Forest William Swift attended the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College in Boston. In 1881 he entered the employ of Edgar & Co. as clerk. Subsequently he was put in charge of their hosiery and underwear department, which position he filled for ten years. On February I, 1895, he was admitted to the firm as part- ner. In politics Mr. Swift is a Republican. He belongs to Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Satucket Royal Arch Chapter; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars; and Aleppo Shrine of Boston. He is also a mem- ber of Harmony Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of Massasoit Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1886 he was married to Nellie, daughter of George and Sarah Faulk- ner, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Swift have two children : William Arnold, aged five; and Miriam Burgess, who is seven. (^TY-''''^"^'^'' SOUTHWORTH, a former resident and manufacturer of Stough- ton, Mass., was born there in 1813, son of Consider, also a native of that town, and a manufacturer of spool cotton and cotton yarn. He, who was familiarly known as "Colonel Southworth," resided in Stoughton all his life. Besides Asahel he had four other children — Lyman, Jedediah, Amasa, and Al- mira. Asahel, the eldest child, attended the common schools of Stoughton, and then sewed cotton in his father's mill. Subsequently he became a manufacturer of woollen yarn in West Stoughton, where he carried on the in- dustry for several years. In politics he was a Republican. He was affiliated with the 310 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW liKlcpendent Order of Odd I''ello\vs. In his religious opinions lie was a liberal, and he attended the Universalist church. Mr. South- worth was twice married, the first time to Louisa Kinsley, who had four children. These were: Consider (deceased), Consider (second), Mary Anna, and Hattie. His sec- ond marriage was contracted in 1871 with Lydia C. (Burgess) Swift, as already stated. Mr. South worth died in 1S79. ]5y the second marriage there was one child — Elmer Kins- ley, who resides in Lynn, Mass. jDWARD G. KNIGHT, a well-known carpenter and builder, the only con- tractor in Hull, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Troy, N.H., November 7, 1840, son of Martin and Bitha B. (Gould) Knight. His paternal grandfather, Klbridge Knight, was a farmer and miller who lived to a good old age. He and his wife, Betsy Knight, had fourteen children. Martin was the third son of his parents. He was born in Sudbury, Mass. ; and, after acquiring his education, he became a teacher in Troy, N. H. He subsequently removed to Hull, where he was engaged in teaching for a year, and where he bought a farm and estab- lished his home. He officiated as a member of the School Committee for several years. On April 16, 1S37, he was married to Bitha B. Gould, daughter of John and Bitha (Bin- ney) Gould, of Hingham, Mass. By this alliance there were five children: Albert L., born December i, 1838; Edward G. ; Eliza J., born January 29, 1843; Charles H., born February 19, 1845; and Winthrop, who was born June 29, 1851. The father and mother were both highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Martin Knight died on January 8, 1894. Edward G. Knight at the early age of two years removed with his parents to Hull, and there acquired his education. Having a nat- ural aptitude for mechanics, he learned the carpenter's trade without serving an appren- ticeship, and at the age of twenty-two bought a chest of tools and started in business. His first contract was for a four-hundred-dollar house, which is still standing. For fifteen years he was the only carpenter in town, and he is now the only contractor. He has contin- ued building with gratifying success for thirty-four years, and among the many fine residences erected here by him is the one that was owned by the late John Boyle O'Reilly. Mr. Knight has also built many sail-boats, and now has many contracts to build houses. In 1872 he established Knight's E.xpress between Hull and Boston, which he continued until the spring of 1895, when he sold out. In politics Mr. Knight is a Prohibitionist. In the year 1892 he cast the only vote in the town on that ticket, but in 1895 there were twenty-three Prohibition votes in Hull. Offi- cially, Mr. Knight has been prominent, having been Town Treasurer for twenty-four consecu- tive years. Overseer of the Poor and Selectman for nineteen years, Assessor and Constable for several years, also Highway Surveyor, and from 1 861 to 1887, with the exception of three years. Collector of Taxes. In 1894 he was nominated on the Prohibition ticket as Repre- sentative, and had a plurality in his own town, which speaks well for his popularity here. He was, however, defeated at that time. Fraternally, he is identified with Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham, and the Rising Star Division, Sons of Temperance. On December 8, 1868, Mr. Knight was married to Miss Elizabeth A. R. Adams, I ■■i^-x-'^ ^^k. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B *fe^^" %. ^H ^ iRfe^ W t i Kr^^^k ^ EDWARD G. KNIGHT. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3*3 a native of Royalton, Vt. They have two children — Grace W. and Ailiert K. Grace W. Knight married Francis Ilaseltine, Princi- pal of the Whiting School, Lynn, Mass., and they have one child, Ruth Haseltine. Albert K. Knight married Lizzie Follanshee, of Prov- idence, R. I. ; and they have one son, Harold. In religions belief .Mr. Knight i.s a Methodist, having been converted to that faith in January, 1887. I'-Qr two years he officiated as Superin- tendent of the Sunday-school, and he is now a devoted Christian and church member. ^^VLVANUS HOURNK, a highly es- teemed citizen of Halifa.v, was born in this town, April 4, 1839. His parents were Abram and Mary A. (Harlow) Bourne, both natives of Halifax. 'I'hey had eight children — William, Sylvanus, Daniel W. , Mary W. , Francis, Eliza, Eunice, and Hittie. Sylvanus, who was their second son, was educated in the common schools. On reaching the age of nineteen years, he went to California; but, finding no better chance to make money there than at home, he returned the same year. Choosing the occupation of a farmer, he began actively to till the soil, and also engaged quite largely in charcoal burning. With the exception of six years spent in Hridgewater and the short jieriod in Califor- nia, he has resided since birth in Halifax, where he owns and conducts a farm of about seventy acres. At the breaking out of the Civil War he resiionded to the first call for militia, and serveil three months, during which he was at P'ortress Monroe and Hamp- ton, and took part in the expedition to Nor- folk, Va. Mr. Bourne has served six years as Selectman of the town. He belongs to Post 124, Grand .Army of the Republic, of P'ast Pridgewater, and also to the Association of Minute-men of Mas.sachusetts. In i860 Mr. Bourne married Miss Emily P. Wade, by whom he has two children — Abram and Aus- tin F. , both of whom reside in Bridgewater, Mass. ILAS P. ASHLEY, a respected citi- zen and farmer of Lakeville, Plym- outh County, Mass., was born in this town, April 4, 181 3, son of Noah and Ruth (Pickens) Ashley. His paternal grand- father also bore the name of Noah. Noah Ashley (second), and his wife, Ruth, became the parents of a large family of children; namely, Jephthah, Silas P., Noah, Abiel W., Susan P., Elizabeth M., Earl S., Sarah, Jose- phus P., Levi L., and Abbie, all of whom are still living, with the exception of Abiel. Silas P. Ashley, who w\as the second-born child of his parents, was educated in the dis- trict schools. He remained beneath the parental roof until his twenty-fifth year, when he began life for himself, turning his atten- tion to agriculture as his main occujiation. His present farm, which consists of about sixty acres, has been his home since 1844, and is endeared to him by many associations of his younger days. In addition to farming he has also dealt to some extent in wood and lumber. In 1S35 Mr. Ashley wedded Miss Phcebe E. Davis, of Tiverton, R.I. Seven children were born to them, and were iiameil respec- tively Phcebe J., Mary B., Clementina L., Noah, Isaiah, Silas Ivlmund, and Abiel Davis, of whom Noah and Isaiah have passed away. His first wife dying, Mr. Ashley con- tracted a second marriage in 1857, Miss Almira F. Dean, a native of Taunton, iiecom- ing his wife. Mr. Ashley is a Republican in politics, having been a Whig in the days of that earlier party. He has lived to see many political and other changes during his four- 314 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW score and three years of experience, and he has always been numbered among the reliable and trustworthy citizens of his town. AHUM A. BATTLES, a well-to-do farmer of Brockton, Mass., was born ^ X^ ^ on September i6, 1835, in what was then North Bridgewater, his parents be- ing Nahum and Mary (Brett) Battles. He is a descendant of one of the founders of the town, as shown by the following taken from Mitchell's History of Bridgewater. John Battles (from Plymouth) settled in Stoughton Corner, within the North Parish, of Bridgewater, and married Hannah, daughter of Edward Curtis, and had John, Jonathan, Samuel, Asa, Uriah, Edward, Curtis, Han- nah, Rebecca, and Susanna. Hannah married a Jordan, Rebecca married a Billings, Susanna married a Eord. Jonathan married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Porter, and settled in Stoughton. Edward and Curtis went to Ver- mont. Susanna Battles married Benjamin Wa.shburn in 1742. Samuel Battles, the third son of John, settled in North Bridgewater, and married Dorothy, daughter of Christopher Dyer, in 17S6, and had: Sybil, born 1786; Lucinda, born 1788; Daniel Dyer, born 1790; David H., born 1792; Dorothy, born 1796; Samuel, burn 1798; Jason Dyer, born 1800; Nahum, born 1S02; Mary Dyer, born 1806; Anson, born 1 8 10; Mary Dyer, second, born 1S14. Sybil married Ruel Fobes in 1806, Lucinda married Captain Luke Packard in 1806, David married Jerusha Adams in 1816, Dorothy married Ansel Perkins in 1819, Jason D. re- moved to Boston. Asa Battles, fourth son of John, also settled in North Bridgewater. He married Mary, daughter of John Pratt, and by this union had nine children. Samuel Battles, grandfather of Nahum A., the special subject of this sketch, was appointed First Lieutenant of militia by Samuel Adams, then Governor of Massachusetts, August 14, 1794. Nahum Battles, the father of Nahum A., was born on what is now Battles Street, Brock- ton, which derived its name from the family. He was a mason by trade, and resided here all his life. Both he and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary I3rett, to whom he was married on March 30, 1826, are now deceased. They had four children, three sons and one daughter. Hiratn, who was a mason by trade, is deceased; Joseph is a night watchman for the Herbert & Rapp Hub Goring Company; and Mary died July 3, 1867. Born on the old homestead where he now resides, Nahum A. Battles, the youngest-born of the three sons, received his education in the common schools of North Bridgewater. During his father's lifetime he assisted in the work of the farm, of which he afterward became the owner; and he is still actively engaged in its management. For several years he was a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Battles is a cheery, benevolent gentleman, and highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. APTAIN S. NELSON HOWARD, of West Bridgewater, belongs to the si.xth generation of the Howards who haye resided on the farm which is now his home. He was born here, March 14, 18 13, son of Lloyd and Abigail (Snell) Howard, both of whom were also natives of this place. Jesse Howard, the father of Lloyd, was a son of Seth. A more complete account of the family ancestry appears in the sketch of Fran- cis E. Howard. Lloyd Howard, who was a BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 3'S farmer by occupation, cliotl in 1838. He was a cousin of the father of General Oliver Otis Howard, the hero of Cemetery Ridge at the battle of Gettysburg. General Howard's grandfatiier was born on the old homestead. S. Nelson 1 loward grew to manhood on the ancestral farm, receiving a common-school education, ami for a brief time attending the Hridgewater Academy. Shortly after reach- ing his majority, he went to Randolph, Mass., and for several years was profitably engaged in keeping a public house. Me was Post- master of Randolph for six years of the ten spent there. Me then returned to the old homestead, vvhicli has been his home ever since. The farm contains about one hundred acres of well-improved land. In 1833 Captain Howard married Miss Mary A. Dunbar, who was born in West Bridge- water, daughter of Samuel Dunbar. Her father, now deceased, was an inriuential citizen of this town, which he served as a Representa- tive in the Massachusetts legislature. Of the nine children born to Captain and Mrs. How- ard, si.x are living; namely, Margaret, Mary N., George F., Lucy B., bVank L., and An- toinette. Margaret is the wife of Osman Dalton, of New York; Mary N. is the widow of Charles B. Edgcrley, late of Boston, Mass. ; Lucy B. is the wife of Marcus l^eynolds, of Brockton, this county; anil Antoinette married Walter Lilson, of Brockton. The deceased were Samuel I)., Caroline J., and Stephen D. Captain Howard has been a Republican since 1853. He has served as Selectman of West Bridgewater. Prior to the Ci\il War he was a member of an independent company of State militia, by whom, before he was twenty years old, he was chosen Captain. Tiiereafter he held that rank until the com- pany disbanded, a period of si.x years; and his many frientls have since addressed him as Cap- tain Howard. He is a member of the Unita- rian church. 0^ LBHRTO W. LUMBKRT, the efficient superintendent of D. W. I-"ield's Shoe Factory of Brockton, was born in Hyannis, l^arnstable County, Mass., Sep- tember 5. 1871, son of Henry C. and Sophia (Howes) Lumi^ert. The family has resided in that \icinity for a century past. Zimri Lumiiert, grandfather of Alberto W., was a native of that town, and became a farmer in Hyannisport. He married Mary Ames, of Cotuit, Mass.; and they had eight children, four sons and four daughters, all but one of whom are living, nearly all being residents of Cape Cod. Zimri Lumbert died at the age of seventy-five years. His son, Henr}' C. Lumbert, who was educated in the common schools, subsequently became a carpenter and boat-builder, carr)^ing on those trades for sev- eral years. His wife, Sophia G., is a daugh- ter of Philip Howes, of Barnstable, Mass. Four children are the result of their union. Both parents are living, the father being fifty- eight years old. He is a member of Hyannis Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Alberto W. Lumbert was the third child of his parents. After spending two years in the Hyannis High School, he took a course in the Brvant & Stratton Commercial College in Boston. In May, 1886, he entered D. W. Field's Shoe l^'actory as book-keeper. Si.x years thereafter, in 1893, he was appointed superintendent, which position he now holds. In October, 1894, Mr. Lumbert was united in marriage with Elizabeth KelJey, daughter of Alexander Kelley, of San Francisco, Cal. They have one daughter, Lorna. In jiolitics Mr. Lumbert is independent, but favors the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 3i6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 'OHN M. ALLEN, an esteemed resi- dent of Marion, was born June 24, 1842, in the village of Sipj^ican, son of Captain Henry M. Allen. He comes of old pioneer stock. The first of the name in this town was John Allen, who came to Mar- ion from Connecticut in 1737. Previous to that time the said John Allen, assisted by six- teen other brave men, had seized an Indian fort in Connecticut, where he lived for a time, having received a grant of land near Wood- stock from the government. After coming to this town, he made a trip to Rochester to have his will drawn up; and, as he was returning, his boat was capsized in Sippican Harbor, and he was drowned. Of his five children, two sons were in the Revolutionary War. One of these, John, Jr., was a Sergeant. His son Weston became the father of Joseph, who was a sea captain, and the grandfather of John M. Allen. Captain Henry M. Allen was born in Mar- ion in i8og. Nine years later he began to go to sea with his father, who was a ship- owner. After sailing with his father for sev- eral years, he became master of a vessel, in which calling he met with great success. His last years were passed at his home in Marion, where his death occurred in 1887, his body being laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery. He was a public-spirited man, and did much to advance the interests of the town and of his church. He married Matilda E. Clark, who was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., in 1807. She died in 1882 at the house of her son in New ]?edford, where she was then visiting. They had three children, as follows: Mary E., who has been librarian at the Marion Library since 1874; John M., the subject of this sketch; and Nathan H., an organist and teacher, residing in Hartford, Conn. After having been a pupil of the public and private schools of his native village, John M. Allen, at the age of fifteen years, entered Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., where he pursued his studies three years. He then took a course at Harvard University in Cam- bridge, Mass., and in 1864 was graduated in civil engineering. He subsequently spent three years in the office of Ware & Van Brunt, architects in Boston, and then went to New Bedford, where he was engaged as an architect for ten years. After the death of his father, Mr. Allen returned to Marion, and has lived there since. He is the owner of considerable shore property in this vicinity, and carries on a substantial business in conveyancing, sur- veying, and other work connected with real estate. He has been a Justice of the Peace for three years, was Superintendent of Schools in 1877, and he has served in the capacities of Town Auditor and Chairman of the School Committee. On April 15, 1878, Mr. Allen married Lizzie W. Allen, a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and a daughter of Charles W. Ricketson. Their only child is Matilda, now a student at Tabor Academy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Allen is President of the Marion Library Association and of the Natural History So- ciety of this place. Through his efforts the fire department of Marion was organized in i8gi, and he has been among the foremost in aiding all other projects beneficial to the town. -f^TLNRY LYMAN FLETCHER, r^l formerly a prosperous business man, Ji® V^ ^ is now living in retirement in Hingham. He was born October 11, 1825, in Boston, Mass., son of Lyman and Clarissa (Caldwell) Fletcher. His great-grandfather, J BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3'7 Joshua I-'lctchcr, wlio was born November 20, 1 73 1, married lilizabeth Raymond, and settled in Westford, Mass., about two miles from the place of his birth. They had nine children, of whom Lyman, the grandfather, was the second child. L)man was born in Ashburn- ham, Mass., Juno I2, 1758, and died in 1834. His wife, Louisa (Gates) Fletcher, who was a native of Ashbiirniiam, and lived to the ad- vanced age of eighty-seven years, bore him nine children. Lyman, their eldest child, born in Ashburnham, May -30, 1796, was the head tanner in Westford, having served seven years as apprentice. He afterward went to Ro.xbury, Mass., where he followed the same business until his tleath on February 26, 1835, at the age of thirty-eight years. His wife, Clarissa, lived to be eighty-five years old. In their religious belief both were lib- eral. They were the parents of si.v children. After acquiring his education in the Rox- bury schools, Henry Lyman Fletcher went to Westford, where he was employed on a farm for four years. He subsequently returned to Roxbury, and learned the nailer's trade with the Boston Iron Company, with whom he re- mained until 1846. In the spring of the same year he located in East Weymouth, Mass., and was there engaged in his business until June 2, 1851, when he came to Iling- ham, where he has since remained. He re- tired from business in 1S85. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, while in his religious belief he is a Universalist. On March 26, 1848, he was united in mar- riage with Isabella Our, a lady of Scotch ancestry. They have had four children, one of whom is living. This is William Our Fletcher, born October 19, 1863, who, on Sep- tember 27, 1887, married Hattie L. Dunbar, daughter of Martin Dunbar, of Hingham, and has one child, Carlton Dunbar Fletcher, born March 14, 1S93. Charles H. Fletcher, an- other son of Henry Lyman, born October 13, 1848, married Hannah L. Hicknell, and died June I, 1876. By this union there were three children, namely: Grace Carlton, born Novem- ber 27, 1870; Olive Barnes, born March 13, 1872; and Arthur Lincoln, born April 21, 1875. Thomas L. Fletcher, son of Henry L. Fletcher, born August 11, 1853, died Decem- ber 13, 1857. Thomas L. Fletcher (.second), born November 25, 1861, died August 7, 1864. Mrs. H. L. Fletcher's death occurred on November 11, 1892, sharing the belief in universal salvation with her husband. Mr. Fletcher has the sincere esteem of the com- munity. The ease and rest he now enjoys were well earned by his previous life of industry. E WATSON SHAW, of Carver, was born September i, 1838, on the farm which he now occupies. His fa- ther, Nathaniel Shaw, married Betsey S. Shurtliff, and by her became the father of eleven children, named respectively as fol- lows: Lucy, Gilbert, Betsey, Nathaniel, E. Watson, Elbridge, Malinda, Wilson, Mary, Sabie, and Joseph. Nathaniel, Elbridge, and K. Watson served in the Civil War. Elbridge, who was a private in Company C, of tlic Eighteenth Massachusetts Infantry, died in service near Gaines Mills, June 14, 1862. E. Watson Siiaw learned the carpenter's trade in his youth, and was engaged in that employment when the war broke out. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company B, Third Massachusetts Regiment. The company mus- tered at Camp Joe Hooker, and saw its first hard service at Kingston. After nine months* service he received an honorable discharge, and returned to Carver. At that time he set- 3i8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW tied down upon the old homestead, where he has continued to reside since. A large part of his farm, which contains two hundred and fifty acres, is devoted to the culture of cran- berries and strawberries. He has been twice married. His first mar- riage was contracted in 1861 with Miss Mary Crowell, daughter of Jeremiah Crowell, of North Dennis. Born of the union were four children — Elbridge, Sarah M., William M., and Dclphenia. Elbridge was named after his uncle, who died during the Civil War. Left a widower by the death of his first wife, Mr. Shaw entered a second marriage with Miss Mary VVhidden, daughter of Simeon and Sarah Mcintosh, who became the mother of five chil- dren — Helen, Lucy, Carrie, Elbridge, and Edward. Edward is now deceased. Mr. Shaw is an esteemed member of the Baptist church of Carver. He is a comrade of Post No. 8, Grand Army of the Republic, of Middleboro "OB P. OTIS, a native resident of Scit- uate, is a scion of one of the old Colonial families which have flour- ished for two centuries or more on this soil. He was born on May 30, 183 1, a son of Cap- tain Job P. and Lydia (Clapp) Otis. From Deane's History of Scituate we learn that the first of the family to dwell in this town was John Otis, who was born in England in 1620, came to Hingham, Mass., with his father, John, Sr., in 1635, settled in Scituate in 1661, and died here in 1683, mean- time having spent a few years in Barnstable. He left several children, one a son Job, born in 1667. The house in which the subject of this sketch formerly lived, the one adjoining his present residence, is said to be two hun- dred years old or more. It has been repaired and modernized, and has always been occupied by an Otis. The Christian name Job is a favorite in the family, and was borne by the great -great-grandfather and the great-grand- father of the subject of the present sketch, as well as by his father and himself. The first Job was a native of Scituate, like all those who succeeded him. Abijah Otis, our sub- ject's grandfather, was both a competent farmer and a skilled and enterprising mechanic, being a cabinet-maker, carriage- maker, and an expert in other trades. He was a very prominent citizen of Scituate. Captain Job P. Otis followed the sea for a number of years, in command of different vessels. He died in a foreign port. His wife, too, was a member of an old Scituate family. Two of their children are living: Job P., his father's namesake; and Lydia C, wife of Stephen D. Webb, of Weymouth, Mass. Job P. Otis, the subject of this sketch, was born in the old Otis house, and acquired his education in the common schools of Scituate. He went to work at the age of fourteen in a ship-yard at Scituate Harbor, and, after serv- ing an apprenticeship of three years, started out as a journeyman ship-carpenter. He was employed for a number of years in Medford, Mass., and in East and South Boston, retain- ing his residence in Scituate. When ship- building as an industry began to decline in Massachusetts, early in the sixties, he engaged in butchering, which he followed until about 1882, when he sold his business, and retired; and since that time he has been engaged to some extent in general farming on the home- stead. Mr. Otis has been very successful in business, and has carved his fortune with his own hands. He was first married to Deborah T. Webb, who bore him one son, Charles H., who is de- ceased. The present Mrs. Otis was Miss JOB P. OTIS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 32t Annie M. AniltTson, of Cape Rrcton, N.S. Mr. and Mrs. Otis have one son, Job A., also an atloptctl daughter, Gracie L. Mr. Otis votes the Republican ticket. He is a mem- ber of the Unitarian society, while his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church. He is well known in this section of Plymouth County, and as an intelligent, upright, and useful citizen is highly esteemed. "ON. HORACE REED, the able manager of the Whitman Savings ''^ * Bank, of which he has been Treas- urer since its incorporation, is a member of one of the old and influential families of this part of Plymouth County. He was born in Whitman, November 26, 1820, a son of Isaac and Nancy (Lincoln) Reed. Nearly all the Reeds of this vicinity and of Bristol County are descended from William Reade, who was born in England in 1605, sailed from Gravesend in 1635, and settled in Weymouth, Mass., then a new plantation, where he was made a freeman in the same year. William Reade represented Weymouth in the General Court in 1636 ami 1638. His wife's name was Ivis. Their children were: William, born October 15, 1639; Esther, born May 8, 164 1 ; Thomas; John, born in 1649; Mary; and Margaret. John was the direct ancestor of Chester I. Reed, of Taunton, who was Attorney-general of the Commonwealth in 1866. Most of the Reeds of Whitman and Abing- ton are descended from Thomas, above named, who was a prominent man, and held a number of civil and military offices. He died Novem- ber 14, 1 7 19. By his first wife, Sarah, he had the following children: Thomas, second, born September 12, 1671 ; Sarah S. ; John, born December 30, 1679; Samuel, born April 12, 168 1 ; Mary L. ; Ruth White, born February 20, 1684; William, born February 4, 1687; and Hannah Hart, born September 25, 1689. Hi.s second wife, Mary, died August 21, 1719. Thomas, second, the eldest child of Thomas and Sarah, resided in Abington. He died October 2, 17 19. He was married January 14, 1 70 1, to Hannah Randall, who bore him the following children: Thomas, born October 18, 1701; Daniel, born September 10, 1704; Hannah, born March 14, 1706; and Sarah, born August i, 171 5. Daniel, the second child of Thomas and Hannah (Randall) Reed, lived on the place subsequently occupied by Ezekiel Reed near the Centre Depot in Abington. He was mar- ried February 22, 1728, to Ruth Torrey, and was the father of the following children: Daniel, born November lo, 1729; Thomas, April 17, 1732; and Ruth, April 3, 1735. Thomas, the second son and the grandfather of our subject, was a man of large frame, more than six feet in height, of great physical en- durance and energy of character. He was possessed of large landed estates. He married first on July 10, 1755, Widow Mary Hobart White; and, second, Widow Sarah Thaxter Pulling, sister of Dr. Gridley Thaxter, and widow of John Pulling, of Boston. The chil- dren of this Thomas Reed were: Mary, born June 7, 1758, who married Simeon Gannett, of East Bridgewater, in 1775; Hannah, born October 24, 1759, who married Daniel Bick- nell, October 25, 1780, and removed to the State of Maine; Thomas, born December 12, 1761; Samuel, born March 11, 1766; Huldah, born April 27, 176S, who married Dr. Richard Briggs, August 12, 1784, and removed to Worthington, this State; and Isaac, commonly called Deacon Isaac Reed, father of the Hon. HoraceReed. Thomas Reed, the third child of Thomas 322 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and Mary, was a prominent man, known as Captain Reed. He married on January 24, 1783, Joanna Shaw, and their children — Elizabeth, Thomas, Goddard, Joanna, Ebene- zer, Simeon Gannett, Albert, Amos S., Ada- line, Martha, Clarissa, and Theodore — -all lived to be married. The following is a brief record of the family: Elizabeth Reed, born March 12, 1784, married John Lane. Thomas married Lydia Jenkins, and reared Thomas, Lydia J., and Henry Watson. Goddard Reed, who died August 29, 1865, was married November 13, 1814, to Marcia Reed, and had the following children: Hannah, born Feb- ruary 18, 1816, who died young; Diana, born February 27, 1817, who married Isaac Keen, June 14, 1835, and died January 21, 1838; Washington, born July 6, 1820, who married Harriet Corthell, June 2, 1839, and had four children (Henry Harrison, born August 12, 1840; Joanna, May 7, 1846; Charles God- dard, April 28, 1852; and Marcia, November 26, 1853); Charles Goddard, born January 18, 1823, who died September 22, the same year; and Marcia, born July 22, 1S28, who died September 4, 1848. Joanna, born December 3, 1795, married Samuel Wales. Ebenezer, born July 4, 1790, who died in July, 1864, married Lucy Jenkins, November 30, 181 5, and reared Cleora, Lorenzo, Egbert, and Lucy. Simeon Gannett, born September 29, 1793, who died in 1830, married Rachael Burgess, October 11, 1829, and reared one child, Simeon Gannett, Jr., who went to Ore- gon to live. Albert, born in 1802, married Mary Colburn, and reared one child, Samuel C. , who became a resident of New York. Amos S. , born May 22, 1804, married Novem- ber 9, 1826, Huldah B. Loud, who bore him Sarah Ann and Amos Newton; and married for his second wife Rachel B. Reed, Simeon G. Reed's widow, who bore him Edward Pay- son, Elizabeth Waldo, and Miranda. Adaline Reed, born April 22, 1806, married Brackley Shaw. Martha married Michael Sylvester, of Hanover, Mass. Clarissa married David Hunt. Theodore, the youngest child of Cap- tain Thomas and Joanna (Shaw) Reed, was three times married: first, December 26, 1830, to Clarissa Jenkins, by whom he had Martha and Theodore W. ; second, December 31, 1840, to Abigail Wilder, of Hingham, by whom he had Abigail and Frances ; and, third, to Lydia, widow of Melvin Gurney, by whom he had Lydia, Maria, Thomas, and Henry. Amos Newton Reed, son of Amos S., married Sarah Boynton, and had one child, Harry D., born May 22, 1S54. Lieutenant Samuel Reed, brother of Cap- tain Thomas, was also a man of great energy and physical power, and was a large land- owner. He died in 1805, aged thirty-nine years. On August 28, 1787, he married Mary Pool, who died in September, 1839, having been the mother of the following children: Mary, born March 3, 1789, who married Peter Ford, lived in Windsor, Mass., and died Sep- tember 21, 1S64; Samuel, born December 18, 1790, mentioned at length below; Abiah, who was born May 19, 1793; Hannah, born March 24, 1795, who was blind, and died young; Marcia, born January 19, 1798, who married Goddard Reed; Joseph, born October 28, 1799; Ruth, who was born July 16, 1801, and died young; Charles, born November £, 1802, who went to Ohio to live; and Elias, born in 1804, who died young. Samuel, the eldest son of Lieutenant Reed, was a well-known and influential citizen. The care of the home farm devolved upon him on the death of his father. On April 21, iSio, he married Polly Cor- thell, who died June 10, 1832. Their eldest son, Samuel, born May 26, 181 1, married BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 323 January 17, 1S33, ICliza Wilkes, who ciiotl July 8, 1862; and on December 13, 1863, he was united to Hctsey B. Gardner. Mary, cUiest (lauj^hter of Samuel and I'olly Reed, born January 16, 181 3, was a successful teacher. She was married April 20, 1837, to John l^urrill, and had two children, a son and a daughter. Levi Reed, born December 31, 1814, was educated at Phillips Academy, An- dover, and taught school for three years in Dedham, Mass., and for thirteen years in the Washington School in Ro.xbury, Mass. Re- turning to Abington, he was elected to the State Senate, and the following year was made Auditf)r of the Commonwealth. He was mar- ried A[iril :o, 1837, to Louisa C. Drake, and had the following children: Louisa Maria, born January 10, 1838; Samuel Bryant, born September lo, 1S41 ; May I-lmily, born July 27, 1S50; ami Alfred Levi, born October 9, 1S55. The other children of Samuel and I'olly (Corthell) Reed were: Dexter, born No- vember 10, 1 8 16; Mehitable, born September 14, 1818; and Mehitable, born March 31, 1822. Samuel Reed's second wife, whom he married September 5, 1S33, was Serissa (Litchfield) Bailey, widow of Rowland Bai- ley, of Scituate. The children by this union were: Serissa, born June 27, 1834; Rowland, October 13, 1836; Martha, November 13, 1838; Sophia, October 3, 1840; and Anna, November 13, 1844. Isaac Reed, the youngest child of Thomas and .Mary (Hobart-White) Reed, was born August 4, 1770, was a well-to-do farmer, and lived to be seventy-seven years old. He was first married on May 5, 1793, to Sarah Pull- ing, daughter of his father's second wife, and by that union had the following children: John Pulling, born September 15, 1795; Sarah Pulling, born September 19, 1797, who married Charles Lane; Lucy Johnson, born May 29, 1800, who married Jesse Recti; Mar- tha Pulling, born March 16, 1802, who mar- ried Seth Pratt; Mary Hobart, born April i, 1804, who married (jreenwood Cushing; Isaac, born January 21, 1806; Betsey Gannett, born August 25, 1807, who married Merritt Jen- kins; Ruth Torrey, born July 31, 1S09, who married John Woodbridge Jenkins; and Annis Jenks, born December 13, iSii, who died in December, 1S17. Deacon Isaac Reed married second on Feb- ruary 3, 1 8 19, Nancy Lincoln, who lived to be eighty-five years old. Her children were: Horace, the subject of the present sketch; William Lincoln, born October 5, 1825, a notice of whom apjiears elsewhere in this work; and Annis, born September 3, 1828, now the wife of Charles H. Cooke. Horace Reed was educated in the common schools of this vicinity and at Abington Acad- emy. He had little time for play in his boy- hood, being required to work on the farm when quite young. In early manhood he be- came interested in the shoe business, and with his brother, William L. Reed, engaged in the manufacture of shoes until 1883, winning the confidence of the business community by his probity and good judgment in financial mat- ters. I'Llected Treasurer of the Whitman Sav- ings Bank in 1888, at the time of its incor- poration, he has had the management of the institution ever since; and it has jirospered increasingly under his charge. He is also a Trustee of the bank. Mr. Reed was married in 1840 to Lurana H. Bates, daughter of Christopher Bates. Mrs. Reed died December 3, 1896, at the age of seventy-seven years, si.\ months, and ten days. Mr. Bates was a native of Plymouth County. He was a large contractor and builder; and his daughter was born in Richmond, Va., where he was engaged in the erection of factories. 324 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Reed has two living cliiltlren — Helen Augusta and Arthur Ellsworth. The former is the wife of J. P. Bates, of the firm of Cobb, Bates & Yer.xa, Boston, and mother of two living children — Carrie Almera and Mabel Frances. The latter, who resides in Hyde Park, Mass., is married, and has three children — Helen, William, and Olive Augusta Reed. A stanch Republican, Mr. Reed was in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1862-63, during the administration of Gover- nor Andrew. In 1884-85, during Governor Robinson's administration, he was in the Sen- ate; and in 1886-87 h*-^ was on the Board of Census Enumeration, under Colonel Wright, travelling through the State, collecting statis- tics relative to the manufacturing interests of the country. In the old town of Abington he was a member of the School Board; and he is the present Secretary and Treasurer of the Whitman School Board, and has been on the School Committee for ten years. Mr. Reed is a member of the Masonic order. He is active in the Congregational church, and was super- intendent of the Sunday-school for sixteen years. ~Cr EARING BURR is known to the pub- p [^ lie as a writer on horticultural sidijects and on the history of Hingham, his native town, where he has made his home dur- ing the greater part of his life. He was born December 11, 1815, the eldest child of his parents. Fearing and Emma (Jacobs) Burr. The progenitor of this branch of the Burr family was Simon Burr, who came to Hing- ham in 1647, but whose birthplace and de- scent are open questions. It is thought by some that he was an original settler; by others, that he was son of the Rev. Jonathan Burr, who was settled as colleague of the Rev. Cotton Mather in Dorchester in 1640, and died in Augu.st, 1 64 1. (See "History of the Burr Family," by Charles Burr Todd, published in 1 891.) Simon Burr, of Hingham, was a farmer, a man of some prominence, living on what is now School Street, Hingham Centre. He died February 7, 1692, in his seventy-fifth year, having lived through the height of the witchcraft excitement, in which Dr. Mather took such an active part. He was twice mar- ried, and had two children by his first wife, and four by his second. John, born January 6, 1660, in Hingham, was the third cliild of the second marriage. He, too, was a farmer, living in Hingham Centre, and was a man of considerable influ- ence in the town. It is recorded that he was Constable in 1698, and he seems to have had much to do with town affairs. He died De- cember 7, 17 16. His estate was a large one, valued at that day at nine hundred and twenty-one pounds, sixteen shillings, and five pence. John Burr was married December 24, 16S5, to Mary, daughter of John and Deborah (Wilson) Warren, of Boston. She died in Hingham, July 26, 1742. This couple were the parents of ten children. The sixth child, Jonathan, the next in the line now being traced, was born in Hingham, February 3, 1698. He was a cooper by trade and occupa- tion, living at the junction of Turkey Hill Road and Leavitt Street. He died June 23, 1762. Jonathan Burr was married in Boston, April ig, 1720, to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln. She was born in Hingham, January 14, 1696, and died in the same town, October 26, 1784. They, too, were the parents of ten children; and the seventh child was Thomas, who was born in Hingham, August 17, 1735. A cooper by trade like his father, he was also a farmer, and was a very industrious man. His home was on Main Street, Hingham Centre. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 325 Tliomas Hiiir served in the I'rench and Indian War, and was present at tlie caiiitiilation (if Fort William Henry in 1757, and at the taking of Fort l-'rontcnac (which stood on the present site of Kingston, at the outlet of Lake Ontario) in 1758. louring the Revolution he held a commission in the Continental army as Lieutenant in Captain Peter Cushing's Corn- pan)-. He died September 23, 18 12. On August 22, 1759, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Hawkes and Margaret (Lincoln) Fearing. She was born i)i Ilingham, Septem- ber 25, 1742, and died April i, 1821. Her children were five in number, and b'earing, first, father of the subject of this sketch, was the youngest. Fearing Burr, Sr., was born in Hingham, June 12, 1778. IJesides keeping a general store, he was interested in the jiractical study of horticulture, to which lie devoted much time; and he was noted for his knowledge of plants, shrubs, and trees. He died January 13, 1866. He was married March 25, 1812, to Emma, daughter of Peter and P^mma (Fear- ing) Jacobs. She was born in Ilingham, Oc- tober I, 1792, and died February 18, 183 1. She was the mother of si.\ children, the father's namesake being the eldest of the family. P'earing Purr, Jr.. was given good educa- tional privileges in the commnn schools of his native town and Derby Academy. While pursuing his studies, and for some time after- ward, he helped his father on the farm, and imbibed from him a love for horticulture, learning much from his father, and reading all the publications on the subject that came wiliiin his reach. He was for twelve years in the seed business in the house of M. & I"". Burr, Boston, and during the rest of his active life has been occupied on the home farm, and in the store established by his father. After the death of their father, P'earing Burr and his brother succeeded him as managers of the business, which was conducted uninterruptedly for fifty years. The brothers then practically retired from trade. I'caring Burr has accom- plished considerable literary labor. He is the author of a valuable work, entitled "The P'ield and Garden Vegetables of America," published in 1865, and co-author with George Lincoln of an octavo volume of four hundred and fifty pages, published in 1S76, entitled "The Town of Hingham in the Civil War," which gives an exhaustive history of the part Hingham took in the national crisis. Mr- Burr later rendered valuable service in the preparation of "The History of the Town of Hingham," issued in 1893, in four large oc- tavo volumes, to which he contributed the interesting chapter on " Publications," treat- ing of authors and literary works connected with the town. He has also been engaged in various business enterprises, and has proved himself to be a man of unusual ability. Mr. Burr cast his maiden vote in the ranks of the Whigs. He is interested in public affairs, but has avoided political preferment. A friend and helper of the cause of education, he has served on the School Committee, and is now a Trustee of the Ilingham Public Library. In religious matters he is liberal, though holding well-established views of his own. He is a member of the l*"irst Church, with which his ancestors worshipped for many generations, a Unitarian church now, though originally Trinitarian. The edifice, the "Old Meeting-house," as it is called, was built in 1681, and has been so well cared for that it is in a good state of preservation, having been twice enlarged. Mr. Burr's brother Peter, born p-ebruary 26, 1820, and a sister Margaret, born I-'ebruary 6, 1825, live with him at the old homestead, the 326 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW three forming a harmonious and happy house- hold. Another sister, Meriel, born in 1818, also unmarried, was with them up to the time of her death, a short time since, the four hav- ing lived under the same roof as members of one family for more than seventy years. WILLIAM H. SANDERSON, super- intendent of the Bridgewater and Abington public schools, has dis- tinguished himself as an educator in Vermont and Massachusetts. A native of Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vt., he was born October 23, 1855, son of Thatcher and Mary (Harkness) Sanderson. His earlier ancestors on the pa- ternal side resided in New York State. The first representative of the family to locate in Vermont was his grandfather, Amos San- derson, who settled in Rutland County. Thatcher Sanderson, who was a native and lifelong resident of the Green Mountain State, followed the occupation of farmer up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1878. His wife, also deceased, was born in Scotland. William H. Sanderson obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town. Thrown practically on his own re- sources at the age of fourteen, he worked at whatever offered, in order to obtain funds to complete his education. In this effort he was successful. He graduated from the Green Mountain Academy at South Woodstock, Vt. At the age of twenty-one he entered Vermont University at Burlington, where he studied for two years. Gifted with the character and the insight into human nature which make the successful teacher, he further qualified himself for the profession by making a close study of the principles and practice of pedagogy. For ten years he was principal of the high school at Woodstock, Vt., and for five years of that time he was superintendent of the Woodstock schools. Also for a number of years he served in the capacity of examiner of candi- dates for teachers' long-term certificates in Windsor County; and for three years, by the appointment of the governor, he was examiner for the Vermont State Normal Schools. He became a resident of Bridgewater in 1891, since which time his earnest and disinterested work as an educator has won recognition. By his thoroughness and administrative ability he has noticeably raised the standard of the schools now under his charge. In 1876 Mr. Sanderson was united in mar- riage with Gertrude Maxham, of Montpelier, Vt. His children are: Ernest J., who is a student at Harvard College; Ruth G. ; and Mary B. While in Vermont, he was for some time President of the State Teachers' Associa- tion, and a member of its Executive Commit- tee. In politics Mr. Sanderson is a Repub- lican. T^AITAIN CHARLES BRYANT, who I \r^ is now living in retirement in Matta- v J? ^ ^ poisett, Mass., has spent a number of years in the whale fishery, and has twice held important governmental positions in the Behring Sea district. He was born in Rocliestcr, Plymouth County, May 9, 1820, a son of William and Mary (Johnson) Bryant. Reared in Rochester, he acquired his early knowledge of books in a district school, but is mainly self-educated. He began to learn the sail-maker's trade in New Bedford when six- teen years of age, and worked at it for four years and a half, shipping then as sail-maker on the whaling brig "Montezuma," which cruised in the Atlantic Ocean, and was out eighteen months. His next engagement was as boat steerer on the ship "Julian," also a whaling vessel, which was two and a half BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 327 years out from the home port, cruising in the North racilic. He was suhseqiiently engaged as thirtl mate of the ship "Nimrod," vvliich was out thirty-four months in the Pacific Ocean, returning as second mate; as second mate of the "Ohio," which was gone three years in the same waters; as mate of the ship " Euphrates," which was out from port nearly three years; and, lastly, as mate of the whaling ship "John Howland," which cruised in the Okhotsk Sea and the Arctic Seas, being gone forty-four months. Deciding then to retire from the sea, Mr. l^ryant purchased a farm at •Hast Fairhaven, where he resided some twelve years; but fortune had not willed that he should retire to private life so soon, and he was called from his farm to undertake a mis- sion to Alaska to report on the fur-seal in- terest in that vicinity. He was given charge of the islands in the Hehring Sea, receiving his appointment from Hugh McCulloch, then Secretary of the United States Treasury, and spent the winter of 1868 at Sitka, returning to his home in September, i86g. In March, 1870, he was sent again to the islands in the seal region, and given authority to act as gov- ernor of the natives, receiving his appointment from George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury. There he remained until 1877, when he retuincd to the old Bay State, anil settled in Mattapoisett, his home up to the present time. Captain Bryant was married in 1S51 to Miss Hannah Eldridge, daughter of Peleg and Han- nah (Briggs) Eldridge, of Taunton, Mass. He has no children. He has long been inter- ested in public affairs, and has held a number of offices of trust. In 1867 and 1868, while a resident of Fairhaven, he occupied a seat in the State legislature; and in Mattapoisett he has served as a member of the Board of Health, and as a member of the School Board for four years. He is a man of ability, who efficiently performs all duties intrusteil to him. Y^TICNRY C. HARDING, the esteemed r^i Treasurer of the Hingham Institution Ji® \^_^ for Savings, was born here April 27, 1832, son of David and Bet.sy T. (Tilden) Harding. Thomas Harding, the grandfather, who was born at Chatham, Mass., in 1774, settled in Hingham in 1802. He was a sea captain, and lived near the harbor on North Street in this town. In 1795 he married Patience, daughter of Joshua Mayo, of ICast- hani, Barnstable County, and they had eight children — David, Eliza Willis, Josiah Mayo, Sarah Doane, Mary, Thomas, Rebecca, and Seaman Harding. David was born at East- ham, June 4, 1796. Eliza Willis, born at Eastham, November 20, 1797, married Ben- jamin Chamberlain, of Boston, December 4, 1817, and died August 10, 18 18, at the age of twenty -one years. Josiah Mayo, born in Chatham, June 11, 1800, married Nancy Jen- nings, and resided in Boston. Sarah Doane, born in Hingham, May 28, 1803, married Cornelius Nye on June 13, 1826, and died September 11, 1828. Mary, born November 13, 1804, died July 21, 1827. Thomas, also deceased, was born February iS, 1807. Re- becca, born February 16, iSii, married Cap- tain Samuel Easterbrook. .Seaman, who was born March 17, 18 12, removed to Boston, and was married October 7, 1S33, to Emeline Ruggles. He died in Melrose, Mass., January 29, 1872. The father died July 24, 1821, at the age of forty-seven years; and the mother, in Hingham, November 4, 1823, at the age of forty-eight. David Harding, the eldest son of Thomas, was Secretary of the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company for many years. Treasurer 328 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the Hinghani Institution for Savings, and one of the founders of both institutions. He was twice married, the first time on March 7, 1824, to Lydia Lane, daughter of Rufus and Hannah (Marsh) Lane. She was born in Hingham, March 12, 1796, and died October 10, 1S24. His second marriage was con- tracted June I, 1829, with Betsy T. Tilden, daughter of Jotham and Betsy (Turner) Til- den, of Marshfield, Mass. She was born there October 2, 1799, and died in Hingham, March 14, 1873. David died on February 14, 1874. They resided on Main Street, opposite Derby Academy, and had two children — Sarah Mayo and Henry Clay. Sarah Mayo, who was born September [4, 1830, on October 5, 1852, married Robert W. Oliphant, M. D., of St. Louis, Mo. She died there July 10, 1875, while her husband lived until October 9, 1883. They had one son, Robert Henry, born Sep- tember 9, 1854, who died ill Hingham, Feb- ruary 8, 1S73, being then a Freshman of Harvard College. Henry C. Harding, the second child of his parents, after attending the public schools and Derby Academy, entered the employment of the bank in which he has grown up with the business. The Hingham Institution for Sav- ings was incorporated April 2, 1834. David Harding was elected its first Treasurer on No- vember 8, 1834. The first deposit was re- ceived December 24, 1834, and the amount of^, deposits at the end of the first year, January i, 1836, was thirty thousand, one hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty-four cents. The growth of this institution has been healthy, owing in a great measure to the faithful ser- vices rendered by David Harding in the capa- city of Treasurer, and his son, Henry C, who succeeded his father in 1863. According to a tabular statement of the Treasurer made Jan- uary I, 1896, the amount now on deposit at this bank is over two million dollars. Mr. Harding is a Director of the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a Trustee and the Treasurer of Derby Academy, and President of the Proprietors of Hingham Cemetery. In politics he was formerly a Whig, and now affiliates with the Republican party. ■ Mr. Harding has been twice married. The first time was October 11, 1859, when he was united to Elizabeth A. Lincoln, daughter of Calvin and Elizabeth (Andrews) Lincoln, of Hingham. She died in St. Louis on Decem- ber 31, 1864. His second marriage, per- formed June 2, 1874, wedded him to Helen M. Stowell, daughter of Hersey and Crisscy (Hersey) Stowell. In religion Mr. Harding is a Unitarian, and he is Treasurer of the First Parish Church, the old meeting-house. Mr. Harding commands the entire respect and confidence of his fellow-townsmen, who regard him as a most worthy son of a most worthy father. RTHUR B. MARSTON, merchant, a- member of the firm of Howard & Cald-- welLJirockton, was -born-^areh— i-j, — L857, in Chatham, Mass., of which plate his - mother's family have long been residents. — His parents — were Zerras—L; and Rhoda C. (Young) Marston. Ci^Q.S//i '^ ^^ twZenas Lj)V^Marston was borri at Marston'^s Mills, Avhich received its name from the family, woollen gau^ being manufacturetl — there^— H^ came , to Brockton, then North Bridgewater, in i860, and for many years was engaged in business in that part of the town known ^s Campello, where he is still Uving, at the age of seventy<^four years. «^ He was formerly an engineer in the Brockton fire department, in which h £ has a lways taken much interest. While at Chatham, he ownecT ■ )^ "> BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 329 ifv^-^L and ^ondueteci a store several -years. He was 1 sexton of the South Congregational Cliurcli of Ikocktoirt ^He married Rhoda C, a daugh- ter of Josc|)h and Bethiah Young, of Chat- ham, where her f.ither was a large land- owner, Mr. and Mrs. Zenas I,. Marston are the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, ^ all - of whom are living in Hrockton, Marry being chief of the fire de- partment. Russell Marston, pro])rictor of tiie famous restaurant which bears his name on Brattle and Hanover Streets, Boston, is a cousin of Zenas L^_ Majston. j- ', / ^ ,;' V lArthur B. Marston received his education in the Brockton schools. As a boy, ambitious arrd- e4ier4(etic, with a natural bent for trade, he pcddleti apples in Brockton, becoming well known on the street. At sixteeni he entered the clothing store of Howard & Calclwell, with 'whom he has since remained, having-applied , himself sedulously and faithfully to husiiji^ss. *V i,\^^-He was-aHmittfed to partnership in iSSo, the firm name, however, continuing unchanged. Mr. Marston was united in marriage with Miss Abbie H. Eldredge, daughter of Charles H. and Abigail Eldredge, of Brockton, en- June II, iSjg, and they now have two chil- dren, a boy of ten and a girl of twelve years. Mr. Marston votes the Republican 'ticket, but further than that does not participate in political matters. I'Vaternally/ he is a mem- ber of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Campello; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and the Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, of ]5rockton ; I'llectric Lodge, No. 204, Independent Order of Odd Fellows;>hc Ancient Order of UnitecU Work- men; Campello Lodge, No. 30; and Garfield Commandery, No. 158, United Order of, Gol- den Cross. He is a member of the Congrega- tional church, and Chairman of Music Com- mittee of that society. ,INOT S. CURTIS, the Chief of the East Bridgewater fire depart- ment, and a contracting painter and decorator, was born in this town. May 9, 1843. He is a son of Elbridge and Matilda W. (Horton) Curtis, both natives of Massa- chusetts. Elbridge Curtis, who was a cutter by trade, and was employed for a great many years in the manufacture of hand-made custom shoes, died some years ago. His widow is now in her eighty-third year. Of their chil- dren Elbridge R., Edward B., Lucius J., and Minot S. are living. Minot S. Curtis was educated in the com- mon schools and at East Bridgewater Acad- emy. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the painter's trade. After finishing a three years' apprenticeship with Braman Brothers, of Bridgewater, he became one of their regular employees, and remained with them for several years. When the men of Plymouth County were mustering for the tie- fence of the Union he was one of them. He enlisted May 9, 1861, in Company C, Twenty- ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which afterward served with the Second Brigade in the Army of the Potomac, under McClellan and other leaders, finishing his term under the command of General Grant. In action most of the time, he took part in twenty-four battles, including the second Bull Run, Antie- tam, the siege of Vicksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania Ccnirt-house. During the Peninsular Campaign, at the battle of White Oak Swamp, he was wounded in the left arm. Receiving his discharge in September, 1864, he returned to his native State, and resumeil his trade. For the past twenty years he has been in business for himself as contracting painter and decorator. His admirable taste, and his promptness and accuracy in filling con- tracts have made him a favorite in his line, 33° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and brought him a large and lucrative busi- ness. He keeps ten men employed almost constantly, while in the busy season he is obliged to double the number. Married in November, 1864, to Miss Ada- line Thompson, Mr. Curtis has one child, Henry M. In politics he favors the Repub- lican side. For the past six years he has been the Chief of the Fire Department, in which capacity he has given eminent satisfac- tion. He is a member of Satucket Masonic Lodge, of East Bridgewater, and was thir- teen years Quartermaster of Justin Dimick Grand Army Post. Mr. Curtis is well known in the Bridgewaters, and enjoys the esteem of all with whom he has dealings. -f^ENJAMIN S. ATWOOD, a well- known business man of Whitman, Plymouth County, Mass., owner and manager of one of the best-equipped bo.\' factories in America, was born in the town of Carver, Mass., June 25, 1840. His parents were Reuel and Abigail S. (Tilson) Atwood. The first progenitor of the family in Amer- ica was John, a native of England, who came to our shores and settled in Plymouth more than two hundred and fifty years ago, less than a quarter of a century after the landing of the Pilgrims. He married, and had several chil- dren, including three or four sons, one of whom died in Plymouth; while tradition says that another dropped the first two letters of his surname, his posterity being thereafter known under the name of Wood. Stephen Atwood settled on Cape Cod. Mr. Benjamin S. Atwood traces his descent from Nathaniel Atwood, who settled in that part of Plymouth which in 1709 was set off as Plympton, and in 1790 was incorporated as Carver, and whose son Nathaniel was a Deacon in the Plymouth church. He married Mary, daughter of Jona- than Morey; and their son, Lieutenant Na- thaniel Atwood, married Mary Adams, of Kingston. The next representative of the ancestral line was Ichabod Atwood, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was a farmer, who also dealt in wood, lumber, and charcoal. His wife, Hannah Shaw, was a daughter of Captain Nathaniel Shaw, who commanded a company during the Revolutionary War. Na- thaniel Atwood, son of Ichabod and Hannah, inherited the paternal acres, and, following in the footsteps of his father, became a farmer and a dealer in wood, lumber, and charcoal. His entire life was spent in Middleboro, Mass. The maiden name of his wife was Zilpha Shurtleff. Their son, Reuel Atwood, was trained to agricultural pursuits; but, when he attained his majority, he was engaged in teaming, and for a number of years drove the stage, meeting his death by accident at the age of fifty-si.x. Abigail S. Tilson was the name of the fair maid whom he led to the marriage altar. She was a native of Carver, being a daughter of Ichabod Tilson, who was born in the same town. Mrs. Abigail S. Atwood lived to be sixty-five years of age, and was the mother of seven children. Benjamin S. Atwood attendeil public schools in Carver and Middleboro, and at the age of sixteen commenced to earn his own living. Until the breaking out of the Civil War he was employed in a lumber-mill. In April, 1 861, at the first call for troops, he enlisted for three months in Company H, Third Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, and went to T'ort- ress Monroe. At the expiration of his term of service he was discharged, and returned home. Soon after, however, he was commissioned P'irst Lieutenant by Governor Andrew, and t: ^ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 335 later enlisted for nine months in Company H, Third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He then went to New Heme, N.C., and served in tliat State until liis period of service expired. Receivinj; honorable ilischar^e, he returned home, and for a time thereafter was employed in a box factory. In October, i866, he went into business for himself, becoming a box manufacturer in North Abington. Two years after he went to Abington, coming in 1873 to Wintman. His present [)lant was built in 1894. The main building is two hundred and fifty feet long, the storehouse being two hundred feet. This factory has every kind of the most improved machinery which can be utilized in the manufacture of boxes, being one of the best in the country. In politics Mr. Atwood affiliates with the Republican party. I'ratcrnally, he is a mem- ber of Puritan Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Old Commandery, Knights Templars, Aleppo Tcmjile, of Boston; and Post Jt,, Grand Army of the Republic. In religion he sym- pathizes with the Unitarians. On September 24, 1862, he was united in marriage with Angle F. W. Weston, of Plympton, Mass. APTAIN GFORGK II. BROWN, a master mariner of proved courage and capability, with a worthy personal record, was born in Rochester, now the town of Mariiin, I'h'inmitli County, October 12, I 84 1. His father, for many years a resident (if tills jilace, married Miss Hannah Blanken- ship, who bore him five children; namely, George H., Acldie, Jared, Mary F. , and Maria L. George H., the elder of the two sons, was reared and educated in Marion, attending both public and private schools. At the age of sixteen, fascinated by the thrilling tales of sea life so frequently spun in his hearing, he went on board the whaling vessel "Admiral Blake" as a common sailor, and for fifteen months cruised on the Atlantic Ocean. The following five months he spent on the coaster "Simpson Hart," being afterward on the brig "Samoset " ; and later he was in the merchant marine service, sailing on tiie Black Diamond Line to London. In 1871 he shijiped as quartermaster on the steamer "Alhanibra," plying between Boston and the British prov- inces, being away two months, and continued in that service for five years as second mate and mate. In 1881 he was given charge of the steamer "Carroll," which he commanded until 1893, carrying jiassengers and freight from Boston to the British domains. For thirty-six years Captain Brown followed the sea, visiting many foreign ports and once doubling Cape Horn. He met with few accidents in his various ocean trips, his most serious disaster being in the fall of 18S8, when the good ship "Carroll" narrowly escaped wrecking, the pilot house being torn away. One mate was lost overboard, and the vessel came into Boston Harbor with its flag at half-mast. Since his retirement from the sea Captain Brown has not been engaged in active busi- ness pursuits. On March 29, 1871, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Mary L. Handy, daughter of Noah D. and Cynthia F. Handy, of IMarion. Of the three children born to captain and Mrs. Brown, one, P'ranklin C, died March 18, 1895; and two iiromising sons — William C. and George H. T. — are now living. Po- litically, the cajitain has the courage of his convictions, and votes independent of jiarty strictures. Socially, he is a member of two prominent organizations of Marion, belonging to Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. & A. ;\I., and to the Sons of Temperance. 334 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ILLIAM H. FEARINE, a well- to-do and highly respected agricult- urist of Wareham, Mass., was born December 22, 1835, in the house that he now occupies. Here also his father, William S. Fearine, and his grandfather, Benjamin B. Fearine, first opened their eyes to the light of this world, the former having been born De- cember 6, 1804, and the latter October 31, 1755. This house has been built more than two hundred years, and has been occupied by several generations of the Fearine family, the first having been Isaiah Fearine, the great- great-grandfather of William H., and the next, Benjamin Fearine, his great-grandfather. William S. Fearine, son of Benjamin B., succeeded to the ownership of the paternal homestead, on which he resided during his entire life, being engaged in farming until his demise in 1861. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah C. Barrows, bore him five children, namely: Elisha; William H. ; Charles W. ; Mary, the wife of William B. Goodall; and one who died in infancy. Will- iam H. and his sister Mary are the only sur- vivors. The father was active in the manage- ment of town affairs, and served as Treasurer and Collector several years. William H. Fearine, the second son, re- ceived his preliminary education in the dis- trict schools of Wareham, after which he at- tended a private school for a while, and then took a course of study at the academy in Meri- den, N.H. He remained on the home farm, becoming practically acquainted with its labors until twenty-four years old, when he established himself here in the mercantile business Disposing of his goods a few years later, Mr. Fearine returned for a while to the home farm, but was subsequently employed as a clerk for nine years by the Parker Mill Com- pany. He has since devoted his time to the cultivation of his land, owning a farm of about one hundred acres, on which he is engaged in the various branches of general agriculture. Mr. Fearine was married September, 1859, to Miss Delia A. Wing, daughter of Captain Benjamin Wing, and sister of George F. Wing, of Wareham. Of this union six chil- dren have been born, three of whom — Charles W., Flora M., and George C. — have passed to the life immortal. Those living are: An- janette D., William H., Jr., and Mary. In politics Mr. Fearine is identified with the Democratic party. He has served his fellow- townsmen as Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector since 1884, besides holding other positions of minor importance. He is likewise Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, and is a member of the American Legion of Honor. "irX EMERICK MARBLE, a retired car- l—— J riage manufacturer of Hingham c-^>^L^ Centre, Mass., was born October 7, 1819, son of Demerick and Olive Allen (Easterbrook) Marble. Gershom Marble, "the progenitor of all who have borne this surname by birth in Hingham and vicinity, was in early life a mariner, and a temporary resident of Charlestown, Mass., where his first wife, Mary, died December 30, 1694." He subsequently removed to Hingham, where he resided on Beechwood Street; and in 1697 at Scituate he married Waitstill Ingle. He died August 6, 1725, aged sixty, survived by his second wife, who died in Hingham, November 14, 1728. David, their fourth child, was born in 1706, and married December 27, 1732, Abigail Joy, who was born here March 22, 1 71 3, daughter of Prince and Abigail (Tower) Joy. By this union there were four children, the second, Luther, born in 1735. He mar- ried Priscilla James, the date of whose baptism BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 335 was May lo, 1741. Her parents were Thomas and Hannah (Holbrook) James. Luther Mar- ble was a mariner, and was lost at sea. James, the eldest of his four children, was born in Hingham, November 3, 1760, and married June 7, I7<^5, to Fannie Stodder, daughter of Kcubcii and I'llizalietii (Glover) Stodder. She was born here June 10, 1766, and survived him, subsequently marrying, April 24. 1S02, Reuben Thurston, who also died. June 12, i.So.S, she married John Hras- lin for her third husband. .She died August 3, 1.S33. James Marble died April 26, 1801, at the age of forty. He was also a mariner, and resided on South Street. From his union with Flizabeth G. Stodder there were seven children. Demerick, first, the fifth child, was born here, July 18, 1794; and on December 7, 1818, he formed a matrimonial alliance with Olive Allen Easterbrook, daughter of Gorham and Susanna (Gorham) Easterbrook. She was born at Barnstable, Mass., October 28, 1798, and died December 24, 1868, aged seventy years. Demerick Marble, first, was lost at sea in the schooner "Globe," of which he was Master, March 30, 1823. He left one child, his namesake, Demerick, the subject of this biography. Demerick Marble availed himself of the educational facilities afforded by the common schools, although he was not permitted to attend many seasons. At the age of fourteen and a half years he went to Boston to learn the painter's trade, remaining one year. fie then returned home, and in 1835 went to work at the carriage maker's trade. He was industri- ous, and had a successful business career in this enterprise for fifty-si.\ years, during forty-two of which he was in partnership with Hela H. Whiton. In 1891 he retired from the arena of business, but he is by no means idle. On July 31, 1S42, Mr. Marble was united in marriage with Deborah H. Gross, a daugh- ter of Jacob and Olive F. (Burr) Gross. Mrs. Marble was born in this town, June 35, 1823. She has had four children — William D., Thomas Burr, Arthur D., and Charles Hawkes. William D. Marlile was born in Weymouth, Mass., March 15, 1845, and died in Hingham, May 8, 1850. Thomas Burr Marble, born here November 2, 1848, died October 30, 1851. Arthur Demerick Marble, born here April 10, 1853, is a civil engineer, and resides in Lawrence, Mass. He married Mary A. Richardson, and they have a bright young daughter, Marion Wright Marble. He is a natural artist, as his works bear evidence. He is likewise much interested in biograjihical work, and has compiled a number of interest- ing family sketches. Charles Hawkes, born in Hingham, July 11, 1858, married on July 17, 1884, Estella I^., daughter of Reuben and Sarah J. (Dyer) Sprague. In politics Mr. Marble formerly affiliated with the I'ree Soil party, but since the Re publican party was organized he has voted continuously with that body. Officially, he has long been prominent, serving as Select- man and Assessor nine years, as Representa- tive in 1859 and i860, and now as Auditor. He has been a Trustee of the Hingham Insti- tution for Savings since 1877, and a Director of the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany for a quarter of a century; and he also served as Overseer of the I'oor and on the School Board for a number of years. Frater- nally, he is a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., having taken the third degree in March, 1859. He joined the Old Colony Lodge, Independent Order of Odd I'"eIlows, about fifty years ago, and was an active mem-' ber thereof until the surrender of the charter to the Grand Lodge in 1853. 336 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Personally, Mr. Marble is a man of strong convictions, and is very outspoken ; but he has respect for the opinions of others, and is highly esteemed in this conmiunity. Financially, he has acquired sufficient means to live comfort- ably, owning a fine residence besides other property. He was reared by a Baptist mother, but he is a man of liberal views, in religion being a Universalist who is inspired by the faith, which he is able and willing to discuss at all times. He now attends the First Uni- tarian Church, where his father and ancestors formerly worshipped, and affiliates cordially with the society. Ji AVID H. CANNON, M.D., a pop- ular physician of Mattapoisett, was born in this town, October 19, 1843. His parents were James and Elizabeth (Cobb) Cannon. The father was a native of Matta- poisett, the mother of Marion ; and David was their only child. He acquired his early education in the pub- lic schools of his native town and in Peirce Academy at Middleboro. Before settling down to the serious preparation necessary for his professional career, he travelled consider- ably, and engaged in different lines of industry, his experience giving him a broad acquaint- ance with human life and character. When he was nineteen years of age, he shipped as a seaman on a whaling vessel, which was out thirteen months cruising in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1866 he taught school in Jackson County, Ohio; and, returning to Mattapoisett in the spring of 1867, in the fall of the same year he shipped as a sailor on a merchant vessel bound for Holland and England. This trip consumed almost a year, and after his return he was in the mercantile business for a year. He then took up the study of medicine with Dr. William W. Sweat, of Mattapoisett, with whom he was associated some three years; and he was graduated at Harvard in 1873. Opening an office at Acushnet, or Long Plain, he practised there until the autumn of 1882; and for three years following he was in practice at Harwich. In the autumn of 1885 he settled in Mattapoisett, where he has a large and successful practice. Dr. Cannon was married in 1875 to Miss Elizabeth F. Gibbs Hoyt, and has three chil- dren — Ethel F. , Susan B., and Celia G. A Republican in politics, he is popular with both parties, and has been elected to a number of public offices. He is at present Inspector of Horses and Cattle for the town of Matta- poisett. He has been a member of the Board of Health for seven years, and a member of the School Board for eight years. He is affiliated with the Masonic order, belonging to Pytha- gorean Lodge of Marion, and with the Har- vard Club of New Bedford. Dr. Cannon is a member of the Methodist church. EV. DAVID B. FORD, a retired clergyman of Hanover, Plymouth ^ V ^ _ ^ County. Mass., was born in Scitu- ate, Mass., son of Michael and Sarah (Jacobs) Ford. He was reared on a farm in his native town, and, after attending the district school, fitted for college at Hanover Academy, subse- quently, in 1 841, going to Brown University, Providence, R.I. Four years later he was graduated from that institution, and entered Newton Theological School, being graduated therefrom three years afterward. In 1848 and 1849 he was assistant instructor of Hebrew in Newton. Being ordained pastor of the Can- ton Baptist church, he was settled there for three years, returning in 1854 to the old homestead, where he lived until 1885. Dur- JEREMIAH T. RICHMOND. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 339 ing the mean time he had preached at Marsh- field, Mass. ; and lie has resided in Hanover since that time. Mr. Ford is a man of literary ability, having been the author of sev- eral books and pamphlets, among which are: "Studies on the l^aptismal Question," pub- lished in 1879; "Centennial History of the First Haptist Church of Marshfield, " in 1888; and in conjunction with A. N. Arnold he issued in 1889 a "Commentary on Romans." "The Life-work of Isaac Backus" and "New England's Struggles for Religious Liberty," the former published in 1893 and the latter in 1896, are also among his works. He has given up preaching, and now devotes his time mostly to denominational publications. In 1859 Mr. Ford was united in marriage with Lavina Sherman, of Marshfield, by whom he has had five children: Thomas A., who died in infancy; Angela B. ; Chauncy D. ; Edith G. ; and Howard I. "ON. JEREMIAH TINKHAM RICH- MOND, who was in the Massachu- setts legislature in 1892-93, is one of the foremost citizens of Abington, actively interested in business, political, and social affairs. He was born in Taunton, Mass., March 24, 1829, a son of Ruel and Reliance (Tinkham) Richmond. The father was a well-to-do farmer on the banks of the Taunton River. He died September 8, 1879, i" his seventy-si.\th year. The mother died April 3, 1844, in her thirty-fifth year. They had eight children. The four now living are as follows: Jeremiah Tinkham, of Abington; Charles Ev- erett, born June [7, 1833; Zeruah Frances, born September 6, 1835; Mary Ann, born June 28, 1842, all natives of Taunton. Jeremiah Tinkham Richmond, the eldest of the four, and the special subject of this bio- graphical sketch, was educated in public and private schools in Taunton. At about the age of twenty-two he entered into the retail shoe business in Taunton. In 1864 he removed to Abington, where he entered the employ of Nash & Jones, shoe manufacturers, having charge of the machinery. He set up and operated the first New Era pegging machine in this county. The firm soon after changed to Nash & Beal, Mr. Richmond remaining in their employ for a period of si.xteen years. He invariably transacted all business in- trusted to his care in such a way as to win the confidence of those by whom he was employed. He is now Trustee and Auditor of the Abing- ton Savings Bank, and a Director of the Elec- tric Light and Power Company of Abington and Rockland. Mr. Richmond was married May 26, 1S51, to Miss Almira H. Dean, of Raynham, Ma.ss., daughter of O. S. and Lodicea (Hall) Dean. Her grandfather, Seth Dean, was an officer in the Revolutionary army. To Mr. and Mrs. Richmond six children were born, five of whom are living: Frank R. ; Alice D., wife of H. A. Beal; Clara M., wife of W. C. Lean; Charles O. ; and George T. The youngest, Jesse H., was born November 6, 1865, and died January, 1884. Mr. Richmond has eight grandchildren, as follows: Walter Tinkham Richmond, born November 9, 1888, son of Frank R. ; Helen Reed Beal, born March 13. 1885; and Mira Dean Beal. born June 25, 1887— children of H. A. Beal; Jessie L. Richmond, born March 26, 1883; and Grace Evelyn Richmond, born May 30, 1S91 — chil- dren of Charles O. Richmond; Alice R. Lean, born October 10, 18S4; Edith Moulton Lean, born September 3, 1889 — children of William C. Lean; Louis Hall Richmond, born August 30, 1885, son of George T. Richmond — all living in Abington except- 34° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ing the children of Charles O. Richmond, who live in Whitman. In politics Mr. Richmond is a Republican, lie has efficiently served the ]Dublic in a number of important offices. While in the legislature, he was on the Committee on Prisons, in 1892 and 1893 he was a member of the Town Board of Registrars, and he has been for some time on the School Committee of Abington. As a Mason, he is a member of John Cutler Lodge and Pilgrim Royal Arch Chapter; and he is Past Commander of Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars. An active member of "the Congregational church, he was for ten years superintendent of the Sunday-school. •AMUEL C. STETSON, of Marsh- field, is one of the most highly re- spected citizens of the place, a self- made man, who has accumulated a com- petency, and is spending his declining years in quiet retirement. He was born March 30, 1823, in Hanover, Mass., which was also the birthplace of his parents, Samuel and Lydia (Thayer) Stetson. The founder of the family in Plymouth County was Cornet Robert Stetson, an English- man from Kent, who received a grant of land on the North River in the town of Scituate in 1634. He became a noted Indian fighter, and it was in military service in the colonies that he earned the title of cornet. Samuel C. Stetson's grandfather, Nathaniel Stetson, was a native of Hanover, Mass., and lived for a number of years in that town. Two of his sons, uncles of Samuel C, served in the War of 1812. Samuel Stetson was a farmer; and, besides tilling the soil, he followed mechanical pur- suits. He lived for some time in Kennebec County, Maine, and moved from there to Pem- broke, Mass., and thence to Marshfield, where he died in 1876. In politics he was an old- line Democrat. Of his children, two are dead — Lydia T. and Catherine A. ; and three are living, namely: Julia A., widow of Alfred Belcher, of Randolph, Mass. ; Samuel C, the only son; and Eliza T., widow of Henry T. Crossley, an English gentleman. Samuel C. Stetson was about six years old when his parents removed to the State of Maine. As they remained there and subse- quently in Hanover but a short time, he acquired his education mainly in Pembroke, Mass., where he grew to maturity. He at- tended the common schools in the winter sea- son until about fourteen years of age, and the knowledge gained in boyhood has been supple- mented by extensive reading and practical business experience. He remained on the farm until about eighteen years of age, and then learned boot and shoe making. This trade he followed for over thirty-five years, at the same time managing a farm; but he event- ually gave his whole time and attention to the pursuit of agriculture. In the fall of 1892, retiring from active work, he left the farm, and moved to the village of Marshfield, where he has since lived, enjoying the leisure earned through long years of industry and prudent management. Mr. Stetson was married Noveiiiber 3, 1850, to Susan W. Sprague, a native of Marshfield, daughter of Luther and Lydia (Lewis) Sprague, both of this town. Mr. Sprague, who was a carpenter, died in 1842. Mrs. Stetson has a sister and brother living, namely: Mary P., widow of Jeremiah Estey, of Sharon, Mass. ; and L. Edward Sprague, in Marshfield. She is the mother of two chil- dren: Susan A., wife of E. Melvin Sampson, of Brockton, Mass. ; and Lydia E., deceased. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 34' Mr. Stetson, like his father, is a member of the Democratic party. He is a Mason, be- lon<(ing to Corner Stone Lodge of Duxbury, Mass. His circle of acquaintance is a wide one, and among the residents of Marshfield none are more highly esteemed than he and his wife. k\r'Al/ARRKN B. SMITH, Cashier of the Home National Hank of Brockton, Mass., was born in I'rovincetown, Barnstable County, February lo, 1859, a son of William VV. and Mary C. (Johnson) Smith. His father was a native of Barnstable, Mass., iiis mother, of I'rovincetown. His family is well known on the Cape, his maternal grand- father, Timothy B. Johnson, having settled in I'rovincetown at an early date. This worthy citizen, who \\!a.s a sail-maker, followed his trade there for many years, also dealing in ship stores, and was prominent among the business men of the place. He died at the age of sixty years. His wife, formerly a Miss Betsey Hager, of Waltham, Mass., bore him eleven children, six of whom are now living. William W. Smith, son of Timothy, and father of Warren B., was a boat-builder, and followed his trade in I'rovincetown for forty- five years. He was a first-class workman, and, besides building many whale boats and seine boats, he built a number of life-boats for the government. He died in 1895, at the age of si.xty-si.x. He and his wife reared but two children: Warren B. , the subject of this sketch; and Willie M., who lives in Salem, Mass, Warren B. Smith obtained his education in I'rovincetown, leaving the high school at the age of seventeen, to accept the position of clerk in the Seaman's Savings Bank in his native place. After five years of competent service there he resigned in 1881, to take the place of book-keeper in the Home National Bank of Brockton, with which he has now been connected some fifteen years, winning the con- fidence of all with whom he has had dealings. He was promoted from the office of book- keeper to that of receiving and paying teller of the bank, and in 1894 he assumed the duties of cashier, to which he has since given his at- tention. He is a man of ability and integrity, eminently fitted for the responsible position which he holds. On March 12, 1884, Mr. Smith married Stella Fish, daughter of Silas D. Fish, of Provincetown. Mrs. Smith was born in Hy- annis, Mass. She is the mother of two chil- dren — Minnie Warren and Rosamond Grey. Mr. Smith takes no active interest" in politics, preferring to devote his best energies to busi- ness. He is a member of the Commercial Club of Brockton, and belongs also to Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He attends Unity Church (Unitarian) of Brockton. NDREW M. WOOD, Treasurer of the Middleboro Savings Bank, was born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass., May 22, 1853, son of Andrew Cobb and Lucy Ann (Miller) Wood, and comes of old Colonial stock, numbering among his remote ancestors Caj^tain Miles Standish, the famous military leader of the Pilgrims; also John and Priscilla Alden, whose daughter Sarah was the wife of Alexander Standish, son of Miles. The line was thus continued: Ebenezer, son of Alexander and Sarah Stan- dish, was the father of Moses Standish, whose daughter Sarah married Iqihraim Tinkham; and Sarah Tinkham, their daughter, married Peter Wood, and was the mother of David Wood, who married Olive Cobb. The last- 342 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW named couple were the jjarents of Andrew Cobb Wood, the father of the subject of this sketch. Their home was in Middleboro. Andrew Cobb Wood, who was a man of much practical ability and force of character, was in trade for a number of years, dealing in wood and lumber, and was quite successful financially. A very popular citizen, he was elected to several offices of trust on the Re- publican ticket. For many years he was Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Poor; and he represented the town in the State legislature in 1865 and 1866. He died in February, 1S96, nine days before his eighty-second birthday. His wife, who is now seventy-nine years of age, is living with her son Andrew M. Her parents were Alden and Millison (Lovell) Miller, of Middleboro. Andrew M. Wood acquired his education in the schools of his native town, including the high school and Peirce Academy. He earned his first wages in a store, was next employed for thirteen years in the Bay State Straw Works, and then assumed the duties of his present position. Treasurer of Middleboro Savings Bank, to which he was appointed in 1885. Mr. Wood is an able accountant, and his character and social qualities are such that his relations with all are pleasant, wherefore it is deemed desirable to keep him in the posi- tion he now occupies. Mr. Wood was married November 30, 1875, to Miss L. Ardelle Perkins, daughter of Isaac and Betsy (Pratt) Perkins, both of whom be- longed to old representative families of North Middleboro. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have one child — Theodore N., born March 9, 1881. In political preference Mr. Wood is a Re- publican. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and is at present act- ing as clerk of that body, having been elected to fill a vacancy. He has also been clerk of I the Middleboro Fire District for seven years. In all his official duties he displays keenness of perception, soundness of judgment, and strict integrity of purpose. (SThec HEODORE LILLEY, a skilled shoe ^1 worker of Brockton, was born in 18 19, son of Joseph and Arathusia (Lovejoy) Lilley. He is a descendant of a family whose members were distinguished for bravery during the Revolutionary War. His grandfather lost a leg at Bunker Hill, afterward fought under command of the renowned Paul Jones, and continued to serve until the close of the war. His wife lived to be eighty-six years of age. They had five children, all of whom lived to be old but Joseph, the father of the subject of this sketch. He was a ship-carpenter by trade, and had some military experience, being taken prisoner by the Indians during the War of 1812. He married Miss Lovejoy, an Eng- lishwoman, by whom he had two children: Thomas, who is now eighty years old, and a resident of Somerville, Mass.; and Theodore. Joseph Lilley died in 1822, and his wife about eight years later. He had a brother, John Lilley, who was in the cane and umbrella business in Boston for half a century, his sign being one of the oldest in the business sec- tion. His sons now continue the enterprise. Theodore Lilley, direct subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Brock- ton and Boston. Left an orphan at the age of eleven by his mother's death, he began to seek means of self-support, and applied himself to learn shoemaking, which he mastered in all its details. He has followed his trade for over sixty years, and has been a resident of this city since 1831. During all this period he has never had occasion to strike for higher wages. In politics he was at first afifiliated BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 343 witli tlic Wliij^s, hut later lu'canic a member of the Republican party. Mr. Lilley has been twice married, iiis first wile havini;' been Annie R., daiij^liter of Charles Keith, of Campcllo. She died Janu- ary 21, 1882. She had three children, two of whom are now livini^ in the W'est — Clara Anna, at IMne Mound, 111.; ami Mary Alice, who lives in Decatur, 111. Clara Anna married F"rederick H. Henshie, February i, 1870, and has two adopted children. Mr. Henshie has served as Postmaster, Alder- man, Town Treasurer, and has held other positions of trust and responsibility. Mary Alice married John G. Harvey, of Kentucky, October 29, 1866. Mrs. Harvey has three living chiUlrcn — Ellis T., horn January ig, 1870; William Keith, born December 26, 1 87 1 ; and -Allx-rt (i. , born September 5, 1874. Mr. Lilley's second matrimonial alli- ance was formed December 10, 1884, with Mrs. Frances A. I'rescott, of Wakefield, who was born in Washington, Me., daughter of Andrew and Mary Sukeworth, of Washing- ton, Me. Her first husband died December 21, 1881. Mr. Lilley is now practically re- tired from business, but still continues to look after his real estate. i APTAIN EI.ISHA P. SPRAGUF, a retired ship-master of Marshfield, has visited nearly every known quarter of the globe; and his mind is richly stored with general information and interest- ing anecdote. He was born in Du.xbury, Mass., November 20, 1822, a son of Captain Jonathan and Ruth (Phillips) Sprague. Cap- tain Jonathan Sprague, who was a son of Jona- than Sjirague, of Marshfield, was born and reared in this town. He followed the sea for a number of years, and had a varied experience in the coasting, the West India, and th /STkORGE M. BAKER has long been an \ I^T honored citizen of Marshfield, his native place. He was born February 2, 1820, and is a son of George and Becky (Snell) Baker. His grandfather. Major Eli- jah Baker, served in the Revolutionary War. His father, George Baker, who was born in Duxbury, Mass., resided for a number of years in Marshfield, following the carpenter's trade and also acting as auctioneer. He was an officer in the State militia, and was familiarly known as Major George Baker. In politics he was a Whig. He died in 1S3S. His wife, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., died in 1845- George M. Baker was born and reared in his BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 35^ present liome. lie obtained his elementary cciiication in the public schools of Marshfielcl, .subsetiuentl)' attending the academy and the State Normal School at liridgowater. After finishing his studies, he was engaged as a dis- trict school teacher in Duxbury and Marsh- field some fourteen winters. In 1855 he en- gaged in the sale of general merchandise at IMarshfield, and managed a prosjierous busi- ness for fifteen years, retiring then from trade. In his early manhood he became agent for the Ouincy Mutual I'ire Insurance Com- jjany, and he was subsequently employed as agent for the Hingham Mutual and other fire insurance companies. At jiresent he repre- sents a number of leading insurance associa- tions, including the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New \'ork, and devotes the greater part of his time to the insurance busi- ness. Mr. Baker was married in October, 1842, to Sophronia II., daughter of Captain William Weston, formerly a well-known seafaring man of Marshfield. I'ive children have blessed their union, namely: George; Frank; Mary W. ; Stella K ; and Martin, who died at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, aged nineteen years. George Baker for several years was one of the Board of Se- lectmen, was a member of the legislature for the year 1882, and for many years was engaged in mercantile pursuits. I'rank Baker gradu- ated in 1S72 at the United States Military Academy at West Point, standing number five in a class of fifty-seven members. He served with his regiment (the Thirteenth Infantry) in various parts of the United States, and was transferred in 1879 to the Ordnance Depart- ment of the army. He is now a Captain in that branch of the service. Mary and Stella Baker have been teachers in the j)id)lic schools for many years. When a young man, Mr. George M. Baker was elected to the School Committee of Marshfield, and served over twenty-five years; and he was also one of the Selectmen for sev- eral years, serving at different periods. In 1852 and 1853 he was in the Massachusetts State legislature, and he was Postmaster from 1858 to 1885. He was one of the founders of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, was elected its first President, and held that office twenty years. For fourteen years he was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. He has been a lifelong temperance man, and interested in all measures for the sup[)ression of the traffic and use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. He was early interested in the anti-slavery agitation, and cast his first vote for James G. Binney in 1841. When the Liberty party became merged in the P'ree Soil party, he was with that party; and he em- braced the Republican party at its organiza- tion. He has never voted with any other national party. He was one of the movers in the enterprise to shut out the tides from Green Harbor Marsh, whereby some fourteen hundred acres of salt meadow were reclaimed for agri- cultural purposes by the construction of the Marshfiekl Dike. The welfare of his native town has always been dear to him, and he ranks as one of her public-spirited citizens. DWARl) Y. PICRRV, one of the fore- most citizens of Hanover, Mass., was born in that part of the town of Pem- broke, Plymouth Count}', now known as Han- son, November 4, 1S12. His parents were Pllijah and Chloe (Stetson) Perry. The old homestead has been occupied by his ancestors for several generations. The Perry stock is among the best in New /I 352 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW England. Its representatives have been wor- thily engaged in various spheres of human activity; but more especially have they figured among the sturdy and intelligent holders and tillers of the soil, who, independent and patriotic of spirit, were quick to resist oppression in time of danger from foreign foes, and as quick in time of peace to do their part in developing the resources of the country. Mr. Perry's paternal grandparents, Seth and Hannah Perry, were of this class. The for- mer, a farmer by occupation, gave up the plough for the musket, and fought bravely for American independence in the Revolution- ary War. Their son Elijah learned the trade of a moulder, but subsequently devoted most of his time to farming. He shared in a large degree the sturdy patriotism of his father, and performed active military service in the War of 1 812. The hardships which he endured at this time were the cause of his death about two years after the close of the war. His wife, Chloe, had died in December, 1812, when their son Edward, the subject of this sketch, was but seven weeks old. Left an orphan at the age of but two years, little Edward was taken care of by his pater- nal grandparents, with whom he remained dur- ing his minority, engaged in his later youth in tilling the ancestral acres. Seth Perry and his wife both lived to be very old, he dying when about ninety-five years of age, and she survi\'ing to the remarkable age of ninety- nine years and nine months. Upon attaining his majority, Edward Y. Perry started in busi- ness for himself, his first venture being as a country merchant in Hanson, where he contin- ued for several years, meeting with fair suc- cess. Having, however, for the purpose of accommodating others indorsed some paper which subsequently proved worthless, he lost all he had made, and found himself several thousand dollars in debt besides. This debt he paid in time, but it jiroved for some years a heavy ta.\ upon his resources. By no means discouraged by this unfortunate experience, he looked about him for a chance to retrieve his fortunes. With quick intelligence he saw that the future of New England depended largely upon her manufactures, and he resolved to enter the lists in what was comparatively a new industry. Taking into partnership Mr. Charles Dyer, a gentleman who, like himself, had failed in business and was in debt, the two, without a dollar in the world, engaged in the manufact- ure of tacks in the town of Hanover, on the site of the present factory of .S. C. Waterman & Sons. They began with one or two hun- dred pounds of iron, which they worked into shape and sold, and with the proceeds pur- chased a larger supply of raw material. From this modest beginning they gradually built up a business, making a little advancement year by year. But their progress was slow; and, when fifteen years had elapsed without any marked degree of success, they mutually agreed to dissolve partnership. Mr. Perry, however, resolved to continue in the business, and ac- cordingly purchased Mr. Dyer's interest, which he did mostly on credit. He then bought the property of the Hanover Forge Company at South Hanover, and shortly after- ward associated with himself Mr. Ezra Phillips and Martin W. Stetson, imder the firm name of E. Y. Perry & Co. Mr. Perry gave his attention to the old factory; while Messrs. Phillii^s and Stetson made necessary changes in the newly acquired property to adapt it to the manufacture of tacks instead of anchor forg- ing. The machinery from the old factory was then transferred to the new, and manufacturing conducted in the latter entirely. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 353 Shortly after this Mr. Stetson withdrew, ami Messrs. .I'erry and rhillii)s carried on the business together. This proved a happy com- bination, and lasted for a period of thirty years, at the end of which time Mr. I'erry withdrew, in onler to devote his attention to his outside interests. The business had been most suc- cessful, and the firm was known as one of the largest tack manufacturing; concerns in the coinitry. Mr. I'cny pass a liis^li tribute to the ability and character of his partner with whom he was so long associated, and whose qualities, business and social, were so well adapted to make tiicir connection both pleasur- able and profitable. IJesides their tack busi- ness they had established in 1870 a steam- mill at West Hanover, which was at once a grist and saw mill, and where also they manu- factured bo.xes. At the same time, in con- nection with others, they had started a coal and grain business in Rockland and Hanover and a leather and findings store in Boston, under the firm name of Phinney & Philliiis. On dissolving partnership, all these outside interests fell into Mr. Perry's hands. The mill at West Hanover is now conducted under the firm name of L. Phillips & Co., Mr. Lot Phillips being a partner. The grain business at Rockland is continued under the name of Culver, Phillips & Co. 'I"he leather store in Boston, although a successful venture, was discontinued in 1S82. In 1 883 Mr. Perry, in company with Will- iam A. Vannah and \-'.. P. Sweeney, purchased the property known as Winslow's Mills at Waldoboro, Me., and, niuler the firm name of Vannah, Sweeney & Co., went into business as dealers in lumber, bark, wood, grain, flour, hay, and groceries; and he still remains con- nected with this firm, which does a flourishing business. He is also engaged, in company with Charles E. Soule, of Pembroke, in buy- ing and selling real estate, lumber, and wood; and they have been very successful. Prior to 1861 Mr. Perry was one of the lead- ing men in agitating the question of building a railroad from North Abington to Hanover. Hut at that time few could be found willing to invest a dollar; and the accomplishment of the enterprise would have remained something rather to be wished than hoped for, had it not been for Mr. Perry's persistent and aggressive efforts. An old charter had been granted for the purpo.se many years previously, but noth- ing had been done. It was now renewed, and matters were just beginning to assume a prac- tical form when the breaking out of the Civil War stopped operations. After the war Mr. Perry renewed his efforts; and in July, 1868, he had the satisfaction of seeing the road an accomplished fact. Upon its completion there was a debt of sixty thousand dollars, which has since been reduced to twenty thou- sand dollans. Mr. Perry had general super- vision of the building of the road, besides the engineering. He was President and active manager of the road from its inception to the time it was sold to the Old Colony Rail- road. He exercised a watchful supervision over its business and trafific, and everything relating to its finances passed through his hands. Mr. Perry has performed his share of public service. He has been Ju.stice of the Peace for many years, has besides done much jirobate business, and in 1867 he was a member of the State legislature. At an early period he threw himself into the anti-slavery movement, becoming a member of the American Anti- slavery Society at its organization by William Lloyd Garrison in 1833, and so remaining until the emancipation of the slaves was an accomplished fact. He has long been an ear- nest advocate of the temperance cause, on 354 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW which as on other matters his oiiinions are pronounced and outspoken. He is so opposed to usury in every form that on July i, 1880, he stopped taking interest on his loans; and he collects no interest upon mortgages now in his hands. He is known throughout Plym- outh County as one of the best judges of real estate values. Though wealthy, he is still as full of enterprise as in his younger days. Of dauntless spirit, strong will power, keen in- telligence, and unswerving honesty, he is widely recognized as a thoroughly capable man of affairs; and he has done much to improve the town and add to the prosperity of the gen- eral community. On July 8, 1834, Mr. Perry married Miss Mary B. Oldham, daughter of David and Deb- orah (Barker) Oldham, of Pembroke; and on July 8, 1894, they celebrated together their golden wedding. They had one child, who died in infancy. lEV. W. C. RYDER, the well-known pastor of the Independent Congrega- tional Church of Rock, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Leeds, Me., No- vember 30, 1840, son of a Baptist clergyman who was then located in that town. W. Clarkson Ryder came when he was six months old with his parents to Middleboro, where he grew to manhood. After attending the public schools he took a supplementary course of study at Peirce Academy, from which institution he was subsequently gradu- ated. At the age of twenty-one he began teaching, being in Marion, North Scituate, and Fairhaven, Mass., and Woonsocket, R.I. After following the profession for ten years he was obliged, on account of failing health, to resign. He then came to Rock. The follow- ing year, 1872, he entered the employ of the American Tack Company, of Fairhaven, Mass., and has remained in their employ and that of their successors, The Atlas Tack Cor- poration, as salesman in New P2ngland, and manager of their store in Boston, for twenty- five years. Being religiously inclined, he be- came an evangelist, and, with the co-operation of others, gathered a congregation. In 1886 he was ordained pastor of the Independent Church of Rock, which has grown and pros- pered under his pastorate. A number of years ago Mr. Ryder began a grove meeting on his land, with five tents. It has become under his management a camp meeting, with si.x large society tents, a ladies' pavilion, tabernacle, preacher's stand, with seats for about one thousand, large dining-rooms, etc. A com- pany has been formed to continue these meet- ings, which are held in July of each year, and are for the promotion of Scriptural holiness. In 1863 Mr. Ryder married Emily F. Holmes, a native of Rock. They have one child, Harland H., who was graduated from Boston University in the class of 1894. He is now principal of Hopedalc High School. DWIN SAWTELL, an enterprising and successful citizen of Brockton, promi- nent in business, politics, and social affairs, was born in Rindge, Cheshire County, N.H., August 25, 1838, son of Solomon Nel- son and Nancy (Whitney) Sawtell. His grandfather, Jonathan Sawtell, a native of New Hampshire, was for many years engaged in farming in Jeffrey, that State. Jonathan fought in the Revolutionary War, bearing the rank of Lieutenant, and lost a thumb in the battle of Bennington. He died at the age of eighty-nine years. His children numbered four sons and three daughters. Solomon Nel- son Sawtell was born April 6, 1786. A EDWIN SAWTELL. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 357 farmer like his fatlier, for many years he lived in Rindge or its vicinity. He served in the War of 1812, was a Congregationalist in re- ligion, and died at the age of seventy-seven. He was twice married, and had a family of fif- teen children, of whom eleven were borne by Edwin's mother. l-"ive of the boys served in tile war of tlie Rcl)cllii)n. The youngest was it a general store at Marshfield Hills (then called liast Marshfield) during his active life. He died March 3, i860, his wife, who also was a member of an old Marshfield family, having passed away January 28, 1858. Of their children two are living, namely: Alvin, at Marshfield Hills; and Clift, a brief sketch of whom is given below. Clift Rodgers began the work of life with such educational advantages as his native town afforded. He began to learn the trade of tan- Mi^^ CLIFT RODGERS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 369 ning and currying in Oiiincy, Mass., when he was seventeen years old, serving as an appren- tice with Francis Williams until he attained his majority. After iiis a[)prenticcship was finished, he worked as a journeyman in Mr. Williams's employ some seven years, and tiien established a shop of his own in Quincy. In the spring of 1852 he went into the leather commission business in lioston, with Francis Williams as partner, under the firm name of Williams & Rodgers; and Mr. Williams's place was subsequently taken by Lysander Richards and John L. Rodgers, the firm name being changeil to Rodgers, Richards & Co. I'liis house controlled a large and prosperous leather commission business for a number of years. Mr. Rodgers eventually retired; and in the beautiful village of Marshfield Hills he has grown old without the decrepitude of age, advancing to his ninetieth milestone on life's journey as if it were no more than his si.xtieth birthday. Mr. Rodgers was married December 27, 1835, to I<;ieanor Ba.xter, daughter of James Ba.xter, of Quincy, Mass. Mrs. Eleanor B. Rodgers died March 13, 1893, aged seventy- seven years. Mr. Rodgers has no children living. In politics he belongs to the Repub- lican party. In his native town, where so many of his days have been spent, and where there are so many of his old friends and asso- ciates that his life is like an open book, he enjoys the good will and respect of all. TTAHAKI.ICS C. Fll'LD was born in I ji North Bridgewater, now Brockton, V>r ^ March 18, 1826, and has been in business in this city over fifty years. His parents were Zophar and Berenice (Howard) l-'ield. He is an uncle of Daniel Waldo and Fretl !•". I'ield, well-known shoe manufact- urers of Brockton, and is a member of an old family, the first representative of which, John Field, settled in Bridgewater in 1665, before the town was dividetl. .Since that time, over two and a quarter centuries, the Field family has flourished where it was originally planted. The oldest house now standing in Brockton was erected by Jabez Field, grandson of John Field and great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, in 1752. Daniel Field, son of Jabez and grandfather of Charles C. , kept a general store in what is now Montello for some time, but in the latter part of his life gave his attention solely to the pursuit of agriculture. Zophar Field was one of the early shoe manufacturers of North Bridgewater, as.so- ciated with Charles Southworth, under the firm name of Field & Southworth. He event- ually retired from the shoe business, and was engaged in slaughtering cattle for the Boston market during the rest of his life, also manag- ing the homestead farm. Mr. Zophar Field attended divine worship at the Universalist church. He died in 1865, aged seventy-five years. His wife was a daughter of Oliver Howard, of North Bridgewater. She was the mother of four sons and four daughters: Har- riet; Daniel, who died in November, 1893, aged seventy-eight years; Louisa, who lived but five years; George, who died in .May, 1896, aged seventy-eight; Louisa; Hannah; Charles C. ; and William L. The two last named are the only survivors of the family. Charles C. F"ield received a common-school education in Montello, going to work at the age of fourteen. At that early age he began to drive a market wagon for himself ; and at si.xteen he went to Brighton to buy cattle, which he slaughtereil. In 1845 '1*-' opened a store on the site of the ]jresent Fntcrprise 37° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Building; and, after ten years of prosperous trade at that stand, he purcliased a place where the Field Block now is. He was over thirty years in business at that location, and then moved to his present stand, 20 Spring Street. Three years ago he retired from business; but, soon tiring of inactivity, he bought back his old place, and is again happy, welcoming old customers, and making, many new acquaint- ances. He opened the first market in the town, and has had a very successful career in the half-century that he has been in trade. Mr. Field was engaged for a while in market gardening, raising his produce on a piece of land which he afterward sold to the railroad company for a freight yard. This land he purcha.sed of B. E. Jones for five hundred dol- lars; and in 1891 the railroad company paid him seventy-five thousand dollars for it, the transaction being the best real estate deal ever effected in Brockton. Mr. Field was married in 1848 to Lucy Cobb Cross, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Cross) Cross, of North Bridgewatcr. Their silver wedding was cele- brated in October, 1S73. This union has been blessed by four children. The eldest daughter died, and one daughter is yet at home with her parents. Charles is a graduate of Brown University and the Harvard Medical School, and has practised medicine in East Bridgewater for seventeen years. The other son, George Wilton, is a graduate of Brown University and of Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, and has also studied in luirope for some time, remaining in Italy six months. For the past three years he has filled the chair of Professor of Biology at Brown University. Mr. Field, who is a stanch Republican, cast his first Presidential vote as a Whig for Zach- ary Taylor in 1848, before the new party was formed. He has been urged to accept dif- ferent offices in Brockton, but has always firmly refused. He belongs to no secret orders and to no temperance society, though a strong believer in total abstinence, having never drank liquor or smoked or chewed tobacco in his life. The only social organiza- tion with which he is affiliated is the Commer- cial Club, of which he is an honored member. AMES HORACE WEST, a well-known bo.\ manufacturer of North Pembroke, Mass., was born January 25, 1829, in North Bridgewater, now Brockton. His parents were James and Hannah (Ballard) West. John West, his grandfather, was the earliest-known ancestor in Plymouth County. Living in this region before the days of rail- roads, Mr. John West teamed merchandise from Boston to Randolph and surrounding towns. His last years were spent in that part of Randolph now within the limits of the town of Holbrook. He married Relief Kingman, a native of Randolph, whose father was a black- smith. Their son James, the father of James Horace West, after acquiring a common-school educa- tion, learned the shoemaking trade. He bought a farm in that part of Abington which has been set off to form the town of Whitman, and continued in the successful management thereof during the rest of his life. He mar- ried Hannah Ballard, of New Hampshire, by whom he had nine children. He died in 1890, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. His wife died at the age of seventy-nine years. James H. West, leaving school at the age of fifteen, went to Pembroke to work on a farm, and during his minority his father re- ceived his wages. For a time thereafter he was engaged in teaming; and in 1867, buying the mill in North Pembroke, he began the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 37' manufacture of boxes, which still engages his attention. The mill is admirably fitted with all kinds of machinery; and he employs an able corps of worknicn, wiio make a great vari- ety of boxes. At present the ])rochicts are sold, almost without exception, to the Walter liaker Company. In |K)litics Mr. West has been a Republican since tlie formation of the jjarty. He served six years on the Hoard of Select- men. The maiden name of his wife, to wliom lie was marrietl in 1851, was Mary Green Shep- herd. Her i)arents were Calvin and Mary (Byram) Shepherd, of Pembroke, consistent members of the Society of l-'riends, their daughter being a birtiiright member. Mrs. Mary G. S. West died on l-'ebruary 14, 1896, having reared two children — James H., Jr., and Calvin Shepherd. James H. \\'(>st, Jr., married Hattie Irving Calkins, and has two children — Gilbert Horace and Ada Irving. He and his family are members of the grange. Calvin S. West is a member of the Board of Selectmen of Pembroke. He married Sarah L. Calkins; and they have one son, Lester Daniel West. k(»i^:i^:II.l, .\. PHILLIPS, of the tiini (it ]■'.. Piiillips & Sons, tack manufacturers, was born in tlie town ot Hanson, Plymouth County, Mass., FelMuary 27, 1844, son of Plzra and" Catherine (Tilden) Phillips. He came with his parents to Hanover in 1852, and was educated in the public schools and at Hanover Academy. At the age of nineteen he entered E. Y. Perry & Co. 's store in South Hanover, remaining two years, and he was afterward employed by the same firm in Boston. In 1874 he became associated with his father and brothers, who purchased Mr. Perry's interest in the tack business at South Hanover, the firm being thereafter known under the style of E. Phillips & Sons. They manufacture nails, roll sheet, zinc, and lead, and when running under full capacity turn nut five tons of nails daily, giv- ing employment to sixty-five jiersons. In 1886 Mr. Edward M. Sweeney entered the firm as partner. In politics Mr. Phillips affiliates with tlie Kepublican party. B R. .STKPHl'lX HENRY has been engaged in the practice of dentistry in Marshfield since 1861, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the public, at least three generations having tested and proved his ability in his profession. He was born in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Mass., December 4, 1829, a son of William and Lucy C. (Tilson) Henry. On the paternal side his first ancestor to locate in Stoughton settled there as early as 1740; and many members of the family, including our subject's father, were born in that town. William Henry was a millwright iiy trade. His wife, Lucy C. (Tilson) Henry, who was of Pilgrim stock, was born in the town of Wareham, Mass. Stephen Henry was reared in Stoughton, and educated in the public schools. He learned the millwright's trade with his father, and fol- lowed it until about thirty years old, then taking uj) the study and practice of dentistry. In i860 he started an independent practice, and in 1861 he opened an oflfice in Marshfield. Added to his natural ability, his long experi- ence has perfected his skill ; and he keeps well u]) with the progress of the times, noting and profiting by every new discovery in his profes- sion. Dr. Henry nWfrried .Miss Jane Weston, a native of Marshfield, and daughter of Caj)tain William Westt upon the pages tif Boston's Colonial history, for there on the Common Mary Dyer was hanged as a Quaker in 1660. She left a son William, a son Samuel, a Charles, and other children. One Thomas Dyer and his wife Agnes arrived in Hoston in 1632, and settled in Weymouth. He had five sons and three daughters. The family motto of the Dyers is: "To affright I would not, to fear I know not," and many of the name have liveil up to the standard of the couplet. George G. Dyer was educated at Andover Academy, ami began his business career as a book-kee])er in the wholesale boot and shoe store of Samuel Blake in Boston. From 1852 to the time of his death he was connected with the Old Colony National Bank, holding the offices of Cashier, Director, and President successively. lie was its cashier at the time of his marriage in 1S52 to Miss Mary A. Bartlett Sampson, daughter of Schuyler Samp- son and Mary Ann (Bartlett) Samj^son. Mrs. Dyer's father, Schuyler Sampson, was a lineal descendant of Abraham Sampson, who came to New England about 1629, and whose brother Henry came in the "Mayflower" in 1620, but was too young to have his name ajipear on the famous compact signed by the Pilgrims on the 27th of November. Abraham Sampson was a surveyor of highways in 1648, and a Constable of Du.xbury in 1653. His son George was the father of George (second) and grandfather of Zabdiel, whose son George (third) was the father of Schuyler Sampson. As the second George Sampson married Hannah .Soule, a great-graiuklaughter of Captain Miles Stan- dish and of John Alden, Mrs. George G. Dyer counts among her ancestors the famous mili- tary commander of the Plymouth Colony and John and Priscilla Aklen. The family history abounds in interesting details, of which a few may here be noted. Deborah Sampson, a great-granddaughter of Isaac Sampson, son of Abraham, is renowned for having served three years in the ranks of the Revolutionary army under the name of Robert Shurtleff. Another treasured story of heroism is told of .Mrs. Dyer's great-grand- father, Zabdiel Samjjson, who, during the French and Indian War of 1756, was taken prisoner by the Indians and was tied to a tree as a target for tomahawks, which were thrown at him, but strange to .say did not inflict fatal wounds. His life was preserved through that danger; and he fell as a brave soldier in the Revolutionary War, some years after, at the battle of Harlem. Schuyler Sampson was born in Plympton, Mass., January 16, 1797. He was educated in the common schools of that town, and started out in life as a merchant in Western Virginia, where he was engaged in business some years. Later on he was for a while the store-keeper of the Plymouth Cordage Com- pany, becoming afterward Collector of Cus- toms of the Port of Plymouth. The latter office he held for twelve years; and he was also Superintendent of Plymouth Beach for three year.s, or from 1852 to the date of his death, March 31, 1855. He was connected with the Old Colony Bank from the time of its organization, in 1S32, till the end of his life, being chosen one of the first directors, then cashier, and finally President. Mr. Sampson filled many municipal offices. He was a Selectman of Plymouth ; a charter mem- ber of Plymouth Lodge, A. 1". & A. M., which was organized in 1S25; and a Trustee of the Pilgrim Society. He was a member of the Pilgrimage Church, in which he was ac- tively interested, serving as its Sunday-school Superintendent for a number of years. 376 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW He was manied August 13, 1823, to Miss Mary Ann Bartlett, a daughter of Captain Amasa Bartlett, of Plymouth, where she was born September 9, 1798. Mrs. Mary A. Bart- lett Sampson passed from earth on the 3d of September, 1825, in the twenty-seventh year of her age, leaving her infant daughter, Mary Ann, a babe of five months. Schuyler Samp- son married September 30, 1827, his first wife's sister, Sarah T. (Bartlett) Bishop, widow of William l^ishop, of I'lymouth. She died August 23, i 848. The three children born of this second marriage were: Sarah T. B. ; George S. , who died at the age of about one year; and Hannah 15. Miss Mary A. B. Sampson was educated at Bradford Academy and in the private schools of her native town, Plymouth. She was twenty-seven years of age when she became the wife of Mr. George G. Dyer. The three children born of their union were: George S., who is at present Town Treasurer of Plymouth; Horace White, who died at about two years of age; and Mary Schuyler. George S. Dyer married Ada ]?. Smith, daughter of Dryden Smith, M. D., of Biddeford, Me. They have two children : George Webster, born May 21, 1888; and Loring, born September 4, i8go. Mary Schuyler Dyer was married June 11, i8gi, to James W. Cooper, a druggist. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have one child — Willard Ashley, now three years of age. George G. Dyer was one of the Trustees of the Pilgrim Society and was an active worker in the Church of the Pilgrimage, with which he was connected by membership for a quarter of a century. This church is of orthodo.x doc- trine and creed, and Mr. Dyer was a teacher in its Sunday-school for twenty years, and a Deacon for twenty -five years. In the various relations of life George G. Dyer was faithful and diligent; and his death, at the age of sixty-five years and eight months, caused uni- versal and sincere sorrow among the citizens of Plymouth, for he was popular, admired, and respected. His widow is still a resident of the old town in which for so man}' generations her own as well as her husband's family has held such a prominent place. ALTON HALL, a resident of Marshfield, was born in this town, March 3, 1856, son of Tilden and Hetty (Jones) Hall. His father, Tilden Hall, who was a native of Marshfield, in early man- hood followed the occupation of a ship carpen- ter, but during his last years was engaged in shoemaking. He was for some time Postmas- ter at Marshfield Hills. He died in Marsh- field in 1888. His wife, who was born in Barnstable, Mas.s. , died in 1889. Walton Hall was educated in his native town, attending school until fifteen years of age. He then entered the employ of Whiton Brothers, cordage manufacturers, of Boston, for whom he worked nine years, at the end of that time becoming a member of the firm. Since 1895 the house has been known as P'ear- ing, Hall & Whiton. They act mainly as agents for mills. Mr. Hall has been Presi- dent of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horti- cultural Society for two years. In 1885 Mr. Hall purchased the old Daniel Webster estate, and while carefully preserving all its historic features, he has made many improvements in the property, materially increasing its value. The original house in which Webster spent so many pleasant hours was burned in 1880. The present house stands far back from the road, and the grounds in front are shaded by mag- nificent trees, standing just as they did in the great stateman's day. The estate contains about eight hundred acres, and to the fruit- BIOGRAl'lIICAL RKVIKW 377 trees planted in Webster's time Mr. Hall has added many others, so that he is now owner of one of the finest orehards in Plymouth County, and that yields in a fruit year two thousand hairels, lie has in his |)ossession many ar- ticles that once l)el<)ni;ed to Webster. M i:.\C()N NATHANIEL ELLIS is a well-known citizen of Plymouth, ri\niouth County, Mass., and by oc- cupation a farmer. He was born in llllisville, in the town of Plymouth, November i, 1818, a son of Nathaniel and Remember (Swift) I'AWs. He is a representative of an old and respected family of Plvmouth County. Erom the Ellis records given in .Mr. Will- iam T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks," we gather that the elder Nathaniel, who was mar- ried in 1810, was the seventh child of Thomas and Jerusha (Clark) l^llis, who were married in 1767. Thomas, born in 1764, is said to have been a son of William I'Mlis, Jr., and grandson of William, Sr. , who was "perhaps son of Matthias " Ellis. The first Nathaniel Ellis had his birth in this famous town, and, like his father, fol- lowed here during all of his mature years the honored calling of a farmer. He married Miss Remember Swift, also a native of Plymouth, and of their union were born five children, namely: William, who is now deceased ; Cur- tis, also deceased; Nathaniel; Betsy; and Lucy. Mr. Nathaniel Ellis, Sr., departed this life on November 26, i.S'58, in his si.xty- seventh year, and his wife on May 14, 1877, at the venerable age of eighty-one years. Their son, Nathaniel I'^llis, now Deacon Ellis, attained to man's estate on the ances- tral farm in Plymouth, enjoying but limited educational privileges in his youth. On reaching his majority he began life for him- self, shipping on a coasting-vessel. After remaining on board that craft about a year he sailed for half a dozen years on a steamboat, and at the termination of that period he came back to Plymouth, where he has made his home from that day to this. He owns and carries on about si.xty acres of land, tilling the soil and feeding stock; and he likewise devotes considerable attention to teaming. On No- i vember 26, 1845, he married Miss Nancy ' Swift, a native of Plymouth, and a daughter of William Swift. One child was born to them, a son, Wallace H. by name, who passed away in his seventeenth year. Deacon E^llis has ever taken an active inter- est in the civic and social affairs of his community, and he has served his fellow- townsmen for four years in the capacity of Road Surveyor. In national political views he is identified with the Republican party. Religiously, he is intimately associated with the Congregational church of Plymouth, which he serves in the important and respon- sible position indicated by his title, jjartici- pating freely and earnestly in its Christian work. < ■■ ■ > LGERNON S. CHANDLER, a well- known citizen of Kingston, was born in Duxbury, November 22, 1S3S, son of Captain David and Edith (Chandler) Chandler. He is a descendant of one of the early settlers of Plymouth County. His grandfather, Asa Chaniller, was a resident of Duxbury. Captain Davit! Chandler, father of Algernon S., was born in Duxbury, and acquired a com- mon-school education. In his earlier years he followed the sea, and as master of vessels visited many parts of the world. He served in the War of 1S12; anil, after his retirement from the sea, he settled in his native town. 378 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW where he presided for many years. He took an active and leading part in local affairs, being especially interested in educational matters; and, as he was well versed in com- mon law, he rendered much service to his neighbors as a legal adviser, and in the settle- ment of estates. Toward the latter part of his life he moved to a farm in Kingston, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also operated a mill for the manufacturing of bo.\ boards and shingles, and achieved marked suc- cess as a business man. In politics he was originally a Whig, but later joined the Repub- lican party. In his religious views he was a Unitarian. He died in Kingston in his eighty-third year. His wife, Edith Chandler, who was a native of Kingston, was a daughter of Nathan Chandler, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Of her children there are three survivors: Rebecca, widow of Francis Sears, a late resident of Du.xbury; Algernon S., the subject of this sketch; and Edith, who is the wife of Walter Baker, of Kingston. Algernon S. Chandler was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at the age of sixteen he accompanied his parents to Kingston. He assisted upon the farm and in the mill until his father's retirement, when he took charge of the business, and carried it on successfully for several years. Some time since he retired from active business pursuits, and, moving to the village, is now occupying a pleasantly located residence on Main Street. Mr. Chandler wedded Sophia Wright Maglath- lin, daughter of Elisha Maglathlin, late of Kingston, and has one daughter, Edith W., who is the wife of Preston E. Foss, of South Braintree, Mass. Politically, Mr. Chandler favors the Democratic party, but votes inde- pendently. He has served with ability as Road Surveyor, and is numbered among the prominent well-to-do residents of Kingston. ]^ji!lIS H. CORNISH, M.D., a physi- Jpl cian of Carver, Plymouth County, Mass., where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession for nearly thirty years, was born in Halifax, this county, August 24, 1840, being a son of Ellis Cornish, a citizen of that place. He was reared on a farm, and educated in the common and high schools of his native town. After finishing his general studies he taught school for four years, during the winter terms, in the mean time studying medicine. He was for some time under the tuition of Dr. Robert Proran, of South Boston, Mass., and took the regular course at the Harvard Med- ical School, receiving his degree in March, 1867. After practising in Boston a few months he located in Carver, where he has since conducted a successful practice. Dr. Cornish worked hard to qualify himself for his profession, and he has worked harder still during the years of his professional life in Carver. He is well known throughout the locality, and is highly esteemed, not only by the patients who owe to him their release from bodily ills, but also by those whose relations with him are merely social. January i, 1868, Dr. Cornish was united in marriage with Miss Nancy L. Pratt, of Bridge- water. He has had thirteen children; namely, Ellis G. , Virgina H., Berenice E., Anson F. , William E. , Gertrutle I*"., Nancy A., Solon W., Paul D., Blanche E., Izette A. and Irene A. (twins), and Beulah (deceased). In politics Dr. Cornish favors the Republican side, but has not sought office, his professional work demanding all his time and attention. He is a member of the Baptist church, and, though a scientific man by the nature of his profession, he sees no conflict between science and Christianity, when both are rightly under- stood. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 379 K. WILLIAM LINCOLN REED, retired shoe manufacturer of Brock- ton, Mass., is well known in Plym- outh Countv, ami is universally loved and re- spected, lie was born in Abington, this county, October 5, 1825, a son of Isaac and Nancy (Lincoln) Reed. The common an- cestor of the Reed family was Brianus, a noted man of Lincolnsliirc, luigiand, who in 1139 was registered as Brianus de Rede. He had three sons: Robert of Rede; William, Bishop of Chichester; and Thomas, of Red- yale. Passing over many noted names, repre- sentatives of different generations of the family in England, we come to William Reade, "supposed to be the .son of William Reade and Lucy Henage," born in 1605, who .sailed from Gravesend, England, in 1635. He settled in Weymouth, Mass., and was made freeman September 2, 1635. (See "History of the Reed Family," by Jacob W. Reed. Published in 1861.) From William Reed, of Weymouth, the line is thus traced: William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Thomas, and Isaac, to Will- iam Lincoln Reed, of Brockton, who is of the seventh generation from his Colonial ancestor. His grandfather, Thomas Reed, who was the possessor of extensive landed estates, was a man of unusual strength of character. He had a large frame, standing over si.\ feet in height, and was endowed with great i«)wers of endurance. Isaac Reeil, son of Tiiomas, was a well-to-do farmer, a worthy and highly re- spected citizen. He died in 1847. His wife, Nancy, who was a daughter of Caleb Lincoln, of Taunton, Mass., whose ancestors were among the early and prominent settlers of Taunton and Hingham, died in 1S74. Their son, William L. Reed, the subject of this sketch, received a common-school educa- tion in his native town. His first work was on his father's farm; but agricultural labor was not to his taste, and he learned the shoe- maker's trade, which he followed for a num- ber of years. In 1853 he started in business as a shoe manufacturer, in a shop connected with his house, cutting his stock, and sending it out to be made up. Two years later his in- creasing business demanded more commodious quarters, and he moved into rooms over the store of Randall Cook, where he remained five years. In i860 he built what was then con- sidered a large factory, near the railroad sta- tion at South Abington (now Whitman); and in 1866 he formed a copartnership with Joseph Burrage, of Boston, under the firm name of Burrage & Reed. This partnership lasted si.x years, Mr. Burrage dying in 1862; and Mr. Reed's ne.xt associate was David B. Closson, of Boston. Soon after changing the firm name to Reed & Closson, he enlarged his factory, and in 1879, a further addition being requireil, the factory was lengthened by eighty-two feet. It was then two hundred and thirty-two feet long, thirty-five feet wide, and four stories high. About three hun- dred hands were employed, and the business amounted annually to over four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In 1883 the factory, with all its costly machinery and a large amount of raw material, was destroyed by fire; and Mr. Reed did not take the trouble to re- build. Since that time he has not been in active business. He was engaged in manu- facturing for thirty-five years, and in the latter part of that period he had a business of over half a million dollars a year; and he takes pride in the fact that he has always paid dollar for dollar. Mr. Reed has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was united June 6, 1847, was Deborah W. , daughter of Ziba Chessman, of Weymouth, Mass. She died in 3So BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Whitman in 1884, leaving three children: Walter Lincoln Reed, who lives on the Reed homestead in Whitman; Anna Gertrude, the wife of George E. Keith, of Campello; and Sarah Chessman, who married the Rev. John T. Blades, a former pastor of the South Con- gregational Church of Campello, and after his death became the wife of Rufus B. Keith, of Campello, a sketch of whom may be found on another page. Two other children, an infant daughter, and a boy of six years, named Will- iam Bradford, died before the mother passed away. On June 15, 1887, Mr. Reed was again married, to Mrs. Georgietta A. Richardson Clark, of Brockton, formerly of Medford, Mass.; and one of liis wedding presents was a handsome gold watch, ]iresciited by his townsmen in Whitman. Mr. Reed is a Republican, and has been elected to several important positions of public trust. He was in the State legislature in 1858 and 1859, representing Abington, and in the latter year served on the Joint Com- mittee on Towns. In 1865 he was elected to the State Senate from the Second Plymouth District, and served on the Standing Com- mittee on Leave of Absence, the Joint Com- mittee on Prisons, and the Joint Special Committee on Annexation of Roxbury to Bos- ton. He was returned to the Senate in 1866, and served as Chairman of the Joint Com- mittee on Prisons and the Joint Special Com- mittee on Cost of State Aid; and, re-elected in 1867, he presided as Chairman of the same committees, and was a member of the Com- mittee on the Hoosac Tunnel and the Troy & Greenfield Railroad. He was a member of Governor Claflin's Council, from the Second Councillor District, for i87oand 1871, was a member of Governor Washburn's Council in 1872, serving on the Committees on Hoosac Tunnel, Troy & Greenfield Railroad, Military Affairs, and the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad. He is prominent in the Masonic brother- hood, having first joined in 1861 the John Cutter Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Abington, from which he withdrew to join the Puritan Lodge at South Abington (Whitman), of which he is a charter member. He belongs to Pilgrim Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; is a charter member of the Old Colony Command- ery of Knights Templars; and has held the chairs of Select Master, Royal Master, and Super-excellent Master in the Boston Council of Royal and Select Masters. He withdrew from the Boston Council to become a member of the Abington Council. Mr. Reed belongs to the Commercial Club of Brockton, an asso- ciation of prominent business men. He attends public worship at the New Jerusalem church (Swedenborgian) ; and, though not a professing Christian, in his life he has always exemplified the essential rules of Christian conduct, and he has been a liberal contributor to religious projects. Endowed with a keen sense of honor and actuated by sound ethical principles, he has acquired popularity even among his political opponents; and his genial and attractive man- ners and active interest in all local improve- ments have won the regard of his townsmen. As an evidence of the esteem in which he is held, it may be stated that after the burning of his factory a citizens' meeting was called at South Abington to express sympathy for his loss. On this occasion ex-Congressman Ben- jamin W. Harris spoke in part, as follows: " I came over from my home to express my deep sympathy for my friend, the Hon. Will- iam L. Reed. I have known Mr. Reed for more than thirty years. He began life as a mechanic at the bottom of the ladder, and by untiring industry, strict economy, and unvary- AUGUSTUS COLE. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW i!^i ini;' intcL,Mity lias won his way up to his high position as a successful business man in the community. He is entitled to active and helj)ful sympathy. My acquaintance with him has been largely in the social and public rela- tion. In public trust, as well as in business relations, he has made an honorable and eniluring record. During his long public service I have yet to hear of his lacking any- thing of strict integrity and honorable pur- pose. In his business life he has attained an equally enviable reputation." Mr. Reed has many friends in Whitman, where he resided for si.xty years, where his first wife died, and where his son is now livins:. UGUSTUS COLK, formerly of the enterprising firm of Cole & Jenkins, grain dealers at Scituate Harbor, is now engaged in farming in Scituate. A son of Captain Augustus and Sallie J. (Turner) Cole, botli natives of this town, he was born January I, 1828, on the farm on which he now resides. He is of old New ICngland stock, representing the sixth generation in this country of his father's family, and the seventh of his mother's. The first of his paternal ancestors in Plym- outh County was James Cole, a native of Kent, England, who settled in Scituate on land now owned by E. Parker Welch. Captain Augus- tus Cole was born in the part of Scituate which now constitutes the town of Norwell, and was a lifelong resident of Scituate. His title was conferred upon him as Commander of a company of militia. He was well known and i)opular, and took an active part in the councils of the local Democrats. His wife was a daughter of Nathaniel Turner, a de- scendant of Humphrey Turner, one of the pioneer settlers in Scituate. Of their chil- dren two are living: Augustus, whose name appears at the head of this article; and Esther, wife of H. G. H. Reed. Augustus Cole, as he grew to manhood, acquired a good education in public and pri- vate schools of Scituate. After finishing his studies he was engaged for a number of years in general farming on the home estate; and then, purchasing a grist-mill at Scituate Harbor, he developed a large and prosperous trade in grinding and selling grain of different kinds, and trailing in merchandise between Scituate and New York. Mr. David S. Jenkins was associated with him, the firm name being Cole & Jenkins. For a number of years they conducted a successful business; then the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Cole was employed for some time as purchas- ing agent on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad. In 1883 he retired from business, and settled on his farm in Scituate. In November, 1849, he was united in mar- riage with Paulina Brown, daughter of the late William Brown, of Scituate. Six children have blessed their union, four of whom are living; namely, Charles A., Frank H., Ed- ward A., and Henry T. Mr. Cole votes the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Satuit Lodge of Scituate. TIS WHITE, a well-to-do farmer of Duxbury, was born in the house he now occupies, November 12, 1830, son of Briggs and Judith (Ransom) White. Mr. White's great-grandfather. Carpus White, is believetl to have been killed in one of the early wars, and his grandfather, Joseph White, was a resident of Duxbury. Briggs White, father of Otis, was a lifelong resident of this town, and owned the farm which is now the property of his son. For 384 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW some time he followed the trade of a tanner; but his principal occupation was general farm- ing, and he tilled the soil with prosperity until his death, which took place in 1847. In politics he supported the Whig part}', and he attended the Unitarian church. His wife, Judith, survived him for many years, dying in the fall of 1 88 1. Of her children there are three survivors, namely: Otis, the subject of this sketch; Mary, wife of William T. Will- cott, of Duxbury; and Emma, who resides in this town. Otis White was educated in the common schools of Duxbury, and at an early age en- gaged in agricultural pursuits at the home- stead. He succeeded to the ownership of the property, which consists of two hundred acres of fertile land, and he devotes his attention to general farming. Capable and industrious, he has attained a high degree of prosperity, and is considered by his fellow-townsmen as one of the most wealthy farmers in Dux- bury. Mr. White is unmarried. In politics he acts with the Republican party. He has witnessed with satisfaction the advance and improvement of this historic town, and he possesses in high measure the esteem and good will of his fellow-citizens. \ELEG T. BROOKS, agent for the New York & Boston Despatch Com- pany in Kingston, was born in Dux- bury, Mass., in Ma)', 1830, son of Nathan and Caroline (Tupper) Brooks. Mr. Brooks's father was a native of Scituate, Mass., and a descendant of an early settler of that town. He was a hatter by trade, and in young man- hood settled in Duxbury. but some time later moved to Kingston, where he resided for over fifty years. He served for twenty-eight con- secutive years as Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector, and was a Representative to the legislature for one term. He was a self-made man, who was obliged to make his own way in life from early boyhood, and by his death, which took place in 1882, Kingston lost one of its most able and useful citizens. He was for many years identified with the Unitarian church, and at times officiated as a Deacon. His wife, Caroline Tupper Brooks, was a native of Kingston. She died in 1877. Peleg T. Brooks accompanied his parents to Kingston when he was three years old, and his education was acquired in the common schools of this town. In early manhood he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a number of years. Subsequently relinquishing that calling, he was for a time employed in a livery stable here. He was later engaged in driving a stage coach from Duxbury to Kings- ton, which he continued to do for twenty years; and during this time he established what was known as Brooks Express, for the purpose of transporting merchandise between Duxbury and Boston, by the way of Kingston. When the South Shore Railroad was extended through Duxbury, he was forced to abandon the stage business, and also the express busi- ness, as far as that town was concerned, but continued to attend to the Kingston branch of his line until he consolidated with the New York & Boston Despatch Company, a few years ago. Besides being the agent of this company in Kingston, he has a financial in- terest in the enterprise. Mr. Brooks is a Democrat politically, and has long been identified with public affairs in Kingston. For a number of years he served as Registrar of Voters ; and he represented the Second Plymouth District in the legisla- ture for the years 1886 and 1887, during which time he was a member of the Committee on Roads and Bridges. He is a member of i BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 38s Corner Stone Lodge, A. V. & A. M., of Dux- bury; is a charter member of Adams Lodge^ Intlependent Order of Odd l'"ellows, of Kings- ton ; and is widely and favorably known as an upright, intelligent, and useful citizen. M R. GKORGK L. NMCWCOMH is an old and reliable physician of North Scituate, having been in active prac- tice here for over thirty years. Dr. Newcomb obtained his initial practice in surgery in military hospitals at the time of the war, and has the skill and insight peculiar to army sur- geons, lie was born in Scituate, March 19, 1832, a son of Captain Levi and Joan (Stud- ley) Newcomb. Levi Newcomb was born in I'rovincetown, and, like most of the boys of the old Ca])e town, went to sea when quite young. He sailed as captain for a number of years, and then, retiring, settled in Scituate. In politics he was a Republican. He died in 1879, aged ninety-one. Mrs. Newcomb, who was born in Scituate, was a daughter of Lewis and Lucy (Dunbar) Studley. Lewis Studley was a house carpenter, a well-known citizen of Scituate. His wife was a daughter of Squire Jesse Dunbar, a leading man of Scituate Harbor. Mrs. Newcomb lived to be even older than iicr husband, attaining the great age of ninety-three. She passed away No- vember 13, icSgS- George L. Newcomb receivetl his early edu- cation in the public schools of Scituate, and after leaving school was employed for a while as clerk in a store in Cohasset. He read medicine for two years before the breaking out of the war with Dr. Clark, a reputable jihysician of Scituate, and Dr. Thomas Deer- ing, a prominent medical practitioner of Hraintree, Mass. In the fall of 1862, under a special call from President Lincoln, he was enrolled in the United .States service for one year, and, assigned to the hospital depart- ment at Washington, was on duty for some time in the Lincoln and Clifburne Hospitals. The experience gained here was of much value in his after life, the quick and diligent prac- tice availing more than years of study of the- ory. After returning from Washington he attended lectures at the Harvard Medical School until qualified in all branches of his profession, and then opened an office at St. Albans, \'t. In 1866 he located in North .Scituate, his home since that time. Hesides his local visiting list, Dr. Newcomb has many outside patients. He is widely known, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the public. In politics he favors the Democratic side. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his native place, and always ready to aid its progress. < ^ • > » OSICrU ADAMS NEWHALL, a retired business man of Hingham, Plymouth County, formerly of the well-known manufacturing firm of Ripley & Newhall, was born in Lynn, Mass., on June 12, 1822. His parents were Allen and Martha (Adams) Newhall, and his paternal grand- father was Allen Newhall, Sr. , who was born in Lynn, March 6, 1771, and was a shoemaker by trade. The family is one of the oldest in I^sscx County. The two immigrant progenitors were Thomas and Anthony Newhall, brothers, who came, it is sujjposed, from England. Ac- cording to the genealogical record of the early American Newhalls in the "Essex Institute Historical Collections," volumes .Will, and XIX., Allen Newhall, Sr., above mentioneil, was a son of Hanson Newhall; and from him the line is traced back through Joseph, who is thought to have been the father of Hanson; 386 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Samuel, father of Joseph; and Thomas, sec- ond, father of Saumel; to Thomas, first, who settled in Lynn about 1630. Thomas, sec- ond, is said to have been the first child of luiropean parentage born in Lynn. Allen Newhali, son of Allen, Sr., born in Lynn, Mass., on December 7, 1793, learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed dur- ing the greater part of his mature life in Dor- chester, Mass. In politics he was a Whig. He married Martha, daughter of Joseph Adams, of Danvers, Mass. They had six children, only two of whom are lining: Joseph Adams, the subject of this biography; and Martha Frances, who married Waterman Thomas Burrell, of Weymouth, Mass., and has two children — Waterman Thomas and Mary Waterman. Allen Newhali died in Dor- chester, at the age of fifty-five; and his wife, who was born Ajiril 5, 1796, died in Hing- ham, Mass., in 1878, aged eighty-two years. They were both highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Joseph A. Newhali, the eldest son and child of his parents, acquired his education in the Dorchester schools; and when quite young he learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Milton, Mass., where he remained four years, working for a short time thereafter in Boston. For the ne.xt two years he was located in Dorchester, and the year following in Ouincy, Mass. In 1840, after a short sojourn in Dorchester, he came to Hingham, and worked one year at his trade. Then, buying a half-interest in the N. Ripley & Co. firm, he engaged in the man- ufacture of all kinds of first-class furniture, the firm's name becoming Ripley & Newhali. This partnership lasted nearly forty years, Mr. Newhali retiring from business in 1880. Mr. Newhali was first married to Lucy Ann Lincoln, daughter of Marshall and Lucy (Stoddard) Lincoln. She was born in Ming- ham, April 16, 1822, and dietl September 3, 1850, at the age of twenty-eight, leaving one son, Joseph Adams, who died in infancy. On October 28, 185 i, Mr. Newhali married his first wife's sister, Elizabeth Waterman Lincoln. Marshall Lincoln, the father of the two Mrs. Newhalls, was a son of Joseph Lincoln, born in Hingham, December 28, 1753, who married July i, 1784, .Susanna Marsh, a daughter of Ephraim Marsh, of this town, and had a family of seven children, Marshall being the second-born. His grandfather, Joseph Lincoln, Sr., served in the War of 1S12, on the armed brig "Hazard," and was taken prisoner at Halifax in 18 14, when Canada was invaded. He died April 13, 1816. Stephen Stoddard, father of Mrs. Lucy Stoddard Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Sep- tember 5, 1756, and died October 6, 1835, aged seventy-nine years. In the war of the Revolution he served as a non-commissioned officer in Colonel Greaton's regiment, in 1775 at Nantasket, and subsequently in New York and Rhode Island. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. His first wife, Lucy, died in 1789, aged thirty-four years; and his second wife, Mary, died November 12, 1854, aged eighty-nine years. In politics Mr. Newhali affiliates with the Republican party. Fraternally, he is identi- fied with Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hingham, officiating as one of the Stew- ards. Personally, he is a man of sterling character, highly respected as merchant, citi- zen, and friend. In religious belief he and his wife are Universalists. AMES N. TURNER, a resident of Scituate, and a descendant of one of its founders, was born in this town, May 28, 1S34, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ellms) BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 387 Turner. His parents were natives of this town, as was also liis granclfatlior, Nathaniel Turner; and the family trace their lineage directly to Humphrey Turner, a member of the colony from Kent, Kiigland, which settled here soon after the establishment of the Plymouth Col- ony. Nathaniel Turner, father of James N., followed the sea for more tlian twenty years. He passed his last years upon tiie farm which is now occu]iicd by his son, and died May 31, 1872, being nearly seventy years old. His wife, Mary ICllms Turner, became the mother of two children: James N., the subject of this sketch; and Mary, who is no longer living. James N. Turner was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the ship-carpen- ter's trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years with J. T. Foster, a shiji-builder in Medford, Mass. He subsequently followed that trade for about twenty years. A short time previous to his father's death he returned to the old homestead in Scituate, and has since carried on the farm. He owns some forty acres of fertile land, from the cultivation of which he derives a good income. On May '7. '"''59' Mr. Turner married Lizzie W. Cottle, a native of Martha's Vineyard, and daughter of Charles and Mary (Norton) Cottle, also natives of tiiat island. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have had six chiklren, four of whom are living, namely: Nathaniel, a civil engineer, and engineer-in-chief of the Monterey & Mexican Gulf Railroad in Mex- ico; Charles C, a contractor and builder of Canton, Mass. ; James VV. and George F., who are residing at home. Tiie deceased are: Frederick F. and Mary li. Mr. Turner is a Republican in politics. He is a thrifty and industrious farmer, a man of high moral character, and one of Scituate's most esteemed citizens. LRRHk;1-: II. CHANDLFR, a member of the Hoard of Selectmen of Duxbury, Mass., was born in this town, June 17, 1842, son of Klbridge and Martha (Chand- ler) Chandler. The Chandler family of Dux- bury was founded in America by Edmund Chandler, an ICnglishman, who settled in Dux- bury about 1633. His descendants have con- tinued to reside here, and are traced in the line we are now considering, as follows: Jo- seph, first, son of Edmund, the original set- tler, through Joseph, second, I'hilip, and Perez, to Wadsworth, I'llbridge H. Chandler's grandfather. Wadsworth Chandler was a life- long resident of Duxbury, but some of his brothers settled elsewhere. Two of them, Seth and Benjamin Chandler, i)oth of whom were doctors, represented the district of Maine in the General Court of Massachusetts, before that State was set off from this Common- wealth. El bridge Chandler, son of Wadsworth, was born in Duxbury, October 15, i.Sio. He at- tended the town schools until he was sixteen years old; and he then engaged in farming, which has been his principal occupation through life. Settling upon the farm where he now resides, he tilled the soil successfully during the rest of his active period, and, aside from his legitimate calling, he became widely known for his ability and activity in local public affairs. For thirteen years he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, of which he served as Chairman for a considerable length of time. He held other town offices, and in 1855 he represented this town in the legislature. In politics he was originally a Whig, but has acted with the Republican party since its formation, ami for many years was identified with all measures for public improvement in this town. He is now in his eighty - seventh year. His wife, Martha 388 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Chandler, reared two children, namely: El- bridge H., the subject of this sketch; and Horace, who is no longer living. Elbridge H. Chandler began his education in the common schools, and completed his/ y I/John Delano at the age' of seventy-eight Academy. ■ years is a hale and vigorous man. He has course of study at the Duxbury Academy He taught school for a short time, and then learned the bricklayer's trade, which he fol- lowed for a number of years. He was one of the contractors engaged in building the Cord- age Company's plant in Plymouth. In 1872 his health failed, causing him to relinquish his business, and since that time he has re- sided at the homestead farm. In politics he is a Republican. He is now serving his sec- ond year as a member of the Board of Select- men, has been a member of the School Com- mittee for several years, and is also a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Chandler married Sylvia ]^. Atwell, daughter of Samuel Atwell, late of Duxbury. They have three children, namely: Martha B., wife of Chester , A. Baker, of Kingston; Henry W., a member of the Whitman Grain and Coal Company, of Whitman, Mass.; and Helen B. As an honorable and straightforward busi- ness man Mr. Chandler has gained the confi- dence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen, who, in testimony of their faith in his ability, have elected liim Treasurer and a Trustee of the Duxbury P'ree Library, and a Trustee of the Partridge Academy Fund. He is a member and Past Grand of Mattakesett Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Delano, and doulJthrss- a descendant of Philip De La Noye, who came to Plymouth in the "F'ortune" in 1623, and was the founder of the Delano family in New plngland. -t -OHN W. DELANO, who for many years has been closely associated with the leading interests of Marion, Plym- outh County, was born i 1 this town at Upper Village, April 16, 1852. He is a son of John years is a naie and vigorous man. nc nas followed the trade of ship-l|iuilder the larger portion of his long and useful life, although during the war he served as Quartermaster eighteen months, being Icjcated at Charles- town, Mass. ; and he was for a time employed as constructor of the Pacific Guano Company, near Beaufort, S. C. His wife7-'wlTOse_Jimii.LeiL__ fiinie was Myra'l^eifsoiif^was a native-of Ncw- buigh, N.Y. She bore him seven children, namely: William H. C, now a manufacturer^^ resitT-Y,_;IJzzie R^-J-obfl— _W-, the subject of tTiis brief biograph-iea^— ■sketdrt— -George M., a farmer -ixi Maiiow-f R- obe it T., a'Tientist at Wareham, this county; Adolphus, who was accidentally drowned about thirty years ago; and Myra, who- died h\ ~TTrfa+i-Gy. , Jnhn W. Delano passed his boyhood days in Marion, and after leaving the district school attended the Rochester Academy for a time. At the age of fifteen years he made his way to Boston, where he shipped as a deck hand on board a vessel bound for the British provinces. The following year he was a seaman on a whaling vessel, and the next two sunmiers was engaged in coasting. He then spent three years as an apprentice in a carpenter's shop in Boston, after which he worked for Norcross Brothers, of Worcester, Mass., two years. In 1876, giving up carpentering, Mr. Delano entered the employ of Captain A. S. Gurney, flour, grain, and coal mercliant in Wareham, but continued his residence in Marion. In 1887 Mr. Delano was elected Represen- tative to the State legislature, in which he served two consecutive years. In 1890 he JOHN W. DELANO. 1 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 39' was appointed Deputy Fish Commissioner, anil the chitics of tiiis office have since required his entire time, he being acting su[)crinten- dent of the Hatching Department of the Mas- sachusetts Fish and Game Commission. He taives an active part in the management of local affairs, and is at the present time serving his second term as Selectman of Marion. \n poli- tics he is a stanch Democrat, and his election to prominent offices in this Republican strong- hold is a gratifying testimonial to his popu- larity with all parties. Mr. Delano is a mem- ber of Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Marion. Mr. Delano was married November 26, 1875, to Miss ]{stella I.. Gurney, who is a daughter of Captain A. S. Gurney, of Marion, and was born and reared in this town. Mr. and Mrs. Delano have three children — Walter S., Estelle R., and I'Jmira B., all living at home. "ON. CHARLKS GIDEON DAVIS, Judge of the Third District Court of ^ * Plymouth, is one of the few surviv- ing leaders of the Abolition movement. He was born May 30, 1820, in Plymouth, son of William and Joanna (White) Davis. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Davis, was a son of Thomas and Catherine (Wendell) Davis. The wife of Thomas Davis, Sr., be- longed to the Albany, N.Y., family of Wen- dells," to which Wendell Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes were related. The mother of Judge Davis was of the seventh generation from Peregrine White, who was born on the " .M.U'fiower." By the death of her husband in 1 824, she was left a widow with five children. All the children, except Sarah, who died in childhood, reached maturity. The Hon. Will- iam T. Davis, the younger brother of Judge Davis, has also won a distinguished name. Charles Gideon Davis was sent to a private school in Hingham when ten years of age. After finishing his studies there he attended the Plymouth High School until the spring of 1836. Then he went to Uridgcwater, and completed his preparation for college. He was graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1840, and throughout the following year studied law in the office of the Hon. Jacob H. Loud, of Plymouth. He further qualifieil himself for tiie legal profession by a year's attendance in the Dane Law School of Harvard, and a year's work in the office of Hubbard & Watts, of Hoston, after which, in August, 1843, he was admitted to the bar. Thereupon he opened an office in Hoston with William H. Whitman as partner. Subse- quently he was associated with George P. Sanger and .Seth Webb. In 1S51 he was obliged to abandon the Hoston office on account of bronchial trouble. At that time he purchased a farm on the outskirts of Plym- outh, and in the following year built on the property the house in which he still lives. He did not retire from practice altogether on that occasion, as he continued to do a little office work. Almost as soon as Judge Davis was qualified to exercise tiie right of suffrage, he joined in the anti-slavery movement. He was associated with John A. Andrew, the war governor of Massachusetts, F. W. Hird, and others, in opposing the re-election of Robert C. Winthrop to Congress in 1846, and he offered in Faneuil Hall the resolution which first nominated Charles Sumner for that honor. He attended the National Wiiig Convention of 1848, lield in I'iiiladelphia, which nomi- nated General Zachary Taylor for President : and two weeks later he was present at the "Barn-burners" " Convention in Utica, N.V., which nominated Martin Van Huren as the Presidential candidate of the I'ree Soil 392 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW party. Judge Davis subsequently joined the ranks of tlie Free Soilers. During all this time he was an ardent Abolitionist, and in 185 1 he was tried before a United States Commissioner for assisting in the rescue of the negro, Shadrach, claimed as a fugitive slave. He was a delegate to the Massachu- setts Constitutional Convention, held in 1853; and in 1854 and 1S55 he was Chairman of the Republican State Committee. In 1856 he was one of the four Massachusetts members of the convention at Pittsburg that organized the Republican party; and in June of the same year he was a delegate to the national conven- tion which nominated Fremont for President. As a member of the State legislature in 1862, he was House Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue under Lincoln, and subse- quently held that office until April, 1869. Shortly after that date he sailed with his family for Europe, and remained abroad until August, 1870. His next appearance in public affairs was made at the mass convention held in Cincinnati, which nominated Horace Greeley for the Presidency. At that time he became associated with the Democratic party, and he has since voted with the Democratic party, has been a Democratic candidate for Congress, and has served on the Democratic State Committee. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture for twenty-three years, and the President of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society for twenty years. Upon the incorporation of the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1862, he was appointed a Trustee of the institution by the legislature, and subsequently served as such until 1887. He was a Trustee of the Samoset House from 1850 to 1869. He has been a Trustee of the Pilgrim Society since 1S53, and was elected an Overseer of Harvard in 1859. While a student at Harvard he be- came a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He has aided materially in the development of Plymouth by erecting many business blocks and private residences, and setting out over four hundred elms. In 1874 he was appointed Judge of the Third District Court of Plym- outh, over which he has now presided for twenty-two years. (For the facts here stated the publishers are indebted to the work en- titled "One of a Thousand.") Judge Davis was married in Plymouth, No- vember 19, 1845, to Hannah S. , daughter of Colonel John B. and Mary Howland (Le Baron) Thomas. He has been the father of four children. Of these there are living: Joanna White, now the wife of Richard H. Morgan, of New Bedford; and Charles S., a resident of Plymouth, and a promising lawyer in that town. AMES F. HAMMOND, of Mattapoi- sett, has long been identified with the town government, acting in different official capacities. He was born in this town, February 17, 1852, a son of William and Jane (Snow) Hammond. His father was engaged in the manufacture of soap at one time, in which line he did quite an extensive business. He also was one of the first to engage in the culture of cranberries in this part of the State. James F. Hammond was educated in the public schools of his native town. When twenty-one years old he began to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, and was employed for six years in New I3edford, part of the time as foreman in a novelty manufactory. He then returned to Mattapoisett, where he has since been chiefly engaged in cranberry culture. He is a man of ability and good judgment and has been successful in life. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 393 Mr. Hammnml was married in 1871 to Miss Rebecca Cowcn, daughter of Abner and Lydia Cowen, of Mattapoisett. He lias one child, William 11. In ])olitics he is a Republican; antl he votes always for the measures that are, in his judgment, calculated to i^romote the best interests of the town. He has served as Selectman of Mattapoisett three years, as Assessor and as Overseer of the Poor ; and he has been Postmaster of l-'ast Mattapoisett five years. He is prominent as an Odd I'"ellow; and he is also one of the Charter members of the Mattapoisett Grange,No. 215, Patrons of Husbandry, in which he at present holds the office- of Treasurer. T^APTAIX BKNJAMIN F. GH^BS, I Sp Chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen ^^ ^ of Wareham, Mass., and port war- ilen of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound, was born at sea. May 28, 1820. His father, Stejihen (libbs, was a seafaring man, and his mother, whose maiden name was Louisa I'ear- ing, sometimes accompanied her husband on a voyage. When Benjamin I-". was two months old the couple settled in Wareham, Mass., Stephen Gibbs then retiring from the sea, purchasing a homestead in this town. Here he and his wife died and are buried. 'I'hey had three children: Charles Gibbs, M.I)., who was lost when the steamship "Cen- tral ^America" went down in 1857; a child who tlied in infancy; and Benjamin I-"., the special subject of the present sketch. Benjamin 1'". Gibbs acquired a fair educa- tion in the public schools of Wareham. When he was sixteen years of age he took to his native element, the sea, shipping on a whaling vessel from New Bedford, which made a com- paratively short voyage. On his second trip he sailed as a common seaman an^l was gone two years, cruising in the South Atlantic Ocean. He ne.xt went as boat steerer on a whaling expedition to the Indian Ocean, and was out from the home i)ort two years. By this time he was thoroughly versed in naviga- tion, and when he sailed again it was as thiril mate of a whaler bound lor the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He rose rapidly, making his ne.xt voyage as second mate, and the ne.xt on a whaling voyage to the coasts of New Zealand and California as mate. In 1847 he sailed for the first time as Cap- tain, and for fourteen years he voyaged back and forth between New Bedford and the whal- ing grounds, each time as master of a vessel. He sailed in the Okhotsk Sea and the Arctic Ocean, also in the waters of Japan before the treaty was made with that country; and he likewise cruised along the coast of California toward the northern seas, visiting nearly every quarter of the globe, passing through the ex- treme heat of the torrid belts antl running the gauntlet of huge icebergs in the polar regions. His wife accompanied him on two voyages to the Arctic Ocean. He was successful and fortimate, bringing home generous cargoes of whale oil, and meeting with few mishaps; and, as he purchased shares in the vessels which he sailed, he realized a comfortable income. In 1861 he retired from the sea, settling on the farm which had been his father's. Captain Gibbs at one time owned all the land where Onset is now. His property at present covers two hundred acres; and his farm, on which he has made all the imiirovements, is a \ory val- uable one. In politics Captain Gibbs is a Republican. He represented Wareham in the State legis- lature in 1862 and 1S63. He .served as Se- lectman from 1862 to 1865, and was re-elected in 1869, since which date he has remained continuously in office, and has been Chairman 394 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the board sixteen years. He has served as Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, and has been in office as Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He is well known throughout Plym- outh County, and has the respect of all. YRON L. KEITH, Vice-President and Superintendent of the George I{. Keith Company shoe fac- tory of Brockton, Mass., was born in this city, March 26, 1S59, son of Franklin and Betsy (Bailey) Keith. The following account of the family ances- try we glean from the "Keith Memorial," pre- pared and published by the Hon. Ziba Cary Keith in 1889. Robert Keith is mentioned in Brown's "Peerage" as a chieftain among the Catti, from which the name Keith is said to be derived. In 1006 a.d., at the battle of Panbridge, Robert slew Comus, the Danish general, for which service King Malcolm drew red strokes or pales on his shield, which was the origin of their armorial bearings. In loio he was made hereditary Mareschal of Scotland, and presented with a barony and the Island of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth. Robert's descendant, Sir William Keith, mar- ried a daughter of the Earl of Crawford, and they had a son, also named William, who was created Earl Mareschal previous to 1458. The title descended lineally to William, third Earl, who was the father of two sons — Robert and William, the former of whom was slain at the battle of Flodden Hill. William was the father of a son, William, the fourth Earl, whose grandson, George, the fifth Earl, was the founder of Mareschal College in Aberdeen. He married Lord Hume's daughter. George, the tenth PZarl, was a Colonel in Queen Anne's Guards. His brother James was a Field Marshal in the service of Peter the Great of Russia, and later served with the same rank in the Prussian Army, being killed at the battle of Ilochkirch with the Austrians in 1758. The king of Prussia erected a mon- ument to his memory. The Rev. James Keith, the founder of the family in America, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1644, and came to this country in 1662. He was introduced to the church in Bridgewater, Mass., by Increase Mather, D.D., and settled over that parish on February 18, 1664. He was twice married. By his first wife, with whom he was united on May 3, 1668, Susanna, daughter of Deacon Samuel Edson, he had nine children; namely, James, Joseph, Samuel, Timothy, John, Josiah, Mar- garet, Mary, and Susanna. Mrs. Susanna Keith died October 16, 1705, at the age of sixty-five years. Mr. Keith's second wife was Mary, widow of Thomas Williams, of Taunton, Mass. The Rev. James Keith died July 2^, 1719- The house he occupied in Bridgewater is still standing. Timothy, the fourth son of the Rev. James Keith, was born in 1683. He married Han- nah, daughter of Deacon Edward Forbes, and they had four children — Timothy, Abiah, Nathan, and Hannah. The father died No- vember 3, 1767. Timothy, second, who died in 1740, at the age of twenty-nine years, mar- ried Bethiah, daughter of William Ames, on June 2, 1737, and their two children were Levi and Timothy. Levi, born August 25, 1738, married Jemima, daughter of Mark Per- kins, on November 8, 1759. Their children were: Bethiah, Timothy, Reuben, Benjamin, Jemima, Jemima, second, Molly, Levi, Molly, second, and Anna. Levi Keith owned a tan- nery at the corner of Montello and Garfield Streets. He was also a shoe manufacturer, being the pioneer of that industry here. His residence was on the corner of Maine and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 395 Plain Streets, where the George E. Keith mansion now stands. Levi Keith accumulated considerable property, and was an influential citizen. He died in 1.S13. Henjamin Keith, tliird son of Levi, owned an extensive tract of land, on ALain Street, and engaged piincipall)' in farming, though he also made shoes, and operated his father's tannery. On December 18, 1788, he married ALartha, daughter of Simeon Gary, by which alliance there were seven children; namely, Ziba, Arza, Hela, Charles, Pcdly, Jason, and lienjamin. Mr. Henjamin Keith died Sep- tember g, 1814. His wife lived until June 10, 1852, dying at the age of eighty-six years. Ziba Keith, son of Henjamin and Martha (Gary) Keith, was born November 10, 1/89, at the old homestead on Main Street. In early life he was a shoemaker, carrying on the business in the old Red Shop of his ancestors, where he also instructed his sons in the trade. On May 29, 18 16, he was commissioned by Governor Brooks as Ensign in a company of the Third Regiment of Infantry; and on De- cember 5, 1S22, he was promoted to Captain, which title he retained through life. Just and upright in all his dealings, and a kind neighbor, he was much respected. On November 25, 1813, Captain Ziba Keith married Sally Cary, daughter of Jonathan Cary, by which union there were nine chil- dren: Henjamin; I-"ranklin; Martha C. ; Martin, who died in infancy; Martin L. ; Nancy, who died in early life; David and Jonathan, twins, the former of whom died in infancy; and Levi W. Mrs. Sally C. Keith died September 26, 1832. On March 13, 1834, Captain Keith married Holly, daughter of Daniel Noyes, of Abington. Hy his sec- ond marriage there were three sons — Daniel N., Kdwin, and Ziba Cary. The father died September 28, 1862, and the mother, June 14, 1882. Franklin, the second son of Ziba Keith, was born January 28, 18 16. After acquiring a common-school education, he engaged in the shoe business witii his brother, Martin L. During the Civil War they dissolved partner- shi]3, Mr. Franklin Keith carrying on the business alone until within a few years of his death, which occurred A])ril 7, 1877, at the age of sixty-one years. He served as Select- man, and in other ofifices. On October 8, 1840, he married Betsy Bailey, of Sidney, Me., by which union there are six children: the Rev. A. F. Keith, who is now located in California; Helen Maria; l""lavel B. ; George E. ; D. Cary; and Myron L., the subject of this biography. Mr. I'ranklin Keith was a member of the South Congregational Church, of which he officiated as Collector and Treas- urer, and as a member of the Parish Commit- tee. E.xemplary in his walk and conversation, he was highly respected. He was the head of a family which has figured conspicuously in the business history of Campello, and was the progenitor of sons whose careers have been marked in the mercantile world, and in vari- ous spheres of social and moral activity. Myron L. Keith, after completing his edu- cation in the Brockton schools, served as book- keeper in the shoe factory of his brother, Flavel H., with whom he remained until March, 1883. He then entered the employ of his brother, George E., as superintendent of his large shoe factory. In January, 1897, the business of George E. Keith was formed into a corporation, under the laws of Massachu- setts, with a capital of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, called the George E. Keith Company. Myron L. became one of the stockholders, and was elected Vice-President and a Director of the same. Their shoe 396 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW factory, which is located at Campello, near the railroad station, is the largest in the city, and employs some seven hundred hands. On January 6, 1886, he was married to L. Ada, daughter of Henry Cummings, of Boston, by which alliance there has been a daughter, Edith, born April 23, 1889, who died in in- fancy. In 18S5 Mr. Keith built a residence on Plain Street near Main, where he still re- sides. In politics Mr. Keith affiliates with the Republican party, and for a number of years was clerk of the Republican City Committee of Brockton. Officially, he is a Director in the Boot and Shoe Sole-Laying Company of Boston, and a Trustee in the Brockton City Hospital. Fraternally, Mr. Keith is a Mason, and at the present time he is Senior Warden of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Campello; a member of Satucket Royal Arch Chapter; Organist of Brockton Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Senior Warden of Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Brockton. In religious belief he is a Congregational ist, being a member of the South Church and Parish. In the parish he has officiated as clerk for the last twelve years. (^AMES A. VAUGHN, Postmaster and Town Treasurer of Carver, Plymouth County, Mass., was born on the Vaughn homestead in this town, April 26, 1849. He is a son of Thomas and Mercy Carver (Sher- man) Vaughn, both natives of Carver. His parents had nine children, of whom si.x are living; namely, Theodosia B., Christiana C, Mercy J., James A., Edwin A., and Theodore T. Theodosia B. Vaughn married Augustus L. Thomas, and resides in Middleboro, Mass. ; Mercy C. became the wife of Andrew F. Barrows, who died December 17, 1880; Edwin A. Vaughn is a resident of Whitman. The homestead came into possession of Thomas Vaughn, father of the subject of this sketch, in 1837. James A. Vaughn was reared on the home farm, obtaining his early education in the public schools. Though he went to work when quite young, he did not consider his ed- ucation finished, but took up special studies when twenty-two years of age, attending a business college in Boston. He began to support himself when seventeen years of age, selling nursery stock for Mr. Watson, of Plymouth, in whose employ he remained three years; and, after finishing his commercial course of study at Boston, he went into the nursery business himself on the homestead, where he remained until 1883. In that year he removed to his present location, purchasing twenty-five acres of land; and his business prospered to such an extent that a few years later he bought one hundred acres more adjoin- ing his first purchase. His land includes some fine meadows; and, in addition to his nursery business, he is extensively engaged in cran- berry culture, and also does some lumbering in a small way. As a nurseryman he controls an extensive trade, selling besides well-started trees and plants, seeds of all kinds. Thrifty and enterprising, he has developed an exten- sive business, where another man would be likely to meet with failure, and has won from his fellow-men the respect always given to merited success. Mr. Vaughn was married October 3, 1883, to Miss Desire A. Osborn, daughter of Captain James C. and Achsa Anna Osborn, of Edgar- town, Mass. They have one child, an adopted son, Henry Herbert Vaughn^''' In p^nfical matters Mr. Vaughn is independent, voting for the candidate that he considers best quali- fied to serve the interests of the people. He BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 397 was chosen Town Treasurer in 1893, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. (rrlffiths, and proved so efficient that lie has ■ecn retained in office ever since; and he fias ' oi>n Postmaster of Carver i^mee March 10, : Sqo. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn arc members ol the Baptist church, and he is very active in church wori<, and has served as clerk and as Deacon. He is a representative citizen of Carver, active in business, political, and re- iitrious affairs. KOKGK S. RANDALL, of Marsh- al field Hills, whose violin-case factory at Sea V'iew is one of the important industrial plants of this locality, has long been interested in the manufacture of musical in- struments; and before the [liano had sup- planted the cabinet organ in the homes of the people, he made many organs for the music trade. He was born in W'inthrnp, Me., No- vember II, 1833, a son of IVnuel and lunily (Bakery Randall. I'enucl Randall was a son of Asa Randall, one of the pioneer settlers in the State of Maine. It is said that Asa Randall's wife, Mr. George S. Randall's grandmother, was taken by the Indians when ten years old, dur- ing one of their raids on the white settle- ments, when they carried into captivity all whom they did not butcher. She was held by them until twenty-one years of age, and then, tomahawking seven of the .savages while they were asleep, she made her escape, and found her way through the wilderness to a white settlement I'enuel Randall was a native of the I'inO Tree State. A natural mechanic, he earned a livelihood by expert and skilful man- ual labor, his fine workmanship insuring him constant employment. He was also a music teacher of note. He ilied in 1847, during the Mexican War. Mrs. Randall, after her hus- band's death, married a Mr. Adams, and is still living. George S. Randall in his boyhood attended the common schools of Winthrop, Me., and when he was seven years old he also began to work at .shoemaking. Thrown on his own re- sources at the age of fourteen by the death of his father, at the age of seventeen he was a skilled workman in the "gentle craft of leather." At nineteen he began to learn the trade of cabinet and chair making, which he followed for a number of years. In Ajiril, 1856, he went to Ansonia, Conn., to learn to tune organs; and the following year his em- ployer, Mr. I""isk, took him into partnership, the firm becoming l-'isk & Randall. They engaged in the manufacture of organs and melodeons for six years at Woodbridge, Conn., and then removed to New Haven, where they built a large factory. A few years later Mr. Ivandall disposed of his busi- ness in New Haven to the Schoeninger Organ and Melodeon Company, and removed to Providence, R.I. There was formed the firm of Baker & Randall, cabinet organ manu- facturers, with which he was connected about four years. In 1S72 he removed to Marshfield, and with his brother, William W. Randall, under the firm name of Randall Brothers, established a cabinet organ manufactory. In 1884 the plant was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Randall's brother retired from the business, Mr. Randall himself erecting the Sea View factory, of which he is sole proprietor. Here he carries on a flourishing business, and employs a number of hands, in the bu.sy season working over time. Mr. Randall is considered one of the finest mechanics in the State, whether in wood, iron, or steel, but particularly excelling in wood-work. He has been verv successful 398 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW as a business man, perseveringly working his way, and surmounting all difficulties. He was married September 8, 1856, to Marion A., daughter of Joel and Caroline (Cook) Wilkinson, of Connecticut, her native State. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson died some years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Randall have one of the pleasantest homes in the village of Marsh- field Hills, where pretty residences are the rule. Mr. Randall votes the Republican ticket. He is a public-spirited citizen, es- pecially interested in the cause of education, and is a zealous advocate of good schools. PARKER WELCH, a retired busi- ness man and prominent farmer of Scituate, Mass., was born in this town, November 5, 1833, son of Michael and Sarah (Brown) Welch. His father was a na- tive of Ireland, and his mother a descendant of an old New England family. Michael Welch emigrated to America about the year 1815. He landed at St. John's, Newfoundland, where he was engaged in fish- ing for one summer, and he subsequently worked for a short time in the coal mines of Nova Scotia. From the latter province he came to the United States, and for four years was employed at the United States Marine Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., then under the charge of Colonel Charles Turner. About the year 1830 he settled in South Scituate, now Norwell, where he purchased a small farm ; and, after residing there for several years, he bought the old Turner farm in Scituate, where his son, E. P. Welch, now resides. Michael Welch was an industrious farmer, and an honorable, upright citizen. In the latter part of his life he supported the Republican party in politics. He lived to reach his nine- tieth year, and died in 1892. His wife. Sarah Brown, who was a native of Scituate, died in 1884. She was of patriotic and mili- tary stock. Her great-grandfather and grand- father lost their lives while fighting in the Revolutionary struggle for American indepen- dence; and her father was a soldier in the War of 1812. Of her children there are two survivors, namely: E. Parker, the subject of this sketch; and Sarah E., who resides in Bridgewater, Mass. E. Parker Welch was but a child when his parents removed to the farm which he now owns, and he was here reared to manhood. After acquiring his education in the schools of Scituate he worked at farming. He later engaged in trade, and was for a number of years senior member of the firm of E. P. Welch & Son, dealers in lumber, furniture, and agricultural tools. In 1891 he retired from the business, which is now conducted by his son, George F. , and has since devoted his attention exclusively to agricultural pursuits. The farm of one hundred and fifty-eight acres which he occupies is one of the historical es- tates in Scituate. It is a part of a grant given to a colony of settlers from Kent, England, and consists of two allotments. The part on which the residence now stands was allotted in 1628 to Humphrey Turner, and upon the other portion of the property one William Gilson erected a wind-mill, which was the first of its kind in Scituate. In 1858 Mr. Welch married Mary L. Collier, a native of Scituate. Her father. Captain Peleg Collier, who was a ship-master, was lost at sea. Mrs. Welch died in 1895, leaving si.\ children, as follows: Charles P.; George F. ; William H.; Mary E. , wife of George Walbach : Minnie L. ; and Edith, wife of Ansel Sevan. Mr. Welch is an earnest advocate of tem- perance and total abstinence, in practice sets I '*>«MJ**n- E. PARKER WELCH. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 401 a good example, having never used intoxicat- ing liquors or tobacco. For a number of years he has been associated with the Massa- chusetts Humane Society, as agent of several stations along the coast, ami he takes a great interest in this work. He attends the Metho- dist I'3piscopal church, and in politics he acts with the Republican party. /^TkORGI". G. \\AI.H.\C1I, of .Scituate, V p I who lias a beautiful residence at First Cliff, is well known as a mem- ber of the legal fraternity of Hoston. A son of Captain Louis A. B. and Penelope R. (Williams) Walbach, he was born in I'ikes- ville, Md., September 29, 1852. His grandfather, lirevet Brigadier-General John H. Walbach, was an Alsatian, born in 1766. On coming to this country he joined the regular army, and in 1799 was commis- sioned IJeutenant of Cavalry. During the War of 1812 he was in action at various places, notably Chrystler's farm; and he was in command of the forces at Portsmouth, N.H., during and after that war. It was he who built the Walbach Tower in Portsmouth. He was promoted through the various grades of military rank, retaining his connection with the army up to the time of his death in 1856. Louis A. 15. Walbach was born in Ports- mouth, N.H. He was graduated from the military academy at West Point, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the l"'ourth United States Artillery, being after- ward commissioned First Lieutenant of Artil- lery and Captain of Ordnance. He saw much active service, fighting in the Seminole War in Florida, and in the Mexican War. His death occurred in June, 1853. Captain Wal- bach's wife, a native of Boston, was a daugh- ter of Samuel K. and Elizabeth Winslow (Whitman) Williams. Samuel K. Williams was born in Taunton, Mass., in November, 1785, was educated for the bar, and began the practice of law in Boston in 1804. He was a resident of that city until his death in Novem- ber, 1874. Mrs. Williams was born in Pem- broke, Mass. George G. Walbach was reared in the home of his maternal grandfather, Samuel K. Will- aims, in Boston. He attended the Boston public schools, being in the primary school two years, in the Brimmer School three years, and in the Latin School six years, and, enter- ing Harvard University in 1869, was gradu- ated in 1873, having taken the regular course. He studied law with Chandler, Ware & Hud- son, of Boston, and subsequently at the Boston Law .School, graduating in 1879. Ad- mitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1880, he began to practise in Boston in that year. Mr. Walbach had from boyhood been accustomed to visit Scituate in the summer time, and in 1 888 he became a permanent resident, moving into his pleasant dwelling at First Cliff. In politics Mr. Walbach is a Republican. He was married June 2, 1888, to Mary E., daugh- ter of K. Parker W'elch, an extensive farmer and iirnminent business man of Scituate. GRACE E. BAKER is one of the foremost men of Marshfield, a suc- cessful contractor and builder, and a popular member of society. He was born in Du.xbury, Mass., October 27, 1 831, a son of Captain Otis and Sally (Sampson) Baker. Otis Baker was born in Duxbury, and at- tended school in that town until fourteen years of age. He began to follow the sea when quite young, and sailed for a number of years, commanding different vessels sailing from Duxbury. During the War of 1S12 he 402 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW was in the United States service. He event- ually retired from the sea, and, purchasing a farm at Marshfield Neck, devoted the rest of his life to the pursuit of agriculture. He married Sally, daughter of Oliver Sampson, whose father, Anthony Sampson, of Duxbury, was a great-grandson of Henry Sampson, one of the "Mayflower " Pilgrims. (See "Samp- son Genealogy.") In politics Captain Baker was a Democrat. Mrs. Sally S. Baker, who is a native of Kingston, Mass., and is now in her ninety-eighth year, is to-day one of the few surviving pensionaries on account of ser- vices in the War of i8i2, her late husband's claim having been recognized by the govern- ment. Four of her children are living: Leonard C. ; Horace E. ; Henry A. ; and Ann Maria, widow of Charles A. Walker, of Marshfield. Horace E. Baker was educated in the com- mon schools of Marshfield, his parents remov- ing to this town when he was about five years old. His schooling was limited, being con- fined to attendance in the winter season only, and ending when he was seventeen years old. At that age he began to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he served an apprenticeship of three years with John Gray, a well-known con- tractor and builder of North Bridgewater. He was away from home some ten years in all, following his trade, and tJicn settled where he now resides. In Marshfield he worked for some time as a journeyman, finally establish- ing himself in business as a contractor and builder. He has now been thus engaged for a number of years, and has been very successful, erecting a great many residences at Brant Rock and elsewhere in this vicinity. His business is seldom dull, and he keeps a num- ber of workmen employed both summer and winter. Mr. Baker was married in 1845 to Miss Julia A. S. Eldridge, a native of Cape Cod. Her father, Captain Sylvester D. Eldridge, commander of the brig "Gustavus," while sail- ing from Smyrna to Boston was lost at sea, the brig foundering, and all on board finding a watery grave. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have two children: Horace E., in Somerville, Mass.; and Florence, wife of Joshua Brewster, of Whitman, Mass. In politics Mr. Baker is a Democrat. He is a member of Tremont Lodge, No. 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with headquarters at 515 Tremont Street, Boston. He has a wide circle of ac- quaintance, and is esteemed by all who know him. ENERAL SILVANUS LAZELL, one of the most active and progres- sive citizens of East Bridgewater in the early part of the nineteenth century, was born May 28, 1753, in what was then the East Parish of the old town of Bridgewater, Mass., now East Bridgewater, and died here October 10, 1827. He was a son of Isaac Lazell. Commencing life with few advan- tages, by energy and industry he attained to a position of prominence in the county, and ac- quired a handsome estate. His ideas were far in advance of his time, and he engaged in many enterprises conducive to the business growth and prosperity of the town. He was largely influential in the construction of the turnpike from New Bedford to Weymouth, which connects with the turnpike running from Weymouth to Boston. In the State mil- itia he held for some time the rank of Briga- dier-General, being placed in command of the Plymouth County Brigade in iSio. General Lazell and Miss Abigail Robinson, a native of East Bridgewater, were married in 1775- They became the parents of three daughters, namely : Lucy, who married Ben- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 403 janiiii Mobart, of Soiitli Abington, Mass., and (lied withdiit issue; lictsy, who became Mrs. Hartholoniew Brown, of Ivist ]?riclgewater, and the mother of five chikircn; and Nabby, who was married to Judge Nahum Mitchell (author of the "History of the liarly Settlement of Hridgewater "), to whom she bore five chil- dren, as follows: Harriet, Silvanus Lazell, Mary Ovv, l",lizal)cth Gushing, and James Henry. Harriet Mitchell, born in 1796, married the Hon. Nathaniel Morton Davis, of Plymouth, Mass., in 1.S17, and passed away in 1847; Silvanus Lazell Mitchell, born in 1798, was graduated at Harvard College, and in 1820 wedded Miss Lucia, a daughter of Judge Ezekiel Whitman, of Portland, Me. ; Mary Orr Mitchell, born in 1801, married in 1827 David Ames, of Springfield, Mass. ; Elizabeth Gushing Mitchell, born in 1807, now de- ceased, became the wife of Nathan D. Hyde, a resident of Bridgewater; and James Henry Mitchell, born in 1812, and deceased in 1871, prepared for Harvard Gollege at Exeter Acad- emy, and married in 1833 Miss Harriet Lavinia, a daughter of John and Lavinia (Hathaway) Angier, of Belfast, Me. The Angier family was an old one, settling origi- nally in East Bridgewater. Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Mitchell had seven children; namely, Henry Hedge, (]race Webster, Helen Angier, Sophia Ripley, Jennet Orr, William Davis, and Lavinia Hathaway. Henry Hedge Mitchell, who was born in 1839, received his education abroad. He served in the Givil War as assistant surgeon, and later as Surgeon in Massachusetts regi- ments, and also in regiments of colored troops. In 1864 he married Miss Mary T. Whitehurst, of Norfolk, Va. ; and at his de- cease in 1S87 he left a widow and two daugh- ters — Maud Angier and Harriet Lavinia. The former became the wife of Gharles Gas- kins, of Philadelphia, and is the mother of two children — Grace Ghandler and Oliver Bruce. Grace Webster Mitchell in 1865 was united in marriage with Horace Parker Ghandler, son of the Hon. Peleg W. and Martha (Cleve- land) Ghandler, of Boston, Mass. They have six children — Cleveland Angier, Grace, Whitman Mitchell, Ellen, James Mitchell, and Peleg Whitman. Helen Angier .Mitchell married in 1822 Thomas 15. Hedge, a son of Thomas and T^ydia Hedge, of Plymouth, Mass., but in the same year Mr. Hedge passed away. Sophia Ripley Mitchell in 1S75 be- came the wife of Frederick Westwood, of England, to whom she bore one child, a son, Arthur by name, who died in 1886. Jennet Orr Mitchell in 1872 married Charles White Gopeland, a son of Pardon and Alice (Ames) Gopeland, of West Bridge- water. Her husband departed this life in 1893. Mrs. Jennet O. M. Gopeland, now a widow, has one daughter, Alice Ames bj' name, who in 1894 became the wife of James Sumner Draper, a son of Thomas B. and Sarah (Turner) Draper, of Canton, Mass., and is the mother of a daughter, Ruth Sumner. William Davis Mitchell died in 1870, at East Bridgewater. Lavinia Hathaway Mitchell in 1880 became the wife of Theodore Winthrop Stedman, a son of Daniel and Miriam Sted- man, of Boston, Mass. At his decease in 1885 Mr. Theodore W. Stedman was survived by a widow and two children; namely, Helen Mitchell and Theodore Winthrop. The handsomest residence in East Bridge- water was erected by General Lazell, and con- stituted his home. Here all his children were born, also several grandchildren and great- grandchildren. After his decease it became the home of Judge Nahum Mitchell, and it is now the property of Henry Hobart, Esq. 404 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW TT^APTAIN JOSEPH E. HADLEY, I jp after followirig the sea nearly half a V»l£_^ century, the greater part of the time as ship commander, is now living retired at his home in Marion, Plymouth County, Mass. He was bom February 17, 181 7, in that part of Rochester, Mass., ithat is now Marion, a son of Joseph and Susan (Delano) Hadley. His parents reared foil^children, as follows: Elizabeth, who died im 1887; Stephen D., a sea captain, who died n March, 1894; Joseph E. , the special subject of this sketch; and Andrew J. Joseph E. Hadley was but four years old when his father died, and, being obliged when young to partly depend upon his own re- sources, his educational advantages were neces- sarily limited. At the age of sixteen he went on board a merchant vessel as a seaman, in which position he sailed to foreign ports three years. On his next voyage he went as second mate, and on the succeeding trip as first mate. In 1842 he was made master of a vessel, and from that time until his retire- ment he occupied the same prominent position in the merchant marine service. During his years of seafaring Captain Hadley became familiar with every capital city of Europe, twice circumnavigated the globe, and visited all the countries of the earth, excepting China and Japan. P^ifty times or more he crossed the Equator, eight times doubled Cape Horn, and four times the Cape of Good Hope. With few exceptions the Captain sailed from New York, and in most cases was part owner of the vessel which he commanded. He met with varied experiences, both on land and water. In i>S75 he lost a vessel on Rocas Reefs, near the coast o^ Brazil, but saved the entire crew, his ship running aground on ac- count of an error in thp chart. In 1875 he erected his present comfortable residence at Marion, in which, since 1879, he has lived re- tired from active pursuits, enjoying the fruits of his many years of venturesome toil and re- •' sponsibjlity. ,1 ^S ' J/' ^ On May 9, 1851] Captain Hadley married Miss Mary Miller Leonard, who died March 19, 1879, leaving no issue. On July 9, 1885, he married Mrs. Georgiana Leonard Luce, daughter of Seth C. Leonard, and widow of the late Alfred Luce of Marion. Politically a sound Republican, Captain Hadley is a man of sterling character, highly respected by all who know him. He is a self-made man, having won his way up the ladder of prosperity by his own persistent energy. On his first trip to New York, then a beardless youth, he worked his passage, and, on returning a few years later, he came as the master of the ship — a significant fact, show- ing the ambitious diligence, ability, and suc- cess with which he pursued his calling from the beginning. YDNEY T. NELSON, one of the prominent citizens of Lakeville, Mass., a Selectman and a meml'er of the School Board, was born in this town, August 12, 1845. The son of Job P. and Fatima (Baker) Nelson, he belongs to one of the old New England families, tracing his de- scent from William Nelson, an Englishman who came to America in 163 1, and settled in Plymouth. From William Nelson the line is continued through William (second), three Thomases, and Abiel, to Job, the father, above named. The farm on which Sydney T. Nel- son was born was purchased in 171 3, and is still in the possession of the family. It was tilled by Job Nelson, who spent his life and reared his children there. Of these children there were four besides Sydney T. ; namely. •**s^ 1 ANSEL S. GURNEY. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 407 Al)icl, I'lli/abetli 1'., Thomas M., and Car- oline. Sydney T. Nelson was educated in tiic dis- trict scliool and Peirce Academy, lie took charge of the homestead in his twenty-fourth year, and managed it until 1S79, living on the premises. In 1880 he moved to his pres- ent abiding place, a good farm of twenty acres, where he has since been successfully engaged in general husbandry. He is one of the lead- ing farmers of the locality, and is a member of Nemasket Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. Nelson was married in 1872 to Miss Emma Tarkhurst, who died in 1881, leaving three children — Thomas S., Maude B., and Clifton \V. These children are the sixth generation born on the ancestral homestead. In 1886 Mr. Nelson married a second wife, Miss Lizzie Parkhiirst. By this union he has no children. In politics .Mr. Nelson favors the Republi- can side, and he has been elected to se\eral offices of trust. He has been Selectman and Assessor some si,\- years, a member of the School Board fifteen years; and he was in the Massachusetts legislature in i88' v_ ^ was born in the town of Marion, this State, July 13, 1857. His parents were John and Elmira (Benson) Delano, his father being a native of Marion, Mass., and the mother a native of Newburg, N. Y. They had seven children, of whom five are now living: William H. C. ; Lizzie R. ; John W. ; George M. ; and Robert T. , the subject of this sketch. Robert T. Delano acquired his first knowl- edge of books in the district school, and after- ward attended Peirce Academy in Middleljoro. He began to study for his profession when eighteen years of age, entering the private office of Dr. E. V. McLeod in New Bedford, where he was employed for a year. He then entered the Philadelphia Dental College; and, after a year's close application to study there, he went back to New Bedford for a while, subsequently returning to the college, where he was graduated in 1879. Immediately after receiving his diploma, he opened an office in AUGUSTUS PRATT. BIOC.R AIMIICAL RK.VIKW 429 Wareham ; and, with the exception of two years, 1886 and 1887, spent in Gardner, Mass., he has since followeii liis profession in this town. Dr. Delano is a skilful dentist, and has a large practice. He is also engaged in cranbcrrj' culture, owning meadows in the town of Marion. He was married June 26, 1886, to Miss Mary L. Davis, of I<"almouth, Mass., daughter of John W. and Susan Davis. Dr. and Mrs. Delano have two children: l-'lorence L., born April 13, 18S7; and Mildred I'"., born March 22, 1896. In politics Dr. Delano is a Republican. He is a man of much practical ability, and has won the respect of his townsmen, who have kept him in office as Town Auditor for four years. He lias been Master of Social Harmony Lodge, A. V. & A. M., of Ware- ham, for three years, and Past Grand of Wankinquoah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being very prominent in frater- nal circles. UGUSTUS I'RATT, an enterprising and public-spiriteil citizen of North Middleboro, was born in Wareham, Mass., May 24, 1829, son of Jared and Jemima Williams (King) Pratt. His father, Jared Pratt, will) was a native of Bridgewater, early in life removed to North Middleboro, where he began a successful business career in a country store. From North Middleboro he removed to Wareham, and began the manu- facture of cut nails, which was one of the first, if not the first, established industry of the kind in the country. Tliis business, wiiicli grew to extensive proportions, was first car- ried on under the firm of I. & J. Pratt, and was afterward incorporated as the Wareham Iron Company. Mr. Jared Pratt was the man- aging agent and treasurer of both of these firms until 1836, when he purchased extensive iron estal)lishments in Harrisburg and I'air- view, I'a., which were devoted to the manu- facture of boiler plate and nails. About the same time he purchased a large farm in North Middleboro, and removed with his family to this place. He began in Harrisburg what jiroved a very successful business, forming a partnership with his oldest son, Christopher C. K Pratt, the firm being known under the name of Jared Pratt & Son. He divided his time between his farm at North Middleboro and his iron establishments at Harrisburg. Augustus Pratt, who was the second son of his parents, was educated at the public schools of Middleboro, Peirce Academy, Middleboro, and liridgcwater Academy. Preferring an agricultural to a mercantile life, he was, when very young, given the management of tlie farms at North Middleboro, and has con- ducted them successfully for fifty years. He enjoys an agricultural life, and is satisfied with the soil of New England, having never felt any desire to try Western farming. He has long taken an active interest in the success of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society, has been a member of the Board of Trustees for many years, and was President of the so- ciety for the years 1894 and 1895. He has been elected by the Board of Trustees for three successive terms, of three years each, as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and at the present time holds that ])osition. Through an election by the State lioard of Agriculture, he has been for several years a member of the Committee for the Suppression and Ivxtermination of the Gypsy Moth, tlie Board being legally intrusted with that work. Since early manhood Mr. Pratt, has been inter- ested in the planting of both fruit and forest trees. In 1850 he gathered and planted white pine seed on a large tract of barren waste land, 43° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and for the last few years has been cutting valuable pine logs for timber and boards, this proving an excellent way to make use of such unproductive land. Mr. Pratt is a Republican, and has taken an active part in politics since the first election of Abraham Lincoln. In 1869 he had the honor of representing the town in tlie legislat- ure. In religion he is a Congregationalist, having united with the church at North Middleboro in 1868. In 1883 he was elected Deacon, and has served in that office up to the present time. When the church edifice was destroyed by fire in 1893, a parish meeting was called for the purpose of rebuilding it; and a committee of five was chosen, of which he was made Chairman. He was very active in raising funds for the purpose, contributing one thousand dollars himself. Mr. Pratt has all his life been interested in the cause of ed- ucation. When the Hon. linoch Pratt, of Baltimore, established and endowed the insti- tution known as the Pratt I<"ree School, Mr. Augustus Pratt was appointed by the donor as a member of the Board of Five Trustees, with power to fill vacancies as they should occur. P'or the last twenty years he has been Presi- dent of the Board of Trustees. He has also served eleven years as a member of the School Board of the town of Middleboro; and he was a member of the Building Committee of I'ive chosen by the town to contract for the erection of the high school building. Mr. Pratt was married in 1851 to limily M. Eaton, daughter of Colonel Oliver and Diana W. Eaton. Their children are: Herbert Au- gustus, born February 28, 1854; P^mma Louisa, born June 9, 1862. Herbert A. Pratt has been for more than twenty years en- gaged in the manufacture of shoes in company with N. W. Keith, the firm being known as Keith & Pratt. He married Lucy li. Rich- mond, and has two children — Alton Gerard and Harold Maxwell. Emma L. Pratt mar- ried Theodore A. Richmond. ITHAN E. PIERCE, a farmer of Lake- ville, was born in this town, June 24, 1824. He is the eighth in line of descent from Abraham Pierce, the immigrant ancestor, who joined the Plymouth Colony in 1623, the line being as follows: Abraham, Abraham, Jr., Isaac, Isaac, Jr., Job, P^lkanah, Ethan, Ethan K. The elder Ethan Pierce, who was a farmer by vocation, married Miss Fanny Hoard, and to them five children were born: P^Iizabeth; Pillkanah; Ethan E., the subject of this sketch; Job; and a son who died in infancy. Of this family only two, Elkanah and Ethan E., are now living. Ethan E. Pierce was sent to the district schools in his boyhood, and also to Peirce Academy at Middleboro, and thus acquired a fair education. In hks early manhood he as- sumed the charge of the paternal estate, and, with the exception of fourteen years spent in Berkley, his entire life has been passed in his native locality. By judicious management and wise investment he has become an exten- sive land-owner, possessing, besides one hun- dred acres of the farm settled by the founder of the Pierce family in Pl)'m<)uth County, two hundred and fifty acres in this county, and also lands in Bristol County. In addition to general farming Mr. Pierce has engaged in the business of marketing lumber, and has also devoted a great deal of time to cultivating strawberries, an industry of recent date in this part of the country. On December 31, the last day of the year, 1857, Ethan E. Pierce was united in marriage with Miss Rhoda M. W. Pierce, daughter of Alvin T. and Loda (Williams) Pierce, of BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 4%^ Taunton, Mass. I'"ivc children were born of this union: Eliza M., who is a teacher; Will- iam Chester; Rhoda W., wife of David S. Hoard, of New Bedford ; Ethan Alvin, named for his two grandfathers; Fanny ]?., the wife of S. N. Stoples, of Berkley. There is but one grandchild in the family, Luther B. Hoard. Mr. Pierce has never aspired to public office. His special interest has been elicited in the local grange of the I'atrons of Hus- bandry, with which, as a farmer of large in- fluence, he has naturally become affiliated. Mrs. Pierce is a conscientious member of the Unitarian church. Ethan E. Pierce stands out as one of the representative farmers of Plymouth County, where he now keeps up the good rejjutation of those of his name who have gone before. iOLONEL HIRAM A. OAKMAN is a distinguished citizen of Marshfield, who has long been known to the public, having won his epaulets in active ser- vice in the War of the Rebellion, served with credit as a government employee, and repre- sented this district in the State Senate; and during his entire life, as a teacher and school officer, he has taken great interest in the pub- lic schools. He was born in Marshfield, Ajiril lo, 1827, son of Hiram and Jane Soule (Rogers) Oakman. The first of the family in this country was Samuel Oakman, an lOnglish- man who settled near Portland, Me., as early as 1657; and his son Tobias, Colonel Oak- man's direct ancestor, and the founder of the Marshfield branch of the family, moved from .Spiirwink, Me., to this town. Constant Eobes Oakman, the Colonel's grandfather, was born in Marshfield. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army; and one of his sons. Hatch Oakman, was a carpenter on board the "Chesapeake" at the time of her memorable battle with the "Shannon" in Boston Bay in June, 1813, when the brave Lawrence uttered his famous command, "Don't give up the .ship!" Hiram Oakman, father of Colonel Oakman, was a native and lifelong resident of Marsh- tiekl, where he died in 1884. He was a shoe- maker, and was also engaged in farming. His wife, Jane Soule Rogers, was a daughter of Thomas Rogers, of Marshfield, a Revolution- ary soldier. Three of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Oakman are living to- day, as follows: Hiram A., whose name ap- pears at the head of this article; Henry P., in Boston, Mass.; and Mary J., wife of Henry A. Turner, of Norwell, Mass. Colonel Oakman's mother was a descendant of George Soule, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims; and hoth the Colonel and his wife, it may be men- tioned, number among their ancestors four others of that famous band: namely, Edward Doty, Richard Warren, John Howlanil, and ICdward Tilly. Hiram A. Oakman was educated in the common schools of Marshfield and the State Normal School at Bridgewater. He taught school for a number of years, was also for some time engaged in agricultural pursuits, and for fifteen years he was employed in the weigher's department in the Custom-house, Boston. He has likewise done a great deal of survey- ing. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in in June as First Lieu- tenant; and on the first day of the following December he was commissioned Captain. Attached to the Army of the Potomac, he was in a number of serious engagements; and at the second battle of Fredericksburg, in the charge on Maryc's Heights, May 3, 1863, was 432 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW wounded in the right thigh. In July he was discharged for disability caused by this wound ; and in January, 1864, here-entered the service, and was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel in the Thirtietli United State Colored Troops. He organized this regiment in Baltimore; and when it took the field Colonel Bates, afterward General Bates (of whose gallantry Colonel Oakman speaks in the highest praise), was appointed commander, and served as such until he was severely wounded at the Crater fight on the 30th of July, 1864, when the com- mand of the regiment devolved upon Colonel Oakman, he continuing its leader till the reg- iment was mustered out in December, 1865. Among the engagements in which he took part was the siege of Fort Fisher. At the end of his term of service Colonel Oakman returned to Marshfield, where he has since made his home. Colonel Oakman married Lucinda, daugh- ter of Ichabod Hatch, late of Marshfield, and six children have blessed their union, three of whom are living: Edward H., born on April 29, 1853, now in Brockton, Mass.; Celia J., born May 21, 1854, now wife of George ¥. Wilson, of Marshfield; and Otis B. Oakman, A.M., born October 27, 1864, a Harvard graduate, now professor in Thayer Academy at Braintree. In public affairs Colonel Oakman has long been an active factor. He has been a member of the Marshfield School Committee for a number of years, and Chairman of the School Board for an extended period; and in 1890 he represented the First Plymouth District in the Massachusetts Senate. For several years he has held the office of Justice of the Peace. He has retained his connection with the Grand Army, being at present Commander of David Church Post, No. 1S9; and he is a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hing- ham ; and of the South Shore Commandery, Knights Templars, at East Weymouth. In politics he has always been a strong anti- slavery man and a Republican. In religious belief, while a pronounced Unitarian, he is charitably disposed toward all denominations. T^APTAIN JOB H. GODFREY, whose I NX death occurred in Lakeville on Sep- ^J^ ^ ^ tember 8, 1895, and who had been an esteemed citizen and successful farmer of the town for three decades, was a native of Taunton, Mass. He was born September 4, 1 8 19, son of Captain Job and Catherine (Montgomery) Godfrey. Captain Job H. Godfrey grew to manhood in Taunton, receiving his education in the public schools of that city and at Peirce Academy in Middleboro. When a young man, he went to sea for a few years, then returned home, and lived on a farm in Taunton until 1865, when he removed to Lakeville, and purchased a farm of sixty-three acres, on which he resided until his death, the date of which appears at the beginning of this sketch. While living in Taunton, he became a member of the volunteer fire department, and was subsequently chosen captain of one of the companies. He was connected with the department for about twenty years. For his first wife Captain Gotlfrey married Miss Elizabeth Hart, who bore him six chil- dren, namely: Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Jones; Isabel; Job; Abbie E. , deceased; and Herbert, deceased. Their mother died i)i 1865. Captain Godfrey's second and last marriage took place in 1S66, uniting him with Miss Jane Reed, daughter of Daniel Reed, of West Bridgewater. There were no children by this union. Mrs. Jane R. Godfrey is still living. Captain Godfrey was successful in his busi- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 433 ness operations, and at his death had acquired considerable property. In politics he was a Democrat, and served one term in the State legislature. He also served as Overseer of the I'oor in l.akeville, and as Tt)wn Autlitor. -OIIN l^ARKICR, Town Clerk and Treas- urer of Hanson, Mass., was born in ihetown of Hanover, I'lymouth County, November 3, iiS40. His jjarents were Benja- min, Jr., and Deborah C. (Damon) Barker, lienjamin Barker, Sr. , his grandfather, was a native of that part of Pembroke which is now Manson. He acquired a common-school edu- cation, and became a successful farmer. He was one of the pillars of the orthodox church, with which he was connected by ties of mem- bership. He married and had a large family, of whom Benjamin, Jr., born in Hanson, Jan- uary 17, 181 1, was the second child. Having completed his education in the common schools, he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for seven or eight years, and afterward gave his attention to farming, also taking an active interest in town affairs. He married Deborah C. Damon, who was a resident of Hanover, and they had eight chil- dren. Mr. Benjamin liarker, Jr., died Feb- ruary 26, 1885. John Barker came with his parents to Han- son when he was init fi\'e years of age. Alter receiving the mental ec|uipment of the public schools, he learned the shoemaking trade at the age of fifteen. I'ive years afterward he responded to the first call for troops, enlisting in the Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company B. At Gaines Mills he was wouniled in the breast, and was subse- quently captured and taken to Libby I'rison. About si.\ months after his liberation he re- turned to active duty, and was again wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, where a ball struck him above the mouth, knocking out seven teeth, ami [)assing through the right side of his face. At the expiration of three years he was honorably discharged, and return- ing home resumed his trade until 1878. Since that time Mr. Barker has spent his time at home looking after his farming interests, and also actively participating in town affairs. h'or al)out ten years he officiated as Collector of Taxes, and since 1879 he has been Town Clerk and Treasurer. In 1885 he was sent as Representative from the Third Plymouth District to the legislature, in which he served one year. He has done considerable business as agent for the Abington Insurance Company. In politics he is a Republican. I'raternally, he is a member of T. L. Bonney Post, No. 127, Grand Army of the Republic. He was Commander of the Post for two years, and has held all the other offices. Mr. Barker was first married on April 28, 1870, to I']llen A. Dyer, of .South Abington. She died on December 5, 1886, leaving two daughters; and on December 25, 1887, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Ida C. Revnolils, of Harwinton, Conn. LEANDKR WILLIAMS is a prom- inent citizen and successful farmer in Lakeville, formerly a part of Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass. A son of Elkanah anil Catherine (Hoard) Williams and grandson of George Williams — all of this town — he was born here on February 9, 1833, being one of a family of five children. .\ sister, Keziah, died in infancy; and .Mr. Williams has two sisters and one brotiier liv- ing, namely: Fliza, the wife of Granville Leonaid; John, wiio lives on his father's es- tate; and Cordelia A., who is Mrs. Filo H. 434 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW I'ickens, of Taunton. The graves of the par- ents are in the Corswell Cemetery. The life of Elixanah Williams was a quiet and unevent- ful one, and his attachment to his home so strong that he has always been content to re- main in the region of his nativity. II. Leander Williams, the fourth child of the parental household, was reared on his father's farm in Middleboro (now Lakeville), leading the healthful, simple life of a farmer lad, attending the district schools, and enjoy- ing and suffering the common joys and griefs of boy life. After assimilating the mental food supplied by the neighboring schools, he became a pupil at Peirce Academy, where his education was completed, and at eighteen years of age entered upon the work of teach- ing. This occupation he followed for a few years, and then he temporarily abandoned it to accept a position as. assistant to Chief En- gineer James Pierce, his cousin, who was at this time in charge of the construction of the railroad between Middleboro and Taunton. When the road was completed, Mr. Williams removed to Rutland, 111., where he again pur- sued his former vocation, teaching in that town for a period of a year and a half. At the expiration of that time he returned to Lakeville, and began farming on the old place of his grandfather, George Williams, which he now owns. Besides the ancestral estate of one hundred and fifty acres he has other tracts, and he is one of the most prominent landed proprietors in the locality. Since settling down as a farmer in his native county he has held many offices of honor and trust, serving in the capacity of Selectman, Assessor, and Justice of the Peace, and filling each and all satisfac- torily. He is at the present writing one of the Justices of the town, and has been an in- fluential factor in the Republican politics of Lakeville for more than thirty years. He is a Mason, belonging to Mayflower Lodge, A. F. & A. M., in Middleboro, and is a consistent member of the Congregational church of his precinct. H. Leander Will- iams has won respect and success, to both of which he is justly entitled. T^APTAIN GEORGE H. BROWN, I St^ keeper of the United States life-sav- Vfcl£_^ ing station at North Scituate, is well and favorably known on the South Shore. He was born in Boston, Mass., July 15, 1841, a son of George W. and Mary (.Sherman) Brown. The Browns are one of the old families of Scituate, and the Captain's grandfather, Ben- jamin Brown, was born in this town, as was also his father, George W. Brown. The latter was an enterprising and successful business man, a member of the ship-building firm of Brown & Lovell, prominent for many years in East Boston. He spent his last years in Scituate, dying here in 1889. In politics Mr. George W. Brown was a Democrat. Mrs. Mary S. Brown was a native of Eree- port. Me. George H. Brown was reared in Boston, and obtained his education in the common schools of that city. When he was fourteen years old he went to sea before the mast in one of the first clipper ships built, the "Staghorn," mak- ing a voyage around the globe, touching at California, Honolulu, Hong Kong, and Eoo Chow, and returning by way of the Cape of Good Hope. When he was seventeen years old he began to learn the ship caulker's trade in Boston, serving with his father until he was twenty-one years old. Shortly after attaining his majority, in September, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, P'orty-second Massachusetts BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 43S Volunteer Infantry, as a nine months' man. The detachment to which lie was assigned was named the Washint^ton Light Guards, and was sent to New Orleans to join General ]5anks's army. Mr. Brown was enrolled in the en- gineer corps, and served in that body for a year in and about New Orleans. After receiv- ing his discharge he returned to Scituate, and for a short time was in command of the schooner "h'rank," a packet plying between Scituate and ]5oston ; ami he was subsequently engaged for a number of years in fishing in Massachusetts Bay and vicinity. In 1879 he received a government appointment as a surf- man at l''{)urth Cliff, one of the United States lite-saving stations, and in 1886 he was ap- pointed keeper of the station at North Scitu- ate. Here he has been on tluty now for more than ten years, and no braver or more trust- worthy member of the life-sa\ing corps can be found on the coast. Captain Brown was married August 22, 1864, to Lydia B. Burrows, daughter of Cap- tain Thomas l^urrows, and has two cliildren — George W. and Stella II. The Captain votes the Republican ticket. He is a member of Cohasset Lodge, No. 192, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Co- hasset ; and belongs to George W. I'erry Po.st, No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic. The Burrows family, it will be remembered, is one that has distinguished itself in Ameri- can history. Captain Thomas Burrows, Mrs. Brown's father, was a nephew of William Burrows, Lieutenant Commander of the "En- terprise," who, in September 5, 18 13, won the victory over the Britisii "Bo.xer" in the famous naval engagement off the coast of Maine. Lieutenant Burrows was mortally wounded, but remained on deck, and received the sword of his fallen foe. With military honors the remains of the two brave com- manders were buried side by side in Portland. Governor Beadle, of Keyport, N.J., was a cousin of Ca|)tain Tiionias liurrows, and an uncle was a judge. OK RILL ROBINSON, M.I)., lor many years an able and liighly esteemed physician of North Mi(kllel)i)ro, Mass., died at his home in this town, March 16, 1873. He was born in South Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., August 15, 1803, son of Godfrey and Abigail (Pierce) Robinson. Godfrey Robinson, who was a surveyor, and drew the first map of the town of Raynham, was the son of Josiali Robinson, the son of Captain Itibenezer Robinson, son of Increase Robinson, the son of William Robin- son, who emigrated to Boston in 1635. Godfrey Robinson was a well-to-do farmer of South Raynham. After his death, which oc- curreil when the future Doctor was thirteen years old, the farm was afterward carried on by his sons. His wife, Mrs. Abigail Pierce Robinson, a native of Middlcboro, Mass., was a woman of more than oniinary ability and force of character. She was the mother of five sons, each of whom lived to be nearly seventy years old. Morrill Robinson acquired his knowledge of tiie elementary branches of learning in the town schools of Raynham, and he prepareil for college under the tutorship of the Rev. Silas Hall. In 1827 he graduated from the Medical Department of Brown LTniversity, where he was a classmate of Dr. W. W. Conistock, and in the same year he located in North Middle- boro. He jjractised his profession in this town without interruption for nearly fifty years, occupying the same residence all the time, and by an unconscious display of those noble qualities of heart and mind which form 436 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the principal cliaracteristics of an honorable, upright man, he endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. He was a member of the State legislature in 1843 and 1843, serving on important conunittees. He united with the Baptist church in South Raynham when a young man, and continued a member until his death, which took place as above stated, when he was sixty-nine years old. His loss was the cause of sincere mourning and regret by the entire community in which he lived. On February 12, 1828, Dr. Robinson was united in marriage with Mary Shaw, daughter of Calvin Shaw, of Abington. They became the parents of nine children, six of whom are living; namely: Thomas D., Mary A. J., Frances C, Lucy M., Lydia S., and Ella C. Thomas D. Robinson, a lawyer, is practising his profession in company with his son in New York City; Mary A. J. Robinson married Colonel Timothy S. Atwood, formerly of the United States Army, and is now residing in Brockton; Frances C. Robinson married Luke B. Noyes, a native of Whitman, who was in business in Whitman, Brockton, and Boston, until his death in 1886, and she is now resid- ing with her daughter in Maiden, Mass. ; Lucy M. Robinson, M. D., and her sisters, Lydia S. and Ella C, are residing at 28 Glen- wood Street, Brockton. Mrs. Morrill Robin- son, the mother, died December 27, 1884. Lucy M. Robinson was born in North Middleboro, and her preliminary education was pursued under her father's care. She entered the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia, one of the oldest medical schools for women in America, and was graduated in 1888. Since completing her studies she has practised medicine in Brockton with success, and is fitted both by nature and ecUicational traininsi for an honorable and useful career. She is connected with the Massachusetts Med- ical Society, and the New England Hospital Society. T^HARLES OTIS ELLMS.— Readers I VV of the department of the Boston Tni/i- \ j? ^ script, bearing the caption "Notes and Queries," have observed from time to time valuable contributions in regard to his- toric and genealogical matters signed "Scitu- ate. " It is not, perhaps, generally known that the author of these contributions is Charles O. Ellms, of Scituate, who is as well versed in agricultural as in antiquarian lore, and has written many widely read articles for the papers. Mr. Ellms was born on Merrimac Street, Boston, December 13, 1S30. His parents, Charles and Sally (Bryant) Ellms, were both connected by ties of kinshijj with prominent actors in the early settlement of the country, and events known to most of us through books alone were familiar to them through the relation of eye-witnesses. The Ellms family is of English origin. In \.\\& Massacliusctts Ploiiglnnan for August 13, 1 88 1, we find the following: " Rodolphus Ellms, the ancestor of all his name in this country, came over from England in 1640, being one of the 'Conihasset' partners, with "■rants of land from the king, who was the first Charles. On their arrival at Scituate, which had then just assumed its new name, he openly sympathized with the Quakers, and was sub- jected to a fine of ten shillings for being present at a Quaker meeting." The subject of this sketch is descended from Rodolphus through Jonathan, Robert, Robert, Jr., Captain Charles, and Charles. Captain Charles, Charles O. Ellms's grand- father, was a noted ship-master. When Na- poleon Bonaparte issued his famous Berlin de- cree to retaliate on England, he was captain CHARLES 0. ELLMS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 439 and owner of a vessel sailing in the West Indies. Captured by a French privateer, he was taken to the island of Guadaloupe in February, 1800, and his vessel confiscated. Thus he became one of the plaintiffs in the French spoliation claims. Charles ICllms, son of Captain Charles, was born in .Scituate in 1805. He removed to Boston when he was five years old, and there he was educated in a private school. For a number of years he was engaged in pub- lishing and selling books on Cornhill, Court, and State Streets; and he is pleasantly re- membered by the old citizens of Boston who can look back fifty or sixty years. "He orig- inated and published the celebrated 'Davy Crockett,' 'Teople's' and 'Comic' almanacs, which had such a remarkable circulation for those days. On the decease of his mother he relinquished business, and retired to the homestead farm at Scituate, disposing of the copyright of those popular publicatitins to the late S. N. Dickinson, whose genius as a Bos- ton printer won a wide and enduring reputa- tion."' Mr. Films, the publisher, was also the autlior of a nunil)er of popular books, in- cluding "Shipwrecks, and Disasters of the Sea," "Tragedy of the Seas," "Crusoe's Own Hook." and "The Pirate's Own Book." He died in 1865. He was a great-grandson of Samuel Tha.xter, third, of llingham, Mass., known as Major Samuel, born in 1723, graduated at Harvard College in 1743, whose grandfather, Samuel Thaxter, first, was Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1728, and a little later Colonel of the regiment in which the Hingham men served. His son, Samuel Thaxter (second), also a Colonel, was graduated at Harvard College in 1714. He died in 1732, survived by his second wife, Mary Ilawke. Major Samuel was his son by his first wife. The widowed stepmother married the Rev. John Hancock, of Braintrce, and they were the parents of Governor Hancock. Major Samuel Thaxter was an officer in Colo- nel Richard Gridley's regiment in the I'rench and Indian War. He was captured by the Indians at the mas.sacre at I'ort William Henry in August, 1757, but escaped through the connivance of the French officers, and arrived at Hingham after Dr. Gay had preached his funeral sermon. His daughter Sally, grand-aunt of Charles I-illms, was the wife of Mr. John Bulling, who, it has been asserted, was the man who hung the lantern in the tower of the Old North Church, as a signil for Paul Revere to ride and ajjprise the wait- ing patriots of the approach of the British. Certainly the daring deed was well done, whether by John Pulling, church warden, or by Robert Newman, the sexton, to whom it has been ascribed quite as confidently. (For different authorities see "Boston Memorial History, vol. iii. p. loi.) Major Samuel Thaxter's daughter Mary, grandmother of Mr. Charles . Films, married Joshua Otis, an ardent Whig and patriot. He was second cousin to James Otis, the patriot and orator. Mrs. Mary Thaxter Otis, though the wife of a patriot, surrounded by patriotic associations, and a frequent visitor at Governor Hancock's house, was a devoted roy- alist. When a son was born, she insisted that he should be named George after the king. Her husband promised that he should bear that name, and, taking the child to church, had him christened George Washing- ton. This George Washington Otis was the father of James Otis, now deceased, who was at one time Mayor of San Francisco. Mrs. Otis's Tory proclivities were excited to the utmost during the war of 181 2. She and her husband were eye-witnesses of the fight in 44° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Boston Bay between the "Chesapeake" and the "Shannon," Joshua Otis anxiously wishing for the victory of the hero Lawrence's ship, his wife glorying in the eventual triumph of the British vessel. Frederick William Greenleaf, famous the world over as the "Harry Wads- worth" in Edward Everett Hale's "Ten Times One," was a cousin of Charles Ellms. Mrs. Sally Bryant Ellms, mother of Charles O. Ellms, was born in Lexington, Mass., in i8og, and came from a family who have borne a prominent part in the affairs of that historic town. She was one of the young ladies selected to welcome Lafayette on the Lexing- ton battle-ground when he visited this country in 1824, and made the tour of the States. Jonathan Harrington, the last survivor of the Battle of Lexington, was accustomed to give his young lady friends as a wedding present, a rolling-pin of his own make. Mrs. Ellms, who received one, gave it long after to the Historic Society of Lexington, in whose rooms it is now on exhibition, among other relics of ye olden time. Mrs. Ellms was connected with prominent Boston families. The brother of the late Mayor Shurtleff married her sister; and Parker H. Pierce, a prominent Boston merchant, was her uncle. He commanded the Ancient and Honorable Artillery in 1830, at the two hundredth anniversary of the settle- ment of Boston, and has left a sealed letter to be handed down and read before that company in 1930, at the three hundredth anniversary of that event. Mrs. Sally Bryant Ellms died in 1893. Charles Otis Ellms was educated in the public schools of Boston, being one of the original members of the Brimmer School; and he has a letter of recommendation from his master, Joshua Bates, which he prizes highly. He remembers as a pleasing incident of his boyhood seeing the Lidian chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk in Boston, when they were being taken on a tour through the United States after the Black Hawk War, and giving to Black Hawk a peacock's feather, with which the chief was delighted; and another never-to- be-forgotten event was the visit to the school of General Bertrand, a short, white-haired gentleman. Napoleon's favorite general, and his companion at St. Helena. In 1852 Mr. PLllms went to California, trav- elling by the Nicaragua route; and he spent nearly seven years in the gold regions, eiulur- ing the hardships and braving the perils of a miner's life. Returning by the Panama route, he arrived in Scituate in 1858, about the time of the Pike's Peak excitement. Going back to the West a little later, he started from Leavenworth, Kan., with ox teams, and, the progress being necessarily slow, he had much time to see the country, and to observe the mode of living of different Indian tribes. Kansas was under territorial government at this time, and the Border Ruffians and Free State men were at war. As gold was not found in sufficient paying quantity to warrant a protracted stay, Mr. Ellms returned to Scit- uate, and settled on the home farm, an estate of forty acres. He has been successfully engaged for years in breeding Jersey stock, and was the owner of the celebrated cow, "Jersey Belle, of Scitu- ate," which produced seven hundred and eight pounds of butter in one year, and twenty-five pounds, three ounces, in one week. This ani- mal was of such national reputation that when the news of her death flashed over the wires, the Chicago Board of Trade, then in session, adjourned to talk about her. Mr. Plllms has been for twenty-five years a Director in the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural So- ciety, and Secretary of Satuit Grange of Nor- well, from the time of its organization; and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW It' he lias writtL'ii nuicli for Tlic Massachusetts Ploitgliman, I lie .Wri' liiti^laiid Fanner, and other kinilrcd publications, on cattle breeding and various topics. An enthusiastic anti- quary, he is a memijcr of the Pilgrim Society, and has a store of knowledge in regard to the early days antl inhabitants of New England. "T. VV. T. " {'i'honias \V. Tucker), a former editor of the lioston Herald, writes in the Transcript: "You have an occasional corres- pondent signed 'Scituate,' in the 'Notes and Uueries, ' whose articles I value highly for their accuracy and interesting matter. This gentleman is Mr. Charles O. Ellms, an old Hoston boy of intelligent observation, who has many antique curiosities. He resides in Greenbush, Scituate, Mass., and takes great l)leasure in exhibiting his unique collection. lie is a memlier of the "Old Schoolboys of Hoston ' society." The Boston Transcript, in another issue says, editorially: "That is a pretty incident mentioned by 'Scituate' in the 'Notes and Queries' department to-day, of rabbits running in and out the cannon of the old Boston Arsenal. What a contrast of timid peace and grim and bloody war I Would that there were no further use for any cannon in the world than to serve such purpose as this I" This last quotation shows that Mr. Ellms has an eye for the poetic as well as the practical, and his writing covers a wide range. Yf/0/ ALTI'LR riCTIvRSON, a general VfeV merchant and the postmaster of Brant Rock, was born in Marshfield, Eebruary 24, 1848, son of Zephaniah S. C. and Harriet (Taylor) Peterson. The Peter- sons are one of the old families of this vicin- ity. ICsias Peterson, Walter's grandfather, as well as his father, was a native of Du.xbury. The latter, who was a shoemaker, worked at his trade, and also managed a small farm. He died when his son Walter was eleven years old. His wife, whi) was born in Marshfield, died when Walter was eighteen years of age. Of the several ciiildren born to this couple, two are living to-day, namely: Walter, the subject of this sketch; and Zephaniah W. , who resides in New Bedford, Mass. Walter Peterson, being the eldest of the family, was called upon to take his father's place before he entered his teens. The re- sponsibilities then thrown upon him quickly develojied his self-reliance. He attended the common schools of Marshfield until he was sixteen years of age, and then began to learn the shoemaker's trade. While serving his apprenticeship, and for a short time afterward, he made shoes on his own account. Subse- quently, for a number of years, he was in the employ of Gardner & Arnold, shoe bot- tomers and manufacturers at Sea View. While working for this firm he tried the e.\- pcrimcnt of conducting a refreshment tent at 15rank Rock for a year. It was quite success- ful, and in the following year he erected a small building. Thereafter this business in- creased year by year. He now has one of the best-equipped general stores in this part of the State, carrying in .stock a general line of gro- ceries and produce, hardware, furniture, boots and shoes, paints and oils, and furnished with a Bell long-di.stance telephone, for the con- venience of the public. He is also the pro- prietor of the popular Ocean House at Brant Rock, with its special restaurant and recrea- tion facilities, keqiing i)leasure boats for hire, and summer cottages for sale and to let. Be- sides employing a number of hands in the busy season, both he and other members of the family are in constant attendance on his pa- trons, While fortune has smiled upon him 442 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW in all his ventures, he has done much to de- velop the summer life of this popular resort. On January 24, 1873, Mr. Peterson was united in marriage with Sarah A. Walker, who was born in Scituate, Mass. They have seven children; namely, VV. Leslie, H. Annie, E. Lloyd, Julia C, Bertha E., Sarah E. , and Lizzie B. The father has been post- master of Brant Rock for a number of years. Having been in business for about thirty years, he is now known to all the regular visitors as well as the residents of the place, who respect him for the qualities by which he has acquired his present measure of pros- perity. "ON. GARRISON B. BLACKMER, one of the prominent and influential residents of Rochester, was born May I, 1825, on the Blackmer farm, his pres- ent home, son of Captain John and Nancy (Mullen) Blackmer. The homestead farm, which covers one hundred and fifty acres, has been owned by Blackmers for a full century, having been purchased in 1796 by Salisbury Blackmer, the grandfather of Garrison B. Captain John Backmer, who commanded a merchant vessel, was lost at sea with his en- tire crew in 1827. His wife was left with si.x children; namely, James, John, Mary P., Eliza- beth, Garrison B., and Nancy S. — Elizabeth and Garrison B. being the only survivors. Garrison B. Blackmer obtained a part of his education in a private school held in his father's house. Much of the knowledge that now marks him as a man of more than ordinary intelligence was acquired without a teacher. He took charge of the farm when fifteen years of age, and it has now been under his direc- tion for over half a century. Besides plenti- ful crops, his farm produces good pasturage for cattle. He has been very successful in general farming. In politics Mr. Blackmer is a Republican. Active in affairs for a number of years, he has efficiently filled several public offices. In 1857 he was a member of the State legislature. For five years he served as Selectman of the town of Rochester. For four years he was Town Treasurer and Col- lector. He was qualified as a Justice of the Peace twenty years ago, and he is still exer- cising the functions of that office. He was on the School Committee for a number of years, and he has also served as Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor. A Free and Accepted Mason in good stand- ing, he belongs to Pythagorean Lodge, of Marion, Mass. In religious matters he favors the Christian sect. Industrious, intelligent, and law-abiding, and a member of an old Rochester family, he is highly regarded in this town. EORENZO D. BRALEY, of Rochester, Mass., who has achieved success in ^^^ several branches of industry, was born June 20, 1829, in Freetown, Bristol County, son of Bradford and Patience (Parker) Braley. His first knowledge of books was ac- quired in the district school near his home. When he was eighteen years old 'he went to New Bedford, where he spent a year and a half learning the moulder's trade. In 1849 he was one of a company which fitted out the brig "Zoroaster" for a voyage to California. Taking the route around Cape Horn, it reached San Francisco in six months and two days. Here Mr. Braley thought it better to work as a laborer for seventeen dollars a day than to engage in the uncertain occupation of gold prospecting. He had been employed in this way for about three months when he fell sick of typhoid fever, and was taken to a hos- pital on the Sandwich Islands. He remained BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 443 seven months in tlie Sandwich Islands, acting as steward of the hospital for a few months after his recovery. When the opportunity offered, he started for home, engaging as boat steerer on the brig "Sarah." After reaching Freetown, he remained there a year and a half. Then he returned to California, travel- ling this time by way of the Isthmus of Pan- ama, in a company of eighty. During his second visit he engaged in prospecting and mining, and was fairly successful. After re- maining about eighteen months in the Golden State, he came home by the Nicaragua route. By this time he was tired of the rough and law- less life of the West, and decided to remain in liis native State. He subsequently worked at his trade in Freetown for two years. Then he moved to Rochester, and, after living in that toun three years, he erected the residence which has sheltered him since. In the mean time he learned the cigar-maker's trade, and thereafter followed it for seven years at home as the employee of a tobacco dealer. He afterward manufactured cigars for twenty years on his own account for the wholesale trade, and was very successful at the business. He has also achieved success in farming and lumbering. His land covers about one hun- dred and seventy-five acres, including sixty acres of homestead, and ten acres of cranberry meadow. On the latter he has raised quanti- ties of cranberries in the past ten years. Mr. Hraley was married in 1S51 to Miss Charity P. Rounsville, by whom he became the father of six children — William, Ida, Jennie, Dora, Nellie, and Herbert. In 1876 he entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Helen M. Tinkham, who has borne him no children. In politics he follows an inde- pendent course, voting for the best interests of the public. He has served Rochester as Selectman, and in other minor offices. A Mason in good standing, he belongs to Eureka Lodge, of New Bedford. I'.LVIN S. LITCHJ-IKLD, of North ^ Scituate, a retired shoe manu- _ facturcr, comes of an old Plym- outh County family, which has given to the Bay State patriotic soldiers, sturdy farmers, successful financiers, and able statesmen. He was born in Scituate, September 28, 1822, a son of Enoch and Eliza (Collier) Litchfield. His grandfather, Isaac Litchfield, as well as both parents, was also a native of the town. (F"or an account of the origin and early gener- ations of the family, see the biography of William II. Litchfield, of Scituate.) Isaac Litchfield, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier, worked at his trade of carpenter for many years in Scituate. Enoch Litchfield learned the shoemaker's trade, followed it during a great part of his life, and died in the seventies. Of his children, besides Melvin S., there are living* Zenas IL, George W., and Eliza J. Melvin S. Litchfield acquired a rudimentary education in the district schools of Scituate, attending the winter sessions chiefly until he was twelve years old. At the age of seven he began to help his father in making shoes, so that, on reaching his majority, he was an ex- pert shoemaker. Then, starting in life for himself, he worked at his trade, and engaged in fishing. In 1847. with his brother, Zenas H., he started in the manufacture of shoes, under the firm name of M. S. Litchfield & Co., opening a small place, measuring twelve by thirteen feet, located at the corner of Cedar and Summer Streets, in North Scituate. The business increasing with the lapse of time, they were frequently obliged to enlarge their establishment. At one period they had 444 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW seventy-five employees, residents of Scituate and adjoining towns. The brothers also car- ried on a general mercantile trade. In 1885 Mr. Melvin S. Litchfield retired from the manufacturing branch of the business. He re- tains his interest in the other department, which is still conducted by the original firm. Mr. Litchfield has been twice married. By his first wife, who was Mrs. Nancy (Ellms) Clapp, daughter of Gushing O. Ellms, of Scituate, and the widow of Hiram Clapp, he has two children. These are: Arthur E. , re- siding in Brockton, Mass., and Ella G., the wife of G. H. Waterman, of the same city. The present Mrs. Litchfield was formerly Mrs. Maria (Read) Elliot, the widow of Lyman F. Elliot, and a daughter of Leonard Read (deceased), of Mason, N.H. Mr. Litchfield has no children by his second union. In pol- itics he favors the Republican side. Both he and Mrs. Litchfield take an active part in the social events of the town, and are very popular members of society. ILLIAM F. BONNEY, who has resided for a number of years on a pleasant farm on Brant Rock Road, a short distance from Marshfield station, is a well-informed man, his mind broadened by travel and observation. He was born April II, 1831, in Hanson, Mass., and his parents, too, Gephas and Deborah (Soper) Bonney, were natives of that town, the home of his family for generations. His grandfather, Na- thaniel Bonney, was interested in the iron works in the town of Carver, this county. Cephas Bonney was an iron moulder, and followed his trade during a great part of his life, for a short time being engaged in the manufacture of castings in Marshfield. In politics he was a Democrat, in religious be- lief a Methodist. He died in 1S74, his wife, in 1889. They were the parents of the follow- ing children: Gephas W., now living in Ouincy, Mass.; Henry V., in Marshfield; William F., the subject of this sketch; Al- mira S., living in Kingston, Mass. ; Edward H., in Scituate; Mary E., wife of Elisha C. Hatch, in Whitman, Mass.; and Deborah P., Leroy .S., and Lucius L., deceased. William F. Bonney was three years old when his parents moved to Marshfield, and he here received his education, attending school until he reach his fourteenth year. He then went to Fall River, Mass., to learn the iron moulder's trade, and, after remaining there about three years, worked four years at iron moulding in Lawrence, Mass. At the time of the gold excitement in California, he made up his mind to try his luck there, and in 1S52 he set out by steamer from New York City to Aspinwall, crossed the Isthmus, and took a steamer to San Francisco. This was the quickest and most direct route of travel at the time, and the journey consumed but a month. Mr. Bonney found work in the "middle mines," and stayed in the diggings three years; then, dissatisfied with the uncertainty of mining, he found work at his trade in San Francisco, and was also engaged for some time grading building lots. He remained in California about five years, returning then by the route he had taken in going thither. In 1857 he started from Marshfield with a photo- graph car, and visited the towns in South- eastern Massachusetts. Quite successful as a photographer, he followed that line of busi- ness for si.xteen years. In 1875, weary of constant travel, he settled on his farm on Brant Rock Road, and since that time has found pleasure and independence in the pur- suit of agriculture. Mr. Bonney was married in 1S62 to Mary JOHN S. RYDER. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 447 T. Dunhani, who died in August, 1870, leav- ing one son, Wilfred, born December 27, 1S67, now residing in yMiington, Mass. The maiden name of Mr. lionney's second wife, with whom he was united on December 20, 1874, was Mary L. Gray. She died in 1892, leav- ing four children, namely: Frances, born Jan- uary 19, 1879; Josephine, December 6, 1879; Helen M., .September 4, 1881 — all living at present; and Anna G., May 11, 1885, who died October 4, 1892. In politics Mr. Bonney is independent, making a practice of voting for the candidates best qualified for office. -OIIN S. RYDER is one of the old, in- fluential, and highly respected citizens of Rochester, Mass., having taken a leading part in town and church affairs for many years. Me was born in Rochester, March i, 1822, and is the only surviving son of the late Martin and Content (Stevens) Ryder, both of this town. His father, who was a well-to-do farmer, died December 18, 1883, his mother, on February 18, 1881. They reared but two children: John S., sub- ject of the sketch; and Martin L., now de- ceased. John S. Ryder acquired a good education in his early years, finishing his school days at Rochester Academy, and began to teach at the age of nineteen. He was engaged in teaching during the winter, and in farm work during the summer from 1841 to 1849, and for several years thereafter he devoted himself to farming and stone-mason work. Though he began to provide for himself when he was twenty-one years of age, he did not leave his parents until he was twenty-six. About the beginning of 1849 he moved to his present farm, a good es- tate of twenty-five acres, and here for nearly half a centurv he has followed the sea- sons, sowing and reaping in seed-time and harvest. Mr. Ryder was married December 13, 1S4.S, to Betsey M. King, of Rochester. One child was born to them, a daughter, Julia A., who died at the age of .seventeen. Mr. Ryder takes an active interest in ])oli- tics, and has been elected on the Republican ticket to a number of offices. He was in the State legislature in 1875, 'i'"' 'i''^ served on the Town Board of Selectmen one year, as Town Treasurer si.\ years, Town Clerk four- teen years. Justice of the Peace seven years, and as School Committee six years. He has been a member of the Congregational church in Rochester since 1840, and served the .so- ciety as clerk for thirty years, and as Deacon five years. APTAIN JASON L. BRALKY, a retired mariner, now successfully en- gaged in strawberry culture and general farming in Rochester, was born Octo- ber 3, 1824, in the town of Acushnet, Bristol County, son of Elisha K. and Delia (Sher- man) Braley. He was two weeks old when the family came to Rochester, where he was reared and educated. He went on his first deep-sea voyage when sixteen years of age, shipping as a seaman on the brig "Solon," a whaling ves.sel which was out fourteen months, cruising in the Atlantic Ocean. His next voyage was made on the bark "Willis" from Mattapoisett, leaving port as a seaman, and coming back as boat stecrer. This vessel was out sixteen months, and sailed over the same waters. His third shipment was as boat steerer of the bark "Newton," which was out twenty months. Leaving this vessel at the Sandwich Islands, he engaged as boat steerer on the ship "Crown I'rincessen," with which he was connected about twenty-two months. 448 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW His next berth was that of third mate of the "Stephina, " on a cruise lasting thirty-two months in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. He was subsequently mate of the "Louisa" while twenty-eight months from home, hunt- ing whales in the North Pacific. Next, he was master of the ship "William Badger," on a voyage of forty-six months, most of which time was spent in the whaling-grounds of the North Pacific. After the return of the "Will- iam Badger," he left port again as mate of the "Falcon," which made a voyage of twenty-six months, cruising in the North Atlantic. When the " Falcon " was out fourteen months Mate Braley was made its captain. His last cruise was as mate of the "Vineyard." The "Vine- yard " had been out about eighteen months when he was injured by having a cask fall upon him, and returned home by the Nicaragua route. Captain Braley now abandoned seafaring, having followed it for thirty-three years, en- during the rigors of high latitudes, the enervat- ing heat of the tropics, and coming scathless out of a thousand perils. In 1873 he pur- chased a farm in Rochester, containing one hundred and fifty-five acres of good land. Here he has since spent his life, finding both profit and pleasure in general farming and strawberry culture. He was married in 1850 to Miss Hannah M. Hall, and now has four children — Ellen M., Sylvanus A., Henry W., and Fred J. In politics he supports the Re- publican party. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to St. Helena Lodge, of St. Helena. ZRO TURNER, a prominent resident jf North Scituate, and the owner of one of the handsomest homes on the beach, was born March 15, 1852, in Boston, Mass., son of Job A. and Elmira (Fellows) Turner. His ancestor, Humphrey Turner, was one of the men from Kent, England, who settled in Scituate in 1628. Humphrey, who was an enterprising man, established a tan- nery here in 1636. Besides his home, which was on Kent Street, on the east side of Cole- man's Hills, he owned a tract of land on the North River. Colonel John Bryant Turner, Azro Turner's grandfather, was born in Scituate, December 8, 1786. His parents were Job and Abiel (Bryant) Turner, both natives of Scituate. He spent his early life on his father's farm at Farm Neck, receiving a good education and fitting for college, though he did not subse- quently take a college course. Drawn into public life while yet a young man, he became a leader in Old Colony politics, was a pioneer of the Anti-slavery party, and a strong advo- cate of Prohibition, then just beginning to be agitated. An untiring and honest worker, and unswerving in his determination to do right, he was respected alike by Whigs and Democrats. Early in his career he was chosen Moderator of the Scituate town meetings, and it is said of him that no one has filled the office who wielded the gavel with more dignity or fairness. From that time forward "Colonel Bry," or "Squire Bry," as he was popularly called, was con- stantly in the public service. He was for a number of years Selectman of Scituate. In the office of County Commissioner, which he filled for several years, he gave valuable aid in the construction of many important public works, besides directing the locating of the first railroads. In 1830 he was surprised to find himself nominated on the Democratic- Republican ticket as Representative- to the Twenty-third Congress; but John Ouincy Adams, for whom the Colonel entertained the deepest respect and warmest friendship, was BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 4 49 also a luiniincc, and Colonel Turner withdrew in his favor. Colonel liry was a conspicu- ous figure in the General Couft of Massachu- setts, serving for years in both the House anil the Senate. Having begun his military career tis a coast guard in 1812, he rose to the rank of Colonel of the Second Infantry. The sword whch he wore is now in the pos- session of his grandson, Azro. Colonel Tur- ner was a leading spirit in all movements for the betterment of the town. He was in constant request as arbitrator in the settle- ment of differences among his townsmen. He spoke and wrote with firmness, mingled with gentleness, and with a due regard for the opinions and failings of others. A Univer- salist in religious belief, his writings prove that he was a diligent student of theology. He died February 16, 1849, '" '^'s sixty-third year. Colonel Turner was married in 1813 to Miss Hannah Nichols, of Cohasset, Mass. His son, Job A. Turner, was born in Scituate, and there acquired his early education. When he was si.xteen years old he went to Boston to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner. This accomplished, he worked for some time as a journeyman, and then estab- lished himself in business as a contractor and builder. He was subsequently identified with the Bay State Brick Company at Med- ford, Mass., and at a later period was treas- urer of the George I-". Blake Manufacturing Company of Boston. His death occurred in Newton, Mass., on Marcli 12, iSSf). He was married twice, and had a large family. Of his children, five are living, namely: Fred- erick A., residing in l^oston ; Kdward C, in Arlington, Mass.; Azro, the subject of this sketch; Albion B., in Newton; and Carrie H., the wife of George F. Blake, Jr., resid- ing in Worcester, Mass. After acquiring his early education in Scit- uate, Azro Turner attended the Highland Mil- itary Academy at Worcester. Since attaining man's estate he has been extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits, at the same time tak- ing a prominent part in town matters. In politics he is an Independent, with a leaning to the Republican side. He served for four years on the Scituate Board of Selectmen, and is one of the most influential men of the place. An Odd l-'ellow, in good standing, he belongs to Cohasset Lodge, No. 192. On November 27, 1872, he was united in mar- riage with Georgietta F"rances Litchfield, of Scituate, and the union has been blessed with six children. These are: Alfred F. , born November 3, 1873: I'hilip H., born August 29, 1876; Azro, born December 13, 1879; Edith A., born March 13, 18S3; Vesta M., born November 37, 1885; and Cora M., born April 23, 18S9. RTIRM^ P. STARRKTT, the efficient foreman of the W. L. Douglas Shoe l-'actory of Brockton, was born in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, August 20, 1851, son of George and Phccbe (Johnston) Starrett. He is a descendant of Peter Starrett, who was born in Scotland about the year 1700, and, it is believed, emigrated to Ireland about 1730. From there the family came to America, set- tling in Maine, on or near the site of the pres- ent city of Portland. When the Revolution- ary War broke out, this branch of the Starrett family was so intensely loyal to the British crown that they emigrated again, this time to Canada, settling in Nova Scotia, near the New Brunswick line. Peter Starrett married Flevena Armstrong. Their son John, born in 1745, married Hannah Bancroft. He died October 4, 1829. Handley Starrett, son of John and Hannah Bancroft Starrett, and 45° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW grandfather of Arthur P., was born in Cum- berland County, Nova Scotia, in 1793- About 1840 he moved to Port Williams, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, where he owned and conducted a mill. He also held the office of Prime Magistrate. He subse-' quently moved to Cambridge, Hants County. He and his wife had seven children, four boys and three girls, namely: William, now living at Port Lome, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia; George, father of the subject of this sketch; John and James, now living in Cam- bridge, Hants County, Nova Scotia; Eliza- beth, who died in Lynn, Mass., in 1896; Jennie, now living in Lynn, Mass. ; and Amanda, who resides in Cambridge, Nova Scotia. George Starrett, father of Arthur, was born in 1818. When a young man he began to learn the trade of a ship-builder, but he had not been thus engaged long when he met with an accident in the ship-yard, that disqualified him from following that occupation. He then, by a course of hard study, fitted himself for the profession of a school teacher, which he followed in different counties in Nova Scotia for upward of twenty years. While re- siding in Port Williams he married Phcebe Johnston, daughter of Uriah and Mariah John- ston; and after his marriage he settled in Aylesford, Annapolis County. His wife died in 1S84, at the age of sixty-six years, and he then removed to his farm at Port Lome, where he spent his remaining days, making occasional visits to his children in Brockton. He survived his wife ten years, dying in 1894. His children are: Arthur P., Charles A., Annie M. (deceased), Edith J., Bertha, and Ella. Arthur P. Starrett was but two years old when his parents moved to Port Williams, and his boyhood was spent in that place. Besides attending the common school he had the ben- efit of private instruction from his father. At the age of seventeen he left home, and shipped on a merchant vessel bound for the West Indies; and he was out in the famous September gale of 1868. Two years there- after he came to Massachusetts, settling in Lynn, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In the fall of 1872 he came to Brockton; and the next year, while working for Barney Snow, a contractor, he fell from the roof of a five- story building, breaking his ankle. He then abandoned his trade, going into the factory of Peleg S. Leach to learn stitching. Three years later he entered the shoe factory of Daniel S. Howard, where also he remained three years, subsequently continuing in the same employment with J. C. Jenkins. In February, 1881, he took charge of the stitch- ing-room of W. L. Douglas & Co., with whom he has since remained. On February 4, 1872, Mr. Starrett was united in marriage with Lelah A. Banks, a daughter of Joseph and Mehitable Banks, of Port Lome, Nova Scotia. He has three chil- dren — Jennie F., Charles E. ; and Lena. Jennie F., now a young lady of twenty-two years, is a graduate of the Brockton High School, and resides at home; Charles E. is employed in the factory under his father; Lena, a girl of twelve years, is attending school. In politics Mr. Starrett is a Repub- lican; and he represents his ward in the Com- mon Council. He is connected with several fraternal organizations, being a member of Massasoit Lodge, No. 69, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Nemasket Encampment, No. 44; and Beatrice Lodge, No. 28, Daughters of Rebecca, in each of which he has passed all the chairs. He and his wife are also mem- bers of Brockton Colony, No. 138, Pilgrim Fathers. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 4.11 'RANCIS BARNARD GARDNER, clerk of the Hoard of Water Commis- sioners, and Overseer of the Poor of Hrockton, Mass., is a native of Nantucket, and a worthy representative of one of the old and miicii respected families of that long-time ■famous island home, lie was born near the close of the first half of the century, January I, 1845. His grandfather, Prince Gardner, a large ship-owner, was engaged in the whale fishery, and in the (ill and tallow business. In re- ligious persuasion he was a Quaker or member of the^ Society of Friends, as were many of the inhabitants of Nantucket fifty years ago or more, the island, as is well known, having been at an early day a refuge for the oppressed of that form of faith. Prince Gardner was one of those who occupied the high seats in tiie meeting, and used sometimes to preach. He died at seventy-two years of age. His wife, Mary Gorham, a Quakeress, whom he married in 1802, attained the advanced age of ninety-two years. They had but three chil- dren ; namely, Charles G. and two daughters. Charles G. Gardner, the only son, was the eldest child. He was born in 1807. The people of Nantucket may be said to have held at an early day advanced views on the subject of education, seeking for their children, if possible, something beyond common-school in- struction. The Quaker born and bred youth, Charles G. Gardner, puruscd his studies at Greenwich Academy, l^ast Greenwich, R.I., and later at a I-'riends' boarding-school in Providence. When his school days were over, he learned the cooper's trade, and made casks for his father. Of course, they were to hold whale oil, the whale fishery being then the leading industry of the place, and a profit- able one on the whole, although hazardous. There were losses peculiar to the "war time" of the early ])art of the century, and Prince Gardner and his brother Hcnjamin, who lost the ship "Johanna," of which they were joint owners, came in for a share of the P'rench spoliation claiims, of which but little was real- ized. Mr. Gardner, of Prockton, still ha^ in his possession several articles received by his grandfather and uncle by way of indemnity, which he cherishes as memorials of the olden time, a turned-over page of the family hi.story. In the latter part of his life Mr. Charles G. Gardner attended the North Congregational Church of Nantucket. He died at the age of eighty-five years. He was a Whig during the existence of that party, afterward a Republi- can, and always a thorough-going Abolition- ist. He married Lurana Rogers, daughter of John Rogers. Her father was the mate of a whaling vessel. He lost his life in sight of land in Massachusetts Bay, while lashed to the rigging of a vessel during a storm. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Gardner had ten chil- dren, only three of whom are now living. Francis B. was the ninth child of his par- ents. He was educated in the schools of Nantucket, which were then graded. Making good progress in the lower schools, he entered the high .school at thirteen years of age. He subsequently attended the CoflRn private school for a time; and then, a well-grown youth and well informed for his years, he learned the art of pegging shoes, and followed that occupation for some time. In November, 1862, he went to West Ikidgewater, and en- tered the employ of Charles Mowry, engaging to work for ten dollars a month and board. He stayed there till September, 1863, when he came to Brockton, where he worked on army brogans at twenty dollars per month and board. In April, 1864, he went into the shop of George H. Gurney, shoe manufacturer, and, learning to cut leather, earned twelve and 452 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW one-half cents an hour. He there worked three years as a cutter, and six years as super- intendent of the factory, fifteen hundred dol- lars being his salary in his final year, ending November, 1872. At that time forming a co- partnership with R. ]^. Packard, firm of Gard- ner & Packard, he made his first trip to Bos- ton to carry samples the week after the great Boston fire. They had a factory on Centre Street, Brockton, where O. O. Patten & Co. now are. In 1878 the firm dissolved, and Mr. Gardner continued in business alone, buying a factory on Linden Street, known as the David Howard factory, now owned by F. M. Shaw & Son. He carried it on till January, 1882, when he sokl it to Henry Mitchell. The business is now owned by Howard & Foster. In 1 88 1 Mr. Gardner took a prominent part in the movement to make Brockton a city. At the town meeting he was elected one of the Committee of Twelve to co-operate with the Selectmen in securing the charter, which was accepted as they submitted it. He had for one or two years previously been Chairman of the Republican Town Committee, and he was later on the same committee two or three years. He was one of the committee to make arrange- ments for the inauguration of the city govern- ment, and was elected to the Common Council of the city, but resigned his position on the Council without taking his seat. He was a member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for three years, after having refused the office for one year. He is now serving on his fif- teenth year in this responsible position, hav- ing: been elected five successive terms. In 1882 Mayor Keith appointed him on the Board of Health. Mr. Gardner had no intention of remaining in public office, and in the autumn of 1883 resolved to go again into business, but he was so strongly urged to accept a posi- tion on the Board of Water Commissioners that he did so, and has now served the Board twelve successive years. In January last he received one vote from the Council, which rep- resented the unanimous vote; in other words, he was elected by acclamation. Mr. Gardner is a charter member of Dam- ocles Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, was its first Chancellor Commander, and is now Chairman of the Finance Committee of Grand Lodge, which post he has filled for six years. He was last year appointed for three years more as a member of the Finance Committee. He was a charter member of Banner Lodge, New England Order of Protection; and as its first warden he wrote his signature to three hundred and sixteen certificates of member- ship. As a pioneer in Brockton of the no- license movement, he has occupied several positions on the committee, and has taken an ardent and active interest in temperance. He is a member of the Brockton Agricultural So- ciety, and has been superintendent of its hall for about eight years. A loyal American cit- izen, he is an associate member of Fletcher Webster Post, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, of Brockton. Of the charter of the People's Savings Bank of Brockton he was one of the original signers, and he is a Trustee of the bank, and one of its Investment Committee. He is a communicant of the First Congregational Church, and was at one time clerk of the church and a member of the Parish Committee. He is now on the Build- ing Committee for the new church edifice. Mr. Gardner and Miss Emma Davis, daugh- ter of John W. Davis, of Nantucket, were married in October, 1866, and five years ago they celebrated their silver wedding, or twenty-fifth anniversary. Among the presents received on that occasion, as testimonials of the esteem and good will of neiiihbors and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 453 friends, were a case of silver from the city goveriinient of IJrockton, antl a silver service from Hamier Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have three children, namely: Annie L., who married luhvard !•;. Stcbbins, and resides in Melrose, Mass.; Gertrude E., an assistant in the Water Commissioner's office. City Hall; and Charles F., now a stu- dent at the Brockton High Schot)!. TT^Al'TAIN GKORGK D. ALLEN, who ( Vp has been on duty much of the time in V ^ recent years as the commander of a great ocean steamer, is well equipped for the responsible post he occupies, being a type of the thorough American sailor, a brave, reso- lute man, with a cool head and a keen eye. He was born October 28, 1843, in Marion, a .son of John D. and Sarah N. (Hathaway) Allen. His parents reared two other chil- dren, both daughters, namely : Abbie, who died in 1882; and Louisa. George D. Allen was educated in the dis- trict schools, and laid aside his text-books, when a lad of fourteen, to go on board a coast- ing-vessel, on which he remained three years as a sailor. Shipping then on a merchant vessel, he visited various portions of the globe, including California, China, and Aus- tralia, sailing one year as common seaman, two years as second mate, four years as first mate, and from that time until the present as master. Captain Allen has followed the sea nearly forty yeans, has commanded vessels twenty-eight years, and at different periods during the last eight years has been in charge of an ocean steamer. During his career he has circumnavigated the globe twice, been around the Cape of Good Hope three times, and doubled Cape Horn six times, in most cases having an interest in the ships that he has commanded. He has been unusually fort- unate in his voyages, although at one time his ship was struck by a hurricane, and totally demolished. The vessel was on its way from New Orleans to Liverpool, being about sixty miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the Gulf of Mexico, when struck by the tremendous gale. 'I'lie timber with which it was loaded kept the hull from sinking, and the entire crew Hoated on the wreck thirty-six hours before being rescued. Captain Allen was married May 8, 1869, to Magdalana S., daughter of Captain Clark Delano. Eight children have been born of this union, namely: Elmena Stover, who died when five years old; Bertha Bolivia, who was born off the coast of Bolivia; Clara B. ; John C, born off Cape Horn; Sarah D., who died December 13, 1880; James Scott Hathaway, born on board ship at Liverpool, England; Florence Souter; and Abbie L. , who died in infancy. Soon after his marriage the captain bought the farm of forty acres on which he and his family make their home. Captain Allen is held in high regard as a man of great force of character and moral worth. In politics he is a strong advocate of the principles of the Republican party. AHU;\I F. MORSE, Selectman of Rochester for more than twenty years, was born May 19, 1835, on the farm where he now resides, son of John N. and Lydia (Look) Morse. This farm was origi- nally owned by his grandfather, Simeon Morse, who served as a soldier in the Revolution and was one of the early settlers of this locality. John N. Morse was a large land-owner, and one of the prominent men of the district. He had a family of eleven children; namely, John O. A., James H., Savcry A., Mary A., Lydia, 454 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW David, Isaac, Tirzah I., Nahum F., Naomi, and Charlotte H. ; Nahum F. Morse acquired his education in the district school and the old Peirce Acad- emy of Middleboro. In boyhood he became familiar with the duties of farm life, and, when he was twenty-six years old, he took full charge of the homestead. The farm covers two hundred acres in Middleboro and Roch- ester, including good tillage and pasture land. His whole life has been spent there. He has been successful as a farmer, keeps some live stock, and raises some fruit. He was married in 1857 to Almeda I. WashburU) of Carver, this county; and eight children came of the union. Two are deceased — Jennie F. and Nahum F. The others are: Lottie H., Annie G., Isaac F., Tirzah S., Chester B. , and Helen B. Mr. Morse, who is a Democrat, has been for many years identified with the adjustment of town affairs, his conservative judgment and practical common sense being highly valued by his townsmen. He has served as Select- man of the town altogether for twenty-two years. In this period he has also acted as Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, and Town Agent ; and he has been a Justice of the Peace for fifteen years. He is a Mason in good standing, belonging to Social Harmony Lodge of Wareham, Mass. As a member of the Christian Advent church, he takes an ac- tive interest in religious work. )YSANDER S. RICHARDS, a horticul- turist and author and a leader in various reformatory and progressive move- ments, is a resident of Marshfield Hills. He was born in Quincy, Mass., April 13, 1S35, a son of the Hon. Lysander and Content C. (Clapp) Richards. ~The Richards family is of English origin, the American branch springing from an emigrant who settled in what is now Norwell, Mass., in 1630. The Hon. Lysander Richards, who was a son of Nchemiah Richards, was born and reared in Cummington, Mass. After teaching school for a while, he went to Quincy, Mass., where he was interested in the quarries, event- ually becoming a member of the house of Richards, Munn & Co., the largest stone con- tractors in Quincy, and probably in the United States, in their day. Mr. Richards attained eminence in business circles, and had many financial interests. He was the first President of the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany. A prominent member of the Whig party, he served one term as State Senator. He was a member of the Quincy School Board for a number of years, and one of the prime movers in establishing the high school. In religious belief he was a Unitarian. Pie had an extended acquaintance in Norfolk County, and was respected by all who knew him. He died in 1S51 at Havana, Cuba, where he had gone for his health. His wife was also a mem- ber of an old family of English origin, her first ancestor in this country settling in Scituate in 1630. She passed away in 1893. Of their children the following are living: Lysander S. , the subject of this article; Louise C. , clerk in the United States Life-saving Service Department in the Treasury Building, Wash- ington, D. C. ; Venelia, wife of Charles W. Calef, of Auburn, N.H. ; Charles N. , keeper of the Senate Stationery Department at Wash- ington; Clara, also in the national capital; Anna S., wife of T. Butler Van Alstyne, a lawyer of Tustin, Cal., ajipointed by Governor Budd President of the Board of Trustees of the Southern California Insane Asylum near Los Angeles, Cal. Lysander S. Richards acquired his early BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 455 education in tlic Oiiincy schools, jiassing through the grammar grade, and leaving school at the age of fifteen. lie was sixteen when his father died, and in the two years following that event was acting Postmaster in Ouincy. At the age of eighteen he obtained a |)osi- tion as book-keeper for Williams & Rodgers, hitle and leather merchants in 15oston ; and after the: dissolution of that firm he was cm- ployed as book-keeper for Rodgers, Johnson & Thompson, lioston. At twenty-two he was the junior member of the hide and leather firm of Rodgers, Baxter & Richards, which was sub- sequently merged into Rodgers, Richards & Co. This house controlled an extensive busi- ness, amounting to between two hundred thou- sand and three hundred thousand dollars per year, and was in existence about seven years. Soon after the [xutnership was dissolved Mr. Richards became a member of the hide and leather firm of Charles Marsh & Co., of Bos- ton, one of the leading mercantile houses of the flub. The Hon. Charles Marsh (now deceased), the head of the firm, was President of the Granite National l^ank and of the Ouincy Savings Bank, and was a State Sena- tor. He retired from business in 1874; and Mr. l^ichards, who was suffering from ill- health, severed his connection with the firm at the same time. For a number of years Mr. Richards had been engaged in scientific study and research, and had written various articles, including a treatise on cosmography, which was published in the Boston Banner of Light, running about two years in the seventies. On retiring from business, he took the opportunity to visit the gold and silver mines of California and Ne- vada, in order to supplement the knowledge gained from books by actual observation ; and before he returneil home he studied the miner- alogy of the coal mines of Pennsylvania. It is an incident worthy of note that Mr. McKinJey, brother of President McKinlcy, entertained Mr. Richards in California, and afterward came on to Ouincy, and made him an offer to go on to California, and, as an ex])ert, exam- ine some mines in which he was interested. After his return front this tour Mr. Richards devoted much of his time to literary work, publishing scientific and philosophical papers, as well as a series of articles on his travels in California and the Far West, including Utah, in the Boston Cotnnionwcalt/t. In the fall of 1874 he settled in Marshfield, moving into his present dwelling, which he erected in 1.S76. Here his most important literary works have been completed. Among these arc "The Beginning and Knd of Man"; "Vocophy"; and "Breaking up; or. The Birth, Develop- ment, and Death of the Farth and its Satel- lite in Story." Mr. Richards taught sciences and other branches of study for a year in a school in Washington, D. C. , and for four years had charge of the Marshfield Business Academy, of which he was the founder. During the season of 1866-67 he presided at the Music Hall (Boston) Sunday afternoon lectures. Previous to 1S74 he lectured on scientific subjects before the high and gram- mar schools of Ouincy, his topics including Darwinism, Astronomy, and Geology. He has also studied carefully the science of agri- culture and horticulture, and has given many addresses at farmers' meetings in Boston. He has been Vice-President of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and was for three years a member of the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Richards has been for a numi)er of years Secretary of the Marshfield Republi- can Committee, of which he is now chairman, and has served as Chairman at conventions, caucuses, and town meetings. At a meeting 4S6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the Second Plymouth District Republi- can Committee, comprising the towns of Duxbury, Pembroke, Norwell, Scituate, and Marshfield, he was elected Chairman for the ensuing year, 1896-97; but he refuses perma- nent jDublic office, preferring the quiet of his home. He is deeply interested in the prog- ress of the town, and was instrumental in changing the name Elast Marshfield to Marsh- field Hills, which is much more appropriate, and gives an outsider an idea of the distin- guishing natural feature of the place. Mr. Richards is the President of the Marshfield Plills Public Library. He was vested with the authority of Justice of the Peace for twenty-one years. Previous to 1866 he was often called upon to preside at conventions in the large halls of Boston ; and he was the leader of the temper- ance movement in Ouincy before the advent of Henry H. Faxon. He was President of the Massachusetts Radical Peace Society, and was the first Corresponding Secretary of the Uni- versal Peace Society, with headquarters at Philadelphia. In his early manhood, while living in Quincy, he was President of the Adams Literary Association, President of the Ouincy Charitable Society, and superinten- dent of the Unitarian Sunday-school at Adams Temple, the famous church of John and John Quincy Adams. Mr. Richards is now con- nected with the Unitarian church in Marsh- field. He is still an enthusiastic student ; and, being sent in 1891 by the Eastern heirs of a bachelor uncle who had lived in California, to investigate his affairs, he took occasion to visit southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, travelling through the Southern States and studying the natural features of the country. Mr. Richards was married in 1859 to Miriam G. Rodgers, of Ouincy, Mass. Three children have blessed their union : Clift R. (deceased) ; Eleanor R., artist, who has charge of the art department of the Edgeworth School at Baltimore, Md. ; and C. Rodgers, a graduate of Boston University, at present employed in looking up titles in the Indian Bureau, under the Department of the Interior, of the United States srovernment. OHN FOSTER, a box manufacturer and lumber and real estate dealer residing in South Hanson, Plymouth County, is a native of Pembroke, Mass., where he was born, March 12, 1842, son of David H. and Deborah (Howland) Foster. On both sides he is descended from early Plymouth colo- nists, who were passengers in the "Mayflower." David F"oster, father of David H., was a pa- triot soldier in the War of 18 12, and was killed in service, his head being shot off. David H. Foster was born in Scituate, Mass., in 1799. He followed the trade of a ship carpenter. He and his wife, Deborah, who was a daughter of Luther Howland, of Pem- broke, had seven sons; namely, Horace J., Jairus H., Jared Perkins, Hiram, Charles (de- ceased), Otis, and John. David H. Foster died when about eighty-two years old; and his wife died in January, 1S96, at the age of ninety-one years, five months. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John was the youngest born of the family. He acquired his education in the district school, and in his boyhood was also initiated into the work of the home farm, the care of which, owing to his father's being so much occupied with ship carpentry, and his mother being in feeble health, early devolved upon him. When twenty-two years old, he began buying tracts of timbered land, which he i^' BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 459 cleared, and hired the lumber sawed. As his business increased, he bouglit a water-power saw-mill in l'enil)r(>ke in 1874, and shortly after added a {^rist-mill and box factory to the plant. Five years later he purchased of Bar- nabas l'>erson his steam-mill at South Hanson, enlarged it, ami built a grist-mill, then trans- ferred bis IVmbroke grist-mill, excelsior mill, and box factory to South Hanson, still, how- ever, running his saw-mill at Pembroke. A year or two later the entire plant at South Hanson was burned to the ground. Rebuild- ing on a better plan, he did a thriving busi- ness until in DecemJjer, i8go, the plant was again destroyed by fire. He then immediately put up another set of buildings after the same plan on a much larger scale. When he started, he employed but three or four men, but now has about seventy-five on an average. He handles about five million feet of lumber a year, and keeps a full line of building mate- rials, being the principal dealer within a radius of several miles. He also runs a cooperage shop for the manufacture of cranberry barrels, supplying the cranberry-growers in this section of the State. Mr. Foster is also extensively engaged in the real estate business, being one of the larg- est real estate owners in this town, also the largest tax-payer, anil having much property outside the town. During the past five years he has sold over fifty farms and hundreds of house lots. He is the sole owner of three land companies, besides being the principal owner of several others. In company with Horace H. Maglatblin, under the firm name of the Webster I'ark Land Company, he is develop- ing a large tract of beach property in Marsh- field, building houses and otherwise improv- ing the property. He owns forty acres of cranberry land, anil is interested in many other bogs. All his operations have been characterized by great energy and business sagacity, and from a humble beginning he has risen to be one of the leading business 111. n >>( the county. On October 6, 1868, Mr. Foster married Mary F., daughter of Klbridge G. Fuller, of Halifax, Mass. Mr.s. Foster is also descended 1)11 both sides finni some of the original set- tlers of Plymouth. Two sons were born to them; namely, lidgar M. and Elewyn N., both now deceased. In 1867 Mr. Foster became a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. I<\ & A. M., of Duxbury, from which he was de- mitted to Phienix Lodge of Hanover. He and his wife attend the Congregational church. ^^'-'^'MLLIAM PP:RKINS is a representa- JS\I tive of two of the old families of Plympton. A son of William and Sophia Perkins, he was born FY-bruary 23, 1824, upon his present farm, which has been held in the Perkins name for nearly two cent- uries. His father was a son of Zephaniah Per- kins, who was a son of Deacon Josiah Per- kins, who served as Town Clerk of I'lympton forty years. Deacon Josiah Perkins was a son of Luke Perkins, who was born in 1666, moved from Ipswich and settled in Plympton in I 71 3, and died in 174S. Luke Perkins was the ancestor of nearly all — if not all — who bear the Perkins name in Plymouth County. He was the first blacksmith to settle in Plymp- ton; and it is worthy of noting that many of his descendants have been iron workers of one kind or another down to the present time. There may be no records to siiow who the an- cestors of Luke Perkins were, but he was probably a son of Abraham Perkins, who lived at Hampton, N.H., and a gramlson of John Perkins, who is said to have come over with Roger Williams in iC)y, removed with John 460 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Winthrop, Jr., to Ipswich in 1633, repre- sented that town in the General Court in 1636, and died in 1654. On the maternal side Mr. Perkins is a direct descendant of Governor Bradford. His mother, in maiden- hood Sophia Bradford, was a daughter of Cap- tain John Bradford, who was a son of Captain John 15radford, who was a son of Lieutenant Samuel Bradford, who moved from Kingston to Plympton some time between the years 1709 and 1 7 14. Samuel was a son of Major John Bradford, who was a son of Major Will- iam Bradford, Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony, who was a son of Governor Will- iam Bradford, who came over in the " May- flower." Mr. Perkins has served in the Massachusetts legislature, and has had much experience in the settlement of estates and in town office. In addition to conducting his farm, he and his two sons are engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and of wooden and paper bo.xes. In 1850 Mr. Perkins married Ann Jeanette Churchill, daughter of Simeon Churchill, of Plympton. They have had seven children; namely, Laura W., William, Jr., Clara E., Josiah, Helen E., Nettie E. , and Charles B. Laura W. successively married William L. Bonney and Joshua F. Knowles, and has one child, Esther W. Bonney; William Perkins, Jr., married Ada K. Churcliill, and has one child, Gladys Perkins; Clara E. married Fred A. Ward, and has one child. Jay A. Ward ; Josiah Perkins died young; Helen PI married Gilbert W. Shaw, and has one child, Florence J. Shaw; Nettie E. married Prince E. Brad- ford, and has one daughter. Bertha W. Brad- ford ; Charles B. Perkins, the youngest, is still unmarried. Mr. Perkins was an early convert to temper- ance, and has never made use of liquor or tobacco. Half a century ago he was a regular attendant at the meetings of the Anti-slavery Society, and a frecjuent contributor to its funds. William Loyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Abby Kelly P"oster, Parker Pills- bury, Lucy Stone, and other of the anti- slavery leaders of those early days found shel- ter and entertainment at his house. He was a member of the Liberty party, the first polit- ical party especially organized to oppose the slave power. Later he belonged to the Free Soil party, and from the advent of the Repub- lican party he has been one of its active ad- herents. WALTER H( M.D., a sue ORATIO STURGIS, successful medical practi- tioner of Hull, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Fairfield, Vt., February 10, 1873, son of Smith V. and Clara B. (Wakeman) Sturgis. He is of English ances- try, and traces his lineage back to the time of William, the Conqueror. Turgesius, who was king of Ireland about .\.D 800, was undoubtedly a still earlier ances- tor. The Sturgis coat-of-arms represents two hounds couchant with a barred shield between, and underneath the motto, " Prudencia et Con- stancia. " The first appearance of the Sturgis family in America, it has been said, was "in the latter part of the seventeenth century, when two brothers settled, the one in Ccnnecticut, the other in Massachusetts." It should be noted, however, that "Edward Sturgis, Sr., the progenitor of the family on Cape Cod," was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and set- tled in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, in 1639. (See Freeman's History of Cape Cod.) From Mrs. Schenck's History of Fairfield, Conn., we learn that John Sturges settled in that town in 1660, in the thirty-seventh year of his age. Ezra Sturgis, the paternal great-grandfather BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 461 of Dr. Stiirgis, was born in Old Fairfield, Conn., and settled in Fairfield, \'t., where he was ])roniinently identified with the church, officiating as Deacon for many years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Gilbert, was of a highly respected family. Their son, Seth Sturgis, the Doctor's grandfather, who was a native of Fairfield, Vt., was a farmer, also a carpenter and builder, and was highly esteemed in the community. He and his wife, Eliza Bearse, of Fairfield, were commu- nicants of the Episcopal church in that town. Hotb lived to lie quite advanced in years, dying at the ages of eighty-two and eighty- four, respectively. Smith F. Sturgis, their youngest son, was born in Fairfield, Vt., where he lived on the old homestead. After acquiring his educa- tion, he learned tlie trade of carpenter and builder, which he followed there for many years. In 1893 he came to Hull, and he here continues the same enterprise. In politics he is a Republican. I'-raternally, he affiliates with I. H. Richardson Post, No. 92, Grand Army of the Republic, of I-'airfax, Vt. ; and he also belongs to Fairfax Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., of Fairfax, Vt. In kS6i he enlisted in Company 11, Third Vermont Vol- unteer Infantry, as a private, and served three years, being wounded at Cold Harbor. He married Clara H. Wakeman; and they had two children — May R. and Walter Horatio. May R. married Alvin J. I'erham, of Fairfax, Vt. ; and they now reside in Hull, Mass. They have five children, all of whom are now living — Genevieve, Helen, Alvin, Clara, and Waltera. The maternal great-great-grandfather was Nathan Lobdell, a native of Greenfield, Conn. He engaged extensively in farming. He was prominently identifieil with the Episcopal church in \'ermont for niany years. Trinity Church, Fairfield, having been organized after his settlement in that town, and owing much to his faithful labors. Many times during the early years of the present century he took long and arduous journeys on horseback, sometimes of more than a hundred miles, part of the way being by marked trees, to attend the conventions of the diocese to which he was a delegate. He counted nothing too hard by which he could serve God or his fellow-men. The maiden name of his wife was Abigail Hoyt. She belonged to a noted Connecticut family. Isaac Wakeman, the paternal great- granilfathcr, was born in Connecticut, and married Sarah, daughter of Ezekiel Hradley, of Old Fairfield, Conn. The grandfather, Horatio Powell Wakeman, who was born in Fairfield, Vt., received a liberal education, and for many years was a most successful and beloved teacher. He inherited a large patri- monial estate, to which he added from time to time, becoming one of the largest land- owners in the vicinity. He ultimately built a town residence, to which he retired from ac- tive business, and sjient his later years in the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of his early labors. Walter Horatio Sturgis acquired his early education at the New Hamjjton Institute, Fairfa.x, Vt., and also attended the St. Albans High School, subsequently entering the Med- ical Dei)artment of the University of \'er- mont. In 1895 he was graduated at Baltimore Medical College; and in the spring of that year he located in Hull, where he commenced work, and has gained popularity and a large practice, being highly esteemed, both profes- sionally and personally. Fraternally, he is identified with Commercial Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Boston, and is also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 462 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW FOSTER PEIRCE, a leading farmer of Scituate, was born here, July i, 1827, son of Elijah and Lucy (Nash) Peircc, both also natives of the town. He is of the seventh generation descended from Michael Peirce, who was killed in a war with the Indians in Rhode Island. Hayward Peirce, commonly called Squire Peirce, the grandfather of E. Foster Peirce, was promi- nent in the community, and served as a Justice of the Peace. Elijah Peirce was a lifelong resident of this town. A successful merchant and farmer, he was no less prominent than his father. He was the principal auctioneer of the locality. His integrity and good judg- ment were generally recognized, and he was intrusted with the administration of several estates. In politics he was a Whig. He served for some time on the School Committee of Scituate, and was always actively inter- ested in educational affairs. A member of the Unitarian society, he was one of the com- mittee selected in 1840 to superintend the re- modelling of the old church, which was after- ward destroyed by fire. He died in 1848, at the age of fifty-eight. Two of his children are living — Silas and E. Foster. Silas Peirce is a successful business man of Boston, and resides in that city seven months of the year, spending the rest of the time in his sum- mer home at Scituate. He has been the Pres- ident of the Boston National Bank; is now the President of the North American Insur- ance Company, which has an office in Boston; and he is a Director of the Northern Rail- road, the Nantasket Steamship Company, and the Cohasset Electric Light Company. It was he who donated to this town the hand- some and well-equipped Peirce Memorial Library at North Scituate. His summer home is a handsome residence, with spacious and beautiful grounds. He married Miss Myra Hall, now deceased, and has three children — Lucy P., Silas, and Susan H. E. P"oster Peirce was reared in Scituate, receiving his education at public and private schools. He has spent most of his life in this town, chiefly occupied in agriculture. His home also is one of the residences of which Scituate is justly proud, its general ap- pearance denoting not only wealth, but good taste and careful ownership. He votes with the Republican party, takes an active interest in town matters, and has filled acceptably a number of public offices. Mr. Foster was married January 12, 1859, to Sarah A. Perry, a native of Scituate, and a daughter of Calvin and Mercy (Litchfield) Perry. Her grand- father, Adam Perry, was a resident of Han- over, Mass. ; and in that town her father, Cal- vin Perry, was born. Calvin Perry served in the War of 18 12. His wife was a native of Scituate, where he came to reside after his marriage, and died in 1855. Three other children are also living, namely: Leonard L. , residing in .Scituate; Elvira, residing in Scit- uate Centre, the widow of Marcena Webb; and Mary F., a retired school-teacher, also re- siding in this town. Mr. and Mrs. Peirce have one child, Annie F. Mrs. Peirce is a member of the Orthodox Congregational church. KLAVEL SHURTLEFF THOMAS, M.D. , LL.D., was born at Hanson, Mass., September 7, 1852, son of Isaac and Abby (Shurtleff) Thomas. By both par- ents he comes of old and distinguished ances- try. This branch of the Thomas family in America originated with William Thomas, born in 1573, who came here from England in 1637. He was one of the merchant advent- urers who aided in founding the New Plym- outh Colony; and he owned a grant of land, -^^^'l^- ^ J4^ FLAVEL S. THOMAS. M.D., LL.D. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ♦^S comprising;- filtccn tiiousaiui acres, which in- cliulcd the Daniel Webster farm at Marshficld. A gravestone marks his last rcstiny-place in the old Marshficld burial-ground. His son Nathaniel came with him to Amer- ica. He had a son known as Colonel Na- thaniel, who, acting for himself and others in 1662, bought from the Indians a large tract of hind, thereafter calleil the "Major's Pur- chase," Und received a gootlly slice of it in compensation for his services. Portions of that property are still in the possession of the family, Wampatuck farm — formerly a part of the Isaac Thomas farm — being owned by Dr. Thomas. The fourth generation was repre- sented by Lieutenant Isaac Thomas, born in 1682, who lived near Gordan Rest, Hanson; and the fifth, by Captain Edward Thomas, l)orn in 1713, who resided on the Isaac Thcimas farm. After these came Isaac, the great-grandfather of Dr. Thomas ; Josiah, the grandfather; and Isaac, the father. William Shurtleff, a native of England, was the founder of the Shurtleff family in Amer- ica. His son Abiel had a son Benjamin, whose son Benjamin, second, was the father of Lot, Benjamin, Charles, Barzallia, IMilton, Nathaniel, Samuel, Flavel, Abigail, Ruth, and Hannah. Of these Samuel was a physi- cian. Benjamin, the third of the name, also a physician, endowed Shurtleff College at Upper Alton, 111. Dr. Benjamin's son. Dr. Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, was Mayor of Boston, and a celebrated author and antiquary. Flavel Shurtleff, the father of Dr. Thomas's mother, was a graduate of Brown University, studied theology in Philadelphia, and preached in Hanson and several other places. Flavel Shurtleff Thomas, having received his early education in the town schools of Hanson, subsequently studied at Hanover Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard University, Cornell University, Shurtleff Col- lege, Boston University, Boston Museum of Natural History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Montreal Veterinary College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Syracuse Uni- versity, Correspondence University, McGill University, and the National University. He began the study of medicine in 1871 with Woodbridge R. Howes, M.D., of Hanover, Mass., and subsequently attended three courses of lectures at Harvard University Medical School, and at McGill University, Faculty of Medicine. Having received his diploma from Harvard in 1874, he entered upon the practice of his profession at Ithaca, N. Y., in the same year. After spending a few months in that town, he removed to Hanson, which has been his place of residence since. He has been town physician since 1879; ^^'^s lecturer on comparative anatomy for the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Boston, in 18S3; has been physician to Gordan Rest Sanitarium, Hanson, since 1891 ; and physician to Maquan Sanitarium at Hanson since it was opened by him in 1894 for the treatment of chronic diseases, especially those of women. He is also examiner for the New York Mutual and the Manhattan Life Insurance Companies. Harvard, as before mentioned, conferred on him his medical degree; Shurtleff College conferred the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws; the Montreal College, that of Veterinary Surgeon; Syracuse University, those of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science; McGill University, Doctor of Veter- inary Science; and the National University, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Zoology. The last-named degree, Doctor of Zoology, was introduced from Europe into the United States by Dr. Thomas, who was also the first person to receive it from an American col- lege. He entered the National University as 466 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW a post-graduate student and a candidate for this degree, and completed the necessary course of two years under the direction of Pro- fessor A. Birge, Ph.D. Previous to this zoology had been a favorite study with him; and he had performed the usual college work in the science and that in professional zoology required at the McGill and Harvard Medical Schools, and had also been a special and post- graduate student in zo5logy in Cornell, under Professors Law, Gage, and Wilder, in Syra- cuse, with Professor Underwood, and at Bos- ton Museum of Natural History, with Profes- sors Van Vleck and Hyatt. His degree of Doctor of Laws was received in 1S92. On learning of the event, the principal of Phillips Andover Academy, under date of February 17, 1893, wrote him as follows: — ■ J/)' dear Dr. Thomas, — I am delighted to see your honors crowned with the larger wreath. Your academic recognition is very nearly complete, is it not ? The Rev. W. C. Winslow — the Egyptologist — is a D.D., Ph.D.. D.Sc, LL.D., D.C.L., and L.H.D., I think; but you are ahead. You must feel that the satisfaction is in having earned them by your painstaking fidelity and public spirit. I often think how little acknowledgment I have made for your interest in me and the school. Yours, (^. p p Bancroft. Dr. Thomas is largely devoted to literary work, which in his later years has been char- acterized by profound scholarship. Among his writings may be mentioned his graduating thesis on "Opium"; his "Lectures on Com- parative Anatomy," delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston; his Doctor of Philosophy thesis, "Birds of Han- son"; a paper on "Insects Injurious to Vege- tation in Hanson," read before the Farmers' Institute of Plymouth County Agricultural Society; three papers read before the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, respectively named "The Value of a Knowledge of Comparative Pathology to the Doctor of Medicine," "The Value of a Knowledge of Comparative Anat- omy to the Doctor of Medicine," and "Doctor of Medicine, What it is and What it should be"; a prize essay, "Liquid Manures," written for the Plymouth County Agricultural Society; contributions to the Neiv England Medical Monthly, entitled "The Ideal Medi- cal School," "Medical Education," "The Best Preliminary Education for the Study of Medicine," and "A Few Words to Medi- cal Schools"; "The Lecture System," an article published in the Boston Medical and Snrgical Journal ; "University Degrees," in the Scliool Bulletin of Syracuse, N.Y. ; "The Physician" and "Medicines," in the Boston Journal of Hcaltli ; "Veterinary Degrees," in the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery; "Life in a Puddle" and "Micro- scopic Pond Life," in Youtli' s Companion; "Montreal Letters" and "Syracuse Letter," in Old Colony Memorial : "Non-resident De- grees" and "The Current Value of University Degrees" in the National Magazine; "The Medical Missionary," contributed to the Healthy Home; "Doctor of Laws, Origin, History, Past and Present Use," and "Latin or English Order in University Degrees," in the University Magazine of New York; "A Study of the Present System of University De- grees, with Generalizations and Suggestions," and "Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science," in Education of Boston; and "The Best Course of Study Preparatory to the Study of Medicine," in American Journal of Educa- tion of St. Louis. He is also the author of these pamphlets: "Lectures on the Science of Agriculture," "A Perfect University," and "University Degrees: What they mean. What they indicate, and How to use them." The department of University Degrees and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 4^7 Education in the "Standard Dictionary of the English Language," published by l'"unk & Wagnalls Company, New York, was edited by Dr. Thomas. The publisher also submitted proofs of the entire work to his inspection before sending it to press. The question re- garding a rule to be followed in printing the academic degrees of the two hundred and forty-seven editors of the dictionary, and other degrees therein, was left to his decision, which was that old titles, which centuries of use had crystallized in the Latin form, as Ph.D. and M.D., should retain that form, and that all modern degrees, such as B.S. and M.S., together with all others that have been written both ways, such as R.A. and M.A. , take the English form. William T. Harris, LL. D., the United States Commissioner of Education, who is editing the "International Education Series," has recently invited Dr. Thomas to prepare a dictionary of university degrees for that work. In 1879, July 9, Dr. Thomas was married to Miss Caroline M. Smith., daughter of Cap- tain Joseph Smith, C.E., of Titusville, Pa. Their two children are: Percival Shurtleff, born October 7, 18S4; and Saba Drew, born I-"ebruary 27, 1893. At present the Doctor is serving the town of Hanson as a member of its School Committee, and is a Trustee of Plym- outh County Agricultural Society. He joined the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1875 and the Harvard Medical School Alumni As- sociation in 1 891. A Mason of long standing in Puritan Lodge of Whitman, Mass., he was exalted to the Royal Arch degree in Pilgrim Chapter of Abington, Mass., on February 15, 1895; and he was created Knight Templar in Old Colony Commandcry of Abington on Feb- ruary 3, 1896. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North River Lodge of Hanover, Mass. It is not neces.sary to say that Dr. Thomas is highly esteemed by Hanson people, who feel a war- rantable pride in having among them a man of his distinction. Biographical sketches of Favcl S. Thomas may be found in "Syracuse University Alumni Record," " Pliysicians and Surgeons of Amer- ica" (with portrait), and in History of Plym- outh County." OHN S. BROOKS, of Hanover, who has been successfully engaged in busi- ness here for upward of half a century, was born in North Hanover, Plymouth County, October 27, 1824, son of John and Amy (Mann) Brooks. His parents had ten chil- dren, of whom two died in infancy. The rest, who all attained maturity, were: John S., Levi, Warren, Thomas D. , lunma, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah. Levi lost his life during the Civil War, in the Red River E.vpe- dition. John S. Brooks was the eldest. He obtained his education in the common schools and at a private school kept by Judge Harris, now of Brockton. Unable to attend school beyond his twelfth year, e.xxepting dur- ing the winter, he began work at the shoe- maker's trade, which he followed continuously for fifteen years. He then purchased the store which he has since prosperously con- ducted, a period of forty-four years. He has a well-selected stock of general dry goods, groceries, etc. The place was a union store for some years. Mr. Brooks has been twice married. His first union was contracted June 2^, 1850, with Miss Nancy Binney, who died childless. On October 19, 1869, Miss I-Iliza F. Shurtleff be came his wife. Born of this marriage are two children — John F. and Marion S. Since 1 888 Mr. Brooks has had charge of the North 468 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Hanover post-office. He was elected in 1861 to the office of Selectman, and has served in that capacity altogether about five years. He has also been an Overseer of the Poor and As- sessor. 4^ •> » ATHANIEL HENRY CROSS, for- merly a well-known business man of 1'^ ^ North Bridgewater, Mass., where more than fifty years ago he was engaged in carriage manufacturing, was born in East Bridgewater, October 11, 1803. He was a son of Captain Nathaniel Cross, who had re- moved thither a short time previously from Exeter, N.H. In 1824, when twenty-one years of age, having acquired his education in South Bridgewater, apd also mastered the wheelwright's trade, Nathaniel H. settled in North Bridgewater, now Brockton. An in- telligent, well-informed man, energetic, and enterprising, he not only successfully carried on his business of wagon and carriage making, but dealt considerably in real estate in the vicinity, and was also somewhat interested in Western lands. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, and President Jackson appointed him Postmaster at North Bridgewater, which office he filled acceptably for a number of years. In religion he vvas liberal and progressive, re- garding belief as an "act of the intellect as well as the heart"; and he attended the Uni- tarian church, of whose pastor, the Rev. M. Goldsboro, he was an intimate friend. Strictly temperate from principle, he was an active worker in temperance societies. As was the custom in those days, he took part in the annual drill of the local militia, of which for some years he was an enrolled member. He departed this life on March 25, 1843, in the fortieth year of his age. In October, 1824, Mr. Cross married Lucy Vose, daughter of Elijah Vose, of Boston. She was born in Boston, April 9, 1807. At the age of twelve, being then an orphan, she went to Bridgewater to live, and there at- tended a private boarding-school. By her marriage she became the mother of six chil- dren, namely: Nathaniel and Henry, both now deceased; William W. Cross, a promi- nent manufacturer of Brockton; and Lucy, who married Charles C. Eield, also a promi- nent business man of Brockton; Mrs. M. ]?. l^urland, the wife of Dr. Burland, a well- known physician of Philadelphia; and Mrs. Susan Holbrook, of Brockton. The old fam- ily homestead in North Bridgewater, pur- chased by Mr. Cross in 1831, after his demise was occupied by Mrs. Cross until her death, on May 4, 1896, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Until within two years of her death she had charge of the estate left by her husband, and managed it very success- fully; and, excepting the last year of her life, she was mentally active, able to attend to business and to read the newspapers. She was much interested in charities and reforms. In her younger days she belonged to various temperance societies, and at one time was president of a benevolent association. Later in life she bestowed several sums on various public institutions. She was a lady of quiet, gentle, and refined tastes and manners, and was much esteemed. OHN JOSEPH SHAW, M.D., a well- known physician of Plymouth County, who settled in the town of Plymouth, was born August 11, 1842, in East Bridge- water, Mass., where his ancestors had resided for about two hundred years. Joseph Shaw, son of John and grandson of Abraham, of Dedham, was the first of the name in this country, having removed from Weymouth and JOHN J. SHAW. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 47" bought a large tract of land in ICast Bridge- water (then Bridgevvater), about the year 1698. The first Joseph Shaw had a son, the Rev. John Shaw, who was born in I{!ast Bridgevvater in the year 1708, and was the grandfather of Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, of Boston, and his cousin, the Hon. John A. Shaw, of Bridgewater. Joseph, first, also had a son i)orn in 171 1, Deacon Zechariah, who had a son Zechariah, born in 175 1. lie liad Josei)h in 1779, and in 1785 Alvan, wlio was a volunteer in the War of 18 12. The second Joseph, who was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a man of energetic character, a competent farmer, and owner of a grist-mill. He was prominent in religious matters, ami was a pillar of the old orthodo.x church. Li the latter part of his life he retired from active work, and he died in East Bridgewater in his eight\-sixth year. He was twice married. His first wife was Olive, daughter of Samuel Dike, whose father, Samuel, was born in Scotland in 1782. Their only child was .Samuel Dike Sliaw, the father of the subject of this sketch. Owing to precarious health, it was not deemed advisable that .Samuel D. Shaw should go to college, as had been intended by his parents. His father gave him a grist-mill, and thus started him in the grain business, which, under his skilful management, in a few years grew into a large wholesale and re- tail trade in grain and flour, and all the re- quirements of a country supply store. Mr. Samuel D. Shaw also controlled a mill for the manufacture of building lumber, and was at one time interested in tack manufact- uring. He has been a great sufferer from fire, having had no less than si.x separate experi- ences of this kind, each time with heavy loss. In spite of his close business application he has been a lifelong student, being especially interested in the natural sciences, in which line he has acquired a high degree of profi- ciency. He was always a Whig in politics until the formation of the Re|)ublican party, since which event he has acted witii that or- ganization; and at the time of the abolition movement he was actively interested in the suppression of slavery. He retired from busi- ness some years since, and now resides with his son. He was born on the old Bridgewater place on November 25, 181 3, and married in 1839 VVealthy Stickney Estes, daughter of James Estes, of Brunswick, Me., and a de- scendant of Sir William Thompson, knight and baron of the city of London. They had two sons — Henry W. and John Joseph. Henry W., the elder son, died at the age of twenty-six. John Joseph Shaw commenced his school life at the academy of William Allen in East Bridgewater, and afterward attended the com- mon schools of the town, and later the Bridge- water Normal School, where he was graduated in 1863. He began the study of medicine in 1864, graduating from the Hygeo-Therapeutic College in New York City in 1867. Contin- uing his studies, in 1872 he took a post-grad- uate medical course at Harvard, after finishing which he practised for two years in East Bridgewater. In October, 1874, Dr. Shaw located himself in Plymouth, where he has since been engaged in a constantly increasing practice. He is a member of the .Massachu- setts State Medical Society and of the Amer- ican Listitute of Ilomceopathy. Dr. Shaw is an original thinker and a clear and facile writer. He has written considerably for the lay and meilical press and medical societies, and is the author of two monographs, entitled "The Scientific Basis of Homceopathy " and "Why I am a Homaopath." Dr. Shaw married for his first wife Persis 47 : BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW R. Kingman, of Keenc, N.I I., by whom he had a son, John Holbrook, who graduated in 1893 from Harvard Medical College, and in 1894 from Boston University, and is now in successful practice in Plymouth. Dr. Shaw's second wife is Edith Luella Aldrich, daugh- ter of the Rev. Jeremiah Ivnight Aldrich, of Warwick, R.I. Mr. Aldrich is a second cousin of e.\-Governor Henry Howard, and e.x- Lieutenant Governor Albert C. Howard, of Rhode Island. He is also a second cousin and intimate friend of James Burrell Angell, former minister to China, and now president of Michigan University. His ancestors were for many years the controllers of Rhode Island politics. The Rev. J. K. Aldrich has held pastorates in East Bridgewater, Groton, Rye, Nashua, and other places. He has now retired from active work, and resides on one of his estates in Hyannis. He has written extensively, and is author of a work of deep research and profound logic, entitled "The Day of our Saviour's Crucifixion." Dr. Shaw and his present wife have had two children, namely: Lillian Estes, born October 13, 1 881; and Joseph Henry, October 9, 1886. The death of their daughter Lillian, which occurred May 16, 1895, was a terrible blow, from which they will never recover. Dr. Shaw is a member of Mayflower Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and also of Patuxet Colony, Pilgrim Fathers, and Plymouth Rock Lodge, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is medical examiner of the two latter. He was town physician for two years. In the summer and fall of 1896 he visited Europe, going to London as a dele- gate of the International Homoeopathic Medi- cal Congress, and afterward visiting Scotland, Belgium, Germany, the Rhine, Switzerland, and Paris. After his return Dr. Shaw re- mained for a time in New York City, where he took a special course at the New York Post-graduate Medical College and Hospital. ESSE M. CUSHMAN, a successful merchant of Rochester, was born here, November 27, 1826, son of Gilson and Susan H. (Purington) Cushman. Having ac- quired his education in the district school, he shipped as cabin boy at Mattapoisett for his first voyage, on board a whaling vessel, being then fourteen years old. The vessel was wrecked, and the crew cast away in the Arctic Ocean, near the northern edge of the Gulf Stream; but, fortunately, all were rescued. Undeterred by this experience, the lad, after reaching home, shipped on the brig "Amer- ica" from Wareham, Mass. This vessel sprung a leak when a few days out, and was obliged to return to port. He then engaged as cabin boy on the ship " Lagoda " of New Bedford, which was out twenty months, cruis- ing in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. By the time this vessel returned to port he was an ex- perienced sailor, and next went as able sea- man on the ship "Liverpool," which was out three years, whaling in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. On his fourth voyage he was the second mate of a merchant vessel sailing from Boston to the West Indies. With this vessel he was connected about three years. Returning to Massachusetts in 1849, ^f''- Cushman caught the gold fever then raging, and went to California. He was in Califor- nia from 1849 to tl^^ spring of 1852, prospect- ing and mining with moderate success. He then came back to Rochester, and purchased the store which he has since successfully con- ducted. Here he dealt in grain for twenty years. He now keeps a good stock of general merchandise. Having occupied his present stand for forty-four years, he is one of the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 473 oldest and bcst-kiu)wii l)usincss men in this section of the county. He was married Au- gust 2, 1853, to Miss Dorcas P. Swift. They had one child, who died in infancy. Mr. Cushman votes the Republican ticket. He was town liquor agent for one year. He is quite popular with his townsmen, anil has many old friends "among the seafaring men of the locality. —•-•••-•— inWARlJ M. S\V1':1':NY, a well-known member of the firm E. Phillips & Sons, of South Hanover, was born Septem- ber II, 1834, in Plattsburg, Clinton County, N.Y. , son of Felix and Margaret (Dunn) Sweeny. When he was four years old, he moved with his father and mother to Clinton- ville, N.Y., where he had the benefit of public-school instruction until he was twelve. Then he began to work for his living in the nail factory and rcdling-mill of that place, and remained there four years. From Clinton- ville he went to Fairhaven, Vt. , to learn the trade of nail-making of Messrs. Dewey & Cushman. Three years later, feeling the need of more education, he attended a private school for one winter. Subsequently, after a brief stay in Providence, R.I., he served a short period in the Parker mills at Wareham, Mass. Mr. Sweeny then worked at his trade for three years in I^ridgewater. In 185S he came to South Hanover to be employed by E. Y. Perry & C, now known under the style of v.. I'hilli[is & Sons. His efforts for them were so well appreciated that after a few years he was appointed foreman, and later superintendent. In 1886 he was received into the firm as a partner. Messrs. I-^. Phillips & Sons manufacture forty-nine different kinds of nails and tacks, besides sheet lead, zinc battery plates, glaziers' tools or points, and poultry staples. On May 30, 1S57, Mr. Sweeny was marrieti to Lucy M. Thaxter, who has since borne him five children. These are: Henry L., lulward P., P'rnest Franklin, l-'lorence, and Rodolph VV. • Henry L. is a medical jiractitioncr in Kingston, N. H. ; lulward P. is a book-keeper in New York City; Ivrnest Franklin is con- nected with the Strong Manufacturing Com- pany in VVinsted, Conn. ; PTorence is at home; and Rodolph \V. is attending schof)l. In pol- itics the father is a Republican. He is a Mason of Phcenix Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, and Old Colony Commandery; and he has also membership in the Knights of Honor. — *■••*-» NDREW DENIIAM is one of the old and respected residents of Mattapoi- sett. He was born here, January 28, 1829, son of Andrew Denham, a me- chanic, and Artemesia (Besse) Denham. He was reared on his father's farm, acquiring his early education in the district school. The wider knowledge of which he is now the master was gained by personal observation and experience. Like most of the boys in his native town, he took to the water when quite young. At the age of seventeen he shipped as seaman on a whaling vessel, which was away cruising in the Atlantic and Pacific for three years, during which the lad saw a great deal of the world. One of the places visited was San Francisco, then a small town of ir- regular plan and architecture. At the end of the cruise he decided that there was "no place like home," and settled on the farm \\'here he had passed his boyhood. The estate, which has been owned by the fam- ily for a great many years, contains two hun- dred acres. Here for nearly half a century he has been successfully engaged in general farm- ing and dairying. He is now regarded as one 474 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the leading agriculturists of this section., Mr. Denham was married in 1S50 to Miss Diana ]5arstow, and has three children — Henry L. , Nathan B. , and Sarah M. He is interested in politics so far as they subserve the general good, but is not a party man. [DWARD VV. VVINSOR, of the firm Winsor & Peterson, Duxbury, dealers in fine groceries, was born in this town, May 19, 1839, son of Captain Benjamin and Hannah B. (Freeman) Winsor, and grand- son of John Winsor. Samuel, the father of John, was the founder of the Massachusetts branch of the family, which is supposed to be of Scottish origin. Captain Benjamin Winsor was a well-known and popular sea captain, who made voyages principally to ports in the Mediterranean Sea. In the efforts to make his orders heard by his men aloft, during a severe storm off the coast of Gibraltar, he in- jured his lungs, so that consumption found him an easy prey; and he died after a short ill- ness, only reaching the age of forty-four years. Keen of intellect, he had a good, practical ed- ucation and a thorough knowledge of naviga- tion. He never lost a vessel. In politics he was an earnest Jacksonian Democrat. His strong sympathy with that party prompted him to name a sloop that he owned the "Andrew Jackson." His wife, who survived him, lived to be seventy-four years old. Of their four children, two are living, nam.ely: Eudora, the widow of Columbus Whitten, residing at Mel- rose Highlands, Mass. ; and Edward W., the subject of this sketch. The others were: Claudius B. and Benjamin. The home life of Edward W. Winsor has been spent in Duxbury, where he was reared and educated. For a number of years he was in the employ of Cyrus Wakefield, of Wake- field, Mass., making rattan chairs. In 1880 he was engaged by W. S. Freeman as manager of the store in which he now owns an interest, and acted in that capacity for four years. He then bought out Mr. Freeman, and carried on the business for one year in his own name, being the sole proprietor. In the following year he took in as a partner W. O. Peterson, with whom he has prosjierously conducted the place since, under the firm name of Winsor & Peterson. They give their attention chiefly to handling standard groceries. In politics Mr. Winsor is a stanch Republican. He is a member of Mattakesett Lodge, No. iio. Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been Chaplain of the lodge. His religious belief is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. "ON. BENJAMIN GAMMONS has been long identified with the indus- trial interests of Rochester, and at one time represented it in the State legis- lature. He was born here, February 12, 1832, son of Noble and Roxanna (Swift) Gam- mons. Noble Gammons, who was born in Middleboro, Mass., settled in Rochester when a young man. He died on the farm now occu- pied by his son, at the age of eighty-one. His wife, a native of Wareham, Mass., died at the age of sixty-eight. Their six children were: John I''\, Abigail, Ann, Benjamin, Roxanna, and Albert. Benjamin Gammons received a good practi- cal education in his native town. He went to work at the age of sixteen, obtaining employ- ment first in a carriage factory in Fall River, Mass., where he remained a year. After spending a few months at the same kind of work in Wareham, Mass., he learned the shoe- maker's trade, and thereafter followed it in Middleboro for about four years. When the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 475 old Bay State was called upon to furnish her c|U(ita of men for the Civil War, Mr. Gammons was one of the first to respond from the shoe sliops. lie enlisted on April 15, 1861, as a private in Conipan\- 1), liightccnth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered in at Reaclville. The first serious engage- ment in which he took part was at Old Church, Va. During a great part of his term of ser- vice his regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac, in l"itz-John Porter's division. Having gone through his full share of the hardships and trials of a soldier's life, he was honorably discharged on September 2, 1864. I-'rom 1865 to 1867 he worked at his trade in New Castle, Pa. He then returned to his na- tive town, and was engaged in the manufacture of shoes until 1894, when he retired. He has a valuable farm, on which he has lived since 1867, and where he carried on his business of shoe manufacturing. Mr. Gammons was married in 1866 to Miss Mary J. Dieringcr. He has no children. He is a member of the Republican party. He has served with credit on the School Com- mittee, and represented the town in the State legislature of 1891. A Mason in good stand- ing, he belongs to Pythagorean Lodge of Marion, Mass. Mr. Gammons is well known and highly esteemed in Rochester and vicinity. ENRY MKRRITT, a reliable and suc- cessful contractor and builder of ^^ I Scituate Centre, was born in Scitu- ate, September 5, 1825, son of Asa and Betsey (Cudworth) Merritt. The Merritt family, which is scattered over the States, is de- scended from Henry Merritt, who was a mem- ber of the colony from Kent, England, that settled in Scituate in 1628, and whose memory is perpetuated by a monument erected in the old cemetery at Scituate Harbor. The great- grandfather of Henry Merritt was James Mer- ritt, and the grandfather was Asa Merritt. Both were lifelong residents of Scituate. Asa Merritt, the father, was a native of this town; and for some years he followed the trade of a carpenter. During his long useful life he helil various town offices, including that of Selectman; and he served as a soldier in the War of 18 12. When he died in 1866, he left the reputation of a worthy citizen. His wife, Betsey Cudworth, also a native of this town, came of an old Scituate family of English origin, sprung from General Cud- worth, who served in the colonics under the British crown. Of the children born to Asa antl Betsey Merritt, Henry and Asa J. are the only survivors. Henry Merritt obtained his education in the jiublic schools of his native town and at a i)ri- vate school. At the age of seventeen he com- menced to learn the carpenter's trade, serving his apprenticeship with his father. Subse- quently, after working as a journeyman for a time, he established himself in the business of contractor and builder, which he has since prosperously followed. I'or many years past he has also been engaged in agricultural pur- suits. On December 25, 1849, he was vmited in marriage with Lydia B. Merritt. She is a daughter of James I,, and I'.mily (Litchfield) Merritt, both of whom were natives of Scitu- ate. James Merritt served in the War of 1812, and died in this town in 1859. His other surviving children are: Emily C, Har- vey, and Amos W. Henry Merritt is a mem- ber of the L'^nitarian church. In politics he is a Republican. Frec|uent invitations to ac- cept office have been invariably declined by him, he preferring to devote what leisure time he can spare from his business to the enjoy- ment of the home circle. Vet he takes a 476 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW lively interest in public affairs, and is ever ready to promote the good of the general com- munity, lie occupies the residence which was built by his father in 1817, and which by the aid of a few necessary repairs still wears a well- preserved appearance. Highly esteemed, and one of the representative men of Scituate, he is a worthy representative of his historic family. 7TAAPTAIN JOHN C. DAWES, a suc- ( tT cessful coal dealer, and the agent of V»^_^^ the Standard Oil Company in Kingston, was born in Duxbury, this county, June 20, 1850, son of Captain James H. and Abbie (Chandler) Dawes. The father is a native of Duxbury,- and the mother of Ver- mont. An account of the family ancestry will be found in the sketch of Captain James H. Dawes. After residing in Duxbury until he was twelve years old, John C. Dawes moved with his parents to Kingston, continuing, however, to attend school in his native town. He grad- uated from the Partridge Academy when he was fifteen years old, and then took a course at French's Commercial College in Boston. At the age of sixteen he began to follow the sea. His first voyages were made with Captain Justus Bailey, who was engaged in the foreign trade. Beginning a year later, he made sev- eral voyages with his father. He ne.xt served with Captain Walter L. Joslyn, of Duxbury, and then became master of the "Matchless," a twelve-hundred ton ship owned in Boston. He had been engaged in the foreign trade as commander of the "Matchless" for eight years, when early in the eighties he retired from the sea. In the course of his seafaring life he doubled Cape Horn fourteen times and thrice circumnavigated the globe. Subse- quently he resided for a time in Mexico, as purchasing agent for the Plymouth Cordage Company. Returning to Kingston, he became a dealer in groceries, grain, hay, and coal. In 1894 he sold the grocery department to E. S. Wright, and became the local agent of the Standard Oil Company. He continued in the coal business, which he has since con- ducted with success. Captain Dawes wedded Mary T. Whitman, daughter of Deacon Seth Whitman, of Pem- broke, Mass. ; and now has one son, Theodore F. In politics he is a Republican, and the present Secretary of the Republican Town Committee. At one time he served the com- munity as Town Auditor. He is a Director of the Kingston Cemetery Association, and a life member and a steward of the Boston Marine Association. He is a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Dux- bury ; and of Adams Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Kingston. Taking much interest in yachting, he conceived and organized the Kingston Yacht Club, which was duly chartered May i, 1895, and of which he is the Commodore. He has every reason to feel proud of this club, which is the largest in the State, having two hundred and eighty members; while the club has every reason to be proud of its Commodore. ILLIAM H. LITCHFIELD, a rep- resentative man of Scituate, was born here, September 15, 1825, son of Hubbard and Eliza (Litchfield) Litchfield. He belongs to the seventh generation of Litch- fields in this town, descended from Lawrence Litchfield, who settled here in 1636. From Lawrence the line was continued by Josiah, Josiah (second), Nicholas, Isaac, and Abner H., to the father of William H. Hubbard Litchfield was one of three chil- f$>'' yf^^ ^^^^v^ CHARLES WILLIAMSON. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 479 drcn borne by liis mother August ii, 1796, the others having l)ecn a brother and sister. When of a suitalile age, he began to learn the ship earpenter's trade, at which he afterward worked until about twenty-eight years old. He then settletl on the estate now occupied by William H. Litchfield, whose dwelling, how- ever, is some distance from that of his father, devoted the rest of his life to agriculture, and died in his eightieth year lie was a member ot the Republican party. His wife, also a native of Scituate, bore him several children, of whom the only other survivor is Thomas P., of Abington, Mass. William H. Litchfield grew to manhood on his father's estate, which has been in the pos- session of the family for over one hundred and fifty years. He was educated in the Scituate public schools, attending chiefly during the three winter months, and leaving school at the age of sixteen. In his early manhood he worked for a while at blacksmithing. He subsequently engaged in general farming and the business of live stock dealer. During two years of the war period he was in the pro- vision business in Boston with John 11. Litch- field (now deceased), under the firm name of John II. Litchfield & Co. Beginning several years ago, he is now engaged in probate busi- ness and conveyancing, in connection with the office of Justice of the I'eace. He is a Director of the South Scituate Savings Bank, serving also as a member of the Investment Commit- tee. A prudent and careful business man, Mr. Litchfield has been successful in his life- work. His judgment in real estate and other matters has been sought by friend and neigh- bor. Practically speaking, he is a self-made man. Mr. Litchfield was married February 1 3, 1 85 1, to Sarah Iv, daughter of Thomas antl Chloe (Jenkins) Vinal, all natives of Scituate. The Vinals, too, arc one of the old families of this town. Mrs Litchfield is descended from Widow Annie Vinal, one of the original Connihasset proprietors who settled here in the seventeenth century Thomas Vinal, who followed the business of auctioneer, was a prominent man of Scituate, a Mason in good standing, Selectman, Town Clerk, and a Rep- resentative in the State legislature. His wife's father, Gideon Jenkins, was a Revolu- tionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Vinal reared a large family, four members of which, besides Mrs. Litchfield, are living. These are: Han- nah C, the wife of Robert T. Delano, of San Francisco, Cal. ; Henry G., residing in Plym- outh, Mass. ; Cordelia T., the wife of David B. Litchfield, of Scituate; and Annie E. , re- siding in Scituate. A member of the Repub- lican party, Mr. Litchfield was first elected Selectman in 1867, and served eighteen years in succession, being annually re-elected. During eight years of this time he was Chair- man of the Board. While Selectman he was also Town Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He has been a Justice of the Peace for a pro- longed period. Mrs. Litchfield is a member of the Unitarian church. JIARLKS WILLIAMSON, who died in December, i8yo, at his home in ]\Iar.shfield, near Humarock, was a well-known, useful, and highly respected citi- zen, ranking in his day, and for the greater part of half a century, as one of the most successful farmers of Plymouth County. Mr. Williamson was born in the neighboring town of Du.xbury in November, 1825, and was a son of Samuel and Ann ((Gulliver) Williamson. Timothy Williamson, who is said to have settled in Marshfield in 1649, was probably the founder of the family in Plymouth County. 480 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Charles Williamson's grandfather, Sam- uel Williamson, was a resident of Marshfield ; and in this town his son Samuel, Jr., was born. Samuel Williamson, Jr., resided in Du.Kbury for a number of years, but spent the latter part of his life on his farm in Marsh- field. He was one of the leading men of this town, active in public affairs, and served as Overseer of the Poor. An industrious and thrifty husbandman and a sagacious financier, he accumulated considerable property. Charles Williamson acquired the most of his education in the common schools of Marshfield, being twelve years of age when his parents removed to this town. He grew to manhood on the homestead near Humarock, and he here followed farming from boyhood to old age, in the winter seasons, for quite a period in his early active life, working dili- gently at shoemaking — a common practice with New England farmers forty years ago and more. Like his father before him, Mr. Will- iamson exerted his energies to good purpose, and secured the fruits of his toil by making wise investments. In politics he was a strong Democrat. He was frequently urged by his townsmen to accept public office; but, though he served for some time as Road Surveyor of his district, he would not consent to assume other responsibilities, modestly preferring the privacy of his home life. Mr. Williamson was identified for a number of years with the Methodist Episcopal church. He died a little more than si.x years ago, mourned as an ex- emplary citizen and a kind and obliging neighbor. Mr. Williamson married Sarah A. Richards, of Weymouth, Mass. ; and she bore him three children, namely: Emma R. , now wife of Abbott F. Lapham, of Marshfield Hills; Charles Henry; and Lizzie C, wife of John H. FHvell, of Marshfield, Charles Henry Williamson, the only son, was born in Marshfield, March 31, 1855. Reared on his father's farm, he adopted agri- culture as a life pursuit, and is recognized as one of the most capable and progressive farmers in this locality. His estate, the an- cestral homestead of one hundred and twenty acres, well located, is known as Walnut Grove Farm. It is furnished with comely and con- venient buildings, the residence commanding a broad sea view, and bears everywhere the marks of good care and cultivation. Mr. Williamson farms intelligently, and raises excellent crops. He gives considerable atten- tion to horticulture, growing strawberries and raspberries, as well as apples, cherries, and other orchard fruits. He has recently set out a large number of apple, peach, walnut, and other fruit and shade trees, beautifying his place, and adding to its value. He was married May 12, 1888, to Alice M. Edwards, daughter of James H. Edwards, of Charlestown, Mass. Four children have blessed their union, but of two of them — Willie and Blanche — they have been bereft. The living are: Paul R. and Olive F. Mr. Charles H. Williamson is independent in pol- itics. He is a worthy representative of an old Marshfield family, and has the confidence and esteem of the community. WOODBRIDGE R. HOWES, M.D., of Hanover, whose active life has been devoted to the practice of medicine, was born August 12, 1817, in Mat- tapoisett, Plymouth County. His parents, Abel and Deborah (Ruggles) Howes, natives respectively of Fairhaven and Rochester, Mass. Dr. Howes' early life was spent in his native town, where he attended the district BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 48. school. At a later ilatc he went to Pcirce Academy in MiiUlleboro, Mass., and siibsc- qiiently to l-'airliaven Academy, distinguish- in;^ himself in both institutions by rapid ad- vancement in his studies. At the age of six- teen he began teacliiiig liistrict schools, which occupation he followed for ten years. About the year 1852 he began the study of medicine. After further prosecuting the study for two years in the ofTice of Dr. Sparrow, of Matta- poisett he entered the Berkshire IMedical School. Later he became a student in tlie Harvard IMedical School, from which he was duly graduated. lie first located in Westerly, R.I. He had been there but a short time when the Civil War broke out, and he, in 1861, enlisted in Company I) of the Eigh- teenth Massachusetts Infantry. He was mustered in at Readville, receiving a Lieu- tenant's commission before starting for the field of action. His regiment was sent to the Potomac, where the men were engaged in building fortifications. In April, 1862, Dr. Howes was taken sick. Later on, being dis- charged on account of his illness, he returned home. In October, 1863, having regained his health, he re-enlisted as assistant surgeon of the h'ourlh Massachusetts Infantry, with which he served nine months. He then ac- cepted a position in a counting-room in Matta- poisett for a few years. After this he came to Hanover, resumed his profession, and ac- quired a large and lucrative practice. In 1884 he turned over his business to his son, and retired from active labor. In 1S48 Dr. Howes was married to Miss Mary \V. White. By her he became the father of two children, namely: Clarence L., an able physician, and his father's successor; and Mary W., the wife of Orrin Beals, an architect. He is a comrade of the Joseph K. Wilder I'ost, No. S3, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Hanover, which he has served as Commander and in other offices; and a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. iW" I'ORGK W. HUMPHRKY, a promi- \^^ I nent and highly esteemed resilient of Rochester, was born in Jericho, Vt. , October 12, 1826, .son of Eddy and Phebe (Lee) Humphrey. The father, who was a farmer in Jericho, died aged about seventy years, and the mother at the age of eighty- three. They had four children — James L., Edwin, Albert O., and the subject of this sketch. All are living except Edwin, who was killed by lightning when about thirty-five years old. George W. Humphrey received a good education at Jericho Academy. Begin- ning at the age of twenty-one, he taught school for three years near his home. Then, moving to New Bedford, he taught for about eight months at Eairhaven, Mass. For seven years thereafter he was employed as clerk in the grain store of P. G. Macomber in New Bedford, and for the si.v years following he was in the clothing business with his brother James L., as partner. In 1862 he moved to the farm in Rochester, which has since been his home. Here he has followed general farming and dairying, and now takes rank among the successful farmers of the locality. He has a valuable estate of two hundred and ten acres, and keeps a number of fine milch cows. Mr. Humphrey is not so active as he was before he was hurt in a railroad collision at Warchani, Mass., in 1881, while discharg- ing his duties as agent for the Ilingham I'ire Insurance Company. In 1854 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Macomber, of New Bedford. Four children have blessed their union — Carrie F., George E., Chester W. , and Bessie 482 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW A. George E. is now deceased. The father is a member of the Congregational church in New Bedford. In politics Mr. Humphrey favors the Republican side. He was in the State legislature in 1S72, and he was a Select- man of Rochester for four years. He has also been Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and School Committee man some time. T^HARLES H. PAINE, of Halifax, I \f now living in retirement, will be \i^ ^ readily remembered as Commis- sioner of the county, which office he held for thirty consecutive years. His birth took place in the town of Micldleboro, Plymouth County, January 5, 1820, and he is a son of Emerson and Lydia R. (Pendelton) Paine. The father, a minister of religion, was born at Foxboro, Mass., and the mother was a na- tive of Dighton, Mass. When but three years old, Charles H. Paine removed with his parents to Little Compton, R.I., where the next twelve years of his life were spent, and his education was acquired chiefly in the schools of that place. He is, however, for the most part a self-educated man, having received but little schooling after that time. From Little Compton he returned to Middleboro, and a year later went to Bos- ton, where he was successively employed in a wholesale drug store and clothing store for a year each. At the age of eighteen he shipped before the mast on the whaling vessel "Roman," for a two years' cruise in the Indian Ocean and the Southern Pacific. After this he went on a six months' trip aboard a merchant vessel, sailing from New York to Rio Janeiro. He then came to Halifax, and learned shoemaking, after which he undertook the manufacture of shoes, and was success- fully engaged in that business for twenty years. In i860 he was chosen County Com- missioner, and held the office until i8go. While serving in this capacity he took up sur- veying and civil engineering, at which, in time, he acquired a large business. In 1890, when he reached the age of threescore and ten, he retired from active occupation. On Christmas Day, 1845, Mr. Paine and Miss Cordelia Bryant, of Halifax, were united in marriage. They have had six children, as follows: Lydia R., now deceased ; Charles I., foreman of the Herod shoe shop in Brockton ; Annie, the wife of Samuel Alden; Frank, an electrician, residing in Plymouth; Emer- son, who died in 1886; and Lena, the wife of Frank Woodward, of Bridgewater, who is en- gaged in the manufacture of boxes at Brock- ton. Since the organization of the Republi- can party, Mr. Paine has been one of its stanch supporters. He served as Town Treas- urer and Selectman in the fifties, and he has been a Justice of the Peace for about forty years, having received the commission origi- nally under Governor Banks. EWIS N. CURTIS was a well-known and much esteemed resident of Egypt. He was born in Scituate, March 3, 1812, son of Charles and Abigail (Litchfield) Curtis. Both parents were natives of Scitu- ate. The family is one of the oldest and most prominent in this town. Having attended the common schools for the usual period, Lewis N. Curtis learned the shoemaker's trade, and afterward followed it for many years. The latter part of his life was spent exclusively in cultivating a good farm located in Egypt. He labored industri- ously for the affluence that rewarded him. By those manly traits of character which uncon- sciously assert their presence in those who BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 483 possess them he gained the sincere good will of his neighbors and fclh)\v-tovvnsmen. He tool< a deep interest in all matters of pulilic importance, and in jiolitics he acted with the Republican party. His death occurred at his home in the village on July 9, 1894, at the age of eighty-two years, since which his fam- ily mourn him as a kind, affectionate, and in- dulgent husband and father. On November 28, 1843, Mr. Curtis was united in marriage with Harriet T. Litchfield, who survives him. She was born in Scituate, September 30, 1822, daughter of Paul and Harriet (Vinal) Litchfield. The great-grand- father of Mrs. Curtis was Tiiomas, and her granilfather was Roland LitcJificUl. Her an- cestry is traced through several generations to the original founder of the family in America, who settled in Scituate during the early Co- lonial period. Paul Litchfield, who passed his entire life in Plymouth County, and died in Scituate, October i, 1876, was the father of several children. Of these, Harriet T., now Mrs. Curtis, is the only one living. Mrs. Curtis has one daughter, Harriet M. The homestead, which she still occupies, was formerly her father's property. She and her daughter fully merit the sincere estimation in which they are held by their numerous friends and acquaintances. Poth ladies are prominent members of the Congregational church. |APTAIN ICHABOD F. ATWOOD, a prominent town officer of Middle- boro, was born in Fall Brook in this town, March 13, 1820. His parents were Nathaniel and Zilpha (Shurtleff) Atwood, and he is the only survivor of their five children — Flora, Gardener, Reuel, Polly, and Ichabod. He attended district schools and Peircc Acad- emy in his native town in his early years, making such good progress in his studies that, at the age of fifteen, he began teaching. For more than thirty years he was engaged in this profession, and, with the exception of a single year, confined his efforts to Plymouth County. For several years he was connected with the mills at Fall Brook and Rock, where he has resided since 1866. In politics Captain Atwood is a Republi- cnn, and he has been very influential in town affairs, serving in many important local offices, namely: as Justice of the Peace over forty-five years; Surveyor, forty years; Se- lectman and Overseer of the Poor, three years; School Committee several years; and also as Auditor and Assessor. Having an excellent knowledge of law, he was often called upon during his official term as Selectman to settle estates. He is a member of the Methodist church at Middleboro. In 1841 Captain Atwood married Miss Abi- gail Thomas, of Middleboro. Four children were born of this union, and all of them are now living; namely, Emery F. , Charles N., Harvey N., and Hannah Z. LDEN ROUNKSVILLE, a prosperous lumber manufacturer of Rochester, Mass., was born April 10, 1827, in Freetown, Bristol County, son of Alden and Cornelia (Ashley) Rounesville. When he was thirteen years old he went to Rochester to live, and there acquired his education in the district school and at Rochester Academy. At the age of si.xteen he shipped before the mast on a whaling vessel bound for the Indian Ocean, and was out twenty-seven months. Although life on a whaler is a hard one, the travel and adventure, the excitement of the pursuit and capture of the ocean leviathan, pleased the latl, anil ho shipped for another 484 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW voyage. This time he sailed over both the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans, being gone twenty-five months and five days. On his return to New Bedford in 1849, he was in- terested by the stories of fortunes to be had for the taking in the gold fields of California, and at the first opportunity shipped on a sail- ing-vessel bound for the new El Dorado by the Cape route. Mr. RounesviJle engaged in prospecting and mining with varying results, and remained until February, 1853, when he returned by way of the Isthmus. After stay- ing a short time in Rochester he shipped once more on a whaling vessel. During this voyage he was third mate, and was out one year. He next joined a vessel at Honolulu as first mate, prolonging his absence from home, and was on the sea some two and a half years more. On the next voyage, which was his last, he sailed as first mate. He was gone eighteen months whaling in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Having visited almost every known quarter of the globe, and met all sorts and conditions of men, he settled down in his present home in Rochester, among the friends and associations of his childhood. At first he engaged in the manufacture of lumber and grist-milling. His grist-mill was destroyed by fire in 1881, since which time he has de- voted himself mainly to the lumber indus- try. His chief products are box boards and shingles. He also carries on general farming, owning eleven hundred acres in the town of Rochester, and four hundred acres in other places. In 1854 Mr. Rounesville was married to Miss Rosie Gammons, who has borne him five children — Frances, Arthur, Ella, Horace, and Albert. Ella is now deceased. Mr. Rounesville, who is a Republican in politics, and has served as Selectman of Rochester for twelve years, is widely known and respected. ARREN B. STETSON, shoe manu- facturer, of Middleboro, Mass., is one of the prominent and influential citizens of this place, active in all movements of public importance. A son of David B. and Abigail (Spear) Stetson, he was born in Quincy, Mass., September 26, 1842. David B. Stetson was born in Weymouth, Mass. He was in trade in (Juincy for fifty- four years, and no other merchant in the place had so long a record. He died in Middleboro in 1895, ^^ ^^^ ^gs of seventy-eight. His wife, Mrs. Abigail S. Stetson, died in 1864, aged forty-eight years. Five children com- pleted the household circle of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Stetson: Warren B. ; Abbie E., wife of H. O. Studley, of Quincy; Arthur Lorin, who died when about four and a half years old, a remarkable child, who could solve on a slate the most intricate mathematical problems; Ella Lorin, who is now managing the store in Quincy, the business being still conducted, by his request, in her father's name; and Arthur Woodward, also living in Quincy. Warren B. Stetson, the subject of this sketch, attended school in Quincy, taking a high rank in scholarship, and graduated at the high school at the age of sixteen as saluta- torian. The storm of secession was brewing during his last years of study, and the firing on Fort Sumter aroused many of the Quincy school boys to take up arms for the Union. Young Stetson was one of these. On May 16, 1 861, he enlisted in Company B, Thir- teenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the r^ourth Battalion of Rifles being the nucleus from which the regiment was formed. His term of enlistment was three years, but was cut short on account of illness. After the second battle of Bull Run he was in Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and when able to go about L^-c^. /rr <^HILEMON W. MAGLATHLIN, one of the representative business men of Plymouth County, and a member of the firm of F. W. Maglathlin & Co., tack manufacturers of Kingston, was born in this town, July 12, 1844, son of Peter W. and Marcia G. (Bradford) Maglathlin. The family was founded in America by John Maglathlin, a Scotchman, who settled in Kingston during the Colonial period. He died here in 1772, and his mortal remains were buried in the old Kingston Cemetery. His son Joseph, who was born in Kingston, was Philemon W. Maglathlin's great-grand- father; and his son, Peter W., first, was Mr. Maglathlin's grandfather. He was a native of Kingston, and was a seafaring man. The second Peter W. Maglathlin, son of the first, and father of the subject of this BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 401 sketch, was born in Kingston; and liis wife, Marcia G. Bradford, was a native of Maine. He learned the trade of a ship calker, and fol- lowed this occupation in connection with farming, making his home in Kingston until his death, which took place in the seventies. He was a man of considerable prominence in local public affairs, and served as a member of the School Committee. In politics he was originally a VVhig, and later a Republican. He was twice married, antl of his children the following survive: Harvey W. ; Philemon VV., the subject of this sketch; Onslow W. ; Edwin W. ; and Horace B. — all of Kingston; Angle, wife of Elliott Blanchard, of Turner, Me.; and Helen A., wife of Barker Baker, of North Hanson, Mass. Philemon W., the second son, as above named, acquired a good practical education in the public schools of Kingston, and grew to manhood in this town. At the age of twenty- two he went to Worcester, Mass., where he began to learn the mason's trade. After serv- ing an apprenticeship of over three years, he worked at the trade in Worcester for five years. He then became master mason for the Old Colony Railroad Company, and for twenty- three years had full charge of the work in his line completed by that company. In 1894 he erected and equipped a building in Kingston for the manufacture of tacks, putting in im- proved machinery, and organizing the firm of F. W. Maglathlin & Co., consisting of P. W. Maglathlin and his son, V. W. Maglathlin, has since carried on a large and successful business. On April 26, 1863, Mr. Maglathlin married Mahala !•;. Bonney, of Kingston. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Maglathlin) Bonney, the former of whom was born in Han- son, Mass., and the latter in Pembroke. Mrs. Magiathlin's father is still residing in Kings- ton, and her mother is no longer living. She has one brother, Charles F. A. Bonney, who is a resident of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Maglathlin have three children ^ l-'rank W., Elizabeth F. , and Grace W. In politics Mr. Maglathlin is a Republican, and has served with ability as a member of the School Committee. He takes an active inter- est in the general improvement 'of the town, and has an extended acquaintance throughout the county. He is a self-made man who owes his success in life to his own personal efforts and he has every reason to be proud of the result. He occupies one of the finest residences in Kingston, situated on Summer Street, in the outskirts of the village, and the family enjoy cordial social relations. Mr. Maglathlin is a member of Adams Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. 'sj^OSHUA WESTON, formerly in busi- ness as a ship-calker in Boston, now a retired resident of Du.xbury, Mass., was born in this town, October 20, 18 18, son of Asa and Eunice (Bradford) Weston. The family, which is of ICnglish origin, descends from an early settler in Duxbury; and Joshua Weston's grandfather, Asa Weston, first, is said to have served in the war for indepen- dence. Asa Weston, second, Mr. Joshua Weston's father, was a native and lifelong resident of Duxbury. In his younger days he followed the sea, and for a number of years he was master of a vessel engaged in making fishing voyages to the Grand Banks of New Found - land. His wife, who was before marriage Eunice Brailford, and was a native of Dux- bury, became the mother of several children, of whom five are living, namely: Bradford; Joshua, the subject of this sketch; George; 492 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW William; and Selina, wife of Daniel W. Symmes — all of whom are residents of Dux- bury. Joshua resided with his parents until he was eleven years old, and then went to live with his uncle, George Bradford, in Vermont, where he remained for over three years. He acquired a common-school education, and after his return to his native town he was for some three years engaged in the fishing industry. He then learned the ship-calker's trade in Kingston, and later established himself in that business in Boston, having for a partner Daniel T. Samson. The firm of Samson & Weston, whose office was located at 317 Com- mercial Street, carried on a large and profit- able business as shipwrights and calkers for several years. They finally admitted Syl- vester Goodwin as a partner, and some time later Mr. Weston withdrew from the firm, and conducted business upon his own account until 1886, when he retired. He had always made Duxbury his summer home, and since his re- tirement he has resided here permanently. Mr. Weston has" been twice married. His first wife was Olive A. Jones, a native of Monmouth, Me. ; and his present wife, whom he wedded in 1855, was before marriage Cor- delia W. Bailey. Her father was a native of Nantes, France, and served as a soldier under Bonaparte. By this union there are two chil- dren, namely: Annie W. ; and Joshua B., who is now a merchant at 29 Arch Street, Boston. During his business career Mr. Weston re- sided in East Boston, and for four years he was a member of the Common Council of Boston from Ward i. In politics he supports the Democratic party. He has advanced in Ma- sonry to the Royal Arch degree, and is a member of St. John's Chapter of East Boston. Like the majority of prosperous business men, he has made his own way in life, and as the result of his industry is able to pass his de- clining years in rest and recreation in his na- tive town, where he is respected and esteemed by the entire community. /^^Teorge H. WEATHERBEE, of \^J Marshfield Hills, Clerk and Treas- urer of the town of Marshfield, was born in Boston, Mass., November 29, 183 1, son of George II. and Sarah B. (Clapp) Weatherbee. The Weatherbees are of Scotch extraction. John Weatherbee resided in Billerica, Mass., and in that town his son, George H. Weatherbee, Sr. , was born. This gentleman settled in East Marshfield now Marshfield Hills, about 1832, and was engaged in mercantile business here for a number of years, at the same time extensively manufacturing ready-made clothing for An- drew Carney, of Boston, Mass. He was a very successful business man. About 1857 he removed to Scituate, where he died in 1877. While residing in Marshfield he was Overseer of the Poor for a number of years. His wife was born in Scituate. Of their children, the following are living: George H., the father's namesake; Sarah B., widow of Elisha W. Hall, late a prominent citizen of Marshfield Hills; Georgiana, wife of Daniel Howard, of South Natick, Mass. ; Amanda, wife of S. N. Bissel, of Providence, R.L ; and John, in Scituate, Mass. George H., the elder son and the special subject of this sketch, was one year old when his parents came to East Marshfield, and in this town he acquired his education, attending public and private schools. When he was sixteen years old he entered the employ of Haughton, Sawyer & Co., a dry-goods firm of Boston, Mass., and was with them five years. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 493 Retuniinji then to I'^ast Marshfield, he was in trade for a miinber of j'ears as partner with I-'iisha \V. Hall, under the firm name of Hall & Weatherbee. lie subsequently started an independent mercantile business in East Marshfield, which was very successful. Mr. Weatherbee is practically a self-made man, and has carved his fortune with his own hands, lie is Treasurer of the Railroad Sinking Fund of Marshfield. On January 13, 1859, he was united in marriage with Martha VV. Bartlett, of Plym- outh, Mass., a descendant of John Alden, whose quaint romance has been made famous by the poet Longfellow. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Weatherbee, namely: Martha B. (deceased); Mabel R., wife of W. C. Boyden, sub-master of the Girls' Normal School at Boston, son of Pro- fessor A. G. Ikiyden, ]irincipal of the State Normal School, Bridgevvater; Blanche, assist- ant teacher in the West Ro.\bury High School at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. ; Alice, wife of S. C. Morehouse, of Fair- field, Conn. ; Charles G., a grammar school principal in Newton Upper Falls, Mass.; and George, a civil engineer employed in Brockton, Mass. Mr. Weatherbee, who is a Republican, has been in office as Town Clerk and Treasurer since 1894, and is also clerk of the Registry of Voters and a Justice of the Peace. He has been a member of the School Committee for six years. As a Mason he belongs to Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury. He is a member of the Unitarian Society, and for some fifteen years was Sunday-school superintendent. In every |)osition which he has occupied he has performed his duties faith- fully and efficiently, and no citizen of Marsh- field stands higher than he in the esteem of his fellow -men. XPTAIN zi:nas H. CROCKKR, proprietor and jnianager of a lumber and coal yard at Marion, Plymouth County, was born August 25, 1845, in the village of Wareham, a son of Walton N. and Elizabeth (Swift) Crocfcer. He was educated in the public schools of Wareham. At the age of seventeen years he shipped before the mast on board a merchant vessel, on which he remained two years. He gradually worked his way upward to the posi- tion of second mate, thence being promoted to that of first mate, and at the age of twenty- seven years he was givei) command of a vessel. For twenty years thereafter he sailed as master of different vessels, in some of which he was part owner, being engaged in general freighting and in foreign trade, his ventures proving generally successful. In 1891 the captain retired from seafaring pursuits, and two years later removed to Marion, where he has since carried on a thriving business as a dealer in lumber ami coal. Captain Crocker is a firm Democrat politically. He is identi- fied with the Masonic fraternity, being a mem- ber of Pythagorean Lodge, of Marion. Re- ligiously, he is a communicant of the Epis- copal church. Capta Mary H. Hathaway, ( solemnized January 6, n Crocker married Miss aughter of Captain John K. Hathaway, of Mrrion, their union being 1896. ATHANIEL WILLIAMS GUSHING, a former resident of Hanson, was born - N^ ^ there January 29, 18 12, son of Charles and Abigail (Collamore) Gushing. The family is of English origin, the earliest known ancestor, having been Peter Gushing, of Norfolk, England. Peter's son, Matthew, who was born in 1 58S, embarked in tiie gooil ship "Diligent,"' with his wife and five chil- 494 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW drcn for America in 1638. He first settled in Boston, but moved to Hingham, Mass., in 1 660. His son John, born in England in 1627, was for many years a Deputy in the Plymouth Colonial Council. After the colo- nies were united he served as Representative in the legislature. He married Sarah, daugh- ter of Nicholas Jacobs, and settled in Scituate, Mass., where he died in 1708. The next in the ancestral line was John Cushing, Jr., who was born in 1662, and died in 1737. He was Justice of the Superior Court of Plymouth County from 17 10 to 1728, and thereafter Chief Justice of the Supreme Court until his death. He married Deborah Loring, of Hull, Mass., by whom he became the father of Elijah Cushing. Elijah located in that part of Pembroke, now included in the town of Hanson, and there spent the remainder of his days upon a hired farm. His son Na- thaniel, by his wife, Elizabeth (Barstow) Parker, was a farmer and lifelong resident of Hanson. Nathaniel was united in marriage with Eucy Turner, and their son Charles, a native of Hanson, born in 1770, at the age of sixteen years settled on a farm in the west precinct of Pembroke, now included in the northern part of this town. Here he spent the remainder of his life, and died in April, 1843, at the age of seventy-three. He mar- ried Abigail Collamore, of Scituate, who sur- vived him but two days. After acquiring a good education, Nathaniel W. Cushing became a teacher. He inherited the old home acres, and thereon subsequently became a successful farmer. In politics he was a Whig, until the formation of the Re- publican party, when he joined that organiza- tion. He was much interested in the cause of education, and rendered efficient service as a member of the School Committee for many years. Being a great reader, he was well posted on current events. Of a genial dispo- sition, his guests found in him a cordial en- tertainer. He died P'ebruary 21, 1895, in Hanson, of which he had been a lifelong resi- dent. He was twice married. On the first occasion he was united to Sally Blake, of South Abington, Mass., who died in 1839. The maiden name of his second wife was Rachel C. Thomas. Her parents were Ira and Betsy (Cushing) Thomas. She died Jan- uary 22, 1892, leaving four children — Sally Blake, Charles, Nathaniel, and Frederick. Sally now occupies the old homestead; Charles, who resides in Neponset, Mass., mar- ried Alice T. Briggs, daughter of Thomas and Eliza A. Briggs, of North Pembroke, and grand -daughter of Esquire Alden I^riggs, and has had two children — Eucy Turner and Annie T. ; Nathaniel married Mary S. Holmes, of Pembroke, and has one daugh- ter, Maude T; Frederick married Elvina V. PLllis, of Wareham, and has one son, Frederick Arthur. lELIAM H. MYRICK, an enter- prising and successful hardware merchant of Kingston, was born in Orleans on Cape Cod, April 17, 1834, son of Captain William and Mary (Cobb) Myrick. Both parents were natives of Cape Cod. The father, who followed the sea for the greater part of his life, becoming a ship- master in the merchant service, passed his last years in Duxbury, Mass., where he died in his eightieth year. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of Captain Elkanah Cobb, a native of Cape Cod, who became a sea captain when he was twenty-one years old, and served in the United States Navy during the War of 18 12. Mr. Myrick has in his possession a chair capt- ured by Captain Cobb in a naval fight of that ISRAEL OAKMAN. I BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 497 period. The Captain spent his last years in Kastham, Cape Cod. The surviving children of Captain Myrick are: William II., the sub- ject of this sketch; James, a resident of Dux- bury; and Jerusha, the wife of Rufus Halli- day, of Uuxhury. After attending- the common schools of iJux- hury in his early boyhood, William H. Myrick considerably increased his stock of knowledge by a carefully selected course of reading. At the age of eleven years he shipped on a fish- ing-vessel bound for the (hand Ranks. After- ward he spent four summers engaged as cook upon similar voyages, and in the winter he went to sea on a coaster. When eighteen years old he began to serve an apprenticeship of three years at the tinner's trade with W. R. Drew in Plymouth. After his time expired he served as foreman of the shop for a year. Then he opened a tinware store in Kingston, where he has since remained in business. As trade increased he enlarged his facilities, and added hardware to his stock. At the present time he carries a full line of hardware, tin, and crockery ware, and has a large and profit- able business. In 187S he erected the Myrick Block, in which his store is now located. Mr. Myrick wedded Frances D. Weston, daughter of the late Captain Ilarvcy Weston, of I'lymouth. Born of the union were five children, of whom William W. and Mary !"■ ranees are living. Mary married George l-'rederick .Stand ish, and they live in King- ston. Mrs. Myrick died .August 12, 1884. Mr. Myrick is a member of the Unitarian church. In politics he is an active supporter of the Republican party, am! he has ably served upon the .School Committee and as Overseer of the I'oor. He is a Mason of Corner Stone Lodge of Duxbur\'. A progres- sive and public-spiriteil citizen, who can be depended upon for aid in forwarding any meas- ure introduced for the benefit of the commu- nity, he is highly esteemed in the town. JSRAKL OAKMAN, contractor and builder, of North Marshfield, is a member of one of the old and reputal)le families which constitute so large a part of the population of this ancient I'lymouth County town, a portion of the ancestral dwell- ing in which he resides, and which was his birthplace, having been built about two hun- dred years ago. He was born February 18, 1828. His parent.s. Constant and Wealthy (Carver) Oakman, were both natives of Marsh- field. (For further particulars of the earlier generations of the Oakman family, see biog- raphy of Colonel Hiram A. Oakman given in this work.) Constant Oakman, who was a farmer, was a lifelong resident of Marshfield, his homestead being the one now occupied by the subject of this sketch. An upright, kind-hearted man, he was widely known and esteemed, and in the latter part of his life was commonly called Uncle Constant by all who knew him. He took a very active part in local politics, favor- ing the Democratic side in his last years. He was a member of the Unitarian church. His death occurred in March, 1877, his wife having passed away in 1S65. Three of their children survive, namely: Israel; Howard W., residing in Boston; and Rachel B., wife of Andrew L. Damon, of Marshfield. Israel Oakman received his education in the common schools of Marshfield. He began to learn the carpenter's trade when eighteen years old, and served an ajiprenticeship of nearly three years with .Samuel G. Alden, a contractor and builder of Fast Bridgewater. who at that time managed an extensive busi- ness. After finishing his apprenticeship, 498 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Oakman was employed for a number of years as a journeyman, and then started in business as a contractor and builder in East Boston. There he remained for a number of years, returning to Marshficld in 1856. A skilled workman and upright business man, Mr. Oakman has the confidence of the public, and in the past forty years has erected a great many builtlings in this locality. He remod- elled his own residence in 1856-57, and has made many improvements on the farm — a generous estate of one hundred and thirty acres. He was married in 1852 to Anstrice W. Hatch, a native of North Marshfield, daughter of Samuel and Laura (Hatch) Hatch. Mr. Hatch, who was a saw-mill proprietor and farmer, died in 1881, and his wife followed him in 1882. Of their children two besides Mrs. Oakman are living — Marcellus and Sam- uel F. Hatch. Mrs. Oakman graduated from the Bridgewater Normal School in 1848. She is the mother of three children: Ida A., wife of Theodore Moorehead, in the custom- house service in China; Israel H., in Marsh- field, Mass.; and Emmeline L, wife of Nel- son E. Bryant, also a custom-house employee in China. Israel H. Oakman was born Au- gust 5, 1S57. He married November 25, 1883, P"annie T. Damon, daughter of Gran- ville D. and I'Vances (Tilden) Damon. They have four children now living; namely, Philip B., Wealthy C, Walter P., and Israel H., Jr.; and they have been bereft of three — Theresa Louise, Florence Tilden, and Irving Howard. Israel H. and his family live in the old Oakman house with his father, his children representing the sixth generation that has occupied the homestead. In politics Mr. Oakman is independent, vot- ing on principle, and not on party feeling. He has served as Constable in Marshfield. He and his wife attend service at the Unita- rian church. They have a wide circle of acquaintance, and are highly esteemed members of society. LIJAH T. CLAPP, a highly esteemed resident of Greenbush, was born in Scituate, Mass., .September 8, 1S26, son of Elijah and Harriet (Ford) Clapp, both likewise natives of Scituate. He is a lineal descendant of the Dorchester Clapps. Roger Clapp, who was the founder of the family, emigrated from Dorchester, England, and landed at Hull, Mass., about the year 1630. He subsequently became a military com- mander of Boston, and owned a large estate in Dorchester, Mass., where many of his de- scendants are still residing. Both paternal and maternal ancestors of Elijah T. Clapp served as soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, and in the struggle for independence. Thomas Clapp, his grandfather, who was a na- tive of Scituate, and a tenant farmer on the Stockbridge estate in this town for many years, served as a Captain in the War of 181 2. His father, Elijah Clapp, who followed the trade of blacksmith during the active period of his life, died in bis eighty-ninth year. His mother lived to be nearly ninety years old. The other surviving children of his parents are: Julia, the wife of George Spaulding, of Boston; and Mercy F. , the wife of George Manson, oi East Boston. His brother, Pelcg F., who served as a soldier throughout the Civil War, participating in several important battles, died in 1895. Elijah T. Clapp acquired a meagre educa- tion in the schools of Greenbush. At the age of thirteen he began to learn the black- smith's trade with his father. Afterward, succeeding his father, he followed it until he BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 499 was sixty-five years old. He, in turn, has been succeccled by his son, William H. Clapp, who is also engaged in the grain and ice busi- ness. His shop was the first blacksmith's stand established in Greenbush. He owns the old Stockbridge mill, together with the land in the vicinity of the pond which is named after the Stockbridge family. In the winter season he does quite an extensive busi- ness in sawing shingles. Mr. Clapp wedded Ann R., daughter of Thomas Clapp, and became the father of seven children — Elijah T. Clapp, Jr., Helen A., William H., Harriet V., Everett L., Richard, and I-'rederick. Helen A. is the wife of Erederick Rogers ; and Erederick is now de- ceased. In politics Mr. Clapp is a Republi- can. He contributed much toward securing the many improvements which have taken place in Scituate during his time. His suc- cess in life has been attained through industry and perseverance. In his religious views he is an orthodox Congregationalist, and he is a member of the society of that denomination at Scituate Centre. -|r:^OBERT II. MOOREHEAD, now I S[^ living in retirement, was formerly a Lv V ^ prominent business man in Marsh- tield. He was born August 30, 18 14, in Duxbury, this county, son of John and Dinah (Miller) Moorehead. The parents, both of Scotch descent, who were natives of the north of Ireland, came to America a few years be- fore the birth of Robert H., and settled in Duxbury, where the father followed his trade of weaver for a number of years. In 1826 John Moorehead moved with his family to .Marshfield, and there, after spending the rest of his life occupied in agriculture, he died in his seventieth year. Of his children, Robert H. is now the only survivor. James M. died January 6, 1897, in New York City. Robert H. Moorehead's schooling, received for three months each winter, ended when he was sixteen years old. He acquired the rest of his good, practical education by extensive reading and intelligent observation. In his seventeenth year he began to learn the blacksmith's trade with Nathaniel Stevens, who was blacksmith and edge tool manufact- urer. After the lap.se of a little more than four years, Mr. Stevens was obliged by ill health to retire from business, and Mr. Moore- head conducted the shop in his own name for a number of years. Subsequently he spent several years in shoemaking, and then for two years in the employ of the Old Colony Rail- road, having been the first railroad agent in Marshfield. His next venture was in the mer- cantile line as a retail dealer in coal, flour, wheat, grain, and hay, in Marshfield. After a prosperous career in this business, he sold it in 1895 to Henry Carver, and has since en- joyed the leisure earned by long years of ac- tivity. Mr. Moorehead has been twice married. His first wife, in maidenhood Sarah P. How- land, was a daughter of Arthur and Sarah (Porter) Howland, of this town. She died after bearing him six children. Of these Theodore, now a leading official in the custom- house service at Shanghai, China, is the only survivor. His second marriage was con- tracted with Mrs. Rebecca P. (Dingley) Sampson, a daughter of Isaac Dingley, and the widow of Charles Sampson. She has also passed away. In politics Mr. Moorehead is an independent. He was for five years Select- man of Marshfield, and for equal periods As- sessor and Overseer of the Poor. Also, for the ten years after its organization, he was Treasurer of the Marshfield Agricultural So- 5°o BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ciety, and he had been elected for the eleventh year, when he resigned. /2)kORGE H. DAMON, of Scituate, \fe I the superintendent of Upham lirothers' shoe factory in Stoughton, Norfolk County, was born here, November 7, 1833, son of Henry and I>LIizabeth (Litchfield) Damon, both also natives of Scituate. His grandfather, Reuben Damon, likewise born in this town, who was a descendant of an early settler of the district, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, followed the sea for a living. Henry Damon was a lifelong resident of Scituate. In his younger man- hood he also followed the sea, commanding a number of schooners, while his later years were occupied in farming. In politics a Free Soiler and a Republican, he took a prominent part in local affairs, and served for some time as Selectman. Captain Damon was an active member of the Congregational church, on ac- count of which he came to be called Deacon Damon. He died in 1879 on the farm now occupied by George H. Damon, his only sur- viving child. George H. Damon acquired his education in the public schools of Scituate. In his boy- hood he went to sea with the mackerel fleet during the fishing seasons. After attaining his majority he learned to make boots and shoes, and worked at that trade as a journey- man for a number of years. He then built a shop on the homestead farm, and there exe- cuted contracts from shoe firms, employing at one time as many as fifty hands. In 18S5 he was appointed superintendent of the shoe factory of Fogg, Vinal & Co., at Rochester, N.H.; and in August, 1888, he was made superintendent of the shoe bottoming depart- ment in the factory of Kdvvin Clapp, of East Weymouth, Mass. About eight years later he became superintendent of Upham Brothers' Shoe Factory, the duties of which he has since discharged to the satisfaction of his em- ployers. Mr. Damon was married in 1855 to Harriet L. Brown, a native of Scituate, and a daughter of Captain Samuel Brown. Captain Brown, like Mr. Damon's father, was a seafaring man, and commanded a vessel when he was eigh- teen years old. After spending his last years on a farm in Scituate, he died in 1S91. Mr. and Mrs. Damon have had si.x children, four of whom are living. The latter were born as follows: George W., on May 4, 1858; Henry E., on July 27, 1S61; Frank A., September, 1874; and Benjamin L. , on December 7, 1876. The others were: Chester, born De- cember 12, 1866, who died June 10, 1889; and Jessie F., born December 12, 1856, who died February, 1858. The father is a member of the Republican party. He has made many friends in his business relations, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. T^APTAIN NATHAN P. GIBBS has I Si^ had a remarkably successful and fort- X»^_^' unate career as a seaman — success- ful, as his ventures were lucrative; fortunate, for he met with no serious mishap while on the high seas He was born in Wareham, Mass., November 28, 1827, son of Seth D. and Delia P. (Perry) Gibbs, of Sandwich, Mass. He was one of a family of eight chil- dren. His brother, William P. Gibbs, is the only one besides himself now living. Their father was a mariner. The boyhood of Nathan was passed on a farm, and his early education was limited. At the age of si.vteen he shipped on board a whaling vessel, and was gone from home fif- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 50 ' teen months, cruising in the Atlantic Ocean. The adventurous life pleased him, and he bade farewell to the quiet fields of afjriculturc, shipping next as seaman on a merchant vessel from l^oston. At the end of this voyage he was fully c|ualified as an able seaman, and his next birth was as secontl mate. At the age of t went)' -five he was master of a vessel, and that year (1852) he discovered on Little Hird Island a rich deposit of guano. In 1854, tak- ing with him a crew of sixty men, he settled on this island, and began to dig the guano for the firm of Sampson & Topjiin, of Boston, and V. Si. Shelton, of the same city. When his men had been at work for about seven months, the Venezuelan government, discovering them, put an end to their operations, and the affair made some little trouble between Venezuela and this country. It was afterward satis- factorily settled by the United States govern- ment. Captain Gibbs followed the sea for forty years, and for twenty years was in the California trade. In i.SiS2 he retired, and set- tled permanently on the farm where he now makes his home in Wareham. His farm covers some fifty acres, and it is now a valu- able estate. Captain Gibbs was married in 1S54 to Miss Hannah Cluirbuck, of Wareham, daughter of Captain Willis Churbuck, and has two chil- dren — Nathan A. and Edna !•". The daughter is the wife of Harry E. Churbuck, of New Bedford. In politics the Captain is inde- pendent, making cause with neither jiarty. He is a Mason in good standing, belonging to -Social Harmony Lodge, A. E. & A. M., of Wareham. r/.RA SMITH, a prominent resident of Marshfield, was born February 16, uSj;;, in Duxbury, this county, son of Captain Jacob and Deborah (Cushman) Smith. Captain Jacob Smith, who was also born in Duxbury, followed the sea for thirty years or more, and was the captain of several vessels. The latter part of his life was spent in farming in Marshfield, where he died some fifty years ago. His wife was a native of Marshfield. Of their children Jacob Smith, of Westford, Mass., is the only other one living. Ezra Smith acquired his education in the common schools of Duxbury and at Lexington Academy. He was in his eighteenth year when his parents removed to Marshfield. Since then he has resided in this town, iden- tifying himself closely with its growth and progress. His time is given chiefly to agri- culture, which he carries on in a progressive and enterprising way. His farm is one of the best in the locality. A member of the Repub- lican party, he attends the town meetings and caucuses, and exercises much influence in matters of public importance; but he leaves the cares of oflfice to others. Mr. .Smith was married April 9, 1851, to Sarah J. Bessey, a native of Duxbury, and a daughter of Marshall and Sarah B. (Sampson) Bessey. Mr. Bessey, who was born in Bridge- water, Mass., died in 1842. Mrs. Bessey, who belonged to a leading family of Plymouth County, was descended from Henry Sampson, who came to Plymouth with the family of his uncle, lidward Tilly, in the "Mayflower." He was too young to sign the comjjact of No- vember II, in the cabin of the "Mayflower" in Provincetown Harbor; but he was enumer- ated in the assignment of land made in 1623, and in the division of cattle in 1627; and he was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1637. Although made one of the original grantees of Bridgewater in 1645, he settleil liermanently in Duxbury, of which he was ap- pointed Constable in 1661. "This," says 502 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Winsor, "was an office of high trust and re- sjDonsibility, and none were elected to it but men of high standing." Henry Sampson died December 24, 1684. He was married Febru- ary 6, 1635, to Ann Plummer, who bore him nine children. His youngest son, Caleb, born in Duxbury in 1660, married Mercy, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish, all of Duxbury. Ale.xander Standish was the eldest son of Captain Miles Standish, and his wife was a daughter of John Alden, the Captain's rival in love. Mrs. Smith is of the sixth generation in direct line from Caleb and Mercy (Standish) Sampson, tracing her descent through their son Caleb, Caleb's son Paul, Paul's son Chandler, and Chandler's daughter, Sarah B. Sampson. Mrs. Sarah B. (Sampson) Bessey died in 1884. Mrs. Smith is a member of the First Congregational Church. A worthy representative of the fam- ilies from which she springs, she is very pop- ular in society. She is the mother of three children — Persis ]., Bessie, and Henry P. "OSEA J. STOCKBRIDGE, one of the town fathers of Scituate, was LI^ ^ , formerly a successful merchant. He was born February 21, 1839, in Norwell, Mass. (once a part of old Scituate), son of Joseph and Deborah (Dwelley) Stockbridge. The Stockbridge family is of English origin. The first member of it in this section of the country was Samuel Stockbridge, whose son, Joseph, was the grandfather of Hosea J. Jo- seph Stockbridge, Jr., a native of Scituate, worked at carpentry in his young manhood, and at shoemaking in his maturer years. In politics he was a Whig. He spent his life in Plymouth County, and died in 1872. His wife was born in Hanover, Mass. Hosea J. Stockbridge, who is the only sur- viving member of his father's family, was ed- ucated in the common schools of -Norwell. When he was eighteen years old he began to work at shoemaking, which he followed until 1870. In that year he moved from Norwell to Scituate Harbor, and there engaged in the sale of general merchandise and grain as a partner in the firm of C. A. Cole & Co. In 1S73 he retired from business, and located on his present farm, where he has since found pleasure and profit in the pursuit of agricult- ure. On October 27, 1869, he was united in marriage with Julia E. Brown, a daughter of the late William Brown, of Scituate. A pop- ular member of the Democratic party, Mr. Stockbridge has been twice nominated for Representative. He has been a Justice of the Peace for some time, and was first elected in 1890 to the Scituate Board of Selectmen, on which he served three years in succession. In 1895 he was again elected, and in 1896 he was honored with re-election. He has also served as Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and as a member of the Board of Health. Always in favor of progress, but never overstepping the bounds of prudence, his opinions are listened to with respect, and have m.uch influ- ence witii his townsmen. Mr. Stockbridge is a member of Connihasset Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and of Cohasset Lodge, No. 192, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. ON. FRANKLIN W. HATCH, the popular proprietor of the Brant Rock and Green Harbor coach line, is one of the best -known citizens of Marshfield, where he was born February 12, 1836. A son of Colonel Charles and Mary (Ames) Hatch, both of whom were also natives of this town, he is a descendant in the seventh generation of Kenelem Winslow, who came to BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 503 this country about the year 1630, and whose brother, Edward Winslow, of Plymouth, was a Colonial governor. Charles Hatch, grand- father of l'"ranklin \V., was born in Marsh- fielil. His son, Colonel Charles Hatch, was engaged in farming in this town during a great par: of his life. In his earlier manhood he had managed a stage line between Duxbury and Itoston. His military title was obtained in the State militia. In politics he was suc- cessively a Whig and a Republican. He died ill 1S70. Of his children, five are living, namely: Mary, the wife of Ezra Ford, of Marshfield; Almera, the wife of Nathan Ford, of Weymouth, Mass.; Ellen, the wife of H. F. H. Keen, of Marshfield; Franklin W. , the subject of this sketch; and Susan A., the wife of John Magoun, of Marshfield. Franklin W. Hatch acquired his early edu- cation in the common schools of his native town. He remained with his father until he was of age, and then for three years was en- gaged in driving a stage for his brother, Charles T. Hatch, who was the proprietor of a coach line. Afterward he entered into part- nership with his brother; and then, after another interval, became the sole proprietor of the line, which he has successfully carried on since. In the the summer his coaches, ply- ing between Hrant Rock and Green Harbor, often carry a thousand passengers a week. He has also government contracts for four mail routes, which are in operation the year round. On December 18, i860, Mr. Hatch was married to Vesta, daughter of Sidney Howard, of Brockton, and has one daughter living, named Marcia K. His political principles are Republican, and he has served in a number of public offices. He was Constable of Marsh- field for a number of years; Deputy SherifT for twelve years; and he sat in the State legislature of 1888. He is a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Du.x- bury, in which at one time he held the rank of Master. Mr. Hatch is well known to a large contingent of summer visitors, and is very popular with all classes. His success in business has been won entirely by personal effort, as he started on little more capital than industry and pluck. T^APTAIN JOHN G. DEXTER, of I Sr^ Rochester, who has had a remarkably \^ ^ ^ successful career in whale hunting, was born in Rochester, I-'ebruary 28, 1834. He was reared on a farm, receiving much of his early education at Rochester Academy. At the age of si.xteen he shipped before the mast on the whaling ship "Canton" of New Bedford, and was gone a year and a half, cruis- ing in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Okhotsk Sea. Having become an c.vpert sailor on this voyage, he was next engaged as boat steerer on the ship "Pacific," which was out thirty months, hunting whales in the same waters, and in Chinese and Japanese seas. He went on the next trip of the "Pacific" as third mate, was gone forty-four months, cruising in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and returned as second mate. Holding this rank, he made four more voyages in the Pacific, and became very familiar with the whaling grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Okhotsk Sea. He then became Captain of the bark "Hercules," and commanded her on a voyage from New Bedford, lasting forty months. Captain Dexter has circumnavigated the globe more than once, and sailed around Cape Horn six times; and the vessels on which he served obtained at an average over a thousand barrels of whale oil per year. In 1866 he retired from the arduous life which 5°4 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW he had followed for sixteen years, and settled in his present home. Captain Dexter was married in i86g to Miss Catherine Ruggles, of Rochester. They have had seven children, of whom Frank G. and Hattie are deceased. The others are: John W., Ellen R., Lucy R., Charles R., and Mary S. Politically, he favors the Republi- can party. He was Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Trustee of the Public Library for some time; Selectman of the town for four years; and he was sent to the legislature in 1893. He takes much interest in literary matters and educational projects. His wide and diversified knowledge of men and things, gained by actual observation and experience, gives much value to his opinion on numerous subjects. «^*» > i VOT PHILLH'S, of the firm of Lot Phillips & Company, large box manu- facturers in Plymouth County, own- ing mills in various places, is a substantial citizen of the town of Hanover. He was born in Hanson, Mass., February 13, i84i,.a son of Ezra and Nabby Phillips, being the only child of his parents. He received a public- school education, after which he learned the routine of farm work, remaining on the home farm in Hanson until 1863, when he was twenty-two years of age. The eight years following, from 1863 to 1 87 1, were spent in the work of a millwright. In 1 87 1 he erected a plant for the manufactur- ing of boxes and the grinding of grain, and established the business now, as then, con- ducted under the firm name of Lot Phillips & Co. Besides this they own a saw-mill in Hanson, another in East Pembroke, a third in West Duxbury, and the Alihab mills, located at West Hanover, the dimensions of the box factory being eighty by one hundred and sixty feet, and of the grist-mill, forty by one hun- dred feet. Mr. Phillips's partners in this enterprise were E. Y. Perry and Josiah H ink- ley. They cut annually about three and one- half million feet of lumber into box boards, and saw about seventeen hundred cords of wood, which is sold in the Boston market. Mr. Phillips carries on a farm of about one hundred and seventy-five acres owned by the company. He was also connected for seven- teen years with the grain business in Hanover and Rockland. Mr. Phillips and Miss Sarah E. Phillips were joined in marriage in 1863, and to them seven children have been born, as follows: George W., who died in 1878; Mabel G. ; Fred W. ; Flora E. ; Ezra Burt; Lee; and Hugh. Mr. Phillips is a Republican in poli- tics. He is a member of North River Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Han- over. He attends the First Congregational Church of Hanover, and has been Treasurer of the parish for several years. ENRY S. BATES, of Hanover, who closed a successful business career in 1896 by retirement, was born in his present home on November 10, 1821. He was educated in his native town, making the most of the limited opportunities offered at that time. Ship-building was one of the lead- ing industries of Plymouth County in his boy- hood, when the docks were thronged with busy workmen. It was this fact that prompted him at the age of seventeen to learn the ship- carpenter's trade. Having done so, he fol- lowed it for thirteen years, during which he saw launched many a vessel which he had helped to build. In 1851, when he was thirty years old, he and his brother John opened a general store in Hanover, stocking LOT PHILLIPS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW SO? it with the variety of goods made necessary by the demands of country trade. This was very large then, as there was no railroad con- nection with the cities, and goods had to be transported overland by team from Boston, or shipped by way of the North River. Hanover is about seven or eight miles from the mouth of the river as the crow flies; but following the windings of the stream, tiie distance is much greater. The river, however, was the great highway of commerce when Mr. Bates was a young man, ami the transportation of goods was necessarily slow and uncertain. With a natural aptitude for business, he was able to make his store a commercial centre of the district for forty-five years. In the course of his long life Mr. Bates has made a great many friends. Aside from the respect accorded him as a successful business man, he has wun the lasting regard of many by the intrinsic worth of his character. A lifelong resident of Hanover, he has witnessed many changes in the pleasant little town, the advent of railroads, and of steam-power in manufacturing. Mr. Bates was first married in 1861 to ;\Iiss Angeline S. Gardner. Sub- se(.|Lientl\- he contracted a second marriage with Mrs. I^meline (Pratt) Sylvester, who died January 12, 1S97, leaving no children. irx ANIKL 1). DMVHRKUX, I ——J known and popular manaj ,^-KL^ Western Union Telegrapl the well- manager of the iph Office at Du.xbury, was born in Providence, R.I., March 26, 1839, a son of Rali)h P. and Phebe (Chase) Devereu.x. The family is one of the oldest in New England, John Devereux, its American founder, having come to this country and settled in or near Marblehead about the year 1630. Ralph P. Devereux, a native of Marble- head, Mass., and a son of Nathaniel K. Dever- eux, was engaged in business in Boston and Providence, but always resided in the latter city. In 1854, after receiving his education in the elementary schools and High School of Provi- dence, Daniel D. Devereux went to New Bed- ford, Mass., where he secured a position as messenger boy for the New York and New England Telegraph Company. While so em- ployed he im[)roved his opportunities to learn telegraphy, and was shortly after promoted to the position of telegraph operator. Poinding him an entirely competent man the American Telegraph Company, after it absorbed the New York & New luigland, and the Western Union after the American had joined it, successively retained him in their employment. He was in the State Street office in Boston for a quarter of a century, during the greater part of which he had charge of the company's city lines, and was inspector of its branch and suburban offices. In May, 1882, he came to Duxbury, and has since been in charge of their office here. On December ii, 1862, Mr. Devereux mar- ried Abbie Ii. Mott, of Providence. They have three children — William I"., Lizzie A., and Charles A. Mr. Devereux is a Republi- can in politics, has been for many years a member of the Republican Town Committee, of Uuxbury, of which he served as Secretary, and he took an active part in public affairs while living in Maiden. He is a member of the Duxbury Yacht Club, and its present Sec- retary ami Treasurer. IK is also affiliated with Columbian Lodge, -A. I-". & A. M., of Boston, St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter of that city, being a life member of both these bodies. He is an honorary member and Past Master of Melrose Council at Maiden, Mass. ; also a member of the Hugh De Payens Comniandery, of Melrose, Mass. ; and he is a Thirty-second 5°8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Degree Mason. At present he is Chairman of the Board of Registrars of Voters for Duxbury. j^ENJAMIN F. H. KEENE, Town Collector of Marshfield and the Post- master of Centre Marshfield, is one of the most esteemed residents of the town. He was born here January 20, 1832, son of Benjamin and Nancy (Sherman) Keene, both also natives of Marshfield. His grandfather, Benjamin Keene, Sr., resided here for a num- ber of years. His father, who passed his life in the town, died in 1859. His mother, who was a daughter of Amos and Nancy (Holmes) Sherman, lived until 1895. The other surviv- ing children of his parents are: Kate L. , the widow of J. Tha.xter Damon, of Marshfield ; and Elsie J., the wife of Charles L. Ford, of East Pembroke, Mass. Benjamin F. H. Keene was educated in the common schools of his native town. He learned the trade of ship-caulking in his early manhood, and followed it continuously after- ward for about fifteen years. Many years have elapsed since he was appointed Postmaster at Centre Marshfield. All who call on him for mail are pleased to exchange greetings with him, and would miss him sadly were he not in his accustomed place. He is besides engaged in farming, and also deals in agricultural im- plements. In politics Mr. Keene is a stanch Republican. He believes in the principles so eloquently advocated by Daniel Webster, who was in the height of his forceful manhood when Mr. Keene was a young child, and whose home in Marshfield is still an object of interest to visitors. Mr. Keene served for four years on the Board of Selectmen, and has been Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He has now been in office as Collector some four years. On January i, i860, he was united in mar- riage with Ellen L. , daughter of Colonel Charles Hatch, of Marshfield. Colonel Hatch, who was an officer in the State militia, and at one time managed a stage line between Dux- bury and ]3oston, afterward engaged in farming in Marshfield, where he died in 1870. Of his children four, besides Mrs. Keene, are living. These are : Mary, the wife of Ezra Ford of this town ; Almera, the wife of Nathan P\ird, of Weymouth, Mass. ; Franklin VV., the proprie- tor of the Brant Rock and Green Harbor coach line; and Susan A., the wife of John Ma- goun, of Marshfield. Mr. and Mrs. Keene have had two qhildren — Nellie F. and PTor- ence L. Nellie F. is now deceased. Mrs. Keene and her daughter P'lorence are members of the Congregational church. They, with Mr. Keene, take an active part in the social events of the town, and are well known and popular. (51 HOMAS F. BAILEY, Selectman of ^1 Scituate, and a well-known and success- ful contractor and builder, is a native of Dorchester, Mass., born November 22, 1838. Plis parents were Sewall and Elizabeth (Gerv- ing) Bailey. Sewall Bailey, who was born in Scituate, was a son of Israel Bailey, an old settler of this town, and a soldier of the War of 1 8 12. The mother of Thomas F. was born in the State of Rhode Island. Thomas F. Bailey spent the first seven years of his life in Dorchester. His parents then removing to Scituate he acquired his education in the schools of this town, ending with a course of study at the high school. When he was seventeen years old he began to learn the carpenter's trade at Dorchester. He had served three years and seven months of his apprenticeship when, answering the first call for troops from President Lincoln, he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company K, Eleventh BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 509 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. His regi- ment was assigned to the army of the Potomac, after which, until his discharge, he was almost constantly in action, sliaring in some of the most momentous hattles of the war. He was in the disastrous rout of the first lUill Run ; in the terrific conflict of the second Hull Run; in the engagements of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks; at the battle of Gett)'sburg, where he was wounded; in the conflicts of the Wilder- ness; and in the battle of Cold Harbor. Hon- orabl\- discharged on June 14, 1864, he re- turned to Scituate, where, excepting a period of three years spent in lioston, he has since made his home. He has been in business as a contractor and builder some twenty years, win- ning the confidence of the public by his close attention to business. Mr. Bailey married Miss Marion L. Mott, daughter of Paul Mott, of Scituate, and has one son, George S. A popular Republican he was elected Selectman in March, 1894, and has been twice re-elected since. He is a member of George W. Perry Post, No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic of Scituate Centre, of which he was Commander for a year ; and also belongs to Hatchet Rock Assembly of Good Fellows. AHFZ P. THOMPSON, a large land owner and a successful farmer of Hali- fax, was born July 24, 1853, on the farm where he now resides, son of liphraim B. and Eliza R. (Soule) Thompson. The founder of the family came from Wales in 1622, and settled in Halifa.v, which has been the birthplace of its lineal representatives since, namely: Thomas; Ebenezer, Sr. ; Eben- ezer, Jr. ; Jabez P. ; Ephraim B. ; and Jabez P. lOi^hraim B. Thompson and his wife had five childien — Jabez P., Ellen A., Sarah B., Lucy M., and .Susan. Lucy M. died in 1865, and Susan in i860. The father, who died in 1889, aged seventy-six, was a member of the Congregational church, served several years as Selectman, and was also a Representative in the Lower Hou.sc of the State legislature for two or three terms. Grandfather Thompson was a State Senator about the same time, somewhere in the forties. Jabez P. Thompson, the only son of his parents, remained on the homestead, attending the district school at intervals until eighteen years of age. Thereafter he devoted his time to farming and lumbering. Since his father's death he has become, the owner of the home- stead, a farm of about two hundred acres. In addition to this he owns forty acres of timber land. He also succeeded to some of the official honors bestowed upon his father. He was Selectman for thirteen years, during three of which he was Chairman of the I^oard. Me has served the community as Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, Tax Collector; was Town Treasurer for ten years. Justice of the Peace three years, and in 1893 he was a member of the State legislature. Like his father he is a communicant of the Congregational church; and he is affiliated with the Knights of Honor, of Middleboro. On December 19, 1S7S, ]\Ir. Thompson was united in marriage with Miss Abbie P. Wooil, daughter of Aspah S. and Abbie L. Wood, of Halifax. He has now four children, as fol- lows: Frederick P., Clifford B. , Myron W. , and Helen L. .SA J. MERRITT is a respected busi- ness man of Scituate, long identified with the building trade in this town as a member of the firm of Merritt l^rothers, contractors. He was born in Scituate, No- vember 22, 1828, son of Asa and Betsey (Cud- 5'° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW worth) Merritt. (For a further account of the Merritt family see the biography of Henry Merritt, of Scituate. ) Asa J. Merritt made the most of the edu- cational advantages offered by the district school. At the age of sixteen he began to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner from his father, with whom he worked for a number of years. Subsequently, for many years, he was in partnership with his brother Henry, with whom he formed the firm of Merritt Brothers, contractors and builders. In the pursuit of this business he was an influential factor in the development of Scituate and adjoining towns. His contracts were always fulfilled promjotly and honestly. Mr. Merritt was married January i, 1856, to Hannah A. Curtis, a daughter of Norton and Mary P. (Chesbrook) Curtis, of Scituate. The Curtis family, which is of English origin, was established by one of four brothers who came to this country in Colonial times. This brother settled in Scituate, and here Thomas Curtis, Charles Curtis, and Norton Curtis, re- spectively the great-grandfather, grandfather, and father of Mrs. Merritt, were born. Nor- ton Curtis, a lifelong resident of Scituate, was respected as an exemplary citizen. His wife, who was born in Camden, Me., bore him a large family of children, six of whom, besides Mrs. Merritt, the eldest, are living. These are: Mary N., the wife of Ira B. Pratt, of Cohasset, Mass. ; Emeline F. , the wife of B. B. W. Litchfield, of Scituate; Henry N. and Job E. , both residents of Weymouth, Mass.; Arthur H., residing in Boston; and Sarah E. , a resident of Scituate. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt have three children, namely : Asa E., born February 12, 1857; Wesley C. , born June 29, 1859; and Anna F. , who is now wife of John F. Turner, a constable of Scituate. Mr. Merritt votes the Re- publican ticket. A public-spirited citizen, he is much interested in the welfare of the connnunity. 1 ■ ■ ■ » JOSHUA W. SWIFT, Treasurer and Collector of Duxbury, was born in this town, January 19, 1821, son of Lot and Mercy (Weston) Swift. The Swift family is said to be of English origin, and Mr. Swift's grandfather was a native of Massachusetts, who resided in Wareham. Lot Swift was born in Wareham, but the greater part of his life was spent in Duxbury, where he followed agri- cultural pursuits, and his wife was a native of this town. Of their children but two now survive, namely: Joshua W., the subject of this sketch; and his sister Lydia, who also resides here. Joshua W. Swift in his early years attended the common schools of his native town, and at the age of seventeen he went to New Bedford, where he served an apprenticeship at the har- ness and trunk-maker's trade. Returning to Duxbury on November i, 1841, he established himself in the harness business, and has since followed it successfully. In 1842 Mr. Swift was married to Caroline Kirby, daughter of Noah Kirby, late of West- port, Mass. Of four children born to them there are two survivors — Amanda M. and Edgar W. The two who have passed away were: Alvah L. and Herbert. Mrs. Swift died in 1863. In politics Mr. Swift is one of the most prominent and active supporters of the Demo- cratic party in Duxbury. For ten years he served as a Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, these positions coming to him un- sought. He was Deputy Collector of Customs for the Plymouth District for three years, and has acted as a Justice of the Peace for a num- ber of years. He has held his present offices JOSHUA W. SWIFT. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 5^3 of Treasurer and Collector of this town fur tlie past twenty-one years, which is ample testi- mony of his ability and faithfulness, especially as he was not a seeker after office. In 1876 he was a candidate for Representative, hut was defeated by his Republican op[K)nent, George Bradford, who was elccteil by a small majority, although Mr. Sw-ift polled the largest vote ever accorded a Democratic candidate in this district. lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been an Odd Fellow for over fifty years. As a public-spirited citizen and an able official he is widely and favorably known, and is highly respected by all classes irrespective of i)olitics. ^\CA^/ ARR1-:X LITCllhlELlJ, one of the oldest residents of Scituate, belongs to a prominent and numerous family, native here for over one hundred and fifty years, and active in jiromoting the interests of the place. Sketches of other members of this family will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Litchfield was born here June 3, 181 3, son of Stephen and Rebecca (Cudworth) Litch- field. Stephen was a son of Isaac Litchfield, and both were natives and lifelong residents of this town. An extensive land-owner, Stephen was engaged in agriculture during his active life. In prosperous circumstances himself he gave freely to the deserving poor. His death on December 23, 1843, was mourned in Scitu- ate as the loss of a benefactor of the commu- nity, lie was married three times. Of his children the only survivors are Turner Litch- field, of Scituate, and Warren Litchfield. Warren Litchfield was educated in the dis- trict school, and reared to agricultural pursuits, working on the farm between schools terms. He has been engaged in general farming throughout the greater part of his life, and has the independent nature and sturdy constitution which his mode of life is so apt to foster. His integrity and sterling character have won the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. .Mr. Litchfield was first married to Julia Litchfield, who bore him one daughter, Julia W. , now deceased. On January 25, 1843, he was united to Helen, daughter of Abram and Rachel (Nichols) Litchfield, all natives of Scituate. This lady, who is yet living, be- came the mother of eight children, four of whom have passed away. Those living are: Rachel N., the wife of William Burrows, of Scituate; Stephen, who also resides in this town; Helen A., the wife of Chester Sylves- ter, of Campello, Mass. ; and Nettie, the wife of Harry Hates, of Braintree, Mass. In poli- tics Mr. Litchfield is independent, favoring always the candidate whom he thinks most capable of serving the interests of the people. He has served on the School Committee, and for a time was Road Surveyor of his district. Mr. Litchfield was formerly a member of the Debating Club. His wife is a member of the Baptist church. Both she and her husband are types of the sturdy and fearless pioneer stock which has done so much for I'hmouth CoutUv. KLIIAM W. BARROWS, who died in Colorado in 1890, was a native of Carver, Plymouth County, Mass. He was born on January 31, 1S29, and was a son of Lothrop and Sally (Shaw) Barrows. His paternal grandparents were Andrew- and Sarah (Perkins) Barrows. He was reared on a farm, but having no taste for agiiculture decided to learn a trade. Ac- cordingly, in early manhood, he went to work in an iron foundry, first in South Carver and then in Watertown, remaining at this occujia- tion till the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in 514 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Company C, Eighteenth Massachusetts In- fantry. He was eight montl^s in the service, and in that time he suffered all the hardships of a soldier's life, taking part in the terrible seven days' retreat under McClellan. At the end of eight months, on account of physical disability, he was discharged with the rank of Sergeant, and returned to Carver, where he lived for some time on a farm. When partly recovered he resumed work in the iron foundry at Watertown. In 1877 he went to Albion, Ikione County, Neb., locating on a homestead claim, and re- siding there seven or eight years. He then went to Colorado, where he had a son with whom he lived; and he journeyed subsequently to California. He was in poor health when he made this trip, and he soon returned to Colo- rado, hoping to be benefited by the pure dry air of that State; but disease had made such deep inroads on his constitution that recovery was impossible, and he died in 1890. His remains were forwarded from Colorado, and were in- terred in the Central Cemetery of Carver. Mr. Barrows was a charter member of the Plymouth Grand Army of the Republic Post. He was an enterprising and ambitious man, and was a popular member of society; and his death, occurring as it did when he was removed so far from home and old friends, aroused uni- versal interest and sympathy for his bereaved family. Mr. Barrows was married in 1854 to Miss Priscilla J. Shaw, who was born in Carver in 1832, a daughter of Cajitain Joseph and Hannah (Dunham) Shaw. Six children were the result of this union: Jo.seph W., Ellis H. (deceased), Pelham A., Laura L., Hannah B. (deceased), and P"rank E. While Mr. Barrows was in the West his wife removed to the pleasant home where she now lives. She is a lady of ability, culture, and self-reliance, and has for some time been acting as Postmaster's assistant at Carver. A sketch of her father. Captain Shaw, may be found elsewhere in this volume. (^" APTAIN JOSEPH SHAW, formerly well known in Carver and vicinity, Vsi£_^ the son of Lieutenant Joseph Shaw and his wife Lydia, was born in this town, F^ebruary 17, 1782, and was descended from early settlers of the Old Colony. Captain Shaw devoted himself mainly to farming throughout his active life, but in the winter months he worked in the old blast foundry. He took a keen interest in civil and political affairs, and became one of the leading men in the community. He was appointed Captain of a company of State militia, and in the second war with Great Britain was drafted for service in the army. Owing, however, to illness in his family, he was unable to respond to the call, and furnished a substitute, Mr. Benjamin Har- low. Captain Shaw died September 26, 1S55. By his first wife, Sarah Murdock, whom he vQiarried in 1S04, he had six sons, the eldest, born in 1804, the youngest in 1 8 14. The fol- lowing is a brief record in order of their births: Joseph died unmarried in 1865. Linus, who died in 1854 , married DicV Allen in 1833, and had George H. and Linus A. (who both served in the late war), Jeannette H., Arlotha M., Calvin R., and Betsy. Bart- lett married in 1833 Almira Atwood, had one child, and died in 1835. Martin was born and died in 181 1. Dennis, who died in 1875, married Emmeline Skinner, and had Will- iam B. , Henry and Henrietta (twins), Albert, Charles, Emmeline, Susannah, and Apollos. He and his four elder sons served in the Ci\'il War, two of them being wounded. One son died in the regular army. Harrison Shaw married Adaliiie Bent, had eight children — BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 5«S William 1?., Sarah M., Deliverance, Charles II., lunma H. , Jdhn, Mary, and ICrastiis, — and died in 1861. Captain Joseph Shaw married Hannah Dun- ham, his second wife, in iSwS, and b)' this union became the father of nine children, namely: William H., j\vho was born and died in 1819; Nathaniel, born 1820, died in 1821; Mbenezer; Francis; -"i^ally ]\I. ; Ilannali M. ; bliver; Priscilhi J. {Mrs. I'elham W. Har- rows) ; and Hartlett. libenezer Shaw, born in 1823, was married firSt in 1848, to Nancy IHsbee. Their children were: Frederick, Aravesta, Josephus, and Eugene E. He mar- -r-ied the second time Hannah Dennison, and their children were: Fred W. , Aravesta H. , I'^lmer I-'., Hartlett, and Myra. Ebenezcr -Shaw was a man of much business ability. He built at Middleboro an iron fouTulry, which he conducted for some years. The foundry was eventually burned, and at the time of his death, in 1889, he w-as residing in Carver. I'rancis S. Shaw, born iri 1824, married Abbie Southworth in 1849, and died in 1885. Their children were thirteen in number, but only two are living — Emma L. and Jennie. Sally Murdock Shaw, born in 1826, was married to Ira C. Kent in 1847. Their children were: l^llen F., now Mrs. Philander J. Holmes; and Nathaniel Warren. Hannah M., horn in 1827, married VAi Atwood in 1850, and died in 1892; she had one child, Hetsy S. Oliver Shaw, born T'ebruary 5, 1S31, mar- ried Miranda Atwood i|i 1855, and had Al- ton E. , and Bradford Q. and Bartlett E., twins, all now deceased. 1 Oliver Shaw learned the trade of iron moulderj and in 1863 he was called upon to take charge of the Miles Pratt & Co. 's Stove Works at Watertown as Super- intendent. He remained thoughout his life with this firm, and from (877 was one of the directors of the corporation. A stanch Repub- r iican in [lolitics he served as Selectman for fifteen years; and in 1894 he was elected to the State Senate from the Second Middlese.v District. Mr. Shaw's financial and business abilities were of a high order. He was one of the organizers of the Watertown Savings Hank and a Trustee of that body from its incorpora- tion. He was also President of the L'nion Market National Hank from 1893 until his death, December 26, 1894. He was a member of Company K, Third Regiment of the State militia, from 1852 to 1857. Mr. Shaw was well known socially, and belonged to the Mid- dlesex Club of Boston, and to the Village Club of Watertown. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church. Bartlett, youngest son ^f Captain Joseph and Hannah Shaw, born March 12, 1835, also learned to be a moulder'; but when, in 1861 the war broke out, inspired with enthusiasm for the preservation of the Union, he threw aside the implements of industry and assisted in raising a company in Carver. He was ap- pointed Orderly Sergeant of this company, and later was promoted to the rank of Second Lieu- tenant. Owing to the sickness of his superior officer, he was placed in charge at the second battle of Bull Run, and lost his life in that engagement. As he gallantly led his com- mand he gave the direction, " Boys, keep cool and fire low." He had scarcely said the words when he fell dead with a bullet in his fore- head. He was an exemplary young man and greatly beloved by all his| comrades. TT^APTAIN JOSEPHUS DAWES, a I Vp retired shipmaster of Duxbury, was V »ir' ^ born in this town, April 7, 1820, the son of Abraham and Deborah (Darling) Dawes. Deborah Dawes was a native of Dux- bury, and her family was of Scotch origin. Si6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Abraham Dawes was a native of Kingston. His ancestry will be found in a sketch of Cap- tain James H. Dawes, which appears upon another page of this work. Josephus Dawes attended the public schools of his native town at intervals until he was fourteen years of age. When he was seven years of age he began to accompany his father upon fishing trips along Massachusetts Bay; and he assisted in disiDOsing of the fish in Bos- ton. At the age of fourteen he shipped before the mast on board a vessel which was com- manded by his elder brother, the late Captain Allen Dawes; and he sailed with him in the coasting and foreign trade until he was twenty- one years old. He was then able to command a vessel himself, and his first voyage as master was made in the brig " August," which was owned by Joseph Holmes, of Kingston. He afterward commanded various vessels belonging to Mr. Holmes, in whose employ he sailed for nineteen years. He was subsequently part owner and master of several merchantmen, among them being the barks "Fruiter," " Jehu," and " Valetta. " In the years of 1852 and 1853 Captain Dawes spent his time in the northern and southern mines of California. At the close of the second year his old love for the sea re- turned to him, and during the next ten years we find him engaged in the Mediterranean fruit trade. At this time he was making many of the fastest passages on record. For four years he traded on the Chinese Coast, visiting all the principal ports. His last vessel was the " Annie W. Weston," in which he traded be- tween San Francisco and lingland. For over thirty years he was a successful as well as a fortunate master- mariner, never meeting with a single di.saster or loss of a man at sea. During his long experience he doubled Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, circumnavi- gated the globe several times, and visited the principal parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. In one of his voyages to the Cape of Good Hope he was obliged to conceal the name of his vessel under a canvas on account of the nearness of the " Alabama," which was commanded by Captain Semmes. Captain Dawes wedded Sally Freeman, daughter of the late Bradford Freeman, of Duxbury. She accompanied him upon many of his voyages, thus proving herself a loving and faithful companion, who did not hesitate to brave the dangers of the sea in order to be with her husband in the hour of peril, should such be the case. .She died April 2, 1887. Captain Dawes has three children, as fol- lows: Wilfred C, who is Chief Inspector of the Money Order Department of the Boston Post-office; Frank H., a resident of Haverhill, Mass. ; and Eunice F., wife of Henry C. Tan- ner, that city. Although the Captain passes his winters in Haverhill, during the summer he occupies his pleasant residence at Island Creek Station, in Duxbury, amid the haunts of his childhood and close beside the sea, which was for so many years his home. He is a member of the Uni- tarian society of Duxbury. UDSON EWELL, of Manshfield, who has been Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for a number of years, was born in this town, October 23, 1840. His parents were Ezra D. and Frances L. (Wash- burn) Ewell, and his paternal grandfather was Isaac Ewell, a resident of Marshfield. Henry Ewell, the first of this surname in the Plymouth Colony, married in 1638 Sarah Annable, daughter of Anthony Annable, who came over in the "Ann" in 1623. Their son, Ichabod, born in 1659 in Scituate, had BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW S«7 sons, it is said, who settled in Marshficld. I'^zra 1). I'^wcll, son of Isaac, was born in Maishliclil, and made his home in this town up to the time of his deatli. lie was a stone mason by trade, and worked also at various other occupations. His. wife was born in Taunton, Mass. They were the parents of the following children: Frances M., Judson, Kim- ball W., Adeline W., and Antoinette C. Judson liwell was given good educational opportunities, attending the public schools of Marshfield and Hanover Academy. He began at eighteen to learn the blacksmith's trade, and served his time with Waldo Bradford in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass., working with him until i^^SQ; and he was sub- sequently employed as a journeyman in differ- ent places. In January, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Second District of Columbia Vol- unteers, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac, General Griffin's Brigade, General i^Iorrell's Division, and General Fitz John Porter's Army Corps. He was in the battle of Antietam, September 17-18, 1862, and took part in a number of minor engagements while attached to the army of the Potomac, his regi- ment being subsc(|uently on detached duty on the lookout for John S. Mosby arid his gue- rillas. Mr. l^well was promoted to the rank of Sergeant of Company G, and served in that capacity about a year. W'hile in action against the Confederates he had a number of narrow escapes from death and imprisonment. Experiencing his share of the hardships of a soldier's life, he was also privileged to enjoy the pomp and glitter of military display in social affairs. During the last year and a half of his service he was a member of the band of the Second Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteers, and played at the fair for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission in the Patent Office at Washington. Honorably discharged in October, 1865, he returned home; and in 1867 he opened a forge of his own in Marsh- field, which he still manages. He has been very successful in financial matters, doing his work well and paying strict attention to business. Mr. Powell has been twice married. His first wife, Maria (deceased), was a daughter of the Rev. George Leonard, of Marshfield Hills. She bore him four children, of whom but two survive, namely: Leonard G., born I'ebruary 6, 1873; and Fmmeline W. , born June 14, 1877. The others were : Walter, born Novem- ber I, 1870; and George L. , born July 8, 1S81. His second wife, who was formerly Miss Julia F. Rogers, became the mother of five children, the eldest being Grace, born September 21, 1883, with whom they were soon called to part. The four now living are: Ralph J., born December 5, 1885; Marion R., born January 30, 1888; l-lzra G., born March 21, 1S90; and Edna F. , born October 4, 1891. As a public man Mr. Ewell is very popular. He has served as Chairman of the Republican Town Committee; was first elected to the Boaril of SelectmcTi in 1S83, and has been hon- ored with re-election every year since; and as Chairman of the Board he has given universal satisfaction. He is a member of North River Lodge, Independent Order of Odd I'ellows, at Hanover, Mass., and a charter member of David Church Post, No. i8g. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was one year Com- mander. AMES W. O'NEIL, one of the partners of O'Ncil & Howes, successful contrac- tors of Brockton for interior house finish, was born in 1854, in Brechan, Forfar- shire, Scotland, near Kirrinniir, the home of Barrie, the novelist. His father, William 5«S BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW O'Neil, also a native of ]5rechan, is still living there, being now seventy-two years of age, and an I^lder of the Free Church of Scotland. His mother, Elizabeth (Webster) O'Neil, now deceased, was a daughter of Will- iam Webster, a farmer of Brechan. They had five children — David W. , William, James W. , Mary, and Alfred. David W. is a member of the firm of Bradley & Currier, New York City, and of Freeman & O'Neil, of Claremont, N. H. The New York firm, whose place of business is located at the corner of Hudson and Spring Streets, are counted among the most extensive dealers in sashes, doors, and blinds in the United States. William is employed in a car- riage factory in Waterbury, Conn. ; Mary is the wife of George Priest, of New Haven, Conn. ; and Alfred is employed in the linen mill of Lyman Scott at Brechan, Scotland. James W. O'Neil was educated in his native town. At the age of ten years he went to work in a fla.x-mill. Subsequently, he was employed in the office of the Brechan Adver- tiser for eight months. Then, owing to trouble with his eyes, he was obliged to seek outdoor employment. Accordingly, he learned the carpenter's trade imder Alexander Smith, of Brechan, with whom he worked for about four years. He came to this country in 1872, and obtained employment in W. F. Badger's stair- shop on Wareham Street, Boston. There he remained some five years, and then for six years had charge of the stair department for Freeman & O'Neil, of Claremont, who have a large plant and do an extensive business. After spending another year with Mr. Badger in Boston, he came to Brockton in 1884, and entered into a copartnership with William E. Howes for the manufacture of interior house and store finish, such as mouldings, stairs, and mantels. The firm started in a small way by hiring a room in A. C. Thompson's wood- turning factory on Railroad Avenue, and which remained their place of business for three or four years. In October, 1888, they purchased Howard & Clark's furniture factory, where they have carried on their business since, and now employ about a dozen men. They have filled some costly and extensive contracts, in- cluding the interior finish of Emerson's shoe store on the corner of Water and Washington -Streets, Boston ; a handsome drug store in Marlboro, Mass. ; Goldthwaite's drug store on Main Street, Brockton ; and some twenty others in this vicinity. In 1880 Mr. O'Neil married Adele, daugh- ter of Archibald Atherton, of Claremont, N. H. Of the four children born to him, two are living — Amy E. and James Donald. Mr. O'Neil votes the Republican ticket. He be- longs to a number of social orders, including Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Brock- ton, and the American Benefit Society of this city, of which he is President. A member of the Baptist church, he takes an active interest in its welfare, and has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. SYMAN E. COPELAND, a member of the firm of L. P". and E. Copeland, ^^0^ milk dealers and successful general farmers of West Bridgewater, was born here June 24, 184S, a son of Lyman and Susanna (Holmes) Copeland, both natives ot Plymouth County, Mass. Salmon Copeland, the father of Lyman, was a grandson of Jonathan Copeland (son of Will- iam and grandson of Lawrence, of Braintree), who married Betty Snell in 1723, and settled in West Bridgewater. Lyman, who was a life- long resident of this town, devoted his energies almost entirely to farming. In politics he was a Republican, and a leader in local affairs; and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 5'9 though tint a church nicmhcr, he was an atteiul- ant of tlic Methodist I'^piscopal church. lie died Decemher 26, 1884. Two of his chil- dren are living, namely: Lyman K., the direct subject of this sketch ; and Edmund, who was I)orn June 20, 1852. A younger brother, Wil- ton, born August 14, 1858, met his death by accident in December, 1886, being run over by the cars. He left a widow and two children. Mrs. Susanna H. Copeland, who still lives at the homestead, was born on May 9, 181 7, and has now nearly completed her eightieth year. Lyman E. Copeland grew to manhood on the farm where he now resides. After attending the public schools of West Bridgewater he was a student for a time at Hrockton Acaden)y and later at the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College of Boston, where he was graduated in 1867. It is now about twenty years since he started in his present business, selling milk at retail in Brockton. His brother Edmund is a partner in this enterprise, which has proved a profitable one to them. They are also success- fully engaged in general farming. Lyman I"'. Copeland and Miss Louise F. Ilartwell, of Brockton, were joined in marriage on I-'ebruary 26, 1880. They have two chil- dren: a son, Wilton; and a daughter. Myrtle L. True to the political instruction and e.xamjile of his father, Mr. Copeland has ever been a faithful supporter of Republicanism. I-'raternally, he is a member of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Campello, Mass. M EACON GEORGE W. BAILEY, formerly one of the most prominent and highly respected business men of North Scituate, who died at his home in this town, January 11, 1891, was born in Scituate, August I, 1830, son of Job and Lydia (Wade) Bailey. His parents were natives of Scituate, and he was a representative of highly reputable ancestry on both sides of the family. George W. Bailey as a boy availed himself of every advantage offered by the public school system in his day. He was by nature a studi- ous seeker for knowledge, and in his youth he devoted his spare time to the reading of the works of Josephus and other standard authors. At the age of twenty years he decided to engage in business pursuits, and, establishing himself as a shoe manufacturer upon a small scale at North Scituate, he entered upon his business career with an energy which promised success from the start. When Mr. Bailey began shoe business he formed a copartnership with Mr. Jotham W. Bailey, under the firm name of G. W. and J. W. ]?ailey, and this association continued for tw-enty year.s. After that the subject of this sketch continued the business alone, but under the name of G. W. l^ailey & Co. As his prosperity increased he enlarged his facilities, and for many years em- ployed an average of fifty hands. The firm of G. W. Bailey & Co. became well-known in the shoe trade, was financially successful, and con- tinued in active operation until the death of its founder. The late Mr. Bailey was iM-ominently iiienti- fied with the progress and development of the business interests and with the general im- provement of the town, and was one of North Scituate's most progressive and public-spirited citizens. He took a deep interest in local affairs; and as Chairman of the School Board, over which he presided for a number of years, he rendered valuable service in behalf of public education. His death, which took place as above stated at the age of nearly si.\ty-one years, was not only a serious blow to the indus- tries of North Scituate, but removed from the community one of its most valuable and esteemed citizens, a man of noble nature and 520 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW an affectionate disposition, the liome circle which he so ardently cherished being deprived of a loving husband and an indulgent and de- voted father. In politics he was a Republican, and for many years he was connected with the Baptist church as Deacon, Clerk, and Treas- urer. Mr. Bailey was especially a benevolent man. The widow and the fatherless always found in him a helper and a friend; and he was ever ready to assist with his means any good cause. On November 26, 1856, Mr. Bailey was united in marriage with Hannah W. Briggs, who, with one son, Herbert B. , now teller of the Boylston National Bank, Boston, and resid- ing in VVoUaston, Mass., survives him. Mrs. Bailey was born in Scituate, daughter of James Sylvester and Selina (Curtis) Briggs, and her ancestors for several generations were residents of this town. Walter Briggs, founder of this branch of the family in America, bought a farm in Scituate in 1651, and it is said "was long a useful man in the plantation." The "History of Shipbuilding on the North River," by L. Vernon Briggs, contains many interesting par- ticulars in regard to the Briggs family, several members of which have been prominent ship- builders. From this volume we learn that Walter Briggs had a son. Lieutenant James Briggs, whose son Benjamin, born in 1695, was the father of James, born November 16, '735' who held the office of Town Clerk twenty-five years, and was known as "Clark" Briggs. He died in 1834, aged ninety-nine years. His son, Joseph, born in 1776, was the father of James Sylvester Briggs, and grand- father of Mrs. Bailey. The Briggs family built ships at Hobart's Landing, probably as early as 1750, James, born in 17 19, being the first builder of this surname. James Sylvester and his brother, ]5arnabas W., built at the Harbor as early as 1834. Mrs. Bailey occupies the homestead, and has for a companion her sister, Mrs. C. M. Gray. These ladies are quite prominent in social circles, and are members of the Baptist church. LISHA WINSLOW ELLIS, dealer in general merchandise at Manomet, a part of Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., was born near Sagamore, October 29, 1837, son of Elisha and Priscilla (Crowell) Ellis. His birthplace and that of his father was the old tavern situated in the village of Plllisville, South Plymouth, which was the home of his paternal grandparents, Thomas and Rebecca (Burgess) Ellis. His grandmother Ellis was born November 29, i779i i'l Sandwich, daughter of Elisha Burgess, who was born in 1743, son of Zac- cheus Burgess. Jacob Burgess, father of Zaccheus, was a son of Jacob, first, and grand- son of Thomas Burgess, who arrived in Salem, Mass., with a small family in 1630, removed to Sandwich (Sagamore), Mass., in 1638, and died in 1685, aged eighty-two years. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Ellis were Paul and Sally (Sears) Crowell, who re- moved from East Dennis, Cape Cod, to Saga- more in the early part of the century. The children of Elisha PLllis and his wife Priscilla were: Elisha Winslow, the subject of this sketch, commonly known as E. Win- slow or E. W. Ellis; Priscilla Ann, born in December, 1840, who died in June, 1842; Priscilla Crowell, born January 4, 1845; Nathan Crowell, born December i, 1847, who died in January, 1891 ; Thomas Prince, born in November, 1849; Sarah Sears, born P^ebru- ary 10, 1852; Edmund Sears, born December 31, 1853, who died in Florida in December, 1890; and Benjamin Franklin, born in Novem- ber, 1857. The father was a farmer, and was ELISHA W. ELLIS. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 523 a lifelong resident of IMniikhiIIi. I'llisha I'illis passed away in 1892, at eighty-six years of age, his wife, Mrs. I'riscilla ICllis, having died in August, ip member of the Cochesett shoe manu- \j^ ^ facturing firm of C. E. Tisdale & Co., successors to E. Tisdale, who established the business in 1S4S, was born in Cochesett, Plymouth County, Mass., February 6, 1853, son of Edward and Amanda (Ripley) Tisdale. Eidward Tisdale, the founder of the business in which his son is now engaged, was a native of Sharon, Mass., where he was born in 1822, son of Colonel Israel Tisdale. He received in his youth a good common-school education. When he began the manufacture of boots and shoes, the work was done entirely by hand ; but, as his business increased, he enlarged his plant, putting in machinery, until, in 1862 or 1863, the present dimensions were attained. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 52s The factory is eciuijiiiccl with niodcni machinery and steam-power, and can furnish employment to fifty hands, although one-half that number is the average at the present time. Mr. Va\- ward Tisdale continued to conduct the business until 1892, when he was succeeded by his son. He died December 6, i8g6. Mrs. Tisdale died November 29, 1869. Five of their chil- dren are living, namely: Charles V.. ; Alice, wife of J. Nelson Harris, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Frank S. , in Cochesett, Mass. ; Lizzie, resid- ing in Boston ; and Mary, the wife of A. H. Alger, of Brockton. A daughter Dora has passed away. Charles E. Tisdale, the eldest child, re- ceived his early education in the Cochesett public schools and at Bridgewater Academy, after which he took a business course at the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, Bos- ton. He began his business career as a dealer in general merchandise in Cochesett, conduct- ing a store here for several years; and after that he entered the employ of his father, whom he served a number of years as book-keeper, salesman, and superintendent of the business, finally in 1892 becoming a partner in the firm of C. E. Tisdale & Co., with which he is still identified. They make a specialty of the man- ufacture of fine calf, satin calf, and veal calf boots and shoes, welted, machine-sewed, stand- ard screw, and pegged. Their Boston office is at 91 Bedford Street. In 1885 Mr. Tisdale married Alice L. Pack- ard, a daughter of the late Nahum Packard, of West Bridgewater, Mass. For seven years Mr. Tisdale has served as Collector and Treasurer of West Bridgewater, and in 1896 he was elected to the ofiRce of Selectman. His father has been a member of the State legislature. Fraternally, Mr. Tis- dale is a member of St. George Lodge, A. !•". & A. M., at Campello, Mass. He is a Trustee of the Howard I'und for the support of the Howard Seminary for Young Ladies and a I-'ree High School for both .se.xes. Since his father's death Mr. Tisdale has been acting Postmaster of Cochesett. ()Ii\ V. LUCE, who was formerly a mariner and is now an ice dealer, is an important factor of the industrial inter- ests of the town of Marion, Plymouth County. The only child of the late Captain John G. Luce, he was born on October 17, 1852, in the house which he now owns and occupies. Captain Luce began life as a sailor boy, and foi- more than thirty years followed the sea, being Commander and part owner of many vessels. He visited various partsof the globe, and in his last years his mind was filled with reminiscences of his voyages. He died November 8, 1888, aged nearly fourscore. His wife, Nancy C. Hammond, was a native of Marion, and she lived there until her death, which occurred in April, 1867, at the age of forty-seven years. John F^. Luce acquired a good common- school education in the village of Marion, and at the age of fifteen years went to sea with his father, under the Captain's tuition becoming familiar with the duties of cabin boy and deck hand. Going then to Boston he obtained a situation on the Nickerson line of steamers running from that city to Halifa.x, N. S. , and in the latter part of his sea life he was a mate. Mr. Luce then returned to the place of his nativity to care for his father, who was in feeble health, and has since been prosperously engaged in his present business. He is well known throughout the localitv as a man of good business principles and methods, honest and upright in his dealings. He has served his fellow-townsmen as Selectman six years, hav- 526 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ing been Chairman of the Hoard two years, and as Assessor and Overseer of the Poor the same length of time. In politics Mr. Luce is a stanch Republican, never swerving from party allegiance. On October 29, 1S96, he was married to Miss Louise IJlankinship, daughter of Seth and Katherine G. Blankinship, of Marion. rojTENRY J. CURTIS, President of the l-^ South Scituate Savings Bank, is an [js 1^ inflnential citizen of the town of Hanover, where he has taken an active part in the conduct of public affairs. He was born in Scituate (now Norwell), June 2, 1822. His parents were Stephen and Mary S. Curtis, both of whom died when he was very young. At the age of thirteen Henry J. Curtis came to Hanover to live; and two years later he was obliged to assume the real duties of life, sup- porting himself from that time on. When six- teen he went to work at the shoemaker's trade, and this was his occupation for several years. In 1848 he removed from Hanover to South Scituate, and resided there till 1864, when he returned to Hanover. He next entered a store in Hanover as clerk, and followed that occupa- tion for several years. Having gained a practi- cal knowledge of the business and wishing to embark in some trade or occupation in which he would receive larger returns for his labor than he had realized heretofore, he opened a general store at Assinnippi, and conducted a prosperous business thereuntil 1872, or about fifteen years, since which time he has lived retired, having laid by ample means for his needs. Although deprived of educational ad- vantages in his youth, his quickness of obser- vation and careful reading have stored his mind with practical information, and he is a notable type of the self-educated man. In politics Mr. Curtis is a Republican. The first public ofifice in which he served was that of Town Clerk of South Scituate, being elected in 1850, and serving until 1855. A year later, in 1856, he was elected to represent South Scituate in the Lower House of the State legislature; and again, in 1871, he was elected from South Scituate and Hanover, the two towns forming one representative district. From 1872 to 1876 he served as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor of Han- over; and he has held the office of School Committee several years in this town. He was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gover- nor N. P. Banks, and has often been called upon to settle estates of deceased persons through the probate courts. He has been one of the Trustees of the South Scituate Savings Bank thirty-seven years, its Secretary for twenty-six years, and is at the present time (1897) President of said bank. In 1848 Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Abbie S. Jacobs, daughter of Ichabod R. Jacobs, Esq., and his wife, Clarissa Jacobs, of South Scituate. They have no children. During his whole life Mr. Curtis has been in- terested in the Universalist church, and with his wife has been constant in attendance at the church services. I^.RESCOTT H. JACKSON, a well- v*^ known citizen of Brockton, where he -^ carries on business as a contractor and builder, was born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass., August 8, 1859, his parents being Abner C. and Lydia S. (Wade) Jackson. His grandfather, George Jackson, a native of Halifax, Plymouth County, was for a number of years profitably engaged in nail manufacturing. Abner C. Jackson was born in Halifax, and received his education in the CHARLES S. GLEASON. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 529 common schools of that town. He afterward settled in East Hridgcwater, where he carried on a large business as contractor and builder, doing work in most of the towns in Plymouth County. He was a master of his craft, and when at the height of his active career was -said to be the best framer and builder in the county. He was in Inisincss for fifty-five years; and he still resides in East Bridge- water, being now eighty-four years of age. Ry his wife, Lydia S. , who was a daughter of John Wade, of Halifax, Mass., he had eight sons, of whom four are living; namely, John A., George W. , Abner, and Prescott H. Prescott H. Jackson, who was the youngest child of his parents, received a practical com- mon-school education. At the age of eighteen he became an apprentice to the carpenter's trade, coming to Hrockton in the spring of 1877, and serving three years. He then went into business in company with A. E. Wood- ward, under the style of Woodward & Jackson, and the firm lasted for about two years. Since severing his connection with Mr. Woodward Mr. Jackson has conducted business alone. He has built several school-houses and public buildings, besides private residences in Brock- ton and the vicinity. In 1881 he married Lizzie H. Nash, daughter of Henry F. Na.sh, of North Bridgewater. He has one son, Ralph Prescott, who is attending school. The fam- ily attend the Universalist church of Brockton. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Commercial Club, also of Damocles Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Re- publican. « < ■ * » ■ IIARLES S. GLEASON, M.D., a descendant of Thomas Gleason, who came from England in 1760, and a promising young physician of Wareham, Mass., was born on February 8, 1865, in Oakland, Kennebec County, Me. He is a son of Benjamin and Caroline V. (Mclntire) Gleason, and one of a family of ten children, as follows: Carrie IC, B. Frank, Laura li., Lincoln, Charles Shuman, Harry C. , Chester E., Susie N., Howard P., Arthur A., all to-day living, the youngest, Arthur A., being niiw twenty-two years of age. Dr. Gleason's great-grandfather, IClijah Gleason, was born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1771 ; his grandfather, Bryant Gleason, a soldier of the War of 1812, was born in Waterville, Me., in 1793; and his father, Benjamin Gleason, was born in Canaan, Me., March 8, 1828. Charles S. Gleason obtained his early edu- cation in his native town, attending the com- mon schools, the high school, and Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me. He subsequently took the prescribed course of study at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, Me., where he was graduated in 1888. The following four years he was a student of the Boston University School of Medicine, from which he received his diploma in 1892. Dur- ing the last two years at Boston University he was resident physician at the Consumptives' Home, Ro.xbury District, Boston. After his graduation Dr. Gleason succeeded Dr. George H. luirle at Wareham, where he is fast building up a lucrative practice, his skill and prompti- tude already winning for him a good patronage. During his college days he earned his own way, receiving no financial assistance. He is a close student in his profession and a deep thinker upon all matters pertaining thereto. Politically, the Doctor is a stanch Republi- can. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, being a member of Social Har- mony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Wareham; of St. Paul Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Boston; and of Boston Commandery, Knights Templars. Dr. Gleason also belongs to various 530 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW medical associations, notably the Massachu- setts Homoeopathic Medical Society, the Mas- sachusetts Surgical and the Gynaecological So- ciety, the ]?oston Medical Society and Ameri- can Institute of HomcKopathy. In Wareham he is serving as Chairman of the Board of Health. "ENRY HOWARD NORTHEY, of Scituate, is the proprietor and mana- ger of the "Old Oaken Bucket Farm," on which is the well made famous by Samuel Woodworth : — " How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood. When fond recollection presents them to view ! — The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, And every loved spot that my infancy knew ; The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it. The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it. And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well, — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket. The moss-covered bucket that hung in the well." Mr. Northey was born in Scituate, October 28, 1828. His parents were Joseph and Han- nah (Wade) Northey. His family has long been established in Scituate. His grand- father, Captain Joseph Northey, a lifelong resident here, was a descendant of one of the early settlers, John Northey by name, whose infant son figured in connection with the early struggles with the Indians. The town was unexpectedly attacked during the absence of the said John; and the distracted mother fled to the garrison house, leaving her infant son asleep and unprotected in the cradle. The Indians entered the dwelling, and, having sat- isfied their curiosity in regard to some bread baking in the oven, departed, leaving the child unharmed, as was soon ascertained by a party from the garrison-house. Joseph Northey, Jr., father of Henry How- ard, and foster-brother of the author of the "Old Oaken Bucket," was born in Scituate, and passed his life on the farm now owned by his son. He served in the War of 1812, and was for years Lieutenant in the State militia. His wife also was born in this town. They were the parents of four sons — Joseph, Har- vey D., George, and Henry Howard, the third, who is the only one of the family now living. Henry Howard Northey was reared amid the scenes of farm life, and educated in the public schools of Scituate. He succeeded his father as manager of this farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits practically all his life. The famous well is situated quite near his house, and the water is as sweet and satisfying as it was when the poem was written. Mr. Northey is one of the leading farmers of the town, and has been for a number of years a Director in the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Societ)'. In 1866 he was united in marriage with Ellen Harrub, a native of .Scituate, daughter of Darius and Matilda (Schultz) Harrub (both deceased) ; and three children have blessed their union: Mary Alice; Isabel, wife of Charles Thompson Murray ; and Samuel Woodworth (deceased). Mary Alice is a graduate of the Scituate High School and the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Isabel is a graduate of the Scituate High School and Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Mr. Northey, who is a Republican, has served on the Scituate Board of Selectmen for a number of years. A Unitarian in relig- ious preference, he is a Trustee of the church at Scituate Centre. ■AMES N. CHAMBERLAIN, a suc- cessful real estate dealer of Brockton, Mass., was bornjin Conway, "N.H., March 15, 1837, son of James Otis and Betsy BlOGRAPrtlCAL REVIEW 5it (Hill) Chamberlain. "1-hr belongs to an old English family, the original ancestors in America being, it is claimed, three brothers who came hither in the Colonial days, two of them settling in I'^astern and Western Maine, respectively, the other brother settling in Vir- ginia. Thus the traditional account. ^Savage,, -hftw'evcr.,. mentions a number of early settlers of this name, among them Henry Chamberlain, of Hingham, who came in 1638; Edmund (or possibly Edward), of Woburn, who removed to Chelmsford in 1655; Thomas, of Woburn, 1644; William, of Boston, 1647; Richard, of Portsmouth, a Counaellor in 1682. '' • John Chamberlain,' father of James - Q t is, \vas-afa^ithftif -tiller tofthe-^oi+ in Conway, wbwe,tivo of the family 8ti41 reside, one other bcing^ North CaiToli'^'^- During the War of 1812. "Gi^ndfather "^"Chamberlain voluntarily laid dmwx^his koe for a musket. '/James Otis Chamberlain was extensively engaged in farm- ing and lumbering, being a drover for twenty- five years. He married Betsy, daughter of Henry Hill, of Bromfield, Me., and they be- came the parents of seven children, all of whom grew to maturity; namely,' Marshallj James N.j Clarinda, ;fti4i»,:Tryphemia, Will- iam, and Nancy. Ciafw>4ft married Mr. Dol- oph, of Conway; Julia .married Albert Pack- ard, of Brockton; antl Tryphemiajjecame Mrs. Samuel Waterman, of 4vis citf.'*' Nancy.^i^iar- ried William Rounds, of Brownfield, M^. , and she has sirrce- died^ The father' arid' mothetC who were religiously prominent in the Baptist church, both passed to the life immortal at the age of seventy-three. ■^ ■ l^James N. Chamberlain, attex acquinng^ a fair knowledge of the common luiglish branches, left home when he was twenty, going to Danvers, Mas.s. , where he worked one year. Alternating a year of work with a year of study, he finished his education, attending .u>>-~ Goshen, Parsonfield, and Sandwich Academies. He also paid the expenses of the schooling of his two, sisters for two years. He then re- turned to Danvers and worked at the shoe busi- ness, doing contract work for I. P. Boardman, and subsequently for Ira P. Pope. In Octo- ber, 1865, he came to Brockton, where he en- gaged in shoe contract , work ; and while thus engaged he invested in real estate, buying a [)iece of land about nineteen rods by four and a half rods, situated on the corner of Belmont and Bret Streets. i+i this city. He trmrght it -for four hundred and twenty-five dollars^ and later sold a part of it for eighteen hundred dol- lars, thereby proving his good judgment in in- vesting. /(In 1884 Mr. Chamberlain opened a general merchandise store, in which he did a safe business for nine years, selling out the plant in the spring of 1893 to his sons, to whom he gave their time when they were but sixteen years old. Mr. Chamberlain has en- gaged with success in breeding fancy pigeons, lop-eared rabbits, and other pet stock, receiv- ing for the birds from one to twenty-five dol- lars a pair. In view of the fact that he was ninety-three dollars in dcl)t when ho first com- menced speculation, his financial success is all the more marked. Mr. Chamberlain was united in marriage on October 15, 1S66, to Susan, daughter of Benjamin Eaton, of Brockton; they are the parents of six children — Carrie S., Alice S., iJly May, James' F. , Franklin ]Sf. , and Clar- ence E. Carrie S. Ghamberlain marriecj Lu- cian McLoon, and resides in Tyngsboro, Mass. ; Alice S.,^was married May iS, 1896, to Frank Wade, son of Hiram Wade^of this city.and died December 16, 1896;,, The sons, as before mentioned, manage the store. Lily May, the youngest child, is still under the paternal- roof. In politics Mr. Chamberlain is a Republican. ^^ t" 532 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1880 he sold his property on the corner of Brett and Belmont Streets/ and bought a lot of land on the corner of Belmont and Brook Streets:, and since then he has been adding te this till it now c©«tains nearly forty-four thou- sand square feet, with twenty-four tenements thereon, mostly built by himself. Mr. Cham- berlain also owns another lot on the north side of Belmont Street, which contains two tene- ments. He thinks it is within the reach of any man who is in health to have a good home. BNER J. CLARK, a shoemaker and carpenter by trade, is now devoting his time to carrying on the old Clark farm in Middleboro, which was settled by Noah Clark, his grandfather, and which has been his own home since he was two years old. He was born at Middleboro, January 9, 1839, son of Zebulon L. and Abigail E. "(Barrows) Ckrk. Noah Clark, a native of the part of Middle- boro which is now Lakeville, was a son of Noah, Sr. , and grandson of Ezra Clark. The father and grandfather of Ezra were Thomas and Thomas, Sr., the latter of Welsh descent, but a native of England, whence he came to this country at an early date. He married Martha Curtis in 1676, and had eleven chil- dren. Zebulon L. and Abigail Clark were the parents of four children; namely, Maria A., Abner J., Alvira F., and Abbie A. Abner J. Clark, the second child and only son of his parents, enjoyed but scanty oppor- tunities for schooling in his boyhood, and is, for the most part, self-educated, having taken up the active duties of life when but ten years old. He began with shoemaking, and later on engaged in carpentry, which he followed during the summers and worked at shoemaking winters, but Middleboro has always been his home. There are about forty acres of land in the homestead, and he carries on general farm- ing with success. Mr. Clark is a member of Massasoit Lodge, No. 69, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republican. 'ff^ERRIE A. ELDRIDGE, M.D., of Wareham, Mass., was born in the town of Harwich, this State, November 18, 1866. His parents were William Marshall and Hannah A. (Crowell) Eldridge, both of old Barnstable County families. They had five children, three of whom died in infancy: William A. ; and Jerrie A., the special sub- ject of this sketch, are the two now living. Jerrie A. Eldridge acquired the rudiments of learning in the public schools of Harwich. Before taking up his professional studies he worked in a drug-store for si.x years, becoming familiar with the nature and use of chemicals and medicines, and expert in putting up pre- scriptions. In 1887 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Philadelphia, and after three years of close and earnest study received his diploma from that institu- tion in 1890. He also attended lectures at Tufts Medical College, and was there gradu- ated in June, 1897. In 1S90 he settled in Wareham ; and he is now in command of a growing practice. Dr. Eldridge is a member of the Massachu- setts Medical Society. In 1895 he opened a drug-store in Wareham, which is already the centre of a successful trade. Besides being town physician he is a member of the Board of Health. He was married in 1887 to Miss Eva I. Despeaux, of Medway, Mass., daughter of Charles and Mary (Howard) Despeaux, and has three children: I^"anny S., born June 26, 18S9; Stephen M., born March 25, 1891 ; BIOGRA PH ICAL RKVI FAV 5.V3 and Lyili;i, boin May ii, 1S9J, The Doctor is very popular in society, and is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and of the order of Pilgrim Fathers. He and his wife are members of the Methodist F^piscopal church, of which he is one of the trustees. ALTlvR H. FAUNCI-:, o+ie^of the lioard of County Commissioners of I'lymouth County, and a widely known and respected resident of Kingston, is a scion of old English stock well rooted in New England soil. He was born in one of the oldest houses in this town, November 16, 1832, son of Charles C. and Amelia (Wash- burn) Faunce. His parents were natives and residents of Kingston, as were his ancestors on both sides for several generations; and he is descended through various branches from some of the original Plymouth colonists who came to this country on the "Mayflower." The Faunccs are lineal descendants of John Faunce, who landed at Plymouth from the ship "Ann" in August, 1623. They have been active in the public affairs of this town, and many of them have worthily filled positions of trust and responsibility. John I'aunce, of the fifth generation, born in 1747, an uncle of Charles C. P"aunce, was for many years a Selectman, Treasurer, and Overseer of the Poor, and also a member of the State legis- lature. The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch was John Faunce, of the fourth genera- tion, who married Mrs. Hannah (Bisbee) Cook. Their son, Elijah, the next in line, married Lydia Waterman, a daughter of Icha- bod Waterman, of- Kingston. Charles C. Faunce, son of Elijah and father of Walter H. Faunce, was a prominent citizen of this town, and a leading spirit in public affairs. He served as Town Clerk for fifteen years. 11 i> wife, Amelia, was a daughter of Seth and Sarah (Adams) Washburn. Her father, for- merly a well-known resident of this town, lived to the venerable age of ninety-two years. Walter H. I'aunce acquired his education in the public schools of Kingston and at the academy in East Greenwich, R.I. After finishing his preparatory studies, he engaged in educational work in his native town, where for fifteen years he was actively connected with the public schools, and rendered valuable services to the town as a member of the School Committee for twenty-five years, sev- eral years of which he acted as Chairman of the School Board. In politics he is a firm supporter of Republican principles. His con- nection with the Board of Selectmen and As- sessors of Kingston covers a period of twelve years, eight years of which he has presided over that body as Chairman. He is also Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Poor. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served upon the Committee on Insurance. He is now serving his tenth year as a County Commissioner, has been a Justice of the Peace for over thirty years, .and was a member of the Republican State Central Committee for two years. He is actively interested in all measures cal- culated to improve the general welfare and development of the industrial and agricultural resources of this section, has acted as Vice- President of the Plymouth County Agricult- ural Society, and as Trustee of Marshfield Agricultural Society. He is a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Dux- bur)', Mass. ; and also a member of Adams Lodge, Indejiendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Kingston. Mr. Faunce has been twice married. His 534 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW first wife, Arabella Ryder, a native of Plym- outh, became the mother of two children, namely: Lucy D., who is residing at home; and Charles M., a graduate of Harvard College, and formerly an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. His present wife was before mar- riage Elizabeth Brown. She is a native of Smithfield, R.I. WILLIAM W. COPELAND, station agent at North Hanson, was born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass., January lo, 1856, son of Roland and Elizabeth O. (Osborne) Copeland. Hezekiah Copeland, his grandfather, was a native of West Bridgewater, and .a carpenter by trade. In 1822 he moved to Acworth, N.H. ; and he died at the age of eighty-one years. He mar- ried Lucy Moore, of Acworth, N. H., and they had six children. Their son Roland was also born in West Bridgewater, where he attended public school until he was si.xteen years of age. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged during the rest of his life. He and his wife I^lizabeth had six children. William W. Copeland, the youngest child of his parents, having acquired a common- school education, entered the employ of C. L. Howland, dealer in hay, grain, flour, and coal, as clerk. In 1879 he was appointed station agent of the Old Colony Railroad at North Hanson, which position he still holds. Mr. Copeland also carries on the business of Mr. C. L. Howland under his own name. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He has served the town capably as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor. On October 15, i8go, he married Cora F. , daughter of Aaron Healy, of Whitman. ILLIAM J. WRIGHT, who has been a permanent resident of Dux- bury, Mass., for nearly thirty years, is a well-known member of the upper stratum of Boston society, belonging to the Somerset and other clubs of that city, and having many social connections through the family of his mother, who resides in Boston. This lady is the elder daughter of the late John S. Wright, one of the merchant kings of Boston, for many years senior partner of the great dry- goods and commission house of J. S. & E. Wright. Mr. J. S. Wright, who was one of thirteen children, was a son of Dr. Ebenezer Wright, an eminent physician. He was de- scended from military ancestors, as evidenced by the records in the War Department at Washington and in the archives of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, from which sources of information the following extracts are taken : — "At Squakheage ye 2nd of Sept., 1675, 8 men slayn. Samuel Write, Sergt. " Mas- sachusetts Archives, vol. 68, p. ^^. The Sam- uel Write here mentioned is the first of a direct line of ancestors of whom the grand- father of the subject of this sketch was the sixth, the others being: Elizur, second; Ben- oni or Benony, third; Moses, fourth; and Ebenezer, fifth. Of Elizur Wright no mili- tary record has yet been found, though the fact is known that he served in one of the Colonial wars. He was Town Moderator of Northfield and a leading man of that place. The name of Benoni Wright (or Benony, as it is sometimes siaelled) occurs several times in the Massachusetts military archives, once in an account of the garrison soldiers at Northfield (The Third Soldiery), from May 31 to July 24, 1772, vol. 91, p. 30, and again as follows : — "A muster roll of the company in his Maj- WILLIAM J. WRIGHT. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 537 esty's service under command of Samuel ]?er- nard, Captain. Henony Wright, Northamp- ton, July 24 to Novemi)cr 20, 1772, service 17 weeks, i day, for wages due ^8, lis., 53 nessed man)' changes, not only in Scituate, but in and around Massachusetts Hay; and he takes a lively interest in the march of prog- ress. On November 28, 1845, he was married to Abigail W. Green, a native of Northboro, Mass., daughter of John and Sallie (Harring- ton) Green; and they have one daughter, Sarah R. She graduated from the State Normal School at Hridgewater in January, 1877, and, after devoting some time to primary work in the public schools of Scituate, was elected principal of the grammar school at North Scituate. This position she has held for thir- teen years, winning respect and love as a capable and conscientious teacher. I\Ir. Damon, who is a Republican, served for some time on the School Committee of Scituate. Mrs. and Miss Damon are members of the Baptist church. T^ORNELIUS FRANCIS BRADl'ORl), I Sr^ senior partner of the firm of Bradford, ^J^ ^ Kyle & Co., manufacturers of insu- lated electric wire at Plymouth, Mass., was born in this town, March 4, 1845, son of Captain Joseph M. and Anna R. (Raymond) Bradford. Mr. Bradford's father's grandparents were Cornelius, first, and Elizabeth Bradford, who resided in Kaai I'almouth, Mass. ; and their children were: Cornelius, second; I'lphraim ; Rebecca; William; Josiah ; Thankful; Ik't- sey ; and Mary. The elder Cornelius Ihadford had two brothers, Edward and David Bradford, the latter of whom lived in Kingston, Mass. Cornelius Bradford, second, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a resident of lilast Falmouth. He married Mar\- Baker, daughter of Barney Baker; and two children were born to them — namely, Joseph M. and Celia Nye. The daughter became the wife of Newell Ray- mond, son of George Raymond. The second Cornelius Bradford died in 1S20; and his widow, Mrs. Mary Baker Bradford, married for her second husband I-'rancis Nye. She lived to the age of about eighty years. Jose[)h M. Bradford, only son of Cornelius and Mary, was for some years a shipmaster of New Bedford ; but he finally relinquished sea- faring, and, when his son Cornelius I-", was two years old, removed with his family to Zanesville, 111. Captain Joseph M. Bradford married Anna R., daughter of George and I'riscilla (.Shaw) Raymond; and they were the parents of six children, as follows: Joseph E., Adreanna, George Russell, Cornelius Francis, .Seth Russell, and Anna Robinson. The father survived si.x years after settling in the West ; and the ientire family died in Zanesville, with the exception of Cornelius and his brother George. Mrs. Anna Raynmnd Bradford was a repre- sentative of that branch of the Sampson family of Plymouth County which was founded by Abraham Sampson, who came to this county in 1629, and is said to have been a brother of Henry .Sampson, who came over on the "May- flower " in 1620. William Sampson, son of George and grandson of Abraham, was born July 8, 1695. He married Joanna \'aughn, August 24, 1 721; and his daughter Zilpha iKcanie the wife of Joseph Bryant, of Plymp- ton. Ruth, daughter of Joseph and Zilpha (.Sampson) Bryant, married William Shaw, of Middleboro, in 1780. Their children were : Phebe, who died November 21, 1806, aged seven years; Eleazar, who died November 9, 1806, aged twenty-four; William; Pri.scilla, who married George Raymond, a native of ]5oston, and was the mother of Anna (Mrs. Bradford); Harvey; Ruth, who died May 29, 181 1, aged twenty-one years; Sarah; Mary; and Cyrus. 564 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Cornelius Francis Bradford, after a resi- dence of six years in Zanesville, came to live with his grandparents, George and Priscilla Raymond, in Plymouth; and he acquired his education in the schools of this town. When his studies were completed, he engaged for a time in shoemaking, later working in a tack factory for a few months, after which he entered the employ of his uncle Charles, a furniture dealer, with whom he remained for eleven years. lie then carried on a pattern and repair shop on Middle Street for twelve years, at the expiration of which time he be- came an employee at the Plymouth mills. In 1890 he formed a partnership with John Scott for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of insulated electric wire, inaugurating an enterprise which has since developed into large proportions. A few months later E. L. Edes bought Mr. Scott's interest; and the firm was Bradford and Edes until Mr. Edes retired, when Nathaniel Morton was admitted as a partner, the firm being changed to Brad- ford & Morton. William S. Kyle became interested in the concern a short time later; and the firm now known as Bradford, Kyle & Co. transact a large and constantly growing business in their special line. On October 4, 1866, Mr. Bradford was united in marriage with Mary E. Fuller, daughter of George and Mary (Thomas) F'uller, of Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford have one daughter living — Anna R., who is the wife of Adoniram J. Smith, an employee at the factory, and has two children: Leslie Bradford, born March 6, 1892; and Ellen Porter, born March 23, 1896. Mr. Bradford has a wide circle of acquaint- ances, with whom he is a general favorite; and he is highly respected as an enterprising citizen, whose efforts in expanding the indus- trial resources of Plymouth have greatly bene- fited the general community. Me is the inventor of the machinery used in his manu- factory to cover the wire for electrical pur- poses, and he received a patent about eight years ago. lie is a charter member of the Plymouth Yacht Club, which was organized six years ago; and he has built and superin- tended the building of eight yachts. In poli- tics Mr. Bradford supports the Republican party. p^\AUL MOTT, a highly esteemed resi- ^-»^ dent of Scituate, was born in the - adjoining town of Hinghani, Septem- ber 17, 1813, a son of Josejih and Lydia (Churchill) Mott. Joseph Mott was a son of Stephen Mott, an early settler in Scituate, and was born in this town. During his active life he followed the trade of a ship-calker in Scitu- ate and the vicinity. In politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He was almost ninety- three years old when death called him from earth. His wife was a native of Hingham. Paul Mott was a young child when his par- ents removed from Hingham to Scituate, and in the district school of the latter town he acquired his education. He began to goto sea with the mackerel fishers when only thirteen years old, and every summer for a quarter of a century found him in the fishing fleet. At the age of seventeen he began to learn calking with his father, and served until he attained his majority. After that he worked at the trade winters for twenty-five years or more, rising to the position of master calker. He worked in a number of places along the South Shore, finishing many important contracts in Cohasset especially. In 18S5 he retired from active work, and has since enjoyed the leisure to which he is so well entitled. Mr. Mott has been prudent as well as industrious, and is well endowed with this world's goods. The BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 565 burden of years sits lightly on his shoulders, and his boyhood seems but as yesterday. He has lived in the same house in Scituate fifty- seven years. Mr. Mott's first wife, who before marriage was Miss Lydia Vinal, bore him eight chil- dren, five of whom are living: Marion L., wife of Thimias V. Hailcy, of Scituate; Helen, wife of Wallace Wilcot, of Cohasset ; Leroy, residing in Scituate; Lydia, who resides at home with her father; and Lucy, wife of Wal- ter Damon, formerly of Scituate. The present Mrs. Mott, whose maiden name was Eliza Page, was born on the Cape. Mr. Mott votes the Republican ticket. He takes an active interest in town affairs, and has served on the School Committee of Scituate. I D WARD H. BONNEY, wholesale and retail fish dealer, occupies a prominent place among the business men of Scituate. He was born in the neighboring town of Mar.shfield, January 28, 1841, a son of Cephas and Deborah Ann (Soper) Bonney. (A further account of the Bonney family may be found in the sketch of William F. Bonney, of Marshfield.) Cephas Bonney was born in Hanson, I\Liss. A moulder by trade, he re- sided in Marshfield for many years, working at his trade most of the time. His wife also was born in Hanson. Edward H. Bonney was educated in the pub- lic schools of Marshfield. He left his native town at the age of nineteen to engage in the fish business at Scituate Harbor, and from a small and modest beginning developed a large and prosperous trade. For a number of years he was engaged in packing fish, principally herring, mackerel, and cod; and he was en- gaged in the retail coal trade for over a quarter of a century, selling that branch of his busi- ness in 1895 to George I'. Welch. He now manages an e.xtensive wholesale and retail trade in fresh fish and lobsters, shipping to Boston, Brockton, and other places, besides meeting the demands of his local trade. Mr. Bonney is a self-made man, whose success has been fairly won. He was married April 8, i860, to LouLsa V. Bates, of Scituate, daugh- ter of Caleb Bates (now deceased), and has two children: Ada F., wife of George V. Ye- netchi, of this town; and Ernest L. In poli- tics he favors the Republican party. In busi- ness in Scituate since i860, he ranks among the substantial citizens of the town, and is widely known and highly esteemed. LBl'RT L. ALGER, wholesale milk dealer, owns a good farm of one hun- dred and fifty acres in West Bridge- water, and his house, which was built in 1806, has sheltered generations of Algers. He was born in this tow^n, March 27, 1839, son of Ward and Elizabeth L. (Howard) Alger, both natives of West Bridgewater. His great- grandfather, Nathan Alger, was an early settler in the Alger neighborhood; and his grandfather, Willis Alger, was born here. Ward Alger passed his life in his native town, dying in November, 1892. In politics he was a Republican; in religious belief, a Baptist. His wife died in April, 1894. They were the parents of three children: Mary F'lizabeth, the eldest, deceased; Luther W. ; and Albert I.., the subject of this sketch. Albert L. Alger acquired his primary edu- cation in the schools of the district. With the intention of qualifying himself as a civil engineer he began a course of study at Middle- boro Academy, but, changing his mind, did not complete it. Giving his attention to dairy farming, for which his e.xtensive estate offers 566 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW admirable facilities, he has developed a thriv- ing business which brings him a generous annual income. In social matters relating to agriculture he has long taken a prominent part, exercising the authority born of experi- ence and knowledge of this sphere of industry. He was for six years a Trustee of the Plym- outh County Agricultural Society; was two years superintendent of the agricultural grounds at Bridgewater; and he is one of the leading members of West Bridgewater Grange, No. 156. Mr. Alger was married November 21, 1858, to Miss Flora Williams, of Raynham, Mass., daughter of George and Harriet (Bassett) Williams; and three children have blessed their union. The eldest, Hattie F., a gradu- ate of the State Normal School at Bridge- water, is the wife of Clinton P. Howard; the second child, Lucia, who also is a Normal School graduate, is teaching in Somerville, Mass. ; and the youngest, George, a graduate of the commercial department of Bri.stol County Academy, who attended the Massachu- setts State Agricultural College at Amherst for two years, but was obliged to give up his studies on account of ill-health, is in the retail coal business at Westdale, Mass. Mr. Albert L. Alger was for three succes- sive years, 1893, 1894, and 1895, a delegate to the Republican State Convention; and he was for four years Treasurer of the Republi- can Town Committee. In all local political movements he takes an active part, and his opinion is received with respect. He is well advanced in Masonry, being a member of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Brock- ton ; also a member of Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Boston; and he is affiliated with Howard Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of West Bridgewater. A member of the Baptist church at West l?ridgewatcr, he has officiated as Deacon for some time, and has served on the I<"inance Committee of the church. Of a genial and obliging disposition and public- spirited, Mr. Alger is widely and favorably known throughout the county. fUTHER KEENE is one of the oldest native residents of Hanson, born May ^0^ 23, 1805, son of Ebenezer and Me- hitable (Phillips) Keene. The family are of English origin. Martha Keene, a widow, came to America with her five children in 1638, in the ship "Fortune. " She settled in Marshfield; and from her was descended in direct line Isaiah Keene, the great-grand- father of our subject, who was born in Pem- broke, now South Hanson, and took part as a drummer-boy in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was engaged the greater part of his life in farming. His wife, a Miss Bisby before mar- riage, became the mother of a large family of children. Their son, Isaiah Keene, Jr., was born in Duxbury, and on reaching maturity took up his father's occupation of farming, which he followed with good success. He married Lydia, daughter of James and Lydia V^aughn, of Hanson ; and they had several children. Ebenezer Keene, the eldest son, and father of Luther, was born in Hanson, February 1 1, 1782, and was a lifelong resident of this town. He was a successful farmer and a prominent citizen, being called upon at different times to serve in various town offices. He married Mehitable Phillips, daughter of Lock Phillips; and they had ten children. Luther Keene, direct subject of this sketch, was the eldest child of his parents. He was educated in the public schools, and subse- quently engaged in farming with his father. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 567 He also went into the liiisiness of manufact- uring charcoal, for which he found a ready market in ]?oston, transporting it to that city with an ox-team twice a week. Mr. Keene has always been prompt to perform his duties as a citizen. He takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, and has held several town offices, having served two years as Overseer of the rnor. He was at one time Captain of tlic Hanson militia, and was very popular in mil- itary circles. Mr. Keene married Almira, daughter of Jonathan Reed, of Kast l^ridge- water. He and hi.s wife had three children — Leonard, David, and Sophronia. Leonard, the only survivor, is employed in lioston as a machinist, but resides in North Weymouth. 7~^APTAIN CHARLES W. SOULK, I jp of Scituate, is an able and wide- ^JL^.^ awake citizen who has travelled ex- tensively and taken an active part in military, mercantile, and political affairs. He was born in Rockland, Mass., February 23, 1833, son of Josiah and Sophronia (Jenkins) Soule, and is descended from George Soule, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. Josiah Soule was a native of Duxbury, Mass., and a son of Josiah Soule, Sr. , of that town. He learned the batter's trade in his youth, and worked at it for a number of years in Scituate; then engaged in shoemaking, eventually establishing a manufacturing busi- ness. Until 1856 he was a Jacksonian Dem- ocrat. He then joined the new-born Republi- can i)arty, around whose standards all opposed to slavery were rallying, and was faithful to its principles the rest of his life. Mr. Josiah Soule was a lifelong resident of Plymouth County. He died in Rockland in June, 1886, aged eighty-six years. His wife, Mrs. So- phronia J. Soule, was a native of Scituate. Charles W. Soule entered the world of trade at the age of fifteen, obtaining a clerkship in a store in Rockland, Mass. He remained in this establishment a number of years, eventu- ally purchasing the business and conducting it successfully for an extended period. In 1858 he went West, and in that then wild country he had many thrilling experiences. He was one of a company who travelled from Leaven- worth, Kan., to Denver, Col., with mules and wagons, camping on the plains at night. The journey, which is now made so cpiickly by rail, consumed twenty-six days, and was at- tended with many dangers from Indians and wild beasts. Arriving in Denver, which bore little resemblance at that time to the beautiful city of to-day, Mr. Soule engaged in mercan- tile business. In the latter part of 1861 he returned to Scituate; and on August 24, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infan- try. On the organization of Company F he was chosen Captain. Mustered in September 12, 1862, his regiment was incorporated with the Kightecnth Army Corps, and was sent to North Carolina to join General Foster's com- mand. Here Captain Soule participated in the battles of Goldsboro, Kingston, and White- hall, serving eleven months, though he had enlisted but for nine. After receiving his discharge, he returned to Plymouth County. He subsecjuently went to Tennessee, and opened a store; but the South did not suit him, and he finally returned to the old Pay State, and was engaged until 1872 in mercan- tile business in Rockland. In that year he obtained a position in the paving department of the City Corporation of Boston, which oc- cupied him some two years and a half; and he was afterward engaged in other business in Poston until 1886, the year of his permanent settlement in Scituate. 568 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Independent in politics, reserving the priv- ilege of voting for the best candidate irrespec- tive of party, Captain Soule has long been actively interested in public matters. He served as Selectman of Rockland and as a member of the School Committee, and was elected from that town to the Lower House of the State legislature in 1869. An active Grand Army man, he was Commander of George W. Perry Post, No. 31, of Scituate, for two years, and is still a member of that body. Captain Soule was married May 29, 1855, to Annie E., daughter of Captain John and Abigail T. (Ford) Manson, all natives of Scituate. Mrs. Soule' s grandparents were Captain Nehemiah and Hannah (Lincoln) Manson. Captain Nehemiah Manson, who was a master mariner, served in the Revolu- tionary War. His wife was a member of the family to which President Lincoln belonged. John Manson, Mrs. Soule's father, followed the sea from early youth. He was a great many years in the employ of William F. Weld & Co., having charge as Captain of different vessels of their line, mainly in the New Orleans and Liverpool trade. This was before the time of transatlantic steamers, and Captain John Manson transported many emi- grants from Liverpool to American ports. He commanded the "Meridian," in her day the largest merchantman afloat ; and the last ves- sel under his charge was the "Golden Fleece," in which he made three trips from New York and Boston to California, doubling Cape Horn. Two of his sons and a grandson succeeded him in the same occupation. The Captain was at first a Whig and later a Repub- lican, and represented his party in the Massa- chusetts legislature in 1868. An upright and conscientious man, who always respected his neighbors' rights and privileges, he was held in the highest regard by all who knew him. He was a constant attendant of the Unitarian church. He died in Scituate, July 14, 1889, aged eighty-four. Five of his children are living, namely: Annie E. (Mrs. Soule), Cap- tain John L. Manson, George W. , and Captain Edmund S. Manson, all of Dorchester, Mass. ; and Helen M., wife of Dr. George O. Jenkins, of 510 Broadway, South Boston. ' Mrs. Soule was educated in public and pri- vate schools in Scituate and at Wheaton Semi- nary, Norton, Mass. She is prominent and popular in society, and has served efficiently for some length of time as President and Treasurer of the Woman's Relief Corps, at- tached to George W. Perry Post, No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic. She is also a Daughter of the American Revolution. Three children have blessed the union of Cap- tain and Mrs. Soule: John M., a citizen of East Weymouth, Mass., and Charles S., in Somerville, Mass., both being in business with wholesale houses in Boston ; and Captain Arthur L. Soule, a resident of San Francisco, master of the bark "Martha Davis," en- gaged in the sugar trade between San Fran- cisco and Honolulu. AMUEL H. HOWARD, a highly respected citizen of West Bridge- water, where he is now living in retirement, is a native of this town. He was born December i, 181 5, a son of Alfred and Hannah (Hartwell) Howard, both of whom were born in West Bridgewater, Mass. Na- than Howard, the father of Alfred, was a lin- eal descendant of John Howard, the first of the name to settle in Old Bridgewater. Alfred Howard, who lived in West Bridge- water all his life, died here in May, 1856, in his eighty-second year. He was a Whig in politics, and had a large acquaintance through- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 569 out this locality. Mis. Howard's father was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary struggle. She and her husband are survived by three children, namely : Jane, widow of the late Lloyd Howard, of West Hridgewater; Julia, widow of the late Ephraim Howard, of West 15ridgewater ; and Samuel H. Samuel H. Howard, the only son, grew to man's estate on the farm where he resides and has been a lifelong farmer. He received in his boyhood a good common-school education. I-'or four years he was superintendent of the town farm in North Bridgewater, now Brock- ton, and for two years of the town farm of West Bridgewater; but aside from that the rest of his active life he has spent on his farm, where he has been successfully engaged in general husbandry. On October 15, 1840, Mr. Howard married Miss Lavina Wilbur, daughter of Marshall and Phcebe (Leonard) Wilbur, of Bridgewater, Mass. She was born in Warren, Me., July 18, 1817. Her father, who diet! in 1835, was a native of Bristol County, Massachusetts, and her mother of Middleboro, Mass. They lived in Maine eleven years, coming from there to Bridgewater. Mr. I\h^rshall Wilbur, who was Captain of a military company while residing in \\'arren, lost his life by falling from a mill that he was building in Orono, Me. His father was George Wilbur, and the family is one of the oldest in Bridgewater. Of the chil- dren born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur, four are living, namely: Horatio N. ; Lavina, Mrs. Howard; George; and Keziah, the widow of Elam Howard. A son named Marshall died in California, and his brother Edwin died in liridgewater. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have had four children, of whom three are living: Lu- cinda K., widow of I'rank Cooper; George; and Irvin. For a number of years Mr. How- ard has served acceptably as Selectman of West Bridgewater. He is a Republican in iiolitical affiliation. ^1 ENRY CARVER, dealer in coal, =r| flour, grain, and baled hay, with place of business at Marshfield Sta- tion, is a representative citizen of I'lymouth County, a member of one of the old Puritan families. A native of Marshfield, son of David and Rachel F. (Stetson) Carver, he was born February 20, 1848. His lineage in- cludes John Carver, the first governor chosen by the Pilgrims after they landed from the "Mayflower" at Provincetown ; and he has in his home a chair that is said to have come over in the historic ship. His father, David, who was a son of David Carver, was a farmer by occupation, a native and lifelong resident of Marshfield, and in politics a Democrat. He died April 15, 1870. His wife, Rachel, who was a native of Pembroke, Mass., died September 15, 1873. They were the parents of si.x children — John, William, Henry, and David, all living at present; and two daugh- ters, who have passed away. Henry Carver was educated in the common schools of Marshfield. He was reared on the home farm in this town, and during early manhood was engaged in agriculture, also trading in cattle. Endowed with much nat- ural business ability, he has been very suc- cessful in his ventures, especially the latest one — his establishment in trade. In July, 1895, he purchased the coal, grain, and hay business of R. H. Moorehend, who at that time retired from trade after a long term of mercantile life. Mr. Carver has shown him- self to be well adapted to the business, and has a large and increasing custom. He has also done quite a probate business in the settlement of estates. Politically, he is a Democrat, with independent proclivities. He 57° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW is active and prominent in town affairs, and lias capably served as Road Commissioner. KEANDER WINSLOVV, a retired sea- man, is now a farmer and merchant ^0^ in his native place, Lakeville, Mass., formerly a part of Middleboro. He was born September 26, 1834, son of Asa Tyler and Ann (Pickens) Winslow. He traces his descent on the paternal side from Kcnelm Winslow, a brother of Governor Ed- ward Winslow, and third son of Edward Wins- low, of Droitwich, England. Kenelm joined the Plymouth Colony about nine years after the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, probably accompanying his brother Josiah. Kenelm Winslow married Eleanor, daughter of John Adams, of Plymouth. From their son Kenelm^ the line continues thus, the figures denoting the generation: Josiah'^, Josiah*, Ezra^ Asa*^, Asa Tyler', Leander^. Asa Tyler Winslow, born in Middleboro (now Lakeville), July 6, 1798, died September 15, 1878. His first wife, Hannah, daughter of William and Mary Canedy, was born Feb- ruary 22, 179S, and died June 28, 1824, leav- ing an infant, Hannah C. His second wife, Ann Pickens, daughter of Zattu and Rachel (Mead) Pickens, was born June 3, 1800, and died March 17, 1895. F'rom the last union there were four children: Asa, born November 28, 1832; Leander, born September 26, 1834, as mentioned above; Eliza Ann, February 17, 1837; and Rachel P., October 5, 1842, all now living. Asa T. Winslow, the father, was repeatedly elected to serve the town as Select- man, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor. He was a Justice of the Peace, and he served as a representative to the General Court. His two wives belonged to old and influential families of this vicinity. The farm which Mr. Leander Winslow now owns and occupies is the Lakeville homestead, where the greater part of his boyhood was spent, he having been three years of age when his parents removed hither with their family. When he reached his sixteenth year, he left home to try the fortunes of a seafaring life, engaging as one of the ship's crew on board the "Orozimbo, " a whaling vessel. The boy sailor's first cruise lasted for thirty-three months, during which period the whaler ploughed the waters of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The homeward voyage was made by the way of Cape Horn, so that within a little short of three years he had indeed travelled far and seen much. On his return home he en- tered the Myricksville Academy, where he was a student for a period of seven months, this interval lasting between the dates of his first and second voyages. At the expiration of the seven months he again took passage on the whaling vessel, the ship "Hunter, " this time as third mate and bound now for a cruise in the Indian Ocean. The voyage was a long one ; and Leander Winslow did not touch his native shores again until four years, lacking one month, had rolled over his head. At the earnest desire of his parents he then gave up his nautical calling, and for about four years remained tranquilly at home. But this was not to last, for in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company I, Third Mas.sachusetts Volunteer Infantry. A few months later he went to Boston, from which point he was ordered aboard a transporting vessel, bound for New Berne, N. C. , where he remained until his discharge from service, June 26, 1863. Returning home, he assumed charge of the farm where he has since lived. He has also been engaged in mercantile busi- ness since 1870. Mr. Winslow was first married July 13, LEANDER WINSLOW. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 57^ 1861, to Isabella V. Canedy, daughter of John VV. and Lucy (McCully) Canedy. She was born January 23, 1842, and died May 30, 1865, a devoted wife and mother. She had given birth to two children, namely: a son, Leander H. ; and a daughter, Alice V., who is now a teacher in the State Normal School at Bridgewater. On March 20, 1867, Mr. Wins- low was united in marriage with Sally D. Sampson, his second wife, who has proved a true helpmate. She was born March 22, 1835, a daughter of Ebenezer D. and Eliza Cook (Dean) Sampson, of Lakeville. One child was born of this union — a daughter Isabella Frances, now a teacher in the public schools of New Bedford. Mrs. Winslow, like her husband, comes of an old Plymouth County family. She num- bers among her ancestors at least two distin- guished "Mayflower" Pilgrims, Miles Stan- dish and John Alden. Her father, PLbenezer D. Sampson, son of b'.jias, was a grandson of Uriah Sampson, who was born in 171 7 at Plympton, Mass. His father, Isaac Sampson, Jr., was a son of Isaac and grandson of Abra- ham Sampson, who came to New England in 1629 or 1630, and settled in Duxbui^y. He is said to have been a brother of Henry of the "Mayflower" company. Isaac Samp- son, Sr. , son of Abraham, married Lydia Standish, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and grand-daughter of Cap- tain Miles .Standish and of John and Pris- cilla Alden. Mr. Winslow is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and has held the offices of Select- man and Assessor of the town for several years, and has likewise served on the School Commit- tee. His extensive travel has had the effect of enlarging his views of life and making him thereby a citizen of broad aims and liberal thought. UGEXb: H. CL.Xl'P, founder of the 1:. II. Clapp Rubber Works at Hanover, Mass., was one of the representative business men of New England. He was born in South Scituate, now Norwell, Plymouth County, Mass., October 11, 1843, son of Allen and Deborah (Clapp) Clapp, and was the eldest of five children, the others being: Erstine (deceased) ; George A., now president of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Company ; Arthur W. , treasurer of the same; and Antoinette, who resides in Boston, Mass. The father was a respectable farmer, and both he and his wife traced their ancestry back to early members of the Plymouth colony. Eugene H. Clapp was educated in the schools of his native town and at Hanover Academy, being graduated from the latter institution in his sixteenth year. He made a study of civil engineering, but never fol- lowed it as a profession. His first money was earned as clerk in the wholesale and retail varnish house of Stimson, Valentine & Co., in Boston, lie was subsequently employed for a number of years as book-keeper for Henry Campbell, a dealer in old and new metals, who at his death in May, 1865, was succeeded by A. E. Morey, with whom Mr. Clapp re- mained two years. On leaving Mr. Morey's employ, Mr. Clapp started in business for him- self on Broad Street, Boston, dealing in old and new metals. Gradually becoming interested in the rubber business, he became identified with the Boston Belting Company and other rubber concerns. In 1871 he invented a method for removing the fibre from old rubber and preparing it so that it could be used again in the manufacture of new goods; and shortly after he started in the manufacture of reclaimed rubber, leasing a building in Roxbury, Mass. From a very small beginning, employing two machines and 574 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW two men, he evolved the large and prosperous enterprise which bears his name to-day. Two years after he established his plant in Roxbury he moved to Hanover, where there were better facilities for water-power, and bought the right on the Indian Head Stream and the George Cnrtis Anchor Works. The anchor works buildings he remodelled to suit his purposes, and soon had a modest factory in operation, run by water-power. His partner at this time was his cousin, Frederick W. Clapp. For a number of years the water-power an- swered all requirements; but, finally, by the addition of one boiler and an engine of sev- enty-five horse-power, steam was introduced. Business increased so rapidly that it soon be- came necessary to operate the works day and night. The force of twenty-five men now employed was found inadequate, and Mr. Clapp increased the equipment of the plant to two boilers and a Corliss engine of two hundred and fifty horse-power. As the enterprise pros- pered, he erected another mill at Pembroke, eighty by forty feet, and two stories in height, with a commodious basement; and this he sub- sequently enlarged to twice its original size, besides adding a one-story addition, sixty by forty feet in dimension. The original Han- over works were one hundred and eight by sixty feet. On September g, 1881, they were destroyed by fire; but they were shortly re- built on a much larger scale, and equipped with the most improved modern machinery, including a one hundred and seventy - five horse-power Brown engine, four boilers being required to run the Corliss and Brown en- gines. Two large storehouses have since been added. Mr. Clapp was a Director of the Mechanics' Bank of Boston ; treasurer, director, and largest stockholder of the Penobscot Chemical Fibre Company at Great Works, Me. ; treas- urer and director of the Piscataquis Falls Pulp and Paper Company of Enfield, Me. ; origi- nator, manager, and member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Rubber Mutual P'ire Insurance Company; a large stockholder and director in the Whittier Machine Company of Boston ; treasurer of the Gaunt Evaporator Company; director of the Boston Suburban Light and Power Company; and president of the Roxbury Central Wharf Company. Mr. Clapp was twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Sarah R. Graves, bore him three children — Eugene H., William (deceased), and Sarah L. His sec- ond wife, who was Mary W. Caffrey, of Rox- bury, before marriage, was the mother of two children: Mary, who is still living; and Rob- ert, deceased. Mr. Clapp was a member in high standing of various fraternal organiza- tions. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, Treasurer of the Massachusetts Ma- sonic Lodge until his decease; belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; was Grand Worthy Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templars ; Grand Worthy Patriarch in the Sons of Temperance; and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- lery Company of Boston. His home for some time previous to his death, which occurred March 12, 1S92, was at Boston Highlands. After Mr. Clapp's decease a stock company was organized to continue the manufacture of rubber goods at the Hanover and Pembroke plants, under the name of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Company, his brother, George A. Clapp, being chosen treasurer. This gentle- man was born in South Scituate, now Norwell, January 11, 1849. He acquired his education in the common schools of Norwell, and at the age of eighteen began to learn in Charlestown, Mass., the machinist's trade, to which he gave three years' apprenticeship. He then went to BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW S7S work witli Ills bidtlier in tlio metal store in IJoston, niul was afterward associated with him in the management of the Ro.xhiiryand Han- over factories. He was superintenilent of tlie rubber business until the stock company was formed, when lie was chosen jiresident. He is an able business man, thoroughly qualified for his responsible position, and possesses a wide mechnnical knowledge. In politics he is a Republican. Like his brother, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He was married in 1880 to Miss Abbie A. Stetson, a native of Pem- broke, this county, and they have three chil- dren — George Allen, John .S., and Antoi- nette W. )LOYI) FR.ANKI.IN HAMMOND, an enterprising young farmer and highly res[iected citizen of Norwell, is a native of this town. He was horn March i, i860, son of Joseph T. and I-'llen C. (Barrell) Hammond. There were ten children in the family, seven sons and three daughters; namely, Lloyd I'ranklin, Oscar S. , Charles, George, Lottie, Lizzie, Herbert, ]?enjamin, Nellie, and William. When twelve years old, L. l-'ranklin Ham- mond came to live with Sylvanus Clapp, from whom at first he received in return for such work as he was able to perform his board and clothes. The past few years he has hail full charge of the farm, which contains about one hundred and fifty acres, and has devoted his attention to general husbandry. Besides this he is engaged in getting out box boards, and deals to some extent in wood. On November 29, 1882, Mr. Hammond was united in mar- riage with Miss Lettie W. Sylvester, daughter of Nathaniel B. and Adeline Sylvester, of South Scituate. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hammond ; namely, Sylvanus (deceased), Marion T., and Arthur North way. I'^ver since he attained his legal majority Mr. Hammond has taken a very active interest in political affairs, becoming at that time a member of the town Republican Club, with which he is still connected. In 1895 he was elected to the Lower House of the State legis- lature, and has served as Road Commissioner three years. He is an attendant of the Unita- rian church, and is a member of North River Lodge, No. 167, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hanover, in which he is a Fast Grand; also the Phcenix Masonic Lodge of Hanover. 1: KBh:RT I. :\I ITCH ELL, junior member of the large lumber house of ^ I Lsam IMitchell & Co., of Brockton, was born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, January 29, 1 861. He is a son of lsam and Clarinda (Beals) Mitchell ; and on the paternal side he is descended from Fx- perience Mitchell, an Fjiglish separatist, who came over in the "Ann " from Holland in 1623. The immigrant ancestor had a sister Con- stant, who married John l-'obes, and a brother Thomas, who lived and died in Holland. Jacob Mitchell, son of Experience Mitchell, married in 1666 Susanna Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, of Plymouth, Mass., and settled in Dartmouth, now Fairhaven. Both were killed by Indians in 1675, at the beginning of King Philip's War. Thomas Mitchell, son of Jacob and Susanna, had a son Seth, born in 1715, who married Ann Latham; and their son Seth, Jr., was the father of "Simeon Wood Mitchell, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The Mitchell descendants have included many valuable citizens, strong in mind and body, who figured in the early wars of this country and were noted for their lon- gevity. In the old Bridgewater town records 576 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW mention is made of certain Mitchells who fought in the Revolution. Simeon Wood Mitchell, who was a kinsman of the late Judge Mitchell, of Bridgewater, was born in 1795, and lived to be eighty-four years of age. In his youth he served in the War of 1812. He was a farmer of Bridge- water, and reputed to be one of the wealthiest men of the town. His wife was formerly a Miss Leonard, of ]5ridgewater. They were married in 1819; and they reared a family of . four daughters and three sons, Isam, the father of Herbert I., being the youngest son. Isam Mitchell has had a remarkably fortu- nate business career. He started in life as a journeyman carpenter, and gradually worked into the lumber business, eventually develop- ing an extensive and well-established trade, amounting to a quarter of a million dollars annually. At the large yard of Isam Mitchell & Co., in Brockton, about a thousand cars of lumber are received in a year; and they keep in their yard and extensive store sheds a mill- ion feet. He owns three large orange planta- tions in California, to which he now devotes his time and attention, making his home in that State and coming East only occasionally. Although his trees are young, he already ships some ten carloads of oranges a year. Mr. Isam Mitchell, now si.xty-one years of age, is a very active man. He gives his attention entirely to business, and has refused nomina- tion to public office. His wife is a daughter of Solomon Beals, of Middleboro, and a con- nection of the noted painter, Cephas Thomp- son. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Isam Mitchell, and all of them are living. Herbert I. Mitchell acquired his primary education in West Bridgewater, his parents removing to that town when he was si.x months old, and remaining some ten years. He pur- sued his later studies in North l^ridgewater (now Brockton), graduating from the high school in 1879, and then went to work for his father as clerk. He was afterward made superintendent of the lumber yard; and he became his father's partner in 1888. Since that time he has had entire charge of the lum- ber business, which has noticeably prospered under his management. He is also somewhat interested in real estate. Mr. Mitchell was married in 1890 to a daughter of Charles Churchill, of Brockton, and has three children. In politics he takes no active interest, though he favors the Re- publican party. He is a prominent member of important social organizations, including Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Brockton, of which he has been Master; Satucket Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he has been High Priest; and I^ay State Commandery, Knights Templars. He was two years Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge; and he is likewise a member of Damocles Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, and of the Brockton Com- mercial Club. M AVID CLARK, an enterprising and successful farmer and a prominent citizen of Plymouth, Mass., was born October 16, 1820, on the farm on which he now resides, his parents being Ezra and Sally (Blackmer) Clark. Ezra Clark, as we learn from Mr. W. T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks," was of the seventh generation in descent from Thomas Clark, one of the Plymouth forefathers, who came in the "Ann" in 1623. The succeed- ing generations in this line were represented by James, second, born in 1636; John, third; James, fourth, born in 1696; James, fifth, born 1727, married Hannah Swift; and James, si.xth, born in 1762, in Plymouth, where he BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 577 was engaged in general agricultural pursuits. Ezra, his son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the same house as the latter; and he also followed the honored calling of husbandry thn)u_i;bi)ul his mature years. He married Miss Sally Blnckmcr, daughter of Richard and Nancy (Ellis) Black- mer, of Plymouth. They became the parents of four children, namely: Uavid ; Lucy, now deceased; Sarah, who is now the widow of a Mrs. Spencer, and resides in Lynn; and Lewis, who was killed at tlie battle of Chan- cellorsville. Mr. Ezra Clark deceased at the age of eighty-two in i8So, his wife having died in 1857, at about fifty-five years of age. Their remains are interred in the cemetery of the Congregational church of Manomct. David Clark attained to manhood on the old homestead, residing there always with the e.xception of two years, and receiving iiis edu- cation in the district schools of his native town. lie began life for himself when twenty-one years of age, working in partner- ship with his father. He has continued to conduct general farming on the ancestral es- tate; and he has made one, and only one, coasting trip. Energetic and progressive, he has made almost all of the improvements on the estate. Mr. Clark has been married four times, and has had three children, as follows: Gideon H., who is now married, and works with his father; Ella S., now Mrs. L. Briggs, of Plymouth; and Uavid Herbert, now de- ceased. Mr. Clark has served his fellow-townsmen in several important public capacities. Eor eighteen years he has been a member of the Board of Selectmen of Plymouth; for one year he has officiated as Assistant Assessor; and he has for very many years held the office of Road Surveyor. His political opinions bring him into affiliation with the Republican party. ■fgJO.X. JOHN DAVIS LONG, Secre- 1^1 tary of the Navy, under the incoming -L^ V _ administration of President McKin- ley, his aiJ|)ointment having just been con- firmed by the Senate on March 5, 1897, has been a resident of Hinghani, Mass., since 1869. Although a native of Maine, born in Buckfield, October 27, 1838, this distin- guished citizen of Massachusetts, the widely known, popular, and universally respected e.\- Governor, is descended from long lines of Colonial ancestry, and, as we gather from a brief biography in the Historj' of Hingham, numbers among his progenitors not a few who hatl their homes in Plymouth County. His father, Zadoc Long, born in Middle- boro in 1800, was a son of Thomas and Bathsheba (Churchill) Long and grandson of Miles Long, who came to Plymouth from North Carolina, and in 1770 married Thank- ful Clark. She was a descendant of Thomas Clark, who was one of the passengers in the "Ann," the third Pilgrim ship, in 1623. Another of her ancestors was the Rev. John Lothrop, the first minister of Barnstable. Zadoc Long married Julia Temple Davis, daughter of Simeon Davis, a lineal descendant of Dolor Davis, who came to Boston in 1634. The maiden name of Mrs. Long's mother was Pcrsis Temple. Well born of honest, intelligent New ling- land parents, well bred in a comfortable New England home, active-brained, aspiring, and resolute, John D. Long fitted for college at Hebron Academy, pursued his college course at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1857, second in his class, and author of the class ode. After serving two years as principal of Westford Academy, he went into the office of Sidney Bartlett, Esq., in Boston, where he studied law for a time, and in the autumn of i860 entered the Harvard Law School. Ail- 578 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW mitted to the bar, he began practice in his native town in the spring of 1862; and a few months later, his energies and ability being equal to a wider field of effort, he removed to Boston. In this city, in 1863, he became the law partner of S. B. Allen, Esq., the firm being Allen & Long. A stanch Republican from the first, occa- sionally at an early period in his career taking part in political campaigns as a stump speaker, in 1874, five years after his removal to Hing- ham, he was elected Representative to the State legislature; and, being subsequently three times re-elected, he served as a member of the Lower House from 1875 to 1878 inclu- sive, and during the last three sessions as speaker. He was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1879, Governor in 1880, 1881, and 1882, and in the six years follow- ing, as Representative from the Second Mas- sachusetts Congressional District, was a mem- ber of the Forty-eighth, the Forty-ninth, and the Fiftieth Congress. In 1889 Mr. Long resumed his law prac- tice in Boston, to which he has since devoted his ripened energies with his old-time per- sistence and success. Office-seeking as a pastime or pursuit he has never indulged in. Official honors if they come to him, come un- sought. As a private citizen, he has not, however, been one absorbed in his own affairs and unmindful of his civic and social obliga- tions. Since taking up his residence in Hingham, he has served on the local School Board, as one of the Trustees of Derby Acad- emy, and of the Hingham Public Library, of Westford Academy, as President of the Amer- ican Unitarian Association, also of the Massa- chusetts Total Abstinence Society, not to mention numerous other organizations with which he has been and is connected. He has a happy gift as a presiding officer, and as a speaker on public occasions. A translation of the "/Eneid " in blank verse, which he published in 1S79, is an evidence of his scholarly tastes and literary abilities. In i88g, as President of the Pilgrim Society, he presided with grace and spirit at the dedi- cation of the national monument to the Pil- grim Fathers in Plymouth. In 1880 he re- ceived from Harvard the degree of Doctor of Laws. He was first married in 1870 to Mary Woodward Glover, daughter of George S. and Helen M. (Paul) Glover, of Roxbury. She died on February 16, 1882, leaving two chil- dren — Margaret and Helen. Mr. Long was married, second. May 22, 1886, to Agnes Pierce, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph D. and Martha S. (Price) Pierce, of North Attle- boro, Mass., and by this union has one son. Pierce, born December 29, 1887. Ancestors of Mrs. Long also, according to the genealo- gists and historians, were early settlers of the Plymouth Colony, among them being John Adams, who came in the "Fortune" in 162 1, and Captain Michael Pierce (whose son Ben- jamin married John Adams's grand-daughter Martha), who settled in Scituate in 1647, ren- dered great service to the colonists as a mili- tary leader in King Philip's War, and was killed by the Indians in March, 1676. He is said to have been a brother of Captain Will- iam Pierce, who commanded the "Ann" in 1623, and later the "Lion" and other vessels that came over, and was the author of Pierce's "Almanac," 1639, the first book printed in the colony. The Rev. Joseph D. Pierce, Mrs. Long's father, who was born in North Scituate in 18 1 5, and died November 16, 1880 — a minister of the gospel, truly consecrated to his work, for more than twenty-five years the faithful and beloved pastor of the Universalist Church at North Attleboro — was a son of BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 579 John riercc, and was of the sixth generation in descent from Captain Michael Pierce, being of the line of his son Benjamin aforesaid. (See "Pierce Genealogy," by F. C. Pierce.) How well the [)ublic utterances of Mr. Long bear the test of print is evidenced by the vol- ume of "After-dinner and Other .Speeches," published by Houghton, Mifllin & Co. in 1895, modestly held by the author as possibly of some value as a "partial reflection of the public sentiment, and of the topics and occa- sions, of a generation in Massachusetts which is now more past than present," and to which he inscribes them. The titles are various: "Forefathers' Day at Plymouth," "Webster Centennial at Marshfield," "Governor An- drew," "Unitarian Missionary Work. " These are a sample. We quote a few sentences taken almost at random, the first paragraph from the "Fourth of July Oration," the sec- ond from the " .Address on Libraries " : — "Faith in the common people is not a fine phrase or a dream. It is the teaching of ex- perience and test. . . . The people may be trusted with their own interests. If it shall appear that any one form of government or so- ciety fails, there will alw.iys be intelligence and wit enough to fashion a better ... As the dead past buries its dead, so the unborn future will solve its own needs. Ours is to do the duty of the present hour." "In the engrossments of every-day life, few of us apprehend what a niiivcrsitl blessing a library is. I have been surprised and de- lighted, in my observation of our towns, to find how generally people of all conditions of life and degrees of means depend upon the public library, of how many a sick room it is the light, of how many a poor man's home it is the cheer, of how much leisure and ennui it is the relief, and how thoroughly well-informed and well-read the community is made by its resources. Little docs he know of our New England culture who thinks it confined to the select, or who, from a thorough acquaintance with New luigland homes, has not almost in- variably found in them a wealth and variety of book study, an acquaintance with the field of authors and their works, a literary gleaning and harvest, which a characteristic reticence often hides, but which are as surely there as the waters, whose flow is in winter time un- heard, are under their mantle of ice and snow." Valuable suggestions and cautions follow in regard to stocking libraries, furnishing the best mental food and stimulus to young and growing minds. But we forbear to quote further. The book, with its ever timely words of wit and wisdom, its tributes to homely and to lofty virtues, its incitements to noble pa- triotism, deserves a wide reading. It is such a book as the guardians of libraries, who have not already placed a copy of it on their shelves, delight to put on their purchasing lists, marked "specially approved," to be as soon as practicable obtained. -ir-\ ANIEL E. BROWN, M.D., is one I I of the bright-minded and progres- f — kL^ sive physicians of Brockton, Mass. A graduate of Hahnemann College, and an experienced physician and surgeon, he is still studying, intending to qualify himself thoroughly in spec ial_ branches of his profes- sion. He was born ^in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Me., February 8, 1S65, son of Ivory L. and Emma (Eppes) Brown. On the pa- ternal side he is descended in the seventh generation from Peter Brown, one of the "Mayflower" passengers in 1620, and is connected with the family of the famous John Brown, of Ossawatomie, who was of the fifth generation in descent from the immigrant. S8o BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Peter Brown died in Plymouth in 1633. Some of liis descendants settled on Cape Cod. The line of descent connecting him with Dr. Brown includes William; David, who settled in Truro, Mass.; Cyrenius; and I^phraim, the Doctor's grandfather. Ephraim Brown re- moved to the State of Maine, and kept a tavern in the vicinity of Ellsworth for a num- ber of years. In his day he was the only Universalist in that locality. He died at the age of seventy-eight. He married a Miss Lord, who was related to Chief Justice John A. Peters. They had bat one child, Ivory L., Dr. Brown's father. Ivory L. Brown was a man of some standing in Ellsworth. He was honest and outspoken, and while serving on the city Committee of Finance was nicknamed "the watchdog of the treasury." He died about three years ago, and was buried with Masonic honors. Judge John Redman delivering the funeral oration. His wife, who was formerly Miss Emma Eppes, of Ellsworth, was a descendant of Colo- nel David Green, who is thought to have been a relation of General Nathaniel Greene. There is a family tradition that an ancestor travelled, disguised as a woman, through the woods from Boston to Providence, to join Roger Williams, after that bold preacher had been banished from Salem. Mrs. Emma E. Brown died in 1888, aged fifty-four years. She had reared two children —Daniel E. and George L. Daniel E. Brown acquired the rudiments of his education in Ellsworth, entering the grammar school at the early age of eight years, the youngest pupil in that grade. He took the four years' course preparatory for col- lege in the Ellsworth High School, under Principal Dr. D. O. S, Lowell, and then took up the study of medicine with Dr. Walter M. Haines, of Ellsworth. He studied with Dr. Haines one summer, leaving him in Septem- ber, 1 883, to enter Hahnemann College in Philadelphia, where he took the three years' course, graduating in the class of 1886. Dr. Brown was the first lillsworth I'alls boy to enter a profession, and the receiving of his degree was the consummation of hopes cher- ished from youth. Thirty days after his graduation from Hahnemann he opened an office in I5rockton, where he has now been established some ten years. He is a member of the Medical Board and staff of the Brockton Hospital, with which he has been actively connected since its in- ception. When the question of a hospital in this city was mooted, he was elected to the Board of Trustees and the Building Conimit- tee; and he subsequently gave much time and attention to the completion of the institution. He is now on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee, besides being'one of the consulting physicians, and takes a personal pride in the hospital. The institution was dedicated March 14, 1896, six years to a day after the project was first broached. The de- velopment of the scheme was largely assisted by the press, that potent agent in human affairs, and the institution is now wholly out of debt. Dr. Brown has taken instruction at the post-graduate school in New York, and otherwise fitting for the specialty of surgery and diseases of women. He has devoted much time to study of these branches, but is not yet satisfied with his attainments. He is not an aspirant for political office, his chief ambition being in the lines of his profession. Dr. Brown was married in 1883 to a daugh- ter of A. V. Burnham, Esq., a well-known lawyer of Ellsworth, Me. The Doctor, is a member of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Society, of the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, Masons, and the Brockton Commer- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW S8' cial Club. Liberal in religious opinions and beliefs, he attends the Unitarian church. |iI.\Kl.i:S JONI':S SMITH, an es- teemed citizen of Pembroke, has now almost completed his seventy-first year, and yet is as hale and active as a much younger man. He was born in Bowdoinham, RIc., April 7, 1S26, a son of Allen and Deb- orah (Jones) Smith. His father, Allen Smith, was born and edu- cated in the town of Westminster, Mass. As a means of earning his livelihood he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. During the War of 1812 he was connected with the mili- tary forces, but was in no action against the enemy, being kept busy drilling soldiers. Not very long after his term of service was ended he returned to Bowdoinham, where he remained a short time, and then went to Wilton, Me. A number of years later he re- moved from Wilton, Me., to South New- market, N.H., and there he passed the rest of his earthly life, which ended in his ninetieth year. His wife, a daughter of Charles Jones, of Pembroke, Mass., died in her ninetieth year. Their children vvere: Judith, Rachel 11., Charles J., Eliza M., Jonathan B., Martha A., Harvey A., Joel, Caroline, Deb- orah J., Mehitabel. Charles Jones Smith was educated in the public schools of Wilton. When quite young he began to learn the nail -maker's trade in East Taunton, Mass. ; and the trade once ac- quired, he followed it for twenty years, work- ing in Taunton and Bridgewater. His physi- cal vigor failing from continuous indoor labor, he purchased the farm in Pembroke, on which he now makes his home, and here he has found health, recreation, and profit. Breath- ing the sweet air of the open fields, and exer- cising every muscle in the varied round of his farm duties, he has renewed his youth and strength, and carries lightly his seventy years. Last season he cut fifteen tons of hay, and put it in the barn with the help of one man only, whom he hired for si.\ days. Mr. Smith was united in marriage in 1852 with Sarah V. Hicks, of Raynham, Mass., and by this union had the following children: Sarah M., Charles E., Sumner A., Lillian IC, and Mary L. Mrs. Sarah V. H. Smith died in 1865. Mr. Smith was again married in 1867, and by his second wife has three children — Fred S., Deborah J., and Jessie A. 'r» lOSES B. COLMAN, a retired resident of Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in this town, January 31, 1839, son of Captain Moses R. and Polly (Cole) Colman. His parents also were natives of Scituate, where the Col- man family has long been established. The first of the name to settle here was the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Joseph Colman, who was in Scituate as early as 1638, and lived with his family on the west side of Colman's Hills, but removed, it is said, to Rhode Island about 1690, some of his daughters settling in Newport. His son Joseph, the ne.\t in this line, was the father of Joseph, third, known as Captain Jo- seph Colman, a master mariner, who made his home near Colman's Hills. He died about fifty years ago aged eighty-four. Moses R. Colman, son of Captain Josejih, was born in Scituate, Mass., December 22, 1807. He was practically reared on ship- board, as he began going to sea with his father at the age of ten years. Becoming a ship-master, he followed the sea for fifty-five S82 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW years, and was in his sixty-sixtli year at the time of his death, which took place in Scitu- ate on March 5, 1872. He was the first Rep- resentative to the Massachusetts legislature from Scituate elected by the Republican party, and died during his term of service. He was a highly respected citizen, and a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, Polly Cole, was the mother of several children, of whom the survivors are: Moses B., the subject of this sketch; Mary M., wife of Edwin Bowditch, of Scituate; and Frank N., who resides in this town. Moses B. Colman was educated in the pub- lic and private schools of his native town, and when he had completed his course of study he went to sea with his father. He did not take kindly to sea life, however, and at the age of seventeen he began to learn the carpenter's trade. After serving as an apprentice three years in Scituate and one year in Boston, he was employed as a journeyman in the last- named city until 1866. He then returned to Scituate, and, forming a copartnership with Thomas O. Cole, under the firm name of Cole & Colman, was engaged as a contractor and builder for eleven years. Withdrawing from that firm, he was for some time em- ployed at his trade, and later entered into partnership with J. E. O. Prouty, under the firm name of Colman & Prouty, and was en- gaged in the grain business for four years, or until his retirement from active business pur- suits. On April S, 1866, Mr. Colman was united in marriage with Lucy Vinal. She is a daughter of Captain Henry F. Vinal, a native of Scituate, and a well-known mariner of his day. The Vinal family, which is of English descent, was first represented in Scituate by Mrs. Anna Vinal, a widow, and her three children — Martha, Stephen, and John — who came here in 1636. Captain William Vinal, the grandfather of Mrs. Colman, died in New Orleans while his ship was in that port. Mrs. Colman has one surviving sister, Sarah E., whose husband, Benjamin T. Turner, of this town, is a descendant of Humphrey Turner, an early settler of Scituate, who came to Massa- chusetts in 1628 from the County of Kent, England. Of three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Colman, the only one living is William T. , a resident of Maiden, Mass. In politics Mr. Colman is a stanch Repub- lican, and for sixteen years he was Fire Warden of Scituate. For several years he has acted as local agent for the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Quincy and the Dorchester Mutual Insurance Company of Dorchester. He is connected with the Ma- sonic fraternity, and he and Mrs. Colman take an active interest in social matters in the town. ILLARD TORREY, Deputy Sheriff of Plymouth County through the length and breadth of which his official duties have caused him to be well known, resides on River Street, Norwell. He was born in South Scituate, now Norwell, Mass., September 25, 1833, a son of David and Vesta (Howard) Torrey. The immigrant progenitor of the family was Lieutenant James Torrey, who is said to have been in Scituate before 1640. George Torrey, father of David, was born on the old Torrey farm in Norwell, then South Scituate. It was he who erected the house that is still standing and in good repair, build- ing it from material that was brought from Providence, R.I., on wagons drawn by oxen. He was a ship-builder by trade. David, born in 1786, died in 1877, at over ninety years of age. He carried on the ship-building busi- lilOGRAl'lIlCAL REVIEW 583 ness for forty years in his yards at TiUIen's Landing. I'^igiit cliildrcn, six sons and two daughters, were the fruit of his union with Vesta Howard. When seventeen years of age Willard Torrey began to work at tlie shi|i-joiner"s trade here in Norwell, following it for about five years, and next went into a trunk-wood factory, where he was engaged for several years. He was ap- pointed a Deputy Sheriff in 1861, under James Bates, and still holds the position, having per- formed his duties in a way that has elicited the praise, not only oi the different sheriffs under whom he has served, but also of those having business with the courts. After the passage of the law regarding special sheriffs in 1880, Sheriff Harmon appointed Mr. Torrey to the office, which is next to that of High Sheriff, and, in the event of the hitter's death or inability to serve, his duties would devolve ujion Mr. Torrey until a new High Sheriff should be appointed. Mr. Torrey owns a good-sized farm in Norwell. Mr. Torrey's standing in the community is pcrhajis best shown in a portion of the following quotation from an article that appeared in the Ikockton Daily Enterprise : — "Mr. Torrey's official position has been so prominent that he has been frequently called upon to handle many large estates, and he is now caring for some large property interests all over the county. While he has never passed an examination for admittance to the bar, his advice is frequently sought by the residents in this vicinit)', wiio ha\e come to regard his business sagacity as unquestioned; and his personal popularity is due in a meas- ure to the courteous manner in which he gives advice. No poor person can pay him a copper for his services. Mr. Torrey's work in court brings him in contact with all classes of the community, and no one can claim that they have ever failed to receive courteous treatment at his hands; and many have been the favors which he has extended, where others would turn a deaf ear to the appeals of the unfortu- nates who are frequently called before the bar of justice. Deputy Sheriff Torrey has seen judges come and go. There is now no judge living who occupied the judicial bench at the time of his appointment. He has also seen the passing of some of the bright members of the Plymouth bar. There are now living but four members of the Plymouth bar who were practising when he was first appointed to office. " In 1855 Mr. Torrey married Martha R. Merritt, of South Scituate, a daughter of the late Francis and Clarissa Merritt, and has three children : Frank H., living in Melrose, Mass. ; Walter R., who studied law with Hosea Kingman, of Bridgewater, and is now a student at the law school of Boston Univer- sity; and Miss Mattie W. Torrey, residing at home, who is quite an elocutionist. There are two grandchildren: Miss Marion, daughter of Frank H. Torrey; and Master Wendell Torrey, son of Walter R. Mr. and Mrs. Torrey have resided at their present home since i860. On the fortieth anniversary of their wedding, De- cember 23, 1895, they received numerous handsome gifts from near and from far, and the heartfelt congratulations of many as- sembled friends, including numbers from the neighboring towns. In politics Mr. Torrey has always been a Republican, l-'or six years \'ice-president of the South Scituate Savings Bank, he has been a member of its Board of Trustees since its incorporation, and of its Board of Investment since 1S77. As receiver for the Scituate Savings Bank, he performed his duties in a very commendable manner. Mr. Torrey is a member of the Cohasset Masonic Lodge. He 584 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW attends the Unitarian church, and is one of the Parish Committee. T. ESTES, in former years a well-linown merchant in Plymouth L^ \^_ ^ County, since 1889 living in retire- ment in the town of Hanover, was born in West Hanover, Mass., April 20, 1826, son of Robert and Experience (Studley) Pastes. Robert Estes was a blacksmith by trade, and his life was spent for the most part in Han- over, where he died in the eightieth year of his age, his wife living to be about seventy- eight. They were the parents of eight chil- dren, namely: Elizabeth, Robert, and Clarissa, all deceased; Nancy; Beulah, deceased; Rufus T. ; Warren; and George, deceased. Rufus T. , the second son, was educated in the Hanover public schools and at the acad- emy at Sandwich, Mass. At the age of twelve he began working at the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a year. He was next employed in the store of Z. F. Brett, of Duxbury, after which he went to East Abing- ton to work for his brother Robert, and drove a pedler's cart through the country for about two years, and then entered his brother's dry- goods store as a clerk. Although but seven- teen years old at the time of his brother's death, he took full charge of the business for six months, at the end of which the store was sold to Samuel Plllis, with whom he continued as a clerk for four years, being then received into partnership. A year later Mr. Estes pur- chased the entire store, and took a partner, to whom, at the end of another year, he sold the business, which consisted of dry goods and furniture. The followirtg year he did a thriv- ing business at merchant tailoring, but sold out, and went to Jacksonville, P"la., where he held the position of clerk in the dry-goods store of his former employer and partner, Samuel Ellis. Returning to Massachusetts at the end of a year, he was employed as a dry- goods clerk for a like period in the town of Rockland, after which he embarked in that line of business on his own account, having as a partner E. W. Whiting, with whom, under the style of Estes & Whiting, he con- ducted a successful business for a quarter century, or up to 1887. When Mr. Estes finally retired he had been engaged in the dry- goods business for forty-five years, and during all that time had met with no reverses of any consequence. In 1847 Mr. Estes was united in marriage with Sarah J. Tribou, by whom he had a son, Alonzo C, but both the child and his mother are now deceased. For his second wife Mr. Estes married Margaret R. Binney, who bore him two children — one that died in infancy, and Emma J. His present wife was before marriage Laurencia C. Dwelley. Mr. Estes is a member of the John Cutter Masonic Lodge of Abington, also of the Baptist church of Rockland, which he served as Deacon and Treasurer many years. ENRY LYMAN BRYANT, a trusted and highly successful real estate ^ ^ dealer of Brockton, Mass., was born here in 1836, a son of George W. and Lucy (Washburn) Bryant, and on his father's side is a connection of the late William Cullen Bryant. Stephen Bryant, an English immigrant who was in Plymouth, Mass., it is said, as early as 1632, was the ancestor of the Bryants in I^ridgewater. His wife, Abigail Shaw, daughter of John Shaw, who came from Eng- land, bore him six children. Stephen, Jr., their second son, was also the father of six BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 585 children, the fifth of whom, named Ichabod, born July 5, 1699, in Middleboro, Mass., removed to North Bridgewater, then the North Parish of Bridgewater. He married Ruth Staples, and had ten cliildrcn. He died No- vember 22, 1759, and his widow died on March 27, 1777. Philip Bryant, their eldest- born, was the ancestor of the distinguished poet. Job. their fourth child, married Mary Turner, May 3, 1764, and had ten children, Oliver being the sixth. He was married on May 6, 1804, to Nabby, daughter of Timothy Ames, and their union was blessed by the birth of nine children. George Washington, the father of Henry L. , was the fourth child. He was born Augu.st 4, 18 10, and became one of the founders of the town of Brockton, where he engaged in the marble business. He was a trial justice of the ]5olice court and I'lym- outh County. His wife, I.uey, is a daughter of Bildad Washburn, of Kingston, Mass. She is the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: George Edward; Henry Lyman; and Abby Lane, who married l-'rederick Hanson, March i. 1S57, and is now deceased. Mrs. Bryant is now living at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Henry Lyman, the second son, received a common-school education. He began his business career at eighteen years of age, in company with his brother, George Edward, under the style of G. K. & H. L. Bryant, and started the first clothing house in the town, conducting it for si.xteen years. Since then Henry L. Bryant has engaged in the real es- tate and mortgage business. He is the corre- spondent of sixty-one banks, and his business transactions for the year 1895 amounted to one million, two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Bryant erected the second brick block in l?rockton, and has built five business blocks. He owns twenty stores, and is the second largest tax-payer in Brockton, having risen to this position by his own unaided efforts. -Sagacious and prudent, he has handled mill- ions of other peo]5lc's money, and has always been successful in his transactions. Mr. Bryant was for a time a member of the Com- mercial Club. He is an attendant of the Unity (Unitarian) Church. OHN B. D.IMUN, a successful farmer and owner of the Centennial Hotel at North Scituate Beach, was born in Scituate, July 11, 1835, son of John and Al- mira (White) Damon. His education, which was begun in the common schools of his native town, was completed in Brockton, Mass. In his youth he was occupied in farming, but at the age of twenty he engaged in lobster fish- ing, which he continu.ed successfully for seven years, when he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. For a number of years he was engaged exclusively in tilling the soil of a good farm in this town, during which time he demonstrateil liis jiractical knowl- edge of agriculture, and he derived good finan- cial returns for his labor. Early in the seventies he erected the Centennial Hotel at North Scituate Beach, and for fifteen years he gave his personal attention to its manage- ment. He is still the owner of the property, which he has improved, and he has done much to increase the attractiveness of the locality. On May 5, 1867, Mr. Damon was united in marriage to Ella A. Grover, a native of South Hingham, Mass., and a daughter of A. H. and Eunice K. (Stoddard) Grover. Her father was a native of Maine, and her mother of South Hingham, Mass. Of the children born to Mrs. Damon's jiarents, six are living, namely: ICunice A., now Mrs. Charles H. Poole, of Rockland, Mass. ; George A. SS6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Grover, of Sonierville, Mass. ; Ella A., who is now Mrs. Damon; Edward E., a resident of Holbrook, Mass. ; Mary, who lives in Rock- land ; and Arthur B. Grover, of Somerville. Mr. and Mrs. Damon have two children, namely: Almira W., wife of George S. Bailey, of North Scituate, Mass. ; and John, who re- sides at Scituate Beach. In politics Mr. Damon votes independently, supporting those candidates whom he considers the best qualified to hold office, and he sup- ports all practical measures calculated to ben- efit the community. He is widely known in this locality as a prosperous farmer, a success- ful hotel proprietor, and a sterling citizen. He is connected by membership with Satuit Lodge, A. F. & A. M. JDVVARD HOGAN, while at no time a resident of Plymouth County, may be considered as entitled, through his children, to representation in this work. He was born in Fishmoyne County, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1792. Despite almost insur- mountable difficulties, he obtained a good edu- cation, and was conversant with the Greek and Eatin languages. He owned a good farm, which he took pleasure in cultivating. In the politics of his day he was an ardent supporter of Daniel O'Connell. Of a religious disposi- tion he took pleasure in teaching Sunday- school. He married Bridget, daughter of Lawrence O'Brien, of Borisvleigh, Tipperary County. By this marriage there were ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity. These were: Sarah, Lawrence, Edward, Thomas, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Littleton, Mrs. Condon, and Mrs. Leyden. Sarah Hogan, the sixth child, who was born in Tipperary, came with her widowed mother to this country in 1852. While the substan- tial part of her education was acquired in her native country, she had the further advantage of pursuing a course of study with Squire Bird in Fo.xboro, Mass., and in 1859 she was united in marriage with James Hayes. Her brother Lawrence, when but seventeen years old, enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Cav- alry, and served in the Civil War. On one occasion, while carrying a dispatch to General Butler on the battlefield, he received a wound that was the probable cause of his death in 1 88 1. He was an Alderman of Elmira, N. Y., where he resided in the latter part of his life. Edward Hogan, who served three years under General Burnside, died in 1892. Thomas, who has occupied several positions of trust in New York State, is now living in Brockton. The four sisters of Mrs. Hayes are also liv- ing. The father died in 1849, ^^^ the age of fifty-seven. The mother passed away in March, 1891, nearly one hundred years old. Her father and mother lived to the ages of ninety-nine and one hundred and three years respectively. Three of her cousins on the maternal side, two lawyers and a teacher, fought under Napoleon. RCHIBALD DAKIN, druggist of Brockton, is a worthy representative of two old and respected families, the Dakyns and Warwicks. He was born in Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1861, and is a son of Edward Dakin. He traces his lineage on the paternal side to the days of Queen Elizabeth, when the name was spelled Dakyns. The family coat-of-arms perpetuates the exploit of a Dakyn, governor of a castle in Cheshire, who, while at sea, was attacked by pirates, and cut the grappling ropes with an axe. This valorous gentleman had a family of nine children. Daniel Dakin, grandfather BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 587 of the subject of this sketch, was probably a native of Nova Scotia; and he was engaged in farming there during his mature manhood. He married a daughter of Mr. Warwick, a gentleman of character and ability, who was for some time in business in New York City, and was later a Judge in Digby. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dakin had a family of eight boys anti two girls. Their son Edward was for some time en- gaged in ship-building with his brothers at Digby. He followed the sea also, and was master of a vessel. He married a daughter of Dr. W. L. Bent, of Digby. Four children were born to this couple, three of whom are living, Archibald being the youngest. While in Venezuela Edward Dakin was attacked by yellow fever, and died at the age of forty-four. Archibald Dakin, having acquired his edu- cation in the common schools and the academy of Digby, was employed as clerk in A. J. McCallum's drug store in his native town for a year; was ne.xt with his brother, a druggist, in Wareham ; and was then in East Boston in the same business for a while. In 1879 he formed a partnership with Dr. Robinson, under the firm name of A. Dakin & Co., and opened a drug store in Wareham. Dr. Robin- son retired at the end of a year, and Mr. Dakin managed a successful business alone for seven or eight years, selling his establishment at the end of that time on account of ill health. In the mean time, in 1882, he started a branch store at Onset; and the ne.\t year he began to publish Tlic Seaside Ripple, a semi- monthly paper, the circulation of which r.qiidly increased, until it amounted to twelve luindied. At the enil of a year he sold this pa[)cr to H. H. Sylvester, who is now on the editorial staff of the New York World. After disposing of his Wareham business, Mr. Dakin spent two years in recuperating, his chief trouble being low nervous tone; and in Septem- ber, i8gi, he opened his present establishment in Brockton. He has a noat and completely furni.shed store, and a good line of trade. Mr. Dakin takes an active interest in the politics of the day as a member of the People's party. In 1895 he was the Populist candidate for Representative to the State legislature, and made a gain of thirty-three votes. He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brockton. (^Thoi HOMAS BARSTOW, a prominent con- ^1 tractor and builder of Norwell, is a na- tive of this town, born April 26, 1850, son of Thomas Barstow and Amelia B. (Hathaway) Greene. He was named Thomas Barstow after his father: and in 1857, at the request of his grandmother, his surname Greene was dropped, and his name legally changed to Thomas Barstow. His parents had two other children: Albert S. Greene, who is now employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and resides in Somerville, Mass.; and Lydia B. , who resides with her brother on the old homestead. Thomas Barstow, the direct subject of this sketch, grew to manhood on the farm that was settled by his great-grandfather, who also bore the Christian name of Thomas, and who was prominently connected with the ship-building industry on North River during the time of its greatest prosperity. After attending the district school, he took a supplementary course of study at Hanover Academy. When nine- teen years old, he began to learn the carpen- ter's trade with James Ford, of Pembroke, with whom he remained three years. Since then he has been in business for himself as a contractor and builder, and has been very suc- cessful. He owns about forty acres of the homestead farm, which he carries on. S88 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1892 Mr. Barstow was elected on the Republican ticket to the State legislature. He has served the town as Selectman since 1889, having been Chairman of the Board during the past seven years. He has also held the offices of Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, each for several years. He is a member of North River Lodge, No. 167, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hanover, in which he is a Past Grand; and of PhaMiix Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hanover, in which he is a Past Master. He is also a member of Pil- grim Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and of Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, of Abington, Mass. DWIN L. MAGLATHLIN, of King- ston, who owns and operates a tack manufactory at Indian Pond, was born in Kingston, March 28, 1849, son of Peter VV. and Marcia (Bradford) Maglathlin. His father was a native of Kingston, and his mother of Maine. The family, which is of Scotch origin descends in a direct line from its founder in America, John Maglathlin, and a more extended account of its ancestry may be found in the sketch of Philemon W. Maglath- lin, which appears elsewhere in this work. Itdwin L. Maglathlin was reared and edu- cated in Kingston, and resided upon his father's farm until he was sixteen years old. He then went to sea as a fisherman, making one or more voyages to the Grand Banks. At the age of twenty he gave up the sea, and be- came a locomotive fireman on the Old Colony Railway. After serving in that capacity for some years, he was appointed an engineer, and continued in the company's employ for twelve years, during which time he was in charge of locomotives upon all branches of the road. In 1885 he resigned his position, and entered into partnership with his brother, Horace B. , the tack manufacturer of Silver Lake. The firm of Maglathlin Brothers con- tinued in business for nine years, when it was dissolved, and our subject was for a time en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. Re-embarking in business, he was engaged in manufacturing tacks in Kingston village, where he continued for a few months, or until May i, 1894, when he purchased his present plant at Indian Pond. He has water power sufficient to run his fac- tory at all seasons of the year, and, having a first-class equipment, he produces a large out- put annually, including shoe tacks of every variety. Mr. Maglathlin wedded Elmira Simmons, daughter of Nahum Simmons, late of Kingston. He is a self-made man, as he was forced to make his way in life solely by his own exertions; and his present business standing is a sufficient guarantee of his future prosperity. Politically, he supports the Re- publican party. Y^TENRY T. SMITH, a representative r^H citizen of Rockland, where he holds -1-^ Vi^ , the office of Selectman, was born in Candia, N.H., April 6, 1856, son of French and Laura A. (Ouimby) Smith. His father, who was born in Canada, was engaged during a great part of his life in farming in New Hampshire. His mother died at the age of fifty. She gave birth to five children — Augustus F., Henry T., Nettie, Clara A., and Alice I. Henry T. Smith is a high-school graduate. He remained in his native State until twenty years old, spending a part of the time in farm work, which developed his muscles and strengthened his body generally. Then, feel- ing no inclination to continue a farmer's life, he went to work in a shoe shop in Belfast, Me. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 589 He was cmiiloycd in Belfast for about five years, and then came to Rockland, Mass., where he made shoes for a period of fifteen years. He has been engaged in the baking business under the firm name of II. T. Smith & Co. since 1896. During his residence in Rockland he has established a reputation for honesty and integrity, and won the sincere respect of his townsmen. On August 10, 1878, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Emma Howard, of Bel- fast. Two children have blessed the union — Orininda and Bertha. In [xilitics \It. Smith favors the Democratic side, but believes that it is best sometimes to disregard party lines. He has served the town in the capacity of Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, and Select- man, and he is a member of Standish Lodge, No. 177, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the New England Order of Protection. He is also a member of the Rockland Fire Department. /STTo i:ORGE HERBERT THOMAS, of \ p I Brant Rock, who is successfully en- gaged in the varied occupations of a farmer, general teamster, and dealer in ice, wood, milk, hay, and grain, is a worthy rep- resentative of one of the oldest families of Marshfield, Mass., his native town. He was born March 10, 1852, son of Luther and Abi- gail (Sampson) Thomas. There were three early settlers in Marsh- field bearing the surname Thomas. The first of these was John, an orphan lad, who came in the "Hopewell" in 1635. He was under the care of Governor Edward Winslow for a time, and eventually became his .steward at Careswell. The others were William and his son Nathaniel, who came with the son's wife and child in 1637. John Thomas married in 1648, Sarah Pitney; and both he and Na- thaniel Thomas have been succeeded by a numerous posterity, including many useful and esteemed citizens, not a few of whom, at- taining distinction in various fields of effort, have filled positions of influence and honor. Samuel Thomas, son of John and Sarah, born in 1655, married Mercy Ford, and was the father of John, second, born in 1684, Na- than, and others. Nathan Thomas married successively Alice Baker, Abiah Snow, and Sarah Bartlett. These and other early de- scendants of John Thomas, first, are men- tioned in Mr. William T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," a book of reference invaluable to the student of Pilgrim family history. Nathan Thomas was a tanner, and lived in Marshfiekl. His son William, who suc- ceeded to the ownership of his homestead, was probably the William Thomas prominent in Marshfield in pre-Revolutionary times, hold- ing a Captain's commission from Governor Hutchinson. Captain William Thomas was the great-grandfather of George IL, the sub- ject of this sketch. His children were: Luther, Sr. , Jesse, Mary, and Sarah. Luther Thomas, Sr., who was born January 25, 1757, and died October 24, 1831, was twice mar- ried. By his first \Vife, Rebecca Dinglcy, he had three children, namely: Marcia Abiah, author of "i\Iemorials of Marshfield," who was born July 30, iSoo, and died September 14, 1879; William Foster, born January 25, 1802, died July 26, 1883; Sarah, born Febru- ary 20, 1807, died October 14, 1896. By his second wife, Abigail Hewitt, he had one son, Luther, who was born November 30, iSi i. The younger Luther Thomas married Abi- gail, daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Soule) Sampson. Her father was of the fifth genera- tion in direct line from Henry Sampson, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. Mr. and Mrs. 59° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Luther Thomas had six children: Anne, who was born June 19, 1837, and died February 23, 1883; Henry, born February 7, 1839, now living in California; Alice Jane, born December 25, 1844, who died in October, 1889; Abbie Frances, born May 25, 1848, who died October 27, 1896; George Herbert, whose birth-date is mentioned above; Emily Augusta, who was born January i, 1857, and died March 5, i860. Luther Thomas during his active life was engaged in farming in Marshfield. He died October 19, 1896, aged nearly eighty-five years. His wife, Mrs. Abigail Sampson Thomas, died June 21, 1885, at the age of seventy-three. Miss Marcia A. Thomas, half-sister of Mr. Luther Thomas, will long be held in honored, grateful remembrance as the local antiquary and writer, and a public benefactor. It would be utterly impossible now to copy from some of the oldest stones in the ancient burial-ground the inscriptions reverently and happily pre- served in her little volume of "Memorials," published in 1854, which she modestly de- clined to dignify with the title of history. The proceeds of the book, with two or three individual subscriptions, were placed at inter- est till a sufficient fund had accumulated to erect in that quiet resting-place a monument to the memory of the early settlers of Green Harbor. George H., the younger of the two sons of Luther Thomas, was an attendant of the com- mon schools until he was about sixteen years old. He remained with his parents six years after he became of age, then started out for himself, settling at Brant Rock, where he began in a small way, but now has a thriving business as a result of sagacious and persever- ing energy. He is well known in the village of Brant Rock and vicinity as a man of sterl- ing integrity. In politics he is a Republican. On March 27, 1879, Mr. Thomas married Ellen M. Peterson, a native of Duxbury, Mass., and daughter of the late Jabez Peter- son, of that place. Her mother's maiden name was Phoebe Shurtleff. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two daughters — Edith F. and May. 4^ m^¥ OSHUA DEAN, dealer in lumber, grain, and coal, and proprietor of the Dean Foundry at East Bridgewater, ranks among the foremost business men of this locality, as well as the oldest, having been in business since 1868. He was born in Easton, Mass., March 25, 1830, a son of William and Keziah (Britton) Dean. , The Deans, who are of English origin, settled first in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass. William Dean, a na- tive of the old Bay State and a successful farmer, died in 1844. His wife, also a native of Massachusetts, survived him nearly forty years, passing away in 11883. Joshua Dean, direct subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Easton, Mass. His father dying when he was fourteen years old, he was early thrown upon his own re- sources, and received but a limited education. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the moulder's trade at North Chelmsford, Mass., and worked there ten years in the employ of two firms. He was subsequently for six years foreman for William E. Bird, proprietor of a foundry in West Bridgewater; and in 1868, forming a partnership Vvith Cephas Perry, he purchased a foundry it East Bridgewater. This was successfully managed for several years by the firm of Dean & Perry, and was finally destroyed by fire. Some time after that Mr. Dean became sole proprietor, and under his supervision new shops were built, to which he subsequently made important addi- tions. His business prospered and increased BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW S9» from year to year, and in 1S95 he purchased wliat is now known as the Brockton Brass and Iron ]'"oundry, of wliich lie is sole proprietor. His success in business has been achieved by his own unaided efforts. Mr. Dean married Kvaline Cragin, a native of Peterboro, N.H., and of the children born to tiiem two are living: Jennie, wife of Thomas IT. Perkins; and Carrie K., wife of E. Samuel Ryder. Mr. Dean is a Republican politically. He represented the district in the State legislat- ure in 1880, and served for a number of terms as Selectman of East Bridgewater. He is prominent in Masonry, being a charter mem- ber of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at East Bridgewater, and is identified with the lodge of Knights Templars at Abington. His home is one of the most beautiful in this sec- tion of the county. Mr. Dean, though not a church member, is generous in his support of religious enterprises. He and his wife take part in all the prominent social events of the vicinity. r?"; EPIIAS WASHBURN, a prosperous farmer of Halifax, Mass., is a native ^ ^ ^ of Plymouth County, born in the town of ]?ridgevvater, January 18, 1S32, a son of Cephas and Mercy (Paris) Washburn. His father, Cephas Washburn, Sr., was twice mar- ried. By his first wife, formerly a Miss Paris, he had three children: Martin L. , living in Bridgewater; Albion K , an inventor, resid- ing in Bridgewater; and Cephas. His second marriage was with Sallie Paris, and a son and daughter were born of this union, namely: Frank, who died in i860; and Harriet M.. the wife of Simeon F. Jordan, of Bridgewater. When five years old, Cephas, the youngest son by the first wife, came to Halifax, where he lived until twenty-five years of age, when he went on a fishing expedition one season. Following that he was engaged in shoemaking until 1861, when he enli.sted at the first call for troops from President Lincoln. After three months' service he returned home, and was chosen Captain in the militia. He then joined Company A, of the Third Massachu- setts Infantry, as First Lieutenant, this being one of the oldest military organizations in the United States, and was mustered into service at Fortress Monroe, Va. He was stationed for some time at Fortress Monroe and at Hampton, and is credited with bringing in the first "contraband of war," as slaves captured by the Union forces were then termed. On March 4, 1863, Mr. Washburn was discharged at Carrollton, La., on account of disability. Returning to Massachusetts, he took up his residence in Plympton, where he rcmaineil six years, holding the position of station agent and postmaster. He then went to Kingston, and a year later to Stoughton, where he was sta- tion agent. From Stoughton he came to Hali- fax, and settled on the old homestead, where he has since resided. He owns about two hun- dred and twenty-five acres of land, and is profit- ably engaged in general farming and lumber- ing, also in the cultivation of cranberries. In 1856 Mr. Washburn married Miss Amanda McLaughlin, who died leaving him witli one daughter, Abbie W., who lived to be twenty-two years of age. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Olive French, the widow of Timothy French, and a sister of his first wife. The only child by this union died in infancy; and Mrs. Washburn has also passed away. In 1865 Mr. Washburn, who has always been a stanch Republican, was elected to the State legislature. He is a member of the Masonic order; also of Justin Dimmick Post, No. 124, Grand Army of the Republic, of East Bridge- water. 592 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW -OHN H, EAMES, of Marshfield, is a veteran of the late war, one of the few Union men alive to-day who have suffered in Rebel prisons. He was born in Medford, Mass., December i6, 1834, a son of John and Louisa (Norwood) Eames. The Eames family is of English origin. Among the early settlers of this name men- tioned by genealogists are: Robert, of Charles- town, 1651, who removed to Woburn ; Thomas, of Dedham, who had a son John, born in 1642; Anthony, of Hingham, in 1636, who removed to Marshfield, and served as a Deputy to the General Court in 1654, and later for a number of years; Mark, thought to have been his son. Deputy in 1662 and later, and Se- lectman 1667-73. A Jonathan Eames, of Marshfield, is spoken of as probably son of Mark and grandson of Anthony Eames. John Eames, said to have been one of tlie descend- ants of Jonathan, settled in Medford, Mass., and in that town a later John Eames, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, and John Eames, Jr., his father, were born. The John last named, who was a contractor and builder, was a lifelong resident of Medford. He died in 1849. His wife, a native of Lynn- field, Mass., died in 1875. They were the parents of eight children, John H. being the oldest. John H. Eames acquired his education in Medford, finishing his studies in the high school. He was nearly fifteen years of age when his father died, "and was obliged at that time to leave school and go to work. Obtain- ing employment in a ship yard in Medford, he worked there some three years, and then began to learn the carpenter's trade, serving as an apprentice until he was twenty-one. He sub- sequently worked as a journeyman, making- a specialty of stair-building, one of the best paying branches of the trade, and was em- ployed by some of the leading contractors of Boston. At the time of President Lincoln's first call for seventy-five thousand three months' men, Mr. Eames responded, enlisting in April, 1 86 1, in Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was in the disastrous battle of the first Bull Run, and after that was on duty in Washington until his term expired. He re-enlisted August 14, 1862, and was mustered as a Sergeant into Company C, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infan- try, which later became a part of the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, General G. K. Warren commanding. During his second term of service Mr. Eames took part in many engagements, in which the Union soldiers demonstrated their ability to fight, including the battle of the Wilderness, and for forty-two days thereafter was more or less under fire. At the battle of the Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864, he was captured with his entire com- pany by the Confederates; and he was incar- cerated successively in Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Salisbury Prison, North Carolina, spending seven months in all in durance. The horrors of these charnel houses have been painted so often that it is superfluous to speak of them. Suffice it to say that, while he was in Salisbury, over twelve thousand Union prisoners died. He was finally exchanged, and was honorably discharged as a First Lieu- tenant in June, 1865. Returning to Medford broken in mind and body, he was a confirmed invalid for four years. In 1869 he was engaged as clerk in the navy yard at Charlestown, and in 1870 he was appointed, under President Grant, Post- master of Medford. He filled the office fifteen consecutive years, resigning on account of failing health in 1885. In 1886 he moved to the pretty village of Marshfield Hills, where BIOGRAI'llICAL REVIEW 593 he has since resitlcd, aiul he is now one of the well-known and popular citizens of this place. Mr. Eames was married in 1866 to S. Au- gusta George, a native of Marshfield, who died in iSgo. She bore him four chililren, two of whom are living — • Harry C. and John. In jjolitics I\Ir. Karnes is a Republican. Me was one year Commander of S. C. Lawrence Post, No. 66, Grand Army of the Republic, of Medford, and six years, from January, 1887, until January, 1893, Commander of David Church Post, No. 189, of Marshfield. He is a member of Mount Hermon Lodge of Masons, of Mystic Royal Arch Chapter; also of the Knights of Honor, the Legion of Honor, and other organizations in Medford. Mr. Eames has never aspired to public office. i lIIARLES THOMAS LEAVITT, an ice dealer and successful farmer of Hingham, Mass., was born in this town, July 2 1, 1857, his parents being Thomas J. and Mary V. (Stoddard) Leavitt. The progenitor of this branch of the Leavitt family in America was John, who settled in Hingham about the year 1634, and who is sup- posed to have been a Scotchman and runaway apjirentice. His son Israel was the father of John, second, and grandfather of John, third, whose son Jacob was the great-great-grand- father of Charles Thomas, the special subject of this sketch. Jacob Leavitt was born in Hingham, and became an energetic and pros- perous farmer. After he was eighty years old he shingled his house, doing all the work him- self. John Leavitt, son of Jacob, born in Hingham, was a pump and block maker by trade. He built what is known as the Leavitt shingle-mill, which was originally designed as a grist-mill, but proved a failure for this purpose, the water power being insufficient. He married Sally Cushing, and had four chil- dren — John, Thomas, Sally, and Mary. John, the eldest, mentioned above as the third John Leavitt, whose birth occurred in Hingham on July 3, 1799, ^^'^^ a man of more than ordinary natural ability. After receiving his mental training in the public schools, he learned the trade of a pump and block maker, and soon after started in business for himself in the mill which his father had built for a grist-mill. After a time he added the manu- facture of box lumber and bucket heading, continuing in the business until his death in August, 1877. He was for many years an Overseer of the Poor, but, though urged to ac- cept the nomination for other town offices, always refused to be a candidate. In politics he was a Whig. He married Miss l-^valina, daughter of Benjamin Jones, of Hingham. They had six children, namely: Thomas J.; Sarah, deceased; Benjamin, who died when two years old; Evalina; Mary; and John, de- ceased. John and Evalina (Jones) Leavitt were attendants of the old Unitarian church. Thomas J. Leavitt was born in Hingham on May 25, 1829. After acquiring a common- school education, he started to learn the trade of a harness-maker, but gave u|) that occupa- tion at the end of two years, and went to work in his father's shingle-mill, of which he be- came the owner at his father's death. He also manufactured ship chandlery ware, such as pumps and log reels. Up to 1892, when he retired from active pursuits, he conducted a successful business. His marriage with Miss Mary V. Stoddard, daughter of Captain Charles Stoddard, of Hingham, was solem- nized March 21, 1852. A son, and a daughter, Lilla M., were the fruit of their union; but only the son, Charles Thomas, now survives. Charles Thomas Leavitt was educated in the public schools of Hingham. His first em- 594 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ployment was with his father in the mill, where he worked three years, and after that he worked about three years in the rope walk. In the summer of 1883 he embarked in the ice business, beginning with one horse and a single wagon, doing all the work himself. He now runs three double teams and one single team, employs from three to four men, and cuts about three thousand tons of ice yearly. He owns a farm which yields about twenty tons of hay annually, grass being the principal crop. He is a member of the Dem- ocratic Town Committee, and has been on the Board of Engineers of the fire department since May i, 1896. On February 12, 18S0, Mr. Leavitt was united in marriage with Miss Julia L., daugh- ter of Edward S. Gushing, of Hingham. They have two children — Lilla C. and Ethel May. Mr. and Mrs. Leavitt are attendants of the Unitarian church. -rn\OBERT SYLVESTER, one of Han- I I^Y^ over's most aged and esteemed citi- J-^ V_^ zens, was born on October ig, 1805, in the house which is still his home. His parents, Robert and Lucy (Bailey) Sylvester, had six children — Lucy, Rebecca, Michael (deceased), Robert (who died in infancy), Robert, and Sarah. The father was a farmer throughout his active life, and died when but thirty-seven years old. Robert Sylvester, the youngest son, the special subject of this brief biography, re- ceived a district and private school education. Up to seventeen years of age he lived with his parents on the homestead farm, then went to lioston, and served a four years' apprentice- ship at carpentry, which he subsequently fol- lowed in that city for about three years, going from there to Plymouth, where he spent another year engaged at his trade. Me then returned to his parental home, and for many years was employed in both farming and car- pentering. He owns about two hundred acres here, a portion of which is comprised in the old liomestead farm, where his great-grand- father, Michael Sylvester, first located. On November 28, 1828, when twenty-three years of age, Mr. Sylvester married Miss Sarah Burgess, of Boston, who was a daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Whitney) Burgess, of Harvard. By this union he had the following children: Loammi B., died September 6, 1862; Susanna F., died October 16, 1893; Belcher, who died when very young; Eliza- beth B. ; Sarah E. ; Julietta; and Robert. Susanna Sylvester married William T. Lap- ham, of Scituate. Elizabeth B. married Israel H. Macomber, a farmer, living at Marshfield Hills. Sarah E. is the wife of George H. Allen, who lives in Boston, where he is now employed in a bank, and was for- merly for many years Superintendent of Lamps. Juliet married Frank A. Glapp, and their home is in Wakefield. Robert Sylves- ter, Jr., married Mary B. Turner, and lives in Hanover, where he has taken his father's place, and carries on the farm. Loammi B. Sylvester married Emmeline A. Bartlett, and was engaged in the shoe business until he went to the war as a member of Gompany G, Eigh- teenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. His death in September 6, 1862, was the re- sult of wounds received in battle. Mrs. Sarah Burgess Sylvester died November 9, 1855; and Mr. Sylvester's second wife, formerly Miss Sarah W. Packard, of Marshfield, whom he married in 1859, died August 12, 18S5, Mr. Sylvester has been a supporter of the Republican party ever since its formation. To show one's loyalty at the polls a half cen- tury ago and more was not the easy task of to- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 595 clay. When William Homy Harrison was up for President, Mr. Sylvester journeyed forty miles to cast his vote. He is of the orthodo.x faith in religion, and is a member of the Con- gregational church. «♦ ■»» is slCLl'X; 15. IIADLICY, who has been identified with the mercantile and industrial interests of the town of Marion, Plymouth County, for many years, was born August 8, ^848, at Rochester, now Marion. His father,! Andrew J. Haclley, was formerly a well-known merchant of this town. He was twice married, his first wife (mother of our subject) being Sarah E. Cobb, daughter of the Rev. Oliver Cobb, a Congregationalist minister, who preached for years in Marion, in which place he died. By her he had two children. His second wife, Louisa Brett, who was a daughter of the Rev. Pliny Brett, a Methodist minister, bore him five children. He and his second wife are still living. Peleg B. Hadlcy acquired the rudiments of his education in the Marion schools, after which he attended Dartmouth Academy and Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass. When seventeen years old he entered his father's store as clerk, and while in that position proved himself so well adapted for a mercantile career that he was admitted into partnership with his father. A few years later Mr. Mad- ley formed a copartnership with Mr. T. A. Handy, with whom he was in business ten years. In 1890 Mr. Handy died, and the bus- iness was carried on by Mr. Hadley, who hail an extensive trade in general merchandise, carrying a good assortment of dry goods, gro- ceries, hay, feed, flour, ,etc. At the end of two years he sold out to 1 his brother, Stephen D. Hadley. In politics Mr. Hadley is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and of the people of his three years he servec gives his aid and encouragement to the various enterprises inaugurat(^d for the general welfare town and county. For as Selectman, in 1892 was Town Auditor, and is now Assessor, Over- seer of the Poor, and a member of the Board of Health. Mr. Hadley has been twice married. In July, 1872, he was united in matrimony with Abbic W. Dean, who bore him two children, one of whom died in infancy. The other, Susie D., was graduated from Tabor Acad- emy, and is now a student at the Boston Con- servatory of Music. After the death of his first wife, which occurred September 25, 1875, Mr. Hadley married Miss Priscilla H. Handy, daughter of Augustus H. and Susan N. Handy. By her he has two children — Augustus A. and Elizabeth B. Mr. Hadley is a Knight of Honor, belonging to Wareham Lodge, No. 1,003, of Marion. ^0S1-:PI1 OI.IVICR BURDP:TT, an able Boston attorney, residing in Hingham, Plymouth County, was born in South Reading (now Wakefield), Mass., October 30, 1848. His parents were Joseph and Sally J. (Mansfield) Burdett. His paternal great- grandfather, Joseph Burdett, was a native of Maiden, Mass., where he carried on farming, and lived to a good old age. His son Michael, a farmer and shoemaker by occupa- tion, was a native and lifelong resident of Wakefield. He was prominent in local affairs, and was a Whig in politics. He married Dolly Di.\, of Wakefield, and they had seven children. Both parents were members of the orthodo.x Congregational church. Mrs. Mi- chael Burdett died in early womanhood, while her husband liveil to be seventy-si.x years old. Their children were: Michael, Mary, Oliver, 596 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Joseph and Sarah D. (twins), George, and Samuel D. Michael died at the age of ninety-five. Mary married Samuel Nichols, an orthodox minister, and they had five chil- dren — Samuel, James, Daniel, Martha, and John H. Samuel and Daniel both served in the Civil War, enlisting as privates; and Daniel was promoted to the rank of Major for bravery. Martha (now deceased), was an army nurse during the war. John H. Nichols is now a member of the firm of Russ Cobb & Co., and resides in Dorchester, Mass. Oliver Burdett died at the age of forty-five. Joseph and Sarah D. Burdett died at the age of eighty, Sarah dying a few months previous to her brother. George was twice married, and by his first wife had four children — George A., Mervin, Melville W. , and Francelia. Sam- uel D. Burdett was a medical practitioner in Philadelphia for many years. He died at the age of fifty. Joseph Burdett, son of Michael and Dolly Dix Burdett, was born May 15, iSii. He first worked at shoemaking, and later went to Providence, R.I., where he was employed as clerk in a furniture store. He subsequently engaged in the manufacture of shoes, but finally gave up that business, and turned his attention to farming. In politics he was first a Jacksonian Democrat, then a Free Soiler; but in his later days he affiliated with the Re- publican party. He was a member of the School Committee, and held other offices. He was actively interested in church work, and belonged to the orthodox Congregational church of Wakefield. He married Sally J. Mansfield, and they had seven children, four of whom are now living: Michael B. ; Dolly M.; Josephine; and Joseph Oliver, the sub- ject of this sketch. Michael B., born in 1837, married Albina Long, of Portland, Me. They have four children living — Frederick, Cyril H., Alice, and Owen. Dolly M., born in 1842, is the widow of Charles Avery, of Wakefield, and has no children. Josephine has been twice married. Her first husband was Delano Robinson, by whom she had two children — Alvernus and Charles. She re- sides with her present husband, a Mr. Gush- ing, in San Francisco. The father, Joseph Burdett, died in 1891, at the age of eighty years. Joseph O. Burdett attended the Wakefield schools, and was subsequently graduated from Tufts College in the class of 1871, having al- ternated study with teaching in order to defray his expenses. In 1868-69 he taught in Ming- ham, and for a few months he taught private school in Harvard, Mass. After his gradua- tion from Tufts College he entered the Har- vard Law School ; and, while a student there, studied law simultaneously in the office of Judge Hammond. On April 19, 1873, he was admitted to the Middlesex bar, and took up his residence in Hingham. He subsequently opened an office in Boston, at 53 State Street, in which he still practises his profession. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, and has been a member of the State Republican Committee for six years, during three of which he has officiated as Chairman. Mr. Burdett has served on the School Com- mittee continuously since 1S76, having been its Chairman for the past seventeen years. Since his admission to the bar he has been a Justice of the Peace, and for twenty-one years he has been Master in Chancery. Since 1876 he has been Town Counsel, and in 1884 and 1885 he was Representative to the legislature. He was the only Hingham resident who took an active interest in the establishment of an electric light plant, and he served as Director of the company until the plant was purchased by the town. He belongs to Old Colony NATHANIEL CHURCH. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW S99 Lodge, No. 1 08, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Ilinjjham. On June 30, 1874, Mr. lUirdett was united in marriatje with Miss KllaJ. Carthcll, daugh- ter of Jolm and Joan J. (Ripley) Carthcll, of ITiiigham. Mr. and Mrs. Burdett have three children: Harold C, born May 5, 1877; Kdith M, born December 26, 1S80; and Helen R., born October 27, 18S2. In religious be- lief they are Unitarians. TTAAPTAIN NATHANIEL CHURCH. I jy Among the hale and vigorous old citi- v,i£_^ zcns of Marshfield — a town boast- ing many remarkable examples of longevity — no one is better known or more esteemed than Captain Nathaniel Church. He was born in Marshfield, Mass., March 19, 181 2, a son of Captain David and Betty (Keen) Church, and comes of English stock long jilanted in the soil of the Old Colony. Richard Church, the immigrant ancestor of the family, was in Boston, Mass., as early as 1630, and in Plymouth in 1633. He married Elizabeth Warren, who came over with her mother and sisters in the "Ann " nearly three years after her father. Richard came in the "Mayflower." So far as we are aware a com- plete genealogy of the Church family in America, or e\en of the first five or si.\ genera- tions, has not been published. Historical writers mention among other children of the first Richard, Nathaniel of Scituate, Mass., and Benjamin, born in 1639, the noted leader in the Indian wars, who married Alice South- worth, daughter of Constant Southworth, and lived for a time in Du.xbury, Mass., but settled later at Little Compton, R.I. Colonel Benja- min Church had a son Thomas born in 1674; Constant, born in 1676; Edsvard ; Charles; Benjamin, who never married; a son that died in infancy; and a daughter Elizabeth. Na- thaniel Church, first, of Scituate, was the father of Richard second, Nathaniel second, Joseph, Charles, and three daughters. The paternal grandfather of Captain Nathan- iel Church of this sketch was Constant Church, a native of that part of the old town of Scitu- ate that is now Norwell, who is thought to have been of the line of Colonel Benjamin Church, several of whose posterity in the early generations bore that name in hnivir nf his wife's father. Captain David Church, son of Constant Church, of Scituate, followed the sea for a number of years, commanding vessels in the coasting and packet marine service, and was- widely known and very popular. He died in Marshfield in 1839. His wife, who was born in Du.xbury, Mass., died in Marshfield in February, 1 840. Nathaniel Church grew to manhood on a farm in Marshfield, acquiring a knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic in a little old- fashioned school-house very different from the finely-equipped halls of learning of to-day. His attendance was limited to the winter ses- sions, and when he was sixteen years old his education was supposed to be finished; but, as a matter of fact, he has kept his eyes open, his mind active, and through reading and observa- tion has been a learner from his youth up. During the years of his active manhood he was engaged in f:uniing and teaming, the latter in the winter season. When ship-building was flourishing in this locality, he was kept very busy in winter hauling lumber to the docks. He is now practically retired from business pursuits. He has witnessed many changes in industrial conditions in Marshfield, and is well acquainted with the history of the place for the past three-quarters of a century. Joining the militia when he was eighteen years old, he 6oo BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW eventually became the commander of a com- pany ; and since that time he has been gen- erally known as Captain Church. He has been three times married. His first wife, Eveline Sherman, bore him three children: Betsey K., wife of William J. Walsh, of Marshfield ; David, who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness; and Edwin, deceased. His second wife, Lucy Carver, of Mar.shfield, was the mother of one child — Sarah C. (deceased). Captain Church mar- ried for his third wife Mrs. Janet Logan Sproul Reed, daughter of Matthew and Janet (Logan) Sproul, and widow of Marcus Reed, Jr., of Whitman, Mass. By her first marriage she had four children: Janet A., wife of W. D. Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio; Susan M., deceased; Marcus W., of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Amelia F., deceased. Mrs. Church was born in Paisley, Scotland, where the famous Paisley shawls are manufactured and the Coats thread. This city is the home of all her people. Mr. and Mrs. Church are mem- bers of the First Baptist Society of Marshfield. They are well known and esteemed, and the Captain is always ready to favor any reasonable project for the improvement of the town. {JOSEPH WHITE, a leading business man of Hanson, Mass., was born in this town, June 14, 1832, son of Joseph and Eliza D. (Bonney) White.. He is de- scended from a long line of New England an- cestry. His progenitor, si.x generations re- moved, was one Gowin White, of whom it is recorded that he was one of the Connihasset partners in 1646. In 1650 Gowin White pur- chased a large farm of William Richards, which remained in the family until about 1850. His son Timothy, born 1679, married Rebecca Simons in 1707. Their son, Timo- thy White, second, born in 170S, married Sarah Clapp in 1732. Their son Timothy, third, who was born in Scituate, was twice married, his second wife being Temperance Bryant, to whom he was united in 1794. He died in 1825. Joseph White, son of Timothy, third, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Scituate, May 15, 1808. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in the manufacture of boxes, also dealing to some ex- tent in horses. He married Eliza Delano Bonney, daughter of Nathaniel Bonney, of Hanson, and they had six children, four of whom attained maturity: Joseph; Eliza Bart- lett ; Clayton, now deceased; and Sarah J., wife of Bradley S. Bryant. The parents at- tended and helped support the Congregational church, and the mother, who was musically gifted, sang in the choir for five years, dur- ing which time she did not miss a service. Joseph White, second, direct subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools, though perhaps the most valuable part of his education has been acquired in the great and practical school of life. He began to be self-supporting at a comparatively early age, working in the tannery and box factory of his father, with whom he remained until he was twenty-one. He then began to deal in horses and carriages on his own account, in which pursuit he showed good judgment, and laid the foundations of his present prosperity. In the early seventies Mr. White built his present factories, and began the manufacture of heavy wagons, an enterprise the success of which has been marked, and which is still growing. The factory furnishes employment most of the time to eight or ten men, and the business is one of the most firmly established in the town of Hanson. Mr. White was married November 24, 1859, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 6oi to Sarah E. I'cri}', daughter of Josiah I'\ I'orry, of Hanover, IMass. They have five chilih-cn, namely: Josephine, wlio married Kdwaril Churehill, of East Bridgewater; Jo- seph Bartlett, who married Mrs. Anna Bates, of South Hanover; Catherine A., wife of Walter Caider, of South Hanson; Howard IT., who married Annie A. Howland, of Duxbury; and Bern ice E. Josiah F. Perry, father of Mrs. White, was born in Dorchester, Mass., September 17, 1809. His grandfather was Adam Perry, a native of Hanover, who fought in the Revolu- tionary War, and a farmer by occupation. Jo- siah Perry obtaineil such education as was then afforded by the district schools. He learned the trade of an iron moulder, which he followed until he removed to Hanover in the early fifties. There he located on a farm which had belonged to his grandfather, and which he carried on as long as he lived. He took an intelligent interest in public affairs, and was a firm Democrat politically. On February 9, 1836, he married Sarah C. Hil- dreth, daughter of James Varnum Iliklreth, of Dracut, INIass. liy her he became the father of eight children, five of whom grew to matur- ity, namely: Sarah F.. (Mrs. Joseph White); Josi'ah Field, now a resident of Haverhill, Mass.; James Henry, who served in the war in the Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, and died in i8go, unmarried; Anna A. Mer- rill; and Clara F., now residing in Provi- dence, R. I. , where she is employed as a teacher. Mrs. Perry can trace her ancestry back on her mother's side for many generations, the first ancestor of whom there is record being Sergeant Richard Hildreth, who was born in England in 1605. He was a magistrate and a man of some importance in his native country. Later in life he came to America, settling in Chelmsford, Mass., where he died in 1688. His son, Lieutenant James Hildreth, was ijorn in England in 163 1. He married Margaret Ward. The ne.\t ancestor was Major E])hraini Hildreth. His second son, Josiah, born in 1 7 10, in 1740 married Rebecca Wright, and they had five children. Their fourth child, Captain Josiah Hildreth, Jr., was born in 1746. He fought for American independence in the Revolutionary War, being one of Cap- tain Peter Coburn's company in 1775; and in 1777 he fought under General Gates, in Cap- tain Joseph Varnum's company. After the surrender of General ISurgoyne, he was one of those apjjointed to escort the British prisoners and captured military stores to Boston. He married Hannah Varnum. Their son, James Varnum Hildreth, was the maternal grand- father of Mrs. White. He was born Decem- ber 12, 1774, in Dracut, Mass., and was a farmer by occupation. He married Susannah Richardson, daughter of Obadiah Richardson, and they had eight children, of whom Sarah C, mother of Mrs. White, was the youngest. From Susannah Richardson Hildreth, her maternal grandmother, ;\Irs. White traces her ancestry back, as follows: Lieutenant Obadiah [\ichardson was a son of Moses Richardson, who was son of Captain Josiah, third, who was son of Lieutenant Josiah, second, who was son of Captain Josiah, first, who was the sec- ond son of Ezekiel Richardson, who came from England in 1630, and was one of the founders of Woburn, Mass. Mr. White is distinctively an American by birth, ancestry, and personal characteristics. His high standing as a business man ami citi- zen has been wholly self-achieved. His wile is a woman of rare sagacity and exceptional business ability, and her wise counsels and ready assistance have been of great value to iier husband. Besides his regular business 6o2 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. White has large real estate interests in the vicinity of Brant Rock. He and his wife attend and help support the Congregational church. REDERICK HOWARD, who, durinj his long and active career was one of the most esteemed residents of Brock- ton, was born in this town (then known as the North Parish of Bridgewater), February 14, 181 5. He is a descendant of John Howard, who came from England, and settled first in Du.xbury, and later, about 165 1, in West Bridgewater. John Howard is said to have lived, when a lad, in the family of Miles Standish. He was a man of great influence, and was one of the first military ofificers in Bridgewater. ' From him Mr. Howard's line of descent is traced through John, second, Robert (who held the title of Captain, and was one of the first settlers of the North Parish), Daniel, and Darius, our subject's father. Darius Howard married first Sophia, daugh- ter of Jonas Howard, June 3, 1804, and by her had three children. His wife dying August 15, 1807, on June 5, 1808, he married for his second wife, Huldah, daughter of Jonathan Carey. Their family consisted of seven chil- dren, of whom Frederick was the fourth. The father, who died in 1836, was a prominent man in the town, serving at different times as Selectman and Deputy Sheriff. Frederick Howard, our direct subject, was educated in the common schools of North Bridgewater. At the early age of thirteen he entered the employ of Lysander Howard, dressing and cutting shoes, for which he re- ceived only one shilling per day for the first six months. He remained thus engaged until he was twenty-one, and earned in that time eleven hundred dollars, half of which he re- tained, the other half going to his father. He then worked one year for Rufus E. How- ard, in the same business, having charge of the cutting department. In 1837 he began for himself in a small way, in the manufact- ure of boots and shoes, which he carried on si.\ years, when failing health compelled him to relinquish it. From that time until his death he dealt in real estate, and also was en- gaged to some extent in the settlement of es- tates. He was a Director of the North ]5ridgewater Bank during its existence, from 1854 to 1865. A Republican in politics, he became prominent in town affairs, and held various positions of responsibility and trust. He was Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor (one year, in 1849), and was Special County Commissioner nine years. Of a gen- erous and charitable nature, he expended thousands of dollars in acts of private benevo- lence. Though an octogenarian, and an in- valid for some time prior to his death, his mental powers remained bright, and he pre- served a cheerful disposition to the end. His memory will long be honored by the commu- nity in which he spent his life. BED LINCOLN RIPLEY, the efficient Treasurer of the Rhodes & Ripley Clothing Company of Boston, and an esteemed resident of Ilingham, Plymouth County, was born in this town. May 23, 1831, son of Ebed and Leah (Jones) Ripley. The family are of English extraction, the earliest- known ancestor being William, a weaver by trade, who came from lingland in 1638, and settled in New Hingham. The same year he had a grant of four acres of land, the greater part of which is still held by his descendants. By his first wife, whom he married in Eng- I land, he had four children, who came with BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 603 liini to America. John, the cUlcst, nianicil Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. I'etcr llolxut, and tliey had seven children, lie died at the age of Hfty-two, and his wife at the age of sixty. I'eter, their (iftii child, and ne.xt in line, was born in Ilingham in 166.S. lie was a cooper by trade, and became quite jiromi- nent in town affairs, serving as Constable in 1708, and as Selectman in 1725. He married Sarah La.sscll, daughter of John and IClizabeth Lassell, of Hingham, and they had six chil- dren. The father died at the age of seventy- four, and the mother at seventy. Peter, their second child, born in Hingham, married for his first wife Silence Lincoln, daughter of. Caleb and Rachel Lincoln, of this town, and they became the parents of eight children. He was prominent in town affairs, being Con- stable in 1735, and Selectman in 1738 and 1741. He died at the age of sixty-nine years. Neheniiah, their fifth child, married Lydia Hobart, daughter of the Rev. Nehemiah and Lydia Hobart, and they had seven children. He was a farmer by occupation, served as Constable, and died in his forty-third year. Nehemiah, second child of Nehemiah and Lydia Hobart Ripley, and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Hing- ham in 1755. He lived on the homestead all his life, following agricultural pursuits. He married I'riscilla Lincoln, whose mother's maiden name was Mary Burr, and they had nine children. They were members of the F"irst Orthodo.x Church. He lived to the age of seventy-four years. Kbed, seventh child of Nehemiah and I'ris- cilla Lincoln Ripley, was born in Hingham, November 15, 1793. He learned the trade of a box cooper, and was also land surveyor, which profession he followed through life. In politics he was at first a Whig and later a Republican. He was a hard-working man, and left a good property at his death, which oc- curred at the age of eighty-two years. His wife, whose maiden name was Leah Jones, was a daughter of Benjamin Jones, of Hing- ham. She had three children — Mary Burr, Joan, and l^bed. Mary Burr Ripley married John K. Carthell, and died leaving three chil- dren — John G., Henry R., and Mary R. Joan Ripley became Mr. Carthell's wife after the death of her sister, and is now his widow. She has one child living, Ella. The father and mother were Unitarians in religious belief; and the mother died at the age of fifty-eight. Kbed L. Ripley was educated in the public schools and at Derby Academy in Hingham. He then went to New London, Conn., where he was employed for one year, after which he returned to Hingham. He subsequently went to Boston, entering the employ of Fearing & Whitney, wholesale clothing dealers, with whom he remained seven years, finally suc- ceeding them as part proprietor, the firm name being changed to Rhodes & Ripley in July, 1855. Later the firm was known under the style of Rhodes, Ripley & Co., until 1896, when it was incorporated as the Rhodes & Ripley Clothing Company, Mr. Ripley becom- ing its Treasurer. Mr. Ripley is a Republi- can politically, and has twice served as dele- gate to national conventions, helping to nomi- nate Blaine and Harrison. He is I'resident of the Hingham Water Company, being one of the prime movers in getting the power es- tablished; President of the Hingham Agri- cultural and Horticultural Society, having held that jwsition for the i)ast sixteen years; President of the Hingham Cemetery Corjiora- tion; and has been President of the Hingham Co-operative Bank since its organization, hav- ing been actively interested in its establish- ment. He officiates also as Trustee of the Hingham Public Library. 6o4 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Ripley has been twice married. His first wife, Henrietta Hersey by maiden name, was a daughter of Seth S. and Betsy R. Hersey, of Hingham. She died in 1868, at the age of thirty-two, leaving no children. On January 3, 1871, Mr. Ripley married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Henry Mel- ville Hersey, daughter of Henry and Betsy Hersey, and a niece of his first wife. They have seven children, namely: Henry Francis, born March 2, 1872; Ebed R., born Novem- ber 6, 1873; William Ripley, born March i, 1876; Nettie M., born April 12, 1878; Alice, born August 3, 1880; Bessie W. , born March 26, 1883; and Reginald L., who was born July 6, 1891. Mr. Ripley is a member of the Masonic order. He and his wife are believers in the Unitarian faith. 'AMUEL HERVEY CHURCH, a prosperous agriculturist and highly respected citizen of Hanover, Mass., is a native of this town. He was born at Hanover Four Corners, September 15, 1S30, and was the eldest of the seven children of Samuel S. and Sarah (Sylvester) Church, the names of the other six being: Timothy, Julietta S., Sarah E., Mary A., Robert, and Benjamin. Their paternal grandfather was Timothy Church. After attending the district school and Han- over Academy, at the age of seventeen Sam- uel H. Church began working at the trade of an anchorsmith, at which he served a three years" apprenticeship with John Sylvester, of Hanover; and, after remaining with him another year as journeyman, went to East Wey- mouth. Returning to Hanover at the end of twelve months, he worked at his trade here for a few years, subsequently going to Somerset, and thence to Raynham ; from which place. four years later, he again returned to Hanover, and worked until 1868 at Curtis's anchor works. When the Hanover Railroad was started he held the position of assistant station agent here about ten months, after which he engaged in the coal and grain business for eight months. Mr. Church then sold out, and in 1870 he removed to the farm where he now lives, and is engaged in the saw and grist mill business in addition to his farm work. His homestead contains sixty acres, and he also owns other tracts of land, making in all one hundred and fifty acres. In 1 861 he was married to Miss Ellen C. Gardner. Their only child, a son, Edward G., who was born July 20, 1868, died March II, 1876. Mr. Church is a stanch Republi- can. He has served acceptably in various minor town offices, also as Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Selectman from 1877 to 18S9 — twelve successive years. T^APTAIN JOSHUA L. MACOMBER, I jp an old and respected citizen residing ^J^ ^ in Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, is one of the large number of men in this lo- cality who, after many years of seafaring life, have engaged successfully in industrial pur- suits. He was born in Mattapoisett, January 16, 1829, and was reared in this town, acquir- ing a limited education. He went to work at the early age of fourteen, and for two years was employed as a clerk in a store in New Bedford. Then, when a lad of sixteen, he started on his nautical career, engaging as cabin boy on the ship "Roman," a New Bed- ford whaler. The vessel sailed for the whaling grounds of the Pacific Ocean, and was out from port thirty-two months and twenty-seven days. On his return to New Bedford the lad shipped BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 60S again, this time engaging as boat stecrcr on the ship "Ai)rahani ]5arker," wiiich was out twcnty-thrx'e months, cruising in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. His next voyage, which covered thirty-two months, was as third mate of the same vessel, cruising in the Arctic Ocean; and he was subsequently first mate of the "Abraham Barker" during a forty-five months' cruise in the Arctic Ocean, the Okhotsk Sea, and the North Pacific. His fifth voyage was as first mate of the bark "Martha Q.," of New liedford, which was out forty-eight months to a day, sailing the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. On his next voyage he left port as mate of the same ship, and, the captain dying when she was out some thirteen months, he was given charge of the vessel. From beginning to end the voyage was a dis- astrous one. On June 29, 1865, the ship was burned in Behring Straits by the "Shenan- doah," one of the Confederate privateers which were fitted out in Great Britain, through the connivance of the British government, to prey on American commerce; antl the crew, with the sailors from seven other vessels, making two hundred and forty men all told, were crowded on one vessel. This arrangement, however, was unsafe for the captors, and [lart of the men were afterward placed on another vessel. Captain Macomber landed at the .Sandwich Islands, went thence to San Fran- cisco, and from there home. On this voyage he was injured by a whale, and his hurt was so serious that he decided to retire from the sea. Accordingly, he located in his present home, and engaged in the manufacture of lum- ber and shingles, establishing a saw-mill in Mattapoisett, which is still under his direc- tion. Captain Macomber was married May 23, 1853, to Miss Sophronia D. Cowen, who died in 1874. She was the mother of two children — Susan M. anil Flizabeth, who arc both with her in the world beyond. In 1876 the Cap- tain was united in matrimony with Miss Mary G. Hiller, who still presides over his hou.se- hold. By this union he has three children: Joshua; Chloe, a student at Providence Acad- emy ; and Seth. A popular member of the Republican party, Captain Macomber has served on the School Board for twenty years, and officiated as Justice of the Peace for six- teen years. In religion he is a member of the Society of Friends. f^^TEORGE K. DAVIS, a well-known \J5| resident of Hingham, Mass., en- gaged in business as an ice dealer and expressman, was born in Bombay, Frank- lin County, N.Y., July 11, 1851, son of George W. and Caroline (Jackson) Davis. His grandfather, George E. Davis, first, was a native of Wales, and lived there until he was three years of age, when his father, the great- grandfather of the subject of this sketch, emi- grated to Connecticut, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Grandfather Davis married Eunice Butler, of Vermont, and they had ten children. Me died at the age of sixty- five, while his wife lived to the advanced age of ninety-six years. His political principles were those of the Republican party, and he was liberal in religion. Serving as a private in the War of 1812, he was wounded, and he drew a pension for many years thereafter. George W., his second child, and the father of George E., of Hingham, was born in Grand Isle, Vt. At the age of nine years he re- moved with his parents to Bombay, N.Y. , where he grew to mahood, being largely self- educated. He stuilied law, and, besides doing a large business drawing deeds and set- tling estates, became prominent in town 6o6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW affairs, serving as Custom-house Collector for fifteen years, being appointed in 1870. He also officiated as Justice of the Peace for many years. In politics he affiliates with the Re- publican party, and in religion he is liberal. Still a resident of Bombay, and somewhat ad- vanced in life, he is yet hale and hearty. He has met with excellent financial success. He married Caroline Jackson, and five chil- dren were born to them; namely, Daniel C, James B. (deceased), Martha A., George E., and Laura A. Martha A. is the wife of Dr. H. S. Rockwood, of Bombay, N.Y., and has two living children — George and Henry. Laura A. married H. M. Bero, of Bombay. They have no children. The maternal grand- father, Eliphalet Jackson, was born in Hines- burgh, Vt. At the age of twenty-one he re- moved to Grand River, Canada, and was mar- ried to Martha Willsie. In 1S82 they settled at Bombay, N.Y., where they reared a family of seven girls and two boys. Mr. Jackson at- tained the age of eighty-three years. His wife died at about fourscore. George E. Davis received his early educa- tion in Bombay, N.Y., and from the time he was twelve until he was twenty worked on a farm. For a year and a half after that he was employed in a hotel in his native town. He then came East, and, settling in Cohasset, Mass., remained three years. In 1878 he came to Hingham, where he has continued to the present time, being engaged as an ice dealer and jobber, dealing in hay and grain. In 1 88 1 he established an express route from Nantasket to Boston, which he also still runs. He began his mercantile career in a small way, but he has been so successful that he is now one of the most prominent business men in town. In politics he is identified with the Republican party, but he is not an office- holder. Fraternally, he belongs to the Old Colony Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows; the Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; the Royal Arcanum, Warren Council, Boston; the Hingham Lodge, Knights of Honor; and the Golden Cross organization of Hingham. Mr. Davis and Ada M. Bero, daughter of Henry Bero, of Bombay, N.Y. , were married on Washington's Birthday, 18S1. They have five children — William Harry, George W., Veda May, Hazel A., and Warren P. OVLLAN LINCOLN SHIRLEY, M.D., t^ of East Bridgewater, is a graduate of ' '* V_^ Bowdoin College, and a thoroughly qualified physician and surgeon. He was born in Fryeburg, Me., February 15, 1865, son of Franklin and Emily (Page) Shirley, and comes of notable English and New England stock. ^^ His great-great-grandfather, Edward Shirley, who was born in Burton, Devonshire, Eng- land, about 1743, was impressed into military service, and came to this country just before the breaking out of the Revolution. Dislik- ing his impressment, and sympathizing with the colonists, he left the British forces, and fled to General Stark. Fearing discovery and punishment as a deserter, he was kept in hid- ing when not assisting the General in building his house. Edward Shirley subsequently set- tled in Fryeburg, Me., and there Jonathan, Edward (third), and Franklin, respectively the great-grandfather, grandfather, and father of Dr. Shirley, were born. In England the Shirleys were connected by marriage with the VVashingtons. It is re- corded that Lawrence Washington, of Gray's Inn, ancestor of George Washington, who served as Mayor of Northampton, and in 1538 received from Henry VIII. the manor of Sul- grave, married a daughter of Shirley, Earl Ferrars. If this is correct, Shirley blood BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 607 flowed in George Washington's veins. ICliza- beth Washington, grand-daughter of Sir Law- rence Washington, of Garsdon, Wiltshire, second son of the first Lawrence, married Robert Shirley, Uaron Kerrars, of Chartley, afterward Karl Fcrrars. Franklin Shirley, Dr. Shirley's father, is a well educated man. For some time he man- aged a farm of six hundred acres in h'ryeburg, his own property; and lie was aJso in trade there, retailing general merchandise, and was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lum- ber. His wife, Emily (Page) Shirley, was a descendant of Cornelius Page, probably a na- tive of Dedham, lingland, who settled in Haverhill, Mass., about 1660. His great- grandson, Colonel David Page, the great- great-grandfather of Dr. Shirley, was one of the original seven who went from Pennacook (now Concord, N.II.,) in 1763, into the Maine wilderness, and .settled "Seven Lots," now the town of Fryeburg. He and others of the seven had been in the French War with Rogers, participating in the daring exploits of " Rogers' Rangers " ; and in one of the lake fights he was wounded in the leg by a musket ball. Colonel David Page was for many years an acting magistrate of Fryeburg; and he was one of the first Trustees of Fryeburg Acad- emy, appointed in 1792. Dr. Shirley's great- grandfather and grandfather, Robert and Albion Page, lived and died in Fryeburg; and there his mother, too, passed her life, and closed her eyes in death. It is, perhaps, from the maternal side of his family that Dr. Shirley inherited his bent for mcdicihe. Dr. Horatio N. Page, formerly of Brewer, Me., and later of Chelsea, Mass., was his great-uncle; Dr. Alpheus F. Page, of Bucksport, Me., and Samuel Bradley, of Old- town, Me., whose mother was a Page, were his mother's cousins; Dr. William Page, of Brunswick, Me., was his grandfather's cousin; and the Hon. Jonathan Page, M.D. , who prac- tised in Brunswick, Me., before the medical college was established there, and who also taught medicine, often having a large number of students under his instruction, was a son of Colonel David Page. He was an original member of the Maine Medical Society, and was Overseer of Bowdoin College for upward of twenty years. He was a statesman as well as a physician, a member of the Maine Senate in 18 1 2, 1820, and 1 82 1, and a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1819-20. His house in Brunswick was spacious, and his dis- position hospitable; and many distinguished guests rested under his roof. The celebrated Scotch anatomist, Dr. Alexander Ramsey, who gave courses qf anatomical lectures in this country, illustrated by his own specimens, was entertained at Dr. Page's house when he lect- ured in Brunswick. Allan Lincoln Shirley in his boyhood at- tended the public schools of Fryeburg, and later Fryeburg Academy, where he was gradu- ated in 1886. Immediately after he took up the study of medicine with Dr. D. Lowell Lamson, of Fryeburg, a man of rare scholar- shi]i, a graduate of the University Medical College of New York City. A year and a half with Dr. Lamson gave the young man a broad insight into the theory and ])ractice of medicine. His studies were continued at Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in the spring of 1890, and in the Maine General Hospital in Portland; for soon after entering college he moved from Fryeburg to that city. In September, 1890, he engaged in regular practice in East Bridgewater, succeeding Dr. Asa Millet (now decea.sed), who then retired: and, though in professional work here but a short time, he has a large and lucrative prac- tice, and enjoys the confidence of his patrons. 6o8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Dr. Shirley is an enthusiastic student, and embraces every opportunity to visit the Bos- ton hospitals, and study the different forms of disease, and the latest methods of surgery. He has been Chairman of the East Bridge- water Board of Health two years, and has been a member of that body for a much longer period; and he belongs to the Village Im- provement Club. In politics he is a Repub- lican. WILLIAM L. CH Fourth Distric CHIPMAN, clerk of the ict Court of Plymouth, and an esteemed resident of the town of Wareham, was born November 2, 1836, in Randolph, Norfolk County, Mass., a son of Lloyd and Hannah R. Chipman. Lloyd Chipman in his early life was a stage driver between Providence and Boston. After the completion of the railway between those cities he removed to Wareham, where he was proprietor and manager of a hotel until his death, in 1865. The maiden name of his wife was Hannah R. White. She bore him three children, as follows: William L., sub- ject of this brief biographical sketch; Sarah E. ; and George W. , who died in 1884. The mother, Mrs. Hannah R. Chipman, died April 26, 1879. William L. Chipman was reared to man- hood in the town of Wareham, receiving his education in the public schools and at Peirce Academy in Middleboro. He was subsequently employed as a clerk for his father in the hotel until i860, when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and Constable, an office in which he served one term. He then accepted the posi- tion of clerk in the office of Trial Justice William Bates, afterward continuing some years in the same office with Seth Miller, Esq., who succeeded Mr. Bates as Trial Justice. In addition to his office duties, Mr. Chipman was also Collector, as such having charge of a good deal of business. In 1874 he became clerk of the Fourth District Court of Plymouth, an office which he has acceptably filled for more than a score of years. Since 1872 he has been Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. In politics Mr. Chipman is an adherent of the Republican party, and is an advocate of the temperance cause, practising as he preaches in this regard, as he has never used liquor in any form. He has never been an aspirant for political honors, but served for many years as Town Auditor. Mr. Chipman and Miss Hannah J. Hinck- ley, a daughter of Alpheus and Abbie (Bum- pus) Hinckley, of Wareham, were united in marriage on January 14, 1874. They have a pleasant home, and are the parents of three children; namely, George W., Abbie F., and Paul L. Chipman. /3)eORGE C. HOWARD, the popular V fsT and efficient Superintendent of Schools in the towns of East Bridge- water, West liridgewater, and Raynham, who resides with his widowed mother in their pleasant rural home in West Bridgewater, is a native of this town. He was born October 2, i860, a son of Elam and Keziah (Wilbur) Howard, the former of whom was born in West Bridgewater, and the latter in Bridgewater, Mass. Elam Howard was a son of Thomas Howard, and was a lineal descendant of John Howard, one of the early settlers of West Bridgewater. A lifelong farmer, he died here in November, 1876, survived by his widow and several chil- dren, namely: Hepsie, wife of Elijah Smith; Ida, wife of Heman Stranger; Helen, wife of Josiah W. Foye; Edith, wife of W. H. Washburn; Grace, wife of M. A. Kingman; BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 609 ami George C. Mary A., who married Joseph Billiard; and Alice, formerly wife of William Michie, are deceased. After acquiring a knowledge of the common English branches in the public schools of West Bridgewater, George C. Howard, having decided to devote himself to educational work, took a complete course at the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass., where he was graduated in 1882, having earned the money to defray his expenses during the last two years. For a number of years he was em- ployed as a teacher, being successively prin- cipal of the Spraguc Grammar School at Brockton, and of the Mattapoisett High School, and all this time making a special study of the theory and practice of teach- ing. In April, 1895, he was elected Super- intendent of the schools of East Bridge- water, West Bridgewater, and Rajnham, and in 1896 he was re-elected to the same posi- tion. In political affiliation Mr. Howard is a Re- publican, and in 1892 represented the three ]5ridgcwaters in the Massachusetts legislature, and during his term was clerk of the Commit- tee on Education. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Howard Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at West Bridgewater. Me is a member of the Baptist church. Both as a citizen and as an educator he enjoys the confidence and good will of the public. BNER WOOD, a successful, practical agriculturist of Middleboro, Mass., was born in this town, January 9, 1840, son of William T. and Amanda (Sawyer) Wood. His grandfather, Abner Wood, was a son of Abner, Sr., who was the first of this branch of the family to settle in Middleboro. He was of English descent. VVilliaiu T. and Amanda Wood were the parents of three children, as follows: Catherine C, living in Middleboro; William H., who lost his life in the battle of Petersburg; and Abner, of this sketch. William H. Wood left four children, two boys and two girls. One of the boys at eight years of age was taken under the care of his uncle Abner, for whom he was named. He grew to manhood, and died at the age of twenty-nine. Having acquired his education in the dis- trict schools of Middleboro, Abner Wood when si.xteen years of age went to Taunton, Mass., to learn the trade of Reed & Benton, and remained four years. Returning to the old homestead, he lived there until 1858, then removed to a farm near Middleboro village; and two years later, in i860, he purciiased tiie farm of one hundred acres, on which he has since lived. He owns other tracts of lantl, aggregating about one hundred and forty-five acres, including the home place. For fourteen years Mr. Wood has served as Highway Surveyor, and for five years as Fire Warden, being an eminently useful and much esteemed citizen. jALVIN PRATT, M.D.. is one of the prominent physicians of Eastern Mas- sachusetts, fitted by natural ability and the best of training for the serious work which he is called upon to do. He was born in the town of Bridgewater, his present home, March 24, 1842, a son of Dr. Calvin B. and Mary T. (Perkins) Pratt. Phineas and Joshua Pratt, Englishmen, one or both of whom sailed in the ship "Ann." which arrived at Plymouth in August, 1623, were the first representatives of the Pratt fam- ily in America. Savage, however, says that Phineas Pratt was in Massachusetts in June, 6io BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 1622. He settled in Weymouth, and after- ward removed to Charlestown. The line of descent is thus continued: Matthew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., who died in 1672; his son Joseph, born in 1637, died in 1720; Joseph, Jr., born 1665, died 1765; Benjamin, his son, born 1693, died 1762; Benjamin, Jr., born 1719, died 1776; William, son of Benjamin, Jr , born 1746, died 1808; Calvin, son of William, born 1774, died 1824. Dr. Pratt's great-great- grandfather, Benjamin Pratt, held a commis- sion in the British regular army, under George III.; and Benjamin's son Calvin was a Cap- tain in the Massachusetts State militia after the Revolutionary War. Dr. Calvin B. Pratt, son of Calvin, first, was born in Middleboro, Mass. An able and popular physician, he practised in Bridge- water over twenty years, dying in 1S62. His wife was a daughter of Jacob Perkins, the founder of the Lazel & Perkins Iron Works at Bridgewater, now known as the Bridgewater Iron Works. She died June 5, 1875. Of their children, four are living: Henry T. and Sarah K., in Bridgewater; John W. , resident physician aod superintendent of the Massa- chusetts General Hospital in Boston; and Calvin, the special subject of this biographi- cal sketch. Calvin Pratt attended the public and pri- vate schools in Bridgewater, the academy in this town, and the Bridgewater State Normal School, where he was graduated. He took a six months' course in chemistry in Harvard University, a special course in comparative anatomy and physiology with Professor Jeffries Wyman at Cambridge, and during the Civil War was acting medical cadet at the Judiciary Square Hospital at Washington for si,\ months. He then took the regular course at the Harvard Medical School, receiving his degree in 1866, and was one year house sur- geon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He practised first at St. Peter, Minn., remaining there some thirteen months; and the five years following he was engaged in professional work in Duxbury, Mass. In 1874 he returned to the home of his child- hood, and for nearly a quarter of a century he has worked faithfully among his townspeople, fighting disease and death, and winning grat- itude, love, and respect. Dr. Pratt is a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He has been for twenty years a consulting physician for the State farm. He was married in 1866 to Adelaide l<]d- strom, of Boston, and has four children — Calvin B., Emily L., Elise A., and Mary B. Dr. Pratt votes the Republican ticket. Inter- ested in the cause of education, he is Vice- President of the Board of Trustees of Bridge- water Academy. He is a 'prominent Mason, Past Master of Corner Stone Lodge of Dux- bury, Mass. TTIWELL W. BANKS, machinist, is one of the busy men of Brockton, that great hive of manufacturing in- dustry. He was born at Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, February 7, 1866, and is a son of Abram and Sarah (Rice) Banks, both natives of Nova Scotia. Abram Banks, who is a farmer, and is now seventy years of age, is still living in his native province. He and his wife were blessed with a family of ten children, six of whom are living, the subject of this biography being next to the youngest. Ottiwell W. Banks in his youth acquired a good education, finishing his studies at the Digby High School. For six or seven years after leaving school he followed the pursuit of BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW agriculture in the rrovinces, at first on his fatiicr's farm, afterward for wages on other farms. In 1885 he came to the States, and stopped for a while in Boston, hiring from there as a farm hand; and one of his engage- ments took him to Brockton. lie subse- quently obtained employment in tiie machine shop of E. A. Stiggins in this city, remain- ing six months, antl then went to work in Mr. Gray's pattern shop. In 1S92 he became a partner of W. L. & II. A. Dunbar, and was a member of the firm of W. L. Dunbar & Co., until the fall of 1S95, when he sold his inter- est to F. D. Kelly. He now has charge of their shop, and owns a half interest in the patent known as the "second row marker," a machine for marking shoes. Mr. Banks is an industrious and enterprising man, and relies on his own exertions for success. He was married in March, 1889, to Miss I^lsie Libby, and has two children ^ Daisy May and Beulah Mildred. In politics Mr. Banks favors the Republican side. He is a member of the Second Advent Christian church, and has been an Elder for six or seven years. -I^EVVIS SHERRETT, for a number of IJT years a well-known resident of Carver, — -^ Plymouth County, Mass., was born in England on the 15th of July, 1835. At the age of fourteen he began to learn the trade of a stone mason, at which he worked in his native country until he came to America. The voyage, which lasted forty-two days, was made on a sailing vessel. He landed at New York City, but immediately went to Lonsdale, R.I.; and there he worked at his trade for eleven months. After that he went to New Bedford, Mass., where he remained for two years, then to Chicago, St. Louis, and other Western cities. These wanderings consumed a j)eriod of four years. He then came to Carver, his present home, but left almost im- mediately and went to Boston, in which and other Eastern cities he spent twelve years from 1859 to 1871. During this whole period he plied his old trade, that of a stone mason, some times getting jobs on government works. In 1 871 he returned to Carver, where he passed the remainder of his days, dying October i, 1896. He was married in June, 1S56, to Mary T. Savery; and they became the parents of three children. One of these, a daughter, Susan B., born August 7, 1864, died on the 4th of October, 1869. The mother, Mrs. Mary T. S. Sherrett, died July 31, 1S92. William L. Sherrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sherrett, was born in Carver, Septem- ber 9, 1859. He attended the public schools of New Bed- ford and of other Eastern cities during his youth; and at the end of his school career, anxious to earn his living and etlucate him- self still further at the same time, he took a four years' course at a Massachusetts State Normal School. After his graduation on the 2ist of July, 1882, he taught for three years in the public schools of Hull and other towns in Massachusetts, and then went to Washing- ton, D.C., where he entered the Pension liureau of the Department of the Interior as a clerk. He was there employetl for five years, and during this time prepared himself to enter the profession of the law, taking a course of study at Georgetown L^niversity. He was admitted to the Washington bar in 1SS9. While he was in Washington, besides attend- ing to his business and the study of law, he also studied the science of medicine and sur- gery at Howard University, and was graduated from there as an M.D. in the year 1890. .Mr. William L. Sherrett was a Deputy 6l2 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also high up in Masonry, as was also his father. He died of consump- tion in Florida in i8go; and his remains were sent back to Carver, and interred here by the Masons. ALTER C. HAMMOND, Secretary of the School Board of Kingston, Mass., -has been for a number of years in business in this town as a contractor and builder, and is a widely known and highly respected citizen. A sou of Asa C. and Amanda (Clark) Hammond, he was born in Kingston, May 17, 1853. Asa C. Hammond, who was born in Pem- broke, Mass., and is now in his seventy-sec- ond year, has resided in Kingston the greater part of his life. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, and worked at it for a number of years, but has now for some time been retired. An intelligent and influential citizen, he served for an extended period on the School Board of Kingston. His wife, Mrs. Amanda C. Hammond, was born in Plymouth, Mass. They are the parents of the following children: Eugene H., who studied architecture at Cornell University, and is now in business as an architect in New York City; Walter C, the subject of this sketch; Isabella A. and Chester E., in Kingston. Walter C. Hammond was educated in the public schools of Kingston. He was em- ployed for two years as clerk in the cordage works at Plymouth, and then engaged in the building trade, starting in business as a con- tractor when he was about twenty-two years old. He was very successful, and has fol- lowed the same line of business for twenty years, erecting a great number of private resi- dences. Mr. Hammond is essentially a self- made man, having carved his own fortune. On June 15, 1S7S, he was united in mar- riage with Eliza Chandler, daughter of James and Mary (Peterson) Chandler, all natives of Duxbury, Mass. The Petersons, Mrs. Ham- mond's ancestors on the maternal side, were old settlers in Duxbury. Her parents reared five children: Abbot C, now in Janestown, R.I. ; Arthur J., in Plymouth, Mass.; Louisa C, wife of John Stegmaier, of Kingston; Eliza (Mrs. Hammond); and Elmer C, resid- ing in Plymouth. Mrs. Hammond, though born in Duxbury, has lived in Kingston since she was five years old, and has many friends in this town. She is the mother of the fol- lowing children : Lester C, James C, Helen A., Elizabeth P., Walter C, Jr., Asa C, Jo- sephine P., and Lawrence C. Mr. Hammond is a member of the Republi- can party. He has been for several years on the School Board of Kingston, and has been Secretary two years. An active Mason, he has presided for the past two years as Master of Corner Stone Lodge, A. h'. & A. M., of Duxbury. « *»>■» /^STeORGE H. SHAW, 2d, of Middle- V pT boro, Mass., is well known in Plym- outh County as a retailer of shoes. He is in the habit of writing "2d" after his name, to distinguish him from another George H. Shaw in the same place, who is two or three years his senior. Mr. Shaw is a Grand Army man, and is proud to claim among his kindred other gallant soldiers, patriots of the Revolution and of the second war with Eng- land. He was born in Carver, Mass., August 24, 1834, a son of Linus and Dicey (Allen) Shaw. Many succeeding generations of the Shaw family have lived and died in Plymouth County, and the name frequently appears in the industrial and military records. Mr. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 6-3 George H. Shaw's great-grandfather was a Captain in the Revolutionary army; and his grandfather, Captain Joseph Shaw, was an officer in the War of 1812. His father, Linus Shaw, who was born in Carver, Mass., and was a moulder by trade, died in his fifty- first year, four years before the opening of the Rebellion. Mis wife was the grand-daughter of Captain Jacob Allen, a Revolutionary pa- triot, who was killed in the battle of Still- water (1777). Captain Allen was at that time in the flush of vigorous manhood, being thirty -eight years of age. Mrs. Dicey Allen Shaw lived to the age of fourscore and three. She was the mother of si.x children, five of whom are living: George H., the subject of this sketch; Linus Allen Shaw, chief of police of Watertown, Mass., who, as a soldier in the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment, served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865; Jeannette H., residing in Whitman; Arlotha M., in East Bridgewater; and Calvin, now in Oakland, Cal. George H. Shaw was reared in the town of Carver, and his early education was limited to the common schools of his native place. He went to work when fifteen years of age, being hired by the month ; and, after his father's death, as he was the eldest of the family, the care of the household devolved upon him. The mutterings of the storm of war stirred the patriotic blood in his veins; and he joined Company K, Third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, enlisting for three months. He re- mained most of the time at Fortress Monroe; and, after receiving his discharge, he enlisted again, being enrolled in Company B of the same regiment. During his second term of service he participated in several important engagements, and became familiar with the terrible realities of war. In June, 1S63, he was honorably discharged; and, returning home, he obtained employment in a box-mill, with which he was connected some thirteen years. He then engaged in the shoe business, and, purchasing a wagon, travelled from ])l.icc to place, working up a large trade. In this way he made many acquaintances, and, while accumulating money, acquired a wide knowl- edge of human nature. Mr. Shaw is now grad- ually retiring from business. In 1865 he was married to Miss Carrie B. Griffith, of Carver. This union has been blessed with two children, one of whom, Nellie M., is living. Mr. Shaw votes the Republican ticket. He joined the E. W.* Pierce Encampment, of the Grand Army of the Republic, in 1867, and has presided as Officer of the Day, Senior Commander, in fact, has held most of the offices within the gift of Post No. 8 of Middleboro. XDREW D. Di:\i:\HCK, senior mem- l)er of the firm of Dimmick& Perkins, dealers in gentlemen's furnishing goods, Brockton, Mass., is a native of Barn- stable County. He was born February 24, 1S57, in the town of Falmouth, son of Charles William and Esther (Robinson) Dimmick. In the old country, long, long ago, this sur- name was spelled Dymoke; and a certain knight who bore it was famous as the champion of England. The first of the family in Mas- sachusetts, so far as known, was Colonel Dim- mick, an American oflficer in the Revolution, who by stratagem captured an English frigate off the coast of Weymouth. Among the inter- esting papers treasured by his descendants are several containing the signature of Washing- ton. Charles Dimmick, father of Charles William, was I)orn in I'almouth; and for many years he followed the sea, being for some time the 6i4 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW captain of a vessel. He passed his declining years on a farm in Falmouth, where he died at seventy-nine years of age. He was not active in public affairs, never caring for office. He belonged to the First Congregational Church of Falmouth. His children, all now deceased, were: a daughter, Mercy, wife of "Captain H. Lawrence; Charles William; and another son, who died in California. Charles William Dimmick was educated in the district schools of his native town, Fal- mouth. Preferring to be a landsman rather than a sailor, and having a natural bent for mechanics, he learned the carpenter's trade, becoming a skilful workman and a master builder, and thereafter successfully engaged in business as a contractor. He died in 1890, aged sixty-eight years. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Braintree. His wife, Esther, was a daughter of Fessen- den Robinson, of East Falmouth. They had four children, namely: a daughter, Mercy; and three sons — -Thomas, William, and An- drew D. Thomas and William died in in- fancy. Mercy Dimmick married Frank G. Hunt, of Weymouth, and died in 1892, at the age of twenty-seven years. Andrew D. Dimmick was the youngest- born, and is now the only surviving child of his parents. He was educated at Lawrence Academy, Falmouth, and at G. A. Sawyer's Commercial College, where he took a business course. He then became an entry clerk in a wholesale pottery house in Boston ; and later on he entered the employ of Edward Young, wholesale dealer in shoe findings in that city, first making himself generally useful about the establishment, and then spending two years on the road as a travelling salesman, going through New England. After that, for about a year, he travelled for S. A. White, of Boston, manufacturer of shoe dressing, the next twelvemonth finding him engaged in the office of Russell's Mercantile Agency in Bos- ton as correspondent for the Southern and Western States. After working at book-keep- ing in the clothing house of Howard Cald- well, of Brockton, during the ensuing five years, he formed a copartnership with I^'red Tucker, and under the name of Tucker & Dimmick opened a gentlemen's furnishing store at Holyoke, Mass. Returning to Brock- ton one year later, Mr. Dimmick again went into the store of Howard & Caldwell, this time as clerk in their furnishing department. In October, 1894, after eleven years of valu- able experience, Mr. Dimmick resigned his position in the employ of Messrs. Howard & Caldwell, and, in company with Jesse F. Per- kins, opened a furnishing goods store at his present place. It is now two years since; and their business in this period has so increased that they carry four times as much stock as when they started, their establishment being the largest in its line of trade in the county. They employ eight clerks in the evening. Mr. Dimmick is a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, Brockton Lodge, No. 16, of which he has been Secre- tary; and is also connected with the Royal Arcanum. He married in 1880 Carrie L., daughter of Freeman Shiverick. They have three children, namely: Esther Nye, fifteen years of age; Clifford Shiverick, ten; and Herbert Russell, two years. ~^LJI1U THAYER, a retired gentleman Jpl of Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Quincy, Mass., October 25, 181 1, son of Elihu and Elizabeth (Savil) Thayer. His father was a resident of Quincy, and a carpenter by trade. He married Eliza- beth Savil, and they had four children: BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 6-5 Elihii, the subject of this biography; Allicrt, of Oiiincy; Ilirani, of Worcester, Mass.; and Lucy, who resides at Quincy. The father died at the age of seventy-two years. Klihu Thayer had limited educational ad- vantages, attending school but three months in tlie winter and four in the summer, accord- ing to the custom of that time. Going to Dorchester at the age of fourteen, he found employment in a general store and pul)lic house at Neponset. Early in life he came to Ilingham to work in a mercantile establish- ment; and here he led a life of constant activ- ity until about three years ago, when he re- tired. He has accumulated a goodly share of this world's goods, being the owner of several business houses in this town. Like other men who have been financially successful, he has worked his way from small beginnings. In politics at first a Wliig, in these later years he has afifiliated with the Republican party. On January 17, 1836, Mr. Thayer was united in marriage with Susan Mersey, a daughter of Isaac and Lydia (Stowell) Her- sey. She was born in Ilingham on August 27, 181 1. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer have three chil- dren, namely: Albert Elihu; Susan Anne Frances, wife of Charles Burr; and Charles Marion. Albert E. Thayer, born here Janu- ary 28, 1839, became a grocer, and resided on Lincoln Street. On December 7, 1865, he married Harriet Davis Weston, who was born November 27, 1837, daughter of Coomer and Sally S. (Eddy) Weston, of Plymouth. Three children were the result of their union: Ed- ward Weston, Harriet Blanche, and Anna Everett. Albert E. Thayer died on March 7, 1885. Charles Marion Thayer was born in Ilingham, September 2, 1852; and on Janu- ary 28, 1880, he married Ida I)., daughter of John D. Kcmington. By this marriage there is one daughter, Susie Burton Thayer. In re- ligious faith Mr. and Mrs. I']lihu Thayer are Universal ists. They reside on South Street, their life's evening cheered and bles.sed by the frequent presence of children and f information that maices him a most interesting cpmpan ion. Cai^tain Delano was inarrieii in 1.S73 to Miss Sarah Brings, wiio has Ijorno him three chil- dren; namely, Charles C, Jr., Amos, and Howard. The Captaih and his family occupy the house in which so many of his ancestors have lived and died, And which is now more than a century old, but is in a good state of ])reservation. ^I^OAH J. CHANULKR, the proprietor and manager of the Manomet Hotel at L^ V^ ^ Plymouth, Mas.s. , was born in the adjoining town of Duxbury in 1842, a son of Noah and Abigail (Phillips) Chandler. His father followed agricultural pursuits at Du.xbury throughout lite. He married Miss Abigail Phillips, and they became the favored parents of seven children, six sons and one daughter. Noah J. Chandler passed his boyhood at Duxbury on his father's farm, acquiring his education in the common schools. At the age of twelve he apjilied himself to the trade of shoemaking, which he plied at Duxbury until a few months after the outbreak of the Civil War, when, in September, 1861, he en- listed as a private in Company I, of the I'ourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry. He went South with the regiment, and in the battle of Urashear City he sustained a severe wound in the left shoulder by being struck by a shell. He remained a few weeks in the vicinity of Port Hudson. Discharged as a private at Duxbury in August, 1862, he then returned to his trade, working at Rock- land, and at Boston, Mass. In 1893 he moved to Manomet Point, and in the following year he assumed the manage- ment of the Brooks House at that place. Mr. Chandler is now the proprietor ami manager of the Manomet House, which accommodates about fifty guests, and which has a livery con- nection. Two pleasure boats also are run for the enjoyment of the patrons. Mr. Chandler is affiliated with the fraternity of Odd Fel- lows, and in politics he is numbered among the followers of the Republican party. IIARLKS H. CHURCHILL, who conducts a thriving retail fruit busi- ness in Plymouth, was born in this town, December 31, 1836, .son of KIkanah Churchill, who was for many years master of a fishing-vessel. At the age of ten years young Churchill began work in the rope-walk, where he was employed during the summer season, winding rope from five o'clock in the morning until seven in the evening, with a recess of two hours for meals, receiving twenty-five cents per day for his labor. Having learned to peg shoes, he followed that employment in the winter season, during the hours which were not occupied in attending school; and he was thus engaged until he was fifteen years (dd, when he went to the Grand Hanks on board a fishing-vessel. He later became a sailor in the merchant service, making voyages to the West Indies until reaching the age of twenty- five, when he met with an accident which compelled him to relinquish sea life; and, re- turning to Plymouth, he entered mercantile business as a clerk in Brailford Barnes's gro- cery store, where he remained for ten years. He then engaged in a similar capacity with Stephen Lucas, proprietor of a retail fruit store, receiving at first five dollars per week, which was soon increased to six dollars, and the following year his wages were advanced to seven dollars per week. 628 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW He remained with Mr. Lucas as clerk until January, 1880, when he bought the business outright. Successful from the start, he con- tinued to run the old store until November, 18S5, when he completely remodelled its in- terior, put in a large show, window, and other- wise improved his facilities for carrying on a flourishing and constantly increasing business, to which he devotes his entire time, employ- ing no assistant. Never having connected himself with outside matters which would pre- vent him from attending personally to its every detail, he has been able to successfully compete with his rivals, who have been obliged to withdraw, and he is now enjoying a clear field for the carrying on of a large and profitable enterprise. In politics Mr. Churchill is a Republican, having voted with that party since becoming of age, but has never entertained any desire for public office. In his religious views he is liberal. < * ■ » > KRED HANSON, a prominent citizen of Brockton, where for many years he has conducted a marble business, was born in Weymouth, Mass., May 2, 1835, a son of Thomas R. and Clarissa (Dudley) Hanson, from both of whom he inherited many noble traits of character. Thomas R. Hanson was the first cashier of the Union Bank of Weymouth and Braintree. He was also Secretary of the Mutual Insurance Company of Weymouth, and Treasurer of the Savings Bank of that place, besides holding at various tim.es niany of the principal town offices. He died at si.\ty-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Clarissa Dudley, bore him seven children, all sons, but only two survive: Fred, of this sketch; and his brother, of the firm of Hanson & Greene, the wholesale and millinery house of New York. This brother fitted for college and entered Amherst; but, changing his mind, he left college, went to Boston, and learned the millinery business in the store of Will- iam II. Mann & Co. on Milk Street. He subsequently went to New York with Mr. Cluden, the junior member of the firm, and after a time was admitted to partnership. Fred Hanson prepared for the work of life in the common schools of Weymouth and at a private academy in Braintree, Mass. On May I, 185 I, the day before his si.xteenth birthday, he came to Brockton, and began a five years' apprenticeship with Howard & Clark in the cabinet-making and furniture business, work- ing three years at the bench, and the remain- ing two years in the counting-room, keeping- books. After that he continued with them _ four years as salesman, and then went to Bridgewater, and started in the furniture busi- ness on his own account. Returning to Brockton at the end of two and a half years, he carried on business here in that line for some time. In 1864 he enlisted in Company C of the Sixtieth Ma'ss'achusetts Volunteers. After his return from the war in 1865, he em^ barked in the marble business with George W. Bryant, under the firm name of Bryant & Hanson, and they continued together until January i, 1875, when Mr. Hanson assumed the entire control of the busin-ess, which is one of the oldest in this part of the State. On March i, 1857, Mr. Hanson married Abbie J. Bryant, of Brockton. She died in 1 87 1, survived by a daughter, their two sons having died in childhood. In July, 1873, Mr. Hanson married Miss Margaret C. Hooi:)er, of Bridgewater, Mass. A Republican in political aflfiliation, Mr. Hanson was elected Representative to the State legislature from the Eleventh Plymouth District in 1895, and served on the State BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 629 House Committee. lie lias also sorvetl as clerk ami as Inspector of Klections from Ward 2. He was the first to propose that I'erkins Park shoulil be lighted by electricity, and did much toward making it a success. He was Chairman of the Committee during the fair held there by the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, and made a contract with the New England Weston lilectric Light Company of Boston to light the park. They brought dynamos, which they put in the old Keith factory at the west end of the park, then occupied by W. L. Douglass. These were the first electric lights used in the town. Mr. Hanson was also in- strumental in getting trains run in to the entertainment. Kraternally, he is a member of Webster Post, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has been Commander seven or eight years, and has served on various committees. He is a member of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) church. (s^YOHN F. SCHUBERT, an e.xpert cus- tom shoemaker of Plymouth, Mass., who has been in the employ of one concern here for forty years, was born in the Province of Silesia, Germany, December 14, 1826. His father, Joseph Schubert, was a mason by trade He gave his children a good education in the national schools, and young Schubert after graduating from the high school learned the trade of a shoemaker. At the age of twenty years he entered the Prussian Army, and during his five years of military life his regiment was called into active service to quell the Polish Revolution of 1848. After his discharge from the army in 1851, John F. Schubert emigrated to the United States, and, settling in Boston, was employed on custom shoe work by John F. Pray, [)ropri- elor of an extensive establishment located on Washington .Street in that city. In 1856 Mr. Schubert came to Plymouth, where he entered the employ of Benjamin Bramhall, later con- tinuing with Benjamin L. Bramhall, and he is still one of the most valued and skilful em- ployees of the Bramhall establishment. In 1853 Mr. Schnl)ert wedded Catherine Connor, a native of Ireland, and has reared a family of seven children, five s(jns and twi daughters, all of whom are residing in Plym- outh and are useful and respected members of society. One of his sons is a dentist, another follows shoemaking, another is a harness- maker, and the remaining two are connected with the iron inilustries. .Mrs. Schubert died in 1879. For the past eight or nine years Mr. Schu- bert has been a Trustee of the Plymouth Pub- lic Library, and he also takes a deep interest in other public institutions. Politically, he is independent, and supports the candidates whom he considers best qualified to hold pub- lic office. ON. ALBERT FRANCIS BARKICR, of Hanson, was born in this town, October 24, 1859, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Sacherick) Barker. His grand- father, also named Benjamin, was born in the town of Pembroke, now Hanson, and, after re- ceiving a common-school education, engaged in farming. He was a i)rominent citizen, serving as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor, for a number of years, lie was also an active member of the Congregational church. His son Benjamin, father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was born in Hanson, Janu- ary 17, 1811. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for seven or eight years, subsequently turning his attention to farming. He was very prominent in town affairs. 630 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Albert F. Barker received his education in the schools of Hanson. When about twenty years old he went to Colorado, where he en- gaged in mining. Returning home in 1881, he went to farming, and also began the study of law. Being admitted to the bar in 1892, he began the practice of his profession in Brockton, and has since been thus successfully engaged. Mr. Barker married Lucie C. Reyn- olds, and he and his wife have become the parents of three children — Albert D. , Maggie D., and Robert. Mr. Barker has served as member of the Board of Selectmen, Overseer of the Poor, member of both branches of the State legislature and in other offices. He is a member of Plymouth Rock Lodge, Knights of Pythias. INFIP:LD S. SOULP:, the well- known foreman of the Lilly Brack- et! & Co. Shoe P'actory, and an in- ventor of several machines to facilitate the. shoe industry, was born in Bowdoin, Sagada- hoc County, Me., July 29, 1864. He is a son of the late Reuben Soule, a native of New Gloucester, Me., where ancestors of the fam- ily, which is of English descent, settled in 1700. Reuben Soule was a farmer and carriage manufacturer for a quarter of a century. His farm was large, requiring the aid of several men. Mr. Soule was previously engaged in teaching for a time; and he also served as Captain of a military company. He married a daughter of Joel Allen, of Webster, Me., and they had five children, three of whom are living. Reuben Soule died at the age of fifty-seven years. Winfield S. Soule, after acquiring his edu- cation in the public and private schools of his native town, learned shoe stitching in the Burt & Packard Shoe Factory, remaining there four years. In 1884 he entered the em- ploy of Lilly Brackett & Co., and was pro- moted four years after to be foreman of their stitching-room, which he still has in charge. Being of an inventive turn of mind, in April, 1895, he made a machine for marking rows and stay work, which also graduates the sizes and widths of shoes ; and later he made another machine for attaching faces on uppers, the operator being obliged only to guide the work. This he intends to put out on a roy- alty. Mr. Soule has also invented an eyelet machine, and two or three kinds of snipping machines, besides others, which are not yet patented. On July 5, 1 891, Mr. Soule was united in marriage with a daughter of Joseph Eldridge, of Bucksport, Me. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Massasoit Lodge, No. 69, Independent Order of Odd P'ellows. He and his wife at- tend the Porter Congregational branch church. OHN S. WILLIAMS, an esteemed resident of Middleboro, Mass., where he established himself in business in April, 1896, was born in Fall River, Mass., May 10, 1875. He is a son of John W. and Ellen (Sherman) Williams, of that city. His father is in the grocery business at Fall Brook. Mrs. Ellen S. Williams, who came originally from Farmington, Me., is well known and respected in South Weymouth, Mass., where she lived before her marriage. She is the mother of three children: John S., whose name appears at the head of this article; Nathaniel E., residing in I'all River, his father's assistant in the store; and Harold, who is yet with his parents. John S. , the eldest son, passed his early boyhood in the bustling town of Fall River. He received a good education, attending the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 63" grammar and lii-li scliools of Midcllcboro, and taking a two years" course of study at Amherst College. As a first attem|)t at earning a live- lihood, he obtained employment in a paper box- factory at South Weymouth, and after a year and a half of that work he went to New ^^)rk to perfect himself in the science and art of undertaking, making a special study of the latest and best methods. He was graduated' from the United States School of Embalming, and about a year ago he established himself in business in Middleboro as an undertaker and funeral director. Although he has been here but a short time, he has already demon- strated his ability in his profession; and his quiet, pleasing manner, his refinement and delicacy have won for him many friends. Mr. Williams belongs to the Independent Order of Odd I'"ellows, and to the Middleboro Commercial Club. He attends the Congre- gational church, and is a prominent member of the local branch of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association. |UGENh: LINEHAN, a well-known drug- gist of Brockton, was born in West Bridgewatcr, February 2, 1859, son of Timothy and Ellen Linehan. Timothy Linehan, who was a shoemaker, was a highly respected citizen of Brockton, where he re- sided for half a century. He was about seventy years old at the time of his death. liugene Linehan was the youngest son of his parents. He was given the best educa- tional advantages, attending the common schools of West Ikidgewater, Bridgewater Academy, and Bryant & Strntton's Commer- cial College, Boston, and when his studies were finished was well cpialifietl for a business career. In 1881 he opened a drug store near his present location, and in the fifteen years that have elapsed since that time he has built up a lucrative business. Mr. Linehan is mar- ried and has had two children, a boy and a girl. The girl died in childhood. The boy, whose name is luigene, is a student in the Brockton High School. Mr. Linehan is in- dependent in politics. He was in the City Coiuicil two yeans, being elected from Ward 7, and the second year was nominated by both the Republicans and Democrats. He belongs to one social organization, the Knights of Co- lumbus. DWrX T. CLARK, a leading business iTun of Hanson, was born in this town, August I, 1S49, son of Edwin and Louisa (Bowker) Clark. His grandfather, Thomas Clark, was a native of Hanson, where he followed the trade of a wheelwright. He married Sarah Keith, of West Bridgewater, and they became the parents of seven chil- dren. Their son, Edwin, father of Edwin T., was born in West Bridgewater, Mass., in 1835. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and learned the trade of a shoemaker, which he followed the greater part of his life. In 1862 his patriotism led him to enlist in the Twentieth Massachusetts Infantry, and he per- formed his duty as one of the grand army of citizen .soldiers whr) fought for the preserva- tion of the Union. He is a Republican, pn- litically, and he is a member of L. T. Bonney Post, No. 127, Grand Army of the Republic. His wife, Louisa, reared three children. lulwin T. Clark, who is the eldest son of his parents, was educated in a school at South Hanson. His first business experience was gained as clerk in a store, in which position he remained for several years. Then, consid- ering himself ecpiipped for an intlepemlent start in life, he opened a grocery store at 632 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Bryantville. This venture proved a' success, and, Mr. Clark thus encouraged, subsequently opened another store at South Hanson, which also proved successful. Me conducts both stores at the present time, and has a large and increasing trade, the result of his straight- forward business methods and his thorough knowledge of the wants of his patrons. He is one of the most prosperous and substantial citizens of Hanson. He takes a prominent part in local affairs; and that he stands high ill the community may be inferred from the fact that he has served one year as a Repre- sentative to the State legislature. [^ATHANIEL MOU :ON, a well-known resident of the town of Pembroke, '^ *■ Plymouth County, Mass., present Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, was born in the neighboring town of Halifa.x, in 1841. He comes of old New England stock, and from the best information obtainable is a lineal descendant of George Morton, a native of England, who came to I^lymouth in the "Ann" in 1623. Mr. Morton's paternal grandfather, Elbridge Morton, was born in Freetown, Bristol County, Mass., and subse- quently located in Halifax, Plymouth County, where he was engaged in the practice of medi- cine. He married Johanna Thompson, and they reared seven children. Mr. Morton's father followed farming in Halifa.x for many years. Nathaniel Morton, after attending the pub- lic schools of his native town, took a conmier- cial course of study in Boston. In April, 1861, at the first call for troops, he enlisted for three months in Company A, Third Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served until the expiration of the term, when he was honorably discharged with the regi- ment, and came home. In the autumn of 1862 he re-enlisted for nine months in the same company, being commissioned Lieuten- ant, and serving in that capacity until again receiving an honorable discharge. Returning to Halifax, he engaged in farming, remaining a resident of that town until 1883, when he removed to his present home in the village of Bryantville. Mr. Morton takes a practical in- terest in public affairs. He served twelve years on the Board of Selectmen in Halifax, and he is now, as already mentioned, at the head of the official board of Pembroke. He is also a member of J. E. Symonds Post, No. Ill, Grand Army of the Republic. On Janu- ary I, 1868, he was united in marriage with Martha C. Harrington. OHN WILLIAMS, a well-to-do farmer and dairyman of Lakeville, formerly a part of Middleboro, Mass., was born August 28, 183 I, on the valuable estate of one hundred and seventy acres where he now lives. Mr. Williams received his early edu- cation in a district school, acquiring there a practical knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic, which served as a basis for the larger knowledge acquired in the work of every-day life and intercourse with different classes of men. He went to work on the Old Colony Railroad when nineteen years of age — that is, about 1850 — and may claim to have worked on some of the first miles of railroad laid in New England. The first steam locomotive put in service in this country made its initial trip in August, 1829, on the Delaware & Hudson Canal Rail- road. Fc llowing this, came the Baltimore & Ohio, the Albany & Schenectady, and a road connecting Charleston, S.C. , with Hamburg. In 1830 there were but twenty-three miles of BIOGRAIMIICAL REVIEW ^<^^ railio;iil in this country; in 1840, two llioii- sanci oit;ht Iiundrcd ami ciglitccn ; and in 1S50, wlicn Mr. Williams was on<;a<;c(l in railroad work, nine thousand and twcnly-onc miles. Tile present niileaj^e is .so great that, if all the railroads in our country wore ex- tended in a straight line, they would exceed more than five times the circumference of the globe. Mr. Williams w.is cinployed on the road from Myrick's to Bridgcwattr, Mass., about a year and a half, and then returned to the home farm, where he has since resideti. lie owns eighty-five acres of land in Lakeville, and eighty-five acres in Taunton, and is exten- sively engaged in general farming and dair) - ing, owning some fine live stock. He is one of the prominent citizens of Lakeville, and as a Republican has long been interested in town matters, at one time cfiRciently fill- ing the office of Road Surveyor. One of the old residents of the town, Mr. Williams is well known in the locality and highly esteemed. INDEX. BIOGRAPHICAL A I Heal, (ieorjje A 254 ' Gary, (;eorge C. . Alger, Albert I ^g^ [ Beal, Samuel L 30 j Cliamberlain, James N Allen, George D 4^3 Heals, Joseph E 208 | Cliandler, Algernon S Allen, George 41,^ Heals, William E. Allen, Henry D. Allen, John M. 20 I Chandler, Klbridw H. 316 Hearse, Augustus M 165 Chandler, Horatio e, Alden 220 Chandler, Noah J. Hess Ames, Elijah 552 '"••ckmer. Garrison H 442 Anderson, James F ,3^, | Hlackstone, Hollis M 61 Angerer, Frank E 262 i '^onii<^y. Edward H 565 Anglim, Henry T. ..... 162 ! ■^"""ey, William F. .... 444 Archibald, Thomas 35 I Hosworlh, Henry M 623 Ashley, John E 284 I^ou^ne. Sylvanus 313 Ashley, Silas P 313 Hoyden, Albert G 24 Atwood, Henjamin S.- .... 330 , ^^''''^c'^elt, Frederick G. ... 153 Ativood, Gustavus ,(j(j Hradford, Alden S 16S Atwood, Ichabod F 483 Hradford, Cornelius F. Atwood, Josiali \V 235 ''""aley, Jason I.. Charles, Orlando \V.. M.lJ. "Chipman, William L. . . Church, Nathaniel . . . Church, Samuel H. . . Churchill, Charles H Churtliill, John U. . Churchill, Lucius R. , . Clapp, Elijah T Clapp, Eugene H. ... 563 Clark, .Abner J 447 Clark. David B Bailey, George W 519 Bailey, Thomas F 508 Haker, George M 350 Baker, Horace I-: 401 Banks, Ottiwell W 610 Barker, Albert F 629 Barker, John 433 Barrows, Pel ham \V 513 Barstow, Henry 425 Harstow, Thomas 5S7 Hartlett, }Iorace i^r Bardett, Joshua K ^s Batcheldcr, John C, M.U. . . 102 Bates, De Witt C 236 Bates, Henry S 504 Hates, William 426 Bates, William H 123 Battles, .\ahum Atwood, Marcus 624 I^^'^'y, Lorenzo D 442 Clark, Edwin T. . . HrctI, Henry A 196 Clark, Nicholas A. . Briggs, Joseph W 292 Clark, Walter L. . . Brooks; John S 467 Cleaveland. Walter F Brooks, Peleg T 3,84 Cobb, David . . . Brown, Daniel E., M.D. ... 579 Cobb, Oliver . Brown, E. Coleman, iM.D. . . 117 Cobb, Otis . . . . Brown, ICdward 1 306 Cobb, Philander . Brown, George H 333 Cole. Augustus . . Brown, George H 434 Cole, Charles H. . . Brown, William ,01 Cole, Elmer B. Bryant, Charles 326 Cole, Theron .M. Bryant, Henry L 584 Collamore, Francis Burdett, Joseph 595 ! Colman. Moses H 259 530 377 3S7 423 627 74 61 cS 599 604 627 226 97 4<>S 573 532 576 (.31 .>3 210 25s 207 1 1'> .\l.l;. Burgess, James 350 Burr, Fearing 324 Hurrell, Jarvis 1S5 A 314 Cannon, David IL, .M.D. Constans, Frank E., .M Cook, Ernest L. . . Cook, Kand.ill W. . Cook, Robert . . . Copeland, Lyman E. Copeland, William W. Cornish, Ellis H., .\LD 330 Crane, Ebenezer . . Heal, Bernard C -loi Carvi-r Ilpnrv ,r r- ' tl ■ • jui v.dr\cr, iienrj ^o,j Crane, Henrv L. 54<> 424 5S1 207 408 50 40 51.S 534 419 21 636 INDEX I'AGE Crocker, Harvey 546 Crocker, Zenas H 493 Cross, Nathaniel H 468 Cross, William W 32 Culver, Albert 230 Curtis, Henry J 526 Curtis, Lewis N. . 482 Curtis, Minot S 329 Cushing, Alonzo 30S Cusliing, David 216 Cushing, Nathaniel W. . . 493 Cushing, Reuben P 38 Cushman, George P 362 Cushman, Jesse M 472 D Dakin, Archibald 586 Damon, Daniel E 220 Damon, Edmund T 136 Damon, George H 500 Damon, James 560 Damon, John B 585 Damon, Walter E 557 Danfortli, Allen 269 David, Charles F 114 Davis, Charles G 391 Davis, George E 605 Davis, William T 550 Dawes, James H 302 Dawes, John C 476 Dawes, Josephus 515 Dean, Ellery C 37 Dean, Joshua 590 Defrees, George T 245 Delano, Charles C 626 Delano, David 158 Delano, John W 388 Delano, Robert T 426 Denham, Andrew 473 Devereux, Daniel D 507 Dexter, John G 503 Dick, H. G 559 Dimmick, Andrew D 613 Doten, Lucius H 307 Doten, Samuel H 16 Douglas, Charles E 159 Douglas, Luther A 418 Douglas, William L 241 Drew, Winslow 157 Drohan, Thomas 84 Dunbar, George B 414 PAGE Dunham, John 263 Dyer, George G 372 E Eames, John H 592 Eldridge, J. A., M.D 532 Eidridge, Thomas N 26S Ellis, Elisha W 520 Ellis, Nathaniel 377 Ellnis, Charles 436 Emery, George W 487 Estes, Rufus T 5S4 Ewell, Judson 516 F Faunce, Walter H 533 Fearine, William H 334 Fearing, George J 623 Fearing, Hawkes 294 Fearing, William, 2d .... 35S Field, Barzillai 269 Field, Charles C 369 Field, Charles T 290 Field, Daniel W 75 Field, Fred F 14 Flagg, Wallace C 166 Fletcher, Henry L 316 Fogg, Ebenezer T 523 Ford, Rev. David B 336 Foster, John 456 Frame, Joseph, M.D 188 French, Walter L 107 G Gaffield, Thomas 364 Gale, Andrew 167 Gammons, Benjamin .... 474 Gammons, Edward A 234 Gammons, Thomas G 625 Gardner, Andrew J 115 Gardner, Francis B 451 Gardner, John C 186 Gates, Samuel P 140 Gibbs, Benjamin F 393 Gibbs, Nathan P 500 Gilmore, Patrick 60 Glancy, Bernard 620 Gleason, Charles S., NLD. . . 529 Gleason, Edwin P., M.D. . . 181 PAGE Glover, Amasa S 138 Goddard, George B 95 Goddard, Rev. Henry E. ... lyi Godfrey, Job H 432 Griffin, Alfred 212 Griffith, James H 299 Groce, William R. . . . . . 194 Gurney, Alexander R 234 Gurney, Ansel S 407 Gurney, Henry 222 H Hadley, Joseph E 404 Hadley, Peleg B 595 Hall, EHsha W 554 Hall, Robert B 11 Hall, Samuel M 211 Hall, Sylvanus W 545 Hall, Walton 376 Hammond, Henry T 301 Hammond, James F 392 Hammond, L. P'ranklin . . . 575 Hammond, Walter C 612 Hancock, Portus B 36 Hanson, Fred 628 Harding, Henry C 327 Harden, Benjamin 221 Hardy, Cyrus H 227 Harlow, Jesse 102 Harrington, Z. Taylor .... 161 HarvilC Elisha T 22 Haskins, George S 108 Hastings, Alton B 56 Hatch, Franklin W 502 Hatch, Martin 540 Hathaway, Judah 152 Hayward, Hela B 47 Henry, Stephen, M.D 371 Hersey, Alfred H 620 Hersey, Edmund 347 Hersey, Edmund, 2d .... 412 Hewett, Joseph 135 Hogan, Edward 586 Holbrook, Samuel A 145 HoUis, John B 359 Holmes, Freeman H 293 Holmes, Philander J 143 Hooper, George M 248 Howard, Cyrus 1 1 Howard, Francis E 62 Howard, Frederick 602 INDEX 637 1. Howard, George 15. Howard, C.eorge C. Howard, Hnvcndon Howard, Samuel H. . . Howard, S. Nelson . Howard, Warren A. Howes, Woodbridge K , Howlaiid, Charles H. . I lowland, Charles \V. . Humphrey, C..\\en . ■ Humphrey, George W. Humphrey, Martin A. Hunt, George, M.U. Hunting, Amos . . M .1) PAr.B I 79 608 255 56S 61 y 4S0; 118 59 270 4S1 173 4'4 96 Leonard, Spencer . ■ Lilley, Theodore . • • Lincoln, Kveretl T. . . Lincoln, Rev. Nehemiah Linchan, Ilugene . . . Lilchlield, Melvin S. . Litchfield, Ward . Litchfield, Warren . Litchfield, William II. . Little, Henry O. . . . Long. John 1). ... Loring, Lewis 1'. . ■ . Loud, Hulda B. . . • Lucas, Lot S Luce, John K Lumbert, Alberto W. . J Jackson, I'rcscott H 526 James, Joshua '75 James, Washington 1 '79 Jones, Joseph D 222 Joslyn, Elisha H 54= K H. ?o8 566 '45 Keene, Benjamin K Keene, Luther Keith, George M. Keith, Lemuel M 200 Keith, Myron L 394 Keith, Kufus P. . • "80 Keith, Samuel '§9 Keith, Sumner 7' Keith, Ziba C 146 McLauthlen, Samuel. Jr King.LothropC 623 Merritt, Asa J. . . ■ Kingman, Abel W.,M.l).. . . 154 j M^-'fiU. Henry . . • Kingman, Kli/abeth A 541 ! Miller, Henry J. . ■ • Kinsman, Kufus P y I Mitchell, Herbert I. Kinsley, John 83 Moorehead. Robert 11. . M ALacomber, Joshua L. Maglathlin, Edwin I.. . Maglathlin, Henry B. . [ Maglathlin, Horace B. . Maglathlin, Onslow W. I Maglathlin, Philemon W. Magoun, Horatio B. Manley, Albert . . . Manson, Cliarles . Marble, Charles H. . Marble, Demerick Marston, Arthur 11. . McFarlin, Peleg . . ■ McFarlin, William S. . Knight, Charles K., M.D. . ■ 243 Knight, Edward C, 3"° Lagergren, Emit . Latham, Kliab . . Lazell, Silvanus . Leach, Ira A. . Leach. James C. . Leavitt, Charles T. Le Baron, Thomas J Leonard, Bennic C. 132 2Sy 402 68 593 282 300 Morse, Charles E., M.D. Morse, George F., M.U. Morse, Nahum F. . . Morton, Nathaniel . . Mott, Paul Mulready, Edwin . . . Murdock, Albert L. . . Mvrick, William U. . N Nason, William P. Nelson, Sydney T. I'AGH 49' 342 244 "94 f>3' 443 4 215 411 252 334 144 109 48 23 S2 -Ss Packard, Henry B. . . ,gy Packard, Isaac . . ' Packard, Josiah Q Packanl, Robert H Packard, Rufus E Paine, Charles H 482 Parker, Z.T 225 Paun, Amos B., M.U 246 Paun, John H • '03 Peckham, Henry C 1.1,]^ ' Peirce, E. Foster Peirce, Job . . . Peirce, Warren, .M.U. Perkins, William .... Perry, Edward Y. Peterson, Walter Phillips, Lot . Phillips, Morrill A. Pierce, Charles S. . Pierce, Ethan E. Pratt, Augustus Pratt, Calvin, M.U. . 12 23S 283 509 475 104 575 49^ 299 305 453 632 564 .46 242 494 28 2 462 221 61S 459 35' 44' 504 37" 260 43t> 42') Randall, tieorge S. Kapp, William Raymond, Edgar C. I Reed, George F. . Reed, Horace . . 1 29 Reed, William L. 404 Reynolds, Frank M. 397 73 32' 379 638 INDEX Rice, Charles L 548 Rice, John A 15 Richards, Lysander S 454 Richardson, (ieorge L 190 Richmond, Jeremiah T. . . . 339 Ripley, Ebed L 602 Ripley, Joseph 272 Robbins, Benjamin W. ... 244 Robbins, Caleb T 298 Robbins, Frederick VV. ... 182 Robinson, Morrill, M.D. . . . 435 Rodgers, Clift 366 Rogers, Charles C 284 Rounesville, Alden 483 Ryder, Henry II 55 Ryder, John H 109 Ryder, John S 447 Ryder, Rev. W. C 354 Sampson, Isaac 271 Sampson, Miranda R 47 Sanborn, Jacob 247 Sanderson, William H. ... 326 Sanford, Baalis 113 Sanford, George B. . . . . . 305 Sawtell, Edwin 354 Schubert, John F 629 Sears, Henry W 264 Seaverns, Henry A 264 Shaw, E. Watson 317 Shaw, Francis M 65 Shaw, George H., 2d . . . . 612 Shaw, John F 287 Shaw, John J., M.D 468 Shaw, Joseph 514^ Shaw, Nathaniel Si Shaw, Wilson i74 Sherman, Albert A 86 Sherman, John 361 Sherman, Joseph W 218 Sherrett, Lewis 611 Shirley, Allan L., M.D. . . . 606 Shurtliff, Albert T 209 Simmons, Charles 617 Small, Albert F '203 Smith, Charles J 581 Smith, Charles S 615 Smith, Ezra 5°' Smith, Henry T 588 Smith, John 624 Smith, Warren B 341 Soule, Charles W 567 Soule, George L 259 Soule, Otis W 256 Soule, Winfleld S 630 Southworth, Asahel 309 Sparrell, Charles W 284 Sparrow, Fred C 228 Sparrow, William E., M.D. . . 344 Spooner, Robert T. C 622 Sprague, Albert T 41 1 Sprague, Charles J 559 Sprague, Elisha P. .' . . . . 343 Sprague, Fred L., D.D.S. . . 621 Sprague, Seth 23 Standish, Winslow B 218 Stanley, Frederick 558 Starrett, Arthur P 449 Stetson, Isaac G 347 Stetson, John M 73 Stetson, Samuel C 340 Stetson, Warren B 484 Stetson, William 274 Stockbridge, Rosea J 502 Stoddard, Enos M 55S Stott, Thomas no Strong, Benjamin 129 Strong, Frederick S 274 Studley, Ezekiel R 120 Studley, Gideon 137 Sturgis, Walter H., M.D. ... 460 Sweeny, Edward M 473 Swift, Forest W 309 Swift, Jo.shua W 510 Swift, William R 625 Sylvester, Robert 594 Torrey, Josiah A 31 Torrey, Willard 582 Townsend, Charles A 54 Turner, Azro 448 Turner, James N 386 V Vaughn, Adoniram 104 Vaughn, James A 396 Vaughn, Theodore T 151 Vincent, Jason K 292 Vining, Alexander 89 W Taylor, Nathaniel Terry, Burgess P. Thayer, Albert M. . Thayer, Elihu . . . Thomas, Flavel S., M.D Thomas, George H. Thomas, William H. Thompson, Jabez P. Thompson, William A. Tillson, Z. Albert . Tilton, Charles W. . Tinkham, Herbert L. Tisdale, Charles E. . 408 153 616 614 462 589 139 509 29 201 130 152 524 Wadsworth, Ale.xandei" 420 Walbach, George G. . . 401 Ward, Frederick A. . . 180 Washburn, Cephas . . 59' Watson, George H., M. D. 46 Weatherbee, George H. 492 Webster, Daniel . . . 43 Welch, E. Parker 398 Welch, George F. •■, 557 West, Charles E. . . 188 West, James H. . . 370 Weston, Joshua . . 49' Wheeler, George A. 72 Whipple, John J. . . 124 White, Joseph . . . 600 White, Luther . . . 349 White, Otis . . . 3S3 White, Samuel C. . 55 Whiting, Edwin W. . 168 Whiting, John M. 201 Whiting, Oren T. 193 Whiting, Tryphena . 417 Williams, H. Leander 433 Williams, John . . 632 Williams, John S. . 630 Williamson, Charles • 479 Wing, George F. . . 297 Winslow, Leander . ■ 570 Winsor, Edward W. ■ 474 Wood, Abner .... . 609 Wood, Andrew M. . ■ 341 Wood, George A. . 28 Woodward, George .\. • 372 Wright, .Augustus II. • 94 Wright, William J. . • 534 PORTRAITS. I-AGH Anglim, Henry T 163 Atwood, Benjamin S. (sleel) . . 331 AtwootI, Gustavus 198 15ates, William H 122 Hoyden, Alb^ic G 25 Bradford, Cornelius F. ... 562 Burrell, Jarvis 1S4 Chandler, Horatio 422 Church, Nathaniel 599 Cole, Augustus 3S2 Cook, Randall \V 51 Cross, William W 33 Culver, iMbert 231 Dawes, Jmies H 303 Delano, John W 3S9 Doten, Samuel H 17 Douglas, William L 240 Dunbar, George B 415 Dyer, George G 373 Ellis, Elisha W 521 Kllms, Charles 437 Emery, George W. (sled) . . 486 Foster, John 457 French, Walter L 106 Gates, Samuel P 141 PAGB Gleason, Charles S 528 Griffin, Alfred 213 Gurney, .\nsel S 406 Gurney, Henry 223 Hall, Elisha W 555 Hall, Robert B. (face) .... 11 Hall, Sylvanus W 544 Hastings, Alton B 57 Hersey, Edmund 346 Hooper, George M 249 Howard, Francis E 63 Howard, George B 78 Keith, Ziba C 147 Kingman, Abel W 155 Kingman, Mrs. Abby (steel) . . 6 Kingman, Rufus V. (steel) . . 7 Knight, l-dvvard G 311 Lagergrcn, Emil 133 Leach, Ira .A 177 Leach, James C. (steel) ... 69 Maglathlin. Henry B 286 Maglathlin, Horace B 191 Oakman, Israel 496 Otis, Job P 319 Packard, Charles R 205 Phillips, Lot ... 505 I Pratt, .Augustus . . 428 Richmond, Jeremiah I'. 33S Rcdgers, Clift . . 367 Ryder, John S. . 446 Sanford, Baalis . . 112 Sawtell, Edwin ... . 355 Seaverns, Henry A 265 Shaw, John J 469 Soule, Otis W 257 Strong, Charles P. (steel) . . . 279 Strong, Frederick S. (steel) . . 275 Swift, Joshua W jii Thomas, Flavel S 463 X'ining, Alexander S8 \'ining, Miss Florctta . 91 Webster, Daniel . . 42 Welch, E. Parker . y/) Whipple, John J 125 Whiting, Edwin W 16c; Williamson, Charles 47S Wing, George F. . . 296 Winslow, Leander . . 571 Wright, William J. . . 535 RRH , i ^4-'