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HISTORY OP^ THE TOWN. 
 
 RI' llAKh I l<( 'I him. HAM. |K., Ill 
 llu' hisl nmuljci ot his " I lisluiy ol 
 Charlcstown," published in lS45,s;ii<i. 
 " It is not Inn much to say that, at the piL-SLiit 
 day, Charlcstown is doiiit; faithfully its )iarl in 
 maintaining Kepul)hcan institutions. !ts ap- 
 pearance indicates a prosperous connnunity. 
 It has handsome streets and creditable pulilic 
 buildings. Its religious institutions and com- 
 mon schools are liberally sup]toited. Numer- 
 ous benevolent associaticuis are constantly dis- 
 tributing their charities. It lias a thoroughly 
 furnished and efhcient fire department, and 
 makes ample provision for its poor. Its police 
 are vigilant. Its military corps patriotic. It 
 bears the impress of the commercinl enterprise 
 of the day, and is rapidly increasing in jiopula- 
 tion, wealth and consecpience. Nor have it.-, 
 inhabitants lost that public spirit that is so con- 
 spicuous in the early history of the town." 
 Ihis was true of Charlestown fifty years ago. 
 It is true of Charlestown to-day, although it has 
 ceased to be a separate municipality, and has 
 become, as Hunnewell says, "that American 
 rarity, a completed municipality." 
 
 Charlestown to-day is a small territtuy but 
 in 1S29 when Ralph Sprague and hi^ com- 
 panions settled here it included Maiden, Ever- 
 ett, Woburn, Stoneham, Burlington and Somer- 
 ville, a large part of Medford and a small part 
 of Cambridge, Reading and Wakefield. 
 
 The first Englishman who is know-n to have 
 visited Charlestown was the great navigator, 
 John Smith, who in 1614 sailed from England 
 and spent three months explornig the coast of 
 Massachusetts. lie entered the Chnrles River 
 and named it. 
 
 The exact date of the founding of the town is 
 a mailer of dispute, but the best authorities 
 agree that the settlement was made during the 
 last week of June, or the first week of July, 
 1629, when Mr. Graves, Rev. Francis Bright, 
 the Spragues and about one hundred compan- 
 ions came from Salem and jntched their tents 
 near the Town Hill. Mr. (iraves was an en- 
 gineer and afterwards laid out the town. But 
 when this i>arty arrived they found Thcmias 
 Walford, a smith, already occupying a house 
 on the slope of Breed's Hill. He was the first 
 Englishman to settle in Charlestown but the 
 date of his coming is not certain. It is prob- 
 able that he was the agent of John ( lorges 
 whose brother Robert, obtained a grant of ter- 
 ritory, which includeil Charlestown, froni the 
 Plymouth Council December 30, 1622. Rob- 
 ert Cforges died and his grant descended to his 
 brother John who leased a part of the territory 
 to John OhUiam and John Dorrill. The pat- 
 ent of Rol)ert (iorges was loosely drawn and 
 the Blymouth Council on Marcli 19, 1628, 
 sold the territory over again to the Massachu- 
 setts Company. Because of the dis]nile con- 
 cerning the title, the latter Company made 
 every effort to occupy the territory and sent 
 over a colonizing party under the leadership <)f 
 John Endicott who landed at Salem, Septem- 
 l)er 6, 1628, settling there and founding a 
 town. 
 
 The following year Charlestown was settled 
 and the Great lUnise built for the occupnncy 
 of Governor Winlhrop wlit) anived in llu- 
 summer of 1630. 
 
 The following is the record of the first pro- 
 ceedings of the settlers: *' The inhabitants 
 yl : first settled in this place and brought it 
 into the denomination of an English 'I'owni- 
 was (were) in Anno 1628 (1629) as fllll<>w•^. 
 viz: Ralph Sprague, Rich. Sprague, \\ illiaui 
 Sprague, John Meecli, Simon Hoyle, .-Kbra. 
 
 Palmer, Waller Painer, Xichohih Stowers, 
 J(.lm Sticklinr, Th.-^ WaUord, smith, yt 
 lived here alone before, Mr. Graves, wdio 
 had charge of some of the servts. of the 
 Company of Patentees with whom he built 
 iheCireat House this yeare for such of the sd 
 Ctuiijiany as are shortly to come over which 
 afterwards became the meeting house, and Mr. 
 Bright, minister to the Companies Servants." 
 
 When the while settlers caiiu thi y found 
 the land in the possession of an Imlian of the 
 Pawtucket tribe named Wonohatpiaham or 
 Sagamore John who received them cordially 
 and in many ways befriended them. They 
 purchased the land fnnn Sagainore John and 
 named the town Charlestown, the Indian 
 name being Mishawum. 
 
 Governor Winthrop and a few of the Pat- 
 entees occupied the Great House in 1630, but 
 most of the settlers set up tents and booths 
 
 The remains of the shiji yards are visible even 
 to this day near the Craddock I louse, although 
 many years have elapsed since the last ship 
 was built there. 
 
 February 10, 1635 the first board of select- 
 men was elected at a full meeting of the in- 
 habitants. They were Increase Nowell Esfp, 
 Mr. Thomas Beecher, Edward Converse, 
 Ezekiel Richar<lson, Walter Pamer, Ral])h 
 Sprague, William Brackenbury, Thomas 
 Lynde, Mr. Abram Palmer, John Monsal, 
 and Rf)bert Moullon. 
 
 The first public school was established in 
 1636, and June 3d of that year Mr. William 
 \\ itherell was engaged as teacher for twelve 
 months, from .August 8lh, at forty pounds a 
 year. This was eleven years prior to the 
 passage of the law compelling towns to main- 
 tain schools. The General Court soon after 
 ceded EovelPs Island \n the town, the rent of 
 
 SOl.niER S AND SAILOR ! 
 
 abinil Town Hill. Winlhrop's party had a 
 long and tedious passage being some eighteen 
 weeks on the ocean anti when they arrived 
 many were suffering imm scurvy, which allhc- 
 tion increased after their arrival because of 
 lack of accommodations and sickness was wide- 
 ly prevalent in the town. The distress of the 
 settlers was the greater because of the lack of 
 drinking water and the weather being hot 
 many perished, among them being several of 
 the most prominent jx-rsons of the town. 
 
 The scarcity of water led to emigration and 
 UKiny settled in Shawmut ( Boston } and Waler- 
 towii. The General Court granted to Gov- 
 ernor Winthrop Septend)er 6, l63l,six hun- 
 dred acres of land near his house at Mistick 
 which he named Ten Hills. Here he built a 
 bark of thirty Ions wdiich was launched July 
 4th and named "The Blessing of the Bay." 
 
 This was the beginning of the ship building 
 which was carried on extensively at Medford. 
 
 : MONCMENT. 
 
 the island was applied to the support of the 
 school. 
 
 The first church was organized [uly 30, 
 1630, a day of fasting. This was the fourth 
 church in New England. Governor Winthrop, 
 Deputy Governor Dudley, Increase Johnson 
 and Rev. John Wilson signed the covenant 
 and thus constituted what is mtw the first 
 church of Boston. The church remained in 
 this town less than ihree months; afterwards 
 their j^iace of worshij) was in Boston. The 
 penple of the two towns wc^rshipped together 
 until ( )ctober 14th, when the Charlestown mem- 
 bers, thirty-five in nundier, were at their own 
 refjuest dismissed from the Boston congrega- 
 tion and organized a church of their own with 
 Rev. Thomas James who arrived Iune5, 1632, 
 as pastor. Mr. James was dismissed from the 
 church in 1 636 because of his views which did 
 not meet with the approbation of the congre- 
 gation. His place was taken by Rev. Zach- 
 
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN. 
 
 ariah Symmes who arrived in 1634. Rev. 
 John Harvard, the founder of Harvard Col- 
 lege, was admitted an inhabitant of the town 
 August 6, 1637. He took the freeman's oath 
 Xoveniber 2d, was admitted with his wife 
 Anne, a member of the church Nov- 
 ember 6th, and " was sometime minister of 
 Ciod's Word" here and hence an associate 
 with Mr. .Symmes. 'I'liere is no account of 
 his ordination. He died .September 14, 163.S 
 of consuui]ilion, be<|ueathini,' one-half of 
 his estate estimated in value at ^779, 17s 2d 
 with his library of 320 volumes to the collet;e. 
 lie was buried on Hurial I Mil { l'hip|is Street 
 Cemetery) and a gravestone marked the spot 
 until the Revolutionary war when it was de- 
 stroyed and never replaced. On .September 
 26, iS2<S, a granite obelisk was raised over 
 the place where his remains are supposed to 
 have been buried. The nionmiient is lifteen 
 
 of the numerous family of this name in this 
 town. Ceorge Hunker who owned a lot 
 running over the summit of Bunker Hill, and 
 hence its name, die<l in 1664. 
 
 Charlestown early established ferries. The 
 first, called "The Great Ferry," was where 
 tlu- Charles River bridge now is and was es- 
 tablisheil by the Ceneral Court granting per- 
 mission to Edward Converse to set up a ferry 
 between Charlest(jwn and lioston in 1631. Nine 
 years later the privilege was transferred to 
 Harvard College, although the previous year 
 the college received fifty pounds from tlie 
 revenue of the ferry. .\pril 2, 1640, the 
 right to maintain the " Penny Ferry," where 
 ^lalden bridge now is, was given to I'liillip 
 Dunker. 'I'lie first place of worship was the 
 Creat House which stood in what is now City 
 .Square. The next was beyond Town Hill to- 
 unnls the Neck, after which a new and large 
 
 feet in height and was paid for by the gradu- 
 ates of Harvard ("ollege. After Harvard's 
 death Rev. 'Hiomas .Mien came to the town 
 anil ]iroliably in i63<) became teacher of the 
 church. 
 
 I'rominent amruig the fomidersof the chiu'ch 
 was William I'Vothinghani, the ancestor of the 
 family of this name which has always been 
 ])roniinent in church and town affairs. His 
 land was in the neighborhood of Eden Street. 
 
 James Thompson was one of the first select- 
 men of Woburn. One of his descendants re- 
 moved to Charlestown jirevious to the Revolu- 
 tion, and married Mary Frothinghani, and 
 liecame the father of the Thompsons of tliis 
 town, of whom Hon. Timothy T. .Sawyer, tiu- 
 first mayor of Charlestown, is still actively 
 connected with Charlestown affairs. Robert 
 Rand, who died about l(>j(), was the ancestor 
 
 meeting house was biiill in the market place 
 between the old City Hall and Main Street, 
 and was occupied as a house of worship until 
 the Revolution. 
 
 The (ireat House, bvnil for tiovernor Win- 
 thro]), soon became a tavern and was used as 
 such uiUil l)urneil in the general conflagration 
 June 17. 1775. 
 
 Tin- first school house was erected in 164S 
 on " Windmill" now Town Hill and jiaitl for 
 by a general tax. The thoughts of the settlers 
 early turned to means of defense and in 1631 
 the Ceneral Court aiipointeil days for military 
 practice, called training days. In 1635 the 
 first distinctively Charlestown military com- 
 ically was formed and reached a high standard 
 of efficiency. .'\ fort had been buih on Town 
 Hill in 1629 and maintained until about 1670. 
 The "Battery" was est.iblished in 1634 at 
 
 the water side near what is now the Hoosac 
 Tunnel Dock Grain Elevator. A third forti- 
 fication w.is projected, liut never built, on the 
 hill at Moultons Point. 
 
 For about fifty years the inhaliitants of the 
 town were divided into two cl.isses, freemen and 
 non-freemen. The freemen were church mem- 
 bers and subcribed to the freeman's oath 
 to maintain the government of the Conmion- 
 wealth. They were competent to fill the town 
 ofhces w^hich at that time were : selectmen or 
 "townsmen," constables, surveyors of high- 
 ways, town clerk, herdsman, overseer of the 
 fiehls and chinniey sweepers. 
 
 In .addition to the town officers, the free- 
 men voted for Governor, Deputy Governor, 
 Major General, Tieasurer, Secretary, and Com- 
 misioner of the United Colonies. In the earli- 
 est days of the Colonies the freemen from all 
 towns were obliged to go to one place to 
 vote, but in 1640 they were allowed to cast 
 their votes l)efore the constable or their deputies 
 who carried them, sealed up, to the place of 
 election, generally Boston. The freemen also 
 elected assistants or iriagistrates and deputies 
 or representatives. The election of magistrates 
 was by beans and corn. The corn ineant 
 "yes" and the beans " no, " just as now 
 society elections are by white and black balls. 
 The deputies were chosen by " iia])ers."* 
 
 The town meetings were held as often as 
 occasion required. All the inhabitants of the 
 town whether permanent or transient, free or 
 not free, were permitted to attend the town 
 meetings antl make anv motion or prefer any 
 complaint, jcrovided such motion or complaint 
 was made " in convenient time, due order, 
 and respective manner." The debate was 
 free to all, but the rights of each were respect- 
 ed, and the code of parliamentary practice used 
 to-day by our legislative bodies is the result of 
 the restrictions of debate which experience 
 taught our forefathers in these town meetings 
 were necessary for the conservation of the 
 rights of all. 
 
 ' (These town meetings were the bulwark of 
 liljerty. They were the primary schools of 
 freedom, and afforded an op]iortunity for the 
 interchange of thoughts and o]iinions that led 
 eventually to the Revolution and afterwards 
 were all powerful in ]>reserving the liberty al- 
 ready won and guiding it into channels of use- 
 fulness. The people were compelled under 
 penalty of fine to attend the early town meet- 
 ings, as the busiitess transacted there w-as of 
 vital imjiortance to the whole conununily and 
 domestic affairs were subject to i.iwn regida- 
 tion. If a citizen reproached the gi.ivernment 
 he was lialile to be fined, set in the bilboes or 
 be disfranchised. If he useil tobacco pub- 
 licly, or in his home before actpiaintances 
 or strangers the penalty was two shillings six 
 pence. If he sold certain goods for more 
 than four pence on a shilling profit he was 
 fined. The fair sex could not wear short 
 sleeves nor those more than half an ell wide. 
 None could sell lace to be worn upon any gar- 
 ment or linen, thfjugh they might sell Ijinding 
 or small edging. These laws were ri<lgidly en- 
 forced as the town records show. 
 
 The Charlestown Village, as the settlemeiU 
 at Wol.mrn was called, was incorporated Sep- 
 temlier 8, 1642. The question which to-day 
 is of such vital importance to the farmers 
 of the Great West, i.e. : th.at of getting a fair 
 price for their products, confronteil the good 
 men of Charlestown and the neighboring set- 
 tlements as early as 1640. .At that time all 
 conmiodities were very cheaji. Winthrop 
 wrote " this evil was very notorious, that 
 imost men would buy as cheap as they could 
 and sell as dear." The next year trade was 
 ef|ually depressed as writing again, he says, 
 " corn would buy nothing, a cow which last 
 year cost twenty ])ounds might now be bought 
 for four or five ]iounds." The price of land 
 also declined. In 1643 the colonists fortified 
 {_'astle Island, and Charlestown for several 
 years jiaid a jirojiortion of the expenses. This 
 year also the Colony now numbering thirty 
 towns and plantations was divided into four 
 
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'HISTORY OF THE TOWN. 
 
 counties; Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk and 
 Norfolk. Charleslown continued to be a 
 part of Middlesex county until the annexation 
 to Hoston in 1874. 
 
 In 1648 the ferrymen entered a cdUiplaint 
 t>> the (Jeneral Court that the wampum 
 jiaid to them for ferriage was not in t;ood 
 ■ order and const'(ptently a loss was sustained. 
 They further complained that many refused 
 to pay, others said they had no money, and 
 the soldiers insisted on their right to free 
 ferriage. The (leneral Court subsequently 
 passed a law governing the stringing of wam- 
 pum or " peag " and making allowance for 
 carrying the soldiers. 
 
 Thisyear ( 164S) is nienioralile in history he- 
 cause in May, Margaret Jones of Charleslown 
 was accused of witchcraft, the hrst case of this 
 nature that occurred in Massachusetts. The 
 charges against this unfortunate woman were: 
 (list, that she had " a malignant touch," so 
 ihat persons she afflicted were seized with deaf- 
 ness, vomiting and violent pains; second, she 
 ]iracticed as a physician, and though she used 
 liarmless medicines, as anise-seed, liquors, etc., 
 yet they produced "extraordinary violent ef- 
 fects;" third, she would tell those who would 
 not employ her that they never would be 
 healed, and in consequence their "diseases 
 and hurts" batlled "the apprehension of all 
 physicians and surgeons; " fourth, some things 
 which she foretold came to pass; accordingly, 
 ami she had no ordinary means to come to the 
 knowledge. For these and other like charges, 
 this poor woman was condemned to death and 
 executed by hanging in Boston, June 15th. 
 Winlhrop records that on "the same day and 
 liour she was executed, there was a very great 
 tem])est in Connecticut which blew down many 
 trees, etc.," and several days later ( June 28th ) 
 that 'Mhe ' Welcome' of lioston, about three 
 hundred tons, riding before Charlestown, hav- 
 ing in her eighty horses and one hundred and 
 twenty tons of ballast, in calm weather, fell a 
 rolling and continued so about twelve hours. 
 The husband of the witch desired a passage in 
 iier (the Welcome) to Barbadoes. The mag- 
 istrate, on hearing of it, sent a warrant to ap- 
 prehend him, when the ship ceased its diaboli- 
 cal rolling and after |iines was in prison 
 moved no more." 
 
 A great (ire l)roke out in the winter of 1650. 
 There was a high wind and manv of the liesl 
 houses in the town were consumed. 
 
 The town of Maiden was set off and incor- 
 porated May 2, 1649, and the next year invited 
 Rev. Marniaduke Matthews to preside over 
 the church. The views of Mr. Matthews were 
 not acceptable to the (ieneral Court and a 
 controversy arose which caused nuich trouble 
 and was finally settled by hisreturn to England. 
 As might be expected from the character of 
 the colonists, the early days of Charlestown 
 saw many religious controversies, and persecu- 
 tions because of religious belief were frequent. 
 The Baptists were held in disfavor and every 
 effort was made to prevent their doctrines be- 
 coming popular. 
 
 The care of the poor was of the first im- 
 portance and very early records show that 
 anqile provision was made for them. The 
 schools, too, were well looked after. In ad- 
 <iition to the town rates 1000 acres of land 
 were laid out by order of the Ceneral Court 
 in 1660 on the western side of the Merrimack 
 River " f<ir the use of the school of Charles- 
 lo\\ 11." 
 
 Charlestown bore its full share of the bur- 
 dens imposed for the carrying on of the King 
 Phillip War an<l in 1675 sent a company of 
 military to the defense of the neigld)oring 
 towns and paid a tax of eighty pounds towards 
 tlie expenses of the war. There was nuich 
 suffering because of the war and Ireland sent 
 a contribution in aid of the sufferers. This 
 " Irish Charity " was distributed to the towns 
 in proportion to their losses and Charlestown 
 received fifteen pounds sixteen shillings, for 
 twenty-nine families comprising one hundred 
 and two persons. 
 
 Smallpox broke out in the town in 1677 
 through the arrival of several infected ships 
 from England. Ninety-one persons died of it, 
 amtmg them Rev. Thomas Shepard and some 
 of the most prominent citi/.ens. This year a 
 dry dock was built in the town. 
 
 The ministers C(un])lained of the decay c(f 
 the schools and the town voted in 1679 to make 
 the school free and Sanuiel I'lnjips was secured 
 as teacher. His remuneration iieing fifty 
 pounds. The studies included L.uin, writing, 
 arithmetic, and English. 
 
 'I'he laws of the Colonies at first permitted 
 only magistrates to ])erform the marriage cere- 
 mony, but in 16S6 the privilege was accorde<l 
 the ministers, and Rev. Charles Morton was 
 the first clerg)''man of Charleslown tosolenmize 
 marriages. The laws relating to Sunday 
 ol)Servance were very strict. Funerals were 
 occasions of feasting and parade, no jiray.'rs or 
 other funeral service being held. Burials were 
 not permitted on the Salihath without permis- 
 si(m. Days of thanksgiving were appointed 
 on all unusual occasions of rejoicing, and fast 
 
 and from these tribunals there was an appeal to 
 the court of assistants. For many years attorneys 
 at law fimnd but poor encouragement, anci in 
 1663 a law excluded practicing lawyers from a 
 seal in the (Jeneral (^nirt. 
 
 The ])unishments customary in England 
 were common here. The gag and the duck- 
 ing stool were provided, in a law of 1672, for 
 " railing and sc(»lding." Scolds were abo 
 p\misiu*d by having their tongues put into a 
 cleft stick. The stocks stood in the market- 
 place now City Scpiare. It was nnich used. 
 A sentence (1677) by the selectmen for 
 " drinking to excess " shows that one hours' 
 sitting in the stocks could be conqiromised by 
 paying three shillings ff>ur pence. The wliip- 
 ping jiosl slooil in the market-place and was 
 freipiently used. A typical sentence was that 
 of I'rsula Cole by the County Ccuirt. She 
 was sentenced to be whipped, or jiay a fuie 
 of five pounds for reviling Revs. Synunes and 
 Shepanl, saying "she had as live hear a cat 
 oiew as them preach.*' The stool of repen- 
 tance was a high seat in the middle aisle of 
 
 JOHN MAinAUD MONUMKNT. 
 
 days were ol)served upon the appearance of 
 anv public calamity of whatever nature. Such 
 holidays as Christmas were proscrilted as of 
 Popish origin. May-day was forbidden obser- 
 vance because its May-pole an<l garlands were 
 suggestive of I'agan rites. Dancing and the 
 drama were coiulemned. Cards, dice and 
 other games of chance were rejected as con- 
 stituting an apjieal to God on trivial occasions. 
 Ctuler the First Charter, justice was admin- 
 istered chiefly by the county courts held by 
 magistrates living in the resjiectlve counties. 
 They met alternately in tins town and in Cam- 
 bridge and their jurisdiction extended to " all 
 causes, civil and criminal, not extentling to 
 life, member, <)r banishment.'* There was a 
 couri called connnissioners for small causes, 
 whose jurisdiction was confined to each parti- 
 cular town. The selectmen were made com- 
 petent to try cases within the jurisdicti()n of a 
 magistrate, and issue execution and enforce 
 judgment. Causes, in this town, were heard 
 mainly by the county court and the selectmen. 
 
 the meeting-house on which culprits, lor 
 heinous offences, besides being fined and im- 
 pris(med, were obliged to sit on Lecture-days 
 with a paper on their heads on which their 
 Dffences were written. Wearing a halter was 
 another punishment, and there are cases, of 
 early date, in which the General court order- 
 ed persons to wear one for years. The cage 
 stood on the north side of the church, and 
 was built in 1677, twelve feet scjuare, under 
 direction of the County Court. This was the 
 punishment of Sabbath lireakers, who were 
 put into it on Eecture-ilays and subjected to 
 the gaze and taunts of the people. The pil- 
 lory stood in the market-place and was in use 
 until after the Revolution, and culprits were 
 commonly treated with lemons, eggs and other 
 offensive missiles from the crowd. Branding 
 and maiming, the House of Correction and 
 the gallows were other modes of punishnu-nt 
 but there is no record of an execution in 
 Charleslown under the First Charter. 
 
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN. 
 
 In these early clays the foreign trade of the 
 Colony was larije and Charlestown had its 
 share. The wealthy families owiietl one or 
 more slaves, appraised in inventories fifteen 
 pounds to twenty-five pounds. The circulat- 
 ing medium was partly specie and partly 
 "Country I'ay." The mint established in 
 1652 coined twelve-penny, sis-penny an<l 
 thrce-]3enny pieces. They liore the stamp of 
 a pine tree on one side. The symlio] of a pine 
 tree was a favorite with Massachusetts. Its 
 State flag hears it and the flag under which 
 the .\niericans fought at Bunker Mill bore it. 
 To conceive of society at this period, it must he 
 remembered that no lea was used, if coffee, 
 but rarely and if potatoes, only in small 
 quantities. There were no concerts, scientific 
 lectures or newsj^apers, no insurance companies 
 or banks. A dancing school had been set up 
 but was suppressed. 
 
 In May, 1686, the First Charter was super- 
 seded, and in Dec. Andros commenced hi;, 
 administration as (iovernor of New tlngland. 
 Popular representation was abolished. Even 
 
 stripped of its guns by .\ndros' hirelings, and 
 the people were moved to resistance. The 
 end came ,\pril i.S, 1689, when the people of 
 Boston and vicinity effected a revolution upon 
 hearing that the Trince of Orange had landed 
 in England. Andros and his followers were 
 imprisoned and a government was instituted 
 entitled " A Council for the Safety of the 
 People and Conservation of the Peace," and 
 those deposed irom office by .\ndros were re- 
 stored. 
 
 The year 1692 was a memorable one in the 
 history of the town, as of New England, sig- 
 nalized as it was by the persecutions for the 
 crime of witchcraft. .\ member of one ot the 
 most respected families in the town, Mrs. Cary, 
 w'as arrested. Her husliand was at the head 
 of the Iioard of selectmen. She was imprisoned 
 and pending trial, escaped by aid of her hus- 
 band. The follow'ing year another witch, 
 Sarah Daston, seventy or eighty years old, 
 was tried, but the jury rendered a vertlict of 
 " not guilty." 
 
 The intimate connection between the Church, 
 
 Sci;k\v nv iHt L . >. Sii-wistiir " .Nu'^rt," wrecked .it s.u 
 Honolulu by Commander I.yon, ,1 distance of 3000 mile^. 
 
 town meetings were not allowed exce]it for the 
 annual choice of officers. "There is no such 
 thing as a town in the whole coimtry " saitl 
 Andros. Charlestown from 1686 to t692 was 
 in a state ai much excitement. Its citizens 
 felt the burden of arbitrary (jower, and en- 
 gaged in the daring work of effecting its over- 
 throw. But the revolutionary measures and 
 the principles that justified them, were not ap- 
 proved by some of the citizens; and hence 
 arose an exciting controversy carried oti by 
 opposition to the new government. .Andros 
 declared that on the forfeiture of the Charter 
 all lands reverted to the crown, and that to 
 hold them legally the owners must olitain a 
 patent from the new government. This en- 
 abled .Andros and his friends to exact fees 
 from the citizens and caused a storm of protest 
 to arise. The followers of Andros were given 
 the commons of several of the towns, des]>ite 
 the vigorous olijections of the law^ful owners. 
 There were also disturbances and riots caused 
 by the introductirui of the Episcopacy and the 
 tyrannical course of the government in forcing 
 a support of it. In M.ay, 16S8, the battery was 
 
 the State and the School is shown by ll 
 pense account of the town in 171 1 : 
 
 .Schoolmaster's Salary . . ;^40. 
 
 Minister's House Rent . . . 10. 
 
 Town Clerk's and Town Treasu- 
 rer's Salary 7. 
 
 Bellman, ringing the bell and 
 and sweeping Meeting House 10. 
 
 Relief of the Poor .... 35. 
 
 Repairs, Meeting llotise. Town 
 House, .School House . . 10. 
 
 Selectmen's Expenses ... 7. 
 
 Payment of last year's Representa- 
 tive 7. 
 
 Repairing Highways .... 20. 
 
 For a Bellman for the night . 16. 
 
 In 1 71 2 it was projiosed to builil a bridge 
 across the Charles River at the old ferry, and 
 the Council voted that "The Council declare 
 they are ready to pri^mote the attainment of so 
 lieneficial a work as the bridge projected, and 
 judge the best method to bring it to pass, is 
 for private gentlemen to undertake and carry 
 on the same: and for their encouragement 
 
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 that a toll be forthwith granted and set by act 
 of the General .Assembly." 
 
 .A spirited controversy occurred in 1 71 7 as 
 to which should be the shire-town of the 
 county, Charlestown or Cambridge. The 
 Council decided in favor of Cambridge, and 
 by a vote of forty-six to forty-one the House 
 of Deputies ratified the decision. In 1724 the 
 town voted to raise thirty pounds to l)uy an 
 engine, the first one it owned. The town 
 of .Stoneham was set off December I, 1725, 
 and June 7, 1 726, the territory included in the 
 present city of Everett was set off from 
 Charlestown and annexed to Maiden. 
 
 The town showed commendable enterprise 
 in guarding against fire, and in 1735 purchased 
 a new fire-engine — the second one in town. 
 Daniel Russell and Thomas jenner gave forty 
 pounds and the town raised ;^'i 17.25.9 to pay 
 for it. In 1749 a fire caused a damage of six 
 thousand pounds. The follow-ing interesting 
 advertisenient appeared in a Boston paper, 
 October 30, 1749: "To be sold by Samuel 
 Henly, Ezekiel Cheever, Jr., and Francis 
 Dizer of Charlestown, a parcel of likely negro 
 boys and girls, just imported from .Africa." 
 
 The lottery authorized by the (leneral Court 
 to raise money for paving the highways of 
 the town and known as the "Charlestown 
 Lottery" was set up in 1660. There were 
 6,000 tickets at two dollars each, the prizes, 
 1,255 '" number, were from four dollars to one 
 thousand dollars (the capital prize) and there 
 were 4,745 blanks. The prizes amounted to 
 $10,800 and the net profit was $1,200. 
 
 Opposition to the revenue system incre.ased 
 and the several towns in the Colony devised 
 various plans whereby the home industries 
 might be encouraged, and the necessity of 
 purchasing imported articles subject to tax, in 
 a measure diminished. Gloves and articles of 
 mourning were heavily taxed and in this 
 respect a reform was " introduced in the town 
 of Charlestown and at a recent funeral the 
 relations all attended without any mourning 
 dress." The spirit of the times is shown by 
 an incident related in the Boston News Letter 
 in 1768; "one of the daughters of liberty in 
 Charlestown after suiting herself in a Boston 
 store to articles she wanted to purchase, in- 
 quired whether the shopkeeper sold tea. She 
 was answered in the affirmative, upon which she 
 ordered the articles to be put back, being 
 determined, as the inhabitants of that town 
 h.ad universally left oft drinking tea, she would 
 purchase nothing where it was sold." 
 
 The ariival of British troops in Boston in 
 1 768 did not have a soothing effect on the 
 colonists nor did it deter them from the course 
 they had adopted of opposition to the unjust 
 laws of the government. It rather turned 
 their thoughts to the contemplation of the 
 possibility of war. .A ]ieculiar excuse was 
 offered by them to account for the unusual 
 attention to military discipline and drill th.at 
 manifested itself in 1772. They said that it 
 was because of such vast warlike preparations 
 
 CKAHT S CORNER. 
 
 making among the nations of Europe. The 
 call fo! military preparation was promptly 
 responded to by Charlestown. The Boston 
 Gazette of October 19, said: " We cannot but 
 
HISI()R\' C)I 
 
 UK TOWN. 
 
 mention the performances of the miHtia of 
 Charlestown llic Inst Thursday, which were 
 regular, spirited, and highly entertaining to a 
 great concourse of people of all ranks from 
 this and neighboring towns." 
 
 On December 4, 1 773, a large cargo of lea 
 having arrived, the citizens of the town niel 
 and adopted a long preamble and resolutions 
 setting forth their opposition to the Stamp Act 
 and other un|>opular govennnental measures. 
 It \\ as resolved "that whosoever shall bedirect- 
 Iv or indirectly concerned in landing, receiving, 
 buying or selling said tea, or importing any 
 tea from (ireat Britain while sul)ject to duty, 
 is an enemy to America and ought to be treat- 
 ed accordingly." It was further resolved 
 *'thatwewill be ready on all proper occa- 
 sions, in conjunction with our ojijiresscd 
 American brethren, to risk our lives and for- 
 tiuu-> insui)port of those rights, liberties, jirivi- 
 leges, with which God, nature and our hap]>y 
 constitution have made us free.'' 
 
 The passage and enforcement of the I'ort 
 Bill worked great hardship to Charlestown. 
 Its commerce was consideralile, but was soon 
 ruined under the operation of this act. The 
 winter was severe and there was much sviffer- 
 ing. An appeal was made for assistance to the 
 other towns and the response was generous. 
 
 The British adminstration was determined 
 in its effort to enforce submission to the Act 
 alteringthe Charter of Massachusetts passed in 
 May, 1774. The military resources and pre- 
 parations of the colonists were known to Gen- 
 eral Gage in conmian<l of the British Soldiers 
 in Boston and he made every effort to circum- 
 vent them. A sharp watch was in turn kept 
 by the committee of the colonists on the move- 
 ments of General Gage, and when on the night 
 
 Samvel Finlev Breese Morse, painter, sculptor, 
 
 author and inventor of the electric telegraph, was born in 
 Charlestown. April 27. 1701. and died in New York. April 
 2, 1872. He was the eldest son of Rev.Jedediah Morse, 
 wh<i preached in the First Church. He studied painting 
 in England under Ilenjamin West, and in 1813 received 
 the gold medal of the Adelphi Society' of Arts for his 
 first effort in sculpture, the " Dying Hercules," He 
 returned home in 1S15 and painted portraits in New 
 Hampshire, at $i:;.oo per head, .^t the age of nine- 
 teen he painted " The Landing of the Pilgrims" which 
 hangs on the wall of the Charlestown Public I.ibrar)'. 
 
 S. F. B. M. . 
 
 In 1829 he edited the poems of L. M. Davidfion, and in 
 183s published " Foreign Conspiracy Against the 
 United States." He was again in Enghind from 1829 
 10 1832, and on his voyage home conceived ihe idea of 
 the electric telegraph. In 18^5 he demonstrated its 
 practicability by a model, and in 1837 filed a caveat at 
 the patent office. He perfected his invenlion in 1840, 
 and Congress granietl him $30,000 with which an ex- 
 pertmenlal line was bnilt between \Va_shington and IJalti- 
 morc in 1844. In recognition of the magnitude of his 
 discoveries several European countries joined together 
 and presented htm with 400.000 francs in 1857. 
 
 of April iS, 1775, ^ raid was made on the col- 
 onist's stores at Concord and Lexington the 
 movement was detected. Richard Devens 
 of Charlestown, one of the committee of 
 safety, sent a messenger to warn Hancock 
 
 and Adams, and later in llie evening when 
 Paul Revere crossed the river to ("harli-stuwn, 
 met him .tnd furnishe<l him with the liorsc to 
 make the famous " Midnight Ride " tiiat ])re- 
 ceeded the battle of Lexington. In that bat- 
 tle James Miller of Charlestown was killed 
 near Prospect Hill, Somervillc. The retreat of 
 the British ended at Charlestown where ihey 
 encamped. As the troops ap])roachrd the 
 town, firing as ihey came, a boy, Eilward 
 Barber, was killed at the Neck, a,s he was 
 standing: in the winil«>\\ of a !lnu■^e at the cor- 
 
 by sufhcient forces posted there, and as the 
 particular situation of I_)orchesler Neck is 
 vmknown to this committee, they desire that 
 the council of war take and pursue such steps 
 respecting the same, as to them shall appear 
 to be for the security of this Colony." 
 
 On Friday, June i6lh, the commanders of 
 the army, in accordance with the recommen- 
 dation of the c<nnmittee of safety, took 
 measures to fortify Bunker Hill. Orders 
 were issued for Prescott's, Frye's and Bridge's 
 regiments, and a fatigue party of 200 Con- 
 
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 ner of the road leading to ^L1lden Bridge. 
 General Gage issued a proclamation to 
 the people of Charlestown to the effect 
 that he would lay the town in ashes if 
 they obstructed the King's troops. The troops 
 remained that night in the town and the next 
 day returned to Boston. Many of the inhab- 
 itants deserted the town fearing that the threat 
 of burning it would be carried out. 
 
 After the engagement at Lexington the 
 Americans gathered at Cambridge, an<l re- 
 enforcements were constantly arriving from 
 distant towns and settlements. On May 13th, 
 the American troops marched from Camliridge 
 to Charlestown, over Bunker Hill to Breed's 
 Hill then to Main Street and back to Cam- 
 bridge. This was dime to inspire the army 
 with confidence. 
 
 THE BATTLE. 
 
 Both sides inmiediately after the battle of 
 Lexington l)egan to fortify their lines. The 
 British had only to close in Boston Neck to be 
 secure, since their navy was sufficient to 
 control the water front, though unable to de- 
 fend the islands which were stripped of sup- 
 plies by expeditions from the American side. 
 The American forces were ranged around 
 Boston, from Scmierville and Cambridge to 
 r)orchester. Occasional skirmishes took place, 
 but the British !<howed iio desire to sally forth, 
 while the Americans naturally were reluctant 
 to take any steps which might lead lo the 
 destruction of their much loved capitol. At 
 length Gage decided to assume the offensive 
 and to occupy Dorchester Heights, now S<iuth 
 Boston, on the night of June iSth. Informa- 
 tion of this ])lan being received by the Ameri- 
 cans, the committee of safety, on the 15th of 
 June, passed the following resolve : " Whereas, 
 it appears of importance to the safety of this 
 Colony, that possession of the hill called 
 Bunker's Hill, in Charlestown, be securely 
 kept and defended; and also some one hill or 
 hills on Dorchester Neck be likewise secured; 
 therefore resolved, unanimously, that it be 
 reconunended to the council of war, that the 
 aUive mentioned Bvmker's Hill be maintained 
 
 necticut troops to parade at 6 f)'clock in the 
 evening with all the intrenching tools in the 
 Cambridge camp. .Also, Capt. Samuel Grid- 
 ley's company of artillery, of forty-nine men 
 and two field pieces, were ordered to parade. 
 The Connecticut men were under Capt. 
 'Hiomas Knowlton. The detachment was 
 placed under the command of Col. William 
 j'rescotl of Pepperel, who had onlers in writ- 
 ing from (Jen. Ward, to proceed that evening 
 to Bunker Hill, build fortifications to be 
 planned by Col. Richard Gridley, the chief 
 engineer, and defend them until he should be 
 relieved. The numlfcr of troops may be fairly 
 estimated at 1, 200. 
 
 About 9 o'clock in the evening the troops 
 started, Col. Prescott leading, and at C"harles- 
 town Neck they were joined by (ien. Putnam 
 and Maj. Brooks. A delay was caused by a 
 discussion upon the order to fortify Bunker 
 Hill, as Breed's Hill to the southward was 
 evidently more tit. " Bunker's Hill begins at 
 the isthmus and rises gradually for about 300 
 yards, forming a round, smooth hill, sloping 
 on two sides towards the water, and connected 
 by a ridge of ground on the south with the 
 heights now know 11 as Breed's Hill." (Kroth- 
 inghani.) Butiker Hill was well known; 
 Breed's Hill was a name purely local and 
 hardly in use. Luckily ccmnnon sense pre- 
 vailed over forms, and the southern eminence, 
 regardless of its exact name, was fixed upon 
 for the works. It was midnight bef<>re the 
 engineer had traced the lines of the ]Jroposed 
 redoubt. "It was a bright starlight night of 
 mi<lsummer, when the long hours of the day 
 almost deny an interval to the darkness, and 
 we expect almost momentarily after twilight in 
 the west to behold the gray of morning in the 
 east. There was a remnant of a wanitig moon 
 just before midnight. . . The narrow space 
 l>etween the shores was wider than the 
 distance between these midnight delvers and 
 their enemies. At least live armed vessels 
 then floated in the middle of the stream. . . . 
 These ships were most aptly moored for the 
 purposes of the enemy, and it seems almost 
 impossible that the sentries could have been 
 
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HISTORV OF THE TOWN. 
 
 wakfful at llioir iiosts ami not have lieard the 
 operations of nearly a tlioiisand meti iijjon the 
 hill anil near it." (Ellis.) Twice (luring the 
 night Trescott went down to the beach, xuiahle 
 to helieve in the truth of this marvellous 
 l)lindness. 
 
 At the first light of the morning of the 17th, 
 however, the eiUrenchnients, already some six 
 feet high, were seen from the shij^s, and the 
 "Lively," of twenty guns, lying where the 
 Xavy Yard is, opened fire. Admiral (iraves 
 ordered the firing to cease, but it was soon 
 renewed from a battery of six guns and how- 
 itzers at Copp's Hill, and from the shi])])ing. 
 No interruption to the work was caused, al- 
 though one man was killed. 
 
 The English commanders were at first in 
 doubt as to their plan of attack. Generals 
 Grant and Clinton, and a majority of the council 
 of war, called by Gage, were in favor of cm- 
 barking a force at Boston Common, and land- 
 ing in tile roar of the American force, at 
 
 which was filled in with newly cut grass from 
 the mea<lows. Hefore the battle. Colonel 
 .Starkarrived with his New Hampshire regiment 
 and took mr)st of tliein with him to the rail- 
 fence, which was extended to the river. 
 
 The M.assachuselts men in the redoubt were 
 those of the three regiments, Prescott's, Bridge's 
 and Krye's, which had been at work, joined 
 just before the battle by portions of Brewer's, 
 Nixon's, W'oodbridge's, Little's and Doo- 
 little's. The artillery was posted at the exposed 
 point between the redoubt and the rail-fence;, 
 and the latter line was held by the New 
 Ilani|ishire and Connecticut troops. 
 
 .About 3 o'clock the British advance was 
 ordered, their troops inarching in two wings. 
 The right under General Howe aimed at the 
 .American left at the rail-fence. Their left 
 under General Pigot, consisting of the 5th, 
 38th, 43d, 47th, 52(1 regiments and the marines 
 attacked the redoubt. No phrase is more famil- 
 iar to us than the watch-word of Putnam to 
 
 Howe now massed his troops for a third 
 assault, concentrating the attack upon the re- 
 doubt. He ordered his men to lay aside 
 their knapsacks, to move forward in column, 
 to reserve their fire, to rely on the bayonet, 
 and to ]nish the artillery forward. The am- 
 munition of the Americans was now well- 
 nigh spent, and after a desperate defense, 
 Prescott was forced to order a retreat. At 
 this time Warren fell, and the loss of the 
 Americans was greater than at any other period 
 of the action. Fighting to the la.st, the 
 .American troops were forced liackward over 
 the crest of Hunker Hill, and were joined by 
 their brethien from the rail-fence, wdiose posi- 
 tion had likewise become untenable. The 
 whole body retired over the Neck while the 
 British about 5 o'clock took possession of the 
 heights. In the retreat General Joseph Warren 
 was killed. He was one of the last to leave 
 the redoubt and was overtaken by the fatal 
 shot before he had gone more than 100 feet. 
 
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 Charlestown Neck. Gage fortunately over- 
 ruled this and decided to attack the redoubt 
 from the front. 
 
 Between 12 and 1 o'clock, a large body 
 of English troops was safely landed at 
 Moulton's Point in Charlestown. These were 
 the ten oldest companies of grenadiers and 
 light infantry (exclusive of two regiments, the 
 35th and 4()th, just arrived ), the 5tli, 3Sth, 
 43d and 52d regiments. .After landing, rein- 
 forcements were re(|uired, and the 47th regi- 
 ment, the first battalion of marines, and several 
 companies of grenadiers and light infantry 
 were sent over. 
 
 The .American lines were really of slight 
 importance. The redoubt ciccupied the top of 
 Breed's Hill and controlled the two lower 
 roads and the town. Here Prescott command- 
 ed the .Massachusetts troops. .About 600 feet 
 to the rear, on the side towards the Mystic 
 River, Colonel Knowlton with the Connecticut 
 troops was posted behind a double rail-fence 
 
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 his meii, " Wait till you see the white of their 
 eyes!" The fire of the .American troops, 
 delivered at short range, was so overwhelming, 
 that Pigot was forced to order a retreat. The 
 same fate attended Howe's attack on the left, 
 where the same tactics were pursued by the 
 .Americans, with like success. 
 
 .A second attack and rejiulse followed, and 
 a second reinforcement of some 400 British 
 marines was landed and General Clinton hast- 
 ened over as a volunteer. Charlestown was 
 set on fire, partly liy shells thrown from Copp's 
 Hill, and jiartly by the torches of a party of 
 marines from the *' Somerset." The British 
 vessels maintained a constant fire not only on 
 Breed's Hill, but on Bunker's Hill, where 
 some attem]^ts at fortification had been made. 
 Especially, from Ix^ials in the Charles Uiver 
 cannonading was kejH up at the low land of 
 Charlestown Neck, preventing the Americans 
 from pushing forward reinforcements or suji- 
 plies of ammunition. 
 
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 The British hiss, as ofificially reported, 
 was 35 officers and 191 soldiers killed, 122 
 officers and 706 soldiers wounded. These 
 belonged to the artillery, to the marines, and 
 to the following regiments of foot: the 4th, 
 5th, loth iSth, 22d, 23d, 35th, 38th, 43d, 
 47th, 52d, 5gth, 63d, and 65th. The Ameri- 
 can loss is diflicult to be ascertained, as so 
 little organization had been secured at that 
 time. Erothingham estimates it at 140 killed, 
 271 wounded, and 30 captured. The following 
 vessels look ]iart in the cannonading during 
 the day: ".Somerset," 68 guns, 520 men. 
 Captain Edward Le Cras; " Ccrlierus," 36 
 guns. Captain Cliilds; " Glasgow," 24 guns, 
 130 men. Captain William Maltby; "Lively," 
 20 guns, 130 men. Captain Thomas Bishop; 
 "Falcon," Captain Linzee and the "Sym- 
 metry, "20 guns. Charlestown at that time 
 hadalxnit 400 houses and two or three thou- 
 sand inhabitants. 
 
HISTORN' OF rilK TOWN 
 
 AFTER THE BATTLE. 
 
 In the hinniiii; of llic lown, incitk-iit to tlic 
 Battle of Bunker llill, every dwelling was con- 
 sumed. Most of the houses were ahoiit Town 
 llill and the .S(|uare, cuiite a few along Main 
 Street an<l some at the Neck. Kor several 
 weeks before the battle it had been felt that 
 proiH-rty was not safe in the town^ and nuieh 
 that could be moved was carried away. Im- 
 uK-dialely <)n the departure of th'.- Koyal forces 
 from Boston, March 17, 1776, the jicople of 
 Charlestown who ha<l not estalilished ihein- 
 selves elsewhere, bei^an to return to llie town. 
 The sturdy people bei^an anew the erection of 
 I heir homes. That the reoccupation licgan 
 thus early is shown by tlie fact that in Novem- 
 ber, 1776, Susanna llo()]H:r was the first child 
 and February 24, 177", Timothy 'I'hompson, 
 fr., was the fust male born on the pi-ninsular 
 after the return. It was not, however, until 
 the end of the war thai the rebuilding of tlie 
 town began in earnest. In the meantime a 
 
 Another important work was undertaken, 
 the long desired bridge to Boston. The Legis- 
 lature ])assed an Act, March 9,I7S5, incorp(»r- 
 atjng a company to build it, and the Charles 
 River Bridge was o]iened to ])ublic travel for 
 the first time on the occasion of the (trst 
 celebration of llie Battle of B>unker llill, June 
 17, 17S6. The itridge was 1,503 feel long, 
 42, wide, had seventy-five ])iers each of seven 
 piles and cost /j 5,000. Its success led to the 
 building f»f a britlge.to Maiden in 1787 and Ir) 
 <. iielsea in 1S03. The first newspaper, '*'["hc 
 American Recor<ler," was issued December 9, 
 17S5. From the beginning of the town the 
 Congregational was the <mly established 
 churcii. In iSoi , Imwevei, the Baptist 
 organized and in iSio the j'irst Cniversalist 
 Society was formed and incorjiorated in iSii. 
 Frolliingharn, Harris, Rand, Wood an^l other 
 names of old families appear anir)ng the organ- 
 izers of this society. Rev. Thomas Starr King, 
 who in later years flid more ])erliaps than any 
 f'tliei man to keep California in the I'liion, 
 
 OLD si. y\.\K\ S CHUKCH. 
 
 local government had been organized and 
 town meetings heUl, and Septendier 4, l7<So, 
 forty-eight votes were cast in an election held 
 under the constitution of the Conunonwealth. 
 There were as yet no public buildings. 'I'he 
 site of the old Meeting House on the Square 
 was taken by the town, and ()ctt>ber 27, 17S2, 
 a locati«)n was given the church on Town Hill 
 where the First Church now stands. Sej^tem- 
 bcr 10, 17S1, a conmiitlee was appointed to 
 solicit subscri])tions throughout the State to 
 assist in building the church and in 1783 it 
 was opened for services, but was not finished 
 until 1787. A workhouse for the poor w as 
 provided by a vote of March 4, i7S2,and in 
 17S6 a new school-luiuse was Iniill. In Sejv 
 tember, 1 783, the hrst Masonic lodge. King 
 Solomon's was organized. 
 
 was ]iastor of this church from 1846 to 1S40. 
 
 The I'nitarians erected a church in 1810, 
 and the Methodists were incorporated in 1820. 
 A division occiirred in the organization f»f the 
 Trinitarian Congregalionalisl> in 1833 •'^'^'' ^'^"^ 
 Winthrop Society was formed. The Episco- 
 palians of the town formerly gathered in Jan- 
 uary, 1840, and held services in the Town 
 Hall. In 1841 they built St. John's Church. 
 
 There were few Roman Catholics in the 
 town until about half a cenlur)' after the 
 rel'uilding. Their first church, St. Mary's, 
 was dedicated in May, 1829. The new St. 
 Mary's, nn Warren Street, wasluiill in 1S87. 
 St. Francis cle Sales Church was dedicated 
 June 17, 1S62. There ts now a parochial 
 school attached to this church. St. Catherine's 
 Churcli was built in 1885. 
 
 The Middlesex Canal Company was incor- 
 porated ill 1793 and the canal opened in 1803. 
 It was in operation until the advent of the 
 railroads, which deprived it of tralhc and its 
 charter was forfeited in i860. 
 
 In 1842 a portion of the territory of the 
 town was annexed to West Cambridge and a 
 larger part incorporated as the town of Somer- 
 ville, leaving the area of this town one nf the 
 smallest in the State. A city fr>rm of govern- 
 ment was estaltlished February 22, 1 747, by 
 a vote of yes 1,127; »o 868; and Hon. ( ieorge 
 Washington Warren was elected mayor. His 
 successors have been; Richard Frothingham, 
 James Adams, Timothy T. Sawyer, James 
 Dana, H.(l. Hutchins, I'hinehas J. Stone, 
 Charles Roltinson, Jr., Liverus Hull', Eugene 
 I,. Norton, William H. Kent, and J<mathan 
 Stone; of these Timothy 'I". Sawyer and hma- 
 than Stone are now living. The annexation of 
 Charlestown (o lioston was actively sought by 
 many citizens even before the newly inc4irp«ir- 
 ated city had betm fairly organized and in 
 1854 the jiroposition was submitted to the 
 jieople. The vote was: Charlestown, yes 
 1,412: no 1,117; Boston, yes 3o33:,n" 
 1,960, ( )n liie face of the returns annexation 
 was carried, iuit, because the Charlestown re- 
 turns were not certified, the plan was defeated. 
 Nineteen years later, October 7, 1873, the 
 (piestion was again submitted to the people 
 and resulted : Charlestown, yes 2,240; no 
 1,947; Boston, yes-5,960* no 1868. Annex- 
 ation was affected January I, 1874. 
 
 The National (lovernment decided to build 
 a Navy Yard in Boston Harbor, and N()dille 
 Island presented a claim for the prize. The 
 citizens of Charlestown, however, nia<le out 
 a better case and on June 17, 1800, the Legis- 
 lature authorized the United Stales to pur- 
 chase land in Charlestown for the Navy Vard 
 and between forty and fifty acres, value<l by a 
 jury at $37,280 were purchased. Other pur- 
 chases and tile hlling in of flats has increased 
 the area to eighty-seven and a half acres. A 
 dry dock of granite, i)lanned by Loanuni Bald- 
 win, was built { iS27-34)at acost of $670,089, 
 and in 1836 a ropewalk said to be the liest in 
 the country was erected. 
 
 The State Prison was built during 1804-5 
 on land purchased in 1800 by the Stale and 
 the whole work cost $170,000, but many thou- 
 sands have since been sjient on it. It was be- 
 lieved at the lime that it would help to ** prt)mote 
 the happiness of the town." The first convict 
 was received there Decendier 12, 1805. 
 
 The men who guided the destinies of Charles- 
 tow^n were intelligent and ])rogressive. They 
 were br<tad-nunded and liberal. It must not 
 be chnrgi-d to them that the L'rsuline Convent 
 f)n Mount Benedict was <le>Iroyed, nor did 
 they have a part in the later outburst of religious 
 fanaticism when the St. Mary's Church was 
 threatened with destruction. 
 
 The leading men of the town, the represen- 
 tatives of the old families, had no sympathy 
 with the mobs that came from Boston and sur- 
 rounding towns and committed the acts of 
 lawdcssness that have left an undeserved stain 
 on the fair fame of Charlestown. Nowhere 
 was there more real sorrow fell for the victims 
 of these outrages than here in Charlestown. 
 Such acts were not consistent with the love of 
 freetlom and the spirit of jirogrcss ever pos- 
 sessed by her citizens. 
 
 Charlestown always looked carefully to the 
 education of her children and ample school 
 accommodations were ]ir<n'ided. The Harvard 
 School was erected in i8oi. rebuilt in 1847-8, 
 and tile present building in 1872. The Bunker 
 Hill School of 1805 was rebuilt in 1845 
 and the new building on B.aldwin Street erect- 
 ed in 1866-67. The Winthrop or ( »ld Train- 
 ing Field School was huill in 1S27 and a later 
 school of the same name gave way to the 
 Frothingham School in 1S75-6. The Warren 
 School was erected in 1839-40 and rebuilt in 
 1868. ,'\ High Sch<M)l was provided in 1847-8 
 and the present structure erected in 1870. 
 
S'lOKV t)F •! in: MOMMKN'I'. 
 
 The IVcscoU Sclioiil wns Ijuill in 1S57. So 
 well was the city provided with schools that 
 since annexation only one grammar and two 
 primary schools have been erected. 
 
 The old City Hall is now used as a |:.uli!ic 
 library, and was erected in 186S-69 at a cost 
 of $1 II, 200. There were, from tinie to time, 
 library and literary associations formed in the 
 town, but they were short lived. Jinie 5. 
 i<S6o, the city council passed an ordinance 
 to estalilish a public library, and a general 
 subscription was raised for the purpose. A 
 board of trustees was chosen with Hon. T. T. 
 Sawver as chairman, and rooms were secured 
 in llie buildins; of the Warren Institution for 
 
 .Savings. deorge S. Pool 
 librarian. 
 
 The library was opened _' 
 with over 7000 volumes, 
 the library remaineil intact 
 where it belonged, although 
 made to move il to l^ioslon. 
 good judgment of l)r. ('. .S 
 T. T. Sawyer thai the' reniov 
 as they had a clause covering 
 ed in the act of amiexation. 
 of Mystic Water was celel 
 29, 1S63. 
 
 .Since annexation the liist< 
 is but thai of a (h^lri.i .■( 
 
 was ihe I'ust lost much of the old associations througli the 
 
 removal of many of the older and wealthier 
 
 anuarv 7, 1S62, residents to more fashionable locations. 
 
 After annexation In the ten years following annexation there 
 
 in Charleslown was a surprising loss in the valuation of real 
 
 an attempt was estate and personal projierty from this cause. 
 
 It was ilue to the The outgoing has been in a measure checkeil 
 
 t'arteeand Hon.. Iiy the organization of the gyo'h .\rtillery 
 
 al Has not made. Association and the Charlcstown Club. 'Ihese 
 
 the matter insert- social clubs have splendidly appointed club 
 
 ■| he introduclirui houses and a new social era has dawned. 
 
 irated Noveudiir The membership is large and an influence 
 
 beneficial to the district is exerted through the 
 
 ileslown social gatherings that play so important a 
 
 It has part in club life. 
 
 vof Ch: 
 'i;..si,.n. 
 
 STORY OF THE MONUMENT. 
 
 The history of Bunker Hill Moinnnenl is 
 like the story of our country, one of persistent 
 effort through changing fortunes, crowned at 
 last by the glory of success. The descendants 
 of the heroes of the Revolution were, like 
 their fathers, undeterred by the frowns of ad- 
 versity. They were satisfied of the justice of 
 their cause and had for their motto " In Hod 
 We Trust." Thus it was that when the )>ros- 
 pecl of ever finishing the monument so enthusi- 
 astically begun, seemed gloomiest the jiatriolic 
 citizens and iheir noble wives and daughters 
 never lost hope, but labored steadily through 
 many years and at last saw the daw^n of the 
 nieniorablc day when Daniel Webster, standing 
 on Liberty's slirine, ]>rocl.aimed to the world: 
 "Hunker Hill Monument is finished. There it 
 stands." 
 
 The first effort to raise a tilting memorial 
 was made by King .Solomon's Lodge of Ma- 
 sons, which in Deceudier, 1794, erected in Mr. 
 Russell's pasture, a Tuscan pillar, built of 
 wood, eighteen feet high, pl.acecl upon a plat- 
 form eight feet high and eight feet stpiare, arul 
 surmounted by a gilt urn marked J. W. .!•',. 34. 
 The land re<|uired wasgi\'en byjames Russell, 
 Es<|., and the monument cost about one thou- 
 sand dollars. A model of it is preserved in 
 the entrance floi>r of the present Monument. 
 The Legislature passed a special act giving 
 the Lodge the power to hold the properly, anri 
 Ihe right to recover fines from any \)erson con- 
 victefl of defacing the monument. 
 
 Here the matter rested for a cpiartcr of a 
 century, but in 1818 a controversy sprang up 
 in regard l(j the conduct of the battle, whirli 
 led to a renewed interest in the subjeci. In 
 1822 a portion of the land on the hill was 
 offered for sale. Dr. John C. Warren pur- 
 chased Ihe lot and held il imlil the .Association 
 was formed. The prime movers in the enter- 
 prise, were Dr. Warren, William Tuilor, 
 ("ol. Thomas 11. Perkins, Daniel Webster, 
 William Sullivan and C^eorge Itlake. In May, 
 1823, these gentlemen and twenty others 
 joined together to obtain an Act of Incorpor- 
 ation for the purpose of *' erecting such a 
 monument as shall endure to future ages and 
 be a permartent memorial, consecrated by 
 the gratitude of the present generation, to the 
 memory of those statesmen and sohhers who 
 led the way in the American Revolution." 
 The petition was ]>resented to the L-egislature, 
 and an act w as passed June 7, 1S23 incorporating 
 the I'unker Hill JNIomnnent Association with 
 the following membership: Joseph Story, 
 lesse Putnam, Daniel Webster, Kdward 
 Everett, Sanmel D. Harris, .Samuel Swell, 
 Theodore Lyman, Jr., .Stephen Gorham, Jr., 
 Thomas IL Perkins, William Tudor, Henry 
 
 A. S. Dearborn, l.eiljamin ( iorham, !'"ranklin 
 Dixler, William Sullivan, (leorge Ticknor, 
 Charles R. Codman, Warren Dulton, Isaac P. 
 Davis, Thomas Harris, Selh Knowles, Hen- 
 jamin Welles, John C. Warren, (ieorge Wake, 
 and I-'rancis C dray. 
 
 I )n June 13, 1823, the incor]iinalors met 
 al Ihe Exchange (offee-llouse in lioston, and 
 on |une 17th they adoiHed by-laws and chose 
 officers. The number of directors was fixed 
 
 Monument. In his address to the Legislature, 
 January 24, 1825, he spoke as follows: — 
 
 "The erection of a Monument on Hunker's 
 Hill is another work of a public nature, in 
 which our fellow-citizens have laken a great 
 interest. P'or this purpose an act of incorporation 
 was granted, .ind it is believed thai adc(piale 
 funds will be raised by voluntary subscri]i|ion. 
 I reconnirend a revision of the act, thai two 
 conditions may be added: first, that a ]ilan or 
 
 al twenty-five, and thai boily appointed a 
 standing connniltee of l\\v, l<» manage the 
 affairs of ihe corporation. Il was also decid- 
 ed ihat any one who subscrilu'd five dollars 
 should bec(une a memt)er of the .Association. 
 The original act of incor)')oralion did not 
 seem einirely suilicient. tiovernor Kuslis, 
 who had served as surgefui al the battle of 
 Bunker Hill, fell very strongly the propriety 
 of the .Stale's ownership of the completed 
 
 I'.CNKF.K Mil. I. aiONCMENl. 
 
 model be sulnnitted t 
 approbation previi 
 
 the Legishilure for their 
 to the construction of 
 the Monument; and, secontily, that when it is 
 compleletl, it shall revert to the Common- 
 wealth. .Shi^uld the fvmds prove insufiicient for 
 the completiim of such a work as is worthy of 
 the occasion and becoming the character of 
 the .Stale, I do not permit myself to doubt 
 that aid will be afforded by an enlightened 
 Legislature. 
 
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STORY OF THE MONl'MENT. 
 
 Tu cinmiiL-niaralc une of iIk- priru-ipal 
 cVL-nls of ihc Ruvoliilion; lo ronsfcrau- ihc 
 fk-ld ill Massachusclts, on wliirli, in llut first 
 Staines of iIk' war. our licrois and slalcsnu-n 
 scaluil with their lilocjci iln- |)rini-i|ilL-s tluy had 
 sworn tti maintain : where a disciplineil enemy 
 reeeiveii from a liardy, untutored yeomanry a 
 lesson which ])ro(Uieed the most henelieial 
 eonse(|llenres throlli^Ii the whole of tlle Rev- 
 cihilionary War, — is worthy the care of the 
 patriot and statesman. 'I'hesiilendid column on 
 I'lunker's 1 fill will unite ])rincip.les with history, 
 patriotism with ylory. llwill In- read liyall; 
 its moral will strike deep in the heart, and 
 leave an indelil)le ini])ri-ssion on the niind. 
 The trust is toi.j sacred, the work too important, 
 to rest exclusively in the charge of indivicluals: it 
 should he a coumion projierty. in which every 
 citi/en sliould have a riijht; as it will he the 
 pride, it should also he the properly, of the 
 ( 'oimiionwealth." 
 
 (.'lovernor liustis died I'Vhruary 6, 1S25, but 
 the Legislature heeded his wishes and passed 
 ■•.\n act to aid the Hunker Hill Monument 
 Association in res|)(mse to a jjetifion from the 
 Association, for aid in the form itf money or 
 its etjuivalent; secoiully, for some cannon: 
 thirdly, for the right Intake land hv right of 
 eminent domain, as sonu- i>arcels on the Hill 
 could n.il easily he olitaiiieil hy purcliase. 
 1 hese conditions in favor of the .Association 
 uere granted; but coujiled with them was the 
 pr.ivision, curtailing the former grant, that the 
 .Monument when ccjmpleted, with all the land 
 purchased and then lield by ihe Corporation, 
 should be conveyed to the Conunonwealth. 
 Ihe hrst part of the ]ietilion, i. e. for money 
 or its ecpiivalent was granted by giving permis- 
 sion to have stone for the Monument iirejiared 
 al the .Stale prison, provideil that the work 
 shiuild not exceed in value ten thousand dollars. 
 
 The purch.ises of laud by the .Association at 
 this time, as given by Warren, were .as fol- 
 
 t )f Nalhaiiiel Austin . . $5,00000 
 
 Timothy W alker . . 4,500 00 
 
 .Amirew Ketlell . . 2,600 00 
 
 Ejihraim Frost . . 2,200 00 
 
 I'arnell Brooks . . 3,45000 
 
 IJenjamin .Adams . . I.OOOOO 
 
 Samuel Spring . . 600 00 
 
 \\ illiam .\ustiii . . 400 00 
 
 Meirs of Mnry Beaman . 2,2J2 42 
 Dr. John C. Warren ( Russell 
 
 lot) 1,25000 
 
 Total . . $23,232 42 
 
 lor which sum the .Association obtained fifteen 
 acres. The money was furnished, in advance 
 of subscription, by a note on wliicfi twenty 
 gentlemen, including Mr. Webster, Mr. (George 
 Blake and ludge I'rescott weri: sureties. 
 
 .\llhough neither the form nor si/.e of the 
 Monument had been decided upon, it was 
 ihoughl best in 1S25, to lay the corner-stone 
 under such circumstances as shoidd deui.ui- 
 strate that work had begun and should ^linui 
 late (-(uilributions towards its completion. 
 Accordingly this was done on June 17th under 
 the most auspicious surroundings, (ieneral 
 I.alayette being present as an honored guest, 
 and I>aniel Webster being the orator. 
 
 The managers of the .Association were long 
 in doubt as to the best form for the propt>sed 
 Momiment. Many preferred a pillar; but the 
 subject was referred to a sub-comiviittee com- 
 posed of Daniel Webster, ( ;ilbert Stuart, 
 Washington .Allston, Loammi Baldwin and 
 I iiorge Ticknor. Kour of this committee, r>n 
 April 25, 1S25, sid>milted a re|iorl, recom- 
 mending the plan for an obelisk as proposed 
 by Horatio Greenough. On the 7th of June 
 the matter was disposed of finally, by the 
 following order : — 
 
 •' Noted, That the form of an obelisk shall 
 be adopted for the proposed Monument, or, 
 in other words, a pyramidal structure such .as 
 may be hereafter agreed on." 
 
 The estimate made July I, 1S25, was for an 
 obelisk, 220 feet ftigli, on a scptare Ijase of 30 
 
 feel, bmll ol (heluislonl granite, to cost 
 
 $IOO,OOtJ. 
 
 The amount ol money ctpllected to Septem- 
 ber isl \\as$54,433.07: expenditures for land, 
 lading corner stone, engraving certificates, 
 etc., amountcrd to $29,416.03, and the direcl- 
 (irs vote<l to proceed with the erection of the 
 building. .Solomon Willard was appointe<l 
 su]»erintt-udenl, and to his unceasing and uii- 
 sellish exertions, as much as lo any other single 
 cause, the eventual succes.s of tile eiiterjirize 
 was due. .At the very outset hi; sought out 
 and obtained the right to use the (juarry at 
 *^>uinc_\- Ironi which the stone was taken. His 
 great knowledge and fertility of invention 
 wert- brought into use at t-very step, and he 
 consented to rccei\'c in iiayment only his bare 
 exj^enses. 
 
 .After the auspicious beginning, however, 
 tile great enter|)rise seemed to lag. Not 
 entingh money was raised at the start 
 to complcle the unik-rtaking, public interest 
 waned, and substriptions ceased. 'I Ik- 
 directors mortgaged the land, and the building 
 comniitttee, with this collateral, .gave their 
 individual notes for over $25,000. F»ut in 
 h'eluuary, !S2c), the ordi-r was given to sus- 
 P'_'nd \\(uk when onlv fourteen courses of 
 
 l..bM-.LAL U.\ 
 
 slojie hail been completeil, raising llie nionu- 
 ment but 37 feet 4 inches. The expenditures 
 by Mr. Willard amounted to $56,525.19. 
 
 .After several years" idleness, an arrange- 
 ment was made witti the Massachusetts Char- 
 itable Mechanic .Association of lioslon, to take 
 charge of the enterprise. The Bunker Hill 
 Mcuuimcnt .Association, by a formal vote, 
 •' avuhori/,ed the Massacliusells Charitable 
 .Mechanic .Association, to take the building 
 of the Monument into their own hands, and to 
 expend whatever money they had already 
 collected or thereafter might collect, in the 
 building, and by their own committees, subject 
 merely to a general supervision of the execu- 
 tive committee of the Hunker Hill .Monument 
 .Association." 
 
 This coiiperatiou is fully show 11 in the 
 second form of certilicate issued to subscribers 
 ..I li\e dollars. It is heailed " By the Bunker 
 Hill Monument .Association, founded in 1S23, 
 and allied in 1833 in completing the original 
 design, by the M.assaclniscUs Charitable 
 Mechanic .A.ssociation." 
 
 Work was resumed under the charge of the 
 Charitable .Association on June 17, 1S34. and 
 continued until November, 1S35. During 
 this lime eighteen more courses were hrid, 
 
 making the total height eighty-five feel, at 
 a cost of over $20,421.17, of whuli about 
 $16,000 was raised by this society. 
 
 That the Mechanic .Association couhl not 
 succeed, notwithstanding that it held a public 
 meeting in I'aneiiil Hall, at which Daniel 
 Webster appealed to the generosity of the city, 
 is only an evidence of the magnitude of the 
 enterprise. Ill 1S34 they re])orted that "the 
 general depression, arising from the state of 
 the country, has lieeii unfavorable to these ex- 
 ertions." Unfortunately, business affairs pro- 
 gressed frcun bad lo worse, and the panic of 
 1S37 would cirtainly have proved falal in any 
 stage of the inconi|)lele mulertaking. 
 
 In 1S36 an effort was made to interest the 
 .Slate in the completion of the Monument and 
 act:ordingly oil .April 9, 1S36, .Messers. Cray, 
 I'arnienter, hairbanks, of the Senate, and 
 Messers. Park, Hitchcock, Ruggles, Lucas, 
 ami I'eabody were appointed a committee " lo 
 consider the expediency of purchasing on be- 
 lialf of tliir Commonwealtli, the battle ground 
 on Bunker I lill. 
 
 The coimniltee attended to its iluty |)romptly 
 and .April 16th submitted a report in which it 
 said that: It is, in their judgment, matter of 
 serious regret, that the whole ground on 
 wliicli the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, 
 was not hmg since rendered the projierty of 
 tile Commonwealth, and that the right of pur- 
 chasing and ornamenting any portion of that 
 ever memorable spot, should ever have been 
 relimpiished by tiur public authorities lo any 
 other hands. \'our committee do not deem it 
 necessary to dilate on the many circumstanci-s 
 which rendered the battle of Bunker Hill 
 sjcoiul in importance to none in our Revolution. 
 This has been often done with an ability and 
 an elotpieiice which would render such an at- 
 tempt on tlieir part not imly unnecessary, but 
 presuni])tuous. .As little necessity can there be 
 for showing that the s|iot where so much was 
 a<:hieved for tile glory of New Fngkuld ;ind 
 the independence of our country, must be an 
 object of intense and increasing interest, not 
 only lo all .Americans, but to all loveis of 
 rational liberty through all future time. 
 
 1 he deep feeling which the view of this spot 
 Miusi excite in the bosom of every reflecting 
 observer is founded on the great |)riiiciple of 
 the association of ideas, — a prim-ijile as pre- 
 valent and asjiowerful in the intellectual world 
 as is that of gravitation in the physical. 
 
 It is true that it is no longer practicabK- to 
 pioiMie and set apart from piiviile uses the 
 uli. le battleground of Bunker Hill. 
 
 But it is in the powt-r of the Conimonwealth 
 to acrpiire the ccmtrol of a large portion of it, 
 and that too, the [itulion most interesting to 
 the citizens of our own St:Ue. The tract in 
 Huestion is of more than one third the extent 
 of the common in Boston, and forming as it 
 does, the very crest of the Hill, furnishes to 
 the spectator an unobstructed view of a great 
 l>orlion of the scenery of the environs. It is 
 the portion of the original battle-ground where 
 the Massachusetts troo[)s w^ere chiefly posted, 
 and contains the remains of the reiloubt where 
 Brt-scotl comniaiuled and Warrc-n fell. To 
 jireserve every iiortitui <if this tract from be- 
 coming a mere site for private dwelling- 
 houses; — to prevent the magnificent laiid- 
 sc:ipe visilile from its summit from being ob- 
 structed by masses of brick or stone, are sure- 
 ly objects which the Commonwealth will not 
 hesitate to secure at a moderate and reason- 
 abK' expense. I""or it might easily be shown 
 that the land which it is proposed t<t the Com- 
 monwealth to redeem is worth far more than 
 the sum re(|uisite for the pur|>ose, if we could 
 suppose that this spot could ever be regarded 
 by the Legislature as mere property. 
 
 What further arrangement shall be made 
 either with respect to the ground or the .Mon- 
 ument is n ipiestion which may be safely left 
 to the wisdom and magnanimity of future 
 Legislatures, aiul on wdiich your conimitlee do 
 not presume to offer any suggesticms. But 
 they feel assured tlial should the tract in ipies- 
 tioii become the property of the Coinmonwealth 
 
S'l'ORN Ol' IHIC MONUMENT. 
 
 il will Ik- sacredly rcl;iini.-(l hy ih.i-^c wlio siio- 
 rcL-d us as the inhcrilniu'c of llu-ir lallu-is, ;inil 
 thai the yreal evuiils ami iinhli- ilcctls nl which 
 it has pleased heaven to render il the scene, 
 will effectually jireserve every part of it from all 
 conunoii and ordinary uses. Vour conunittec 
 therefore Impc that this iiiterestinj^, il oujjht 
 rather lo he said, this hallowed spot, will be 
 placed at once in tlie keepini; of llmse to w honi 
 of all otliers it shcnild heloni^ — (he ]>eople of 
 tliis ("onmKjnwealth. 
 
 They conceive that no considuratitins of 
 economy, — considerations w Inch in ihi-ir 
 proper place and lo a ]ir<iprr lnIiiiI, are 
 res]H'cIed hy none nmre than hy yi)ur 
 conniiittee, ciught to iniluce liic CnmnKpn- 
 wealth to hitet^o an nppnrlunily which 
 canni)t he recalled and llir loss of which 
 may jirove a source of tU-ip and unavailini^ 
 rei^ret to every citizen <>t New I'.ni^land in all 
 succeedini^ times. 
 
 Concludini; its repi)rt tlie c(Hnmittee 
 suhmitted a resolve: That liie (Icivernor he 
 aulhiui/ed to purchase, on helialf of the 
 C.innnonwLalth, all the land on Iheid's Hill, 
 herettpfnre purchaseil and held hy the Ihniker 
 ilill Monument Association; loi;ether with 
 the monument standing thereon, and all the 
 personal property of said corporation, provided 
 that the same can he procured, free of all 
 incundirance, for a sum not exceediiiL^ thirty 
 three thousand dollars; jirovided also that a 
 L^ood ami suthcienl tW-vd of conveyance of the 
 whole of said real and personal jiroperty, 
 willioul cnndition or restricliim, he executetl 
 hy ihe P>unker Hill Monument Asst)ciation, 
 and hy all other persons and corporations, if 
 any, who may he interested in any portion of 
 said property at the time of sucli conveyance; 
 such ileed lo he delivered In lite (nivenior on 
 or before the sevenleenlh (la\ n| |une next. 
 The resolution was rrfern-d l.> iliu Me\l (Gen- 
 eral ( "otirl and im lurlher acli'Mi was taken in 
 the matter. 
 
 Krom 1836 to 1S40, the prospciis ..f ihr 
 Association were indeed gloomy. The Iman* 
 cial contlilion of the country was very bad, the 
 panic causintj failures which brought distress 
 li> all classes, in New Eni4tan<l especially. 
 Tlie inunlry was poor to a degree wdiiili 
 now ^rems incredible. Ihider these circum- 
 stances, after one or two renewals of time, 
 the Association was obliged to abandnn all 
 hopes of redeeming tlie ten acres ot kind 
 which it had pleciged, and was fnn id in 
 content its'-df with preserving the live acres 
 immediately surrounding the nionununl. 
 
 in 1840, however, began the Ihial etlurt to 
 collect funds, which hai)pily resulted in suc- 
 cess. 'I'he ladies of I>(isii)n and viciiiity 
 decided to hold a fair in aid of the (pbject in 
 k'aneuil liall. 'jhe cunnnitti-u in cliari^e con- 
 sisled of Mrs. Sarah |. Ibd, Mi^. [.Mialhan 
 Chapman, Mrs. Willi. un 1 I. I'ilscoU, Mis. 
 h»hn ('. Warren, Mrs. (ieorge Darracuii, and 
 Mrs. Thomas H. Wales. The fair was iijn.iKd 
 Sepleniber 8, 1S40, and lasted sevun days; the 
 net proceeds were $30,035.53. 
 
 On the lOth tjf September, a Whig mass 
 meeting was held at Hunker Hill. l)aniel 
 W'ebster, as President, marclied on loot ;il ilu- 
 head of the great i)rocessii)n. 
 
 liesides the $30,000 thus raised, Anms 
 Lawrence gave $I0,0OO, |udah Tourn gave 
 $10,000, Messrs. Wales, Stone, and l!i)w- 
 ditch, trustees, gave $1,500, A. L. Korestier 
 gave $987, from I'hiladrlphia came $704, 
 l''anny Klssler contributed $569, and small 
 amounts brought the total lo $55,153-27, and 
 a net sum remained of $47,189.54. 
 
 A contract was accordingly made November 
 4, 1840, with James S. Savage, " fur tlu- 
 completion of the Monument to its full original 
 heiglit of 220 feet, for the sum of $43,800, the 
 lop to be rinished according to a ])lan dr.iwn 
 by Mr. Willard, and the whole work lo bi 
 (lone under his direction as arclhtecl. 
 
 On Salur<lay, July 23, 1S42, at 6 o'clock 
 in the morning, jmrsuant lo public notice, the 
 directors and several hundre<l citizens as- 
 sembled on Bunker Hill to witness the laying 
 
 on ul the lop-slnnc upon the monument. As 
 the clock struck six a signal gun was rireil by 
 the members of the C'harlestown .Artillery, and 
 cap-stone, which had been previously adjusted 
 to the hoisting apparatus connected with the 
 steam-engine, immediately began the ascent. 
 Il was surmounted by the American flag. In 
 sixteen minutes the cap-stone reached the 
 place t)f its destination on the lop of the 
 monument. At half-past six, il was imbed(le<l 
 in cement, ■.wn} a national salute fired by the 
 Charlestown Artillery onuoumcU the (Oiiiplclv 
 t^rcitiou of the moniimeiil. 
 
 The formal ceremonies were held on Satur- 
 day, June 17, 1843. President Tyler and his 
 cal)inet being among the invited guests, and 
 Daniel Webster the orator at the completion, 
 as he ha<l been at the beginning of the work. 
 
 After the completion of the Monumenl, a 
 contract was made with Mr. Savage under 
 which he held possession of the Monument. 
 
 statue of Colonjl William Present 1. w hich was 
 placetl in the grounds in troni ..| (Ik Mi itnmunl. 
 This slatu::, which is ihi- woik iil \\ . \\ . .Si.,rv. 
 was pr -sjnted by a number of citi/.eiis, acting 
 through Uev. George K. Kllis. The address, 
 delivered in presence of (Governor Long and 
 a <Iistinguished liody of guests, was by Hon. 
 R.ibert C. Winthrop. 
 
 WKHSTKk AT P.l'NKKK HILL. 
 
 Hanit-l Webster, in the adiiress at the I 
 ing of the corner-stone of the Moiunn 
 June 17, 1S25, said : 
 
 "Thi> uncounted multitude liefore me ;i 
 around me, proves the feeling which the 
 casioii has excited. These tliousands of 
 man faces, glowing with synijiathy and joy 
 from the impulses of a connnon gratiui 
 turned reverently to heaven, in this spaci 
 temple of the hrmament, proclaim that 
 
 ay- 
 
 ent 
 
 md 
 
 hu- 
 and 
 If, 
 ous 
 the 
 
 with ill ■ light to lak • llir usual fees from vis- 
 itors; and for this privelege he laid a granite 
 walk len feet wide on each side of the Monu- 
 ment, erected an iron fence on the outer line 
 ot the same, and also laid a brick side-walk on 
 the streets upon the h)ur sides of the sipiare. 
 The Secretary, as one (jf the Committee on 
 the l'"air, raised a subscription of $5,300 
 toward-, erecting the iron fence lo enclo>e 
 Momnnent S<|uare. and the granite steps lead- 
 ing toil. About $4,000 was spent in plant- 
 ing trees and ornamenting the grounds. 
 
 !n i8i;o, the seventy-fifth amiiversary was 
 celebrated, Kdward Kverett being the orator. 
 In 1861, Covernor Andrew presided at 
 the ceremony of hoisting the national flag on 
 the Monument. In 1875 a centennial celebra- 
 tion was held under the auspices of the City 
 Goveriunent of Poston, Charlestown having 
 been joined to that city in 1874. The oratoi 
 on this occasion was (Jeneral Charles Devens. 
 
 The .\muial Meeting in 1S81 was note 
 worthy on account of the dedication of the 
 
 ]ilace, and the jpurpose of i)ur assembling have 
 made a d\'p impression on our liearts. 
 
 "If, indeed, there be anything in local as- 
 sociation lit to affect the mind of man, we 
 need not strive to repress the emotions whiih 
 agitate us here. We are among the sepulchres 
 of our fathers. Weareon grouiui distinguish- 
 e<l by their valor, their constancy an*! the 
 shedding of their blood. We are here, not lo 
 \\\ an uncertain dale in our annals, nor to 
 draw into notice an obscure and unknown 
 spot. If our hum'ole purpose had never been 
 conceived, if vve ourselves had never been 
 born, ihe 17th of June, 1775, would have been 
 a day on which all subsefpient history would 
 have poured its light and the eminence where 
 vve stand, a point of attraction to the eyes of 
 successive generations. But we are Amer- 
 icans. Wc live in what may be called the 
 early age of this great continent; and we 
 know thai our posterity, through all time, are 
 here to suffer and enjoy the allotments of 
 humanity. We see before us a probable train 
 
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s'ixn<v oi- iiii: MUNLMKN r. 
 
 of great cvi-nts: we know titnt our own for- 
 luncs have been linppily rasl; atul it is natural, 
 llierefore, tlinl we should l)e nuivc-d l»y the 
 etnileni|ilati<»ri nf occurrences which have i;ui(i- 
 c(l our destiny behire many <if us were born, 
 and settled the condition in which we should 
 pass thai portion of our existence w Iiicli (iod 
 allows to men on earth. 
 
 " We do not read even ol ihe discovery of 
 this continent without feelin»; soinethiiii^ of a 
 personal interest in the event; without bein*; 
 reminded how much it lias affected our own 
 (nrtiines ami »ivir own existence. It is more 
 impossible lor iis, therefore, than for others, 
 lo contemplate with unaffected minds that 
 inlereslint;. I may say, that most touchini; and 
 pathetic scene, when the i^reat discoverer of 
 America stood on the deck of his shattered 
 bark, the shades of night falling on tlie sea, 
 yet no man sleeping; tossed on the billows of 
 an unknown ocean, yet the stronger billows of 
 alternate hope and despair tossing liis ()w:i 
 troul)led thoughts; extending forward his har- 
 assed frame, straining w estward his anxious and 
 eager eyes, till heaven at last granted him a 
 moment of rajiture and ecstasy, in l)lcssing his 
 vision with the sight of the \mknown WDrld. 
 
 " Nearer to our times, more closely comiecl- 
 ed with our fates, and therefore- still more 
 interesting to our feelings and .ill, i li. ^n^. I- ibr 
 
 character, by our gratitude for signal service 
 and patriotic devotion. 
 
 " We know, indeed, that the record of illus- 
 trious actions is most safely deposited in the 
 universal remembrance of mankind. Wc know 
 lli:il il we c. piild cause this structure to as<-end, 
 not '.Illy till it reached the skies, but till il 
 pierced them, its bi<);i<l surfaces could still 
 c<>ntain but pari ol ih.n which, in an age of 
 knowieilge, lialli already been spread over 
 the earth, and which history charges itself 
 with making known lo all future times. We 
 know that no inscription on entablatures less 
 broad tlian the earth itself, can carry infor- 
 mation of the events we conmiemorate where 
 it lias not already gone; and that iio structure 
 which shall not outlive the duration of letters 
 and knowledge among men, can prol()ng the 
 memorial. Hut oiir object is, by this edilice, 
 to show our own di-ep sense of the value and 
 nnportnnce of the achievements of our ances- 
 tors; and, by presenting this work of gralituile 
 to the eye. to keep alive similar sentiments, 
 and In fosU I a niii-,i:int regard for ihe princi- 
 ple-- of the keM'hilion. Iluiuaii Ir.ings are 
 composed not o| reason only, but of imagina- 
 tion also, and sentiment; and that is neither 
 wasted nor misapplied, which is ai)propriated 
 to tile purpose of giving right direction to 
 M niiith III-, and o)iMiiii" in-. per springs of 
 
 iiig patrit>tism may turn its eyes hithcrward, 
 and be assured that the foundations of our 
 national power still stand strong. We wish 
 that this column, rising tow^ards heaven among 
 the pointed spires of so many tenipli-s dedi- 
 cated to Ciod, niay contribute also to produce 
 in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence 
 ami gratitude. We wisli. finally, that the last 
 object on the sight of him wlio leaves his 
 native shore, and the first to gladilen his who 
 revisits it, may be something which shall 
 remind him of the liberty and glory tif his 
 country. Let it rise till it meets the sun in 
 his coming; let the earliest light of the morn- 
 ing gild il, and parting day linger and play on 
 its sununit. 
 
 " We now stand liere lo enjoy all ihe bless- 
 ings of our own condition and lo lo(»k abroad 
 on the brightened jjrospects of the world, 
 while we hold still among us some of those 
 who wt-re active agi-nls in the scenes of 1 775, 
 and who are now here, from every (piarter of 
 New Kngland, to visit once more and under 
 circumstances so affecting, — I had almost 
 said so overwhelming, — this renowned theatre 
 of their courage and j:iatriotism. 
 
 " X'KNKRAMl.K MKn! you have Ci)nie down 
 lo us from a former generation. Heaven has 
 bounteously lengthened out your lives that you 
 iiii'^lil blii>ld this joyous day. \'ou are now 
 
 settlement of our <iwn c.iuntry by col. mist -^ from 
 Knglaml. We cherish every memorial of these 
 worthy ancestors; we celebrate their patience 
 and fortitude; we admire their daring enter- 
 prise; we leach our children lo venerate iheir 
 piety: and we are justly proud of being des- 
 cended from men who have set the world an 
 example of founding civil instiluliois on ihe 
 great and united principles of liuman freedom 
 and human knowledge. To us, their children, 
 the slory of iheir labors and sufferings can 
 never l)e without ils inleresl. Wc shall nr)t 
 sland unmoved on the sliore of Plymouth 
 while ihe sea continues lo wash it; nor will 
 our brethren in another early and ancient 
 Colony forget the place of its first establish- 
 ment till their river shall cease to flow by il. 
 No vigor of youth, no malurit,-of manhood, 
 will lead the nation lo fnrgel the spots wdiere 
 its infancy was cradled ami defended. 
 
 *'Hul the great event in the history of the 
 continent, which we are now met here lo 
 conmiemorate; that prodigy of modern times, 
 at (uice the wonder and the Ijlessing of the 
 world, is the .-Vmerican Revolution. In a d.ay 
 of extraordinary prosperity and happiness, of 
 high national honor, distinction and jiowcr, 
 we are brought logelher, in this place, by our 
 love of country, by our admiration of e-xalled 
 
 feeling in the hearl. Let it not be supposed 
 that our iibject is lo ])erpetuale national 
 lioslilily, or even to cherish a mere military 
 spirit. It is higher, purer, nobler. We con- 
 sjcrale our work lo the <\nr'n of national 
 independence, and we wish thai the light of 
 peace may resl ujion il forever. We rear a 
 memorial of our conviction of that unmeasured 
 l)enefil which has been confcred on our own 
 land, and of ihe happy influ.nces which have 
 been produced, by the same events on the 
 general inlerests tif mankind. We come as 
 American^ lo mark a spol which must forever 
 be dear to us and our posterity. We w isH 
 that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn 
 liis eye hither, may behold that the place is 
 mil undistinguished, where the first great 
 battle of the Revolution was fouglil. ' We 
 wish ihal this structure may proclaim ihe 
 magnilude anil importance of that event, to 
 every class and every age. We wish thai infancy 
 may learn ihe purpose of its erection 
 from maternal lips, and thai weary and with- 
 ered age may behold il, and be solaced by the 
 recollections which it suggests. We wish thai 
 labor may look up here and be proud in the 
 midst of its toil. We wish that, in those days 
 of disaster, which, as they coute nu all nations, 
 must be expectetl to come on us also, despond- 
 
 where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, 
 witli your brothers and your neighlnirs, shoul- 
 der to shoulder, in the strife for your country. 
 Heboid, how altered! The same heavens are 
 indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls 
 at your feet; but all else how changed I Vou 
 hear now^ no roar of hostile cannon, you see 
 no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising 
 from burning Charleslown. The ground 
 strewed with the dead and the dying; the im- 
 pelui>us charge; the steady and successful 
 repulse; the lou<i call to repealed assault; the 
 summoning of all ihat is manly lo repealed 
 resistance; a thousand bosoms freely and fear- 
 lessly bared in an inslanl lo whatever of terror 
 there may be in war and death; — all these 
 you have wilnessetl, but you witness them no 
 more. All is peace. The heights of yonder 
 metropolis, its lowers and roofs, whicfi you 
 then saw filled with wives and children and 
 countrymen in distress and terror, and looking 
 with unutterable emotions for the issue of the 
 combat, have presented you to-ilay with ihe 
 sight of its whole happy population, come out 
 to welcome and greel you with an universal 
 jubilee. Vonder proud ships, by a felicity of 
 position appropriately lying at the foi>t of this 
 mount anil seeming fondly lo dirjg around il, 
 are not means of annoyance lo you, but 
 
 »3- 
 
STORV OF thp: monument. 
 
 your country's own means of dislinrlion 
 and ilufL-nce. AH is peace; anil Goii lla^ 
 granted you this sight of your country's Iiap|)i- 
 noss, ere you slunilicr in the grave forever. 
 He has allowed you to behold ami to |>artake 
 the reward of your patriotic toils; and he lias 
 allowed us, your sons and countrymen, In meet 
 you here, and in the name tif the present gen- 
 eration, in th^ namj of your country, in 
 the name of Liberty, to thank you ! 
 
 *'I5ul, alas ! you are nut all tiere ! Time and 
 the sword have thinned your ranks. I'rescott, 
 Putnam, Stark, Hrooks. Read, I*omerov, 
 Hridge ! our eyes seek for you in vain amidst 
 this broken band. \ini are gathered to your 
 fathers, and live only lo your country in her 
 grateful remend>r:ince and your own brigiil 
 example. But let us not too much grieve liiat 
 you have met the connnon fate of men. Vou 
 lived at least long enough to know that your 
 work has l)een nobly and successfully accom- 
 plished. Vou lived to see your country's in- 
 <L"pjndence estabiish-'d, and Xo sh-jathe your 
 swords from war. ( )ii the light of liberty 
 you saw arise the light of peac, like 
 
 ■ aniitliui iiiorn. 
 Ri^c^ tin mid-iHKni;" — 
 
 and the sky on which yni closed vour eye^ 
 was clou<IIess. 
 
 '* But — ah ! — I I ill! ! die tirst great Martyr 
 in this great cause! lliiii! tliL- premature 
 
 past. The ajjpeal now lay to the sword; and 
 the oidy ()uestion was, whether liie spirit and 
 the resources of the peo]ile would hold out till 
 the object should be accomplished. Nor were 
 its general consetjuences confined to our own 
 country. The previous proceedings of the 
 Colonies, their ajipeals, resolutions and ad- 
 dresses, had made their cause known to 
 Kurope. Without boasting, we may say that 
 in no age or country has the public cause been 
 maintaineil with more force of argument, more 
 power of illustration, or more of that persua- 
 sion which excited feeling antl elevated princi- 
 )tle can alone bestow, tlian the revolutionary 
 .State papers exhibit, 
 
 *' And, now, let us intlulge an honest exul- 
 tati«)n in the conviction of the benefit which 
 ilie example of our country has produced, and 
 is likely to produce, on human freedom and 
 human hapi>iness Aiul let us endeavor to 
 comprehentl, in all its magnitude, and to feel 
 in all its ini])orIance, the part assigned to us in 
 the great drama of human affairs. We are 
 placed at the head of the system of represen- 
 tative and popular governments. Thus far our 
 example shows that such governments are com- 
 ]iatible, not only with resiiectaliility and ]iower, 
 but with repose, with peace, with security (»f 
 personal rights, witii guud laws, and a just 
 administration. 
 
 " We are not propagandists. Wherever 
 
 
 victim of his own sclf-devniing heart! Him! 
 the head <>f our civil council-^ and the dcstin* d 
 leader of our mibtary bands: whom nothing 
 brought hither inn the untiuenchable lire o( 
 his own spirit. liim! cut off by Providence, 
 in th • hour of overwiielining anxiety and thick 
 gloom; falling ere he saw the star of his 
 country rise; |)ouring out his generous blood 
 like water, before he knew whether it would 
 fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage I 
 How shall I struggle with the emotions that 
 stiHe the utterance of thy name! — Our poor 
 work may perish; but thine shall en(hire ! 
 This monument may moulder away; the solid 
 ground it rests u]3on may sink down to a level 
 with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! 
 Wheresoever among men a heart shall be 
 found that beats to the transports of patriotism 
 and liberty, its aspirations shall lie lo claim 
 kindred willi tliy spirit ! 
 
 " The 1 7th of June saw the four New 
 England Colonies standing here, side liy sid.', 
 lo lrium]ih or to fall together; and there was 
 with them from that moment to the end of the 
 war, what I hope will remain w^ith them for- 
 ever, one cause, one country, one heart. 
 
 **The battle of Hunker Hill was attended 
 with the most important effects beyond its 
 inunediate results as a military engagement. 
 It create<l at once a slate of ojien public war. 
 There could now be no longer a tpiestion of 
 proceeding against individuals, as guilty of 
 treason or rel)ellion. Thai fearful crisis was 
 
 other systems are preferred, either as being 
 thought better in tiiemselves, or as lietter 
 suiti.-d to existing condilioris, we leave the ]ire- 
 ference to be enjoyed. Our history hitherto 
 proves, however, that the ])opular form is 
 practicable, and that with wisdom and knowl- 
 edge men may govern themselves; and the 
 duly incun^bent on us is to preserve the con- 
 sistency of this cheering example and take 
 care that nothing may weaken its authority 
 with the world. if in our case the rejiresen- 
 lative system ultimately fail, jnipular govern- 
 ments must be pronounced impossible. No 
 combination of circunistances more favorable 
 to the experiment can ever be expected to 
 occur. The last ho]H's of mankind, therefor, 
 rest with us; and if it should be proclaimed, that 
 oiu example had liecome an argument against 
 the experiment, the knell of popular liberty 
 would be sounded throughout ihe earth. 
 
 "These are incitements to duty; but they 
 are not suggestions of doubt. Our history and 
 our condition, all that is gone before us and 
 all that surroun<ls us, authorize the belief that 
 popular governments, tliough subject to occa- 
 sir>nal variations, perliaps not always for the 
 better, in form, may yet in their general char- 
 acter, be as durable and permanent as other 
 systems. We know, indeed, that in our 
 country, any other is imjiossible. The prin- 
 cif>/tn\ free government adheres to the Amer- 
 ican soil. It is be<lded in it, innnovable as its 
 mountains. 
 
 "And let the sacred oliligations which have 
 devolved on tins generation and on us, sink 
 deep into our hearts. Those are daily drop- 
 ping from among us, wdioestaiiHshed our liberty 
 and our government. The great trust now 
 descends to new liands. Let us apply our- 
 selves to that which is presented to us as our 
 , appropriate object. We can win no laurels in 
 a war for independence. Earlier and worthier 
 liands have gathen^d them all. Nor are there 
 places for us iiy the side of Solon and Alfred, 
 and other founders of Stales. Our fathers 
 have filled them. But there remains to us a 
 great duty of defense and preservation; and 
 there is opened to us, a noble pursuit to which 
 the spirit of the times strongly invites us. Our 
 proper business is improvement. Let our age 
 be the age of improvenienl. In a day of 
 peace, let us advance the arts of p.ace and 
 the works of peace. Let us develop the 
 resources of our land, call fortii its powers, 
 build up its institutions, promote all its great 
 interests and see whether we also, in our day 
 and generation, may not perform something 
 v\orlhy to be remembered. Let us cultivate 
 a true spirit ol union and liarmony. In pur- 
 suing the great ol:)jects which our condition 
 points out to us, let us act under a settled 
 conviction and an haljitual feeling that these 
 twenty-four .States are one country. Let our 
 conceptions be eidarged to the circle of our 
 duties. Let us extend our ideas over the wh()le 
 of the vast field in which we are called to act. 
 Let our object l>e, o\}K corN'fKV, ot'k vviioi.k 
 
 COl'NTIiY, AND NOTHING WW OUR COUNTKV. 
 
 .And, l>y ihe blessing of (iod, may that coun- 
 try itself became a vast and splendid monu- 
 ment, not of oppression and terror, but of 
 Wisdom, of Peace and of Liberty, upon 
 which the world Uiay ga/e willi admiration 
 forever I " 
 
 Welister also delivered tile address lui the 
 occasion of the dedication of the Cfinipleled 
 monument, lune 17, 1S43. He said: 
 
 " .\ duty has been performed. A work of 
 gratitude and patriotism is comjileied. Tins 
 structure, having its fountlalions in soil whicii 
 drank tleep of early revolutionary l)lood, 
 has at length reached its destined height and 
 now lifts its sunnnit to the skies. 
 
 "The Bunker Hill momiment is finished. 
 Here it stands, Kortunate in the high natural 
 eminence on which it is placed — higher, in- 
 finitely higher in its objects and purpose, it 
 rises over the land and over tlie sea, and 
 visil)le at tlieir homes, to three hundred thou- 
 sand of the people of Massachusetts, — it stands 
 a memorial cd the jiast and a monitor to the 
 present and to all succeeding generations. I 
 have spoken of the loftiness of its purpose. If 
 it had been without any other design than the 
 creation of a work of art, the granite of which 
 it is composed would have slejit in its native 
 bed. It has a purpose and tliat purpose 
 gives il its character. That pur|n)se enrobes 
 it with dignity and moral grandeur. That well- 
 known purpose it is which causes us to look 
 up lo it with a feeling of awe. It is itself tlie 
 orator of this occasion. It is not from my 
 lijts, — it could not be from any human lips, — 
 that that strain of eloquence is this day lo 
 flow, most competent lo move and excite the 
 vast nmltitude around me. The powerful 
 speaker stands motionless before us. 
 
 " It is a plain shaft. ■ It bears no inscrip- 
 tions, fronting to the rising sun, from whicii 
 the future antiquarian shall wipe the dust. 
 Nor does the rising sun cause tones of nnisic 
 to issue from its sunnnit. But at the 
 rising of liie sun, and at tlie setting of the sun, 
 in the blaze of noonday and beneath the 
 milder effulgence of lunar liglit, it looks, it 
 speaks, it acts to the full ct>m]irehension r)f 
 every American minil, and tlie awakening of 
 glowing enthusiasm in every American heart. 
 Its silent but awful utterance, its deep pathos, 
 as il lirings to our contemplation the 17th of 
 |une, 1775* and the consequences wliich have 
 resulted to us, lo our country and lo the 
 
 14 — 
 
STORY OF THE MONUMRNTT. 
 
 world, from the events of that dny, nnd which 
 we know must continue to rain inllucnct- on 
 the destinies of mankind In the end of time; 
 the elevation with which it raises us hii^h alnnc 
 the orthnary feelings of life: surpass all that 
 the study of the closet, or even the insi)iratii»n 
 of Ejenius can produce. 
 
 " To-ilay it speaks lo us. Its future audi- 
 Inries will be the successive i;onerations of 
 men, as they rise U]i l)ef<)re it, and i^ather 
 around it. Itsspeech will l)e of jialriotism and 
 courai^e; of civil and relit^ious lilK-rty; of free 
 t^overnmeiU; of the moral improveuienl and 
 elevation of mankind; and nf the immortal 
 memory of those who with heroic devotion 
 have sacrificed their lives for their country. 
 
 *' In the older worI<l numerous fabrics still 
 exist, reared by human bands, but whose 
 object has been lost in the darkness of ai^es. 
 Thev are now mr)numents of nothini; but the 
 labor and skill which constructed them. 
 
 "■ 'I'lie niJLjhty pyramid itself, half buried in 
 the sands of Africa, has nothini^ to brint; down 
 and report to us lait the power of the kinj^s 
 and the servitude of the peoi>le. If it had 
 any purpose beyond that of a mausoleum, such 
 purpose has ]ierished from history and from 
 tradition. If asked for its moral oliject, its 
 adnioiiilifui. its s<'ntiment, its instruction to 
 mankind, or any Ini^h end in its erecti(m, it is 
 silent — silent as the millions which lie in the 
 dust at its base, and in the catac<mibs which sur- 
 round it. Withoiii a just mmal object, there- 
 fore, made known to man, though raised 
 against the skies, it excites only conviction of 
 power, mixed with strange wonder. Kut if 
 the civilization of the present race of men. 
 founded as it is in solid science, the true 
 knowlege of nature and vast discoveries in 
 art, and which is stinudated and purified by 
 moral sentiment and by the truths of Chris- 
 tianity, be not destined to destruction before 
 the fmal termination of human existence on 
 earth, the oV)ject and ]nirpose of this edifice 
 will be known till that hour shall come. And 
 even if civilization should be suln-crted, aiul 
 the truths of the Christian religion obscured 
 by anew deluge of barl)arism, the memory of 
 Hunker Hill and the American Revolution 
 will still be elements and parts of the knowl- 
 edge which shall be possessec! by the last 
 man, to whom the light of civilization and 
 Christianity shall be extended. 
 
 " Woe betide the man who brings lo this 
 day's worship feeling less than wholly Amer- 
 ican ! Woe lietide tile man who can stand 
 here with the fires of local resentments burn- 
 ing or the purpose of fomenting local jeal- 
 ousies and the strifes of local interest;, 
 festering and rankling in his heart. Union 
 established in justice, in patriotism, and the 
 most plainand ol»vi<ms common interest; union, 
 founded on the same love of liberty, cemented 
 by l)lood shed in the same common cause: 
 union has been tlie source of all our glor)' and 
 greatness thus far, and is the ground of all our 
 highest hopes. This column stands on V'nion. 
 I know not that it might not keep its posititui 
 if the American I'nion, in the mad conflict of 
 human passions, and in the strife of parties 
 and factions, should I)e broken up and de- 
 stroyed. I know not thai it would totter and 
 fall to the earth, and mingle its fragments with 
 the fragments of Liberty and the ( onstitutiim, 
 when State should be sejmrated from State, 
 and faction and dismemberment obliterate for- 
 ever all the hopes of the founders of our 
 Kejuiblic and the great inheritance of their 
 children. It might stand. Hut who, from 
 beneath (he weight of morlificalion and shame 
 that would oppress him, could look up to be- 
 holtl it? Whose eyeballs would not be seared 
 by such a spectacle? For my |)art, should I 
 live to such a time, I shall avert my eves from 
 it forever. 
 
 " It is not as a mere military encounter of 
 hostile armies, that the !)attle of Hunker Mill 
 presents its principle claim to attention. \el 
 even as a mere battle, there were circumstan- 
 ces attending it, extraordinary in character, 
 and entitling it t<t peculiar distinction. It was 
 
 fought on this eminence; in the neighborhood 
 of yonder city; in the ])resence of more specta- 
 lorstlian there were combatants inllie conflict. 
 Men, women and children, from every com- 
 manding position, were gazing at llie battle, 
 and looking for its result with all the eager- 
 ness natural to those who knew that the issue 
 was fought with the deepest C(mse<piences to 
 tiieiuselves personally, as well as to their 
 country. Vet on tlie l6tli of June, I 775, there 
 was nothing arounrl this hill but vi-rdure and 
 culture. There was, indeed, the note of 
 awful preparation in Hoston Tliere was the 
 provincial army at Caml>ridge, with its right 
 Hank resting on Oorchester and its left on 
 Chelsea. Hut here all was peace. Trantjuil- 
 ity reigned ;iround. 
 
 "■ < III llie I 7th, everything wns cluinged. ( hi 
 this lieight had arisen, in the iiiglit. a redmibt. 
 Iniilt by I'rescolt, and In which he held com- 
 mand. Perceived by the enemy at dawn, it 
 was immediately cannonaded fr<>m the floating 
 batteries in the river and from the opposite 
 shore. And then ensued the hurry of prep- 
 aration in Hoston, and soon the troops of 
 Hritain embarked in the attempt to dislodge 
 the colonists. In an hour everyihing indicated 
 an immediate and bloody conflict. Love of 
 liberty on one side, proud defiance of rebellion 
 on the otlier; hopes and fears, and courage 
 and daring, on l)Oth sides, animated the hearts 
 of the combatants as they hung on the edge 
 of battle. 
 
 " I suppose it would be difticult, in a niililary 
 point of view, to ascribe to the leaders on 
 either side any just motive for the engagement 
 which followed. On the one hatid, it could 
 not have been very* im])ortant to the Amer- 
 icans to attempt to hem the H.ritish within the 
 town, by advancing rme single post a quarter 
 of a mile; while on the other hand, if the 
 British found it essential to dislodge the Amer- 
 ican troo]is, they had it in their powx'r, at no 
 expense of life. Hy moving up their ships and 
 batteries, they could have completely cut off 
 all communication with the main land over the 
 neck, and the forces in the rediud)t would have 
 been reiiuced to a state of famine in forty-eight 
 hours. 
 
 " Hut that was not the day for any such 
 considerations, on either side. Both parlies 
 were anxious to try the strength of their arms. 
 The pride of England would not permit the 
 rebels, as she termed them, to defy- her to the 
 teeth; and without for a moment calculating 
 the cost, the British general determined to 
 destroy the fort immediately. On the other 
 side, Hrescott and his gallant followers longed 
 :in{\ thirsted for a decisive trial of strength 
 and of courage. They wished a liattle, and 
 wished it at once. And this is the true secret 
 of the movements on this hill. 
 
 '* But the conseipiences of the battle of 
 Bunker Ilill are greater than those of any 
 ordinary conflict, although between armies of 
 far greater force, and terminating with more 
 immediate advantnge, on the one side or the 
 other. It w^as the first l.iattle of the Revolu- 
 tion; and not only the first blow, but the l)low 
 which determined the contest. It did not. 
 indeed, put an end to the war, but iti the then 
 existing state of feeling, the difficulties ccnild 
 only lie refcrreil to tlie arbitration of the 
 sword. And one thing is certain: that after 
 the New Kngland troops had shown themselves 
 able to face and repulse the regulars, it wasde- 
 cided that peace never could be established but 
 uprui the basis of the indeinrndence of the Col- 
 onies. When the sun of that day went down, 
 the event of inde])endence was no longer 
 doubtful. In a few <lays Washington heard 
 of tile battle, and he inquired if the militia had 
 stood the fire of the regulars. .And when 
 told that (hey had not only stood that tire, but 
 reserved their own until the enemy was within 
 eight rods, and then poured it in with tremen- 
 <lous effect, — 'Then' exclaimed he, ' the 
 liberties of the countr)- are safe! ' 
 
 *'The consequences of this battle were just 
 of the same importance as the Revolution 
 itself. 
 
 " If there was nothing of value jn the 
 principles of the American Revolution, then 
 there is nothing valual)le in the battle of 
 Bunker Hill and its consequences. But if the 
 Revolution was an era in the history of man, 
 favorable to human happiness, — if it was an 
 evi-nt which marked the progress of man, all 
 over the world, from despotism to liberty — 
 then this monument is not raised without 
 cause. Then the battle of Hunker Hill is not 
 an event undeserving celel)rations. connnein- 
 orations, and rejoicings, now an<I in all 
 coming times. 
 
 " \Viiat, then, is the true nnd peculiar 
 principle of the .American Kevolution, and of 
 the systems of government which il has con- 
 hrmed and established? The truth is, that 
 the American Revolution was not ciuised by 
 the instantaneous thscovery of principles of 
 govermnent before unheard of, or the practi- 
 cal adoption of political ideas such as had 
 never before entered into the minds *A men. 
 It was but the full development of principles 
 of government, forms of society, and political 
 sentiments, the origin of all which lay back 
 two centuries in English and American 
 history. 
 
 "The sj^irit of commercial anil foreign 
 adventure, on the one hnnrl, which had gained 
 so much strength and influence since the time 
 of the discovery of America, and on the other, 
 the assertion and maintenance of religious 
 liberty, having their source indeed in the 
 Reformation, but continued, diversified and 
 continually strengthened by the sulisecjuent 
 divisions of sentiment and opinion among the 
 reformers themselves, and this love of religious 
 liberty clrawing after it, or bringing along with 
 it, as it always does, an ardent tlevotion to the 
 ]iriiu-i]ile of civil liberty also, were the power- 
 ful influences under which character was 
 formed and men trained for the great work of 
 introducing English civilization. English law 
 and, what is more than all, Anglo-Saxon blood 
 into the wdlderness of North America. 
 Raleigh and his companions may be considered 
 as the creatures, principnlly. of ilu* tirst of 
 these causes. 
 
 "The other cause peopled New England. 
 The ' Mayflower ' sought our shores under 
 no high WTOughl sjurit of commercial adven- 
 ture, no love of gold, no mixture of purpose, 
 warlike or hostile, to any human being. 
 Like the <love fr<uii the ark, she had put forth 
 (uily to hnd rest. Solemn supplications on the 
 shore of the sea in llollnnd liad invoked for 
 her, at her departure, the blessings of Provi- 
 dence. The stars wdiich guided her were the 
 unobstructed constellations of civil and re- 
 ligious liberty. Her deck was the altar of the 
 living (lod. Eervent prayers from bended 
 knees mingled, morning and evening, with the 
 voices of ocean and the sighing r»f the wind in 
 her shrouds. Every prosperous breeze which, 
 gently swelling her sails, helped the Pilgrims 
 onward in their course, awoke new anthems 
 of j^raise; and when the elements were 
 wrrjught into fury, neither the tempest toss- 
 ing their fragde bark like a feather, nor the 
 darkness and howling of the midnight storm 
 ever disturbed, in man or woman, the firm 
 and settled purpose of their souls, to undergo 
 all and to do all that the meekest patience, 
 the boldest resolution and the highest trust in 
 Cod could enable human beings to suffer or to 
 j)erforni. 
 
 ".Some differences may. doubtless, be traced 
 at this day, between the descendants of the 
 early colonists of Virginia and those of New 
 England, owing to the ilifferent influences and 
 different circumstances uniler which the re- 
 spective settlements were made, but only 
 eiunigh to create a pleasing variety in the 
 midst of a general family resemblance. 
 
 "The colonization of the tropical region, 
 and the whole of the southern parts of the 
 continent, by Spain and Portugal, was con- 
 <lucted ()n other principles, under the influence 
 of other motives, and followfd by far different 
 conse<]uences. Krom the time rif its discover)', 
 the Spanish government pushetl forward its 
 
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STORY OF THE MONUMENT. 
 
 settlements in America, not only with vigor, 
 but with eagerness; so that lonj^ before the 
 first permanent Kni^lish settlement had been 
 accomplished, in what is now the United States, 
 Spain had oon(|uered Mexico, Peru and Chili, 
 and stretched her power over nearly all die 
 territory she ever actpiired in this continent. 
 The rapidity of these contpicsts is to be ascrib- 
 ed, in a ^real degree, to the eagerness, not to 
 say the rapacity, of those numerous bands of 
 adventurers, who were stimulated by in<nvidun! 
 interests and private hopes, to subdue inuuense 
 regions and lake possession of them in the 
 name of llie crmvn of Spain. The mines of 
 gold and silver were the excitements to these 
 efforts, and accordingly settlements were gen- 
 erally made, and Spanish authority established 
 on the immediate eve of the subjugation of 
 territory, that the native population niiglit be 
 set to work by their new .Spanish masters, in 
 the mines. 
 
 *' Krom these facts, the love of gold — gold, 
 not produced by iiuUistry, nor accuundated by 
 commerce, liut gold dug from its native bed in 
 the bowels of the earth and that earth ravished 
 from its rightful possessors by every possilile 
 degree of enormity, cruelly and crime, was 
 long the governing passion in Spanish wars 
 and Spanisii settlements in America. 
 
 " iVhold then, fellow-citizens, the differ- 
 ence resulting from tlie operation of tlie two 
 principles! Mere to-day, on the smnmit of 
 Runker llill, and at the ft)ot of tliis monu- 
 ment, l»L*Iiokl the difference I I would that 
 the fifty thousand voices present could proclaim 
 it, with a shout which should be heard ovei 
 the fdobe. Our inheritance was of lil-erty. 
 secured and regulated by law, and eidighlened 
 by religion and knowledge; that of South 
 America was of power, stern, unrele ruing, 
 tyrarmical, military power. And now look to 
 the conseipiences of the two principles on the 
 general and aggregate happiness of the human 
 race. Behold the results, in all the regir)ns 
 conqueretl l)y Cortez nnd I'izarro, and the con- 
 trasted results here. 
 
 "The great elements, then of the American 
 system of government, originally introduced 
 by the colonies, and which were early in opera- 
 tion, and ready to be developed, more and 
 m«ire as the progress of events should 
 just i f y < )r dema nd , were : Escape from 
 the existing political systems of Kurope, 
 including its religious hierarchies; Imt the 
 continued possession and enjoyment <>f its 
 science and arts, its lilirature and its manners; 
 home government, or the power of makiiig in 
 the Colony the munici]ial laws which were lo 
 govern it; ecpiality of right>; representative 
 asseml)lies, or forms of government fomidecl 
 on popular elections. 
 
 '* Kew topics are more inviting, or more tit 
 for ]>hiloso]>hical discussion, than the effect of 
 in^titulicuis, founile<l ujion these ])rinciples, on 
 the haj^piness of mankind; or in other words, 
 the influence of the New^ Worhl upon the 
 Old. 
 
 "America has furnished to Euro]ie proof 
 of the fact, that popular institutions, f<)unded 
 on equality and the principle of representa- 
 tion, are capable of maintaining govermnents 
 — able to secure llu- rights of person, properly 
 and reputation. 
 
 " America has jiroved that it is practicabh- 
 lo elevate the mass of mankind — that portion 
 which in Europe is called the laboring, or 
 lower class; to raise them to self-respect, to 
 make them ccunpetent to act a i)art in the great 
 right and great duly, of self-govermnent; aiul 
 this she has proved may be done by education 
 and the diffusion of knowledge. She holds 
 (uit an example, — a thousand times more 
 enchanting tlian ever was presented before, — 
 to those nine-tenths of the human race who 
 are liorn without hereditary fortucu- or iiererb 
 itary rank. 
 
 "America has furnished to the world die 
 character of Washington! Audit our .-\mer- 
 ican institutions had thuie nothing else, that 
 alone would have entitled them to the respect 
 of mankind. 
 
 *' And now, friends ami fellow citizens, it is 
 time to bring this discourse to a close. Let 
 us remember that we have duties and <jbliga- 
 lions to perform corresponding to the bless- 
 ings which we enjoy. Let us remember the 
 trust, the sacred trust, attaching to the rich 
 inheritance which we have received from 
 our fathers. Let us feel ciur persona! re- 
 sponsibility to the full extent of our power 
 and influence for the ]jreservation of our 
 institutions of civil and religious liberty. And 
 let us rememl)er that it is only religion and 
 morals and knowledge that can make men 
 respectal)le anil happy under any form of 
 government. Lei us hold fast the great truth 
 that connnunities are responsible as well as 
 individuals; that no government is respectable 
 wiiicli is not just; that without unsjHMled 
 purity of public faith, without sacred public 
 ]irinci]ile, fidelity and honor no mere forms of 
 government, no machinery of laws can give 
 dignity to political society. In our day and 
 generation let us seek to raise and improve 
 the moral sentiment, so that we may look, 
 not for a degraded but for an elevated and 
 improved future. And when we and our 
 children shall all have been consigned to the 
 house appctiiiied for all living, may love of 
 country — and jiride of ciiuntr)* — glow with 
 equal fervor among those to whom our names 
 and our blood shall have descended! And 
 then, when honored and tlecrepil age shall 
 lean against the base of this mcuuunent 
 and lro()j>s of ingenuous youth shall be gath- 
 ered round it, and when the one shall speak 
 to the other of its objects, the purpesrsof it-. 
 
 construction, and the great and glorious events 
 with which it is c()nnected — there shall rise 
 from every youthful breast the ejaculation — 
 * Thank ( lod. I — I also — am an Ami-.ui- 
 
 CAN." " 
 
 One of the most n'ltable gatherings ai the 
 monument grounds was (Ui the occasion of the 
 visit to Charlestown of Louis Kossuth, the 
 Hungarian patriot. May 3, 1852. The city 
 was gaily decorated an<l a vast concourse cd 
 people was assendileil al)oul the moniunent. 
 Mayor Frothingham welcomed the illustrious 
 guest on behalf ftf the citizens. lie said : 
 
 " Governor Kossulh : In behalf of the 
 citizens of Charlestown, I bid you a cordial 
 welcome to this memorable place. We stand 
 on America's classic ground. 'i'he waters 
 that flow beneath us, and every hill-top and 
 valley that spread out in a lieautiful ampitheatre 
 around us, have their story of the men who 
 periled and suffered for the cause of freedom. 
 Here was fought the first great battle of the 
 war of the KevoliUion; there (jwiinting to 
 Canil>ridge ), near the shades of our venerable 
 Harvard, Washington stood when he fust 
 drew his sword in that great struggle; (m 
 yonder summit (Prospect Hill) the Uniim flag 
 of the thirteen stripes was first unfurled to tlie 
 battle and the breeze; and it was over our 
 proud metropolis that this flag for the first 
 time waved in triumph behind a retreating foe. 
 
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 " Welcome, great patriot, to these enkind- 
 ling associations I Your noble nature, your 
 fidelity to principle, your labors, triumphs, 
 perils and sufferings in your countrj', and your 
 continued and untiring devotion in exile, to 
 the cause of your fatherland, proclaim you 
 t() be of kindred spirit with the innnortal men 
 whose heroism, in a day of l)aptism of fire and 
 lilood, hallowed this soil ft>rever to the lovers 
 of liberty! Welcome, illustrious exile, to the 
 sacred inspiration, to the awakening power of 
 this consecrated spot." 
 
 Rossulh, in replying said: 
 
 " My voice slirinks from the task lo mingle 
 with the awful pathos of that majestic orator. 
 (Poiiuing to the monument.) Silent like the 
 grave and yet melo<lious like the song of 
 iunnortality upon the lips of cherubim, — a 
 senseless, cold granite, and yet warm with 
 inspiration like a patriot's heart, inunovable 
 like the past an<l yet stirring like the future, 
 which never stops, — it looks like a prophet aiuI 
 s] leaks like an oracle. 
 
 " And thus it speaks: 
 
 " ' The day I c<munemorate is the rod with 
 which the hand of the Lord has opened the 
 well of liberty. Its waters will flow; every 
 new drop of martyr's bltiod will increase the 
 tide. r)espots may dam its flood, Init never 
 stop it. The higher its dam the higher the 
 tide; it will overflow or break through. Pxiw 
 and adore and hope.' 
 
 "Such are the words which come lo my 
 ears; and I l)ow, I adore, I hope! 
 
 " In bowing, my eyes meet the soil of 
 Hunker Hill, — that awful opening scene of 
 the eventful drama to which Lexington and 
 Concord had been the preface! 
 
 " The spirits of the past rise before my eyes. 
 1 see Richard (iridley hastily planning the in- 
 trenchments. I hear the <luli, cold, blunt, 
 sound of the pick-axe and spade in the hands 
 of the patriot band. I hear the patrols say 
 that 'all is well.' I see Knowlton raising 
 the line of rail fence, upon which soon the 
 guns will rest, that the bullets may prove to 
 iheir message true. I see the tall, command- 
 ing form of Prescott marching leisurely around 
 the parapet, inflaming the tired patriots with 
 the classical words that those who had the 
 merit of the labor should have the honftr of 
 the victory. I see Asa Pollard fall, the first 
 victim of that immortal day; I seethe chap- 
 lain praying over him; and now the roaring of 
 cannon from ships and from l)atteries, and the 
 blaze of the burning town, and the thrice re- 
 newed storm, and the jiersevering defense, till 
 powder was gone ami but stones remained. 
 And I see Warren telling Elliridge Gerry 
 that it is sweet and fair to die for the father- 
 land. I see him lingering in his retreat, and 
 struck in the fon-head, fall lo the ground; and 
 Ponieiriy, with his shattered musket in his 
 brave hand, complaining thai he remained 
 urdnirl, when Warren ha<l to die; and I see 
 all the brave who fell unnamed, unnoticed and 
 unknown, the nameless corner-stones of Amer- 
 ican indepenclence !" 
 
 " Here, where the revelati<m of Providence 
 is told by the eloquence of yonder monument, 
 reasoning would be a profanation on my part. 
 At this moment, my very mind is concentrated 
 in my heart. There stands the powerful orator. 
 (Pointing to the monument. ) Let his words 
 hnd willing ears and susceptible hearts. I 
 leave you to the influence of his elo<|uence. 
 To me, his silent speech is the harmony of 
 an angel's song. I leave this hallowed spot 
 with consolation, joy and confidence. Though 
 the happiness of Washington may not be my 
 lot, the devotion of Warren will dwell in my 
 breast." 
 
 Note. — In m.-iking up the foniis the alphabetical 
 sequence of the bioiiraphies was disarranged through 
 causes beyond our control. Those displaced have 
 been alphabetically arranged at the end of the regular 
 order. 
 
 In preparini; I he histor\' nf the Town and of the 
 MiniutneiU, use has been made of Richard Froth- 
 iiii,'ham's '* History nf (."harlestown," James F. 
 Hunncwell'-s "A t'entury of Town l-ife," and the 
 " Memorial " pidilished by the City of Boston. 
 
CHARLESTOW N CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 jciMN Adams is one of tlic best known 
 railroad men in tiiis section of the country. 
 He was for forty years in tlio service of tlie 
 l*"itclilniri; Railroad, durini» which time he 
 made a record for liiinself, that few men in a 
 similar capacity have et|iialled. Mr. .Adams 
 was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, May i, 
 1820. His early life was spent on a farm. 
 His ambition took him from the ihiidyery of 
 this occupation and he learned the maciiinisl's 
 irafle. He entered the emjiloy of tile Fitch- 
 burt; Kailroad, March 4, I1S53, as a journey- 
 man machinist, where his industry, skill and 
 close attention to business, soon broujjht him 
 to the notice of his superiors. He held many 
 responsible positions and in 1873, he was ap- 
 jiointed assistant superintendent of the road, 
 and, as such, was i)urchasini; ai^ent mitil 187S, 
 when he Ijecame ijeneral superintendent. He 
 retireil from the latter position on November 
 I, 1893, and immediately went to California 
 for rest and recreation, well earned after forty 
 vears of close application to the intricate de- 
 tails of a great railroad system. Mr. Adams 
 had much to do with the development of the 
 l-'itchburs^ Kailroad and his mechanical knowl- 
 edge made him a valuable man. Every 
 position that he held was tilled to the satisfac- 
 tion of the management and the traveling 
 public. When he retired, it was with the best 
 wislies of the officers of the road and the em- 
 ]^loyees. Treasurer (ileason said of him at 
 the time, "The history of the road is Mr. 
 Adams' best eulogy and a monument of his 
 ability and fidelity during his term of office. 
 It was one of the legends of the road, up to 
 the time of the West Cambridge disaster, that 
 under Mr. .•\dams' superintendency only one 
 or two lives had been lost by accidents on the 
 road. He will take with him the kindest 
 wishes of all the officers and other employees 
 of the railroad." Paymaster Green said, 
 *' Superintendent .Adams has been a strict busi- 
 ness man and has handled the affairs of the 
 road admiralily during his many years of ser- 
 vice." Mr. .\dams has been for many years, 
 and is now, a resident of Cliarlestown. 
 
 "UN F. ANDhK^' 
 
 John F. -Anderson, son of Daniel and 
 Margaret ( .McKinlcy) Anderson, was born in 
 Charlestown in 1855. He attendeil the local 
 public schcjols and, for one term, I'Vench's 
 Commercial College. After leaving scliool he 
 worked at various occu)iations, but eventually 
 began to learn the tailoring trade with Patrick 
 Sheehan. For four years he had charge of one 
 of the manufacturing departments for .A. S!iu- 
 nian ^ Co. In 1879, he became a partner of 
 PhilijiDohcrty, father of thewell known lawyer, 
 PhilijJ I. Doherty, who conductetl a tailoring 
 establishment in City Sipiare. In 18S1 Mr. 
 
 Anderson became sole owner. Mr. .Anderson 
 is one of the original members of the .St. Mary's 
 C. T. A. .Society and he still remains true to its 
 doctrines and jirinciples, and president of the 
 Catholic Literary Union. He is also a member 
 of the I''ather Matthew ('. T. A. Society, the 
 Alert .Associates, the Charlestown Club, and 
 the Bunker Hill Council, Koyal Arcanum, of 
 which he is Past Regent. He has interested 
 himself to some extent in politics. In 1890 he 
 w-as one of the Democratic caiulidates for the 
 Legislature in ward four, and, though the ward 
 was Republican, he came very near being 
 elected. He is a member of the Democratic 
 committee of ward four. Mr. .Anderson is 
 married and has four children, John, Mary, 
 .Agnes and Margaret. He live> at 284 Bunker 
 Hill Street. His place of business is at 106 
 Main Street. 
 
 and the late .Attorney-General James Trccot- 
 hick .Austin. 
 
 WM-l.lAM ACSTIN. 
 
 Wii.i.i.AM Austin, son of Nathaniel and 
 Margaret (Rand) .Austin, was born in Lunen- 
 burg", M.ass.achusetts, March 2, 177S and died 
 in Charlestown June 27, 1841. 'l"he house of 
 his father was burned in the contl.agration at 
 I 'harlestown June 17, 1775, during the liattle 
 of Bunker Hill, and on the same day the 
 (amily left for Lunenburg there to remain uiuil 
 the home was rebuilt. He was a graduate of 
 Harvard College of the cl.ass of 1798, a 
 senator of Middlesex County, a rejiresentative 
 fr<iui Charlestown in the l-b)use of Represent- 
 atives, and a member of the Suffolk Bar. 
 In 1799 Mr. .Austin was appointed school- 
 master and chaplain in the Navy, being, prob- 
 ably, the first commissioned chaplain in the 
 service. He sailed with Connnodores Nichol- 
 son and Talbot in the frigate " Constitution." 
 .After his cruises on the "Constitution," Mr. 
 .Austin went to England where he enjoyed the 
 society of Washington .Allston and other young 
 .\niericans. June 17, 1801, at the reipiest of 
 the Charlestown .Artillery company, he deliver- 
 eil an oration before them on Hunker Hill. 
 He was also the author of " I'eter Kugg, the 
 Missing Man," and other New England tales, 
 and " Letters from London." He is called by 
 Thi>nias Wentworth Higginson, in one of his 
 Essays, "The Precursor of Hawthorne." .A 
 volume containing his writings, under the title 
 of "The Literary Papers of William .Austin, 
 with a Biographical Sketch by his son, James 
 Walker Austin," was published by Messrs. 
 Little & Brown, Boston, in 1890. The 
 .Austin family of Charlestown are descended 
 from Richard .Austin who became a .freeman 
 of the town in 1651, and from him descended 
 lienjaniin .Austin, commonly called " llones- 
 tus," Jonathan Loriiig .Austin, secretary to 
 Dr. I'ranklin in Paris and afterwards secre- 
 tary of state and treasurer of Massachusetts, 
 
 t KANC Is H(.Vr.STON ACSTIS'. 
 
 Fk.ancis Bovi.sTON Austin was born in 
 Charlestown, Sei>teniber 6, 1827. He was 
 the son of William .Austin and Lucy (Jones) 
 .Austin. The .Austins have been inhabitants of 
 Chailestown since 1651, when Richard .Austin, 
 their ancestor, became a freeman of the town. 
 The subject of this sketch was educated at the 
 Training Fieltl School under the instruction of 
 Masters Baker and .Swan, whence so many of 
 the Cliarlestown boys have graduatetl. He 
 also attended the Ingraham School in Boston, 
 and at the age of sixteen entered into the 
 employment of Henry Poor, for many years 
 one of the leading merchants of Boston. He 
 was, after a few years, in business for himself. 
 He was a successful merchant and very nmch 
 respected by all who knew him. For over 
 fifty years he lived at the corner of Wood and 
 High Streets, where for over eighty years, 
 members of the Austin family have livetl. 
 Mr. Austin was for many years a trustee of 
 the Warren Institution for .Savings. He was 
 not unmindful of the duties which the com- 
 munity imposes on all good citizens, although 
 he repeatedly declined office. He diet! Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1887, at the age of fifty-nine. His 
 townsmen aj>])recialed him and hati come to 
 know the purity and si>Iidity of his character. 
 He married February 17, 1857, Fallen Louise, 
 daughter of Dr. .Samuel and Catherine 
 (Walker) Whiting. .Six children, four sons 
 and two daughters, survived him. .All of the 
 sons were educated at Harvard College. 
 
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 w 
 
 WAl.KEK ACS! IN. 
 
 James Wai.kkr Austin, son of William 
 -Austin, was liorn in Charlestown, January 8, 
 1829. He w.as educated at the Training,Field 
 School and at the Chauncy^IIall School in 
 
CilAKI,i;si()\\N CITIZENS, I'AST AND I'RKSICNT. 
 
 HdsIoii. I Ic entered Harvard College and was 
 yradiialcd ill the class of 1849. He received 
 the degree o( I,. L. B. at the Harvard Law 
 School in 1851, and wasadiiiitled to the Suffolk 
 Bar, January 22, 1851. In that year he visited 
 California and the Hawaiian or Sandwich Is- 
 lands, where by the advice of Chief Justice 
 William L. Lee, he was induced to remain, in 
 1852 he was appointed district attorney for 
 the second judicial district, holding that otiice 
 for several years. He was twice elected a 
 niemlier of the Hawaiian I'arlianicnt, and for 
 a time was speaker of that body. He was 
 appointed one of the commissioners for the 
 codification of the laws, and the civil and 
 penal code of the Hawaiian Islands were the 
 result of that commission. They were mod- 
 elled largely from our Massachusetts statutes. 
 1 le was for some years the guardian of Lun- 
 alilo who afterwards became King, and in 
 1868, he was appointed justice of the Supreme 
 court. In 1S72 he lelurned to Boston for 
 the education of his children, after a residence 
 of Iwentv-one vears in tlic llawniian T-lands. 
 
 ANnUKW JACKSON IIAU.EV. 
 
 ANt>RK\v Jackson Baii.ev, son of Barker 
 and .Mice (.Ayers) Bailey, was Imrn in 
 Cliarleslown, July 18, 1840. He was educated 
 in the pulilic schools and at Harvanl University, 
 ifcing a member of the class of 1863. He 
 enlistetl in 1861 in theCharlestown CityOuards, 
 Conipany K, Kiftli Regiment, and was in the 
 first battle of Bull Run. In 1864, he again 
 enlisted, and was ciunniissioned lieutenant in 
 Company H, Kifth Regiment. At the close of 
 the war Mr. Bailey began the study of law, 
 and in 1866 was elected clerk of the police 
 court in Charleslown, holding that office until 
 1871. He was admitted to the bar in 1867. 
 During the years 1868 and 1S69 he was a 
 member of the connuon council of Charles- 
 town, iiresident of that liody the latter year, 
 and, from 1869 to 1S72, he was a member of 
 the Charlestow'ii school committee. He was a 
 member of the lower house of the Legislature 
 during the years 1S71, 1S72, 1S73, and of the 
 Senate in 1874. While in the House, Mr. 
 Bailey served on the coimuittee on profiate and 
 chancery, and was chairman of the committees 
 on elections and tm mercantile affairs, and in 
 the Senate was a member of the committee on 
 the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad, being promi- 
 nently idenlif'ied with the legislation which 
 finally resulted in the .State's acquisition of 
 the tunnel. He was also Senate cliairman of 
 the committee on labor, and reported and 
 secured the passagcihrough that body of the 
 first bill pa.ssed by this Commonwealth regu- 
 lating the emi)loyinenl of wxunen and children 
 in manufacturing establishments. He was a 
 member of the common council of Boston for 
 the years 1880 and 1881, anil served as presi- 
 dent of that body in 1S81 until Ntjvember, 
 when he resigned and was elected city solicitor 
 of the city of Boston, which oflice he has ever 
 since helil by continuous elections or ai:)poinl- 
 nients. Mr. Bailey was one of the promoters 
 of the Massachusetts Soldiers' Home, and has 
 been one of its trustees since its incor]ioration. 
 He is a member of (he Massachusetts Com- 
 
 nianilery of the Loyal Legion, ami a meml>ei 
 of Post II, t;. A. R., and has served for two 
 years as judge adviH:ale of the Department of 
 Mas.s,achusetts, {'•. A. R. He is also a mem- 
 ber of the Hugh De I'ayn Commandery, I'", aiul 
 A. M., a member of the Faith Lodge of Kree 
 Masons, of which he is one of the charier 
 members, and a member of the Bunker Hill 
 Monument .■Xssocialiim. In January 1869, he 
 was marrieci to Miss Abby V., tlaughter of 
 lohii and Hannah Cetchell, of Charleslown. 
 
 nA\in .M. IJALFf'lR. 
 
 David M. Bai.foiir, son of Walter and 
 M.iiy (Devens) Balfour, was born October 23, 
 l8li,on Joiner .Street in thisdistrict. He at- 
 tended the Town Hill School when Messrs 
 Wilkins and Gordon were the masters. In 
 1835 Mr. Balfour went to New N'ork and 
 started in a commercial business, but his love 
 for his native home only permitted him to re- 
 main away about two years. In 1837 he was 
 in commercial business in this locality, and for 
 many years he gave his undivided attention to 
 its every detail. He never courted political 
 life, but thw people of Charleslown, recog- 
 nizing his abilities, elected him to the school 
 lioard in 1866 and 1867. He is a member 
 of several societies anil is the second oldest 
 member of the Scots Charitable Society. Mr. 
 Balfour is an unassuming and retiring gentle- 
 man. For seventy years has this octogenarian 
 resided in his present home at 30 Union Street, 
 and he can well and interestingly relate the 
 many changes wdiich have occurred, as well 
 as recall many of the persons who, by honest 
 actifin, have made Charleslown memorable. 
 
 John T. Bamrick was bom on .Vu^-tin 
 Street, Charleslown, June 22, 183S. He was 
 educated in the famous Training l-ield 
 School. Mr. Bamrick is in every sense a self- 
 made man. He began early in life to bailie 
 with the world with nothing Init his brains and 
 strong determination back of him, and he has 
 succeeded in winning a high place for him- 
 self both in the business and social life of the 
 district. For thirly-hve years he has been en- 
 gageti in general contracting and teaming, and 
 to-day he has a large and lucrative business. 
 
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 lie has done im|)ortant work for the United 
 .States Covernment, liothin the Navy \'ard and 
 al)out the forts in Boston Harbor, besides work 
 for the cities of Boston, Somerville and 
 Maiden. Some years ago Mr. Bamrick actively 
 engaged in politics. He was a member of the 
 Charleslown common council during the years 
 1870-71. He might have held many other 
 pulilic offices, but his business requiring all of 
 his lime, he declined further public honor. 
 He has always interested himself in charitalile 
 and fraternal organizatiims. He is a member 
 of the Mishaw^um .-\sseinbly. Royal .Society of 
 Good Fellows, and was at one time its exalted 
 ruler. He was for many years president of the 
 Mutual Relief Society, the oldest Irish society 
 in Charleslown. He is a member and treas- 
 urer of Fr. Matthew Total .\bslinence Society 
 of St. Mary's Church, also a member of the 
 Training Field School .Association and of the 
 bunker Hill Council, Knights of Columbus. 
 .\lr. B.imrick has also done much in promot- 
 ing celebrations of public importance both by 
 gifts of money and personal service. He was 
 chief marshal of the St. Patrick's day parade 
 of 1873, the largest parade of Irish societies 
 ever held in Boston. He was chief of the 
 seventh division of the memoralile parade of 
 June 17, 1875, commemorative of the looth 
 anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. This 
 tlivision was composed of Irish and Catholic 
 societies representative of all of Massachusetts. 
 Mr. Bamrick was for thirty years a resident 
 of Rutherford .\venue. He is married and 
 lives at to Monument Square. 
 
 MICHAEL r.AKK. 
 
 Michael Barr, son of John and Fllen 
 (Douglas) Barr, was born in Ireland in 1837. 
 He received his education in the schools in the 
 immediate vicinity of Donegal. In 1S54, when 
 a youth of seventeen, he took his first trip to 
 .America, and for the two first years he made 
 his home in California; thence he went to Callao, 
 in .South America, where he remained but a 
 short time, when he again crossed the Atlantic 
 and found a temporary home in Liverpool. 
 His love for ihe land of the free enticed him 
 to return hither again, and after a short stay 
 in New York, and during the early jiart of 
 1S55, in New Orleans, he eventually came to 
 Boston. Mr. Barr was a poor man when he 
 chose Boston as a home, but by honest en- 
 ileavor, faithfulness in the observance of duty, 
 devotion, patience and courage, he has been 
 successful and has amassed suHicient to satisfy 
 llie wants of himself and family. In 1S6S, he 
 slartetl in the trucking business for himself, 
 anil fortune has followed his undertaking. 
 His business .at present is ipiile large, keeping 
 Iweiity horses, and when limes are good he can 
 find work sufficient for twice that numlier. In 
 18S6 he purchased a home for himself and 
 family beneath the shadow of the Bunker Hill 
 Monument. In 1876 and in 1883 he was a 
 member of the common council and in 1886 
 a member of the board of aldermen. In 
 1867 Mr. Barr married Miss Mary Mc- 
 Laughlin, who died in 18S3, leaving him four 
 children. He resides in a plea.sant and an in- 
 viting home at 49 Monument .Scpiare. His 
 office is at 2 Central Wharf. 
 
CHART. F'.STOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 EnwAKi) V. Barkku, son of Eliin ami Snlly 
 (l'"ulK-r) Haikt-r, was born Tuesday, Ainil 14, 
 1.S40, ill Cliaik'slcnvn. lie lereivcd I'.is eflura- 
 lioii in the local puljlic M-hools, in I'liillips 
 Academy, Andover, and in Chauncey Mall 
 .School. In 1857, when he had finished al- 
 lending school, he went as a clerk to A. Sprns^iie 
 & Co., and remained there until 1861. He 
 ihen went into the Navy as a captain's clerk. 
 In iS6^ he was appointed assistant paymaster 
 in the Navy, remainins; until 1S66. He served 
 luider Adn'iiral I-'arrastut at Moliile. When he 
 ni;nin relumed he found employment with his 
 ofd employer. In January, 1876, Mr. Barker 
 was aiipointed superintendent of post-office 
 stations. He is at present superintendent of 
 the delivery division. After living for fifty- 
 one years at 13 Harvard Street, Mr. Barker in 
 ( )ctolier, 1891 , moved to 56 Buckingham Street, 
 Cambridge. He is a member of the Loyal 
 Legion and a director of Bunker Mill Monu- 
 ment Association. 
 
 U. S. H.AKKt'.S. 
 
 II. S. Bakron, son of Henry and Elana 
 (Noyes) Barron, was born in 1852 in Boston. 
 Me received his education in the Prescolt 
 School,Charlestown. When eighteen years old 
 he started to work in a grocery store, remaining 
 there almost a year. Me nest spent two years 
 li-arning brick laying, and after he had become 
 fnmiliai- with the trade, he started to work for 
 his father who was then doing a teaming busi- 
 ness. After two years with his father he 
 started in the same business for himself and 
 eventually bought out his father. Mr. Barron 
 is now one of the most successful men in his 
 business and regularly keeps ten teams on the 
 road. He is a member of a numl)cr of socie- 
 ties, among which are the Royal Arcanum, 
 Mouie Circle. Red Men and the Charlestown 
 Club. Me married Sarah A. Burton of Charles- 
 town. His office is at 56 Commercial Street, 
 corner of Cross Street, Boston. He resides at 
 32 Mead Street. Charlestown. 
 
 Nki.son BAKI'I.F.rr was liorn in StaT-.stead, 
 Quebec, and is the son of Collins B. and 
 Sarah (Brown) Bartlett. Me came to Boston 
 in 1S46, and, in 1851, he settled in 
 Charlestown. As a business man, he has lieen 
 very successful. He has been for seven years 
 a director of the Warren Institution for Sav- 
 ings and the Bunker Hill National bank. 
 Before the annexation of Charlestown to 
 Boston, Mr. Bartlett was for two years a 
 member of the board of aldermen, 1S72-73, 
 and for 15 years a member of the Mystic 
 water board. Me was also a director in the 
 Middlesex Street Railway. Me devotes his 
 attention now principally to tlie affairs of the 
 Boston Ice Co., of whi<'li he is treasurer. Ik- 
 is a member of Henry I'rice Lodge, DeMolay 
 Commandery, and Signet Chapter F. and 
 .\. M., and the gggth .-\rtillery .Association. 
 He lives on Monument .Avenue. 
 
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 liiVNKli. 1;aii;s. I'or thirty years the pho- 
 ingiaph studio at ig Main Street has done a 
 thriving business with the people of Charles- 
 town. Its collection of negatives includes the 
 features of almost all the well-known residents 
 during that time, and thousands of others less 
 known to the general pulilic, but none the less 
 loved and remembered by relatives anil friends. 
 Seven years ago, Frank II. Bates, a Charles- 
 town boy and a ]iholographer of recognized 
 al)ility. bought the studio and has Imilt up a 
 luolilable liusiness. His patrons come from 
 many places outside of tins district, owing to 
 the popularity of his work and the originality 
 he disiilays in offering specialties that attr.act 
 the favor and patronage of the public. 
 .\mong his specialties Mr. Bales has a cute 
 little novelty in a photograph, 2 '4x154 inches, 
 which he makes for twenty-five cents per 
 dozen. These are used for decorative inir- 
 jioses. Members of secret orders attach them 
 to their membershi)) certificates. 'I'raveling 
 men and railway employees use them for means 
 of identilicatiem, on passes and otherwise, and 
 the young ladies find many original uses for 
 them in collections, on hal liands and such 
 other uiiii|ue ways as lluii iiigeiiuily may sug- 
 
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 gest. The first cabinet picture can be got for 
 thirty-five cents. Many amateur photograph- 
 ers buy all their su]iplies at his studio, and 
 Mr. Bales has been compelled by the constant- 
 ly increasing demand in tliat line to create a 
 de]iartment. Me carries a complete stock of 
 |ihotographer's sup|ilies for ihis purpose. All 
 kinds of pholograi>hy are done in this studio. 
 .-\ partial list com]irises crayons, ]>aslels, life- 
 size photos, exterior and interior of buildings, 
 scian'r\', animals, and vessels. ( If the laller, 
 Mr. liates has a large amouiil of work each 
 season. He has taken vii-ws of almost all ihe 
 noted vessels that liave come to this port re- 
 cenlly. Me has a large actpiainlance anil 
 patronage among sea-going and theatrical 
 peo|ile, anil has filled many orders for them. 
 Bates' studio is popular and the work pro- 
 duced is e<|ual in artistic merit to that of any 
 other. Many of the speciallies cannot be 
 duplicated elsewhere, and no other iihoto- 
 grapher offers belter work or more moderate 
 ]trices. 
 
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 IKK n. I'.AKTI.ETT. 
 
 Walter H. Baki'I.ett, son of J. ami Mary 
 (Soule) Bartlett, was born in Yarmouth, Maine, 
 Saturday, Sept. 9, 1848. He received his 
 education in the public schools of Maine. In 
 1870 he came to Boston and was for a num- 
 ber of years in the emiiloy of jiuilan, (lark 
 & Co., an old clothing jobbing firm of Boston. 
 They were ]>ioneers in the running of branch 
 stores for retailing clothing throughout the 
 country, having at one time some twenty 
 stores. Mr. Bartlett was in charge of several 
 of these, being located at different times, in 
 Hartford and New Haven, Conn., Worcester, 
 Mass., Detroit, Midi., and Indianapolis, Ind. 
 In 1S79 he purchased liis present business and 
 came to Charlestown where lie has since re- 
 sided. Inl8S6he married Bessie .Stanwood 
 of Louisiana. Mr. Bartlett never entered pol- 
 itics. He may be found every day attending 
 diligently to his business in the Waverley 
 Clothing House. Me resides with liis wife 
 and son, Stanwood, at the Waverley Mouse. 
 
 Gk<i. W. ISkrrv was born in Bethel, Ver- 
 mont, ill 1824. Me was educated in the jndilic 
 schools of his native town. When nine years 
 old he led Betliel, and in 1843 arrived in 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 ftoston where he learned ihe trade of a cabi- 
 net maker, a vocation which he followed for 
 several years. In iS6o he went into business 
 for himself manufacturing chamber furniture. 
 He followed this business f<jr thirteen years 
 when he retired from business life. Since then 
 X'ermont has been his home ever)' summer. 
 The winter months he spends in Charlestown. 
 Early in life he married Henrietta E. Harris, 
 sister of Thomas H. Harris, of Charlestown. 
 Mr. Berry is a memberof Howard Lodge. 
 I. (). O. F., Henry Price Lodge, E. an<l .\. 
 M., Hugh l)e r.ayn Commander)', K. and 
 .'\. M. For twenty-nine years he has resided in 
 his present home, at 8l High Street. 
 
 J. FRED BERKV. 
 
 J. Fred Berry, was born in Portland, 
 Maine, in 1839, and is the son of James and 
 Olive \V. (Roberts) Berry. He received 
 his education in the common schools of 
 Portland. When thirteen years old he started 
 to learn the potter's tr.ade. In 1S60 became 
 to Charlestown and found em]iloyment with 
 Edmands & Co. and for twenty-three years 
 he worked there successfully, the last fifteen 
 years as foreman. The present firm. Berry 
 & Ferguson, of which he is the senior 
 partner, succeeded Edmands & Co. eight 
 years ago. This firm docs a very large business 
 in drain-pipes, limes, cement, and building 
 materials. Mr. Berr)' in 1870 married Miss 
 M. E. Leonard. They have one child, 
 Thomas L. Berr)-. Mr. Berry is a kind, affable 
 and l)enevolent character who, by persistent 
 exertion, has become a successful business man. 
 He is an expert in the potter's art. He re- 
 sides at 84 High Street and his place of busi- 
 ness is at 39 and 41 Medford .Street, Charles- 
 town. 
 
 KoiiHRT .^i.i.F.N Ri,ooi>, M. I)., son of Luke 
 \V. and Mary ( Bickford ) Blood, was born in 
 New London, N.IL, .April 30, 1838. He traces 
 his ancestry back to 1643. His forefathers 
 emigrated from Scotland and settled in Groton, 
 Mass. Sixteen of Dr. Blood's ancestors left 
 Mollis, N. H.,and enlisted in the Continental 
 army, and the Bunker Hill Tablets bear the 
 names of four of these who died in the service 
 of their country. In the war of 1812, .Simon 
 Blood, his grandfather's brother, was killed, 
 and in the Slexican war another of his family 
 took a prominent part. Dr. Blood and Henry 
 Blood w-ere the oidy ones eligible for enlistment 
 in the war of the Rebellion. Dr. Blood went 
 to tile front in the Eleventh New Hampshire 
 Regiment and was wounded at Fredericksburg. 
 Henry Blood was killed at Petersburg. Dr. 
 Bk>o(i's grandmother was one of the early New- 
 Hampshire settlers named Adams, of Sam 
 Adams' branch. Dr. Blood received his early 
 e<lucation in the puljlic schools of his native 
 town and later entered the New London 
 Scientific Institute. .After the war he came to 
 Charlestown an<l studied medicine with Dr. 
 Bickford of Main .Street and in the Harvard 
 Medical School, from which he graduatetl in 
 1870. He at once began pr.actice, first estab- 
 lishing himself in his old home, New London, 
 
 N. H. Then, in 1873, he returned to Char- 
 lestown, where he has since remained, meeting 
 with gratifying success in his professional work. 
 He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical 
 Society, the .American Medical Society and the 
 .Society for Medical Observation. He is 
 prominent in the Masonic and Odil Fellows 
 orflers and a member of the Charlestown Club. 
 In 1872 Dr. Blood was married to Elizabeth, 
 daughter i)f t_ieneral Luther McCutchins, of 
 New London, N. H. The)' have one child, 
 Robert McCutchins Blood. Dr. Blood resides 
 at 39 High Street. 
 
 FREDERICK B. BOGAN. 
 
 Fkedf.rkk E. Bogan was bom in this 
 city and received his education in the public 
 schools. He has been connected with the 
 militia of the State for nearly thirty years, 
 entering the service as 3 private in Company 
 D, Fifth Regiment, July 7, 1866. He was 
 commissioned second lieutenant, .March 30, 
 1871, and captain, March 4, 1S72. .As senior 
 captain, he was in command of the Fifth Reg- 
 iment during the period of reconstruction in 
 Ihe militia. On January 19, 1SS2, he was 
 commissioned major in the Ninth Regiment, 
 which position he held until his appointment 
 as colonel and assistant inspector-general on 
 the staff of Govenor Russell. In |anuar\'. 
 1893, he was elected colonel of the Ninth 
 Regiment to fill tlie vacancy caused by the 
 death of Colonel William M. .Strachan. Col- 
 onel Bogan is an excellent tactician and verv 
 popular in all branches of the service. He is 
 superintendent of public buildings for the city 
 of Boston and is a memlier of many leading 
 organizations, among others the Charitable 
 Irish Society, Montgomery Light Guard Vet- 
 eran .Association, and the F'ranklin .Associates. 
 Colonel Bogan was twice elected major of the 
 Fifth Regiment and declined and twice elect- 
 ed major of the Ninth before accepting. 
 
 Selwv.n Z. Bciuman is the son of Zadock 
 and Rosetta (Cram ) Bowman. I le was born in 
 Charlestown, May 10, 1840 His early educa- 
 tion was obtained in the public schools of 
 Charlestown. He was graduated ,A. B. from 
 Harvard College in i860 and L. L. B. in 1863. 
 He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1863, 
 and opened a law- office in Boston, where he 
 has ever since remained. Mr. Bowman re- 
 moved to Somerville in 1856. He served 
 the city of Somerville as city solicitor in 1S72, 
 '73> '7S, '79, "90. '91, '92. He represented 
 the city in the Legislatures 01 1870 and 1875, 
 the county of Middlesex in the Senate of 1876 
 and 1877. and the fifth congressional district 
 in the 46th and 47th congresses in 1878-81. 
 .Mr. Bowman is a P. M. of John .Abbot Lodge, 
 and a member of Soley Lodge, F. & .A. M.; a 
 member of .Somerville Chapter, R. A. M.; the 
 Central and Middlesex clubs. Mr. Bowman 
 married Miss Martha F.., daughter of Bowcn 
 E. and Sar.ah .A. ( Mead) Tufts, of Lexington. 
 They reside on Bro.atlway, Somerville. 
 
 HiTGH E. Brady, was born in Boston, De- 
 cember 4, 1855, and w.as educated in the public 
 schools, attending the Cooper Street Primary, 
 Mayhew CIrammer, and the evening high 
 schools. I le learned the trade of a bookbinder 
 and continued in it until 1887. He was a 
 member of the Democratic city committee for 
 several years and its secretary during 1884, 
 1885 and 1S86. He also served in the com- 
 mon council in 1.S84, 1885 and 1886. In lan- 
 uary, 18S7, he w-as apiK)inted by Mayor 
 O 'Brien to fill a vacancy in the board of street 
 commissioners, and, at the municijial election 
 of that year, he was elected to the board for a 
 term of three years. In iSgo, having received 
 the nomination of the L>emocratic and Repub- 
 lican conventions, he was re-elected for a 
 further period of three years. Having been 
 appointed by Mayor Matthews a member of the 
 board of sur\ey upon the passage of the act 
 creating that l>ody, he resigned the position of 
 street commissioner. May 17, 1891, entering 
 upon his new duties the next day. He is con- 
 nected with the Charitable Irish Society and 
 other social and fraternal organizations. 
 
 Norman Y. Brintnall, son of Ralph and 
 Elsie F. ( Farr ) Brintnall. was i)orn in Grafton, 
 Windham county, \'t., in r)ecember 1834. 
 He was i-ducated in the ]nd)lic schools of Graf- 
 ton and in the academies of Chester and Town- 
 send, \'t. In 1850 he found employment in 
 a country store in Templeton, Mass., w-here he 
 worked for three years. In 1855 Mr. Brint- 
 nall came to Boston and entered the firm of S. 
 W. Ripley iV Co., dealers in dry and furnishing 
 goods. In 1857 the firm of Norris ^: Brint- 
 nall w-as formed and they did a dry goods busi- 
 ness at 30 Hanover Street. In 1859 Mr. Brint- 
 nall opened a fancy goods store at 326 Wash- 
 ington Street, Boston, and conducted it for 
 three years. In i860, he became a member of 
 the firm of M. Da\-is & Co., wine merchants. 
 He w-as connected w-ith this firm for ten years. 
 In 1870 Mr. Brintnall was emplf)yed by B.C. 
 Clark & Co., and in the following year suc- 
 ceeded them, moving the business in 1874 to 
 his present store at 21 and 22 India Street. 
 In 1868 he had one of the best boarding 
 stables in Boston constructed on Chapman 
 Street, Charlestown. Mr. Brintnall owns some 
 valuable real estate in this and other locaiities. 
 He w-as a member of the Boston city council 
 in 1S78 and 1879. For three years he was a 
 member of ward five Democratic committei-. 
 For three years, he w-as adjutant of the Eighth 
 Regiment. He is at present a member of the 
 National Lancers, Chandler of Commerce, 
 Knights of Pythias, and Red Men, Tariff Re- 
 form League and the Young Men's Demo- 
 cratic Club. Mr. Brintnall married Miss Julia 
 A. Delaney of Boston in 1S61. They have 
 two children, Norman Y. Jr., and .Alma L., 
 the latter being the wife of Doctor Durrell of 
 Somerville. Mr. Brintnall has lived in this 
 district since 1861, anil resides now- at 7 
 Hathon Scjuare. 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
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 United Slates rmirts, nncl is nn exnminer of 
 candidates for admission to the ,Siiffoll< liar. 
 Iiulge Bragi; has a larye proliate practice and 
 has seltleil nuniennis estates. 
 
 Samuel R. BiuN-iNAi. I,, son of Snnmel and 
 Caroline (Greene) Krinlnall, was horn m 
 Charlestown, lanuary S, 1X20. He was edu- 
 cated in the old Training Field School, under 
 Masters Bates and Baker. In 1843, he be- 
 came apprenticed to the paper hanging Imsi- 
 ness, at which he has remained ever since, 
 lie has been in the Charlestown council and, 
 in I S69, w^as an alderman. In 1S74 he was 
 n member of the Legislature. Mr. Brintnall 
 was a member of the old \olunteer fire de- 
 partment and for two years was chief engineer. 
 He was one of the m'emliers of the (. harles- 
 town City Guards when organized by Captain 
 Sanger. He is a member of the several Ma- 
 sonic liodies, the Royal Arcanum, the 99Qth 
 Artillery .Association and the Veteran Fire- 
 men's .Association. He has always been 
 identified with many local institutions. The 
 present firm o( Brintnall & Osgood was or- 
 ganized in 1S67. Mr. Brintnall married Sarah 
 AnnOsgood in 1845. 'I'hey have two children, 
 Miss M" E., and Cieorge O. Brintnall. Ik- 
 resides at 7 Auburn Street. 
 
 HF.NKV \V. IlKAC.r.. 
 
 Henry \V. Brahc, son of Willard and Mary 
 M. (Clafiin) Bragg, was born in lloUiston, 
 .Mass., December II, 1 84 1. He was educa- 
 ted at the University of the City of. New York 
 and at Tufts College, being graduated from 
 the latter institution in 1861. He studied 
 law in Natick, Mass., with John W. Bacon 
 and George L. .Sawin and was admitted to 
 the .Middlesex bar in October, 1864. He was 
 city solicitor for Charlestown from 1867 to 
 l86g, inclusive, and has been justice of the 
 Municipal court of the Charlestown district 
 since 1S86. He was married in MiUord, 
 Mass., lanuary II, 1866, to Miss Kllen K. 
 Haven. Judge Hragg was a charter mendier 
 of l-'aith Lodge, F. and A. M., of which he 
 was master. He is also a member of the 
 Signet Chapter, F. and A. M. He has been 
 solicitor of the Warren Institution for Sav- 
 ings since 1867, and a master in chancery 
 since 1870. Besides his general ]iractice he 
 has acted as auditor and master in cases from 
 the Superior and Suiircnie courts, and the 
 
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 \\ai,ter S. Brewer is the senior member 
 of the firm of Brewer & Stevens, gentlemen's 
 tailors. I le was born in Charlestown and is 
 still a resident here, living at 38 High Street. 
 He was educated in the Prescolt Grammar 
 and Charlestown High SchooK. .After leav- 
 ing schoiil, he associated himself with the 
 wholesale clothing house of James Rothwell 
 & Co., 105 .\rch Street, Boston. In 1882 
 Mr. Brewer engaged in business for himself 
 on Cornhill, under the firm name of \V. S. 
 Brewer cV Co. That firm was succeeded by 
 the firm of Brewer & Martin, with salesrooms 
 on Tremont Row. The jiresent firm of Brew- 
 er & Stevens was organized in February, 1SS9, 
 and was located at 48S W'ashingtoTi Street 
 until the 1st of September, 1893, when a re- 
 moval was made to their present spacious 
 (|uarters in the new Jefferson Building, direct- 
 ly opposite the .Adams House. The firm has 
 been very successful during its four years' life 
 and its business is steadily growing. Both 
 mendiers have an extensive acquaintance and, 
 with a reiiutalion for skill and integrity, there 
 is no limit to the possil>ilities before them. 
 Mr. lirewer attends to the counting-room de- 
 tails, besides looking after his large list of per- 
 sonal customers. In the social life of Charles- 
 town, Mr. Brewer occupies a conspicuous 
 position. He is a member of Henry Price 
 Lo<lge, Signet Chapter and Cu-ur De Lion 
 Connnandery, F. and .\. M., the 9991I1 
 .Artillery Association, ami the Charlestown 
 Club. 
 
 loNATiiAS Brown was liorn in Marlile- 
 heacl, March 10, 181 1 and in 1822 moved to 
 Charlestown, where he continued to live till 
 1849, when he removed to Winter Hill. In 
 1829, he went into the Bunker Hill Bank of 
 Charlestown as assistant clerk, remaining 
 there for a year anil a half. He secured a 
 position at the Commercial bank, but changed 
 to the Market bank in 1833. There he re- 
 mained for an unbroken period of forty-six 
 
 years, forty of whicli he was cashier of the 
 bank. He resigned in 1879, after half a 
 century of banking life. For many years he 
 was the youngest cashier on State Street, and 
 later, for several years he was the oldest cash- 
 ier. Since his retirement, he has devoted him- 
 self to the care of several trust estates and of 
 his own proptery. Mr. Hrown has a remark- 
 able memory, and things which took place 
 sjventy-five or more years ago, he remembers 
 with great distinctness. His earliest recollec- 
 tions dale back to the war of 1S12, when, at 
 three years of age he went with his father to 
 visit Fort Sewalf at Marblehead and saw the 
 soldiers abimt the fortifications. He also has 
 vivid recollections of the illuminations at the 
 time, a few months later, in 1815, when the 
 declaration of pe.ace was announced. NIr. 
 Hrown has been deeply interested in politics 
 all his life, though he has never accepted any 
 pulilic office except that of member of the 
 school connnittee. He has always taken an 
 interest in the schools, and was on the school 
 board of Charlestown for many years, an<l 
 also .if Somerville with (k-orge O. Braslow, 
 and others. He w.is one of the old-time 
 Whigs, but President W. H. Harrison was the 
 last Whig candidate for whom he voted, and 
 then he voted under protest. He was instru- 
 mental in forming the Liberty party and, later, 
 took an active part in the formation of the 
 Republican party. He w.as a member of the 
 State committee which met at the .Adams 
 Ibnise, and was presided over by Henry Wil- 
 son, when the Reindilican party of .Massachu- 
 setts was formed. His leisure time, Mr. 
 Brown devotes to reading and study in his 
 well-filled library. He is a zealous stuilent of 
 microscopy and is deeply interested in history 
 and scientific subiecls. 
 
 
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 ISAAC E. BROWN. 
 
 IsA.AC E. Brown, for fifty-four years a resi- 
 dent of Charlestown, was born at Windham, 
 New Hampshire. August 12, 1814. At the 
 age of eighteen he came to Charlestown anil 
 soon aftei- entered the West India goods store 
 of lohn Hurd, located in City .S<|\iare. Seven 
 years later he was admitted to the firm, which 
 hatl removed to South Market Street, Boston, 
 the firm being Hurd, Hutchins& Co. Later, 
 upon the retirement of Mr. John Hurd, the 
 style of firm was changed to Hutchins & 
 Hrown and ujion Mr. Hurd's sons taking an 
 interest in the business it was again changed 
 to G. F. & H. Hurd X Co., Mr. Brown re. 
 maining in the new firm. Mr. Brown with- 
 drew in 1877 from the firm of which he had 
 been an active partner, working his way up 
 from a boy, after forty odd years of service 
 with this one house. He was afterwards 
 connected with the house of Hyde, Warren 
 & Southworth, in the same line of goods, and 
 Chase ^ Sanborn, the large importers and 
 dealers in teas and coffees, "The Father 
 of them all." In reply to the question in the 
 New England Grocer, October 21, 1882, as to 
 who is the veteran drummer on the road in 
 New England, that paper said, "We pre- 
 sent the iiame of Isaac E. Brown. He cer- 
 tainly can lay just claim to be considered the 
 
CH ARLESTOWX CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 piciiK'tT commercial traveller of New Eng- 
 land. In the year 1845, being in poor health 
 owing to close rip]ilication to business, he was 
 nrged by the firm o( llmd, llulchins& Co., 
 of which he was then a member, to go away 
 for a short time and gain needed rest. \\ ith 
 that end in view, he went to Vermont and 
 made social calls ui>on the customers he was 
 in the habit of seeing once or twice a year in 
 P,ost(Ui. He received a wr.rm welcome, :ind 
 the conversation naturally drifting into groci-r- 
 ies, he was asked to duplicate this and that 
 piece of merchandise. On returning home, 
 the financial result was found lo be very satis- 
 factory (sales amounted to some (en thousand 
 dollars ), and he then decidi-d that in the future 
 lie would lake samples and visit the trade 
 regularly. And frcun lliat luie trip has grown 
 the system so extensively practised throughout 
 the United Stales." June II, 1S37, Mr. 
 Brown married .*-^arah K. |ohnson of Medford. 
 Massachusetts, whose father. Captain John 
 Johnson, was connnissioned ca]itain of the 
 Lexingt<ui .Artillery by C.overnor John Brooks 
 under date of June 5, 1821. Captain John- 
 son was promoted from the ranks, to sergeant, 
 lieutenant, and captain, being attached to 
 the first brigade, third division of artiUerj'-. 
 He was one ol the party detailed to guard 
 Maiden Briilge in 1812. He had the reputa- 
 tion of being a strict disciplinarian anfl fine 
 sw'ordsman, which was ac(]uired fr(un his 
 father who served in the Battle of Bunker 
 Hill. Eight chililren were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. lirown, Sarah K. (deceased), Ellen .A., 
 Isaac H., (deceased). Sarah E., Harriet L., 
 John II., I). Webster and Matilda P. Brown. 
 The majority of the children were born in the 
 old homestead, 25 Mount Vernon Street, which 
 was the home of the family for some forty- 
 seven years. Mr. Brown took a great interest 
 in the welfare of Charlestown, and served in 
 the counnon council of 1853. In politics he 
 was a staunch Republican and during the Ci\il 
 War contributed money liberally for the Union 
 cause, and was the prime mover in collecting 
 funds to purchase three large street flags which 
 were thrown to the l)reeze across South 
 Market Street. He was a constant attendant, 
 with his family, at the Universalist Church. 
 .After a lingi-ring illness, he passed away Jan- 
 uary 12, 18S7, at the age of seventy-two years. 
 His remains w^ere interred in the family lot at 
 Mount Auburn. His son, J. Ilurd Brown, has 
 always made Charlestown his home, and is 
 connected with the Charlestown Club, l.ieing 
 its treasurer. 
 
 
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 Benjamin V . liKowN, was Imrn in Caiulin. 
 New Ilampshirts in 1S29. Marly in WW. lu' 
 cnmc to Massfirluist'Us and spent several 
 years in tearliing. In 1856, he cnnie to 
 Charlestown aiKtcux-ned an insurance agency 
 in the Square, at Number I Chelsea Street. 
 Shortly after, he removed to his present office 
 in the Piunkerllill National Hank buildini^, 
 ig Cily Sipinre, where he still carries on the 
 business of insvirance under the firm name of 
 H. K. Hro\\n\ Sons. While a resident of 
 Charlestown, he was elected a member of llie 
 
 c«innn(in covmcil and for six years was a 
 member of the school board. Removing 
 his residence to Lexington, Massachusetts, in 
 1S76, he was shortly afterwards elected a 
 member of the school board for that town, 
 which office he held for about six years. 1 Hir- 
 ing his early residence in Charlestown. he mar- 
 ried the only daughter of William UahympU-, 
 an old and honored resident c)f the ] lace. 
 
 JfiHN nRVANT. 
 
 John Hrvant, son of John and Rebecca 
 (Jacobs) Hryant, was born in Hanover, Mass- 
 achusetts, in 1816. In 1S20 he came to 
 Charlestown and atten<led the local public 
 schools. When quite a young man he starte<l 
 a wheelwright shop and still contimies in that 
 Inisiness. Mr. Bryant, l»eing the sexton of the 
 First Baptist church, was appointed an under- 
 taker in 1852, and since then has ushered no 
 less than 6,938 persons into the "City of the 
 Dead." Years havestolen from him his activ- 
 ity and strength, but his three sons, who have 
 inherited the father's tact and ambition, are 
 successfully managing his business. Mr. 
 Bryant is Past Grand of Bunker llill Linlge, 
 I. O. O. F., and a member of Hunker 1 lill En- 
 campment, Charlestown Veteran Firemen's 
 Association and the Training Field School As- 
 sociation. On June 13, 1843, he married Sarah 
 Gove of North Edgecomb, Maine, and cel- 
 ebrated his golden wedding last June. 1 1 is three 
 sons who carry on his business, are T. Weston, 
 John E. and Charles F. Bryant. Mr. Bryant 
 resides at 27 Wood Street. His buisness 
 offices are located 15 Austin Street, Charles- 
 own and 170 School Street, Somerville. 
 
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 T. Wl'.sriiN BnVAN I , sun 111 Jiilin and 
 .Sarah { Cove) Brvanl.vvas born in CliarK-slnw u, 
 December 20, 1851. He attende<l the local 
 graummr school and took a t\^■o years' course in 
 the high school after which he went for one term 
 to-a business college in Boston. In 1870, he 
 entered his father's employ as bookkeeiier, 
 and has since mastered all the details of the 
 undertaking business. He is now in charge 
 of his father's business. Like his father, lie 
 never entered the field of politics, preferring 
 the quietude of private life. He is a member 
 
 of Bunkei Hill Lodge and Encampment, I. O. 
 (). K., Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, 
 Henry Price Lodge, F. and A. M., Chapter 
 of the Signet, F. and A. M., Cneur De 
 Lion Conimandery, Knights Tem]ilar. He is 
 married and resides at 27 Wood Street. 
 
 M.\KK F. UCKNS. 
 
 Mark F. Burns, son of Charles .A. and 
 F.li/abeth ( Hutchinson) Burns, was born in 
 Milford, N. II., May 24, 1841. He came 
 of good old New England stock, and his par- 
 ents were among the earliest of the anti-slavery 
 agitators. He spent his early life on his 
 father's farm and obtained his education in 
 the public schools of his native town and at the 
 .Appleton Academy in Mount Vernon, N. H. 
 He taught school for four years and, in 1866, 
 he came to Charlestown and engaged in the 
 milk business. He is now one of the largest 
 retail milk dealers in the city and is treasurer 
 of the Boston Dairy Co., one of the largest 
 milk companies in the country, handling all of 
 the milk on the line of the Fitchburg Rail- 
 road and its tributaries, taking the milk pro- 
 duced on over 800 different f.arms. Since 1S73, 
 Mr. Burns has resided in Somerville but his 
 milk business is still in Charlestown. He was 
 a mend)er of the Somerville common council 
 in 1880-81, the latter year its president: of 
 the board of aldermen in 18S2-S3; trustee 
 of the Public Library in 18S4, and mayor of 
 the city during the years 18S5-86 -S7-88. 
 He has been secretary of the Mayors' Club of 
 Massachusetts several years, also its president, 
 lie is one of the vice-presidents of the Charles- 
 town Five Cent Savings Bank, a director of 
 the Monument National Bank and of the 
 Charlestown Gas and Electric Co. For several 
 years he was president of the Milk Contractor's 
 .Association. On November 17, 1862, Mr. 
 Burns married Miss Elvira Bowers. By this 
 union, tliey had four children, Samuel .A., 
 Robert, Maud, and Paul S-. Mrs. Burns died 
 January 13, 1885, and on .April 27, 1892, Mr. 
 Burns married Sarah .\. Miles of Somerville. 
 
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 |ollN E. BkVANT, son of John and Sarah 
 (Ciove) Bryant, was born in Charlestown, 
 
ciiAki.ivS'i'ow'N cr[i/i':Ns, I'ast and iM<r:sKN'i\ 
 
 TiK-sday, May, 27, 1S56. Ik- atlciuk-d the 
 local puhlir schools and was for one term 
 al Hryanl \ SlralliHi's romiiK-rciai ColKrij;c. 
 In jamiary, 1S74, Mr. Bryant entered the 
 undertakint; Inisiucss with his father on Austin 
 Street. lie has mastered every detail of the 
 business and ho gives his close personal alien- 
 tion to its details all the time. .Socially Mr. 
 liryant is popular and he has a lari^e nunilur 
 of friends, lie is a nienih^'r and Past Rei:;ent 
 of Hunker Mill Unh^c, I. (). O. K., also a 
 member of liunker Ilill Encampment, I. O. 
 O. v., Henry Price Lodt^e, K. and A. M. and 
 the Royal Arcanum. In December, 1881, h-j 
 married Ida K. Butterick of Charlestown, and 
 they have liad two children, John Chester an<i 
 Edward Stanley. Mr. Bryant is a resideiU of 
 24 Grant Street, Somerville. 
 
 E/.KKll-:!, G. BvAM, son of Kzekiel and 
 Charlotte (B)aleman) Byam, was Imrn in 
 Sitiuh Chelnisfiird, Massachusetts, Kridav, 
 Aui^ust 2(-), 1S2S. Mis father was the senior 
 partner of Byam, Carlton .S; Co., and may be 
 called the pioneer oi match manufacturers. 
 Mr. Byam, senior, made Uicifer matches in 
 iSj}5 and * ^6, and was the first to obtain a 
 riji^ht for the manufacture of the American 
 friction matches. Al that lime, a bunch con- 
 lalnini^ only 104 matches, was sold for 
 Iwenty-hve cents. I le soon saw that at such 
 a cost they would never come into general 
 use, and could only be usetl liy those of 
 means, while the ]M>or wnuld be obliged to go 
 without them, lie eventually succeeded in 
 reducing the price to less -than one cent fur 
 more than three hundred. EzekielC. Byam 
 receive<l his education in the schools of his 
 native t<nvn, also in the Westford and Worcester 
 Academies. After leaving school he asso- 
 ciated himself with his father. He came lo 
 Boston and Charlestown, lo remain jiermanenl- 
 !}', in iS4g. He became a member of the firm 
 of Byam, Carlton Ov ("0., and, in 1S72, he 
 purchased Mr. Carlton's interest, continuing 
 the business until Hecember, iSSo, when he 
 sold out to the Diamond Match Company, of 
 which iie was one of the originatiirs, and of 
 wliich, until 1889, he was the Boston manager. 
 He still remains one of the stockholders of the 
 company. Since 18S9 Mr. Byam has not 
 actively engaged in the business. He is a 
 director of the National .Security Bank and 
 also of several olher corporation.s. For f(un- 
 teen years he lived nn the corner of Main and 
 Auburn .Streets, from whence he removed lo 
 No. 5 Monument .Scpiare, wliere he livetl for 
 nineteen years. In Decentber, 1S91, he left 
 Charlestown for Hay Slate Road, Hack Hay, 
 Boston, where ho has a beautiful residence. 
 Mr. Byant is a member of Hunker Hill Baptist 
 Society and the Massachusetts Cfiaritable 
 Mechanic .Association. On August 13, 1850, 
 he married LydiaJ. Woodbridge of Charles- 
 town. Mrs. Lottie jane Whitney, wife of the 
 lale Charles L. B. Whitney, and Mrs. (u-r- 
 irude \i. Ilorton, wife of l)avid K. Ibninn, 
 are his only children. 
 
 WlllMM A. Il^AM, the junior member of 
 the firm of Rand iV Byam, is a son of Ezekiel 
 and Charlotte ( Batemnn ) Hyam of Chelms- 
 ford, Massachusetts, where he was born luly 
 20, 1S20. He passed his boyhood and early 
 manhood at the homestead, getting abi)ut 
 llnee months' schooling during the winter an<l 
 hlling in the rest of the time with farm work 
 or in the Byam Match P'actory fur the Elder 
 Byam, who was the originator of llie match 
 known by that name. Mr. Byam came to 
 ( "harlesl()wn in 1855, and on January I, 1856, 
 I he firm of Rand X: Hyam was organized and 
 has continued business uninterruptedly and 
 siircessfully from that dale. In business and 
 social circles Mr. Hyam has a large numl)er of 
 warm friends who have learned lo place im- 
 plicit reliance on his judgment and the 
 utmost faith in him as a man. Mr. Byam be- 
 came a member of the Bunker Ilill Baptist 
 church soon after locating in Charlestown, 
 and on October 13, 1871, waselectetl a deacon, 
 which ]iosition he held until his removal to 
 Somerville in 1S91. He still continues his 
 active interest an<l membership in that body. 
 Mr. Hyam has been twice married. March 
 18, 1841, he was united lo Mercy M. Parker 
 of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, wlm bore him 
 five cliildren, four sons and one daughter, 
 ("hree of the sons are now living. The present 
 Mrs. Byam was Mrs. Emma C. Pierce of 
 Charlestown, to wliom he was united June 6, 
 1870. Kor ihirly-lhree years Mr. Byam lived 
 al 75 Baldwin Street, fnmi which he moved 
 .\pril, 1891, to a handsome residence (^n 
 Pearl Street, East Somerville, w hicii he pur- 
 chased at thai lime. 
 
 ClIAKI.Ks V. Byam, son of Ezekiel and 
 Charlotte ( Bateman ) Byam, was born in South 
 Chelmsford, Mass., Wednesday, July 2, 1834. 
 He received his education in the common 
 schools of South Chelmsford, in Worcester 
 Academy and in Phillips Academy, Andover, 
 Mass. He worked for a short time with his 
 father, match making. In Novendier, 1854, 
 he opened a shoe store al 209 Main Street, 
 Charlestown, removing thence, lo 277 Main 
 
 Street, thence lo 292, which mnnber was 
 eventually changed to the mnnber whicii it 
 now is, 277 Main Street. Mr. Byam started 
 in a modest retail business, but fortune led 
 him on, until he did a very substantial retail 
 and jobbing track-. Willi but littie means, 
 l)y close attention to business, Imnesly, fidel- 
 ity, enterprise and benevolence he wendeil 
 his way towards success, until he became the 
 leading shoe dealer in ihis (hslricl. In March, 
 1889, Mr. Byam, on account of the failure of 
 his health, was compelled to give up business 
 and retire from active life, much to the regret 
 <if many Charlestown ])e(tple. Mr. Byam is a 
 uu-niber of the l-'irst Baptist church. He is 
 also a Master Mason. Heisone()f the board of 
 directors of the Charlestown (ias and Electric 
 Co., and vice-presi(U-nt of the local Eive Cent 
 Savings liank. In 1S5:; he married .Mmira I. 
 Ilutchins(ui. of Milford,\. II. Mr. Byan. 
 owns valuable buihhngs on Main and liigh 
 Streets. In consecpience of the wonderful 
 growth in his Inismess, he jnirchased the build- 
 ing in which his store was located, and after 
 remodelling the same, made one of the 
 largest antl one of the handsomest stores in tins 
 district. He resides at 37 High Street. 
 
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 I ii\niKs K. i'lVKAM \va> l)orn in I.chmII, 
 M;i^s., July 25, I.S54. IK- w:is il re^iclunt iil 
 Clinrk-stDwn fnr fnrly years and was edvuatrti 
 ill hiT i)iil)lic scliuiils. lie was connected with 
 the Boston lournal in its business and etiitorial 
 departments (or some fifteen years, from 1861 
 to 1876, after whicli he liecanie connected with 
 tile local press where he remained f<ir ten 
 years, editiiis^ anil iiujilishiiiy the Hunker Ilill 
 Times and Charlestown News. Mr. liyrnni 
 was a member of the Massachusetts House of 
 Representatives in I1S78. Since 1882 he has 
 been connected willi the I". S. internal revenue 
 department in the .Massachusetts district, lie 
 is a member of \\ yoniini; Lodije, K. and A. .M., 
 Sii^net Chapter, Cieur De Lion Commanilery 
 an<l Ciiarjestown I,ii<lge, No. I92 K. of II., 
 also, a nieniber of the Bunker Hill Monument 
 .\ssociation anil secretary of the Ilartwell Club. 
 
 |<isi;fn Cai.dwki.i., son of Asa .ind Jane 
 (Richardson) Caldwell, was Iwrii in Cliarles- 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 town in i8lS. He was (.■diu-ntL-il in the local 
 pul)lit: schools. In i'S55 he went as appren- 
 tice to Edward HartUiiL,'. who was a spar 
 maker in the Navy ^'a^(l. In 1850 Mr. Cald- 
 well and Henjamin (i. Hlanchard started in 
 the mast and spar business at Winchester's 
 wharf, in Charlestown. Here they remained 
 for twenty-two years, when they removed their 
 business to East Hoston. Mr. Blanchard hav- 
 iiii; withdrawn in 1S64, Mr. ("aldwell con- 
 tinued the Imsiness alone aiul in which he is 
 active to-day. For many years Mr. Caldwell 
 wasaclive in the politics of Charlestown up to 
 within a few years. He was a member of the 
 Charlestown board of aldermen durint^ the 
 years 1S60-61-62-63 and a member ()f the 
 Boston board of aldermen (hirinj; the years 
 1SS0-81-82. He was also a member of the 
 Legislature, serving during tlie year> 185S-59, 
 In a threat measure Charlestown is indebted to 
 Mr. Caldwell for the Mystic water supply. 
 While he was a memljer of the board of 
 aldermen and in the capacity of actinjr niayor, 
 the Mayor beirii^ absent at the time, he issued 
 a call for the first public meeting to consider 
 llie (juestion. His action callecl forth con- 
 sidt-rable criticism at the time, but it was not 
 long before Mr. Caldwell's judgment was 
 fully vindicated. Mr. Caldwell is a charter 
 member of Howard Lodge, I. (), O. F.; 
 also a member of 1 L-nr)' Trice Lodge, 
 F. and A. M., and of all three upper 
 lodges of the F. and A. -\L In 1S40 he 
 was married to Fli/abeth A. Flliott of 
 Charlestown, who died in 18S7, leaving one 
 child, Joseph IL, who for many years was 
 water register an<l collector of the Mystic 
 water department. Mr. Caldwell's present 
 places of business are at 371 Commercial Street, 
 Boston, and Condor Street, East Boston. He 
 resides at the corner of Main and Franklin 
 Streets, Charlestown. 
 
 WU-LIAM CAKLETiiN. 
 
 Among the men who contrilmted to the 
 prosperity of Charlestown, the name of 
 William Carlkton is conspicuous. He was 
 born in 1 797 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and 
 received his education in the jniljlic schools of 
 his native place. In early life he learned the 
 co]iper and tin-smith's trade and followed it up 
 successfully during his life. In 181 8 Mr. 
 Carleton came to Charlestown and for a short 
 time found employment with Mr. Ilaynes on 
 Main Street. He afterwards worked in Boston, 
 and while following his trade there, invented a 
 small lamp. This invention i)roved a wonder- 
 ful success, as he enlarged upon it, aiul eventu- 
 ally the manufacture of lamps, lanterns, gas- 
 fixtures and chandeliers became his sole business 
 and increased so rajiidly that he was compelled 
 to move from Harvard I'lace, to larger 
 quarters on Beach Street, where he remained 
 upwards of fifty years. He was the first 
 man in Boston to use a stationary engine. 
 He was a director of the New England Glass 
 Co. of East Cambri<lge, and of the Boston 
 and Sandwich Class Co. He was one of the 
 organizers of the Charlestown (ias Co., a 
 director of the company, and for a time pres- 
 
 iduiit. He was one of the original members 
 o( the Bunker I lill Monument .\s-ociation. 
 Mr. Carleton was of a benevolent character 
 arul the many bequests he made will perpet- 
 uate his memory. He donated $50,000 to 
 foun<I a college at Northfield, Minnesota, and 
 afterwards gave other donations of substantial 
 amounts. While Carleton College will exist, 
 the natne of William Carleton will live and be 
 reverenced. He always worship[)ed in the 
 old Winthrop cluirch, and when the new 
 edifice was to be erected, he was one of the 
 first to come forward and subscrilie to the 
 building fuiul. He married Ly<iia Hunting 
 of ('harlestown. They had five children, 
 Mrs. Elizal)eth Reyes, Mrs. Luther F. Whitney, 
 Mrs. Julia A. Marvin, Mrs. Caroline Packard 
 and William C^arleton wlio resides at 4 Mon- 
 ument .S()uare. Mr. Carleton was prominently 
 identifieil witli every patriotic movement, and 
 look an active interest in all that pertained to 
 the liattle ground of Bunker Hill. He was 
 a contributor to the Warren Statue fund. 
 He died in i876after rounding out an eminently 
 useful life. 
 
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 EnwAk!) Carnes was one of the best 
 known characters in Charlestown some years 
 ago. He was for many years keeper of the 
 Charlestown Almshouse, which institution he 
 ably conducted. He was succeeded in the 
 management of the institution by James R. 
 Gerrish. 
 
 
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 MAKCELLCS CAKM'ENTEK, 
 
 Makcklli's Carpentkr, was born Febru- 
 ary 2, 181 7, at the corner of Austin Street and 
 Rutherford Avenue. He was the tenth of 
 eleven children. He comes from good old 
 Revolutionary stock, several of his ancestors 
 having served in the Continental army, among 
 them being his graiulfather, Major Heath. 
 His father was of the firm of Barnabas Ed- 
 munds (S; Co., stoneware, on Austin Street. 
 Mr. Carpenter is a graduate of the Training 
 Field Srhool. When but thirteen he began 
 his ajiprenticeship in the carriage trinuning 
 and harness making trade and served the term 
 retpiired to become an expert workman. The 
 work was not congenial to him, liowcver, and 
 
 at the age of eighteen he entered the employ 
 of a periodical dealer and two years latter 
 established a book store of his own. A few- 
 years later he commenced jobbing in fancy 
 goods arul druggists' sundries, which business 
 he has followed with more or less activity 
 ever since. In 1S46, while looking over some 
 toys in a variety store, he accidentally came 
 uiw)n a small harmonica, and having a decided 
 musical taste he soon found that he was able 
 to ]ilay "'Home Sweet Home" ujion it. 
 Encouraged thereby, he sent to Germany for a 
 numl)er of a larger pattern, anfl by i)ersistent 
 practise he became an expert jilayer and start- 
 ed to introduce them throughout New England. 
 For years ]iri<ir to his discovery of the har- 
 monica, he had been a first-class guitar player 
 and singer, and was in demand at church 
 festivals and concerts. As far liack as 
 forty years ago he played duets upon the har- 
 monica an<l guitar, the foinier instrument l)e- 
 ing attached to his neck. In 1847 Mr. 
 Carpenter formed a partnership with George W. 
 Lyon, a wealthy Chicago merchant, who died 
 last January, and who could play upon a var- 
 iety of instruments, and they traveled through 
 \ew- England, giving eiUerlainments. They 
 were most successful and continued as trouba- 
 dours for several years. It was in this year 
 that he met his wife who has since died leav- 
 ing him with several children, all well-to-do. 
 lieisa veteran fireman, having been a member 
 of the Volunteer department for upwards of fifty 
 years, running with the Warren Engine Com- 
 pany, No. 4. from 1S37 uiuil 1S71. In 1838 
 he joined the ("harlestown Light Infantry and 
 remainetl for several years. In 1873 he was 
 an overseer of the poor, and was regarded as 
 one of the best that ever served in Charles- 
 town. Since that time he has regularly visit- 
 ed the almshouse, and on holidays has provirled 
 the inmates with entertainment. He regards 
 the bestowing of presents evL-ry Christmas 
 upon the inmates as a pleasant duty. He is a 
 very active member of the Training Field 
 School Association. He is a member of the 
 First Baptist church and active in all the 
 affairs of that society. He is a life-long 
 Democrat. Mr. CarpeiUer justly prides him- 
 self on having seen Lafayette when he visited 
 this country last and also on the possession of 
 some valuable historical relics, among which are 
 a piece ot the original statue of Warren which 
 was made of wood, a piece of the battle ship 
 Somerset, taken from her after she had been 
 108 years beneath the water at Provincetown, 
 and one of the guns taken by General pukson 
 al the battle of New Orleans. 
 
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 MhNKV HdRATlO CHANDLER. 
 
 IIenky HoratioChandi.kr, soiiof Hora- 
 lii) Nelson and Louisa M. (Clilson) Cliaiuller, 
 was born in Chesterfield, N. II., July 25, 
 1837. When he was twelve years old his 
 ))arents removed to Brattlehoro, Vt. His 
 etlucalion was obtained in the schools of 
 Chesterfield and Brattleboro. Mr. Chandler 
 was a youni; man of nineteen when he came 
 lo Charlestown and found em[iloynient in the 
 dry goods store of N. E. Hill ..S: Co. lie de- 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Veloped a taste for the business, ftncl bt-iiig am- 
 bitious, formed a copaitncrslii]i with Mr. 
 Barrett tincler the firm name of Barren & 
 Chandler. In iS6l he l«nis;lit Mr. Barrett's 
 interest and has since continued the l)usiness 
 alone. By personal attention to his patrons 
 and a practical knowledge of the business he 
 has built u|t a lucrative business at 53 Main 
 .Street. .Mr. < handler is trustee of the Warren 
 Institution for .Savings, a member of Henry 
 Price Lodge, K. and A. M., Bunker Hill Lodge, 
 I. (). C). K., treasurer of I'aul Uevere Lodge, 
 Knights of Honor, and treasurer of the ()i)f)lh 
 .\rtillery .Association. Mr. Chandler has never 
 held any public ofiice, but is an active Repub- 
 lican, and has served on the Republican ward, 
 Congressional and State committees. Mr. 
 Chandler was married November 27, 1872, to 
 Sarah .A. Knight of Charlestown. They have 
 two children, Luella C. anil Henry Nelson 
 Chandler. He resides at 2S Moiumient .Sqiiare. 
 
 NAhUM CHAI'IS. 
 
 N.AIIi'M CHAl'IN, son of Harvey and Mattie 
 ( Rossa )Chapin, was liorn in Jamaica, \'erniont, 
 July 16, 1S20. His early education was 
 received in the public schools of W'althani, 
 where his p.arents settled in 1S24. Subse- 
 ipiently, he for four years attended Siuith\ 
 .\cadeniy at Waltham. .After graduating he 
 becatue an apprenticed machinist at iheBoston 
 Manufacturing Co., at Waltham, where he was 
 made overseer four years later, which ])osition 
 he held for three years. In 1S40 he estab- 
 lished himself in the juovision Inisiness in 
 Charlestown, in which he remained for twenty 
 years. In i860 under the firm name of 
 Richardson & Chapin, he engaged in the ilis- 
 tilling business, and in 1877 the firm of Chapin, 
 Trull & Co. was established and still contiiuies 
 irr successful operation, with w^orks on Water 
 .street, this district, and headi|uartersin Boston. 
 1 le represented ward five in the State Legisla- 
 ture in 1S77 and 1S78, and w'asi^n the board of 
 assessors in Charlestown and Boston from 1S67 
 to 1879, and was one of the commissioners 
 to carry into effect the act of annexation of 
 Charlestown to Boston. Mr. Chapin is a 
 pioneer and veteran in educational matters, 
 liaving for twenty-one consecutive years been 
 in active service upon the school conuiiittee in 
 Charlestown and Boston. His wide experience 
 and practical knowledge have provetl him an 
 invaluable member of this most important of the 
 city's varied interests, and his conscientious 
 work has earned for him the title of the 
 "fighting member." He w.is influential in 
 changing the system of furnishing material for 
 the different school departments, and secured 
 the passage of the tu'iier creating the commit- 
 tee on supplies, which has proved to be of 
 great value tinancially aiul in every way sat- 
 isfactory. He servetl in the connnon council 
 in Charlestown from 1S56 to 1S60, and was on 
 the board of aldermen in 1861 and 1872. In 
 1S41, at Waltham, Mr. Chapin was married 
 to Lucy, daughter of Zaccheus and Harriet 
 Karwell. They have had four children: 
 lieorge l*'rancis and Lucy K. K. Chapin, both 
 of whom are married, and John Ilem-y and 
 Nahum Harvey Chapin, both of whom are 
 
 deceased, the latter being married an<l dying 
 at thirty-nine years of age. Mr. Chapin is one 
 of the trustees of the Warren Institutimi for 
 Savings, n member of the standing couuuittee 
 of the Universalist Society, a director in the 
 Bunker Hill National Bank. lie was a direc- 
 tor for many years in the Midillesex Street 
 Railroad, Boston Consolidated Street Railway 
 and <ither corporations, and is one of the 
 m()st esteemed on the roll of active member- 
 ship of the old City (lUards of Charlestown. 
 He is a mendier of the Masonic bodies and 
 ( )clil l-ello«s ol the district. 
 
 Gi'.iUiia-; ]•■. ClI.M'iN, son of Nahum and 
 Lucy ( Karwell ) Chapin, was born in Charles- 
 town, in 1844. He was educated in the h)cal 
 (Iranmiar schools and attended the High school 
 [or three years and a half, and the (?liaiuicy 
 Hall School for ime year. In 1862 he began 
 work in the Quincy Market, and in 1S65 
 entered the finu of Davis, Chajjin & Co. in 
 the Quincy Market, and here he remained for 
 nine years. In 1S74 he engaged in the 
 manufacture of vinegar on Fulton .Street, but 
 retired from the business in iSoi. He became 
 a memlier of the firm of Cha]iin, Tndl & Co., 
 distillers, in 1SS2, and is at |iresent manager 
 of this firm. He is a member of the Henry 
 I'rice Lodge, F. and A. M., Royal Arch 
 Chajiter of the Signet, Creur De Lion Com- 
 luandery. Knights Templars, and the Charles- 
 town Club. Mr. Chapin was the first captain 
 of the Charlestown Cadets. He married, in 
 1 866, Miss II. F. Gary, daughter of John 
 (;ary of Charlestown, and is the father of 
 four children. He resides on Chestnut Street. 
 
 E.M.CH J. CLARK. 
 
 Encicii J. Ci.ARK, son ot Nathaniel II. and 
 Mary E. (I)ickerman) Clark, was born Nov- 
 cnd)er 30, 1S24, in the house at the corner of 
 Charter and Foster Streets, Boston. Me at- 
 tended the Eliot and Wells schools, and at the 
 .age of thirteen was apprenticed to the ])ainters' 
 trade. He came to Charlestown in 1S41 and 
 in 1847 started in businesson his own account 
 on Water Street. In 1S57 he removi-d to his 
 present location corner ol I'ark and Call Streets, 
 
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 wlicrc for thirty-eight years he has done A 
 general painting business. He joined the 
 \'olunteer tire department in 1S42 and con- 
 tinued it) active service for thirty years serv- 
 ing on Hancock No i, Warren No 4 and the 
 Hook and Ladder. l>uring the last years of 
 his service he was one of the engineers. He 
 enlisted in the L'harlestown City (iuards on its 
 organization in 1850 and was a member wlien 
 in 1861 the company went to the war as a part 
 of the I'ifth Regiment. Mr. ("lark was ap- 
 pointed connnissary sergeant anrl served two 
 enlistments parlicipiating in the first battle 
 of Hull Rini, Whitehall, Kingston, and Colds- 
 boro, an<l going through a campaign in North 
 Carolina. At the time of his enlistment for 
 llu* war he was doing a good business and 
 emjilnvi'd several men. He received notice 
 of his regiment's departure in the uu)rning and 
 at nofui he rejjorteti in uniform at the armory, 
 leaving his business in other hands, to serve 
 his couiUry in its hr)ur of need. He is a 
 nieudier of Noiuwitum Tribe, I. (>. I\. M., 
 Knights r)f I'vthias. anil .Abraham Lincoln 
 I'ost It. t;. .\. R. In 1.S46 .Mr. Clark mar- 
 ried Susan L. Byron of Charlestown. F'ive 
 children have been born to them. For the 
 l)ast eight \<-ars he has ri-sidetl at 16 l'ros]iect 
 Street. 
 
 John W. Cokf.v, son of John and -Anna 
 ( Hoyt) Corey, was l)orn in Charlestow*n, July 
 3, 1S18. His education was received in llie 
 lc)cal schools, in a private school kei)t by 
 David Dodge, and in a Salem school. In 
 1834 he was indenteil to learn shiji building 
 with Christopher Cove .Selfredge, and in 
 1839 when his apjirenticeship was ended, he 
 v\ent to New Orleans, when- hi- worked for a 
 year. He and other skilled ship builders and 
 repairers then formed a ci)partnership and took 
 jobs in different localities. Me continued in 
 this business until 1847, when he entered the 
 grocery business w^ith .-\mos R. DeCosta. 
 This firm existed, and was quite successful 
 until the death of .Mr. DeCosta. Mr. Corey 
 himself then contimied in the grocery business, 
 and in a few years took Henry I*, (ioodwin in 
 as a partner. F'or tweiUy-two years the people 
 of this district knew the firm of Corey & 
 Goodwin. .Mr. Goodwin died, but Mr. 
 Corey continued until 1893, when he sold his 
 store and stock, and retired from active busi- 
 ness life. He was in the Charlestown com- 
 mon council during the years 1855-56, and on 
 the board of overseers of the jioor for two 
 years undiT Mayor Robinson's regime. He 
 was also at one time a member of the Charles- 
 town fire department. In 1842 he married 
 Sarah Ingalls of Chelsea, who died in 18S0, 
 leaving five children — Charles L.; Mary Anna, 
 wife of David S. Walker; Emile A., wife of 
 Samuel Massa of New N'ork; Ada E. aiul 
 .Alice Corey. .Mr. ("orey has some valiurble 
 property in this district. His has been an 
 !u>nest aiul exemplary career. He resides 
 at 29 Washington Street. 
 
CHARLEbTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 c. \v. coun. 
 ('. \\ . (OKI! was liorii in Old Kii\l,ury. 
 I'tliniaiy ;. 1S59. and alli-ndcd llu- locnl inib- 
 lic- scliool's. lie Irft srhcMil wlu-n lliiilCL-ii 
 years old, and found employnK-nt in a wliok-- 
 salc bool and shoe slori-. wlKif lie worked for 
 ten years. 1 le tlien learned the nnderlakini; 
 business, and .April 15, 1891, succeeded I'erry 
 at 99 Main Street, a location wliicli has been 
 eslalilislied since I.S25. lie remodelled and 
 refitted llie eslalilislnnent so llial it is second 
 to none in Hoston, in fact, everytlnng is so 
 |)laced and decorated, that religious services 
 may be held there. On eiiterini; theofilice one 
 w.iulil imai;ine himself going into some private 
 parlor rather than into an undertaker's room. 
 Still. .Mr. ("obb exacts no extra charge from 
 l)eople who wish to use this parlor for services, 
 lie, himself, may be found there, night and 
 ilay, ready to give personal attention to all 
 calls and he personally conducts all his busi- 
 ness. He is a member of Howard Lodge. 
 I. O. O. I', and the riiarlestowii Club, 
 
 imniAS w. coNvv.w. 
 
 1 ||'>\I \s \\ . Conway was born m H.oston, 
 Thursday, May 19, i<S42. He received his 
 education in the pidilic schools of his biilh- 
 place. His cmiiloynieiU, ])revious to his ap- 
 pointment to a permanent ]iosilion on the hre 
 de]iarlment, was thai of n teanisier. lie was 
 appointed as call-man on the department, .ind 
 was assigned to Ladiler Company No. I, in 
 this district. On November 27, 1S78, he was 
 appointed a permanent member, and trans- 
 ferred to I,a<lder Com]>any No. 2, as ilriver. 
 In 18S1, October I 1, he was assigned to Lad- 
 der Company No. 9. On March 2.S, 1S85, 
 he was promoted to the i>r)sition of captain 
 and assigned to Ladder C"onipany No. 12, aiul 
 on February 16, iSSS, he w'as jilaced in com- 
 manil of Ladder Company No. 15. He is at 
 jiresent captain of Ladder Com]>any No. 9, of 
 this district. Ca]itain Conway has had a large 
 and serious experience since he joined the de- 
 ]iartment, and nn several occasions has barely 
 csca|ied with his life, his courage and daring 
 leading him into positions of great danger. 
 His home is at 409 Main Street. He is a 
 member of the I''iremen's Charitable Associa- 
 tion, also the Hoston and the Charleslown 
 \eteran I'iremen's .Association. 
 
 JOSEPH j. COKBETT. 
 
 Iosi-:i>H 1. COKBF.TT, son of James and Han- 
 nah ( Kenehck) Corliett, was liorn in Charles- 
 town, December 24, 1 863. He w as educated at 
 the Bunker Hill School and was graduated al 
 the Charlestown High School in the class of 
 iSSi. He then entered the Hoston University 
 Law School and there received the degree of L. 
 L. H. in 1885. He was admitted to practice 
 at the Suffork liar the same year and now 
 pleads in the State and United States courts. 
 He has achieved marked distinction in his 
 profession and is held in high esteem liy the 
 judges before whom he has pleaded. Mr. 
 Corbett early took an active part in \)olitics 
 ai;d w.is the Democratic candidate Un repre- 
 sentative in ward four. .Although the ward 
 was strongly Republican he polled a large vote, 
 being defeated by a small margin. Kor six 
 years he has been the chairman of the ward 
 four llemocratic committee, and has worked 
 unceasingly for his party's success. He is a 
 member of' the finance conunittee of the Dem- 
 ocratic city conunittee and is recognized as 
 one of the party leaders. He received the 
 Democratic nomination in the second Suffolk 
 senatorial district in 1893, but was defeated in 
 a close contest, through a factitmal party 
 ([uarrel. He is prominent in the district's 
 social affairs and is a member of Bunker Hill 
 Council, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Liter- 
 ai7 L'nion, Father M.atthew Total .Abstinence 
 and Literary Society, .Alert .Associates and Jef- 
 ferson Club. Mr. Corbett has a large probate 
 ]iractice and is more than ordinarily successful 
 in the handling of civil actions. He has 
 offices at 25 city Square and 3 Pemberton 
 Square, B>oston. 
 
 EiiWAKi) .A. CosTIG.AN, son of John and 
 .Anne (Costigan) Costigan, was born iti 
 Charlestown in 1820. He was educated in 
 the public schools until he was eleven years 
 old. .At the age of fifteen his amliition led 
 him to learn the trade of ship building and 
 repairing, of which he became a master. He 
 worked for many of the great shipbuilders in 
 this neighliorhood, and in 1855 he was ap- 
 |)ointed foreman for Badger & Bailey, and 
 
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 held this position until 1858, when he started a 
 similar business for himself. He married 
 Mary F. driffith of I'ortsmouth, N. H., who 
 died'in 1S83. He has ojie daughter, M. Eveline 
 ¥,., who resides with him. .Mr. Costigan was 
 elected to the common council of Charlestown 
 for three years, he was a member of the 
 overseers of the poor two years, and chief of 
 the fire department for four years. He is a 
 member of King Solomon Lodge, F. and .A. M. 
 Mr. Costigan left Charlestown in 1878 and 
 went to Dorchester, where he now resides at 
 iS West Cottage Street. He still conducts his 
 business at 361 Commercial Street. 
 
 P.ATKICK COVLE, son of Patrick and Isabella 
 (McPike) Coyle, was born in the Tyrone 
 County, Ireland. When he was seven years 
 old his parents emigrated to St. John's, New- 
 Brunswick, and shortly after they removed to 
 Charlestown. Voung Coyle was sent to the 
 local public schools and after graduating frrmi 
 the Bunker Hill grammar, he entered the em- 
 ploy of the Charlestown Gas Co., where he 
 has since remained, having seen over thirty 
 years of uninterrupted service with that cor- 
 lioration. He is now the superintendent of the 
 Charlestown Gas and Electric Co. and a most 
 trusted employe. Mr. Coyle was married in 
 1 87 1, to Miss Marcella A. Byrnes and they 
 have had four children. He is active in the 
 religious, social and political life of the district, 
 being a member of the Catholic Literary 
 I'nion and one of its board of government, 
 a member of the Charlestown Improvement 
 .Association, the A. O. U. W., the Royal Ar- 
 canum and the Father Matthew C. T. A. 
 Society. He represented ward four, in the 
 common council during the years 1886-87-8S, 
 and served on some of the most important 
 committees of that body. He has also been 
 a member of the Democratic ward and city 
 committee, besides being a delegate to many 
 of the party conventions both state and local. 
 
 
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 El.IAS Ckai-'TS, son of F;iias and .Mary 
 ( Locke) Crafts, was born in Newton, Massa- 
 chusetts, January, 31, 1807. When but two 
 years old he removed with his parents to 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZKNS, I'AST AND I'RKSENT. 
 
 Charlestown. He was educated in llur public 
 schools and studied Latin under a private tutor. 
 In April, 1S21, lie started to learn the dru^gisl 
 liusiness with Dr. Kiilder. (In October iS, 
 1S2S, he opened a sltire well stocked with 
 Tnedicines and fancy floods at Craft's Corner 
 which he finally sold out. Later he opened 
 a wliolesale store at 14S Connncrcial Street, 
 Boston. Mr. Crafts is a benevolent character 
 and is known and liked by all physicians and 
 is popular both with yi)Uni^ and oUl. Mr. 
 Crafts was at one time the treasurer of many 
 local ori^anizalions, amoriL; which niii;ht be 
 mentioned the Universalis! Church. .MKHit 
 1833 he became connected with the <jld \'olun- 
 leer fire deiiarlment, and for nearly forty years 
 was a member of W'ashintjton Engine Ct)ni- 
 pany No. 5, acting as its treasurer for the 
 last twenty-five or thirty years. He married 
 I'^lizabelh llunnewell of Charlestown, who 
 died in 1S67. Of their six children, four are 
 living — Ceorge Krank, Ellen Louise, Sarah 
 T. Crafts and Mrs. Mary E. Wiley. He 
 and his mHnarrie(,l children reside at 20 .Albion 
 Place, where he ha; lived over thirty years, 
 and at this writing, May t894, he is enjoying 
 good health. 
 
 M\ KON I). Cress\' was biirnin Manchester, 
 New 1 lampshire, in 1S51. lie was educated 
 in the public schools of his native place, and 
 at the age of nineteen came to Charlestown 
 arul has since resided here. A few years after 
 his arrival here he started in the trucking busi- 
 ness with !)Ut cme team. I lis tact and ability 
 soon became apparent to those tlealing with 
 him, and in a short lime he was alile to extend 
 his enterprise by increasing the nundjer of his 
 teams. To-day he has about fifty wagons and 
 is doing business under the firm name of 
 M. I). Cressy & Co., at 107 So. Market Street. 
 In social life Mr. Cressy is highly esteemed 
 and is a popular member of Bunker Mill 
 Lodge, I. (). O. E., Faith Lodge of Masons 
 and t-'harlestown Lodge, Royal Arcanum. Me 
 has always been a Republican in politics and 
 re]iresente<l ward four in the common council in 
 iSqi 1)2 and in the Legislature in 1893-94. 
 
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 to Charlestown in 1855 and has since been an 
 active force in tlu- district's affairs. Ilewasad- 
 mitted to the bar January II, 1868, and has 
 been in continuous practice for twenty-five 
 years, liis son, H. \V. B. Cotton, being asso- 
 ciated with him since 1S80. His olVice is at 
 15 City Square. Mr. Cotton has been a 
 special justice of the (_'harleslown court since 
 Eebruary 25, 1874, and has frei|uently been 
 called to the bench. He for many years took 
 an active interest in politics, and was one of 
 the guiding spirits in the councils of the 
 Republican ])arty wdien it was in power in 
 Charlestown. He serveii in the CharL'stow n 
 common council in 1867 and 1868, and on the 
 board of aid 'rnvn 1869 and 1870. Me was a 
 niendier of the Legislature in 1871 and 1872 
 and during 1873, the last year of Charlestown's 
 se]iarate existence as a city, he was a 
 member of the school committee. Me has 
 held lui political office since annexation, but 
 for several years he was influential in public 
 affairs, and was often consulted liy the younger 
 generation of political leaders because of his 
 knowledge of affairs and sound judgment, 
 gained by long arul careful study. Mr. (_"oltou 
 is in all respects a self-made man. Me began 
 the study of law- under difiicullies that woidd 
 cause most young men to hesitate, and he 
 pursued it to a successful end by the exercise 
 of pluck and energy. He has a large practice, 
 that demands all his time, and to which he 
 devotes his attention. Since 1886 he has 
 been one of the trustees of the estate of the 
 late Moses A. Dow, which incluiles the 
 W'averley House and other extensive properties. 
 Mr. Cotton has just completed the erection of 
 a handsome building, corner of Main and Bald- 
 win .Streets which is devoted to temjierance 
 and missionary w<irk in which he takes nnich 
 interest. 
 
 HKNKV \V. B. COTTON. 
 
 JosEi'ii H. CoTiON was Irern in 'I'uftonboro 
 New Ilanipshirc, August 27. 1S33. He came 
 
 Menkv W. B. Cotton was born in ("harles- 
 town, November 28, 1858. He attended the 
 public schools of the district aiul graduated at 
 Harvard College in 1877 with the degree of 
 .\.B. In 1879 he completeil the course in the 
 Boston I'niversity Law School, and was given 
 iheilegree L.L.B. (<ii/// l<u(ili\) He was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in t88o, and has since been 
 in practice with his father, Joseph II. Cotton, 
 al 15 City Square. It was entirely natural 
 thai Mr. Cotton should take to politics, and 
 in 1881-82 he represented ward four in the 
 connnon council. The demands of a rapidly 
 increasing clientage then made his with- 
 drawal from political affairs imperative 
 an<l, although often urged to accept nomina- 
 tions since then, he has been compelled to 
 refuse and has steadily a])plied himself to his 
 oftice practice. He makes a specialty of pro- 
 bate work, and has been attorney for many 
 large estates, that of William II. Hill of 
 Brookline, who left an estate of over $5,000,- 
 000, and the Moses .\. Dow estate, being the 
 chief ones. He has also a large general prac- 
 tice, and is recognized as a lawyer of aliilily 
 and probity. 
 
 |oilN Hknkv Cl'NMNcilAM was born in 
 Charlestown, March 9, 1851, and attended the 
 public schools. Twenty years .ago he moved 
 to Chelsea, and has since been prominently 
 identified with the city's public, business and 
 social life. He is presiilenl and treasurer of the 
 I. N. Cui\ningham Comjiany, one of the lead- 
 ing iron niamifacturing companies in Massa- 
 chusetts. The liusiness was founded in 1S52 
 by Thomas Cunningham, and in 1873 the 
 firm became Thomas Cunningham X Son by 
 the ailmission to partnership of John II. 
 Cunningham, the latter succeeding to the .sole 
 control of the business at the death of his 
 fallier in 1882. In 1891 the firm was incor- 
 porated under its present style. Wrought- 
 iron pipes and fittings for steam, gas aiul water, 
 together witli several patent valves and 
 radiators, constitute the firm's specialties. In 
 Boston's business circles Colonel Cmmingham 
 has often been called to jiositions of lunior 
 and responsibility, filling them with credit and 
 ability. 1 le is an active member of the Master 
 I'luniber's .-Vssociatifui, and president of Massa- 
 chusetts Street Railway Association. Mis 
 investments in Massachusetts are also extensive. 
 He is iiresident of the Plymouth and Kingston 
 Street Railway, vice-president of the ( lloucester 
 Street Railway, president of the Boston Con- 
 struction Company, and is a large stockholder 
 and director in the Worcester, Leicester 
 anil Spencer .Street Railways also Worcester, 
 Milliury Street Railway Company, the Haver- 
 hill \- .Amesbury Street Railway. Colonel 
 Cumiingham has served in the Chelsea city 
 government. He founded the Wiimisimmet 
 National Hank, and is its president. He was 
 one of the incorporators of the County Savings 
 Bank, and is now a member of its couuniltee on 
 investments, and director in the Beacon 
 Trust Conqiany of Boston. He is the largest 
 stockhol<lerin,'anda ilirectorof, the Winnisim- 
 met Kerry Company, and a director of the Lynn 
 and Boston Railroad, also a trustee of the 
 Frost Hospital. His appointment three years 
 ago and his reajipointment one year later, on 
 the staff of Covcrnor Russell, as assistant 
 adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel, 
 testify to his high and popular standing in 
 social circles. He is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, and is a member of ihe Ihelsea 
 Masonic lodges. He has been a memlier 
 of the Most Worshipful (nand Loilge of 
 Massachusetts, and for two years was de]iiUy 
 .senior grand warden of the third Masonic 
 district. He is president of the Chelsea Dem- 
 ocratic Club, a member of the Young Men's 
 Democralic Club of Massachusetts, of the 
 Bostr>n .Xthletic Associaliim, and the Review 
 Club of Chelsea. His mililary career extends 
 over twelve years, nine being passeil in the 
 Fifth Regiment, and three upon the governor's 
 staff. In .April, 1873, Colonel Cmmingham 
 was married to Miss Frances E. I'routy of 
 Cohassel, and to them three children have 
 been l«)rn, two of whom, John II. Jr., and 
 Sara .M., are living. 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 '-'KIN LUUTIS. ; 
 
 Oki\ O'ktis, son of Nnlhaniel aiulljetsfy, 
 (Spooner) Ciirlis, wns bora in Londoiulurr'y, 
 W-rnionl, Man-li 17, 1S27. I le atlL-iitled '.lie 
 local schools aii<l came to t'liaiiuslowii at the- 
 age of ciglUuen. Mis first eiiiploymenl was 
 with John Kasterbrook, teamster. lie next 
 became the manager of II. & S. P. Hills livery 
 stable on Park Street. .Soon afterwards he 
 engaged ill the retail milk business on his own 
 account. He retired from this business in 
 1S81 and seven years ago opened a grocery 
 store at 439i._, Main .Street, where he is at 
 present located. Mr. Curtis was married in 
 1S52, to .'Xdinette E. Stowell of Londcmderry, 
 N'ew Hampshire. Three children have been 
 born to them, erne of whom, Frank L., is now 
 living. 
 
 KK.\NK I., ceiciis. 
 
 Kk.vnk L. Curtis, son of ( irin and .\di- 
 iiette (Stowell) Curtis, wa^ horn in Charles- 
 town December i, 1S57. He was educated 
 at the Hunker Hill School. Upon leaving 
 school, he entered the service of the Kasterii 
 Railroad in the capacity of assistant paymaster 
 and remained there .several years. Me then 
 became chief clerk of the car department of 
 the Hostonand Lowell Kailroail. Seven years 
 ago he was appointed superintendent of the 
 Waverley House, which position he still holds. 
 I he duties of the iiosition are very e.\aclin" 
 as there are more than three hundred room's 
 in the house, occupied by over one hundred 
 tenants. In addition to this Mr. Curtis lias 
 charge of the other iKni.ses of the Dow estate 
 and is cons'.cpiently one of the busiest men in 
 Charlestown. He has a pleasing manner and 
 is very successful in his management. The 
 duties of his ]iosition allow but little ojipor- 
 tunily for social pleasure, coiisc(|UenIly he is 
 not connected with any social organizations, 
 lie is a jiast member of the Charlestown 
 Cadets and went with them on their famous 
 southern trip to New ( )rlcans. He is a mendH-r 
 of Commonwealth Lodge, I. O. (). p., i,f 
 Hoston and the Hoston and Maine Relief 
 Association. 
 
 DK. CllAK'LES K. CCTTEK. 
 
 Dr. Cii.\ri.i.:s K. Cutpek, soii^of Samuel 
 Henry and Harriet S. ( Klanchanl) Cutter, was 
 born in Sonierville, March 15, 1S51. He was 
 educated in the ]niblic schools of Sonierville, 
 graduating from the High School in 1868, 
 under Master George L. Baxter. lie passed 
 the entrance examination to Harvard Univer- 
 sity but decided not to enter, prefering to 
 attend Tufts College. 1 le received his clipioma 
 at the latter institution in 1S72, and was grad- 
 uated at the Harvard Medical School in 1876. 
 Meat once located in this district at the corner 
 of Main and Franklin Streets where he 
 remained for three years. He then removed to 
 200 Main Street, where he was located until 
 .May, iSqo, when he jnirchased the building 
 20S Main Street, where his office now is. Dr. 
 ( utter has had several years' experience as an 
 instructor. During his college d.ays he served 
 as a substitute in the Sonierville I ligh School 
 anil the Foster (Irammar .School of Winter 
 Hill, and for a year was .similarly employed at 
 Ihe Creenfield I'ligh School. He also taught 
 at Bedford, Massachusetts, and al W'.odstock 
 and Strafford, \'ermonl. This w.rk, being 
 carried on in addition to his regidar studies, 
 tilled every monienl of his working hours and 
 unilouljledly had much to do with forming the 
 habit of persistent altenlion to the duties before 
 him that has marked his career as a successful 
 physician. Ilis aliilities as a teacher were be- 
 yond the average, for his services were much 
 in demand, and during the close of his course 
 al Harvard he was tendered the position of 
 ]irincipal of the old F'ranklin evening school, 
 "Inch was located on Washington Street, just 
 above Dover. This he acce]ited and filled for 
 ilie term (.f six years, from 1S74 to iSSo. 
 Dr. Cutler is still a student, and, despite his 
 ixteiisive practice and the many demands on 
 his time in the way of social and fraternal 
 duties, he finds leisure to read up on all em- 
 rent medical topics, besides making many 
 experimental researches on his own account. 
 He has long been a prominent figure in fra- 
 ternal circles. He became a member of [ohn 
 Abbot Lodge, F. and A. M., of .Sonierville 
 in 1873, and joined Howard Lodge, I.O.O.F., 
 of this district in 1S75. He is a charter 
 member and the founder of Joseph Warren 
 Council, Home Circle; a charter member of 
 Monument Council, Royal .-\rcanum; a member 
 of Windsor Castle, K. G. E.; a member of 
 tlieOnler of the Golden Cross; the .'\pollo 
 Club of Boston: and one of the first directors 
 of the Charlestown Club. For ten years he 
 served as physician and surgeon at the'Cliarles- 
 town F'ree Dis|)ensary, and for many years 
 has been a member of the board of physicians 
 connected with the Winchester Home for Aged 
 Women. For the p.ast eight years he has been 
 the treasurer of the Chariestown branch of the 
 -Associated Charities. He is a ni<-niber of the 
 Middlesex .South District Medical .Society anil 
 represents it as a councillor in the Massachusetts 
 Medical .Society. He is also ex-superintendent 
 of the .Sabbalh School of the Universalist 
 Church of this district. In 1S76 he married 
 .Annie B. .Alexan<ler of Charlestown, who died 
 in April, 1883. In October, 18S4, he married 
 Carrie M. Sprague by whom he has one cliilil, 
 Eniil Josephine, now five years old. 
 
 AlIKAM EDMANDS CLTTER 
 
 .\iiRAM Edmands Cutter, son of Abra- 
 ham and Mary (Gibson) Cutter, was born in 
 Newburyport, Essex County, January 24, 
 1822. His father was a mason and builder. 
 He erected many of the factories and iiniiort- 
 aiit buildings in Saco and Biddeford, Maine, 
 and 'also represented Saco in the Maine Legis- 
 lature, 1853 and 1854. He died in Saco, 
 -Augu.st 25, 1S86, at eighty-seven years of age. 
 Mr. Cutter was educated in the public schools 
 of .Saco, Maine, where his father removed 
 when the son was but four years of age. 
 This was supplemented by a three years' 
 course in Thornton .Academy, Saco. After 
 leaving the academy he entered a store in 
 .Saco, where the drug business was combined 
 with book selling. This business he followed 
 for some years, with the exception, in the 
 meantime, of a year spent in two voyages to 
 Europe in a sailing vessel, and another term 
 of study in the acaclemy. Pie came to Boston 
 in 1843 and was employed in the drug store 
 of the late William Brown; remained there 
 and in the same business in another location 
 till 1852, when he removed to Charlestown 
 and opened liusiness as a liook-seller, the firm 
 being McKim & Cutter. At the end of three 
 years he purchased his p.artner's interest, and 
 continued the btisiness until within a recent 
 period. Mr. Cutter was elected to the .school 
 lioanl of Charlestown in 1S57, serving sixteen 
 years before annexation, and nine years alter 
 that, as a member of the Boston school board. 
 He was first married July 7, 1S53, in Charles- 
 town, to Mary liliza, daughter of Barnabas 
 and F21iza (Whittemore) Edmands. His wife 
 died Feliruary 11,1854. His second marriage 
 took ])lace on October 13, 1S57, with Eliza- 
 beth Finley, daughter of Washington ami 
 l-;iizabeth ( ll.ay) .Sniith, of N'ew \'or'k. They 
 have no children. Mr. Cutter has always been 
 identified with, and interested in, the various 
 local charities and institutions of the city, and 
 actively connected with the Harvard L'nitarian 
 Church. He is best known as an educational 
 supporter and a public school champion. 
 
 "ON. -JAMES DANA. 
 
 Ibi.N. J.\Mi';s D.\N.\ was born in Charles- 
 town, November 8, 1811. He was the 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS. PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 son of juiigL- Sanuicl Dana of (Iroton and 
 Rebecca { Barrclt ) 1 >ana. I lis father was one 
 of the !ea(Un<; lawyers (jf Middlesex Onmty. 
 He served as county attorney of Middlesex, 
 justice of the court of Common Pleas, mem- 
 ber of the State Senate, of which body he 
 was president for several years, and member 
 i)f Cotij^ress. His mother was the daughter 
 (ff Charles Barrett, Estj. of New Ipswich, 
 New I lampshire. 
 
 The family moved to Jud^e L)ana's native 
 town of iirolon in 1813, and there Mr. I)anu 
 was fitted for coUei^e at the (irolon Academy. 
 He entered Harvard at the age of fifteen and 
 i^radualed in the class of 1S30. AinoiiLi his 
 classmates were Charles Simmer. I)r. |. \N . 
 Hemis, Thomas C. Amory, Henry Pickerinj; 
 and Ceorge Washington Warren. Mr. Dana 
 studied law at the Vale Law School and in 
 ihrothceof (ieorgeF. Farley, Esq. in Ciroton. 
 1 le was admitted to the bar and returned to 
 (harlestown where he opened a law otlice on 
 Main Street, near City Square. Here he 
 ]iracticed law very successfully for many years. 
 1 U- afterwards opened an office in Boston and 
 liiially gave up his Charlestown ofifice. At 
 this lime he was troubled by deafness which 
 gradually increased until he was obliged final- 
 ly to give up his ]iractice. He then went into 
 the brick business in which he remained for 
 several years. About 1875 he retired from 
 business and moved to Dorchester where he 
 resided until his death. Mr. Dana inherited 
 from his father a taste for politics and always 
 took a great interest in public matters. He 
 was a Whig until that partv went out of exist- 
 ance when he became a Republican. In 1858 
 he was elected Mayor of Charlestown and 
 held the otlice for three years. During his 
 term of office Mystic water was introduced 
 into the city and he devoted much time to the 
 problem of a good water sui)])ly. For a num- 
 ber of years after this he was a prominent 
 member of the water board, and upon his re- 
 tirement in 1S69, the board offered a resolu- 
 tion regretting the "loss of his good counsel" 
 and " Recognizing the fact that for his fc^re- 
 sight in initiating and his zeal and energy in 
 prosecuting the preliminary measures for the 
 iiUroduclion of pure water into this city mir 
 citizens are under great obHgalions to him 
 for this priceless boon.*** " 
 
 The I'ublic Library was also eslal)Ii-.hed 
 w hile he was mayor. He was for man\" years 
 a prominent member of the Buld^er Hill Mon 
 ument Association, Mr. Dana was always 
 irUerested in military matters and was foi 
 many years connected with tlie State miHtin. 
 Deserved successively as commander of the 
 Charlestown Light Infantry, major on the staff 
 of (leneral loseph Butlerick, colonel of P"ourth 
 Regular Infantry, ami brigadier-general of the 
 Third Brigade, .second division. He was suc- 
 ceeded in the latter ]>ositi(tn by (ieneral 
 Benjamin F. Butler. ( len. Dana was a man of 
 stern integrity througfiout life and of a genial 
 and hospitable disjiosition. He died in Dor- 
 chester, June 4,iSqo, in his seventy-ninth year. 
 I le left a wi.inw a. id live i liihlrm. 
 
 Betsey (Smith) Davis, was horn in T'lainfield, 
 New Hampshire, in 1845. lie was educate<l 
 in the local schools. In 1S72 Mr. Davis left 
 Hrattleboro, Vermont, and settled in Charles- 
 town, where he purchased several small milk 
 routes which he consolidated. A year later he 
 moved to Somerville, where, for twelve years, 
 he made his home. On April 4, 1SS5, he 
 bought of lulius Mumler his confectionery and 
 ice cream business ami good-will at S9 Main 
 Street, and relinquishing his milk routes, he 
 devoted his entire time to the new business. 
 In 1S90 he bought the property he now 
 occujiies at 83 Main Street, i)ut up an addition 
 of seventy feet, and fitted the l)uilding with all 
 modern appliatices. .Since th.-n the volume 
 of business has continually increased. The 
 dematul for Davis' ice cream is not confined 
 to Charlestown or its iuunediate vicinity, by 
 any means. He lias a large wholesale trade 
 and shijis his products to distant points. He 
 furnishes ihe entire supply for the railway 
 restaurant at South Framingham, and also 
 sends regular orders to Concord, and Ports- 
 mouth, New I lampshire, Pittsheld and ( )range, 
 Massachusetts, and the famous Dean Academy 
 at Franklin. He sui)])lies a number of well- 
 known Boston restaurants that arc famous for 
 the excellence of their menu and the delicious- 
 ness of the ice cream servecl by them. Mr. 
 Davis is pre-emineiUly a sociable man, and is 
 affiliated with a n\nnber of the leading fratei- 
 nal organizations. He was made a Master 
 Mason many years ago in Cheshire Loiige, 
 No. 23 of Cornish Flatt, New I lampshire. I le 
 is a memlier of the Paul Revere Lodge, I. ( ). 
 (.). F., of Winter Hill, and <if the Encamp- 
 ment. He is also a member of the .Ancient 
 Order of Cnited Workmen, Harmony CViuncil, 
 Home Circle, and a member of Monument 
 Square Methodist E]iiscopal Church. In 1870 
 he married Minnie A. Snow of Dover, Ver- 
 mont; they have fi>ur cliildren. Claude E.. 
 now a member of the hrm, Alice M.. Miimie 
 Ma\-, aufl William S.inltom Davi-. 
 
 ELBKIDGE G. DAVIS, 
 
 ELniuUGE G. Davis, son of Sanborn and 
 
 [niiN I;. lH.;..\t<nokX, son of |ames and 
 Jemima ( Nudd ) Dearborn, was born Octolier 
 23, 1S2S, in Kensington, N, II. lie was 
 educated in the town school and at the Hamp- 
 ton Academy. At the expiration of his 
 school days he spent two years in a country 
 store in Exeter, N. H. The ten succeeding 
 years were spent in the baking business in 
 Charle-lown. he arriving here in Sei>tember, 
 1845. I lie latter part of 1855 and the 
 greater portion of 1S56 he ran a general 
 store and conducted the postoffice at East 
 Kingston, N. II. He returned to Charles- 
 low 11 in December, 1S56, and for the next ten 
 years was deputy sheriff and coroner for 
 Middlesex County, and for the succeetling 
 eighteen years was deputy sheriff of .Suffolk 
 County. In comiection with his duties as 
 sheriff and coroner he carried on the business 
 of auctioneer for thirty-five years with the firm 
 of Dearborn & Co., Boston, of which he is 
 still a member. He is a memi)er of the follow- 
 ing societies: Evening .Star Division, .S. of T. : 
 Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Sons of Malta; 
 
 Joseph Warren Lodge, F. and A. M.: St. 
 Paul's Chapter, Princess of Jerusalem; Massa- 
 chusetts Consistory: Lafayette Lodge of 
 Perfection; Boston Commandery, Knights 
 Templars and the 999lh .-\rtillery .Association. 
 In November, 1S82, he married Sliss S. Ilattie 
 Eaton of Revere, Mass., since which time he 
 has resided at 44 Winthrop Street, Charlestown. 
 
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 JiiliN (;. Dk.\ki:iikn, M. I)., Mill of James 
 and Sally H. ( I'rescuU) Dearlinrn, was liorn in 
 Meredith, New Hampshire, M.ay 27, 1S35. 
 Ills early training was received in private 
 sclicMils and in the (jillord, New Hamjjshire, 
 Aeademy. lie received his degree as M. I), 
 at the I'niversity <if New \'ork after which he 
 l^tracticed his profession for three years in (jil- 
 ford. New 1 lampshire. I le settled in Charles- 
 town in 1S61 and immediately began a large 
 and lucrative practice. lie entered the I'nited 
 States Navy in 1S64, as assistant surgeon, where 
 he remained until 1866. He was physician 
 at the State |)rison from i,S6g until 1S72. At 
 jiresenl he is the senior physician of the Charles- 
 town l''ree Hisjieiisary and Hos[)ilal. J>r. 
 I)i.-arliorn is a member of Henry Price Lodge, 
 K. and A. M.,("o'ur De I, ion Commandery, 
 K. of T., Bunker Hill Lodge, L O. O. V. and 
 the Massachusetts Medical .Society. lie was 
 married on June 17, 1S79, to Susan Edwards 
 of Charlestown. Tliey have one chilfl, a 
 daughter, Helen Millctt Dearborn. 
 
 Cii\i;ii-;s I-:. DwiKl.s, son of John ami 
 Sally (Tucker) Daniels, was born in Water- 
 town, Massachusetts, .April 15, 1.S21. His 
 education was chieHy obtained in the schools 
 of his native town. When si.xteen years old 
 he was a|>preiiliced to tin- hatter's traile, and 
 loUowed it for ten years. In 1S47 he 
 took a course in a business college, and, 
 in the same year, started in the furniture 
 business. .A few years later he formetl a copart- 
 nership with his brother under the firm name 
 of |. K. Daniels & Co., an<l contimieil in this 
 business until 1S77. In business life he has 
 been uniformly successful, owing to his 
 upright charai-ter and reputation ftir fair deal- 
 ing. Mr. Daniels was a menilier of the 
 Charlestown school board, from icS69 to 1874 
 inclusive. He was a member of the Charles- 
 town city council in 1865 and an alderman in 
 1866 and 1S67. In 1890-91-92 he was on 
 the Boston school committee. I le has servetl 
 as a justice of the ])eace for fourteen years. 
 He is a member of the First Baptist Church, 
 and for eleven years has been treasurer of the 
 Winchester Home for .\ged Women. He is 
 also a trustee of the Warren Institution (or 
 Savings. January I, 1855, he married Frances 
 M. Hillings of Charlestown. They have two 
 chiMren, Dr. h'rank H. Danii-ls »^f .New \'ork, 
 and .Mice Souther, wife of Walter II. Roberts. 
 .Mr. Daniels came to this district in February, 
 1847, and has since resitled here. 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 ,\ ll.l.lAM li. UliLANu. 
 
 Wli.MAM E. Df.lano was boin in Charlcs- 
 lown, Avigusl 24, 1832. lie altcnded the old 
 'IVaining Held School iindt-r Masters Hates, 
 Swan, and Baxter. In 1S45 he left school 
 and Ix'i^an life as a newsboy, selUnir jiapers on 
 the Filchinirt; railroad, heini; the first to carry 
 the daily papers on the road. Later he servt-d 
 as express messeni^er on the same road. He 
 joined the Charle>»town fire dejiartnient as a 
 vohniteer in 1S4S, and was assi«;ned to Warren 
 Knj^ine Coni])any, No 4., under Captain lames 
 C. Poor. In 1850 he was elected a memlier of 
 the company and filleil the ullice of clerk t)f 
 the company from 1S55 uniil March, 1865, 
 when the company was disbanded. He was 
 then transferred to 1 loward Steam Kni^ine Coni- 
 ])nnyNo. 1, and was elected foreman in 1866. 
 The following; year he was promoted to assis- 
 tant engineer, and in 1872 was chosen chief 
 eni^ineer, which ])osition he held until an- 
 nexation in 1874, when he turned over all the 
 property of the company to Chief Engineer 
 Damrell of Hoston. Umler the new regime 
 Mr. Delano was offered the position of assis- 
 tant district chief of the district, but he 
 declinecl it, and was appointed ca|)lain of 
 engine 27. In March, 1884, he was appointed 
 call chief for this district and remained in 
 this position until May, 1890, when he was 
 retired from active fire duty and transferred to 
 the ot^ce of the fire commissioners, where he 
 still remains. From 1859 to 1887 Mr. Delano 
 was employed at the Navy \'ard in various 
 capacities, Vmt principally as ndl clerk, this 
 being his position during the war and fur 
 many years thereafter. He is an active mem- 
 ber of the Veteran Fin-mnrs Asmiriali.m. 
 
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 John Hkvuv Dee was born in ill • Cliarljs- 
 town Navy Yard in 1S42, His father l)cini; an 
 officer of the Navy at the time, atlaeiieil to 
 this station. He attended tlie inthlic sihouls 
 of Cliarlestown and was grathiated from the 
 I liijh School. Ileentered the Navy \'ard after 
 leaving; school where he served an apprentice- 
 ship of a year and a half in the machine shop. 
 ,\fter this he went to New N'ork and there 
 completed his apprenticeshij) in the works of 
 the Noveltv Iron Co. In 1S62 he entered the 
 
 Navy and was commissioned engineer and was 
 attached to the Genesee, the liest vessel, it is 
 said, that was ever built in the t'harlestown 
 yard. Thence he was ordered to the monitor 
 .Manhattan. That vessel was destroyed in the 
 famons enqagement of .August 5, 1S64, in 
 Mobile liay, and Mr. Uee hail the peculiar 
 pleasure of reading his own obituary in the 
 story of the liattle and destructiim. Hut he 
 was very much alive and continued in service 
 until the close of the Rebellion. When hos- 
 tilities ended he was ordered to the Hrooklyn 
 Navy \'ard for service on the Brazilian station, 
 lie had |ireviously applied for assigmnenl to 
 the Meiliterranean station, and, when it was 
 refused him he resigned, having done his full 
 duly in time ol war and feeling that he coidd 
 retire from government service with a clear 
 consci -nee and a clean record, lie was socm 
 ap|iointed an engineer <m the Star Line whose 
 steamers plied lietween New Orleans and New 
 York. With that line he remained until the 
 steamer Evening .Star w.is eclipsed in October, 
 1886. When that ill-fated vessel was sunk 
 Mr. Dee w.as on her. In 18S6 he eiUered the 
 llorists business since which time it has been 
 liis vocation. He was first connected with 
 Thomas Cialvin ..S; (_'o., afterwards with Dee & 
 Doyle and later with the hrm of Dee Brothers, 
 whose liea(U|uarters are at Mount .\uburn. 
 Mr. Dee is a mcndjer of the Grand .Army of 
 the Kepulilic and the Kearsage .Association of 
 Naval X'eteraiis. He is a ])opidar meudjer of 
 tlie F.Iks and has held almost all of the high 
 otiices of the order. He is also a meudier of 
 the Knights of the Golden Eagle and has 
 served as grand chief of the order. He was a 
 memlier of the Legislature of 1878 and 1879 
 and a member of the .State .Senate of 1S92. 
 lie served several years as a member of the 
 ward five Democratic committee and in the 
 higher councils of the party he wields consid- 
 eraiile iiiHuence. He is married and has <tne 
 clhld, a daughter. He lives on M.mumjnt 
 Avenue. 
 
 JOHN \V. DENNETT. 
 
 1(11 IN W. Den'.N'ETT, son of Richard and 
 Nancy Dennett, was born in I'ortsmouth, 
 .New Hampshire, Friday, September 3, 1841. 
 He was educated in the jiublic schools of 
 I'ortsmoiuh, and Lexington, Mass., his parents 
 having removed to the latter place in 1854, 
 where they remained for three years. In 
 1S57 his parents removed to Charlestown, and 
 John W. has been a resident here ever since. 
 Wlu-n 17 years old he .started to learn the 
 |iiaiioforte business with his brother Charles. 
 .\t the age of 20 years young Dennett enlisted 
 for the war of the Relijllion in the Third Massa- 
 chusetts Battery of Artillery, commanded by 
 Captain Martin. This was on .September 6, 
 1S61. On .Seiitember 16, [864, he was honor- 
 abb- discharged from service in I'osioii. He 
 lipund employment in the store of the ( "o-oper- 
 alive Association on Main Street, Charlestown, 
 wdiere he remained for eight years, when the 
 linn of Dennett vs; Cooper, of which he was 
 one, was organized. He subsequently became 
 foreman for a large teaming concern, with 
 whom he remained for fourteen years or until 
 
 he was ajipointed to ihi- position of superin- 
 teiulent of the Bunker llill .M(.)numenl and 
 gromuls. Mr. Dennett is a member of Henry 
 IVice Lodge, F. and A. M., Royal Arch, 
 Chapter of the Signet, and is a 32(1 degree 
 Mason. He is also a memlier of Cieur Dc 
 Lion Commandery, K. T., Bunker llill Lodge 
 1. O. O. F., .Aliraham Lincoln I'ost 11, G. A. 
 R., and the Charlestown Veteran l*"iremen's 
 .Association. In [anuary, 1869, he married 
 llatlie E. McDonald (if Charlestown. He 
 resides with his wife and only child. (Irace 
 M., at 185 Bunker Hill Street. 
 
 tHAKLES DE\ENS. 
 
 CllAKI.Es Devens, son of Charles and Mary 
 ( Lilhgow ) Devens, w.as born in Charlestown 
 .April 4, 1820, in the house corner of Cnion 
 and Lawrence Streets. He died in Boston 
 lanuary 7, 1891. He was a State Senator at 
 twenty-eight. United States marshal at thirty, 
 major-gen .'ral during th; Civil War, justice of 
 the Supreme court. United States .Attorney- 
 General in the cabinet of President Hayes and 
 justice of the Massachusetts .Sujireme judicial 
 court at two different periods, an able jurist 
 and an eloquent and finished orator. His 
 father svas a leading man of Charlestown and 
 his mother was a daughter of Colonel Arthur 
 Lilhgow of Augusta, Maine. His great-grand- 
 lather, Richard Devens,wasof the "Committee 
 of Safety" and a veteran of the Revolution of 
 considerable local prominence. Carefully 
 trained for college, he entered Harvard at the 
 age of fourteen, and was graduated in the class 
 of 1838. Thenhepursu.'dhis law studies in the 
 law department of the University and in the 
 Boston office of Hubbard ii Walts, and was 
 jilmilted to practice in 1S41. He established 
 himsjlf in Franklin County, fii'st residing in 
 Norlhheld and subse(iuenlly in (ireentield, 
 where he remain'.'d until 1849, the last twd 
 years of his residence in that district represent- 
 ing it in the State Senate. .Al the close of his 
 term he was appointed United .States marshal 
 for the district of Massachusetts, which office 
 he held from 1849 to 1853. It was during 
 his service as marshal in 185 1 that Thomas F. 
 Simms was returned to slavery, a deed which 
 greatly excited many citizens and brought 
 upon Marshal Devens their severest censure. 
 " We do not believe," writes one of fiis eulo- 
 gists " that the United .States marshal acted 
 with alacrity." No doubt "his soul abhor- 
 red the dee(I and consented not, even while 
 his official arm performed it." Three or four 
 years afterward he strove thiough the colored 
 preacher. Rev. .A. L. Grimes, to obtain free- 
 dom for Simms, offering personally to defray 
 the entire exjiense, but the effort proved fruit- 
 less. .And again, when he learned that Lydia 
 Maria's child was endeavoring to raise a fund 
 for the slave's redemption, he made another 
 eKort with a similiar offer; but the war came 
 lielore the negotiations were completed. 
 Sulise(|uenlly he aided Simms to establish 
 himself in civil life, and when .Attorney-General 
 appoinled him to a place he was able to fill in 
 the Department of Justice. On retiring from 
 the marshalship Mr. Devens resumed the 
 practice of his profession, making his home 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 in Worcester. Then in July, lS6i, he was 
 made colonel of ihe Kiflecnth Rei^iinent, which 
 \s;is rociuiled in \\'nrccster County, and on the 
 Sill of Alienist left will) it for the seat of war. 
 1 If served \\ ith this conmiand until 1862, and 
 was wounded in the battle of Hall's iiluff. 
 '1 ht-n he was made a brigadier-general, and 
 commanded a briji^adu durini^ the Pennsylva- 
 nia campaign. He was disaliled by a wound 
 at Kair t 'aks, and participated in the bat- 
 iks 1)1 Antietam and Kredricksburg. 
 In i'S(>5 he connnanded a division in the 
 rlcvenlh cor])s at the l);Utle of Chancellorsville 
 :\ud was ai^ain wounded, this time severely. 
 Kecoverini; he returned to the field in 1864, 
 was appointed to the command of a division 
 in the eii^hleenth army corps, and his Iroops 
 wire the first to occupy Richmond upon its 
 fall. I''or gallantry and good conduct at tins 
 capture he was breveted major-general. He 
 remained anolher year in the service, in com- 
 mand of ihe district of ( 'harleslcni. South 
 Carolina, and in June, 1866, he was mustered 
 out of the service at his own request. Then 
 he resmned the practice of law at Worcester. 
 In April, 1S67, he w'as ajipointed by Covern- 
 tir Hullock one of ihe justices of ihe Superior 
 court, and in 1873 he was promoted by Ciov- 
 ernor Washburn to the Supreme b-ench. This 
 seat he resigned in 1877 to accept the position 
 nf Attorney-General of the United States. 
 At the close of his term in 1S81 he returned 
 to Massachusetts and was soon again appoint- 
 ed to the Supreme bench, this time by Gov. 
 Long which position he held at the time of 
 his death. His most notable addresses on 
 public occasions were the oration at the cen- 
 tennial celel)ration of the Battle of Hunker 
 Hill, at the dedication of the Soldiers' Mon- 
 ument in Boston and in Worcester, on the 
 deaths of Cieneral Meade and General Grant, 
 and at the celebration of the 250th Atmiver- 
 sary of the founding of Harvard College, on 
 which occasion he presided. General Uevens 
 was never married. 
 
 X.S. DicKEV, was born in Deering. X. H., 
 in 1840 and came to Boston in 1858, taking 
 up his residence in Charleslown in 1S68. He 
 was educated in the common schools of Ins l)irth- 
 place. On April 20, 1861, he enlisted in the 
 Charleslown Artillery Company, which re- 
 mained but three months in the war. In 1863 he 
 eidisted in the third regiment of cavalry, in 
 which he served until October 8, 1865. When 
 he returned he followed his trade as confec- 
 tioner, and in 1872 started in business for 
 liiiiiscU. In 1S74 he moved into his present 
 quarters, 25 Charleslown Street. Mr. Dickey 
 is a member of Harmony Lodge, 38, K. 
 and A. M., of Hillsboro, N. H., and thegggth. 
 Artillery Association of Charlestow n. He 
 married Althine H. Pettingill of Boston, i le 
 resides al 22 Eden Street. 
 
 This company sent him to Boston, February 
 19, 1880. On February 13, 1883, he and his 
 brother became associated together in the lea 
 business in Lowell. Two years later they 
 opened a store at 59 and 61 Main Street, 
 Charleslown. The partnership of Dickson 
 Brothers dissolved May I, 1889, when Mr. 
 Thomas Dickson sold his interest in ihe L<n\ell 
 establishment and became sole owner of tlie 
 Charleslown store. He is a meniber of -Mlsh- 
 wum Tribe of Red Men, the Charleslown 
 Club, Megantic Kish and Game Club, and ihe 
 Massachusetts Msh and (iame Club. He re- 
 sidesat 38 High .Street. Mr. Dickson received 
 his education in the nationl schools of his nat- 
 ive country. He servefl his a]i]irenticeshi]i in 
 the tea business in ihe place of his birth and 
 when he came to lliis country he had n thorough, 
 expert knowledge of the business. Mr. Dick- 
 son is a self-made man and, by clnse ap- 
 plication to business and by honorable <leal- 
 ings, he has built up a business that is a credit 
 to his industry and skill. 
 
 TUO.M.VS DICKSON. 
 
 Thomas Dickson, son of Thomas and FJiza 
 ( Williamson ) Dickson, was b<irn in Monaghan, 
 Ireland, in 1862. He arrived in this country 
 November 17, 1S79. obtaining employment 
 w ith the C. A. Tea Company in New \'ork. 
 
 I'll'iMAS Do.VNlv was born in Orleans, 
 Massachusetts, Septend)er 20, 1821. His 
 father, |ohn Doane was a native of Orleans, 
 and his mother, Polly (Kldridge) Doane, a 
 native of Varmonthport. His father was a 
 well known lawyer, served in the State .Senate, 
 and (died <ither public ])ositions. He was the 
 originator of " forest culture " in this country, 
 and was a pnmioler of the culture of fruit trees 
 on the Cape. Thomas Doane was the eldest 
 of eight children. His early education w.as 
 obtained at an academy established by his 
 father and other gentlemen having children to 
 educate. Leaving this school at the age of 
 nineteen years, he sjient five terms at the Kng- 
 lish Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, 
 after which he entered the oHice of .Sanuiel M. 
 Felton, one of the nn)st noted civil engineersof 
 his lime, and a leading citizen of Charles- 
 town. He remained with Mr. Felton for 
 threi- years, when he became head engineer of 
 a division of the Vermont Central Railroail. 
 brtun 1S47 until 1849 he was resideiU engineer 
 of I lie Cheshire Railroad at Walpole, New- 
 Hampshire. In I)ecend>er, 1849, he returned 
 to Charleslown and openetl an office, where he 
 has since remained carrying on his profession 
 of civil engineering and surveying. Mr. 
 Doane has at one time or another been con- 
 nected with all the railroads runnng out of 
 Boston, but particularly wilh the Boston «!v: 
 Maine. In 1863 he was ajipoinled chief 
 engineer of the Iloosac Tunnel, and located 
 the line of the tunnel, built the dam in the 
 Deerlield river to furnish water-power, and 
 in this work introduced nilro-glycerine and 
 eU-ctrical blasting for ihe first time in this 
 country. He also introduce<l compressed air 
 and invented the machinery for it, and had a 
 large shave in inventing the pneumatic 
 drills used then. In 1869 he weiu lo Ne- 
 l.)raskn, wdien he built two hundred and forty 
 miles of railroad on the extension of the 
 Chicago. Burlington and (Juincy. He made 
 the rpieslion of gra<les a special study, and so 
 perfect were those on the extension that one 
 
 engine would haul as many cars to the Mis- 
 souri River as five engines could haul across 
 Iowa. He also located and named nearly all 
 the townson the extension. While in Nebraska 
 he look a leading part in the agitation of the 
 queslion of establishing a college in this state. 
 He secured for its site a square mile of 
 gronnil at Oete, beautifully located, twenty 
 niiU-s west from Lincoln, and in recognition of 
 his s(.-rvices the inslilulion was named Doane 
 College. In 1873 Mr. Doane completed his 
 work in Nebraska and returned to Charlestow 11 
 reopening his oHice. Soon afterwards he was 
 reappointed consulting engineer of the Hot)- 
 sac Tumiel and had charge of the reconstruc- 
 tion of the whole of the Troy and Greenfield 
 Railway and of the tunnel. On February 9, 
 1S75, upon the opening of the tunnel, he ran 
 the lirst locomotive through it. He linished 
 his duties in this direction in 1877, and 
 two years later, in 1S79, he was ap])ointed 
 consulting and acting chief engineer of the 
 Northern Pacific Railroad for one year. 
 During that time he located t!ie Pend fP Oreille 
 division across the Columbia Plains in Wash- 
 ington Territory and parts of the Missouri 
 division in Dakota. Since then he has done 
 a great deal of importaiu work. Mr. Doane 
 was president of Boston Society of Civil 
 Engineers, of which he is a member, for ten 
 years. He is also a member of the American 
 Society of Civil Engineers. He his been a 
 justice of the peace for over ihirly years, iMM] 
 for forty years he has been a deacon of the 
 Winthrop clnnch. He is a director of the 
 Associated Charities of Boston and ])resident 
 of the Charleslown branch of the organization; 
 vice-president of the Hunt Asylum for Desti- 
 tute Children; is a mend)er of the New 
 Fnglantl Historic Genealogical Society; of 
 the Congregational Club; the Charlestown 
 Club; the Boy's Club; and of the American 
 College and Educational Society. 
 
 
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 ('11 \U1.KS A. Dole, son nf Moses and Sarah 
 Konrdman (Titcomlj) Dole, was born in Dan- 
 vers (now IValxxly), December 4, 1S26. lie 
 is scvenlli generation in descent from Richard 
 Dole who al the age of fifteen years landed al 
 \ewlmry, this state, having come from Bristol, 
 I'.nglami, in the year 1639. With very few 
 exceptions all of this name can trace their 
 lineage lo Richard Dole of Newlmry. The 
 original estate l)or<lering ii]x>n the Parker River 
 npon which lie first settled and bccaine a 
 merchanl, has remained in the Dole family 
 until a recent (leriod. Mr. Dole's education 
 was received in ihe public schools and at the 
 age of fifteen he entered the employ of his 
 uncle, Wheeler, one of the first to become an 
 occupant of the Salem Market, who also did 
 a large slaughtering and packing business, 
 supplying ships belonging to Salem. Me re- 
 mained here until the winter of 184S-49 when 
 he caught the "golil fever" and joineil a 
 com]iany formed in .Salem who Imught and 
 fitted out the bark " I,a (Jrange" sailing 
 March 17 ami arriving September 17, ICS49, at 
 San I'rancisco. After >peiiding some years in 
 the " Land of tiold " he returned home, and 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 in August, 1S54, came to Charlestown and lie- 
 came superintendent for the well knc^wn s]iice 
 firm of Stickney it Poor, a position he has for 
 forty years continued to hold, a ])ortion of 
 the time Iieing a ])artner. lie is a director 
 of the Stickney iV I'oor Spice Co., succeedini; 
 the old lirm of Stickney & Poor. Kor many 
 years he resided in Charlestown on Canibridije 
 and Baldwin .Streets. 'I'vveiUy years ago he 
 built a residence on Perkins Street, Somerville 
 where he at present resides. He has been 
 married twice, and h.is a daugliler and two 
 sons from the second union. 
 
 Daniel Dohertv is essentially a self-made 
 man. He came to this courUryfrom Donei^al. 
 Ireland (where he was born, Monda.-, June I. 
 1829), at tile age of ten years, and early in life 
 he began to earn his own livelihood. He is 
 the son of Daniel and M.irgaret ( Breslin ) 
 Doherty. As socui as he arrived in Boston he 
 went to school in the old gun shop in ("ooper 
 Street. He remained here for some time, 
 after wdiich he went to work for n coal firm, 
 receiving fifty cents a day. In 1S51 he started 
 in the teaming business and for forty-two years 
 was entrusted with the responsiliilily of all 
 of the work in this line for the Boston Cias 
 Company. He retired from this business two 
 years ago to give his entire attention to the 
 coal business w hich he entered a year previous 
 and which had grfuvn to immense j^roportions 
 in this short lime. He has a coal wharf in 
 Dorchester, besides an otVice; a coal yard at 
 the corner of Chelsea and Medford .Streets, 
 CharlestowMi, and an of^ce in Beverly Street, 
 Boston. Mr. Dnherly married Catherine 
 Divver of Boston, and they have had five 
 children, four of whom are now living. His 
 three sons are engaged in the coal business 
 with him. For many years Mr. Doherty lived 
 al the North End, Boston. He is now a 
 resident of Charlestown, his home being on the 
 corner of Monument Square and Monument 
 Street. Mr. Doherty is well situated so far as 
 this world's goods can make a man. He makes 
 good use of his money, however, and is a gener- 
 ous giver to all charitable and worthy objects. 
 
 in M.arch, 1831, and was educated in the 
 schools of his native land. When a young 
 man he learned the horseshoeing trade. In 
 1S52 he arrived in Boston and found work at 
 his trade. In 1S57 he moved to Charles- 
 town. On the lireaking out of the Rebellion 
 he enlisted in Company D.'I'hirlieth Massachu- 
 setts Volunteers, and served three years, 
 securing his discharge at Boston in March, 1865. 
 Soon after his return from the war he engaged 
 in business on his own account and has built 
 up a large and prolilable business which he 
 carries on al ihe junctiim of Charlestown and 
 Beverly Streets. In 1854 .Mr. Doherty was 
 married to Catherine .Smith of Boston: ihey 
 have four children living. He resides al 2 
 .\dains Sireel. 
 
 MOSES A. U(UV, 
 
 Kduakd Dohertv, son of Edward and Mary 
 (Smith) Doherly, was born in Donegal, Irelaml, 
 
 MosKs .\. l)ii\v was born in Littleton, N. 
 11., .May 27, iSio. In 1S20, al the age of 
 nineteL-n years, he came I0 l-Joslnn, having pre- 
 viouslj- learned the "art preservative of arts" 
 in Haverhill, New' Hampshire. He began as 
 a journeyman printer and made several starts 
 in business on his own account in the job print- 
 ing and newspaper line. Al the age of forty 
 vears he had maile eight such starts, all failures. 
 In I S50 while pursuing his labiirs as jcnuney- 
 man printer on the Boston ftaiiy Traveller, 
 he c(uiceived ihe project of starling ihe \\av- 
 erley Magazine. After many difficuilies he got 
 it under way and issued an etlition of 3000 cop- 
 ies. For ffiur months he continued to issue 
 the magazine at a loss. He prepared the 
 co])y and did the editorial work at home in the 
 evening, and during the day labored at the 
 case. .At the end of five or six years he was 
 able to build a $25,000 house for himself, be- 
 sides twelve other first-class houses all in the 
 same locality. Harvard .Street, changing what 
 was at the time an undesirable locality, to a 
 select neighborhood. 
 
 His success with the Waverley Magazine was 
 so great that he was enabled to continue his 
 building operations and his real estate in- 
 vtrstments became large. He built the Waverley 
 Hinise in thisdistrict, in 1S65. It wasopened 
 with great eclat, the city government of Char- 
 lestown being present and Mr. Dow being 
 tendered a reception and banquet. He began 
 operations in Stoneham and built a large 
 block of stores, the block being known as 
 the Dow Building. He also built the Cen- 
 tral House of that town. Mr. Dow w'as 
 a member of the .State Senate in 1867 and 
 declined a re-election. He also declined a 
 nomination for mayor of Charlestown. He 
 took very little interest in politics. He was 
 married October 20, 1834, in .Andover, to Eliza- 
 beth Taylor Houghton. They had three chil- 
 dren, two of wh<»m are now living, Mary E., 
 wife of Rev. (Jeorge .Scott, and Ennna Jane, 
 wife of Leonard V. Cutler. Mr. Dow died 
 (line 22, 1S86. Mrs. Dow lives in Brookline. 
 
 
 
 Samuel Draper was the toiilh child n{ 
 Kdw-nrd and Sarah (Barbour) Draper. Ht- 
 was born in Hoston, September 8, 1789, and 
 died Decemlirr 27, 1863. He attended the 
 Iiiinklin School where he received one of the 
 l-rankhn niednls which is preserved by his 
 (k-sce:idents as an heirloom. After leaving 
 mIiooI he entered the dry goods business 
 under the firm name of Lodge cv: Draper, in 
 Boston. He afterwards entered the employ of 
 the government as a custom house official 
 where he remained for thirty years. In 1S21 
 he married Anna Tufts Jones after which he 
 moved to Charlestown. He was an invalid 
 during the last years of his life though Ite 
 devoted a good deal of his time to literary 
 work and was a contributor to the Boston 
 Transcript and other papers. Mr. Draper 
 was a subscriber of the Transcript from the 
 time the first paper was published, and his 
 family have read the paper regularly ever since. 
 He inherited his literary tastes from his father 
 who was one of the pioneer newspaper pub- 
 lishers in this country. Mr. Draper was the 
 father of eight children, four sons and four 
 daughters, three of whom are now living, 
 Edward Lafayette, Sarah Mercy and Lucy 
 Austin. He was a member of the Washington 
 Society and Dr. Ellis' Unitarian church. 
 The Franklin medal which Mr. Draper won 
 at school is preserved Iiy his family in a case 
 made of the wood of the Constitutir)n, "Old 
 Ironsides." The case was a gift to Mrs. 
 Draper just previnu'^ to her marringe. 
 
 JOHN DLFF, S. 11.. M. D. 
 
 jiniN Di'i-K, S. B., M. D., althongli a young 
 man, has already attained a high place among 
 the brilliant physicians, not only of the Bunker 
 Hill District, but also among those of the city 
 proper. Possessing a fine physique, a cheery 
 disposition, a most sympathetic temperament 
 aiul a refined address, he seems, indeed, 
 eminently fitted for his chosen profession. 
 Something of an athlete, himself, and a great 
 advocate of out-door exercise, disdaining the 
 use of a carriage, he is a familiar figure t>n 
 the stieets at all hours of the day an<l night 
 as he goes about attending to his professional 
 duties, always taking with him a fresh breezy 
 atmosphere into the sick room and a bit of 
 
CHARI.I'IS'IOWN CI'll/lCNS, PAST AND I'RlvSKNT. 
 
 suTisliiiie into llic- lives uf his |mlieiUs. Dr. 
 i )uff was horn in Cliarlcslowii, Aiiij;iist 28, 
 1S60. lie alleiuled llic Pr;'soott Primary 
 and (Jranunar scliools, and enlcre<l liic (_*harles- 
 tovvn Ilii;li School, from which he was grad- 
 uated Juiie, 1877. I'referrinsj a thoroughly 
 scientific course of study to tlie usua^l collegiate 
 course, he entered the Massachusetts Institute 
 of 'rechiioloi;y from which he received his tle- 
 gree of S. H. in 1881, graduating in the depart- 
 ui_-nt of ch'_'niistry. During his four years of 
 slutly in the Institute, Dr. L)uff found time, 
 not only to complete tire work in his clioscn 
 course, hut also to devote much time to the 
 study of mining eiigineering; and immediately 
 after his graduation he was tendered a position 
 as instructor in the mining engineering, melal- 
 iirgical and chemical laliorati)ries. lie resigned 
 this ]iosition in l88j to become assistant sujier- 
 intendent of the Leonora mine, -Atlanta, 
 Idaho. Six months later he was matle super- 
 inlemlent ol the same. 
 
 Early in 1S87 Dr. Duff came East and en- 
 tered the Harvard medical school, and receivetl 
 his degree of M. D. in the class of 1890. 
 1 le iunnediately sailed for Europe to continue 
 his professional studies antl after a course at 
 the Roiimda Hospital, Dublin, giving partic- 
 idar attention to obstetrics and gynaecology, he 
 returneil tcj t'harlestown, entering at once 
 uptm an exceptionally extensive and success- 
 Ud practice. I)r Duff is su]ierintendent of 
 the Charlestown free dispensary and hospital, 
 and a member of the staff. He is also a 
 member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 
 the Harvard Medical .School .\lumni Associa- 
 tion ami the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
 nology .\lunmi .Vssociation; a member of the 
 Koyal .\rcanum, the Knights of Cohmibus, 
 and the Catholic Union of Boston. On Oc- 
 tober 4, 1S92, Dr. Duff married Miss Julia E. 
 Harrington, daughter of Mr. John Harring- 
 ton, one of the best known an<l unist highly 
 resp-cliil cili/en~. of this district. 
 
 JA.MES F. DWINELl.. 
 
 IamI'.s l'". DwiNELL was born in Newport, 
 N. 11., July 23, 1825. His parents removed 
 in l'"ebruary, 1826, to Marsbheld, Vermont, to a 
 farm, \\ here young Dwin.'ll went to school 
 until March, 1845, when he came to Charles- 
 town. In adilition to tlu education which he 
 received at Marshtield he also attended the 
 High School at I-owcll, M.assachusjtts. On 
 March i5, 1845, he commenced work peddling 
 tin and glass-ware, finding a horse, at a salary 
 of thirteen dollars a month and board for self 
 and hoise, making his residence in Charlestown. 
 Two years later he was in the dry goods bus- 
 iness for a short time in Lowell. In Novem- 
 ber, 1848, he liought out an express business 
 for three hundred dollars, Ixrrrowing the 
 money to pay lor it, r.nd located in Hay- 
 market Sijuare. In .\]iril, 1850, he sold the 
 express business and bought a hall interest in 
 a coffee roasting business paying three hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars therefore, and located 
 at the corner of Haverhill Street and Ilay- 
 niarket Square, under the firm name of 
 Taylor S Dwinell. In October, 1851, Mr. 
 Dwinell bought out his partner, Taylor, and 
 
 took in John C. Mason. In November, 1852, 
 tin- !)usiness was sold out and in .\pril, 1853, 
 he bovighl out W. II. Mnney's coffee business 
 and in 1854 established himself at the corner 
 ol Charlestown Street ajid Haymarket Square, 
 taking Mr. Mason again as a partner. Fol- 
 lowing this there were many* changes in the 
 firm and business locations until January i, 
 1S77, when Martin Ilayward and (leorge C. 
 Wright, itf the coffee an<l spice firm ol Hay- 
 ward & Co., on Haverhill .Street, united with 
 Mr. Dwinell under the lirm name of Dwinell, 
 Hayward & Co., and locateil at I and 3 
 Hamilton .Street and 35 and 37 Hatterymarch 
 Street wdiere the firm cotitinues Ut do busimrss. 
 Mr. Dwinell was married on November 27, 
 1S49, in New Hampton, New Hampshire, to 
 Martha (_'. Mason, 'i'hree children were tlij 
 result of the unitm: James H., Emily V. and 
 Mattie A. In 1859 and i860 Mr. Dwinell 
 was a member ot the House ol Representatives 
 from Charlestown, and in 1S63, '64 and '65, a 
 member ol the Charlestown board ol aldermen. 
 He was also a member of the Republican 
 city committee from th; organization of the 
 party until 1867 when he removed to Win- 
 chester, Massacliusetts, where he was a mem- 
 ber ol the town committee continuously Irttnt 
 1870 to 1884. He was a niemlier of the Nat- 
 ional Re]iul)licah Convention which nominated 
 Rutherlortl B. Hayes lor President, June 1876. 
 He represented the first Middlesex district in 
 the Senate in 1889, '90. He has been for 
 twenty-three years a member ol the Winches- 
 ter water board ami has been its chairman for 
 twelve years, lie was also a member of the 
 House of Representatives from Winchester in 
 1S83 and also again a memlier of the Repub- 
 lican State committee for 1888. He w-as 
 made a Mason in King .Solomon Lodge ol 
 Charlestown, and is a member of Mystic 
 Royal Arch Chapter of Medlord and 
 Boston Commandery Knights Temi'lars. He 
 is a 32d degree member of .Scottish Rites. Ik- 
 has been an active antl is now an honorary 
 memljcr ol the Bi^ston Lanciers. He was 
 made an Odd Fellow in Bunker Hill Lodge 
 and Bunker Hill Encampment taking his demit 
 a few years after removing to Winchester on 
 account ol inconvenience in attending meetings. 
 He is not a member ol any church but attends 
 nteetings with the Congregational rlenomina- 
 tion Me is a charter member of the Winches- 
 ter Savings Bank wdiich was organized in 
 March, 1871, and in October, 1S93, was 
 elected president of the bank. He is also a 
 meml)er ol the investment ctmimitlee ol the 
 bank. 
 
 i*tnN niwMi.AN. 
 
 John DuNNKiAN, son ol Maurice and 
 Catherine ( Lowney ) Dunnigan, was born in 
 Castletown, Cork, Ireland, on Wednesday, 
 January II, 1843. He came to this country 
 wheir a lad of seven years, and settled in 
 ('harlestown where he received such education 
 as the public schools oflered. When thirteen 
 years old he lound occu|)ation in .1 local 
 grocery store, remaining there for three years, 
 when his ambition promjJled him to open a 
 store lor himself not far Irom his present place 
 
 ol business. Fortune crowned his efforts, and 
 to-day he owns considerable valuable iirojierty. 
 Mr. Dunnigan also deals considerably in real 
 estate. He married Miss Mary K. Dunovan ol 
 Charl.siown. He is not very nuich interesteil 
 iii politics, and never held but one ollice, being 
 at on.' time a member ol tlie Charlestown 
 common council. He is a member ol the 
 Charlestown Improvement .Association. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Duuiiigan, with their only child, 
 Margaret, reside at 296 Bunker Hill Street. 
 
 J. IbiMKK ElJiMCRI.y was born in Dover, 
 New Hampshire, May 5, 1844. He came to 
 Charlestown in 1869. He was a mcnd)er ol 
 the Charlestown city government and also a 
 representative to the General Court. He was 
 master printer in the Navy \:u<] lor twelve 
 years or more, at a lime when there was a hum 
 ol industry therein, ami the "breaking waves 
 ol politics dashed high" against the Navy \'ard 
 .all. Major Edgerly is a man who, in a politi- 
 cal contest, can give and take heavy blows. He 
 was through the whole war, enlisting as a 
 private, passing through all the grades and 
 coming out brevet major by an act of Congress 
 upon the reconmieiidation (jf Secretary .Stanton 
 lor gallant service in capturing the rebel flag 
 at Fort Fisher, (icneral Butler also recom- 
 mended him lor promotion for conspicuous 
 bravery while leading a skirmish line before 
 Richmond. 
 
 The Major's portrait, with splenilid rc-cord. 
 adorns the book publisheil by S. R. Ilamersly 
 & Co., Philadel])hia, entitled "Oflicers Who 
 Served in the Civil War." 
 
 Major Edgerly is at present an in.spector of 
 buildings for the city of Boston. He is a 
 member ol the Military Order ol the Loyal 
 Legion, Post II, C. A. R., and Cettyslmrg 
 Post, U. \'. C, also a member ol Enter- 
 prise Lodge, N. E. O. P., Beacon Lodge, A. 
 (). U. W., anil St. Paid's Lodge, Royal Arch 
 Clia]iter, F. and .\. M. 1 !e is now a resident of 
 Dorchester. 
 
 ISAAC r. T. EDMANDS. 
 
 Isaac P. T. Edma.nds, son of Barnabas 
 and Eliza W. Edmands, was born in Charles- 
 town, December 2, 1S26. He was educated 
 
 " Jj ■ 
 
CHARI.ESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 in ihe local public schools, allemling llie olil 
 Training Field School under Masters Bates 
 and Samuel Swan. He received his business 
 education with the firms of Horace Scudder 
 & Co., and William Ai)pelton & Co. of Bos- 
 ton. He afterwards engaged in the importa- 
 tion of hides and skins as a member of the 
 firm of Edmands iV Barrett. He is jiresident 
 of the Moulton Leather Co. of Lynn, and of 
 the Suffolk Warehouse Co. of Boston. He 
 was a resident of Charlestown until November 
 I, 1889. Since then he has resided on Com- 
 monwealth Avenue, I^oston. 
 
 GEORGE EDWAUD ELLIS, D. D., L. L. D. 
 
 C.F.oKGE EiiwAKi) Ellis, I). I)., L. L. D., 
 president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
 was born in Boston, .Vugust 8, 1S14. He grad- 
 uated at Harvard in 1833, and from the Divinity 
 School in 1S36. He made a year's tour of Europe 
 and was ordained Nlarch 11, 1840, as jiastor of 
 Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown. From 
 1857 to 1863 he was ]irofessor of systematic 
 theology in Harvard Divinity School. In 1864 
 he delivered before the Lowell Institute of 
 Boston a course of lectures on the " Evidence 
 of Christianity," in 1871, a course on the 
 "Provincial History of Massachusetts, " and in 
 1879, a course on "The Red Men and the 
 White Men in North .-Xmerica." He resigned 
 the p.astorate of Harvard Church Keliruary 2, 
 l86g. Mr. Ellis was at one time associate editor 
 of the Christian Register with Rev. George 
 I'utman, D. D., and subsequently editor of the 
 Christian Examiner for several years. He was 
 a memlier of the Imard of overseers of Har- 
 vard College in 1850-54 serving one year as its 
 secretary. Harvaril gave him the fiegree of 
 D. D. in 1S57 and that of L. L. D. in 1883 
 being the third person who received both these 
 degrees from Harvard. He has published lives 
 of John Mason (1844), Anne Hutchinson 
 (1845), and William Tenn ( 1S47), in Spark's 
 .-\merican Biography, "Half Century of the 
 I'liitarian Controversy" ( 1851 ), " .Memoir's of 
 Dr. Luther V. Bell" (1863), "Aims and Pur- 
 pose-i of the Founders of Massachusetts am] 
 Their Treatment of Intruders and Dissentients" 
 (1S65), "Life of Benjamin Thompson, Count 
 Rumford " in connection with an edition of 
 t'ount Rumford's complete works issued by the 
 American Academy of .Artsand Sciences ( 1S71 ), 
 " History of the Massachusetts General Hospi- 
 tal " ( 18*72), " History of the Battle of Bunker 
 1 lill " (1875 ), an " .\ddress on the Centennial 
 of the Evacuation of the British .Army, with an 
 Account of the ,Siege of Boston" (1876), 
 "Memoir of Charles W. Upham " (1877), 
 " Memoir of Jacob Bigelow " ( 18S0), " Memoir 
 of Nathaniel Thayer" (18S5), and numerou^ 
 .sermons. He also wrote for the American 
 .Academy and the Historical .Society, iriemoirs of 
 Edward Wigglesworth (1877) and of George 
 Kumfiirrl P>ald\\in. .Mr. Ellis w-rote thri-e 
 historical chapters for the "Memorial Ilistoiy 
 of Boston" ( 1880-1 ), "The Re<l Man and the 
 White Man in North America" (1882), an 
 " .Address on the eighty-second anniversary of 
 the New York Historical Society (18S6), "The 
 Religious Element in New England," and five 
 
 chapters in the " Narrative and Critical History 
 of .America" (1826), and several articles for 
 the ninth edition of the " Encyclopa;dia Britan- 
 nica " and has contributed to periodicals and 
 the daily papers when occasion moved him thus 
 to do. He published in 1880, " Tlie Puritan 
 Age and Rule ii\ the Colony of Massachusetts 
 Bay." He delivered in 1884 the address at the 
 unveiling of the statue of John Harvard at 
 Harv.ard College. Mr. Ellis was active in 
 securing the Prescott statue which graces the 
 monument grounds and was a heavy contributor 
 to the statue fund. He resides on Newbury 
 Street, Boston. 
 
 where he remained for about six months. He 
 then obtained a position with A. N. Swallow 
 & Co., grocers, of Charlestown, as a clerk, after- 
 wards being admitted as partner. 
 
 HENRV r. FAIKI'ANKS. 
 
 Henry P. Fairbanks, son of .Stephen and 
 Abby (Parker) Fairbanks, was born in Boston, 
 September 7, 1S08. He was educated in the 
 pul)lic schools and was one of the winners of 
 the Franklin medal so highly prized in those 
 days. .After leaving school he engaged in the 
 hardware business, which he continued up to the 
 time of his death. He was a member of the 
 Charlestown common council for six years, enter- 
 ing it in 1S4S. He was president of that body 
 for five years, from 1849 to 1853, inclusive. 
 He was a member of the executive council in 
 1S53 during the term of ( Jovenor Clifford and 
 a member of the Legislature in 1847. He was 
 also a member and president of the Charlestown 
 Lyceum, an organization which flourished in his 
 day. .^Dciallv Mr. Fairbanks was very popular 
 antl lie hail an iMmi--nsc number of friends. 
 He was married to Mary Hurd Skinner, daughter 
 of John, in 1832. Nine children were born to 
 them, three of whom are now living, a son, 
 Charles F. Fairlxinks, and two daughters. Mr. 
 I'airbnnk-. died l-Vbruary 14, 1854. 
 
 .\i(;i-sri's .A. Fai.es, is the oldest son of .A. 
 .S. l-~ales of Cushing. He was born November 
 13, 1 85S, and educated in the public schools of 
 the town, and at the Wesleyan Seminary at 
 Kent's Hill. His early training in his father's 
 store was of much assistance to liim in his future 
 life, so that wdien at the age of nineteen the 
 ambition of youth led him to Massachusetts to 
 seek employment, he found but little difficuh\' 
 in obtaining a situation. His niercaruile life 
 connnenced in Chelsea in a retail shoe store 
 
 EliES lOIOUES FERCU'SON, 
 
 Eken Rhodes Ferguson, son of Steplien 
 and Ellen (Samjison) Ferguson, was born in 
 Charlestown, Saturday, February 23, 1861. 
 I'lUil he was ten years old he w^as a i)upil in 
 the Warren school, after which he attended the 
 Newton Centre graumiar and high schools. 
 He went to work at the atje of sixteen, in the 
 wholesale flour business where he remained 
 for four years. He then found employment as 
 book-keeper for Edmands & Co., with whom 
 he remainefl for three years, wdien he returned 
 to his former employers, and had charge of 
 their New \'ork othce. He oidy remained 
 with them about six months. In 1885 he arxi 
 J. Fred Berry bought out the firm of Edmands 
 & Co., ami made sewer pijie up to .April i, 
 1891. In 1SS6 they started dealing in lime, 
 cement, and general mason's sup])lies, and at 
 present, are the New England agents for the 
 combined sewer pipe factories of Akron, ( )hio. 
 They are the largest wholesale and retail lime 
 dealers in Boston, ami also handle an inmiense 
 amount of Rosindale cement and other sup- 
 plies. They are direct importers. Mr. Fergu- 
 son is a member of Howard Lodge, I. (X 
 O. ¥., Henry Price Lodge, F. and A. M., 
 Rovers Cycle Club, Charlestown Club, Boston 
 Finance Association, and the Warren Institu- 
 tion for Savings. On October iS, 1893, he 
 married Mary Woodberry Smith of Charles- 
 town. Mr. Ferguson's great grand-lather, 
 .Amos Sampson, was a soldier in the Revolution 
 in the "eight months service," from May to 
 December 31, 1775. Mr Ferguson resitles at 
 50 Monument Scjuare. His place of business 
 is 39 and 41 Medford Street. 
 
 Eiiu AKIJ Jacob Forster, M. D., was born 
 Tlunsday, Iidy 9, 1846, in Charlestown. His 
 fatlier, lai-ob l-'orster, was also born in Charles- 
 town June 7, 1803, where he died July 7, 1857. 
 Dr. Forster is the great-grandson of Jacob 
 Forster, chaplain of Colonel Scammon's regi- 
 
 ■34- 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 iiK'iit, of the Revolution. lie is nlso a great- 
 L^raiulson of John Loach, imprisoned l»y 
 (ieiieral (iat;e, as '* a spy suspeeled of taking 
 plans." Dr. Korster attended the Harvard 
 School, in this district, for a siiort time. He 
 L;railuated from Harvard University in lS6S. 
 Ill- studied medicine in Paris for a while and 
 :iU.) in Diiltlin, graduating from the Rotunda, 
 lie is a mendier of the Massachusetts Medical 
 S. iiiL-ty, visiting physician tr) Boston City 
 ll<is]^ital, member of the Boston Society for 
 Medical ImprovemeiU, of liie Society for 
 Medical Observation, and a life member of the 
 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He is 
 also a member of the 999th Artillery, Hunker 
 Hill Lodge and Encampment, L (). O. V., and 
 is \'ice-President of the Massachusetts Society, 
 Sons of the .-\merican Revolution. He was 
 a member of the Charleslown Cadets in 1S63. 
 On Se]iteniber 30. 1S64, he enlisted in the 
 26th unattached company, and was discharged 
 October !. 1S66, He was commissioned 
 surgeon of the Fifth Regiment for ten years. 
 In March, 1871, he was elected Charlestown 
 city physician and was re-elected in 1872. In 
 1S72 he was inspector of milk. He is a 33d 
 degree Mason. Dr. Fcirster was married on 
 September 5, 1 87 1, lo Anita Damon Lyon, 
 daughter of Henry Lyon, M. D., and grand- 
 daughter of .Abraham Rand 'I'honipson, M. D., 
 liolh residents of Charlestown. He moved 
 from Charlestown in 1S91 ami settled in his 
 present home, 440 \Vest Chester Park. In 
 lanuary of this year he was appointed and 
 conmiissioned brigade surgeon, first brigade, 
 Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. 
 
 on the 30lh of July 1S64, and his wife died in 
 June 1 86 5. 
 
 |\M1-^ KKITEI-I, hKOTHlN(.HAM. 
 
 James KettrM- F"ROTHiNr.nAM, son of Rich- 
 ard and Mary Frothingham. Richard was a 
 coach and chaise manufacturer. He served in 
 the Revolutionary War on General Henry 
 Knox's .Staff, throughout the entire campaign, 
 fames K. F'rothingham, was born in Charles- 
 town, Massachusetts, January 7, 1 785, was 
 educated in the public schools, and was a 
 coach and sign painter. He commanded the 
 Charlestown Light Infantry in the War of 1812, 
 and was detailed for guard duty with jiortions 
 of his men at several points. He married Ruth 
 Frr)thingham, a second cousin to him, November 
 27, 1806. She died June 7, 1810, leaving a 
 son. On October 22, i8ii, he marrie<l Susan 
 Francis, who died March II, 1S15; again he 
 married, September 26, 1815, Harriet Hall 
 Raviney, a widow, in Middleiown, Connecticut. 
 'Iliere w^ere nine children by this marriage, four 
 of whom are living. Mr. Frothingham was very 
 active in jiublic and town affairs, and was fire 
 warden for many years. He was also on the 
 board <^f selectmen, the school committee, the 
 board of overseerers of the poor, representative 
 t(» the ( iencral Court, and secretary of Warren 
 Institution for Savings. He was for many years 
 a deacon of the Universalist Church in Charles- 
 town and was a member of several important 
 committees on town tines and streets. He was 
 well verse<l in Probate court matters and deeds 
 of real estate. During the last twenty-five years 
 of his life he hail all he could attend to in im- 
 ]iortant matters like the the above, and also in 
 drawing wills and giving legal advice. He died 
 
 I'X t-KtHHIM-llA.M. 
 
 Henry Knox Frothingham, son of James 
 Kettell and Ruth FVothingham, was born in 
 Charlestown fune S, 1S07. He was educated 
 at the Bunker Hill School. He was a coach, 
 sign and ornamental painter in Charlestown. 
 In August, 1833, when the Charlestown Bank 
 was organized and commenced liusiiiess, he 
 was appointed book-keeper and discount clerk. 
 In June, 1834, he was offered the position of 
 clerk of the Massachusetts State Prison, which 
 place he held for seventeen years and when 
 Hon. Frederick Robinson resigned as warden, 
 Mr. Frothingham was appointed liy Governor 
 Briggs lo fill the vancancy, which he held for 
 two years, during which the new wing for dor- 
 mitories and the octagon buildings were erected. 
 He retired in 1852, and in ]anuary 1S53, was 
 appointed teller of the Massachusetts Bank, 
 which office he held until 1S64, when he was 
 appointed cashier, holding the office until fan- 
 uary 1S87, when he retired from business. 
 
 Mr. Frothingham was twelve years on the 
 school board, and president of the school 
 boardat the founding of the High School; was 
 secretary of the "Trustees of the Poors' 
 Fund" for twenty-five years; treasurer of the 
 Harvard Parish and Harvard Church from 
 1836 to 1S49; deacon of said church since 
 April, 1859; was connected with the .Sunday 
 scho(d twenty-eight years, and since 1864, 
 has had charge of many estates as executor or 
 administrator. 
 
 He married .Sarah Stoddard Blanchard, of 
 Charlestown, December 28, 1S29. She died 
 August 25, 1S34, leaving a daughter and a 
 son who died. He married Elizabeth Heath 
 Green of Chelsea, November 29, 1S27, who 
 died February i, 1840, leaving two daughters, 
 one of whom died. He married Maria Lear- 
 ned Smith, widow, June 5, 1842, who died 
 May I, 1875, not leaving any children. 
 
 five months. He was tiie last of a family of fivO 
 brothers and five sisters all of whtmi were born 
 in Charlestown and educated in her pulilic 
 schools. John I'Visdick was for many years a 
 merchant doing business on Kilby Street, 
 iioston. He was also a director of the Warren 
 Institution for Savings for many years. He 
 married Deborah, daughter of Deacon Nathan- 
 iel Frrtihingham <.>f SaK-m, Massachusetts, Nov- 
 ember 23, 1820. He had five children, four 
 danghlrrs and one son. Two daughters are 
 ni lu li\ iru'. 
 
 Stei'HEN W. Fuller was the son of Ste])hcn 
 and Dorcas Fuller and was born in Charlestown 
 at "Crafts Corner" January i, 1836. Com- 
 mencing at the primary school on Bow Street, 
 he afterwards attended the Training Field 
 School under the late Stacy Baxter, the Har- 
 vard .School and the High .School, leaving the 
 latter in 1854, to earn a living in the lumber 
 business at the Prison Point lumber yard, stay- 
 ing there until 1S5S, when he went to Charles- 
 town Neck on (ireenleaf wharf. In i860 he 
 and Mr. John F. .Ayer commenced business to- 
 gether as lumber dealers. Mr. Ayer continued 
 in the firm until 1875, when Mr. Fuller took the 
 whole business and has occupied the same office 
 for thirty-six years. In i860 Mr. Fuller married 
 Miss Lavina P. Turner of Lyme, New Hamp- 
 shire. He has one daughter, Grace, who is 
 married to Mr. Charles P. Prichard of Somer- 
 ville. In 1873 Mr. Fuller was a member of the 
 common council of the city of .Somerville and 
 the next year was elected an alderman. Since 
 that time he has devoted himself to his large 
 trade as a retail lumber dealer. In 1S60 he 
 removed to Somerville where he now resides. 
 
 JOHN KuSDK:.. 
 
 Joiiv FosDICK, son of David and Mary 
 (Frothingham) Fosdick, was born in Charles- 
 town, March 27, 1798, an<l died in Charlestown 
 August 21, 1873, aged seven(y-livc years and 
 
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 NiriidLAs J. FUKIE needs no intnKhiction to 
 the people of Charlestown among whom he has 
 lived for more than twenty-eight years. He was 
 educated in the public schools of this district^ 
 and at the age of fourteen years, he started 
 out to make his own living. He entered the 
 real estate business with the firm of F. W. 
 Ryder & Son where he remained for fourteen 
 years, or lo within a short lime, when heeng.iged 
 in business for himself. He is to-day considered 
 an expert in the real estate business. Soon 
 aftrr arriving at his maiority, Mr. Furie began 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 to take an active interest in politics. He has 
 been a mcnilier of the ward five, Democratic 
 ward committee for the past six years. In 
 1889 he was elected to represent Charlestown 
 in the Democratic State committee and in 1890 
 at the Democratic Stale convention at Worcester 
 he was elected a member at large of the Slate 
 committee, being one of the youngest men ever 
 so honored in this .St.ate. Later in the same 
 year he was, on account of the jiressure of busi- 
 ness, forced to resign from the committee. Me 
 has been one of the most active memliers of the 
 seventh coni;ressii>rial district Democratic com- 
 mittee and he did much for the nomination and 
 election of Dr. William Everett to Congress. 
 Me is a member of the Bachelor fluli, the 
 Charlestown Cluli, the Boston Lodge of Elks, 
 the Voung Men's Democratic Clul> of Massa- 
 chusetts, a contrilmting member of .•\l>raham 
 Lincoln Post, II, G. A. K., the Jefferson Vacht 
 Chd) and numerous other organizations. Me 
 has been a first assistant assessor for the past 
 two years, receiving his appointment under 
 Mayor Matthews. Mr. Furie married Miss 
 Minnie O'Connor of this district and they have 
 one child, a boy. He resides at 32 Winthrcji 
 Street. 
 
 JOSEl'H r.AHM. 
 
 Joseph Gaum is a native of Germany. Me 
 was born in Mergentheim, Wurtemberg. in 
 1835. .-\fter he had received the education 
 afforded by the schools of his native place he 
 was apprenticed for three years to learn the tail- 
 oring trade and at the same time, having 
 develojied (|uite a musical talent, he received 
 instruction in music. In 1854 he came to .Amer- 
 ica and immediately settled in Boston, where for 
 five years, he worked at his trade, _ gave instru- 
 mental music lessons and played different instru- 
 ments in several musical organizations. In 1856, 
 besides being engaged in business, he joined the 
 Navy Vard band anil remained with that organi- 
 zation until 1862. He established a tailoring 
 liusiness in Charlestown, which he aliamloned to 
 open a restaurant. In this latter business he 
 prospered. In 1S78 he removed to Boston prop- 
 er anil established himself at 83 and 85 State 
 Street, where he opened one of the best eipiipped 
 restaurants in the city. In 1872 he took the 
 New England agency for the Joseph Schlilz 
 Brewing Co. of Milwaukee, and tliree years after 
 his removal to Slate Street this business had so 
 increaseil that he was obliged to transfer his 
 bottling works back to Charlestown, where he 
 erected a large building for them. In 187S 
 he began the erection of a large five-story busi- 
 ness "block on the corner of Hartford and 
 I'urchase Streets, Boston, and upon its com- 
 pletion the following year he relireil from the 
 restaurant business and removttl his bottling 
 business to the new building. Me has invested 
 very largely and successfully in real estate. 
 
 Since 1864 he has been a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity and is to-day a ihirty-seconil 
 degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a mem- 
 ber of the the Mystic Shrine. Me is also con- 
 nected with organizations of a social and benev- 
 olent nature. In 1S56 Mr. Gahm married Bar- 
 bara Moartel, a native of Wurtemburg, Gi-rmany. 
 They have had six children, four of wliom are 
 
 living. Mr. tiahm is a thorough and honest 
 business man whose word stands as reliable as 
 his note. He did not find the road to affluence 
 an easy one to travel, yet by exertion and per- 
 sistency he went onward and now he is basking 
 in the effulgence of happiness. His winter res- 
 idence is at 31 Monument Square, and his 
 summer residence Winthrop Island. 
 
 and the Charlestown Club. He married Ida A. 
 Kobbins, daughter of the late William S. Rolibins, 
 a former superintendent of streets, and resides 
 at 59 High Street. 
 
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 ^VAKU F. (.AS*:iS. 
 
 Edward F. (Iaskin, the popular captain of 
 Station 14, was born in Boston and received his 
 education at the Quincy School. Decendier 
 28, 1874, he was appointed on the police force, 
 and in December, I S80, was made a sergeant. 
 October 31, 18S5, he was chosen lieutenant, and 
 May 6, 1889, he was appointed captain. He 
 first patrolled the Ro.xbury <listrict, then in June, 
 1879, he was transferred to Station 13, and in 
 March, 1885, to Station 3. In 1S88 he was 
 made inspector of carriages, and upon his pro- 
 motion to a captaincy, was assigned to this dis- 
 trict where he remained until 1891, when he was 
 removed to Station 4, going to Brighton in 1S94. 
 In luly, 1864, he joiped the Navy and remained 
 until fuly, 1865, when he was discharged at Phil- 
 adelphia, only to re-enter it ag,iin 1866. l'i>r 
 three years he cruised around the West Indies, 
 South America, and Mexico, and relireil m 
 1868. Captain tiaskin is a member of Edward 
 W. Kingsley I'ost, 113, tl. A. K., and of the 
 Kearsarge .Asscicialion. He resides at 52 Main 
 Street. 
 
 1. II. (liKHS, son of John aiid Hariiet iMnl- 
 ing) (iibbs, was born in C'harlestown in 1S47, 
 arid educated in our local schools. His first 
 (iccupalion was as a grocery clerk in l8(')3. .\ 
 year later he entered the emplnymeiit of Breed 
 \ (lilman in the stone cutting department a1 
 the State Prison. June 24, 1.864 he came to 
 the Monument National Bank as messenger and 
 in i86() was promoted to the position of teller, 
 which he still holds. Mr. (iibbs was a member 
 iif tile Charlestown common council in 1873, 
 anil tile same year he was on the board of 
 trustees of the public library. He is at present 
 a trustee of the Charlestow n I'ive Cents Savings 
 Bank. Me is a mendier of Henry Price Lodge 
 F. and .\. M., Royal .-\rcanuni. Home Circle, 
 
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 Ca'STA\ L'S \. MAI I . 
 
 GusTAVLTs V. Hall w.as born in the town 
 of Boston, at the North End, in the vicinity of 
 the "Green Dragon Tavern" and the " Boston 
 Stone," P'ebruarj' 20, 1813, nine years before 
 the town became a city. Mr. Hall was the 
 third son in a family of eight brothers, all of 
 whom graduated from the old Mayhew School 
 with Franklin medals. His ancestors came from 
 England with Winlhrop in 1630. Previous to 
 1837 his home was in Boston. He was a 
 member of the Mercantile Library Association, 
 the Handel & Haydn Society and of a ward 
 fire company. He came to Charlestown in 
 1S37, having been the year before married to 
 Susan Francis, daughter of James K. Frothing- 
 ham, by the Rev. Thomas' F. King. In the 
 old town, in accordance with the custom of 
 those days, he served as a member of the fire 
 department. -After the town became a city he 
 was clerk of the common council for eighteen 
 years, a member of the school committee three 
 years (1859, i860, 1861) and also one of the 
 board of assessors. In 1845 he bought with 
 others, managed and sold about twelve acres of 
 land in East Somerville, bounded by Perkins, 
 Pinckney, Washington Streets and a rangeway, 
 now Franklin Street. In 1S46 he was interest- 
 ed with others in the purchase of several acres 
 of land in the Salem Turnpike (now Chelsea 
 Street), comprising the greater portion of 
 Decatur, Bainbridge and Dupont Streets, also 
 the tract now known as Mount Vernon Street. 
 In 1852 he conducted negotiations with the 
 proprietors of the land for the city of Charles- 
 town and the Bunker Hill Monument Associa- 
 tion, resulting in the laying out of Monument 
 .\venue from Warren to I'ligh Street. Mr. Hall 
 has resided in Charlestown lifty-six years and 
 has seven sons an<l one daughter now living. 
 
 Moses B. Hall, son of James and Sarah 
 (Sargent) Hall, w.as born in Lynn, M.assachu- 
 setts^ in .April, 1817, being one of thirteen chil- 
 dren. He attended the schools of Lynn until 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 1827, when he cnm<; In Cliarlostown anil here 
 he went tn schonl fcir four years more. On the 
 eoriier of Main and Aulnnn .Streets was his 
 father's place of business, where he dyed silks, 
 and here young Ilall first started to work, lie re- 
 mained in tile ilyeini; business until he was twenty- 
 seven years oUI.h hen he opened a i;rocery store 
 for himself. .\Ithough inexperienced he was 
 wonderfullv su(ets..ful, and, in truth, fortune 
 seemed to Uuk behind theeiuniter of that store, 
 lor when Mr. I lall closed it in iSgi.when he 
 retired from liusiness, he had suificietrt money 
 to insure comfort to him during the remaining 
 years of Ins life. When he was twenty-six 
 years old Mr. Hall married Susan C. ]'hi]ips of 
 this district. .She died in 1851). In 1S60 he 
 married Kmile II. Slade of Bridgewater, Massa- 
 chusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Hall reside .at No. I 
 Salent Street. 'I'heir two sons, Wesley and 
 .Monzo, are in business in Boston. 
 
 WILLIAM IKNN HAMMOMI. 
 
 \Vit.i,i.\M Pex.n Hammond, M. 1)., son of 
 Josiah S. and Betsey (Barker) Hainmond, was 
 born in Plympton, September 15, 1843. His 
 early education was obtained in the local schools 
 of riympton. He was prepared for college at 
 Phillips (Andover) Academy and entering Am- 
 herst, graduated in 1869. He studied medicine 
 with Drs. Gordon and Brewster, of Plymouth, 
 and then took a course in the Harvard Medical 
 School, from which he graduated in 1S73. He 
 at once began practice in this district, and is 
 recognized as a leading surgeon. His practice 
 is not confined to Charlestown, he having many 
 jiatrons in Boston atid the surrounding 
 cities. He is fretiuently called upon as an ex- 
 pert l)efore the courts because of his recognized 
 standing as a physician. He is a tneniber of 
 the Massachusetts Medical Society, City Hos- 
 pital Club, and Harvard Medical School Asso- 
 ciation. He is affiliated with the Masonic 
 bodies and Odd Fellows, and is a member of 
 numerous fraternal and benevolent societies. 
 ( In September 17, 1873, Dr. Hammond was 
 married to Sarah A. llarup. They have one 
 chilli, Elizabeth P. Hannnond. He resides 
 at 47 Monument Sfjuare. 
 
 cated in the schools of this district, and, de- 
 siring to adopt the legal profession, he entered 
 the oltice of Judge Pettengill. In 1872 he was 
 admitted to the bar, and immcflialely opened 
 an olhce in City Square, Charlestown, where 
 he remained until June, 1892. He makes a 
 specialty of the examination of titles and 
 of probate work. lie is solicitor for the 
 Charlestown I'ive Cents .Savings Bank and 
 examiner for the Conveyancers Title Insurance 
 Co. Mr. Harris is a Democrat in politics, 
 and two years previous to annexation was 
 secretary of the local Democratic city conmiit- 
 lee. In 1SS2 ward live sent Mr. Harris to 
 the Legislature, where he served on the liipior 
 committee, as well as on the eomtnittee on 
 constitutional amendments. He is a trustee 
 of the Charlestown Kive Cents S.avings Bank, 
 lie is a member of Henry Price Lodge, 
 F. and .-\. M.: Chancellor Commander of 
 Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of P.; Nonantum Lodge 
 of Red Men; charter member of 999th .Artil- 
 lery and the Charlestown Club, and a director 
 of the latter. He is president of the .Abstract 
 Club, and an active member of the Pho-nix 
 .Associates. In June, 1892, Mr. Harris moved 
 his office to 10 Tremont .Street, Boston. 
 .Aside from his corporation business, which 
 would tax the resources of a lawyer of ordin- 
 ary ability, Mr. Harris has a large general 
 clientage. He is painstaking in his work and 
 in his particular line has no superior among 
 the members of the .Suffolk bar. He h.as 
 always lived in this district, and at present 
 resides, nt 17 Crdnr Str.-.l. 
 
 .\braham Lincoln Post, II, C. .A. R., and has 
 served the command as adjutant, junior vice- 
 commander, and for three terms as commander. 
 February 26, 1867, Mr. Haskell married F.mma 
 !■'., daughter of Isaac L. Miles of Charlestown. 
 
 SAMitoi, T. Harris, the son oi William II. 
 and .Mary .A. (Tibbetts) Il.irris, was born 
 in Charlestown, June II, 1 85 1. He was etiu- 
 
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 Thomas H. Haskei.t. was born in Haver- 
 hill, Massachusetts, May 25th, 1 841. His par- 
 ents moved to (.'harlestown when he was two 
 years old. He attended the Training Fielil Pri- 
 mary School, Harvard dranmiar and Charles- 
 High remaining in the I ligh .Sch(,ol about t>ne 
 year. He then went to work as a bundle hoy 
 for Plympton, Stephenson & Co., 53 and 55 Fed- 
 eral Street, Boston, receiving fifty dollars the 
 first year. July 24, 1862, he enlisted for three 
 years, for the war, as a private in company '*B." 
 Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer 
 Infantry (he was then working for Piurr 
 Brothers, corner of Franklin and Devonsliire 
 Streets). During the war he was promoted to 
 corporal, then first sergeant, first lieutenant, 
 and adjutant in which position he returned, and 
 was mustered out at Alexandria, Virginia, June 
 8, 1865. He was with the Regiment in the 
 following battles: Frcilrickslmrg, Virginia; 
 N'icksburg, Mississippi; Jackson, Mississiiipi; 
 Blue .Springs, Tennesee: Campbell's Station, 
 Tennessee: .Siege of Knoxviile, Tennessee: 
 Wilderness; .S])ottsylvania; Petersburg .Mine: 
 Pegram Farm; Weldon Railroad; Hatcher's 
 Run: and Petersburg .April 2, 1865. .At Spott- 
 sylvania. May 12, 1864, he receive<I a gun shot 
 wound through the right hand. Mr. Ha.skell was 
 electeil clerk of the Charlestown common council 
 in 1871 and served until annexation. From May 
 1872 until February 1888, he w.as a clerk in the 
 1 H-partnient of \'ards and Docks in the Navy 
 ^'ard, and June 1st, 1888, was appointed to his 
 present position, clerk of the Massachusetts 
 State Prison. He was a charter member of 
 
 l.i:t>NAJil> II. llAllliiN. 
 
 Li'.ONARJi B. Hatiion is one of Charlestown's 
 pros])erous retired merchants, a director of the 
 Charlestown Gas Co., the owner of the historical 
 Fdes estate, and interested as a stockholder in 
 the local banks ami other Charlestown enler- 
 ]irises. Horn in Sanhornton, New Hampshire, 
 in 1S30, he came to Charlestown in 1850 and 
 secured employment with ("larks Cv Barker, well 
 known to the older generations as the prosper- 
 ous West India goods merchants of Main .Street. 
 .After six years' service in the Barker establish- 
 ment Mr. Ilathon, then a young man of twenty- 
 six years of age, determined to own his own 
 store and forewith established himself in the 
 same business at the corner of .School and Main 
 Streets. He remained at this location enjoying 
 a most prosperous business until 1864 when 
 having purchased the Edes estate he removed 
 the store to that building. His strict attention 
 to business and excellent judgement caused a 
 continuance of his success and in 1874 having 
 sccurefl a competency he retired from mercantile 
 pursuits with a determination to engage in no 
 future business ventures. Being a man of energy 
 and strong virility a life of inactivity was anything 
 but agreeable to his temperament and the next 
 year he returned to his native town in New- 
 Hampshire, purchased an extensive farm and 
 has since devoted his summers to farming, re- 
 turning each fall to his residence in the Edes' 
 estate, 20I Main .Street, for. the winter months, 
 for Mr. Hathon's heart and his vote are in this 
 his ailopted home. He was twice married but 
 has no children. Together with his interest in 
 various corporations Mr. Ilathim is a heavy tax- 
 payer on real estate located in this district. 
 
 JA.MKS E. HAVES. 
 
 Jamf.s E. Havks w^as horn in Charlestown 
 .August 10, 1865 anti was educated lit the local 
 public schools. He was graduated from the Pres- 
 cott (Jrammar Schoril and subsefjuently entered 
 Boston College, which institution in 1885 conferr- 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Won matiy prizes for excellence in various studies. 
 After leavini; Hoston College he spent a year 
 and a half as teacher at the Truant School. I It- 
 was appointed siih-niaster of the I'Volhin^hani 
 (irnnmmr School in 1S87 and filled this position 
 until lanunry. iSc)^. While teaching he studied 
 law and was admitted to the bar in luly, 1892, 
 and bjgan active practice in 1S93. Mr, Hayes 
 was elected to the Mouse of Representatives 
 from ward three in 1892 and was re-elected in 
 1893 and is now serving his second term. He 
 was a nr;ndiL*r of liit- conunitte on judiciary In 
 the session of 1S93, and in the present session 
 h^ is on the comniiltee on judiciary, committee 
 on rules and. hy t-lt-clion of the caucus, thi; chnir- 
 man of the DemocriUic members. He is a 
 ni?niber of the Voung Men's Catholic Associa- 
 tion of Hoston College, the Father Matthew 
 Total Abstinence and Literary. Society, Catholic 
 I^iterary Union of Charlestown, Evening Star 
 Court, A. O. K. and is di-piity supreme knight 
 repres.Miting Massachusetts in the Knights of 
 Ciihnnbus. 
 
 thirty-second degreee Mason. He was grand 
 master of Ilenrj' Price Lodge, F. and A. M., 
 for many years. He died August 8, 1S92, at 
 Xantasket Heach. 
 
 HON. (.lOEON IIAVNES. 
 
 Hon. Gideon Haynks had a world-wide 
 reputation as a prison reformer, gained while 
 warden of the State Prison located in Charles- 
 town. He also had a wide reputation as a polit- 
 ical orator, and in the days just preceeding the 
 war of the Rebelli<tn he was in demand as a 
 stump sjH-aker. Mr. Haynes was born in Sud- 
 bury, Massachusetts, April 27, 1S15. He was 
 the son of Gideon and Ann (Carr) Haynes and 
 the' sixth lineal descendant of Walter Haynes 
 of Sudbury. Gideon Haynes' education was 
 received in the public schools of Waltham and 
 the Academy of Seth Oavis of Newton. After 
 leaving school he served an apprenticeship as a 
 machinist. He possessed great dramatic tah-nt 
 and the stage claimed him for six years. Mr. 
 Haynes travelled f()r two years in Europe during 
 which tini* he was married to Cliffodier Hodges 
 in England. On his return to this country he en- 
 gaged in business in Waltham and at the same 
 liuK' he entered politics. As a powerful debalor 
 on public questions he (piickly came to the 
 front and he was cU-cted State senator f(»r tlie 
 years 1857-58. Ai this time he was a Democrat 
 Init subsequently he cast his fortunes with the 
 Republican party. Mr. Haypes and N. 1'. 
 Banks were intimate friends and when the latter 
 was elected governor he appointed Mr Haynes 
 ward-fU of tlie Slate Prison. The prison was at 
 this lime in a state of chaos but Mr. ILaynes by 
 skill and patience soon righted matters, and 
 when lie ceased to be warden it was a model 
 working prison. Wliik- warden of the prison 
 Mr. I laynes again married, the lady of his choice 
 Ix'ing Emma Hopkins of Charlestown. He 
 again vistiled Europe. While abroad he receiv- 
 ed marked attention and was recognized as a 
 leading ]irison reformer and he was often con- 
 sulted by llu- prison authorities of the places thai 
 he visite<i. About this time he wrote a book on 
 prison discipline. In 1871 Mr. Haynes went 
 to Rio de Janeiro and engaged in business, re- 
 maining there for two years. The last twenty 
 years of his life were spent in and aliout Boston. 
 He managL-d several large hotels and did 
 considerable literary work. Mr. Haynes was a 
 
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 Wii I.IAM LiNZEE HENRYwas born ill Chaili-s- 
 tciwn March 10, 1S54. He is the son of Captain 
 W illiam \\ ynian and Eveline ( Kidder) Henry. 
 He was i^raduated from the Warren Grammar 
 School and for two years he attended the High 
 School. .Shortly after leavini^ sch.iol he found 
 employment with John C. Frye, who conducted 
 a large wholesale produce and provision business, 
 and here he leniained for seventeen years. He 
 then went to Furbush & Co. where he now is 
 the active partner and, in fact, the general 
 manager. Much of the good luck which has 
 fdilowed the firm must be ascrilied to the un- 
 flinching and persistent efforts of Mr. Henry, 
 \\ lio has been indefatigable in his every effort to 
 inish the business to its present paying position. 
 Mr. Henry is a member of Howard Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F., Bunker Hill Encampment, I. O. 
 O. F., and the Gr.and Tanton, I. C). O. F., the 
 Charlestown Club, 999th Artillery, Central Cluli 
 of .Somerville, Boston Alliletic Clul), the 
 Exchange Club, and the Boston Chamber of 
 Commerce. On February 10, 1880 he married 
 Florence Gertrude Furljush of Charlestown. 
 They have two children, Samuel Eliot and 
 Andrew Kidder Henry. Mr. Henry has always 
 resided in this district. His present residence 
 is at 5 AUjioii Street. His jilace of business is 
 in Furbush Court. 
 
 Ull.l.lAM HICHUOKN. 
 
 Wit. I.IAM HirHBORN is the oldest of the 
 eight children of Phillip and Martha (Gould ) 
 1 lichborn and was born in Salem, Massachusetts, 
 ,\ugust I, 1S30. Before he was a year old his 
 parents removed to Bnston. He received his 
 education at the Training Field School and also 
 at the NN'arren School. In May, 1845, he enter- 
 ed the Navy ^'ard as a boy. On November 15, 
 1847 he became an appentice under Alexander 
 McFarland, the then master house and shiji 
 joiner. Iiine I, 1861, he w^as apjiointed master 
 house and ship joiner himself. This latter pos- 
 ition he retained until the litlal wave of politics 
 rolled against him and he was displaced in Oc- 
 
 tober, 1868. In 1S63 Mr. Ilichborn's name ap- 
 (leared on the list of those who were eligible 
 and liable to be drafted for the war. The act- 
 ing provast marshal received a communication 
 from the local navy yard commandant, who, in 
 turn, acted under the orders of the Secretary of 
 the Navy, to erase from his lists those ]iersons 
 who had charge of men and who would be of 
 greater lienetit to the country by holding their 
 positions than by enlisting. In conserpience of 
 this mandate Mr. Hichborn was not compelled 
 to go to the war, altliinigh his ambition, were it 
 permitted to hold sway, would have led him 
 into the rank and tile. 
 
 Ill 1S68 he was elec'ed to the Legislature and 
 was a member and secretary of the committee 
 on prisons. In June, i860, he was reinstated in 
 his former {.wjsitioii in the Navy \'ard and after 
 the adjournment of ihi' Legislature he returned 
 thereto. In 1883 when business became de- 
 [iressed, he became general foreman of all the 
 work in the constructing dejiartment in the 
 NavyVard acting, in truth, as a naval constructor. 
 
 The year 1SS7 brought another political 
 tidal wave and he was removed. In a short 
 time he went to (Chester, Pennsylvania, where 
 employment was offered him in the yard of 
 John Roche. In March, 18SS, he relumed to 
 Charlestown and to his old place in the Navy 
 Yard. 
 
 Mr. Hicliborn is a member of tlie National 
 Lancers, Bunker Hill Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and 
 the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Asso- 
 ciation. At one time he was a member and 
 treasurer of the Prescott Light (hiard. He 
 was also a member of the Charlestown City 
 Guards for five years, having joined when they 
 were first organized. He is also a memlicr of 
 the Training Field School Association, of the 
 Charlestciwii ( lub and a contributing member of 
 Abraham Lincoln Post, No. 11, (L A. U. He 
 married Harriet .\ugusta llay of Cliarlestown. 
 
 Mr. Hichborn relates with jileasure his trips 
 to New Orleans in 18S1, and to Charleston in 
 1884, with the National Lancers. He is a skill- 
 ed mechanic and has aided in the constuction of 
 such w'ell kncnvn ships as the Merrimac, after- 
 wards called the rebel ram, \'irginia: the Hart- 
 ford, Farragut's flag ship; the Hoosatonic, built 
 during the war and afterwards sunk by a torpedo 
 boat in Charleston harbor. Mr. Hichborn re- 
 sides at 27 Trenton Street. 
 
 rHIl.ll' HICHBORN. 
 
 Pim.ii' HnilnORN, son of Philip and Martha 
 (Gould) Hichborn. was born March 4, iS;o, <ui 
 School Street in this district. He attended the 
 W.arren School, and graduated from the Charles- 
 town High School in the class of 1S55. After 
 leaving school he was indenturetl to the govern- 
 ment under the late Mclvin Simmons United 
 .States Navy, then master shipwright at the 
 Navy Yard. By order of the Secretary of the 
 Navy he received a two years' course of theoret- 
 ical tr.aining. In i860 Mr. Hichborn, then 
 twenty-one years of age, went to California as 
 one of the ship's officers on the clipper " Dash- 
 ing ^Yave." Afterwards he was em]iIoyed by 
 the Pacific Mail Company, and later entered the 
 government service at Mare Island Navy \'ard 
 and in two years was appointed master ship- 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 wrigln. He was Ifnilurcd the position of assisl- 
 ant naval coiistruclor in 1863 ar.d declined il, 
 1)111 in 1869 aoce])led llie posilioii willi tlie 
 relative rank of lieiUeiiant. Krom California 
 Mr. Ilicliborn went to I'ortsniouth, New 
 1 lanipsliire, in 1870, and in 1875 received his 
 connnission as a naval constructor and was 
 ordered to League Island. lie took a promi- 
 nent |iarl in the Centennial exposition at I'hil- 
 adelpliia in 1875. In June, 1SS4, he visited 
 the Kiiro])can dock yards on special duty, publish- 
 ing the result of his observations in a work 
 that has since become a text book. On his 
 return he was ordered to the Navy department 
 as assistant chief of the bitreau of construction 
 and for a number of years he was practically 
 chief constructor, owing to the continued illness 
 of Mr. Wilson. In Jidy, 1893, he was duly ap- 
 pointed to the position of chief of the bureau 
 of construction. He l)elieves in Charlestown 
 and in the value of the local Navy Yard and 
 has given comprehensive reviews of its achieve- 
 ments and capabilities, and cited eminent author- 
 ity in support of his own practical views. Mr. 
 1 iiehborn was iviarried while on duty at Ports- 
 mouth and lias two chililren, a son and daughter, 
 lie resides in a jileasanl home at 1707 N .Street 
 n :ir .Scott's Circle. Washington. D. C. 
 
 
 |"SKI'H W. Hll.r.. 
 
 Josi':i'H W. Hii.L was IxH-n al Situate, 
 Massacliusetls, June 27tlij 1S37, and came of 
 l^ood 0\d C )l(iny stock. His early education 
 was ol)taiiied in the sdiools of his native town. 
 \\ hen seventeen years of age he left home and 
 came to Boston, wliere he apprenticed himself 
 to learn the house carpenter's trade. Being de- 
 sirous of improving his mind while learning his 
 trade, he joined the Mechanic's Apprentices' 
 Library Association, thereby securing the privi- 
 leges of a well stocked library, as well as practice 
 in tlebate and el<)Culion. He soon became active 
 in all its affairs, improving evt-ry opporlunily 
 for advancement, and finally i)fcame its presi- 
 dent, afterwards Ijeing elected an honorary 
 member. Mr. Hill worked at his trade until 
 the winter of 1S64, when hi: enlisted for three 
 years in the Fifty-seventh Massachusjlls Kegi- 
 mciU ihen forming at ("amp Wool, Worcester, 
 and which soon marched to the front and be- 
 came a part of the .Army of the Potomac, antl, 
 as such, participated in its memorable campaign 
 from the Wilderness to Appomattox. He was 
 mustered out of service al the close of the war, 
 after seventeen months of severe duly. Soon 
 after the war he came to Charlestown to reside, 
 and established himself in business, since which 
 time he has been a prominent and successful 
 builder and contnuMor. He has always been 
 active in public affairs and has tilled many posi- 
 tions of honor and trust. He served xs a mem- 
 ber of the common council of Charlestown in 
 the years 1S71-72, the last year being president 
 of the boaid. In the years US74-75-76, he rep- 
 resented ward four in the Legislature, of which 
 he was an activtr and prominent member. He 
 has been actively and closely identilied with 
 MK'ial and fraternal organizations, esjiecially 
 that of Masonry, having received the thirty- 
 third and last <legrce. He is a past command- 
 er of Abraham Lincoln Post, No. 11, G. A. K., 
 
 and a member of Charlestown Five Cents Sav- 
 ings Hank Corporation. He was formerly pres- 
 ident of the Charlestown Trade and Improve- 
 ment Association, and a trustee of the Massa- 
 chusetts Charitable Mechanic's Association. 
 He is also a member of the Bunker Hill Monu- 
 ment Association. In i860 Mr. Hill was 
 married to Rausline M. Bailey of Gardiner, 
 Maine, by whom he had two children, a son and 
 a daughter. He resides at 9 Baldwin Street. 
 
 the record of a life of activity and integrity, and 
 of an influence exerted for the permanent ad- 
 vantage of the c()nun\mily in which his lot had 
 been cast. 
 
 JACOB HITTINCEK. 
 
 Laoih HiTTlNGF-K was a descendant <if an 
 ijld French family, and was born in Roxbury, 
 March 10, iSii. His father died while abroad 
 five years later, having previously moved to 
 Charlestown where young llittinger received 
 Ills education. In 1825 he entered the emjiloy- 
 meiil of George Pierce as a gardner, and five 
 years later engaged in the produce business in 
 Boston with W.^ E. Otis & Co. Of this firm he 
 was a member for several years, being actively 
 interested at the same time in the firm of Hill 
 i^ Hittinger, whose business was cutting and 
 shipping ice from Spy and Fresh ponds. The 
 firm of HilKV Hittinger was dissolved in 1.S41 
 ;iTiil was succeeded by the firm of (Jage, Hit- 
 linger & Co., of which the only surviving 
 member is Hon. T. T. Sawyer. It was to this 
 firm, conjointly witli John Hill, Mr. Hittinger's 
 former partner, that the merchants of Boston 
 were indebted for the notable enterprise dis- 
 played wdien in 1844, the harbor being frozen 
 over, a passage was cut from the wharf at East 
 Boston through which the Cunard steamer 
 coidd proceed to sea on the day appointed for 
 her sailing. A failure to accomplish the work 
 would have seriously affected the future of Bos- 
 ton as a commercial port. Mr. Hittinger's 
 interest in the firm of Gage, Hittinger iS: Co., 
 was disposed of a few y^ars later, but he con- 
 tinued to furnish ice to its successors. Gage, 
 Saw-yer iS: Co., and was interested in the early 
 shipments of ice to the Barbadoes by Lombard 
 iS: \Vhitmore. In the closing years of his busi- 
 ness life he carriefl on the trade in his own 
 name. Mr. Hittinger's first wife was Mary 
 Wilson. At her death she left a daughter, who 
 became the wife of Charles Havenport. He 
 married again, -April 30, 1S46, Mary KIizal>eth 
 King, a younger sister of Rev. 'Ihomas Starr 
 King, wdiose name is borne by the eldest son of 
 this union, Thomas S. Hittinger, superintend- 
 ent of the Fresh Pond Ic:; Company, of which 
 company Mrs. Davenport's son is the treasurer. 
 Soon after his second marriage Mr. Hittinger 
 bought a large tract of land in the present town 
 of Belmont, and this place was his residence 
 uruil the end of his life. His intelligent 
 management redeemed from the marshes all 
 that part of the estate which is now occupied by 
 three of his siins as one of the largest market 
 gardens in the vicinity of Boston. Of the seven 
 sons of the second marriage, six arc living, the 
 fimrth, in order of age, Daniel Webster Hit- 
 tinger, having died October 28, 1875. Mr. 
 llittinger was a leader in the movement to set 
 off the town of lielmonl. and was a member of 
 the first board of selectmen chosen in 1859; 
 was re-elected in i860 and 1861. He (iied al 
 Belmont, April 4, 1S80, leaving behind him 
 
 A II.LIAM ri. HO[)!lKlNS, 
 
 Wti.i.i.vM H. HoncKiNS, son of William and 
 Abigail (Gibbs) Hodgkins, was born in Charles- 
 town, June 9, 1840. He was educated at the 
 Harvard (irammar and ("harlestown High 
 schools. On leaving school lie learne<l the bus- 
 iness of a merchant in the smithen shipping and 
 commission trade on State Street. In July, 
 1862, he enlisted in Company B., Thirty-sixlh 
 Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, was pro- 
 moled second lieutenant, first lieutenant, a<lju- 
 tant an<i captain. In 1865 he was l)revete<l 
 major. After the war Major Hodgkins went 
 to Somerville and entered the service of the <-ity 
 of Boston in the department of public institu- 
 tions w here he served as clerk of the board for 
 'w en ty-one years. I le is now trustee of the estate 
 of the late J. Putnam Bradlee. Major Hodgkins 
 served the city of Somerville in the common coun- 
 cil of 1S73 and 1874, ihe last year as president. 
 He was elected mayor of Somerville in Decem- 
 ber, 1S91, was re-elected in i892and 1893. He 
 is a nieml)er of W. C. Kinsley Post, Ci. A. K., 
 of the Loyal Legion, and was live years presi- 
 dent of the Si>merville V. M. C. A. He is the 
 author of the history of the Thirty-sixth Regi- 
 ment and ihe i)attle of Fort Stedman. Major 
 Hodgkins married S..\ugusta Hayward, daughter 
 of Elieneezer and Sarah ( Lane) Hayward of 
 Boston. He resides on ("entral Street, Somer- 
 ville. 
 
 I Al. 1 ■]-; U. H"[ 1 .MAN. 
 
 ].\( OB W. Hoffman was lx>rn in Boston 
 some forty odd years ago. When bul live years 
 old he removed with his ])arenls to this district 
 and entered the common scho<)ls. When but four- 
 teen he was admitted to the High School. His 
 first em])loymenl was by Howe tS: I'rench as 
 ortice boy at a salary t>f $1.50 a week and there 
 he remaineil for iwenly-six years, eventually be- 
 coming senior salesman. Five years ago the 
 firm known as John Briggs & Co., took Mr. 
 Hoffman as a partner, changing the name to 
 Briggs, Hoffman & Co. The original company 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 had Ijeeii in liusiiiess since 1842. The firm to- 
 day is di>in^ the larjjest inanufacliirins; paint 
 busin-.-ss in New Kiii;land. On account of his 
 advanced years, Mr. Uriggs has recently l)een 
 unable lo stand the strain of the immense busi- 
 ness and the responsibilities of the house have 
 rested on Mr. Hoffman but he h.as carried them 
 with consunuuate skill. .Mr. Hoffman is past 
 m.aster of Henry I'rice Lodge, K. & A. M., 
 a member of St. Paul Chapter, F. & A. M., 
 past dictator of Merrantile Lodge, K. of II., 
 a member of Harvard Lodge and Bunker Hill 
 Encampment, I. O. O. K., and the Royal 
 Society of Good Kellows. He never engaged 
 in ])olitics. His place of business isal3i .and 
 33 Batterymarch Street, Boston and his resi- 
 il nie, 38 High Street, Charbstown. 
 
 ' <.E(Hv<;e T. UCJKAN. 
 
 Georcf, T. HiiKAN, son of Timothy and 
 Anne (Nolan) Horan, was born in Worcester, 
 Ma.ssachusetts November, 1861. In 1S65 la- 
 left Worcester and went to Providence, Rhode 
 Island, where he received his education and 
 where, also, he learned the jewelers Ir.ade, at 
 which he remained ten years. In 1885 became 
 to Charlestovvn and with his brother opened a 
 furniture store on Main .Street. In 1891 he 
 purchased his brother's iiUerest and coiuiruied 
 in the business alone. In 1893 he removeil to 
 the old stone building on the corner of Main 
 and Harvard Streets, which had for more than 
 fifty years been occujiicd as a furniture store. 
 The old landmark was remodelled to meet the 
 re(|uirements of modern business methods, but 
 it -has not, since Mr. Horan's occupancy, lost 
 its distinctive feature of being the " Furniture 
 corner " of Charlestown. Mr. 1 loran has never 
 taken an active jiart in i:)olitics, nor is he a mem- 
 ber of any society. In iSSo he married .Mary 
 O'Brien who died in 1893, leaving two chihlren'. 
 He resides at 48 Washington .Street. 
 
 Rui-'US IbuMAN was born in Sterling, Massa- 
 chusetts in 1841). He was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Sterling, Princeton and Polton. in 
 addition to which he studieil for a time in a busi- 
 ness college in Boston. In 1855 he entered the 
 employ of Haile 6i: ("lould, chair manufactures, 
 where he renuiineil for two years or until the 
 firm failed. He continued in the business, how- 
 ever, securing employment with .Shearer & Paine 
 where he remained for six years. On October 
 14, 1862 he engaged in business for himself 
 which he has conducted successfully ever since. 
 From 1S72 to 1.S79. he had a manufactury iji 
 New Ilaniisliire with a salesroom in Boston 
 and he made a specialty of chamber furniture. 
 In 1879 he sold this business and purchased a 
 half inti-rest in the White-Pierce Co., manufait- 
 urers of chairs. The name of the firm was sub- 
 serpiently changed to White, Holman & Co. 
 Mr. While iliecl in 18S6 liut the firm name was 
 continued. .Mtogether Mr. liolman has been 
 stea<lily engaged in business for thirty-two years. 
 
 Mr. Holman is a thirty-second degree .Mason. 
 He is a member of Joseph Warren Lodge, 
 Chapter of the Signet, Boston Coiumandery, 
 Laf.ayette Lodge of Perfection, Mount Olivet 
 Lodge, Pioneersof Jerusalem Council, and Mass- 
 
 achusetts Consistory, F. and .\. M. In i860 
 Mr. Holman was married to .Martha Dow of 
 Boston and they have had two children. He 
 resides .at 45 Chestnut Street, Charlestown. 
 His manufacturing establisment is in Chelsea 
 and his warerooms at 84 Cross Street, Boston. 
 
 SOLOM.\N HOVEV. 
 
 S(iI.OM.\N HovEY, son of Soloman and Sally 
 (Johnson) Movey, was lx>rn in Charlestown, 
 Novendier.6, 1S06. .-^fter attending the Bunker 
 Hill Grammar and the private school of Master 
 (iales in Bow Street he sjient the years of 1S22 
 and 1S23 at the Bradford Academy. Leaving 
 the academy he engaged in the meat business 
 with his father in the market that stood where 
 C'ny .S<|uare now is. From 1827 to 1S36 he 
 was collector of town taxes. In 1837 he start- 
 ed in the insurance business with the Mechanic's 
 Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Boston, remain- 
 ing with this company for forty years, the first 
 twenty years as secretary and the Last twenty .is 
 president. After the lii'g fire of 1872 the com- 
 pany paid nearly $1,500,000 of losses which 
 was in full for all claims. Shortly after this the 
 company dissolved. Mr. Hovey is a member of 
 the Massachusetts Charit.ible Fire Society which 
 w.as ineorpor.ated in 1791, serving in every oflice 
 to that of president. He was a member of the 
 Charlestown city council in 1851-52 and also 
 served one year on the school committee. He 
 married .Miss J. .\ugusta Flim of Rutland, Massa- 
 chusetts. Six children were born to them of 
 whom three are living, Mrs. .S.arah C. H. 
 Rodgers, Mrs. Martha S. Skilton, Mrs. Frances 
 11. O'Brien. 
 
 -\,\uoN 1 looK, son of Levitt and .Sarah ( Press 
 colt ) Hook, w.as born Friday, June 3, 1S25 in 
 Chichester, New Hampshire. His father served 
 in the war of 1812. Mr. Hook received his 
 education in the common sclu)ols of Chichester 
 and in the Blanchard .-Vcademy of Pembrook, 
 New Hampshire. His early life was spent in 
 larining. In 1843 he went to Concord, New 
 1 lampshire, iiUending to learn the mason's trade. 
 Mr. Hook remained tlie three years reijuired 
 of a))prentices and for six moiuhs thereafter fol- 
 lowed the trade but he conlil serve no longer as 
 his health gave out. In 1848 he came to Bos- 
 ton antl f<aind employmeiU in a sln)e store as 
 
 .salesman. .Mlhoiigh he came here almost pen- 
 niless and without friends, he soon obtained the 
 latter, as all who came in contact with him found 
 hiiu honest, reliable and attentive to business. 
 Businessmen found they could trust him, and in 
 three years, jacking one month, he opened a shoe 
 store for himself on Hanover Street. For 
 twenty-three years the sunshine of success smil- 
 ed constantly upcui him, and in 1873 he was 
 coiupelled to move to the corner of Hanover 
 and Washington Streets. He remained here 
 until 18S7 when his sons, who had become 
 aci|uainted with the business, were given control 
 of the store. 
 
 In 1886 he opened a similar store in Charles- 
 town, and, after relincpiishing all right in the 
 Boston Store to his sons, he gave his undivided 
 attention to the local enterprise. This venture 
 he pushed for three years when he opened a 
 store at 734 Washington Street, Boston. This 
 location was not suitable for his business so in a 
 very short time he sold out his stock and return- 
 ed again to this district. With his two sons-in 
 law he purchased the store of the late M. Clar- 
 ence Hall on Main Street, a street in which Mr. 
 Hook has the greatest faith, and liesides hold- 
 ing the trade of tlie former owner, the new lirm 
 added largely to it. Mr. Hook marriefl Levey 
 A. Robinson of Pembrook, New Hampshire, in 
 1 85 1. They have five children living, three 
 l)oys and two girls. He has resided in Charles- 
 town since 1866, and lives at present at 47 
 Chestnut .Street. 
 
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 HENR\- .AKVIN HOrOHTUN, .M . U, 
 
 IIenky .Ak\in Hou<;iiTON, M. D. was born 
 Monday, December 25,ii>25in Lyndon, Vermont. 
 He was educated at the Lyndon Academy. .So 
 great was his desire for knouleilge that he 
 undertook to defray his ow^n scholastic expenses 
 b\- working during a portion of each year in ihe 
 well-known scale manufactory of Fairljanks ^: 
 Co., of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he 
 doubtless imbibed that interest in manufacturing 
 pursuits which characterized his after life. He 
 connnenceil his medical studies under Dr. Darl- 
 ing of Lyndon. He afterwards attended a 
 course of lectures at an allopathic college in 
 ^\'oodstock,^'ormont, finally Hnishing his course 
 of study at Philadelpltin. Pennsylvania, where 
 he graduated in March, 1852. .After practicing 
 four years in Lyiulon, he removed, by urgent 
 invitation, to Kerseville, New York, where he 
 resided for a number of years, constantly occu- 
 pied with an extensive jiractice and numerous 
 consultations, at the same time, however, find- 
 ing leisure to iiUerest himself deeply in the 
 schools and various niamifacturing intlustries of 
 the district in which he resitied. Dr. Ilt^ughlon 
 came to Charlestovvn in December 26, 1876. 
 He was president oftheNew^ York State IIouRe- 
 opathic .Society, president of the Massachu.setts 
 llomieopathic Medical Society, president of 
 Boston C'ity Homieojialhic .Society and a mem- 
 ber of the .-Vmerican Institute of Ilomteopathy 
 since 1S59. He is also a mendjer of the Charles- 
 town Club and 999th .-\rtillery Association. 
 He married Miss .Sarah D. Page of St. Johns- 
 bury, N'ermont, who died July 7, 1890 leaving 
 three sons. Dr. Houghton is much respected 
 wherever he is known. He resides on Cordis 
 Street. 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 I 
 
 WILMAM K. HAI-L. 
 
 WllI.IAM I'KANKLIN HaI.I., son of GuS 
 
 taviis V. and Susan Francis (Krothingliam) 
 Hall, was born in Charlestown, in 1S40. He 
 attended the Warreir Grammar Scliool and tlie 
 ('hauncy Hall School, Boston. He is one of 
 eight children, being the third. He married 
 a daughter of the late Samuel P. Langmaid, 
 and became a resident of Somerville in 1S76, 
 and still lives there. They have one child, a 
 daughter. Mr. Hall enlisted as a mendier of 
 Company B, 36th Massachusetts Regiment, 
 and saw «ctive service in the War of the 
 Rebellion. His business is that of Public 
 Accountant, in which he has been prominent 
 for many years. He is an e.xpert in book- 
 keeping and designs, forms for books of 
 accounts for corporations and firms having 
 special ref|uirements. He has settled many 
 large insohency cases, and much of his time 
 is given to this branch of his business. He 
 is a member of Soley Lodge of Masons; 
 I'.oston Lodge, L O. O. V., E.xcelsior Council, 
 Royal Arcanum ; Winter Hill Lodge, Knights 
 of Honor; the Central Club, and the 999th 
 Artillery Association. 
 
 \v. .M. IIOWKLS. 
 
 W. \l IbiWEI.s was born in New Voik 
 City, in .\pril, iSig. He is the .son of John 
 and Sarah Howels. He attended the schools of 
 New York until he was fourteen or fifteen 
 years of age, when he came to Boston. He 
 attended school here for a lime. When he 
 left school he Itecame an apprentice in the 
 Navy Yard, where he remained between one 
 and two years, after which he weiU to New 
 York and finished his trade. He remained in 
 New York for upwards of si.\ years In ICS41 
 he returned to Charlestown. For six years he 
 was foreman of the I'orlsmotilh Navy Yard. 
 He retained his home in this district, however. 
 In 1S6! he joined the navy as sailmaker, 
 serving until the close of the war. He next 
 went to China and Japan on the Shenandoah, 
 the cruise lasting for four years and two 
 months. He was at home but a month when 
 he was ordered to go on the .Maska on a trip 
 to China, which lasted three years and two 
 months. He was next assigned to the Frank- 
 lin, which was to cruise about the Mediter- 
 
 ranean, but ill-health prevented him going 
 beyond Key West. Since then he is on the 
 list of retired ofiicers of the navy. 
 
 Mr. Howels was mairied twice and has one 
 chihl living, Mrs. Henry Lawrence, of Maiden, 
 lie is a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. 
 (). K,, liuidier Hill Encampment, I. O. (). F., 
 Abraham Lincoln Post, G. A. R, and the 
 Charlestown Club. He was an old fireman 
 and ran with Engine 7. He lives at 59 High 
 Street. 
 
 Charlestown"; "Journal of the Voyage of 
 the Missionary Packet, Boston to Honolulu," 
 " Illustrated America," etc. 
 
 James Frothingham Hun.mewhll, son of 
 James and .Susan (Lamson) Hunnewell, was 
 born in Charlestown, July 3, 1S32, in the 
 house which he still occupies on Green 
 .Street. The Hunnewells have lived in 
 Charlestown .since ifigS.and the Froihinghams 
 since 1630. He receivetl his education mostly 
 in private schools, and then was engaged with 
 his father in the shipping business, chiefly 
 with foreign ports, especially with Honolulu, 
 and in the export of Ainerican products to 
 them — the mercantile house founded by his 
 father at Honolulu, in 1826, being still in a 
 flouiishing condition. Mr. Hunnewell was 
 married in Boston, April 3. 1872, to Sarah 
 Melville, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Paiker) 
 Farnsworth, of Boston. They have one child, 
 James Melville Hunnewell. Mr. Hunnewell 
 has served upon the Charlestown .School 
 Committee ; was trustee of the Charlestown 
 public library for eight years from its forma- 
 tion ; is chairman of the Standing Committee 
 of the First Parish ; president of the Charles- 
 town Gas and Electric Co. ; vice-president of 
 the N. E. Mortgage Security Co., and of the 
 Winchester Home for Aged Women ; a 
 trustee of the Free Dispensary : trustee of the 
 Five Cents Savings Baidc ; a director of the 
 Bunker Hill Monument Association; ar.d 
 also of the Bostonian Society ; an officer of 
 the Society for Propagating the Gospel, 
 and in connection with the Hawaiian Lslands, 
 was president of the Hawaiian Club, and is 
 treasurer of United States Endowment of 
 Oahu College. He was also for many years 
 an t'x officio director of the New England 
 Historic-Genealogical Society, ai.d since 1868 
 has been a member of the American Anti- 
 quarian Society. He is also connected with 
 the Massachusetts Reform, St. Botolph, Union, 
 Odd Volumes, and Exchange Clubs, and is an 
 otticer or !nend>er of various other organiza- 
 tions. He has published several historical 
 works of interest, which represent a large 
 amount of careful study, and has collected in 
 his extensive travels many rare books, plates, 
 and records. Among the more important of 
 his published works may be mentioned : 
 "The Lands of Scott"; "Bibliography of 
 Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Bunker 
 Hill " ; " The Historical Monuments of 
 France " ; " The Imperial Island "; " England's 
 Chronicle in Stone"; " -X ("entury of Town 
 Life"; "Historical Sketch of the Society 
 for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians 
 and Others in North America"; "Civiliza- 
 tion at the Hawaii:in Islands"; "An Ameri- 
 can Shrine '" ; " Records of the First Church, 
 
 l.'K. JO.-IAU ^. HLI:!'. 
 
 JosiAii Stkarns Hi;rd, M. L)., was the 
 son of Benjamin and Mary (Stearns) Huid. 
 He was l;orn in Charlestown, March 14, 1796, 
 .md died here March 25, 1S55. After gradu- 
 ating from the Harvard Medical School, he 
 pursued his studies in Paris, and returned to 
 Charlestown admiralily equipped for practice 
 in the different branches of his profession. 
 He was a man of large frame, of a genial 
 countenance, and a most kindly way with all. 
 It was said of Dr. Hurd at the time of his 
 death that " the great charm of his life was 
 his goodness. flis noble form was a fit 
 emblem of his noble heart, which expanded 
 and beat in kindly unison with the great heart 
 of humanity. He was emphatically the 
 people's man. He loved and sympathized 
 with his fellow-men, and did them all the good 
 he could in every relation of life, and, having 
 spent his days in their service, he died at his 
 post, and laid down in his shroud in peace 
 with God, and in peace with all mankind. 
 The life of Dr. Hurd is a delightful testimony 
 in favor of real goodness." 
 
 The poet Tennyson says : — 
 
 •_• Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'tis only noble 
 
 to be good. 
 Kind hearts are more than coronets, and 
 
 si iiple faith than Norman blood." 
 
 JOHN rriKi iL-. . 
 
 John Hurley was born in Templeton, 
 Worcester County, Massachusetts, in 1S53. 
 He attended the public schools of his native 
 town, and gradiratedfrom the Templeton High 
 .School. In a country store, where groceries, 
 dry goods, patent medicines, boots and shoes, 
 and, in fact, a general variety of goods, were 
 sr.ld, Mr. Hurley obtained his first employ- 
 ment, and there he remained for three years. 
 
 In 1S76 he arrived in Boston and attended 
 a commercial college for one year. Shortly 
 afterwards he was called upon by Dr. H. L. 
 Bowker & Co., State .Assayeis and Chemists, 
 10 take the position of confidential clerk and 
 book-keeper, a trust which he has successfully 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 filled for sixteen years. He has connected 
 himself with several organizations, in eacli of 
 which he is very popular. He is a Democrat 
 from principle, and for five consecutive years 
 he has been a member of the Democralic 
 State Central Committee, and has been ex- 
 'ceedingly active to advance the standard of 
 his party. Ward 5 elected him to the Com- 
 mon Council in 1S90, and so successful was he 
 that he was elected again in 'gr, '92, and '93. 
 Mr. Hurley is still in the employ of Dr. H. L 
 Bowker & Co., Manufacturhig Chemists, 295 
 and 297 Franklin Street, Boston He resides 
 at 28 Mt. V'ernon Street, CharleslDun. 
 
 li. I.. liUTCUI.NS. 
 
 HoR.ACF. <;. HlTCHINS was one of the 
 most active figures in the politics of Charles- 
 town in llie days just preceding tile war of 
 the RelfcUion and for some time after it hatl 
 been declared. He was Mayor of Charieslow n 
 in 1861. Mr. Hutchins was born in Katli, 
 New Hampshire, July 20, 181 1. His father 
 was Sauuiel Hutchins and his mother Rosanna 
 (Childs) Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins, came to 
 Charlestown in 1840. Horace early developed 
 a talent for public life and was elected a mem- 
 ber of the conmion council and served during 
 the years 1854-55-56-57, the last three years 
 as president of that body. He won for liini- 
 self a splendid reputation as a presiding officer 
 and also as a man of executive ability, which 
 resulted in his being elected mayor in 186 1. 
 He died .\pril 7, 1877. Mr. Hutchins was 
 educated at Kxctcr .\cademy, Dartmouth Col- 
 lege and the Harvard Law .School. He was a 
 lawyer l)y ]^rofession and was for years a 
 member of the firm of Hutchins & Willey. 
 His wife w.as Miss Julia llurd. They had 
 seven children, Isabella, Constantine F'. , 
 Harriet II., limma, Caroline P., John H. and 
 Mary H. All but Isabella and Caroline sur- 
 vive liim. 
 
 GEOKGE HVDE. 
 
 George Hyije, son of Enoch and Susan 
 (Wales) Hyde, of Newton, was born in Charles- 
 town January 29, 1814, in Stetson's Court. 
 He is the youngest of six sons, all the rest 
 of whom are dead. 'I'lie youngest of his tliree 
 
 sisters is still living. He went to school with 
 Dr. .Samuel Osgood and Joseph Lovering at 
 Town Hill until his fourteenth year when he 
 was apprenticed to Samuel Abbott whose groceiy 
 store was situated on Main .Street at the fool of 
 Union. After serving four and a half years, 
 he left Mr. .'\bbott to go with Dana & Evans 
 in 1833, and at the end of three years was 
 made a partner. The firm then liecame suc- 
 cessively: Dana, Evans & Co.; Dana, Karrar 
 & Hyde; Dana, Hyde & Co.; Hyde, Heard & 
 .Southworth and Hyde & Southworth, wholesale 
 grocers. Mr. Hyde was married in Baltimore 
 in 1838, to Miss .Sarah .Ann Clapp who is still 
 living. They took up their residence on the cor- 
 ner of Washington and Bow .Streets where they 
 resideil for thirty-five years and then renujved 
 to their present address at 41 High .Street. 
 'J'hree daughters were born to them, Mar- 
 guarite Ann, .Sarah ."Adelaide, Emma Francis. 
 Marguarite married the Rev. Dr. .A. E. 
 Kittridge, formerly " pastor of the Winthrop 
 Church, Charlestow-n and now of the Madison 
 Avenue Church, New York. In the interval of 
 Dr. Kittridge's p.astorage of the Winthrop and 
 Madison Avenue churches they moved to 
 Cliicago, where Mrs. Kittridge died. Sarah 
 married James H. Shapleigh of Brooklyn. 
 Emma died on board a Fall River boat coming 
 from New York. Mr. Hyde was present 
 during the reception to Lafayette, also when 
 the first monument was pulled down at night, 
 heard Kossuth deliver his famous oration and 
 attended the dedication of tile Soldiers' Mon- 
 ument. He is vice-president of the Warren 
 Institution for Savings and director of the Market 
 National Bank of Boston. Mr. Hyde has always 
 been idaitified with Christian and charitable 
 work. He has been a member of the Winthrop 
 Church since it was first organized and for 
 fourteen years its Sabbath school superintend- 
 ent. .\lthough he has often been solicited to 
 take ]niblic office he has always refrained. 
 
 Mr. Hyde witnessed the burning cif the 
 I'rsuline Convent and was one of the volunteers 
 who went with Engine No. 3, of Elm Street, to 
 lint out the lire, but was deterred from doing so 
 by the mob. He also .shouldered a musket and 
 went to the defence of St. Mary's Church, which 
 wiis threatened at that time. The attack, how- 
 ever, did not take place, a fact due to the 
 presence .4 t.ici mnny vnlunlccrs like Mr. Hyde. 
 
 S. Walker Janes was born in Charles- 
 town, May 5, 1S62. His parents removed to 
 Sonierville in i87T,and he has since resided 
 tliere. He was educated in the Charlestown 
 and Sonierville public schools, lea\iug the 
 high school in 1879 to enter the wool import- 
 ing liusiness in which he still conlinues. Mr. 
 Janes has always taken an active interest in 
 politics, and has .served in the Sonierville Com- 
 mon Council and Board uf .Aldermen. He 
 is a member of John Abbott I^odge F. A M., 
 Sonierville R. .A. Chapter, De Molay Com- 
 mandery, Central Club, Corinthian Yacht 
 Club, Republican Club of Massachusetts, 
 Wonohaquaham Tribe of Red Men, and 
 Beacon Lodge, A. O. U. W. He is an asso- 
 ciate member of the National Lancers and 
 Sonierville Light Infantry. 
 
 SCLLIVAN 
 
 Sui.Liv.AN .A. Johnston, son of Calvin V. 
 and Mary A. (Barnes) Johnson, was born in 
 Sebec, Maine, September 13, 183S. His 
 grandfather, John Jolinson, was a Revolu- 
 tionarv soldier and fought at Bunker Hill in 
 General Sullivan's brigade He was forced 
 into the English navy, but watched his op- 
 portunity and escaped, and used his knowl- 
 edge of warfare against his late companions 
 in arms. 
 
 Sullivan Johnston was educated in the 
 schools of his native town. When sixteen, 
 he learned the cabinet-making trade, at which 
 he lemained until .April, 1S61, when he was 
 appointed on the police force of Portland, 
 Maine. In 1862 he resigned his position and 
 immediately came to Charlestown. Here he 
 Morked at his trade until his appointment to 
 the local police force March 30, 1S6S, by 
 Mayor Hull. In 187S he was made a 
 sergeant. He is married, and is the father of 
 six children. lie owns a pleasant home at 
 6 Brighton Street. .Sergeant Johnston was 
 ne\er late for roll call since he became a 
 member of the force, except when excused ; he 
 never received a reprimand from his superior 
 officers; was never absent from duty a day 
 Ijut what he has made up by overtime. He 
 has had some haid and exciting experiences 
 during his twen y-five years of police duly. 
 
 George R. Kelso is a familiar figure to 
 Charlestown people. lie is a native of New 
 Hampshire and was born in .New Boston, 
 February 15, 1842, son of Jonathan G. and 
 Sarah (Dodge) Kelso. When quite young, he 
 removed 10 Augusta, Maine, where he attended 
 school. In 1S54 he came to Chailestown and 
 attended the Biniker Hill .School. In 1856 
 he found eniployuient unlil 1S62, at publish- 
 ing and selling books. In 1S62 he enlisted in 
 Company E, 47th Massachusetts Infantry, as 
 second sergeant. For two months he served 
 as sergeant-major of the regiment, and for 
 three months, on a special regimental man- 
 date, as acting lieutenant. In 1863 he re- 
 ceived an honorable discharge in Boston, after 
 which he entered the furniture business for 
 himself. In 1869 he sold out, and went into 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 the real estate business with Gilbert D. Cooper, 
 The firm of Cooper & Kelso existed until 
 iSS-, when Mr. Cooper died. Mr. Kelso has 
 continued in real estate and insurance business 
 ever since. For the last six years he has 
 been treasurer and manager of the Hannaford 
 Ventilated Boot Company. 
 
 He is a charter member of Post 1 1, G. A. 
 K., and Third I'ast Commander. In 1S72 he 
 was inspector general on the department 
 commander's staff. He is a member of 
 bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. (). F., and Supreme 
 Council of Royal Conclave of K. of 1,. Mr. 
 Kelso was a member of the First baptist 
 Church for twenty years, acting as treasurer, 
 secretary, and superintendent of the Sunday 
 school at various times. In 1SS7 he removed 
 his church relations and assisted in organiz- 
 ing the Tabernacle Church, Howdoin .Square, 
 boston. He has served as deacon and super- 
 intendent of the Sunday school to the present 
 time. 
 
 He is vice-president of the .Anierican Acci- 
 dent Insurance Association. He is a member 
 of the baptist Social Union and of the Baptist 
 Sunday School Superintendent's A-ssociation. 
 In 1870, '71, and '72 he was a member of the 
 Common Council of Charleslown ; during 
 the same time serving on the commission for 
 the selection and erection of the sokliers' 
 monument. For a nuinber of years he was 
 a member of the Charlestown Republican 
 City Committee, and, for awhile, of the 
 boston Republican City Committee. In 1866 
 he married Susie L. Cooper, daughter of 
 Gilbert U. Cooper, of Charlestown, who died 
 May 27, 1893, leaving two children. His 
 office is at 172 Main .Street, his home at 47 
 High .Street. 
 
 W. H. RE.\'l 
 
 William Hexry Kf.nt was born in Duxbury, 
 Massachusetts, March 21, 1823, and died in 
 Charlestown, February 7, 1889. He was the 
 eldest son of six children, all except himself 
 tiying in childhoocl. His father was William 
 Vinall Kent, of Boston, a grandson of Judge 
 John \"inall; his mother, Betsey Waterman, of 
 I)uxbury, Massachusetts, was of Winsor stock, 
 a woman of exceptional force of character and 
 of unpretentious Christian virtues. The Kent 
 home was in the West End of Boston and in the 
 Staniford Street house the early years of Wil- 
 liam Henry's life were passed. He acquired 
 his education in the ]iublic schools of the city, 
 receiving the coveted Franklin Medal at the 
 Mayhew .Scliool when he was thirteen years old. 
 He early entered into mercantile business 
 (principally lumber), continuing till 1873, when 
 lie accepted the presidency of the Mill Owner's 
 Fire Insurance Co., which position he held at 
 the time of his death. .August 25, 1S46, he 
 married Rebecca Prentiss of West Cambridge, 
 (now .\rlinglon ) Mass., and the only child of 
 that union was one daughter, Mrs. .-Mice Kent 
 Robertson, who, herself a widow, resides with 
 her widowed mother, in the Momunent S<]uarc 
 home, Charlestown, whither Mr. Kent Ijrought 
 his family in 1859. 
 
 He was alderman of Charlestown five year>. 
 and mayor three years, 1870-71-72. .\fter an- 
 
 nexation to Boston, he served one year in the 
 Common Council, was Chairman of the h'irst 
 Board of License Contmissioners for Boston, and 
 was six years a trustee f)f the City Hospital. 
 He was for fourteen years a director (jf the 
 Middlesex Railroad Co., and also of the Con- 
 solidated .Street Railway during its existence 
 under that name. Noted for his singleness of 
 purpose, and as having the courage of his con- 
 victions, he filled these offices of public trust 
 with fidelity and ability. He was an active 
 member of the old Harvard Unitarian Church, 
 Charlestown, and a constant attendant in its 
 service. He was master of Saint John's Ma- 
 sonic Lodge, (irand Master of the Second Ma- 
 sonic District, and the foimder of the Cceur de 
 Lion Comniandery, Knights Templar of 
 Charlestown, and, by unanimous vote, its first 
 commander. To quote from a memorial ten- 
 dered at the lime of Mr. Kent's death by that 
 Commandery," His M.isonic record is one replete 
 with usefulness, devotion, .and honor." 
 
 They had one son, Henry Weston Kimball, 
 who is a mendier of Protective No. i. Captain 
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 M.\KTIN V. ]!. Ki,\ili.\i I., son of Richard and 
 Kliza (Coverly) Kindiall, was born at Hill, 
 New Hampshire, April 7, 1835. When nine 
 years of age he came to this city. He com- 
 menced life as a teamster, to which he added 
 the duties of a fireman, joining on September 
 
 I, 1855, the Barnicoat Engine Company, No. 
 
 II. In 1858 he was elected assistant foreman 
 of the Barnicoats, which position he held until 
 December 20, of the same year, when the com- 
 pany disbanded. He then moved to this 
 district and became a member of Washington 
 Engine Company, No. 5. When this company 
 was disbanded he enlisted in the famous Nims 
 Battery; this was in iS6t, and he served until 
 August 14, 1S64. 
 
 After his retiiin from the war, Mr. Kimball 
 was appointed a permanent member of the 
 fire department, September 23, 1S73, as a 
 driver of Engine No. 25, which position he 
 held until .April i, 1874, when he was promoted 
 assistant foreman. On May i of the ensuing 
 year ne was promoted to the position of cap- 
 tain, and assigned to Engine Company No. 6, 
 where he remained imtil March 17, 18S4, at 
 which time he was transferred to Engine Com- 
 pany No. 32. 
 
 At the postoffice fire in this district on 
 October 6, 1859, (_'aptain Kimball was badly 
 burned. At the Wareham Street fire he fell 
 from a ladder and was so badly injured that 
 paralysis followed and he was lairl up for three 
 months. -\t a file in Fulton Street he fell 
 through a hatchway and broke his shoulder 
 blade. 
 
 Captain Kimball was a member of Oriental 
 Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. F., Columbia Lodge, 
 F. and A. M., St. Andrew's Royal Arch 
 Cf.apter, Boston Commandery Knights Tem- 
 plars, Lafayette Lodge of I'erfection, Mt. 
 01i\'et Chapter of Rose Croix, Massachu- 
 setts Consistory, Giles F. Yates, of I'linces of 
 Jerusalem. Council No. 4, Royal Arcanum, 
 Boston and Charlestown Veteran Firemen's 
 .Association, and Barnicoat -Association. On 
 May 15, 1854, he married Elizabeth M. Chip- 
 man, of Charlestown. .She died Jan. 8, 18S4. 
 
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 E. S. KIMTTOS, M. D. 
 
 Edwin Sewf.ll Kimpton, M. D., son of 
 John and Eliza (Fowler) Kimpton, was born 
 in Stan.stead, Canada, April 8, 1857. He was 
 educated in the local schools, Stanstead Wesleyan 
 College and the H.arvard Medical School from 
 which he graduated in 1882. He established 
 himself in Charlestown where he has built up a 
 large and im]iortant practice. For the last nine 
 years he has been examining physician for the 
 John Hancock Life' Insurance Co. He is a 
 member of Harvard Medical Alumni .Association 
 and of various fraternal organizations. Dr. 
 Kimpton was married September 3, 1S84, to 
 Sarah E., daughter of Samuel Wilson, of Dan- 
 ville, Canada. They have one child, Lila B., 
 born January 4, 1893. His office is at 421 
 Main Street. 
 
 THOMAS STARR KING. 
 
 Thomas Starr King, the famous Univer- 
 salist preacher, was a son of Thomas Farring- 
 toii King, of English descent, and of Snsaii 
 Starr, of German descent. Her father's name 
 was Thomas Starr. Both families resided in the 
 City of New York. Starr, as he was familiarly 
 called, was born in the City of New York, 
 December 17,1824. His father was preach- 
 ing on a circuit in Connecticut, and lived in 
 Norwalk ; and his mother was then on a visit 
 to her family. When about five years of age, 
 Starr s parents removed to Portsmouth, New 
 Hampshire, where he spent six years of his 
 boyhood. While here he was sent to a private 
 school, where, besides learning the rudiments of 
 knowledge, he became, for one of his age, a 
 good Latin and French scholar. "Starr, 
 what are you going to make .' " a clergyman one 
 day asl-ed him while living here; and the 
 quick spoken reply was, " Don't know; some- 
 thing pretty smart." 
 
 The father, in 1S35, removed to Charles- 
 town, Massachusetts, to be pastor of the 
 large Universalist society. Starr was sent to 
 the Bunker Hill Grammar School. On a 
 change of residence, he was sent to the 
 WinUirop School. There being no high 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, TAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 school in the town, the committee made an 
 arrangement with Joshua Bates, the principal 
 of the Winthrop School, to attend out of 
 school hours to a class who were fitting for 
 college, and Starr was one of the class. .As a 
 scholar he took the foremost rank in his class. 
 His recitations conveyed the impression of 
 maturity far beyond his years. His composi- 
 tions evinced great vigor of thought and 
 method of treatment ; and one of them, on 
 the character of Washington, first written in 
 Knglish, and then translated into Latin, was 
 e.\hibited by his teacher to two distinguished 
 .scholars, who pronounced it to be a remark- 
 able production for one so young. 
 
 While Starr was reading Virgil and Cicero, 
 his father was laboring under a deep-seated 
 disease, and was in straitened pecuniary 
 circumstances. Starr was placed in a dry 
 goods store in Charlestown, where, among 
 other duties, he kept the books. He had 
 taken final leave of school. When about 
 thirteen years old, he prepared a sermon, 
 which he sent to the editor of the Christian 
 h'reeman. and it was published. Starr did not, 
 subsequently, look back with satisfaction on 
 this affair. 
 
 While Starr was at work in the dry goods 
 store his father died. This was in September, 
 1839. He remained in Inusiness pursuits, and 
 at the age of fifteen he was the mainstay of 
 his mother. He secured a position as assis- 
 tant teacher of the Bunker Hill Grammar 
 School, which he first entered a few years 
 before as a pupil. The principal of the school 
 then was B. F. Tweed. Starr subsequently 
 accepted a position as principal of a school in 
 Medford, which he held for a short time, 
 resigning to take the position of chief clerk in 
 the navy yard. In 184(1, at the age of twenty 
 years, he entered the ministry. He preached 
 his first sermon in Woljurn. He became 
 pastor of the Liniversalist Church in Charles- 
 town soon after ordination, and his fame 
 began to grow. In 1847 he delivered the 
 June 17th oration, and it at once marked him 
 as a brilliant man. He is next associated 
 with the IloUis Street Church Society. He 
 continued in the service of this society until 
 1S60, when, on account of failing health, he 
 resigned his pastorate and went to California. 
 He was in California out four years when he 
 died, his death occurring March 4, 1S64, at the 
 age of forty-two years. 
 
 A beautiful monument has been erected to 
 his memory in Golden Gate Park, San 
 l-'i anrisco. 
 
 THOMAS R. I.A^U^RKT. 
 
 Tiid.MAs RiCKKR Lamhi-.ri-, son of William 
 and .Abigail (Kicker) Lambert, was born in 
 South Berwick, Maine, July 2, 1809. He 
 was of the seventh generation of his family 
 in Massachusetts, of which Francis Lambert, 
 of Rowley ("freeman" in 1640) was the first. 
 He was prepared at the South Berwick and 
 K.\eter Academies for entrance at Dartmouth 
 College. Receiving an appointment to a 
 cadetship at West Point at this time, his 
 collegiate cour.se was exchanged for a military 
 education. Before graduation his health com- 
 
 pelled him to leave, and he entered upon the 
 study of law in the office of Judge Woodbury 
 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was 
 admitted to the bar in 1832. Success at the 
 bar did not deter him from regarding the 
 advice of friends who urged him to the church 
 He became a candidate for orders, and was 
 ordained by ISishop Clriswold in 1836. Pre- 
 vious to this, he had been in 1834 appointed by 
 Secretary Woodbury a chaplain in the navy, 
 and served on board the frigates Brandywine, 
 Constitution, and Columljia, under Comno- 
 dore Wadsworth, and Rousseau, and Captain 
 Wilkinson. While on a vacation he insti- 
 tuted the parish of St. Thomas, at Dover, New 
 Hampshire. On another leave of absence he 
 was invited to the rectorship of Grace Church, 
 New Bedford, which he accepted, and where 
 he remained for four years. 
 
 Returning in 1S45 to the chaplaincy, he 
 served at the Navy Yard, Charlestown, with 
 Commodore John Downs. In 1S55 he resigned 
 the chaplaincy and became rector of St. 
 John's Church, Charlestown, where he re- 
 mained twenty-eight years. In 1S45 he 
 received the degree of A. M., honoris causa, 
 from Brown University, and in 1852 the ^ame 
 degree from Trinity College. In 1S63 Colum- 
 bia College conferred upon him ihe degree of 
 ,S. T. D. For more than thirty years Dr. 
 Landjert was a member of the standing 
 committee of the diocese of Massachusetts. 
 His prominence in the church and the navy, 
 his e.xtended acquaintance with public men for 
 half a century, and his social qualiiies, for the 
 indulgence of which Dr. Lambert was not 
 only rarely qualified, but also possessed of 
 ample means for their gratification, rendered 
 his delightful home at the rectory the resort 
 of visiting clergy from every part of the country, 
 of travellers from abroad, and of the scholars 
 and literary men of the vicinity. 
 
 In 1SS4, when nearly seventy-five years of 
 age. Dr. Lambert resigned his rectorship, and 
 passed into retirement, save only his connec- 
 tion witli the diocesan committee, which he 
 retained until his death, February 4, 1S92. In 
 Free Masonry he wrought for more than si.xty 
 years, having received his first degree in his 
 twenty-first year, and attained the thirty-third 
 in his sixtieth year. He was re|>eatedly grand 
 chaplain of the grand lodge of Ma-ssacliuselts, 
 and for more than fifty years the intimate and 
 social fiiend of the grand officers. Dr. Lam- 
 bert was married in January, 1S55, '° Mrs. 
 Jane Standish Colby, of New Bedford, daughter 
 of lion. John Avery Parker, and widow 
 of Judge H. G. O. Colby. They had one 
 son. William Thomas Lambert. 
 
 SA^U'EL p. LANGMAID. 
 
 Samuel Prentiss LanimMaid was born at 
 Chichester, New Hampshire, .Sep:ember 7, 
 1807, and died at .Somerville. Massachusetts, 
 January 26, iSSo. Mr. Langmaid left his 
 native town when quite a young man. His 
 first step was to engage with a thrifty farmer 
 in what was then known as West Canrbridge, 
 now Arlington. He afterwards came to Bos- 
 ton, where he was in the emplov of the city 
 for awhile at the city stables. He was for 
 
 many years an active member of the Boston 
 Volunteer Fire Department. In 1847 he went 
 into business, dealing in doors, sashes, and 
 blinds. From this time he continued in the 
 same line until he retired from busines.s, about 
 1S79. 
 
 In 1S53 he made his home in Charlestown, 
 having built for himself a substantial brick 
 house on Mt. Vernon Street. Here he re- 
 sided until 1876, when he removed to Somer- 
 ville, where he purchased a large and valuable 
 estate on Winter Hill. The only public or 
 political office that he filled was that of alder- 
 man in the city of Charlestown, serving in 
 1865, '66, "67. While in othce he conducted 
 the affairs entrusted to him upon the same 
 business principles that lie applied to his own 
 business. He served as a director of the 
 Middle.sex Street Railroad Co. for six years, 
 1874 to 1879, inclusive. He retired from the 
 board with the thanks of the stockholders 
 expressed by a complimentary resolution. He 
 also served as director of the Chelsea Gas- 
 Light Co. from iSbS to 1S74, inclusive. The 
 East Boston Gas Co. had the benefit of his 
 sound busine.ss principles for eleven years, 
 from 1868 to 1879 inclusive. Ten of these 
 years we.e spent as president. He was a 
 regular attendant at the Universalist Church 
 in Charlestown, and always took a strong in- 
 terest in its affairs. The Winchester Home 
 for Aged Women commanded his attention, 
 and he was a generous contributor to this 
 worthy institution. 
 
 During his long business career he had the 
 reputation, and it was well merited, of being 
 square in his dealings. When the country 
 was startled by the reports from California 
 regarding the discoveries of gold, Mr. Lang- 
 maid saw his opportunity and arranged to send 
 his goods out there. This was the begiiniing 
 of a business in shipping which was long con- 
 tinued and included, not only California, but 
 also .Australia, New Zealand, and other new 
 countries. It was not confined either to doors, 
 sashes, or blinds, but covered many other 
 staple goods. He did tiot, however, ship any 
 rum, for he was not a believer in the necessity 
 for this article in new or old countries. 
 
 In 187 1 lie built, in connection with another 
 man, the block in Hayuiarket .Square known 
 as Haymarket Block. This block contahis 
 eight stores, of which five were Mr. Lang- 
 maid's. One of the stores he reserved for his 
 own business. In leasing this building he was 
 careful to insist that in no case should it be 
 sublet to anybody engaged in the liquor busi- 
 ness. His fimeral was largely attended by 
 many of the prominent business men of Bos- 
 ton, showing the appreciation in which he 
 was held by those who knew him best. 
 
 Et:wARn L\\v:;nNcn. 
 
 Edward Lawrence. No history of 
 Charlestown would be complete without some 
 reference to the career of the late Hon. 
 Pxlward Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence was a 
 descendant from the Lawrence family which 
 i.i so closely identified with the history of 
 Grotonand Littleton. Hewasbornin Harvard, 
 Massachusetts, June 21, iSio. and in .April, 
 
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CHARLESTOWN" CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 1S25, he came to Charlestown. lie imme- 
 diately became connected vvitli the furniline 
 manufacturing establishment which had been 
 carried on for a period of over thirty years 
 by Jacob Forster. 
 
 Jacob Forster's brother Charles afterwards 
 took his interest in the business, and Mr. Law- 
 rence became a member of the firni, their 
 ])lace of Inisiness Ijeing at the corner of Main 
 antl Union .Streets. 
 
 In 1S33 the lirm of Forster, Lawrence c& Co. 
 contracted for the labor of convicts at the 
 .State prison, and, until the firm dissolved in 
 1S56, it continued to carry on its manufactur- 
 ing business largely in its shops in the |)rison. 
 .About the time the firm dissolved, the sales- 
 rooms were removed to the large hall in the 
 second story of the Boston ^; Maine Railroad 
 passenger depot, llayniarket Square, lioston, 
 where the business was carried on by Mr. 
 Lawrence, from 1S56 to 1.^63, when he retired 
 and devoted h.is time to the manifold duties 
 of pre-ident of the Hunker Hill National 
 Bank. 
 
 Mr. Lawrence took an active interest in 
 public affairs, and utrder the old town govern- 
 ment was for many years one of the select- 
 men of the town. Ailer Charlestown became 
 a city he served si.K years, 1S51, '52, '53, '54, '55. 
 '56, as a member of the board of aldermen. 
 He was also a member of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives from Charlestown in 185S and '59, 
 and a member of the Senate in 1873. He 
 was one of the prime movers in securing the 
 introduction of Mystic water into Charlestown, 
 and was for twelve years chairman of the 
 Mystic Water Commissioners antl the Mystic 
 Water Board. His was an active and useful 
 life. He died at his residence, 44 High 
 Street, October 17, 1S.S5. 
 
 LAWHRN'CE. 
 
 Hi.;.\RV .\iii:ijrr Lawrence was born in 
 West Cambridge now .\rlington, on June 17, 
 i,S5i. His parents were John W. and Mary 
 K. (Teel) Lawrence. He lived in .Arlington 
 until about eight years of age, when, with 
 his father and family, he moved to Oswego, 
 New York, where they remained for two years, 
 then returned to .\rUngton, and in less than a 
 year moved to Charlestown Young Lawrence 
 attended the public schools and graduated 
 from the I'rescott C,rammar School in 1867, 
 and the Biyant tS: Slratlon Commercial College 
 in 1S68. .Soon after lea\ing school he ob- 
 tained a situation in the Berkshire Life Insur- 
 ance office, where he remained until January, 
 1869, when he entered the employ of Frost & 
 Adams, the well-known dealers in artists' 
 materials and draughtsmen's instruments, as 
 book-keeper. He was soon advairced to sales- 
 man, and. by careful attentioir to business, was 
 admitted to the firm in M.'iy, 1S80, and is still 
 a member of this firm. 
 
 In April, 1873, Mr. Lawrence was married 
 to Miss Annie J. Ilowels, the only daughter 
 of Wm. M. Ilowels, of the United States 
 Navy. For several years after they were 
 married they resided in Charlestown, antl three 
 children were born to them, the first boy only 
 
 living to lie ten months old ; two are now liv- 
 ing, a boy and girl. 
 
 In 18S2 Mr. Lawrence liought a home in 
 Maiden, where he now resides. Mr. Lawrence 
 is quite active in the secret societies to which 
 he belongs, being a Past Crand of the Howard 
 Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a Past District 
 Deputy of this order. Is also a member of 
 Charlestown Lodge Knights of Honor, Henry 
 Price Lodge of Masons. 'I'he Koyal Arch 
 Chapter of the 'rabernacle of Maiden, The 
 Boston Commandery Knights Teniplar, The 
 New Kngland Paint & Oil Club, The lioston 
 .Stationers' .Association, and has been on the 
 executive committee for three years, and re- 
 preseirts this l;iMsiness association in the Asso- 
 ciated Board of Trades. He is also a member 
 of the Boston Finance Association, the I'^quit) 
 Association, the Charlestown t-'lid), the Kern- 
 wood Club of Maiden, the Boston .Art Club, 
 and the New Fngland Water Works Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 ALFliKD \. LINCOLN. 
 
 .ALUKia> V. Lincoln, son of Varnum and 
 Lmcline (.Sprague) Lincoln, was born in 
 .Andover, Massachusetts, in 1852. His father 
 is a Universalist clergyman. When but three 
 years old, the parents of Alfred irioved to 
 .Abington, Massachusetts, where ihey re- 
 mained mitil he was eight years old, removing 
 tlience to ^'armouthport, Massachusetts, 
 where they remained until he was eighteen 
 years old. Young .Alfretl received his educa- 
 tion in the schools of Yarmouthport. In 1870. 
 he came to lioston, intending to learn the 
 carpenter's trade, but, as the opportunity did 
 not present itself, he was compelled to seek 
 other employment. He secured a place with 
 Sargent Bros. & Co. as bundle boy, but 
 eventually he became their general salesman, 
 receiving a very liberal salary. Remaining 
 with this firm for eight years. Mr. Lincoln 
 became an adept in the dry goods business. 
 Perry, Cook & Tower offered him favorable 
 inducemeirts to enter their employ, which he 
 did, remaining with them about eight year.s. 
 In.Apiil, 1S85, he cast his fortune with Wilson, 
 Larrabee tt L"o., wnere he now is. Besides 
 working for this firm Mr. Lincoln has dealt 
 very considerably in real estate in Charles- 
 town, and is one of tlie district's largest ta.x- 
 payers. 
 
 Mr. Lincoln leased for a nundjer of years, 
 from the heirs of Stephen Holmes, the 
 property at Tt.ompson Square. lie also 
 purchased the .Adams estate on Cordis Street, 
 moving himself into the old house and erect- 
 ing two large apartment houses on the vacant 
 lot. He next purchased the Thompson estate 
 at 26 Monument Square. Afterwards he 
 obtained the Richard Krolhingham property at 
 9 .Monument Scjviare, and altered the building 
 and built ''The Lincoln'' beside it. He also 
 bought the old Foster estate at 16 Cordis 
 Street and built a three-fiat house after re- 
 fitting the old one. Then he purchased the 
 Thomp.son property on the corner of Warren 
 and Cordis .Streets, where he is now building 
 six beautiful, substantial apartment houses. 
 
 He also owirs the apartment houses at 12 and 
 14 Summer Street. 
 
 Mr. Lincoln is a mentber of Henry Price 
 Lodge, F. and A. M., Harvard Lodge, I. O. (). 
 F., and the Charlestown Club. In 1872 he 
 married Ida II., daughter of George and 
 Mahala C. Cook, of Charlestown. They have 
 five children. He has resided in Charlestown 
 about twenty-three years. 
 
 William K. LnciiFitLr) comes of old 
 Colonial stock, being a descendant of Law- 
 rence Litchfield, who came over in the .Sea- 
 bird in 1635. ""^ "'^^ born in Cohasset, 
 Mas.sachusetts, August 4, 1861, and became a 
 resident of Charlestown twelve years ago. 
 He was educated in the common schools of 
 Cohasset aiid the Derby Academy, Ilingham. 
 He married Cordelia A., daughter of A. C. 
 Clilbert, of this district, October 25, 1883, and 
 is the father of three children. Mr. Litchfield 
 is a director of the Reed F'urniture Co., of 
 South Keene, N. H., and a member of the 
 firm of Litchfield Brothers, of North Vernon, 
 Indiana, and Boston, Massachusetts, wholesale 
 lumber dealers. He is a popular society man, 
 and is a member of Henry Price Lodge, V. 
 and .A. M. ; I'loya! .Arch Chapter, F. and .\. 
 M. ; Cceur ile Lion Commandery, Knights 
 Templar; Howard Lodge, I. O. (). !■'. ; 
 and Bunker Hill I'.ncampment. .\lthough yet 
 a young man. Mr. Litchfield is recognized in 
 business circles as possessing all the elements 
 that go to make up a successful man of affairs. 
 In politics, he is a Republicaii, and has twice 
 lieen honored by being selected as the standard 
 bearer of his party. He resides at 61 High 
 .Street. 
 
 OBLSON LITTLE. 
 
 Orison Little, lieutenant of Station 15, 
 was born in Sutton, New Haitrpshire, Sunday, 
 March 6, 1S36, the son of Philip N. and Lydia 
 K. (Vannah) Little. He received his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of his native 
 town. In 1S54 he left home and settled in 
 this district. In 1855 he followed the express 
 business. In 1861 he enlisted in the 2d 
 Massachusetts Battery, better known as 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 " Nims' Battery." For six months he was in 
 defence of llaltimore and for one month on 
 the eastern shore of Virginia. He was en- 
 gaged in the battles of Viclisljurg, Katon 
 Kousje, Irish Bend, Vermillion Bayou, and 
 IJonnell.sonville. lie was also at the siege of 
 I'ort lliulson. .\t the battle of Red River, 
 Mr. Little was wounded in the left hand 
 while serving in "Banks" Campaign.' He 
 received an honorable discharge in Boston 
 on August f6, 1864, and on the 22d of the 
 same month he received his appointment to 
 the C'harlestown Police Department, by M lyor 
 Stone, and in i.Syj he was elevated to the 
 position of ca|>lain. When C'harlestown was 
 anne.ted to lioston. Captain Little was made 
 sergeant, which position he held until 1878, 
 when the police department was re-organized. 
 Then he was appointed lieutenant and a.ssigned 
 to Division I, where he remained until August, 
 18S6. He was then transferred to Station 9, 
 where he remained three months, being trans- 
 ferred to Station 5, where he remained for 
 five years. Ne.\t he went to .Station 2, but 
 here he remained only two and a half yeans, as 
 he was ushered back to his first love, where 
 now he is. 
 
 Lieutenant Little is a member of the follow- 
 ing organizations : King Solomon Lodge, 
 Signed Chapter, C)rient Council, and Cceur 
 de Lion Commandery, F". and A. M. ; and 
 \'esta Chapter, Order of liastern Star, He is 
 a thirty-second degree mason. He is also a 
 member of Aleppo Temple of the Mv»tic 
 Shrine; Bunker Hill Lodge, L O. O. F. ; Mys- 
 tic Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca ; Ivanhoe 
 Lodge, K. of I'. ; the Boston Police Relief Asso- 
 ciation ; Abraham Lincoln Post 11, G. A. R. ; 
 and the Veteran Firemen's Association. On 
 January 15, 1867, he was married to R. Emylie 
 Hazen, of Sutton, New Hampshire. He re- 
 sides at 2 Henley Street. 
 
 C.M'iAi.v Sktii L. Low, son of Jennison 
 and Eliza (Cates) Low, was born in iS.)3, in 
 Barre, Massachusetts. His boyhood was 
 .spent in Warren, West Brookfield, and 
 Sturbridge. In 1S5S he was apprenticed to a 
 carpenter in North Brookfield, and learned the 
 trade, after which he went to Union, Connecti- 
 cut. In 1861, he enlisted in Company K, 15th 
 Massachusetts Regiment and served three 
 years, receiving his discharge at Worcester in 
 1864. He at once came to Boston, and 
 entered the employ of Francis Low & Co., 
 riggers. He joined the Boston Fire Dep.irt- 
 ment in December, 1 87 3, as a call man, and 
 was made permanent the following year. He 
 was transferred from I'jigine 8 to the captaincy 
 of the fire-boat, William M. Flanders. 
 December 16, 1884, he was assigned to his 
 present charge. Engine 36, located on Monu- 
 ment Street. Mr. Low is a member of 
 Eastern Star Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Ridgely 
 Encampment, Xo. 3, 1. O. O. F. ; Roya'l 
 .Arcanum, Veteran Firemen's A.ssociation, and 
 the C'harlestown Club. In 1866 Mr. Low 
 niairied Ellen Kelley, of Brewster, Massachu- 
 sett.s, and has one child, Lida J. He resides 
 at [I Monument Square. 
 
 KHODl-S C. l.OCKWOOD. 
 
 Rhodes G. Lockwood was born in Paw- 
 tu.xet, Rhode Island, March 12, 1S07, and died 
 in Charlestown, June 23, 1872. He commenced 
 work in Providence when quite young, remain- 
 ing there mitil about 1815, when he moved to 
 lioston to engage in business with his father- 
 in-law, Hamilton Davidson, who resided in 
 Charlestown and carried on the wholesale 
 grain business on a wharf called Baltimore 
 Packet Pier, on Commercial Street, Boston. 
 .-\t that time Commercial Street was the water 
 front, but since then the docks have been 
 filled in, and Atlantic Avenue, with its adjoin- 
 ing stores and warehouses, covers all that 
 section. At the same time, in connection 
 with this grain business, the firm leased the 
 mills and pond belonging to the Middlesex 
 Canal Co., in Charlestown, and when the 
 Canal Co. was forced to discontinue business 
 on account of the building of the Lowell R. R., 
 which could carry freight cheaper, they bought 
 tliis mill property, which remained in the 
 family's posses.sion until it was sold to the 
 Eastern R. R. Co., by Mr. Lockwood, early in 
 
 In 1835 he married Maria Davidson, living 
 in Providence about two years, then coming to 
 Boston, where he resided about one year, and, 
 finally, about 1837, he moved to C'harlestown, 
 w here he resided until his death. 
 
 He was one of eleven children, ten of whom 
 grew up to lie married, his ancestors coming 
 from England in 1630 anil settled in Water- 
 town, but moving to Noiwalk, Connecticut, in 
 about 1646, from which place the Lockwood 
 family spread all over this country. 
 
 His family co.isisted of five childien, Hamil- 
 ton D. and Mary J., born in Providence, 
 Rhodes, born in Boston, and Frederic 'and 
 Philip C, born in Charlestown. 
 
 Hamilton mairied .Annie L. PZastman, of 
 Boston, and died May 12, 1875, leaving three 
 children. May, H. De Forest, and Charles E. 
 Lockwood, all of whom live in Boston. Maria 
 married William, the son of the late Governor 
 Gaston. Rhodes married Henrietta Niles, 
 September 30, 1S68, living in Charlestown un- 
 til the fall of 1S82, when he moved to Boston, 
 where he now resides, his family consisting of 
 six children, William N., Henrietta N., Rhodes 
 G. and Emily N., born in Charlestown, Marion, 
 born in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Philip 
 
 C, born in Boston. 
 
 Frederic went abroad in 1S72 and has resided 
 in Paris ever since. Philip and Mary J. went 
 abroad in 1S73 and returned in 1S75, making 
 their residence in Boston, where they are now 
 located. 
 
 Hainilton D. Lockwood received his business 
 education under the care of his uncle, .Amos 
 
 D. Lockwood, at that time living in Danielson- 
 ville, Connecticut, and served as apprentice in 
 his cotton nulls, which occupation, as a cotton 
 manufacturer, he intended to follow; but after 
 a number of changes he became interested in 
 the manufacture of rubber goods and remained 
 in it imtil his death May 12, 1875. 
 
 In iSCy he associated with his brother, 
 Rhodes Lockwood, who was at that time with 
 
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 the large dry goods concern of Francis Skinner 
 & Co., and they then built the factory on 
 Charlestown Neck, under the name of the 
 Davidson Rubber Co., and after the death of 
 Hamilton D. Lockwood, Philip C. Lockwood, 
 having returned from Europe, became a part- 
 ner of Rhodes Lockwood's, January i, 1876, 
 under the same firm name which exists to this 
 day. The Davidson Rubber Co. is one of the 
 prominent manufacturing concerns of Boston, 
 situated in Charlestown ; it has always been 
 known as the makers of the finest grades of 
 rubber goods used in medicine, surgery, 
 stationery, and fine work, and their productions 
 go to all parts of the world. The business is 
 attended to personally liy Rhodes Lockwood 
 at the factory, and Philip C. Lockwood at their 
 salesrooin in Boston. 
 
 Mr. Rhodes Lockwood has always been 
 identified with the business interests of Charles- 
 town, for, besides the bu.siness of the Davidson 
 Rubber Co., he is a director in the Bunker 
 Hill Bank, and a member of the .Auditing 
 t-'ommittee of the Warren Institution for Sav- 
 ings, a member of the Bunker Hill Monument 
 Association, a director in the Boston Woven 
 Hose and Rubber Co., a member of the 
 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic .A.ssocia- 
 tion, Massachu.setts Horticultural Society, the 
 Bostonian Society, and Webster Association. 
 
 The house in which Mr. Rhodes G. Lock- 
 wood lived and died was purchased by his 
 father-in-law about the year 1830, and he, 
 Hamilton Davidson, livecl there until he died, 
 wheri it was bought by Mr. Lockwood, and 
 after his death it was bought by his son, 
 Rhodes Lockwood, who lived there until he 
 removed to Boston, he selling it to the Lin- 
 coln Post, G. A R., who now occupy it. This 
 house, .situated on Green Street, was built by 
 Samuel Dexter, atone time secretary of United 
 States, in 1793, being one of the oldest build- 
 ings in < 'harlestown. 
 
 MENKV \V. I.MiN. 
 
 CoMM.\Ni5KR Henry Ware Lyon, United 
 States Navy, son of Doctor Henry and 
 Caroline Margaret (Thompson) Lyon, was 
 born in Charlestown, Novembers, 1S45. He 
 attended the public schools, leaving the senior 
 class at the high school to enter the United 
 .States Naval Academy, October 7, 1S62, as 
 mitlshipman. J>uring the summer of 1864, 
 while on leave of absence from the Naval 
 .Acadetny, he volunteered for service and 
 made a short cruise off the mouth of the Bay 
 of Fundy, on board the United States Steain- 
 ship " Dacotah," in search of the Confederate 
 privateer " Tallahassee." He was promoted 
 to ICnsign, March 12, '68: Master, March 26, 
 '69; Lieutenant, March 2r, '70; Lieutenant 
 Commaniler, November 3, '84 ; Commander, 
 October 1, '93. 
 
 He has been on shore duty at different times 
 at the Navy Vards, Washington and Boston ; 
 South Boston Iron Works; Torpedo .Station, 
 Newport; Colt's Arms Factory, Hartford. 
 On sea duty he has served on every station : — 
 United .States Steamship, " .Sacramento," 1866- 
 67, wrecked on coast of India Bay of Bengal; 
 " Guard," European Station, 1S68-69; "Rich- 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZEXS, TAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 moiul " and " Waliasli," European stalion, 1S69 
 -74 ; " Franklin," West Indies, 1S73-74 ; " Ten- 
 nessee," East Indies, 1875-77; ''Calena," 
 European and SdiuIi Atlantic Stations, 
 1SS0-S3; "Trenton," 1SS7-89. wrecked at 
 Samoa ; '■ N'ipsic,"' 1889-90. This ship was 
 beaclied during the hurricane at Samoa, but 
 eventually hauled off, and, although leaking 
 badly, with keel, scag, rudder, and rudder post 
 gone, and with screw badly twisted, made a 
 trip of three thousand three hundred miles to 
 Honolulu under command of Captain Lyon. 
 His last sea service was in conniiand of the 
 United .States Steamship " Vantic" in the Rio 
 de la Plata. 
 
 Henry Lyon, second son of Lemuel and 
 Thankful (Damon) Lyon, was born in Need- 
 liam (Lower Falls), Massachusetts, December 
 16, 1S14. His early education was obtained 
 in the district school of his native town and 
 in the private school of the late Wm. F. 
 \Vard in Newton. He was prepared for col- 
 lege at the Classical School of the late Rev. 
 Daniel Kimball, of Needham. He was grad- 
 uated with honor from Harvard, in the cla.ss 
 of 1835, and immediately entered upon the 
 study of medicine in the otfice of the late Dr. 
 Wm. J. Walker in Charlestown. He was grad- 
 uated at the Harvard Medical .School in 1S38, 
 and established himself in the profession of 
 medicine in Charlestown. In 1841 he married 
 the youngest daughter of the late Dr. .Abraham 
 K. Thompson of ever blessed memory, and 
 subsequently his oldest daughter, widow of 
 tile late Dr. J. S. Ilurd. His son, Conmian- 
 der Lyon, United Stales Navy, has distin- 
 guished himself in his profession. Three of 
 his daughters are wives t)f na\al officers. His 
 voungest daughter is the wife of Dr. !•!. I. 
 Forster, a native of this place. 
 
 Dr. Lyon never sought political office, and 
 often declined nominations, when such ttomi- 
 nations were equivalent to an election. He 
 was for some years on the Hoard of Trustees 
 of Common Schools, and one year its resi- 
 dent. He was at one time a member of the 
 Hoard of Assessors of the city of Charlestown. 
 During the war he was active in promoting 
 enlistments, and was for a time special agent 
 of the city to visit the soldiers in camp and 
 hospital. 
 
 Lie was representative in the Ceneral Court 
 for one year. Dr. Lyon left the ])rofessi(jn 
 of medicine in 1S51, and was for ten years in 
 business with (!age, Sawyer & Co.; since that 
 time he has not been in business. He resides 
 at 34 Monument Square. 
 
 Ernest C. M.\kshai.i., I'h. G., was born in 
 boston thirty-eight years ago. He is of good 
 old New England stock, his ancestors for 
 many years occupying the old house in 
 I'lyniouth originally built by the fathers of the 
 family in "good old colony times." 
 
 He is a member and trustee of the College 
 of Pharmacy, life member of the Ma.ssachusetts 
 State Pharmaceutical Association, member of 
 
 the American Pharmaceutical .Association, e.\- 
 president of the .'Mumni .\ssocialion and of 
 the M. .S. P. .\. His administration of the 
 Retail Druggists' Protective Association of 
 Hoston during the trial of the Campion plan 
 was earnest and vigorous, detecting many 
 tiagrant violations of the cut-off list. 
 
 His address as president of the M. S. P. A. 
 was said to have been one of the most thought- 
 
 MAI.SU.\[-I 
 
 ful and progressive addresses the association 
 was ever favored with. In every position of 
 trust and responsibility he has always appre- 
 ciated to the full that "rank imposes obliga- 
 tions," and has never lost .sight of the 
 important fact that those who have honored 
 him are entitled to receive in return his best 
 thought and service. In public life he has 
 been a member of the Boston city council and 
 is now serving a three years" term on the 
 Boston school board. lie lives his best at his 
 home, where in his library with his charming 
 wife and his three children he takes his keen- 
 est enjoyment. 
 
 Books are his best companions, he sa\s, and 
 wherever he may be found, you may depend, 
 in some pocket there is a volume with which 
 to put to advantage the time that would other- 
 wise be wasted. 
 
 ;ouN ]. MAHo^E^'. 
 
 John L M.vhonev was born in Boston, 
 Aprd 13,1860. He attended the local schools, 
 in the old Winthrop district. Upon leaving 
 school he entered the clothing establishment 
 of Messenger Bros., where he lemained five 
 years. He then engaged with .\. .Shuman & 
 i.,'o., and learned the trade of clothing cutting, 
 which he still follows. He early took an 
 active interest in politics, and was elected as a 
 democrat to represent Ward 3 in the Hoston 
 Common Council in 1S90, '91. He was 
 e'ected to the Legislature in 1S92 and served 
 on the committee on public heallh. He wa-s 
 reelected in 1893, and is a member of the 
 same committee in tne present session. He is 
 a member of the Urbane .Association, Cloth- 
 ing Cutters' Union, and the Catholic Literary 
 L'nion. 
 
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 CAPT. F. T. r.. MAtit'KN. 
 
 Francis Tiiomas Louis Maourn is one 
 of the best known and most efficient of the 
 military officers of Ma.ssachu.setts. Though 
 scarcely more than twenty-five years old, he 
 has held a commission in the militia almost 
 continuously for the past five years, his first 
 commission being given him when but twenty 
 years old. Captain Magurn was Ijorn in 
 Charlestown, on Saturday, May 23, 18GS. Lie 
 attended the local public schools and was 
 graduated from the Prescott Grammar and 
 Charlestown High schools; in the latter, in 
 the class of 18S5. He early evinced a liking 
 for military affairs, and during his high school 
 days he was captain of one of the companies of 
 the Boston High School Regiment. In 1SS8 he 
 enlisted in Company D, 9th Regiment. He 
 was a member of the company but a week 
 when he was elected and commissioned first 
 lieutenant. In less than a year he resigned, 
 only to enlist in Company A, 5th Regiment. 
 He accompanied this command on the famous 
 trip to New York in April, 1887, on the 
 occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of 
 the adoption of the Constitution of the U'nited 
 .States. In May, 1890, when not connected 
 with the militia in any way, he was elected 
 and commissioned captain of Company D, 
 9th Regiment, which position he now holds. 
 In 1888-89, Captain Magurn was 'a special 
 student in Harvard University, and since then 
 he has been a student of medicine at the 
 Harvard Medical School. He resides on 
 Monument .\venue. 
 
 JAMES H. MAVNAKO. 
 
 Iames B. Mavnarh. son of Jason G. and 
 Mercy (Copp) Maynard, was born .\pril 25, 
 1S25, in Worcester, Mass. In 1S32 his parents 
 removed to Boston. Mr. Maynard attended 
 the Eliot School in Boston until his twelfth 
 year, when he went to work on a farm in 
 Woburn. Disliking the occupation as much 
 as the harsh treatment of his employer, he 
 remained but one season. He then returned 
 to Boston and found employment in the 
 tailor shop of Colonel .Stone. 
 
 He remained in that business for three 
 years, and then decided to adopt the business 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 which his father followed, that of a carpenter. 
 His father had a shop on Haverhill Street, 
 and here Mr. Maynard served his apprentice- 
 ship. 
 
 In 1842 he came to Charlestovvn to reside, 
 and in 1S53 he took the carpentrr shop of 
 Kdward Pratt on Green Street, and rvjmained 
 tliere for over a year. lie then removed his 
 shop to Sullivan and Barllett Streets, where 
 he remained about three years, when he sold 
 that property, and purchased ihe location at 
 So .School Street, where he has since remained 
 lie has a very pleasant home on the corner 
 of School and .Summer Streets, where he has 
 resided for forty-three years. Mr. Maynard 
 has been a very progressive builder, and has 
 erected some handsome as w'ell as substantial 
 buildings, which have added to the district 
 very much. 
 
 Me is a member of Hunker Hill Lodge. I. 
 O. O. F., and Somerville Encampment, I. O. 
 O. ¥. He is also connected with the Knights 
 of Honor and the Kcjuitaljle Aid Union. He 
 married Mary Jefferds Sisson, of Chailes- 
 town, October 10, 1S50. They have had five 
 children, J. Frank, Klizabeth E., Emily I. 
 (deceased), Mary A. Goldthwait, and Stella J. 
 Bean. 
 
 JEREMIAH J. MtCAKTHV. 
 
 Jeui;.miaii J. McCarthy was born in 
 Charlestown in 1S52, and was educated in the 
 Bunker Hill Primary and Grammar .Schools. 
 He began at an early age to earn his own 
 living, and learned the morocco-dressing trade 
 which he followed for se\'en years. He was 
 subsecpiently employed for many years as an 
 inspector in the Custom House. When only 
 seventeen he ran as a volunteer with the 
 Bunker Hill hose carriage, and later was a 
 member of Washington Hose Company. He 
 was the first treasurer of the Charlestown 
 Volunteer Firemen's .Association, holding the 
 ottice several years. He was the originator 
 of the Firemen's Tournament of June 17. 
 iSgo, and was appointed by Governor Brackett 
 on the State Board of Fire Commissioners 
 to expend the one-thousand-dollar fund for 
 disabled firemen. He was active in politics 
 both before and after the anne.xation of 
 Charlestown to Boston, but was always persis- 
 tent in refusing to acce]5t a nomination for 
 an elective office until 1.S92, when he received 
 the Republican nomination for the Legislature 
 from Ward 4, and was elected, although the 
 ward has a Demociatic majority. He was re- 
 elected in 1893. During his first term of 
 service he was a member of the Committee on 
 Harbors and Public Lands, and the Rapid Tran- 
 sit Committee, and in the present session he is 
 on the Committee on Railroads and the Rapid 
 Transit Committee. In tSSS he was aleading 
 spirit in the movement which sent General 
 Banks to Congress. He was alternate delegate 
 to the Rejiublican National Convention at 
 Minneapolis in 1892. Mr. McCarthy was 
 married in 1882, to Elizabeth O. Nourse, of 
 Natick, who died August 28, 1893, leaving 
 one child, a daughter. 
 
 GF.oRc.if Edward McKay was born in 
 Charlestown, January 26, 1841, and was edu- 
 cated in the local schools. Afler leaving the 
 high school, he found employment as clerk 
 in a tailoring establishment. In 1867, he 
 started in the same busintss for himself in 
 the firm of McDonald & McKay, and re- 
 mained until 1S72, when Mr. McDonald 
 retired from the business. Mr. McKay 
 continued alone until 1877, when he was 
 appointed supt rintendent of Faneuil Hall 
 Market, by Mayor Prince. He has given un- 
 (|ualilied satisfaction by his faithful perfor- 
 mance of the duties of the office, and has been 
 repeatedly re-appointed by succeeding mayors. 
 
 Mr. McKay has not only satisfied the 
 appointing power, but has won the friendship 
 and esteem of the great body of marketmen 
 and of their patrons. He is an ideal public 
 official, being a student of human nature, and 
 making inteiligei t use of his knowledge. Mr. 
 McKay is affiliated with many organizations, 
 lie is a I'ast Grand of Howard Lodge, L O. 
 I I. F. ; Past Master of Henry Price Lodge, 
 !■'. anc A. M. ; a member of Royal Arch 
 ( hapler ; Cteurde Lion Commandery, Knights 
 Templar, Paul Revere Lodge, Knights of 
 Honor, and Veteran Odd P'ellows Association 
 of Massachusetts. 
 
 MCDONAt.IJ. 
 
 Jamks .VrnANASius McDonald, M. D. 
 Tliough not a native of Charlestown, the best 
 years of his life have been spent here. He 
 was born in Charlottetown, Prince F.dward 
 Island, May 2, 1842. His early education was 
 received in the Prince of Wales and St. 
 Dunstan Colleges in that I^rovince, and, 
 coming to Boston, he entered Harvard Medical 
 School in 1862, being graduated therefrom 
 in 1866. He has always practised in Charles- 
 town. He was a member of the lower house 
 r^f the Legislature of 1S66; of the Charles- 
 town school board from 1S69 to 1S73, inclusive, 
 and of the Boston school board from 1SS7 to 
 1893, inclusive. At this writing (December, 
 1S93), he has just been re-elected a member 
 of the Boston School Board for the term of 
 three years. 
 
 For four years Dr. McDonald was surgeon 
 
 of the Sth Infantry, M. V. M. He is a 
 member of the Massachusetts Medical 
 .Society, the Crynaacological Society, the Har- 
 vard Medical Society, the Bostonian Society, 
 the .'\ncient and Honorable Artillery Company, 
 and of many benefit and charitable societies. 
 As a member of the School Board, Dr. 
 McDonald has taken especial interest in the 
 drawing department. When he assumed the 
 position of Chairman of the Committee on 
 Drawing, he found the work not ecjual to the 
 standard which should e.\ist in Boston, and he 
 instituted investigations and secured some 
 valuable expert testimony in the matter, with 
 the view of placing this important departnienl 
 in advance of any other city in the country. 
 Dr. McDonald was married to Miss .'\nnie 
 .Sprague on May 30, i86g. They have four 
 children living: James A., William J., Annie 
 S., and Louis R. Three others have died. 
 
 Dr. McDonald has the reputation of being a 
 highly skilful physician. Of nice discrimina- 
 tion andsound judgment, he has built up a large 
 practice in Charlestown and adjacent districts. 
 His aid is largely sought by his brother 
 physicians, who recognize his skill. He is fore- 
 most in every good work wherein the masses 
 are to be benefited. As a whole, Dr. 
 McDonald is a man of unbleniished character, 
 and of high mental culture, having, without 
 doubt, a practice surpassed by no other physi- 
 cian in New England. His office and home 
 are at 1 16 Main Street. 
 
 m'l.H r-. ftrcKALLV. 
 
 Illicit P. McNallv is one of the most 
 successful of the many bright men that 
 Charlestown has given to the newspaper pro- 
 fes.sion. He was born in Charlestown in 1S55, 
 and attended the public schools of this dis- 
 trict. In early life he worked at the baking 
 business and later in the grocery and provision 
 Inrsiness. Afterwartis he entered the steam- 
 engineering dtpartment at the Navy Yard, 
 with the intention of becoming an engineer in 
 the navy. After a competitive e.xanrinalion 
 he was made a government apprentice, but as 
 there were no vacancies in the machine-shop 
 he was placed in the pattern-shop and served 
 a full term of four years in learning the 
 pattern-maker's trade. While learning his 
 trade he studied hard at home and at the 
 evening high school, posting himself fully on 
 the recpiirements for admission to the An- 
 napolis Academy. At the same time he began 
 n porting for the Daily Advertiser, and akso 
 for the old .Sunday "Times. He secured a 
 regular place on the staff of the Daily .Adver- 
 tiser, where he remained for about eight years. 
 He left the ''old daily" to become one 
 of the night editors of the Herald, a position 
 he filled for nearly si.\ years, leaving the 
 Herald's night news desk to become the e.x- 
 change editor. He remained exchange editor 
 for about two and a half years. He is next 
 found as day news editor and assistant dra- 
 matic editor. 
 
 Mr. McNally is now the New England cor- 
 re.spondent of the New York Herald. He is 
 also a frequent contributor to the New York 
 and Western newspapers, a special article 
 
ClIARI.KSrOWN ClllZENS, I'AST AND PRESENT. 
 
 writer for tlie I'.ostoii Herald and ihe Irish- 
 Ainericiin press over Uie signatures of " Hugli 
 X." and " Heller." 
 
 He was one of the founders of St. Mary's 
 Voung Men's Temperance Society of Charles- 
 town." He is a member of the Charitable 
 Irish Society and of the Boston Press Kille 
 cud), of which latter organization he has been 
 the executive officer. He has never held any 
 political oflice save that of mendiership in the 
 Democratic Ward and City Committee of 
 Huston. He is a married man and has several 
 children. 
 
 JiinN J. McNai.i.y was born in Charlestown 
 Sinulay, May 7, 1.S5-I. He was educated 
 in the public schools, and is a graduate of 
 the Charlestown High School, being one of 
 the class of 1S72. He afterwards entered the 
 Harvard Law .School, where he prepared him- 
 self for admission to the bar. While pursiung 
 his studies at Harvard he began his career a^ 
 a journalist on the Charlestown Chronicle, a 
 ]iaper which was at one time edited by lohn 
 11. Holmes, the present managing editor of 
 The lloston Herald. In September, 1S7J, 
 Mr. McNally became the Charlestown reporter 
 of the Boston Globe. He retained his news- 
 paper connections during the two terms he was 
 at Harvard, doing at night a variety of jour- 
 n.ilistic work and studying law- during the day. 
 Inclination, taste, temperament induced him to 
 desert the law and give his whole allegiance to 
 journalism, where the immediate rewards for 
 labor were greater. He was employed as a 
 reporter and .special writer by the Globe, Ad- 
 vertiser, and .Sunday Courier, at various times, 
 .ind, somewhere aliout 1S77, he succeeded Mr. 
 Henry \. Clapp as dramatic critic of the Sun- 
 day Times. II is work for the Times proving 
 satisfactory, he was given charge of several 
 departments, and finally was placed in full 
 editorial control of the paper, which he con- 
 tlucted with success. 
 
 In conjunction w-ith l)e.\ter .Smith, Mr. 
 McNally wrote " Revels ; or Bon Ton George, 
 Jr.," which was one of the most successful 
 burlesipies ever pre.sented in this coimtry. 
 Manager I^. E. Rice offered him a good salary 
 to travel with the company as librettist and 
 press agent and he entered the dramatic pro- 
 fession and remained in it for three seasons, 
 acting as press agent, treasurer, and business 
 manager. For a few months Mr. McNally was 
 engaged as assistant business manager for 
 .'\nnie Pi.xley, and when he left her service he 
 returned to Boston and again entered jotu'iial- 
 ism as an editorial writer on the Boston Daily 
 .Star, and a few weeks later was appointed man- 
 aging editor of that paper, leaving it to join 
 the special editorial stall of writers on the Bos- 
 ton Herald. The Herald management after- 
 wards gave him fidl control of its dramatic 
 department. 
 
 While with Mr. Rice, Mr. McXally rewrote 
 " Horrors," '■ The Babes in the Wood," and 
 other pieces in the Rice re[)ertoire, and gave to 
 all of them new leases of life and prosperity. 
 In '• The New livangeline," which was also 
 
 the work of this author, Henry E. Di.Ney made 
 one of his greatest successes. Mr. McNally 
 is also the author of some sketches and farces 
 which were successful, but which were not 
 billed under his name. He has written many 
 songs and a great many verses which were 
 sung in this city by visiting comedians. His 
 more recent successes are "Home Rule," 
 "Upside Down," "Army Tactics, or Love 
 and Stiategy," "Irish Heads and German 
 Hearts," " A Sharp Tack," " Turned Down," 
 " Little Lord McElroy," " Boys and Girls,'' 
 "A Straight Tip," " A Country Sport." Mr. 
 McNally has been singularly fortunate as an 
 author, as his name has never been associated 
 ^vilh a failuie. 
 
 IJANiiil. J. McNai.LY was born in this dis- 
 trict twenty-seven years ago. He was educated 
 in the public schools, and subsequently served 
 an apprenticeship as a lithographic artist in 
 tlie theatrical department of the Forbes 
 Lithograph Co., at Chelsea, where he is at 
 present employed. During his apprenticeship, 
 he attended the evening drawing school at the 
 old City Hall, and carried off the honors for 
 several years in free-hand work. P'or three 
 years he was a member of the Zepho Art 
 Club, and worked upon drawings from life. 
 Mr. McNally has done a great deal of crayon 
 portrait work, and he is considered by able 
 critics an adept in this line of art. He is also 
 a clever musician. lie is a member of the 
 Royal .\rcanum, the Forbes Mutual Aid 
 Society, and the Lithographers' Association. 
 He is married, and resides on Central Avenue, 
 Revere. 
 
 JAMnS l-'. MCNAI.I.V. 
 
 jAMf.s F. McNai.i.y, the youngest of the 
 McNally boys, was also born in Charlestown, 
 the date of his birth being .-Vugust 15, 186S. 
 He attended the public schools, graduating 
 from the Harvard Grammar School in 1S83, 
 and the English High School in 1886. Com- 
 pleting the high school course, he entered the 
 employ of IJwinell, Hayward& Co., coffee and 
 
 spice merchants, remaining with that concern 
 over two years. While at work for this firm, 
 he did odd jobs at reporting, and, acquiring a 
 taste for journalism, he obtained a position on 
 the repor torial staff of the Boston Herald, in 
 the fall of iSSy. He did general work for a 
 time, and was then a-isigned to the yachting 
 department, and in a short time was appointed 
 assistant yachting editor. His work in this 
 department has been exceptionally good, and 
 has attracted widespread attention. His re- 
 ports of the great races, especially the inter- 
 national cup races, during the past few year.s, 
 are said to have been the best published in the 
 country. His work was most favorably com- 
 mented upon by the i>ress of I'jigland and 
 Scotland, as well as of this country, and he 
 was personally comiriended by his superiors 
 on the Herald for his untiring Zealand fidelity 
 in reporting the great contests at New York. 
 Mr. McNally has done considerable dramatic 
 work, and is at present connected with one of 
 Boston's theatres as press agent. He has 
 been connected with a number of social, 
 a(|ualic. and athletic organizations, and has 
 been prominent in annteur theatrical circles. 
 He is an exjjert canoeist, and has won several 
 prizes in racing contests. 
 
 W ll.LIAM fj. MCNALLV. 
 
 Dr. William J. McNai.i.y was born on 
 Chelsea Street, (.'harlestown, in ( Hlober, 1863, 
 his father being the late Peter McNally, who 
 was so widely known, and his mother, Mrs. 
 Bridget McNally, at present living at 1 1 Park 
 Street. 
 
 The doctor entered the Training Field 
 School at five years of age, passing through 
 the regular course into the Harvard Grammar 
 School from which he graduated. Leaving 
 the Harvard .School, he entered Boston 
 College, taking a classical course, and remained 
 there for three years. .-Xt this institution he 
 was awarded several medals and premiums for 
 general excellence in his studies. He entered 
 the Harvard Medical School in 1S83, and 
 three years later completed his course, gradu- 
 ating with honors, and receiving the degree of 
 M. i). -A month later he opened an olficc 
 and began practice at y6 Bunker lldl Street. 
 He built up a good clientage ipiite rapidly, 
 and within a few months removed to 176 
 Hunker Hill Street, his present location. 
 His business and success steadily increased, 
 until at present he holds a place among the 
 oldest and foremost ])hysicians in Charlestown. 
 In Jime, 1SS9, Dr. McN.dly was married to 
 Nellie Kelley. a .school teacher of this district. 
 During this year Dr. McNally weiit to 
 Europe and spent considerable time in visiting 
 and inspecting the leading medical schools and 
 hospitals of France. He is a member of the 
 Harvard Medical School Association, the 
 Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massa- 
 chusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, and 
 other organizations. For several years he has 
 been attached to the staff of the Charlestown 
 Free Dispensary. He is a talented musician 
 and a composer of considerable ability. 
 
 49 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 JOHN hKM-.l.l-l^' 
 
 John McNki.i.is is without doubt tlie oldest 
 living resident of Charlestown. He was born 
 in Londonderry, Ireland, August 13, 1799, and 
 is therefore ninetv-fue years old. The photo- 
 graph from which the accompanying cut is 
 reproduced was taken two years ago, and 
 shows him to have been then a well-preserved 
 man. There has been but little change in his 
 appearance since, and he is quite vigorous 
 to-day, with a mind which is as clear as it was 
 a decade ago. 
 
 Mr. McXellis' father emigrated to this 
 country in the year iSoo, and was followed in 
 1830 by John and his brothers. Since that 
 time, sixty-four years, Mr. McNeills has been 
 a resident of Charlestown. In his younger 
 days he was quite active in politics, always as 
 a Democrat. He was also interested in 
 religious and benevolent organizations, being 
 a charter member of St. Mary's Mutual Relief 
 Society, the oldest Catholic society in New 
 F.ngland. He was the first president of the 
 Father Matthew Temperance Society of St. 
 Mary's. He was for many years employed iu 
 the machine shop in the navy yard. 
 
 Mr. McNeills was married shortly after he 
 came to this country. He was the father of 
 five children, two sons and three daughters, 
 all the latter being dead. Ills sons, Bernard 
 and Thomas, are both well known in this dis- 
 trict. The former is employed in the depart- 
 ment of overseeing the poor, and the latter is 
 superintendent in the well known house of 
 A. Shuman & Co. 
 
 MICUAKI. J. MITCHELL. 
 
 MiCHAKi. J. Mitchell was born on 
 Moulton Street, Charlestown, on Monday, 
 July 29, 1S55. He was educated in the 
 Moulton Street primary and Winthrop schools, 
 after which he learned his trade of wood 
 turner. He worked for a time in the Navy 
 Yard, but with the general shutting down 
 which took place there some years ago, he 
 engaged in the same occupation, but in the 
 furnilure line. Snb.sequently, he associated 
 him.self with his brother-in-law, the late John 
 J. Keating, in the undertaking business. In 
 this he was very successful, and his business 
 
 to-day is one of the largest of its kind here- 
 abouts. 
 
 Several years ago Mr. Mitchell began to 
 interest himself in politics. In this, as in 
 every undertaking of his, he has been very 
 successful. His first effort for a nomination 
 to a political office was for the Common Council 
 in Ward 3. He won by a large vote, 
 both in the caucus and at the polls. He 
 served one year in the lower branch of the 
 City Council, but declined a second nomination, 
 though it was easily within his grasp. In 
 1.SS9 he sought a nomination for the Legisla- 
 ture, and, in a memorable contest, he won by 
 an overwhelming vote. He was elected at the 
 polls, and he served for two years, 1890-91, in 
 the popular branch of the great and general 
 court. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell had the unusual e.xpetience of 
 being the only Democrat who sat in the Legis- 
 lature, as representing Charlestown in 1S90. 
 
 In 1S91 he was elected a member of the 
 l!o.-ton Hoard of Aldermen. The contest for 
 the nomination was one of the sharpest ever 
 known in Charlestown. Vigorous effort was 
 made to defeat him in his own ward, but he 
 won, defeating his nearest competitor several 
 hundred votes. He served in the Hoard of 
 Aldermen two years, 1S92-93. Mr. Mitchell 
 always surrounded himself with the active 
 young men of the Llemocratic party, with 
 whom he was especi.illy popular, and, because 
 of this fact, perhaps, coupled with the further 
 fact that he was always steadfast and loyal 
 to his constituents, he may attribute his politi- 
 cal success. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Mitchell is very popidar. He 
 lielongs to a large number of the social organi- 
 zations of the district, including the Catholic 
 Literary Union, the Moulton Associates, the 
 Urbane Literary .-\ssociation, the Jefferson 
 Club, the Franklin .-Xssociates. and the lUinker 
 Hill Council, Knights of Columbus. He is a 
 ready and witty speaker. Mr. Mitchell still 
 lives on Moulton Street, on the spot where he 
 »js l-on. 
 
 CHAKLHS K. MOk^L. 
 
 I'liAKLiis R. Morse, son of General James 
 and Louisa (Page) Morse, was born in Water- 
 ford, Vermont, in 1S29. .\t the age of ten years 
 he removed to ,St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he 
 remained inUil his twentieth year. He received 
 his education in the common schools of 
 Waterford and St. Johnsbury, and attended 
 tile Newbuiy Seminary for two terms. His 
 father was a farmer and a bbacksmith, and 
 when young Morse had finished his education 
 he assisted his father. 
 
 One day he told his father he wanted to go 
 to Boston to find employment, but received 
 no encouragement. He was determined to 
 make the trip, however, and soon after got a 
 chance on a cattle train as helper to Lambert 
 Hastings, a noted Vermont cattle driver. He 
 soon found employment on a truck team, and 
 in 1S51 staited in similar business for him.self. 
 He was delegated by President Lincoln to do 
 the government trucking at the Custom House, 
 and for fourteen years he held the contract. 
 
 Mr. Morse was a member of the Republican 
 
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 State Committee for two years. Iji 1S52 he 
 married Mary Ann Judkins, of Boston, who 
 died in 1882, leaving four children. Henry 
 Woolson Morse, one of his sons, better known 
 as Woolson Mor-ie, is the composer of many 
 operas, among others, " The Merry Monarch," 
 " Wang," and " Panjandrum." Another son, 
 William Parker Morse, is in the real estate 
 business. Charles Arthur Morse, the youngest 
 son, is known to the public and the stage as 
 " Cam Mauval," of " Wang" and " Panjan- 
 driun " fame. Mr. Morse's second marriage 
 was to Mary J. Hopkins, of Charlestown. His 
 place of business is at 1 Central Wharf, 
 where he has been for twenty years. Mr. 
 Morse has resided in Charlestown for forty 
 years. He is in perfect he.ilth, which he at- 
 tributes to a temperate life, for he has never 
 tasted a drop of liquor. The only social 
 organization with which he is connected is the 
 Charlestown Club. He resides at 22 Cordis 
 Strrct. 
 
 GE0R(;E v. .MLLLEIT. 
 
 George F. Mi'lleit, son of John and 
 Emily A. (Caswell) MuUett was born in Charles- 
 town, August 21, 1846. He attended the 
 Town Hill and Winthrop Grammar Schools in 
 this district and the Mayhew (Grammar School, 
 Boston. When gr.-iduating at the Mayhew 
 Grammar, he received a Franklin medal for 
 general excellence. After leaving school, he 
 entered the engineer's office in the Navy Yard 
 and later went with the Charles River Iron 
 Works at Cambridge Lower Port as book- 
 keeper. In 1S67 he was appointed book- 
 keeper and cashier at Dainon's Wharf, and 
 he continued in the position for eighteen 
 years. He next located at Constitution 
 Wharf as a weigher, and on the death of his 
 father last year he succeeded to the long- 
 established grocery business at the corner of 
 Chelsea and Henley .Streets, and the firm's 
 name was changed to John Mullett & Co. 
 The store has been entirely remodelled ; roll 
 tO]) bins, spice drawers, counters, and tea 
 caddies of the latest design have been put in. 
 A new ice chest and a handsome cigar coun- 
 ter have been added to the equipment. A 
 plate glass front office overlooks the whole 
 store. The old style of window has given 
 way to elegant plate glass windows, and a 
 beautiful sign of marl?leized plate glass, the 
 only one of its kind in the State, has been 
 placed over the entrance. Mr. Mullett was 
 married in 1S6S to Miss .\bbie C. Day, of 
 Boston. He removed to Maiden in 1 888, 
 and now lives there in a fine residence on 
 Hawthorne Street. He served in the Boston 
 Common Council in 18S1 and '82. He was 
 lieutenant in G Company, 7th Regiment, for 
 five years. He is past master of Henry 
 Price Lodge, .\. F. and A. M.; past high priest 
 of Signet Chapter, and present commander 
 of Cceur de Lion Commandery, Knights 
 Templar, and a member of Paul Revere K. of 
 H. He was one of the most prominent organ 
 izers of the June 17th Carnivals, conducted 
 by the Mystic Order of Owls. He is a member 
 of the 999th Artillery .Association and of the 
 Kernwood Club of Maiden. 
 
(•H.\R[.EST()WN CITIZENS, I'AST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Anthony S. Moess, son of Joseph and 
 Deborali (Odell) Moiss, was born in New- 
 hiiryport, Massachusetts, in 1823. His birth- 
 phice gave him his education, and he 
 graduated from its high school in 1836: 
 then he commenced \vorl< as cleric in a hard- 
 ware store, where he remaineci until i^-i4, 
 when he came to lioston. Immediately on 
 arriving here he opened a store on Commercial 
 Street. He served on the School Boaid of 
 Charlestown, in the Charlestown Common 
 Council and Board of Aldermen. He was a 
 State I'rison Inspector under Governor .An- 
 drew, who also a])j)ointed him a justice of the 
 peace, which office he still holds. 
 
 Mr. Morss is a member of the Royal 
 Arcanum, and vice-president of the Massachu- 
 setts Society for aiding discharged convicts, 
 and tlie New England Hardware Dealers As- 
 sociation. In 1S51. he married Lucy Dimnels, 
 of Boston, whodied in 1S72. In iSjGhe mar- 
 ried Helen A. Bray, of Newburyport. Mr. 
 Morss has two children living. He has lived 
 for forty years at 42 Harvard Street. His place 
 of business is at 210 and 212 Coinmercial Street, 
 where he carries a complete line of hardware 
 and ship chandlery. He is the originator of 
 yacht hardware and trimmings. He has been 
 an officer and member of the First Church, 
 Charlestown. for forty years. 
 
 jiiuN Mci.r.ET'r. 
 
 John Mui.i.ETr was born in Charlestown 
 more than seventy-four years ago. He was 
 at the time of his death, I)eceir)ber 27, 1S93, 
 the oldest retail grocer in Boston, and was 
 for thirty-eight years located on the site where 
 the present store at the corner of Chelsea and 
 Henley Streets stands. Mr. Mulletl's grand- 
 father fought in the Kevolutionary War and his 
 father in the War of 1.S12. Voting Midlett was 
 educated at the Charlestown public schools, 
 and when seventeen years of age enteretl the 
 employ of Klisha I,. Phelps, located only a 
 short distance from the present .^ite on the 
 Salem Turnpike. His salary was si.\ dollars 
 per month, by which it will be seen that the 
 work necessary in early life to become a 
 successful grocer recpiired a determined will. 
 Mr. Mullet! remained with Mr. I'helps two 
 
 years, learning in that time all that his em- 
 ployer had been many years in acquiring. He 
 estalilished in 1S42 the business in which 
 he was so long engaged, being then twenty-five 
 years of age. The firm was first known as 
 Cutter & MuUett, then Mullett & Bradbury, 
 and took its recent title in 1S72. Mr. J. O.Brad- 
 bury died in 1872, .md wris held high in general 
 public esteem. Mr. Mullett was a man of 
 large business capacity, push, and enterprise 
 and enjoyed a high reputation for upright 
 dealings. He possessed great force of charac- 
 ter. His interest always was identical with 
 that of Charlestown. 
 
 JAMES S. MURrHV. 
 
 James Smii.ey Murphy, son of John and 
 Jane (Smiley) Murphy, was born in Charles- 
 town, January 17, 1S49, He received his 
 early education in the public schools, gradu- 
 ating in the classical department of the Charles- 
 town High School in 1S66. His connection 
 with public life has been mainly with the 
 School Committee. He served on the Charles- 
 town School Committee of 1870-71, being the 
 youngest member ever elected to that body, 
 and has just completed his third term on the 
 Boston School Committee. He received si.xteen 
 hundred majority in his first election for the 
 .School Committee, although all the other 
 Democratic nominees were defeated. In the 
 election of 1890, with the Democratic nomi- 
 nation alone, he had the largest vote of any 
 man on either ticket. While connected with 
 the .School Board he has been chairman of the 
 committees on the Normal School, Evening 
 Schools, Rules and Regulations and Ro.xbury 
 district. He was chairman of the committee 
 that engrafted "Manual Training'' on the 
 Boston public school system, and established 
 the Mechanics' Art High School. He has 
 had many honorary positions, such as the 
 presidency of Charlestown High .School A,sso- 
 ciation, the Young Men's Catholic As.sociation 
 of Boston College, and the Clover Club, also 
 of the New England .-\ssociation of Base liall 
 Players, 1870 anil 1S71, and of the celebrated 
 Una Club of Charlestown during the three 
 years that it was the champion club of New 
 England. He has been a trustee of the New 
 England Conservatory of Music. Mr. Mur- 
 phy is connected with many sochal organiza- 
 tions, notably the Ro.\bury and ICxchange 
 Clubs and the Boston .Athletic .-\ssocialion. 
 As a successful business man. he stands high. 
 and deservedly so, in Boston. .At an early age 
 he was a partner in the firm of .Silsbee, Eowler 
 & Co., spices and dyestuffs. Two years 
 later the style of the firm became Silsbee iV 
 Murphy, and for twenty years Mr. Murphy 
 was managing partner. When the great 
 mustard and spice house of Stickney & Poor, 
 which was fountled in 1815, became a 
 corporation, because of its large and increasing 
 business, Mr. Murphy became one of the 
 directors. In May, 1S91, he succeeded Mr. 
 Rufus B. .Stickney as manager and treasurer 
 of the corporation. 'I'he lioston Journal 
 of .April 24, 1S93, says: "The Stickney & 
 Poor .Spice Company is the oldest as well as 
 the largest house in pure mustard and spices 
 
 in .America. Their immense trade is con- 
 trolled by able and successful managers." As 
 a speaker and debater Mr. Murphy is one of 
 the ablest that has served on the .School 
 Committee Eor a business man, holding the 
 important position which he does, he is young 
 in years, but his remarkable success shows 
 that he is gifted with e.vtraordiuary aliility. A 
 broad-minded and pulilic. spirited man, he 
 takes high rank in a community wirich num- 
 bers among its citizens some_|of tlie ablest 
 minds in the land. 
 
 JOHM R. MURl'UV. 
 
 John R. Murphy, son of John and Jane 
 (.Smiley) Murphy, was born in Charlestown, 
 .August 25, 1856, and attended the puliIic 
 schools, graduating from the Charlestown 
 High School. He was first employed by the 
 firm of Silsbee & Murphy, commission mer- 
 chants, and later was business manager of the 
 Pilot newspaper, where he remained seven 
 years, resigning to engage in the advertising 
 business on his own account. His public 
 career began in 1883, when he was elected 
 froiTT Ward 5 to the House of Representa- 
 tives. He was reelected in 18S4 and 18S5, 
 and the following year represented the Charle.s- 
 town district in the Massachusetts Senate. 
 Mr. Murphy, while in the Legislature, served 
 on many important committees, and took a 
 leading part on the Democratic side in the 
 discussion of important measures brought for- 
 ward. He served on the Tewksbury Investi- 
 gating Committee, making the report for the 
 minority of the committee, and the year follow- 
 ing w.as on the committee which considered 
 the question of a metropoUtan police service 
 for Boston, having charge of the report which 
 was made against that measure. He was 
 noted as one of the most eloquent and forcible 
 speakers in the House, and was especially 
 strong in debate. While in the Senate, in 
 1886, he was appointed a member of the 
 Board of Fire Commissioners, and at the e.\- 
 piration of his term of office was reappointed 
 by Mayor O'Brien, and again by Mayor 
 Matthews, having served eight years con- 
 secutively as a member of that board. Mr. 
 Murphy, as a-Fire Commissioner, has displayed 
 e.\ecutive ability of a high order, and it is 
 owing in great measure to his efforts that the 
 department has .always kept abre.ast of the 
 times in the way of improvements and use of 
 inventive appliances. In 1892 he was a 
 delegate to the National Convention at 
 Chicago which nominated Grover Cleveland. 
 Mr. Murphy's services as a speaker have been 
 frequently in demand by his party, and also 
 upon many public occasions. At the unveiling 
 of the tablets erected to the memory of those 
 who fought at Bunker Hill, on June 17, 18S9, 
 he delivered the oration upon that historic 
 ground: and on July 4, 1S92, by invitation of 
 the city of Boston, he delivered the annual 
 oration commemorative of the occasion in the 
 Boston Theatre. Mr. Murphy h.as also on 
 many occasions warmly advocated upon the 
 platform the cause of Irish Home Rule. He 
 is connected with numerous organizations of 
 the city of a charitable and social nature, such 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 as the Charitable Irish Society, lioston Atliletic 
 Club, Clover Club, St. Mary's Temperance 
 Society and Catholic Literary Union of 
 Charlestown. Bunker Hill Branch of the Irish 
 National Federation, and many others. He 
 married Mary, daughter of John C. Daly, 
 October 24, 1893. lie resides on Cordis Street. 
 
 \\ ILMAM Ml ' l> A ^ . 
 
 Wii.I.IAM MuRKAV is the secor.d son of 
 John and Mary (Hay) Murray, lie was born 
 on Cordis Street, and now resides on Oak 
 Street, Charlestown. lie married Mary Brad- 
 bury Edmands, daughter of Capt. John I-)a\ is 
 Edmands. One daughter, who is the wife 
 of Rev. Horace F. Barnes, of Providence, 
 Rhode Island, and one son, William Clarke 
 Murray, were their children. 
 
 Mr. Murray was in the dry goods business 
 many years in the store corner of Main and 
 Thompson Streets. He removed to the store 
 No. 65 and 67 Main Street, and, forming a 
 partnership with his son, continued the 
 business under the name of Mmray & Son, 
 until the death of the latter, when he sold out 
 aid retired from trade. 
 
 Mr. Murray is one of the board of managers 
 of the Winchester Home for Aged Women, a 
 trustee of the Warren Institution for Savings, 
 a trustee of the Poor Fund, a member of 
 Faith Lodge of Free Masons, a member of 
 the Nine Hundred and Ninety-ninth Artillery 
 Association, and a deacon of Harvard 
 (Unitarian) Church. 
 
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 WlI.I.IANt CI..VKKE MtlKRAY was born in 
 Charlestown, on the eighth of Septendier, 
 184.S. He was the sectmd child and (Jiily son 
 of William and Mary Bradbury Murray. He 
 was educated in the Warren School, leaving it 
 when fourteen years of age to assist his father 
 in business. At the age of twuity-two he 
 became a partner with his father and removed 
 from the store, corner of Thompson and Main 
 Streets, to 67 Main Street, where the firm of 
 Wm. Murray & Son was located, and did a 
 successfid l)usiness for twenty years. 
 
 He also became interested in real estate, 
 antl, with his father, was owtier of several 
 estates, having built a number of apartment 
 
 houses, and he was considered by many to 
 have the best judgment in real estate matters 
 of any person in Charlestown. He was well 
 versed' in local history, having made the 
 chronicles of his native town a special study, 
 and he was justly proud of its history and its 
 people. 
 
 lie was a member of the First Baptist 
 Church. -At the age of twenty-one he became 
 a Free Mason, and was a member of F'aith 
 Lodge and of Cceur de Lion Comtnandery of 
 Knights Templar. He was one of the first 
 members of the 999th Artillery A.ssociation, 
 which has since become a large social club, 
 and he held offices in other organizations. 
 He was married on April 4, 1S78, to Miss 
 1 larriet B. Coolidge, of Oswego, New York. 
 1 le died on November 18, 1S90. 
 
 GBOKCiE B. NEAL. 
 
 OEnur.E B. Neal, son of Benjamin and 
 liunice (Uaniell) Neal, was born in Newton 
 Lower Falls, Massachusetts, May 21, 1S23. 
 He was educated in the puljlic schools of 
 .Newton. Early in life Mr. Neal developed a 
 strong liking for music, and studied the piano, 
 organ, and harmony, and his knowledge of 
 these things has been a source of much 
 pleasure to him all through life. Mr. Neal 
 studied law in the Harvard Law School and 
 in the office of Judge G. Washington Warren 
 in this district, and was admitted to the bar 
 ()ctol)er i5, 1849. fie practised imtil 1S52, 
 when he became treasurer and manager of the 
 Charlestown Gas Co., now the Charlestown 
 Gas and Electric Co., a position which he has 
 filled uninterruptedly ever since, and identified 
 himself with the .splendid development of the 
 plant and business of the company. 
 
 Mr. Neal served the city of Charlestown as 
 alderman for three years, 1S70, '7 1, '7-. "e 
 was also a member of the School Board of 
 Charlestown for eight years, and a member of 
 the lloston School I'oard for two years after 
 annexation. lie is connected with many 
 l»usiness, social, and leligious organizations, 
 among which may be mentioned ; .Somerville 
 lOlectric C'o. and the Lynn Electric Co., in 
 both of which he is a director; Charlestown 
 Five Cents .Savings Bank, being vice-president ; 
 Monument National Bank, in which he is a 
 ilirector; Municipal Fire and Public Telegraph 
 Co., of which he is a director; Bunker Hill 
 Monument Association, of which he is a 
 ilirector; Charlestown Y. M. C. A., of which 
 he was president for several years; Evangelis- 
 tic A.ssociation of New England ; Charlestown 
 Poor Fund, and Hunt Asylum for Destitute 
 Children, being treasurer of each ; and the 
 Charlestown Club, of which he is a director. 
 He is also warden and treasurer of St. John's 
 Church, and is connected with various chari- 
 table organizations. 
 
 For twenty five years Mr. Neal was organist 
 of St. John's Church, and quite frequently 
 now he serves in that capacity. He is a 
 skilled musician and a lover of the best that 
 the art offers. Before coming to Charlestow-n 
 he served as organist in three different 
 churches, and he has had a great deal to do in 
 the direction of choirs and choru.ses, and in 
 which he is possessed of e.xceptional skill. 
 
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 1. FRANK Ni O.N'AN. 
 
 T. Frank Noonan is a native of this city. 
 He was educated in, the Winlhrop Grammar 
 and Charlestown High .Schools. .-Xfter leaving 
 school he entered the office of Russell Gray 
 and Henry W. Swift, where he studied law. 
 He was admitted to the bar in 1889, and his 
 practice is now very large. Mr. Noonan was 
 one of the early nrembeis of the Young Men's 
 Democratic Club of Massachusetts, being 
 for three years secretary of tlie committee on 
 membership, and was one of the hardest 
 workers to bring the club to its present strong 
 and influential position. He wields a great 
 influence in the club, and his knowledge of 
 public men and events makes him a valued 
 advisor of the promoters of the organization 
 in busy political times. Mr. Noonan is a 
 member of the Boston Bar Association and 
 various social clubs. His office is in the 
 handsome building of the Hospital Life Insur- 
 ance Co. on State Street. Gifted with 
 versatile talents, the practical side of his 
 character has won for hinr the great respect 
 which is felt for him by all who have been 
 brought into contact with him in business 
 and social life. He lives on Lexington .Street, 
 (.-harlestown. 
 
 
 
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 Wit.i.iAM H. Oakes was born in Cohasset, 
 Saturday, January 24, 1S57. His parents re- 
 moved to Charlestown while he was very 
 young, and he grew up a Charlestown boy 
 in every sense of the word. He is liest known 
 as one of the most prominent officers in the 
 militia. He entered the military service of 
 the State in 1S74. In 18S3, he was promoted 
 to the .second lieutenancy of the Charlestown 
 Cadets, and two years later he became captain 
 of this popular company. After nearly four 
 years of remarkable success in this capacity, he 
 relinquished his command to advance one 
 step higher, becoming major of the Fifth 
 RegiiTient of Infantry, which position he holds 
 at the present time. His political career 
 commenced six years ago, .since which time he 
 has represented Waid 4 three times in the 
 Common Council and twice in the State 
 Legislature, being returned each year with 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND rRESENT. 
 
 steadilv increasing majorities. Wliile in tlie 
 lower lirancli of tlie city government lie 
 served on several of the most honorable and 
 important committees. In the House of 
 Representatives he was, for two years, House- 
 chairman of the Committee on Military .Affairs. 
 Major Oakes has always been active in further- 
 ing the interests of Charlestown. .Socially, 
 Major Oakes is well known; he is a member 
 of the (idd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, 
 the Charlestown Improvement .Association, 
 and the Charlestosvn Club. He is an active 
 member of the 17th of June Carnival Associa- 
 tion, and for three successive years was Chief 
 Marshal of the Morning Carnival. 
 
 jAiMEs W. O'Hrien was born in Charle.s- 
 tnwn on Friday, January 3, 1S6S. His rudi- 
 mentary education was received in Harvard 
 Grammar and (_'harlestown High Schools. 
 .After lieing graduated from the high school, 
 he entered Koston College, where he remained 
 for several years. While at college he had 
 charge of the " Stylus," the monthly journal 
 of the college. Since becoming of age, Mr. 
 ()"ltrien has been very active in the politics of 
 (.'harlestown. In 1S90 he was elected a 
 mendjer of the Common Council from Ward 
 5, and he served continuously for three 
 years, 1891, '92, '93. He was a most active and 
 energetic member of that body, and, being a 
 good debater, he was often heard on the 
 floor. He served on some of the most im- 
 portant committees of the council, including 
 those of streets, health, and pulilic grounds. 
 He was ever ali\e to the interests of liis con- 
 stituents, and many of the more recent of the 
 public improvements in the district are due to 
 ids efforts. He is a meinber of the Ward 5 
 1 lemocratic Committee, and has represented 
 his party at many of its conventions, both 
 local and State. Mr. O'lhien is likewise 
 active in the social life of the district. He is 
 a member of the liimker Hill Council, Knights 
 of Columbus, theUrliane Literary As.sociation, 
 besides several other organizations. 
 
 England, and is essentially a self-made man. 
 He was itorn in West Springfield, Massachu- 
 setts, thirty- eight years ago, and when very 
 young his parents removed to .Ayer, Massa- 
 chusetts, where he received such education as 
 the public schools afforded. When fourteen 
 years of age, his parents removed to Charle.s- 
 town, and he went to work in a carpet store, 
 helping about the store, running errands, etc. 
 He early developed a strong aptitude for busi- 
 ness, and his promotion from the ordinary 
 boy's position to higher and more responsible 
 duties was rapid. As a carpet salesman, he 
 had no superior, as his sales year after year 
 sliowed. 
 
 .After many years in the employ ot two 
 carpet firm.s. Mr. (J'Callaghan engaged in 
 business on his own account, locating in 
 February, 1SS6, at 601 Washington Street, 
 in a store containing a few hundri^d feet of 
 tioor space. I!y|strict attention to business, 
 by integrity, and with a knowledge of the 
 carpet trade begot only by e.xperience. he 
 I^rospered as few men in the carpet business 
 have. The little store which he first opened 
 .soon failed to meet the demands made upon 
 it, and he began to enlarge it, first liy taking 
 the entire ground floor, ne.vt by taking the two 
 upper stories, and finally by taking the entire 
 building, which gave him one of the largest 
 stores of the kind in Boston. All this was 
 done in le.ss than seven years, and yet it did 
 not suffice. 
 
 In the summer of T.S93 Mr. (I'Callaghan 
 secured cpiaiters in the Jefferson lluilding, al- 
 most opposite his original location, and to-day 
 he has not only the largest, but also the most 
 finely equipped carpet store in New I'aigland, 
 and the business that he has since done has 
 been a marvel to the trade. 
 
 Mr. O'Callaghan was a resident of Charles- 
 town for about twenty years. He was married 
 in June, I1SS9, to Miss Mary Wall, of Boston, 
 a:ul they have three children, two boys and a 
 girl. They live on llowdoin Avenue, Mt. 
 Bowdoin, Dorchester, their residence over- 
 looking Dorchester Bay. Mr. O'Callaghan is 
 a member of the Koston Merchants .A.ssociation 
 and the Clover Club. 
 
 .\I,I.A(.H.\N, Jl. 
 
 TiioM\s O'C.M.i.AiuiAV, Jk.. is the largest 
 wholesale and retail car])et dealer in Xew 
 
 Srr.pni-.N O'Meara, manager of the Boston 
 Journal, was born in Charlottetown, Prince 
 Edward Island, July 26, 1S54. His father was 
 anative of Thurles County, Tipperary, Ireland, 
 and his mother, of Xewfomidland, to which 
 his father emigrated in 1833. When about 
 ten years of age, young O'Meara came with his 
 parents to the United State.s, and after a short 
 residence in Braintree, a hoine was established 
 in Charlestown. Here he obtained his gen- 
 (ual education in the Harvard Crammar School, 
 from which he was graduated in 1S6S, and the 
 Charlestown High School, from which he was 
 graduated in 1X72. The day after his gradua- 
 tion he became the Charlestown reporter for 
 the Boston Globe, and in October following he 
 was given a position as reporter on the gen- 
 eral staff. He was an e.xpert short hand 
 writer, a quick, energetic news gatherer, and 
 
 he early distinguished himself by his excellent 
 work. 
 
 In December, 1S74, he resigned his position 
 on the Globe to accept that of short hand re- 
 porter of the Journal. This was the beginning 
 of his service on that paper and his advance to 
 the chief plan has been through the various 
 grades of newspaper work. In May, 1X79, 
 after an experience of five years in legislative, 
 city hall, news, law, and political reporting, he 
 was promoted to the office of city editor, and 
 two years later, iq)on the death of the veteran 
 journalist, .Stephen N. Stockwell, he became 
 news editor, a position corresponding to that 
 of managing editor in most new.spaper offices. 
 In June, 1S91, the late W. W. Clapp, who had 
 long been the manager and responsible head 
 of the jiaper, retired, and thereupon the chief 
 direction of affairs was placed in Mr. ( )'Meara's 
 hands, his title being general manager. Under 
 his management the Journal has been trans- 
 formed from the folio to the quarto form, and 
 its facilities greatly extended and improved. 
 
 He was long the auditor of the New Eng- 
 land Associated Press, and is now its treasurer 
 and member of lis executive committee. He 
 is also secretaiy and treasurer of the Boston 
 Daily Newspaper .Association, a business or- 
 ganization of the Boston daily newspapers. 
 Mr. O'Meara is a member of the Boston Press 
 Club, and was its president from 18S6 to 1888, 
 his election each year being unanimous. He 
 is a member of the Charlestown High School 
 Association, in iSSr, its vice-president, and 
 afterwards, for two years, its president, deliver- 
 ing the annual oration before the organization 
 in 1SS5, and he was the first instructor in 
 phonography in the Boston Evening High 
 School, occupying that position for four years. 
 I fe is now serving as trustee for the Massa- 
 chusetts .State library. In 1SS8 the honorary 
 degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon 
 him by Dartmouth College. Mr. O'Meara 
 was married, August 5, i,S78, to Miss Isabella 
 M. Squire. They have three children. 
 
 Joii.M W. O'Nkii., son of Michael and 
 (Catherine (.Smith) O'Neil, was born in Charles- 
 town, September 21, 1859. He was educated 
 at the Old Winthroptlrammar .School. In 1S75 
 he entered the Navy Yard and served an ap- 
 ])re!iticeship at the painting liusiness. He 
 started in business for himself in Boston 
 in 1S8S. .About frnir years ago he removed 
 his shop to 91 Eerrin Street. He has at- 
 tained a high position in his chosen work, 
 and has no superior in the knowledge 
 of colors and effects. He is proficient in all 
 branches of the business, and has built up a 
 large patronage. He was a member of the 
 Legislature in lSS8 and "89, and served on 
 the committee on election laws, and was 
 inslrimiental in reporting the bill known as 
 the '* .-\ustralian Ballot I,aw." He advoca- 
 ted the bill before the Hou.se and worked 
 hard for its passage. He has been a member 
 of the Warcl 3 Democratic Committee for six 
 years, during five of which he has been 
 chairman. Mr. O'Neil was a candidate for 
 the .senatorial nomination in the memorable 
 
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CHARLES'I'OWN CITIZENS, TAST AXD PRESENT. 
 
 quadrangular contest of 1S92, which extended 
 through three all night sessions and finally 
 resulted in the nomination of John U. Dee, 
 Mr. O'Neil withdrawing from the contest. He 
 is married and resides at 93 Ferrin Street. 
 
 JOHN nuvLi; o Ki?n-i.\ . 
 
 John Huyle O'Reilly was born at Dovvth 
 Castle, County Meath, Ireland. June 2S, 1S44. 
 After serving an early apprenticeship to 
 journalism on the "Drogheda Argus," here- 
 moved, at the age of seventeen, to England, 
 where he continued his journalistic work. 
 When but eighteen years of age he enlisted as 
 a trooper in the Tenth llussas, otherwise 
 known as the " Prince of Wales' Own." 
 While there he became an apostle of revolu- 
 tionary doctrines, was arrested for high 
 treason, and, in June, 1S66, was sentenced to 
 twentv years" penal servitude. He was con- 
 fined in'vaiious English prisons until (October, 
 1867, wlien he, with several other political 
 convicts, was transported to finish his sentence 
 in the penal colony of West Australia. After 
 enduring prison life there for about a year, he 
 made his escape in an open boat, was picked 
 up at sea by the American whaling barque, 
 "Gazelle" and finally reached Philadelphia, 
 November, 1869. In July, 1.S70, he Ijecame 
 editor of the lioslon Pilot, which position he 
 retained up to the time of his death. August 
 10, 1S90. 
 
 Mr. (J'Reilly's literary career dates from 
 his arrival in America. He first attracted 
 attention by his original and powerful ballads 
 of Australian life. The " .Amber Whale," 
 " Dukite Snake," ''Dog Ouard," "Monster 
 Diamond," " King of the Vasse," and others, 
 following in quick succession, showed to the 
 world of readers that a new and versatile singer 
 had come to be heard. It is worth remember- 
 ing that it was not then as it is now in the 
 literary life of lioston. It is only tsventy- 
 five years since, but long enough for a wholly 
 different school of poetry to have arisen. 
 Then it may be safely said it required a voice 
 of more thtm co;nmon strength and melody to 
 reach the world. Longfellow, Holmes, Whit- 
 tier, Lowell, IJryant were all doing work 
 worthy of their prime Bret Harte. with all 
 his fresh, strong lyrics, and Joaquin Miller, 
 crowned with the praise of London critics, 
 seemed to have pre-empted whatever field 
 there might be for new singers. There was 
 no room for another bard except where room 
 always is — at the top. 
 
 The unknown youth, with no credentials 
 but his talent, came into a community which 
 did not then discriminate too kindly in favor 
 of a political convict whose politics were of a 
 Fenian persuasion. Vet he took almost at 
 once the place that was his by right of genius 
 in a literary circle which is always jealous, but 
 never narrow in defining its boimdaries. In 
 the scant leisure of an active journalist's busy 
 
 life, supplemented by increasing and earnest 
 labors in the cause of Irish nationality, he 
 found time to write half a dozen or more 
 book.s, including his " Songs from the Southern 
 Seas," published in 1S73; "Songs, Legends, 
 and liallads,"' in 1S78 ; " Moondyne," a novel, 
 in 1S79; "Statues in the ISIock and Other 
 Poems," in iSSi ; '' In IJohemia," in 18S6; 
 " Ethics of llo.xing and Manly Sport ; " " Stories 
 and Sketches." in iSSS. He married Mary 
 S. Murphy, of Charlestown, an<l they h.ad four 
 daughters. Mr. O'Reilly's home was on 
 Winthrop Street, Charlestown, where Mrs. 
 ( )'Keilly and her daughters now reside. 
 
 SAMUEf. TAr.MER. 
 
 Samui'i. Palmer was active in the business 
 and political life of Charlestown in the days 
 preceding the War of the Rebellion. He was 
 born in Campion, New Hampshire, September 
 16, 1S07. His father was Dudley Palmer and 
 his mother Elanor (Marsh) Palmer. Samuel 
 Palmer came to Charlestown March 17, 1S31. 
 On .September 20. of the same year, he was 
 married at Groton. New Hampshire, to Miss 
 Mary Kidder. He died in East .Somerville, 
 November 9, 18S7. Mr. Palmer was a resi- 
 dent of Charlestown for fifty years. He was 
 in the provision luisine.ss under the old city 
 hall for a number of years. He was for three 
 years (185c, \6, '57) a member of the Com- 
 mon Council. He was the oldest member of 
 King ,^'(>lcuni>n Lodge, F. and A. M, when he 
 died. 
 
 chaki.es a. I'ACE. 
 
 Charles A. Paoe, son of George A. and 
 Mary (Case) Page, was born in Charlestown, 
 September 7, 1S42. He was educated in the 
 local schools, being graduated from the Har- 
 vard Grammar. After leaving school, he w-as 
 employed in the Charlestown Advertiser, since 
 merged into the IJunker Hill Times, where for 
 three years he worked at the case and such other 
 work as a weekly paper demands. The e.vci 1- 
 lence of his work on the paper, as well as the 
 general knowledge and large personal acquain- 
 tance which he acquired, attracted the attention 
 of Postmaster W. H. DeCosta, and he 
 appointed Mr. Page a post-office clerk, .Sep- 
 lendjer 8, 1862. He was ])romoled to the 
 
 office of superintendent of the Charlestown 
 posl-ofifice in 1S74; has since retained the 
 position. He has served under many admin- 
 istrations, but has not been disturbed by any 
 of the several political upheavals, of the jjast 
 twenty-five vears. He is by training and 
 lemperaiTient peculiarly fitted to discharge the 
 exacting duties of his office in a satisfactory 
 manner, and so well has he succeeded that he has 
 now the commendation of all the people. He 
 is patient and painstaking, and has a com- 
 plete knowledge of all the post-office 
 regulations that is acquired only by years of 
 service. He is a nrember of Henry Price 
 Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Chapter of the Signet; 
 CiEur de Lion Commandery ; Knights Tem- 
 plars ; Improved Order of Red Men; 999th 
 .Artillery .Association, and Veteran Firemen's 
 ■Association. Mr. Page was married June 21, 
 [866, to Rebeccah A. Green, who died in 
 March, 1S7 i, leaving three children, Charles A.. 
 Jr., Oscar E., and Rebecca \. Page. 
 
 Linus G. Pe.-vrson was born in Charles- 
 town, January 7, 1836. He was educated in 
 the local public schools, and after completing 
 his education engaged in the railroad business. 
 In 1864 he was elected treasurer of the city 
 of Charlestown, and served in that capacity 
 until it was annexed to lioston. He was 
 appointed a member of the Poard of Registrar 
 of Voters of the city of lioston in 1S74, and 
 has held this olfice for twenty years. In 18S5 
 he was chosen chairman of the board, which 
 position he still holds. 
 
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 UK. EDUAKO rAGlv. 
 
 Edward Page, M. 1)., I). M. D , w.as born 
 in Groton, Massachusetts, Monday, I )ecember 
 4. 1S26. He received his early education in 
 the public schools of his native town, and 
 after graduating from the Lawrence Acadeiny 
 ((,'roton)was engaged in general mechanical and 
 business enterprises (Leominster, Massachu- 
 setts) up to 1864, when he began the study of 
 dentistry with Dr. T. .S. lilood, of Fitchburg. 
 He was one of the first class of six students to 
 graduate from the Harvard Dental School in 
 the spring of i86g. A year later he graduated 
 from the Medical School, receiving the degree 
 
 SA ■ 
 
CHARLESrOWN Cl'l'lZEiXS, I'AST A\l) I'RESENT. 
 
 lit M. 1). lie is the senior dentist in practice 
 in tliis district, and, altlioiigli sixty-six years 
 of age, be is in perfect liealtli, and attends to 
 tile practice of dentistry faitlifully every day, 
 and gives promise of tnany years ot usefidness 
 in tlie future. Dr. I'age was tlie first presi- 
 dent of the Harvard Dental .Vlnmni Associa- 
 tion. He has been treasurer of the 
 Massachusetts Dental Society nearly a quarter 
 of a century. He is ttie secretary and treasurer 
 of the *' lloston Society for Dental Imjirove- 
 ment"' having served in this capacity since 
 January 4, 1S84. He is interested in .social 
 and fraternal organizations, and is a member 
 of several. He was one of the founders of 
 the social and beneficial order known as the 
 ■' Home Circle," and at the present time he 
 holds the highest office in the order, as its 
 Supreme Leader. He was married August 
 14, iS^o, to Rebecca J. Wright, daughter of 
 Isaac Wright, of .-Vshby, Massachusetts. He 
 has one son, W. E. Page. D. M. D , of IJoston. 
 
 Hampshire, whodied in February, 1S70, leav iug 
 one chiUl, Cleorge II., who is in the insurance 
 and real estate business. Mr. I'entlergast. in 
 .August. 1S70, tnoved to 34 Mead .Street, where 
 he now resides. 
 
 Gkori;e S. PliNDERGAST, Son of Deacon 
 .Solomon and Rebecca (.Sherburne) Peudergast, 
 was born November 19, iSfj, in iJarnstead, 
 New IIamj)sbire. The common schools of his 
 native town furnished part of his etlucation, 
 which he completed at the Strafford and Gil- 
 mauton .\cademies. In 1837 he came to 
 lloston and found employment in a grocery 
 store, where he remained as clerk and later as 
 proprietor until 1844. In that year he came to 
 Charlestown and engaged in the fancy cake 
 and pastry business until 1862, when he re- 
 tired from active business. 
 
 He Served as one of the assessors of the 
 city of Charl.stown during 1862 and 1863, and 
 was re-elected for 1864. but declined to serve, 
 He represented Ward 4 in the House of Rep- 
 resentatives for the vears 1864 and '65. With- 
 out the knowledge that he was to be voted for, 
 he was elected city treasurer and collector of 
 taxes in 1S64, but, owing to other duties, he 
 declined to accept the office. He was an ac- 
 tive member of the recruiting committee during 
 t!.e War of the Rebellion, and tlte latter part 
 had full charge of the enrolment lists of 
 Charlestown. One of his most treasured pos- 
 sessions is a handsome silver service presented 
 to him by the enrolled men of his ward, as a 
 token of their appreciation of his services. In 
 1S6S .Mr. I'endergast was elected chairman of 
 the Hoard of .Assessors of Charlestown, and 
 held the position until annexation, since which 
 time he lias been one of the first assistant as- 
 sessors of the city of Hoston to .\pril i, 1894. 
 
 He is the author of several articles on taxa- 
 tion, notably one on taxation of incomes, 
 published by the tax commissioners of Massa- 
 chusetts in the appendix of their report on 
 taxation and exemption therefrom in 1875. 
 
 "^ r. Peudergast is a trustee, vice-president, 
 and a member of the investment committee of 
 the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank. 
 When the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance 
 Company was organized, in 1864, he was 
 chosen a director and has since been elected 
 vice-president. In December, 1S44, he mar- 
 ried Sarah N. Dearborn, of Kensington, New 
 
 CHAKI.es C. fEUklNS. 
 
 CiiAKi.KS C. Pk.i;kins was Ijorn in Charles- 
 town, .\ugirit 5, 1867. He graduated at the 
 Hunker Hill Grammar and Charlestown High 
 Schools. He engaged in the real estate 
 busine.ss, and has been eminently success'^ul. 
 A heavy tax-payer himself, he is entrusted 
 with the care of a large amount of property by 
 others. He is a firm believer in Charlestown, 
 and the real estate monthly which he pnlilishes 
 bears the motto," We believe in Charlestown." 
 He was one of the charter members of the 
 Charlestown Improvement .Association, and 
 enters heartily into its work of serving the 
 interests of the district. He was a director of 
 the association and is now its secretary. 
 
 In politics Mr. Peikins is a Republican, and 
 has been elected to many positions of trust by 
 the party. He is secretary of the Ward 4 com- 
 mittee, and represented his ward in the 
 Seventh District Congressional Committee, of 
 which he Is also the secretary. As a speaker, 
 he has been heartl on the public platform, and 
 has shown talents in this direction that lead to 
 the belief that a bright futiu'e awaits him in 
 public life. He is a member of the V. M. C. 
 A., the Republican Cltd) of Massachusetts, the 
 99gth .Xrlillery .\ssociation, and many other 
 social and poliical organizations. Mr. Perkins 
 resides at 387 IJiudier Hill Street, and his real 
 estate office is located at 355 Main .Street. 
 
 Ai.v.Mi H. Pkikks, son of William and 
 Hannah (Johnson) Peters, was born in Charles- 
 town, Decendier 23. 1846. He was educated 
 in llie pid)lic schools of lloston. and at the 
 age of seventeen he entered the otfice of the 
 Boston Journal, with the intention of making 
 journalism his profession. Five years later 
 he was ajjpointed assistant city messenger of 
 Boston, and in 1S72 he was imanimously 
 elected Boston's City Messenger. Mr. Peters 
 
 is the third city messenger in the line of suc- 
 cession since the incorporation of the city of 
 Boston in 1S22, and his holding the otfice for 
 twenty-one years, under so many changes of 
 adminisiration, is sufficient evidence that he 
 is a man of remarkable tact and popularity, 
 and well (pialified for the position he fills. 
 Mr. Peters was married in lioston, June 17, 
 1.S73, to Etta )., daughter of Captain Thomas 
 Damrell, of Boston. They have a daughter, 
 .Martha Nellie Peters. Mr. Pelers hasheld the 
 oifice of secretary and treasurer of the Harni- 
 coat Fire .Association since its organization; has 
 been the chief executive of the Massachusetts 
 Ciiy Messenger's Cl.d>, of which he was one 
 of the organizers, and has held positions of 
 irusl in the .-\merican Legion of Honor, Royal 
 .\rcanum. National Landers, Bmiker Hill 
 .Monument Associatiou, Knights of Honor, 
 .\ncieut Order of United Workmen, aud 
 other social aud benevolent organizations. 
 
 JUH.V W. I-ETTENGILL. 
 
 John W. Pettengill, member of the 
 Suffolk bar, was born in Salisbury, New- 
 Hampshire, November 12, 1836, son of Ben- 
 janun and Betsey (Pettengill) Pettengill. He 
 is of Puritan ancestry, a descendant of Richard 
 Pettengill, who came from .Staffordshire, 
 England, to .Salem, in 1628, and there married 
 Joanna, daughter of Richard Ingersoll. He 
 was educated in the public schools, and in the 
 Franklin, Salisbury, .Vorthfield, and Hopkin- 
 ton .Academies. He was fitted for college by 
 that eminent teacher, Profe.ssor Dyer H. 
 .Sanborn, and in 1854 was about to enter the 
 sophomore cl.ass of Dartmouth, when he was 
 prevented by a severe bronchial trouble, which, 
 for a long time, impaired his voice to such a 
 degree that he was unable to speak. For the 
 next two years, however, he pursued the 
 college studies at home uu<ler the direction of 
 his father and a private tutor. In 1S56 he 
 became connect' d with the editorial depart- 
 ment of the Inde]Jendent Democrat, at ('on- 
 cord, and while there began the study of law. 
 reading in the oflSce of Judge .Asa Fowler. 
 Early in 1858 he cajne to Charlesiown and 
 entered the office of John Q. A. Griffin aud 
 .Alonzo W. Boardman, as a student, an<l in 
 March, 1S59. was admitted to the Middlesex 
 bar on examination by Hon. George P. San- 
 ger, Judge. He practised in Charlestown until 
 the annexation of the city to Boston, in 1S74, 
 when he moved his otfice to the city proper 
 where he has since been established. He was 
 a special justice of the police court of Charles- 
 town for several years innnediately preceding 
 annexation, and in .August following he was 
 appointed Justice of the First District Court 
 of Eastern Middlesex, with jurisdiction in 
 Maiden, Melrose, Medford, Everett, Wake- 
 field, Reading an<l North Reading, which 
 position he still holds. In his practice he has 
 been especially successful in criminal ca.ses. 
 During the administration of the late Charles 
 R. Train as attorney-general, he secured 
 verdicts of acquittal for his clients in three 
 capital cases, and in the case of the Common- 
 wealth V. Orne, indicted for burning a school- 
 house in Charlestown, in which he was counsel 
 
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CHARI.ESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT 
 
 for the defendant, four trials were necessary 
 before the government could secure a con- 
 viction, lie lias also lieen successful in the 
 conduct of civil suits involving important 
 questions of law. For many years he has 
 resided in Maldtn and has been prominent in 
 the affairs of that city. lie was elected a 
 trustee of the iMalden l'ul)lic Library Fund in 
 1S7S for the term of three years and declined 
 a re-election in iSSi, after the lilirary was 
 established and in satisfactory condition. He 
 was a member of the Hoard of .Mdernien for 
 1891, and declined a re election in 1892, but 
 was re-elected again in 1S93. positively declin- 
 ing a nomination for 1894. 
 
 In politics he has usually been a Republican, 
 and at one time was acti\e in j>arty wc>rk, 
 frequently speaking on the stump, but of late 
 years he has devoted himself almost whollv to 
 his professional work, with occasional addre.sses 
 on some social science topic. 
 
 He is presidejit of the Maiden Hoard of 
 Trade, an association which is interested in 
 all matters pertaining to the encouragement 
 of all legitimate business enterprises : to 
 collect and disseminate, through the press antl 
 otherwise, information respecting .Maiden as a 
 manufacturing city and a place of residence. 
 He was married April 25, 1S66, in Wateitown, 
 by Kev. John Weiss, to Mi,ss Margaret Maria, 
 a beautiful and exem]>lary woman, daughter of 
 John Richard and Mary Dennett, of Lan- 
 caster, England ; and on .September 30, 1867, 
 was born to them an only child, who is still 
 li.iu'T, Margaret l>;tsey Pettengill. 
 
 Fi;kli G. 1'i;i riGUuvI-; was burn in Maine 
 forty-se\en years ago. He was educated in the 
 common schools of Calais, Maine, and at an 
 early age went to sea, making several voyages to 
 foreign shoies. In November, 186=;, he came 
 to Charlestown and entered the employ of 
 the Tucker Manufacturing Company in the 
 State Prison, where he remained for nearly five 
 years. He was I )eputy United States Mar- 
 shall from 1872 to 1S79. resigning in the latter 
 year to go West. He returned to Charles- 
 town in March, 18S3, to become clerk of the 
 State Prison and heltl that position until June 
 I, 1SS8, when he was elected secretary of the 
 pri.son commission. He has been a civil ser- 
 vice e.\aminer for the clerical, police, and 
 prison service c>i ihe cnuimonwealth since the 
 lioard of exauiiuer.s w.is established, and has 
 also been an occasional contributor to the 
 press. Mr. j'ettigrove was elected a mend)er 
 of the school committee in 1889 and re-elected 
 in 1892. He served on many important com- 
 mittees, and, upon the resignation of .Samuel J. 
 Capen, was elected chairman of the board. 
 He resides at 2 Baldwin .Street. 
 
 liKN.i.\MrN Piiii'i'S, Sk., was born in 
 Charlestown, ()ctob«-r 18, 7797, and died April 
 7, 1S7S. lie was educatetl at the local schools 
 and early apprenticed to John Frothingham as 
 a carriage trimmer and harness maker. He 
 
 later succeeded to Mr. Frothingham "s business. 
 He was four times married. His first wife 
 was Abbie Kimball, of Newbnryport, who 
 bore him a son, ISenjamin Phipps, Jr. He 
 ne.xt married .Sarah K. /rothingham, who 
 was the mother of Mrs. .Abbie A. Wyman and 
 John A. Phipps. The third marriage was to 
 Catherine W. Green, of Chelsea, who left a 
 
 BENJAMIN llllir.-,. 
 
 daughter, Sarah C. Phipps. He then wedded 
 Josephine Kettell, of Nevvburyport. 
 
 Mr. Phipps was one of the founders and the 
 first treasurer of the Winchester Home for 
 Aged Women. He continued to hold the 
 office of treasurer until his death. He was an 
 alderman of the city of Charlestown during 
 the years 1850, '55, '56, and '57, serving under 
 Mayors G. W. Warren and T. T. .Sawyer. 
 
 liLNjA.MiN rmc 
 
 11i:nj.\min Piiii'i'S, Ju., son of I'.enjamin 
 and Alibie (Kimball) Phipps was born in 
 Charlestown, February 12, 1824. He re- 
 ceived his education at the Hunker Hill School, 
 and in 1839, when fifteen years old, entered 
 the em])Ioy of Parker, lilanchard & Wilder, 
 commission merchants in cotton and woollen 
 goods. He has continued with this house 
 through its many changes of i)artners, until 
 to-day he is the senior mendier of the firm, 
 which is one of the largest in the country in 
 their line of business. Mr. Phipps removed 
 to Chelsea in 1848, and took an active inter- 
 est in that city's welfare. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Common Council iu 1876, '77i aud 
 an alderman in 1878. He is vice-president 
 and has been trustee of the Chelsea .Savings 
 Hank since its organization. He was also a 
 trustee of the Chelsea Public Library, and is a 
 director of the Hamilton National Hank and 
 the .Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company 
 of Hoston. In 1849 he married Anna M. 
 Howen, of Chelsea. Three children were born 
 to them ; Anna Kimball and Walter Bowen, 
 both deceased, and Horace Jones Phipps. 
 lie removed to Commonwealth Avenue, Hos- 
 ton, in July, 1892, where he now resides. 
 
 !' If. \ I f i.Eii rno-ps 
 
 Juii.N .Ai.i-Kiiii i'liii'l'S, son of Htniamin 
 and Sarah K. (Frothingham) Phipps, was 
 born in Charlestown, July 21, 1830, and died 
 January 7, 1892. He was educated at the 
 Hunker Hill School. He left school at the 
 age of sixteen, and entered the employ of 
 Fairbanks, Loring & Co. He later organized 
 the firm of Frye, Phipps & Co., hardware 
 dealers. In 1856 he removed to Chelsea, and 
 was a member of the Common Council of 
 that city in 1S66 anil 1S67. He removed to 
 Hoston in 1867. lie married Mary J., 
 daughter of Iiavid .\l)bott, of Hingham. 
 
 JUUN U. I'HI!'!'.. 
 
 John li. Puifis, son of John S. and Clara 
 N. (Stockman) Phipps, was born in Charles- 
 town, March 17, 1845. He attended the 
 Hunker Hill Grammar School and spent one 
 year in the high school. On leaving school, 
 he went to work for J. B. Glover & Co., mer- 
 chandise brokers, where he remained for six 
 years. In 1865 he went to Chicago, where he 
 stayed for six months. On his return to 
 Hoston, he engaged with Loring & Co., fruit 
 dealers on India Wharf, where he remained 
 until 1871, when he took the teaming business 
 of his father-in-law, Levi Hodgkins, which he 
 has successftdly conducted ever since. He 
 removed to Maiden in 1886. He served the 
 city of Maiden for two years in the Common 
 Council. Mr. Phipjis was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Charle.stown Cadets, which 
 originally was a drill club. He was com- 
 missioned second lieutenant on the organiza- 
 tion of the company, and subsequently, in 
 1874, became captain. He was chief mar.shal 
 on two occasions on the 17th of June, 
 once of the carnival and once of the military 
 parade. He was president for two years of 
 the Cadet Veterans .Association. lie is a 
 member of the Old Guard Association, Charles- 
 town Lodge, Knights of Honor, Chelsea 
 Coimcil, Royal Arcanum, and the Chelsea 
 Mutual Benefit Association. Mr. Phipps was 
 married June 2, 1S69, to Miss I.ydia C. Hodg- 
 kin.s, of Charlestown. They have two chil- 
 dren. 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 EDWIN L. riLsliURY. 
 
 Edwin Lake Pii.sbuky, son of Horatio 
 Xelson and Lydia Symonds (Lake) Pilsbury. 
 was born in lliicksport, Hancock ('ounty, 
 Maine, Snnday, April 2t, 1S50. In 1S51 liis 
 ])arents removed to Wenliam, Massaclmsetts, 
 and thence, in 1S59, to tliis district, wliicli is 
 still his home. His early edncational training 
 was received in the grammar and high schools 
 of Charlestown. He began business life in 
 tlie employ of Chapney Brothers & Co., whole- 
 sale small ware dealers in Boston. On March 
 i, TS73, he opened business on his own 
 account, ladies' and gents' furnishings, at 305 
 Main Street, Charlestown. Here he has con- 
 tinned, with a flourishing trade, enlarging his 
 establishment from time to time as necessity 
 required. In politics, Mr. Pilsbury is a 
 Republican. In 1SS2 and 1SS3 he was a 
 member of the Legislature, and in 1SS7 and 
 1S89 a member of the Senate. He served 
 on the committee on prisons in 1SS2, '83, 
 and '87, being clerk of the same in 1883 ; 
 on the committee on water supply in 1887 ; 
 was chairman of the committee on Hoosac 
 Tunnel, and Troy, and Greenfield Railroad 
 in 1 887 ; and in iSSg was a member of the 
 committee on woman suffrage and chairman 
 of the committee on railroads. In 1S89 
 Mayor Hart appointed Mr. I'ilsljury a mem- 
 ber of the IJoston Hoard of Health. In 
 1S92 Mayor Matthews appointed him a com- 
 missioner of public institutions, and in May, 
 1S93, he received a re-appointment for a term 
 of three vears. 
 
 Mr. Pibsbury is Past Grand Master, I. O. O. 
 ¥. of Massachusetts, Past Dictator of the 
 Knights of Honor ; Ex-Superintendent of the 
 l^niversalist Sabbath School, and has been 
 pronunent in various literary, social, and 
 political organizations. He is a member of 
 Howard Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F. ; Hunker 
 Hill Encampment, I. O. O. F. ; Henry Price 
 Lodge, A. F. and A. M. ; 999th Artillery 
 .Association ; Charlestown Club, and the 
 Boston Club, and is Vice-Pre,sident of the 
 Wildey Savings Bank. Mr. Pilsbury was mar- 
 ried in Bath, Maine, October 22, 1884, to 
 Louise Thompson Plummer. They have two 
 children, Maliel Lydia and Edna Louise Pils- 
 bury, and their home is at 58 High .Street. 
 
 EdW.ARD MaRWICK Pi.l'MMEK, M. 1)., son 
 of Hugh M. and Clarisa C. (Phinney) Plum- 
 mer, was born Thursday, September 25, 1S56, 
 in Raymond, Maine. His early educational 
 training was received in the schools of his 
 birthplace. In 1870 he entered the Nichols 
 Latin School, of Lewiston, Maine, and grad- 
 uated tlierefrom in 1874. For a few years he 
 taught school, and also had private pupils, 
 whom he fitted for college. In 1878 he 
 entered the Portland School for medical in- 
 struction, and remained but a year, as in 1879 
 he matriculated at Dartmouth Mtdical 
 College, from which he was graduated in iSSi. 
 His thirst for medical lore was not even then 
 quenched, for he went to New ^'ork in order 
 to obtain a post-graduate course in the many 
 hospitals in the metropolis. There he re- 
 mained nearly a year, after which time he 
 
 opened an oMice in Portland, Maine, where he 
 practised for three years. 
 
 In May, 1S87, he opened an office on 
 .Adams Street, in this district, and success 
 smiled upon him. The first two years his 
 skill was devoted to general practice, but 
 since then he has given his entire attention to 
 the ear, throat, and nose. He is an instructor 
 in the Boston Polyclinic, an institution which 
 affords practical post-graduate instruction in 
 medicine. He is aural surgeon to the Carney 
 Hospital; clinical aural assistant to the 
 Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear In- 
 firmary ; also, aural surgeon to the Charles- 
 town Free Dispensary. For nearly a year he 
 was aural surgeon to the Lowell Hospital. 
 .Annually he lectures before the Carney 
 Hospital Training School for nurses on 
 special nursing in diseases of the ear. Not- 
 withstanding all these, he finds time to admin- 
 
 DR. EIJWAKD M. FLUMMEK. 
 
 ister to the wants and ailments of his large 
 and i:)rivate practice. 
 
 Dr. Plunnner is a member of the Maine Med- 
 ical Association, and Fellow of the Massachu- 
 setts Medical Society. On February 10, 1880, 
 he married Marcia C. Ingraham of Gorham, 
 Maine. They have two children. Dr. Plum- 
 mer, still in the prime of life, strengthened by 
 practice, and aided by study and observation, 
 is hardly at the threshold of his career. He is 
 a firm lieliever in exercise, and takes great 
 pride in wrestling, weight-lifting, and boxing, 
 and his almost perfect phy>ique is a sure 
 guarantee that his belief is of much moment. 
 He is a kindly man, and the stranger who raps 
 at the door of his heart will receive the same 
 hospitality as the one who has enjoyed his 
 friendship for years. 
 
 
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 GF.OKOE S. I'OULB. 
 
 Gi'.OKi;!-; S. Pooi.E was born in Worcester, 
 the youngest of a family of six children. His 
 parents were Eliza (Wilder) and \\ ard Poole, 
 the latter a descendent of the seventh genera- 
 tion of John Poole, who came from Reading, 
 England, among the first settlers of Ma.ssachu- 
 setls, and settled first at Cambridge (1632) 
 and later at Reading (1639), where he was one 
 of the leading proprietors. Mr. George S. 
 
 Poole attended school at Worcester and at 
 Peabody (formerly .South Danvers), and whde 
 at Peabody High School was assistant libra- 
 rian of the Peabody Library. I'.efore graduating 
 .It the high school, he spent nearly two years 
 with a brothel', a nuning engineer at Potls- 
 ville, Pennsylvania. Coming home, he went to 
 Phillips Academy, at Andover. In 1861 he 
 became the first librarian of the Charlestown 
 Public Library, which at that time occupied 
 the upper floor of the new building of the 
 Warren Institution for .Savings. In fact, the 
 lif>rary owes its origin to the public spirit and 
 generosity of certain of the trustees of that insti- 
 tution, and to Ilon.T. T. .Sawyer, the present 
 president of the bank, who was chairman of 
 the board of Library Trustees from its foun- 
 dation to its being merged with the Boston 
 Public Library. Mr. Poole held this position 
 for two years, when he accepted a pos'tion of 
 assistant librarian of the Library of Congress, 
 at Washington. In 1865 he came to the 
 Warren Institution for Savings, of which cor- 
 jioration he has been the secretary since that 
 date. He has been the treasurer of the 
 Winthrop Church for twenty years. He was 
 on the School Board of Charlestown, and is 
 at pre-ent one of the School Committee of 
 Somerville; also on ihe I'oardof Managers of 
 the Winchestei" Home for .Aged Women at 
 (. harlestonn. He is secretary of the Marble- 
 head Neck Hall Association, a member of the 
 Boston Bank Officers Association, Bostcn 
 Congregational Club, Henry Price Lodge of 
 Masons, Royal Arcanum, Corinthian Vacht 
 Club, Alnmni .Association of Phillips Academy. 
 He married in 1S7 1 Sarah Poor Osborn, the 
 daughter of Franklin and Nancy Poor 
 (Jacobs), of Peabody, and his children are 
 Fraid;lin Osborn, I'.dith Wilder, and Irving. 
 
 (lEOKGE rut IK. 
 
 George Poor, son of Samuel and Lydia 
 (Sprague) Poor, was born in Charlestown in 
 1820.^ He attended the famous old Training 
 Field School, and also a private school in this 
 district. At the age of thirteen he entered 
 the employ of his father, who was a man- 
 ufacturer and retailer of boots and shoes. In 
 1S46, in company with Elisha Knight, the em- 
 barked in the shoe business on Charlestown 
 " Neck," and a year later he moved down 
 to what was then known as 134. to what is now 
 known as 93 Main Street. Mr. Knight re- 
 mained in the business five years, and Mr. Poor 
 cor.tinued alone until June, 1S93, when he sold 
 out and re ired. For seventy-three years the 
 people of Charlestown have been familiar 
 wilh " Poor's Shoe Store," and during all that 
 lime it has been synonymous with honesty 
 antl fair dealing. For many years Mr. Poor 
 had associated with him his brother, Warren 
 J. Poor, now deceased, and to the latter's 
 integrity, fidelity, and business capacity he 
 attril)utes much of the success which he en- 
 joyed. Mr. Poor is a member of the 999th 
 .Artillery .Association and the Training Field 
 School Association. He is essentially a man 
 of domestic tastes, and has never sought public 
 office, and given politics but little considera- 
 tion, beyond exercising his right of suffrage 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 in the interest of good government. In 1S51 
 he married Caroline M. George, of this dis- 
 tiitt. 
 
 DIST. CHIEF CHARLES H. \V. POPE. 
 
 Charles H. W. Pope was Ijorn in Boston, 
 on Saturday, December 25, 1847. His educa- 
 tion he received at the Eliot School and for 
 awhile he went to school in New \'ork. After 
 school days he learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade, at which he worked until his fire ex- 
 perience began. On September 30, 1S70, he 
 entered the Charlestown Fire Department as 
 a member of Massachusetts Ladder Company 
 No. I. In October, 1S72, he was promoted 
 to assistant foreman, and in April of the fol- 
 lowing year he was promoted to the position 
 of call-foreman. On December 2C, 1SS4, he 
 was made captain of Hook and Ladder Com- 
 pany No. 9. On JLiy 3, 1S90, he was made 
 chief of district No. 2, with headquarters on 
 Main Street. 
 
 CTiief Pope has had some very hard e.x- 
 perience in fire fighting, yet every mishap 
 simply increased his courage and daring, and, 
 although at times gossip would await his 
 death, yet he always w'ould return with e\"en 
 greater ardor than before. He had his eyes 
 burned at the steamer " Venetian " fire, No- 
 vember 16, 1887, was badly cut on the hands 
 at a later fire. On November 26, iSSg, while 
 attempting to throw out a kerosene stove, the 
 stove exploded, wounding him in nearly every 
 part of his body. He \\as brought to the 
 General Hospital and his death was daily ex- 
 pected. .\pril, 1891, he was buried in the ruins 
 of the Chipman building by the fall of the 
 roof. Chief Pope is a member of Ivanhoe 
 Council No. 13, K. of P., the Charlestown 
 Veteran P'iremen's .Association, and a trustee in 
 the Firt-nien's Charitabl*- Association. 
 
 KICHAKD I'OWER. 
 
 Richard Power was born in Cork, Ireland, 
 in 1819, In 1825 his parents removed to 
 Nova Scotia, where he remained but a few 
 years, coming to Hoston in 1832. His educa- 
 tional advantages were very few, and in 1S33 
 he was compelled to go to work. In 1836 he 
 started to learn the marble business ill Uoston. 
 and finished it in New York. He returned 
 
 to Boston in 1842, and in January, 1S51, he 
 started in business for hintself at 85 Haver- 
 hill Street, where he still remains. Mr. 
 Power was in the Charlestown Common 
 Council for two years, and in the Board of 
 Aldermen for one year. In 1875 ^e was 
 elected to the Boston Common Council. In 
 1S44 he married .\gnes Power, of Charlestown. 
 .She died in 1S50. In 1854 he married Mary 
 .A.nne Campbell, of Charlestown. Though 
 he lacked every advantage of education and 
 business opportunity in early life, Mr. Power 
 has built up a large and lucrative business, 
 and he is highly honored and respected 
 wherever he is known. He resides with his 
 family in Somerville. 
 
 member of the bar of the Circuit Court of the 
 United States, he holds an honorable and a 
 distinguished reputation. Mr. Preble was 
 elected to the Plouse of Representatives in 
 
 FRAN-CIS W. TKA* 
 
 Francis \V. Pkav was one of the best 
 knoun citizens of Charlestown and a promi- 
 nent shoe dealer on Washington Screet, Bos- 
 ton. He died at his home, 44 Mt. Vernon 
 Street, October 4, 1893. Captain Pray, as he 
 was familiarly called, was a West End boy. 
 He was born on Court Street, Boston, in 1834, 
 and was a son of the late John F. Pray, whose 
 death occurred about three years ago. He 
 was graduated from the Phillips and English 
 High .Schools and entered into the shoe busi- 
 ness with his father. In 1S58 Captain Pray 
 wedded Miss Emily Cutter, daughter of T. M. 
 Cutter, a prominent merchant of Charlestown, 
 and after his marriage he made his home on 
 Mt. Vernon Street. He was long prominent 
 in military affairs and took an active interest 
 in the militia of the commonwealth, .\fter 
 he came to Charlestown he joined the City 
 Guard and was elected first lieutenant. He 
 was foremost in founding the Charlestown 
 Cadets and was its drill-master after the com- 
 mand was organized. In 1872 he was elected 
 captain of the company and held his commis- 
 sion for four years. 
 
 He was a prominent figure in the Democra- 
 tic party of Charlestown. He was elected to 
 the Boston Common Council in 1S74, immedi- 
 ately after annexation, and again in 1879 and 
 I SSo. He was a member of the Board of 
 .Mdermen in 1SS3 and 1SS4. As an alderman 
 he was instrumental in obtaining the rebuilding 
 of Warren Bridge. 
 
 He was a prominent member of the Buirker 
 Hill 17th of June Association, which for 
 several years provided the morning pageant, 
 and was president of that organization for 
 two years. He was for a number of years 
 identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a 
 charter member of Faith Lodge. He also 
 served as a trustee of the Masonic apartments. 
 He was prominent in the 999th Arlillery .Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 William H. PkeI!I.e was born in C'harles- 
 town on Monday, .August 11, I S 56, and has 
 lived here all his life. His first effort to get a 
 reputation was made after he had completed 
 his education in the public schools, and had 
 adopted the l.uv as his profession. .As a 
 member of the Suffolk Bar, and also as a 
 
 WILLIAM H. PREBLE. 
 
 1S88 and 1SS9, and took a prominent part in 
 the proceedings, both on the floor of the 
 House and in committees, serving as chair- 
 man of committee on election law and clerk of 
 the committee on probate and insolvency. 
 
 In his social relations he has interested 
 himself in numerous organizations, in all of 
 which his good fellowship and independence 
 were factors contributing in a large meas- 
 ure to his popularity. In 1891 Mr. Preble 
 was the Republican candidate for Senator in 
 this district, and came within a few votes of 
 being elected. He was married on December 
 8, 1S80, to .Amy B. Nash, of Charlestown. 
 His office is in the Sears building, Boston. 
 He resides on Bunker Hill Street, Charles- 
 town. 
 
 EDWARD W. I'RESHO. 
 
 Edward W. 1'resho was born in Charles- 
 town on Sunday, May 29, 1859. When eight 
 years of age. his parents removed to Medford, 
 and young Edward attended the public schools, 
 graduating from the Medford High School and 
 subsequently from Tufts College. In 1S77 
 his parents removed to Boston. After leaving 
 college, Mr. Presho engaged in the subscrip- 
 tion book business, dealing almost wholly in 
 medical works. He began to interest himself 
 in politics in 1S8S. and in this avocation he 
 has had remarkable success. He served three 
 terms in the Legislature, 1890. '91, '92, being 
 elected from Ward 5 as a Republican, though 
 the ward is, and was then, strongly Demo- 
 cratic. He has been a member of the Re- 
 publican City Committee for several years, and 
 during the year 1S93 was its secretary. He 
 has also been a member of the Congressional 
 District Committee for four years, and time 
 and again he has represented his ward in 
 party conventions, both local and State. 
 
 While a member of the Legislature, Mr. 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Presho served on the committee on cities, 
 being clerk of tlie committee two years, and 
 cliairman one year; on the committee on 
 constitutional amendments, two years; on the 
 famous committee that made the last Con- 
 gressional District apportionments, and on the 
 special committee appointed to revise the 
 judicial system of the commonwealth. Mr. 
 Presho was elected a memlier of the Hoard of 
 Aldern.en in 1893 under the new at-large 
 system, for 1894, receiving (he third highest 
 vote of any of the Repulilican candidates on 
 the aldL-rmanic ticket. Mr. Presho's popu- 
 larity with the voters is due to broad-minded, 
 liberal treatment of questions of puljlic in- 
 terest and his thorough understanding of the 
 wants of the common people. 
 
 Mr. Presho is a member of the Middlese.x 
 and Hartwell Clubs, the gggth .Artillery Asso- 
 ciation, being a member of the house com- 
 mittee of the latter organization ; Henry Price 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., of Bunker Hill Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F., of which he is Past C.rand, and 
 Past Chief Patriarch of Bunker Hill Encamp- 
 ment. He is also District Deputy of Boston, 
 Washington, and Tremont Lodges, L O. O. F. 
 Mr. Presho resides with his parents at 54 
 Chestnut Street, Charlestown. 
 
 detail pertaining to lire and life insurance, and 
 has built up a very fine connecti(jn, and has 
 placed many desirable risks. .Among the 
 people of Charlestown he is well known, and 
 lie has placed some of the best risks for 
 
 WiNFiEi.D F. Prime, son of t)liver and 
 Emma (Kennard) Prime, was born November 
 22, i860, in Charlestown. He attended the 
 Warren Grammar and High Schools, grad- 
 uating from the latter in 187S. From that 
 time until 1SS3 he aided his father, who 
 carried on a grocery bu.siness in this district. 
 In 1^83 he went to Te.xas, but remained only 
 one year. In 18S4 he entered Boston Uni- 
 versiiy Law School, and, having graduated 
 therefrom, was admitted to the bar in 1SS6, 
 taking a three years' course in two. He 
 immediately became connected with the office 
 of S. Z. Bowman. Mr. Prime served in the 
 Legislature in 1S90, being on the Cotimiittee 
 on Probate and Insolvency. He is a member 
 of Faith Lodge, A. F. and A. M. ; Bunker 
 Hill Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he has 
 been Past Grand and is now chairman of the 
 Board of Trustees ; Mishaw-um Tribe, I. O. R , 
 and the Charlestown Club. In 1S91 he was 
 married to Mary .A. Fontaine, of Charlestown. 
 Selwyn F. is his only child. His office is at -'3 
 Court .Street, Boston, and his residence 3OS 
 Main Street, Charlestown. 
 
 Edward L. Quiclev is one of the best 
 known and most capable of the great army of 
 insurance men in Boston. He has been en- 
 gaged in the business almost from boyhood, 
 and his methods have been such that there are 
 none who enjoy a higher reputation for relia- 
 bility and integrity than he. Mr. Quigley was 
 l)orn in ICast Boston, February 17, 1859, and 
 was graduated from the Adams School of that 
 district. On February 6. 187 j. he entere<l the 
 insurance office of C. W. Ilolden, now on 
 Congress Street, Boston, where he has since 
 been. This covers a period of twenty-two 
 years, during which he has mastered every 
 
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 the people of the district. He has full charge 
 of all fire insurance business that goes into 
 C. W. Holden's office. 
 
 Mr. Quigley has lived in Charlestown for 
 twenty years. He has interested himself 
 greatly in politics, and for two years, 1885. '86. 
 he was a member of the Common Council 
 from Ward 5. He has been a member of the 
 Democratic City Committee for jears, first 
 f I om Ward 5 and for several years past from 
 Ward 3. He is one of the secretaries of the city 
 committee, and one of the most active mem- 
 bers of that body. 
 
 He is a director in the Eastern Mutual Fire 
 Insurance Company; a member of the Black- 
 stone Building .Association : also a member of 
 the Catholic Literary Union, the LIrbane Liter- 
 ary Association, and the Moulton .Association 
 of this district. He is married, has several 
 children, and resides on Prospect Street. 
 
 liUWAHU r. KAND. 
 
 Edward Turner Rand, son of Absalont 
 and Sarah (Gill) Rand, was born on Cordis 
 Street, Charlestown, December 19, 1S23, and 
 has always lived here. He is a lineal descendant 
 of Robert Rand, who came from ICngland with 
 his wife and children and settled here in 1635. 
 
 He married, .April 
 
 1S50. Frances E. , 
 
 daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (L'nder- 
 wood) Blodgett, a schoolteacher, of Somer- 
 ville, and he received his education in the 
 Training Field and Hunker Hill .Schools. 
 
 -Absalom Rand was born in Rindge, New 
 Hampshire, and came to Charlestown in 1S03, 
 at the age of nineteen. A few years later he 
 learned She soap-making business, and in 1S16 
 began to manufacture soap in an old building 
 which fronted on Back Street, and extended 
 from Cat Alley to Training Field Street, on 
 ground now occupied by St. Mary's Church 
 on Warren Street. Here and at the Neck, to 
 which he removed in 1835, and built anew, he 
 
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 conducted an honorable and successful busi- 
 ness for nearly forty years. He was always 
 respected for his integrity, Edward T. Rand, 
 who succeeded him, has been in the same 
 factory as boy and man for fifty-five years. 
 January r, 1S56, he formed a partnership with 
 William A. Byam, and the firm is now the 
 oldest, without any change, in Charlestown, 
 His grandfather, Ezekiel Rand, was a farmer 
 in Rindge and a soldier of the Revolution. 
 He was an ensign in Captain Phili]) Thomas' 
 Co., of Colonel Reed's New Hampshire Regi- 
 ment, and fought with them at the rail fence 
 in the Battle of Bind<er Hill, In the hand to 
 hand fight, near the close of the action, he lost 
 his gim and his sword (ensigns carried both in 
 those days), and afterwards received pay for 
 them from the Colony of New' Hampshire. 
 Three of this company, .Adams, Carlton, and 
 l.ovejoy, were killed there at their posts. 
 Mr. Rand has seen all the important events 
 that have happened in this vicinity during his 
 lifetime. He was present with his father and 
 mother — an infant in arms — at the reception 
 of Lafayette, and the laying of the corner- 
 stone of the Monument in 1S25, and intended 
 to be there and see the finishing touch put on 
 in July, 1S42, but got belated that morning, and, 
 after running all the way from the Neck to the 
 .Monument grounds, felt very mortified when 
 he looked up and saw the capstone deposited 
 over the cavity, and the crowd dispersing. 
 He was at the opening of the dry dock in 
 the Navy Yard and the docking of the Con- 
 stitution with Commodore Hull on deck using 
 his speaking trumpet, in June, 1833; and 
 August 1 1, 1S34, he went to the burning of the 
 Ursuline Convent with other schoolmates, and 
 got such a drubbing for disobedience, when 
 he got home the next morning, that he has 
 never forgotten the date of it. He is a 
 member of the Massachusetts Society, Sons 
 of the .American Revolution, and of the 
 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics .Associa- 
 tion. He was an active member of the old 
 volunteer fire department for more than ten 
 years, an engineer of the same in 1851 and 
 1852, and an alderman on the last board of 
 the city of Charlestown in 1873. His resi- 
 dence since iS6t has been at 399 Bunker Hill 
 Street. 
 
 
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 FKANIIS RA^SBS. 
 
 FRANCts Ray.n'es. son of Francis and Eliza- 
 beth (Cutis) Raynes, was born in Kittery, 
 Maine, January 26, 1821, and until his tenth 
 year attended the local schools. His parents 
 then removed to York, Maine, and for awhile 
 longer he was allowed to continue in his 
 search for knowledge. In 1839 he started to 
 learn the carpenter's trade, and, after a three 
 years' apprenticeship, became a skilful work- 
 man. In 1S42 he arrived in Boston, and 
 worked for a short time as a journeyinan and 
 then launched out for himselL In 1849 Mr, 
 Raynes built a house on Decatur Street, and 
 since then he has constructed one or more 
 houses each year, so that now he owns con- 
 siderable property in this district. In addition 
 to his activity as a builder, he has for several 
 years dealt largely in real estate. 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Mr. Raynes never developed a taste for 
 politics. Ins bii.siiiess cares claiming all his time 
 and attention. lie started in life a poor man, 
 but by constant attention, persistency, econ- 
 omy, he lias become one of our largest ta.\ 
 payers, and has accumulated sufficient of this 
 world's goods to be able to enjoy what his in- 
 dustry entitles him to, — a life of ease. Mr. 
 Raynes is a member of the M:issachusetts 
 Charitable Mechanics .iVssocialion, and a trus- 
 tee of the North End Savings Hank. He is 
 married and has one child, a son. lie resides 
 at No. I I'rospect .Street. 
 
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 Franklin O. Rekd was born in liurling- 
 ton, Massachusetts, Monday, July 31, 1S26. 
 He came to Charlestown in March, 1.S45, ">"'' 
 worked at the meat business for a year for 
 J. \\ Fletcher. The ne.xt year found him em- 
 ployed by the firm of II. & .S. B. Hill, grocers. 
 In 1S50 he entered the firm of J. T. Reed 
 & Co., which concern is still coloring and 
 cleansing kid gloves and feathers at Hancock 
 .Square. He was a partner in the firm of 
 I'". O. Reed & Co., which opened a grocery 
 store at the junction of Main and Essex Streets, 
 in 1855. In 186S he sold his interest in this 
 store to .Samuel D. Sawin. Mr. Reed owns 
 much real estate in the neighborhood as 
 well as in Somerville. He has been very 
 successful in land transactions. One year in 
 the Common Council of Boston was suffi- 
 cient for him, so he declined re-election. 
 He has three sons, who are well known in this 
 district, Frank, Fred W., and George L. Mr. 
 Reed was educated in the common schools of 
 his native town. He is a member of the F'irst 
 Baptist Church. He resides at 22 F>sex 
 Street, where he has lived forty years. 
 
 JOM.\ KliADE. 
 
 son of Patrick and Mary 
 was born in Kilkeimy, Ire- 
 
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 (O'Neil) Reade, 
 
 land, December 1, 1S25, and came 10 this 
 country when a had. He was educated in the 
 public schools and began w-ork as a s|)inner in 
 a Blackstone, Massachusetts, woollen mill. 
 This was in 1846; two years later he went to 
 Milford and took charge of one of the depart- 
 ments of the woollen mill there; and in that 
 
 town he remained nearly twenty years, en- 
 gaged part of the time in the boot and shoe 
 business, and later in the real estate, accumu- 
 lating considerable wealth. In 1S6S he re- 
 moved to Charlestown, where he still re- 
 sides, engaged principally in the real estate 
 business. In iS(5i he organized at his own ex- 
 pense a company of 4Sth Regiment Massachu- 
 setts Volunteers, and went with them to the 
 front. He also raised a company for the 
 57th Veterans later during the war. When 
 attached to the 27th Regiment, July 30, 
 1864, he was taken prisoner at reter.s- 
 bnrg. He was the only commissioned officer 
 left when captured at the mine, all the 
 rest being killed, wounded, or sick. For 
 over seven months he was confined in the 
 rebel prison. .^t the close of the war he 
 was brevetted captain by Andrew Johnson, 
 for bravei'y and meritorious services. Captain 
 Reade has been a member of the Democratic 
 Ward and City Committee for several year.s, 
 president of the local lodge of the Land 
 League, treasurer of the Ancient Order of 
 Hibernians, a member of the Charitable Iri.sh 
 Society, of the Montgomery Light Guards, of 
 Lost 1 1, G. A. R., and colonel of the Thomas 
 Francis Meagher, Post 3, Veteran Union. 
 Mr. Reade represented this district in the 
 House of Representatives of 18S0. "Si, '82, 
 serving on the committees on street railroads, 
 and parishes and religious societies. He 
 also was a member of the Senate during 
 1 89 1, '92. 
 
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 TiiAiiDEus Richardson, son of William 
 and Mary (Gould) Richardson, w-as born in 
 Stoneham, Massachusetts, March 14, 1S09. 
 He received his education in the schools of 
 his native town and at the Academy in San- 
 bornton. New Hampshire. At the age of 
 se\*enteen he went to Lynn, where he served a 
 year and a half as a blacksmith's apprentice. 
 He then removed to Maiden, where he engaged 
 in business on his own account as a black- 
 smith and stable-keeper. He remained in 
 Maiden ten years, and during the latter 
 portion of the time operated a stage line from 
 Maiden to Boston. 
 
 In company with Henry Van Voorhis, he 
 next started in the grain business on the site 
 now occupied by the Fitchburg Depot. Four 
 years later he sold his interest in the business, 
 and with Edwin Bradley opened a grocery 
 store in this district, where he was located for 
 seven years. He then entered into a co-part- 
 nership with John F. Hartshorn, and for five 
 years they conducted a grocery store on 
 Jilackstone Street, Boston. His next business 
 venture was with the firm of Briggs & 
 Richardson, which had a successful existence 
 of five years, and was succeeded by the firm of 
 Richardson & Chapin, which, like the former 
 company, did a distilling business for five 
 years. This busines.s, established by Mr. 
 Richardson, is still carried on in this district. 
 Upon the dissolution of the firm of Richardson 
 & Chapin, Mr. Richardson decided to engage 
 in farming, as he owned two large farms in 
 
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 his native town. He spent two years on his 
 farms, and during this time, in conjunction 
 with his brother, built the Stoneham Branch 
 Railroad, and made extensive investments in 
 real estate. In 1871 he returned to Charles- 
 town and purchased the house 72 High Street, 
 where he now resides. He has retired from 
 active business, but devotes his time to caring 
 for his real estate interests. Mr. Richardson 
 was a member of the Charlestown Common 
 Council in 1S73, ^"<J served four years on the 
 Charlestown Water Board. For sixteen years 
 he was a member of the Winthrop Society. 
 In 1842 Mr. Richardson married Martha 
 Gardner, of Stoneham, who died, leaving one 
 child, a daughter. The death of this daughter 
 was a severe loss to Mr. Richardson, who is 
 left in his declining vears with no immediate 
 relatives. 
 
 I'K. El.I.d'TT l>. KOflUlNS. 
 
 Elliott D. Ronr.iNS, M. D., was born in 
 Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1856. His rudi- 
 mentary education was received in the common 
 schools and the high school of Fitchburg, 
 Massachusetts, and after a year in a private 
 .school, he came to Boston in 1873 and entered 
 the drug house of Dolittle & Smith, where he 
 remained for three years. Leaving this posi- 
 tion, he went to Springfield, where he read 
 medicine in the office of Dr. Horatio Stickney. 
 In September, 1S76, he entered the Harvard 
 Medical School, and after a three years' course 
 he graduated in a class remarkable for the 
 character of the men it gave to the world. In 
 this class were such celebrated men as Dr. 
 Myles Standish, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Mixter, Dr. 
 Ernst, and Dr. Walton. While at Harvard, 
 Dr. Robbins' vacations were spent in dispen- 
 sary work, relieving dispensary physicians. 
 .'\fter leaving the medical school he receivetl 
 an appointment as physician in the lying-in 
 hospital for the usual term of four months. 
 In April, iSSo, Dr. Robbins was married to 
 Annette R. Bebee, daughter of the late James 
 Bebee, one of the largest manufacturers of 
 paper and woollen goods in western Massachu- 
 setts. Dr. Robbins and his wife immediately 
 sailed for Europe. They visited .all points of 
 interest in England, France, Italy, and Swit- 
 zerland, including Pompeii, the Vatican, and St. 
 Peter's. They also went to Munich and to 
 Oberammergau, where they saw the Passion 
 Play. They then went to Vienna, where Dr. 
 Robbins began a course of medicine in one of 
 the famous institutions of that city, receiving 
 instructions from some of the world's most 
 noted physicans. 
 
 .'\fter completing this course, Dr. Robbins. 
 still accomp.anied by Mrs. Robbins, made a 
 tour north as far as Berlin. On returning to 
 London, he received an appointment as surgi- 
 gical dresser in the London hospital, under 
 Professor Hutchinson, where he remained for . 
 six months. Dr. and Mrs. Robbins then '■ 
 visited all of the important points in England ,.'. 
 and Scotland, after which ihey made a tour of j;^ 
 Ireland, going from Giant's Causeway to (L, 
 Queenstown. On returning to Charlestown, |)f 
 Dr. Robbins opened an office on Main Street, j''. 
 where he remained for six years, after which|. ji 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 he removed to 46 High Street, which is now 
 his office and residence. He was a member 
 of the lioston Common Council and on the 
 committees on fire department, pulilic lihrary, 
 and ordinances. He is a member of the 
 Charlestown Five Cents Savings Hank Cor- 
 poration, a member of the committee appointed 
 by the trustees of the Boston Public Library 
 on branch libraries, was treasurer of the 
 lune ijlh .\ssociation for iwo years, is a 
 member of the Charlestown Improvement 
 .Association, president of the Charlestown 
 Cluli, and was the first to take active steps to 
 found this now prosperous organization. He 
 is also a member of the 999th Artillery Asso- 
 ciation, Howard Lodge, L O. O. F., Henry 
 Pine Lodge and .Signet Chapter, F. and .-\. M. 
 Cceur De Lion Commandery K. of T., Megan- 
 tic Fish and Game Club, Massachusetts 
 Medical Society, Harvard Medical School 
 Association, besides being the examining phy- 
 sician of the New England Order of Protection, 
 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 
 Berkshire Life Insurance Co., and the Royal 
 .\ re an mil. 
 
 Dr. Koliliins was, early in life, thrown upon 
 his own resources. His father was a corporal 
 in Company F, 15th Massachusetts Regiment 
 in the War of the Rebellion. He was 
 wounded twice at the Battle of .\ntietam, and 
 in ilie Battle of the Wilderness he received a 
 fatal wound, dying shortly after at .Me.xandria. 
 Virginia. 
 
 The boy Robbins, at the age of four years, 
 was taken by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hanscom, of 
 Fitchburg, who bestowed upon him all the 
 love and attention of parents, and to whose 
 kind otiices much of his success in life is due. 
 Dr. Robbins has three children, two boys and 
 a girl. 
 
 31't-iKR S. Roberts, son of lames Wake- 
 held and Martha (Hill) Roberts, was born iu 
 Lyman, York County, Maine. He is one of 
 eight sons, seven of ndiom are now living. 
 He was educated in the district school of his 
 native town. He came to Charlestown in 
 1S47, and became a clerk for J. W. and A. 
 Roberts, where he remained for several years, 
 fii 1S52 he formed a co-partnership with his 
 brother, James W. Robei ts, under the firm 
 naine of James W. Roberts & Co., to carry 
 on the wholesale provision business. They 
 lo'cated on South Market Street, where 
 , chey continued until 1SS7, when the subject 
 of this sketch retired from business. .Mr. 
 Roberts at that time removed to Wakefield, 
 where he has since resided. 
 
 He was married in 1852 to Miss Harriet L. 
 
 ICmerson, daughter of Joseph and Lydia P. 
 
 (Howard) Emerson. They had four children, 
 
 ,. three daughters and one son, all born in 
 
 iji Charlestown. Mr. Roberts served the city of 
 
 ', Charlestown two years (1S70, "71) as alderman, 
 
 •'; and was chairman of the committee on 
 
 ■ >' accounts. He was also a member of the 
 
 ij |-, Mystic Water Board for two years. .After 
 
 '' ij'he annexation of Charlestown to Boston, he 
 
 jServed for two years (1877, '78) as a member 
 
 of the Common Council and one year as 
 trustee of the City Hospital. 
 
 He is now a trustee of the Charlestown 
 Five Cents Savings Bank and one of the vice- 
 presidents ; a director in the Mutual Protection 
 Fire Insurance Company, and a director of 
 the Metropolitan National Bank of Boston. 
 He was a member of Faith Lodge, and 
 Signet Chapter F. and A. M. : is a member of 
 Citur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar, 
 and the Golden Rule Lodge of Masons of 
 Wakefield. He is a memlier of the First 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 NATHANTRr, W, KOBINSON. 
 
 N.\THANiF.i. W. Robinson was liorn in 
 Meredith, New Hampshire, December 5, 1S13, 
 of good old revolutionary stock. His paternal 
 grandfather fought throughout the Revolution 
 and was with General Washington at Valley 
 Forge. He also went through the War of iS 1 2. 
 His" maternal grandfather was a Wadleigh, 
 who was a colonel in the Revolution. Mr. 
 Robinson came to Boston in 1S32, and, after 
 working some time in the grocery business, he 
 went into the furniture business, and was ever 
 after identified with this industry. In 1844 
 he married Miss Emma B. Studley, the 
 daughter of .-Mson Studley. and since that 
 time he has been a resident of Charlestown. 
 He was for some time the secretary of the 
 Fire Company. He retired from business in 
 1885, and died February 4, 1S92. He was an 
 honest, upright man of a retiring disposition, 
 respected by all who knew him. He cared 
 but little for society, preferring to spend his 
 leisure moments with his family. A widow 
 and three children survive him. 
 
 .\Kiiniu W. Robinson was born at 10 
 Salem Street, Charlestown, where he still re- 
 sides. He is the .son of the late Nathaniel W., 
 and Emma B. Robiu.soii, life-long residents of 
 this district. Mr. Robinson received his edu- 
 cation in the Warren School and Charlestown 
 High .Scliools, after graduating he associated 
 himself with Dr. Heber Bishop, in the manage- 
 ment of the Boston .Vgtncy of the United 
 
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 States Mutual Accident Association of New 
 York, the largest organization of its kind in the 
 world. The name imder which the firm e.xists 
 is Bishop & Robinson. 
 
 Mr. Roliinson is prominent in many of the 
 local organizations. He was the organizer 
 and first president of the Charlestown 
 .■\mateurs, a dramatic and musical organiza- 
 tion. He is a member of Henry Price Lodge, 
 A. F. and A. M. ; ex-secretary and honorary 
 member of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
 Protective .Association ; secretary of the 
 Megantic Fish and Game Corporation ; ex- 
 chief consul of Massachusetts Division, 
 League of .American Wheelmen ; ex-president 
 of the Rover's Cycle Club ; a member of the 
 Boston Athletic .-\ssociation, the (Hiarlestown 
 (lidi, the 999th .Artillery and the Boston Bi- 
 cycle Club. In business circles he is well 
 and favorably known, and has held many 
 positions of honor and trust. In politics he 
 has always shown an active interest, and, 
 although never elected to office, he has been 
 of great assistance to the Republican party 
 while serving on the Ward 5 Ward (Committee. 
 He has been a candidate for the Common 
 Council and for the Legi.slalure in Ward 5. 
 ITis place of business is 21J Milk Street, 
 Boston. 
 
 CHARLES ROBINSON. 
 
 Chari.es Robinson, son of Charles and 
 Mary (Davis) Robinson, was born in Lexing- 
 ton, Franklin County, November 6, 1829. 
 His early educational training was obtained in 
 the public schools of his native town and the 
 first model school of Massachusetts and 
 Le.xington, of which the renowned Cyrus 
 Pierce was principal. He was afterwards 
 educated iu the higher branches at Groton 
 and Lexington Academies. He had first 
 intended to devote his life to agricultural 
 pursuits, but a taste for the legal profession 
 finally decided his course, and he read law 
 with James Dana and Moses G. Cobb at 
 Charlestown. He was admitted to the bar 
 July 2, 1852. 
 
 He began the practice of law in Charles- 
 town, and continued there until 1S68. He 
 then removed his < ffice to Boston, where he 
 had a successful practice. 
 
 Mr. Robinson was married in Charlestown, 
 July 4, 185S, to Rebecca T., daughter of 
 Philander and Rebecca (flibbs) Ames. Of 
 this union there were three children, Emma 
 A. (wife of Charles I. Travelli, of Pittsburg, 
 I'a ) Miner, and Simmer Robinson. 
 
 Mr. Robinson was commissioner on the 
 girls' school at Lancaster, and was also trial 
 justice in Charlestown several years before the 
 police court of that city was established. He 
 was Mayor of Charlestown in 1S65 and '66, 
 and, although at the time residing in Newton, 
 he in 1874 and '75 was solicitor for the city 
 of .Somerville. 
 
 He was a member of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in 1S74, with his brother, George D. 
 Robin.son, subsequently the Governor of the 
 State, and was again elected to the same body 
 in 1888, where, with his legal ability and large 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 experience in civil life, he rendered most 
 efficient service. 
 
 He was a Universalist in his religions 
 belief. He was from 1857 a trustee, from 
 1869 to 'S3 vice president, and until 1S91 
 president of the corporation of Tufts College. 
 Mr. Robinson was originally a Democrat, 
 having voted for Franklin Pierce for Presi- 
 dent, but, becoming dissatisfied with his 
 administration, he then left the Democratic 
 party, and was from that time prominently 
 identified with the best material of the 
 Republican parly. He died July 29. T.S91. 
 
 geokc;e h. ruc.c. 
 
 George Hose.\ Rugg, son of Hosea and 
 Rebecca (.Sanderson) Rugg, was born in 
 Northboro, .\ugust 23, 1832. His parents 
 removed to Charlestown in 1S34. He was 
 educated at the Warren Grammar School, 
 and left school at the age of fourteen to 
 enter the office of E. W. Fay. In 1S61 he 
 became connected with the Fairbanks .Scale 
 ('onipany as book-keeper, and has remained 
 with the firm ever since, now serving as 
 cashier. Mr. Rugg was a member of the First 
 Church and was formerly superintendent of 
 the Sabbath school. He was at one time 
 clerk of the Charlestown School Committee. 
 He left Charlestown after anne.xation in 1S74, 
 and became a resident of Arlington. He is 
 |iast grand of Bethel Lodge, I. O. O. F.. 
 chaplain of Hiram Lodge of Masons, and 
 past H. P. of Menotomy Royal Arch Chapter. 
 He was married at the Winthrop church, 
 March 15, 1855, by Rev. Benjamin Toppan, 
 Jr., to Charlotte Poole, daughter of Charles 
 Poole, one time city clerk and clerk of the 
 Charlestown Water Board. 
 
 WILLIAM T. ROWE. 
 
 Wii.i.iAM T. RowE, son of Isaac and l.ydia 
 H. (Titcomb) Rowe, was born in Charlestown, 
 July 23, 1849, and received his education in 
 the public schools. .'Xfter spending one year 
 in the high school, he left at the age of four- 
 teen, to go to sea " before the mast," his 
 
 chosen profession. This was short lived, for 
 two years later, in January. 1866, while round 
 ing Cape Horn in the clipper ship Nightingale, 
 he fell from aloft, a distance of seventy-five feet, 
 and, strange to say, still survives to tell the 
 story. His injuries, however, were so serious 
 as to incapacitate him from further sea duty, 
 and he returned from San Francisco in June 
 of the same year, to his home in Charlestown. 
 With his mind made up to begin life anew, in 
 December of that same year he entered the 
 employ of IJassett, French .N: Co., wholesale 
 crockery dealers as boy, and now, after twenty- 
 seven years of continuous connection with 
 that firm and its successors, he is a member 
 and one of the directors in the largest corpora- 
 tion in the china trade in the country, that of 
 Abram French Company. He occupies a re- 
 sponsible position as the head of the hotel 
 department. He is also prominently connected 
 with other business enterprises in Boston. He 
 was married in 1876. and moved from Charles- 
 town to Maiden in iSSS, where he now resides. 
 He is prominently connected with the 
 Masonic Fraternity and holds the distingui.slied 
 and honored titles of past master of Faith 
 Lodge, past high priest of .Signet Royal .'Xrch 
 Chapter, and past commander of Cceur de 
 Lion Commandery. Knights Templars of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 GEORCF. A. SANDERSON. 
 
 There are few better known and none more 
 liighly respected citizens in Charlestown than 
 C;eorc;f. .A. SANDERSON. For almost thirty 
 years he has been active in the business, social, 
 and political life of the district. Mr. .S.ander- 
 s(jn w'as born in Newton, Massachusetts, in 
 1S43. ^^ "'^^ educated in the public schools 
 of Newton, and he also spent a term in a pri- 
 vate school. In 1S65 he came to Charles- 
 town, where, with Edgar Downer, he bought 
 out the store and baking busine.'s of J. H. 
 Willard. In 1S6S Mr. Sanderson became 
 >ole owner of the store and he had remark- 
 able prosperity. When he first came here he 
 employed three men. while now he finds suffi- 
 cient work for eighteen. His principal place 
 of business is on Decatur .Street, Init he has 
 branch stores at 22 Medford Street and 511 
 Main Street. He also does a large wagon 
 business in the city proper. South Boston, the 
 South End, Chelsea, and .Somerville. In 1866 
 he was married to Martha A. Rodman, of 
 Kingston, Rhode Island. 
 
 Mr. Sanderson has been very active in the 
 politics of Charlestown. He has been a mem- 
 ber of the Ward 3 Democratic Committee for 
 the past seventeen years. Time and again he 
 has been chosen a delegate to ' ])arty conven- 
 tions both local and State, and for three years 
 he represented Ward 3 in the Legislature. 
 
 George P. .SANliORN is a native of Charles- 
 town, and was born on August 31, 1S33. He 
 is the son of Peter and Sarah (Whitney) 
 Sanborn. His early education was received 
 
 in the famous Training Field School and in 
 1848 he was graduated from the high school. 
 After finishing his education, he liegan work 
 in a linen store. Soon his perseverance and 
 attention to business carried his promotion to 
 the position of salesman. In 1872 he became 
 a partner in the firm of George S. Winslow & 
 Co., dry goods, when the firm name was 
 changed to Sanborn, Ham & Co. He is a 
 
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 member of Henry Price Lodge, F. and A. 
 M., Waverly Royal Arch Chapter, F. and 
 A. M. He married .Sophronia Worthen, of 
 Charlestown. His two children are George 
 W. and Kathrina W. Sanborn. 
 
 Mr. Sairborn's life has been one of honest 
 perseverance. From boyhood to the present 
 time he has courted the spirit of integrity 
 and uprightness, and, although, pecuniarily 
 speaking, his youthful days were not as 
 iiright as one might wish, still, his present is a 
 happy one and bespeaks for him in future, 
 when his years demand a rest, days of ease 
 and sweet comfort. He has some very 
 valuable property in this district and in other 
 localities. He has lived at 81 Elm Street for 
 thirty-two years. 
 
 Aaron Sargent son of Aaron and .Sarah 
 (Nichols) Sargent, was born in Charlestown, 
 October 29, 1822. His education was ob- 
 tained in the Hunker Hill School of this dis- 
 trict. From 1839 until 1S54 he was in the 
 counting-room of Nathaniel Winsor, and in 
 the latter year he became a member of the 
 firm of Nathaniel Winsor & Co. He removed 
 to .Somerville in 1846, residing in East Som- 
 erville until 1869, when he removed to Winter 
 Hill. He served on the school committee of 
 that town from 1S5S to 1862 ; on the auditing 
 committee from i860 to 1862 and from 186S 
 to 1871 ; on the finance committee from 1S68 
 to 1S71 ; and on the water board from 1868 
 to 187 1. On the incorporation of the Somer- 
 ville city government Mr. Sargent was elected 
 city treasurer, and continued in the office by 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 successive elections until iSSi, when he re- 
 signed. He served as treasurer of the com- 
 missioners of the sinking funds from 1S76 to 
 18S8. In 1883 he l-)ecame connected with the 
 liay State Hrick Company as director, and for 
 a time acted as secretary and treasurer. In 
 August, 1S89, he was elected to the position 
 which he holds at present, treasurer of the 
 Woodlawn Cemetery. He is a member of the 
 New England Historic Genealogical Society ; 
 I lid School Boys of lioston Association ; Soley 
 [.odge, F. and A. M. ; .Somerville Royal Arch 
 Chapter, F. and A. M.; Orient Council of 
 Royal and Select Masters, F. and .\. M. ; 
 Cicur de Lion Commandery, K. T. He ha,s 
 been recording oHicer of every masonic body in 
 Somerville and also of the local commandery, 
 and for three years was president of the 
 board of trustees of the masonic apart- 
 ments in Soinerville. He is a thirty-second 
 degree ma.son. Mr. Sargent married Miss .S. 
 Maria Adams of Somerville, .-\pril 28, 1S46. 
 She died January 11, 1893, leaving two chil- 
 dren, Lucy H. and Aaron Eugene Sargent. 
 Mr. Sargent resides on liroadway, Somerville. 
 
 valuable property in the neighborhood and 
 was very successful in all his transactions. 
 Mr. Sawin was greatly interested in politics, 
 was a member of the Common t'ouncil for two 
 years, a member of the Hoard of .\ldermen for 
 one year, and a member of the Legislature for 
 
 CHAKLES D. SAWIN, I\I . U. 
 
 Charles V>. Sawin, M. D., son of Samuel 
 1). and Caroline E. (Simonds) Sawin, first saw 
 the light of day in Chailestown on Wednes- 
 day, June 10, 1857. He received his rudimen- 
 tary education in the public schools and was 
 graduated from the local high school. In 
 1878 he was graduated from the Massachu- 
 setts Institute of Technology. In 1S81 he 
 received a diploma from the Harvard Medical 
 School. He was connected with lioston City 
 Hospital during the ne.\t three years, after the 
 expiration of which time he went abroad to 
 pursue his studies. He returned in 1884, and 
 opened an office in Charlestown, and in Decem- 
 ber he was appointed physician and surgeon 
 of the Massachusetts .State Pri.son, remaining 
 there until June, iSgi, when he resigned. 
 
 On October 14, lS8";, Dr. Sawin inarried 
 Katherine F. Cole, of Charlestown, who died 
 July 19, 1S87, leaving one child, Katherine M. 
 May 31, 1S93, he married Mabel A., daughter 
 of Captain A. M. Beattie, of Lancaster, New 
 Hampshire. In February, 1889, Dr. .Sawin 
 lost his left arm. This mishap, unfortunate 
 though it was, did not deter him from follow- 
 ing his profession. L>r. Sawin is a mendjer 
 of the Harvard Medical School Association, 
 Boston City Hospital Club, and the Bjyistou 
 Medical Libiary .Association. His office and 
 residence are at 349 Main Street. 
 
 Samuel D. SAWr.N, son of .Samuel and 
 Martha (Blanchard) .Sawin, was born in Stow, 
 .Massachusetts, Monday, Kebru.iry 2. 1S35. 
 His education was received in Stow. He 
 came to Charlestown when eighteen years old, 
 and for a .short time was employed by the 
 Fitchburg Railroad. Soon after he found 
 occupation with the firm of F. O. & J. T. 
 Reed & <»o., grocers, and after a short time 
 he became a partner, subsequently buying the 
 Reeds out. He purchased and sold much 
 
 SAMUEL U. SAWI.\'. 
 
 three years. For a number of years he was a 
 member of the Overseers of the Poor and very 
 much enjoyed the position. He was a mem- 
 ber of Bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. O. F. He 
 W.IS married May i, 1856, to Miss Caroline E. 
 .Simond.s, of Charlestown, who resides at pre- 
 sent with their only child, Dr. Charles D. 
 Sawin, on Main Street. Mr. Sawin died on 
 July 27, 1890. 
 
 
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 Charles \V. Sawyer, born in Charles- 
 town, Thursday, February 28, 1833, is the son 
 of Seth .Sawyer. His early education was 
 received in the Training Field School, and 
 after graduating from the grammar school he 
 attended a private school and took a course 
 at a commercial college. In 1S53 he was 
 appointed clerk in the Charlestown post- 
 office, where he remained si.xteen years, most 
 of the time being assistant postmaster. In 
 1S69 he resigned the position, and engaged 
 in the real estate busine.ss in City .Square, 
 with an office also in Boston. In this busine.ss 
 he has since continued. He moved to Somer- 
 ville in 1S73, where, in 1S75, he was a member 
 of the Common Council. He served on the 
 Board of Aldermen in 1S76 and was chairman 
 of the Board of Health for two years. He 
 is a charter member of Soley Lodge F. and A. 
 M., of .Somerville, and of Signet Chapter, of 
 Charlestown ; was two years commander ol 
 Coeur de Lion Commandery, K. T., of which 
 he is also a charter member. He was presi- 
 dent of the Training Field School Association 
 in 18S1 and 1S82, and has been prcsitlent for 
 many years of the 999th Aitilloiy .-\s-ociation. 
 Mr. Sawyer married, in 1S56, Miss Julia A., 
 daughter of the late William S. Heal, of 
 Belmont. Maine. They reside in Somerville. 
 
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 TlMnTHV T. SAWVEK. 
 
 Ti.MuTHV TiiOMi'soN Sawyer, son of Wil- 
 liam and Susannah (Thomjjson) Sawyer, was 
 boin in Charlestown January 7, 181 7. His 
 ancestors were among the earliest settlers in 
 Massachusetts. One of them, James Thomp- 
 son, came to Charlestown with Governor 
 Winthrop's company in 1630. On the other 
 side, Thomas Sawyer settled in Lancaster, in 
 1641. His early education was chiefly obtained 
 at the public schools. His business life was 
 commenced in the hardware and ship-chan- 
 dlery store of his uncle Thomas M. Thompson, 
 in Merchants Row, Boston. When he was 
 twenty years of age his uncle died, and for 
 five years he continued the business alone. 
 In 1S42 he formed a partnership with John W. 
 Frothingham, under the firm name of Sawyer 
 & Frothingham, who carried on the same busi- 
 ness for two years. About this time the firm 
 of Gage, llittinger cS Co. was formed to en- 
 gage in the wharfage and ice business, of 
 which Mr. Sawyer was a partner. In 1S46 
 the firm name was changed to Gage, Sawyer 
 & Co. The house was e.xtensively engaged in 
 the shipment of ice, and had business connec- 
 tions in the principal southern cities, in several 
 of the West Indian Islands, in Rio Janeiro 
 and Calcutta, and was widely and honorably 
 known. Mr. Sawyer retired from active busi- 
 ness in 1862. 
 
 For forty-one years Mr. Sawyer has been a 
 director in the Bunker Hill National Bank, 
 and a trustee of the Warren Institution for 
 Savings nearly as long. In 1880 he was made 
 president of the Warren Institution for Sav- 
 ings, and in 1884 was elected president of the 
 Bunker Hill National Bank, which offices he 
 still holds. During his active career he has 
 held many local oftices of trust and responsi- 
 bility. In 1840 he was a member of the 
 finance committee, and assessor in 1S41 of the 
 town government of Charlestown. In 1843, 
 '44, and '45 he was a member of the school 
 committee. The town became a city in 1S47. 
 In T848, '53. and '54 he was a mendjer of the 
 Common Council under the city government : 
 elected prssident the last year, but declined to 
 serve. He was M.ayor of Charlestown in 
 1S55, '56. and '57, and chairman of the school 
 committee from 1855 to '64. In 1S57 he was 
 a representative in the Legislature, and in 
 185S, State Senator. His first election to the 
 otfice of mayor was as the citizens" candidate 
 in opposition to the i:anilidate of the Know- 
 Nothing party, and this was the first defeat of 
 that party after its organization in the State of 
 Massachusetts. When the Charlestown pub- 
 lic library was established, in iSCo, he was 
 elected president of the board of trustees, and 
 continued to hold the otfice until the city was 
 annexed to Boston, January i, 1874. 
 
 He was president of the Mystic Water Board 
 from 1871 to '76, and of the lioston Water 
 Board from 1S76 to "79, and for the first three 
 years of its existence was a member of the 
 fire commission of lioston. Mr. Sawyer has 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 been treasurer of the Bunker Hill Monument 
 Association since 1879, ^"'^' f<"' years one of 
 the trustees of Tufts College. In religious 
 matters Mr. .Sawyer has been equally active 
 and prominent, having been upon the standing 
 committee of the First Universalist Church of 
 Charlestown for nearly half a century, and for 
 thirteen vears its chairman 
 
 AMilChW SAWTIil 
 
 A.NDRHVV ,Sa\vi ELL was born in Groton in 
 1S02. He was educated in the public school 
 of his native town, and removed to Charles- 
 town in 18 1 6. fie entered the employ of 
 John .Senter, and later worked for Skinner it 
 Hurd. He then w^ent into the grocery busi- 
 ness for himself, in the firm of Sawtell & 
 Jacobs, and was located at 12 and 13 City 
 Square, where A. N. Swallow & Co. now carry 
 on the same business. In 1853 Mr. Sawtell 
 made another business venture that proved 
 entirely successful. He embarked in the 
 jobbing business in Boston under the firm 
 name of Sawtell & Hartshorn, which was 
 afterwards changed to A. Sawtell & Co , under 
 which name the business is carried on to-day 
 at 7 South Market Street, by his two sons, 
 James A. and Thomas A. Sawtell. Mr. 
 Sawtell took an active interest in public 
 affairs and was a member of the Charlestown 
 Common Council in 1851, '52, '53, '54, '56, and 
 '57, and an alderman in 1862, '63, and '64. 
 He w'as a director and president of the 
 Charlestown Gas Co., director of the Monu- 
 ment Nation.al Bank, and of the Mutual 
 Insurance Co. He died in 188^. 
 
 OIAIU-ES K. SIMrSUN. 
 
 Charles R. Simtson, son of Charles D. 
 and Ruth (Houghton) Simpson, was born in 
 Nicholasville, Kentucky, in i860. His father 
 was a Presbyterian minister and professor of 
 mathematics and languages at Washington 
 University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Simp- 
 son received his education in the public 
 schools of St. Louis. His father having died 
 in 1 866, his mother was compelled to give 
 lessons in the St. Louis Blind Asylum, and by 
 this means permitted her children to attend 
 school. When twelve years old Doctor 
 
 Simpson undertook to aid his mother, and 
 went to work on a farm, where he remained 
 five years. When seventeen, he went to 
 Colorado and herded cattle for two years, 
 and here came to him the idea of becoming a 
 veterinary surgeon. 
 
 Being a nephew of Dr. James Penniman, of 
 Worcester, one of the most successful veteri- 
 nary surgeons in this State, Dr. Simpson 
 went to his infirmary and at the same time 
 took an academic course in Worcester 
 .■\cademy, preparatory to entering the Mon- 
 treal Veterinary College, a branch of McGill's 
 University. In 1S87, he received the diploma 
 which entitled him to practice. He went 
 immediately to Greenfield, Massachusetts, but 
 remained a short time, as, in the fall of the 
 same year, he opened an office in the Central 
 .Stables under Monument Hall. Later he 
 attd his brother, also a veterinary surgeon, 
 associated themselves together and opened a 
 veterinary hospital in Maiden. They have an 
 ambulance in connection with the institution, 
 and are able to convey disabled animals there, 
 without any greater cost than to lioston. 
 
 ICvery day Dr. .Simpson may be found in 
 his local office from nine to eleven and from 
 two until four. Veterinary surgeons alone 
 should be invited to care for horse's teeth, 
 aiid Dr. .S. has had remarkable success in 
 the capacity of a dentist. He is a member of 
 the Massachusetts \'eterinary Association 
 and of the Montreal \'cterinary Association. 
 In 1SS5 he married Ilatlie Lloyd, of .South 
 Framingham. He resides in his own beauti 
 ful home, the product of his fidelity and 
 ability, at 1 s Arthur Street, Somerville. 
 
 Joseph M. Skally, son of Hugh F. and 
 Hannorah (Walsh) Skally, was born Decem- 
 ber 10, 1857, in Boston. 
 
 He was educated in .St. Mary's Institute 
 luidicott Street, Boston, and at McGill's 
 Uni\'ersity, Montreal. He was graduated at 
 the Montreal Veterinary College, March 30, 
 1S82, and immediately returned to Boston to 
 practise his profession, locating himself in his 
 present quarters at Brintnall's stable on Chap- 
 man .Street. 
 
 He is a member of the Massachusetts Vet- 
 erinary Association, Montreal Veterinary Asso- 
 ciation, and United .States Veterinary Associa- 
 tirjn. 
 
 Dr. Skally has a large practice and has been 
 more than ordinarily succes.sful. He resides 
 on Washington Street, Charlestown. 
 
 GEORGE SKILTON. 
 
 George Skilton, son of John and Sarah 
 (Jaques) Skilton, was born in Charlestown, 
 May 12, 1812. He was educated in the local 
 public schools, and entered the employ of 
 John Doane, of Charlestown, at his factory, to 
 learn the brush business, where he served for 
 seven years, when he was made foreman of 
 the factory. John Doane died soon after, and 
 the business was then bought and carried on 
 for tweuly-five vears by Ilerman ,S. Doane 
 and George Skilton. In i860 Mr. Skilton 
 retired from the firm, au(.l, with his eldest son, 
 
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 George C. Skilton, formed the firm of George 
 Skilton & Son, and engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of vinegar at Somerville, Massachusetts, 
 to which town he had moved in 1858, after 
 residing in Charlestown for forty-si.\ years. 
 The firm soon after engaged also in the manu 
 facture of pickles, sauces, etc., etc., in connec- 
 tion with their vinegar business. In 1S64 
 the firm was changed 10 .Skilton, Foote & Co., 
 and consisted then of George .Skilton, Edward 
 Foote, and George C. .Skilton. .Shortly after, 
 the firm, for the better protection of the goods 
 manufactured by them, adopted a trade mark 
 consisting of the words "Bunker Hill," and 
 picture of the Bunker Hill Monument and 
 surrounding grounds. And for the past fif- 
 teen years Bunker Hill pickles have become a 
 household word from Maine to California. 
 Mr. Skilton, in 1S36, was married to Caroline, 
 only daughter of the late Rev. Jared Curtis, of 
 Charlestown, and their three children. George 
 C. Skilton, Caroline Ashly Skillon, now Mrs. 
 N. N. Sargent, and ;\ll)ert II. Skilton still 
 survive. George .Skilton died in Somerville, 
 October 22, 1S81, and is buried in the family 
 lot at Woodlawn. 
 
 1 IIMMAS J. SHAW-SLOAN'E. 
 
 Thomas J. Shaw-Sloane, son of the late 
 Hon. James Shaw-Sloane, of Her Majesty's 
 Civil Service, and a lineal descendant of Sir 
 Hans Sloane, the founder of the .Sloane 
 Museum of London, England, was born in 
 F'^ngland. 
 
 Coming to this country after the death of 
 his father, some thirteen years ago, he, by his 
 own unaided exertions, found employment, 
 and is now manager of the Boston Comfort 
 Corset Co., with an office at 43 West Street. 
 
 Mr. .Shaw-Sloane is quite a "literary fellow." 
 He is the author of numerous poems, sketches, 
 essays, also of "Gnomic .Sunbeams," Damrell 
 it Upham, publishers, Boston, 1S91 ; a book 
 dedicated to the Rev, A. J. Gordon, D.D., 
 pastor of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, 
 and favorably commented upon by the press 
 of Boston. " Yule-tide Telesons " is another 
 of Mr. Shaw-Sloane's creations. He has been, 
 at different times, Boston correspondent for 
 out-of-town papers. This is his amusement, 
 10 write. Being a deep student, a lover of 
 books, to put his own ideas on paper seems 
 natural. 
 
 He is a life member of the Boston Y. M. C. 
 A., also a member of the Clarendon Street 
 Baptist Church of Boston. He is of a kindly 
 Christian disposition. A round, open, broad 
 face, clear, laughing, blue eyes, a large head, 
 with a more than plentiful crop of blonde hair, 
 which falls in picturesque confusion over his 
 coat collar, proclaims, unconsciously, the artist 
 and student. He is known personally to but 
 few, being no lover of society. But the compan- 
 ionship of his beautiful American wife being 
 more gratifying than any idle flattery of the 
 social world. 
 
 Mrs. Shaw-Sloane was a Miss (Hoyt) Grows, 
 of Brooklyn, New York, niece of Lieut. Alfred 
 Hoyt, U. S. N. A most gentle, loving, lova- 
 ble, beautiful woman, whom but to know is to 
 like. 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, I'AST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Mr. Sliaw-SIoane is an American citizen, a 
 Republican in politics. lie is a jii.stice of the 
 peace, etc. 
 
 This motto, pasted inside his desk, in the 
 Boston Comfort Corset Co 's otfice, 43 West 
 Street, gives the keynote to the success he 
 has had in life : — 
 
 " tie who does not while he may what he 
 
 should 
 May not after do it when he would." 
 .>\ good motto, say all. 
 
 A. SOUTHWORTH. 
 
 RuliERT Al.K.XANDER SoUTIt WORTH, son of 
 
 Alexander and Helen Southworth, was I)orn 
 in Medford, Massachusetts, May 6, 1S52. He 
 was educated in the public schools of Charles- 
 town, after which he entered Harvard and 
 was graduated therefrom in 1S74. He then 
 studied law with Hon. Charles Theodore 
 Russell, and was admitted to the .Suffolk bar 
 in 1876. He was appointed clerk of the 
 committee chosen by the Legislature of 1S.S1 
 to revise and publish the General Statutes of 
 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and 
 rendered efficient service in connection with 
 tliat important work. He was associated 
 with Messrs. Young and Russell in the 
 publication of the Massachusetts controverted 
 election cases, and in the preface of their 
 report they testify to his service in the fol- 
 lowing language : — 
 
 " The editors are also under obligations to 
 Robert A. Southworth, Esq., the efficient 
 assistant clerk of the House of Representa- 
 tives, whose access to and knowledge of 
 legislative documents and actions have much 
 aided our work. Mr. Southworth collected 
 the materials for the publication, examined 
 the journals and records to ascertain the 
 disposition of all the cases, and prepared the 
 tables of cases reported and unreported, and 
 the table of cases cited. He has also greatly 
 assisted the editors in the supervision of the 
 printing of the reports." 
 
 Mr. .Southworth was appointed clerk of 
 the committee appointed to redistrict the 
 state into congre.s.sional districts in 1SS2. and 
 prepared the plans and statistics on which 
 that redistricting was based. He was for 
 many years a member of the Republican Dis- 
 trict, City, and State Committees, and was 
 secretary of the Republican State Central 
 Committee in 18S7 and 1S8S. He was chosen 
 the official ^les^enger of the >fational Repub- 
 lican Convention at Chicago in 1SS8. 
 
 For five years he was the assistant clerk of 
 the House of Representatives, and in 188S 
 represented the second Suffolk (Charlestown) 
 district in the senate, when he was a member 
 of the committees on railroa<ls, bills in the 
 third reading, and the library. He has since 
 resumed the practice of law and for the past 
 five years has been one of the counsel for the 
 West End .Street Railway Company. 
 
 Mr. Southworth married Mary Eliza, 
 daughter of William II. and Sarah A. B. 
 Kinney, and has one daughter, Constance 
 .Southworth. He resides in Hrookline. 
 
 CHARLES F. SMITH. 
 
 CiiARi.KS F. Smiih was liorn in Charles- 
 town, Tuesday, July 3, 1832. The local 
 schools gave him his educational training. 
 Nearly all his life has been spent in the bank- 
 ing business and he has held many positions 
 of trust. When the Eagle Bank was a State 
 institution he was connected with it. He 
 has been in the Conlinental National Hank 
 of Boston for more than thirty years, acting 
 as cashier. This baidv is one of the sound 
 and conservative institutions. Before an- 
 nexation Mr. Smith was quite active in 
 local affairs, and his activity was rewarded 
 by the citizens, who elected him to many 
 of the prominent municipal offices of CMiarles- 
 town. In 1S59 he was chosen a member 
 of the school board. He served continu- 
 ously for fifteen years, until annexation 
 took place, and gave his every endeavor 
 to the duties of the committee, and took 
 an active interest in the school.s, spend- 
 ing much valuable time in the improve- 
 ment of the condition and the increasing of 
 the number of schoolhouses. In 1863 he 
 was elected a member of the Common Coun- 
 cil and re-elected in 1864 and 1865. The 
 latter year he was chosen president of that 
 body. In 1S66 he was elected an alderman 
 and, in 1867, he was re-elected, Ijut declined 
 further service. 
 
 A son of Charlestown, naturally Mr. Smith 
 takes great interest and pride in this district, 
 and when the question of annexation to 
 Boston arose he was not backward in express- 
 ing his disapproval, and opposed the plan 
 strenuously. Since then he has held no public 
 oflice. Some years ago Mr. Smith purchased 
 the old historic Breed estate on Mt. Vernon 
 Street, where he has ever since resided. He 
 is surrounded by a large family of talented 
 children, in whose companionship he finds 
 much happiness. 
 
 L'.UUKi.E M. STAKIilKii. 
 
 native town, and at the age of sixteen he came 
 to Charlestown, where he became apprenticed 
 to the carpenter trade. In i860 he established 
 himself in business as carpenter and builder, 
 and since that time has done a large business 
 with success. In 1872 and 1873 he was a 
 member of the Hoard of Aldermen of the citv 
 of Charlestown. In 1873 was nominated as a 
 candidate for representative from Chanestown 
 to the Ceneral Court, but declined the nomi- 
 nation. In 1879 was again nominated to the 
 General Court, and was elected, and served on 
 the Committee on Harlurs and Public Lands. 
 In 1 88 1 he moved to Somerville, where he was 
 a member of the Common Council in 1S87 and 
 1888. He is a trustee of the Five Cents Sav- 
 ings Bank, a director in the Mutual I'rotection 
 Insurance Company, a member of Soley 
 Lodge of Masons, of the Royal Arcanum, and 
 of the Perkins Street Baptist Church, Somer- 
 ville. He was formerly superintendent of the 
 Bunker Hill Baptist Sunday School. 
 
 Gedrgi-; M. Starhird was born in Bow- 
 doinham, Maine, April 27, 1S33. His ances- 
 tors came from ICngland nearly two hundred 
 years ago, and settled in Maine. lie received 
 his education in the public schools of his 
 
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 Benjami.v F. Stacf.y, son of Daniel and 
 Ruth L. (Storer) Stacey, was born in Glouces- 
 ter fifty-seven years ago ; he came to Boston 
 at an early age and secured an apprenticeship 
 in the drug business in the store of Charles 
 H. .\twood, at Green and Leverett Streets. 
 .Subsequently Mr. Stacey removed to the 
 South, intending to make his permanent resi- 
 dence there ; but after an attack of yellow- 
 fever he decided to return North, where he 
 has since remained, 
 
 Mr. Stacey became a resident of Charles- 
 town in 1859. For a year he was connected 
 with Dr. Bartlett's drug store on Elm Street, 
 and then opened on his own account at the 
 corner of Vine and Moulton Streets. Inside 
 of two years he had built up such a success- 
 ful business that he was compelled to seek 
 new quarters in a store erected by himself at 
 the corner of Vine and Tufts Streets. 
 
 In the centennial year he inoved to his 
 present location, where he has one of the 
 finest drug stores in New England. Here, 
 for over seventeen years, he has maintained 
 his business headquarters. 
 
 Mr. Stacey's popularity with his professional 
 brethren is well attested by the numerous 
 positions of honor which he ha.s held. He 
 has served as secretary, trustees and president 
 of the Ma.ssachusetts College of I'harniacy. 
 He has also been president of the Massachu- 
 setts Druggists' -Mli.ince and of the Massachu- 
 setts Pharmaceutical .Association, and is a 
 member of the Boston Druggists' .Vssociation. 
 
 Mr. Stacey has endeared himself to the 
 people by his charitable deeds : and has 
 served as an officer in many charitable and 
 philanthropic orc;anizations, as well as social 
 and religious bodies. 
 
 In politics Mr. Stacey has been markedly 
 successful ; he has always been a Democrat, 
 but his large majorities prove that his sup- 
 porters are not confined to his party. lie 
 represented W'ard 2 in 1866 in the Charles- 
 town Common Council, and his ability as a 
 vote-getter is shown by his receiving seven 
 hundred and forty-six votes out of nine hnn- 
 
CHARLESTOWX CITIZEXS, I'ASl' AXD PRESENT. 
 
 dred and niiiet)-eij;lit ; 1867 saw Iiim re-elected 
 by more votes than any other man in the 
 field. He was afterwards elected to the 
 Board of Alderman of the city of Charlestown 
 for two years, and was in the Legislature of 
 iSyt and 1S76. He remained out of politics 
 for thirteen years, until 1S89, when he was 
 elected to the Board of Aldermen of the city 
 of Boston, and was reelected for 1S90 and 
 1891. 
 
 Mr. Stacey is an ex-president of the Massa- 
 chusetts Pharmaceutical Association, and of 
 the Boston Druggists' Alii ince. lie is a mem- 
 ber of the American Pharmaceutical Associa- 
 tion ; Boston Druggists' Association; .Schuman 
 Club; Order of Elks; Young Men's Demo- 
 cratic Club ; Bunker Hill Monument Associa- 
 tion ; Odd Fellows; various Masonic bodies 
 in this district; Vestry of St. John's Church; 
 Veteran Firemen's Association ; Veteran t)dd 
 Fellows ; Charlestown Im]>rovement Associa- 
 tion ; Knights of Honor; Royal Society of 
 Cood Fellows, and the Cliarleslown Club, of 
 which he is past president. He was inarried 
 to Emily A. Dodge of Bridgewater, Maine, 
 December 11, i860. They have fivechildrtn 
 living. Mrs. Frederick W. Fisk, of Orange, 
 Massachusetts; Dr. Charles F. Stacey; 
 Francis K., Bertha E., and Winthrop 1). 
 Stacey. He resides at 33 High Street. 
 
 Emerie BEN.r.\MiN Stetson, son of Ezra 
 and Clarissa Stetson, was born in Wilmington, 
 County of Windham, Vermont, Sunday, 
 January 2, 1825. He is one of eleven chil- 
 dren, seven boys and four girls. He was edu- 
 cated in the common schools of his native 
 town, with the e.xception of one term which 
 was spent in a .select school. He worked on a 
 farm after leaving school, until he was twenty- 
 one years old. At the age of twenty-four years 
 he came to Boston, where he found employment 
 as a driver of a bread wagon, which occupa- 
 tion he followed for two years. His next 
 occupation was that of a porter in Wild's 
 Hotel, on Elm Street, Boston, where he re- 
 mained for six months, going thence to the 
 Marlboro Hotel, where he was for about the 
 same length of time. He then went to work 
 at the blind asylum in South Boston, wheie he 
 remained for a year. At this time Mr. Stet- 
 son returned to his native town, where he w,is 
 married to Merriam Owen, daughter of Rev. 
 Linus Owen, of Dover, Vermont. He pur- 
 chased a blacksmith shop at Wilmington and 
 carried on the business for some four years, 
 and, returning to Boston, he engaged in the 
 baking busine.ss with Orrin Gilmore, under the 
 firm name of Gilmore & Stetson. This part- 
 nership continued for ten years, when Mr. 
 Stetson went into luusiness on his own account 
 which he continued until about two years ago, 
 when he surrendered it to his son, who now 
 carries it on at 14S .Main Street. Altogether, 
 Mr. Stetson was in the baking business for 
 about forty years. Mr. Stetson has had five 
 children, four girls and one boy, four of whom 
 are now living. 
 
 Early in life Mr. Stet.son interested himself 
 a good deal in politics. He was born a Whig 
 
 and was afterward a Republican. Of late years 
 he has not been a parly man, but has exercised 
 his right of suffrage for the best men regardless 
 of party. He was one of a committee of five 
 citizens of Charlestown appointed during the 
 War to fill the city's c]uota of the four hundred 
 thousand men called for by President Lincoln. 
 Though he did not go to the War, Mr. Stetson 
 furnished a substitute at an expense to him- 
 self of $1,000. He was very generous in his 
 contributions of money during the War. 
 
 He was a member of the Charlestown City 
 Government in 1870 and '71. Mr. Stetson is 
 a mendier of the I. O. O. F., and has passed 
 through the chairs of Bunker Hill Lodge, 
 Bunker Hill Encampment, and the Rebecca 
 Lodge. He is also a member of the Knights 
 of Honor, and has passed through the chairs 
 of the Charlestown Lodge, besides being a 
 member and officer of various other organiza- 
 tions. Mr. Stetson lives on Austin Street, 
 this district. 
 
 JOHN STETSON. 
 
 John Stetson, son of Joseph and Sarah 
 (Gaul) Stetson, was born in Bristol, Maine, 
 March 26, 1806. He attended the public 
 schools of Bristol, and came to Boston in 1826, 
 after having learned the blacksmith and ship- 
 smith trade at Damariscotta, Maine. He 
 secured employment in the Navy Yard, after 
 which he engaged with a. ship-building firm in 
 Boston. He afteiward engaged with Magoun 
 & Turner, ship builders, where he remained 
 for fourteen years, when he returned to the 
 Navy Yard as quarierman. In politics he 
 was originally a Whig, and, on the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party, he joined it. 
 He left the Navy Yard about twenty-five 
 years ago and took the management of his 
 son's printing business in Boston. He was 
 a member of the Charlestown Coiritnon 
 Council in 1S66, '67. He is a member of 
 the Bunker Hill Lodge, L O. O. F., having 
 joined that organization in 1846. He has 
 been a member of the Winthrop Congrega- 
 tional Church since 1S42. He married Miss 
 Parmelia Wright, of ('harlestown, in. Sep- 
 tember, 1827. .She was born in Lexington in 
 March, 1800. She died in May, 1S69. He 
 had foiir children, two of whom are living. 
 John .Stetson, Jr., the well-known theatre 
 manager, and Harriet N. Lovett, widow of 
 George W. Lovett. 
 
 Charles Wist.ir Stevens, M. D., son of 
 Dr. Thomas J. and Abigail (Baker) Stevens, 
 was born in Marlow-, New Hampshire, Wed 
 nesday, August 3, 1836. He was prepared 
 for college at the Wilbraham Academy, and 
 entered Harvard in 1856, graduating thtre- 
 from in 1S60. He first entered commercial 
 life in New York City, but in 1861 abandoned 
 business and went abroad, where he began 
 the study of medicine. While there he 
 taught school in London, to obtain means for 
 the continuation of his studies. Returning 
 home, he took the course in the Harvard 
 Medical School, from which he was graduated 
 in 1S70. Then he began practice in this dis- 
 
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 trict, where he has since remained. He was 
 city physician of Charlestown in 1S72, and in 
 1S92 was surgeon to the Wilson line and the 
 Furness line of steamers. In 1S60, Doctor 
 Stevens compiled the book of " Anerican 
 College Songs," the first collection of college 
 songs ever published in this country, and this 
 was followed by a number of other popular 
 publications, among them " Up the Hudson," 
 
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 riR. CilAlU.E^ W.I STEVEN- 
 
 '' Three Cities of Paris," "Education of 
 Women from a German Standpoint," and 
 "Curiosities of the Human Hair." Doctor 
 .Stevens is a member of the Massachu.setls 
 Medical .Society and the American Academy 
 of Medicine. On May 27, 1874, he was mar- 
 ried in Paris, France, to Miss Melina Lallier ; 
 they have one child, Charlotte Melina Stevens, 
 Doctor .Stevens resides at 54 Elm .Street, 
 Charlestown. 
 
 WfiNDlil.L 
 
 Wendell P. .Stevens is the junior mem- 
 ber of the firm of Brewer & Stevens, gentle- 
 men's tailors. He was born in Portland, 
 Maine, March 9. 1854, and in 1867, when 
 thirteen years old, his parents removed to 
 Charlestown. He attended the Winthrop 
 and Prescott Grammar and (_"harlestown High 
 .Schools. Like his partner, Mr. Brewer, he 
 engaged with the wholesale clothing firm of 
 James Rothwell & Co., though he left that 
 concern much earlier than Mr. Brewer and 
 gave his attention to custom work, developing 
 marked ability in this line. In 187S he 
 opened a store at 269 Main Street, where for 
 ten years he conductec a prosperous business, 
 which eventually outgrew his facilities in that 
 locality and led to the formation of the firm 
 of which he is now a member. 
 
 Mr. Stevens devotes his energies to the 
 department where he is eminently at home, 
 and, though a force of trained employees 
 carries on the work, both members are con 
 stantly supervising it, leaving no detail un- 
 noticed. 
 
 Mr. Stevens is also prominent in the social 
 life of Charlestown. He is a member of 
 Faith Lodge, Signet Chapter, Boston Council, 
 
rilARLESTOWX. C'lTI/I^XS, PAST AM) I'RF.SEX' 
 
 CcEur de Lion Conimaiidery, and Order of the 
 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, F. and A. 
 M., a member of the Massachusetts Fish and 
 Game Protective Association, the Megantic 
 Fish and Gaine Corporation, a life member 
 of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, and 
 the Charleslown Club. Five years ago he 
 established his home on School Street, Winter 
 Hill, Somerville, where he still resides. 
 
 kVIlKliri 
 
 Evr.RErf A. Stevkns was born in Madison, 
 Maine, May 13, 1S43, and teceived his educa- 
 tion in the common schools. He is a member 
 of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission 
 and a practical railroad man in the literal mean- 
 ing of the term. Though occupying a lucra- 
 tive position in Montreal, Canada, at the 
 lireaking out of the Civil War in the United 
 States, he hastened to take his part in the 
 conflict, and went to the front as a member of 
 Company I, irth Massachusetts Regiment, 
 at the age of nineteen years. He remained 
 with the regiment until it left the front at 
 Cold Ilarb.or, its term of enlistment having 
 expired, and was iriustered out June 24, 1S64, 
 in Boston. The nth was an organization 
 to which General Hooker in his reports paid 
 deserved compliments, and it made an admira- 
 ble record in the Third Corps under General 
 Sickles. The certificate of discharge which 
 Mr. Stevens holds shows that he was men- 
 tioned as having displayed conspicuous bravery 
 at Ijocust Grove, at the crossing of Xorth 
 Anna River, and in the Wilderness. 
 
 Returning from the scenes of conflict, he 
 entered the service of the Fitchburg Railroad 
 Company, and, passing through the different 
 grades, soon readied the position of locomo- 
 tive engineer, serving on express passenger 
 trains several years, principally on the Hoosac 
 Tunnel Route to the West. Though not an 
 orator, his sound common sense made him 
 papular with his craft, and he was thrice 
 elected to the office of chief engineer of the Bos- 
 ton Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
 Engineers, representing the division in several 
 of the national conventions of the organiza- 
 tion, and twice Iieing honored by election to 
 office there. 
 
 In 1S83 he was nominated by Governor 
 Hutler as a member of the board of railroad 
 commissioners, receiving the unanimous en- 
 dorsement of the executive council. In 1SS6 
 he was nominated by Governor Roljinson, 
 again in iJSSg by Governor Ames, and yet 
 again in 1S92 l)y Governor Russell. He is 
 active in the Grand Army of the Republic, 
 having been elected two terms as commander 
 of Post 1 1, making the tour of the continent 
 to t;alifornia at its head in 1886. He was 
 |)rominent before the legislative committee on 
 color blindness in 18S2, and secured the repeal 
 of the law by which every railroad man in the 
 grade of train hands had to submit to a test 
 in color and shade that would have forever 
 incapacitated thi4 eye of the most exjierienced 
 salesman in dry goods, fancy gloves, and 
 ribbon. The test was brought down to the 
 essentials in actual use by railways as signals, 
 night or dgy. Further, Commissioner Stevens 
 
 has for some years held the position of presi- 
 dent of the Slassachusetts Mutual Accident 
 Associations, an organization that provides 
 relief for its subscribers or their families in 
 the event of unforeseen bodily mishaps, 
 whether fatal or temporarily prostrating. He 
 succeeded Mayor .'Mbert Palmer in this posi- 
 tion, uhich he fills with energy and discretion. 
 
 L-, MAN STICKNEV. 
 
 Lyman Stickney, son of Lyman and 
 Snplironia (Gates) Stickney, was born in 
 Filchlmrg, Massachusetts, in 1833. He came 
 to Charlestown when fifteen years old. The 
 common schools and the Academy of Fitch- 
 burg gave him his education. His first occupa- 
 tion was in a grocery store, where he reinained 
 about five years, when he found occupa- 
 tion in the general ofiice of the Fitchburg 
 Railroad, and he held this position for over 
 three years. 
 
 In 1857 he bought the grocery store at 
 214 Main .Street. He continued in the 
 business until [S92. He is a member of King 
 Solomon Lodge, F. and A. M. He was in the 
 Charlestown Common Council in 1S6S and an 
 alderman in 1869. 
 
 In 1866 he married Helen A. Johnson, of 
 Charlestown ; they have one child, Lilla F. 
 .Stickney. 
 
 Mr. Stickney retired from active lousiness 
 in 1892. He owns a valuable building on 
 Main Street, and has just erected a splendid 
 home in North Leondnster, not many miles 
 from his childhoocl home, wheie he now re- 
 sides. 
 
 RUFUS n. STICKNRV. 
 
 Rri-ts B.'\RKUS Stickney, son of William 
 and Margaret H. (Howell) Stickney, was born 
 in Medford, Massachusetts, October r, 1S24. 
 The family moved to Charlestown when Rufus 
 was ninc'months old, and his education was 
 obtained in the local public .schools. .As early 
 as 1815 his father began to prepare mustard 
 for the table, grinding it by hand, carrying 
 his product to his customers in a hand basket. 
 The business increasing, the hand power soon 
 changed to horse power, and when Rufus, at 
 thirteen, entered into the business with his 
 
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 father again changed to steam power. At- 
 twenly he became a partner, and at twenty 
 two. sole proprietor of the business. In 1846 
 the location was in South Boston, and in 1849 
 he formed a copartnership with John R. Poor, 
 of Danvers, Massachusetts, and the style from 
 that day to the present has been " Stickney & 
 Poor." In 1S50 the now firm came to 
 Charlestown, erecting a factory on Cambridge 
 •Street, which gave way to more substantial 
 buildings of brick in the year 1867, where the 
 business is now conducted. In the spring of 
 1S91 Mr. Stickncy's health failed, and it was 
 decided to form a corporation to succeed to 
 the busine.ss. The Stickney & I'oor Spice 
 Company was organized, with Mr. .Stickney 
 as president. 
 
 Mr. Stickney married, first, Merina X. I). 
 Homer, October 1, 1846; to them was born 
 four children, only one of whom is now living. 
 His second marriage was October 20, 186^, to 
 Abbie L. Beck, of New York. For some 
 years he lived opposite the factory on Cam- 
 bridge .Street, but in 1857 he moved to Win- 
 ter Hill, Somerville, where he continued to re- 
 side, and tiiere passed away April 20, 1891 ; 
 his reinains lie in Mt. Auburn. 
 
 A Mils STONE. 
 
 Amos Stone, third son of Phineas, — a 
 lineal descendent of Rev. Samuel Stone, who 
 came to this country from England, A. r>. 
 1633, — and Hannah (Jones) Stone, was born 
 in Weare, New Hampshire, .-Vugust 16, iSr6. 
 There he lived with his parents until 1824, 
 when he removed to Charlestown. He 
 attended the public schools until he was 
 fifteen 3 ears old, when he entered his father's 
 grocery store. On attaining his majority, he 
 engaged in the real estate business, in which 
 he is still interested. In 1847, when Charles- 
 town became a city, Mr. Stone was elected its 
 first treasurer and collector, holding the posi- 
 tion eight years. In 1855 he was elected 
 treasurer of Middlesex County, and for the 
 long period of thirty years continued in that 
 capacity, doing the enormous work of the 
 office without any assistance. When his 
 thirty years of service were completed he 
 declined a re-election, and the convention 
 which nominated his successor adopted resolu- 
 tions commending his faithfulness, courtesy, 
 and financial ability. 
 
 When the Civil War broke out Mr. Stone 
 became one of the stanchest supporters of the 
 government, and his time and means were 
 used in his country's behalf. E.xempt from 
 draft by reason of age, he sent the first repre- 
 sentative recruit from Charlestown at his own 
 expense, also sent a colored recruit, and con- 
 trilnited hundreds of dollars during the war 
 for military purposes. He was one of twenty- 
 one citizens who bore the expenses of sending 
 to the seat of war the first three military com- 
 panies from Charlestown. He is president of 
 the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, 
 which was organized in 1S54, with his brother 
 as president and himself as treasurer and 
 trustee, and he continued as such till the 
 death of his brother in 1S91, when he suc- 
 ceeded to the presidency. He is president of 
 
CHARLESIOWX CITIZENS. PAST AM) PRESENT. 
 
 the Monument National Hank, with which he 
 has been connected twenty years. He is 
 president, and was one of the incorporators 
 in 1861, of the Mutual Protection Fire Insur- 
 ance Co., and for more than twenty years he 
 was clerk and treasurer of the Mystic River 
 Co., a large landed corporation. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. .Stone removed to Everett, 
 where he continues to reside. A few years 
 ago, when the town was agitating the 
 important question of a .system of sewerage. 
 Mr. Stone was appointed on the committee 
 to investigate the matter. He was chairman 
 of the committee. The committee's report 
 was prepared by him, submitted to the towti, 
 adopted, and, of the commission appointed to 
 carry out the committee's recommendations, 
 he was made chairman. Mr. Stone was 
 elected on the first road commission in 1889, 
 the first and only elective office he ever held 
 in the town. He was married in 1S66 to 
 Miss Sarah E. Mills. lie became a Free- 
 mason in early life, and now is treasurer of 
 two Masonic lodges. .'Ml his life he has been 
 a hard worker, for years putting in si.vteen 
 hours a day in his office. He is still a 
 vigorous man and attends to business, coming 
 to the bank in Charlestown daily. 
 
 accepted a similar position at the Pacific Mills, 
 at Lawrence, Massachusetts. On January 1, 
 1887, he retired from business, and removed 
 to Ro.xbury, Massachusetts, where he now 
 resides, engaged in the care of large real 
 
 JONATHAN STONE. 
 
 JONATH.vN Stone, seventh son of Phinehas 
 and Hannah (Jones) Stone, was born in 
 Weare, New Hampshire, April 29, 1823. 
 \Yhen a year old, Mr. Stone's parents moved 
 to Charlestown. He attended the Charles- 
 town public schools. In 183S he went to 
 work in his father's store. Jonathan Stone 
 was for many years engaged in the granary 
 and provision business in Charlestown, and 
 built, owned, and let many houses and stores. 
 He was a member of the Contmon Council in 
 1872, and was elected mayor of Charlestown 
 in 1873, the last mayor of the city, as it was 
 annexed to Boston on January i, 1874. Mr. 
 Stone was twice married. His first wife was 
 Sarah Rebecca .Andrews, daughter of Abraham 
 and Caroline D. Andrews, and a native of 
 New Hampshire ; and his second was Mary 
 L. Andrews, sister of his first wife. He has 
 had three children ; one daughter, Sarah 
 Lizzie, and one son, John Henry, by his first 
 wife, and one daughter, Carrie Louisa, by his 
 second wife. He built a fine residence in 
 Revere, Massachusetts, on the high ground 
 west from the corner of Broadway and 
 Aladdin Streets, to which he removed in 
 June, 1S76. 
 
 Joseph Stone, fourth son of Phinehas 
 Jones and Ann Mariah (Lindsey) Stone, was 
 born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 
 4, 1S48. He graduated from the Massachu- 
 setts Institute of Technology in 1S6S as civil 
 engineer, taking the degree of S. B. In July, 
 186S, he entered the office of William II. 
 Thompson, and for five years was employed in 
 mill engineering. He was appointed agent of 
 the Manchester Mills February i, 1874, re- 
 siding in Manchester, New Hampshire, and 
 continued there until October i, iSSo, when he 
 
 estate interests. He is a member cf the 
 American Society of Mechani al Engineers, 
 the University and Athletic Clubs, Trustee of 
 the Chailestown Five Cents Savings Bank, and 
 Director of the Charlestown Gas and Electric 
 Company. He was married, February 10, 
 iSSo, toMiss Minnie Harris, daughter of the 
 late Horatio Harris, of Boston, and has one 
 daughter, Marion. 
 
 JASPER STO.NE. 
 
 J.\srER Stone, the fourth son of Phinehas 
 and Hannah Stone, was born at Weare, New 
 Hampshire, .•\ugust 26. 1S18. ,Si.\ years 
 later his parents moved to Charlestown, wliere 
 he made his home until his death. 
 
 He began liis commercial career as a 
 grocer, at first being an apprentice in his 
 father's store, later becoming a partner with 
 his eldest brother, Phinehas J. He was, how- 
 ever, a mechanic by preference, and mean- 
 while gave a great deal of attention to watches 
 and clocks, taking especial delight in repair- 
 ing or regulating difficult and intricate works. 
 
 Finally, in 1850, he gave up the grocery, 
 and engaged in the jewelry business, occupy- 
 ing a store in the old City Hall. A few years 
 later he moved to 35 Main .Street, where he 
 remained until 1S74, when he removed to 45 
 Main Street, into a store in his own building 
 which he had just completed, and where the 
 business is still carried on by his only son, 
 Jasper W., who has grown up with the trade, 
 and has been the manager for the past eleven 
 years. 
 
 By energy and industry Mr. .Stone built up 
 a lucrative business; he was genial and sin- 
 cere, always commanding and receiving that 
 respect which men render to sterling honesty 
 and worth. Among his customers were 
 many of the ofiicers of the United States 
 Navy; and so great was the confidence placed 
 in him that people sent their valuable time- 
 pieces to him to be repaired from many parts 
 of the United States. 
 
 He was a quiet, unobtrusive man, always 
 shunning publicity, but served on the Board 
 of .•\ldernien the last year of the Charlestown 
 city government; his youngest brother, 
 Jonathan, being mayor. He was an earnest 
 Christian from his youth, being at first a 
 member of the Methodist church, but for fifty 
 years a believer in the Second Advent of 
 Christ, and a prominent member of the I^ife 
 and .Xdvent Union, a society formed by -■^d- 
 ventists for the promulgation of their belief 
 and for nrutual improvement and counsel. 
 
 In 1S45 he married Elizabeth .Ann Gray, of 
 Palermo, Maine, by whom he had a son, who 
 died in infancy. Mrs. Stone died in 1847. 
 On the 6th of May, 1849, he was again married, 
 this time to Mary Patten Swett, of .Surry, 
 Maine. Of this union were born si.\ children: 
 Jasper W., living at Melrose, Massachusetts; 
 Mary Elizabeth, now wife of John H. Nutter, 
 residing in New York City ; Vienna, now 
 Mrs. Josiah Hanson, li\ing at Northwood 
 Narrows, New Hampshire; Ann Maria, wife 
 of Ira A. Lowe, of Greenfield, Massachusetts ; 
 Minnette de Seigneur, who died at the age 
 of seventeen ; and Martha .Adelaide, wife of 
 Charles F. Towle, of Northwood Narrows, 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 Never a robust man, his health became so 
 poor that he practically retired from business 
 in 1SS2, and for several winters was obliged, 
 with his wife, to seek warmer climates. 
 Several times he visited Florida; once they 
 wintered in Southern California, and again in 
 Wyoming and Colorado. 
 
 The 27th of November. 1892, he was taken 
 sick with pneumonia, and lived but a week, 
 his death occurring December 4, 1S92, at the 
 age of seventy-four. 
 
 His wife survived him but about eight 
 months, dying on the 25th of August, 1S93, at 
 the age of seventy four. 
 
 FRANK p. STONE. 
 
 Frank P. .Stone, son of Lorenzo D. and 
 Mary A. (Whittier) Stone, is one of the best 
 known of Boston's theatre managers. He 
 was born in Biddeford, Maine, about forty- 
 three years ago. When five years old, his 
 parents moved to Charlestown, where he was 
 educated in the public schools. His first 
 business venture was a small candy store on 
 upper Washington Street. Here he stayed 
 for a few years. Then he turned his atten- 
 tion to the show business, and ever since then 
 he has been a popular and brainy museum 
 manager. 
 
 His very first venture in the show busine.ss 
 was regarded, at the time, as a very foolish 
 and risky one, but his indomitable pluck and 
 wonderful knowledge of what the people 
 wanted enabled him to bring success out of 
 his venture. This enterprise was the opening 
 of the .-Mhambra in Cockerell Hall, on Han- 
 over Street, near Prince Street. It was a 
 dime show and contained curiosities. Boston 
 had never had anything of the kind before, 
 and Manager Stone knew that the field was 
 ripe for it. This was the very pioneer of 
 dime shows in Boston and was run with great 
 success for some time. This venture con- 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, I'AST AND PRESENT. 
 
 firmed his opinion that Boston was a rich 
 field for an entertainment at ponular prices of 
 admission, which should combine an exhibi- 
 tion of curiosities with a first-class stage per- 
 formance. With that end in view, he finally 
 succeeded in securing the lease of a building 
 on Tremont Row, right in the heart of the 
 busy West End. 
 
 Here, in iSSi, he opened the house and it 
 was absolutely the first show of the kind ever 
 given in Boston, combining, as it did, a col- 
 lection of curiosities and a stage show. lie 
 has agents in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, two in 
 London, one in Liverpool, and one in Havana. 
 These keep him supplied with information as 
 to all material in their districts which they 
 think will be available. He has always been 
 connected with popular amusements and has 
 made a fortune of no mean proportions in the 
 business. Within five years he has been in- 
 terested in an aquarium at Coney Island. 
 This was also partly a curiosity e.xhibition. 
 For several years he has engaged heavily in 
 real estate transactions, his investments in this 
 connection displaying the same keen percep- 
 tion that has characterized his amusement en- 
 terprises. He is a lover of horses, and has 
 in his private stable several of the finest turn- 
 outs in the country. He is also the owner of 
 a large and very valuable stock farm. 
 
 Mr. Stone is a member of the .\ncient and 
 Honorable Artillery, Boston Commandery, and 
 St. Andrews Chapter, being a 32d degree 
 mason. He has a beautiful home in Concord 
 .Square, Boston, and a summer home in the 
 Rangeley District. 
 
 Phinehas Joni-:s Stone, eldest son of Col. 
 I'hinehasand Hannah (Jones) .Stone, was born 
 in Weare, New Hanipsliire, May 23, 1810. 
 There he lived until Xovember, 1824, when 
 he removed with the family to Charlestown. 
 He began business in the West India goods 
 trade in 1834, and by untiring industry and 
 perseverance laid the foundation of his 
 success in after life. He retired from this 
 occupation in 1851. He was a selectman of 
 Charlestown in 1839 and 1840: member of 
 the lower house of the Legislature in 1840, 
 1S56, 1S62, and 1863; and inspector of the 
 Massachusetts State Prison three years, from 
 15:56 to 1859. 
 
 lie was Mayor of Charlestown in 1S62, 1S63, 
 1864, and was instrumental in raising and 
 forming several companies for the defence of 
 the Union during the Civil War. Duiing 
 his administration was completed the intro- 
 duction of water from Mystic Pond, yielding an 
 ample supply for the inhabitants not only of 
 Charlestown, but of several surroimding tovN'ns. 
 He was United States .Assessor, Si,\th Massa- 
 chusetts District, from 1867 to 1873, when the 
 office was abolished by act of Congress. He was 
 one of the original movers for the act of incor- 
 poration authorizing the improvement of about 
 one hundred acres of flats lying between the 
 north and south channels of the Mystic Kiver, 
 upon which to-day there is a taxable property 
 of more than Si,ooo,ooo, and which eventually 
 will increase to many millions, as it is the ter- 
 
 minus of the Northern railroads to the deep 
 water of lioston harbor. At the organization 
 of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, in 
 1854, he was elected its president, a position 
 he held until his death, on .'\ugust 12, 1891. 
 He was also a director of the Charlestown Gas 
 Co., and the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance 
 Co. He was a man of commanding presence, 
 loyal to his country in the hour of its peril, 
 of sterling integrity of character, upright and 
 honorable in all his dealings, sympathetic with 
 distress, his hand open to relieve suffering 
 without ostentation or publicity. His wife 
 was Ann Mariah Lindsey, a native of 
 Charlestown, who died in 1851 ; they had 
 four sons : Phinehas J., Jr., who served as 
 paymaster in the Federal army during the 
 Civil War, and died in 1S89; Joseph, who 
 was formerly agent of the Manchester (New 
 Hampshire) Mills, and of the Pacific Mills of 
 Lawrence, Massachusetts, and who now 
 resides in the Roxbury district; the other 
 sons died in infancy . 
 
 1822. His father was a watchmaker and lived 
 most of his life in Charlestown, where he died 
 in 1S34. His mother died in 1877. His grand- 
 father, George Davidson, was one of the party 
 on board the ship Columbia that discovered 
 and nained the Columbia River in 1792. Mr. 
 
 .I'HINEHAS STONE. 
 
 Phinehas Stone, son of Silas Stone, was 
 born in that part of Harvard, Massachusetts, 
 now known as Boxboro. About the year 
 1803 he went to Weare, New Hampshire, and, 
 establishing himself at Oil Mill Village, built 
 an oil mill, manufactured linseed oil and also 
 kept a country store. In 180S he married 
 Hannah Jones, a native of Londonderry, New 
 Hampshire, born April 27, 1783. She kept 
 a school at Weare (Oil Mill Village) for 
 several years. They had a family of eight 
 children, one daughter and seven sons, all of 
 whom were born at Weare, New Hampshire, 
 namely : Sarah. Phinehas J., Silas, Josiah, 
 .\mos, Jasper, Joseph, Jonathan. All lived 
 to mature age, except Josiah, who died when 
 an infant. In 1S24 Phinehas Stone removed 
 with his family to Charlestown. Here he 
 kept a grocery store. He died in Charles- 
 town, January 9, 1852, aged seventy-six years, 
 and was buried in the tomb which he had 
 built the year before in Boxboro. his native 
 town. His widow survived him fifteen years. 
 She died in Charlestown, December 17, 1S67, 
 aged eighty-four years seven months and 
 twenty days, and was also buried in the tomb at 
 Boxboro. He was a captain of a company of 
 New Hampshire detached militia of the First 
 Regiment, under Lieut. Col. N. Fisk in 
 the War of 1S12. He went from Weare on 
 or about September 12, 1814, did actual ser- 
 vice at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was 
 honorably discharged. He was drafted at 
 Goffstown for three months, continued as 
 captain for some time and was subsequently 
 chosen colonel of the regiment. The daughter, 
 Sarah, married .Seth W. Lewis, of Clare- 
 mont. New Hampshire. She died in Charles- 
 town .April 27, 1872, aged sixty-three years. 
 Her husband died July i, 1872, aged sixty-six 
 years. 
 
 John SrowEi.i., son of John J., native of 
 Worcester, and Mary (Davidson) Stowell, 
 native of Charlestown, was born in Boston ill 
 
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 JOHN STOWELL. 
 
 -Stowell was reared in Charlestown, attended 
 the grammar school, and at the age of thir- 
 teen became apprenticed to the firm of Samuel 
 Kidder &■ Co., druggists and manufacturers, 
 who were at that time the only manufacturing 
 chemists in this locality. In 1S58, he, with 
 Daniel White, a son of the junior partner, 
 purchased the business of the firm. Mr. 
 White died in 1864, since which time Mr. 
 Stowell has continued the business alone, 
 imder the name of Stowell & C"o. It is now 
 confined to manufacturing and wholesaling, 
 the retail business having been sold in 1876. 
 
 Mr. Stowell is one of the vice-presidents of 
 the Warren Institution for Savings, and a 
 member of the Board of Investment. He is a 
 member of the Massachusetts College of 
 Pharmacy, the Druggists' Association, the 
 American .Association for 'he .-Vdvancement 
 of Science, the Hunker Hill Monument .Asso- 
 ciation, and various charitable institutions. 
 He is also a member of two of the local ciubs. 
 In religion, he is a Universalist. 
 
 JOHN H. STCDLEV. 
 
 John H. Stiidi-EY has been a life-long 
 resident of Charlestown. His father, .Alson 
 Studley, came from Sciluate to Charlestown, 
 and started the first omnibus line to Boston in 
 1826. John H. Studley was born in October, 
 1828. His father then lived on Main Street, 
 near Thorndike Street, opposite the old 
 Johnson house. .As a boy, his education was 
 in the Bunker Hill School and at a night 
 .school in the square. He has literally been 
 brought up in the street traffic business, for 
 his first experience in business was when he 
 performed the duty of conductor and collected 
 " bus fares" on the day of the setting of the 
 capstone on Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 
 1S43. Later it was his duty to collect the 
 fares from the coaches that passed both ways 
 bv an office in City Square, which stood 
 
CHARLESTCnVN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 where the green grass now grows in the 
 center. In 1858 he left this work, and in 
 1861 he was made superintendent of the 
 Middlesex Street Railway, which succeeded 
 the old line of coaches. Me has seen some 
 hard railroad fights for the possession of 
 rights and lines, but he has been with the 
 succeeding companies ever since and with the 
 West End since that corporation took control. 
 In these earlier days of his work as fare col- 
 lector, he used to work from si.v in the morn- 
 ing until ten at night, and took his dinner in 
 a little wooden box. Mr. Studley is not a 
 politician. He has, however, served the dis- 
 trict two-terms (1873 and '74) in the Legisla- 
 ture. Once he took a long vacation, attending 
 the Centennial at Philadelphia. lie sticks to 
 his work and is seldom away from it at all. 
 In 185 he married Cordelia II. Mellen, a 
 Charlestown girl. He has had three children. 
 Those now living are John, who is in the pur- 
 chasing department of the West End, and a 
 daught'er, Carrie M. Mr. Spencer, his son-in- 
 law, and Mr. Studley live alone in the old 
 mansion on High Street. He is a prominent 
 member of the First Parish Church, and a 
 member of the Faith Lodge of Masons, the 
 Royal Arch Chapter of the Signet, and the 
 CoL'urde Linn ("■•inimamlL-ry. 
 
 December, 1S71, and his wife followed him in 
 1883. They rest side by side in the church 
 yard, not fifty feet from the old schoolhouse 
 which Mrs. Studley attended when a girl. 
 
 ALSON STUDLEY. 
 
 .■\LSON Studley, son of John Studley, was 
 born November 16, 1794. He went from 
 Scituate to Hinghani at an early age, and he 
 learned the wheelwright's trade. While work- 
 ing in Hingham he met Miss Sarah Waters 
 P<urr, daughter of Theophilus liurr, who was 
 attending school close by the wheelwright shop, 
 and wnom he married December 6, 1S21. 
 Mr. Studley came to Charlestown in 1826, and 
 established the first stage line between lioston 
 and Charlestown, the first trip being made 
 June 17. The Saturday Rveiiing Gazitte of 
 June 26, 1S26, said, "An hourly stage has 
 been established to run hourly from City 
 Tavern (Brattle Street) to Richardson Tavern 
 on Charlestown Neck (Sullivan Square). 
 Trips will be made from the Neck at 6, 8, 10, 
 12 noon, 2 and 4 o'clock ; return 7, 9, 11, 1,3, 
 and 5 o'clock. Fare, i2;/2 cents." 
 
 With increased travel, the accommodations 
 were increased from time to time. The 
 omnibuses were then known as "hourlies," 
 each having a name ; and the " Osceola," 
 ''Lafayette," and "Hercules" did good 
 service. The conditions of trade at that time 
 were in direct contrast to those now prevail- 
 ing. Then the people of Boston were wont 
 to come to City Square, Charlestown, to do 
 their shopping when goods of better quality 
 were desired, and our Charlestown merchants 
 were generous advertisers of their wares in 
 the Boston newspapers. Now all this is 
 changed. In 1845 Mr. Studley purchased 
 the lot in City Square between the two bridges, 
 now given up to park use, and iriade his head- 
 quarters there. He retired on an ample in- 
 come about 185 [, and the stage line passed into 
 the control of a company of which John H. 
 Studley, his son, was manager. Mr. .Studley 
 was a member of the First Orthodo.x Church, 
 and a much respected citizen. He died in 
 
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 JOHN H. STUDLEV, JR. 
 
 John H. Studley, Jr. was born in Charles- 
 town, Inne 27, 1852. He was educated in the 
 Bunker Hill Grammar and Charlestown High 
 Schools. On leaving school, he became asso- 
 ciated with the old Middlesex Street Railway, 
 and was its treasurer until 1S86, when the con 
 solidation with the metropolitan system took 
 place. He was assistant treasurer of the con- 
 solidated during 1886 and 1SS7, when he be- 
 came assistant to the principal accountant of 
 the West End Street RaiKvay Co. 
 
 Mr. Studley married the daughter of _ Col. 
 John B. Norton, and has one child, Lizzie D. 
 Studley. He lived in Charlestown until 18S9 
 when he removed to Maiden, where he now 
 resides. 
 
 He is past master of Henry Price Lodge, 
 F. and .\. M, high priest Signet Royal Arch 
 Chapter, and third assistant grand of Cceur de 
 Lion Commandery of Charlestown. He is 
 also a member of Melrose Council, Royal and 
 Select Masters, the Kenwood Club of Maiden, 
 and the 999th .\rtillery Association of Charles- 
 town , 
 
 EUGENE S. SULI.I\'AN. 
 
 Eugene S. Sullivan, superintendent of 
 the Mystic Water Works of the city of Bos- 
 ton, was born in Boston on Friday, July 4, 
 1856. He was educated in the grammar and 
 high schools of the city, and, at the age of 
 eighteen years, he was apprenticed to the 
 plumbing and sanitary engineering business. 
 He is, to-day, recognized as one of the most 
 skilled in this business. In 1882 he was 
 appointed master mechanic -of the plumbing, 
 coppersniithing, and galvanizing departments 
 of the r.oston Navy Yard. In 18S5 he ac- 
 cepted a position as manager of the largest 
 plumbing and steam-fitting establishment in 
 Minneapolis, Minnesota, and two years later 
 he returned East to take a similar position in 
 Lowell, Massachusetts, which required his 
 services throughout New England. In the 
 
 spring of 1889 he was appointed superintend- 
 ent of the Mystic Water Works. He has 
 shown marked ability, both executive and 
 mechanical, in this position, and the Mystic 
 Division of the Water W'orks is as well man- 
 aged as any similar works in the country. 
 The position is a very responsible one, for 
 upon the Mystic system the cities of .Somer- 
 ville. Chelsea, and Everett depend for their 
 water supply. Mr. Sullivan is an active mem- 
 ber of the New England Water Woiks Asso- 
 ciation, of the Bunker Hill Council. Knights 
 of Columbus, of Monticello Lodge, Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen, and of the Bunker 
 I nil Council, Royal Arcanum. He is mar- 
 ried, and has five children, three boys and two 
 girls. Mr. Sullivan lives on Putnam Street, 
 Charlestown. 
 
 JOHN F. SU.VDBERG. 
 
 John F. Sundberg was born in Gothen- 
 berg, Sweden, on Saturday, October 15, 1859. 
 He is the son of John and .\lbertina Sophia 
 (Hallberg) Sundberg. In everything that 
 goes to make up an American — except that 
 of birth — education, associations, desires, he is 
 an American. When but three months old his 
 parents removed to Boston. As a boy, Mr. 
 Sundberg attended school in East Somer- 
 ville aivd also the Mayhew Grammar School 
 of Boston, graduating from the latter institu- 
 tion. Early in life he became an apprentice 
 to the photo-engraving business, at w-hich he 
 has remained to the present day. He is 
 acknowledged to be one of the greatest ex- 
 perts in the country in his business, and a 
 great deal of progress that has been made in 
 the photo engraving art is due to his skill. 
 He holds a responsible position with the 
 lioston Engraving Company, and is entrusted 
 with the most exacting and delicate work of 
 which the coinpany makes a specialty. 
 
 Mr. Sundberg has been very active in poli- 
 tics since he came to live in Charlestown, 
 twelve years ago. In 18S6 he was elected to 
 the Common Council from Ward 3, and he 
 served during the year 1SS7 with credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to his constituents. 
 His business prevented him from returning to 
 that body the following year. In 1S91 he was 
 elected a'lueniber of the Legislature for 1S92. 
 While in this body he served on several 
 important committees. He also takes a lively 
 interest in the social life of Charlestown. 
 He is a member of the Moulton A.ssociates, 
 the Urbane Literary .\ssociation, the D. C. of 
 M. A., and the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen. Mr. Sundberg is married and 
 has one child. He lives with his family at 
 179 Chelsea Street. 
 
 George N. Sw.\llo\v was born on Wash- 
 ington Street, Charlestown, January 2, 1S54. 
 His father was Amaziah N., and his mother 
 Rebecca P. (Proctor) Swallow. Mr. Swallow- 
 attended the Warren Grammar and Charles- 
 town High Schools, graduating from the latter 
 institution in 1872. On leaving school, he 
 entered the grocery business with his father at 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Nos. 12 and 13 City Square, ami is now the 
 senior partner of the firm of A. N. Swallow 
 & Co. lie is prominent in politics, being a 
 Republican. Three limes he was elected to 
 the Legislature, 1SS9. '90, '91, from Ward 5, 
 one of" the Democratic strongholds of the 
 district. VVhile in the Legislature he served, 
 in 1.SS9, on the committee on harbors and pub- 
 lic lands, and in 1S90 was chairman of this 
 committee. In 1S91 he was clerk of the com- 
 mittee on mercantile affairs. In 1893 he was 
 
 SWALLOW. 
 
 elected to the State Senate from Charlestown, 
 and, as a member of that body, he served on 
 some of its best committees. Mr. Swallow 
 was for five years chairman of the Ward 5 
 Republican Committee and was a member of 
 the Republican State Committee in iSgoand 
 1S91. 
 
 He is connected with the leading social and 
 fraternal organizations of the district including 
 the 999th .\rtillery .Association and the 
 Charlestown Club. Mr. .Swallow was mar- 
 ried, April 26, 1S8S, to Miss Florence H. East- 
 man, of ( 'harlestown. 
 
 JAMES SWOKDS. 
 
 J..iMES SwoKDS, son of John and Mary 
 (Watson) Swords, was born in Boston, No- 
 vember 24, 1835, and removed to Charlestown 
 in 1848. He .was educated at the Mayhew 
 Grammar and English High Schools, and 
 won the much-prized Franklin medal. On 
 leaving school, he worked for awhile at the 
 wholesale dry goods business, and in 1855 
 took up insurance, in which business he is still 
 active, being agent for several strong com- 
 panies. Mr. Swords was a member of the 
 Charlestown Common Council in 1867 and 
 1868, being president of the body the latter 
 year. He is a charter member and W. M. 
 of Faith Lodge, Royal .\rch Chapter of the 
 Signet. He is also a member of Hugh de 
 Payn Commandery K. T., and has been Emi- 
 nent Con\mander. In the Grand Commandery 
 he has held every office up to Grand Com- 
 mander, which office he filled in 1889, 'go. He 
 was married in 1S61 to Emma Fiske, of Ded- 
 ham, who died in 1870, leaving one son, 
 Harry F., now in the railroad business in 
 
 Wisconsin. Mr. Swords was an uncompro- 
 mising antiannexationist, and removed from 
 Charlestown soon after annexation, taking up 
 his residence first in Somerville and later in 
 Dorchester, where he has resided since 18S6. 
 It was when he was president of the Common 
 Council that President John.son visited Charles- 
 town and addressed the school children on the 
 monument grounds. Mr. Swords was always 
 interested in public affairs, and was chief 
 marshal of the June 17th parade in 
 187 1, when Col. James Fi.sk and his gth 
 New York Regiment visited Charlestown and 
 took part in the parade. He was a member 
 of the City Guards in 1859, when the arch 
 rebel, Jeff Davis, then Secretary of War 
 under liuchanan, inspected the command at a 
 target shoot on the Everett marshes. 
 
 TUOMAS TAKF. 
 
 Thomas T.M'f was born in liallyniore, 
 County West Meath, Ireland, February 12, 
 1826. He was the .--on of Patrick and Eliza- 
 beth (McCormick) Taff. He came to Boston 
 in 1S51, at the age of twenty-five years. He 
 removed to Charlestown in 1S60. He en- 
 gaged in trade for himself in 1855, and 
 gradually established a long and successful 
 business. He was married October 13, 1851, 
 to Mary F. Burke, also of liallyniore, in the 
 old Franklin Street Cathedral, by Rev. John J. 
 Williams, who is now the Archbishop. They 
 had eleven children, six of whom are now 
 living; Thomas F., John H., William W. 
 Ella L., Edward W., and Henry A. He died 
 Julv 7, 1876. Mrs. Taff died December 21, 
 1893. 
 
 The wholesale wine and liquor business 
 which Mr. Taff established has been con- 
 ducted with great sucess by his sons, Thomas F. 
 and William W., since his death, and they so 
 largely extended it that it now covers almost 
 every portion of New England. 
 
 NATHANIEL U. TAVLOK. 
 
 graduate of the Winthrop (irammar School, 
 lie also attended the high school, but left be- 
 fore graduating, to enter journalism. He be- 
 gan his career as a reporter, .September 1, 
 1S69, on the Boston Daily Times. In 1871 
 he worked for J. M. W. Verrington, the well- 
 known court stenographer of Boston, recently 
 deceased. He was stenographic reporter for 
 the Union Pacific Railway in 1S72, and was 
 assistant clerk of the Massachusetts House of 
 Representatives in 1873 ^"'' 1874. In 1875 
 he was shorthand reporter in the Bureau of 
 Education, Washington, D. C. Mr. Taylor has 
 always done more or less work, reportorial and 
 editorial, on the Boston Daily Globe since it 
 started. In 1885 he was selected by Mayor 
 O'Brien as his secretary, and remained with 
 him four years. With Mayor ( )'l!rien's defeat 
 he returned to journalism, and when Mayor 
 Matthews was elected he was chosen for the 
 secretaryship again, which place he now holds. 
 He is greatly interested in anything pertaining 
 to Charlestown. When a boy he used to 
 carry papers for the Charlestown .Vdverliser. 
 Subsequently, while enqjloyed on Boston 
 newspapers, he also reporteil llie proceedings 
 of the city government of Charlestown for 
 Ihe liunker Hill Aurora. He also did the 
 local work for the Somerville Gazette, the 
 first paper published in .Somerville, and issued 
 by the Saturday Chronicle peojjle. He is a 
 member of the Odd Fellows and other .secret 
 societies. Mr. Taylor is married, and lives 
 with his family at the South End, city of 
 lioston. 
 
 COL. CHARLES U. TAVLOK. 
 
 Nathan I Ki. H.Taylor was born in Charles- 
 town, Saturday, March 4, 1S54. He is a 
 
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 Charles H. Taylor, editor-in-chief and 
 genenl manager of the Boston Globe, was 
 born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Tuesday, 
 July 14, 1846. He was educated in the public 
 grammar and high schools of that city. At 
 fifteen years of age he found his first employ- 
 ment in a Boston general printing office. In 
 this office the Massachusetts Ploughman and 
 the Christian Register were set up, so that 
 young Taylor learned the trade of a com- 
 positor on tho-e papers. The year 1S61 
 found him in the Boston Traveller ofiice, 
 where he worked at different times in 
 the mailroom, the pressrc-om, and com- 
 posing-room. He was but sixteen years of 
 age when he left the Traveller office and 
 shouldered a musket for the War as a private 
 soldier in the 38th Regiment of Massachusetts 
 Volunteers, one of the youngest recruits to 
 enlist in defence of the Union. He served in 
 the field about a year and a half, with Gen. 
 N. P. Banks' command. In the memorable 
 assault upon Port Hudson, June 14. 1S63, 
 Private Taylor was badly wounded. I le still 
 carries about with him the bullet with which 
 he was wounded. 
 
 Returning to civil life, here-entered the Trav- 
 eller office, and after working for some time 
 in the composing-room of that paper became 
 one of its reporters, and soon made his mark 
 as an intelligent and ready writer with a sharp 
 nose for news. 
 
 On January 1, 1869, he became private 
 secretary to Gov. William Claflin. Gov. 
 
CHARLESTOWX CITIZENS, PAST ANT) PRESENT. 
 
 Claflin made him a member of liis military 
 staff with rank of colonel, and as "Col. 
 Taylor " he has ever since been popu- 
 larly known, though by the more recent 
 appointment of Gov. William E. Russell he 
 is now more properly addressed as ''Gen." 
 Taylor. While acting as Gov. Claflin's 
 private secretary Col. Taylor continued a 
 large part of his former work as a newspaper 
 correspondent. He remained at his secre- 
 tarial post in the governor's oliice for three 
 years. 
 
 In 1S72 he was elected a member of the 
 House of Representatives from Somerville, 
 and was re-elected the following year, receiv- 
 ing the unusual honor on both occasions of 
 being the unanimous choice of his fellow- 
 citizens, regardless of party lines. In 1S73 
 he was nominated for the clerkship of the 
 house, a position that had been long held at 
 that time by the welbreniembered newspaper 
 correspondent, William S. Robinson. Mr. 
 Robinson's friends made a stout fight for 
 his reelection, but Col. Taylor defeated him 
 overwhelmingly. He filled the office of clerk 
 of the house until the month of August, 1S73, 
 when he took charge of the Boston Globe, 
 then a new paper, which had been started a 
 little over a year before, and which was 
 struggling hard to obtain a foothold among 
 the old Boston dailies. For nearly five years 
 Col, Taylor, as manager of the Globe, seemed 
 to be fighting a losing battle, but on March 7. 
 187S, he took a bold new departure, and, 
 reorganizing it as a Democratic two-cent daily 
 paper, conducted on popular lines and appeal- 
 ing to the many instead of the few, gave it a 
 second birth. This somewhat audacious step 
 proved to be the turning point in the history 
 of the Globe. Col. Taylor had found for his 
 paper and himself that tide ■' which, taken at 
 its flood, leads on to fortune." 
 
 The history of the Boston Globe from that 
 date on to the present time is one of the 
 romances of modern journalism, and lecoids 
 a newspaper success of such splendid propor- 
 tions as to place Col. Taylor's name among 
 those of great captains of the newspaper host 
 — ■ the Bennetts, the Greeleys, the IJanas, and 
 the Pulitzers. 
 
 There is always an element of surprise in 
 the Globe's management. Col. Taylor has, 
 indeed, a positive gift for doing the une.x- 
 pected. Hence, the Globe, under his direction, 
 never fails to be " mighty interesting reading." 
 Still a young man, well on the sunny side of 
 fifty, with excellent health, and surrounded by 
 a large and able staff, by whom he is per- 
 sonally beloved, as well as professionally 
 honored, Editor Charles H. Taylor certainly 
 occupies a most enviable place in American 
 journalism. 
 
 DR. AbhAliAM K. 1 iioM i'SuN. 
 
 Dr. AiiRAH.vM Rand Tho.mi'Son was born 
 in Charlestown, May 20, 1781, and died May 
 1 1, 1S66. In his day he was one of the best 
 known citizens of the commonwealth. From 
 the public school he went, at the age of ten 
 years, to live with his uncle, Abraham Rand, 
 
 of Salem, Massachusetts, where he was fitted 
 for college, and entered Dartmouth, from 
 which he received the degree of Doctor of 
 Medicine. After leaving college. Dr. Thomp- 
 son taught school for a short time in 
 Cambridge, New York, then returned to 
 Charlestown, studied for over three years with 
 Dr. Josiah Bartlett, when, in 1802, he received 
 a certificate from the censors of the Massachu- 
 setts Medical .Society that he was qualified to 
 practise physic. This certificate bears the 
 autograph of John Warren, a brother of the 
 patriot. 
 
 Dr. Thompson married Miss Elizabeth 
 Bowers of Billerica, settled in Charlestown and 
 began a long and successful professional life. 
 He continued to practise until the day of his 
 death. He early took an interest in what was 
 going on in his native town. He joined the 
 Warren Phalanx, of which he was lieutenant, 
 and subsequently was surgeon of a regiment. 
 He became a member of Dr. Morse's church, 
 and su]:)sequently of other churches, thinking 
 and writing much on religious subjects. 
 
 He engaged in the politics of the day as a 
 Federalist, and enjoyed the friendship of 
 Daniel Webster. He was active in the first 
 election of Edward Everett to Congress, and 
 through life was his associate. He was for 
 several years a member of the executive council 
 and a presidential elector. He was the organ of 
 his townsmen ori several interesting occasions. 
 He delivered a Fourth of July oration and a 
 eulogy on President Harrison. 
 
 Perhaps the happiest of his public efforts 
 was his welcome, in behalf of the town, to 
 Lafayette. On this occasion, besides the 
 usual collection of people, a body of revolu- 
 tionary veterans stood around the first humble 
 monument erected to Warren on the battle 
 ground, among whom were his own father. 
 Generals Brooks and Dearborn, and Governor 
 Eustis, all survivors of the battle. Inspired 
 by such presence, he spoke with unusual power, 
 as he recalled the circumstances that " gave 
 to our country a gallant hero," and to the rights 
 of " mankind a steadfast champion." This 
 brief, touching, patriotic utterance, coming 
 warm from a grateful heart, touched the feel- 
 ings of the nation's guest, and his secretary, 
 Levasseur, says: "Lafayette was much moved, 
 and his emotion was communicated to all the 
 bystanders ; his answer was received by the 
 acclamations of the multitude and the roar of 
 artillery." 
 
 Among those present was Edward Everett, 
 who, in a highly complimentary note, sent to 
 the doctor Lafayette's reply in his own hand- 
 writing, which is cherished as an heirloom. 
 After this, his friend through life. Governor 
 Everett, tendered him a commission of one of 
 the trustees of the .State Lunatic Hospital at 
 Worcester, and it was renewed by Governors 
 Morton and Briggs. 
 
 A numerous family grew up around him, by 
 whom he was idolized, and his genial nature, 
 his fine colloquial gifts, his inexhaustible store 
 of anecdote fitted him to enliven and adorn 
 the social circle. His unfailing urbanity was 
 the type of the gentleman within, the outward 
 expression of a truly good man, loving and 
 beloved. 
 
 His interest in political questions continued 
 until the day of his death ; it was a personal 
 concern for the good of his country. He did 
 not, on the breaking out of the War, plead 
 age to avoid the calls which his townsmen 
 continued to make upon him tor a cheering 
 word, but appeared before the public as a 
 matter of duty. He spoke in the language of 
 the generation of Washington, with the patri- 
 otic fire of his youth. It was remarkable to 
 hear in a crowded hall, at the festive board, 
 and in the public school, this venerable man 
 of fourscore counsel his townsmen to dis- 
 charge their full duties to their country as be- 
 came those who lived under the shadow of 
 Bunker Hill. 
 
 The basis of his habitual cheerfulness was 
 his strong religious faith. It served him on 
 all occasions. On the evening of the burial 
 
 of a son on whom he set his heart and who 
 was gathering laurels at Harvard, he sang 
 with fervor his favorite hymn. " Almighty 
 King of Heaven Above,'' so perfectly was his 
 will habitually resigned to the sovereign will. 
 In all this there was nothing of cant. It 
 was the natural overflow of a devout and 
 grateful heart. 
 
 FRANCIS THOMPSON. 
 
 Francis Thompson was born in Charles- 
 town, March 29, 1S26. He died suddenly at 
 his home. 49 Monument Square, August 30, 
 18S5. His father was Charles Thompson, 
 a prominent citizen of Charlestown, well 
 known throughout the State, an extensive 
 iron merchant, the first Democratic candidate 
 for mayor after the city government was 
 established, and at one time the Democratic 
 candidate for lieutenant governor. He was 
 descended from an old colonial family, a direct 
 ancestor being James Thompson, who early 
 settled in Woburn and who, with his wife, was 
 admitted to membership in the First Parish 
 Church in Charlestovvn, in 1633. Francis 
 jnined his father in the iron business on Custom 
 House Street, Boston, and finally succeeded to 
 the business, which he carried on extensively 
 and successfully until within about ten years 
 before his death, when he retired. 
 
 He entered public life in 1S62, when he was 
 elected alderman, and served three successive 
 years during the administrations of Mayor 
 P. J. Stone. Never before or since were such 
 weighty matters considered in the City Coun- 
 cil as those which confronted the board during 
 that period. Not only did the important work 
 necessitated by the Rebellion demand prompt 
 and careful attention, but the Mystic water 
 works system was begun and completed. It 
 was then that Francis Thompson's clear judg- 
 ment made itself manifest, and no one did 
 more to guide the city safely through 
 financial shoals than the man whose public 
 life had hardly begun. His oflicial a.ssociates 
 during that troublesome time paid grateful 
 tribute to the sterling qualities which were 
 afterward so widely recognized. 
 
 In 1S70 he was elected to the State 
 Senate. In 1S76 he was once more elected 
 alderman, this time for the city of Boston, and 
 was re-elected in 1877. In 1S79 Mayor Prince 
 appointed him water commissioner. The 
 appointment was confirmed, and for three 
 years he served the city faithfully and well. 
 His public career ended in 1SS2, and he 
 retired to private life, much to the regret of 
 Charlestown's citizens, who recognized that 
 their interests had never been better served 
 than by Mr. Thompson in the elective and 
 appointive positions which he held. For ten 
 years he held the position of vice-president 
 or trustee of the Charlestown Five Cents 
 Savings Bank. He was elected a director of 
 the Charlestown tlas Co., January r6, 1S71, 
 and on September 12, 1SS3, was chosen presi- 
 dent of that corporation. He was also a 
 director in the Eastern Railroad, the 
 Pennsylvania Steel Co., and the Bunker Hill 
 Monument Association. At the time of the 
 250th anniversary of the settlement of Boston 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 lie was chiiirmau of the committee on the cele- 
 bratiDii. He was also a member of the Union 
 and Whist Clubs of lloston. 
 
 Mr. Thompson was married in 1855 to 
 Miss Ruth Stetson Welch, daughter of the 
 late John I'. Welch, treasurer of the Fitchburg 
 Kailioad. She survives him, as do his two 
 lovely daughters, Catherine S., wife of Lieut. 
 Commander II. C. O. Colby, United .States 
 Navy, and Ruth W., wife of Charles E. 
 Cotting, of Ijoston. Mr. Thompson's funeral 
 was attended by all of the old residents of 
 Charlestown and many from other towns and 
 cities. 
 
 CAl'T. GEOKc;E F. TITUS. 
 
 C-vi'T. George F. Titus was born at West 
 Cambridge, January 9, 1S47. .\fter leaving 
 .school, he learned the whiteners trade. In 
 July, 1S64, he enlisted in Company H, Fifth 
 Massachusetts Regiment, and served three 
 months. He entered the tire department as a 
 member of Hose Company No. 3 during 
 1S67, and on December 2S, 1S6S, was trans- 
 ferred to Engine 27. He left the department 
 July 29, 1869, but returned in March, 1870, to 
 his old company. He was elected secretary 
 of the company in March, 1872, and foreman 
 in Jmie of the same year, and held the position 
 until tlie department was reorganized, May 2, 
 
 1874, on annexation to Boston. .-Xpril 24, 
 
 1875. lie was appointed senior hoseman, and 
 was made permanent March 24, 1S80, when 
 he was assigned to I'jigine Company 22. He 
 was transferred to Engine 4, .-^pril 13, 18S2, 
 and eight days later was promoted to the 
 position of lieutenant, and remained until 
 March 17, 1884, at which time he was pro- 
 moted to his present position and assigned to 
 Engine Company 27. Capt. Titus is a mem- 
 ber of Henry Price Lodge, F. and .\. M , 
 Howard Lodge, L O. O. F., Boston Council, 
 Royal Arcanum, Cojur de Lion Commandery, 
 Knights Teraplar.s, Abraham Lincoln Post 11, 
 G. A. R., Charlestown Veteran Firemen's 
 .Association, and the Barnicoat .Association. 
 
 27, 182S. He received his education in the 
 schools of his native town and in the Hanover 
 .Academy. When si.xteen years old he came 
 to Boston to learn the trade of ma,son 
 and builder, and continued in this business 
 until 1S52. He then engaged in the whole- 
 sale marble business under the firm name 
 of Torrey & Co., and still continues the 
 business at 69 Beverly .Street. Mr. Tor- 
 rey was inspector of the State Prison 
 tluring the years 1S67, '68, '69. He served as 
 a member of the Mystic Water Board for 
 si.\ years and was on the Board of Directors 
 for public institutions for the city of Boston 
 for the same length of time. He was also 
 a member of the State Board of Health, 
 Lunacy, and Charity for three years. He 
 represented Wards 2 and 3 in the Legislatures 
 of 1861 and '62, and was chairman of the 
 Charlestown Republican City Committee for 
 several years. He is a member of Henry 
 Price Lodge, and -Signet Chapter, F. and 
 A. M., Cttnir de I^ion Commandery, Knight 
 Templars. In 1854 Mr. Torrey married Eliza 
 D. Webb, of Scituate, who died April 4, 1884. 
 He married Julia (.Stetson) Whitcher, of 
 Concord, New Hampshire, in October, 1S85. 
 He has resided at 31 High Street since 1852. 
 
 EVERETT TORRBV. 
 
 EvERi'Ti' TiiRREV.^son of David and Vesta 
 (Howard) Torrey, was born in .Scituate, May 
 
 DR. N. K. TRACV. 
 
 Dk. N. K. Tracy, son of Tolman and 
 Sarah (Trowbridge) Tracy, was born in Enos- 
 burgh, Vermont, in 1850. He received his 
 early education in the schools of his native 
 town. Soon after leaving school be found 
 employment in a general merchandise store, 
 in which he worked for four years. He then 
 began the study of dentistry, and after the 
 usual course he began to practise in Lyndin- 
 ville, Vermont, where he remained for four 
 years. In 1880 he came to Charlestown and 
 opened an office on Main .Street. From the 
 Ijeginning many patients commenced 10 test 
 the new arrival's skill. In 18S3 he moved his 
 office to No. 22 Monument Avenue, where he 
 now is. His practice is large. Doctor Tracy 
 is intimately identified with many local organ- 
 izations. He is a charter member of Olive 
 Branch Lodge, I, O. O. F. ; is a Past Grand of 
 the same, and for two years was the District 
 Deputy. He is president of the Odd Fellows 
 Relief Association, and a member of Bunker 
 Hill Encampment, I. O. O. F. He is also a 
 member of Henry Price Lodge, F. and A. M. ; 
 United Order of Workmen, Charlestown Club, 
 999th .\rtillery, the New England Dental 
 Society, and the Massachusetts Dental -Soci 
 ety. In 1873 he married Annie F. Ram.sdell, 
 of Troy, Vermont. 
 
 Notwithstanding his large practice, Doctor 
 Tracy finds time to drive a fast horse, anil 
 not infrequently has he travelled over the 
 sulnirban roads at a pace which opens the 
 eyes of well-known horsemen. He is a genial 
 and an aflable gentleman, and merits the 
 patronage his skill has obtained for him. 
 
 D.\vir> S. TiiCKKK. son of Setli and Eliza 
 (Kent) Tucker, was born in Concord, New 
 Hampshire, .\ugust 26, 1S17. His mother is 
 
 a sister of e.x-Governor Kent of New Hamp- 
 shire. When only three months old, Mr, 
 Tucker's parents moved to Boston, where he 
 received his education. His first employment 
 was on a farm in Lilileton, Massachusetts, 
 
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 DA\IU S. TULKEK 
 
 where he remained until he was fourteen 
 years of age. He afterwards learned the 
 carpenter's trade in this district. He is one 
 of the charter members of the City Guards; a 
 member of the Boston and Charlestown 
 Veteran Firemen's .Associations. Mr. Tucker 
 has been a mason for more than thirty years, 
 and is now a member of .Signet Chajiter, 
 Hugh De Payne Commandery, and Knights 
 Templars. He was a member of the fire 
 department for thirty-one years, joining in 
 1826. In 1862, 1S63, and 1864 he held the 
 position of chief. He was a member of the 
 Charlestown City Council in 1865 and 1S66. 
 Mr. Tucker married Caroline Wood in 1S44. 
 His two children are Frank P. Tucker, of the 
 firm of .Stickney & Poor, and Mary F^len 
 Tucker, wife of George C. .Ayers. Mr. 
 Tucker resifles at 29 Russell I^treet. 
 
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 tiEOKGE F. TUFTS. 
 
 George Frederick Tiikis, son of Joseph F. 
 and Hannah (Whitney) Tufts, was born in 
 Charlestown, October 19, 1825. He was edu- 
 cated in the Training Field .School, and in 
 1843 he commencetl work with Lane, Lamson 
 & Co., importers of French goods, receiving a 
 salary of S50 for the first year. He continued 
 with the firm for si.x years, and then, desiring 
 a change from counting-room life, he found it 
 in seven months' work in a market garden in 
 .\rlington. He next associated himself with 
 llunnewell. Pierce & Brewer, on Commercial 
 Wharf, Boston, who were largely engaged in 
 trade with Pacific ports, principally with the 
 Sandwich Islands. In 1S50, Mr. Tufts, with 
 Artluir W. Tufts as a companion, sailed for 
 New Orleans and visited all points on the 
 Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and the Mammoth 
 Cave in Kentucky. On the return he crossed 
 the State of Illinois, from Clalena to Chicago, 
 by stage, there being no railroad west of 
 Chic-igo at that time, then by steamer through 
 the lakes. 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 On his return to Boston, Mr. Tufts found 
 employment again with the firni lie had left on 
 Commercial Wharf, remaining with them for 
 about two years. In 1854 he, with two other.s, 
 sailed around Cape Horn to Valparaiso, thence 
 to the .Sandwich Islands, where he spent six 
 months, visiting all parts of the group on 
 horse and mule back and on small vessels and 
 boats. From the Sandwich Islands he 
 travelled to California, visiting the northern 
 mining regions and the big tree section in 
 Calaveras County, returning through the 
 .southern mines. The effect of a sudden 
 change from sumiiier-like weather to frost and 
 snow, within three hours, at Iowa Hill in 
 California, 6,000 feet above the sea le\el, 
 caused a severe sickness, and, while still sick, 
 Mr. Tufts sailed for China and suffered with 
 fever during the entire trip of forty-seven days. 
 
 Mr. Tufts tarried for a month at Hong 
 Kong and Canton, and then sailed for .Singa- 
 pore and Calcutta. He remained at Calcutta 
 for five or si.\ weeks and then sailed for 
 Boston, where he arrived after a four months' 
 run, having been twenty months away. Mr. 
 Tufts liad many exciting experiences, and one 
 which interests him today is that of having 
 been chased by pirates near the Cape of Cood 
 Hope, the " Cyclone," the vessel in which he 
 returned, having been taken for a gold vessel 
 from Australia. The .skill of the captain and 
 the fast sailing qualities of the vessel saved a 
 fight. 
 
 In October, 1S56, Mr. Tufts bought a farm 
 in Westboro, Massachusetts, and put into 
 practice what he had learned at Arlington a 
 few years before with success as far as farm 
 produce was concerned, but the small irionev 
 return did not offer sufficient inducements for 
 him to make market gardening his life's 
 labor, and in a few years he returned to 
 Charleslown. He became connected with the 
 Warren Institution for Savings in 1861, and 
 in 1S65 he was elected its treasurer, and 
 he has filled the position ever since. While 
 farming in Westboro, Mr. Tufts married 
 .Sarah Coburn, danghter of Nathan Coburn, 
 formeily of Lisbon, New Hampshire. They 
 have three children, Hannah W., Helen P., 
 and .Mice. 
 
 Four children were born to thetii : William 
 Lamson, Nathan Adams, and Henry Adams, 
 who died young, and Mrs. Hannah Lamson 
 Curtis, still living, and who resides on the 
 old Tufts estate on Union Street. 
 
 NATHAN A.^ TUFTS. 
 
 Nathan Adams Tufts, sonjof Amos'^and 
 Deborah (Frothingham)»Tufts, was born in 
 Charlestown, January 16, 1799. He ^ was 
 educated in the local schools. .After leaving 
 school he entered the dry goods business, and 
 later was for many years clerk for the Merri- 
 mac Manufacturing Company of Lowell. He 
 then became confidential clerk for J. W. 
 I'aige & Co., agents for several manufacturing 
 companies. He was a trustee of the Warren 
 Institution for Savings from 1S44 to 1846, 
 vice-president from 1846 to 1849, and presi- 
 dent from 1850 to 1855. He resigned 
 October 18, 1S55, but was re-elected vice- 
 president in rS6o, and served until his death, 
 November 20, 1873. He was an active mem- 
 ber of the Winthrop Church .Society. Mr. 
 Tufts, was married September 11, 1S32, to 
 Mary A. Lamson, of Keene, New Hampshire. 
 
 JOH.M TUkNEK. 
 
 John' TuKNiii!, of the firm of John Turner 
 1.^ Co., pa\'ers and contractors, is the son of 
 Charles and Eliza (Briggs) Turner, and was 
 born in North Salem, Maine. Tuesday, Janu- 
 ary 23, 1827. He lived there only until he 
 was two year.- old, when his folks removed to 
 Sumner, Maine, where he remained until he 
 was eighteen years old. He was educated in 
 the schools of Sumner, and after leaving school 
 started to work on a farm. In 1S45 he went 
 to Lowell and found occupation in a factory, 
 where he remained for five years. .'\m- 
 bitious for a more lucrative occupation, Mr. 
 Turner left Lowell and started to learn the 
 paving and contracting trade in Boston, and 
 finally became a member of the firm in which 
 he remained for ten years. In 1865 he and 
 his brother organized into the present firm of 
 John Turner & Co. It has been, perhaps, the 
 most successful firm in timt business in lios- 
 ton. 
 
 Mr. Turner was a member of the Charles- 
 town School 15oard the five years previous to 
 annexation. He represented Ward 4 in the 
 Legislature in 1S77 and 1878. He was treas- 
 urer of the Winchester Home for Aged 
 Women for three years and was later elected 
 pie^it-lent. He is a member of the Hunt 
 .Asylum 'for Destitute Children corporation 
 and at present is chairman of the executive 
 committee. He was a member of the Over- 
 seers of the Poor for the city of Boston in 1S90, 
 '91, and '92. He was president of the Bosi^n 
 Finance .Association, and is Director of the 
 Charlestown Gas and Electric Co., a member 
 of the Board of Investment in the Warren In- 
 stitution for Savings, and a director of the 
 Bunker Hill National Bank. Heisa member 
 of the Henry Price Lodge, St. Andrew's 
 Chapter, and Cceur de Lion Commandery, F. 
 and A. M. He is a 32d degree Mason. He 
 is also a member of the Bunker Hill Lodge, 
 Bunker Hill Encampment, and Bunker Hill 
 Canton, I. O. O. F., Paul Revere Lodge, K. 
 of II., 999th Artillery .Association. In 1850 
 he married Bet.sy Knights, of Paris, Maine. 
 He has one son, J. Frank, at present employed 
 in a local bank. 
 
 Mr. Turner's office is at 31 State Street, 
 Boston. He has resided in Charlestown for 
 thirty-eight years. He has accumulated much 
 property, and, in fact, is one of the heaviest 
 ia.\ payers of the district. He resides at 351 
 Main Street. 
 
 Benjamin F. Tyler, son of Jonas and 
 Rosanna (Bridge) Tyler, was born April 4, 
 1821, in Charlestown. January 27, 1845, he 
 married Joanna Fellows, of Ipswich, Massa- 
 chusetts, who died several years ago, leaving 
 three children, 
 
 Mr. Tyler was educated in the Training 
 Field School and in the Framingham .Academy. 
 
 In 1835 he went to work for his father, 
 who had a well-stocked grocery store and was 
 conducting a lucrative business in this dis- 
 trict. Here he remained until his father's 
 death, in 1855. 
 
 He then found employment in several dif- 
 ferent places as accountant. For ten years 
 he acted as reporter for a mercantile agency. 
 
 He was a faithful and honest worker and, by 
 
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 JiENJANUN F. T\'I,IiR. 
 
 reason of his fidelity and energy, has'accimiu- 
 lated much property. P'or fifty years he never 
 had a day's vacation. On February i, 1S91, the 
 condition of his health caused his retirement 
 from active business. He was a memlierof the 
 Charlestown Light Infantry and of the Wash- 
 ington 5 Fire Company, and served one year 
 in the Charlestown Common Council. Mr. 
 Tyler has always lived in this district, and 
 resides at present at 17 Cook .Street, his home 
 since 18^7. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. TWEEU. 
 
 Bi'NjAMiN F. TwtiiD, son of Joshua and 
 Elizabeth (Pratt) Tweed, was born in Read- 
 ing, now Wakefield, January 17, 181 1. From 
 the age of twelve to seventetn he attended 
 the district school about three . months each 
 winter. From that time until 1S35 he attended 
 the academy at South Reading, with the 
 exception of three months in each year, when 
 he taught district schools, his first charge 
 being the school at Lynnfield, where he 
 received thirty-six dollars and jjoard for twelve 
 weeks' teaching. In 1S35 he went to Medford 
 and taught a peimanent school for three 
 years. The young teacher was soon called 
 to higher educational positions, teaching ten 
 years in the Bunker Hill Grammar School, 
 Charlestown, nine years as professor of 
 rhetoric, logic, and English literature in Tufts' 
 College, six as professor of English literature 
 in Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 
 six as superintendent of schools in Charles- 
 town, four before and two after annexation, 
 and spending four years as a ISoston super- 
 visor. All these positions he filled with honor, 
 bringing to the discharge of his duties a 
 singularly clear intelligence and that happy 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAS'l' AND I'RESEN I 
 
 tact which comes divinely inspired to some 
 men. He was a born educator. His per- 
 sonal ability was widely recognized and re- 
 ceived the indorsement of Horace Mann, 
 praise from whom was praise indeed. 
 
 In 1853 liarvard College conferred upon 
 Prof. Tweed the honorary degree of M. A. 
 In 1S41 Thomas Starr King, not quite seven- 
 teen years of age, was assistant to Mr. Tweed 
 in the Hunker Hill School. Mr. Tweed re- 
 garded the inspiration he received from yoimg 
 King as one of the most fortunate circum- 
 stances of his career. He was married in 
 183.S to Clarissa Foster, of Danvers, daughter 
 of .'Varon and Mary (lirowne) Foster. .She 
 died in 1861, leaving one child, Clara Ellen, 
 born in 1S42, and now the wife of Judge 
 Hammond, of the superior court. 
 
 While superintendent of schools in Charles- 
 town, Prof. Tweed published a spelling-book, 
 and later, in connection with David 15. Tower, 
 two school grammars and a grammar of com- 
 position. .Since he reached the age of seventy- 
 seven he has written a school grammar that 
 is widely used. He still retains his interest 
 in educational affairs and especially in the 
 schools of Charlestown, where lie passed so 
 many pleasant years. In 1891. in recognition 
 of his worth as an educator, the schoolhouse 
 on Cambiidge Street was named the P. F. 
 Tweed school in his honor. He resides at 
 709 Main Street, Cambridgeport. 
 
 ALON.(o G. VAN NOSTRAND. 
 
 Al.ONZo G. Van NosruANn, son of Hon. 
 William T. and Mehetabel (Bradlee) Van 
 Nostrand, was born in Brooklyn, New York, 
 July 23, 1854. His maternal grandfather was 
 Thomas Bradlee, of Boston. Mr. Van Nos- 
 trand's parents removed to Boston when he 
 was four years old, and he first went to the 
 Hawes and Lincoln Grammar .Schools, South 
 Boston, and gr.aduated from the English High 
 School in 1872. He immediately besan work 
 in his father's brewery in Charlestown, devot- 
 ing himself night and day to the business, and 
 becoming so identified with it that in 1878, at 
 the age of twenl)-four, he w-as admitted to 
 partnership in the firm. In iSyg Mr. Van 
 Nostrand originated the " P. B." trade-mark 
 for his ale, which has since become so famous 
 in New England. In 1SS6 he conceived the 
 idea of bottling ale in the English fashion to 
 compete with Bass, and in that year established 
 the botiling department. This proved so 
 successful that he built a model bottling 
 house of his own planning, and to day has the 
 largest output of any .Vmerican ale bottler, 
 .selling yearly over half a million bottles of 
 P. B. ale. 
 
 In November, 1S91, he built a lager beer 
 brewery, and May i, 1S92, purchased his 
 father's interest in the ale brewery, becoming 
 sole proprietor of what is known as the 
 Bunker Hill Breweries. Mr. Van Nostrand 
 is the youngest man operating a brewery in 
 Massachusetts, and his establishment is also 
 the oldest in the State, having been founded 
 in 1S21. The P. B. ale has a reputation 
 second to none in the commonwealth, and is 
 the only malt liquor used in the Massachu- 
 
 setts General and City Hospitals and other 
 institutions for the sick and convalescent. 
 
 The Bunker Hill breweries cover about 
 three acres of land, with a frontage of four 
 hundred feet on Alford .Street. Before the 
 spot is reached their location is made known 
 by a tall tower on one of the buildings of the 
 group used for lirewing purposes. This tower 
 and belfry were removed from the old Boylston 
 market, an ancient Boston landmark of con- 
 siderable historical interest, built in 1S09 and 
 demolished in 1SS7. It was rebuilt exactly as 
 it stood in the old market and is cherished 
 highly by Mr. Van Nostrand, who does not 
 forget the time when he, with thousands of 
 high school hoys, was obliged to drill in the 
 old Boylston Market Hall. Mr. Van Nos- 
 trand is a member of various social and 
 business organizations, among which are the 
 Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Boston 
 Art Club, the Eastern Art Club, and the 
 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. 
 He is also a prominent member of the Boston 
 English High School .Vssociation. He was 
 married in 18S5 to Miss .Sadie G. Foque, 
 daughter of Theodore N. Foque, of Maiden, 
 Massachusetts, and has one child, William 
 Theodore Van Nostrand. His residence is 
 at 2S6 Newl)ury Street. Boston. 
 
 HOKATin WELLINGTON. 
 
 Horatio Weixington, son of Nehemiah 
 and Ann (.Stearns) Wellington, was !)orn in 
 Le.xington, Massachusetts, September 6, 1817, 
 and died in Charlestown, March 25, 1S94. For 
 over forty years Mr. Wellington lived in 
 Charlestown. where he was highly respected as 
 a most liberal and progressive citizen. Mr. 
 Wellington was educated in the public schools 
 of Lexington. In 1854, three years after he 
 came to Charlestown, the firm of J. C. Well- 
 ington (& Co. was formed, Mr. Horatio Well- 
 ington being one of the members. A wharf 
 was purchased in Cambridge, and there the 
 firm began the coal business. The firm con- 
 tinued for four years without change, when 
 the senior member retired. In 1872 Joseph 
 Wellington retired, and the business was con- 
 ducted by Horatio Wellington alone under the 
 firm name of Horatio Wellington & Co. In 
 1S84 Mr. Wellington took his two sons, J. 
 Frank and Alfred H., into the firm and thus 
 was the partnership continued, until the deatli 
 of Mr. Horatio Wellington. 
 
 Mr. Wellington was married in Le.xington, 
 on December 17, 1841, to Miss Mary H. Teel, 
 who survives him. Besides his two sons, 
 who were associated with him in business, he 
 left two daughters, Mrs. H. A. Gooding and 
 Miss Edith L. Wellington. Mr. Wellington 
 was active in the social, religions, and political 
 life of Charlestown. During the war he was 
 very active in recruiting men for service and 
 his voice was often heard in behalf of the 
 cause of the Union. 
 
 .\ few years ago Mr. Wellington was made 
 an honorary member of the veterad associa- 
 tion of the Phalanx. He was also a contribut- 
 ing member of Abraham Lincoln Post, G. A. R. 
 
 In pf>litics he was a Republican. In 1861 
 
 and 1S66 he was a member of the Common 
 Coimcil of the city of Charlestown, and in 
 1870, '71, he represented Ward i of the old 
 city in the Board of Aldermen. Afterwards 
 he looked out for the interests of Charlestown 
 in the State Senate. Mr. Wellington had 
 been the veteran of the ward committee of 
 Ward 5 for about a decade. In fraternal and 
 charitable work he had always been active. 
 He had been a member of Bunker Hill Lodge 
 of Odd Fellows since 1851, and had held the 
 highest office in the gift of the organization. 
 He was also a past grand master of the grand 
 lodge of Massachusetts. 
 
 In December, iSgi, Mr. and Mrs. Welling- 
 ton celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their 
 marriage. A reception was held at their 
 Monument Avenue residence, and aliout three 
 hundred persons, comprising the most repre- 
 sentative people of the district, attended and 
 testified their love and esteem for the worthy 
 couple. Among the guests was the clergy- 
 man, Rev. J. M. Usher, of Lexington, who 
 fifty years before had tied the nuptial kiirji. 
 
 CLINTON WHITE. 
 
 Clinton Whitk, son of (lieorge W. and 
 Harriet K. (Farrar) White, was born in 
 Chailestown in 1845. He attended the old 
 Winthrop Grammar and Charlestown High 
 Schools. He has been engaged in the team- 
 ing and contracting business since 1S70. He 
 was a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
 1882, elected under the " at large " system. 
 Mr. White is a member of Faith Lodge of 
 Masons, Cceur de Lion Commandery, and 
 Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F. He was married 
 in 1870 to Helen ?■. Crawford, of Boston 
 Highlands. He is now a resident of Melrose. 
 
 CAl-T. MARTIN L. WHITE. 
 
 Captain M.\rtin L. White of Station 15 
 was born in Marblehead, August 2, 1837. 
 lie was educated in the pulilic schools of 
 Lynn, and came to Boston in 1853, where he 
 learned the trade of sail making. He went 
 to Welllleet in 1856, where he remained until 
 i860. In the latter year he made a ten 
 months' voyage to the Pacific. May 2, 1861, 
 he enlisted in the Navv, and sailed from 
 
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CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 Charlestown Navy Yard on the •' Bainbridge " 
 fifteen days later. He saw service on the 
 gunboats " Dai Ching" and " Oneida " atul 
 for nearly a year was stationed at Aspinvvall. 
 He took part'in several blockades and cruised 
 along the Gulf of Mexico, and was honorably 
 discharged in June, 1864. He was appointed 
 on the police force January 23, 1865, and 
 promoted to the captaincy October 31, 187S. 
 In November, 1891, he was assigned to 
 Charlestown. Captain White is a 32d degree 
 mason, holding membership in Zetland Lodge, 
 St. PauPs Chapter, IJoston Comniandery, and 
 Boston Consistory, F. and A. M. He is also 
 a member of Franklin Lodge, I. O. O. F., and 
 commodore of the Kearsarge Association of 
 Naval Veterans. He is married and has two 
 children, a bov and a girl. 
 
 sailmaking trade with John N. Oevereau.v, an 
 old resident of Charlestown, and completed 
 his apprenticeship August 4, 1857. 
 
 In April. 1861, he entered the Charlestown 
 
 Navy V.Uil .is .1 fir-til. i^s saihn.iker, and re- 
 
 DR. AUGUSTUS WHITING. 
 
 .•\ur.usTus Whiting, M. D-, son of 
 Samuel and Rachell (Rogers) Whitney, was 
 born March 2, 1795. He was a graduate of 
 Harvard College of the class of iSiG. His 
 wife was Catherine Walker, to whom he was 
 married on May 30, 1S22. ,ind who died on 
 June 6, 1864. Doctor Whiting practised his 
 profession in Haverhill for eighteen years. He 
 came to Charlestovn in 1843, and practised 
 his profession here until his sudden death on 
 May 4, 1S67. He was the father of the present 
 Doctor Whiting, of Charlestown. 
 
 DU. JOHN S. WIIITINti. 
 
 John Samuel Whiting, M. 1)., son of 
 -Augustus and Catherine (Walker) Whiting, 
 was l)orn in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He 
 was graduated from Harvard University in 
 the class of 1850. He married Lucy Loring 
 Barker, and has one son, Jasper, a mining 
 engineer, a graduate of the Institute of 
 Technology of the class of 1SS9, and two 
 daughters, Eleanor Kelton and Caroline 
 Barker Whiting. 
 
 Benjamin I). Wii.ev was born in Wellfleet 
 Massachusetts, August 4, 1836. 
 
 In 1846 his parents moved to Last Boston, 
 where lie attended the Lyman School, and at 
 the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the 
 
 11ENJ..\MIN 1>. \Mr.l£V. 
 
 moved to Charlestown, where he has since 
 resided. He enlisted in the Charlestown City 
 Cuards, Co. H, 5th Massachusetts Regiment, 
 and when the call for volunteers was made, took 
 his discharge from the Navy Yard, and went 
 with his regiment to the front, was ajjpointed 
 corporal, and remained until the regiment was 
 mustered on', November 16, 1864. On his 
 return he was again employed in the sail 
 loft at the Navy Yard, appointed quarterman 
 in 1871, foreman in 1874, and master sailmaker 
 April 27, 1887. 
 
 He was color sergeant of the 5lh Massachu- 
 setts Regiment, lS68;oider]y sergeant Charles- 
 town City 'luartls, 1869. and treasurer of the 
 old Franklin Engine Co. and Hose 4. 
 
 Mr. Wiley is a member of the following or- 
 ganizations : CcEurde Lion Comniandery, K.T.; 
 Signet, R. A. Chapter ; King .Solomon's Lodge, 
 F. and A. M. ; Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F.; 
 Bunker Hill Encampment, Veteran Odd Fel- 
 lows Association, Charlestown Lodge, Knighls 
 of Honor ; Ivanhoe Lodge. Knights of Pythias ; 
 Boston Lodge, B. P. t). I'^lks ; Charlestown 
 and Boston Veteran Firemen's Associations, 
 Past Commander of .A.braham Lincoln Post 
 1 1, G. A. R. He is Master Sailmaker at the 
 Navy V'ard, Charlestown. 
 
 ROBERT R WII.EV. 
 
 RobFRT R. Wiley, son of .Aaron and Lydia 
 (Rich) Wiley, was born in Charlestown, 
 March I, 1S2S. He attended the Training 
 Field School. His first occupation was in a 
 provision store, where he remained for three 
 years. He then apprenticed himself to a 
 mason, and, after he had finished his appren- 
 ticeship, worked at his trade as a journeyman 
 until 1S50, when the firm of Cu.shing & 
 Wiley was formed. Mr. Cushing died soon 
 after, and Mr. Wiley has since carried on the 
 business alone. In addition to his building 
 operations, he deals largely in sand and loam. 
 Mr. Wiley was in the Charlestown Common 
 
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 Council in 1869, and alderman in 1870, '71, 
 and '72, a representative in 1873 and '74, and 
 senator in 1875. He is an honorary member 
 of King Solomon Lodge, F. and A. M., and 
 of the Charitable Mechanic .Association. He 
 is a member of Signet Chapter, F. and .-\. M., 
 and, for a number of years, was connected 
 with the City Guards. In 1849 he married 
 Elizabeth Haven, of Laconia, New Hamp- 
 shire. They have one child, Adeline Gates 
 Wiley. Mr. Wiley's place of business is at 12 
 Soley Street, and he resides at 18 .Soley 
 Street. 
 
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 JdSEi'ii Williams, M. D., son of John 
 and Cynthia C. (McLean) Williams, was born 
 in London, Ontario, in 1851. The common 
 schools of his native town gave him his ru- 
 dimentary education, graduating from the 
 collegiate institute of London, from which 
 institution he received a diploma in 1881. 
 After finishing school he went in the employ 
 of his father, who was a druggist, and he 
 remained in this busine.ss for ttn or eleven 
 years. The mixing of medicine undoubtedly 
 gave him the desire to practise medicine, and 
 so in 1877 he matriculated in the McGill 
 University of Montreal, graduating therefrom 
 in 1S81. He spent nearly a year in a hospital, 
 where he received invaluable experience. In 
 1S82 Dr. Williams came to Charle.stown to 
 visit .some friends, intending to remain a short 
 time, but his friends persuaded him to open an 
 office in this district. 
 
 Dr. Williams is a member of the Massa- 
 chusetts Medical Society, Boston Gynx-co- 
 lot;ical .Societv, Charlestown Club, Olive 
 Branch, I. O. 'O. F., and Bunker Hill En- 
 campment I. O. O. F. In 1887 he married 
 Mary Frances Yale, of Maiden, who died May 
 14, 1893. Comparatively unknown by but a 
 few when he came here, he has gained patients, 
 until to-day he commands an exceedingly large 
 practice. Dr. William.s' office and home are 
 at I 5 Monument Square 
 
 Gii.iiF.RT Williams was born February 6, 
 182 1, at Wells. York County, Maine. His 
 father was Thomas Williams, and his mother's 
 maiden name was .Vbbie Boston. His mater- 
 nal grandfather, William Boston, and his 
 paternal grandfather, Samuel Williams, both 
 participated in the battle of Bunker Hill and 
 each had brothers there, also, who helped to 
 dig trenches and took a lively hand in the 
 fight. Mr. Williams had heard the story of 
 the battle repeatedly from his grandfathers 
 and granduncles, so that when he came to 
 Charlestown in 1843 he was able to observe 
 all the important points of the battlefield, as 
 the trenches and earthworks were still visible, 
 though grass grown and somewhat levelled by 
 the weather. Joseph Williams, the brother 
 of Mr. William's grandfather, was in the 
 French War and served under fJeneral Wolfe 
 at the capture of Quebec. After the war 
 was over he was discharged from the service at 
 (Quebec and was obliged to travel on foot to 
 liis home at Wells and carrv his effects on 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 his back. Thomas Williams, the father of 
 Gilbert Williams, enlisted for the War of 
 1812 and was in active service. 
 
 Gilbert Williams learned the trade of a 
 carpenter. In April, 1S43, he moved to 
 Charlestown. He followed his vocation here 
 for ten vears. He then went to Lawrence for 
 a year, Lawrence being at that time a mere 
 farming town, and was known l.iy the name of 
 Atlantic City. After leaving Lawrence Mr. 
 Williams spent another year in Charlestown. 
 About this time the California " gold fever " 
 broke ont, and Mr. Williams had a slight 
 attack of it. He started for the West, but, 
 getting a good business opening in New York, 
 he remained there and in the vicinity for some 
 two years. While in New V'ork, Mr. Williams 
 was offered by Captain Rolfe, of the steamer 
 " Illinois," the position of mate and freight 
 agent, but as a part of his duty would have 
 consisted in selling refreshments including 
 liquors, and, being opposed on principle to 
 the latter, he declined the place. 
 
 In the spring of 1S54 Mr. Williams re- 
 turned to Charlestown, and has lived here 
 since. He continued his building operations 
 until 1S61, erecting over two hundred struc- 
 tures. In i86r Mr. Williains bought out 
 the coal business of -Sylvester Ivichards and 
 soon after he purchased what was known as 
 City Whavl. He has continued in the coal 
 business ever since, with branches in Maiden. 
 F.verett. and other places. 
 
 Mr. Williams was married in Charlestown, 
 September 4, 1S52, to Phcebe A. Cross, of 
 North lielmont, Maine, and four children were 
 born to them, of whom two are living, 
 Arthur F. Williams, who resides in Maiden, 
 and Edgar G. Williams, who resides in 
 Charlestown; both sous assi^t their father in 
 the coal business. 
 
 In business Mr. Williams has been enter- 
 prising and of the strictest integrity. He is 
 a frank, plain, unassuming man, imbued witli 
 public spirit and respect for the rights of 
 others. He has always been a consistent 
 temperance man. 
 
 
 JitHN r.. WIT.SON. 
 
 John B. W'ii.son, son of Joseph and Lucy 
 Boynton Wilson, was born July 17, 1S17, in 
 Charlestown. He was educated in the 
 public schools. At sixteen years of age he l)e- 
 gan to learn the trade of carpenter and builder, 
 and after working a few years as journeyman 
 he commenced business for himself, in part- 
 nership with his brother, Charles Wilson, 
 which jjartnership was continued until the 
 death of his brother, which occurred in 1S60. 
 Since that time he has carried on the business 
 alone with varying success. Mr. Wilson was 
 a member of the Charlestown C'ommon 
 Council and Board of .\ldermen, serving two 
 years in each branch, and is a member of the 
 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic .Vssocia- 
 tion. Me served six years on the board of 
 government of the association, and was also 
 manager of three of its exhibitions. Mr. 
 Wilson always enjoyed good health, and he is 
 to-day one of the most active and best pre- 
 
 served men of his years to be foimd in 
 Charlestown. In September, 1S44, Mr. 
 Wilson was married to Mary A. Bunker, of 
 this district. They have had three children, 
 two sons and one daughter. One son, 
 Charles II., is a lawyer in San F'rancisco, 
 California, and the other, Joseph M., a dentist 
 in Ohio. His daughter lives with him and 
 his wife at 49 Monument .Avenue. His place 
 of business is at 43 Chelsea Street. Mr. 
 Wilson has been a member of I. O. O. 1''. 
 for fifty years, and a member of the F. and 
 A. M. for thirty-three years. He is a past 
 commander of Creur de Lion ("ommandery, 
 F. and A. M. 
 
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 DR. NELsnN M. WOOD. 
 
 Nelson M. Wooh, M. L)., was liorn in 
 Wheelock, Vermont, on May 12, 1S66. He 
 is the son of David and Alfreda (Lackey) 
 Wood. His rudimentary education was oli- 
 tained in the common schools of his native 
 town. Later he took a full classical college 
 preparatory course in the Lyndon Literary In- 
 stitute of Lyndon, Vermont. He was graduated 
 from the inslitule in June, 18SS, and immedi- 
 ately found occupation teaching in one of the 
 towns of Vermont ; not satisfied with this occu- 
 pation, and his mind being bent on medicine, 
 he matriculated in the Boston School of Medi- 
 cine in 1890. During his course there he had 
 excellent experience in dispensary work for 
 about a year, and acted as house physician in 
 the large dispensary connected with the school. 
 He graduated from the school in June, 1893. 
 In July of the same year he opened an office 
 at 71 Kbn Street in this district. 
 
 Dr. Wood is a member of the Massachusetts 
 Honntopathic Medical Society and the Boston 
 Homieopathic Medical Society, and the Hah- 
 nemann Medical Society ; he is also a member 
 of Trinity M. E. Church. He was a member 
 of the ('ounty Board of Education for Cale- 
 donia County, Vermont, during the two years 
 he taught school there, and also secretary of 
 the Teacher's .\ssocialion for that county. 
 
 On June 15, 1S93, Dr. Wood married 
 llertha E. Harrington, of Chailestown. Com- 
 ing here comparatively unknown, he has been 
 remarkably successful, and every day brings to 
 him new patients. His home and office are at 
 71 Elm Street. 
 
 Chari.es II. CoiiH was born in Boston 
 December 21, 1851. He is the son of John 
 H. and Mary (Twombley) Cobb. He attended 
 school in Cambridgeport and afterwards Bills' 
 Commercial College. After serving svith his 
 father for awhile in the grocery business, on 
 Washington Street, ISoston, he started a store 
 in South Boston. There he remained for two 
 years, when became to Charlestown, where he 
 established the firm of J. II. Cobb & Co., 
 October 21, 1S76. In July, 18S3, his father 
 retired and the firm name was changed to 
 C. D. Cobb & Co., Mr. C. D. Cobb being h's 
 uncle, .'\fter three months Mr. C. I). Cobb 
 died and Charles IL conducted the business 
 for the estate. He married Miss Bessie 
 
 Haskell October 18, 1881, and they have four 
 children, throe daughters and one son. He 
 resided in Charlestown for five years, and in 
 18S4 he removed his residence to Winter Hill, 
 Somerville. He is a member of Soley Lodge 
 and .Somerville Chapter, F. and .\. M. ; the 
 
 
 
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 CHAKLI^S H. COnU. 
 
 Bunker Hill Loilge and I'.unkur Hill Encamp- 
 ment, I. O. O. F. ; .Xncient Order of United 
 Workmen,' and the New England Order of 
 I'nitection. He is a member of the Charles- 
 town Five Cents Savings Bank. Mr. Cobb's 
 place of business is in Thompson .Square. 
 His grocery business is second to none in 
 Charlestown, and he carries the finest line of 
 goods to l)e obtained in the marke'. His 
 business is not confined to Charlestown, but 
 extends t<i many of the surrounding towns. 
 
 TU'-'.MAs K. H. 
 
 TiloM.AS R. B. I'jjMANDS was born January 
 24, 1S20, in Charlestown. He is the son of 
 Barnabas and Mary W. (Borroughs) Edmands. 
 He was educated in private .schools. Begin- 
 ning business life, he engaged with Horace 
 Scudder & Co., commission merchants, as 
 book-keeper, where he remained for some 
 years, after which he engage<l with his father's 
 firm Barnabas Edmands and Chas. Collier in the 
 pottery business. When his father died hesuc- 
 ceedetl to the business, the firm being known 
 as Edmands & Co. Subsequently, in 1S66, he 
 sold this business to Power & Edmands, and 
 engaged in the mannfaclnre of drain pipe. 
 This busine.ss he continued for a good many 
 years, when he sold it to Berry & Ferguson, 
 and retired. 
 
 lie married Miss .Xbbey Ferguson, of 
 Charlestown, and has two daughters, both liv- 
 ing, Helen and Annie. He is a member of 
 the Bunker Hill Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the 
 gy9th Artillery .-Xssociation. He is also a 
 trustee of the Warren Institution for Savings 
 and a prominent member of the Universalist 
 church. Mr. Edmands was a member of the 
 Charlestown Common Council in 1868 and 
 1869. 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 RicHAKi) Froth[Ni;iiam was liorii in 
 Charlestown, January 31,1X12. His father 
 and his grandfather each bore the name of 
 Richard. The latter served as an officer 
 through the Revolutionary War. His mother 
 was Mary Thompson, daughter of Timothy 
 Thompson, and sister of the late Dr. Abraham 
 Rand Thompson, and the Hon. Benjamin 
 Thompson, all of Charlestown. The record 
 of the Frothingham family in Charlestown 
 is of the highest respectability, from the time 
 when William, the common ancestor, who 
 probably came over in 1630 in the fleet with 
 Governor Winthrop, settled here. The house 
 in which Richard Frothingham was born and 
 spent the period of his boyhood was on Eden 
 Street, on land originally granted to William 
 Frothingham, the first emigrant, who died in 
 1 65 1, and in whose family it remained until 
 it was purchased, in 1867, by the Winchester 
 Home for Aged Women. He first attended a 
 school kept by Polly F'rothingham on Main 
 Street. He then went to the public school on 
 the Neck, and, lastly, he attended Master 
 .\ndrews' -Xcademy on Cordis .Street. He 
 early developed a taste for reading, and began 
 to collect books. From money earned by 
 writing for a Mr. Doane in his brush factory, 
 hf. bought an encyclopaedia. At eighteen 
 years of age he was clerk with a meichant on 
 Long Wharf, and in January, 1833, he entered 
 the employ of John Doggett & Co., the well- 
 known dealers in carpets and furniture in 
 Coruhill. In .April, 1834, he entered the office 
 of the Middlese,\ Canal Company, where he 
 remained a clerk, agent, and, later, treasurer 
 until about 1S60, when the affairs of the 
 company were closed up. In 1852 he became 
 one of the proprietors and managing editor 
 of the Boston Post, having for many years 
 previously written for its columus. He re- 
 tired from the management in 1S65 and gave 
 his attention to his private and public trusts 
 and to literary pursuits. He had an active and 
 busy life, and was far more devoted to public 
 duties than to mere personal affairs; but he 
 neglected nothing. He had a warm attach- 
 ment to his native town, and was fond of 
 studying its history and of promoting its in- 
 terests. He early became a member of the 
 school committee, and from 1S3S to 1S43, in- 
 clusive, he was one of the trustees of the free 
 schools, and during the greater part of the 
 time president of the board. 
 
 In 1840 he was chosen one of a committee 
 on finance for the town. He was a representa- 
 tive to the State J,egislature for five years, 
 and in 1S53 a member of the Massachusetts 
 Constitutional Convention, and was mayor of 
 the city for three years, from 1S51 to 1853. 
 He delivered the address at the dedication of 
 the new City Hall, June 17, 1869, and also the 
 oration at the unveiling of the Soldiers' and 
 Sailors' Monument, June 17, 1S72, having 
 served on the committee which had full charge 
 of its design and erection. Of the Warren 
 Institution for Savings he was for many years 
 a trustee, as also of the Public Library from 
 its establishment in 1861, and after anne.xation 
 he was a member of the Boston Library 
 
 Board until 1S79. On June 30, 1876, the 
 " Frothingham School and District " was 
 named in his honor. His connection with 
 many literary, charitable, and other public in- 
 stitutions made him ever an honored guest or 
 a welcome speaker at all civic or military 
 gatherings, whether for pleasure or business. 
 
 In his political opinions, Mr. Frothingham 
 was a Democrat, and he did faithful work as 
 a party man. He was a delegate to the 
 National Democratic Conventions in 1S52 
 and 1S76, and was nominated in his district 
 for Congress. He served several times as a 
 member of committees, was a delegate to 
 local and State conventions, W'here he often 
 presided, and was often a speaker at political 
 meetings. 
 
 In his religious belief he was a Universalist, 
 and conspicuous as a layman in that denom- 
 ination. He was often a delegate to its con- 
 ventions and was one of the trustees of Tuft:5 
 College from its incorporation in 1S52, and 
 for eight years its treasurer. His father was 
 one of the original members of the Univer- 
 salist Society in Charlestown, whose church 
 was dedicated in 181 1 ; and the son, in after 
 years, was superintendent of its Sunday school. 
 In 1S36 he was elected clerk of the society. 
 In 1840 he was a member of the Standing 
 Committee, which office he held, with the e.\- 
 ception of five years, until his death, serving 
 almost continuously as its chairman. He 
 served on various State and city committees : 
 he was a meml)er of the State Board of Health, 
 and was from 1875 president of the Bunker 
 Hill Monument .Association. Elected in 1846 
 a member of the Ma.ssachusetts Historical 
 Society, he was for thirty yeais its treasurer. 
 He was a memlier of the American .Antiqua- 
 rian Society, of the New England Historic-Gen- 
 ealogical Society, and corresponding member 
 of several historical societies in other States, 
 and an honorary member of the Phi Beta 
 Kappa Society of Harvard College. He was 
 twice called to deliver Fourth of July ora- 
 tions — once in Newburyport, in 185 1, and in 
 Boston in 1874. The honorary degree of 
 .A. M. was conferred upon him by Harvard 
 College in 1S58, and that of LL. D. by Tufts 
 College in 1S74. 
 
 His early love of books has been mentioned 
 and his fondness for what related to the 
 annals of his native town. He collected a 
 large mass of material, both in print and 
 manuscript for future use. He thus early 
 laid the foundation for a noble library of 
 monographs and local maps, as well as general 
 history. In 1S45 he issued the first number 
 of his " History of Charlestown." and No. 7, 
 issued in 1S49, was the last, bringing the his- 
 tory down to the Battle of Bunker Hill. His 
 " History of the Siege of Boston " appeared 
 in 1S49 and went through several eclitions. 
 In 1S65 he published his " Life and Times of 
 Joseph Warren," and later, " A Tribute to 
 Thomas .Starr King." His last book was 
 " The Rise of the Republic of the United 
 States," published in 1S72. He probably 
 regarded this as his crowning work. He also 
 prepared numerous papers of great historical 
 value, which have been printed in the proceed- 
 ings of the historical societies before which 
 they were read. He was a member of the 
 commission appointed to select the names of 
 two distinguished citizens whose statues 
 should represent this State in Washington. 
 John Winthrop was agreed upon for one, and 
 Mr. F'rothingham presented a minority report 
 favoring .Samuel .Adams as the other, which 
 report was accepted, in opposition to that of 
 the majority favoring John Adams. During 
 the time he was Mayor of Charlestown the 
 I lannah Corcoran riot occurred, and it was 
 due to his promptness and decision in calling 
 out the militia that the St. Mary's Church was 
 saved from destruction. In 18^2 Louis Kos- 
 suth visited the battle-ground of Bunker Hill, 
 and was received by Mayor Frothingham. 
 In February, 1S79, ^'''' Frothingham took a 
 severe cold. It soon assumed a serious form. 
 He rallied only to linger, and was never him- 
 
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 self again. He died January 29, 18S0, and 
 when his death was annoimced the feeling in 
 Charlestown was universal that the commu- 
 nity had lost its first citizen. Courteous and 
 simple in his manners, the purity of his 
 motives and the benevolence of his heart 
 gave a tone to all his conduct. He was a man 
 to be loved, and had not an enemy in the 
 world. He was practically a public man. a 
 man of affairs, with a wide acquaintance with 
 men. 
 
 On December iS, 1833, Mr. Frothingham 
 was married to A'rylena, daughter of Deacon 
 Isaac Blanchard, of Charlestown. His wife 
 and five children survived him, one son, 
 Thomas Goddard Frothingham, and four 
 daughters. 
 
 UKAIiFORD e r.LINE. 
 
 Br.aDFuRD E. Gl.lNE, son of Phinehas and 
 Betsey (Hodges) Gline, was born in West- 
 moreland, New Hampshire, September 10, 
 1821. He was educated in the district 
 schools of his native town, and worked on his 
 father's farm until his twentieth year. He 
 was for a short time a resident of Easlon, 
 Massachusetts, where he worked at the poultry 
 business. In 1842 he came to Charlestown, 
 and entered the employ of P. .S. Briggs in 
 the grocery business, where he remained three 
 years ; then went with Warren B. Thomas, 
 coal merchant. In 1S49 he purchased of 
 Henry Myrick the grocery store at the 
 corner of Henley and Park Streets, and in 
 1S51 established himself on the corner of 
 Bunker Hill and Ferrin Streets. 
 
 His lease expiring in 1S57. he erected the 
 building at the corner of Bunker Hill and 
 Le.\ington Streets, where for thirty years he 
 conducted a successful grocery and hardware 
 business. Later he erected a block of dwell- 
 ings on Lexington Street. He retired from 
 active business about four years ago. Mr. 
 Gline was also successful as a dentist, and had a 
 large practice. He is a musician of high order 
 and has often been heard in instrumental 
 selections at the famous Old F'olks Concerts. 
 He has been twice married, his first wife 
 being Miss Leonora W. Sims of Charlestown, 
 whom he married June 15, 184S. He married 
 Mrs Jane E. Butler, of Charlestown, June 22, 
 1S87. He is a member of the National 
 Lanciers and of the Charlestown Club. He 
 resides at 27 Le.xington Street. 
 
 Frank A. H.4LI., son of John and Sarah 
 (Hills) Hall, of Maiden, was born on Blossom 
 Street. Boston, October 19, i8ig. Heattended 
 the Mayhew Grammar and Boston High 
 Schools, and was one of the Franklin medal 
 winners. On leaving school, he entered the 
 Navy Yard with .Ale.xander Paris, the architect. 
 He remained there but a short time, leaving 
 to take a position with F'rank .A. Skinner & 
 Co. as assistant book-keeper. He left here 
 to go with Noble & Sturtevant, commission 
 merchants. This firm became interested in 
 the coal business, and had great success. On 
 account of the immense business, a change was 
 
CHARLESTOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 made in the firm, a re-organization taking place, 
 and Mr. Hall was admitted to the firm, and 
 the firm name was changed, — Noble, Hall & 
 Co. This was in 1S49. Subsequently, another 
 change was made, and the firm became Noble, 
 Hammett & Hall, wholesale dealers in coal 
 
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 exclusively. Mr. Hall retired in 1S75. He 
 married Miss Caroline Frothinghani, sister of 
 Hon. Richard Frothinghani, (.)ctober 2, 1S45. 
 They lived on Eden Street for fifteen years, 
 untii i860, when Mr. Hall built his present 
 residence, 337 Main Street. He has had 
 three children, Benjamin Thomas, Frank 
 Frothinghani (deceased), and Eliza S. He is 
 a member of St. John's Lodge, and lioston 
 Comniandery, F. and A. M., and the 999th 
 Artillery Association. 
 
 l.iHN p. H1I.T"N. 
 
 JoH.N p. HlLTO.M, son of Andrew and Eliza 
 A. (Paul) Hilton, was born in Acton, Maine, 
 May 3, 1S36. He is the eighth generation of 
 the family of Edward Hilton, who settled at 
 Dover, New Hampshire, in 1823. Edward 
 Hilton was at the head of the company which 
 was sent out by the original proprietors of 
 Laconia to found a plantation on the Piscata- 
 qua. His brother William accompanied him. 
 They, with their associates, made a stand at 
 Dover Neck, about seven miles from Ports- 
 mouth. David Thompson and others, who 
 came over at the same time, set down nearer 
 the harbor. Thompson the ne.\t year retired 
 to Massachusetts and settled on svhat is now- 
 known as Thompson's Island in P.oston Har- 
 bor. Edward Hilton and the better sort of 
 people, wearied of the disorders which pre- 
 vailed at Dover, through the machinations of 
 a few malcontents, soon after its settlement, 
 were desirous of putting themselves under the 
 protection and government of Massachusetts, 
 They effected iheir object in 1641, and Hilton 
 was the first named in the list of magistrates 
 after the union. Some time before 1652 he 
 removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, and from 
 this place the Hilton family branched out over 
 Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. 
 John P. Hilton's ancestors in direct line were. 
 
 Andrew, his father, Winthrop, his grandfather, 
 whose Christian name came from intermarriage 
 with the Governor Winthrop family, Richard, 
 his great-grandfather, Theodore, Joseph, and 
 Edward, son of the original settler. 
 
 Mr. Hilton was married February 17, i86r, 
 to Mary .\. Mudgett, of .\cton, Maine. In the 
 same year he removed to Boston and engaged 
 in the wholesale produce business, which busi- 
 ness he still carries on under the firm name of 
 Hilton Bros, at 39 and 40 South Market 
 Street. He came to Charlestown in Septem- 
 ber, 1865, and took an active interest in the 
 affairs of the city. He was never an aspirant 
 for public office, but in 1879 was elected a 
 member of the Common Council from Ward 
 5 and was re-elected in 18S0, '81, '82, '83, and 
 '84. He served on the special committee, 
 elected by joint ballot, which built the Warren 
 liridge, keeping within the four hundred thou- 
 sand dollars appropriated. He was for five 
 years a trustee of the City Hospital, for four 
 years a member of the committee on finance, 
 and for five years a member of the committee 
 on public buildings. From 1S77 to 18S4 he 
 was a trustee and treasurer of the old Pro- 
 duce Exchange before it consolidated with 
 the iXfercantile Exchange. He is a member of 
 the Boston Chamber of Commerce, was vice- 
 president one term, and served on the com- 
 mittee that erected its present building. He 
 is also trustee, and has been for four years, of 
 the New Hampton, New Hampshire, Literary 
 Institute and Commercial College. 
 
 Mr. Hilton is a member of Henry Price 
 Lodge of Masons, and Howard Lodge 
 L O. O. F. He removed to Maiden in 1891, 
 where he purchased the elegant residence at 
 the corner of Maple and Hawthorn Streets. 
 
 Peter C. Jones, Jr., is a resident of the 
 .Sandwich Islands, where he is a successful 
 merchant, and recently was Minister of 
 Finance under the Provisional (loxernment. 
 
 I 1: IKK C. JONES. 
 
 Peter Cushman Jones, the son of Peter 
 and Catherine (Hay) Jones, was borii in 
 Charlestown, .-\ugust 10, 1808. He was 
 descended on his father's side from John 
 Cotton, the celebrated minister of the First 
 Church in Boston, from Governor Thomas 
 Dudley, the second governor of the Massachu- 
 setts Colony, and from Governor Simon 
 Mradstreet, all well known in our early 
 annals. He was educated in the Charlestown 
 schools, and at the age of sixteen entered 
 into the service of William Parker, a well- 
 known merchant of Boston. He afterwards 
 became a merchant himself, having as his 
 partner George W. Wheelwright. For many 
 years he resided in Boston, which city he 
 represented in the Legislature of the Com- 
 monwealth. He was Master of Columbian 
 Lodge, a masonic institution, and for a 
 time was treasurer of the Grand Chapter of 
 Massachusetts. During the latter part of his 
 life he resided in the city of Newton. '1 here 
 was nothing in his character more conspicuous 
 than his straightforwardness. For his many 
 exceptionally good traits of character, among 
 which predominated a pleasing and cheerful 
 disposition, he won many friends. 
 
 He married Jane M. Baldwin, of Boston, 
 October 20, i83[, and eight children survived 
 him, four sons and four daughters. He died 
 in .Newton, May 23, 18S5. One of his sons, 
 
 ]. G. J. MUMI.ER. 
 
 J. G. J. .Mr.MLER, son of J. G. J. and Susan 
 (IJlowers) Mumler, was born in Boston, being 
 the fifth son of a large family of children, 
 consisting of eight sons and six daughters. 
 He received his education at the old Hawkins 
 Street .School. Upon leaving school, he chose 
 the confectionery trade for his life business, 
 and entered upon his apprenticeship with the 
 well-known firm of Isaac Lum & Son, of Cam- 
 bridge. Having served some three years in 
 this special liranch of candy making, he com- 
 menced work with Charles Copeland, of Court 
 Street, Boston. Mr. Mumler spent several 
 years in the employ of this firm, whose repu- 
 tation was very high, liecanie master of every 
 branch of the business, and engaged with Mr. 
 George Vinton on Washington .Street. Hav- 
 ing devoted several years to assisting others 
 to accumulate wealth, he obtained a location 
 at 84 Main Street, Charlestown, and the week 
 previous to Christmas, 1855, he opened his store 
 to the public. It was the most complete store 
 of the kind ever opened in Charlestown, and, 
 being well filled with a great variety of 
 choicest goods, attracted great attention, and 
 he did a very large and successful business. 
 Mr. Mumler conducted the business in this 
 store for several years and then bought the 
 estate at 91 Main .Street, which he has occu- 
 pied during the past thirty years. It is most 
 favorably known as " Mumler's." He is a 
 complete master of his business, and in his 
 large retail store he dispenses the finest 
 creams, and ices, and a choice variety of 
 confections. He also does a large trade in 
 supplying private parties, families, societies, 
 and various organizations with creams, ices, 
 cake, etc., to order. His ice-cream parlor is 
 the largest, finest, and most airy to be found 
 in this district. During the cool weather he 
 serves oysters, meats, etc. A few years since 
 Mr. Mumler married Miss Lizzie Walsh, of 
 Cambridge, Massachusetts, a voung lady of 
 great worth. They have one child, J. G. J. 
 Mumler, Jr. 
 
 Kev. Edw.'VRI) M. Taylor. The celebra- 
 tion of the 17th of June and the dedi- 
 cation of the memorial tablets in 1S89 w^as 
 begun in reality on Sunday, the i6th. The 
 members of the Official Board of Trinity 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, on High Street, 
 t'harlestown, of which Rev. Edward M. 
 Taylor was pastor, decided to hold commemo- 
 rative services on .Sunday, June 16, at 10.30 
 A. M. Invitations were sent to the Mayor and 
 City Council of Boston, A. Lincoln Post, 
 No II, and G. L. Ste.arns Post. No. 149, 
 G. A. R., and the Ladies' Relief Corps of 
 both posts. The Union Veterans' Union, the 
 U. S. Marine Corps, the Sons of Veterans' 
 Corps, the High School Cadets of Charles- 
 town, and the officers of the Bunker Hill 
 17th of June Association. These guests. 
 
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CHARLESrOWN CITIZENS, PAST AND PRESENT. 
 
 with citizens, filled the spacious church, 
 which was appropriately decorated with 
 hunting and plants. Rev. I'ldward M. Taylor 
 delivered the anniversary sermon from the 
 text, " Then Samuel took a stone, and set it 
 between Mizpeh and .Shen, and called the 
 name of it Kbenezer" — (i Sam. vii. 12.) Mr. 
 Taylor w.is born in Washington, Pennsylvania, 
 K liruary 25, 1S52. lie is the son of Wni. 
 n. Taylor and Jane E. Jones, both of Wr^sh- 
 ington, Tennsylvania. 
 
 .■\fter passing through the public schools of 
 that place, he entered Washington and Jeffer- 
 son College, and graduated from that institi:- 
 
 KEV. EnWAKlt .M. TAVI.OIC. 
 
 tion in 1S73. In the spring of 1S74 lie was 
 admitted on trial in the Pittsburgh Conference, 
 and was appointed junior preacher on the 
 p'lorence Circuit. Feeling deeply the need of 
 a theological education, his presiding elder, at 
 his request, released him from his appoint- 
 ment, and in the fall of 1874 he came to Bos- 
 ton and entered the Theological School of 
 Boston IJniversiiy, from which he received the 
 degree of .S. T. P.. in June, 1877. During his 
 
 senior year, in the School of Theology, he 
 supplied the M. E. Church in South Braintree, 
 Massachusetts, and after graduation was ap- 
 pointed to the South Braintree charge for two 
 years. Since that time his appointments have 
 been as follows : East Main .Street, Norwich, 
 Connecticut, three years; St. Paul's, Fall 
 River, Massachusetts, three years; .Stafford 
 Springs, Connecticut, three years; Flint Street, 
 East Somerville, Massachusetts, one year ; 
 Trinity M. E. Church, Charlestown, Massa- 
 chusetts, five years. 
 
 In 1S92 Mr. Taylor was appointed presid- 
 ing elder of the Lynn District in the New 
 England Conference. In 1S94 he was elected 
 president of the New England District of the 
 Epworth League. 
 
 On June 13, 18S2, he was married to Mary 
 E. Bradford, of South Braintree, Massachu- 
 setts. His home is blessed with two children, 
 a son Frank, and a dauolner Marguerite. 
 
 DA.MEL B. TENNEY. 
 
 D.\NIEL B. Tenney, son of Robert G. and 
 .\bigail (Blodgett) Tenney was born in Charles- 
 town, March 15, 1824. He was educated in 
 the public schools of Charlestown. On'leav- 
 
 ing school he served an apprenticeship at the 
 carpenter's trade. He removed to .Somerville, 
 and erected many buildings in East Somer- 
 ville. Of late years he had confined his 
 attention to the making of brick moulds, 
 which business he slid follows. He was an 
 active member of the old volunteer fire de- 
 jjartment of Charlestown, serving fouiteen 
 years. Mr. Tenney married Mary .'\., daughter 
 of William and Sarah lUirroughs. 
 
 JOHN C. TKNNEV. 
 
 John C. Tenney, son of Robert G. and 
 .Abigail (Blodgett) Tenney, of Charlestown, 
 was born in Pelham, New Hampshire, -April 30, 
 iSi-5. He was educated in the Charlestown 
 public schools. He learned his trade as a 
 carpenter in Boston, and has followed it as a 
 master builder in Charlestown and .Somerville. 
 Mr. Tenney removed to Somerville, and there 
 served as assessor in 1856, and as selectman 
 in 1S56, 57, '58, '59, and '60. He has been 
 twice married. His first marriage was to Julia 
 Turner, daughter of Theodore Turner, of South 
 Scituate; and his second wife was Lucy A. 
 Gowell, of Chester, Vermont. He resides on 
 Mystic Avenue, Somerville.* 
 
 FITCHliUKt. K. K.. HOO.sAC TU.NN'EI. DOCKS — CH-VELESTOWN's l.\DCiTKI.*.I. MONUME.NT. 
 
 ■So- 
 
THE CHARLESTOWN MILITIA, 
 
 The Charleslown Cadets, Company A, 
 Fifth Infantry, M. V. M., had its origin in a 
 drill-club of boys, who were regularly uni- 
 formed and ofiScered in 1858. On the 17th of 
 May, 1S61, the corps was enlarged. In July. 
 1861, George F. Chapin was elected captain, 
 and during his term of command, with Francis 
 W. Pray as drill-master, the company won two 
 prizes in a competition drill at Music Ilall, 
 Boston. Captain J. E. I'hipps succeeded 
 Captain Chapin in April, 1863. During the 
 war the company did escort and other duties 
 at home. The company, from time to time, 
 was reduced in numbers, must of its members 
 enlisting for the war, enough, however, being 
 
 Connecticut N. G ; the Continental (juards 
 of .\ew Orleans on two different occasions. 
 The company has visited New YurU City, New 
 Haven, Lawrence, New Orleans, and towns in 
 our own State. 
 
 P'ollowing is a complete roster of officers of 
 the company since its organization : — Cap- 
 tains. Charles Morris, May 17, rS6i ; Geo. F. 
 Chapin, July, iS6( ; John K. I'hipps, April, 
 1863; Geo. F. Chapin, (Jctober 5, 1864; Henry 
 C. Cutter, O tober 7, 18O6; Frank Todd, May, 
 1S71 ; Francis W. Pray, January, 1872 ; John E. 
 Phipps, November 13, 1874; John L. Curtiss. 
 August 22, 1881 ; Leon H. Ilaleman, May 29, 
 1882; William H. Oakes, June 27, 1885; 
 Charles E. French, February lo, 1889; Willis 
 W. Stover, 'November 2t, 1890. 
 
 First Lieutenants, Isaac L. Cook, Charles F. 
 
 bearer and sergeant-major in the High School 
 Regiment. He enlisted June 26, 1886, in the 
 Charlestown Cadets, Company A, Fifth Regi- 
 ment. He was appointed corporal and ser- 
 geant in 18S8, and was elected second lieuten- 
 ant March ^1 , 1SS9, and captain November 17, 
 1S90. As a military officer, Captain .Stover 
 ranks high, and his company is one of the best 
 in the militia of the commonwealth. Captain 
 .Stover's great-grandfather, Asa Rugg, was 
 killed in tlie Battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
 WiLi.iAM S. TOLMAN was born in Charles- 
 town, .Sept. 21, 1865. He is the son of Wil- 
 liam H. and Henrietta (Weeman) Tolman. 
 He is descended of good old revolutionary 
 stock. His great-grandfather, Obediah 
 Mann, was engaged in the Battle of Bunker 
 Hill. Lieutenant" Tolraan attended the Bun- 
 
 THE CHARLESTOWN CADETS. 
 
 pre.sent at regular meetings to keep up the 
 organization. The company sent over one 
 hundred of its men to the front. On the 5th 
 of October. 1864, the Cadets were made the 
 Twenty-sixth Unattached Company, M. V. M., 
 andGeorge F. Chapin was elected its first militia 
 captain on the above date. It was attached to 
 the Fifth Regiment, M. V. M., and the company 
 received as its letter " .A."' The company ha.s 
 received the highest mark at regimental in- 
 spection, "A I," and has taken the grand 
 prize in the Massachusetts mililia rifle compe- 
 tition. 
 
 It has entertained the following organiza- 
 tions : A battalion of the Twenty-second Regi 
 ment N. G., New York; the Fifth Maryland 
 Regiment, eight himdred men ; W^ashington 
 Light Infantry, Washington, D. C; Gov- 
 ernor's Foot Guards, of Hartford, Connecti- 
 cut, and New' Haven Grays, of Second 
 
 Fairbanks, George W. Prescott, Thomas H. 
 Haskell, Nathan F. Tufts, Wm. R. Carr, 
 Henry G. Jordan, John L. Curtiss, Geo. F. 
 Clarridge, Geo. H. \VashlHirn, John L. Cur- 
 tiss, Leon H. Bateman, L. E. Tiuisou, ( 'harles 
 
 E. French, William S. Tolman, 
 
 Second Lieutenants, Samuel O. Little, Henry 
 
 F. Merrill, Charles Laurie, Geo. F. Eaton, Geo. 
 Whiting, Wm. B. Havi'es, J. Henry Taylor, 
 Leon H. Bateman, L. E. Timson, Geo. M. 
 Hodgdon, Wm. H. Oakes, Charles E. French, 
 Frank T. Lewis, Edward F. Graildy, Willis 
 W. .Stover, Edward .A. Moore. 
 
 Willis Whutemoke Stover, son of 
 Augustus W. and Marie (Rugg) Stover, was 
 born in Charlestown. March 19, 1S70. He 
 was graduated from the Warren Grammar 
 .School of this district, and the Boston Latin 
 School, and is at present a student in the Bos- 
 ton University Law School. He was color 
 
 — Si — 
 
 ker Hill Grammar School. He enlisted in 
 the Cadets October 5, 18S5, and was appointed 
 corporal in February, 1887. In Maj', 1888, he 
 was oppointed sergeant ; .A.ugust, 1888, first 
 sergeant; and December 10, 1888, first lieuten- 
 ant, and he holds that commission to-day. He 
 married Anna J. Day. of Boston, October i, 
 1S89, and has one child, a daughter. 
 
 Rowland W. Bkav, son of William \V. 
 and Sarah J (Leach) Bray was born in ('harles 
 town. December 11,1868. He is a grammar 
 and high school graduate. While in the High 
 .School Regiment he was a company lieuten- 
 ant. He enlisted in the Charlestown Cadets 
 February 25, rS8g, and on January 22, 1891, he 
 was appointed corporal, and sergeant on Sep- 
 tember 21, 1801. On June 29, 1893, he was 
 elected second lieutenant, and he holds the 
 commission now. He resides at the Waverley 
 House and is a member of the 999th .\rtillery. 
 
CHARLESTOWN MILITIA. 
 
 CHARLESTOWN CITY GUARD. 
 
 In 1S46, Company B, Chailestown Light 
 Infantry, and Company D, Columbian Guards, 
 botli of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, were 
 disbanded. In 1850 the old members of 
 these organizations consolidated and formed 
 the Charlestovvn City Guard, uhiih was desig- 
 nated Company D. Fourth Regiment, Light In- 
 fantry. In 1S55, the Fourth and Fifth Regi- 
 ments were consolidated and formed into the 
 Fifth Regiment of Infantry, in which this 
 Company was designated as H, and its captain. 
 Clias. I). Rogers, commissioned as colonel. The 
 company has always enjoyed a high state of 
 
 Caleb dishing making the presentation 
 speech. 
 
 During the War of the Kebellion, the com- 
 pany saw active service in the three months, 
 nine moitths, and one hundred days' 
 campaigns. .\ number of field officers have 
 been graduated from the company, no less 
 than three commanders having been furnished 
 the regiment and nearly every regimental 
 ottice filled in addition. The guard has 
 among its many treasures several fine trophies 
 won in rifle competition, and has within its 
 ranks officers and men at the present time 
 
 pany A, Fifth Infantry, Charlestown Cadets, 
 November 15, 1886. He was appointed cor- 
 poral and later sergeant and company clerk, 
 al.=o acting treasurer. While a sergeant in 
 Company A he was appointed second lieuten- 
 ant in Company H, Charlestown City Guard, 
 by Gov. J. Q. A. Brackett, January 21, iSgo. 
 He was elected first lieutenant November 24, 
 1890, and captain July 16, 1S92, while in 
 camp at Framingham, being then lieutenant 
 commanding. He is a prominent member of 
 Olive Branch Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Bunker Hill 
 Encampment, I. t). ( >. F.: and I'ast Com- 
 
 CHARI.ESTOWN CITY (.UARD. 
 
 prosperity from its organization to the present 
 time, and at one time its fine member list con- 
 tainedover three hundred and fifty names. 
 
 The City Guard was always noted for its 
 hospitality and received many organizations 
 visiting Boston, among the most notable 
 being the Ellsworth Zouaves, Baltimore City 
 Guard, Putnam Phalanx of Hartford, Mec- 
 hanics Phalan.x, Ninth Regiment, N. G. S. of 
 N. v.. Colonel James Fisk, Jr., Fifth Mary- 
 land, and others. The guard attended the 
 inauguration of President Buchanan, in March, 
 1S57, and were received with great display by 
 the Military and United States officers at the 
 Capitol, and were presented with a gold medal 
 by the President and other New Englanders, 
 
 wearing the badges of all the different grades 
 of marksmanship. 
 
 The company has participated with the 
 regiment in all tours of duty and trips, its 
 last notable trip being in 18S9, when New 
 York City was the objective point and the 
 looth anniversary of the inauguration of 
 Washington being the occasion. During this 
 four days' tour the company maintained the 
 ma.xinium strength allowed by law. The 
 same armory is occupied as for many years, 
 and .lUhough not admirably adapted for com- 
 pany drill, is made use of to an extent that 
 still permits the company to hold its own in 
 good shape. 
 
 Capl. Francis Meredith, Jr., enlisted in Com- 
 
 — 83 — 
 
 mander of Grand Canton, I. O. O. F. He is 
 also a member of Henry Price Lodge, F. and 
 A. M.; Charlestown Cadet Veteran Association, 
 and the Charlestown Club. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Fred McDonald is also a 
 Charlestown boy and has been connected for 
 some time with military organizations. He 
 enlisted in the National Lanciers November, 
 1S87, and served three yeais as private and 
 was then elected second lieutenant in the City 
 Guard. He was elected first lieutenant July 
 16, 1S92, at camp. He is an active member 
 of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Henry V. Gilson, en- 
 listed in the City Guard in iSSi, and has 
 passed through the grades of corporal and 
 sergeant, and was appointed lieutenant Nov- 
 ember 18, 1892. He is a prominent member 
 of the Sons of Veterans. 
 
THE CHARLESTOWN BANKS. 
 
 The Charlestown Five Cents Savings 
 Bank, located in Thompson Square, is one of 
 the representative and reliable savings institu- 
 tions in Boston. It was incorporated in 1S54 
 under the laws of Massachusetts. Its career 
 has been a very successful one, and it now 
 ranks among the solid institutions of New 
 England. The Charlestown Five Cents Sav- 
 ings Hank is ably officered, and its board of 
 trustees is composed of gentlemen more than 
 usually prominent and popular in financial and 
 commercial circles. The list is as follows : 
 president, Amos Stone ; treasurer, A. M. 
 Andrews ; clerk, B. F. Stacey ; vice presidents, 
 George B. Neal, Mark F. Burns, George .S. 
 Pendergast, Emri B. Stetson, A. E. Cutter. 
 Charles F. Byam, Peter S. Roberts; trustees, 
 Amos Stone, George B. Neal, Peter .S. 
 Roberts, Mark F. Burns, Daniel G. \\ alton, 
 A. M. Andrews, George S. Pendergast, Benj. 
 F. Stacey, Emri 11. Stetson, Linus E. Pearson. 
 Charles F. IJyam, Augustus \V. Stover, War- 
 ren Sanger, Abram E. Cutter, James F. Hun- 
 newell, Joseph Stone, George M. Starbird, 
 John li. Gil)bs. Samuel T. Harri*. George II. 
 
 ment of this institution is strictly conservative, 
 and ad\ances of capital are always made in 
 accordance with the regulations of the bank. 
 Amos Stone, the president, and A. M. An- 
 drews, the treasurer, have held their respective 
 offices for several years. Mr. Stone is a 
 gentleman whose sterling integrity and public 
 .spirited actions have won for him an influential 
 place among our representative citizens. He 
 is an energetic, honorable business man, 
 eminently qualified for the important trust 
 reposed in him. He is president of the 
 Monument National Bank, president of the 
 Mutual Protection Fire Insurance Co., and a 
 prominent Freemason. The bank is open 
 every business day from 9 A. M. to 2 r. M., 
 and on Wednesdays and .Saturdays from 3 to 
 to 5 P. M. 
 
 The Miinument National Bank. Ar, 
 a natural result of the industrial and com- 
 mercial interests of the Charlestown district, 
 her manufacturers and lousiness men have 
 need of the most e.xtended financial facilities, 
 and it is a matter of congratulation that the 
 Monument National Bank has so long, so 
 ably, and so satisfactorily met every demand 
 
 i t G ^^'J- 
 
 1 I\ E C1£M.- 
 
 Pendergast, F. O. Reed ; investinent com- 
 mittee, George S. Pendergast. Mark F. Burns, 
 .\. W. Stover, Emri B. Stetson. 
 
 The deposits now amount to over five 
 million dollars, and the guarantee fund to 
 two hundred and forty thousand dollars. 
 The bank receives deposits of five cents 
 to one thousand dollars, thus accommodating 
 all classes. This corporation was organized 
 principally for the purpose of encouraging our 
 working classes to accumulate a fund that 
 will be available in sickness or old age. 
 It is also a great encouragement to children, 
 stimulating thein so save small sums, and 
 teaching them the valuable lesson of the 
 rapidity with which small amounts at a moder- 
 ate rate of interest accumulate. It also fur- 
 nishes administrators, guardians, trustees of 
 churches, lodges, and other societies a safe 
 repository for their funds, where a. moderate 
 rate of interest may be realized. The manage- 
 
 of the public, and afforded such a safe and 
 reliable depository to cur business men. 
 This bank has had a lengthy and honorable 
 career. It was originally incorporated in 
 18^4. and was reorganized under the national 
 banking laws of 1S65. It has a capital stock 
 of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
 and is officered as follows, viz. : President, 
 .•\mos Stone; cashier, Warren Sanger; di- 
 rectors, .■\mos Stone, Henry C. Rand, Francis 
 Hall, George B. Neal, Warren Sanger, and 
 Mark F. Burns. These names are synony- 
 mous with stability and integrity, and their 
 sound discretion and administrative capacity 
 have become generally recognized. In Presi- 
 dent Stone, this community recognizes one of 
 its most substantial and public-spirited citizens, 
 who has done much for the district in various 
 ways. He has been a director of the bank 
 since 1S63, and succeeded to the presidency 
 on the death of James O. Curtis, in 1S91. He 
 
 — S.3 — 
 
 gives the bank the benefit of his personal 
 attention. He is also president of the 
 Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, and of 
 the Mutual Protection P'ire Insurance Com- 
 pany. The cashier, Mr. Sanger, came to the 
 position upon the retirement of the first 
 cashier, Mr. George L. Foote, January 1, 
 1866. His long term of service affords sub- 
 stantial evidence of the confidence reposed in 
 him by his associates in the management of 
 the bank. This bank transacts a general 
 business in deposits, loans, collections, and ex- 
 change ; issues drafts, handles commercial 
 paper, loans on good security, and in every 
 legitimate way seeks to advance its customers' 
 best interests. It has accumulated a surplus 
 fund of one hundred and si.tty thousand dol- 
 lars, with undivided profits appro.ximating 
 sixty thousand dollars, and has individual 
 deposits amounting to four hundred and fifty 
 thousand dollars, while it is well worthy of its 
 ever-increasing measure of strength and use- 
 fulness. The bank is located in Thompson 
 Square. 
 
 The Warren Institution for Savings 
 has a reputation for soundness and able 
 management that is not confined to the limits 
 of Charlestown, but extends throughout the 
 commonwealth. Since its incorporation many 
 Charlestown citizens have been identified 
 with it, and to their care is due the substantial 
 prosperity that the bank enjoys. The Warren 
 Institution for Savings was organized in 1829, 
 and was the first savings bank established in 
 Charlestown. There are in existence to-day 
 but eleven savings banks whose charters 
 antedate that of the Warren. The act of 
 its incorporation was passed by the House of 
 Representatives February 20, 1829, and re- 
 ceived the signation of Gov. Levi Lincoln 
 the following day. Its incorporators were : 
 David Stetson, John Sweetser, Loammi Ken- 
 dall, Elisha L. Phelps, Joseph Hunnewell, 
 John M. Robertson, Lot Pool, James K. 
 Frothingham, Henry Jacques, .Simeon Flint, 
 Edward Adams, Joseph Carter, Thomas Pike, 
 Reuben Hunt, John Gregory, Beitjamin 
 Brintnall, and Benjamin Whipple. 
 
 On April 28, 1S29, the first election of 
 officers was held, and resulted as follows : 
 President, Timothy Walker ; vice presidents, 
 Isaac Warren, Chester .Adams, .Abraham R. 
 Thompson, Thomas Kettell, David Devens, 
 James K. Frothingham ; trustees, David 
 Stetson, Reuben Hunt, David Fosdick, 
 George Bartlett, John Soley, C)liver Holden, 
 John Harris. Benjamin Whipple, Thomas J. 
 Goodwin, Henry Jacques, Isaac Mead, Leonard 
 M. Parker ; treasurer, Thomas Marshall ; 
 secretary, John J. Fisk. 
 
 The first president, Timothy Walker, held 
 office until 1S35, and was succeeded by John 
 .Skinner, who held the position until 1840. 
 He was succeeded by Benjamin Thompson, 
 who held office until 1843. Chester .-Vdams 
 held the office from 1S43 until 1850, and 
 Nathan A. Tufts from 1850 to 1S55. In 
 1 85 5 James Adams was elected president, and 
 he held the office a ipiarter of a century, until 
 his death, in 1880, when he was succeeded by 
 Timothy T. Sawyer, the present incumbent. 
 
 The first secretary of the corporation, John 
 J. Fisk, held the office ten years, from 1829, 
 and he was succeeded by Thomas Browne, 
 Jr., who held the office from 1S39 to 1S42, 
 inclusive. He was succeeded by Henry 
 Jacques, who held the office for one year. 
 
THE ( IIARI,F,ST()VVN BANKS. 
 
 James K. Frothingham succeeding him, tlie 
 latter lioldiiig tile office from 1S43 to 1S64. 
 George F. Tufts was then chosen to the 
 position, and he served for one year, 1S64 to 
 1S65, he being then elected treasurer. 
 George S. Poole was elected to succeed Mr. 
 
 committee. This committee has entire charge 
 of the finances of the institution, subject to 
 the approval of the board of trustees. The 
 liank stands twelfth among the savings banks 
 of the State and is eighth as regards the total 
 amount of its deposits. It has never closed 
 
 WAKKEN IN^l 11 1 TION' 
 
 Tufts as secretary, and he still holds the office. 
 The following statement shows the con- 
 dition of the bank : — 
 
 Hr. 
 
 Ck. 
 
 .\pril 1, 1S94. 
 
 )f4 17,687.42 
 4,042,200.00 
 i,44S,300.oo 
 [,213,555.00 
 
 =.546.53 
 
 250,000.00 
 
 204,700.00 
 
 50,000.00 
 
 550,000.00 
 
 ;?8,i75,988.95 
 
 *7.545.i57.^*>3 
 
 379,000.00 
 
 191,418.92 
 
 389.06 
 
 60,023.14 
 
 $8,175,988.95 
 
 The present officers of the bank are : 
 Timothy T. Sawyer, president ; George F. 
 Tufts, treasurer ; vice-presidents, Henry K. 
 Frothingham, George Hyde, Henry Lyon, 
 John Stowell, Lsaac P. T. Edmands, Nahum 
 Chapin ; trustees, Thomas R. B. Edmands, 
 John S. Whiting, Charles E. Daniels, Nelson 
 liartlett, John Turner, Charles F. Fairbanks, 
 Thos. G. Frothingham, Everett Torrey, 
 Charles R. Lawrence, Nathan F. Tufts, 
 Henry H. Chandler, William Murray, George 
 .S. Poole, secretary. 
 
 President Sawyer's connection with the 
 bank dates from 1S46. He has been con- 
 nected with the investment committee for 
 thirty-six years, and by virtue of his office of 
 president of the bank, he is chairman of the 
 
 Cash 
 
 Mortgages 
 Individuals 
 Cities and Towns 
 Expense 
 U. S. Ponds 
 Hank Stocks 
 Real Estate 
 Railroad Bonds 
 
 Deposits 
 Guarantee FuntI 
 Profit and Loss 
 Kent 
 Interest 
 
 its doors to its depositors, and never, since 
 it was incorporated, has it passed a semi- 
 annual dividend or called in a loan, except for 
 breach of its conditions on the part of the 
 borrower. 
 
 The bank will in a few weeks move into its 
 new quarters in the building it now occupies 
 on the Henley Street .side. Its facilities will 
 then be among the very best. The new 
 banking-rooms will be handsome in their 
 adornment, and are finished in the natural 
 wood. 
 
 TllK BlNKEK IIllL N.^TIONAI. li.VNK is 
 
 one of the best managed institutions of its 
 kind to be found anywhere. It has done 
 business for almost seventy years. The act 
 of incorporation was granted by the Legisla- 
 ture June 18, 1825. The first meeting of the 
 corporators was held June 28, 1&55, in Wash- 
 ington Hall, the upper room of the Iniilding 
 on Main Street, owned and occupied in part 
 by John Stowell. Isaac Warren was chair- 
 man of the meeting, and George Bartlelt, 
 secretary. A committee was chosen to solicit 
 subscription to the stock. The committee 
 were Timothy Walker, George Bartlelt, David 
 Devens, Oliver Holden, Nathan Tufts, Elias 
 Phinney, and James K. Frothingham. They 
 held several meetings in the early part of July 
 and on Saturday evening, July 16, reported 
 subscriptions for 1,300 shares. 
 
 The charter authorized a capital of $150,- 
 000, and the remaining two hundred shares 
 were soon taken. On the twentieth of July, 
 1825, notices were published requesting, the 
 subscribers to the stock to meet in Washing- 
 ton Hall, July 27, 1S25. at 4 o'clock p. M., to 
 organize. Timothy Walker was chairman, 
 and David Devens secretary. ,\ code of by- 
 laws and regulations, reported by a committee, 
 of which William Austin was chairman, was 
 adopted, and a board of directors was chosen 
 as follows: Timothy Walker, Nathan Tufts, 
 David Devens, Isaac Mead, Seth Knowles, 
 Thomas J. Goodwin, Jotham Johnson, and 
 Elias Phinney. It was organized a few days 
 after by the choice of Timothy Walker for 
 president, and Henry Jaques, on the 29th of 
 June, 1S25, was eleited cashier. 
 
 Timothy Walker, the first president, con- 
 tinued in office for ten years, from 1825 to 
 1835, and was succeLded by David Devens, 
 who held the position twenty years, until his 
 death in August, 1S55. October 2, 1855, 
 Edward Lawrence was elected to fill the 
 vacancy, and was re-elected every year until 
 his decease in October, 1S85, making thirty 
 years of continued service as pi'esident and 
 forty-three years as a meml:)er of the board of 
 directors. .4fter the death of Mr. Lawrence, 
 Titr.othy T. Sawyer, who had been a member 
 of the board since 1S51, was elected president 
 and held the office five years until January, 
 1S90, when he resigned in favor of Charles R. 
 Lawrence, the son of his old friend and 
 predecessor. The board of directors at the 
 
 INTERIOR lU'NlCER HILL NATIU.NAL BANK. 
 
 ■84. 
 
THE CHARLESrOWN BANKS. 
 
 present time are Charles R. Lawrence, presi- 
 dent ; Timothy T. Sawyer, Nelson llartlett, 
 Rhodes Lockwood, Marcus IJeebe, Nahiun 
 Chapin, Edwin I!. Hosmer, John Turner, and 
 R. \V. Hopkins. 
 
 In April, 1S65, when the president, Edward 
 Lawrence, was about starting for a visit to 
 Europe, George A. Kettell was elected vice- 
 president, which office he continued to fill 
 until his death in .■\pril, iS6g. He was the 
 only vice-president the bank has ever had, 
 
 Henry Jaques, the first cashier, elected in 
 1S25, resigned after three years' service. 
 Thomas Marshall was then elected and held 
 the office from 1S28 to June i, 1859. His 
 successor was George Lincoln, whose term of 
 service was five years, from 1S59 to 1S64. 
 James Adams, Jr.. took his place May 27, 
 tS64, and remained until February 2, 1S75. 
 Charles R. Lawrence succeeded him and was 
 cashier of the bank until January 2 1, 1S90, 
 
 when he was promoted to the presidency. 
 The office is now filletl by Fred K. Hrown, 
 the date of whose election is also January 2r, 
 1890. 
 
 For five years after its organizatioii the 
 banking room was in the Washington Hall 
 liuilding on Main Street. Then it was re- 
 moved to a building erected by the bank for 
 the jjurpose. It was a handsome structure 
 for its time, liad a granite front, was three 
 stories high and was locitedon the corner of 
 the square and the entrance 10 the old Salem 
 turnpike, now Park .Street. It was injured 
 somewhat l)y the fire of 1S35. It answered well 
 the purposes of the bank until [S55, when it 
 was taken down and the brick building, which 
 was recently enlarged, was erected. 
 
 The act of incorporation provided for a capital 
 of $150,000 in gold or silver. The number of 
 directors was limited to nine. The capital of 
 the bank was increased by an act of the Legisla- 
 
 ture passed March 25, 1847, to ^200,000, and 
 again. March 28, 1854, to §300,000. In 
 October, 1864, the stockholders passed a vote 
 10 organize anew, with a capital of ^500,000, 
 under the national banking act ; and when this 
 was done the old Hunker 1 1 ill liank was 
 merged in the Bunker Hill National Bank. 
 
 The new banking rooms are finely adapted 
 to the business. The new vault was con. 
 structed with a chief regard to strength, and 
 to this end it is supplied with all the modern 
 appliances and safeguards. The banking- 
 room is not only attractive to the eye and 
 fitted up in a way to give the impression of 
 security, but is large, light, convenient. The 
 enlargement and remodelling of the bank 
 buiUling was a necessity, growing out of the 
 increase in the business of the bank, and the 
 general plan of the improvement was the 
 result of some years of study and delibera- 
 tion. 
 
 WINCHESTER HOME FOR AGED WOMEN. INCORPORATED 1S65. 
 
 The Winchester Home for Aged Women 
 was incorporated in 1S65. It is maintained 
 exclusively for people who have lived in 
 Charlestown for ten years previous to appli- 
 cation for admission. Persons under si,\ty 
 years of age are not admitted unless by a 
 two thirds vote of the whole number of 
 managers, and none but those of .American 
 parentage are admitted. Unless otherwise 
 ordered, jtioo.oo and furniture for room is the 
 fee for admission. The officers for 1894 are : 
 
 /•m/,/c-u/.^ JOHN TURNER, 351 Main 
 .Street. 
 
 yice-Presidents.— T. T. SAWYER, JAMES 
 F. HUNNEWELL, HORATIO WELL- 
 INGTON, and EVERETT TORRllV. 
 
 7"nv;j«;v?-.— CHARLES E. DANIEL.S, 370 
 Main Street. 
 
 Sc-cn-t.!,)'.— MiK\U E. CUTTER, 41 Monu- 
 ment Square. 
 
 LADIES. 
 
 Mrs. ANTHONY S. .MORSS, Miss M. I). 
 BALFOUR, /■>■/.!/ Paris/t. 
 
 Mrs. C. E. DANIELS, Mrs. C. F. ISYAM, 
 Firs/ Biif'tist Cliurch. 
 
 Mr.s. TAYLOR P. THOMPSON, Miss 
 ABBY TUFTS, irhit/irop Church. 
 
 Mr.s. A. P. DOWNES, Mrs. E. W. HOWE, 
 Triiiilv M. E. Churc/i. 
 
 Mrs. oLiVE W. OILMAN, Miss JOSE- 
 PH INK R. UPHAM, A/0„i,mc-ii/ S,/i,,,rc 
 Mtihodisl Church. 
 
 Mrs. A. LI ITLEFIELI), Mrs. EVERETT 
 TORREY, Harvar.l Church. 
 
 Mrs. NAHUM CHAPIN, Mrs. NELSON 
 BARTLETT, Univcrs.ilist Church. 
 
 Mrs. C. B. GOODRICH, Mrs. W. A. P.YAM, 
 Bunker Hill Bupti.'^t Church. 
 
 Mrs. M A. SANDERSON, Mrs. MAR- 
 GARET CHAFFIN, Si. John's C/iurch. 
 
 QENTLEMEN. 
 
 Mr. F. O. REELI, First Buplist Church. 
 
 Mr. GEORGE S. POOLE, IViuthrof' Church. 
 
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 Mr. r. F. HUNNEWELL,/^>;-.rf />,»■»//. 
 Mr. CHARLES BUTLER, .Mouutncut Square 
 
 Methodist Church. 
 Mr. STEPHEN MERRILL, Trinity M. E. 
 
 Church. 
 Mr. PETER BAKER, St. Johns Church. 
 Mr. HORATIO WELLINGTON, Univer- 
 
 Siilist Church 
 Mr. W. A. BYAM, Bunker Hill Baftisl 
 
 Church. 
 Mr. WILLIAM MURRAY. //,n';n;t Church. 
 
 MEMBERS- AT=LAROE. 
 
 Mrs. J. M. STONE, Mrs. O. C. EVERETT, 
 Mrs. J. A. BAILEY, Mrs. JAMES 
 SPRA'TT, Mrs. WILLIAM C. MURRAY, 
 Mrs. THOMAS G. FROTHINGHAM. 
 Mrs. WILLIAM TUFTS, Mrs. W. 
 !•;. CARLE TON, Mrs. E. G. BYAM, 
 Mrs. M. B. HALL, Mrs. A. G. WVMAN, 
 Messrs. THOMAS DOANE, ENOCH J. 
 CLARK. CHARLES E. DANIELS, 
 NELSON BARTLETT, JOSEPH S. 
 RICH. HEN'RY W. BRAGG, E. G. 
 BYAM 
 
THE CHARLESTOWN GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 
 
 WOkKS OF THE CH AKLE>'I itWN oAb AND ELELlKIi. LU. 
 
 The C'H/iRi.ESToWiV Gas Compaky "has 
 been in business al)out forty-five years. Wiien 
 tlie company began operations it did so with 
 about one hundred and fifty gas takers and 
 to-day it has about four thousand, besides a 
 considerable numljer of consumers of elec- 
 tricity, including the city, whose principal 
 throughfares are lighted in this way. These 
 facts in a mea,sure show the growth of the 
 business. When the Charlestown Gas Com- 
 pany began business it did so with a capital 
 of $50,000. Its capital to-day is $500,000. 
 The company has always been ably managed 
 and it has been eminently fair in its treatment 
 of the public. It has steadily reduced the 
 price of gas to consumers, and in almost every 
 case voluntarily. The officers of the company 
 since its incorporation have been citizens who 
 have stood high in the community — [men who 
 believed in Charlestown, and who always 
 realized that what was best for Charlestown 
 was best for themselves, and who worked 
 steadily with that end in view. 
 
 The act of incorporation was granted to 
 "George Washington Warren, James Dana, 
 William Sawyer, their associates and sue- 
 ce.ssors," and was passed by the Legislature 
 of 1846, being approved by the governor on 
 March 12 of that year. The .rorporation was 
 organized May 24, 1S51, with G. Washington 
 Warren as president, the same and Ebenezer 
 Barker, William H. Wheildon, William 
 Arnold, James .Adams, Daniel White, and 
 Gardner Warren, directors, and George K. 
 Neal, treasurer and general manager. The 
 latter has filled the position to which he was 
 chosen at that time uninterruptedly ever 
 since to the satisfaction of the corporation 
 itself and to the public. 
 
 It will interest the Charlestown public of 
 to-day to know who the men were who filled 
 the office of president during the corporation's 
 e.\istence. They were : G. Washington War- 
 ren, elected June 6, ICS51, resigned October 23, 
 1854; Peter Hubbell, elected October 23, 
 1S54, died while in office January 9, 1S71 : 
 William Carleton, elected January 28, 1871, 
 resigned February 3, 1873; Andrew .Sawtell, 
 elected February 3, 1873, died in office, 
 September 6, 1883; Francis Thompson, 
 
 elected September 12, 1S83, died in ofifice, 
 .\ugust 30, 1SS5; James F. Hunnewell, 
 elected .September 2, 18S5, and is still holding 
 the office. 
 
 The present directors of the company are : 
 — James F. Hunnewell, L. I!. Hathon, 
 James A. ,SawteIl. Charles F. IJyam, Joseph 
 Stone, John Turner, Mark F. Burns. The 
 president of the company is James F. Hunne- 
 well, and the treasurer and general manager 
 George B. Neal, with Patrick Coyle general 
 superintendent. 
 
 The output of the [ilant to-day is 100.000,- 
 000 feet of gas. Important improvements 
 are being made in the works, which when 
 completed will vastly increase its facilities. 
 The com]iany strives to serve it takers with 
 the best fpiality of gas, and the rej:)'irU of tlie 
 
 authorized inspectors 'prove that it succeeds 
 in doing so. The company has a'^finely 
 equipped electric plant sufficient to meet all 
 requirements for some time to come. The 
 electric department was added to the com- 
 pany's plant in 1SS6, when, by special act of 
 the Legislature, its charter was amended. The 
 company furnishes all of Charlestown and 
 Somerville with gas and electricity and a part 
 of Medford. The Medford connections were 
 made in March, 1S60. 
 
 The w^orks of the company are located at 
 Charlestown Neck on Arlington Avenue ex- 
 tending from the avenue to the Mystic water 
 front. It has several very substantial build 
 ings, including two gas holders, a retort house, 
 a purifying house, and the building containing 
 the elei:[i ical plant. 
 
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